The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
PLANT CAPACITY
NOT Up 10 MARK
Contracts Taken In December ial Par
Cent. OF Producing Powc-
Of MILLS.

OF the Structural and Bridge Builders
,ySlety exported yesterday contracts
shops equivalent to III per cent. OF the
"a capacity OF the shops In the United
States The compilation was made from
SPOtts received from the members OF
me society, from the American Iron and
ser institute, which includes the Am
- IepOrls from many Of the outside in
terests not. otherwise represented. The
thaIcaIon Is that the contrasts called
Tor SVs.OOO tons OF steel SHAPES. ThfS
Win the exception OF one month I'M
1905. Is the largest tonnage ever Sc
,Hred IN a single month. In November
t.ls year fabricated contracts amount
% 10 lhS,oVV tons. In December. 1914.
the percentage sold was only So per
Ssn'; OF shop capacity, equivalent TO 6l.-
The steel required in the construction
OF railway and highway bridges. OF
manufacturing plant extensions ana OF
commercial buildings during the fourth
toI'er OF lsi5 amounted to 526.5OO
tVhs during the fourth quarter OF 1914
s,mllar contracts amounted to only
AIt,uup tons. The record OF 1915 IS
unusually interesting By quarters. show
,Hk a steady advance in building ac-
~tivtties throughout the year The
total contracts FOR fabricated steel dur
lhs the uTst quarter amounted TO 22T-
90 tons; during the second olarier
5ys'euo tons during the third quarter,
-lf.2yo tons; during the fourth quarter.
ANAfA NahHNNN IONS. InA To-
taL orders thus taken in 1915 were /
90 .,uVV, tons In 1914 total contracts
McrS I.oSS,OO9 tons. Since 1906 the
netVlsst yearly orders were 1900. 900
tons In 1903.
Car builders have placed contracts in
lhe LAST nVe days calling for 100. 900 tons
or steel bars. plates and shapes. fnclud-
ms 5u,uVo tons. previously reported. The
lltisburgh mills will furnish so. tons
TO be used in the construrfion of : 400
cars Tor. the French Government bv the
STANDARD steel Car Company as well as
sv,.vV tons FOR the 1000 cars to be
built for the same interests I'M Canada
ne Chlcago mills have secured "A con-
traSt Tor 5000 tons FOR 1900 cars To be
nullt by the American Car and Foundry
company for the Missouri. Kansas and
iexas. and 10000 tons for the loco
anu NO Srande by the Pullman Com
pany. several small additional orders
were placed in the Chicago territory.
The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Company as noted last week. has placed
~ oEdeT for 1000 ore cars with the
builders will also construct $50 box
ears for the VirEinian Railway. The
s-.ovO tons 81 steel required. II Is un-
derstood, Will come mainly from the
Carnegie steel Company. The ReSsemeT
and Lake Erie Il one of the ore roads
Oh the united states steel Corporation.
The American Sheet and Tin Plate
company shipments in December were
49, AA n EANAEat mNfIn IN The
history OF the company. The demsnd
Tor blue auncalcd sheets comes mainly
from the manufacturer OF oil barrels
Inc oil Industry Is unusually animated
and the demand for oil containers has
been large and pressing. Nos > and 10
blue annealed sheets are now dGTicuif
TO purchase at $40 base. and the ca
lacitN OF the mills Is sold for three 10
-FOUR months. The demand for tin plate
TOT export continues heavy and some
sales have been made as high as 81 nor
ut-e hoN Tor foreign shipment. Even
small sales for domestic delivery have
b'en made At premiums OF 10 to Is
cents Der box. Tho large interests h4V.
thelr TIN plate capacity sold FOR three
20 four months and are operating about
% to 100 per cent total capacifv ia
both the sheet and tin plate mills. "
manufacture Of galvanized wrought
pipe. following the lead OF tho manu-
~faoturers Of wrought steel pipc. have
discount 2 points. The new schedule
was effective on January I. tho same
as with the manufactures OF steel pine
southern furnaces have sold mig iron
TOT shipment Into the West on tho basis
- $3.50 Tor. No. , foundry. Birminr-
ana al VIC furnace for delivery over
second hair % 1915. Resale lots how
ever nave been offered ir the Crfr4~o
territory ~ concessions and some bust
company ~ Chicago. Ie making pr.-
I~Hrati'r7 20 blow in a third STACK iu
'he near future Sales af basic i~.r
have been made in the P-f-tr8urrh di.
trlct iu Lgt- ranging from 1000 10 5000
tons % 81 to SIS FOR shipment over
iron has sold AZ $40 so In Iots ~ Z GG6
tons. while 40 2 foundry for shipment
over he last half has sold az $3.50 "a
lots or 1000 20 1000 tons.