The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
SON OF MUNITIONS
MAKER DIES IN WAR
News Comes as Nathaniel Cur
nv Reports on Contracts
With Allies.
CANADIAN PLANT Is BUSY

Nathaniel Curry. president OF the
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Who announced to stockholders yester-
day that the company is filling mu-
nitions contracts worth $3.50. 900. 900. has
learned that his son. Capt. Leon II.
Curry Of the F'orty-second Montreal
Highlanders. was killed by a German
shell OIL October 10. only three days
after he reached the trenches.
Capt. Curry. who was 30 years old.
enlisted East spring. He was formerly
assistant manag OF the Canadian
Steel Foundry ~Companys A brother.
Capt. v. q. Curry Of the Fourteenth
Royal Montreal, IL row in this city look
ing after ammunition work for the Eng
fish Government. He went to the front
and was caught in the terrific fire at
l.angemarck and ST. festurbert. Out OF
his battalion OF LOO, only 500 were not
put out of action. When the battalion
was reorganized he was sent to this
country.
In his announcement TO stockholders
Mr.. Curry estimates the war order
business of the company for the fiscal
year to end September 80. 1916. at
$50. 100000. as compared with about
$21 900. 900 In the best previous year of
the company's history. The railway
business OF the company has fallen of
considerably and several of the factories
have been turned over entirely to the
manufacture Of shrspnel. Mr.. Curry's
statement in part is as follows
1T is the desire of your board that
the stockholders shall nave as clear a
view of the situation as IL " possible
to give them. both regarding the amount
| of such war orders and the progress
which has taken place In the manufac-
ture OF the same, although for obvious
reasons it Is not considered wise TO
publish much detail regarding the Or
\ defs received.
business is less than In former years.
Several OF your plants. as well as those
] Of Canadian Steel ~Foundries. Ltd. have
been equipped for the manufacture of
parts of shells. the production OF which
IL well under way. Plants Are working
twenty-four hours a day and production
IL constantly increasing in a satisfac-
tory manner. A large portion of .lis
work is for the British Government. on
which substantial deliveries have al
eady been made.
Several months ago two contracts
were made to supply the Russian Gov
m with n large number of com
plete shrapnel and high explosive shells,
and recently a third order has been OBJ
tanned subject TO the negotiation OF
minor details in connection with same.
The transaction OF this business has
Involved the negotiation Of urge CON
tracts for parts OF shells between this
company and manufacturers in the
United States. as well as Canada.
greatly increasing the magnitude of the
| operations Of your This work
has now progressed 10 a poin, where the
first shipments are about to be made.
and from results obtained tie manage
ment feels that they can make fairly
reliable estimates both as to costs and
net earnings.
Your management knows that there
Is a reasonable pront In all your com.
pany's business. the amour. OF which
business during the current fiscal year
to September 40, 1916. should he in eN.
cess of sla0.0 600. 600. as compared with
about so7 600, 600 in the best previous
year in the c%ompany's history.
while the directors do not feel a,
this time tina, they should make any
definite announcement as TO the dispose
ton OF the surplus ca rnings which will
accrue from this business, they feel that
the shareholders may look forward. with
confidence. to an early resumption OF
dividends"
The contracts mentioned from tht
Russian Government We're for 5000. GOT
shells. OF which one-half we're shrapne
and one-halt explosive. II was said at
that time that II amounted to approx
matcly $4,000. 0OO. The third order
which Is all hut closed. is for 5000. 900
shells. one-half being for shra pnel and
the remainder explosive.