The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-04-15
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Rolling Mill Of America not Sur
passed by any Other.

Machinery and Equipment First Class
Throughout-Ideai Location fol
Cheap Production Of steel and Tin,
plates Capital Of Nearly 500, OOt
Already Invested.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. SEQ.
$. Humbert, who is building the Roll
ing Mil OF America a short distance
up Deckers Creek, representative o.
the New DOMINION was shown through
the new mill today. 1t is revela.
ton TO the uninitiated to see tbs
stability with which everything is be-
ing constructed, and the first class
quality OF all machinery and equip
ments.
II one has any idea CT the difference
between temporary and permanent
building. and he has any doubt about
the permanent nature of this Rolling
Mill, be ought to make it visit, and
see for himself He would then have
no doubt that the mill Is built for
operation long as he and his children
live.
Mr. Humbert, who is superintend-
ing it the erection and equipment OF
this mill knows the steel and tin plate
business from the start to the finish.
He has done all the practical work 10
the. manufacture OF tinplate, and is
thoroughly acquainted with all the
processes OF manufacture, and all
modern and Improved methods. lie
bt- heen a-itv..iy Connected with tiu
plate factories siuce 1891 mnuu the
manufacture Of tin was first under
taken iuethis country.
Many Improvements have been
made Ia the Rolling Mill OF
America over any other plant
of the kind with which Mr.. Hum bert
has been connected. 1t is just the
best rolling mill in the world accord
ing to his Judgement and be knows
thoroughly what he is talking about
All the machinery except the mills
for rolling the steel from the billets
into sheets is operated by electricity.
A Bullock dynamo is driven by one
hundred and twenty five horse power
engine, and the dynamo furnishes
power for the work. The mammoth
crane is being operated by it now, 10
putting in position the shafts for the
big fly wheels This crane has a
guaranteed capacity of fifteen tons,
but it was used few days ago to un-
load from a fiat car bed plate for
the machinery, weighing 1900
pounds, and moved the heavy mass
with ease.
The rolls for making the steel bill
lets into plates are operated by two
1900 horse power engines, one for each
five mills. -Four mammoth boilers,
which were used at the Buffalo Ex-
position for few months are en-
rloyed to generate steam for these en-
gines. The boilers are upright and
modern in every particular, being
constructed on the same principal as
the boilers for automobiles.
The cold rolls and those ia the tin
ming pots are to be operated by cleo
trio motors.
The Rolling Mill of America is a
ten mill factory. Six furnaces have
already been built, and foundations
are laid for the other four. The six
sets of rolls for these six furnaces are
now being installed, and these mills
will be put into operation while the
Others are being completed. Each
mill will employ while in operation
about IS men,
A big annealing furnace is just now
bel lg built, in which the steel plates
are tempered twice. Tt has modern
automatic truck for elevating the
plates on edge, after they are put in
be furnace.
A picking tank has beer built, and
twelve Timing pots, with rolls, have
been installed n the tin plate section
of the mil. These pots contain, al
all times ghen in operation, $4,000
worth ten tin each, making a
~ -, 80 -. IA this one arti-
Gle alone, $72,C
The capiti. Invested in the plant
already smauits to nearly $500, 600,
aasl il will not he completed ready>for
epsration for perhaps six weeks yet.
Two Of the principal ra materials
required to operate a rel,i mill and
tin plate factory are waite. and coal.
These are both in abundant supply
and cheap, almost at the door of the
mill up Decker's creek
A 500, 000-gallon reservoir has been
built just above the mill, hich is
supplied from Decker's cree pump
iisg F'ie stsa-' N'i'ir IS y.sri in
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til; ar ~ hey
machiDery. A hot water pump is also
installed, so that If for any reason one
pump should be disabled, the other
can be used. The water flows from
the reservoir by gravity, and heater
is used to heat it before it passes iuto
the four big boilers.
The greatest quantity Of water is
used in the picking process. A con-
stantiy lowing stream is kept flowing
through the picking vat all the time
it is in operation.
The Rolling Mill Company owns its
own coal, and produces it at a cost OF
60 cents per ton for mining and deliv.
ering to the mill, while at Councils.
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