The Iron Age 1911-01-26: Vol 87 Iss 4

Established Published Every Thursday by the DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY 14-18 Fark Flace, New York Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. THE IRON AGE a5 New York, January 26, 1911 Subscription Price, United States and Mexico, $5.00 per Annum; to Canada, $7.20 per Annum; to Uther ‘foreign Countries, $10.00 per Annum. Single Copies, 20 Cents. Branch Offices Philadelphia, Real Estate Trust Building Chicago, Fisher Building Pittsburgh, Park Building Boston, Compton Building Milwaukee, 416 Engineering Building. Cuar.es T. ROOT, ° « = - -” PRESIDENT Ww. H, TAYLOR, - - - TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER Haro.d S. BUTTENHEIM, - - - © = SECRETARY Geo. W. Cope, - ° - - - \ EpiToRs A. |. Fintuty, - - - - - H. R, COBLEIGH, - - - - - MECHANICAL EDITOR Cleveland, American Trust Building Cincinnati, 807 Andrews Building CONTENTS. Editorial : PAGE, oy ee eS en ae 23 Heavy Section High Carbon Rails.................. 282 A Noteworthy Anti-Boycott Decision................. 232 Increasing Machinery Exports...........cccccccsece 233 The Steel Corporation’s Exports in 1910............45 23% PUSVROD SHGEEIRL DOUNOUMIO ov kicece cvcciceseccoes 233 Official Lists of Machine Tool Builders............... 234 mmmnpomienes, Tilmstrated. .. i... .ccciccccccvcescctéece 234 British Interests Acquire Brazilian Iron Mines............ 234 ty WUMORSMER 105 SE etek a ee hb heed cease deer 235 The Iron and Metal Market Reports................286 to 245 ee Me OE el Ua SAA GOP a ein Oh og cides Cit we UE dees 245 CN WEED MERU. CS bcc cb coc céc da cutBbaceccés 245 me OOM, SA tSa. Ces Wav TARR AR as 245 SE Ca Rewer ake i) scatter tee. 46 More Water Power Development Needed...............4. 246 Republic Iron & Steel ROI, 654 hia 56 Midis WAL CaS EN 247 Works Administration as a Constructive Science.......... 248 The Durham Coal & Iron 6 ER eae ye 249 SN Sisk d WR an CoM eee oe LeU ES 250 The Machinery Market Ns ns it 6 Obwanit ads sie 251 to 2€0 American Electrochemical ee eter tt epee 261 The Canadian Duty on Rerolled Rails.............seee0 261 The 15 Ton Heroult Furnace at South Chicago, Illustrated. 262 The Reliability of Blectric Furnaces............s.eeeeees 266 Copper Ci ROU. 28 bib i WE Gries sth Oi cect ewieed 267 rena gate Ms PO PES Ro II em 268 The All Geared Multi-Spindle Drill. Illustrated........... 268 o Cincinnati Boring Mill, Illustrated............eeee++ 270 Water Filtration for Industrial Purposes..............++ 271 Some Adaptations of the Pratt & Whitney Thread Miller. mmtrated dab ane bbb ak owes pie sete 272 Buropean tee Byndiestes: .. . . dhveadih.«obldin wee + 000d > o Whe 273 sevaae’s Handbook for Cast Iron Pipe Users............ 273 een ity in the Machine Shop. Illustrated............. 274 Brown & Co,.’s Thirtieth Anniversary........ cocce 297 Ne Electrically Driven Brass Mill. Mlustrated............ 278 - Railroad RNs 6k kino CA wbec jan ddé-een as eeene 279 m Grant Multiple Spindle Rivet Spinner. Illustrated.... 279 ~ Keed Heavy Duty Engine Lathes. Tllustrated........ ‘280 . e Barr es Motor Driven Gap Lathe, Tlustrated......... 281 a ens with a High Speed Hydraulic Press, Illustrated.. 282 ee High Speed Steel.............- Bigivdb ies 282 . t Acme Combination Turret Lathe. Illustrated......... 283 The Marquette Ore Dock. ...cccesececceeacs >the aeacne ae +e Production of Iron Ore in 1909 and 1910...........+- 284 a Flanders Mfg. Company........«ee++es Spidey oon cay one 284 ow Work at Lake Shipyards.......c..cscccscccccsteews 285 pete Publications... sss esas ceesseyes cas « fuhae “se Wrent Metal Prices..........4.. eG Rat ea ‘aT gee Continued Betterment An Advance of $1 a Ton in Wire Rails, Structural Material, Tin Plates and Wire More Active—Pig Iron Weaker © The week has shown further betterment in the steel trade—largely sentimental thus far in some lines; in others, as rails, structural material, wire and tin plates, shown by an actual increase in orders. It will take a little time to find out how far this is simply the natural rebound from the very low state of the trade in De- cember and early January and how far it represents the beginning of a genuine movement that will broaden as spring advances. The advance of $1 a ton in wire products has done what was intended in bringing on the books a good volume of jobbers’ specifications on old orders in an- ticipation of the spring trade. The expedient has been useful before at such a juncture. It is evident, how- ever, that some buyers were taken unawares. Wire is now only $3 a ton above the low price reached in May, 1909, which was advanced $2 after two weeks of furious buying. Present prices are $6 a ton below the high point of 1907. The rail order of the New York Central Lines now definitely placed, amounts to 176,750 tons, of ‘which Steel Corporation mills will furnish 87,500 tons, the Lackawanna Steel Company 81,250 tons, and the Beth- lehem Steel Company 8000 tons. These will be open hearth rails for the most part, though a considerable tonnage of ferrotitanium rails will be rolled at Buffalo. The Southern Railway has ordered 22,400 tons of rails from the Tennessee Company and 3000 tons from the Maryland Steel Company. The Western Maryland has taken 9875 tons, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 2000 tons, and a Central Western coal road 4000 tons. The Delaware & Hudson has bought. 3200 tons of light rails. Structural orders, a good many of them long pend- ing, are coming to the fabricating companies at a most encouraging rate. The Insurance Exchange, Chicago, 14,000 tons, was awarded to the Brown-Ketcham Iron Works. Bethlehem shapes will be used for this as well as for the McAlpin Hotel, New York, 12,000 tons, also placed last week. The Lake Superior & Ishpeming ore dock at Marquette, 5900 tons, goes to the Wisconsin Bridge Company. The American Bridge Company has the contract for the Kentucky & Indiana Railroad bridge over the Ohio at Louisville, Ky., 15,000 tons. The Chicago & Northwestern bridge order, 5000 tons, was divided. Railroads are giving out bridge work more freely, and a good tonnage is about ready for estimates, including 9000 tons for the Norfolk & West- ern and 3000 tons for the Burlington. The tin plate mills are running fuller than for sev- VoL. 87: No. 4 pgsthng vag rat > pai de Sais y : ge é: ai Bott Deaaetrnse ) Ra. 4 ‘i i 4 ‘OMNI AON ae So ae = 232 eral months and nearly 80 per cent. of capacity is now operating. A more satisfactory condition is reported in sheets than for several months. The American Sheet & Tin Plate Company is operating about 56 per cent. of capacity. At Pittsburgh good specifications are coming to the plate mills on car works contracts, the largest of these being 35,000 tons of plates and shapes for the Canadian Car & Foundry Company. Eastern plate mills are running at slightly over 50 per cent. Pig iron inquiries have fallen off in Eastern markets, after the fairly large buying that came from those of early January. Prices have suffered in all markets. A good many foundries would buy at this level for second and third quarters, but furnaces will not make these concessions for far forward delivery. At Buffalo inquiry has been heavy and considerable business has been done at the low prices of the past two weeks. There is accumulating evidence of lessening busi- ness and sharper competition in the foundry trade—a condition that promises n6 early betterment for foun- dry pig iron. Inquiries for steel making pig iron include 10,000 tons of basic in eastern Pennsylvania and 5000 tons of basic at Pittsburgh for a steel foundry. Pig tin has advanced steadily in the past week under excited and at times almost panicky buying. Transactions in New York exceeded 700 tons, the price rising to 43.25 cents. The low prices for copper have brought a number of buyers into the market, sales of the week exceeding 40,000,000 |b. Heavy Section High Carbon Rails Steel rail manufacturers will be interested in the radical departure some railroad engineers have made experimentally in the size of rail sections and in the results secured from these unusually heavy rails. Data were recently given in these columns of service results with 135-lb. rails on some of the curves en the Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey. These rails were 6% in. high and 6 in. wide on the base, and the web was % in. thick. The carbon was 0.95 to 1 per cent., and in some drillings was found to be as high as 1.12 per cent. The phosphorus was less than 0.02, the open hearth process being used. The elevation of the curves is in some in- stances as much as 8 in. and the freight traffic is very heavy, while a good many fast trains are run. After four months it was found that the rails had satisfac- torily resisted wear and there were no breakages across, though some longitudinal fractiires of the rail head occurred. It is noteworthy that in every case these fractures were found where the carbon content ran above the specified maximum. It was noticed also that all these fractures were on the outside of the inner rail of the curve and were due, the engineers of the road concluded, to the excessive pressure on that side of the head underneath the false flange of worn locomotive tires. The shoulder in the false flange cut a slight groove in the top of the rail and the fracture started in the groove. In these tests, involving 1000 tons of rails, the high curve elevation has had much to do with the results. The significant fact in the experiments is that with such high carbon steel there have been no cross breaks under the severe service imposed on the rails. The THE IRON AGE ~ January 26, 191; resistance to wear, moreover, is much greate: thay has been found with average open hearth rails We may expect to hear more of heavier section rails of high carbon and low phosphorus steel. The enormous increases in train loads and the common. ness of high train speeds will compel abandonment of some of the comparatively slender sections from which railroads are now exacting so much on tangents as well as on curves. The rail mills are asked each year to produce better rails, but 70 and 75-Ib. sections are required to stand a service for which they were never designed. High carbon requirements must be accom- panied by much heavier sections, and it will not be many years before 125-lb. rails will be as common as 100-lb. rails are to-day. The rail mills must be pre- pared to take larger ingots and that will mean that early passes will be in heavier blooming mills, stand- ing behind the present-day blooming mills—a_pro- cedure already anticipated at the Gary mill. It is easily conceivable that heavier section rails will figure largely in the maintenance demands of the next decade. The rail mills will not lack for tonnage whatever comes of the predictions that new track building is to be a diminishing or at best a stationary factor. A Noteworthy Anti-Boycott Decision An important addition has been made to the judi- cial decisions affecting the labor laws of the State of New York by Judge Blackmar of the New York Su- preme Court, in the case of the Albro J. Newton Com- pany against the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union. The company operates an open shop in the manufacture of woodwork for buildings. The union has for a long time attempted to prevent the use of woodwork made in open shop factories by calling strikes on buildings in which it is installed. It is stated that it has hounded the open shop, in some cases, to literal extermination. When an attack was started on the Albro J. Newton Company a stubborn fight was made in which that com- pany applied for an injunction to restrain the union from its action and in its fight had the support of the Amer- can Anti-Boycott Association and of other manutfac- turers of woodwork. The injunction was issued aiter a careful hearing before Judge Blackmar, who handed down a clear and forcible decision, from which the following extracts are taken: The plaintiff has a right to carry on business as abso- lute as the right of workmen to control their own time and labor. This right is a property right. The relations of 4 dealer to his customers and to the trade generally is called good-will and is property which the law is bound to protect. There is no branch of the law better settled than the juts: diction of equity to protect the good-will of a business against trespass and invasion by its writ of injunction. This prop- erty is of a peculiar intangible nature; but it is the subject of bargain and sale; it may be capitalized as the basis of 4 corporate stock issue; and it is often the most important o % . asset possessed by a manufacturer or merehant. To bring an “obstinate’’ manufacturer to terms, an attack on his good-will would be fully as effective as to tear down his factory or to smash his machinery. s : Certain methods and weapons the law permits. Others ! prohibits. It permits the strike on the one side and the lockout on the other. But each combatant must respect th rights of the other guaranteed by our constitution. — Among these are life, liberty and property. Violence against per sons and tangible property will not be permitted. Neither will attacks on intangible property rights, like —- good-will or trade, be permitted. One cardinal princ!? ; must be borne in mind, that any element of illegality essen to a scheme or combination makes the whole illegal. — principle the defendants have overlooked. They have four a lawful means, viz., strikes, and an ultimate lawful end, viz., the improvement of labor; but they have forgotten that 26, 1911 turning point in their scheme, and which alone effective, is the coercion of plaintiff by injuring ights. This is exactly what the defendants in- is what they have done, and it is unlawful. exposition of individual and property rights is clearly applicable to conditions through- ‘ountry. It is an encouragement to all em- nd manufacturers whose interests are at- this vicious manner. The boycott is a method ing the exactions of unions which should be ly resisted wherever attempted. It is highly to our courts that when the question has ight before them for adjudication their de- ave been so strongly against the practice. Increasing Machinery Exports erowing exports of American metal working ry, especially machine tools, can be attributed measure to the increasing care taken by ma- manufacturers to meet the requirements of buyers. The familiar complaint of American representatives that American manufacturers t pack their export shipments properly, and other rficial criticisms, ceased to satisfy machinery ikers long since as a reason for their small share xport trade, and a large number of them have gone eper into the export problem by personal investiga- with excellent results. Many of them found that a very important reason was that their goods were not properly represented, or rather, through the ignorance i their foreign selling agents, were entirely misrepre- sented. Machine tool manufacturers ascertained that their products were being handled in many foreign countries by people who could hardly distinguish a milling machine from a textile loom. They discovered that literature published by their foreign representa- and often paid for by the manufacturer, entirely represented the equipment advertised and described vorking parts in a manner that aroused the mirth mechanical engineers understanding the language hich it was printed. Frequently, it was learned, { a machine had been made at exorbitant prices with undue profit to the selling agent. These were the direct result of granting agencies to ose credit was found to be fairly good, without tigation into their knowledge of mechanics or ibility to sell machinery. ‘i late many machine tool builders have been pay- ¢ more attention to their foreign trade literature. They have increased their sales abroad by publishing prepared catalogues in other languages than glish, principally in Spanish, French and German. export department of the National Association of ‘turers has been used by many of them in their tion work, and its assistance has been utilized in ing foreign connections to such an extent that of the department has grown wonderfully. ichine tool men have investigated the foreign personal visits and have installed agencies in i competent engineers. Others are following mple after learning of the successful results It is because of these things that the exports working machinery have recently grown. It vell when all manufacturers, in this line at se to depend for their foreign trade informa- igents—consular and otherwise—who know { the mechanical requirements of the coun- which they make reports. THE IRON AGE 233 The Steel Corporation’s Exports in 1910 The United States Steel Corporation's exports of the products of its subsidiary companies last year reached the record total of 1,489,819 tons, or nearly 40 per cent. in excess of the largest previous year’s total, which was 1,079,319 tons in 1906. Attention has been called from time to time to the strong reinforcement the Steel Corporation’s diminishing business at home Rails have been a large item in this increase, about 50,000 tons more having been exported last year than the 299,- 000 tons of 1909. Sheets and plates show an increase of more than 100,000 tons and structural steel of about 50,000 tons. has had in the past year from markets abroad. Production and Exports of Finished Products by the United States Steel Corporation.—Net Tons. Production Per cent. Exports. shipped. exported. BTA 06 + nko ae hae 153,858 9,226,386 10.3 a ak 8h se bo 8% . 1,079,319 10,578,433 10.2 CNG +4 ssa deen ane 1,014,082 10,376,742 9.8 RNS Sata th added eek 799,406 6,206,932 12.9 SPN Sas eh oleae oa aed 1,009,746 9,859,660 10.2 RE tle kd > 3 KK De Dee sc eee See The statement has been made, though not confirmed as yet by the publication of the official figures, that the exports of the Steel Corporation in 1910 were 13.5 per cent. of its entire shipments. This would indicate total shipments somewhat in excess of 11,000,000 tons, or 450,000 tons more than the previous high record, made in 1906. The Bureau of Statistics estimates that the total value of iron and steel exports from the United States last year was above $200,000,000, as against $157,674,- 394 in 1909, $151,113,114 in 1908 and $197,066,781, the high record, in 1907. The exports of such iron and steel products as are reported in tons were probably about 1,540,000 gross tons last year, against 1,302,000 tons in 1907, indicating that prices last year were below those of 1907. It should be noted that the Steel Cor- poration’s exports as tabulated above are in net tons. Those for 1910 are equivalent to 1,330,000 gross tons, which is about 86 per cent. of the total exports of the rolled and other products which are reported by weight, Private Industrial Museums Each year valuable knowledge of the manufactur- ing arts is destroyed as machinery and processes and products are replaced or improved. If preserved in some form, by sample or photographs or models, or by the machinery or apparatus itself, important records are established. Inventors know the value of being able to look over what has been done by others along the lines upon which they are working. Consequently the industrial museum is coming to be recognized as having educational value of no insignificant degree. In various manufacturing centers the effort is being made to create a territorial institution which would preserve the products of local works and the methods of their manufacture, going back as far as possible and maintaining the succeeding steps of future devel- opment without a break in chronological sequence for the benefit of those who will come after in the various fields: In a few cases individual enterprises have taken up this work in a systematic manner and their collections are of great interest. Many inventors have come to grief because they have unknowingly repeated the errors in elements of design of their predecessors, constituting failures which would have been avoided Se. Rice siete 7 pnp ein sain nlitpo iy BE oe Pera mg ee Praag *, | 7 | -a Oe aa a 4 } 5 234 THE IRON AGE January 20, 191; easily had there been a collection from which to make preliminary studies. At the same time the museum may furnish useful suggestions to the designer. 55 Official Lists of Machine Tool Builders The National Machine Tool Builders’. Association is compiling important lists of its trade which will be circulated in pamphlet form. The purpose is to have a complete directory of the manufacturing branch of the industry. With this end in view, Secretary Charles E. Hildreth, Worcester, Mass., solicits the co-operation of all machine tool builders, whether or not they are affiliated with the association. Originally the pamphlet will consist of either three or four lists. The first will contain the names of the members in alphabetical order, great care being taken to secure the exact firm or corporation title. A second list has the names of the commercial and mechanical heads of the various establishments, and will constitute an ex- ceedingly valuable directory. Some private houses have lists of this nature, in certain cases covering the field of customers very completely, as the result of years of systematic collecting of the information. In correspondence, in calling at works and in the sending out of literature, it is of much advantage to know the individual who would be most interested and with whom the most direct results are to be obtained. A complete list of this character, covering the American machine tool industry, should be sought in a large way. A third list will be of members, by headings, accord- ing to the classes of machinery manufactured. Sub- divisions of the various general types of tools will re- veal much detailed information. The fourth list will consist of machine tool builders who are not members and may not be included in the original pamphlet. This list should reduce in length rapidly, in ratio to the growth of the association. Correspondence Standardizing Flask Pin Holes To the Editor: Manufacturers of different kinds of metal goods, especially those who do not have sufficient business of that kind to keep a foundry of their own in continuous operation, are considerably handicapped, and unable to compete with importers or large concerns mak- ing similar goods because their patterns mounted on match plates that turn out better and cheaper castings cannot be used at such foundries as they would like, since the pin holes of the flasks in no two foundries are located the same on any one size. The system here pro- posed makes the whole problem as simple as A.B.C., and Distance apart alongsides ' _ 6 P . { @ — “%po of the list length——__(-2. ! ~ ve eenagle 5 oe bik a Ss @ 2 S23 ~ z= = & a es 8 R a Ss & = ~ «4 3 3 5 a | “— Fas - = sss - » ° & | | > ae | | + a °¢ | | az ll | | so» A | | weg A Proposed Standard for Spacing Pin Holes in Flasks. is so easily understood that any boy could make flasks on which any match-plate constructed on the sa rin ciple would he sure to fit. It is up to the metal shers to insist on foundries keeping standard flasks, ny one can make, as there is not and cannot be a tent on them, and to place their orders for castings o1\\ w; such foundries as have standard flasks. It will be noticed from the engraving that th: i of the pin holes along the sides is applicable to ; and all sizes of flasks, and that their location is 1 outside the boundaries of the match-plate. Tha sion was chosen as it registers with 27 mm., so that yo change will be required to conform to the metric syste should that be adopted later. The diameter of the pins and pin holes should \y in. for all flasks having less than 500 sq. in. of surfa at the parting line and % in. for all between 500 an 1000 sq. in., and %4 in. for all over 1000 sq. in. H. I. Wooo. = @& we New York City, January 10, 1911. British Interests Acquire Brazilian Iron Mines An English company has secured control of what are spoken of as important iron ore properties in Brazil, They are the deposits of Itabira do Matto Dentro in the State of Minas Geraes. The nearest coast town is Port Victoria, which is north of Rio Janeiro. The London Iron and Coal Trades Review says that the mines cer- tainly contain 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 tons of ore, and in the opinion of experts will be found eventually to have several times this quantity. Much of the ore is said to run from 69.3 to 69.8 per cent. metallic iron, 0.10 per cent. silica, 0.004 to 0.01 per cent. phosphorus, and 0.016 per cent. sulphur, with almost no moisture. A railroad extension to the mines, a distance of 60 miles, is ar- ranged for, and the electrification and equipping of the road to carry 2,000,000 tons of ore a year to the coast are in the hands of the British firm of Dick, Kerr & Co, Ltd. The ore has very little overburden, and it is esti- mated that the cost of putting it on cars will be between 25 and 40 cents. The interesting statement is made that the contract conveying the property to British owners was signed but a few hours in advance of the arrival of a min- ing engineer from the United States prepared to nego- tiate on behalf of American interests. —_—_—_~-—_—__—_ The House Naval Affairs Committee at Washingtod, January 20, authorized an increase in the navy to cost $36,000,000, the programme taking in two new dread- noughts of not less than 27,000 tons, two, colliers, eight torpedo boat destroyers and four submarines. The two new battleships are to be equipped with 12 14-in. guns each, and may reach 28,000 tons displacement, making them the most formidable vessels ever authorized in this country. The committee also recommends that Congress give Secretary Meyer authority to build the battleship New York, authorized at its last session, at a private yard, as the Secretary has shown that it will cost the Government at least $1,700,000 more, on account of the eight-hour law, to construct the New York at Brooklyn. Rh. S. Wile, general manager of the American Detit- ning Company, Connellsville, Pa., states that the plant is completed, and will commence to operate about Feb ruary 1. The main building is 50 x 60 ft., two stories, with several smaller buildings for storage use. The plant has connections with the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road through a siding. It will be devoted to detinning bright tin plate scrap. All machinery except a hydraulic press for compressing the scrap into marketable shape has been purchased. The annual meeting of the directors of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Chicago, was held January 23. Clyde M. Carr was elected president of the company, succeeding Edward L. Ryerson, who becomes chairman of the Board ef Directors. Joseph T. Ryerson was elected vice-pre* dent and treasurer, and Gilbert H.' Pearsall secretary. 26, 1911 New Publications of Iron and Steel Metallurgy (Grundziige des | iittenwesens). By Dr. T. Geilenkirchen. ) 249; illustrations, 66; plates, 5. Price, cloih S marks. Published by Julius Springer, Ber- Outlir ermany. irst volume of three is divided into three parts e, respectively, “ Iron and Its Properties,” “ The 0 ce of Iron in Nature and the Methods of Its Prod on from the Ore,” and “* Heat and Its Produc- the Iron Industry.” The first part covers 55 i] deals in a very brief way with a large number fs ts, such as the uses of steel and iron, properties iron, iron and carbon system of alloys, classifica- influence of the various elements on iron, heat nt and the various methods of testing iron and Under microstructure a curious mistake is no- el on Plate 1. The second photograph on this plate < eautiful one of gray iron, showing very plainly the ‘es of graphite and the phosphide eutectic. It is, referred to as if it were white iron, both un- eath the photograph and on page 14. The feeling has after reading this first part is that it is alto- gether too coneise. The second part gives the properties nd analyses of the various ores used in Germany, and veans of a map the distribution of the ores and the «ation of the blast furnaces are clearly shown. Then mes a short discussion of oxidation and reduction and the various slags of the iron and steel producing ] The third part takes up the remainder of the book from page 91. It deals in considerable detail with fuels and refractory materials. There is an ex- cellent section of 30 pages on “Coke and Its Produc- tion,” taking up, with diagrams, the typical German coke This is followed by another good section on “Gaseous Fuel,” in which the various gas producers are considered. There is also a discussion of the various furnaces in which the fuel is burnt. Finally after two short sections on minor methods of heat production there comes a discussion of refractory materials. The book gives promise of being of great assistance WeSSes, ovens, students and beginners in iron and steel metallurgy. s to be followed quickly by Volumes 2 and 3, which leal with the metallurgy and mechanical treatment and steel. G. B. W. The Analysis of Paints and Painting Materials.—By Henry A. Gardner and John A. Schaeffer. Size, 6 x )in.; pages, 100. Bound in cloth. Price, $1.50 net. Published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, 239 West Thirty-ninth street, New York City. \ series of selected methods for the analysis of ma- s used in paint manufacture are presented by the ors in this book. These methods include new ones ced out by the authors as well as some of the older dard ones. No attempt has been made to give any led explanation of the operations used in ordinary titative chemical analysis, as the authors assume that « readers are fairly well versed therein. "he book is logieally divided into three chapters and ‘appendices, The first of these is devoted to the an- dry pigments, and contains methods for analyz- «lead and zine followed by those for the various other red pigments. The analysis of mixed pigments and ts occupies the second chapter and general methods le analysis of a mixed white paint are given. No method is given for analyzing mixed colored ints as the composition of the color present can be ned by a qualitative examination and the con- ‘ents of the particular coloring matter determined rug to the methods outlined in Chapter I. The pter is given over to an analysis of paint vehicles rnishes and the methods for determining the ‘ounts of water, linseed oil and turpentine, as well as “de constituents of varnish and japan and shellac. On “ccount of the increasing use of paint containing bitu- ninous matter, methods for the analysis of paints of ‘is Character are given in appendix A. The portions of Dnt specification of the Army and Navy departments ‘elerriug to the chemical requirements are given in ap- SIS of 4} Le | THE IRON AGE ,oughly up to date. 235 pendix B, so that a chemist engaged in the examination of such materials may become better acquainted with the requirements. A Pocketbook of Mechanical Engineering.—By Charles M. Sames. Fourth edition. Bound in flexible leather. Size, 4 x 65 in.; pages, 220; 42 illustrations. Price, $2. Published by the author, 542 Bramhall avenue, Jérsey City, N. J. This book contains a collection of tables, data, for- mulas and examples, comprising the greater part of the reference information usually required by mechanical engineers and students, condensed into a volume, the dimensions of which are small enough to be conveniently carried in the pocket. In preparing this last edition, new matter has been incorporated to bring the work thor- Among these added subjects are new alloys and alloy steels. critical speed of shafts, new steam tables, formulas dealing with saturated and superheated steam, steam turbines, electric drive and the power re- quired for machine tools and cooling towers. Besides these subjects new data have been added at a number of points in the text. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas.— Edited by Albert A. Hopkins. Bound in cloth. Size, 614 x 8% in.; pages, 1077; 200 illustrations. Price, $5 net. Published by Munn & Co., Inc., 361 Broadway, New York City. This is practically a new book and contains over 15,- 000 of the most useful formulas and processes which represent almost every branch of the useful arts. The formulas are classified and arranged in 27 chapters, and an appendix of three parts, each of which contains re- lated subjects, while a complete index makes it easy to find any desired formula. A chapter on chemical, phar- maceutical and technical manipulation which is an en- tirely new departure in a book of this character, has been prepared by the aid of well-known chemists and contains a considerable amount of practical information. A price- list of odd technical products and many useful tables are also included. Practically all ordinary subjects upon which informa- tion might be desired are covered in the book. There are chapters on accidents and energencies, alloys and amal- gams, adhesives of all kinds, the coloring of metals, electrometallurgy, the heat treatment of metals, lubri- cants, paints, photography, waterproofing and fireproof- ing. The appendix is divided into three parts, the first of which deals with miscellaneous formulas which do. not lend themselves to classification in the main chapters readily, the chapter on chemical manipulation which has been previously referred to and a table of the principal weights and measures. ——_3 oe __ — A new publication called Data has been recently started by the Technical Data & Appliance Company, 92 La Salle street, Chicago, Ill. This magazine, which is published monthly, is devoted exclusively to engineer- ing data and is intended to supplement the regular en- gineers’ pocketbook by providing information on various subjects which can be readily filed either in a card index file or a small loose leaf pocket note book. With this object in view, the engineering data presented is in tabloid form, being printed on leaves measuring 3 x 5 in., which can be readily detached from the binder for filing. The William Tod Company, Youngstown, Ohio, has received a contract from the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, covering runout tables, complete, for the new jobbing and plate mills now under erection by the Ameri- can Sheet & Tin Plate Company, at Gary, Ind. This con- tract is in addition to the order for the jobbing and plate mills awarded to the same company some months ago. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company, Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., has just closed the purchase of a tract of 85 acres at Indiana Harbor, Ind., at a cost of $150,000. A large steel foundry will be erected to supply the Western demand for railroad equipment and other steel foundry products. 236 THE IRON AGE January 26, 191; The Iron and Metal Markets ; fm ' : ‘ 4 extras as per steel bar card of September 1, 19; deg iF A Comparison of Prices beams and bulb angles, 1.70c. to 1.75c., net ; hand rail tos, ee oo . > wk ere : ‘~orr f » é 2 > e Ff Advances Over the Previous Week in Heavy Type; 2 50c.: checkered and corrugated plates, 2.50c., n Pie Declines in Italies. Plates.—Tank plates, 4 in. thick, 644 in. up 100 ip. 7.) At date, one week, one month and one year saphtg wide, 1.40c, to 1.45c¢., base. Following are stipulations pre. ir Jan.25, Jan.18, Dee.28, Jan.26, scribed by manufacturers, with extras to be added to base 3 PIG IRON, Per Gross ton: 1911, 1911. 1910. 1910, price (per pound) of plates: *e . . : A >No. 2 ste ard > a- Foundry No. 2, standard, Phila eaten ametnst me snail Rectangular plates, tank steel or conforming to manuf: delphia ......-..++++-+e++-- $15.50 $15.50 $15.50 $19. ers’ standard specifications for structural steel dated February Foundry No. 2, Southern, Cincin- 6, 1903, or equivalerit, 4-in. thick and over on thinnest edge, 1(j Se Re ee 14.95 14.25 1425.17.25 in. wide and under, down to but not including 6 in. wide, ar ° ‘vy No 2, Birmingh: : 00 00 00 14.00 base. cee s : : te papas + rm Ala... of ss nA A Plates up to 72 in. wide, inclusive, ordered 10.2 1b. per square ES Foundry No. 2, local, Chieago,. 15.50 15.50 16.00 19.00 foot are considered \%-in. plates. Plates over 72 in. wide must fs Basic, delivered, eastern Pa.... 14.25 14.25 14.75 18.75 be ordered \%-in, thick on edge, or not less than 11 Ib. per square a + i ha Basic, Valley furnace.......... 13.25 13.25 13.25 16.50 toct, to take base price. Plates over 72 in. wide ordered less Ke Besse mer, Pittsburgh 15.90 15.90 15.90 19.90 than 11 Jb. per square foot down to the weight of 3-1: take 5 ; eek eee ie i henn! raat: iit a at the price of 3-16-in. ig Gray forge, Pittsburgh......... 14.15 14.15 13.90 17.40 Allowable overweight, whether plates are ordered to gauge or ; Lake Superior charcoal, Chicago 17.50 18.00 18.00 19.50 weight, te be governed by the standard specifications of the As ; enn : ae sociation of American Steel Manufacturers. ee BILLETS, &e., Per Gross Ton : Gauges under 4%-in. to and including 3-16-in. on fe fessemer billet Pittsburgh 2200 8200 298200 27.50 thinnest edge.........+... bese eens es esene $0.10 ; es Nahop ops eS ae nee —_ os Gauges under 3-16-in. to and including No, 8... 15 Forging billets, Pittsburgh..... 28.00 28.00 28.00 31.00 Gauges under No. 8 to and including No, 9...... 25 Open hearth billets, Philadelphia 25.40 25.40 25.40 30.60 Gauges under No, 9 to and including No. 10..... 30 Wire rods, Pittsburgh 2200 8800 28.00 33.00 Gauges under No. 10 to and including No. 12... 10) aM a anh 1 P pet af Pe TFS u : Sketches (including all straight taper plates), 3 ft OLD MATERIAL, Per Gross Ton: and over’ th JeM@ER 2. 2. Oe Be alte HOSTED oss 1”) } Complete circles, 3 ft. in diameter and over.... 20 Iron rails, Chicago....... hor kat 14.50 14.50 15.50 20.00 Boller and Game veel. «5 «cg s.cne i soe vaewesas ; 10 Iron rails, Philadelphia........ 17.00 17.00 17.00 20.50 ‘A. B. M. A.” and ordinary firebox steel...... : 20) Car wheels, Chieago........... 13.00 13.00 13.50 18.00 ee! ree DOC. . 05m ae cade tale «sos sree so. ‘0 : : . Se Marine Stel. ic. <:s.. auc th vee es tb Rhee Oo ) Car wheels, Philadelphia....... 13.00 13.00 13.00 17.50 Locomotive firebox: steel; ..........06.<gaweeess 50) Heavy steel scrap, Pittsburgh... 13.50 13.50 13.50 17.50 Widths over 100 in, up to 110 in., inclusive...... OS Heavy steel scrap, Chicago..... 11.50 11.50 12.00 16.00 Widths over 110 in up to 115 in., ineclusive...... 10 Té ataeh ‘anal *hilado - 9 * = 4 of - Widths over 115 in. up to 120 in., inclusive.... is} Heavy ‘ated semep, RRlaweyma 1250 22.50 1250 17.00 Widths over 120 in. np to 125 in.. inelusive.... 25 FINISHED IRON AND STEEL, Widths over 125 in. up to 130 in., inclusive.... 50 Widths over 20) a0 ob 4. vis aad s a OENG ON Sb ate 1,00 Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents Cutting to lengths or diameters under 3 ft. to 2 Bessemer steel rails, heavy. at _ ft. inclusive.......-. settee ee eee eee eee nees 25 aa aa shal zm slo Cutting to Jengths or diameters under 2 ft. to 1 ee Staeslss <Sy5seeeee 1.25 1.25 1.25 25 ft., inclusive 0) Refined iron bars, Philadelphia 1.82% 1.52% 1.52% 1.60 Cutting to lengths or diameters under 1 ft..... 1.55 Common iron bars, Chicago. L.30 1.30 1.35 1.60 No charge for cutting rectangular plates to lengths 3 ft. and Common iren bars, Pittsburgh 1.35 1.35 1.35 1.70 over. . oi Steel bars, tidewater, New York 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.66 TERMS et cash 30 days. Steel bars, Pittsburgh........ 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.50 Sheets.—Makers’ prices for mili shipments on sheets in Tank plates, tidewater, New York = 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.71 carload and larger lots, on which jobbers charge tlie us lank plates, Pittsburgh........ 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.55 discounts for small lots from store, are as follows: Bh Beams, tidewater, New York... 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.71 annealed sheets, Nos. 3 to &. U. S. standard gauge, 1.55 Beams, Pittsburg! Pee? tees 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.55 Nos. 9 and 10. 1.65ce.: Nos. 11 and 12. 1.70¢.: Nos. 13 aud = - ron re New York... 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.71 14, 1.75¢.; Nos. 15 and 16, 1.85¢. One pass, cold rolled, — a itts os is . ; ce & bs * 40 Vv J “U 1.55 box annealed sheets, Nos. 10 to 12, 1.85e.; Nos. 13 and 14 . cip, groove stee > shurg eet aa) aa 5 ’ ow > ~ 7 > ‘ on gk chy = a - ee vies an Py z ee po 1.90c.: Nos. 15 and 16, 1.95¢.: Nos. 17 to 21, 2c.; Nos. 22. skKeip, sheared steel, ttsburgh. a) 0 0 60 9 ‘ ar on « y o7 915 F 23 and 24, 2.05c.: Nos. 25 and 26, 2.10c.;: No. 27, 2.15 SHEETS, NAILS AND WIRE, No. 28, 2.20c.: No. 29, 2.25c.: No. 30, 2.35¢e. Three pass " Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. cold rolled sheets, box anneaied, are as foilows: Nos. 15 and ‘ Sheets, black, No, 28, Pittsburgh 2.20 2 20 2 °0 2 40 16, 2.05c.: Nos. 17 to 21, 2.10c.; Nos. 22 to 24, 2.14r. ce) 5 Wire nails, Pittsburgh*........ 1.75 1.70 1.70 1.85 Nos. 25 and 26, 2.20e.: No. 27, 2.25e.; No. 28, 2.30c.; : Cut nails, Pittsburgh.......... 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.85 29, 2.35¢.: No. 30, 2.45¢e. Galvanized sheets, Nos. 10 Barb wire, galy., Pittsburgh*... 2.05 2 00 2 00 215 11, black sheet gauge, 2.20c.: Nos. 12, 13 and 14, 2.50 f: METALS, Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Nos. 15, 16 and 17, 2.45c.; Nos. 18 to 22, 2.60c. ; wes : . 24, 2.70c.: Nos. 25 a 26, 2.90c.; No. 27, 3.05c.; Xo Lake copper, New York........ 12.75 12.75 13.00 13.871, _ 2%) . No ee ine and 26, 2.90¢.; No. 27, 3. P No, Electrolytic copper, New York.. 12.87% 12.50 2.75 13.62% os a 20, SE. + No. 30, een lyr ee No, Spelter, New York............ et = nh = 60 6.925 sheets. No. 28, $1.55 per square. Galvanized sheets, Spelter, St. Louis............. 5.40 5.40 5.50 6.00 28, $2.75 per square for 24in. corrugations, All above Ra NOE Ts od x nid tia hie am 150 4.50 450 4.70 prices are f.o.b. Pittsburgh, terms 30 days net, or 2 per cell + Re re MR SS 4.35 1.35 1.35 4.60 cash discount 10 days from date of invoice. ae “ing ae - on “< Shack Ga ke a . , : ee - a New Sei asians secs n pees $3.25 41.75 38.45 32.45 Wrought Pipe.—tThe following are the jobbers’ « carload : , € > > ur ol ~ o> - oF 7 oe or Antimony, Hallett, New York... 7.25 7.87% 7.75 8.25 discounts on the Pittsburgh basing card on wrought pipe. Tin plate, 100-lb. box, New York $53.84 $3.84 $3.84 $3.84 effect from October 1: : * These prices are for largest lots to jobbers. Butt Weld. 7} ——Steel.—, -——Iron.—— 2 “ Black. Galv. Black ot : * = &, 4, ¢ Misa seacanhba ace %2 58 68 2 Prices of Finished Iron and Steel f.o.b. Mh MB. ves iy. aclblem nied 7 63 mm 59 h OF 0 ORs Mite kink ais wre Baeclal 79 69 75 65 4 Pittsburgh 7 06 ORs an x's sea cee 80 70 76 866 4 . Lap Weld. a _ B Mi Widens tihic sis abe eee 76 66 72 e4 4 a ae ‘ : / ie: CR erasawisaicne 78 74 6 Freight rates from Pittsburgh in carloads, per 100 Ib.: 41, to OE hc ee Le 77 e 73 63 oq: New York, 16c.; Philadelphia, 15c.: Boston, 18¢.: Buffalo, T tO 12 IM... wees ee ence 75 59 71 55 3 lle.: Cleveland, 10c.: Cincinnati, 15c. : ae ae 17e. : 13 to 1h iM. ee eee eee eee 51% i cates , a : . s ,% ae he sutt Weld, extras l ights. fi Chicago, 18c. Z St. Paul, 32c.; St. Louis, 22\%4c.; New Or- “my, & ig . ES ™ ae none. & . ends, card mm 5 55 M. leans, 30c.: Birmingham, Ala., 45c. Rates to the *acific Ye UM cece ccc ceseesecens 74 68 7 . i Coast are 8O0c. on plates, structural shapes and sheets, No. oa Prog a= Nt ee 79 ° ib 69 i 11 and heavier ; 85c. on sheets, Nos. 12 to 16: 95ec. on sheets, Lap Weld, extra strong. plain ends, card weight. _ na. No. 16 and lighter; 65c. on wrought boiler tubes. A a a a Gay 04 ed 8? 69 71 oo ; F 206 43RD. isis. cee. A. 77 71 73 a et Structural Material.—lI-beams and channels, 3 to 15 $e CR OID, 5 «5.2.00 > tae 76 70 Ta. oe i, in., inclusive, 1.40¢, to 1.45c., net; I-beams over 15 in., 1.50c. 9 Me . yin BASS 2.48 2 te tc eee 3 7 e 50 a. =~ snag Pa = : ==. ac . UR Mev ese sesiccdecsce ens ’ 5 . oa: to 1.55¢., net ; H-be ams over 8 in., 1.55. to 1.60« -3 angles, Butt Weld, double extra strong, plain ends, card weight. a: 5 to G in., inclusive, 4% in. and up, 1.40c. to 1.45c., net; My ed po ote Ws eee eeee 64 58 60 54 a. angles over 6 in., 1.50c. to 1.55c., net.: angles, 3 in., on one M fo 1% in eee eee e eens 67 . s ef fs : * - ° DS Win cas . wwe DUO dbs te * F ne or both legs, less than %4 in. thick, 1.45c., plus full extras Lap Weld, double extra strong, plain ends, card weight, _ a as per steel bar card, effective September 1, 1909; tees, 3 in. Maes 54 +0700) cu ns oe 65 59 ol > ts cn ' ae 2 3 Ne ise x Retr fe i. Se 67 61 6 = ane G3 a , nat Faget 3 a ae ae SA o 1.45¢., net; Ob t0.Oiin. lin. ack ee 66 60 62 iy ; gles, channels and tees, under 3 in., 1.45c., base, plus full © bp 6 O60... a ecwakc ea ee 49 55 45 Janu 26, 19II THE IRON AGE 237 THE IRON AND METAL MARKETS Plugged and Reamed. © to3in.,.Butt Weld f Will be sold at two (2) , points lower basing (high- , er price) than merchant or card weight pipe, Butt 0 4 Wiss ka Lap Weld | or Lap Weld as specified. ve discounts are for “card weight,” subject to the ition of 5 per cent. Prices for less than carloads are »noints lower basing (higher price) than the above dis- Boiler Tubes.—Discounts on lap welded steel and char- ; boiler tubes to jobbers in carloads are as follows: Steel. Iron. iM ccveoscdbsetedsouwaseseaveeeness 49 3 ZU AN. cc cece ccc eerensccescenssesees 61 43 PeETerrTTy oy ry ee Peres oe 65 4! » 5 I... oe cde s 0's dee Sees bah aes een 69 55 and smaller, over 18 ft., 10 per cent. net extra. 1. and larger, over 22 ft., 10 per cent. net extra. than carloads to destinations east of the Mississippi Diver will be sold at delivered discounts for carloads lowered by re tor lengths 22 ft, and under; longer lengths, f.o.b. s irgn. Wire Rods.—Bessemer rods, $28 ; open hearth and chain ds, S2S. Steel Rivets.—Structural rivets, % in. and larger, 1.90c., ,se: cone head boiler rivets, % in. and larger, 2c., base; 54 nd 11-16 in. take an advance of 15c., and % in. and 9-16 take an advance of 50c.; in lengths shorter than 1 in. take an advance of 50c. Terms are 30 days, net cash, 1] miil. ° Pittsburgh Park BUILDING, January 25, 1911.—(By Telegraph.) Pig Iron.—Sentiment in the pig iron trade has slightly vroved, and several furnaces that make foundry iron are sking higher prices. As yet the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Company has not closed for the 6000 to 8000 tons of North- rn and Southern foundry for which it has been negotiating for over a week. The American Steel Foundries is reported the market for 5000 tons of basic for its works at Al- Ohio. There is very little demand for Bessemer ron, for which furnaces are still quoting $15, but several ots of Bessemer are being offered by dealers as low as $14.50 and $14.75, Valley furnace. A sale is reported of ibout 2000 tons of gray forge for delivery February to June 5, Valley furnace. We quote Bessemer iron ance, t about $13.25, nominally at $15; basic, $13.25 to $13.50; No. 2 foundry, $13.75, and gray forge, $13.25, all at Valley furnace, the reight rate to the Pittsburgh district being 90c. a ton. _ 7. =a Steel.—Several report that specifications st contracts for and sheet and tin bars are than for some time. Shipments to the sheet and mills are showing a decided increase. The new for billets and bars is not heavy, being mostly for lots. We quote Bessemer and open hearth billets, in. and up to, but not including, 10 x 10 in., at $23, ind sheet and tin bars in 30-ft. lengths, $24, f.o.b. ch or Youngstown, full freight to destination added. We quote 14%-in. billets at $24 and forging billets at $28, . usual extras for sizes and carbons, f.o.b. Pittsburgh or Youngstown distriets, freight to destination added. Structural Material.—-The American Bridge Company s received a contract from the Kentucky & Indiana Rail- for the erection of a steel bridge across the Ohio River | Louisville, Ky., which will require 15,000 tons. (By Mail.) lhe better feeling in the iron trade noted in last week’s | is intensified this week. It is not entirely sentimental, ‘is shown in an actual inerease in orders and in specifica- ms against contracts. The advance in wire products of fon came as a complete surprise to the trade, not having en been foreshadowed. The building outlook is referred is being very satisfactory, and it is believed that 1911 is make a record in this line. New orders and in- ulries for billets and sheet bars are better, and in finished hes there has been distinct improvement in sheets, tin plate, ‘ructural material and plates. The whole situation, in fact, ‘ decidedly more encouraging than it has been at any time i some months. The weak spot is pig iron, and it would seem that further reduction in output must be made before ly better prices can be expected. Ferromanganese.—A sale of 200 tons of foreign 80 per ‘nt. for delivery up to July is reported on the basis of about “SS. Baltimore. We quote 80 per cent. for reasonably ‘ompt shipment at $38 and for delivery over this year at "8.25 to $88.50. The freight rate to Pittsburgh ,is $1.95 tor steel makers billets £0lng to Ferrosilicon.—There is practically no new inquiry, and ces continue weak. We quote 50 per cent. for prompt ‘pment at $54 and for delivery over the year at about $55. We quote 10 per cent. blast furnace silicon at $23; 11 per “ent. S24 and 12 per cent. $25, f.0.b. cars, Jisco and Ash- ind furnaces, Pr Skelp.—Prices are firmer and most sellers are now re- fusing to quote under 1.30c. for grooved steel skelp. One mill reports a sale of 1000 tons for delivery over the next two months at this price. We quote grooved steel skelp, 1.25c. to 1.30c.; sheared steel skelp, 1.30c. to 1.35c.; grooved iron skelp, 1.60c. to 1.65c., and sheared iron skelp, 1.70c. to 1.75¢, all for delivery at consumers’ mills in the Pittsburgh district, usual terms, Muck Bar.—With no new demand, and in the absence of sales, we quote best grades of muck bar, made from all pig iron, at, nominally, $29. Steel Rails.—The Carnegie Steel Company has sold 5700 tons of standard sections for export. The coal mining concerns continue to place liberal orders f