The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
ROLLER MILL
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This Is one OF the chief causes that
The efforts Of our local people were
a failure in the opration Of the plant
on the east side OF the river. There
was only one railroad here and steel
came too high for the company to
place Its product on the market at
! profit that would enable 1t to do
business. The seventeen railroads
live the purchasing company plenty,
of scrap material. But this is not
its only supply Of material indeed 1t
8 only small part OF what the com
pany has to draw from. Pittsburg
capitalists have discovered great guam
ities Of iron ore on tho International
md Great Northern railroad one hum
!lred and forty miles from San JAG
INTO City. The ore discovered there
known US the brown hemitite iron
ore and Is found in mountain FORM.
from the analysis made 1t Is found
% be superior TO anything that has
oeen shipped to Pittsburg. The yield
Of iron is So per cent. This ore is
!ound three feet under a sandy loan
soil. After stripping the surface a
solid bed Of the rich ore can be mined
sor twenty-five cents per ton. Tho
cost in the grounds is twenty-five cents !.
per ton and the. freight rate to San
Iaclnto City Is rs cents per ton max
he cost Of the ore s1.25 per ton at I,
San Jacinto and on the United States
Ship channel. The people Of San
jacinto expect, to get water rate
from their city to New York for $2.75.
per ton as against $3.50 per ton for
ore that. the Pittsburg mills pay for
ore at Cleveland Ohio, brought from
he Lake fields.
The company has plenty of lime, !!
stone Of the best quality that Is inl
close proximity to the mills that it
will locate atfording an an abundance
of fiuxing material. 1t will use oil
Tor fuel. 1t is claimed that the CONF
pany can use oil to a splendid ad.,,
vantage as fuel and that 1t will be
cheaper in proportion than coal is
n the Pittsburg district. The Goose
Creek oil field one Of the best in Texas
is within three miles OF tho city.
Here are many wells that produce up,
wards Of 1000 barrels Of oil per day.
1T McAllister,s Oklahoma, 22O miles
away is seven foot vein OF the best
coking coal in the United States
should the oil give. out as a fuel tho
the. coal fields can bo relied upon
% furnish fuel for, tho operation OF
the big mills that will be located In
San Jacinto.
All OF the steel that is shipped, into
Texas now comes from the mills at
Pittsburgr The base price OF the
product is $4,000. The rate for freight
from Pittsburg to New York is $32.3O
and from New York to Galveston is
1900 and the freight rate from Gal.
yeston to Houston'is $1.20 making the
cost at Houston $39.4O. r5iE
San Jacinto City to where our old,
steel mill Is going has been laid, out
to cover 1850 acres. There are sew.
enteen railroads at one end OF the
city and a ship channel at the other.
rhe country roads that lead into the
:ity are made of the best material
known in road construction. The main
street OF the city is eighty feet wide
and three miles long and enters San
Iacinto Park whic is owned by thh
State. On this park the State has
spent $4,000 and has appropriated
S50, 900 more to beautify It. The town
Is being brought TO the front by the
San Jacinto Land Company. The land
company and the United States Iron,
and Steel Company are backed by;
capitalists from Houston, Syracuse, Nj
Y, and Plttsburg. The companies are:
separate and distinct. One has no
connection with the other. Il
In the. city of Houston with popu..
lation of $4,000 there is sS,5oo,oOo Of.
this work William Miller and Sons, of
Pittsburg. who are constructing the
Watson Company's building at tho
corner Of Main and Jefferson streets
and J. Ea Watson's elegant residence
on Fairmont avenue has contracts for
$2,S00.00O Of this work.
The deal for tho property taken
over by the United States Iron and
Steel Company was effected some
weeks ago when Attorney E. F. Hart.
ley and George E. Miller, OF this city,