Show RAILROADS BUYING STEEL number of orders placed last week by different roads roada now new york the largest new contracts placed for steel products last week were for rails wire products merchant pipe and fabricated structural steel the distribution of tons of the harriman Harrl man rail ord order er was announced as well as additional now new contracts for about tons there has been but little decrease in the demand for wire products the dally daily orders of the american steel and wire company lest last week running and tons nod aad specifications from to tons per day the railroads have placed numerous r small mall orders for bridges viaducts and terminal wor work k including turn tables among the roads placing additional dit ional contracts are the st paul the chicago northwestern wabash chicago burlington quincy santa fe and the southern pacific |