The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11
TIN PLATE GOES HIGHER
WITH STEEL ADVANCE
Mill Talk Of $3.50 Box
Railroads Continue Large
Rail Orders.

The railroads placed contracts las.
week for l0S.500 tons Of rails. 1856
cars and three locomotives, calling for
an aggregate Of $4,000 tons Of steel
The Illinois Central is still in the
market for forty-seven Mikado locomo
tives and for three Santa Fe type loco
motives. Tn Central Railway of
type and four Pacific type locomotives.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail-
road asks for prices on fifty steel under
frames for cars and the Atlantic Coast
Line liz taking bids on 200 FIAT cars.
The Erie Railroad has placed another
order for 200 automobile cars with the
Pressed Steel Car COMPANY and the
Tennessee Copper Company is about To
order twelve steel underframe nit cars.
The American Car and Foundry COM
pany will build 100 cars for the Elmen-
ton Refining Company and 100 coal cars
for the Campbell Creek Coal Company,
an previously noted. The Russian Gov
eminent IL reported to be negotiating
for 1000 additional freight ears with
American builders.
The railroads are also placing larger
contracts for bridges, which is an indi-
cation that the carriers are having n
profitable business. Contracts must he
placed for rolling stock and motive
power as well as for rails. The latter
have a relatively shorter life under
modern day practice with heavy equip
ment, but bridge work can be and has
been postponed from month to month
and from year to year. as this IL one
division OF the railroads where economy
may he practised with more or less inn
punity at least this is the viewpoint
Of the bridge builders. After the plac-
ing Of bridge contracts for $500 tons by
the Charleston Southern on Saturday
business is still pending for about l5.U0O
IONS OF bridge work. The PENNSYLVANIA
Steel Company has submitted the low-
est tender on Loo tons of bridge work
for the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
and bids were submitted last week on
1900 tons for the Long Island Railroad.
400 tons for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
$500 tons for the Maine Central, 1000
tons for the Southern Railway and 5000
tons for the Philadelphia and Reading.
AS previously noted In detail,
The United States Industrial Alcohol
Company. with a plant on Chesapeake
Bay, has placed "A contrast for two add
tiOnal buildings. calling for 700 tons Of
structural steel, Of which 200 tons will
be furnished by the American Bridge
Company and 500 tons by Dietrich
Bros. OF Baltimore. The Industrial
Alcohol Company Is overwhelmed with
contracts for alcohol-which 1t is pro-
ducing from molasses--for export and
for domestic manufacturers of war
munitions. The indication IL that total
fabricated structural steel orders during
the current month will be largely in
excess of those placed In September be-
cause Of the heavy tonnage sold for ele-
waited railway improvements in the New
York metropolitan district. A week
from tomorrow bids will be submitted
on the Philadelphia elevate extension
Of the subway system, calling for $4,000
tons Of structural steel.
Since the first OF October contracts
have been placed for 5000. 900 high ex-
plosive shells for the Italian and French
Governments. calling for 60, 900 tons Of
round steel bars. The new inquiries for
prOjectiles last week included one lot Of
1901 900 and another lot OF $4,000 1876
millimeter. equivalent to six inch. shells
for France. Negotiations also continue
on 10, 900, 900 to IL, 900, 900 additional
shells on previous inquiries for Great
Britain. France. Italy and Russia,
It Ia estimated that zoe. 600. 900 pounds
of copper Is required In the manufacture