The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-13
CHEAPER COST
OF TOOL STEEL
THROUGH THE USE OF TIE rLEc.
Th1CAL DEMON
Much Lower Percentage OF runxster
Used By The New Method Of
Manufacture.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1S-The discovery
through actual practice that the cleo
trieal furnace permits the manufacture
or high speed tool steel at a much lower
cost than through the Crucible process
jas leo 10 the placing Of contracts for
i've or more furnaces since January l..
IN fact. the new department OF the
american Bridge Company. now con-
that It's fun capacity Will be sold i'm a
snort time. II * understood that from
. 10 % per cent Of tungsten is re-
by the electrical process. whereas ordi-
harily. from 10 TO 20 per cent. OF tung-
stem is used. When d is recalled that
tungsten Is now commanding So TO s.
a pound. whereas before the war II was
Wo1das 80 cents a pound. II Is small
suddenly grown very popular.
Some difficulty is being encountered
ny 9under DESTROYS OF Installing cleo
lrlcal furnaces I'm the light supply OF
masneslte. This mineral Is used In the
manufacture OF brick to line the elec-
iIlcal furnace. II h a magnesium bear
ing clay. which Is usually obtaiued from
but there are some deposits
IN tne West, especially In California.
which the high prices now prsvaiinr~
mere has ben an advance Of 300 per
cent. since the beginning Of the war
are causing To be developed. Magnesite
.as n basic reaction and is essential in
Ule process TO get rid of the sulphur and
Phosphorus. The one great point In tho
/ electrical process. however. IS he eiini-
J nation OF oxygen from the charge Tbis
Sn be accomplished only In the ~olectri-
cal practice.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
mas placed a contract FOR 1000 freight
cars and the Missouri Pacific has ordered
1000 freight cars from builders In tho
tSn{ral West, according TO reports yes
SyIuay. Inc Chesapeake and Ohio has
also ordered 1000 coal cars from the
Pressed steel car Company. This CON
Iract, however. was reported several
weeks mHn WNNhAHH Hha
Tnant shop that received the order. The
United states Aluminium Company ms
orIercd twelve flat cars from the Stand
ard steel Car Company. while the cana
dian Government Railways is having
e?o box cars constructed by the National
Steel Company.
Il now seems to be well authenticate
mat 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 con
nation had no. been secured.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works have
prepared plans and specifications Tor
another extension. The fabricatinE sboTs
nave been asked for bids on "a seven
story structure 20 be erected at Lancas-
~ avenue ana sixteenth street. Phila-
delphia, calling for 1850 tons OF steel
SHAPES Bids are to be received i'm me
next day or two on 800 tons ~ fabri-
Gated structural steel FOR the TeIepTon.
building 70 be erected on sew
eniy-ninth street New York city.
The Erie Railroad has placed a CON
tract for a bridge calling for 1900 IONS
q STRUCTURAL steel with the American
BfidEe Company. The Anaconda Conner
Company has placed an order Tor pIsot
extension at Anaconda. Mon ,vftf -
INDEPENDENT f~abricator. LOCO tons OF
pending.