The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-22
GREAT STEEL BUYING
FOR RAILROADS. USE
Additional Contracts for
Metal for New Cars and
Locomotives.

Car builders and railroad companies
are understood to have placed additional
contracts for steel bars. plates and
shapes for car and locomotive constitute
ton amounting to about 10000 tons in
the aggregate for delivery during the
second quarter OF the year. The Penn
s~ylvania Railroad is said to have placed
virtually half Of this tonnage for cars
and locomotives to be built At the Al
toona shops. Including 1875 steel freight
cars and los locomotives.
TIL Pennsylvania Railroad. for lines
west Of Pittsburg. has placed a contract
with the Fort Pitt Bridge Company Tor
a bridge to he constructed AT New Al
hany. Ind. About 200 tons Of steel will
he needed For the lines east of Pitts
burg an inquiry was put out yesterday
for several small bridges. calling for zoo
tons Of steel shapes.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works has
taken several miscellaneous orders for
locomotives. including one switching en-
! CINE for the Illinois and Northern. ten
Santa Fe type for the Erie. one switch
ing engine for the Mississippi Eastern.
another for the Msndle clay Mining
Company and one for the Birdsboro
Company. The American Locomotive
Company will build two consolidated en-
! gines for the Detroit. Toledo and Iron
ton.
The United States Government has
placed an order for fifty dump cars tor
the Department NJ the Interior with the
". j. Oliver Company of Nashville.
Tenn. The 1.300 cars authorized to be
purchased by the Illinois Central includ"
600 gondola cars. 300 stock cars and
400 Hart convertible cars. The Gin
cinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific
has come into the market for 1000 box
cars. Each Of 10000 cars now under
negotiation between the Russian Gov
eminent representatives and the rullm an
Company IL to have a capacity OF So
400 pounds. The inquiry for passenger
equipment from the Illinois Central IN
cludes forty-fve coaches. ten dining cars,
four mail cars. six combination mail and
baggage cars. -four buffet cars. eighteen
baggage and seven chair cars.
Independent fahricating shops tn the
g, utril West have taken contracts for
structural work calling Tor about 5000
.t,n ms Of steel shapes. The Public SER
vice commission has placed u contract
with the kenwood Bridge Company for
building the Branden powcr house at
Joliet. ILL.,. calling for Lisa tons OF steel.
The New cornelia Copper company has
given a contract for building a power
aouse at Ajo, Ariz. to the Kansas city
structural steel Company. About 500
tons of steel will he used. The contract
for a bridge over the Eioquiam River at
Aberdeen. wash. calling for 225 tons Of
steel. has been awarded to the Toledo
Bridge and Crane Company.
The Observation-Disclosures Sugar Com
PAM has placed a contract with Dyer
Bros. for a sugar mill To- oe constructed
AT Crockett. cal. requiring 500 tons of
steel. The Crucihlc Fuel Company has
given a contract for a coal tipplc to be
constructed at Rice's Landing. Pa. to an
Independent fahricator. About $50 tons
of steel shapes will he used. The In
diana Bridge Company has been awarded
a contrac; by the United States Govern
ment Tor building lock gates AZ Dam No.
II in the Ohio River. Three hundred
tons of structural steel Will be used
Some large contracts for frogs and
switches ar. being placed ny railroads
In the East and central West. In the
last few weeks contracts of this char
acter have been unusually heavy. follow
ing "A lean period Of several years. The
recent large buying OF rails made ncccs-
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especially for tcrmind yards. The se-
we're freight congestion at railroad ter
minalS m the East has been the stimulus
for this recent buying facilities are to
he greatly extended The PENNSYLVANIA
steel Company arnong other nanufac-
turers of frogs and switches has bene-
hted frorA the revival in building of rail-
road terminals II sidings
The steel contract for the construction
of the chamber Of Commerce Building at
Pittsburg, which was reported yesterday
az awarded to the American Bridge
Company, 1t now develops, was placed
several weeks ago witt the McClintic-
Marshall Construction Company. About
IL. 900 tons u steel will be fabricated.
The Newport News S~hipbuiiding and
Dry Dock Company hss placed a large
contract for ship forgings with the Penn
sylvania Steel Company. The forging
shops of nearly all Of the steel companies
are already overwhelmed with business
placing contracts for delivery any time
In the near future.
Ingersoll-Itand Company his placed a
contract for 5000 tons Of foundry pig
iron with Eastern furnaces. One lot #
900 tons is said to have been awarded
the Temple furnace. This is special iron
and Is for reasonably early shipment.
The balance Of the tonnage IL understood
to have been bought for delivery over the
first half Of this year. Otherwise most
OF the sales Of foundry iron In this im-
mediate territory are Of small lots, hut
some larger contracts are being, placed
in the central portion 81 the state and
In the lake district.
Manufacturers Of steel boiler tubes
have advanced prices - a ton follow
ing the rise in prices of wrought steel
and line pipe. Wrought steel pipe six
inches and smaller is up 81 a ton.
Black pipe seven to twelve inches Is I'm
three points, or So a ton. Standard
galvanized pipe six inches and over is
UP two points, or 81 a ton. and seven
to twelve inches up to three points, or 50
u lon. No change was made in prices
Of double extra heavy pipe. The Id
vance On line pipe RANGES from one 10
three points. or s. to 81 a ton. on
country goods have been advanced from
3 to 10 per cent,