The Iron Age 1919-10-09: Vol 104 Iss 15

i 0) 0 70 65 60 We. 50. 10¢. SMM LU THE IRON AGE VOL. I. COMANUUEN SAAN A TTT UOSTIAEA OUTAGES TOE ULE Another Strike Number Regular Issue/for October 9. prepared but delayed. This emergency bulletin is to be taken as an advance supplement the regular issue of October 9. The strike of the printing trades in New York has spread to the compositors in book and periodical plants, i not only has The Iron Age not yet been able to get its October 2 issue rough the presses but has not found it possible to complete its October ssue. Recognizing the importance of maintaining at all hazards at least ligest of iron and steel market information, this journal takes some ide under the conditions that it delivered to its-subscribers on time wt week four pages of market quotations and brief market reviews. t now is glad to offer these eight pages, which give an opportunity to port the high spots in the machinery markets in addition to those of iron and steel markets. If normal conditions do not return by next veek, it will strive to swell the next emergency supplement to a 16-page It is trying, to put it mildly, to have publishing handicaps at the time when the industry which this journal gosters is successfully eting a labor fight as outrageous as it was unjustified and undesired. \s a return to reason is shortly to be heralded in iron and steel plants, it is hoped The Iron Age may soon resume the orderly recording of the progress in iron and steel making and in metal working and give to these branches of the world’s majestic industries the unbroken historical record which The Iron Age has preserved in its service of over three score years. Specifically, the usual general material belonging properly to the issue ' this week has been prepared but, like that of the October 2 issue. the cort to qpet di imte the nemders'hands haa-mot yet been saccesalilL The Iron Age takes this opportunity to express its appreciation of e cordial support which it is receiving from its advertisers and readers ts controversy with tgose of its employers who have violated their Unfortunately, the question as to whether a contract in ijustry is a bond of honor has not been determined and will not be until strike is settled. racts. AFTER STRIKE CONDITIONS Slow Improvement Expected and a Seller’s Market With Price Strength With the back of the strike broken, chief interest is centered in con- litions which the industry now faces. Return to normal operations will be slow, and with the shifting of labor that has been going on and iggravated losses by emigration, the market for some months will de- finitely belong to the seller. . Large producers are expected to hold down prices. Increasing demand is developing for next year's needs, but little success is had in uring bookings. Premiums are freely offered for prompt shipment. No cancellations have been received even by mills totally idle, and the trike shutdowns will force considerable 1919 business into 1920. Pig iron production in September, 2,441 554 tons, while 301,834 ms less than that of the 31-day month of August, was larger than July's itput of 2,428,541 tons. The daily average make was 81.385. 88,496 ind 78,340 tons for September, August and July, respectively. The The effect of the strike is shown in a net loss of 103 furnaces on the active s Most of them were banked as October came in, but many are now operation. Against a rated capacity of 93,360 tons daily for the 265 furnaces active September 1, the rate of production of the 162 furnaces blast on October 1 was only 50,100 tons, indicating to how large an xtent the larger furnaces were crippled. ; Activity in foundry iron stands out in the week. Southern prices the new level of $28 are strong and elsewhere $2 and $3 per ton premium been paid for early shipment. , Railroad inquiries for rails for next year indicate preparation for expected reversion to private ownership. : 7 In view of the sustained heavy Someadl it is encouraging that Pitts- irgh sheet mills are operating at 70 per cent of capacity. ; _ As high as 2.70e., Pittsburgh basis, has been paid for early shipments steel bars and 1000 tons of plates for Japan has been placed at 2.65. Iron and steel exports for August were 25 per cent greater in value those of July and the tonnage, 396,696 tons, is 38 per cent above it of July. August’s machinery exports reflected an increased valuation >4,000,000 over those of July. NON-FERROUS MARKET New York, Oct. 7. Dullness marks the non-ferrous markets. Copper has again declined the outside market. Small producers and dealers are selling electrolytic 21.25e. New York, for October. Lake copper is quoted at 21.50c., w York. The large producers of electrolytic copper still adhere to 0c, New York, for last quarter. Tin is stronger at 55.25c., New k, due partly to the termination of the British railroad strike. Lead juiet but firmer at 5.95c., St. Louis, or 6.20c., New York, Prime Wes- rn spelter has advanced until today October metal is quoted at 7.37}¢c., St. Louis, or 7.724e., New York, following the impending collapse of the steel strike. Antimony in wholesale lots is unchanged at 8.50c. to s.75¢., New York, duty paid. Wholesale lots of virgin aluminum are still obtainable at 32c. to 33¢., New York, for early delivery. New York, October 9, 1919 HY Of W0 | EMERGENCY MARKET BULLETIN | Published by the IRON AGE PUBLISHING CO., 239 West 39th Street, N. Y. SOLUTE LEELA OAL LALLA TREE ATT PNA A Comparison of Prices itt 19M es Qo ep ger UELATDOUE ATELY PAPE TAEDA EMANATE AEST ANNAN RTT EDEN ND PT ND Advances Over the Previous Week in Heavy Pig Iron, Per Type, Declines in Italic At Date, one month and one year previous for early delivery Gross Ton: No. 2 X, Philadelphiat No. 2, Valley furnace?t... No. 2 Southern, Cin'ti.¢.. No. 2, Birmingham, Ala.+ No, 2, furnace, Chicago*. Basic, del'd, eastern Pa. Basic, Valley furnace... Bessemer, Pittsburgh. . Malleable, Chicago® ..... Malleable, Valley ....... Gray forge, Pittsburgh. L. S. chareo Rails, Billets, Per Gross T« Bess. rails, O.-h. rails, } Bess. billets O.-h. billets O.-h. sheet Forging bille O.-h. Wire rods, billets, al, Chicago... Ete., ym: heavy, at mill. neavy, at mill. . Pittsburgh.. . Pittsburgh bars, P’gh.... sts, base, P’gh. , ee Pittsburgh.... Finished Iron and Steel, Per ib. to: Iron bars, F Iron bars, I Iron bars, ¢ Steel bars, Steel bars, Tank plates, Tank plates Beams, Beams, etc., Skelp, groov Skelp, shear Steei hoops, ete., Large Buyers - *hiladelphia.. . *ittsburgh... “hicago.. Pittsburgh New York ; Pittsburgh... . New York.. Pittsburgh. . New York.. ed steel, P’gh. ed steel, P’gh. Pittsburgh... Oct. 7, 1919 . $31.10 26.75 31.60 28.00 45.00 47.00 38.50 338.50 42.00 51.00 42.50 52.00 A eenorotototons ro note none a ; MAM IIS to Otho Ste ow VIN SIS 0S ODS Oe AI II Hon -1-18 uw 2 Sept. 30 1919 $31.10 26.75 31.60 28.00 26.75 45.00 47.00 38.50 38.50 42.00 51.00 42.50 2.00 ” gene rerererepe ne po none te COD 1 “101M OOD <3 3 Sept. 9, 45.00 47.00 38.50 38.50 42.00 51.00 42.50 52.00 ge pone re oOnas nooks Oct. & 1918 $38.85 34.00 37.60 34.00 34.00 , 36.60 33.00 36.60 84.50 34.50 34.40 38.85 vr uv Oot Sor ~~ opens covVvoousceo ososceccec. | x £9 $9 68 00 0 co RD ES O9 o8 oo .o” BSesseess sree we > _ *©*The average switching charge for delivery to foundries in the Chicago district is 50c. per ton tSilicon, 1.75 to 2.25 Sheets, Nails and Wire, Oct. 7, 1919 Per Lb. to Large Buyers: Cents Sheets, black, No. 28, P’gh 4.35 Sheets, galv., No. 28, P’gh. 570 Wire nails, Pittsburgh 3.25 Cut nails, Pittsburgh. . J can Fence wire, base, P’gh... 3.00 Barb wire, galv., P’gh.... 4.10 Old Material, Carwheels, Chicago ...... $24.00 Carwheels, Philadelphia 24.50 Heavy steel scrap, P’gh.. 19.00 Heavy steel scrap, Phila... 18.50 Heavy steel serap, Ch’go. 18.50 No. 1 cast, Pittsburgh.... 23.50 No. 1 cast, Philadelphia.. 25.00 No. 1 cast, Ch’go (net ton) 23.50 No. 1 RR. wrot., Phila... 26.50 No. 1 RR. wrot., Ch’go, net 19.00 Coke, Connellsville, Per Net Ton at Oven: Furnace coke, prompt.... $4.00 Furnace coke, future.... 4.75 Foundry coke, prompt.... 6.00 Foundry coke, future..... 5.75 Metals, Per Lb. to Large Buyers: Cents Lake copper, New York.. 21.50 Electrolytic copper, N. Y. 21.25 Spelter, St. Louis ........ 7. Spelter, New York....... 7.72 Lead, St. Louis........... 5.9 Lead, New York......... eR” OE 55. Antimony, Asiatic, N. Y. Tin plate, 100-lb. box, P’gh tSlicon, 2.25 to 2. Sept. 30, Sept. 9; 1919 Cents $24.00 24.50 19.00 18,50 18.50 23.50 25.00 23.50 26.50 19.00 of ia. 1919 Cents 4.35 5.70 3.25 3.00 4.10 $24.00 24.50 19.50 18.50 18.50 23.50 Q nmr AVIAN aoe SRESASASSZ ww =s Oct. 8, 1918 Cents 5.00 6.25 3.50 5.00 3.26 4.35 $6.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 B Tue [Ron AGE PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, October 7.—The Steel strike situation is steadily improv- img and attempts of strike leaders to close Jones and Laughlin plants failed, Inquiry for pig iron is quiet, but one leading producer has bought 5000 tens or more of ‘Bessemer for shipment to a nearby consuming plant at the regular price of $27.95 Valley Furnace. ing for Fabricated Steel is light, but considerable new work in sight. lates are more active, two leading local mills are still quoring $2.50 leaders to Pittsburgh on desirable orders and up to $2.65 on other business. The American Sheet & Tinplate Co. and Independent Sheet Mills are now operating at 70 per cent, Sheet and Tin Plate Mills are sold up for this year and will carry large tonnage into next year, on account of the strike. Demand for steel bars is heavy and stocks of mills and Warehouses are about depleted. Consumers that need bars badly are @ffering premiums. Smaller finished steel products are in good demand but automobile builders are runnung short of steel are are scouring the market to pick up odd lots from warehouses. Considerable lessening of output of automobiles is likely, because of scarcity of steel. Pipe and tube mills report new inquiry heavy, but have nothing to sell over next three or four months. Jobbers are getting heavy premiums for oil well tubular goods, when they are in position to make prompt delivery. The scrap trade is neglected with most consumers still holding out shipments, but consumers’ stocks are very low and they will have to buy soon. The output of furnace and foundry coke last week fell off over 100,000 tons from the previous week, due to the closing of plants. Fur- nace coke Joaded on cars that had to be moved has sold as low as $3.60 per net ton at oven. | Producers are being extended warmest support of jobbers and con- sumers in the steel strike and are being urged to stand firm in their re- fusal to allow agitators to rule the steel business of this country. GHICACO Chicago, October 7.—While there have been no marked changes in operating conditions in this district, the mills are making slow but steady progress in their struggle with the strikers. In the meantime there is an active demand for most finished prodicts. Plates are fairly active and are being booked in larger volume than shapes despite the activity in the fabricating field. Some good sized tonnages of plates were sold recently at 2.50c. Pittsburgh, but the general run of business is at 2.65c. Fabricating awards are numerous, most of them for a few hundred tons apiece. The Ford Motor Company, however, recently let two of the largest tonnages placed this year, namely 12,000 tons for a foundry and 3700 tons for a sand storage building to be erected at River Rouge, Mich. The demand for steel bars is heavy and some of the smaller mills not affected by the strike have taken orders for early shipment at as high as 2.70c. Pittsburgh. Rail carbon steel and bar iron are exceptionally active and some makers are quoting 2.62c. Chicago on the former and 2.72c. on the latter. Sheets are much in demand but difficult to obtain. There is an expert inquiry for 10.000 tons of sheets and 25,000 tons of billets for shipment to South America. Wire products and bolts and nuts are much sought for with the available supply steadily diminishing Milwaukee has awarded 100 tons of cast iron pipe to the United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co. The railroads are inquiring for rails and track supplies for delivery in 1920 in anticipation of the reversion of management to the individual corporations, but none of this business will close until Congress takes definite action on the transportation prob- lem. There is also some foreign inquiry for track supplies. Old material is more active in foundry and rolling mill grades, the supply of cast scrap, however, being low. The demand for spot pig iron is still active and there are a number of fair sized inquiries for 1920 shipments. Southern producers of foundry are now quoting a minimum of $28 Birmingham on 1.75 to 2.25 silicon, for delivery this quarter and $29 for first quarter. Ferrealleys are dull step. BUFFALO Buffalo; Oct. 6.—The week has shown no change whatever as regards the number of plants that are operating furnaces in this district, nor in the sales situation. All of the pig iron that can be produced during the fourth quarter by the operating plants appears to have been dis!osed of and furnaces are not at present quoting for 1920 deliveries. : Heavy specifications have been placed with selling agencies of mlis that are operating in full or in part. Practically no additional tonnag. has been accepted outside of the present contract tonnage. JOSEPH T. RYERSON & SON ACQUIRE BUFFALO WAREHOUSE Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, of Chicago and New York, have acquired and taken over the plant, stock and equipment of the steel warehouse division of the Ferguson Steel & Iron Co. at Buffalo and will at once establish a branch of their steel warehousing business at that point to cover the Buffalo and Niagara frontier field. The plant will be enlarged, to accomodate a stock of 60,000 tons of steel and a new heated steel plant will be erected in a short time. Further warehousing ecuipment will be provided and the plant developed to care for the steel needs of all the manufacturing industries along the Niagara Frontier. Arthur C. Alishull who came to Buffalo from the Ryerson plant at Milwaukee, will have charge of the new Buffalo plant. CLEVELAND Cleveland, October 6.—The demand for finished steel on mills still able to accept orders is very heavy and producr~ are forced to turn down much of the tonnage offered. Eastern mills booking considerable plate and structural business in this territory. “s of some jobbers are virtually cle: ned out, and other warehouse st e being rapidly depleted. The demand is largely for steel bars a. sheets, although the plate market is active. Automobile manufacturers have purchased large warehouse stocks of sheets. Steel pipe is becoming very scarce. Several mills have advanced their prices on steel bars to 2.50c., and makers of hard steel bars are also asking higher prices the quotations ranging from 2.50c. to 3c. The demand for foundry iron for prompt shipment in lots of 100 to 800 tons from consumers having their regular sources of supply cut off continues active, and the stocks of some consumers are becoming dan- erously low. Several Ohio farmers are still selling early shipment oundry iron in this territory at $2 to $3 a ton premium, but some Northern Ohio off-basis iron is being sold at regular prices. One interest reports sales amounting to 7000 tons for next vear including 2000 tons of malleable Foundry coke for prompt shipment has eased off, standard makes of Connellsville coke being quoted at five seventy five, apd lower for early shipment. The scrap market is easier. There is a fair demand from foundries for cast and malleable scrap, and a good demand for rerolling rails. Other grades are inactive. BOSTON Boston, Oct. 7.—The largest inquiry for pig iron is that for 1000 tons of malleable from a Rhode Island foundry. There is a spurt of buy- ing of small tonnages for spot shipment, many consumers turning to Slee with whom they have not been accustomed to deal in their anxiety to get. needed tonnage. Usually they pay from 50c. to $1 a ton higher than the regular price because of theaccommodation. Coke has been sold as low as $5.75, Connellsville, because of an excess. Conditions appear better in the scrap trade with the coming into the market of more Pennsylvania steel plants. The demand for cast scrap is greater and is expected to increase as foundry iron becomes more difficult to obtain.. The biggest recent award of structural steel was that for 1800 tens to be made inro a bridge for the Boston & Maine railroad at Haverhill, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Co. October 9, 19:9 BIRMINGHAM Birmingham, October 6.—The Iron market is firm at $28 { rest of the year and consumers are willing to pay $29 for 1920 « ments, but makers are holding off from 1920 business. Furnace i; are playing a conservative game both in expectancy of higher for 1920 and because many Southern’ consumers, owing to scar labor, will have some 1919 metal left over. Two interests are « off the market. Much spot business, both domestic and foreign, be done if spot metal were obtainable. Inquiry is quite brisk large interest did a large week’s business, One sale of 4000 ¢ rest of year for a company with plants in Middle West and South made. No iron stock is effected by the strike and 26 are operat maximum capacity except for occasional shortage of coke. Car shortage is acute first here, then there, occasioning lost t mines and coking plants. Pipe, radiator and stove plants are sv with orders. A vestige of the steel strike is observable. It seems absolutely p. out. Not a single independent plant or machine shop and foundr been affected by it at any time. The scrap market is dull. ; CINCINNATI Cincinnati, October 7.—Some spot Southern iron is in demand and been sold above the established last quarter price of $28 Birming basis based on 1.75 to 2.25 Silicom, Prompt shipment Northern is very scarce and for the remainder of the year $29.25 iron ton is nm the ruling quotation. Northern producers are still holding back on ; year's business, as they can see nothing but higher costs after Decen 31. Some of the Southern producers who were freely offering found iron at $29 Birmingham for first quarter delivery, report a comparat small tonnage sold at this figure, and they are inclined to move n slowly in taking on much business at this figure. A little Virginia foundr has been sold for last quarter at $30 furnace. The demand for malleablen from consumers in territory affected by the strike is brisk, and $31.2 is the figure inserted in recent contracts. No recent inquiries for ba are reported but furnaces in Southern Ohio State they would quote $23.75 ironton on this year's business. PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, October 7.—A large demand for plates features ¢| steel situation. The only plate mills which are operating are in th East and considerable business has come to them because of the ste« strike. Two mills are sold up for this year and the others could se! their output in full for this year if they desired to do so. Eastern mills have been offered 2.65c., mills, for plates to be shipped west of Pittsburgh equivalent to 2.80c., Pittsburgh. The Emergency Fleet Corporation has bought 1000 tons to plates from Carnegie Steel Co. at 2.65¢. Pitts- burgh. The Navy Department is asking for bids by October 16 on 22,000 tons of hull plates and 8000 tons of shapes for battleships 51 and 52. A Delaware River shipbuilder is asking for quotations on 8000 tons of plates and shapes for two new boats. Steel bars are in strong demand and an Eastern mill is able to get 2.59c., Pittsburgh, for early delivery. At Coatesville the steel strike is entirely broken. Bethlehem mills are running nearly full. The Camvria plant at Johnstown has had wod from 65000 of its 14,000 men that they are ready to go to work. The American Car & Foundry Co. plant at Berwick, Pa., is closed by strike, 6000 men being out. The Delaware plate manufacturers have bought about 5000 tons of basic pig iron at a price approximating $28, delivered, and there is said to be very little basic iron available now for delivery this year. A sale of several thousand tons of low phosphorous iron, analyizing 0.035 per cent, was made to an Ohio consumer at $36, Eastern furnace. Foundry iron is quiet and prices are firm, $30 to $31, furnace, being quoted for Eastern Pennsylvania No. 2 X. The demand is chiefly for high silicon iron, for which high prices are being paid. Very little is being done for next year. Blast furnace coke is quoted at $3.85 to $4., Connellsville. Ferromanganese is temporarily scarce, but four domestic furnaces will soon be put in blast. Both lereigt and domestic alloy is now quoted at $110 delivered. The Griffin Wheel Co., Chicago, has purchased 1500 tons of 18 to 20 per cent spiegeleisen, part of which came from the Govern- ment. The price paid on the furnace tonnage was $34, furnace. At least 30,000 tons of heavy melting steel scrap has been sold to Eastern mills within the past week. The Eastern Steel Co. bought 15,000 tons. The Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co., 5000 tons; The American Bridge Co., 5000 tons, and the Worth Steel Co., 5000 tons. The prices paid range from $18.50 to $20, delivered, but. the minimum price cannot now be obtained. Tye market is quotable at $19 to $20 delivered. The past week has been the most active in the local scrap trade since the armistice was signed. NEW YORK New York, Oct. 7.—One firm sold 15,000 tons of foundry iron last week, 300 tons of which were for export. The same firm is working upon inquiries amounting to 5,000 tons, half for this year's delivery, and half for next. Of this inquiry, 1000 tons are for export. A few Eastern Pennsylvania furnaces are selling 2.25 to 2.75 silicon iron as high as $32, though the market price is more nearly $31, and a Buffalo furnace is asking the same price, ranging up to $35 for high silicon grades. The chief call is for small lots for prompt shipment. The demand for old material, particularly heavy melting steel, is better, four eastern Pennsylvania steel plants again consuming freely now that the strike has proved to be so moderate. The Federal Ship- building Corporation is asking for 300 tons of No. 1 cast, an item which has been in fair demand. Cast iron pipe has is being held firmly at the advance in price $2 a ton, recently quoted by The Iron Age. . In finished steel, business is being done by mills which are operating. No cancellations have been received by any of the mills not in operation. It is believed that the return to the pre-strike rate of production will be slow and that prices will be strong and probably held in check by sellers. The present strength of the plate market is shown by the sale for Novem- ber-December delivery of 1000 tons of ship plates for Japan at 2.65c., Pittsburgh basis. Heavy specifications were made at the end of Sep- tember against contracts and buyers are seeking contracts for first quartee of 1920. Some British producers of ferromanganese are quoting $100 seaboard, for standard product, for delivery this year only. Spiegeleisen is inactive and largely nominal at $35, furnace, which might be shaded on a desirable offer. ST. LOUIS St. Louis, Oct. 6.—Foundry buying continues along much the same lines as for the past few weeks, with no large consumers in the market for basic or malleable. Grey iron foundries are reported active. Tonnages range from 500 down, with prices firm, but with Southern iron still kept out of the market by the differential previously noted. No changes 1" quotations have been made. Very little is reported buying in coke. Mills are not pressing for business because of the strike although consumers would buy freely if material was available. Needs are reported increasing, but shipments of completed material on order has prevented any serious difficulty up to the present time. The warehouses are having a good business. The scrap market is dull through sympathy with the uncertainties developed by a steel strike. No labor difficulties have developed in the St. Louis district. October 9, 1919 Pittsburgh Pig Iron Basic pig iron, $25.75; Bessemer, $27.95; gray forge, $25.75; No. 2 foundry, $26.75; No. 3 foundry, $26.25, and leable, $27.25; all per gross ton at Valley furnaces, and freight rate for delivery in the Cleveland and districts being $1.40 per ton. Ferroalloys We quote 78 to 82 per cent domestic ferromanganese $110 elivered, and English at $105, with a reduction of $1.50 to $1.75 per unit for lower percentages. We quote resale 50 per ent ferrosilicon at $83. to $85. and 18 to 22 per cent spiegel- sen at $33 to $35, delivered. Prices on Bessemer ferrosili- mn are: 9 per cent, $47.75; 10 per cent, $49.75; 11 per cent, } 05; 12 per cent, $56.35 We quote 6 per cent silvery iron, per cent, $35.25; 8 per cent, $40.25; 9 per cent, $42.25, and 10 per cent, $44.75. About $3 per gross ton ad- ince is charged for each 1 per cent silicon for 11 per cent id over. All the above prices are f.o.b. maker's furnace, fackson or New Straitsville, Ohio, which have a uniform ght rate of $2.90 per gross ton for delivery in the Pitts- gh district. Pittsburgh bio, 4 Billets and Sheet Bars We quote 4x4 in. soft Bessemer and open-hearth billets $38.50, 2x 2 in. billets at $42; sheet bars, $42: slabs, $41, | forging billets, $51 base, all f.o.b. at mill Pittsburgh or sungstown. Iron and Steel Bars We quote steel bars 1 old steel rails, 2.45e. ote it very rolled from billets at 2.35¢. and e€ Pittsburgh mills rolling iron bars 2.75¢., Pittsburgh, plus full freight rate to point of Spikes We quote standard spikes, 9/16x 4% in., at base r 100 lb. in carload lots of 200 kegs of 200 lb. each, and nall spikes, % in., 7/16 in. and smaller, at $3.85 to $4 per \) Ib. in carload lots of 200 kegs of 200 lb. each, plus usual $3.35 is. Boat and barge spikes, $3.85 to $4 per 100 Ib. in car- lots of 200 kegs of 200 lb: each, all f.o.b. Pittsburgh For less than carloads, lc. per Ib. higher is asked Cold Rolled Strip Steel We quote cold-rolled steel at $5.65 base per 100 lb., f.o.b. ‘ittsburgh, for 1%-in, and wider, 0.100 in. and thicker hard empered in coils 0.20 carbon and under. Boxing charge, 25c 100 1b Old Material Heavy steel, melting, Steubenville, Follansbee, Brackenridge, Mones- sen, Midland and Pittsburgh, de- FIVOUOG ..cus'n oi. 0s MANA ARAN Ore ot $19.00 to $19.50 No. 1 cast for steel plants.......... 23.50 to 24.00 Rerolling rails, Newark and Cam- bridge. Ohio; Cumberland, Md.; Franklin, Pa., and Pittsburgh..... 25.00 to 25.50 CORIRFORNGS SEE * iicu sc aMa ne dee dmenns 18.00 to 19.00 Bundled sheet, sides and ends, f.o.b. consumers’ mills, Pittsburgh dis- CIS... wkd Rae eke be Wace ow DW cui 15.50 to 16.00 bundled steel stamping............. 13.00 to 13.50 INO, 1. NN . ere ve ows eas ee kee 18.00 to 18.50 Railroad grate bars..:..........ee. 18.00 to 18.50 Low phosphorus melting stock (bloom and billet ends, heavy plates) %4 in. ONG BOR vacnrvats ones vecacneas to 25.50 So ae ee ee ee to 32.00 Locomotive axles, steel............. to 32.00 Steel CRF We ovieri's verses +b vee es to 29.00 Railroad malleable ¢.......ccccecses to 20.50 Cast I Wes 6 05066440408 6s eae to 24.00 Rolled steel WHOGIM.5...s 6 cscrcceoss to 23.00 | Machine-shop turnings ............ to 12.50 Sheet bar, crop ends (at origin).... 23.00to 24.00 Heavy breakable cast.............. 21.50to 21.75 CASt FOR: I cicadewawucccuowace 15.75 to 16.00 No. 1 railroad wrought.............. 22.00to 23.00 . | Chicago n e Pig Iron i The following quotations are for iron delivered at consumers’ yards E except those for Northern foundry, malleable and steel-making irons, a ncluding low phosphorous, which are f.o.b. furnace and do not include a . witching charge averaging 50c. per ton. : Lake Superior charcoal, average silicon, 1.50 second a half delivery, f.o.b. furnace, average freight to “ Chicago, $2.50 (other grades subject to usual differ- e entials) . $30.25 Lake Superior charcoal, average silicon, 1.50 first quar- i, ter delivery, f.o.b. furnace, average, freight to re Chicago, $2.50 (other grades subject to usual differ- le _ entials). ; 31.25 Northern coke foundry, No. 1 silicon, 2.25 to 2.75 29.00 Northern coke foundry, No. 2 silicon, 1.75 to 2.25 26.75 Northern high-phosphorous foundry 26.75 Southern coke, No. 1 foundry and No. 1 soft, ne silicon, 2.75 to 3.25. $34.75 to $35.75 et Southern coke, No. 2 foundry, silicon, 2.25 to es 2.75 ang 33.60 to 34.00 ag Southern foundry, silicon, 1.75 to 2.25 32.50 to 32.75 pt Malleable, not over 2.25 silicon. 27.25 in Standard Bessemer. 27.95 Basic... 25.75 Low phosphorous (copper free). . 40.00 igh Silvery, 7 per cent 42.05 ted Plates ted The mill quotation is 2.50c. to 2.65¢. Pittsburgh, the freight to ing ago being 27c. per 100 lb. Jobbers quote 3.67c. for plates out of Structural Material The mill Gertation is 2.45¢. Pittsburgh, which takes a freight rate “lc. per 100 Ib. for Chicago delivery. Jobbers quote $3.47 for materials of warehouse. the Ferroalloys We quote 80 per cent ferromanganese at $110 delivered; 50 per cen- rosilicon at $80, delivered; spiegeleisen, 18 to 22 per cent, $35 fur ace, Tue [RON AGE Irom and Steel Bars Mill prices are: Mild steel bars, 2.35c., Pittsburgh, taking a freigh* rate of 27c. per 100 lb.; common bar iron, 2.628c., > Pail carbon 2.55¢. mill. Jobbers quote 3.37c. for steel bars out of Cast Iron Pipe We quote per net ton f.o.b. Chicago, ex-war tax, as follows: Water pipe, 4-in., $62.80; 6-in. to 8 in., inclusive, $59.80; class A and gae pipe, 2 extra. Bolts and Nuts Jobbers quote: Structural rivets, 4.72¢,; boiler rivets, 4.88¢.; machin® bolts up to % x 4 in., 50 and 5 per cent off; larger sizes, 40 and 5 ; carriage bolts up to %4 x 6 in., 45 and 5 off; larger sizes 30 hot pressed nuts, square tapped and hexagon tapped, $1.85 off; coach or lag screws, gimlet points, square heads, 50 and 5 per cent off. Quan extras for nuts are canceled. Sheets Mill quotations are 4.35c. for No. 28 black, 3.55e. for No. 10 blue annealed, and 5.70c. for No. 28 galvanized. Jobbers quote Chicago delivery out of stock: No. 10 blue annealed, 4.57¢.; No. 28 black, 5.62¢c., and No. 28 galvanized, 6.97c. Rails and Track Supplies Standard railroad spikes, 3.35¢., Pittsburgh. Track bolts with square nuts, 4.35c., Pittsburgh. Steel tie plates and iron angle bars, 2.75¢., Pittsburgh and Chicago; tie plates, iron, 2.90c., f.o.b. makers’ mills. Light rails, 2.45c., f.o.b. makers’ mills, with usual extras: Old Material We quote delivery in buyers’ yards, Chicago and vicinity, all freight and transfer charges paid, as follows: Per Gross Ton Iron rails... $23.50 to $24.50 Relaying rails 35.00 to 45.00 Carwheels 24.00 to 25.00 Steel rails, rerolling 25.00 te 26.00 Steel rails less than 3 ft. 21.50 to 22.00 Heavy melting steel 18.00 to 19.00 Frogs, switches and guards, cut apart 18.00 to 19.00 Shoveling steel 18.00 to 18.50 Per Net Ton Iron angles and splice bars. Steel angle bars 18.50 to 19.00 Iron arch bars and transoms 23.00 to 24.00 [Iron car axles 28.00 to 29.00 Steel car axles 25.00 ta 25.50 No. 1 busheling 15.50 to 16.00 No. 2 busheling 11.00 to 11.50 Cut forge 17.50 to 18,00 Pipes and flues 14.75 to 15,26 No. 1 railroad wrought 18.00 to 19,00 No. 2 railroad wrought 17.00 to 17,50 Steel knuckles and couplers 19.00 to 19.50 Coil springs 20.50 to 21.00 No. 1 cast 23.50 to 24.50 Boiler punchings 21.50 to 22.00 Locomotive tires, smooth 19.50 to 20.00 Machine shop turnings. 8.00 to 8.50 Cast borings 10.50 to 11.50 Stove plate and light cast 20.00 to .00 Grate bars 18.50 to 19.00 I a ois) hv cere esreentiin nee aee gaa 17.50.to.. in Railroad malleable... 17.75 to Agricultural malleable 18.00 to 19.00 Country mixed 14.00 to ,15.00 Philadelphia Pig Iron The following quotations are for iron delivered in con- sumers’ yards in Philadelphia or vicinity, except those for low phosphorus iron, which are f.o.b. furnace: Penna. No. 2 X, 2.25 to 2.75 sil.....$32.10 Eastern Eastern Penna, No. 2, plain, 1.75 to 2.25 sil. 30.10 Virginia No. 3 X; ‘3.36 te 3.36 Gis aot nssdee< . 4.10 Virginia No. 2 plain, 1.75 to 2.25 sil........ . 33.10 BOGUS on vcvictccccencsnaseen 608000 00p me 23.00 Gray forge 27.76 to Standard low phosphorus (f.o.b. furnace)... BERMIORROO. cc ccciccecdeasecegent tavensene tena 10 Copper bearing low phosphorus (f.o.b. fur- MRCS scccccccececshedseossaeseesesbeenatcssnes 35.00 Old Material No. 1 heavy melting steel $19.00 to 0 Steel rails, rerolling................ 25.00to 26.00 No. 1 low phosphorus, heavy, 0.04 and under ceuvecteekin whe kedestenenn 24.00 to CPO: in cdvcccévcedtavecsectsanee 24.50 to No. 1 railroad wrought ; .. 27.00ta 27 No. 1 yard wrought.............-«-.. SRSGGh Bae No. 1 forge fire ; 15.50 to 16, Bundled skeleton 15.50 to 16, Gk 5. PE |. co n'vtnt envied wa eae 16.00to 17. en. 2 SE: én cotee nd datonane 13.00to 1400 Turnings (short shoveling grade for inet COSMAOR UES) «o« caccsarctann 13.50to 14.00 Mixed borings and turnings (for blast COPRRO MEO)” cock eccdscnteneecune 3.50 to 14.08 Machine-shop turnings (for rolling mill and steel works use)........ 16.00te 16.5¢ Heavy axle turnings (or equivalent) 16.50to 17.6@ Cast borings (clean) ———_ Dee. BS GE op acdsee nsecdoenlenne 25.00 to oS Ralivaead ovate BOSD oo <csccsctsawcs 21.00to 22.0 TRUO WO a iieiccpavetieesriosuimets 20.50 to 21.50 Railroad malleable 00 6 ob Wee S60 0:2 5 Wrought iron and soft steel pipes and tubes (new specifications) 18.50 to 19.00 Dneraded. BIG.4s os >< ceneudetreden 15.00to 16.40 Buffalo Pig Iron No. 1 foundry, 2.75 to 3.26 silieom.................2. 08) $30.50 No. 2 X, 2.25 to 2.75 silicon... . : eer ares * 29.650 No. 2 plain foundry, 1.75 to 2.25 silicon. ...........44 28.50 Gray forge.... wins taba ae, F Malleable, silicon not over 2.26. ... 2.2.2. 62. eee ewe eden Basic...... see woes et hke ole 5 aad Okan an nee ~ 22.00 Basic, 1 to 114 per cent manganese................... -. 27.26 Basic, 144 to 24 per cent manganese................... Bessemer ’ Lake Superior ee eT eee fe No. 1 forge fire.... re ee Old Material Heavy melting steel, regular grades. Low phosphorus, 0.04 and No. 1 railroad wrought........... No. 1 machinery casts : 0 Se rr i TD t2a sirin eG dlatwiethie skis «3% a | Ne ee ee ee Railroad malleable Machine-shop turnings ............ Heavy axle turningS .....ccssscrces Clean cast borings. .......... Sey QU - ik withn'e oi 6 Oe Oe nD Locomotive grate bars.. OE: SOD kas 'cie bath es & OS oe wb wien SR 5 cick, nldiaier wale blew wa vis No. 1 busheling :....... Safa Bundled sheet stamping... York Iron New Pig No, 1 foundry, silicon 2.75 to.3.25.. No. 2 X, silicon 2.25 to 3.75......+.. No. 2 plain, silicon 1.75 to : No. 2 X, Virginia, silicon 2 wunder.... Finished Iron and Steel as follows for mill 9774 a. 4 iC We quote tined grade, pars; 2.62c.; shapes, 2.72c.; plates, 2.7/c Old Material Heavy melting steel Rerolling rails ae Relaying rails, nominal Steel car axles Iron car axles Co No. 1 railroad wrought Wrought iron track... go, mk ee ee No. 1 yard wrought, long Laight’ 1POR «sas sos ge Cast borings (clean) Machine-shop- turnings Mixed borings and turnings... ‘ Iron and steel pipe (1 in. min. diam., not under 2 ft. long) oy ee ree a ae Locomotive grate bars.. Malleable cast (railroad) CH CAP WROOIE iio. cecss aude os ; Prices which dealers in New York quoting to local foundries, per gross ton NO: 1 MROCRIMOTY CASE... ccc esse» No. 1 heavy casts (columns, building materials, ete.), cupola size..... No. 1 heavy casts not cupola scize No: 2 cast (radiators, cast etc. ) size Cincinnati Pig Iron boilers, shipments double refined bar iron, 3.77¢ Tue Iron AGE .$19.00 to $20.00 23.50 to 24.00 23.00 to 23.50 24.50 to 25.50 28.00 to 29.00 28.00 to 29.00 22.50 to 23.50 19.00 to 20.00 2.00 to 12.50 16.00 to 17.00 13.50to 14.00 24.00 to 25.00 20.00 to 20.50 22.00 to 22.50 17.50 to 18.00 16.50 to 17.50 14.50 to 15.00 $32.80 ala aes 31.80 ss 30 SO 75 3.40 Bar iron, re ; soft steel all New York $14.50 to $15.00 20.50 to 41.00 to 25.00 to 32.00 to t to 18.00 to 10.50 to 18.50 to 6.00 to Ll Ll 1 1G J v0 to 00 to 0.00 to 00 to 50 to 18.50 to 16.00 to 21.50 to and 23.50 to 16.50 to 17.50 to 21.00 42.00 26.00 33.00 24.00 19.00 11.00 19.00 7.00 12.00 11.50 10.50 15.50 18.00 19.00 16.50 22.00 Brooklyn ar . $24.50 to $25.00 24.00 17.00 18.00 Based on freight rates of $3.60 from Birmingham and $1.80 from Ironton, we quote f.o.b. Cincinnati: Southern coke, silicon 1.75 to 2.25 (base price Southern coke, silicon 2.25 to 2.75 (No. 2 soft Ohio silvery, 8 per cent silicon Southern Ohio coke. silicon 1.75 to 2.25 (No. 2) Basic Northern Standard Southern carwheel Malleable Y Old Material Per Gross Ton Bundled sheet Old iron rails. . Relaying rails, 50 lb. and up Rerolling steel rails Heavy melting steel Steel rails for melting Old carwheels No. 1 railroad wrought Per Net Ton Cast borings Steel turnings Railroad cast No. 1 machinery Burnt scrap Iron axles Locomotive tires Pipes and flues Malleable cast Railroad tank and sheet Cleveland Iron Ore smooth inside Old range Bessemer, $6.45; old range non-Bessemer, $5.70; Bessemer, $6.20; Mesaba non-Bessemer, $5.55. Pig Iron Bessemer Basic Northern No. 2 foundry, silicon, 1.75 Southern foundry, silicon. 2.25 to 2.7 Gray forge. Ohio silvery, silicon, 8 per cent a Standard low phos., Valley furnace.... to 2.25 5 Finished Iron and Steel Steel bars, 3.27c.; plates, 3.57c.; and hoops, 3.97c.; ghieets, 5.27c.; No. 28 galvanized sheets, 6.62c, $12.00 to 22.50 to 40.00 to 20.50 to 15.00 to 16.00 to 18.00 to 17.50 to $7.50 to 7.00 to 20.00 to 22.00 to 13.00 to 24.00 to 18.00 to 13.50 to 15.50 to 12.00 to $38.00 to No. 10 blue annealed sheets, 4.47c.; structural shapes, 3.37c.; $31.60 32.60 42.05 31.55 31.05 51.60 30.05 $12.50 23.00 41.00 21.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 on i Mesaba NAR IA OS SOO 3 l 6 l 1 4 0 & & do Cron nr 0. bands No. 28 black Old Material Heavy melting steel Steel rai's, under 3 ft Steel rails, rerolling. Iron rails. . Iron car axles Steel car axles Low phosphorous melting scrap Cast borings Iron and steel turnings and drillings Short turnings (for blast furnaces) Compressed steel ™ No. 1 railroad wrought Agricultural malleable Railroad malleable. . Steel axle turnings Light bundled sheet scrap No. 1 cast ; No. 1 busheling. Drop forge flashings, 10 in. and under Drop forge flashings, over 10 in. Railroad grate bars Stove plate. St. Louis Old Material Per Gross Ton Con. SU: bok ned wee se eck ceee $ Old steel rails, rerolling............ Old steel rails, less than 3 ft..... Relaying rails, standard sections, sub- ject to inspection eee SNE <6 ata d shane esataeek. ee No. 1 railroad heavy melting steel... Heavy shoveling steel....... Ordinary shoveling steel............ Frogs, switches and guards, cut apart Ordinary bundled sheets..... Heavy axle and tire turnings...... Per Net Ton SOON. Mn Ss ves bcce.» bebe Rae $ en es Css hea Rene ee eae eae Ss ST, bs hip ie wie ee nee ee Wrought arch bars and transoms... INO. 1 PELITORG WHOUEME. «5c e ccc anes INNO. 2 PRUPOAd WOU... ccccccccus OE a a ar Steel couplers and knuckles......... Locomotive tires, 42 in. and over, smooth inside pares a Pee. 2 ree |, Gch a us¥.ko 3.5e oe CORE SO UNE bs vo bassaeemacwes ek: EE ae ah ert a Aol es cee No. 1 boiler, cut to sheets and rings. . ING, 2 PRROGG GOO. «cs 60 5 6.6 vfs ety Stove plate and light cast.......... RRALITORG MIMUOMDIS:. 2 wiceesccccvves Agricultural malleable Pipes and flues Heavy railroad sheet Railroad grate bars..........csee0: Machine-shop turnings Country mixed Uncut railroad Horseshoes Birmingham Pig Iron Foundry, silicon Basic October 9, 19 $18.25 to $18.5 21.00 25.50 26.00 35.00 33.00 20.75 13.50 8.50 13.00 16.00 21.50 16.50 20.00 15.75 14.50 23.00 17.50 16.25 13.75 18.50 18.50 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 22.50 to $ 26.50 to 21.50 to 35.00 to 24.00 to 18.50 to 16.50 to 15.50 to l 1 1 8.50 to 2.00 to 3.75 to 19.00 to $ 16.50 to 30.50 to 238.50 to 22.50 to 18.00 to 17.00 to 17.00 to 17.00 to 17.25 to 16.00 to 11.00 to 16.50 to 12.50 to 24.50 to 21.50 to 16.50 to 16.10 to 14.50 to 13.50 to ON CURIE ee Se Gr ee he ed ee en a CS eC ee ee Ce WON DORE .hiscbcneetes i vont Machine-shop Stove plate No. 1 cast Carwheels Tramear Steel No. 1 wheels Ein) Katehcu > late earn e ek aeee wrought Pig Iron Eastern Pa., No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75) Eastern Pa., No. 2 plain (silicon 1.75 to 2.25) Buffalo No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75) ; Buffalo No. 2 plain (silicon 1.75 to 2.25) Virginia No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75) Virginia No. 2 plain Old Material No. 1 heavy melting steel 21.5 26.5 27.0( 36.0 34.0 21.25 13.7 8.7 13.5 16.50 22.01 17.00 20.5 16.06 15.00 23.5 18.00 16.50 14.00 19.00 19.00 3.00 7.00 2.00 45.00 24.50 19.00 9.00 d.00 0 = So nore Neola essooceson acoa- te po DD et e oo oS I Fro < a o .00 14.00 18.50 to 19.00 8.50 to 9.50 14.00 to 14.50 15.50 to 16.00 20.00 to 20.56 $28.0 27.00 18.00 to $19.00 17.00 to 18.00 10.00 to 10.50 10.00 to 10.50 20.00 to 21.00 23.00 to 24.00 23.00 to 24.00 22.50 to 23.00 25.00 to 26.00 18.00 to 19.00 $32.90 31.90 32.90 31.90 35.70 34.70 $14.75 to $15.25 No. 1 railroad wrought 21.00 to 22.00 No. 1 Yard Wrought 18.00 to 19.50 Wrought pipe (1 in. in diameter, over 2 ft. long) 15.50 to 16.00 Machine-shop turnings 10.50 to 11.00 Cast iron borings. . 13.00 to 13.50 Heavy axle turnings 11.50 to 12.00 Blast furnace borings and turnings 9.00 to 9.50 Forge scrap......... 10.50 to 11.00 Bundled skeleton........ 10.50 to 11.00 Steel car axles..... 22.00 to 23.00 Carwhee!s ; 24.50 to 25.00 Machinery cast. . 24.50 to 25.50 No. 2 cast...... 22.00 to 23.00 NS ans vcinhin dt RAMUS 19.50 to 20.00 Railroad malleable. 17.00 to 17.50 ey tee ee re 17.00 to 18.00 THE WEEK’S PRICES Cents Per Pound For Early Delivery T e& Iron AcE Copper, New York Tin, Lead Spelter Oct —— — New _ : : Elec- York New St. New St. Lake trolytic York York Louis York Louis 1 22.00 21.50 54.50 6.20 5.95 7.35 7.00 2 21.75 21.37% 54.87% 6.20 5.95 7.40 7.05 3 21.75 21.37% 54.87% 6.20 5.95 7.40 7.05 { 21.50 21.25 6.20 §.95 7.55 7.20 tb 21.50 21.25 55.25 6.20 5.95 7.65 7.30 7 21.50 21.25 55.25 6.20 5.95 7.72% 7.37% — Lb. to Large Buyers: Cents Cents Cents Cents Lake copper, New York 2 21.50 22.00 23 00 26 00 ectrolytie copper. N. Y. 21.25 21.50 22.50 26.00 pelter St. Louis 7.37% 7.00 7.35 8.85 Spelter, New York 7.72% 7.35 7.70 9 20 Lead, St. Louis 5.95 5.95 5.75 7.75 Lead, New York 6.20 6.20 5.90 8.05 Tin, New York 55.25 55.00 56.50 82.00 Antimony (Asiatic), N. Y. se 8.50 8.50 9.25 14 00 Tin plate, 100-Ib. box, P’gh.. .. $7.00 $7.00 $7.00 7.75 LARGE LOSS IN PIG IRON September pig iron production amounted to 2,441,554 gross tons 81.385 tons a day, as compared with 2,743,388 tons, or 88,496 tons a l n August and 3,418,270 tons or 113,942 tons daily in September, Largely on account of the strike, 110 furnaces were blown out or <ed during the month’ and only seven were put in blast. The esti- d capacity in blast October 1 was 50,100 gross tons with 162 active ks, as compared with 93,360 tons average daily capacity September , m 265 furnaces. Steel plant consumption of pig iron the past month inted to 1,778,829 tons or a rate of 59,294 tons a day as compared 68,018 tons daily in August and 61,503 tons daily in July. Mer- t pig iron output was at the rate of 22,091 tons a day as compared 20,478 tons daily in August. was produced in September. A total of 20,631 gross tons Pig Iron Production by Districts—-Gross Tons of ferro- June 30 days) 120,989 8,034 67,706 49,866 461,268 105,608 95,280 31,694 53,002 254,507 185,158 58,912 358,119 81,729 139,159 7,452 Sept. Aug. July (30 days) (31 days) (31 days ew York 149,300 193,983 174,989 Jersey 4,893 5,575 8,853 Lehigh Valley 78,003 89,718 77,273 ivikill Valley.. 49,187 39.309 49,003 i.ower Susquehanna nd Lebanon Val- vs 30,813 38,073 38.288 Pittsburgh district 578,552 651,546 547,883 Shenango Valley 137,011 156,202 119,260 Western Pennsylvania. 130,121 132,815 95,193 Maryland, Virginia and E Kentucky 54,662 39,844 34,520 Vheeling district 96,778 119,260 81,456 Mahoning Valley 233,241 324,004 313,762 | and Northern . oO 208,769 206,414 192,874 Southern Ohio 64,906 66,620 53,936 ( ago district 330,343 410,591 391,986 Mich., Minn., Mo., Wis., Colo., and Wash 82,372 81,465 90,433 ibama 200,602 178,752 151,192 essee 12,051 9,217 7,640 Total 2,441,554 2,743,388 2,428,541 2,114,738 MACHINERY MARKETS AND NEWS OF THE WORKS NEW YORK New York, Oct. 7. Developments in the machine-tool market are related mostly to automotive industries, and in this connection it is interesting to note ; of much larger production of automobiles, automotive parts and ictors in the East. The New Departure Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., a part the General Motors Corporation, is in the market for several hundred s. Its total purchases will aggregate about $1,000,000, according formation the machine-tool trade has received. The Dusenberg if the Willys Corporation, Elizabeth, N. J., which is now engaged manufacturing a new six-cylinder car, will be more than tripled in slze 1 large list of equipment will be issued within five or six weeks. her new development in the automotive industry is the purchase of e-tool equipment by the Northway Motor Corporation, Natick, ;., for the manufacture of passenger automobiles, a new field for this pany. Work has been started, it is reported, on the new tractor t of Henry Ford & Son on Green Island, in the Hudson River, near iny, N. Y. Equipment probably will be bought at Detroit. The Rolls-Royce Co., of England, which will locate a branch in this ry, is now sseking a suitable manufacturing building and has already hased a quantity of second-hand machine tools for initial operations ffice has been opened at 27 William Street, New York, in charge of rice M. Olley. The Spicer Mfg. Corporation, Plainfield, N. J., en- i in the manufacture of universal joints and shafts for automobiles, purchased the plants of the Parish Mfg. Co., at Reading, Pa., and t, and the plants of the Sheldon Axle & Spring Co., at Chicago and s-Barre, Pa. New equipment is being bought. > in the export trade there is considerable inquiry, but not f business is being placed. a great An interesting inquiry is issued by ikawa & Co., a Japanese house at 120 Broadway, covering about miscellaneous tools for an automobile manufacturing plant in Japan, her export inquiry is from the Cerro de Pasco Mibing Co., New York. ng about 50 tools for its South American mining properties. This pany has bought four electrie cranes. The C. H. Coulier Co., 25 ad Street, has obtained quotations on about 125 machine tools for October 9 1919 locomotive and car repair shops in South America, but the orders may not be placed for some time. Nine cranes are also wanted. It is reported that some of the foreign commissions now in this country are ready to place large orders for tools as soon as adequate financial arrangements can be made. Two prominently mentioned in this connection are the Bulgarian and Polish commissions. The Mallory Interests, Inc., Port Chester, N. Y., a recent consolidation of washing machine plants, is buying new equipment. The Hugh Nawn Construction Co., New York, is in the market for five locomotive cranes of 15 or 20-ton capacity. The Willys Corporation, New York, recently incorporated by John N. Willys, head of the Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, Oh‘o, and associates, with capital stock of $25,000,000, has ar- ranged for an issue of first preferred stock aggregating $15,- 000,000. The new company will serve to consolidate the Electric Auto-Lite Corporation, Toledo; the New Process Gear Corporation, Syracuse, N. Y.; and the Duesenburg Mo- tors Corporation, Elizabeth, N. J A new, light, six-cylinder automobile will be manufactured by the corporation on a large scale. J. R. Harbeck, vice-president American Can Co., New York, will be vice-president and general manager of the Willys Corporation, which proposes to establish its head- quarters at New York Others interested in the new or- ganization include F. S. Wheeler and Charles Stolberg, presi- dent and director, respectively, of the American Can Co.; J V. Hall, general manager, the Duesenberg Motors Corpera- n, and Edward F. Swift The Stutz Motor Car Co. of America, 37 Wall Street, New \ork, manufacturer of automobiles, with works on Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., has arranged for a sale of addi- tonal capital stock aggregating $1,750,000. A portion of the proceeds will be used for plant expansion, it being pro- rosed to double the present output The Stanwood Rubber Co., Newark, N. J., is having plans prepared for a power plant of about 1500hp., estimated to cost $140,000 The present power plant will be used for auxiliary operations Plans are also under way for the erection of a number of extensions to the plant on the ad-’ joining site, as well as a one-story top addition to a one- story extension to the main building Cc. E. Barker is presi- dent; Edward Hutchins, president of the Chippewa Rubber Co., Chippewa Falls, Wis., is vice-president, and R. B. Gil- lette is treasurer Mr. Hutchins is in charge of the ma- chinery installation and othe rmechanical work; C. O. Corey will act as assistant in engineering operations. The Essex Machine & Repairing Co., 46 Marshall Street, Newark, N. J., has filed netice of organization’ to manufac- ture machine parts, ete. The State Garage Co., 790 Broad Street, Newark, N. J., is bu‘lding a new service works and repair building at 368 Broad Street, to cost about $150,000. Edward V. Warren, 31 Clinton Street, is the architect. Leonard M. Randolph, Newark, N. J., has filed plang for a one-story machine shop, 27 x 100 ft., at 231-37 Murray St. The Newark Auto Radiator Works, 49 William Street, Newark, N. J., has filed notice of organization. H Cooper- smith, 98 Barclay Street, heads the company. The Franklin Motor Car Co., 35 Halsey Street, Newark, N. J., has leased