The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
RAILROADS CALLING
NOW FOR 10000 CARS
Foreign Lines Want 12.OOO-
100000 Tons of steel
Needed for Work.

Slf'l companies are now CONFRONTED
with demands for ioO.oOo tons of steel
bars. plates and shapes t. be used in
the construction q railroad cars. This
means that fully 10000 cars are under
negotiation. 1000 cars of which are
for foreign roads. In the las few days
domestic railroads have placed contracts
for about 5000 cars and pressing IN
puiries are now before the builders for
NIL sorts Of equipment. The congestion
On tho various transportation lines H.
not being relieved In fact. the dini-
Guilty TO move freiga. is Increasing with
passing weeks The Eastern car shops
are all eady well employed on contracts
for cars and the impression IS that a
large part NJ .he new business will 60
10 the SHOPS !u the central West. This
is a time when ordinary freight rates
are disregar1ed and contracts are being
placed for various steel produces fan
aheld. There are gloomy predictions Il
wha' NAV happen in the next six months
or a wear.
Among the contracts for cIrs placed
are 1000 additional for the New YORK
Central. This was reported YESTERDAY.
but the distribution s no yet available,
az the $500 ordered hy tho Philadelphia
and Reading. previouslv rspprtcl 1000
hopper cars are to he huli' hy the
Pressed steel car Company. l.oUU loN
cars 10y the American n and Foundry
Company. and 5oo rondnla cars by tho
standard steel Car Gunlpauy The hi
rois Central, in addi' on 20 The thou
sand refrigerator cars ordered from the
American Car and Foundry Company.
is having 5ud box cars hailt ~ the
Central Of Georgia by the Pullman COM
nany n 500 fruit ears by 'he .Nmeri-
can car and Foundry Company The
Atlantic coast Line has ordered .hu da'
cars from the same shops. The Lyon
cypress Lumber Company Of Louisiana
has ordered ~ skeleton logging cars
from the Bettendorf Axle Company The
Cincinnati, New orleans and Texas Pa
ciiic has contracted with the American
Car and Foundry Company for steel
centre constructions for It, c1rs. The
firm of Phelps. Dodge n - has or
dered So ore cars from the Pressed
Steel car Company The Western
Maryland has orderetl 2.00o hoppe cars
from the Pullman Company. and t.e
Michigan Alk1ll Company has ordered
80 steel hopper cars from ;hr Pressed
steel car Company TN" Missouri. Kan
als and Texas has b0uru. 2uu ballast
cars from the Roser Hal.as car com
pany.
Specific inquiries are before the car
builders for $4,000 fr"lEh, ,lr-. iuc,ud-
ing 80" for the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, made up of l,oo0 steel
hopper cars, Lone box cars and e5n
ice cars. The Balt.m"r" and OHIO is
asking for prices ON Loco hopper ears
for steel underfrimes for 5on box
cars. The Chirago aui Northwestern
ts about to place an order 20" Loco Euu-
dola cars. The Nashville. Chattanooga
and -. Louis is inquirlug for centre
800. 49,. -
Minneapolis and -. Louis for 300 steel
underframes for box cars. The Louis.
willie and Nashville wants prices on ! uOo
hoX cars and 400 gondoli c,rs The
Missouri Pacific ~ I'm the marke. for
500 box cars. The Wheeling and Lake
Erie is taking prices on $50 sondola cars.
The Rock Island is In the market for
30" steel car underframes Tlc French
Government wants prices on $500 box
cars. The Russian inqu!ry fer l0.0Gp
additional cars has not yet been salts.
ned. The Cincinnati. Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad is IN the market for
500 steel ear underframes and the
Louisville and Nashville for i,400 steel
car underfrlmes The santa Fe IS re-
20 be- preparing specifications for
400 freight cars.
Locomotive builders are also expert.
4 revival in the demand for
power The Baldwin Luromu-
tive Works report orders for two loco
for the Interstate. Rtilroad, orc
Mallst locomotive for the Baltimore aud
one consolidated engine for the
River Railroad and four
type locomotives for the Nicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific. ordered
by the New Orleans and Northeastern. .
Lehigh Valley is having the Bald
works install superheators on twenty
engines, as well as build ten Mikado
locomotives previously reported. The
Illinois Central, as noted Yesterday. has
nfty locomotives. forty-seven
Of which are Mikado type and will he
built by tho Lima Locomotive Corpora
ton. n three Santa Fe type by the
Locomotive Company.
The Chicago Junction Railway has
an additional SWITCHING engine,
a total of three ordered from
'hn American Locomotive Company.
Among the new Inquiries are thirty Of
he Mikado type for the Santa Fe. which
road, however. Is expected 10 purchase
locomotives. Thu Michigan
il having seven passenger loco
built by the American Locomo-
Company and is still in the market
six of the Mikado type. The Central
INhlil' W Nv ~ fIiNlllg 'lCll
and four Pacific type locorno-
ives built by tn" Lima locomotive Cor
1oration, The Arthur iron Milling Com
of st. Paul IL inqulrinG for eight
locomotives, and the Cement and Tolells
md Tidewater Railroad for one Mlkado
Az already noted, the Cincin-
iati. Indianapolis and Western Is In the
market for forty-eight locomotives. in
'luding eight M'kado type, six Pacific
ype, ten Consolidation. fftecn 10 wheel
md seven & wheel switching engines.
The steel fabriCatins shops are ha wing
difficulty in securing an adequate
mount of plain structural material he
of the pressure on the mills.
ome Of which are from six tn ten weeks
behind in shipments, Several additional
contracts We're reported yes
erday, including am addition to the
Saving and Trust COMPANY
at Cincinnati. calling for 300
ons. and an addition to the Fair build
al Chicago, calling for 500 tons,
which will he furnished by the South
Ialsted Street Iron Works 300 tons for
he Toledo Machine and Tool COMPANY.
o he fabricated by the American Bridge
200 tons for the T.. W. MAYER
light story loft building on Lexington