West Virginia on April 1, 1905, as the Phillips Sheet & Tin
Plate Company, the present name being adopted as of
August 1, 1918. It has an authorized capital stock of
£30.000.000.
WEST PENN STEEL COMPANY
The West Penn Steel Company’s plant is located at
Brackenbridge, Pa. It produces Open Hearth sheet bars,
and special steels for purposes requiring the highest grades
of finish and quality. The Company’s ingot capacity is
about 150,000 tons annually. The company was incor-
porated in Pennsylvania in 1916, being a re-incorporation
of a company of the same name incorporated in New Jersey
in November, 1908. The authorized capital is $1.050.000.
WITHEROW STEEL COMPANY
The works of the Witherow Steel Company are situated
in Pittsburgh. The plant is devoted to the manufacture
and distribution of concrete bars for reinforced concrete,
an extensive mill being devoted to this particular article.
The Company maintains a large staff of concrete engineers
who make suggestions and designs for the use of reinforced
concrete. The Company has offices in all the important
cities of the United States, and is furnishing a large per-
centage of the reinforcing bars used in this country and
abroad. Its plant is capable of producing 5,000 tons per
month, and employs about 300 men. The Company was
incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in 1913 and
has an authorized capital stock of $825.000.