THE IRONSAND PROJECT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 219, 25 September 1901, Page 2

THE IRONSAND PROJECT.

Oub felljw tjwesman, Mr. D, Berry, is in receipt of a large amount of correspondence from the Hon. A. J. CadroaD, dated London, August 9th, relating to the doings of himself and Mr. E. M. Smith in connection with the ironsand proj ct. Of course a good deal if the co res oadecce is of a confidential nature and much < f it consists of copies of rtpDits of experts (all of which we may say are extremely favourable) and matters of a purely technical character. Owing to the courtesy of Mr. Berry we are able to give our readers a fairly full summiry of such poi tion of the correspondence as is of publia int rest. Mr. Cadman complains that the delay in dealing with things at Home is vexatious; but says heie is no getting away from it. At tuetimeof anting the business people of London weie holiday-making and he ani Mr. Smith might almost do tbe same until the end of August, Even the mat rial they wore haviig dealt with in Sheffield h<id been s'opped until August owing to the leading people irea i>»g it taking the r r holidays. "So far," Mr. Cadman siys, "I have got an estiiiia'e of the plant, or rather plants required, and when I tell you cbat it requires fifteen different plants you will understand something of the magnitude if the whole concern. If successful in arranging what I want, I do not think there will be a firm or company in England which could of itself supply the various materials which we shall ba able to put out." Mr. Cadman then gives a list of the plants required to thoroughly eqnip the proposed works' and they make very interesting reading, '.,. 1. One furnace with output of 600 "' tods wetkly. . ;. Vl , 2. Uomple e foundry. 3. Sheet iron mill, galvanising and corrugating. 4. Sienun's opei heatth plant for workv'gstiel." 5. f la*;e mill for boiler plates, bridge gii-J'rs, otc. ..-'■'. , 6. itol i g mill for ba'-, 'ingle iron, l'iii's, e c, 7. Wi a m king plant. 8. Nail making plant. 9. Cement making plan f . 10. Smiths' shops for ten smiths. 11. Fitters'shop for five fitters.

12. Three brick-making plants, one cmpound capacity 6000 per hour, one p itpnt fuel 3000 per hour, and o .e slag 2000 per hour. 13. Ooking plant. 14. Gas or Metric lighting plant. 15. Rot ii y furnace drier. [The three t rick-making plants alone make an important industry, the third of which makes ordinary building bricks from slag.] Commenting on the above, Mr. Cad-' man says: "So far as the area of the works are concerned, we shall require at least 50 acre 3, as the works will employ ut leist 1000 men, exclusive of labour requiied for coal-mining and limestooe quarryiog. It will also mean, without a doub 1- , that the breakwater must ba completed to enable a huqe once-n of this sort to carry on its works satisfactorily. Since I last wrote you I have been up to Midd'e?boroughior a few days, and had a look at several of the plants working there. The result of this visit, together with the information I have obtained all round from the paople interested in the iron t ade, makes me all the more confident that this company, if floated off, will become one of the greatest financial successes we have ever had, and there is no d übt in my mind that the establishment of this industry at New Plymouth wi:l make the place go ahead with traps and. bound?,, doubling the pr'ce of property in all directions. On tbe other band, if the people of New Plymouth are to receive a benefit of this sort from the company, they 1 will hive to be prepired to meet us reisonably in every > direction, thus virtually assisting themselves by facilitating our, operations." Mr. Oadmafl speaks .of Mr, E. M. Smith as beiog in good health but exceedingly busy;' Both ef them are very sanguine of the suocass of their project.