The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-19
MORE LARGE ORDERS
FOR THE GARY MILLS
Rail Mills in South Chicago Running
Full Capacity-American Car and
Foundry Company, Which is Pre-
pairing Plans for Gary Plant Opens
Its Factory at St. Charles.

The fluctuations in the business Of
the United States corporation NAV be
taken as an authoritative barometer Of
financial conditions. The rapid increase
in the various steel plants throughout
the country has had a gratifying eff
feet upon the orders placed with the
operating department of the Gary Steel
works and blast furnaces
Besides the placing of the big steel
orders in the Calumet district a report
from an unquestionable source. in this
weeks issue of the Iron Trade Review.
says that million dollars is to be
spent in Hammond improving the plant
of the Standard Steel Car company.
More Orders for Gary.
During the past few days. the prin-
cipal rail orders booked this week has
been divided between the Buffalo plant
of the Lackawanna Steel company and
the Gary plant of the Indiana Steel
company The order is question is for
$4,000 tons of rails placed by the North
ern Pacific railway.
Other substantial rail orders placed
with the Gary plant during the week
included 1900 tons for the Chesapeake
& Ohio. 5000 tons for the Iowa Central
and 42Oo tons for the Minneapolis &
St Louis.
The sister company Of the Indiana
the Illinois Steel, with works in South
Chicago, Joliet, and Milwaukee. now
has its order books completely filled
This company, of which President Buff
hngton of the local company. is also the
executive head. divides with the Lack
awanna rail order of $4,000 tons. The
latter will turn out Bessemer rails
while the Illinois has been directed to
furnish open-hearth.
south Chicago Mills Busy.
AS the two rail mills at the South
Chicago plant are completely filed with
orders it is highly probable that the
Illinois share will be transferred to
the Gary works.
At the South Chicago plant. two plate
mills, Bessemer department. two rail
mills Fl open-hearths, 10 out OF II
blast furnaces, structural, biIlett. the
new electric furnaces, etc. are all in
full blast. Four of the completed eight
blast furnaces are operating at Gary.
including the usual compliment of open
hearths and the rail mill The Illinois
steel company is operating "a per cent
of its capacity while the Indiana Steel
N4@-AN~%iS IDS OAuSIS III excess OF 81
per cent of its capacity.
Million Dollars for Hammond.
An increase IN the car building bust
ness is also noted and especially is
this true in the steel car end Of 1t. The
American Car and Foundry company
independently which is now preparing
plans for a $1O.O00.o0O plant to be erect !
ed in Gary. has just placed in commits
sion a steel car plant at St Charles. |
This company now has %, 600 men on |
its pay roll.
A Now York dispatch to the Iron
Trade Review reads: The Standard
Steel Car works at Hammond has in |
view the immediate erection Of a al
100000 addition to its Hammond plant "
Ihis Improvement will materially aid |
the steel industry in the Calumet dis
trict and no doubt the Gary and south /
Chicago plants will receive the most /
Of the steel orders required for its
construction and operation
Engineers are also working on Tho
plans for the steel car works addition
to the Pullman plant These were
stopped eighteen months ago when the
financial furry occurred.