The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-23
TIN PLATE MOUNTS
TO new HIGH PRICE
Now Selling Above Prcyio,.
Record Level, Reached
in 1899.

Importunate buyers OF rails -
the steel companies again las, vo.l ass
succeeded in placing contracts far ~
prOxlmately 10000 tons of llrh, az,
heavy section. Il and girdcr rains, ma,,",
for shipment in 1917. It is ,.no,,"5
however. that the contracts closed r,,,",
for doublc this tonnage. hut ,no,,r, Sai.
are not likely To come TO the surface u,,T,
the close Of the month. one int.res"suu
development was the placing OF 5.00o =.
6,oOO tons or besSomer rails for snipman,
in July and August this year. IN
dOubtedly q special u",
made for this preferred shipuen, ,
eral of the large contracts closed ,.li a.,
deliveries during the last few mon,bs
this year airi the first quarter of ,ex,
! year. but with the pressure nov upnn 49,
steel plants there Is small proDahiii,,
that any important delivery can be mad
before the first or second quarter O, mo-,
, year.
The rail mills. Of course. have A. anal.
capacity 10 take care of all Tho ;,ru.a.
placed. but the supply of crude s,es,
available may prove iuadequhi. ~.
the tst of April contracts for .ppro,
! mately 10000 tons Of rails hay. hes,
specifically noted. ana IL Is believed M,
the actual commitments 'ayc hoo,
nearly 1000. 900 ons. Manufacturers a,
frogs and switches and railroad vons,ru,.
ton contractors have placed orders fo,
quite liberal tonnages while trolley ana
industrial line have been c1ual,y
anxious to have their rcquirem.-,.
covered before the lot Of MAJ. as arc ,so
great systems.
Aside from rail contracts ~'alro,t
equipment orders closed last week We.
- -..l A.A
shops booked orders for l.sb. ,.r. and
III" locomotive builders reported ords-s
for sixty-tNo engines. Bridge contracts
were small, but some large contracts for
track supplies. including bolts. tls and
spikes. angle bars and ii, pilates were
placed with AL manufactures H1V YOU,
accept the business offered.
Export business assumed larger n-o.
portions. covering many orders fur com
mercial shapes as well as for steel 70.
uuircd In he manufacture " VA nu.
nitions. II Is estimated that fully .0n.-
0o0 tons OF round n,ccl bars and fprs
ings were placed with steel mill. IN tn,
central West and south. including son
additional i%ounages taken 10y the United
states Steel Corporation for delivery ate
in 1917. Inquiries for about 80 Gon
tons OF steel for The Manufacture Of
projectiles are s;ili in The maihet.
The structural mills and fahf,ra'ine
shops reported orders for about .3,ouo
tons OF steel shapes e. be used III ~.
construction Of manufacturing plant,
and commercial buildings. \ few add.
tlonal orders were also placed f"r hlgl.
way and railway bridges. hut only ihou,
2.S0o tons of steel were needed. a. nearly
all of the individual contracts were
small. In fact small orders we're thc
rule even in building work and III. ag
gregate was not large. More than one
half Of the orders placed originated IN
the New York metropolitan district n.
largest order IN the interior W.T. -,
tons for an ore docs 10 he ,oistri ed
at Ashland. Wis. FOR ia. Minneapolis
ST. Paul and SAUL Ste. Marie Railroad
Manufacturers of I'm plate haN, taken
several lair orders for export recently
az 81 per bdS. BOX and On, stles -
relatively small lotS hJv" also been made
at this p"iG. for domestic shipment III.
is al ad,aucc OF 30 tents per hoA from
the price previously prevailing and .
tom higher than the previous inaAimu-
price PEI base boN-estahltshrd
i'm 1892. This IL an advance ~ s. pei
base box. or $40 per tor since The
minimum sal. in 1875. The lowest pie,
Of record was $3.50 per base hcN. nid.
in 1897.