The Iron Age 1907-10-10: Vol 80 Iss 15

THE Published every Thursday Moraing by David Wiilliar ~ (So. (14-16 Park Place, Vol. 80: No. 15 Reading Matter Contents...... page 1040 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 195 Classified List of Advertisers “ 185 New York, Thursday October\ro 1909 IRON- AGE / New York. &)A $5 00 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, 1 > Cents Advertising and Subsoription Rates‘ 194 Reed F. Blair & Co. Frick Building, Pittsburg. Pa. COKE, PIG IRON CHROME ORE FERRO MANGANESE SILICON SPIEGEL, ETC. SB ey. rate iE er ~ . = Ropes and sede Lo Me Sr pas is Steel Belt Lacing SAVES Time, Belts, Money. Greatest Strength with Least Metal Send for Circu- lar Q and Free Samples THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn. NEW YoOrK anid ¢ SAMSON SPOT CORD BRISTOL'S READY TO APPLY — FINISHED JOINT Also Massachusetts and Phoenix Brands. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass, TURNBUCKLES lore - Cleveland, O. TORN BSvUCEULE Ss. - MERRILL BROS., ——_>— 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn E.D., N.Y, Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., PILLING & CRANE Girard Building, Philada. Machesney Bldg., Pittsburg ee | aS rire Bidg., New York — There may be some sub- stitute for HIGH QUALITY —pbut so far it has not been discovered. See AMERICAN SHEET & TIN PLATE COMPANY'S Ad. on Page 16. | BIG GAME U.M.C.2ac0M5 se NATIONAL HONOR UPHELD = HE splendid American Rifle Team won the Palma Trophy in the national match with Canada, Australia and Eng land. The American team chose UMC cartridges after competi- tive tests with other makes. Tne \merican and foreign press united in praise of American (UMC) ammuni tion, which gave the American team a decided and winning advantage. UMC Quality Ercels, Sell UMC Carts The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency: 313 Broadway, New York City. WATER TUBE Oh4e Babcock @ Wilcox Co. 85 Liberty Street New York BOILERS See page 54 ‘* Capewell ’’ Horse Nails Yield Dealers The Largest Annual Profits Considerably more than half of all the nails sold in the United States are ‘‘Capewell.”’ Dealers who always keep this brand of nail in stock secure the largest volume of the horse nail business annually. IT PAYS TO CARRY ‘“ THE BEST ’’ NAIL Made By; The Capewell Horse Nail Co., om us‘. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF HORSE NAILS IN THE WORLD JENKINS BROS. VALVES STANDARD PATTERN. Made of new steam metal of the best grade. Fitted with the Jenkins Disc assur- ing an absolutely steam tight valve under all ordinary pressures. When fitted with a soft Jenkins Disc they are the most satisfactory valves that can be obtained for use on water, air or gas. All parts interchangeable. Every valve bearing the Trade Mark is guaranteed. JENKINS BROS., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, _ London. “Sedan” Gold Rolled Steel. Drawing 2 samping THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING COMPANY SEE Water and Rail Delivery) BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PAGE MAGNOLIA eraicrion METAL The Standard Babbitt of the World everything in the Babbitt Line. “oS wAGHOLIA METAL CO New York: 115 Bank St. Chicago: Fisher Building. Montreal: 31 St Nicholas St. AGE SHEET IRON BRASS, COPPER GERMAN |" SILVER | LOW BRASS, SHEET BRONZE, THE STOVE PIPE SHEETS DICKEY PLANISHED SHEETS WELLSVILLE POLISHED STEEL and ~ HAMMERED OPEN HEARTH BRIGHT TIN and ROOFING PLATES BRONZE TUBING : : : +: WATERBURY, CONN. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. FOLLANSBEE BROTHERS COMPANY PITTSBURGH Phosphor and Deoxidized Bronze Composition, Yellow Brass and Alumi- num Castings, large and small Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS SHEET ZINC ANDO 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 LECLANCH« Biers eH 105 -109 So, Jefferson St., Chicago. NL ME UIC OLS ACTS ye AG Thies: UITLPHTTIDH fatete eMac GERMAN SILVER J rc rence ane copper THE SEYMOUR MFG. CO. SEYMOUR, CONN. HENDRICKS BROTHERS PROPRIETORS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Brazsicrs’ Boit and Sheathing COPPER COPPER WIRD AND RIVETS, 7 Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. NICKEL ANODES T ROD WIRE WIRE SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER | TUBING, BRAZED BRASS AND WATERBURY BRASS CO., 99 John St., New York. Providence, R. I. The Plume & Atwood ti. Co. Manufacturers of “rm Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE Printers’ Brass, Jewelers’ Metal, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burrs Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 279 Broadway, NEW YORK Room 508 Heyworth Building, East Madi- son St., CHICAGO, ILL Rolling Mill | THOMASTON, CONN. | Factories __ WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, GERMAN SILVER, Sheets, Rolls, Wire Rods, Bolts and Tubes, Brass Shells, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, Special Brass Goods to Order. FACTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN. DEPoTs: NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON Henry Souther Engineering Co. snneteee aie gists and Analysts. Metallur- Complete Physical Testing Laboratory. Expert Testimc ny in Court and Patent Cases. Arthur. Rutter’ Co. 256 Bro: "way NEW x ORK Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and German Silver. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire. Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tube. Copper and Brass Rod. THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., a> Jenn a Pastng, Zr ewer i “89 Pearl Ss... 17 N. 7th ot, Philadelphia MANUFACTURERS OF Brass (SHEET AND | TUBING Copper ‘ WIRE Metal Goods made to order from _ Sheet, Rod. Wire and Tubing. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE GERMAN SILVER THE RIVERSIDE METAL Co. *.Y “™ =RiveRSIDE, N. J. VRADE Pa THE IRON AGE New York, Thursday, October 10, 1907. The Arthur Koppel Company’s New Works. Description of the New Development at Koppel, Pa. Its products being used in every country on the globe, and its factories being located in various parts of the world, the Arthur Koppel Company has attained the position of the most widely known and largest builder of portable and industrial railroads, mining and dump cars and other railroad equipment, especially of the nar row gauge type. For a number of years the company has owned and operated large works for the manufacture Having five large, well equipped plants in Continental Europe, the company was able until recently to supply the demands of its great field force from these plants The policy pursued was to ship the products for export from the European factories in knocked down form and then reassemble them upon their arrival at their destina tion. The business of the several American branch of- fices grew so rapidly within the last few years, however, CONNECTING RAILROAD NTERWORKSB RAILROAD ERECTION SHOF MACHINE f LIGH CAF 40OF x 176 POWER HOUSE - 52 Pig. 1.—Ground Plan of the Works of the Arthur Koppel Coinpany, Koppel, Fa , i. , of its products at Bochum, Germany; Fives-Lille, France ; Budapest, Hungary; Prague, Bohemia, and St. Peters- burg, Russia. Its sales offices are located in every im : portant city in the world, for the company is a firm be- liever in the advantages of having a branch office with a corps of engineers in close proximity to the consuming centers. Consequently, as its field of operations grows, its branch office system expands to meet the increased requirements. that it became necessary to plan for the establishment of a large plant in the United States, where the company’s products might be manufactured completely of American material. The Location of the New Plant, A little more than a year ago it was decided to build such a plant in this country. The first question to be de cided, of course, was that of location. It was naturally determined to place the plant as closely as possible to the ¥ THE Q&SO source of supply of raw materials, and as the business of the company extends throughout the entire country, rather than in Pittsburgh District held the double advantage of being the very heart of the located for any one section, the raw material market and of being centrally distribution of the finished product. The established manufacturing centers of this district were so crowded, however, that it was found quite im- possible to obtain a choice location, which for future expansion of the new industry. It cided, therefore, to pick out an undeveloped tract, having the necessary space, and at the same time having the ad- would allow was de- vantageous shipping facilities of the near by settled com munities. This meant not only the building of a new plant, but the town as founding of a hew IRON well. The October 10, AGE 1907 In view of the fact that the Beaver Connecting Rail- road is laid out so as to touch all of the proposed factory shipping facilities of the Arthur shared in by all other in the new town, which admirable will sites, the Koppel Company also be manufacturers deciding to locate has been named Koppel. The Koppel Laud Company. interests of the company have identified interest, known as the Koppel Land Company, which is now laying out the new town, and offer advantages in home sites to employees of the Arthur Koppel Company and of The real estate been placed in charge of an which will many other concerns which are expected to locate there under the inducements offered. Contracts have been placed by the Koppel Land Company for the grading, paving and Fig. 2.—The Engine Room in the Plant of the Arthur Koppel Company. Re Fe ee Fig. 3.—The Light Car Shop of the Arthur Koppel Company. tract Beaver River, within the 30-mile radius, which confines the sec- tion enjoying Pittsburgh freight rates. About 650 acres of land on the outskirts of the town of Homewood and a short distance north of Beaver Falls, were purchased. Of this 250 acres were set aside for manufacturing plants, 50 acres being intended for the company’s own The balance is to be devoted to sites for homes. The Pennsylvania lines pass the works on one side and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, connecting with the entire New York Central passes on the other side. The site is also on the proposed Pennsylvania & Erie Canal. own branch line, to be known as the Beaver Connecting Railroad, which will have direct both of the above trunk lines, thus insuring the railroad facilities for terials. selected is in Beaver County, Pa., on the use. system, The company is building its connections with very best pos- sible receiving and shipping hin sewering of some of the main streets, and the town of Koppel will possess cheap natural gas for fuel, electric light, pure air and an abundant supply of good water. The town will also soon be connected by an electric line with other towns in the Beaver valley. The site laid out for the town is high flood lines, the ground being slightly elevated, insuring residents there absolute free- dom from smoke and other annoyances. Already a num- ber of houses for employees have been built and others are under way. above The Plant, For designing and equipping the new plant of the Arthur Koppel Company, the services of Dodge & Day, engineers, Philadelphia, were enlisted. So as to have a portion of the plant available for operation at the earliest moment possible, it was planned to build it in sections on the unit system. This method provides for the operation of all departments upon the completion of the first sec- October 10, 1907 tion and a uniform enlargement of the entire plant to its ultimate proportions without disturbing the operation of any of the departments. The first section, gun in May, 1906, and finished in June of this year, is now fully in operation. Its products comprise portable, interlocking sections of track, together with interchange- able curves, turntables, turnouts, &e. ; mine cars, dump cars, platform cars, ladle cars, cinder ears and a great variety of standard and special cars and railroad appliances. The general layout of the plant and the dimensions of the buildings are shown in the diagram, Fig. 1. It will be noted that the company practices what it preaches in the extensive employment of the industrial railroad system throughout the plant. It that all the buildings are connected by means of narrow gauge railroads, which make it possible to take the raw materials from the railroads running around the plant and carry them through the various departments, finally the finished which was be- crossings, switches, other will be seen when products emerge via the industrial THE IRON Os! AGE ing windows, located at the top. floors and windows is ating devices, &c., The space between the used for mounting oper- and in buildings where heavy plate work is done the plates may be placed against the wall without fear of injuring the windows or window frames. The hight of the windows permits both light and ventila- tion. In addition to this, the air enters the shops above the heads of the em- ployees and prevents drafts or any dust from blowing in on their work. The walls and ings. lockers, when the windows are raised steam heating lines are run up from the side run overhead the whole length of the build- The ventilators are controlled from below by means of gearing. The floors are made of 6-in. tar concrete, reinforced by 3-in. hemlock and 1-in. maple. This con- struction results in an even floor and permits alignment for the work, a much desired object. The floor also has a compressed air line running through the center of each shop, where ‘air is required, with handy that the pneumatic tools can be taken anywhere that a connections, so be at) A + a1 ee . oe. - Fig. 4.—Erecting Shop in the Plant of the Arthur Koppel Company. railroad for shipment. This system is supplemented by an overhead electric traveling crane’ system, and the two are so designed that they work together in perfect har- mony and insure the minimum amount of manual hand- ling. The machinery equipment of the various departments is so arranged that with the excellent handling facilities the work is performed in a most economical manner. As a large portion of the work consists of the shearing, punching and riveting of heavy plates, the great advan- tage of bringing the work directly to the machines and manipulating it with a minimum amount of manual la- ’ bor will readily be appreciated. A notable feature of the machinery equipment is the universal adoption of the electric drive, all machine tools, even to the smallest grinders and hack saws, being equipped with individual motors. The Bulldings, The buildings have skeleton steel frames with con- crete sides, floors and roofs. Large windows insure ample light. In fact, the sides of all the buildings are almost entirely of glass, so large and plentiful are the windows. <A unique feature in construction is that the concrete walls run up 6 ft. high, the windows being mounted above that hight and running up to the revolv- job may be located, and not make it the work to the tools, equipped. The yard adjacent to the plant is laid out very syste- matically. <A 5-ton Niles electric traveling crane, with a 75-ft. span and 400-ft. runway, connects the plant with the railroad, which is in turn served by a portable sys- tem of the company’s trackage entering each department. permitting quick loading and unloading of materials. <A Dodge Coal Storage Company 5-ton crane, with 35-ft. reach, is used in the yard in conveying the heavy material and in the lifting. The stock of sheets, bars and structural steel is kept in the yard. A Hilles & Jones angle shear, 6 x 4 x % necessary to take as in some cases in shops not so locomotive in. capacity, and a new Doty guillotine shear with a 6 x 1 in. capacity, are also located under sheds in the yard. Centrally located in the yard, between all depart- ments, are a series of bins containing a large stock of all kinds of supplies, which are drawn on when the stock in the storeroom runs low. The power plant is located in a concrete and steel con- structed building, set on heavy concrete fotndations. The engine room is 50 x 50 ft. and contains a 200-hp. Buckeye high speed automatic engine, directly connected to a 200- kw. generator, which furnishes light for the entire of- O82 THE fices and plant and power for the machinery, which is all motor driven by Westinghouse equipment. The oil is carried in drain pipes from the engine and pumped to a filter and reused. An Ingersoll-Rand air with a capacity of 450 ft. of free air per minute, fur- nishes air for the pneumatic tools in the machine and erecting shops. The floor of the engine room is raised about 6 ft., the object of this being to have all pipes run underneath, so as to permit of access when desired. An interior view of the engine room is shown in Fig. 2. The boiler plant is in the same building, but separated from the engine room by a thick wall, and is of the same dimensions, 50 x 50 ft. It consists of two 200-hp. Erie City tubular boilers, a large vacuum pump, which takes the exhaust steam and forces it through a system of radiation that heats the offices and the entire plant. An American Well Works deep well pump, located in a detached building, draws water from a 220-ft. well and forces it into a 15,000-gal. tank, located on a compressor, storage IRON AGE ()ctober 10, 1907 tural shapes are being made up to size in the car shop, the axles, wheels and other parts are being machined in the machine shop, the work of each coming into the erecting shop where they are assembled. The completed cars are taken out at one end. The erecting shop con- tains some Tate, Jones & Co.’s heating furnaces, and the 50 ft., is centrally located in and For the present the carpenter shop is located in the erecting shop building, but is to be moved into a separate building. Its equipment is made up of two 12-in. combination cross and rip cut saws, an American Wood Working Ma- Company three-spindled drill and a 40-in. band Two views are shown in this shop, Figs. 4 and 5. tool and store room, 50 x this, between the car machine shops. chine saw. The Machine Shop is 75 x 100 ft., and is equipped with modern machinery throughout, two 30-in. wheel boring ma- chines, one Baker and one Warner & Swasey, equipped for variable speed motor drives; a 30 in. x 10 ft. Mark consisting of TR? i Ir Oe ee Fig. 5.—Another View in the Erecting Shop of the Arthur Koppel Company. tower, thus insuring a large supply of good clear water at all times. The Light Car Shop is located in a building, 100 x 175 ft., and is served by two 2-ton Niles electric traveling cranes, with several auxiliary jib cranes, located at nearby points. The equip- ment in this shop consists of a Higley cold saw having a capacity of 20-in. I beams and grinder for its saw; two 1 x 1 in. Williams, White & Co., combination punches; one Lennox rotary splitting shear, % in.; one Cleveland Punch & Shear Company %& in. x 10 ft. plate bending roll; a 5 in. x 10 ft. straightening roll of the same make; a Williams, White & Co. combination punch, capa- ble of punching 30 holes in %-in. stock at one time; one 28-in. Barnes and one 28-in. Hoefer radial drills; one Williams, White & Co. riveting hammer, with a capacity of 3 in. cold rivet work. A Chester B. Albree riveter, possessing the hydro-pneumatic and toggle features, is also included, which is the first of its kind to be installed in any plant. A view of this shop is given in Fig. 3. The Erecting Shop is roomy, consisting of a building 50 x 200 ft., and is served by a 5-ton Niles electric traveling crane, in addi- tion to smaller jib cranes. This shop is so constructed that it contains at one end the car shop and at the other end the machine shop. While the plates and struc- Flather planer; a 36 in. x 10 ft. American Tool Works Company planer; an 18-in. Lodge & Shipley lathe; a Bridgeport double end axle lathe; a 12-in. Le Blond lathe; one 20-in. Bardons & Oliver and an 8-in. of the same make; two two-spindle drills; one 28-in. Hoefer drill; one 48-in. American Tool Works radial drill; two 24-in. American Tool Works shapers; one Hydro-Press Com- pany 40-ton wheel press, besides grinders, &c. A 10-ton Niles electric crane is used in lifting the heavy machine work. A corner of this shop is presented in Fig. 6. The Blacksmith Shop is in a 75 x 175 ft. building. It is equipped with two 2- ton Niles electric cranes, small jib cranes, an 8-ft. Stur- tevant blower of the down draft system used on the 10 forges, an 800-lb Erie steam hammer, a No. 6 Ajax bull- dozer, a 7 ft. x 18 in. grindstone, two large special heat- ing furnaces, a 6 ft. x 8 ft. and a 4 ft. x 6 ft. heating furnace, a two-spindle drill and a % x % in. Cincinnati combination punch, in addition to bending clamps. One end of this building is seen in Fig. 7. A separate building contains modern sanitary closets and lavatories with hot and cold water. A little removed from the plant proper the company has erected a two-story brick building, 50 x 75 ft. The first floor contains the superintendent’s office, cost clerks and clerical force, which offices are in addition to the general offices maintained in the Machesney Building, October 10, 1907 Pittsburgh. partment. As has already been stated, the Arthur Koppel Com- pany owns 50 acres of land, five of which the plant now occupies. It has built this plant with a view to future growth and expects to add more buildings in the future. During the four months that the works have been in oper- The second floor is used by the drafting de ation more than 2000 cars of all kinds and a large amount of portable track have been manufactured and shipped. The company supplied the industrial railroad equipment for the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels under the North River in New York, also material for the one VE i His Ara Sibeares THE IRON AGE 983 Rapid Factory Construction. Bullding Erected for the General Electric Company at Newark, N. J.,in Twenty-Nine Days. BY C. M. RIPLEY. A building contract notable for the time in which it was executed considering the amount of work which had to be done was that of the lamp factory recently fin ished for the General Electric Company, at Newark, N. J. na Fig. 6.—Corner in the Machine Shop of the Arthur Koppel Company. Fig. 7.—The Blacksmith Shop in the Plant of the Arthur Koppel Compan) to be built under the Detroit River by the Michigan Central, besides filling important government contracts on work at the navy yards, in the Philippines, &c. A late contract now being completed is for 100 20-ton plat- form cars, which are intended for hauling sugar cane on the Porto Rican Railroad. The works are busy in all departments, employing at present 200 workmen. Connellsville The Peerless Coke Company, Greens- burg, Pa., has been organized with the following officials: Wade Echard, Uniontown, president; P. W. Simon Con- nellsville, secretary, and James M. Doyle, Connellsville, treasurer. The company is building a new coke plant in the Connellsville region, near the Donnelly and Mayfield plants of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, which will have 40 ovens. The building covers an acre, and is one-story high, but the foundations and lower wa!ls were made strong enough for three stories to be added Jater. was broken by the contractor, Salmond pany, Arlington and Newark, N\. J., and on May 23 the building was finished and the machinery was being in stalled. The elapsed time was 29 days, and there was no night or Sunday work, and the skilled labor had a half holiday on Saturdays. On April 24 ground Brotbers Com A condition which develuped caused the architects to grant the contractor an additional week over the time originally specified, but it was not required. The foot- ings were designed for a depth of 4 ft. 6 in., but because the site had previously been occupied by a tannery and it was necessary to excavate targe quantities of tan bark, 984 these footings had to be mad-~ 16 ft. deep in places. In spite of this handicap, the work was completed two days ahead of the original contract time without taking ad- vantage of the extra week allowed for the deeper founda- tions. The provision in the specifications that the founda- tions and walls of the first story should be strong enough to allow three additional stories increased the difficulty of the contract. This, with the limitation of the ultimate pressure on the soil to 5000 Ib. per square foot, made much heavier work necessary than would have been the case on the one-story factory building. The cost of the factory was approximately $50,000, and in one week of five and a half days the payroll amounted to $6000. About this time 400,000 bricks were laid in 11 working days, or an average of 36,000 bricks per day. The force included 280 men, under the direc- tion of four mason foremen, fuur carpenter foremen and four labor foremen. Two timekeepers were continually employed, and one of the contracting firm was always present. When it is considered that no night work was done, it will be seen that the two timekeepers were an extra precaution, showing systematic cost keeping meth- ods. Aside from the large working force, the factor that probably contributed most to expeditious construction was the purchase of materials locally. The common Jer- sey hard brick, long leaf yellow pine, Portland cement, window frames, trim and, in fact, all materials were purchased in Newark for immediate delivery, and were trucked to the job. It is frankly admitted by the con- tractors that the response to their personal appeals to local business acquaintances resulting in prompt deliver- ies, enabled them to accomplish the work in record time, for the season was one in which slow deliveries pre- vailed on all building materials. An arrangement that matcrially helped to hasten the construction of the roof was the allotting of the work to two separate roofing contractors. One employed men from a Newark labor union, and the other men from a Brooklyn labor union. These two gangs worked simul- taneously each on one-half of the roof, and the good natured rivalry between them was largely responsible for completing the work speedilv. While this was going on a 4in. tar concrete floor was being laid. The tem- porary roof of hemlock, with its final covering, and the concrete floor were all finished within four days. Throughout the factory standard mill construction was used. The girders rest upou post caps of the usual type. The posts are 14 x 14 in.; the girders, 16 x 16 in., and the beams, 10 x 16 in. in- unfinished size—that is, be- fore planing. The sleepers for the 114-in. maple floor are of 3 x 4 in., long leaf yellow pinc embedded in concrete and spaced 18 in. between ceuters. All mortar was made of lime and Portland cement, and the windows and door sills are of dressed bluestone. Wilson, Harris & Rich- ards, Philadelphia, were the architects. —— poem The statement is made that the Whitaker Iron Com- pany’s old Principio Furnace, near Elkton, Md., which for many years turned out a high grade of charcoal pig iron, is to be dismantled and the equipment shipped to Michigan to be used in the erection of a charcoal fur- nace there. The dismantling of this furnace marks the close of the manufacture of pig iron in Cecil County, dat- ing from 1721. The first blast furnace was built at that place by an English firm, with home offices at Birming- ham. There are in the possession of the Maryland His- torical Society many interesting and well preserved rec- ords and letters relating to the early history of this plant, in which General Washington was once interested. Dur- ing the war of 1812 cannons and cannon balls were cast at the furnace, and the company has in its possession many of these interesting old relics of that historic pe- riod. The Whitaker Company still maintains at Prin- cipio a forge which does a thriving business in the manu- facture of charcoal iron blooms, and is the only iron plant in operation in Cecil County at the present time. THE IRON AGE October 10, £907 Steel for Mine Timbering. A pamphlet on “ Steel Mine Timbers” has been pub- lished by the Carnegie Steel Company. The introductory pages refer to the large amount of timber consumed each year in mining operations, the statement being made on the authority of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture that in 1905 the anthracite mines of Penn- sylvania consumed 52,620,000 cu. ft. of round timber and nearly 121,620,000 board feet of sawed timber, costing $5,340,000. In the same year the bituminous mines of the United States used nearly $6,400,000 worth of timber. About the same amounts are estimated to have been used in 1906, though in the latter year the cost increased about 50 per cent. Reforestation goes on so slowly as to have no appreciable affect on the increasing cost. The average cost of timber per ton of coal mined in the anthracite region amounted in 1905 to 7.7 cents. The adaptability of steel to mine uses has already been well demonstrated and its long life under all conditions of temperature, moisture and stress are computed to compensate amply for the increased first cost of installation. The first use of steel in mines in the United States is said to have been made by the Susquehanna Coal Com- pany, and in the anthracite region there are in use to-day steel timbers which for 12 to 15 years have been ex- posed in the deep parts of mines to constant contact with mine water, and without signs of failure or corrosion. It is estimated that there are now in use three to four miles of gangways timbered with steel. With steel there is, in addition to long life, the advantage of cutting to length and fashioning in convenient units ready for erec- tion, its smaller weight contributing to convenience and economy. It is suggested that the only method by which to de- termine the proper sizes for steel timbers is to proportion them in accordance with the relative theoretical values of the two classes of material. For steel timbering in the anthracite region the construction consists of a single beam collar and double channel legs, the legs being con- nected to the beam by pins, wedges and cast iron separa- tors and resting at the bases on cast iron pedestals. H sections are shown in the pamphlet, intended for use either for square timbers or for props. They can be cut to length at the mills, or shipped in long lengths to the mine. Illustrations are shown of common types of tim- bering where steel is used, particularly steel gangway supports. Tables of safe loads are given for H and I sections as beams, these being based upon the extreme fiber stresses of 16,000 Ib. per square inch; also tables of safe loads for H sections as struts and for double channel struts. Emphasis is laid in the comment accom- panying the tables on he great advantage connected with the use of steel in that it averts the danger to life and property following the ignition of dry mine timber by the miner’s naked lamp. It is estimated that the average mortality in the anthracite region due to fires and acci- dents is nearly one-fifth of 1 per cent. of the total number of persons employed. The use of steel at mines for head frames, breakers, &c., is now common, and it is believed the employment of steel as square timbers and mine props will grow. Numer- ous installations have been made in tubular form in the most important mines of Germany, while ordinary structural material, whether straight or bent, has had large place in the mining operations of England and France. sa tae Some large additions are being made to the No. 1 plant of the Jamison Coal & Coke Company, at Luxor, Westmoreland County, Pa., on the Alexander branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. These consist of 100 new coke ovens which will be in operation about a month, making a total of 410 ovens at this plant, and a new 1800 ton coal washer and steel tipple. The company owns a total of 1200 ovens in what is known as the Greensburg basin, the coke being made in this basin being regarded as fully as high in quality as that made in the Connellsville re- gion. The monthly output is about 60,000 tons, of which one-third is foundry coke and two-thirds furnace. October 10, 1907 A Metal Spinning Lathe. The widening range of work in metal spinning, which, until within comparatively recent years was of some- what limited extent, has led to advancement in the in- dustry and improvement in the tools and appliances used in such operations. It was the purpose of the Good Mfg. Company, Chicago, which manufactures the spinning lathe illustrated herewith, to embody in it features of improvement that would add materially to efficiency, durability and economy. In its general appearance the lathe does not differ essentially from other tools of simi- Fig. 1.—Headstock Showing Quick Release Device. lar character. The headstock mechanism, however, in- cludes new features, which, it is claimed, realize in a large degree the objects sought. Reference to the sectional view of the headstock, Fig. 2, will afford an intelligent understanding of its con- struction and its characteristic features. One of the latter is observed in the manner in which the cones are made and fitted to the spindle. It will be noted that the four step cone pulley is made in two parts, the larger having an extension taper hub sawed laterally with four slots; this fits into a taper bore of the smaller cone sec- THE IRON AGE 985 thus tightening or loosening it according to the direc- tion in which the spindle is turned. This obviates the necessity of removing the housings for the purpose of adjusting the bearings. The tightness with which the nut turns upon the spindle is determined by a slot sawed in it and an adjusting screw (9); this adjustment, how ever, when once made need not be altered for subsequent adjustments of the bearing. A roller thrust bearing (11) is provided within the housing (18) to hold against the end pressure in heavy spinning work. This bearing hard- ened tool steel step inserted in the end of the spindle, working against a pair of hardened rollers (12 and 13); these in turn bear against a bard disk (15) which is adjustable by means of the screw (16), and jock nut (17), both of which are entirely accessible. Particular attention is called to the device provided consists of a steel for the quick release of the spinning screw. This is known as Schulz’s Favorite attachment, and is shown in position on the headstock in Fig. 1. By this means the operator is enabled to remove and replace work on the spindle while the lathe is running at full speed and the wear and tear on both lathe and belting due to frequent stops and starts are thus obviated. The application and operation of this device is made clear in the sectional drawing. It will be noted that in a hole bored in the nose of the spindle is fitted a sleeve (25) in front of which is a spring slit nut (26). The hole of the bore is closed by a plug (27), in the center of which is an opening of sufficient size to admit the spinning screw. The spring nut is normally kept closed by the pressure of a spring (29), which presses the sleeve forward against it. The spinning screw when turned into this nut holds the work securely in position and is quickly released by pressure on the handle (24), which retracts a collar along the spindle, and by means of a through and through pin draws the sleeve back al- lowing the split nut to open and release the spinning screw. Thus the finished work can be removed without stopping the lathe, thereby effecting an appreciable tion and the two are drawn tightly together by means of cap screws. The pressure thus exerted firmly clamps the hub to the spindle to secure a grip fully equal to the maximum power the belt can deliver. The spindle has two cones fitting in the bearings, the front one being in one piece with the spindle, while the rear one is of a separate piece and is slipped over the reduced end of the spindle and prevented from turning by a key. Means for altering the location of the cones and thus adjusting both bearings at once is afforded by a nut (8) in the threaded rear end of the spindle. Means for loosening and tightening this nut is furnished by an adjusting pin (10) that engages a slot in the nut, Sectional View of the Headstock of the Spinning Lathe Made by the | Good Mfg. Company, Chicago. saving in time. Both spinning screws and split nut are made of case hardened steel to insure the durability of the threads. The lathes can be equipped for oval work when de- sired. The Favorite releasing attachment can be fitted to other headstocks, but in order to do this it is neces- sary that the entire spindle stock be sent to the factory. The lathe illustrated is furnished with 15, 18, 24 and 26-in. swing, 24-in. centers, and with length of bed rang- ing from 6714 for the smaller to 72%-in. for the larger. A complete countershaft with tight and loose pulleys, a rest bank and one patent roller bearing center are fur- nished with each lathe. Cost Determining. Method for Ascertaining Manufacturing Costs. BY W. BR. KOLLER, There is a growing call from manufacturers employ ing a moderate number of hands for a cost system which is elastic enough to permit of its being economically used TICKET NO DATE ISSUED TO TYROL MFG. CO. N. Y. CITY. | STARTED STOPPED OPERATION TICKET tn STARTEL STOPPEL OB NO. OPERATION TICKET NO STARTED STOPPE a OPERATION TICKET NO. STARTED STOPPE NO. )PERATION TICKET_N STARTEL STOPP PERATION TICKET NO, STARTE PED Coupon Time Ticket when the business is small and at the same time be capa- ble of expansion as the business grows and the number of employees is increased. The system herein described has been designed to meet this contingency, but it will proba- r [ DESCRIPTION DATE WORKMAN RIN - N DRILLING SHAPIN TURNING NDIN PLANIN Fig. 3 Cost bly be found of interest to the large as well as the small manufacturer. Coupon Time Ticket. The system is based on the card index and the main feature is the Ticket herewith in Fig. 1. This ticket is 5 in. wide and 12 in. long, the upper portion being a standard size 3 x 5 in. index card to which Coupon Time shown THE IRON ()ctober 10, 1907 AGE are attached six coupons, perforated so that they may easily be detached feom the strip These strips are given out each morning at the time Each his foreman, and, should 1 the coupons, he gets additional strips from of workman ‘commencing work and taken up each evenings is given one strip by he use up al the foreman, one at a time, as he needs them. card at the is detached, and the workman’s name or number is it, and that all. This card merely for identification of the coupon numbers, for it will be seen that all the coupons vear the same ticket number as that on the card at the top of the strip. Each When the strip is given out, the 8 x 5 in. head written on the date is is workman shouid turn in all the six coupons at ne es, = OPERATI - TI T TARTE STOPPE 0 ATION / TI T yp PERsy — rd St PRE Cs as ICkey se f / ee | Fig. 2.—Manner in Which Coupons Are Filled Out and Detached the end of the day, whether all have been used or not, and the coupons turned in by each man should show exactly how all of his time was used up during the day. A different coupon is used for each new job worked on or each time the workman makes a change from one job to another, even though he goes back to the first job When he enters his starting time on the left hand side of the bottom coupon. This is a stage of the svstem where the size of the plant It should be borne in mind that this is primarily a cost system and after a shorter or longer time spent on other jobs. he starts on the first job in the morning, will determine how the time should be entered. should not be confused in any manner with time keeping systems intended merely for determining when the men although that, too, can read- ily be determined by the coupons. If the plant employs only a few hands it may serve arrive at or leav2 the shop JOB NO. CARD NO, = 4 - TIN M LIN TAPPIN FACING j | } | | 1 —___—~_—_—"“—~ TX 00. oa ee Assembling Card. the purpose to have the time entered on the coupons in pencil, whereas if a sufficient number are employed to justify the expense a time sfamp could be used to excel- lent In this case, the coupon is brought to the foreman or to the time clerk, who may have a desk located in a central part of the shop convenient for all, 1 in on the coupons at this point. advantage. and the time is stamped October 10, 1907 THE IRON AGE 987 When the job is completed, or whenever the workman of the job and the name of the operation—i. e., whether leaves the job to work at something else, the stopping milling, facing, planing, drilling, lathe work, &c. time should be entered, the coupon detached from the Cost Assembling Card. es rn acelin cine: ; In the office of the cost clerk the coupons should, first, setetnins be looked over, so as to see that each workman has ac- es ATION st REQUISITION FOR SUPPLIES PLEASE F 2NISH THE FOLLOWING: Fig. 4 Reverse of Cost Assembling Card (Fi strip and the starting time as well as the order number of the job he is about to work on entered on the next EMAN coupon, Fig. 2. It will be seen that in this way every ECEIVED THE minute of every man’s time during the entire day is iced chargeable to orler numbers and it is not left to the work- man to guess how much time he spent on a job, which is rig. 5.—Requaain om Stersmnper Soe Sapgies. the case with the greater number of cost systems. counted for all his time during the day on job numbers. The coupons, as stated. are collected at the close of the Then they should be scrted according to job numbers and [ DESCRIPTION JOB NO. ‘| | | | | A MATERIAL t — ——=— 4 | BORING S CAST IRON a ie | CHIPPING aa WROUGHT IRON - ial | DRILLING aa | | STEEL CASTINGR a | | SHAPING ieee dial | | MACH'Y ina | TURNING . _ | ” Toot ba | PLANING . 4 so COMPOSITION . ‘ | GRINDING a Rae tro | BRASS MILLING coda 7 | | CUTTING OFF eae ee | | | MOUNTING ee See | PIPES & FITTINGS | | | | FILING ee | | || BOLTS & NUTS | | TAPPING FACING } | | | t | | t | | ELPER ie TOTAL LABOR as ~— TOTAL MATERIAL or MISCELLANEOUS as LABOR PATTERNS 3 sii | | DRAWINGS oe a i. i ee aed al } FACTORY BURDEN TOTAL Fig. 6—Completed Cost Card. day, and this collection should include also any blank entries made on a Cost Assembling Card, somewhat like coupons still remaining on the strip which have not been’ the one shown in Fig. 3. If one card is not sufficient to used. In other words, each workman should be required contain all the items of one job, additional cards are to turn in all the coupons, end this can easily be deter- used and numbered consecutively in the upper right hand [ OPERATION | | ieee — f = SSS SS <== + = oe . ——— ¥ { DATE JOB NO. NO. PIECES MAN RATE HOURS | CO8T } MACHINE { NATURE OF METAL REMARKS t So ____ + === = + = + + === — ae + = SE + —=——————— = 4 } | } | | | | | { } } } A } 7 | } ‘a } = + | } u —— peneemens ee ee - Fig. 7.—Operation Cost Card. mined; for, if they are all returned, there will be six corner under “ Card No.” The reverse of this cost assem- coupons for every ticket number. The only entry that the bling card, Fig. 4, is prepared for entering the costs of workman is obliged to make on the coupon is the number materials used on the job 988 Materials Used. Thus far we have dealt only with labor costs, which are the more elusive, and therefore of primary importance. To get the correct costs of materials, it is necessary that all supplies should pass to the workmen through one the storeroon:. When material of any kind is issued to workmen, it shou'!d only be on requisitions signed by the foremen, and the storekeeper should obtain on the requisition, Fig 5, the receipt from the workman for the material delivered to him. These requisitions are turned over to the purchasing department each day, or, if the purchasing department is located at a distance from the plant, to the auditing de- partment for pricing, and from there go to the cost clerk for entering on the cost assembling cards, and thence to the source- Completed Cost Card, Fig. 6, which is a complete record of all costs on the job. These cost cards should be filed according to the job num- ber, using guide cards to separate every 10 or 25 jobs, so as to facilitate quick and easy reference, or, by the name of the customer for whom the job was done, in smaller factories, where this would prove the more convenient. Operation Cost Cards, In addition to the cost cards ahove referred to, it is necessary to keep stiil another record showing the costs of the different operations under varying conditions, filed so that reference may easily be made to them when it is desired to estimate on jobs embodying these operations. A separate card like the one illustrated in Fig. 7 is used for each operation or inodification thereof, and on this is entered the cost of atl operations of the same kind, the name of the workman, order or job number, and the quan- tity covered by that order; also the machine, the nature of the metal and, in fact, all the data which might infiu- ence or affect the cost, so that when a particularly high cost or a particularly low one is obtained the exact con- ditions under which the job was put through can be noted. In this way it is possible to lay oul work most effectively. The record will tell what machine is best adapted for certain work beyond peradventure; also the quantities of an article that can be produced at a time with the great- est economy, and the fitness of the different men for the various classes of work. These cards are filed before guide cards, which should bear on their projections the names of the various operations. This system is particular.y fitting for those who use the piece work method of compensation, or who may wish to place themselves in a position to do so. No attempt has been made to-deal with the manner of entering the order, as the system adapts itself to practically any good order scheme. _—— The Minnesota Iron Ore Situation. DuLutTH, Mrinn., October 5, 1907.—The tax question is not yet settled, but all owners of Minnesota mining lands are cited to appear on Tuesday before the State Board of Equalization. This action was predicted in this correspondence two weeks ago; indeed, it is the only ac- tion that can reasonably be taken. In general, the ton- nages reported to the Tax Commission by mining compa- nies are honest and fair, and the mining men who made just statements to the board are surely entitled to due consideration and to a fair assessment. Those who be- lieve that, from the standpoint of justice, the mines are assessed at altogether too high a figure, have been doing hard work and it is to be hoped their arguments have had some effect. Minnesota ore shipments for the past month were very large—breaking all records for the State. They amounted to 4,650,146 gross tons, of which the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad shipped 2,203,638 tons, the largest amount of ore ever moved by a single railroad system in one month; the Duluth & Iron Range 1,291,044 tons, and the Great Northern 1,155,464 tons. This makes for the year to date a total of 20,999,474 tons from Minne- sota, compared with 19,093,919 tons for the correspond- THE IRON AGE October 10, 1907 ing period of last year, practically 2,000,000 tons ahead. Figures for the entire Lake region for the month are not yet at hand, but it is probable that September shipments were enough to bring the season up to 31,000,000 tons, so that the 40,000,000 ton estimate for the year is easy to reach. While business on old ranges is lighter now than it was a year ago on account of the depletion of stocks, &c., it will be very easy to make up 9,000,000 tons more in the two months yet remaining. Last year more than as much was done in the corresponding period. Stockpiles on the Vermillion Range are about cleaned out, and it is claimed that the range will go into the winter with surface than has been the rule This is the fact as to other ranges also, less ore on for many years. especially of the Menominee and Gogebic, which are prac- Other an increased product tically cleaned out of all stocked ore by this time. things being equal, this will mean for the winter from underground, but there is a very gen eral feeling among mining companies that a universal curtailment will take place in output, and that the ton- nage hoisted the coming winter will be less than for some time. During September 14 steam shovels were worked at the four larger mines of the Hibbing District—the Hull- Rust, Mahoning, Burt and Morris. All but Mahoning worked day and night. From these four giant mines no than 1,400,000 tons were taken during the month. All but the Mahoning shipped over the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad. D. E. W. ——__- ——_—_—__—_ The Newaygo Separator. less The separator illustrated is designed for separating the products of mills and mines. It operates on a new principle in that vibrations of a tightly drawn screen are substituted for the usual shaking motion. The screen, held in strong uniform tension, is vibrated by the constant tapping of small hammers, resulting in sharp and exceed- ingly rapid movements of the material. yet of small ampli- tude. The.surface of the screen is protected ingeniously by the percussive mechanism. The operating method per- mits of the application of the feature of an inclined screen that the fineness of the output may be considerably controlled by altering the incliration of the screening surface. Separators are made for product from }-in. mesh to 200 mesh, the latter being exceedingly fine, and the capacities are from 40,000 Ib. to 1000 !b. per hour, ac- cording to the material and the mesh of the screen used. The separator was invented by W. J. Bell of the Newaygo Portland Cement Company, Newaygo, Mich., by which company it is manufactured, but hereafter the Sturte- vant Mill Company, Boston, Mass., manufacturer of min- ing machinery, will have the