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Show SIEEL PLANTS ; I STSRIfil I PTTTSrcpc. u, .. 5.- Many inde- H pendent jBteel oompanle.'s today dn- VI j creased operations on what executives I were united In raying was a "wisely conservative" basis after about six j weeks in which operations havo been entirely suspended or greatly curtail. ed. It was predicted that within a feu- days operations would be about 40 per cent of capacity with prospects of Increased activity if conditions war- Of the fifty-five Independent blast furnaces from Which reports were re- H celved by steel companies here, twen-ty-one were in operation, while mill- H of seven largo concerns including the Pittsburg Steel company, and Crucible, Steel company of Aim-rle.,. w.-ro M-h. d- uied to increase operations today. vl Some of the business, which brought L about the resumption was for export trade, one order being for $1,000.00) for steel towers to be used in a wire-less wire-less installation at Osaka, Japan. 1 00 ktH |