Evening journal., 1905-04-22
FIRST HEAT DRAWN
BY NEW COMPANY
Baldt Steel People Cast
Buckets for the P. & ].
Company

At 1915 o'clock this afternoon the first
heat was poured from the furnace Of the
Baldt steel Casting Company near New
castle and one of the largest steel cast
ing plants in the United states formally
began operations
The heart was poured into moulds for
guard buckets for the ferryboat Bristol,
Of The Newport and Providence railroad
now being constructed at the yards OF
the Pusoy and Jones Company in TINS
CITY. There were no ceremonies attending
the pouring only members of the firm be-
ing present. In speaking of the pour Rod
ney Thayer. secretary and treasurer OF
the Baldt Company said: 1T. could not
have been more successful
FINEST IN THE COUNTRY.
The buildings for the Baldt COM
n,anv's plant were begun over a yearaso
hut conditions have been such as TO
have made its completion Impossible
unul the present time.
The mills which cover an acre OF
ground are under one roof ana are
considered to beNthe best equipped anu
most substantial of the kind in the
country. The walls are of brick and
are from Is to 20 incehs thick,
while the roof is four and half inches
sn thickness. The machinery Is OF the
most modern pattern and cost hhous-
ands Of dollars to install. There are
five large cranes operated by electricity
and on a Go foot span. From the Dol
tom of these to the floor of the MN
distance Of twenty feet intervenes. Inc
cranes have a lifting capacity or from
ten 90 thirty tons. The power for
s..a 81. a.r.fr Mt IL
from a. sepaaate power house, equipped
v,itb wafer tube boilers and direct con-
neeted engines. There is separate
producer house for supplying gas for
furnaces. and also a 10000 gallon tank
which furnishes water for the foundry
AMI for fire protection.
Castings can be made by the Baldt
Company I'm any weight up 10 nlty
tens and enough orders are booked
sead at present to keep the plant rum
.4fng for three months without addi-
aional work which is constantly coming
in These orders include castings
Weighing from two to five tons each
a. present there is but one furnace
(oompleted. of twenty-five ton capacity
but there is ample space for two more
of equal size and capacity and whicf
II will be erected when the occasion
arrives.
The total capacity of the mills is from
thirty to forty thousand tons a year.
Tyhe work of the Baldt Steel Castinl
Company is devoted almost eNclusiveE
to the manufacture Of castings or I'm
nsnse size and weight, among wnlcl
5s a ,peculiar style of anchor for tn
e-nnl,-ing of which the company ha
a large contract with the United state
NGcvernment.
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.
The officers Of the Baldt Steel Cast
Anps Company are President F'redericl
Baldt. Secretary and Treasurer Rodne
Nhayer. Directors William c. Tunei
Philadelphia; Frank A. Thayer' Ne'
york: James S. Anthony. New York
j. ]. Kennedy, New, York; Daniel Wen
ster, New Castle.
President Baldt is one of the mos
s,pccessful men in the steel business
this country to-day. over twenty-hV
years ago he was engaged in the ITO
foundry business but decided to tur
his attention to the manufacture {
steel castings His first venture was
interest some Chester people, who WEI
engaged in the iron business and late
ne installed a small steel foundry
a mart Of their plant. Later he bun
a plauf of his own in Chester and by II
operation realized over S1.0O0000. Ov
ing to THE increase in his business NJ
Baldt was compelled to erect anoth'
and still larger plant in the sam
locality and from which large prof
were derived.
ACCEPTED PRESIDENCY.
After operating for ten years
Chester. Mr. Baldt accepted the pres
dcncy Of the Baldt Steel Castings Con
pany and the large mills were erect'
on their present site, about one mi
north, Of New Castle. This point WI
decided upon after careful consider
tion, owing to-its excellent river from
age. railroad facilities and artesian W.
water.
The firm is a new one, although M
Baldt is the oldest manager, in e
perience, of any steel foundry in q
limited states and was the first to ev
make steel castings in this country.
speaking of the new plant he says
will be what he considers the create
steel foundry in the United States al
men an the steel business are awaiti
with interest its operation.
At present there are two hundred m
at work and in the course of the ne
six months about four hundred men "
be employed. When in fun operati
the mills Will give work 20 o
4horsaf1d hands