Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-03


by the blowing in of additional furnaces.
Contracts have been lei and work has
been started on a new 100000 plant
for the Forged Steel Wheel company,
subsidiary of the Standard Steel Car
company at Butler, Pa. About go acres
of land adjoining the Standard Car
works at Lyndora will be. used by the
new plants. Instead of being depend
ent upon outside concerns for raw mate
rial the company will equip its new
plant with six open hearth furnaces
! with a capacity of so tons heat, and
with a slabbing mill, which will roll
direct from ingots into slabs for the
blanks from which the steel wheels are
forged.
Contracts have been let for 100000
tons of ore which will be rushed to Phil
adelphia as soon as the lower duty be-
comes effective. following the passage of
the tariff bill According to trade re-
| ports, the ore will be taken to the fur
naces in the Lehigh, Schuylkill and Sus-
quehanna valleys. For many years the
furnaces in those districts have been de-
pendent upon the Lake Superior ores for
their raw material, placing them at a
disadvantage in competing with other
| iron centers. The lowering of the tariff
| on ore is expected to greatly stimulate
the iron industries in those sections.
A gigantic steel plant will be estab-
| llshed in Mexico City within the coming
The initial outlay will be $4,000 900.
| Victor Belanger of Paris is the head of
the concern. 1t is understood that a
large part of the capital will come from
Paris and Boston. Coal and iron mines
IN Mexico will be acquired later by the
| company. The steel will be manufac-
tured by new and secret process.
| Interest in the construction of a large
| blacksmith shop by the Allis-Chalmers
| company as an addition to its immense
plant at West Allis is heightened by the
announcement that its equipment will
| embrace the largest trip-hammer in the
world.
The Southern Iron and Steel company
| mas awarded the contract for an engine
| of 5000 horse power capacity to the Al
disclaimers company for their new rod
WIRE and nail mills at Gadsden.
The Carnegie Steel company has
| awarded contracts for the erection of the
new Slick car wheel plant Mt Home
| stead. approximately S3,000,000 has
| been appropriated for the new plant, but
IL mas not ueeu determined Just now
much of this sum is to be expended at
this time. The company has been ex-
| perimenting with the new Slick process
OF manufacturing car wheels by which
the wheels are cold rolled.
The Westinghouse Electric and Man
| ufactnring company has placed its entire
| force at East Pittsburg on full time and
| IS now working ten hours each day The
full time situation is due to the large
| orders which the plant is now filing.
George h, lrvIn, secretary of the In
dependent Coke Producers association ut
Pittshurg. says that over s. per cent. Of
the SI,S9S ovens are now in operation
The output last week was about 300.
ono tons, the largest amount for any one
week in twenty months.
Both Bradstreets and r. G.. Dun &
Co. note the How of orders for iron and
steel and state that premiums are now
offered ON early deliveries of material
The Carnegie Steel company has de-
cided to blow in their blast furnace on
Neville island, which has been idle for
some years past.
Announcement is made by officials of
the Allyne Brass Foundry company at
Detroit of an important consolidation
of aluminium casting establishments
throughout the country. with the princi-
pal plant located in Detroit, which viii