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16 MARINE REVIEW. IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF CANADA. Mr. George Johnson, dominion statistician, in the statistical year book of Canada for 1901, just out, gives some exceedingly interesting facts regarding the iron and steel industry in Canada. It is shown that the duty upon iron and steel manufactures from Great Britain is only two- thirds that imposed upon these products from the United States, yet the volume of trade in different forms of iron and steel, such as railway sup- plies, machinery, castings, hardware, etc., is almost entirely with the United States. The iron epee Of oe denen have a wade ages both eographically and geologically. e annual consumption of iron Sal ne oe ics in Canada is between 800,000 and 820,000 tons. The active works in Canada are: Nova Scotia Steel Co., blast furnace at Ferrona, N. S.; Hamilton Steel & Iron Co., Hamilton, Ont.; Canada Iron Furnace Co., Midland, Ont.; Dominion Iron & Steel Co., furnaces at Syd- ney, N. S.; Deseronto Iron Co., Deseronto, Ont.; Canada Iron Furnace Co., Radnor, Que.; Drummondville furnaces, Drummondville, Que. The last three are charcoal furnaces, : The annual aggregate capacity of all the completed and unfinished furnaces is nearly 1,100,000 gross tons. The Lake Superior Power Co. is building at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., a very extensive plant for the manu- facture of pig iron, steel and steel rails, the latter the first established in Canada. . The united investment at Sydney, Hamilton, Deseronto, Mid- land, New Glasgow, Radnor, Drummondville and Ferrona amounts to $24,500,000, which will be increased to $35,000,000 by new plant now building. Within five or six years the total investment will aggregate, approximately, $50,000,000. ae : The production of pig iron in the dominion of Canada, as ascertained from the manufacturers by circular, amounted in the calendar year 1901 to 244,976 gross tons, as compared with 86,900 tons in 1900; 94,077 tons in 1899 and 68,755 tons in 1898; 53,796 tons in 1897; 60,030 tons in 1896; and 37,829 tons in 1895. Of the production last year 228,893 tons were made with coke, and 16,083 tons with charcoal. The production of Besse- mer pig iron included above amounted to 29,577 tons. Neither spiegel nor ferro-manganese was made. : On Dec. 31, 1901, there were twelve completed furnaces in Canada and four furnaces were in course of construction. Of the completed furnaces, seven were in blast and five were idle on the date named. Dur- ing 1901, four furnaces were erected by the Dominion Iron & Steel Co., at Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, three of which were blown in in 1901. The fourth furnace was put in blast in January, 1902. Of the twelve completed furnaces, seven were equipped to use coke for fuel, three charcoal, and two charcoal and coke. : : The following table gives first, the annual production of pig iron in Canada, ended with June 30, in the years indicated, showing that made from foreign ore and domestic ore respectively; second, the importation of pig, kentledge and cast scrap iron for home consumption, the three columns showing the total consumption; and third, the percentage of home manufactured pig to the total consumption: oa Foreign ore, Domestic ore, Imports, ane ; Year. net tons. net tons. net tons. net tons. Per Cent. 18908 = 3 53465 19,576 40,995 114,085 63.1 1899. a... 46,186 31,861 48 594 126,641 61.6 1900 62,221 34,618 65,330 167,169 60.9 1901 3s 50,581 99,758 40,282 190,621 78.9 Previous to 1898 no foreign ore was used in the manufacture of pig iron in Canada. Following are the amounts of bounty which have: been paid by the dominion government upon the production of pig iron in Canada: Fiscal Year. Amount. Fiscal Year. Amount, NB S4s es ee Sor Bag es ee 4,090) 1698 ee. $93,896 ASOD eee se esac. es. Be.000 18948 ie ea a 125,044 SOG ree eee oe eed BO 280 V 1BOb oe ee ees 63,384 licteVig ee Bo 000 | 1006 526 104,105 1S88 ee ee BamA ABI 2 eee ea 66,509 1889 oo) ee: Blot: | 1OUB cee ei 165,654 T8907 3 ee Oa 2GOl 1800) a ora 8. 187,954 TSO ee. 20 Ves 3 190) a a 238,296 WOOF ees. Docu AOU. eels ae 301,259 From 1884 to 1889, both years included, the bounty paid was at the rate of $1.50 per net ton; from 1890 to 1892, at the rate of $1.00 per ton; from 1893 to 1897 at the rate of $2.00 per ton, and from 1898 to 1901 the rate paid has been $3.00 per ton on iron made from Canadian ore, and $2.00 per ton on iron made from foreign ore. The following table shows the quantities and amount of bounties paid by the dominion government on steel ingots, steel billets and puddled bars in the years indicated: Fiscal Steel ingots, Steel billets. Puddled bars. year. Net tons. Bounty. Net tons. Bounty. Net tons. Bounty. T8063 ee 29,749 $59,498 2,806 $5,611 TUE oo. Fe 8,683 17,366 1,509 3,019 1308... 18 141 $54,412 *4.912 *13,042 2,615 7,706 1899 ....24,881 74,644 a + d,00% + 17,511 1900 ....21,453 64,360 + x 3,374 10,121 1901 .,..30,802 100,058 7 + 5,568 16,703 *Made in 1896-97 and bounty paid in 1897-98.. {No bounty paid on steel billets after June 30, 1897. The following shows the value of the exports of iron and steel goods manufactured in Canada in the fiscal years named, which includes pig and scrap iron, stoves, castings, rolled iron and hardware, steel and manufac- tures of, sewing machines and machinery: 1898, $606,082; 1899, $706,411; 1900, $1,425,163; 1901, $1,432,961. oe The value of the imports of iron and steel, and manufactures thereof into Canada, dutiable and free, in the fiscal years named, was as follows: Dutiable. Free. -- Total. 1808 oc $12,691,772 $3,864,989 16,556,761 1800 -)) 15,621,346 4,147,379 +768 195 1900: Ge 22169,913. 7,130,160 ' 29,300,073 1001 oc 18,738,135 8,042,328 26,780,458 The above does not include the value of imports of ships' boilers, fish hooks, printing presses, surgical and: dental instruments, and tin plates and sheets. [July 24 REAR ADMIRAL O'NEIL ON DUSSELDORF EXHIBITION. The Review recently had occasion to drop a note to Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, chief of the bureau of ordnance of the navy department, asking him whether the armament of the two new battleships and armored cruisers had, as yet, been decided upon, and what impressions he had brought away with him from Dusseldorf. His reply is much to the point, He writes: : "With reference to the batteries of the two battleships and two armored cruisers authorized by congress at its last session, I beg to in- form you that this armament will be as follows: "For the battleships--Four 12-in. guns of 45 calibers length; eight 8-in. guns of 45 calibers length; twelve 7-in. guns of 45 calibers length; twenty 3-in. guns of 50 calibers length; twelve 3-pounder guns; eight l-pounder guns; two machine guns (small-arm caliber); six automatic guns (small-arm caliber); two 3-in, field guns. s "For the armored cruisers--Four 10-in. guns of 45 calibers in length; sixteen 6-in, guns of 50 calibers in length; twenty-two 3-in. guns of 50 calibers in length; twelve 3-pounder guns; four 1l-pounder guns; two machine guns (small-arm caliber); six automatic guns (small-arm cali- ber); two 3-in. field guns. "With regard to my visit to Dusseldorf, I was most favorably im- pressed with the development of the steel industry in that section of Germany, which consisted in the manufacture of machine tools, steel cast- ings, forge and engine works, cranes and hoisting machinery, steel tubes, steel wire rope, seamless boilers, casks and drums, steam and gas engines, electric generators, cutlery, etc., to say nothing of the superb exhibition by Krupp's works of guns, mounts, turrets and armor plate. "The exhibition at Dusseldorf was of a most interesting character, and included a fine display of the liberal and fine arts. The exhibition of field artillery, of weldless steel tubes and pressed steel by the Rheinische Metallwaren Co., was also very fine. The Congress of Naval Architects, which sat in the Tonhalle June 2 to 5, was very interesting and was attended by many distinguished persons from all over Europe. The prin- cipal papers were by 'Mr.\Schrodter on 'Iron Industry and Ship Building in Germany;' Mr. Gotthard Sachsenberg on 'The Materials and Tools for Ship Building at the Dusseldorf Exhibition;' Baron von Rolf on 'The Development of the Navigation on the Rhine;' Mr. Schleifenbaum on 'The Use of Steel Wire Rope for Navigation.' "TI was invited by the directors of Herr Krupp's works to visit their establishments at Essen and Magdeburg, and was shown great courtesy at both places and given every opportunity to see such parts of their great establishments as I desired, and naturally designated the gun and armor factories, both of which are on an immense scale. The character of the work and method of performing it were excellent, and | was most favor- ably impressed with what I saw. It is quite evident that the aim of this establishment is to excel in the manufacture of its specialties. Through- out Germany I was struck with the thoroughness which prevailed at all the establishments I visited. My visit was interesting and instructive, but I have not time to go into particulars, as a good many things requiring my attention were left over until my return. I am sure, however, that it would be of great advantage to our government to have its officers occa- sionally see what other countries are doing in the same line, as there is always much to learn, and contact with the outer world is sure to broaden our views and help us to better understand our neighbors.". _ SHIP BUILDING NOTES FROM NEWPORT NEWS. Newport News, Va., July 23--The Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. has just taken an order for a repair job that will amount to something like $250,000. The steamer Sarah V. Luckenbach, one of the Luckenbach fleet, has arrived at the ship yard and the steamer Harry Luckenbach of the same fleet is expected to follow shortly. Both will be converted into oil tankers. The work will require some time, but it will be rushed as fast as possible. It is reported here that another German warship will come to the ship yard for overhauling. The cruiser Vineta, flagship of the German South Atlantic squadron, is now at the ship yard being completely over- hauled and it is probable that she will remain here for several weeks yet. It is now understood that the German cruiser Falk, also of the South Atlantic squadron, will come here for an overhauling as soon as the Vineta relieves her on the station. It was first reported that the Falk would be here this week, but the rumor was groundless. __ The monitor Arkansas was given her builder's trial several days ago with the result that she easily made her contract speed, 11.5 knots, and in every way came up to the expectations of her builders. It was given out in Washington this week that the official trial of the Arkansas would take place Aug. 6, but at the ship yard the statement was made to your correspondent that the date had not been settled and that no notice had gone from the ship yard to the navy department. The Arkansas has made wonderful progress in the past few months. It was only a short time ago that there were two other monitors of the four building ahead of her, but the ship yard pushed the work and soon had its vessel at the head of the list. She is the first to be completed. It is understood that the Old Dominion steamship Monroe, which will be a floating palace and will go in service between Virginia and New York, will be Jaunched in the next ninety days. It is said that the Old Dace line is in need of the ship and has requested that the work be pushed. : The Burt Manufacturing Co., Akron, O., has issued a little booklet devoted to its Cross oil filter. The purpose of the filter is the saving of waste oil. As the preface says, every user of lubricating oil appreciates the fact that the larger portion of all the oil he buys is not consumed by the machinery on which it is used, but passes through, and but for the fact that it becomes filled with dirt and grit could be used over and over again. The waste frequently amounts to from 50 to 75 per cent. of the oil used, With a Cross oil filter on hand oil may be used over and overt again. So sure is the company that the filter can do its work that it will send it to anyone on thirty days' trial. If not satisfactory it may be re- turned at the company's expense. The booklet, describing the filter in every detail, may be had for the asking. iMr. J.iCo Gilchrist of Cleveland has purchased the steel steamer Vega from Drake & Maytham of Buffalo.