The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
BETHLEHEM TO BUILD
ANOTHER GREAT PLANT
Expected TO Spend 5000, 900
or 100000 900 at Spar
rows Point.

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fully 600, 900 tons OF steel. About halt
Of this is for use in the manufacture OF
war munitions in this country. Canada
and Europe. These inquiries include
billets, slabs and round steel bars. With
the exception Of "A few urgent contracts,
which call for steel late this year. most
OF the orders pending will require steel
deliveries during the first half Of 1917.
In one or two instances deliveries will
probably extend into the third quarter
Of next year.
Tho railroads have placed additional
heavy contracts for standard section
rails. aggregating about 7j,0V0 tons. for
domestic shipment In 1917. Most Of these
orders have gone TO mills In the Pitts
burg district, but a few supplemental
contracts. amounting TO about 5000 or
5000 tons, have been placed with inde-
pendent rail manufacturers for this
years delivery. one Eastern mill has
taken an order for about 1000 tons. En-
port contracts for rails. aggregstlug be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 tons. have also
come TO the surface. about 10000 tons Of
which we're included In the March tom
mage. Negotiations continue on about
60. 600 tons OF heavy and medium sec
ton rails for foreign shipment Most
OF the inquiries for rails. AS well as for
| Ntt " tlullltiVlATt tNltlo " hho ol-
lied Governments.
In considering rail contracts 1t Is in
teresting to note that at recent meetings
OF several OF the independent steel COM
panies the question Of conserving the
| supply OF rromangane was taken up.
II WAS asserted at one OF these o n
ferences that II was possible to manu-
| facture rails without utilizing such "A
large percentage OF ferromanganese a.
| has been considered necessary hereto
fore. This can be accomplished by con-
| trolling the sulphur and other chemical
ingredients OF the steel In the open
| hearth furnace and Bessem.r converter
| practice.
The plan. ur the Bethlehem steel
Company for the building of "A TIN plate
plant, according To reports from Bilti-
more, are much more ambitious than
those entertained by the Baltimore Sheet
and Tin Plate Company, which organlza-
ton has been acquired by the Bethlehem
company. II was announced yesterday
that the tin plate plant would be To-
Gated AT S%parroHs Point. and not at Can
| ton. uAe site secured for the building OF
the tin mills by the Baltimore olnpany.
| The original plans of the Baltimore or
gaiiization called for works with a ca
pacity to produce 1000. 900 base boxes
OF tin plate annually. Tn Sparrows
Point plant ~ designed. II Is said. To have
| a capacity of 5000. 600 bias. boxes. or
$50, 1000 tons. Of tin plate a year. 1t Is
reported that $1,000. 900 will be spent for
this purpose. whereas the Baltimore
company had expected to exTend less
than 100000 at Canton. II is under
stood That thirty ->iA hot tin mills VIII ec
installed at Sparrows Point.
II was reported yesterday that the
Bethlehem Steel Company had acquired
another Eastern steel plant. but details
are withheld temporarily. II * under
stood that the Intention t. To- eXu+ud
from $4,000, 600 to $50, o0O, GOA In new
buildings. improvements and installation
OF new machinery At Sparrows Point IN
addition TO the nome Appropriated for
the building Of the TIN plate plant,
Rumors that the McC1intic- Marshall
Construction Company had secured con-
troll of the Ritter Conley Manufacturing
Company property were confirmed yes
| terday. The Mellen interests control the
McCiintic Marshall company and Of
course are strong financially. The Me-
Clint!c- Marshall company's capacity has
thus been increased to $4,000 tons an
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M Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
Railroad, through Westinghouse Church,
keer e. Co. has placed a contract for
$500 tons OF fabricated structural stee
for the buildiEc Of machine and repair
shops at Burlington, la. with the
American Bridge company. The same
fahricators have also taken a contract
for 800 tons % bridge work for the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Tho New York
Central has given an order for the VIA
duct at Vanderbilt avenue, as well a.
az Dcpew place. to Terry n Tench. aud
the 30o tons Of structural steel re-
auircd will he furnished by Millikcn
Bros, Inc. The New York Central ~
also In the market for bridge work IN
the Niagara Falls section calling for
1000 tons Of structural shapes.
The PENNSYLVANIA steel Company has
been awarded a supplementary contract
FOR about 400 tons Of structural steel
for the bridge over tho Ohio River at
Louisville. The Maine Central has come
into the market for bridge work calling
for $40 uus OF steel shapes. The south
ern Hallway bridge inquiry. ainountir-
to i.5O0 tons If steel, - now ,aid To-
bc only Of Il tentative" character.
The samuel J.. Moore Sous Corpora
tion has placed a contract for the build
ing Of "A machine shop and a BLACK
smith shop, the former known rs the
plate and angle sl,oIr with teysriug
a Garrigucs. About 400 tons of steel
shapes will be- used, BIDS went in yes
terday on 1000 tons of structural steel
which will be required in the construc-
ton of "A loft building on ThirtN-eiyhth