The sun., 1916-01-12
PLANTS STILL SUFFER
FROM LACK OF COKE
Pcnna. Railroad Maintains
EmbargO-New Haven
Takes All Shipments.

lates to the movement OF pig iron and
fuel. Is still very unsatisfactory In tho
Eastern territory. Manufacturing In
terests in New England continue to suf-
fer for lack OF aH adequate supply OF
coke. but less hardship Is entailed by
the embargo maintained on pig iron
shipments. as most OF the foundry in
terests have fair supplies IN their yards.
The Pennsylvania Railroad maintains
rigid embargo against the New Haven
except for the roads own use) as far ~
coke and coal are concerned. but the
New Haven stands ready with open
arms to receive sl such shipments.
The New Haven will accept shipments
OF pig iron for Hartford. Conn. Spring
field and Westfeld. Mass, and for
points north as we'll as for the terri
tory east OF New London and Will
mantle. All other New Haven terri
tory IL under embargo against pig iron.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey.
however, will accept shipments for pig
iron from Virginia for shipment into
tie New Haven territory. but the Pough-
keepsie Bridge route remains blocked.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
has placed a contract for 1000 freight
cars and the Missouri Pacific has or
dered 1000 freight cars from builders
In the central West, according to reports
Yesterday. The Chesapeake and Ohio
has also ordered 1000 coal cars from
the Pressed Steel Car Company. This
contract. however, was reported several
weeks ago without the name of the mer-
chant shop that received the order. The
United States Aluminium Company has
ordered twelve fat cars from the stand
ard Steel Car Company, while tho
Canadian Government Railways is hav-
Ing $50 box cars constructed by the Ma
t!onal Steel Company.
II now seems TO be well authenticated
that the French Government has placed
additional contracts for 5000 freight
cars with the Standard Steel Car Com
pany and 1000 with the Canadian Car
and Foundry Company. These orders
were included In the total export
contracts booked IN 1915. although con-
frmat!on had not been secured
The Delaware. 1.ackawanna and West
ern Railroad has ordered ten Mikado
typo locomotives and seven Pacific type
engines from the American Locomotive
Company The Canadian Government
Railways have ordered fifteen ronsol-
dated and ten Pacific type locomotives
from the Canadian Locomotive Com
pany Ltd. The Baldwin works report
miscellaneous orders for Ave locomo-
tive.. including one for the Pt,sburg
steel Company. The Indian Harbor
Belt Railroad has ordered twenty
M!kado type and ten switching engines
from the American Locomotive Com
pany The same shops will also build
Ave Mikado locomotives for the New
York Central
Among the miscellaneous car IN
auiries in the market are three sondolss
for the Bethlehem Steel Company. forty
ore cars for the Pittsburg Steel Com
pany fNteen tank cars for the Hercules
Powder Company. thirty gondolas for
the American Steel and Foundry Com
pany and fifteen tank cars for the Al
lantic Refining Company The Erie
Railroad is still taking BIDS on 1000 to
> 1000 freight ears to he equally divided
between gondolas and box cars. The
Union Tank Line ia about 10 place an
order for thirty-siN tank cars
The Baldwin Locomotive Works have
prepared plans and specifications for
another extension. The fabrtcating shops
have been asked for bids on seven
story structure 10 be erected at Lam
caster avenue and Sixteenth street. Ph!la-
delph'a. calling for 1880 tons OF steel
shapes BIDS are to be received IN the
next day or two on 900 tons Of fahri-
Gated structural steel for the Telephone
comuany building to be erected on
Seventy-ninth street. New York city.
The Erie Railroad has placed con-
tract for n bridge calling for l.'oo tons
OF structural steel with the American
Bridge Company. The Anaconda CoNp"r
Company has placed an order Tor plant
extension at .Anacon'la. Mon. with an
| independent fabr!cator. 1000 tons OF
steel will be used Another contract
calling for an equal amount OF steel IL
pending
The discovery through actual practice
tina. the electrical furnace permits the
manufacture OF high speed tool steel at
| a much lower cost than through the
| crucible process has led to the placing
| of contracts for Ave or more furnaces
| since January /. In fact, the new de-
partment OF the American Bridge Com
| pany. now constructing these furnaces
anticipates that It's full capacity will
he sold In short time 1t is understood
| that from to 10 per cent. OF tungsten
is required for the manufacture Of tool
steel by the electrical process. whereas
ordinarily. from Is to 20 per cent. OF
tungsten Is used When It !s recalled
| that tungsten is now commanding Sc 10
IS a pound, whereas before the war II
/ was sold AZ IS cents a pound. It Is small
wonder that the electrical process has
suddenly grown very popular.
Some difficulty is being encountered
| by founders desirous of ntallng
electrical furnaces in the light supply
| OF magneslte. This mineral is used In
the manufacture OF brick to line the
electrical furnace. 1t is n magnesium
bearing clay. which IL usually obtained
from Hungary. but there are some de-
posits in the West. especially in Cali
| fornia, which the high prices now pre-
vaillng-there has been an advance OF
400 per cent. since the beginning of the
WARFARE causing to he developed.
Magneste has "A basic reaction and Is
essential In the process to get rid Of the
sulphur and phosphorus The one
great point in the electrical process
however. is the elimination of oxygen
from the charge This can he accom-
plished only in the electrical practice.
Milliken Brs, Incorporated. have Sc
| cured the contract for 800 tons of fabri-
Gated structural steel to be used in the
| building of the Mohican Hotel at New
London, Conn. deliveries TO- be made In
| eight weeks. The same interests have
| also been awarded the contract for $50
tons of fabricated shapes for the build
| ing OF a sugar mill IN CUBA.
TIE BALTIMORE MARKET.