Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-03
do the bulk of the business of the new
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do the bulk of the business of the new
organization
Surprising activity continues in Lake
Superior iron ore" says the Iron Trade
Review, ''and it is probable that August
VIII make new record for shipment
Sales have been so heavy thar. figuring
on total movement of 3S,000.e00 tons.
1t is evident there will be no pfore than
consumers require, in fact buyers are
already discovering a scarcity of choice
bessemer grades
A canvass of the leading manufactur-
ing concerns of the Pittsburg district as
TO the present status of thA labor mark Of
brings out the fact that 225,OO0 men are
now, at work and that it is expected that
by November or December the old fine
payrollS, OF Sl,OOO,000 Il day will be the
rule. The resumption appears to be gen
eral, the steel. coal and coke. electrical
ana railroad fields showing almost equal
improvement. A feature of the present
situation, which is considered significant
by many is the great activity in the de-
mand for rolls and rolling mill ma
chlnery. This demand is said to be the
heaviest in years.
The Pennsylvania Steel company has
received contracts for about 10000 tons
OF heavy section rails, including 1900
tons for the Atlantic Coast Line and
6OoO tons understood to be for the RaltI-
more u Ohio. The Burlington is still in
the market for 10000 tons of rails and
tIle company is also reported to be MAX
ing inquiries for 1000 additional cars.
Inc Rock Island is in the market for
2OO0 cars, including 1000 box cars and
1000 furniture ears. The Baltimore &
ONO has placed a contract for a new
Dfldge TO be constructed at Cleveland. re-
curing from 700 to 1000 tons of steel,
which Will be furnished by the Pennsyl-
wanna Steel company. In addition to So
4Oo,OO0 of car orders placed last week
by the Pennsylvania railroad, the com
panys lines west of Pittsburg have
awarded contracts for about S3,00OOO0
worth of freight equipment to the Stan
dard Steel Car company and the Cam
bria Steel company.
The Iron Trade Review states that the
condition of the iron trade continues high
y satisfactory. "The first week under the
new tariff gives little indication of that
measure affecting the trade in iron and
steel products to any important extent
this year, although there is much more
inquiry for prices on foreign material on
which duties have been reduced and Eng
lish iron has advanced There is some
confusion in alloys and zinc has adj
vanced in price"
The Jones & Laughlin Steel company
the Republic Iron and Steel company.
the Shenango Furnace company and the
Pittsburg Steel company, another indie
pendent concern, have closed a deal for
ore docks at Ashtabula, o. They will
spend $3,000000 before next spring in
fitting up the docks for an aggressive
campaign against the United States Steel
corporation, which has heretofore prac-
tically controlled the ore shipments from
the northwest. The docks, which have
been taken over on a long lease, belong
to the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad. a
branch of the New York Central. and
We're erected at a cost of S4.00O000. One
of the equipment features will be an iron
ore unloading plant with a capacity for
handling two of the largest steamboats,
at the same time. Gravity yards are to
be built which will greatly facilitate the
handling of cars, and great speed in I'M
loading cars of coal and loading cars
with ore is promised.
The Iron Age gives significance to the
| fact that one railroad system has APP
peared in the market with an inquiry of
$4,000 tons for delivery during 1910. Dur
+, ing the week the Baltimore Il Ohio pur-
chased about 10000 tons, the Chicago
Great Western 10000 tons, the Burling-
| ton 5000 tons and the Atlantic Coast line
$500 tons.