The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-13
STEEL RUSH 50 GREAT
PRICES ARE WITHHELD
L. $. Products Company, With
&. OversOld Mills, Not Seek.
ing New Business.

VI " COMPANY III NAT1OuS DhTtS VI tIit
world have been notified by cable. The
action Of the expor, department is at
tributed TO the deluge Of business still
offered from all points OF the compass
and the oversoid condition Of the mills.
Tho high ocean freight rates and the
difficulty In securing steamships outside
OF their wi chartered feet are also held
partly responsible for this action.
Tho American Steel and Wire Com
any has advanced prices on common
wire products 81 per ton, including
nails. barbed and plain win. while high
grade products have been advanced from
81 to S. per ton. Wire woven fencing
is up 81 and fine wire s. per ton. The
advance is effective to-day. Notices
were mailed to the trade last night.
Wire nails are now held al $3.50 per
keg. Plain wire is l.75c., with zoe. ex-
ira for ~galvanixink painted barbed wire
is 2.05c. n galvanized Is e.15c. per
pound. Specifications and new business
rave been coming In TO the Eastern and
Western departments very heavily. Some
Of the orders evidently were In anticipa-
ton Of the advance that Is now put
into effect. Orders since November
have been far In excess OF capacity. but
with the action Of the steel Products
Company in regard to foreign business
the wire mills will be less heavily taxed
temporarily. II is understood. however.
that export contracts for tramwsys are
likely to be booke quite literally in the
near future.
The younr.,o~n shcc, ana Tube Conn
Many has ri,ced n structural c-ontrac,
10, oso ,o,, ~ ,,an~s Sor a mil, bui,d-
,no 1T, ,h. p,,,shn,~ p,,dyo ava Iron
worLs 4, add,,,on 10 200 ,on. ~ shaper
20 a, attended, % %. orer hearth stee,
n,ar, TIL. latter q, "a ,pderstood xdu
=. rn-,,.h.a h, ,..
Corrz,n,,nn Conn.nv
one interesting oeNeiopment e tne
steel. iron. coal ana COKE 10 facinS
ports, because or the high freishts anu
Few steamships available TOT MS ATTY,
ing trade Tnefe Is also some taik Q.
securing s~cnooners 10 carry iuel ana
iron prooucts 10 'he sieoiterrAleah n
Grecian gas company is IN the market
Tor .o'ooo IONS OF Soai. put s'esrlsnlP
demand % sniliinss ireiSnt
and only two boats apparently are avail.
able at 'his rate. ms Is an advance OF
the last ten days. Inc ioreisn company,
however. refuses 70 pay inc hisher
reigh demanoed'
80
Foundry interests on the Easter YEA
board are asking for maximum ship
ments on foundry coke. indicating much
larger contracts for castings thar were
expected last month, when oke require
ments were covered. The ovens are ind
ing IL almost impossible TO meet ship
ping requirements. There was IL in
qu,ry in the market yesterday for coke
and anthracite coal for export TO Bra
ell. Other inquiries also come from foun-
America. Home stove founders are en-
tering upon their usual active season
and ara aking considerable quantities
OF foundry coke.
Coal shippers report a more ample
supply OF cars during the early part OF
this week to make shipments on SON
tracts. Some of the mines repor, rece!v-
ing so Der cent. OF their rated require
nents, In the last ~,wenty-four hours,
however. there has been evidence again
mines are receiving 55 and others GO
per cent. OF their scheduled requirements
from the railroads.
Sales OF 1000 tons OF foundry iron
were reported made yesterday by Buff
falo and eastern Pennsylvania ~ces,
Including one lot OF 1000 tons at 81, for
No. . X at a Lehigh Valley furnace. for
shipment over the first quarter OF next
year. For tits years shipmen, fur
naces are asking 1850 for No. 9 y.
Another sale OF No. 2 X foundry il re-
ported al sl7 Buffalo furnaces for ship
! mept over the first quarter OF next year.
The tidewater price on foundry IRON
for this wear and 3l7.T5 for the frs.
three months Of next year.
$3.50
The Seattle Steel md Machinery Com
pany has taken a contract for go o
Of fabricated structural steel to he used
IN the construction Of a building for the
Seattle. Wash. University. The Crown
Iron Works has taken an order for
to be constructed AZ ST. Cloud. MINI.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
given an order for about 100 tons OF
steel TO the Mount Vernon Bridge Com
! pany for a train shed AT Pi'tsburg.
h Columbus plant OF the Carnegie
Steel COMPANY. containing two 800 ton
blast FURNACES and a ooo ton oessemer
steel converter. 10 now IN operation.
rms piant was idie Z" a number OF
years ana only "a year sso oismantling
OF the plant was seriouslS considered.
II Is ohi ~nsh inc resur tor steel
eucn a p'xht can DC ope,A.eo upon a
pIo",apIe pss' ihe Duiu.h plant OF
u ."inIeso,s o'eeI Cohps''y Is row
800 ~ p..ye'suo" !. sStNe
80 W. .nah!ns
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