The Iron Age 1904-12-22: Vol 74 Iss 25

A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Mec Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William St... New York, Vol 74: No. 25. New York, Thursdéa. Rican 5 22, 1904. tinge Copa aoa Reading Matter Contents ... page 53 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 167]| Classified List of Advertisers “ 159)) Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 166]. “FST Wood Split Pulley Perfect Balance, Light and Strong. Forster Pulley Works, CUBA, N. Y. 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., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THE BRISTOL COMPANY, Waterbury, Conn. Bristol’s Recording Instruments. For "aoe Silver Medal, Paris Exposition. All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar- apieed. Send for Circulars GAHALL BOILERS » Alse Linen and Italian Hemp Sash Cord, SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR HEAD. TURNBUCKLES. Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y., New York. AS ANNA NIE A I me gee yl ! THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL GO., Hartford, Conn. FORCINCS. Girard Bailding, I’hiia, nk, Pittsb'g. PILLING & CRANE, Kimpire Bite waxorn. Board o Trade e, 2. ee PLAIN PATTERN REGULAR HEAD. 9 c & 2 wrote ismunre. | |? Gapewell Horse Nails: : Cleveland City mad Pooky ong - mee ett, Oo. w Oo =x Bs. ~ Branches: > TURNSU "Saas EROS . NEW YORK, DETKOIT, RALTIMORE, 2 ” a PHILADELPHIA, CISCINNATI, NEW Se seam, ~ 465 to 471 Kent Ave CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO, Chey OF oa MEXICO Brooklyn. B.D .N.V w ST. LOUIS, PORTLAND, ORE., MEXIC ’ v Ss < BOSTON, BUFFALO, TORONTO. CANADA, > ;} J 4 a m 2 2 its i ee a ——_& va) Excelsior Straightway Back Pressure Valve Thoroughly rel‘able when used as a back pressure valve, it is equally adapted for use as a relief or free exhaust valve for condensers, and we have supplied many for this purpose. By changing position of outside lever, it will work equally well in a vertical or horizontal po- sition, or at any angle desired JENKINS BROS. New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago London euedon” “Swedton’” Gold Rolled Steel Sate Drawing «« Stampin ig Favorites THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING COMPANY SEE (Water and Rafl Delivery) BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PAGE See MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings. Why Apollo Sheets are AMERICAN SHEET & TIN Fac-Simile of Bar. PLATE COMPANY’S ™ = imitations. a oa MAGNOLIA METAL CO., - on pag Owners and Sole Manufacturers, _— 13-115 Bank Street, $82 Francisco, Muntreal, Boston and Pittshurg We manuf: Metals . Chicago, Fisher Bidg. NEW YORK, | CSmanufacture all grades of Babbitt Metals « es og . nn rs elgg aR EG OL AGE. SH nd THE IRON BRAS ' 4) |COPPE en aie |e" ss al SILVER | A High Grade)’, am x a Bluth s RUN” “WIRE “Lock HAVEN” " nant 2 mas: HAPES Lock HAVEN, PA. SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. BRAZED BRASS AND BRONZE TUBING WATERBURY BRASS C0., WATERBURY, CONN. 99 John St., New York. Providence, R. I. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal G0., BRIDGEPORT, GONN. Automobile Castings a Specialty. High Tensile Strength. Bronze and Aluminum Alloys. Write Us. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. * Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. UNS Lae Le eS Se:74 West Monroe St. Best Bronze, Babbitt Randolph-Clowes a. Main Office and Mill, WATERBURY, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET BRASS & COPPER. BRAZED BRASS & COPPER TUBES. SEAMLESS BRASS & COPPER TUBES TO 36 IN. DIAM. New York Office, 253 Broadway, Postal Telegraph Building, Room 715. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bldg. Chicago. SCCM eA TIC UUTIID ITI ihe h aba be ae CASTINGS Brass; Bronze and #® Aluminum # FOUN DERS— FINISHERS. ww. G. ROWELL Co., port, Conn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS PROPRIETORS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Braziers’ Bolt and Sheathing COPPER, COPPER WIRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. | THE PLUME & Atwood ME6, Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— WiRG PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kero- sene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, &c. LOW BRASS. a BRONZE. | 29 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL : THOMASTON, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. CO.,| BRASS, GERMAN SILVER Rolis, Wire .» Bolts and Tubes, » Cups, —" » Lamp Special Brass Goods to Order. FACTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN. Depots CHICAGO, | FACTORIES ¢ WATERBURY, CONN, NEW YORK, BOSTON. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, - Arthur T. Rutter & Go. ‘256 Broadway, NEW YORKA. Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and Ger- man Silver. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire. Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tube. Copper and Brass Rod. WIRE. “it’s Toucu.” TROLLEY, TELEPHONE and TELEGRAPH LINES. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., to Marray St., New Y Mills Bridgepert, Cana Treatise on Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill wieee With tables, figures and diagrams. an’ Thurston, Cloth. Illustrated. For sale by David Williams Co. 232 William St. xy New York. ast” pages: ly The New Cleveland Furnace. Notable among the successes of the new furnaces built on the shores of Lake Erie is the Cleveland Fur- nace, which has now been in blast about a year. It is one of the new lake furnaces which mark a change in the balance of production and consumption—making the lower lake regions the point of greatest advantage to manufacturers and consumers of iron products. In March, 1902, the members of the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co. decided to form a company to build a fur- nace on the shores of Lake Erie, and after careful con- sideration decided on Cleveland as being the best point. Rogers, Brown & Co. had for years been selling as agents Fig. 1. large quantities of pig iron in and about the immediate territory of Cleveland, and recognizing the demand for more iron in this territory concluded to enter into more intimate connection with its supply. Some years ago a number of Cleveland capitalists interested themselves in a company intending to build a furnace and by-product coke ovens in the Upper River Valley and acquired options on land in vicinity of Clark avenue. Owing to unexpected circumstances these options were allowed to expire, and the projectors of the Cleveland Furnace Com- pany readily secured them, and, by adding some other land. concluded a purchase of about 175 acres of land with 1.5 miles of Cuyahoga River frontage. The city authorities recognizing the importance of the project and the development of the Upper River Valley to follow at once. assured the projectors that the river would immedi- ately be made navigable through this property. and have since taken steps to straighten and dredge the river. which work is now progressing. The officers of the Cleveland Furnace Company are: D. B. Meacham of Rogers, Brown & Co., president: S. W. Croxton of the Penn Iron & Coal Company, vice-presi- dent: C. Birdsall Smith. secretary and treasurer, and D. T. Croxton, general manager. .The sales and managers’ office is at the Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, and the general office at the works on Clark avenue. ‘THE IRON AGS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, T1904. The site, 175 acres, lies within 214 miles of the Public Square, and had neither wagon road nor buildings of any kind on it. In addition to the splendid shipping facilities afforded it is directly on the Baltimore & Ohio system, and on the Wabash system through the rhe location is considered a very unusual one. by navigable water, W. & L. E. The Cleveland Belt and Newburgh & South Shore roads, as belt lines, connect with every line in the city, the Newburgh & South Shore also facilitating the transportation of hot metal from this plant to Newburgh Steel Works of the American Steel & Wire Company. Cleveland is one of the largest consumers of foundry and malleable pig iron in the country, and lies in the General View of the Plant of the Cleveland Furnace mpeny heart of Mr. Carnegie’s famous “ Zone of Iron.” bounded by Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Lorain, which he considers the best location for production and distribu- tion in the world. The fact that the river is not yet navigable necessi- tated a temporary arrangement on a dock. until such a time as the city should complete the dredging. The com- pany leased from the W. & L. E. Railway Company 600 feet of dock near Mahoning street, which is about 1 mile nearer the lake, and constructed thereon a “ fast plant ” consisting of two Brown 5-ton automatic grab bucket un- loaders. These machines have a capacity of one trip per minute, or 300 tons per hour in free ore. An electric power plant and Andrews scraping devices were added, be entirely unloaded without any shoveling, and at a very much faster rate than with the oid fashioned bucket machines. whereby boats may To transport this ore to the furnace 25 50-ton dump bought of the Automatie Car These cars, shown in Fig. 2, are of a new de- cars were Ingoldsby Company. sign; the entire bottom drops out and they discharge in- stantly. They may even be discharged while running at the rate of 25 miles per hour, the entire load being left free from the rails. When the ore arrives at the furnace it is dropped by the dump cars through the trestle, and the Brown man R aa Wasa See tf Seen eee a os s a" ae > > «<y Te pea ets Sac SEs ee ra et he * ed a ct 2 THE IRON AGE. trolley bridge (Figs. 3 and 4), with a 5-ton Brown grab bucket, stores it back for winter, or puts it directly into the bins for immediate use. This bridge is 440 feet long, and the bucket, digging by its own power, takes 5 tons. One man in the trolley on the bridge above the bucket will handle it all, and make a round trip per minute, digging his own ore. The bridge is suspended on a pier at the middle and on two legs at each end, as shown in Fig. 4. It can be operated in either direction at each end while the center stands still, representing a swing of 90 feet each side of the center line on the ex- treme ends. This allows it to serve the bins direct with- out a transfer car. This bridge runs laterally along the ground on rails laid on wooden stringers. An ordinary railroad ballast foundation is used, which is exceedingly durable and economical in construction. The motive power is electricity throughout, the man trolley carrying its traction and hoisting motors and having only a trolley wheel electrical connection with the bridge. The lateral movement of the bridge is produced by motors over the center pier, transferring the power by shafting and gears December 22, 1904 from the coke bins, while two skips of ore are separately weighed, and then two of ore in parallels. By this car and the Brown patent gate one man can weigh with wonderful accuracy, adding in quantities under perfect control down to as small as 1 pound, the gate being opened and closed from the car by a coupling operated electrically. By this arrangement the larry man is al- Ways opposite his open gate and can control it perfectly. One man on this larry can easily fill the largest furnace built so far. In addition to that put in by the bridge, ore and stone may also be delivered to bins by cars, tracks being provided above them for this purpose. The material is all raised to the top of the furnace and dumped into it by a double skip arrangement. The two bells are operated by plungers directly above them, in which oil is used under pressure. This system com- mends itself especially. as plungers hold the bells up by virtue of the pressure; in lowering it is merely necessary to pull a lever opening a valve and the bells lower by their own weight and come gently to rest. They rise just as easily and close just as gently, thereby prevent- *, fog Mate Muah 2 hee” sates a s MES. a "THE tRON AGE. Fig. 2.—One of the Ingoldsby Automatic Dumping Cars. to truck wheels on pier and shear legs at ends. One man only in the carriage can operate easily all motions. The power is supplied to the bridge by contacts on two trolley ‘wires running parallel to tracks just beside the center pier and about 6 feet above the ground. A some- what remarkable feature in connection with this bridge is that by merely laying rails and stringing trolley wire it can be made to cover a space 1500 feet in length. It is estimated that there can be stored 3,000,000 or 4,000,- 000 tons of ore or stock. This feature is thought to be especially valuable in times of likelihood of strikes or shortage in storing a surplus of coke. The ore yard is the only natural ground which holds well. The bins are of Brown’s steel suspension type with Brown’s patent gates, 12 bins for ore and flux and two large bins for coke. The ore bins will hold about 600 tons of ore and stone and the coke bins about 250 tons of coke. The larry car is a double one with Fairbanks scale under each pocket. The pockets are spaced the same as the two skips, so that once in position charges can be dumped to both cars without moving. By this double larry a system of parallel charging is easily ac- complished, running up two skips of coke filled directly ing the loosening of the top and the extra strains of the steam operated outfits. The furnace, designed by -Julian Kennedy, consulting engineer, of Pittsburgh, is 85 feet high by 20 feet bosh, with 13-foot hearth, 14-foot stock line, 9-foot bell, and with the Julian Kennedy tight top without explosion doors. It has two bleeders, only one of which is used. Both large and small bells are operated from the stock line by oil in plungers under hydraulic pressure. -This oil is usually at a pressure of 500 to 600 per square inch, compressed by two Stillwell-Bierce duplex plunger pumps and equal- ized by an accumulator, all of which machinery is in the engine house. There are two dust catchers, one large and one small. The furnace bosh is especially heavily bound and fitted with ten rows of Scott plates between the mantel and the tuyeres; there are four additional rows of iron plates above the mantel. The furnace has eight columns and twelve 6-inch tuyeres and three cinder notches, only one of which is used, the others serving only in case of special requirements. The cast house is 200 feet long by 66 feet wide, and with specially sharp pitch on the roof. The cinder is handled by Weimer ladle cars. One feature of the entire general design of this plant is the railroad arrangements. A yard was designed to facilitate the handling of materials and a furnace was fitted to it. The stoves are of Kennedy type, 90 feet high by 22 feet diameter. They have central combustion chambers. The fittings include Berg hot blast valves, Kennedy cold blast valves and Morrison-Kennedy chimney valves. The draft stack for stoves is only 160 x 6 feet. The boiler house is 35 x 175 feet and contains twelve 250 horse- power Cahall boilers, fitted with vertical gas burners and a full grate area for coal firing if necessary. The steam lines are fitted with forged steel flanges, and the lines above the boilers are divided into three equal parts by the connections running to the engine house. These enter at each end and are connected in loops, so that in event of almost any accident to the main ' | i Doubles > a — a = - —_ Center Line of Shear 2 155 2 k Fig. 3.—General Arrangement of Brown Handling Plant. ! ‘ kK 108 —Total- Trolley Travel ¥ ' | Ay 422-4 Total Tr | Bridge No. 2 Capacity of Pile ~ to Dotted Line ~ { | Capacity of Pile pO.5 Tons of Ore 271 Tons of Ore 2 Rope Grab Bucket | - 271 ; Capacity 5 Tons Per Lin, Ft. Per Lip. Ft PAN Fay wT fr ; Capacity of Pile 2 Rope Grab Bucket ‘ W Tons of Ore Per Lin. Ft Capacit Fig. 4.—Elevation of Brown Handling Plant. steam lines the closing and opening of a few valves keep the plant running nearly to full capacity, even though one-third of the boiler capacity were disabled. There are three quarter crank high speed Mesta blow- ing engines—two high pressure and one low pressure ep- gine—coupled so as to run singly, any two or all three, simple compound or compound condensing. Since the cylinders of the engines are on one level the necessity of dismantling an engine to make a slight repair is avoided, each cylinder head being readily accessible un- der the crane. The arrangement of the cranks on the quarter permits of high speeds with excellent results. These engines have been run at 70 revolutions per minute against heavy air pressures, giving good results. They can also be run at equal speeds, compounding two high pressure engines into the one low, with excellent results and with considerable ease to the air lines and engines. The stroke is 60 inches. The air tubs are 84 inches in diameter, the high pressure steam cylinder 44 inches in December 22, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 3 PPPS val Bridge diameter and the low pressure steam cylinder 84 inches in diameter. A 6000 horse-power Conover condenser con- denses all the steam from the blowing engines. There are two compound duplex boiler feed pumps for the boilers and two Jeanesville compound duplex rotary valve pumps for the water service, each having a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons daily, A 48-inch brick intake well delivers water from the river to a rectangular well, into which the pump and condenser suctions dip direct. A 4000 horse-power water purifying plant protects the boil- ers from scale. The electric equipment consists of two 250-kw. Westinghouse generators, 220-volt direct current, driven by direct connection to the Erie City Iron Works simple high speed engines. An inclosed Pittsburgh feed water heater receives the exhaust steam from the gen- rator engines, oil and water pumps, and with heat thus Wooden Trestle eS os a ” iZ 4 | iE = i i — D ' aus = | ° 5 te : ! 5 : 4 - 8 te | S ~ + x& Y 155-2 521g” -32°6" > 730% -- > THE IRON AGE avel a Bridge No. 1 N poe ae > THE 1RON AGE obtained heats the feed water. Electricity is used mainly by the larries in collecting the charge in the stockhouse, by the large bridge for all services and for lighting. The iron yard has been laid out with special reference to the care and selection of irons for special wants. No attempt has been made to handle the iron in either the cast house or in the iron yard by machinery, as the care- ful selection required by foundries will not admit of it. All cars of whole pigs are weighed in the iron yard over the track scale, which is of the Fairbanks suspended and automatic registering type, having all knife edges and bearings overhead free from dirt, rust and shock of the running of the cars. All pigs are broken by throwing on breaking blocks. They are picked up, selected and graded, and are either unloaded at once for shipping or are piled in separate grades for stock. The Cleveland Furnace has now been in blast nearly a year and has been unusually successful, having shipped some thousands of tons of Bessemer, malleable and foun- December 22, 1904 fx] O < Z O = fs rr Be Yl" WOWEL BBHSNG * AW3LLV8 N3AO £8 ratilaiteteinen TE 00 > ‘OUO ‘puBlead[D ‘Auvduio0D vxdvuINg puBjeaeg[D jo JUBigq JO UBL I- ALi Bdid UBAWM AL a gv r} Wwoinaeo aq es ( ae F = === Sesser s= =F > i - m4 ny ny 7 yn BSNOW B¥OALsS Gord Gon) o a a- v : DNIASINNd uaivm @ Oa ae oe = ee eee ee asnow + O80 OHS 3NIMOY 1810" : %@- © ONGUDSLEX GEC o-oo ‘ 3SNOH 42108 ,, «< ) ' sain axon Zs=sSSS=ss5 a — ix Fy Se eee SS HH rt | OR ttt tt tT tt CPV eee Ot — as Ya “a a aownund 40° * 3OGIN& 3uO ww WOME “Via 9€ BNVANI MBLVM 3Nt1 "200 1. nr aaa aedat a ne ABLE 5 December 22, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 5 dry irons, and made some specialties, such as car wheels, special strong irons and soft Scotch irons. The furnace is credited with holding the world’s record of largest daily average tonnage of good high silicon foundry iron. A by-product coke plant was also built by the Retort Coke Oven Company and is now in operation, all coke made being consumed by the furnace. To Reform Trade-Mark Law. Comprehensive Bill Reported To Patent Com- mittee. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 17, 1904.—Although the new session of Congress convened only last week, very + = Pr S f \ { / Y | | Git WY TOP OF PLATFORM | ° z as] whe |e y vis +5 \F ap © ‘a m SYN —_ eit = © \ | - \ Www ox« . ore > "= thy a} 2 L ~ v i Oo u> ¥ | 4 €DIA. +} 4 - | | i Af Sesh ‘ t x y~ — y | ee ’ <. 4 GD ne L Jif < pp fy Kk \ 4 ° / - a 4 / 7m 22-0.0. SHELL TOP OF PLATFORM df . (7 ; 1 {| committee of which Representative Bonynge of Colorado was made chairman, for the purpose of drafting a new trade-mark law which should embody the best features of all the bills then pending before the committee, includ- ing measures drawn by the patent experts of the leading bar associations throughout the country. Mr. Bonynge undertook this task with characteristic energy, and one of the earliest measures to be presented in the house at the present session is an elaborate bill, which was for inally reported to the full committee on the Sth inst. At a special meeting of the committee convened for the dis cussion of the bill a number of prominent patent experts, including ex-Deputy Commissioner Greeley, strongly in dorsed the new measure, and it will probably be reported to the House before the holiday recess Fig. 6.—Julian Kennedy Furnace Top substantial progress has already been made in a well con- sidered attempt to reform the trade-mark laws, and it is now believed that a comprehensive statute will be en- acted before adjournment that wiil remedy all the im- portant defects in the present system, including especial ly those recently pointed out by the United States Su preme Court in the decisions holding that only those marks used in commerce with foreigu countries and the Indian tribes can be registered in the Patent Office, there by depriving marks employed in interstate commerce and in comimerce with our dependencies of such measure of protection as results from Federal registration. The Bouynege Bill. The House Committee on Patents prior to the adjourn- ment of Congress last April appointed a special sub- The Bonynge bill is a much more satisfactory measure than any thus far presented to the Patent Committee, and it is believed will command the support of all who are interested in this important class of legislation. It pro vides specifically for closing the gap in the system of trade-mark protection. opened by the United States Su preme Court in its decisions declaring that the existing laws do not cover trade-marks other than those used in commerce with foreign countries and the Indian tribes. It reduces the registration fee from $25 to $10 and pro- vides a moderate schedule for appeals, certified copies, &e. The bill does not go so far as some of the pending ineasures in requiring the Commissioner of Patents to reg- ister any mark that may be presented, but the restrictions are by no means so severe as under the present statute. 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Sa Een a , Aer se ails | Ne a 6 tae . ees " ae: ’ ee eee is a = : -~ ee ae . —_— a ~ scallnendiitaeed ba ES L _ ts epee tel < ano b - af ai 634-8. ar 7 “ gai a 5 2 ry cs Pai ay So z ni o & Dell 22 ~ ow 3. Felwaadse THE December 22, 1904 An important feature of the bill is the complete elimina- tion of the quasi-criminal features incorporated in a num- ber of pending bills for the purpose of punishing persons guilty of infringement. Such offenses are made grounds for civil actions, and certain courts are clothed with jur- isdiction for their trial and determination. Extension of Registration. The first section of the bill defines the scope of the pro- tection which it is proposed to extend to trade-marks, in- cluding interstate commerce and commerce with our in- sular dependencies in the following terms: 3e it enacted, éc., That the owner of a trade-mark used in commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with Indian tribes, provided such owner shall be domiciled 146 - - > ' THE IRON AGE. Fig. 8.—Side Elevation, Mesta Biowing Engine. within the territory of the United States, or located in any for eign country which, by treaty, convention or law, affords similar privileges to the citizens of the United States, may obtain regis tration for such trade-mark by complying with the following re- quirements: First, by causing to be recorded in the Patent Office an application therefor, in writing, addressed to the Com- missioner of Patents, signed by the applicant, specifying his name, domicile, location and citizenship; the class of merchan dise and the particular description of goods comprised in such class to which the mark is appropriated; a description of the trade-mark itself, and a statement of the mode in which the same is applied and affixed to goods, and the length of time during which the trade-mark has been used. With this state- ment shall be filed a drawing of the trade-mark, signed by the applicant or his attorney, and such number of specimens of the trade-mark, as actually used, as may be required by the Com- missioner of Patents. Second, by paying into the Treasury of the United States the sum of $10, and otherwise complying with IRON AGE. = ‘ the requirements of this act and such regulations as may be pre scribed by the Commissioner of Patents. While our insular possessions are not specifically men- tioned in the above section, they are nevertheless provided for as under the terms of Section 29 of the bill “ the word * States’ includes and embraces the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States and such other terri- tory as shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the United States.” Special provision is made for the treatment of appli- cations for registration of trade-marks for which regis- tration has been sought or obtained in a foreign country. This provision is found in Section 4, which is as follows: Section 4. That an application for registration of a trade mark filed in this country by any person who has previously filed in any foreign country which, by treaty, convention or law, affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States, an ap- plication for registration of the same trade-mark shall be accord- ed the same force and effect as would be accorded to the same application if filed in this country on the date on which applica- tion for registration of the same trade-mark was first filed in such foreign country: Provided, that such application 1s filed in this country within four months from the date on which the application was first filed in such foreign country: and provided that certificate of registration shall not be issued for any mark for registration of which application has been filed by an ap- plicant located in a foreign country until such mark has been actually registered hy the applicant in the country in which he is located. What May Be Registered. A feature of the bill that will attract very general attention prescribes the character of the marks which may be registered, the category being much larger than at present. This feature is contained in Section 5, which is as follows: Sec. 5. That no mark by which the goods of the person claiming to be the owner of the mark may be distinguished from other goods of the same class shall be refused registration as a trade-mark on account of the nature of such mark unless such mark—- (a) Consists of or comprises Immoral or scandalous matter; (b) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms, or other insignia of the United States, or any simulation thereof, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation: Pro- vided, that trade-marks which are identical with a registered or known trade-mark owned and in use by another, and appropri- ated to the same class of merchandise, or which so nearly re- semble a registered or known trade-mark owned and in use by another, and appropriated to the same class of merchandise as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake in the mind of the public, or to deceive purchasers, shall not be registered: Pro- vided, that no mark which consists merely in the name of an individual, firm, corporation or association, not written, printed, impressed or woven in some particular or distinctive manner, or merely in words or devices which are descriptive of the goods with which they are used, or of the character or quality of such goods, or merely a geographical name or term, shall be regis- tered under the terms of this act. Provision is made for an appeal to the Court of Ap- peals of the District of Columbia in cases where an appli- cant for registration of a trade-mark or a party to an in- terference as to a trade-mark is dissatisfied with the de- cision of the Commissioner of Patents, the same pro- cedure being prescribed as in the case of a contest over a patent. The transfer of trade-marks as a part of the good will of a business is provided for in the new bill as fol- lows : Sec. 10. That every registered trade-mark, and every mark for the registration of which application has been made, to- gether with the application for registration of the same, shal! be assignable in connection with the good-will of the business in which the mark is used. Such assignment must be by an in- strument in writing and duly acknowledged according to the laws of the country or State in which the same is executed. Schedule of Fees. The schedule of fees for trade-marks, the reduction of which is regarded as one of the leading objects of the trade-mark reform movement, is embraced in the follow- ing section : Sec. 14. That the following shall be the rates for trade-mark fees : On filing each original application for registration of a trade- mark, $10; provided that an application for registration of a trade-mark pending at the date of the passage of this act, and on which certificate of registration shall not have issued at such date, may, at the option of the applicant, be proceded with and registered under the provisions of this act without the payment of further fee. On an appeal from the examiner in charge of trade-marks to the Commissioner of Patents, $15. 8 THE IRON AGE. On an appeal from the decision of the examiner in charge of interferences, awarding ownership of a trade-mark, to the Com- missioner cf Patents, $15. For certified and uncertified copies of certificate of registra- tion and other papers, and for recording transfers and other papers, the same fees as required by law for such copies of patents and for recording assignments and other papers relating to patents. Protection of Domestic Manufacturers. Domestic manufacturers are protected against the im- portation of goods under trade-marks which simulate those registered in the Patent Office by Section 27 of the new bill, which is as follows: Sec. 27. That no article of imported merchandise which shall copy or simulate the name of any domestic manufacture or manufacturer or trader, or of any manufacturer or trader located in any foreign country which, by treaty, convention or ‘aw, affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States. or which shall copy or simulate a trade-mark registered in ac cordance with the provisions of this act, or shall bear a name or mark calculated to induce the public to believe that the arti- cle is manufactured in the United States, or that it is manufac- tured in any foreign country or locality other than the country or Jocality in which it is in fact manufactured, shall be admitted to entry at any custom house of the United States: and, in order to aid the officers of the customs in enforcing this prohibition. any domestic manufacturer or trader, and any foreign manufac- turer or trader who is entitled under the provisions of a treaty, convention, declaration or agreement between the United Stutes and any foreign country to the advantages afforded by law to citizens of the United States in respect to trade-marks and commercial names, may require his name and residence, and the name or mark of the locality in which his goods are manufac- tured, and a copy of the certificate of registration of his trade- mark, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, to be recorded in books which shall be kept for this purpose in the Department of the Treasury, under such regulations as the Sec- retary of the Treasury shall prescribe. and may furnish to the department fac-similes of his name, the name or mark of the locality in which his goods are manufactured, or of his regis- tered trade-mark; and thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of customs. This provision is an amplification of Section 11 of the Dingley act, a provision that has frequently been in- voked by domestic producers, and has frequently resulted in the denial of entry to foreign merchandise bearing spurious domestic trade-marks. Provision is made for the new law to take effect im- mediately upon its passage, the object of the subcommit- tee being to substitute the proposed statute for the exist- ing law at the earliest practicable moment. The advo- cates of this legislation are so confident of its early pas- sage by the House that they have taken up the sub- ject with the leading members of the Senate Committee on Patents, and are very hopeful that the Bonynge bill will be accepted by the upper house without any mod- ification whatever, which would obviate the necessity of sending the bill to a Conference Connittee to harmonize the views of the two houses. W. L. C. ——_-—_~o-@ The Pittsburgh Coal Company’s Employees’ As- sociation.—An interesting document has been received from the Pittsburgh Coal Company’s Employees’ Associa- tion. This organization, as will be inferred from its name, is composed of employees of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, operating great coal mining interests in west- ern Pennsylvania. The association pays its members accident and death benefits, operates a pension fund and assists the employees in purchasing shares of the com- pany’s steck. The document just received is the fifteenth quarterly report and shows that the members hold 11.- 729 shares of preferred stock. The net earnings during the 47 months of the association’s operations ending Oc tober 31 are $116,967.08. The total benefits paid by the association during the time referred to amount to $164,- 621.49. The pension fund has at this time a total credit of $30,129.06, in which is included the initiation con- tribution of $10,000 from the Pittsburgh Coal Company. The total number of men paying into the fund is 19,250. The plan which has been adopted by these employees is highly commended both by the daily press and the or- ganization of the union miners. It is referred to as one of the means of paving the way for industrial peace. Employees who are thus interested in the operations of an employing company are more than likely to do every- December 22, 1904 thing in their power to maintain the prosperity of the company. —— +e The Westinghouse World’s Fair Turbine Record. A memorable incident of the morning following the close of the St. Louis Exposition was the formal shut down and inspection of the 600 horse-power Westing- house steam turbine in the Palace of Machinery after a continuous run of over 3962 hours—a performance which has no parallel in steam turbine history. This machine was started on its long run at 9:20 o’clock on the morning of Monday, June 20, shortly after its installation at the Fair, and was stopped at 11:30 o’clock on the morning of Friday, Necember 2. During the five and a half months that the turbine was in operation it supplied cur- rent for light and power throughout the Westinghouse exhibits in the Machinery, Electricity and Transporta- tion buildings. Charles F. Foster, chief operating en- gineer of the exposition; H. M. Holman, supervising en- gineer at the Government exposition gas engine tests, formerly president of the St. Louis Board of Public Works, and a number of Westinghouse representatives, including Wallace Franklin of Detroit, C. C. Chappelle of Chicago, and W. K. Dunlap, managing director of the Westinghouse exhibits, were present when the engine was stopped. It was found to be in perfect condition, with no signs of wear, the bearings still retaining the tool marks as they had come from the shops. There have been at least two instances on record in America in which piston engines have been run continu- ously for about the same length of time as that of the record run of the Westinghouse turbine. The remark- able feature of the turbine run, of course, was the main- tenance under load of a speed of 3600 revolutions a minute for such a long period. From 8:30 o’clock in the morning to 10.30 o’clock in the evening, the load carried throughout the exposition varied from 25 per cent. underload to 25 per cent. overload. The total number of revolutions almost touched the billion mark—855,- 792,000. ociannangaliieinduniita The Worcester Machinery Trade. The Worcester, Mass., machine tool builders are very busy. With hardly an exception they report conditions very favorable, the many inquiries which characterized the beginning of good times having been followed by sub- stantial orders. Many mechanics have been put to work during the past few weeks, and the result is that there is a searcity of first-class workmen. The Worcester Labor Bureau reports for the week ending December 12 that 182 workmen were sent for at the request of manu- facturers of metal lines to fill positions as planer and lathe hands and as operatives on other machines; pat- tern makers, sheet metal workers, toolmakers, polishers, snaggers and setting up hands, and adds that “it is almost impossible to get efficient men with most strenu- ous efforts.” During this same week only 55 applications for work were received, which is a very material de- crease as compared to previous weeks. The Worcester Bureau has voted to take up a work already begun in other cities in inviting the general foremen and sub- foremen employed by members to visit the rooms of the Bureau, where the methods of conducting the work will be explained to them. The result of this in other cities has been exceedingly beneficial. —_———»--e—____ — The greatly increased business of the Standard Sani- tary Mfg. Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., has required more commodious quarters, and its offices have therefore been removed to the top floor of the Bessemer Building, Sixth street and Duquesne Way. The top floor of the Bessemer Building will hereafter be known as the “ Standard” floor. ideal tlie hail thesis Report No. 15 of the Insurance Engineering Pxperi- ment Station of Boston, of which Edward Atkinson is director, deals with bog fuel. : erie ste RD aetna GL The grinder shown in the accompanying illustrations is designed with many of the capabilities of a complete universal grinder, but is of lower cost. It is arranged so that it will swing the work at any horizontal angle to the spindle of the wheel, so that the work may be presented to either wheel at any angle, thus enabling the use of cup wheels as well as those of the ordinary form. There are a number of adjustments. The knee swings com- pletely around the column, the slide swivels, and the machine is furnished with swivel attachment, mounted on the slide, as shown in Fig. 2. This attachment is also furnished with two swivels, vertical and horizontal, and both indexed, being graduated to 40 degrees in either direction. Fig. 3 shows the machine equipped for internal grind- tig. 1.—The New Grinder of the Automatic Machine Company, Greenfield, Mass. ing. A disk is mounted on the spindle in place of the auxiliary wheel and drives the shaft carrying the in- ternal grinding wheel by means of a friction disk, at a speed of 11,000 revolutions per minute. The chuck to a Fig. 2.—Detail of the Head of the Grinder. Showing the Swiveling Attachment hold the work is mounted upon the swivel attachment. It will readily be seen that the machine embraces a great variety of grinding operations. It is manufactured by the Automatic Machine Company, Greenfield, Mass. The Automatic Machine Company’s New Grinder. December 22, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 9 The New England Foundrymen’s Association. The New England Foundrymen’s Association held its December meeting at the Exchange Club, Boston, Wednesday evening, the 14th inst., with President M. B. Fig. 3.—Detail of the Head Equipped for Internal Grinding. Shaw in the chair. The nomination of officers, to be voted upon at the annual meeting in January, was the principal business of the meeting. President Shaw de- clined renomination, and John Magee of the Magee Fur- nace Company was named to head the association for the next year. The list of nominations is as follows: President, John Magee, Magee Furnace Company, Boston ; vice-president, W. B. Snow, the B. F. Sturtevant Company, Hyde Park; treasurer, George H. Lincoln, George H. Lincoln & Co., Boston; secretary, Fred F. Stockwell, Barbour-Stockwell Company, Cambridge. For Executive Committee of five the following were nom- inated: J. O. Henshaw, N. S. Bartlett & Co., Boston; A. J. Miller, Whitehead Bros. Company, Providence; H. E. Gibby, Mechanics’ Foundry Company, Boston; A. N. Abbe, P. & F. Corbin, New Britain; W. C. Doherty, Doherty Bros., Lowell; Henry A. Carpenter, A. Carpen- ter & Sons Company, Providence; J. F. Lanigan, Davis Foundry Company, Lawrence; S. G. H. Fitch, Vaughn Machine Company, Peabody; A. W. Whitcomb, Whit- comb Foundry Company, Worcester. The new members elected were the Massachusetts Steel Casting Company, Everett, Mass.; Russell & Erwin Mfg. Company, New Britain, Conn.; P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn., and B. F. Perkins & Son, Holyoke, Mass. Much of the evening was given up to the discussion of various questions prepared by the committee, compris ing these: ‘“ What have you found to be the actual sav ing by the use of a cinder mill?” “What have you found to be the actual saving by the use of compressed air tools?” “What is the best fuel ratio which you have been able to obtain?” ‘“ What do you find to be the best finish for wooden patterns?” ‘“ Do you think a chemist who has not had a practical foundry experience should be given entire charge of directing the mixtures of pig iron to be used in any particular foundry?” “To what extent do you think the practical experience of your foundry superintendent should be taken in connec- tion with theoretical advice of your chemist?” George H. Hull, president of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company, who was on the programme to speak on “The Finance of Iron,” was unable to be present be- cause of the pressure of business. Announcement was made that the annual meeting in January would be out of the usual routine of the asso- ciation’s meetings, and that the Executive Committee expects to have present several speakers of national rep- utation who will make addresses on general subjects. —_—_—_————2s>-e___ Bicycle Pedal Drawback.—The Treasury Department on December 17 issued a regulation extending its order of May 1 allowing a drawback to John R. Keim, Buffalo, N. Y., on bicycle pedals manufactured from imported steel balls, to all bicycle parts in which imported steel balls are used when made by the same manufacturer. ha 10 THE IRON AGE. New Shuster Wire Machinery. The machine for straightening and cutting off wire or rod stock shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the adjustable double drum vertical reel shown in Fig. 3 are manufac- tured by the F. B. Shuster Company, New Haven, Conn. The straightening and cutting off machine is automatic and will handle stock from % to 1 inch in diameter, straighten it and cut it off accurately into lengths at the rate of from 75 to 85 feet per minute. The machine is positively driven from a heavy pulley which connects by chain with gears operating the horizontal and vertical straightening rolls and the feeding roll. The stock, if in the form of a coil of wire, is mounted upon a horizontal reel of special construction or a vertical reel such as is shown in Fig. 3 and described later. The free end of the coil is inserted between the horizontal straightening rolls seen at the left hand end of the machine, and from these it passes through a set of vertical straightening rolls, so that when it finally passes between the two small feed rolls shown in Fig. 2 it has been straightened in all direc- tions. The feed rolls advance the stock through a cutting off bushing and into a grooved guide bar. December 22, 1904 In the inside of this bar is an adjustable stop con- nected by a slender wire which controls a clutch. When the stock strikes the stop gauge the clutch is released, stopping the feed and straightening rolls instantly, caus- ing them to remain idle while the cutting off operation is performed. As soon as the piece of stock has been cut off and drops the adjustable stop is released, causing the clutch to engage again and start the feeding mechanism. Any length of stock from 6 inches to 20 feet may be cut by equipping the machine with a guide bar and stop mechanism of proportions to suit the length of cut de sired. The guide bar extension regularly furnished, as illustrated in the engravings, allows a maximum length of 36 inches to be cut off. The horizontal and vertical feed rolls are adjusted to any diameter of stock by means of set screws, which may be seen in the illustrations. The gripping of the feed rolls is regulated by the small hand wheel seen just above them. The straightening rolls have three grooves to suit three different diameters before it is necessary to change the setting of the adjustable rolls. Fig. 3 shows a double drum vertical reel which is de- signed for handling coils of large wire in conjunction with this straightening and cutting off machine or for other simi- 7 4 5 3 ae! Labs ai Tf (ALAS AIRY aise ssa Reais ai a bab lar purposes. The principal feature is the provision of two drums so that while one is unreeling the operator may mount another coil on the idle drum and thus save a considerable amount of time. The vertical support of the drums being revolved a half revolution causes the drums to change places. The vertical support is prevented from turning while it is being used in either of its two posi- tions by a pin controlled by the foot treadle. This passes through a hole in the fixed casting of the supporting standard and engages holes in a flange secured to the ver- tical shaft. The reels are independent and are provided with arms to retain the wire after it has been placed upon them. These arms are pivotally connected with a disk on the reel shaft and pass through slots in the drum face. By turning the disk the arms may be projected or with- Fig. 3. The Shuster Double Vertical Reel. drawn when a coil of wire is to be placed on or taken off the reel. In the illustration the reel at the right is shown with the wire retaining arms extended and the reel on the left with the arms drawn in — —>-e—____. The Fischer Foundry & Machine Company.—This company, whose business is building rolling mill, glass works and general machinery, has contracted with the Badische Maschinen-Fabrik, Durlach, Baden, Germany, for a complete outfit for making specially high grade steel castings and other steel products by the Raapke process, for which Fred F. Fischer of the company has secured exclusive American patent rights. It is not definitely stated whether this new plant will be installed at the foundry and machine works of tne Fischer Foundry & Machine Company, on the South Side, Pittsburgh, or at its new works at Ford City, Pa., but the installation of the necessary machinery to make steel castings under the Raapke process will be in charge of the inventor, Mr. Raapke. The Fischer Company expects to be in the mar- ket with steel castings made by the Raapke process early in the new year and also to be in position to furnish a very superior product. The Raapke process is in suc- cessful operation in several plants in Germany and France, and the quality and cost of the product have December 22, 1904 THE IRON AGE. 11 been found very satisfactory. The Fischer Company also expects to introduce the Raapke process for making general steel products in addition to steel castings. > —_—_— A Sea Level Canal Favored. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, has given the House Committee on Inter- state and Foreign Commerce the benefit of his investiga- tions regarding the engineering tasks to be performed in building the Panama Canal. In his testimony, which is to be printed for the use of Congress, he says a sea level waterway would be the best in the end, although it woul