The Iron Age 1919-10-30: Vol 104 Iss 18

THE IRON AGE “) EMERGENCY MARKET BULLETIN «I published by the IRON AGE PUBLISHING CO., 239 West 39th Street, N. Y. tes, hag New York, October 30, 1919 crt ge MARKET ACTIVE AND HIGHER | ’ Large Sales of Foundry Pig Iron at $2 Advance f a one —Greater Demand for Steel and Sharp Rise in Coke ot ahaa f the soft coal miners’ union for a strike of 500,000 * whatever may yet be done to avert actual stoppage, secured ented the market conditions produced by the steel! 30 dayy has been bought on a large scale at advances reach ts, Van ng $ t nd in some cases more; a scramble for coke has sent ’ . Past a to $1.50; and in several finished steel products, follow templated gt dvane ing tendency, has come an active demand that yer ships, ; the scarcity more general. 0 ft of I M West has been the center of action in pig iron. and they wil nalleable irons have been bought heavily both for sold or r t ce ry and for first and second quarters of 1920 One | seller at Cleveland disposed of 100,000 tons in 10 days. RBuffal of a one West P sylvania, Northern and Southern Ohio and Chicago > Costing mer naces have done most of the selling, but a fair amount adi Sout ron has been taken. t saws. That foundries have urgently needed iron is shown by ship oyed ina sual districts, as from Ohio to Buffalo and New Eng 1 Virginia to the Middle West and from Northern Ohio gon City, to Chicag Steel making irons have not been active, but a St ar future Louis hought 25,000 tons at Chicago for 1920 delivery and oy Dr. C f tons from an Ohio furnace. An Eastern Pennsylvania plate mill Iso heen a buyer of basic. Sir g iron consumption by foundries would be almost promptly affected by a coal strike as would the output of blast furnaces, the latest pig iron advance represents continued operatior t. 20. of f iries on a seale too large for the current output of pig, as Il. sho as been evident for some time. » B. Pittsburgh mills are working with practically the same forces : as in the previous week, but slight gains in working forces hav ron, Obie heen mar t Youngstown, Cleveland and Chicago In the Young ork early wn district eight out of 25 blast furnaces are working, with finished material in like proportion, 15,000 men being employed. The Illineis Que. sa tee] has 16 out of 29 furnaces in blast in the Chicago district td a ind the Carnegie Steel Co. 40 out of 59. . Mallory, A growing s arcity of cars in all districts is due to the order estricting the use of the gondola type to coal traffi Ore move Ont.; have nt has suffered in consequence as well as pig iron and scrap t Niagaw t ; : _In the finished steel trade, the fear that their operations might ation Lite ter k of material has brought more ynsumers into the we ee Ket in the past week. Those whose usual sources of stpply ing Road e tale re unable to place emergency orders elsewhere. Jobbers r g more difficulties than manufacturing consumers in getting » ha nts { the mills. emp Mig ‘ . ; | products Where st billets either for forging or re-rolling can be had n new rders, the price is $5 per ton above the so-called schedule, st, Brock P ‘burgh, having been done in the East for re-rolling billets facture of z t | We stern mills have any semi-finished steel to offer. in finished materials, plates and bars still lead in the current is in the \ny mills able to _make deliveries are holding to 2.50c, lathe, com "shurgh, for steel bars. Eastern makers have advanced bar iron J ton t ».7 5c, Pittsburgh, for common iron Plates are firn announces ¢ Pittsburgh, for this year and one Eastern company has f Leonard delivery in 1920. Japanese buying is still heavy, 00 addition being sold for months ahead — _ Structural business still lags. For the new Detroit hotel 10,000 reo. replat 's will probably be closed this week. For the General Motors My a a addition 3,000 tons is pending at Detroit. Other require peal ment, a 0) tons for a Ft. Worth hotel; 2,800 tons for Wester: equip ¢ ( ad itions. Chicago estimates that the 10,000 four-wheel cars on which Belgium is figuring would require 65,000 tons of rated ia als ‘ quire Go, eL ro0d ee ind bars and 5,000 tons of axles. eC Avenue? sheet operations of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Cc vults, me pe nt of capacity this week, while the tin plate mills iny are running at 65 per cent. yrated with lvices are that higher prices are asked both in Britis! G Abert ntal steel markets. The 50 per cent advance in Britis! | products, kit rates has put pig iron up 5s 3d or $1.10 per ton Ameri ' od ites at $7.8C, New York, have heen sold to Japan and ncorpora : TI in competition with the Welsh product which is V estmautts ca rks. Siam is in the market for 32.000 tons of rails nanufac ‘ | Que, bi by Romeo of Quebets have been offered in England at 20s below hom works in many cases are operated at only on rd capacity. High cost of imported iron ores is a ployees are constantly making new demands ADVANCING PRICES IN ENGLAND NGLAND, Oct. 28. (By Cable.)—Scarcity in foundry furnaces are working badly; there is a heavy export kers unable to fill existing engagements are refusing ess. English molders are still on strike and it is impossible 1s deen 1 Goldsteim nanufactut makers have decided to raise Cleveland prices 1%d per ) per cent increase in railroad rates. As the threatened per cent the advance in pig iron on this account will a per ton ($1.10 with exchange at $4.18 for £1). ed steel further price advances are impending. A ndition obtains in Ivanized sheets and makers are tices especially in thin es, professing that they are ‘“* up to June, but probably to ding back to force the hands OPEL APRNLLEN DARA ANTES POT TENTH rem RRNA ULCUTTESTOUTUEAT GAL EEROA AO ETT AANA 108 RNP ET RENNER NTN RN RRNA F, A Comparison of Prices Advances Over The Previous Week In Heavy Type, Declines In Italic At date, one week, one month and one year previous For early delivery Pig Iron, Oct. 28, Oct. 21, Sep. 30, Oct. 28, 1919 1919 1919 1918 Per Gross Ton: No. 2 X, Philadelphiat .$33.10 $32.10 $31.10 $38.85 No. 2, Valley furnace? .... 28.75 26.75 26.75 34.00 No. 2, Southern, Cin’tit ....... 31.60 31.60 SL.60 37.60 No. 2, Birmingham, Ala.* ...... 28.00 28.00 28.00 34.00 No. 2, furnace, Chicago* . 28.75 26.75 26.75 34.00 Basic, del’d, eastern Pa. oo 28.00 28.00 28.00 36.60 Basic, Valley furnace a os 2htO 25.75 25.75 33.00 Bessemer, Pittsburgh .......... 20.35 29.35 20.35 36.60 Malleable 5 Ch'go* . 29.25 27.25 27.35 34.00 Malleable, Valley ar a 277.25 2.2 27.25 234.90 Gray forge, Pittsburgh... 27.15 27.15 27.15 34.40 I S. charcoal, Chicago - § $2.75 $2.75 32.75 38.85 Rails, Billets, Etc. Bess. rails, heavy, at mill H.00 45.00 45.00 65.00 ©.-h. rails, heavy, at mill 17.00 47.0 47.00 57.00 Bess. billets, Pittsburgh 38.50 38.50 38.50 47.50 ©.-h. billets, Pittsburgh .. 38.50 88.50 38.50 47.50 ©.-h. sheet bars, P’gh... #00 642.00 42.00 51.00 Forging billets, base, P’g! 51.00 51.00 51.00 60.00 ©.-h. billets, Phila . 47.50 5.50 42.00 5i.30 Wire rods, Pittsburgh .......... 52.00 52.00 52.00 7.00 Finished Iron and Steel, Per lb. to Large Buyers Cents Cents Cents Cents Iron bars, Philadelphia . 2.995 2.745 2.745 3.72 Iron bars, Pittsburgh .... oo aan 2.75 2.75 3.50 Iron bars, Chicago ...... 2.72 2.62 2.62 3.00 Steel bars, Pittsburgh 2.50 2.35 2.3% 2.900 Steel bars, New York.~. 2.77 2.62 2.62 3.145 lank plates, Pittsburgh 2 6 2.65 200 3.25 lank plates, New York 2.92 2.92 2.77 3.495 Beams, etc., Pittsburgh 2.45 2.45 2.45 3.00 Beams, etc., New York ........ 2.72 2.72 2.72 8.245 Skelp, grooved steel, P’gh 2.45 2.45 2.45 290 Skelp, sheared steel, P’gh 2.65 2.65 2.65 3.25 Steel hoops, Pittsburgh 3.05 3.05 3.05 3.00 Sheets, Nails and Wire, Oct. 28, Oct. 21, Sep. 30, Oct. 29, 1919 1919 1919 1918 Per lb. to Large Buyers Cents Cents Cents Cents Sheets, black, No. 28, P’gl +.35 4.25 4.20 5.00 Sheets, galv., No. 28, P’g! 5.70 5.70 5.76 6.25 Wire nails, Pittsburgh 3.50 3.25 3.25 3.00 Fence wire base, P*’bgh.... . 8.85 3.00 3.00 3.25 Barb wire, galv., P’gh.. 4.25 4.10 4.10 4.35 Old Material, Per Gross Ton: Carwheels, Chicago $25.50 $24.50 $24.00 $29.00 Carwheels, Philadelphia ‘ 24.50 24.50 24.50 29.00 Heavy steel scrap, P’gh 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00 Heavy steel scrap, Phila . 20.00 19.00 18.50 29.00 Heavy steel scrap, Ch'go 18.00 17. 18.50 8629.00 No. 1 cast, Pittsburgh No. 1 cast, Philadelphia 2400 20 23.5 20.00 26.00 2. 2 No. 1 cast, Ch’go (net ton) .... 28.60 25.00 30.36 No. 1 RR. wrot, Phila. . 27.50 27.00 26. 34.00 No. 1 RR. wrot, Ch’go (net) .. 19.50 19.50 19.00 30.36 Coke, Connellsville, Per Net Ton at Over Furnace coke, prompt 5.50 $4.35 $4 Furnace coke, future 6.00 5.00 4.75 6.00 Foundry coke, prompt ; oo. ae 6.00 6. Foundry coke, future war 6.50 5.75 5.75 7.00 Metals, Per Lb. to Large Buyers Cents Cents Cents Cents Lake copper, New York......... 22.25 22.25 2M Bo Electrolytic copper, N. Y. .. 21.75 21.75 219 2.00 Spelter, St. Louis....... eines 7.75 7.00 8.05 Spelter, New York .. : . 810 8.10 7.2% 8.90 Lead, St. Louis ..... « Ce 6.25 5 05 7.75 Lead, New York ...... + ae 6.50 6.20 8.05 Tin, New York ... .. 56.75 nO.50 55.00 76.00 Antimony (Asiatic), N. Y aon ae 8.624 850 12375 Tin plate, 100-Ib. box, Pg! $7.00 $7.00 $7.00 $7.75 *The average switching charge for delivery to foundries in the Chicago district is Sc. per ton +Silicon, 1.75 to 2.25 tSilicon, 2.25 to 2.75 of needy buyers. No. 24 gage is quoted at about £34 (6.35¢ per tb. at ruling exchange). , Tin plate works cannot get enough labor and men are malinger- ing as they decline to earn sufficient money to fall within the income tax limit. Tin plates are quoted about 41s to 41s 3d base (8.60), f.o.b. works. America is offering tin plates at $7.80, f.o.b. New York, for January to July deliveries and are taking Japanese and South American orders in competition with Wales. — ; ‘ In black sheets there is an enormous inquiry and prices are nominal. Works are booked for six months. ’ Siam is inquiring for 32,000 tons of rails. Lorraine is offering billets, etc., about 20s below home prices. ; The tonnage of shipping under construction at the end of eae was 2,816,000 tons and the world’s total 8,048,000 tons, a record. - é - ve " Aan eld ™ " salle lhiaenee anal Samet iei diem tie san ree n ne m - SE etieeges y Save * wi eapidhesiaheeaalal ‘ Py r ee ests 7 ea : (paleghaasrSogn so hi — B THE IRON AGE October 30, 1 NEWS OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF Siean and ie teepael ak wien dale a S and iven any autl ity |} t need to that end it Judge Gary and the Open Shop Endorsed by , asssnipatiaioaitet Iron and Steel Institute Germany’s Poor Outlook in Iron and Steg] . 1 . SERLID GERMA Oct “he German ir . D4 oa . 4 . an Tror and Steel Institute 1 Bert ' ~ ’ : Th re I = we : en , » « nee he \ . | t ra 1 . York, n Friday, Oct 24, . wags 1 : 7 ; } ; Sas aha . return t rma ynditior I trade santly harrassed by strikes. partly ron and st y I ted States St C Pp } ; ; ’ ' . 1 the W t ywhere ata ‘ | mani . presi y le una bef t} : ven t 1 year ago Not S tar e 4 National but ¢ A insist I e is t l y ( VA f f } en shor 1 1 \\ 1 | y I t t hat wa egarded , | } \ si Judg th var The q ‘ that few of the nts of the st strike ducing tl t | ent of the f I r Washingt ( rere The i p imist feeling . t} i t rT} ] irtly ion the Sm t] : ’ ity sith canted y t; and 4 rtly 0 f { ed t | : and reason IRON AND STEEL MARKETS st_ Bolshevism PITTSBURGH ) ge ¢ Proves Oct 2 ry local ste t t - i y I iry f Allies’ Commissions Want Large Metal Shipments 2 , ee and Credits from the United States er ting still higher prices Se ' in ” t Atlantic City, N = In : ' truct t ' ket 3 t Chamber of Commerce f Mar I] ¢ l t 8 t for a erchant ba I ] representativ f Int [ Steel ( ( tf ently } king t | ent Cy M ( Detroit ¢ th Europe rl y lh ( t Britair | I t f I nills q t the materials I \ : I Plate ( is require f ‘tl Unit ( t 65 | it tin at t r tl year . s 1 gy bot] } ts and ti rf ¢ } + pia ann N N ¢ I ‘ h a 4 7. aioe ed as h I k roW 1 ve t T Lae 1%. ’ ' ¢ 4 1 \ = 4 sident b g V4 | N y ul a i S Naik al amit 1000 ¢t os re ided the suppli We not f re, of 1 | } ¢ I I it t 1 t th equit f t t 10 (0) ra) ‘ : | I \ ent T { A ‘ ’ ' t N t ng made Tons NEW YORK 0.000 N \ , Oct g | ity f f OO } : t t least 100 = es : : 1 UU \ higl t _ 1 S t irket M 15.000 ! O 1 nd New Engl \ 10 1,000 t N Sout rade for shi and it 12,0¢ ndry iron for « ( prices } \ bee ‘ 1 t i New Yorl 4 Ss it i \ 1 pl O The . scr irket t ta uur t ! t e in ke irg | } il Chere sa inged I the t S il items i t } I \ é Ss , Ay _ m@ & have nder with ; s ae S ( a pany t ] revgati Ss ta ver ¢ a Why ket f + ¢£ f the Wh t f t q ¢ t ‘ ; 4 ‘ ( W R 1 I _ iro iegeleiser ‘of I event t ‘ + —E The 50 | nt ferrosilicot President Calls Bituminous Coal Strike delivered. There is an ing _ Unlawfu "Mar Tr White H Saturday night tion, but these ar slow to t the United Mir \ : I t ill off the bituminous st bars t | ght f trike « N the abrogatior f an agre 2.75¢ | I Pittsburg] t Ww e Ww tl s tior f the Uni t it \ St \ hi was t 1 ig the co steel | s I tin t The |} ’ t t strike as not D t ? | h y alled 1 the ss fabri é ‘ n here £ +} t S t 1 t husir f « t M W \ t Jers looking posit r rel trike on Nov. 1 btaine this year, but the p 2 Members of Cor t I ting vigorous action in cas¢ ports a hampered by the New York dock rik se the trike rd is not t led Williar Green, secretary f th mate il has been diverted to Philadelphia that o« treign’s United Mine Workers that it was impossible to rescind th that port have advanced $5 per tin. A leading k strike order Howe r 1 meeting of the exec ive board f th bought upward of 10,000 tons of plates, probably ‘ inion was called for Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Indianapolis, to frame In bar iron products it is difficult to place business N a reply to the President’s statement. At Washington sentiment has of bolts and also nut stock are practically unobtainabl gig Stee] a Me( ew § ating ¢ ++ , sKing e are 4 ¢ > nen vy if rs A é > to a wing a , &§£ rg i (dct 20, 1919 500 tons for an apartment in 1 Springfield, Mass.; ago Heights, and 500 tons z Columbus, Ohio The Phoenix Bridge Co. will hia electri it McClintic West Virginia Metal Produ ts ( station, anc tons f ‘* PHILADELPHIA Oct 5 Scarcity of pig iron and steel is b y ice For f y iron t i f le st e $32, f f N 25 t N 2 plain (1.75 t Ss es : S52 If nac¢ tor these tw g Consumers igh prices for high silicon j supply to the demand. Foundries which are wu : rap in the mixtures are s¢ ring the mark One lot sold to a New England cons r for 2.75 to 3.25 silicor \ Buffalo seller is for N 2X is Iwo \ nia furnaces t max mT rise being ps 1 tor The i¢ r est has withdrawn f 1 the irket Or Virginia N pla at $30, fu ace, but I of thi Its price on No. 2 X is $31.25, fur: Che fur ‘ ts | es $2 now offers N . Li t $31 furl nsiderable high silicon Virginia to Mid Western points at very high prices \ f basic iron has been p ised by a Delaware valent to $28, delivered, while another sale it a delivered price f $28.25, but it that these prices ¢ 1 not be duplicated Quot 1, furnace, are heard A sale r 3,000 tons t $26.4 delivered Malleable iron is sca to $29, t ace, | these prices are 1 \ eable iron is ava yle in this 1 ket A few v phosphor i i ive been de at $ £ inquiry 1 next year, but sellers are 1 g to se cept at higher prices. One « f f N > X iron f rst quartet I the light of a possib coal strike N l this market at $6 Y COK t » 3 », Connellsvi r plat is the notable teature of { plat is f 1 at 6 Pittsburg] ( ne ka rn company is quoted for plates of fr 1,000 to ) tons hav , The inl m for sott ste vars quo k veries is : gh East e€ advanced prices 9 1 ton to 2 ~ ‘ e retined iron is le per Ib er price re ¥% in. rounds and 4 i its a 4 nad 16 rounds and sq es and fats ise price of 3.75c, Pittsburgh, and 3g and 7/l¢ ires take a base price of 5c, Pittsburgh. There id f spring steel and large orders have bee ker rhe structural market shows slightly t dings in Philadelphia, totalling 3, it Atlant City, totalling 2,000 tons, and a Texas, 1,500 toms, are in th ket O s e been solid at $4/.50, h s fir An Eastern cons f ge tor 1g { heavy meiting st el > 1 in the Pitt gh district have , delivered ( w has an ¢ ‘ I being about 10 4 t per cent tL the I las returned to work \ t el nt, the leading 16 out of 29 blast furnaces and most of its s. Cor with improving operation is a es om the Government ler 1 gondolas to coal traffic and the fall grain mov he avy inroads on box car equipment, n received from Belgium calling for 10,00 which will require 65,000 tons of plates, sha tons of axles. A Japanese shipbuilder has f plates from the leading interest. The Mosher I will fabricate 2,300 tons for the Winf« he Western Electric Co., Chi ago, 1s asking ditions to its local plant. The Lackawanna y 800 tons for the Fulton Market Cold Storagt Local fabricators are beginning to resume opera face of a strike. bar iron and particularly rail carbon bars western mill rejected 5,000 tons of the latte red last week. A St. Louis melter has pur basic pig iron for 1920 delivery from a loca an Ohio furnace A Southern pro rder for 4,000 tons of foundry for first halt iron is commencing to move into this territory iggregate of 3,000 tons of Valley foundry was ) western consumers. Last week a single con Birmingham iron on track in the city, and cars, rot 1% per cent silicon, has advanc remainder of this yea ntinues to grow stronger. BOSTON 8 The spot pig iron situation is growing bly because many consumers W yught 1919, delivery, have been nable to get it and during the hrst month a furnace remains closed dowt her sold ahead. At the beginning ot t s, generally speaking, wer sold ahead to tomatic ally are sold ahead to March 1. The 1 second quarter, 1920, pig iron is strong ana niums of $2 to $3 having been paid in some such deliveries, in most cases, are taken sub at furnace. Several orders for 200 to 500 ton nsylvania iron, first quarter delivery at $31.25 to een turned down at furnace since last reports. THE IRON AGE The lar ~< sal ‘ , iron reporte rin h The largest sale of pig iron r ported during t past week was one delivery, divided into 1000, of 1,650 tons eastern Pennsylvania 500 and 150 ton lot I 200 and 300 ton lots of astern Pennsy ire reported at premiums of $1 to $2 Some spot coke is offered on this basis, but comparatively little is 1 irket for later 191 leliver is irt oF i¥zU ON a >s The railroad « V scrap market, which is fai: activ vania interests have bee: lerat ports at $19, $19.50 and $ FINISHED MATERIAI Cons t New England continues et ging t iny people have signit market until labor conditions structural jobs for 19 work I business contracted for during tl \ small tonnages. Smal t Those mills which can, a iking livery, but are limiting s i lers shapes are reported as dilh it far in excess of the supply Al hem Shipbuilding Corpor ck to be used at Quincy TOOL STEEL.—aAut interest alloy steel. Supplies of s the past month owing t Siow shi lled specialties, running as Dig active request. WAREHOUSE BUSINESS I lw going out of stor: tast that KS are growing steadily smalicr iW f those in other sections of New Engla! ind steel prices about $5 per ; t s n ot AVitlig the sts Athy ad be highe ised t Ww t sup] BUFFALO Phe strike in the buttal listrict is na ivorl naitions * i returning to Ww é ranks otf employes and Dringing workable etatus At th Vol r oteci is in operation and operati i lk Gepa m a substantial scalk Approximately 1 and the ofhcials expect a majority of its I be again at work. A number of turna wanna plant are in operation anu its n increasing numbers. Jhere is 1 ing furnaces of Rx gers, Brown & ( and t ation, Shipments are going torward in g ol the two merchant iron interests of th operation. One of these interests rej delivery, having no 1919 iron lett isolu; ther than to cal for th needs ol ts other interest, which 18 ais > i p quoting tor 192U, One i t n is quoting tor prompt and tq lurnace, Buffalo, tor No. 1 found ¥; 4 ) 2X, 2.25 to 2.75 and $31 i N perating lurnace interest, which $s same schedule as last week-—-$31.00 tor 2 to 2.75 and $29.00 for 1./5 to 2.25. FINISHED IRON AND STEEI stecl products that consu and selling agencies in this territory a ium offers, restricting their aics to many imstances revising their speciications house supplies are depicted to & 1a products—that distributors are visiting va picking up any odds and ends available. OLD MATERIAL: Demand is in tions that there will be a stronger mark account of the turther resumption ol unchanged. PIG IRON.—More of the southern fu for New England points. It is not itis c n Several sales of 100, I spot shipment, ket a $6 Connellsville to New England. The > basis, and for any t the local stern Pennsy! ap since last ed material in withstanding the fact that f maining out of the settled Several sizable g, t the bulk of the we ‘ ive involved very r than the large yts tor 1919 de ners. Bethichem é ind for them being ti ude that the Bethk ‘ ‘ Ut floating dry i it tine market tor y reduced during from tonnage mills. Cold per lb., also are in I s¢ goods in general they ar ming im and j vers and some have advanced their iron t I 5 ignity their inten i i g that values Buffalo, Oct. 27. irchtly wearing itsell ! i Lhe number of p is gradually hiling them more nearly to a S pliant, o Diast lurnace tinemts are being resumed en a how at work i a ol men will soon s and mulls at the Lacka are ret ing to WOrK In i th Situation at the plant is mot yet in oper VOLU irom the furnaces listrict which are in full ts g | sales tor 192U s f these sales being & taking on business reg ir customers Phe iY production 1s not yet a ing produc y y, 9097.UU t.u.b, ; $32.25 tor plain, 1.75 to 2.25. The gt 1¥2U is quotung the 25; $3U.0U tor 2.25 irgent is the need of pa pt iums,; but mills ‘ ing to entertain pre ibiished istomecrs, and in t ntr limits. Ware- tent ecially on wire s mills with a view of sing there are indica- t an the near tutare on ll activities Prices are St. Louis, Oct. 27. rnaces are reported will ing to take 1920 business on t basis 1 d last week, and the buying is imcreasing trom the 1! ndrics t gh no large tonnages are being taken, the range being f: t lown. Buying of coke in small lots for early « is reported but no large contracts are being placed. In finish products the market remains without material change save that s from the mills are coming forward somewhat better Scrap dealers are optimistic and are speci in old material on the basis that steel strike settlement will CINCINNATI bring an active demand. CINCINNATI, Oct. 28.—A Southe io producer sold last week a considerabie tonnagt it iry I st hall shipment at $29 Ironton, silicon ntent 1 A Sout firm has also taken some first quarter business at e fig sirmingham. Other Southern furnaces a juietly soliciting offers at a higher price for first quarter and first half shipment, but have not yet formally opened their books to t rtainty of future costs. Until the uncertainty as to tl il strike is settled, there will be no scramble for business on the part of producers. The inquiry for foundry iron for future nt is on ti ase. Only a smail percentage of these inquiries is from me the market. Southern foundry iron for pr rs who are trying to test ympt shipment is bring ing a premium and some has been disposed of at $30.25, Birming- ham, with the usual differentia 2.75. The demand for malleable see If. Southern Ohio makers are qu inquiries are out from consumers in and foundry coke are firmer, ar from quoting for next year’s sh The scrap market is very quiet and p ments are being made, as all gondola cars for moving coal before the threatened coal ; added f 1.25 for silicon 2.25 to bout exhausted it furnaces No basic ry. Both furnace inty interests now refrain ractically no outside ship- ' been commandeered strike takes place. Newport Rolling Mill and Andrews Steel Co. expect to resume operations in all departments Nov. 3. (Cleveland Market on Page H) See. eee os SO to nee D THE IRON AGE October 30, 1919 Pittsburgh Iron and Steel Bars . Mill prices are: Mild steel bars, 2.35c., Pitt Pig lron freight rate of 27c. per 100 lb.; common bar iror The following quotatio: I : aie ae Tallow banens Chicago; rail carbon 2.65c. to 2.75c. mill. Jobber: = “ os Ww sass ‘ ‘ «at AN a : /> Uli i eli ick cs, ireight rate for delix ry int ( . nd Pittsbu: asin teel bars out of warehouse. ng $1.40 per ton ee Cast Iron Pipe SASK ‘owe . . oes , . Bessemer We quote per net ton f.o.b. Chicago, ex-waz Water pipe, 4-in., $62.80; 6-in. and above, $59.s! {uray ltorge gas pipe $2 extra. No. 2 foundry No. 3 foundry Malleabl Bolts and Nuts Jobbers quote: Structural rivets, 4.72c.; bo Ferroalloys machine bolts up to 34 x 4 in., 50 and 5 per cent “aia We quote 78 tu 82 per « t domest ferromanganese $100 ¢ 40 and 5 off; carriage bolts up to 4% x 6 in.,, 45 vered, and English at $105, with reduction of $1.50 to $1.75 sizes 30 and 10 off; hot pressed nuts, square tapp per unit for lower percentag We quote resale 50 per cent ferro tapped, $1.85 off; coach or lag screws, gimlet point — silicon at $85 to $90 and 18 t 22 per cent, spiegeleisen it $33 t vV and vo per cent oft (Ouantity extras tor nuts $35, delivered Prices on Bessemer ferrosilicon are: Y per cent, $47.75; 10 per cent, $49.75; 11 per cent, $53.05; 12 ; r cent Sheets 56.35. We quote 6 per « sil $39.75; 7 per cent, $41.2! quotations are 4.35c. for No. 28 black, 3 S p cent, $43.25; 9 1 ind 10 per cent, $47.75 blue led, and 5.7Uc. for No. 28 galvanized, \ $3 per zg 5 Ss « ged for each 1 per cent ‘ ers quote Chicago delivery out of stock on for 11 pe ce Ov All the bove es are f.o.b. annealed, 4.57c.; No. 28 black, 5.62c., and No, 28 loxmn deviate 3 “ of $2.90 ae See ae d iw in chs Pies Rails and Track Supplies gh district : Standard railroad spikes, 3.35c., Pittsburgh : juare nuts, 4.35c., Pittsburgh, Steel tie plates and iat a "er ens Shaet _. balan dice is ’.75c., Pittsburg! and ¢ hicago; tie plates, iron 2.90 RNG EC = SD in billete.ot S20> sheet 3 $42: slabs, $41, and mills. Light rails, 2.45c., f.o.b. makers’ mills, wit ging billets, $51 base, f.o.b. at mill Pittsburgh or Youngs Old Material wn. We quote delivery in buyer’s yards, Chicago and Iron and Steel Bars freight and transfer charges paid, as ‘follows: We quote steel bars rolled from billets at 2.35c. and fron ld Per Gross Ton é Is, 2.45 Pittsburgh mills rolling i ] iu i F 4 Iron rails .... eo oeeereosteeeseeeseceepes $24.50 S290) Pittsburgh, plus full freight rate to point of delivery. Relayinge Tas ...cesccccsececevsecsevcvesse 30.00 to 45.00 Structural Materia Carwheele +++. >: ee ee kee eee a aoe Beams and channels up to 15-it 4D Pittsburgh. large lots oteel 1 lls, reroling cee ee eee ee eeeeseees ad. (1 6,00 Pp : aii at ea Steel rails less than 3 ft. ..cceccscecceses 23.00 to 25.50 Plates Heavy melting steel] ...ccacccccccccescoses 18.00 1 19.4 Sheared tanl plates, 4-1l n oa 2 OK to 2.0% Frogs, switches and guards, cut apart...... 18.00 ¢ 19.0 pending on order and delivery Shoveling steel . pee eneeenes coceeeeseee 18.00 LS. Spikes Per Net Ton W juote stand 1 spil . 9/16 j . t $3.35 1 e | lro ngles and Splice DATS occcvcvcsetes 25M LL in ca id lots 200 | 200 . | ial I . mte ing! irs 20.00) T/16 in nd sma , at $5.85 to $4 per 100 Ib. in carload [ron arch bars And tFaANSOMB. .ccscoccceseces 2. YH) kegs « “M) each, | | xtras Boat and I < PR cet ecne cence ke ee pane ee ebeth o SLO r spikes, S385 to $4 I 1M) fl ( 0 ' oO i) keg st Cal AICS cee eee eee ee teens 20U tO 20.04 aM) f | ‘ | cag ate { SG. 2 DRC cup rinanentcedicsamaness to 1SW 1 N 2 I to 13.00 Cold Rolled Strip Steel Cut forge to 19.2 “ ; nwiiheatind etme 26 CREE saan oe can Pipes and flues ... tae 9.9 to 16.00 Pitt : 1 , : , 0.100 ae 7 : ; No. 1] railroad wrought 19.50 to 20.50 ’ ; , a No. 2 railroad wrought 18.50 to 19.00 100 Ib. site ' B V.nU DOME a aes | Steel knuckles and couplers coceuseueseeeen aoee te a a (ou springs soos ececevecseeeeceeesesee a. to avi Old Material a Ses ia iw aba komen 25.50 to 26.50 H y steel, melting, Steubenville, 1 I Boiler PuUNchings ....cccccetccerecesvsenss 21.50 to 22.0 » Bracket lge, Monessen, M nd and Locomotive tires, smooth ......ceccceceres 19.50 to 20.00 Pitt rf ( 19.00 to $19.50 Machine shop turnings ....cccrccccsccccess 9.00 to 9.00 l t tor st piants 24.000 to 24.00 Cast borings erik een euuse Wounds beeees bee 10,00 to 11.0" | Oo g . New I ( re, Stov plat n ee eo 22.00 to 25.00 Ohio; ¢ nd, M a ! ssi - eo urate bars .. ' SrrrrrrrrrrT. cr 20.50 to 21.00 Pittsburg 25.00 to 25.50 DOG RIOR ncn 50 w0 es tense seat seabanas -- 18.00 to 19.00 npressed st 18.00 to 19.00 Railro mallea sneésanwes hau0 enue 1V.50 to 20.50 Bundled sheet, sides and ends, f.o con Agricultural .....ccccsccuccressecsecennes 19.50 to 20.00 sumers’ mills ittsburgh district ~ 15.50 to 16.00 Count: DUKE .cccvcvscdiecouctseeseunuun 14.00 to 15.00 Bundle st stamping 15.00 t 13.50 1 busheling . $ 1IS.00 to 18.50 Phil d ] hi Railroad grate bars... auc iasties ... 18.00 to 18.50 liadeipnia | v p ph ng . billet ends, heavy plat , r 25.00 to 25.50 Pig Iron r axles 31 (K) t ba (A) wing quotations are for iron delivered motive axles, 1.0 to 82.00 t in PI p or vicinity, except those for low p ‘ Stee LX 8 i yin) RR P ion arin 4 TM) 1 sate P to 2.75 sil j st iron W mh.) 4.00 j t Penna .75 to 2.25 sil 10 i st ‘ mm (MD he =. \ grin No. 2 WS Onc eaawe s6.1 Machine Pp turnings Ie to 12.50 Virginia No, 2 2.28 Blivcscees . Sheet bar, pet PW to 24.00 2 me ee 7 28.00 to 2S.25 i 21.0 to 21.75 Gray forge . errr er rer re , “4 Cast n | ng 15.2 t 1e).200) Standard lov osphorus (f.o.b. furnace) 4.00 5. N 1 \ -~Wto VB. M nai ae ] Chi Copper bearing low phosphorus (f.o.b, furnac nin 1cago Old Material No, 1 heavy melting steel ......ccscccceees $20.00 to >- Pig Iron : » Steel rails, rerollimng@ ..cccccccccvsescccece 24.00 “ iorus, heavy, 0.04 and under 20,00 to « : : : . l low p | : \ I ing ( wheels .. HU to 20. Be - I be 7 , : Db : rt : F No 1 railroad y Ww 5,0 V gz b q é vt I C No. 1 yard wroug aa I a5 Superior ¢ r¢ \ ‘ on, 1.50 co No. 1 forge fire 16.00 to 17.04 1f iewars f } r? race rejoht tn 7 ~ a 4 , ‘ TW a . rey Bundled skeleton 16,00 Oe ( go, $2.50 | \ No. 1. busheling 16.00 to li in Ng... y odeede ty? _ ential a No. 2 busheling. 13.00t0 M4 Superior « 1 ° ‘ or 1.50 f t ' ee ial ge, freight to "iain said 14.00 14.5 Mixed borings and turnings (for blast fur- , 00 13.50 14.(h nace ISOC) cece eeseeseeeeeesees eeeeeeener 1. S100 Machine-shop turnings (for rolling mill and ) ; aan - " ss as steel works ee cnuceeecnskeeuemeae : 15.00 r 1 ov Heavy axle turnings (or equivalent)......+++ 16.50 a E = Cast borings (clean ere a ak Ee or ... 18.00 vu 2410 t “eo, in t a! Iry, silicon, 2.25 2 75 34.10 No. 1 eer ° «adh ates Wado erable 20.00 t a 1.75 t » 2° 10 Ritiened. wrbte BOGS. <s:. «+ o0saccneaeneea 21.00 to 22 io » 2.25 ° oo MC Stove plate a 20.50 te 21.5 silicon...-. : ; 20.24 : ; 5 we 4 2 to Lo oe A Railroad malleable ....ceescecees cee 20),00 an » Wrouglit iron and soft steel pipes and tubes - 0.00 7 “to Ww Be (now specications) .....cssssscsastevee SMOO Bee 12.05 to 45.65 Ungrads schietciieaic Agila aad oak le at Buffalo 15.00 ( ic gO being 27c. 1 100 Ib Jobbers q 3.67 plat out i Pig Iron $34.00 Ul STOCK. ‘ No. 1 foundry, 2.75 to 3.25 silicon......e0: ) 5, Structural Material No. 2 X, 2.25 to 2.75 silicon........s. , : The mill q tior s 24h Pittsburgh, wv t s i ‘ No, 2 plain foundry, 1.75 to 2.25 silicon..... ' co rate of 27c. per 100 Ib. for ¢ hicago delivery Job rs q t $3.47 Gray forge 901.50 materials out of ware Malleable, silicon not over oy. 50 Ferroalloys RE. 5 cc cvaua sac ecseneks sake vet 8 We quote SO per cent ferromanganes t $110 delivered; 50 pet Basic, 1 to 1% per cent manganese.......-+- ** jams cent ferrosilicon at $85, delivered; spiegeleisen, 18 to 22 pe nt, Basic, 1% to 2% per cent manganese.....-- Hhaifalo 344 $35 furnace, Lake Superior charcoal, regular grades, f.o.b. Bul@ y1g 25.00) 45.00 26.00 UU 250 19.00 19.00 18.50 25.00) SO.00 26.0 31.00 25,00 1S. 13.00 19.25 16.00 20.50 19.00 20.00 20.50 26.50 22.00 20.00 9.0 11.00 23.00 21.00 19.00 , 20.50 | 20.00 » 15.00 consumers p! osp! » $34.10 o 33.10 o 36.10 , 85.10 28,25 ; 20.40 38.00 ou.10 9 35.00 0 $20.00 o 25,00 10 280 to 20. 19 «(28.0 to 23.00 to 17.W to 17,0 to 11. to 14.0 to 14.50 to 14. to 16." to 17.0 to 19.” to a7. to 2.wW to 21.00 to 31.0 to 1" to 160 gu $2.25 Le Oo 90.0 + OO 15 me falo 38# 4 30, 1919 Old Material ting steel, regular grades........ $19.00 te phorus, 0.04 and WHEE Ss ones ~. 2B On WOOD 65 bik vse ns Ceceess 25.00 ee. CTE CTT eC er 24.50 y 28.00 to 28.00) to pcdadees saewimeweeaee eee 2a to CONES ccc cee cdeecdenveons . 19.00 to shop tUPMiINGS 2... cecccccccoces . 12.00 to ITMINGS. wc ccevcccses Cee .. 16.00te DOTING@S. ecsccseses eeee . -. 13.50 to . eee eeReees seve . 24.00 to avehe. DEES cc cecvreueteues ... - 20.00 to t ae @ bales wales Chek un wae eee PIPE seceweeereeseeeeeees ... 17.50to ing 9 tatwe dene waa wae 2 . 16.50 to stamping ......- ‘ 14.50 to New York Pig Iron ry, silicon 2.75 to 3.25 silicon 2.25 to 2.75 ...... silicon 1.75 to ) Virginia, silicon 2.2 Finished Iron and Stee s follows for mill shipments Bar ire ible refined bar iron, 3.77c.; soft steel b plates, 2.77c.; all New York. » to 2.75 . 30.0 to ehtine: GUGGS: i Wah ee cae Ree ee cia ees $15.50 to - 20 ciekncnet rev etuasuns cts Ree @ veils, MOGMEGN. «oc. cecactucees +. 45.00 to BKIOG. VN vaveenséses 40 dese ee cuewes 25.00 to MICS. ccc evenewr aca rensies w.eeee 4.00 to road WYOUMNE. 06 cc sscwee 5 -.+- 24.00 to Ph. Serer erriTee tes .. 17.00 to ‘ € (vee ee eee. sw awe 12.50 to Ne. 1 yard wrought, long.......... ‘ .. 20.00 to t n. 6066 Ne CESS FEE EER EE CHE DOS 6.00 to nas (clean) .csseoes VEC eek ..» 14.00 to M ne-shop turmingS .......ee06. ovevnee Bee Mix rings and turnings ee . 11.50 to steel pipe (1 in. min. diam., not S ht IONS) cc xcctastbatewetescas .. 14.50 to plate Leieae eae Ae ee baie’ .. 17.50 to tive grate DATS cccdivieccecsenes . 19.00 to M cast (railroad)..... ecniaulen 16.50 to eels 2? iW) to I which dealers in New York and Brooklyn a dries per gross ton: 1 machinery Cast csccoveces . : . $25.50 to 1 heavy cast (columns, building mate etc.), cupola SIZ€......ccees coos 2e.0 to N 1 heavy cast, not cupola size...... 18.00 to No. 2 st (radiators, cast boilers, etc.) 18.00 to Boston Pig Iron THE IRON AGE S55.S0 34.80 3.40 $16.00 2) 44.00 26.00 35.00 24.50 18.00 00 2O50 7.00 50 2 2.00) 5.00 Stn) 10.0 17.0 re quoting SVOD0 25.00 IS.50 IS. Pa., No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75 $34.90 to $ Pa., No. 2 plain (silicon 1.75 to 2.25 No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75).... suffalo No, 2 plain (silicon 1.75 to 2.25 t No. 2 X (silicon 2.25 to 2.75) NO. 2 PIA ccccceseccedsdeenvecssonecas Old Material l Ty Melted COE cectcece casas . .$15.00 to $15.50 l FORGE WEGUMEE -66c cass tucacewce’s .. 21.00to 22.00 L yard WIGGGNE Viicisesexacnavennnes . 18.00to 19.50 ght pipe (1 in. in diameter, over 2 ft. reveiTiTert ir .»» 14.50to 15.00 Op - CE b.ie k as a0s Gecea ts .. 10.50to 11.00 DOTINGS cc cccscsdicvncartuccecss 13.50 to 14.00 (ONSGNEE 3. Cn deena wee ese ee ee 11.50to 12.00 nace borings and turnings........-- 9.00to 9.50 BO SIG. ove cistcvesedecueeshasebeanes 11.50to 12.00 Dut BRCM kx dc icanwa cea vicdstakeeet ILD) to 12.00 EMG ctcvscctcrcenvésavackeumannad 22.00 to - strsidancedaeuas eee Reames 24.50 to Machit CRS na nesecccneedeecinatnneeant 24.50 to = cast soeeersestwasdueeeseceneees® 22.00 to > DIE ccsdrcatsivenvuseteanedusesera 19.50 to COON 5 néunsbabecaeceubutueant 17.00 to suboSUseS 00466680040 eee 21.00 to . . . Cincinnati Pig Iron treight rates of $3.60 from Birmingham and $ ve quote f.o.b. Cincinnati: . ke, silicon 1.75 to 2.25 (base price)....$31.60 e, silicon 2.25 to 2.75 (No. 2 soft).... 32.60 » S per cent silicom......2-2eeceeesceees 42.05 + 2] » coke, silicon 1.75 to 2.: ». 31.55 CNOTR:. wccceedeewaureuee . ‘ 31.05 . SOUINEIN ECAFWHAGH, cx vierrectctcdacccevess 48.60 MOREE weirs et Ceasers OERee ns eeaskeeunenes $2.05 Old Material Per Gross Ton deat ot iy Ge clan tk We ie at a be $12.00 to $12.50 B cccntcosenua sathesuateeuareeaue® 2. n0to 23.00 s, SO Ib. and up... cccccccvess 40.00 to 41.00 Cl TUE pci ¥eiwtesakiicsaeeeeee 20.50 to 21.00 DG MON. iverncuuseccniesscneel 15.00 to 16.00 melting...... Luvenued went 16.00 to 17.00 tc nce osmnv et ave curren ee 18.00 to 18.50 WOU 6 5 na cnesunee duatewes 17.50 to 18.00 Per Net Ton scdéebanswehsssahe shaun é $7.50 to $8.00 : BS cavcacanduwkeeaeeoun obese eed T.00to 7.25 © osveundeaauheeus gn cavateease 20.00 to 20.50 Pieceves ts a0 eheuneass banana 22.00 to 22.50 05'0Gs eee 13.00 to 14.00 06 cataes ESR eed eek seu ee ers 24.00 to 24.50 p ires (smooth inside).....-..-- 18.00 to 18.50 th BD. cena Rehancateaneekenteaed 13.50 to 14.00 3 Bt cecepidadneedacsednedneuniy Ny aE Railro nk and Ghet csccccecctsccecsese SEO tO Baue St. Louis Old Material Per Gross Ton Old iron rails Old steel rails, rerolling .....cccccecs Old steel rails, less than 3 ft Relaying rails, standard sections, subject to inspection ...... Heavy shoveling ee en Ordinary shoveling steel asd ° Frogs, switches and guards, cut apart Ordinary bundled sheets Heavy axle and tire turnings.. Per Net Ton Iron angle bars Steel angle bars lron car axles.... eevee SOG! CAF BRIGS cc cccccceccs ‘ Wrought arch bars and transoms No. 1 railroad wrought No. 2 railroad wrought Railroad springs ‘ Steel couplers and knuckles . $17.00 to $1 1 Locomotive tires, 42 in. and over, smooth inside eeeeee . ee No. 1 dealers’ forge Cast-iron borings No. 1 busheling awe we No. 1 boiler, cut to sheets and rings No. 1 railroad cast ....... Stove plate and light cast Railroad malleable Agricultural malleable Pipes and flues Heavy railroad sheet and tank Railroad grate bars Machine-shop turnings Country mixed Uncut railroad mixed Horses! wocs . eeeeeeeeeees . ee Cleveland Iron Ore Old range Bessemer, $6.45; old range no Mesaba Bessemer, $6.20; Mesaba non-Bessemet Pig Iron mGNOGIEOE 3 wecciess sane Basic eeeeseeces Northern No. 2 foundry, silicon, 1.75 to 2.25 » Southern foundry, silicon, 2.35 to (iray forge 7 decd Ohio silvery, silicon, 8 per cent Standard low phos., Valley furnace . Finished Iron and Stee Steel bars, 3.27c. : pl tes, 3.57« ; structural 27.00 to 22.00 to 38.00 to 25.00 to 19.50 to 16.50 to 16.00 to 10.50 to 12.00 to 13.75 to 16.50 to 30.50 to wf. to 23.00 to 19.00 to 17.00 to 17.00 to 17.™) to 17.25 to 16.00 to 10.50 to 16.00 to 13.00 to 20.00 to 21.50 to 16.50 to 16.00 to 15.00 to 13.50 to 19.50 to 9.50 to 14.00 to 15.50 to 1S. to 1 Besseme me Dodo $38.00 to bands and hoops, 3.97c.; No. 10 blue annealed sheets, 4.47« black sheets, 5.27c.; No. 28 galvanized sheets, 6.62c. Old Material Heavy melting ste Steel rails, under 3 ft Steel rails, rerolling SEGG) CGE seacenee a 7 Pe. Ce ance caedasdee eS aaeren eees (GP SR i ccscseseees ‘ Low phosphorus melting scrap... Cast borings ....... non Sassnehanas Iron and steel turnings and drillings Short turnings (for blast furnaces ( ompressed steel eves No. 1 railroad wrought Agricultural malleable Railroad malleable Steel axle turnings shapes, $23.50 to $24.00 — =i 22.50 45.10) 25.0 20.00 17.00 16.50 20.00 1h 14.25 7.50 7.00 1.00 om Mw Mm Mw ar) Oo 17.75 16.50 LL. 16.50 13.50 25.50 22.50 17.00 16.50 15.50 14.00 20.00 10.00 14.50 16.00 19.00 $5 > 45.40 40.00 ; No. $19.00 to $19.25 Light bundled sheet scrap........... WO. 3 OOG8 nececaces es evcee sun No. 1 busheling ..... ‘ ina (dew ks Drop forge flashings, 10 in. and under.. Drop forge flashings, over 10 in Railroad grate bars .......... ne Stove plate ...cccccccccsccvcsccceses Pig Iron Foundry, silicon 1.75 to 2.25.....+. Basic sex ‘ one Old Material Saeed ces tecdcnvowecs oucsugenKes No. 1 heavy steel... eedrdcdcnsesuns Cast iron borings Machine-shop turnings Stove plate 4 > Wax. 3 CBSE ccccccescccecces ore d Carwheels — Tramecar wheels . ‘ mee Steel axles ...... No. 1 wrought.... BIRMINGHAM 21.00 to 25.50 to 26.00 to 35.00 to 33.00 to 20.75 to 13.50 to 10.50 to - 13.00 to 16.00 to 21.50 to 16.50 to 20.50 to 16.00 to 14.50 to 25.00 to 17.00 to 16.25 to 13.00 to 21.00 to 22.00 to 21.50 26.50 27.00 36.00 34.00 15.00 26.00 17. 16.50 13.2% 22 00 22.00) .. ++ $28.00 27.00 $18.00 to $19.00 17.00to 18.00 10.00 to 10.50 15.50 to 16.00 20.00 to 21.00 23.00 to 24.00 23.00 to 24.00 22.0 to 23.00 25.00 to 26.00 -18.00to 19.00 Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 27. While two furnace interests have not openec i for 1920, at le 3.37¢ of ast two others have done so and a considerable tonnage has been sold. The largest item was 3,000 to 4,000 tons to a Chicago district con- sumer for the first half of 1920 on the basis of $29 for 1.75 to ) 25 silicon. A sale of 300 tons for first quarter to a Southern melter of 2.75 to 3.25 brought $32, the full silicon differential. What 1919 iron is disposed of brings from $28 to $29, the former being the usual basis Southern operators have been quite conservative in their price attitude. Steel a continue to operate at capacity to near capacity with wire an nail departments on double turn. The twelve active Alabama sanitary pipe shops, booked to max- imum up to Jan. 1, decline to book beyond that date and are melting an average of 150 to 200 tons of iron per day. ! wes Coal production was considerably increased in anticipation of the mine strike. Scrap has heen very quiet owing to the uncertainty of the coal mine situation. Cast has moved in quantities under contract, but steel and wrought have been light. ee ee eve ont 3 F THE IRON AGE MACHINERY MARKETS AND NEWS OF THE WORKS New York New York, Oct. 28. Despite some slowing up in inquiries, the business done in ma ne tools during the past week is reported to have been excep tionally good Business has been well distrib ited, nearly all sellers tf new and used machines of both large and small types reporting fair aggregate of orders. The Ek. W. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, was th irgest buyer, its purchases having totalled $300,000 to $400,000 \mong its purchases were 15 or more heavy planers, one costing pproximately $40,000; several slotters, boring mills and other heavy tools Departure The New Mig. Co., Bristol, Conn., a subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, has begun the placing of orders mm its recent large list Its rchases will probably total about 1 ,000,0( fhe American Car Foundry Co., through its New York office, is inquiring for a fairly large list of equipment for its ious plants, its requirement ncluding about 30 plate-working ichines, bolt and nut machines, torging machines, miscellaneous achine tools and seven overhead cranes of 5- and 10-ton capacity I Gene Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., is expected to plac: $s very soon on its re t bout 50 tools, and will issue ther large list within the ar future vering complete equip t for a new shop | Cerr le Pas Copp: Mining Co., 1 Broad Street, has j ( in ord wit t Pawling & Harnischteger Co. for six cranes 10, 15 and t capacity, and will probably place orders soo na of about 50 machine tools [he company is asking for s on a 7-ton ladle crane of special ign for copper smelting fhe West Virginia Metal Producis ( which recently Ict a ntract to Fred T. Ley & Co., New York, for the construction of a large manufacturing plant and housing project at Fairmount, W. Va S inquiring tor vari kinds of equipment needed for its rass rolling mills Bart Love & Woodward, Singer Bu ew York, have ‘ ppoint selling agents in t New rritory by the ( innati Shaper ( d the 1 iti Gear Cutting Machine ¢ t i Cir nnat The G rich Indirect Heat Ove ( ae | Avenue, ranklin Brooklyn, | awards ‘ t t a s (it , 44 Court Street, 1 two-story plant, 1: POW ft., B l nd Skillman streets, g Island City, to « t $100.000 The Warry-lLode Indust lruck Co., New York, has been porated witl ca] sto of $100,000 by J M and eT Meath aie st nd H. I Ettinger, 75 Hamilton Terace, to r} Overlar Cater] r ( n Co., Ne York, has been por t ‘ oO 00,000 by J. J. Geoghegan, i > ay }. J 1213 W ler Avenue, Bronx, to | Cast Steel Ship ¢ [ 114 Liberty Street, New York, nere t capita tock fror SVH0 000) to $600,000 | \ Bos M Corporatiot ngfield, Mass ‘ ‘ gi \ I prepared for a 10-stor \ | building, SO x wf t West Sixtiet! ~ New \ SPOON) B Co 176 Main SI l offices of the com | 223 West | ty-s Stre | H ges & Mel n ( N ae been incorporated ‘ ipital stock $100,000 I H ¥ um. 2 McLain and W Loomer, 652 Amst ! Avenue, te manufacture electrica ' metallurg ¢ ipment l Eas Sigt & Sup ( { ( Street, New ! Sigi ¢ ed its « ipital stoc! n $51,000 $150,000 I I spor S ( S Ay Long Island ( ( plete pl for I le service nd repair o $ bout $200,000, ng ¢ ipment I Ut Product Corporati New York, has been incor- | t ca] S $100,000 by G. Tiernan, F. H. and cS a. s 64 Wall S e electrical machinery ipmet Sp Chai Corps , New York, has been incor por vit i stock of $50,000 by T. W. Robertson, H. F Herbermar P, Burtis, 45 Cedar Street, to manufacture ns, ct ‘ brakes, et« The Unit ( k Companies, 50 Church Street, New York, I ers of large cor products tor ship service ind other wo ( S prepare by Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., 37 ’r a one-story plant at Lyndhurst, N. J., to | t I machinery ; xpans ( , New Y ork has been incor- vi $50,000 4 E. Kuebler, F. Roeger I B 41 1 t | t g St t, to manufacture metal I _— . I \ Fibre ( r Se Corporatior 540 Van Alst \ <a Island City N \ onsi ring rebuil e on o s plant des Or 9. with loss ig j New York, recently onograph Supply Co., ional Insulating Corporation rg zed to take over t Otto Heineman P the Meisselbact Mig Co., the Internat 1 the Garford Mig Co., New York, has arranged for a note issue $1,500,000 for plant xpans The company manufactures motors, tone arms, needles and other specialties, and will rush to ympletion the new plant of the Otto Heineman Company, now n ce rs ot construct 1 Newarl N ] This plant W om prise a four-story, reinforced oncrete tactory, SO x 340 ft., to cost ihout 325,000, with power ou ind engine plant to cost $50,000 Otto Heineman, 25 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, is presi The Geyser Electric Washing Machine Co., vy York, has heen incorporated witl capital stock of $20,000 by E. S. Hawley, F. H. Butehorn and R. S. Baker, 37 Wall Street The Liberty Auto Ignition Co., New York, s been incor porated witl ipital stock of $150,000 by H. Ejissenbach, L ( Kretzer and | Ba 1121 re ignition equipment The Button Machinery Co., 10 n N. J., has awarded a contract to the Industrial Engineering Co., 30 Church Street, New York, for a ant addition, including boiler house, on South Eleventh Street near Grand Street, to cost ibout $170,000, The Tidewater Iror N. J., has filed plans for The Harrison Bolt skin, Tinton Avenue, Bronx, to m inulac Clintor street, Hoboken, Works, 73 Jefferson Street, a one-story plant addition. & Nut Co., Harrison, Hoboken, ae has filed October IQIg notice oO! organization to operate a plant at Secon streets, for the manufacture of bolts, nuts and g steel products. S. Forry Laucks, head of the Yor Co., York, Pa., is interested in the company. The Sun Machinery Co., Newark, N, J., has b with a capital stock of $25,000 by A. and Frank J William Tunick, to manufacture special machinery, The Accurate Screw Machine Co., 128 Mulberry N. J., has filed notice of organization to manuf machinery. Oscar S,. and Van S. Buckson, 158 We liaintield, N. J., head the company, S. P. Townsend & Co., Central Avenue, West manufacturers of lawn mowers, have commenced three-story brick and concrete plant, 6O x 240 ft Avenue near Henry Street, Bloomfield, N. J., to co A machine shop for parts manufacture and installed in the new automobile service plant to Broad Street, Newark, N. J., by the McdAllister-( poration, 1003 Broad Street, manufacturer of iron mobile specialties. It will be two 66 x 3s to cost $125,000. Kapp & Herrevagen, 557 South Eleventh Street have filed notice ot organization to manufactur Joseph Kapp and Charles Herrevagen head the ‘ Phe Wymarsh Foundry, Hornell, N, Y., has b with a capital stock of $100,000 by F. A. Wygant ind E. Shults. rhe Add A-Tire Stanley a, Ciacunch basement factory, 5U x which it will iccessoriecs., ret re t stories, & Supply Corporation, 1505 Br president, has 120 ft., at Root manufacture of auton purchased street equip tor the rhe Watkins Body Corporation, 673 Genes« S will build a brick addition to its factory to cost $15,000 The Jewell Steel & Malleable Co., 373 Hertel A is having plans prepared for an addition to its fou Frontier & Tool Co., Buffalo The M ichine idding to its factory at 1382 Lakeview Avenue, Philadelphia PiuILADEL! The Globe Machine Co Kinsey and hled Josey lelphia, has plans for a one-story brick mac 12 x O4 ft Phe Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Depat ton, has had plans prepared for a forge shop at tl Navy Yard, Philadelph to cost about $350,000 The Luster Machinery Co., Widener Building, | has leased property at 917 Arch Street, for a new lo ment Max Haupt, 1713 Sansom Street, Phila ] for a one-story brick forge-shop addition at Twer Carlton streets. Fhe C. K. Bullock Co., Philadelphia, has been I Delaware with a capital stock of $10,000 by C. M. B Thomas B. Preston, Philadelphia ; and W. A. Allison, Sy Pa., to manufacture gears, sprocket whieels, etc. rhe addition now in construction by the | Burial Casket Co., Boye ind other works departments, with machinery insta to cost $250,000. The Drain Steel Co capital | course ot rstown, Pa., will include a n , Philadelphia, has been stock of $750,000 by Jesse S. Shepherd, 1420 Street, Philadelphia; John A. Drain, 405 Elm A more, Pa.; and William F, Mal Moore, t iron and steel products. Barbour Brothers, Fair irg, and South Warren N. J., iron and steel proucts, have acquired of the New Jerse y Wheel Co., on Marion Street, fr Philadelphia & Reading Railroad he site compris« building of about 18,000 sq. ft., and extensions, Thropp & Sons Co., other n with the two-story new owners lor The William R. facturer of rubber-mill one-story shop addition. The York