The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-20
TO Fight THE STEEL TRUST
PhiIadclphians to Erect a Great
Plant on the Canadian Border.
The British Promoter Who VIII Fl
nance the Corporation Declares
the Works VIII Be the Most Com
pIcte of Their Kind in the World

SACLT STE. MARIE, Mich, April 20
Philadelphia, Canadian, and British CAPT
taIiSts have completed ngements for
erecting a S50,O00000 iron and steel plant
across the SauIt Ste Marie River, on the
Canadian side The plant viii empiay 10
600 men. The largest interests are in the
hands of group of PhiladeIphians. con
sjstfng of Theodore c Search, Samuel R
shipley, James 5. Swartz. H A Berwind,
F. 5. Lewis. E. Y. Douglas. F. II. CIergue,
James Butterworth, and ". p Douglas
The object Of the concern is to fight the
Morgan Billion Dollar Steel Trust.
The final arrangements for the execu-
ton of the gigantic project were made at
meeting held at the Russell House at
Detroit yesterday.
The financing of the concern is in the
hands of Alfred r. Harvey. of Liverpool,
the promoter He talked quite freely
about the enterprise
1T will take much time to complete
such an enormous project" he said, but
we expect to have part OF the mill run
ming within six months, and the entire
plant viii be in operation within eight
cen months, employing notices. than 1000
men
We own vast tracts of land on both
sides of the river in the United States and
Canada, and we viii have mills on both
sides.
The plant is to be operated in connec-
ton with the great power canal which F.
H CIergue and his associates in the 500
Power Corporation are constructing at
the Canadian 500.
we are all ready to put this thing
through We have worked out and proved
our plans and we know what we can do.
We have the advantage OF the latest pat
ents for our processes. We have already
ordered much of our best machinery, and
it is either building or ready for shipment
in England
This is going to be the most complete
iron and steel plant in the world We viii
work the ore from our Lake Superior
mines, using our own canal, ships, and
railroads, and we VIII turn out castings,
rails, structural and bridge iron, and
everything finished and ready for use
The power which we will get from the
500 power canal will make a great saving
in the cost of the product. and we Will
also save materially in shipping the ore.
as the water route is very short For
! this We viii build all Of our own decks and
unloading derTicks and apparatus for the
/ speedy and economical handling Of the
ore
i he pan IS 10 iIeEtse Inc 1OttStt5i;id lt11l
Lake Superior Company. with its sUbsid-
iaFy companies the ontario Lake Superior
Company, which own and control immense
mining properties in the Lake Superior
country, and The divers other interests IN
that section owned almost exclusively by
Philadelphians- These grouped interests
own over 700 square miles in the Upper
Superior country and Canada, now have
n operation 2gU miles of railroad, operate
six freight and passenger steamers on
the lakes and the canals, are working
1 four large iroR-pToducing mines. and
Will shortly begin manufacturing stee!
rails and plates.
Mr. Search left Philadelphia for Detroit
last Thursday, and Mr.. Ciergue, who has
recently been successful in obtaining val
liable concessions from the Dominion
Government, was also called to the con-
ference Edward Y Douglas, President
of the Consolidated Lake Superior Com
pauy, spent many months last year in
Europe arranging for the processes de-
sired for the operation Of the mills well
as all of the remaining adJuncts for the
/ speedy assumption of business b. the
merged corporations
As soon as the mills and mines, with
! the manufacturing plants along the 500
Canal. have been successfully started the
building OF number OF new railway lines
IN Canada will be begun There have also
been surveyed new canals in the upper
/ Canadian territories.
The most important Of these IS pros
| pective waterway leading to James Bay
and thence BY way Of HudsOn's Bay into
the Atlantic Ocean. At the completion of
these improvements the big company viii
operate ocean steamers carrying its prod
ucts 10 all parts Of the world