The indicator., 1904-10-08
here is no Lack Of Activity all along the
Line at the Steel Works, and
Brighter Grows the
Future
Capacity of Water Supply Being Added to
and More Fuel Keeps Coming in
Sight from Day to Day


tyity inaugurated at the Mime
qua steel works with the resump-
bon oil work by the converter and
nil mill last week, after a brief
hut down, and the outlook for a
|bng run by all the producing de-
yartments is extremely favorable.
30 great has been the demand for
he product of the wire mill that
he men in the drawing room are
row on twelve-hour shifts in
sead OF ten hours, as formerly.
They report for work at 6:3o a.
B. and knock off at o:3o in the
Evening. The nail, barb wire
,nd galvanizing departments are
ilso run to their full capacity. 1t
5 understood that the heavy
sock of product that fills the
ihree big warehouses of the wire
nill has been sold. This includes
barbed and smooth wire and
nails, as well as bale wire, and
he large number of cars that are
daily loaded for shipment gives
color to the rumor. The rod mill
will soon 20 on double, or day
and night turn. This means a
doubling of the force in that de-
partmcnt as well as the large
gang of stock handlers at the wire
mill.
The great "bosh" for the E fur
sace is now being made in the
boiler shops and is nearing com
petion. As soon as this is in po-
sition the work of refining the
hrnace will commence. Superior
Are brick is being received from
|he East for this refining work,
and it comes by fast freight,
which indicates that operations
Al the furnace are to be pushed.
However it is not expected that
+ furnace will be ready to be
blown in before the first of De
eember. In the meantime both
c and D furnaces are keeping up
heir record breaking daily pro-
tuction of iron.
The rail mill is on heavy steel
br the Santa Fe and Rio Grande
roads. There is considerable
ntisfaction among the men OF
hat department over the appar-
mtly well founded rumor that a
yooo-ton order for heavy rails
has recently been placed for a
new western road which George
Could is largely interested, and
Y this is true It means the con-
slant operation of the rail mill de-
partment for an indefinite length
Of time. The converter is doing
record breaking work, and keeps
the rail mill well supplied with
steel ingots.
The 4o-inch bloom mill is now
On night turns only. This was
probably necessitated by a scare.
ny Of stoker and coal passing
help at the east boilers that sup.
Plies power for the 4o-inch stee
rod mills. By running the forme'
y night the steam power can bt
furnished by two batteries o.
boilers and by the present system
there is big saving of fuel.
There is no iet-ap to the rusf
OF work in the. merchant mill de
Partment, which also Includes th'
nsfge and small spike mills ant
me bolt mill. The company ha'
urge orders for all kinds Of mini
rails as well - every kind o
and heavy shipments by CARLOAD
nts are daily made from tn
warehouse.
A great deal Of truck and car
work is done inside the yards o
@ Minnequa works, and tn
pant is grid-ironed by ! net wor'
q roads over which hesS.
oraught horses and mules do tn
necessary hauling from one dc
gsrtment of the mill to another
me heavy rains Of last week re
seaied the fact that the road
~er which the tsansiag y don
were not in exactly = paved
sunaition, conseqnenlly Yard 81
pef'ntendent nArIil6a Cossin
~ commenced tie t61t q pu'
g . them b : pe1af - litto