The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-04
FOR BLAST FURNACE
IRON WORKS At SEATTLE ARE
nov ASSURED.
sJssIson Dollars OF Eastern Honey Sc.
cured TO Beoin Operaisons-Nu.
clues OF what Promises 10 De-
veIop Into an Immense INDUSTRY,
Site to Be Selecfed Soon.

Any doubts which may have existed
az to the successful elimination of
plans to erect blast furnace on Puget
SOUND were dispelled by the receipt of
telegram sent from the East to James
A. Moore announcing the fact that the
$1,000 900 which it was necessary to
raise in that part of the country had
been guaranteed.
This means the erection on Puget
sound within the next twelve months
OF modern up-to-date blast furnace
OF 800 tons capacity" said Mr.. Moore.
Every business man in the city knows
that this establishes for Seattle the
prestige Of being the distributing point
Tor one of the most important indus
tries In the world today.
Select Site Within thirty DAYS.
within the next thirty days a rep.
resentative Of the Eastern capitalists
behind this enterprise will be in Seat
tie Tor the purpose Of selecting a site
for the furnace, and within sixty days
expect to see the contract for the
erection Of the furnace let, and posi-
bly, the work of it's construction begun.
It should be completed by the end of
1906"
Mr.. Moore declined to make known
the exact location Of the proposed site,
saying that there are several under
consideration. "You may rest assured,
however, that the plant will not be far
from this CITY," he said
There is an almost inexhausti BILE
quantity Of iron ore in this part Of the
state and on Vancouver island" con.
tinued Mr.. Moore, (which has been
proved by analysis to be the equal of
the Lake Superior product, and it can
be laid down at the furnace for much
less than it costs to lay ore down at
the Pittsburg plants.
s'esns Big psy Rolls.
s'There 10 almost no limit 10 the poe
dbilities which the erection Of this
plant will open, and within the next
two years after it, completion I b.
Heve that It will result in . payroll Of
fully 10000 persons. The furnace
itself will employ about 400 men, but
while that 10 the thing which opens up
tho way. it 10 really q small matter in
comparison with what will follow.
cit means the esta blishment of q
steel plant, tin plate mill, nail and
wire plants, plants for the manufac-
ture of stoves and for iron pipe. A
company headed by local men even
now stands ready to put in a $500, 900
plant for the manufacture of steel as
soon as we can furnish the raw ma.
terial.
"The market is unlimited. We can
60 east as far az the Rocky mountains
without fear of competition. This is
ewing to the freight rates which CON-
front the Eastern producer. and it is
impossible for anyone to become q
competitor either in the Orient or
Alaska.
No Visionary Project.
ssThis is not q visionary statement,
but thing which will become real.
ity. I have been behind this enter
prise for some time and know that just
az soon al we are In position to fur
nish the raw product there is plenty
Of capital waiting to seek an opening
here and establish the many industries
which depend upon pig iron for their
operation. Puget sound 10 the strategic
point OF the world for enterprises OF
this character, and In no great length
Of time the bridge, railroad and struc.
tural steel and iron which now leaves
this port will be made here instead OF
coming from the East"
Mr.. Moore 10 known to have been
puroAasing largo amounts OF iron ore
properties on Vancouver island In be-
half OF the Eastern interests which he
represents In this matter.