The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-10
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY
OF DOMINION OF CANADA

One Of the most valuable consular
reports received by the State Depart
ment for some weeks past was given
out today. 1t is from Consul General
John l. Bittinger. stationed at Mon
treal. and describes the iron and steel
trade of Canada, Consul General Bit
finger says:
A country that has vast deposits of
iron ore has solid foundation for
commercial ascerdency- Few countries
have more iron ore than the Dominion
of Canada. It has also coal, and the
immense value of these deposits has
only been fully appreciated within the
last few years. Americans we're really
the first to realize the immense re-
sources here They have entered and
Joined capital with Canadians of wealth
and organized the iron and steel indus
try The works are under the direction
of Americans experienced in this line.
and in two years the progress has been
astouEdingly rapid.
Vast Beds of Ore.
'IndusuicI Canada, a publication
issued monthly by the Canadian Man
ufacturers' Association, gives much in
formation concerning the iron and steel
industry in Canada It says
II one takes map and draws line
rom British Columbia, OF the west. to
st. Johns. Newfoundland, on the east,
he line will run through four weII-de-
g-nInnpH EAI= ~E - g.
and Of excellent quality, all capable of
icing mined as cheapIy as dirt They
ere related to the coal as follows:
For British Columbia, coal beds
sxist in the United States not far from
Seattle, and in the Crows Nest, on the
canadian side.
On the northern shores Of Lake Sri-
eTior are large and pure beds. such as
he Helen mine They are being util-
Zcd by the Canadian Iron Furnace Com
3any, at Midland. at the head Of which
is M-. ClergJe, an American The Cramp
Ontario Steel Company. another Amerf-
can company, will also utilize them in
oke furnaces at C0llingwcod. which
ave daily capacity Of go tons each.
ioth these plants obtain their coal at
freight cost OF S197 OF 81 rs lower
han the Pittsburg standard.
q the Ontario district exist ores of
-Ec2t promise, within reasonable dis
aDce o. United States coal fields. The
-overnment admits coke free of duty.
hitch is favorable to the manufacturer.
Mills and Steel Works.
Iron ore has been found on the
}eIcher's Islands, the Sleepers, the Ba-
-er's Dozen. and the King George Isl
nds. in Hudson Bay, of the coast OF
fngava. Some coal has also been found.
There are eighteen rolling mills and
teel Works completed in Canada. OF
hsse. one makes steel in a special Bes-
eraer converter, one makes Tropenas
eel. and four make ope1-hearth steel. (
vnile two standard Bessemer steel
'icnts and one open hearth steel plant
re being built. The annual capacity Of
II plants is: Standard, Bessemer. Tro-
snas, and special Bessemer ingots and
'asttngs, 81, 400 gross tons; open hearth
ngots and castings, 53T. O0O gross tons:
-otal ingO1s and castings. 838, 400 tons;
oiled products, 9S1. 800 tons.
Fova Scotia Leads.
The GROWING opportunity is in Nova
Scotia, where two strong companies-the
Dominion Iron and Steel Company and
ne Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company
have been established with United
Etates capital The ore is drawn not
My from Nova Scotia, in close proxin-
y 20 the coal. but also from the famous
aines on Belle Island The manufae-
uring is done at Sydney. and ii Is claim
d the cost Of pig iron there is lower
han anywhere else - the world. Com
Dared with the Pittsburg cost, it rep
'esents a saving Of g .455 per ton. There
s a further saving Of 81 ton freight
Tor export. Sydney being an ocean port.
Pig iron can be made here for IS a ton.
steel blooms for less than 80 a ton. and
steel rails 1T about S12
American Capital.
Steel rails and heavy sections of
structural steel form large part Of the !
ron consumed in Canada. Up to a re-
cent date, every ton of this material /
gas imported from foreign sources; now. |
he country is beginning to export. The /
new mills at Sault Ste. Marie are pro- /