The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-10
December Shipments Of Rolled Steel Products
By the Steel Corporation Heaviest on Record
WONDERFUL HEcoap MADE ron
IKE WruTEn MoHTH-s
ACTIVITIES
Americas stsslnAstsrs cio.sly scruta-
MIXING crsdtts Bsfors fiiitng
war Orders.

NEN fOkh. Jan. s-The shipments
VI rolled steel products and the Eubsid-
nary companies Of the United states
Steel corpOratioa In December are under
stood to have been the heaviest In the
history OF The corporation. This IL q
feat worthy % record In red letters when
accomplished IN Ntntvr months and tn
the face OF an embargo against export
shipments m pecsmbsr ~ere LSso.Ooo
tons. exceeding the heavy shipments
mace In November. Cpon this basis the
total ms Of rolled pr0uucts during
the last quarter Of the year were 3.65O.-
100 tons.
The eutput Of steel inEots and OF rolled
steel roducts IN December was also rec
ord breaking. IL being reported That the
December production WAs even sltgutIF
I'm excess 90 that ~ October. but a. Ntii
require official vcriticauOn. Ths pro
ductiOn OI rOtied proouSus last month -
estimated 10 have been at the rate ct
$4,000 tons per DAY. Inc one difficulty
In estimating the untihcu tonnage al the
emu OF the year 10 tue iSck OF knowie.ge
concerning the closing OF some htalg
contracts which were under nSgotiau1u
wnen the year CLOSED Information a.
tonnage 81 saos.VvV tons. approximately.
a. tnc close OF BUSINESS GA December a..
MS w0uia Indicate that tue untiusu tou-
maze last month was Increased 100000
tons.
II Is estimated that the steel Corpora
ZION A.sss.vvV tons OF iugots
ANaAfANAts AIANWhAAAAaHNH
), 1000 tons OF rollcd pruuuctz .urt.f-
the tourtn quarter OF the year. lLc v.-
ders Tor ruiivd p~rouucts U0okcd in nc
ccmbcr are csNtLaut~u at l.sou.uuu tuur.
which Indicates mat the tutal tunus-
secured duuHs the last quartcr or the
year "as e.-s0'oOc tons.
Railroad equipment orders last week
were relatively small. csuuug Tor less
than Jv,VVU tons Ol rvltvu styrt. Jus suua e
la ge contracts are unuvr negotiation
WIuHH MN HH.naa.a HL.a. ma a.. $500.
cheney before tue close 90 enc luuuLu.
lnc shops rccvlNvd Oru,rs Tor -.lsg cars.
ucumouN buItuvIS t-port~e uIu,n .,.
- cuty-tNu cuE ines 0Iu ral4 minis DouANu
oruers tor suvut tu.yvv GOA. 90 r.au.a.a
stctions. Nutiv SP-e,4tIcattun= ,Ac-va4uE
Su.uVu tons GA ola contracts WcT, U.cu4 "a
Cd. NO very large inquiries Tor rains
are now ON She u,arAeJ Inc large an
tcrvsts have tntlr ralI capacity At rtttz-
burSn taken up unNi ONtooVr Several
export inquiries Tor rams are ltAciy 90
develop into contracts in the next zen
DAYS.
Tn interest OF the steel fabricators &.
nov crnterrd In the outcome Oh tus oids
To be submitted 10 the iuterborougn on
Aonday TO cover the CONSTRUCTION 81
esN eral sections OF elevated extension
subway worn. requiring I=soV tons OF
steel. including l.Nuv tons 81 repair
work lenCcrs viii also be submitted
next FRIDAY ON 500 toms 90. structural
steel tor another subway section in
Railroad companies are preparing
specification Tor more bridges. but In
Vitat!ons 10 tabTlCRtoTs Tor Blus al, u1t
expected Tor another muuth OF 80. AZ
the moment eknt roads are IN the mar
ket Tor small bridge spans, Gaining Tor
steel shaDes. The larger inquiries come
from the Lake Shore anu tue clover
100 TO 800 tons eacn. have been put out
by the Fennsylvanla. the Pnl4adelphla
and Reading. me New York Central. CO..,
SOston ana Albany. and Grand
anu Boston and Maine railroads.
In the structural work now coming be-
fore the mills ana shops mauuiactur4nh
plants are most prominent. CONTRACTS
placed since January 4 ave called Tor
only about $1,000 tons Ia the aggregate.
but this does not give an adequate laea
roads placed only a few structural or
ders last week. calling for about l.e"U
being placed by the Missouri kansas
and Texas, the Cincinnati. iRuIiluf.
and Dayton and the southern railroads
The largest building contracts last
week incluaed 1900 tons cor the Contra.
Heating Plant at Washington. loo
toms for additions 70 the '""s 'gunt,
Hospital at Chicago. ITO tons for a
mallcablc foundry az chicago. $50.
tons for an extension 10 tu" plant cod
the Wheeling steel and Iron compaus
Zobsl loft building iu Sew York r.f,
ana 1900 tons for a machine shop Dol
e. New Jersey. The Anaconda trU.s.
Mining Company is on the point u- clos
ing a contract Tor 5000 tons or errur
tural shapes for plant extension boo Mon.
tana.
An inquiry has been received from O.
large PIPER consuming interest about
the output Of copper 10 1915 10 i~ --tI
mated that the rsnu"rIs- produced Hp
proKtmately 1900. GOO .0ua pounds OF rop.
per last year a decrease ~ % per cent
from the output OF 1914. whereas Oh.