The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
IT'S MAKING STEEL
Ontario Plant of the Clergues Turns
Out First Product.
PREMIER AND PARTY LOOK ON
Output of Rails Sold Way Ahead
and Capacity VIII BE
Increased.

Special to The Journal.
Sault Ste Marie, Ont, April 1.-THE
first steel made into blooms in western
Canada was made here this week by the
Algoma st eel company, one OF the many
Clergue enterprises that have trans
formed this section in the past few years.
The event has been regarded of such i'm
portance that the government was repre-
sented here by the premier, George ROSS,
and by the entire ministry of the province.
They have been here two days and left
last night for the east.
While here Mr.. Ross and his party in
spected the railroad which has been COM
pleted forty-eight miles toward the north
pole. the pulp mills and the metallurgical
works. as we'll as the water power canals
on both sides of the river. No such de-
lighted set Of men ever went away from
me Sault as these representatives of the
province, whose generous and broad treat
ment of the subject has done so much to
make these great enterprises a success.
There are now in all Canada four steel
making plants. These include the noted
plant Of the Dominion Iron and Steel COM
pany on the Nova Scotia coast, the plant
of the Nova Scotia Steel company at Glas-
| gov, n. S.. the plant at Hamilton, Ont,
and now this at the Sault of the Algoma
| Steel company. The Glasgow and Hamil-
| ton plants are small. those of the Domin-
| will compare very favorably with the best
| in the United States. While the Sault
plant is not yet anyway, the equal of the
BraddOck, the Chicago or some other
| steel concerns of the United States, it is
the very latest in point of machinery and
completeness OF detail. 1t is driven
! throughout, so far as the handling Of ma
chimes is concerned by electricity and by
draulics, and is designed and built by
| in hn ntrJ- in,
profession.
| Connected with the plant are two large
blast furnaces that will be completed this
year Both were originally designed for
charcoal iron, but the design of one has
recently been changed to coke. These
form the first pair of four furnaces that
are to be erected at the Sault. Very ex
tensive byproduct ovens are in course Of
construction here to take care of the acids
from the carbonization of wood. re-
ceivins dock for ore, 1900 feet long and
about 400 feet wide is under way and
many other portions Of we'll rounded
and complete plant on large scale are
being built as fast as necessary. ...
The works have not yet commenced the
rolling Of steel rails, though they have
been ready so far as the machinery is
concerned. for some time. There are yet
no roofs on the rail end of the mill, but
these are now going UP and the costly
machinery will soon be under cover. The
American Bridge company was expected
to get these roofs on last fall. The COM
pany has sold ahead all the rails it dares
to sell at this time and is constantly being
called on by American roads for rails that
they cannot get on the southern side of
the line and that they would. therefore,
gladly buy here and pay the United States
duty on could they get them. The company
Is said not to expect, however, to enter
, he rail business in competition with Amer
lean mills. 1t will have business enough
, in Canada for larger plant than it now
, has, and it will probably increase it's
capacity as soon as the present works are
t running in good shape and have shown
, what they can do. H. ...~ -.
There Is always the English field, which
5 it can reach as well as Pittsburg can, bet
ter from some points of view
9 The Grand Trunk has bought a large
tonnage of rails Of this new works already
amounting, it is said, to about $3.50, 900:
the Canadian Pacific will receive great
Y quantities Of rails here the government
: has bought more than 100000 worth, anG
s the companys own road will be supplied