The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-28

New York April a. Reviewing iron ano
steel trade conditions the Iron Age win say
today:
Some large movements arc progressing m
tile steel trade. which may have an important
ehoo; en- the future OF the industry in this
country.
1t is undors.oo that the National steel
company has secured control Of the intertsts
o. II W. oliver, OF the Olger iron Mining
c0mpany who operate the Carnegie Oliver
lttes OF Lake superior IRON mines MIR.
aver has siy5h interest "a these, with an
option or the non Baasemor ores, Report
hs, IT that the ore is taken by the National
s'tel company on the basis OF S23e. lover
late port tor twenty wears
The Oliver Mining company has lust ac-
qtted the property and tho six vessels Of
tho Lake superior iron company on the Mar
Gue'te range, the price being reported to have
The report that the closely AFFILIATED Ma
tcral Tin Plate and Steel iIoop companies
you'd consolidate into one company is Of
hp,aly denied
An important enterprise is the building Of
very large steel nlaut al Bunao Walter
Scranton. representing the steel and trans
pDrtation interests. s Identified with II There
& good deal Of tax OF additional steel
plants IN the Birmingham Ala, dsirici SO
irst toe present boom is already beginning &c
create now ventures,
on the whole the iron trade has had qule
week, but the markets continue exceedingly
etrong, with only an occasional suggestion o
nervousness The most important event II
the Fittsburg district ms neen the purchas
for P;ttshurg and Youngstown delivery o
about 1000 TO $1,000 tons OF Southern grail
fcrEe iron AZ $i0.50, Brmnghem Ala.
lh steel bullets We note sale Of about 20, 90
tons from tidewater pnnt to wire interests
ana. az indicating the position I'm the west
sale OF 10000 tons from the Chicago dlstric
for Cleveland delivery
Comparatively litc has been done in stluc
tural material lately We note the placing o
b0o1 tons NJ bridge work iu Chicago for 10
Chicago and Alton railroad, while In EASTER
Pennsylvania a good deal Of work ia ben
hgtred on which Will require steel plates
lie Of Interest that negotiations arc pcndn
for large amount of material for cXpor
work with good chances of ultimate succesf
The pipe mills have decided to quote uni
form price of So per oeut and four-tcuthg q
fNc on merchant pine There Is an order Il
the market for seventy-ive miles OF line pipe
he Eastern bar mills are enjoying an eN
ceruop3lly teavy run for rcmuncrattye work
Copper and tin have advanced matoriall
during the week while spelter has gone VI
further. with ore selling above $50 ton II
The Joplin district NOthus definite has We
crme out concerning the copper deal which II
10 be taken IN the Bigclow pronerte6 th
Anaconda and certain smaller standard mines
Trade Notes.
Flour 10 steady In sympathy with wheat
which holds up well in price.
Juhhcrs and commission mon report the de-
nland ni eggs as unusually duh
fNfNNNilHh w luf Nhb nIouUNt llnf III slNbuN
with An improved domand noted,
Now California cherries sell at sa.7j pei
ctate and are being rctailcd at 30 cents q
pound
Bran continues very firm with an upward
tendency, Corn and oats are steady and with.
cut feature
New potatoes are coming freely aud offer
irgs are large Quotations are from $3.50 IA
si1S per hushel
In u short time the coas; country vegetables
VIII entirely s1prlant the Florida vegetables
now being soil on the market
Business men in Houston heard with regret
OF the death at Baltimore of Gideon Numsuu
q the packing house of William Numson 4
Sen Of that city.
supplies Of lemons are large and the quality
is excellent. Houston jo5tUrs are prepared
60 supply the interior with choice trult at
reasonable figures.
Strawberries are selling az $3.50 to S35 per
CRAZE. according to quality, the Dickinson and
LII Porte berries commanding handsome
n'tlaum over those raised around Alvin. II
Ia strange feature 10 the trade there should
be such q difference In berries grown In the
ssme section almost, the farms being but a
few miles apart