Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-28 | Page 13 | Structural Steel Orders Picking Up

STRUCTURAL STEEL ORDERSPICKING UP NEW YORK, Jan. IS UWThi Amsricaa Institute of Btsel Con structlon reported Saturday new orders or-ders kooksd by ths structural stsel Industry In December totaled 1U,-45 1U,-45 tons, ths largest for any month In 138. In November new orders sggrsgatsd 153.04 tons snd In December, De-cember, 1837, the total was M.O70 tons. , . Shipments In December amounted to -108.45T tons, Ukswlse tops for any month In the year and compared com-pared with M.871 In November and 108.18 tons In December, 1837. Notwithstanding ths high rats of Incoming new orders in the last quarter, tha Institute rt ported new orders received for the full year 1838 touted but 1.2M.S38 tons, il per cent under 1,626 641 tons In 1837. Shipments la the 18-month period amounted to 1 158,763 tons, sgslnst 1,50,670 In 1837.