The Iron Age 1911-03-23: Vol 87 Iss 12

Published Every Thursuay vy me DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY 14-18 Park Place, New York Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. Annum; to Uther Foreign Countries, $10.00 per Annum. oe Single Copies, 20 Cents. , Branch Offices Philadelphia, Real Estate Trust Building Chicago, Fisher Building Pitsburgh, Park Building Beaton, Compton Building THE IRON AGE | Subscription Price, United States and Mexico, $5.00 per Annum; to Canada, Gunes T. Root, » . * * * PRESIDENT W. H, TAYLOR, - = ‘TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER pasowd §. BUTTENHEIM, ° - ° e - SECRETARY Geo. W. Core, . : - - - } corrons A. t. Finovey, ~ - . - - H. R. COBLEIGH, - - - - - MECHANICAL Eorton Cleveland, American Trust Building Cincinnati, 807 Andrews Building CONTENTS Baitorial : PAGp. Advance Buying Is Lacking... .....cccvsseseecerecs 701 Our Approaching Romoval. ... 0 os .caceeececcs cess ce 702 The Stee] Corporation’s Production Statement........ 702 Accidents and Safeguards in England...........+s+0% 703 Our Record Production of Steel in 1910.......00eeee000% 704 re Cree, Se ete cenveaetées 704 OE Oa ee Ee eee ae eee ee 705 whe Iron and Metal Market Reports................ 706 to 715 SE POURTPIRT WOOGNOn 5's «ooo ids case vectoscseecesst 715 EE PRUNE: 66a Vokes i Resho0s es 0's oe su bad hae euewes 715 pen Hearth Furnaces with Magnesite End Blocks........ 716 Rew York City’s Largest Stee] Girder............ceeeeee 716 he Asa W. Whitney Car Wheels..........sccccccceseess 716 BSE ets rr or ree ees a rere erere 717 AStory of the Wreight Rate Hearing..............++-0s- 717 Meveland Superintendents and Foremen...........<s s+. 717 Whe United States Steel Corporation’s 1910 Report........ 718 ee 50. CALC IIIT GE EteaP CAG 1 la co abs cheats 721 Pisiness Administration as a Constructive Science......... 722 The Foundry Exhibit at the Pittsburgh Convention........ 724 pailtoad Efficiency and the Labor Unions...............- 724 e Great Northern Ore POOR ERE Os ots Se éecbivendeas ce 725 ttsburgh Standard Reinforcement for Concrete.......... 725 ee and Plumbing Jobbers’ Conventions................. 726 Annealing Malleable Castings, Illustrated.............. . 726 Mee-Presiden; Dickson’s Resignation..............0+.+- 727 ete National Metal Trades Association’s New Officers...... 727 eve Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company Report.......... 728 peitions in the Foundry Trade..........c.e.esceceeces 728 * International Molding Machine OPO Sic eke das 728 ACincinnat} Shaper with Jib Crane, INustrated.......... 729 m Erie Railroad Ore Docks in Cleveland............... 7 da’s Mineral Output tu 1010. it¥eu.. See... Mee 729 Cambria Steel Company's New Wire Plant. Illustrated. 730 Coke Producers’ Association........:.scscecececcces 734 Autogenous Welding Company’s High Duty Polishing pMachine 11 UOTE. Lk oh cineca ek hae tied ve caenwee 735 "0 Steam Regenerator Installations................. 735 goed Equipment Orders... c.ssccsvvedeccccscecseess 735 “™ Duplex Internal Grinders, Tlustratéd....... Ae 736 bid Construction of Mesta Blowing Engine. Illustrated 788 arored Berg Cinder Car. Illustrated.............. 739 ; “as ce f . Fornace’ Pitas 6.0. 80 e eS. qeeeeess THO fetal Trades’ Annual Meeting.............. 740 on Foundry. and BROD, .. 0. sss eeeesessereeeree ce 741 . we EEGGOR | OR, Cok oo ob 0s kb Cha ean 742 dl ngfield Dry Grinder. Illustrated. ..... Vira IS hes “a the Prevention of Growth in Castings.... 744 Teale sna = Stroke Motors for Commercial Vehicles 744 ae - ppliances......... ie ie tae oe 6 Kes dhe 745 ae: mat ee ee ae ee «746 to 755 ORD OPE EE SE. 5 gids rad On X35 ce F4t iF. Se 756 ‘March 23, 1911 Vou. 87: No. 2 Advance fiviie Is Lacking About 75 Per Cent. of Finishing Capacity Active Pig Iron Output Growing — Central Western Stocks Slightly Less The indications in the iron and steel trades are not so plain nor so uniform as to make reports from the various markets of one tencr. In the main develop- ments are still favorable. Steel works.and rolling mills are making larger outputs than in February, and con- are specifying to the maximum New orders in sumers generally amounts stipulated in their contracts. some lines, however, are not meeting recent expecta- tions. The lack of the advance buying that has marked every great year in the steel trade may be given undue emphasis, in view of an average output up to 75 per cent. of capacity. But the bar trade, for example, re- calls that just one year ago agricultural works were making large contracts running more than 12 months ahead. To-day consumers find no incentive to buy far ahead, either to insure deliveries or to forestall ad- vances. Some measure of the railroads’ abstention from the market is found in a compilation by the leading inter- est showing that only 8 per cent. of last month’s busi- ness was for railroad consumption, either directly or through car and other industries. Structural work is more active, most of the larger new contracts being reported from the East, while the West has a good total of smaller business. The post- office at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, New York, 6400 tons, and the Masonic Temple, 3700 tons, have been élosed by the leading interest, together with the Curtis Publishing Company warehouse at Philadel- phia, 4000 to 5000 tons, and the American Building, Chicago, 5200 tons. At Los Angeles the Earle Build- ing has been awarded, calling for 2200 tons. The Great Northern has bought 10,000 tons of open hearth rails at Chicago, and an additional 10,000 tons closed there this week includes 6600 tons fortwo trac- tion lines and a contracting company. The Chicago City Railways are in the market for 4000 tons, and the Pittsburgh. Railways for 1700 tons of girder rails. Little railroad bridge work is pending, but the St. Paul is in the market for its requirements. The wire mills have been running almost to ca- pacity for some weeks and manufacturers are count- ing on a season of heavy consumption. Merchant pipe and sheets have been backward lines, but specifications are now picking up. Cut nail manufacturers at a meeting in Philadel- phia advanced prices to $1.70. The trade is understood to have been well filled up on the old basis.: The bolt and nut meeting left prices unchanged. In cast iron pipé the demand from private water and gas companies keeps up quite well. Pittsfield, enor i ‘ © —, er bends mmeemnenniemmiaeities oo ee ¥ 24 fy a) oa na dhe tie " if i EEG 2 fl x. ~~) eee nae: a set mag ered ier ae dpa 702 Mass., will open bids March 27 on 3800 tons of water pipe, and bids will soon be asked on 7000 to 10,000 tons of 48-in. pipe for delivery in the Bronx, New York. Pig iron production is growing, but the increase is almost all for steel making. The Steel Corporation blew in one Ohio, one South Chicago and one Gary furnace last week, and is now operating 72 per cent. of its pig iron capacity. Stocks at Ohio and Western Pennsylvania furnaces, including those of steel. com- panies, decreased 7000 tons in February and 23,000 tons in the first half of March. Foundry pig iron is less active and the advances recently asked for delivery in the second half of the year have not been established in all markets. In Southern iron several good sales have been made, and one 25,000-ton transaction in pipe iron is pending in the East. Buyers have been able to push the $11, Bir- mingham, basis farther into the year—at least to the end of the third quarter in some cases. In Northern Ohio, foundry iron for the second half has sold at $14.25, at furnace, which was also the Valley furnace basis on a round lot closed at Pittsburgh for the same delivery. A sale of 5000 tons of ferromanganese has been made at less than $36.75, Baltimore, delivery in West- ern Pennsylvania from October, 1911, to March, 1912. Old material prices are receding. Rolling mills are not taking deliveries as fast as dealers would like and steel works are buying sparingly. Arrivals of tin have been very heavy—a total of 4437 tons for March thus far, and nearly all of it for delivery into consumption. The unusual premiums paid recently on New York sales have dwindled to ec. and Mc. Our Approaching Removal ° The David Williams Company, publisher of The Iron Age, Iron Age-Hardware, Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter and Building Age, will s£emove its entire business from 14 Park place to 239 West Thirty- ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, New York City, and expects to be established in its new quarters in the week beginning April’ 10. Several reasons have influenced the company when making this selection of a new habitation so far from the district in which it has so long conducted its opera- tions. During the history of these various publica- tions, the office has been frequently removed, but it has always been within a short distance of the central post-office. Convenience to the post-office was the prime consideration. This motive no longer applies, arrangements with the New York post-office now being in effect whereby our publications are sent di- rectly to the Pennsylvania and New York Central trains without passing through the post-office. For some time many of the business interests of New York have found it advisable to seek locations further north in the city. The trend has been steadily in the direc- tion of the district extending from Twenty-third street to Forty-second street. In this locality are found most of the important hotels, great retail stores and leading places of amusement. The out-of-town. visitor finds himself in that locality more frequently than in any other part of the city. The recent opening of the great Pennsylvania Railroad station at Thirty-third street and Seventh avenue has emphasized this movement. THE IRON AGE Ma: 23, 1911 The new location of our office is al midway between the Pennsylvania Railroad an. v York Central stations and is within walking | ce from either. It will therefore be easy of acce: out-of: town visitors traveling on lines using the: rminals, It will also be within easy reach of the great new post- office which will occupy a portion of the | sylvania Railroad Company’s ground on Eighth avenue. An important advantage which will be gained | consist in having the printing office under the same roof with the business and editorial offices. Much inconvenience has been suffered for a long time in the separation of the mechanical and editorial departments, the printing office being at some distance. -The new quarters will also afford much more room for the present working force, as well as provide ample space for growth, which, we are pleased to say, seems assured. Visitors will be welcomed in the: new quarters, as they always have been in the old ones. Ample pro- vision will be made for them, including writing facili- ties for those living out of the city and who sometimes may find it difficult to secure conveniences of this kind while temporarily in the city. The files of our various publications and our extensive collection of trade cata- logues will also be at their service for reference. The Steel Corporation’s Production Statement Since the United States Steel Corporation rounds out a decade with the end of the present month, its last annual report which has just been made public is of peculiar interest. Repeatedly attention has been called to the relation between the production of the Steel Cor- poration and the total output of the other steel com- panies. Opportunely the American Iron and Steel As- sociation’s statistics of the country’s steel ingot and castings production in 1910 are published this week, making possible a computation of the Steel Corpora- tion’s percentage for that year. The country produced the stupendous total of 26,094,919 gross tons of steel ingots and castings, and the Steel Corporation 14,179- 369 tons, or 54.3 per cent. The production of independ- ent companies last year was greater than any prelimin- ary estimate had allowed for, and the Steel Corpora- tion’s percentage thus falls to its lowest. For several years it has been a fraction over 56, while in 1901, the Steel Corporation’s first year, it was 66.2. However, this falling off in the percentage of steel produced by the Corporation can only be rightly interpreted in the light of one outstanding fact—the increasing percent- age of its ingot production which enters into the more highly finished forms. The Corporation has -— steadily at work diversifying its output and the highe priced forms—those which represent the greatest amount of work in the mill—are a larger proportio than ever. Mere tonnage is, therefore, of less signifi cance in a study of these statistics than character tonnage. A very interesting comparison of the four pre eminent years in the steel trade is possible, with the Steel Corporation’s complete figures for 1910 before us. From the following table we have omitted 1 as being an interval of suspended animation. The items selected give an epitome of the Corporation s °P erations—the production of Lake Superior ore, of pig iron and steel ingots, of finished products for sale, to" earnings and earnings per ton of product. The last © ish tere foil, —_—>S err fore 908 The 5 OP f pig tota st 0 March igi! . is not to be taken as an accurate average steel prices. It is greater than such aver- ince it includes the important factor of rail- ngs as well as profits from cement and va- rious by products. As is well known, the earnings of innesota ore roads and its Bessemer road e traffic are considerable: Steel Corporation’s Production in 1906, 1907, 1909 and 1910.—Gross Tons. 1910. 1909, 1907. 1906. 23,204,515 21,606,184 22,403,801 20,645,148 11,831,398 11,618,350 11,422,795 11,267,377 : 5,796,223 5,846,300 7,556,460 8,072,655 ( 8,383,146 7,508,889 5,786,532 5,438,494 14,179,369 13,355,189 3,342,992 13,511,149 St 2 118,473 1.719,486 1,879,985 1,982,042 10,733,995 9,859,660 10,376,742 10,578,433 $141,054,754 $131,491,413 $160,964,673 $156,624,273 $13.14 $13.34 $15.51 $14.80 ts + Includes ferro and spiegel. \Vith due allowance for earnings apart from those the above averages per ton are much above ‘ various independent steel companies. The i the latter in recent years have shown profits $4 to $6 a ton. Without going narrowly into the reasons for the difference between these’ figures iverage of more than $14 in the above table, be attributed in the main to the great diversity i the Steel Corporation’s output and its large tonnage i the lighter and more highly finished products. It sto be noted in connection with the table that the profits in the omitted year of depression, 1908, were $91,847,710 on 6,206,932 tons, or an average of $14.80, exactly the same as for 1906. In the following table a comparison is made between the production of the Steel Corporation subsidiaries in 1902, the first full year of the Corporation, and that of 1910 Production of the United States Steel Corperation in 1902 and IN0.-Gross Tons, Eaeept Wire Products and Finished Structural Work, Which Are in Net Tons * . 1910. 1902. B furnace products. izs.icececese + .11,881,398 7,975,530 Bessemer ingots... .).'o. sss bee el oe 5,796,223. °° 6,759,210 Oy arth ingots. ...scac.'setdaendaes 8,383,146 2,984,708 1 Pe ye a aeaeate Total IngOts sv seeeeneeeeeer ses 14,179,369 _ 9,743,918 weal alls... . «5.5 aches pues ela eb aninde 2,118,473 1,920,786 B ets, sheet bars, &c. (a)..... 682,364 782,637 - 0 0:8 «Odie ae bce ah ae ee 929,020 649,541 Me ( steel, bars, skelp, hoops, bands, 4 so sae bt aT OoEIES soe 1,527,506 1,254,560 uf ictural shapes. 2... 204. . ARG 656,707 09! 0s LER ” ng du G pipe .(C).» depissne aioe ee 868,550 744,062 Wire rody.......+.0sseeg¢anmee ss cues 133,722 109,330 - ar d products of wire (@)......... 1,490,318 1,122,809 - : nd tin plates! ¢@) 6.3. Gow. sch ae 1,082,787 783,576 - ed structural work (f)...5..0... 589,228 481,029 ~ e bars and joints..:....../. 235,998 139,954 e ts, nuts and rivets.......... 71,326 42,984 ee 101,066 136,787 - r wheels... /iwihisiecnt:. tdbiacktews OG300 «: viihbeets »fY iron and steel products......... 148,735 29,177 . J fal finished products.......'.... 10,733,995 8,197,232 “i Or... 1. ahs wibln ds eRe oe: Caen 26,777 23,982 Cen iit tt eb beh PEWS « ahle weaisies 33,684 14,224 E? “O8rrelg. ... o0s:s paibina seen 7,001,500 486,357 a Maximum, 1,253,682 tons in 1905. | (b) Includes ao ee Maximum, 1,174.629 tons in 1907. (d) Maximum, (ye tons tn 1909. (e) Maximum, 1,112,542 tons in 1906. Umum, 719,887 tons in 1907. total for 1910—10,733,995 tons— is not so much md that of 1902 as might ‘be expected from the “rant additions to capacity which eight years have “ght. Ihe report just issued says that about 80 per “nt. of capacity was utilized last year, ‘so that in a Year of $011 , | tull demand more than 13,400,000 tons of fin- Whed « ‘tee! could be produced. What is of chief in- cs ; the table is the indication it gives of the lines ~ “ed in the expansion of the Corporation’s business. THE IRON AGE 703 Rails have practically stood still, and blooms, billets and sheet bars have declined. From the maximam of 1,253,682 tons of semi-finished steel marketed as such in 1905, the falling off has been nearly 50 per cent. Sheets and tin plates have grown, but last year did not reach their maximum of 1,112,542 tons in 1906. Wire products expanded to 1,607,689 tons in 1909, but fell away from that maximum last year. A remarkable in- crease is that in merchant steel bars and shapes. These were grouped together in 1902, when the total was 1,254,560 tons. Last year merchant stcel, bars, etc., and the now separated item of “heavy structural shapes ” amounted together to 2,184.303 tons, an increase of more than 70 per cent. Tubing and pipe at 868,550 tons last year was considerably short of the maximum of 1,174,629 tons in 1907. A striking feature of the table is the decline in Bes- semer steel ingots from 6,759,210 tons in 1902 to 5,796,- 223 tons last year, while open hearth ingots made the remarkable increase of 5,398,438 tons or more than 180 per cent. Accidents and Safeguards in England The report of the British Home Office Departmental Committee on Accidents in Factories and Workshops contains much material of value to American employ- etfs of labor in connection with the workmen’s com- pensation acts projected or already in operation in this country. The committee goes into many details of the causes of accidents and the means which should be adopted for their prevention. The investigation had its origin in certain alarmist statements made in the House of Commons—similar to those frequently heard on this side of the ocean—to the effect that there was a large increase in the number of accidents and an augmentation in accident risks. The committee finds that the accident risk for the 10 years 1897 to 1907 prob- ably remained almost constant, and that since. that period the tendency of the risk has been to decrease, though it is still much too great. Any increase due to the greater amount of machinery in use and the higher pressure of working conditions has been counteracted by improved inspection, by the greater care resulting from the adoption of the workmen’s compensation acts and by the circumstances that in many instances of themselves introduced elements of safety. Including all factories, the committee finds that the number of injured workers compensated under the workmen’s compensation act equaled 27 per 1000 per- sons eniployed, and that in metal working the propor- tion was 67.3; in engine building, 65.1; in woodwork- ing, 44.7, and in other metal industries, 33.9. When docks, mines and transport trades are included, the average number is 50.7 per 1000, those in the mines numbering 158.6; on docks, 90.1; on constructional work, 76.6; in collieries, 63.2, and on railroads, 47.2. Contrary to the usual belief, the rate of accidents in cotton factories was 16.7 and in woolen factories 88, both exceedingly low. As'to the ‘contention that the risk of accident is augmented by the increased speed of production and the pressure imposed: on the worker owing to modern competitive conditions, the committee ‘states that it is ttiable to get any scientific evidence’ as to industrial fatigue, and thinks it would be instructive to take, by some of the recognized scientific tests, fatigue measure- i Sees repre aa eae Peer tee aE pee ae fies ocean A ACN EE PEP ag we 704 THE IRON AGE Marc IO} ments of a number of workers, with a view to discover whether thére is any correlation between the degree of fatigue and the accident risk. The report quotes the factory inspectors employed under the factory act as believing that. machinery is not run so fast. as to. be dangerous, and as not being able to trace particular accidents to the speed of the machines. In their opin ion higher spéed can only be regarded as a minor tend- ency toward increased accident risk. The trouble, ac cording to these observers, is that machine operators when engaged in piecework or on the premium system adopt expedients which are not prudent, which in some measure nullifies the provisions made for the préven- tion of accidents. In this connection the committee urges most rigid inspection of equipment on the part of men employed for the purpose by the manufacturer, as well as by the Government inspectors, the two work- ing jointly with the inspectors of the companies which insure against loss through workmen’s compensation. The committee strongly recommends the use of pre- ventive measures as a matter of the first importance, but at the same time the avoidance as far as possible of any departure radically affecting inevitable economic conditions. The difficulty of the employer and_ the factory inspector getting together in these details has been a lack of uniformity in the requirements, and the consequent handicap of one firm as compared with an- other in meeting these requirements. The committee strongly advocates that a conference between the repre- sentatives of employers, work people and inspectors, and also, in some cases, of manufacturers of machin- ery, should be held at reasonable intervals for the pur- pose of discussing the requirements in a particular trade or in a particular district, and the best means of preventing accidents. Such a conference would deal not only with the guarding of particular types of ma- chines, but the planning of works so as to avoid dver- crowding of machinery, methods of avoiding injurious weight carrying, the maintenance of floors in a safe condition, arrangements for cleaning machinery, the lighting of factories and other matters. When agree- ments are arrived at regarding any condition appli- cable in all works, compliance should be enforced at once by prosecution under the factory act. The committee found no evidence of the view some- times taken that employers feel relieved of their re- sponsibility, both from the moral and financial point of view, by insuring under the workmen’s compensation act. Augmented risks, due to whatever cause, and in- dicated by increased numbers of accidents, involve higher insurance premiums both in the mutual and in the regular line companies. Every insurance company, in view of competition, must take steps to keep the accident rate as low as possible. These companies have inspectors, make regulations, call attention to dangers and arrange differential rates according to the degrees of danger associated with particular indus- tries and even with particular works. Our Record Production of Steel in 1910 The American Iron & Steel Association has ascertained the production of all kinds of steel in the United States in the calendar year 1910, both ingots and direct castings being included. A new record was made, all previous years having been far surpassed. The production of Bes- semer steel was 9,412,772 gross tons; of open-hearth steel, 16.504,509 tons; of crucible steel, 122.303 ton and miscellaneous steel, 55,3835 tons. The 1 tion of steel was 26,094,919 tons, against a tion of 23,955,021 tons in 1909, when the la up to that time was reached. Thomas J. Bray Presiden tof the Republic Iron & Steel Company Chairman John A. Topping of the Republic Iron & Steel Company announces that Tracy W. Guthrie, presj dent of the company, has tendered his resignation as president and director to engage in other business, Chairman Topping adds that the resignation has beep aceepted with regret by the Hxecutive Committee, and THOMAS J, BRAY. that Mr. Guthrie leaves the company with the good wil of- his associates. He will continue to act in a consulting capacity temporarily. Mr. Guthrie is succeeded by J. I. Bray, formerly vice-president, in charge of the operat department. H. L. Rownd, formerly secretary and treas urer, becomes vice-president and treasurer, and Richar Jones, Jr.. general attorney for the company, has hee elected secretary. Mr. Guthrie, who had previously been connected : Hocking Valley coal interests, with headquarters at U lumbus, Ohio, came into the Republic Iron & Steel Com pany in 1906 as assistant to President Topping. It 1907, when Mr. Topping was mad :*chairman, Mr. Guth rie was elected president, Thomas J. Bray, the new president, was bern 4 burgh in 1867 and attended the Pittsburgh schools °" high school in that city. His first employment was ** a apprentice in the machine shops of the Lewis a Machine Company on the South Side, Pittsburgh. 7 then worked a short time at the Riverside Iron wer Wheeling, W. Va., as a patternmaker and afterward “ employed in the drawing offices of the Lewis Foundry Machine Company for three years. He left that compat in 1890, going to Lehigh University, where he graduat in 1894 as a mechanical engineer. He went with the Ob Steel Company in 1894 for a short time and then “9 the employ of MeGill & Co,, founders and machinis Pittsburgh. Upon the taking over of that company bY 7 United Engineering & Fourdry Company. he wa - wit ; Pitts e? Mat IgI! ver of the latter concern from its organization, in that capacity up to 1905. From 1905 he has cted with the Republic Iron & Steel Company. A sistant to the president, and in 1907 was made - ent in charge of the operating department. ic tion to the presidency of the company is a well ‘ies ry) recognition of ability. Mr. Bray is a brother of . sles WV. Bray, who for some years was president of “ah \ an Sheet & Tin Plate Company, but retired e business a few years ago. New Publications. Mechanics for Engineers. By Arthur Morley. Bound th. Size, 5 x 7% in.; 290 pages; 199 diagrams. price $1.20. Published by Longmans, Green & Co., Fourth avenue and Thirtieth street, New York City. rhe work is a text book of the intermediate standard tended to provide a suitable course in the principles of N echanics for engineering students. The ground covered : the book is that required by several of the prominent ‘nglish educational institutions. The aim has been to se- ect a course through which the student can work in a year rather than to treat a wide range of academic prob- ems, and the principles have been ilustrated as far as the exclusion of technical knowledge and terms would allow by examples likely to be most useful to the engineer. Graphical methods of solving problems have in some cases been used, as the author believes that such exercises while taking more time than the easy arithmetical ones, which are framed to give exact answers, compel the student to think of the relations existing between the quantities involved instead of merely performing the operations by fixed rules. The book is divided into 10 chapters and an appendix contains a number of questions selected from the exam- ination papers of the London University, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Board of Education. The first three chapters are devoted. to kimematics, laws of notion and work, power and energy, and a simple har- nonie motion, together with motion in a cirelé, is dis- cussed in chapter IV. Statics, concurrent forces and fric- nm are covered in the next chapter, and in chapter VI the statics of rigid bodies: is taken up. The next two clapters are concerned with the centers of Inertia and mvity and their preperties and applications, while ipter IX is given over to moments of inertia and rota- rhe final chapter is devoted to the elements of 4 il statics and deals with the preparation of dia- d scales showing the action of various forces point and the different stresses occurring in struetures, girders, roofs; loaded chains and ‘rings, Problems are given at the end of each chapter | the answers to these follow the appendix containing inination* questions. A’ comprehensive ‘index of ferent subjects treated completes the volume. \ Practical Guide to Irom and Steel Works Analyses. ‘y Walter Macfarlane. Size, 5 x 7 in,; pages, 184; istrations. Bound in cloth. Price, $1.25 net. sled by Longmans, Green & Co., Fourth avenue irtieth street, New York City. ok is a series of selections from “ Laboratory lron and Steel Analyses,” to meet'the require- those who do not wish te pursne a full analyt- These notes were first written for the guid- staff in an iren and steel works laboratory, ~ for some years-under the supervision of the (| were the results of over 40,000 estimations record annually. The methods had to be reli- apid so as to control and keep pace with. the dry ‘uring operations. An. effort has been. made to av mplete course of an assay or an: analysis in and precise quantities of chemicals and the enient sizes of beakers and other laboratory ~ are specified, ok is divided into nine sections dealing with is of steel, pig iron, limestone, caleined lime- inite and solid fuels; the estimation of iron, ‘es on laboratory operations and appliances I ] wi THE IRON AGE 705 and notes on preparing and storing solutions. In each of the first two sections the processes by which carbon, silicon, phosphorus, manganese and sulphur are esti- mated are given in considerable detail. In the section dealing with the analysis of solid fuels, which is a new one, the estimations of moisture, ash, coke and sulphur are all described. Various methods of estimating iron are described, and in the last two sections instructions are given on the performing of the various laboratory operations and the preparation and storing of the dif- ferent solutions required in iron and steel works analysis. Dynamo Electric Machinery. By Samuel Sheldon, Ph.D., and Erich Hausmann. WBighth edition, com- pletely rewritten. Bound in cloth. Size, 5% x 8 in.; pages, 328; 210 illustrations and diagrams. Price, $2.50 net. Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, New York City. The latest edition of this book dealing with the con- struction, design and operation of direct current ma- chines, like its predecessors, is primarily a text book for students. ‘Che matter is presented in a way whichis es- pecially adapted for a course consisting of ‘recitations and occasional lectures supplemented by work in the lab- oratory. The sequence of the treatment is such that any part not required by students taking other than élec- trical courses can be omitted without destroying the con- tinuity in the remaining matter, or the volume can be used by one who is not a student to gain a knowledge of certain particular phases of the subject. With the exception of the first two chapters the book has been entirely rewritten, and its scope considerably extended. The new matter includes problems at the end of each chapter, a presentation of the theory of com- mutation, means for predetermining the operating char- acteristics of direct current generators and motors, a discussion of the storage battery from an engineering viewpoint, a treatment of the theory of balancers and boosters and a discussion of cost prices and operating expenses of different types of machines and plants. An almost entirely new set of illustrations has been substi- tuted, most of which were specially drawn to make clear methods of construction or characteristics of operation. Certain chapters on design of machines and tests have been omitted, because adequate treatment requires more space than can be spared in so general a book. The first two of the nine chapters deal with electrical and magnetic laws. Following these are chapters on armatures, field magnets and armature reaction. Chap- ter VI. is devoted. te generators, and is divided into three sections, the first dealing with. efficiency of operation, the next with constant-potential generators and the last with constant-current machines. In the next chapter motors are similarly treated, and after a general discussion of the principle of action, armature reaction and power, the shunt and the series types are described, and special reference is made to the industrial applications of both kinds for driving machine tools and in rolling mills. Chapter VIII.-deals with auxiliary apparatus, such as dynamotors, motor generators, boosters and storage bat- teries, and: the final chapter contains instructions for op- erating central station equipment. —-—_+>-e—___— About 100 molders and core makers-employed by the Goulds Mfg. Company, Seneca Falls, N. Y., are.on a strike. No question of wages {s involved, but the molders objected to an increase in thé- number of molding machine operatives. Heretofore the machine issue has not been raised as molding machine men were counted as apprentices, but when the company increased the num- ber of machine men beyond the basis of the apprentice ratio the molders protested and later went out. The Fort Worth Wagon Factory, Fort Worth, Tex., is now finishing its buildings and hopes to be turning out wagous within 90 days. This company is incorporated for $150,000, and not $15,000, as reported in The Iron Age of March. 9. It will manufacture high grade farm wagons. I. H. Burney is president; Van Zandt Jarvis, vice-president; C. Hightower, secretary and treasurer; Warren Heaton, manager. betes Sa eels 8 eg soe a oie eae The Iron and THE IRON AGE Mar I9ll Metal Markets ooo A Comparison of Prices Advances Over the Previous Week in Heavy Type, Declines in Italics. At date, one week, one month and one year previous, Mar.22, Mar.15, Feb.22, Mar.23, PIG IRON, Per Gross Ton: 1911, 1911. 1911. 1910. Foundry No. 2, standard, Phila- GRD, , 2,000 60.4.2 4an .. $15.50 $15.50 $15.50 $18.00 Foundry No. 2, Valley turn: ace... 13.75 13.75 13.75 16.25 Foundry No. 2, Southern, Cincin- EE; 6 6 ot as 6 HEE) tO tune 0 -.. 24.23 14.25 14.23 16.25 Foundry No, 2, Birmingham, Ala. 11.00 11.00 11.00 13.00 Foundry No. 2, local. Chicago 15.50 15.50 15.50 18.25 Basic, delivered, eastern Pa.... 15.25 15.25 14.50 18.00 Basic, Valley furnace.......... 13.75 13.75 13.75 16.00 Bessemer, Pittsburgh...... .«. 15.90 15.90 15.90 18.40 Gray forge, Pittsburgh........ 14.40 1440 14.40 16.15 Lake Superior charcoal, Chicago 17.50 17.50 17.50 19.00 COKE, CONNELLSVILLE, Per Net Ton, at oven: Furnace coke, prompt shipment. 1.55 Lod 1.45 2.00 Furnace coke, future delivery... V.T5 1.75 1.60 2.25 Foundry coke, prompt shipment. 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.60 Foundry coke, future delivery. . 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.75 BILLETS, &c., Per Gross Ton: Bessemer billets, Pittsburgh... 23.00 23.00 23.00 27.50 Forging billets, Pittsburgh... .. "8.00 28.00 28.00 32.00 Open hearth billets, Philadelphia 25.40 25.40 25.40 30.60 Wire rods, Pittsburgh.......... 29.00 29.00 29.00 33.00 OLD MATERIAL, Per Gross Ton : Iron rails, Chieago...... ai 45.50 25.50 15.50 19.00 Iron rails, Philadelphia........ 18.50 18.50 18.00 20,50 Car wheels, Chicago. see 13.258 13.25 13.00 17.00 Car wheels, Philadelphia 14.00° 14.00 14.00 16.75 Heavy steel scrap, Pittsburgh 15.00 14.25 14.75 17.00 Heavy steel scrap, Chicago. ... 12.00 12.00 12.50 15.00 Hleavy steel scrap, Phila: felphia. 14.00 14.00 14.50 16.50 FINISHED TRON AND STEEL, Per Pound : Cents. . Cents. Cents, Bessemer rails, heavy, at mill. . 1.25 1.25 1.25 Refined iron bars, Philadelphia. 1.37% 1.37% 1.55 Common iren bars, Chicago.... 1.27% 1.30 1.55 Common iron bars, Pittsburgh. . 1.35 1.35 1.65 Steel bars, tidewater, New York 3.56 1.56 1.61 Steel bars, Pittsburgh......... 1.40 1.40 1.45 Tank plates, tidewater, New York 1.56 1.56 1.71 Tank plates, Pittsburgh........ 1.40 1.40 1.55 Beams, tidewater, New York... 1.56 1.56 1.66 Beams, Pittsburgh............. 1.40 1.40 1.50 Angles, tidewater, New York... 1.56 1.56 1.66 Angles, Pittsburgh............ 1.40 1.40 1.50 Skelp, grooved steel, Pittsburgh. 1.30 1.30 1.50 Skelp, sheared steel, Pittsburgh. 1.35 1.35 1.60 SHEETS, NAILS AND WIRE, Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Sheets, biack, No. 28, Pittsburgh 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.40 Wire nails, Pittsburgh*........ 1.80 1.80 L.75 1.85 Cut nails, Pittsburgh.......... 1.70 1.60 1.60 1.85 Barb wire, galv., Pittsburgh*... 2.10 2.10 2.05 2.15 METALS, Per Pound: Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Lake copper, New York..... - 12.50 12.50 12.75 13.75 Electrolytic copper, New York. 12.25 12.25 12.3714%613.37% Spelter, New York......... coe B86 5.65 5.60 5.73 Spelter; St. Louis............. 5.50 550 5.45 £5.58 Ek Siler TORR 6 ick ocak coccte 4.40 4.37% 4.42% 4.45 Baek, Gel: LOGS... osc cescceens 4.25 4.22% 4.27% 4.30 RR inn b:0.cs 6 oe abu « 40.50 39.75 44.75 32.35 Antimony, Hallett, New York... 9.1244 9.25 8.00 8.25 Tin plate, 100-)b. box, New York 3.94 $3.94 $3.94 $3.84 * These prices are for largest lots to jobbers. Prices of Finished Iron and Steel f.o.b. Pittsburgh Freight rates from Pittsburgh in carloads, per 100 Ib.: New York, 16c.: Philadelphia, 15c.; Boston, 18c.: Buffalo, lle.; Cleveland, 10c.; Cincinnati, 15c.: Indianapolis, 17c.; Chicago, 18c.; St. Paul, 32c.; St. Louis, 224%4c.; New Or- leans, 30c.: Birmingham, Ala.. 45c. Rates to the Pacific Coast are SOc. on plates, structural shapes and sheets, No. 11 and heavier; S5c. on sheets, Nos. 12 to 16; 9%c. on sheets, No. 16 and lighter, 65c. on wrought boiler tubes. Structural Material.—I-beams and channels, 3 to 15 in., inclusive, 1.40c. to 1.45c., net; I-beams over 15 in., 1.50c. to 1.55¢., net; H-beams over 8 in., 1.55c. to 1.60c.; angles, 3 to 6 in., inclusive, %4 in. and up, 1.40c. to 1.45c., net; angles over 6 in., 1.50c. to 1.55c., net; angles, 3 in., on one or both legs, less than % in. thick, 1.45c.; plus full extras as per steel bar card, effective September 1, 1909; tees, 3 in. and up, 1.45c., net; zees, 3 ‘in. and Mp, 1.40¢. to 1.456. no angles, channels and tees, under 8 in., 1.45¢., bas *) ull extras as per steel bar card of September 1, 1:x\) << beams and bulb angles, 1.70c. to 1.75c., net: ha: es 2.50c.; eheckered and corrugated plates, 2.50c., Plates.—Tank plates, %4 in. thick, 614 in. up to 100 jn wide, 1.40c. to 1.45c., base: Following are stipu! scribed by manufacturers, with extras to be added | price (per pound) of plates: Rectangular plates, tank stee! or conforming to manufactyr ers’ standard specifications for structural steel dated February ¢ 1903, or equivaient, 44-in. thick and over on thinnest edg 100 in, wide and under, down to but not including 6 in, wide, are base, Plates up to T2 in. wide, inclusive, ordered 10.2 |b. ? rs foot are considered \4-in. plates. Plates over 72 in. wide myst be ordered \-in. thick on edge, or not le Ss than 11 |b. per uare :oot, to take base price. Plates over 72 in. wide ord r d lesa than 11 lb. per square foot down to the weight of 3-16-in. tak. the price of 3-16-in. ee Allowable overweight, whether plates are ordered to gauge « we. ght, to be governed by the standard specifications of the As sociation of American Steel Manufacturers. ; Gauges under \4-in. to and ineluding 3-16-in. on juare Cent Oe... kay «3:5. as aa was Ba ce do <0 « $0.10 Gauges under 3-16-in. to and including No. 8... 15 Gauges under No. 8S to and including No 9.... 25 Gauges under No. 9 to and including No. 10...... .30 Gauges under No. 10 te and including No. 12..... .4u Sketches (including all straight taper plates), 3 ft and over in length o Ss 62s ROR UNE OU eh be! 10 Complete circles, 3 ft. in diameter and over.... 20 Boller abe Banas wheel. .. « «io sinh ad cee ok Bik kw vs 10 “A.B. M. A.” and ordinary firebox steel. ....... 20 Sti? hottoth Sheed es eA CG A. 30 Marine steel... a Nila Siedhs akts Mls bets Geek cee ok 40 Locomotive frei nox " steel pcan tik eadcaecaat Aaa a & 6» MO Widths over 100 in. up to 110 in., inelusive...... .05 Widths over 110 in. up to 115 in., inclusive...... 10 Widths over 115 in. up to 120 in., inclusive...... 15 Widths over 120 in. up to 125 in., inclusive...... 2 Widths over 125 in. up to 130 in., imelusive...... mo Wieths over 150. Bis o65 cckienw ob aati bakes 1.00 Cutting to lengths or diameters under 8 ft, to 2 Ft, WpCRNO. 5 6s cod. c oc deb eee eke wees 2 Cutting to lengths or diameters under 2 ft. to 1 Rt. ECSMNOR. «5 sv ota so na eared ee SEE 50 Cutting to lengths or diameters under i ft....... 1.55 No charge for cutting rectangular plates to lengths 3 ft. an’ over rerRMs.—Net cash 30 days. Sheets.— Makers’ prices for mill shipments on sheets in carload and larger lots, on which jobbers charge the usual discounts for small lots from store are as follows: Blue annealed sheets, Nos. 3 to 8, U. S. standard gauge, 1.5ic. Nos. 9 and 10, 1.65c.; Nos. 11 and 12, 1.70c.; Nos. 13 and 14, 1.75¢e.; Nos. 15 and 16, 1.85¢c. One pass, cold rolled box annealed sheets, Nos. 10 to 12, 1.85c.; as 18 and 14, 1.90e.; Nos. 15 and 16, 1.95c.; Nos. 17 to 21, 2c.; Nos 22, 23 and 24, 2.05c.: Nos. 25 and 26, 210c; Ne. 97, 2 2.15e. ; No. 28, 2.20c.; No. 29, 2.25c.: No. 30, 2.35c. Three pass, 20, 2.35c.: No. 30, 2.45c. Galvanized sheets, Nos. 10 and 16, 2.05c.; Nos. 17 to 21, 2.10c.: Nos 22 to 24, 2.1%«. Nos. 25 and 26, 2.20c.; No. 27, 2.25¢.; No. 28, 2.30c.; No. 29, 2.35c.; No. 30, 2.45¢. Galvanized sheets, Nos. 10 _ 11, black sheet gauge, 2.20c.; Nos. 12, 13 and 14, 2.3 Nos. 15, 16 and 17, 2.45¢. ; Nos. 18 to 22, 2.60c.; Nos. 2B and 24, 2.70c.; Nos. 25 and 26, 2.90c.; No. 27, 3.05c.; No. 28, 3.20c.; No. 29, 3.30c.; No. 30, 3.50c. Painted roofing sheets, No. 28, $1.55 per square. Galvanized sheets, No. 28, $2.75 per square for 214-in. corrugations. All above prices are f.o.b. Pittsburgh, terms 30 days net, or 2 per cent. cash discount 10 days from date of invoice. Wrought Pipe.—The following are the jobbers’ carload discounts on the Pittsburgh basing card on wrought pipe, i2 effect from October 1: Butt Weld. —Steel—, -——lIron-—— Flack. Galv. Black. Galv. MS BON. oo. NEE ae 72 58 68 54 Be Ws its bu io 4s Sa 7% 63 71 = (59 060 9M G6. kins canon ae 79 69 75 6») et eae acres 70 76 66 IL. op | Wele, re Oo skis ea id 66 72 bo ie Bh BB ens coed tt. s Sa 7s 68 74 4 ae 0 Oe OS sk os ae oe i7 67 73 Oo T Go. RB Wii nog hiss ue aS wen 5 a9 71 »o pe OR Ere. Ok bs ces ave Butt Weld, extra strong, plain ends, card weights 2 as |: Ses Be Re. enna eer ee 69 i ay Me Woes cee aca ee 68 7064 S te 1% tes: 2c: GO ctabaticics 78 72 74 68 Ee BOM. on owen secs tee 79 73 75 59 Lap Weld, xtra strong, plain ends, card weight. OD dwlesn outs vas 4 edd beech > 71 ve SR Ri is 6 aun cele 77 71 73 4 ae 05-6 Was. in 2. vcs 8a 76 70 72) 6 TB I os ccd Se a 69 50 65 + Fe p> gy Pere 60 ov Pe Weld, donble extra strong, plain cats card weight. % to 1% in........ Scan aan a7 61 ss 5: Ste BM ss veeb sawisina 63 oe »” _ tae Weld, double extra siféng, plain ends, card weis? Lg Sip 0 be 20 020 61 57 ie 20 © Oh. kk ox 0 500s30 ee 62 56 5a Se aes a ce kas os + eae $ 55 45 Mar i, IQII THE IRON AGE 707 THE IRON AND METAL MARKETS a Plugged and Reamed. 2 to 3 in... Butt Weld [ Will be sold at two (2) points lower basing (high- er price) than merchant or card weight pipe, Butt i fh. waaen Lap Weld Lor Lap Weld as specified. ve discounts are for “card weight,” subject to the ion of 5 per cent. Prices for less than carloads are ints lower basing (higher price) than the above dis- Boiler Tubes.—Discounts on lap welded steel and char- oiler tubes to jobbers in carloads are as follows: Steel. Iron. IN. oad 08'S ole bh eee Cok Vie gible WES ON 49 43 ; PY, fT, 0. on Seee se te <P biphs Sane ae «55's 61 43 7 in... ccccedeud letesemens elie cereus 63 48 P to D Wes ieee ee websee Me ceeee Pe ad ued 69 oS ind smaller, over 18 ft., 10 per cent. net extra. and larger, over 22 ft., 10 per cent. net extra. then carloads to destinations east of the Mississippi be sold at delivered discounts for carloads lowered by for lengths £2 ft. and under; longer lengths, f.o.b. Wire Rods and Wire.—Sessemer, open hearth and rods, $29 to $30 per gross ica. Fence wire, Nos. 0 to 9, 1M) terms 60 days, ov 2 per cent. discount in 10 days, ‘ts, to jobbers, annealed $1.60, galvanized $1.90; car- to retailers, annealed $1.65, galvanized $1.95. Gal- arb wire, to jobbers, $2.10; painted, $1.80, Wire obbers, $1.80. lowing table gives the prices to retail merchants less than carloads, including the extras on Nos. 10 to 16, which are added to the base price: Fence Wire, Per 100 Lb. Oted 10 11 12812413 14 15 16 d $1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 ed 2.05 2.10 2.158 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.80 2.90 | Stone Wire in Bundles, Discount from Standard List. Bright and Annealed : Pand COOPSOR cs & oon 6d chowcune bees wt eletiaa 80 to 18... vic bes deie Wis MIRNA lene eres daisy 19 to Os is vc an ce ee eee aGe ts au 80 and 10 and 2% 27 to O65 cik:v tei Kee Canes 64 Cecb pk eben 80 and 5 Nd COBRMON Eels bike Bs eee 75 and 10 LG. ce van wen eeet oe eed toenenn 75 and 10 ed or Liquor Finished : Ind CORPMORS oi cease GAs Oe evees hone 75 and 10 » 26. a's age oni caber dens se beet Ge 75 and 10 1G... o's wutbiate 4 tel als Chk Cakes 70 and 10 and 5 0 18... cele ane eee 75 and 10 and 10 Steel Rivets.—Structural rivets, % in. and larger, 1.90c., head boiler rivets, % in. and larger, 2c., base; | 11-16 in. take an advance of 15c., and ™% in. and take an advance of 50c.; in lengths shorter than 1 take an advance of 50c. Terms are 30 days, net mill. i Pittsburgh ParK BurLprine, March 22, 1911.—(By Telegraph.) Pig Iron.—There is a good deal of new inquiry for ; e Bessemer and foundry iron, but there is very little - in standard Bessemer or basic. The Iron City Sani- Mfz. Company has bought a round. tonnage of- North- ~ foundry at a little under $14, Valley furnace, for prior to July 1, and $14.25, Valley furnace, for f delivery. The Westinghouse Machine Company market for about 2000 tons of No. 2 for third lelivery. We note sales of close to 1500 tons of Bessemer at about $13.75, Valley furnace, for rter delivery. We quote Bessemer pig iron, $15: Bessemer, $13.75; basic, $13.75 to $14; No. 2 ‘13.75 to $14, and gray forge, $13.50, all at Valley e freight rate to the Pittsburgh district being 90c. N Steel. —There is not much new inquiry, nearly all con- ng covered by special contracts, but specifications nd sheet and tin bars are quite active. Shipments the mills are heavier than for some time. We ~emer and open hearth billets, 4 x 4 in, and up to, luding, 10 x 10 in,, at $23, base, and sheet and 30-ft. lengths, $24, f.0.b. Pittsburgh or Youngs- freight to destination added. We quote 1%in. S24 and forging billets at $28, base, usual extras ind carbons, f.o.b. Pittsburgh or Youngstown dis- ts zht to destination added. (By Mail.) Some lines are holding up well in demand, while others have fallen off, a fair average being maintained. The billet and rail sales department of the Carnegie Steel Company reports that actual orders so far this month show a slight increase over the same period in February, which was a very good month. Pig iron consumers as a rule are buying cautiously, not being convinced that present prices will hold. Bessemer and basic iron are quiet, but foundry is fairly active. A sanitary interest has bought quite a large ton- nage, and one of the Westinghouse companies has also been a buyer. Bessemer remains firm at $15, basic $14 for for- ward delivery, No. 2 foundry $13.75 to $14 and malleable Bessemer about $14, all at furnace. Consumers are speci- fying quite freely against their contracts for billets and sheet bars and the steel market is firm. In finished iron and steel the demand on the whole is not es active as it was a month ago, but there is a hopeful feeling that with the ad- vent of spring trade it will show an increase. The scrap market is dull and prices have declined. Coke is in better demand with prices slightly higher. Ferromanganese.—Prices continue weak, and new de- mand is quiet. A sale of about 200 tons of foreign SO per cent., for delivery over the second half of the year, has been made at a price very close to $38, Baltimore. We quote 80 per cent. foreign for prompt shipment at $37.25 to $37.50 and for the second half at about $38, Baltimore. The freight rate to the Pittsburgh district is $1.95 a ton. Ferrosilicon.—Inquiry is light and prices are weak. A recent sale of about 250 tons for forward delivery is re- ported at a price very close to $53, Pittsburgh. We quote 50 per cent. at $53.50 to $54, f.o.b, Pittsburgh, for delivery up to July; 10 per cent. blast furnace silicon, $23; 11 per cent., $24, and 12 per cent., $25, f.0.b. cars, Jisco and Ash- land furnaces. Muck Bar.—An inquiry for 500 tons is reported in the market, on which quotations of $29.50 to $30 have been made. We quote best grades of muck bar, made from all pig iron, at $29.50 to $30, Pittsburgh. Skelp.—A sale of 1500 tons of sheared iron plates for second quarter delivery is reported on the basis of about 1.72%4c., Pittsburgh. The demand is fairly active. The mills in this district have a moderate amount, of business on their books. We quote grooved steel skelp at 1.30c.; sheared steel skelp, 1.35c.; grooved iron skelp, 1.@0e. to 1.65c., and sheared iron skelp, 1.70c. to 1.75c., all for delivery at con- sumers’ mills in the Pittsburgh district, usual terms. Wire Rods.—New inquiry is light. Most consumers covered their requirements some time ago up to July 1 or longer, specifications against which are coming in at a satis- factory rate. Few surplus rods are being offered in this market, most prod