Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13

, Calcutta. and have learned more from
u. j Tatn, the son OF j n. Tata, here
at Bombay. met Mr. Tata In his
office and we talked for an hour about
these steel works. They nave been
started with a capital uf 5000. 900. anG
are already well under way. They
are situated about 100 miles from CAT
cutta and not far from great beds ~
iron ana coal. American managcra,
mctallurgists and engineers have been
employed. and the enterprise is bctnS
pushed for an II is worth. Tho com
pgny has mndc a contract with the gov
crnment Co take 20 600 tons of steel rail-
per unnum FOR q tenn Of 10 years. and
the ufiiCials have also uErCod to build
81 railroad for thcm at a cost ot $4,000
900. tu carry their ore 20 the mills.
Mr. Tat1 says mat the company VIII
probably pay dividends within four or
five years lie thinks the profits viii
be az least 10 per cent and that On e
business win steadily grow. lie tells
mo tho plant will consist OF two bias.
furnaces. six open hearth basic steel
furnace OF A. tons each. three merchant
bar mills ard blooming aud rail mills.
II VIII produce 10000 tons ~ pig iron
ana 1000 tons of nni. he'd steel per
year.
MILLIONS IN STEEL
n these works succeed they win be
the beginning of an Industry which
may run high into the millions. lld,a is
already importing something Ike So
100000 worth Of iron and stcc' IL an
nuIuy takes S2O0c1,c91 worth ~ railway
steel and rUliilg stock, ms well as ma
chinerv and hardware to the amount Of
S2O.0 eco more. The government de-
manls are enormous. Its railways are
longer than those Of the United King
dom. and u mas 81 railway shops whose
average force Is I, 200 hands II has ar
senals and dock yards employing 2S,C00
men, ana II imports great quantities OF
such materials as these works demand.
I'm addition TO this. factories and mills
are now sprin ging up over india, and
they all need machinery There are al
most / .06O cotton mills, as well as jute
mills. sugar mills and foundries
making iron and brass At
present Great Britain Is mo-
nopoIizlng the importations 1t
ships about all the machinery and mill
work, the most Of the railway materials
and the greater part Of the iron and
steel If India can make her own goods
OF this Kind II viii result I'm the en-
ploymcnt Of millions Of the natives and
viii increase the wealth and prosperity
OF the country
COAL AND IRON DEPOSITS.
During my talk with Mr.. Tata
asked him to tell me about the mineral
resources OF India. Said he:
I've had 60 study them before plan
ming the steel works My father you
know. originated the idea. He took IL
up Is years ago with the hope of ma
king this "a great manufacturing nation.
lie had made some study of England
and believed that It's greatness came
from its iron and coal He wanted TO
see whether India had similar possibili-
ties and hired prOspectors TO go over
the peninsula. He finally found certain
deposits which he thought might be
used for pig metal The coal, however,
was Of "a low grade and IL needed spe-
cial processes to tit IL for cooking. He
offered prizes for the invention of such
processes, and when they were discov-
cred he proposed to the government
that IL should grant him concessions for
starting the industry, but he could get
no satisfaction lie was then forced 10
drop the matter. Twenty years later he
again took 1t up with Lord George
Hamilton, the secretary Of state for
India. and interested him Lord Ham
ilton told him that the government
would be glad to aid him in such an
ing. and as a result he again
began his investi cations. spending a
hundred thousand dollars or so upon
them I'm the last years Of his life. We
have continued his Investigations"
What aid you fnd2'' | asked.