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c l i m a x i n g a s e r i e s o f s u c h p r e s e n t a t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . . . . I m p o r t a n t c h a n g e s i n s t r u c t u r e a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ( p . 3 0 ) o f t h e n a t i o n a l l a b o r r e l a t i o n s a c t a r e i n p r o s p e c t . . . . P i g i r o n p r o d u c t i o n ( p . 2 6 ) a v e r a g e d 1 0 1 , 6 4 8 g r o s s t o n s d a i l y i n F e b r u a r y , o f f 1 2 p e r c e n t f r o m J a n u a r y b u t c o m p a r i n g w i t h 7 3 , 5 7 8 t o n s a y e a r a g o .
I m p o r t a n t r e s e a r c h r e c e n t l y ( p . 4 4 ) i n d i c a t e s t h a t c r e e p r e s i s t a n c e o f a l l o y s t e e l b o l t i n g m a t e r i a l s f o r s e r v i c e a t t e m p e r a t u r e s a b o v e 8 5 0 d e g r e e s F a h r . i s i m p r o v e d m a r k e d l y b y e m p l o y i n g D „ i t p . f i „ _ a n o r m a l i z i n g t r e a t m e n t i n s t e a d o f o i l ą u e n c h i n g a n d d r a w i n g . . . . A R e s i s t a n c e n e w s t r u c t u r a l s y s t e m w h i c h a f - f o r d s s i m p l i c i t y a n d g r e a t s t r e n g t h ( p . 5 0 ) c l a m p s s h e e t s u n d e r t e n s i o n i n s t e e l f r a m e s t o e l i m i n a t e t h e n e c e s s i t y o f c r o s s b r a c i n g . . . . I n a n e a s t e r n p l a n t , h a c k s a w b l a d e p r o d u c t i o n h a s b e e n i m - p r o v e d b y a d o p t i o n o f a n e w t o o t h c u t t i n g m e t h o d a n d i n s t a l l a t i o n o f a c o n t i n u o u s , c o n t r o l l e d a t m o s - p h e r e h a r d e n i n g f u r n a c e ( p . 5 4 ) . . . . M o d e r n p h y s i c s m a y t h r o w l i g h t ( p . 5 8 ) o n w h y a c t u a l t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h s o f m e t a l s a l w a y s a r e l o w e r t h a n s t r e n g t h s c a l c u l a t e d t h e o r e t i c a l l y .
C o n s tr u c tio n w i l l s t a r t i m m e d i a t e l y ( p . 2 4 ) o n t h e e s t c o a s t p l a n t f o r t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f p i g i r o n in electric f u r n a c e s . I n i t i a l p l a n s c a l i f o r t w o 5 0 - t o n f u r n a c e s , w i t h t w o 2 0 0- t o n u n i t s B i l l i o n t o b e i n s t a l l e d l a t e r . . . . B r i t i s h p o r p i a n c * F r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e d e - c i d e d ( p . 3 3 ) t o p l a c e t h e i r b i l l i o n - t r d o l l a r a i r c r a f t o r d e r i n t h i s c o u n -
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A s p e c i a l l y - d e s i g n e d t e s t i n g m a c h i n ę ( p . 6 2 ) , d e m - o n s t r a t e d l a s t w e e k a n d s a i d t o b e t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l o f i t s k i n d , i s e x p e c t e d t o e x t e n d t h e s t u d y o f a l u m i - n u m p r o d u c t s f o r a p p l i c a t i o n s i n t o N e w T e s t i n g n e w f i e l d s - • ■ • R e c e n t l y i n s t a l l e d
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M r . B o t c h f o r d a l s o i s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e R i c h M f g . C o ., w i t h p l a n t s i n L o s A n g e l e s a n d P o r t l a n d , O r e g . T h e R i c h c o m p a n y m a n u f a c t u r e s s o i l p i p e , h y d r a n t s , v a l v e s a n d f l t t i n g s a n d w i l l t a k e a l l o f t h e i n i t i a l o u t p u t o f t h e n e w S i e r r a I r o n C o . p l a n t . M r . B o t c h f o r d w a s v i c e p r e s i d e n t a n d g e n e r a ł m a n a g e r o f t h e C o l u m b i a S t e e l C o . b e f o r e t h a t p l a n t w a s p u r c h a s e d b y t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p .
A s s o c i a t e d w i t h h i m i n t h e S i e r r a I r o n C o . i s A l b e r t E . G r e e n e , M e - d i n a , W a s h . , w h o d e v e l o p e d t h e G r e e n e e l e c t r i c f u r n a c e . M r . G r e e n e h a s c o n d u c t e d e x p e r i m e n t a l w o r k o n a n e l e c t r i c f u r n a c e m e t h o d f o r s m e l t i n g i r o n o r m a n g a n e s e o r e s f o r m a n y y e a r s . T h e f u r n a c e s t o b e i n s t a l l e d a r e a " t i l t i n g t y p e , t h r e e - p h a s e , m u l t i p l e e l e c t r o d e w i t h c l o s e d t o p t h r o u g h w h i c h t h e e l e c t r o d e s a r e s u a p e n d e d i n t o t h e b a t h . ”
C o a l I s R e d u c in g - A g e n t T h e m e t h o d t o b e u s e d i s d e - s c r i b e d : “ C o a l i s u s e d a s t h e r e d u c i n g a g e n t . T h e f u r n a c e i s e ą u i p p e d w i t h a n a u x i l i a r y r o t a r y d r y i n g k i l n i n t o w h i c h t h e g r o u n d o r e , c o a l a n d f l u x i s f e d , d r i e d a n d d i s c h a r g e d d i- r e c t l y t h r o u g h a c l o s e d f e e d l e a d i n t o o n e e n d o f t h e e l e c t r i c f u r n a c e . T a p p i n g o f t h e s l a g a n d c h a r g e i s a t t h e o p p o s i t e e n d . C o a l m a y b e o f t h e a b u n d a n t s u b - b i t u m i n o u s o r n o n c o k i n g b i t u m i n o u s r a n k a n d m a y c o n s i s t o f t h e f l n e s w h i c h a r e o b - t a i n a b l e a t l o w c o s t .
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n a c e t e m p e r a t u r e , t h e r e m a i n d e r s u p p l i e d b y t h e e l e c t r i c a r c . I n t h i s w a y t h e p o w e r c o n s u m p t i o n i s k e p t r e l a - t i v e l y l o w . ”
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a r t h a s a c ą u i r e d o r e p r o p e r t i e s n e a r S c a p p o o s e , O r e g . S h i p m e n t s w i l l b e m a d e b y r a i ł a n d b y w a t e r o n t h e C o l u m b i a r i v e r . O r e m i n i n g w i l l b e a n o p e n p i t o p e r a t i o n .
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u s e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and E u r o p ę a n d b e t t e r t h a n a g rea t m a n y . ”
M i n i n g a t S c a p p o o s e i s sc h e d u le d t o s t a r t A p r i l 1 5 . S o m e m a g n e s it e o r e w i l l b e s h i p p e d f r o m S h a sta c o u n t y , C a l i f . , a n d o t h e r r e s e r v e s as n e e d e d .
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O n e o f t h e c h a n g e s i n v o l v e s r e s - t o r a t i o n b y N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l o f p i c k u p a n d d e l i v e r y s e r y i c e o n l e s s - t h a n - c a r l o a d l o t s o f f r e i g h t , a s e r y i c e w h i c h t h e r o a d h a s n o t p r o y i d e d f o r a y e a r a n d a h a l f . R a i l r o a d s t a r t e d t h e s e r y i c e l a t e i n 1 9 3 6 b u t d i s c o n t i n u e d i t in t h e l a t e r p a r t o f 1 9 3 8 b e c a u s e r e v e n u e s d id n o t c o m e u p t o e x p e c t a t i o n s .
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a R E P U B L I C S t e e l C o r p . l a s t J u n e sta r te d c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a n e w p l a n t a t M a s sillo n , O , l o r m a k i n g s t a i n le s s s t e e l in c o i l s a n d c u t l e n g t h s in v a r io u s f i n i s h e s . I n J a n u a r y t h e m ills s t a r t e d o p e r a t i o n ; s i x w e e k s later, p r o d u c t io n o f 1 2 0 0 t o n s a m o n th w a s r e a c h e d .
N o w 1 5 0 0 t o 2 0 0 0 t o n s a m o n t h could b e s h i p p e d i f i t c o u l d b e m ade, s o r a p i d l y i s t h e d e m a n d f o r this g r a d e o f h i g h - q u a l i t y s t e e l in - crea sin g . A l r e a d y p l a n s h a v e b e e n m ade b y t h e a u t o m o t i v e i n d u s t r y t o double t h e ą u a n t i t y u s e d i n c a r s this y e a r o v e r t h a t u s e d in 1 9 3 9 m odels.
F o r m a l o p e n i n g l a s t T u e s d a y o f R ep u b lic’s n e w s t a i n l e s s f i n i s h i n g plant u t i l i z i n g f i v e a c r e s o f f l o o r sp ace u n d e r r o o f , w a s a t t e n d e d b y a p p r o x im a te ly 4 0 m a g a z i n e a n d n e w s p a p e r e d i t o r s a n d r e p r e s e n t a - tives. F o l l o w i n g d a y f a m i l i e s a n d frien d s o f e m p l o y e s v i e w e d t h e v a rio u s o p e r a t io n s .
S ta in le s s s t e e l c o ld r o l l e d a t t h i s plant is m a d e in t h e c o m p a n y ’s electric s t e e l m a k i n g d e p a r t m e n t a t Canton, O. T h i s d i v i s i o n , o r i g i n a l l y c o n sis tin g o f s i x e l e c t r i c f u r n a c e s , rece n tly w a s e n la i’g e d b y t h e i n s t a l lation o f a 2 5 -to n u n i t t r a n s f e r r e d from t h e c o m p a n y ’s B u f f a l o p l a n t and a n e w 5 0 -to n u n i t .
R ep u b lic n o w h a s c o n c e n t r a t e d a l l sta in le ss s t e e l p r o d u c i n g a n d f i n
i s h i n g o p e r a t i o n s a t C a n t o n a n d M a s s i l l o n , O ., w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f t h e h o t r o l l i n g o f s l a b s i n t o c o i l s . T h i s i s d o n e a t W a r r e n , O .
A p o r t i o n o f t h e f i v e - a c r e b u i l d i n g w a s r e b u i l t t o a c c o m m o d a t e t h r e e a n n e a l i n g a n d e l e c t r o - p i c k l i n g l i n e s w h i c h w e r e t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m t h e c o m p a n y ’s W a r r e n , O ., d i y i s i o n , a n d a n e w 3 4 , 2 8 a n d 2 0 - in c h , 4- h i g h r e v e r s i n g m i l i a n d a 2- h ig h , 3 4 - in c h s k i n p a s s s t a n d . O r i g i n a l e ą u i p m e n t f o r c o l d r o l l i n g s t a i n l e s s i n c l u d e s a 2 - s t a n d t a n d e m , 4 - h ig h 2 0 - in c h m i l i , a 4 - h i g h 2 0 - in c h m i li a n d a 1 2 a n d 1 8 - in c h 2- h i g h s k i n p a s s m i li .
W i t h t h i s e ą u i p m e n t , R e p u b l i c n o w p r o d u c e s c o i l s o f c o l d - r o l le d s t a i n l e s s s t r i p f r o m ’/ i - i n c h t o 2 3 IS i n c h e s . I n t h e p o l i s h i n g d e p a r t m e n t s h e e t s 6 8 i n c h e s w i d e b y 2 4 f e e t l o n g c a n b e p o l i s h e d o n e i t h e r o r b o t h s i d e s i n a l l t r a d e f i n i s h e s .
E s t i m a t e 1 9 4 0 U t i l i t i e s ’ P r o g r a m a t $ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 S P r i y a t e U t i l it i e s , a c c o r d i n g t o U n i t e d S t a t e s c o m m e r c e d e p a r t - m e n t ’s e s t i m a t e s , w i l l i n s t a l l 2,0 0 0,- 0 0 0 k i l o w a t t a d d i t i o n a l p o w e r g e n - e i ' a t i n g f a c i l i t i e s t h i s y e a r . I n d i c a t e d c o s t i s $ 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
B a s e d o n c o m m e n t s f r o m w i t h i n t h e i n d u s t r y , e x p e n d i t u r e s f o r 1 9 4 0
a r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 g r e a t e r t h a n l a s t y e a r . N e w c o n s t r u c t i o n , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e p o r t , p r o b a b l y w i l l b e p r i n c i p a l l y f i n a n c e d t h r o u g h s a l e o f s e c u r i t i e s a n d n o t
" s o l a r g e l y o u t o f e a r n i n g s a s h a s b e e n t h e c a s e in r e c e n t y e a r s . ”
D e p a r t m e n f s s t a t i s t i c s i n d i c a t e p o w e r g e n e r a t i o n , w h i c h r e a c h e d a r e c o r d h i g h a t y e a r ’s e n d , t o t a l e d 1 2 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 k i l o w a t t h o u r s in 1 9 3 9 . O f t h i s a m o u n t t h e r e c o r d t o t a l o f 1 0 7 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 , r e p r e s e n t e d s a l e s t o u l t i m a t e c o n s u m e r s .
R e s i d e n t i a l s a l e s w e r e e s t i m a t e d a t n e a r l y o n e - f i f t h t h e t o t a l . F a r m c o n s u m e r s t o o k m o r e t h a n 3 ,0 0 0 ,- 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 k i l o w a t t h o u r s , m o r e t h a n d o u b le 1 9 3 2 s a l e s .
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■ A y e r a g e n u m b e r o f s t e e l e m p l o y e s i n J a n u a r y w a s 5 5 6 ,0 0 0 , a g a i n s t 5 6 3 ,- 0 0 0 in D e c e m b e r a n d 4 5 1 ,0 0 0 i n J a n u a r y l a s t y e a r . T o t a l p a y r o l l s w e r e
$ 8 2 ,8 2 7 ,0 0 0 , a g a i n s t $ 8 4 ,5 3 7 ,0 0 0 in D e c e m b e r , a n d $ 5 9 ,3 4 8 ,0 0 0 in J a n u a r y , 1 9 3 9 .
T h e 4 9 6 ,0 0 0 w a g e - e a r n i n g e m p l o y e s a y e r a g e d 8 3 .5 c e n t s p e r h o u r , a g a i n s t 8 5 c e n t s i n D e c e m b e r , a n d 8 2 .6 in J a n u a r y , 1 9 3 9 . W a g e e a r n e r s a y e r a g e d 3 7 .1 h o u r s a w e e k , a g a i n s t 3 6 .9 in D e c e m b e r , a n d 3 2 in J a n u a r y l a s t y e a r .
C a n a d a ’ s D e c e m b e r S t e e l I m p o r t s T o t a l $ 1 8 , 8 7 6 , 0 0 0 H C a n a d a ’s i r o n a n d s t e e l i m p o r t s l a s t D e c e m b e r t o t a l e d $ 1 8 ,8 7 6 ,0 0 0 , a n i n c r e a s e o f $ 7 ,5 5 5 ,0 0 0 o v e r $ 1 1 ,- 3 2 1 ,0 0 0 f o r c o r r e s p o n d i n g 1 9 3 8 p e r i o d .
I m p o r t s f r o m U n i t e d S t a t e s i n c r e a s e d f r o m $ 1 0 ,0 2 4 ,0 0 0 t o $ 1 6 ,9 1 3 ,- 0 0 0 . M a c h i n e r y f o r m e d l a r g e s t s i n g l e i t e m , t o t a l i n g $ 3 ,4 7 4 ,0 0 0 a g a i n s t $ 2 ,0 2 2 ,0 0 0 f o r D e c e m b e r , 1 9 3 8 .
C e n t r a l T u b e L i g u i d a t e s P i p e , C o n d u i t B u s i n e s s E9 C e n t r a l T u b e C o ., P i t t s b u r g h , s t e e l p i p e a n d c o n d u i t m a n u f a c t u r e r , l a s t w e e k a n n o u n c e d i t s d e - c i s i o n t o l i ą u i d a t e b u s i n e s s . D i s - p o s i t i o n o f p l a n t a n d i n v e n t o r y h a s b e e n a r r a n g e d .
C o m p a n y ’s p i p e s t o c k a c c o u n t s w i l l b e s e r y i c e d b y S p a n g C h a l- f a n t I n c ., P i t t s b u i ' g h , e f f e c t i y e F e b . 2 6 . L a t t e r w i l l m a k e a y a i l a b l e t o f o r m e r C e n t r a l T u b e C o . c u s t o m e r s a c o m p l e t e l i n e o f b u t t w e l d , l a p - w e l d a n d s e a m l e s s t u b u l a r p r o d u c t s .
O u t p u t o f a n a d d i t i o n a l p a t e n t e d p r o c e s s c o n t i n u o u s w e l d m i l i , n o w p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d , w i l l i n c r e a s e S p a n g C h a l f a n f s s e r y i c e f a c i l i t i e s .
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Steel C co ^ s s t a i n l e s s st.e e l o n th e n e w 3 4 -in c h r e v e r s in g m ili in R e p u b lic was a 'm Pr o v e d a n d e x p a n d e d s t a i n l e s s s t e e l fin is h in g p la n t w h ic h fo r m a lly
ed at M a ssillo n , O ., l a s t w e e k . S t e e l i s s o c a r e f u lly p r o te c te d th a t p a p e r is r o lle d in to th e c o ils ( lo w e r le ft)
March 4, 1940 25
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■ N I N E T E E N m o r e b l a s t f u r n a c e s w e r e t a k e n o u t o f p r o d u c t i o n d u r i n g F e b r u a r y a n d , a s a c o n s e ą u e n c e , U n i t e d S t a t e s p r o d u c t i o n o f c o k e p i g i r o n s u f f e r e d a s h a r p s e t - b a c k . T h i s w a s t h e t h i r d c o n s e c u - t i v e m o n t h t h a t t h e p r o d u c t i o n r a t e h a s d r o p p e d a n d s e c o n d i n w h i c h t h e f u r n a c e t o t a l h a s d e c l i n e d . O n t h e l a s t d a y o f F e b r u a r y , 1 5 8 s t a c k s w e r e a c t i v e , a s c o m p a r e d w i t h 1 7 7 J a n . 3 1 , a n d 1 9 1 D e c . 3 1 .
A c c o r d i n g t o r e p o r t s f r o m t h e c o u n t r y ’s 2 3 3 p o t e n t i a l b l a s t f u r n a c e s , w i t h o p e r a t o r s m a k i n g e s t i - m a t e s f o r t h e l a s t t w o o r t h r e e d a y s o f t h e m o n t h , a v e r a g e d a i l y p r o d u c t i o n i n F e b r u a r y w a s a t t h e r a t e o f 1 0 1 ,6 4 8 g r o s s t o n s p e r d a y . T h i s w a s a l o s s 1 4 ,2 6 7 t o n s p e r d a y , o r 1 2 .3 p e r c e n t , f r o m t h e J a n u a r y r a t e o f 1 1 5 ,9 1 5 t o n s p e r d a y . T h e r a t e w a s t h e s m a l l e s t s i ń c e l a s t S e p t e m b e r , w i t h 9 5 ,8 0 2 t o n s d a i l y , a n d c o m p a r e s w i t h
M O N T H L Y IR O N PR O D U C TIO N G ro ss T o n s
1940 1939 1938
J a n ... 3,593,354 2,175,423 1,444,862 F e b ... 2,947,795 2,060,183 1,306,333 T o t. 2 m o. 6,541,149 4,235,606 2,751,195 M a r c h ... 2,393,255 1,470,211 A p r il... 2,055,326 1,388,008 M a y ... 1,717,522 1,260,937 J u n e ... 2,119,422 1,060,747 J u l y ... 2,356,036 1,213,076 A u g ... 2,660,513 1,495,514 S e p t... 2,874,054 1,683,097 O ct... 3,627,384 2,067,499 N o v ... 3,720,100 2,286,661 D e c ... 3,767,605 2,212,71S T o t a l ... 31,526,823 18,889,663
7 3 ,5 7 8 t o n s p e r d a y in F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 9 .
T o t a l p r o d u c t i o n f o r F e b r u a r y w a s 2 ,9 4 7 ,7 9 5 g r o s s t o n s . A g a i n s t t h e 3 ,5 9 3 ,3 5 4 t o n s m a d e i n J a n u a r y , t h i s w a s a d e c r e a s e o f 6 4 5 ,5 5 9 t o n s , o r 1 8 .0 p e r c e n t . H o w e v e r , p a r t o f t h i s l o s s i s d u e t o t h e f a c t t h a t F e b r u a r y w a s a 2 - d a y s h o r t e r m o n t h . T h e F e b r u a r y o u t p u t w a s t h e s m a l l e s t s i ń c e l a s t S e p t e m b e r w i t h 2 ,8 7 4 ,0 5 4 t o n s , a n d c o m p a r e s w i t h 2 ,0 6 0 ,1 8 3 t o n s i n F e b r u a r y , a y e a r a g o .
O u t p u t f o r t h e t w o m o n t h s o f 1 9 4 0 h a s a g g r e g a t e d 6 ,5 4 1 ,1 4 9 g r o s s t o n s , a n d i s a g a i n o f 2 ,3 0 5 ,5 4 3 t o n s , o r s o m e 5 4 .5 p e r c e n t o v e r t h e 4 ,2 3 5 ,6 0 6 t o n s m a d e i n t h e f i r s t t w o m o n t h s o f 1 9 3 9 . O u t p u t f o r t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d o f 1 9 3 8 w a s 2 ,7 5 1 ,1 9 5 t o n s .
R e l a t i n g p r o d u c t i o n t o c a p a c i t y , o p e r a t i o n s i n F e b r u a r y a v e r a g e d 7 3 .0 p e r c e n t , a g a i n s t S 7 .1 in J a n u -
-W E R A G E D A IL Y TR O D U C TIO N G ross T o n s
1940 1939 193S 1937
J a n ... 115,915 70,175 46,608 103,863 Feb... 101,648 73,578 46,655 107,857 M a rc h ... 77.201 47.426 1 1 1 .9 5 1 A P r il... 68,511 46,267 113,354 M a y ... 55,404 40,675 114,360
•Ju n e ... 70,647 35,358 103,843 J u ly ... 76,001 39,131 112,947 A u g ... 85,823 48,242 116,676 ScP1... 95,802 56,103 113,932 Oot... 117,012 66,694 93,259 N ov... 124,003 76,222 66,901 Dec... 121,535 71,378 48,499 A v e ... 109,019 86,375 51,752 100,573
a r y , 8 8 .5 i n D e c e m b e r a n d 9 0 .3 i n N o y e m b e r . I n F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 9 , t h e r a t e w a s 5 1 .0 p e r c e n t .
D u r i n g F e b r u a r y , 6 b l a s t f u r n a c e s r e s u m e d a n d 2 5 w e r e b l o w n o u t o r b a n k e d . A l l o f t h e s t a c k s r e s u m i n g w e r e o f n o n m e r c h a n t o r s t e e l w o r k s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ; o f t h i s g r o u p , 2 1 s t a c k s w e r e m a d e in - a c t i v e . N o m e r c h a n t f u r n a c e s r e s u m e d a n d 4 w e r e t a k e n o u t . T h e 1 5 8 a c t i v e f u r n a c e s w a s t h e l o w e s t n u m b e r o p e r a t i n g s i ń c e l a s t A u g u s t w i t h 1 3 8 . I n F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 9 , a c t i v e u n i t s t o t a l e d 1 2 1 . I n t w o m o n t h s , 3 3 b l a s t f u r n a c e s h a v e b e e n b l o w n o u t o r b a n k e d .
F u r n a c e s r e s u m i n g o p e r a t i o n in F e b r u a r y w e r e : I n I n d i a n a : G a r y N o . 9, C a r n e g i e - l l l i n o i s S t e e l C o r p . I n O h io : L o r a i n N o . 2, N a t i o n a l T u b e C o .; M i n g o N o . 4 , C a r n e g i e - l l l i n o i s S t e e l C o r p . I n P e n n s y l y a - n ia : C a m b r i a “ J ” a n d S t e e l t o n A , B e t h l e h e m S t e e l C o . I n W e s t V ir - g i n i a : R i y e r s i d e , W h e e l i n g S t e e l C o r p .
S t a c k s b l o w n o u t w e r e : I n I l l i n o i s : S o u t h W o r k s O ld N o . 2 a n d
FEBRUARY IRON PRODUCTION No. in b la st;
last day of
Feb. Jan
Alabama . . . 17 17
Illinois .. . 10 32
New York . . . 1 0 10
Ohio .. . 31 36
Penna. .. . 57 64
Colorado . .. . 3 31
Indiana . . 12 16
Maryland . . . 6 6
Virginia . . 1 l j
Kentucky . . . 1 11
Mass... . . 0 1 | Michigan . . . 5 5 I
Minnesota . . 1 2 (
Missouri .. . . 0 0 f Tenn... . . 0 0 Utah .... . 1 1
West Va . . 3 2
Total . .158 177
—Total Tonnages—
Non- Merchant Merchant
83,158* 148,898
49,901 188,040
58,141 125,404
74,417 4S7,601
106,505* 882,933*
3,274* 542,807
6,470 190,246
381,866* 2,565,929*
•Includes ferromanganese and spiegeleisen.
S o u t h W o r k s N e w N o . 9, C arn egie- l l l i n o i s S t e e l C o r p . I n In d ia n a : G a r y N o s . 1, 2, 3 a n d 6, C arn egie- l l l i n o i s S t e e l C o r p .; M a d e l i n e N o . 3, I n l a n d S t e e l C o . I n M a s s a c h u s e t t s : E y e r e t t , M y s t i c I r o n W o r k s . In M i n n e s o t a : Z e n i t h , I n t e r l a k e Iron C o r p . I n O h io : A n n a , S tr u th e r s I r o n & S t e e l C o .; M a r t i n s F erry, W h e e l i n g S t e e l C o r p .; B r ie r Hill N o . 2 , Y o u n g s t o w n S h e e t & Tube C o .; L o r a i n N o . 3 , N a t i o n a l Tube C o . ; M a s s i l l o n , R e p u b l i c S t e e l Corp.;
O h io N o s . 2 a n d 4 , C a r n e g ie - lllin o is S t e e l C o r p . I n P e n n s y l v a n i a : Mid
l a n d N o . 3 , P i t t s b u r g h C rucible S t e e l C o .; S h e n a n g o N o . 1, S h en a n g o F u r n a c e C o .; B e t h l e h e m “B.”
B e t h l e h e m S t e e l C o .; E l i z a N o . 4, J o n e s & L a u g h l i n S t e e l C o rp .; One M o n e s s e n , P i t t s b u r g h S t e e l Co.;
C a r r i e N o s . 1 a n d 3 , C la ir t o n N o. 2 a n d D u ą u e s n e N o . 5 , C arnegie- l l l i n o i s S t e e l C o r p .
U r g e C e r t i f i e d R a t i n g s F o r P r o p e l l e r F a n s
B G o o d y o l u m e o f b u s i n e s s in the v e n t i l a t i n g i n d u s t r y t h i s y e a r is in-
R A T E O F F U R N A C E OPERATION (R e la tlo n o f P r o d u c tio n to Capacity)
19401 1939' 19385 19371
J a n ... 87.1 51.0 33.6 76.6 F e b ... 73.0 53.5 33.6 79.5 M ai c h ... 56.1 34.2 82.5 A p r il... 49,8 33.4 83.7 M a y ... 40.2 29,4 84.3 J u n e ... 51.4 25.5 76.6 J u l y ... 55.0 28.2 82.9 A u g ... 62.4 34.8 S5.7 S e p t... 69.7 40.5 83.7 O c t... 85.2 48.0 68.4 N o v ... 90.3 55.0 49.3 D e c ... 88.5 51.4 35.6
•B a sed on c a p a c ity o f 50,198,920 gross to n s, D ec. 31, 1938; =capaclty o f 50,606,400 g r o s s to n s , D ec. 31, 1937; 3flrst half on c a p a c ity o f 49,512,737 tons, Dcc. 31, 1936
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