. American engineer and railroad journal . 660 83,214 12,437 2,600 1,131,062 Total 1891. ,72796,63750,225 138,206 20,902 1,914,043 Total 1890. 914,940299,741327,,6o432,687 165,55910,8653,181 gross tons of pig iron which were not under the controlof the makers, making a total of 661,821 gross tons whichwere then on the market. The difference between the ag-gregate of unsold stocks at the close of 1890 and 1S91 wasonly 34,588 gross tons. If the demand for pig iron for consumption were nowexceptionally active, and if prices were advancing, t
. American engineer and railroad journal . 660 83,214 12,437 2,600 1,131,062 Total 1891. ,72796,63750,225 138,206 20,902 1,914,043 Total 1890. 914,940299,741327,,6o432,687 165,55910,8653,181 gross tons of pig iron which were not under the controlof the makers, making a total of 661,821 gross tons whichwere then on the market. The difference between the ag-gregate of unsold stocks at the close of 1890 and 1S91 wasonly 34,588 gross tons. If the demand for pig iron for consumption were nowexceptionally active, and if prices were advancing, thestocks held at ihe close of 1891 would not be is for the producers themselves to decide whether theseconditions exist. It will be remembered that at the closeof 1S90 and soon afterward many furnaces were blown outbecause of the accumulation of unsold stocks, yet they didnot then aggregate much more than the quantity withwhich we began the present year. BESSEMER STEEL RAILS. Through the courtesy of the Bessemersteel manufac-. EFFECT OF AN EARTHQUAKE OX A RAH L) LkIDGC. The stocks of pig iron which were unsold in the handsof the manufacturers or their agents on December 31,1891, and which were not intended to be used by themanufacturers, amounted to 596,333 gross tons, gross tons on June 30, 1891, and gross tonson December 31, i8go. The above figures include a partof the stocks of pig iron held at the periods named in stor-age warrant yards, and which was under the control ofthe makers, the part not under their control on December31 last amounting to 30,900 gross tons, which, added tothe 596,333 tons above mentioned, makes a total of 627,233 turers we are able to present herewith the statistics of theproduction of Bessemer steel rails of all weights and sec-tions in the United States in 1891, exclusive of the com-paratively small quantity made by other manufacturersfrom purchased blooms. The total production in 189:was 1,366,259 net tons, or
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