The sun., 1916-01-29
EVEN LAKE SHIPYARDS
GET FOREIGN ORDERS
Orders for 335 Vessels Placed
in This COuntry-Great
Rush of Building.

Lake SnlpydrdS, aCCorulTt 10 icp'' &c
from Cleveland. have taken contracts
for four more boats from Norwegian
shipping interests These contracts VIII
call for about $500 tons OF steel shapes
and plates. Eight boats designed for
: service in the Baltic Sea are now under
contract. Since January Ameti-
can shipyar,is have taken contracts Tor
- merchant vessels. making total OF
335 boats now under contract on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the
great lakes II Is estimated that more
than 500 600 tons Of steel 20 be used in
this construction have been placed with
steel mills and about 80, 900 tons ad-
d ditional are vet to be- closed definitely
Within the last Two weeks contracts
. for about 10000 tons Of plates and
! shapes for marine work have been placed.
Because of the food Of business that
has come to tho eastern PennsylVanla
mills, LARGELY from shipyards, they nave
further advanced asking prices for plates.
Some business in marine plates has been
: done recently at 2'2c. base Pittsburg'
but mills are now asking 2'j TO &c.
per pound. ship forgiHgs are also in
active demand and strong To-day "
Is difficult to place contracts for spe-
cial forcngs under &c. a pound. These
only month or two ago were selling
at 2iac. per pound.
II Will he recalled that az the end
Of 1915 the shipyards reported col-
tracts for 200 merchant boats. Com
1 mercial yards We're also building ~
. boats for the United states Government.
. while la boats We're being bull, IN Gov
Y .rnmeut navy yards II is understood
: that 40 submarines. including II FOR
foreign Governments. were under con-
struction The Maryland Steel Company
/. was first and the New York Shipbuild'
; ing Company second in the output of
. vessels during the year.
i The orders given by the Pennsylvania
o Railroad to its car shops at Altoona
/ last week were for $50 all steel cars.
J., or 80 ears more than previously re-
; ported They viii he put into service
a og lines west Of Pittsturg. one thou
;, sand automobile cars will he delivered
!. 20 tn" rl,tsburg. Cincinnati. chicago
/ and -. Louis Railroad. ZOO all steel box
. cars to tho NandalH and $50 to the
- | Grand Rapid~ and Indiana Railway. II is
l. Understood that contracts for the lI.ouo
r.. tons of steel required have been placed
- with ri'tshurg mills.
The New York state Ra'lwaye Com.
rany has placed contracts for SO tons ot
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~ roll 7un tons rf i0i mound sections Tn,
p.r..ylyo,ita s,,. ,'nmu.ry viii ALL.
roll "a ton. nf 20 mound r. rails 10,
. delivery. a. prn,id.n,a II I The tnr.t,
- steel company i, understood ,o hav.
= taken :dJitin,,o, ,ortr,ct- for ooo ton,
i of light section rails fo,. industrial lines
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b: a-r.,uv for rr,,.. on 500 ,,i,.uoh,l.
kirgau Retrigcr.,tur Line Is an the mar
k,t for l0n refrigerator cars Tho Beth
~ Ish.in ,'hiIc Iron Mines company ha'
s placed au order for loo guudnla EAR
30 with tho Pressed steel car COMPANY
= The. sam. builders viii also c"hs,ruo
- ten ore ears for tho Diamond tkal
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