Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-18
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Herr's Island Live Stock Markets.
Cattle a Shade Lower.
SUPPLY OF SHEEP ABOVE DEMAND.
Edgar Thomson Steel Works Made Its
Great Run Yesterday.
GREAT DEMAND FOR STEEL RAILS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
MONDAY. June L. 1889

ID,
MONDAY, June Il, 1882
There were few encouraging features in
the markets. Supplies were heavy and de-
mapd was light. 1t was difficult to find an
optimistic drover at Hers Island. All re-
ported hard markets. The situation was entire
iy in buyers favor in all departments
Cattle.
Drovers report difficulty getting their own
out of Chicago cattle. A small margin is left
for such stock as is adapted to our markets,
viz, smooth, light butcher cattle; but for those
OF other grades there has been loss to the
dealer this week. The cattle dealer who comes
out even on this weeks transactions has done
well. Some report losses.
weather has been adverse to trade, and Chi
cago cattle dealers are too high in their ideas
for any profits in this market. There were
barely sufficient sales to establish last week S
range of prices.
A Diamond Market butcher reports pur-
chaSes of head. weighing Ll50 to / ,215 at 81 Is
for which 81 40 would have been the price
week ago. Three of those bought were held
over from last week, and 81 so was then offered
and refused for them. Choice heavy beeves
weighing l.50O to 800 pounds are quoted at
- 80 to 81 50; medium weights LOO to !, HOY,
S4 So to 81 20; prime light weights, 800 TO ], 100
s. 95 to 81 25; common to fair thin and rough
steers So 20 to IS 80. Fresh cows were in the
usual supply and demand: prices, 81 W to
SIS 90 per head. The best mixers were held
at S45 co. Calves were slow at range of SIC to
DC per pound. Bulls and dry COWS, &c TO 3s4c
per pound. Receipts from Chicago-Winter &
Dellenback, 146 head; /. Zeigler, l2S; L. Gerson,
schild & Co., "A. From 0hIo-F. Crukshank,
head: G. A. Frank, II. From Pennsylvania
Bames & Runger, head; ]. Reiber, 4; Pisor &
Thompson. 6; Bingham & Co., IA; William
Craig, Total, 6SSi last week, $50; previous
week, 6SS.
Sheep md Lambs
Supply was greatly in excess of demand and
markets were far from satisfactory. Following
was the range of prices. but these figures were
established by bona ide sales only as regards
yearlings and spring lambs: Best Ohio and
Pennsylvania wethers. 81 25@4 so; medium to
good, s. 1904 90; common to fair, So 0063 50;
yearlings, 81 25@5 Is; spring lambs, 415@61zc.
Receipts from Ohio--J. Langdon, 95 head; F.
Cruikshank, u; R. A. Williamson, g7 From
Pennsylvania-S. Lowenthal, 225 head; ]. A,
Herman, S27; J. Reiber, IS; Pisor & Thompson,
14l: Bingham & Co, ll2; ]. Wright, 80; Will
Creary, 96. Total, All head; last week, l327;
previous week, LAO.
Hogs.
Light supply and demand. Butchers are buy
ing very lightly. Prices given were 81 50@4 70
Receipts from Ohio-J. Langdon, head: F.
Cruikshank, 5; Needy & Smith, ls6. From
Pennsylvania. Reiber. 10 head Total 2O6
head; last week, l63; previous week, 294
Braddock Booming.
The Edgar Thomson Steel Works turned
out their largest run of rails on Friday, the
l4th- The total product of steel rails for :hat
day was Loss tons. This product was placed on
Monongahela river barges ready for shipment
westward Saturday. There is only one
plant in the world that has greater capacity for
steel rails than that at Braddock. AT Barrow
in the North of England single company has
Il furnaces. At Braddock are seven with two
new furnaces started. one of which will be in
ope alton before the year is out The seven in
tEan those in Barrow. When the Edgar
Thomson was built it was the aim of the COM
pdny to lay the foundations for a capacity not
& -+ter than so 600 tons annually But the pre-
caution was taken to have machinery more
than equal to this output
INST year the output was not less than $1,000
tons, and it is plain that when more than lOOU
this years record will 90 far beyond that of last
year. When the two new furnaces with a ca
pacity of 235 tons daily, are completed the
Edgar Thomson will come up very close to the
worlds greatest plant in volume of output
The present price of steel rails is S27 So and
while these figures do not bring the owners the
handsome profits of 1882 when the price was
$50 or more, there is still comfortable margin
left. A well posted operator In steel expresses
the opinion that steel rails can be made at Brad
dock for SO per ton or less. There is little use
in small plants trying to compete with such a
mammoth institution as the Edgar Thomson
In this daT of narrow margins