The Iron Age 1904-12-15: Vol 74 Iss 24

A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery anid Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co,, 232-238 William St.. New York, Vol. 74: No. 24. Reading Matter Contents....... page 63 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 173]) Classified List of Advertisers.... “‘ 165 Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘“‘ 172 és FORSTER” 7 Wood Split Pulley Perfect Balance, Light and Strong. Forster Pulley Works, UBA, N . Bristol's Patent Steei Belt Lacing. SAYES Time, Beits, Money. GreatestStrength READY TO APPLY FuusHEDvowr With Least Metal Send for Circulars and Free Samples. THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn. SAMSON SPOT CORD Also Linen and Italian Hemp Sash Cord. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBUCKLES. pe Branch ffice. 11 Broadens. New York Cleveland City foans and fron C ‘leveland, O. SOFT COAL. Girard Building, Pht) sbi. PILLING & CRANE, fuzziness Why Apollo Sheets are Favorites See AMERICAN SHEET & TIN PLATE COMPANY’S Ad, on page 23 New York, Thursday, December 15, 1904 PLATE PATTERN. (Water and Rail Delivery) Owners and Sole Manufacturers, $5 09 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, 15 Cents. FOR BRUSH AND FIELD SHORT RANGE SHOT SHELLS are carried in stock by all wide-awake dealers. An entirely new invention producing practically the same velocity and pattern at 25 yards as the regular load at 40 yards. These shells often prevent a choke bored gun from missing or mutilating game at close range. All sportsmen wish to try them. Supplied in Arrow and Nitro Club brands only—same price as regular loads. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y., New York. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SSS = ES] = A Zr is PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR HEAD. ‘es Gapewell Horse Nails Branches: DETROIT, BALTIMORE, CINCINNATI, oe whee SAN FRANCISCO, ST. LOUIS, PORTLAND, oRE., ©' 4% OF MEXICO, BOSTON, BUFFALO, TORONTO, CANADA, THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL GCO., Hartford, Conn. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ywsiivd ASZ1AVONBHOD PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR HEAD. JENKINS ’96 PACKING Engineers know the annoyance—owners the expense—of a leaky steam joint. Use Jenkins ’96 Packing, which is absolutely guaranteed, It will save both annoyance and expense. Write for Booklet, “Points on Packing,” JENKINS BROS., New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago London 'THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING COMPANY BRIDGEPORT, CONN. MAGNOLIA ile Best Anti-Friction Metal for all estan os he mee PagGiantie a pa: ‘5 Az eee ” MAGNOLIA METAL CO., 113-116 Bank Street, $e Francisco, Montreal, Boston and urg. EW Y cannula ate all bs of Babbitt at Chicago, Fisher Bidg. THE IRON AGE. MANUFACTURERS OF on THE PLUME & Atwoon M6, Co., BRASS TN TEL » WIRE cera ii swe | Oleet and Roll Brass COPPER WIRE " PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN GERM AN SHEET eee GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS S ! LV F R be Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kero- dj ab tbe I sene Burners, Lamps, Lamp “QUEEN'S RUN® Nth — rena icra Lock HAVEN” AM LOW BRASS. SHEET BRONZE.|29 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. etme 7 a “HONG” HAPES SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. ee SECN42 Nee) |TUBING. BRAZED BRASS AND| ,.... 0 a caer a BRONZE TUBING. oes) oe 6 THOMASTON, CONN. WATERBURY, CONN, Randolph-Clowes &. Main Office and Mill, WATERBURY, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET BRASS & COPPER. BRAZED BRASS & COPPER WATERBURY BRASS C0., WATERBURY, CONN. GERMAN SILVER 99 John St., New York. Providence, R. |. Sheets, Rolls, Wire Rods, Bolts and Tubes, Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze. & mrss swcie Sive,Smioe TUBES. Metal (0., Special Brass Goods to Order. SEAMLESS BRASS BRIDGEPORT, GONN. FacToRizEs: ,.. WATERBURY, CONN. & COPPER TUBES $| automobile Castings’a Specialty. Dzrors TO 36 IN. DIAM. New York Office, 253 Broadway, Postal Telegraph Building, Room 715. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bldg. NEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON. High Tensile Strength. Bronze and Aluminum Alloys. JOHN DAVOL & SONS Write Us. DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, e e LEAD, ANTIMONY. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., Bi) roo join street, - New York. LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER Artr T. Rutter & Ga SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. 256 Broadway, Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. NEW YORKA. Stove and Washboard Blanks. Small tubi in B C 7m ubing in Brass, Copper, ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and Ger- man Silver. Copper, Brass and tree TEU iirc = Ear Pad ee . yeaa rT Best ™ at and coc PHONO ELECTRIC ; “s*absetzes's CASTINGS) samme troy, " ‘TROLLEY, wr. &. RO iteinaiaene TELEPHONE “ea and HENDRICKS BROTHERS ) TELEGRAPH Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, LINES. COPPER, Bi SNE el COPPER. Wink ND RIvETs. win ae aghinery and. Mill Work: ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. Se ee ee ee ae 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. For sale by,David Williams Co. 282 William St. N. Y, The Herbert Hexagon Turret Lathe. The illustrations Figs. 1 and 2 show the latest de- velopment of the hexagon turret lathe built by Alfred Herbert, Limited, Coventry, England, and used exten- sively in the shops of that country for making small machine parts from bar stock. The machine is shown driven by a direct electric motor having a moderate range of speed varia- tion, which is greatly amplified by speed changes ob- tained mechanically by means of friction clutches in the lathe head stock. As motors having a large speed varia- tion give a much reduced power at low speeds, the build- er of this machine has selected a motor having a com- paratively small speed variation. This is obtained by in- serting resistance in the field circuit, which allows the motor its maximum power at the slow end of the speed range, the lighter efforts being reserved for small diam- connected ‘THE IRON AGE ‘THurRSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1QO4. be employed, as on valve rods with forked ends, these can be handled by removing the automatic chuck and substituting a three or four jaw chuck, this change being Owing to the hollow form of the turret the work may be allowed to pass through it, so that both long and short work can be handled, and as the patent turning tool holders are very readily adjusted for diam- ter, it is quite economical to produce even only one or two pieces at a setting. The lathe is for this reason well adapted for jobbing and repair work. An important feature of the machine is that it fin- ishes each diameter from the rough bar at one cut, no finishing cut being required. and the design has been lately modified so as to take advantage of the recent improvements in high speed cutting tools. The bar is gripped by an automatic chuck operated by the vertical lever at the front of the head stock. The chuck may be opened and closed without stopping the easily made. Fig. 1—Front View of the Hexagon Turret Lathe eters and lighter cuts. The motor is of the direct cur- rent type, driving the head stock by means of spur gear- ing. The rear view of the machine, Fig. 2, shows the meth- od of attaching the motor, and, as will be observed, the arrangement is compact and self contained. no separate foundation being required for the motor. The switches and controller are mounted on a stand seen at the left hand side in the front view of the machine, this being : convenient position for the operator. The lathés are made in three sizes. The No. 2 ma- chine admits bars up to 2 inches in diameter, has a 30- inch working stroke of turret, and will cut up to a 1% inch Whitworth thread with a self opening die head or 2-inch with a special die head. The No. 3 machine admits bars up to 2% inches in diameter, has a 36-inch working stroke of turret, and will cut a 2%-inch Whitworth thread with the self opening die head. The No. 5 machine admits bars up to 444 inches in diameter, has a 42-inch working stroke of turret, and will cut a 83-inch Whitworth thread with self opening die head, or 44-inch with special die head. The machines are designed principally for producing articles such as screws, studs, spindles, &c., direct from the bar without forging. In cases where forgings must suilt by Alfred Herbert, Limited, Coventry, England iachine and is provided with a full set of jaws for grip- ping round, square or hexagon bars up to the full spindle capacity. The jaws not in use are kept in a swinging tray attached to the cabinet leg, as shown in Fig. 1, which is conveniently located and out of the way of dirt. This tray also holds the screw dies and cutting tools. The hexagon turret is mounted on a saddle having a long bearing on the bed. This saddle is provided with un automatic feed having three changes, all obtained by moving the vertical lever seen in the front of the gear box. The feed throwing over the small horizontal lever seen immediately above the feed change lever. inay be reversed by The feed is changed or reversed instantly and without stopping the machine. to arrest the The automatic stops travet of the turret are mounted on the hexagonal bar seen on the front of the machine. There are six of these, one for each face of the turret. The hexagonal bar revolves in unison with the turret, bring- ing into action the stop which corresponds to the tool which is working; thus any tool can be adjusted to turn length without interfering with the others. The feed is tripped by means of a dropping worm. The turning tool helders are one of the most impor- tant parts of this machine. They are capable of dealing with any required reduction in diameter at one cut and mny given — a Pe nF a Gl ee Rm poe A ? ; 4 et } PT eee ed 4 Foe eae 2 eee eee 2 THE are arranged so that the same tool holder can be used for cutting either toward or away from chuck, the change being made by simply substituting a left hand cutter, using the same tool holder and back rests. On long work it is necessary, in order to produce a true running job, to commence close up to the chuck and to feed away from the head stock, thus keeping the job in tension. Fig. 3 shows the turning tool holder very clearly. After the tool has been clamped down all adjustments of tool and back rests are made entirely with the fingers and without the need of screw drivers or spanners. For screw cutting the Coventry self opening die head is used, which is arranged to open automatically at any desired point. It is fitted with a roughing and finishing attachment, by which a finishing cut may be taken when cutting large threads on difficult material. Although these machines are most used for ordinary bar work, such as shafts, bolts, pins, studs, bushes, &c., there are in addition a number of jobs which might ap- pear to be unsuited for the lathe, but on which consid- IRON AGE. December 15, 1904 Publicity for Corporations. Greater Powers Desired for New Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 13, 1904.—The first week of the new session of Congress has developed an im- portant plan of the Administration to materially extend the powers of the Bureau of Corporations of the Depart- ment of Commerce and Labor to enable it to exercise a larger measure of supervision over corporations of all kinds carrying on an interstate business. ‘The plan is fully disclosed in three important documents made pub- lic during the week, including the President’s annual mes- sage, the annual report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and an elaborate bill presented in the house by Representative Littlefield of Maine, a prominent member of the Judiciary Committee. In the course of his mes- sage President Roosevelt refers at some legnth to the workings of the Bureau of Corporations, and quotes ap- Fig. 2.—Rear View of the Herbert Hexagon Turret Lathe, Showing the Motor Drive. erable economy can nevertheless be effected. Work such as piston rods, air pump rods, armature spindles, which have a long plain portion in the center, are frequently made on these machines from bright drawn steel bars, which are not machined at all on the plain central por- tion, but are subsequently finished on this part by grind- ing if a fine finish is required. One end is machined first at one operation, being supported in a bush fitting in the spindle so as to hold it true, and the second end is then finished. Work of this kind can also be centered in the lathe for the subsequent operation of grinding. Work such as boiler stays, having two threaded portions separated by an unthreaded portion, can be produced by a special arrangement of die head and guide nut so that the pitch of the two threaded portions may be continuous, so as to suit the error of the stay tap. For repetition work having a number of diameters special box tools are furnished, enabling all the diam- eters to be turned at the same time. For work having long holes the machine is provided with oil tube drills, and the pump and oil fittings are arranged so as to give a forced supply through the tools. For taper work a special taper turning tool is fitted having an adjustable taper bar which can be set to any desired angle. For work having curved outlines broad forming tools are used. Examples of such work will be found in the handles of the lathe itself. provingly the annual report of the chief of the bureau with regard to the necessity of publicity for the affairs of corporations. In conclusion the President says: “I “arnestly ask that the Congress carefully consider the report and recommendations of the Commissioner on this subject.” Work of the Bureau of Corporations. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor incorporates in his annual report the recommendations of the Bureau of Corporations, and outlines the work thus far accom- plished by the bureau in a statement that sets at rest many sensational reports recently current to the effect that the bureau had undertaken in an aggressive spirit special investigations of certain so-called trusts upon charges of the violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust act. The scope of the work of the burean during the year and its plans for the future are succinctly set forth by the Secretary as follows: The bureau has made exhaustive examination of judicial deci- sions for the purpose of ascertaining fully those constitutional powers and restrictions on which present conditions are based, and also those which must be necessarily involved in any future legislation for the improvement of present legal corporate condi- tions. For the purpose of ascertaining and presenting in available form the legal conditions under which corporate business is be- ing carried on in the various States, material obtained from 30 States has been compiled and tabulated. In each of these States. with regard to all the more important corporations or- BBS Oh caval LratatigPetivey A+ 6 ai SR wee Fi § r F ganized in the State and engaged in interstate or foreign com- merce, typical either of the State’s industries or of its laws, every paper or document filed or recorded concerning each cor poration was examined separately, and all information relating to each corporation disclosed by the official records has been col lected and compiled. There have been thus far examined and abstracted the records of over 1500 corporations,.which include the larger part of the more important industrial and commercia! corporations, joint stock companies and corporate companies in the United States. There is now ready for publication a compilation of the Fed eral and State statutes dealing with illegal industrial combina. tlons—the so-called antitrust laws. This will afford complete information of such laws, showing in tabular and condensed form, so as to be readily available and easily comparable, their provisions, including the decisions thereunder and a digest and discussion of cases involving the common law principles as to combinations in restraint of trade. The compilation on a uniform outline of insurance laws has been undertaken and completed in ten States. The bureau has been in communication with the insurance officials of all the States, and its agents have conferred with representatives of a large number of insurance companies, officers of boards of under- writers and insurance agents, for the purpose of obtaining the best information possible upon both the legal and the business side of insurance. For the purpose of laying the foundation upon which direct investigations of special corporations can be intelligently con- ducted, the bureau has compiled, from sources other than the corporations themselves, all available information regarding cer- tain leading combinations. From a careful analysis of this ma- Fig. 3——Tool Holder with Cutter for Cutter for Turning Away Turning Away from the Head. from the Head. terial it has been possible to form preliminary judgments re- garding the economic and financial practices and effects of com- binations in general, and to determine the lines of further spe- cial inquiry. On the basis of this general study preliminary outlines of inquiries to be addressed directly to the compaaies are being prepared. A highly significant feature of the Secretary’s state- ment quoted above is the reference to the schedules of in- quiries to be addressed to corporations doing an inter- state business, for in this connection the question has been raised by eminent legal authorities as to whether the bureau is in position to compel corporations to answer such interrogatories as may be presented. Representative Littlefield’s Bill. To meet this point, however, Representative Little- field has prepared a bill which it is understood has the approval of the President and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and which is in its leading features very simi- lar to a measure which was favorably reported by the House Judiciary Committee in the Fifty-seventh Con- gress, but was abandoned after the passage of the bill creating the Department of Commerce and Labor. Mr. Littlefield’s original bill required corporations doing an interestate business to make periodical reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission, but the creation of the new department with the Bureau of Corporations as an important division thereof raised the question as to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and it was decided to leave the matter in abeyance until the Bureau of Corporations should be completely reorganized and ready for work. Mr. Littlefield now brings his bill forward, again modified so as to require the reports re- December 15, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 3 ferred to to be made to the Commissioner of Corporations. rhe principal section of his bill is as follows: Be it enacted, &c., That every corporation which may he hereafter organized shall, at the time of engaging in interstate or foreign commerce, file the return hereinafter provided for, and every corporation, whenever organized, and engaged in in- terstate or foreign commerce, shall file a return with the Com- missioner of Corporations for the year ending December 31 whenever and at such time as requested by said Commissioner, stating its name, date of organization, where and when organ- ized, giving statutes under which it is organized, and all amend- ments thereof; if consolidated. naming constituent companies and where and when organized, with the same information as to such constituent companies, so far as applicable, as is herein required of such corporation; if reorganized, name of original corporation or corporations, with full reference to laws under which all the reorganizations have taken place, with the same information as to all prior companies in the chain of reorganiza- tion, so far as applicabie, as is herein required of such corpora- tion; amount of bonds issued and outstanding; amount of authorized capital stock, shares into which it is divided, par value, whether common or preferred, and distinction between each; amount issued and outstanding; amount paid in; how much, if any, paid in cash, and how much, if any, in property; if any part in property, describing in detail the kind, character and location, with its cash market value at the time it was re- ceived in payment, giving the elements upon which said market value is based, and especially whether in whole or in part upon the capitalization of earnings, earning capacity or econ- omies, with the date and the cash price paid therefor at THe Iron Ace Too! Holder with Cutter for Cutter for Turning Toward Turning Toward the Head the Head. its last sale; the name and address of each officer, managing agent and director; a true and correct copy of its articles of incorporation ; a full, true and correct copy of any and all rules, regulations and by-laws adopted for the management and con- tro! of its business and the direction of its officers, managing agents and directors Nothing herein contained shall be con- strued as relieving any corporation from making, in addition to the foregoing, such returns as are now required by the “ Act to regulate commerce,” approved February 4, 1897. and all amend- ments thereof: but the provisions of this act, as to signing and making oath to returns and making answers on oath to written inquiries, shall be applicable to returns and such answers made under said act and amendments thereof So far as any return may be a duplicate of one already filed, that fact may be stated, and the details, which are in such case duplicates, need not be repeated. Upon its being made to appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that without fault on its part it is impracticable for such corporation to furnish any of the items aforesaid, it may. by a written order of said Commis- sioner, be excused from furnishing such item or items. Said Commissioner shall cause to be prepared a blank return for the use of such corporations, containing the foregoing re- quirements, and shall make such rules and regulations as may, in his judgment, be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. The president, treasurer and a majority of the directors of such corporation shall make oath in writing on said return that said return is true. The treasurer, or other officer of such corporation having the requisite knowledge, shall answer on oath al) inquiries that may be made in writing on the direction of said Commissioner in relation to said return. Any corpora tion failing to make such return, or whose treasurer or other officer shall fail to make the answers aforesaid, may be re- strained, on the suit of the United States, from engaging in in- terstate commerce until such return is made. Suit may be brought in any district of the United States at the election of the Attorney-General. Penalties for False Returns. Penalties for making false returns are provided by Section 2 of the bill and refusal to make returns is made a i 4 THE an offense punishable by a fine of from $500 to $5000. A section of the bill makes it the duty of the Commissioner of Corporations to cause to be published on or before June 1 in each year a list of all corporations making re- turns, with an abstract of such returns for free distribu- tion to the public. In order to overcome the great obstacle heretofore en- countered in the examination of officials of corporations charged with illegal acts Section 4 of Mr. Littlefield’s bill provides that in all prosecutions. hearings and pro- ceedings under the proposed law or under the Sherman act, whether civil or criminal, “no person shall be ex- cused from attending and testifying, or from producing books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents be- fore the courts of the United States, or the commissioners thereof, or the Interstate Commerce Commission, or in obedience to the subpceena of the same, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, docu- mentary or otherwise, required of hin) may tend to crim- inate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any pen- alty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which be may testify or pro- duce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before said courts, commissioners or commission, or in obedience to the subpena of either of them in any such case or pro- ceeding.” The Circuit courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to try all cases arising under the pro- posed law, and it is made the duty of the several dis- trict attorneys of the United States in their respective districts under the direction of the Attorney-General to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain all acts forbidden by this statute. A somewhat drastic provision of the bill is found in Section 6, which pro- vides that “ whenever it shall appear to the Court before which any proceedings under this act shall be pending that the ends of justice require that other parties shall be brought before the Court, the Court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district where the Court is held or not, and subpeenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.” Fate of the Bill in the Senate. Mr. Littlefield’s bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee, by which, as above stated, a similar measure was favorably reported in the Fifty-seventh Congress. The committee has since undergone some changes in personnel, but it is believed that the views of the major- ity with regard to legislation of this character are sub- stantially the same as those of the committee in the last Congress. Mr. Littlefield asserts that his bill will be urged energetically, and expresses confidence that it will be favorably reported without deiay. The real contest over this measure will naturally tak place in the Senate if it is favorably acted upon by the House. The position of the Senate Judiciary Committee with regard to such legislation is very conservative, and in view of the fact that a new chairman is soon to be chosen in place of the late Senator Hoar, its members will proceed with unusual caution during the current short session. Ww. L. C. ——_~2-- Steam Turbines for Baltimore Electric Power.— An interesting feature of the recently announced devel- opments in Baltimore electric power is the exclusive adoption of steam turbines as the prime mover. A con- tract recently closed by the Baltimore Electric Power Company with the Westinghouse Machine Company pro- vides an initial equipment of 4000 kw. in two generating units of 2000 kw. each. A Westinghouse electrical equip- ment, complete and modern in every particular, bas also been contracted for. Olificers of the company state that the power plant will embody the latest developments in steam and electrical engineering. Being located outside of the congested districts of the city, all the boilers and heavy machinery will be on the ground floor. Floors and roofs will be of steel-concrete construction. The steam turbine plant will operate with a boiler pressure of 175 pounds and a superheat of about 100 degrees F. A high vacuum condensing system will be installed, capable of IRON AGE. December 15, 1904 sustaining a vacuum of 28 pounds at full load on the plant. The plant in its entirety has been designed on the separate unit plan, which virtually consists of a number of dis- tinct power plants placed side by side, each entirely separate from the other, out each capable of helping out the other in case any link in the system should be dis- abled. This holds good through the entire apparatus, from the coal pile to the customer's building. In addition to this precaution against interruption of service, which is thus insured, the company will install a large storage battery which will ordinarily “float” on the system. The construction work is already under way and will be pushed as rapidly as possible in order that the plant mmay be complete in all respects and running smoothly by July next. dinietnsiniiliailtaaitiditesans The Steel Bloom Case Won by Importers. A decision against the United States, involving the refund of duties in excess of $1,000,000, paid for the im- portation of steel in the form of blooms from about 1879 to 1882, has been handed down by the Court of Claims at Washington, ». C, The decision was in the case of the Cambria Iron Company against the United States, which was brought to test the validity of the ruling of the Secretary of the Treasury that under the law of 1867 steel blooms were partially manufactured rails, and should, therefore, be assessed at the rate of 45 per cent. ad valorem, instead of 30 per cent., under the classifica- tion of “ other forms of steel not enumerated.” The case, which has become celebrated in the steel trade, is one of a large number of the same class filed in the court under the provisions of an act passed at the last session of the Fifty-seventh Congress conferring on the court jurisdic- tion to hear and determine certain specified. claims for refund of duties paid in excess of what was alleged to be the legal rate. It is possible that the Department of Justice may take an appeal to the Supreme Court, al- though it has not yet been determined to take that course. The list of claimants, which was published at the time of the passage of the act of Congress above referred to, is as follows: J. F. Bailey & Co., H. EB. Collins & Co., Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Limited, Carnegie Brothers & Co., Limited, James Lee & Co., Downing, Sheldon & Co., R. F. Downing & Co., Albany & Rensselaer Iron & Steel Company, Joliet Steel Company, Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, O. L. Garrison, for Vulcan Steel Company and St. Louis Ore & Steel Company; St. Albans Iron & Steel Company ; Godeffrey & Co., for the Albany & Rensse- laer Iron & Steel Company; Oliver L. Garrison, A. E. Godeffrey & Co., James Johnston, Clarke, Post & Martin and Post, Martin & Co., agents for Springfield Iron Com- pany; Charles W. Matthews, Harry C. Arbuckle and Brown Brothers & Co., agents for Charles W, Matthews; E. Samuel & Co., Henry W. Oliver, Jr., A. H. Childs, agent for Henry W. Oliver, Jr.; Lewis, Oliver & Phil- lips, Schrader & Ellery, Peter Wright & Sons, agents for Cambria Lron Company ; Diamond State Iron Company, Interstate Improvement & Construction Company, Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Company, agents for Interstate Improvement & Construction Company; Charles H. and Eugene Odell, agents for Sandusky Rolling Mill & Mfg. Company and Northern Pacific Railroad Company ; North- ern Pacific Railroad Company, Drexel, Morgan & Co., A. H. Barney and Robert Garrett & Son, agents for Northern Pacific Railroad Company: E. S. Wheeler & (o. and Edgemoor Iron Company. ———>- e—_—_— It is proposed to establish a system of freight tun- nels in the city of Boston, and the matter may be pre- sented to the Legislature this winter. Especially needed is such a connection between the North and South pas- senger stations, and between the freight terminals of the Boston & Albany and New York, New Haven & Hart- ford railroads on the south and those of the Boston & Maine and the piers of the northern section of the city. Such a tunnel may be built, it is stated, at a lower level than the East Boston tunnel, but the general question is complicated by the existence of the Subway and its pos- sible extensions. tes A Pan Se ale Ris sr Saat hee? ee ee ae ee or December 15, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 3 Seamless Steel Bathtubs from One Sheet. A new company, which proposes to establish an in- dustry of great importance to the plumbing and steel working trades, has just been launched at Detroit, Mich. It is known as the Seamless Steel Bathtub Company, and is capitalized at $600,000. A glance at the following list of directors and stockholders is sufficient guarantee that the enterprise is a solid one: Directors: A. B. DuPont, Joseph Boyer, Theodore D. Buhl, Geo. H. Barbour, Jr.; A. E. F. White, William P. Stevens, Antonio C. Pessano, Geo. B. Russel, Eugene H. Sloman. Other stockholders: Geo. H. Russel, W. C. MeMillan, J. C. Hutchins, Henry Russel, H. B. Ledyard, R. A. Alger, F. H. Walker, Peter White, Bryant Walker, Walter S. Russel, Geo. B. Russel, T. H. Bowles, Henry M. Campbell, Ryerson Ritchie, Fremont Woodruff, A. E. F. White, B. F. Berry, E. L. Ford, N. D. Carpenter, De- Witt Loomis, Albert M. Henry. The officers of the company have not yet been selected. Mr. Pessano is president of the Great Lakes Engineering Works. Mr. Buhl is president of the Buhl Stamping Com- pany and actively interested in many other large enter- prises. Gen. Russell A. Alger is too well-known to need further mention. Geo. H. Barbour, Jr., is the son of the vice-president and general manager of the Michigan Stove Company. The Russels are among the most promi- nent and wealthy business men of the State, and, taken altogether, one would have to go far to find a stronger body of men united in one enterprise. Members of the company state that, for the first time in the history of the world, a process has been invented whereby a complete bathtub can be stamped from a single sheet of steel, without a flaw or a wrinkle, and this with- out heating the metal. The saving in cost of manufacture and in freight rates, on account of the ability to nest two or three light steel tubs for shipment, and the fact of this steel tub being porcelained on both sides, present many advantages. The Buhl Stamping Company had been for some time making bathtubs from sheet steel, but its process used three pieces and the seams interfered with porcelaining. Through George B. Russel, by contract with Eugene H. Sloman, the Seamless Steel Bathtub Company was formed, and has acquired the American patents, for the manufacture of bathtubs and kindred plumbing supplies, of a rocker roller press, invented by Charles F. Murdock some years ago. The patents had been assigned to Eu- gene H. Sloman, who for the past four years has been developing Murdock’s process, and who at last succeeded in making a tub out of one sheet of seamless steel. This tub is 5 feet long and weighs 110 or 115 pounds, and is porcelained on both sides. The company will immediately erect a plant in or near Detroit that will have a capacity at the start of 150 tubs a day. The main building will be 200 x 400 feet. Mr. Sloman, in speaking of the plans and processes of the company, says: “The lightness of the steel tubs turned out by this rocker roller process will enable us to capture a good share of foreign trade. We also turn these tubs out of single sheets of copper with just as much ease. We have used steel from six different com- panies, and in no case have we had a failure; and, what is more, the most intense heat does not injure the finished tubs.” Mr. Pessano states that the application of the prin ciples by which the tubs are made will be extended to other lines of manufacture, making possible the fabrica- tion of many articles from sheet steel that have thus far baffled commercial exploitation. —_—o-o—— President James W. Porch of the Panama Commercial League and Secretary Fred. Muller of the New Orleans Board of Trade, who were sent on a mission to Colon, Panama, were expected to arrive in New Orleans Decem- ber 14. New Orleans advices state that success has at- tended the expedition and that every part of the plans has been carried out without hitch. It is understood that Mr. Porch, in his triple capacity as vice-president of the Board of Trade and chairman of the standing committee for the advancement of the propaganda of the Mississippi & Orient Steamship Company and president of the Panama Commercial League, will take up on his return the active work of persuading the commercial and business organizations of the Mississippi Valley that the proposed steamship line is feasible and practicable. The Board of Trade, the Panama Commercial League, the Southern subcommittee of the Congressional Commission on the American Merchant Marine and Congressman llepburn of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce have all expressed approval of the enterprise, and the former two organizations have for- mally indorsed it. ———- eo ____ The Philadelphia Foundrymen’s Association. The one hundred and forty-second meeting of the Philadelphia Foundrymen’s Association was held at the Manufacturers’ Club in that city Wednesday evening, December 7. President Thomas Devlin occupied the chair, and called the meeting to order at the usual hour. There was no special business before the association. This meeting being the fourteenth annual, the treasurer presented his report for the year, showing a balance of $1698.79 on hand, with all bills paid. The election of officers followed and resulted in the unanimous re-election of all the incumbents, as follows: President, Thomas Devlin, Thomas Devlin Mfg. Com- pany, Philadelphia; vice-president, Alex. E. Outerbridge, Jr., Wm. Sellers & Co., Incorporated, Philadelphia ; treas- urer, Josiah Thompson, J. Thompson & Co., Philadelphia ; secretary, Howard Evans, J. W. Paxson & Co., Philadel- phia. Executive Committee—H. O. Evans, Thomas Dev- lin Mfg. Company, Philadelphia; Thomas M. Eynon, Eynon-Evans Mfg. Company, Philadelphia; E. E. Brown, Ek. E. Brown & Co., Philadelphia; R. C. Oliphant, Tren- ton Malleable Iron Company, Trenton, N. J.;: Thomas B. Harkins, Harkins Foundry Company, Bristol, Pa. Trus- tees—Thomas Devlin, president ; Josiah Thompson, treas- urer; Howard Evans, secretary. During the evening Roy U. Conger of the Sheldon School of Scientific Salesmanship of New York addressed the meeting on the subject of “ Salesmanship as an Ap- plied Science.” After adjournment luncheon was served in the dining room of the club. Howard Evans acted as toastmaster, and short addresses were made by Thomas Devlin, Roy U. Conger, Harvey J. Fuller, Arthur Simond- son and a number of others. >< —___—_ The Merchant Bessemer Furnaces.—<At official re- port issued December 7 by J. G. Butler, Jr., chairman of the Bessemer Pig Iron Association, states that 191 blast furnaces tributary to the Lake Superior ore region re- ported to the association on December 1. Of this num- ber 144 were in blast, representing a daily capacity of 44,086 gross tons, and 47 were out of blast, representing a daily capacity of 12,709 tons. The increase in the active capacity since November 1 is 3 per cent. The active capacity from the beginning of the year is as follows: Per cent. Date. of total. PTE Bo a5 6 dace 8 ewes eee eee kee 351% a a ee eee eee mn ciem aa: Se March 1.. ; Cadets eddeehecnswa ID Agee 3..<. a Wie: & Rian <aelatace died es -. 85% BE Di atidn yes « Cie Sey ewan eee teu . MONE ekn os cs sence wmkedes densa wach 80 a RR ee ee ee ee yee eee 65 August 1. 9 September |! October 1. November 1 December 1. “} =) =] =) Ol Cle OS On November 20 there was unveiled at the School of Mines at Leoben, Austria, the monument to Peter Ritter von Tunner, the famous metallurgist. It is the creation of Kar] Hackstock of Vienna. Tunner became professor of the metallurgy of iron in May, 1835, at Leoben, at the age of 26 years. He remained in that position until July, 1866, and in 1874 resigned as director of the School of Mines. 6 THE The Sargent Gas Engine. The Sargent complete expansion gas engine is dis- tinguished from the more common form of gas engine in that it is double acting and expands the burning charge practically to atmospheric pressure, the point of cut off being varied with the load as in a steam engine and the time of ignition advanced as the mixture gets weaker and the inflammation slower. The advantages claimed are increased efficiency, increased regularity in speed and smooth running under early cut offs. As shown in Fig. 1, the general design is symmetrical and such that all strains come in a straight line, with provision, however, for the free expansion of the cylin- ders and rods. The sub-base of the engine is set flush with the floor and extends from end to end, giving a flat planed surface upon which the engine is easily erected and aligned. The sub-base and main frame are bolted to the foundation, and the cross head guides, cylin- ders and distance head are fastened to the main frame, so as to be free to expand, sliding on the hollow supports rising from the sub-base. These serve the double pur- pose of maintaining the cylinders in line and conveying the gas and air from the hollow divided sub-base to the explosion chambers, eliminating the usual piping. A feature that will be noticed is that the crank, con- [IRON AGE. December 15, 1904 shows a section through the valves of one of the ex- plosion chambers. By removing six nuts the valve bush- ing and valves can be removed from the cylinder for regrinding or inspection. The sequence of operation is as follows: Gas is piped to the chamber A, Fig. 2, in the sub-base and air to the chamber B, both then passing through the cylinder sup- ports to the chambers A’ and B’, where they are ready to enter the mixing chamber when the cam depression from M to N passes the roller and the ports F in the piston valve register with the ports E and D in the bush- ing. When the piston valve goes down to this position the confined air in the inlet and piston valve dash pot forces open the poppet valve, giving free admission to the charge. When the point N of the cam reaches the roller the latter is forced down while the other end of the lever moving up carries the piston valve and cuts off the admission. The poppet valve seats and both valves remain in normal position during compression, ignition and expansion or until the point L of the cam pushes the roller down and the piston up. This action opens the poppet and the exhaust gases pass out through ports K and the elbow W to the exhaust pipe under the floor. The poppet valve seals the opening in the combus- tion chamber during compression and inflammation, and the piston valve, holding against any pressure, works Fig. 1. necting rod, cross head and guides are all inclosed to exclude dirt and retain the oil. At the same time these parts are accessible even while the engine is running. A steady stream of oil flows upon every bearing primarily to insure perfect lubrication, but also to assist in carry- ing away the heat, in order that overload may not injure the bearings or rubbing parts. In the usual gas engine the piston at full load draws in a cylinder full of combustible mixture which, after compression and ignition, is expanded to the original volume and released at a pressure of 40 to 50 pounds absolute, and a temperature of from 1500 to 1800 de- grees F. In the Sargent gas engine the admission of gas and air at full load is cut off at from five-eighths to three- quarters of the admission stroke, depending upon the fuel used, which, after compression and ignition, is expanded to the cylinder volume and is released at a little above at- mospheric pressure with a corresponding temperature of about 400 degrees F. The point of cut off, while constant for the full and most economical load of the engine, is advanced by the governor at lighter load or deferred at heavier load, giving great flexibility. The incoming charge is not throttled. All of the moving mechanism which has to do with the operation of the engine is mounted on one side and consists of a side shaft driven by the crank shaft and governor through a pair of worm gears running in oil. This carries two cams for each explosion chamber: one for the igniter and one to operate the valves. Fig. 2 The Sargent Complete Expansion Gas Engine. loosely in its bushing, cutting off the admission and guid- ing the exhaust. As the poppet valve controls both the inlet and outlet gases, the valve and its seat are kept comparatively cool, greatly reducing the frequency of necessary regrinding. By revolving the piston valve by the index wheel, the blind port S varies the mixture to suit the quality of gas used. A Rites inertia ‘governor in the fly wheel controls the speed of the engine, advancing the valve shaft in respect to the crank shaft as the speed increases, thus diminishing the mean effective pressure with the load. As the load becomes lighter the cut off occurs earlier, taking less of a constant mixture of gas and air into the cylinder, but as the burned products in the clearance are not reduced, the mixture becomes weaker and more slow in burning. If the ignition were at the same point as at full load the highest pressure would not be at- tained until the piston approached the middle of the stroke, where the cooling surface is so increased that the greater part of the heat would go into the water jacket, instead of into work. While the governor controls the speed through all ranges of load, the gas engine, like the steam engine, is not economical with very light loads. Where the va- riation in the turning moment is not objectionable, one or more of the explosion chambers may be cut out at will by the engineer by raising to a horizontal position a con- trolling lever which holds the exhaust open and the gas and nir closed. This feature is desirable in blowing en- December 15, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 7 gines, as they can be designed so that two explosion chambers will furnish air at 15 pounds and the four chambers at 30 pounds pressure. The cylinders are oiled by a force feed pump or check valve lubricators. The valves receive sufficient oil from the cylinders. The side shaft and outboard bearings are self oiling. The cross head guides, pin, crank pin and main bearings, which must be thoroughly lubricated at all times, are copiously oiled by the worm gears, which act as a pump. Two electric igniters are placed in each explosion chamber in a position such that they are surrounded with a pure mixture at the time of ignition. Either will fire the charge, but should one become short circuited, the engineer is immediately warned. Compressed air is used for starting the engine. The pressure of the air when turned into one cylinder puts the starting mechanism in operation and simultaneously puts the cylinder out of service as a gas engine. When the engine is up to speed, turning off the air puts the gas engine into commission without occasioning the changing of a valve, cam or lever. The cylinder walls, head, rods and piston are water jacketed to prevent overheating. Every valve lever, tim- ing screw and part requiring adjustment is readily ac- cessible. All of the mechanism is above the floor line, yet below che center line of the engine. To gain access to each explosion chamber it is simply necessary to re- move the cylinder head without further dismantling the engine. The time of ignition and the ratio of gas and air may be changed while the engine is in operation. The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has the exclusive right to manufacture and sell the Sargent complete expansion gas engine, and is prepared to furnish the engine in units of 100 horse-power up, in single cylinder, tandem and twin tandem styles. —— +». The National Rolling Mill Company, Vincennes, Ind., is to have the new 8-inch mill in operation about Jan- uary 1. When this mill is completed the company will be prepared to roll material in rounds and squares from 8-16 up to 2 inches and in flats from % x Kto4x1\% inches, the heavier sizes being made on the present 10- inch mill. This mill will be new throughout and will have a Belgian train, the Belgian mill being run by a sep- arate engine and the main train by its own engine. This idea has been worked out by S. N. Bradshaw, general Inanager, and it is believed that it will result very ad- vantageously from the fact that if anything is wrong on the Belgian mill it can be stopped without the necessity of stopping the main train, or vice versa. ——_>--—__ Berger’s Charcoal Iron Sheets. Ap extremely attractive pamphlet is being distributed by the Berger Mfg. Company, Canton, Ohio, under the title of “ Ye Olden Time Charcoal Iron,” which contains an interesting description of the method of manufactur- ing the charcoal iron sheets made by the concern. <A view of the great plant of the Berger Mfg. Company is presented on the opening page, opposite which is a far simile of the guarantee given with Berger’s guaranteed rehammered charcoal iron, bearing the company’s seal and the signature of the general manager. The certifi- cate is to the effect that this brand “ represents an iron base, melted and refined in knobbling fires, according to the old style process of production, charcoal being used as fuel, and this material is hammered and rehammered, rolled and rerolled into a bar for the finishing mills, it being made from genuine knobbled pure charcoal iron blooms.” Following is a complete description of the process of manufacturing charcoal iron sheets from the initial stages of preparing the charcoal and reducing the iron from the ore to the time at which the sheets are ready for use to be made into either galvanized iron or tin plate. Each process, as presented, is accompanied by an illustration of that particular stage of manufacture. The company states that each sheet cf its galvanized iron, tin plate, corrugated roofing or siding which is made of this charcoal iron will be stamped with the registered trade-mark, “ Berger’s Guaranteed Reham- mered Charcoal Iron,” and each joint of eave trough or conductor pipe made of the same material will bear a brass label carrying the same trade-mark. This the manufacturers believe will protect the consumer against purchasing any spurious makes of so-called charcoal iron. . 8 THE IRON AGE. An Indicating Steam Meter.* There has been for many years a demand for some practical device which will measure or indicate the amount of steam in pounds which is delivered through pipes to an engine, radiator or steam pump. Several devices have been designed for the purpose, but on ac- count of the changing conditions of steam only partial success has been attained. With a permanent gas of practically uniform pressure and temperature, such as illuminating gas, the metering would be a simple problem, but steam is not a perfect gas and usually varies in pres- sure and temperature many pounds