A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . t prosperity, a steel millshould have more than one string to its bow, and that to run inall times, under all circumstances, Bessemer steel must be adapted toother uses than the making of rails. Holding tenaciously to thisidea, he was the first to branch out into the manufacture of wire, 1846-54] COMJMERCE AND INDUSTRY 695 screws, agricultural and inerclumt shapes, from steel. To the pro-gress iu this clircetion must be imputed a large share of the success ofhis eorapauy, and it further entitles Mr.
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . t prosperity, a steel millshould have more than one string to its bow, and that to run inall times, under all circumstances, Bessemer steel must be adapted toother uses than the making of rails. Holding tenaciously to thisidea, he was the first to branch out into the manufacture of wire, 1846-54] COMJMERCE AND INDUSTRY 695 screws, agricultural and inerclumt shapes, from steel. To the pro-gress iu this clircetion must be imputed a large share of the success ofhis eorapauy, and it further entitles Mr. Chisholm to be regarded asone of the greatest, if not the greatest man, who has been engaged inthe Bessemer steel manufacture iu this country. It is rare, indeed,that mechanical skill and business ability are united in one and thesame individual and it was to this exceptional combination of talentsthat IMr. Chisholm owed his more than splendid success. A Scotch-man by birth and nature, and loving the poems of his nations bardwith an ardor that only a Scot can fciO, he became as thorough an. Iron Ore Docks of the Present American citizen as if he had drawn his inspiration from PlymouthRock, and he performed his civic duties with an ever-serene confi-dence in the merit of our institutions. Although the auspicious beginning in the manufacture of ironwas made under the direction of Mr. Chisholm, it was not until oreshipments were started from the Lake Superior regions that the in-dustry began to assume large proportions. It was in 1846 thatCleveland parties appeared on the scene and opened the way for theimmense business that has grown up between that region and thiscity. Dr. J. Lang Cassels, of Cleveland, visited Lake Superior in1846, and took .squatters possession in the name of the Dead RiverSilver & Copper Mining Company of Cleveland—an enterprise inwhich were many of the men afterward found in the Cleveland Iron 696 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XXXV Company. He was guid
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