. Book of the Royal blue . : I HOUSE. PITTSBURG. controls the Connellsville Coke regions,and the annual output of this impor-tant article is estimated at 6,300,691tons, which is estimated to be worth$11,971,232. The region covers a totalarea of 87,786 acres which are devotedto the manufactory of coke, and out ofthis immense number there are 75,864acres which are yet untouched by theminers pick. A few figures as to oil: The oilfields in the neighborhood of Pitts- of steel; 1,188,727 tons of rails, bars,bolts, rods, etc., and 248,369 tons ofsheets and plates. With these figuresin front of us, Pi
. Book of the Royal blue . : I HOUSE. PITTSBURG. controls the Connellsville Coke regions,and the annual output of this impor-tant article is estimated at 6,300,691tons, which is estimated to be worth$11,971,232. The region covers a totalarea of 87,786 acres which are devotedto the manufactory of coke, and out ofthis immense number there are 75,864acres which are yet untouched by theminers pick. A few figures as to oil: The oilfields in the neighborhood of Pitts- of steel; 1,188,727 tons of rails, bars,bolts, rods, etc., and 248,369 tons ofsheets and plates. With these figuresin front of us, Pittsburg alone would bea mighty important factor in supplyingthe Government with armor for vessels;and in fact everything else in iron orsteel we might need in case of a long-drawn out war with Spain. To Pittsburg is due the credit ofplacing natural gas into harness. Foryears before its use as a general fuel, it. AN OIL WELL. burg in the past four years produced67,905,478 barrels of highest means a value of $40,742, amount produced was three-fifthsof the entire output of the UnitedStates. There are twenty-seven blast fur-naces and sixty-three rolling mills andsteel plants, and the appearance ofthese mills at night has often been re-ferred to as the Jaws of Hell. Thesemills in 1894 produced 1,775,257 tonsof pig iron; 55,722 tons crucible steelingots; 1,550,252 tons of all other kinds was allowed to waste itself in the atmos-phere in incalculable quantities. 1 The best views of the city are ob-tained from Mount Washington, Her-ring Hill Park, Grand View Park andMount Bigelow Highland Park, whichare easily reached by the splendid streetcar service. A few historical facts add to the in-terest of this busy town, ft claims to bethe only city founded by George Wash-ington, who established a settlementthere in 1753, which was captured bythe French in the French and Indian war PITTSBL
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