The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-01
OVENS MAY
INCREASE
IN NUMBER

There is a possibilit ythat the Unit
ed States Steel corporation will ex-
pand its coke oven facilities at Gary.
During the past few weeks President
Farrell has been inspecting the Fricl<
companys Ia steel trust Subsidiary
beehive coke ovens in the Connells-
Vile district and it is rumored in that
part of Pennsylvania that the Gary
Joliet district is TO have new coke
ovens.
Is Big Industry.
Gary now has $50 by-product ovens
which are equal to 1880 ovens OF the
beehive type. They are operated by
the Illinois Steel company at cost Of
$7.500,000 the money being appropriate
ed three years ago. The ovens em
ploye $40 men and consume 1000 tons
of coal daily. Despite the heavy pro-
duction of coke it is still necessary to
import 1000 tons of Pennsylvania coke
daily for use of the Gary and South
Chicago mills.
The Connellsville Courier. the recog-
nized journal of the coke trade. and
true to the Pennsylvania interests
views Gary in small light. 1t fears
that 1t Will be the coke center of the
wes:
This weeks Courier prints in con-
nection with President Farrelrs in
| spection tor of the east;
Gary's Rise Is Feared.
| IF the visit of the President Far
rell and Vice President Kerr of the
United States Steel Corporation to the
Connellsville region and the careful
| inspection of the cooking plants of the
corporation here portends no new ac-
QUESTIONS or Improvements, ii is at
|
Importance of Cennellsville coke as a
furnace fuel in spite of the large sums
of money spent in the construction of
product ovens at Gary and Joliet 20
make coke from the inferior Goals of
Indiana and Illinois
| While the Steel Corporation has
been chary indiffusing information
about the character and yield of ~
lake shore by-product ovens, expert
ence has demonstrated that the best
coke Is made from the best coal. but
| that an available coke may be made
of inferior coal In by-product ovens at
a minimum cost. BY an available
coke we mean a coke that though in
feror in chemical and physical quail
ties, and smelling a less quantity OF
ore per ton, is still at cheaper coke at
| the furnace than the cokes of other
regions made In beehive ovens from
better grades of coal.
Freight To Gary Costly.
/ The freight on connellsville coke
from this region to Gary and Joliet is
s2.35 per ton. Considering the value
of Connellsville coking coal per acre
and its limited quantity. Connellsville
coke laid down at the Gary and Joliet
furnaces is worth $500 per ton. II
is probable that the by-product coke
making due allowance for its smelling
Icapacity and other deficiencies. is still
a good fuel proposition.
Gary Needs More Coke.
The Steel Corporation has $50 by
product ovens at Gary and ESQ al
Joliet. 1t was announced some time
lago that these would provide all the
locke for the plants there and no more
Those points: nevertheless. 1t is a fac
that about 1000 tons per day is still
being shipped from this region tc
ithese Lake front furnices. 1t is posi-
BILE that this coke is necessary because
iof delay in operating the by-produc
lovens to full capacity. or 1T may have
ibeen found advisable to mix Councils
lville coke with by-product coke jus
as the Indiana and Illinois Goals arr
Iprove the quality of the Gary COX.
Iproduct. In any event 1t seems tina
our coke is still necessary in som,
tquantity at the lake front plants o.
the Steel Corporation"