The sun., 1916-01-09
NEW STEEL RECORD
DESPITE HANDICAPS
u. s. Corpol alton Subsidiarie.
Make Heaviest Shipments
in December.

The shipments of rolled steel products
| by the subsidiary companies OF the
United States Steel Corporation In De-
cember are underrt to have been the
heaviest in the history Of the Corpora
| ton This is feat worthy OF record
| in red letters when accomplished In
winter months and In the face Of an
| embargo against export trafilc. II II
estimated that the total shipments In
December were 1.25o,oo0 tons. exceed
| ing the heavy shipments made in No
vember. Upon this basis the total ship
! ments OF rolled products during the last
quarter Of the year were 3.S50,o00 tons
Tho output Of steel ingots and OF
| rolled steel products in December was
also record breaking. IL being reported
that the December production was even
slightly In excess OF that In October. but
It will require ofiicial verihcation. The
production OF rolled products last month
s indicated to have been At the rate
Of $4,000 tons per day. The one DIFF
hculty In estimating the unfilled tom
mage at the end Of the year is the
| lack OF knowledge concerning the cloe-
ing Of some heavy contracts which were
under negotiation when the year closed.
Information at hand. however. points 10
a total untitled tonnage OF 7,7s9,o00 tons.
approximately. at the close Of business
on December 81. This would Indicate
that the untitled tonnage last month was
Increased 700. 900 tons.
II IL estimated that the Steel CorporN-
tion produced 4.9s5.oo tons OF ingots
in December. indicating approximately
10000 tons OF rolled products dur
ing the fourth quarter OF the year. The
orders for rolled products booked in
December are estimated at 1.s50.o00
tons, which indicates that the total ton
mage secured during the last quarter of
the year was 6,250.oo0 tons.
Railroad equipment orders last week
we're relatively small. calling for less
han $4,000 tons Of rolled steel. but some
large contracts are under negotiation
which will probably make up the
deficiency before the close of the month.
The shops received orders for 2.l39 cars,
locomotive builders reported orders for
twenty-five engines and rail mills
cooked orders for about 10000 tons OF
standard sections. while specifications
exceeding 10000 tons on old contracts
we're recorded. No very large in
quiries for rails are now on the market.
/ The large interests have their rail ca
pacty at Pittsbu-g taken up until octo-
''I' VcNcEdi eNiSTl lot rails
are likely 10 develop into contracts In
the next ten dsyr
The interest Of the steel fabricators
is now centred in the outcome OF the
bids 10 he submitted 10 the Interborough h
Oh Monday TO cover the construction #
several sections Of elevated extension
subway work. reqdiring l2.soo tons of
steel. including l.soo tons Of repai:
work. Tenders will also be submitted
next Friday on 500 tons ct structura Al
steel for another subway section In
Brooklyn.
Railroad companies are preparing
| specifications for more bridges. but In
v!ia,ions to fabricators for bids are it,t
expected for another month or so. Al
the moment eight roads are IN the ma r
tet for small bridge spans. calling for
an aggregate OF 1000 or 5000 tons %:
steel shapes. The larger inquiries come
from the Lake Shore and the Glover
Leaf The other inquiries. running from
100 to 500 tons each. have been put out
| hy the Pennsylvania. the Philadelphia
Boston ard Albany. the Grand Trunk
| and Boston and Maine railroads.
| In the structural work now coming be-
| fore the mills and shops manufacturing G
! plants are most prominent. Contracts
| placed since January have called for
| only about $4,000 tons in the aggregate,
hut this does not give an adequate idea
| of the business in prospect The rail-
roads placed only a few structural or
ders last week. calling for about 1900
tons ot fabricated shapes, the orders
being placed by the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, the Cincinnati! Hamilton
| and Dayton and the Southern railroads
The largest building contracts last
| week included 2.200 tors for the Central
| Heating Plant at Washington; 1856
| tons for additions TO the Cook County
| Hospital in Chicago; l.l7O tons for a
| malledble foundry al Chicago: 1000
tons for an extension 10 the plant OF
| the Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
At Yorkville, Ohio; 1000 tons for the
Zohel lott building in New York city,
| and 200 tons for machine shop In
| New Jersey The Anaconda Copper
Mining Company is on the point OF clos
| ing contract for 1000 tons OF struc-
tural shapes for plant extension in Mon
| tana.
An inquiry has been received from a
| large copper consuming interest abou,
|
| mated that the retineres produced ap-
! proNIndtely l,500. 900 900 pounds OF cop
! per .llst year, a decrease OF 3 per cent
| from The output of 1914. whereas the
| United states Government reported a
smelt,r production du-.ug the calendar
/ year ~ l.J6a,50n, ,0o0 pounds. which is
/ an Increase OF 2l".562,S0S pounds The
! Government report covers tho produc-
ton Of unUrought copper from domestic c
ores only, no account being taken OF i'm
| portht.ous but the latter will be repre-
sented IN the production Of refined meta.
! 10 he reported later ny the Geological.
! survey. The heavy increase in OUTPUT
/ of refined metal did not come until the
! second hHlG Of tile year, whereas the
~meltsr output was largely .ncrea sed
, during the second quarter of the year
; Al increase or decrease in OUTPUT al the
! reduction works requires approx ;nately
d three months 10 he reelected in the re-
, lined output Consequently an !ncreaS..
/ In smeltor output in any one year does
! not necessarily mean an increase in the
/ refined output The production Of re-
/ lined metal from both primary and sec
/ oud Try sources I'm l@li WAS l,565. IOS.374
! pounds. The estimate f." 1915 Includes
/ ou,y primary metal Probably 30 0OO. e
( uuu pounds will br added when returns