The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
GARY HEADS Us. STEEL
ENTERPRISE IN CANADA
New Subsidiary Will Have
Plant ut OjibwaI. Not Far
From Detroit.

The directors ~ the Cui,ed States
! steel Corporation have organized !hc
Canadian steel Corpors,ttpu-the DO
minion subsidiary of the United States
| steel Corporation--by electing Judge III
pert ~. Gary president and Ward +.
perley vice-president and general man.
ager IN charge Of co,Istructioi. Mr.. Per
ley for some years has been assistant
to he pre sident. James +. Farrell. Be-
| fore becoming MIR. Farreil's assistant
| Mr.. Perley WAS assistant to Vice-Presi-
dent Nixon, In charge Of the operation
of blast furnaces. Mr.. Perley Is well
qualified for the new rosit,cn created
by the board.
Il will he recalled that the corporation
planned some time ago to experd about
so, Ooo. 600 IN the building OF tho Cana
dian plant, but 1t IL understood that
some modification has been made in the
origina, plans. which provided for the
construction, OF twelve blast furnaces.
According tn unofficial reports made yes
,erday, only three blaS urnaces will
be built al first.
Tho United States steel Corporation
for several years has been making scien-
tine Investigation Of the conditions sur
rounding the property which " acquired
at Otibway, Canada, on the Detroit River
not very far from Detroit. tnvcstigs-
tons covered geological and climatic con-
ditione. Large docks will have 10 be
provided and much preliminary work
must be done. such as grading. before
construction can be commenced.
Secretary clifford Of N. Bridge Build.
crs and structural Society reported yes
t.rday that during the month of April
contracts for fabricated structural steeI
were taken equivalent to ~. per cent
Of the entire capacity of the bridge AND
structural shops of the country Thi,
is equiv lrnt to 12j,062 tons on the has.
of tho data used by the society. and il
within "A few thousand tons Of the trad,
estimates made on the first OF This
month. In March this year sale.
accounted to 10: per cent. Of shop "a.
pacity, equivalent to 10000 tons. "
April last year structural contracts
amounted 10 62i, per cent. and In April
t?iI. to IS per cent. OF shop capacity
equivalent to $1,000 tons and 1850,
tons respectively. Since January |. 1916
the monthly structural contracts hav'
averaged abou 1876, 900 tons, so that tn.
business last month Was c"nsiderabl,
under the average monthly bookings.
Thus Gar In May the fdbricatilC shop,
have reported contracts for 10000 toni
OF fabricated steel II is expected tia
several large contracts will be CLOSED
which will probably bring the average
for the month much above the Apri
sales. This H. without counting upo'
subway work. contracts for Which vii
b. placed during the next two week
with general contractors, hut the stec
work will probably bc carried over int
srs.- ,.t l-.t Anttltny ron
tract now pcnding IL for the New forl
Central Hotel. which viii require Loco
To- 5000 tom Of fabricated shapes. SeN
.ril OF che large contractors have bee
Regulating and there are runors ma
the general cuutrac, has actually hec'
placed on a percentage bass.
TIE Pennsylvania Railroad IL under
g stood 70 hay" virtually awarded con
: tracts for 10 small bridges. calling {"
$500 tons of structural steel, tender
q for which were made last week. Tn
railroad put out new inquiries y.s'erda,
for bridge work calling FOR 1000 ton
OF structural! steel. The bridges ar
scattered over various portions OF III
: lines EAST Of Pittshurg. Catenary hrldg
9 construction l. now estimated at Ia
' tons. The Philadelphia and Readin
Railroad has ALSO pui out AN inquii
y Cor "A small bridge calling for zoo tor
! OF steel.
-sic Ludlum steel Company receive
II bids yesterday "n 200 tons of stru,
u ,ural shades FOR plant extensions. soy
.~al new inquiries for factories and othe
extensions to msnufsciuriug plants I
u NV England came out during The da,
bu, only "A small tonnage of steel u r,
quirsd. Such work pending, hoWoNe'
-, IL the aggregate .will require nearly 10
= Uu0 tons of steel share1,
ruc of the most Signitican, devclof
. mrtis IN III. ""ol trade H. M" large
= orders coming tram the agricultural dit
= trIcts for aire fencing, II will he n
q called that because "t TN" high price
fur steel wiro farmers aud other cor
suncrs in the ccutral West and IL
West curtailed purchases Tor ferc'n
fully 80 per cent. ia the las, wee
III. American Stcc, and Wirc CoirIan
= reports II substantial gam ~ orders
this kind. II II nov estimated that ric
y contracts arc running about - per zen
Of normal. There ~ also a better d.
lnaud from domestic consumers for vii
. products generally. The buying prol
q ably las been stimulated by heavy eI
y port contracts for " ire rods ana Ia rbe
o wire. Additional, large foreign orde'
arc VIII pelluhlS'
domestic consumers ~ graz fouudi
and nislleahie iron a' more actively
tho market for shipment over the sscor
half of this year ana the first half
1917. Several contracts were report.
placed yesterday accounting 10 ahoI
1000 tons. Including ono Of 1000 tul
and two Of about loo tons each. ri
- iirst IL for deliver, outside OF n
. Eastern district. The other two tal
n are for shipment into Connecticut. Y,
Eastern Mllleablc Company " takii
blds on 1000 "a 1,b00 toms of msllcah
iron at ~Nsusatuck. hut shipments are
be made tn Bridgeport. Conn. u
expected that one or two large %co,rtrar
ir for foundry aud nlallc-hl- ron "
- be closed IN the neat few days TOR 10
,r Shipment. One contract for I.oOU to
I" Is also reported to have been plno,
NJ Tor eSpori
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