The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-14
F@ABRICATlNG ORDERS
PASS PLANT CAPACITY
Contracts Taken I'm December
121 Per Cent. Of Producing
Power Of Mills.

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nor conf NJ i've ,or,, ~c.nscItv ~ the
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from tho msr,i,or, ~ IN. .ocIe,v from
Tho A,n.r,can Irnn .,d s,..i fn:,,.n,s
which inc,,,t.. ,ho x,.ri. n p,id~.
Con,na,v tonn,ve "a usi, 49, ,.nor,s
- - -
is ,ba, III. con,rac,s ,a,,sa for 900 ooo
tons az si..i shsna. TIL .,i,h ,hs ~
~ce,,jon ~ an, meath IL, ions ,s ,b.
larSes. tonn,g. over .ec,,r.I I'm I, s:,ui.
month. In Noye,nber mi. ve,r f.hri.
csted coptrar,s .n,o,n,ed 10 ,s2 ann
tons In Dece,nber 1911 tho nercent.gs
sold was only a; nor cent. Of shou ca
pscity. eoui yslen, 10 $3.50 tons.
The stee, required In the construction
of railway and highway bridges. OF
manufacturing plant extensions and of
commercial buildings during the fourth
quarter OF 1915 amounted to 526.5OO
tons. During the fourth quarter Of 1914
iinilar contracts amounted to only
$4,000 tons. The record Of 1915 Ia
unusually Interesting by quarters. show
tivities throughout the year. The
total contracts for fabricated steel dur
- NV "SN ibti v tulputNSu U SSF,-
900 tons during the second quarter,
$4,000 tons during the third quarter.
-i''"oo tons during the fourth quarter.
as aIieaay noted, .~52S.6Oo tons. The to-
.ai orders thus taken in 1915 were L.
fo,'o"o TONS, In 1919 total contracts
W. l''o''oo" tohs' since lsO6 the
nea''rs' yearly orders were i''oo.ooo
"ul'u',s nave placed contracts IN
~ "H. " uass 'aiiihk LOT iVo'VVo tons
~ so 'aIs' P'a'es ana snapes. includ-
~ ov.oVV IONS previously reported. Inc
'u.s "ihs VIII iurnish oo'ooo tons
" "Neu W we CONSTRUCTION OF b.ooo
80 'ne rrehcn u~oNerhn,eht oy the
90 anm 80 o. ,"n'pAn! as wen a.
,wy'V e".s w '"e -,"oV cars 10 ne
,.." - ue sane interests IN CsnaoA
me Cnnsso Mus nave secured q con
80 VI i''ovV toHs LOT Low cars 10 be
"s u NIner'.ah Gar ana fouhdry
rol'p'"s i"r IHe missouri. Kansas ana
,cHas' an" iV'Vo" tons Tor the 1000
lre,snt cars To De bulit Tor the Denver
anu "o ,'rande oy ene pullman COM
rsn!' e"Nersl small addl'ional orders
me b~ssenfer ana Lake Erie Railroad
'~""hp".S' as ioted last week. has placed
a. o,ucI lot -,ooV ore cars with the
',',uaIu Stee' 'ar company Ihe same
Ns WI a,so 'ohs,ruc' 2'o DON cars
.'t me 'lrsihlah railway The 1000
.ons oi steel rruu'isd, u ~ understood.
M'h cohc NANNY IRON tho Carnegie
81 Co"'""y ne hesSemer n Axe
nn" - one OF the ore roads OF tho
u
N"' 'o'"p""! "aS ,e'ehN! dc-
au'eo 'he 'r"dl shIpyafd al satIl,
w "'ci'in iouF Nesser VIII ne con-
S''uc',"' Gaining 'or i".o"" IONS oil plates
AN" sha;Ies' inquiries are now on the
i""rhe Tor this stcc'. the great de-
MANN 10Y marine plates coming upon the
h"HNN contracts airead, placed for
structural material mas further strength
n' ""' n"'", '"c'T .aPa.I'S 500 ior
~" "'"''s " ~ now h'Hcuit to Sc
"' az! pi"'tS "''ier : cents = pouil'
''"u,h' al'housH tue '"mlhaI
''r, - ~" 'atleRr ana Jones a
..'uSu'h' "''eI companies Il Is" base.
,"'S' however - ~ INC convenience ~
W" m''' "h'ch convenience may not h
tor SIX months,
W" ''"'hi ana hutch INDIA railway.
through tho president. : !. Hu'gc-. is In
IN" market FOR eleven bridges calling for
an aggregate of about $1,000 tons OF
meter SCANS weighing li.st6 kilograms,
Ihrec fifteen meter SPANS weighing ~.
o33 Kilograms, and Ave twenty meter
spans weighing l3.o27 Kilograms. I~-
livery Is to be- made e. t. { S~oernbaya.
| Java
tn" New York central Railroad Com
ANY haf placed a general contract for
building - bridge over til" barge canal
n'ar ko'E"atcr with the New York
state Dredging company About 500
tons "t structural steel viii he required.
Another harg" canal bridge will be ON
1911 '.''" ,o"S W steel nut no t"rma'
' w "'" y" Jul
the city or Baltimore. Water Depart
ment, has asked for tenders on the fur
nish'ng and laying $50 tons OF IA to
~ inch cast iron pipe. The specifca-
tons of 30 inch. 1000 tons Of 90 inch,
500 tons OF IL inch, 30" tons of 10 inch
ana 400 tons "f Is inch. Only about
nfty tons each or the 81. " and IS inch
pipe ar" required. This is the FIRST
time that baltimore has asked for ~
and 2 inch pipe, but the tonnage required
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