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STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN IRON TRADE FOR 1*94. 21
United States was in 1890, when it amounted to 9,202,703 gross
tons. In 1892 the next largest production was attained, namely,
9,157,000 tons. The imports of pig iron in 1894 amounted to
15,582 gross tons, which was the smallest annual importation of
which we have any record.
The production of Bessemer steel ingots in the United States
in 1894 was 3,571,313 gross tons, against 3,215,686 tons in 1893,
an increase of 355,627 tons. Of the total production in 1894
1,664,954 tons were produced in the first half of the year and
1,906,359 tons iu the second half. The largest production of
Bessemer steel ingots yet attained in this country was in 1892,
when 4,168,435 tons were made.
The production of open-hearth steel ingots and direct castings
in the United States in 1894 was 784,936 gross tons, against
737,890 tons in 1893, an increase of 47,046 tons.
The production of all kinds of rails in the United States in
1894 was 1,021.772 gross tons, agaiust 1.136,458 tons in 1893, a
decrease of 114,686 tons. Included in the above total of rails
produced in 1894 were 157.457 tons of street and electric rails.
against a similar production in 1893 of 133,423 tons, showing
an increase in 1894 of 24,034 tons.
The number of miles of new railroad in the United States
upon which track was laid in 1894, but not including double
tracks or the mileage of sidings, was about 2,000. which was the
smallest mileage since 1875. The new railroad conslructed in
1893 is reported in Poor's M«>m