The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-30
contested RAILROAD
STOPS MOVING STEEL
Baltimore and Ohio Embargo
on Products for Export
From New York.

II is reported from Baltimore that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has de-
clared an embargo on iron and steel
products for export through New YORK
city beca Of the severe congestion OF
freight at tho st. George Terminal.
Other roads are expected to ollow the
example OF the Della ware. Lackawanna
and Western and tho Baltimore and
Ohio to help relieve the burdensohne ac-
cumulation Of freight at the scabosrd.
The Southern Pacific Railroad IL
understood to have distributed ad.
ditlonal contracts for rails among
or three different mills. following the
preliminary order Of 10000 tons placed
several weeks ago. The exact tonnage.
however. has not been yea thus far.
The November contracts taken by the
rail mills shows a very heavy falling on
from those booked In October. Returns
are not fully complete for the current
month. but the indication Is that the
total sales will be scarcely more than
one-third Of what they were In October.
Tho Delaware and Hudson Railroad IL
on the point Of closing for upward OF
1000 tons Of rails for next years de-
livery and h purchases may be con-
%siderably heavier.
The Duluth, Mesaba and Northern
Railway has placed a contract for 1000
steel ore cars with Western Car and
Foundry Company and another for 200
steel gondola cars with n Pullman
Company. The Minneapolis n st.
Louis Railroad Is reported to have
virtually closed for tho building OF 1000
additional o cars. The Duluth and
Iron Range Railroad is about to place
-. 0rn .,l Inn Ont
cars. Although the Pennsylvania HAIL
road withdrew its inquiry for IL 900 cars
about "a week co.. tho car builders have
reported contracts during the month OF
November somewhat in excess OF the
bookings In October.
The locomotive builders thus far In
November have reported contracts
booked for 295 locomotives, being the
largest monthly contracts since June.
when orders for 621 locomotives were
taken. Additional orders are expected
TO be placed to-day. which will make the
total for the mont 800 locomotives.
Tho Public Service Commission will
receive bids on December . on tho con-
struction Of a bridge over the West
chester Creek at Unionport. which will
require about 450 tons Of structural
steel.
There has been less activity in the
buying OF steel for tho manufacture OF
war munitions In the last ten days. but
"a number of inquiries are still in the
market for both forgings and rolled steel
for this purpose. During the month OF
November steel mills reported contracts
for billetA, forging and bars for the
manufacture OF high explosive shells az
gregating 100000 tons or this total
only about 100. 300 tons were sold for
direct export. most of the purchases be-
ing made for delivery to domestic manu-
facturers during the second quarter of
this year. In n few exceptional cases
some contracts were placed for delivery
after July /. 1916.
Preliminary returns from the fabri-
eating shops Indicate that the November
| record OF sales will reach 173. 600 tons.
or this total So, goo tons were specifically
reported and 1900 tons estimated to
have been taken by shops outside of the
Bridge Builders Society and not con-
nected with the Steel Corporation. The
| formal closing of the contracts for the
| BROOKLYN elevated work will release
about SO, 900 tons additional. II will be
recalled that tenders on the latter work
were made IN September, hut the official
awards have just been made.
To-day the PETERBOROUGH Rapid Tran
sit Company will receive tenders IN the
extension and third tracking on the
Third Avenue Elevated Railroad in The
Bronx and Westminster. calling for H.
300 tons Of structural steel. Bids Will
also be submitted to-day to the Public
Service Commission On the construction
- a. - "a 10 -,a.,
2S, 600 tons of structural steel. including
&c. 400 tons of riveted work.. l.l50 tons
OF truss spans. 900 tons of beams and
shapes and 200 tons of iron castings. II
will he another week before bid are sub
mitted on section 3 OF route 5. The
Pennsylvania Railroad will also receive
bids to-day on $50 tons of bridge work.
General contractors nave been asked
to submit bids on the construction of n
loft building on West T~wen,y-third
street, New York city, calling for 1890
tons of fabricated steel. Westinghouse
Church. Kerr & Co. are in the market
for 700 tons OF fabricated structural stee'
for a manufacturing building. the ocatior
of which is not designated. The Ritter
|Conley Manufacturing Company has beer
awarded the contract for $50 tons q
structural steel for a boiler house to b.
constructed Mt Franklin, Pa, Tor the
, Atlantic Refining Company.
Eastern blast furnace interests ar,
actively interested In the award OF tho
contract for building the East River tun
mel, which will require 1880 tons O
cast iron segments. Contractors whC
will compete for this work are obtain
ing options on the castings: in turn. thu
founders are making preliminary ar
rangements with the blast furnaces fol
the pig iron that will bio required. De
~liveries will probably hc long extended
as considerable preliminary work mus
be lone before the seements will III
needed. This section 3, route \. o
the subway viii also call for 1000 toni
of fabricated structural steel.
One local pig iron factor reports salcl
of between 1000 and 5000 tons Of foun
dry iron last week, and an addltloHa
order was placed yesterday FOR abou
600 tons Other distributors secure,
orders somewhat in excess of the abov,
tonnage. The 1ngersoll-Itand Compan,
liz understood 10 ave closed for Ia
tween 1000 ana 5000 tons of variou
foundry grades for delivery over tn
first half of next year, and is still ne
gotiating for "A fair ~tonnaGe Of metal
Ocean freight rates on pig iron to Flu
rope have advanced to $l.25 per hun
dred pounds. and one contract for abou
700 tons has been closed Ut this rate
II was reported yesterday that no freigh
room could bo secured for metals on an,
of the regular steamship lines sailinI