The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
BIG WAR ORDERS HERE.
Allies Have Bought $1,000, OOO, 900
worth of Munitions In 4. =.

The Hood of war orders to American
manufacturers was swelled this week to
! such u point that men familiar with the
situation said yesterday that the orders
received since the beginning of the war
had reached "A total of $1,000, 000, 600.
or this nearly $685. 900, 900 worth OF or
ders have been shared among twenty
Of the largest firms in the country.
The largest single order is said To
have been given to the recently or
ganlzed bridgeport Arms Company of
bridgeport. Conn. Thu British Govern
ment ordered si6s.ooO, 600 worth Of
goods In which one item Is a million
The Bethlehem steel Company comes
next on the list. with orders for $780,
00O.0 o worth OF goods. followed by the
General Electric Company. with $780,
0OO. 900 In orders the Canadian Car anu
Foundry Company, ts3,000,0oo; the
Westinghouse Electric Company, the di
pont. Powder Company, the American
| car and Foundry Company. the Ameti-
can Locomotive Company, the Pressed
steel Car Company, the New York All
Brake Company. the Baldwin Locom"-
tive Company. the A1tna Explosives
| Company. the colt Firearms Company.
the Crucible steel Company. the Il. w.
Bliss Company, the Hercules Powder
Company. the Studebaker Corporation.
the Savage Arms Company, the Win
chester Arms company and the Loco
mobile Company of bridgeport. Thss.
orders are all IN large amounts, rang
! ing from the figures given dow to $lW,
100000 each, to the Winchester and say
nre companies. and sb.o00,000 to the
LocomobIle company for motor trucks.
Soon after the opening of hostilities
agents " the allied governments were
sent to the United States to make ar
ransements for the purchase of every
sort of war supplies auto
mobiles. rifles, artillery and ammunition.
For the first few months these agents
werc engaged IN purchasing other neces-
stiles rather than firearms, ammunition
and the actual munitions of war. Then
the tremendous advantage held by Ger
many through her great stores OF war
4 supplies and her vast machinery for re-
p%lenishing them was brought home Ia
the Governments Of her enemies and the
character of the orders which they
sought to place in the United states
changed to include q greater proportion
of actual munitions.
1t was not until April Is hat rom
firmation came Of the rumOrs OF heavy
war orders which had sent Bethlehem
Steel and other stocks soaring. On that
date the American Locomotive Company
announced that it had received an order
for ss5, 0O0. 900 worth OF %shrapnel. when
would be divided with the Westinghouse
and New York Airbrake companies. -Four
days later the Westinghouse company
received a sac. 900. 900 order for rifles
and. exercising an option. took over the
. stevens Arms Company.
With contracts calling for vast sums
i'm their pockets. American manufac-
turers threw OUT the machinery from
their plants. built now as rapidly as
possible and set about irving to get
labor skilled in the making Of NUM-
tons. Here again difficulties We're en-
%Countered. In spite of unheard Of wages
II WAS found that there were not euoucl
mechanics trained in this work to mar
the new factories. and while men were
being trained for the work steps were
taken go to divide IN the making. say,
Of a shrapnel shell, that metal workers
with no previous experience in tho MAX.
These shells are then assembled By eX.
ports.
Ne a hin. Of tho extent Of tho new
industry to which tho United States is
turning It's attention the pu pont Pow.
der Company il building a 81, 0oo. 0oc
plant AT City point, Va. which ~, 900
workinen are rushing TO completion
Information was published or
/ Wednesday that a Canadian steel ON.
$50, OOO, 900 worth OF Ammunition. max.
ing n total of sl33. 600, 600 in orders
I placed by Russia in the Dominion