The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
AMERICANS GET
v oRk ABROAD
Great Demand for American
Built Locomotive Canada,
Mexico and Japan Get Most
OVER 500 IN 1904
Electric Railway Building,
Bridges, Mills, ETC., En-
trusted to Our Contractors

Bridges, Mills, ETC., En-
trusted to Our Contractors
Statistics just compiled show that
from January l to November 80 last
year there were sent abroad 4S1 Ameri-
can locomotives, valued at A.625. TAG.
This is an increaSe of more than 100
per cent over the number exported In
the first eleven months of 1908, and q
substantial increase over the corre-
spending period in 1902, when 354 loco
motives were exported. British North
America, Mexico and Japan In the or
der named were the best three foreign
customers. The first. took 1876, as COM
pared with 1o2 in 1903 and 11a in 1902;
the second took 1877, as against 81 in
1903 and 103 In 1902; the third took 80.
gain of 73 over 1868 and Of 5S In 1907
The Chinese Empire took 10 locomo-
tives in 1903, an increase Of 5 over the
previous year and 10 over 1904. Cuba
more than doubled it's orders. taking
and the same number in 1902.
The J. G. Brill Company, car and
truck builders, Of this city. has re-
ceived an order through the ]. G.. White
Company, of New York, for fifteen OF
its patented convertible cars. 25 feet
8 inches over the body, for the Manila
Electric Railroad and Light Company,
Philippine Islands This type OF car
has a pair of sashes and a flexible
double sheet metal panel between each
pair Of side posts, which can easily be
raised into pockets In the side r0ofs.
The car has been in successful use for
seven years, and Is now to be found
in city service in all parts Of the ooun-
try and In many places abroad. The
Brill Company has recently supplied
them to Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
and wellington, New Zealand.
ORDERS TO BE PLACED.
The municipality Of Vienna. Aus
tria, will shortly invite tenders for the
execution OF the following works: Ex-
tension of the trarnway system, cost
$3.50. 900 crowns (about $1,280.000);
establishment of a second water sys-
tenn. cost 100000 crowns (about
$500. .000); construction of bridges, cost
100000 crowns (about $177,0o0); ex-
tension of electric light system, cost
{, 6,000, 900 crowns (about $1,245,000);
paving works. cost 2,697, 600 crowns
(about 3660,O00); construction OF
market, cost 400, 900 crowns (about
$S3, ,0O0); of a central abattoir, cost
Soc, 900 crowns (about $10o.00ol. and
of museum, cost $4,000 crowns
(about $4,000; works at the central
Gs 1about ssa7o,oooS.
The American Bridge ccnpsny re-
ports tfla New Zealand Is becoming
4 rood customer for American bridges.
several having been shipped there re-
Gently. and others being now made
ready for shipment at one or the otner
of the American Bridge Companys
plants.
AS the result OF an agreement en-
tered into by the authorities OF tho
Mexican Government and the Amer
ican manufacturers OF dynamite ana
other explosives the manufacturers
have reduced the prices OF explosives
90 per cent for the Mexican trade. In
return for this reduction the Mexican
Government will agree to not put into
effect the proposed increase OF zoo per
cent In duties on dynamite and other
. explosives The dynamite factory at
Tinaja, Durango, Mexico, is being en-
larged. New machinery has been or
dered from this country.
NEW MILL FOR MEXICO.
The whitney Iron Works OF New Or
leans is now erecting a new mill for
! Ieopoldo Rincon at ZapOapitR, near
/ Cordoba, State Of Vera Cruz. Mexico
The Motzorongo Company's new plant
one of the largest and most complete
that has been brought to Mexico, is ap-
preaching completion and will eventu-
| ally have capacity OF $50 tons OF cane
per day. This factory is being installed
under supervision OF the engineering
and contracting firm of Charles l. See
ger of Mexico City, and the machinery
comes from the whitney Iron Works
and John H Murphy Of New Orleans.
i The San Cristobal plantation, which IL
] shipping it's sugars to the New X ork
| market, reports that exceptionally good
results are being obtained from their
/ 50 by so six-roller Whitney mill. with
| of cane per day.
/ Charles L. Seeger Is also agent at
Mexico City for the following American
machinery houses: Whitney Iron
| Works Company and John II. Murphy.
| New Orleans; American Tool and Ma
chine Company and Hersey Manufac-
turing Company, Boston; Lane Bod
tley, Cincinnati. and Guild & Garrison.
| Brooklyn. Mr.. Seeger's speciality is the
complete installation Of modern sugar
houses and plantation equipment.
/ Shipments from New Orleans last
week included 1882 pieces Of earthen-
ware sewer pipe, $1,000 feet Of yellow
pine lumber, 3s2 pieces Of creosoted pill
| ing and 800 cfecsoted crossties Tor Colon.
! The steamship for Port Ltnon took 5000
/ steel rails and $40 bundles Of fish plates
for the Costa Riean Railway to repair
the damage caused by recent floods.
The American four -masted schooner
Augustus n. Babcock sailed lately for
/ Panama with cargo Of 6602 pieces OF
castiron pipe, to be used in the con-
struction Of the Panama canal. The
cargo Is valued at $4,000 and was
| shipped by the United States Cast Iron
| Pipe Company Of Birmingham, Ala
\ New York Commercial.
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