The Iron Age 1923-06-21: Vol 111 Iss 25

IRON AGE New York, June 21, 1923 ESTABLISHED 1855 VOL. Ill, No. 25 peetdntien Gneiie Improved Methods in Locomobile Shop Economical Arrangement of Machines Saves Floor Space and Increases Production—Thread Milling Reduces Costs—Unusual Turret Lathe Fixtures BY L. S. LOVE ITH the change in financial control and man- ngs, making it sufficiently large to accommodate all i agement last year of the Locomobile Co. of | the machinery used in production of parts and assembly : America, Bridgeport, Conn., have come many of the chassis. The machinery from various parts of t changes in manufacturing methods. While it is not other buildings was moved into this shop. Incidentally feasible with an automobile such as the Locomobile to it was all handled on trailers hauled by gasoline and follow the practices of the shops producing lower priced’ electric tractors. This work alone saved enough to Ep ore & cars, it has been possible to decrease materially some pay for the tractors. The new building, judging by t of the manufacturing costs, and at the same time main- the amount of daylight illumination inside, would ; tain the quality expected by the car purchaser. appear to be built chiefly of glass, and it has a saw , . . ° , . fe One of the first steps undertaken was the rearrange- tooth roof. Upper sheets of glass on the windows are i: ment of all the machine tools in the plant. In common coated with a green translucent paint to prevent glare, with most plants of any age at all, the various stages resulting in a shop which requires practically no arti- of the growth of the business were apparent in the ficial light at any point. eo, arrangement or rather lack of any systematic ar- The layout for machinery was so planned that work rangement of the various producing units. Different might be handled in this shop by departments, work classes of machines were more or less scattered, per- progressing from one machine to that standing next to 7 mitting no proper sequence of progressive operations it for the next succeeding operation. This arrange- and requiring a costly amount of interdepartment ment, it is estimated, has reduced internal trucking trucking. costs 50 per cent The company built an addition to one of the build- As an example the cylinders, pistons and connecting 4 ete) ~ » %, . ss a ray f~ : i : . ee : 3 iT. a, a R fi Cd Rails is Used in Drilling the Crank Case Under Three Multiple Drilis Just beyond is the isedl in the next operation 1764 Making from Bar Stock on an Automatic Screw Machine Malleable Iron Saves 6 Min. on Each Valve Cap instead of from rods are machined in one department. Cylinders are bored, ground, drilled, and faced in one group of ma- chines placed closely rether. Where it is ssible t 1] piaced closely together. 1ere it 1S possible to combine two operations in one setting, this has been done. As for instance, cylinder blocks, which are cast in pairs, are set up in a planer type milling machine ad - Oe ee ee wa "4 ~_ atl , eae ee ee — A Special Head Designed for a Hori zontal Boring Mill Drives Boring Bars at Different Giving Proper Peripheral Each Speeds, Speed to Cutter having two sets of housings, the first driving the cut- ters for rough milling, the second those for finish mill- ing. The milling operation is completed as the table travels from one end of the machine to the other. The cylinders are tested hydraulically in this same depart- ment, after the lower faces have ground for mounting on the crank case. For work which is suffi- ciently heavy to warrant their use, such as cylinder castings, monorail hoists are provided to transfer work from one machine to the next. One exception to the rule of all operations in a department is the case of connecting rods. These are machined in one section, but go to another department for heat treatmnet and sand blasting, when they are returned to the first department where the crank shaft end or split bearing is ground on the joint faces in a vertical spindle surface grinder, and in the hole in an internal grinder. The wrist pin hole is broached before insertion of the bushing. Both bosses on the rod ends are turned in one setting. Inspection of finished parts takes place also in the department. This same general method of procedure in the production of crank and cases, which are machined in adjacent sections. The crank case, a bronze casting, after having been rough milled and finish ground on both faces is mounted in a jig on a truck, the latter riding on pipe rails which extend under three multiple-spindle cluster-head drills been is followed transmission cases THE IRON AGE June 21, 1923 The first machine drills the holes in the bottom of the case and two locating pin holes which are used to reg- ister the casting in subsequent jigs. The casting is then turned over on the trunnions and all top holes drilled under the second machine, except those for the valve rod guide bushings, which are drilled in this same jig under the third machine. A feature of this jig is the mounting of the drill guide bushing plate on guide pins with spring backing. The guide pins enter holes in the fixture thus properly locating all holes. A chain hoist and monorail carries the case to the next machine, a duplex milling machine, where, using the locating pin holes above referred to, the case is miiled on the ends for the mounting of timing gear housing, ete. Cylinder block holes are bored and crank shaft bearings are gang milled in the next following opera- tions with the case registered in jigs from the same holes. For rough boring main bearings, cam shaft bear- ings, and pump and magneto shaft bearings a special head has been designed and mounted on an old hori- zontal boring machine. The gear ratios in the driving mechanism of this special head have been so designed that each bar turns at a different rate, giving the Universal Joint Occupies Less Lengthwise and has Compensate Backlash a Space Adjustment to for Wear and proper peripheral speed for the cutters set at different diameters. The finish boring or line reaming of these various shaft bearings is accomplished one at a time. The machine is a type of horizontal drill frequently seen. It is used for driving only, accuracy being held by the fixture. In order to secure a floating effect for the u“ of M« ‘i - 3s a ¢ ” + G00S —.000 nw L375 > . *0000 rs - -3 [$556 ~0006 ---> —t~« Machine and Thread Miller Production over the Flat Turret Lathe on Worm Adjusting Sleeve Guides, Holding to 0.0005 In. Limits Automatic Screw Triple Steering June 21, 1923 THE IRON AGE 1765 Clutch Disk is Finished Complete of Mal- Retainer leable Iron, Three Operations in 47 Min., Using Flat Turret Lathe and Floating Face Plate This is finished to plus 0.000 in. minus 0.005 in. and after drive the company employs a specially designed uni- versal joint which is much shorter than commercial types. The trunnions in this joint are hardened screw pins with tapered ends, permitting of adjustment for wear and backlash. The oil pan, which is an aluminum casting, is fitted to the crank case in this department. It has been the practice to finish the edges of the two at the joint by chipping and filing. The company is now preparing to perform this operation in a profiling machine with a template. In the regrouping of machinery a saving of 25 per cent in the floor space occupied has been effected. At the same time production has been increased 35 per cent, making an 80 per cent increased productivity of space used. Aisles 10 ft. wide have been laid between groups of machines leaving ample room for passage of trucks with two or three trailers. The floor plan of the serew machine department is particularly effective, inasmuch as these machines re- quire so much room for loading the feed tubes with fresh bar stock. All screw machines, grouped accord- ing to class and size of work handled, are placed at an angle down the length of the department thus per- mitting clearance for full lengths of bar stock through the department. At each end of the department is an aisle. Across the aisle at one end is the engine lathe department, so arranged that bar stock can be loaded into the screw machine tubes across the aisle and clear- ing between the lathes. At the other end across the aisle is a row of flat turret lathes which permit equally easy loading of bar stock without the wasting of any floor space on non-productive clearance room. This also places the turret lathes, which are used on espe- cially accurate work, where the best light possible is available. Pipe stands with sheet steel shelves are used for gears, cams, etc., making it possible to have them convenient to machines and yet not obstructing aisles. Particular attention has been paid to quality of threading operations. Ground taps are being exten- No. 6 A Counter Balanced Indexing Fixture Assures Alinement of Spider Holes. Counter bore is accurate to plus 0.000 in. minus 0.002 in. across faces serrations are cut n gear shaper must be balanced sively used, as they are found to produce better work and last longer. The company makes the nuts used in its product. These are tapped in a six-spindle tap- ping m@@hine which, with ground taps, is run at twice the ordinary speed. Taps after threading 6000 to 8000 nuts show, little appreciable wear calling for re- grinding. It hag been found that certain threading operations “ 4 Le >| i - 2 A A A i ‘ = . e 3 : * ° nly ‘ ¥ »> Y Y y I ’ Z The Rear Axl Drive Shaft Bearing tetainer Is Finished Complete Except Drilling and Milling Notches » Grinder Limits.on.the Floating Face Pilate, in 1% Hr It must run within 0.002 in. all over when finished can be more economically handled in a semi-automatic thread milling machine, even though this calls for a second chucking. A ring made of steel tubing finished 1766 THE IRON A A oO with Float 4% wide was formerly cut finished complete, including a 16 pitch U. S. form thread 5g in. wide in a flat turret lathe. This piece is now turned 16- machine and y and diameter with 5 wall] off in outside to in. In. g 1n then one in a 5%-in. auto matic screw ma- chine and then thread milled. The former time was 20 min., the present 10 min. Anothe1 piece while time i ~ with an_ internal thread 5% in. diameter was formerly turned, formed, faced and threadéd on a flat turret lathe. Now all operations ex cept threading are done on the same { |} g } | Flat Turre machin« The } I i e and Nose } The W thread 16 P.U.S.F ( able 1% in. face milled with a ng of 4 min. ¢ 1 over the old work method This piece has a tolerances mit of plus 0.001 to sf in. and minus 0.000 in. enoug! The steering worm adjusting sleeve guide is held to except mally close limits. Qn one external dimen slo! ‘ erance is plus 0.0005 minus 0.0000 in on the internal dimension it is plus 0.0000 in. minus 0.0005 in. This piece was formerly drilled and cut off from solid stock in a semi-automatic turret lathe and finished in a flat turret lathe. Total time for three chuckings was 30 min. This piece is now being made in machine from tubing and thread milled with tripled production, or 10 min. each. an automatic screw An admission valve cap formerly made of malleable iron was turned and threaded outside in a flat turret lathe and bored and tapped in a second turret lathe operation, time being 9 min. and 7 min., respectively, or 16 min. It is now made from bar stock on a 3%4- in. AGE hs = a, A _ i t - + +r i cteenet < —+ \) Cluteh the auxiliary plate, which is bolted to it. the fixture June 21, 1923 This shaft is now being thread milled, doing away en- tirely with torn and stripped threads. Many parts require close ac- curacy and fine finish for press fits. Much of this work handled in flat turret lathes, being held on a specially de- signed floating face plate. The essential features of this fixture are a main plate, which screws to the spindle nose of the lathe, an auxiliary or floating plate and a variety of tapered nose pieces interchangeable in the plate, but made to carry various parts to be machined. A recess is cast in the main plate. In the flange around the re- are four set screws. The bottom of the recess is relieved around the edge, leaving raised portion in the center which serves a backing for Each time a skimming tions. is ) tt nee cess Disks to a as is turned onto the spindle nose cut of about 0.002 in. is taken over this raised portion to assure absolute truth. The aux- iliary plate bear- ing the proper nose piece or plug is then set in place and centered by the set screws before being drawn up by the bolts going through the main plate. In centering the floating piece a dial indicator is used against the nose piece, which must run true to 0.0005 in. Much of the work handled in this manner is made from tubing, t Lathes is Composed Mi: ork beside it is turned to although some of it nose pieces for various jot is cast. It is han- dled on a_ piece basis, the floating face plate enabling the operator cure accuracy and at the same time turn out work to make satisfactory wages. = -. +) 5 5427 >) . <= r RO v 7 = single spindle automatic screw machine in 5 min. and thread milled outside and inside in 5 min., a total of 10 min., or a saving of 6 min. per piece. Thread milling has also saved considerable in ma terial formerly wasted. Nickel steel bevel pinion drive Ld 4z , P _— shafts after being machined all over require fow ‘ - threads of different diameters. According to the old is 4¢ > method of threading stripped or torn threads would Rear Axle Bearing Retainer Made From Tubing Is Roughed frequently spoil a piece, thus wasting not only the Outside and Threaded in 18 Min. Outside and Race Seat material but also losing all the work of preceding opera- Finished in 25 Min. Limits plus 0.0005 in. minus 0.001 in. June 21, 1923 Another fixture used on the flat turret lathes is an indexing angle face plate for boring, reaming, facing and counterboring the universal joint case or spider. This is made in two halves which are bolted together before the machining operation is started. The index- ing fixture assures the parallel holes being in line and the others at right angles. A relieving roller turner has been developed for automatic screw machines. Attached to the work spindle head and across to the turret head is a rack. With this meshes a pinion mounted on the turner and actuating the cut- ter adjusting screw through a friction. As the tool ad- vances toward the work the gear turns the screw down, adjusting the cutter to proper position for the de- sired diameter. An arm attached to the screw and car- ‘Thread Milling Saves Considerable W rying half the fric- Thread he 1] tion device (the other half being in the pinion) strikes a stop screw set with a lock nut and prevents the screw from ad- justing the cutter any farther. At this point the fric- tion begins to slip as the pinion of course continues to travel on the rack. When the desired length is turned and the tool is withdrawn through action of the turret cam, the pinion swings the friction arm back against another stop screw and draws the cutter back, so that it does not drag back across the work with resultant scoring spirally as the turner is drawn back for the indexing position. A vertical storage rack has been installed A Relieving Roller Box Turner Avoids Scoring Work on Withdrawal of Cutter, as the Rack Actuating the Pin ion on the Screw Serves to Pull the Cutter Away from the Work THE IRON AGE 1767 Has Milling Reduc ed Threading Costs ind Wastage fron Threads i Variety Wo Stripped screw department which saves floor space in two ways First the dead space required for actual storage is less; secondly no extra room is required to draw the stock out as would be necessary were the rack in a horizontal! position. Also it is easy to tell at a glance just how much stock is in the rack, which would be impossible were the ends only of the bars exposed, not indicating the length. The rack is placed against the tool crib adjacent to the aisle. This tool crib is the central too) room for the production departments, all tools being stored there. A tool grinding department for grinding all tools is under — the supervision of A Hl the tool crib head C In common with t otner sections ol | the shop, the gear A Vall Bars Taper itting department is laid out on the forward progres 1~ ‘. Y ” egy ve idea, working cg me FP ~ > 5 from turret lathes al and semi-automati I ! machines turning f ) s blanks, through the various gear cut ting machines to the inspection division, without back tracking. For turning the rear end bevel gear blank a semi- automatic turret lathe has been equipped with a spe- cially designed mechanism At the rear of the ma chine is a rack operated with a slowly reciprocating motion from the cam drum shaft With this rack is meshed a pinion mounted on a splined shaft. This shaft extends paralle with the bed of the machine, entering a casting mounted across the ways in front if the head of the machine. This casting provides ways in which slides the actuating member for the Se ee Re RE 2 oe ee - , ne RON ogee = Tro! irning ool Lt ! ymmunicated throu 1 rack and pl > f tte mounted on the plined shaft at the rear \ nk action conveys the mot the ictua ) l ier, Whict les I i econdary way at a fixed angle, corresponding with tn Angle lesired o t € geal lank fac Two ) ! irried, for roughi. ind turning’ In one pass. The rear slide for turning the beveled periphery of the blank is controlled in a similar manner, except that the motion is conveyed from the fixed member to the moving tool slide through a bell crank lever having a le { ne of tne tu rums » COl I I rte! d cel ! luring the I ke I mpany during the war pur ised many Mma hinge with special features to accommodate them for wal WoO One it thes Wa gear hobbe with a l rove hole nt ly tne pi! Li¢ nstead of tne rey lar hole which tak 1 taper arbor To utilize this production, it has been equipped VItr ¢ ype tw 1aw nu oO! the spindle nose and a special long over arm which carries an arbor support ur er on its outer end. The work being done is sp ng irlveé Ssnatl The chuck vrips close to the portion to be spline the other end extending through the spindle and being supported on the center in the extra arbor support beyond the head of the machine. The newly designed clutch contains disks made of a tough omposition of asbestos. The serrations gear teeth are cut in a gear shaper making them mesh pro} ! tr the malleable ror hell, tne serrations lW 5 {Lu i As} Com lL) Used ( tch and the I Shell (Showr Middle Back- round) Fit Be- ause Both Are Cu I Sir Manne THE IRON AGE June 21, 1923 Automatic lathe Ha Speciall 4 Semi Turret Been Equipped to Tur evel Gear Blanks This is a commer cial machine with slides ind special slide control internal and also cut in the gear shaper in turn are uniform with the teeth or ser- retainer clutch disk described above whnicn are These parts rations cut In tne lathe Seven of the disks, which 115 teeth 10 and 12 na turret operation. are % in. thick, are cut at once diametral pitch. ] | I The company has built some special test benches These consist of a cast iron bed with vee ways similar to a small lathe bed except much shorter. Each stand on three feet. On this bench is mounted a fixed bloc carrying an arbor of proper diameter to fit one of the tested. On the movable block carrying a similar arbor. A vernier scale on the mov- ing block and bed permits accurate setting for center distance between the arbors. The moving block is held in position by means of spring pressure which permits it to move under action of eccentricity. A micromete screw is adjusted to bear against the indicator of a the amount of eccentricity, gears being vees is a dial gage this registering if any is present. Many other devices for saving in use, machine with spiral gripping chuck. It the rate of five times over the replaced machine. A centerless grinder has installed for wrist pins, although due to the accuracy required this machine is permitted to turn out only about one-third of its actual capacity time and labor are A recent installation is a two spindle centering is saving a been In assemb!ing, extensive use is made of horses of various kinds. These are mostly made of short ends June 21, 1923 THE IRON AGE 1769 Vertical Storage of Serew Stock Saves Floor Space and Time of the Oper- tor in Locating Stoek Wanted i f angle iron welded together and mounted on smal] wheels when portability is desired. Transmissions, for nstance, are assembled on such horses and when com- pleted are simply moved along a track to a drive shaft which is splined and hooks right into the universa joint on the transmission shaft. Here they are run at high speed. Other sub-assemblies are handled in a wheels The horse ire returned on a monorail to the similar manner. Motors are assembled in this way assemblv starting tior yn an oval track with overhead monorail. Chassis are assembled on horses with the frames upside down Employees of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. for application of axles and are then turned over in a Co. will participate in the purchase of a new issue of trunnion sling hung from an overhead trolley and re 20,000 shares of m tock to be paid for on the lL) I AC Beve g Ma B t “a laced on the same horses which have tumbler dogs’ deferred plan at $53 per share Each employee may permitting the frame to rest on them, or when they are’ subscribe for one to 20 shares, to be paid for in ton thrown back to be dropped to a lower bracket on the consecutive monthly payments. When the final pay- orse. As the chassis progresses along the assembly ment on each subscription is due, dividends at the track, it finally reaches an incline. The wheels are at- declared rate and paid on common after Aug. 1 wil! be tached and the chassis is run off the horses on its own’ credited to the account of the subscriber he Gear Hobber irchased for ecial War Work 3eing Utilized on Standard Produc- on Hobbing Splined Shafts to the account of the subscriber. me 7 6 edeqapmeame —-aa, tallgprenn —e a ga | Sa bits RPE OR ~ o, oe RSI TY RR I ORO MR nt He _ ape SO + See gL LL LE ORE CLC TC AL CEN EARS TEA ON LA ane ra een mee am a pe ae he eae A: a GE tem ~~ ee a ee cer ee a en ee MANGANESE ORE SCARCITY Post and Pre-War Production of Brazil. India and Russia—Small Supply Last Year sounding a warning of the possibility of a sear ity London, Eng- article entitled discusses 1n f manganese ore, the Mining Journal, issue of April 21, in an The Danger of a detail the n recent years and then takes up the three lead- Famine,” world production of manganese Manganese onsiderable ° producing’ countries—India, Brazil and Russia. India: The article shows that in 1922 exports of inganese ore from India were 774,860 tons, as com 815,047 in 1913. It as much as possible 710,856 in 1920, and India is probably doing pared with tates that it present, mainly because of the difficulties connected with railroad transportation. There are reports also higher grade ores are becoming scarcer. Braz Discussing Brazil, the article states that at uuntry is the one which has shown the greatest is a producer of manganese ore since pre-wa? demand from the United The statement is also made that lays, due of course to the ] ites steel industry. 18 months ago the United States Steel Corpora ircnased t leac ny mang nese mine M na ; it has not wo1 i yreferring i equ ! ts fron mpanies in the export trade. Th ! ed eal licative f col l ) na na est I rn ‘ Ne arce rie I i ( en give i l expo! ! 1913 and 1919 to 1922 Russia In regard to Russia ne tatemé made f var this count was world’s larg rodu f inganese ore Si the war, how Kpor t tl commod nave become Inslg ympa mm, despite eport yf large exports i ) yea The figures given for expo mpared with 191 ire as follows: ( According to the article, the Russian industry 1s ivily taxed. The Soviet Government participates 1! vort profit he extent of 35 per cent It also i ) ye) n 0 tne export ore at cost price 18 " is There is a customs duty of 2s. per ton linary ore, and of 4s. per ton on peroxide, besides the harges aggregating about 13s. 6d. per ton. Thu é if exports were forced this year from the stimated stocks of 830,000 tons, it is difficult to see v they can be maintained since developments car ird ve possible under such a system. é fotal for 1913 and 1922 Compared I i icie tne? Summarize n tabular form data ; tnree ef producers I manganese ore for ‘| ind 1922 as follows | a] ArTICle OS vith n roliowing argument: The disproportion between these two totals is seriou ind although the iron and steel industry of the world t yet up to the boom record of 1913 present indi tions, apart from catastrophic developments from e French action in the Ruhr or a possible coal strike this country upon which it would not be safe for ynsumers to count, are that the leeway being rap made up. It is sufficient for our argument if we recorded production in | active period steel industry—1920. In that year the produc- on was 68,000,000 tons in round figures as compared with 75,000,000 tons in 1913. in the United States is on a record basis, which rtainly points to an output of not less than 45,000,000 tons this year [50,000,000 tons now] as compared with 12,000,000 tons in 1920. The English output, ike tne At the present time pro- i1uction also, for 0 THE IRON June 21, 1923 AGE the last months is at a substantially higher rate than the average for 1913. Russia has, of course, practi- cally dropped out, and the German production, while unknown, is certainly less than half that of 1913. Were the fuel position in France relieved, a certain amount of the German would be made good through the mere fact of the transference of territory, while, of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland benefit to some extent by the German losses. We can safely estimate a world production this year of 70,000,000 tons of steel, assuming always a normal continuation of the coal industry in this country and a settlement of the Ruhr trouble within a reasonable time. Under such circumstances, it must be that the dim inution in manganese supplies is immensely greater than the shortage in the steel output, and at there seems no clear expectation of substantially increased output producers.” loss course, clear present our receivil from the three ig any chief State of Illinois to Fight “Pittsburgh Plus” CHICAGO, June 18.—A bill condemning the Pitts burgh basing point practice and appropriating $25,000 to be used in the houses of the interest of its abolition has Illinois Legislature and has forwarded to the Governor for his signature. The act provides that the Governor shall appoint a commissio1 passed } 1 both peen of two senators and two representatives, one Democrat member of th member of the Rolled Steel Consumers and and one Republican from each house, a American Western Association of manufacturer a consumer of rolled steel prod The act that the commission shall have the duty and authority to protect the interests of th State of Illinois against “Pittsburgh plus.” Hearings in the Pittsburgh basing point case befor the Federal Trade will be held for two days this week at and will be resumed at Chi Farm Bureau Federation, a who is states rot UCLS. Commission Detroit ago on June 25. Rate on Structural Steel Not Discriminatory WASHINGTON, June 19.—In a tentative report sul mitted to the Insterstate Commerce Commission last week by Examiner Warren H. Wagner, he held that th rate of 17.5c. per 100 lb. on structural steel to New York from points in the Philadelphia district is not un justly discriminatory or unduly prejudicial. The com plainants consisted of the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co and other manufacturers in the Philadelphia district. The particular points of origin involved were Ivy Rock, Conshohocken, Pencoyd, Coatesville, Philadelphia and Phoenixville, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. These points are in the so-called rate group B, and while Bethlehem, Pa., is in this group geographically, it is not in it from a rate standpoint. The rate from Bethlehem is 14.5c. Large Wage Distribution at Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN, June 18.—The May wage disburs¢ ment here was $6,730,119. It was an increase of $674, 667 over the previous month, and fell short but $142,000 from the big disbursement in January, 1921. The May pay was at the annual rate of near!|) $81,000,000. It brings the aggregate for the first five months to $30,241,940 as compared with $18,368,566 the corresponding period of 1922. For the five-month period the disbursement was, therefore, at the annual rate of more than $72,000,000 The war peak wage disbursement was $95,000,000 for 12 months. Total bank withdrawals in May were $60,191,194 comparing with $68,925,485 in April. The General Motors Corporation sold an aggregat« of 176,320 passenger cars and trucks during the first quarter of 1923, which is 105,289 in sale excess of made during the same period in 1922. Interesting racts / General Managers of Sales bout Sales Policies Andrews and Clyde Testify in Basing Point Hearing at Pittsburgh Immense Volume of the Record to Date PITTSBURGH, June 18.—Hearing of witn 1y the United States Steel Corporation, named as fendant in a complaint Commission in the Pittsburgh basing point controv« here Wednesday, noon. It will be 102, Custom House, J. W. Bennett, examir issued erun June 6, was yncluded ist Saturday in room resumed today in for the Federal Trade Commission, announced at th end of the Pittsburgh hearing. Following the Detr hearing, there will be one in Chicago, » beg Thursday or Friday of this week, since W. W. Cor counsel for the Steel Corporation, stated that he did not believe the hearing in Detroit would take more tha a few days. Almost 18,000 typewritten pa rf testimony and about 30,000 pages of exhib had been taken up to the end of the Pittsburgh hea W 30 witnesses, chiefly sales executive if indeper teel companies in the Pittsburgh district, ¥ Ohio, Cleveland and Kent the Steel Corporatio1 subd iri P town, central and of heard. were Examination of witness¢ previous hearings, with the counsel for e Steel ¢ poration endeavoring to bring ou \ rict was unable to produce all the st requi that district and that price variations w mon than a uniform price by all produ vhil sel for the commission sought to d tions. Outside of some interesting eg provided by Steel Corporation Ibsidla agers, the last few days of the hearing out little variation in the general chara he : timony from that given by previous w Allocation of Tonnages That working organizations had mu to the allocation of tonnages among the | f the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. and that the compan; had been out of balance with regard to steel supplic for 10 years was the reason why sh for shipment East were produced at the Gary, Ind., plant, wet! imong the statements made by J. I. Andrews, gener manager of sales of that company, who testified Thursday, June 14. Enlarging upon these assertions, Mr. Andrew was an interesting and frank witness, said that tion of working organizations at ind not a simple matter and that the transfer of mill on ganizations from one plant to another had been found impractical, because of an inclination on the part the men to drift back to the place n whicn had been shipped. This Was tne Cast wnel the Gar plant was started; the men did not stay ven thoug they could earn more money through the wag onuUse mill tow1 Mer i to be trained to do a certain thing and for the mpal paid to get men to go to a new to be able to make all kinds of sheet it all m would necessarily mean constant tral That wa the reason, he said, that the production of ecia was concentrated at a few mills. The principal product of the drews stated, was blue annealed sheets; indeed, about 67 per cent of the company’s and between 35 and 10 per cent of the country’s blue duction come out of this plant. The ( is consumed in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illino ind Pennsylvania, with Michigan usually leading becaus¢ of the big demand from the automotive i open-hearth steel is produced at pany normally is short of that kind of steel at plants rict plants of ’ dustry. Only Gary, and the com- dependent upon Pittsburgh dist Corporat IpDDile \utomoblls neets are i I en-hear é Bessemer steel failing to mec ‘ , talliz ol liremer eca s tendency to crystallize und ra 0 Why the Gary Plant Was Built The Gary et plant was built for the purpose o ipplying e W wv ess stated, and with no thought f produ ) Lite Pla ) niding a pial n le Ea I LISUFICt ima! it at Gary to sup rly e au ? ‘ istry had bee deferred severa mes ] r few ears on ac int of the exces st of su ul The company had not kept pact vith tl «pa ie et industry, h uid, i xplana f iteme! it it now had only 24 per cel intry ipacity. The American She & T Pla ( id 264 tin n s, or about 44 per cer a ind that of its own tota iS Vi (y Mr. At id been no normal tim ( 116 and that in three o ‘ had been obliged to ) eet ind in »| ( j ’ ! rece 1 ears had ee ‘ i ! nal narket them in the i | mpa inti ecently had rid me} { manufacturers for six months’ pe riods and f ree months to jobbers, the former pro- 1 p ( f the business. The company, erve tonnages for open market ile; that lers are filled in turn and that the com al I isked or accepted a delivery premium ric He itted in cross examination the necessity if being on a price parity with competitors to secur iness ! n and that the company had it prices, « fter having named a price for a pé riod, to obtain a particular piece of business. The wit tated that over a period of years, prices of his mpal gher than those of competitors ind Xpiained t DY tating tnat large buvers were itished j when assured that, barring acci ¢ ne et tonnage ordered and their orders t ‘ fF the books by premium busin Competition in Blue Annealed Sheets Anot teresting statement by Mr. Andrews was American Can ¢ is the company’s larg ! ylate customer, it does not get the entire itpu f al yne mill. He referred to the com- petit led sheets which develops in lean n fy plate mills, which will take isine iteria » to No. 12 gage. The reason é my recently named prices for third quarter nstead for x months, was because of the crowded ler bo ind a desire, in view of the short gre r, to b ie in the fourth quarter to make good any ef ney in the third quarter production He i ibor snhortage was very severe n sheet and plate mills and that present operations his i e only 79 or 80 per cent, as against practica ] acit prod iction of ingots. He said e Steel Corporation today was short 25,000 men Want Delivered Price Wednesday, June 13, James Lippincott, pres- ident and general manager, West Leechburg Steel Co., Pittsburgh, testifying to conditions from 1888 to 1900, with the Chartiers when he wa Iron & Steel Co., Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pa., and Kirkpatrick & Co., Ltd., Leechburg, Pa., said the common practice was to quote f.o.b. mill, bat that some customers ’ wanted a en eR ee ine 4 * e } : ioe - : ‘i i : : a ed ce dp Rint tate tar sty hemreagentvtale aes Matias “a =— ae Madicw. he vmerte a iinmndineeanrgnanmes tetneselibalinee ee ee rr —~ UPN NERS ee sR rer oem re delivered price and this was made by adding the actual freight to destination. Demand for a delivered price, witness stated, was made for the purpose of putting burden of safe delivery upon the mill. Customers got the benefit of railroad rebates in those days since the extent of the rebate was known and the net rate rather than the regular tariff was charged. Distribution of product of the West Leechburg Steel Co., witness tes- tified, was largely from Detroit east. N. W. Leach, assistant sales manager, West Leechburg Steel Co., identified figures compiled from invoices, showing ship- ments into the Chicago district, admission of which was objected to by counsel for the Federal Trade Com- mission. C. F. Mackey, general manager, Franklin Steel Co., Franklin, Pa., maker of rerolled rail bars and small shapes; M. A. Jones, assistant secretary, Mahoning Valley Steel Co., Niles, Ohio, and H. D. McKnight, traffic manager, Newton Steel Co., Newton Falls, Ohio, also were heard on Wednesday, the latter in connection with figures of shipments by his company into the Chi- cago district, compiled at the request of counsel for the Steel Corporation. Mr. Jones said that his company had taken black sheet business in recent months both above and below 3.85c., the base price of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., and also that his company occa sionally shipped into Pittsburgh. Steel for “The Fair” George M. Hunter, operating manager in the Pitts burgh district, American Bridge Co., the first witness called on Thursday, June 14, asked why the steel for “The Fair,” a Chicago department store, was fabri- cated at an Eastern, instead of a Chicago district shop of the company, replied that the Chicago operating manager had reported his inability to handle the job because the shops in his jurisdiction were crowded, and that he (Mr. Hunter) found he had enough steel from his regular monthly allotment to cover the job and that the Toledo shop was able to fabricate it. He said in cross examination that the shops in his district were allotted about 17,000 tons of steel a month by the Car Steel Co.;: that the allotment was upon probable requirements and that his allotment about the time “The Fair” job was let exceeded sufficiently to this order, which 2000 tons. Roland J. Hadly, auditor, American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., identified figures of shipments by his com pany into the Chicago district and also amplified them and defined the Eastern and Western districts of the company. The Gary, Ind., sheet and tin plate mills constituted the Western district mills and the remain- der, scattered through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wsst Virginia, were in the Eastern district. There was ‘he usual objection by counsel for the commission to :he admission of the shipment figures as evidence. Charles A. Painter, now Pittsburgh manager, Fost & Flagg, investment brokers, but from 1886 to 1,00, sales manager, J. Painter & Sons, plant of which firm now is the Painter mills, Carnegie Steel Co., testified that during his experience 75 to 85 per cent of the business was done on an f.o.b. Pittsburgh basis with freight added te destination, this because of the wish of manufacturers to avoid the burden of delivery. He said that his company had no competition in Pittsburgh from the Illinois Steel Co., and that it was able to dis- pose of about half of its production, amounting to 20,000 tons of bars annually in Chicago and west of Chicago. R. L. Twitchell, sales statistician, Carnegie Steel Co., followed Painter. He identified figures of shipments into the Chicago district by his company. negie based requirements take involved about Mr. Clyde and Others Testify W. Woodward Williams, sales manager, Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Co., Pittsburgh; Charles R. Cox, Pitts- burgh Steel Co., Pittsburgh; W. J. Creighton, comp troller; Robert Geddis, manager of sales, hot-rolled de partment; E. D. Batchelor, manager of sales, wire de- partment, and Philip Schaeffer, manager of sales, tin plate department, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, were called on Friday, while Saturday’s witnesses were THE IRON AGE June 21, 1923 J: D. Kessler, manager of order and shipping depart- ment, and William G. Clyde, vice-president and general manager of sales, Carnegie Steel Co. Examination of the latter was confined largely to plates, shapes and bars, in which he said his company had capacity for producing 1,500,000 tons, 900,000 tons, and 2,000,000 tons, respectively, annually. He detailed the sales or- ganization, stating that the general manager of sales of the Illinois Steel Co. and the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., were also district managers of sales in their respective territories for the Carnegie Steel Co., but that he was not Pittsburgh district sales manager for those companies. He stated that prices were made by the president of the Steel Corporation in New York and then passed on to the district sales office through him; also that all inquiries were referred to bureaus under his jurisdiction before the sales were made. He testified to keeping informed as to market prices through sales managers and customers; that his com- pany did not reserve tonnages for a rise in prices; that the company usually sold from three to six months ahead but that some contracts had run as long as three years, in which case, the price was declared on the tenth of the month preceding each quarter. Prices had been changed to meet market conditions, he stated. In cross examination Mr. Clyde said that the Steel Corporation reserved the right to place an order for steel at any mill it wished. This response was to an effort by counsel for the commission to bring out how Western district sales managers disposed of an order which might be rolled by either the Illinois Steel Co. or the Carnegie Steel Co. He said that when Chicago mills had a Chicago base approximating the Pittsburgh base Carnegie customers did not leave the company be- cause of the freight advantage. The company never closed its order books so long as buyers, knowing mill conditions and willing to take shipments at mill con- venience, wanted to place orders. He said that the business might be billed at a different price than the one prevailing at the time the order was entered. Witness stated that the Carnegie Steel Co. had an annual ingot capacity of about 10,000,000 tons and from that tonnage could produce about 7,500,000 tons of semi and finished products. American Iron and Steel Institute Will Meet with Army Ordnance Association As a result of the general approval expressed by the membership at the general meeting held in May, the board of directors of the American Iron and Steel Insti- tute has accepted the invitation of the Army Ordnance Association to meet with it next fall at the Army Ordnance Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md. Conse- quently the next general meeting of the institute will be held at the Hotel Commodore, New York, on Thursday, Oct. 25, instead of Friday, Oct. 26, the regu- lar date. Suitable train accommodations, leaving New York about midnight on Oct. 25 will be provided so that such members as so desire may reach Aberdeen on the following morning, Friday, and meet with the Army Ordnance Association, returning to New York or to other destinations that night. This early notice of the general arrangement is given the membership at this time in order that they may plan to reserve the dates named. The usual formal notice of the meeting, giving exact details as to the meetings on both days and the details of the transporta- tion arrangements will be sent the members early in October. Clyde M. Carr, former president of Joseph T. Ryer- son & Son, Chicago, whose recent death was announced in THE IRON AGE of June 14, made large bequests to music and art in his will, which has just been made public. The income from a $1,000,000 endowment is bequeathed to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Art Institute of Chicago will receive an endowment of $500,000. Neither of the gifts, however, becomes ef- fective until the death of Mr. Carr’s widow. June 21, 1923 Old New York Foundry THE IRON AGE 1773 The Long Building at the Left, Originally the Spuyten Duyvil Rolling Mill, Is Now One of the Two Steel Foundries, Being in the Large Building at the Right. Grouped beyond are the malleable and ron foundries and ex- ecutive offices, the Other gun at Spuyten Duvvil Closes Isaac G. Johnson & Co., Makers of Steel and Malleable Castings. Retire from Business When State Condemns Land to Widen Harlem River Channel ITH the closing June 30 of Isaac G. Johnson & ( of Spuyten Duyvil, New York, will pass one of the landmarks of the industry in Established about 1850 by Isaac G. Johnson, it is the only steel casting plant in the City of New York. demnation proceedings by the State of New York have been under way for some time and by a decision of the State Supreme Court on April 30, the peninsula occu pied by the foundries, jutting out into the Harlem River at Spuyten Duyvil, was condemned for purpose of removal to widen the channel of the river as vided by Congress and the State Legislature. About 1850, Elias Johnson, who for many years had been partner in the stove foundry of Johnson, Cox & Fuller, at Troy, N. Y., liquidated his interest in firm, which became known as Fuller & Warren, with his son Isaac came to New York, in search of a suitable site on which to establish an iron foundry. There were three available sites offered at prices rang- ing close to $1,000 an acre, among the three, the loca tion of the company today. Of the other two was in what is now Central Park and the other at what is now Mott Haven. The first of these was considered good for residential purposes, for both the proprietors and the homes of workmen, but was too far from transportation facilities; the second afforded good water and rail transportation, but presented unsatis factory residential possibilities, which were considered a necessary qualification then, when the proprietor and workmen generally resided in the neighborhood of the plant. It was the Spuyten Duyvil site that lected, comprising about half of the 13-acre peninsula, now wholly occupied by the foundries. The remaining acreage was then owned by the Spuyten Duyvil Roll- ing Mill, The first of the foundry buildings was erected and the production of gray iron, malleable and gun iron castings was begun. When the Civil War in 1861 ne- cessitated the production of munitions, the foundries turned out cannon and shell for the United About 30 years ago, the remaining acreage of the penin- sula was acquired by purchase of the old Spuyten Duyvil Rolling Mill, in which the first steel rail ever rolled in the United States is said to have been turned steel this country. Con pro- that and sites, one was se- . states. out from an English bloom for experimental purposes. At that time the plant was rerolling old iron rails and it was found that the mill used was not strong enough for operation or Following its acquisition, Isaac G. Johnson remodeled the old rolling mill for a steel foundry as an addition to his already established iron and steel casting plant. Later additional buildings completed the present group of three malleable and gun iron foundries and two steel foundries. It was after the Civil War that the company began making malleable pipe fittings, at one time ranking among the manufacturers of malleable fittings in the country. Still later the production of crucible castings was added and subsequently the old Terre-noire process was used for steel making. Twenty years ago the Tropenas tilting side-blown converter process was installed and recently an electric furnace. It is claimed that Isaac G. Johnson & Co. were the first to use successfully the Tropenas process for steel cast- ings in the United States. Nearly 30 years ago, just prior to the Spanish-American War, they invented and developed to success the armor-piercing cap for pro- jectiles. Johnson was the father of five sons, all of whom entered the business in youth, and all but Arthur G. Johnson, deceased, are still in control of the business, Elias M. Johnson being president; Isaac B. Johnson, vice-president; Gilbert H. Johnson, treasurer, and James W. Johnson, secretary. The only interest held outside the family is that of William F. Russell, who has been for the past three years manag- ing director of the company. . ] steel. largest + ] SLeeI Isaac G one, For a number of years, the company was one of the few plants to successfully make the light castings used in the manufacture of automobiles and the repu- tation that it has borne for many years is for the suc- cessful production of small and intricate steel castings. Ever since the cutting through of the ship canal that made of the Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek a waterway for traffic between the Hudson and the East Rivers, the possibility of condemnation has been present, but until recently was too uncertain to justify steps to seek a new site for the foundries. The decision of the Supreme Court on April 30 left too short a time to shift a company of such long-estab- amare 6 ete ome ide me OED AI re ee mont ed ee ee ee | ee mye “a ag} 5 RE Rin ROGERS, ALDI is Sens ae oem litle Si a a a ell am gy aaa pa tte emcee tl te tt At am Hin a car ee tnnenantemeggeene a ta nlp capitan 9 tp alae wats: ve. oe” mineng oor 7 a teen eb ial em cee re ently Re en a — esse acter er en neat egg end eee mr parent epg tee 1774 ished standing, transacting as it had many i considerable part of its business with users of cast- ings either in the City of New York or within a radius 5 on June 9, the last heat of was made and the final castings to be turned out by Iasac inson & Co., are now being finished. Meanwhile, for years + 7% ° 4 ] t 9U miles; so, steel New Multiple Drilling Machine : The multiple drilling machine illustrated, designated is the No. 12-A and designed primarily for small high speed drills, has been added to the line of the Fox Machine Co., Jackson, Mich. rhe lower cone forms part of a countershaft which ins in Hyatt bearings and is driven by an Edgemont itch controlled by the lever shown at the front of he machine. The face of the cone pulleys accommo lates a 4-in. belt. The upper cone is carried on 1%-in. shaft, which is mounted on three ball bearings. A motor mounted o1 ower cone pulley. may be The yoke that carries the upper drive Three pulley changes of feed ~ irries the feed gearing. provided by means of sliding cone gears, which insmit the power through a worm and worm gear the vertical feed shaft. The worm and worm gear ire submerged in oil, and the feed gearing dips in oil. and worm gear, carried by the head, are al vays in. mesh. A special clutch engages and dis gages the feed by means of the lever at the left Che } wheel o