The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-30
n, Y. CENTRAL RAISES
ITS ORDER FOR RAILS
$4,000 Tons More Contracted
For to BE Delivered
Next Year.

The New YORK Central Railroad Com.
pany has increased It's rail tonnage for
delivery IN 1917 by $4,000 tons. making
the total orders distributed for lines
west and east Of Buffalo $4,000 tons.
As already reported. $4,000 tons OF this
amount will be rolled at Buffalo. De-
tails regarding the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company rail purchase arc still
awaited with more than usual Interest
because Of the change in the relations
between the railroad company and the
rail- mills. Since the Pennsylvania COM
pany has parted with It's holdings in the
Pennsylvania and Cambri Steel com.
| panies freight traffic Is more likely to
govern the percentage Of the distribu-
| ton Of the rails to be rolled BY indi-
vidual mills.
The Kansas City Southern Railroad
has placed an order for 5000 tons OF
standard section rails for next years
| shipment with a Chicago mill and a
Southern lire has given an order for
1000 tons for this years delivery to the
PENNSYLVANIA steel Company. 1t Is also
understood that other Eastern aud
southern lines have placed contracts for
about $4,000 tons OF standard sections
for delivery over the first quarter and
hrst half of next year. Other rail on
tracts have been placed by the Western
roads, which together with the add
tional tonnage placed by the southern
Pacific. already noted. brings the total
rail contracts placed since the first OF
March to as. 900 tons. II the Penn
s~ylvania tonnage Is distributed In the
next few days the March rail- contracts
will he considerably In excess of 1.O0o.-
600 tons.
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company after Withdrawing
inquiries for 1000 cars placed one order
for 500 freight cars with the American
Car and Foundry Company. The steel
tn build these cars. as we'll as for some
passenger equipment recently placed.
amounting TO 1000 tons. IL understood
to have been placed With Chicago mills.
The placing OF additional car contracts
il dependent Upon the builders being able
TO secure an ample tonnage Of steel for
the construction. even for delivery the
first half Of 1917.
Although there are constant reports
of the abandonment OF steel building
work and the increase Of concrete con-
struction at tho expense OF steel. there
Is still an active demand for fabricated
structural shapes to be used In the con-
struction NJ manufacturing plants. rail-
roads. highway bridges and commercial
buildings. Additional orders came to
the surface yesterday calling for be-
tween 5000 and 1000 tons Of steel
shapes, including 400 10 1900 tons for
AL Office structure on Liberty street, adj
joining the Guarantee Trust Company
building. which will be furnished by
Milliken Brothers. Inc. The same fab-
~ricators will also furnish 100 tons OF
steel for a railroad bridge In Cuba.
The American Bridge Company has
been awarded a contract for 1900 tons
Of fabricated structural steel for a loft
building to he constructed at Forty
fourth street aud Madison avenue for
Abercrombie & Fitch. The Great
Western Power Company has placed a
contract ior Soo tons OF steel for = sub
power station In san Francisco with III.
Pacific Rolling Mil. The New York
Central railroad Company has given ~
order for 200 tons Of steel shapes for a
viaduct TO be constructed at DeIcw
place TO Milliken Brothers. Inc. but the
contract for the viaduct to be con-
siructed at Vanderbilt avenue il still
pending.
$50
The Samuel i. Moore CORPORATION.
Elizabeth. y. j., has asked for prices on
S5o tons OF steel for the construction of
another machine shop. The Ogren
, Motor Works OF Waukegan. H.. has
temporarily Withdrawn an inquiry for
. 200 tons of structural steel for plant ex.
, tension.
4 The Maxwell Motor Company has de-
cided to build an additional plant ex.
I tension at Detroit OF REINFORCED concrete
because OF the high prices submitted OF
steel construction. Bids recently taKer
4 were as high 40 $50 a ton erected
I against $40 a ton erected less than ss
months ago. The previous building,
ordered were erected by the McClin,ic,
Marshall Construction Company.
Il Howard NJ. Newlin, trahic manage al
the Pennsylvania Steel Company, has
been appointed special representative, II
: charge of freight matters, OF the Max,
; we'll Motor Company, with h~eadquar,er,
= at Detroit. Mr.. Newlin has been con.
nected with the Pennsylvania Steel Com,
= pany for fifteen years and is now presi.
dent Of the Traffic Club 81 Ph,ladel
phia. 1he appointment becomes e~rectiv.
: April !.
In giving the latest developments ir
I the ferro-alloy situation yesterday TN,
u Cambria Steel Company WAS inadver.
tently referred to as having been &C.
. CURED. as we'll as the Pennsylvania and
Maryland properties, by the Bethlehem
steel Company, OF course, 1t Is wei
understood that the Cambr.a ompany
has been merged with the Midvale Stee
and Ordnance Company, but this doel
not prevent the manufacture OF ferro,
manganese from Brazilian ores at Spar
rows Point for the Canlbria company
as outlined.
= The traffic situation In New Englan,
= Is still at SKIS and sevens. An indication
Of the tension existing may be found II
an order signed by Chairman Clark o
the Special Traffic Commission and o
the Interstate Commerce Commission
permitting the American Steel and Wir,
Company to ship 800 tons Of wire rod
from Allentown no Worcester and 49,
tons OF rods from Pittsburg to Worces
ter. To have this order executed II 1
y necessary for the traffic department o
~ the wire company to present the orde
- 10 the initial railroads. Such an amou
q Of freight is like a drop in tho oceal
compared to the total trafic OF the wir
company.