News of one of the largest deals in shipbuilding materials in recent Years comes from Japan through Mr. Richard J. Carroll, who has returned to take charge of the Japan interests of the Bardo Steel Products Corporation of New York, a syndicate formed by Mr. Bardo and his sons, steel merchants of Portland, Oregon.
This syndicate has recently purchased from the United States Shipping Board more than 300,000 tons of shipbuilding material, including steel plates, shapes, ' bars, and sheets, valued' at $18,000,000. This material is awaiting delivery at various mills and ports in the United States, in Canada. and in Japan, where several thousand tons are at the disposal of buyers.
The Bardo Corporation expects to reserve most of their material on Pacific ports for Japan and China markets.
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