The Iron Age 1909-10-28: Vol 84 Iss 18

OCT 29 1909 THE Vol. 84: No, 18. New York, Thursday, October 28, 1909. Seeke tee ta ce Pen Reading Matter Contents....... page 1362 a Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 188 Classified List of Advertisers oe te Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 1371 TOWER HILL CONNELLSVILLE COKE LOW SULPHUR FOUNDRY FURNACE CRUSHED Reed F, Blair & CO,,Pittshurgh, Pa, The original and only Genuine *‘STILLSON WRENCH ”’ is manufactured by WALWORTH MFG. CO., Besten, U.S.A And bears their registered Trade-Mark The Bristol Company MANUFACTURERS OF Bristol’s Recording Instruments fer Pressure, Temperature and Electricity THE BRISTOL CO. Waterbury, Conn. IS AMSON SOLID BRAIDED CORD Samson Cordage Works, - Boston TURNBUCKLES Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., Cleveland, 0. TURN BUCH ULES MERRILL BROS. ee ed Maspeth, New York, N. Y. IRON ORES PILLING & GRANE,fsptap"sb'ar™ TUFHIN “= ADE IN AMERICA and | THE ASEST IN THE WORLD | THE LUFKIN RULEOCO., Saginaw, Mich., U.S.A. | New York London, Eng. Windsor, Can. Like a good coin— MF 32 Pounds Coating ROOFING TIN has its value stamped plainly on its face— AMERICAN SHEET AND TIN PLATE ' COMPANY Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. See our ad on page 19 Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co. 14-16 Park Place, New York. IRON AGE BIG GAME: CARTRIDGES For Rem/ngton and all other ries The Civil War invented breech loading rifles and U.M.C. cartridges. Every new breech loader has had a U.M.C, cartridge designed for it by our cartridge specialists, U.M.C. were America’s first metallic car- tridges manufactured in large quantities. That was 50 years ago, Toeday, as then, they lead the world. Put U.M.C. cartridges on your shelves*for every rifle in your community. U.M.C. Cartridges carried the day at the Military Shoots of 1909. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City WATER TUBE The Babcock & Wilcox Co., BOILERS sanee SET ‘The Value of a Horse Nail Is correctly determined by its actual holding and driving qualities. No horse nail exists which has the tensile strength or drives as well as “ The Capewell” nail. The majority of the shoers of the United States long since dis covered this and use “ The Capewell” brand. Every horseshoer and horse owner gets the greatest nail value when he specifies for ““ Capewell " nails. a Made by a THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY HARTFORD, OCONN., U.S. A. The Largest Manufacturers of Horseshoe Nails in the World, J enkins Bros. Valves are made in Brass or Iron in a variety of types and sizes to meet every condition of service. Standard Pattern, for ordinary pressures, Extra Heavy Pattern, for high press- ures. Madeof new steam metal; high grade workmanship; interchangeable parts. All genuine bear Trade Mark Catalog? JENKINS BROS., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago “gedit” Cold Rolled Steel ‘Sy. Drawing «« Stamping THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING COMPANY SEE 28 (Water and Rail Delivery) (BRIDGEPORT, Conn. PAGE MAGNOLIA rsii%x METAL The Standard Babbitt of the World We manufacture ; ns MAGNOLIA METAL CO everything in the New York: 115 Bank St. Chicago: Fisher Building, Montrealig 31 St, Nicholas St. 2 THE IRON AGE BR ASS } ROD The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co, FO LLANSBEE GERMAN a Sheet and Roll Brass, Wire, Bros. Co. Pittsburgh SILVER at wee MAKERS Branches, Chicago, San Francisco WIRE Sales Office BRIGHT Charcoal re | TIN PLATE Pat. Leveled Sign Brass | ‘ics, con. —Wateraty, Com. No Buckles, Clean Surface, — 279 Broadway, New York i Ss ior t even the “old gre Polished or Plain STEEL STAMPS and DIES . t d.’ Ae AS SERENE oe Ans PAT. LEVELED GERMAN SILVER |} Saceespene eetro ang c2ec5 Q\ A Polished or Plain for Soda ee ee © Water and Bar Fixtures Matthews of Pitteburg Founded 1850 eTRICAL Low Brass, Gilding and Bronze ELE Metal, Sheet, Rod and Wire Manufactured Goods me SHEETS in Great Variety T EFFCiEN¢ 2ST comainen."” Movemare | Waterbury Brass Co. BLUE Painy oS “pn WATERBURY, CONN. cunt 1 Cliff St., New York Providence, R.I. ‘‘Follansbee SCOVILL MFG. CO. Manufacturers of BRASS, GERMAN SILVER, Sheets, a. Wire, and 3. Brass Shells, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, Special Brass Goods to Order. Polished” Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze. cine sas & Metal Co. nagins AND NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON &6 53 BRIDGEPORT, CONN. A AAO CREE TS a nshee Blue Follanshe ne Phosphor and Deoxidized ‘Henry Douther Engineering C0. STOVE PIPE ELBOWS, Bronze HARTPORD. CONN. ETC. | Composition, Yellow Brass and Alumi- Consulting Chemists, Metallurgists num Castings, large and small and Analysts. Complete Physical Testing Laboratory. Expert Testimony in Court and Patent Cases. ArthurT. Rutter & Co, 256 Broadway NEW YORK SEAMLESS TUBE BRASS AND COPPER Small Sizes a Specialty WHITE E\|___! BRAZED TUBE GERMAN SILVER SW ee Tore METAL | PHONO-ELECTRIC” Polished wide sheets, patent levelled, for soda foun- WI: BB. “It’s Tovcs.” tains, bar fixtures etc. German silver for spinning. TROLLEY, NICKEL ANODES ®4SS. Skonzs, correr — ||| @ TELEPHONE os aiiina snd oe and \ THE SEYMOUR MFG. CO., Seymour, Conn. po TELEGRAPH <= S. LINES. HENDRICKS BROTHERS its, BRIDGEPORT BRASS COMPANY Manufacturers of Bridgeport stal Telegraph Sheetand Bar Copper, Copper Fire Box Plates onn. Bre ‘cheat and Murray St., iow York. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co. LA SALLE, ILLINOIS SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order Rolled Battery Plates Selected Plates for Etchers and Lithographers’ use Selected Sheets for Paper and Oard Makers’ use Stove and Washboard Bianks ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY and Staybolts, Wire and Braziers Rivets PHOSPHOB-BRONZE Importers and Dealers in GERMAN SILVER Ingot Copper, Block, Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, Bismuth, Nickel, etc, pata Oo 49 CLIFF STREET ° . NEW YORK muse ope , RIVERSIDE, N.4 THE IRON AGE New York, Thursday, October 28, 1909. Philadelphia’s High Pressure Fire System Extended. The city of Philadelphia was one of the pioneers in the installation of high pressure central pumping sta- tions for fire fighting purposes. In 1902 the city installed un extensive plant* for the protection of the congested wholesale district in the central portion of the city, and its experience has been so eminently satisfactory that contracts have recently been placed for the construction by the Deane Steam Pump Company, Holyoke, Mass., of 11 pumps, duplicates of those now in use. Each pump will have a capacity of 1200 gal. per minute, against a working pressure of 300 lb. per square inch. The pumps in connection with the Westinghouse vertical three-cyl- inder gas engines which operate them will be installed in a pumping station at the corner of Seventh street and Lehigh avenue, similar to the old station, a view in Fig. 2 shows a section of the pump, and indicates 4 massive and solid construction in all parts. The main shaft or crank shaft is a heavy single piece special steel forging with the cranks set 120 degrees apart. The crank shaft is carried in four box section uprights which are in turn bolted to the bed plate, which bed plate also sup- ports the cylinders and valve chests. The machine is en- tirely self contained and unusually free from vibration and noise. The gearing is of steel. The main gear is a furnace annealed casting made up in two parts, and the pinion is a machine steel forging. The teeth are machine cut from the solid blank. The connecting rods are heavy steel forgings of ma- rine type, both ends are adjustable, but the bearing sur- faces are very large, so that little or no wear is per- ceptible after long use. In fact, bearing pressures throughout the pump on all rubbing or wearing surfaces are so low that there is little wear and practically no heating when the machines are operating at full speed and pressure. Fig. 1 A View in the Station Which Is to Be Duplicated for VPhiladelphia’s High Pressure Fire Fighting Service. which is given in Fig. 1, and will furnish high pressure fire protection to the Kensington and Richmond manu- facturing districts. Ultimately it is proposed to connect the high pressure mains comprising the old and new systems, which will extend the fire protection over a very large area, and will practically cover the whole manufacturing and wholesale district of the city. It is the purpose of this article to describe somewhat in detail the Deane pumping units, as a description of the gas engines, pumping station, fire mains, hydrants and fire apparatus would be largely a duplication of the earlier article, which, however, did not treat very exten- sively of the pumps. The pumps are of the so-called vertical triplex double- acting piston pattern power type, and each is directly connected through a single reduction of gears to a 280 hp. vertical three-cylinder, four-cycle Westinghouse gas engine. *An illustrated description of the plant and system was given in The Iron Age January 21, 1904, “ Philadelphia’s New Fire Fighting Service.” The water ends of the pumps are of composite de- sign—that is to say, the valve chests and cylinders are cast separately. This is an especially desirable feature in a fire pump, in that any possible damage, due to acci- dent, is localized and quickly repaired. The water pas- sages and valve areas are very large to permit of low velocities and perfect action at high speeds. As is usual in pumping machinery for fire service where pumps are likely to stand idle for considerable periods, very careful attention has been given to the interior construction of the water end; first, to make sure that the pump will be fully primed at all times, and, second, that none of the operating parts will rust fast in place. The first require- ment is fulfilled in the Deane pumps by making the water end of the submerged piston type, as is, plainly shown in Fig. 2. The water cylinder is-of necessity al- ways full of water, both suction and discharge valves be- ing located higher than the piston at its highest posi- tion. lig. 3 shows a completed pump previous to shipment tu THE IRON AGE : Y wwagy SSSssss oA L ety Hy Fig. 2.—Sectional View of One of the Deane Triplex Pumps. from the maker's factory. It will be seen in Fig. 1, which shows the old station, that there are no clutches between the engines and pumps. The gas engines are started by compressed air with the pumps working under friction load only by passing the discharge to the suc- tion. As soon as the engine is started the motor driven by-pass valve is automatically closed and the pump is ready for service. Any one of the pumping units in the present station can be put into operation in from 45 to 60 sec., as has been proved by repeated experiences. The entire plant can be put into service in less than 7 min. A few words as to the cost of operation of the old Philadelphia plant may be of interest. Fuel has aver- aged about $825 per year. Repairs have been practically nothing, consisting only in the replacement of a few rub- Fig. 3.—Exterior View of One of the Pumps. October 28, 1909 ber valves in the pumps and some of the ignition parts and valves in the engines. No difficulty has ever been experienced in starting and no mechanical defects have developed in any part of the pumping machinery. A number of cities have followed Philadelphia’s lead by installing triplex power pumping units for high pressure systems with uniform success. Pumps of the constant displacement type are declared to be absolutely reliable and dependable when called on, and high in efficiency and low in cost of up-keep. ——_» +o —_—_—___—_ A New Sibley High Speed Drill. Front and rear views are given herewith of a new high speed drill brought out by the Sibley Machine Too) Company, South Bend, Ind., particularly for the use of automobile builders. It has some features that are new in upright drills. The most prominent of these is the change speed box located on the top of the column, elim- Front and Rear Views of a New High Speed Drill for Automobile Manufacturers Built by the Sibley Machine Tool Company, South Bend, Ind, inating the cone pulleys with all their disadvantages. It affords eight changes of speed, any one of which may be instantly obtained without shifting of belts. The machine has ample power to drive high speed drills up to 1% in. in diameter to their limit of drilling capacity. The change speed gears in the gear box run in oil, and all bearings are bronze. The large spindle has a No. 4 Morse taper socket, and has ball thrust and bearings. In the illustrations are shown the combined wheel and lever feed drill, but the tool is made also with geared power feed. ———~ 3+oe___—__ The German Steel Syndicate reports its shipments of “A” products in September at 438,904 metric tons, against 419,016 tons in August and 404,608 tons in Sep- tember, 1908. The September shipments of blooms and billets were 136,487 tons (120,926 tons in August and 127,648 tons in September, 1908) ; railroad material, 165,- 225 tons (162,686 tons in August and 170,702 tons in September, 1908), and structural shapes 137,192 tons (135,404 tons in August and 106,258 tons in September, 1908). October 28, 1909 THE IRON AGE 1307 A Cincinnati-Bickford 20-In. Gang Drill. the Standard Steel Car Company. The Seaboard Air Line’s order was for 1000 box and 25 stock ears. The A new arrangement of 20-in. sliding head high speed Northern oe ific has ordered 1500 cars and is in the upright drills in a gang of four is illustrated as built by market for 450 Lidgerwood cars. The Southern Railway the Cincinnati-Bickford Tool Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. will buy as box cars, and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Each machine is fitted in this case with power feed, is reported to be in the market for 1000 cars. automatic stop and quick return. Not only do the ma- —__->-e—___— An Osborn Double Spindle Polishing and Buff- ing Lathe. For buffing and polishing large work, such as parts of stoves, &c., the Osborn Mfg. Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has developed a unique double spindle lathe. The Fem EE Front and Rear Views of a Gang of Four 20-In. Sliding Head Upright Drills Built by the Cincinnati-Bickford Tool Com- pany, Cincinnati, Ohio. chines have sliding heads, but, as will be noticed, the table also has a sliding movement up and down on the face of the column, which greatly extends the range of sizes of work that can be handled. The table is continuous and amply T slotted. The sliding heads are balanced and can be quickly adjusted. The spindles are provided with ball thrust bearings and steel jam nuts which minimize friction and afford ad- justments to take up wear. Three feeds to the spindle by power are provided, operated through pulleys and worm and bevel gears. The worm operating the worm wheel on the pinion shaft in the head revolves in a bath of oil contained in the worm box, insuring long life. The spindle sleeve is graduated and on the power feed machines is provided with an automatic trip; the graduations are the means of setting the automatic trip collar. Gear guards are provided for all exposed gea1 ing. The sleeves, shafts and spindles are ground and the bevel gears planed. The drive is transmitted from a continuous shaft at the rear of the machine and tight .and loose pulleys. Each spindle, by means of clutches, can be stopped inde- pendently by the lever shown at the front. An oil pump and piping are provided as shown to circulate lubricant from a tank or reservoir within the base. These machines are also furnished without power feed, in which form they can also be arranged in gangs: two independent spindles and the shape of the front legs permit two men to work easily on the same machine without interfering with each other. When one work- man stops to change his wheel or for any other purpose the other continues his work. This not only saves time, but also saves wear on driving belts, making them last, it is claimed, from 75 to 100 per cent. longer. The long, heavy bearings, the 114-in. spindle and the all around sub- stantial construction are features that especially adapt the machine to the class of work mentioned. The machine requires a floor space of 60 x 32 in. The hight from the floor to the center of the spindle is 38 in. The entire length of the two snindles is €2 in. The ma- any number of spindles can he assembled as a_ unit. Other alternatives in construction are individual bases. both for the plain and power feed types, and quite a variety of tables. —————».-e___- New Cars and Locomotives.—The new demand for railroad cars which has recently appeared has added about 10,000 to the number booked by leading car com- panies. The New York Central order for 4000 cars was divided between the American Car & Foundry Company. A Double Spindle Polishing and Buffing Lathe Built by the 2700, and the Standard Steel Car Company, 1300. The Osborn Mfg. Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Norfolk & Western ordered 2000 hopper cars, 500 box cars and 500 stock cars. The Toledo & Ohio Central has Chines are furnished with either tight pulleys or with placed 500 box cars with steel underframes. The Lehigh tight and loose pulleys, the latter making it possible to Valley’s order for steel underframe box cars went to belt directly to a line shaft. , THE IRON AGE October 28, 1909 Distribution of Blast Furnaces in the United States im 1908. The United States Geological Survey has recently published a map of the United States showing the loca tion of iron blast furnaces in 1908. It was compiled by W. T. Thom from the Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States, published by the American Iron and Steel Association. On the preceding page is a reproduction of the map, with the exception of the west- ern portion of it. The omitted part shows 10 furnaces as follows: Six furnaces of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, Pueblo, Colo.; the Heroult electric furnace of the Noble Electric Steel Company, at Baird, Cal.; the Oswego charcoal iron furnace of the Oregon Iron & Steel Company, Oswego, Ore., and the experimental electric furnace for the production of pig iron set up by the Black Sand & Gold Recovery Company, at Hood River, Ore., and Irondale Furnace, at Irondale, Wash. selow are given the names and locations of the 470 furnaces indicated on the map. It should be noted that the sizes of the spaces shown on the map are not pro- portioned to the number of furnaces in the respective districts, but indicate the geographical boundaries of the district as determined by the locations of the furnaces in it. The name of the furnace is given, first, in each case, then its location and the number of stacks: MASSACHUSETTS. Isabella, Weybrooke—1. { Cheshire, Cheshire—1 | Tidewater, Thurlow Sta- , Richmond, Richmond Fut 19. ; tion—1 nace P. 0.—1. | Primos Chemical Co.,* mS eerie | Primos—1. CONNECTICUT. 20. Lower Susq. Valley (20): { Fpneen. East Canaan—2. Aurora, Columbia—1. Lime Rock, Lime Rock—1. Bird Coleman, Cornwall NEW YORK. —2, Poughkeepsie, Poughkeep- Chickies, Chickies sie—2. Colebrook, Lebanon-——2 . Chatham, Chatham—1. Lebanon, Lebanon—2. {Breaker Island, Breaker Lebanon Val., Lebanon—1 4 Island—3. Lebanon Reduction Co., | Burden, Troy—1. Lebanon—1. . Northern, Port Henry—1. Lochiel—Harrisburg—1. . Standish, Standish—1. N. Cornwall, Cornwall—1. . Franklin, Franklin Paxton, Harrisburg—2 Springs—1i. Steelton, Steelton—4. . Genesee, Charlotte—1. Vesta. Watts—1. Susquehanna Smelting 21. Glen Iron, Glen Iron—1 _, Co.,* Lockport—1. . Juniata Valley (12): Niagara Falis Works,* Ni Bellefonte, Bellefonte—1. agara Falls—1. Colonial, Riddlesburg—2 Buffalo (16): Earlston, Earlston—1 Buffalo & Susquhanna, Marshall, Newport—1. Buffalo—2. Nittany, Bellefonte—1 Buffalo Union, Buffalo—3. Rockhill. Rockhill Fur- N. Y. State St. Co., Buf- nace P. O.—2. falo—1. Saxton, Saxton—2. Wickwire, Buffalo—1. Eagle, Roland—1 Lackawanna, Lackawanna Hecla, Milesburg—1. we a . Emporium, Emporium—1 . y Adrian, Dubois—1 NEW JERSEY. Cambria, Johnstown—6. { Secaucus, Secaucus—1 ». Josephine, Josephine—2. ) Newark, Newark—2. 27. Punxy, Punxsutawney—1 . Wharton, Wharton—3. 28. Dunbar, Dunbar—2 5. Musconetcong, St’nh’pe—1 Scottdale, Scottdale—1 { Andover, Phillipsburg—1 Rebecca, Kittanning—2 | Hackettstown, Hacketts . Franklin, Franklin—2 town—1. 52. Perry, Erie—1 | Oxford, Oxford—1. 35. Donora, Donora—2. | Pequest, Buttzville—1 3 Pogh. and Alleg. Co. (47): PENNSYLVANIA. Carrie, Rankin—7. Lehigh Valley (28) : Clairton, Clairton—3 Allentown Rolling Mil Clinton, Pittsburgh—1 Allentown—2. Duquesne, Cochran—6 Bethlehem, So. Bethlehem Edgar Thomson, Bessemer 6. —1l1., ae eee 1 Edith, Allegheny—1 ane, Catasauqus Mize %ttsburgh—h Crumwold, Emaus—1. ees ae Durham, Riegelsville—1 leaaet Siaiehemeati ..% Hokendauqua, Hokendau sucy, Pittsburgh—2 qua—4. Nat. lube, McKeesport—4. Keystone, Easton—1. Neville, Neville Isl—1. Lehigh, Allentown—1. Shoenberger, P’burgh—2 Lock Ridge, Alburtis—2 Soho Furnace, P*burgh—1 Macungie, Macungie—1 Shenango Valley and Bea acne a ei 2 ver County (25): Saucon. Hellertown—2. Alice, Sharpsville—1 nem, So. Bethle \liquippa, Aliquippa—3. Schuylkill Valley (15) : TY Sed Brooke, Birdsboro—2. Claire, Sharpsville—1. Henry Clay, Reading—2. Ella, W. Middlesex—1. Keystone, Reading—1. Fannie, W. Middlesex—1 Leesport, Leesport—1, Hall, Sharon—1. Robesonia, Robesonia—1 Midland, Midland—1 Sheridan, Sheridan—1. New Castle, N. Castle—4. — 4 oe el -. Sharon, Sharon—1. mple, temple—l. Sh’psville, Sharpsville—1. Topton, Topton—1. . Warwick, Pottstown—3 Shenango, Sharpsville—. S. Sharon, So. Sharon—3 Stewart, Sharon—l, Niagara, N. Tonaw'nda * Electric OHIO AND WES! VIRGINIA (WHEELING AND BEN WOOD) Belm’t, Wheeling, W. Va. | he Riverside, Benwood, W. | Va. ee |Top, Wheeling, W.Va.—1. River Counties (0O.) (10): Bellaire, Bellaire—2. La Belle, Steubenville—2. Martins Ferry, Martins Ferry—1. Mingo, Mingo Junc.—4. Steubenville, Steubenville wom Jo Mahoning Valley (22): Anna, Struthers—1 Cherry Val., Leetonia—1. Grace, Youngstown—1. Hannah, Youngstown—1. Haselton, Haselton—3. Hubbard, Hubbard—2. McKeefrey, Leetonia— i Mary, Lowellville—1. Mattie, Girard—1. Niles, Niles—1 Ohio, Youngstown—6. Tod, Youngstown—l. Youngstown 8S. & T. Co., Youngstown—2. Cleveland (3): Central, Cleveland—3 Cleveland, Cleveland—2. Emma-—Cleveland—1. Newburgh, Cleveland—1. Upson, Cleveland—1. Lorain, Lorain—5. Dover, Cana) Dover—1. 2. Zanesville, Zanesville—1. Bessie. New Straitsville—1. Hanging Rock (and Ash- land, Ky.) (23): Belfont, Ironton—1. Bird, Culbertson—1, Globe, Jackson—1. Hamilton, Hang. Rk.—1. Ironton I. Co., Ironton—1. Jisco (Jackson Iron & St. Co.), Jisco—1. Marting, Ironton—2. Sarah, Ironton—1. Star, Jackson—1. Union, Ironton—1, Wellston, Wellston—2. Milton, Wellston—1. Bloom, Portsmouth—1l. Center, Superior P. O.—1. Hecla, Ironton—1. Jefferson, Oak Hill—1. Olive, Olive Fee. P. O.—1. Buckhorn, Olive Furnace P. O.—1. Ashland, Ashland, Ky.—2. Norton, Ashland, Ky.—1. Hamilton I. & 8. Co., Ham- ilton—1. Columbus (4): Columbus Fees, Columbus Columbus Iron & St. Co., Columbus—2, . Toledo, Toledo—2. MICHIGAN, Detroit Fce. Co., Det’t—1. 4 Detroit 1. & S. Co., De { troit—1. . Antrim, Mancelona—1. Fruitport, Fruitport—1. . Cadillac, Cadillac—1. Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids—1 { Boyne City, Boyne City |B. Jordan, E. Jordan—1. . Manistique, Manistique—1. Newberry, Newberry—1. 56. Chocolay, Chocolay 1 { Pioneer, Marquette—1. (Carp, Marquette—1 Pioneer, Gladstone—1 INDIANA. { Gary, Gary—4 (Inland, Indiana Har.—1 ILLINOIS . Joliet, Joliet—4 Chicago (22): Federal, S. Chicago—2 Iroquois, S. Chicago—2 North Works, Chicago—2. S. Chicago, S. Chicago—3 So. Works, Chicago—11. Union Works, Chicago—2 WISCONSIN. 2. Milwaukee (3): fayview, Milwaukee—2. Thomas, Milwaukee—1. Mayville, Mayville—2. Spring Valley, Spring Val- ley ; Ashland, Ashland—1. MINNESOTA, Zenith, W. Duluth—1. WEST VIRGINIA . Kanawha Falls*, Glen Ferris—1. MAKYLAND . Maryland Steel Co., Spar rows Point 4 Mnirkirk, Muirkirk—1l VIRGINIA, Liberty, Liberty lI urnace P. O.—1. Gem, Clifton Forge—1. 2. Victoria, Goshen—1 Virginia Electrolytic Co.,* Holcombs Rock—1. . Buena Vista, Buena Vista (Alleghany, Iron Gate—1. + Longdale, Longdale—2z. | Princess, Glen Wilton—1. { Lowmoor, Lowmoor—2. } Covington, Covington—1. Roanoke (3): Crozer, Roanoke—2. West End, Roanoke—1. (Radford-Crane, Radford —1l. Dora, Pulaski—1 Pulaski, Pulaski—1. | Reed Isl., Reed Isl.—1. {Fosters Falls, Fosters | Falls—1. 4 Tvanhoe, Ivanhoe—1. | Max Meadows, Max | Meadows—1. Graham, Graham—1. sristol, Bristol ’ Union, Big Stone Gap—l. KENTUCKY Watts, Middlesboro—-. Center, Hematite—1. 5. Grand Rivers, Grand Riv- ers—2. TENNESSEE. (Cranberry, Johnson City } —tl. | Embreeville, Embreeville La Follette, La Follette —l1. . Rockwood, Rockwood—2. Dayton, Dayton—2. { Chattanooga, Chatta- 4 nooga—1l. | Citico, Chattanooga—1 . S. Pittsburg, 8. Ptsbg.—2. {Allens Creek, Mannie—2. ) Napier, Napier—1. 8. Rockdale, Rockdale—1. { Aetna, Aetna—1l. _ ) Standard. Goodrich—1. . Cumberland, Cumberland Furnace P. 0.—1. . Helen, Clarksville—1. {Bear Spr’g, Bear Sp.—l. ) Dover, Carlisle—1. GEORGIA, 98. Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa—l. 99. Cherokee, Cedartown—1. 100. Rome, Rome—1. ce . Rising Fawn. Rising Fawn—1. ALABAMA. . Battelle. Battelle—1. . Round Mtn., Round Mtn —l. . Rock Run, Rock Run—1l. Gadsden (5): Etowah, Gadsden—2 Gadsden, Gadsden—1. Attalla, Attalla—1. Quinn, Gadsden—1. . Woodstock, Anniston—2. . Talladega (4): Clifton, Ironaton—2 Jenifer, Jenifer—1 Talladega, Talladega—1l. Shelby, Shelby—2 Birmingham Dist. (28): Alice, Birmingham—1. Bessemer, Bessemer—5 Ensley, Ensley—6 Oxmoor, Oxmoor 2 Pioneer, Thomas—3. , Sloss, Birmingham—4. Trussville, Trussville—1 Vanderbilt, Birm’ham—2 Williamson, Birm’ham—1 Woodward, Woodward—-3. Central. Hoit—1 Sheffield (5): Hattie Ensley, Sheffield --1 Lady Ensley, Shef’d—1. Sheffield. Sheffield—3. Philadel., Sas MISSOURI. . Missouri, So. St. Louis —1. . Sligo, Sligo—1. TEXAS Jefferson, Jefferson—1. (Sam’ Lanham, Rusk—1l. 3.4 Star & Cresc’t, Rusk—1. | Tassie Belle, Rusk—1. 1309 THE IRON AGE October 28, 1909 ~*~. , " $ --=-—)--— —— ; : IA9 107 7 1024 ibd Xx . 103. 100 x s 0 ie i il ( Nf g N A \ = Ga cI C4UND 99 i gy \ . 98 fo so OS mn S “<n \M), mm ' 10 cr) 106 \ « 107 \ \ 708 * aes t ~~ ¥ : leg £BoR) GHIA ‘ \ ~ \ eile anieiatganiodieals Sand “ a | b \ i boa * NS XO 4 \ ~ ( 4 ee be OF MEX rico | ) \ | \ j j 2 5 1 THE LOCATION OF IRON BLAST FURNACES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1908 in California, Two in Oregon and One in Wash ) Surrey SHOWING Exception of Six Furnaces in Colorado, One United States Geological MAP Prepared by the (With the THE IRON The Work of the Patent Office. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 25, 1909.—The forth. Patents Ed: interesting sub- coming annual report of Commissioner of ward B. Moore discusses a number of jects in addition to presenting the statistics of the work of the office during a year of unprecedented activity. The Work of the Vear. The record of the Patent Office for the year ending June 30, 1909, has never been exceeded. There were received 62,800 applications for patents, 1186 appli- fiscal cations for designs, 192 applications for reissues, 2052 caveats, 7509 applications for trademarks, 1001 applica- tions for labels and 338 applications for prints. There were 35,215 patents granted, including reissues and de- signs, and 4547 trademarks, 797 prints were registered. The number of patents that expired during the year was 22,779. The number of allowed applications, which, by operation of law were forfeited for non-payment of the final fees was 67653. labels and 23 The increase in the number of applications for patents over the pre- ceding year was approximately 5000. The statistics regarding trademark applications and registrations are of special interest. Under the so-called Bonynge law, which went into force three years ago, a large number of old trademarks were reregistered, and for a year or two after the law took effect the number of applications exceeded 10,000 per annum. Practically all the old trademarks have been reregistered, and current applications represent what may be regarded as a nor- mal volume of business. For the year 1909 they exceed 1908 by only 42, but as the figures for 1908 included a considerable number of reregistrations, it may be assumed that next year will record a much larger increase over 1909. The number of showed a decrease of trademarks registered in 1909 1908, but this decline is also attributable to the fact that a large 1598, as compared with number of old trademarks were reregistered in 1908. Treaties, Concerning the treaties negotiated during the past year for the protection of American inventions in foreign countries, the commissioner says 1 am gratified to report that durin ie last yea reaty was negotiated with Germany, which provides that the working of a patent in one of the contracting countries will have the same force and effect, so far as avoiding the revocation of the patent is worked in the country in This treaty has practically the protection of their rights in Germany during the full period for which the German patent is issued, contingent only on the working of the invention in one of the two if it has been which the patent was granted. assured to American concerned, as inventors ountries, Ss understood that Sweden has modified its extend similar protection to other countries which do not require the working invention ’ pending with of the within a_ specified period, and negotiations are now nearly all the European the same states for the promulgation of treaties of character. In order to assist in the negotiations of these treaties, I have been delegated by the Department of State, and several foreign nations tf assist, so far ; } withi mv. powe!l I the + shall visit the capitals of important International Convention, rding the for the Switzerland, the coming convention of the International Protection of Industrial Property. to be commissioner says: $10,000 to defray the ( ss at its last s he sum 0o expenses of th ting of the Inter Union for the ational Protection « ustrial in May, 1910 Property Communication wit Bureau at Berne, how- disclosed the fact that the period intervening between date of such communication and May, too short for the required resumably to be held direction of the International 1910, was much notices to the various govern- s, the preparation of programmes for the convention, &c., and it was suggested by the director that the earliest possible time in which such convention could be held ‘would be October, 1910. However, it was recommended by him that the meeting of this convention be deferred until May, 1911. The meeting of this convention is most important to the interests of American inventors and manufacturers. The 21 nations which are adherents to this union will be repre- men ; IT it AGE October 28 1909 g full ments in respect t t reciprocal sented power to negotiate agree- protection of patents, industrial models, which, when vovernments, will have the force is expected that at this coming convention a strong effort will be made to harmonize the laws relating to patents and trademarks throughout all countries in such a manner that adequate protection will be given to an inventor, no matter of what country he may be a citizen, without the necessity of obtaining expensive patents in each of the sev- eral countries in which his invention may be used or sold. It is also proposed to perfect and extend the international registration of trademarks and thus further the reciprocal commercial industries. protection of To Expedite Allowances, trademark and inventors have an important stake in the movement urged by the Manufacturers, owners commissioner to expedite the allowance of patents, trade- marks, &¢c., by eliminating certain appeals now permitted by law. Under the present statute an appeal lies from a primary examiner to the Board of Examiners-in-Chief, thence to the commissioner, and from his decision to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, there be- Concerning the desira- Congress shortening this routine by striking out one of the appeals, the com- ing three appeals in each case. bility of the passage of an act of missioner says: The purpose of the proposed amendment to the statute is to shorten the course of prosecution by the elimination of one of the appeals within the office. This is designed to be accomplished by combining the commissioner, first assist- ant commissioner, assistant commissioner and examiners-in- chief into a appellate tribunal, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, to which all appeals shall lie, whether from a primary examiner or from the examiner of interferences, and from which appeal would lie to the Appeals of the District of Columbia. Single Court of The commissioner makes an urgent appeal for a new building transact the important which now comes before the Patent Office, and produced a surplus rev- enue of more than $7,000,000, a fraction of which would provide new properly equipped to business annually which has already and commodious quarters for this important bureau WwW. LT C. Pennsylvania Industrial Activity. steel and metal trades is refiected in the application of numerous companies for charters to the State authorities of Pennsylvania at Har- risburg. An average of 50 a week has been maintained for the last two months, and in the in the increased number. iron and concerns figure prominently. Among those applying for charters are the following: L. A. Pittsburgh, to deal in scrap iron, steel, etc. ; Green, Nathan A. Green and Charles A. Alcorn Wilkes-Barre Metal Wilkes-Barre; S. W. Welsh and F. M. Kirby. Iron City Bronze Company, Pittsburgh; J. R. Bassett and M. R Aluminum Ore alumin¢ The activity in the iron, steel] Green Company, Louis A. Drawing & Stamping Company, Root, C. B. D. Wood, George 8S. E. and A. Guy. Pittsburgh, reduction of and other minerals, and mining and quarrying of clay; Ralph Longenecker, Alexander Black and Allen T. C. Gordon. The same persons have signed applica- tions for charters for the American Bauxite Company, and the Electric Carbon Company, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steel burgh; J. A. Lager, A. T. Swearer and J. C. Butler. Recent increases of stock or debt certified to the au- thorities at Harrisburg, include the following: Faweus Machine Company, Pittsburgh; ereased from $50.000 to $200,000. Company, Specialties Company, Pitts- Smith, R. T. Rossell, J. C. stock in- Cyclops Foundry Company, Pittsburgh; stock in- creased from $5000 to $100,000. McGraw-Burgess Verticle Fabric Tire Company, Pitts- burgh; bonds, $100,000. Morse Iron Company, Erie; bonds, $125,000. Chadwick Engineering Company, Pottstown, stock increased from $440,000 to $500,000. Pa. ; October 28, 1909 A G. E. Electrically Heated Oil Tempering Bath. Che oil tempering baths used for tempering steel tools or dies are heated by gas. Arguing that the very close regulation of temperature essential for a uni- form quality of product is difficult to obtain with and that the risk of fire due to the heat possible when gas is used is another disadvantage, the General Electric Company, NM Zs offering as a substitute an electrically heated oil bath. commonly gas heating excessive Schenectady, ‘The general appearance of this device is shown in the illustration. The bath proper consists of a cast iron tank, or pot, having 12 lugs evenly spaced around the sides. These lugs are drilled to receive standard cartridge units, and it is found by thus distributing the units that an even temperature can be maintained in all parts of the oil. Around the pot is placed a heat retaining jacket con- sisting of an inner and outer wall of sheet metal, with a space of 3 in. between filled with mineral wool. The Bath Made by the N. Y., Showing the Heated Oil General Electric Company, Schenectady, Side Removed to Expose the Renewable Cartridge Units. An Electricaitly Tempering the pot is easily removable, thus allowing quick access to the internal connections of the units. Around the top of the pot there is a wide flange, to which are secured four cast iron legs. A drain pipe controlled-by a globe valve provides a means for jacketing on each side of drawing off the oil. There is a protected recess in one end of the pot in which a thermometer can be placed to indicate the temperature of the oil. There are two ways of using the oil bath. In the first the temperature of the oil is raised to about 250 degrees I’., the work placed in the bath and full heat turned on. When the oil reaches the desired temperature the work is and turned off. This method re quires a single heat bath. The second way is to turn on full heat, bring the oil to the desired temperature, then removed the current introduce the work, and by means of regulating switches maintain that temperature constant any length of desired. Where desired, a cast iron basket or tray is supplied in which the work can be placed. The basket has eye bolts at each end to facilitate handling. The bottom of the basket is perforated with %-in. holes, permitting free time circulation of the oil. There are also legs on the bottom of the basket which keep the work an inch or more above the bottom of the bath. The heating units are connected in groups according to the size of the bath, and the leads are brought out to the thermal block. In the single heat devices each group is protected by a fuse. In the multiple heat device the leads are carried to the switchboard, the latter being so arranged that the energy input can be varied in small steps from zero to maximum. A switchboard is not nec- essary for the single heat bath, but is required where a multiple heat device is wanted. Any desired temperature THE IRON AGE 1311 is obtained by throwing in the necessary number of units to give the approximate value. Close regulation is then secured by varying the voltage impressed on one of the units. mounted on the board. As rheostat a result of this method there is a negligible loss of energy in the regulating device. This is accomplished by means of the The inside dimensions, weight, oil capacity and en ergy consumption of the three sizes in which the bath is made are as follows: Length. Width Depth Weight Oi Kilo No Inches Inches Inches Pounds Gallo watts ! 22 12 3 120 ) 6 LS 12 12 175 ] 404 30 16 18 900 20 The energy consumption above given is sufficient to heat the oil to a temperature of 450 degrees F. in less than one hour, starting cold. —_——+e The Railway Business Association. The following announcement is made over the signa- tures of President George A. W. Noxon: The Railway Business Association will hold its an nual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, November 10. This will be a very important occasion, Post and Secretary Frank notable dinner, eminent leaders in the rail- road, manufacturing, commercial and political worlds. If the association is to be made a permanent economic which it is proposed to conclude with a having among the guests force, which many of those deeply interested in railroad and allied interests have vigorously declared should be done, then there is need of a large representation of its membership and a full and careful consideration of the best means for enlarging its usefulness. The more peo- ple who are actively interested in its work, the greater will be its influence, and it is most desirable that if, in the opinion of any of its members, its plan and scope should be broadened or its methods changed, the annual! meeting be made the place for consideration of all such matters, to the end that enthusiasm may prevail and all may feel that they are important ment. The dinner, it is now assured, will be one of the most factors in the move distinguished of gatherings, since the members of the association, themselves an influential group of industrial captains, will have as their railroad The for the uddresses celebrated officials, financiers, men of commerce and publicists. dinner, moreover, will have a purpose guests sort of the national figures who are to speak will be a of symposium of assurances to the public that all con cerned are earnestly seeking to promote permanent con cord between the public and the railroads, and prosperity for both. So important is this meeting that member of the association ought to be represented and participate every in the proceedings, and every one who has the oppor- tunity to attend the dinner should arrange to do so. wo Inventors to Be Assisted.—The McMillan Pump, Power & Mfg. Company proposes to build at Kansas City, Kan., in the Blue Valley District, a inventors whose building will be free workshop for merit. The 75 x 200 ft., two stories, constructed of The floor of the building will be set aside for those inventors who take advantage of the offer. The idea originated with Milton McMillan, the president of the company, whose early history as an in ventor had taught him that many good devices are lost to the world because their inventors are handicapped by lack of the necessary funds to produce them. The Mc- Millan Company itself will produce at this plant a car- bonie refrigerating device for the household; an ice cream without ice; a ideas are seen to yp ISSESS cement. second freezer which will freeze ice cream cool- ing device especially adapted to keep electric motors and automobile engines from heating; a self-regulating trolley for electric cranes; the transmission of electrical power without wires: a vest pocket burglar system; an auto boat that will travel both by land and water. The com- pany has secured eleven acres of land located on a belt railroad. ‘ad i) THE IRON AGE October 28, 1909 WORKINGMEN’S COMPENSATION LAWS:’ Relating to Bodily Injuries Received in Industrial Accidents. BY GEO. M, The subject of employers’ liability for accidents is attracting increased attention in this country, as evi- denced by the reference to the subject in the messages of hoth Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and by the legisla- which States. I am of tion has recently been proposed in many of the the opinion that American there is no question pressing for solution now before the people which more vitally affects the welfare of society at large. Industry and transportation in the United States num- half a million annually as the victims of their accidents. You. gentlemen, are familiar with the federal statutes ber at least and the laws of the various States, for your business is built upon it. Briefly the employer is to-day liable to pay damages to his workmen injured while at workman can that the employer's negligence was the cause of the accident. He may, and often voluntarily does pay something in other cases, but the employer's liability in industrial accidents under the various statutes or common law liability would not com- pel the employer to respond in damages in probably over one in ten of the accidents which occur. The present system is based on the theory of stated, work. if the prove fault It is proposed to change the whole theory of this structure to one of risk of the industry and to provide for the payment of some compensation to every injured employee, provided the accident is not the re- sult of the injured’s wilful act, and, if possible, to make the burden of the payment of such compensation a charge against the cost of production: ultimately to be borne by the consumer. Should such a change be made, view of the matter should and do employers or, negligence. and what take? The Present System Unsatisfactory. I do not believe an employer can be found who is satisfied with the present system. It is wasteful, un certain, inhuman, antiquated; it disturbs the relations between employer and employee; it breeds perjury; it does not tend to prevent accident. It is wasteful, for taking the reports filed by your companies in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Illinois and New York, the loss ratios or percentages of premiums paid to representatives of the injured average about 35 per cent. Taking the figures of the Ger- man Accident Insurance for the vear 1902 and the Em- ployers’ Liability and Industrial Insurance for the United States for the vear 1908. as published in the Year of the premium receipts. took for 1804, we find that the percentage of the Compensation paid to the total premium receipts in the United States was 31.6 per cent.. while in Germany, under the opera- 78.5 per cent. of the total receipts was paid out in compensation to employees. [| appreciate the fact that the United States statistics may he inaccurate, but they are the best obtainable, and if they are misleading I will ask that your association pub- lish authoritative, definite and accurate figures as to American loss ratio. It has been lately charged in an ar- ticle in Harper's Magazine that the cost of administering the German act is larger than set forth in the published tions of its Compensation act, I am not vouching for the accuracy of any of the figures used. but ai only using them as the best sta- obtainable. We believe it would be a fair as- sumption that 40 per cent. of the amount which you paid to the injured or their representatives was taken as toll in litigation and attorneys’ fees. and, if this were true, not to exceed 20 or 25 per cent. of the amount which the reports. tistics *An address on this subject from the employers’ standpoint, Aelivered Octcher 20, 1909, at the Astor Hotel, before the Liab! ity Insurance Association Member of Minnesota Employees’ president Minnesota Employers’ ‘ommittee Minneapolis St Compensation Commis- Association and chairman Execut ‘ el & Machinery Company GILLETTE.7 employers are paying to the insurance companies for in- demnity ultimately finds its way to those injured in in- dustrial accidents. I am not making the charge that the insurance companies are making excessive profits out of this business, for I do not believe they are. The neces- sary costs of soliciting business, administration and liti- gation leave only a fair profit to the underwriter, but I submit to you that a system is wrong under the opera- tion of which, if the statistics quoted are accurate and my deductions be true, not over 20 or 25 per cent. of the contributions of the employer finds its way to the relief of the injured employee. It is a waste which would not be tolerated in any other line of modern industrial or commercial enterprise. The present system is unsatisfactory to the employer because it disturbs the relations between the employer and employee. Litigation over personal injuries, the de- mands stimulated by the occasional excessive verdict, the continued intervention of the ambulance chaser, are all inimical to industrial peace, and yet the ambulance chaser is a necessary adjunct to the present system. The present system breeds perjury. The temptation is too great, both on the part of the employer and em- ployee, to so color the facts as to bring them within or without the rules of negligence. The present system has many features which both to the employer and employee seem unjust. The employer is placed in the position of seeming malice toward the employee; he is charged with fault, with carelessness, and by implication with absolute disregard for the wel- fare or safety of the employee. On the other hand, the employee cannot understand the justice of the law which does not give to him the same protection which it gives to a stranger, for if under the fellow servant rule a workman on the street wall of a high building were to drop two bricks, one striking a passerby on the street, the other striking a fellow workman inside the building. the stranger passing by can make the employer respond in damages, but the workman inside has no recourse, as the act was that of a fellow workman. The present system breeds inhumanity. is human, and naturally humane. the injured. The employer His sympathy is with His impulse and desire are to aid him. He has done it time and again, only at the end to find the employee's case in the hands of a speculative lawyer, suit brought for an unreasonable amount, charges made entirely unsupported by the fects, and the friendly rela- tions between the employer and employee forever severed. An Inheritance from Other Times, Whence came this present system? It is an inherit- ance from other times and other conditions. It is a sys- tem but slightly modified from that in vogue at the be- ginning of the Christian era. Under the Roman law the party immediately at fault must respond. In the ancient days labor was the performance of a slave, and the motive for protecting him from injury was the instinct for the preservation of property. In the feudal ages there was iittle law and little liability. Down to Blackstone's time there existed, so far as we can find, no legal right of recovery, and he mentions none. After the revival of Christianity, and after the Magna Charta had been wrested from King John, there grew into the common law the right to make the employer respond in damages for a wrong which he had directly or indirectly committed. Few laws have ever been passed changing or affecting the common law liability; practically all the law we have is judge-made law, and practically all this judge-made law goes to better the condition of the employee and to hold the employer more rigidly responsible. In the meantime, while these legal relations and the October 28, 1909 THE employer's responsibility have largely remained the same, what has the world been doing? The primitive methods of transportation have disappeared. They have been supplanted by the steam and electric railroad, by the steamship, by the airship. tionized. Agriculture has been revolu- The steam and gasoline plow, the corn shred- der, the binder and the thresher have replaced the primi- tive implements used by our forefathers; but greater than all have been the evolution and the revolution in machinery and the mechanic arts, and to-day the buzz and the whirl of machinery moving with lightning rapid- ity with cogs and wheels, with belts and pulle