The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-15
ROLLED STEEL SALES
HAVE A HEAVY WEEK
large Contracts Placed by the
Railroads - Many Orders
Booked for Marine Work.

The volume ~ business IN rolled steel
,-odur's last week was heavy. II Is
as,nrstrd that since November the
average sales 81 the United States steel
rornori'iou have been close to 5000
,,,s daily and most OF the independent
,o,tpa,i,s have taken business far in
,yr,,s of capacity. The result Ia n
s.rorc. confident and huoyant market,
with further advances IN prices Of steel
bars. plates, shapes. wire products, tin
Mate. track supplies and pig iron. One
n, the most signilcant developments was
,ha withdrawal of the United States
Steel corporation temporarily from the
eXpor' market. II IL understood that
quotations were cancelled on all out
,andiug foreign offers. but that some
products will be later reinstated and
business accepted for certain definite
tonuages.
Domestic manufacturers Of war mt
rliions succeeded In placing some ad-
drioral contracts for she'll forgings and
round steel bars for shipment over the
second quarter of 1916. In the aggre-
gate between So. 900 and 100, 600 tons
were taken for such delivery and n few
additional contracts were booked for
delivery after h first OF July. From
~ TO 3is cents n pound has been paid
for round bars while ordinary bars for
structural purposes sold as high ms sl.75
for this years delivery. Very few bar
mills, however. are anxious to take on
additional tonnagcs for any delivery.
The railroads placed contracts for
about 10000 tons OF rails. 3.3as cars, ~
locomotives and about 1000 tons OF
bridgework. Inquiries are still In the
market for about $1,000 cars. 200. 900
tons Of rails and 200 locomotives. The
Pennsylvania Railroad alone has in
qniries out fer 1856 engines. including
'"s for lives east and 30 for lines west
OK 'pittshurg.
For the lines west OF Pittsburg Nifty
ytree consolidated locomotives are re-
ported to have been placed with the
Lima Locomotive Company and ten with
the American Locomotive Company. The
New Haven is in the market for thirty.
he Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the
Toledo. -. Louis n Western for Ave
locomotives each. the Erie for ten and
he Kim Han railway for ten locomo-
lives. Small miscellaneous orders were
placed for ten engines.
The principal car contracts closed In
cuiei 1000 for the Western Pacific,
1000 box cars for the French Govern
nent and 400 under frames for the
louisville and Nashville. $50 centre
instructions for Swift & Co. and 500
car bodies for the Montour Railroad.
Inquiries are still IN the market for 5000
cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad, $50
box cars for the virginia Railway, $50
ore cars for the Duluth and Iron Range.
400 gondol1s for the Consolidated Coal
Company, 1000 ore cars for the Duluth,
Nissabe and Northern. 300 centre rom
sruc,ions for the Rock Island and
Pacific. 500 freight cars for the New
York, Ontario ms Western, 20 cars
for the New Haven. 125 for the Bine-
ham and Garfield, 1000 for the Della
Tho Pennsylvania Equipment Company.
:noo coal cars for the Missouri. Kan
ss and Texas, ard several smaller lots
for passenger equipment.
Steel mills also booked orders for
about 10000 tons Of plates and shapes
for marine work. Orders for fabricated
structural steel aggregated only about
5000 tops. Many % the largest shops
are compelled TO curtail output because
OF the Inadequate supply of plain stru,-
tWal material. Among the largest con-
nacts placed during the week was 10, 900
tons for the Duluth and Iron Range ore
dock TO be fabricated by the American
br'dge Company, but this Is intercom-
Hny business. Small orders for bridge
work were placed by the chicago and
Northwestern, Big Four. Boston and
Maine. Baltimore ard Ohio and Central
Railroad of New Jersey. The principal
structural work developing Is for sub
way construction In New York city. de-
'aIs Of which were noted yesterday.