Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — A Big Shipment of Iron. [ARTICLE]

A Big Shipment of Iron.

B. S. Fendig has finished loading today the biggest shipment of old iron he ever sent out, at one time, and that is saying a good deal. He is sending out about 225,000 pounds from here and about 50,000 from Monon. He also has 60,000 or 70,000 at Wheatfield. The shipment from here is loaded onto five big gondola cars, and some of the cars go to Detroit, Mich., and the rest to South Bend, Alexandria, and Wabash, this state. The iron is sold to the Republic Street and Iron Company, a combination with a whole string of mills in different parts of the country, with capacities varying from 50 to 250 tons per day. There are 60 mills in the combination and Mr. Fendig’s 135 or 140 tons would keep them all running for about 40 minutes. Mr. Cook, a representative of the combination, bought Mr. Fendig’s iron and has superintended its shipment.