Our country and its resources; . The consumption of pig iron and ferro-alloys by the 436 establishments pro-ducing steel and hot-rolled iron andsteel manufactures as their chief prod-ucts amounted to 17, tons in1914, the cost of these materials being$ The plants consumed ap-proximately tons of scrap, ofwhich amount 5,065,090 tons were pur-chased at a cost of $50,301,614, tons were produced in theworks where consumed. The consump-tion of iron ore amounted to , costing $4,252,087. In ,742 tons of steel ingots, rails forrerolling
Our country and its resources; . The consumption of pig iron and ferro-alloys by the 436 establishments pro-ducing steel and hot-rolled iron andsteel manufactures as their chief prod-ucts amounted to 17, tons in1914, the cost of these materials being$ The plants consumed ap-proximately tons of scrap, ofwhich amount 5,065,090 tons were pur-chased at a cost of $50,301,614, tons were produced in theworks where consumed. The consump-tion of iron ore amounted to , costing $4,252,087. In ,742 tons of steel ingots, rails forrerolling and partly finished rolledproducts, such as blooms, billets, slabs,muck and scrap bar. sheet and tin-plate bars. produced in certainmills, were purchased bv others at acost of $ PRODUCTS The total products of the steel worksand rolling mills for the year 1914were valued at $919,527,2 14. The rolled,forged and other classified iron and steelproducts aggregated 25,586,715 tons, 216 OIK COUNTRY AND ITS KESOURCES. TAKING ON A CARGO OF PIG IRON BY MEANS OF ELECTRIC LINOTE HOW THE PIGS FLY TO THE MAGNET rained at $802,976,516, comprising ,342 tons of finished rolled productsand forgings, valued at $624,754,421 :6,408,030 tons of partly finished rolled products—blooms, hillots. slahs. sheet hars. tin-plate bars, muck bar, a ml scrapbar—valued al $130,674,909, and .-343 tons of unrolled steel in the formof ingots and castings, valued at $47, The finished rolled products and fortr-ings produced during the year 1!14 wereclassified as follows: Kails. , valued at $54,009,918; rerolled orrenewed rails, •>. (il tons, valued at$1,438,237; rail fastenings (splice , fish-plates, etc.), , valued at $11,526,956; structuralshapes (not Including plates used formaking girders), 2,083,440 tons, valuedat $57,475,366; bars for reinforced eoncrete, tons, valued at $7,; merchant bars, 2,474,677 tons, val-ue
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