blowing engines for blast furnaces, gas and steam engines
for rolling mills and power plants, rolling mills, forging
presses, shears, etc.; cut and machine-molded gears and
rolling mill pinions, and all the various kinds of rolls used
in rolling mills. Mesta machinery can be seen in all of
the large iron and steel plants, and in many of the power
plants of the United States. The Company has also
furnished some of the largest machinery used in the United
States Government steel plants. Its products can also be
seen in many of the iron and steel plants in Canada,
Australia, India, England, France, Italy and Japan. The
Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania
on October 21, 1898, and has an authorized capital stock
of £2.000.000.
MONONGAHELA IRON & STEEL COMPANY
The plant of the Monongahela Iron & Steel Company
is situated at Paden City, West Virginia, 42 miles below
Wheeling. The Company makes what is known in the
trade as melting bar, which is the base for a large per-
centage of the alloy steel produced by crucibles. This
Company was incorporated under the laws of West Vir-
oinia and has a capital stock of $900,000.
MORRIS & BAILEY STEEL COMPANY
The Morris & Bailey Steel Company manufactures
cold rolled strip steel, at its works at Wilson, Pa., on the
Monongahela Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
This product is made from hot rolled bands, hoops and
plates, and is largely used in making automobile parts,
and manufacturing builders’ hardware. It enters into
the construction of typewriters, sewing machines, aero-
planes, bicycles, cash registers, cream separators, phono-
graphs, buttons and buckles. This sort of steel is also
made with a bright finish, suitable for nickle plating in
any temper and from 14” to 80” wide in any thickness
from .002” to 14”. This company was incorporated on
June 15, 1893, under the Pennsylvania laws, and has a
capital stock of $150,000.