New-York tribune., 1901-02-22
DOMINION IRON AND STEEL COMPANY.
THREE NEW FURNACES To BE sTARTED-crEAT
ER PRODUCTION THAN At PITrsBURG

THREE NEW FURNACES To BE sTARTED-CTIEAP
ER PRODUCTION THAN At PIrrsBURG.
Boston-The second furnace OF the Dominion Iron
and Steel Company will be started next month. an 7
the schedule date for the third furnace is MAY /.
and for the fourth. June l.
This will make a total capacity OF from loo %
100 tons OF pig iron per day.
In October the steel mill will be In operation for
the manufacture of biIlets. and January J. 1902
rails and plates.
The 50 0Soo0 for the construction OF this plant
has come from American and Canadian capitalists
and the propretors OF this enterprise figure that IL
will be one Of the great factors Of the steel and
iron business. they believe that iron and steel
can be made here cheaper than any where else in
the world at tidewateT.
Mr. y. J. Moxham the general manager Of the
Dominion Iron and Steel Company, in a recent ad-
dress before the Canadian Manufacturers Associa-
tiOn at Toronto clearly emphasized the unique ad-
vantages of Cape Breton In the manufacture OF
steel In comparison with Pttsburg the contrast is
very striking.
Mr.. Moxham said that. reduced TO It's final anaIy-
sis steel is the product resulting from the appica
tion OF mans labor TO three raw naterials-ore
coal and limestone These three ingredients b,-
means OF the blast furnace are converted into mig
metal which ~ In turn, by means OF the open
The cost Of assembling the materials which 60 To
make up steel at Pittshurg is s. 81 ton. get
10 IldeMater the steel must pay s. more ton or
s. %. The cost OF asscmblage az Sydney is Tqi I,
vata
Then, again. Sydney Is 1000 miles nearer 10 the
worlds markets than the seaport which Pittsburg
must
Sydneys assembling cost per ton is computed "a
follows: Ocean freight on ore (i02 mies) % cents n
ton is tons OF "a per cent AZ 20 cents IS thers
fore y cents: one-half ton limestone II. cents.
coal nothing total. 1919 cents This ia the Lowest
assemblage cost IN the world.
Taking all things into consideration. Mr.. Moxhaul
Will have a substantial advantage over the centre
which is at this moment the cheapest producing
point I'm the world-Pittsburs
Mr.. MoNham further said: We are now I'm oper-
alton and are making AN excellent quality of pig
metal out OF nothing except our own Wabana ore
and Dominion coal At first told that al
though Cape Breton Goals had coked Everett
the coke was unht for blast furnace use: Il would
not stand the burden. In answer / would state
the full burden il has done ever since and will
continue 10 do so indefinitely.
The coal was found 10 be only slightly more
sulphurouS than the ConneSville coal and we fur
ther round that the excess could be economically
washed out. and so erected n washing plant. The
coal washer not being ready. we determined TO
start without II. and we did making our coke
our nuN We knew TO be unusually pure. ana we
reit this was worth something in controlling the
sulphur. "
Our second east from the furnace put US in con-
troll OF the sulphur. The fifth east brought II down
iS-lOblths or per cent. For the most purposes N
Is TOO low. not too high In every other Ingredient
Gape Breton coal equdls. if IL does not exceed.
coke Win from b1s TO ~ per cent ash. against
log 10 IL per cent in the ConneIsviIe: In hxei car
I'm the COnnelsville" PN' N''i'