The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-21
STEEL RAIL ORDERS
TOTAL $4,000 TONS
Central Of New Jersey Finally
Awards Contract for Four
New Bridges.

mo hSuitccSCc Nodl. IIOU anu INtiiIOdu
as we'll as for 80. 900 IONS TO
be rolled by the Illinois Steel Company.
making its total purchases $4,000 tons.
The Sante Fe has ordered 10000 tons
from the Chicago mills. and
the Ensley mill, IL In reported. will roll
$4,000 ons for the Missouri Pacific. The
Great Northern is understood to have
distributed contracts for 10000 tons
to be rolled by the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company. the Illinois Steel Com
pan. and some Eastern mills. but the
detailed distribution Is not reported
The Norfolk and Western has ordered
1000 tons Of rails from the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company. INT the Cambria
Steel Company will probably roll 1000
tons for the same road. The Boston
and Maine is reported to have placed
order for 10000 tons of heavy rails
with the Bethlehem Steel Company. and
the Lackawanna Steel Company will roll
5000 to 10000 tom for the Maine Cen
trail. The Buffalo mill will also roll an
additional lot OF $1,000 tons OF rails for
the Russian Government. but 1t is not
clear how much of this tonnage hal
previously been reported. Railroads in
South America have put out additional
inquiries for both rails and track sup
plies. amounting to 5000 to 1000 tons,
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
has finally rded a contract for four
bridges. calling for 1000 ton of struc.
tural steel, to the American Bridge Com
pany. II previously had been reported
that this contract had gone to the Penn
sylvania Steel Company. The Pcnnsyl.
vania Railroad Company lines west Of
Pittsburg has placed a contract for the
Sixty-third street subway IL Chicago
an 1 foV ~ 4n. ~ st .yAAt
with the Mount Vernon Bridge Com.
pany. The Baltimore and Ohio Terminn'
has placed an order for a freight and
office building In Chicago. calling foi
2o2 tons OF steel shapes. with the Amer
lean Bridge COMPANY.
The Canadian Car and Foundry Com
pany is reported to have taken "A sup.
Elementary contract for large size. high
explosive shells for the French Gov
eminent. The contract calls for the
expenditure OF $1,000. 900. The Ameri-
can Steel Foundries is again reported
to have closed n contract for war mu-
n%it!ons. mainly for ~forgings and steel
castings. which will call for the en-
penditure Of SEQ. 200. 900. The Wcsting-
house Electric and Manufacturing Com.
pany will machine the rough shells.
The New York Municipal Railways
the construction subsidiary
Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. has APP
piled TO the Public Service Commission
for permission to award contracts for
four sections Of Elevated railroad work
TO the American Bridge Company. I,
will be- recalled that the latter company
submitted the lowest tenders on these
various sections. which will call for
En nm Na.
steel.
The heavy demand for rolled steeI
products has resulted in a further ad.
vance OF from 81 to s. a ton on stee'
bars. plates and shapes for shipmen,
during the remainder of this year and
for the first quarter of next wear. 4
few Of the mills are willing In take or.
ders for structural shapes at sl.iJ base
but the largest interests are asking sl.5C
base, (. o. h. mills. The f~abrica,!ns
shops are again feeling the effect o.
the higher prices demanded for plai,
material. but there is stu more or less
irregularity. The relatively high price.
developed In the tenders to the city OF
Philadelphia for elevated work are ar
indication OF the tendency OF the mar
ket.
The Toledo, Michigan and Whcelins
has placed nj order for n factory build
ing AT Toledo, calling for 800 IONS o
structural steel. with the American
Bridge Company. The Calumet ant
Hecla Copper Company has placed :
contract for a stamp mill known a,
lake No. .. to be constructed AT Mill.
station. Mich. About 29O ton o
structural steel will be used. The fab
rication will he lone by an Independent
shop. An addition TO the Hollenden Ho
tel in Cleveland. which will require 60,
tons OF structural steel. will he con
structed by John Eichley, Jr.
The Wyoming State CAPITOL building
to be constructed at Cheyenne. Wyo,
calls for 225 tons OF steel. a contrac
Tor which has been placed with "A locl
contractor. An Independent fabricato
also has been awarded the contract 10
$50 tons OF structural steel for "A nos
office and court house building to b,
constructed at Tulsa. Okla. The cit,
OF Chicago a placed a contract 70
220 tons OF structural shapes for a mu
nicipal reduction plant with a loca
hrm. The contract for the Mason!,
Temple to be, constructed at Syracuse
n. V. calling for 400 IONS OF structural
shapes, WAS recently awarded to Smitl
4 Caffery. The Vierling Structural Iro,
Works has been awarded a contract 10
$50 tons OF steel for a warehouse in Chi
cag for the Chicago Fidelity and Trus
Company. The Mckinley Memorial Iii
brary. to be constructed in Niles, Ohio
calls for 200 tons Of structural steel
contract for which has been awarded L
a local shop.
1t is officially denied that the Unite,
States Steel Corporation has taken a
option on the Tredegar Iron Works q
Richmond. Va. 1t had been rumore,
that this plant was to be utilized in tn
manufacture OF war munitions and ha
given an option for $4,000. 900. Til
American Steel and Wire Company |
about to oXpend $750.0 900 in the exten
sion Of it's C%uyahoga. Ohio, plant.
Several new inquiries for foundr
pig iron have come to the surface in tn
last two days. amounting to abou
1000 tons. including one lot OF 100
tons Of 2h to 3 per cent. silicon 10
shipment over the first half OF mex
year to a Connecticut manufacture
and 200 Ions Of foundry grades 10
shipment over the first quarter OF mex
year to foundry interests of New Yor
State. Two other inquiries are ur
amounting to about 2 00O tons for ship
ment beginning the latter part of tn
year and continuing over the first tw
months Of next year.. The Lukens Stee