. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. L, QUE. CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL 55 THE GRANTHAM IRON WORKS. THE GRANTHAM IRON WORKS,the property of John MacDougall &Co., Montreal, are situated at Drum-mondville, Drummond county, Que. Theplant consists of two stacks. The Grantham stack was built in 1880,and went into blast in the fall of the same rotates from one department to another inperfect order, passing through differentprocesses, until it is delivered at the packingroom in shape of finished files. They have also added to their regularline of files, a special saw file, designed byMr. Weed
. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. L, QUE. CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL 55 THE GRANTHAM IRON WORKS. THE GRANTHAM IRON WORKS,the property of John MacDougall &Co., Montreal, are situated at Drum-mondville, Drummond county, Que. Theplant consists of two stacks. The Grantham stack was built in 1880,and went into blast in the fall of the same rotates from one department to another inperfect order, passing through differentprocesses, until it is delivered at the packingroom in shape of finished files. They have also added to their regularline of files, a special saw file, designed byMr. Weed, whose known connection withthe file business is world wide. This is aspecial high-grade tool of an entirely new made for a special representative for Aus-tralia, with headquarters at Sydney, NewSouth Wales. Notwithstanding the recent extensiveadditions to their works, indications point,from the volume of business that is beingplaced with the firm that they shall be com-pelled to still further increase their plantbefore a great GRANTHAM WORKS-ST. FRANCIS FURNACE, CASTING HOUSE. year. The St. Francis stack was built in1881, and went into blast early in these stacks were built for the produc-tion of car-wheel iron. The ores used arelemonite, or bog ores, and are mined in thevicinity. The wood, also, is procured inthe neighborhood, and is converted intocharcoal in rectangular kilns in the kilns contain 80 cords each. No by-products are made, the whole output beinghigh grade car-wheel iron, which is manu-factured into wheels at the companys worksin Montreal. The power for driving theblowers and other machinery is got from theRiver St. Francis. The output of pig ironis about 5,000 tons yearly from the twostacks. design, and is adapted to the very best kindof work. These files are neatly packed inboxes containing special handles, which gowith the files, and carry the highest form ofguarantee as to the efficiency of work thatcan be done. The Arcade File
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