The Iron Age 1919-11-06: Vol 104 Iss 19

ves ypagy en) N00 0041 EULALT EEN PUA OER AACE SPEAR NN t THE IRON AGE “8 EMERGENCY MARKET BUEL “we fi =| Published by the IRON AGE PUBLISHING CO., 239 West 39th Street, N. Y. Thursday, November 6, 1919 v that pint INNNENADEUOMADEADOLAN EA SETEON NANT AEU PAA AMA ENEAAAANUEA ENN Maga eH ANAT ATNM NANDA NNN ENN cn OUTPUT STILL GAINING remais Unaffected As Yet by Coal Strike—Pig Iron Active and ntracty Higher—Rail Inquiries for 1920—Lower 64 1} : Nek Freights on Exports teago § steel production is as yet unaffected by the coal ine bed ott ks of coal have been accumulated in all districts, many Build ng from three to six weeks’ supply. The Steel foe dae ’ king coal is almost entirely from non-union mines. " steel companies get coal from both union and non F ail t most of them could go on for weeks without serious al specia r lack of fuel. Merchant blast furnaces generally rators are fuel shortage sooner than those of steel companies, Vational t immediate danger of a shutdown ns with further returns of workers to the steel s no indication that the tide which has set so strong- steel strikers can be turned by the coal strike. In a stricts, in fact, a gradual resumption at the coal mines luction figures for October bear out the estimates e | t journal during the month, of the extent of the shut- rarted five various districts. The total output for the country aning, § 8 tons, or 60,115 tons a day, against 2,487,965 tons in rkmen are Sey r 82.932 toms a day, the falling off being about 25 per eks of September were free from the strike year, and t furnaces of steel companies: had an average output of in foundn ! t lay in October against 60,954 tons a day in September, it 31 per cent ment in blast furnace operations has been marked in veeks. For the month the net gain was 51 furnaces, s have af rest report ry iron ys 2254 215 reing it bl ist on Nov. 1 against 162, on Oct. 1. - Ohio. On Pittsburgh district, which contributed 31 per cent of the t $28.75 4 October output, makes the surprising showing of 887 tons more than Fae S The Schuylkill, Lower Susquehanna and Lebanon A Clevelant their production one-third, Alabama 6 per cent, 1 at $29 @ h Valley 17 per cent over September. The Wheeling rth found rd hit, only 9 per cent as much iron being made in 10,000 tom September. There was sharp curtailment in western rn prod nearly one-half from September; in the Mahoning con for mM “41 cent less; in Chicago 55 per cent, and in New t price tot S ( per cent less, aol sh S { ron producers have withdrawn quotations in view of fuel prices and supply. A large volume of is offered for 1920, but while the market con nount of business put through is only a fraction The sales closed have been at advancing prices, tly } till being scoured for prompt iron, indicating that ting ona large scale. oe ire : t iron ore shipments in October were 6.201.883 in like total of 48,978,414 tons to Nov. 1, or 13,000,000 tons t same period in 1918. tor PF port sales have probably equaled the best months hut shipments were only one-fourth as much Labor ppear to have given only a temporary check to was a large volume of definite requests which not consider ssels offering there has been a decline in ocean to offset the adverse exchange situation on ex- On finished steel as low as $8 to British port Skelp is still in demand from England, and pect to do further business with Great Britain bars and plates. In spite of reports to the con finished st terial point ices on a leer Speite New .& agreement between American and British pro York Log rt markets or prices on any forms of iron and g10 | 810 1a soe ipbuilder has asked a 10-day option on 8,000 to 8.10 i \ tural steel. ; a1 (1 sheet mill at Gary, the Aetna Tron & Steel Co en 1 1500 tons of fabricated steel. About 22,000 tons gio f n this country for the Tata Iron & Steel Co. In Pacific Coast shipbuilder wants 30,000 tons. Steel pment have sold for 3%c. as well as 3c. against on of 2.35c., Pittsburgh, by the leading mills ; iet new commitments inside of several months. ae is are negotiating for 150.000 tons of rails but Se expected until the disposition of the roads is ted New nsylvania Railroad has inquired for 200,000 tons we | ott ls for 1920, the purchase being contingent on ar Me railroads to their owners. Apparently the mills Ic, juote with this condition. The Pennsylvania, 1 10,000 tons of rails for early delivery with an ls rolling iron bars have advanced prices $5 a the East last week, and are now on the basis e as te k, o rk iron pipe has made an advance of $8 per ton New tot $6 per ton on lap weld pipe, but is not taking . The g sold ahead for several months. : . «Avan from Germany tell of advances in pig iron in a Ts ging from 112 to 151 marks, bringing hematite and ; ndry iron to 652 marks. Semi-finished steel port es S30 marks from 600; structural steel to 865 at 6.8 whe 1185 marks, bars to 995 marks, wire to 1200 ; gett 7 icts in proportion. Rail freights have gone ecg 10.50 marks and coke 15.75. Even at the above Loe f roducts were lower in unoccupied than in the reciation of the mark, Dutch firms as well as zg the United States, South America and Mexico buyers of hand tools, screws, cutlery and other in western Germany, recent business in these eavy. Te ae 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, ee ——- UVUATYCUCEOCLSEGTTSIOATIUAY PTVUUEEOOEAY QUEDA E EAA ERAT TYRANT kL SICQUAFUNMAL DONATO, Nov. 4, Oct. 28, Oct. 7, Per Gross Ton: 1919 No. 2 X, Philadelphiat.......... $33.10 No. 2, Valley furnacef “a 30.00 No. 2 Southern, Cin’ti7 . 32.60 No. 2, Birmingham, Ala.? 29.00 No. 2, furnace, Chicago* ....... 28.75 Basic, del’d eastern Pa. ........ 28.00 Basic, Valley furnace .......... 25.75 Bessemer, Pittsburgh .......... 29.35 Malleable, Ch’go® ............. 20.25 Matiogbie Valley ..vecccccccecs 29.25 Gray forge, Pittsburgh ...... 28.15 L. S. charcoal, Chicago ........ 35.50 Rails, Billets, etc., Per Gross Tea: Bess. rails, heavy, at mill ...... 45.00 O.-h. rails, heavy, at mill ...... 47.00 Bess. billets, Pittsburgh ........ 38.50 O.-h. billets, Pittsburgh 38.0 QO.-h. sheet bars, P’gh. 42.00 Forging billets, base, P’gh 51.00 O.-h. billets, Phila 47.50 Wire rods, Pittsburgh 53.00 Finished Iron and Steel, Per Lb. to Large Buyers Iron bars, Philadelphia Iron bars, Pittsburgh [ron bars, Chicago Steel bars, Pittsburgh Steel bars, New York Tank plates, Pittsburgh Tank plates, New York Beams, etc., Pittsburgh Beams, etc., New York ........ Skelp, grooved steel, P gh Skelp, sheared steel, P’gh Steel hoops, Pittsburgh Sheets, Nails and Wire, Per Lb. to Large Buyers Sheets, black, No. 28, Pgh Sheets, galv., No. 28, P’gh Wire nails, Pittsburgh Fence wire, base, P’gh Barb wire, galv., P’gh. ........ Old Material, Per Gross Ton: Carwheels, Chicago Carwheels, Philadelphia Heavy steel scrap, P’gh Heavy steel scrap, Phila Heavy steel scrap, Ch’go No. 1 cast, Pittsburgh No. 1 cast, Philadelphia No. 1 cast, Ch’go (net ton) No. 1 RR. wrot, Phila No. 1 RR. wrot, Ch’go (net Coke, Connellsville, Per Net Ton at Oven: Furnace coke, prompt Furnace coke, future Foundry coke prompt Foundry coke, future Metals, Per Lb. to Large Buyers Lake copper, New York Electrolytic copper, N. ¥ Spelter, St, Louis Spelter, New York Lead, St. Louis Lead, New York Tin, New York 7 Antimony (Asiatic), N. Y Tin plate, 100-Ib. box, P’gh. $25.50 25.00 21.00 20.00 18.00 26.00 28 O00 25.50 27.50 19.50 $5.50 6.00 7.0 6.50 Cents 21.75 21.25 7.55 7.90 6.0 6.75 56.00 8.75 $7.00 1919 $33.10 28.75 31.60 28.00 28.75 28.00 25.75 29.35 29.25 27.15 $2.75 45.00 47.00 38.50 38.50 42.00 51.00 47.50 52.00 70 Mm 3.85 4.25 $25.50 24.50 00 20.00 18.00 24.00 26.00 25.50 27.50 19.50 $7.00 * The average switching charge for delivery to Chicago district is 50c. per ton. ¢Silicon, 1.75 to 2.25. {Silicon, 2.25 to 2.75. 1919 $31.10 26.75 31.60 28.00 26.75 28.00 25.75 45.00 47.00 38.50 38.50 42.00 51.00 42.00 52.00 Cents 2.745 7% ~ ie 2.62 ( ents 4.35 5.70 3.25 3.00 4.10 $24.00 24.00 19.00 19.00 18.50 on MM) oo Cents 21.50 21.25 37% 72% 5 6.20 55.25 SO $7.00 wna foundries in the GERMAN PRICES ADVANCED Foundry Pig Iron Up 135 Marks—Large Sales of Tools, Screws And Cutlery For Export Bertin, Germany, Oct. 10.—This week there has been a general price advance throughout the iron trade met two days ago and marked up hematite by 132 marks to 725 marks; foundry No. 1 and foundry No. stock, 1200 marks. Freight rates were raised 50 per cent this week. Coal went up 10.50 marks and coke 15.75 marks, The new semi-finished The Pig Iron Association 3 by 135 marks to 652 marks; Luxemburg foundry by 151 marks to 603 marks; siegerland steel-making iron by 112 marks to 577 marks, and spiegeleisen by 151 marks to 623 marks. A general advance has been made also in steel products, ingots going up 250 marks. steel price is 830 marks; structural steel, 965 marks; heavy rails, 1020 marks; bars, 995 marks; heavy plates, 1185 marks; wire The further depreciation of eV EOM LAN PMEPNS FTES SY oat Nov. 5, 1918 $39.15 34.00 37.60 34.00 34.00 36.90 33.00 36.60 34.50 34.50 34.40 38.85 55.00 57.00 47.50 47.50 51.00 60.00 51.50 57.00 Cents 3.745 3.50 - inl 2h S 9209 os $9 oe uw 2 t -—- = ye igem 2 a a Cents 5.00 6.25 3.50 3.235 4.35 $29.00 20.00 29.00 29.00 29.00 29.00 29.00 20.86 4.00 29.86 $6.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 eee ONT <n aetna ay Cae Oey Cents 26.00 26.00 + 8.60 8.95 7.75 8.05 75.00 10.50 $7.75 Tue IRON AGE S vance in toreign = or 0 e f lependence on imported 9° pi . P pessimi < r ing as to I n k has br ght S ) gn rs (a any rhes c g up prices of : cts to unprecedented I e ne { I irdware d g s ] g 2 t quantitre 5 pr ts g p y | isKOCU , I ! LU 4 nt 1 1K) e oO 5 c ry I 1 iys 9 g m<¢ : S — s from Mexico S Ar stat \ \ \ nd ¥ j t b S I Latin +] g pure ses cutl people there find t ' Orders from India ar : ch D S navian houses. It i { , Cc y been 200) 1 1 t gt y ip, the S p pre i c rer ' Ss ' wn | Phe ot fT 2 Ink to & s s t 2 i TT COAL MINERS’ STRIKE Its Probable Effect on Iron and Steel Industries— Many Men Working N ( t trol in t Pittsburg st tly gl t st ] hoped that Ss ght bolst p th idmit has been lost Pitt rgh t 1 \ ks. and it t r iners hav gon ‘ they have been idle The fact that t 1 gy to t in s t t eturn to work As a: ant th 1 l A four weeks work et} , ' iths’ supply t South Chicag nd \ s depending wy y © rie | t ste int est ths I r fie t \ \ t 1 ) \ \ A | | \\ [ ( S Sat \ = 4 | + S } e t f We y f test Operators ted striker r S 1°s t mpa | e the er Military force i ‘ nd, t is 1 isorde PUDDLERS’ WAGES UNCHANGED—WORKMEN RE- TURNING TO MILLS , N vember 1 s t Sig t \ lga 1 As iation scale w » t ] + 1) rat t t ] S 1 p S VAS Se ) } l \ tow XS t \ es Ka a) } \ publishes ‘ t ills it p | t nditions, N ist week and we Ta S St plant blast furnaces in this s t ’ Ss ks t The At nS & Wire Vv ‘ (| ind | ( t nearly tw ths. The ( , | \ | | psor N t 4 | { t ts 4 S ‘ ( S t ‘ | ? + I S t st the 1 t <4 1 aN t t pr t t s t Ww serve t Many | e going on a six d s Ww ng ! ivs Tine 1 | } ow r ie t S | t of by prod wt 1 i ee a8 I K has available 1ts t s t { irt by-p luct k November LQIg plant Chere is little talk of the strike in this distri who have made a careful canvass of the situation s are satisfied with their wages and working condit work steadily on, regardless of the union strike. | County, all the miners are unionized and about 20, Among the mines suspended are the coal mines of th subsidiary of the Janes & Laughlin Steel Co IRON BARS AND PIPE ADVANCED PittspurGH, Nov. 3.—Pittsburgh mills $5.00 per rolling ton or to the 3 1dvanced basis of large lots. A. M. Byers & Co., weld wrought iron pipe this being equal to an per ton on lap-weld., months at the old prices Pittsburgh, have lowered dis four points and on lap-we advance of $8.00 ton However, the company discounts and is not quoting ess. Other Pittsburgh mills making iron pipe hay vanced prices, but are not quoting on new _ business Iron Co., Reading, Pa., has not changed its discounts, g orders BLOWING IN MANY FURNACES Pig Iron Output for October 25 Per Cent Less Than in September per $6.0 Pig iron production in the month of October 1,863,558 gross tons or 60,115 tons i day is 2,487,965 tons or $82,932 tons a day in September, about 25 per cent. Of the October total 1,205,109 per cent, was from steel company Ferroalloys produced to 20,238 gross tons. There w of 51 furnaces in the past month, 53 being blown in blown out output of or nearly 70 Pig Iron Production by Districts—Gross Tons Oct Sept. Aug (31days) (30days) (31 days i New York 95,897 149,300 193.983 174.98) New Jersey 5,340 4,893 0,075 SN Lehigh Valley 91,593 78,0038 SY.71S T7,2i Schuylkill Valley ‘ 67,368 49,137 39,309 40.44 Lower Susquehanna and Lebanon Valleys 40,719 30,813 38.075 § DNS 579,439 132,595 66,928 651,546 SATAN 156,202 130,121 132,815 W519. district Valley Pennsylvania Virginia and Pittsburgh shenango Western Maryland, Kentucky ne 59,943 4,662 BY 844 34.52 Wheeling district 8,675 96,778 119,260 S145 Mahoning Valley ...... 37,805 233,241 324,004 313,72 Central and Northern <ciabaneekvse Oem 154,102 198,771 206,414 192,874 Southern Ohio ...cccce 68,094 64,906 66,620 53,984 ( So. Gistfict ccccee 172,431 385,187 $10,591 SOLYN M , Minn., Mo., Wis., Co ul eee 56,547 81,400 81,465 4 \la n 213,298 200,602 178,752 151,102 | ess¢ 12,784 12,051 9,217 7,64 lot . 1,868,558 2,487,965 2,743,388 242854 WILL BUILD NEW STACK I Steel & Tube Co. of America, Chicago, has d viditional merchant blast furnace of 600 tons capa South Chicag ir Indiana Harbor, Ind Constructi 1 i late, as it is hoped to have the stack t tter part of next year, TO MAKE PIG IRON IN UTAH A ton blast furnace is to be erected at Midva Ut Uta Ire x Steel Co which has open-heart furt g it that point IRON AND STEEL MARKETS PITTSBURGH PITTSBUR« Nov. 3.—None of the blast furnaces or stee in the Pittsburgh district is shut down, on account strike, and all can run for 10 days up to four weeks on t of coal now on hand The demand for steel-making pig ac prices ruling are those that have been in March 21. However, prices on foundry and malleable ar to $4.00 per ton, No. 2 foundry being firm at $30.00, and it $29.25, both at Valley furnace. We note 1,500 ¢ for fairly prompt shipment at $25.75, and active, and sales of 1,500 t Bessemer at $27.95 Valley furnace Sheet bars are in active demand and very scat bring $2.00 to $3.00 per ton premium over the reg $42.00, but none can be had, as all producers of sheet bar n supply to regular customers. ictural steel work is active, and a larg The hotel in Detroit, calling fo A i pending as is another in Cincinnati 7,000 tons. M Marshall Co. has taken 1,300 tons for a new plant for West. Products Co., Fairmont, W. Va., and the Jones & Laug! Co., 700 tons for an extension to the plant of the Genera) Co., Erie, Pa. Inquiry for str work is in sight. i till S Still E Th American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. and inde tir plate mills are steadily increasing ojecrations mn iron bars have been advanced $5.00 per ton, oS vite , Pittsburgh. Premiums over regular prices are being pa 5 wire nails to some mills by new customers. Domest a wire nails have been made at as high as $4.00 per keg, at m ] The demand for prompt furnace coke is active, but | gher than last week. Standard grades of prompt f ow ee selling at $5.00 to $5.60 per net ton at oven. The at snarket is more active, and three or four large consumers at nt . ” apd ’rices on heavy steel melting scrap are up fully $1 e other grades about the same NEW YORK — New York, Nov. 3.—The scramble to buy pi ttle respect as to where it comes from and what 0 ” bees tinues, with prices still advancing. Off-irons, w he 0 igs in the market, are in sudden demand, as inst! \ew 1,000 tons off basic, containing 0.08 sulphur, w! $ sree England at $26.50 furnace plus $5.50 freight. No ry ember 6, 1919 appeared, consumers either realizing its futility, or else ently stocked. There is, however, active deman Sellers are obtaining whatever price they ask and the is dificult to determine. Sales have been made as high . furnace, for silicon 2.25 to 2.75. The level of prices has : it least $1 over a week ago. A Birmingham furnace to- A ™ . . - - > > iphed agents to raise the base price from $28 » $30.00 \ Virginia furnace recently sold 3.75 to 4.25 iron at e, the base price being $32.00, furnace. A leading seller reports inquiries totaling 6,000 tons for domestic practically none of which he is able to fill. There is mand for and scarcity of high silicon iron tput of cast iron pipe is being determined by the number ‘available, there being more orders than can be com- . The winter’s rush of buying for spring delivery soon. We quote 6-in. and heavier at $58.30 New York; with $2.00 additional for Class A and gas pipe es have made as much advance as they did a week rticular price activity in machinery cast and clean cast Heavy melting steel has also moved up 50 cents ch were hard hit by the steel strike are not yet book as with three months’ commitments it is felt that it dificult to approximate delivery dates An increasing 5 mill operatives is becoming available at the very tin rcase in mill activity is checked because of the uncer the effect of the coal strike. Meanwhile, consumers are se for the first quarter, but so general has it become a rkct that such offers find few takers. In spite of the labor Less port demand continues heavy. The business taken for October probably exceeded 225,000 tons and could hav had mill shipments been possible. Shipments repre than one-fourth of the volume of business taken One car ight a large tonnage of plates figuring back to about $ t rgl but whether this is to cover an extensive ca My s r is for the 1000 cars for the Union Tank Line is rt Few new sizable structural projects have developed, but g t ng awards may be noted: Plymouth mills, Lawrence, Mass nly to the American Bridge Co.; Wink Motor Car Co., Al 68 tons, to the Lehigh Structural Steel Co.; Inter ‘ Roiler Works, Stroudsburg, Pa.. 600 tons; Art Museum, 1, 875 tons; apartment house, Philadelphia, 400 tons, and il S t st station, New Dorp, N. Y., 650 tons, to Smith, Hauser & for spiegelesien is active, particularly for export In foreign sources aggregate 5000 tons and 1000 tons has sold, besides about 2000 tons for domestic consumption $35.00, furnace. British producers of ferromanganese have withdrawn from the market for this year and for tl There may be one producer who would sell for first $105.00, seaboard, for 76 to 80 per cent alloy. Domestic nganese, 78 to 82 per cent has been sold at $115.00, freight } appears to be the American quotation. Ferrosilicon, “) per cent, can be obtained anywhere from $75.00 ot $100.00, de- , depending upon the seller, quantity and the delivery. Quo- ns for ferrotungsten are difficult to obtain in the absence of ) S74 t test of the market, but appear to be around $1.00 to $1.25 yh per It f mtained tungsten. Ferrochrome, 60 to 70 per cent, 391, 9s6 r lots, is quoted at 25c per lb. of contained chromium, t} ranging from 4 to 8 per cent. Ferrovanadium is quoted at 0,435 85.00 s6.00 per Ib. of contained vanadium in wholesale lots for 151,19. ry. Ferrocarbontitanium, 15 to 18 per cent. is selling at 7,040 SLOW) net ton in carload lots. at $220.00 per ton in lots he ind a carload, and at $250.00 per ton in lots less than 2 428,54 bh. Suspension Bridge, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA LA, Nov. 4.—Most of the Eastern Pennsylvania Gd to ¢ ither withdrawn from the market or are restricting y either sales f this year to preferred customes. Books have not been yp i f t year and probably will not be until the coal strike is v furnaces have contracted for their fuel supply for The tone of the iron market is firm and prices continue lvancing tendency. A Virginia furnace has put into f $1.00 a ton Eastern Pennsylvania furaces are Ut g $ ind $33.00, furnace, for No. 2 X. and $30.00 and rnaces nace. for No. 2 plain Last reported sales of basic were t 8.00 and $28.50, delivered. but these prices could not b \n inquiry for several thousand tons from a wire rop ' r for first quarter is before the trade and sellers say ) t juote $30.00 or $31.00, furnace. A sale of 1,500 tons of rege was made at $31.50, delivered. A Trenton, N. J., com 10 tons of foundry for first quarter. An Eastern plants ris in the market for 750 tons of malleable. Sales of copper he r | phorus have been made at $38.00, furnace. $ Pennsylvania Railroad has inquired for 200,000 t f 5 not ] lb. open-hearth rails for delivery in 1920, but makers § E | te quote owing to uncertainty as to what costs will are up $3.0 ¢ next year. The inquiry prescribed as a condition that the ord rs, nd_ malleable ed neellable if the railroads are not returned to their soo tons s jan. 1 The McClintic-Marshall Co. has been awarded the > ond tons shape tons of fabricated steel for buildings to be built ™ "y th ta Iron & Steel Co. in India. An English shipbuilder has id w ] lay option on 8,000 to 10,000 tons of ship shapes, pri s to run into next year. The plate market is firm and are shot t s exceptionally good. The American Car & Foundry ' ng for 8,000 tons of plates and 7,000 tons of shapes and large amout a vork. An Eastern plate manvfacturer has sold smal fs E S r ivery in first quarter at 2.75c, Pittsburgh. It is YY 7 in locomotive builders are bidding on 400 locomo gian railroads, and the business may go to Germany. that the order would be divided between the Baldin Works and the American Locomotive Co steel is strong and Eastern companies have been n without difficulty the $5.00 advance on billets which t into effect. An Eastern plate mill has bought 2,500 several dollars over the price recently in effect e on bar iron to 2.75c, Pittsburgh, is now genera 40e per 100 Ib. on nuts has also gone into effect a 1 demand. The Hog Island shipyard has bought £ t heat-treated bolts and wants 500 kegs of commercial 1 s of ferromanganese have withdrawn from the Domestic makers have made small sales at $110.00, riffin Wheel Co. is in the market for 2,000 tons of first half high prices of pig iron have created a good demand es are advancing. The Lukens Steel Co. has bought s of heaving melting steel at $20.00, delivered. An r is offering $25.00, delivered for car wheels. Other cr on increased activity. Tue IRON AGE c CHICAGO Chicago will tak« $ ‘ f cast iron pipe on Novem ber 10 and Witt, I \ r ive figures on 615 tons November 19. The demand for nuts and bolts and wi ducts, particu larly nails ,continues far ir ss of t supply, but prices in this district have not gene I Northern pig iron has again advanced $1.25 a ton and charcoal iron has gone up to $35 furnace, wit tt ron of either class until first rter Silvery, 7 per cent, has gone up to $43.25 furnace or $47.05 | ge The lowest 1otation on South ern foundry is now $30 base for the remainder of this year and first quarter One Southern s t : sposed of 1,000 tons in this territory within t past 10 vs. one fifth of which was for 1919 delivery Valley yt t s t \ West, at steadily increasing prices, tew late transactions g on the basis of $31 to $32 tor 1.75 to 2.25 sil n BOSTON Boston, Nov. 3 Outstanding feat s f the pig iron market ire the strength of prices and the increas sales by merchants who, on ac nt of t strike, \ er mpelled to buy from furnaces whose iron they do not usually sell ttle iron of silicon 1.75 to 2.25 has beer sold, t al tl sar s tons of 2.25 to 2.75 and 2.75 to 3.25 s n, mostly t atter, ive hanged hands, ind 1000 tons with s t p t een taker The bulk f the iron sold sin st report was fr Buffalo, for spot and nearby delivery. The demand for s ron has been sufficient to warrant almost record-breaking s s ut r normal supply conditions, he Sullivan Machinery Co., Claremont, N. H., the Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., Indian O ur Mass., t Framingham Foundry Co.., Framingham, Mass., and New England textile interests have figured prominently in the | g Buff ieor 5 t ».75, spot and nearby shipment, has s t ! $34 furnace One dealer is offering the same kit f iron f ry at $34 furnace Buffalo, silicor 7 t ; i _ furr e, or $38.90 delivered Iron running i 5 t s sold at $39 furnace, The last sales 1 I f Virgir : n | t 5, were at > t T e, t si t t at ind t silicon 2.75 to 3.25 at $33, for spot and within 3 lays livery No sales have een made tor four vs me g i strik lev lopmer ts Five hundred tons of Alabama N ; st f iron, sold at $29 furnace, an advance of a t $1 COKE,—T ket is mor tive and stronget Spot is sold on a $ ind $6.75 Connellsville bas in extreme uivance of $1 past ten days rhe New England Coal & Coke Co.’s spot t 1 $6.50 Connellsville base, its sliding Nov ] na $ ) base, and its 1920 sliding scale price is temporary, the com scale contract contract price pany retaining ivance it if 1 tions warrant. SCRAP and strength of borings and turnings are features f the ket Borir gs 1 some cases have been selling for more mor than steel scrap Fast Pennsylvania interests have been heavy yers of borings at $14.50 to $15 and turnings at $12 to $12.50 Bostor ; Very few of the local mill representatives are accepting contracts for structural steel The First National Bank, Boston, has warded a contract to Stone & Webster for a $ 00 bank and office building of brick and steel Actual tonnage of steel involved is not known Stone & Webster have placed a der through the local office of the venix Bridge Co., f 3 tons struct steel to be used in work for the Philadelphia | tric ¢ Some of the largest New Englar consumers of tool steel, espe cially high-grade stock, are anxious to } ‘ ntracts for first half, 1920, requirements, indicating a belief that prices are to be higher Mills guaranteeing deliveries within two or three months prior to the steel strike, are now talking four | five months’ deliveries. Stocks, especially those f t ire gradually declining. Supplies of certain sizes a badly broken. Local firms manage to maintain weekly gross sales, howev through auto accessories and other lines he situation will probably be serious by the end of another mont nless mills are able to make larger shipments or there is a decreas tl local consumptive demand Warehouses having concrete bars n get a st any price for them, but very few actually are taking advantage f market conditions BUFFALO Burrato, Nov. 3 Practical] ill st workers in the Buffalo district returned to work today and the strike is considered over Merchants furnaces that have been out report gradual improvement ind all quiet, Donner Steel Co now selling considerable pig iron for current delivery, mostly in small ts The Lackawanna Steel Co.’s employes are also returning in increasing numbers and con- ditions are much improve rT) men at the Buffalo & Susqehanna furnaces have started to come |! } nd resun I is expected soon, One producer, whose furnaces were not affected by the strike and has been for some time Id up for 1919, will shortly begin quoting for 1920 unless the coal str mes unexpected proportions. With most furnaces the oal stril has cl ked selling and they are not quoting at present, although i: y aggregates probably 50,000 tons for the week and there ar nlimited chances to sell. The schedule adhered to by one interest selling iron for current delivery is $37.00 for 2.75 to 3 silicon: $ 2» tor 2 2.75, and $4 oo for 1.75 to 2.25. Malleable is very searce and $34.00 is asked for the small tonnages obtainable In finished products most sal gencies report they have posi tive instructions to withdraw from tl market on account of the coal strike. Some decline to te on any product even when inquiries come from customers of long standing The demand is insistent and large manufacturers ar scouring the country to find material—both at mills and fror warehouse stocks. Canadian users have been conspicuous in warehouse purchases in the States. Cana dian mills being overwhelmed by the increased demand resulting from the labor difficulties on this side of the line The old material market has heen strong and consumers for the past 10 days have tried to replenish their stocks. There is an ex- ceptional demand for cast iron borings from eastern Pennsylvania points and quotations are now $15.50 to $16.00 No. 1 machinery cast scrap also adv ed t to $26.50; car wheels to $25.00 to $2 ind railroad y hold Pp trading. Str. Lov Nov. 3 A t wil natura ST. LOUIS . tive efforts to buy big iron in this market have been followed by the withdrawal f a larger number of Ohio and Southern furnaces on the ground that they are sold up as far is they care to be Prices have been advanced and a rather hystéri al ndition is noted in efforts f melters to get under cover against fuel and transportation strikes and their effect on de iveries The buying has vered all classes except users of basic, stove and commercial foundries purchasing, where possible, in ton- nages from 500 tons down to car loads A considerable number 1 down during the week. Prices have of orders offered were turned (Continued on Page H) Pee a eo aoe es ee on AS NE a EPR Wy ee T a oe ae Sen in Ue D Tue IRon AGE November 6, 1919 Pittsburgh i Iron and Steel Bars prices are: Mild steel bars, 2.85c., Pittsb freight rate of 27c. per 100 lb.; common bar iron Pig Iron ; ; e. - : 8 Zs Chicago; rail carbon 2.65c. to 2.75c. mill. Jobbers Phe owing quotations re steel bars out of warehous« Cast Iron Pipe We quote per net ton f.o.b. Chicago, ex Water pipe, 4-1n., $62.80; G6-in. and above, $59.80 per gros it the Clevelz ee oti being $1.40 per = “ai gas pipe $2 extra, No. 2 Bolts and Nuts N 3 Jobbers 10 Structural rivets, 4.72c.; b M machine bolts up to x 4 in., 50 and 5 per cent 40 and 5 off; carriage bolts up to , x Gin., 4a Ferroalloys sizes 30 and 10 off; hot pressed nuts, square tapp W te 78 to SZ per cent domestic ferromanganese $110 de tapped, $1.85 off; coach or lag screws, gimlet pi Englis t $105, with a reduction of $1.50 to $1.79 per DU and 5 per cent off Quantity extras tor 1 percentages. We quote resale 50 per cent ferro Sheets $85 to $90 and 18 to 22 per cent, spiegeleisen at $33 to Mill quotations are 4.35c, for No. 28 black, $ Dy Pri r ferrosil con are 3 per c blue annealed, and 5.70c. for No. 28 galvar ed £7.79); 1 cen r cent, $93.00 ; 12 pe r ¢ Jobbers quote Chicago delivery out of sto« DVO Oe We ‘ rt o per cent at. $45 25 a ( per cent, > l annealed, 4.57c.; No. 28 black, 5.62c., and No 2S 2g S per cent, $43.25: 9 per cent, $45.25, ar 0 per cent, ° » AL es a a a oa 5 Rails and Track Supplies per gross I is charged fe ea ver cen ‘ a : “11 ‘ A the ibove prices are f rh Standard railroad spikes, 3.55c., Pittsb irgh | or. at alana 1 +3 las e, Jacks ( New Straitsville, Ohio, whicl ive 4.35c., Pittsburgh. Steel tie plates Skies Ok . ae rgl d Chicago: tie plates, iron 2.00 oe) oy er og ss ton fc le n the rit irgnh an Cago, I ,», Won a. — ee sila 4 rails, 2.45c., f.0.b. makers’ mills, wit Billets and Sheet Bars Old Material : We juote delivery in buyer's yards, Chic W re t x 4 in. soft Bess met a San eee b = ot freight and transfer charges paid, as follows Pr. - es Hets at S42; sheet b "ip S42 ; Slabs, vl, and Per Gross Ton & ! ts, jul base, all ft at 3 ttsburgh of oungs Iron rails ‘ $25.50 Relaying rails aueet Por 35.00 Iron and Steel Bars Carwheels ... 27.00) " We —— hove rolled from billets at 2:38 ind from old Steel rails, rerolling 80.04) 45 Pittsburg mills rolling iron bars ote t 2.75c¢ Steel rails less than 3 ft 4 1K) rive y ‘ 1 fr vyht rat t int ] er Heavy melting steel 2O00 t gh, fj S freig i Oo poin deliv y Frogs switches and guards t apart my OM) Structural Material Shoveling steel 20.00) els up to 15-in, 2.45c., Pittsburgh, large lots Per Net Ton [ron angles | splice bars ; $24 50 1 Plates ry M Ingte ; pit 1 =4 . eel angl S AO » I “ws me ene bo Pittsburg lron arch bars and transon on TO) ‘ I : oa ee re ee ; 30.00 ¢ Spikes Steel car axles ....... 5 27.00 \W standard s] , 9/16 x 4 t $3.35 base pet No. 1 busheling 18.00 1in) t id lots i PO} r OO ch, and small spikes, No. 2 busheling 1.0) 7/16 iv nd smaller, at $3.80 t $4 per 100 Ib. in carload Cut forg 19.75 OW) yg POW) each, plus sual extras Boat and Pipes and flues 16,00 rge spikes, $3.85 to $4 1 we | n carload lots of 200 kegs No. 1 railroad wrought . 21.00 ) iM) i o.b. P s g kor ss than carloads, lk No. 2 railroad ight 1V.75 to 22 Steel knuckles and c« plers OO FOt 1 (MW) ‘ Coil springs 21.00 to 215 Cold Rolled Strip Steel i ened 26.00 to 27.00 \ I st t $9.00 Das per 100 lb., f.o.b Boiler punchings . : : 22.50 to 23K Pitts! ch. 1 . . . 0.100 nd thicker har | Locomotive tires, smooth 19.50 to 20.00 mpered in coils 0.20 1 nd nder Boxing « rge, 2 per Machine shop turnings 9.50 to 10.00 1iM) Cast borings . . 10.001 11.1% Old Material Stove plate and light cast 2200 to 24.00 H ste gy. S ber é Follat Grate bars 22.00 to 22.50 Br ge, M S M nd and trake shoes 19.00 ’ Pittsburgh, « ve! $20.50 to $21.00) Railroad malleable 21.00 t 22.00) 1 3 sal plat —5 F0to 26.00 Agricultural 21.00 to B20 Cumberland, Md.;"Kranklin, Ta Philadelphia ( mit st 1S.00 te 19.00 Bur ; nds, { m= Pig Iron sumers’ mills, Pitt sure ' t D.H50to 16 OO T} 17 = es ” ae ; 7) Bundle stamping 14.00 to 14.50 cada n Stewins qoctations sre ter en 6 \ 1 ng 20.00 to 20.50 ira in ru ] — Oo vicinity, xcep ost - on, which are f.o.b, furnace > P eieinth . S.O0 te A) , 7 . Sei - ‘ i to 18.5 Eastern Penna. No. 2 X, 2.25 to 2.75 sil 33.10 t 4.11 I 4 eae Fi : - OF Oot 250 Eastern Penna. No. 2, plain, 1.75 to 2.: 2.10 t t YP p ae — ee ~9p irgi o, ? 99% to 275 sil 610 ( SLOOto 82.00 ce a 2 X, ‘ awofe) SE 36.1 ; > y ape irginia o. 2 plain, to s lt y , Ss 1.00 to 32.00 oe I ae Aa 38.9 ste r axles 28.00 to 29.00 ; 6 . - : ee eee 20.00 to 20.50 oe ee : : : om AD 28 O00 Standard low phosphorus (f.o.b. furnac SM Cast iron wheels 25.50 to 26.0 Malleabl ' 1 ; “> 7 29 Malleable (nominal Rolle steel wl 2? Wto 23.00 , ee oa . es ae Se M 1225 t 12.50 opper ring low phosphoru ) f 1 chi shop turning ==) tO -_ ° Sheet har eo nds e « ' P22 Wi to 24.00 Old Material ’ } k ~- ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ Hea reakable -cas 21.50to 21.75 No. 1 he: vy melting steel $20.00 =) ( t iro! rings 15.25 to 15.50 Steel rails, rerol y ; 26.00 to 24.tM N i4 t 1 wi re 22.00 to 23.00 No. 1 low phosphorus, heavy, 0.04 and under 25.00t -t Carwheels ; on oO hie Chicago No 1 railroad wrought ; No. 1 y wrought ; : 4 ‘ Pig Iron No. 1 forge fire ; me 16.50 to 1 lelivered at consumer’s Bundled skeletor 16.50 to 17 1 ‘ Nort n foundry, malleable and steel-making No. 1 busheling s ‘ ; 16.50 7 ng low phos] rus, W ! furnaces and do not No. 2 busheling 14.00 t TAL ng rge averaging 50c. per ton Turnings (short shoveling grade for blast | Superior I , averag n, 1.50 second furnace ~ 14.50 nN) reight to Mixed borings and turnings (for blast fur ; ; ( go, $2.50 ‘ t to us liffer nace ise) 13.90 i Is $35.00 Machine-shop turnings (for rolling mill and ke Superior charcoal, average silicon, 1.50 first steel works us 16.00 to 16 ce, rage, freight to Heavy axle turnings (or equivalent ; 17.00 ee ( cago, $2.50 (other grades s t to sual dif Cast borings (clear : : 18.00 J 5 No. 1 cast 25,00 to 27.0 ( \ 1 ma 4 2.7D Railroad grate bars 21 wy a=" N » silico 1.75 to 2.25 30.00 Stove plate OHO t «| vo high-phosphorus foundry 30.00 Railroad malleable : 20.00 to Souther ke, Ne 1 foundry and N 1 soft, Wrought iron and soft steel pipes and tubes a - silicon, 2.75 to 3.25 37.40 (new specifications) ‘ ee ‘ 18.50) ~¥ Southern coke, No, 2 foundry silicon, 2.25 to 2.75 36.20 Ungraded pipe see ‘eastones cor ‘ Sout! ! oundry, sil nm, 75 to 2.25 35.00 " Ps Malleable, not over 2.25 silicon 30.50 Birmingham Basi .. 29.00 6 l.ow phosphorus (copper tree : . 40.00 : Pe Pig Iron eon fy Silver 7 per cent ; 17.05 Foundry, silicon 1.75 to 2.25.........0.- aah . Plates Basic .. eee : , Rl aan ‘tation is 2.65c. Pittsburgh, the freight to Chicago Old Material g 2 I 100 lobbers quote 3.67c. for plates out of stock Steel rails . cwabus ean ‘ OO 0 . Ne heavy l ‘ ‘ (00 t : Structural Material Cons . ee 10.00 to 10.5 otation is 2.45« Pittsburg! which takes a freight Macl _— —s ~ Tal | ! ion is 2 , “h -s} turnings 15 or 9 ' . ' _ . ‘ oo - ‘ ichine-shop turning 2fe, per 10 Th. for Chicago delivery. Jobbers quote BAT Maghmsmom fwemIngs o-oo oo 1 Bhi to 2 Ferroalloys J F Carwheels ; aden bis keen eokeaie eel 23.00 10. ory We quote 80 per cent ferromanganese at $110 delivered; 50 per Tramcar wheels ; sihbekd ae edna oe cent ferrosilicon at $85, delivered; spiegeleisen, 18 to 22 per cent, cael a Tr ds ee 25,00) } aa : ; 19.00 $30 furnace Ne.. 2. WIOaht icsccecacedscuscsccdtesgeue wee ™ 19 ) November 6, 1919 Buffalo Pig Iron iry, 2.75 to 3.25 silicon.. .00 to $37.00 X. 2.25 to 2.75 MME. én 6 een ed pas 3.20 to 9.25 ; found 1.75 to 2 35.00 to 37.00 errr rT eT Tt 29.00 , silicon not over 2.20 382.00 to 34.00 WeTTTTT TPCT eee eT ere 20 0) 1 to 1 per cent manganese ...........ee00s 27.25 to 2% per cent manganese.............. 28.75 soperior charcoal, regular grades, f.o.b. Buffalo 38.40 Old Material ting steel, regular grades........ $19.00 to $20.00 : orus, 0.04 and under 23.50 to 24.00 O60 WIGGEME fi decsisccvesececs .00 to ae CE cn eeeeeh ewe een 21.50 to : ; ES GENE Ee eR 28.00 to ® ccsvsavaddtseeusnviegadvaunwenee 28.00 to a rae ere ee ree eer 25.00 to 26.00 malleable ....... eee > win @ 0 © ce > 50 i shop tUrningS ....-escsccescevens 12.00 to 12.50 cle CUFMINGS wcccccccescccccccvces 16.00 to 17.00 DOFINTS occscccccessccsevsvse . 15.50to 16.00 S veereuaanes Perrier sikhene 24.00 to 25.00 grate bars .....+--. cows cases: aaneen mae ‘ ea eek cawebe cauee 22.00 to 22.50 DINE ocecvwednesrenoarnanneoues . 17.50 to 18.00 s DS «cobra vacresneten acess 16.50to 17.50 STAMPING ..ccccceces aT 14.50 to 15.00 New York “ Pig Iron silicon 2.75 to 3.25......... Su _ X, silicon 2.25 to 2.75 etotadeana 5.80 nn silicon 1.75 tO 2.20 ..cccccess ee ° SO) ™) ’ \, Virginia, silicon 2.25 to 2.75...... 36.65 to 37.40 5) Finished Iron and Steel ; is follows for mill shipments Bar iron, refined i) ii louble refined bar iron, 3.77c.; soft steel bars, 2.62c.; iW) izc.; plates, 2.77c.; all New York. “My Old Material W bind G0O88 “vas cack ckaces . . $16.00 to $16.50 ") ?.. COME Ap Ja Reber SR OES ROR aRaSS 22.00 to 23.00 om rca: BOURRE. 66 c45c0 cancens es . 48.00 to 44.00 x GRICE 4 ise tebe re Cees wey ees 25.00 to 26.00 2 ee en eo rer 34.00 to 35.00 1M) road: WROUMEE.k:ccnc dee ctomcenss 24.50 to 25.00 = AM) \ f WO THA - bs cavadecescéisseusven 17.00 to 18.00 20 ‘ CO: écacannnemed aaa ee ee eee eee 12.50 to 13.00 1.14) | yl WHO, TORRE oc ie vat dawees oes 20.00 to 20.50 LAW) ght ME. << va dir useee craw ekien Ste ae meres 6.00 to 7.00 7.00) oe COO: Cura cks doves aveeede nen 15.00 to 16.00 3AM) M shop turnings 12.50 to 13.00 0.00 M Fins BOG CUTMEIGD occ kc cscness 11.50 to 12.00 Q.AN) steel pipe (1 in. min. diam., not 11,00 2 30. WORRY ai wetiviedexwden beeeeea 15.00 to 15.50 m4.) S HGIE sccecnnvavesuuns ence watowern’ 17.50 to 18.00 22.50 SING DOSE. codecs vesiGnneonst 19.00 to 19.50 2t).(4) } ist CHORE) -i.civeenvcascwene 17.50 to 18.00 OS: cnaavaceadas Nha tases cena 22.00 to 23.00 dealers in New York and Brooklyn are quoting 15.00 ries per gross ton: ROLY CARE ceccacciseeceevibara $27.00 to $27.50 ] cast (columns, building mate- CHING GOP Ki sasadsecdecw cece 25.00 to 26.00 5 ] vy cast, not cupola Is ote 6 wee be 18.00 to 18.50 radiators, cast boilers, etc.).... 18.50to 19.00 phos Cleveland Iron Ore Bessemer, $6.45; old range non-Bessemer, $5 r, $ Mesaba non-Bessemer, $5.55. silicon, iry, silicon, 2b 00 ZtGs. 2 cesccnes SUNCOM, S POF COME. cc cccccveccsevenss phos., Valley furnace........ $38.00 to Finished Iron and Steel plates, 3.57c.; structural shapes, 3.37: .27c.; No. 28 galvanized sheets, 6. Old Material WEEE ois Kicueeaoednn haem $19.25 to $19.50 © Wi ksvecunevinweabaenal 21.50 to 22.1) 7.00 to 28.00 to 2.00 15.00 Sia wacewedaa te kacesteis to 36.00 pe to 34.00 » 14,00 s ROHAGE BORN nin ae.caaqietig to 21.50 oe iene erekehkawatewxn ees to 13.75 16.00 rnings and drillings to 11.50 Lit g blast furnaces)........ to 13.50 19." to 16.50 aii to 22.00 p Sow to 18.00 to 21" to 22.00 wT - t . to 17.00 to 15.00 19.” to 28.00 16.0 to 18.00 to 17.00 to 13. to ; 2 (W to 22.50 mm Cincinnati ° Pig Iron ght rates of $3.60 from Birmingham and $1.80 te f.o.b. Cincinnati: sihcon 1.75 to 2 (base price) seeae $32.60 silicon 2.25 to 2.75 (No. 2 soft)...... 33.00 S Per Cee Meee cevavictabvans coos S00 . ke, silicon 1.75 to 2.25 (No. 2).... 33.55 4.97c.; No. 10 blue annealed sheets, 4.27c.; No 28 Tue IRON AGE E Old Material Per Gross Ton Bundled s Bo Old iron rails f 3.00 Relaying rails, 50 Ib. and up.. .. 40.00to 41.00 Rerolling steel rail . ZU to 21.00 Heavy melting steel 15.00 to 16.00 Steel rails for melting 16.00 to 17.00 Old carwheels 18.00 to 18.50 No. 1 railroad wrought 17.0 to 18.00 Per Net Ton Cast borings $7.0 to S$S.00 Steel turnings T00to 7.25 Railroad cast 20.00 to 20.50 No. 1 machinery “OO to 22.50 surnt scrap . 18.00 to 14.00 Iron axles M4OOto 2A Locomotive tires s ‘ 18.00 to 18.50 Pipes and flues . IS.50to 14.00 Malleable cast Ib.50 to 16.00 Railroad tank and s t ZOO to 12.50 ’ S5.40to 36.40 kastern Pa : Ni 2p n sil 1.73 to 2.35 4.40 to 35.40 Buffalo No. 2 X silicon 2.25 to 2.75 34.00 to 35.90 Buffalo No. 2 plain si n 1.75 to 2.25 oto S400 Virginia No. 2 X silicon 2.25 to 2.75 ~- 35.70 Virginia No. 2 pl 34.70 Old Material No. 1 heavy melting $15.00 to $15.50 No. 1 railroad wrought ~1L.00to 22.00 No. 1 yard wrought IS.wWte 19.50 Wrought pipe (1 i n diameter, r 2 long) — M50 to 15.00 Machine-shop turnings LLSVto 12.00 Cast iron borings 14.10 to 14.50 Heavy axle turning 1I250to 13.00 Slast furnace borings I tur ne YOOto 1LO.00 Forge scrap .... 1L.Oto 12.00 Bundled skeleton 1LMto 12.00 Steel car axles . ZO to = 2S.00 Carwheels ‘ ‘ S450 to 25.00 Machinery cast HO to 25.50 NO. &@ Cast .... 2200 to 23.00 Stove plate 50 to BOO Railroad malleab! 17.1) t 17.0) Rerolling rails .. ZLOOto 21.50 . St. Louis Old Material Per Gross Ton Old iron rails .. $24.50 to $25.00 Old steel rails, rerolling “OO 50to BO.00 Old steel rails, less than 3 ft 23.50to 24.00 Relaying rails, standard sections, s inspection és . SS.00 to 45.00 Old carwheels J.00 to 25.50 No. 1 railroad heavy melting st 1IV50 to 20.00 Heavy shoveling steel 17.0 to 17.50 Ordinary shoveling s 15.50 to 17.00 Frogs, switches d gua { 19.50 to 20.00 Ordinary bundled sheets . 12.00to 12.50 Heavy axle and tire 3.75 to 14.25 Iron angle bars .. $21.50 t Steel angle bars .. 18.00 Iron car axles ; SLO Steel oar axles ..... a 20.00 Wrought arch bars a transotr 23 50to 24.00 No. 1 railroad wrought 20.50 to 21.00 No. 2 railroad wrought 19V00to 19.50 Railroad springs IS.50 to 19.00 Steel couplers and k kles IS.50to 19.00 Locomotive tires, 42 it ut ver, smoot inside es (Mito No. 1 dealers’ forg: 18 18 17.00 17. Cast iron borings ; 11.00 11S No. 1 busheling 17.50 18 No. 1 boiler, cut to s r 14.50 t 15 No. 1 railroad cast . 25.50 Stove plate and light ist 22.000 t Railroad malleable IS.50to 19.00 Agricultural malleable : 18.00 to 18.50 Pipes and flues .. 15.50 to 16.00 Heavy railroad sheet and t 14.500 to 15.00 Machine-shop turnings 10.50 to 11.00 Country mixed 5.00 to 15.50 Uncut railroad mixed 16.50 to 17.00 Horseshoes IWD0to 20.00 A writer to the Temps of Paris from Geneva expresses the belicf that the perpetual striking i t stoppag f production in Ger iny are not caused solely by : lutionary propaganda. He con siders that the scarcity of transcends all other questions and this shortage is caused by t scarcity of transportation facilities He admits that the 8-hr y is well f wed by the German worker but notes that the &-h is regarded largely as a subterfuge be 1use the workers ar ima ng 8 hrs. only that they may make louble time for work beyond 8 hrs Works in the Saar regiot ffer I-beams, channels and T-bars tor export at 950 n irks, and 1 nd, sqjuar ind flat merchant bars it 1000 marks. Negotiations are in process for the taking over by i French firm of the Breba plant near Sarrebruck belonging to Rudolph B ecking & Co., whi includes five blast furnaces of a daily production of 130 tons each and pipe foundry and facilities tor various foundry products Belgium has asked France to give to her a part of the coking val which she will receive from Germany in return for a tonnage : ' : which Belgium will furnish in various products. The Belgian coke syndicate disposes now of bout 65,000 tons a month, while for some time 100,000 tons monthly w be needed, or at a rate of 1,200,000 tons a year, which represents a little more than one-third of the 1 coke production in Belgium in 1913. Of ore Belgium wants 200,000 tons monthly. If this amount is not received, because of the rail road transportation troubles, it will be necessary for Belgium to send cars to Lorraine. fF re §x 4 | a4 1 : z F ay " - 3 ay F THe TRON AGE Novemb MACHINERY MARKETS AND NEWS OF THE WORKS New York st i 1 I I Pole I sow ks f t s ‘ pos vit D t i \ I. D Pont tensiv ly ‘ ste ‘ t plant I t at Wi nyt 1) t D Por Mot Mig. ¢ \ g I TIAA t inf | ‘ i 4 I tant rdet ‘ og M 1) ( S 1 i “ I i c s re Ving I Delaw e wx i I s I Otis | tor Ss y S i 4) y, I I N ] I ) P Rive a i =. a s & ( I xz t I Sw y ( | Q é N y ( ine i ss Ss \ () q The ¢ I S] ( ! ( | t St t N y s c I rt sq t t Mar | eent $ t y | ( ! s having s pared tor a t St ett & \V \ 8 West Fortict Stre N Y e ft t s I Tiphany Motor New Y h or 1 wit t e f $401 WwW. ( Dodg | | H witz 1 | M. ( het 14 | i elet S 4 quipment I M Hose I it Stree B kly pt f t 48 100 ft t I 4 Safety | ( ia lila has propert lay s sb aaaibarear 7 I I ers S ( t N y k, has | I t 1. S. Milne R Met Q oe Street, t ure s thing w ‘ i] st I t 1.00 The W I N t N \ en it \ i pit () \ wy r R S I ind K M Ni “ ig \ t factur t ge S | Driv H ( M S St t, H son. N. J ri t A i I “A nt ots kdw M. W n, I | S t. Newark, f two plant ¢ t t 1 f | k w nsist t t t I 1 ret ‘ t 1 rt... a 1 ; diene f ty ¢ 60 @ vns & ( ( t \ West Orange, N. ] t ea ed the nt of the Amer | h Shoe & ( B N J b sed t N t pos s t t I propert prises t ta 100 s. ft ni S ther ng t he Des iers ( M ( Br \ New ¥ I ng plans pre] I \ ell neret { { t it | S City N | [The Auto Safety Device ( 404 Lewis Street, 1 Hi N i pi 1 eft } 7 ) } s H. Mc( é ‘ A. ( \ 1 Ni as H. S | t l | Int M ( ( S ” 7 S 1, Bulgar c t +0 ‘a i I t ve Spet M. Lascoff for t elopment, | i t s var S lustri 2 t a Ss es t t pr tior ndustri terpris t stallati It Ss t € ‘ s°s Se S Bulg 4 t Balk ( IX P f { sident The idquarters of th j l Dondoukoff N l i M Orriols & ¢ P ( S { 1 presentatives, will be ased t quotations prices for i in t t t ‘ et caps s f k scs | I & M t ( s beg e € 1 t t ‘ ding s $ i t y f per ] l W he t | t f y ad p tweer 1 ¢ id work ll be employed, but out ) A t vdde f tl vork itely o1 nd lohn 7 Starkweather, vice-president and works engi is it y f struct Charles A Slei s president r} recently was warcde i large nt by the Gill t & Bark Co., Springfield, Mass., manufacturer of automatic gasoline tank et and o by the Sprague Electric Works, Bloomfield, N. J Catalogs Wanted The Production Engineering ( : Centr Stret, New Y has been organized to act as « 1eer t mat ture for Sig i t l \ t sa y f | tior y has ib saving dev ~ Cat gs I tools ! S t sire t its ete 1 S intor i tion I i I tur s f stand x evices tor such equipment Jol \. Honegger is presi t; Robert Steinma treasurer, and H. All Hinchcliff, secretary A R. Kelso, echanical engineer of the Willys Corporat Elizabeth, N. J., desires a complete file of catalogs of machinery, tools nad supplies for machine-shop, tool and stamping divisions », 1919 Philadelphia PHILADEL! The Newton Machine Tool Works, Inc., Twent strets, Philadelphia, is erecting a shop, 230 x 400 ft erecting, pattern and pattern storage, and forge dey power plant. It is to be fitted with two 50-ft cranes, Schaum & Uhlinger, Inc., Glenwood and ivenues, Philadelphia, manufacturer of textile mac} plans for extensions in its machine shop to cost ab Max M. Sladkin, 503 Market Street, Philadelphi f motorcycles and bicycles, has taken title to t Savage Arms Corporation, Erie Avenue and Sepy sisting of about 7 acres with factory buildings | assessed at $200,000. The new owner will equip manufacture of his specialties, Frank C, J. Dursch, Philadelphia, operating a works at 848 East Woodlawn Street, has filed plans plant, 53 x 65 ft., at 318 East Chelten Avenue $13,000 The Brown Instrument Co., Wayne Avenue, P facturer of pyrometers and other heat meters, has story factory, on lot 61 x 246 ft. ,adjoining its p rh Montross Metal Roofing Co., Camden, N etal shingles, etc., has been acquired by M. Sh Gross, Philadelphia. The new owners will continue the plant and will expand the business by the reg issociated company under the name of the Montross M Co., for the manufacture of stamped metal goods | tion will operate at the same location Mr. Sheff of both companies The Wright Mfg. Co., 131 Master Street, Phila facturing of metal products, has filed plans for a one it 1406-98 North Howard Street, 16 x 90 ft., to st The Trenton Malleable Iron Co., New York Ay T N. J., has filed plans for a works power plant t $20,000. The Mahonoy City Foundry & Machine Co., M Pa., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $ ( rfinkel and others. The Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa., manufa slabs, ete., has filed plans tor a one-story ft., to cost about $120,000 The East Penn Foundry Co., Macungie, Pa., a 10-ft. plant addition The company is just complet extension, Chicago The Nash Motors Co. has purchased about $40, W tool room equipment for its new Milwaukee plant and w lose for pr duction tools The Western Electric Co., Chicag lered seven geared-in-head motor-drive engine lathes turret lathes and =the International Harvester Co. has b g turret lathes for its local tractor plant. The Lafayette Mot Indianapolis, has purchased miscellaneous tools, including turret lathes The Sa