New-York tribune., 1922-11-05
Steel Industry 4
Makes Best of.
Lack of Car,
New Production Units BE: III
Put On as Fast as The,1
Is Any Relief in trraa,|
Toriation Cond;f;o
Labor Shortage wan.
Operating Schedules. No..|
a, 7a Per Cent, Are sI,,,,.)
ing q Sseady Inerea.l
sreetot psara,ch TO r;.e Tn.

sretfoi Dispatch TO Tie Ts.sax.
TITTSBuKG}, %ov. 4. r. g,s..,
das'ry seems 70 have ,saee B, i,
mlnd that conditions are eo;so !. 7 7
taa.n stable and that i.a9.egerae,. Il !,
operation viii follow relief y Il
shortage aad labor ahortage. maa !,
the larger companies have settlaa a..
TO Writer OF hard work and d..'as Ioss
mined effort TO manufactures and sas
Ssetr products. Az Ia. a. t-s,a - .'' .r
relief os ;he pressure being es.s - s'I
~ car shortage new units q. $3.50 1870
sloi, i, are put on ard the output of y.
miiis thereby increased. The ias,s -
&heI.agc OF few weeks ago Is ~, ~
considerably less acute and ny, ass
statements from Pennsylvania s.s ..sss
omeials regarding the great sho.ss ss.s y
IN Pittsburgh are believed te bass I. t.ss Y.
founded Oh data now quite our ~ ss,N sesa
a week ago operation was foaraS ~
20 per cent throughout TIE d;s.sfcs d;s. - -
day 1t 10 estimated that opera.;er. y :.
general is az an average os aSe,,s : :
j per cent and that this rat:o ~ ;rn-..s =
Will De fairly we'll naintainnd ns.a
fn!l oneration is reached. +
With all the mills in operati,r !,
The Homestead Steel Works ard i,
Duq1csne plant o. tie Carncgie ssss
Company, also an Improvements in j..
car supply situation, the big nI.,s'
are making an excellent showinr NJ,
tae pre.ioue week. The oncr be,,.s
department and the plate mills -
!eedlcg n tha production Of gsasl /
larga ttnLe- OF men, who haze hs.s
working for contractors during Il.
summer months, are row ap,lglnv I,
the mills IN order to have employs,s
when winter sets in.
Bette" operation conditions !.
promised by the United States sss
Corporation ia tha Shenango Vail.
with the resumption of the bar milf !
the Carnegie Steel Company Ut Fsrss
Al present, through shortage Of ,pg
operating schedules OF the tinss,
and wire and nail mills are cut d
per cent capacity. United States al
officials sta.e that within the next NJ
weeks every unit in the Shenaneo Vii
ley VIII be running at full capacity
Some Mills at Capacity
Independent mills are also ope.atiu,
az norma capacity, with the escsh
tion of the American Steel Foundrls
and the Savage Corporation, the la,,s
nrEl hsY!ng been taken over BY WeE5
inghouse Electric Company Of pill
butgh. Il is not known what ths a.
owners will DO with the plant.
Robert Bentley, directer Of IL
youngstown Sheet and Tube Goraty
and president OF the Ohio Iroa 81
Steel company. states that the as.!osk
TOR the industry next year is ssry
bright. He declares that mills shsai
be able TO maintain 20 per cent opsr
atlng average through the winter, mn
Vldeo the railroads are able to hand
raw materials and move finished ptE
g~ts. Car supply has shown some 1.
terment the last few weeks. he no,,
cIt, bus motive equipment is still ihl
adequate. This is one of ths NOS.
serious conditions affecting trsnspss
tation, says Mr. Bentley.
in certain Of its departments III
bries Hill Steel Companw establisa
rew production records in Oc.ob.s
It's twelve furnace open hearth a
partment produced 7e,O26 tons es Ii
stts, creating what is believes 10 be
ii worlds record for e plant Il this
size. This compares with q prodsnisn
OF 6s.l97 tons in September it.I
blooming mill which rolls DOM III
inGots had total rolling tonnaes n
October OF $4,000 tons, comparing vii
6s.960 tons rolled down in Septe rg
= The company's ingot producties ii
particularly significant, ;nasmaeh 4'
Only eleven furnaces were chans /
most OF the tinae, one being out ii
ally for repairs. The production at
aged 1850 tons of steel q dav, o.sl /
tons q furnace. Rated capacity esss
furnaces establishing this recors I
zoo tons per twentyfour hours.
The biast-furnace deuartnent ,al
wise set new record in turning IT
fA.l57 tons of pig iron, comparing vii
previous high mark os 43,257 tas
Grace & Jeaunett's blast furnacesHts
broke previous records. Graes ss,i
supplied 1929 tons of pig iron iros
tobef and Jeannetta poured 1900
In consequence the company eaioys4
very prosperous month All u ias
werxmen affected received exsrs tss,'
pensation, Us they WORK on :oEnsf
basis.
Sheet Demand Slackeas
While demand for sheets has slaa
ened the mills are nevertheless hsT
ins enough business to maintain VI
daction. Prices have virtually ssna
TO the level of the stee! corpenaeh
namely, a.a5e Tor black, and u p.eNf
t!onate differentiai Cor galvanized. ~
youngstown sheet maker, sNien "
Keen aRportioning blue anDealed ses
nages with other interests becsuss ].
own 3obbing mills are idle. reraa
the market on this grade ranges tne
2.s5c TO 2.75e, with bulk os The As
ness being placed at 2s0c.
Plates have sagged to q &c Ssst
which IS down So per ton from ths +
cent naaximpm. and there has aE
some decline In buying. S.eel harssss
likewise notable at this figure. tles3s
small lots are still bringing froa T
to S3 per ton higher.
Since coal has become free ssss
mills which formerly used crude
TO some extent is fuel have distoas
ued its use and are again efapioss
coal. II the Youngstown distrlet ol y.
used as facl most largely II os
hearth furnaccs and oil sosassas
broad scale by the Youngstown Ss
and Tube and the Republic Iron y
Stcel.
Pipe is In firm demand accerd'ns
sales representatives Of the twe
aependent makers in the Manss
Valley. This situation applies r
10 a.andard buttweld sizes and g
weld. Demand for the latter sa'
which Jagged for time, has VIII
leen renewed.
There il somewhat more than @
nary activity in the tinplate ns';
at this season Of the year and W. shs
dependents ere receiving eoas
sble overflow of tonnage wh'en
interest is unable 70 aH
satisfy delivery Requirements
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