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OO*- JLl^.1.^^^./ V.^ JL^J lU.OU lo.uo iu.UO unable to specify on the work awarded tor 1909 delivery, and the contracts have been extended into 1910 by the American Bridge Company, which obtained con¬ tracts some time ago calling for about a.UUO tons, as noted in these columns at the time. This is only one case where construction work, that was to have gone ahead last year, is still held in abeyance. Numerous small structural contracts came out this week, among them being a total of 5,000 tons for one day. The outlook is still unsettled for the month. Levering & Garrigues have the contract to supply 300 tons for the Ansonia Clock Company's new Brooklyn addition and the Norton Iron Works will fabricate 1,100 tons for a loft building in 2Uth st. Bethlehem shapes will he used in both buildings. Milliken Brothers, Inc., will fabricate 300 tons for a loft building in lyth st where Bethlehem shapes also will be used. PIG IRON.—The following are nomiaal deliv¬ ered prices at lide^vater for shipment liiio the UrsL quarter: Northern: No. 1 X Jersey City..............5L.i5@S18.2o No. 2 X Foundry................. li-2o 17./5 No. 2 Plain ..................... 10.73 IT.Iio The following prices are t. o. b. cars Bir- jningham. ireight to N. Y. $4.2o and including litherage within litherage limits. N. Y. harbor, $4,S5: Southern: No. 1 i'-ouudry ..................$l^i.UO@$l-l.oO No. 2 Foundry Spot.............. 13.oU 14.0U No. o FounOi-j' ..................13.00 13.50 Basic: Eastern Pennsylvania ............ IS.75 Alabama ....................... 14-30 Valley ........................ 17.25 STRUCTURAL STEEL. Nominal prices t. o. b. dock N. Y. Beams ana Channels, 1j-iu. and under ........................?1-7U $2.:^o Angles .......................... I'O Z.^j Tees .............................. l.Sl ^.30 Zees ............................. l-7e ----- BAR IRON FROM STORE (National Ciassifica- lion.) ROUND AND SQUARE IRON. 1 to 1%, base price .................. 2.00 % and "^-ia......................1-lOc, estra FLAT IRON. 11^ to -1 in. -\ Ys to 1 in., base price...... 2.00 !!/■ to 4 X % X 5-16 ..............2-lOc extra 2 to 4 in. ^ 1% to 2 iu........... 5-lOc extra 414 to ti in. i 114 to 1^ .......... i-lOc estra Norway Bars .................... S.Sd ----- Norway Shapes .................. 3.35 .... Burden Best Iron ................ S3.15 base Burden H. B, & S................ IJ-.tlS base Machinery Steel, Iron Finish, base...... 2.0U Soft Steel Bars, base or ordy. sizes------ a.OU Tool Steel, regular quality ........7.00 Tool Steel, e.-ctra quality ......... 13.00 ----- SOFT STEEL SHEETS. ^i and heavier ........................ 2,30 3-16 ................................. ^-40 No. S ................................ 2.b0 Blue Annealed. No. 8 ............................... 2.50 No. 10 ............................... 2.50 No. 12 ............................... 2.55 No. 14 ............................... 2.00 No. 16 ............................... 2.70 Mill. Store. One Pass, Cleaned Cold Rolled. American. No. 10 .................. 52.UO $3.00 No. 181.................. 2.S5 3,00 No. 211 No. 22 (.................. 2.S5 3.10 No. 24; No. 25 (.................. 3.05 3.20 No. 26) No. 27.................... 3.10 3.50 GENUINE IRON SHEETS.—Galvanized. Nos. 22 and 24 ..................per Ib. $5.75 " 26 .......................... ■■ ■* 6.25 ■' 28 .......................... •' ■' 7,25 TERXE PLATES. N. B.—The following prices are for IG 20x2S, the rale for 14x20 being half as much. IX is usually held at §2 per box advance for S to 10 Ibs. coating and $2.50 to §3 advance for 15 lb. and upward, Tlie following are approximating basis quotations, and proper allowance must be made for special brands, small lots, etc,: About 40-lb. coating .................@S1T.30 About 30-lb. coaling ................. 15.20 About 20-lb. coaling ................. 13.50 About 15-lb. coating .............$10.90 11.45 About S-lb. eoacing ................. 8.30 RUSSIA. PLANISHED. ETC. Genuine Russu, according lo assort¬ ment, per Ib....................... 11^@ 14 Patent planished per Ib. A., 10c.; B., 9c., oet. Metal laths, per sq. yd ............ 22 24 GALVANIZED STEEL. Nos. 14 and IC..............Per 100 lbs. S3.10 ■ ■" ^ ■" ......... - " " 3.25 ............... 3.45 ......... •■ '■ ■■ 3.65 "Triangle" Mesh, Style 26 (approved for 8 foot spans). In carload lots F. O. B. dock, N. Y., §1.20 per 100 sq. ft. COPPER. Sheet Copper, hot rolled, IG oz.....per Ib. 18@19 Sheet Copper, hot rolled, 14 oz....per lb. 19@2J Sheet Copper, cold rolled, ic. per lb. above hot rolled. Sheet Copper, polished, 20 Ins. wide and un¬ der, Ic. above cold rolled. Sheei Copper, polished, over 20 ins. wide, 2c. above cold rolled. PIG LEAD. Ton lots......................... Loss ............................ 4%@3 u 514 18 and 20. ■' 22 and 24. " 26 ........ " 27 ........ ■' 28 ........ ■■ 30 ........ No. 20 and lighter, 36 ins. wide, 25c. higher. FABRICATED SLAB REINFORCEMENT. "Triangle" Mesh, Style 27 (approved for C foot spaas). In carload lots F. O. B. dock, N. Y., $1.05 per 100 sq. ft. 3.85 4.00 4.65 Iiiunber. Lumber was not quite as active this week, according to the reports heard at the leading centres here. The cold weather had something to do with this. Large quantities of Southern shipments are coming into this market, but a major portion of the wholesalers' consignments are delayed, the mills ascribing it to shortage of cars, but primarily upon dif- flculty of getting material from the new cutting fields to the mills. As for prices, they remain unchanged in all lines, be¬ ing a little easier this week on account of the falling-off in demand. One lum¬ berman said, regarding the general busi¬ ness outlook and future prices: THE TEAR AHEAD. ■Tt is my belief, and il is shared by others with whom I have talked, that the year will not be a sensational one in the amount of business to be done. Timber interests are trying to keep their best stuff for better prices, which they know they can get. This is true of the South and North. Lumber is like everything else; the people want the best and are willing to pay for it. Then there is an unrest in this market that is not at all desirable. "It is due to Wall Street's concern as to what the Administration's Trust poli¬ cies will be and to the outcome of the labor difficulties now, happily kept under the surface, but which are liable to erupt at any time. Higher prices are not scar¬ ing prospective builders half so much as the very conservative attitude «of Qdu- cary institutions and to the local labor situation. As far as we are concerned we are doing all right. January's busi¬ ness was good, but February's, so far, has not developed its predecessor's strengih." BOARDS.—Kiln dried, N. C, F.O.B. vessel; Red Heart and Mill No.l. No.2. No.3. Culls. 4-4 Edge, under 12 In..28.50 26.50 20.00 13.00 4-4 Wide Edge, over 12 iu...............42,50 35.50 ........ 4-4.\4 and 5...........30.50 27.50 20.00 ____ 4-4x6 .................32,50 2B.5U 21.00 ____ 4-4x3 .................34.50 20.50 21.50 14.50 4-4x10 ................35.50 30.50 22.U0 15.50 4-4x12 ................39.50 32.50 23.50 lli.oO 5-4 Edge, under 12 hi. .30.50 28.50 21.00 ____ 5-4 Wide Edge, over 12 in...............43.50 3G.50 ........ 5-4x10 ................37,50 32.50 23.50 ____ 5-4x12 ................42,50 36.50 25.50 ____ 0-4 Edge .............34.50 31,50 23.00 ____ 6-4x10 ................38.50 33.50 24.00 ____ 6-4.-il2 ................43.50 37.50 26.00 ____ S-4 Edge .............35.50 32.50 24.00 ____ tJ-4xlO ................39.50 34.50 25.U0 ____ S'4xl2 ................44.50 3S.50 27.00 ____ Bark Strips .......... 21.50 Air dried, N. C, F.O.B. vessel: Red Heart and Mill No.l. No.2. No.3. Culls. 4-4 Edge .............25.00 23.00 18.50 12.50 4-4x6 ....................• ...• ........ 4-4x8 ....................• ...• ........ 4-4x:0 ................30.00 26.00 ........ 4-4x12 ................33.00 28.00 ........ 5-4 Edge .............26.00 24.00 ........ 5-4x10 ................32.00 27.00 ........ 5-4x12 ................36.00 30.00 ........ Bark Strips ........... 19.00 •These widths included with Edge In these Grades. FRAMING.—Square and Round: 12-14-16 18-20 ft. ft. 22 tt. 24 ft. 2x4 ................. 16.00 17.50 18.00 19.00 2x6 ................. 16.00 17.50 18.00 19.00 2x8 ................. 16.00 17.50 18.00 19.00 2x10 ................ 17.00 18.50 10.00 20.00 2x12 ................ 18.00 19.50 20.00 21.00 FLOORING.—F.O.B. Car: No.l. No.2. No.3. 13-16x214 and 3. Flat Grain. 29.75 27.75 21.75 13-16x3'^ to 4h<.. Flat Grain 29.25 27.25 21.75 13-16x3 to 4, Jointed F. Gr. 33.00 30.00 22.00 13-16x214 and 3, Rift....... 42.75 37.75 ____ 13-16x3',^, Rift............. 37.75 32.75 ____ 1 1-I6x2"4 to 414, Flat..... 31.T5 20.75 22.25 1 1-16x2",4 to 314, Rifl...... 47.75 42,75 ____ CEILING AND PARTITION: I-Io.l. No.2. No.3. 13-16X All widths except oVfe 30.75 28.75 22.75 13-10.X514 ................. 33.75 30.75 22.75 3-4x All widths except 5\(,.. 30.50 28.50 22.50 3-4x5=4 .................... 33.50 30.50 22.50 Stone. Building stone interests do not expect any improvement in business until March first, and not then unless warring fac¬ tors in the labor market restore peace. While the trade reports a depression, that is more or less general among whole¬ salers , cutters and quarry representa¬ tives, no one is permitting himself to ex¬ press fear as to the outlook for the Spring. "It will be as good as last year, anyway," is the way the trade looks at the situation. Because of lack of optimism, nothing is heard of a prospective advance in granite or marble, to follow the lead ta¬ ken by other kinds of stone at the first of the year. Many wholesalers have lit¬ tle stock on hand, and, it is said, some are sold up. Some cutting yards are working right up to February average, while others are slack, there being just about work enough to keep the working forces organized. If there is an improve¬ ment in the demand for stone, according to one man, it will not come before April 1, and possibly not until the first of May. There Is little inquiry for building stone at present. Granite men who have been figuring on the materia! for the new Municipal Building expect to hear the award the first of the week. STONE.—Wholesale raiea, dellvared 8t Naw York. Bennington building mable.........$1.25@ .... Brownstone, Portland, Con.........60 $1.25 Caen .............................. 1.25 1.75 Georgia building marble........... 1.40 :i.00 Granite, black .................... 1.00 2.00 Graclte, grey ......................60 1.00 Granite, Maine .....................50 .75 Granite, Mtlford, pink................. 1.00 Granite, Picton island, pink............ 1,00 Granite, Pieton Island, red............. LOO Granite, Westerly, blue........... LIS 3.50 Granite. Westerly, red.............l.OO 3.00 Hudson River bluestone, promlscuoua sizes, per cu. ft.................80 .... Kentucky limesione ................80 .95 Lake Superior redstone............. 1.05 ____ Limestone, buff and blue...........85 1.05 Longmeadow freestone .............85 .90 Ohio freestone .....................80 1.00 Portage or Warsaw stone...........90 1.00 Scotch redstone ...................1.05 .... South Dover building marble......1.25 1.50 Tennessee marble ................2.85 2.50 Vermont white building marble..... 1.00 1.50 Wyoming bluestone ................80 .90 SLATE.—Prices are per siiuare, delivered in New York In car lots. Bangor, Genuine, No. 1............ 55.00 ?6.75 Brownville Sc Jlonson Mine...... 7.50 9.50 Chapman, No. 1.................. 5.25 fl.OO Peach Bottom ................... fl,90 7.B0 Red. No. 1.......................11.00 13.00 Unfading Green ................. 5.25 6.40 Mi s celia n eons. Wire products constitute about the only branch of the building material market that shows improvement. According to the reports of the American Steel & Wire Co., speciflcations received since the first of the month run at the rate of 5,000 to 6,000 tons a day. Speciflcations for last Saturday were for G,O0O tons. Shipments in January from the mills were 128,000 tons, while the new busi¬ ness aggregated 40,000 tons. For the last three months the current speciflca¬ tions have exceeded the current ship¬ ments by from 10,000 to 20,000 tons a month. Hollow tile and terra cotta fireproofing are experiencing their dullest season, the number of contracts and specifications being low. There is every reason to be¬ lieve that prices will remain stationary until well into the early Summer, pro¬ viding conditions in local and suburban building warrant it. Copper is in slight demand and lead is dull and heavy.