Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-18
RAILWAY ORDERS VAST.
$25o,ooo, 600 Worth Of New Equipnsni
Necessary to Meet Prosperifv. z

$3.50 000, 600 Worth Of New Eauipn,ent
Necessary to Meet Prosperity.
New York, Sept. 1S.-More than
$500 100000 In orders now on the books
Of the steel rail, car and locomotive
manufacturers is the total Of new bus-
mess which prosperity has rolled UP In
one line Of industry-that Of railroad
equipment.
In the case OF the rail orders It Is
easy to get at the figures. tor the total
orders placed for delivery In 1905 are
known, and the valuation can be cal-
culated on the basis Of the schedule
price of $28 a ton that all the manu-
facturers adhere to.
In the case OF locomotives, the e.
innate is that OF leading manufacture
ers. It is learned that the Americanf
Car and Foundry Company. which fcon-i
trolls more than 40 per cent OF the busf-
ness Of the country in the car building
line, has orders on It's books amounting
this basis the total for all the n1anufac-
turers Is calculated.
In the case Of both cars and, locomo-
tives the estimates include all side ap-s
pliances, such as air brakes, automatic
couplers and the like.
Confidence in Prosperity.
That the railroad managers OF the
country are certain Of the continuation
of prosperous times for an unlimited
period Is evidenced by the way in which
they have been placing orders with the
manufacturers Of equipment. In every
line Of railroad supplies there is rec
ord d-breaking rush OF orders. The
books Of the rail manufacturers for de-
livery in 1905 were closed some time
ago and already orders have been re-
ceived or practically closed for delivery
in 1906, totaling approximately 100000
TONS This means gross business on
the basis of the schedule price OF $2S
a ton, in excess Of $25,000.000.
Back Of the great prosperity In all
lines OF business are the heavy grain
crops of this year, with the corn har-
vest record-breaker. It has been cali
culated that to move the crops alone
the railroads need 100000 freight
cars.
The enormous. demand for new steel
frenght cars has been reflected IN
great pressure on the mills manufac-
turing steel plates. An advance In ths
price Of plates is predicted as likely
to take place any time. 1t Is thought
that the price will be put up 81 ton.
but this is not expected to interfere
with the demand.
Many Import Biliets.
The call for rails has overtaxed the
billet mills and has led to talk Of the
probable necessity Of heavy billet i'm
portations from abroad. Every rail
making plant In the country. north,
south and west, is busy.
The Pennsylvania railroad last week
ordered 1900 new freight cars to be
delivered as soon as possible. It is
understood that they are to be Of 100,
600 pounds capacity each, and they
will cost something like $17.000,00O. 4
Men fond Of statistics figure that this
number Of cars would make a train
almost $50 miles long. 1t is possible
the Pennsylvania may order 1900
more cars soon, making the enormous
number of 10000 for delivery through
next year to one road alone. Large
orders for cars and locomotives have
been received from many other roads
"HUNDRED FIGHTS" IS SLAIN.
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