The Iron Age 1905-02-16: Vol 75 Iss 7

THE IRO2\G A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Metal Trades. published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co,, 232-238 William St.. New York, ——EEe a —— Vol. 75: No. 7. “Kew York, 7. hevader, Iilnass 76; 1905. mmo Single Copies, 15 Cen peading Matter Contents....... page 598 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘“‘ 177 Classified List of Advertisers.... ‘‘ 169 Advertising and Subscription Rates “‘ ——— a 2 — — ed j of U. M. C. Short Range Shells is the same as regular s i Forster Pulleys shells. For short range or bush shooting they are superior, Grip the Shaft Tight for at 25 yards they give practically a 40-yard pattern and penetration. ath UM... Show Ramage CORDAGE| Shet Skulls THE AMERICAN MFG. CO., 65 Wall Street, N. Y. are universally popular. One Sportsman writes: ‘* Having tried many shot spreading devices I was skepti- ! | ' SEE PAGE 120. cal of the new U. M.C. Short Range Shells. Experience in | THE BRISTOL COMPANY, the field shows them to be all you claim. They kill but 5 Waterbury, Conn. never mutilate.’’ Bristol’s Recording 7 A Dy, sn Instruments. The Union Metallic Cartridge Company, ; = and Electricity. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN, i I ae ln cecil eccereemnenemtiesatisdinddiaaiaelipiiicala dict tien tie iesinanioamads | All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar a ee ee ee a Re ae ae ee ae CAHALL BOILERS# | Also Linen and Italian Hemp SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. CAPEWELL FIORSE NAILS | TURNBUCKLES. “THE BEST IN THE WORLD’ a aceeeneed } HIGHEST AWARD IN ALL COMPETITIONS iI y. New York. tiveland Cite City Sone! and Iron Co., " Cleveland, O, idbonwsvcseuss. GOLD _MEDAL | ; GB 8555 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION | SOFT COAL. St. Louis, 1904 ; . JENKINS ’96 PACKING is good for all conditions of-service with steam, oils, Why acids, ammonia and the like. It will make tight joint ij A S -T> ~ instantly, and will not blow out. Its durability has been : 4 POLLO HEETS yw. i 1 proved by years of constant use in thousands of plants. Write for Booklet, “Points on Packing.” ; S el ] JENKINS BROS., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, London. : : / and “Sedan” Gold Rolled Steel 3a, Drawing = Stampin ! ' Excel THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING COMPANY SEK ° (Water and Rai) Delivery) BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PAGE MAGNOLIA METAL. | Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings. Pac-Simile of Bar. MAGNOLIA METAL CO., Owners and Sole Manufacturers, 13-116 Bank Street, $82 Francisco, Montreal, Boston and tees. Ww ufact Babbitt Metals i Chicago, Fisher Bidg. 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CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, GERMAN SILVER Sheets, Rolis, Wire Rods, Bolts and Tubes, Brass Shelis, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods Special Brass Goods to Order. FACTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN. in chatty. Automobile Castings a Specialty. | § ¥&™ York, “CHICAGO, zee. PRICE, $3.00 Prepaid. High Tensile Strength. | DAVID WILLIAMS CO., | Bronze and Aluminum Alloys. Henry Souther Engineering CO, 232.238 William St.,.New York. Write Us. eer ee Consulting Chemists, Metallurgists and _fnalysts. ‘omplete en Testing Laboratory; Expert godeeey in ourt and Patent Cazes. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., ‘cspge atta Arthur T. Rutter & bo AND MANUFACTURERS OF 256 Broad SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. pereen s= ca Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. NEW YORK. Selected Plates for Etchers' and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Stove and Washboard Blanks. Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, b > Ger- ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. oe Seen none, Capper and Cor man Silver. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire. Brazed and CORON sic, BRASS Fines 2-RVANG CO, FTI Seamless Brass and Copper Tube. Copper and Brass Rod. RE TORTIE GOREN E RETO TINIE Salat om WIRE, “IT's Touch.” Nae SUVA: SUR TM CHP RIDA Hn TROLLEY, “Salsaines's CASTINGS mane FPOUNDERS— FINISHERS. and pt G4. ROWELL Co., Bridgeport, Conn. TELEGRAPH HENDRICKS BROTHERS LINES. Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, | »-sseson, BRIDGEPORT BRASS (0. 190 Murray St., New Yor! Brasiers’ Bolt amd Sheathing GEORGE KROU SE COoOPPEHR, HEAVY CASTING 3) COPPEBHE. Wires AND RIivVEaTs. Measnemreretehkiniset §8=€6=|=6— fl wi ' = Brass and Composition Castir § ingot Cores, Block Tin, ‘Tin, Spelter, "bene, Antimony, etc. Brazing Metals, Hard Composition and - 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Phosphor Bronze Castings A Speciallt 150 to 154 Morgan Street, JERSEY{CITY. (MAN VETS Chee: e?, yer, er: and and tbe. wo Ss. THE IRON AGE New York, Thursday, February 16, 1905. The Lovekin Pipe Flanging Machine. The illustrations herewith show what is without doubt the largest machine in the world for expanding and flang ing iron, steel or other metal pipes into flanges of the lightest possible construction. It is the first of a series of large machines being built by Dienelt & Eisenhardt, Incorporated, Philadelphia, Pa under numerous letters patent granted to Luther D. Love kin of that city. The machine is 35 feet 6 inches long over all, 7 feet high and 5 feet 7 inches wide. The head for holding the flange weighs 6500 pounds, each individ ual expanding tool weighs over a ton, or, to be exact, 2500 pounds, and the total weight of the machine, including tools ranging from 12 to 30 inches, inclusive, flange dies, &e., is about 20 tons. The machine is driven by a 25 horse-power motor, or it may be driven by a countershaft in the usual manner if desired. Owing to the time required to get the pipe into the flange before beginning the expanding, if was Che large head. as shown in the illustration for hoid ng and supporting the flange, is arranged with a suitable cripping device, so that when the pipe has been forced. into the flange proper these grips are brought into action and prevent any possibility of the pipe turning. Theram at the rear end of the pipe prevents any rearward move ment. This head deserves special consideration on account of its importance, for without it the expanding of large pipe into cast iron flanges successfully would be impossi ble. It would also be impossible to expand steel pipe into either cast steel, wrought iron or steel flanges of the usual proportions without its aid. It has been found from experiment that in expanding large and heavy pipe into cast iron flanges there is not sufficient resist- ing strength, and the flanges will invariably burst dur- ing the operation of expanding. This trouble of insuffi- cient resistance also occurs on cast or wrought steel flanges, but the effect is very different, on account of the elasticity of the metals It has been found in all such Fig. 1 The Lovekin Pipe Flanging Machine View of Machine £ I Flange considered advisable to arrange means for setting the pipe. This consists of a suitable track or ways, made of two channel beams properly supported and having a gear rack in the center running the entire length. Arranged on this track are suitable adjustable roller blocks which form a cradle in which a long pipe may rest. At the end of the track is provided a hydraulic ram, supported on and connected to a movable bracket or carriage, fitted with proper-gearing and hand wheels for moving it along the center gear rack to any point required by the length of the pipe. In addition to the gearing, &c., suitable clamping jaws are provided for securing this bracket to the rails, so as to remove the strain from the rack when applying the pressure on the hydralie ram to force the pipe into the flange. The ram is so arranged as to receive its pressure from a hydraulic main. In the event of having no main, a small belt driven pump and accumulator of suitable size for the work intended is provided. wit Tur leon Ace h Pipe Removed and Clamping Head Opened to Receive the cases that while expanding the pipe properly the flange was also expanded as much as the pipe; that is to say, it is rolled circumferentially just as the pipe is under the process of roller expanding. As a result of this, in most cases the flanges were loose on the pipe, and in no case were they really tight. Nor is it possible to make such a joint absolutely tight without having sufficient backing to offer the proper resistance. With this in view it is absolutely - necessary to provide suitable means for al! classes of work to resist these stresses. The head, as shown, is the result of numerous exper ments, and is a distinct patented feature. It consists of a large casting, Fig. 1, divided horizontally, having on one side hinges and on the opposite side lugs and clamping bolts to facilitate the removal of the pipe after the ex panding is finished.. These are all extra heavy, so as to form a solid backing greatly in excess of the compressive strength of the material in the pipe, the effect of which is very clearly shown when expanding. The interior of ll | we es mms nm em Le ET RS ae iv 542 THE the head is arranged to receive a graduated series of rings in halves. These rings are bored internally, of various sizes to suit the exterior dimensions of the flanges to be used. They are of uniform outside dimensions, so as to fit the interior of the large head. This gives a solid mass of metal around the pipe, and is equivalent to an im- mense solid ring or flange of extraordinary proportions. While this method involves the turning of all flanges on their outer surfaces it makes possible a joint which may be termed a cold flowed or extruded metal joint, which possesses certain advantages. The chief advantages claimed for the joints made on this machine are superior strength, workmanship and appearance. It has been demonstrated from test bars cut from the pipe that the cold rolling of lap welded steel tubing improves the quality of the metal and adds at least 15 per cent. to its tensile strength. The workman- ship and appearance of all work done by the machine is excellent. It makes rough lap welded pipe look like cold rolled steel shafting, the surface being perfectly smooth and bright and the thickness uniform. The next portion of the machine that deserves par- ticular attention is the monster expanding tool. This is 9 Fig, 2.—Rear of the Lovekin Pipe Flanging Machine, Showing IRON AGE February 16, 1905 mandrel. This causes the flaring or beveling rollers to press outward against the pipe; this outward pressure of the beveling rollers causes the metal in the tube to bend or flare over to the desired angle with the least pos- sible injury to the pipe. This process makes the split- ting of ordinary lap welded steel pipe at the ends almost impossible. Particular attention is called to the fact that at no. time during the operation of expanding or flaring is the tool itself advanced toward the pipe. All work is done with the tool remaining in a fixed position relative to the flange or the front head, except during the final facing off of the end of the pipe flush with the face of the flange. This facing off is accomplished by a steel cutting off tool fixed in the head of the expanding tool. There is a special hand feeding wheel on the machine for advanc- ing the head while the tool is revolving. By this means the cutting off tool is controlled as desired. The sliding head which carries the tool is provided with all brackets, &c., necessary for the proper attach- ment of all brake wheels, steady rests and feeding nuts. It is advanced by suitable friction gearing engaging with a screw feed spindle running through a feeding nut if Peal = the Clamping Head Closed and the Pipe Ready to Enter the Flange Which Is Held in the Head. secured to the main spindle of the machine and supported by roller steady bearings at the overhang to relieve the immense bending moment on the shaft. This tool is 5 feet 9 inches long, the feeding wheels are 30 inches in diameter, and the diameter of the connecting flanges for securing the various sizes expanding—or roller—heads is 24 inches. The weight of one tool for a 20-inch pipe is, as before stated, about 2500 pounds. Fig. 2 illustrates this feature. The distinctive features of this tool are the combina- tion of.expanding and flaring or beveling rollers actuated by independent feeding wheels. These allow the expand- ing to be accomplished by means of the brake wheel A, Fig. 3. This brake wheel also accomplishes the collapsing of these rollers by the reversal of the motor driving the machine. After the expanding is complete and the ex- panding rollers collapsed by the brake wheel A, the flar- ing or beveling rollers are brought forward and the cen- ter beveling roller is advanced by means of the brake wheel B, Fig. 3, which is threaded on the inside of the hub and engages with a threaded pin passing through a hollow located directly under its center. Located on the same spindle is a worm wheel which has a worm arranged on a suitable shaft with a ball and socket at one end and a vertical sliding block at the opposite end, to which a hand wheel is attached. This forms the hand feeding de- vice for facing off the pipe, and can be used only when the friction gear for driving the lead screw is discon- nected, thus leaving the hand gear in control of the slid- ing head. When not required, the hand gear is discon- nected by simply raising the shaft, to which the worm is attached, out of gear. Suitable latches are provided for securing the sliding block in position, the ball and socket joint on the extreme end allowing any desired movement. Apart from these features there is nothing unusual in the construction or mechanism of the flanging machine, The driving mechanism consists simply of a motor driv- ing, by means of a belt shaft and pulleys, a worm which is working in an oil bath. There is a large thrust bear- ing for relieving the end thrust on the worm and the worm wheel feathered to the main spindle to permit the shaft to slide through the worm wheel hub easily. February 16, 1905 The remaining features of the machine are the ar rangements for driving the lead screw. These consist of a spur pinion on the worm shaft engaging with a spur wheel on another shaft, located on the same plane as the lead screws. This shaft has two bevel gears and friction disks attached to it. Between these wheels are located the friction clutches, which are controlled by the operator by a hand wheel attached to a shaft through the bed and carrying a worm. This worm en- gages with a worm wheel quadrant, which is attached to the clutch shaft. The end of the lead screw is pro- vided with a bevel wheel, which is always in gear with the two bevel gears on the clutch shaft, but these two passing THE IRON AGE 543 of the pipe for two flanges, including all handling of the pipe and putting it in and out of the machine, occupied one and one-half hours. Fig. 1 shows this pipe com- pleted. In the peneing process, such as is done by hand to-day, as well as the combined work of both screwing and pene- ing such large work, the time necessary to do this work would be at least 12 hours. With the smaller Lovekin machines pipes of copper 5 inches diameter, 3-16 inch thick, were rolled into wrought steel flanges, having dove- tail grooves 4 inch wide and 1-16 inch deep (Fig.4),and the grooves were completely filled up. This process is termed the extruded metal pipe joint, and such a joint as this Fig. 3. Front of the Lovekin Pipe Flanging Machine, Showing the Tool Withdrawn from the Pipe.—The Head is Shown Closed. ‘The Pipe and Flange Are Secured in the Head. gears are revolving freely on the shaft, except when transmitting power to the feed screw through frictional contact. One of these gears advances and the other re-- turns the sliding head. During a test of this machine, which took place at the works of Dienelt & Eisenhardt, it was observed that from the time of applying the brake for feeding the ex- panding rollers out until the time the pipe was fully Fig. 4.—An Extruded Metal Pipe Joint Made on the Lovekin Pipe Flanging Machine. expanded was 10 minutes. The pipe was 20 inches in- side diameter, 3% to 7-16 inch thick, very rough, lap-weld- ed, and was 38-16 inch less in diameter than the bore of the flange. The time to bevel or flare the pipe completely was 7 minutes for one flange, and the time to face was 10 minutes for one flange. The total time to complete the expanding, the flaring or beveling and the facing off will stand any pressure that the pipe is capable of with- standing without any possibility of leakage; furthermore, this joint cannot be affected by contraction and expan- sion. This method of securing copper pipes to steel flanges does away with any necessity for brazing the pipe to the flange, which is costly as well as injurious to cop- per pipe and which has been the cause of many serious accidents. From tests made by. the writer the strength of copper pipes brazed was only one-fourth the strength of those not brazed; thus it is very apparent that brazing should be avoided where possible. ——_—__po a —-- The International Committee of the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition has recognized the engineering ability of the designers of the apparatus exhibited by the Gen- eral Electric Company in awarding grand prizes, as fol- lows: To Elihu Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., for va- rious applications of electricity; to C. P. Steinmetz, Schenectady, N. Y., for electric lighting, and to F. J. Sprague, New York City, for applications of electricity to transportation. It awarded gold medals to C. O. Curtis, New York City, the originator of a successful American multi-stage steam turbine; to W. L. R. Emmett, Schenec- tady, N. Y., designer of the vertical type of Curtis steam turbine and generator, and to W. B. Potter, Schenectady, N. Y., for applications of electricity to transportation. It further awarded silver medals to W. S. Moody, Sche- nectady, for transformers; to E. M. Hewlett, Schenectady, for distribution of energy, switchboards, &c.; to H. F. T. Erbon, Schenectady, for apparatus for generating elec- tricity; to H. G. Beist, Schenectady, for apparatus for generating electricity; to L. T. Robinson, Schenectady, for scientific apparatus, measuring apparatus and lab- oratory standard instruments, and to F. P. Cox, Lynn, Mass., for measuring instruments, indicating, recording and integrating. , rT i} Hl | i" i| meee we Oe PR ee 544 The Ball Mfg. Company’s Odd Elevator. A unique passenger elevator has been installed in the works of the Ball Mfg. Company, Stamford, Conn., con- necting the three floors in the building. ‘This the work men find a great convenience, and they use it unhesitat- ingly, even though a conspicuous notice posted on the shop wall contains the warning that the company is not re- sponsible for accidents which may occur through the use of the lift. ball, The elevator was desighed by Charles P. SRO FLOOR we HINGED PROJECTION wT FLOO" _ THE 1nON AGE The Rlevator in the Ball Mfg. Company's Works, Stamford, Conn., Shown Diagramatically but not to Scale. the head of the company, who wished to have some easy means of passing from one floor to another, and had heard that somewhere in the West a belt passenger ele- vator had been tried successfully. It consists of a 12-inch double leather belt upon which steps and handles are alternately secured. It runs continuously on 30-inch wooden pulleys, one on a shaft just below the level of the first floor, the other located far enough above the floor of the third story to permit the passenger to keep his grip upon the handles until the moment arrives for stepping off. The openings in the second and third floors need not be large. The steps are held upon the belt by brackets, and the handles are riveted to the belt at a convenient distance above each step. The step brackets are double, projecting above and below the step, the whole being cast solid of composition metal. The projections give a good purchase for the step against the belt to sustain the passenger's weight. The bracket is riveted to the belt at its center, as THE IRON AGE February 16, 1905 shown in the detail in the accompanying illustration, there being a row of rivets just above the step and an- other just below, so as to allow the step to make the turns around the pulleys. When a man is to ascend upon the elevator he waits until a handle appears, grasps it with both hands, and when the step reaches a convenient point steps aboard, thus standing and clinging face to the belt until he has reached the desired floor, stepping off before he releases: his hold of the handle. The step projects 6 inches, and is nearly as broad as the belt is wide. The belt travels 65 feet a minute. The elevator is driven through a large gear on the upper pulley shaft by a worm gear driven by a worm on a countershaft, to which power is transmitted by a 2-inch belt. The lifting power is about 600 pounds. At the foot of the elevator, on the first floor, is a telltale device to prevent accidents due to the foot descending with the step until it would be drawn in between the floor and the pul ley. This is in the form of a low platform, the top of which projects 3 inches on the side next the belt. The projection is hinged and supported by two springs. If the foot remains too long on the elevator step it strikes the hinged projection, which conveys the necessary warning, and at the same time does not catch the foot. There has never been an accident on the elevator, but, as already stated, employees use it at their own risk. ~ = em A Great Coal Handling Piant, Contracts have just been placed with the Robins Con- veying Belt Company, New York, by the Semet-Solvay Company, Syracuse, N. Y., for the largest coal handling plant equipment ever placed. The mechanica! equipment will consist of numerous steel stocking bridges, hoisting rigs and belt conveying systems. It is understood in the machinery trade that the value of the contracts approxi- mates $500,000. The plants are to have a storage capac- ity of 15,000,000 tons, and are designed to handle mate- rial at the rate of 7500 tons per day of eight hours. The storage plants are to be operated in conjunction with gas and by-product works, and the handling capacity of the conveying machinery is to be sufficient to allow for the storing of a quantity of coal equal to that consumed each day in the regular operation of the works. In this man- ner coal will constantly be stored up against that period of the year when lake navigation is closed or when it is difficult. to obtain deliveries by rail due to the extra- ordinary demand from other consuming sources. The plants are to be so equipped as to receive coal either by water or by rail. Work will be commenced immediately, as it is desired to have the plants in operation before the close of navigation next winter. The apparatus is de- signed to handle both coal and coke. The capture of these contracts by the Robins Company is noted with consider- able interest in the machinery trade, particularly — in view of the fact that this company has been successful in the competition for so many of the coaling plants con- tracted for in connection with the large power stations which are now in the course of construction in the neigh borhood of New York City. ‘These contracts include th coal and ashes handling machinery to be installed at the Long Island City power station of the Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad ; the Public Service Corpora- tion’s new power house at Marion, N. J.; the Third ave- nue power station of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Rail- way, the Kingsbridge power station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, the Fifty-ninth street station of the Interurban Railway and the Boston Edison plant at Boston. ——_o--o—_____—__ Over $600,000 was paid out to the Pennsylvania Rail- road shopmen at Altoona, Pa., on February 10, being fhe largest monthly payment in the history of the company. The men were obliged to work overtime on repairs to the rolling stock last month. The Financial Chronicle estimates the gross earnings of the railroads in the United States in 1904 were $15.- 000,000 more than in 1908. February 16, 1905 THE IRON AGE 545 The New Gisholt 34-inch Vertical Boring Mill. two-spees < \ se of which 1 . s ible speeds ss rhe a ving view shows A feature of the machine shown in the accompanying th ' — sa utting attachment and a swive llustration, a 34-inch vertical boring mill built by the turret head © swil head carries a five-sided turre Gisholt Machine Company, Madison, Wis., is the particu with 2i,-inch holes in < ee. and may be swiveled to arly stiff construction, all parts being specially heavy IDy cal rhe spindle « o ta of the sput pinion typ ind rigid. Like other vertical mills built by the same he spindle resting on broad self oiling surfaces rhe ompany, it has particularly broad bearing surfaces, achine és % callie: a nlain head and without while the most essential differences between it and ewes cane ial the previous designs are found in the head stock - In all but this machine a friction back geared head ~ stock has been introduced, but on the 34-inch mill Che production e iro Germany in 1904, four-step cone pulley drive is provided, and the back cording to pre] vy estimates as 10,085,634 metri cears are thrown in and out by a positive clutch operated tons, as compared with 10,108,041 tons in 1908. Of this The New Gisholt 34-Inch Vertical Boring Mill by a lever. The cone pulley accommodates a 4-inch belt, total 6,277,777 tons were basic pig, 446,701 tons Bessemer and its largest step is 20 inches in diameter. All of the pig, 1,798,773 tons foundry iron, 703,130 tons spiegeleisen levers for the control of the machine are conveniently und “steel pig,” and 859,253 tons mill iron. Terri- located within easy reach of the operator when standing torially, Rhenish Westphalia led with 4,009,227 tons and in the usual position. Lorraine and Luxemburg followed with 3,217,328 tons. The machine is fitted with feed tripping devices simi The production of Silesia was 753,053 tons; of the Saar lar to those used on the larger machines, by which any district, 735.968 tons: of the Siegen, Lahn and Hesse- feed may be positively and automatically stopped at any Nassau district, 718,106 tons; of Hanover and Brunswick, predetermined point. The mill has eight changes of feed, 357,779 tons: of Bavaria, Wuerttemberg and Thuringen, all being operated either by power or by hand. The feed 159,403 tons, and of Pommerania, 134,770 tons. screws are all fitted with micrometer index dials reading ee to 1-1000 inch. William H. Vaille, a well-known salesman with the The table may be a universal and combination chuck American Steel & Wire Company in Connecticut, was the fitted with three movable jaws or a plain table with radial recipient of a handsome gold watch, suitably inscribed, tee slots and independent jaws. Work 34 inches in diam- presented by his associates on the road, at the Winthrop eter may be swung and a hight of 15 inches may be ad- Hotel, Meriden, January 26, in commemoration of his mitted under the cross rail. The machine is driven from fiftieth birthday. 546 A New L. W. Pond Planer. The 24-inch planer shown in the accompanying illus- tration has been added to the line of the L. W. Pond Machine & Foundry Company, Worcester, Mass., which had previously devoted itself to the building of planers for heavier work. The company’s 24-inch planer pre- viously built is a much heavier machine, with box bed and with a greater amount of metal generally than is needed for lighter planer work. Those familiar with the L. W. Pond planers will note a very great change in general design. This machine is 24 inches square with 6-foot table. It is designed: to cut 30 feet a minute, with a return of 60 feet. The drive is through a 2-inch belt, the pulley shaft making 6.214 revolutions to 1 foot travel of the table while cutting. The machine requires about 4 horse-power and weighs 4500 pounds. ———--—-o+@ ——-~ Blast Furnaces Building or Rebuilding. At the close of 1904, says the Bulletin of the Ameri- can Iron and Steel Association, there were 10 blast fur- naces building in the United States, as compared with 23 at the close of 1903. In addition five furnaces were being rebuilt or reconstructed at the close of 1904. Be- low we give a list of the building and rebuilding furnaces on December 31, 1904, all of which when completed will use coke alone or bituminous coal and coke mixed for fuel. The new furnaces are as follows: Lackawanna Furnaces, Lackawanna Steel Company, Buffalo. Three coke stacks at Lackawanna, Nos. 4, 5 and 6, each to be 24 x 94 feet; product, Bessemer pig iron; total annual capacity, 240,000 gross tons. No. 4 was blown in on January 21, 1905; No. 5 will be completed in May and No. 6 in September, 1905. Monongahela Furnace (C), National Tube Company, Pittsburgh. Furnace at McKeesport. One coke stack, to be 22 x 90 feet; product, Bessemer pig iron; annual ¢ca- pacity, 150,000 tons. Construction temporarily suspended. 7, Cambria Steel Company, Cambria Furnace No. 7, Arcade Building, Philadelphia. Furnace at Johnstown. THE IRON AGE A New L. W. Pond Planer. February 16, 1905 One coke stack, 22 x 85 feet; product, Bessemer and basic pig iron; annual capacity, 150,000 tons. Date of comple- tion uncertain. Union Furnace No. 2, Union Iron & Steel Company, 71 Broadway, New York. Furnace at Big Stone Gap, Vir- ginia. One coke stack, 18 x 75 feet; partly built in 1892 and work suspended; construction resumed in 1903; product, Bessemer, forge and foundry pig iron; annual capacity, 50,000 tons. May be completed in 1906. Ensley Furnace No. 6, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail- road Company, Birmingham, Ala. Furnace at Ensley. One coke stack, 20 x 85 feet; product, basic pig iron; annual capacity, 100,000 tons. Will be ready for blast in April, 1905. Woodward Iron Company, Woodward, Ala. One coke THEIRON AGE stack, to be known as No. 3, 20 x 85 feet ; product, foundry and forge pig iron; estimated annual capacity, 90,000 tons. The time for completion is indefinite. Lorain Furnace No. 4, The National Tube Company (of Ohio), Lorain. One coke stack, 22 x 85 feet; prod- uct, Bessemer pig iron; annual capacity, 150,000 tons. Virtually completed in January, 1905; time for blowing in indefinite. Minnequa Furnace (F), Colorado Fuel & Iron Com- pany, Denver. Furnace at Pueblo. Commenced building one coke stack in 1902, to be 20 x 85 feet; product, Bes- semer pig iron; annual capacity, 125,000 tons. Will probably be ready for blast some time in 1905. The total. estimated annual capacity of the 10 new furnaces in course of erection on December 31, 1904, was 1,055,000 gross tons, On December 31, 1904, the five furnaces being rebuilt or reconstructed were as follows, their estimated annual capacity being 559,000 tons. Ashland Furnace No. 1, Ashland Iron & Mining Com- pany, Ashland, Ky. Rebuilding one coal and coke stack ; size increased from 16 x 62 feet to 17 x 75 feet; estimated annual capacity, from 25,000 to 30,000 tons of ferro- silicon, or about 75,000 tons of Bessemer or foundry pig iron. Will probably blow in on March 1. Belfont Furnace, Belfont Iron Works Company, Bel- ‘ebruary 16, 1905 mt, Ohio. Rebuilding one coke stack, 16 x 66 feet; nnual capacity, 60,000 tons. Will probably be ready wv blast by March 1, 1905. Central Furnaces, American Steel & Wire Company, Chicago. Furnaces at Cleveland. Two rebuilding coke stacks; Nos. 1 and 2, each to be 22 x 90 feet; total annual capacity of the two furnaces, 324,000 gross tons. No. 1 was blown in on January 10, 1905, and No. 2 will proba- bly be ready for blast on March 1, 1905. No. 5 was built in 1900-1 and is 22 x 100 feet. When Nos. 1 and 2 are rebuilt the three furnaces will have a total annual capac- ity of 504,000 gross tons. Martins Ferry Furnace, Wheeling Steel & Iron Com pany, Wheeling. Furnace at Martins Ferry, Ohio. Re- building one coke stack, to be 18 x 80 feet; annual capac- ity. 100,000 tons. Will probably be ready for blast by April 1, 1905. — — ++e_- At a meeting of the Committee of Ministers, held Monday, St. Petersburg dispatches state that instructions THE IRON AGE 547 No. 3 Bement Horizontal Boring and Drilling Machine, The particularly interesting feature in the horizontal boring and drilling machine illustrated herewith and manufactured by the Bement-Miles division of the Niles- Bement-Pond Company, New York City, is to be found in the arrangement for the drive. A 5 horse-power West- inghouse induction motor furnishes the power, but with- out any speed variation within itself. In order, there- fore, to obtain different spindle speeds a speed box is connected with the motor through which a number of changes can be made mechanically. By means of this speed box and back gearing spindle speeds from three to SO revolutions per minute may be obtained. In changing the gears in the speed box the small hand wheel at the right and the short hand lever on the opposite side of the box are used. The speed box drives an intermediate shaft carrying two gears of different diameters, which mesh with loose gears on the spindle. Either of these No. 3 Bement Horizontal Boring and Drilling Machine have been issued to the Russian Ministry of Finance to issue without delay a proclamation embodying a general scheme for the improvement of the condition of the work- ingmen. The proclamation will provide for shorter hours, the legality of strikes providing they are based upon de- mands of a purely economic or industrial character, for medical assistance to sick and disabled workmen and for the limitation of the rights and duties of factory in- spectors. Plans are being prepared for the reorganization of the Diamond State Steel Company, Wilmington, Del. It is said that the plans provide for the organization of another company with a capital stock of $3,000,000 to purchase the present stock. It is further proposed to issue 200,000 shares of nonassessed stock at $5 and to re- serve 100,000 shares in the treasury for improvements. The sale of the 200,000 shares of stock will bring to the treasury $1,000,000, while the capital stock of the new company will be only $3,000,000, against $4,250,000 as at present. There is no truth in the report that the American Iron & Steel Mfg. Company, Lebanon, Pa., has purchased the East End Rolling Mill, in that city. may be clutched to the spindle by moving the small hand lever shown just above the spindle in the head stock. The speed box offers the simplest means of driving a machine of this type by a constant speed motor when an all geared drive is required. For raising and lowering the table by power an auxiliary 3 horse-power motor is used. This does not appear in the accompanying view, being on the opposite side of the machine. The diameter of the spindle is 454 inches and the table traverse is 60 inches. The spindle has six changes of power feed obtained through the gearing on the over- hanging right hand end of the machine. The maximum distance from the center of the spindle to the main table is 33% inches and to the cross table 26% inches. The main table is furnished either in 6 or 8 foot lengths, as may be required. p+ e—<_—__—_—- H. P. Elwell, who for the past 11 months has been general manager of the Power & Mining Machinery Com- pany, Cudahy, Wis., has resigned his position and will retire from his connection with the company March 1. He will be succeeded by Arthur A. Neidermeyer, who has been the general superintendent of the Chicago plant of the Allis-Chalmers Company since its consolidation. ~ wee ceemv cant akaie ee ee rd eee MBP N ADAG 548 THE IRON A New Doty Power Shear. One type of a new line of belt driven shears built by the New Doty Mfg. Company of Janesville, Wis., is illus trated herewith. It is only for shearing and to be used in shops where no punching is done or where a punch can be operated separately to better advantage. The size illustrated (No. TD) is capable of cutting 6 x % inch flat bars or 2-inch round bars or their equivalents. It has tight and loose pulleys designed for a speed of about 225 revolutions per minute. The knives for cutting flats and rounds are independent of each other and are always ready for use without any change. The knives for cut ting rounds are so fashioned that they do not flatten the material in cutting. The eccentric is.designed so as to provide a slight pause after each stroke in order to per mit the operator to adjust his material for the next stroke. These shears are made in six sizes, varying in capacities from 1 inch to 8 inch round iron and from 3x % to 6 x 2 inch flat iron. It will be seen that the machine is massively built and is simple in construction, A New Belt Driven Shear Built by a result of the maker’s effort to produce a machine that will cost little for breakage and repaivs. ————_>- @_____ The Pittsburgh Coal Company’s Annual. At the annual meeting of the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Jersey City, N. J.,. February 10, the resignations of Peter M. Hitcheock of Cleveland, M. H. Taylor of Erie and J. D. Nicholson of Pittsburgh as directors were accepted. The retiring directors were succeeded by Calvary Morris of the Central Trust Company, Cleveland; 8S. M. Wallace, president of the Second National Bank of Erie, and El- liott Rodgers of Pittsburgh. Henry R. Rea of Pittsburgh was also elected to the board as a representative, it is said, of the Oliver interests. The annual report submitted to the stockholders shows that the past year was one of diminished profits, al- though the company was able to pay 7 per cent. dividend on the preferred stock and add something to its surplus. Following is the income account for the past three calen- dar years: 1904 1908. 1902. $4,261,511 683,829 $3,577,682 Profit after deducting all ex- penses Less royalty for depletion, additions, renewal fund, &c. .787,094 $5,.753.913 .036,071 1.047.326 Net earnings 751,023 $4,706,587 Preferred dividend and inter- 3,426,741 2,440,087 2,327,146 Undivided profits $150,941 $4,310,936 $2,279,441 The report states that a considerable portion of the AGE Kebruary 16, 1905 arnings was the direct result of economies in operation crowing out of the policy of the management in the past building large power plants to furnish power fo sroups of mines and in introducing labor saving machi! ery and devices, including electrical haulage in place « ubimals, wherever practicable. “ Although during year many blast furnaces and foundries were idle, great curtailing the consumption of coke, the 400 ovens of ¢) Colonial Coke Company, whose entire capital stock owned by the Pittsburgh Coal Company, were in alm ontinuous operation, This is one of the most complet and economical coke making plants in the entire col region, and its product is taking high rank in the ma ket.” The general balance sheet as of December $1, 1904 ompares as follows: isscts 1904 1903 oa! acre, mines, land, equipment, &c. $78,239,568 $80,355,225 Stocks other companies, &c.... 8,061,826 7,850,98 Inventory of coal, &e » kee 4,938,720 5,018.37 ‘ecounts and bil!s receivable.... 7,951,690 7.043,277 (asl ih , 2,372.146 546,931 SLOL S681 $100,814.79 Y it the New Doty Mfg. Company. Liabilities. Preferred stock Common stock Reserve fund.. First mortgage bonds.............-. Depreciation reserve Undivided earmings. ......cscsecece CORO RE <I 6 divas + th siepe ses oe Deferred payment common stock Mon. R. Cc. & C Bonds of subsidiary companies...... Mortgages COP CPt MOONE, ood o's Tis ale ceeion cin's Accounts and bills payable Accrued preferred dividends........ $30,716,200 80,135,000 2,688,879 1,801.665 9,778,430 5,400,000 4,500,000 2,003,133 2,434,448 154,141 .202.895 112,625 9,927,042 686,550 $101,563,951 $100,814,792 The production of the company’s mines was as follows in the past three years: 1904.—Tons. 1903.—Tons. 1902.—Tons 12,783,067 14,034,268 13,526,355 1,349,428 1,480,350 1,381,996 206.005 149,842 67,730 ~~ >+@e——__ — The German Reichstag has taken up the important question of constructing a whole network of canals through the Empire, an undertaking which will cost some- what over 335,000,000 marks. Violent opposition is ex- pected from the agrarians, who would prefer the build ing of more railroads and no canals; but the bill, it is predicted, will pass at last, because the Kaiser is inter- ested to have it pass. Totals. Pittsburgh district Hocking district............ Coke district. Philip G. Roeder has been appointed manager of the Mexico City branch of the J. A. Fay & Egan Company, Cincinnati, manufacturer of wood working machinery. fF. bruary 16, 1905 Solid Rolled Steel Chains. BY PETER EYERMANN, BELOIT, WIS. The manufacture of solid rolled steel chains was in juced ten years ago by Otto Klatte, a well-known etallurgist and consulting engineer of Diisseldorf, Ger- iny. The complete rolling mill apparatus and the proce ig. 1 The Klatte Process, Showing the Successive Steps and Some of the Tools, ess Of manufacturing these weldless or seamless chains ire covered by a series of 12 patents, dating from July 24, 1894, to May 1, 1900. The historical development of the invention may be traced from the time when M. Oury of the Arsenal of Cherbourg, France, applied for a patent on the idea June 29, 1881, and in 1889 exhibitions along this line were given in Paris, Later this process was improved so that THE IRON AGE 549 plicated, four heatings and numerous operations being required. The Rougier process also involved a great num ber of operations, during which the metal was repeatedly heated and intermediately worked in a cold state The new Klatte method of producing solid steel chains hy a simple rolling process is illustrated in Fig. 1. A and B show the arrangement of the rolls, the rolling process und the finished chain bar; C shows a bar from which the thin metal film or web has been removed by stamping or punching; D and E show the shearing of the links at their point of insertion by means of pressure dies and in serted points; F, G, H and I represent the necessary tools The process of finishing the separated tinks is indi uted in Fig. 2, the left hand drawing showing the last cleaning of the outside, and the right hand the removing of the inside fins. The rolling mill apparatus, as the next figures show, is very ingenious and practical. Fig. 3 is a plan of the inill and Fig. 4 an elevation, the left half being a longi tudinal section and the right half a view from the inlet side of the chain bar. Fig. 5 is an end elevation, one-half in section. The four rolls which work continuously on the special billet are adjustable and interchangeable to produce chains of various sizes. In addition to the roll ing of chain it is possible for the mill to roll band and hoop iron, square bars, axles for railway cars and car riages, grooved street car rails and wire rod down to No. 10 wire gauge. A great advantage in weldless chains is the possibil- ity of rolling the links thicker at the points of contact than in the center. Thus the durability is greatly in- creased. Tests of the Imperial German Testing Office given in the following table show the comparative strength of weldless steel chains and the old fashioned iron chains of the same diameter of link metal: Results of Tests for Breaking Load of Soft Steel Weldless Chain Main W’'ght bearing Loadat Break Tensile of sec- scaling ing strength sample. tion point. load. Pounds per Lbs. Sq in. Lbs. Lbs. sq. in Remarks 9.26 1.66 66,200 95,000 57,165 Fractured at link 2, front end; fractured section fine granular to fine scaiy 9.34 1.646 64.000 93.500 56.880 Fractured at link 3, front end: fractured section same as 6a 9.2 1.634 70.600 95,000 58,020 Fractured at link 1, rear end; fractured section fine granular, bright, glittering ch, ) +-—— ‘ ; a4 Le, ) = A . j ) l y ‘ Y Y “~ ) } . | OT ai. : | ' | | = L | — si 5 | | THE IRON AGE : | \ 3 : \ . | > | ) | t . Fig. 2.—-The Parts in the Finishing Process. : inished chains could be made in nine operations. In he year 1889 a German patent was granted to Hippolyte 3 ‘ougier for the manufacture of weldless steel chains from - ross iron bars. In Birmingham, England, as well as in ‘hicago, Ill., these processes have been tested, but the vriter has been unable to obtain anything concerning hem. The Oury process. although ingenious, was too com- 9.27 1.652 64,000 93,500 56.540 Fractured at link 2, rear end; fractured section same as 7a. 9.3 1.67 33,100 96,000 57,450 Fractured at link, 2 in the center, right-hand side; fractured section dull gray, short, to fine scaly. 9.25 1.589 33,100 86,000 54.040 Fractured at link 2, rear end; fractured section short, scaly, in part fine granular. QE ea, Tn me CeO ata tecnae ct eeeea ET NE te ee NNR “—e i ee tina ee th. ee fe 550 THE IRON AGE February 16, 190: Results of Tests for Breaking Load of Iron.—Welded Chain. chain rolling mill by means of special machinery a1 9.73 2.025 39,700 64,000 31,285 The rear part of the link tools is shown in Fig. 7, which also contains a likeness « was torn off; fractured section, partly coarse crystalline, partly fine granular, in part scaly and in part flaky with flaws. Other tests have shown up to 71.25 kg. tensile strength per square millimeter, or nearly 102,000 pounds per square inch, and in the last few years, by taking the best Fig. 4. steel obtainable, these results have been much improved upon. After a few years’ experience the original section of the bar was changed to the form shown in Fig. 6, which was a great improvement. In every modern rolling proc- ess the waste material forms an important item in the cost of production. This waste in the chain rolling mill will not amount to more than 3 to 7 per cent. of the weight in the smaller sizes and to 14 per cent. in the larger sizes. This includes the loss in punching off the fins of burrs and of the removal of pieces of metal dur- ing the finishing process. . The process of manufacturing rails and tires with this the inventor, who is the second at the left of the phot graph. The complete housings of the rolling mill have weight of approximately 300 tons, and the rolls a driven by a two-cylinder 48 x 56 inch reversing engi The furnace for heating the billets is nearly 80 feet lo and 25 feet wide and has seven fire ports. A roller ta + = mS gh LOX 7%, WITLI AWWW THE 'AON AG Side Elevation and Part Section of the Klatte Rolling Mill. moves between the furnace and the rolling machine. The size of an installation of this chain rolling machinery depends on the variety in the weight and length of bil- lets handled. Chains from % inch thickness to 3% inch may be rolled in the same housing. Fig. 8 shows clearly the rolling operation. The rolls are between 5 feet and ¢ feet S inches diameter; the grooves are mechanically cut by special tools in a tire which is shrunk on the solid center of the roll. (See Fig. 7.) cciiatainmpelllggiieipaisiattece bie At the annual dinner of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, February 8, Frank J. Sprague, in responding to a toast, rhe ery bil- neh irly a 5 ally olid » of ork, ast, February 16, 1905 THE aid that $100,000,000 was being spent in New York in istalling electric traction. He pointed out that there as unlimited room for development, saying that there re 200,000 miles of railroad in the United States op- erated by steam to 30,000 miles on which electricity is used. The doing away with steam was only a matter of finance. It was established that electricity could fur- nish any power and sustain any speed. — a —__—_———- Bill to Repeal the Bankruptcy Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 14, 1905.—The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives has taken ction of much importance to the business community and that will cause considerable anxiety, at least until the end of the present session of Congress. By a vote of 8 to 5 the committee has reported with a favorable recommendation a long pending bill introduced by Rep- resentative Clayton of Alabama providing for the ab- solute repeal of the Federal Bankruptcy act. This Fig. 5.—Find Elevation and Transverse Section through the Rolling Mill. statute, which became a law in 1898, has come to be re- garded with very general favor by the commercial inter- ests of the country, especially since the passage of the Ray bill, by which a number of minor defects were cured, inainly those by reason of which dishonest debtors had been able to procure discharges without complying with the spirit of the law. The proposition to abolish the act, therefore, is well calculated to cause apprehension and to direct a deluge of protests upon both houses of Con- gress, Snap Judgment by the Committee. The correspondent of The Iron Age is able to state, iowever, that the law is in less peril than might be sup- sed as the result of the action of the Judiciary Com- nittee. The vote upon the Clayton bill was taken at a ime when four of the majority members of the com- nittee, who are supporters of the present statute, were ibsent, while all the minority members were present. lad the absentee n their seats the motion to re- ort the bill wou! yeen lost and the measure would iave been