The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-21

4 dispatch from Sault Ste Marie tn
Tho Chicago Record gives som" de-
tails Of an interesting Industrial pro
i.ct There are now being constructed
ON the Canadian side of the SO" ny
y company of which Francis IT, 'Iei-
gtc Is manager. q steel ran lhiII an"
Bcyscmor plant, each of ino tons daIi\
,aracity. The acting supervisor ni
construction. by tho way. IL Mr. NJ.
fred Ernst. uf the Wcllnhn-So"N'i
Engineering company. of 'I"N'lahN'
e.. formerly resident OF scranton
1ut tho dispatch to the Record says
Mr. Clcrgur intends To- go much IdF-
thor than this in his plans "t indusul'l
dcvcIopmcut. lie announces tlai ms
romplnv will erect az once 'har'oaI
blast furnaces double the size "t any
IN tho world. These furnaces VIII
make Goo tons of pig iron dailN. Ih'f
cniirc product win hc used at tn
$500 by the associated enterprises 6i
tho ClcrCuc syndicate, which incIudH
not only immense pulp mills. electric
works and various smaller Industries,
hut also "a railroad from the 500 Il"
hudson bay and ore extracting plants
uG great magnitude.
The proposed furnaces viii r"c"iN"
1loir ore from the company'S mines
lust opened on the north shore or l.ak"
Suucriur and their fuel from the lands
through which It's railways arc now
building. that have been granted IN"
,ompany bv the Canadian government.
Under the system of bonuses given by
tho Canadian government to encourage
the iron and steel industry, these iur-
nar,s viii receive a cash subsidy their
first year of nearly S5"oooo ana tn"
steel rail mill connected with them
as much more. These subsidies VIII
gradually reduce ana in seven years
they viii expire. 1t IL the intention
10 enter into competition in rails ana
other steel products for the European
market The company will in the
coming spring have eight sea a-goihS
steel ships that can carry loads direct
from Lake superior to Europe, ana
these will be employed fail and spring
in the export trade, in summer carry
ing ore from the CompanyS mines 10
furnaces at the $500 at Canadian
l,oints and to the United states. and
in the winter in the tramp trad" ON
the Atlantic.
Two considerations have kept Others
from attcmpting such great plants
There is II dcarth OF forests owned IN
ironmakcrs of such size as to Warrant
the establishment of very large fur
naccs using wood as fuel, for in few
years they would sweep bare Such al
area or woodland as would leave thu
furnaces sidc-tr8ckcd. a long distance
from fuel. This company has thou
sands Of square miles of hardwood
forest given it by the Canadian gov
ornmcnt, which il can reach by th'
road it, is now building to Hudson bay
The other consideration has been tn,
fragile character of charcoal fuel
which has deferred irOnmakerS frou
using it in great quantity. Mr.. tlcrgu'
has cXpcrimcutcd with this difficult!
in mind ana has found that no cauS,
for fear exists on this score. The com
pauy has secured several new ana i'm
portant patents for the carbonizatiol
of wood in rctOrts, etc. that will per
INIT ii To save u proportion of thcyhN
products of the distiilation far i'm eN
cess of that from any process now il
general use. Thousands of gallons -
wood alcohol much acetate of linn
and other valuable products viii d.
saved from this wood and refined il
the electric works of the company q
the $500"
Mr.. ClcrEuc. the Record d'spatci
adds, has just established at Londo,
ana Liverpool immigration offices an,
expects to bring to the lands north q
the 500" that have been granted hi
company by government, at least 300
men in the present year. 1t is tn
plan 10 settle picked farmers, artisans
mechanics ana miners from Il climat
not greatly different Most of thcs
Immigrants will be given work i'm tn
company works, mines, railroads am
lands