Show RAILROADS BUYING STEEL number of orders placed last week by D efferent roads new york the largest new con tracts placed for steel products last week were for rails wire products merchant pipe and fabricated tural steel the d strib ution 0 of tons of the harriman ra I 1 order was announced as well as additional new contracts for about 16 igo tons there has been but little decrease in the demand tor for wire products the daily orders of th american steel and wire company last wee week k running betwee n and ti A urns land aind ap p from 6 5 to 6 tons per day the railroads have placed numer ous small orders for bridges viaducts and ten terminal ninal work including turn tables among the roads placing ad dit ional contracts are the st paul the chicago north vestern wabash chicago burlington quincy santa fe and the southern pacific |