The Iron Age 1931-02-26: Vol 127 Iss 9

THE IRON AGE setts a A NEW ERA IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 10 ¥ Working > 680—T he fron BOSTON, MASS CURRENT TREND “>. oS “ WORCESTER, MASS. ~! > JOHN H. VAN DEVENTER SPRINGFIELD, MASS + Let | PROVIDENCE, R. | t cas ~ - " } DT I HARTFORD, CON A JACKSON, MICH r VK MUSKEGON, MICH GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AL ge Ne iy 3 = 2 + I nt ve! il € yiume mployment ir various meta I Thu I t ! iin n en centers ts one of the most sensitive present Q ( \ P} ice, R. I.; Ja day indicators of the business trend \] Muskegon, Micl Tri-C [ll.-low Februar Yh. 1931 A + HH A rKing irdest indust > y average NEW HAVEN, CONN } eee — \. - —~ SYRACUSE, N. Y ‘ UTICA-ROME. WN. Y ng os NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY BRIDGEPORT, CORN. r—, > enn pe BALTIMORE, MD } oie a ed 40 MILWAUKEE, WIS. 40 ‘ soe bh 6 TRI-CITIES, ILL.-IA. ‘ it pO a LP Ad | 140 ST. LOUIS, MO 00- Si — rome ——___— - ona j ee eel izizgisigigiszsi:z Pai a 28. ” 1930 4 These charts, prepared by the National Metal Trades Association, give a comprehensive picture of employ ment conditions in our industry The Iron Age. February 26, 1931 681 {artford Empl Approaches Stabilizati Radi Stabilizer Connecticut business volume yan Employment number ¢ +} MiSs Vel ’ cf} ! ( 7*) 1) i I i] ? { f De } ! ' ‘ ‘ i | t { ’ oT } 199 / and } as reported by th Manufacturers’ Association of that State, shows a con tinuation of the decline through January. Us] Third Month of Increase for Dayton n Dayton, Oh iccording to the Association for PDIN 3yton, employment has been increasing for the last three months tut and Bolt Companies ypread Employment Bridgeport on 1926 Employment Level cCmployment Keeps Ahead of Man-Hours Employment volume, according to the Manufacturers Association of Bridgeport, Conn., continued to decline in February, but kept ahead of man-hours The Iron Age. February 26, 1931 683 ‘Seathty 140 | a JUR s 1+ 7 - , yn ae : ee Le } Ar 40 0 aw 40 3 - > a Va nai M enter reve uf twenty 684 Phe tron PHILADELPHIA, PA ter PITTSBURGH, PA t BUFFALO, WN. Y JAMESTOWN, W. Y ERIE, PA. WAYNESBORO, PA. WILKES-BARRE, PA. CHICAGO, ILL PEORIA, ILL ri [ ling 11 Trades Association led gatr 1 employment if now either los February 26, 1931 r the industri n February n gains charts ¢ tr Cincinnati Employment Decreases New England Recognizes Need Of Employment Data - TOLEDO, OHIO FT. WAYNE. IND ‘ raph Reieieil i INDIANAPOLIS. IND ; SP VV CINCINNATI, OHIO fo oe ‘ a troit Employment improves Fe CANTON, OHIO an aU " 0 ~ t+? ; iw, q b—4h “fy Oe 4 | oald ¥ be ¢ 0 “} aes rn 3 J OT ar Ps ‘ Veflating Lab« i 0 O+n ee pg. st _- seme - - a vo we 546 e326 656468 lications may De said to be encouraging nuch as they show evidence of interruption of wnward trends, but warrant no assumption that the industry has vet ‘turned the corner The lron Age. February 26, 1931 685 Developments in Industrial | } Pension Plans AH YOUNG oa gna The Iron Age. February 26, 1931 687 st)0) tote) tit} The lron Age Methods for Scheduling Plant a ne -ectneEet o oe Maintenance By WALDO HUTCHINSON ~~ im tm HE ‘torward picture’ of work to be 7. lone is the chief object of modern auction scheduling Once obtained mplifies planning, affords control of ts and steps up production efficiency Maintenance and repair scheduling 1 more recent development of good man iwement, but equally important in its field and function. Failure to get the rward picture’ of maintenance work sults in confusion, high costs and po ble shutdowns with their attendant f ry xpel 4 The Iron Age, February 26, 1931—691 > TENSION TESTING AS , See oe MEASURE OF BRITTLENES: ENSION test 1 to obtain va tindin t. proportion imif. vield if timat t t } juction t tt there has been reemen terpret t the test The value of longation an t u f tility iT iallenged. Ultimat strength has been found to | niy an apr x t r th nesiv strenegti »f brittle materia When the y it V ifiy to approach ti ultimate strengtt rt toughn nay | ‘ t T tough mate ‘ + 7; wit + + : ‘ ictan + brittlens Ww ’ y dev | | The fron Age. bebruary ty 1931 id 2 , Sheet and iin Plate Rolls NEW USE FOR SHEETS IN SCHOOL BLACKBOARDS NEW use for iron sheets is in the manufacture of colored porcelain A enamel blackboards tor schoolrooms. These boards will be manu factured by the American Seating Co., Chicago, and will be placed n the market within a few weeks. The idea was originated and patented by R. S. Conrow, now head of the Australian sales organization of the American Rolling Mill Co., whose Armco sheets will be used for the product. The blackboards will be made in green, gray, brown and possibly other colors cheduling of Production Stabilizes Employment } > taken care of and what re + ré CHEDULING p: iniform rate thr yt the fact that normally five times lackest month. tsa th er cent of the company’s workers engaged 4 lved with a great f Eastman-Kodak + i ; em which has been 1eal ry t rhe veor in n the peak mont}! yreat as in the ft satisfaction by Ww esident of the company, ti E ven in such a poor y¥¢ in production had to be ystem was In vogue res with 14 per c: nt sults were achieved a r 1s id roadcast on jan. 6 how this situation was 930 laid oft n 192] G. Stuber ina radic ynly 2'2 This com before this The Tron ige kKebruar 26 1931 OD Budget Control Attuned to Changing Business Conditions By SIDNEY G. KOON HEN budget control can take care of varying rates of opera tion, and thus span the exigencies of business crises, it is in the way of becoming as nearly an exact science as such a matter can become. How one manufacturer has developed his system to meet these conditions is told in this article. Each department is placed on such a basis that non-productive and other expenses are allocated in a definite relation to rate of operation. Even the non-productive departments are subjected to the same treatment, and the results are working out exceptionally well ige. February 26 1931 699 The lron — ———— — + e Ms . 2 . ~ . . . n TEADY work agrees with “Sammy” Johnson. He has been a member of the Midvale work ing family for 47 years, and carries his 77 years lightly. You see him here operating a straightening machine, which requires energy, agility and good judgment When Frederick W. Taylor, father of scientific management, first started his experi ments on high-speed steel, ‘Sammy’ assisted him as inspector When a man puts his heart into his work, it responds by keeping him young The Iron Age, February 26, 1931 701 | wing t. itd de yvice ” ft u aoes not show the ling Metallurgy of th Steel for tor Dis Die ; ‘ ’ Set Castings Cast , 4 I sen te T rT i7 T rie il ) 134 iui Teg Ty t \¢ ‘ { +} i t l < f qd in the ting turnace ed trom cupola n the alr Turnace ? fury nave f 4} 4 < ) rit y*) set Castings f ‘ ‘ Lu } . ; ( 14 { 1 alloy ‘ Modern Die Set By JOHN H. HRUSKA ASTINGS for die sets are made almost ex- clusively from semi-steel or high-test gray iron. Wherever maximum strength is necessary, plain carbon or alloy steel castings are used. For leader pins and bushings, modern practice is to use pearlitic manganese steels. The author dis- cusses the composition and heat treatment of such materials, based on an investigation of some of the best modern sets. Fig. 2.—Stationary furnaces used in the car burization and heat treatment of leader pins The ind bushings Iron ie ré February 26 1931 (03 % PS = ie £ Fig. 3.—Rotary gas-fired furnac used in the thermal treatments leader pins and bushings. (Cou tesy American Gas Furnace ¢ Elizabeth, N. J ‘ ter While t I I re l : IY l re it1i1Zat I ne S A (V0) y 1120 steel ; t ny nign- I ra l i strong I { ther with file-har a il ait ‘ vy ) it ( r ; lard he best leade | rresponding bushing W it! the introduction ot nes teels, i.e., low carbon ste ining from 0.90 to 1.90 per inese, the foll wing onsidera é i i ' 1) Cf rY t ] Na iné , t 4 1 ( HU ( H4 | I { “ ( ' rn iT t ry } i cr | } iY si Fig. § Microstruc ture of bushing ifter carburization, quenching and irawing, taken at dia etched with 2 per cent HNO.. Compare with Fig. 4 Fis j Microstructure 4 of carburized leader pin just before quenching specimen cooled in air The three sections of the carburized surface layer are «clearly discernible Case (top transition or gradation zone (middle ind core (bottom). Taken at | dia., etched with 2 per cent HNO The lron ige Februar ' L931 Oo» "OO The Development o By H. C. KNERR and H. A. BACK| ~t easily i hang ! f inc «a I lf } ‘ vt} , t ne i? _ riou \\ \\ } TT i; i l + + ) y us ane : j peedily disinteg? Warpil al I ind ;: ©} , , ‘ I ns I nvel Cl ? imbet! t ! tures I ' | n ft metal t enance and re} } } Wing Beams for Aircraft EAT-TREATED alloy steel wing beams are winning as wide adoption in the aircraft industry as the welded steel fuselage Steels for wing beams are available with tensile strengths of 250,000 to 300,000 Ib. per sq. in. after heat treatment, according to the authors. They list the advantages of steels of this type over other materials, describe heat-treating equipment employed and outline the construction of wing beams developed by various airplane builders The lron Age February 26 1931 707 ~ = dh = Nall ZNZSNZSZSZAZSZSZSZ SZ SZSESPSIE NNN A V/V VS urtiss Tea tapered wing monoplane (above tor Army plan Web re liotical tubing tr nent i | f addtiee annne at A lror tn te tr tions for Berliner fuselage, welded place after heat tr ment vr ww ) | } i ry | ) ’ Bei J r ( Anr reat e} \ ~ Mining Engineers Hold Annual Meeting in New York W H. PEIRCE F W MACLENNAN M Maclennan wa Hunt prize E. S. DAVENPORT Grinds Both Tungsten Carbide ana High-Spx ec Steel Four-W avy Drilling and Turning Machine The tron Age. February 26. 193] 713 14 The H lron ‘ ‘> j New Speed Reduce inde) yom SLOT Iriving units are readily ee ing’, loront ()nt jacketed wheelhead is an fantatum Carbide—a New Cutting lool Materia! flan Ddollyvs hai Sie Vet i Sfhrops & fn th The lron Age. February 26, 1931 715 {Loma ;) i tcc bgquipment ear tri (leans, Small 7 Introduces New l-in. and l -| Threadine Machines The fron Age. February 26. 1931 717 Hydraulic Spiral Bevel Gear Rougher Reduces Production Time Barometer Not Yet Ready to Turn Up =NEW.S >; ed a, tn Ar Upward Trend ot RDERS from Automobile Industry Continue to Output and Demand cera Large Pipe Line In uiries—Scrap Up at Pitts Is Unchecked oe Off at Detroit and St Ww Vv Vv Ad Steel Orders Operations f — ~ -- — o — et ee ee em me ee ce een ee — en RR a O ~ ~ — od - 4 ~ > Ll eat I revious TRO” AGI \] COMPOSITE PRICES 1’ it iro Steel Scra «i Ck eT LEK RS LE Pe Ea EE ERT BE CHICAGO RE ES A amma ee Mar The Tron ize. February Pb 1931 “9° - ec EL ane NTT yf ren ' ay -ipe Line Projects Feature Steel LDemand— N EW 1 ORK Pig Iron Sales 6000 Tons 730 The fron | ge Februar. 26 9S! PHILA ELPHI A Sheet Orders Increasing— | ) J | : Steel Prices Maintained Steel Bars The Tron Age. February 26, 1931 731 e » LOUIS Tr 4 ——$—$ LOT Wi Semi-Finished Steel, Raw Materials, Bolts and Rivets i. Ar Prices of Semi-Finished Steel i ] Skelp ral Wire Rod na I ; | Steel Products a te te Bar ‘* Western Metal Congress Fabricated Steel Orders 514 Tons in Jan. 31 Wee Kquipment Orde | 7 aaa Non-Ferrous Metal Markets «44 opper Again Higher — ij Advaneine—Lead Highe —Aine | Ps e § DI ed Structural Stee! Steel Buying by Automobile Companies Largest Since September per } 3 | Be j A N U A R Y OUTPUT rif a, & AUTOMOBILE 71,903 UNITS ' ti } nst CC r ry n nf . ifpuft in ty ¥ od \ ) STE E 1 + Rate Decisions i Steel 4 ocral The fron OBITUARY California Industry Hopeful | = Machine Loot Business 1 . : : : Same Markets D Slow and Spotty entun me at \I The lron Age. February 26 1931 a New Englan: 1.27 i ] m1,iadci Iman 1 i LLilcaUiCijp id ro ~ ~ os Milwaukee Gult States The fron Age hFebruary — te LJnemplovment run¢ | British Pig Iron Industry Urges Prohibition of all Imports West Broadway, in a two-story factory, 22 x 74 ft., to be erected for company, P. P. Brink, formerly of Glenwood, Iowa, is president and G. D. Loffler, Glenwood, is secretary. Factory is scheduled for completion in 30 days. General of plow Implement combines, Co., manufacturer decided to centrate its manufacturing and engineer ing work at 626 North Highland Avenue, Aurora, Il Company's development work has been carried on during the past year at Evansville, Ind., has con- and its manu Wis., since the organization of the company in 1928. Manufacturing equipment will be moved to Aurora as soon as possible. A. V. Burch has retired from facturing has been done at Racine, now at Racine active management of the company and is succeeded by W. Leland Zink Cleveland LANS have been filed by Union Metal Mfg. Co., 1432 Walnut Ave nue, S. E., Canton, Ohio, manufacturer of metal posts for street-lightings, steel poles and kindred products. for a one- story addition, 60 x 340 ft., to cost over $60,000 with equpiment Musselman Hub-Brake Co., Elyria, Ohio, care of H. H Building, Johnson, Union Trust Cleveland, recently organized, plans operation of local factory for manu facture of automobile > € Shepard, Jr Wheeler are City Council, brake equipment and tobert W. principal incorporators Lisbon, Ohio, is consider ing erection of municipal electric light and power plant, to cost over $70,000 with equipment Springfield Township Rural School Dis- trict, Emerson Boyer, ..F.D No. 3, Akron, Ohio, clerk, is considering instal lation of manual training equipment in new high and grade school near Akron, to cost about $200,000, for which bids have been asked on general contract. Henry & Murphy, Second National Bank Building, Akron, are architects. Hudson-Burtscher, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, recently organized, has purchased tool and die making department of Toledo Schale Co., 3216 Monroe Street New company will maintain plant at present location and will add a line of special machinery and parts to production Sharon J. Hudson is president of new organization; A. Burtscher, general man ager; and P. H. Shanks, secretary and treasurer City Council, Shelby, Ohio, has plans for extensions and improvements in mu- nicipal electric light and power plant, including installation of additional equip- ment, at total cost of over $200,000. McDonnell Building, Engineering Co., In- City, Mo., is Burns & terstate Kansas engineer. City considering erection of Cleveland, Ohio, is a steel water tank tower, to water engineer Council, East on elevated steel cost close to $25,000, fox M. W municipal department Garnett is city Indiana has | Mierostasreang been let by Machine Tool Co., 24 North Street, Indianapolis, to W. E. Van ingham, 3uilding, for a one-story addition, including alterations and im- provements in building, to about $25,000 with equipment. Electrical Mfg. Co., Eagle Noble Land- Lemcke present cost Apex 1067 East 750—The Iron Age, February 26, 1931 152nd Street, Cleveland, manufacturer of electric refrigerating machinery, vacuum cleaners and kindred electrical appliances, purchased plant and business of Wayne Home Equipment Co., Fort Wayne, of heat proof electric re- equipment, parts, ete. Pur- chasing company will continue operations four-story factory of Wayne and plans increased production. has manufacturer frigerating in present company C¢. G. Frantz is president of Apex com- pany Ovens, power equipment, conveying and other machinery will be installed in new baking plant addition of G. W. Opell Co., 1910 North Second Street, Vincennes, to cost close to $50,000. Sut- ion &€ Art Indianapolis Routt, Vincennes, are architects. Fleck, 710 Union Title Building, architect, has awarded gen Thomas A. Moynahan Title Building, basement garage building, 120 about $175,000 with eral contract to Construction Co., Union for three-story and automobik service, repair and x 150 ft., to cost equipment J 1; Came <m.. Wis., plements State Street, Racine, agricultural im will build a leased at manufacturer of and equipment, econd story on unit recently factory branch, plant. Present Indianapolis for service and distributing branch it 241 Kentucky Avenue, will be re moved to new location in April and facilities expanded A. G. Kellam is lo cal branch manager. Cincinnati B':: will soon be asked by Board of Trustees, University of Cincinnati, Administration Building, for a new tral equipment and distributing building, 65 x 112 ft., to cost close to $100,000 with equipment. Hunt & Allan, Eagle Savings & Loan Building, are architects. Daniel Laurence cen- mechanical shop, storage is clerk of board. Contracting Officer, Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohio, will receive bids until March 2 for one motor-driven spur gear planer, and 30 propeller hub assemblies; until March 3 for 250 control unit assemblies, and until March 4 for 5000 airspeed in- dicator tubing connections, 2000 techom- eter shaft washers, adapter assemblies, etc M. & H, Tool Co., Inc., Springfield, Ohio, recently organized, care of Cole, Bowman & Hodge, National Bank Building, attorneys, plans operation of local factory for manufacture of kindred products H. A. Prout Mc- Daniel are principal First and nee .£; S. incorporators, tools Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co., sowling of hydroelectric Green, Ky., is planning erection power plant on Barron tiver, to cost over $1,000,000 with trans- mission w. T 1924 Race Street, producer of artificial mineral waters, has awarded general con- tract to Penker Construction Co., 1030 Summer Street, for three-story and base- ment bottling plant, 105 x 120 ft., to cost $100,000 with automatic bottling, other mechanical equip- Drach, Ine., Union Trust architect; Carl J. Kiefer, engineer. System Wagner’s Sons Co., Cincinnati, over conveying and ment. Gustav Building, is Schmidt Building, is Common Council, Adairsville, Ky., is installation of a 75,000-gal. elevated steel tank and tower, in connec- considering tion with extensions in municipal water system. C. N. Harrub Engineering Co., Fourth and First National Bank Build- ing, Nashville, Tenn., is engineer. Chamber of Commerce, Trenton, Tenn., Charles E. Meyers, secretary, is at head of project for establishment of an airport on 70-acre tract, including hangar with re- pair and reconditioning facilities, and other field units. Fisher Body Co., North Second Street, Memphis, Tenn., with headquarters in General Motors Building, Detroit, contem- plates extensions and improvements in local branch plant, to cost over $75,000. Milwaukee a contract has been placed with Pfeifer Construction Co., 586 Sixty-sixth Avenue, West Allis, for an addition, 35 x 75 ft., one-story, for Pioneer Mfg. Co., 726 Seventy-fourth Avenue, West Allis, manufacturer of power cul- tivation machinery and moulding ma- chines. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Com mission, Jones Island, Milwaukee, bids March 9 on two 2500-gal. per motor float controlled trifugal and accessories and all other equipment required for new sew- station at Port Washington Roads. John H. Fowles is closes min onerated, cen- pumps age booster River ecretary. and Plans are being prepared by Col. H. C. State military architect, 759 Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, for two one-story storage-service buildings at Wis., 50 x 200 ft. and motorized Ilengel, North Camp Douglas, 14 x 142 ft., respectively, for equipment and field equipment, Board of Vocational Education, Mani- Wis., has ordered plans revised by William J. Raeuber, local architect, 926 South Eight Street, for new voca- tional school, to bring cost within ap- propriation of $200,000. towoce Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co., 217 Michigan Street, Milwaukee, con- templates erection and equipment of brick and general clay products plant, costing about $100,000, at Port Washing- ton, Wis., in connection with demolition of clay hills in development of $10,000,000 steam generating plant, now under way. red A. Luber is company architect- engineer Waukesha Motor Co., Waukesha, Wis., has received an order for 7500 four- cylinder truck motors of 15 to 30 hp. each, H. L. Horning, president, states that busi- ness has been gradually improving since last August. Gulf States LANS are under way by Burford Re- fining Co., Pecos, Tex., for new oil refinery at Longview, Tex., to cost ove! $175,000 with machinery. Construction Quartermaster, United States Army, Maxwell Field, Montgom- ery, Ala., has awarded general contract to Smith, Pew Construction Co., Atlanta, Ga., for new units at field, including one- story maintenance shop, 70 x 123 ft.; automobile service and garage building, 103 x 206 ft.; equipment storage and dis- tributing warehouse, 103 x 207 ft.; and paint and oil house, 17 x 40 ft., to cost $81,890, exclusive of equipment. Ovens, power equipment, conveying and other machinery will be installed in one-story plant, 70 x 140 ft., to be erected by El Fenix Bakery, 201 South Laredo Street, San Antonio, Tex., to cost close Dielmann, 306 Fast is architect. to $100,000. L. M. J. Commerce Street, Lone Star Portland Cement Co., Hous- ton, Tex., contemplates an addition to plant to cost close to $75,000 with equip- ment. Burrus Panhandle Elevators, Inc., Amarillo, Tex., has work under way on new grain elevator, with elevating, screening, conveying and other equip- capacity of 1,000,000 bu., to $125,000. J. 3urrus, Dallas, Tex., is president. ment for cost Perry Board of Trustees, Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, Prairie View, Tex., will proceed with erection of three-story addition, 46 cost close to $100,000. Board of Works, awarded general x 119. ft., to ‘ort Worth, Tex., has contract to Quisle & Andrews, 2212 West Seventh Street, for new one-story unit a municipal airport, at $29,987; for repair and reconditioning shops of Texas Aero Corpn., Fort Worth. Magnolia Petroleum Co., Dallas, Tex., an interest of Standard Oil Co. of New York, 26 Broadway, New York, is plan- ning construction of new pipe line from Kilgore, Tex., to connection with present extending to Neches, Tex., about 70 miles, to cost close to $250,000. line Pacific Coast ENERAL contract Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, to Clinton Construction Co., 923 Street, Francisco, for bling plant at Seattle, story assembling unit, part house been let by Mich.., Folsom has San new consisting of one- 320 x 750 ft., with two-stories, 160 x 750 ft., power and other over $3,000,000 with equipment. Marquette Building, Detroit, is ar- chitect and engineer. It is planned to have works ready for service in Novem- ber. R. W. Hinea is local manager at Seattle. assem - structures, to cost Albert Kahn, Inc., Contract has been let by Pacific Air Transport, San Diego, Cal., to Austin Co. of California, Inc., Los Angeles, for a hangar with repair and reconditioning facilities at local Lindbergh Field, to cost about $50,000 with equipment. In connection with Government struction program, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, Washington, will prepare plans and specifications for work at Pacific Coast navy yards as fol- con- lows San Diego, floating derrick, $100,000, improvements in crane tracks, $60,000; Mare Island, floating derrick $100,000; power Puget Sound, improvements in plant 75,000, improvements and extensions in dry No. 1, $400,000, extension of fuel oil system, $75,000; also improvements in gasoline storage at naval air station, San Diego, $50,000. dock California Lime & Products Co., Lin- coln, Cal., R. L. Hollingsworth, general manager, has purchased 60 acres of lime- stone deposits at Antelope, Cal., and has plans for new stone quarry with crushing, loading, conveying and other machinery to cost about $125,000. Plans will also be drawn for a lime manufacturing plant and for a dry ice manufacturing plant Installation will include cableway, bun- kering system, raw material storage and distributing units and other structures. Entire project will cost over $700,000. Smith-Emery Co., 651 Howard Street, San Francisco, is engineer. G. W. Price Pump & Engine Co., 1350 Folsom Street, San _ Francisco, has awarded general contract to Charles W. Koenig, San Francisco, for a one-story plant, to cost about $25,000 with equip- ment. E. A. Neumarket, 340 Kearny Street, is architect. Southern. Sierras Power Co., Liver- side, Cal., has plans for a power sub- station at Las Vegas, Nev., for service in connection with Hoover Dam project, to cost $250,000 with equipment Work is under way on a new transmission line. Company engineering charge. department is in Board of Education, Medford, considering installation of man-training equipment in new two-story high school to cost to $200,000, for which will asked on general Frank C. Clark, Medford, is Knighton & Howell, Ore., is close bids soon be contract. architect; United States Bank Building, Portland, are associate archi- tects. Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co., Tucson, Ariz., has plans for exten- improvements in steam-oper- power plant, including in- Diesel engine unit and auxiliary equipment, to cost over $300,000. sions and ated stallation of electric Company charge. engineering department is in Pioneer Sand & Gravel C Street, Seattle, contract to General Building, for »., 9O1 Harri- awarded general Construction Co., new distributing son has Colman plant, including conveyor tower platform, crane platform and mechanical-handling facilities, to cost about $50,000 We will be started at once by Tremco Mfg. Co. (Canada), Ltd., 393 East 13lst Street, Cleveland, local representative, W. H. Reid, 81 Victoria Street, Toronto, on first unit of a at Leaside, Ont., for manufacture of waterproofing, caulking and glazing com- plant pounds. Bids are being received by Marani & Lawson, architects, 38 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Project will rep resent an expenditure of between $350,000 and $400,000. Lodge Motor Co., Detroit, has secured factory building at Walkerville, Ont., and is installing equipment for manu- facture of motors. Company will carry on machining operations on a number other Detroit or of parts; parts will be procured in imported from Canada. Burrell Corpn. of Canada, Ltd., 502 Canadian Rail & Harbor Terminals Building, Toronto, manufacturer of dairy machinery, etc., will remove main plant and headquarters from Toronto to Brock- ville, Ont., where company has operated a branch plant for several years. Cherry General Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd., recently incorporated with a Federal charter, will establish a plant at Hamil- on site leased from Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., and a building is now in course of erection. J. N. Pomeroy, vice-president of American company, with ton, Ont., headquarters at Philadelphia, is presi- dent of Canadian company. Company will refine zine from dross and later will treat other metals. Anthese Foundry, Ltd., 64 Jefferson Street, East Calgary, erecting a ry. FT. Daw, ern Avenue, Toronto, has secured site at Alta., contemplating foundry. and is North- was re- whose foundry on Vancouver, B. C. cently destroyed by fire, secured a Lulu Island, and will rebuild at Company's tinsmith shop will con- has site on once, tinue in its present premises at 359 East Broadway, Vancouver. The Iron Age, February 26, 1931—751 Foreign LANS have been approved by Public Works Department, Government of Hungary, Budapest, for electrification of Hungarian section of Budapest-Vienna Railway and work will be started soon. Ministry Department, Government of Aus- tria, is planning for similar electrifica- tion of of railroad in that coun- try to Vienna. section General Motors of Australia, Ltd., Syd- ney, has acquired plant and business of Holden’s Automobile Body Co., capital- ized at $5,500,000, with main works at Sydney, and will continue operation as a subsidiary. Car bodies will be made for different cars of General Motors organi- zation. A railroad company in England has authorized expansion and improvements to cost about $50,000,000, including line extensions, buildings, etc. Infor- mation at office of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, refer- ence United Kingdom No. 1160. Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy De- partment, Washington, is planning erec- tion of new aircraft works at Pearl Har- bor, T. H., including engine shop, repair and reconditioning shop and other de- partments, to cost over $200,000. Bids asked soon. shops, will be Board of Edinburgh, Commissioners, Scotland, is arranging for electric power development in southern part of country. Project will include con- struction of five new hydroelectric power plants at Tongland, Glenlee, Kendoon, Carsfad and Earlstoun, to be operated by Galloway Water Power Co., and build- ing of transmission lines for distance of 150 miles, with seven primary switching power substations. Entire develop- will cost $13,468,800. Electricity and ment New Trade Publications Chain-Block.—Herbert Morris Crane & Hoist Co., Ltd, Niagara Falls, Canada. Eight-page illustrated book- let featuring the ‘“Master-Gear” block. Lubrication is concentrated by applying the requisite lubricant for all main bearings at one point Are Welders.—General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Bulletin GEA-1031B illustrates and describes several models of resistor arc welders suitable for use with 60-volt, constant-potential arc- welding generators, 200-275-volt supply eircuits (mining service) and 400-650- volt circuits (electric-railway work). Oil Cirenit Breakers.—General Elec- tric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Seven-page bulletin GEA-959B, illustrated, dealing with type FKR-155 indoor oil circuit breakers for moderate and heavy-duty service at any altitude. Flow Meter.—Brown Instrument Co., Philadelphia. A novel illustration in the form of a card with moving parts, featuring the inductance-bridge prin- ciple applied to flow meter design. Rods.—Titan Metal Mfg. Co., Bellefonte, Pa. Circular describing the Nitanny free-turning brass rods, de- signed to meet the most rigid specifi- cations for brass screw machine rods. Brass Unit Heaters.— Buffalo Forge Co., Buffalo. Bulletin of 19 pages, illus- trating and describing several types of unit heaters, suitable for any steam pressure from 2 lb. to 250 Ib.; also gas unit heaters for industrial use. Create Unemployment Fund Rochester Plants Adopt Plan Which Will Pay Benefits to Idle for Six to 13 Weeks N unemployment benefit plan pro- viding a permanent fund, built up from appropriations of 2 per cent of the annual payroll of participating companies and supplemented with 1 per cent salary contributions by em- ployees in periods of emergency, has been adopted by 14 manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y. All but two are members of the Industrial Manage- ment Council of Rochester, under the auspices of which the plan was devel- oped. Adherents of the “Rochester Unem- ployment Benefit Plan,” as it is called, are Eastman Kodak Co., Davenport Machine Tool Co., Consolidated Ma- chine Tool Co., Gleason Works, Yaw- man & Erbe Mfg. Co., Taylor Instru- ment Co., Vogt Mfg. Co., Cochrane Bly Co., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co., Rochester Telephone Corpn., Todd Co., Sargent & Greenleaf Co. and the Pfaudler Co. Other Rochester manu- facturing companies are considering participation. Fund Available in 1933 The original signers of the agree- ment employ a total of about 26,000 in normal periods of business, with in- dividual plant enrollments ranging from 45 to 13,000 employees. Under the plan, each company will immedi- ately begin setting aside up to 2 per cent of its payroll annually, the amount being dependent upon the de- gree of stabilization obtaining in its field. The fund will have reached a sufficient total by 1933 to permit the beginning of unemployment pay- ments. The maximum of the fund will be reached when it is equal to five annual appropriations of the partici- pating companies. Under normal business conditions the entire expense of the plan is borne by the companies themselves, no con- tributions being asked from em- ployees, but the signers reserve the right to declare an emergency to exist should there be an extended period of unemployment, and to add to the fund 1 per cent of the salaries of all officials and employees not receiving benefits under the plan. However, when such a step is taken the companies will con- tribute an additional amount, equiva- lent to the total received from the sal- aried employees. Benefits up to 13 Weeks In distributing the benefit fund, em- ployees who have served one year or more and have been receiving less than $50 a week will be eligible to re- ceive payments. The benefits will be 60 per cent of the normal pay, the maximum payment being $22.50 a 752—The Iron Age, February 26, 1931 week. Payments under the plan will continue from six weeks for em- ployees who have had one year of service with the company to 13 weeks for employees whose service has ex- tended five years or more. Payments will begin after two weeks of unem- ployment. Where workers are employed only part time by a company, benefits will be paid, provided their total earnings are less than they would receive in benefits if entirely unemployed. Should an employee secure temporary work outside the industry, he will still be eligible for a benefit, provided his temporary earnings and the benefit paid do not exceed his normal earn- ings when employed full time, prior to being laid off. A Plan for the Future Commenting on the new plan, James E. Gleason, president, the Gleason Works, and chairman of the Indus- trial Management Council, which aided in developing the plan, said: “It is very gratifying that we have found Ajax Metal Co. Organizes Two Subsidiaries The Ajax Metal Co., Philadelphia, has decided to proceed with the car- rying out of plant improvements and extensions that have been in contem- plation for some time. Directors have appropriated $300,000 with the idea of contributing something to the re- lief of unemployment. The company Says: “If similar steps were to be taken to the greatest extent possible by many others, the unemployment problem would not long be with us, and con- fidence would be restored.” Extensions will take the form of a two-story annex to the present build- ings, making it possible to accommo- date eight freight cars at one time for the loading and unloading of ship- ments. The latest material-handling devices will be installed. The Ajax Metal Co. has organized a new subsidiary, the Ajax Electric Co., Inc., which will develop and exploit electric resistance heating equipment. The Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd., of Great Britain, subsidiary of the Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., has de- veloped an extensive line of such equipment which will be introduced in this country by the Ajax Electric Co. The Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., has long been associated with the Ajax Metal Co. and the Ajax Electrother- mic Corpn. The plant of the Ajax it possible to set up these unemploy- ment benefit funds as something addi- tional to our present efforts, some- thing that will work long after this depression we have been in has passed. “While payments are to begin no earlier than 1933, ample reserves are absolutely necessary; the firms will begin to set aside those funds now. While the companies have reserved the right to change the plan in detail in adapting it to individual conditions, I am proud to say that every intention to vary that I have heard of is for some special liberality.” Eastman Kodak Benefits to Continue Adoption of this plan, says Frank W. Lovejoy, vice-president and gen- eral manager of the Eastman Kodak Co., will not affect in any way the other plans of the company, such as the wage dividend, retirement an- nuity, life insurance, disability benefit and sick benefit plans, which are al- ready in operation. “This Rochester unemployment ben- efit plan,” says W. Roy McCanne, president, Stromberg-Carlson Tele- phone Mfg. Co., “is an additional effort further to minimize the effect on the employee of future depressions. Besides its humaneness, probably the plan’s greatest benefit will come from stimulating efforts to prevent future unemployment.” Electric Co. will be at Frankford Ave- nue and Allen Street, Philadelphia, just opposite the main plant of the Ajax Metal Co. Officers of the new company are: G. H. Clamer, presi- dent; William Adam, Jr., vice-presi- dent; John E. Haig, secretary, and E. Allan Ginkinger, treasurer. The Ajax Electrothermic Corpn., the division of the Ajax Metal Co. which manufactures the Ajax-North- rup high-frequency coreless induction method of heating, has from the be- ginning operated as a separate com- pany, but largely controlled by the Ajax Metal Co. The Ajax-Wyatt Di- vision, which has manufactured the Ajax-Wyatt submerged resistor induc- tion type furnace, has been operated as a department of the metal com- pany. It is now intended to divorce the Ajax-Wyatt Electric Furnace Di- vision and, accordingly, a separate company, under the name of Ajax Electric Furnace Corpn., has been or- ganized to carry on the activities in the line of submerged resistor induc- tion electric furnaces. The following officers were elected: G. H. Clamer, president and general manager; James R. Wyatt, vice-president in charge of manufacturing and development; Henry Gieseke, secretary; E. Allan Ginkinger, treasurer. The company will occupy its newly completed build- ing on Frankford Avenue near the main plant of the Ajax Metal Co. —_— —: ry fF — CG. et a {SS oe —" > n> nm = OL Onm>Omnm whist British Pig Iron Industry Urges Prohibition of all Imports (By Cabie) LONDON, ENGLAND, Feb. 23. 4 po pig iron industry is in a seri- ous condition, with only 76 fur- naces in blast at the end of December compared with 162 operating at the close of 1929. As a result, a further appeal has been made to the Government for intervention, taking the form of a letter and memorandum addressed to the Board of Trade by Sir Francis Joseph, chairman, Central and Basic Iron Producers’ Associations. The letter states that unless the Government takes action at once, col- lapse of the industry is inevitable. In spite of an alarming decrease in pig iron production, stocks at fur- naces are greatly increased, and have become a crippling burden. Increase in stocks has occurred de- spite substantial reductions in prices. Although vast sums have been spent in reorganization, the most efficient furnaces are unable to dispose of their output. The letter concludes with an appeal for severe limitation or absolute pro- hibition of imports of iron and steel. Domestic railroads have placed or- ders with Northeastern producers for 16,000 tons of rail chairs. Con- sequently the tone of pig iron has improved temporarily and Cleveland furnaces are expecting increased sales. Continental iron is still arriving, ETN 179001 PRERPORRENNA LEP SawUs ENON RAEN Chinese Government decides to use “Skoda” locomotives as standard railroad equip- ment. * 8 & Soviet Union buys 28 locomo- tives in Germany. * & & Krupp develops new 15-ton motor truck, which tows two loaded 10-ton trailers. * 8 ®& American aircraft output de- clined 45 per cent in 1930, but exports decreased only 4.3 per cent and reached 29 new markets. but imports are likely to diminish in the near future, as new business is almost entirely lacking. Hematite iron is moving rather more freely and makers’ stocks are decreasing. Finished steel is dull with mills in need of shipbuilding orders, and out- put at a low level. Export demand is broadening in small lots indicating low stocks abroad, which is compelling replace- ment. Bulk orders, however, are entirely absent. The Continent reports better de- mand from India and China, as a re- sult of lower ocean freights, and de- livery delays on new orders are begin- ning to be extended. Buying here is still at a low ebb, and prices general- ly are maintained. Tin plate inquiry is broadening, but business is quiet. Developments in the tin market are watched by buyers and further rises in price may influence consumers. Meanwhile tin plate makers are preparing to close as orders are completed, so that out- put is likely to be seriously diminished in the near future. The Gyrnos Tin Plate Works at Ystalyfera has issued a 28-day notice that employment will subsequently be on a day to day contract basis. Galvanized sheet makers have re- affirmed their prices and the market is still quiet. Black sheet demand is limited to small lots of the heavier gages. The Chinese Northern Railway and the Chinese Government have agreed to adopt locomotives made by the Skoda Works as standard for future contracts. The Rumanian Government is endeavoring to combine all iron and steel plants into one corporation. German production in January was 603,000 tons of pig iron with 61 fur- naces in blast at the end of January. Raw steel output was 773,000 tons and rolled steel production, 540,000 tons. The German Ruhrort-Meiderich works has closed this week having been unable to reach an agreement British and Continental European Export Prices per gross ton, f. 0. b. United Kingdom Ports, Hamburg and Antwerp with the £ at $4.8665 (par) iti i ; ; Billets, Thomas (nominal) £3 10s. to £3 11s. $17.01 to $17.25 British Prices, f. 0. b. United Kingdom Ports Wire rods, low C., No. 5 cs BTS Ferromanganese, export. £9 0s. to£ll 5s. $43.74 to $54.75 eae Mpenin dative tie : 2% to 5 7% ea.3s oO . Billets, open-hearth..... 5 7% to 65 10 26.12 to 26.76 ae mae 3k? She ) . — oS onane 11 10 55.95 gage, Japanese....... a2. 6S to 12 12 — Bg Tin plate, per base box.. 015% to 0 15% oan ot Steel bars, merchant.... 4 90 to 4 2 0.87 to 0.8 5 59 to. 1.7 3e% s, British Steel bars, open-hearth.. 7 1! a 1.69 to 1.79 Beams, Thomas, Br Beams, open-hearth eeees 7 7% to 7 17% 1.60 to 1.71 qunnenrd, (nominal) . . 3 11 to 3 12 0.79 to 0.80 Channels, open-hearth... 712% to 8 12% 1.66 to 1.87 ° hanne 8, oer Am¢r- 12 to 514 1.24 to 1.26 Angles, open-hearth..... 7 7% to 717% 1.60 to 1.71 4. aaa a oo neo ses » 46 . Black sheets, No. 24 gage 8 10 1.84 f ‘cea leven. area %-in. SE EO, TOW ES 2 42 oe ranterayyeg 319 to 4 0 0.85 to 0.86 Se LATA S* ORE ee as Angles, Thomas, 3-in.... 4 1 to 4 3 0.87 to 0.89 : : Hoop and strip steel over Continental Prices, f. o. b. Antwerp or Hamburg Gin. base........ i £2 es oe 0.96 to 0.97 Wire, plain, No. 8 gage. 512% to 5 15 1.24 to 1.27 ‘Oo i 2.5 Wire, barbed, 4-pt. No. “00 per cent. sii, 1.00 I BWGs ce) 9 TH to 910 2.08 to 2.09 per cent and more Wire nails, base........ 517% to 6 0 $1.29 to $1.30 ND ig ON oN Ge hi aan ee £2 10s. to £2 12s $12.15 to $12.64 a keg (Waren je rcirrecreeer eam aemaaart ene iret TOM ee) The Iron Age, February 26, 1931—753 with employees for a 20 per cent re- duction in wages. The Soviet Union has placed an order for 28 locomotives, valued at 2,000,000 m. ($476,000) with Oren- stein und Koppel, in Germany. Austrian output last year was 287,- 000 tons of pig iron and 450,000 tons of raw steel. Exports are estimated at 20 to 25 per cent below the 1929 total. Bolt and Nut Prices Lower HAMBURG, GERMANY, Feb. 10.— With substantial orders for bolts and nuts being placed by American dis- tributers and consumers with Euro- pean makers, it is of interest that keen Continental competition is bring- ing declining prices. Total European exports of bolts, nuts and rivets last year are estimated to have declined more than 16 per cent. On recent transactions hexagonal bolts with nuts have been quoted at £7 12s. 6d. a ton ($1.68 a 100 lb.) for 1-in.; £10 10s. a ton ($2.31 a 100 lb.) for \4-in., and £15 10s. a ton ($3.41 a 100 lb.) for %-in. Carriage bolts and nuts ‘with American round heads are quoted at £33 ($7.27 a 100 lb.) for %-in.; £24 a ton ($4.29 a 100 lb.) for 5/16. in., and £16 ($3.52 a 100 lb.) for %-in. Coach screws, %-in. and 14-in. assort- ed are £18 a ton ($3.97 a 100 Ib.) All prices are based on packing in eases, kegs or double gunny sacks. European Car Cartel Forms Banking Division HAMBURG, GERMANY, Feb. 10.— While dissolution of the Continental Railway Car Cartel has been avoided, the cartel is not in a strong position, as its membership includes only about 55 per cent of the European builders, and competition from outsiders is keen. To aid in meeting this outside competition, the cartel decided at the recent meeting in Paris to organize as a limited company with a banking dévision for financing export business. It is planned to extend credits up to 18 months to foreign railroads. German-Type Gas Holder Bought By Paris HAMBURG, GERMANY, Feb. 10.—The City of Paris has contracted with August Kloenne, Dortmund, Germany, through French licensees, for a water- less gas holder of about 3,500,000 cu. ft. capacity. This is the fifth Kloenne gas holder ordered in France since license was granted by the maker. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.’s unfilled orders on Feb. 1 amounted to $12,- 136,000, a decrease of $866,000 from the total reported on Jan. 1. Unfilled orders were $13,091,000 on Feb. 1. 754—The Iron Age, February 26, 1931 German Export Prices for Typewriters Increasing HAMBURG, GERMANY, Feb. 10.—A total of 80,859 typewriters were ex- ported by Germany in 1930, compared with 95,849 in 1929, and 75,351 in 1928. German typewriter exports were only 3655 machines in 1913, but reparations deliveries have introduced the German product in many new markets. In both 1929 and 1930 American typewriter manufacturers supplied about 80 per cent of foreign requirements. It is noteworthy that the average value of German type- writers exported has shown a steady increase from 188 m. ($44.56) in 1928 to 206 m. ($48.82) in 1929 and 211 m. ($50) in 1930. Krupp Offers 15-Ton Truck With 10-Ton Trailers ESsEN, GERMANY, Feb. 11.—Pro- duction has been started by the Fried- rich Krupp A. G., of a new design of 15-ton motor truck, which can tow two 10-ton trailers when loaded to capacity. The new truck, developed by Herr Flettner, who invented an automatic helm, which is used on about 90 per cent of German ships, and who constructed the less success- ful rotor ship, is light in weight and driven by a _ high-powered motor. Orders have already been booked for the new truck, although it will be exhibited for the first time at the coming Motor Car Show in Berlin. American Steel Leads in Venezuelan Purchases WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—With ex- tensive progress in public works and port improvement in Venezuela under direction of General Juan Vicente Gomez, former president, coming to the attention of the public, it is note- worthy that iron and steel purchases by Venezuela range from 80,000 to 125,000 tons annually and are princi- pally from the United States. Imports in 1929, says the United States Trade Commissioner at Cara- cas, totaled 121,940 tons of iron and steel, valued at $12,721,676, compared with 122,504 tons, valued at $12,082,- 938, in 1928. Of the 1929 imports of iron and steel, 64,894 tons, or 53 per cent, came from the United States. The chief buyers in Venezuela are the petroleum industry and the Gov- ernment, the latter’s requirements being chiefly for public works. The largest purchases are of pipe, includ- ing oil well casing and line pipe, water and sewer installations. Compe- tition for the Venezuelan trade is keen and European quotations are usually lower than the prices of American companies. An obstacle to increased use of United States products is that build- ing methods in Venezuela differ from the American practice. Importers complain of the weight of many American products, which increases the price and duty imposed. An im- portant factor, however, is the promptness with which deliveries are made from the United States. Sheet Production Gained 15 Per Cent in January Production of steel sheets by inde- pendent mills increased 15 per cent in January over December, and ship- ments gained 18 per cent over those of the previous month, according to the monthly report of the National Association of Flat Rolled Steel Man- ufacturers. Production was 167,865 tons, compared with 145,125 tons in December, and shipments were 170,- 379 tons, against 144,040 tons during the previous month. However, sales, which increased sharply in December, largely due to orders from the motor ear industry for sheets for its re- quirements for the first few weeks of the current year, fell off considerably, although in volume they exceeded those in October and November. Sales for the month were 180,863 tons, against 233,289 tons in Decem- ber. Unfilled orders on Feb. 1 showed a slight decline, having been 360,479 tons, against 378,601 tons on Jan. 1. The January report and comparison in net tons follow: Jan- Decem- Novem- uary ber ber Goies ete te ad © he's Reem 180,863 233,289 135,682 PROM@UCtION ..cvesccese 167,865 145,125 148,550 NG wg caw enee s 170,379 144,040 158,182 Unfilled orders........ 360,479 378,601 295,282 Unshipped orders...... 92,789 100,961 88,248 Unsold stocks......... 87,496 83,629 96,248 Capacity per month.... 551,200 539,800 504,600 Percentage reporting. . 67.6 67.6 67.6 Percentages, based on capacity Sy eee 48.6 63.9 39.8 eo eee 45.1 39.8 43.6 ee 45.7 89.5 46.4 Unfilled orders........ 96.8 103.8 86.6 Unshipped orders...... 24.9 27.7 25.9 Ursold stocks......... 23.5 22.9 28.2 British January Outputs Make Poor Showing LonDON, ENGLAND, Feb. 20 (By Cable).—January pig iron output was 387,200 gross tons and the steel ingot and castings production was 402,200 tons. The pig iron total is less than the 349,800 tons for December while the steel exceeds that for the previous month. The January totals are both less than the 1930 monthly averages as shown by the following table: Pig Iron Steel ROE 5:5:0/00.0'vn's 855,000 638,600 19ZS oc ccceces 550,800 710,000 1929 ...cccces 631,600 804,600 1930 ..ncecess 516,400 608,200 1931, Jan..... 337,200 402,200 Maschinenfabrik Weingarten of Weingarten, Wiirttemberg, Germany, represented in North America by the Schatz Mfg. Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., will have an extensive exhibit of metal-working machinery at the 1931 Spring Fair to be held at Leipzig, Germany, March 1 to 11. ee — a a” ee ee 1e re ‘m- 682 550 182 282 248 248 600 7.6 DAI A Sco oO NOAHeA®e By as rot 00 an ile us th yes of ny, the Te of 931 sig, Scheduling of Production Stabilizes Employment (Concluded from page 697) during the summer months