The sun., 1916-01-08
EXPORT EMBARGOES
NOW PARTLY LIFTED
Prospect of Frecr Movement
Next Week of Freight
for Abroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad and I'll.
Central Railroad of New Jersey have
each lifted cmbargoes Oh export ,rdNc
where specific steamers are nameI
otherwise the export situation is with.
out Improvement The prospect how.
ever, is for freer foreign movcmcn,
next week. The domestic situation =
at skies and sevens. In somo ,iyas
where official embargoes do not exist
practical operations amount substta.
TALLY TO an embargo TO shippers. Tie
New Haven Railroad informs miuufac.
turers in New England that the embargo
against coke has been raised. while the
Pennsylvania Railroad declares th.it In,
embargo lis still In force and consequently
/, will not accept coke from the ovens for
shipment over the New Haven. Ng-u,.
of iron and steel manufactures aie ,un.
stantly in hot water to meet the tIfo
requirements OF customers
The urgent demand for both som.
finished and fully finished steel products
for export continues without abltcmer
and some satisfactory merchant orders
have been placed within the last few
DAYS for shipment To Great Britain and
the Continent of Europe at widely ,al,.
ing prices. Billets continue to rang
from $40 to $40 for rerolling, ana SO
to $50 for forging The variation IN
prices on bars, plates and shapes is from
50 to - per ton, depending upon the
time of shipment. Inquiries for neiry
! 10000 tons of barbed wire, inclunnr
100 900 tons for France, have been cit.
culated in the last few days, but t. :.
! almost impossible to secure promises ~
shipment. even on very small tonnage.
in the next six months.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and DAYTON
! Railroad has placed a bridge contract
calling for 400 tons Of structural steel
with the King Bridge Company. TIE
! New York Central. Grand Trunk and
| Boston and Albany have each distributed
! several small orders for bridges and ira
taking bids on other spans. The Penn
| sylvania Railroad Is about 20 close for
! 200 tons Of structural steel for bridge
work. a now inquiry from the Grand
| Trunk calls for about 75 tons of shape.
| Some orders for plain structural steel
| have also been placed for railroad repair
/ work.
The United States Goverimeu, nas
| placed contract for a central heating
plant to be constructed At Washington
| u. G.. with the John Eichley. Jr. com.
| psny This will call for Zoo tons ~
structural steel I, is expected thet ii.
plain material will come from tho
Jones & LauGhlin steel Company. fahr..
! cation being done by the general cor.
tractor
The McClntc Marshall Cons,ru,''ru
! Company has been awarded coni-ac'
! for 500 tons of fabricated structural s,c,
| for an extension TO the Elmira plant ~
| tho Morrow Manufacturing Company IT,
! Anaconda Copper Mining Company
| taking bids on 1000 tons of strucv! al
| steel for plant extension and building
| Another call for bids ou an add ,'.pl..
subway section in Brooklyn has be,u .-
! sued. About 30o tons of sjr,riuful -'t.
| will he reau!-cd and tenders wil u.
made on Jenuars II.
! TIE term "war munitions iroiud..
commits -ary stores and pa sckagcs y....
| tanning the food, as we'll ds justIuu,' .
| of active warfare. As generally uuHo.
| stood. however. war munitions H.
| ludcs only TO ordnance. snnl ar
| high explosive shells and ammun'
| Pig tin which is used in the mann
lure Of tinplate, which in turn is ain .
| exclusively manufactured into food
oil containers, is as much war u'
as are iron and steel in the opiuu' .
the war munition commissioners
The city OF New Jersey has ,cj,. ..
o.l bids recently submitted TO tn
| 5000 tons of pipe to the city. A'tT'.l.
tenders were received ON furnishing ,t.
| iron bell and spiGCt pipe. cas- l,.'
| flexible joint pipe and s'"cl aye
II. -. Wood Co, receivers, ot Pave
delphla. have secured a contract TO- off,.
tons of four to twelve inch pipe for -
city Of Trenton. ~ j.. tenders arrG
made December "a.
The Public Service Gas Company >
| Philadelphia has awarded a contract e..
coo tons of four, six and eight ,r'
gas pipe TO the United States cast Tra'
Pipe and Foundry Company The san.
| founders have secured numerous sru.|
contracts aggregating 0s3 tons Of for.
six and eight inch pipe from tho tniI0d
Gas and Improvement Company. ThIla
delphia. The United States con
paHy has also taken an order for -,
tons Of six and eight inch pipe for III"
town of iiaverhill. Mass. The city NJ
Springfield, Mass. has placed a contra r.
for 1,0l+ tons Of four TO sixteen inct
cast iron pipe with the Standard Fouu
dry Company. The award was at s3e 4
for four inch pipe and $2s,40 delivere1
for sixteen inch pipe.
According to local agents who ha,.
been endeaNoring to place several large
| contracts LOT steer Ipu1ltS 10 De lisNl
in the manufacture of high cxplos ~
shells for France. the financial ba ckii {
of the RothsChilds has been secure
The steel companies which are scrutll -
ing closely all such inquiries are 20
fully satisfied concerning the speclf
ttons Of some of the inquiries that h. .
recently come upon the market n =
placing of sub-contract for 5000 0oo
three inch shells for Russia Is still 10
in allegiance awaiting credit adv!ces fro"
the Cars Government. Not since le'
uary | have any cables been reye.t'l
here from Russia.
| The Cleveland. Cincinnati. Cliyoi
and Indianapolis Railroad Is in the ut"
ket for about 1000 tons Of steel g. b.
used in the construction Of eghtrca .l'
boosc cars to be constructed ~ q =
companys shops. The Merchant l''.
patch Company is to build l>a d, .
mobile cars for the Big -Four and 't
teen automobile ears for tho g.
and Eastern Railroad tuupauS
chesapeake and ohio has uid,rru
coaches and twelve express cars 'rw.
Pullman Company, The America, >
and Wire Company h. taking r..."
thirty gondola cars, America Iar
Foundry will build i,3"u illst"ad -
freight cars for the Missouri, Nt