The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
BRITAIN NOW ORDERS
CAST IRON SHELLS
Large Contract Placed in Can
ada-Call From Railroads
for Bridge Steel.


adA-C0u From Railroads
for Rridoe Steel.
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The British Government has placed q
large contract for cast iron shrnpnel
shells with Canadian manufacturers.
This Ia the first contract for castings for
his purpose that has come TO the sur.
face. Heretofore ali of the orders for
and small hirh explosive shells
placed in America have been Of rolled
or forged .teci. Tn I,rvland 4, ha. bar
IN. nract,c. 20 rnaLo sn.,i go .hs,,.
FOR vear. h,, .h~ ,rrrra.son 4. ~.
s,,ch 90 .t,r~. n,.a. In ~. Iyn,..a s,.,as
90 .n,.u sh.u" ss. sn, -. III
nr,a," ~" 49, -" 49,
49,. w. 'oreN
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"u.; ." gu y, ."e o"..I~sts DI DIV
yeo.ies puaesu ny tho nIltis' eovern-
,reht o'nle ,nrousn q central committee.
.nis oo'nIhittee aistrlDu'es the orders
ior the smells n also orders Tor the
steel TO De USED IN the manufacture pro-
the orders among the various
mills n All or the con-
tracts Ior RUSSIAN, French n Italian
manufacturers. There Ia much
complaint that the British Government
has placed only a smal part OF Its
munitions requirement with Canadian
works.
Several new small inauiries were re-
ported yesterday for blllets and bars.
Theses were from Glasgow firms and
werc for shipmept within the next few
Ons Snouirv is for 2OOO tom.
OF Z inch b,I,e,s The others arc made
IN of small lots Of .,ruc,ural material.
i~ncludinu ,,hanne,s and 7 bcams A large
domestic man-ufactur. has n,aced , Gov
trac, for unword or az ooo ions ~ ell
W. h,n.,s ,,i,h =, T.s,or, Iii To-
.h,,nan, ho~,nn.rs ,n Dscan,h.r and
xaor si,yh,,, bi.her nr,ca. u.r. oh.
,ained ,han on previo.. sontracss Forg-
inc h,,iot, u.h,ch so,d n fau, u,oeLs av,
A., sIs ,o sIe n, oas,srn p.nnsyIvania
r,,i,s ,r. rou ronr.,di,g sko IN sso
n n win
m. x.,.,or, p,,,o, p.,,r.v n..
-. -. ~.iSin. . son
tnns -, ,,r,c,,w,, 80, y,t,h IN. Xnari.
go or,dn. co-nanw ri. 60, Meth
or parrn.d a. 20 L,,,v MA. n, a ma ,ons
-, 80. - - annrao,, anrsn. ,ha
L.. - a,.n rfa~ ~ fhfa saa Tu,A Ilota ura IN
Iacrsnarn. ga vr.s,.rn pa,iroaJ is
a.r,n, Gov ,andars nm a too tons ~ s,r,c-
,,,r,i steo, u-hIch 4, "a es,imated vii, he
he ra,uir.,o.nts for 1915 TIE long
Island RaiIrona has closed with tho
Amaric,p pr4dys Co,npa ny for a non tons
~ s,r,c,uraI s,ee, for ridges and the
pa~nnsyivania Railroad has given an
or,lar FOR two syraIl draw bridges calling
for oOO tons of steel 10 the same fabri-
ca,o,x The Central Railroad OF New
Jersey IL said To he closing for 1900
ions OF bridge work with the Pennsyl-
eunbury bridge on the Philadelphia and
Reading calling for 1000 tons In still
pending The Maine Central bridge in
auiry is also still held In allegiance. The
Southern Railway bridge requirements
cali for 2.3O0 tons OF steel. The New
York Central is In the market for a
bridge over the barge canal west OF
Syracuse. It is estimated hat about
1900 tons OF steel will be required. All
OF the previous barge canal Structural
work for the New York Central has
been awarded TO the Phoenix Bridge
Company. Most of these contracts we've
for small lots. bait some OF the barge
canal bridges have run as high as 1000
tons.
.
Manufacturing plants in the central
West. especially those of the Industrial
companies that are engaged IN the
manufacture OF war material are placing
large contracts TOT pant eN'eisloiAn WIN
f. .f ts-.V ahonE Tho La tua0f nrlsEa