The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
GREAT RUSH TO BUILD
SHIPS ON PACIFIC SIDE
Inability to Secure Plates Pro-
vents Still Further In
crease in Activity.

vents St1Il Further In
crease in Activity.
~Shipbuilders on the Pacific coast, who
nave been urgently in the market for
forms Of steel, have finally sue
ceeded In placing an additional contract
Tor 10000 o n Of steel plates for de-
livery during the second half Of 1917.
II 10 understood that the business was
AIKEN by the United States Steel Prod
ucts Company. the export subsidiary of
United states Steel Corporation.
which operates on the Pacific coast rs
we'll as In foreign countries. The coast
for plates. however. Is still
unsatished. All of the Yards in the
neighborhood Of San Francisco and on
Puget Sound were never SO. active as
to-day, and other ~shlpbuilding plants
projected are held In allegiance only be-
cause OF the inability to secure reasona-
BILE assurance Of shipments on marine
and shapes. Japanese buyers lie
reported to have been able to secure
several additional small lots Of plates.
amounting to about 1000 tons, for early
1917 delivery. and continue actively and
a~nxiously In the market for about 5000
tons more plates for shipment In 1916
or early 1917.
The steel trade continues to have It's
attention largely centred upon export
business. Many OF the new inquiries
come from Italy and Japan. The latter
country asks for tenders on 1900 tons
OF bessemer or open hearth wire rods
az well as for steel plates. italy IL
taking bids on $4,000 tons of rails and
from 10000 to $4,000 tons OF steel
rounds. The allied Governments are
having continued difficulty in securing
even small lots of barbed wire. the de-
mand for which 10 heavy. Canada would
make additional purchases Of wire rods
in his country II any were available
n IL now receiving shipments On con-
tracts for rods placed some time ago
Mt $50 a ton at ne mill.
A special meeting OF the presidents
Of the subsidiary companies OF the
United States Steel Corporation was held
yesterday at II Broadway. being prel,m-
mary to the tenth annual meeting of
the American Iron and steel Institute
to-day.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey
phN>r n u ! tIe vi mn
tic-Msrshall Construction Company for
"A bridge to he constructed over the
Morris Cana at Bayonne calling for $50
tons OF structural steel. The same road
Is receiving tenders on 200 tons of fab
ricated steel for "A bridge at Phillips
burg. n. ]. The Pennsylvania Railroad
put out an inquiry yesterday for three
additional small bridge spans. whicl,
will require 400 tons of steel. maxi nv
inquiries now in the market for twenty
spans. calling for 1900 tons of stec,.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
has taken bids OF a 200 ton bridge 10
be constructed at Pottstown. Pa. but nc
award has yet been announced.
Some large contracts for motive power
Il is expected. will be placed by doincs-
tic railroads before the close OF May
The New York Central IL understood tc
W. prepared specifications for 200 en-.
gines. The Southern Railway has
ordered eight switching engines ard siN
vi the mihado /! pe from The Lima 10
connective Corporation. The Ann Arho'
Railroad has ordered three nIiAado en-
gines from the American ~i.ocou.oti J.
Company and the Transforming @nd
Northern ontario Railroad Is having -
inikado type engines built by the Cam
dian Locomotive Company. The Bald
win has taken misceilaneou
orders for three engines. including on,
mikado for the Peninsular Railway. on,
six wheel engine for the Cabinet. Ham.
| mono and Southeastern Railroad IN
one four wheel engine for the STANDARD
Car Construction Company.
The southern Railway has ordcrc,
| t,..n lf,,ipU ,urS mud p,a nhSarNattnn "a,
from the Pullman Company, making :
| total Of ninety-fve placed with the chi
| ago shops recently. The Illinois Cen
trial Railroad has again decided not I,
| place an order for 800 stock cars, ful
which 1t has twice received bids. 1h'
! Chilean state Railways are In the War
ket for ten freight cars. The Illinois
Traction Company is asking for bids ci
200 cars.
The New York Central Railroad ha
taken bids on 800 underframes, the Roc
Island on 900 underframes n the Bur
lingtuu on 1000 centre stills. Tie Sal
Pedro. Los Angeles and salt Lake CIT,
Railroad Company Is still In the narke
for 500 automobile cars and the South
ern Railway Is on the point of clos!n
for nifty caboose cars
The Oregon-W Washington Railroad an
Navigation Company mas put out plan
I aud notifications for an extension TO III
bridge over the Cmati!la River n"a
Cayuse. ore. one eighty foot thruug
plate girder span, requiring several hun
drel tom Of steel, IL included. The \c'
Haven railroad II preparing plans ~
A bridge to be constructed over Aver
road near Groton, Conn. The santa +
Railroad is having plans prepared for
s,ee, bridge to be constructed over IN
San Luis Rev River at O~ceanside, Ca
The santa Fe IL also preparing to plac
orders f,r four permanent bridges an
se,eral temporary spans to replac
bridges destroyed by washouts betwee
Los Angeles II san Diego. Cal.
The Maxwell Motor Company Is RI
ported TO have placed n contract wit
the McCIintic Marshall Constructio
compary for an extension to its plant =
New Castle, Ind. calling for u sns
tonnage of steel. About 100000 will
expended for building and equipmen
The National Screw and Tack fompan
of Cleveland has given an order for
factory building requiring about IL
tons OF structural steel to the Nation;
Iron and Wire Company. In the Chicag
territory small orders have been place
with fabricators for steel to he used
the construction or "A post once q
Evansville, Ind. and for "A boiler hous
M Racine, Wis. Ar independent fahr
Gator has been awarded "A contract i'
$50 tons OF steel for the Poll Theatre
be constructed at New Haven. The Ne
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