The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
SHOPS MULTIPLYING
IN new ENGLAND
Factories. Large and Small,
Springing Up in Connecticut
and Massachusetts.

Scarcely n day passes without some
testimony 10 the facility with which the
people of New England are taking up
new lines Of manufacture. Yankee In
eenuity is proverbial. and New Eng
lands a~daptahility Is deserving of equal
recognition. Factories large and small
are springing up all through Connect
cut and Massachusetts. and the steel
mills are receiving almost daily Inquiries
for structural shapes or for concrete
bars TO be used In building. Watch crys-
tails. heretofore manufactured almost ex-
clusivcly IN Austria, are now being made
in New England. Cheap clocks and
watches. which have come largely from
Germany In tho past. are now being
made in the Connecticut Valley. The
American Steel and Wire Company's
New England plant. already overrun
with orders. is being importuned for
steel springs TO be used In the manu-
facture Of these clocks. II Is estimated
that many of the small factory buildings
now projected In New England. calling
for from ten tons to twenty-five tons
each. require in the aggregate several
thousand tons OF structural shapes, while
large extensions to existing plants re-
quire a much heavier tonnage.
Some OF the small as we'll a. the
lP'Ee 1dtrl'ttrrS nave called attention
In tho last few days to the reduced ca.
pacity OF the fabricating shops in this
country because OF inefficient labor and
the inability OF the railroads to move
material promptly. These two factors. IL
is estimated. have cut down productive
capacity of shops IN the last few months
fully 10 per cent. Consequently sales of
10000 tons Of fabricated steel last
month mean more than they would In
. nrtNfI.YN tiDlgg uhan IN. fahriNarfpu -.
paCity is fully $4,000 tons a month.
New plants are now being built which
VIII eventually Increase fabricating pro-
duCtiNe capacity 10 per cent. and prob
ably more. hut not until normal labor
and transportation conditions are re-
stored will the increase IN output he
possible.
The Public Service Commission re-
ceiNed tenders yesterday OF the con-
structiou of section I Of route \ of the
subway system, calling for $3.50 tons Of
fabricated structural steel. Mason 4
Hanger submitted the lowest bid. SI.S41,-
600. There were seven or eight bids In
an. The next loves, in order named
were J. g. sullivan. sc.ol6.00O; Rogers
& ilagortv. S9,l23,0Oo pesnon Con-
t~raCting company. $2.i5o.oO0; =. L..
crawford. s2.l6l. 900 oscar Daniels. So
$4,000, ana 7. \. Gillespie, s2.i0O. 900.
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route \. recurring 3.s0o TONS ~ s,.c,
vbile on Nav q, bids vii, no rccsiv,d
on two other sections roou,riny IL 600
tons OF structural steel.
The Fort Pitt Bridge COMPANY So
cured the contract FOR nineteen small
bridges. requiring $500 tons ~ st-lc-
tural steel. to he constructed on the
Pennsylvania lines east of rittshurg.
bNe large ninety foot deck plate girdcr
span * included, with n number ~ small
structures. This Il The work referred
- Yesterday a. having been placed.
Thirteen small spans ordered by tho
ui structural Steel. VIII lie huilt by the
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