| Show ro No Ihl Nas York Dec 21 special to the Herald Horald from Washington says providing for tor the con or of n a Canal Is not probable during the present session of oC Congress the NIcaraguan canal committee In the Senate presided over oer b by Sena Senator tor or the House committee on interstate and foreign pre lire aided over by Ir Hepburn of Iowa to take the tho matter up without waIting for tor the revert ot of the Walker commission Jl It is II extreme extremely I abie however that tire the will be able to get a 0 bill through either house ot of Con gross cress before that report Is available The Walker commission will leave leae New York on January G 6 direct to Grey town Nicaragua by the regular steamer The They will go over oer she tho route of oC the Nicaraguan uan canal to the tho c sIde and will then go b by steamer to the life Pacific end ot of the Panama route The In the field ten surveying parties The commis estimate that It will take about a year Car for them to complete all their work and make theIr report Senator Morgan Morran has never given ghen his approval to the sending fending of oC the addition additional al ai commissions to the Isthmus being satisfied Battened with the already available as to the practicability ot of the canal He will endeavor to have his bill reported Cram rem his committee Rep Representative Hepburn also bellee time the provision for the Iho Walker commissIon was Intended to delay the constrUction or of a 11 canal and will wll endeavor to 10 have his commIttee take UP the subject Im Immediately I mediately after aCter the holl holiday ay recess actions In Des emer Iron have been I at the highest pile luice and on some lots time of oC SUi 26 Pittsburg has been Jal The gap between Pig Iron and steel is II still till IDS loss than In Inthe inthe the fall months the tho former being higher and the latter slightly lower contracts for Cor the first half could bl be made no doubt nt at 36 35 to 6 to 37 i Central Western estern mill In fin finIshed finished material the ot of prices lire are almost t entirely In plates and sheets On the former cents Pitts Pittsburg burg hu hoe been shaded on bids on n a I lot of oC ship plates for delivery dellery at ata ata a Lake ErIe yard but In general cents for Cor tank and to 0 cents for boiler steel Is the basis A firmer stand ot of sheets Is In evidence In some markets but this Is 11 not goner gener general al Structural material Is Quite ac active the tive and In the matter of oC deliveries this Is the tho lowest line on tile lie list That high prices would con conspicuously check here Is a prophecy y entirely die dis discredited credited by the condition o ot the mills We noto nota 1 a contract lii In the tho Cleveland Cleeland district tons closed In Inthe intire tire the Chicago district and an equal ton tan rage pending there Rail buying contInues with good pros prospect ot of further purchases both on do domestic domestic and A contract has hns just been made by 1 a west western era ern road |
