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December 13, 1937
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W IN D O W S O F W A S H IN G T O N
W. Z u b e r
P R O D U C T I O N
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NEW S
Younger Generation Takes Lead in U. S. Steel Set-Up ..
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Mechanical Engineers Hear o f “ Apes, Men and Machines” ............................. 26
Industrial Congress Maps Broad Social Program ................................................. 27
Fast Heating Demonstrated in Shell Production .................................................. 29
Metalworking Companies Participate in Chemical Exposition ........................... 29
T ool Builders Ask Repeal of Profit Tax ................................................................. 30
Financial News of the Steel Industry ....................................................................... 30
November Ingot Output Lowest Since 1934 .......................................................... 3 1
Steelworks Operations for the W eek ..................................................................... 31
Men o f Industry ............................................................................................................ 32
D rop in Machinery Prices Held “ Unlikely” ........................................................ 33
Obituaries ........................................................................................................................... 33
London
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T H E BUSINESS T R E N D
Activity Index Recovers Part o f Recent Losses ...................................................... 42
Charts and Statistics .......................................................................................... 42-43
T E C H N IC A L
Controlled Ingot Heating ............................................................................................ 44
Carburizing Symposium Part III ................................................................................. 70
M A T E R IA L S H A N D L IN G
Lubrication o f Overhead Cranes ............................................................................... 53
W E L D IN G , E TC .— Robert E. Kin\cad ................................................................... 62
PROGRESS IN S T E E L M A K IN G
Changing Fuels in the Steel Mill ............................................................................... 58
PO W E R D R IV E S
Getting Maintenance
NEW
E Q U IP M E N T
Co-operation
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R E C E N T PU B LIC A TIO N S O F M A N U F A C T U R E R S
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M A R K E T R EPO R TS A N D PRICES ............................................................
The Market W eek ........................................................................................
B E H IN D T H E SCENES .....................................................................................
C O N S T R U C T IO N
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D I S T R I B U T I O N
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SCRUBBERS
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Light weight welded Monel crate used for pickling steel sheets,
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TIE-R O D S
Wood pickling tanks are kept tight with tie-rods o f Monel.
C H A IN S , H O O K S
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PROD UCTIO N • P R O C E S S I N G • D IST RIB UTIO N • U S E
A s
th e
V ie w s
C
HANGES
T he m eetin g g a v e a s tr o n g im p etu s to th e risin g
sen tim en t in co n g re s s and th ro u g h o u t th e n a tion
fo r ev id en ce on the p a rt o f the fe d e ra l g o v e rn m en t
th at it w ill c o -o p e ra te w ith p riv a te en terp rise in stead
o f co n tin u in g to stra n g le it. T he lin es o f th is issue
are cle a rly defined. A sh ow d ow n p ro b a b ly w ill com e
w hen co n g ress con v en es in re g u la r session in Jan u ­
ary.
E d ito r
th e
in
the
N ew s
o rg a n iza tio n
and
ex ecu tiv e
p erson n el o f th e U n ited S tates S teel C orp., a n ­
n ou n ced la st W ed n e sd a y an d T h u rsd a y (p . 2 3 ),
con stitu te th e final m a jo r step in one o f th e m o st
ex ten sive p ro g ra m s o f reh a b ilita tion ev e r a ttem p ted
in a la rg e A m e rica n in d u stria l org a n iza tion .
T he
im m ed iate e ffe ct w ill be to tra n s fe r th e c o n tr o l o f
op era tion s fr o m th e finan cial e n v iron m en t o f 71
B road w a y, N ew Y ork , to P ittsb u rg h — “ a ce n tra l lo ­
ca tion . . . m ore clo se ly in to u ch w ith the a tm o s­
phere o f steel o p era tion s.” T he ch a n g e u n d ou b ted ly
has p oten tia lities f o r a g re a te r d egree o f indepen den ce
and in crea sed a u th o rity f o r o ffice rs d ir e c tly re sp o n ­
sible f o r p rod u ction , sales and resea rch .
T he r o s te r o f d ire cto rs o f U n ited S tates Steel
o f D elaw a re in d icates th a t th e C o rp o ra tio n has
gone a lo n g w a y in 10 yea rs in o v e r co m in g a d e­
ficien cy w h ich on ce w as d escrib ed
b y a frie n d ly c r itic as “ the lost
Closes
g en era tion
of
C o rp o ra tio n
em ­
B u re a u cra cy as rep resen ted b y the N a tio n a l L a b o r
R ela tion s b o a rd h as re ceiv ed a b la ck e y e th rou g h
its ov er-zea lou s a ttem p ts to co n ce rn its e lf w ith a d ­
verse criticism .
T he N L R B a t­
te m p t to su bp oen a th e e d ito r o f
Too Much
Mill and Factory (p . 3 9 ) and its
Persecution re p o rte d e x a m in a tion o f th e e d i­
to r o f a St. M arys, P a., n ew sp ap er
h ave a rou sed w id esp rea d in d ig n a tion . A t th e sam e
tim e A tto r n e y G en eral C u m m in g ’s req u est f o r a
m illion d olla rs to
p rosecu te a n titru st ca ses does n ot
set w ell w ith th ose w h o
fe e l th at som e o f
th e
g o v e rn m e n t’s re ce n t su its— n o ta b ly the o il ca se at
M ad ison — h ave been lau n ch ed on su sp icio u sly flim sy
eviden ce. I f the g o v e rn m e n t is sin cere in its sta te ­
m ents th a t it w a n ts to co -o p e ra te w ith business, it
sh ou ld p u t an end to p ra ctice s w h ich g iv e th e a p ­
pea ra n ce o f p ersecu tion .
Its Ranks
p lo y e s .”
T h is re fe r r e d to the
hundreds o f ju n io r e x e cu tiv e s d e­
nied th e o p p o rtu n ity o f a d va n cem en t in th e p e rio d
fr o m 1920 to 1930 becau se th e sen ior e x e cu tiv e p o si­
tions h a d becom e “ fro z e n .”
Y o u n g e r m en and m en
co m p a ra tiv ely new to th e C o rp o ra tio n now sit in
position s o f a u th ority .
T h e ir p rom in en ce in the
new set-u p sh ow s h ow e ffe ctiv e ly B ig Steel has
closed its ran k s.
The co n g re ss o f A m e rica n in du stry, held la st w eek
under th e sp on sorsh ip o f th e N a tio n a l A s so cia tio n
o f M a n u fa ctu rers (p. 27 ) w as m ore co n stru ctiv e in
ton e and p u rp ose th a n m a n y o f its
p red ecessors. In d u stry ’s p la tfo rm
Constructive f o r 1938, as presen ted b y C harles
Platform
R . H ook , ch a irm a n o f th e re so lu ­
tion s co m m itte e , w as a sound,
sincere an sw er to the q u estion , “ W h a t ca n in d u stry
do to solv e its ow n p roblem s, w h ile a w a itin g rem edial
legislation. . . ? ”
E q u a lly p ertin en t w a s th e s u g ­
gestion b y L a m m o t du P o n t th a t ca p ita l be m ob ilized
(p. 41) to cre a te 3,000,000 jo b s in p riv a te in du stry.
December 13, 1937
L u b rica tin g ov erh ea d tra v e lin g cran es p ro p e rly is
im p orta n t, e sp e cia lly in p la n ts w h ere th e d rip p in g
o f lu b rica n ts is in ju rio u s to p ro d u cts and w h e re co n ­
tinu ou s, u n in terru p ted cra n e se rv ­
ice is essen tial. O n ly a fe w p lan ts
Lubricating are
eq u ip p ed w ith th e m o st re ce n t­
Cranes
ly d esign ed cra n es. In th ese e s­
ta b lish m en ts
th e
m a in ten an ce
crew s h ave little d ifficu lty b ecau se e fficie n t lu b rica t­
in g sy stem s w ere in stalled in th e cra n es w h en th ey
w e re built.
In m o s t plan ts, th e cra n e eq u ip m en t
in clu d es u nits fr o m sev era l to 20 o r 30 y e a rs o f
age.
O b v io u sly th e o ld e r cra n es req u ire m o re a t­
ten tion in resp e ct to lu b rica tion . L u b rica tio n e n g i­
neers h ave d ev elop ed so lu tio n s f o r m o s t o f th e d if­
ficu lt lu b rica tio n p ro b le m s th a t can a rise (p . 5 0 ),
even in p la n ts w h ere th e eq u ip m en t e m b ra ce s u nits
o f w id e ly diversified a g e and design.
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i>s,'VVV-
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF UNIT WELDED CONSTRUCTION
OF INLAND HI-STEEL, DESIGNED BY A
LEADING EQUIPMENT BUILDER
I T ’ S STRONGER AND LIGHTER
B ecau se
o f
In la n d
H i-S te e l
• H e r e ’s a g o o d ex a m p le o f w e ld e d , lig h t w e ig h t c o n ­
tio n a n d u n ifo rm , sta b le ch a ra cte ris tics w h e n w e ld e d
stru ction o f In la n d H i-S te e l— a h ig h ly su cce ssfu l p r o d u c t
o r s u b je c te d to w id e r a n g e s o f tem pera tu re.
d e sig n and sales feature d e v e lo p e d b y a le a d in g m a n u ­
facturer o f ex ca v a tors. A ll fo r m in g o p e r a tio n s are d o n e
in h is o w n p la n t fr o m flat r o lle d In la n d H i-S teel.
T h e r e has l o n g b e e n a d e m a n d f o r an e c o n o m ic a l
steel o f h ig h e r stren g th a n d g re a te r c o r r o s i o n re sist­
an ce . . . a lso o f adequ ate d u ctility f o r ease o f fa b r ic a ­
SHEETS
STRIP
TIN P L A T E
BARS
STRUCTVRALS
RAILS
PILING
In la n d H i-S te e l m eets th ese re q u ire m e n ts in ev ery w a y .
In la n d e n g in e e r s g la d ly c o -o p e r a t e w ith e q u ip m e n t
m an u factu rers in te re ste d in te stin g th e advan tages o f
In la n d H i-S te e l f o r th e ir p r o d u c ts . A d e q u a te sam p les
are fre e ly su p p lie d f o r this p u r p o s e .
W r ite f o r In la n d H i-S tee l B u lletin N o . 10.
TRACK ACCESSORIES
REINFORCING BARS
PLATES
FLOOR P L A T E S
You n ger
G e n e ra tio n
N ew
■ U N IT E D S T A T E S S T E E L CORP.
■of D elaw are— origin ally chartered in
1933 as an operating concern, and
since then alm ost forg o tte n — last
w eek becam e a very live organiza­
tion.
Plans to centralize practically all
m a jor activities, except p olicy -form ­
ing and financial control, in P itts­
burgh under the D elaw are co rp o ra ­
tion w ere u nfolded by B ig Steel as
the latest m a jo r change in its tenyear rehabilitation program .
This reorganization, effective Jan.
1, relieves the United States Steel
Corp. o f N ew Jersey o f direct super­
vision o f 15 subsidiary com panies,
and sh ifts the responsibility to P itts­
burgh w h ere it w ill be assum ed by
the m an agem en t o f the D elaw are
corporation.
T he m ov e is not a m erger o f the 15
com panies. E ach w ill m aintain its
separate identity and w ill hold a co n ­
tractual relationship w ith the Delawai'e corp ora tion under w h ich each
will arran ge fo r the latter’s services
in a su p ervisory capacity.
The D elaw are corp oration is w h o l­
ly ow ned by the parent com pany. It
has no holdin gs and ow ns no secu ri­
ties but w ill fu n ction as a m an age­
ment agency.
U.
S.
T akes
Ste el
L ead
in
S e t-U p
rent transactions, im prove efficiency,
and be produ ctive o f a m ore c o m ­
plete identity o f interest.
Principal headquarters in P itts­
burgh, said Mr. T aylor, will afford a
central location m ore convenient to
the m anagem ent o f.th e subsidiaries
and m ore closely in touch w ith the
atm osph ere o f steel operations. This
arrangem ent w ill also bring the staff
o f the D elaw are corporation into
closer and m ore intim ate relation­
ship with current activities o f the
subsidiaries.
15 Subsidiaries Involved
F inancial and other matters o f
broad general p olicy w ill continue to
be form u lated in N ew Y ork.
F ifteen principal subsidiaries are
involved in the plan, on ly railroads
and pu blic service subsidiaries bein g
excluded. T h ose w h ich w ill be a f­
fected are:
A m erican B ridge Co., A m erican
Steel and W ire Co., C arnegie-Illinois
Steel Corp., C olum bia Steel Co., H.
C. F rick C oke Co., M ichigan L im e­
stone & C hem ical Co., N ational T ube
Co., Oil W ell S u pply Co., O liver Iron
M ining Co., P ittsburgh L im estone
Co., P ittsburgh Steam ship Co., Scul­
ly Steel P roducts Co., Tennessee
Coal, Iron & R ailroad Co., United
States Steel P roducts Co. and Union
S u pply Co.
“ This plan w hen m ade effective
w ill conclude the several m a jo r basic
fa ctors in the plans fo r the rea d ju st­
m ent o f the corp ora tion ’s principal
U.S. Steel of Delaware, New Star for Pittsburgh
W ill C o-ordinate A ctivities
The arrangem ent, accordin g to
M yron C. T aylor, w h o w ill resign as
chairman o f the parent corporation
next A pril, is designed to a cco m ­
plish a closer operating relationship
between the various subsidiary co m ­
panies.
“ The United States Steel Corp. o f
New Jersey w ill continue to m ain­
tain its offices as h eretofore (at 71
Broadway, N ew Y o r k ),” he said.
“ Under the prop osed arrangem ent
the respective subsidiaries w ill con ­
tinue business in their ow n nam es as
previously.
T he arrangem ent de­
scribed will, it is believed, secu re bet­
ter co-ordination o f the activities o f
the subsidiaries, greater fa cility and
effectiveness in the con duct o f cu r­
December 13, 1937
■ C o n c e n tr a tio n o f o p e r a tin g a n d sales m a n a g e m e n t o f IS U n ite d S ta tes S te e l
C orp. su b sid ia ries in P ittsb u rg h re -e sta b lish e s th a t c ity as p r e -e m in e n tly th e
w o rld 's steel ca p ita l. O n th e fo r m a t io n o f th e C o r p o r a tio n in 1901, m a n y o f
its a ctiv ities w ere m ov ed fr o m P itts b u rg h — ce n te r o f th e C a rn egie o r g a n iz a tio n
— to N ew Y o r k ; n o w m o s t o f th e m r e tu rn . P o lic y a n d fin a n cia l d ir e c tio n c o n ­
tin u e in N ew Y o rk . P ittsb u rg h last w eek ex p ected a sm a ll a rm y o f ex ecu tiv es
a n d o ffice w o rk e rs; reah e sta te o p e ra to rs w ere p r e d ic tin g a b o o m
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affairs fo r the present,” M r. T aylor
announced. It is, he indicated, the
final step in the ten-year program .
“ W e began the study o f this plan
in one fo rm o r another in 1929, re­
sulting in m any p rogressive drafts
in 1931 and 1932, and in its broad as­
pects it w as agreed upon b y the
board o f directors in 1932. T he Unit­
ed States Steel Corp. o f Delaware
was organ ized in 1933, as the first
step in ca rryin g ou t the plan. P re­
occu pation with the passing events
o f the great depression and the con ­
sequent en gagem en t o f the organiza­
tion with respect to national re co v ­
ery activities, and with other plans
h eretofore announced, rendered it de­
sirable to postpon e fu rth er action.
“ These plans w ere resum ed, h ow ­
ever, with the consolidation o f Carnegie-Illinois in 1935, and o f A m eri­
can Sheet & Tin Plate Co. w ith the
C arnegie-Illinois in 1936. W h ile w e
have at tim es contem plated co m ­
plete consolidation o f all m an u fac­
turing propei'ties into one corp ora ­
tion, w e have considered that up to
the present tim e this w ould not be
desirable.
Subsidiaries P reserve A uton om y
“ T he setting up o f a m anagem ent
corp oration with the new appoint­
m ents to high executive positions, to ­
gether w ith the brin gin g o f officials
o f the D elaw are corporation and the
presidents o f the subsidiary co m ­
panies n ow affected into close rela­
tionship through contractual m an­
agem ent arrangem ents and placing
the latter upon the board o f direc­
tors, will, w e believe, result in closer
co-operation and better co-ordination
o f activities w hile preserving the au­
ton om y o f the operating com panies.”
W hile announcing the plan, Mr.
T ay lor w as asked w h at the average
hours o f w ork o f the corporation
had been during the year, and he
answ ered:
“ R eports fo r the first nine m onths
which are available indicate that the
corp oration ’s em ployes w ork ed an
average o f 39.98 hours per w eek dur­
ing that period. This is the highest
average fo r a sim ilar period that has
been m aintained since 1930. In all
the years since that time, including
1937, the average w eek ly hours in
the corporation have been less than
40, while the num ber o f em ployes
has steadily risen to a peak in the
m onth o f A ugu st 1937, w hen 278,17S
w ere engaged. T he present policy
continues to be that w hich w as adopt­
ed in 1930 o f spreading the w ork .”
P resident o f the D elaw are co r­
poration w ill be B. F. Fairless, who,
as previou sly announced, w ill be­
com e president o f the parent co m ­
pany Jan. 1. H e w ill m aintain o f­
fices in both P ittsburgh and N ew
Y ork and w ill divide his tim e be­
tw een the tw o.
V ice presidents and their assigned
duties are:
T hom as M oses, raw
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m aterials; W alther M athesius, opera­
tions; C. V. M cK aig, sales; W illiam
Beye, counsel and industrial rela­
tions; M ax D. H ow ell, also secretary
and treasu rer; R . E. Zim m erm an, re ­
search; C. H. R hodes, pu rchases;
H arold L. H ughes, special duties,
N ew Y ork.
A n executive com m ittee o f 12 was
appointed and includes: M essrs.
F airless as chairm an, Beye, H ow ell,
M athesius, M cK aig, M oses, Z im m er­
man, J. L. P erry, E. R . Stettinius Jr.,
E. M. V oorhees, C. F. H ood and B.
F. H arris.
Seventeen directors have been
elected, including all m em bers o f
the executive com m ittee and A . N.
Diehl, R ob ert G regg, G. C. K im ­
ball, L. A. P addock and C. H. R hodes.
F ou r m ore directors are to be elect­
ed, brin gin g the total to 2 1 .
Mr. H ughes, vice president in
charge o f special duties, is n ot a
m em ber o f the directorate or o f the
executive com m ittee.
It w ill be noted that p ractically
all o f the officers and directors are
o f the y ou n g er gen eration in Steel
corp oration affairs.
In view o f these latest changes
it is assum ed that the position o f
vice president in ch arge o f sales
o f the United States Steel Corp.
(N ew J e rse y ), to be vacated b y Mr.
G regg, w ill be autom atically elim ­
inated.
W ith all m atters pertaining to p ro­
duction,
fabrication,
sales,
pu r­
chases and industrial relations to
Steel Corp. Shipments Off
Sharply in November
B Shipm ents o f finished steel in N o ­
vem b er b y the United States Steel
Corp. totaled 587,241 tons, a decline
o f 205,069 tons fro m O ctober. In
N ovem ber, 1936, shipm ents w ere
882,643.
C um ulative shipm ents fo r eleven
m onths o f 1937 are 12,336,397 tons,
com pared w ith 9,757,767 tons in
eleven m onths o f 1936.
C.
S.
STEEL
(In te r -c o m p a n y
CORP.
S H IP M E N T S
s h ip m e n ts
not
in c lu d e d )
(T o n s )
1937
1936
Jan.
1 .1 4 9 .9 1 S
7 2 1 ,4 1 4
F eb.
1 ,1 3 3 ,7 2 4
6 7 6 ,3 1 5
M ar.
1 ,4 1 4 .3 9 9
7 8 3 .S 2
A p r i l 1 , 3 4 3 ,6 4 4
9 7 9 ,9 0 7
M ay
1 ,3 0 4 .0 3 9
9 8 4 ,0 9 7
June
1 ,2 6 S ,5 5 0
8 8 6 ,0 6 5
J u ly
1 ,1 S 6 ,7 5 2
950,S51
A ug.
1 , 1 0 7 ,8 5 8
9 2 3 ,7 0 3
S e p t , 1 , 0 4 7 ,9 6 2
9 6 1 ,8 0 3
O ct,
7 9 2 ,3 1 0 1 , 0 0 7 , 4 1 7
N ov.
5 8 7 ,2 4 1
8 8 2 ,6 4 3
D e c ........................... 1 , 0 6 7 ,3 6 5
Y ’ r l y a d j ...........
t 4 0 ,S 5 9
T ota l
1935
5 3 4 ,0 5 5
5 8 3 ,1 3 7
6 6 8 ,0 5 6
5 9 1 ,7 2 8
5 9 8 ,9 1 5
5 7 8 ,10S
5 4 7 ,7 9 4
6 2 4 ,4 9 7
6 1 4 ,9 3 3
6 8 6 ,7 4 1
6 8 1 ,8 3 0
6 6 1 ,5 1 5
t 2 3 ,7 5 0
1934
3 3 1 ,7 7 7
3 8 5 ,5 0 0
5 8 8 .2 0 9
6 4 3 ,0 0 9
7 4 5 ,0 6 3
9 8 5 ,3 3 7
3 6 9 .9 3 8
3 7 8 ,0 2 3
3 7 0 ,3 0 6
3 4 3 ,9 6 2
3 6 6 ,1 1 9
4 1 S .6 3 0
t l9 .9 0 7
.................1 0 ,7 8 4 ,2 7 3 7 , 3 4 7 ,5 4 9 5 ,9 0 5 ,9 6 6
tD e d u c tio n .
be centered in P ittsburgh it appears
that tw o vice presidents w ill be
sh ifted fr o m N ew Y ork to P itts­
burgh, nam ely M r. Zim m erm an , in
ch a rg e o f research, and M r. R hodes,
in ch arge o f purchases. M r. M athesius, in ch arge o f operations, and
M r. Beye, counsel, and in ch arge o f
industrial relations, it is understood,
w ill m ove fr o m C hicago to P itts­
burgh.
B esides this far-reaching organ i­
zation, im portant personnel changes
are im pending in the parent cor­
poration in N e w Y ork . A s announced
late in O ctober, Mr. T a y lor w ill re ­
tire A pril 5, 1938, as chairm an, but
continues as a m em ber o f the board
o f directors and o f the finance com ­
m ittee.
Stettinius T o Succeed T ay lor
M r. Stettinius, chairm an o f the
finance com m ittee, w ill succeed Mr.
T a y lo r as chairm an o f the board,
and M r. V oorhees, n ow vice chair­
man o f the finance com m ittee, will
succeed M r. Stettinius as chairm an
o f the finance com m ittee. W illiam
A. Irvin, president o f the corp ora ­
tion, will be succeeded b y Mr. F air­
less, and b ecom e vice chairm an o f
the board.
A t P ittsburgh last w eek the m ost
u rgent question w as h ow to p ro ­
vide space fo r the influx o f hun­
dreds . o f em ployes, due to m ove
there b y Jan. 1, and ca rry on a
sm oothly-op eratin g organization.
T he corp ora tion has three build­
ings there, the C arnegie-Illinois,
F rick, and F rick A nnex, all at F ifth
avenue and D iam ond street.
The
A n n ex and the C arnegie-Illinois
building are fa irly well-filled now
w ith C arnegie-Illinois officials and
those o f subsidiaries. It is possible
additional space m a y be required.
Shipping Board To
Spend $20,000,000
■ A bu ildin g p rog ra m o f a p p roxi­
m ately $ 20 ,000,000 w ill be begun
b y the m aritim e com m ission within
the n ext tw o o r three w eeks, it
has been announced.
T his p rog ra m is to include ten
or tw elve 9000-ton ca rg o vessels to
cost abou t $1,750,000 each.
It is
estim ated that these ships w ill use
betw een 5000 and 6000 tons o f ship
steel.
U. S. Foreign Trade
Up 31 Per Cent
■ A cco rd in g to the bureau o f fo r ­
eign and dom estic com m erce, de­
partm en t o f com m erce, the total
value o f ou r fo re ig n m erchandise
trade, w ill a m ou n t to approxim ately
$6,400,000,000 fo r 1937, com pared
w ith $4,879,000 last y ea r and only
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Officers and Directors of the United States Steel Corp. of Delaware
B . F . F a lr le s s
P r e s id e n t
T h om a s M oses
V ic e P r e s id e n t
W a lth e r M a th e s iu s
V ic e P r e s id e n t
K . E . Z im m e r m a n
V ic e P r e s id e n t
C. H . R h od es
V ic e P r e s id e n t
H . E. H u gh es
V ic e P re s id e n t
C. F . H ood
B . F . H a r ris
$2,934,000,000 at the low
point
reached in 1932, sh ow in g a gain o i
31 per cent over last year and 118
per cent ov er 1932.
T he bureau also reports that this
year m erchandise exp orts will e x ­
ceed
im p orts
by
an
estim ated
$100,000,000 and p ossibly m ore. In
1936 m erchandise exp orts exceeded
im ports by on ly $33,000,000.
Irvin Speaks to
Nation on Steel
■ “ Steel has been one o f the grea t­
est fa cto rs in im p rovin g m an’s liv­
ing standards,” declared W illiam A.
Irvin, president, United States Steel
Corp., speakin g Dec. 11 on the Car­
borundum C o.’s broadcast.
Mr. Irvin pointed ou t that al­
though the pu blic thinks o f steel
generally in term s o f m assiveness,
there are countless products in
everyday use w hich are so com m on
that their association w ith steel is
frequ en tly forg otten . T he speaker
illustrated som e o f the prom inent
contributions o f steel to livin g co m ­
fort, and added in con clu sion that
“ the fu tu re holds prom ise o f still
greater g ifts to com e.”
December 13, 1937
R ob ert
C. V . M c K a lg
V ic e P r e s id e n t
E.
G regg
It. S t e t t in iu s
Jr.
A . N . D ie h l
W i l l i a m B e .v e
V ic e P r e s id e n t
v.
M . I). H o w e l l
P ., S e c . - T r e a s .
J. L . P e rr y
E . M . V oorh ees
G . C . K im b a ll
I ,.
A.
P a d d ock
“ Who’s Who” in the Delaware Corporation
B . F . F a lr le s s , p r e s id e n t. N o w p r e s i­
d e n t, C a r n e g le -I llin o is S te e l C o rp . R e ­
lin q u is h in g
th is
p o s t J a n . 1, h e
a ls o
w ill
becom e
p r e s id e n t,
U n ite d
S ta tes
S teel C orp . o f N e w J e rse y .
♦
Thom as
M oses,
v ic e
p r e s id e n t
in
c h a r g e o f r a w m a t e r ia ls . N o w p r e s id e n t,
F r ic k C o k e C o.
A . N . D ie h l, p r e s id e n t , C o lu m b ia
C o ., W e s t c o a s t s u b s i d i a r y .
S teel
♦
R o b e r t G r e g g , n o w v ic e p r e s id e n t in
ch arge
o f s a le s ,
U n it e d
S ta te s
S teel
C o r p .,
and
p r e s id e n t-e le c t,
T en n essee
C o a l, I r o n & R a ilr o a d C o .
♦
♦
B . F . H a r r is , p r e s id e n t, N a t io n a l T u b e
C o.
W a l t h e r M a t h e s i u s , v i c e p r e s i d e n t in
c h a r g e o f o p e r a tio n s . N o w m a n a g e r o f
o p e r a tio n s ,
C h ic a g o
d is tric t,
C a r n e g ie I llin o is S te e l C orp .
C . F . H o o d , v ic e p r e s id e n t in c h a r g e
o f o p e r a tio n s , A m e r ic a n S te e l & W ir e C o.
♦
C . V . M c K a lg , v i c e p r e s id e n t in c h a r g e
o f s a le s . N o w v ic e p r e s id e n t a n d s a le s
m a n a g e r , C a r n e g ie -I llin o is S te e l C o rp .
♦
W illia m
c o u n s e l, in
t io n s . N o w
in d u s t r ia l
S ta te s S teel
B eye,
v ic e
p r e s id e n t
and
c h a r g e o f in d u s t r ia l r e la ­
v ic e p r e s id e n t in c h a r g e o f
r e la tio n s ,
C h ic a g o ,
U n it e d
C orp.
♦
M a x D . H o w e ll, v ic e p r e s id e n t, s e c r e ­
t a r y a n d tr e a s u r e r . N o w v ic e p r e s id e n t,
C a r n e g ie -I I lin o is S te e l C o r p .
♦
R . E . Z im m e r m a n , v i c e p r e s id e n t in
c h a r g e o f r e s e a rch . N o w h o ld in g s a m e
p o s it io n w it h U n ite d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p .
♦
C . H . R h o d e s , v ic e p r e s id e n t in c h a r g e
o f p u r c h a s e s . N o w in s a m e p o s i t io n w it h
U n it e d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p .
♦
H a r o ld L . H u g h e s , v i c e p r e s id e n t in
c h a r g e o f s p e c ia l d u tie s .
H e w a s n ot,
h o w e v e r , n a m e d la s t w e e k a s a d ir e cto r
in t h e D e la w a r e c o r p o r a t io n . N o w v ic e
p r e s id e n t , U n ite d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p .
♦
♦
G.
C . K im b a ll, v ic e p r e s id e n t, C h ic a g o
d is t r ic t , C a r n e g ie -I I lin o is S te e l C o rp .
♦
I>. A . P a d d o c k ,
B r id g e C o.
p r e s id e n t,
A m e r ic a n
♦
J . \j. P e r r y , p r e s i d e n t , T e n n e s s e e C o a l ,
I r o n & R a i l r o a d C o ., a n d p r e s i d e n t - e l e c t ,
C a r n e g ie -I I lin o is S te e l C o rp .
♦
E . R . S t e t t in iu s J r ., n o w
c h a ir m a n ,
f in a n c e c o m m it t e e , U n ite d S t a t e s S t e e l
C o r p ., e l e c t e d t o s u c c e e d M . C . T a y l o r
A p r il 5, a s c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d .
♦
E : M . V o o r h e e s , v ic e c h a ir m a n , fin a n c e
c o m m i t t e e , U n it e d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p ., r e ­
c e n t ly e le c t e d t o s u c c e e d M r. S t e t t in iu s
a s c h a ir m a n o f t h e fin a n c e c o m m it t e e .
♦
E x e c u tiv e
c o m m itte e ,
U n it e d
S ta tes
S te e l C o rp . o f D e la w a r e : M e s s rs . F a ir le s s ,
c h a ir m a n ;
B eye,
H a r r is ,
H ood,
H o w e ll,
M a th e s iu s ,
M c K a ig ,
M oses,
P erry,
S t e t t in iu s ,
V oorh ees,
Z im m e r ­
m an.
♦
F our
m ore
d ir e cto r s
are
to
be
nam ed.
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e rs H e a r
O f
A p es
an d
■ N E E D fo r unity and grea ter c o ­
ordin ation in the en gin eerin g p ro­
fession w as em phasized b y Jam es H.
H erron, retirin g president o f the
A m erican S ociety o f M echanical E n­
gineers at the society ’s fifty-eighth
•annual con vention in N ew Yoi'k,
D ec. 6-10.
M r. H erron, w h o is president,
Jam es H. H erron Co., Cleveland,
th ou ght this developm ent should be
a lon g m aterial, rath er than tech ­
nical lines, starting possibly with
loca l g rou p s and then advancing the
experience and acom plishm ents o f
these grou ps to the la rg er ones. H e
also ‘ proposed an alternate plan
founded on the societies as they now
exist fo r technical purposes, with an
M a c h in e s
not need m ore autom obiles, w e need
fe w e r fo o ls in th e d rivin g seats: we
do not need m ore m ech an ical robots,
w e w a n t hum an anim als w h o still
have bra in s; not m ore ja ils, but
fe w e r crim in als— there is but one
w a y o f m ak in g a m an, and that is
the b iolog ica l w a y .”
H on ors night w as featured b y in­
troduction o f the so cie ty ’s president­
elect, Dr. H a rv ey N. D avis, p resi­
dent, Stevens Institute o f T ech n ol­
ogy, H oboken , N. J.; co n fe rrin g o f
a w ards; and presentation o f the
Thurston lecture, “ S eein g the Un­
seen,” b y R. M erw in H orn , p h o to ­
gra p h ic departm ent, M assachusetts
Institute o f T ech n olog y, C am bridge,
M ass. M r. H orn described the devel­
opm ent o f high-speed p h otograp h y,
by w hich it is possible to p h otograph
a bullet in flight, a t exposures as
rapid as 1/500,000-second.
H o n o ra ry m em bership w as co n ­
ferred upon L ora n zo A llievi, R om e,
fo r his theories re g a rd in g “ w ater
h am m er,” o r pressure shock, caused
by ch an ge o f v e lo city o f w a te r flow ­
ing th rou gh pipes. S ig n o r A lliev i
was not present, th e aw ard being
accepted in his b e h a lf b y F u lvio
Suvich, Italian am b a ssa d or to the
United States.
dent, and recipient o f the H erbert
H o o v e r m edal last year.
A t a m an agem en t m eeting, M rs.
E lin ore M. H errick, reg ion a l direc­
to r o f the N ation al L a b o r R elations
board, explained the w o rk o f the
board and replied to ch arges that
its decisions h ave been inconsistent
■and partial.
S peakin g at the annual banquet,
P resident H erron, in his rem ark s
on unity, said: “ In th e m inds o f
m an y th ou gh tfu l engineers there
has developed a vision o f an allcom p reh en sive
and
co-ordinatin g
head fo r the en gin eerin g p rofession.
T h ey h a v e con ceived that som e plan
w ill be prom u lgated f o r u n ifyin g
the variou s organ ized bodies in this
v e ry diversified field.
“ N aturally, the question arises as
to h ow this m a y be d on e— to w hat
interest shall the appeal be m a d e?
S om e things can be done a lon g tech ­
nical lin es; others a lo n g m aterial
lines. This is a m atter fo r carefu l
study. In this study w e m ust see
M edals A re A w arded
D r. H a r v e y N . D a v is
E le c te d P r e s id e n t, A m e r ic a n S o c ie t y o f
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r s .
S ee Steel fo r
O ct. 11, p a g e 33 , f o r t h e c o m p le t e lis t
o f n e w o ffic e r s
additional society form ed by the
existin g organ izations to handle the
econ om ic phases, fo r the m aterial
w elfa re o f engineers.
In presenting th e T ow ne lecture
on "T h e Sim ian Basis o f H um an
M echanics, or A pe to E ngineer,” Dr.
E. A . H ooten, p ro fe sso r o f a n th ro­
p ology, H arvard university, C am ­
bridge, Mass., declared som ew hat
w h im sically that he w as perturbed,
as an a n th ropologist, b y the fa ct
that hum an invention had out­
stripped m an ’s orga n ic developm ent.
In his conclusions, Dr. H ooten as­
serted it w as his firm b elief that the
future o f hum anity m ust be built
not upon m echanical science, w hich,
up to the present, he believed, is the
greatest hum an achievem ent, but
upon hum an biology.
“ I f a m an can m ak e m achines
w h ich are better than him self, can ­
not he m ake h im self b e tte r? W e do
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The A. S. M. E. m edal fo r 1937
was presented to E dw ard P. B ullard,
president, B ullard Co., B rid gep ort,
Conn., fo r his pre-em inent lea d er­
ship in developm en t o f station-type
m achine tools.
Dr. F red erick G. C ottrell, R e ­
search Corp., W a sh in gton , f o r his
outstanding public service, f o r the
invention o f electric precipitation,
fo r advan cem en t o f the science o f
gas liqu efaction , and f o r his g ifts
to en gin eerin g research.
R ecipien t o f the W o rce ste r Reed
W a rn er m edal w as C laren ce F.
H irshfeld, ch ie f o f research , D etroil
E dison Co., D etroit, fo r his research
and con tribu tion s to the th eory and
p ractice o f heat p ow er en gin eerin g
as exem plified b y books and papers.
A lfre d
J.
Buchi,
W in terthu r,
S w itzerland, w as aw arded the M el­
ville m edal fo r his p a p er “ Super­
ch a rg in g In tern a l C om bustion E n ­
gines w ith B low ers D riven b y Exhaust-Gas T urbines.” A lla n P. Stern,
C olonial Iron W ork s, C leveland, w as
presented w ith the C harles P. M ain
aw ard f o r his paper on “ Influence o f
the In trod u ction o f L abor-S avin g
M achinery U pon E m p loym en t in the
United States.”
T he society passed a resolution
con d olin g the death on June 15 o f
A m b rose Sw asey, a fo r m e r presi­
E d w ard
P.
B u lla r d
R e c ip ie n t o f A . S. M . E . m e d a l f o r 1937
f o r le a d e r s h i p in d e v e l o p m e n t o f s t a t io n ty p e m a c h in e t o o ls
beyon d ou r lim ited technical horizon
and into the field o f our broth er en­
gin eers.”
D ecla rin g that the advan tages and
disadvan tages m ust be w eighed
ca refu lly , th e speak er listed the ad­
van tages in tw o separate classes—
tech n ical and m aterial. T he tech ­
nical advantages, he said, include a
m ore sim plified p ra ctice; standards
o f fo r m ; m aterial specifications;
p rop er cla ssifica tion ; technical co ­
op era tion w h ere pra ctices overlap
or con flict; publications, etc.
M aterial advan tages he classified
as fo llo w s : C ivic affairs, national
and lo c a l; leg a l status; engineering
fe e s;
en gin eerin g
com pen sation;
eth ics; m ethods o f p ra ctice; publi­
city ; w e lfa r e ; publications, etc.
H e review ed the field briefly to
see w h a t fo rce s, agencies and groups
are w o rk in g to attain the ends out­
lined and to appraise som e o f the
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In d u stria l
B road
C o n gress
S o c ia l
■ W H A T can industry do to solve its
own problem s, w hile aw aiting re­
m edial legislation and evidence o f a
sincere desire to co-operate on the
part o f the govern m en t?
This them e w as em phasized re­
peatedly at the forty-secon d con ­
gress o f A m erican industry, sp on ­
sored b y the N ational A ssociation
o f M an ufactu rers in N ew Y ork, Dec.
7 to 9. D eeply concerned over p res­
ent obstacles to business progress,
various com m ittees presented results
•of th orou gh studies o f m any fa c ­
tors influencing industrial condi­
tions. P articu larly evident in these
reports w as a disposition to push
adoption
of
industrial practices
w hich w ill elevate business in p o p ­
ular esteem .
Charles R. H ook, president, A m er­
ican R ollin g M ill Co., M iddletown,
O., presented the resolutions co m ­
m ittee’s report, “ In du stry’s P lat­
form fo r 1938,” w hich w as approved
by the convention. “ W hat this cou n ­
try needs is business confidence,”
the p la tform said.
“ Business will
provide m ore goods, and th erefore
m ore job s, if it is perm itted to fa ce
the fu tu re with on ly the natural
hazards o f legitim ate private com p e­
tition.
M ap s
P ro gram
p rises; lim iting govern m en t re g u ­
lation to the prevention o f abuses
inim ical to the pu blic interest; fr e e ­
dom fr o m fed era l con trol o f prices,
w a ges and hours in m an u factu rin g;
taxes that are fa ir both in am ount
and in ch aracter; constantly in creas­
ing research to produ ce new and
w anted products and new jobs.
“ P olitical f r e e d o m
does not
and cannot exist w here . . . .
there are p e r s o n a l
dictators
. . . . A m erican industry opposes
F ascism , C o m m u n i s m , o r g o v ­
ernm ent collectivism in any o f its
fo rm s . . . T he m anufacturers o f the
United States want international
December 13, 1937
“ 1. T he levelin g so fa r as p ossi­
ble, o f seasonal valleys o f p rod u c­
tion and em ploym ent.
“ 2. In periods o f business expan ­
sion, resistance to price advances
w hich tend to restrict b u y in g and
cause price m aladjustm ents.
"3. In periods o f business reces­
sion, the possible m aintenance o f
volu m e b y p rom p t a dju stm ent in
prices and costs to co n fo rm to b u y ­
ers’ low ered purchasing pow er.
“ 4. A voidance both o f rigid prices
and rigid costs to the extent co n ­
sistent with the character o f the in ­
dustry and the interests o f em ployes,
custom ers and stockholders.
“ 5. A nalysis b y each com pan y
o f its financial stru ctu re to deter­
mine if fixed charges m a y be r e ­
duced; avoidance o f over-capitaliza­
tion o r financing w ith b o rro w ed ca p ­
ital beyond ability to pay.
“ 6 . A void an ce o f plant exp a n ­
sion m erely on the basis o f tem ­
p ora ry b oom orders.
“ 7. A dequate depreciation chai’ges
and the w ritin g o ff o f the value o f
obsolete p h ysical property.
“ 8. B uilding
of
adequate
re ­
serves in fo rm s w h ich can be turned
into cash readily w hen necessary.
“ 9. U sing credit to facilitate the
n orm al flow o f g ood s rath er than
fo r speculative pu rposes o r to attract
unsound credit risks.”
Industrial P eace Desired
Industry Seeks C o-operation
“ The
1937
business
recession
shows that the w elfare o f the aver­
age citizen depends on the w elfare
o f industry. . . . W hen factories
prosper, A m erica prospers. . . .In­
dustry is strivin g to create better
understanding
and
co-operation
am ong the grou p s in ou r society.
- . . It is con tin u ally rem ovin g ob ­
stacles in the road to better liv­
ing.”
Mr. H o o k ’s rep ort continued by
saying the w elfare o f the A m erican
people and the p rogress o f indus­
try can be assured b y : E n cou ra g e­
ment o f private initiative, the basis
of com petitive A m erican industry;
m aintenance and extension o f sound
industrial practices by industry;
•equitable
em p loym en t
relations
throughout indu stry; creation o f
new and broad er m ark ets; con stru c­
tive efforts to alleviate depression
effects; sound govern m en t policies;
co-operation w ith agricu ltu re; and
the m aintenance o f peace.
Com petition and individual initia­
tive, said the report, can be p ro ­
moted b y : O pportu n ity fo r the in­
dividual to be rew arded accordin g
to his achievem ent and the risk in­
volved; an incentive to capital to
invest in existin g and new enter­
in such a long-term study. It rec­
om m ended observance by industry
o f the fo llow in g p olicies:
E.
T.
W e ir
C h a ir m a n , N a t io n a l S t e e l C o r p .
“M an­
a g e m e n t a n d la b o r c a n g e t a lo n g to ­
g e t h e r ,” h e t o ld th e c o n v e n t io n
peace . . . P eople som etim es say
that industry p rospers
through
wars. This is not true.”
T he p la tform contained a section
based upon an extensive study o f the
relation betw een industry and a g ri­
culture, and sh ow ed that the tw o
rise and fa ll togeth er. “ R ecog n iz­
ing that its w elfa re is linked with
that o f agricu lture,” said Mr. H ook,
“ A m erican industry fa v o rs contin­
uing co-operation betw een the tw o
grou p s to b rin g about an equitable
price relationship and the m axim um
exchange o f their goods and serv ­
ices.”
Mr. H ook u rged continued study
o f recu rrin g boom s and depressions
in an effort to reduce their harm ful
effects. T he association fo r a con ­
siderable period has been engaged
Under the head o f “ E quitable E m ­
ploym en t R elations,” M r. H ook said
steady em p loym ent w as one o f the
ob jectives o f industrial m an age­
m ent.
H e deplored la b or con tro­
versies on the grounds they retard­
ed business, advocated the fo llow in g
principles fo r p rom otin g industrial
peace, and urged such legislative
changes as m a y be n ecessary to e f­
fectuate these principles:
1. T he righ t to w o rk w ith ou t re­
gard to m em bership o r non-m em bei’ship in a n y organization, and to
bargain individually.
2. T he righ t o f em p loyes to bar­
gain collectively, and to determ ine
their ow n organization fo r so doing.
3. N o penalty fo r em p loyers’
failu re to deal w ith an y la b or or­
ganization m aintaining a strike fo r
illegal purposes, o r b y illegal m eans.
4. E m ploym en t, p rom otion and
retention o f em ployes on the basis
o f m erit w ith due rega rd fo r length
o f service.
5. L eg a l and social respon sibility
o f b oth em p loyers and em p loyes fo r
their com m itm en ts and their acts.
T he con vention w en t on record as
opposed to child la b or and to sw eat­
shops, and advocated legislation to
elim inate both.
A m o n g sound industrial practices,
it listed: F a ir and equitable treat­
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m ent to every cu stom er and every
su pplier; a sound, well-defined la­
b or p olicy ; preservation o f credit
and g ood w ill;
co-operation with
com petitors, w ithin leg a l lim its, to
the end o f servin g the public effec­
tively and econ om ica lly ; respect o f
righ ts and dem ands o f stockh olders;
dem onstration o f business’ “ citizen­
ship” in its com m u n ity ; and co-opera­
tion w ith and su pport o f g overn ­
m ent in exercise o f its legitim ate
fu n ction s.
In his op en in g address as presi­
dent o f the association, W . B.
W arner, president, M cCall Corp.,
N e w Y ork , discussed the causes o f
the present depression, ou t o f which,
he said, w e cannot clim b overnight.
T he need is fo r team w ork betw een
capital, labor, m anagem ent and g o v ­
ernm ent. W arn in g that a fre e co m ­
petitive system o f business cannot
be m ixed su ccessfu lly w ith a g o v ­
ernm ent conti'olled system , he de­
clared that A m erica m u st choose.
P ow er to rem ove the m a jo r ele­
m ents o f hesitation, said M r. W a rn ­
er, is in the hands o f the g ov ern ­
ment. C ongress should repeal the
undistributed in com e tax and the
capital gains tax, the in com e tax
base should be broadened, and co n ­
gress should refu se to pass such
law s as that con tem platin g control
o f w ages and hours.
“ T he m ore I learn about the
A m erican public the m ore respect
I have fo r it and the m ore con fi­
dence I h ave in its fairness and g ood
sense and perspicacity, if you give
it tim e to digest new questions and
new events,” said R aym ond Rubicam , chairm an, Y ou n g & R ubicam
Inc., N ew Y ork. "T h e average man
and w om an o f 1937 is unquestion­
ably in a stron ger position to co m ­
pare representations m ade to him
or her than w as the case in other
times.”
R ecession or Grave D eclin e?
W hether the present recession is
m erely a passing phase o r is the b e ­
ginning o f a grave decline, said
Jam es A. E m ery, gen eral counsel
o f the association, depends la rgely
on federal policy. P oin tin g ou t that
in the past five years the United
States has passed th rou gh fo u r gen ­
eral revisions o f the ta x structure,
he hoped that the contem plated fifth
revision
w ill
provide
rem edies
w hose necessity is gen erally adm it­
ted. R em edial revision o f the na­
tional labor relations act, he said,
also w ould help to stabilize plan­
ning and execution o f business e x ­
pansion.
A ll sides are look in g to industry
and to industrial scien ce to create
m illions o f n ew jo b s and end un­
em ploym ent f o r all w h o can and
w ill w ork, said L am m ot du Pont,
president, E. I. du P ont de N em ours
& Co., W ilm ington, Del. This at­
titude is entirely fair, because this
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respon sibility rig h tly belon gs on in­
du stry’s shoulders and industry ac­
cepts it.
B ut today, industry is
blanketed b y a fo g o f uncertainty
in regard to taxes, labor, the m on e­
tary situation, and p ractically every
condition
under
w hich
industry
m ust operate.
In du stry can do
m uch to help build p rosperity, said
M r. du P ont, if it is given a rea son ­
able assurance as to w hat answers
to these questions it can expect.
F rank Purnell, president, Y ou n g s­
tow n Sheet & T u be Co., Y ou n g s­
tow n, O., chairm an o f the associa­
tion’s recen tly organized com m ittee
on industrial w ork in g conditions,
told o f a com preh en sive jo b , n ow in
process, o f settin g up standards co v ­
erin g all phases o f desirable indus­
trial w o rk in g conditions. M r. P u r­
nell believed that a g ood jo b along
these lines w ill assist trem endou sly
in building esteem fo r industry.
R ecom m en ds H elp to Carriers
F.
N. Bard, president, B arco M fg.
Co., chairm an o f the transportation
com m ittee, rep orted on the railroad
situation and offered a resolu tion
recom m en d in g that all m an u factu r­
ers take a sym path etic v iew o f the
present pligh t o f the railroads and
take action w henever possible to
help them . It fa v o re d a continuance
o f the present ow nership o f the
roads and said an y prop osal fo r g o v ­
ernm ent ow n ersh ip should be o p ­
posed.
In a m eetin g o f the national in­
dustrial council, held under the au s­
pices o f the association im m ediately
p rior to the con gress, C. M. W hite,
vice president, R epu blic Steel Corp.,
Cleveland, rep orted on that c o m ­
pan y’s experiences earlier this year
with CIO. H e explained in con sid­
erable detail w h y the com p a n y re ­
fu sed to enter into an agreem en t
with that body.
F undam entally, said M r. W hite,
the first jo b o f a union organ izer
is to secure m em bers b y claim in g
the union w ill b rin g advantages to
the w o rk e r th rou gh m ass ba rga in ­
in g pow er. On the su rface, and as
lon g as it costs him nothing tem ­
porarily, the picture m a y appeal to
the prospect. But at present the
m on ey (fr o m dues) isn’t co m in g in,
and the n ext step u ndoubtedly w ill
be a dem and fo r a closed sh op and
then the ch eck off, a ccord in g to M r.
W hite.
“ In du stry’s past experien ce with
these tw o fo rm s o f dom ination has
not been a happy one. . . . T o any
thinking man, th erefore, the dangers
o f the closed sh op and the ch eck ­
o ff are readily apparent, and ou r
attitude in fightin g the sign in g o f
a con tract last sp rin g is en tirely u n ­
derstandable.”
A n oth er speak er w as H artley W .
B arclay, editor, Mill and Factory,
N ew Yoi'k, w h o ign ored a subpoena
to appear at the national la b or rela­
tions b oa rd hearing at Steubenville,
O., w ith all docum ents and in form a ­
tion used in p reparin g his recen t
article, “ T he T ru e S tory o f W eirton.” His observations at W eirton,
said M r. B arclay, revealed clearly
that labor racketeering has been
ram pant and that g overn m en t su p­
p ort has been given to m an y in­
vasions o f w h at he regarded as con ­
stitutional rights. H e revealed com ­
m unists h ave gained con siderable
w eight as la b or leaders, and that
in som e instances W P A fu n d s h ave
been used in advancing CIO educa­
tional organ ization w ork .
E.
T. W eir, chaii'm an, N ational
Steel Corp., said capital and la b or
can and m u st g et a lon g togeth er.
H e decried the con cep tion o f a busi­
ness enterprise as som eth in g that
existed fo r the exclu sive benefit or
p rivilege o f one certain group.
“ T he activity o f the fed eral g o v ­
ernm ent in la b or m atters is an ele­
m ent n ot p reviou sly present in ou r
industrial picture,” said M r. W eir.
“ It has created an en tirely d if­
feren t aspect to the relation o f
capital and labor and is one o f the
b ig g est stu m blin g block s to a ra­
tional get-together.
“ A sound relation betw een m an ­
a gem en t and la b or is not a m atter
o f m orals and sentim ent. It is a
n ecessity dictated b y the econ om ic
stru ctu re o f business.
It is ju st
g ood business sense fo r all parties
to the industrial partnership to try
to m ake the w heels turn sm oothly,
to p rodu ce better g ood s, to m ake
industry p rosper.
Unions Should B e R espon sible
“ I f corp ora tion s are to be exp ect­
ed to deal w ith la b or unions, then
the unions should be requ ired to
m ake th em selves as respon sible as
the corp oration s. T h ey should be
prohibited
fr o m
con tribu tin g to
p olitical cam paign s as are corp ora ­
tions. It sh ou ld be illega l fo r them
to call a strik e w ith ou t first tak­
in g the v o te o f em p loyes in the
plan involved. It sh ou ld be illegal
to tra n sp ort pickets fr o m other
plants and industries. Strike v io ­
lence sh ou ld be outlaw ed. T he in­
terpretation o f th e la w should not
be le ft to adm inistrative agencies.
It should be included in the reg u ­
lar business o f ou r courts.
G ov­
ernm ent sh ou ld realize that its p ri­
m a ry ob liga tion is to p i'otect the
righ t o f the w o rk e r to w ork .”
M r. W e ir said the cost o f strikes
in this cou n try in 1936 am ounted
to about $370,000,000. “ This year,”
he continued, “ that loss ju m ped
m ore than ten fold, to som ew here
near five billion dollars. W h en the
final record f o r the y ea r 1937 is
w ritten it w ill b e fo u n d that the
a verage A m erica n fa m ily has paid
$160 to $175 as its unw arranted
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D e p ict U se s for
Steel in C h e m is tr y
0 MORE
than 45,000 persons at­
tended the sixteenth exposition o f
ch em ical industries at Grand Cen­
tral Palace, N ew Y ork, last week,
an increase o f 30 p er cent over the
last exp osition in 1935. A b ou t 525
com panies had exhibits, representing
a wide ra n ge o f industries.
R epu blic Steel Corp., Cleveland,
sh ow ed
various
applications
of
stainless steel fo r acid lines, agita­
tors, con v ey or belts, m ixers, shafts,
tanks, valves, and sim ilar equ ip­
ment.
United States Steel Corp. likew ise
em phasized the g row in g im portance
o f stainless steels in handling co r ro ­
sive m aterials. Its display dem on­
strated the corrosive resistance o f
18-8 steel by su b jectin g it to boiling
10 p er cent nitric acid.
A llegh en y Steel Co., Brackenridge, Pa., depicted m any applica­
tions fo r stainless steels, n ot on ly in
the chem ical industries, but in other
trades as well.
In gersoll Steel &
D isc D ivision o f the Borg-W ai'ner
Corp., C hicago, pointed out that
stainless-clad steel g rea tly widens
use o f stainless steels b y low erin g
costs.
S how s X -Iiay E quipm ent
B law -K nox Co., Pittsburgh, told
about its equipm ent fo r the process
industries throu gh the lips o f a m e­
chanical m an. A n oth er interesting
exhibit w as that o f the Pressed Steel
Tank Co., M ilw aukee.
This co m ­
pany on ly recen tly installed X -ray
equipm ent w hich perm its it to m ake
class I pressu re vessels in sm aller
sizes. Link-Belt Co., Chicago, dem ­
onstrated the operation o f its roto-
lou vre d ryer fo r ores, coal and gra n ­
ular m aterial.
D ings M agnetic S eparator Co.,
M ilwaukee, sh ow ed fo r the first tim e
its new ty p e C-F separator designed
to rem ove iron and iron oxides fr o m
finely divided m aterial. T he m achine
carries the m aterial ov er successive
m agn etic gaps. N on-m agnetic m a­
terial passes th rou gh unaffected
w hile that w ith m agnetic properties
is deflected into A rchim edes screw s.
It w ill handle fro m 1000 to 5000
pounds per hour.
Several
instrum ent
com panies
w ere represented.
B row n In stru ­
m ent Co., Philadelphia, sh ow ed a
new
pneum atic transm itter fo r
transm itting im pulses in hazardous
atm ospheres pneum atically rather
than electrically.
This com pan y
also is in trodu cin g its Electr-O-Line
con trols fo r electric m otors w hich
consists o f a poten tiom eter and re ­
lay fo r operating p rop ortion in g m o ­
tors accurately.
C ontrol Instrum ents D isplayed
B ristol Co., W aterbu ry, Conn., in­
trodu ced its n ew Free-V ane con ­
troller fo r continuous processes in­
volv in g various variables such as
tem perature, pressure, flow and
liquid level. T he con troller in cor­
porates a new w ide-throttling and
reset m echanism o f sim ple design.
F o x b o ro Co., F o x b oro, Mass., had
in operation several instrum ents, in­
cluding a th rottlin g con trol w hich
m ay be m anually reset and its Stabilog fo r the autom atic con trol o f
tem peratures.
Im portance o f nickel in the ch em ­
ical industries w as sh ow n b y the
w ide num ber o f alloys and appli­
cations in the International N ickel
Co.’s booth. T he A lu m in u m Co. o f
A m erica, Pittsburgh, sh ow ed alu­
m inum applications f o r tanks, di­
gesters, condensers, drum s, kettles
and distillation tow ers.
Truck Carries 17 Tons of Steel
■ S ev en teen to n s o f 6 0 -fo o t steel m e m b e r s are h a u le d b y th is tr a c to r -tr a ile r
ou tfit. T r a c to r is a n A u to c a r c a b -o v e r -e n g in e stre a m lin e d m o d e l o w n ed b y
C harles R o s e n , P ittsb u rg h , a c o n t r a c t h a u le r fo r a lea d in g steel in te re st
December 13, 1937
F a s t H e a t in g in
S h e ll P ro d u ctio n
■ A P P P R O X IM A T E L Y 125 guests
o f the A ja x E lectroth erm ic Corp.,
Trenton, N. J., in cluding som e o f the
cou n try ’s lea d in g engineers, m eta l­
lu rgists and executives, attended a
dem on stration o f th e co m p a n y ’s
h igh fre q u e n cy coreless induction
fu rn aces
a t F ra n k fo rd
arsenal,
Philadelphia, Dec. 8 .
D em on stration and inspection o f
the arsen al w as follo w e d by a
luncheon at w hich Dr. G. H. Clam er,
president and gen eral m a n a g er o f
A ja x , and Lieutenant-C olonel L. H.
C am pbell, in ch a rg e o f am m unition
production,
w ere
the
p rin cipal
speakers.
T w o sets o f induction fu rn aces
have ju st been placed in operation
at the arsenal. T he first con sists o f
a series o f three used in con ju n c­
tion w ith sw a g in g operation s in
m an u factu re o f large-ca lib er shells.
T he three fu rn aces op era te sim ul­
taneously, each h eatin g 6 in ch es o f
shell case, 16 inches lo n g w ith 0.6inch w a ll thickness, to a tem pera­
ture o f 1800 degree F ahr., in three
minutes.
The fu rn aces thus turn ou t one
sh ell ca se p er m inute o r 60 per
hour, rea d y f o r the sw a gin g or nosefo rm in g
operation.
A
previous
h eatin g process produ ced on ly 20
p er hour.
T h e induction m ethod
results in a m inim um o f sca lin g and
it also w as noted that the heatin g
zon e w as sh a rp ly confined to th e de­
sired len gth . This w as caused by the
rapidity o f heating.
One G enerator Is N eeded
The secon d installation com prises
tw o induction fu rn aces o f the sam e
typ e w h ich heat 14-inch len gth s o f
22 -inch bar, 2 % inches in diam eter,
fo r a com bination p iercin g and fo r g ­
ing operation in the p rodu ction o f
sm all-ealiber shells. T h ree m inutes
are required to heat the ba r to the
required tem perature o f 2200 de­
grees F ahr., h ou rly p rodu ction bein g
40 units. It is expected these tw o
fu rn aces w ill turn out each h our a
total o f 60 bars, 1 % -inch diam eter.
T he tw o sets o f fu rn aces are op er­
ated fr o m th e sam e 150-kilowatt,
960-cyle g en era tor set. F u ll cap a city
o f the gen era tin g equipm ent is re­
quired f o r each set o f fu rn a ces so
sim ple sw itch in g arran gem en t is
needed.
T he F ra n k fo rd in stallation stim u­
lated con sid erable interest on the
p a rt o f guests. D u rin g a luncheon
discussion it w as b rou gh t ou t th at
p o w e r costs and orig in a l costs o f
induction equipm ent are h igh er
than fo r gas- o r oil-fired fu rn a ces,
but that these fa cto rs are m o re than
o ffset b y fa ste r h ea tin g and resu lt­
in g econ om ies in production.
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F IN A N C IA L
BETHLEHEM PA Y S E X T R A ;
$70,000,000 S P E N T IN Y E A R
■ B oard o f directors o i Bethlehem
Steel C orp. last w eek declared a
dividend o f $ 1 p er share on co m ­
m on stock, payable Dec. 24, to stock ­
holders o f record D ec. 17. T his is
in addition to the dividend o f $1.50
p er sh are declared Oct. 28, also p a y ­
able on D ec. 24.
In com m en tin g upon the extra
dividend, E ugen e G. Grace, presi­
dent, said this b rou gh t the com m on
stock distribution fo r the yea r up to
$5. H e said that earnings fo r the
first three quarters am ounted to
$ 6 .88, and that he believed B ethle­
hem w ill be able to keep “ in the
b lack ” in the current quarter. F rom
an average rate o f 85 to 86 per cent
in the third quarter B ethlehem ’s
in got production has dropped to less
than 30 p er cent.
M r. G race said he could see no
indications o f an early im p rove­
m ent in business, and when asked
to com m en t upon the ou tlook fo r
1938, rem arked that he couldn’t
ju d g e that fa r ahead. H e believes,
how ever, that consum ers are m aking
real inroads into inventories and is
sure steel is being consum ed faster
than it is being produced.
B ethlehem ’s new' rod and bar m ill
at S parrow s P oin t w ent into opera­
tion Dec. 9. It has a capacity o f
20.000 tons a m onth and follow ed
by tw o w eeks the opening o f the
new 54-inch strip mill there. Mr.
Grace added that the com pan y has
spent about $70,000,000 on new cap­
ital equipm ent this year and that it
has no fu rth er large p rogra m in
contem plation.
Mr. Grace stated
its new' rated in got capacity, as o f
Jan. 1, 1938, w ill be about 10,000,000 tons, as against its last rating o f
9.360.000 tons.
D IV ID E N D S D E C L A R E D
R epublic Steel Corp. declared a
dividend o f $1.50 per share on 6
per cent cum ulative convertible
prior preferen ce stock series A , fo r
the quarter ending Dec. 31, payable
Dec. 21 to stockholder's o f record
Dec. 13. T hey also voted a dividend
o f $13.50 per share on 6 per cent
cum ulative
convertible
p referred
stock, payable Dec. 21 to stock h old ­
ers o f record Dec. 13. T he latter
dividend is inclusive o f $1.50 rate
which has currently been paid and
additional $ 12 against accu m u la­
tions.
Interlake Steam ship Co., C leve­
land, declared a dividend o f $2.50
per share on the 464,000 shares o f
com m on outstanding, payable Dec.
20 to stock o f record Dec. 13. This
brings total dividends on com m on
this year to $5 per share, and rep re­
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sents the largest dividend sin ce 1929.
Sharon Steel Corp. declared r e g ­
ular quarterly dividend o f $1.25 on
preferred stock and 30 cents on
com m on, both payable D ec. 21 to
Dec. 13 record. N o action w as taken
on a special dividend on the com m on
stock. In N ovem b er p referred h old ­
ers authorized directors to issue at
any tim e du rin g the rem ainder o f
this yea r up to 8000 shares o f the
$5 p referred stock, as a dividend on
the com m on stock if the latter con ­
sidered it advisable.
Crucible Steel Co. o f A m erica,
N ew Y ork, has declared a dividend
o f $3.75 a share on the 7 p er cent
p referred stock, payable D ec. 24 to
record Dec. 14. O f this am ount $2
is applicable to arrears on this issue,
w hich at the close o f the second
quarter am ounted to $27 a share.
T ool B u ild e rs A s k
Profit T a x R e p e a l
B R epeal o f the ta x on undistributed
earnings is b ein g u rged b y the na­
tion’s m achine to o l builders, w ho,
w ith ou t exception, have fou n d the
tax a severe handicap. This w as
revealed last w eek b y a su rvey by
the N ational M achine T o o l Builders
association, Cleveland, co v erin g 135
plants e m p loyin g about 43,000 men.
M an ufactu rers o f capital goods,
these com pan ies experience extrem e
peaks and valleys in dem and w hich
necessitates dependence on earnings
in g ood years to d efra y losses in bad
years.
F o r instance th e industry
paid ou t 43 per cent o f its surplus
accum ulated up to 1929 to ca rry o p ­
erations ov er the depression th rou gh
1934.
A typical com p a n y n orm ally e x ­
pends 36 per cent o f gross sales fo r
payrolls. D u rin g the years o f 1931
to 1934 it spent an a verage o f 61 per
cent f o r this p u rp ose thus givin g
em p loym en t to its old er skilled
w ork ers at an abn orm ally h igh cost.
The difference cam e ou t o f a ccu m u ­
lated surplus.
Greatest problem under the tax
law is the inability to accum ulate
su fficien t cash reserve to hold
skilled m ech an ics th rou gh possible
fu tu re depressions. C om panies n or­
m ally distribute 50 per cent o f their
earnings as dividends n ow feel c o m ­
pelled to p ay ou t 72 per cent.
Other difficulties created b y the
ta x are;
In creased difficu lty in
financing expansion, b oth b y the
to o l com panies and their custom ers,
esp ecially the sm aller com pan ies;
gu ess w o r k in estim ating probable
earn in gs; high costs fo r auditing
and legal fe e s; surpluses in parts
in processes, ra w m aterial or ac­
cessories resu ltin g fr o m large v ol­
u m e o f business, not available in
cash to pay either taxes or divi­
dends.
In Wisconsin Steel’s $6,000,000 Modernization
■ W is co n sin S teel C o.,
S o u th C h ic a g o , s u b ­
sid ia ry o£ In te r n a tio n a l
H arvester
C o .,
h as
sp e n t $6,000,000 in th e
p a st
18 m o n t h s in
m o d e r n iz in g its steel
p la n t, fea tu res o f w h ich
w ill b e d escrib ed so o n
in STEEL. A m o n g th e
m a jo r ite m s is th is
4 0 -in ch ,
2 -h ig h
re­
versin g b lo o m in g m ill.
P h o to sh ow s in g o t in
m a n ip u la to r
at
th e
e n te r in g side o f th e
m ill,
w ith
fin ish ed
b lo o m s in b a ck g ro u n d .
F o r fu r th e r r e d u c tio n
th e steel passes to a
3 2 -in ch , 2 -h ig h revers­
in g
b lo o m e r
w h ic h
ro lls b ille ts fr o m 3 x 4
in c h e s to 8 x 8 in ch e s ,
a n d slab s fr o m 5 to 24
in ch e s w ide
/ TEEL
N o v e m b e r In g o ts
L o w e s t S in c e '3 4
■ O U T PU T o f open-hearth and bessem er steel in gots produ ced in N o ­
vem ber totaled 2,153,781 gross tons,
a decline o f alm ost 37 p er cent fr o m
O ctober and 59 per cent below the
M arch output, the peak m onth fo r
1937, accord in g to figures com piled
by the A m erican Iron and Steel in ­
stitute.
The N ov em ber total w as the lo w ­
est o f an y m onth since Decem ber,
1934, w hen 1,964,257 gross tons w ere
produced. In O ctober the industry
made 3,392,691 tons and in March,
this year, 5,216,666 tons. N ovem ber
show ed a loss o f 50 per cent from
the p rodu ction o f N ovem ber, 1936,
when 4,323,025 tons w ere made.
The 48,045,241 tons produced in
the first 1 1 m on th s this yea r is near­
ly 5 per cent greater than output
in the corresp on d in g period o f 1928,
the second largest steel year on re c­
ord. P rod uction in 11 m onths o f
that y ea r totaled 45,846,977 tons.
H ow ever, 4,000,000 tons w ere made
in D ecem ber, 1928, raising the total
to 49,865,185 tons.
O ver the past six m onths the av­
erage o f S t e e l ’ s w eek ly estim ates o f
P R O D U C T IO N
District Steel Rates
P e r c e n ta g e o f O p e n -H e a r th I n g o t C a ­
p a c it y E n g a g e d in L e a d in g D is t r ic t s
W eek
Sam e
ended
w eek
D e c. 11 C h a n g e 193 6 1935
19
42
P itts b u r g h . ..
75
— 5
C h i c a g o ...........
24
77
— 6
59
E a s te r n P a .. .
29
— 2
3
7
4 9 .5
Y o u n g s to w n ..
24
-1 1
79
62
W h e e lin g . . . .
30
92
N one
78
C le v e la n d
.. .
31
N one
7 5 .5 8 4
B u ffa lo
...........
21
N one
84
47
B ir m in g h a m . .
45
— 9
74
56
N ew
E n g la n d
36
91
82
+ 4
C in c in n a ti .. .
29
92
+15
t
S t.
L o u is . . . .
2 0 .6 N o n e
68
t
D e t r o i t ..............
52
94
95
+ 2
A v era ge. .. .
iN o t
27
—
3 .5
7 7 .5
5 4 .5
rep orted .
operating percentages has been re­
m arkably close to the officia l figures
based on actual produ ction as relat­
ed to capacity. T he percen tages o f
capacity engaged and the variations
are as fo llo w s:
S teel
June
...................
J u ly
...................
A u gu st
...........
S ep tem b er .. .
O ctob er
...........
N ovem ber .. .
7 4 .6 0
7 9 .5 0
8 3 .6 0
7 6 .7 7
5 9 .4 6
3 7 .5 4
O ffic ia l V a r ia tio n
7 4 .4 6
7 8 .4 9
8 3 .7 9
7 6 .5 2
5 8 .3 1
3 8 .2 2
0 .1 4
1 .0 1
0 .1 9
0 .2 5
1 .1 5
0 .6 8
Steel Ingot Statistics
M o n t h ly P r o d u c t io n — C o m p le te f o r B e s s e m e r ; O p en
H e a r th , C a lc u la t e d f r o m R e p o r t s o f C o m p a n ie s
M a k i n g 9 8 .0 3 p e r c e n t
1937
J a n ...................
F e b ...................
M a r c h ...........
A p r i l ..............
M a y ...........
J u n e ...........
J u l y .................
A u g ................
S e p t ................
O c t .................
N o v .................
— O pen H e a rth —
P er cen t
G ross
of
ton s
c a p a c ity
B e s s e m e r -----P er cen t
G ross
of
ton s
c a p a c ity
—
4 , 4 3 3 ,1 4 5
4 , 0 8 2 ,1 6 3
4 , 8 1 2 ,8 7 9
4 ,6 8 1 ,6 7 7
4 , 7 6 7 ,2 6 9
3 , 8 9 9 ,1 9 0
4 , 2 2 0 ,5 6 1
4 ,5 0 2 ,2 4 3
4 , 0 2 9 ,9 2 1
3 , 2 0 3 ,4 4 7
2 , 0 4 0 ,0 2 0
8 4 .2 0
8 5 .8 7
9 1 .4 2
9 1 .8 3
9 0 .5 5
7 6 .4 8
8 0 .0 9
8 5 .2 5
7 8 .9 8
6 0 .6 6
3 9 .8 9
2 9 1 ,7 9 4
3 3 1 ,6 6 9
4 0 3 ,7 8 7
3 9 0 ,1 9 8
3 8 6 ,2 9 0
2 8 4 ,5 7 2
3 3 6 ,0 3 5
3 7 3 ,4 2 8
2 7 1 ,9 4 8
1 8 9 ,2 4 4
1 1 3 ,7 6 1
1 1 m o s ____
4 4 ,6 7 2 ,5 1 5
............
3 ,3 7 2 ,7 2 6
1936
J a n ...................
F e b ................
M a r c h ...........
A p r i l ..............
M a y ................
J u n e ..............
J u l y .................
A u g ..............
S e p t .................
O c t ................
N o v .................
2 ,8 4 3 ,4 1 5
2 , 7 5 4 ,4 4 6
3 , 1 4 8 ,8 1 3
3 ,6 2 7 ,8 3 0
3 ,7 3 5 .2 8 3
3 , 6 4 0 ,6 7 2
3 , 5 8 7 ,7 6 4
3 8 3 3 ,7 2 7
3 ,8 4 8 ,3 4 0
4 216 536
3 , 993,472
5 4 .7 6
5 6 .7 6
6 0 .6 4
7 2 .1 4
7 1 .9 3
7 2 .4 0
6 9 .2 5
7 3 .8 3
7 6 .7 1
8 1 .2 0
7 9 .4 2
1 9 6 ,3 8 9
2 0 2 ,4 4 5
1 8 5 ,0 4 0
3 0 4 ,7 7 5
3 0 2 ,0 9 2
3 3 4 ,8 9 7
3 2 6 ,6 0 6
3 5 0 ,5 6 0
3 0 3 ,0 4 8
3 1 7 ,7 1 0
3 2 9 ,5 5 3
2 9 , 2 3 0 ,2 9 8
............
3 ,1 5 3 ,1 1 5
D e c ..................
4 ,1 1 9 ,0 2 5
T o t a l ______ 4 3 , 3 4 9 ,3 2 3
7 9 .5 0
7 0 .7 4
1 1 m o s ____
3 0 5 ,3 4 2
3 ,4 5 8 ,4 5 7
5 4 .3 0
6 8 .3 5
7 5 .1 4
7 4 .9 8
7 1 .8 8
5 4 .6 8
6 2 .6 7
6 9 .4 9
5 2 .3 8
3 5 .2 2
2 1 .8 6
............
3 2 .2 1
3 5 .5 5
3 0 .3 3
5 1 .6 2
4 9 ,5 5
5 6 .7 2
5 3 .6 9
5 7 .5 0
5 1 .4 5
5 2 .1 1
5 5 .8 2
...........
5 0 .2 0
4 8 .0 7
W e e k ly
---------T o t a l ---------p rodu cN um ber
P er cen t
tlo n , a ll
o f w eeks
G ross
of
c o m p a n ie s ,
In
ton s
c a p a c ity g r o s s to n s m o n th
4 , 7 2 4 ,9 3 9
4 , 4 1 3 ,8 3 2
5 ,2 1 6 ,6 6 6
5 ,0 7 1 ,8 7 5
5 , 1 5 3 ,5 5 9
4 , 1 8 3 ,7 6 2
4 ,5 5 6 ,5 9 6
4 , 8 7 5 ,6 7 1
4 ,3 0 1 ,8 6 9
3 ,3 9 2 ,6 9 1
2 ,1 5 3 ,7 8 1
8 1 .4 3
8 4 .2 5
8 9 .9 1
9 0 .2 7
8 8 .8 2
7 4 .4 6
7 8 .4 9
8 3 .7 9
7 6 .5 2
5 8 .3 1
3 8 .2 2
1 ,0 6 6 ,5 7 8
1 ,1 0 3 ,4 5 8
1 , 1 7 7 ,5 7 7
1 ,1 8 2 ,2 5 5
1 , 1 6 3 ,3 3 2
9 7 5 ,2 3 6
1 ,0 3 0 ,9 0 4
1 , 1 0 0 ,6 0 3
1 ,0 0 5 ,1 1 0
7 6 5 ,8 4 4
5 0 2 ,0 4 7
4 .4 3
4 .0 0
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 .4 2
4 .4 3
4 .2 8
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 8 ,0 4 5 ,2 4 1
............
1 , 0 0 6 ,8 1 5
4 7 .7 2
3 ,0 3 9 ,8 0 4
2 ,9 5 6 ,8 9 1
3 ,3 3 3 ,8 5 3
3 ,9 3 2 ,6 0 5
4 , 0 3 7 ,3 7 5
3 , 9 7 5 ,5 6 9
3 ,9 1 4 ,3 7 0
4 , 1 8 4 ,2 8 7
4 , 1 5 1 ,3 8 8
4 , 5 3 4 ,2 4 6
4 , 3 2 3 ,0 2 5
5 2 .3 9
5 4 .5 3
5 7 .4 6
6 9 .9 9
6 9 .5 8
7 0 .7 5
6 7 .6 1
7 2 .1 1
7 4 .0 5
7 8 .1 5
7 6 .9 4
6 8 6 ,1 8 6
7 1 4 ,2 2 5
7 5 2 ,5 6 3
9 1 4 ,5 9 3
9 1 1 ,3 7 1
9 2 6 ,7 0 6
8 8 5 ,6 0 4
9 4 4 ,5 3 4
9 6 9 ,9 5 0
1 , 0 2 3 ,5 3 2
1 ,0 0 7 ,6 9 8
4 .4 3
4 .1 4
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 .4 2
4 .4 3
4 .2 8
4 .4 3
4 .2 9
4 2 ,3 8 3 ,4 1 3
...........
8 8 5 ,5 7 0
4 7 .8 6
4 ,4 2 4 ,3 6 7
4 6 , 8 0 7 ,7 8 0
7 6 .4 2
6 8 .3 6
1 , 0 0 0 ,9 8 8
8 9 5 ,3 2 9
4 .4 2
5 2 .2 8
P e r c e n t a g e s o f c a p a c it y f o r t h e fir s t s ix m o n t h s o f 1 9 3 7 a r e c a lc u la t e d o n w e e k ly
c a p a c i t i e s o f 1 , 1 8 8 , 4 5 2 g r o s s t o n s f o r o p e n - h e a r t h I n g o t s , 1 2 1 ,3 0 8 t o n s f o r b e s s e m e r
a n d 1 , 3 0 9 ,7 6 0 t o n s t o t a l , b a s e d o n a n n u a l c a p a c i t i e s a s o f D e c . 3 1 . 1 9 3 6 , a s f o l l o w s : O n e n h e a r t h I n g o t s , 6 1 , 9 6 5 ,8 6 2 g r o s s t o n s ; b e s s e m e r , 6 , 3 2 o , 0 0 0 t o n s ; b e g i n n i n g J u l y 1, 1 9 3 7 ,
o n w e e k l y c a p a c i t i e s o f 1 , 1 9 2 ,1 8 2 g r o s s t o n s o p e n - h e a r t h i n g o t s a n d 1 2 1 ,3 0 8 g r o s s
t o n s b e s s e m e r , t o t a l 1 , 3 1 3 ,4 9 0 g r o s s t o n s ; b a s e d o n a n n u a l c a p a c i t i e s a s f o l l o w s :
O p e n - h e a r t h i n g o t s , 6 2 ,1 6 0 ,3 6 2 g r o s s t o n s b e s s e m e r , 6 3 2 o ,0 0 0 g r o s s t o n s
fo r l9 3 6 on
w e e k l y c a p a c i t i e s o f 1 , 1 7 2 , 1 6 0 g r o s s t o n s o p e n - h e a r t h i n g o t s , 1 3 7 ,6 2 4 t o n s b e s s e m e r ,
1 ,3 0 9 ,7 8 4 t o n s t o t a l , b a s e d o n a n n u a l c a p a c i t i e s a s o f D e c . 3 1 , 1 9 3 o , a s f o l l o w s .
O p e n - h e a r t h i n g o t s 6 1 . 2 8 0 ,5 0 9 g r o s s t o n s , b e s s e m e r 7 , 1 9 o , 0 0 0 g r o s s t o n s .
December 13, 1937
■ W ith p ractically every large steelm aking center curtailing production
last w eek the national rate dropped
3.5 points to 27 per cent. Schedules
fo r this w eek in a num ber o f cases
call fo r additional open hearths, with
the p robability o f the rate sh ow in g
som e upw ard m ovem ent, w hich
w ould be the first rise sin ce the
w eek ending Sept. 18.
P ittsburgh — D ow n 5 points to 19
per cent.
C arnegie-Illinois
Steel
Corp. is operating at 24 per cent
in the P ittsburgh district, against
32 p er cent last week.
Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corp. is at 27 per
cent, again st 20 per cent last week.
W h eelin g — R estoration o f tw o
open-hearth fu rn aces to the active
list a fte r m idw eek b rou gh t opera­
tions back to 30 p er cent, the sam e
as last week.
D etroit — Up 2 points to 52 per
cent, with 1 1 o f 2 1 fu rn aces m elt­
ing the fu ll w eek.
L ittle change
is expected ov er the n ext fe w w eeks.
B irm ingham , A la.— D ow n 9 points
to 45 p e r cent, w ith nine open
hearths producing.
St. L ouis — U nchanged at 20.6
per cent fo r the third consecutive
week.
C hicago — O ff 6 points to 24 per
cent as a resu lt o f a sharp red u c­
tion b y one la rg e producer. T w o
mills increased their output. T w o
m ore blast fu rn aces have been shut
down, g ivin g the district 14 active
stacks ou t o f 39.
N ew E ngland — In g o t rate o f op ­
erations w en t up fo r the second
w eek to 36 per cent o f capacity from
32 per cent. M ost o f this gain will
be w iped out, how ever, this w eek
by one p rod u cer tak in g o ff all open
hearths fo r abou t tw o w eeks.
B uffalo — U nchanged at 21 per
cent, in com in g business holdin g this
level steadily.
N ine o f 43 open
hearths are active.
C entral eastern seaboard — D ow n
2 points to 29 p er cent. One plant
which w as dow n entirely last w eek
expects to put tw o open hearths on
this week.
Y ou n gstow n , O. — D ow n 11 points
to an estim ated 24 p er cent, with
24 open hearths, tw o bessem ers and
nine blast fu rn aces active. O pera­
tions next w eek are expected to in ­
crease to 28 p er cent as Y ou n gstow n
Sheet & T ube Co. reopen s its B rier
Hill plant with fo u r open hearths.
Cleveland — U nchanged at 31 p er
cent. A ddition o f tw o open hearths
M onday b y R epu b lic Steel Corp.
w ill p robably give a h ig h er rate
this week.
Cincinnati — Up 15 points to 29
p er cent fo llo w in g addition o f fo u r
open hearths. S ta ggered operations,
as specifications accum ulate, cause
abrupt changes.
31
MEN
INDUSTRY
H JOH N O ’H. A N D E R S O N has been
appointed assistant district sales
m an ager at N ew Y ork fo r Jones &
L aughlin Steel Corp., P ittsburgh.
Mr. A nderson entered the em ploy o f
Jones & L augh lin in 1924 in the
P ittsburgh w orks.
H e becam e a
m em ber o f the sales departm ent in
1926 and has been en gaged in sales
w ork sin ce that time, having served
in Pittsburgh, W ash in gton , Buffalo
and H ouston, Tex., p rior to being
assigned to the N ew Y ork district
sales office on Feb. 1, 1937.
♦
Stanley M. H unter has been ap ­
pointed m an ager o f sales, A m erican
H oist & D errick Co., St. Paul.
♦
H erbert Sim pson, president, N a­
tional E ngineering Co., Chicago,
sailed fo r Australia, Dec. 8, on a
tw o-m onth business and pleasure
trip.
♦
G eorge A. Seyler, vice president
and
gen eral
m anager,
Lunkenh eim er Co., Cincinnati, has been re­
elected pi-esident o f the Industrial
A ssociation o f Cincinnati.
♦
R aym on d F. H olland, identified
w ith the B uffalo B olt Co., N orth
Tonaw anda, N . Y., sin ce 1917, has
been nam ed pu rchasin g agent, to
succeed the late D ennis F. Cullman.
♦
F.
J. E lliott, fo rm e rly w ith E. F.
H ou gh ton & Co., is n ow Cleveland
district sales m an ager f o r the R u st­
less Iron & Steel Corp., Baltim ore,
w ith headquarters at 731 Society
fo r Savings building.
♦
Otto W . Seidenbecker has been
appointed gen eral sales m anager,
W isconsin Steel Co., subsidiary o f
O tto
W . S e id e n b e c k e r
International H arvester Co., Chica­
go.
M r. Seidenbecker join ed the
latter com p a n y in 1912 in the fo r32
John
O ’i r .
A n derson
eign sales accou n tin g division. In
1923 he w as m ade w ork s auditor o f
W iscon sin Steel Co.’s m ine op era ­
tions at Benham , K y .; a y ea r later
w as appointed assistant auditor o f
W iscon sin Steel W o r k s ; in 1927 b e ­
cam e au ditor o f all operations o f
W iscon sin Steel Co. and held this
p osition until his recen t prom otion .
♦
J. G. C arruthers, assistant gen ­
eral m a n a ger o f w estern sales fo r
the B ethlehem Steel Corp., w ith
offices
in
C leveland,
sustained
severe bruises in an a u tom obile
acciden t n ear L odi, O., D ec. 5.
♦
Sam uel F. P ry o r Jr., v ice presi­
dent, Southern W h eel division o f
A m erican B ra k e S h oe & F ou n d ry
Co., N e w Y ork, has been nam ed as­
sistant to th e president o f the co m ­
pany.
♦
H a rry J. K icherer, w h o has been
actively en gaged in the m a n u fa ctu r­
in g in du stry in the M inneapolis
area, has becom e affiliated w ith the
m a n u fa ctu rin g staff o f the tra ctor
w orks, International H arvester Co.,
Chicago.
♦
H.
J. G eorgen has been added to
the sales staff o f M ichiana P roducts
Corp., M ichigan City, Ind., m aker
o f heat resistant and stainless steel
alloy castings.
H is headquarters
w ill be at 80 E ast Jackson b ou le­
vard, C hicago.
♦
E rnest P. W a u d has been elected
president, G riffin W h e e l Co., Chi­
cago. H e succeeds F ran k L. W h it­
com b, w h o has been elected vice
chairm an o f th e board o f direc­
tors. M r. W au d entered the co m ­
p a n y ’s em p loy in 1905 as an inspec­
to r o f chilled railroad ca r w heels
and later b eca m e ch ief inspector,
departm ent m an ager and assistant
treasurer. In 1919 he was elected
a vice president.
♦
John F. M acE nulty has been ap­
pointed president and a d irector o f
Pressed Steel Car Co. Inc., P itts­
burgh. H e w as fo rm e rly vice presi­
dent and director o f the old Pressed
Steel Car Co. and since the reorg an i­
zation has been vice president in
ch arge o f sales, w ith offices in N ew
Y ork.
G eorge H. F lem in g, vice
president, has been m ade executive
vice president.
♦
A . C. Hansen, superintendent o f
the Cam bria m ine o f R epu b lic Steel
Corp. N egaunee, M ich., has been
tran sferred to the W itherbee Sher­
m an properties at M ineville, N. Y.,
n ow operated b y R epublic, as assist­
ant general superintendent. H e will
be succeeded at N egaunee by T. A.
Flanigan, superintendent a t the
Julia m ine in V irginia, Minn.
♦
Joseph E. Jacobson, L uria Bros.
& Co. Inc., P ittsburgh, has been
elected president, P ittsb u rgh ch ap­
ter o f th e Institute o f Scrap Iron
and Steel In c. Other officers elected
include: V ice president, M eyer W .
Singer, M. W . S in ger & C o.; secre­
tary, H. F. S tocker, H. F . S tock er
& Co.; treasurer, D avid L. W ilk off,
D avid L. W ilk o ff Co., all o f P itts­
burgh.
♦
C. F. B lackm er, president, A m eri­
can Steel & W ire Co., Cleveland,
was tendered a testim onial dinner
Dec. 7 b y citizens o f W a u k egan and
N orth C hicago, 111. in com m em ora ­
tion o f the forty-sixth anniversary o f
the first draw ing o f w ire in the
W au k egan -N orth C hicago area. M r.
B lack m er at one tim e w as su perin ­
tendent o f the W a u k ega n w ork s and
the occasion w as a h om ecom in g and
reunion o f old friends.
P rin cipal speakers at the banquet,
besides Mr. B lackm er, included J. A .
G e o rg e H . R itc h ie
W h o h a s b e e n p ro m o te d to g e n e ra l s u ­
p e r in te n d e n t, t r a n s p o r t a t io n d e p a r tm e n t,
T e n n e s s e e C o a l, I r o n
& R a ilr o a d
C o .,
B ir m in g h a m , A la ., a s n o t e d
in s t e e l ,
D e c . 6, p a g e 32
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C oakley, m an ager o f traffic, United
States Steel Corp. subsidiaries; M.
W . R eed, vice president, A m erican
Steel & W ire Co., and F red In g ra ­
ham , m an ager o f operations in the
C h icago district fo r the W ire co m ­
pany.
♦
T hom as J. B ray Jr., associated
w ith
the
C arnegie-Illinois
Steel
C orp. the past tw o years, has been
appointed assistant to the vice p resi­
dent and gen eral m a n a ger o f sales,
with offices in P ittsburgh. H e w ill
take ov er the special duties h ereto­
fo re p erform ed by Louis C. Lustenberger, n ow retired, and w ill also
con tin u e as assistant m an ager o f
sales o f the bar, strip and sem ifin­
ished m aterials division o f the gen ­
era l sales departm ent in Pittsburgh.
articles on fo u n d ry sand con dition ­
ing.
♦
W illis M cK ee, 64, iron and steel
w ork s en gin eer in C leveland f o r
about 20 years, and a b roth er o f
A rth u r G. M cK ee, president o f A r­
thur G. M cK ee & Co., in C leveland,
Dec. 4. M r. M cK ee, o rig in a tor o f
m an y im provem ents in the m a n u fa c­
ture o f steel, w as fr o m 1904 to 1918
gen era l m an ager o f the E ly ria Iron
& Steel Co., n ow m erged w ith Steel
& T ubes Inc.
M a c h in e r y P rice
Thom as
J. B ra y
Jr.
plant o f W estin gh ou se E lectric &
M fg. Co., E ast P ittsburgh, Pa., Dec.
2 in P ittsburgh . H e retired in 1934,
■ E U G E N E J. B U F FIN G T O N , 74,
a fter b ein g w ith W estingh ou se 36
form er president, Illinois Steel Co.,
years.
♦
in Chicago, Dec. 9. Mr. B uffington
served 34 years as president o f the
H arry H. Hunt, 69, electrical en­
Illinois com pany, n ow a part o f Cargin eer and vice president o f Stone
negie-Ulinois Steel Corp. A graduate
& W eb ster Inc., B oston, in that city,
o f V anderbilt university, he becam e
N ov. 30. H e had been with Stone
identified w ith the iron and steel
& W eb ster since 1900, becom in g a
industry in 1884 as a director and
partn er and vice president in 1920.
treasurer, A m erican W ire N ail Co.,
♦
Covington, K y. T his com pan y later
E dw ard M. Freeland, 52, identified
constructed a w ire and nail plant
w ith the steel industry fo r a num ber
at A nderson, Ind., and w hen the
o f years, D ec. 8 in P ittsburgh . H e
A m erican Steel & W ire Co. o f Il­
w as the h older o f several patents
linois acquired this plant in 1898,
on electrical strips and had been
Mr. B u ffin gton continued as a di­
connected w ith F ollan sbee B ros. Co.,
rector, m em ber o f the executive
A llegh en y Steel Co. and R epu blic
com m ittee and treasurer. In Janu­
Steel Corp.
ary, 1899, he becam e president o f
♦
the Illinois com pan y.
M r. B u f­
David C righton H ow ard, 77, fo r ­
fington w as a director o f the United
m er president o f D elaney F o r g e &
States Steel Corp.
Iron W ork s, in B uffalo, N ov. 23. In
♦
F.
A . W hitehead, 52, general su ­ 1916 he sold his interest in the firm
and devoted his tim e to civic w o rk
perintendent, C opperw eld Steel Co.,
and national politics. H e w as a m em ­
Glassport, Pa., D ec. 4.
ber o f the A m erican Society o f M e­
♦
chanical E ngineers.
E. L autenschlager, 60, vice presi­
♦
dent and treasurer, K roeschell B oil­
er Co., C hicago and R acine, W is.,
Giles W . M ead, 71, co-foun d er o f
Dec. 3.
the U nion C arbide & C arbon Corp.,
♦
N ew Y ork, at his hom e in B everly
Louis D. Biersach, 92, co-founder
Hills, C alif., D ec. 4. M r. M ead began
and president, Biersach & Niederhis ca reer 40 years ago in C hicago
m eyer Co., M ilw aukee, m anufacturer
w h ere he w as associated w ith the
of sheet m etal products, N ov. 24.
P eop le’s Gas L ig h t & C oke Co. H e
♦
w as active in Union Carbide co rp o ra ­
Leon P. W elch , 57, vice president
tion as a director, vice president
and plaht m anage!’, A m erican Pipe
and treasu rer until his retirem ent
& Steel Corp., A lham bra, Calif.,
tw o years ago.
Nov. 21 at his hom e in San Gabriel,
♦
V
Calif.
R euben E. A ptekar, 36, assistant
♦
general superintendent o f foundries,
Edward J. Stanek, 57, fou n der
A m erican B rake Shoe & F oun dry
and president, Stanek T o o l & M fg.
Co., N ew Y ork, in that city, Dec. 4.
Co., M ilw aukee, Dec. 3. H e es­
Previou s to jo in in g the A m erican
tablished his firm in 1924 a fter bein g
B rake Shoe com p a n y in 1935, he
tool expert fo r several large M il­
conducted his ow n fo u n d ry con su lt­
waukee m etalw ork in g plants since
in g business. M r. A ptek ar had been
1912.
servin g on the sand com m ittee o f
♦
the A m erican F ou n d rym en ’s a sso­
Charles H. Cham plain, retired gen ­
ciation and had w ritten num erous
eral w ork s m a n ager o f the main
D IED :
December 13, 1937
D ro p “U n lik e ly ”
H L IT T L E likelihood o f a d ow n ­
w ard revision in prices o f industrial
supplies and m a ch in ery in th e near
fu tu re w as seen b y speakers at a
jo in t m eeting o f the N ation al S up­
ply and M achinery D istributors as­
sociation and the A m erican S upply
and M a c h i n e r y
M an ufactu rers
association. T he m eeting, last T h u rs­
day, at W estch ester C ountry club,
R ye, N. Y., w as attended b y 178
m em bers fro m N ew E ngland and
M iddle A tlantic states.
M an ufactu rers
discussing
the
price trend included W . A . Purtell,
president, H olo K rom e S crew Corp.,
H artford, Conn.; D. W . N orthup,
president, H en ry G. T h om p son &
Son Co., N ew Haven, Conn.; J. H ar­
v ey W illiam s, president, J. H. W il­
liam s & Co., B u ffa lo; and L. M.
Knouse, president, Stanley E lectric
T o o l Co., N ew Britain, Conn.
M ore
effective
m erchandising
m ethods and need fo r stren gth en in g
selective distribution w ere stressed.
Prosser Heads American
Saw Mill Machinery Co.
0 R o g e r D. P rosser, fo rm e r secre­
tary, has been elected president,
A m erican Saw M ill M ach in ery Co.,
H ackettstow n, N. J. W illiam E.
Guild, fo r m e r gen eral sales m ana­
ger, was nam ed vice president and
treasurer, and W a lter D. B riggs, as­
sistant sales m anager, n ow is vice
president in ch arge o f sales and
secretary.
M allory L. F letcher, w h o has been
w ith the com p a n y since its org a n i­
zation 33 years ago and fo r m any
years
w as
vice
president
and
treasurer, retires fr o m active serv ­
ice, but rem ains in an a d visory
capacity and a m em ber o f the board.
General sales offices h ave been
m oved to la rg e r qu arters at 120
W all street, N ew Y ork . T he c o m ­
pany has increased its sales activity
g rea tly in the past yea r and has
m ade several innovations in its line
o f products.
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• The N-D-i
fceep s
gpeage
• • «eeps dirt o
• i-ess frictU
rnn°W i aothi
1,8 ,,Jte a hn
Startling success story of N-D-Sealed
Ball Bearings points way to new savings
for every builder and user of machines
New D e p a rtu re orig in a te d self-sea led b a ll b ea rin g s.
In 1 9 2 8 the total ou tp u t was 1 3 ,3 2 8 b e a rin g s . . .
n o w there are m o r e than ten m illio n in use.
N-D-Seal B all B earin gs are d e liv e re d s ea led , o f
c o u r s e , and lu b ric a ted -fo r-life . G rease is sealed in
. . . d irt is shut o u t!
N ew, m on ey-savin g a p p lica tio n s f o r these b e a r ­
ings a re b e in g d is co v e re d every day. I f y o u b u ild
o r use m a ch in es, N-D-Seal B earin gs w ill p r o b a b ly
save y o u m o n e y . S end f o r b o o k le t D IO .
Nothing Rolls like a Ball
Co n n ecticu t
DETROIT
■ T H R E E m ore w eeks and the
y ea r’s race w ill be run, the records
hung up fo r inspection by historians.
As fa r as autom obiles are concerned
this b rief period cannot pass any too
quickly, and th ou ght at the m om ent
centers around w h a t’s g oin g to be
done “ a fte r the first o f the y ea r.”
T hou gh lim p in g m ay not be just
the w ord, assem bly lines at least
are not rollin g a lon g in their cus­
tom ary
uninterrupted
fa sh ion —
F ord bein g the lon e exception. Other
producers are con fin ing production
to three days and fo u r days a week,
starting M on day m orn in g and tap er­
ing o ff either W edn esday or T hu rs­
day night.
F ord ’s lines are fa st approachin g
a ceiling, last w eek hitting 5000 per
day. Output is bein g fe d into dealers’
hands, and despite optim istic out­
look o f personnel at the R ouge
plant, as y et there is no substantial
p roof that F ord is g o in g to en­
counter an y b etter sales than his
com petitors.
B Y A . H . ALLEN
D e tr o it E d itor,
STEEL
taken by C adillac-La Salle, under
term s o f w hich a dealer w ill offer
a new ca r guarantee on selected re­
conditioned cars. The plan w as in­
augurated in C leveland and has now
been extended to other C adillac
branches. It calls fo r replacem ent
o f d efective parts w ithout ch arge
within 90 days a fte r purchase o r up
to 4000 miles, and tw o fre e inspec­
tions at 1000 and 2000 m iles, with
fre e inspections th erea fter each
m onth.
A n oth er com p lica tin g fa cto r in
the new ca r picture this y ea r is the
fa ct that m an u factu rers have not
been able to m ove an unlim ited sup­
ply o f cars into dealers hands. R e­
tailers are p roceed in g cautiously
and w hen they h ave received so
m an y cars they sim ply refu se to
take fu rth er deliveries. M ore than
one dealer last yea r at this tim e
ga v e the fa cto ry blanket in stru c­
tions to ship as m any cars as p os­
sible, w ithout regard to m odels or
styles. Eut all that is ch anged this
year.
Last y ea r a fertile field f o r new
ca r sales in D etroit w as fou n d on
p ark in g lots o f bu ilders’ plants. A
dealer w ould station representatives
on a lot, and as the m orn in g shift,
fo r exam ple, poured out o f the plant
Fabricating Chevrolet Exhaust Pipe
Used Cars OiTer P roblem
A sorely overbu rdened used car
m arket is ta x in g the ability o f deal­
ers everyw h ere to m ove new cars.
Used ca r values h ave not m oved up
com m ensurately
w ith
new
ca r
prices, and if an yth in g h ave dropped
a little; th ey are not expected to im ­
prove m uch b e fo re spring. Thus the
spread betw een used and new cars
has been w idened to the point w h ere
buyers w ith average pocketbooks
are balking.
The hue and cry over the used car
situation is heard every tim e new
car sales fa ll into a tailspin, and
the dem and is reiterated that car
builders do som eth in g about the
used ca r m arket. T h ere has been
no negation o f this dem and. Som e o f
the best m erch an d isin g brains and
a good m an y m illion dollars have
been assigned by th e industry to
clearing up excessive stocks o f used
cars, but the p roblem rem ains as
critical as ever.
One o f the latest steps is that
■December 13, 1937
■ H ig h -s p e e d fa b r ic a tio n o f 1 % -in c h ex h a u st p ip e fo r C h ev rolet is a c c o m p lis h e d
c o n t in u o u s ly fr o m c o ile d strip steel s t o c k in th is in te r e s tin g se tu p . T h e s t o c k
is fo r m e d to sh ap e b y th e roll sta n d s a t le ft, passes u n d e r th e w a te r -c o o le d se a m
w eld er a t th e c en ter, th e n th r o u g h sizin g ro lls a n d to a saw w h ic h c u t s th e p ip e
in to se c tio n s o f th e p ro p e r le n g th
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in som e quarters. T o this crop can
b e added th e 100 -h orsep ow er 116inch F o rd said to be in th e exp eri­
m ental stage at the R ou ge. This
about cov ers the h arvest o f “ just
around the co rn e r” developm ents.
m
to g o hom e, it w as a p o o r day when
salesm en could not g o back to head­
quarters w ith sheaves o f orders fo r
new cars. T h e sam e technique has
been tried this year, but cold stares
are abou t all salesm en get f o r their
efforts.
Intensive m erchandising “ mopu ps” h ave been engineered in this
area by m ore than one distributor,
som e g oin g as fa r as house-to-house
can vassin g fo r n ew ca r prospects.
R ecords o f fo rm e r buyers are being
dug up to furnish fu el fo r sales
boilers. C hevrolet and Buick, in p a r­
ticular, have been hitting hard in
this district.
■ P IE C IN G togeth er various w id e­
spread reports gleaned fr o m con v er­
sations w ith observers here, it seem s
fa irly certain P lym ou th is about to
tak e som e drastic steps to in ject
new v ig o r into its 1938 m odel. Just
w h at these steps w ill be can not be
stated definitely as yet, but look
f o r som e im portant new s fr o m this
source w ithin the n ext m onth.
B est opinion n ow is that a co m ­
p letely restyled fro n t end w ill be
offered w ith the idea o f peppin g up
sales. It rem ains to be seen how
arran gem en ts fo r cleaning up stocks
o f the present style w ill be handled,
but this should not p rov e too m uch
o f a pi'oblem , since produ ction as
yet has n ot exceeded 35,000 or 40,000.
In this connection, the recent ex ­
perience o f a certain steel com pan y
represen tative here m ay be illum ­
inating. P assin g b y the B riggs
plant, this gen tlem an noticed a
stran ge-look in g ca r parked n ear the
entrance. T he front-end appearance
su ggested a cross betw een a W illys
and a G rah am ; in other respects the
m odel carried out m odern stream ­
lines and overall features o f pres­
ent m odels in th e m edium -price
field. N o distinguishing o r id en tify ­
in g m arks w ere to be seen an y­
w h ere on the car.
B ein g o f a curious turn o f mind,
the above gentlem an inquired o f the
driver seated behind the w h eel as to
w h eth er the ca r w as a W illys.
“N o,” replied th e driver w ith an
air o f finality.
“ W ell, w h at is it th e n ? ” asked the
determ ined inquirei'.
“ M aybe a P ly m ou th ” w as the on ly
rep ly offered by the d river w h o ap36
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Automobile Production
P a s s e n g e r C a r s a n d T r u c k s — U n it e d
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1937
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W ard’s A u to m o tiv e R eports
W eek ended:
N o v . 1 3 ...................................................
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» E s tim a te d
peared anxious to avoid any fu rth er
conversation.
R eports em an ating fr o m the re ­
cent N ew Y ork au tom obile show
w ould h ave it that M r. C hrysler
was n ot too enthused over the a p ­
pearance o f the P lym outh, and be­
ing m ore or less the fa th e r o f styleconsciousness in autom obiles his de­
cision to “ take steps” m a y be
easily understood.
Tongues a lon g m o tord om ’s ria lto
are w a g g in g fu riou sly about a new
H udson m odel w hich, so the story
goes, is due f o r appearance in
January. It is said to be a ligh t car,
possib ly in th e W illy s class, and
there are plen ty o f bets being
offered that its im m inent birth is
not m erely fa n cy . C oncrete evidence
such a ca r is abou t to be unveiled
is lacking.
R u m or has both P a ck a rd and
F o rd also th in k in g abou t sm a ller
cars, but little creden ce is given
these reports. A nd recen t specu la­
tion ov e r a proposed K eller ca r to
ap p ear fro m C hrysler is still heard
■ S T E E L b u yin g continues in unsea son a lly lig h t volu m e, w ith both
N ov em b er and D ecem b er ton n ages
below anticipations. F ord has m ade
som e purchases, but still has a
ra th er la rg e in ven tory. I f assem blies
can be held at the presen t volu m e,
F o rd lik ely w ill be in th e m ark et
fo r a g o o d ton n age around th e end
o f the m onth, but on e steel com p an y
rep orts discussions o v e r w eig h t to l­
eran ces on sheets b ein g held w ith
F o rd still preven t th e release o f
sheet tonnages.
B uick is n ot ta k in g m uch steel at
the m om ent, b ein g fa ir ly w ell co v ­
ered on b oth bars and sheets b y pur­
chases m ade at th e end o f S eptem ­
ber. C hevrolet has cu t January and
F eb ru a ry produ ction schedules to
around 65,000 each, w h ich ju st about
halves th e p ace m aintained by this
prod u cer in recen t w eeks. A con ­
sequent reduction in steel requ ire­
m ents is im plied.
■ TOO L, die and equipm ent inter­
ests are u rg in g the au tom otive in­
dustry to give e a rly consideration
to plans f o r 1939 m odels to avoid
the fren zied rush in design in g de­
partm en ts en countered ev ery year.
One b od y design d epartm en t here
alrea d y has som e o f its staff on
overtim e, in d icatin g a p ossible de­
cision to give equipm ent suppliers
m ore tim e to figure on n ext y ea r’s
needs.
Inquiries f o r about $75,000 w orth
o f sm all dies f o r an a ccessory m anu­
fa ctu re r h ave been received b y one
o f the die shops here, but in general
the to o l and die tra d e is quiet. M a­
ch in ery ord ers likew ise are a t low
ebb and h ere again there is the hope
f o r ren ew ed a ctiv ity a fte r Jan. 1.
A fte r 23 yea rs o f association with
the F o rd M otor Co., W . C. C ow ling
has announced his retirem en t to
“ realize a life lo n g am bition ” as yet
undisclosed. M r. C ow lin g heads up
F o rd sales activities, although in
com m on w ith all oth er F ord execu­
tives, ex cep tin g Mr. F ord and his
son E dsel, has no o fficia l title in the
organ ization.
M a y o r John L. C a rey o f D earborn
has ruled that the U A W can not dis­
tribute the F o rd edition o f its news­
papers at the M iller road gates of
the com p a n y because o f the inter­
fe re n ce w ith tra ffic occasioned. The
union im m ed ia tely announced it will
dem and rem ov a l o f the m a y or from
his o ffice “ on the grou nds o f official
m iscondu ct.” T he U A W has been
a ttem p tin g reg u la r distribution of
this literatu re to F ord em ployes as
th ey com e fr o m w ork .
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a s in g le
1938
m o t iv e in d u s tr y .
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WASHINGTON
■ T H E S T E E L industry w ill be
m uch interested this w eek to see
what the house o f representatives
does in connection with the BlackC onnery h ours and w ages bill. It
is expected to com e on the floor of
the house Dec. 13.
In the m eantim e all classes o f la­
bor are crow in g over the apparent
victory in dislodging the bill from
the house rules com m ittee w here it
has rested since last spring.
In obtaining 218 signatures of
house m em bers, a m a jority, which
autom atically took the bill ou t o f
the rules com m ittee, m ore lo g roll­
ing and trading w as done than fo r
many a day. It rem inded one o f the
good old log-rollin g days o f the
tariff m easures.
It is really strange how m any
people and oi'ganizations take credit
fo r d islodgin g this bill. Said labor’s
Nonpartisan
league
last
w eek:
“ Securing o f the n ecessary 218 signatui'es on the petition to discharge
the house rules com m ittee from
further consideration o f the BlackConnery bill com pletes one m ore
phase o f the fight w hich has been
waged by la b or’s N onpartisan league
for the p assage o f w age and hours
legislation b y con gress.”
N ew B ills b y B erry, Green
It is recalled that this league cam e
into
existence
th rou gh
Senator
George B erry, w h o w as its active
head until he obtained his seat in
the senate and he is opposed to the
bill as it n ow stands and has an­
nounced that he will substitute an
hours and w ages bill o f his ow n
if he gets a chance. Incidentally his
bill is not endorsed by his fo rm e r
colleagues o f the labor unions.
A prop os o f the w ages and hours
bill A. F. o f L .’s president, W illiam
Green, last w eek m ade public the
text o f a new bill drafted by the
executive cou ncil o f that organ iza­
tion and w h ich Mr. Green proposes
to have substituted fo r the m easure
now pending in the house.
This bill provides fo r the 40 cents
per hour, 40-hours per w eek fo r
December 13, 1937
B Y L. M . L A M M
Washington Editor, STEEL
w ork ers in substandard industries
engaged in interstate com m erce. It
provides fo r a fine o f $100 fo r v io ­
lation o f the law in the case o f each
em ploye.
It is fu rth er provided that the law
shall n ot a ffect w a ge agreem ents
providing fo r higher pay and sh ort­
er hours entered into by collective
bargaining nor shall it apply to
agricultural, transport and certain
other specified classes o f labor.
P rovision is also m ade in the
A F L bill that in case o f em ergencies
m axim um h our provisions shall not
apply but em ployers w ill be required
to pay tim e and a h alf fo r w ork
in excess o f eight hours a day o r 40
hours a week.
T IN P L A T E S C R A P E X P O R T
R U LES A R E C H AN G E D
Rules o f procedure g overn in g is­
suance o f licenses fo r exportation o f
tin plate scrap fo r the year b egin ­
ning Jan. 1 w ere announced last
w eek by the state departm ent.
The on ly im portant ch ange deals
with exportable production. Under
the present regulations, fo r 1937,
the quotas o f exportable scrap were
based on 100 per cent o f the p ro ­
duction in 1936 by each m an u factu r­
er. Under the regulations fo r 1938
the ex p ort quotas w ill be based on
25 per cent o f the production fo r
1937. This will m ean that ex p ort­
able scrap will probably be m uch
less during 1938 than it is in the
present year. T he other regulations,
except fo r changes o f w ording, are
essentially the sam e as fo r 1937.
A m o n g other things the rules p ro ­
vide that each produ cer o f tin plate
scrap w h o desires to ex p ort that
com m odity during the calendar year
1938, as w ell as every p rodu cer
w hose scrap is sold to and ulti­
m ately exported b y third parties,
m ust subm it a request fo r allotm ent
to the seci'etary o f state not later
than Dec. 20. He m ust sp e cify in
lon g tons the quantity o f tin plate
scrap w hich he desires to exp ort
o r to sell fo r ex p ort betw een Jan.
1, and D ec. 31, 1938.
P rovision is m ade that no p rod u c­
er shall be eligible to receive an
allotm ent until the secretary o f state
has received a sw orn statem ent
fr o m him sh ow in g the qu antity o f
tin plate scrap in lon g tons, p ro­
duced b y him during the calendar
year 1936.
S T E T T IN IU S E X A L T S V A L U E
O F IN D U S T R IA L T R A IN IN G
Edw ard R. Stettinius Jr., ch air­
man o f the finance com m ittee o f the
United States Steel Corp., talked
ov er the radio last w eek in con ­
nection w ith an industrial p rogram
o f the departm ent o f com m erce. H e
sp ok e on beh alf o f the R op e r busi­
ness advisory council.
“ Industry is ever in need o f talent,
training and vision ,” he said. “ In ­
side the shop, industry is strivin g
m ore and m ore to p rovide edu ca­
tional opportu n ity.
Outside the
shop, industry su pports all efforts
to lift A m erica to h igh er m ental
and cultural levels. I trust w e shall
never see the end o f this service­
able national ideal, fo r upon its
realization depends the fu tu re well
being o f the nation.”
M r. Stettinius said:
“ W e in in­
dustry have an educational duty
tow ard every person in the enter­
prise. W e are doing m ore along
these lines than is gen erally real:
ized, but the w ork m u st be carried
forw a rd . Job trainin g is n ow c o m ­
mon.
T he o b je ct is not on ly to
teach a m an how to do his jo b well
and increase his earning pow er,
but also to grasp the industrial p ro­
cedure o f w hich he is a part, that
he m a y see en larged op p ortu n ity
fo r his person al advancem ent.”
“ A n industrial operation,” said
Mr. Stettinius, “ is not a series o f
individual efforts, but a m ighty
achievem ent in team play. T he in­
dividual becom es a m em ber o f a
grou p, and the g rou p is led by a
forem an. In a sense the forem an
becom es the key man.
In du stry
39
has been slow to recogn ize this, but
now is m aking up fo r it by giving
special training to forem en , n ot only
in leadership and grou p p sych ol­
ogy, but also in the latest m ethods
developed by scien ce and research.”
TRA D E AGREEM EN T PROGRAM
H E L D W O R L D P E A C E A ID
C om m enting last w eek on the ad­
m inistration's trade agreem ent p ro ­
gram , on w h ich he seem s to be sold,
Senator L onergan, C onnecticut, as­
sociated
trade
agreem ents
with
disarm am ent and w orld peace.
D iscu ssin g the trade agreem ent
program the senator said that “ its
abandonm ent w ould seriously un­
derm ine the ability o f our g overn ­
m ent to exert a stron g influence
tow ard peace.
T hose w ho desire
to do m ore than lip service to the
cause o f peace should, in m y o p in ­
ion, lay aside their criticism o f the
trade agreem ents program and give
it their hearty support.”
Senator L onergan said that it is
his intention to support a fu rth er
expansion o f trade agreem ents. He
predicted that these agreem ents
w ill becom e a perm anent substitute
fo r the old tariff program o f the
governm ent.
H e cited figures com p arin g our
foreig n trade in 1933 with the pres­
ent and while he did not give full
credit to the trade agreem ents fo r
increased trade, he gave them a
large share. H e pointed ou t that im ­
ports from trade agreem ent cou n ­
tries fo r the first nine m onths o f
this year increased by 27.4 p er cent
over the correspon din g period o f
1936 w hile im ports
fro m
non­
agreem ent countries increased by
44.4 per cent. He said that “ the
greater relative increase in im ports
fro m non-agreem ent countries w ould
su ggest that in m aking concessions
to foreig n countries great care
should be exercised, and that the
United States is not being ‘sold down
the river,’ through trade agree­
m ents.”
W O U L D L O W E R PR IC E S
O F F A R M E Q U IPM E N T
A study o f w hat he term ed high
fa rm equipm ent prices is being made
by Senator W heeler, M ontana, with
a view to askin g the fed era l trade
com m ission to m ake an investiga­
tion.
Senator W h eeler said “ it w ould
act as a p ow erfu l stim ulant to b u si­
ness gen erally if w e could find out
w hat is holding up fa rm equipm ent
prices and how they could be lo w ­
ered.” Incidentally the com m ission
has m ade a study o f this subject,
w hich w as subm itted to the last ses­
sion o f congress.
F R E IG H T R A T E D E C ISIO N
SCH ED U LED F O R S P R IN G
A nnouncem ent has been m ade b y
the interstate com m erce com m ission
40
that it w ill begin final hearings in
this city Feb. 7 in connection w ith
the 15 per cent freig h t rate increase
case.
It is estim ated that this testim ony
will take on ly abou t a w eek and im ­
m ediately fo llo w in g that final oral
argum ent will be heard by the co m ­
m ission.
T h ere is a possibility,
therefore, that a decision can be
looked fo r som etim e in the spring,
which w ould m ean a decision in six
m onths com pared w ith a year taken
by the com m ission fo r the general
freigh t rate increase granted recent­
ly. Dates have been set fo r regional
hearings in the 15 p er cent case.
It w as expected that the first h ear­
ings w ould be com pleted in this city
last week. F urther hearings w ill be
held in connection w ith the freigh t
rate increase in A tlanta, Ga., Jan.
10 .
P R IV A T E Y A R D S A W A R D E D
TW O N A V A L C RA FT
A w ards have been m ade by the
navy departm ent am ou n tin g to $29,884,850 fo r con stru ction o f fo u r new
ships.
The N ew Y ork Shipbuilding Corp.,
Camden, N. J., has been aw arded
contracts totaling $20,680,555 fo r con ­
struction o f tw o auxiliaries, a 9000ton destroyer tender and an 8300ton d estroyer tender.
P uget Sound n avy yard, B rem er­
ton, W ash., w as aw arded a con tract
fo r a 1500-ton destroyer and the
Charleston, S. C., n avy yard w as
also aw arded a d estroyer contract,
the latter tw o ships to cost $9,204,295.
In m ak in g the aw ards assistant
secretary o f the navy, E dison, said
that his departm ent took into con ­
sideration in m aking the aw ards to
the private yard the desirability o f
g ivin g w ork to private firm s so that
their equipm ent w ould be available
fo r em ergen cy w o rk in w a r time.
N L R B A C T IO N A G A IN S T
E D IT O R A R O U SE S P R O T E S T
M uch interest has been taken
here in the latest m ove o f the na­
tional la b or relations board w hich
has subponaed the editor o f Mill
and Factory to tell o f sources o f an
article in his publication in w h ich
the board w as criticized fo r its h an ­
dlin g o f the W eirton steel case.
“ In m y op in ion ,” said Senator
B ridges on the floor o f the u pper
house last week, “ this is one o f the
m ost open attacks on a fre e press
that I h ave ever know n in the h is­
to r y o f this country. It is ju st one
m ore instance o f ty p ica l a rbitrary
action and attitude o f the national
la b o r relation s board. It is am az­
in g that this departm ent o f the g o v ­
ern m en t has g on e to this len gth .”
T he editor is understood to have
refu sed to supply th e back grou nd
fo r his story and the board is to
take the m atter into the courts.
One o f the m em bers o f the la b or
board has explained that it is not b e­
cause o f the story that the action
is taken but because reprints o f the
sto ry w ere circu lated to em ployes o f
W eirton.
R O PE R W OULD SPREAD T A X
B U R D E N IN S IM P L E R P L A N
Secretary o f C om m erce R op er said
last w eek that “ there is need o f a
genei'al l’evision o f ou r entire tax
structure in order to sim p lify the de­
term ination o f ta x liability, to dis­
tribute the burden m ore equitably
and to broaden the base o f taxa­
tion so as to include as taxpayers a
large percen tage o f ou r earning p op ­
ulation.”
On this sam e su b je ct M r. R op er
said that “ no one should be over­
burdened w ith taxes, but som e con ­
tribution, h ow ev er sm all, tends to
increase on e’s interest in public a f­
fa irs and a con stru ctive attitude to ­
w ards on e’s governm ent. This p o l­
icy w ou ld not on ly create and m ain­
tain patriotism , but w ou ld also tend
to relieve the erron eou s im pression
n ow existin g in the m inds o f larger
taxpayers that th ey are being dis­
crim inated against.”
B U ILD 2757 A IR P L A N E S
A ircra ft m an u factu rers produced
2757 airplanes in the first nine
m onths o f this year, a 25 per cent
increase over the sam e m onths o f
last year, accord in g to a stu dy made
b y the bureau o f air com m erce o f
the departm ent o f com m erce.
O f these m achines 1821 w ere fo r
dom estic civil use, 484 fo r delivery
to the a rm y and 452 fo r export.
British Firm Buys
Leviathan for Scrap
■ Sale o f the 23-year-old liner
L eviathan to M etal Industries Ltd.,
L ondon, w as announced last w eek
by the United States Lines. The
liner w ill be taken to E ngland under
her ow n p ow er and broken up fo r
scrap.
A vessel o f 48,943 gross tons, the
liner, first christened the V aterland , w as built at H am burg, Ger­
m any, at a cost o f $10,000,000. A fter
three v oy a g es under the Germ an
flag the ship w as interned at H o­
boken, N . J., later seized, renam ed
and used as an A m erican transport
during the W orld w ar. R econ d i­
tioned as a lu x u ry liner, it failed to
m ake a profit, and has been idle
fo r m ore than three years.
K eel o f a n ew p a ssen ger and
fr e ig h t ship to re p la ce the L evia­
t h a n w ill be laid in the sprin g in
the yards o f th e N ew p ort N ew s
Shipbuilding & D ry D o ck Co., N ew ­
port N ew s, Va., fo r the United
States Lines.
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N T H E d epth o f th e a cu te phase o f the re ce n t d ep ression a certa in y o u n g
m an, w h om w e w ill ca ll John, gra d u a ted fr o m a u n iv ersity.
F a cin g the
h opeless p ro sp e ct o f fin d in g a jo b , he to o k to his h ob b y , w h ich happen ed to be
a sp ecialized fo r m o f h a n d icra ft.
H elped b y an in d u lgen t fa th e r, he fitted up th e b a sem en t w ith certa in
m ach in es and p roceed ed to turn ou t p rod u cts o f n o v e l design .
in g
these
fo r them .
unusual and
a ttra ctiv e
a rticles,
asked
th a t
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d u plica tes
be
m ade
In the co u rse o f a y ea r th e dem and w as su fficien t to p ro v id e a
m od est in com e— but n ot en ou g h to p a y the exp en se o f op era tion .
Joh n persevered in his h o b b y ; fa th e r con tin u ed to m ak e up th e d eficien cy
betw een in com e and o u tg o .
slig h tly less loss.
T he balan ce sh eet o f th e secon d y e a r sh ow ed
T he bu sin ess a lm o st b rok e even in th e th ird year, and fr o m
that tim e to the presen t it has retu rn ed an in cre a sin g v olu m e o f profit.
Initiative and Perseverance Plus Capital Creates Profitable
Small Business and Employment
T o d a y J o h n ’s en terprise, h a v in g lo n g
h ou sed in a sm all ren ted sh op.
w ages.
sin ce o u tg ro w n
th e
basem en t,
is
Joh n e m p loys seven skilled a rtisa n s a t g o o d
H e h as an alert salesm an ou t so lic itin g ord ers.
H e has a su cce ssfu l
business, is a g o o d em p loyer, and even m ore im p orta n t, he has d ev elop ed a
n ew p ro d u ct and crea ted e m p lo y m en t fo r e ig h t p erson s.
in a v irg in field.
H e h a s done th is
H is business has n o t been develop ed b y ch ise lin g it fr o m
com p a n ies a lrea d y in existen ce.
J o h n ’s e x p erien ce is ty p ica l o f the p riv a te e n terp rise w h ich has helped
to d evelop th is g re a t in du strial n ation .
H is fa t h e r ’s p a rticip a tio n , to th e e x ­
tent o f p ro v id in g the fu n d s in the e a rlie r stages, is ty p ica l o f th e ro le ca p ita l
has p la yed in th e d evelop m en t o f in d u stry.
Joh n and his fa th e r rep resen t on a sm all scale th e id eal c o m b in a tio n o f
in d ivid ual en terp rise and p riv a te ca p ita l w h ich L a m m o t du P o n t en vision ed
la st w eek w hen he p rop osed to the N a tion a l A ss o c ia tio n o f M a n u fa ctu rers a
plan f o r m o b ilizin g $25,000,000,000 to crea te jo b s f o r 3,000,000 m en.
Nation Needs Encouragement and Promise of Stability fo r
Entrepreneurs To Restore Prosperity
M u ltip ly th e Joh n and fa th e r ep isod e b y 375,000 an d y o u h a v e th e id en tical
p ro p o s itio n w h ich M r. du P on t o ffers.
B o lste r th e Joh n s o f th e n ation , en ­
co u ra g e the fa th e rs w h o are the in v estors o f the co u n try , e sta b lish ru les fo r
th e gam e w h ich d o n o t ch a n g e a t th e m ere fa n c y o f p erson s h ig h in p u b lic
o ffice — in sh ort, v o u ch sa fe to en trep ren eu rs a rea son a b le m easu re o f sta b ility ,
o r to pu t it m ore bluntly, squ are d ea lin g at the hands o f th e fe d e ra l g o v e r n ­
m e n t— and th is n ation w ill sp eed ily w o rk its w a y ou t o f its p resen t m a jo r
d ifficu lties.
December 13, 1937
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In Iron, Steel and Metal working_____
'Based upon freight car loadings, electric pow er output,
autom obile assemblies (Cram’s Reports) and steel*
works operating rate (STEEL). Average (or 1926 —
__equals 100. weighted a s follows: Steel rate 40,______
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and carloadings, pow er output and auto
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STEEL’S index of activity gained 8.6 points to 81.3 in the week ending Dec. 4:
W eek
S ep t.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
N ov.
N ov.
N ov.
N ov.
D ec.
e n d in g
1937
2 5 ...........................................
2 .................................................
9 .................................................
1 6 ..............................................
2 3 ..............................................
3 0 ..............................................
6 .............................................
1 3 ..........................................
2 0 ..........................................
2 7 ..........................................
4 .................................................
'P r e l i m i n a r y .
9 3 .0
9 6 .0
9 9 .0
1 0 1 .8
9 7 .5
9 5 .7
8 2 .4
8 6 .5
8 4 .9
7 2 .7 1
8 1 .3 *
193G
8 6 .2
8 9 .0
8 3 .4
9 5 .9
9 7 .1
9 9 .1
1 0 2 .1
1 0 7 .9
1 0 9 .9
1 0 5 .2
1 0 8 .4
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
6 8 .5
7 3 .3
7 4 .9
7 7 .4
8 2 .4
8 6 .4
8 8 .4 .
8 8 .8
9 0 .9
8 6 .0
9 1 .7
8 9 .3
5 4 .7
5 6 .4
5 8 .2
5 6 .3
5 5 .0
5 4 .9
5 5 .2
5 4 .4
5 1 .9
5 6 .8
6 6 .9
6 7 .4
6 6 .0
6 0 .9
5 8 .0
5 2 .3
5 0 .7
5 2 .6
5 5 .4
4 9 .7
5 2 .6
4 8 .0
4 7 .7
4 8 .4
4 8 .7
4 8 .7
4 8 .4
4 8 .5
4 7 .7
4 9 .2
4 7 .5
4 5 .3
6 5 .2
6 2 .4
6 1 .5
5 7 .9
5 8 .2
5 9 .2
5 6 .0
5 5 .5
5 4 .8
5 4 .4
5 2 .9
t H e v is e d .
A c t i v i t y In d ex R eco vers
P art of Recent L o sse s
S
1930
8 3 .8
8 1 .0
7 9 .4
7 7 .5
7 8 .8
7 2 .5
7 1 .5
7 3 .0
7 1 .0
6 6 .9
6 9 .2
T E E L ’S index o f industrial a ctiv ity advan ced sh a rp ­
ly in the w eek en din g D ec. 4, a fte r h a v in g de­
clin ed in the seven con secu tive p reviou s w eeks.
It
n ow stands at 81.3, com p a red w ith 72.7 in the p re­
ced in g seven day period.
T h e abru p t in terru p tion to the dow nw ard d r ift w as
caused b y a su bstan tial gain in au tom obile ou tp u t and
b y better than exp ected rebou nds in fre ig h t ca r lo a d ­
in gs and e le ctric pow er output fr o m the lo w levels
o f T h a n k sg iv in g w eek.
T h e ra te o f steelw ork s o p ­
e ra tion s su ffered a o n e-p oin t decline.
O b v iou sly unusual circu m sta n ces w ere resp on sible
f o r the v iolen t flu ctu a tion s in the la st tw o w eeks. The
d rop fr o m 84.9 to 72.7 in T h a n k sg iv in g w eek and the
rise fr o m 72.7 to 81.3 in the w eek en d in g D ec. 4
w ere a ccen tu a ted b y the e rra tic a ctiv ity in the a u to­
m ob ile in d u stry.
L a b o r trou b le a ccou n ted f o r the
sh arp cu rta ilm en t o f ou tp u t in the w eek e n d in g N ov.
27, w h ile the resu m p tion o f op e ra tio n s in stru ck p la n ts
and in crea sed sch edules in F o r d p lan ts w ere resp on ­
sib le f o r the steep u ptu rn in the w eek en d in g D ec. 4.
A sidew ise m ov em en t in a ctiv ity , w ith fe w and
slig h t fluctuation s e x ce p t o f sea son a l ch a ra cter, is
in dicated f o r the rem a in d er o f the m onth.
J u n e ....................
J u l y ...................
S ep tem b er . . .
O c t o b e r ...........
N ovem ber
. .
D e c e m b e r .. . .
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
115
116
118
118
118
114
114
117
I ll
103
98
94
93
98
101
103
107
108
109
109
114
121
91
89
88
91
85
91
86
87
89
95
98
104
78
81
84
78
86
78
75
73
71
73
74
86
C arloadings K everse D ow nw ard
Trend F rom Oct. 2 Peak
1937
N ov.
N ov.
N ov.
N ov.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
O ct.
S ep t.
S ep t.
2 7 . ..
2 0 . ..
13. . .
6
30
. .
23
16
9 ...........
2
25. . .
18. . .
.
.
.
.
5 5 8 ,6 2 7
6 4 7 ,2 5 1
6 8 0 ,6 1 4
7 3 2 ,1 4 5
7 7 1 ,6 5 5
7 7 3 ,3 5 3
8 0 9 ,9 4 4
8 1 5 ,1 2 2
8 4 7 ,2 4 5
8 4 0 ,4 4 6
8 2 6 ,5 6 5
193G
1935
6 7 9 ,9 8 4
7 9 0 ,5 0 0
7 8 4 ,6 7 2
7 5 9 ,3 1 8
8 1 4 ,1 7 5
8 1 5 ,9 7 2
8 2 6 ,1 5 5
8 2 0 ,1 9 5
8 1 9 ,1 2 6
8 0 7 ,0 7 0
7 8 9 ,5 1 0
5 7 0 ,4 2 7
6 4 6 ,5 0 3
6 2 8 ,3 3 0
6 5 3 ,5 2 5
6 8 0 ,6 2 2
7 0 7 ,8 2 6
7 3 2 ,9 4 7
7 3 4 ,2 7 4
7 0 6 ,8 7 7
6 3 0 ,7 7 1
7 0 7 ,6 4 4
A utom obile P roduction Up
Sharply in October
193 7
193«
J an u ary
............................
3 9 9 ,6 3 4
F eb ru a ry
.........................
3 8 3 ,6 9 8
M a r c h .................................
5 1 8 ,9 7 7
A p r i l ....................................
5 5 3 ,4 1 5
M a y .......................................
5 4 0 ,3 5 7
June
....................................
5 2 1 ,1 3 9
J u l y .......................................
4 5 1 ,4 8 1
A u gust
..............................
4 0 5 ,0 6 4
S ep tem b er
......................
1 7 5 ,6 2 0
O c t o b e r ..............................
3 3 7 ,9 7 9
N ovem ber
.............................................
D e c e m b e r ................................................
3 7 7 ,2 4 4
3 0 0 ,8 1 0
4 3 8 ,9 4 3
5 2 7 ,6 2 5
4 8 0 ,5 7 1
4 6 9 ,8 6 8
4 5 1 ,4 7 4
2 7 5 ,9 5 1
1 3 9 ,8 2 0
2 3 0 ,4 0 9
4 0 5 ,7 0 2
5 1 9 ,1 3 2
N ovem ber Iron Output
Down 19.3 P er Cent
D a ily
A v era ge,
T ons
1936
1937
J a n .............
F e b .............
M arch . ..
A p ril . .
M ay . . .
June .. .
J u ly . . .
A u g ..........
S ep t. . . .
O ct. . . .
N o v ..........
D e c .............
1 0 3 ,8 6 3
1 0 7 ,8 5 7
1 1 1 ,9 5 1
1 1 3 ,3 5 4
1 1 4 ,3 6 0
1 0 3 ,8 4 3
1 1 2 ,9 4 7
1 1 6 ,6 7 6
1 1 3 ,9 3 7
9 3 ,2 5 9
6 6 ,9 2 5
6 5 ,4 6 1
6 3 ,4 1 1
6 6 ,0 0 4
8 0 ,3 1 6
8 5 ,7 9 5
8 6 ,5 5 1
8 3 ,7 3 5
8 7 ,4 7 5
9 0 ,9 4 2
9 6 ,5 0 9
9 8 ,3 3 1 ,
1 0 0 .8 1 3
ltla s t F u r ­
n a ce R a te ,
P er C ent
1930
1937
7 6 .6
7 9 .5
8 2 .5
8 3 .7
8 4 .3
7 6 .6
8 2 .9
8 5 .7
8 3 .7
6 8 .4
4 9 .1
4 8 .2
4 6 .6
4 8 .5
5 9 .1
6 3 .1
6 3 .6
6 1 .5
6 4 .3
6 6 .9
7 1 .0
7 2 .3
7 4 .2
Controlled Ingot Heating
N e w
ty p e
tin u o u s
tu rn s
s o a k in g
c o n tr o lle d
co st
p it
fu e l
a d v a n ta g e s
c o n s u m p tio n
a n d
o p e ra te s
s e r v ic e
th ro u g h
h ig h e r
in g o t
w ith
w h ic h
lo w e r
c o n ­
re ­
g a s
p r o d u c tio n
B Y W . A. M ORTON
President, Amsler-Morton Co.,
Pittsburgh
■ H E A T IN G ingots fo r subsequent
b loom in g o r slabbing n ow is being
accom plish ed by a new principle in ­
v olv in g sim ple soak in g pit opera­
tion and effective autom atic control.
T h e heating m ethod is em bodied in
the new pit k n ow n as the A m co
p it furnace, m ade b y the Am slerM orton Co., Pittsburgh.
T he pit fu rn ace is equipped with
F ig. 1— F resh ly d raw n in g o t b e ­
in g p la ce d o n c h a r io t fo r d e ­
livery to b lo o m in g m ill
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an adequate com bu stion cham ber,
which is located with respect to the
w ork to be p erform ed, so that the
w ork is n ow done in the shortest
possible tim e fo r m etallu rgical c o n ­
trol and w ith the greatest overall
econom ies.
T he pit is rectan gu lar in shape,
w ith the in gots a lon g the w alls to
fo r m a h ollow square or com b u s­
tion cham ber betw een them. The
single firing port is located in the
hearth adjacen t to the bottom o f
the in gots and the products o f co m ­
bustion are directed a lon g the in­
gots fr o m the bottom tow ard the
top o f the com bustion cham ber
F ig. 2 show s the com bu stion cham ­
ber and arrangem ent o f ingots
su rrou nding it.
F uel is delivered th rou gh a sim ple
pipe nipple and m ixed with air pre
heated to abou t 1600 degrees Fahr.
near the bottom o f the firing port.
A natural con vection current is
form ed w hich distributes the heat
equally, “ fountain-like,” over all the
ingots. F ig. 3 illustrates this nat­
ural circulation as p ortrayed by c ig ­
arette sm ok e and an inverted tu m ­
bler.
T he gas is applied at extrem ely
lo w pressure, but its v elocity in­
creases rapidly upon release in the
pit. The flam e entering the co m ­
bustion ch am ber is con verged and
accelerated b y the fre e risin g co n ­
vection current. T urbu lence is there­
b y increased, and this is essential
fo r the p rop er circu lation o f the
heat, as w ell as fo r the recirculation
(b y induction) o f som e o f the eai'lier
released and sligh tly cooler gases
w ithin the pit. Thus, a constantly
rotatin g envelope o f the pit gases
is m aintained, p rovid in g a p rotec­
tive la y er around the ingots, keep­
in g the co o le r gases fr o m lying
stagnant on the hearth, and resu lt­
in g in a u n ifo rm heating. F ig. 4
illustrates this principle o f recircu ­
lation.
Outlets R e m ov e Gas
T he w aste gases are rem oved
th rou gh outlets near the fo u r co r­
ners o f the sidew alls and slightly
above the cok e breeze, the gases
passin g fr o m the outlets into the
recu p era tor and then to the stack.
The unidirectional system o f firing
perm its both the b u rner p ort and
the w aste-gas outlets to be designed
and calibrated f o r their respective
fu n ction s only. T he central firing
port elim inates stratified gas and
air stream s and excessive scaling.
In this n ew one-hole pit, heat is
distributed b y regu la tin g its flow
to the several dam per controlled
outlets to exactly balance the radia­
tion losses, w h ich are varied b y the
location o f the pit but are uniform
w ithin th e pit.
T he cen tral vertical firing is in
agreem en t w ith the basic principle
w hich con trols heat tra n sfer b y ra­
diation and con vection . T his prin­
ciple, w hich m a y be noted in the
su ccess o f the con tin u ou s and other
m odern fu rn aces, requ ires the ther­
m al flow to be parallel w ith the
prin cipal axis o f th e stock. This
principle is carried ou t in this new
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fo rm o f fu rn ace, w hich directs the
fu el upw ard and in the longitudinal
direction o f the ingots.
The new design and its fun dam en ­
tal principle o f applyin g heat are
ideal fo r com plete tem perature and
com bu stion control.
T em perature
con trol is achieved b y the use o f
th erm ocou ples in the waste-gas ou t­
lets, w ired in parallel to a poten­
tiom eter con troller w hich in turn
operates a valve in the fu e l lines.
Initial firing rate is governed
by the m etallu rgist’s schedule fo r
different grades and different pourto-strip and strip-to-charge inter­
vals. This initial rate is then a u to­
m atically throttled as the soaking
period is approached.
W hen the
steel is com p letely soaked, that is,
at a balanced and u n iform heat,
the th erm al input becom es constant
and equal to the stack and radia­
tion loss.
T he th erm ocou ples are protected
during ch a rgin g and cleaning o f the
pit and represen t a dependable
means o f autom atically controlling
the heating o f ingots. T hese co u ­
ples are o f platinum -rhodium con ­
struction, and are wired in parallel
to a m u ltipoin t selector sw itch. Each
therm ocouple reading is indicated
separately on a double scale poten­
tiometer.
F o r test purposes, the
secondary scale is used fo r indicat­
ing base m etal th erm ocou ple read­
ings at selected points in w aste gas
and preheated air flues b elow 2000
degrees F ahr. th rou ghou t the sy s­
tem.
The average reading o f the fo u r
Fig. 2— D ia g r a m m a tic a l view o£
in te rio r o f c e n te re d -fir e d so a k ­
in g p it fu rn a c e
temperature con trol couples is re­
layed to a sin gle point record in g
potentiom eter con troller w h ich fu n c­
tions to operate a con trol valve in
the fu el su p p ly line in accordance
with a predeterm ined setting. The
temperature o f the con trol couples
may be observed p eriod ically on
the indicating poten tiom eter to p er­
mit a check on the operation. In
December 13, 1937
the event o f failu re o f one o r m ore
o f the couples, the con troller op ­
erates tem porarily fr o m the average
tem perature o f the rem ainder until
replacem ent is made.
T em peratu re recorded fo r co n ­
trol is on ly relative to the real tem ­
perature o f the fu rn ace and steel,
but it is respon sive to the sam e
fu n ction as w ould prevail if the
couples w ere located directly w ith ­
in the furnace. A s arranged, they
are m ore dependable and accurate,
but, if a record is desired o f the
actual fu rn a ce tem perature, a sep­
arate th erm ocou ple is installed in
the sidew alls independent o f the
controller.
T he tem perature con trol point is
adjusted b y m eans o f a hand knob
on the fro n t o f the instrum ent. T he
con trol point tem perature is a p p roxi­
m ately 200 degrees Fahr. below
the actual ultim ate in g ot tem pera­
ture. T he tem perature con trol r e g ­
ulates the therm al input to the fu r ­
nace in accordan ce with the p red e­
term ined ability o f the steel to a b ­
sorb heat, and the con trol point
setting varies with the rollin g tem ­
perature requirem ents o r desires
fo r various steels.
Dial A d ju sts R ate
T he rate o f fu el con trol cutback
(throttling rate) as it anticipates
con trol point approach, is a d ju st­
ed b y a dial on the fro n t o f the in­
strum ent. The correction fo r load
variation (reset) is adjusted by an­
oth er dial.
T he m axim um initial
con trol valve open position is ad­
ju sted b y a hand knob on the fron t
o f the panel board. F ig. 5 show s
the rear view o f the con trol panel
and regu lating equipm ent on a fou rpit installation.
Unidirectional system o f firing
has introduced in addition to con ­
tinuity and high efficien cy o f the
pit, a dependable fo r m o f autom at­
ic com bustion and internal p res­
sure con trol p rovidin g the pit with
flexible atm osphere and scale con ­
trol.
The com bustion con troller re g u ­
lates the predeterm ined ratio o f air
fo r the continuous and v a ry in g flow
o f gas. T he air su pply is made inde­
pendent o f fu rn ace tem perature or
stack draft b y a constant-speed lowpressure fan. This is an im portant
feature, provid in g positive but con ­
trollable flow , insuring an air su p­
ply fo r rapid starting w hen the re ­
cuperator tiles are cool, as a fter a
shutdow n o r a fter a heavy charge
o f cold steel, and g iv in g the fu r ­
nace a h igh er than norm al fu el and
heating rate during the initial stages
o f every heat. T he com bustion co n ­
trol instrum ent consists o f an ori­
fice located in the fu e l line dow n
stream fr o m the con trol valve. T he
pressure differential across this ori­
fice is relayed to a diaphragm reg-
F ig . 3— P rin cip le o f n a tu ra l c ir c u ­
la tio n d e m o n s tr a te d b y s m o k e
a n d in v erted tu m b le r
u lator which, b y m eans o f a piston,
operates a butterfly valve in the
air line dow n stream fro m an ori­
fice plate.
T he pressure differen ­
tial across the latter orifice plate is
relayed to an indicating pointer gage
w ith a dial calibrated to indicate air
flow in cubic feet and pressure d if­
ferential. T he ratio o f air to gas
is adjusted b y a hand knob and set­
ting dial.
The
fu rn ace
pressure
con trol
m aintains a predeterm ined pressure
in the fu rn a ce even though op era t­
ing under various rates o f fu el and
air flow, and with different atm os­
pheric conditions. This is done by
pressure sam plin g tubes in the side­
w alls o f the furnace. T hese fu rn ish
static pressure im pulses to a dia­
ph ragm reg u la tor w h ich con trols an
oil-operated cylinder connected to a
butterfly valve located in the wastegas flue to the stack.
T he p res­
sure in the fu rn ace sam plin g tube
is relayed to an indicating pointer
ga g e with a dial calibrated to read
in inches o f w ater.
T he fu rn ace
pressu re is adjusted b y a hand knob
and settin g dial.
W h ile the fu rn a ce is entirely au­
tom atically controlled, there is p ro­
vision fo r m anual operation w hen
needed. M anual operation is p ossi­
ble in the event o f p ow er failure,
w ith all apparatus levers b ein g tem ­
p ora rily disconnected. W h ile p rov i­
sion is m ade fo r this em ergen cy,
it is not o f grea t im portance, as all
m ill operations ordin arily cease
w hen the p ow er fails.
F uel shutoff, in the event o f either
p o w e r fa ilu re o r during the open in g
o f th e cover, is accom plish ed b y a
stalled m o to r typ e p ow er-failure
valve located in the fu e l line. T he
operation o f this valve is initiated by
a fa lse pow er-failure, w h ich is a
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on fu el consum ption, both from an
overall o r a g grega te aspect as well
as in a specific distributional sense.
T h ey also com bine to m ake a re fe r­
ence record o f the best heating p rac­
tice fo r different grades o f steel
ch arged at various tem peratures.
T he ligh t signal, operated au to­
m atically b y a m ercoid sw itch, indi­
cates that the heating cycle has
been com pleted and (continues to
indicate) that the pit is ready to
draw. F ig. 8 sh ow s an installation
o f fo u r 12-foot 9-inch pits.
The
au tom atic light sign al on the crane
gird er indicates that the heat is
ready to draw.
P revent D am age
T he central location o f the new
p it’s com bu stion cham ber, and its
vei'tical, one-w ay firing, prevent the
im pin gem en t o f the initial flam es
o f com bu stion upon the ingots. The
larger hole also provides greater
F ig. 4— P rin cip le o f r e cir c u la tio n . V ertica l firin g o f u n ifo r m h eat
fluid activity o f the heating m edium
is sh o w n at F. C ooler gases at u ltim a ta in g o t te m p e ra tu re fo r m in g
in a process enabling lo w velocities,
a c o n s ta n tly r e c ir c u la tin g p r o te c tiv e layer a r o u n d in g o ts are
which are essential to con trol flame
sh o w n at G
tem perature, as w ell as rates o f
therm al release, and prevent dam ­
a g e to the steel. T he p ractical su c­
uations, and in m a jo r tem perature
fu n ction o f the fu el sh u toff on co v ­
cess o f this p rovision fo r the
brackets o f 100 degrees Fahr. be­
erin g opening. One sa fety advan­
elim ination o f w ashing is also ap­
tween 1000 degrees and 3000 de­
tage o f this com bination o f tw o
parent in the steel content o f pit
grees, with subordinate 10 -degree
fu n ction s into one valve which op ­
slag, w hich a verages about 22 per
graduations.
erates frequ en tly, is that the hazard
cent. This is accom pan ied by a
T he flow m eter chart is im p or­
o f a norm al pow er-failure valve
substantial reduction in the initial
tant because it record s:
sticking, due to tar in the fu el line,
quantity o f cok e used. F ig. 6 sh ow s
is g rea tly minimized.
1 — R ate o f flow th rou gh ou t the
an in got being placed into the pit
In the event that a delay prevents
heating cycle.
fu rn a ce; note the u n iform ly heated
2— T im e o f starting cut-back, or
draw ing in gots that are heated and
appearance o f the in gots in the
throttling.
ready to draw, the controls will
pit. F ig. 1 illustrates the condition
3— Com pletion o f therm al a b sorp ­
low er the therm al input into the fu r­
tion b y steel.
o f an in got as it leaves the pit fu r­
nace to balance the radiation and
4— R ate
o f heating to guide thenace.
stack losses at set con trol tem pera­
op era tor on fu tu re heats.
T ru e soa k in g influence is attained
ture.
T his is done autom atically
and abn orm al tem perature variation
T
he
charts integrate in form ation
and independently o f the operator.
A s a fu rth er advantage, this feature
m ay be used to bring the em pty pit
up to operating tem perature pre­
ceding start o f operations after a
m ill shutdow n o f one or m ore turns.
P rop er registration and recordin g
are an im portant phase o f control
setups so that som e attention is
w arranted to the poten tiom eter and
flow m eter charts. T he poten tiom e­
ter chart is im portant because it re­
cords the follow in g data on the
heats in volved:
1 — T em peratu re cycle o f heat.
2 — Overall
tim e o f heat fo r hot
and cold steel.
3— N et
tim e o f heat.
4— T im e fo r charging.
5— T im e fo r drawing.
6— N u m ber o f in gots ch arged per
heat.
7— Delays due to w aiting fo r steel.
8— Mill delays preven tin g draw ­
ing.
9— B ottom -m aking time.
10 — T im e required to brin g up pit
tem perature a fter shutdow n
period.
1 1 — T im e l-equired fo r m ak in g coke
additions.
The recoi'ds are m ade on a roll
chart divided into 10 -minute gra d ­
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F ig. 5— R e g u la tin g e q u ip m e n t a t rear o f c o n t r o l p a n el
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i s a v o id e d b y t h e r o t a t i n g e n v e lo p e
o f c ir c u la t in g g a s e s ; a s a m a t t e r o f
f a c t , t h e a b s o lu t e d u r a t io n o f t h e
“ s o a k in g p e r io d ” is r e c o r d e d b y th e
f u e l f lo w m e t e r w h e n t h e r a t e o f
f u e l f lo w
le v e ls o ff a n d b e c o m e s
c o n sta n t
to
sta c k
and
r a d ia t io n
lo s s . S t r a t if ie d a i r a n d g a s s t r e a m s
a r e a v o id e d b y t h e u s e o f c e n t r a l ,
v e r t ic a l f ir in g a n d r e lia n c e o n th e
n a t u r a l f r e e - r is in g p r in c ip a l o f c i r ­
c u la t io n .
T h e h e a r t h is m a d e u n ­
u s u a lly
t h ic k
to i n s u r e
a d e q u a te
h e a t s t o r a g e b e n e a t h t h e - in g o t s a n d
t h u s p r o v id e a r e s e r v e f o r b u tt s a t u ­
r a t io n , a n im p o r t a n t c o n s id e r a t io n
i f b u t t c r a c k s a r e to b e m in im iz e d
a n d r o llin g h a z a rd s re d u c e d . C o n ­
t r o l s c a n b e a d j u s t e d t o o b t a in a t ­
m o s p h e re s r a n g in g f r o m h ig h ly r e ­
d u c in g to h ig h l y o x id iz in g to g o v e r n
t h e a m o u n t o f p i t s c a lin g , o r to
a ffe c t
it s
n a tu re
S p e c ia l
( t ig h t o r lo o s e ).
C o n tro l
fo r
A llo y s
I n h e a t i n g a l l o y a n d h ig h - c a r b o n
s te e ls , w h e r e t h e v a lu e o f th e m a t e ­
r i a l is g r e a t e r , s p e c ia l p r o v is io n is
m a d e in th e c o n t r o ls .
T h e p it is
g e n e r a l l y c o o le d t o p r e v e n t i n i t i a l
h ig h - t e m p e r a t u r e d if f e r e n t ia ls d a m ­
a g in g t h e s t e e ls , a n d a s lo w h e a t in g
r a t e is u s e d in th e f ir s t p a r t o f th e
c y c le . I n t h is t y p e h e a t in g , a n a d ­
ju s t a b le
t im in g
a p p a ra tu s
is
in ­
s t a l l e d w i t h a c u t - in , c u t - o u t s w i t c h
F ig . 6— I n g o t b e ­
in g ch a rg e d . U n i­
fo r m ly h e a te d in ­
g o t s a re s h o w n in
p it fu rn a ce
o p e n i n g , m i n i m i z e h e a t lo s s e s i n
th a t
d ir e c t io n .
The
m e th o d
of
n a t u r a l c ir c u la t io n m in im iz e s v a r ia ­
t io n o f t e m p e r a t u r e w it h in a la r g e
p it
and
p e r m it s
a
r e d u c t io n
of
t h e r m a l in p u t f o r a g iv e n a b s o r p ­
t io n b y t h e s t e e l.
A d a p t a b ilit y to a n y c o m m o n i n ­
d u s t r ia l f u e l is p r o v id e d , a n d c o r ­
r e c t d e s ig n i n s u c h m a t t e r s a s t i l e
t h ic k n e s s a n d th e c o n tr o l o f in it ia l
a n d f in a l t e m p e r a t u r e d if f e r e n t ia ls
of
th e
re c u p e ra to r
t ile
s u rfa c e s
f a c ilit a t e s th e u s e o f b la s t fu r n a c e
g a s . O n e la r g e s te e l p la n t is n o w
u s i n g c o ld 9 0 - B .t .u . b l a s t f u r n a c e g a s
e x c lu s iv e ly in th e o p e r a t io n o f a
s e r i e s o f A m c o p i t s a n d h e a t i n g c o ld
s te e l f a s t e r t h a n e x is t in g r e g e n e r a ­
t iv e p it s in th e s a m e p la n t h e a t
th e s a m e s t e e ls .
I n t h e u s e o f m ix e d g a s f u e ls ,
w h e r e th e t h e r m a l v a lu e v a r ie s , a
s p e c ia l m e th o d o f c o n t r o l is u s e d .
F o r e x a m p le , in t h e u s e o f a m ix t u r e
o f coke oven g as an d n a tu ra l g as
o v e r a t h e r m a l v a lu e ra n g e o f 550
to 1 0 5 0 B . t . u . , t h e a i r v o l u m e i s t h e
m o st c o n s ta n t fa c to r; th e re fo re , th e
t e m p e r a t u r e c o n t r o lle r o p e ra te s a
c o n t r o l v a lv e in t h e a i r lin e a n d th e
g a s is r a t io e d f r o m
t h e a i r f lo w
b y a n in v e r s io n o f th e p r e v io u s ly d e s c r ib e d a p p a r a t u s .
I n c o n n e c t io n w it h t h is , a g r a v i t y
s a m p lin g s y s t e m
m a y b e in s t a lle d
to in d ic a t e o r r e c o r d t h e g r a v i t y o f
t h e g a s a n d t h u s g iv e a m e a s u r e
o f th e t h e r m a l v a lu e .
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m a n u a l o r a u t o m a t ic m a s t e r g r a v it y
c o r r e c t o r lin k a g e a n d c o n t r o lle r m a y
F ig . 8— (B elow ) F o u r 1 2 -f o o t 9 i n c h c e n t e r - f ir e d p it fu r n a c e s .
L ig h t s ig n a l o n t h e c r a n e g ir d e r
i n d ic a t e s t h a t in g o t s a re r e a d y
to draw
F ig . 7— (A b o v e ) V ie w o f s e a l-t y p e
c o v e r a n d c a r r ia g e . T r a v e l is in
b o t h d ir e c t io n s . R e m o v in g c o v e r
a u t o m a t i c a l l y s h u t s o ff t h e ga s
fo r
g r a d u a lly
in c r e a s in g
th e
lo w
in it ia l f ir in g ra t e u n t il th e te m p e r a ­
t u re d if fe r e n t ia ls h a v e p a s s e d th e
c r it ic a l r a n g e , a t w h ic h t im e th e
h e a t in g p r o c e d u r e p a s s e s in t o t h e
a u t o m a t i c h e a t i n g c y c l e o f m e d iu m c a rb o n s t e e ls .
T h e e f f ic ie n t u t iliz a t io n o f d ir e c t
f ir in g f r o m
a s in g le , c e n t r a lly lo ­
c a te d b u r n e r , a n d t h e e m p lo y m e n t
o f a c o n t in u o u s , c o n t r o lle d f u e l s e r v ­
ic e r e s u l t s i n d e c r e a s e d f u e l c o n ­
s u m p t io n . T h e c o m b u s tio n c h a m b e r
is s a n d s e a le d a n d a l w a y s u n d e r
p o s it iv e p r e s s u r e , t h e r e b y
in g c a s u a l i n f i l t r a t i o n o f
p re v e n t­
a ir an d
m in im iz in g
lo s s o f h e a t .
An
e f­
f ic ie n t g r a n u l a r s e a l b e t w e e n th e
fu r n a c e a n d c o v e r , a s w e ll a s th e
a u to m a tic
fu e l s h u to ff
on
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December 13, 1937
47
b e in s t a lle d w h ic h w i l l r e a p p o r t io n
th e f u e l f lo w r a t io r e la t iv e to th e
a i r f lo w w h ic h is c o n s t a n t ly c o n ­
t r o lle d
by
th e p o te n tio m e te r .
In
t h is s y s t e m , t h e a i r f lo w is in d ic a t e d
a n d th e g a s f lo w is re c o r d e d . C a l­
c u la t e d c o r r e c t io n s a r e m a d e f r o m
th e
re c o rd
or
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of
th e
g r a v it y m e te r a n d th e re c o rd o f th e
g a s f lo w m e t e r f o r f u e l d is t r ib u t io n .
c o m p a n y i n g t a b l e c o v e r i n g a w e e k ’s
o p e r a t io n .
A n in g o t c r a n e a n d
c le a n in g
to o l
w h ic h
th e
is
u se o f a
a tta c h e d
th e re to le s s e n s th e la b o r f o r m a k in g
b o t t o m s . D u e t o t h e lo o s e c i n d e r ,
th e b o tto m is m a d e in 1 %
h o u rs
w it h o u t a n y p r o t r a c t e d d e m a n d o n
th e c r a n e t im e . T h e t im e s a v e d b y
le s s e n in g t h is w o r k a lo n e in c r e a s e s
F u e l c o n s u m p t io n h a s b e e n r e ­
d u ce d b y o v e r 50 p e r c e n t, a n d th e
n e t f u e l r a t e i s a b o u t 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 B . t . u .
p e r t o n / h o u r o f h e a t in g t im e . O v e r ­
a ll p e r to n
c o n s u m p t io n
on hot
s t e e l h a s b e e n b e l o w 1 8 0 ,0 0 0 B . t . u . ,
w h i l e o n c o ld s t e e l i t h a s a v e r a g e d
u n d e r 1 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 B . t . u .
T h e ta b u la ­
t io n in t h e a c c o m p a n y in g t a b le is
b a s e d o n o p e r a t io n s o b s e r v e d a n d
c o m p il e d i n a p l a n t u s i n g o n e 12in g o t A m c o p i t . F u e l c o n s u m p t io n
f ig u r e s
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sh o w n
fo r
th e
s a m e o p e r a t io n o n e y e a r la t e r , w h e n
t o n n a g e r a t e h a d b e e n in c r e a s e d .
I n a s m u c h a s w a s h in g o f in g o t s is
p r a c t ic a ll y e lim in a t e d , t h e p r in c ip a l
s o u rc e o f s c a le is f r o m
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p o r t io n s
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by
th e
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to n g s f r o m t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e in g o t .
T h e r e f o r e , b o t t o m - m a k in g m a y b e
e x te n d e d to f r o m t w o to th r e e w e e k s
w it h s e v e r a l w e e k ly c o k e a d d it io n s .
T h e n a t u r e o f th e s la g is so “ d r y ”
t h a t it c a n b e re m o v e d q u ic k ly w it h
a n i m p l e m e n t a t t a c h e d t o t h e in g o t
c ra n e . T h e a m o u n t o f th e s la g r e ­
c o v e re d a n d th e fe r r o u s c o n te n t o f
th e s la g w il l b e n o te d in th e a c ­
Data on 12-Ingot Pit
(C e n t e r F ir e d )
41,310
C o a l u s e d , p o u n d s ................................
12,408
C o k e u se d p o u n d s ..............................
1
B o tt o m s m a d e .........................................
13
L a b o r , h o u r s ............................................
12
N u m b e r o t in g o ts s e t ........................
S te e l h e a te d w e e k ly , t o n s ............
1740
C in d e r a n d s la g , p o u n d s ............
6008
Ir o n s la g re c o v e re d , p o u n d s . .
184
A m o u n t ot c o k e r e t u r n e d ............
5824
S te e l c o n te n t o f s la g , p e r c e n t
22.33
S te e l re c o v e re d , p o u n d s ..................
4 1.5
C o k e r e c o v e r y , p e r c e n t ...............
4 2.5
S a m e O p e r a tio n O n e Y e a r L a t e r
S t e e l h e a te d w e e k ly , to n s
2639
B .t .u . p e r to n (m o n t h ly o v e r a ll)
190,000
B .t .u . p e r to n h o t in g o ts ............
172,000
B .t .u . p e r to n c o ld in g o ts . . . . 1 ,367,000
t h e p o t e n t ia l c a p a c it y o f th e p it
a b o u t 5 p e r c e n t a n d r e le a s e s th e
c r a n e s f o r d ir e c t p r o d u c t io n .
T h e p i t w a s d e s ig n e d t o f i t e x i s t ­
in g m il l la y o u t s a n d , a s s u c h , i t is
u s u a lly s q u a r e w it h th e r e c u p e ra ­
recu p e ra tor.
G a s e s flo w d o w n ­
w ard th r o u g h o c ­
tagonal
tu b es
w h ile
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pro­
c e e d s u p w a r d in
a lt e r n a t e
h o r i­
z o n t a l d ir e c t io n s .
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p a ir e d o r r e p la c e d
w h ile p i t is i n
o p e r a t io n
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s u it a b le t h ic k n e s s , a r c h e d f o r s t a ­
b ilit y ,
and
t h o r o u g h ly
p ro te c te d
f r o m t h e in i t i a l f la m e s o f c o m b u s ­
t io n b y th e r e c t a n g u la r w a l l o f in ­
g o ts , g iv in g th e p it m a x im u m s e r v ­
ic e w it h m in im u m m a in t e n a n c e .
T h e c o v e r a n d th e c o v e r s u p p o rt­
in g a n d t r a n s p o r t in g c a r r ia g e r e p ­
r e s e n t a n e w c o n c e p t io n o f t h e s e
im p o r t a n t e le m e n t s . T h e c o v e r is
a f la t in t e r lo c k in g a r c h , s u s p e n d e d
b y f o u r a d j u s t a b l e r o d s a t t a c h e d to
th e lif t in g c a r r ia g e . I t is e n c a s e d
in a h e a v y w e ld e d f r a m e , h a v in g
r ig id
m a r g in a l m e m b e r s a d ja c e n t
to t h e t r a c k s , a n d s e m if lo a t in g m e m ­
b e r s s p a n n in g t h e o p e n p it . A l l m a r ­
g in a l m e m b e r s c a r r y a l lo y f la n g e s
a d a p te d to e n g a g e th e s e a l t r o u g h
a ro u n d th e fu r n a c e w h e n th e c o v e r
i s c lo s e d . A s p e c ia l c o n s t r u c t io n o f
b o th c o v e r a n d r e f r a c t o r ie s p la c e s
a l l t h e r e f r a c t o r y e le m e n t s in c o m ­
p r e s s io n to g iv e to th e f la t a r c h th e
s a m e r e f r a c t o r y r e t e n t io n c h a r a c t e r ­
is t ic s a s th e s p r u n g a r c h .
F ig . 9— V ie w o f
s e ctio n
th ro u g h
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t o r s f o r p r e h e a t in g t h e c o m b u s tio n
a i r lo c a t e d o n o p p o s it e s id e s . E a c h
p i t i s a n in d e p e n d e n t f u r n a c e , c o m ­
p le t e ly e n c a s e d in s u b s t a n t ia l s te e l
p la t e s a n d s u p p o rte d b y h e a v y b u c k s ta y s.
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T h r o u g h a s e r ie s o f r e la y s a n d
in t e r lo c k s , th e c o m b u s tio n s y s t e m
is s y n c h r o n iz e d to s to p a n d s t a r t
f u e l a n d a i r s u p p ly u p o n o p e n in g
o r c lo s in g t h e f u r n a c e . T h is s a v e s
f u e l, a id s th e c r a n e m a n in q u ic k ly
lo c a t in g t h e in g o t to b e r e m o v e d ,
a n d p ro te c ts th e c o v e r c ra n e . T h e
c o v e r f r a m e , a d ju s t a b le r e l a t iv e to
th e
c a r r ia g e , is
r e a d ily
d e ta c h e d
w h e n r e p a ir s a r e to b e m a d e a n d
a s p a r e c o v e r m a y b e u s e d t o a v o id
lo s s o f t im e d u r in g r e lin in g o f a
co v e r.
F ig . 7 s h o w s a v ie w
of
t h e s e a l- t y p e c o v e r a n d c a r r ia g e .
C h a r g in g f lo o r c o n d it io n s a r e im ­
p r o v e d b y a c o n c e a le d l o w r a i l c o n ­
s t r u c t io n f o r th e m o v e m e n t o f th e
c o v e r c a r r ia g e . W h e n t h e c o v e r is
m o v e d a w a y f r o m th e p it , th e o p e n
p it is f r e e o f a l l o b s t r u c t io n s . T h e
p r o b le m
of
w a rp e d
tra c k s
and
t w is t e d c o v e r f r a m e s is s o lv e d b y
t h e c o m b in a t io n o f t h e s e a l a n d th e
n e w p o s it io n o f t h e r a i l . T h e c h a r g ­
in g f lo o r i s o f f ir s t q u a lit y f ir e b r ic k ,
p a v e d u p o n a s u b s ta n tia l s te e l s tr u c ­
t u r e in d e p e n d e n t o f t h e p i t s . B r i c k
is u s e d to r e d u c e h e a t lo s s f r o m th e
c o v e r s w h e n o p e n e d a n d to in c r e a s e
th e lif e o f th e c o v e r r e f r a c t o r ie s .
T h e c h a r g in g f lo o r is lo c a t e d w e ll
b e l o w t h e l e v e l o f t h e p i t c u r b to
p r o v i d e c l e a r a n c e b e t w e e n t h e f lo o r
a n d o p e n c o v e r f o r a v o id in g s t r a y
t o o ls , a n d to f u r t h e r a v o id u n n e c e s ­
sa ry
h e a t lo s s e s f r o m
th e c o v e r
r e f r a c t o r ie s .
A ll c o n c re te fo u n d a ­
tio n w a lls a r e p r o te c te d a g a in s t d e­
h y d r a t io n b y t h e in t r o d u c t io n o f a i r
c ir c u la t in g c a n a ls a n d in s u la t io n .
R e c u p e r a t o r s , l o c a t e d o n o p p o s it e
s id e s
of
th e
p it ,
a re
th e
A m co
(P l e a s e tu r n to P a g e 8 0 )
48
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I n d ic a t e N e e d fo r U n ity
In E n g in e e r in g P r o fe s s io n s
( C o n tin u ed f r o m P a g e 2 6 )
a c c o m p lis h m e n t s .
H e s a id i t w o u ld
s e e m t h a t t e c h n ic a lly t h e p r o fe s s io n
i s d o in g g o o d w o r k t o w a r d u n i t y . I n
f u r t h e r in g th e m a t e r ia l in t e r e s t s o i
th e p r o fe s s io n a c e r t a in la c k m a y
b e n o t e d i n s e v e r a l in s t a n c e s .
H e b e lie v e d t h a t t h e e n g in e e r in g
p r o f e s s i o n c o u ld
a c c o m p lis h m o re
t h a n i t h a s in t h e p a s t a lo n g lin e s
o f p u b lic it y in th e d a ily p r e s s , b u t—
t h a t t h i s c o u ld b e c o r r e c t e d . B u t to
d o so , h e s a id , th e e n g in e e r m u s t
b e w il li n g to s t r e t c h h is s e n s e o f
t e c h n ic a l a c c u r a c y a n d be w illin g to
h a v e a s c r ib e d to h im
a c c o m p lis h ­
m e n t s t h a t a i'e n o t s p e c t a c u l a r o r
s e n s a t io n a l in t h e m s e lv e s , b u t w h ic h
m a y b e c o m e s o w h e n e m b e llis h e d b y
th e f a n c y " t r u l y b e lo n g in g to t h e
r e p o r t o r ia l a r t , t h a t is , th e s e a c ­
c o m p lis h m e n t s m u s t b e d r a m a t iz e d .”
H e a ls o b e lie v e d t h a t t h e r e g i s t r a ­
t io n o f e n g in e e r s is a n im p o r t a n t
e le m e n t in t h e u n ifie d a p p r o a c h to ­
w a r d t h e e s t a b lis h m e n t o f a m e a n s
f o r r e c o g n iz in g t h e e n g in e e r a s a
p r o f e s s io n a l m a n . “ I t m u s t b e b o rn e
in m in d , h o w e v e r , t h a t r e g is t r a t io n
d o e s n o t c r e a t e a p r o fe s s io n , b u t
o n ly g iv e s a le g a l s t a t u s to t h e i n ­
d iv id u a l,” h e a d d e d .
W it h r e s p e c t to c iv ic a f f a ir s , M r .
H e r r o n s a i d t h a t o r g a n i z e d in f l u e n c e
p e r t a in in g to p u b lic w e lf a r e m a y b e
o b s e rv e d b y e n g in e e r s in t h e ir lo c a l
s o c ie t ie s .
M a tte rs
of
e n g in e e r in g
f e e s , c o m p e n s a t io n , w e lf a r e a n d p u b ­
lic a t io n s a r e , in th e m a in , h e c o n ­
t in u e d , c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a ll y th e d e v e l­
o p m en t o f e a ch se p a ra te b ra n c h o f
p r o fe s s io n a l o r g a n iz a t io n a n d a r e
n o t d e s ig n e d
to a p p ly
o r to
be
a d a p te d to a n y o t h e r o r g a n iz a t io n .
C o - o r d in a t io n I s L a c k in g
“ E a c h d e t e r m in e s a n d e s t a b lis h e s
it s o w n c o d e o f e t h ic s a n d f o r m u ­
la t e s it s o w n m e th o d o f p r a c t ic e .
T h e r e s e e m s t o b e n o w e ll - d e f i n e d
e f fo r t to c o - o r d in a te t h e s e r e g u la ­
t io n s a n d m o d if y t h e m to t h e a d ­
v a n t a g e o f e n g in e e r s in d is c r im in a t e ­
ly . W h a t , in a l l p r o b a b ilit y m u s t be
th e w a y to a c c o m p lis h w h a t is d e ­
s ir e d ?
a n d m a r s h a llin g o u r fo r c e s to f u n c ­
tio n in o u r m a x im u m p o t e n t ia l c a ­
p a c it y .
T h e in t e llig e n c e a n d a c u ­
m e n o f o u r m e m b e r s h ip h a v e b e e n
c o m p a r a t iv e ly d o r m a n t in r e c o g n iz ­
in g t h e b r e a d t h o f t h e f ie ld o f o p ­
p o r t u n it y a n d c u lp a b ly s lo w to in i­
t i a t e a c t i v i t y d e s ig n e d t o c l a i m a n d
s e c u r e th e r e w a r d s w h ic h a r e ju s t l y
o u r s .”
H o w to u n i f y a n d c o - o r d in a t e th e
b r o a d le g io n o f e n g in e e r s in t o a n
o r g a n ic e n e r g y r e q u ir e s a m o t iv a t ­
in g p u rp o s e . A p p e a l f o r u n it y m u s t
b e m a d e a lo n g s o m e lin e o f d e s ir e
to w h ic h t h e p r e s e n t o r g a n iz a t io n s
d o n o t c a t e r , h e s a id .
T w o p la n s to a c c o m p lis h t h is u n i­
f ic a t io n
have
been
su g g e ste d , h e
s a id . O n e is to c o n t in u e t h e p r e s e n t
c o n s t it u t e d s o c ie t ie s , c o n f in in g t h e ir
a c t i v i t i e s t o t e c h n i c a l t o p i c s a n d to
a d d o n e o r tw o o t h e rs to c o v e r o u r
m a t e r ia l n e e d s . T h e o t h e r is th e
p la n o f th e A m e r ic a n M e d ic a l a s s o ­
c ia t io n a n d s i m il a r to t h a t o f th e
A m e r ic a n
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a s s o c ia t io n . U n d e r
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1935 f o r a n a t io n a l e n g in e e r in g so ­
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d e rs to o d t h a t th e c o n te m p la te d s e t ­
u p i s o n t h e b a s i s o f- m a t e r i a l i n t e r ­
e s t a lo n e . L o c a l s o c ie t ie s w o u ld e m ­
b r a c e a l l p r o f e s s io n a l e n g in e e r s in
w h a t e v e r b r a n c h t h e y m a y p r a c t ic e ,
r e s id in g in a c e r t a in d e f in it e a r e a .
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t u t e t h e u n it . T h e s e w o u ld b e u n it e d
to f o r m a s t a t e s o c i e t y w h i c h w o u l d
d e a l w it h a l l m a t t e r s o f c o m m o n
in t e r e s t to th e e n g in e e r s in t h a t
a r e a . F r o m th e s t a t e th e n a t io n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n c o u ld b e e f f e c t e d .
C o n t in u in g , h e s a id :
d iv e r s it y o f t e c h n ic a l in t e r e s t s a s
to d e m a n d s o m a n y s o c i e t i e s , w i l l it
b e p o s s ib le t o e f f e c t a c o m p le t e u n it y
o n t h e b a s is o f t e c h n ic a l a d v a n ­
ta g e s? ”
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to b e m o s t e f f e c t iv e . I n t h e s m a l le r
u n it w h a t e v e r d if f ic u lt ie s o f o r g a n i­
z a t io n t h a t m a y b e e n c o u n te re d c a n
b e ir o n e d o u t . I n t h i s w a y t h e s t a t e
and
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lis h m e n t s o f th e s m a lle r g ro u p s .
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h a v e b e e n r e m is s in n o t u t iliz in g
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o f o u r m e m b e r s a n d in o r g a n iz in g
“ A n a lt e r n a t e p la n w h ic h m ig h t
b e e f f e c t iv e a n d e n t a ils le s s f r ic t io n
to s e t u p w o u ld b e fo u n d e d o n t h e
s o c ie t ie s a s t h e y n o w e x is t f o r t e c h ­
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t io n a l o r g a n iz a t io n s o f e n g in e e r s , h e
p o se d th e q u e s t io n :
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n ic a l p u r p o s e s , b u t t h a t a n a d d i­
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m a t e r ia l w e lf a r e o f th e e n g in e e r s .
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t h e s o c ie t y s h o u ld b e a n o u t g r o w t h
f r o m t h e p r e s e n t t e c h n ic a l s o c ie t ie s ,
b e o r g a n iz e d b y t h e m a n d b e o p e r ­
a te d in c o n ju n c t io n w it h t h e m , n o t
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S t e e l C o . o f A m e r ic a , N e w Y o r k .
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a y e a r a g o , r e s u lt s o f f a t ig u e te s t s
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B , C an d D — w e re an n o u n ce d . T h e
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c o m p le t e d w o r k o n g r o u p E , w i t h
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th e g ro u p E m a t e r ia l w a s o f th e
s a m e g ra d e o f s te e l a s g ro u p C b u t
th e r e s u lt s in th e g ro u p C t e s t s w e r e
u n s a t is f a c t o r y in s o m e re s p e c ts .
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w it h t h e t a b le a ls o in c lu d in g t h e r e ­
s u l t s o b t a in e d b y J . B . J o h n s o n i n
th e o r ig in a l t e s t s m a d e u n d e r h is
s u p e r v is io n a t W r i g h t f ie ld ( t h e s e
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P l a i n C a rb o n O . H . a c id , G ro u p F
E l e c t r i c S ilic o M a n g a n e s s e , ( J B J ) .
P la i n C a rb o n O . H . A c id , ( J B J ) . .
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t h e s p e a k e r p o in t e d o u t , w e r e a l l
c o ile d f r o m c e n t e r le s s g r o u n d b a r s ,
w h e r e a s th e c o m m it t e e s p r in g s h a v e
so f a r b e e n m a d e fr o m
b a rs “ as
r o lle d .”
T h e n e x t s te p in in v e s t ig a t io n w i l l
b e a s u r v e y o f th e e ffe c t o f v a r io u s
s u r f a c e f in is h e s o n t h e e n d u r a n c e .
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b o n e le c t r ic , s e le c t e d b e c a u s e o f it s
u n if o r m ly g o o d e n d u ra n c e q u a lit ie s ,
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c lo s e c o n t r o l a s to t h e c h e m ic a l c o m ­
p o s it io n a n d m e t a l lu r g i c a l c h a r a c ­
t e r is t ic s .
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n o w in th e p r o c e s s o f m a n u f a c t u r e ,
as
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“ as
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b i l l e t s ; g r o u p H — s t e e l c o ld d r a w n ;
g ro u p
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c e n t e r le s s
d ra w n ;
a n d g r o u p K — s t e e l c o ld d r a w n a n d
s p r i n g s c o l d c o i le d .
T h e r e s u lt s f r o m
g ro u p K , M r.
E d g e r t o n t h o u g h t , m a y p r o v e to b e
o f s p e c ia l in t e r e s t .
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b o n e le c t r ic g ro u p o r ig in a lly te s te d
b y M r . J o h n s o n w a s re p o rte d to be
c o l d c o i le d , w h i c h n a t u r a l l y r a i s e s
t h e q u e s tio n w h e t h e r t h is f e a t u r e
a c o u n te d f o r th e r e m a r k a b le e n d u r ­
a n c e lim it e d o b t a in e d .
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n o w h a s e n d u ra n c e lim it s on s e v e r a l
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th e a u s p ic e s o f th e A m e r ic a n S o ­
c ie t y o f M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r s . T h e
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m e c h a n ic a l a n d c h e m ic a l t y p e s . C o l­
la b o r a t in g in th e p r e p a r a t io n o f t h is
s t u d y , in a d d it io n to t h e S o c ie t y a n d
th e b u re a u o f s ta n d a rd s , a re th e
A m e r ic a n
S t e e l F o u n d r ie s , r e p r e ­
s e n te d b y R . W . C ly n e .
F . P . Z i m m e r li , c h ie f e n g in e e r ,
B a r n e s - G ib s o n - R a y m o n d
In c .,
De­
t r o i t , w a s u n a b le to b e p r e s e n t to
s u b m it
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on
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S p r in g s ” ; i t w i l l p r o b a b ly b e s u b ­
m it t e d la t e r .
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P u r d u e o f t h e o x id a t io n b y s t e a m
o f th e v a r io u s s te e ls a v a ila b le f o r
h ig h - t e m p e r a t u r e s t e a m s e r v ic e .
T h e y d e s c r ib e d t h e a p p a r a t u s a n d
t e c h n i q u e d e v e lo p e d f o r m e a s u r i n g
th e a m o u n t o f o x id a t io n d u e to t e m ­
p e r a t u r e s u p to 1200 d e g re e s F a h r .
a n d p r e s s u r e s u p to a t le a s t 1600
pounds gage.
T h e y p re se n te d d a ta
s h o w in g t h e e f fe c t o f t e m p e r a t u r e
f r o m 8 0 0 to 1 2 0 0 d e g r e e s F a h r . o n
th e o x id a t io n o f lo w c a r b o n s t e e l
in c o n ta c t w it h s te a m a t 1 200 p o u n d s
gage.
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c a rb o n s te e l a t 1100 d e g re e s F a h r .
is a p p a r e n t ly th e s a m e a t 4 0 0 a n d
1200 p o u n d s s te a m p re s s u re , th e y
o b se rv e d .
A p p a r a t u s h a d b e e n d e v e lo p e d f o r
o p e r a t in g s e v e n t u b e s s im u lt a n e o u s ­
ly
u n d e r id e n t ic a l c o n d it io n s a n d
d a ta w e r e p r e s e n te d a ls o to s h o w
th e c o m p a r a t iv e
o x id a t io n
o f s ix
s t e e ls o f d if f e r e n t a n a ly s e s .
The
in v e s t ig a t io n is b e in g c o n t in u e d .
In t e r c r y s t a llin e c r a c k in g o f s te e l
in a q u e o u s s o l u t i o n w a s d i s c u s s e d
in a p a p e r b y W . C . S c h ro e d e r, A .
A . B e r k a n d R . A . O ’B r i e n , r e s e a r c h
e n g in e e r , a s s is t a n t c h e m is t a n d a s ­
s is t a n t
m e t a llu r g is t ,
r e s p e c t iv e ly ,
b u re a u
of
m in e s ,
C o lle g e
P a rk ,
M d.
O r i g i n a l l y , i t w a s p o in t e d o u t ,
f a i l u r e o f t h i s t y p e w a s b e l ie v e d b y
m a n y to b e c a u s e d p r im a r i ly b y
s o d iu m h y d r o x id e , t h e n l a t e r t h e r e
w a s th e t a c it a s s u m p t io n t h a t th e
a c t io n o f s o d iu m h y d r o x id e - s o d iu m
s ilic a t e
o r v e ry
s im ila r s o lu t io n s
s e r v e d to e x p la in th e p r o d u c tio n o f
in t e r c r y s t a llin e c r a c k s u n d e r a ll c o n ­
d it io n s .
S u rfa c e
C o n d it io n s I m p o r t a n t
s t u d ie s
I t h a s b e e n fo u n d , t h e y s a id , in ­
t e r c r y s t a llin e c r a c k in g c a n b e p r o ­
p re ssu re
w as a paper
e n t it le d " I n v e s t ig a t io n o f th e O x id a ­
t io n o f M e t a ls b y H ig h - T e m p e r a t u r e
S t e a m ,” p r e p a r e d b y A . A . P o t t e r ,
p a s t p r e s id e n t a n d f e llo w
o f th e
S o c ie t y
a n d d e a n o f e n g in e e r in g ,
P u rd u e u n iv e r s it y , W e s t L a fa y e tte ,
I n d .; H . L . S o lb e r g a n d G . A . H a w ­
k in s , p r o fe s s o r a n d a s s is t a n t p r o ­
f e s s o r , r e s p e c t iv e ly ,
e n g in e e r in g , P u r d u e
In
th a t
tu re s
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o f m e c h a n ic a l
u n iv e r s it y .
t h i s t h e a u t h o r s p o in t e d o u t
in a s m u c h a s s t e a m
te m p e ra ­
in
m o d e rn
c e n tra l
s t a t io n s
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p r o t e c t iv e
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as
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a
s t u d y o f t h e a c t io n o f d ilu t e a lk a lin e
s o lu t io n s in p r o d u c in g i n t e r c r y s t a l ­
lin e
c r a c k in g ,
a c c o r d in g
to
th e
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t h o r s o f t h is r e s e a r c h . R e s u lt s o f
th e s e f u r t h e r in v e s t ig a t io n s w i l l b e
m a d e p u b lic a s
it w a s sta te d .
O th e r
O th e r
p re ssu re
so o n
P a p e rs
as
p o s s ib le ,
H e a rd
fe a tu re s
of
th e
c r it ic a ls t e a m b o ile r s e s s io n w e r e
p a p e r s e n t it le d “ D e c o m p o s it io n o f
S o d iu m — S u lp h it e S o lu t io n s a t E l e ­
v a te d T e m p e ra tu re s ” a n d “ S o m e R e ­
s u lt s f r o m
th e R e s e a rc h on F lo w
N o z z le s .”
The
fo rm e r
w as
p re ­
p a re d b y F . G . S tra u s , re s e a rc h a s ­
s o c ia t e p r o fe s s o r , H . F . Jo h n s t o n e ,
a s s o c ia t e p r o f e s s o r a n d W . O . T a f f ,
g ra d u a te
stu d e n t,
c h e m ic a l
e n g i­
n e e r in g , U n iv e r s it y o f I ll in o is , U r b a n a , 111.; t h e l a t t e r b y H . S . B e a n ,
s e n io r p h y s ic is t , N a t io n a l b u r e a u o f
s t a n d a r d s , W a s h in g t o n , a n d S . R .
B e it le r ,
a s s o c ia t e
p ro fe s s o r,
m e­
c h a n ic a l
e n g in e e r in g ,
O h io
S ta te
u n i v e r s i t y , C o lu m b u s , O .
F . L . E v e r e t t , a s s is ta n t p ro fe s s o r
e n g in e e r in g d iv is io n , D e t r o it E d is o n
C o ., D e t r o i t , d e s c r ib e d a n i n v e s t i ­
m a y , t h e r e f o r e , b e in f lu e n c e d b y a s
m a n y f a c t o r s a s e n c o u n te re d in th e
c o r r o s io n o f s t e e l.
c r it ic a l
d u c in g a n e w s u r f a c e f ilm o n th e
s t e e l ; a n d ( 5 ) i t i s n o t n e c e s s a r y to
h a v e a n a p p l i e d lo a d o n t h e s t e e l to
p ro d u c e c r a c k in g .
c id e n t a lly , is b e in g c o n d u c te d u n d e r
a
c o o p e r a t iv e
a g re e m e n t b e tw e e n
th e
jo in t re s e a r c h
c o m m itte e
on
in .
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th e jo in t a u s p ic e s o f th e r e s e a r c h
c o m m it t e e s
on
b o ile r
fe e d w a te r
on
o n ly in t e r m it t e n t ly in a b o ile r ; (4 )
s o m e s u b s t a n c e s u s e d to p r e v e n t
c r a c k in g d o s o b y c h a n g in g o r p r o ­
o f e n g in e e r in g m e c h a n ic s , U n iv e r ­
s i t y o f M i c h i g a n , A n n A r b o r , M i c h .,
and
A rth u r
M c C u t c h a n , e n g in e e r ,
b o ile r f e e d w a t e r s t u d ie s a n d
th e
U n it e d S t a t e s b u r e a u o f m in e s , in ­
d ic a t e t h a t t h e c r a c k i n g d e p e n d s t o
a m a rk e d e x te n t o n th e s u rfa c e c o n ­
d it io n s p r o d u c e d o n t h e s t e e l a n d
and
t u r e a n d s o lu t io n c o n d it io n s m u s t
be
q u it e
a c c u r a te ly
a d ju s t e d
to
p ro m o te
c r a c k in g ,
it
m ay
occur
H o w e v e r , th e a u t h o r s s a id th e r e ­
s u lt s o f t h e ir e x p e r im e n t , w h ic h , in ­
p r e s s u r e s t e a m b o ile r s a t t r a c t e d a n
u n e x p e c t e d ly la r g e a t t e n d a n c e . T h e
s e s s io n w a s m o v e d to la r g e r q u a r ­
t e r s , b u t e v e n t h e y w e r e n o t la r g e
e n o u g h , w it h m a n y u n a b le to g e t
s t e a m b o ile r s .
F ir s t o n th e p ro g ra m
s o lu t io n s o f d if f e r e n t c o m p o s it io n s
m a y p r o m o te f a il u r e ; (2 ) s in c e th e
r e a c t io n s m a y b e s t a r t e d o r sto p p e d
b y s u r f a c e c o n d it io n s o n t h e s t e e l,
t h e y w i l l b e e x t r e m e l y s e n s i t i v e to
s m a ll c h a n g e s ; (3 ) s in c e t e m p e r a ­
d u c e d i n s o d iu m h y d r o x i d e s o l u t i o n s
c o n t a in in g a n u m b e r o f s u b s t a n c e s
o t h e r t h a n s o d iu m s ilic a t e , a n d t h e
p a r t ic u la r a g e n t w h ic h m u s t be a d d ­
e d to t h e s o d iu m h y d r o x id e d e p e n d s
u p o n th e te m p e ra tu re a n d
c o n d i­
t io n s o f th e t e s t . C e r t a in c h e m ic a ls ,
t h e y s a id , m a y b e s u b s t it u t e d f o r
t h e s o d iu m
h y d r o x id e it s e lf , s u c h
a s s o d iu m , o r e v e n a d ilu t e n it r i c
a c id s o lu t io n .
S u m m a r iz in g
v a r io u s r e s u lt s o f
t h e i r t e s t s , t h e y c o n c lu d e d ( 1 ) n o t
o n ly o n e s o lu t io n b u t a v a r ie t y o f
g a t io n o f a p ip e m a n if o ld h a v in g a
f u l l s i z e w e ld e d b r a n c h c o n n e c t i o n .
T e s t s w e re m a d e b e fo re a n d a ft e r
a p p ly in g a r in g - s iz e d r e in f o r c e m e n t
to
th e
m a n if o ld
a ro u n d
th e
b ra ss
p ip e a n d r e s u lt s o f t h e s e t e s t s w e r e
t a b u la t e d .
W h ile p e r m a n e n t
d is t o r t io n
of
a
lo c a liz e d
n a tu re
o c c u rre d
on
th-e
s id e s o f t h e r e in f o r c e d m a n if o ld a t
a p r e s s u r e o n ly 7 0 p e r c e n t o f th e
p r e s s u r e c a lc u la t e d to c a u s e y ie ld in g
o f t h e p ip e p r o p e r , e v e n t u a l f a ilu r e
o c c u r r e d in t h e p ip e o u t s id e o f th e
r e in fo r c e d
r e g io n .
T h is
b e h a v io r
w as
th a t
e x p l a i n e d o n t h e s u p p o s it i o n
th e
lo a d
w as
r e d is t r ib u t e d
th ro u g h su c h
lo c a l y ie ld in g u n t il
t h e r e in f o r c e d r e g io n a r o u n d th e
b r a n c h w a s a b le to s u p p o r t t h e f u l l
lo a d r e q u i r e d t o p r o d u c e f a i l u r e in
t h e p ip e r e m o t e f r o m t h e b r a n c h .
The
a u th o rs
c o n c lu d e d
r e in fo r c e ­
m e n t o f t h is s o r t w a s a d e q u a te fo r
th e
p u r p o s e in t e n d e d .
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PHILADELPHIA DIVISION, PHILADELPHIA, 1
D e p e n d a b le C ra n e O p e ra tio n
V ita lly
I m p o r t a n t in M o v e m e n t o f M a t e r ia ls
■ O V ER H EA D
t r a v e lin g
c ra n e s
p la y s u c h a v i t a l p a r t in t h e m o v e ­
m e n t o f m a t e r i a l s o f a l l k i n d s in
c o n n e c t io n w it h t h e v a r io u s s t a g e s
o f ir o n a n d s t e e l m a n u f a c t u r e t h a t
th e n e c e s s it y o f k e e p in g t h e m in
ste a d y
o p e r a t io n
cannot
be
o ve re s­
t im a t e d .
h a v e a v a i l a b l e p r o d u c t s w h i c h w o u ld
m e e t t e m p e r a t u r e c o n d it io n s r a n g ­
in g f r o m b e lo w z e r o — a s in th e
c a s e o f y a r d c r a n e s o p e r a t in g o u t ­
B Y E D W IN J. R YAN
and
N. M . KIENER
New York and New Jersey
Lubricant Co., New York
S u c h e q u ip m e n t is s u b je c t to c o n ­
tin u a l h e a v y u s e a n d on s o m e o c c a ­
s io n s to u n a v o id a b le a b u s e . L u b r i ­
c a t io n
w h ic h
w ill
d e p e n d a b ly
p ro ­
te c t b e a r in g s , is , t h e r e f o r e , o f v i t a l
im p o r t a n c e
f ic i e n t
and
i n o r d e r to
e c o n o m ic a l
in s u r e e f ­
o p e r a t io n ,
g u a r d in g a g a in s t b e a r in g f a il u r e s
w h ic h in t e r r u p t p r o d u c t io n s c h e d ­
u le s
and
p en se
b r in g
fo r
about
a
A n o th e r
p o in t
of
in g s
in
su ch
a
For
t h is
re a so n
a ll
o v e rh e a d
t r a v e lin g
b e e lim in a t e d .
d r ip p a g e
c ra n e s
fro m
s h o u ld
M a n u fa c tu re rs
of
th e se
c ra n e s
I'.a v e s t u d i e d t h i s p r o b l e m f r o m t h e
s t a n d p o in t o f im p r o v e d b e a r in g p e r ­
ex­
fo r m a n c e a n d p r e v e n t io n o f lu b r i­
c a n t le a k a g e f o r m a n y y e a r s . E a c h
p a r t ic u la r
im ­
year
been
p o rta n c e is th a t th e p r o d u c ts s e ­
le c t e d m u s t n o t o n l y l u b r i c a t e b e a r ­
m anner
as
to
con­
N e w e r ty p e s o f c ra n e
m a d e d u r in g
n ot p re se n t
heavy
r e p a ir s .
d o o rs — to th e h ig h t e m p e r a t u r e s
e n c o u n t e r e d in t h e o p e r a t io n o f th e
h e a v ie s t la d le c r a n e s .
d e fin it e
im p r o v e m e n t s
have
m a d e in t h e c r a n e b e a r in g s
p r o p e r a n d th e m e a n s p r o v id e d
p r e v e n t e s c a p e o f lu b r ic a n t s .
to
in s t a lla t io n
th e p a s t fe w y e a r s do
th e
sam e
d if f ic u lt ie s
w i t h r e g a r d to l u b r i c a t i o n
e q u ip m e n t . M o d e r n c r a n e s
a s o ld e r
a re u su ­
a l l y e q u ip p e d t h r o u g h o u t w it h a n t i­
f r ic t io n b e a r in g s a n d o il t ig h t g e a r
c a s e s , m in im iz in g th e p r o b le m
of
d r ip p a g e . H o w e v e r , t h e
s e le c t io n
of
th e p r o p e r lu b r ic a n t s is o f g r e a t im ­
p o r ta n c e , a s th e s e lu b r ic a n t s m u s t
p ro te c t
and
th e
th e
b a ll
g e a rs
or
fro m
r o lle r
w e a r.
b e a r in g s
It
is
of
e v e n g r e a t e r im p o r t a n c e t h a t e v e r y
p r e c a u tio n b e t a k e n b y th e m a in ­
t e n a n c e f o r c e to k e e p th e
a b s o 'u t e ly f r e e f r o m d ir t .
lu b r ic a n t
s t a n t ly c o n t r o l f r ic t io n a l w e a r , b u t
th e y m u s t n o t d r ip o r le a k . G r e a s e s
L u b r i c a n t m a n u f a c t u r e r s to o , h a v e
b e e n a liv e to th e n e c e s s it y o f p e r ­
th a t m e lt a n d r u n o u t a n d o ils w h ic h
ex­
f e c t in g lu b r ic a n t s w h ic h w o u ld m e e t
s a t i s f a c t o r i ly th e w id e r a n g e o f o p ­
lu b r ic a n t s a r e b e in g u s e d f o r th e
lu b r ic a t io n o f b a ll a n d r o lle r b e a r ­
p e n s iv e to u s e , t h e y a ls o a r e a c o n ­
t in u o u s s o u r c e o f d a m a g e to s e m i­
e ra t in g
c o n d it io n s
e n c o u n te re d
in
s t e e l m ill p r a c t ic e . T h e y h a v e s t e a d ­
in g s . S u c h l u b r i c a n t s r e q u i r e l e s s
a t t e n t io n t h a n o ils a n d , i f p r o p e r ly
f in is h e d
ily
m ade,
d r ip
a re
n o t o n ly
and
w a ste fu l and
f in is h e d
s te e l p ro d u c ts.
im p r o v e d
lu b r ic a n t s
so
as
to
W it h
fe w
have
e x c e p t io n s , g r e a s e
v e ry
lit t le
ty p e
te n d e n c y
to
C r a n e
b r i d g e
e q u ip p e d w it h p la in
tr a c k w h e e l jo u r n a l s
is s h o w n a t le f t . A t
r ig h t is la d le c r a n e
b r id g e w it h
a n t i­
friction
bearing
t r a c k w h e e ls . P h o t o s
co u rte sy
M orga n
E n g in e e r in g C o .
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53
com e
t io n s
up fo r
w it h in
d is c u s s io n a t c o n v e n ­
th e p a s t f iv e o r s ix
y e a r s . S p e c ia l d e v ic e s f o r a p p ly in g
lu b r ic a n t s , a s w e ll a s lu b r ic a n t s d e­
s ig n e d to c o p e w it h d if f ic u lt ie s e x ­
p e r i e n c e d , h a v e b e e n d e v e lo p e d d u r ­
i n g t h i s p e r io d .
I n a m a jo r it y o f s te e l m ill in s t a l­
la t io n s , b o th b r id g e a n d t r o l le y a x le s
a r e fit t e d w it h M C B t y p e jo u r n a l s .
C o m m o n p r a c t ic e in t h e p a s t h a s
b e e n f o r th e c r a n e o p e ra t o r to p a c k
escap e fro m
t h e b e a r in g c lo s u r e s .
I n m o s t c a s e s , g r e a s e s a r e a p p li e d
th r o u g h th e u s e o f f it t in g s b y m e a n s
s t e e l m il l m o t o r s e q u ip p e d w it h r u in
th e jo u r n a ls w it h w o o l w a s t e . T h is
in t u r n w a s s a t u r a t e d w i t h b l a c k
o ilin g t y p e b e a r in g s . W h ile t h e r in g
o ilin g p r in c ip le it s e lf is a n e x c e lle n t
o il. A d d it io n a l b la c k o il w a s a d d e d
a t fr e q u e n t in t e r v a ls . I n s o m e c a s e s ,
of
h a n d -o p e ra te d
p re ssu re
g u n s.
T h i s m e t h o d a l l o w s t h e o p e r a t o r to
in s p e c t th e c r a n e a t t h e t im e o f
lu b r ic a t io n .
o n e , m o to r s o f t h is ty p e in s o m e in ­
sta n c e s h a v e p ro ve d a n e v e r p re se n t
so u rc e o f a n n o y a n c e an d e xp e n se .
w h e r e d r ip p a g e is o f m in o r im p o r t ­
a n c e , t h i s p r o c e d u r e i s s t i l l b e in g
R e c e n t ly m a n y c r a n e s , e s p e c ia lly
th o s e o p e ra te d in o p e n h e a r t h d e ­
U n le s s
le c t e d ,
one
th e lu b r ic a n t is p r o p e r ly s e ­
o il is a p t to t h r o w o u t o f
end
of
th e
b e a r in g
to
d r ip
on
f o ll o w e d . I t a p p e a r s to b e a n i n e x ­
p e n s iv e m e th o d o f lu b r ic a t io n , b u t
th e r e v e r s e c a n r e a d ily b e d e m o n ­
stra te d .
p a r t m e n t s in la r g e m ills , h a v e b e e n
e q u ip p e d
w it h
m a n u a lly - o p e r a t e d ,
c e n t r a liz e d ,
lu b r ic a t in g
sy ste m s.
Th ese
h a v e so f a r p ro v e d
s a t is ­
sto c k
W h e n it th ro w s o r c re e p s fro m
th e in b o a r d e n d o f t h e m o t o r b e a r ­
in g , t h e o il g e ts o n to c o m m u t a t o r s
a n d s a f e t y in s p e c t io n s c a llè d f o r d e ­
fa c to ry .
a n d w i n d i n g s . W i n d i n g s b e c o m e o ilso aked ,
q u ic k ly
d e t e r io r a t e
and
th e re is d a n g e r o f a s h o r t - c ir c u it
t h e f ir s t im p r o v e d m e t h o d s w a s th e
u s e o f c o u n t e r - b a l a n c e d p a d d le s i n ­
E m p lo y e d
S e v e ra l
D e n s it ie s
U n t il r e c e n t ly , d u e to th e l i m i t a ­
t io n s o f o ld e r t y p e s o f g r e a s e s , it
w a s fo u n d n e c e s s a r y to e m p lo y s e v ­
e r a l d e n s it ie s to m e e t t h e w id e r a n g e
of
o p e r a t in g
c o n d it io n s ,
s in c e
a
g r e a s e s o f t e n o u g h to lu b r ic a t e p o s i­
t i v e ly o n c r a n e s e x p o s e d to lo w o u t ­
s id e t e m p e r a t u r e s w o u ld n o t b e s a t ­
is f a c t o r y o n b e a r in g s s u b je c t to th e
h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e s a n d h e a v y lo a d s
e n c o u n te re d
on
la d le
c ra n e s,
p e rs an d fu rn a c e c h a rg e rs.
T h is
n eed fo r c a r r y in g
s t r ip ­
se v e ra l
d if fe r e n t g ra d e s in s t o c k w a s a n u i­
san ce
to b e g in w i t h , a n d i t p r e ­
s e n t e d a c o n s t a n t p r o b le m a s t h e r e
w a s a lw a y s a p o s s ib ilit y o f th e c r a n e
o p e r a t o r o r o ile r u s in g th e w r o n g
g r a d e . T o d a y , t h is tr o u b le h a s b e e n
p r a c t ic a lly o v e rc o m e b y th e p e r fe c ­
t io n
o f g re a se
ty p e
p ro d u c ts
w h ic h
h a v e p r o v e d o u t s t a n d in g b y t h e ir
a b il it y to lu b r ic a t e p e r f e c t ly u n d e r
w id e r a n g e s o f t e m p e r a t u r e a n d o p ­
e r a t in g c o n d it io n s .
Som e
c o n c e rn s
have
fu rth e r
im ­
p r o v e d th e s e w id e r a n g e p r o d u c t s
b y t h e a d d it io n o f e x t r e m e p r e s s u r e
e le m e n t s w h ic h e n a b le t h e ir p r o d ­
u c t s n o t o n ly to w it h s t a n d th e h ig h ­
e s t h e a t e n c o u n te re d d u rin g o v e r­
h e a d c r a n e o p e r a t i o n , b u t a l s o to
c o p e s u c c e s s f u lly w it h h ig h b e a r in g
o v e r lo a d .
T h e r e a re s t ill m a n y th o u s a n d s o f
and
In c re a s e d
u n d e rn e a th .
a
m o to r
“ b u r n - o u t .”
O n n e w e r ty p e c r a n e s t r o lle y a n d
b r id g e s h a f t b e a r i n g s a r e u s u a l l y
o f t h e a n t i f r i c t i o n m o d e l. O n o l d e r
cra n e s
th e y
a re
e it h e r
p la in ,
bab­
b it t o r b r o n z e s le e v e , a n d i n v a r i­
a b ly g r e a s e lu b r ic a t e d . A p p lic a t io n
is
m a in ly
by
m eans
of
in d iv id u a l
f it t in g s o r h a n d -o p e ra te d p r e s s u r e
g u n s . C o m p r e s s io n c u p s a n d g r a v i t y
fe e d
p in
lim it e d
Such
cup s
a re
b e in g
u sed
to
a
e x te n t.
o ld e r
ty p e s
of
b e a r in g s
re ­
q u ir e c a r e f u l s e le c t io n o f t h e l u ­
b r ic a n t a n d p r o p e r a p p lic a t io n is o f
th e
u tm o st
im p o r t a n c e .
The
p ro d ­
u c t s e le c t e d m u s t b e a b le to w it h ­
s t a n d w id e r a n g e s o f o p e r a t in g t e m ­
p e ra tu re s,
and
be
s is t th e n e c e s s a r ily
p r e s s u r e p r e s e n t in
a b le
a ls o
to
re ­
h i g h e r b e a r in g
p la in b e a r in g s .
r ig id it y
in
p r o d u c tio n
t e r m i n e d e f f o r t s t o f in d b e t t e r w a y s
o f lu b r ic a t in g s u c h b e a r in g s . O n e o f
s t a l l e d i n t h e j o u r n a l s to h o ld h e a v y
g r e a s e s in c o n t a c t w it h t h e b e a r in g s
a t a ll tim e s .
P re v e n te d
D r ip p a g e
T h i s m e t h o d , in c o m b in a t io n w it h
s p e c ia l
h ig h
te m p e ra tu re
g re a se s
p ro v e d s a t is f a c t o r y fr o m th e s ta n d ­
p o in t o f p r e v e n t i n g d r i p p a g e . L a t e r
i t w a s f o u n d t h a t , in s o m e in s t a n c e s ,
c r a n e s w o u ld s lo w u p c o n s id e r a b ly .
D if f ic u lt y w a s a ls o e x p e r ie n c e d b e­
c a u s e l u b r i c a n t d id n o t f e e d u p o n
th e
f la n g e s
d e p e n d a b ly .
F la n g e s
w e re
o fte n
cut
o ff
b ecau se
o f t h is
f a i l u r e o f lu b r ic a n t to r e a c h
p r o p e r p o in t . C o u n t e r - b a la n c e d
d le s
a re
s t ill
u sed
on
so m e
th e
pad­
c ra n e s,
b u t m a i n l y f o r l i g h t lo a d s a n d s h o r t
h a u ls .
O n e b e t t e r s o l u t i o n w a s s o o n d is ­
c o v e r e d in t h e u s e o f f e lt w ic k o il­
e rs
w h e re
th e
w ic k
is
k e p t in
con­
F a i l u r e to s t a n d u p u n d e r e it h e r
c o n d i t io n w i l l b r i n g a b o u t b e a r i n g
t a c t w it h th e jo u r n a l b y m e a n s o f
s p r in g s . M ills e x p e r im e n t in g w it h
h e a t a n d lu b r ic a n t d r ip p a g e . F u r t h e r
in a b ilit y to lu b r ic a t e p r o p e r ly w il l
r e s u lt in d a m a g e to t h e b e a r in g s .
s a t is fa c t o r y o f a ll m e th o d s. I n co m ­
b in a t io n w it h t h e p i'o p e r lu b r ic a n t
B e a r in g s
on
b r id g e
and
t r o lle y
t h is p r a c t ic e h a v e fo u n d i t th e m o st
t r a c k w h e e l jo u r n a ls a r e a d m it t e d ly
i t g o e s a lo n g w a y t o w a r d p r e v e n t ­
in g t r o u b le s p r e v io u s l y e x p e r ie n c e d .
t h e s o u r c e o f m o r e d r ip p a g e o n to
r a ils , g ir d e r s a n d s t o c k u n d e rn e a th
t h a n a n y o t h e r b e a r in g s o n c r a n e s .
S o m u c h s o in f a c t , t h a t t h is m e th o d
is b e in g m o r e a n d m o r e e x t e n s iv e ly
u se d f o r t r a c k w h e e l jo u r n a l lu b r i­
A
c a tio n .
A w o rd
g re a t
p a id
to
t r o u b le ,
d e a l o f a t t e n t io n
m e th o d s
m o re
has
o f p r e v e n tin g
e s p e c ia lly
as
it
been
t h is
has
o f c a u t io n
i s w i s e a t t h is
(P le a s e tu r n to P a g e 8 3 )
L e ft
v ie w
show s
a t r o lle y e q u ip p e d
th ro u g h o u t
w it h
a n t ifr ic tio n
bear­
in g s , w h ile a t r ig h t
is a
tr o lle y w it h
p la in b e a r in g s
54
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N the material handling service o f today, in which electric indus­
trial truck and battery alike must be packed with giant power and
endurance, operators in every industry have found that the Exide-Ironclad Battery is a sure means o f speeding up the work and cutting costs.
Their own records bear this out. Above,
you see some o f their comments. The ExideIronclad Battery has demonstrated, not only
that it has more than ample power for heavy
loads, with a sustained voltage that assures
continued good speeds, but that it is troublefree, exceedingly easy to care for, and so long
lived it far outlives its guarantee in many
instances. Write for free booklet, “ In Select­
ing Any Motive Power Battery—BE SURE.”
E x i& e
IR O N C L A D
BATTERIES
W ith E x id e M IP O R S e p a r a t o r s
"MIPOR," Reg. U. S. Pal. Off.
T H E E L E C T R I C S T O R A G E B A T T E R Y C O ., P h ila d e lp h ia
The World's Largest Manufacturers of Storage Batteries for Every Purpose
E xid e Batteries o f Canada, Lim ited , To ro n to
Decem ber 13, 1937
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less
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M A C H iN f
r
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a
D e sig n e rs
P ra y e r
S TEELS w h ich m e e t th e e x a c tin g r e q u ir e m e n ts
o f e v e r y p a r t f o r w h ich th ey a r e to he u sed.
S T E E L S w h ich c o m e tr u e to s p e c ific a tio n s w ith
s tr ik in g u n ifo r m it y o r d e r a f t e r o r d e r .
S T E E LS a v a ila b le in a n y n ee d e d f o r m f o r m o s t
e fficien t w o r k in g a n d fa b r ic a t i o n .
IT H IN
W
has
vast
and
re c e n t
b eco m e
y e a rs
a vast
th e
and
m e t a llu r g y
so c o m p le x t h a t w it h in
C o r p o r a t io n
S u b s id ia r ie s
o f s te e ls
c o m p le x s p e c ia lt y — so
a lo n e
U n it e d
th e re
S ta te s
a re
t o r ie s fo r t e s t in g a n d r e s e a r c h , m o re t h a n
89
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S te e l
la b o r a ­
1 7 0 0 t e c h n i­
U S S HIGH TENSILE STEELS
c ia n s .
T o
T o ca rry high unit stresses and reduce
weight to a minimum.
t h e m a c h in e o r p r o d u c t d e s ig n e r t h is h a s p r o b a ­
b l y b e e n t h e g r e a t e s t s i n g le f a c t o r in o p e n i n g t h e w a y
to
im p r o v e m e n t .
com m on
ste e l
U n fe tte re d
he
has
been
by
a b le
th e
to
lim it a t io n s
m eet
e v e ry
need
U S S HEAT-RESISTING STEEL
To endure temperatures disastrous to
other metals.
b e m e t.
B u t i f t h i s w id e n e d r a n g e in s t e e ls h a s in c r e a s e d t h e
o p p o r t u n it ie s
new
Io resist corrosive environments, to
give high tensile strength with m ini­
mum weight, to insure permanence.
of
c r e a t e d b y h is d e s ig n s , c o n f id e n t t h a t h is r e q u ir e m e n t s
c o u ld
U S S STAINLESS STEELS
f o r d e s ig n e r s , it
p r o b le m — h o w
w ill s e rv e
s te e l w ill
h is
to
know
p u rp o se
p r o v id e
b ro u g h t
at
lo w e s t
U-S-S CARILLOY ALLO Y STEELS
it . a
o r ty p e s
To strengthen vital parts sucli as
springs, bearings, gears. Special analy­
ses for every purpose.
of
m a n u f a c t u r in g
U-S-S CONTROLLED STEELS
Carbon steels for forging, forming,
heat treating and machining.
m e t a l lu r g i s t a ls o ?
F o r t u n a t e l y n o t . T h a t is w h e r e U ' S ' S
in . W e
w it h
ju s t w h a t s p e c if ic a t io n s
b e s t, w h a t g ra d e s
e f fic ie n c y
c o st. M u s t he tu rn
has
n o t o n ly m a k e e v e r y k in d
s e r v ic e c o m e s
o f s t e e l, b u t w it h in
U-S-S A B R A S IO N -R E S IS T IN G
STEELS
To reduce abrasive wear, cut down
replacements, reduce maintenance
costs.
t h e s e s u b s i d i a r i e s is a c o r p s o f s p e c i a l i s t s in t h e i r u s e —
m e t a llu r g is t s
f o llo w
th ro u g h
and
s a le s
w it h
you
e n g in e e r s
fro m
w ho
a re ; re a d y
d r a f t in g
ro o m
w h o w ill n o t s to p u n t il th e r ig h t s o lu t io n
th e
jo b
in
h a n d . T h is
s e r v ic e
is y o u r s
T h i s is t h e f u l l m e a n in g o f U ’ S ' S
A M E R IC A N
to
to sh o p ,
is f o u n d
fo r th e
AND MANY OTHERS
fo r
a s k in g .
in all wanted forms— sheets, plate,
bars, tubing w ire, strip, etc. W rite
describing need.
in s t e e l.
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TEN N ESSEE
York
and C hicago
Changing Fuels in the Steel Mill
■ O N E O F t h e p r o b l e m s in s t e e l
m i l l m a n a g e m e n t is t h a t o f s e le c t ­
in g a c o r r e c t f u e l p o lic y .
So m an y
f a c t o r s a r e i n v o l v e d t h a t t h e c h o ic e
o f f u e ls is s o m e t im e s d if f ic u lt to
m a k e . E s p e c ia lly is t h is so , a s e v e r y
d is t r ic t a n d c o m m u n it y th ro u g h o u t
t h e U n it e d S t a t e s h a s a d if fe r e n t
s c h e d u le o f f u e l p r ic e s .
O f in t e r e s t is a r e c e n t s h i f t to
g a s f u e l b y F o l l a n s b e e B r o s . C o .,
P it t s b u r g h , w it h a s t e e l p la n t a n d
s h e e t m i l l i n T o r o n t o , O ., a n d s h e e t
B Y J. B. NE ALE Y
A m e r ic a n
G as
s t a n d a r d f u e l. E c o n o m ie s , in c r e a s e d
o u tp u t
and
im p r o v e d
q u a lit y
of
p r o d u c t h a v e r e s u lt e d , i t is c la im e d .
W it h th e f o r m e r f u e ls s u lp h u r lo w ­
e re d th e q u a lit y o f f in is h a n d th e
A s s o c ia t io n
r e s u lt in g p e r c e n ta g e o f s e c o n d s w a s
a b n o r m a lly h ig h . T h i s s it u a t io n w a s
a n d t in p la t e m il ls in F o lla n s b e e ,
W . Va.
F o r y e a r s t h e f u r n a c e s in
th e se p la n t s h a d b e e n h e a te d w it h
p r o d u c e r g a s , c o a l o r o il.
E x p e r i­
e n c e g a in e d i n e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h
s u lt s w it h g a s , m a in t e n a n c e o n m a ­
c h in e r y h a s b e e n c u t a p p r e c ia b ly
a ll
fu e ls
a d o p t io n
a s f o r m e r l y w e a r o n b e a r in g s a n d
o th e r m e c h a n ic a l p a r t s b y g r it a n d
f in a lly
r e s u lt e d
of
n a tu ra l
gas
in
as
th e
th e
s p e e d ily c o r r e c t e d w it h g a s .
I n a d d it io n to o t h e r f a v o r a b le
re ­
B e lo w is a v ie w o f in g o t h e a t in g f u r n a c e
w it h d o o r s o p e n t o s h o w t h e g a s b u r n e r p o r t s ,
p r io r t o t h e a d o p t i o n o f e n d fir in g .
R ig h t
v ie w s h o w s c o m b u s t i o n s y s t e m a n d g a s b u r n e r s
lo c a t e d f o r e n d fir in g o f o n e o f t h e in g o t h e a t ­
in g f u r n a c e s . T h is fu r n a c e h e a t s 114 in g o t s
p e r d a y w it h 312,000 c u b i c fe e t o f ga s
58
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Full-range, High
Plate to LightV O I I
Performance, from Heaviest
Welding
5735
thl
pend
N E M A rated Ford-engine
powered d-c welder to work for yoi
can h a v e b oth a w ide w eld in g ran ge an d h ig h -q u a lity o u t­
p u t a t e v e ry poin t in th a t ran ge w hen y o u b u y a G - E single-
o p erato r a rc w elder, w ith its new , im p ro ved fea tu res o f design and
perfo rm an ce. S te p up the cu rren t to fu ll c a p a c ity , cu t it dow n to a m ere
trick le, or set it a n yw h e re in b etw een — e x h a u stiv e tests b oth in our
fa c to ry an d in the field p ro ve th a t y o u ’ll ge t a “ p e p p y ,” sta b le a rc a t all
poin ts in th e en tire ran ge. T h e G - E set m eets N a v y sp eci­
ficatio n s on e v e r y a d ju stm e n t.
T h is e x c lu siv e
fe a tu re is ju s t one o f m a n y ; y o u ’ll like
them a ll. A sk the n earest G - E a rc-w eld in g d istrib u to r or
G - E sales office to d a y for full in fo rm atio n . Or sim p ly fill
out th e cou pon
h ead q u arters.
and
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U G G E D , brute strength construction is
the keynote in mill application. Dings
Mill T ype M agnetic Clutches are as strong
as the powerful motors that drive them.
N ot only are Dings stronger but feature
after feature make them better— (1) Steel
Hubs for greater tensile strength — not
cast iron as others use. (2) Large friction
wearing surface for longer, dependable life.
(3) Perfect means o f adjustment for screw
down synchronization and wear. (4) Capscrews securely locked so they can’t come
loose.
(5) Specially designed grease de­
flector which allows no grease to reach the
friction surface whether in m otion or at rest.
W ithout maximum clutch efficiency, fre­
quent shutdowns and tie-ups are in order
60
with its resultant production loss and ma­
terial waste. Let Dings Mill T ype Clutches
solve your problem as they have done in
such plants as Republic Steel Corp., Jones
& Laughlin Steel Corp., Ford M otor Co.,
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Otis Steel Co.,
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., and many
others.
D IN G S
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M A G N E T IC
STREET
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S h e e t m i l l f u r n a c e s h o w in g th e
c o m b u s tio n sy s te m a n d lo c a tio n
o f t h e g a s b u r n e r s . T h is fu r n a c e
h a s s h o w n b e t t e r p r o d u c t i o n s in c e
c o n v e r s io n
d ir t w a s a c o n s id e r a b le f a c t o r .
Re­
f r a c t o r y m a in t e n a n c e a ls o h a s b e e n
r e d u c e d m a t e r i a ll y a n d t h e r e is n o w
a m u c h b e t t e r d is t r ib u t io n o f h e a t
in th e f u r n a c e s .
C lo g g in g o f th e
p r o d u c e r g a s b u r n e r s w it h t a r a ls o
w a s a d ra w b a c k th a t h a s b een e lim i­
n a te d w it h f le x ib le n a t u r a l g a s .
R e b u ild
F u rn a c e s
T o e ffe c t th e c h a n g e o v e r, p r a c t i­
c a l l y a l l o f t h e f u r n a c e s h a d to b e
r e b u ilt a n d t h is w a s d o n e d u r in g
w e e k e n d s h u td o w n s b y th e m a in ­
te n a n c e c r e w a n d w it h in th e m a in ­
te n a n c e b u d g e t.
T h e jo b w a s a c ­
c o m p lis h e d d u r in g t h e b u s ie s t p e ­
r io d e v e r e x p e r ie n c e d b y t h is c o m ­
p a n y a n d w it h o u t a n y in t e r f e r e n c e
w it h p r o d u c t io n .
In s t e a d o f s o a k in g p it s t h e r e a r e
f o u r in g o t r e h e a t in g f u r n a c e s , e a c h
3 0 f e e t lo n g , o n e o f w h ic h h a s b e e n
r e c e n t l y c o n v e r t e d f r o m o i l to g a s
f ir in g .
T h i s c h a n g e in c r e a s e d it s o u tp u t
a n d g iv e s t h e in g o t s a b e t t e r g r a in
stru c tu re .
T h e g a s b u rn e rs w e re
f ir s t p la c e d in th e b a c k w a l ls b u t
f la m e
im p in g e m e n t
a ffe c te d
th e
f r o n t d o o rs a d v e r s e ly . B u r n e r s w e re
th e n s e t a t e a c h e n d o f th e fu r n a c e ,
b u t f ir in g is f r o m o n ly o n e e n d a t
a tim e .
R e v e r s a ls a r e m a d e th e
s a m e a s w it h th e o il f ir in g .
W it h
g a s f ir in g p r e h e a te d a i r is n o t u s e d ,
th e re a s o n
b e in g
th a t a
co rre c t
a ir - g a s r a t io a t a l l t im e s is c o n ­
s id e re d
m o re
a d v a n ta g e o u s
th a n
a n y in c r e a s e in e f f ic ie n c y d u e to th e
u se o f h o t a ir .
T h is a rra n g e m e n t
c o rr e c te d th e t ro u b le a n d e ffe c te d
T h e s e a n n e a lin g f u r n a c e s w ere
co n v e rte d
by
p la c i n g
th e
ga s
b u r n e r s in t h e r o o f so a s t o fire
s tr a ig h t d o w n o n th e w o rk . T h ere
a re t w o ro w s o£ b u r n e r s
December 13, 1937
s o m e re d u c t io n in
o v e r b a c k f ir in g .
g a s c o n s u m p t io n
T h e g a s b u r n e r u s e d h e r e is b u ilt
i n a c o m p le t e u n i t w i t h a g o v e r n o r
b y w h ic h t h e p r o p e r a ir - g a s r a t io is
m a in t a in e d a t a l l r a t e s o f f lo w a n d
w it h s in g le v a l v e o p e r a t io n .
Any
d e s ir e d f la m e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c m a y b e
s e c u r e d b y m e a n s o f t h e f la m e c o n ­
t r o l a d ju s t m e n t w it h o u t c h a n g in g
th e
m ix t u i’e
s e t t in g .
W h ile
th e
b u r n e r is c o m p a r a t iv e ly
re c e iv e d
ra th e r
w id e
a m o n g s te e l m ills .
n e w it h a s
a c c e p ta n c e
H e a t M o re In g o ts
W h e n o il w a s e m p lo y e d e a c h f u r ­
n a c e b u rn e d 72 g a llo n s p e r h o u r
o r 1 7 2 8 g a llo n s p e r d a y w h ic h a t
5 c e n ts
p e r g a ll o n ' a m o u n t e d
to
$ 8 6 .4 0 .
A s o n l y 8 4 i n g o t s c o u ld b e
h e a te d in t h is t im e th e f u e l c o s t f o r
h e a t in g
each
in g o t
to t a le d
$ 1 .0 3 .
W it h
g a s , 1 1 4 in g o t s a r e h e a t e d
w i t h 3 1 2 ,0 0 0 c u b i c f e e t o f g a s p e r
d a y . T h is e q u a ls 2 7 3 7 c u b ic f e e t p e r
in g o t , w h i c h , a t 2 .8 c e n t s p e r t h e r m
a m o u n t s t o o n l y 7 6 .6 c e n t s p e r
g o t, a s a v in g o f a b o u t 26 c e n ts .
in ­
A s p e c ia l f o r g in g p r e s s t a k e s th e
p la c e o f t h e u s u a l b r e a k d o w n m il l.
T h is s te a m h y d r a u lic p r e s s e x e r t s
p r e s s u r e o f 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 t o n s o n t h e i n ­
g o t , w h i c h i s 1 2 Vi i n c h e s s q u a r e
a n d 5 Vi f e e t lo n g .
T h e h o t in g o t
is t h u s w o r k e d d o w n to 5 % in c h e s
s q u a r e w h e n a 3 0 - in c h b a r m i l l r e ­
d u c e s i t to s h e e t b a r s t o c k , w h ic h
is t h e n s h e a r e d to le n g t h f o r th e
s h e e t m ill.
T h e 22 s t a n d s o f s h e e t
m ill a r e s e rv e d w it h 10 p a ir a n d
12 s h e e t f u r n a c e s w h ic h h a v e b e e n
( P le a s e tu rn to P a g e 8 2 )
G a s fire d a n n e a lin g fu r n a c e w it h
c o v e r b e in g r a is e d . A ir b lo w e r f o r
t h e c o m b u s t i o n s y s t e m is m o u n t e d
o n t o p a n d t h e g a s b u r n e r s are
lo c a t e d in t h e s id e s o f t h e c o v e r
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h e ld m o l t e n l o n g e n o u g h t o p e r m i t
th e f lu x to r is e to th e s u r f a c e .
I n t h e v a r io u s c la d d in g p r o c e s s e s
w h ic h h a v e b e e n p ro p o s e d a n d t r ie d ,
t h is m a t t e r o f f ilm s , w h e t h e r o f o x ­
id e s o r f l u x , h a s a l w a y s b e e n s e r i o u s .
F a i l u r e to d e a l w i t h i t h a s r e s u l t e d
in m a n y f a ilu r e s .
T h u s , lu b r ic a t io n
e n g in e e r s in d e a lin g w it h t h e ir p r o b ­
le m s h a v e c o n t r ib u t e d m a t e r i a ll y to
th e u n d e r s t a n d in g o f a v e x in g p r o b ­
le m in w e ld in g o f m e t a ls .
S t u d y
L u b r ic a t io n
S o lv e
W
F ilm
to
TN this colum n, the author, well-known
■
e ld in g
L u b r ic a t io n
P r o b le m s
e x p e rts
have
m ade
e x t e n s iv e
in v e s t ig a t io n s
of
th e
stre n g th
o f f ilm s
o f v a r io u s s u b ­
s t a n c e s . M o d e r n h ig h q u a lit y lu b r i ­
c a n t s a r e s e v e r a l th o u s a n d tim e s a s
s t r o n g in t h is r e s p e c t a s o ils p r o ­
d u ce d 20 y e a rs ag o .
F i l m s t r e n g t h is th e r e s is t a n c e o f ­
fe r e d to b r e a k in g o f th e m o le c u la r
b o n d in th e lu b r ic a n t . T h a t t h e r e is
a p a r a ll e l s it u a t io n in w e ld in g h a s
b e c o m e in c r e a s in g ly e v id e n t — p a in ­
f u l a s t h a t f a c t m a y b e to th o s e w h o
h a v e “ k n o w n a l l a b o u t w e ld in g f o r
10 y e a r s .”
T h e s i m i l a r c o n d it io n s s e e m to be
t h o s e in w h ic h t w o f lu x e d a n d h e a te d
s u r f a c e s a r e b e i n g w e ld e d t o g e t h e r
b y a p p lic a t io n o f m e c h a n ic a l p r e s ­
su re .
The
f lu x
has
to
be
sq ueezed
o u t fro m
b e tw e e n th e s u r fa c e s o r
n o w e ld t a k e s p la c e r e g a r d le s s o f
h o w m u c h p r e s s u r e is a p p l i e d .
Un­
P r e s e n t in g
a
-*■ consulting en gin eer in w elding, is given
wide latitude in presenting his views. They
d o not n ecessarily c o in cid e with those of
the editors of STEEL.
d e r in c r e a s in g p r e s s u r e , th e f lu x f ilm
s i m p l y t e n d s to g e t t h i n n e r i f t h e r e
is n o r e a d y e s c a p e p r o v i d e d .
T h u s tw o f la t p la te s w it h f lu x b e ­
t w e e n t h e m c a n b e p i’ e s s e d w i t h a n y
p r e s s u r e s o lo n g a s t h e y a r e n o t c o n ­
f in e d , a n d , w h i l e t h e f l u x w i l l e s c a p e
to s o m e d e g r e e a r o u n d t h e e d g e s ,
th e f ilm b e tw e e n th e m w ill s im p ly
g e t t h in n e r b u t n e v e r q u it e d is a p ­
p e a r.
I n b la c k s m it h a n d h a m m e r w e ld ­
in g th e s u r f a c e s a r e s c a r f e d to p e r ­
m it th e w h o le f ilm to b e s q u e e z e d
o u t b y p r o g r e s s iv e h a m m e r in g .
A ll
t h a t is a c c id e n t a lly t r a p p e d d e t r a c t s
f r o m p e r fe c t f u s io n . I n f u s io n w e ld ­
in g w h e r e f lu x is u s e d , t h e m e t a l is
G r in d e r
a n d
It s
Q u ills
N e e d
T o
N e w
W e ld
In v e n t io n s
S te e l
H o u s e s
■ T h e P r e s i d e n t ’s in s i s t e n t p r e s s u r e
f o r a lo w c o s t h o u s in g p r o g r a m h a s
p r o m p t e d a s u r v e y o f t h e w e ld in g
m e th o d s a v a ila b le f o r fa b r ic a t io n o f
th e s te e l t h a t w il l b e c o m e a n im p o r ­
t a n t m a t e r ia l o f c o n s t r u c t io n in t h is
f ie l d .
I n f a c t o r y b u ilt a s s e m b lie s , t h in
s h e e t m e t a l m a y b e w e ld e d w i t h
s p o t w e ld in g a t h ig h s p e e d s .
The
c o s t is a lr e a d y so lo w t h a t a n y r e a ­
s o n a b le r e d u c t io n w o u ld n o t g r e a t ly
a f f e c t th e f in a l r e s u lt .
B u t a g re a t
d e a l o f n e w e q u ip m e n t o f m o d e rn d e ­
s ig n w ill b e r e q u ir e d .
W h e re m e m ­
b e r s o f t h e a s s e m b ly a r e b u tt e d to ­
g e t h e r o r jo in e d a t r i g h t a n g le s in
e it h e r s h o p o r f ie ld , t h e s it u a t io n
w it h r e f e r e n c e to w e ld in g m e th o d s
is n o t s o f a v o r a b le .
G a s an d a rc
w e ld in g m a y b e u s e d e f f e c t iv e ly b u t
t h e c o s t is h ig h a n d a c o n s id e r a b le
a m o u n t o f s k i l l is r e q u ir e d f o r th e
o p e r a t io n .
C r e a t iv e im a g in a t io n is n e e d e d in
t h e g a s a n d a r c w e ld in g f ie ld s to v i s ­
u a liz e t h e p r o b le m s o f b u ild in g c o n ­
s t r u c t i o n a n d p r o d u c e s o l u t i o n s in
th e fo rm o f a p p a r a t u s a n d m e th o d s
w h ic h d o n o t n o w e x is t .
I t seem s
to m a k e s e n s e to s u p p o s e t h a t t h e
w e ld in g
a p p a ra tu s
s h o u ld
be
so
s im p le th a t c r a f t s m e n c a n u s e it a n d
g e t p r o p e r r e s u lt s w it h t r a in in g o f a
d a y o r tw o .
B
T h is
p ip e
organ
e f fe c t is t h e r e s u lt o£
p h o to g ra p h ic te c h ­
n iq u e e m p lo y e d b y
D u m o r e C o . , R a c in e ,
W is ., in p o r t r a y in g
it s N o . 5 M a s t e r
g r in d e r a n d t h e w id e
r a n g e o f q u il ls a v a il­
a b le f o r it . A ll q u ills
h a v e p o s it iv e l u b r i ­
ca tin g sy ste m a n d
s ix o f t h e m , f o r d e e p
in t e r n a l w o r k , h a v e
t h r e e b a ll b e a r in g s
in s t e a d o f t h e c u s ­
to m a r y tw o
T h i s w o u ld c le a r u p a g r e a t d e a l o f
u n io n d if f ic u lt y e x p e r ie n c e d a t p r e s ­
e n t.
N o o n e c a n b la m e a c a r p e n t e r
f o r n o t w a n t i n g t o lo s e h i s jo b t o a
w e ld e r .
T h e a p p a r a t u s s h o u ld b e
lo w i n p r i c e a n d e a s i l y p o r t a b l e a l ­
t h o u g h b u ilt to s t a n d o u t in a l l k in d s
o f w e a t h e r w i t h o u t b e c o m in g d a m ­
a g e d o r in e f fic ie n t .
F a r f r o m b e in g im p o s s ib le o f s o lu ­
t io n , t h e jo b o f m e e t in g t h e a b o v e
s p e c if ic a t io n s is t y p ic a l o f m a n y t h a t
a r e s o lv e d e v e r y m o n t h in p r o d u c ­
t iv e in d u s t r y . I t is m o r e a q u e s t io n
o f m e n t a l a t t it u d e
th a n f a c ilit ie s .
T h e jo b i s e a s ie r t h a n a n y o f t h e a l­
t e r n a t iv e s s u c h a s p a y in g th e p r ic e
f o r b r ic k t ile a n d m o r t a r , c o n v in c in g
c o n s t r u c t io n c r a f t s m e n t h e y s h o u ld
g i v e u p t h e i r j o b s t o w e l d e r s , d o in g
w it h o u t b e t t e r h o u s in g .
P r o f it s a r e to b e e a r n e d b y p r o d u c ­
in g t h e s e w e ld in g d e v ic e s f o r w h ic h
th e re
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Built from a piece o f 2 -inch channel and a
a product that is being improved and made
piece o f floor plate, this welded steel foot
more profitable by changeover to welded
treadle costs 45c less to produce than the
design, one part at a time.
old cast iron design. In addition, the welded
part is lighter and unbreakable.
This treadle is one part o f a press . . .
You, too, will profit by changing over your
products to welded steel, one part at a time.
May we be o f service to you?
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A nother advantage of Rhllem Steel Design
Stainless Steel (18-8 Stubil«
is often the best choice for
•d chemical machinery like
power agitated autoclave, bcit will last indefinitely and
not contaminate most corroproducts. This special modion of USS Stainless Steel can
\t, fabricated and welded with
ss in its corrosion-resistance.
instruction like this concrete
tg drum USS A brasion-R e\g Steel withstands the conpound and grind, reduces
:age, ensures long life. A
nít unit to build unless you
rolled steel and welded contion.
3 0 C U BIC Y A R D S AT ONE G U L P ! u ss
M an-T en all welded rolled steel construc­
tion gives this heavy duty dipper the
strength and abrasion resistance to keep it
on the job in this grueling service. The
thousands of pounds of weight M an -T kn
construction saves can be converted into in­
creased dipper capacity making it possible
for the shovel to do more work with no
increase in power.
(R ig h t) Welded Rolled Steel and steel cast­
ings are combined in this cone-type uncoiler
for tin plate mill to realize the most efficient
and economical construction. Correct design
and the proper selection of materials make this
unit strong, rigid, free from vibration, emi­
nently practical from every point of view.
USS M an-T kn rolled steel construc­
tion gives this trolley the safety that crane
equipment demands. With tensile strength of
85.000 lb. per. sq. in. min. and yield point of
55.000 lb. per. sq. in. min, M an-T en permits
weight reduction far below conventional con-
(Le ft)
.
TO F IT Y O U R J O B
fr o m
an
a m a z in g v a r ie t y
o f “ s ta p le ”
and
“ s p e c ia l” s te e ls
R
O LLE D steel design—the technique o f building up heavy machine
. beds, frames, supports, housings, wheels, drums, etc. by welding
together component parts o f rolled steel cut -t o - shape -o ffe r s many
important advantages:—
R o lle d
ste e l
d u ces th e
due
to
b lo w
u n ifo r m
r e a d ily
u n ifo r m ;
it
re ­
in s e r v i c e
h o le s , s e g r e g a t io n
s t e e l’s
p h y s ic a l
d e t e r m in e d
b e in g
v e ry
h ig h ly
and
non-
stru c tu re .
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tio n
is
p o s s ib ilit y , o f f a ilu r e
u sed
u n ifo r m
R o lle d
p r o p e r tie s
fro m
and
th e
th e
a c tu a l
sec­
p r o p e r tie s
a re
th ro u g h o u t
ste e l
is
fre e
p o sse sse s e x c e lle n t
a re
th e
fro m
f a t ig u e
m e t a l.
p r o p e r t ie s .
p r o b le m , t h e s h r in k a g e
V a r io u s p r o d u c t s s u c h
b a rs,
p ip e ,
t u b in g ,
p r o b le m ,
fo rc e s .
ste e l
d e s ig n
poundage,
needed
to
r ig id it y .
a ll
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o fte n
m o re .
is
ste e l
m o d e rn ,
re d u c e s
p a ra ­
a c t u a lly
or
p r o v id e
dead
w e ig h t
m o d e rn
u s e le s s
s t r a ig h t
in c r e a s e s
li n e s
eye
and
o rn a m e n ­
and
appeal
U S S High
USS
USS
USS
p la n e
and
h a r d e n in g
s te e ls .
p re ssu re s.
H e a t - r e s is t in g
s te e ls .
H ig h
t e n s i l e s t e e l s f o r h ig h u n i t s t r e s s e s .
S t a in ­
le s s
A b r a s io n - r e s is t in g
s t e e ls
s p e c ia l
fo r
ste e l
c o r r o s io n
w it h
s p e c ia l
r e s is t a n c e .
A
p r o p e r tie s
fo r
m a c h in e
d e s ig n e r s ,
fore
T e n sile Steels
C or - T k n
M an - T en
S i l - T bn
U S S Steel for Lo w
Tem perature Service
U S S A brasion-Resisting Sti
U S S 11/14% Manganese S
U S S Stainless Steels
U S S C a rillo y A llo y Steels
v i r t u a l l y e v e r y s p e c ia l n e e d .
To
lo o k s
e lim in a t e s
It
o ff a ll
not
s tre s se s
d e s ig n
t a tio n , e m p lo y s
su rfa c e s .
t r im s
m e ta l
c a rry
b y h a lf a n d
R o ll e d
m e t a l f lo w .
H ig h e r
s t e e ls to c a r r y h e a v ie r b e a r in g
s t e e ls .
R o ll e d
sec­
S p e c ia l s t e e ls p r o v id e s p e c ia l p r o p e r t ie s
d e s t r u c t iv e
overcom e
Here is just a sample of the va
of special steels we offer — sp
steels to make your designs stro
or harder or abrasion-resistant
heat-resistant or fatigue-resistan
corrosion-resistant or whateverneed.
w h e r e y o u n e e d th e m to o v e r c o m e v a r io u s
p a tte rn
s ite
r o l le d
SPECIA
d estru ctive
t i o n s , e t c . s i m p l i f y t h e c o s t a r id d i f f i c u l t i e s
F a t ig u e - r e s is t in g
and
to
a s b ille t s , s la b s ,
f o r g in g s ,
STEE
PROPERTIES
i t s m o s t i m p o r t a n t a d v a n t a g e — ro lled
s t e e l d esig n e n a b les y o u to v ia h e u se o f a
g re a t v a r i e t y o f s p e c ia l s h a p e s a n d s p e c ia l
s te e ls .
a n d t h e n e c e s s i t y o f a d a p t i n g d e s ig n s f o r
d ra w
WITH
o f fa b r ic a t io n .
b r it t le n e s s ,
R o ll e d s t e e l d e s ig n e l i m i n a t e s t h e c o s t l y
p a tte rn
SPECIAL
fa b r ic a t o r s ,
f o u n d r ie s , a n d w e ld e r ie s . . . w e o ffe r th e
w id e s t ra n g e o f s p e c ia l s t e e ls .
G ra d e
fo r
g r a d e , t h e y a r e t h e ' f i n e s t s t e e l s i t is n o w
p o s s ib le
to
m ake.
s a le a b ilit y .
R o ll e d s t e e l p e r m i t s m a c h i n e d e s ig n
be m o b ile a n d
q u ic k
in c o r p o r a t io n
m odel
changes
w it h o u t
In
and
c o s t ly
g e n e r a l,
to
l i q u i d ; m a k e s p o s s ib le t h e
of
p a tte rn
r o lle d
s t y le
new
w r it e - o ffs .
ste e l
d e s ig n
(e c o ­
n o m ic a l ly c o m b i n e d w i t h c a s t i n g s a t s t r a ­
te g ic
p o in t s )
is
th e
ch e a p e st, stro n g e st,
s a fe s t, m o s t a t t r a c t i v e m e t h o d o f m a c h in e
c o n s t r u c t io n .
IN
A D D IT IO N
—
and
O P P O R T U N I T Y
ch an g es,
im p r o v e m e n t s
Perhaps the greatest opportunity to improve present heavy machinery lies in
the skillful combination of rolled steel and castings . . . and the specification,
for each rolled steel part, of the precise steel most suitable to overcome the
destructive forces to which that part will be subject in service.
For example, it will often be advantageous to combine in one unit a section of
U SS A -R Steel to resist abrasion at a certain point, with U S S High Tensile
Steels to provide strength and save weight, and with a grade of U SS Carilloy
to carry heavy bearing stresses.
t h i s is p e r h a p s
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e n t e r p r is e
p r o d u c t io n .
H o w t o o b t a in c o n t in u e d c o - o p e r a ­
t io n d e p e n d s to a la r g e e x t e n t u p o n
th e p e r s o n a lit y o f th e h e a d o f th e
m a in t e n a n c e d e p a r t m e n t , t h e in d i­
v id u a ls u n d e r h im a n d th e a t t it u d e
a n d in t e r e s t o f t h e m a n a g e m e n t .
P e c u lia r ly ,
so m e
m a n a g e rs
en­
c o u r a g e a r g u m e n t a n d ill- f e e lin g b e ­
t w e e n v a r io u s d e p a r tm e n ts .
How­
e v e r, s u c h a s it u a t io n u s u a lly n e c e s ­
s it a t e s s p e n d in g m a n y h o u r s in h e a r ­
in g b o t h s id e s a n d a c o m p r o m is e in
f a v o r o f o n e s id e o n e t im e a n d th e
o th e r th e n e x t.
S u c h la c k o f h a r ­
m o n y s e ld o m g e ts th e r e s u lt s t h a t
c o u ld b e o b t a in e d b y a l l w o r k i n g
fo r a c o m m o n a im .
A s th e m a in te n a n c e
d e p a rtm e n t
m u s t c o n t a c t th e m e n in a ll d e p a r t ­
m e n ts w it h v a r io u s ty p e s o f p e r s o n ­
a lit ie s , th e p o s s e s s io n o f g o o d m i x ­
in g , p e r s o n a l c h a r a c t e r is t ic s is n e c ­
e ssa ry .
T h e m e n in t h e f o r c e m u s t
b e f a i r b u t f ir m a n d m u s t h a v e a
r e a l in t e r e s t in t h e e q u ip m e n t t h e y
s e r v ic e .
T h e h e a d o f th e m a in t e ­
n a n c e d e p a r t m e n t s h o u ld in s is t t h a t
h e a lo n e s h o u ld
do a ll a r g u in g .
o d s o f p r e v e n t in g
m e n t s i s to s u p p l y
th e
if
w o rk
th e
f in d
e s t im a t e d
ance e x tra
c o sts o n a n o th e r.
In
o n e p la n t th e t o t a ls o f a c t u a l a n d
e s tim a te d c o s ts in a y e a r w e r e w it h ­
su ch
d is a g r e e ­
a m o n t h ly it e m ­
iz e d l i s t o f a l l m a i n t e n a n c e w o r k
p e r f o r m e d in e a c h d e p a r t m e n t to t h e
fo r e m a n in c h a r g e , to g e th e r w it h
m a t e r ia ls a n d la b o r c o s ts o n e a c h
it e m . T h i s p u t s t h e f o r e m a n o n t h e
d e fe n s iv e , a s h e m u s t t h e n j u s t i f y
th e n e c e s s it y f o r t h e w o r k . H e a ls o
r e a liz e s t h a t th e b e s t w a y to re d u c e
t h is c h a r g e is to d o a l l h e c a n b y s u ­
p e r v is io n
o f o p e r a t o r s a n d e q u ip ­
m e n t to r e m o v e a l l p o s s ib le c a u s e s
w it h in h is c o n tro l.
B y c h e c k in g o v e r th e it e m s o f c o s t
h e w i l l b e c o m e m o r e i n t e r e s t e d in
b a c k in g u p th e m a in t e n a n c e h e a d o n
th e d e s ir a b ilit y o f c h a n g in g p a r t s o f
th e e q u ip m e n t t h a t f r e q u e n t ly c a u s e
t r o u b le .
The
m a in t e n a n c e
head
in $ 1 0 0 o f e a c h o t h e r o n m a n y t h o u ­
s a n d d o lla r s ’ w o r t h o f w o r k .
N e e d le s s to s a y , w h e r e t h e f o r e ­
m e n c a n se e th e c o st, w h a t h a s been
d o n e a n d h a v e a n o p p o r t u n it y to d is ­
c u s s a n d a p p r o v e t h e m o r e e x p e n s iv e
it e m s , t h e r e i s m u c h m o r e h a r m o n y
in t h e p l a n t .
In
su ch
c a s e s th e
f o r e m e n so o n le a r n to a s k f o r s u g ­
g e s t io n s t h a t w i l l r e d u c e t h e ir c o s t.
A l s o , t h e y a r e m u c h m o r e w i l l i n g to
lis t e n to e x p la n a t io n s o f th e c a u s e s
o f t r o u b le , w h ic h , u n d e r o th e r c o n ­
d it io n s , t h e y
w o u ld
re se n t a s a n
e f­
f o r t to p la c e th e b la m e o n t h e m .
I n a n u m b e r o f p la n t s , th e p la n t
e n g in e e r in c h a r g e o f a l l m a in t e n a n c e
w o r k h a s b e e n p la c e d in c h a r g e o f
t h e f a c t o r y a s s u p e r i n t e n d e n t , o r , in
ex­
re ­
o n e c a s e , a s a s s i s t a n t to t h e v ic e
p r e s id e n t in c h a r g e o f m a n u f a c t u r ­
in g .
T h is w a s la r g e ly b e c a u se o f
p la c e d b u t , a s t h e e x p e n s e is a g a in s t
th e p r o d u c tio n d e p a r tm e n t, th e f o r e ­
m a n m a y o b je c t .
t h e i r a b i l i t y to w o r k h a r m o n i o u s l y
w it h th e d if f e r e n t d e p a r t m e n t e x e c u ­
k n o w s t h a t e q u ip m e n t r e q u ir in g
c e s s iv e m a in t e n a n c e s h o u ld b e
T o se e th e n u m b e r a n d c o st o f in ­
te r r u p t io n s f o r s e r v ic in g a n d k n o w
th a t
each
in t e r r u p t io n
m eans
so
tiv e s a n d
s ta ffs
and
t h e i r w id e
k n o w l e d g e o f t h e w o r k , a s o b t a in e d
th r o u g h s t u d y o f in d iv id u a l p ro b ­
l e m s i n c o - o p e r a t io n w i t h t h e f o r e ­
m a n y m in u t e s lo s t t im e is a v e r y
c o n v in c in g a r g u m e n t f o r a p p r o v a l
o f th e a p p r o p r ia t io n f o r th e c h a n g e ,
m en.
n o t o n l y t o t h e f o r e m a n b u t a l s o to
th e m a n a g e m e n t.
W h e n b o th w o r k
t o g e t h e r f o r a n a p p r o p r ia t io n , t h e
S e le c t iv e
m a n a g e m e n t i s m o i’ e l i k e l y
p r o v e t h a n i f o n e o b je c t s .
to
ap­
O n e o f th e m a in c a u s e s o f d if fe r ­
ences
b e tw e e n
th e
m a in te n a n c e
f o r c e a n d t h e f o r e m a n lie s in t h e
U s u a lly , w h e r e w o r k is n o t o f a n
e m e r g e n c y n a t u r e , a s s h i f t s o r a d d i­
c o s t s a s s e s s e d f o r th e d if f e r e n t it e m s
o f w o r k p e rfo rm e d . W h e n th e fo re ­
tio n s
o th e r
m a n r e c e iv e s a lu m p s u m
p a rtm e n t
c h a rg e a t
s im p lif y
c o sts a re e xce e d e d , c a ll f o r a n e x ­
p la n a t io n . H o w e v e r , s a v in g s o n o n e
p ie c e o f w o r k a r e p e r m it t e d to b a l­
M a in te n a n c e D ep a rtm en ts
c a n o p e ra te s m o o t h ly a n d w it h a
m in im u m
o f in t e r r u p t io n s w it h o u t
th e
w h o le - h e a r t e d
c o - o p e r a t io n
of
th e
m a in t e n a n c e
d e p a rtm e n t, th e
f o r e m e n a n d o t h e r s in c h a r g e o f
w ill
re d u c e th e c o st.
S u c h p r o p o s a ls ,
o f e q u ip m e n t, r e b u ild in g , o r
c h a n g e s , th e m a in t e n a n c e d e ­
is
r e q u ir e d
to
p r o v id e
an
■
A
w id e
D r ill
ra n g e
S p e e d s
of
w o rk
n e c e s s i­
ta t e d c h a n g e s in d r i l l s p e e d s o n a
m u lt ip le p r e s s .
T h i s in v o l v e d s t o p ­
p i n g t h e p r e s s , r e m o v i n g t h e b e lt
a n d r e v e r s in g t h e s p in d le d r iv e p u l­
le y s .
And
a ll
t h is
o n ly
gave
tw o
sp eed s.
To
change
p u lle y s
r e q u ir e d
sev­
th e e n d o f t h e m o n t h h e f e e ls t h a t
it is e x o r b it a n t .
U s u a l ly o n ly a f e w
e s t im a t e o f th e c o s t f o r th e f o r e ­
m a n ’s a p p r o v a l b e f o r e g o in g a h e a d
e r a l m in u t e s a n d th e n g a v e
h ig h a n d lo w s p e e d in s t e a d
it e m s o f w o r k c a n b e r e m e m b e re d
o f f h a n d ; th e m a j o r it y o f th e it e m s
g e n e r a lly h a v e b e e n fo rg o tte n .
w it h th e w o r k .
W it h t h is e s t im a t e
a s a b a s is , th e f o r e m a n a n d m a in t e ­
best sp eed fo r e ach
n a n c e h e a d c a n go o v e r th e p ro p o s a l
a n d in m a n y c a s e s m a k e c h a n g e s
w a s in s t a lle d to d r iv e t h e ja c k s h a f t
w h i c h i n t u r n o p e r a t e d t h e s p in d l e s .
O n e o f th e m o st s a t is f a c t o r y m e th ­
66
o n ly a
o f th e
s iz e d r ill.
A v a r ia b le s p e e d t r a n s m is s io n u n it
/ TEEL
U s in g a v a r ia b le s p e e d
t r a n s m is s io n u n i t o n t h is
m u l t i p l e - s p in d le
d r ill
p r e s s q u ic k ly g iv e s p r o p e r
s p e e d f o r a n y d r ill s iz e .
P h o to
cou rtesy
R eeves
P u lle y
C o .,
C o lu m b u s ,
In d .
p iv o t e d m o t o r b a s e e v e r b u ilt .
It
i s o f w e ld e d s t e e l c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d
is u s e d to m o u n t a b e d p la t e w h ic h
c a r r ie s a 3 7 5 -h o rse p o w e r s y n c h r o n ­
o u s m o to r a n d p u lle y o n o u tb o a rd
b e a r in g s .
T h e p iv o t e d b a s e is 6 6 x 1 5 4 in c h e s
and
w e ig h s
a p p r o x im a t e ly
5000
p o u n d s . I t s u p p o rts th e m o to r, b e d ­
p la t e a n d o u tb o a rd
w e i g h t o f 1 4 ,3 0 0
s t a lla t io n is in a
a n e n g in e d r iv e in
U ses
N o w i t is p o s s ib le
s p e e d d e s ir e d e a s i ly
t o o b t a in a n y
a n d q u ic k ly b y
s im p ly tu r n in g
th e h a n d w h e e l o n
th e v a r ia b le s p e e d t r a n s m is s io n u n it .
S in c e p r o p e r s p e e d s f o r a n y p a r t ic u ­
l a r d r il li n g o p e r a t io n a r e n o w o b t a in ­
a b le s o e a s i l y , t h e o p e r a t o r i s m o r e
l i k e l y to a d ju s t th e sp e e d to s u it
th e d r i l l s iz e t h a n i f b e lt s a n d p u lle y s
h a d to b e s h if t e d .
A ls o , u s in g th e
p r o p e r sp e e d f o r e a c h d r ill s iz e r e ­
s u lt s in g r e a t e r o u t p u t, lo n g e r d r il l
li f e a n d le s s f r e q u e n t s h a r p e n in g .
T h e f o r e m a n e s t im a t e s t h a t 60 p e r
c e n t o f t h e t im e f o r m e r l y s p e n t in
c h a n g in g s p e e d s is n o w s a v e d .
B r a k e
In s p e c t io n
A d ju s t m
e n t
Is
Im
a n d
p o r t a n t
■ W h e r e in s p e c t io n a n d a d ju s t m e n t
o f b r a k e s o n c r a n e s o r o t h e r e q u ip ­
m e n t is le f t to th e o p e ra to r th e y
a r e l i k e l y t o b e a d j u s t e d to o t i g h t l y .
T h is t h r o w s a n e x c e s s iv e s t r a in
o n th e m o to r , g e a r s a n d s h a f t in g , a s
w e ll a s in c r e a s in g th e w e a r on th e
b r a k e lin in g .
U s u a lly it is b e tt e r
to p la c e t h is r e s p o n s ib ilit y in t h e
h a n d s o f t h e e le c t r ic ia n w h o in s p e c t s
th e m o t o r . W it h th e in c r e a s in g a p ­
p lic a t io n o f b r a k e s to m a c h in e t o o ls
and
m a n u f a c t u r in g
o p e r a t io n s
in
th e h a n d s o f w o r k e r s w h o a re n o t
f a m i l i a r w it h t h e a d ju s t m e n t s , th e
need
of
e x p e rt
a t t e n t io n
is
in ­
c re a s e d .
T h e f r e q u e n c y o f in s p e c t io n is d e ­
t e r m in e d b y t h e a c c u r a c y o f m o tio n
c o n t r o l r e q u ir e d a n d th e p o s s ib ilit y
o f d a m a g e o r d a n g e r to e q u ip m e n t
o r o p e ra to rs i f th e b r a k e s do n o t
h o ld
p r o p e r ly .
The
o p e ra to r,
of
c o u r s e , s h o u l d b e h e ld r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r r e p o r t in g im m e d ia t e ly a n y in d i­
c a t io n s o f t r o u b le , e it h e r in
th e
h o ld in g o r r e le a s e o f th e b r a k e s .
P la c in g f u l l r e s p o n s ib ilit y f o r a d ­
ju s t m e n t o n o n e m a n o r o n e d e p a rt­
m e n t p r o v id e s n o t o n ly g r e a t e r e x ­
p e r ie n c e b u t a ls o p r e v e n t s c h a n g in g
th e a d ju s t m e n t to m e e t th e w h im s
o f th e o p e ra to r a f t e r it h a s b een
m a d e b y t h e in s p e c t o r . S h o p t i n k e r ­
in g b y o p e r a t o r s is a f r e q u e n t c a u s e
o f im p r o p e r o p e r a t io n a n d t r o u b le
in a l l t y p e s o f e q u ip m e n t . B r a k e s ,
w h e r e u s e d in e q u ip m e n t , a r e a s im ­
p o r t a n t a s in a n a u t o m o b ile a n d
s h o u ld r e c e iv e a s r e lia b le s e r v ic in g .
I n a d ju s t in g e le c t r ic a lly - o p e r a t e d
b r a k e s , th e a m o u n t o f a i r g a p in th e
m a g n e t is im p o r t a n t , a s th e a m o u n t
o f p u ll d e p e n d s u p o n t h is d is t a n c e .
A ls o , in
s o l e n o id - o p e r a t e d b r a k e s ,
a d ju s t m e n t f o r
w ear
a lo n e
m ay
c h a n g e t h e p o s it io n o f t h e c o r e o f
t h e s o l e n o id s o t h a t i t i s n o t l o c a t e d
p r o p e r ly f o r t h e p u ll. T h e s e p o in t s
a r e b e t t e r u n d e r s t o o d b y t h e e le c ­
t r ic ia n th a n b y th e o p e ra to r.
L a r g e s t
Is
o f
P iv o t e d
W e ld e d
S te e l
illu s t r a t io n s s h o w
in s t a lla t io n v ie w s
of
to
is
s a id
M a g n e tic
C o u p lin g
S y n c h ro n o u s
m o to r o p e ra te s
at
4 5 0 r e v o lu t io n s p e r m in u t e a n d u s e s
a m a g n e t ic c o u p lin g to p ic k u p t h e
lo a d a f t e r s t a r t i n g .
T h e m o to r p u l­
le y is 4 0 in c h e s in d ia m e t e r w it h a
3 6 - in c h
fa c e
and
th e
d r iv e n
p u lle y
T h e 3 5 0 -h o r s e p o w e r s y n c h r o n o u s
m o t o r , b e d p la t e , 40 x 3 6 -in c h
p u lle y a n d o u t b o a r d b e a r in g s a re
p i t m o u n t e d o n t h e p iv o t e d b a s e
P h o to co u rte s y R o ck w o o d M fg .
C o ., I n d ia n a p o lis
B a s e
B A c c o m p a n y in g
b e fo re a n d a f t e r
w hat
b e a r in g s , a t o t a l
p o u n d s.
T h e in ­
p it a n d r e p la c e s
a m ill.
be
th e
la r g e s t
is 8 0 in c h e s in d ia m e t e r w it h f a c e
o f 3 6 in c h e s .
S h a f t s a r e o n 7 2 - in c h
c e n te rs.
T h e b e lt is o f 3 - p ly le a t h ­
e r a n d is 34 in c h e s in w id t h .
B a s e p i v o t s o n a 3 - in c h s h a f t w h i c h
is s u p p o r te d in t h r e e b e a r in g s . T h e
t w o b o lt h e a d s , s h o w n o n e a t e a c h
e n d o f th e b a s e , a r e th e a d ju s t in g
s c r e w s f o r m a in t a in in g
a lig n m e n t
a n d b e lt t e n s io n .
T h e y p r o v id e a n
a d ju s t m e n t
w h ic h
a c c o m m o d a te s
c o n s id e r a b le b e lt s t r e t c h . T h e y a r e
a d ju s t e d b y t u r n in g a lt e r n a t e ly u n t il
t h e m o t o r is le v e l in t h e r u n n in g
p o s it io n .
T h is la r g e p iv o t e d m o t o r b a s e
w e ig h s 5000 p o u n d s a n d m e a s u r e s
66 x 155 in c h e s .
P h o to co u rte sy
R o c k w o o d M f g . C o ., I n d ia n a p o lis
December 13, 1937
69
C A R B U
R I Z I N
G
Its History—Selection of Steels and Type of
Case—A New Hardenability Test—Materials
and Equipment—Production Practice
P A R T
■
V A R I O U S t y p e s o f s o lid c a r b u r iz ­
in g c o m p o u n d s a n d th e m a t e r ia ls o f
w h ic h t h e y a r e c o m p o s e d w e r e d is ­
c u s s e d b y S . L . W id r ig , m e t a llu r ­
g i s t , S p i c e r M f g . C o .,
C o m p o u n d s c o n s is t o f
T o le d o , O .
th re e p r in ­
c ip a l c o n s t it u e n t s — c h a r c o a l, b in d e r
a n d e n e r g iz e r . I n a g o o d c o m p o u n d
each
c o n s t it u e n t is s e le c t e d c a r e ­
f u l l y to s e r v e it s s p e c if ic p u r p o s e in
t h e m o s t e c o n o m ic a l m a n n e r .
Im ­
p o r t a n c e o f g o o d a d h e s io n o f th e
e n e r g iz in g a g e n t to th e b a s e c h a r ­
c o a l w a s e m p h a s iz e d .
P ro p e r p ro ­
p o r t io n
of
e n e r g iz e r to
c h a rc o a l
m u st be
m a in t a in e d
if
good re ­
s u lt s a r e to b e a t t a in e d . M r . W i d r ig
p o in t e d
o u t t h a t p o o r ly
d e s ig n e d
c o n v e y in g
sy ste m s
and
excess
s c r e e n in g o r d u s t in g r e s u lt in h ig h
e n e r g iz e r lo s s , a n d e n e r g iz e r lo s t
i n h a n d lin g m u s t b e r e p la c e d b y
a d d it io n s o f n e w c o m p o u n d in o r ­
d e r to m a in t a in a p r o p e r b a la n c e .
P a r t s to b e b o x q u e n c h e d a r e
b u r iz e d m o s t e c o n o m ic a lly in
ta in ty p e s o f c o m p o u n d w
s lo w b u r n in g w h e n e x p o s e d
e le v a t e d t e m p e r a t u r e s .
L . E . W ebb, F ro st G ear
d iv is io n
o f C la r k
E q u ip m
J a c k s o n , M i c h . , d e s c r ib e d
c a rc e r­
h ic h a r e
to a i r a t
& F o rg e
e n t C o .,
a com ­
pound now
in
u s e a t h is p la n t.
B a s e m a t e r ia ls a r e p r o p e r ly s iz e d
p u re c o a l t a r c a rb o n a n d c o rn cob
c h a r c o a l.
T h e c o a l t a r c a r b o n is
one
of
th e
p u re st
fo rm s
of
co m ­
m e r c ia l c a rb o n
and
has
a
f ix e d
c a r b o n c o n t e n t o f a b o u t 9 5 -9 8 p e r
c e n t, w it h a s h c o n te n t o f a b o u t 1
p e r c e n t.
I n it s m a n u fa c t u r e th e
b ase
c a rb o n s
a re
e n e r g iz e d
w it h
He
lo w
and
econom y
in s t a lla t io n
w h e re
a n d co m p o u n d o f th e p ro p e r m e sh
f a l l s in t o a u s e d m a t e r ia l h o p p e r .
B y m ean s o f a sc re w co n ve yo r a t
th e b o tto m o f t h is h o p p e r a n d in
On the accom panying pages
STEEL presents the third
and concluding part of its
review of the comprehensive
carburizing sym posium con­
ducted during the nine­
teenth annual convention
of the A m erican Society for
M etals in A tlantic City, N .
J., Oct. 18-22.
Part I ap­
peared in STEEL for Nov.
15, page 48; Part II on page
36 of STEEL for Nov. 29
lo s s o f t h e e n e r g iz in g m a t e r i a l a n d
a ls o a d d s c o n s id e r a b ly to t h e m e ­
c h a n ic a l s t r e n g t h o f e a c h p e lle t o r
p a r t ic le .
T h u s , d u s t in g lo s s is lo w ,
is
one
e q u ip m e n t h a s b e e n a d d e d to c o o l
t h e c o m p o u n d a f t e r d u m p in g f r o m
th e b o xe s.
A f t e r c o o lin g i t is c o n ­
v e y e d p n e u m a t ic a lly to a d u s t c o l­
le c t o r w h e r e t h e f in e s a r e r e m o v e d
th e u s u a l a c t iv a t o r s , th e a c tiv a te d
p a r t ic le s t h e n b e in g c o a te d w it h a
s h e ll o f p u r e c a rb o n a n d th e n c a l­
c in e d a t s t e e l t r e a t in g t e m p e r a t u r e s .
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s h r in k a g e
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s t e e ls :
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u s u a l c a r b u r iz in g
te m p e ra tu re
at
a r e a s o n a b le r a t e , u n i f o r m ly a n d to
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s t r e n g t h a n d to u g h n e s s a f t e r c a rb u riz in g
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s a t is f a c t o r y m a c h in a b ilit y
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d is t o r t io n
d u r in g
h a r d e n in g ,
and
p h y s ic a l
p r o p e r t ie s
of
s te e ls .
C o a r s e - g r a in e d s t e e ls m a c h in e m o r e
e a s ily
and
h a rd e n
m o re
d e e p ly .
P r o b a b ly la r g e l y b e c a u s e o f b e in g
d e e p e r h a r d e n in g t h e y d is t o r t m o re
d u r in g
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p o in t o f t h e c o r e i f a h ig h d e g re e
o f t o u g h n e s s is d e s ir a b le .
D o u b le
tre a tm e n t
g r e a t ly
im p r o v e s
th e
to u g h n e ss.
P a r t ic u la r ly if th e ca se
c o n t a i n s c o a r s e c e m e n t i t e e n v e lo p e s ,
a s in g le lo w r e h e a t f o r q u e n c h in g
w i l l le a v e a b r it t le c a s e w h ic h m a y
s p a ll o r c h ip in t h e c o r n e r s u n d e r
s h o c k lo a d s i n s e r v i c e .
S u ch a case
is
m o re
s u s c e p tib le
to
g r in d in g
checks
a ls o .
T r e a t in g
F in e - G r a in e d
S te e l
B ecau se
f in e - g r a in e d
s t e e ls
do
not
co a rse n
at
th e
c a r b u r iz in g
t e m p e r a t u r e , t h e y g iv e t o u g h p r o d ­
u c t s w h e n d ir e c t q u e n c h e d o r s in g le
tre a te d a t te m p e ra tu re s th a t do n o t
a f f e c t t h e c o r e g r a in s iz e .
They
a i 'e s h a l l o w e r h a r d e n i n g
a n d d is ­
t o r t le s s .
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h a rd e n
as
r e a d ily
a ls o d o e s n o t
as
in
co a rse
g r a in e d s t e e ls , a n d w it h p la in c a r ­
b o n s t e e ls , e s p e c ia lly i f
th e re
is
c o n s id e r a b le
te n d e n c y
to w a rd
ab­
n o r m a lit y , s o f t s p o ts
m a y o ccu r.
L o w h a r d e n a b il it y m a y b e f o u n d in
la r g e
s e c t io n s
o f lo w - a llo y s t e e ls
a ls o .
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m a c h in e a s r e a d il y
s t e e ls
do
not
b u t th e d if fe r ­
e n c e c a n b e m o s t ly e lim in a t e d b y
n o r m a liz in g
a t t e m p e r a t u r e s h ig h
enough
to
m ake
th e m
co a rse ­
g r a in e d .
T o s u m m a r iz e :
C a r b o n s t e e ls re q u i r e w a t e r o r o t h e r d r a s t i c c o o l in g
m e d ia t o p r o d u c e m a x i m u m
case
h a r d n e s s ; th e c o re o f la r g e r s e c ­
tio n s w i l l n o t q u e n c h to a u n if o r m
s t r u c t u r e a n d s o ft sp o ts m a y o c c u r
in t h e c a s e ; a b n o r m a l i t y e v e n i n
s m a ll s e c tio n s c a u s e s s o f t s p o ts in
t h e c a s e ; t h e w a t e r h a r d e n in g r e ­
q u ir e d p r o d u c e s d is t o r t io n in t h in
s e c tio n s a n d in t r ic a t e s h a p e s ; c a r ­
b o n s t e e ls a r e n o t a s s t r o n g a n d
a r e m o re b r it t le t h a n m o s t a llo y
s t e e ls .
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a re
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la r g e r s e c t io n s
or
w h e re ve r
t h e ir
h ig h e r
h a rd e n ­
a b il it y is in q u ir e d .
S m a ll p a rts a re
s o m e t im e s
o i l- q u e n c h e d
if
case
h a r d n e s s r e q u ir e m e n t s a r e n o t to o
h ig h .
T h e h ig h e r m a n g a n e s e a ls o
im p r o v e s m a c h in a b i li t y
c a rb o n s te e ls .
in
s o f t lo w
U se s o f M an g an ese
S u lp h u r m a y b e a d d e d p u r p o s e ly
to in c r e a s e m a c h in a b ilit y in w h ic h
c a s e m a n g a n e s e m u s t b e o n t h e h ig h
s id e .
S te e l m a d e b y th e b e s se m e r
p ro c e s s is a p t to b e a b n o r m a l a n d
h a v e s o f t s p o ts in
th e
c a s e b u t m a y b e s u it a b le
a p p lic a t io n s . C a r b o n s t e e l
s u it a b le f o r t h e a p p lic a t io n
fo r a ll p u rp o se s w h e re th e
o r s p e c ia l p r o p e r t ie s
a re n o t r e q u ir e d .
h a rd e n e d
fo r so m e
in g r a d e s
a re u sed
s u p e r io r
o f a llo y
s t e e ls
M an g an ese
s t e e ls
te n d
to
be
c o a r s e - g r a in e d a n d b r it t l e b u t t h is
d if fic u lt y c a n b e m o s t ly o v e rc o m e
b y m a k in g t h e s t e e l f in e - g r a in e d b y
th e
la d le
p r a c t ic e .
M an g an ese
lo w e r s t h e c r i t ic a l p o in t s , m a k in g it
p o s s ib le
to
u se
lo w e r
q u e n c h in g
t e m p e r a t u r e s w it h th e a t t e n d in g a d ­
v a n ta g e s.
T h e s e s t e e ls , lik e a ll th e
o th e r a llo y c a r b u r iz in g
s t e e ls e x ­
c e p t t h o s e o f m e d iu m c a r b o n
te n t, m a y be w a te r q u e n ch e d
con­
b u t,
o b t a in a b le f r o m o t h e r a llo y in g e le ­
m e n ts is it s u s e in
h ig h - s u lp h u r
f r e e - m a c h in in g
s t e e ls
w h e re
it s
p r e s e n c e is
n e c e ssa ry
to
p re v e n t
re d s h o r t n e s s w h ile th e s te e l is b e ­
in g
h o t w o rk e d .
W h ile
a ll th e
m an g an ese
p re se n t
m ay
not be
n e c e s s a ry f o r t h is p u rp o s e , b e tt e r
hot
w o r k in g
p r o p e r t ie s
a re
ob­
t a in e d t h a n w h e n m a n g a n e s e is lo w
a n d b e t t e r m a c h in a b ilit y m a y b e
o b t a in e d w i t h l o w c a r b o n c o n t e n t s .
W h ile i t s e e m s r e a s o n a b le t h a t o t h e r
a l lo y i n g e le m e n t s m ig h t b e a d d e d
to t h e h ig h - s u lp h u r s t e e ls , t h is is
n o t b e in g
done.
S u ff ic ie n t m a n ­
g a n e s e m u s t b e p r e s e n t a n y w a y to
o ve rco m e re d s h o rtn e s s
p lif ie s t h e c o m p o s it io n
a d d it io n a l h a r d e n a b ilit y
a d d in g m o r e m a n g a n e s e
o th e r a llo y in g
a n d it s im ­
to g e t t h e
r e q u ir e d b y
ra th e r th a n
e le m e n t s .
N ic k e l
im p a r t s
stre n g th
to s t e e l.
c r it ic a l ra n g e a n d
to u g h n e s s
and
It
lo w e r s t h e
h a r d e n in g t e m ­
p e r a t u r e s r e q u ir e d w it h c o n s e q u e n t
r e d u c tio n
in
s c a lin g ,
d e c a r b u r iz a t io n a n d d is t o r t io n . N i c k e l h e lp s to
r e t a in
a u s t e n it e
on
c o o lin g
and
w it h h ig h n ic k e l, s u c h a s in S .A .E .
2515, a
h ig h
p e rc e n ta g e
of au s­
t e n it e w i l l f o r m in th e o u t e r la y e r s
o f th e c a s e i f q u e n c h in g t e m p e r a ­
t u r e s a r e h ig h .
A u s t e n it e is p la s ­
tic
and
o b je c t io n a l
f lo w in g
m ay
t a k e p l a c e u n d e r h i g h lo a d s .
I t is
d if f ic u lt to m a in t a in f ile h a r d n e s s
in h ig h - n ic k e l s t e e ls a s t h e a m o u n t
o f a u s t e n it e in c r e a s e s .
T h e u se of
lo w
q u e n c h in g
te m p e ra tu re s
w ill
re m o v e
t h is
d if f ic u lt y .
If
h ig h
q u e n c h in g t e m p e r a t u r e s a r e n e c e s ­
s a r y , th e a m o u n t o f a u s t e n it e c a n
b e r e d u c e d b y k e e p in g t h e m a x i­
m um
c a rb o n c o n te n t o f th e c a se
lo w e r .
s o fte n s
T h e c a s e o n n ic k e l s te e ls
a t lo w d r a w t e m p e r a t u r e s .
O b t a in in g
Fo r
m a x im u m
H a rd
case
C ase
h a rd n e ss
th e
u n le s s th e m a n g a n e s e c o n te n t is to o
lo w o r t h e s e c t io n to o la r g e , m a y
d r a w in g t e m p e r a t u r e s h o u ld b e 2 7 5
d e g re e s F a h r , o r le s s f o r 5 p e r c e n t
b e o i l- q u e n c h e d a l s o , l e s s e n i n g d i s ­
to r t io n
a s a l r e a d y m e n t io n e d .
n ic k e l s t e e ls . T h e e ffe c t o f n ic k e l on
c r it ic a l te m p e r a t u r e s a n d p h y s ic a l
An
a d v a n ta g e
of
m anagese
not
p r o p e r t ie s
in c r e a s e s
w it h
th e
a m o u n t, S .A .E . 2015 f o r e x a m p le
b e in g c o m p a r a t iv e ly le s s d if fe r e n t
fro m c a rb o n s te e l th a n th e to u g h ,
s t r o n g S .A .E . 2 5 1 5 w h ic h
fo r
T est
p ie c e
and
a d a p ter
hung
on
fix tu r e s o t h a t w a t e r
ca n b e sprayed on
th e
b o tto m
fa c e .
P a p er o f J o m in y a n d
B o e g e h o ld
h e a v y -d u ty
is s u it a b le
p a rts.
C h r o m iu m
in
c a r b u r iz in g
s t e e ls
in c re a s e s
th e
stre n g th
an d h a rd ­
n e ss o f th e c o re w h e n q u e n ch e d
and
p ro d u ce s
h a rd
w e a r - r e s is t a n t
cases.
N o r m a lly th e s e s t e e ls a r e
c o a r s e - g r a in e d , r a t h e r b r it t l e , a n d
s e n s it iv e to s m a ll c h a n g e s in h a r d ­
e n in g t e m p e r a t u r e .
g a n e s e s t e e ls , t h e s e
A s w it h m a n ­
o b je c t io n s c a n
be o ve rco m e
by
th e
a d d it io n
of
e le m e n t s w h ic h w i l l p r o d u c e a f in e
g r a in .
C h r o m iu m
u sed
e x t e n s iv e ly
and
t h e ir
f a ilu r e
s t e e ls a r e n o t
fo r
c a r b u r iz in g
to
beco m e
e sta b ­
lis h e d p e r h a p s d a t e s b a c k to t h e
d a y s o f la c k o f g r a in s iz e c o n t r o l,
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z o n e o f u n c o n t r o lle d a t m o s p h e r e s .
ju s t
how,
w ill a t t a c k
w h e re
or
w hen
c o n d it io n s
y o u r p ro d u c t a n d m a r th e b e a u ty a n d
s e r v ic e a b ilit y y o u p u t in t o
S in c e y o u
Y o u don’t kno w
a t m o s p h e r ic
it .
c a n n o t c o n tro l th e a tm o s p h e re s y o u
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S T A IN L E S S
O u r m il l a ls o p r o d u c e s h o t a n d
S T E E L .
c o ld
r o lle d
c a rb o n
s t r i p s t e e l a n d h a s b e e n s o d o in g f o r a lm o s t 5 0 y e a r s .
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a p p lic a t io n s
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w i l l f in d
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w h e re
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a n d e a s ily w o r k a b le .
r e q u ir e d
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to m a in t a in
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w it h
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it s o r ig in a l fin is h
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t h e ir
co a rse n e ss
and
b r it t le n e s s .
B e c a u s e o f t h e ir lo w c o s t a n d w it h
t h e g r a in s iz e c o n t r o l n o w p o s s ib le
g r e a t e r c o n s id e r a t io n f o r t h e u s e o f
c h r o m iu m
s t e e ls w o u ld a p p e a r to
be ju s t ifie d .
T h e in t e n t io n is n o t
to in f e r , h o w e v e r , t h a t e it h e r t h e
c h r o m iu m o r m a n g a n e s e s t e e ls c a n
b e m a d e e q u iv a le n t in to u g h n e s s to
f in e - g r a in e d
n ic k e l s te e l,
fo r
ex­
a m p le , b u t r a t h e r t h a t t h e r e is m u c h
le s s d if fe r e n c e a m o n g t h e s t e e ls i f
fin e - g r a in e d t h a n t h e r e w o u ld b e i f
a l l w e r e m a d e w it h o u t a n y a tte m p t
a t g r a in s iz e c o n t r o l.
T h e g re a te st
p r e s e n t u s e o f c h r o m iu m c a s e h a r d ­
e n e d s t e e ls is in t h e m e d iu m c a r ­
w it h
h ig h
quenched
t e n it e
c a rb o n
c o n t a in
b u t f ile
and
d ir e c t
c o n s id e r a b le
h a rd n e ss
can
au s­
be
ob­
ta in e d r e a d ily a n d th e a m o u n t o f
d is t o r t io n is s m a ll.
T h e 4 600 s e r ie s
has
beco m e
p o p u la r
fo r
a u to ­
m o t iv e
d if fe r e n t ia l
and
tra n s­
m is s io n
g e a rs.
The
h ig h e r n ic k ­
el
s t e e ls ,
S .A .E .
4815
and
4820,
a re
b e in g
u sed
fo r
h e a v y -d u ty
g e a r s . M o ly b d e n u m r a i s e s t h e t e m ­
p e r a t u r e a t w h ic h th e h a rd e n e d c a s e
s t a r t s t o lo s e
a d v a n t a g e in
h e a te d in
The
h a rd n e ss.
T h is is a n
p a r t s w h ic h b e c o m e
s e r v ic e .
c h r o m iu m - v a n a d iu m
b r in g
to g e th e r
d e s ir a b le
s te e ls
is t ic s a ls o in t h a t v a n a d iu m m a k e s
t h e s t e e l f in e - g r a in e d , o v e r c o m in g
th e b r it t le n e s s o f s t r a ig h t c h r o m iu m
T h e a d d it io n o f b o th n ic k e l a n d
c h r o m iu m
to
c a r b u r iz in g
s t e e ls
g iv e s o n e o f th e m o s t u s e f u l c o m ­
s t e e ls , a n d th e h a r d e n a b ilit y f r o m
c h r o m iu m
o ffs e ts
w eakn ess
fro m
s h a llo w
h a r d e n in g
im p a r t e d
by
s m a ll a m o u n t s o f v a n a d iu m .
Van­
b e v a r ie d o v e r a r a t h e r w id e r a n g e .
N ic k e l a d d s to u g h n e s s la c k in g in
th e s t r a ig h t c h r o m iu m
s t e e ls a n d
c h r o m iu m a d d s h a r d n e s s a n d w e a r
r e s is t a n c e n o t g iv e n b y n ic k e l. B o t h
add
to
th e
h a r d e n a b ilit y
and
s t r e n g t h o f th e c o re m a k in g th e
h ig h e r a llo y c o n te n ts s u it a b le f o r
la r g e
p a rts.
s e c t io n s o r
M a c h in in g
d if f ic u lt
h ig h .
w hen
th e
h ig h ly
s tre s se d
beco m es ra th e r
a llo y
c o n te n t
is
T h e n ic k e l- m o ly b d e n u m s t e e ls a l ­
s o r e p r e s e n t a g o o d c o m b in a t io n o f
e le m e n t s a s m o ly b d e n u m is a c a r ­
b id e f o r m e r a n d a d d s w e a r r e s i s t ­
ance.
T h e 4 6 0 0 s e r ie s , w h e n f in e ­
g r a in e d ,
a p p e a rs
e s p e c ia lly
w e ll
s u it e d f o r d ir e c t q u e n c h in g .
C ases
a d iu m r a i s e s t h e c r i t i c a l t e m p e r a ­
t u r e s w h ic h r e s u lt s in g r e a t e r s c a l­
in g , d e c a r b u r iz a t io n a n d d is t o r t io n
at
th e
h ig h e r
heat
t r e a t in g
te m ­
p e ra tu re s n e c e ssa ry .
O n th e o th e r
h a n d th e s e s t e e ls a p p e a r w e ll s u it ­
ed f o r r e h e a t in g in c y a n id e w h ic h
e lim in a t e s s c a le a n d d e c a r b u r iz a t io n
a n d a t th e s a m e t im e th e s t e e l is
fre e fro m
a s o f t s k in s o m e tim e s
fo u n d
o n o t h e r c a r b u r iz e d
s te e ls
a f t e r q u e n c h in g f r o m c y a n id e .
C h r o m iu m - m o ly b d e n u m
s t e e ls
of
lo w c a rb o n c o n te n t a r e n o t u s e d f o r
c a r b u r iz in g .
I t i s q u it e p r o b a b le
t e n t o f s t e e l a t e a c h t e m p e r a t u r e in
th e h e a t t r e a t in g r a n g e a n d a b o v e .
C h a rc o a l
d e c a r b u r iz e s
ste e l
at
1450 d e g re e s F a h r . a n d th e p re s ­
e n c e o f m o i s t u r e i n c r e a s e s t h e lo s s
o f c a i’ b o n a t t h e s u r f a c e .
■ D e t a ils o f a n e w
te st
fo r
c a r b u i’iz i n g
h a r d e n a b ilit y
s t e e ls
w e re
p re se n te d
b y W . E . J o m in y
and
A . L . B o e g e h o ld , m e t a l l u r g i c a l d e ­
p a rtm e n t,
re se a rc h
la b o r a t o r ie s ,
G e n e r a l M o t o r s C o r p ., D e t r o it .
te s t p e r m it s
th e g r a d in g
of
The
c a r­
b u r iz in g s t e e ls o f v a r io u s c o m p o s i­
t io n s a n d g r a in s iz e s a c c o r d in g to
t h e ir r e la t iv e h a r d e n a b ilit y .
The
w e ll- k n o w n
M c Q u a id - E h n
t e s t g iv e s a f a i r id e a o f w h a t h a r d ­
n e s s c h a r a c t e r is t ic s m a y b e e x p e c te d
w h e n s t e e ls o f li k e c o m p o s it io n b u t
d if fe r e n t g r a in s iz e s a r e c o m p a re d ,
b u t i t p r o v id e s n o m e a n s o f c o m ­
p a r in g s t e e ls in w h ic h t h e c o m p o s i­
tio n is v a r ie d .
F u r t h e r m o r e , s te e ls
w it h i n t h e u s u a l s p e c if ic a t io n s f o r
g r a in
s iz e
and
c o m p o s it io n
m ay
v a r y c o n s id e r a b ly in h a r d n e s s c h a r ­
a c t e r is t ic s so t h a t t h e r e is a d e fin ite
n e e d f o r a d ir e c t m e a n s o f m e a s u r ­
A n u m b e r o f sch em es fo r m eas­
u r in g t h e d e e p h a r d e n in g c h a r a c ­
fa ile d
in
s e r v ic e .
T h is
o c c u rre d
b e fo re th e t im e o f g r a in s iz e in ­
s p e c t io n
and
th e
s t e e ls
p r o b a b ly
t e r is t ic s o f c a r b u r iz e d s t e e ls w e r e
t r ie d b e fo re a s a t is f a c t o r y m e th o d
w a s fo u n d .
T h e s e in c l u d e d w e d g e -
w e r e c o a r s e - g r a in e d .
W h e t h e r t h is
b r it t le n e s s c a n b e o v e r c o m e b y m o d ­
e rn
s t e e lm a k in g
p r a c t ic e s
a p p a r­
e n t ly h a s n o t y e t b e e n f u l l y
de­
t e r m in e d . M u c h e x p e r im e n t a l w o r k
s h a p e d s p e c im e n s , d is k s , c y lin d e r s
in s e r t e d in a la r g e d is k , a n d o th e rs ,
b u t e a c h w a s d is c a r d e d a s im p r a c ­
■ T ro u b le s
cau sed
by
d e c a r b u r iz a ­
t io n in f u r n a c e a t m o s p h e r e s w e r e
in v e s t ig a t e d
b y Jo h n
A . W e b b e r,
p r o d u c tio n
m a n a g e r,
In te rs ta te
D ro p
F o rg e
C o .,
M ilw a u k e e ,
who
r e v ie w e d p a s t in v e s t ig a t io n s o n th e
e ffe c t o f th e v a r io u s g a s e s p r e s e n t
in t h e p r o d u c t s o f c o m b u s t i o n o f
fu e l- fir e d f u r n a c e s a n d s o m e o f th e
m e th o d s b e in g u s e d
to o v e rc o m e
d e c a r b u r iz a t io n .
M r . W e b b e r c o n c lu d e d t h a t d e c a r ­
b u r iz a t io n is m o r e r a p id a t t h e o r ­
d in a r y
h a r d e n in g
te m p e ra tu re s
w h e n g a s fu r n a c e s a r e o p e ra te d o n
th e r e d u c in g s id e , t h is p r o b a b ly b e ­
76
s c a le in c r e a s e r a t h e r
d e c a r b u r iz a t io n .
d e fin ite m ix t u r e
of
a n d C H , a n d H , in
it h
th e c a rb o n co n ­
t h is is a r e s u lt o f a n e x p e r ie n c e
in t h e e a r l y d a y s o f t h e i r d e v e lo p ­
m e n t.
C a s e h a rd e n e d p a rts m a d e
fr o m th e m p ro v e d to b e b r it t le a n d
is n o w b e in g d o n e u p o n t h e m a n d
t h e n e a r f u t u r e w i l l p r o b a b ly a g a in
s e e t h e ir u s e in p r o d u c tio n p a r t s .
Q u e n ch te s t s p e c im e n
a d o p te d
f o r u s e in n e w h a r d e n a b ilit y te s t .
P a p e r o f J o m i n y a n d B o e g e h o ld
fo r m a t io n o f
th a n d e c re a se
T h e re
is a
C O a n d C 0 2,
e q u ilib r iu m
w
c h a ra c te r­
b o n ra n g e , lig h t c a s e d f o r s u c h p u r ­
p o s e s a s a u t o m o t iv e
t r a n s m is s io n
g e a rs.
b in a t io n s s u it a b le f o r a lm o s t a n y
a p p lic a t io n a s b o th e le m e n t s m a y
t io n in t h e r e d u c in g a t m o s p h e r e is
d e e p e r t h a n th e t h ic k n e s s o f th e
s c a le f o r m e d in th e o x id iz in g a t ­
m o sp h e re .
M o s t m e th o d s o f p r e v e n t in g th e
in g d u e to t h e p r e s e n c e o f m o is t
h y d ro g e n .
It
canno t be due en­
t i r e l y t o t h e p r o t e c t io n o f th e s c a le
fo rm e d
b ecau se
in
th e o x id iz in g
th e
d e p th
of
a tm o s p h e re
d e c a r b u r iz a ­
in g
t h is
p ro p e rty
of
t ic a l o r in a c c u r a t e .
s te e l.
A
ty p e
of
te st
b a r w h ic h f in a lly w a s fo u n d s a t is ­
f a c t o r y is s h o w n in th e a c c o m p a n y ­
in g s k e t c h .
T h e te s t b a r p ro p e r,
t h a t is t h e b a r 3 in c h e s lo n g a n d 1
in c h in d ia m e t e r , is m a d e o f th e
s te e l to
be
te ste d .
An
a d a p te r
w h ic h is s h o w n s c r e w e d
te st b a r ca n be m a d e o f
in t o th e
a n y con­
v e n ie n t s t e e l a n d re - u s e d s e v e r a l
t im e s .
T h e t e s t p ie c e w it h a d a p t e r
s c r e w e d in p la c e is t h e n c a r b u r iz e d
8 h o u r s a t 1 7 0 0 d e g r e e s F a h r . , re m oved
fro m
th e
c a r b u r iz in g
box
a n d h u n g o n a f ix t u r e so th a t w a te r
is s p r a y e d o n
s h o w n in t h e
t r a t io n .
The
th e b o tto m fa c e a s
a c c o m p a n y in g illu s ­
cup
sh ap e
o f th e b o t­
to m f a c e d e fle c t s t h e w a t e r d o w n
a n d c o o lin g o n t h is f a c e o n ly is a c ­
c o m p lis h e d .
W h e n t h e s a m p l e i s c o o le d i t i s
r e m o v e d f r o m t h e f i x t u r e , p o li s h e d
w it h e m e r y p a p e r a n d th e h a rd n e s s
m e a su re d
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th e
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m anual
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q u ir e d f o r s t a r t in g , s t o p p in g , c o rv
t r o l l i n g s p e e d o r a p p l y i n g lo a d a r e
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d is e n g a g e s i f a n o v e r lo a d p u lls
d o w n t h e e n g in e s p e e d , a n d re - e n ­
g a g e s a f t e r sp e e d p ic k s u p . U n it is
a
h e a v y -d u ty ,
h ig h
c o m p r e s s io n ,
W a u k e s h a 4 o r 6 - c y lin d e r g a s e n g in e
w it h c o n v e n t io n a l m o u n t in g , r a d ia ­
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th e g e n e ra to r. U n it s m a y be c o n ­
t r o lle d b y g a s , a i r o r f lu id p r e s s u r e ,
b y f lu id le v e l, t e m p e r a t u r e lo w o r
h ig h
v o lt a g e r e la y s
o r m a n u a lly .
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in a w id e r a n g e o f s iz e s .
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M f g . C o ., E l g i n , 111., h a s
p la c e d o n t h e m a r k e t a n e w E l g i n
B e s id e s a u t o m a t ic c lu t c h , t h e r e is a n
t r ig g e r le s s
p n e u m a t ic h a m m e r ,
w h ic h is o p e ra te d b y p u s h in g th e
h a m m e r a g a in s t th e w o r k .
A n add­
e le c t r ic c o n t r o l a s s e m b ly in t h e s t e e l
c a b in e t o n r e a r o f t h e u n it h o u s e ,
in w h ic h a r e h o u s e d m a s t e r s w it c h ,
t h r e e s a f e t y s w i t c h e s to s t o p e n g i n e
in c a s e o i l o r w a t e r s u p p l y f a i l o r
to l i m i t le n g t h o f t h e c r a n k in g o p ­
e r a t io n in
c a se fu e l f a ils , a n d a
t im e - c y c le
sto p s
v a ls .
th e
s w it c h
u n it
at
th a t
sta rts
p r e s e le c t e d
and
in t e r ­
G ages show oil pressure, m anifold
w it h
H o ld e r
e d f e a t u r e o f th e h a m m e r is a to o l
h o ld e r w h ic h lo c k s t h e t o o ls in p o ­
s it io n , e lim in a t in g t h e n e c e s s it y o f
h o ld in g t h e t o o ls w h ile w o r k in g w it h
th e h a m m e r.
S ta n d a rd h e x a g o n to o l s h a n k s a re
m a c h in e d a r o u n d t h e ir c i r c u m f e r ­
e n c e to p r o v id e a r i n g g r o o v e a s h o r t
d is t a n c e f r o m t h e ir e n d s . R e t a in in g
b a lls in h a m m e r s le e v e e n g a g e t h is
g ro o v e . T h e s le e v e it s e lf is b a c k e d
u p b y a s p r in g w h ic h p r e s s e s it to ­
w a rd th e n o se o f th e h a m m e r a n d
p e r m i t s a v a l v e - l i f t i n g b a l l t o r i d e in
a s le e v e r e c e s s w h e r e i t is in o p e r a ­
t iv e w it h r e s p e c t to a v a lv e - lif t in g
p u s h ro d .
W h e n t h e h a m m e r is
p re s s e d f o r w a r d w it h th e e n d o f th e
to o l a g a in s t a r e s is t in g s u r f a c e , th e
to o l a n d s le e v e m o v e in w a r d a g a in s t
th e a c t io n o f t h e s p r in g , c a u s in g th e
b a ll to r a i s e t h e p u s h r o d a n d o p e n
th e v a lv e .
H a m m e r c o m e s i n t h r e e m o d e ls , B ,
C and D .
T h e f ir s t is s u it a b le f o r
g e n e ra l
p u rp o se
a p p lic a t io n s
and
w i l l h a n d le s t a r d r il ls u p to 1 in c h
in d ia m e t e r .
I t a ls o is s u it a b le f o r
lig h t c h ip p in g a n d s c a lin g . M o d e l C
h a n d le s 1 % in c h s t a r d r i l l a n d m o d e l
D t a k e s a 1 % in c h d r i l l . W e ig h t o f
t h e h a m m e r is a b o u t 1 3 % p o u n d s .
C o n v e y o r
B e lt
H e a v y - D u t y
B
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has
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G o o d r ic h
in t r o d u c e d
U s e s
a
C o .,
A k ro n ,
new
O .,
co n veyo r
b e lt o f c o rd c o n s t r u c t io n w h ic h , it
is c la im e d , g iv e s lo n g e r w e a r , m o r e
r e s is t a n c e
to
m o is t u r e
and
a c id
M a s t e r s w it c h , t h r e e s a fe ­
t y s w it c h e s a n d a t i m e c y c le s w it c h a re m o u n t e d
in s t e e l c a b in e t a t r e a r o f
t h is a u t o m a t i c a l l y - c o n ­
t r o lle d g a s e n g in e
p e n e t r a t io n , t r a n s v e r s e
a n d lo n g i­
t u d in a l f le x ib ilit y a n d m o re fre e d o m
of
m o tio n .
In s t e a d o f p lie s o f w o v e n f a b r ic ,
p lie s o f w e f t le s s c o r d s s u c h a s in
h e a v y -d u ty
tru c k
tir e s
a re
u sed .
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no
tra n sv e rse
or
f ille r
th re a d s
o b s t r u c t in g
t h e ir
o f m o v e m e n t, th e c o rd s a r e
fre e d o m
fre e
to
d is t o r t t h e m s e lv e s , t h u s s u p p le m e n t ­
in g th e c u s h io n in g q u a lit ie s o f th e
c o v e r to a d e g re e w h e r e t h e b e lt
r e s i s t s im p a c t , c u t t in g a n d g o u g in g .
L o n g it u d in a l
D ecem ber 13, 1937
f le x ib ilit y
p e r m it s
th e
77
b e lt
to
f le x
e a s ily
over
a ll
p u lle y s
w it h o u t s e t t in g u p s t r e s s e s t h a t m a y
c a u s e p ly s e p a r a t io n .
R e s is t a n c e to m o is t u r e a n d a c id
p e n e t r a t io n is a c c o m p lis h e d b y im ­
p r e g n a t io n o f t h e c a r c a s s w i t h r u b ­
b e r.
E a c h in d iv id u a l c o rd is s u r ­
ro u n d e d b y a la y e r o f r u b b e r . S h o u ld
a g o u g e o r c u t p e n e tra te th e c a rc a s s
o f t h e b e lt , t h e r e w o u ld b e o n ly
o n e o r t w o c h o r d s in v o lv e d s in c e
th e p lie s a r e m a d e o f p a r a lle l c h o rd s
r u n n in g le n g t h w is e .
T h e m o is t u r e
ca n p e n e tra te n o fa rth e r b e ca u se o f
th e a b s e n c e o f w ic k in g a c tio n a s
in th e w o v e n f a b r ic .
B e lt s m a y be
o b t a in e d i n a n y l e n g t h , w i d t h o r
n u m b e r o f p lie s .
C u t - O ff
M a d e
A t t a c h m
fo r
D ia l
B H o w e S c a le
m a n u f a c t u r in g
e n t
Is
S c a le s
C o ., R u t l a n d , V t . , i s
a
h ig h ly - s e n s it iv e ,
e le c t r ic , c u t- o ff a t t a c h m e n t t h a t c a n
b e u s e d w it h a n y d ia l s c a le a n d c a n
b e a d ju s t e d to o p e n o r s h u t h o p p e r s ,
b a t c h in g e q u ip m e n t, c o n t r o l v a lv e s
a n d o th e r u n it s c o n n e c te d w it h th e
o p e r a t io n o f w e ig h in g m a t e r i a ls .
U n it u t iliz e s t h e r e f le c t io n o f a
f r ic t io n le s s b e a m o f lig h t . W it h it
a n y m a k e o f d ia l s c a le c a n b e c o n ­
v e rt e d q u ic k ly f o r a u t o m a t ic w e ig h ­
in g a n d f il li n g o p e r a t io n s . A lt e r a ­
t io n s , a d ju s t m e n t s o r c h a n g e s to th e
s c a le a r e s a id t o b e u n n e c e s s a r y , d ia l
s c a le m e c h a n is m in n o w a y b e in g
in t e r f e r e d w it h .
A c t io n is p o s it iv e a n d h ig h s e n s i­
t i v i t y to m in u t e m o v e m e n t s o f th e
d ia l p o in t e r c la im e d . A t t a c h m e n t is
a d ju s t a b le o v e r f u l l 3 6 0 d e g re e s o f
th e s c a le . S e v e r a l u n it s m a y b e u se d
o n t h e s a m e d ia l to o b t a in c o m b in a ­
t io n s a n d s e q u e n c e o f c o n t r o l.
A
N o . 1 u n it m a y b e s e t f o r d r ib b le ;
N o . 2 u n i t s e t f o r c o m p le t e c u t - o f f .
M a t e r ia ls h a n d lin g o r d e liv e r y c o n ­
v e y o r s m a y b e c o n t r o lle d b y w e ig h ­
in g o p e r a t io n .
A n o p t ic a l u n i t c o n t a in s t h e e le c ­
t r i c e y e , a s m a ll in c a n d e s c e n t la m p
t h a t s h in e s c o n s t a n t ly o n th e p h o to ­
c e ll, a n d in t e r c e p t io n o f w h ic h p r o ­
v id e s t h e c u t- o ff. T h e o p t ic a l u n it is
m o u n te d o n t h e d ia l b y t h r e e s u c t io n
c u p s . R e la y u n it is u s u a lly m o u n te d
O p t ic a l u n i t
o f H ow e
c u t-o ff
a t t a c h m e n t fa s t e n s t o d ia l b y
m e a n s o f th ree s u c tio n cu p s
o n th e r e a r o f th e s c a le .
P ilo t lig h t s
o n to p o f r e l a y u n it in d ic a t e w h e n
r e l a y c o n t a c t s a r e o p e n o r c lo s e d .
U n i t s o p e r a t e o n 1 1 0 - v o lt , 5 0 to
6 0 - c y c le , a l t e r n a t i n g - c u r r e n t a n d t a k e
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periods of time, the Cleveland Auto­
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their important screw machine parts in
a Hevi Duty Vertical Retort Carburizer.
Uniformity from heat to heat, high qual­
ity of case and economy of operation
help them to produce better quality
machine tools.
B u r n e r s
S a m p le s of machine
parts case hardened in Carburizing Furnace.
S o n d lo r B ulletin HD 937.
p r o p o r t io n a l o il b u r n e r s w h ic h a u t o ­
m a t i c a ll y p r o p o r t io n a n d m a in t a in
c o r r e c t , s t r a ig h t lin e , a ir - o il r a t io
f r o m m in i m u m t o m a x im u m c a p a c i­
It d e s c r ib e s the V e r tic a l R etort C a r b u r iie r .
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te m p e ra tu re
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d io x id e
r e a d in g s
tw e e n 13 a n d 15 p e r c e n t.
A i r a n d o il s u p p ly is
be­
a u to m a t­
i c a l l y c o n t r o lle d a n d m a in t a in e d b y
m o v in g a le v e r , w h ic h s im u lt a n e ­
o u s ly
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a w id e o p e r a t in g r a n g e a n d p r o d u c ­
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w it h
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■ H a u c k M f g . C o ., 1 2 6 T e n t h s t r e e t ,
B r o o k ly n , N . Y . , is m a n u f a c t u r in g
t y , g iv in g
HE VI
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and
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V e r y l o w f la m e
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tu rn d o w n
can
be
o b t a in e d .
S in c e
a i r is c o n t r o lle d b y b u r n e r n o z z le
o r if ic e s ,
m a x im u m
a t o m iz in g
a ir
p r e s s u r e s a n d c o n s ta n t a i r v e lo c it y
a r e m a in t a in e d a t t h e p o in t o f o il
a t o m iz a t io n .
R e d u c e d a i r p i’ e s s u i'e
is e lim in a t e d a t p o in t o f o il a t o m i­
z a t io n w h e n b u r n e r is t u r n e d d o w n ,
i t is c la im e d .
A b a tte ry
e ra te d fro m
o f b u rn e rs m a y be op­
o n e c o n tro l m o to r w it h
e a c h b u r n e r b e in g it s o w n in d iv id ­
u a l a ir - o il m ix e r , n o t a f f e c t in g th e
o t h e r p r o p o r t io n in g
g ro u p .
b u rn e rs
in
th e
g r in d in g c h a s e r s
c u p w h e e l.
G r in d s
9
Ja m e s
H e a v y
C la r k
W
L in e
M o d e ls
o f
C h a s e r
in
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ty p e
M o t o r i s t o t a l l y e n c lo s e d w i t h t h e
lu b r ic a t e d . G r i t a n d d ir t is p r e v e n t e d
f r o m e n t e r in g t h e m o t o r b y o v e r a ll
h o u s in g s .
S t a n d a r d e q u ip m e n t in c lu d e s a n
a d ju s t a b le h o o d f o r w h e e l a n d th e
l a t e s t t y p e s a f e t y s w i t c h d e s ig n e d
to g i v e c o m p le t e p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t
o v e r lo a d a n d u n d e r - v o lt a g e . G r in d e r
is e a s i ly a c c e s s ib le b y o p e r a t o r a n d
C o ., L o u i s ­
a t th e s a m e
e r a tio n .
a 5 -h o rse -
tim e
p r o v id e s
s a fe
op­
N e w
G r in d e r s
B L a n d i s M a c h i n e C o ., W a y n e s b o r o ,
P a ., h a s a n n o u n c e d a n e w lin e o f
c h a s e r g r in d e r s c o n s is t in g o f t h r e e
m o d e ls t h a t c o v e r t h e e n t i r e r a n g e
o f s iz e s o f L a n d is c h a s e r s .
T h e n e w g r in d e r s
iz e d ,
th e
g r in d in g
w it h
r o t e r s h a f t m o u n te d in h e a v y - d u t y ,
p r e c is io n t y p e , b a ll b e a r in g s , g r e a s e
o rk
E le c t r ic
g r in d e r
b a s e f o r f lo o r m o u n t in g , w h ic h is
d e s ig n e d f o r h e a v y p r o d u c t i o n w o r k .
T h e m o d e l O m a c h in e is a s m a ll
u n i t d e s ig n e d f o r g r i n d i n g L a n d i s
c h a s e r s f o r th e s m a lle r s iz e s
of
L a n d i s d ie h e a d s . N o . 1 m o d e l i s a
h e a v ie r d u t y m a c h in e f o r g r in d in g
a l l c h a s e r s u p to 1 % - in c h w id e . N o .
1%
m o d e l is a n e x t r a h e a v y - d u t y
m a c h i n e d e s ig n e d f o r g r i n d i n g t h e
la r g e s t
c h a se rs
under
th e
m o st
s e v e r e p r o d u c t io n c o n d it io n s .
v ille , K y ., h a s a n n o u n c e d
T h r e e
pow er
on th e fa c e o f th e
a re a ll m o to r­
w h e e ls
b e in g
A ccep ted
fo r
ECONOM Y
a n d M a x im u m E F F IC IE N C Y
w h ere o il ca n n o t b e u sed
M ETA LIN E O IL L E S S
BRO N ZE B EA R IN G S
M E T A L I N E O IL L E S S B R O N Z E B E A R IN G S
h a v e b e e n u sed fo r m o re th a n h a lf a c e n t u r y .
A c c e p t e d b y t h e steel in d u s tr y as th e s o lu tio n
t o th e d iffic u lt p r o b le m o f p r o v id in g b e a rin g s
t h a t ru n e ffic ie n tly in h ig h te m p e r a tu r e s w h ere
o il c a n n o t b e u sed .
ECONOM Y
BRON ZE
—
M E T A L IN E
O IL L E S S
B E A R I N G S are m a d e o f a sp e c ia l
b r o n z e im p r e g n a te d w it h h e a t-re sis tin g M E T A L ­
I N E (t h e lu b r ic a n t) w h ic h re n d e rs th e m oille ss
fo r h ig h te m p e r a tu r e jo b s .
M E T A L IN E
w ill
a lw a y s b e in c o n t a c t w it h th e jo u r n a l o r sh a ft
A ll n e w L a n d is c h a s e r g r in d e r s are
m o t o r iz e d , a n d g r in d in g
w h e e ls
m o u n t e d d ir e c t ly o n a r m a t u r e
s h a ft
m o u n te d d ir e c t ly o n th e a r m a t u r e
s h a f t o f th e m o to r , e lim in a t in g g e a r
or
c h a in
d r iv e s .
Tw o
g r in d in g
w h e e ls , o n e c u p a n d o n e s t r a ig h t , a r e
s u p p li e d
as
sta n d a rd
e q u ip m e n t .
S t r a ig h t w h e e l is u s e d f o r g r in d in g
th e r a k e
a n g le s
of
L a n d is
b o lt
c h a s e r s w h e r e v e r le a d s c r e w is n o t
u s e d . A r e s t t h a t is a d ju s t a b le to
a n y a n g le is p r o v id e d to f a c ilit a t e
t h is o p e r a t io n . T h e s t r a ig h t w h e e l
m a y a ls o b e u s e d f o r m is c e lla n e o u s
a ssu rin g a c le a n s m o o th -r u n n in g b e a r in g .
C u ts
re p la ce m e n t c o sts .
E F F IC IE N C Y
—
m e ta lin e
BRON ZE
B E A R IN G S
are s h ip p e d
in stall.
No
m a c h in in g
fu rth e r
o ille s s
ready
to
n e c e ssa ry .
S ta n d a r d c a stin g s c a r rie d in s t o c k in su re p r o m p t
s e r v ice .
a v a ila b le .
S izes r a n g in g fr o m
to
1 8 " I .D .
O th e r sizes t o y o u r r e q u ir e m e n ts.
W r it e f o r o u r ca ta log u e.
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g r in d in g .
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le a d a n d r a k e
a n g le s o f a l l p ip e
c h a se rs a n d
b o lt
c h a se rs
w hen
th e
th re a d is to b e c u t w it h th e u s e o f
a le a d s c r e w .
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b e a r in g ,
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th e
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th ru s t
lo a d
of
79
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H e a t in g
( C on clu d ed fr o m P a g e 4 8 )
p a te n te d
ty p e .
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sh o w s
a
s e c t io n a l v ie w .
T h e y a re en cased
in s t e e l p la t e s a n d h e a v ily b ra c e d
w it h b u c k s t a y s .
A l l w a lls a r e o f
a p p r e c ia b le t h ic k n e s s a n d a r e c o m ­
p le t e ly in s u la t e d .
T h e r e c u p e r a t o r c a n b e lik e n e d in
p i'in c ip le
to
a
v e r t ic a l f ir e
tu b e
b o ile r , e x c e p t t h a t w a s t e g a s e s a r e
p a s s e d v e r t ic a l ly d o w n w a r d w h ile
a i r is m o v e d in a lt e r n a t e d ir e c t io n s
h o r iz o n t a lly f r o m b o tto m to to p o f
th e
a s s e m b le d
stru c tu re s.
T h is
c h a n g e f r o m th e c o n v e n t io n a l h o r i­
z o n ta l p a s s ty p e is o f r e c e n t o r ig in .
The
r e c u p e r a t o r is a s e r ie s o f
v e r t i c a l l y e x t e n d in g , o c t a g o n a l, t u b u ­
l a r m e m b e r s ; e a c h c o lu m n f o r m in g
a se p a ra te p a s s a g e w a y fo r w a ste
g a s e s ; a d ja c e n t c o lu m n s a r e s t a g ­
g e r e d to p r o v id e t o r t u o u s p a s s a g e ­
w a y s f o r t h e a i r to in s u r e m a x im u m
w ip in g o r t u r b u le n t a c tio n d u r in g
th e m o v e m e n t o f th e a i r th ro u g h
th e a s s e m b ly . T h e s t r u c t u r e is n o t
tie d in t o t h e e n c lo s in g w a l ls , a n d
a s e a c h p it h a s a s e r ie s o f c e lls
w it h s e p a r a t e o u t le t s a n d c o n t r o ls ,
a c e ll in a n e m e r g e n c y m a y b e r e ­
In s u re s
T h e a ll- s t e e l c o n s t r u c t io n o f t h is
p r e s s u r e lu b r ic a t e d b y s e p a r a t e s y s ­
te m s.
p la t e s w e ld e d t o g e t h e r in t o
t e m is p r o v id e d w it h s t e a m - j a c k e t e d
a su b ­
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p ip in g
in g
c a n t r e q u ir e d
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p in io n s
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to f it in d iv id u a l r e q u ir e m e n t s .
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and
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cases
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c o m b in e d ,
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t r ib u t in g
c h a m b e r , m in im iz e s
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e f fe c t o f a l l t h e a i r b e in g p r e h e a t e d .
T h e s p a c in g o f t h e h o llo w t ile f lu e
u n it s in s u r e s u n if o r m h e a t in g a n d
c o u n t e r - c o o lin g ,
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t e r n a l s t r e s s e s w h ic h m ig h t p ro d u c e
le a k a g e o r f a ilu r e .
fo r th e p in io n s .
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a ls o re d u c e s th e m o d u lu s o f r u p t u r e
in s e r v ic e . T h e s e r e c u p e r a t o r s m a y
b e o b t a in e d i n d ie c a s t c l a y , s i l i c o n
c a r b id e ,
and
e le c t r o c a s t
m u llit e .
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in c r e a s e d b y s e le c t io n o f m a t e r ia ls
a d a p te d f o r th e w o r k to b e d o n e ,
a n d is f u r t h e r e x te n d e d b y c o rre c t
d e s ig n i n s u c h m a t t e r s a s t i l e t h i c k ­
n e s s a n d c o n t r o l o f in i t ia l a n d f in a l
t e m p e r a t u r e d if f e r e n t ia ls .
p i c k u p i s t h u s d e v e lo p e d , e s p e c i a l l y
w h e n h e a t in g c o ld s t e e l.
p in io n s t a n d c o m b in e s c a s t in g s a n d
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o f th e s t r u c t u r e .
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s e t t in g a l l t ile .
C o m b u s t io n a i r is p o s it iv e ly s u p ­
p lie d to t h e p it t h r o u g h t h e r e c u ­
p e r a t o r s b y a l o w - p r e s s u r e f a n p ip e d
to t h e c o ld e n d o f t h e r e c u p e r a t o r .
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to s h o w
n o r m a l s e r v ic e
a fte r a
s e r i e s o f f lo o d s a n d 2 0 m o n t h s o f
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INC.
322 Vulcan St., Buffalo, N. Y .
E m p lo y m e n t o f s o u n d p r in c ip le s
in t h is c o m p a c t c o n s t r u c t io n m a k e s
it p o s s ib le to u t iliz e a l l t h e a v a ila b le
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s t r u c t u r e o r t h e s t e e l, a n d w it h o u t
e x c e s s iv e d e liv e r y lo s s e s . T h e a i r
p r e h e a t t e m p e r a t u r e is a v e r a g in g
a b o u t 1600 d e g re e s F a h r . w h e n u s ­
in g a h ig h B .t .u . f u e l a n d 1 8 0 0 d e ­
g r e e s F a h r . o n lo w B .t .u . f u e l. T h is
te m p e ra tu re
v a r ie s
but
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by
c o n t r o llin g
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a d ju n c t to p r e c is e c o n t r o l a n d h e lp s
to a v o id b u r n in g o r w a s h in g t h e
s t e e l , a n d i m p a r t s f a s t “ p i c k - u p ” to
th e fu rn a c e .
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g ases,
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p a s s a g e
th ro u g h th e re c u p e ra to rs , m a y be
c o n d u c te d
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f o r s u b s e q u e n t d e liv e r y to th e f ir in g
p o rt o f th e p it . H o w e v e r, th e u se
o f t ile s o r h ig h e r c o n d u c t iv it y w il l
p e r m it t h e d is p e n s in g o f g a s p r e ­
h e a te rs
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to t h e a d a p t e r e n d . A f t e r t h is m e a s ­
u r e m e n t is m a d e a s t r ip o f m e t a l
is r e m o v e d b y g r in d in g to a d e p th
o f 0 .0 1 5 - in c h a n d a n o t h e r s e r i e s o f
h a r d n e s s r e a d in g s is m a d e .
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t h e s e t w o s e r ie s o f r e a d in g s th e
h a r d e n in g
c h a r a c t e r is t ic s
of
th e
ste e l
a re
& P in io n
c in n a t i.
C o ., E l m w o o d
p la c e ,
C in ­
S p e c ia l h e a t t r e a t in g e q u ip m e n t
w a s in s t a lle d to p r o d u c e t h e s e r o l ls
w h ic h a r e m a d e to a m a x im u m s iz e
o f a b o u t 2 0 - in c h b o d y d i a m e t e r b y
6 0 - in c h w o r k i n g f a c e , w i t h o v e r a l l
le n g t h n o t o v e r 1 2 5 in c h e s .
S c le r o s c o p e h a r d n e s s o n th e w o r k in g fa c e
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v a l u e , a n d t h e a u t h o r s in d ic a t e t h a t
t h e u s e o f t h e t e s t in c o m b in a t io n
w it h t h e M c Q u a id - E h n t e s t m a y b e
w o r t h w h ile a s a r e g u la r p ro c e d u re
o n s t e e ls f o r m o r e im p o r t a n t p a r t s .
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M
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H O f in t e r e s t to u s e r s o f in d u s t r ia l
f in is h e s is a n e x h ib it a t M e t a ls &
P la s t ic s B u r e a u , In t e r n a t io n a l B u ild ­
in g , R o c k e f e lle r C e n t e r , N e w Y o r k ,
s e t u p b y R o x - a li n F l e x i b l e L a c q u e r
C o ., E l i z a b e t h , N . J .
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e x h ib it
d e m o n stra te s
la c ­
q u e r s , e n a m e ls a n d s y n t h e t ic s f o r
m e t a l, w o o d a n d o th e r b a s e s .
A
g ro u p o f illu s t r a t io n s s h o w s a “ t w is t ­
in g a n d b e n d in g ” t e s t f o r la c q u e r s .
T h e r e a r e a ls o p h o to s o f th e T r a i l
B la z e r , t h e ir s a le s m a n o n w h e e ls ,
c a r r y i n g m o r e t h a n 2 0 0 s a m p le s o f
p r o d u c t s fin is h e d w it h t h e ir m a t e ­
r ia ls .
A “ l i v e ” f e a t u r e o f t h e e x h ib it is
a
r e v o lv in g
d ru m
w h ic h
dem on­
s t r a t e s f o u r o f t h is c o m p a n y ’s le a d ­
in g p r o d u c t s .
U t ilit y o f th e te s t fro m a p ro d u c ­
t io n s t a n d p o in t w a s h a ile d b y L . A .
D a n s e , m e t a llu r g is t , C a d illa c M o to r
C a r d i v i s i o n , G e n e r a l M o t o r s C o r p .,
D e t r o i t , w h o b e l ie v e d t h e d e v e lo p ­
m e n t w o u ld g iv e m u c h a s s is t a n c e to
p r o d u c tio n d e p a r tm e n ts in d if f ic u l­
t ie s
w it h
s u p p lie r s
o v e r s t e e l s p e c i­
f ic a t io n s .
■ C l a s s i f y in g c a r b u r iz e d
fo u r
c a t e g o r ie s — u p
to
c a s e s in t o
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b e tw e e n
0 .0 2 0 a n d
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t w e e n 0 .0 4 0 a n d 0 .0 6 0 - in c h , a n d o v e r
0 .0 6 0 - i n c h t o t a l p e n e t r a t i o n — A . L .
B o e g e h o ld a n d C . J . T o b in o f G e n ­
e r a l M o t o r s r e s e a r c h la b o r a t o r ie s ,
p r e s e n t e d a d is c u s s io n o f th e m a n ­
ner
in
w h ic h
v a r io u s
ty p e s
of
s t r e s s e s im p o s e d u p o n a u t o m o t i v e
p a r t s a r e t a k e n in t o c o n s id e r a t io n
in d e t e r m in in g th e k in d o f c a s e r e ­
q u ir e d to p r o v id e s u c c e s s f u l o p e ra ­
t i o n i n s e i’ v i c e .
S u c h s tre s se s a re
t h e r e s u l t o f c r u s h i n g lo a d s , b e n d ­
i n g lo a d s a n d o f s l i d i n g , r o l l i n g a n d
a b r a s io n .
■ R e q u ir e m e n t s
n e c e ssa ry
fo r
th e
p r o d u c t io n o f lig h t c a r b u r iz e d c a s e s
w e r e s u m m a r iz e d b y V . T . M a lc o lm ,
C h a p m a n V a l v e M f g . C o ., I n d i a n
O r c h a r d , M a s s . P a r t s o n w h ic h s u c h
cases
a re
u sed
in c lu d e ,
vacuum
c le a n e r , t y p e w r it e r a n d s e w in g m a ­
c h in e p a r t s , s h a c k le s , t im in g g e a r s ,
checks
and
la t h e
c e n te rs,
c h a in
lin k s , c a m s a n d s m a ll g e a rs a n d th e
lik e .
M e a n s f o r d e t e r m in in g h a r d ­
n e s s , d e p th o f c a s e , w e a r r e s is ta n c e
and
b r it t le n e s s
and
c o n s id e r e d .
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im p a c t w e r e
r e q u ir e m e n t s
d ic t a t e a h a r d n e s s o f n o t le s s t h a n
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0 .0 0 5 t o 0 .0 4 0 - in c h a n d f i n i s h i n g t o l ­
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We, The Sterling Grinding
Wheel Company, extend to you,
our Customers, the world over
our Sincere Thanks and Appre­
ciation for the many Courtesies
shown us this year. May this
Christmas Season be one of
giving thanks for a job well done
and the New Year prosperous.
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d ia m e t e r .
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CHICAGO: 912 W. Washington Blvd. DETROIT: 101-107 W. Warren Ave.
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■ H a rd e n e d
a n d g ro u n d r o lls f o r
c o ld r o l l i n g w o r k , m a d e f r o m h o m o ­
g e n e o u s a llo y s te e l a r e a m o n g th e
n e w p r o d u c tio n s o f T o o l S t e e l G e a r
December 13, 1937
Abrasive Division of The Cleveland Quarries Co.
C h a n g in g
In
th e
n a c e s w h ic h h a v e b e e n c o n v e rte d
f r o m p o w d e re d c o a l to n a t u r a l g a s .
T h e s e fu rn a c e s a re a b o u t 10 fe e t
lo n g a n d t h e g a s b u r n e r s a r e lo ­
c a te d
in
th e
back
w a lls .
W h ile
so m e
of
th e se
a re
d ir e c t
f ir e d ,
o t h e r s c o n t a in b a f f le s a g a in s t w h ic h
th e
gas
b u rn e rs
f ir e
and
w h ic h
s e r v e to d is t r ib u t e th e h e a t m o re
e v e n ly .
A ls o , 33 b o x a n n e a le r s a r e
i n p i’ o c e s s o f b e i n g c h a n g e d f r o m
p o w d e re d c o a l to g a s .
A m o n g th e
u n iq u e u n it s h e r e is a h ig h t e m ­
p e ra tu re
a n n e a le r .
C e r t a in
h ig h
F u e ls
S te e l
M
ill
( C o n clu d ed f r o m P a g e 6 1 )
c h a n g e d f r o m p o w d e re d c o a l to g a s
f ir in g .
S e v e n b o x a n n e a le rs h a v e b een
c o n v e rte d fro m
c o a l to g a s w h ile
tw o
3 2 0 -fo o t,
s e m i- m u f f le ,
tu n n e l
t y p e a n n e a lin g k il n s a r e n o w h e a te d
w it h n a t u r a l g a s a s a g a in s t c le a n
p ro d u c e r g a s fo r m e r ly .
S o m e D ir e c t F ir e d
g r a d e s h e e ts r e q u ir e a h ig h t e m ­
p e ra tu re , 2000
d e g re e s
F a h r. an ­
n e a l a n d a r e in th e f u r n a c e f o r
A t th e F o lla n s b e e p la n t a r e 15
h o t m ills w it h S p a ir a n d s h e e t f u r ­
10 d a y s.
A n e w t y p e o f g a s f ir e d
f u r n a c e w a s d e s ig n e d a n d b u i l t h e r e .
I t h a s a c ir c u la r a rc h .
W it h t h is
ty p e
o f a rc h th e re is
no th ru s t
a g a in s t th e w a lls a n d n o b u c k s t a y s
a re needed.
A n n e a lin g b o x e s w it h b a lls a n d
t r a c k s a r e u s e d w it h t h is fu r n a c e ,
w h ic h is 9 x 1 8 % fe e t.
E ig h t g a s
b u r n e r s a r e lo c a t e d c lo s e to t h e b o t­
to m , 4 o n e a c h s id e , a n d t h e y f ir e
a g a in s t u p r i g h t b a f f le s in s id e t h e
fu rn a c e .
T h e s e t h r o w t h e h e a t to
t h e r o o f w h e r e i t is d e fle c t e d d o w n ­
w a rd on th e w o r k a n d f in a lly g o e s
o u t t h r o u g h o p e n in g s in t h e h e a r t h
a n d a f lu e u n d e r th e c e n t e r o f t h e
fu rn a c e .
T h e w a lls a re 2 fe e t 10
in c h e s h ig h a n d 2 2 % in c h e s t h ic k ,
a n d a i 'e c o n s t r u c t e d o f i n s u l a t i n g
r e f r a c t o r y a n d f ir e b r ic k .
T h e ro o f
i s o f in s u la t i n g r e f r a c t o r y 9 in c h e s
t h ic k .
W it h a n a u t o m a t ic te m p e r a ­
t u r e c o n t r o l a n d re c o r d in g p y r o m ­
e te r,
r e m a r k a b le
e c o n o m ie s
a re
c la im e d f o r t h is u n it . T h e o r d in a r y
a n n e a le r s in t h is p la n t w e r e c o n ­
v e r t e d b y p la c in g g a s b u r n e r s in th e
ro o fs
so
th a t
th e y
f ir e
s t r a ig h t
down.
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g a s b u r n e r s e a c h , e a c h r o w lo c a t e d
in
S P E C IF Y
STEA RN S
1 8 g a s b u r n e r s a n d is lif t e d o n a n d
o ff th e b a se s b y c ra n e .
T h e sh e e ts
a r e p u t o n th e b a s e , 8 x 2 2 fe e t, in
p ile s a n d th e p ile s a r e c o v e r e d w it h
lig h t s t e e l b o x e s to p r e s e r v e a n e u ­
t r a l a tm o sp h e re .
A i r i s s u p p lie d to
th e
b u rn e rs
at
6 -o u n ce
p re ssu re
f r o m a b lo w e r o n to p o f th e c o v e r .
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G a s a n d a ir a re
c o r r e c t l y p r o p o r t i o n e d f o r c o m p le t e
c o m b u s tio n . A n a u t o m a t ic t e m p e r a ­
b i­
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r u b b e r
m
fa c t o r y .
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ill
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gas
im m e r s io n
b u rn e rs,
p o t l i f e is in d e f in it e , t h o s e in t h is
p la n t h a v in g b e e n in o p e r a t io n f o r 7
g a p s
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m e r g e d g a s m e lt in g e le m e n t s
b r a k e s .
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W rite for our d escrip tive sales book on th e s u b jec t
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L e n g th e n e d
p in g e m e n t, f r o m o n e to o n e a n d a
h a l f y e a r s w a s c o n s id e r e d g o o d p o t
d e v ic e .
S t e a r n s
L ife
o n -an d -
I n th e t in n in g d iv is io n th e t in p o ts
w e r e c h a n g e d o v e r to g a s im m e r ­
s io n h e a t in g s o m e t im e a g o .
P r io r
t o t h is c h a n g e , a n d w i t h f la m e im ­
e m p lo y e s .
e f fic ie n t
d e a d
C lu t c h
C lu t c h - b r a k e
T h e r e
h ig h e r
S T E A R N S
id - w e s t
a n
o f
S
in
th e
o p e r a t io n
p r o t e c t io n
O P E R A T IO N S
s u c c e s s f u lly
r e q u ir e
S T E A R N
o£
t h e r o o f c lo s e to t h e s id e w a lls .
A n e w ly in s t a lle d g a s h e a te d a n ­
n e a le r o f t h e b e ll t y p e c o n s is t s o f
a
s in g le
co ver
and
tw o
b ases.
W h il e t h is f u r n a c e is in o p e r a t io n
w it h o n e b a s e th e o t h e r b a s e is b e ­
i n g lo a d e d .
T h e c o v e r c o n t a in s t h e
a g n e ts
m ix t u r e , u n d e r p r e s s u r e , in t o t h e
h o r iz o n t a l
c ro s so v e r.
An
a ir - g a s
p ip e a n d v e n t c o m p le t e t h e u n it .
A t u r n d o w n r a t io o f 1 0 0 to 1 f a c ili­
ta te s
a u t o m a t ic
te m p e ra tu re
con­
tr o l.
T h e rm a l
e f f ic ie n c y
o f t h is
u n it
is
h ig h .
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p e r io d s n o r t h i n o u t w h e n s u b j e c t e d
to h e a t.
L u b r ic a t io n
of
h o is t
c a b le s
and
w ir e r o p e c a n do a g r e a t d e a l to
in c r e a s e s e r v ic e lif e . T h e p r o d u c t
u sed , h o w e v e r, m u st be o f su c h n a ­
t u re th a t it w ill p e n e tra te b e tw e e n
t h e s t r a n d s , r i g h t t h r o u g h to th e
c o r e o f t h e c a b le . F o r m in g a h e a v y
L u b r ic a t in g
O n
B e a r in g s
C r a n e s
Is
Im
p o r t a n t
( C o n c lu d ed f r o m P a g e 5 4 )
p o in t . F o r t r o u b le - f r e e p e r fo r m a n c e
w it h w ic k fe e d s y s t e m s , th e lu b r i­
f ilm o f lu b r ic a n t o n th e s u r f a c e o f
w ir e ro p e is o f n o v a lu e . I n f a c t , it
is a d e fin it e d is a d v a n t a g e a s th e s u r ­
p lu s lu b r ic a n t is b o u n d to c lin g to
d r u m s a n d s h e a v e s , e v e n t u a lly p il­
i n g u p to t h e p o i n t w h e r e i t w i l l
t h r o w o ff.
T e s t in g
V - B e lt s
■ W o r k in g d r a w in g s h a v e b e e n p r e ­
p a r e d b y t h e S o c ie t y o f A u t o m o t iv e
E n g in e e r s s t a n d a r d s c o m m it t e e , 2 9
W e s t T h ir t y - n in t h s t re e t , N e w Y o r k ,
f r o m w h ic h a m a c h in e m a y b e c o n ­
stru c te d
g iv e n
to t e s t V - b e lts b y
in
th e
D e s ig n
as
of
s im p le
as
1937
S A E
f ix t u r e
has
p o s s ib le
to
m e th o d s
handbook.
been
m ade
g iv e
u n i­
f o r m l y c o m p a r a b le r e s u lt s a n d lo n g
s e r v ic e . D r a w in g s m a y b e p u r c h a s e d
fro m
th e
s o c ie t y ’s
sta n d a rd s
de­
p a rtm e n t.
c a n t c h o s e n m u s t w it h s t a n d h e a v y
lo a d s a t h ig h o p e r a t in g
te m p e ra ­
tu re s
and
s h o u ld
n o t fo rm
a
g la z e
o n th e f e lt s u r f a c e s . A n y lu b r ic a n t
w h ic h f o r m s s u c h a g la z e in t e r f e r e s
w it h th e a b ilit y o f
to fe e d c o n s t a n t ly .
th e f e lt w ic k s
In
t im e th e s e
w ic k s w i l l f a i l to fe e d a s u f f ic ie n t
q u a n t it y to k e e p b e a r in g s p r o p e r ly
lu b r ic a t e d .
A n o th e r
s o lu tio n
of
th e
Atoira-fje&tstj Jloadi
the E A S Y W A Y
p r o b le m
is b y t h e u s e o f c o m b in a t io n s o f
s p r in g y h o r s e h a ir a n d w o o l y a r n
im p r e g n a t e d w it h g r a d e s o f lu b r i­
c a n t w h ic h fe e d a t th e p r o p e r sp e e d
to i n s u r e g o o d l u b r i c a t i o n . P r e p a r a ­
t io n o f s u c h h a ir a n d w o o l y a r n
g re a se s
r e q u ir e s
s t a n d in g
a
th o ro u g h
o f c o n d it io n s
so
No pulling— no fatigue
but precision spotting of
heavy loads from push­
button, rope or complete­
ly automatic con trol.
Loads up to 4 tons travel
smoothly along monorail
tracks with American
MonoTractor drive.
u n d e r­
as
to
as­
s u re th e m a n u fa c tu r e o f a p ro d u c t
w h ic h w il l lu b r ic a t e p r o p e r ly w it h ­
in t h e r a n g e
e n c o u n te re d .
o f t e m p e r a t u r e s to b e
O n t h e l a t e s t m o d e ls o f c r a n e s
a l l g e a r s a r e e n c lo s e d i n a n o i l t i g h t
h o u s in g . T h is s im p lif ie s t h e ir lu b r i­
c a t io n to a v e r y c o n s id e r a b le d e ­
g r e e . U s u a l l y s u c h e n c lo s e d g e a r s
r e q u i r e a l i g h t b o d ie d l u b r i c a n t w i t h
a s p e c ia l e x t r e m e
p r e s s u r e e le m e n t
a d d e d . G r e a t c a r e m u s t b e e x e r c is e d
in th e s e le c t io n o f s u c h e x t r e m e
p r e s s u r e lu b r ic a n t s . “ E P ” e le m e n t s
o f c e r t a in ty p e s h a v e a n a d v e rs e
e ffe c t o n s o m e m e t a ls .
an
O p e n g e a r s , o r g e a i's r u n n i n g i n
o il b a th , (th o u g h n o t t o t a lly e n ­
c lo s e d )
c a ll
stu d y —
i f t h e y a r e to b e e f f ic ie n t ly
fo r
so m ew h at
m o re
lu b r ic a t e d .
Spur
and
h e r r in g b o n e
g e a rs r u n n in g in o il b a th s p r e v io u s ­
l y c a u s e d c o n s id e r a b le d r ip p a g e a n d
t h r o w in g o ff o f lu b r ic a n t , b u t s t u d y
b y e n g in e e r in g
d e p a rtm e n ts a n d lu ­
b r i c a n t s d e v e lo p e d t o r e m e d y t h i s
t r o u b le h a v e r e d u c e d t h e lo s s o f th e
p ro d u ct
a p p lie d
and
in s u r e d
m o re
c o n s ta n t lu b r ic a t io n .
On
open
g e a rs
a
heavy
v is c o u s
lu b r ic a n t ,
h e a te d
b e fo re
a p p ly in g
a n d th e n p u t o n w it h a b r u s h , w ill
g iv e
b est
r e s u lt s .
h e r r in g b o n e
Fo r
g e a rs,
a
sp u r
d u r a b le
film
and
This ru bber drive w heel, gea red to
an electric motor, is inflated against
the bottom of the rail. The in crea sed
tractive co n ta ct o f ru b ber against
steel creates trem endous draw -bar
pull. M a n y interesting applications
are describ ed in a n ew b ook now
available. W rite for a cop y.
and
lu b r ic a n t
s h o u ld b e u s e d w h ic h w i l l c lin g to
g e a r te e th , c o a t in g
th e m
w it h
a
heavy
American MonoTractor rcduccs cost
of handling heavy castings.
e lim in a t in g
A M E R I C A N M O N O R A I L CO.
13102 Athens A ve ., Cleveland, O.
m e t a l to m e t a l c o n t a c t . T h e y s h o u ld
a ls o b e o f s u c h n a t u r e a s n o t to
“ h e a v y u p ” d u r in g lo w t e m p e r a t u r e
December 13, 1937
83
C o p ie s o f a n y o f th e li t e r a t u r e lis t e d b e lo w m a y
b e o b t a in e d b y w r i t i n g d i r e c t l y t o t h e c o m p a n i e s
in v o lv e d , o r b y a d d r e s s in g S T E E L , in c a r e o f
U e a d e r s ’ S e r v ic e D e p a r t m e n t , 1213 W e s t T h ir d
S t r e e t , C le v e la n d
G e a rs— G e a r
G r in d in g
M a c h in e
C o ., C o n a n t r o a d a n d G r a n d T r u n k
r a ilw a y ,
D e t r o it ,
b o o k le t
on
m e n ts.
The
gear
has
p u b lis h e d
m e a s u r in g
b o o k le t
c o n t a in s
n e e r in g
v a r io u s
th e h e a t t r e a t in g o f s te e l. T h e b o o k ­
le t a ls o c o n t a in s e n g in e e r in g d a t a .
T ru c k
d a ta
and
illu s t r a t io n s
in s t r u m e n t s .
of
a
H e a t T r e a t in g — E . F . H o u g h to n &
in s t r u ­
C o ., P h i l a d e l p h i a , h a s p u b l i s h e d a 16p a g e b o o k le t o n s a l t b a t h s u s e d in
e n g i-
B a t t e r ie s — U S L
B a tte ry
C o r p ., N i a g a r a F a l l s , N . Y . , h a s i s ­
s u e d a n 8 -p a g e b u lle t in d e s c r ib in g
c o n s t r u c t io n f e a t u r e s o f n e w s t o r a g e
b a t t e r ie s f o r in d u s t r ia l s e r v ic e .
Gas
tra c to r— M e rc u ry
M fg .
h e a v y - d u ty in d u s t r ia l h a u la g e
a n d in c lu d in g s p e c if ic a t io n s .
COOLANT for
8
Grinders
C o .,
C h ic a g o , is d is t r ib u t in g b u lle t in 2 06,
d e s c r ib in g a n d il lu s t r a t in g
a new
u n it
F l o o r i n g ' M a t e r i a l — F l e x r o c k C o .,
800 N o r th D e la w a r e a v e n u e , P h ila ­
d e lp h ia , h a s r e le a s e d a f o ld e r c o n ­
t a in in g in f o r m a t io n o n t h e a p p lic a ­
t io n
and
a d v a n ta g e s
f lo o r c o m p o u n d .
of
F le x r o c k
P r e - F a b r ic a t e d H o m e s — H a r n is c h f e g e r C o r p ., 6 7 8 5 W e s t G r e e n f i e l d
a v e n u e , M ilw a u k e e , h a s re le a s e d a
b o o k le t c o n t a in in g in t e r e s t in g i l l u s ­
t r a t io n s a n d in f o r m a t io n o n th e c o n ­
s t r u c t io n
o f P re -F a b
S c re w
D r iv e r s
h o m es.
—
C o n t in e n t a l
S c r e w C o ., N e w B e d f o r d , M a s s . , h a s
p r in t e d a f o ld e r il lu s t r a t in g a n d im ­
p a r t in g in f o r m a t io n o n th e d if fe r e n t
ty p e s
of
P h illip s
sc re w
d r iv e r s ,
s c r e w s a n d b it s .
F o r g in g - — D r o p
F o r g in g
A s s o c ia ­
t io n , 605 H a n n a b u ild in g , C le v e la n d ,
h a s is s u e d a 4 -p a g e f o ld e r w it h i l l u s ­
t r a t io n s a n d in f o r m a t io n
on h o w
f o r g in g s
b u lk .
al
re d u c e
d e a d w e ig h t
and
N ic k e l A p p lic a t io n s — In t e r n a t io n ­
N i c k e l C o ., 6 7 W a l l s t r e e t , N e w
Y o r k , h a s p u b lis h e d a 2 6 -p a g e b o o k ­
le t o f e n g in e e r in g d a t a , in c lu d in g
4 0 0 a p p lic a t io n s f o r n ic k e l, M o n e l
a n d I n c o n e l u n d e r c o r r o s i v e c o n d i­
t io n s .
R e f r a c t o r ie s — J o h n s - M a n v ille , 22
E a s t F o r t ie t h s tre e t, N e w Y o r k , h a s
i
t
is s u e d a 4 8 - p a g e i l l u s t r a t e d b o o k l e t
o n h e a t in g , a n d e n t it le d “ T h e D r a ­
m a t ic S t o r y o f M a n ’s A g e - O ld S t r u g ­
p u m p in g
o u s ly /
jo b
c o n t in u ­
" lic k in g "
w h e re
a
o th e r
g le to C o n t r o l N a t u r e ’s M o s t P o w e r ­
f u l F o r c e .”
L u b r ic a n t s
Courtesy Frost Gear & Forge Co.
pum p
O u r
d o es, and
B u lle t in
N o .
n o t ic e
11
th e
w ill
fu ll
g iv e
f lo w
you
of
have
— a
t y p ic a l
p le
o f
c o o la n t
exam ­
w h a t
at each
s p e c if ic a t io n s .
TH E TOM KINS-JOHNSON CO.
6 1 1 N. M echanic S t., Jac k so n , M ichigan
f a ile d
t h is
m a c h in e .
E .
F .
H o u g h to n
&
and
S o m e rse t
s tre e ts ,
has
p re p a re d
an
pum ps
—
C o ., T h i r d , A m e r i c a n
P h ila d e lp h ia ,
illu s t r a t e d
b o o k le t
g iv in g
fa c ­
t u a l d e s c r ip t io n s o f m o d e r n lu b r i­
c a n t s a n d t h e ir a p p lic a t io n s .
The
b o o k le t
O f t e n .”
is
e n t it le d
“Less
O il— L e s s
C o u p lin g s — B a r t le t t H a y w a r d
d iv i­
s i o n , K o p p e r s C o ., B a l t i m o r e , h a s i s ­
s u e d a c a t a lo g o n F a s t ’s s e lf - a lig n ­
in g c o u p lin g s .
M a t e r ia l o n s o lv in g
p r o b le m s o f m is a lig n m e n t , p r in c i­
p le s o f lu b r ic a t io n , t y p e s o f c o u p ­
lin g s a n d o t h e r in f o r m a t io n is in ­
c lu d e d in t h e 4 0 -p a g e c a t a lo g .
S4
/T EEL
B etter S te e l B u y in g I m p r o v e s S e n tim e n t
S cra p
P r ic e
In g o t
G a in s ;
M A R K E T IN TABLOID
DEMAND . . . Improving,
November exceeds October for
some makers.
O u tp u t D o w n ;
A u to s
A re
S te a d y
PRICES . . . .
scrap in second rise.
L IG H T
S
ket
and
p la c e .
a
o rd e rs
has
b est
th e
had
ch ang e
a
s ix
e x p e c te d
to
in c r e a s e
to
has
c e n te rs
b e tte r
s e lle r s
la s t
e ig h t
w eeks
ta k e n
e n c o u r­
v o lu m e
w eek
o p e r a t io n s
o rd e rs
b u y in g
d e liv e r y ,
a fte r
S te e l
w h e re
booked
and
10
a
m id -
p o in t s
tw o
on
w eeks
ago
o u tp u t.
is
in
in d ic a t in g
3 .5
th e
y e a r ’s
o p e r a t io n s
a n d fo r m e d r o o fin g a n d
s m a ll
lo t s
in v e n t o r ie s
fo r
a re
im ­
b e in g
w eek
d e c lin e d
H o w e v e r, in
w eek
c a ll
p r a c t ic a lly
a
no
a d d it io n a l
to 1 9 p e r c e n t , C h ic a g o
s y lv a n ia
2
p o in t s
a n d B ir m in g h a m
p o in t s
w as
no
to
to
in c r e a s e s
open
36
and
w as
im p o r t a n c e .
s c h e d u le s
f o r t h is
and
th e
Y o u n g sto w n
D e t r o it
th e
11
C i n c in n a t i r e g a in e d
d ic a t o r
s in g le
N ew
2
E n g la n d
p o in t s
p r e c e d in g
e rn
of
a
tu rn
to
p ig
1 0 ,0 0 0
ir o n
to n s
of
B ir m in g h a m
d u c t io n .
A
ste e l f o r
th e
b u ild in g
g a in e d
T h e re
at
W h e e l­
2 1 a n d S t . L o u is
3 0 - in c h
a
b e tte r
num ber
fro m
ir o n
s u ff ic ie n t
in
th e
of
m ill b a c k lo g s .
p r o fit
cast
f a b r ic a t o r
is
m a rk e t
w ill
fo u n d ry ,
h a s r e c e iv e d
b u y in g
in
in t e r e s t s
p ip e
fo r
th e
an
B a to n
6 1 ,0 0 0
la r g e
o rd e r
fo r
w it h
a
m o n th s’ p ro ­
B ir m in g h a m
d is t r ic t
Rouge,
M is s .,
b r id g e .
Tw o
navy
g iv e
to n s
r a ils
of
g ro ss
and
59
per
y e a r.
s in c e
cent
y a rd s.
in g
S ta n d a rd
b id s
on
O il
e ig h t
Co.
of
ta n k e rs
tw o
N ew
and
o th e rs
Je rse y
it
is
is
to
navy
c o n s id e r ­
b e lie v e d
it
m o n th s
is
s p o n d in g
cent
of
o n ly
b e lo w
b a rs
to n
fro m
and
re d u c e d
a d ju s t m e n t s
to
m eet
w a re h o u se
th e
fro m
jo b b e r
$8
December 13, 1937
to
a re
b e in g
c u rre n t
have
been
f u n c t io n a l
$6.
m ade
in
c o n d it io n s .
On
m a rk e d
down
a llo w a n c e
f la t
p r ic e s
and
R e in fo r c in g
has
g a lv a n iz e d
$2
per
been
sh e e ts
u su al
and
at
r o llin g
La st
p la c e d
in
th e
sto c k
by
w eek
so m e
w e ste rn
ro a d s.
N ovem ber w as
per
c e n t le s s
b e lo w
th a n
M a rc h ,
th e
th e
lo w e s t
1934.
In
2 ,1 5 3 , O c to b e r
h ig h
to n ­
m o n t h ly
p ro ­
s p it e
c o m p a re d
A u t o m o b ile
a tta in e d
of
t h is
lo w
a
w it h
a s s e m b lie s
8 6 ,8 4 8
ra te
of
2 2 ,6 1 5
and
p e n d e n ts
in
of
Fo r
in
th e
c e n ts , to
u n it s ,
C h r y s le r ’s
5000
c e n ts
to
p e r io d .
to
cent
4
per
seco n d
p er cent
in
A p r il,
p r ic e s
T h is
w as
ir o n
$ 3 8 .8 8
and
by
th e
la s t
th e
fro m
M o st
w eek
cau sed
th e
by
1 1 ,F o rd
y e a r.
c o m p o s it e
of
g a in in g
17
s t r o n g e r p r ic e s
fro m
c o m p o s it e
sc ra p
In d e ­
lo w e r s c h e d ­
o f th e
ad vanced,
be­
fro m
w it h
p ro d u c e rs,
a t th e
has
w eek
w eek
3 1 ,8 0 0
2 0 ,7 0 0 .
f ir s t
p a r t ia lly
ste e l
and
o ff to
8 5 ,7 6 5 ,
F o rd
co m p a re d
th e
has
to
w eek.
1 3 ,0 7 0
to c o n t in u e
P e n n s y lv a n ia ,
s t e e l c o m p o s it e
a t 3 8 .2 2
d a ily
1 9 ,6 0 0
c o n s e c u t iv e
sc ra p
The
c o rre ­
th e
s lig h t ly
1 1 ,7 5 0 ,
e ffe c t u n t il a f t e r
$ 1 3 .0 8 .
p e t it io n .
th e
and
per
p r e c e d in g
a g a in s t
fo r
p r e c e d in g
seco n d
E a ste rn
fo r
peak,
1928,
9 0 .2 7
sag g ed
th e
about
a c c o u n te d
th e
now
2
p e r io d
G e n e ra l M o to rs ’ o u tp u t w a s
4 2 ,0 7 5
up
th a n
a llt im e
ra te .
w it h
p ro d u ce d
in
lo w e r
th e
N o v e m b e r o p e r a t io n s w e r e
c o m p a re d
u le s
cent
1929,
s im ila r
y e a r ’s h ig h
fo re .
per
in
th e
c a p a c it y ,
th e
7
p e r io d
s t e e lw o r k s
V a r io u s
fo r
r e c o r d f o r l a s t m o n t h , c u m u la t iv e p r o d u c t io n f o r e le v e n
w ill
buy 12.
a llo w a n c e s
fe rro m a n ­
to n n a g e s , m o s t ly f o r r o ll­
w as
D e c e m b e r,
th a n
r a ils
m o n th s.
37
T h is
e x c e p te d , a re e x p e c te d
and
f a ir
o f s t e e l in g o t s
w it h
y a rd s
of
w e re
t e n d e r s r e q u i r i n g 1 2 ,5 0 0 t o n s o f s t e e l h a v e b e e n p l a c e d
p r iv a t e
on
b e e n r e a f f ir m e d
v o lu m e
la t e r
to n s , a lm o s t
t h is
d u c t io n
in
m ills
and
003
e a ste rn
a n d jo b b e r d is ­
P r ic e s
have
b u y in g
Ja n u a ry
P r o d u c t io n
781
S o u th ­
p la c e d
f iv e
in ­
s p e c i f i c a t i o n s o n 1 2 ,0 0 0 t o n s o f s t r u c t u r a l
th e
in
o u tp u t
52.
w eek
in g
le s s
r a ilr o a d
c o n t in u e s to
nage
24
m uch
end,
h ig h e s t .
in
a id
s id in g , c a r lo a d
r e a d ju s t e d .
o th e r f e r r o a llo y s
A lt h o u g h
y e a r ’s
to
t h e 1 5 p o in t s lo s t t h e p r e v i­
m is c e lla n e o u s
p r o je c t s
and
been
q u a rte r.
Penn­
p o in t s
o u s w e e k , to 2 9 p e r c e n t.
A lt h o u g h
f ir s t
ra te
P it t s b u r g h d e c lin e d 5 p o in t s
in g 3 0 p e r c e n t , C le v e la n d 3 1 , B u f f a lo
2 0 .6 .
T h is
6 p o in t s to 2 4 , E a s t e r n
29,
fro m
of
h e a rth s
9 p o in t s to 4 5 .
change
have
g an ese
lo s in g
p o in t s a t a l l im p o r t a n t
n u m b e r o f in s t a n c e s
fo r
m a y r e c o v e r a f e w p o in t s .
4
fu rth e r,
p o in t s to 2 7 p e r c e n t o f in g o t c a p a c it y .
and
c o u n ts
end.
la s t
c a u s e d b y c u r t a ilm e n t o f a fe w
c e n te rs,
SHIPMENTS . . . Most
buyers demand immediate de­
livery.
of
d e p le t e d a n d a s s o r t m e n t s b r o k e n , a h a r b i n g e r o f l a r g e r
b u y in g
PRODUCTION . . Operations
down 3.5 points to 27 per cent
of capacity.
m a r­
m u lt ip lie d
so u rc e s.
d e c re a se
in
s te e l
s e n t im e n t
s lig h t ly
in c r e a s e d
in c r e a s e d
th e
been
w e ste rn
im p o r t a n t
in
in
have
in
and
fro m
has
of
m e d ia t e
ago
m is c e lla n e o u s
cases
m ill
The
w eek
e a ste rn
to n n a g e
b a s is
im p r o v e m e n t
a
com e
fro m
w e ste rn
it
b o th
so m e
th e
of
d is t in c t
In
agem ent
In
s ig n s
a p p a re n t
Steady,
e x p o rt
w as
ad vance.
com ­
c a r r ie d
F in is h e d
i s s t e a d y a t $ 6 1 .7 0 .
87
— The M a rk et H eek —
C O M P O S I T E
D e c . 11
Iro n a n d S te e l . . . .
F in is h e d S t e e l . . . .
S te e lw o r k s S c r a p ..
$ 3 8 .8 8
6 1 .7 0
1 3 .0 8
M A R K E T
D ec. 4
N o v . 27
$ 3 8 .8 6
6 1 .7 0
1 2 .9 1
$ 3 8 .8 6
6 1 .7 0
1 2 .7 5
One
M o n th A g o
N o v ., 1 9 3 7
$ 3 8 .9 6
6 1 .7 0
1 3 .3 2
A V E R A G E S
T h re e
M o n th s A g o
S e p t ., 1 9 3 7
O ne
Y ear Ago
D e c ., 1 9 3 6
F iv e
Y e a rs A go
D e c ., 1 9 3 2
$ 3 5 .1 5
5 3 .9 0
1 6 .9 2
$ 2 8 .2 8
4 6 .7 4
6 .4 1
$ 4 0 .1 6
6 1 .7 0
1 8 .9 9
I r o n a n d S t e e l C o m p o s ite :— P ig Iro n , s c r a p , b ille t s , s h e e t b a r s , w ir e ro d s , t in p la t e , w ir e , s h e e ts , p la t e s , s h a p e s , b a r s , b la c k
p ip e, r a i l s , a llo y s te e l, h o t s t r ip , a n d c a s t ir o n p ip e a t r e p r e s e n t a t iv e c e n te r s .
F in is h e d S t e e l C o m p o s ite :— P la t e s , s h a p e s , b a rs ,
h o t s t r ip , n a il s , t in p la t e , p ip e . S t e e lw o r k s S c r a p C o m p o s ite :— H e a v y m e lt in g s te e l a n d c o m p re sse d s h e e ts .
C O M P A R I S O N
O F
P R I C E S
Representative Market Figures for Current Week; Average for Last Month, Three Months and One Year Ago
Finished M ateria!
N ov.
1937
2.45c
2.45c
2.50
2.50
2.74
2.74
2.35
2.35
2 .2 b
2.25
2.45 % 2.46
2.30
2.30
2.25
2.25
2.43%
2.44
2.30
2.30
2.40
2.40
3.15
3.15
3.80
3 .80
2.50
2.50
3.25
3.25
3.90
3.90
2.90
2.90
$5.35
$5.35
2.75
2.75
D e i 937
S t e e l b a r s , P it t s b u r g h ........................
S te e l b a r s , C h ic a g o ...............................
S te e l b a r s , P h ila d e lp h ia ...................
I r o n b a r s , T e r r e H a u t e , I n d ..............
S h a p e s , P it t s b u r g h ...................................
S h a p e s , P h ila d e lp h ia .............................
S h a p e s , C h i c a g o ............................................
T a n k p la t e s , P it t s b u r g h .....................
T a n k p la t e s , P h ila d e lp h ia ...............
T a n k p la te s , C h ic a g o ..........................
S h e e ts , N o . 10, h o t ro lle d , P it t s .
S h e e ts , N o . 24, h o t a n n ., P i t t s . . .
S h e e ts , N o . 24, g a lv ., P i t t s .................
S h e e ts , N o . 10, h o t r o lle d , G a r y . .
S h e e ts , N o . 24, h o t a n n e a l., G a r y
S h e e ts , N o . 24, g a l v a n ., G a r y . . . .
P la i n w ir e , P i t t s b u r g h ..........................
T i n p la t e , p e r b a se b o x , P i t t s . . .
W ir e n a il s , P i t t s b u r g h .........................
S e p t.
1937
2.45 c
2.50
2.74
2.35
2.25
2.46
2.30
2.25
2.44
2.30
2.40
3 .1 5
3.80
2.50
3.2 5
3.90
2.90
$5.35
2.75
D ec.
1936
2.05c
2.10
2.36
1.95
1.90
2.12
1.95
1.90
2.09
1.95
2.10
2.75
3.35
2.25
2.90
3 .50
2.60
$5.25
2.20
Sem ifinished M aterial
S h e e t, b a r s , o p e n - h e a rth , Y o u n g s . $37.00
S h e e t b a r s , o p e n - h e a rth , P i t t s . . .
37.00
B ill e t s , o p e n - h e a rth , P it t s b u r g h . . 37.00
W ir e ro d s , N o . 5 to ^ ,- in c h , P i t t s . 47.00
$37.00
37.00
37.00
47.00
STEEL, IRON, RAW
$37.00
37.00
37.00
47.00
$32.50
32.50
32.50
40.75
n.
i
D e c . 11,
1937
B e s s e m e r, d e l. P it t s b u r g h ............ $25.26
B a s ic , V a ll e y ...............................................
23.50
25.26
B a s ic , e a s t e r n d e l. E a s t . P a .............
25.21
N o . 2 f d y ., d e l. P it t s b u r g h ............
24.00
N o . 2 f d y ., C h i c a g o ................................
S o u th e r n N o . 2, B ir m in g h a m . . . 20.38
S o u th e r n N o . 2, d e l. C i n c in n a t i .
23.89
26.135
N o . 2 X e a s t e r n , d e l. P h i l a ...........
24.00
M a lle a b le , V a ll e y ....................................
24.00
M a lle a b le , C h i c a g o ................................
L a k e S u p ., c h a r c o a l, d e l. C h ic a g o 30.24
24.17
G r a y fo rg e , d e l. P i t t s b u r g h . . . .
F e r r o m a n g a n e s e , d e l. P it t s b u r g h 107.49
r ig iron
N ov.
S e p t.
D ec.
1937
1937
1936
$25.26 $25.26 $21.8132
23.50 23.50 20.00
25.26 25.26 21.81
25.21 25.21 21.3132
24.00 24.00 20.50
20.38 20.38 16.88
23.89 23.69 19.69
26.14 26.14 22.68
24.00 24.00 20.50
24.00 24.00 20.50
30.14 30.04 26.2528
24.17 24.17 20.6741
107.35 107.29 82.65
Scrap
H e a v y m e lt in g s te e l, P it t s b u r g h . $13.25
H e a v y m e lt , s te e l, N o . 2, E . P a ... 14.25
11.75
H e a v y m e lt in g s te e l, C h ic a g o . . .
14.25
R a i l s f o r r o llin g , C h ic a g o ...............
R a ilr o a d s te e l s p e c ia lt ie s , C h ic a g o 15.75
$14.10
12.25
12.55
15.10
16.75
$20.40
16.69
17.85
20.35
20.50
$18.55
14.13
17.00
17.25
19.00
$4.45
5.25
$4.00
4.40
9.75
C oke
C o n n e lls v ille , f u r n a c e , o v e n s . . . .
C o n n e lls v ille , f o u n d r y , o v e n s . . . .
C h ic a g o , b y - p ro d u c t f o u n d r y , d e l.
MATERIAL, FUEL
AND
$4.37
5.25
11.00
M ETALS
$4.37
5 .25
11.00
11.00
PRICES
Except when otherwise designated, prices are base, f.o.b. cars.
Sheet Steel
P r le c s S u b je c t to Q u a n t it y E x ­
t r a s a n d d e d u c tio n s
(E x c o p t
G a lv a n iz e d )
T in M ill B la c k N o . 28
P i t t s b u r g h ...........................
G a ry .......................................
St. L ou is, d e liv e re d . . . .
G ran ite C ity, 111.................
3.30c
3.40c
3.53c
3.50c
C old R o lle d N o . 10
H o t R o lle d N o . 10, 24-48 in .
P itts b u r g h .........................
3.10c
P it t s b u r g h ......................................................2 .40c
G a ry ......................................
3.20c
G a r y ....................................................................... 2.50c
D e tro it, d e liv e r e d ...........
3.31c
C h ic a g o , d e liv e r e d ............ 2.5 3 H e P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l................ 3.40c
D e t r o it , d e l.........................................................2 .6
0c
N e w Y o rk , d e l......................
3.44c
N e w Y o r k , d e l............................................... 2 .74c
St. L o u is, d e l......................
3.33c
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l........................................ 2.70c
G ra n ite C ity , 111.................
3.30c
B ir m in g h a m ................................................... 2 .55c
P a c ific p o rts, f.o .b . d o c k 3.71c
S t . L o u is , d e l.................................................. 2.63c
C o ld R o lle d N o. 20
G r a n it e C i t y , 111....................... 2.60c
3.55c
P a c if ic p o rts , f.o .b . d o c k 2 .96c P itt s b u r g h .........................
G a ry .......................................
3.65c
H o t R o lle d A n n e a le d N o . 24
D e tro it, d e liv e r e d ............ 3.76c
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l................ 3.85c
P it t s b u r g h ...................................................... 3 .15c
N e w Y o rk , d e l...................... 3.89c
G a ry
.................................................................... 3.25c
C h ic a g o , d e liv e r e d ............... 3 .2 8 H e S t. L o u is .............................. 3.78c
G5c
ra n ite C ity , 111.................
3.75c
D e t r o it , d e liv e r e d ..................................... 3 .3
N e w Y o r k , d e liv e re d . . . .
3 .4 9 c
E n a m e lin g S h eets
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l.......................................... 3 .45c
P itts b u rg h , N o. 10 .........
2.90c
B ir m in g h a m ................................................... 3 .30c
P itts b u rg h , N o. 20 .........
3.50c
S t . L o u is , d e l................................................... 3 .3
G 8acry , N o . 1 0 .......................
3.00c
G r a n it e C i t y , 111.......................
3.35c G ary, N o . 20 .......................
3.60c
P a c if ic p o rts , f.o .b . d o c k 3 .81c St. L o u is , N o. 10 ..............
3.13c
St. L o u is , N o. 20 ..............
3.73c
G a lv a n iz e d N o . 24
P it t s b u r g h ....................................................... 3 .80c
Tin and Terne Plate
G a r y ........................................................................ 3 .9 0 c
C h ic a g o , d e liv e r e d ................3 .9 3 H e
G a r y b a se , 10 ce n ts h ig h e r
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l...........................................4 T
.10c
in p la te , c o k e
(b a s e
N e w Y o r k , d e liv e r e d . . . .
4 .1 4 c
b o x ) P itt s b u r g h .........
$5.35
B ir m in g h a m .................................................... 3 .9 5W
c a s t e -w a s t e , 2.75c;
S t . L o u is , d e l...............................
4 .03c
s trip ..............................
2.50c
G r a n it e C i t y , 111....................... 4 .0 0 c L o n g t e m e s , N o. 24, u n ­
P a d f l c p o rts , f.o .b . d o c k 4 .41c
a s s o r te d , P it t s ...............
4.10c
88
Corrosion and H eat-
Structural Shapes
P i t t s b u r g h ........................................................ 2.25c
Resistant A llo y s
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l.......................2 .4 6 H e
N e w Y o r k , d e l.............................2 .5 1 H c
P it t s b u r g h b a s e , c e n ts p e r lb .
B o s to n , d e liv e r e d ................. 2 .6 4 H e
B e t h l e h e m ........................................................ 2.35c
C h r o m e -N ic k e l
C h ic a g o .............................................................. 2.30c
N o . 302 N o . 304 C le v e la n d , d e l................................................2.46c
B a r s ................................................ 24.00 25.00 B u f f a l o ................................................................. 2.35c
P la t e s .......................................... 27.00 29.00 G u lf P o r t s ........................................................ 2.66c
S h e e ts .......................................... 3 4 .0 0 36.00 B ir m in g h a m .................................................. 2.40c
H o t s t r ip ............
21.50
23.50 P a c if ic p o rts , f.o .b . c a r s ,
d o c k ................................................................. 2.81c
C o ld s t r i p ............
28.00
30.00
S t . L o u is , d e l.................................................. 2.52c
S tr a ig h t C h rom es
Bars
No. No.
No.
No.
S o f t S te e l
410 430
442
446
(B a s e , 3 to 25 to n s )
B a r s _____18.50 19.00 22,50 27.50
P it t s b u r g h
..................................................... 2.45c
P la t e s . . .2 1 .5 0 22.00 25.50 30.50 C h ic a g o o r G a r y ....................................2.50c
S h e e ts ..2 6 .5 0
29.00 3 2 .5 0 36.50 D u lu t h ................................................................. 2.60c
H o t s t r i p . 17.00 17.50 23.00 28.00
B ir m in g h a m .................................................. 2.60c
C o ld stp ..2 2 .0 0 22.50 28.50 36.50
C le v e la n d ........................................................ 2.50c
B u f f a lo
.............................................................. 2.55c
D e t r o it , d e liv e r e d ....................................2.60c
Steel Plate
P a c if i c p o r ts , f.o .b . e a r s ,
P it t s b u r g h ........................................................ 2 .2 5 cd o c k ................................................................. 3.01c
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l......................................... 2.75c
N e w Y o r k , d e l.................................................2 .54c
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l.....................2 .4 4 % c B o s to n , d e l i v e r e d ....................................... 2.86c
B o s to n , d e liv e re d .................................... 2 .6N6 ec w Y o r k , d e l............................................... 2.79c
B u f fa lo , d e liv e r e d ...............2 .4 9 H e P it t s b u r g h , f o r g . q u a l .. . 2.80c
R a i l S te e l
C h ic a g o o r G a r y .......................................... 2 .30c
T o M a n u f a c t u r in g T r a d e
C le v e la n d , d e l...............................2 .4 5 H e
......................................................2.30c
B ir m in g h a m .................................................. 2 .4P0itc t s b u r g h
C o a t e s v ille , b a s e ....................................... 2 .3C5hc ic a g o o r G a r y ....................................... 2.35c
C
le
v
e
la
n
d
.........................................................
2.35c
S p a r r o w s P t ., b a se . . . .
2 .3 5 c
M o lin e , 111........................................................... 2.35c
P a c if ic p o rts , f.o .b . c a r s ,
B u f f a lo ..................................................................2.48c
d o c k ................................................................. 2.81e
B ir m in c h a m .................................................. 2.45r
S t . L o u is , d e liv e r e d . . . .
2.52e
/TEEL
— The M arket W eek —
Iron
T e r r e H a u t e , I n d ....................
2.35c
C h ic a g o .........................................
2 .40c
P h ila d e lp h ia
..........................
2 .64c
P it t s b u r g h , re fin e d . ,3 .5 0 -8 .0 0 c
R e in f o r c in g
N e w b ille t , s t r a ig h t le n g t h s ,
q u o te d b y d is t r ib u t o r s
P it t s b u r g h
................................
2 .5 5c
C h ic a g o , G a r y , B u f f a lo ,
C le v e ., B ir m ., Y o u n g .. .
2.60c
G u l l p o rt s ...................................
2.91a
P a c if ic c o a s t p o rts , f.o .b .
2.96c
c a r d o c k s .............................
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l....................
2.85c
R a i l s te e l, s t r a ig h t le n g th s ,
q u o te d b y d is t r ib u t o r s
P it t s b u r g h ................................
2.40c
C h ic a g o , B u f f a lo , C le v e ­
la n d , B ir m ., Y o u n g . . . .
2.45c
G u lf p o rt s ................................
2.81c
W ire Products
P r ic e s a p p ly to m ix e d c a r lo a d s ,
b a s e ; le s s c a r lo a d s s u b je c t to
q u a n t it y e x t r a s .
B a s e P it t s .- C le v e . 100 lb . k e g .
S t a n d a r d w ir e n a il s . . . .
$2.75
C e m e n t c o a te d n a il s . . .
¿2 .7 5
(P e r pound)
3 .45 c
P o lis h e d s t a p le s ..................
G a l v . fe n c e s t a p l e s ............
3 .7 0c
B a rb e d w ir e , g a lv .................
3 .40c
A n n e a le d fe n c e w i r e . . . .
3 .15 c
G a l v . fe n c e w i r e .....................
3 .5 5 c
W o v e n w ir e fe n c in g (b a s e
C . L . c o lu m n ) ...................................74
S in g le
lo o p
b a le
tie s ,
(b a s e C . L . c o l u m n ) ..................63
T o M a n u f a c t u r in g T r a d e
P la i n w ir e , 6-9 g a .................
2.9 0 c
G a lv a n iz e d w ir e ..................
2 .9 5c
A n d e rs o n , I n d . (m e r c h a n t p ro d ­
u c t s o n ly ) a n d C h ic a g o u p $ 1 ;
D u lu t h a n d W o r c e s t e r u p $ 2 ;
B ir m in g h a m u p $3.
S p r in g w ir e , P it t s , o r
C le v e la n d .............................
3.50c
D o ., C h ic a g o u p $1, W o re . 32.
Co ld -Fin ish ed Carbon
Bars and Shafting
P it t s b u r g h ................................
2 .90c
C h ic a g o .........................................
2 .95 c
G a r y , I n d ........................................
2 .95 c
D e t r o it ............................................
2 .95 c
C le v e la n d ......................................
2 .9 5c
B u f fa lo
.........................................
3 .0 0c
S u b je c t to q u a n t it y d e d u c ­
tio n s a n d e x t r a s .
L i s t d a te d
A u g . 26, 1 9 3 5 ; re v is e d O c t. 1,
1936.
A llo y Steel Bars (H o t)
(Base, 3 to 25 tons )
P it t s b u r g h , B u f f a lo , C h i­
ca g o , M a s s illo n , C a n ­
to n , B e t h le h e m ...............
3 .00 c
A ll o y
A llo y
S .A .E .
D if f .
S .A .E .
D if f .
2000 ................. 0 .35
3100 ................. 0.70
2 1 0 0 ..................0 .75
3 2 0 0 ..................1.35
23 0 0 ..................1 .55
3300 ................. 3.80
2500 ................. 2.2 5
3400 ................ 3 .2 0
4100 0 .15 to 0 .2 5 M o ...................0.55
4600 0.20 to 0 .3 0 M o . 1.502.00 N1....................................................1.10
5100 0.8 0 -1 .1 0 C r ............................... 0.45
5100 C r . s p r in g ................................0.15
6100 b a r s ................................................. 1.20
6100 s p r in g .........................................0.85
C r . N „ V a n ..............................................1.50
C a rb o n V a n ............................................. 0.85
9200 s p r in g f la t s ..........................0.15
9200 s p r in g r o u n d s , s q u a r e s 0.40
Piling
P ittsb u rg h .........................
C h ica g o, B u ffa lo ............
December 13, 1937
( B a s e , h o t-ro U e d , 25-1 to n )
(B a s e , c o ld - ro lle d , 25-3 to n s )
H o t s t r ip to 2 3 )8 - ln .
P i t t s b u r g h ..............................
2 .40c
C h ic a g o o r G a r y ............
2 .50c
B ir m in g h a m b a s e _____
2 .55c
D e t r o it , d e l.............................
2.61c
2.70c
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l................
N e w Y o r k , d e l......................
2 .74c
C o o p e ra g e ho o p ,
P i t t s b u r g h ..............................
2.5 0 c
C h ic a g o ...................................
2.6 0 c
C o ld s t r ip , 0.2 5 c a rb o n
a n d u n d e r, P it t s b u r g h ,
C le v e la n d ..............................
3.20c
D e t r o it , d e l.............................
3 .4 1 c
W o rc e s te r, M a s s ................
3 .40c
C le v e .
W o rc e s ­
C a rb o n
P it t s . t e r , M a s s .
0.26— 0 .5 0 . . . 3.2 0 c
4 .30c
0 .51 — 0 .7 5 . . . 4 .4 5 c
4.6 5 c
0.7 6— 1 .0 0 . . . 6 .3 0c
6.50c
O v e r 1 .0 0 . . . 8 .5 0 c
8.70c
Rails, Track M aterial
(G ro s s T o n s )
S t a n d a r d r a i l s , m il l . . . .$ 4 2 .5 0
R e la y r a i l s , P it t s b u r g h ,
20— 100 lb s ......................32.50-3 5.50
L i g h t r a i l s , b ille t q u a l.,
P it t s b u r g h , C h ic a g o . . . .$ 4 3 .0 0
D o ., r e r o llin g q u a l it y . . 42.00
A n g le b a r s , b ille t , G a r y ,
P it t s b u r g h , S o . C h ic a g o 2.8 0 c
D o ., a x le s te e l ..................... 3 .35c
S p ik e s , R . R . b a s e ................... 3 .15c
T r a c k b o lts , b a se ................... 4 .35c
T i e p la t e s , b a se .......................$46.00
B a s e , li g h t r a i l s 25 to 60 lb s .;
20 lb s . u p $ 2 ; 16 lbs', up $ 4 ; 12
lb s . up $ 8 ; 8 lb s . up $10. B a s e
r a ilr o a d s p ik e s 200 k e g s o r
m o re ; b a se tie p la t e s 20 to n s .
P it t s b u r g h , C le v e la n d ,
B ir ­
m in g h a m , C h ic a g o .
D is c o u n t s
to le g it im a t e t r a d e a s p e r D e c .
1, 1932, l i s t s :
C a rria g e an d M a ch in e
% x 6 a n d s m a l l e r ............65-5 o ff
D o . la r g e r , to 1 - in .. . .6 0 -1 0 o ff
D o . 1 % a n d 1 % - in .. . .6 0 -5 o ff
T i r e b o lts .........................................50 o ff
P lo w B o lt s
A l l s iz e s ...................................... 65-5 o ff
S to v e B o lt s
In
p a c k a g e s w it h
n u ts
a t­
ta c h e d 70 o f f ; in p a c k a g e s
w it h n u t s s e p a r a te 70-10 o ff;
in b u lk 80 o ff on 15,000 o f
3 - in c h a n d s h o r t e r , o r 5000
o v e r 3 - in c h .
S te p b o lts ...........................50-10-5 o ff
E le v a t o r b o lts ...............50-10-5 o ff
N u ts
S . A . E . s e m ifin is h e d h e x .:
% to f t - in c h ................. 60-10 o ff
D o ., 9/16 to 1 - in c h . . . .6 0 -5 o ff
D o ., o v e r 1 - in e h ..................60 o ff
H e xa g o n C ap S c re w s
M ille d .........................................50-10 o ff
U p s e t, 1 - in ., s m a l l e r ............60 o ff
S q u a re H e ad S e t S c re w s
U p s e t, 1 - in ., s m a l le r ...............75 o ff
H e a d le s s s e t s c r e w s ............75 o ff
Rivets, W rought Washers
S t r u c t u r a l, P it t s b u r g h ,
C le v e la n d .............................
3 .60c
S t r u c t u r a l, C h ic a g o . . . .
3.7 0 c
& - in c h a n d s m a lle r ,
P it t s ., C h i., C le v e ............. 65-5 o ff
W r o u g h t w a s h e r s , P it t s .,
C h i., P h i la . to jo b b e rs
a n d la r g e n u t, b o lt
m f r s . l . c .l . $ 5 .4 0 ; c .l . $5.75 o ff
C u t n a ils , C . L . P it t s .
(1 0 % d is c , on a l l e x t r a s ) $3.60
$3.90
$4.05
W e ld e d Iron, Steel P ip e
B a s e d is c o u n ts on s te e l p ip e ,
P it t s ., L o r a in , O ., to c o n s u m e r s
in c a r lo a d s . G a r y , In d ., 2 p o in ts
le s s .
C h ic a g o , d e l. 2 %
le s s .
W r o u g h t p ip e , P it t s b u r g h .
B u t t W e ld
S te e l
In .
B l k . G a lv .
% ............... ........................
5 9%
49
% ............... .......................
6 2%
53
1— 3 .............. .......................
64 %
55%
Iro n
% ................. .......................
26
8
1— 1 %
14
.......................
30
1 % ................. .......................
34
16%
2 ....................... .......................
3 3%
16
L a p W e ld
S te e l
2 .......................... ..................
57
4 7%
2 % — 3 ............ ..................
60
50 %
3 %— 6 ............ ..................
62
52%
7 an d 8 . . ....................
61
50%
9 a n d 10 . . ...................
50
6 0%
Ir o n
2 .......................... ..................
26%
10
2 % -— 3 % . . . ..................
27 %
12 %
4 .......................... ..................
2 9%
16
4 %— 8 ............ ..................
28%
15
9— 1 2 ............... ..................
24 % 10
L i n e P ip e
S te e l
1 to 3 , b u t t w e l d .................... 6 3%
2, la p w e ld ..................................
56
2 % to 3, la p w e ld ..................
59
3 % to 6 , la p w e ld ..................
61
7 a n d 8 , la p w e ld ..................
60
10- in c h , la p w e ld .................. 5 9 %
12- in c h , la p w e ld .................. 58%
Bolts and Nuts
Cut N ails
2.60c
2.70c
D o ., le s s c a r lo a d s , 5
k e g s o r m o re , n o d is ­
co u n t on a n y e x t r a s . . .
D o ., u n d e r 5 k e g s no
d is c , o n a n y e x t r a s . . . .
Strip and H o o p s
B u t t W e ld
Iro n
B lk .
1 a n d 1 Vl . ......................
1 % .................. .....................
0
.....................
L a p W e ld
1 % .................. .....................
2 ........................ .....................
2 % to 3 % . ......................
4 ........................ .....................
4 % to 8 . . ......................
9- to 1 2 . . . .......................
G a lv .
7
29
33
32%
13
1 5%
15
23 %
25 %
26%
28%
27 %
2 3%
7
9
11 %
15
14
9
B o iler Tubes
C a r lo a d s m in im u m w a l l s e a m ­
le s s
s te e l b o ile r tu b e s , c u t
le n g t h s 4 to 24 fe e t, f .o .b . P i t t s ­
b u rg h , b a se p r ic e p e r 100 fe e t
s u b je c t to u s u a l e x t r a s .
L a p W e ld
C h a r­
co al
S iz e s
S te e l
Ir o n
1 % " O D x- 13 G a . .$ 1 0 .4 5 $23.71
1 % " O D x 13 G a . . 11.89
22.93
2" O D x 13 G a . . . . 13.31
19.35
2 " O D x 11 G a .. . . 15.49
23.36
2 % " O D x 13 G a . . 14.82
21.68
2 Î 4 " O D x 11 G a . . 17.38
26.02
2 % " O D x 12 G a . . 17.82
26.57
2 % " O D x 12 G a . 18.86
29.00
3 " O D x 12 G a .. . . 19.73
31.36
3 % " O D x 11 G a . . 24.89
39.81
4" O D x 10 G a .. . . 30.81
49.90
5 " O D x 9 G a .. . .
47.57
73.93
6" O D X 7 G a .......... . 73.35
S e a m le s s
H o t ’ C o ld
R o lle d D r a w n
1" O D x 13 G a .. . $ 8.41 $ 9.46
I K " OD x 13 G a . . 9.96
11.21
l % " O D x 13 G a .. 11.00
12.38
1%“ OD x 13 G a .. 12.51
14.09
2" O D x 13 G a .. . . 14.02
15.78
2Vi" O D x 13 G a .. 15.63
17,60
2Vl " O D x 12 G a .. 17.21
19.37
2 % " O D x 12 G a .. 18.85
2% " OD X 1 2 G a .. 1 9 .9 8
3 " O D x 12 G a ____
20.97
4 % " O D x 10 G a .. 40.15
3 % " O D X 11 G a ..
26.47
4" O D x 10 G a .. . . 32.83
5 " O D X 9 G a ...........
50.38
6 " O D x 7 G a ...........
77 .3 5
21.22
22.49
23.60
45.19
29.79
36.94
56.71
87.07
Cast Iron W ater P ip e
Class B Pipe— Per Net Ton
6 - in . & o v e r, B i r m . . $46.00 -47.00
4 - in ., B i r m i n g h a m .. 49.00-5 0.00
4 - in ., C h ic a g o ............ 57.20-5 8.20
6 to 2 4 - in ., C h ic a g o . 54.20-5 5.20
6 - in . & o v e r , e a s t f d y .
50.00
D o ., 4 - in .......................
53.00
C la s s A P ip e $3 o v e r C la s s B
S t n d . f itg s ., B ir m ., b a se $100.00
Sem ifinished Steel
B i l l e t s a n d B lo o m s
4
x 4-inch base: gross ton
P it t s ., C h i., C le v e ., B u f ­
f a lo , Y o u n g ., B i r m ..............$ 3 7 .0 0
P h ila d e lp h ia ................................ 4 2 .3 0
D u lu t h ............................................... 39.00
F o r g in g
6 x 6 to 9 x
P i t t s ., C h ic a g o ,
F o r g in g , D u l u t h
B ill e t s
9 - iit ., base
B u f f a lo . . 43 .0 0
........................ 45 .0 0
Sheet B a rs
P it t s .,
C le v e .,
Y o u n g .,
S p a r r o w s P o in t .................. 37.00
S la b s
P it t s .,
C h ic a g o ,
C le v e ­
la n d , Y o u n g s to w n . . . . 37.00
W ir e R o d s
P it t s ., C le v e ., N o . 5 to
^ ,- in c h i n c l ................................ 47 00
D o ., o v e r A to « - i n c h
in c l ..................................
............ 52.00
C h ic a g o u p $ 1 ; W o r c e s t e r u p $2.
S k e lp
P it t s ., C h i., Y o u n g ., B u f f .,
C o a t e s v ille , S p a r r o w s P t . 2 .10c
Coke
P r ic e Per Net Ton
B e e h iv e O v e n s
C o n n e lls v ille , f u r . . . $ 4 .0 0 - 4 .5 0
C o n n e lls v ille , f d r y . .
5 .0 0 - 5.50
C o n n e ll, p re m . f d r y .
5 .7 5 - 6.25
N ew R iv e r fd ry . . . .
6.5 0 - 6.75
W is e c o u n ty f d r y . . .
5 .7 5 - 6.00
W is e c o u n ty f u r . . . .
4.7 5 - 5 .00
B y-P ro d u c t F o u n d ry
N e w a r k , N . J „ d e l.. . 10.88-1 1.35
C h i., o v ., o u ts id e d e l.
10.25
11.00
C h ic a g o , d e l....................
M ilw a u k e e , o v e n s ..
11.00
N e w E n g la n d , d e l . . .
12.50
S t . L o u is , d e l................... 11 .00-1 1.50
B ir m in g h a m , o v e n s
7.50
I n d ia n a p o lis , d e l . . .
10.50
C in c in n a t i, d e l..............
10.50
C le v e la n d , d e l..............
11.05
10.50
B u f f a lo , d e l.....................
D e t r o it , d e l.......................
11.10
P h ila d e lp h ia , d e l. . .
10.60
C o k e By-Products
S p o t, g a l. P r o d u c e r s ’ P la n t s
P u r e a n d 9 0 % b e n z o l . . . 16.00c
T o lu o l ............................................ 30.00c
S o lv e n t n a p h t h a .................. 3 0.00c
I n d u s t r ia l x y l o l .................. 3 0.00c
P e r lb . f.o .b . F r a n k f o r d a n d
S t . L o u is
P h e n o l (2 0 0 lb . d r u m s ) . . 1 6 .2 5 c
do. (4 5 0 lb s .) ..................... 1 5.25c
E a s t e r n P la n t s , p e r lb .
N a p h t h a le n e f la k e s a n d
b a lls , in b b ls . to jo b ­
b e r s ...................................... ..
7 .25c
P e r to n , b u lk , f.o .b . o v e n o r p o rt
S u lp h a t e o f a m m o n ia .. . $29.00
89
—
The Market Week —
No. 2
F d ry .
ig Iiron
Pig
D e liv e r e d p r ic e s In c lu d e s w it c h in g c h a rg e s o n ly a s n o te d .
N o . 2 f o u n d r y is 1.7 5 -2 .2 5 s i l . ; 2 5 c d ii f . f o r e a c h 0 .25 s i], a b o v e
2.2 5 ; 50c d if f. b e lo w 1 .7 5 s i l .
G ro s s to n s.
No. 2
B a s in g P o in t s :
F d ry .
B e th le h e m , P a ....................................................$25.00
B lr d s b o r o , P a ...................................................... 2 5.0 0
B ir m in g h a m , A l a . t ................................ 2 0.38
B u f fa lo ..................................................................... 24.00
C h ic a g o .................................................................. 24.00
C le v e la n d ............................................................... 24.00
D e t r o it .................................................................... 24.00
D u lu t h ................................................................... 24.50
E r ie , P a ...................................................................... 2 4.0 0
E v e r e t t , M a s s .................................................... 25.75
G r a n it e C i t y , 111............................................ 24.00
H a m ilt o n , 0 ......................................................... 24.00
N e v ille I s la n d , P a ........................................ 24.00
P r o v o , U t a h .................................................... 22.00
S h a r p s v il le , P a .................................................. 24.00
S p a r r o w ’ s P o in t , M d .................................. 25.00
S w e d e la n d , P a ..................................................... 25.00
T o le d o , 0 ................................................................. 24.00
Y o u n g s to w n , 0 ................................................... 24.00
B esse­
M a lle m er
a b le
B a s ic
$25.50
523.50 526.00
26.00
25 .50
24.50
25.00
...........
19.38
25.00
24.50
23.00
24.50
24.00
23.50
24.50
24.00
23.50
24.50
24.00
23.50
25.00
24.50
...........
25.00
2 4.5 0
23.50
26.75
26.25
25.25
24.50
24.00
23.50
24.00
23.50
24.50
24.00
23.50
................................
24 .0 0
23.50 24.50
...........
24.50
25.50
24.50 26Æ0
24.00
23.50 24.50
24.00
23.50 24.50
t S u b je c t to 38 c e n ts d e d u c tio n f o r 0.70 p e r c e n t p h o s p h o ru s
o r h ig h e r .
D e liv e r e d f r o m B a s in g 1’ o ln t s :
A k r o n , O ., f r o m C le v e la n d ...............
B a lt im o r e f r o m B i r m i n g h a m . . . .
B o s to n f ro m B ir m in g h a m ..................
B o s to n f r o m E v e r e t t , M a s s ..............
B o s to n f ro m B u f f a lo .............................
B r o o k ly n , N . Y ., f r o m B e th le h e m
B r o o k ly n , N . Y . , f ro m B m g h m .. .
C a n to n , O ., f r o m C le v e la n d ............
C h ic a g o f r o m B ir m in g h a m ............
C in c in n a it f r o m H a m ilt o n , O .............
C i n c in n a t i f r o m B i r m i n g h a m . . . .
C le v e la n d f r o m B i r m i n g h a m . . . .
M a n s fle ld , O ., f r o m T o le d o , O . . . .
M ilw a u k e e f r o m C h ic a g o ..................
M u s k e g o n , M ic h ., f ro m C h ic a g o ,
T o le d o o r D e t r o it ..........................
N e w a r k , N . J . , f r o m B ir m in g h a m
N e w a r k , N . J , f ro m B e t h le h e m . .
P h ila d e lp h ia fro m B ir m in g h a m . .
P h ila d e lp h ia f r o m S w e d e la n d , P a .
P it t s b u r g h d is t r i c t f ro m N e v ille
Is la n d ................................................................
S a g in a w , M ic h ., fr o m D e t r o i t . . . .
S t . L o u is , n o r th e r n ................................
25.39
26.80
26.95
27.97
25.39
25.11
25.94
25.10
25.89
24.89
24.66
26.07
25.80
25.95
27.30
27.45
25.89
24.89
24.30
24.61
22.89
23.82
25.44
24.60
27.10
27.10
26.60
27.60
26.21
26.53
27.03
25.58
25.46
25.84
26.34
25.34
[ N e v ille , b a s e p lu s 63c , 76c,
la n d 51.1 3 s w lt c h ’ g c h a rg e s
26.45
26.45
25.95
25.95
24.55
24.55
24.05
B essem er
S llv e r y t
J a c k s o n c o u n t y , O ., b a s e : 6-6.50 p e r c e n t 5 2 8 .5 0 ; 6.51-7— 5 2 9.00 ;
7 - 7 .5 0 _ 5 2 9 .5 0 ; 7 .5 1 -8 — 5 3 0 .0 0 ;
8-8.50— 5 3 0 .5 0 ; 8.51-9— 5 3 1 .0 0 ;
9-9.50— 5 3 1 .5 0 ; B u f f a lo 51.25 h ig h e r .
B e s s e m e r F e r r o s i ll c o n i
J a c k s o n c o u n t y , O ., b a s e : P r ic e s a r e th e s a m e a s f o r s llv e r ie s ,
p lu s $1 a to n .
■¡•The lo w e r a l l - r a i l d e liv e r e d p r ic e f r o m J a c k s o n , O ., o r B u f ­
f a lo is q u o te d w it h f r e ig h t a llo w e d .
M a n g a n e s e d if f e r e n t ia ls in s i lv e r y ir o n a n d f e r r o s ilic o n , 2 to
3 % , 51 p e r to n a d d . E a c h u n it o v e r 3 % , a d d 51 p e r to n .
Refractories
Per 1000 f.o.b. Works, Net Prices
F ir e C la y B r ic k
P a ., M o ., K y .............................
564.60
First Quality
P a ., 111., M d ., M o ., I i y . . .
A la b a m a , G e o r g i a ..........
N e w J e r s e y .........................
S e co n d Quality
P a ., 111., K y . , M d ., M o .. .
G e o r g ia , A la b a m a . . . .
N e w J e r s e y ............................
51.30
51.30
56.00
M a g n e s ite
Im p o rte d
d e a d - b u rn e d
g r a in s , n e t to n f.o .b .
C h e s t e r , P a ., a n d B a l ­
t im o re b a s e s ( b a g s ) . . 545 .0 0
D o m e s tic
d e ad - b u rn e d
g r a in s , n e t to n f.o .b .
C h e s t e r , P a ., a n d B a l ­
t im o r e b a s e s ( b a g s ) . .
43 .0 0
B a s e B r ic k
Net ton, f.o.b. Baltimore, Ply­
mouth Meeting, Chester, Pa.
46.55
C h ro m e b r i c k ........................... 549.00
41.80
51.00
Ohio
25.44
25.10
B a s ic
...........
23.82
..........
S t . L o u is fr o m B ir m i n g h a m ............t2 4 .1 2
S t . P a u l f r o m D u lu t h ........................... 26.08
26 .0 8
...........
2 6 .5 8
t O v e r 0 .70 p h o s.
Lo w rh o s.
B a s in g P o in t s : B lr d s b o r o a n d S te e lto n , P a ., a n d S t a n d is h , N . Y . ,
$28.50, P h i l a . b a s e , s t a n d a r d a n d co p p e r b e a r in g , 529.63.
G r a y F o rg e
C h a rc o a l
V a ll e y f u r n a c e .............................523.50
L a k e S u p e r io r f u r ..............527 .0 0
P i t t s .' d i s t . f u r ................................ 23.50
d o ., d e l. C h i c a g o .............. 30.24
L y l e s , T e n n ...................................... 26.50
Super Quality
25.39
25.78
26.57
26.30
26.45
27.47
27.25
25.39
24.42
24.27
23.89
24.32
25.94
25.10
M a lle a b le
F i r s t q u a lit y ......................
43.70
In t e r m e d ia t e ......................
39.90
S e co n d q u a l i t y ....................
35.15
M a lle a b le B u n g B r i c k
A l l b a se s ..................................
559.85
S ilic a B r ic k
P e n n s y lv a n i a ......................
551.30
J o li e t , E . C h i c a g o ...........
59.85
B ir m in g h a m , A l a ...............
51.30
L a illc B r ic k
( P a ., O ., W . V a „ M o .)
D r y p r e s s ...............................
530.00
W ir e c u t .....................................
528.00
C h e m . bo nd ed c h r o m e . .
M a g n e s ite b r ic k ..................
C h e m . bo nd ed m a g n e s ite
4 9 .0 0
69.00
59.00
Fluorspar, 85-5
W ash ed
g r a v e l,
d u ty
p a id , tid e , n e t t o n . .5 2 3 .5 0 -2 4 .0 0
W a s h e d g r a v e l, f.o .b . 111.,
K y . , n e t to n , c a r lo a d s ,
a l l r a i l ....................................... 520.00
D o ., f o r b a rg e ................... 522.00
N o . 2 lu m p ...................... 2 2 .00-2 3.00
Ferroalloys
Dollars, except Ferrochrome
Nonferrous
A1ETAL P R IC E S O F T H E W E E K
i{pot unless otherwise specified.
D ec.
D ec.
D ec.
D ec.
D ec.
D ec.
--------------- C o p p e r--------------E le c t r o , L a k e ,
d e l.
d e l.
C a s t in g ,
C o n n . M id w e s t r e f ln e r y
4
10.50
1 1 J .2 % 1 0 .0 2 %
6
10.50
1 1 .1 2 %
1 0 .0 2 %
7
10.50
1 1 .1 2 %
1 0 .0 2 %
8
10.50
11 .1 2 %
10 .0 2%
9
10.25
11.12 % 1 0 .0 2 %
10
1 0.25
1 1 .1 2 %
9 .7 7 %
M IL L
PRO D U CTS
F.o.b. mill base, cents per lb.
except as specified. Copper brass
products based on 1 1 .0 0 c
Conn. copper
S h e e ts
Y e ll o w b r a s s ( h i g h ) . . . .1 7 .3 7 %
C o p p e r, h o t r o l l e d .................. 1 9 .1 2 %
L e a d , c u t to jo b b e r s .................... 8.50
Z in c , 1 0 0 -lb . b a s e ..........................10.50
Tubes
H ig h , y e llo w b r a s s ............... 2 0 .1 2 %
S e a m le s s co p p e r ..................... 1 9 .8 7 %
Rods
H ig h y e llo w b r a s s .................. 1 3 .3 7 %
C o p p e r, h o t r o l le d .................. 1 5 .6 2 %
A nodes
C o p p e r, u n t r im m e d ............... 16 .3 7 %
W ir e
Y e llo w b r a s s ( h i g h ) _____17 .6 2 %
90
S t r a it s T in ,
N ew Y o rk
Spot
F u tu re »
44 .8 7 % 4 4 .8 7 %
44.75
44 .7 5
44.00
44.00
43.75
43.75
4 3 .8 7 % 4 3 .8 7 %
44.75
44.75
O LD
Lead
N. Y.
5 .00
5 .00
5 .00
5 .00
5.00
5 .0 0
Cents per pound
Lead
East
S t. L .
4.85
4.83
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
M ETALS
Nom. Del. buying prices
N o . 1 C o m p o s itio n R e d B r a s s
N e w Y o r k ................................ 5.50-5.75
• C le v e la n d ................................ 6.25-6.50
C h ic a g o ......................................... 5.75-6.00
• S t . L o u is ................................... 5.75-6.00
H e a v y C o p p e r a n d W ir e
N e w Y o r k , N o . 1 ..................7.50-7.75
C le v e la n d , N o . 1 .................... 7 .25-7.50
C h ic a g o , N o . 1 ........................7.50-7.75
S t . L o u is ...................................... 7.25-7.50
C o m p o s itio n B r a s s B o r in g s
N e w Y o r k ...................................5 .00-5.25
L ig h t Co pp er
N e w Y o r k ................................... 5.5 0 -5 .7 5
C le v e la n d ................................... 5 .25-5.50
C h ic a g o
...................................... 5 .25-5.50
S t . L o u i s ............
......... 5.0 0 -5 .2 5
Z in c
S t. L .
5 .00
5 .00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5 .00
A lu m l- A n t im o n y N ic k e l
num
A m e r ic a n C a t h 99%
S p o t, N . Y . od es
20.00
14.75
35.00
20.00
14.50
35.00
20.00
14.25
35.00
20.00
14.25
35.00
20.00
14.25
35.00
20.00
14.25
35.00
L ig h t B ra ss
• C le v e la n d ..............................3.2 5 -3 .5 0
C h ic a g o
................................... 3.75-4.00
• S t . L o u is ................................ 3 .25-3.75
Lead
• N e w Y o r k ............................. 3.75-4.00
C le v e la n d ................................ 3.25-3.50
C h ic a g o
................................... 3.75-4.00
S t . L o u is ................................... 3 .25-3.50
Z in c
• N e w Y o r k ..................2 .1 2 % -2 .3 7 %
C le v e la n d ................................ 2.00-2.25
• S t . L o u is ................................ 2.25-2.50
A lu m in u m
• B o r in g s , C le v e la n d . . . .6 .7 5 -7 .0 0
• M ix e d c a s t , C le v e .. . .9 .7 5 -1 0 .0 0
• C lip s , s o f t , C le v e ____ 11.75-1 2.00
• M ix e d c a s t , S t . L ........... 9 .25-9.75
SECO N D ARY M ETA LS
B r a s s , in g o t, 85-5-5-5, l c l . .1 1 .2 5
• S t a n d . N o . 12 a lu m . .1 7 .0 0 -1 7 .5 0
F e r r o m a n g a n e s e , 7 8 -8 2 % ,
t id e w a t e r , d u t y p d .. . .5 1 0 2 .5 0
D o ., B a lt im o r e , b a s e . . 102.50
D o ., d e l. P it t s b u r g h . . . 107.49
S p ie g e le is e n , 1 9 -2 1 % d o m .
P a lm e r t o n , P a ., s p o t. . 33.00
D o ., N e w O r le a n s . . . .
33.00
D o ., 2 6 -2 8 % , P a lm e r ­
to n ..................................................
39.00
F e r r o s ilic o n , 5 0 % f r e ig h t
a llo w e d , c . i .............................
69.50
D o ., le s s c a r l o a d ............
77.00
D o ., 75 p e r c e n t . . . .1 2 6 -1 3 0 .0 0
S p o t, 55 a to n h ig h e r .
S ilic o m a n ., 2 % c a r b o n .. 106.50
2 % c a rb o n 1 1 1 .5 0 ; 1 % , 121.50
F e r r o c h r o m e , 66-70 c h r o ­
m iu m , 4-6 c a rb o n , c t s .
lb . d e l............................................
10.50
F e r r o t u n g s t e n , s t a n d ., lb .
co n . d e l. c a r s .................. 2.95-3.00
F e r r o v a n a d iu m ,
35
to
4 0 % lb ., c o n t.................... 2.70-2.90
F e r r o t it a n iu m , c . 1., p ro d p la n t , f r t . a l l ., n e t to n 142.50
S p o t, c a r l o t s .............................. 145.00
S p o t, to n lo t s ........................... 150.00
F e r r o p h o s p h o r u s , p e r to n ,
c . 1., 1 7 -1 9 % R o c k d a le ,
T e n n ., b a s is , 1 8 % , 53
u n i t a g e ......................................
63.50
F e r r o p h o s p h o r u s , e le c t r o ­
l y t i c , p e r to n c . 1., 2326%
f.o .b .
A n n is t o n ,
A la ., 2 4 % $3 u n it a g e 80.00
F e r r o m o ly b d e n u m , s ta n d .
5 5 - 6 5 % , lb ................................
0.95
M o ly b d a te , lb . c o n t...........
0.80
+ C a rlo a d s . Q u a n . d if f . a p p ly .
/ TEEL
—
W A R E H O U S E
The Market Week —
I R O N
A N D
S T E E L
P R I C E S
C e n ts per pound for delivery within metropolitan districts of cities specifled
STEEL BAKS
B a lt im o r e ............... 4 .00c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 3 .85c
B o s t o n t t .................. 4 .05c
B u f f a lo ..................... 3 .9 0 c
C h a tta n o o g a . . . 4 .21 c
C h ic a g o ( J ) . . . . 3 .8 5 c
C i n c in n a t i ............ 4 .0 5 c
C le v e la n d ............... 3 .75c
D e t r o it ..................3 .93 H e
H o u s to n .................. 3.10c
L o s A n g e le s . . . . 4.30c
M ilw a u k e e 3 .9 6 c-4 .1 1c
N e w O r le a n s . . . . 4 .20c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4 .12c
P it t s , ( h ) ............... 3.80 c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 4 .0 0c
P o r t la n d .................. 4.50c
S a n F r a n c i s c o . . . 4 .20c
S e a t t l e ........................4.45c
S t . L o u i s .................. 4.09c
S t . P a u l _____4.10C-4.25C
T u l s a ........................... 3.35c
IR O N B A R S
P o r t la n d .................. 3.50 c
C h a tta n o o g a . . . 4 .2 1c
B a lt im o r e * ............ 3 .25c
C in c in n a t i ............ 4 .0 5 c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 3 .65 c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 4 .00 c
S t . L o u is .................. 4.09c
R E IN F O R C IN G B A R S
B u f f a lo ..................... 3 .1 0 c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 3 .85c
C h a tta n o o g a . . . 4 .2 1 c
C le v e la n d ( c ) . . . 2 .55c
C in c in n a t i ............ 3.7 5 c
H o u s to n .................. 3.25c
L o s A n g e le s , c .l . 2 .97 5c
N e w O r l e a n s * . . . 3.24c
P it t s ., p la in ( h ) . 2 .5 5 c
P it t s ., tw is t e d
s q u a r e s ( h ) . . . 3.9 5 c
S a n F r a n c i s c o . .2 .9 7 H e
_____. . . . 2 .975c
S e a t t le
S t . L o u is .................. 3 .99c
T u ls a ........................... 3 .25c
Y o u n g .................2 .3 0 c-2 .6 0 c
SH A FES
B a lt im o r e ...............
B ir m in g h a m . . .
B o s t o n t t ..................
B u f f a lo .....................
C h a tta n o o g a . . .
C h ic a g o .....................
C i n c in n a t i ............
C le v e la n d ...............
D e t r o it .....................
H o u s to n ..................
L o s A n g e le s ............
M ilw a u k e e ............
N ew O r le a n s .. . .
N ew Y o rk t ( d ) . .
P h ila d e lp h ia . . .
P it t s b u r g h ( h ) . .
P o r tla n d
( 1 ) ....
S a n F r a n c is c o .. .
S e a t t le ( i ) ............
S t. L o u i s ..................
S t . P a u l ..................
T u ls a ...........................
3.90c
3 .7 5c
3.9 2 c
3 .8 0 c
4 .11c
3.75 c
3.95c
3 .8 6 c
3.9 5 c
3.1 0 c
4.3 0 c
3 .8 6 c
4 .1 0c
3 .9 7c
3 .90 c
3 .70 c
4.2 5 c
4 .05 c
4.25c
3 .99 c
4 .00 c
3 .60c
PLA TES
B a lt im o r e ............... 3.90c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 3 .7 5 c
B o s t o n t t .................. 3.93c
B u f fa lo ..................... 3.80c
C h a tta n o o g a . . . 4 .1 1 c
C h ic a g o ..................... 3.7 5 c
C in c in n a t i ............ 3.95c
C le v e ., 'A - In ., o’r 3 .8 6 c
D e tro it ..................... 3 .95 c
D e tro it, A - i n ____ 4 .15 c
H o u s to n .................. 3.1 0 c
L o s A n g e le s . . . . 4 .3 0c
M ilw a u k e e ............ 3.86 c
N e w O r l e a n s . . . . 4 .10c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4.00c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 3.90c
P h i la . f l o o r ............ 5.2 5 c
December 13, 1937
P it t s b u r g h ( h ) .
P o r t la n d ...............
S a n F r a n c is c o . .
S e a t t l e .....................
S t . L o u I b ...............
S t . P a u l ...............
T u l s a ........................
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3 .70 c
4 .25 c
4 .05 c
4 .25c
3 .99c
4 .0 0c
3 .6 0c
N O . 10 B L U E
B a lt im o r e ............ . 3 .95c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 3 .80 c
B o s to n (g )
. 4 .00 c
B u f f a lo , 8-10 g a . 3 .97 c
C h a tt a n o o g a . . . 4 .16 c
C h ic a g o .................... 3.85c
C in c in n a t i, ............ 4.0 0 c
C le v e la n d ............... 3.91c
D e t. 8-10 g a ____ 3 .9 3 H e
H o u s to n .................. 3 .4 5c
L o s A n g e l e s . . . . 4.50c
M ilw a u k e e ............ 3.96c
N e w O r l e a n s .. . . 4.35 c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4 .07c
P o r t la n d .................. 4 .2 5c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 4 .00 c
P it t s b u r g h ( h ) . . 3.75C
S a n F r a n c i s c o . . . 4.30c
S e a t t le
..................... 4.50c
S t . L o u is .................. 4 .39c
S t . P a u l .................. 4 .10c
T u ls a ........................... 3 .80c
N O . 24 B L A C K
B a lt i m o r e * ! . . . . 4 .50c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 4.5 5 c
B o s to n (g )
4.75c
B u f fa lo ..................... 4 .80c
C h a tta n o o g a * . . 4 .06c
C h ic a g o . . . -4 .45c-5 .10c
C in c in n a t i ............ 4.75 c
C le v e la n d ............... 4.66 c
D e t r o i t .....................4.68 H e
L o s A n g e le s . . . . 5 .05c
M ilw a u k e e 4 .5 6 c-5 .2 1 c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4 .82 c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 4 .6 5c
P it t s .* * ( h ) _____ 4.75 c
P o r t la n d .................. 5 .15 c
S e a t t le
.................. 5.35c
S a n F r a n c i s c o . . . 5.15c
S t . L o u is ............... 4.84c
S t . P a u l ..................... 4 .75c
T u ls a ........................... 4.85c
N O . 24 G A L V . S H E E T S
B a lt im o r e * t . . . . 4.70c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 5.2 0 c
B u f fa lo ..................... 5.4 5 c
B o s to n ( g ) . . . . 5 .30c
C h a tta n o o g a * . . 4.76c
C h ic a g o ( h ) 5.10C-5.75C
C i n c in n a t i ............ 5.40c
C le v e la n d ............... 5.31c
D e t r o it ..................... 5.4 0 c
H o u s to n .................. 4 .50c
L o s A n g e le s . . . . 5.7oc
M ilw a u k e e 5.2 1 c-5 .8 6 c
N e w O r le a n s * . . . 5.7 5 c
N . Y . o v . 10 b d .. 5 .00c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 5.30c
P it t s .* * ( h ) ----- 5.40c
P o r t la n d .................. 5.90c
S a n F r a n c i s c o . . . 5 .8 5c
S e a t t l e ........................ 5 .9 0c
S t . L o u i s .................. 5.4 9 c
S t . P a u l ..................... 5 .4 0 c
T u ls a ........................... 5 .2 0 c
BANDS
B a lt im o r e ...............
B ir m in g h a m . . .
B o sto n tt
...............
B u f f a lo .....................
C h a tta n o o g a . . .
C in c in n a t i ............
C le v e la n d ...............
C h ic a g o
..................
D e t r o it , v i, & U n d .
H o u s to n ..................
L o s A n g e le s . . . .
M ilw a u k e e ............
N e w O r le a n s . . . .
N ew Y o rk t ( d ) . .
4.20c
4 .0 5 c
4 .25 c
4.2 2 c
4 .41c
4.25 c
4.16 c
4.10c
4 .1 85 c
3 .35 c
4 .80 c
4 .21 c
4 .75 c
4.32c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . .
P it t s b u r g h ( h ) . .
P o r t la n d . . . . . . .
S a n F r a n c is c o . . .
S e a t t l e ........................
S t . L o u is ..................
S t. P a u l ..................
4.10c
4.00c
5 .00c
4.80c
4.95c
4.34c
4.35c
HO O PS
B a lt im o r e ............... 4.45c
B o sto n tt
............... 5 .25c
B u f f a lo ..................... 4.2 2 c
C h ic a g o ..................... 4.10c
C i n c in n a t i ............ 4 .2 5 c
D e t r o it , 14 & U n d . 4 .185c
L o s A n g e le s
6.55c
M ilw a u k e e ............ 4.2 1 c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4.3 2 c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . . 4.35c
P it t s b u r g h ( h ) . . 4.50c
P o r t la n d .................. 6.50c
S a n F r a n c i s c o . . 6.50c
S e a t t l e ........................ 6 .30c
S t . L o u i s .................. 4 .34c
S t . P a u l ..................... 4 .35c
C O LD F IN . S T E E L
B a lt im o r e ( c ) . . . 4.50c
B ir m in g h a m . . . 4.9 1 c
B o s to n * ..................... 4 .65c
B u f fa lo ( h ) . . . . 4 .35c
C h a tta n o o g a * . . 4.86c
C h ic a g o ( h ) . . . . 4.3 0 c
C in c in n a t i ............ 4.50c
C le v e la n d ( h ) . . . 4.30c
D e t r o it ..................... 4 .30c
L o s A n g . ( f ) (d ) 6.85c
M ilw a u k e e ............ 4.41c
N e w O r le a n s . . . 5.10c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 4.57c
P h ila d e lp h ia . . .
P it t s b u r g h ............
P o r t la n d ( f ) (d )
S a n F r a n , ( f ) (d )
S e a t t le ( f ) ( d ) . .
S t . L o u i s ..................
S t . P a u l .....................
T u l s a ...........................
4 .53c
4.1 5 c
7 .10c
6 .80c
7 .10c
4.54c
4 .77c
4.80c
C O LD R O L L E D S T R IP
B o s to n ....................... 3 .845c
B u f f a lo ..................... 3 .79c
C h ic a g o ..................... 3.87c
C in c in n a t i ............ 3.82c
C le v e la n d ( b ) . . . 3 .60c
D e t r o it ..................... 3 .4 3 c
N e w Y o r k t ( d ) . . 3 .92c
S t . L o u is ............... 4 .54c
TO O L S T E E L S
( A p p ly in g o n o r e a s t o f
M is s is s ip p i r i v e r ; w e s t
o f M is s is s ip p i l c u p .)
B ase
H ig h sp eed ............... 69c
H ig h c a rb o n , C r . . . 45c
O il h a r d e n in g . . . . 26c
S p e c ia l to o l ............ 24c
E x t r a to o l ............... 20c
R e g u la r to o l . . . . 16c
W a t e r h a r d e n in g 1 2 H e
U n if o r m extraB a p p ly .
B O LTS AND N U TS
(1 0 0 p o u n d s o r o v e r )
D is c o u n t
B ir m in g h a m ............ 50-10
C h ic a g o ( a > . . . 55 to 60
C le v e la n d ............ 60-5-5
D e t r o it ..................
70-10
M ilw a u k e e . . . .6 0 to 65
N e w O r l e a n s ..
P it t s b u r g h . . . .
60
65-5
( a ) U n d e r 100 lb » .,
50 o ff.
(b ) P lu s s t r a ig h t e n ­
in g , c u t t in g a n d q u a n ­
t it y
d if f e r e n t ia ls ;
(c )
P lu s
m il l,
ilz e
an d
q u a n t it y
e x tra s;
(d )
Q u a n t it y b a ie ; ( e ) N e w
m il l c l a s s lf . ( f ) R o u n d *
o n ly ; (g )- 50 b u n d le s o r
o v e r ; ( h ) O u ts id e d e li v ­
e r y , 10c le s s ; (1) U n d e r
3 I n .; ( J ) S h a p e s o th e r
t h a n ro u n d s , f la t s , f ille t
a n g le s , 0 .1 5 c h ig h e r .
On
p la t e s ,
sh a p e s ,
b a r s , h o t s t r ip a n d b lu e
a n n e a le d q u a n t it y e x ­
t r a s a n d d is c o u n ts as
f o llo w s : U n d e r 100 lb s .,
a d d $ 1 .5 0 ; 100 to 399
lb s ., a d d 5 0 c ; 400 to
3999 lb s ., b a s e ; 4000 to
9999 lb s ., d e d u c t 1 0 c ;
o v e r 10,000 lb s ., d e d u c t
15c. A t C le v e la n d , u n d e r
400 lb s ., a d d 5 0 c, w it h
$1 m in im u m in v o ic e .
{D o m e s t ic
• P lu s q u a n t it y
••O ne
to 9
• t 50 o r m o re
tN e w
e x tra s
t t B a s e 10,000
t r a s on le s s .
ste el;
e x tra s;
b u n d le s ;
b u n d le s ;
a p p ly ;
lb s ., e x ­
C u rren t Iron an d S te e l P rice s o f E u r o p e
D o lla r s a t R a t e s o f E x c h a n g e , D e c . 9
E x p o r t P r ic e s
f. o . b . S h ip
a t P o rt o f
British
gross tons
Ü. K . ports
P IG IR O N
£ s d
Foundry, 2.50-3.00 Silicon 330.00
6 00
Basic bessemer......................
Hematite, Phos. .03 -.0 5 .. ÏG.ÏÏ
7 50
S E M IF IN I S H E D
STEEL
B ille ts........................................... 339.38
Wire rods, No. 5 gage____
54.13
7 17 6
10 16 6
D i s p a t c h - " ( B y C a b le o r R ;tc !io )
Continental
Channel or North Sea ports, metric tons
**Quoted in £oId
Quoted in dollars
pounds sterling
at current value
£ s d
$21.46
2 13 0
20.95
2 12 0
M3 11
48.13
F IN IS H E D S T E E L
Standard ra ils....................... 350.63 10 2 6
£46.12
Merchant bars........................
2.73c 12 5 0
.17c to 2.27c
Structural shapes..................
2.37c 10 12 6
1.94c
Plates,
in. or 5 m m ...
2.58c 11 11 3
2.59c
Sheets, black, 24 gage or
0.5 m m ...................................
3.34c 15 0 0
3.18c
Sheets, gal., 24 gage, corr.
4.18c IS 15 0
3.99c
Bands and strips..................
3.07c 13 15 0
2.36c
Plain wire, base.....................
4.35c 19 10 0
2.54c
Galvanized wire, b a se .. . .
5.18c 23 5 0
3.18c
Wire nails, base.....................
4.13c 18 10 0
2.90c
T in plate, box 108 lb s.. . . 3 5.81
1 33
British ferromanganese S102.50 delivered Atlantic seaboard, duty-paid.
7 6
0 0
5 15
0 0 to 6
5 7
7 2
0
5 1
6
6
8
15 Oft
1 0 0
6 10 0
7 0 0
8 15 0
8 0 0
D o m e s t ic P r ic e s a t W o r k s o r F u r n a c e — L a s t R e p o r t e d
,
,
French
Belgian
Reich
£ >d
Fra n c,
Franct
M a rk ,
Fd y. pig iron, Si. 2.5......... 326.50
5 6 0(a) ¡518.8-1
554
325.84
760 325 41
63
Basic bessemer pig ir o n .. .
25.00
5 0 0 ( a ) .................................................
2S 03 rhl 69 in
Furnace coke..........................
9.38
1 17 6
6.43
189
7.31
215
7 66
19
B ille ts..........................................
39.38
7 17 6
28.56
840
32.64
960
38 92
96 50
Standard ra ils........................
2.26c 10 2 6
1.730c 1,150
2.06c
1,375
2 38c
112
Merchant bars.......................
2.55c 11 9 0
1.62c 1,080
1.65c
l ’ lOO
1 98c
110
Structural shapes.................
2.46c 11 0 6
1.58c 1,055
1.65c
1,100
193c
107
Plates, t K - in . or 5 m m ...
2.61c 11 14 3
2.03c 1,350
2.06c
1,375
2 29c
127
Sheets, black..........................
3.51c 15 15 0§
2.25c l,500t
2.36c 1,575 1
2 59c 144i
Sheets, galv., corr., 24 ga.
or 0.5 mm............................
4.35c 19 10 0
3.30c 2,200
4.50c 3,000
6 66c 370
Plain w ire.................................
4.35c 19 10 0
2.28c 1,520
2.48c 1,650
3 11c 173
Bands and strips..................
2.72c 12 4 0
1.82c 1,210
2.33c
1,550
2.29c 127
♦Basic, tB ritish ship-plates. Continental, bridge plates. {24 ga. t l to 3 mm. basic price
B ritish quotations are for basic open-hearth steel. Continent usually for basic-bessemer steel
a del. Middlesbrough, b hemetite. ttC lo se annealed.
••Gold pound sterling carries a premium of 64.7 per cent over paper sterling.
91
-The M arket Week-
I R O N
Corrected to Friday night.
H E A V Y M E L T IN G S T E E L
B ir m in g h a m , N o . 1 .
10.00
B ir m in g h a m , N o . 2 .
9.00
B o s . d o c k N o . 1 e x p . 13.50-1 4.00
N . E n g . d e l. N o . 1 . .
13.50
B u f f a lo , N o . 1 ............ 1 2.50-1 3.00
B u f f a lo , N o . 2 ............ 11 .50-1 2.00
C h ic a g o , N o . 1 ............. 11.50-1 2.00
C le v e la n d , N o . 1 . . . . 1 2.50-1 3.00
C le v e la n d , N o . 2 . . . . 1 1.50-1 2.00
D e t r o it , N o . 1 ................ 9 .0 0 - 9.50
E a s t e r n P a ., N o . 1 . . 14.50-1 5.00
E a s t e r n P a ., N o . 2 . . 1 3.00-1 3.50
F e d e r a l, 111.......................1 1 .00-1 1.50
G r a n it e C i t y , R . R . . 1 2.00-1 2.50
G r a n it e C i t y , N o . 2 . 11.00-11.50
N ew Y o rk , No. 1. . . .
f ll.O O
N . Y . dock N o. 1 exp.
13.50
P it t s ., N o . 1 ( R . R . )
14.50-1 5.00
P lt t B ., N o . 1 ( d i r . ) . . 13.00-1 3.50
P it t s b u r g h , N o . 2 . . . 12.00-12.50
S t . L o u is , R . R ................. 12.00-12.50
S t . L o u is , N o . 2 .............. 11.00-11.50
S a n F r a n c is c o , N o . 1 14.00-1 5.00
S e a t t le , N o . 1 .............
8.00
S e a t t le , N o . 2 ................
7.00
T o r o n to , d ir s . N o . 1 .
12.00
T o ro n to , N o . 2 ..............................................
V a ll e y s , N o . 1 .............. 1 3.50-1 4.00
C O M PRESSED S H E E T S
B u f f a lo , d e a le r s . . . 1 1.50-1 2.00
C h ic a g o , f a c t o r y . . . 1 0.50-1 1.00
C h ic a g o , d e a le r . . . . 10 .00-1 0.50
C le v e la n d ........................ 12 .00-1 2.50
D e t r o it .............................
9.75 -10 .2 5
E . P a ., n e w m a t . . . 14 .50-1 5.00
E . P a ., o ld m a t ........... 10 .5 0-1 1 .00
P it t s b u r g h ..................... 1 3.00-1 3.50
S t . L o u is ......................... 7.2o- 7 .7 5
V a ll e y s .............................. 12.50-13.00
BU N D LED SH EETS
B u f f a lo .............................. 9.50-10 .0 0
C in c in n a t i, d e l..............
9.50-10.00
C le v e la n d
...................... 9.00- 9.50
P it t s b u r g h ..................... 12 .00-1 2.50
S t . L o u is ...........................
6 .75- 7.00
T o ro n to , d e a le r s . . .
8.00
S H E E T C L IP P IN G S , L O O S E
C h ic a g o .............................. 6 .2 5 - 6.75
C i n c in n a t i ..................... 6.0 0 - 6.50
D e t r o it .............................. 6.5 0 - 7.00
S t . L o u is ........................... 5 .5 0 - 6.00
A N D
S T E E L
L a k e S u p e r io r O re
G ro ss ton, 5 1 H %
Lower Lake Ports
O ld ra n g e b e s s e m e r............ $5.25
M e sa b l n o n b e s s ........................... 4.95
H ig h p h o s p h o ru s . . . . . .
4 .85
M e sa b l b e s s e m e r .....................
5 .10
O ld r a n g e n o n b e s s ...................
5.10
92
P R I C E S
Gross tons delivered to consume rs, except where otherwise stated; t indicates brokers prices
N e w Y o r k , f d r y . . . . t8 .5 0 - 9.00
S t . L o u is ..........................
9 .00- 9.50
T o ro n to , d e a l'r s , n e t
10.00
S P R IN G S
B u f f a lo .............................
C h ic a g o , c o il ...............
C h ic a g o , le a f ...............
E a s t e r n P a .......................
P it t s b u r g h ....................
S t . L o u i s ..........................
18.0 0-1 8.50
17.00 -1 7.50
1 5.50-1 6.00
18.00-1 8.50
1 7.50-1 8.00
1 4.75-1 5.25
A N G LE BA RS— S T E E L
C h ic a g o ............................. 14 .00 -1 4.50
S t . L o u is .......................... 12 .50-1 3.00
R A IL R O A D S P E C IA L T IE S
C h ic a g o
.......................... 15.5 0-1 6.00
LO W PH O SPH O RU S
B u f f a lo , c r o p s ...............
C le v e la n d , c ro p s . . .
E a s t e r n P a ., c r o p s . .
P it t s b u r g h , c r o p s . . .
1 8.50-1 9.00
19 .50-2 0.50
19.00-19.50
18.00-18.50
F R O G S , S W IT C H E S
C h ic a g o
.......................... 1 1.50-1 2.00
S t . L o u is , c u t ............... 1 2.50-1 3.00
11.00
S H O V E L IN G S T E E L
F e d e r a l, 111.......................11.00-1 1.50
G r a n it e C i t y , 111.. . . . 11 .00-1 1.50
T o ro n to , d e a le r s . . . .
10.00
R A IL R O A D W R O U G H T
B i r m i n g h a m .................. 11.00-1 1.50
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . . t9 .0 0 - 9.50
B u f f a lo , N o . 1 ............ 11.00-1 1.50
B u f f a lo , N o . 2 ............ 13.00-1 3.50
C h ic a g o , N o . 1 n e t . . 10.00-10.50
C in c in n a t i, N o . 2 . . . 9.50-10 .00
E a s t e r n P a ., N o . 1 . . 1 5.50-1 6.00
S t . L o u is ; N o . 1 _____ 8 .0 0- 8.50
S t . L o u is , N o . 2 _____11 .00-1 1.50
T o ro n to , N o . 1 d i r .. .
16.00
S P E C IF IC A T IO N P IP E
E a s t e r n P a ....................... 13.50-1 4.00
N e w Y o r k ..................... 19.00- 9.50
B U S H E L IN G
B u f f a lo , N o . 1 ............ 11.50-12.00
C h ic a g o , N o . 1 ____ 10 .00-1 0.50
S T E E L R A IL S , SH O U T
C in c in ., N o . 1, d e a l. . 8.5 0 - 9.00
B ir m in g h a m ...............
15.00 C in c in n a t i, N o . 2 . . .
3.0 0 - 3.50
B u f f a lo .............................. 18 .00-1 8.50
C le v e la n d , N o . 2 . . . 8.50- 9.0 0
C h ic a g o (3 f t . ) _____15.00-1 5.50
D e t r o it , N o . 1 , n e w .
9 .0 0 - 9.50
C h ic a g o ( 2 f t .) _____ 15.50-1 6.00
V a ll e y s , n e w , N o . 1 1 2.50-1 3.00
C in c in n a t i, d e l.............. 17.0 0-1 7 .5 0
T o ro n t o , d e a le r s . . . .
9.00
D e t r o it ............................. 14.5 0-1 5 .00
P i t t s ., 3 f t . a n d le s s 17 .50-1 8.00 m a c h i n e t u r n i n g s
S t . L o u is , 2 f t . & le s s 15.0 0-1 5 .50
B i r m i n g h a m ..................
6 .0 0 - 7.00
S T E E L K A IL S , S C R A P
9 .00- 9 .50
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
t l l . 0 0 B u f f a lo .............................
C
h
ic
a
g
o
...........................
6.5
0 - 7.00
B u f f a lo
............................. 15.5 0-1 6 .00
C h ic a g o .............................. 12.00 -1 2.5 0 C in c in n a t i, d e a le r s . . 4 .0 0 - 4.50
C le v e la n d ........................ 7.50- S.0 0
C le v e la n d ........................ 16 .5 0-1 7 .00
D e t r o it .............................. 5 .0 0 - 5.50
P it t s b u r g h ..................... 1 4.50-1 5.00
E a s t e r n P a .......................
8 .50- 9 .00
S t . L o u is ........................... 12 .75 -1 3.25
S e a t t l e .................................
10.00 N e w Y o r k ..................... 15. 00- 5.50
P it t s b u r g h .....................
7.00- 7 .50
STO VE P LA T E
S t . L o u is ..........................
5 .00- 5.50
B i r m i n g h a m ..................
8 .0 0 - 8.50
T o ro n to , d e a le r s . . .
8.00- 8.50
B o s to n , d is t r i c t . . . . t7 .0 0 - 7.25
V a l l e y s ................................
9.50-1 0 .00
B u f f a lo .............................. 1 1.50-1 2.00
C h ic a g o , n e t ...............
8 .5 0 - 9.00
C in c in n a t i, d e a le r s . . 5 .50 - 6.00 B O R I N G S A N D T U R N I N G S
For Blast Furnace Use
D e t r o it , n e t ..................
8 .50- 9.00
E a s t e r n P a ....................... 12 .50-1 3.00
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
12.00
Iron O r e
S C R A P
E a s t e r n L o c a l O re
Cents, unit, del. E. Pa.
F o u n d r y a n d b a s ic
5 6 .6 3 % c o n ..................
9.00 -10 .00
C o p .- fre e lo w p h o s.
5 8 -6 0 % ....................................n o m in a l
F o r e ig n O re
Cents per unit, f.a.s. Atlantic
F o r e ig n m a n g a n if e r o u s o re , 4 5 .5 5 %
Ir o n , 6 -1 0 % m a n .
B u f f a lo .............................. 9.0 0 C in c in n a t i, d e a le r s . . 3 .50C le v e la n d ........................
9 .00D e t r o it .............................
6 .008.00E a s t e r n P a .......................
N e w Y o r k ........................ t4 .5 0 P it t s b u r g h .....................
7.0 0 T o ro n to , d e a le r s . . . .
8.00-
9.50
4 .00
9.50
6.50
8.50
5.00
7 .50
8.50
C A S T IR O N B O R IN G S
B i r m i n g h a m ..................
6.0 0 - 7.00
B o s to n d is t . c h e m ... 17.50- 8 .00
B o s . d ls t . f o r m il ls t7 .0 0 - 7.50
B u f f a lo .............................. 9.0 0 - 9.50
7 .0 0 - 7.50
C h i c a g o .............................
C in c in n a t i, S e a le r s . . 3 .5 0 - 4.00
C le v e la n d ........................ 9 .0 0 - 9.50
D e t r o it .............................. 6.00- 6.50
E . P a ., c h e m ic a l_____ 13.50-1 4.00
N e w Y o r k ........................ t4 .5 0 - 5.00
S t . L o u is ........................... 5 .00- 5.50
T o ro n to , d e a l e r s . . . .
9.00
P IP E A N D F L U E S
C in c in n a t i, d e a l e r s ..
C h ic a g o , n e t ..................
7 .0 0 - 7.50
7.50- 8.00
R A IL R O A D G R A T E B A R S
B u f f a l o .......................
9.50-10 .00
C h ic a g o , n e t ...............
8.50- 9.00
C in c in n a t i .....................
5.50- 6.00
E a s t e r n P a ....................... 1 2.50-1 3.00
N e w Y o r k ........................ t8 .5 0 - 9.00
S t . L o u is ........................... 9.0 0 - 9.50
F O R G E F L A S H IN G S
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
f6 .5 0
B u f f a l o ................................ 11.50-1 2.00
C le v e la n d ........................ 11.00-1 1.50
D e t r o it .............................
8.5 0 - 9.00
P it t s b u r g h ..................... 12.00-1 2.50
FO RG E SCRAP
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
C h ic a g o , h e a v y . . . .
16.50
15.50-1 6.00
A R C H B A R S , TRAN SO M S
S t . L o u is ...........................15.50-1 6.00
A X L E T U R N IN G S
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
t7 .5 0
B u f f a lo .............................. 13.00-1 3.50
C h ic a g o , e le c . f u r . . . 11.50-1 2.00
E a s t e r n P a ....................... 12.00-1 2.50
S t . L o u is ...........................
9.50-10 .00
T o ro n to
...........................
9.50
STEEL CAR A XLES
B i r m i n g h a m ..................
B u f f a lo .............................
B o s to n d is t r i c t . . . .
C h ic a g o , n e t ...............
E a s t e r n P a .......................
S t . L o u is ..........................
16.00-1 7.00
18.00-1 8.50
t l4 .0 0
17.00-1 7.50
20.50-2 1.50
18.50-1 9.00
C in c in n a t i, ir o n . . . .
E a s t e r n P a ., ir o n . .
E a s t e r n P a ., s t e e l . .
P it t s b u r g h , ir o n . . . .
P it t s b u r g h , s t e e l . .
S t . L o u is , ir o n ............
S t , L o u is , s te e l . . . .
15.00 -15.50
16.50 ■17.00
18.00 ■18.50
15.00 ■15.50
17.50 -18.00
14.00 ■14.50
14.75 ■15.25
NO. 1 C A ST SC R A P
B i r m i n g h a m ..................
B o s to n , N o . 1 m a c h .
N . E n g . d e l. N o . 2 . .
N . E n g . d e l. t e x t il e .
B u f fa lo , c u p o la . . . .
B u f fa lo , m a c h ................
C h ic a g o , a g r i. n e t . .
C h ic a g o , a u to ............
C h ic a g o , r a i l r ’ d n e t
C h ic a g o , m a c h . n e t .
C in c in ., m a c h . c u p .. .
C le v e la n d , m a c h . . . .
E a s t e r n P a ., c u p o la .
E . P a ., m ix e d y a r d .
P it t s b u r g h , c u p o la . .
S a n F r a n c is c o , d e l..
S e a t t le ..............................
S t . L o u is , N o . 1 . . . .
S t . L . , N o . 1, m a c h .
T o ro n to , N o . 1 ,
m a c h ., n e t ............
1 4.00-1 4.50
t ll.0 0
12.00
15.50-1 6.00
13.50-1 4.00
14.50-1 5.00
10.50-11.00
1 1.50-1 2.00
10.50-1 1.00
12.00-1 2.50
10.50-1 1.00
17.00-1 7.50
16.00-16.50
13.50-1 4.00
16.00-16.50
1 3.50-1 4.00
8.00
12.00-1 2.50
12.50-1 3.00
14.00-15.00
H EA V Y CAST
B o s to n d is t . b r e a k ..
18.50
N . E n g ., d e l. .................. 12.50- 13.00
B u f f a lo , b r e a k ............ 11.50- ■12.00
C le v e la n d , b r e a k . . . . 14.50 -15.50
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N e w Y o r k , b r e a k . . . tl0 .5 0 - 11.00
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S t . L o u is , R . R ..............14.00- 1 4 .5 0
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b u t f o r d e liv e r y e a r ly n e x t y e a r . E v i ­
d e n t ly b u y e r s a r e s e e k in g p r e f e r r e d
p o s it io n f o r e a r l y 1 9 3 8 s h ip m e n t .
PROVE EFFICIENCY OF PIT-TYPE
S o m e p r o m p t s h ip m e n t b u s in e s s a ls o
i s g o in g , b u t i t a p p e a r s l a r g e l y s u p ­
p l e m e n t a r y t o o r d e i’ s n o w o n b o o k s .
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FURNACES INSULATED WITH
c o n s id ­
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la t e t h is m o n t h , o r a f t e r in v e n t o r y ,
w h ic h m a y s t e p u p m il l o p e r a t in g
ra te s .
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and
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A R M S T R O N G 'S BRICK
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iz e d s h e e t s a l e s p r a c t i c e s h a v e b e e n
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q u a n t it y d is c o u n t f o r 1 0 0 p o u n d s
n o w is m a d e to a p p ly to in d iv id u a l
s a l e s o f 4 0 ,0 0 0 p o u n d s , o r m o r e , f o r
s h ip m e n t a t o n e t im e to o n e d e s t in a ­
t io n .
P r e v i o u s ly t h is d is c o u n t h a d
a p p l i e d to 8 0 ,0 0 0 p o u n d s o f t h e l i g h t
gage.
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c e n t s p e r 1 0 0 p o u n d s n o w is g iv e n
o n f la t g a lv a n iz e d s h e e t s to jo b b e r s
a n d d e a le r s o n m a t e r ia l f o r r e t a i l
p u rp o se s.
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d is c o u n t
w as
not
g ra n te d .
In d e p e n d e n t s h e e t m i l l o p e r a t io n s
h a v e s a g g e d a t r ifle , m ills r o llin g
c o m m o n b l a c k s h e e t s d r o p p in g t o
3 2 p e r c e n t o f c a p a c it y , a g a in s t 36
p e r c e n t l a s t w e e k , w h i l e jo b b i n g
m ills r e t a in t h e ir u n c h a n g e d r a t e
a t 28 p e r c e n t, a n d g a lv a n iz in g m ills
a ls o
a re
unchang ed
a t 36 p e r c e n t.
C le v e la n d — P r o d u c e r s a n n o u n c e d
la t e la s t w e e k t h a t th e $2 a to n
jo b b e r s d is c o u n t h a s b e e n r e s t o r e d
o n f la t g a lv a n iz e d s h e e t s a n d fo r m e d
r o o fin g o f 2 6 , 2 8 a n d 2 9 g a g e o n ly .
A n a d ju s t m e n t in q u a n t it y d is c o u n t s
T
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a ls o w e n t in t o e f fe c t o n f o r m e d r o o f ­
in g s h e e t s . T h e c a r lo a d d is c o u n t o f
15 c e n ts p e r 1 0 0 p o u n d s n o w a p ­
p l i e s o n 4 0 ,0 0 0 p o u n d s i n s t e a d o f
8 0 ,0 0 0 p o u n d s . V o l u m e o f s p e c i f i c a ­
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pany,
F u rn a c e
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Com ­
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One of several recent pit-type furnace installations
for bright annealtna wire and normalizing rod.
Made by the Electricb urnaceCo.,thefurnace is insu­
lated with Armstrong's N-16 InsulatingFire Brick,
c e n t ly r e c e iv e d r e p e a t o rd e rs fo r
p it - t y p e
a n n e a le rs
and
n o r m a l­
A r m s t r o n g ’s
c ie n t
m o st
c o n d u c t iv it y ;
p r o m in e n t
ro d
and
w ir e
b r ic k
t io n s r e m a in u n c h a n g e d a t t h e d is ­
c o u r a g in g
le v e l
d u r in g th e la t t e r
w o r k s . T h e o r ig in a l fu rn a c e s , c o n ­
stre n g th ;
p a rt
stru c te d
age;
of
N o v e m b e r.
C u rre n t
b u y in g
is lim it e d t o s m a l l t o n n a g e s f o r o n ly
B r ic k .
i z e s fr o m s e v e r a l o f t h e c o u n t r y ’s
w it h
A rm s tro n g ’s In s u ­
c la im
th a t
p r e c ia b le
o u t a h ig h v o lu m e o f t o n n a g e a t
duce
lo w c o s t w it h e x c e p t io n a lly s a t is ­
F o r s a m p le s a n d d e s c r ip t iv e l i t e r ­
fa c to ry
a tu re ,
a re
a t t e m p t in g
to
M o st
p ro d u c e rs
bunch
o rd e rs
so
a s to o p e ra te a t le a s t s o m e o f t h e ir
f in is h in g m il ls t h a t a r e n o w c lo s e d .
I f s u c h a m o v e is s u c c e s s f u l it w i l l
b e o f m u c h b e n e f it to t h o s e w o r k e r s
n o w u n e m p lo y e d , p a r t i c u l a r l y d u r ­
in g
th e
h o lid a y
C h ic a g o
tin u e s
to
—
seaso n .
Sheet
b e n e f it
dem and
fro m
th e
December 13, 1937
th e se
su rfa c e
fu rn a c e s
tu rn
c o n d it io n s
and
w it h g r e a t f le x ib il it y o f o p e r a t io n .
P e rfo rm a n c e
re c o rd s a re
com ­
m o n in fu rn a c e s c o n s tru c te d w it h
p re v e n t
and
w a ste ,
co n sta n t
d is s ip a ­
h e lp
m a in t a in
te m p e ra tu re s,
fu e l
c o sts
w r it e
P ro d u c ts
heat
C o .,
to
a
and
re ­
m in im u m .
A rm stro n g
C o rk
B u ild in g
M a t e r ia ls D i v ., 9 8 5 C o n ­
c o rd
S t .,
L a n c a ste r,
Pa.
s m a ll
f le c t e d i n a u t o m o t i v e d e m a n d . R u s h
s h ip m e n t f r e q u e n t ly is r e q u e s t e d a s
lo w
out
con­
v o lu m e o f in v e n t o r ie s o f m a n y c o n ­
su m e rs.
T h i s s it u a t io n a ls o is r e ­
a co n se q u e n ce o f th e
tio n
s h r in k ­
r e f r a c t o r in e s s .
h a v e a p p e a r e d f o r s h ip m e n t in J a n ­
u a ry , b u t h a v e n o t re a c h e d a n y a p ­
v o lu m e .
T h e y
m a k e r ’s
u n ifo r m it y ;
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o rd e rs
su ccess­
c r u s h in g
fro m
b o rn e
Som e
th e
h ig h
fre e d o m
e f fi­
th e rm a l
fu lly
r e q u ir e m e n t s .
have
lo w
la t in g
a c tu a l
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H IG H TEMPERATURE IN S U L A T IO N
93
—
c o n s u m e r s ’ s t o c k s b u t t o t a l im p r o v e ­
m e n t is r e la t iv e ly s m a ll f r o m th e
s t a n d p o in t o f to n n a g e .
.D e liv e r ie s
c o n t in u e t h r e e w e e k s a n d le s s , p r o ­
d u c e r s ’ b a c k lo g s p e r m it t in g p r o m p t
r o llin g o f n e w b u s in e s s .
B o s t o n — S h e e t b u y in g is le s s a c ­
t iv e a s s e v e r a l c o n s u m e r s w h o h a v e
b e e n t a k i n g c a r l o t s f r o m t i m e to
t im e a r e c u r t a il in g s p e c if ic a t io n s in
lin e w it h o p e r a t io n s .
H e a t in g a n d
s h e e t m e t a l s h o p s h a v e p a s s e d t h e ir
a c t iv e s e a s o n , w h ic h in s o m e r e ­
s p e c t s w a s d i s a p p o i n t i n g to s e l l e r s
o f s h e e t s . J o b b e r s a r e b u y in g lit t le
a n d m is c e lla n e o u s in d u s t r ia l n e e d s
a re sp o tty .
N e w Y o r k — In c o m in g s h e e t b u s i­
n e s s r e m a in s a t t h e lo w r a t e o f th e
la s t tw o o r t h re e w e e k s w it h lit t le
g e n e r a l im p r o v e m e n t in s ig h t a f t e r
th e t u r n o f th e y e a r .
C o n su m e rs,
m e a n w h ile , a r e m a k in g f a i r in r o a d s
in t o s t o c k s , a lt h o u g h t h e a v e r a g e
o p e r a t in g r a t e o f s h e e t f a b r ic a t o r s
c o n t in u e s
d o w n w a rd .
M i l l s
can
m a k e d e liv e r ie s p r o m p t ly
t ic a lly a ll g ra d e s .
on
p ra c­
P h ila d e lp h ia — T h e m a r k e t f o r
s t e e l s h e e ts s h o w s lit t le lif e e x c e p t
fo r
lig h t
m is c e lla n e o u s
b u y in g .
L e a d in g a u t o m o t iv e in t e r e s t s h a v e
m a d e f e w a d d it io n a l c o m m it m e n t s .
O n e p la n t is m o re a c t iv e o n F o rd
w o rk
but
th e
m a t e r ia l is
b e in g
b o u g h t a t D e t r o it .
S t o v e a n d r a d io
m a k e r s a r e o p e r a t in g a t a lo w r a t e
a n d c o n t r ib u t in g lit t le in n e w o r ­
d e rs
or
re le a s e s .
S t . L o u is — M o d e ra te b e tte rm e n t
is n o te d in d e m a n d f o r s t e e l s h e e ts .
T h e im p r o v e m e n t is c o n fin e d la r g e ly
t o m i s c e l l a n e o u s u s e r s . A n e a s t s id e
m i l l s o ld a r o u n d t o n n a g e o f s h e e t s
f o r d e liv e r y in J a n u a r y . T h is is th e
f i r s t t r a n s a c t i o n o f s i z e r e p o r t e d in
s e v e r a l w e e k s . C o n s u m p tio n b y th é
p r in c ip a l g r o u p s o f u s e r s c o n t in u e s
to d e c r e a s e , b u t c o n s u m e r i n v e n ­
t o r ie s a r e a ls o d e c lin in g a n d p u r ­
c h a s in g is lo o k e d f o r a f t e r t h e f ir s t
w e e k o f th e n e w y e a r .
T h e re h as
been
so m e
e x p a n s io n
in
th e
m ove­
m e n t o f g a l v a n i z e d s h e e t s , m a i n l y to
th e so u th .
B ir m in g h a m , A la . — A n t ic ip a t e d
d e m a n d f o r s h e e ts h a s f a ile d t h u s
f a r to m a t e r ia liz e , a lt h o u g h p r o d u c ­
e r s a r e c o n fid e n t t h e n e w y e a r w i l l
b r in g n e w im p e t u s , d u e to th e ‘ e x ­
t r e m e ly lo w eb b o f d e a le r s t o c k s .
S trip
S trip P ric e s, P a g e 87
P it t s b u r g h — S t r ip s te e l m ills c o n ­
t in u e to r e c e iv e a f a i r in f lo w o f n e w
b u s in e s s , m u c h o f i t in n a r r o w e r
w i d t h s o f c o l d - r o ll e d .
H o t - r o lle d is
in f a i r d e m a n d b u t n o t q u it e so
h e a v y a s l a s t w e e k . C o ld s t r i p m i l l s
94
The Market Week —
a r e o p e r a t in g a r o u n d 3 0 p e r c e n t,
a g a in s t 3 1 p e r c e n t la s t w e e k ; b u t
h o t - r o l le d m i l l o p e r a t i o n s a r e u n ­
c h a n g e d t h is w e e k a t 30 p e r c e n t.
M o s t o f th e n e w b u s in e s s is m is ­
c e lla n e o u s in c h a r a c t e r , a u t o p a r t s m a k e r s n o t a d d i n g a p p r e c i a b l y to
t h e ir c o m m it m e n t s a t t h is t im e .
C le v e la n d —
I n v e n t o r y p o s it i o n o f
m o s t c o n s u m e r s o f h o t a n d c o ld r o lle d s t r ip h a s im p r o v e d s o m e w h a t ,
b u t n o t to t h e e x t e n t h o p e d f o r . T h i s
is p r i m a r i l y d u e to c u r t a ile d o p e r a ­
t io n s a m o n g m o s t c o n s u m e r s , w h ic h
in e ffe c t h a s d is t o r t e d p r e s e n t in v e n ­
t o r ie s f a r o u t o f p r o p o r t io n to c u r ­
re n t
r e q u ir e m e n t s .
A c c o r d in g
to
s o m e s e lle r s a f e w
o rd e rs h a v e been
r e c e iv e d
r e c e n t ly
fro m
c u sto m e rs
w h o h a v e n o t b e e n in t h e m a r k e t
in o v e r t w o m o n t h s , in d ic a t in g t h a t
so m e c u s to m e rs h a v e n eed f o r m o re
m a t e r ia l.
C h ic a g o — W h ile s t r ip d e m a n d s t i ll
is s lo w , b u s in e s s is s h o w in g s m a ll
g a in s .
A u t o m o t iv e s h ip m e n t s a r e
s lig h t ly h e a v ie r a n d s o m e c o n s u m ­
e r s a r e in th e m a r k e t f o r t h e f ir s t
t im e in s e v e r a l m o n t h s . O n ly s m a ll
s t o c k s w i l l b e c a r r ie d o v e r in t o n e x t
y e a r b y m o st u se rs.
P r o m p t d e liv ­
e r y is a v a ila b le o n b o t h h o t a n d
c o ld - r o lle d .
B o sto n — N a rro w
c o ld
s t r ip
o p e ra ­
tio n s a r e a r o u n d 3 0 p e r c e n t o f c a ­
p a c it y a s b u y in g o f a f ill- in c h a r ­
a c t e r c o n t in u e s .
W h ile s o m e p r o ­
d u c e r s h a v e s p e c if ic a t io n s f o r s h ip ­
m e n t e a r ly n e x t q u a i't e r t h e t o n ­
n a g e is n e g lig ib le a n d m o s t in c o m ­
in g v o lu m e is f o r s m a l l lo t s w it h
p r o m p t s h ip m e n t s p e c if ie d .
S e v e ra l
s t r ip c o n s u m in g in d u s t r ie s in N e w
E n g la n d h a v e f u r t h e r c u r t a ile d c o n ­
s u m p tio n , n o t a b ly
sh o e
m a n u fa c ­
t u r in g .
Sh o e s h a n k s ta k e a su b ­
s t a n t i a l t o n n a g e o f c o ld s t r i p u n d e r
n o r m a l c o n d it io n s .
H o t s t r ip
de­
m a n d is d u ll.
P r ic e s a r e h o ld in g .
N ew
Y o r k — S t r ip
d e m a n d , c o ld r o lle d a n d h o t , c o n t in u e s li g h t w it h
P la te s
P la t e P ric e s, P a g e 8G
P h ila d e lp h ia
—
P la t e m a k e r s
h e re
a r e in c lin e d to b e lie v e t h e lo w p o in t
h as been
b u y in g is
p a s s e d , a s m is c e lla n e o u s
a lit t le b e tte r.
T h e to ta l
v o lu m e , h o w e v e r , is g r e a t ly r e s t r ic t ­
e d , e v id e n c e d b y t h e f a c t t h a t a t
le a s t t h r e e m il ls a r e o p e r a t in g o n ly
one fu rn a c e each .
N e w Y o r k S h ip ­
b u i l d i n g C o ., C a m d e n , N . J . , h a s
been
navy
a w a rd e d tw o te n d e rs b y th e
d e p a rtm e n t, in v o lv in g
about
1 2 ,5 0 0 t o n s o f s t e e l , i n c l u d i n g 9 0 0 0
to n s o f p la t e s .
Y a r d s in t h is v i c in i­
t y e x p e c t to b e a llo t t e d p a r t o f t h e
S ta n d a rd
O il C o . o f N e w
Je rse y
t a n k e r s , o n w h ic h
ta k e n .
B id s h a v e
b id s h a v e b e e n
b e e n p la c e d o n
e ig h t b u t c h a n c e s a r e
m a y be b o u g h t.
good th a t 12
C le v e la n d —
S e lle r s
n o te
lit t le
c h a n g e in
c u r r e n t ly
d is a p p o in t in g
v o lu m e o f o r d e r s f r o m m is c e lla n e o u s
s o u r c e s . T h e lo c a l m il l is o p e r a t in g
o n ly w h e n o r d e r s h a v e a c c u m u la t e d
fo r
a
w eek
to
te n
days
o p e r a t io n .
C o n s id e r a b le t o n n a g e i s in v o lv e d in
m is c e lla n e o u s
s h ip
r e p a ir s
so o n
a f t e r th e f ir s t o f th e y e a r .
C h ic a g o
—
P la t e
dem and
has
b e e n s t im u la t e d s lig h t ly b y b e t t e r
r e le a s e s a g a in s t o rd e rs f o r f r e ig h t
c a r m a t e r ia l.
M is c e lla n e o u s b u y in g
is
a
sh ad e
b e tte r
but
a c t iv it y
s t ill
is r e s t r ic t e d a n d d e liv e r ie s o f o n e
w e e k to te n d a y s a r e a v a ila b le o n
n e w b u s in e s s . T a n k f a b r ic a t o r s s t ill
a r e f a i r l y b u s y d e s p it e t h e s h a r p
r e d u c t io n in b a c k lo g s th e p a s t s e v ­
e ra l m o n th s.
B o s to n — P la t e
b u s in e s s
is
b e in g
p la c e d in d r ib b lin g lo t s w it h f e w
f u ll c a r o rd e rs.
T h e la r g e r o rd e rs ,
f e w in n u m b e r , a r e m a d e u p o f a
v a r ie t y
of
s p e c if ic a t io n s ,
d e liv e r y
o n s o m e o f w h i c h a r e s u b j e c t to
d e la y
d e p e n d in g
on
m ill
r o llin g
e a s t e r n m i l l o p e r a t io n s a r o u n d 3 0
p e r c e n t o f c a p a c it y .
M o s t c o ld
r o lle r s a r e h e a v ily s to c k e d w it h h o t
s t r ip w h ile c o n s u m e r s o f th e f o r m e r
c o n t in u e
to
w o rk
o ff in v e n t o r ie s
w it h
so m e
c u r t a ilm e n t in
o p e ra ­
tio n s .
P r o m p t d e liv e r y is a s k e d o n
s c h e d u le s . T h e r e is n o a d v a n c e b u y ­
in g in v o lu m e . T h e B o s t o n & M a in e
a l l s p e c if ic a t io n s a n d in d iv id u a l o r ­
d e rs a r e s m a ll.
R e a f fir m in g o f t in
d e s t r o y e r s t a k in g s e v e r a l th o u s a n d
to n s e a c h , m o s t ly p la t e s , h a s b e e n
a w a r d e d to t h e C h a r l e s t o n , S . C . ,
p la t e p r ic e s f o r t h e f i r s t n in e m o n t h s
o f n e x t y e a r h a s a d d e d c o n fid e n c e
a s to s t r i p
a n d o th e r lig h t s te e l
p r ic e s n e x t q u a r t e r .
P h ila d e lp h ia —
R e c e n t q u ie t in
dem and
f o r s te e l s t r ip
c o n t in u e s
a lt h o u g h s o m e d e m a n d f r o m s t a m p ­
in g p la n t s is n o te d .
m a in t a in e d .
P r ic e s a r e w e ll
B ir m in g h a m , A la . — S t r ip p ro d u c ­
t io n is a t t h e lo w e s t m a r k o f s e v ­
e r a l m o n th s s in c e th e s u s t a in in g
f o r c e o f c o t t o n t ie s is n o lo n g e r e v i­
d e n t.
r a i lr o a d h a s c lo s e d it s r e p a i r s h o p s
a t B i l l e r i c a , M a s s ., a n d
C o n co rd ,
N . H ., u n t il a f t e r th e f ir s t o f th e
y e a r.
N ew
Y o rk —
and
Puget
y a rd s.
C o n s t r u c t io n o f tw o
Sound,
W a s h .,
navy
B ir m in g h a m , A la .— N o t h in g m o r e
s u b s t a n t ia l th a n s c a tte re d o d d s a n d
e n d s is c o n t r ib u t in g to t h e p r o d u c ­
tio n o f p la t e s . W h ile t h e r e is r e a s o n
to a n t ic ip a t e a n in c r e a s e in d e m a n d ,
i t is n o t p r o b a b le a n y p e r c e p t ib le
im p r o v e m e n t w i l l b e s e e n im m e ­
d ia t e ly .
S e a t t le — I n a d d it io n to o p e n in g
b id s f o r 2 0 ,0 0 0 t o n s o f p l a t e s r e ­
q u ir e d f o r p e n s t o c k s a n d in le t p ip e s .
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C o u le e p r o je c t , b u r e a u o f r e c la m a ­
tio n , D e n v e r , w il l o p e n te n d e rs J a n .
6 f o r e r e c tio n o f a f a b r ic a t in g p la n t
a t t h e s it e a s t h e la r g e d ia m e t e r
p ip e s c a n n o t b e t r a n s p o r t e d o v e r ­
la n d .
Sam e
o f f ic e
has
not
an­
nounced a w a rd s
o f u n sta te d
to n ­
n a g e s in v o lv e d in t h e O w y h e e p e n ­
s t o c k p r o je c t , b id s o p e n e d N o v . 2 4 .
B id s a r e in f o r 1 2 0 0 t o n s in v o lv e d
in a la n d d re d g e lin e f o r F o r t P e c k ,
M o n t.
T a c o m a o p e n e d b id s D e c . 6
f o r 7 0 0 t o n s o f 3 6 a n d 4 8 - in c h w a t e r
s u p p ly lin e .
P i t t s b u r g h - D e s M o in e s
S t e e l C o . is lo w f o r a la r g e w a t e r
t a n k , 1 6 5 t o n s , f o r M c N e il I s la n d
p r is o n , W a s h .
F ig u r e s e xce e d a p ­
p r o p r i a t i o n a n d a w a r d i s p e n d in g .
P la t e
C o n t r a c t s
P la c e d
1500 Io n s , o il t a n k e r , S o c o n y - V a c u u m
O il C o ., to M a n ito w o c S h ip B u ild in g
C o rp ., M a n ito w o c , W is .
350 to n s , s e v e n t a n k s , G u lf O il C o rp .,
A la b a m a a n d T e n n e s s e e , to C h a t t a ­
n o o g a B o ile r & T a n k C o ., C h a tta n o o g a ,
Tenn.
125 to n s , 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 -g a llo n t a n k a n d to w e r,
V a n c o u v e r , W a s h ., to S e a t t le B o ile r
W o r k s , S e a t t le .
100 to n s , 1 2 -in . w e ld e d s te e l p ip e , P o ­
m o n a , C a l i f ., to S o u th e r n P ip e & C a s ­
in g C o ., L o s A n g e le s .
P la t e
C o n t r a c t s
P e n d in g
20.0 0 0 to n s , p e n s to c k s a n d in le t p ip e s
C o u le e d a m , W a s h in g t o n ; b id s to b u ­
r e a u o f r e c la m a t io n , D e n v e r , J a n . 6.
14.000 to n s a r m o r p la te , n a v y d e p a r t ­
m e n t; b id s D e c . 29 to c h ie f b u re a u o f
o rd n a n c e , W a s h in g t o n .
1200 to n s , la n d d re d g e lin e , F o r t P e c k ,
M o n t .; b id s in .
7 00 to n s , 36 a n d 4 8 - in c h w a t e r s u p p ly
p ip e , T a c o m a , W a s h .; b id s in .
165 to n s , w a t e r t a n k a n d to w e r, M c N e il
I s la n d P r is o n , W a s h in g t o n ; P it t s b u r g h D e s M o in e s S te e l C o ., lo w .
B ars
B u r P r ic e s , P n g e 8(>
P it t s b u r g h — A g a in s t t h e im p e n d ­
in g in v e n t o r y s e a s o n , lit t le n e w b u y ­
i n g o f h o t - r o l le d s t e e l b a r s i s n o t e d
in c o m m o n s t e e l o r a l l o y b a r s . S u c h
p u r c h a s e s a s a r e b e in g m a d e a r e
f o r f i l l - i n p u i'p o s e s a n d o f m i s c e l ­
l a n e o u s s i z e s f o r d e p le t e d s t o c k s .
C le v e la n d — C o n s u m e r s o f a llo y
and
c o m m e r c ia l
have
sh o w n
c a rb o n
f y in g
f o r m o re th a n a c t u a l r e q u ir e ­
lit t le
ste e l
in t e r e s t
in
b a rs
s p e c i­
m e n ts . L o c a l f o r g in g c o n c e rn s s t i ll
h a v e a s u b s ta n tia l s to c k w h e n re ­
la t e d
to
t h e ir
c u rre n t
ra te
of
op­
e r a t i o n s . S o m e h a v e d e p le t e d i n v e n ­
t o r y to t h e p o in t w h e r e r e n e w e d
b u y in g h a s b e c o m e n e c e s s a r y , b u t
t h is
is
t h is
no
not
e x p e c te d
u a ry .
C h ic a g o
e ra te
c re a se
g e n e ra l an d
re a l
u n t il
—
b u y in g
th e
Bar
is
s a le s
a u t o m o t iv e
Deeember 13, 1937
of
m id d le
im p r o v e m e n t .
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b ecause
m ovem ent
A
of
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Ja n ­
m od­
s m a ll
needs
is
in ­
ac-
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c o m p a n ie d b y b e t t e r d e m a n d f r o m
m is c e lla n e o u s c o n s u m e r s w h o h a v e
fo u n d
sto c k
r e p le n is h m e n t n e c e s ­
sa ry .
O r d e r s f r e q u e n t ly c a ll f o r
ru sh
s h ip m e n t , in d ic a t iv e
of
th e
lo w s t a t e o f in v e n t o r ie s .
B a r p ro ­
d u c e r s g e n e r a l l y a r e a b le to g iv e
p r o m p t s h ip m e n t .
F a r m e q u ip m e n t
m a n u fa c tu re rs
expect
a
m a in t e ­
n a n c e o f g o o d b u s in e s s a n d c u r r e n t
o p e r a t io n s a r e b a s e d o n t h a t a s ­
s u m p tio n .
B o s t o n — C o m m e r c ia l b a r b u y in g
c o n t in u e s li g h t a n d i r r e g u l a r w it h
s m a ll o r d e r s f o r a llo y a n d f o r g in g
m a t e r ia l
f a ir ly
w e ll
m a in t a in e d .
B id s a r e b e in g t a k e n o n 100 to n s o i
n ic k e l s te e l b a r s , a llo y s t e e l ro d a n d
h e x a g o n s te e l n u t s f o r C h a r le s t o w n ,
M a s s ., n a v y y a r d , m o s t ly b a r s , c lo s ­
in g
D e c . 14.
N e w Y o r k — C o m m e r c ia l s t e e l b a r
d e m a n d i s l i g h t , w i t h c o n s u m e r 's r e ­
d u c in g in v e n t o r ie s a s m u c h a s p o s ­
s ib le a n d m a k in g o n ly s u c h r e p la c e ­
m e n ts a s a r e a b s o lu t e ly n e c e s s a r y
p e n d in g t h e a p p r o a c h i n g i n v e n t o r y
seaso n .
M a c h in e to o l b u ild e r s r e l a ­
t iv e ly a r e s t i l l s p e c if y in g th e m o s t
a c t iv e ly , b u t n o t o n th e s c a le o f tw o
m o n th s o r e v e n o ne m o n th ag o . R a il­
r o a d a n d b o lt a n d n u t s p e c i f i c a t i o n s
c o n t in u e
e x c e e d in g ly
lig h t .
C o ld
d r a w n b a r b u s in e s s is a ls o la g g in g .
P h ila d e lp h ia — S o m e m is c e lla n e ­
o u s b a r d e m a n d is n o te d , b u t th e
v o lu m e is e x p e c te d to b e r e s t r ic t e d
f o r a t le a s t a m o n th . R a ilr o a d s a r e
h o ld in g in
a b e ya n ce f a ir ly
heavy
r e q u is it io n s f o r b a r s a n d o t h e r m a ­
te r ia l
fo r
o r d in a r y
m a in t e n a n c e
w o i'k , p e r h a p s u n t i l s o m e i n k l i n g is
g iv e n
of
p o s s ib le
ra te
in c r e a s e .
P r ic e s
a re
g e n e r a lly
ste a d y .
P ip e
r i p e P r ic e s , P a g e 87
C le v e la n d
—
S te e l
and
cast
ir o n
p ip e a w a r d s a r e lim it e d to s m a ll
to n n a g e s in d iv id u a lly , a lt h o u g h th e
a g g r e g a t e h a s o f f e r e d c o n s id e r a b le
e n c o u ra g e m e n t.
J . B . C lo w & S o n
C o .,
C le v e la n d ,
w as
lo w
b id d e r
on
4 5 5 t o n s o f c a s t p ip e f o r a n e x t e n ­
s io n to t h e w a t e r d is t r ib u t io n s y s ­
te m , S a n d u s k y , O .
T h e sam e com ­
p a n y w a s a w a rd e d 120 to n s o f c a s t
p ip e f o r a w a t e r d is t r ib u t io n P W A
p r o je c t a t G e n e v a , O .
Jo b b e r sto c k s
o f s t a n d a r d s t e e l p ip e w h ile a m p le
to s a t is f y c u r r e n t r e q u ir e m e n t s , a r e
w e ll b e lo w n o r m a l.
P r ic e s a r e fir m .
C h ic a g o — C h ic a g o h a s a s k e d b id s
f o r 3 7 5 t o n s o f 1 6 - in c h p i p e b u t m o s t
o th e r in q u ir ie s a r e s m a ll. S o m e o r ­
d e rs a r e in th e f o r m a t iv e s ta g e b u t
s e lle r s
a n t ic ip a t e
lit t le
im m e d ia t e
im p r o v e m e n t in b u y in g . S h ip m e n t s
a r e lig h t a n d b a c k lo g s a r e s m a ll.
N ew
Y o rk — Lo w
b id o n 3 0 2 t o n s ,
1 2 - in c h c e m e n t - li n e d c a s t p i p e f o r
N e w Y o r k c i t y , w a s 5 5 6 .2 0 , d e l i v e r e d ,
and
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b id s c lo s in g D e c . 3 , t h e m a t e r ia l
b e in g a w a r d e d t h e lo w f o u n d r ie s .
N ew
in q u ir y
is
lig h t ,
but
se ve ra l
s u b s t a n t ia l lo t s a r e
e x p e c te d
out
f o r e s t im a t e s so o n a f t e r th e f ir s t
o f th e y e a r.
M is c e lla n e o u s s m a lllo t d e m a n d is f a i r l y a c t iv e .
P h ila d e lp h ia — P ip e m a n u f a c t u r ­
e rs a re e n c o u ra g e d o v e r p ro sp e c ts
f o r r e s id e n t ia l c o n s t r u c t io n p r o g r a m .
C u r r e n t o p e r a t io n s a r e
now
a ro u n d
35 p e r c e n t.
B ir m in g h a m , A la . —
P ip e
is
th e
b r i g h t e s t s p o t i n t h e d i s t r i c t ’s p i c ­
t u r e t h is w e e k w it h a n n o u n c e m e n t
b y A m e r ic a n C a s t I r o n P ip e C o . o f
a
1 0 ,0 0 0 - t o n
o rd e r
fro m
C o rp u s
C h r is t i, T e x .
T h e n e w b u s in e s s is
v a l u e d a t m o r e t h a n $ 4 5 0 ,0 0 0 a n d
w i l l a s s u r e p r o d u c t i o n i n t h a t d ep a i’ t m e n t f o r a t l e a s t f i v e m o n t h s .
S p e c i f i c a t i o n s c a l l f o r 3 0 - in c h p ip e
f o r a 1 6 - m ile w a t e r l i n e .
S a n F r a n c is c o — C lo s e to 1 2 0 0 to n s
o f c a s t ir o n p ip e w a s p la c e d a n d
b r o u g h t t h e t o t a l f o r t h e y e a r to
2 7 ,0 6 1 t o n s , c o m p a r e d w i t h 4 5 ,1 3 7
t o n s f o r t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r io d
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in 1 9 3 6 .
L a r g e s t a w a r d c a lle d f o r
715 to n s f o r th e E a s t B a y m u n ic ip a l
u t il it y d is t r ic t , O a k la n d .
S e a t t le — L o w b id d e r f o r c o n s t r u c ­
t io n o f t h e N in t h a v e n u e S W c a s t
ir o n
p ip e
lin e , S e a t t le ,
in v o lv in g
1 3 0 0 t o n s o f 8 - in c h , i s Q u e e n C i t y
C o n s t r u c t io n
C o .,
S e a t t le .
A w a rd
a w a it s
fe d e ra l
a p p r o v a l.
D.
M.
M a n n i n g , H y s h a m , M o n t ., i s l o w a t
$ 5 2 ,6 5 9
fo r
w a te r
sy ste m
re c o n ­
s t r u c t i o n a t T h r e e F o r k s , M o n t ., i n ­
v o l v i n g 4 5 0 t o n s o f 6 , 8 a n d 1 0 - in c h
c a s t ir o n . V a n c o u v e r , W a s h ., o p e n e d
b id s D e c . 6 f o r a b o u t 3 0 0 t o n s o f
c a s t ir o n .
O n t a r i o , O r e g ., w i l l r e ­
c e iv e b id s D e c . 16 f o r a lo w p r e s ­
s u r e s y s t e m , $ 6 6 ,0 0 0 a v a i l a b l e , i n ­
c lu d in g in t a k e , r e s e r v o ir , p ip e a n d
a c c e s s o r ie s .
C r a n e C o ., S e a t t l e , h a s
b e e n a w a r d e d 2 5 0 t o n s , 2 to 1 0 - in c h
o . d . s t e e l p ip e a n d f it t in g s f o r K i n g
c o u n ty d is t r ic t N o . 7 .
A w a rd of
7 0 0 0 f e e t o f 1 0 - in c h s t e e l p i p e i s
p e n d in g a t T o l e d o , O r e g .
S t e e l P ip e
P la c e d
250 to n s , 2 to 1 0 - in c h m a in s , K i n g c o u n t y
d is t r i c t N o . 7, S e a t t le , to C r a n e C o .,
S e a t t le .
U n s ta te d to n n a g e , 50 le n g t h s , 24—in c h
s h o re , p ip e , U . S . e n g in e e r, N e w O r ­
le a n s , to T r e a d w e ll C o n s tr u c tio n C o .,
M id la n d , P a ., s c h e d u le N o . 1096-38.207.
C a s t
P ip e
P la c e d
10,000 to n s 3 0 - in c h , f o r C o rp u s C h r is t i,
T e x ., to A m e r ic a n C a s t I r o n P ip e C o .,
B ir m in g h a m , A la .
715 to n s , 6 a n d 8 - in c h , E a s t B a y m u n i­
c ip a l u t i l i t y d is t r ic t , O a k la n d , C a l i f .;
a llo c a t e d a s f o llo w s : to U n ite d S t a t e s
P ip e & F o u n d r y C o ., B u r lin g t o n , N . J . ,
383 to n s 6 - in c h a n d to A m e r ic a n C a s t
Ir o n P ip e C o ., B ir m in g h a m , A la ., 332
to n s.
415 to n s , 12 a n d 2 0 - in c h , c e m e n t- lin e d ,
N e w Y o r k C i t y , 302 to n s , 1 2 - in c h , to
U n ite d S t a t e s P ip e & F o u n d r y C o ., B u r ­
lin g to n , N . J . , a n d 113 to n s, 2 0 -in c h ,
to D o n a ld s o n I r o n W o r k s , E m a u s , P a .
181 to n s , 4 to 8 - in c h , C la s s 250, S a n
B e r n a r d in o , C a l i f ., to N a t io n a l C a s t
Ir o n P ip e C o ., B ir m in g h a m , A la .
150 to n s, 16 a n d 1 8 - in c h , H o lt v ille , C a li f .,
to U n ite d S t a t e s ’ P ip e & F o u n d r y C o .,
B u r lin g t o n , N . J .
C a s t
P ip e
p ro d u c ts
th a n
f e w in s t a n c e s a t le a s t h a v e b e e n d e ­
p le t e d to t h e p o in t w h e r e a d d it io n a l
b u y in g h a s b e c o m e n e c e s s a r y . M o s t
p ro d u c e rs
have
s u b s t a n t ia lly
c u r­
t a ile d o p e r a t in g s c h e d u le s a n d h a v e
g e n e r a lly f o llo w e d t h e s t a g g e r s y s ­
te m in d iv id in g u p th e w o r k a m o n g
m e r c h a n t w ir e p ro d u c ts a n d m a n u ­
f a c t u r e r s ’ w ir e c o n t in u e to la g , s h o w ­
in g lit t le c h a n g e o v e r th e p a s t tw o
w e e k s . O n e s e lle r r e p o r t s r e c e iv in g
a fe w o rd e rs o f a m o d e ra te to n n a g e
fro m
been
so m e c u sto m e rs w h o h a v e n ot
in th e m a r k e t w it h in th e la s t
tw o
to
so m e
th re e
e x te n t
m o n th s,
th a t
in d ic a t in g
in v e n t o r ie s
to
in
a
th e m e n .
C h ic a g o — W i r e o r d e r s c o n t in u e
s m a l l , w i t h l i t t l e c h a n g e s h o w n in
to ta l
b u s in e s s
d e s p it e
o c c a s io n a l
g a in s in d e m a n d f r o m m a n u f a c t u r ­
e r s ’ w ir e c o n s u m e rs .
W ir e u s e is
e x p e c te d to b e li g h t f o r t h e n e x t
s e v e r a l w e e k s w h ile jo b b e r s in m a n y
THEY
W ANTED
GREATER • ..
A M E R I C A N TOOL W O R KS
* WEAR RESISTANCE
G I S H O L T M A C H I N E C O.
N AT IO NA L A U T O M A T I C
TOOL C O .
C I N C I N N A T I MILLING
MACHINE CO.
ACME MACHINERY
COMPANY
* TENSILE STRENGTH
B ARNES DRILL
COMPANY
* CORROSION RESISTANCE
BULLARD C O .
AND GOT ALL THREE IN
AM P CO
BAKER
BROS.,
I NC.
METAL
These are but a few o f m any internationally famous
machine and m achine-tool builders who find in Ampco
M etal qualities they have long sought.
They regard Ampco M elal as truly a “ process” m etal,
living up to all.expectations. Feed n u ls, gears, bushings,
bearings, worm wheels, keys and other parts made of
Ampco M etal enable these builders to uphold their high
standards of precision and quality.
For the complete facts, send for “ Ampco Metal— Its Uses
in Modern Industry.”
P R O P E R T I E S
le s s
O F
A M P C O
M E T A L
—
G R A D E
Ultimate Tensile Strength
(lbs. per sq. in .)........... 75,000-85,000
Yield Point (lbs. per sq.
in .) ......................................33,000-42,000
Elongation % in 2 inches...........10-14
Red. of Area % In 2 inches..............6-10
Brinell Hardness 3000 kg.
load ...............................................167-179
Rockwell Hardness..................... 85-87-B
Scleroscope Hardness..................... 26-28
Young's Modulus............... 14,350,000
Charpy Impact Value........................17.4
Mean Analysis:
Copper..............................................84.60
Aluminum .....................................11.30
Ir o n .......................................................3.70
Special Agent...................................0.40
Weight lbs. per cubic in ch ................ 270
cSl/LeŻaJŁ ‘ix s r tß u r u Z , a s v
b u s i­
18
Note: Grade 18 is adaptable to a wide range of application; but its prime fields
of service are gears, worm wheels, heavy bearings and acid resistant equipment.
W ir e P ric e s, P a g e 87
S lig h t ly
Jo b b e rs
a n d r e g u la r c o n s u m e rs a re e x p e c te d
to d o l i k e w i s e u n t i l a f t e r i n v e n t o r y .
C le v e la n d
—
S p e c if ic a t io n s
fo r
W ir e
—
w eek.
Ampco Metal, Inc., Dept. S-12-13, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
P e n d in g
1300 to n s , 8 - in c h , N in t h a v e n u e S W d is ­
t r i c t im p ro v e m e n t, S e a t t le ; Q u e e n C it y
C o n s t r u c t io n C o ., S e a t t le , lo w .
450 to n s , 6, 8 a n d 1 0 - in c h f o r T h r e e
F o r k s , M o n t.; D . M . M a n n in g , H y s h a m .
M o n t., lo w .
431 to n s , 6 to 1 0 - in c h , T h r e e
F o rk s ,
M o n t .; g e n e ra l c o n t r a c t to D . M . M a n ­
n in g H y s h a m , M o n t. 294 to n s, d is ­
p o sa l p la n t , P u e b lo , C o lo .; b id s D e c . 15.
375 to n s , 1 6 - in c h , C h ic a g o ; b id s D e c. 14.
300 to n s , V a n c o u v e r , W a s h ., im p r o v e ­
m e n t; b id s op ened .
U n s ta te d to n n a g e , 225,000 fe e t o f 6 to
1 6 -in c h
w a te r
m a in s .
Lake,
W is .;
W e n z e l & H e n o c h C o ., M ilw a u k e e , lo w
b id d e r o n g e n e ra l c o n t r a c t a t $669,550.
P it t s b u r g h
la s t
a r e n o t e x p e c te d to r e - e n t e r th e m a r ­
k e t u n t il a f t e r th e e n d o f th e y e a r ,
B E F O R E
Y O U
S P E C I F Y
I N V E S T I G A T E
"
A M P C O
n e s s h a s d e v e lo p e d i n w i r e a n d w i r e
December 13, 1937
97
— The Market W eek —
B e h in d
H e
th e
S
t e m
R e a d s
■ H e re w ith w e present in per­
son one o f S t e e l ' s authors, E d ­
w in J. R y a n , w hose opus done
in con ju n ction w ith M r. N . M .
K ie n e r ap p ears on page 53 o f
this w e e k ’s b o o k . Both o f these
gen tlem en arc fro m the N ’ Y a w k
‘ n ’ N o o Jo ise y L u b ric a n t C o ., and
this photo is m erely another step
in ou r u n e n d in g flood o f p ro pa­
g a n d a in tended to pro ve reader­
w
O y e z
a n d
Y o ic k s
B T O O U R desk has com e a
pro clam ation , size la rg e x lo n g ,
issued by the m ost estim able
g o v e rn o r o f th e C o m m o n w e alth
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o f P e n n sy lv a n ia an d suitable fo r
fra m in g .
P ro c la im in g th a n k s ­
g iv in g fo r 300 years o f G o d ly
C iv iliz a tio n , the epistle says in
e flect that there w ill be celebrat­
in g o f the 300 years next year.
T h e on ly con nection to S t e e l
w h ich could be located in the
sheet w as the large am o u n t of
lan d stolen fr o m the In d ian s to
start the w h o le th in g g o in g .
B ig
ship o f S t e e l , w h ich really needs
no p ro v in g at all to the 68,000
an d m ore gen tlem en w h o do
read it each w e e k .
M r. R y a n
sent this photo to us to prove
tw o th in gs— ( a ) that he kn ow s
w h ich end o f a m a g a z in e to hold
u p w h e n h a v in g his picture ta k ­
en, an d ( b ) that he is not lefth an d ed . F u rth e rm o re , w e k n o w
he is re a d in g the M aterials H a n ­
d lin g story on p age 54 o f the
N o v e m b e r 15 issue. W e are g o ­
in g to w rite in to h ead q u arters
o f the Ju n io r G -M e n an y day
n o w an d ask fo r a prom otion,
o r a n y h o w e xch an g e ou r brass
b ad g e fo r a stainless steel one.
iik
M
a n
H C h ica g o has lo n g been noted
fo r the m ass p roduction m ethods
used by its u n d e rw o rld in creat­
in g colossal crim es.
H o w e v e r,
recently w e w ere notified o f a
n ew effort w h ic h takes som e sort
o f a p rize fo r eleph an tin e antics.
T h e lad w h o pu lled this stuff
has since been in carcerated, to
m ake the w o rld safe fo r in d u s­
trialists. W h e n d ra g g e d into the
cou rtroom , he w as ch arged w ith
h a v in g stolen such item s as fo u r
b u ild in g s, som e electric cranes
and hoists, a fe w d e rrick s, som e
boilers, an d n u m erous m achine
tools.
F o rtu n a te ly the ju d g e
sent h im u p fo r a stretch, or he
w o u ld probab ly have w o rk e d up
to a point w h e re he could car­
ry o ff a fe w b last fu rn aces and
d efin itely affect p ig iron pro d u c­
tion in the w in d y city.
J a v a
B o o k ?
W A M O N G the m ore in teresting
o f ou r correspondence lately has
been a letter fro m the m ost re­
spectful Y a u Ploan-te, o f B an
H o n g L io n g & C o ., N o . 80-82
S lo m p rettan street, So u rab aya,
Ja v a . Y a u ordered a cou ple of
b ooks and asked for a list so he
could look fo r an oth er.
Sort
o f piq u es ou r cu riosities. A fte r
w e fo u n d ou t fro m o u r vicepresident in ch arge o f W h e re
T h in g s A r e that S o u rab aya is
in J a v a ,1 w e looked it up on a
m ap to see w h a t it looked like.
F in e th in g, these fa r flu n g m etal
in dustries, to be o f interest even
in fa r o ff Ja v a . W o n d e r w h at
k in d o f a boy Y a u is.
— Sh rd lu
c a s e s a r e o u t o f th e m a r k e t a n d a r e
t a k in g
o n ly lim it e d s h ip m e n t s o f
m e rc h a n t p ro d u c ts.
B o s to n — N o t u n til c o n s u m e r in ­
v e n t o r ie s a r e m a t e r ia lly lo w e r is
w ir e b u y in g e x p e c te d to im p r o v e .
W hen
t h is p o in t w i l l b e r e a c h e d
is p r o b le m a t ic a l, m o s t s e lle r s h o p e ­
f u l l y e x p e c t in g a m ild u p t u r n n e x t
q u a r t e r , a lt h o u g h s t o c k s a r e b e in g
w o r k e d o ff m o re s lo w ly t h a n e x ­
p e c te d b y m o s t m a n u f a c t u r in g in ­
d u s t r ie s .
T e x t ile
m ill
e q u ip m e n t
p la n t s h a v e
s lo w e d d o w n .
It
is
a ls o e v id e n t m a n y c o n s u m e r s o v e r ­
b o u g h t e a r lie r in th e y e a r a n d a re
s t r iv in g
to
c le a r
o u t t h is
sto c k .
W h ile lig h t , b u y in g is w e ll d iv e r s i­
f ie d , f o r p r o m p t s h i p m e n t .
F in is h ­
in g m i l l o p e r a t io n s in f e w in s t a n c e s
a r e b e tte r th a n 30 p e r c e n t.
M o st
p r o d u c e r s h a v e s u b s t a n t ia l s u p p lie s
of
w ir e
ro d s.
P r ic e s
unchang ed .
N e w Y o r k — W ir e
a re
f ir m
b u y in g
and
a p p e a rs
to h a v e l e v e l e d o f f a t t h e r e c e n t lo w
r a t e , d u lln e s s a f f e c t in g p r a c t ic a ll y
a ll w ir e p ro d u c ts w it h c o n s u m e rs
w o r k in g
m o s t ly
on
in v e n t o r ie s .
W h i l e c o n s u m p t i o n h a s d e c li n e d f u r ­
t h e r , m a t e r ia l is s t i l l b e in g w o r k e d
o ff a t a h ig h e r r a t e t h a n c u r r e n t
b u y in g .
In
lin e w it h
p u rc h a se rs’
d e t e r m in a t io n to lo w e r in v e n t o r ie s ,
th e re is lit t le a c t iv it y in w ir e ro d s .
W ir e m il l a c t iv it ie s a r e e s tim a te d
a t 3 0 -3 5 p e r c e n t .
V o lu m e b o o k e d
f o r f ir s t q u a r t e r s h ip m e n t is s m a ll.
W ir e p r ic e s a r e f ir m .
A m ild im ­
p r o v e m e n t in
e x p o rt d em an d fo r
w ir e ro d s is n o te d , d e m a n d f r o m
a b ro a d f o r ro d s h a v in g b e e n s m a ll
fo r so m e m o n th s.
E x p o r t e r s c la im
t o b e g e t t i n g p r i c e s u n d e r d o m e s t ic
q u o t a t io n s o n t h is b u s in e s s .
B ir m in g h a m ,
A la .— P r o d u c t io n
of
w ir e is a t th e lo w e s t p o in t o f s e v ­
e r a l m o n th s , b u t t h e r e is in c r e a s in g
e v i d e n c e c o n s u m e r s w i l l n o t b e a b le
to d e fe r a c t iv e b u y in g a g r e a t d e a l
lo n g e r , d u e t o t h e l o w
m a rk
of
sto c k s.
D e m a n d n o w , h o w e v e r , is
p a r t ic u la r ly s lo w .
R a ils , C a r s
T r a c k M a t e r ia l P r ic e s , P a g e 87
W e s t e r n r a i lr o a d s s e e m to b e m o r e
c o n fid e n t o f
e a ste rn
and
fu tu re
c o n d it io n s
th a n
l a s t w e e k p l a c e d 6 1 ,5 0 0
to n s o f r a ils w it h v a r io u s m ills , f o r
e a r ly 1938 d e liv e r y .
N o rth e rn P a ­
c i f i c h a s p l a c e d 3 0 ,0 0 0 t o n s , W e s t ­
e r n P a c i f i c 2 2 ,0 0 0 t o n s a n d S o u t h e r n
P a c if ic
9500
to n s
in
a d d it io n
to
it s
p r e v i o u s o r d e r f o r m o r e t h a n 3 0 ,0 0 0
to n s.
W it h
o rd e rs
fro m
se ve ra l
ro a d s in th e S o u t h e a s t th e s e o rd e rs
a r e g iv in g th e s t a r t o f a g o o d r a i l
b a c k lo g .
A t c h is o n , T o p e k a & S a n t a F e
has
p l a c e d s e v e n d i e s e l lo c o m o t i v e s w i t h
E le c t r o - M o t iv e C o r p . a n d 4 3 s t a i n ­
98
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— The M arket Week —
le s s s t e e l s t r e a m lin e d c a r s w it h E d ­
w a r d G . B u d d M f g . C o . f o r a f le e t
has
r e s u lt e d
in
r e d u c in g
b e e h iv e
o v e n a c t iv it ie s a n d s o fte n e d f u r n a c e
o f f a s t t r a in s .
B id s w i l l b e o p e n e d
D e c . 13 o n 400 fr e ig h t c a r s f o r W e s t ­
e r n P a c if ic .
c o k e 25 c e n ts.
F o u n d r ie s c o n t in u e
good
o p e r a t io n s a n d
s in c e
fe w e r
o v e n s a r e p r o d u c in g t h a t g r a d e it s
S t . L o u is
a sk e d c o u rt
p r ic e is u n c h a n g e d . B y - p r o d u c t c o k e
fro m
s t e e lw o r k s
oven
s u r p lu s
is
s t e a d y a t $ 5 .5 0 .
& S a n F r a n c is c o h a s
a p p ro v a l o f a b u d g et
o f $ 3 ,4 6 4 ,3 3 6 f o r 1 9 3 8 . T h i s i n c l u d e s
7 5 m ile s o f 1 1 2 -p o u n d r a i ls , w it h a c ­
c e s s o r ie s a n d 2 0 c a b o o s e s to b e b u ilt
in it s o w n s h o p s .
S t . L o u is S o u th ­
w e ste rn
is
s a id
to
be
p r e p a r in g
to
b u i l d f i v e f r e i g h t lo c o m o t i v e s i n i t s
o w n s h o p s , b e lie v in g it c a n do so
m o r e c h e a p ly t h a n to b u y e ls e w h e r e .
M is s o u r i
P a c if ic
c o u r t p e r m is s io n
T h e a r m y w i l l c lo s e b id s D e c . 2 8 o n
to 3 5 g a s o lin e t a n k
g a llo n s
O h io is
S t r u c t u r a l S h a p e P r ic e s , P a g e 86
C h ic a g o — M o s t
fa b r ic a t e d
sh ap e
in q u ir ie s a r e s m a ll w h ile
a w a rd s
has
been
g iv e n
t o l o a n $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0
to M is s o u r i P a c if ic T r a n s p o r t a t io n
C o ., a s u b s id ia r y , f o r p u r c h a s e o f
2 0 h ig h w a y b u s e s .
5
Shapes
a ls o a r e c o n fin e d to lo t s o f a f e w
h u n d re d to n s a t a t im e .
T h e r e is
s o m e p o s s ib ilit y t h a t b id s o n th e
L a C ro sse ,
W is .,
b r id g e ,
in v o lv in g
3 1 0 0 to n s , m a y b e r e je c t e d .
S a n F r a n c is c o — L it t le
c h a n g e is
n o te d in th e s t r u c t u r a l s h a p e m a r k e t
a n d in q u i r ie s c o n t in u e to c o m e f o r t h
s lo w ly
fo r
f ig u r e s .
The
la r g e s t
a w a r d w e n t t o C o l u m b i a S t e e l C o .,
S a n F r a n c is c o , in v o lv in g 277 to n s
f o r a t e le p h o n e b u ild in g a t G le n d a le ,
C a lif .
T h e U n it e d S t a t e s e n g in e e r
o f f ic e , L o s A n g e le s , h a s t a k e n b id s
on 248 to n s fo r th e G e n e v a s tre e t
c a r s o f 1 0 ,0 0 0
CHESSIE
c a p a c it y .
C h esap eake
&
in q u ir in g f o r 14 p a s s e n g e r
lo c o m o t iv e
te n d e rs
and
th e
W h it e
P a s s & Y u k o n r a i l r o a d f o r o n e lo c o ­
m o t iv e .
P u r c h a s e o f 2 7 5 f r e i g h t c a r s in
N o v e m b e r is th e s m a lle s t m o n th ly
t o t a l s in c e A u g u s t , 1 9 3 6 .
L it t le p ro s ­
p e c t o f b u y in g t h is m o n th is a p p a r ­
e n t.
C o m p a r is o n s f o llo w :
1937 1936
1935
1934
J a n ................... 17,806
2,050
24
152
F e b ................... 4,972
6,900
806 19,725
M a r c h . . . 8 ,1 5 5
632
0
30
A p r i l ----9 ,7 7 2
4 ,42 7
350
800
M a y ............
4 ,7 3 2
8,90 0
2
717
J u n e ............
548
5,2 00
5,151
1,835
J u l y ............
1,03 0
7 ,229
500
19
A u g .................. 1 ,4 7 5
225
200
105
S e p t.................
1,2 16
1,750
875
7
O c t ...................
1,3 55
2,210
1,250
75
N o v ..................
275
1,550
100
254
11 m o s .. . . 51,33 6
41,073 10,158 23,719
D e c ......................................
23,450 10,050
110
T o ta l
C a r
......................
64,64 3
19,3 08
23,829
O r d e r s P la c e d
A t c h is o n , T o p e k a & S a n t a F e , 43 s t a i n ­
le s s s te e l p a s s e n g e r c a r s , to E d w a r d
G . B u d d M fg . C o ., P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .
L o c o m o t iv e s
P la c e d
A t c h is o n , T o p e k a & S a n t a F e , f iv e 1800h o rs e p o w e r a n d tw o 3 6 0 0 -h o rse p o w e r
d ie s e l lo c o m o tiv e s to E le c t r o - M o t iv e
C o rp ., L a G r a n g e , 111.
R a il
O rd e rs
P la c e d
N o r th e r n P a c if ic , 30,00 0 t o n s ; 20,00 0 to n s
to C a r n e g ie - Illin o is S te e l C o rp ., C h i­
c a g o , 9000 to n s to B e t h le h e m S te e l C o .,
B e th le h e m , P a ., 1000 to n s to C o lo ra d o
F u e l & I r o n C o ., D e n v e r .
S o u th e r n P a c if ic , 9500 to n s a d d it io n a l,
f o r T e x a s - L o u is ia n a lin e , to B e t h le ­
h e m S te e l C o ., B e t h le h e m , P a .
W e s te rn P a c if ic , 22,000 to n s 100 a n d 112p o un d r a i l s a n d 6000 to n s t r a c k f a s t ­
e n in g s to C o lu m b ia S t e e l C o ., S a n
F r a n c is c o , a n d C o lo ra d o F u e l & I r o n
C o rp ., D e n v e r .
M
e t a llu r g ic a l
F u r t h e r r e d u c t io n in b la s t f u r n a c e
in
t-he
P it t s b u r g h
December 13, 1937
T h e n in t u r n t h is m a p is r e p la c e d w it h C h e s s ie w h o in
t i m e g o o d n a t u r e d ly d is a p p e a r s a g a in .
T h is ty p e o f
in t e r e s t g e t t i n g d is p la y s is o n ly o n e o f t h e m a n y B e c k &
W a ll a re p r o d u c i n g f o r le a d in g m a n u f a c t u r e r s .
I n e x p o s it io n s , b o o t h s , w in d o w s , a n d p o i n t o f -s a le , B e c k & W a ll c a n s u p p ly a d is p la y
w it h a s e llin g id e a .
BECK an d U iB LL-D IS P LH V S
C o k e
C o k e P r ic e s , T a g e 87
a c t iv it y
• C h e s s ie is a l a d y ,— a k i t t e n w h o h a s
h a d h e r p ic t u r e in m o r e p u b l i c a t i o n s
t h a n m a n y a m o v ie s ta r .
F o r C h e s s ie
is t h e w e ll k n o w n s lu m b e r in g f e lin e u s e d a s a n a d v e r t is in g
s y m b o l b y C h e s a p e a k e a n d O h io L in e s .
O n t h e S t e e l P ie r in A t l a n t i c C it y , C h e s s ie ’ s p o r t r a i t
a p p e a r s o n a B e c k & W a ll d is p la y , a s s h o w n i n t h e i l l u s ­
t r a t io n . F o r a n u m b e r o f s e c o n d s C h e s s ie d r o w s ily r e g a r d s
y o u , a n d t h e n t h e p a n e ls t u r n a n d C h e s s ie d is a p p e a r s .
I n h e r p la c e a p p e a r s a m a p s h o w in g t h e e x t e n t o f t h e
C h e s a p e a k e a n d O h i o L in e s .
1 8 0 0 E A S T 3 0 th S T R E E T
CLEVELAND
OH I O
d is t r ic t
99
— The M arket Week —
o u t f o r b id s .
P it t s b u r g h — R e c e n t a w a r d s h a v e
and
th e
W est
B ra n d
b o u l e v a i 'd
b r id g e s , a n d w i l l o p e n b id s o n D e c .
15 f o r 2 3 5 to n s , f o r th e L o n g B e a c h P a c if ic
E le c t r ic
R a ilw a y
b r id g e .
A w a r d s a g g re g a te d 1715 to n s a n d
b r o u g h t t h e t o t a l f o r t h e y e a r to
1 4 0 ,5 5 4 t o n s c o m p a r e d w i t h 1 6 5 ,4 2 8
t o r s c o n t in u e c o m p a r a t iv e ly a c t iv e
o n a n u m b e r o f s m a ll a w a r d s w e ll
P h ila d e lp h ia — P r iv a t e w o r k c o n ­
t in u e s a t lo w e b b , b u t P e n n s y lv a n ia
s t a t e in s t it u t io n a l p r o g r a m is f a i r l y
u n d e r 1 00 to n s . T h is w o r k is p r i­
m a r i ly o f a p r iv a t e n a t u r e , a lt h o u g h
in g , H a r r is b u r g , r e q u ir in g 1 9 0 0 t o n s ,
to n s in 1 9 3 6 .
S e a t t le — F a b r ic a t in g
p la n t s
in
W a s h in g t o n a n d O re g o n a r e s t i ll
w o r k in g o n b a c k lo g s a n d n e w p r o j­
e c t s a r e d e v e lo p in g i n d i c a t i n g f a i r
to n n a g e s
fo r
th e
f ir s t
q u a rte r.
A m e r ic a n
B r id g e
Co.
P it t s b u r g h
150 to n s f o r p la t fo r m a n d h a n d r a ils ,
e ra l
h u n d re d
to n s
h as been a w a rd e d
b u re a u
of
ro a d s
about
to
C le v e la n d
c o rn c
—
S tru c tu ra l
f a b r ic a ­
c o n s i d e r a b l e t o n n a g e i s p e n d in g f o r
s t a t e b r i d g e s o n w h i c h b id s h a v e
b e e n t a k e n . L a r g e s t a w a r d la s t w e e k
w e n t t o W . B . P o l l o c k C o ., Y o u n g s ­
t o w n , O ., i n v o l v i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y
on
F a rm
Show
b u ild ­
w ill be ta k e n D e c. 23.
B id s a ls o
g o in D e c . 2 1 , o n 2 600 to n s f o r a
b r id g e a t H a n c o c k , M e .
C lo s e c o m ­
p e t it io n is e v id e n t f o r jo b s a v a ila b le ,
b u t m i l l b a s e p r ic e s a r e h o ld in g .
S h a p e
to w n , O . F a b r ic a t e d p r ic e s r e m a in
s p o t t y , b u t m i l l p r ic e s a r e f ir m .
5000 to n s, to o l a n d d ie sh o p , F o r d M o ­
to r C o ., D e t r o it , to B e t h le h e m S te e l
C o ., B e t h le h e m , P a ,
850 to n s , b rid g e , A b b e v ille , L a . , to P it t s b u rg h - D e s M o in e s S te e l C o ., P i t t s ­
b u rg h .
750 to n s , w a re h o u s e , J . X. C a s e C o ., B u r l ­
in g to n , I o w a , to R o c k Is la n d B rid g e
& I r o n W o r k s , R o c k I s la n d , 111.
455 to n s , b r id g e s , F la t h e a d , M o n t., to
M in n e a p o lis - M o lin e P o w e r Im p le m e n t
C o ., M in n e a p o lis . R e p o rte d l a s t w e e k
a s g o in g to u n n a m e d in t e r e s t s .
440 to n s , s t a t e h ig h w a y b rid g e F A G H 442, E m e r s o n , I o w a , to P it t s b u r g h - D e s
M o in e s S te e l C o ., P it t s b u r g h .
425 to n s , b u re a u o f r o a d s b rid g e , Y e ll o w ­
s to n e T r a i l , M o n t., to A m e r ic a n B r id g e
C o ., P it t s b u r g h ; G . D . L y o n s , S p o k a n e ,
g e n e ra l c o n t r a c t o r .
310 to n s , s te a m e le c t r ic s t a t io n , N o r th
W ic h it a , K a n s ., to B e n S lb b it t I r o n &
F o u n d r y C o ., W ic h it a .
300 to n s , b u ild in g , L ib b e y - O w e n s - F o r d
G la s s C o ., S t r e a t o r , 111., to B e th le h e m
S te e l C o ., B e t h le h e m , P a .
280 to n s , S t . M ic h a e l’ s n o v it ia t e , E n g le ­
w o o d , N . J . , to F . G . S c h a e fe r Ir o n
W o rk s , E d g e w a te r, N . J .
277 to n s , te le p h o n e b u ild in g , G le n d a le ,
C a l i f ., to C o lu m b ia S te e l C o ., -San
F r a n c is c o .
275 to n s , b o t t lin g p la n t , C o c a C o la C o .,
P r o v id e n c e , R . I . , to J . H . T o w e r Ir o n
W o r k s , P r o v id e n c e , R . I . ; R o w le y C o n ­
s t r u c t io n C o ., P a w t u c k e t , R . I . , g e n ­
e r a l c o n t r a c t o r . R e p o r te d l a s t w e e k
a s g o in g to a n o t h e r sh o p .
270 to n s , s t a t e b r id g e , T e jo n s t r e e t , C o lo ­
ra d o S p r in g s , C o lo ., to K a n s a s C it y
S t r u c t u r a l S te e l C o ., K a n s a s C i t y , M o.
250 to n s , b u ild in g , S e a g r a m - D is t ille r s
C o rp ., L a w r e n c e b u r g , In d ., to L o u is v il le
B r id g e & I r o n C o ., L o u is v il le , K y .
230 to n s , tw o b rid g e s , B r o o k in g s c o u n ty ,
S o u th D a k o t a , to B e th le h e m S te e l C o .,
B e t h le h e m , P a .
220 to n s , N e w J e r s e y s t a t e b rid g e s ,
M o n m o u th a n d B e rg e n c o u n tie s .
190 to n s , b r id g e , ro u te 16, s e c tio n 4G -SF,
M in n e a p o lis , S t . P a u l & S a u lt S te .
M a r ie r a i l w a y , M u n d e le in , 111., to M il­
w a u k e e B r id g e C o ., M ilw a u k e e .
185 to n s , t r a c t o r p la n t a d d itio n , J . I .
C a s e C o ., R a c in e , W is ., to L a k e s id e
B r id g e & S te e l C o ., M ilw a u k e e .
175 to n s , m il l b u ild in g a d d itio n , L is b o n ,
N ew Y o rk —
a re
near
S tru c tu ra l ste e l co n ­
th e
lo w
p o in t
fo r
th e y e a r w it h
a c t i v e p e n d in g i n ­
q u ir y lig h t , a lt h o u g h 3 0 0 0 to n s , m o s t ­
ly s h a p e s , f o r th e F lu s h in g r iv e r
sto n e T r a i l, M o n t.
B id s w i l l lik e ly
b e c a lle d in J a n u a r y f o r t h e P u g e t
I s la n d b r id g e , W a s h ., c a llin g f o r 1000
t o n s , a n d f o r th e W a s h in g t o n - Id a h o
s p a n , a ls o 1 0 0 0 to n s .
B ir m in g h a m , A la .— A n e w n o te o f
o p t im is m
h a s a p p e a re d w it h
d is ­
c l o s u r e t h a t I n g a l l s I r o n W o r k s C o .,
B ir m in g h a m , h a s r e c e iv e d s p e c if ic a ­
t i o n s o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 ,0 0 0 t o n s
f o r t h e B a t o n R o u g e , L a . , b r id g e .
W h ile
fa b r ic a t io n
has
not
yet
s t a r t e d , p r e lim in a r y d r a w in g ro o m
o p e r a t i o n s a r e c o m p le t e d , a n d w o r k
is e x p e c t e d to g e t u n d e r w a y o n t h e
b u s in e s s n o t la t e r t h a n J a n . 1.
B id s
in c o n n e c t io n w it h R e p u b lic S t e e l
C o r p ’s . N o . 3 b l a s t f u r n a c e , Y o u n g s ­
tra c ts
425 to n s f o r a
b r id g e ,
Y e llo w ­
a c t iv e .
b r id g e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e a n d t h e N o r t h ­
e rn
b o u le v a r d
g ra d e
s e p a r a t io n
c lo s e d D e c . 9 .
B u y in g is e x p e c te d
to b e s m a l l t h e b a l a n c e o f t h e y e a r
w i t h s o m e p e n d in g t o n n a g e h e ld u p
fo r
a
c la r if ic a t io n
of
c o n d it io n s .
F a v o r a b le f a c t o r s in c lu d e t h e s e ll­
i n g o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 b o n d s f o r N e w
Y o r k s t a t e g r a d e c r o s s in g s a n d th e
a p p r o v a l o f a c i t y s c h o o l b u ild in g
p ro g ra m
o f m o re th a n
40 u n it s .
B id s f o r th e la t t e r , e s t im a t e d
at
2 5 .0 0 0 to 3 5 ,0 0 0 t o n s , t o s t a r t e a r l y
n e xt y e a r.
S h a p e
C o n t r a c t s
A w a r d s
P la c e d
C o m p a re d
Tons
W e e k e n d e d D e c . 1 1 .................
1 0 ,9 8 7
W e e k e n d e d D e c . 4 ................................................. 1 3 ,5 2 6
W e e k e n d e d N o v . 2 7 ................................................. 8 ,6 6 8
T h is w e e k , 1936
W e e k ly a v e ra g e ,
W e e k ly a v e r a g e ,
............................
1 9 3 6 ..............
1937 . . . .
2 6 ,9 8 5
1 6 ,3 3 2
2 3 ,5 8 5
W e e k ly a v e r a g e ,
N ovem ber
2 4 ,6 3 3
T o t a l t o d a t e , 1 9 3 6 ..........................1 ,0 9 6 ,3 3 4
T o t a l to
G R A N T
100
G E A R
W
O R K S -B o s t o n
d a te , 1937
..................... 1 ,1 7 9 ,2 2 3
In c lu d e s a w a r d s o f 100 to n s o r m o re .
/ TEEL
—
M e., to L y o n s I r o n W o r k s , I n c ., M a n ­
c h e s te r , N . H .
160 to n s , g r a in s to r a g e b u ild in g , J . E ic h l e r B r e w in g C o ., B r o o k ly n , N . Y ., to
V o e p e l S o n s , I n c ., N e w Y o r k .
150 to n s , p la t f o r m a n d h a n d r a i l s , is c o n ­
n e c tio n w it h R e p u b lic S t e e l C o r p ’s
N o . 3 b la s t f u r n a c e , Y o u n g s t o w n , O .,
to W . B . P o llo c k C o ., Y o u n g s to w n , O .
140 to n s , 3 g a t e h o is t s , A lc o v e d a m ,
W y o ., to u n n a m e d in t e r e s t .
125 to n s , h ig h w a y p r o je c t R C 3911,
T io g a c o u n t y , N e w Y o r k , to L a c k a ­
w a n n a S t e e l C o n s t r u c t io n C o ., B u f ­
f a lo ; t h ro u g h C o n n e ll & L a u b C o .,
R o sco e, N . Y .
125
to n s ,
g ra d e
s e p a ra t io n ,
L in d e n
stre e t,
Q u e e n s,
N.
Y„
T r ib o r o u g h
B r id g e a u t h o r it y , to B e t h le h e m S t e e l
C o ., B e t h le h e m , P a .
125 to n s , s to r e b u ild in g , M o n tg o m e ry W a r d C o ., M o rg a n to w n , W . V a ., to I n ­
g a lls I r o n W o r k s , B ir m in g h a m .
120 to n s , s t a t e h ig h w a y b rid g e R C -3 9 1 1 ,
A p a la c h in , N . Y „ to L a c k a w a n n a S te e l
C o n s t r u c t io n C o rp ., B u f f a lo .
100 to n s , fiv e p a s s e n g e r e le v a t o r s h a f t s ,
f o r P e n n s y lv a n i a r a ilr o a d , H a r r is b u r g ,
P a ., to A m e r ic a n S te e l E n g in e e r in g
C o ., P h ila d e lp h ia ; A r u n d e l C o rp ., B a l t i ­
m o re , g e n e ra l c o n t r a c t o r .
S h a p e
C o n t r a c t s
P e n d in g
4000 to n s , s t a t e b rid g e , S h e t u c k lt r iv e r ,
N o r w ic h , C o n n .; N . B e n v e n u t i & S o n s,
N e w L o n d o n , C o n n ., lo w .
3120 to n s , M is s is s ip p i r i v e r b rid g e , L a
C r o s s e , W i s .; K U ig & S m it h C o ., M il­
w a u k e e , lo w b id d e r.
3000 to n s , F l u s h i n g r i v e r b rid g e s u p e r­
s tru c tu re
and
N o r th e r n
b o u le v a rd
g ra d e s e p a r a t io n , N e w Y o r k ; J a m e s
S t e w a r t & C o ., N e w Y o r k , lo w .
3000 to n s , e x t e n s io n to B r ig g s s t a d iu m ,
D e t r o it B a s e b a ll c lu b , D e t r o it .
2600 to n s , P o to m a c r i v e r b rid g e , H a n ­
c o c k , M d .; b id s D e c . 21.
1900 to n s , F a r m s h o w b u ild in g , H a r r i s ­
b u rg , P a .; b id s D e c . 23.
1000 to n s , P u g e t I s la n d b rid g e , W a s h in g ­
to n s t a t e ; b id s e x p e c te d in J a n u a r y .
600 to n s , s c h o o l, V e s t a l, N . Y .
600 to n s , s h e e t a n d H s te e l p ilin g , p ie rs
P u g e t I s la n d b rid g e , W a s h .; P a r k e r &
S c h r a m , P o r t la n d , lo w .
570 to n s , h ig h sc h o o l b u ild in g . U n io n f re e
s c h o o l d is t r i c t N o . 1, B a y S h o re , N . Y .
475 to n s , b r id g e , O y s t e r B a y , N . Y . ; to
be re b id D e c . 20.
430 to n s , s t a t e b rid g e s in F la t h e a d an d
G a l la t i n c o u n tie s , M o n t a n a ; T h o m a s
S t a n t o n , G r e a t F a l l s , g e n e ra l c o n ­
tra c to r.
400 to n s , P u l a s k i h ig h sc h o o l, M ilw a u ­
k e e ; M ilw a u k e e B r id g e C o ., M ilw a u k e e ,
lo w b id d e r.
400 to n s , a d d itio n p u b lic s c h o o l 119,
B ro n x , N . Y .
325 to n s c r a n e
r u n w a y , W a t e r an d
P o w e r d e p a rt m e n t , L o s A n g e le s ; B e t h ­
le h e m S te e l C o ., L o s A n g e le s , lo w .
325 to n s , b rid g e , M a lc o la , A la .
300 to n s , H a r r is b u r g
S ta te
h o s p it a l,
H a r r is b u r g , P a .; b id s D e c . 21.
300 to n s , a lt e r a t io n s a n d a d d itio n s , M o n t­
g o m e ry W a r d & C o ., T r e n t o n , N . J . ;
b id s D e c . 20.
300 to n s , b u ild in g , H o u s to n , T e x .
290 to n s , h a n g a r a n d sh o p f o r S a n d
P o in t a i r s t a t io n , S e a t t le ; b id s to s u p ­
p ly o f f ic e r P u g e t S o u n d n a v y y a r d ,
W a s h ., D e c . 20.
250 to n s , S k y k o m is h r i v e r s t a t e b rid g e ,
W a s h .; N e u k ir c h B r o s ., S e a t t le , g e n ­
e ra l c o n tra c to rs.
250 to n s , b r id g e r e p a ir s , C a t a w is s a , P a .;
b id s i n ; in c lu d e s 24,0 00 s q u a r e fe e t
o f s te e l flo o rin g .
248 to n s , G e n e v a s t r e e t a n d W e s t B r a n d
b o u le v a rd b r id g e s . U n it e d S t a t e s e n ­
g in e e r o ffic e , L o s A n g e le s ; C o n s o li­
d a te d S t e e l C o rp ., L o s A n g e le s , lo w .
December 13, 1937
The Market Week —
240 to n s , P a in t c r e e k b rid g e , R o s s c o u n ­
t y , O h io .
240 to n s, h ig h s c h o o l b u ild in g , F a r r e l l ,
Pa.
235 to n s , b rid g e , U n ite d S t a t e s e n g in e e r,
L o s A n g e le s ; b id s D e c . 15 d ir e c t on
s t e e l.
235 to n s , L o n g B e a c h m a in lin e P a c if ic
E le c t r ic r a i l w a y b rid g e , U n ite d S t a t e s
e n g in e e r o ffic e , L o s A n g e le s ; b id s D e c .
15.
220 to n s , s t a t e b rid g e W a h k ia k u m c o u n ­
t y , W a s h in g t o n ; M ire n e C o ., P o r t la n d ,
g e n e ra l c o n tra c to r.
210 to n s , s t a t e h ig h w a y b rid g e N o . 1588,
W h it e C lo u d , In d .
200 to n s , a d d itio n s c h o o l 134, Q u e e n s,
N. Y.
200 to n s , s c h o o l b u ild in g , c e n t r a l r u r a l
sc h o o l d is t r i c t N o . 1, E lb a , N . Y .
200 to n s , s t a t e o v e r p a s s b rid g e s , P e r t h
Am boy, N . J.
200 to n s , b rid g e , S y lv a n i a , G a .
200 to n s , p o w e r p la n t , P a n h a n d le P o w e r
& L i g h t C o ., S u n R a y , T e x .
200 to n s , b rid g e , C o ry d o n , In d .
190 to n s , s t a t e h ig h w a y b rid g e N o . 1581,
H ills d a le , In d .
190 to n s , s t a t e h ig h w a y v ia d u c t , C r o w e ll,
N e b r.
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P o la n d , In d .
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C , N . J . ; b id s D e c . 20.
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M a n ito w o c , W is ., to L a c le d e S t e e l C o .,
S t . L o u is .
207 to n s , c r o s s in g o f S o u th e r n P a c if ic
t r a c k , S a n L u i s O b isp o c o u n t y , C a l i ­
f o r n ia , to u n n a m e d In t e r e s t .
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in t e r e s t s .
130 to n s , b o t t lin g p la n t , C o c a C o la C o .,
P r o v id e n c e , R . I . , to T r u s c o n S t e e l C o .,
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S te e l C o ., B o s to n .
108 to n s , J u g h a n d le C r e e k b r id g e , M e n ­
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C o w in & C o ., M in n e a p o lis .
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N . D a k ., to B e t h le h e m S t e e l C o ., B e t h ­
le h e m , P a .
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C o ., C h ic a g o .
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b u rg , P a . ;b id s D p c. 23.
4 0 0 to n s , C o lu m b ia a v e n u e v ia d u c t , c it y
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C o .,' C in c in n a t i.
375 to n s , h ig h s c h o o l, N o rto n , K a n s .
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175 to n s , h ig h w a y b rid g e s , M id d le s e x
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160 to n s , p o s to ffic e , C a n a l s t r e e t , N e w
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155 to n s , h ig h w a y w o r k , S a n t a C r u z
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150 to n s , h ig h w a y p r o je c ts , B lu e R id g e
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6 a n d 11 to b u re a u o f p u b lic ro a d s ,
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135 to n s , O ly m p ia b o u le v a rd b rid g e , L o s
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130 to n s , In d ia n a w o m e n ’ s p r is o n , I n ­
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O re g .; L e o n a r d & S la t e , P o r t la n d , lo w .
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s m a ll lo t s f o r s p o t s h ip m e n t . H o w ­
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t h e d a ily a v e r a g e b e in g o n ly s l ig h t l y
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l o w e s t r a t e o f t h e y e a r to d a t e .
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s u m e r s h a v e p la c e d f e w
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m e n ts fo r fo u rth q u a rte r a n d s to c k s
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c u r t a ile d r a t e o f o p e r a t io n s .
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f ir s t o f th e y e a r .
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l i s t u p f o r b id d in g t h is w e e k w e n t
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c o n s id e r e d a s m a k i n g t h e m a r k e t
h e re .
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n a g e f o r s p e c u l a t i o n a n d w i l l h o ld
t h e m a t e r ia l f o r h ig h e r p r ic e s .
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ir o n
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a n d a d e q u a t e ly c o v e r e d b y in v e n ­
t o rie s .
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m a rk o f th e se a so n .
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c a s io n a l s m a l l lo t s f o r f o u n d r y u s e
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T o r o n t o , O n t.- — D e m a n d f o r i r o n
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to r s r e p o r t li t t l e c h a n g e in c h a r ­
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N e w Y o r k — B u y in g f r o m w a r e ­
h o u s e h a s d e c li n e d .
R e c e n t re d u c ­
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s t im u la t e d o rd e rs . J o b b e r s a r e b u y ­
in g l i t t l e
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f r o m s t o c k is n o t e x p e c te d to t u r n
u n til a f t e r th e f ir s t q u a rt e r o f n e x t
y e a r.
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b e r a n d D e c e m b e r la s t y e a r.
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m a r k t im e , c u r r e n t s a le s b e in g in
c o m p a r a b le v o lu m e w it h o t h e r lin e s .
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f a c t u r in g p la n t s w h e r e t h e y h a v e
b e e n e x c e s s iv e .
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k e y to tr e n d o f b u s in e s s in J a n u a r y ;
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w e a th e r h a s
m ovem ent
of
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seaso n al
it e m s ,
n o ta b ly
t u b u la r
g o o d s a n d c e r t a in g ra d e s o f s h e e ts .
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m a n u f a c t u r in g
tra d e
is
f a i i ’l y s t e a d y . G a l v a n i z e d s h e e t s a r e
in f a i r d e m a n d a n d u n c h a n g e d in
p r ic e .
T in
P la t e
T in P la te P ric e s, P a g e 86
N ew
p la t e ,
Y o rk
s in c e
—
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re c e n t
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t in
a f f ir m a t io n
o f p r ic e s , is e x p e c te d to g e t u n d e r
w a y in la r g e r v o lu m e a s th e m o n th
p ro g re sse s.
S o f a r th e re h a s been
o n ly a m o d e s t a m o u n t . M e a n w h ile ,
T H E
H A N N A
F U R N A C E
C O R P O R A T IO N
M E R C H A N T P IG IR O N D IV IS IO N O F N A T I O N A L S T E E L C O R P O R A T IO N
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Detroit
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Boston
re q u ir e m e n t s
of
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w h ic h w e r e la id in p r io r to O c to b e r
1 w hen
c o n t r a c t s e x p i r e d a t t h e o ld
p r ic e s .
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of
d o m e s t ic
p r ic e s
h a s n o t a s y e t s t im u la t e d e x p o r t in ­
q u ir y , b u t t h e re is s t ill a s tro n g
p o s s ib ilit y .
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p la t e p r ic e s h e r e b u t q u e s t io n a s
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th e
so u rc e s
of
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in
v a r io u s
o t h e r p r o d u c in g c o u n t r ie s .
P it t s b u r g h — S u c h t in p la te m ills
as
a re
o p e r a t in g
a re
b u sy
c le a n in g
u p t h e m is c e lla n e o u s o d d s a n d e n d s
a t th e ta g end o f th e c u rre n t s e a ­
so n an d v e r y
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a s y e t.
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been
p r o d u c in g
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s p r in g s , w ir e f o r m s a n d s t a m p ­
in g s —
A m o d e r n u p to d a te p la n t—
t h e u s e o f h i g h g r a d e m a t e r ia ls
a n d c a r e f u l h e a t t r e a t m e n t p lu s
R a y m o n d e x p e r ie n c e s h o u l d b e
a b le t o — a n d c a n — e n d y o u r
s p r in g t r o u b le s .
L e t u s h e lp y o u w it h t h e p r o p e r
s p r in g d e s ig n — a n d l e t u s q u o t e
y o u o n y o u r r e q u ir e m e n t s .
c a n n e r s a n d o th e r u s e r s o f t in
p la t e h a v e n o t y e t
1938 r e q u ir e m e n t s .
s t a r t e d o n th e
L a r g e l y , s in c e
tin p la t e p r ic e s h a v e b e e n r e a f f ir m e d
fo r n e x t y e a r , th e se w ill c o v e r to n ­
R a y m o n d
C o r r y ,
M fg .
C o.
P a .
n a g e n e e d s in th e n e w s e a s o n a h e a d
w h ic h h a v e n o t b e e n f ig u r e d o u t y e t .
December 13, 1937
105
— The M arket W eek■
o r e t o n n a g e a m o u n t e d t o 1 ,5 8 3 ,7 3 2
t o n s , b x 'in g in g t h e s e a s o n ’ s t o t a l t o
6 5 ,5 7 5 ,2 7 8 s h o r t t o n s , w e l l a b o v e t h e
4 7 ,0 6 9 ,9 3 5
1936 a n d
N o n fe rro u s
M
re c o rd
of
t o 1 0 .2 5 c , C o n n e c t i c u t , a n d a r e d u c ­
t io n o f 4 0 p o in t s in t h e t in e x p o r t
th e
f ir s t
q u a r t e r o f 1938
w e r e t h e o u t s t a n d i n g d e v e lo p m e n t s
in n o n fe r r o u s m e t a ls la s t w e e k .
C o p p e r — C o m p e t it io n f o r b u s i­
n e s s c o u p le d w it h e f f o r t s o f c u s t o m
to
o re in t a k e
d e rto n e
in
b a la n c e
s a le s
a g a in s t
d e v e lo p e d a n e a s y u n ­
th e
d o m e s t ic
m a rk e t.
P r i c e s e a s e d t o t h e 1 0 .2 5 - c e n t l e v e l
o n T h u rs d a y . P r im a r y
m in e p r o ­
d u c e r s ’ m a r k e t w a s q u o t a b ly u n ­
c h a n g e d a t 1 1 .0 0 c , C o n n e c t i c u t , a l ­
t h o u g h o n e p r o d u c e r q u o t e d 1 0 .5 0 c .
L e a d — T o t a l s a le s f o r th e w e e k
w e r e s a t is f a c t o r y w it h b u y in g i n ­
te re st
c e n te re d in p r o m p t
m e ta l.
Z in c — B u s in e s s s o f a r t h is m o n th
h a s e x c e e d e d th e to ta l f o r N o v e m b e r
a lt h o u g h th e d a ily p a c e u s u a lly w a s
r a t h e r q u ie t . P r im e
w e s t e r n z in c
h e ld a t 5 .0 0 c , E a s t S t . L o u i s , d e s p i t e
a n i n c r e a s e o f 1 7 ,1 6 7 t o n s i n d o ­
m e s t ic s u p p lie s .
T i n — P r ic e s
f lu c t u a t e d
b e tw e e n
4 3 .7 5 c a n d 4 4 .7 5 c f o r S t r a i t s s p o t .
T h e m a r k e t a d v a n c e d to th e la t t e r
le v e l o n th e r e d u c t io n in t h e e x p o r t
q u o t a to
q u a rte r.
70
per
cent
fo r
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S o c ia l P r o g r a m
( C on clu d ed f r o m P a g e 2 8 )
and
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sh a re
of
th e
A m o n g th e d ir e c t o r s o f th e
s o c i a t i o n e le c t e d f o r 1 9 3 8 a r e :
e t a ls
N e w Y o r k — U n s e t t le m e n t in c o p ­
p e r w it h e le c t r o ly t ic e a s in g % -c e n t
fo r
C o n g re s s
co st
o f la b o r d is p u t e s .”
N o n fe r r o u s M e ta l T ric e s , P a g e 88
s m e lt e r s
B ro a d
t o n s lo c k e d t h r o u g h i n
is n e a r ly a m illio n to n s
a b o v e th e b e s t p r e v io u s
6 4 ,8 2 7 ,0 2 5 t o n s i n 1 9 2 9 .
q u o ta
In d u s t r ia l
th e
f ir s t
as­
B.
F .
C a m p b e ll, v ic e p r e s id e n t ,
A la b a m a D r y D o c k & S h ip b u ild in g
C o ., M o b i l e , A l a . ;
F .
F .
B a rn e s ,
p r e s id e n t , A s s o c ia t e d S p r in g C o r p .,
B r i s t o l , C o n n .; C . R . B u r t , p r e s id e n t ,
N ile s - B e m e n t - P o n d
C o .,
H a rtfo rd ,
C o n n .; L a m m o t d u P o n t , p r e s id e n t ,
E . I . d u P o n t de N e m o u rs & C o .
I n c .,
W ilm in g t o n ,
D e l.;
A lf r e d
K a u f f m a n n , p r e s i d e n t , L i n k B e l t C o .,
C h ic a g o ; W . A . C a r s o n , p r e s id e n t ,
S u n b e a m E l e c t r i c M f g . C o ., E v a n s ­
v ille , In d .; G u y W a in w r ig h t , p r e s i­
d e n t , D i a m o n d C h a i n & M f g . C o .,
In d ia n a p o lis ;
G . O . B o o m e r, v ic e
p r e s id e n t , E w a l d
Iro n
C o ., L o u i s ­
v i ll e ; C . C . C a r lt o n , s e c r e t a r y , M o ­
t o r W h e e l C o r p ., L a n s i n g , M ic h .; S .
W e lls U t le y , p r e s id e n t , D e t r o it S t e e l
C a s t in g
C o .,
D e t r o it ;
Edgar
M.
Q u e e n y , p r e s id e n t , M o n s a n t o C h e m i­
c a l C o ., S t . L o u i s ; H o w a r d I . Y o u n g ,
p r e s id e n t , A m e r ic a n Z in c , L e a d &
S m e l t i n g C o ., S t . L o u i s ; O . E . B r a i t m a y e r , v ic e p r e s id e n t , I n t e r n a t io n a l
B u s in e s s M a c h in e s C o r p ., N e w Y o r k ;
W . T . H o llid a y , p r e s id e n t , S t a n d a r d
O il C o . o f O h io , C le v e la n d ; J . F .
L in c o ln , p r e s id e n t , L in c o ln E l e c t r i c
C o ., C l e v e l a n d ; F r a n k P u r n e l l , p r e s i ­
d e n t, Y o u n g s to w n
Sheet &
Tube
C o ., Y o u n g s t o w n , O . ; T . H . B a n f ie ld , p r e s id e n t , I r o n F i r e m a n M f g .
C o ., P o r t l a n d , O r e g . ; W . F . D e t w i l e r ,
e x e c u t iv e
v ic e
p r e s id e n t ,
A lle g h e n y
S t e e l C o ., B r a c k e n r i d g e , P a . ; W . H .
T a y l o r , p r e s id e n t , P h ila d e lp h ia E l e c ­
t r i c C o ., P h i l a d e l p h i a ; H . W . V a n
B e n s c h o te n , v ic e
p r e s id e n t , K n o x ­
v i l l e I r o n C o ., K n o x v i l l e , T e n n . ; R .
C . K u ld e ll , p r e s id e n t , H u g h e s T o o l
C o ., H o u s t o n , T e x . ;
P a u l P ig o t t ,
p r e s id e n t , P a c if i c C a r & F o u n d r y
C o ., S e a t t l e ; W . W . H o l l o w a y , p r e s i ­
d e n t, W h e e lin g S t e e l C o r p ., W h e e l­
in g , W . V a .; W a lt e r J . K o h le r , c h a ir ­
m an,
K o h le r
C o .,
K o h le r ,
W is .;
G e o r g e S . W h y t e , p r e s id e n t ,
W h y t e C o ., K e n o s h a , W i s .
M ac-
D ir e e t o r s - a t - la r g e :
V in c e n t B e n d ix ,
p r e s id e n t ,
B e n d ix
A v ia t io n
C o r p ., S o u t h B e n d , I n d . ; W . G i b s o n
C a r e y J r . , p r e s id e n t , Y a le & T o w n e
M f g . C o ., N e w Y o r k ; F . B . D a v i s
J r . , p r e s id e n t , U n it e d S t a t e s R u b ­
b e r C o ., N e w Y o r k ; T . M . G i r d l e r ,
c h a ir m a n ,
R e p u b lic
S te e l
C o r p .,
C le v e la n d ; J . C . H ilt o n , v ic e p r e s i­
d e n t,
S ta n d a rd
O il
Co.
of
N ew
J e r s e y , N e w Y o r k ; C h a r le s R . H o o k ,
p r e s id e n t ,
A m e r ic a n
R o llin g
M ill
C o .,
M id d le t o w n ,
O .;
G e o rg e
H .
H o u s t o n , p r e s id e n t , B a ld w in L o c o ­
m o tiv e
W o rk s,
P h ila d e lp h ia ,
and
E . T.
W e ir ,
c h a ir m a n ,
N a t io n a l
S t e e l C o r p ., P i t t s b u r g h .
H e lls t r o m
H e a d s
D u s t
C o n t r o l E q u ip m
e n t G r o u p
■
v ic e
Jo h n
H e lls t r o m ,
p r e s id e n t ,
A m e r i c a n A i r F i l t e r C o ., L o u i s v i l l e ,
K y . , h a s b e e n e le c t e d c h a ir m a n o f
th e D u s t C o n t r o l E q u ip m e n t a s s o ­
c ia t io n , C le v e la n d .
S . S . P a rso n s,
P a rso n s
E n g in e e r in g
C o r p .,
C le v e ­
la n d , w a s
e le c t e d
v ic e
c h a ir m a n ,
and
A rth u r
J.
Tu scan y,
P e n to n
b u ild in g , C le v e la n d , c o n t in u e s a s e x ­
e c u t iv e s e c r e t a r y a n d t r e a s u r e r .
M e m b e rs
of
th e
a s s o c ia t io n
a re :
A m e r ic a n A i r F i l t e r C o .; P a r s o n s
E n g in e e r in g C o r p .; A m e r ic a n F o u n ­
d ry
E q u ip m e n t
C o .,
M is h a w a k a ,
I n d . ; W . W . S l y M f g . C o ., C l e v e l a n d ;
C . B . S c h n e i b l e C o ., C h i c a g o ,
a n d W h i t i n g C o r p . , H a r v e y , 111.
111.;
F e r r o a llo y s
F e r r o a llo y
N ew
Y o rk
T ric e s , T a g e
—
88
F e rro m a n g a n e se
a n d o t h e r f e r r o a llo y s g e n e r a lly h a v e
b e e n r e a f f ir m e d in p r ic e f o r n e x t
q u a rte r.
T h e re
have
been
so m e
m in o r r e v is io n s in le s s t h a n c a r lo t
p r ic e s o n h ig h a n d lo w c a r b o n fe rro c h ro m e , 50, 75 a n d 90 p e r ce n t
f e r r o s ilic o n
and
s ilic o m a n g a n e s e
but
A M ER IC A N S H E A R K N IF E C O .
HOMESTEAD
PENNSYLVANIA
and
a re
e x c e p tio n s
c r u s h in g
to
th e
c h a rg e s.
T h is r e a f f ir m a t io n
le a v e s t h e q u o ­
t a t i o n o n f e r r o m a n g a n e s e a t $ 1 0 2 .5 0 ,
d u ty
106
th e se
r u le a n d h a v e b e e n d u e , it is b e ­
lie v e d , to r e - e s t im a t e s o f p a c k in g
p a id ,
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and
G u lf
p o rts
/TEEL
a n d d o m e s t ic s p i e g e l e i s e n , 1 9 t o 2 1
p e r c e n t, a t $ 3 3 , P a lm e r t o n , P a ., a n d
2 6 t o 2 8 p e i- c e n t , a t $ 3 9 .
in a b e y a n c e .
R a ilr o a d s a r e c o u n te d
o n f o r b u t l i t t l e d e m a n d p e n d in g
a fa v o r a b le o u tc o m e o f th e
r a t e in c r e a s e p e t it io n .
E q u ip m e n t
C h ic a g o — M a c h in e r y
n it e c h a n g e in s e n t im e n t w i l l r e ­
l e a s e s o m e b u s i n e s s n o w b e i n g h e ld
and
e q u ip ­
m e n t m a rk e ts
c o n t in u e s lo w
but
m a n y m a n u fa c tu re rs s t ill h a v e s u f­
f ic ie n t b a c k lo g s to p e r m it c o n t in u a ­
t io n o f a c t iv e p r o d u c t io n .
In q u ir ie s
a r e r e s t r ic t e d
b y u n c e r t a in t y b u t
e q u i p m e n t s e l l e r s a n t i c i p a t e a d e fi-
fr e ig h t
S e a t t le — I n d u s t r ia l b u y in g is lig h t
a n d v o lu m e o f b u s in e s s c o m e s la r g e ­
ly fro m s ta te a n d c o u n ty s o u rc e s .
P a c if ic N o r t h w e s t c o u n t ie s a r e p u r ­
c h a s in g s n o w r e m o v a l e q u ip m e n t .
E le c t r ic a l g o o d s a n d p u m p in g e q u ip ­
m e n t a r e in b e s t d e m a n d .
C o n s tr u c tio n
E n te rp ris e
1000 p r e fe rr e d v o t in g s h a r e s .
In c o r­
p o r a to r s , W . T . P a ro d e s , G . W e ln a , A .
S t a c h e lc k .
C o rre s p o n d e n t S a m u e l M .
A s h , 105 W e s t M a d is o n s t r e e t , C h ic a g o .
D A N V I L L E , I L L . — C h ic a g o & E a s t ­
e r n I l l i n o i s r a ilr o a d , J . S . M c B rid g e ,
c h ie f e n g in e e r, S i x t y - s i x t h a n d U n io n
avenue,
p la n s
c o n s t r u c t io n o f c o a c h
s h o p s . C o s t $100,000.
M E N D O T A , I L L . — C it y soon ta k e s b id s
on p r im a r y a n d s e c o n d a ry s e t t lin g t a n k s ,
s lu d g e
d ig e s tio n
ta n k s ,
d r y in g
beds,
p u m p h o u se a n d la b o r a t o r y b u ild in g f o r
s e w a g e d is p o s a l p la n t .
P E O R I A , I L L . — P e o r ia B r e w in g C o .,
1700 S o u th W a s h in g to n s t r e e t , p la n s
e re c tio n o f b r e w in g p la n t .
W A U K E G A N , I L L . — S c h il le r B r e w in g
C o ., C a r l a n d F r a n k S c h ille r , p la n s r e ­
m o d e lin g b u ild in g in to b r e w e r y in c lu d ­
in g in s t a lla t io n o f c o m p le te e q u ip m e n t
f o r b r e w in g o p e ra tio n s .
M ic h ig a n
O h io
B U C Y R U S , O .— B o a rd o t c o n tro l ta k e s
b id s in 60 d a y s f o r ii'o d e rn s e w a g e d is ­
p o s a l p la n t lo c a te d on c it y f a r m . C o st
5 135,0 00. F . G . B r o w n , M a rio n , O ., c it y
e n g in e e r.
C L E V E L A N D — A t la n t i c R e fin in g C o .,
c a r e L . M . G o ld s m ith , c h ie f e n g in e e r, 260
S o u th B r o a d s tr e e t , is c o m p le tin g p la n s
f o r t h r e e s te e l s to r a g e t a n k s a n d 390
fe e t o f r a ilr o a d s id in g on E g g e r s ro a d .
C L E V E L A N D — S t a t io n
W GAR,
Jo h n
F . P a t t , m a n a g e r , A u d it o r iu m b u ild in g ,
p la n s 175 fo o t s t e e l t o w e r a n d o n e - sto ry
r a d io t r a n s m it t in g s t a t io n a n d h a s a p ­
p lie d to th e g o v e rn m e n t f o r a p e r m it .
C o s t $ 4 0 ,00 0 . D ic k e rs o n & B a r r e t t , 3030
E u c l id a v e n u e , a r c h it e c t s .
C L E V E L A N D — D e p a r tm e n t o f p u b lic
u t ilit ie s , c it y h a ll , is c o n s id e rin g re p o rt
b y P e t e r F . L o f t u s , O liv e r b u ild in g , P i t t s ­
b u rg h , c o n s u lt in g e n g in e e r, c o n c e rn in g
e x p a n s io n a n d im p ro v e m e n ts in m u n ic i­
p a l p o w e r p la n t on F i f t y - t h i r d s t r e e t to
r u n o v e r p e rio d o f 60 m o n th s . In c lu d e s
im m e d ia t e in s t a lla t io n
o f n e w b o ile r
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u n t il 10 a . m ., D e c . 16, f o r one m o to rg e n e ra to r s e t, 110 k ilo v o lt - a m p e r e u n it y
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c y c le , d e liv e r y D a y t o n , O .; 425 t a p e r p in
s p ir a l f lu t e re a m e r s , P r a t t & W h it n e y
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g in e e r, 1038 A r c h it e c t s & B u ild e r s b u ild ­
in g , I n d ia n a p o lis , to m a k e s u r v e y a n d
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C o ., F o r t y - f i f t h to F o r t y - e ig h t h s t r e e t ,
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e it h e r a h y d r a u li c o r c r a n k s h a f t d r iv e n
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c a p a c it y 3 b y 4 fe e t.
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C a r b id e & C a rb o n C o rp ., 30 E a s t F o r t y seco n d s t r e e t , N e w Y o r k , h a s a c q u ire d
tw o t r a c t s o f la n d a t S te v e n s o n H o llo w
a n d w i l l b u ild a p la n t to m a n u f a c t u r e
c a lc iu m c h lo r id e , f e r r o - a llo y s a n d o th e r
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s io n e r s o f B a lt im o r e c o u n ty , T o w s o n ,
M d „ r e c e iv e bids' D e c . 20 f o r f u r n i s h ­
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a t P lk e s v i ll e p u m p in g s t a t io n . S a m u e l A .
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c e iv e b id s u n t il 10 a .m ., D e c . 17, s c h e d ­
u le 2246, f o r o n e m o to r - d riv e n r a d ia l
d r il li n g m a c h in e , d e liv e r y S a n P e d ro ,
C a l i f .; s c h e d u le 2247, one p e d e s ta l ty p e
m o to r - d riv e n g r in d e r , d e liv e r y S a n P e d ro ,
C a l i f , ; s c h e d u le 2248, one m o to r - d riv e n
b a n d s a w m a c h in e , d e liv e r y S a n P e d ro ,
C a l i f . ; s c h e d u le 2249, o n e s e n s it iv e s in g le
s p in d le m o to r - d riv e n d r i l l , d e liv e r y S a n
D ie g o , C a l i f .; s c h e d u le 2250, on e h a n d o p e ra te d
t u r r e t p u n c h , d e liv e r y
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m o to r - d riv e n p e d e s ta l g r in d e r , d e liv e r y
S a n D ie g o , C a l i f .; s c h e d u le 2286, s o c k e t
w r e n c h e s , d e liv e r y v a r io u s e a s t a n d w e s t
c o a s t p o in ts ; u n t i l D e c . 2 1 , s c h e d u le
2294, r o u g h - m a c h in e d s te e l f o r g in g s , d e­
li v e r y v a r io u s e a s t c o a s t p o in ts ; s c h e d ­
u le 2297, s te e l c a b le , d e liv e r y v a r io u s
e a s t a n d w e s t c o a s t p o in t s ; s c h e d u le
2225, p la te , s h e e t a n d s la b ( s p e lt e r ) z in c ,
d e liv e r y v a r io u s e a s t a n d w e s t c o a s t
p o in ts .
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c h a s in g o f f ic e r , P a n a m a C a n a l, w i l l r e ­
c e iv e b id s u n t il 1 0 :3 0 a . m ., D e c . 15,
s c h e d u le 3306, f o r 50 a n g le v a l v e s a n d
20 c h e c k v a lv e s , d e liv e r y C r is t o b a l o r
B a lb o a , C a n a l Z o n e .
P E N S A C O L A , F L A .— B u re a u o f y a rd s
a n d d o c k s , n a v y d e p a rtm e n t, w i l l r e c e iv e
b id s f o r a n a u t o m a t ic te le p h o n e s y s te m
a t n a v a l a i r s t a t io n , P e n s a c o la , F l a .
(S p e c if ic a tio n 8 5 5 8 )
W A S H IN G T O N — V e t e r a n s a d m in is t r a ­
tio n , A r lin g t o n b u ild in g , w i l l t a k e b id s
to 11 a .m ., D e c . 22, f o r tw o su sp e n d e d
ty p e u n it c o o le rs in a c c o r d a n c e w it h
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a d m in is t r a t io n
s p e c ific a t io n
a p p ro v e d O c t. 25, 1937 w it h m o to rs d e ­
sig n e d f o r o p e ra tio n on 115 v o lt s , s in g le
p h a s e 60 c y c le c u r r e n t , f o r co ld s to ra g e
ro o m s , d e liv e r y R u t la n d , M a s s .
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p u r c h a s in g o f f ic e r , P a n a m a C a n a l, w i l l
r e c e iv e b id s to 1 0 :3 0 a .m . D e c . 21, f o r
v a r io u s a m o u n ts o f s te e l b a r s , s c r a p
A T L A N T A , G A .— T h r e e s t o r y b u ild in g
h o u s in g O . B . A n d r e w s P a p e r B o x C o .,
S p r in g a n d P a c k a r d s t r e e t s , d e s tro y e d
b y fir e . E q u ip m e n t a ls o lo s t .
C A M I L L A , G A .— M it c h e ll C o u n ty E le c ­
t r i c M e m b e rs h ip C o rp ., R o b e r t C u lp e p p e r
J r . , r e c e iv e s b id s to D e c . 21 f o r c o n ­
s t r u c t in g 74 m ile s p r im a r y lin e to be
b u il t in M it c h e ll a n d C o lq u it t c o u n tie s ,
in c lu d in g 280 w a t t - h o u r m e te rs an d
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J . B . M c C r a r y E n g in e e r in g C o rp ., A t la n t a ,
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L O U I S V I L L E , G A .— J e f f e r s o n C o u n ty
E le c t r ic M e m b e rs h ip C o rp ., J u d g e R u f u s
G . P r ic e , r e c e iv e s b id s to D e c . 17 f o r
c o n s t r u c t in g 75 m ile s o f p r im a r y lin e s
in J e f f e r s o n a n d W a s h in g t o n c o u n tie s , i n ­
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in s p e c tio n s e r v ic e f o r 1000 p o le s. J . B .
M c C r a r y E n g in e e r in g C o rp ., A t la n t a , G a .,
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E A T O N R O U G E , L A . — E t h y l G a s o lin e
C o rp ., 135 E a s t F o rty - s e c o n d s t r e e t , N e w
Y o r k , p la n s in s t a lla t io n o f m o to rs a n d
c o n tr o ls , c o n v e y o rs , t r a n s f o r m e r s a n d a c ­
c e s s o rie s a n d o th e r e q u ip m e n t in n e w
m u lt i- u n it
p la n t
fo r
p r o d u c tio n
of
c h e m ic a ls u se d in h ig h - te s t g a s o lin e c o m ­
p o u n d in g to b e - lo c a te d on s it e a d jo in in g
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s a fe t y , lo n g l if e , in s t a n t e n ­
g a g e m e n t a n d m o r e s tr o k e s
p e r h o u r . B u ilt in s iz e s u p
t o a n d i n c l u d i n g 5J^ in c h
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WORM GEARS
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TO O L W O R K S
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Detroit
Four More--------------R S De-Emulsifiers
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Work
HE recognition that gas companies everywhere give
to the R S De-Emulsifier is indicated by our four latest
orders. One came from Northern Michigan, another
from Illinois, the third from Iowa and the fourth from
Greater New York.
T
5 0
YEARS OF GEARS
assures you an accumulated experience
that is invaluable in the p rodu ction
o f Standardized W orm Gear Reducers.
Send fo r Catalog No. 140 — containing 68
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D.O.JAMES
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E S T A B L IS H E D
December 13, 1937
1S88
• GAS PLANT operators can find no simpler, surer or
more econom ical process for removing the water from
tar emulsion, to recover merchantable tar. Records fur­
nished by customers show that the average operating
cost for more than fifty installations has been slightly
over three mills per gallon of recovered tar, containing
three per cent or less of moisture. • W e are confident
that we can justify a De-Emulsifier installation in any
plant that accumulates tar emulsion in gas making.
Inquiries are invited, giving data on operation. • Should
you be unfamiliar with the R S De-Emulsifier, write for
our Bulletin No. 47, which describes it fully.
S E M E T -S O L V A Y
E N G IN E E R IN G C O R P O R A T IO N
Engineers • Contractors
40 RECTOR STR EET , NEW YO RK, N. Y.
109
Construction and Enterprise —
p re s e n t E t h y l H u id
C o s t $4 ,500 ,000.
w o rk s
of com p any.
B O S S I E R C I T Y , L A . — C it y , H . L . F u l le r ,
m a y o r , is m a k in g e n g in e e rin g s u r v e y to
d e te rm in e c o s t o f i n s t a l li n g w a t e r t r e a t ­
m e n t p la n t , 14 m ile s o f 1 6 - in c h c a s t Iro n
s u p p ly m a in s a n d o th e r e q u ip m e n t. C o st
I s $350,0 00. G a r r e t t E n g in e e r in g C o ., B o x
1726, H o u s to n , T e x ., e n g in e e r.
L A K E C H A R L E S , L A . — D a t e o f op en ­
in g b id s f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f s e w a g e t r e a t ­
m e n t p la n t N o . 2 h a s been po stpon ed
fro m N o v . 30 to l a s t w e e k in D e c e m b e r
b y b o a rd o f c o m m is s io n e rs o f f ir s t s e w ­
e ra g e d is t r i c t . B o n d s t o t a lin g $262,000
a v a ila b le , in c lu d in g c o s t o f in te rc e p t in g
se w e rs. J . M . F o u rm y , H am m o n d , L a .,
e n g in e e r.
Ten n essee
CH ATTAN O O G A,
O il & R e fin in g C o .,
u e, ( s u b s id ia r y o f
c a g o ) p la n s p o w e r
b u ild in g . C o m p a n y
C o s t $100,000.
T E N N . — Loo kout
4608 K i r k la n d a v e n ­
A r m o u r & Co., C h i­
h o u se a n d f a c t o r y
a r c h it e c t h a s p la n s .
M E M P H IS , T E N N . — T e n n e sse e v a l­
le y
a u t h o r it y , K n o x v i ll e , T e n n ., w il l
t a k e b id s to D e c . 15 f o r f a b r ic a t in g an d
d e liv e r in g c o n v e y in g m a c h in e r y in c lu d ­
in g g e a r h e a d m o to r a n d d r iv e , c o n ­
v e y o r b e lt in g , r e v o lv in g b r u s h o u tfit,
s t r u c t u r a l s te e l c o n v e y o r s p a n s
an d
d r iv e en d f r a m in g
f o r C h ic k a m a u g a
d a m c o n s t r u c t io n p la n t . C . H . G a r it y ,
d ir e c t o r o f p u r c h a s e s .
W e s t V ir g in ia
H U N T I N G T O N , W . V A .— U n ite d S ta te s'
e n g in e e r t a k e s b id s to D e e . 16, I n v i t a ­
tio n 516-38-56, f o r d o u b le c y lin d e r s in g le
d ru m s w in g in g e n g in e , d e liv e r y M a r ie t t a ,
O.
M is s o u r i
J E F F E R S O N C I T Y , M O .— S t a t e b u ild ­
in g c o m m is s io n w i l l r e c e iv e b id s fro m
D e c . 15 to J a n . 1 f o r p la n t Im p ro v e m e n ts
f o r s t a t e p e n it e n t ia r y , in c lu d in g a l t e r a ­
tio n s to p r e s e n t b o ile r p la n t , n e w t u r ­
b in e b u ild in g , e le c t r ic d is t r ib u t io n , t r a n s ­
f o r m e r s t a t io n , y a r d lig h t in g a n d e le c ­
t r i c a l w o r k in b o ile r p la n t a n d t u r b in e
b u ild in g , p o w e r a n d w a t e r p ip in g a n d
e q u ip m e n t; s t e a m a n d w a t e r d is t r ib u t io n
w it h in
b u ild in g s a n d re m o d e lin g o ld
s te a m d is t r ib u t io n lin e s .
S T . L O U I S — M a g n u s M e t a l D iv is io n o f
N a t io n a l L e a d C o ., L . J . L y o n s , p la n t
m a n a g e r , is e r e c tin g a b u ild in g to be
u se d f o r p a t t e r n a n d m a c h in e sh o p a n d
b r a s s b ro n z e f a c t o r y .
S T . L O U I S — M a r io C o il C o ., 1635 M a n ­
c h e s t e r, m a n u f a c t u r e r o f a ir - c o n d it io n in g
e q u ip m e n t is c o n s t r u c t in g a d d itio n to
f a c t o r y , in c lu d in g n e w m a c h in e r y a n d
e q u ip m e n t.
S T . L O U I S — S t e r lin g A lu m in u m P r o d ­
u c t s C o ., 2914 N o r t h M a r k e t s t r e e t , is
c o n s t r u c t in g a n e w p la n t a t 2925 N o r th
M a r k e t s t r e e t to m a n u f a c t u r e a lu m in u m
p is t o n s .
C o s t o f p la n t a n d m a c h in e r y
a n d e q u ip m e n t is $60,00 0.
S T . L O U I S — B o u ld e r L e a d & Z in c C o .,
F r a n k P e t e r s , p r e s id e n t, h a s been in c o r ­
p o ra te d to e n g a g e in g e n e ra l m in in g ,
s m e ltin g a n d r e fin in g .
W i l l open n e w
le a d fie ld s in J o p lin d is t r i c t a n d h a v e
m a in o ffice s' in S t . L o u is .
C a p i t a l is
$10,000.
S T . L O U I S — R y a n E q u ip m e n t C o rp .,
T h o m a s H . R y a n J r . , p r e s id e n t, h a s been
in c o rp o ra te d
w it h
p a id - in
c a p it a l o f
$15,00 0 a n d w i l l d e a l in a l l ty p e s o f
m a t e r ia l h a n d lin g d e v ic e s , r a ilr o a d , in ­
d u s t r ia l a n d c o n s t r u c t io n e q u ip m e n t. M a ­
c h in e r y w i l l be p u rc h a s e d in th e f u t u r e .
V ir g in ia
O k la h o m a
N O R F O L K , V A .— C it y h a s a u th o riz e d
p la n s f o r n e w m u n ic ip a l e le c t r ic p o w e r
p la n t a t S o u th N o r f o lk a n d t a k e s b id s
f o r e q u ip m e n t a t a n e a r ly d a te . C o st
$330,0 0 0. W ile y & H u g h e s , P e o p le s ’ N a ­
t io n a l B a n k b u ild in g , L y n c h b u r g , V a .,
c o n s u lt in g e n g in e e rs .
C H E R O K E E , O K L A .— A l f a l f a
C o u n ty
E le c t r ic a s s o c ia tio n is p la n n in g c o n s t r u c ­
tio n o f 80 m ile s o f r u r a l e le c t r ic lin e s
n e a r h e re . R E A h a s a llo t t e d $90,00 0.
C . H . G u e rn s e y , C h e ro k e e , O k la ., e n g in e e r.
L U C IE N ,
O K L A .— F o u r
5 0 0 - b a rre l
E L E C T R IC T R A V E L IN G C R A N E S
1
TO
450
TONS
CAPACITY
c ru d e o il t a n k s on th e S h e ll P e t r o le u m
C o rp . le a s e , 1 % m ile s s o u th o f h e re w e re
d a m a g e d b y fire .
W is c o n s in
BALSAM
L A K E , W i s — P o lk
c o u n ty
h ig h w a y
d e p a rtm e n t
is
t a k in g
b id s
th ro u g h E . F . K lin g e r , a r c h it e c t , A m e r y ,
W is ., f o r n e w w a re h o u s e , g a ra g e a n d m a ­
c h in e sh o p f o r w h ic h p u rp o se c o u n ty
b o a rd h a s a p p ro p ria te d $ 97,00 0. (N o te d
in D e c . 6 is s u e ) .
B A R A B O O , W I S .— C i t y is t a k in g b id s
u n t il D e c . 21 f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f m u n ic i­
p a l s e w e ra g e p la n t , In c lu d in g d is p o s a l
w o rk s
and
c o m p le te
p u m p in g
and
a u x i l i a r y e q u ip m e n t. A . F . R e in e r , c it y
c le r k .
B E L O I T , W I S .— O . A . H i l l e r y , B e lo it ,
h a s r e c e n t ly t a k e n o v e r th e old B e lo it
B r a s s W o r k s in S o u th B e lo it a n d w i l l
o p e ra te i t a s th e S u p e r io r B r a s s F o u n d ­
r y , d o in g a jo b b in g b u s in e s s .
E D G E R T O N , W I S .— H ig h w a y T r a i l e r
C o ., m a n u f a c t u r e r o f a u to t r u c k s a n d
t r a i le r s is p la n n in g c o n s t r u c t io n o f a
n e w f a c t o r y b u ild in g .
G REEN
BAY,
W I S .— F o r t
H o w a rd
P a p e r C o ., m a n u f a c t u r e r o f c re p e a n d
o t h e r p a p e r p ro d u c ts , p la n s c o n s t r u c ­
tio n o f a n a d d itio n to th e p a p e r m il l.
H a r r y W . W i ll ia m s , N o r t h e r n b u ild in g ,
a r c h it e c t .
M A D IS O N , W IS .-— W is c o n s in s t a t e h ig h ­
w ay
c o m m is s io n , T h o m a s F . D a v li n ,
c h a ir m a n , w i l l b u ild a h ig h w a y r e s e a r c h
la b o r a t o r y
and
s ig n
m a n u f a c t u r in g
p la n t . C o s t $175,0 00.
M E N O M O N IE ,
W I S .— D u n n
C o u n ty
C o - o p e ra tiv e h a s b een a llo t t e d $ 1 5 5,0 00
R E A f u n d s f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f r u r a l
t r a n s m is s io n lin e s . B a n i s t e r E n g in e e r in g
C o ., 556 N o r t h P r i o r a v e n u e , S t . P a u l,
M in n ., e n g in e e r.
M I L W A U K E E — M a s t e r L o c k C o ., 926
W e s t J u n e a u a v e n u e , Is s t a r t in g w o r k
on a n a d d itio n a n d e x t e n s iv e a lt e r a t io n s
o f f a c t o r y b u ild in g a t 2640 N o r t h T h i r t y se co n d s t r e e t . P . E . Y o lle s , p r e s id e n t.
M I L W A U K E E — W is c o n s in P u b lic S e r v ­
ic e C o rp ., M ilw a u k e e , h a s d o u b le d it s
c o n s t r u c t io n b u d g e t f o r 1938 to In c lu d e
b u ild in g o f n e w $ 1 ,500 ,000 h y d r o e le c t r ic
p la n t on W is c o n s in r i v e r b e tw e e n M e r­
r i l l a n d T o m a h a w k , W is ., a n d e x te n s io n s
o f r u r a l lin e s , c o s t in g $600,0 00.
A . G.
C a r s o n , B o ll in b u ild in g , G re e n B a y , W is .,
e n g in e e r.
M in n e s o t a
C L O Q U E T , M IN N .— W o o d C o n v e r s io n
C o ., m a n u f a c t u r e r o f in s u la t io n p ro d u c ts
p la n s im p ro v e m e n t to p o w e r p la n t a n d
in s t a lla t io n o f n e w p o w e r p la n t e q u ip ­
m e n t. R a lp h D . T h o m a s & A s s o c ia te s ,
1200 S e co n d a v e n u e S o u th , M in n e a p o lis ,
e n g in e e rs .
M I N N E A P O L I S — S m it h W e ld in g E q u ip ­
m e n t C o rp . h a s been in c o rp o ra te d w it h a
c a p it a l s t o c k o f $100,000 to m a n u f a c t u r e
w e ld in g e q u ip m e n t.
E v e ry
th e
D e t a il o f
A d van ce d
s
M I N N E A P O L I S — W o o d w o r k in g
m a­
c h in e r y c r a te d f o r r e m o v a l to n e w q u a r ­
t e r s w a s d a m a g e d b y f ire tw o w e e k s ag o
a t D a h lin B r o s . & D a v is C o ., 515 F i r s t
avenue.
M o st
D e s ig n
H E P A R D N ILE
CRANE & HOIST CORP.
S
358 SCHUYLER AVENUE, MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y.
no
M IN N E A P O L IS — N o r t h c r n
S ta te s
P o w e r C o . p la n s to sp e n d $ 9 ,055 ,000 in
th e n o r t h w e s t n e x t y e a r a s p a r t o f
c o n s tr u c tio n a c t i v i t y p led g ed to fe d e r a l
g o v e rn m e n t. In c lu d e s $4,542 ,7 00 f o r im ­
p ro v e m e n t o r e x p a n s io n o f s te a m p la n t s ;
$1,946 ,500 f o r n e w d is t r ib u t io n lin e s a n d
e q u ip m e n t, a n d s m a lle r a m o u n ts f o r
h y d r o - e le c t r ic p la n t s , s u b s ta tio n s , g a s
g e n e ra tin g e q u ip m e n t a n d b u ild in g s .
SLEEPY
EYE,
M IN N .— C i t y ,
A.
J.
/TEEL
31 Y ears
OF EXPERIENCE
J
N
CONTINUOUS
e w
AUTOMATIC
S T R A IG H T E N IN G a n d P O L IS H IN G
B ar, T u b e
Wire
Machines
Com bine all the n e c e ssa --/ featu res of S p e e d , Precision,
C a p a c ity and S a f e t y ... Steel rolls set in M cdcrt-Tim ken
B earin gs...D rivin g g e a rs com pletely e n clo se d ...A lso Con­
tinuous Autom ctic C enterless Round Bar and Tube Turn­
ers, built in se v e ra l types.
TH E
M ED A RT
CO M PAN Y
• G en er a l O ffic e s
a n d W o r k s : 3 5 2 0 D e K a l b S t ., S t . L o u i s , M o .
M. D. HUBBARD. Prtj.
P. M. HUBBARD
J. A. HUBBARD, Sec’y
613 CENTRAL AVE., PONTIAC, MICH.
SC&H Furnaces
are made foi
annealing, case
hardening, car•
burning, forging, cyaniding,
lead hardening
& oil tempering.
H A M M O N D
1400 W . 3rd St., Cleveland,O.
SC&H Furnaces
are built in alt
sizes o f Oven,
Pot, Continuous,
and Special
Types for Elec­
tric, Oil or Gas
application.
IN D U STRIA L
O V E N S
P
FURNACES
a n d
D R Y E R S
B U R N E R
E Q U IP M
e n n s y l v a n ia
I
E N T
E
n d u s t r ia l
n g in e e r s
2413 W . M a g n o lia S t ., N . S ., P itts b u rg h , P a .
L E A D E R S IN B U I L D I N G AND D E S I G N I N G E L E C T R C
AND C O M B U S T I O N F U R N A C E S , K I L N S AND OV ENS.
H O M E O F F I C E : D E T R O IT — B R A N C H E S : C H IC A G O . P H IL A D E L P H IA
C A N A D A : W A L K E R M E T A L P R O D U C T S . L T D . W A L K E R V IL L E , ONT
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by
;o H O L C R O F T & C O M P A N Y o
De t r o i t - m ic h
Hinman Hand Bending Machines
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e a
T re a te d
G e a rs — C u t
G e a r s — F in is h e d
r A -
to y o u r
a b s o lu t e s p e c if ic a t io n s .
L ig h t G e a rs o r H e a v y G e a rs .
P r o m p t D e liv e r y .
Also:
Ramsey Silent Chain Drives— Gates Vulco Rope Drives
— All Steel Silent Pinions — Bakelite Silent Pinions
TH E
S IM O N D S
M FG.
2 5 th S t r e e t , P it t s b u r g h , P a.
December 13, 1937
CO.
Fo r bending reinforcing rods
and factory service, turning
angles, eyes, U ’s, etc.. working Round, Square and F la t Iro n , Steel,
Copper and Tubing . Consult us about your Bending Problems — spe­
cialists in this line for twenty-five years. Can save you time and money.
Catalog on request.
D. A. HINMAN & COMPANY
105 South M ain Street
Sandwich, Illin o is
111
C o n s tr u c tio n an d E n ter p rise —
Thomas, city clerk, takes bids to 7:30
p.m. Dec. 16, fo r fu rnish in g a ll labor,
m aterial and equipm ent for additions
and changes in present power p la n t
building, including fu rn ish in g and in ­
stallatio n of diesel engine generating
unit, together w ith au x iliary equipm ent
and rearran g em en t of sw itchboard and
station w iring. G. M. O rr & Co., 542 A r­
cade building, M inneapolis, consulting
engineer.
w ill be given for disposal plant. Cost
of entire project 51,300,000.
HOUSTON, TEX.—M otor M achine &
Supply Co. h as been incorporated here
w ith a cap ital of 520,000. Incorporators
are R obert R. G annaw ay and Doyle T.
Gibson.
LIBERTY, TEX.—City, A. C. Miles,
mayor, plans lig h t and power system
including diesel engine g eneratin g s t a ­
tion, d istrib u tio n system and stre e t
ligh tin g system . Cost 5100,000. G arre tt
E ngineering Co., Box 1726, H ouston, Tex.,
engineer.
PLEASANTON, TEX.—City, A. R.
Troell, m ayor, receives bids ab o u t Dec.
28 for w a ter w orks extension and addi­
tion including 8, 6 and 4-inch cast-iron
mains, extensions and additions, elevated
ta n k and tower, fire h y d ran ts, valves.
E stim ated co st $44,500. G a rre tt E ngi­
neering Co., Box 1726, H ouston, Tex., en­
gineer.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX.—Roegelein P a c k ­
ing Co., M ilam building, receives bids
Dec. 20 for extension of packing plant,
1701 Brazos street, including concrete
floors, beef coolers, refrig eratio n unit,
etc. W. E. Simpson Co., Milam building,
consulting engineer.
Texas
ATLANTA, TEX.—City, care T. R.
Riche, plans election soon to vote on
bonds to finance construction of w ater­
works and sew er system. Cost $90,000.
F. J. Von Zuben, 1013 E lectric building,
F ort W orth, Tex., engineer.
BRENHAM, TEX.—City, Reese B. Loc­
kett, m ayor will constru ct lig h t and
pow er system including th ree 525-horse­
power diesel engines w ith generators,
sw itchboards, pow er p la n t building, dis­
trib u tio n system and stre e t lighting sy s­
tem . Cost 5310,000. G arre tt Engineering
Co., Box 1726, H ouston, Tex., engineer.
BRYAN, TEX.—City h a s in itial re ­
quisition of .$61,219 availab le fo r s t a r t­
ing ru ra l electrification project in Brazos,
B urleson and R obertson counties. Brown
& Root, E agle F ord road, D allas, gen­
eral contractor, W illiam G. Morrison,
Professional bulldln'g, Waco, project en­
gineer.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.—Amsco liefining Co., W est Broadway, plans in stalla­
tion of m otors and controls, conveyors,
electric pum ping m achinery and other
equipm ent in new addition to oil re­
fining p lan t to double present capacity.
Cost exceeds $400,000.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. — B arnsdall
Refining Co., Nixon building, will s ta rt
construction soon on new refinery with
capacity of 5500 barrels daily. Will
m an u factu re bunker fuel oil and 77
o ctane gasoline. Crude oil will come
from Placedc field throug h 70-mile pipe
line.
DALLAS, TEX.—City receives bids to
Dec. 17 fo r 2 sa n ita ry sew er projects
and sew age disposal plant. F ederal aid
Io w a
ALLISON,
IOWA—B u tler
County
R u ral E lectric Co-operative h a s been
allo tted $105,000 additio n al REA funds
for construction of ru ra l transm ission
lines in B utler and H ardin counties.
Sam e am ount w as previously allotted.
T otal project includes 235 miles of lines.
Cost $210,000.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA—Iow a Elec­
tric L ight & Pow er Co., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, plans extensions in transm ission
lines in p a rt of Linn county. H as a p ­
plied for permission.
DES MOINES, IOWA—Economy Form s
Corp., m an u fa ctu rer of steel form s for
concrete construction, h a s sta rte d con­
stru ctio n of one-story factory.
PERRY, IOWA—City, Donald K anealy,
clerk, h as subm itted application to
WPA for a id in construction of new
No. 35 Swift Flue & Pipe
W ELD IN G
M A C H IN E
H y d ra u lic a lly
O p e r a te d
Th e
tra n s fo rm e r
is
ra te d
150 K . V . A . to 2 50 K . V . A .
C a p a c it y
fo r
w e ld in g
fro m
2" O . D . up
to a n d in c lu d in g 6 H O . D . f lu e s a n d p ip e .
SWIFT
ELECTRIC
WELDER
COMPANY
6565 Epworth Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan
,
W eld in g m a c h in e s w h ic h a re h a n d h y d r a u lic y a ir o r c a m o p e r a t e d
in c lu d in g t h e fo l l o w i n g ty p e s :
Spot, Seam, Projection, Flash, Flue, Gun Units and Special Heating Machines
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sew age disposal p la n t costing about
5100,000. Buell & W inter E ngineering
Co., In su ran ce E xchange building, Sioux
City, Iowa, consulting engineer.
WEST LIBERTY, IOWA—City, C harles
Mackey, clerk, is contem plating con­
stru ctio n of a filtratio n p lant.
N e b ra sk a
CRETE, NEB.—N orris R u ral Public
Pow er d istric t h as filed application w ith
sta te railw ay comm ission for perm is­
sion to co n stru ct 130 miles ru ra l tr a n s ­
mission lines in Jefferson and Saline
counties. Cost is 5150,000. I-I. A. Davis,
Crete, Neb., consulting engineer.
FREMONT, NEB.—P lan s n earin g com ­
pletion fo r construction of addition to
m unicipal pow er p la n t consisting of
com plete boiler u n it w ith 75,000 pounds
pressu re per h o u r cap acity and build­
ing. B lack & V eatch, 4706 Broadw ay,
K an sas City, Mo., consulting engineers.
KEARNEY, NEB.—S tate board of con­
trol, H enry Behrens, ch airm an, sta te
house, Lincoln, Neb., h a s approved con­
stru ctio n of new power house a t sta te
tuberculosis hospital. C ontract for con­
stru ctio n will be let a b o u t April 1, 1938.
Cost $45,000. John P. H elleberg, K earney,
Neb., arch itect.
M o n ta n a
KALISPELL, MONT.—F lath ead Pow er
Co. plans erection of 133 m iles of ru ra l
power lines. Cost 5144,000. J. M. G arri­
son and H. G arber, H elena, Mont., en­
gineers.
P a c if ic
C o ast
LOS ANGELES—Ju n io r Steel Co., 1960
South A lam eda stre et, h a s acquired an
acre a t A lam eda stre e t and W ashington
boulevard on w hich it w ill build im ­
provem ents to cost $50,000. Company
d istrib u tes Jones & L au g h lin Steel Corp.
products, including steel beam s for first
floors in resid en tial buildings.
REDDING, CALIF. — United S tates
fo rest service supply depot, Governm ent
Island, O akland, Calif., will receive bids
on 1740 lineal feet of 4-inch pipe and
9000 feet 1% inch rough steel pipe.
STOCKTON, CALIF.—Pacific Gas &
E lectric Corp. in a co-operative ag ree­
m en t w ith T idew ater A ssociated Oil Co.
w ill erect steam g en eratin g p la n t n ear
Avon, C ontra C osta county, California.
Cost, 55,000,000.
STOCKTON, CALIF.—G eneral P etro le­
um Corp. will build a m arine term inal
on Stockton ship canal, w hich w ill in­
clude sto rag e and loading tan k s and
docking facilities. Richfield Oil Co. is
p lanning sim ilar term in al on adjoin­
ing site. Cost of G eneral Petroleum Corp.
term inal is 5250,000.
GRAND COULEE, WASH.—B ureau of
reclam atio n w ill ta k e bids to Jan . 6, 1938
a t Denver, for construction of rolling
mill to fab ricate 20,000 tons of p lates for
penstocks and Inlet tubes for Coulee
project. M aterial to be shipped to E lec­
tric City and rolled into pipes too large
to be shipped by ra il m fa b ricated form.
E stim ated cost is 52,000,000.
Canada
SARNIA, ONT. — Im perial Oil Ltd.,
R. V. Le Sueur, president, plans im ­
provem ents and addition at new equip­
m ent to properties a t Regina, Sask., and
C algary, A lta, including pipe line to
connect th e plan ts. Cost $850,000.
ST. LAURENT, QUE. — Dewey <fc Almy
Chem ical Co. Ltd., F arn h am , plans con­
stru ctio n of new p lant. Cost including
equipm ent 5145,000.
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R ead ers arc in v ited to c o m m e n t u p o n a r tic le s, ed itoria ls, r e p o r ts , p r ic e s o r o t h e r
m a teria l a p p ea rin g in STEEL. T h e e d ito r s c a n n o t p u b lis h u n s ig n e d c o m m u n ic a tio n s ,
a t th e ir d isc re tio n m a y p e r m i t a w rite r to u se a p s e u d o n y m w h en a bon a fid e rea so n
fo r w ith h o ld in g his id e n tity . L e tte r s s h o u ld b e b r ie f —p r e fe r a b ly n o t e x c e e d in g 250
N a m e d for M rs. T o m Carnegie
To the Editor:
Note on page 28 of Dec. 6 issue of
Steel you state that the No. 1
“ Lucy furnace” was named after the
wife of Andrew Carnegie. This is
incorrect. Andrew Carnegie was not
married fo r over twenty-five years
after the original “ No. 1 Lucy” was
building in 1872, which was named
“Lucy” after the wife o f Tom Car­
negie, Andrew’s brother.
Andrew’s w ife’s name was Margret, fo r whom the Margret M orri­
son school o f the Carnegie Institute
of Technology is named.
E. L. M essler
1015 House Building,
Pittsburgh.
Praise for an E ditorial
To the Editor:
I think your editorial in your
Nov. 29th issue is exceedingly con­
structive and helpful and I hope it
will receive wide notice.
To this end I have sent a copy
with the follow ing letter, to the
editor o f the Atlanta Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.:
“The sentiments expressed in the
attached editorial taken from the
Nov. 29 iesue o f the magazine Steel
are I think so constructive and help­
ful to our nation, particularly at this
time, that I am calling it to your
attention.
“There is a crying need of better
understanding and co-operation of
the peoples o f our nation. In aiding
to establish a national policy of
tolerance and unity our newspapers
and periodicals can be most help­
ful, in the accomplishment of which
December 20, 1937
I believe your excellent paper will
gladly co-operate.”
A lfred D. K ennedy
President,
Davidson-Kennedy Co.,
Atlanta, Ga .
E ditor’ s N ote— T his editorial was
headed: “ W hy not Stress Common
Bond o f Interest and Promote Team­
w ork !”
F or In s titu te M e m b e rsh ip
To the Editor:
I notq that the American Iron
and Steel institute is to limit at­
tendance at the May meeting to ac­
tual members o f the institute, ex­
cluding friends form erly invited as
guests by various members.
As a long-time member o f the in­
dustry, though not of the institute I
feel this exclusion as a great de­
privation and would like to know
the requirements fo r membership,
with a view to possibly making ap­
plication fo r membership. Would it
be possible for you to ascertain
these and publish them. Possibly
others in m y position would have
a like desire. I really feel as though
I could not miss the inspiration I
get from the association with steel
men and from the papers presented
at the sessions.
W. K. G.
Gary, Ind.
E d i t o r ’ s N ote—T here are three
classes of members o f the institute,
active, honorary, (limited to 50),
and associate. Nominations must be
in writing, signed by a member,
stating occupation and qualifica­
tions of the applicant, seconded by
another member. One proposer must
be an active member. The nomina­
tion is considered by the committee
on membership at the next meet­
ing after receipt and election is by
m ajority of the committee. Appli­
cants for active membership must
be residents of North America, 21
years old or over, o f good character
and standing and engaged directly
in the iron and steel industry. By
the latter is meant active associa­
tion with production of iron or steel,
from ore to finishing mill. Associate
members are persons with similar
qualifications, indirectly associated
with the industry. Entrance fee is
$20 and annual dues are $20. Corpo­
rations or partnerships engaged in
the iron and steel industry, one or
more o f whose officers are individ­
ual members, are eligible to com ­
pany membership, one officer to be
appointed as personal representa­
tive to vote fo r the company. Com­
pany membership dues are based
on volume of sales.
F ig h t A g a in st C orrosion
To the E ditor:
Study by the bureau of standards,
as reported in S teel, Dec. 6, page 41,
to determine means for preventing
corrosion o f materials in houses
built o f steel is an important under­
taking and should result in stand­
ardizing the work o f many inde­
pendent workers who have achieved
great success. Protection o f hidden
parts o f the house where condensa­
tion o f atmosphei’ic moisture may
do harm has engaged much atten­
tion as it is regarded as essential to
permanence o f the structure.
W. L. S.
Youngstown, O.
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BALANCED
ELECTRICAL
CH A R A C TER IST ICS
B a la n c e d
e le c t r ic a l
c h a r a c t e r is t ic s !
in s is t s o n t h e m — n o t m e r e ly in
s p e c t io n s ,
b u t fo r
m a r k . In s p e c to rs
each
F a ir b a n k s - M o r s e
o c c a s io n a l “ c o n t r o l”
m o t o r b e a r in g
g a u g e th e w ir e in
th e
each
F-M
in ­
tra d e ­
p h a s e w in d in g ,
b a la n c e i t a g a in s t th e m a s t e r w in d in g , a n d m a k e c e r t a in
t h a t a l l a r e id e n t ic a l in c r o s s - s e c t io n , le n g t h o f w ir e , a n d
co p p e r c o n te n t.
F r o m t h e v e r y f ir s t m a n u f a c t u r in g o p e r a t io n ,
m o t o r is
p r e c is io n - b u ilt .
m akes F-M
T h is
p r e c is io n
m o to rs e a rn m o re a n d
every F - M
m a n u f a c t u r in g
e a r n lo n g e r f o r y o u .
F a i r b a n k s , M o r s e & C o . , 9 0 0 S . W a b a s h A v e . , C h i c a g o ,1 1 1 .
3 4 b r a n c h e s a t y o u r s e r v ic e t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n it e d S t a t e s .
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