The sun., 1916-01-21
MILLS STRUGGLE HARD
FOR NEEDED MATERIAL
Freight Embargo Forces East
crn Plants to Adopt Costly
Measures.

dependent upon metal are making
energetic efforts to assemble raw ma
terisl at their plants, especially In New
England. in the face OF the embargo stili
ms msintained on shipments of material
originating outside OF the New Haven
territory. shippers OF copper and
spelter are able to make some deliveries
into Connecticut by concentrating ma
terials In warehouses at New YORK.
transshippng by water TO Bridgeport
AMI reaching destination by trolley.
Shipments from Pennsylvania and the
South. especially OF pig iron. are being
transshipped at tdewater and carried
by floats to the Harlem River gateway.
where the freight is accepted by the
New Haven. Pig iron from Fort Henry.
". Y. Is being sent In roundabout
way 10 Connecticut points through Ncr-
mont. Freight charges OF course are
being doubled and In some cases even
trpled because of the devious routes
necessarily taken Hast furnace IN
terests at Buffalo report that a shipment
OF pig iron on December 81 via the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad destined to New
England points was turned back by the
New York Central to the PENNSYLVANIA
few days ago with the information
that an embargo existed on such freight
shipments
The New Haven railroad continue. to
work etrenuously under n severe hsndi-
cap. Officials report men working day
and night 10 relieve the congestion, but
the number of freight handlers is re-
duced by the epidemic OF grip. The
storms Of December IL and December
&c. 1t was said. cost the New Haven
road 100000. due TO demurrage on
delayed freight. loss OF patronage and
cost OF repairing damages to wires, An
IT. NJ. RNN Va.fa y
i3. 1915. the New Haven was utilizing
5O.691 cars. Al the corresponding time
in 1915 the road had il.e3? cars and on
the year previous 3c.176 cars In service.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany has awarded the general contract
for extension and improvements on the
Webster avenue elevated line TO VI. j.
Ieahy. who. in turn. has awarded the
contract for 5000 tons OF structural
steel required to the American Bridge
COMPANY The other sections bid upon,
calling for about 5000 tons OF steel,
have not yet been awarded.
Tie New York Central Railroad has
placed q contract for a number OF small
eye beam bridges. calling for 4I3 tons OF
steel with Louis T.. Shoemaker Co.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has placed
an order for $50 tons OF bridge work
for 1916 delivery with the American
Bridge Company. The Lehlgh Valley
RailrNdd also recently placed con-
tract for 1875 tons OF steel for a bridge
at Geneva. y. Y, with the King Bridge
Company.
The New York Central Railroad is re-
ported to have inquiries In the marker
for 1000 cars The Illinois Central is
aslxirg for prices on 1000 gondola ears,
600 stock cars and - passenger cars.
The Union Pacific ls said to have re-
jected bids on 1000 TO 1000 freight cars
because Of high prices and unsatisfac-
tory deliveries.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works has
placed a contract for an office building
and other improvements at Philadelphia
calling for coo tons Of steel with the
McCMntlc Marshall Construction Com
parry. II * rumored. however. that the
contract viii be increased to 1000 tons.
Mlliken Bros. Inc. have been awarded
. contract for zoo tons ~ structural
steel for a store and office building to be
constructed at Springfield. Mass, for the
Winifrcd Associates. Morris Wheeler Of
Philadelphia has secured the contract for
the Mishawaka Building at Philadelphia
requiring 900 tons OF structural steel
Thompson Starrett Company, which
ias the general contract for building the
Chamber ~ Commerce Building. Pitts
burg for George T. Oliver. is understood
to have placed the contract for the 10000
tons OF fabricated steel required with the
American Bridge Company. The Guer-
her Engineering Company has taken a
contract for 3@j tons Of steel for ar
apartment building to be constructed on
I.attimer street. Philadelphia. The
Prague Steel Company OF Buffalo will
fabri,lte eco tons OF steel for an extern
sion to foundry for the American
Radiator Company,
II is an interesting fact that manu-
facturers OF munitions are buying old
steel car aNles VA the open market be-
cause of the impossibility of securing
! round steel bars in ample tonnage from
, the mills for early shipment Small sales
~ rounds. however. have been made
! from local warehouses AT 3i2c, to &C..
| per pound Most of this steel will be
exported In view 81 the rigid spcctlcs-
,ions ON steel bars put out by the allied
Governments the us" of old aNics in the
manufacture 81 SMELLS Will he more ar
, less of an experiment
The Carnegie Steel Company will fur
! nish 5000 forged steel car wheels for
the 1000 freight cars to bc built by
J the STANDARD steel car Company FOR the
I Bcssemcr and Lake Erie Railroad The
/ cambria steel Company has secured a
contract for 25.0oo tons of stee, bars.
plates and shapes tn bc used IN the
I construction of 1000 cars by the Raj
, ston steel tar Company for the Penn
/ sylvania Railroad Company.
Tho p.nueNiyauia Steal I'oIupnuv has