Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-10
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

The Iron Age says: Additions to the
list of active blast furnaces are being
made each week, both by merchant in
terests and steel companies, and at the
present pace the record rate of produc-
ton will soon be overtaken. The United
States Steel corporation will have 9412
per cent of its furnace capacity in opera
ton when four furnaces now about to
resume are blown in, and its August
pig iron production will easily make a
new record. Bar mills have made new
production records in July and August
and the volume of specifications is still
unprecedented, reinforced concrete work
furnishing a larger percentage than
ever Little rail business has been closed
for this year apart from $4,000 tons for
the Southern railway, which will be
rolled at Sparrow's Point. OF the 200,-
600 tons booked in the Chicago district
for 1910 about one-half is open hearth
steel"
The Iron Trade Review declares that
IN spite of the tremendous production
of furnaces and mills of the steel cor
poration and independent interests all
companies are now having great diff
Guilty in making deliveries satisfactory
to consumers. Based on figures of ac
uvitles so far this month it is certain
that the steel corporation during August
VIII set new record for ore shipments,
VIII break its pig iron record by between
10000 and 100000 tons and will show
total shipments of finished materials of
well over 100000 tons, a figure near nor
mai. All subsidiaries show a marked in
crease in output so far this month, par
tlcuiarly in. pig iron and billets. The or
derS tor steel rails placed Immediately
following the opening of the books by
the steel corporation for 1910 delivery
were total of $4,000 tons for the
Santa Fe and $4,000 tons for the Chi
cago u North-W estern. The Southern
railway has bought $4,000 tons of open
hearth for early rolling at the Ensley
mill of the Tennessee company and -
600 tons from the Pennsy ivania Steel
company.
Several lots of prompt fe1ro-man-
ganeSe, aggregating several hundred tons,
have been sold in the Pittsburg region
at S42, Baltimore, or $43.95, Pittsburg.
Two sales for next years delivery have
also been made at $3.50. seaboard. to
consumers in this district. There has
been considerable irregularity in ferro-
manganese in the past fortnight, there
being sellers at about Al, seaboard, even
for next year, but on the stronger market
developing the low sellers have disap-
peared.
The heavy demand for cars has broad
ened the call for steel and orders for
lines hitherto inactive are reported to be
flowing in. The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy has ordered 5000 tons of special
ferro titanum rails from the Lacka-
wanna Steel company. The Chicago
North Western has placed the contract
for 1000 tons for track elevation. The
American Bridge company is booking
hon 4Nra 49,, Fanxr~
buildings in Chicago will require from
$4,000 TO 10000, including the Sherman
house and the Harris Trust building
The American Bridge company has re-
ceived an order for 5000 car axles.
The Chicago & North W estern Rail
road company has ordered S11, 10000
worth of equipment, consisting in part of
l25 all steel passenger ears, 125 freight
and passenger locomotives, the latter
weighing lie tons each, and guaranteed
to haul a train Of IA Pullmans at q