The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-07
BRIDGE BUILDING RUSH
ON MANY RAILROADS
Contracts Placed In February
Greatest for One Month
In Six Years.

greatest Tor one month
In SIX Years.
The railroads are placing bridge con-
racts with u liberal hand. New in
,uiries came out yesterday for bridges
Will require nearly 10000 tons or
,tructural steel The high railroad
put the transportation CONF
in n strong financial position,
II IL now possible TO make wards
II equipment and maintenance con-
racts which have long been deferred.
rhe February bridge orders were the
for a single month in siA years
the indication is that buying during
he current year will be the heaviest
since 1906. II il estimated that bridge
and other railroad structural contracts
have lain dormant for ten To
,wentv years will now be disposed OF.
for 100000 TO 400. 900 tons OF
shapes. Some large projects
are developing on the lakes. especially
nj Chicago. Cleveland and Bufalo. in
piers. terminals aud bridges.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
yesterday for tenders ON the
OF approaches TO the ohio end
Of the railroad bridge over the ONO
River at Cincinnati. This approach IL
about 200 feet long and calls for 1000
tons OF structural steel. The amt rail-
road recently put out inquiries for the
Kentucky approaches To the same
1900 feet In length. which will
aoout 1900 tons OF fabricated
Tenders are to be In March IL.
The Baltimore and ohio put out in
quiries Yesterday for a number or small
bridges requiring 100 tons OF struc-
tural steel. The Norfolk and Western
IL in the market for $500 o n OF steel
to he used In the construction OF w
Ia rye warehouses at Lamberts Point,
Norfolk. where the company's coal piers
are located. The New York Central
Railroad has put out inquiries for signal
bridges aud short plate pirder spans re-
auiring 200 o n of steel shapes. and the
Norfolk Southern Railroad IL about to
build n 1T bridge in North Carolina
calling for 100 tons Of shapes.
The Great Northern Railroad has
placed q contract for a plate eirder
bridge calling for 143 tons Of steel shapes
with an independent fabricator. Sew
eral other bridge contracts are being de
yeloped IN the central West and the
prospec is that March Will prove almost
as prolific az February in the placing OF
such business. At Cleveland alone. II
Is estimated. about 10000 tons OF rail-
road structural work is alive and about
so. 600 tons ut Buffalo Is being revived.
There continues to be CONSIDERABLE
animation in steel building work In all
sa,t,npu atl aytAapfa lly ~ shn Eastern
territory. where additional building work
will require about 10000 tons Of struc'
tural shapes. In the central West bid
have already been submitted on about
20. 900 tons for buildings and highway
bridges and awards are expected durint
the current month y Minneapolis
steel and Machinery Company has JUS
taken an order for 2tJ tons of fabricated
shapes Cor The construction Of a power
house for the Arkansas Valley Light ano
Power Company In California. \ build
ing for the Young Women's Christian
Association at Baltimore Will require
200 tons OF steel and y store a; the SAM
poin, is now before the fahricators call
ng for 800 tons OF steel.
Til. railroad contracts for motiv,
power placed since n first 81 the yea
prove to- b.. Of much greater mignitnd'
than has been reported. as about 20
locomotives have been ordered from rall
road shops. Tine total contracts for en-
g!res placed since the hrs' uf "a" yea
with merchant bui'drrs and villa u" ran
road repair shops assf"gai" - whlci
viii require IN" expenditure" OF approx
u,tclv sg3. 900 600. Additional larG'
, contracts are stIil pending Among tn
lntest orders is one for seven SWITCHING
engines. placed hy the Slnss-Sheftirld lro'
Company with the Ba,dw ~ works Tn
| Baldwin company has also taken ris'el
laneou. orders for even engines
The railroad compiL.es have ais
plae.I A few additional orders fog cara
making the total ordered since the mrs
" the year q little more than 'o.Oot
| Most of ~. cars are To be- built by meT
! chant shops THIS rolling stock "in "a.
for the expenditure OF NOR" 'hLh fA
600. 600 Amo'g IN" latest contract
! placed ar. those for .leni""n cars !"
the Chicago. LAX" shore ana S"ulu ben
Railroad. which wall Ice cunt 10y III
Western steel car Company seventy
Ave re.rig' rator and twenty-five" nee
ca,s FOR the kingin Refrigerator Linz
Foundry COMPANY
The huyiug ~ pig IroD IN The Easter
tcrritAry has been heavy sInc" Mhrrh
IN. largest contracts heinz placed Wit
Buralo furnaces on" interest IA
hnoked contracts FOR about $4,000 tul
including 10000 tons Of basic iron (,
various shipments from spot t. deliver
over IN. first half OF 1917. some of q
foundry iror !s tu he delivered IN ~
first half. second quarter. last hal
third and fourth quarters Of 1874" AZ
over the nrs' and second quarters
lQIT r. ~ understood that the price
-, basic irou At Buffalo have rang.
from So to $50. while foundry grade
have sold from $lS,1v I" s@u. tt
largest transactions have heeN h"'wet
~ 30 and $50 a. Buffalo Furnaces. !
The last w.ek In" same interest h,
taken contracts aggr-gatine III excess
so. 600 tons. Other furnaces al Eufa,
during the same period are und"rstno
Ia hay. taken contracts a~ggregatins ~
tween 10000 ard % 900 tons for !niI
deliveries at prices within the RAM
above given.
II is understood thar the America
cast Iron Pipe Company has bee
awarded n contract for l,G0o tons
cast pipe for the city of Laos Al
geles, cal Another lot Of oon tons
still pending
THE METALS MARKET.