The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-11
IRON REVIEW

! Special Dispatch 10 the lnlelligenccr:
, NEW YORK CITY. \. =. oct: u
! pioduc$ti in Scpiemhcr at ll$.949 TONS q
! day, the highest rate in the history 81
! the industry. representing gam VI
I 460G tons n day over thnn OF auEuS',
! yielded fruit sooner than expected: aha
/ some Improvement IN coke qualify Is
! already reported her" and there. ING
! fact that October. with itS u days anu
generally favorable weathSIr'i Is " MIMI
| 10 n continuance Of tho good Work be,
gun last month. The September total
| was 3.4lS.27U TOMS or 1884" tons Il dtH.
against 3.aS9,5S' tons in AuE ;rns, or
| blew out Inst month and seven hlcw IN;
! making Il net loss nj seven. The t"'al
; in blast OciOhrr l. was 365.
September pr"dnetlii",,n,, was al Inc y Ta'r
! against less; than th.h00.h0O tons = year
i rs III" August rate. while the Official
! figures for the first nalf of the year
we're only lS.22T.7%V IONS.
! Over against this; encouraging re-
Z suon.i,. to appeals from washington :tnd
3 from France. there Is this week the tlrst
! evidence N Pennsylvania steel plants OF
. the threads Of thr prevailing nfluch"a.
! Steel uuluut in Eastern PcnnSylEHhla
/ has been cut down. and now Pittsburgh
: rcpurts increasing severity OF me ols-
; ease and fears for n'll operations. hoN
s ever the steel corporations report l"r
Z the past week wtS quite taN"rah'r-
/ 81 nrr con, ur blast furnace cnrnclty
: and lnn per cent of ingot caracL'E III
! operation against % ner cent ana 20
! utr cent respectively in the preceding
| week. .
Ferromanganrse and spieKeleisen pro,
! ,IucIlon went above $4,000 TONS last
: month. about - 00n tons moro than the
I best previous record. The manganese
. situation is casing beyond expectation.
! New requirements from FRANCE nc'sh
! The further cunrcnirat ion or Ullll opera
lions ON rails shell steel. harhtd wire
! and steel for cars. The orders OF inc
| Allies have materially Increased: nplnc
| rc-hrrangulncnt Of prinritirS may nc ne
, cessafy. in view of the more nrutG SIT
unlion develured this week. X large
: northern. Ohio shell forging nlahl "hS
/ closed down for tree days Tor lack "l
! steel and is now working Out nut t"o-
thirds capacity. The >~affnrt {" nave
some government departments pruhe
: their srhcdules has had little success.
An urgcn, demand has been put TO the
/ railroad car builders for. the American
: EXrcditlonary forces. allowing Tue TO-
| rcnt award of about i,DOD cars Ihc
present call is for +0,3i5 cars. involving
! inward Of 350.hDG TONS OF steel
! Though this means the further delay
.nf deliveries or rolling stock u nome
! roads continued close control nf tral =
| Tic 70 expected to avert the chaos Of last
winter. further statement from Ina
! Sell Corpuratiun concerning the eight
! Lnur basic day shows that the rate or
! mas for Sundays ind holidays VIII no
! The same as for other days. Thus IN
hJnst furnaces labor. where there is
| regular force cRch day ol the seven hnd
cdch man gets "nG day off In Scp"h' H.
! will be the policy ~ pay straight rates
far eight hours work on SUNDAY ana
! lime and half for the additional hour;
! II is ruled also that tonnage men ana
! ricrr workers will receive a 30 per rG'l1
Higher ralc for wor!; done In hours be
! yund the eight.
one. lot OF :5D0U government motor
trucks for DaCc,nprr-Junc dclIy"rE CANS
| Tor % sou tons Of Chrome VanadIMin
s;rcl nj II time when nlloy steel NILS
arc badly rungrStrd with orders iaS,
srnyCr chr builders are not getting steel
! in spring parts. \ leading producer is
! insisting IN consumers acccptlhE tool
! nf OUG rur cent sulphur resulting from
moor coke Demand for shell steel dis.
| card by rolling mills is In excess OIL IN"
supply. Orders for l. rnnce INCLUDE low
! miles Of portable truck and $500 frogs
and switches placed with one plant ana
an ohio gun plant for new contracts
! will require $500 tons Of electric eromoc
! nickel steel
cast iron pipe manufacturers spent
! several days In Washington last week
comforting on leeds OF the EotcrnI"s s,i -
! and on ways and means Or EetilnS pig
! iron. The disposition OF OFFICIALS neins
! 10 give this Industry very little IRON.
| Tho further concentration or hiast fur-
! nncrs on steel making iron is part nl the
| government plan. ,
Low phosphorus pig iron producers
hny, been in Washington this week
| Their ore requirements for this year are
| assured but the supply Tor the frst
| half of 1919 is less certain.