Metal Fabrication Costs. As a good rule of thumb the cost of metal fabrication is about three times the cost of the steel itself. One ton of steel costs about $400. To have this fabricated and one coat of primer applied it would cost approximately $1,200-$1,500 per ton of structural steel.
Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motownâs biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said Liz Rosenberg, who also was Ashfordâs longtime friend. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment, she said.
(Originally published by the Daily News on September 15, 1971. ATTICA, N.Y., Sept 14 - State Correction Commissioner Russell G. Oswald admitted tonight that all nine hostages slain during yesterday's assault on Attica prison rioters died of gunshot wounds and not of slashed throats as officials at first reported.