The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-01
GREAT May RUSH FOR
OCEANGOING BOATS
Orders Placed Exceed Those Of
Any Other Month SO Far
This Year.

Nv NohtrdCis unuef negotiation were
closed the locomotive buffers have taken
larger orders since May I than during
amy preceding month this year with the
single exception Of March. when the
orders placed amounted to 473 engines.
me most recent contracts taken nv the
American ONO Company include
twenty-four for the Ecyr'iar Railways.
seven for tho Cuban Central. three for
the United Railways of Havana and one
each for the Spanish Asphal, Company
and the Nippon Seikosho Railway OF
'hina. The Baldwin IL re-
ported to have taken orders FOR twenty
i've to thirty locomotives from domestic
roads. The May contracts for motive
power have called for the expenditure
or $4,000 0o. About q 5000 tons OF
steel will he required In the construc-
ton Of the engines.
Mills have taken additional contracts
FOR about Is. 200 tons Of marine plat.s
Tor the building Of six tank tear ships
ior the American Petroleum and
transport; Company As already noted,
an of these boats will be built at yards
OF the subsidiary companies OF tn. Rein
Ieiem steel Company. Two were
awarded 10 the Fore River Shipouilding
'oinpdny and the -four others will be
constructed on the Pacific coast. +. il
understood that the plates FOR the boats
Ia b" built ~ san Francisco will be de-
lvered uring the frst half of 1917.
There are runors that the Bethlehem
steer company Will provide for the con-
'ir'iction Of a plate mill at Sparrows
Point or at Steelton. probably a, tho
"laryland steel Company's plant. de-
signed especially 20 roll marine plates.
IN the last two months tho R~ethIeNeu
N''el rrpa IL said to have taken
Foreign contracts ~sgEregating $4,000
200. '
contracts for ocean boats closed In
May wer" ~" largest Of any month this
year. Between 90. 600 and e5.oo0 tons
or steel p.a;es, shapes and forcines will
he required IN the construction II FORTY
six boats. About 10000 tons OF s,eeI
mas been ordered Tor the tfty-six ships
contracted fnr AZ sh.pyards on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. in the last two
months. Urgent Inquiries ar. stir III
the market for marine steel for Shipment
20 Europe ~ well as the Orient. but prob-
ably only smal. lots can he picked I'D
for 1916 shipment. II IL said that some
OF the foreign ship business is of a
permanent character that is. IL will con-
tinuc TO bring substantial orders to the
steel mills of the United States after
: the war.
Several new inquiries for steel rounds
and bi.lets. ranging from 5000 to 10 600
tons each to be used In the inan,fsc-
ture Of shells in this country came into
the market yesterday. II is estimated
mat in the aggregate Inquiries for shell,
steel st,ll amount 90 10000 to zoo. 1000
tons. Most Of tn. demand f. Tor pro-
j~ectiI.s to lie manufactured 10 Italian
and French Specifications. one manu-
fac,urer I'm Paterson. y 1 * reno-,.d
part, Tor high explosive shells recurring
severa. thousand tons of high grad. steel
FOR which the inquiry IL now IN N.
market \ steel NH a, Buffalo j. re-
ported 70 have taken a contract for TO-
oru TO $1,000 ton. OF she'll forging.
Each of these shells weighs 400 Mound,
an! Is c-s nm. IN d,ameter. Another
Sew Jersey manufacturer j. IN Ne mar
ke, for abou, 5000 tons a, steel has
for small SHELLS 20 be manufacture TO
Italian specinc,tions
Wv I'm etlral nhI'!ofo yes,
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.'V .pnS q, -, % Y u.s. IN LIr ton-
u u,1'on u u p''"sePoi. ".ss ,N"N,
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=, ~. ~, 100.
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cavity q. ,.s.c,.d In . rsduc,ior ~,
4, ner tor IN ,he ,r,ces s.ksd for cas-,
;ror p,,a he Ess,arp msnu,acturers
orders for pipe In the las, few weeks
have fallen on shraply, but the
placed thus far IN 1916 has been un-
Foundry Company submitted the lowest
bid, $es.75 per ton, on 27S tons OF l2xls
inch cast iron pipe Tor delivery ~
Wooster, q.
The United states Cast iron p'pe ana
Fonhdry '"fnpany mas neeh awarnen a
''''fd't '@r 81 IONS q. 10 / itch cas-.
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iou'u,S "'".'.'s '" 20. 49,
aiu So - ESQ cav z..
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=, 70 ,h. I,rl,ed s,a,as comnany and
80 !, u,s ci,on Tho nref.ronce or tbe
ia, ,ontr.r,
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salisbury \ e.. has finally awarded
tho contract az t1o4 tons ~ 10 Ia "a
, o,., ,,o, ,;na 20 ,ba I-ni,ad c,,,..