The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-09
WORLD NEED OF SHIPS
SPURS STEEL INQUIRY
Shipbuilding Activity in Many
Lands-Needcd Metal
Sought Here.

Interest IN the steel trade il SIN
largely centred IN export business actu-
Any placed or IN prospect. Shipbuilding
Is tho one Industry that has called for
heavy ~tornages OF steel for delivery IN
1917, being an exception to most OF the
other lines OF buying for foreign ship
ment Because of the extraordinary de.
lnaid for freight carriers a. well ~ tie
ne"NN loss OF .hips incidental TO the war
There Is tremendous activity In ship
building the world over. Foreign cotiu-
tries are developing most ambitious
plans which will call for extremely
ieaNs buying OF ship plates and marine
Shapes for tho next five years. IT ~ ex-
pected that the United states will be
called upon to furnish a large ls,r, OF
ms material even after the war is over.
To-day urgent inquiries for steel plates
come from Italy as we'll Az from japan
ana 'hina. Since January I ship
builders In the United States, on the
treat Lakes and on the Atlantic aud
i'aciiic coasts. have taken contracts for
i-s boats, sixty OF which are reported
To be FOR foreign countries. The United
states yards now have between 400 and
10" merchant boats under contract,
which call for approximately 500. 900
tons Of marine steel. OF course. 4,
heavy tonnage will also he required fo-
Government PURPOSES. The battleshp
programme OF the United States Navy
i'epa'ttnent. as already noted, will re
dulre 10000 tons and may run as high
as 100000 tons for delivery In 1917 and
the early part OF 1918.
Several additional contracts OF tin
piaie have been taken in the Pittsbure
nEff|HHf ~ = I.rN - 81 .-a--.
lig Two small orders Of 1000 aud 5000
boxes each. which are said to have been
'ihen At $3.50 per base box Z. O. b..
nun. There continues to be a number
or small inquiries for tin plate for other
foreign countries for this years shin
inent.
AFTER the closing of contracts for is
o"O 10 10000 tons Of bessemer iron for
f'dlE ,ncre are inquiries In the market
Tor u little moro than so. q tons of mig
iron for shipment to Italy. Russia. Japan.
scandinavia and switzerland w add
ti'u to the two lots OF 10000 tons each
oi special bessemer the Italian interests
ar" asking for prices on 10000 tons of
inhl'eahlc. 1000 tons OF pudding iron and
several lots OF foundry iron amounting
10 about 5000 tons. Switzerland H. asking
tot prices on 1000 tons OF foundry iron
ana 10" tons Of low phosphorus iron.
Jaiau IL still negotiating for 1000 tons
OF low phosphorus Russia wants to buy
10000 tons of standard hessemer iron
canada * In the market for 4Uo tons of
foundry grade, and Swedeu t. taking
prices on 1900 tons of foundry iron.
'
! car builders are much Interested ~ the
inquiry from IN. Pennsylvania Railroad
for ',ooo seventy ton steel gondola ears
for IA. lines east Of Pittsburg. which viii
require about 90, OpO tons OF steel platcs
and shapes. .Another interesting deNel-
opment - the placing of sample orders
lS the Nirg.nian Railway for four steel
gundoia cars. one each Ia he %rrinufdc-
tIrei 10y the Pressed steel ar COMPANY.
tn standard Steel car Company, To.
caWbrit steel Company and IN" Wright,
BIius, AID Iron company. !acS q: .Ac
ears will lc l2n tons capacity. De
PENDENT upon 4 trial Of these cars viii l..
tho placing ~ orders for t.5o0 steel g"u-
dol, ears by this road The southern
Railway l. having loco THIRTY ton box
'l'~ built by the l..u"ir car Works the
/ Baltimore aud ohio Is - II 'u tn" marked
for l.uO0 steel car uuu,rfr'w'~ alut iu"
1.uver aud I;o ,;rdude l- rcpurted &"
contemplate THO pure ,,~r r 900 noN ears
w addition =" the I."uo cars ordered
from the Pullman Company.
It vas an interesting tact that the
Tacirr tNl" lvcumoti,.> ordered 10y th"
! Ich!gh VALLEY railroad from 90. Ball-
win Locomotive W"rNs viu each lave :
total weigh or ia2.5o" pounds, w'il'
each Of the santa ~, - u, locomotives
! ordered will weigh ii2.7no puuir.s Tho
SolNaS froreS. Company las given Hlt
order for one - .j,h,ug engine 4" ih"
American locomotive company the