Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-22
STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION
LARGEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCER
Has Diversified Output: Some Interesting SideIghs Re-
cent Big Deal IuUolUing SteeHon Plant

That the Bethlehem Steel Corpora
tion, since its purchase OF the Penn
sylvania Steel Company, is the larg-
est Independent producer in the coun-
try, is the substance of an article con-
tributed to the Daily Iron Trade and
Metal Market Report by Ira n. Steel.
The article follows:
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation
will step to the fore among inde-
pendent steel companies, from the
standpoint of capacity. provided it
absorbs the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, as all present signs indicate.
The combined companies will have a
total pig iron capacity of approximate
ly 100000 tons q year; recently the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation was con-
sidering building three additional
blast furnaces. They will have a steel
ingot capacity of approximately $780,
600 tons, while Bethlehem Steel had
under construction at the beginning
of this year 100000 tons of open
hearth steel capacity additional. The
companies Will possess important ore
holdings in Cuba, Chile, PENNSYLVANIA
and New York, and are assured of a
good coal supply. They will control
shipyards on both the Atlantic and
Pacific coast, and will be able to build
CAA
February 1, 1916, total of SO vessels
were building in these yards.
Products Widely Diversified
THE Bethlehem Steel Corporation
has been noted for its wide diVersi-
fication of production. Acquisition of
Pennsylvania Steel will broaden the
field even further. The allied COM
panies are equipped to roll about
100000 tons of standard steel rails
per annum; Bethlehem special and
standard structural shapes; fabricated
structural material; hard-faced armor;
treated forgings, machined forglngs
and castings; guns and mounts; spe-
cial machinery, gas engines, pumps,
etc; projectiles; puddled iron; iron
and steel bars, staybolt iron, tool steel
bars, etc; drop forgings; frogs,
switches, tie plates, manganese steel
castings, carbon steel castings, steel
floating dry docks, dumping and other
special cars and various other pro-
ducts.
"The Bethlehem Iron Mines Co., in
corporated in 1908 to acquire all min
ing rights exclusive of those controlled
by the Juragua Iron Co. In 1903
this company purchased control of the
Cheevcr Iron Ore Co, with mine at
Port Henry. n. Y.
"The Maryland Steel Company has
about 100000 ingot capacity at Spar
rows Point.
THE Pennsylvania Steel Company
has about 100000 tons ingot capa-
city at Steelton.
Ship Building Properties
"The consolidated companies will
control the Fore River Ship Building
Company. Fore River, Mass, purchas-
ed in 1913, which gives the corpora
tion for building, on the Atlantic sea-
board, complete battleships, fully arm
ed and equipped.
"The Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor
poration, with ship building plant at
Wilmington. Del, dock, boiler shop,
foundries, etc. Also owns car build
ing plant.
1.-THE Union Iron Works has large
ship building plant at San Francisco
and also owns foundries and machine
shops especially adapted to the manu-
facture of mining and other machin-
cry.
1.-THE Maryland Steel Company has
ship yard for building all classes of
vessels at Sparrows Point.
Samuel l.. Moore & Sons Corpora
ton owns a plant at EliZabethport, n.
j., consisting of iron foundries, ma