The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-14
HEAVY ORDERS FOR
RAILS PLACED
mani Government Makes INQUIRY
Here For 100000 Horssshoes.

NbN lOfkhs Jan Rail- com
panies have placed additional supple
nhentary orders for standard section
rails amounting TO about 1900 tons for
Shipment In the next Few months. The
chicago. st. Louis and Western Rail-
road. better known as the clover Leaf.
mas placed another contract Tor G.OU0
tons OF rails with the CaruCsie Steel
placed an additional contract Fer 1000
.ons Win the Illinois steel Company.
and the Baltimore ana Ohio has ordered
5000 tons additional. which viii proba-
bly, be rolled At Chicago. Scvc. al small
miscellaneous lots OF rails were also
laced. amounting 10 1000 10 5000 tons.
There was a M yesterday that the
Italian state Rsllwayu has placed a
contract Tor rails win American mills
and were still nerotla ing Tor adIitionsl
IMAGE but no confirmation Of the
report could be obtained.
In addition TO the large -tonnages Of
stesl Tor manufacturing war munitions
which are stlll under negotiation. nu-
merous small inquiries for miscellaneous
shipment TO Australia and the Far East.
one prospective contract calls for 500
!" l.VV9 tons OF bars Tor TO Ran
soon. India. Australia. which usually
obtains supplies from Great Britain. t.
now an the market here for 500 to i.ooo
,EH@ on SOFT siecl bars and structural
snaps japan. in addi ion 90 several
sn ingni,.es for structural shapes
for the manufacture Of 500 shells ia
BRUSH specifications.
Mlliken Bros. Inc. has obtained a con-
tract Cor l.5c0 tons OF fabricated struc-
iGtdl steel Tor transmission overs FOR
snllmsnt TO the Pacific coast through
lne hlaw structural steel Comranv.
The same fabrlcator has ais, f1k,1 az
other contract for TRANSMISSION towers
L1r shipment 10 Potsdam. y. T.. FOR the
Tor 300 tons OF structural shapes.
one Of the most interesting foreign
injuries ihat have come out recently is
Tor S.VoN. ubh h-orseshoes FOR the Euma-
man government. Each horseshoe weighs
on an average about two pounds. based
on No I. indicating that about 10000 600
p"uhdS. or . nnJ tons. uf steel Will b. re-
CURED IN the execution OF This order.
me shoes are packed nifty TO sixty in a
ktg OF 100 pounds. which means that the
purchase viii cover about Soc. nuu kegs.
Is understood that only a portion OF
the contract has been CLOSED because
OF inc difficulty OF obtaining desired
sHlitn'hts. This inquiry recalls the
placing II a similar contract for iUO. auO
Kegs Of horseshocs with American p-o-
ouccrs early iu the war. OF when order
"'.''V 10 fu.uoo kegs We're furnished rs
the American steel and Wire Company.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
has placed o. contract Tor 1000 tons Of
- l." ~ inch cast iron pipe with the
tnltcd states Cast Iron 'ipc and Foun-
dry company. Several eastern railroads
are also understood to have recently
placed several small orders tor culycrt
pipe with eastern ~fouudries.
Word comes from the west that the
American steel aud Vine Company ship
PED IA excess OF Z.UUu 900 IONS Of wire
pt"ducts In 1915. This indicates that .ho
COO tons last year. This .~ "a Sam Of
about j" per cent iu boIE ,puta and
production over 1919. wllca was the
previous year OF maximum output and
distribution
10 Is estimated that the American steel
ana Wire COMPANY Obtained orders for
about 100000 tons cog wire rods and
wire products FOR export last sear. uf
which about 10000 tons have been shin
ped. II these figures are correct % IN
put and shipments ol Wiz, ,ruuuct- ~
1910 was que To- the uea,s foreign con-
tracts. Domestic business was extreme
y quiet curing the first hall OF the year.
hut tn-re WIS O. decided -.cmeut in
the last four Or five months OF 1915.
Tre scarcity of wire rods was empha-
sized duitus the last two or tur-e
"'nths OF i9l5 hy emergency prices.
itnElus het'Wru 500 ana Zoo "a ton paid
ON foreign riders iu tue last i-w Gays
there has been ar actis, demand from
domestic consumers Iur rods. Tor snip
mons over the Uz.HIu quarter uf 1916
ald some Hh'iu contracts. ruuuiu- from
1000 To- 1000 tons clcn. have. been
placed Do is understood that buyers
cave, paid from sac Co sts % ton f.r -.c-
'r1 quarter delivery. uu advance. OF 81
q" - % ton over thr prices paia Tor first
quarter.
An interesting story comes from yVnr-
cHfttr. Mas, concerning the offering of
'"' TONS OF Wl. IHI. 4H. shipment at
toe rate ui 5000 toms a. month 3. a.
Ntw york interest who Ind the temeTity
q" ask $40 "a ton delivered at sydney.
.sDEt scotia.
Tho sharp break ir Oh. prire Of mig
l'-d 90 London yrstsiiay was a%ttribut-1
tu ths action ol tr. British E5gernmnst
Duo limiting The IIIr. st which sales OF
i"ni would Do permitted ON the London
tl.tal i~NtHtr-u H.U munitions dspurf-
mont of thU government says 90 cYu-
riders F~pfrulutiru Oh lead undesirable.
.uWHrruut'u and detrimental Co the In
tere-ts oi flt British E-oNtruueut Lead
ut9 quoted rf 5fHU New york on To-
ctuher Cd. and BINS been advanced $40
r. tom since that fIaIH sales were made
in thr local market u the IHsf few days.
however. at CONCESSIONS OF -U points
from the trust puu. T~r1uerctirns rt
'--t So Louis .re reported at 5.1ets
cents "a pound
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