The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-16
RAILROADS RUSHING
EQUIPMENT ORDERS
New Haven in the Market for
It's Rail Requirements
for 1917.

a"o'''o""' ""'rae's vi
ton rails Tor IVY delivery assresa''"s
about $4,000 tors. making total sales
- a.. -. -. ,no ooo
s'''e '"e "s' vi :
tons. Contracts are still pending TOT
100. 900 tons. mainly for next years de.
u,or. RI. Non, yort Nsw Haven and
~ -
HARTFORD Na''roa" Company mas co"'e
INTO the market for Its 1917 rail require
ments. estimated nj $4,000 tons. The
D., ,... ..s u..,,..n
DV''""''' W." ~
Railroad after placing coh-
tracts for 1000 to 5000 tons with the
ps,rsv,y,nia s,oe, co,,nanv IN under.
...
$1,000 10 nave reserved space ioI aoou'
90, I,,,,, ,as o,tarad Al nm ,or. ~
,a,dar "a .cr,,on mi. sor 1917 delivery
fro,, ,ho ti,,oi. s,.., Co,nn,,v and 10
c,o.,,v ,or ho,w,een tx OOo ana 90 ooo
tons Win Iastsrr ,m,,,. tor dsii,erv dur.
,nv ,hs .nr,ny a, iai- tn. o. roui.
ond o., Er.rc,,on has ord.red .ho,,
"A. ooo tons. which will bc rolled NJ the
way also ordered $500 ons more from
the Tennessee Company. Miscellaneous
orders placed with both Northern and
southern mills aggregate about 10000
tons.
The southern Railway Company is re-
ported TO have placed a contract for
| l.5OO box cars, 1000 OF which arc to be
built ny the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany and 800 by the Mount Vernon Car
Manufacturing Company. Several other
1 car contracts IpnnlnU uFa q NynHfAl IN M
closed within "A few days. depending upo
the abhity or the shops TO secure addi-
tional tonhages "f bars. plates and
shapes. pne OF the largest car builders
placed n mi Contract for steel sew
erai weeks az" when VIII he applied on
the CONSTRUCTION OF cars orders for which
nave oeen placed since the hrst OF March
me fenhs!!Nahia railroad lines west
OF t'..spure ave placed orders tor about
evv .ohS VI St'u'turd! s'e-i TOT Track
ee'ation AZ inuianaTpiis win the Fort
nv, am NiIe or'nee companies Ten
aers VIII ne sup,nr''.d III me rev Tow
inc steei companies continue IN make
o'ner s'rriiar 'on'racts arc contemplate
oaihts 'or i",""" 70 ia'oo" tons OF steel
me iates' order was paced ny me Don
ner "tee! tor R mil building 10
"e oo.s.ruc.e" AZ nuna'o ca'lins tof
nany oor,r,c, ,or a., .s,,,or ~,
,Virr;n,r cn,,r,, ca,r, h,,sn 80 W ~
s,r,.,ad -, $780, ri IN, . va,
ton. ~ .,r,c,,r,I .,,,o. uh,,, 49,.
h.., .u,,rdea o. n, ;,d.r.rd.r, -,
GATOR A,o,ber ,rd.,.,d.,, .ho, n,,,
,.hr,c.,. ana ,oo. 90 .,.a, o.. ~. MI.
I,ha.,r. % no Nrsr,,,,s a.. ,,,;.n"a
ava ,h. a,or,y. C,ns,r,c,,o, cor,nan,
has hoo, ary.,ded +, cor,roc, To- az
TONS ~ s,ruc,u,a, shan. fo- On. h,,,,,
,n. ~ .no,hs, ,h.,,r. "
~
lne HF!nur M'Nnt'eh CONSTRUCTION
.~o"Ipa"y Suon'',,"I th" lowest '"ndel
W tHe i"''"' 'a'cs sewerage LON
mission LOT '"e construction o! sewe"'
Snu p''e II" a. I"|"| o"ly "oou
eVV 10 wv IONS @, ."s' 'ro" PIP" ah'
rpe''a' caS'''sS VIII u" reau''eo'
There continues 10 be an active de
mand for semi-hnished steel for xrort
and one contract FOR 1000 tons ct %x'
| tlltt1S HAS VII BldiNI " SHlUfbTI Z
Italy. Other inquiries In the mark"
fo- rolling. forging and shell b'llet'
amount 20 about 1000 tons. There Ar
also some offerings or billets and bar
suitable Tor manufacture or projectiles
"
TIT Uay, Foundry and Iron Compar
ha. been awarded a contract FOR ego,
, tons of fabricated structural steel Z.
he used in the construction OF "A lively,
story lot, building AT Broadway. Hous
ton and Mercer streets, New York city
for the Aver estate. Charles Goelle
will fabricste 100 tons OF structural
steel for a building az Newark for tn,
Seton Leather ompan The c;eorg
4. Fuller CONSUMPTION Company ha
he general CONTRACT, for a bank build
ing To- be constructed a. Greensburs
pa. which vii, REQUIRE abou, 200 ton
Of structural shapes. The Arts, Hotel
of structural steel. for which bids hav
already been submitted \ twelve s;or,
office building to he constructed in New
York city for Frank Helmle will rauuir
about 200 tons of structural shapes
Another building to he constructed a
10 Greene street, New York city. 20
Peter W. Rouss will rcnuirc ab,tl, 40
tons Of steel.
7. ,s .no-,sJ ,h,, t,oi,,oo, c.ho
e. poiii,s L,,o ha.n u.ara,a a.. 80
$50, ,o,,r.- o. ~ a.
80 ~ y
49,. al. ~ '."' wv
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