Page's Engineering Weekly Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in England," which Mr. Holley answered after reading his second paper. It was chiefly owing to his own invention of bottoms in reserve and removable appliances. A CONTRAST IN PRODUCTION There was also at this historical meeting a report, a remarkable production, submitted by David Forbes, Foreign Secretary to the Institute, upon the progress of iron and steel industries in foreign countries. I naturally turned to see what he had to say about the United States. Several pages are given to the Pittsburg district, and what is there recorded carries me back to the days of youth apparently. In 1S73 the Pennsylvania Steel Company made 20,000 tons of steel rails. They make that amount in two weeks now; Bethlehem Iron Works were engaged in raising a loan of the enormous amount of 20,000 for the extension of their works, a paltry 100,000 dollars. Five millions would be comparatively less to-day. The great Cambria Iron Works in Western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburg, were credited with having made no less than 1,027J tons of ingots in the week ending September 26th, the largest quantity ever made in a week--a day's work nowadays. Two new blast furnaces were being built in Ohio, the capital of the company being all Scotch, and it was proposed to call the iron ScotchAmerican pig. This isn't a bad brand--either of men or iron. It is noted that the total production of pig iron in the United States in 1872 was 2,897,000 net tons, and in 1873 just about the same; to-day it is approaching 20,000,000 tons per annum. The product of steel, nearly 15,000,000 tons, is greater than the rest of the world. BRITISH AND GERMAN PROGRESS. The progress of Germany and Britain have also been great. Britain made 643,317 tons of steel in 1874, and last year 4,909,000 tons. Germany made...