The Iron Age 1904-06-30: Vol 73 Iss 26

A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery a Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William S8St., New | P, Vol. 73: -No. 26. Reading Matter Contents....... Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘ 165 Classified List of Advertisers.... ‘‘ 157 Advertising and Subscription Rates “* 164 SAVES Time, Belts, Money. THE BRISTOL co. , Waterbury, Conn. SAMSON SPOT CORD Also doen and Italian Hemp Bash Cord, SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TORNBUCKLES. Clovetand Gity Forge and Ines Gh haekind, 0. COKE AAU PILLING & CRANE & CRANE = aeons. reEmire So eee Caer of an. Pitsburg, New York. rade. Boston. “ Ancold acquaintance (Semper idem) Always the same.” See Page 24. New York, T. aoe June 30, 1904. Bristol’s Patent Steel Belt Lacing. |- a Metal Trades. $58.00 a Year, inehad Single ¢ Copies, 15 are preferred by pa- triotic boys because MO 2) they are dure Fire Noise Makers. Every dealer sells U. M. C. blanks. Look for the *‘ U’’ on the heads of the rim fires and the U. mM. C. on the center fires. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE Co., Agency 313 Broadway New York City BRIDGEPORT, CT., 86-88 io Firat St. San Francisco, Gal. BAHALL BOILERS == | PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR WEAD. = ; 0 O . 2 z 2 « Gapewell Horse Nails : E , <q NEW Yor«, Branches: PORTLAND, ORE., 7 Q PHILADELPHIA, BUFFALO, o y CHICAGO, DETROIT, BALTIMORE, . + 87. Louis, CINCINNATI, ° NEW ORLEANS, ¥ “ BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER. » . 4 a m 2 THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL GO,, Hartford, Conn. pasa OS PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR HEAD. Sy EXCELSIOR STRAIGHTWAY BACK PRESSURE VALVE is pimple | Being fitted with the Jenkins Disc, ae relied upon at all times when us construction and well made. and never sticks. Can be steam for heating ; or when ndensing plant Working parts can be quickly thrown in and out of use wit hout g valve apart. JENKINS BROS., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, “Swed” Gold Rotled Steel cnr, Drawing a AMERICAN yoes 6. & STAD FIES wing ny London. <a MAGNOLIA ETAL. a METAL C0., Owners and Soe Mantactrers, ~~ (Water end Rail Delivery argaga tuingnipe We nacre THE IRON AGE. SHEET | THe PLUME & ArwooD Me, Ca., BRASS cucer sheet and Rol Brass COPPER; © | wire WIRE PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN GERM AN SHEET ora GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS SILVER | * wne|" ==" Trimmings, &c. HA UERDS BRL High Grade ‘QUEEN'S RuN™ “Lock HAVEN” eer LOW BRASS. SHEET BRONZE.| 29 murRAy 8T., NEW YORK. “West BrRANcn” Na SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. ee SE Ne2te eee) TUBING. BRAZED BRASS AND en Ry SAO. Randolph-Clowes Co. BRONZE TUBING. : : : :: : : :| THOMASTON, CONN. WATERBURY, CONN. Main Office and Mill, WATERBURY BRASS CO.,/JSGOVILL MFG. CO., RASS or WATERBURY, CONN. ‘BRAS MANUFACTURERS OF 99 John St., New York. Providence, R. 1. |[1 @ RMAN SILVER SHEET BRASS & COPPER. BRAZED BRASS & CopPER $ | BIOQepOIT 1 Bronze & Rods, Bolts and Tubes, TUBES. bi Brass Shelis, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods. Special Brass Goods to Order. SEAMLESS BRASS BRIDGEPORT, GONN. aaa cyan 4 TUBES $/ Automobile Castings a Specialty. Seen High Tensile Strength. FACTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, New York Office, 253 Broadway, Postal oer. Bronze and Aluminum Alloys. Write Us. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bldg. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. ‘SMELTERS OF SPELTER SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Arthur I. Rutter d Cb Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. 256 Broadway, Selected Sheets f. and Card Makers’ Shove and Wanbesné Sule _ NEW YORK. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and Ger- TNS ere OO se RRR ee ie JOHN DAVOL & SONS, DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, - New York. Copper and Brass Rod. ee PHONO-ELECTRIC Sim? CASTINGS SERRA tetsmee TROLLEY, FOUNDERS— FINISHERS. NDRI KS _BR H and HE cl ROT ERS TELEGRAPH Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, LINES. Brasicrs’ Bolt ax ane Sheathing Mille, Bridsesert, BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., qc <C> JP ye EB RR. . 19 Marray St., New York. COP Pw EBE. Wink AND RIivVTs. Pemagmet sti, for chemise . a Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. thorined translation ‘by George K. Bu “3. OO ERT, SF 5 PPM: VORE For sale by David Williams Co., 232 William St., N.Y. ‘THE IRON AGE THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1904. The Becker.Brainard No, 1 14-inch Cutter and Reamer Grinder. A disadvantage of the ordinary cutter grinder is that it requires extra fixtures for handling various styles of mill cutters and reamers, consequently a great amount of time is lost in making changes. The new machine illus- trated herewith has been designed with a view to over- coming this objection, and is now being built by the Becker-Brainard Milling Machine Compuny, Hyde Park, Mass. It is capable of grinding heavy cutters of large diameter and long face, such as are used on the larger to above, carries a knee, A, which may be swung around the column in either direction and raised or lowered as much as 6 inches by means of the hand wheel B. The udjustable vertical column is graduated to assist in set- ting the hight to give the proper angle of clearance to the cutter for different diameters of emery wheels used. The knee supports a saddle, C, which in turn carries the table D. On the knee the saddle may be traveled per- pendicularly to the column by the hand wheel E a maxi- mum distance of 7 inches, and the table on the saddle has a longitudinal feed by rack and pinion through the hand wheel F of 20 inches. The stops S S on the front Fig. 1—The Becker-Brainard No. 1 14-Inch Cutter and Reamer Grinder. column and planer type milling machines, and also large diameter inserted tooth cutters. The styles and sizes of cutters within its ability to handle include plain, strad- dle, form and end mills. The machine is made specially stiff and heavy to eliminate vibration, which frequently occurs in lighter grinders. Fig. 1 shows a general view of the machine, from which it will be seen there are three main features—the columns for the support of the grinding wheels and two separate columns for holding the work carriages, one being used for grinding cutters parallel to their axis or at a slight angle thereto, the other for grinding at greater angles or perpendicular to the axis. The cutter to be ground is transferred from one table to the other for the different operations on the side and end teeth. The column at the left of the illustration, the one referred of the tuble may be set to suit the length of the cutter which is being ground and limit the reciprocating move- ment imparted by the rack and pinion feeding mechanism. The swivel head G, bolted on the table, is graduated, so that the bar H may be quickly set to any horizontal angle. Where mills and reamers have to be ground on centersthey may be supported by both head and tail centers, as shown in the figure. For other work, such as grinding of saws or cutters which are mounted on a mandrel, arm I may be removed and a mandrel inserted in place of the other center, as shown in Fig. 4. A cutter mounted in this manner may be ground by sliding it on the bar instead of feeding the table, which insures its being ground abso- lutely parallel with its bore. The other column is raised and lowered by the hand wheel J and supports the knee K, which is revolvable in S Fe Ses re ae Sata ae AL a horizontal plane. On the knee, saddle L has a longi- tudinal adjustment of 9 inches, and the head support M has a travel of 7 inches on the saddle perpendicular to the saddle travel. The latter adjustment is regulated by the hand wheel Q, but the adjustment of the saddle on the knee is obtained by pushing it along its ways. It may be locked in position by the lever nut R. The head N may be turned about the axis perpendicular to Fig. 2.—A Machine Equipped with Motor Drive Now Being Exhibited at the World’s Fair. its trunnion supports, as shown in Fig. 4, and may also be turned about the trunnion axis a few degrees either way from its vertical position. The traversing of the head to pass the cutter back and forth under the wheel is performed by hand through the manipulation of the lever O, its travel being 5 inches. The swivel head is graduated, as may be seen in Fig. 6, so that the clearance angle may be easily set. The sliding head is provided Fig. 3.—Showing How Work is Held for Grinding Side and End Teeth. with a plunger finger, P, used as a tooth rest, the axis of which intersects the axis of the head so that it is always on center. Fig. 2 illustrates one of these machines equipped with motor drive and now on exhibition in the Becker-Brainard Company's space, 13, in Machinery Hall at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. The machine itself is identical in all respects to the one shown in Fig. 1, with the addition of the brackets bolted to the wheel spindle column to support a countershaft. : The manner of setting the machine for the grinding of taper shank end and side mills is indicated in Fig..3. It 2 THE IRON AGE. June 30, 1904 shows the use of the head and tail centers for the grind- ing of the side teeth and the use of the adjustable tooth rest. The end milling operation shows the method of Fig. 4.—Showing a Slitting Saw on the Bar and the Sliding Head Swivcled to Grind a Bevel Mill. obtaining clearance on the end of the cutter by turning the head to a slight angle about its trunnion supports. In Fig. 4 the machine is shown grinding a slitting saw, Fig. 5.—Showing a Beve! Mil: Being Ground Between Centers at Left Hand Wheel. using an arbor in place of the center in the rigid arm and dispensing with the removable tail center support. The nearer wheel is shown grinding a bevel mill, the head Fig. 6.—Showing a Large Inserted Tooth Face Mii! in the Sliding Head. for this operation being turned through an angle p:rallel with the axis of the supporting trunnion and the clear- ance obtained by turning the head to a slight angle about the axis of the trunnions. June 30, 1904 Fig. 5 shows the setting for the grinding of a bevel mill having a taper shank. This also makes use of head and tail stock centers, and requires the turning of the graduated head through a horizontal angle to correspond to the angle of the cutter. In Fig. 6 the machine is shown performing one of the most difficult operations which a cutter grinder can be called upon to do, and illustrates the manner of setting for the grinding of a large inserted tooth face mill. No special fixtures are required other than the insertion of the detachable tooth rest. The clearance, as before, is obtained by tilting the head toward the wheel. The wheel grinds at the lowest point of its circumference, and the work is traversed under the wheel by means of the hand lever. The machine has a capacity for.grinding all styles of cutters up to 14 inches in diameter and 14 inches long, and weighs complete about 1570 pounds. ee Fore River Ship & Engine Company to Reorganize The The plan for the reorganization of the Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Quincy, Mass., has been sub- mitted to the stockholders and bondholders by Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston, bankers, together with a state- ment by the Board of Directors, signed by President Francis T. Bowles and Secretary James A. Parker, and a letter from Former President Thomas A. Watson, the largest stockholder, indorsing the plan. The statement of the directors is in part as follows: “For some months it has been evident to your di- rectors that the company’s capital was insufficient for the conduct of their business, as, owing to ‘severe losses during the past nine months on contracts undertaken by the previous management, the quick capital had been practically absorbed and became entirely inadequate to carry on the economical purchase of materials and the daily expenditures of the plant. To enable the business to continue, the board has during the past year been compelled to borrow on demand notes the sum of $600,- 000 to meet the daily outlays above referred to, to carry the work in process on which payments are not due, and to carry the amount earned on various Government con- tracts, but withheld until the final completion of the vessels. “It has been for some time evident that not only must these demand notes be paid, but that an additional amount of quick capital must be raised in order to put the company’s affairs on a sound basis. The matter has been the subject of the most careful consideration, and since April 1, when the company were unable to meet the semiannual interest on the $1,250,000 of bonded debt, the directors have been aided by a committee of bondholders, the united deliberations resulting in the proposed plan of reorganization. “The works, with the additions to existing facilities which will be provided by the money raised by the pres- ent plan of reorganization, will be able to economically fulfill their present contracts, to cover the whole field of marine construction, and to take full advantage of their business, which now amounts to about $4,000,000 a year. With the additions above referred to it may be confidently said that only one or two other yards in the country will be so well equipped for economically doing the highest class of shipbuilding work, both naval and commercial. “The plan as now offered to you is based on estimates as to the present value of the plant as a going concern, with the addition of $1,250,000 new cash, of which $600,- 000 will be used to discharge the notes above referred to. Besides this the present heavy interest charges on funded and floating debt will be removed, and the com- pany’s credit will be of the very best.” Ex-President Watson in his letter makes the state- ment that while the business of the Fore River Ship & Engine Company has been during the past two years such as to increase his confidence in their ultimate suc- cess, it is evident that, unless the present fixed charges of the company are substantially eliminated and a large addition to the quick capital immediately provided, a THE IRON AGE. 3: receivership is inevitable and the ruin of the company a fact. Under these conditions prompt action must be taken and a reorganization of the company effected. The plan of reorganization is as follows: “ The cor- poration are now organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and their present capitalization and bonded indebtedness are: Pah ner eRe 6a 6 tase Wed Heohee i ctasads $1,250,000- Preferred ,etock. ....6.cccees Per Ce SE de i nda dak ead buscar anenencinae aan 2,925,000 ee <2 BORE gee. x NN ital. tat i Riaiad, watnk diay wdichwinsle x aaretaentael $6,110,500- “In diddition to the above $1,250,000 of first-mortgage bonds there are also $356,000 of the same issue now out- standing, issued for improvements on the property, and held to secure part of the floating indebtedness of the company. “It is proposed to organize a new corporation under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, if it be deemed wise to organize under the laws of that State (otherwise to organize elsewhere), to acquire the property and busi- ness, or substantially the property and business, of the ’ Fore River Ship & Engine Company, including the benefit of all existing contracts, free from bonded indebtedness, but subject to all other indebtedness existing at time of transfer. The new corporation are to have, in addition to such property, $1,250,000 paid in in cash. They are to be capitalized as follows: Six per cent. noncumulative preferred stock of the par SU Glas b.vc ks Kem eh OA 0 eee aed teeeeda $2,400,000 Comnmicn stock of the par value of.................. 2,400,000- OL. |, 6 «saat 5p A CE bowled Kee enieens $4.800,000 “The preferred stock is to be preferred in case of liquidation, and to be entitled to 6 per cent. noncumula- tive yearly dividends, and to have equal voting power to that of the common stock. Provision will be made by which no mortgage can be placed upon the property except with the consent of shareholders holding 75 per cent. of the preferred stock.” The bondholders upon the payment of $400 per bond will be entitled to receive for it ten preferred shares and eight common shares; or, by depositing a bond with the bankers, without cash payment, the holder will receive two and one-half shares of the preferred stock and two and one-half shares of the common. Holders of preferred stock, upon the payment of $33.33 1-3 per share will be entitled to receive for each three preferred shares of old stock one preferred share of the new stock and one and one-half shares of the common stock. The holders of common stock, upon payment of $100 for each 15 shares surrended, will be entitled to receive for each 15 shares of the old stock one share of preferred stock and one share of common stock. The bonds and stock must be deposited with Kidder, Peabody & Co. on or before July 2. Under this arrangement the necessary $1,250,000- will be paid in cash. —_—_—_—__»-e Definite announcement is made that the Wabash Rail- road will commence the running of trains regularly into Pittsburgh on July 2. This road has already made a reduction in passenger rates to St. Louis on account of the fair, and it would not be surprising if it also made material reductions in freight rates on iron and steel products into and out of the Pittsburgh district. A branch is to be built from the main line to run along Carson street, Pittsburgh, and tap the manufacturing plants on the south side of the Monongahela River. By the building of this branch line the railroad will be able to secure part of the tonnage from the mills of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. The statement is made that probably the last silver dollar chat will ever be issued by the Government of the United States has been coined. The coinage statement for June will show the coinage of about $400,000 in standard dollars. These coins are now all completed in the Philadelphia Mint. There is still on hand about 7,000,000 ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the act of 1890. This has been set aside for subsidiary coinage under the provision of the Sundry Civil Appropriation act of March 3, 1903, authorizing the use of this bullion for subsidiary coinage. Fa. 2 rh a Rs 9 y 4 Niles-Bement-Pond [lachines at the World’s Fair. In Sections 17 to 25 of the Palace of Machinery at the World’s Fair, St. Louis, the Niles-Bement-Pond Com- pany and the Pratt & Whitney Company have very ex- tensive exhibits. All of the machines shown are either of entirely new design or embody radical modifications of older patterns, making the exhibit one worth a care- ful examination. As any of the machines may be seen in operation, it is one of the “live exhibits,” for the number of which this fair has established a record. The electric drive is resorted to in all cases, and many of the larger machines are driven by individual direct connected motors. The machines exhibited by the Niles-Bement-Pond Company include a No. 3 Niles heavy double axle lathe; THE IRON AGE. June 30, 1904 The Pratt & Whitney exhibit, occupying all of Block 17,. includes more than 30 machine tools, besides a com- plete collection of small tools, gauges and measuring machines. Among the machine tools are lathes of various kinds, including new model turret, engine, tool makers’ and bench lathes, automatic screw machine, thread mill- ing machines, drill and cutter grinders, drills and vari- ous special machines, é A 40-ton Niles crane, having an 80-foot span, has been installed to serve the middle bay of Machinery Hall. The installation of the exhibit was attended with many difficulties, Even under the most favorable con- ditions the erection of 868 tons of machinery is not an easy task. Here everything was new and untried; no overhead crane was available, as the runways on the 40-ton Niles crane did not extend as far as the exhibit, % my Bs x ov Qeph iae rae sh IRON AGE NILES 20-FOOT BORING AND TURNING MILL WITH REAR TOOL COLUMN. an 80-inch Niles extra heavy driving wheel lathe (de- scribed in The Iron Age of June 16); a lathe for turn- ing steel tired car wheels; a 28-inch Pond new model motor driven lathe; a 30-inch Pond rapid reduction lathe, motor driven; a Pond “rigid” turret lathe; a 42- inch and a 72-inch Pond lathe; a 42-inch and a 72-inch Pond forge planer; a 10-foot planing machine; a No. 6 Bement horizontal milling machine; a 26-inch Bement double shaping machine; an 18-inch Bement slotting ma- chine; a 50-inch vertical drill; a 544-foot universal radial drilling machine; a 6-foot Pond gear driven radial drill; a No. 4 Bement horizontal boring and drilling machine; a heavy horizontal boring and drilling machine; a 37- inch Niles boring and turning mill; a 10-foot Niles ex- tra heavy boring and turning mill; a Niles 20-foot bor- ing and turning mill; a Bement triple pressure hydraulic riveting machine; an 800-pound Bement single frame steam hammer;,a 5000-pound Bement double frame steam hammer and a 30-ton trolley. und there was more or less trouble in obtaining labor. The smaller machines, having been shipped practically complete, were placed in position with comparative ease ; but with the larger machines, many of the parts of which tormed a carload, a great amount of work was entailed. ‘The total weight of the Niles 20-foot boring and turning mill, which is illustrated herewith, is about 200 tons. Each housing weighs 18 tons. The only means available for lifting these housings was a 15-ton track crane, the track for which was on none too firm a foundation. liowever, the crane stood the test and the big mill was successfully erected. The 20-Foot Boring and Turning Mil). In point of size the two most remarkable machines exhibited by the Niles-Bement-Pond Company are the 20-foot boring and turning mill, with rear tool column, and the’ heavy horizontal boring, drilling and milling machine. The first has a swing of 20 feet and a great- est hight under the tools of 15 feet. A 20-inch central boring bar with traveling heads is provided, though not shown in the illustration. The bar has independent feeds operated from below, and the head has a rapid power traverse of 12 feet. The rear tool column, for work on heavy fly wheels, rope wheels, &c., is placed at the back of the mill. It may be adjusted in and out so that diameters from 20 feet down to 14 feet may be turned without overhang of the tool. The tool slide has a 7-inch in and out adjustment, vertical feed, hand feed and quick hand adjustment. It is provided with a taper attachment for turning tapers up to 3 degrees in either direction. The taper attachment is arranged so that the tool may be adjusted for depth of cut and reset without inter- fering with the attachment. For turning diameters less than 14 feet an auxiliary tool bar may be attached to the June 30, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 5 erse of 72 inches and a range of speeds from 1 to 50 rev- olutions per minute. It is driven either by the face plate gear, to which boring bars and large milling cutters may be bolted, or by a smaller gear, which in the illustration is covered by gear guards. It is provided with boring and drilling feeds variable throughout a wide range. The mo- tor has a wide speed variation, and drives through back gears and sliding gears. The counterweighted saddle has a vertical adjustment by power of 8 feet, and the column a traverse of 12 feet on the bed. Both the saddle and col- umn have power milling feeds with automatic stops and quick power traverse. The spindle, saddle and column feeds may be changed or reversed, the quick traverse of the saddle or column may be controlled, and the spindle may be started, stopped or its direction of rotation reversed, all from the operator’s platform, which it attached to the saddle. The NILES HEAVY HORIZONTAL BORING, rear tool slide, and when so arranged the tool bar has a horizontal power feed of 30 inches. For facing the inside of fly wheel rims and similar work the auxiliary tool bar may be blocked up at any convenient position near the mill. The main heads have rapid power traverse, and are particularly strong and heavy. All the arrangements nec- essary for the easy handling of these parts are provided. The machine is driven by a variable speed motor, and an auxiliary motor is provided for elevating the cross rail. The main driving motor is 80 horse-power, and has a speed variation of 150 to 600 revolutions per minute, which is obtained partly by changing the voltage from 110 to 220 volts and partly by field control. The motor for elevating the cross rail and for the quick traverse of the heads is of 10 horse-power capacity. The Heavy Horizontal Boring, Drilling and Milling Machine. The machine shown in the other illustration is de- signed for boring, drilling and milling work, which is too large to be handled conveniently on other types of ma- chines. The spindle is 914 inches in diameter, has a trav- DRILLING AND MILLING MACHINE. uuchine is self contained in that the motor and all the driving gear move with the column. The bed of the machine may be of any length. At- tached to it is a floor plate carrying an outbord column and a square table upon which turns an 8-foot octagonal table. The octagonal table has a circular base graduated in degrees, and is provided with four stops in quadrature. These stops can be brought into contact with a test indi- cator reading in thousandths of an inch, which insures ab- solute squareness of work being milled. Scales are pro- vided on the bed and columns, and also on the saddle carrying the outboard bearing, thus enabling the spindle to be set without measuring. The main driving motor is of 30 horse-power capacity at 240 volts. It is designed to be used on a three-wire multiple voltage system of 90, 160 and 250 volts, giving a speed ran; 2 of 200 to 800 revolutions per minute. The motor for power traverse of the circular table and of the table base is of 6 horse-power capacity and runs at con- stant speed. The work is bolted to the tabie, and at one setting of the work flanges may be faced, surfaces milled and a number of parallel holes drilled and bored. As a mill- 6 THE IRON AGE. ing machine the horizontal boring, drilling and milling machine is particularly valuable where castings have nu- inerous spots to be finished which are distributed over a large surface, or are difficult to reach, or stand at awk- ward angles, as in such cases a planer is at a great dis- advantage. The rotary table may be used to advantage for finishing surfaces or boring holes which are at fixed angles. ————~-e—_—_. Notes from Great Britain. A Falling Market. Lonpon, June 18, 1904.—There can be no doubt that everything is sagging—prices are weakening, specifica- tions are being given out very slowly, buying is from hand to mouth, and the consumer has the whip hand of the pig iron maker. For the rest of this month it will be stock taking, and all appearances point to a continued slackness of trade until the end of the holiday season, which is, by the way, a very elastic term. To put it mild- ly, not much is expected during the next quarter. Statistically, the same conclusions can be drawn. ‘Thus, at the end of May there were 308 furnaces in blast, as compared with 325 in May of last year. The number employed in iron and steel works on May 21 was 73,650. compared with 74,469 the previous year. The number of shifts in iron and steel works also showed a significant reduction. On May 23 last year 538.6 per cent. of the men employed worked six shifts per week; 50.9 per cent. on May 21 this year. Those who worked under five shifts per week on May 23 of last year were 11.8 per cent. This year the figures have gone up to 15.1 per cent., showing an unmistakable tendency to work a fewer number of shifts per week. In the shipbuilding industries the per- centage of unemployment last month was 13.1 per cent., as compared with 8.7 per cent. in May of last year. In the engineering trades during the same period the unemployed percentage has gone up from 3.8 to 6.6 per cent. The tin plate industry appears to be the most prosperous of any in the metal trades at the present moment. Standard prices have not materially altered, but it is almost unnec- essary to state that effective quotations are much below standard quotations. The Sherardising Process of Galvanizing. The Engineer this week gives publicity to a new proc- ess of galvanizing, which has now reached a commercial stage. It is known as “ Sherardising.” The point of in- terest about it is that iron and steel can be coated with a thin even deposit of zinc at a temperature below the melting point of zinc. The first step in the process is to free the iron from scale and oxide by any of the well- known methods, such as dipping in an acid solution or sand blasting. The articles to be rendered rustless are then placed in a closed iron receptacle charged with zinc dust, which is heated to a temperature of from 500 to 600 degrees F. for a few hours and allowed to cool. The drum is then opened and the iron articles removed, when they are found to be coated with a fine homogeneous cov- ering of zinc, the thickness depending on the temperature and the length of time of treatment. It will be observed that the temperature required to bring about this result is about 200 degrees below the melting point of zinc. The low temperature required makes the process cheap as compared to the process of dipping in molten zinc, and has the additional advantage that it does not deteriorate iron or steel of small section to the same extent as hot galvanizing. The whole of the zinc is consumed ; there is no waste of zine as in the hot galvanizing process. This new process of dry galvanizing is not limited to the coating of iron with zinc, but it has been successfully applied to coating iron with copper, aluminum and antimony. It has also been applied to coating various other metals—for instance, aluminum and copper—with zinc. Copper and its alloys subjected to this process are, we are informed, case hardened on the sur- face, and can be rendered so hard as to turn the edge of a steel tool. . The zine powder used in the process is the zinc dust of commerce, and must not be confused with zinc oxide: it is obtained during the process of distilling zinc from its June 30, 1904 ores. Zinc dust at the present time is used for a variety of purposes, and can be obtained in any desired quantity. ‘The average price of zinc dust for the year 1903 was £19 19s. per ton, which is slightly below the average price of virgin spelter. One of its peculiar properties is that it cannot be smelted or reduced to the metallic form under ordinary conditions, even when heated to a very high tem- perature under considerable pressure. This property is very advantageous for the new process of dry galvaniz- ing, as it does away with the risk there might otherwise be of melting the finely divided zinc by overheating the furnace. The receptacle in which the zinc dust is placed and heated is preferably air tight, and the air is exhausted so as to prevent the formation of too much zinc oxide, or, if. this is not feasible, it is found advisable to add about 3 per cent. of carbon in a very fine state of division. If the percentage of oxide is allowed to increase beyond cer- tain limits it is found that the deposits become dull in appearance instead of having a bright metallic luster, al- though good deposits of zinc can be obtained from zinc dust varying considerably in composition. To prevent the iron receptacle from becoming thickly coated with zine, it is found advantageous to coat the inside of the drum with plumbago or black lead. Articles coated with grease receive as good coating of zinc as those which are free from grease, if not a better one. This fact is of con- siderable importance, as it enables machine work—such as bolts, nuts, &c.—to be thrown direct, after machining, into the drum without any preparation or cleaning. The Japanese War and British Engineers. A number of the leading British companies are profit- ing by large and urgent orders from both Russia and Japan. The most prominent of these are Sir W. G. Arm- strong, Whitworth & Co., who, as remarked above, are increasing their facilities; J. I. Thorneycroft & Co., who have acquired a new large yard at Southampton so as to be nearer the seaboard, and Vickers, Sons & Maxim, who, with their large capital, are quite in a position to meet all reasonable demands. In addition, the Weldless Steel Tube Company, Birmingham, are working night and day in the execution of orders for marine boiler tubes for the Japanese. The work is being supervised by Japanese officers. Sritish Machine Tools for America, The firm of James Spencer & Co., Hollinwood, Man- chester, are this week shipping a 30-ton consignment of machine tools for gas engine making. The shipment com- prises two cylinder boring machines, a cross boring ma- chine with double heads for simultaneously boring two sets of holes at right angles to each other and a special machine for milling cams for heavy gas engine work. They are being bought on the basis of an import duty of 45 per cent. ad valorem. Swedish Ore for Germany. C. E. Muller & Co., Middlesbrough, state that very important contracts for Swedish iron ore for Germany were closed at the beginning of this month. The total quantity sold was 14,000,000 tons, for delivery over a term of years. The works participating in this large purchase are Deutscher Kaiser, Gutehoffnungshuette, Rheinische Stahlwerke and Friedrich Krupp (for the new basic works at Rheinhausen). The ore is phos- phoric and will be shipped principally from the well- known deposits in Swedish Lapland. The sellers are Trafikaktiebolaget Graengesberg, Oxelsund, and the con- tracts were concluded by their representatives, Wm. H. Muller & Co., Rotterdam, and L. Possehl & Co., Lubeck. ‘A New Testing Machine. A testing machine of unusual interest has been con- structed by Buckton & Co., Leeds, from the design of J. Hartley Wicksteed, and sold to the French Government. It is destined for research work on the strength -and behavior under lead of metals and materials used in the manufacture of ships, engines, machinery, bridges and structures of all kinds, also chains, wire and hemp ropes as used in ships and mines and for lifting and hauling generally. So designed that it will make tests on the smallest and most delicate specimens, it will also take in June 30, 1904 THE a full sized column or strut. It will test in tension a chain cable, wire or hemp rope, eye bar, riveted joint or any kind of tension member up to 80 feet long and 3 feet 3 inches square, and will stretch or break such specimens with a load up to 300 tons, and it will also test in deflection and will take in any kind of rolled joist, riveted girder or other form of beam up to 20 feet between supports, 6 feet 6 inches deep and 3 feet 3 inches wide, and will load it in the center up to 300 tons. The machine will also test in torsion, punching and shearing. The effort exerted in carrying out any of these tests is duly shown by the machine and the re- sults are autographically recorded on a diagram. The total length of the machine is 120 feet and its weight about 150 tons, Ss. G. H. —_—o-o_—_- The New Britain Stock Rack and Bench Leg. The accompanying illustrations show two new prod- ucts of the New Britain Machine Company, New Britain, Conn. Fig. 1 is a Stock rack, designed for holding merchant bars of steel and other material of the form shown, and has a capacity of upward of 7 tons with- out overloading. Three uprights are spaced 6 feet apart IRON AGE wall style, which may be used when it is desired to util ize wall space. Fig. 2 shows a new pattern of cast iron bench leg. One trouble with the usual form is that it frequently depends partly upon the wall for its support. This bench leg is self supporting, and may, therefore, be placed in any part of the room. A provision made for a stringer at the rear, which sets in a pocket, as seen in the illus- tration, adds considerable to the strength and rigidity of the completed bench. It also allows the legs to be placed as far apart as 8 feet, without sacrificing stiffness, and increases the stability of the backboard of the bench. The front board of the bench is usually heavier for tbe support of vises, &c., and the casting is formed, as may be seen, to accommodate the thicker board. When a heavier board is unnecessary a light board may be used and blocked up to make it flush with the back board. Bung head bolts are used to fasten the boards to the legs, the heads of the bolts being flush with the upper surface. Fins under the heads of the bolts prevent them from turning. The bolts are inserted by means of a Forstner bit. The cross piece at the bottom of the leg serves for the support of 2 longituding] plank, where such is desired. The fact of the bench being self supporting is attended Fig. 1—The New Britain Sectional Stock Rack. so as to support equally the weight of merchant bars 18 feet long. The unit idea is carried out in the con- struction, making it possible to increase or decrease the capacity of the rack to meet changing requirements. The rack illustrated carries six double gradated hooks on each upright, but more or less may be used, as desired. The hooks are of wrought steel, which is strong under bending and tension strain, such as the hooks are sub- jected to, while the distance pieces between the hooks are of cast iron, the strain in this case being one of com- pression. The units are held together by tension bolts, and may be easily knocked down for transportation. The curved ends of the hooks help to prevent the load from spilling, and are also a safeguard against over- loading. It is calculated, however, that the entire space between the hooks may be filled without producing undue strain on the rack. Owing to the nature of the material of which the hooks are constructed, they would bend and give warning in case they were overloaded. Grading the sizes of the hooks, the larger ones being at the bottom and the smaller ones at the top, facilitates the lifting out of the stock where hoist and runway service is employed. The number of the spaces is sufficient to accommodate quite a range of sizes, so that it is not necessary to mix many sizes in one space. The principal advantage of the rack is that it does away with the drawing out of stock endwise, thus saving a great amount of space which would otherwise be necessary. The detachable pans which connect the standards of the uprights are useful for holding short pieces. The rack is also made in a Fig. 2.—The New Pattern Bench Leg. with two advantages. For instance, it may be placed at, say, 3 inches from the wall, as the makers recommend, which allows the space beneath the bench to be more easily reached by water from the sprinkler system in case of fire, and also allows the hot air from steam coils, such as are usually placed along the walls, beneath the win- dows, to circulate to the best advantage. Incidentally this tempers any cold draft that may come from the win- dow, while still another advantage is that the full force of the heat does not strike the legs of the workmen, as it does where the bench touches the wall. The bench also lends itself handily to corner bench construction. ————~-e—___ Rebellion in the Amalgamated Association.—For months there has been much dissatisfaction in the ranks. of the Amalgamated Association, particularly among the sheet and tin plate workers. The course of President Snaffer in agreeing to a reduction of 20 per cent. in the wages of sheet and tin plate workers without first con- sulting the men was very severely criticised, and threats. were made at the time that he would not be re-elected. However, he was maintained in office, but the dissatisfac- tion has not subsided by any means. A meeting of the sheet mill men in the Cincinnati, Covington and Newport districts was held last week, and steps were taken to- form a new organization. It is not unlikely that a large number of the sheet and tin plate men will withdraw from the association and form an organization of their own. rz ta ps Sabet earth oo ght aah. oe Wacsaiyncs 2 AE 8 THE IRON AGE. The Flather Gear Cutter. A new line of gear cutters, designed for the rapid production of spur gears, has been brought out by the E. J. Flather Mfg. Company, Nashua, N. H., a concern recently organized to market the machines. It is built in two sizes, to cut spur gears up to diameters of 30 and 36 inches, respectively, and faces as wide as §” inches and June 30, 1904 the cutter can be returned positively to any previous position. The cutter spindle is hardened and ground and runs in a phosphor bronze sleeve. It is driven by a worm gear 7 inches in diameter and a septuple worm which runs in a bath of oil and is splined on the shaft N. On the bronze sleeve is a heavy nut operated by a spanner wrench by means of which the cutter may be easily Fig. 2. THE FLATHER GEAR CUTTER. 4 diametral pitch. The machine is of heavy propor- tions so that it will work without jarring or chattering and produce smooth gears of either fine or coarse pitch. Several mechanical ideas, new to machines of its type, are embodied in it, notably among which are the method of indexing, the device for centrally locating the cutter and the method of binding the work head in position. As seen in Figs. 1 and 2, A is the work spindle, which supports one end of the mandrel carrying the gear blank and rotates it during the operation of indexing. B is an outboard support adjustable on its guide, as is also the work head A, to accommodate gears of different diam- eters. The indexing wheel, seen in Fig. 2, is driven by means of a positive clutch. Figs. 4 and 5 show nearer views of the gears from the front and rear, which drive the indexing mechanism. An auxiliary shaft carries a segmental gear, J, Fig. 4, integral with the lever arm K, the first meshing with the pinion on the shaft with the clutch, while the lever arm engages a cam in the face of the gear L. After the cutter has passed through the work and returned to the end of its stroke a trip is operated, setting the segment and lever arm in motion, the segment operating a clutch by means of a cylindrical cam on its shaft, while the lever arm releases the cam L. permitting the gear to make a single revolution, when the clutch is again thrown out and the indexing ceases. The indexing mechanism is thus positive, and is securely locked in each position, so that it cannot operate after the cutter has entered the work, nor can it index more than the space for which it is set. Changes of speed do not affect the indexing. The worm which drives the index wheel can be disengaged from the driving rod C by a toothed clutch in the box D. This clutch is operated by the lever E after loosening the screw at the bottom of the box. The work may be revolved in either direc- tion and very fine adjustments are possible. By means of change gears, M, Fig. 2, three changes of indexing may be secured. The indexing mechanism may also be operated by hand, and there is always the assurance that adjusted, the movement of the nut giving to the sleeve and consequently to the spindle a longitudinal move- ment in either direction. The outer end of the cutter spindle is supported in a bearing to prevent its deflec- tion during cutting. The head carrying the work spindle is arranged so that it may be firmly clamped in position by méans of a binding nut operated by the lever F, Fig. 2. The con- struction of the work spindle may best be seen in Fig. 3, THE IRON AGE Fig. 3.—Detail -of the Work Spindle. where F, as before, is the lever which clamps the head. As will be observed, the tightening of this nut draws the collars G and H firmly against the inclined faces of the guides on the column. This method of clamping is en- tirely independent of the work spindle, so that the latter cannot be cramped, no matter how firmly the head is bound to the ways. The head may be raised or lowered by means of a screw in the center of the column, driven by bevel gears and the hand wheel I, Fig. 2. The raising and lowering mechanism is provided with a micrometer adjustment graduated to thcusandths of an inch. June 30, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 9 The feeding of the gear cutter is performed in a manner resembling that of machines of similar type. The forward feed in action during the cutting of the stroke is operated by means of a worm and worm gear through a positive clutch. The return of the carriage is accomplished by a friction clutch and is very rapid, re- Fig. 4.—Indexing Gears Seen from the Front. ducing the time consumed for returning and indexing. The length of the cut may be regulated by adjustable sliding dogs, which may be rotated out of position so that the carriage may be run back clear of the work when desired. The driving pulley is intended to run at 800 revolutions per minute. None of the motions of the machine depends upon Fig. 5.—Indexing Gears Seen from the Rear. momentum, as is shown by the fact that they may be performed by pulling the belt very slowly by hand. The carriage is heavy, has wide bearings on the bed rigidly gibbed and is provided with felt wipers to prevent chips and dust from working between the wearing surfaces. The work spindle has a large crucible steel forging with a No. 12 B. & S. taper. Both the work arbor and the cutter arbor are drawn into taper sockets by draw in bolts, which also eject them. The machine complete weighs 2500 pounds. The United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company. The annual report of the United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company, which has just been issued, shows some decrease in earnings, but the reduction is, however, considerably less pronounced than in the case of many of the steel companies. Following is a compara- tive statement of the company’s earnings: 1904. 1903. Change. GeeGe: OND vic ie wecs $1,303,810 $1,870,542 — $66,732 Interest on bonds........ $71,640 $68,555 + $3,085 Improvements, &c....... 125,000 105,836 + 19,164 Total expenses...... $196,640 $174,391 + $22,249 Balanes Aweks4%isicce $1,107,170 $1,196,151 — $88,981 Other iceman ids aes of os dhe cs ds 32,573 — 82,573 Total income........ $1,107,170 $1,228,724 — $121,554 Dividends) uiwies disc. oc 500,000 Pe Udcandes Surghe dais os coe vec $607,170 $728,724 — $121,554 Previous surplus........ 853,724 671,718 + 182,006 Total surplus....... $1,460,894 $1,400,442 + $60,452 Reserve for work. cap... 728,724 546,718 + 182,006 Final surplus....... $732,170 $853,724 — $121,554 The general balance sheet, as of May 31, shows: Assets— 1904. 1903. Change. Cost property and plant.$24,089,260 $24,126,482 — $37,222 Treasury stock.......... 847,555 i cereeece Am. P. & F. Co. bonds... 423,347 874,087 + 49,310 Cons .2ccdpadnteaeais « 712,914 " 420,745 + 292,169 Accounts and bills rec... 2,239,476 2,508,822 — 264,346 Materials and supplies... 1,649,353 1,680,018 — 30,665 Totals... decivdekent $29,461,905 $29,452,659 + $9,246 Liabilities— Preferred stock.......... $12,500,000 $12,500,000 _—............... Common stock.......... 12,500,000 12,500,000 ......... Am. P. & F. bonds....... 1,500,000 DE °radeawee Accounts payable........ 560,864 1,156,554 — $595,690 Additional working capital 1,565,269 836,545 + 728,724 Improvements .......... 103,602 105,836 — 2,234 Surplus account......... 732,170 853,724 — 121,554 Totals ............. $29,461,905 $29,452,659 + $9,246 The stockholders of the company, at their annual meeting, elected the following directors: Colgate Hoyt, George B. Hayes, Geo. J. Long, A. C. Overholt, C. EB. Burke, E. R. Thomas, B. F. Overholt, A. F. Callahan, A. N. Brady, EB. C. Fuller, P. J. Goodhart, David Giles, W. T. C. Carpenter and B. F. Haughton. The board organized by choosing the following officers: President, George B. Hayes; first vice-president, George J. Long; second vice-president, A. F. Callahan, and secretary and treasurer, BE. F. Haughton. —_—__.3 0. —_—___ — The Bar Iron Wage Scale.—Lodges of the Amal- gamated Association in the Youngstown district, in which the men are employees of the Republic Iron & Steel Com- pany, have received notice from President Shaffer in- structing them to continue at work under the present scale, which expires on June 30, until a new wage scale is arranged. This notice is in accordance with a special arrangement providing for a Board of Conciliation and a continuation of the existing scale until such time as the board has reached a decision with reference to next year’s wage scale. By the terms of this agreement the men are to select a representative and the Republic Com- pany another, a third to be selected by those two men, and the three to constitute a Board of Conciliation. The Amalgamated Association has appointed M. M. Garland of Pittsburgh as its representative. Mr. Garland is an ex-president of the association, but for some years has been surveyor of the port in Pittsburgh. He is highly regarded by the manufacturing interests and will make a very acceptable member of the board. « a The Pittsburgh Shovel Company.—The Pittsburgh Shovel Company, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., are just completing the erection of a new forge department at their works at Leechburg, Pa. The new work includes an additional forge shop 40 x 60 feet, in which a com- plete list of modern drops, hammers, &c., for use in the manufacture of welded shovels will be installed. The new shop will be ready for operation about July 15. > SS ow eect 5 — a Aa a ce gee ae Wee a The Philips Pressed Steel Pulley. Considerable interest is being manifested in a new pressed steel pulley, the invention of Ferdinand Philips, senior partner of the firm of Philips, Townsend & Co., and proprietor of the Philips Pressed Steel Company, Philadelphia, Pa., which will market the new departure. It will be seen from Fi