Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-11
BIG ORDERS FOR TIN.
Laufman g. Co. Sending Large Quan-
titles to New York Importers.
SOME SPECIAL SIZES ARE WANTED.
Matters Are Becoming Very Interesting in
the Coke Region.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL NOTES

P. H. Laufman & Co.. the Apollo steel
manufacturers, who have recently begun the
manufacture of tin plate, received rather
peculiar but very i'm mportant order yesterday.
A New Jersey firm wrote for the purpose
of inquiriug about the facilities at hand for
manufacturing special sizes, and placing
trial order of 1000 sheets. 80 by 70 inches.
1t was not stated for what the plates were
desired. but there was strong intimation
that if the plates gave satisfaction much
larger orders will follow.
The firm stated that it had been unable
to procure this special size anywhere in this
country, and got it only with great difficulty
from importers. P. II. Laurman & Co. have
recently provided facilities for turning out
plates for roofing, and are credited with
manufacturing the finest terne plates in the
country. These plates are made from soft
steel sheets, heavily coated, each sheet being
dipped, and not rolled afterwards. The
regular sizes are IA by 20, 20 by %, and 20
by Sc, but all sizes can be made; every part
of the work from the time the billets are
made until the finished plate is packed in
the boxes. being done at Apollo.
Operators of the Process Throughout.
This firm claims to be the first. and, in
fact, the only, one in the United States that
operates the tin plate process in all its particu
lars. Norton Brothers, of Chicago, re-dip a
and nearly all of the plates made by Fleming
Hamilton, of this city, were re-dipped En-
glish plates.
A representative of P. N. Laufman & Co.
said yesterday: THE timed plate industry in
America seems now to be thoroughly estab-
lished, and If the new tariff clause is allowed
ness may not be developed and cultivated
very proftably. Our firm sends nearly
the whole product of the Apollo mill to New
York. where it is handled by importers. We
are not only able to displace the foreign plates
as fast as the American plates can be turned
out, but we are also cutting in on the foreign
prices and by the time the facilities in America
are adequate to supply the market prices will
come down lower yer."
Work at DemmIer is progressing nicely and
before long the United States Tin Plate Com
making plates for several months, but quite re-
Gently the capacity and output were both in
creased.
Reorgauizing the American Association.
A meeting will be held in a few days to con-
slder the scheme to reorganize the American
Tin Plate Association on a basis that will
admit the Western Sheet Iron Association. as
we'll as manufacturers Of sheet iron. steel bilets
and tin plate from all parts of the country.
This plan was talked of at recent meeting
held in this city, and since that time the pro-
posed concern has been growing in favor among
those interested in the manuia iacture of tin
plates As lted in THE DISPATCH few days
ago the details for the new organization have
not yet been completed but at the coming
meeting the new organization will be perfected.
One matter that remains to be settled yet in
regard to the American product is: What
shall the market price be? OF course the
amount and quality of the plates made figure
largely in the solution of the problem. but If
the present duty stands. it is expected that in
side of three years the American product will
supply the home market. and consequently
home manufacturers will control the market.