to steel castings and forging ingots required in the con- 
struction of locomotives for use on the American railways, 
both in this country and in France, and for the vessels of 
the United States Navy, Emergency Fleet, and other 
government work. The company was incorporated in 
Pennsylvania on April 27, 1899, and has an authorized 
capital stock of $2,500,000. 
WASHINGTON TIN PLATE COMPANY 
The Washington Tin Plate Company’s mill is located 
in Tylerdale, on the outskirts of Washington, Pa., and along 
the lines of the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R. with switching con- 
nections with the B. & O. R. R. The Mill is known as a 
6 Mill Tin Plate Plant and is equipped with 6 Hot Mills, 6 
Sheet and Pair Furnaces, 6 Cold Mills, 4 Annealing Fur- 
naces, Pickling Apparatus and 11 Tinning Pots. The 
product placed on the market for sale is known as Coke 
Tin Plates, the mill having the capacity for a production 
of 600,000 Base Boxes per annum. Before reaching the 
stage of finished Coke Tin Plates, this product goes through 
various operations, producing from the Sheet Bars which 
are purchased, what is known as Hot Rolled Plates, Pickled 
and Annealed Plates, and Finished Black Plates. Each of 
these last three mentioned items is salable product, but 
the Company endeavors to confine its sales to Coke Tin 
Plates, which is the last stage of operation. The Company 
was incorporated in Pennsylvania on August 7, 1907, and 
has an authorized capital stock of $600.000. 
WEIRTON STEEL COMPANY 
The Weirton Steel Company’s works are at Weirton, 
W. Va. Its approximate production annually of iron and 
steel is as follows: Pig iron, 200,000 tons; Open Hearth 
Steel, 400,000 tons; Tin Plate, 200,000 tons; Cold Rolled 
Strip steel, 60,000 tons; Hot Rolled Strip steel, 120,000 
tons. The Company was incorporated under the laws of