Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02
ROME MAKES A SPLENDID
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS
FOR ARMOR PLATE PLANT
speaker, who was DR.. S. w. McCalla,
state geologist of Georgia.
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speaker, who was DIR. S. W. McCalla,
state geologist of Georgia.
DIR. MCALLA'S FACTS.
DIR. McCalla presented a summary of
the vast resources of iron ore, manga
nese, coal and other minerals in the vi
!cinity of Rome that make it suitable To-
cation for the armor plate plant. He did
not, however, go into details, but filed
three comprehensive geological reports
on the subject, and briefly called atten-
ton to the subject matter contained III
each of these reports.
First he called attention to the de-
posits of red iron ore in the Rome dis
trict. He estimated the available sup
ply at 230,0O0,000 tons, showed that the
ore averages As per cent of metallic iron.
| and submitted a detailed report showing
the location and extent of each vein and
the analysis of samples.
Next he called attention to the depos-
it's of brown iron ore in the Rome dis
trict He estimated the available supply
at $4,000, 900 tons, showed that the ore
averages 81 per cent of metallic iron, and
submitted a detailed report showing the
location and extenent of each vein and
the analysis of samples
AS to coal, DIR. McCa1la showed that IN
the Rome district are deposits aggregat-
ing $40, 10000 tons of coal of good quail
ity for manufacturing coke.
As to manganese, he showed that the
vast deposits lying between Rome and
Gainesville are the principal source of
manganese supply in the United States.
In conclusion, he called attention to the
abundant deposits of high grade lime
stone.
ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
The next speaker was F. R. Maddox.
an analytical chemist, whose services
are engaged by commercial furnace in
dustries in the Rome district he gave
the board exact and valuable informa-
ton concerning the sulphur and phos-
phorous content of iron ore used In
the commercial furnaces Of the Rome
district
Y. A. Dyer. a chemist and metallur-
gist, speaking along similar lines, sub
mitted data showing the low percentage
of PHOSPHORUS in the Rome ores, and
testified that the ores in the district
contain no elements that would harm
the quality of armor plate Steel
. Further information on the chemical
contents of the Rome ores was sub
mitted in a letter written by J. A Gar
vim, a furnace owner, just across the
state line in Alabama, who intended to
be present but was detained
This covered the case SO Lar
erals were concerned. and Secretary
Grafton then introduced John Nd. Grant
a Rome contractor. who submitted
statement from all of the local contrac-
tors giving the number of houses for
plant employees which they would be
ready to build as soon as the government
should be ready. These figures were
backed up by statements signed by the
presidents of the five Rome banks, tes-
tifying to the financials responsibility
of the contractors.
Next came hydro-electrtc power. W.
Rawson Collier, of the Georgia Railway
and Power company, stated to the board
that practically the whole mineral ter
ritory embraced in DR.. McCalla's report
is covered by the company's transmits
sion lines, 50 that the work of mining
and transporting ores can be done cleo
trically if desired. he stated that the
company has eleven hydro-electrtc pow
err sites with an approximate total Of
5000 horsepower, of which $4,000
already has been developed. He stated
that if the government should decide
to operate the armor plate plant by cleo
tricity, and should use as much as 3d.
900 horsepower, the company would
furnish it for As mills per kdlowatt
hour.
BIN. HALLS REPORT.
The next speaker was B. M. Hall, the
well-known Atlanta engineer, who went
to Rome with the Atlanta delegation for
the purpose of giving facts concerning
the mineral resources of the Rome dis
trict-
He submitted several maps showing
vast deposits of red and brown iron ore
(not particularly touched on by DR.. Nc
Calla), which extend from northeast
to southwest in a belt across the state
about fifty miles south of Rome. He
showed that Rome occupies practically
the center of one of he richest iron
ore regions in the whole of America, and
in conclusion he called attention to the
vast deposits of manganese between
Rome and Gainesville.
Following Mr.. Hall, Secretary Graf
ton read a letter from n. M Stanley.
state commissioner OF commerce and
labor touching the labor conditions Of
Rome and the state in general. He
showed that there are now approximate
ly $4,000 men employed in foundrles,
machine shops, boiler factories and 9th
err iron and steel industries of the state,
and their average wage runs from $22.5O
to $50 a week. He showed that there
is an abundance of both skilled and I'M
skilled labor in the state and that gen.
eral labor conditions have always been
good.
Reuben Towers, Rome manufactures
who runs a foundry and machine shop,
was the next speaker. He stated toI
the board that in twenty years in Rome
he had never experienced any difficulty
in securing labor, both skilled and I'M
skilled, and no difficulty in his reia-
tions with employees.
Along the same line, w. S. Cothran,
secretary and treasurer of Towers &
Sullivan, manufacturers of agricultural
implements, stated to the board that his
company in the forty years since 1T be-
gan business has not lost single day
on account of labor trouble.
Rome's easy access to the coal fields
was the next feature presented to the
board. r. w. Graves, a Rome coal deal
er who handles about $4,000 tons of
coal a year, showed that coal is always
easy to secure for the reason that Rome
is about midway between the fields of
Tennessee and the fields of Alabama
When coal cannot be secured from the
one, it can be secured from the other. !
Mr. Graves further showed that the best
grade of coke in the United States is