The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-22
100000 BOXES OF TIN
PLATE TO ORIENT
Great Contract for the Far East Sc
cured By the American sheet
Tin Plate Company.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2i-The American
Sheet ana TIN Plate Company has Sc
boxes Of tin plate for shipment TO the
orient TO be utilized IN the manufacture
OF on containers by the petroleum COM
panies in Japan and China
The Carnegie steel Company will fur
nlsh 5000 forged steel car wheels for
the 1900 freight cars TO be built b,
the Standard Steel. Car Company Tor the
IS ee ssemer and Lake Erie Railroad. The
contract for %. geo tons OF steel bars
plS,ys and shapes to be used In the
Son si OF 2;oo0 cars by the Raj
sylvania Railroad Company.
The Pennsylvania steel Conpanv has
approved specifications for the building
OF Two ore steamships to be constructed
9y the Maryland Steel Company at the
oe put into service between Cuba ana
the company's udewater plant. assuring
an ample supply OF the Mayori ore. de-
poSlIs OF which are owned by the Penn
syiNania company.
The ten mills TO be constructed by the
United states Steel Corporation at Me
Donald. Ohio. referred 10 Yesterday. will
De used in the manufacture or steel
"o'pS as Wei as Of steel bars.
The lnterborough Rapid Transit Com
bahy mas awarded the general contract
tWSr extension and improvements on the
Ntpsler avenue el,sated line to NJ J.
Leahy, who. IN turn. has awarded the
steel required 10 the American Bridge
company. The other sections bid upon.
Gazing Tor about 800 tons OF steel
nave not yet been aw.rded-
The. New York Central Railroad has
PldSeu a contract FOR a number OF small
eye beam bridges. calling for AS tons OF
steel. with Louis 4. Shoemaker a co.
IAe Northern Pacific Railroad has placed
TOT 1915 delivery with
nridge Company. The Lehigh Valley
i haliroad also recently placed con-
Company.
The New York Central Railroad f. re-.
ported TO have inquiries in the market
Tor 1000 cars. The Illinois Central Is
800 stor Rr i P5iees sn on 900 sondols cars.
The Union Pacific Is said 10 have re
lected bids on 5000 60 1000 freight cars
ne eSa OF high prices and unsatisfac-
The BALDWIN Locomotive Works has
plH,td contract Tor an office building
and other improvements at PhiladsIphi3
McClntic Marshall Construction com
pauy. IL + rumored. however. mai tTc
contract viii be increased TO 1000 tons.
MAuken Bros. Inc. have been awarded
a contract Tor 700 tons OF structural
steel Tor a store and Office bulIdirg 20 he
CONSTRUCTED az Springfield. Mass. for ths
" lNllItu Associates. Morris Wheeler az
llh-ade lphia has recured the contract
for the Mishawaka Building az PhiiadeI-
phia requiring 200 tons Of structural
steel
Thompson-S tarrett COMPANY which
ma the general contract FOR building the
hambcr or Commerce Building Pitts-
burgh Tor George T. oliver. is under
stood 70 have placed the contract for the
l-,u"O tons OF fabricated steel required
YIN the American Bridge Companv.
! ne Gu"rber Engineering Company has
taken contract for 325 tons OF steel
Tor an apartment building 20 be com
structed on l.aftimer street PhnadeI-
bhi4 The Prague steel Company OF
hunalo. will fabricate 900 tons OF steel
Tor an extension 20 a foundry FOR the
American Radiator Company
II l. an Interesting fact that manu-
tacturers Of munitions are buying Ola
steel car aNles In the open market re-
cause of the impossi bility OF sscurlr..
round steel bars In ample tonnage from
the mills FOR early shipment small
sales OF rounds. however. have been
made from local warehouses az erAr r0
60 per pound. Most Of this steel will
Dc exported. In view OF the rigid speci-
tHaions on steel bars put ont bv the a D.
lied P"vernmeuts the use or Old arias
tu the manufacture OF shells will b..
more or less 81 an experiment