. The advantages and surroundings of Muskegon. ess it upon the railxoad companies of the State, that thelatter had made it possible, by heavy reductions of rates upon material destinedfor points beyond the limits of the State, to manufacture a ton of Bessemer steelpig iron just as cheap in Chicago as it can be manufactured in Pittsburg. Thereis no question about this. It is a matter of figures which 1 have given, that noman has ventured to contradict, and wiiich have been publicly corroborated byMr. Stewart, general freight agent of the company. I am creditedwith having said that
. The advantages and surroundings of Muskegon. ess it upon the railxoad companies of the State, that thelatter had made it possible, by heavy reductions of rates upon material destinedfor points beyond the limits of the State, to manufacture a ton of Bessemer steelpig iron just as cheap in Chicago as it can be manufactured in Pittsburg. Thereis no question about this. It is a matter of figures which 1 have given, that noman has ventured to contradict, and wiiich have been publicly corroborated byMr. Stewart, general freight agent of the company. I am creditedwith having said that the south was to be Pennsylvanias great i-ivai, but whatI said was that it was to be the chief competitor for foundry iron in theeastern district of Pennsylvania. The south will not trouble Pittsburg. Our com-petitor is not the south; it is Chicago, and favored ports of Lake Michigan. Muskegon Iron and Steel Co.—This company, one of the greatest in importanceamong our concerns, was incorporated April 1890 with a paid up , mm. MUSKEGON ROLLING MILL AND STEEL WORKS. GG capital of $200,000 and has been in full operation foralnnit two years. The rapidlyincreasing business has compelled enlargement of the plant on four occasions andthe present floor surface covers 65,000 square feet of space, all of which is fullyoccupied. The works are equipped with the best machinery and scientific ap-pliances in the art of manufacturing iron and steel, in this i-espect being un-excelled bvany similar institution in the land. The Muskegon Iron and Steel no small factor in the citys development as it keeps 325 men activel}^ employed,disbursing about $10,000 per month in wages, and jnaking a yearly output of 18,-000 tons of high grade iron and steel, exclusivelj- by the open-hearth process, theheating of which is done entirely by fuel gas which is manufactured on the prem-ises. The extia fine product turned out from this mill has been met with promptappreciation from al
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