The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-24
10000 TONS OF RAILS
ORDERED FOR ROADS
Long Island Line Is Among
Companies Placing
Contracts.

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tons OF standard section rails. and sew
eral thousand tons Of light section n
girder rails have also been booked In
the central West. The latest contracts
closed include 5000 tons for the Long
Island Railroad Company. which will be
rolled by tho f~.ackawanna Steel Com
,rany and the Bethlehem Steel Company.
covering 5000 tons Of 100 III. and 1900
Of so N. sections. The Monon Rail.
road has given an order for 1000 tons
of standard sections TO the Illinois Steel
Company. Miscellaneous lots amount
ing to about $4,000 tons are also re-
ported la the central West. while the
Tennessee Coal. Iron n Railroad
Company has received specifications on
about 10000 tons of rails for the Cen
trail Railway Of Georgia, contract for
which was placed some tim since and
previously reported.
The Central Railway OF New Jersey
has given an order for three small
bridees requiring 200 tons Of structural
steel. to be built at Allentown. Pa. TO
the Hay Iron and Foundry Company.
The Erie Railroad has received bids on
500 tons OF steel for "A bridge TO be con-
struct,d over the Gcnessee River. and
the award Is expected daily. The Le-
high Valley Railroad has awarded y
contract for the construction Of Pier ~
in the East River, requiring 400 tons
Of structural steel. to lowering L a
rigues.
Contracts for commercial buildings
and manufacturing plant extensions are
Coming out more slowly than for sew
eral months. but in the Chicago district
the Sears-Rocbuck Company has given
an order for $50 tons Of structural steel.
for n building, to the Hansel-ElcOck
Company. The city of Chicago has given
IN order to the Lakeside Bridge and
Iron Company for the construction of
the Mayfair pumping station. which
Will require 700 tons of structural steel.
The Coastwise Transportation Com.
pany has contracted for the building OF
two large Golfers. requiring about 5000
tons OF steel plates and structural shapes.
with the New York S~hipbuilding Com
pany, Will W. H. Grace & Co.
IRE having two more ~oceangoing boats
quilt by the Cramp Shipbuilding and
Engine Company. II is estimated that
about 1000 tons of steel plates n
shapes will be required. II IL under
AF'NA h'ft Ah' tN'@s WIZ ~ ~ cAAs
by the Eastern II Western Pennsyl-
vania mills. one other contract for 49,
600 tons has been placed. and another for
l." 900 tois OF marine plates and shapes,
previously referred To-, tor an oil company
Is ON the point of being closed. The
Steel Corporation has bought two
more ore boats to be built on the great
lakes n one more Is pending.
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Il coast and great lakes have now 20
merchant vessels under contract. This
Includes the four ships above reported.
According to the recent report by the
United States Government. only Ego
boats have been ordered from merchant
yards In the last year, but the Govern
inent returns were not complete. Neither
of these estimates includes the ff,y-two
boats under construction In Government
and merchant yards for the United states
navy. details Of which have been noted
pre- yiously. Il IL estimated that the 2I5
merchant ships now under contract re-
quire about l,oo0.oo0 tons OF steel in
various forms.
Outside of the contract for 1000 tons
of steel for the American Express Com
pany Building. 81 Broadway. New York,
awarded to the Hay Iron and Foundry
Company. fabricated structural steel
work in the Eastern territory calls for
"A relatively small tonnage of plain ma
terial. Ouc apartment house calls fol
200 tons. and another building on East
FOrty-third street will require from SOC
&c 40o tons. Three or four other build
iugs now in preliminary stages VIII re-
quire about 5000 tons of steel. The
spokane. Portland aud Seattle RAILROAD
Company has placed a contract for &
bridge to Dr constructed IN Washington
calm. FOR ahou, 200 tons OF steel will
the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company
The recent bridge contract placed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines We
with the Pennsylvania Steel Company !,
the second unit OF the series OF pan
which will be constructed at Louisville
over the Ohio River.
Animation and b~uoyarcy evident 1,
all branches Of the steel industry con
tinuc to be cxpressed in rising prices
; The American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
Nany following the action of iudepcnd
ent companies. has announced an ad
vance of - per cent, a box on tin plate
This makes the official price 81 a has
box, which is 90 cents a hox below tn
highest point ever touched, on Angus
Il, 1899, but July "a, 1899. the o,ilc!a
price was St3Ti. n base box. Manu-
4. faCturers of riv,ts have advanced price
, 81 a ton since last Saturday. Structure
, riv~ts are now selling at 3 cents an
boiler riyets at $40 cents.
= The United States Government rcpor
covering exports OF iron and steel prod
ucts last year set at rest the con,rC
versy concerning the percentage q
foreign As Complrtd with domestic ship
. mpntS. According to TN. returns of III
= Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Con
z mercc, the Exports of iron and stee
= which are given IN tonnage form, in l9l
aggregated 3,5l3 453 tons. Total shiT
r meuts Of steel products into both dc
0 nestle and foreign consumption las
' year are estimated at 2i,OO0,000 ton!
. thus indicating that Npor; were ~
- per cent of the total distribution.
should he remembered, however, that
q large onnag. of steel was taken by dc
r nestle manufacturers for the manufac'
n ure of projcctilcs designed for expor
but when uIe shells were shipped abroa
they were referred to as explosives an
a the approximate value in money wa
!. given rather than the tonnage Of steel.
The sales OF steel made for export !
1915 are estimated to have been betwee
$500, 900 and 1000, 900 tons. The tot
sales of steel products by all steel con
panies last year are estimated to hay
, been between 10000. 900 and 81. 900, 00
tons. so that the export business wa
l. appvoxlmately 20 per cent of the tot
v sold for home and foreign consumption