The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-29
NOW KNOW The
REAL REASON
Important Motive for Fire
Brick Company Locating
in Harbor is Revealed.
NEW CANISTER FIELDS
Inexhaustible Supply of Main In
gredient in Furnace Indispensable
Opened in Wisconsin.

Since the recent announcement that
the Harbison- Walker Refractories COM
pany of Pittsburg had completed ar
engagements for the erection OF a $780,
ooo plant in Indiana Harbor the real
reason for the concerns locating in this
region has become known.
1t has been discovered that In the
vicinity Of AhIeman wis. there have
been discovered almost inexhaustihla
supply OF ganaster. one Of the ingred-
tents needed in the manufacture OF IRE
brick
Extensive surveys have recently been
made by Pittsburg capitalists which
show that this supply or ganaster Will
supply the whole Calumet region for
q century to come
Until now there has been great Sec
recy as to why the company made Ind
lana Harbor the site Of the largest OF
/ its half score plants which have been
built all over the country.
1t is said that the Harbison- Walker
company has now secured control of all
Of these rich deposits and viii now
have its source OF supply for this inn
portant material nearer its plant than
anywhere in the United States. With
the development of the iron and steel
industry in the Calumet region It is
I expected that the industry OF supplying
fire brick for the furnaces viii become
one of the most important in this vlcin-
ity.
i Near to base OF Supplies.
What influence the opening of the
Indiana Harbor plant viii have upon
I commercial interests of the sauk eoun-
ty ganaster district Is not known. adem-
bers Of the commission making tho SUR
yey. however. have said the material
Z IS to be ahspped to IndAa Harlsee .lssE
trainioads. The plant will employ 90
men to start with. beginning In Septem-
Der, and it is probable that large
number OF extra working crews VIII be
employed in Sauk county to care for
the business thus developed.
Tests lasting months were made of
| the Wisconsin ganaster before the To-
! cation of the plant at Indiana Harbor
; was decided upon. Supplies were taken
) from beds in various parts of the dis
5 trict All proved satisfactory. a very
/ high average of refractory quality be-
, ing shown.
e A. L. Soaring Of Pittsburg, widely
: travelled expert who Is experimenting
r preliminary work on the construction
: of the plant at Indiana Harbor, said
4 the ganaster beds in the coal districts
n OF Pennsylvania are being worked oui
r and the Wisconsin source of supply 4
: the best now available in the country
a comparing favorably in quality witt
f the best produced in England anc
( Scotland
d Largest in the World.
The main building OF the plant q
e Indiana Harbor viii be 400x450 feet, O.
e steel frame, with brick veneer exterior
! It will be IN the center Of the com
d pany's 25 acre tract and readily accessi
y bic to lake and rail transportation Al
s most every southern and eastern roas
5 out Of Chicago passes within mile 0
J. the plant.
! It is designed that the fire bricl
e turned out at Indiana Harbor is to b
e throughout the entire steel distric
now centering IN the Calumet region
d The product will be used in the furn
il aces and retorts Of the steel trust work
i and those OF the independent steel an
le iron companies at Indiana Harbor an
"a East Chicago The fre-brick plant I
r. use the Wisconsin ganaster is TO bs
Is when completed. the largest in poin
!. Of production in the world.