The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-12
PRESSURE FOR STEEL
NEEDED BY RAILROADS
Some Mills Consider Refusal of
Additional TOnnages
Asked For.

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The railroad equipment manufacture
ers. because OF the pressure upon them
from the railroads. are most importunate
for steel to he used In the construction
or cars and locomotives. Each day adds
to the equipment INQUIRIES until IT Is now
believed that fully $4,000 cars are under
negotiation. Rail mills are also being
daily requested TO enter contracts for
standard sections for spring delivery.
but II may be the middle OF the summer
before some Of the railroads that have
failed TO cover requirements up 10 the
present time will receive shipments In
fact. some Of the rail mills are seriously
considering refusals of the additional
tonnages being asked for by Eastern
roads. Contracts have been accepted In
the last Few days. however. for about co.
600 tons. Tho Illinois Central has placed
supplementary contracts for 20 900 tons
with Chicago and Southern mills. The
Norfolk and Western has ordered ~. 900
tors additional from tho Carnegie Steel
Company and the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. PAU has ordered G.oo0 toss
from the Chicago mills. Half a dozen
other roads In he central West have
placed miscellaneous orders running
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each. The French Government will
open bids In Paris on November 20 Tor
10000 tons OF standard section rails, as
previously noted.
The advance In prices OF light section
rails last week stimulated rather than
discouraged industrial roads to come
into the market. Coal mines arc espe-
cially active IN placing new oraer~. The
Loraiu steel Company has received
specifications on about 5000 tons on con
tracts and OH current orders. The Bal
timore and OHIO has divided n contract
for 10000 kegs of railroad spil;cs he
tween two makers In the Pittsbury dis'
trict. In the central West the demand
for track accessories continues pressing
although many contracts have already
been closed. The baltimore n Ohio
has also placed contracts for 10000 ton:
OF steel bars. plates n shapes TO covei
requirements OF lts " shor1.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis nnt
Western Railroad has placed orders fol
twenty-three locomotives. including eight
Mikado and five switching engines. to he
built by the Lima Locomotive Company
and ten consolidated locomotives to b'
constructed by the Baldwin Works. The
sNtN VI ~ anu WI
has placed contracts for two additiona
Nikado locomotives with the Baldwin
Works. The anne builders have takei
an order for one locomotive for tn
Allegheny Steel Company. The STANDARD
oil Company at Whiting. Ind. Is on tn
point Of ordering one locomotive.
Tho Copper Range Railroad ha
ordered ten ore cars from the Presse'
steel Car Company. The Standar'
Steel car Company has taken an orde
for 500 steel car bodies for the Montou
Railroad and will build 1000 box car
for the French Government. h Bir
mingham and southern has ordcre'
ninety cars, including nifty hopper
twenty-five fat and fifteen box cart
Among the car inquiries still In the maj
ket are 400 coal cars Tor the Sor
solidated Coal Company. 1,10o ore car
for the Duluth and lro Range and III
Duluth, Mesaba and Northern. In
Chicago and Western Indiana Is taEiT
bids on 1000 freight cars, the missouri
Kansas and Texas on 1000 gondola car
the Virginian Railway on 200 box cal
or alternate bids Oh $50 car bodies, an
the Lehigh Valley on fifteen caboos
cars. The Delaware, Lackawaila AN
Western Is tin IN the market FOR te
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cars for passenger equipment IN
latter include eight lining cars. IN
mail cars, fifteen chair cars, nine con
bination and seventeen coaches. II
, also asserted that the New York Centr'
! viii purchase an additional number
freight cars.
The Dulut and Iron Range Railroa
4 has placed additional contract Tor III
sl go Tll III
, for nm ore dock, with the Ainerica
!. pr,ave COMPANY, while the Dulut
: Nasnba and Northern Is rushing spec
: acations for another steel " concre
dock 10 he constructed at Duluth.
V IT,. demand for steel plates for dome
tic and foreign shipment continues We
. heavy. The standard OIL Company Il
ordered 90, 900 tons from worm br'
,nr .hipmont over tho first half OF ne
year, and Japan has PLACED some We
heavy contracts for the construction
ocran .nIps. Large shipments OF plat
mr.. already being made 10 Japan. u
heavy ,onnages are to follow IL
asserted that most OF these plates a
a hc,ne used in the construction or MT
three boats designed for Pacihc oce
service.
The American Sheet and Tin PHI
II COMPANY has put the Leechburg pln
~ long idle, into commission. The IT
lie contains eleven hot sheet trains. SOL
: of the sheet manufacturers are nec
% sarily limiting output because OF
~ unsatisfactory delivery OF sheet oa
70 Not "A few OF the mills are behind
~ making deliveries. II the outlook
~ the future is not much improved. /
:, carnegie Steel Company annouh'
prices on sheet bars for the INST 1u'
N Ter of 1916 shipment Mt SIS mil
"a bcssemer and $50 for open hearth
n, II is indicated that the large IL
PENDENT steel mills were not Tar ben
ar The United States Steel Corporation
rolling up heavy tonnage or mn
orders in October. 1t is estimated q
NJ the untitled tonnage last month was
liz creased by at least 1900, 900 tons. {
he of tho smaller independent compar
w reports orders for $50 900 tons OF ROY
It's steel bars untitled at n end or
,ob.r. and has taken additional contra
IT, for probably 30, 900 tons since To-
re- her /. Some of the mills are accept
ng business for delivery over the sec
re nuarter, and also for delivery hey
he Julv next year, but OF course are
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