The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-01-06 00:00:00

THE IRON TRADE.
Wolverhampton, Wednesday.

To-day's market was moderately well attended,
but business was rather quiet. Some of the finished
iron manufacturers had a Lumber of good in-
quiries for early deliveries, especially for bare,
sheets and heavy plates. A fair number of sales
of common unmarked bars were recorded at £6
10s. and £6 155., and the higher wages being paid
to the men strengthened the quotations. Foreign
inquiries were more favourable than those for the
home market. In pig iron transactions were
rather limited, owing to many of the sellers having
deposed of a great deal of forward delivery iron,
consequently prices were firmer, and in sume
inttiii,ces tha makers will not quote for the high
class brands. Part-mine and common cinder is in
good request among the proprietors of forges
producing cheap bars, strips, and sheets. The coal
trade was far from brisk, underselling by outside
agents weakening prices.
MIDDLESBROUGH, Wednes ay.—T o iron market
to-day, though much better attended than last
. week, had not quite ,hakeu oft its holiday com-
plexion, mil not until the quarterly meelng nut
Tuesday is it expected that there will be a regal,r
and settled conditim of business. Peop:e are
looking for the stock returns wnich are. put by
,olue, at 15,000, and others at 20,000 tons increast.
f.,r last mouth. Conna!s stooks are now 98,607
tons, a reduction of 036 tow- upon the week. The
business doing to-day was kept within very
ni.rrow bounds, there being apparently no desire
to purchase. The tone ef the market was quiet in
sympathy with Scotch iron. Quotations were with
the middlemen ab.put 435, sellers, 425. 9d. buyers
No. 3, business where it wai done being at about
425. 1011 The makers are firm generally at 435. 6d.
No. 3, 425. 6cl. No. 4, forge. One or two firms
accept 435. No. 3, \‘'-rants, 425. 6d. buyeis, 425,
91. sellers. The shipments of pig iron have been
pretty good. everything considered, for the past
wick. For the week ending. yesterday they
amounted to 15,189 tone, with over 5,000 tons of
minufactured iron and steel. The returns of ship. ,
merits for December show a total of 57,134 tons
of pig iron and 23 426 terns of manufactured iron
and steel. The deliveries of pig iron were con.'
eiderably below the aN erage, a smaller delivery
being in fact made than for any month in the year.
The bad Ns. elther for a large part of December was
no doubt the cause of the decline. The present
year has commenced favourably, 311'1 fine weather'
is an element which wiil favour deliveries. Whilst
the Bishop Auckland ironworks have been stopped,
the Westbourn works at Stockton are to be re-
started, It is hoped that the manufactured iron
trade will speedily show come improvement, now
that the new year is set in, in the matter of prices,
which are very unsatisfactory. There is on the
whole a good snare of work with which to start
the new year. The steel rail tra.ie is very quiet.
The prices of manufactured iron are—shipplates,
Lu 1 s. ; angles, £5 17s. 6d. ; bars, .26 less cow-
mis!ion ; puddled bars, „e 4 net. (;ual and coke are
dull.

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