The sun., 1916-02-02
STRUCTURAL STEEL
DEMAND Is WEAKER
Contract Placed for New Build
ing Hcre-RailrOads Ask
Bridge Bids.

cording 10 preliminary returns booked
orders for between $1,000 and 10000
tons of fabricated structural steel to be
used IN the construction of buildings and
bridges ami manufacturing plants in all
sections OF the country. A moderate ton
mage was also taken for export, but re-
turns are not complete. In January last
year the tonnage taken by the same
snops aggregated about 6j 900 tons. so
that there was substantial increase
last month, but conditions "A year ago
were very different from what they are
to-day II IL also significant that the
iaiIing OF IN structural business last
month. compared with December. was
the most marked. but again the Decem-
her tonnage was unusual because Of the
reporting of many large contracts which
had been previously placed. The de-
crease in activity in January. however,
was at least 20 per cent after making
allowance for accumulated tonnages re-
ported in December
The Susquehanna silk Mills COMPANY
has placed with the Empire structural
steel Company contract for q loft
buiNting TO be constructed on Madison
avenue. New York city. requiring 500
tons Of structural steel The contract
for another loft building to be con-
structcd on Seventeen street, calling for
800 tons of steel has been awarded to
the iiinklc Iron Works. The Crystal
Loft Building, which will be built on
Thirty-;hird street. requires 500 tons Of
structural shapes, which will he furn ished
by the Ptssa!c steel company. \ store
for IN" Winthrop Associates reauirln:
700 tons of steel, to be constructed at
Springfield. Mass, is TO be built by
T.. Norton & Co.
The l.ehgh Valley Railroad Company
has come into tn. market Tor bids on "A
bridge to be built over the barge canal
al Rochester. " ". requiring 35o tons
of structural shapes Bids have already
been submitted on 500 tons Of steel for
bridge work on the New Nor,t Central
and the Baltimore and OHIO VIII take
bids to-day on 200 tons of bridge work
III the central West railroads are taxi
ing tenders on about 900 tons of r,r,ic-
iural steel for bridges and shop work.
Word comes from San Francisco that
the Alamedt plant Of the tai'ed En-
gtnecr.uG Company has been ucqui~ ed hv
the luiua Iron Works. a suhsi Harry Of
the Bethlehem S,.c. Company. The
property viii he utilized in shpbul,dug
II is reported tlat the cDutract price
was approximately sl,oo0."uo.
'' "'N'eT Hh!PpulIulhE company ~
reported 20 nave closed contracts for
th' hl. iiIuG "f tN' iitik steamship and
one reign h"it To- ocean service. II
y "sHeFtth th'i t"h "' ~" h"a's a'e
frr Norwegian interests which h,y, al-
ready placed two contracts v..h 'l>.
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l'ss than the shipments IH" ordC ,
placed hv domestic manufacturers are
understood 50 hnNr aggregated auuul
l'".""o tons. 'f tn "N,--t sales "i
j." ""n tons ~ wire products last iuot.l
arpF"N .nat"ly io.oo" tons Vent 20 tho
ldrscs' interest aud II ~ und'j -tnni t,iii
nuo,hcr contract for @","nn '''o has
Just been 'oScd.
Manufacturers of rivcts in the r.tls-