The Iron Age 1908-05-28: Vol 81 Iss 22

THE IRC Published every Thursday Morning by Dawmd Williams Co. 14-16 Park Place, New York. 1.81: No 22. New York, Thur re May 28. soo So ae cee eee } Single Copies, 18 Cents. Resding Matter Contents ....... page 1742 );—— — iphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 185 tassified List of Advertisers "= 175 dvertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 184 NEED F. BLAIR & CO" eae FRICK BUILDING, PITTSBURG, PA. anAt \ STANDARD CONNELLSVILLE «PURNACE The American-Mfg. Co. Ropes and Twines 25 : a coe Cartridges and Shot Shells There are many reasons why sportsmen prefer U. M. C. Cartridges and Shot Shells. These reasons have been the Cause of the U. M. C. factory growing to the largest in the world devoted exclusively to the manufacture of ammunition. The U. M. C. trade mark protects you against dead loss stock and your cus- tomers against inferior quality. The Union Metallic Cartridge Company Agency: 313 Broadway, New York. _ THE BRISTOLCO. Manufacturers of BRISTOL’S RECORDERS Ww. H. 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HENDRICKS BROTHERS Sheet and Bar Copper, Copper Fire Box Plates and Staybolts, Wire and Braziers Rivets Importers end Deolere in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, Bismuth, Nickel, etc. 49 CLIFF STREET, - - - - NICKEL ANODES NEW YORK ™-* The Plume & Atwood Mfg. ry Manufacturers of Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE Printers’ Brass, Jewelers’ Metz, German Silver and Gilding Metei, Copper Rivets and Burrs Br: Butt Hi J h “72 veers, Lampe. 2S Genie =" 279 Broadway, NEW YORK Room 508 Heyworth Building, East Madi- son St., CHICAGO, ILL. Rolling Mill Factories THOMASTON, CONN. WATERBURY, CONN, SCOVILL MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS BRASS, GERMAN. SILVER, Sheets, Rolls, Wire Rods, Bolts and Tubes, Brass Shells, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods. Special Brass Goods to Order. AFCTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON HenrySouther Engineering Co, HARTFORD, CONN. Consulting Chemists, Metallur- gists and Analysts. Complete Physical Testing Laboratory. Bxpert Testimony in Court and Patent Cases. Artur T. Rutter & Op 256 Broadway, NEW YORK. Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and Ger- man Silver. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire. Brazed and Scamless Brass and Copper Tube. Copper and Brass Rod. “ Search-Light’’ GAS Bicycle Lanterns Send fer Circulars and Electrotypes. The BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Postal Telegraph ot, Broadway an! Murray Street, NEW YORK. PHOSPHOR-BRO? ZE GERMAN SILVE THE RIVERS! E METAL CO. RIVERSIDE, N. THE IRON AGE New York, Thursday, May 28, 1908. United States {teel Sheet Piling. An interesting installation of steel sheet piling has recently been completed in the foundation for the A. A. Pope building, Cleveland, Ohio, near the junction of Euclid avenue and Huron road southeast. The use of it solved a difficult building problem and enabled the build- ers to effect a very great saving in cost without sacrificing any of the features especially desired by the owner. In excavating the unusually deep basement water was en- countered from a very thick and active vein of quicksand which had to be kept out until the foundation walls and grillage beams were in place. As putting in the founda- tions under compressed air would have been prohibitive in cost, it was decided to inclose the entire excavation in a large cofferdam, approximately 100 x 200 ft., extend- ing through the quicksand and penetrating the hard clay below. On account of the depth of the penetration how- ever, and the nature of the quicksand, wood sheeting could not be used, so steel sheet was decided upon, the type chosen being the United States 35-lb. section, manu- factured by the Carnegie Steel Company. The contract for the basement work up to the curb line was let to T. B. Bryson, 60 Wall street, New York City, who undertook to build this great steel coffeedam, and the driving of the piling was sublet to The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, of Cleveland. The vein of quicksand was met about 20 ft. below the curb line and extended 27 ft. deeper. The entire lot Was first excavated to about 4 ft. above the quicksand. The piling, which was furnished in 35 ft. lengths, was then driven through the remaining 4 ft. of water sand and the vein of quicksand, finally penetrating 4 ft. into the Clay below. Work was commenced August 20, 1907, with one drop hammer, beginning at the middle of the west side of the building and working south. After a few days this hammer was changed to steam and steam hammers were used on the balance of the driving, except a portion along the east side. During the first of the Work the most difficulties were encountered, chiefly because the crews of the drivers were inexperienced and had fo learn that steel piling must be driven differently than ordi nary wood sheeting. This was corrected by a represen tative of the Carnegie Steel Company, who ‘remained until this part of the work was completed. Before the end of the job the crews did some very good driving. At the outset a water jet was tried, but unsuccessfully, and practically all of the piling was driven without its use. Other experiments were tried, such as the use of toggles and blocking, but most of them were found: to be un- necessary and were given up. The work along the east building lifie required a drop hammer because the piling had to be driven within 8 in. of a party wall, and there was not sufficient clearance for Driving +he Piling for the Pope Building Foundation.—The Driver at the Right Is Working Along a Party Wall on the East Building Line and the One at the Left Is Working on a Staging at the Euclid Avenue End. using a steam hammer. Care had to be exercised to get the piling down straight and while the work was neces- sarily slow, it proved, upon excavation, to be some of the best done on the entire job. Not only were quarters cramped along this side, but the soil proved to be harder than elsewhere, and at times less than \ in. progress was made at a blow. However, this side when completed leaked less than any other part of the work. Soon after the first hammer had started on the east building line, a second hammer, operating under steam, was started on the west side, working north. Connection was made with the first pile driven by a tee rail, the flange of which was chipped off to fit inside the jaws of the pile driven. This rail was driven to place and the next pile was entered over it. On this part of the work the fastest driving was done, the soil being softer and the crews by this time more expert. In one day this hammet drove 25 piles to the full length of 35 ft., which was the record. When the second hammer reached Euclid avenue it was elevated about 12 ft. on a staging, and along this end the piles were driven until their tops were level with the oe 1674 THE IRON AGE May 28, 1908 The Completed Installation of United States Steel Sheet Piling staging. The hammer was then taken back over the same line, and by means of a follower the piling was driven down to the depth required. This method of driving was applied to decrease danger of a serious cave-in, to main- tain a truer alignment and lessen the tendency of the piles to pull apart in driving. The two drivers met near the corner of Euclid avenue and the east building line, com- pleting the circuit of the building As the excavation proceeded a system of heavy timber walling and bracing was carried down in horizontal tiers about 4 to 6 ft. apart, to the bottom of the final excava- tion and centering on large, round, wooden piles, driven at intervals in the central part of the excavation. This bracing held the steel cofferdam in place until the perma- nent walls and interior structure could be built. The walling timber used was 12 x 12 in.. and the bracing was put in on about 8-ft. centers. During this work a single for the Pope Building and the Temporary Walling and Bracing. centrifugal pump, discharging about 275 gal. per min., was used, but it was not necessary to operate it continu- ally. Where caulking was necessary, oakum was used very satisfactorily. This job proved the efficiency of steel sheet piling for work of this character, as it enabled constructing a very large and practically water tight cofferdam through treacherous soil, within which it was possible to excavate and set grillage beams and build outside foundation walls at much less cost than would have been possible under the pneumatic caisson system. It is impossible to lay down any very exact rules for handling and driving steel sheet piling, as the nature of the work is nearly always entirely different in different cases. In the present case, for instance, it is hard to say whether the results obtained by the steam hammer were better than those obtained by the drop hammer or vice versa, as the best work on the A Near View of the Piling at the Euclid Avenue End of the Building, Showing Reinforcing Rods for the Concrete Wall. (Renan. sonanear aati eee May 28, 1908 job was about equally divided between the two methods ; that which would produce the best results in one place might fail utterly in another place. The general adapta- bility of steel sheet piling to works of this character seems, however, to be established, and its use will proba- bly increase in all manner of cofferdams, ditches, and locks, and especially in cases like the Pope Building, where a large open excavation makes it possible to handle the setting of foundations most economically and rapidly. a The Iron Ore Movement Slowly Gaining. DULUTH, MINN., May 238, 1908.—Every day adds slightly to the iron ore movement on the lakes and to docks. Several of the railroads shipping large tonnages, notably the Duluth, Missabe & Northern, whose business will exceed that of any other Lake Superior line, have dumped almost no ore into docks, but are accumulating a few train loads daily at the receiving yards near the terminal, This railroad company was last year the victim of a dock strike, with a later organization of 700 THE IRON AGE 1675 The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad is going after ore traffic on the Menominee with more vigor than ever. It is building tracks to the mines of the Norway and Vulean section and to the Aragon, and is connecting its lines at several points with those of the Wisconsin & Michigan, which it now owns and which had been in touch with a number of mines under former ownership. The scheme of this road for the use of ferries for carrying ore trains from Pestigo the length of Lake Michigan to Chicago and elsewhere has been abandoned under the new ownership. The Young’s exploration at the North Armenia, Crystal Falls, is showing well under tests. At about 100 ft. from surface a crosscut is striking a lens of ore where it was expected. Twenty-five feet above this point the lens showed a width of 90 ft.. and most of it a fairly good grade. It looks very much as though this property might make a mine. It is one of the few explorations still in progress in that region. The Spring Valley Company’s exploration, at Crystal Falls, has ceased, after sinking a shaft 75 ft. and cross- cutting considerably. A small seam of ore was encount- A View Showing the West Building Line, Along Which the Fastest Driving of the Steel Sheet Piling yea. Done. dock laborers affiliated with the other labor organiza- tions in general. Its work this spring has been entirely on the open shop basis, and the union is not recognized. There has been no trouble at the docks and probably will be none. The Chicago & Northwestern has sent to Duluth and elsewhere for open shop men to take the place of striking dockmen at its own port, and is running its business on that basis. It is a settled fact that no more ore will be mined or shipped this year than can be handled on the open shop plan, There is little change in the depressed feeling among ore miners, though it is recognized that conditions in gen- eral are brighter and ore shipments will be at a reason- able pace within a week or two. It is rather remarkable, and is in accord with the spirit of the winter rather than with that of the spring, that additional curtailment should now be taking place in the iron mining region. But such is the fact; more mines have gone on half time, and some smaller ones and a few left-over explorations and prospects are closing down. More inquiry for ore is noted than at any time since fall. This is in part due, no doubt, to the improved out- look East, and in part, too, to the decision of the oper- ators to maintain prices. There is little chance now of getting ore at lower prices, and this fact has had a steadying influence of no small consequence. ered, but the company does not consider it sufficient en- couragement at this time, though it may be taken up again later. This company is exploring the Kinney property at Spring Valley, and is opening what looks like a mine. Ore is being taken out and a stockpile is assuming size. Champion mine, at Champion, is now running half time. No contract has been made by the Interstate Iron Com- pany for stripping the Grant mine, at Buhl, by steam shovel, after the long and unsuccessful attempt to use an electric overhead grab system. Bids were in some time ago, but the property is still idle, and no attempt to begin operations, either by the grab or shovels, is manifest. D. E. W. —_——_3--e____ The Oregon Electric Railway Company, Portland, Ore., has increased its capital stock from $2,500,000 to $10,000,000 preparatory to the addition of about 250 miles to its system of interurban roads. Work has already com- menced on the Garden Home-Hillsboro extension, and should be completed by September 1; all material for this work is on hand. Other extensions will be made, but active construction on them will probably not be com- menced until next year. Geo. B. Moffatt, New York, is president of the company; Guy W. Talbot, Portland, Ore., vice-president ; Geo. F. Nevins, Portland, Ore., secretary. and H. W. Brower, New York, treasurer. 1676 THE IRON AGE May 28, 1908 The Testing Society’s Meeting at Atlantic City. Announcement is made of the programme for the eleventh annual meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials which will be held at the Hotel Tray- more, Atlantic City, N. J., June 23-27. The experience has been that previous meetings were crowded into too short a time, necessitating simultaneous sessions of dif- ferent sections. The-programme given below is a de- parture in that five days instead of three are given to the meeting and there will be but one section in session at a time. Provision has afso been made for recreation time so that the meeting will not prove as strenuous as its predecessors. Wednesday evening is set aside for an engineering smoker and there will be no session on Thursday afternoon, which is reserved as a recreation period. On Friday evening an informal dinner will be given. TUFRSDAY, JUNE 23, 3 P.M. Mivutes of the Tenth Annual Meeting. Annual Report of the Executive Commitiee. ‘Testing Is Not Inspection.” W. A. Aiken. Report of Committee B, on Standard Specifications for Cast Iron and Finished Casiings. Walter Wood, chairman. “Method of Obtaining a Circular and Uniform Chill in Rolls.” Thomas D. West. Report of Committee H, on Standard Tests for Road Mate- rials. L. W. Page, chairman. “The Acceptance of Stone for Use on Roads Based on Stand- ard Tests.” R. S. Greenman. “Fuel Investigations, Geological Survey: Progress During the Year Ending June 30, 1908.” J. A. Holmes. “The Structural Timbers, of the Pacific Coast.” R. Thelen. Miscellaneous Business. Election of Officers. TUFSPAY, JUNE 23, 8 P.M. Annual Address by President Chas. B. Dudley: “ Some Fea- tures of the Present Steel Rail Question.” “The Relative Corrosion of Steel and Wrought Iron Water Pipes.” H. M. Howe. Report of Committee U, on the Corrosion of Iron and Steel. A. S. Cushman, chairman. “ Electrolysis and Corrosien.” A. S, Cushman. “Characteristic Results of Endurance Tests on Wrought Iron, Sieel and Alloys.” Henry Souther. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 10 A.M. “Preliminary Programme and Results of Tests of Steel Col- umns in Progress at Watertown Arsenal.” J. ©. Howard. Discussion to be opened by J. E. Howard and Edgar Mar- burg. Report of Committee F, on Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel. H. M. Howe, chairman. “Some Practical Applications of Metallography.” William Campbell. Report of Committee Q, cn the Tempering and Testing of Steel Springs and Standard Specifications for Spring Steel. J. A. Kinkead, chairman. “Tests of Staybolts.” E. I... Hancock. Report of Committee D, on Standard Specifications for Pav- ing and Building Brick. L. W: Page, chairman. “The Influence of the Absorptive Capacity of Bricks Upon the Adhesion of Mortar.” WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 3 P.M. On Rails. Report of Committee A, on Standard Specifications for Iron and Steel. W. R. Webster, chairman. “Preliminary Programme and Results of Work on the Metal- lurgy of Steel in Progress at Watertown Arsenal.” J. E. How- ard. Discussion to be opened by J. E. Howard, W. R. Web- ster and J. P. Snow. “A Microscopic Investigation of Broken Steel Rails: Man- ganese Sulphide as a Source of Danger.” Henry Fay. “Some Results Showing the Behavior of Rails Under the Drop Test, and Proposed New Form of Standard Drop Testing Machine.” S. S. Martin. “Types of Failures in the Base of Cold-Rolled Rails.” P. H. Dudley. “ Rail Failures—Split Heads.” M. H. Wickhorst. “Some Notes on the Rail Situation.” E. F. Kenney. THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 10 A.M. On Cement and Concrete. teport of Committee C, on Standard Specifications for Ce- ment. G. F. Swain, chairman. “Portland Cement Standards, Especially for Tensile Strength.” W. W. Maclay. Report of Committee I, on Reinforced Concrete. F. E. Turn- eaure, chairman. *‘Sands— Their Relation to Mortar and Concrete.” H. S. Spackman and R. W. Lesley. “Permeability Tests of Concrete with the Addition of Hy- drated Lime.” S. E. Thompson. “Some Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Oft- Repeated Loading.” H. C. Berry. ‘An Important Consideration Concerning Cement Analysis.” S. F. Peckham. ‘Formulas for Reinforced Concrete Beams in the Light of Experimental Data.” W. F. Scott. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 8 P.M. On Cement and Concrete. “The Fireproof Qualities of Concrete.” R. F. Tucker. ‘Shearing Values of Stone and Concrete.” H. H. Quimby. ‘Some Methods and Records Used in the Laboratory for resting Cement and Other Materials for the Subway and Elk vated Railway in Philadelphia.” S. A. Brown. “The Influence of Fine Grinding on the Physical Properties of Portland Cement.” R. K. Meade. “Tests of Bond in Reinforced Concrete Beams.” M. 0 Withey. “Cement and Concrete Work of U. 8S. Reclamation Service, with Notes on Disintegration of Concrete by Ac.ion of Alkali Water.” J. Y. Jewett. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 10 A.M. On Preservative Coatings and Lubricants. Report of Committee C, on Preservative Coatings. S. 8S Voorhees, chairman. General discussion on the question, “ Will ‘ Pure-Paint’ Legislation Give Us Beiter Paints?” This discussion will be opened by C, D. Rinald, C. B. Dudley, E. F. Ladd, C. B. Heckel, J. Dewar, J. Peters and A. Somers. “Certain Solubility Tests on Protective Coatings.” G. W. Thompson. * Analysis of Varnishes.” P. C. MclIlhiney. Report of Committee N, on Standard Tests for Lubricants. A. H. Gill, chairman. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 3 P.M. , On Testing Machines and Apparatus. ‘‘The Use of the Extensometer in Commercial Work.” T. D. Lynch. ‘Special Features of a Recently Installed 600,000-Lb. Uni- versal Testing Machine.” T. Y. Olsen. ‘‘New Forms of Pendulum Testing Machines.’ T. Y. Olsen. “An Autographic Recorder for Commercial ‘Tension Tests.” H, F. Moore. Report of Committee G, on the Magnetic Testing of Iron and Steel. J. W. Esterline, chairmag. “Uniformity in Magnetic Testing and in the Specifications of Magnetic Properties.” C. W. Burrows. Report of Committee R, on Uniform Specifications for Boil- ers. E. D. Meier, chairman. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 10 A.M. Forest Service Tests to Determine the Influence of Different Methods and Rates of Loading on the Strength and Stiffness of Timber: a. “The Purpose and Scope of the Investigations.” McGarvey Cline. b. * Analytical Discussion of Speed-Strength Relation.”’” H. D. Tieman. ‘“‘Manganese Bronze.” C. R. Spare. “Notes on the Desirability of Standard Specifications for Hard-Diawn Copper Wire.” J. A. Capp and W. H. Bassett. “The Structural Materials Testing Laboratories, U. S. Geo- logical Survey: Progress During the Year Ending June 30, 1908S.” _R. L. Humphrey. “Effect of Combined Stresses on the Elastic Properiies of Steel.” E. L. Hancock. Report of Committee P, on Fireproofing Materials. I. H. Woolson, chairman. Report of Committee S, on Waterproofing Materials. W. A. Aiken, chairman. Miscel'aneous Business. ——— The Consolidation in South Russia. Although the consolidation of nine of the great iron and steel companies in the Donetz basin in Russia has not yet received the official sanction of the government, it is probable that it will go through. The Union Metal- lurgique Russe, which will be a union of what are chiefly companies backed by French and Belgian capital, is to have a capital of about 100,000,000 roubles (about $51,- 000,000), divided approximately into equal parts of 6 per cent. preferred A stock and common B stock, at 187.50 roubles. The A stock is to receive 6 per cent. preferred dividends. Then an equal amount is to be paid to the common stock and subsequently all stock shares alike. Capital equal to 3,500,000 roubles entitles to one seat in the board. The consolidation takes over all assets and liabilities and issues its stock to the individual companies in the following amounts: Dnieprovienne du Midi de la Russie and Metallurgique Russo-Belge, each, 22,500,000 roubles of A stock, and 5,500,000 B stock. Providence Russe, Ural Volga, Makewka and Taganrog, each, 7,500,000 rou- bles B stock. Briansk, 4,750,000 roubles A stock and 4,750,000 roubles B stock. Donetz-Juriefka, 3,200,000 roubles B stock and cash to cover floating indebtedness. May 28, 1908 Ilughes, 22,000,000 roubles cash. To meet the latter a further issue of A stock and of bonds is to be provided, in amounts as yet not determined. —qD-e_————— Sliding Scale Agreements in Iron and Steel. In a paper read before the New York Railroad Club W. V. S. Thorne, director of purchases of the Union Pa- cific Railroad and the Southern Pacific system, presented the following concerning the bases of sliding scale agree- ments in force between the above systems and the man- ufacturers of iron and steel and other metal products: In making agreements with manufacturers it has been found most satisfactory, where practicable, to have the price of the finished articles purchased based on the average price of the raw material from which such ar- ticles are produced, as quoted, say, every three months in the most reliable trade journal, with the understanding that when the price of any finished article has once been agreed to, such price will thereafter automatically fluc- tuate in some fair proportion with the price of the raw material. For instance, the price to be charged for the following articles on orders placed by the railroad com- panies with the manufacturer during each quarter of any calendar year during the term of the agreement may be based, with proper differentials, on the average price of the raw material mentioned below (opposite the fin- ished product), as quoted in the most reliable trade jour- nal during the month or quarter immediately preceding the quarter of the calendar year in which the finished material is ordered: oiler tubes, dry pipes. safe Average price per gross ton ends, water grates and arch of Bessemer pig iron at Pitts- pipes. burgh, Pa. Firebox steel. Castings, steel and malleable iron. Castings. gray iron. Steel or iron forgings, for loco- motives, rough or finished. Rail joints. Siay bolt and boiler brace iron. Screw spikes. Track spikes. Track bolts and nuts. Wheels, rolled steel. Tsrake-beams. Average price per 100 Ib. of rruck bolsters, if made of rolled beams and channels at Pitts steel, burgh, Pa. Axles. steel, for cars or loco- Average price ner net ton of motives. steel forging billets at Pitts- burgh, Pa. Tie-plates, rolled steel. Average price per gross ton of Bessemer steel billets at Pittshurgh, Pa. Steel plate. merchant steel Average price per 100 Ib. of bars, steel angles, tees, steel plates, merchant steel channels and beams. bars. steel angles. channels and beams at Pittsburgh, Pa. Switches. frogs and crossings Price of steel rails per gross frogs, and repair parts for ton f.o.b. Chieago. as quoted same, by the Tllinois Steel Company and price ner 100 Ih. of steel bars at Pittsburgh, Pa. Guard rails with adjustable Price of steel rails, as above clamp. Taper rails. ‘ New east iron car wheels and credit to be allowed for scrap wheels. Average price per net ton of seran cast iron car wheels f.o.b. Chicage. Springs, elliptic and coil. Average price ner net ton of spring steel in 1000-ton lots at Pittsburgh, Pa.. as ‘quoted by the Carnegie Steel Company. 5 Steel wire nails. Average price per pound of steel wire nails f.o.b. Pitts- burgh, Pa. Wire: Barbed and plain; tele- Average price per pound of graph. plain fence wire f.o.b. Pitts- burgh, Pa. Box car metal roofs Average price per pound of galvanized iron sheets f.o.b. Pittsburgh, Pa. Average price per pound of refined corroding pig lead in 50-ton lots at St. Louis. Mo.. as auoted by the American Smelting & Refining Company. Average price per pound of desilverized refined pig lead in 50-ton lots at New York. as quoted by the American Smelt ing & Refining Company. Average price per pound of casting copper f.o.b. New York, White lead and red lead. I-abbit metal. Car seals. Journal bearings and_ brass castings. and credit to be _ allowed for scrap brass, &c. Safety valves. locomotive whistles. Gravity coppers. as quoted on the New York Metal Exchange. Average price per nound of Lake copper at New York. THE IRON AGE 1677 Gravity zines. . Average price per pound of spelter at St. Louis, Mo. Average price per pound of Lake bar copper in 25-ton lots f.o.b. New York, and average price per pound of up-river fine Para new rubber, f.o.b. New York. Average price per pound at New York of current spot ma nila hemp and good current spot manila hemp. Rubber insulated copper wire. Manila rope. Average price of creosote as quoted in London, England. Creosote. These examples show how it is often practicable to make agreements between large consumers and producers, so that when mutually satisfactory prices have once been agreed to, some fair automatic method can be used where- by prices will adjust themselves to future conditions with as little unnecessary labor and friction as possible. Such a sliding scale basis mutually protects the purchasers and sellers, and in agreements extending over long per- iods avoids disputes and arguments as to how prices should be fairly adjusted when general conditions change. For the protéction of the railroads a clause is embodied in nearly all such agreements, stating that in case the manufacturer at any time quotes lower prices on similar articles to any of his other customers he will likewise reduce prices to the railroads mentioned as regards or- ders they may place with him during the months in which he may have made lower prices to any of his other customers. About one-quarter of all the continuing agreements thus far made by the director of purchases have had prices based on a sliding scale. ———_~--—____ Freight Tariff Sheets Demanded by Shippers. The Traffic Club of Pittsburgh, at a special meeting on the evening of May 11, called to discuss “ Co-operation Between Carriers and Industrials in the Matter of Pub- lication and Distribution of Freight Tariffs,” adopted the following resolutions : Whereas, There is a noticeable growing tendency on the part of some of the interstate carriers to discontinue supply- ing shippers with copies of freight tariffs, supplements and reissues by discontinuing the mailing list, and in other in- stances to discontinue, for reasons of economy or other rea- son, the compilation of numerous tariffs in one book, which latter have been of material advantage to shippers and to initial line agents, particularly where book rates have been used in combination, to make through rates, facilitating the prompt quotation of through rates, issues of bills of lading, &e., and Whereas, Under the ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission and of the courts, shippers are now charged di- rectly with the knowledge of knowing what the legal rates of freight are, even though they have no voice in the making or publication of same; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Traffic Club of Pittsburgh express its disapproval of any actions or contemplated actions on the part of the interstate common carriers which tend in the di- rection of making it more difficult by abolition of compiled books of freight rates or discontinuance of the mailing list, to ascertain the legal rates of freight, than has been the ease prior to April 1; and be it further Resolved, That because of the broad mutual interest that should exist between the shipping public and the carriers, it should devolve upon the latter as a moral if not a legal duty, to continue to assist shippers at least to the same extent that they have in the past, and if possible in the future to even a greater extent: And we further recommend that the interstate carriers continue to keep shippers who have heretofore had that privilege upon their mailing list for tariffs, for the reason that with the volume of business now transacted in this country it is impossible and impracticable for shippers gen- erally to obtain through rates of freight from tariffs posted in the freight houses or from local agents. Two lake freighters were launched on Saturday, May 23. one at the Lorain, Ohio, vard, and the other at the Superior, Wis.. yard of the American Shipbuilding Com- pany. The former was named in honor of Price McKin- ney of Corrigan, McKinney & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. With the launching of these two steamers all vessels which the American Shipbuilding Company had under contract for 1908 delivery have now been placed in the water. 1678 The New Machinery Club. The Formal Opening of the Club on Thursday, May 21. (With Supplement.) One of the most representative gatherings of men in the machinery trade and allied industries ever held in this country took place on Thursday, May 21, at the quar- ters of the new Machinery Club of the City of New York, on the twenty-first and twenty-second floors of the Fulton Terminal Building, at 50 Church street, the occasion being the formal opening of the club rooms. It is esti- mated that nearly 3000 persons, consisting of members of the club and invited guests, attended the affair, which Was in every way successful. The spacious quarters of the club, a plan of which was shown and tne furnishings of which were described in The Jron Age of January 30, were crowded, but notwithstanding this fact it was proved that the cuisine was ample to take care of such an assem- blage. The Reception Committee of 100 representative members in the trade had been designated by the Plan and Scope Committee to take charge of tne guests and make them comfortable, and ably captained by the mem- bers of the Plan and Scope Committee and the House Committee, who had arranged the details, the visitors were well taken care of and left with an impression of the club which should be envied by similar organizations. Some Details of the Reception. The Plan and Scope Committee, which has been work- ing for several weeks arranging for the reception, con- sisted of William B. Albright, Sherwin-Williams Com- pany; W. P. Pressinger, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Com- pany; H. B. Kirkland, National Metal Molding Company ; J. R. Vandyck, Vandyck-Churechill Company, and T. N Motley, T. N. Motley & Co. These gentlemen had selected the Reception Committee in conjunction with the Board of Governors of the club, and together with the House Committee arranged the details. Every member of the Reception Committee on his arrival at the club office was handed a badge attached to which was a note requesting the recipient to take his place in the main hall, meet the guests and introduce those who were strangers to some one who could offer them proper entertainment. An orchestra was stationed in the main dining hall to dis- course music during the reception. The invitations were issued for 1 o’clock, but even before that time several hundred people were in the club’s rooms, and the train of visitors continued until after 6 o’clock. The National Association of Manufacturers which had - been holding its convention, in New York and the Na- tional Machine Tool Builders’ Association in Atlantic City had both adjourned the day before the opening, and many members of these organizations attended the recep- tion. The opening was decidedly informal, the only cere- mony consisting of an address by George A. Post of the Standard Coupler Company. Mr. Post, at one of the meet- ings of the Plan and Scope Committee, announced that he would like to see the club opened like a vottle of cham- pagne as against a bottle of stale beer, and his speech bubbled with oratory and wit in a manner that was illus- trative of his remark. He said: President Post's Address, From a casual observation of what has been going on here this afternoon it might be inferred that the Machinery Club is open, but it isn’t; not yet. True, the portals are swung wide; the corridors are thronged with distinguished guests and proud members, while strains of sensuous music percolate through the spacious and conveniently appointed suite. The blazing coals in the culinary, doing their per- fecting work with the cuisine, under the deft manipulation of the chef; the staff, resplendent in its brand new outfit of togs, omnipresent and awe inspiring; the curling smoke from hundreds of fragrant perfectos; the hum of mirthful chat; the exchange of hearty felicitations, and the joyous sound of merry laughter, all seem to indicate that an open- ing of some kind has taken place. All about me are open countenances—open for anything, either solid or liquid. But all these signs of activity are but harbingers. They resemble the eager hounds straining at the leash, or the prancing ponies scoring at the race track; somebody has THE IRON AGE May 28, 1908 got to say something before they’re off. The Machinery Club awaits the outpour to follow the application of its vocal corkscrew. For this occasion that’s me. After me, the deluge—of club delights. In the business game clubs are trumps. They are an absolute necessity in bringing men together under pleasant auspices, cementing friendships, affording conveniences for social entertainment and providing places of rendezvous for commercial conference. By binding together with the ties of fraternity large numbers of active, influential and intel- lectual men who learn to know one another well, the asperi- ties of business strife are softened. Unity of action upon matters of common concern can thus be speedily effected, and, radiating from congenial club circles, influences for the betterment of commercial conditions may permeate widely and deeply. Into this field of beneficent social and commercial en- deavor the Machinery Club of the City of New York to-day makes its formal entry. It is the competitor of none; it is the coadjutor of all similar organizations. In this metropolis of our nation, with its millions of population to which men come upon errands of their crafts, there is room—yes, there is need—for this club and more like it. Here its members will find those conveniences that minister to their creature com- forts. In its membership will commingle many of the men who make this city, State and nation great, and whose in- terests ramify throughout our country and foreign lands. Its name is not intended to signify that its membership is restricted to those who are manufacturers of or dealers in machinery. It includes men in all kinds of occupations. It is like the Lawyer’s Club, which is mostly made up of those who are not lawyers; or a Monday club which meets on Tuesday. The real reason, however, I suspect, for its name, is that it is intended to go. Machinery, if it is any good, This club is all right, and is bound to go. It is the hope and intention of the Machinery Club that it shall be known far and wide as a Mecea for those who seek good cheer. Let the tidings be spread abroad that here within these walls, on Manhattan Isle, is Laughland. If there be those whose nerves are too sensitive, whose moods are too sour, or whose mien is too austere to withstand con- tact with “live wires,’ they are not beckoned to these por- tals. Here shall good fellows, with merry quips upon their lips and the thrill of enthusiasm in their hand clasp, meet to eat, be sweet and merry. This club is not intended to be an emporium for the exploitation of canned grouches, nor as a mausoleum for “‘ dead ones.” It is a club for people with red blood in their veins and who cultivate the habit of smil- ing. Its atmosphere is to be redolent of the joys of com- radeship. With its rooms located high in the heavens things hereabout ought to be quite heavenly. You will note that there is an utter absence of barbaric splendor and garish coloring in our scheme of decoration. In such simple surroundings our membership will be safe from the prurient intrusion of sleuths who hunt for evi- dences of predatory wealth. As we wander along the corri- dors or sit about the rooms that are guiltless of any wanton waste of the precious woods of the forests, we shall have the intense satisfaction of knowing that we are true exemplars of that great virtue of the “ conservation of our national resources.” You know the President, 40 governors and a bunch of brilliant Americans have recently been reading es- says down in Washington upon that subject. I am de- voutly thankful that not one word has been wafted from the White House against the free and unlimited use of plaster. Patriots are we! Plaster for ours!) We can look any old tree in the bark without a blush. We are neat, but not gaudy; we are proud, but not haughty. Our brightest ornaments will be our membership jewels, our greatest lux- ury the privilege-of association with one another. May the history of this club be a record of success and honor. May we who are enrolled among its thousand mem- bers in the beginning of its career long enjoy harmoniously its attractions and its advantages. Let us actively engage in the work of adding new members to its roster from among those who will give its strength and increase its social pres- tige. Let us hope that in future years, long after we who now attend its christening have lost our appetites for lunch- eon, the intrepid spirits who will then be doing momentous things in New York, greater than our fertile imaginations can now forecast, will gather about these tables, glad lega- tees of our work this day. Gentlemen, the Machinery Club of the City of New York is now open! To our honored guests we accord an 18-carat welcome, and to the members we shout an_ exuberant “Hallo”! A fine luncheon was served with other refreshments in the main dining room and grill room, after partaking of which the members and visitors went through the club’s quarters, visiting the reception and smoking rooms, shower baths, barber shop, ladies’ dining room, roof garden and other features of the club. goes. Features of the Rooms. On every side were heard expressions of admiration of the manner in which the rooms were arranged and SUPPLEMENT TO THE IRON AGE, MAY 28, 1908 J. R. VANDYCK GEO. WALTER L. PIERCE H. POST W. L. SAUNDERS H. B. KIRKLAND F. H. STILLMAN THORNTON N. MOTLEY O. C. GAYLEY H. L. SHIPPY CHAS. A. SCHIEREN, J HENRY PRENTISS KENYON B. CONGER A. B. SEE Ww. P. PRESSINGER CHARLES A. MOORE OTIS H. CUTLER WM. B. ALBRIGHT GOVERNORS OF THE MACHINERY CLUB OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK tate a 4 act eth ele Nak gee i Ei FOREN See May 28, 1908 furnished. The great club kitchen on the twenty-second floor was one of the appurtenances praised most highly. This section of the club quarters is directly under the roof, and among its most excellent features are ample light and air. One thing that impressed the visitor is the fact that the club is in every sense a dining club. There are no billiard tables or other forms of amusement provided, the larger part of the space being taken up by ithe dining arrangements. The House Committee has paid particular attention to the fact that the main feature of a noon day dining club should be that the members can be served quickly and get back to their business, and it was pointed out to visitors that the club will be able to serve 700 people an hour. At the time of the opening of the club, it was an- nounced that there were 1100 members, of which 500 were local members. The membership represents men in the machinery trade and allied interests in 130 cities, in- cluding cities in Mexico, Cuba, Japan and Europe. The members were particularly pleased with an innovation in the grill room which is a large table to be known as the club’s “open table,” at which out of town members and others who have but limited acquaintance in New York can find members who will join in conversation with them, as it is understood that diners at this table will engage in conversation without the formality of an introduction. The Machinery Club movement was begun April 4, 1907, when F. H. Stillman, president of the Watson-Still- niin Company, called a meeting of the trade at the rooms of the Board of Trade and Corporation. More than 200 mien in the machinery and metal trades and allied indus- tries responded, and a committee of 27 was appointed to form the organization, What makes the club especially advantageous to busi- less men as a Juncheon resort is its accessibility to many parts of the city. The location is in close proximity to all railroads leading into New York and it can be reached from the railroad terminals of Jersey City by the tubes under the river, which are to be opened shortly, and an underground passage is being constructed from the base- ment floor of the building to the Fulton street subway station at Dey street. Both the Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated railroads are to have stations in the building, and it has been said that it is possible to go to any impor- tant point in the United States from the Machinery Club rooms without going out from shelter. The officers of the organization are as follows: F. H, Stillman, president; R. C. McKinney, vice-presi- dent; Walter L. Pierce, treasurer; W. ing-secretary. Seton Henry, act- Governors: O. C. Gayley, Pressed Steel Car Company ; Geo, A, Post, Standard Coupler Company; Walter L. Pierce, Lidgerwood Mfg. Company; F. H. Stillman, Wat- son-Stillman Company; C. A. Moore, Manning, Maxwell & Moore; H. L. Shippy, John A. Roeblings’ Sons Com- pany; T, N. Motley, T. N. Motley & Co.; Henry Prentiss, Prentiss Tool & Supply Company; H. B. Kirkland, Na- tional Metal Molding Company ; W. P. Pressinger, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company; A. B. See, A. B. See Electric Elevator Company; W. H. Marshall, American Locomo- tive Company; R. C. McKinney, Niles-Bement-Pond Com- pany; E. H. Wells, Babcock & Wilcox Company; W. L. Saunders, Ingersoll-Rand Company ; Otis H. Cutler, Amer- ican Brake Shoe & Foundry Company; J. R. Vandyck, Vandyck-Churchill Company ; Kenyon B. Conger, Hudson Companies; Wm. B. Albright, Sherwin-Williams Com- pany; Chas, A, Schieren, Jr., Chas. A. Schieren & Co, House Committee: T. N, Motley, chairman; Charles A. Schieren, Jr., George Howels, Ingersoll-Rand Company ; Edw. H. Benners, Crown Casting Company; Percy A. Ware, The Iron Age. Membership Committee: J. R. Vandyck, chairman; George L, Gillon, Watson-Stillman Company; Charles B. Crook, Lidgerwood Mfg. Company. Executive Committee: F. H. Stillman, chairman; R. McKinney, Walter L. Pierce, George A. Post, Henry q* S Prentiss, —_~--e—___ At Wilmington, Del., May 14, an order was issued 'y the United States Court direeting that out of the ‘unds and registry of the court 40 per cent. of the amount THE IRON AGE 1079 of the bonds of the Diamond State Steel Company be paid, and that a credit of the amount be stamped on the bonds held by John B. Newkirk, of Philadelphia, and presented in part payment of the purchase price of the plant. The property was acquired by Mr. Newkirk at public sale some time ago, for $575,000. The total distri- bution will be $399,600, of which sum $282,800 consists of credits. The balance will be paid in actual cash. Mr. Newkirk had made application for such a distribution. i The Grant Motor Driven Rivet Spinning Machine. A new rivet spinning machine, the special feature of which is the vertical motor drive, shown in the illustra- tion, has been brought out by the Grant Mfg. & Machine Company, Bridgeport, Conn. In common with the com- pany’s other machines, the working parts are specially The New Motor Driven Rivet Spinning Machine Made by the Grant Mfg. & Machine Company, Bridgeport, Conn. shaped twin rolls in the holder at the lower end of the revolving spindle, which when brought in contact with the rivet shank, produce a condition that causes each roll to revolve independently on its axis, thereby rolling or swedging the rivet shank into the form desired. The spindle is direct connected with the motor shaft, which does away with all belting and makes the machine more compact. The machine will handle rivets up to 5-16 in. The spindle speed is 1200 to 2000 rev. per min.; the hight from the floor to the spinning tools is 44 in.; the distance from the column to the spindle, 6 in.; the maximum distance from the table to the spinning tools, 25 in.; the over all hight, 65 in., and the table 8 by 8 in. The floor space re- quired is 17 by 21 in., and the weight of the machine, in- cluding the motor, is 415 Ib. The machine is furnished fitted with a horn instead of a table, if desired. Our Offices and the Trade Clubs. The opening last week of a new club appealing to those interested in the machinery, iron and metal trades, the Machinery Club, suggests the proximity of the offices of The Iron Age to the clubs in the iron and allied trades and transportation lines of lower New York City. The accompanying map shows the location of The Iron Age offices and the three prominent clubs. The Fulton Club, at the corner of Gold and Fulton streets, is frequented by many in the metal trades; the Hardware Club, in the Postal Telegraph Building, at the corner of Murray street and Broadway, has long been an important meeting place fo