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550 KHJiJUKU AJNU tjrUlUlfi March 12, 1910 terests. Prices in nearly all supplies under this head are steady, but have not yet showh any signs of stiffening. The plumbing supply Interests heard this week that the plumbing contract for the new Municipal Building went to the W. G, Cornell Company, Everett Building, Union square. This is a prize that almost every sanitary engineer in the city and many throughout the country had hungry eyes upon. PIG IRON.—The following are nominal deliv¬ ered prices at tidewater for shipment into the second quarter: Northern; Ko. 1 X Jersey City..............?lS,2o(g)$lS.5tJ No, 2 X foundry................. IS.OO 18,25 No. 2 Plain .....................1T,50 18,00 The following prices are I. 0. b. ears Bir¬ mingham, freight to N. T. $4.25 and including litherage within litherage limits, N. Y. harbor, $4.85: Southern: No, 1 Foundry .................518-00@$1S.25 No. 2 Foundry Spot.............. 17.50 18.00 No. 3 Foundry .................. 17.00 17.50 Basic: Eastern Pennsylvania ............18,00 18.25 Alabama .......................14,50 15.00 Valley ........................ 17.25 15.00 STRUCTURAL STEEL. Nominal prices f. o. b. dock N. T. Beams and Chanuols. 15-in, and under ........................§1.G0@S1.65 Angles ............................ 1.05 l.TO Tees .............................. 1,05 1.70 Zees .............................. 1,76 .... BAR IRON FROM STORE (National Classifica¬ tion,) ROUND AND SQUARE IRON. 1 to 1%, base price................. 1,60 1.65 ?4 and f^-in......................1-lOc. extra FLAT IRON. 1^ to 4 in. X % to 1 in., base price...... 2.00 lis to 4 X 14 X 5-16 ..............2-lOc estra 2 to 4 in, I 1% to 3 in........... 5-lOc extra 4% to 6 in. X lli to 1!^ .......... 4-!0c extra Norway Bars .................... 3.35 ___ Norway Shapes .................. 3,35 ___ Burden Best Iron ................ $3,la has* Burden H. B. & S................ 52.05 basa Machinery Steel, Iron Finish, base...... 2.00 Soft Steel Bars, base or ordy. sizes. .. . 2.00 Tool Steel, regular quality ........ 7.00 ____ Tool Steel, extra quality ......... 13.00 ____ SOFT STEEL SHEETS. y, and heavier........................ 2.30 3-16 ................................. a.40 No. 8 ................................ 2.50 Blue Annealed. No. 8 ............................. No. 10 No. 12 No. 14 No, 16 ____ 2.50 ____ 2.50 ----- 2,55 .... 2.60 .... 2.70 Mill. Stora, Cleaned American. $3-00 3.00 One Pass. Cold Rolled, No. 16 .................. $2.00 No. 18).................. 2.85 No. 21 ( No. 22 j.................. 2,25 2.90 No. 24 J No. 251.................. 2,30 3,10 No. 26 f No. 27........^........... 2.-35 2,30 GENUINE IRON SHEETS.—Galvanized. Nos. 22 and 24 ..................per lb, 55.75 " 26 .......................... " " 6.25 '■ 28 .......................... '■ " 7.25 TERNE PLATES. N, B.—The following prices ar^ for IG 20-\^S, the rate for 14i20 being half as much, IX ia usually held at $2 per box advance Ior 8 to 10 lbs- coaling and $2,50 to $3 advance for 15 lb. and upward. The following are approximating basis quotations, and proper allowance must be made for special brands, small lots, etc.: About 40-lb. coating .................@$17.30 About 30-lb, coating ................. 15.20 About 20-lb. coating ................. 13.50 About 15-lb. coating .............510,90 11.45 Ahout 8-lb. coating ................. 8.30 RUSSIA. PLANISHED, ETC. Genuine Russia, according to assort¬ ment, per lb....................... 1114® 14 Patent planished per lb. A.. 10c.; B.. 9c., net. Metal laths, per sq. yd ............ 22 24 GALVANIZED STEEL. Nos. 14 and 16..............Per 100 lbs, $3,10 ■■ 18 and 20.................... 3,25 ■■ 22 and 24.................... 3,4,') " 28........................... 3,65 " 27........................... 3,85 " 28 ..................... " - " 4,00 •' 30........................... 4,65 No. 20 and ligtiteiu 36 Ins. wide. 25c, higher. FABRICATED SLAB REINFORCEMENT. •■Triangle" Meah. Style 27 (approved lor 6 foot spans), in carload lots P. 0. B, dock N Y S1.05 per 100 sq. ft. "Triangle" Mesh, Style 26 .{approved for 8 foot spans), in carload lots P, 0. B. dock N T $1.29 per 100 sq, ft. Lumber. A continued demand for factory grades of pine featured the week while spruce stiffened considerably. Long leaf yellow pine timber fell off somewhat, according to reports of wholesalers, but the week¬ end brought an improved movement. Hardwoods lead the lumber situation at present. Prices are advancing and are stiff at the new figures, which are given below. Some retailers are going to find themselves unable to get supplies early this Summer, owing to the fact that the biggest mills, those that are best equipped for making any kind of deliveries at all, are simply swamped. One wholesaler inquired of the country's six largest mills only a week ago for 400,- OOO feet of parquet flooring and several carloads of quarter-sawn oak strips, and only two of them were able to make ship¬ ments at all within the next ninety days. This wholesaler made these inquiries so as to cover himself against emergency business a month hence, when the market will be choked with orders and might be held up on deliveries of anything but busi¬ ness booked early this quarter. "The contractors themselves are to blame for this condition," said Mr. Eber¬ hard, of the Strasburg Manufacturing Co., 12 West Slst St. "They will not place their orders ahead, thinking that they can get material at any time and in any quan- titj'. This may be true of pine, because there are a thousand mills for turning out pine to only one turning out hardwood products, but it is all wrong as regards hardwoods." Contractors would do well to anticipate their wants for summer and fall and place their orders now for the third and fourth quarter deliveries. The Strasburg Manufacturing Co. has signed a contract for 350,000 ft. of ouar- ter-sawn oak parquet flooring for the Riveria Realty Company's $2,200,000 apartment house now going up in River¬ side drive between lo6th and 1.5Tth sts. This is the operation that Sonn Bros, are interested in, and for which the Metro¬ politan Life Insurance Company gave a ten year loan of $1,200,000 last week. The Strasburg company is also supplying a similar quantity of quarter-sawn oak par¬ queting for the Paterno jobs in 116th st. Maple prices have gone up almost twelve per cent, since November and the end is not yet, as the demand for this wood is increasing daily. Current quotations are subject to a discount of $l,-50, but it may go off at any time and so it is not quoted in the following flgures: HARDWOOD FLOORING: Per M, ft. Standard clear grade, quarter sawn, wliile oak flooring, 13/lG-in, thick, car lots, f. o. b. New York..............$84,00 Same in select grade ............-____ 54-00 Clear plain sawn .................... 54.00 Select plain sawn..................... 43.00 No. 1 Common, plain sawn........... 28.00 Xo, 2 Common, plain sawn........... 23.00 Michigan hard maple flooring. 13/16-ln. thick, standard grades: Clear ............................. 47,00 No, 1 ............................. 39.50 Factory ........................... 28.00 Other hardwod prices follow: ASH.—White: No. 1 No. 2 Log lat & 2d, Com,. Com,, Run 6 in.&up, 4 in.&up, 3 In.&up. M.G.O, 4-4........ 51.00 35.00 23.00 34.00 5-4........ 56,00 41.00 25.00 ____ 6-4........ 56,00 41,00 25.00 ____ 8-4........ 58-00 42,00 27.00 ____ 10-4........ 67-50 46.00 32.00 ____ 12-4........ 72,00 46.00 32,00 ____ 16-4........ 76.00 52.00 33.00 ____ ASH.—Brown: No. 1 No. 2 Log 1st Sc 2d, Com,, Com.. Run 6 in.&up. 4 ln,&up. 3 ln,&up, M.G.O. 4-4........ 52,00 36,50 23,00 34,00 5-4........ 59,00 42.50 25.00 ____ 6-4........ 59,00 42,50 25,00 ____ 8-4........ 63,00 43.50 27.00 ____ 10-4........ 60.50 47.50 32,00 ____ 12-4........ 74.00 47.50 32.00 ____ 16-4........ 79.00 B3.B0 33.00 ____ BASSWOOD: No. 1 " No. 2 Log lat & 2d. Com., Com.. Run 6 In.&up, 4 in.&up- 3 ln-&up. M,G,0. 4-4......... 42,00 ^1,00 22,50 30,00 5-4......... 44.00 33.00 24,50 32,00 6-4......... 44.00 33-00 24.50 32.00 8-4......... 44,00 33.00 24,50 32.00 BEECH: No. 1 No, 2 Log lat & 2d. Com., Com,. Run 6 m.&up, 4 In.&up. 3 in.&up, M.G.O, 4-4......... 28.00 21.00 16.00 20.00 BIRCH: 1st Se 2d No. I No. 2 Log Red—6 In. Com., Com,, Run & up—Sap. 4 In.&up. 3 In.&up. M.G.O. 4-4------ 49.00 37-00 27,00 19.00 26,00 5-4----- 51.00 30,00 28,00 20,00 28,00 6-4----- 51.00 39,00 28,00 20,00 28.00 8-4----- 53,00 41,00 30.00 20.00 30,00 CHERRY: No. 1 No. 2 Log lat & 2d, Com.. Com,, Run e in,&up. 4 in,&up. 3 In.&up, M.G.O- 4-4....... 85.00 51.00 26.00 ____ 5-4....... 100-00 55,00 28,00 ____ 6-4....... 100.00 55,00 28.00 ____ 8-4....... 105.00 59.00 28,00 ____ 10-4....... 115.00 64,00 28.00 ____ 12-4....... 115.00 64.00 28,00 ____ CHESTNUT: No, 1 Snd. Log 1st & 2d, Com.. Wormy, Run 8 In.&up. 4 In.&up, 3 in.&up. M.G.O 4-4......... 50.00 37,00 20,00 ____ 5-4......... 52.00 33,00 21.00 ____ 6-4......... 52,00 33,00 21.00 ____ 8-4......... 53.00 39,00 21-00 ____ HICKORY: lat & 2d No. 1 Com No. 2 Com Log Run 4 In. £ up. 3 In. & up. 3 In. & up- M,G,0, 4-4...... 55,00 35,00 24,00 35,00 5-4...... 66.00 40,00 25.00 ____ 6-4...... 68.00 41.00 25,00 ____ 8-4...... 71.00 45,00 35.00 ____ 10-4...... 77.00 50.00 27.00 ____ 12-4...... 80.00 55.00 27.00 ____ 16-4...... 85.00 60.00 27,00 ____ Stone. Granite and marble show wonderful im¬ provement over conditions prevailing for the last month. Prices are actually stif¬ fening in these products, following the lead taken by limestone early in December. Marble is improving in demand for outside use, according to various authorities. The John Peirce Conipany, 90 West st, signed contracts a few days ago for the delivery of 700,000 cu. ft., pf Mt. Waldo gray granite for the superstructure of the new Municipal building. The price in¬ volved is said to be just under .'^2,000,000. It was said at the offices of the company that deliveries would extend over two years and that they would begin as soon as the Pennsylvania Steel Company began to erect. The date when this work will begin depends upon the speed nith which the foundations are completed by the Foundation Company. 11.5 Broadway. At the offices of the latter company it was said that, barring delays the job would be ready for steel on or about September 1, Stone is already being cut at the quarry for this operation, said a representative of the successful bidder and shipments will be made almost entirely by schooner. One of the terms of the contract, it is said is that a sufficient amount of stone must be on hand when wanted and provision is made by the Thompson-Starrett Co., the general contractors, against delays in delivery. The Dover White Marble Co., 500 Fifth av. has been enlarging its quarters at the above address owing, it is said, to the greatly increased volume of business it is handling at present. This company re¬ ports great activity in Jersey City and Newark, N. J., where a great amount of new construction work is in progress. Some of the big granite contracts that are expected to be signed up soon, are the Bankers Trust Company building. Trowbridge and Livingston, architects and Marc Eidlitz, builders and also the new Post Office, of which McKim, Mead & White are architects. Current prices fol¬ low: STONE,—Wholesale rates, delivered at New York. Bennington huilding marble........$1,40@ .... Brownstone, Portland. Con.........SO J1.25 Caen .............................. 1.25 1.75 Georgia building marble........... 1.40 2.00 Granite, black.................... 1.10 1,2-5 Granite, grey ......................70 1.25 Granite .............................75 1.00 Granite, Milford. pink................. 1.25 Granite, PIcton Island, pink............ 1.2o Granite. Picton Island, red............^ 1,25 Granite, Westerly, blue............. l-2o 3.75 Granite, Westerly, red.............. 1.25 3.25 Hudson River btuestoud, promiscuous sizes, per cu. ft................W ... . Kentucky limestone ................80 ,95 Lake Superior redstone............. 1.05 .,,. Limestone, bufC and blue...........85 1.05 Longmeadow freestone .............85 .00 Ohio freestone .....................80 1.00 Portage or Warsaw stone...........90 1,00 Scotch redstone ...................1.05 ,,.. Soutli Dover building marble...... 1.25 1.50 Tennessee marble ................ 2,S5 2.BO Vermont white building marble..... 1,00 1.60 Wyoming bluestone ................80 .90 SLATE,—Prices are per square. deUvored In New York In car lots. Bangor, Genuine, No. 1............JS.OO $6.75 Brownville & Monson Mine...... 7.50 9,50 Chapman. No. 1.................. H,2B fl.OO Peach Bottom ................... 6.90 7.D0 Red, No. 1.......................11,00 13.00 Unfading Green ................. 5.2B 6.*0