The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
4 new CITY ABOUT TO RISE.
rs NAME WILL BE GARY, For
STEEL CORPORATIONS c-Ai7-
MAN
Plant to Cost s75,coo.0c0-W # %
BuiIt in Indiana on Lake Michigan

course.
Detailed plans VI th4 naH.M t1
st.t. nlant The United STATE. ; ae
to. =, :atiol is building IN iud;2au j:
-,- shore 0f Lake Michigan Nerz
sa.G before the Directors III tn com
pany at the last regular quarterly
meeting Of the board The new PLAN
"...,.:. is to cost $15.0Uo,Oo is - -
tIj!; Jr the Indiana Steel Company,
subsidiary organization OF the Unit
=! States Steel Corporation. formed
%" The purpose of carrying out the
S"mpany's plans for this new steel
plant, which will De the largest and
hest equipped OF its kind in the world.
ne plant is being built primarily to
serve the Western market, but il IS
80 located that its product can DE
marketed adyantageously in the East
- we'll as in the West
Many OF the Directors We're ia!u n
- al yesterdays meeting Of thi, i'm
Io.tant undertaking. Frequently dur
ing tne meeting the Directors express
- surprise at the plans which The
active officers Of the company, includ-
ing e. H. Gary, Chairman Of The
board of Directors have worked out
for the establishment of this new
steel plant, which will eclipse all 9TH
fTs
The furnaces, rolling mills, and 9TH
er parts of the plant itself will cover
a square mile. and in addition the
which will be used for a town site. for
vast railroad yards. and for other ia
cilities needed to insure the effective
operation Of this gigantic plant. After
the meeting of the Directors yester
day Judge Gary, after whom the town
which is to be built UP around this
new steel plant is to be named, an
nounced some portion Of the com
lanys plans.
The plant will consist Of large az.
eregation of blast furnaces, open |
hearth furnaces, and finishing mills, |
but the whole Is to be so thoroughly !
co-ordinated that it will in fact be i |
single plant. There are to be sixteen
blast furnaces. eigh.y-four open
hearth furnaces, and six finishing
mills, some of which. individually. wil!
pe larger than any Of the single mills
,wned by the Steel Corporation.
The rail mill. for example. will be
quilt at cost of $4,000 900, and will
,e capable Of rolling about $1,000 tons
i rails a month The first Of the big
all mills constructed by the Steel
Corporation in the Pittsburg district.
which at the time was considered a
cry large mill. cost but $6O0O 900
Some idea Of the amount Of materi-
! which it will take to supply these
1ills is gained from the company's
stimate that fully 100000 tons OF
'on ore will be required by the plant
This will be brought down
-om the company's mines in the Lake {
uperior region. and will be brought !
! to docks Immediately adjoining the 3
blast furnaces, which form l
lie first division of the Indiana plant.
This ore will be converted into
bout 100000 tons of pig iron, which /
| turn will produce from 100000 0
} 100000 tons Of steel Every ton h
iron ore used will call for the con. a
lmption of at least another ton of
,al and coke. The coal for steam d
lrposes will be brought from the In r
ann miuoc IF tho noor;Do Coa1 (sop, | -
my with which the Steel Corpora q
IN has fifty-year contract, and the f
king coal from the Pocahontas coal 81
lids in West Virginia, q
The erection of the company's plant p
i'll require a vast amount Of struc- =,
raj steel, the production OF which b.
II keep some of the companys pres
| mills busy for many months. A vs.
lall army of men will be employed r.
two years or more in the construc- I,
n of the plant, and when it is COM in
eted it will give employment to "
out $4,000 men. fo
rhe location Of the plant includes
portion of the present bed of the Vi
INlNSI. Liz COuI Sc VI WHICH | II
to be changed SO that the water w
Y will fit in with the companys TO
ms for the development OF the land ac
ween the lake front and the Calu. br
t River. tir
n addition to the Elgin. Joliet ana is
stern and the other railroads owned WI
the Steel Corporation, the new ed
ut will be served by four great rail-
d systems-the Pennsylvania, the
v York Central, the Baltimore and ,
o, and the Wabash. The Erie also ha
ses within easy connection Of the ma
: plant. The Steel Corporation will RAT
| vast railroad yards to the west wa
he plant, which will be connected +.
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