The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
RAILROADS STILL BUY,
Butt LESS PRODIGALLY
Large Orders Under Negotia-
ton for Cars, Locomotives
and Track Steel.

equipment wtn q less prOO1BAi uAHu,
but large contracts arc under negotia-
ton . II II still mainly . question OF
securing material 20 fulfil contracts FOR
cars and locomotives within the tim
specified by transportation companies.
N Lehigh Valley has placed an order
for 500 tons of bridge work with an
Independent fabricator. The New YORK
Central has given an order for a large
turntable to tho Phoenix Bridge Com
pany and In on the point Of closing for
several small bridges. h Pennsylvania
Railroad has an inquiry In the market
for about zoo ons of bridge work. The
Erie Railroad has distributed orders
for $4,000 kegs Of railroad spikes among
eastern and western Pennsylvania maxi
ers, a little more h half going TO
three concerns In Pttsburg. T." Same
road has also placed contracts for ore
unloading machinery which will increase
the unloading capacity OF tho Cleveland
dock abcu: 40 per cent. The contract for
the Huiett machinery was awarded TO
the wellman-S eaver-Morgan Company.
The genera, contract for tho Calumet
Terminal Elevator. to be constructed at
South Chicago. has been awarded to tho
witherspoon. Englar Company. and the
steel contract. about 5000 tons Of stfuc-
tural shapes. has gone to the Mount
Vernon Bridge Company. The addition
20 the Standard Steel Works at Burn
ham. Pa. requires $500 tons Of steel,
which will be furnished by the Nc
Chntic-Marshall Construction Company.
Bids have been submitted on the gen.
eral contract for building the City Court
House and Jail on West Thirtieth street,
requiring 100 tons of structural shapes.
This building will be sixteen stories
and Is known to the building contractors
as the ''skyscraper jail" n Jail will
be used for the detention Of women.
Tho Simplex Automobile Company Of
New Brunswick has put out an inquiry
for a factory calling for 700 tons OF
fabricated structural steel.
OF the rixty-three locomotives ordered
by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the
lines west Of Fittsburg. noted last week.
ten are for use on the Nandalla and
three on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
line. n will be built by the Lima Lo-
connective Corporation. The Great North
ern has ordered eight switching engines
from the same builders for the Arthur
Iron Mining Company Of st. Paul. The
81. Paul Union Depot Company Is hav-
ing two switching engines built by the
Lima works. The Cincinnati, indian
apolis and Western Railroad. after plac-
ing the orders for t~hirty-fve ocomo-
tiyes previously reported. Is In the mar
ket for five ten wheel locomotives.
Among the other Inquiries for engines
are those of the Southern Railway. the
Waynesburg and Washington. and the
avaro and Gulf.
The New Haven system. according 20
President Howar Elliott, Is in need OF
betterments which will call for the ex-
penditure OF $4,000. 900. OF this total
about Q 400. 900 will cover the necessary
expenditure for rolling stock. including
5000 freight cars. 400 passenger train
cars and 1907 standard locomotives.
Late yesterday Boston reported the New
Haven had ordered 100 steel passenger
cars, . steel dining cars and 81 freight
locomotives, as noted whe the
contract price being approximately
$2.jO0.oo0
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Is re-
ported to have placed an order for $50
refrigerator cars with its " Montreal
shops. n Erie Railroad has ordered
10 all steel suburban cars from the
Pressed steel car Company. The Penn
s~ylvania Railroad Company has ordered
% passenger coaches and ! combination
passenger and baggage cars from the
same builders. The Baltimore and ONO
has ordered 500 hopper cars from the
standard steel car Company. The In
terborough Rapid Transit Company has
ordered 81 cars. including 23i motor
car bodies and - ~trailers, from the
pullman car Company. The same shops
will also build two dining cars for :he
pelaware LackawaUua and Western, ms
well as two dining cars for the l.ehlsh
Valley Railroad. The Georgia South
ern and Florida Railroad has ordered
1870 gondola cars and S15 box cars from
the Lcnoir Car Works.
TIL American Smelling n Refining
Company has placed "A contract Tor pant
extension at Baltimore calling for 900
tons of structural steel with an lhde-
pendent f~ahrica,or. The Chamber OF
Commerce Building. plans for which are
said TO rave been prepared for George
Il. Oliver Of P~ittsbugg. 1t IS estimated
will call for bciween 5000 and 5000
tons OF structural steel. The building
site covers $50 feet OF Seventh avenue
and 1870 feet on smithtield street. Puts
burg.
The Nashville. Chattanooga and 81.
Louis Railroad Company Will build 900
box cars ana twenty tdpooNt 'iTS AZ
its own shops in addition TO the l.500
cars previously reported. The Utah Cop
per Company has ordered twenty-five
ore cars from the Standard Steel Car
Company. The Illinois Central Is In
the market for forty box cars. The
Georgia. southern and Florida mas or
dered two combination passenger and
baggage cars .rom the Pressed Steel
Car Company. The Kansas city South
ern is IN tho marke, for 200 gondola
car bodies. The 500 Line has ordered
200 ore cars from the American Car
and Foundry Company and the Chicago
and Alton is having $50 gondola car
bodies built by the Haskell u Barker
Car Company. The Monongahela Con-
Meeting Company Is In the market for
sixty-hvc gondola cars. ten fat ears
and nifty coke cars. The Butte, Ana
conda and parinc has ordered one mail
and baggage car from the American Car
and Foundry Company. The Calumet
and Arizona lining Company has is
sued specifications for nine cars and
the Lehigh Valley is taking prices on
six parlur cars, ten baggage cars and
twenty-five freight cars. The Missouri.
Kansas and Texas has put out an
inquiry for 500 general service cars in
addition 10 1000 gondola cars, pre-
! viously reported, The New York NUM-
cipal Railways Is about 30 come into
tho market for 100 cars 10 he used on
tho Sea Beach Line. The previous or
ders of this character were placed with
the American Car and Foundry Com
Iany.
According 10 n report from Sharon,
Pa, \, w. Thompson, president of the
Inland Steel Company, has disposed of