The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-04
RAILROADS TO BUILD
10000 STEEL CARS
Seek Options Upon 100000
TOns-War Inquiries Con-
tinue Urgent.

The merchant builders OF railroad cars
were ~pressingly In the market yesterday
for options on 100000 tons or various
forms of structural steel to be used In
building 10000 cars. Of which 1867
are for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. " IL claimed that some OF
these contracts have been placed con-
d!tionally. Other inquiries for railroad
cars already noted amount to about
l2,0OO, requiring an additional 10000
tons Of steel bars. plates. shapes. axles
and forgings.
The specific inquiries for cars for the
Pennsylvania lines east Of PittsburE
, cover 1000 to 1000 gondola cars. 1000
to 5000 hopper cars. so passenger
coaches. 80 baggage and express cars
and : horse express cars. For the lines
west of iittsburg $500 freight cars and
50 cars for passenger equipment are
wanted. The latter include = coaches.
20 baggage ears, 8 dining cars and ~
combination passenger, baggage and ex-
press cars. In addition, 1000 cars are
to be built at Altoona shops.
, The Delaware, L~ackawanna and Vest
ern Railroad is taking prices on 1000
steel uuderframc box cars. 500 steel
gondola cars and 500 hopper cars.
Among the other car inquiries previously
noted are 1000 hopper cars for the
chesapeake and Ohio, 1000 gondolas
for the chicago and Northwestern.
900 steel underframe box cars for the
baltimore and ohio and 500 underfrsmes
each for the Rock Island, Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton and Chicago and
northwestern. France Is still in the
market TO- Loco cars.
The lie,den Iron Construction Com
pany has taken contracts for four
apartment houses to be built In New
York city, calling for 1900 tons OF
steel. The Mayer apartment 10 De
constructed at lol East Seventy-fourth
street will require 400 tons the A. A..
l.. Construction Company apartment
house on f.ighty-sixth street calls for
Guo tons. the Mishkind apartment on
Eighty-tfth street will require 30" tons
ard the loft building at Lexington
avenue II Tw-nty-tifth street a similar
amount Tn. IIiuklc Iron Works has
: secured a contract for the RriNton apart
ment. to he eleven stories and erected
AT ~Sixty-ninth street and Lexington
avenue, calling for $50 tons ~ fabricated
steel. The contract for the Marcaro
upLrtneut. recurring GOO tons OF steel.
has been awarded to Harris. Silver 4
Baker.
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