. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . tons of iron rails. In 1869 tho amounthad risen to 580,000 tons. Of sieel railsthere were laid in 1869, 50,000 ions. 15,000tons of which were of domestic quantity of steel rails laid in 1871 reached150 000. The number of hands employed in theprimary production of iron in the UnitedSlates is roughly estimated at —58,000of whom work in rolling mills, 42,000 in pre-paring ore and fuel, 25,000 in preparing fuelfor rolling mills, 12,500 in blast furnaces, arid2,500 at forges anil bioomenes. Add
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . tons of iron rails. In 1869 tho amounthad risen to 580,000 tons. Of sieel railsthere were laid in 1869, 50,000 ions. 15,000tons of which were of domestic quantity of steel rails laid in 1871 reached150 000. The number of hands employed in theprimary production of iron in the UnitedSlates is roughly estimated at —58,000of whom work in rolling mills, 42,000 in pre-paring ore and fuel, 25,000 in preparing fuelfor rolling mills, 12,500 in blast furnaces, arid2,500 at forges anil bioomenes. Add the800,000 engaged in manufacturing articles ofiron, and we have a total of Theapproximate value of ihe pig iron manufac-tured in 1870 was $75,000,000. Adding tothis the product of ihe rolling mills and forges,the amount is $138,000,000 Adding again,the value of articles manufactured of iron,and the value of the iron manufacture of thecountry for the year is $,000. EXTINGUISHER. a o -*J o <u ■ o u s-« tr. m +3 u. 02 pq z esj < r/2 a P < ctS CD ^ O. •D (= co ca m z N O Z hd m e •-t H !-»• > 33 crq t* m CD H -i o txt CO a CD Insurance Companies Reduce Rates Where it is Introduced. nSThe attention of Practical KnilroadMen is earnestly invited to the record ofwork done, and to the fact that nine-tenthsof the fires th (kindle u stations, in woodpiles, and oa Trains are within the powerof this Machine when discovered F. W. FAR i/VELL, Secretary, 122 Washington Street,CHICAGO H. J. BOND, Genl Agent, 22 West Fourth Street, CINCINNATI. 32 THE RAILROAD RECORD.
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