The Iron Age 1910-07-07: Vol 86 Iss 1

’ = > : “ « » im \ At a | ; i? “a : ; ; > a ‘ oi 7 , ‘a ‘ : Eves Thursday by the . LIAMS) COMPANY : oo York ¥ oem nme Second Class Mail Matter. Subscription Pua isn $5.00 per Annum; to Canada, $7.50 per ee og? yen $10.00 per Annum. 0 Cents. Cryaries T. Roor, * * - . - PRESIDENT CHARLES KIRCHHOFF, - - « - - VicE-PRESIOENT W. H. Tayor, - - TREASURER ANO GENERAL Manacer Haro.od S. BuTTEAHEIM, - - ° o SECRETARY oP. Wa : 7 A ’ eorrons A. |. FINDLEY, DD tbe ee = y H. R. Costeign, - - - - - MECHANICAL EDITOR Branch Offices Philadelphia, Real Estate Trt Building Chicago, Fisher Building * Pittsburgh, Park Building Cleveland, American Trust Building Boston, Compton Builditig Cincinnati, Mercantile Library Bldg. CON’ TE NTS PAGE Editorial : Cutting Down Vig Pron Output. ©... cece cece eeeess 1 The Quantity of Tron Oré Already Mined. .........:.. 2 Preparedness .. . .. a PRUs 0 oR Ew ees See wee ee bee oe 8 The Striker Appieng Hee. Raids 0 6 bad oa bo oeOeled oes 3 A New, Metal COmpnmp i552 sie eee cee eet weeenes o Pig Iron Production, DS =... son cepemcvcwacs 4 May Exports and Impos*, of Tron an Gs bins HAWES CRO 6 The Lake Saperioer. Ivor Chemical Company......0.see+. 6 The AWVestern Steel Corp wation Rolling Bars.............. 6 Tro and Metal Mathet Co) eee 7-16 emedwon and Industria) Stocks... ..0......6. 0. cc cceeeccceece 16 Jiné Ore Shipments Break the ‘Re Ca a Ga, Oo 16 eee SD MAOREO 5 op ee cas ceoe cate 16 x Amertean Car @ Fouhdry Company... i... 5. cece seeese 17 4 “Tyade Pubileall CED... ee cobs be obo wetGeue 18 gre Blast Frenac GUM. cect etebee we ekvecce 18 a achinerg TORO UB i ci cece ccc cnbesecens 19-28 “ae SS ew PU MOEOU So kc ck csp eccccccestécesceees 28 Lake Superior Mining Institute...............ccccevceeee 28 “(A Standard Gauge for Sheets and Plates...........ses0e00. 29 A New Araetory for San Amtomio. .... 5... cca cw uweceescess 29 The Internatfonal Congress of M'ning, Metallurgy and Prac- © Tice] Geneeey, “eee. ok ko a hed Rwwdeicc dc db abdune 80 The Superior Steel Company’s Improvements. ..........++. 81 «The Centennial of the First Rolling of Boller Plate in the IE MENS Shel. ks aw ciate Cate Cee an 82 APE SO ohn. wo ds ods bau eee eh one eens aeere 34 PROMOUMD FS eee ok Pe sk ood ce ce 6 Seb Reb ha Cob Cen cauet 84 The American Society for Testing Materials...........s+++ 35 A New High Speed Wood Screw Threader. Illustrated..... 43 The Pridmore Core Molding Machine. Illustrated.......... 44 The Bird No. 1 Tool and Die Grinder. Illustrated.......... 45 Titanium and Segregation, Illustrated..........+++s+e+s 46 Improved Drive for Large Pond Planers. Illustrated...... 48 The\ Williams Ratchetless-Ratchet-Rench. Ilustrated....... 49 De Laval High Efficiency Centrifugal Pumps. Tlustrated... 50 The Doninion Iron & Steel Company's Report.........++-- 55 Texas Iron Ore of High Quality. sisi. . cece cede eceeeenees 55 Some Recent Tests of Cast Iron. socal. «cs eawee cs edecebece 56 An Automobile Steel Body Factory...........seeeeseeeees 57 The Roco Wire Measuring Device. TIllustrated......... 6o4 07 Dodge Drive in a Combined Steam and Water Power Plant. SUMAN Ss. inne eo Eie ts. ch wilee i Ope Uae hen penees .. 58 The Crown Cork & Seal Company’s New Brass Foundry.... 59 New: Pubiteitions......6....6 006 Sew a oe eee wo. 59 The Electro-Magnetic Percussion Drill. Iliustrated........ 60 The Bridgeport Forge Company’s Ttiprovements..... sheeens 60 Power and Capacity of Davidson Ventilating Fans. Illus.. 61 New Steel Tie Factory at Newark, Ohio....7..... saa ies e 6 The St. Louis Steel Foundry Increases Its Capacity........ 61 Large Charter Gasoline Engines. Ilustrated............. - 82 Penberthy Injector Outpnt.. 0.605 yo. ss te ncdeee- oss od The Improved Cincinnati Planer Elevating Device. Illus... 63 © The Akerlund Bituminous Gas Producer, Illustrated. . oa Foreign Trade Methods...........-.+-+++: Li +h ea ree « -. 66 The Vanadium-Alloys Steel Company....... Fi Lois ose Current Metal ‘Prices. ..... 2.6.06. 208. hs “ New York, July 7, 1910 Vou. 86: No; 1 Cutting Down Pig Iron Output A 15 Per Cent. Curtailment Since February Preduction in the Past | Yeu About 29,750,000 Tons—The Iron Trade Quieter The statistics for June show that the production of coke and anthracite pig iron was 2,265,000 gross tons, or 75,500 tons against 77,100 tons a day in May. On July 1 260 furnaces were in blast, against 280 furnaces one and the daily ca- pacity active was 73.700 tons, or about 3100 tons a day less than on June 1. The annual rate of production of all kinds of pig iron, estimating charcoal iron at 400,000. tons was about 27,300,000 tons on July 1, against 28,450,000 tons one month previous. A number of furnaces have gone out in the past few davs, so that the curtailment may now be reckoned cent. from the high point, which was 31,650,000 tons a year in February. The movement will be carried further, as preparations are now being made for the blowing out of other furnaces. The United States Steel Corporation now has 35 furnaces idle, against 31 on June 1, while at one time last month it had as few as 28 out of blast. The in- dependent steel companies now have five more fur- June 1. Such statistics of stocks as are available point to a furth€r increase in the Cen- tral West and the South, though it is not large. We estimate the production of pig iron in the first a day, month previous, a year, at I5 per naces out than on half vear, incliing charcoal iron, at 14,975,000 tons, « or about 200,000 tons more than in the second half of 1909. In the past 12 months the country has produced about 29,750,000 tons of pig iron, or nearly 4,000,000 tons more than the highest record for a calendar year —25,795,000 tons in 1909. The leading interest booked new business at. an average rate of 26,000 tons a day in June, practically rate as in May, so that the mills are making a strong inroad wp6m contracts. As to the course of business in the summer months, fore- casts are not enthusiastic, since several undetermined factors enter into the reckonitig. Better things are generally looked for in the fall, contingent upon an average crop yield. Among rail contracts of the week are 11,000 tohs for the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Com- pany, 5000 tons for an American road of McKenzie’ & Mann and 2300 tons for the Wheeling & Lake Erie, Car contracts include 3000 for the Baltimore & Ohio, divided among three builders, while 1000 for the same road are about to be let. The Chesapeake & Ohio has bought 1500 cars. The structural steel industry is still giving a good account of itself. A Chicago office building and a warehouse requiring together 5000 tons are ander in- quiry ; buildings at Niagara Falls, Denver and Edge- — water, N. J., calling for 1000 tons each, and the city hall at Oakland, yer 1500 tons. ; ‘ a the same <a Geer he ay) he N Oa tem ay ei . THE IRON AGE Plate mills are figuring on 12,000 to 15,000 tens for four submarines for the Navy, and at Cleveland the Toledo Shipbuilding Company has placed 2500 tons The concessions on plates and shapes recently re- ported continue and on the former have increased in some instances. Those on sheets are more marked on galvanized, which have sold at $4 a ton below the nom- inal level. Low prices on bar iron still prevail in East- ern and Western markets and these may account for the report of a concession on steel bars which has been received with skepticism in view of the very heavy bookings of most mills for the later months of the year. At Pittsburgh, Bessemer and open hearth billets are weaker, the latter having sold at $27, the lowest price in many months, Pig iron markets show considerable maneuvering by buyers, particularly in the Middle West, who seek to contract at present prices for delivery well into next year. Prices are weaker in spots, but producers sell grudgingly on this level for long deliveries. Some sales of Southern low grade irons have been made at fresh concessions. The market on steel making irons is very. quiet. For June the Bessemer pig iron average was. $15.62 at Valley furnace. June shipments of Lake Superior ore made a new month's record at 7,316,679 tons. To July 1 the move- meént was 14,522,058 tons, or 5,819,735 tons more than to July I, 1909. The Quantity of Iron Ore Already Mined ‘From the preachings of those who would have the wheels of our blast furnace blowing engines stopped with a jar a generation or two hence by reason of the udden exhaustion of all our iron ore reserves to the suggestions of Prof. Henry M. Howe that the earth it- seli is probably iron and that in time we shall likely be able to regai1 mn irom the rust of that which we have once used is a far ¢ry and practical considerations de- mand attention to the precise position which we occupy to-day. The facts need no further elaboration than that the value of an iron bearing material depends upon the cost of mining, distance from market and cost of conversion into the iron of commerce, and that all three governing influences vary with the progress of the race, the cost of mining lessening as methods are irproved, the cost of transport to market decreasing as transportation methods improve and the market areas spread, and the cost of conversion being reduced as mechanical appliances and metallurgical processes are improved. It requires but the most rudimentary knowledge to observe that no limit can possibly be set to these advances. The known ores which are on the whole the most useful are used first, and improvements either keep pace with, or run in advance of, the re- quirerrents as to the use of less useful material. As to discernible and, indeed, computable value, there is the dead level of the material which it is not necessary to use now and for which need in the near future cannot be foreseen. In general, the value of ore which is used is as much above this zero as the cost of delivering iron made from it is below the lowest cost obtainable with worthless material. This is the theoretical position at any time, and the difference in cost of making and delivering iron, or the talue of ores, varies as the conditions from time to time vary. In the progress from the use of the best ore that has ever been found to the use of the poorest material I July 7, 191¢ a .- it may in future become necessary to use, some ground has been covered. Taking the average of all ores mined and used in the United States, the cost of mining has increased, the distance traveled to blast. 4urnace has increased, the iron content has decreased and the amount of impurities has increased. It ig not aS gen-, erally realized 4s it should be that considerable ground has already been covered in these respects. One factor of several involved is the actual tonnage of ore which) has been mined, and such data as are available have Statistics of the iron ore production of the United States have been gathered annually only since 1889, while Statistics of ement have been collected from report to the National Conserva- prepared a statement of the United States from 1810 to date, the production prior to 1889 being com- puted from the pig iron production, and therefore in- cluding imports. been condensed in the table below. the Lake Superior mo For a tion Commission, C. W. He the beginning. the production of iron ore in The inclusion of imports is negligible on account of the smallness of the figures in the early Using Mr. Hayes’ figures for the earlier years, and deducting years, and from other cons derations. Lake Superior shipments to arrive at an approxima- tion for the remainder of the country, we have con- structed the table below: Tron Ore Production in the United States. rak@@uperior. Gross tons. 3.078.056 i oa telnea 33.282,337 ...105.999,198 297,287,452 ipprorimate United States. Gross tons. 93,426,527 91,043,854 163,989,193 384.679.0049 Remainder. Gross tons. 80,348,471 57,761,517 57 989,995 87,491,597 1810-1879. . 1SSO0-1T880. . 1890-1899... 1900-1909 1810-1909......449,647,045 28,491,580 733.138.6283 Ninety per cent. of the Lake Buperior production up to 1879 was in the 14 years after 1865, and it was not until 1890 that the Lake Superior production was clearly in excess of that of the remainder of the country. Of the 449,647,043 tons shipped by the Lake Superior region to the end of last year, 195,703,424 tons has been from the Mesaba range and 253,943,619 tons from the remainder of the region. The first estimate of the total reserves of the Lake Superior region was half a billion tons for the Mesaba That was made at a time when the Mesaba was very )oung, range and a quarter billion for the old ranges. while the old ranges had shipped about 100,000,009 tons. Since then, therefore, about 150,000,000 tons has been shipped from them. Had the known ore in the old ranges not increased, there would now be left but 100,000,000 tons, and it is questionable whether the present reserves, of quality at all comparable with that of the ores now being brought down, are greatly in ¢x- cess of that figure. As to the Mesaba, the 200,000,000 tons thus far mined has not effected any practical reduction in the reserves, for the reason that the proving up of new ore year by year has kept ahead of the production, so that The additions have been much larger than the subtractions, the known reserves have increased year by year. but on the other hand, the average quality, having re- gard to the three items—cost of mining, iron content and impurities—of the discoveries has been much be- low that of the 200,000,000 tons mined, The reputation which the Mesaba range quickly made as a cheap producer of excellent iron ore has survived to such an extent that full value is frequently not given, in current thought, to the fact that of the July 7. 1910 best ores of the region a total of 200,000,000 tons has been taken away, and more than 95 per cent. of this 200,000,000 tons in the past 13 years. This has sub- tracted a great deal from the quality of Mesaba ores, as originally established, although the visible supply has meanwhile increased. _ Our table throws an interesting light upon the mining of ore outside the Lake Superior region.. Of course up to 1879 the Lake Superior region was a minor factor. In the eighties it became important, and in the nineties it bore the entire increase in demand, so that the production outside the Lake Superior region was practically identical in the two decades. There was, however, a shifting of the position, for the Lake Superior region reduced production at many points, and this loss chanced to be made up by the rise of the South. crease, for the regions which increased in the nineties continued to increase, while the regions which lost in the nineties had little, if anything, more to lose. In the succeeding decade there was an in- The fact that nearly 300,000,000 tons of ore has been mined in the United States outside the Lake Su- perior region does not mean that much has been done toward the exhaustion of the deposits, for in the main they have suffered less from this than from the com- The will come, although far in the future, when the best of the remaining Lake Superior ¢ @*-,etill a large tonnage, petition of the Lake Superior ores. time will be able to do no more than compete on even terms with many workings elsewhere which were abandoned in the eighties and nineties. Preparedness To urge any one nowadays to “ make hay while the sun shines ’-or to “ prepare for war in times of peace” is almost to invite rough treatment. We have all been warned so many times to look ahead a little way and to prepare tor the rainy day that it has become a point on which we are apt to be rather irritable. Yet there ate few things that do one more good than an oc- casional “punching up,” and if there is anything about which we need to be constantly reminded it is pre- paredness, We are always building for the morrow. The row of bricks we cement into position to-day is to bear the burden of those to be built above it: the decisions we make to-day stand or fall to our benefit or sorrow in proportion to the worth of the judgment which makes them. We have had the example only recently of the commendable action of the managers of a great steel corporation, who accumulated a huge surplus for the putpose of fortifying the future of the business, with- holding much money which would otherwise have gone to the stockholders as dividends, and perhaps seriously weakened the corporation in the very next period of stress. The wisdom of such a policy is apparent. In just what way this money shall be spent is, however, a far more difficult problem than it is to decide at the board meeting whether or not to set aside such a sum, and how much it shall be. The be- lief in the wisdom of the policy is more widespread than is the sagacity necessary to distribute the amount in such a way as to assure maximum returns. In manufacturing goods having a highly competitive market the getting of orders is often governed by but small differences in quotations, especially in cases THE IRON AGE 195761 where frice is considered more important than quality. Although a manufacturer's quotation is but 5 cents per 1000 higher than his competitor's, it gives the latter the business and brings the former one more “ lost sales” report from his agent. By and by these reports come in so thick and fast and the factory is running on short time so much that the manufacturer is forced He asks himself why it is that the other fellow can underbid him and decides, as he must, that it is simply because the competitor can produce the And ten to one the competitor can do so because he has at least kept up to date. to take notice. goods more cheaply than he can. The absolute necessity of a manufacturer's taking immediate advantage of the latest machinery and meth- ods cannot be too strongly urged. This does not mean to purchase new and improved machinery haphazard, nor to fit up at once for any revolutionary process that may offer glittering theoretical possibilities of reducing costs. It does mean, however, that a constant study should be made of the cost of his product and of the demands of the market. It is a very simple matter for him to compute how much he can afford to pay for machinery which will reduce his cost a certain rate per 1000 of product. In some cases a new machine may pay for itself in less than six months, in others it may take longer, but one must look further than this to see all the benefit which the new machine brings. It may be and often is the only way of obtaining and ho}ing the very kind of business for which the factory is, m the main, equipped to produce and upon which the existence of the establishment depends. To suc- ceed and to hold success, there must sooner or later (and preferably sooner) be this constant study of cost reduction, or increase in efficiency, which means the same. Just how near to the ebb the tide of a man’s business is at times he can only guess, but it is certain that if he has built up his strength and properly directed his skill he can comfortably ride the waves until the tide flows his way again. The Striker Apprentice In works where indentured apprentices are em- ployed a strike brings grievous injustice to the boys whom the union impels by threat or cajolery to go out with the journeymen. It is a poor beginning of a man’s career to break his first business contract. The apprentice and his guardians have put their signatures to a formal agreement and have given bond for the completion of the contract, either in cash or in the form of the indorsement of a person presumed to be able to meet the obligation should the necessity arise. A moral as well as a financial responsibility is created, which the union disregards. Neither the union officers nor the journeymen mem- bers stand to forfeit nearly as much as the apprentice. The official is seeking nothing in the way of labor ex- cept that which accompanies his position. The jour- neyman feels that he can get work somewhere, whether or not the strike succeeds. No contract exists between him and his employer which cannot be quickly termi- nated. In sharp contrast is the position of a striking apprentice. Not only does he forfeit his bond, but he blots his reputation as a workman. He is young, per- haps too young to realize what he is doing, and he is led by his elders to strike for them, not for himself. Se es ] ' 4 THE IRON AGE They apply a form of intimidation which, judging from recent experience, requires éxceptional courage to put aside. Stationed as a picket in front of a ma- chine shop within the past week was.a machinist’s ap- prentice whose contract the owrfer holds, assured by somebody’s bond. The union is responsible for the presence of the boy in such an indefensible occupation. It is often difficult for strikers to regain the positions which they have voluntarily abandoned. The case of a striking apprentice is an extreme one, and seldom is he permitted to return to his home shop. +e —__- A New Metal Company.—The Kroenert Smelting & Refining Company is now operating its new plant at 6620-6624 Kelly street, East Liberty, Pittsburgh. The company erected a building, 50 x 75 ft., and equipped it with two furnaces for smelting and refining metals, one crucible furnace and babbitt and solder kettles. M. M. Kroenert is president; E. J. Forse, vice-presi- dent; G. A. Kroenert, secretary and treasurer, and Jo- seph J. McDermott, superintendent. Mr. McDermott for years had charge of a Western company’s plant, operating in the same line of business. Among the products the company will deal in are terne metal, solder, babbitt, pig lead, type metal, aluminum and aluminum solder, &c. —_—__> +e - The Pontiac Foundry Company, Pontiac, Mich., is receiving bids for the construction of a foundry build- ing, 70 x 300 ft. July 7, 191¢ Pig [ron . Production A Further Decrease in June Daily Capacity Falls Off- 3100 Tons and I; Still Declining Our pig iron statistics for June show that the pro- duction of coke and anthracite pig iron was 2,265,478 gross tons, or 75,516 tons a lay, agaimst 77,102 toms” a day in May. On July 1, 269 furnaces were im Blast, against 280 furnaces oné month previous, and the daily capacity active was 73,762 t yr about 3,100 tons 4 day less than on June 1, when the figure was 76,846 tons. The annual rate of production of all kinds. o pig iron, estimating charcoal iten at 400,000 tons year, was about 27,300,000 tons on July 1, agains 4 450,000 tons one month previous. The reduction in rate of output from the high point, which was 31,650,- S neatiy 14 per cent. up A number of furnaces have gone out in the ooo tons a year in February to July 1. past few days, so that the curtailment may now be reckoned at 15 per cent. On February 1, 313 coke and anthracite furnaces were in blast. The net redyction to July 1 was, therefore, 44. We estimate the production of all kinds of pig iran in the first half of 1910 at 14,975,000 gross tons. The comparison with the official figures for the second half of 1909 is as follows: EE Re SEe OS ok wns s vib eal tne ea obo eew bike oe 14,773.125 Wiret MOir OC 1900, ebtimated. .... cis cd scuvsvvbsduss 14,975,900 Estimated production.fom,t2 months........... 29,748,125 These figures show that the highest production fer a a g5 <e 1907 1908 1909 1910 z2 26 sr 20 22et eck ess 18 9 BS hie ees Bo ‘fo ae ee oe ae poe Ex 2883 s@ Ore aSee2eeas & @ za > = SS oe oe zo :s 2a =f o zea z ou x = < < > ° 6 <a < > ° 6 <a <« > ° o <as é SE SESS SESS2IYSSORSH ES SESS>F= USS HRs es ss2R22932 858 § & = 2e a 7 crs . . pl ep L j | inn 26 86 | ease + ————- - —- t t t ial a 2 ‘ WY \ #4 | bested | | zi 84 ' \ \ 25 82}— aa 1 - —— 82 % ‘ 4 . PER DIEM PIG IRON PRODUCTION Oe ee ranipac re as ABR » a ra AV. PRICE SOUTHERN No l ” c ; v. € sou 0. 2 FDY., CINCINNATI ===—=—=—=—— “ie Vv. PRI o c DY > —o as © ame © oe 24 78 i | P=.) \ | | | AV. PRICE LOCAL No. 2 FDY., CHICAGO | 73 4 . : ‘ 76 ‘ \ ‘ = \ 23 74 . \ 72 + + ts h_{\ 22 40 7 tT T T erry , “ee 1 68 + a \ 21 66 }—+— + +-_+$—_+—__-_+—_+ To \ie “1+ ss Daan an Rae GO| (| i: 20 62 ——+ 4 4 4+ Lal \— 4 | ‘ 60 + 4+ +--+ 44 19 5S Piece cel ining A 56 4 i 1 Dencndidlicumnell 4 4 Saws a | me TER, 18 54 4 4 4 Bn ane Destpnsiil dose 4 IN] 4 } 8 <I | ‘ “So 52 A pei 7+ 1h i \ 17 8 ta ; \ 48 , atta dees fe , i } i | s 16 46 4 4 B eeteeellh negation a St + 4 } | SJ 44 4 tt tS tt ae Ns 16 42 jh rv + a ee j j | | 14 38 * + + —+ + fence | | = écAistie batenbedednaa 18 34 renee noe mnateneen pn neeepe emneetibehen $2 Did la fansite td | 12 30 Diagram of Daily Average Production by Months of Coke and Anthracite Pig Iron in the United States from January 1, 1907, to July 1, 1910; Also of Monthly Average Prices of Southern No. 2 Foundry Iron at Cincinnati and Local No. 2 Foundry Iron at Chicago. July 7, 1910 a calendar year, 25,795,471 tons in 1909, has been ex- ceeded in the past 12 months by nearly 4,000,000 tons. Daily Rate of Production The daily rate of production of coke and anthracite pig iron by months, beginning with June, 1909, is as follows: Daily Rate of Pig Iron Production by Months. Steel Works. Gross Tons. Merchant. FU, SE es ae 6s OR Up iis 0 S88 45,507 19,149 PC SS Pe er eee 48,670 19,123 Bs ow b He CSET eh ge ewes 51.354 21,192 September .......... drake . 55,361 24,146 CRC fae 00 0 cre 8 0's ; 7 7,067 26,789 NOVOIIGE ick ER Sees . 53,823 28 584 TPROGIIENEE ..'« bw'b ed eae NTO5S 27.964 January, 7 26,948 February T. 27.740 MBER stad ate 56.113 28.346 po ee Pe a es ie ee 55,653 27,129 WE tiietea:d-¢.00008 . we 24,867 SOMO Sas iin 5 He'd eh e.» 61,637 23,879 June Output by Districts The table below gives the production of all coke and anthracite furnaces in June and the four months preceding : Monthly Pig Iron Production.—Gross Tons. February. March, April. May. June. (28 days) (31 days) (30 days) (31 days) (30 days) New York.... 156.470 180,005 166,307 171, 461 163,575 New Jersey... - 26,102 29,557 29,092 22,97 18,443 Lehigh Valley. 54,028 52,22 64,910 70.244 66.944 Schuy)kill Val. 53,906 62,865 61,084 $5,725 60.2349 Lower Susque- henna. and Lebanon Val. 64,054 70,738 71,694 65,667 60,315 pittsburgh dis. 541,791 592.494 543,531 510.514 {183.909 Shenango Val. 137.095 137,315 124.440 120,301 130,290 West. Penn... 133,266 143,308 141,246. 144,578 132,344 Md., Va. and Kentucky ... 66,454 78,761 77.032 82,071 82,181 Wheeling dis.. 120,036 113,753 106,736 94,217 76,166 Mahoning Val. 220,779 241,653 225,588 218,243 208,988 Central and North. Ohio.. 201,462 218,660 181,805 144,344 145,393 oe Valley, fanging Rock and §8.W.Ohio 42,876 47,935 48,264 45,290 41,521 Mich., Minn.,Mo., Wis., Colo.... 65,363 7,209 75.802 71.588 68,051 Chicago dis... 322,196 348. ‘972 351,272 858,509 328,953 Alabama .... 154. 337 180,836 173,071 165,937 160,970 Tenn., Georgia and Texas... 36,949 41,664 41,889 40,418 37,086 Totals. ..2,397.254 2,617,949 *2,483,763 2,390,180 2,265,478 Capacity in Blast July 1 and June 1 The following table shows the daily capacity of furnaces in-blast July t and June 1. These figures are based largely on the performance of the furnaces in June and May: Coke and Anthracite Furnaces in Blast. Total ——-July 1.—— -———J une 1. number Number Capacity Number Capacity of stacks. in blast. per day. in blast. per day. Location of furnaces. New York: Betws iss oS: 16 15 5,085 14 4,956 Other New York... 7 3 558 3 574 New Jerse Be ees te na ar 8 3 615 3 642 ae on 2 ; . gbive Pennsylvania : Lehi@h Valley.... 23 14 2,064 14 2.095 Spiegel ......... 3 2 155 3 174 Schuylkill Valley...16 8 1,962 9 2,023 Low. Susqnehanna.. 7 5 1,053 5 1,090 Lebanon Valley....10 7 957 7 956 Pittsburgh dist... .50 41 16,130 41 16,015 IGE. is wee ss te 3 2 281 3 464 Shenango Valley... .20 14 3,809 16 4,146 West. Penn........27 16 4,285 17 4,192 Maryland ....... se 4 4 1.102 4 1,105 Wheeling dist........ 14 7 2.540 8 3,040 Ohio : Mahoning Valley...22 20 7,260 19 6,940 Central and North.22 14 4.846 14 4,940 Hocking Val., Hang- ing Rock and 8. . A: ee 15 10 1,238 1 1,345 Thieete and Indiana. .31 21 9,135 26 11,251 SOIL 0s. ¢ « te er & 3 3 330 3 314 Mie . Wis. and Minn. 9 6 1.064 5 S94 Colo... Mo, and Wash. 7 5 1,301 5 1,311 The South: Virginia ..¢...44..28 11 1,280 12 1,395 Kentucky ......... 5 2 312 2 2¢ Pere 46 23 5,365 23 5,384 Tenn. and Georgia. 20 13 1,235 13 1,310 TRAE « 60-dreinis 413 269 73.762 280 76,846 Among furnaces blown out in June or on July 1 were one New Jersey zinc in the Lehigh Valley, Lees- port in the Schuylkill Valley, one Edgar Thomson in the Pittsburgh district, Ella, one New Castle and Hall in the Shenango Valley, Saxton in Western Pennsyl- vania, Alleghany and Victoria in Virginia, Riverside in the Wheeling district, Marting in the Hanging Rock district, one Federal, one Joliet, one South Chicago and two Gary in the Chicago district, and Rockdale in Tennessee. THE IRON AGE 5 Among furnaces blown in were one Niagara in the Buffalo district, one Duquesne in the Pittsburgh dis- trict, one Ohio in the Mahoning Valley, one New Castle in the Shenango Valley, Buena Vista in Vir- ginia, one Mayville in Wisconsin. The Curves of Pig Iron Production and Prices The curve of pig iron production front January, 1907, to the present time is shown in the accompanying chart. The figures plotted are these of daily average production, by months, of coke and anthracite iron. The two other curves on the chart represent monthly average prices of Southern No. 2 foundry pig iron at Cincinnati and of local No. 2 foundry iron at Chicago. They are based on the weekly market quotations of The Iron Age. The two sets of figures are as follows: Daily Average Production of Coke and Anthracite Pig Tron in The United States by Months Since January 1, 1907.—Groee Tons 1908 1909. 1910. January 33.718 57,975 84,148 February 7.183 60.976 85.616 March Om 59,232 84.459 April 38.289 57.962 82,792 May 7,608 60,753 77,102 June ... 6,444 64,656 75,516 July 30,287 67.300’. %6sbacn August 13 S51 72 546 September 7 00 T9507 October PODS Si 856 November 2 AO S4.017 December ... o6.158 85,022 Vonthly Average Prices in Dollars of Southern No, 2 Foundry Iron at Cincinnati and Local Na& 2 Foundry at Chieage Since January, 1907. L907 1908. 1O0n. 1910. Sou Loc Sou. Loe. Sou. Loe, Sou. Loc No, 2 No. 2 No.2 No.2. No.2 No.2 No.2 No. 2 Cin. Chi Cin. Chi. Cin. Chi, Cin. Chi. A eee 26 00 25.85 16.15 18.45 16.25 17.85 17.25 19.00 Feb, ......26.00 25.85 15.75 18.16 16.13 16.75 17.06 19.00 March ....26.00 26.10 15.50 17.85 15.05 16.50 16.30 18.30 April .....25.06 26.35 15.20 17.7% 14.25 16.50 15.37 17.50 May ......24.25 26.85 14.75 17.63 14.50 16.50 15.00 17.06 June ......24.10 26.60 15.25 17.7% 14.70 16.50 14.85 16.75 July - 15.00 17.55 15.75 17.00 ‘4 Aug. 15.25 517.35 16.38 17.18 Sept 15.65°17.05 17.35 18.70 Sone ies wo ae 20.95 22.45 15.75 16.85 17.88 19.00 INGE Nu cus ate 19.50 20.66 16.00 17.10 17.75 19.00 ROG "oo bls 17.00 18.80 16.25 17.385 17.45 19.00 Proauction of Steel Companies Returns from all plants of the United States Steel Corporation and the various independent steel com- panies show the following totals of product month by month. Only steel-making iron is included in these figures, together with ferromanganese, spiegeleisen and ferrosilicon. These last are stated separately, but are included in the columns of “ total production,” Production of Steel Companics.Grose Tone, Spiegeleisen and ——Pig.—Tota! production... ferromanganese. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1909. 1910. January 664.415 1,117 i. 823 1.778.201 12,825 19.538 February .. 745,802 2.075.368 1,620,539 10.046 21.396 Mareh-5. 2.42% 841.502 4, 140.5538 1,739,212 22,748 25.591 ME sk adeen 725.548 1,093,092 1,669,898 22.478 22.204 BEM tie cee TiN G74 1.256.448 1,919,288 20,884 26.520 . ae . 717,689 1.465.527 1,549,112 16.516 27.680 res ee eS eee ST Mee . 94 os BGS 56 3 ev 3 897.032 1.59°.001 ......... } 8 ree September AS83514 LGD ESO 46 versa See 5k. October 996,481 1,769,004 .....6.. 25,884 ...6. November 981,167 1,680,004 ........ 23,276 December 1,090,339 1,768,799 ........ 20,791 The Record of Production Production of Coal and Anthracite Pig Iron in the United States by Montha Since January 1, 1907.—-Gross Tons. 1907. 1908. 1909. 19190. January ....... 2,205, 607 1,045,250 1, 797.560 2,608,605 February ...... 2,045,068 1,077,740 1,707,340 2,207.254 Wet Se ck oe 2,226,457 1,228,204 1,832,194 2,617,040 BORE 0's heap es 2,216,458 1,149,602 1,738,877 2,483,763 Sis Ca cite 2,295.5 1,165,688 1.883.330 2,300,180 eo oe eeaes 2,234,575 1,092,131 1,930,866 2,265,478 duly .......... 2.256400 1,218,129 DZ. 2OMSRE 8s. Paces August ........ 2,250,410 1,359,831 3,366.00) oh cccwes September ..... 2,183,487 1,418,998 SOE. ve vetoes October ....... 2.336.972 1.567.198 2EOP BS 4c ccees November ..... 1828125 1.577.854 2,547,508 tte sé es December ..... 1,234,279 1,740,912 2,635,680 sw tes a OG The Verona Tool Works, Pittsburgh, operated by Metcalf, Paul & Co., has rewarded four employees for long and faithful service by presenting them with gold medals and giving them pensions. One man was em- ployed continuously by the company for 37 years, a second for 36 years, a third for 35 years and a fourth for 29 years. 7 7 p ne 3 a any ‘ a a “a x ; ee — — nit Dalen inertness 6 THE IRON AGE May Exports and Imports of Iron and Steel As compared with April, the May exports of iron and steel show an increase and the imports a decrease, according to the report of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The value of the exports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof, not including iron ore, was $17,658,042 in May, against $16,529,254 in April, while the value of similar imports was $3,486,336 in May, against $3,710,614 in April. The exports of commodities for which quantities are given totaled 135,344 gross tons in May, against 117,918 tons in April and 124,753 tons in March. The details of the exports of such commodities for May and for the 11 months of the fiscal year ending with May are as follows, compared with the corresponding periods of the previous year: Exports of Iron and Steel. ————— May, -~-11 mos. ending May,— 1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. Gross tons. Gross tons. Gross tons. Gross tons. Sf Aer ee, — 7,814 5,121 70,917 2,332 a a re oes a er 3,819 14,508 21,192 ee BS ck s aos coos 2,057 1,297 14,644 10,535 Wren > WA na oe ks sce 1,83 1,427 22,442 11,196 ee 8,201 4,763 81,062 45,461 Billets, blooms, &c... 180 13,981 49,313 98,757 Heops, bands, &c.... . 600 ° 269 4,659 3,213 Steel rails...........a0,016 30,794 344,186 213,315 lron sheets and plates. 8,834 5,447 87,893 51,027 Steel sheets and plates.13,315 8,478 128,924 70,764 Tin and terne plates.. 1,461 640 10,917 4,464 Structural iron and a, ee 15,750 5,645 104,742 92,654 eePw WERE... we ee 7,349 4,645 67,407 60,162 Oe so ous .- 8,233 8,717 75,009 63,661 COT 1,031 848 8,449 7,034 I gs oo oletce 4,996 1.580 34,098 24,349 All other nails, includ- ee 1,185 592 7,666 6,087 Pipe fittings ooo whedon 11,788 150.778 118,312 SE «hin » w 2 ete 135,344 109,849 1,275,609" 944,515 The imports of commodities for which quantities are given totaled 45,021 gross tons in May, as com- pared with 51,438 tons in April and 57,150 tons in March. The details of such imports for May and for the 11 months ending with May, as compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year, are as follows: Imports of Iron and Steel. ——-—— --May,— ~ --11 mos. ending May,— 1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. Gross tons. Gross tons. Gross tons. Gross tons. TIE Ors en pela 21,405 8,747 223,606 94,032 SEE. tbsp ded « Suede 3,253 642 116,370 5,182 ee ON i we ween 4.304 500 29.962 14.050 Kails Soa oe lice weer oc 540 6 6,844 1,292 Lillets, bars and steel in forms n.e.s...... 3.885 1,008 34,797 11,524 Sheets and plates.... 459 159 6,425 2,978 Tin and terne plates... 7,086 6,487 63.553 46,724 We ee a Sic sc: wa eo 2.174 692 14,040 10,519 =<tructural iron and | ee, 1.915 62 10,157 5,384 Es a canbe wt 45,021 18,305 505,752 191,635 The imports of iron ore in May were 240,833 gross tons against 206,135 tons in April, 163,633 tons in March and 97,393 tons in the month of May, 1909. The total importations of iron ore for the 11 months ending with May were 2,188,261 gross tons, against 890,933 tons in the corresponding period of the previous year and 914,949 tons in the corresponding period of the fiscal year 1908. Of the May imports of iron ore 135,950 tons came from Cuba, 66,507 tons from Europe and 38,376 tons from British North America. The total value of the exports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof, not including ore, for the 11 months ending with May, was $162,629,982, against $131,171,621 in the corresponding period of the previous vear. In the same periods, respectively, the imports reached totals of $35,434,273 and $19,997,877. Om OO The new blast furnace of the Worth Brothers Com- pany, Coatesville, Pa., is now producing at a daily - July 7, 19rd rate averaging between 350 and 400 tons. The stack is not being pushed, but is gradually being worked up to its intended capacity of 500 tons per day. Stand4 ard basic pig iron is being produced. The construc+ tion of a second furnace by this company is going forward rapidly. Foundation, work for the necessary additions for the oiler and* engine house ‘has been practically completed, and a good portion of the struc- tural work has been done. The plate work on the four hot blast stoves has been completed amd the shell of the furnace stack is now being erected. It is hoped that this second furnace will be ready to blow in before the close of the ear. An addition t6 the-main office building of the company, which wil! double the present building, is now under way. o-oo The Lake Superidr tron & Chemical Company Rogers, Brown & Co selling agents for the charcoal iron of the Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Compan hich on July r transferred its Michigan property to a company of the same name incorporated in New York. The sale included about 300,000 acres of woodland in fee. and under contract, the Yale and Tyler’s Fork iron mines, six charcéal blast furnaces, of which the Ashland makes the Hinkle brand, Manistique makes Champion, New- berry makes Michigan, Boyne City makes Pine Lake, Elk Rapids makes the same name and Chocolay tha same name, also four chemical plants. The officérs of the new company are as follows: John Joyce, presi4 dent, Boston; W. H. Matthews, vice-president, D¢& troit; L. F. Knowles, secretary, Detroit, and A. Vanoss| treasurer, Toronto. The annual capacity of the six furnaces is about 200,000 tons. They are favorably located to distribute the particular grades and furnish the analyses required by manufacturers of cylinders} automobiles, car wheels, &c. heen appointed sole a ‘ The Western Steel Corporation Rolling Bars, The Western Steel Corporation, Seattle, Wash., be! gan the operation of its 14-in. and 22-in. rolling mills at Irondale June 21, steel bars being the first producty rolled. For a fortnight previous to this time the open hearth furnaces had been pouring steel and ingots hat been accumulated awaiting the operation of the rolling mills. From this time on, it is stated, there will be steady operation of both the open hearth furnaces and the rolling mills. The company is now practically in the field for the filling of orders for manufactured steel. A considerable tonnage is already upon its books, An average analysis of the steel thus far produced at Irondale is as follows: Carbon, 0.22; manganese, 0.50} phosphorus, 0.01; sulphur, 0.032. The blast furnacd at Irondale, it is expected, will be put in blast this week. ocsinipansapieaiiaiiiina citrine The Vulcan Steam Shovel Company will move its. plant from Toledo, Ohio, to Evansville, Ind., about January 1. The ownership of this company and of the Bucyrus Steam Shovel Company, South Milwaukee, is practically identical, and the object of changing the location is to have a plant more convenient to the Southern trade. A site and bonus were given by citi- zens of Evansville to secu: the plant. The Toledo plant will be dismantled and the machinery moved to Evansville. The Columbia Tool Steel Company, Chicago Heights, IIl., is erecting a building with 5000 sq. ft. of floor space to be used for machine shop and storehouse purposes. No additional equipment will be installed, as the extra space will be used to relieve the present crowded condition of the company’s shops. July 7, 1910 The Iron and A Comparison of Prives Advances Over the Previous Month in Heavy Type, Declines in Italics. At date, one week, one month and one year previous. July 6, June 29, June 1, July 7, PIG IRON, Per Gross Ton: 1910. 1910. 1910. 1909. Foundry No. 2, standard, Phila- GUE 5s bd 0a PhS ye aeenlte 2X $16.25 $16.25 $17.00 $16.50 Foundry No. 2, Southern, Cincin- UTE © o Su td' Cl Kw hhbeas cess 14.75 14.75 14.75 15.75 Foundry No. 2, local, Chicago... 16.75 16.75 16.75 17.00 Basic, delivered, eastern Pa.... 0.75 15.75 16.25 15.50 Basic, Valley furmace.......... 144.460 14.50 15.00 15.00 Bessemer, Pittsburgh.......... 16.40 16.40 16.90 16.15 Gray forge, Pittsburgh........ 14.90 14.90 15.40 14.65 Lake Superior charcoal, Chicago 18.50 18.50 18.50 19.50 BILLETS, &c., Per Gross Ton: Bessemer billets, Pittsburgh. ... 25.00 25.00 25.50 23.00 Ferging billets, Pittsburgh... .. 37.00 31.00 31.00 27.00 Open hearth billets, Philadelphia 28.50 28.50 29.00 25.00 Wire rods, Pittsburgh......... 30.00 31.00 31.00 29.00 Steel rails, heavy, at mill...... 28.00 28.00 28.00 28,00 OLD MATERIAL, Per Gross Ton: Steel rails, melting, Chicago... . 13.50 13.50 15.00 14.50 Steel rails, melting, Philadelphia 14.25 14.25 14.50 16.00 Iron rails, Chicago............ 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 Iron rails, Philadelphia,....... 19.00 19.50 20.00 19.50 Car wheels, Chicago........... 55.00 15.50 15.50 16.00 Car wheels, Philadelphia....... 14.50 14.50 15.00 15.25 Heavy steel scrap, Pittsburgh.. 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 Heavy steel scrap, Chicago..... 32.75 12.75 13.50 14.00 Heavy steel scrap, Philadelphia. 14.25 14.25 14.50 16.00 FINISHED IRON AND STEEL, Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Refined iron bars, Philadelphia. 147% 1.47% 1.52% 1.45 Common iron bars, Chicago.... . 1.40 1.45 1.47% 1.35 Common iron bars, Pittsburgh. . 1.50 1.50 1.55 1.45 Steel bars, tidewater, New York 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.41 Steel bars, Pittsburgh......... 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.25 Tank plates, tidewater, New York 1.61 1.61 1.66 1.46 Tank plates, Pittsburgh........ 1.45 1.45 1.50 1.30 Beams, tidewater, New York.... 1.61 1.61 1.66 1.30 Beams, Pittsburgh............. 1.45 1.45 1.50 1.46 Angles, tidewater, New York.... 1.61 1,61 1.66 1.3 Angles, Pittsburgh............. 145 145 150 £1.46 Skelp, grooved steel, Pittsburgh. 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.30 Skelp, sheared steel, Pittsburgh. 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.40 SHEETS, NAILS AND WIRE, ePer Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Sheets, black, No. 28, Pittsburgh 2.30 2.40 2.40 2.20 Wire nails, Pittsburgh*........ 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.70 Cut nails, Pittsburgh.......... 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.70 Barb wire, galv., Pittsburgh*... 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.00 METALS, Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Lake copper, New York........ 122.75 12.75 138.00 13.25 Electrolytic copper, New York.. 12.87% 12.37%12.75 13.00 | Ry ee 5.20 5.20 5.30 5.35 Spelter, St. Loulg............. 5.05 5.05 5.15 §.27% LO0G; Tew) Wort. icicis vad as Gk 440 4.37% 4.37% 4.35 Lae, Be GmGhRs os caive 0 denne 4.25 4.22% 4.22% 4.30 ZU, TAGE Btls oc i 4054s bkuho 82.80 33.00 32.90 29.00 Antimony, Hallett, New York... 8.12% 8.12% 8.12% 7.50 Nickel, New York: ./........:. 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 Tin plate, 100 Ib., New York... $3.84 $3.84 $3.84 $3.64 * These prices are for largest lots to jobbers. Prices of Finished Iron and Steel f.o.b. Pittsburgh Freight rates from Pittsburgh in carloads, per 100 Ib. : New York, 16c.; Philadelphia, 15c.; Boston, 18c.; Buffalo, lic.; Cleveland, 10c.; Cincinnati, 15c.; Indianapolis, 17c. ; Chicago, 18c.; St. Paul, 32c.; St. Louis, 224%4c.; New Or- leans, 30c.; Birmingham, Ala., 45c. Rates to the Pacific Coast are 80c, on plates, structural shapes and sheets, No. 11 and heavier; 85c. on sheets, Nos. 12 to 16; 95c. on sheets, No. 16 and lighter; 65c. on wrought pipe and boiler tubes. Structural Shapes.—I-beams and channels, 8 to 15 in., inclusive, 1.45¢. to 1.50c., net; I-beams over 15 in., 1.60c., net; H-beams over 8 in., 1.70c.; angles, 3 to 6 in., inclusive, 1% in. and up, 1.55¢., net; angles over 6 in., 1.60c., net; angles, 3 x 8 in., and up, less than % in., 1.70c., base, half extras, steel bar card; tees, 3 in. and up, 1.60c., net; zees, 3 in. and up, 1.55c., net; angles, channels and tees, ander 3 in., 1.45e., base, plus 10c., half extrag, steel bar card; deck THE IRON AGE 7 Metal Markets beams and bulb angles, 1.80c., net; hand rail tees, 2.80c., net; checkered and corrugated plates, 2.80c., net. Plates.—Tank plates, % in. thick, 64 in. up to 100 in. wide, 1.45c. to 1.50c., base. Following are stipulations pre- scribed by manufacturers, with extras to be added to base price (per pound) of plates: Rectangular plates, tank steel or conforming to manufactur- ers’ standard specifications for structural steel dated February 6, 1903 por equivalent, 4-in thick and over on thinnest , 100 - wide and under, down to but not including 6 in. wi are ase, Plates up to 72 in. wide, inclusive, ordered 10.2 Ib. per square foot are considered \-in. plates. Plates over 72 in. wide must be ordered 4-in. thick on edge, or not less than 11 Ib, per square foot, to take base price. Plates over 72 in. wide ordered less than 11 Ib. per square foot down to the weight of 3-16-in. take the price of 3-16-in. Allowable overweight, whether plates are ordered to gouge or weight, to be governed by the standard specifications of the Association of American Steel Manufacturers. Gauges under \4-in. to and including 3-16-in, on CREMNOUS. GED... oe ccs cewcoteesbeeheaeees<cb eur $0.10 Gauges under 3-16-in. to and including No. 8..... 1S Gauges under No. 8 to and including No. 9....... 2 Gauges under No. 9 to and including No. 10...... 30 Gauges under No, 10 to and including No. 12..... 40 Sketches (including all straight taper plates), 3 ft. Ne Ne SUI 6 sins ck vais cg eet Canes eeu 10 Complete circles, 3 ft. diameter and over........ 20 Boiler and flange steel. ..........+.«++; vce 10 “A. B. M. A.” and ordinary firebox steel. . .20 Cli PORN “WOU 6 8 caer cee Rw tbh eT ee ic enleks .80 BEGPENOG WROTE S cis ons Seevic cons bcd eb ke er .40 Loconiotive firebox steel... .....ccsesvivesenecs 50 Widths over 100 in. up to 110 in., inclusive...... 05 Widths over 110 in, up to 115 in., inclusive...... 10 Widths over 115 in up to 120 in., inelusive...... 15 Widths over 120 in. up to 125 in., inclusive...... 25 Widths over 125 in. up to 130 in., inclusive...... 50 Wades ever. 190 tm. ..ceccccvecsewewisves cuore 1.00 Cutting to lengths or diameters under 3 ft. to 2 ft., SOTOINUE os aku cos co Was bbe oes cbLéRGbOd tee 25 Cutting to lengths or diameters under 2 ft. to 1 ft., MOIS 65 ccc nnkcecdecs tc ndecbhesaneeueeaens & Cutting to lengths or diameters under 1 ft....... 1.55 No charge for cutting rectangular plates to lengths 3 ft. and ia ‘Terus.—Net eash 30 days. Sheets.—Minimum prices for miil shipments on sheets in carload and larger lots, on which jobbers charge the usual advances for smaii lots from store, are as follows: Black annealed sheets, Nos. 3 to 8, 1.70c.; Nos. 9 and 10, 1.75c.; Nos. 11 and 12, 1.80c.; Nos. 13 and 14, 1.85c.; Nos. 15 and 16, 1.95¢c. Box annealed sheets, Nos. 17 and 21, 2.10¢.; Nos, 22 to 24, 2.15c.; Nos. 25 and 26, 2.20c.; No. 27, 2.25¢.; No. 28, 2.30c.; No. 29, 2.85c.; No. 30, 2.45c. Galvanized sheets, Nos. 18 and 14, 2.50c.; Nos. 15 and 16, 2.60c.; Nos. 17 to 21, 2.75c.; Nos. 22 to 24, 2.00c.; Nos. 25 and 26, 3.10¢. ; No. 27, 3.20c.; No. 28, 3.40c.; No. 29, 3.50c.; No, 30, 3.75c. Painted roofing sheets, No. 28, $1.70 per square: Galvanized roofing sheets, No. 28, $8 per square, for 244-in. corrugations, Wrought Pipe.—Jhe following are the discounts on the Pittsburgh basing card on carloads of wrought pipe now in effect: —-~—Steel.—~ ——Iron.— Black. Galv. Black. Galv. ae ae ee err 70 54 66 ee OR et ec ue heb inawearereeeen 71 57 67 Dass dé: Chick BONDE MOS Fee ee 74 62 70: 658 Oe Oe, un din cose beeen cae 78 65 74 64 Te Ss og ak cehieaken we 72 57 68 53 Plugged and Reamed. DOG is oe a oss Cae ee ten 76 66 72 62 Extra Strong, Plain Bnds. 5, Ob MD 6s oins se. vgnenene 6 51 59 4T 6 006 Bhs con sae's scesheeeeae 70 58 66 54 ee eee ee «+ 66 54 62 50 9, 10, 11: and 12 Im, 6s. 28s ove 54 42 a +0 Double Extra Strong, Plain Ends. $6 oe W Wcs ccs vices cde s Che 48 55 44 The above steel pipe discounts are for “ card weight,” subject to the usual variation of 5 per cent. Boiler Tubes.—Discounts on lap welded steel and char- coal iron boiler tubes to jobbers in carloads are as follows: oo a © te OEE the os dk ks baee ee eee We 66 TE Bi i ck cute cbcvbeduntdeaseted? 61 43 St Miia, kok v6 666 60006 1 oaee ba ennent ee 63 4 Oe OS ccc 000 00's one keenest eee 55 @ OO SH Wise oicic 6tass ccueheesSuanavnne é 61 43 2% in. and smaller, over 18 ft., 10 per cent. net extra, 2%, in. and larger, over 22 ft., 10 per cent. net extra. Less than carloads to destinations east of the caer River will be sold at delivered discount for carloads lowered two ss for lengths 22 ft and wnder; longer lengths, f.0.b. Pittsburgh. Wire Rods.—Bessemer, open hearth and chain rods, $30. Steel Rivets.—Structural rivets, %-in. and larger, 2.15c., base ; cone head boiler rivets, %-in. and larger, 2.25c., base; %-in. and 11-16-in. take an advance of 15c., and Y%in. and 9-16-in. take an advance of 50c,; in lengths shorter than 1-in. also take an advance of 50 cents. net cash, f.0.b. ee The mere seas Pon nine mini mum on contracts for large makers charging usna advances of $2 to $3 a ton to the small trade. Cn Aaa wilt a tlt 8 THE IRON AGE THE IRON_AND Pittsburgh ParRK BumILpING, July 6, 1910.—