/TEEL PRODUCTION • PROCESSING • DISTRIBUTION • USE For forty-eight years —IRON TRADE REVIEW

EDITORIAL STAFF Published by BUSINESS STAFF E. L. SHANER, Editor E. C. BARRINGER, Managing Editor PENTON PUBLISHING CO. GEORGE O. HAYS, Business Manager E. C. KREUTZBERG, Engineering Editor PENTON BUILDING JOHN HENRY, Advertising Alanager

ASSOCIATE EDITORS CLEVELAND, O. R. T. M A S O N , Circulation Aianager A. J. HAIN ,E. F. ROSS • ' ' G. H. MANIOVE J. D. KNOX ( E. W. KREUTZBERG A. H, ALLEN J O H N A. p e n t o n . Chairman of Board N ew York , . - J. F. ahrens (.J. W. ZUBER New York B. K. PRICE-l. E. BROWNE J. R. D A W L E Y . President and Treasurer . . . E. A. FRANCE JR. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh .... S. H. JASPER C h ica g o W. G. GUDE d a n m. a v e y .... . Vice President W ashington...... L. M. lamm C h ica g o ...... L. C. PELOTT London . . . . vincent delport ROBERT t. MASON .... Secretary Cleveland . . . . R. c. JAENKE

Contents . . February 3, 1936

Volume 98 4 No. 5

AS THE EDITOR VIEWS THE NEWS...... 21 Early Returns Show 1935 Steel Profit $46,800,000...... 22 Ice Conditions Halt River Traffic...... 23 NRA Study Hits Steel Labor Policy; Sees Prices Rising 24 L a b o r ...... 24 Production 26 Puts Principle Before Profit...... 25 Scrap Use Increasing; To Be Accurately Surveyed 27 H. D. Williams Succeeded by H. A. Roemer ...... 28 January Pig Iron Output Down 4 Per Cent ...... 29 Mirrors of Motordom ...... 30 1935 Steel Exports Postwar Record...... 32 Voight, Gibbons Go to Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp 32 Windows of Washington ...... 33 Obituaries ...... 34 Men of Industry...... 35 EDITORIAL—Debunking Washington View of Un­ B R A N C H OFFICES: employment ...... 37 N e w Y o r k 220 Broadway C h ic a g o . Peoples Gas Building THE BUSINESS TREND...... 38 Pittsburgh 1650 Koppers Building ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS: San Francisco . . 2413 Milvia St Power Drives ...... 56 Berkeley, Calif., Tel. Berkeley 7 3 5 4 W Paint Circulating Systems.... 40 Pearlitic Malleable Iron 42 Progress in Steelmaking 58 Washington . . National Press Building Surface Finishing ...... 43 Blast Furnace Bell Rig 58 Cincinnati . . 418-420 Sinton Hotel Houses for Low-Price Field 43 Steelmaking Changes in 1935 60 L o n d o n ...... Caxton House Forging Furnaces Gas Fired 48 Forum on Modernization 63 Westminster, S. W. 1 Methods and Materials 52 New Equipment ...... 64 Berlin . . Berlin, N. W. 40, Roonstrasse 10 Robert E. Kinkead ...... 55 Trade Publications ...... '. 69 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations; Associated Business Papers Inc., and National Publishers MARKET REPORTS AND PRTCES...... 71-92 Association.

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later, some misguided politician or bureaucrat will take the floor to denounce these profits as th e £ exorbitant. In the same breath, he may point to the great army of unemployed and demand — with impressive beating of breast— that in­ dustry absorb this army “or else.” When poli­ l/ieurâ. th e A /euri ticians awaken to the fact that profits are a measure of industry’s ability to furnish jobs and that profits are essential to recovery, then A FTER several months of study and in­ we will know that sanity is returning to the vestigation, the skeleton of the defunct nation’s capitol. NRA has issued a preliminary report on the steel industry. If anyone expected that it would help to solve any of the industry’s major Many readers have evidenced an interest in problems, he will be disappointed. The report the amount of scrap used in steelmaking as (p. 24) covers familiar historical ground, points compared to the amount of iron ore. Now an to significant changes taking place in the eco­ approximate answer is fur- nomic structure of the industry, touches upon ScraD Near nished by an estimate (p. 27) price policies and takes a slam at steel’s atti­ that during the 1925-1934 de- tude toward professionally organized labor. Par with O re cade 193,000,000 tons of scrap We have read theses on the steel industry writ­ was used in steelmaking ten by university seniors which rate above this against 399,000,000 tons of iron ore. The iron report. What is more, they didn’t cost the tax­ content of the ore is estimated at about 200,- payer a cent. 000,000 tons. In other words, the tonnage of scrap consumed is almost on a par with that of the iron in the ore. Realization that scrap Ninety out of every 100 readers of S teel and ore are on this basis will emphasize the in­ will get a chuckle out of Mr. Stetson’s brushes creasing importance of scrap in the economic with the engineer’s office of the United States structure of this industrial nation. war department. Mr. Stetson Grand Slam (P- 25) doesn’t think much of the ’Quoddy tidewater power Few manufacturers require the elaborate at Q u o d d y project. In fact, he refused to paint circulating systems employed in several bid on it because be believes automobile plants (p. 40), but many who use the scheme is “economically unsound.” But Mr. paint extensively will find that Stetson’s products were specified by a subcon­ tractor, and in order not to “put an innocent P intin«? Is t'^le l)rincU^es involved may be adapted to their requirements. party in the hole,” Mr. Stetson sold him the Mechanized The circulating system is the products specified. However, he used the prof­ logical adjunct to the spray its from the sale to publish a bulletin protest­ gun, which now has become a commonplace ing against this waste of taxpayers’ money. The item of equipment in many establishments. . . . correspondence makes good reading. To build a good house for less than $5000 is the objective of scores of contractors, builders and fabricators. A Chicago company has an­ nounced a prefabricated house (p. 46), Avith Early reports of the earnings of industrial steel frame, to be sold in the $2500 to $4900 companies for 1935 show a gratifying reversal price range .... The urge to reduce weight is from situation of 1934. The first nine cor­ apparent in the design of blast furnace equip­ porations in the steel industry ment. A new bell operating rig (p. 58) reduces M o re Profits to reP°rt enjoyed profits ag- the load on the top structure materially. ii ,y. - gregating about $32,000,000 ore W o r k jas^ year (p 22), as compared with a deficit of $14,000,000 in the preceding year. This showing will be re­ ceived enthusiastically everywhere except in certain Washington quarters. There, sooner or

February 3 iqsr /TEEL 21 well Regulator Co., an extra of 75 cents in addition to the regular of 75 Early Financial Returns Show cents on the common, Feb. 15 to record of Feb. 4; Deere & Co., 35 cents, payable March 2 to record of Feb. 15, against the accumulation on the preferred, cutting the arrearage 1935 Steel Profit $46,800,000 to $3.35; Bridgeport Machine Co., $1.50 on the accumulation on fhe preferred, Feb. 28 to record of Feb. IRST nine companies of the 417,818. The figure for Inland in­ 20, reducing the arrearage to $1.50; blast furnace, steel mill, cludes the profit of its Ryerson sub­ Westinghouse Electric & M fg. Co., sidiary for the fourth quarter. 75 cents on the common, an increase and rolling mill category to F This comeback in the blast fur­ of 25 cents, and regular of 87% cents report their earnings for 1935 nace, steel mill, and rolling mill on the preferred, Feb. 2 0 to record of show an aggregate net profit of group repeats the experience of im­ Feb. 10; Hobart Mfg. Co., quarterly $32,151,840. In 1934 the iden­ portant consumers and fabricators of of 37% cents on class A stock, March iron and steel as shown in the ac­ 1 to record of Feb. 15. tical nine companies piled up a Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. has deficit of $14,147,710. companying table. The first few of this group to report show increased again voted $1.37% on its preferred. Since these nine represent earnings or decreased deficits or a To a large extent the profitable 47,038,450 gross tons of steel shift from the loss to the profit col­ operations of the larger steel com­ ingot capacity, or 68 per cent umn. panies was responsible for their fine showing in 1935— at least fine after of the country’s total of 68,- Shareholders Get Cut 849,717 tons, the indicated net the lean depression years. The Steel This improvement in earnings both corporation made $5,326,417 in the for the entire steelmaking in­ in the producing and consuming fourth quarter, compared with a defi­ dustry last year is $46,800,000. group, redounds to the benefit of cit of $1,305,205 in the third quar­ This is $1.40 per ton of ingots stockholders. ter. actually produced. The United States Steel Corp. Bethlehem Net Is Tripled again declared a 50-cent dividend on All Now in Black the preferred, payable Feb. 28 to Bethlehem’s fourth quarter net Of the integrated producers report­ record of Jan. 30. The Am erican was almost $2,400,000, or in excess ing thus far, every one has emerged Rolling Mill Co., which has not yet of three times its third quarter profit. Republic more than doubled its from the red of the depression. The reported, will pay 30 cents on the United States Steel Corp., which lost common April 15 to record of March third quarter profit; National report­ almost $22,000,000 in 1934, conclud­ 14. ed a slight gain; Inland made a 50 per cent better showing. Complete ed 1935 with a net of $1,084,917. Inland Steel Co. has voted 75 cents Bethlehem Steel Corp., second larg­ on the common payable March 2 to details are to be found in the sub­ est producer, increased its profit from record of Feb. 14, which compares joined table. $550,571 in 1934 to $4,291,253 in w ith 50 cents re gu lar and 25 cents The Steel corporation’s net income 1935. extra in the two preceding quarters, from operations in the fourth quar­ Republic Steel Corp., third largest indicating a regular rate of 75 cents. ter was $6,323,146 and for the en­ producer, bettered its position by al­ Continental Steel Corp., on March tire year $8,261,647. After the pre­ m ost $8 ,000,000 last year when it 2 to record of Feb. 17, w ill pay 50 ferred dividend paid in the fourth turned in a profit of $4,455,734, in­ cents, which is the initial dividend on quarter there still was a surplus of cluding the experience of the Corri­ its common stock. Allegheny Steel $3,525,012, but for the entire year gan McKinney Steel Co. for the last Co. has declared a quarterly of 25 the deficit after dividends was $6,- quarter. cents on the common and $1.75 on 120,705. National Steel Corp. and Inland the preferred payable March 1 to Bethlehem’s gross sales and earn­ Steel Co. ran almost a dead heat in record of Feb. 15. ings for 1935 aggregated $192,543,- being the most profitable operators. Other dividends declared last week 458, compared with $167,736,124 for National with a capacity of 2,232,000 were: United Engineering & Foundry 1934. Orders on hand Dec. 31 to­ tons of ingots, made $11,136,451, Co., 37% cents on the common an taled $174,015,251, or $17,000,000 while Inland, equipped to make $1.75 on the preferred, Feb. 15 to in excess of Dec. 31, 1934. 2,000,000 tons a year, profited $9,- record of Feb. 4; Minneapolis-Honey- Commenting upon the business outlook, President Grace of Bethle­ hem said that he believed that his company this year would be doing How Important Metalworking Companies Fared very well if it were able to maintain its present rate of around 44 per All Figures Are Profit Except Where Asterisk Denotes Loss cent. This, he pointed out, would Fourth Quarter Twelve Months represent an increase of about 10 per 1935 1934 1935 1934 cent over last year. He pointed out Transue & Williams Steel Forging Corp., that this year was a political year, Alliance, O ...... $55,350 *$99,635 and with an unusually active cam­ Savage Arms Corp., New 1 ork ...... 101,549 27 468 General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, 0 ...... 395,406 172'490 paign ahead, sentiment was going to Lunkenheimer Co., Cincinnati...... 216,487 73 457 blow hot and cold. Politics was go­ Fostoria Pressed Steel Corp., Fostoria, O ...... *8500 ing to make for an agitated, un­ Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp., Pittsburgh ...... *26,235 *181 168 settled situation, he believed. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Asked specifically about the de­ Corp., New York ...... '...... 11,230,000 1,455,227 mand for heavy steel, Mr. Grace Black & Decker Mfg. Co., Baltimore $178,328 $52,818 Warren Foundry & Pipe Corp., Phillipsburg, stated there had been a little im­ N- J ...... 191,799 351,277 provement, and that to date the rail­ Wayne Pump Co., Fort Wayne, Incl...... f496,526 roads have accounted for most of it. A. M. Castle & Co., Chicago...... 348’407 tf390,349 He added that if general business fYear ended Nov. 30. fflncluded nonrecurring item o f $86,041. keeps improving, railroad buying

22 /TEEL February 3, 1936 would probably make an important scrap, and various steel products, ow­ contribution to steel business tbis ing to the continued cold weather. betterment in private ship work, tank- Ice has formed on the Ohio river year. He also said there was some Here’s Proof Business consistently above Louisville, Ky., ers in particular. and in the Pittsburgh district run­ Mr. Grace said he sees nothing to W a s Better in 1935 ning ice is from 4 to 8 inches thick, indicate important price changes one with many sections completely frozen way or the other. He added that, AS business better in 1935? De­ over. of course, there were always varia­ cidedly so, states the National tions in some lines, but that the Industrial Conference board, Nein Steamers and barges are operating price structure as a whole appeared York, after analyzing 1935 statistics, with difficulty on the Monongahela stable. Asked if concessions in the with late December estimated. river, and on the Allegheny river at Detroit district a few weeks ago had Increases in major industrial and Pittsburgh the ice thickness ranges worked their way east, he said he commercial lines in 1935 over 1931 from 4 to 12 inches. This condition had seen no evidences of it. —chiefly in production—ivere 92.4 per has had a marked effect on the heavy cent for residential building, 86.1 per tonnage products which are barged DAVIDSON COKE, IRON FILES cent for machine tool orders, 45 0 per over the rivers in this district. REORGANIZATION PLAN cent for automobiles, 30.6 per cent for A number of coal mines in the Davidson Coke & Iron Co., Neville steel ingots, 2.6 per cent for bitumin­ Fayette, Washington, and Greene Island, Pittsburgh, filed articles of ous coal, 9.2 per cent for electric county district late last week were corporate amendment Jan. 30 with power, 9.3 per cent for petroleum, 19.5 facing idleness due to the heavy ice. the department of state at Harris­ par cent for total construction, 7.1 per These include Crucible Fuel Co., burg, Pa., which are pursuant to re­ cent for department store sales, 6.6 Hillman Coal & Coke Co., H. C. Frick organization proceedings of the com­ per cent for miscellaneous carloadings, Coke Co., and Vesta Coal Co. mines pany at No. 19 381 in bankruptcy 2.2 per cent for total carloadings, 45 where operations depend upon the before the federal district court. per cent for total automobile produc­ condition of the river for shipments. Changes involve reclassification of tion, 19.5 per cent for total building Several mines in the district, such as the authorized stock of the company construction awards, and 12 per cent two of the W. J. Rainey Inc. units, by revising designations, preferences, for retail sales. were working four and five days last participating, optional and other spe­ Recovery has been slow in the com­ week, but shipments were being made cial rights, by changing par value mercial banking field. From Jan. 2, by rail. shares to no par and by changing 1935, to Dec. 31, 1935, the earning as­ Barging of scrap from southern all of the authorized three classes of sets of reporting member banks in­ points for consumption by Pittsburgh stock into 900,000 no-par shares. creased $1,413,000, but $1,182,000 of and Wheeling district mills has vir­ The plan also provides for an ex­ this increase was in United Slates tually ceased, and in addition, many change of 512,735 shares of new security holdings. During the same of the Pittsburgh mills have been capital stock for shares of the three period, deposits increased $3,026,000, unable to send out their usual month­ classes outstanding and issuance of of which demand deposits contributed ly an semi-monthly tows of finished 55,394 new shares in various $2,474,000, and deposits of other banks steel products for destination at amounts to bondholders, noteholders $1,187,000. Government deposits de­ southern warehouses. and other creditors. clined $736,000,000 during this period. A number of Ohio river steam­ boats have been moved to landings APPROVES FOLLANSBEE NOTES for repairs the past few days with Follansbee Bros. Co. trustees were wheels damaged in bucking the heavy granted permission in federal court at ice on the rivers. In addition, sev­ Pittsburgh, Jan. 27, to issue $500,000 eral boats have been tied up on ac­ of certificates of indebtedness neces­ Ice Conditions count of broken shafts. sary to the continued operation of the When the final record of shipments company’s plants. It was stated at the over the rivers, as compiled by the hearing that the Follansbee, W. Va., Halt River Traffic federal engineers’ office, is ultimately and Toronto, O., plants are ru n n in g submitted covering January, if will at capacity and that the company is IVER steamboats in the Pitts­ undoubtedly show a marked drop booking about $500,000 worth of burgh district last week found from December. This report is ex­ sales monthly. extremeR difficulty in barging coal, pected out about Feb. 15.

Financial Timetable for Blast Furnace, Steel Mill d Roll ing M ill Interests

All Figures Are Profit Except Where Asterisk Denotes A Deficit Fourth Third Fourth Ingot Quarter Quarter Quarter Year Year Capacity 1935 1935 1934 1935 1934 Gross Tons United States Steel Ccrp. $5,326,417 $1,305,205* $10,234,413* $1,084,917 $21,667,780* 27,341,900 Bethlehem Steel Corp. 2,396,026 701,616 411,099 4,291,253 550,571 8,980,000 Republic Steel Corp 1,191,439 507,731 1,226,271* 4,455,734(a) 3,459,428* 6,129,000 National Steel Ccrp .... 2,522,693 2,287,763 1,467,825 11,136,451 6,050,722 2,232,000 Inland Steel Co. .. 2,749,309f 1,810,203 550,073 9,417,818J 3,729,889 2,000,000 Gulf States Steel Co. 119,350 58,443 44,468* 141,269 58,039* 400,550 Acme Steel Co.. , . 438,155 384,479 168,431 1,757,972 1,035,963 ...... Scullin Steel Co. ' ' 48,378* 304,926* ...... Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co...... 28,207* 21,603 85,096* 24,682* ...... T o ta l...... $14,715,182 $4,445,030 $9,886,121* $32,151,840 $14,147,710* 47,083,450

(a) Includes Corrigan-McKinney after Sept. 25. t Includes fourth quarter profits of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc. . _ ÎIncludes fourth quarter profits of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, but does not include profits for the first nine months of 1935 amount­ ing to $691,692.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 23 ing the code period furnished no real test of the effectiveness of the pro­ visions limiting hours of work. It is N R A Study Hits Steel Labor not yet apparent how far the hour provisions under the code will result in any permanent change. Reasonably adequate statistics sub­ mitted by the industry through Sep­ tember, 1935, indicate that the wage Policy; Sees Prices Rising and hour standards set up in the code period have been generally main­ tained. O NE of the functions of the been downward since 1920. For the New quarterly prices had been filed skeleton organization of NRA majority of products, monthly price just before the suspension of the code at the end of May, 1935 and ap ­ surviving the Supreme Court variations are common. The degree of variation is necessarily limited for parently continued to be observed knockout decision of May 27, 1935, standard products in which raw ma­ during the quarter ending with Sep­ is a study of certain “key” industries, terial, transportation and high over­ tember. No new prices were filed thereafter; but price announcements of which steel is one. Last week the head charges are large cost elements. Under any pricing system there would indicate a substantial general upward preliminary report of the steel study be a trend toward stabilization and trend during the last quarter of 1935, became available. uniformity of prices. Uneconomic lo­ with probable further increases early In this report it is stated that cation and excessive cross hauling in 1936. The secretary of the American Iron significant changes are taking place may be as much characteristic of unlimited free competition as of an and Steel institute was recently quoted in the steel industry which will af­ artificial basing point system of pric­ by the Associated Press as saying that fect equipment, the character of the ing. steelmakers felt recovery "would bo product, and labor requirements. hampered rather than helped by any The outstanding factors in labor further legislation designed to regi­ Larger blast furnace capacity, new relations were the opposition of the ment business enterprise.” This atti­ continuous rolling mills and the in­ members of the industry to the spread tude apparently reflects the indus­ of industry unions, the reluctance to try's opposition to labor agreements, creasing production of new alloy accept minimum wage rates which steels are cases in point. particularly when no definite program corresponded to current practice, and of compensating trade practices seems It is also pointed out in this pre­ the desire to avoid acceptance of feasible. liminary report, which will un­ specific hour limitations. In spite ot this attitude, however, the very ma­ doubtedly be considerably revised terial gain in earnings and employ­ before it is made public— if it ever ment under the code was an im­ is-— that the classification and utili­ portant achievement. Labor zation of scrap in relation to future Eniploycr-Empl’oyc Relations demand for iron ore, fuel economies A W EEK ago last Saturday night, as related to the growth of by­ A review of the history of employer- a group of steel mill employes product coke production, shifts in de­ employe relations reveals that prac­ in the Pittsburgh district gathered tically all of the major conflicts— for a secret meeting in the Fort Pitt mand as between railroads and motor notably the "Homestead strike” in vehicles, all are factors which may 1892 and the general strike of 1919— hotel. Most of their number were affect industry location, the character were the result of employer antagon­ Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. em­ of the product, and the position of ism to labor organizations, and their ployes, and behind closed doors they refusal to recognize or deal with em­ are reported to have taken steps producing companies. ploye-chosen representatives. It is ap­ It is understood on good authority parent that the nonreeognition policy based on attempting to change the that the present intention of NRA of the United States Steel Corp., as existing employe-representation plan officials is to complete the steel study applied to its own subsidiary com­ of the company. panies, has influenced the policies of John J. Mullen, one of the repre­ — one of the few which probably will independent companies as well. sentatives, appeared to be chief be completed. Whether it will ever Between the passage of the recov­ see the light of day remains as a ery act and the adoption of the code fomenter, and said afterward: “The mere conjecture, as nothing definite practically all of the larger units of existing employe representation plan has yet been decided on this point. the industry established company is absolutely ineffective. At the unions or employe representation meeting Jan. 25, sentiment as ex­ At any rate, a preliminary report has plans, or as they were called in some been made to N R A officials. cases employe representatives. An pressed by all those present was to analysis of these various plans and to this effect.” Attacks Large "Units devices shows that they are in no However, Mr. Mullen has not been sense designed to accomplish bona a Carnegie-Illinois employe for some This preliminary report points out fide collective bargaining between em­ that the iron and steel industry is ployer and employes, but rather that time and is now holding a minor characterized by the dominant posi­ they have been used as a means of political job in Pittsburgh. Since the tion of a number of large integrated avoiding or combating the develop­ meeting. employe representation ment of employe unions. councils at Homestead and other companies. During the World war the wages “The United States Steel Corp.,” and income of the steel workers rose Carnegie-Illinois divisions have gone the report states, “as the largest materially. Following the general on record as opposing the sweeping unit, has frequently acted as a price strike of 1919 the United States Steel statements of Mr. Mullen that at his Corp. put into effect a 10 per cent leader. A growth in the relative po­ increase in the wages of common meeting representatives of 26,000 sition of other large companies is labor, and made some corresponding workers were present. indicated by a review of the history adjustments in skilled rates. Some of Observers saw in this meeting a of mergers and consolidations, com­ the independents followed this load hint of the recent movement for a with increases. pany interrelations and the analysis Just subsequent to the passage of national steel labor union which of financial trends.” the national industrial recovery act would embrace all producers’ plants The report follows: and prior to the adoption of the code and supplant existing company there w as put into effect generally u nions. The price pattern of the industry in the industry an increase of ap­ is dominated by large scale produc­ proximately 15 per cent; and further At its meeting in Miami, Fla., last tion units. Similar organization in increases were made during the code week the A. F. of L. authorized Presi­ other industries creates similar prob­ period. dent William Green to map plans and lems. Competition between large units Generally speaking, however, estimate the cost of organizing steel tends to produce one of two extremes, throughout the history of the indus­ either disastrous price wars or price try. while rates for the higher skilled workers. In Washington, the United agreements or leadership. In con­ occupations have been fairly in line Mine Workers authorized President sidering pricing methods it is essen­ with those paid to comparable labor John Lewis to secede from the federa­ tial to consider whether they are a in other industries, the wage rates tion if necessary in his plan to organ­ natural result of such an industry for semi-skilled and unskilled labor pattern or a contributing cause to it. particularly the latter, have been low. ize labor vertically in the steel and The long term trend of prices has The reduced rate of production dur­ other mass production industries.

24 /TEEL February 3, 1936 P u t s

P r i n c i p l e

A b o v e

P r o f i t

The New Deal: Its Birthplace The New Deal: Its Sarcophagus (Caption by Mr. Stetson) (Caption by Mr. Stetson)

W HEN a business man refuses urcs on which he based his conclusion of the "2400 odd employes working to bid on a government proj­ that the project is economical'.y un­ here at present approximately 1700 ect because he believes the sound. persons have been taken off the relief project is "economically unsound"— rolls.” Further: that’s news. "W e would be only too g'ad to sup­ ply information and prices for equip­ When that same business man ac­ "These individuals are paid only the ment for any legitimate activity of the cepts the contract, for which he re­ security scales established by the war department,” his letter concluded. President, which for this job vary fused to bid, because his product was "We feel that the legitimate function from $44 a month for common labor specified, and he had to do it or else of the war department is the protec­ to $63 a month for skilled labor. At put an innocent party "in the hole” tion of the country, and not the build­ these rates of pay these workers ob­ — that’s more news. ing of projects which (1) are econom­ viously have not been drawn from When he uses the profit which comes ically unsound, (2) waste the citizens’ private employers...... ” to him from the job to publish a money, (3) compete with a private in­ dustry which is already well regulated Mr. Stetson promptly came back pamphlet setting forth his views re and profitable to the investor and con­ with: garding the project, and, to be fair, sumer alike, and (4) in the process also the government engineer’s— that, break down the faith and confidence "You question the accuracy of my in stage parlance, is a “wow.” of the citizens in the government. figures on the capacity and cost in­ George W. Stetson, head of the Stets "As I feel the Quoddy project is volved. For my figures on capacity re­ fer to Mechanical Engineering for Sep­ Co., Boston, sells Stets boiler feed con­ wrong in principle I must pass up any opportunity to profit from it, even tember, 1935, the information for that trollers and Stets alarm water col­ article being obtained from Capt. Hugh umns. The war department, United though I will have to pay for the wild oats which Uncle Sam is sowing." J. Casey, United States engineer’s States engineer’s office, Eastport, Me., office, Eastport, Me. F or m y figures asked Mr. Stetson for information on Army Engineer's Reply on costs, D. S. Cooper’s estimate was feed water regulators for three 700- $1000 per k.w. Well, the war department, through horsepower oil fired boilers for the cen­ "Within the last ten days Col. G. R. Donald J. Leahey, captain, corps of tral heating plant at Quoddy village, Lukesh, of the United States army, engineers, administrative officer, at Me. This, as the reader knows, is the division engineer, New York, stated Eastport', wrote a long reply to Mr. famous tidewater power project. Mr. publicly 'it will cost $50,000,000 to- Stetson. On the question of costs and build the Quoddy tidal plant', and no­ Stetson replied: the like, Captain Leahey stated: body knows yet where or how to get "I feel that the taxpayers’ money a market for its power.’ That is $1250 "It is apparent that you do not have which will be spent on this Quoddy per kilowatt or ten times the cost of anything like a complete and proper hay project, not only for its construc­ an economically sound hydro plant understanding of the capacities or tion but also for its subsequent oper­ which could compete with steam costs involved, and it is apparent that power...... ation, will, as a business proposition, you are unsympathetic with the prin­ be entirely wasted, for it will never “You say the Quoddy project ha3 ciple of the development.” return a profit on the investment, if taken 2400 people off the dole and put the construction costs are honestly fig­ He took him sharply to account for them on relief work. Is it better to give them the exercise incidental to ured, and operating cost's are honestly his statement "if the job is honestly kept.” burying millions of material in Quod­ figured,” saying that the cost's are and dy bay than to give them enough for Then Mr. Stetson proceeded to call always will be a matter of public food, and avoid the destruction of good the engineer’s attention to some fig- information. Then he pointed out that material? When you refer to this dam

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 25 as an ‘actual job’ and say that the furnaces melting, as against 26 the workers are rendering ‘constructive week preceding. service,’ you are just using words. Production New England— Unchanged last What sort of a job is one. that. does not pay? How constructive is work S TEELMAKING held unchanged at week at 83 per cent, with indications that is wasted? 50 per cent last week, off sharply this rate will be maintained this week. ‘‘These federal projects which com­ from the 54% per cent level reported Detroit— Continued at 88 per cent pete with private industry for ‘bull­ in the comparable week of 1935, but last week, with 15 of the district’s dozing’ or ‘vote getting’ purposes de­ considerably higher than the 3 6 per 17 open hearths active. stroy the confidence of investors and cent registered in the same week of Central eastern seaboard-—Un­ business men, and thereby retard nor­ 1934. Increased production in the changed at 36% per cent last week, mal business expansion Eventu- Wheeling, Buffalo and Pittsburgh and this rate is expected to be at ly your ‘project’ will go .through a districts proved an offset to the slight least sustained over the current 'reorganization.' It probably will be' declines noted at Cleveland, Chicago week. To date, production in this sold to some efficient private manage­ ment for what it can earn— not what and Youngstown. Other districts quarter has not expanded as much It cost the taxpayers to construct it.” were stationary. Further details fol­ as the trade anticipated earlier in the low: year. S t e e l directed some inquiries to Mr. Y o u n gsto w n — D ow n 1 point to 60 Cleveland-Lorain— Off 8 to 59 Stetson. He replied: per cent, Republic Steel Corp. con­ tinuing with 6 of its 14 open hearths, “W e received the order for the feed Otis Steel Co. with 5 of 8 and Nation­ water regulators for the Quoddy heat­ al Tube Co. all 12 units. ing plant in spite of our past, present, Steelmaking Operations Buffalo— Increased 2 points last and future protest that this job seems week to 32 per cent, with 12 open to be an absolute waste of the tax­ Percentage of Open-Hearth Ingot Co- payers’ money in building a plant. The pacity Engaged in Leading Districts hearths melting. This rate will be engineer had specified Stets regulators. Week Same maintained this week. The contractor had to install them. Had ended week Birmingham— Held at 51 per cent we refused to furnish them we would Feb.' 1 Change 1935 1934 last week, with a 63 per cent level have put an innocent party in the hole. Pittsburgh .... 39 + 1% 44 19- indicated for this week. So we accepted the order from a deal­ Chicago ...... 52 — 1 66 31 Eastern Pa... 3G% None 30 25 Cincinnati — Remained at 75 per er, and spent the profit in having Youngstown... 60 — 1 64 41 cent last week, 18 of 24 open hearths printed and distributed 5000 copies of W heeling ... 78 + S 95 64 being operated. Backlogs of mills the attached bulletin to prominent Cleveland 59 — 8 7S 69 mechanical and operating engineers. B u ffa lo ...... 32 + 2 45 34 provide fair assurance of retention That may have been returning evil Birmingham... 51 None 32 52 of this rate. for good, but everything is fair in war New England S3 None 52 82 Detroit ...... 88 None 100 79 and present day politics." Cincinnati .... 75 None t t Lacher To Edit Employe Average..... 50 None 54% 36 Lauded for Effort fN ot reported. Paper for U.S. Steel The bulletin contained comments Gilbert L. Lacher has resigned 'as from those to whom Mr. Stetson had managing editor of The Iron Age to sent copies of his correspondence. per cent last week, and valley mills become associated with the United They abound with such commenda­ are expected to start this week at the States Steel Corp. as editor of tions of his action as “Admirable,” same level. United States Steel News, to be pub­ “Good, hard common sense.” One com­ lished by the Corporation. The . Chicago— Declined 1 point last mentator referred to the "Shoddy change is effective Feb. 1. The new week to 52 per cent. Some semifin­ project— shoddy for the taxpayers." publication will be devoted to news ished steel is being stocked in antici­ "We agree with you,” wrote another of affairs of the Corporation and to pation of improved finishing mill re­ correspondent, “. .... yet the company items which may be of general inter­ quirements later in the quarter. A is publicly owned and in the best in­ est to its employes. The first issue pickup in the ingot rate is looked fol­ terests of the stockholders you can will appear in April, and will have iate this month. Blast furnace op­ appreciate that we must go after any an initial circulation of 250,000 and all prospective business.” erations have been reduced through copies. While the circulation will be S t e e l asked Mr. Stetson for his the banking of one stack to 19 active devoted principally to Corporation photograph. He had none; no photo­ units out of 41. employes, some provision will be graph of himself in 20 years. But, Pittsburgh— Advanced 1% points made for distribution to others ex­ being something of a photographer, to 39 per cent last week. The leading pressing interest in the publication. Mr. Stetson had while in Washington interest operated at 36 per cent, and Mr. Lacher has been associated taken photographs of the capital and the leading independent at 46 per with The Iron Age for many years. He the Supreme Court’s new building, cent. Many of the plant department was its editorial representative in which he sent in, with the captions: shutdowns for lack of gas or because Chicago prior to going to New York Birthplace of the New Deal— for the of difficult working conditions owing 11 years ago. capital; and Sarcophagus of the New to extremely cold weather over the Deal— for the Supreme Court build­ past two weeks, have again been re­ ing. opened. Buy Can Companies Twenty-eight furnaces out of 60 Continental Can Co. has acquired were active last week. Carnegie-Illi- the can making facilities of Armour Armco Not To Build nois Steel Corp. scheduled 12 of 32; & Co. and will supply Armour’s re­ Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 7 of American Rolling Mill Co., Middle­ quirements for containers. 11; National Tube Co., 2 of 4 at Mc­ town, O., denies a recent newspaper It was reported last week that Keesport; Bethlehem Steel Co., 4 of report that it contemplates building American Can Co. was taking over a complete steel plant at Trenton, 7 at Johnstown, Pa., and Pittsburgh the can making facilities of Libby, Mich., just south of Detroit. At Steel Co., Pittsburgh Crucible Steel M cN e ill & Libby, on the same basis. times the company has had an option Co., and American Steel & W ire Co., Ten days ago the Owens-Illinois on a tract near there but has never each 1 of 2. Glass Co., Toledo, O., purchased the built, and now spikes the latest W h e e lin g— U p 8 points to 78 per Enterprise Can Co., Pittsburgh, and rumor. cent, with 29 out of 37 open-hearth the Tin Decorating Co., Baltimore.

26 /TEEL February 3, 1936 will be drawn upon has a marked effect in tending to decrease the pres­ Scrap Use Gaining, at Last ent value of the ore already blocked out in the ground. Comprehensive valuation studies on ore reserves for tax purposes therefore must include To Be Accurately Surveyed careful consideration of the past and probable future consumption of scrap metal in relation to the total demand BY RICHARD J. LUND for such metal. Only in this way can a reasonable estimate be made of the Bureau of Mines, Washington amount of ore which will have to be drawn upon over a given period of years. URING the past few years the parison the exceedingly minor pro­ D It has been pointed out frequently total production of secondary portion of nonferrous content of that production of minerals is a one- copper, including that from scrap consumed is neglected. crop proposition. Nature has been both “old” and “new” scrap and The iron content of total scrap busy over millions of years to give us that recovered in alloys, has consid­ consumed during the period, there­ the limited quantity of minerals suf­ erably outdistanced smelter produc­ fore, was about 128 per cent of the ficiently concentrated for commercial tion of primary copper from domestic iron content of ore produced, while development and near enough to the ores. the proportion of scrap used in steel surface to be found and mined profit­ Total production of secondary lead manufacture almost equaled the iron ably. during the past five years has been Although geologic processes will almost double the mine production continue to replenish these reserves of recoverable lead in our greatest near the surface in the future, such lead-producing state, Missouri. Pro­ replenishment may not occur and be duction of aluminum from scrap final­ made available to whatever form of ly passed that of primary metal in life may then inhabit the earth for 1934. Secondary, antimony produced some tens or hundreds of millions during the past three years has been of years. about one and one-half times our It is important, therefore, to treat imports, there being little produc­ present commercial deposits with tion from domestic ores. care and derive the maximum benefit These facts have taught a lesson, from their development and use. This and industry has emerged from an is what is meant by conservation. early attitude of indifference to the importance of accurately appraising Receiving Recognition secondary supplies as market factors The thought that metals produced into one of keen interest in the from scrap, or its somewhat cruder measurement of supplies and market synonym “junk,” were inferior to pri­ movements both of scrap and of mary or virgin metal has largely dis­ secondary metals derived from it. appeared, due in the main to the tre­ Clearly, scrap metal is destined to mendous strides made by the scrap perform a very important function industry along the lines of properly in the future in keeping the wheels preparing, classifying and s o r t i n g of industry turning. the scrap and to the great advances Ferrous Scrap Vital Factor made by metallurgists in the tech­ Iticliai'd J. Lu n d nique of reshaping, remelting, re­ While the composite tonnage of smelting, or refining it. scrap going into the production of Even so, “the memory lingers on,” content of the total ore production. secondary copper, lead, zinc, tin, alu­ as strikingly evidenced by the bill in­ These estimates on scrap consump­ minum, antimony and nickel is very troduced in the senate of California tion include sizable quantities of large indeed, it is of the order of last year to prohibit the use of scrap “home” or “plant” scrap, which magnitude of only a few per cent iron or any other scrap in any mate­ might roughly be estimated at about of the millions of tons of ferrous rial used in the construction or repair 50 per cent of the total. Purchased scrap which annually are consumed of any public buildings, bridges, or in the production of iron and steel. scrap consumed during the years other structures in that state. It is 1925-34 would in all probability be The vital importance of this ferrous to be regretted that such msconcep- scrap to our great iron and steel well over 100,000,000 tons, or better tions regarding quality still persist. industry is generally recognized. than 50 per cent of the iron content The scrap industry, which has been According to estimates by C. H. of our iron ore output. built around the collection, prepara­ Strand, Washington, total domestic Since the average annual ore pro­ tion and marketing of these scrap consumption of scrap iron and steel duction during this decade was 40,- metals, has developed rapidly into a during the decade 1925-1934 in­ 000,000 tons, having an iron content powerful trade employing some 200,- clusive was some 256,000,000 gross of 20,000,000 tons, the use of pur­ 000 workers, doing an annual busi­ tons, of w hich about 193,000,000 tons chased scrap has extended the life ness probably running well over was consumed in steel manufacture. of our iron ore reserves five years $200,000,000, and finally command­ Our iron ore production during the during the ten years under review. ing and receiving the recognition and same period amounted to 399,000,000 The time when our high-grade lake respect of all legitimate business gross tons, with an average iron con­ ores will have been largely depleted, which you justly deserve. tent of about 50 per cent, or roughly therefore, has been considerably ex­ The admirable work of Benjamin 200,000,000 tons. For rough com- tended by the use of scrap in the Schwartz, director general of the In­ manufacture of iron and steel. stitute of Scrap Iron and Steel, in Abstract of address to eighth annuai convention of Institute of Scrap Iron Furthermore, such postponement sponsoring and effectuating the pol­ and Steel, Chicago, Jan. 21-23. of the time when certain ore bodies icies advocated by the institute is in

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 27 no small measure responsible for this steel, broken down to show how much bile industry has displaced the rail­ enhanced degree of recognition and consisted of "home” or “plant” scrap, roads as the most important supplier respect. He is to be highly compli­ and how much was purchased, in­ of ferrous scrap, a large proportion mented for his constant devotion to cluding under the latter category that of which is lighter, new material. the difficult problems confronting the returned under exchange contracts or Increasing relative importance of industry, especially during the try­ conversion agreements, and also that light rolled steel such as sheet and ing period of the past few years. This transferred from other plants under strip in comparison with heavier good work, in turn, has been possi­ the same control. products, as well as the tendency to ble only because the institute provid­ A further breakdown is intended use greater proportions of special al­ ed the vehicle for real co-operation. to show the quantity of “home” and loy steels seemingly already is tend­ In spite of its vital importance as purchased scrap, and how much pig ing to bring about somewhat of a an industrial raw material, the actual iron was consumed by different types scarcity of heavy-melting in the mar­ statistical record of consumption of of equipment, such as blast furnaces, ket. In the future this situation will ferrous scrap is meager and faltering. open-hearth furnaces, bessemer con­ no doubt be aggravated rather than The bureau of the census covered this verters, electric furnaces, cupolas, mitigated if this trend continues, and item in its 1929 canvass, and the re­ and air furnaces. Only totals will be will probably necessitate certain search bureau of the scrap institute published, and the confidence of in­ changes in technique of preparing conducted a similar survey of scrap dividual returns will be respected. and utilizing the increasing .propor­ consumption the same year. This is tions of this class of material. the only year for whch reasonably Sources of Ferrous Scrap Even though the present survey reliable figures are available. Outstanding among the unknowns does not include canvassing dealers Quarterly and annual statistics of of ferrous scrap consumption is the for information, the results will revenue shipments of scrap iron and ratio between the amount of “new” doubtless be of value to your trade scrap steel by Class I steam rail­ scrap and the amount of "old” scrap as well as to other groups interested roads give us some indication of scrap consumed. The term "new” scrap in various aspects of ferrous scrap. consumption. However, unknown ad­ refers to material such as runners, If the trade strongly requests that ditional quantities going into con­ skulls, risers, croppings, clippings, additional details be built around the sumption tend to distort the picture m ill scale, flashings, turnings, etc., skeletonized and fundamental data and prevent use of these carefully which is discarded during the smelt­ sought this year, such as estimates compiled figures as an accurate gage ing of metal and during the manufac­ of the amount of old and new scrap of total ferrous scrap consumption. ture of fabricated products from it. going through the market, industrial Outstanding among these indetermin- Material of this nature really com­ source of the scrap, its geographic ables are the quantities of nonrev­ prises only a normal increment in the flow, a simple classification into com­ enue scrap produced and shipped by working stock of metal which the mercial grades, or figures throwing the railroads direct to the consumers, manufacturer requires. light on the direct dealing question, and the amounts of scrap shipped The term “old” scrap refers, in the bureau will give serious consid­ solely by water. turn, to metal products which have eration to the matter of expanding already gone through a cycle of use the survey to include those details Determining Consumption and been discarded because of wear in greatest demand. Another means, used repeatedly in or obsolescence. No doubt the great The planning committee on min­ the past, of arriving at a rough ap­ preponderance of “home” scrap con­ eral policy, in the report of the na­ proximation of ferrous scrap con­ sumed by a large steel plant, let us tional resources board of December, sumption might be termed the meth­ say, consists of new material, al­ 1934, summed up discussion on scrap od of subtraction. By this method though there is unquestionably a lot metals by the very succinct state­ the amount of steelmaking pig iron of worn out equipment in the plant ment: “The subject of scrap is the produced is subtracted from the pro­ which from time to time is utilized great blind spot of the world’s met­ duction of steel ingots, with correc­ as part of the charge in its furnaces. al economy.” tions made for average iron content Purchased scrap consists of huge of each, loss in slag, etc. F ig u re s tonnages of both new and old mate­ obtained in this way cover mainly rial— just what the ratio is we do not the scrap consumed in open-hearth know and may never know. The sig­ Williams Followed furnaces, and include the purely nificance attaching to this phase of "home” or "plant” scrap as well as the problem, however, is sufficient to that purchased. More calculations urge a concerted attack in clarifying By Henry Roemer can be made to obtain rough esti­ it. mates of scrap consumed in blast Somewhat allied to the considera­ H OMER D. W ILLIAM S concluded a furnaces, foundries, rail rerolling tion of "old” and "new” scrap is the 56-year affiliation with the iron mills, and other miscellaneous uses; matter of industrial source of the fer­ and steel industry last Saturday when but all these methods are based on rous scrap consumed. In other words, he formally relinquished the presi­ assumptions concerning average plant roughly what proportion comes from dency of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. practices which are conjectural to railroads, from automobile manufac­ H enry A. Roemer, previously elected, say the least. turing and wrecking, from shipbreak- succeeded Mr. Williams as president Recognizing the vital need for an­ ing, from structural wrecking, from of Pittsburgh Steel, and lias moved nual statistics of ferrous scrap con­ machinery manufacturing, from mis­ his offices from Sharon, Pa., to Pitts­ sumption the bureau of mines has cellaneous metal goods manufactur­ burgh. Mr. Roemer, also head of the been persuaded to make such an an­ ing, and from the home and farm? Sharon Steel Hoop Co., w as chosen af­ nual canvass beginning this year. The Rough estimates of proportions of ter Sharon purchased a substantial bottle neck in the flow of ferrous consumption produced by certain in­ stock interest in Pittsburgh Steel. scrap is undoubtedly at the door of dustries have been made in the past. When stockholders of Sharon Steel Hoop meet Feb. 27 to change the name the consumer. For this reason we Until recently, apparently the rail­ to the Sharon Steel Co. there may be are starting out by canvassing only roads were far out in front as pro­ further developments leading to the in­ the steel mills, blast furnaces, bar ducers of scrap iron and steel, in tegration of these two companies and rolling mills, and foundries. which case undoubtedly the great also some other corporations in which The initial inquiry will be as sim­ preponderance could be classified as the H illm a n interest is strong, of ple as possible, requesting only the old material. In the last few years, which the A. M. Byers Co. and Spang, total consumption of scrap iron and however, it appears that the automo­ Chalfant & Co. are two.

28 /TEEL February 3, 1936 of 85,000 tons of foundry pig iron. With the dismantling of this unit, January Iron Output Is Down the total number of potential fur­ naces in the country is reduced from 268 to 267. 4 Per Cent; 1 Furnace Out Activities of Steel C OKE pig iron production in ths United States in January, with AVERAGE DAIRY PRODUCTION Users and Makers a total of 2,028,791 gross tons Gross Tons and an average daily rate of 65,445 1936 1935 1934 1933 E astern m alleable iron co., tons, was a loss of 4.1 per cent from Jan 65,445 47,692 39,537 18,348 Naugatuck, Conn., has taken over the December output. At the same Feb...... 57,675 45,385 19,752 properties, including plant, equip­ time, active blast furnaces dropped M a r...... 57,120 52,438 17,484 ment, and personnel of the Eberhard from 120 on Dec. 31 to 119 on Jan. Apr...... 55,719 57,873 20,786 M ay ...... 55,986 66,370 28.784 Mfg. Co., Cleveland. This plant will 31. In spite of this recession, pro­ June ...... 51,949 64,563 42,165 be operated as the Eberhard division duction and operating furnaces made July ...... 49,043 39,630 58,103 of the Eastern Malleable Iron Co., the best showing for a new year’s A u g...... 56,767 34.199 59,137 with no change in personnel. The Sept...... 59.009 29,969 50,264 first month since 1930. Oct. ...: 63,818 30.689 43,824 Eastern Malleable company, in addi­ According to reports from furnace N ov...... 68.876 31,930 36,124 tion to its Naugatuck division, also operators, involving estimates for the Doc...... 68,242 33,161 38,456 operates plants at New Britain, Conn., last one or two days of the month, Ave...... 57,694 43,774 36,223 and Wilmington, Del. the total output was a loss of 86,705 ♦ ♦ ♦ tons from the 2,115,496 tons made Hagan Corp., Pittsburgh, has ap- in December. It is necessary to go lie Steel Corp. In Pennsylvania: back to January, 1930, with 2,838,- Shenango No. 1, Shenango F'urnace Co. ; Edgar Thomson H, Carnegie- MONTHDY IRON PRODUCTION Illinois Steel Corp. In Alabama: RATE OF OPERATION Woodward No. 3, Woodward Iron Co. (Relation of Production to Capacity) Gross Tons In Indiana: Gary No. 8, Carnegie- 193C 1935 1934 Illinois Steel Corp. 1936* 1935* 1934’ 1933* Jan...... 2,028,791 1 478.443 1,225.643 Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. has J a n ...... 46.9 34.2 28.3 13.3 Feb...... 41.4 32.5 14.3 Feb...... 1,614,905 1.270 792 again entered the production of fer­ M ar...... 1,770.990 1,625,588 M ar...... 41.0 37.5 12.7 romanganese, having blown in a Apr. Apr...... 1,671,556 1,736.217 40,0 41.4 15.1 May ...... 1,735,577 2,057,471 fourth blast furnace at Aliquippa, M ay 40.2 47.5 20.9 June ...... 1.558.463 1,936.897 Pa., formerly on bank, the output of Juno ...... 37.2 46.3 30.6 July ...... 1,520 340 1.228,544 July ...... 35.2 28.4 42.4 which is now ferromanganese. The Aug. A ug...... 1,759,782 1,060,187 ...... 40.7 24.5 42.8 Sept...... 1.770.259 899,075 furnace resumed Jan. 27. A bout a Sept...... 42.5 21.5 36.4 year ago, Jones & Laughlin worked Oct 45.8 22.1 31.8 Oct...... 1 978.379 951.353 N ov 49.5 22.8 26.2 Nov...... 2,066,293 957,906 up a quantity of manganese ore on Dec...... 2,115,496 1.02S.006 D ec...... 49.0 23.7 27.9 hand. The company is using its own ‘Based on capacity of 50,845,741 gross Total 21,040,483 15,977,679 output. tons, Dec. 31, 1934; ‘capacity of 50,975,- The Adrian blast furnace of the 661 tons, Dec. 31, 1933; ’capacity of 50,- 313,975 tons, Dec. 31, 1932. Capacities Adrian Furnace Co., DuBois, Pa., has by American Iron and Steel Institute. 751 tons, to find a better January fig­ been sold to H. E. Salzberg Co. Inc., ure. Production in January, 1935, New York, for dismantling and de­ was 1,478,443 tons. molition is now under way. This fur­ Average daily production has now nace, built in 1902-3, and last oper­ pointed the Hendrie & Boltlioff Mfg. shrunk for two consecutive months. ated in 1930, had an annual capacity & Supply Co., Denver, as its represen­ The drop from December’s rate of tative for the handling of combus­ 68,242 tons was 2797 tons per day. tion control equipment, and as the January’s daily rate stands as the JANUARY IRON PRODUCTION representative of Hall Laboratories best January since 1930 with 91,573 Inc. and the Burom in Co., subsid­ No. in blast Total tonnage iaries of the Hagan Corp., in the field tons; the rate of January, a year ago, last day of Mer- Non- was 4 7,692 tons. Jan. Dec. chant merchant of boiler water conditioning. Other The total of 119 stacks on the Ohio 28 29 67,109 425,514 district offices are located in Bir­ last day of January was the highest Penna...... 36 35 68,704* 488.531* mingham, Ala., Boston, Buffalo, To­ for any January since 1930 with a Alabama ... 12 12 88.413* 65,946* ronto, Ont., Chicago, Cincinnati, Illinois 10 10 50,947 153,438 total of 173. One year ago, the total New York. 8 8 52,986 85,474 Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Tex., was 89. Kansas City, Mo., New York, Phil­ During the month, 4 steelworks or Colorado .... 1 1] adelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, St. Indiana 9 101 12,920* 295,980 nonmerchant stacks resumed opera­ Maryland.... 4 41 Paul, San Francisco, Seattle, and tions, while 3 were blown out or Virginia .... 1 lj Charlotte, N. C. banked. Two merchant stacks blew ♦ ♦ ♦ out and none resumed. Kentucky.... 1 1 Canton Foundry & Machine Co. M ass 0 0 Blast furnaces resuming in Janu­ Tenn 0 0 has moved its general offices from ary were: In Pennsylvania; Cam­ Utah ...... 1 1 172,829 Canton, O., to its factory at 6400 West Va 3 3 Breakwater avenue, Cleveland. This bria E, Bethlehem Steel Co.; Monon- Michigan.... 4 4 gahela No. 4, National Tube Co.; one Minnesota... 1 1 was effective Feb. 1. Aliquippa, Jones & Laughlin Steel Missouri .... 0 0 ♦ ♦ ♦ William M. Bailey Co., Pittsburgh, Corp. in Alabama: Ensley No. 1, Total ..... 119 120 341,079* 1,687,712* Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. recently booked an order for open- Stacks blowing out or banking *Includes ferro and spiegeleisen. hearth checkers for the Steubenville. were; In Ohio: River No. 3, Repub- O., w orks of the W h e e lin g Steel Corp.

February 3, 193G /TEEL 29 DETROIT though the probable extent is rather is reported, actual concessions from R ECENT weather may have been uncertain at the moment. previously existing levels having been manna to coal, oil, and gas sell­ Dealers last week jotted down in confined to flat-rolled material. ers, but it was just another their lists of sales prospects the Speaking of the weather, members headache to automotive sales depart­ names of several million war veter­ of the American Society of Heating ments. Buyer interest in new cars ans. While the bonus bonds cannot and Ventilating Engineers in conven­ naturally bogged down in most sec­ be cashed before June 15, their in ­ tion at Chicago last week discussed tions of the country under the weight fluence on automobile buying likely what to do about it so far as its of snow and sub-zero temperatures will be felt before then since mod­ influence on the occupants of motor and cast a further shadow over the erate payments can be arranged for a vehicles is concerned. They opined immediate manufacturing outlook. short time prior to the receipt of the that cooling equipment will be adopt­ At the worst, though, the cloud is funds. ed for buses first— some now being only temporary despite the discourag­ Never before has the industry made equipped. Passenger cars will be so ing comment of the weather bureau it so apparently painless for the pub­ equipped later. that a severe January invariably is lic to purchase automobiles. Ford For bus use they pictured a gas followed by a February of similar in­ has advertised widely its $25 monthly compressor, not much larger than the tensity. payment, and other manufacturers unit of a household refrigerator, lo­ Reflecting that "if winter comes, have followed suit. One financing cated under the hood and driven by etc.,” manufacturers still feel that company now is offering to make this the bus motor. The refrigerant would their early introduction of new mod­ rate available for the buying of any be piped to a compartment above the els has been successful. Retail sales car. Interest rates on unpaid bal­ driver. From there fans would circu­ to date have shown encouraging gains ances also are substantially lower late the chilled air through ducts over the volume a year ago regard­ than those in effect years ago, when near the top and along the sides of less of the efforts of the weather man, installment buying first was in its the vehicle. and the industry will be primed to heyday. Automotive engineers regard air meet promptly the anticipated spring cooling or conditioning of cars as an Releases Veering' Upward upturn in registrations. inevitable development, though it is With dealers now adequately sup­ Steel sellers derived some cheer regarded as likely to fall under the plied, manufacturers continue to trim last week from the fact that the pre­ classification of accessories rather their production to coincide with re­ vious downward tendency in automo­ than standard equipment. Sales de­ tail conditions. Chevrolet recently tive releases had appeared to level partments still like to attach low cut one day from its weekly schedule, off. Febru ary schedules are not su f­ f.o.b. price tags to cars, regardless of and Ford dropped from 6000 to ficiently complete to give an exact how much must be added before the around 5000 jobs daily but holds to picture of what may be expected of full delivered figure is reached. five days a week. Hudson is down steel shipments this month, but the Still a Luxury Item to three days. trade looks for the start of an upward movement late in the period. When the old-fashioned system of This Month Bow Point Significant in its indication of prob­ classing necessary equipment as Chrysler, while slowing down the able activity in March assemblies is bumpers and spare tire as extras still assembly lines, is understood to be an increase in February castings re­ is adhered to, luxury items, such as planning relatively heavy production quirements for some interests, includ­ radios, heaters or cooling systems, of parts and is seeking extra space ing Ford. Since castings orders ap­ appear far removed from the status for storage between now and spring pear as much as 30 days ahead of of standard appliances. in anticipation of heavier needs at the final assemblies, an increase in foun­ Further attention likely will be latter time. dry output this month would be nec- given to the improvement of motor The industry thinks that February cessary to support a pickup in March car ventilation, but it is doubted that will develop the low in production production of finished cars. air-conditioning is ready to be adopt­ for the first half. January output was Detroit sales offices of steel com­ ed on the 1937 models which now about 360,000 units. A further drop panies have had much less grief this are in the course of design. to 300,000 would not be surprising year than last in serving auto plants General Motors will derive addi­ this month. This would compare during the initial rush of production tional experience in the develop­ with 335,667 a year ago, but at that of new models. The earlier intro­ ment of air-conditioning equipment time dealers’ stocks still were being duction has provided a longer period through its new Delco-Frigidaire accumulated and the influence of the to meet the spring sales peak, and Conditioning Corp. which has been newness of 1935 models on retail mills were better prepared to accom­ formed to supplement the Frigidairc sales had not been dissipated as much modate the year-end bulge in demand and Delco manufacturing divisions. as it has today. than they were a year ago. No unus­ Very little work for next year’s March is tabbed for recovery, ual pressure on finished steel prices cars has reached die shops so far.

30 /TEEL February 3, 1936 Auburn has placed some business, ap­ with the sharp upturn in earnings of ing exposition intended to demon­ parently intending to follow its plan the three leaders. The outstanding strate the advancements of science of last year in presenting new mod­ exception has been Packard, whose and industrial research. Like the els somewhat prior to the more gen­ heavy investment in the 120 has old-time medicine show, it will stop eral introduction of October and No­ has proved a highly successful move. principally in the smaller towns. vember. Nash and Packard alone of the inde­ Keener competition in the com­ Designs of most other interests are pendents are in a solid financial posi­ mercial car market is indicated for well along, and about Feb. 15 is ex­ tion comparable with that of the this year. As previously reported, pected to see the start of better ac­ dominant interests. Mack and General Motors Truck have tivity in tool and die work. General Whether the smaller producers can entered the J/2-ton field. Reo will Motors hopes to occupy its new Grand soon regain their once larger share build the small trucks for the for­ Rapids diemaking and stamping of the automotive market is thought mer, which in the past has concen­ plant early in May. doubtful because of the heavy in­ trated on heavy-duty equipment. Die orders have failed to appear vestment necessary for modern Hudson is offering six commercial from Packard for the smaller six it plant equipment to bring down costs models on the Terraplane chassis. had under consideration. In fact, the sufficiently to compete successfully More streamlining and improvements word now is that Packard has dis­ in the low-price field. to cab interiors feature the 19 36 carded the idea of building such a car General Motors is adding a new trucks. and will concentrate on the 120 and touch to its sales promotional ac­ Drop Union Merger Plans higher-price lines. This interest is tivities. The past several years shows moving counter to the general op­ have been held in key cities, with Plans to merge three independent erating trend, holding to steady various forms of entertainment to automobile unions into a single in­ schedules five days a week and is ex­ help attract the public to the dis­ dustrial union to compete with the pected to boost its production from play of cars. Last week a two-mile American Federation of Labor have the January total of around 5400 motor caravan left Detroit for a 20,- been dropped. As a result, the Me­ units to 6000 in February. 000-mile trek which will last a year. chanics Educational Society of Amer­ General Motors’ earnings last year, Its 28 vehicles house the General ica has invited members of other in­ the best since 1929, increased faster Motors Parade of Progress, a travel- dependent unions to join its ranks. than did its sales of automobiles. The Mechanics group would like to Profits rose 76.5 per cent, car sales form a union which would be com­ 38 per cent. While not all of the prehensive in its coverage of fabri­ leading interest’s income is derived cated metals industries, with automo­ from automotive manufacturing, net Automobile Production bile labor as one of its five main divisions. income in 1935 represented $97 per Passenger Cars and Trucks— U. S. Only unit sold. In 1934 the profit figured By Department of Commerce The story current a short time ago $76 per car and truck. Similarly, that Japan soon would invade this 1933 1934 1935 Chrysler’s earnings last year are esti­ country with its new $100 automobile Jan 128,825 155,666 292,785 appears to have been exaggerated. mated around $40 per unit output, Feb 105,447 230,256 335,667 against $16.50 in 1934. M a r 115,272 338,434 429,793 Similar to the small Austin in size A p r 176.432 352,975 477,691 and cost of operation, the Datsun car. Three Dominate Market M ay ...... 214,411 330,455 364,662 built in Yokohama, sells for about These two companies plus Ford ac­ J u n e 249,727 306,477 361,248 $500. according to the company’s counted for 3,665,841, or 87.8 per July ...... 229,357 264,933 336,985 production manager, who happens to cent, of the 4,182,600 cars and trucks A u g ...... 232,855 234,811 239,994 be an American. At this figure the Sept 191,800 170,007 89,804 built in this country and Canada in car can offer little competition in the Oct...... 134,683 131,991 275,024 United States. 1935. The year before they made N ov 60,683 83,482 398,039 84.1 per cent. This larger slice of Dec 80,565 153,624 407,804 Hupp remains closed pending ne­ the entire m arket w as accounted for gotiations for a loan which has been entirely by Ford. The latter boost­ Year ...... 1,920,057 2,753,111 4,009,496 made necessary by the depletion of ed its share of all units sold by the working capital and materials. . . . Estimated by Cram’s Reports industry from 25 per cent in 1934 Motor Wheel Corp., Lansing, Mich., to 30.5 per cent last year, w hile Gen­ Week ended: during 19 35 produced the largest eral Motors slipped from 39 per cent Jan. 4 ...... 65,840 number of automobile wheels in its to 37.2 and C rysler showed practical­ Jan. 11 ...... 98,630 history. . . . Pontiac boasts that 84 Jan. 1 8 ...... 95,170 ly no change at around 20 per cent per cent of all the cars it has built Jan. 25 ...... 87,415 for both years. still are in operation. Pontiac’s re­ Feb. 1 ...... 85,790 Independent companies as a whole tail sales last year increased 101.8 fared rather poorly in comparison per cent over 1934.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 31 ports were a gain of 129 per cent. ferromanganese and spiegeleisen, Scrap exports, at 2,107,814 tons, structural shapes, hoops and bands, 1935 Steel Exports accounted for 69 per cent of last barbed wire, nails, tacks, staples and year's shipments. Sales of non-scrap “other pipe." items amounted to 959,522 tons, ac­ Canada maintained first rank in Postwar Record cording to the metals and minerals the supply of iron and steel products division of the department of com­ to the United States, contributing ECEM BER export and import sta­ D merce, Washington, of which R. L. 111,066 tons, against 78,662 tons in tistics for iron and steel, pre­ Harding is chief. 19 34. The m ajor products shipped sented herewith, place the year's to­ Last year’s imports, aggregating in were scrap, spiegeleisen and p*.g tal of exports at 3,067,336 gross tons 469,954 tons, were 48.4 per cent iron. higher than in 1934. This higher FOREIGN TRADE OF UNITED import trade resulted from substan­ tially increased purchases abroad of STATES IN IRON AND STEED Gross Tons Voight, Gibbons ------1935------1934------Imports Exports Imports Exports UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF IRON Jan. 22.784 262.740 22,653 178,023 AND STEEL PRODUCTS To Carnegie-Illinois Feb. 28,905 228,537 25,407 151,184 Gross Tons Mar. 21,409 323,035 38,393 261,269 J a n . April 28.806 205,336 26.862 201,539 th ro u g h P AUL F. VOIGHT JR., formerly May 47,719 2S6.598 29,465 241,753 Dec., Nov., Dec. vice president of Allegheny Steel 33,208 289,687 24.84S 219,406 June A rticles 1935 1935 1935 Co., Brackenridge, Pa., has been July 31.894 296,802 17,676 233,186 Pig iron 1,066 352 4,107 named manager of the newly-created Aug. 31,312 247,312 32,418 242.947 Ferromanganese an d Sept. 53.15S 244,419 23,847 301,338 spiegeleisen 42 131 stainless steel division of Carnegie- Oct. 59,569 23S.358 20,202 220.209 Iron and steel scrap.. 142.135 104,961 2,047,290 Illinois Steel Corp. Mr. Voight has 56.637 205.242 35,272 299.263 Tin plate scrap 2,673 3,165 3S.597 Nov. been intimately connected with the Dec. 53,678 239,26S 19,708 2S2.655 Waste-waste tin plate 3,572 2,420 21,927 Ingots, blooms, etc... 732 2,246 39,782 commercial development of stainless 469,95 1 3,067,336 316.761 2.S32.764 B ars, iron 150 129 1,200 Total Bars, steel 3,478 3,798 52.289 steel the past 12 years. In his new Bars, alloy steel 174 425 2,816 capacity he will maintain offices in Wire rods 2,943 1,796 26,090 the Carnegie building, Pittsburgh. — a new postwar record, eclipsing Boiler plate 108 SI 1,369 Other plate, not fab... 5,557 4,141 42,909 He will also supervise the produc­ 1929 by 29,479 tons, and 1934 by 12 Skelp, iron or steel.... 3..290 15,642 64,421 tion and sale of stainless steel made per cent. Over 1933, last year’s ex- Iron sheets, galv 154 162 1,948 Steel sheets, galv 7,791 5,855 73,063 by other subsidiary companies of Steel sheets, black 7,671 9,592 100.483 United States Steel Corp. Iro n sheets, black 94 412 5,186 UN1TED STATES IMPORTS OF IRON Strip steel, cold-rolled 1,880 2,009 20,146 Frank L. Gibbons, formerly vice Strip steel, hot-rolled 1,521 2,261 24,509 president of the Timken Steel & Tube AND STEEL PRODUCTS Tin plate, taggers’ tin 18,923 13,330 132.212 Terneplate ...... 102 149 2,234 Co., Canton, O., has been appointed Gross Tons Tanks, exce’t lined,etc. 2,025 1,584 8,704 manager of sales of the newly cre­ J a n .th r u Shapes, not fab 4,079 4,0S9 36,656 Dec., Nov., Dec., Struct’l shapes, fab 684 544 14,985 ated alloy division of Carnegie-Illi- A rticles 1935 1935 1935 Plates, fab ricated 36 351 1,611 nois Steel Corp. with headquarters Metal lath ...... 99 50 851 P ig iron ...... 16,289 15,550 130,937 at 208 South LaSalle street, Chicago. Sponge iron ...... 176 195 1,460 Frames, sashes, and Ferromanganese anti sheet piling 335 487 4,827 Mr. Gibbons has long been associated spiegeleisen (1) ...... 4,186 8,153 54,007 Rails, 50 lbs, and over 7,110 4,161 47,915 with the alloy steel industry and has Forrociirome (2) ...... 21 10 32 Rail, under 50 lbs 10 835 3,756 Ferrosilicon (3) ...... 98 78 781 Rail fastenings 883 456 5,819 specialized in the development and Other ferroalloys (4).... 1 Switches, frogs, crsgs. 233 66 1,437 sale of alloy steel for over 2 0 years. R ailroad spike3 162 291 2,478 S crap ...... 10*970 15,392 64,733 He was previously associated with Steel ingots, blooms, etc. 40 83 2.0S5 R ailroad bolts, nuts.... 76 52 559 Concrete bars ...... 362 166 3,108 Boiler tubes, seamless.. 492 492 8,002 Central Alloy Steel Co. as Cleveland Boiler tubes, welded.... 38 13 640 Hollow bar. drill steel.. 83 88 1,172 district manager, and later associated Merchant steel bars ...... 8,439 Casing and oil line Bars, whether solid or pipe, seamless 1,310 616 18,912 with Republic Steel Corp. in Cleve­ hollow (6) ...... 2.5S6 2.147 16,311 Do, welded 358 57 4,808 Seamless black pipe, land, prior to his affiliation with Iron b ars ...... 480 56 1,854 o th er th a n casin g 1S9 141 2,725 Timken Steel & Tube Co. in 1932. 16,781 Mal.-iron screwed pipe W ire rods ...... 1,287 2.612 Thomas J. McLoughlin, fuel engi­ Boiler and other plate 140 54 681 fittings 283 227 3,474 Sheets, skelp. saw plate 1,052 541 11,054 C ast-iron do 164 104 1,877 neer at the Duquesne works of Car- Cast-iron pressure pipe T in p la te ...... 6 8 188 negie-Illinois Steel Corp. since 1924. ♦Structural shapes ...... 4,414 3.828 40,397 and fittings fo r 167 1,024 11 128 Sheet piling ...... 978 1,203 Cast-iron soil pipe, do 180 783 4,507 has been appointed assistant to W. S. Rails and fastenings.... 703 762 5,658 Weld’d black steel pipe 1,209 1,088 16,306 Oberg, manager of operations for the Cast iron pipe, fittings 46 76 Welded black wrought Malleable iron pipe, fit­ iro n p i p e ...... 55 110 2,004 company in the Pittsburgh district. tings, advanced...... > 46 Welded galv. steel pipe 1,349 979 16,639 Mr. McLoughlin is a graduate from Welded pipe ...... 511 396 1,764 Welded galv. wrought Other pipe ...... 1.712 431 15,822 iron p i p e 319 111 1,345 the Stevens Institute of Technology C otton ties (5) ...... 8,136 Riveted iron or steel with a degree in mechanical engi­ Other hoops, bands...... 2.140 1,597 22,446 pipe and fittings ...... 35 76 478 Barbed wire ...... 2,192 1.486 24.912 Plain iron or steel wire 1,754 1 370 17,040 neering and has been with the Du­ Round iron, steel wire 337 253 3,924 Galvanized wire 1,423 2,013 22,023 quesne works continuously since Barbed wire 3,205 2,768 31,963 Telegraph and telephone 1913. He is a member of the Ameri­ w ire ...... 15 38 Woven wire fencing.... 206 225 2,180 Flat wire, strip steel.... 192 204 1,888 W oven w ire screen cloth 103 60 1.041 can Iron and Steel institute and a Wire rope and strand.... 278 281 2,141 W ire rope 259 4S0 4.039 director of the Engineers’ Society of O ther w ire ...... 145 120 1,360 Other wire mfrs 1,117 508 5,937 Nails, tacks, staples...... 2,114 1,883 21.319 Ordinary bolts, mach. Western Pennsylvania. Belts, nuts, rivets...... 22 35 296 screw s, rivets, w ashers 481 503 6,370 Horse and mule sh-'es.... 38 43 590 Wire nails 1,055 1,100 11,136 Douglas P. Steward, assistant gen­ Castings and forgings.. 126 124 1,314 H orseshoe nails 97 68 682 eral superinfendent of the Lorain T acks ...... 16 44 406 Total, gross tons...... 53.678 56,637 469,954 O th er nails, staples.... 183 180 2 619 Steel Co. division of Carnegie-Illi- Iro n castings 675 966 9,161 nois Steel Corp., has been appointed (1) Manganese content. (2) Chrome con­ Steel castin g s 132 251 2.682 tent. (3) Silicon content. (4) Alloy content. Car wheels and axles.. 2.143 2,156 18,413 chief engineer for the Lorain district (5) New class. No comparable figures for Horseshoes ...... 37 9 199 of the company. Mr. Steward is a 1934 or previous years. (6) New classifica­ Iron and steel forg­ graduate of Tufts college and was tion as result of the reciprocal trade agreement ings, n.e.s...... 489 783 6,293 with Belgium. No comparable figures for pre­ first employed by Lorain Steel Co. vious year. 239,269 205,242 3,067.336 in 1923 as a draftsman, his services having been continuous since.

/TEEL February 3, 1936 W i n d o w s HINGTON

WASHINGTON right after having passed a bill call­ it is stated on the best authority, B USINESS was adjourned last ing for new and additional taxes, no is a statement relative to Maj. George week at the nation’s capital for matter what the purpose of the taxes L. Berry and his so-called council all but one thing— answering m ay be. for industrial recovery. the A1 Sm ith speech. It is probable tbat some kind of Mr. Roper points out, it has been At every press conference, at every a scheme will be worked out where­ indicated, that this council and his session of the senate and house the by no new taxes will be levied until own business advisory council, set speech bobbed up, and every new after election, but they are certain up several years ago, are moving dealer in Washington seemed to take to come at the next session of con­ along parallel lines and virtually it upon himself to make a complete gress if there is any possible way duplicating the work of one another. answer to the former governor of to stall them off until that time. While Mr. Roper does not recom­ New York— from Senator Robinson, In other words, now that members mend that the Berry organization of Arkansas, majority leader of the of congress have taken the bit in be disbanded, he does urge that if upper house, official “answerer," their teeth and passed the bonus, the Berry organization is allowed to right on down the line to the gov­ they are going to have to dig for continue it be put under the juris­ ernmental office boy. the money with which to pay for it. diction of Miss Perkins' department The only new dealer who refused of labor, where it properly belongs. to make any remarks was the Presi­ What One Veteran W ill Do In connection with the Berry or­ dent himself. At one of his press An interesting sidelight on the ganization, the major has called a conferences a newsman said: “Mr. bonus situation is the attitude of meeting of all of his committees President, A1 Smith made a speech one Frederick Skelton, of this city, for this city on Feb. 10, at w hich the other day.” There was much a world war veteran, who thinks so time they are supposed to report laughter-— even from the Chief Ex­ highly of the 19 senators and 61 on the various subjects they were ecutive— but not a word did he say. representatives who voted to sustain assigned. Officials in charge of this There was a slight pause, and the President's veto of the bonus work contend that the members of finally one of the correspondents rep­ bill that he is dividing his bonus the committees have been working resenting a democratic paper said: equally between them “as a re-elec­ “frantically” on their subjects and “It was a harangue— not a speech.” tion campaign contribution.” exchanging information between So ended all reference to Governor Apropos the threat of new fed­ themselves. Smith’s speech at the White House. eral taxes, the chamber of commerce of the United States by referendum Berry To Give Up Ghost? Tax Question Unsettled has reaffirmed its position in favor However, inquiries to several Don't misunderstand, though. of reduction of government expeni- members of the committees show Other things did happen here last turcs and tax revision. The organ­ that at least those approached have week. The senate passed the bonus izations which are members of the not heard a word about their sub­ over the presidential veto; there was chamber voted in favor of a more jects since the last meeting of the renewed talk in the capitol corridors equitable tax system and to curtail council. This fits in with the way about taxes— how to pay for the drastically the current high level of the Berry outfit has worked from the bonus and how to prevent raising expenditures. beginning of this fiasco. taxes at this session; the opening The voting indicated that business of the convention of the United Mine men believe that the current exces­ As indicated in this column last Workers of America; and numerous sive rate of government spending is week, there have been insistent other occurences. discouraging business recovery and stories for some time now that the The President refused also to dis­ retarding employment. .Ninety-nine major is about to give up the ghost cuss the tax situation. “We are still per cent of the votes cast urged such and let his dream vanish. However, studying the tax situation,” was all a reduction in federal expenditures there are still no tangible signs of the answer he w ould give to queries as would in the near future bring it as this is written. on this subject. about a balanced budget without in­ Representative Tinkham, of Mas­ In the meantime, members of con­ creased taxes. sachusetts, veteran member of the gress are gathering in groups and During the past week, also, Sec­ house, has stated that the neutrality talking the situation over in a most retary of Commerce Roper submit­ bill reported by the house commit­ serious manner. It is serious because ted a preliminary report to the Presi­ tee on foreign affairs is not a neu­ the congressmen kn ow that they dent on the NRA situation. Among trality bill; he declares that it makes can't go home and ask for re-election other things included in the report, the United States merely a puppet

February 3, 193G STEEL 33 state of Great Britain and a sub­ that the council "seems to have ican Society of Civil Engineers. He sidiary of the league of nations. buried its heads in the golden sands was a member of the Western Society "Section 4 of the bill,” said Mr. of Florida unmindful of the senti­ of Engineers, and numerous clubs. Tinkham, "gives the President dis­ ment in favor of organizing mass ♦ ♦ ♦ cretionary power at any time dur­ production unions by industry in­ Edward H. Headford, president, ing the progress of a war to impose stead of craft.” Headford Bros. & Hitchins Foundry embargoes on all articles and ma- Co., Waterloo, Iowa, in Waterloo, erials— including steel— which he NYE GETS ENOUGH FUNDS TO Jan. 21. determines can be used in the con­ QUIZ! STEEL REPRESENTATIVE ♦ ♦ ♦ duct of war." Notwithstanding the bitterness Charles W. Gray, 80, formerly south­ Mr. Tinkham said further: precipitated by his attack on the in­ ern sales manager for the United States "The President should not be tegrity of President Wilson, Senator Pipe & Foundry Co., in Birm ingham , given discretionary power to impose Nye succeeded last week in wangling Ala., Jan. 27. He retired from active embargoes on articles and materials a small appropriation from the sen­ business ten years ago. used in the conduct of war at any ate to carry on his munitions investi­ ♦ ♦ ♦ time during the progress of a war. gation long enough to put at least George D. MacKinnon, 62, former The bill should compel him to im­ one representative of the steel indus­ pose such embargoes automatically general manager of the MacKinnon try in a hot spot. upon his declaring that a state of Steel Co., in Sherbrooke, Que., Jar.. war exists, as he is compelled to do Senator Nye’s candidates for this 24. H e had retired several years in relation to arms, ammunition and position, and out of whom he expects ago. implements of war. to w rin g testimony to support a strict ♦ ♦ ♦ neutrality position, include Eugene "In modern warfare, articles and Don Allen Curtis, 59, in James­ materials used in the conduct of war G. Grace, president, Bethlehem Steel town, N. Y., Jan. 25. H e form erly are as essential to warring nations Corp.; H. L. Frevert, president, Mid­ held major executive positions with as are arms, ammunition and im­ vale Co.; B. F. Fairless, president, the Lucas Machine Co., Curtis Ma­ plements of war. Therefore, this dis­ Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., and D. crimination between arms, ammuni­ chine Co., Jamestown, and the Em­ Carson Adkerson, president, Ameri­ tion and implements of war, and pire State Oil Co., Casper, Wyo. can Manganese Producers’ associa­ articles and materials used in the ♦ ♦ ♦ conduct of war, in the matter of tion. No one yet has been selected embargoes, is indefensible and il­ and no date has been set for the Ernest E. Snyder, 44, steel buyer logical. It is also hostile to the hearing. for the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, in peaceful aspirations of the American that city Jan. 26. Mr. Snyder had people.” TO NAIL CONCRETE HOUSES! been associated with the Ford com­ Mine Workers Convention The steel industry will undoubtedly pany for the past 24 years and for be interested to know with what effi­ many years had been engaged in the John Lewis’ mine workers organ­ ciency certain branches of the govern­ buying of steel. ization, which last week began hold­ ment are run. ♦ ♦ ♦ ing its meetings in the constitution There is a new project to be under­ hall of the D.A.R, will remain for D. T. Sipe, 60, president, B righ to n taken under the direction of Poo Bah Electric Steel Casting Co., Latrobe, another week. The coffers of the Tugwell located at Berwyn, Md., a Pa., in Latrobe, Jan. 23. He was one organization are full. It was re­ short distance from Washington, of the organizers of the Vanadium- ported that it has on hand at this where some thirty houses are to be Alloys Steel Co., Latrobe, and tho time $2,300,000, and does the A. F. erected. It is unofficially known as Braeburn Alloy Steel Corp., Brae-, of L. expect to disband that? There Tugwelltown. burn, Pa. He was a director of the is a very definite feeling here among The procurement division of the Vanadium-Alloys Company, and in those who have been watching Mr. treasury department recently opened addition was an operator of coal Lewis and his tactics that he will bids for 2500 tons of reinforcing steel mines. fight President Green of the A. F. of for these thirty houses. Bids are now ♦ ♦ ♦ L. to a finish and finally finish Mr. out for 3800 kegs of nails for these Green on the issue of vertical or­ same houses. Stanley Hert Fields, 52, vice presi­ ganization of mass production in­ Now that the bids are in on the rein­ dent, Koppers Products Co., Pitts­ dustries, including steel. forcing steel, it has occurred to some burgh, a subsidiary of the Koppers During the course of the debate bright government official that some Co., at P ittsb urgh Jan. 24. In 1905 at the convention, Mr. Lewis stated m istake has been made. he was first identified with the that it would be called upon to ex­ American Creosoting Co., and later press itself on "major political prob­ helped organize the American Tar lems of moment” and then in an­ Products Co., Chicago, of which ho other breath he harangued the ex­ became vice president. In 1925 tho ecutive council of the A. F. of L. for T P i e d : latter firm became the Koppers Prod­ its fight on the industrial union ucts Co. dward john Schneider, 60, movement favored by the mine work­ E ♦ ♦ ♦ contracting manager, bridge and ers and said that the convention William R. Jeavons, 74, inventor structural department, Columbia would express itself on that point of a wickless oil burner and holder Steel Co., San Francisco, a subsidiary too— before adjournment. of several oil stove patents, in Cleve­ of the United States Steel Corp., in Officers of the convention called Berkeley, Calif., Jan. 25. land, Jan. 24. In 1869 M r. Jeavons on the miners present to sustain the He was born in Pontiac, 111., where went to Cleveland from England and President and to back legislation he received his early education and was associated with his father and looking toward a curb on the powers later graduated from the University of brother in the japanning and enamel­ of the Supreme Court. Illinois, college of sanitary engineer­ ing business. He was connected with Dealing with the subject of indus­ ing in 1900. He spent his entire busi­ the Florence Stove Co. and the Per­ trial versus craft unionism, Mr. ness life in the design, contracting, fection Stove Co., being head of tho Lewis described the federation as and erection of fabricated steel struc­ experim ental departm ent of the latte'r convulsed within itself. Referring tures, and practically his entire career company at the time of his retire­ to the recent order of the executive with one of the subsidiaries of the Cor­ ment in 1912. He was a director of council of the federation from Miami poration. the Pennsylvania Rubber & Supply instructing Mr. Lewis and his aides He was a past president of the En­ Co., the Dodd Supply Co., and vice to break up their committee formed gineers’ Club of San Francisco, and president and treasurer of the J. H. to push industrial unionism, he said the San Francisco section of the Amer­ R. Products Co.

34 / TEEL February 3, 1936 Corp., Pittsburgh, was elected pres­ ident of the Engineers’ Society of J n e n o j } D n d u l t t u Western Pennsylvania, Jan. 28, and ivas officially installed at the annual reception held in the William Penn hotel, Pittsburgh, the same day. ♦ ♦ ♦ R obert e. kinkead, weii- ciation exchange paper to the inter­ known consulting engineer on national foundry congress in Düssel­ P. D. Pifer has been re-elected welding, has been retained by dorf, Germany, Sept. 15-20, 1936. president of the Fostoria Pressed Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Pitts­ The paper will be entitled, "Studies Steel Corp., Fostoria, O. Other officers who were re-elected include burgh, to make a survey of its weld­ of Casting Stresses in Chilled Iron.” ing operations. Mr. Kinkead, a Born in Leipzig, Germany, in E. L. Bates as vice president, and graduate of Ohio State university in 1900, Mr. Erler received both his R. J. Carter as secretary-treasurer. 1913, is a mechanical engineer, and preliminary and advanced education ♦ ♦ ♦ has specialized in welding through­ in that country. He began his in­ Darwin S. Luntz, president of the out his entire career. Since 1927 he dustrial career in this country in Luntz Iron & Steel Co., Canton, O., has been engaged in professional 1926, when he became associated has been elected president of the In­ consulting work for a number of en- with the Carus Chemical Co., La stitute of Scrap Iron and Steel Inc., Salle, 111., as chemist. In 1928 he took a position as metallographist at the Wilson Foundry & M achine Co., Pontiac, Mich.; in 1930, he became associated with the Eastern Clay Products Co., Buffalo, as sales engi­ neer, and in 19 32, he became met­ allurgist, for the Farrel-Birmingham Co. Mr Erler is a member of the A.F.A., the American Society for Testing Materials and the Verein Deutseher Giessereifachleute, Ger­ many. ♦ ♦ ♦ W. W. French, for 4U years con­ nected with the Moore-Handley Hardware Co., Birmingham, Ala., a leading mill supply firm, has been elected president of the company, succeeding the late J. D. Moore. ♦ ♦ ♦ John H. Fogwell has been ap­ pointed manager of the Pittsburgh district warehouse of Scully Steel Products Co. He succeeds James H. Goff, who died recently. Darw in S. I,mil/. Rolxert E. Kinkead ♦ ♦ ♦ I. Lamont Hughes, executive vice succeeding Joel Claster, of Luria president of Carnegie-Illinois Steel gineering and manufacturing con­ Bros. Mr. Luntz has been engaged cerns. in the scrap iron business for 24 ♦ ♦ ♦ years. In 1916 he founded the Luntz S. E. Lauer, formerly general sales Iron & Steel Co., which also has manager of the York Ice Machinery branch offices in Cleveland and Koko­ Corp., York, Pa., has been elected mo, Ind. Mr. Luntz is president of vice president in charge of sales. the Canton chamber of commerce, ♦ ♦ ♦ and recently sponsored and organ­ Adolph F. Schoepflin, formerly ized the civic affairs commission of Canton. plant superintendent of the Batavia, ♦ ♦ ♦ N. Y., plant of the Doehler Die Cast­ Charles G. Durfee, for the past ing Co., Toledo, O., has been made four years, manager of the systems works manager of the plant. department of the Pyrene Mfg. Co., ♦ ♦ ♦ Newark, N. J., has been named assist­ Miles E. Standish has been named ant to the vice president in charge sales manager of the Marble-Card of sales. He has been with the Py­ Electric Co., Gladstone, Mich. Mr. rene company for eight years. Standish received his education in ♦ ♦ ♦ electrical engineering at the Univer­ S. C. Partridge has been made as­ sity of Wisconsin. His prior connec­ sistant general manager of the indus­ tions included Louis Allis Co., trial division of the Timken Roller Burke Electric Co., andImperial Bearing Co., Canton, O. Graduating Electric Co. R . Ł. M ead from the engineering school of Mc­ ♦ ♦ ♦ Made manager of the Chicago office Gill university in 1925, he spent the Johannes Erler, metallurgist, Far- of the Harnischfeger Corp., Milwau­ following four years in the field on kee, as noted in Steex. for Jan. 20. engineering work for the govern­ rel-Birmingham Co., Ansonia, Conn.. He will take charge of sales covering bas been selected as the author of the complete Hax-nischfeger line in ment. the Am erican F ou n d rym e n ’s asso­ the Chicago territory He joined the Timken organiza-

February 3, 1936 / TEEL York territory in production and assume new duties in the production sales work before joining the Timken department at the company’s head­ organization in 1924. Since then he quarters in Pittsburgh. He will bo has been manager of the New York succeeded by G. E. Traut, now with district office, and during the past the Koppers company at Utica, N. Y. year has been handling automotive ♦ ♦ ♦ applications as well as those in the John C. Long, manager of publica­ in d u strial field. tions, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethle­ ♦ ♦ ♦ hem, Pa., will represent the Bethle­ Lester W. Seago has been made hem company in the Asssociation of eastern district manager of the National Advertisers, New York, to Ready-Power Co., Detroit, with which the Bethlehem company has offices at 1775 Broadway, New York. been elected to membership. In his ten years association with the Ready-Power Co. he has traveled in ♦ ♦ ♦ practically every state of the union Henry F..Lepan has been named and contacted nearly every user of general sales manager, and Ira Flatt, electric-driven industrial trucks. general factory manager, for Wilson Wesley Davey, who has been with & Bennett Mfg. Co., 6532 South the company for more than five Menard avenue, Chicago, manufac­ years, has been named by Mr. Seago turer of steel pails, drums and bar­ rels, with factories and offices also in Jersey City, N. J., and N ew O r­ leans. Both Mr. Lepan and Mr. Flatt have been associated with the com­ Fred E. Klin« pany for 14 years and have had wide Who as noted in S teel for Jan. G has experience in the various depart­ been appointed assistant chief engi­ neer of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., ments of their respective branches of with headquarters in Pittsburgh. He the company's business. has been associated with the Carnegie company for 34 years ♦ ♦ ♦ R. M. Buckingham, formerly vice president and general manager, Mc- tion in 1925, working first in the Aleer Mfg. Co., Detroit, has organ­ shop and then in the engineering de­ ized his own company, the Bucking­ partment. In 1926 Mr. Partridge ham Products Co., Detroit, to engage was sent to Buffalo, where he had in the manufacture and sale of pol­ charge of the Timken industrial dis­ ishing and buffing composition. The trict office for the next two years. company is now in full production In 1928 he was made manager of and is in position to take care of all the Timken Roller Bearing Co. Ltd., requirements of polishing and buffing Toronto, in charge of both automo­ composition. tive and industrial sales. Ilis next Associated with Mr. Buckingham advance was to the Detroit office, are P. A. Patterson as secretary, and where he assisted E. W. Austin, gen­ J. R. Anstey as treasurer. These men eral sales manager, automotive divi­ were also formerly associated with sion, which position he filled until his the McAleer organization. present appointment as assistant to Louis C. E d g a r W. B. Moore, general manager of the Who as announced in these columns industrial division at Canton. Jan. 6 has been appointed chief engi­ Other Timken promotions include neer of the Pittsburgh district for P. B. Yates to manager of the New Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. He for­ merly was chief engineer at the Edgar Y o rk district office, and S. C. M er­ Thomson works, Braddoclt, Pa., of rill to eastern district manager of the Carnegie-Illinois automotive division, with headquar­ ters in Detroit. to take charge of all Ready-Power Mr. Yates joined the Timken or­ service in the eastern territory. ganization in 1926, after receiving his degree in mechanical engineer­ ♦ ♦ ♦ ing from the Sheffield Scientific W. L. Reineke has been appointed school of Yale university, spending Chicago district manager of Alu­ his first year in the special training minum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, course covering both shop and engi­ O., m anufacturer of permite prod­ neering practice in bearing manu­ ucts, with headquarters at 616 South facture and application. After spend­ Michigan avenue. He assumed his ing some time in the Chicago dis­ new duties Jan. 9. trict office, he was transferred to Mr. Reineke joined the Permite New York in 1928, and now takes organization after several years as charge of that office. sales representative, for the Advance Car Mover Co., Appleton, Wis. Prior It. W . Powders, a graduate from to that, he was with the Torchweld the engineering college of the Uni­ Equipment Co., Chicago, and the versity of Michigan in 1931, has been Thermoid Rubber Co. transferred from the Canton engi­ Reuben I). Abbiss neering department to New York as ♦ ♦ ♦ Who was appointed chief engineer of sales engineer, assisting Mr. Yates. L. A. Schlueter, for three and one- the Edgar Thomson works of Car- Mr. Merrill, a graduate mechan­ half years manager of the Koppers negie-Illinois Steel Corp., as noted in S teel for Jan. 6. He has been in the ical engineer, Columbia university, Products Co. plant at Carrollville, employ of the Carnegie company at 1917, spent several years in the New Wis., near Milwaukee, on Feb. 1 will this one division since August, 1910

36 /TEEL February 3, 1936 or take the consequences.” He then quoted the Statistical Abstract of 1934 to show that of the Debunking the Washington 48.000.000 normal jobs in the United States, 10,- 000,000 are in agriculture; 10,000,000 are in public and personal service— public officials, View on Unemployment teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, cooks, enter­ tainers, etc.; from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 are in wholesale and retail trade; 4,000,000 are in F OR sheer nonsense it would be hard to heat transportation and communication; 4,000,000 are the antics of the congressmen who profess to in the construction of buildings, streets and high­ be the friends of organized labor. The latest ways; and 1,500,000 are in forestry, fishing and threat of this misguided bloc is a proposal to do mining. something about labor-saving equipment. They These groups, together with other smaller ones would enact laws to curb mechanization, believ­ not classified by the government as industry, ac­ ing that such legislation would promote employ­ count for 40,000,000 normal jobs. The remain­ ment. ing 8,000,000 normal jobs are in industry. This most recent bit of tomfoolery is the out­ According to the National Industrial Confer­ come of a series of new deal and organized labor ence Board the highest number of employes in attacks upon the machine. In the days of NRA the manufacturing industries was in 1929 when many of the vociferous brain trusters were open­ 8.800.000 workers in plants and 1,500,000 work­ ly hostile to the idea of efficiency in production ers in offices were on their payrolls. According and manufacturing. Even General Johnson, who to the same authority, if activity returns to 1929 knew better, once said that it would be wise to levels, industry will be able to absorb about 2,- let up on labor-saving devices at least tempo­ 800.000 of the present unemployed. Since indus­ rarily. try now is employing about 9,000,000 persons, The issue seemed to lie dormant for a while the total at the 1929 rate of activity would be after NRA expired, but several weeks ago Wil­ 11.800.000, which is 1,500,000 more than were liam Green of A. F. of L., who also knows bet­ actually employed in the peak of 1929. ter, complained of the slow rise in employment, stating that it is due to the fact “that while tech­ On Basis of 1929 Activity, Industry nological improvements in industry are steadily reducing the number of workers necessary to Would Employ More Than Its Quota provide all the goods industry can market, the Contrast this with Mr. Green’s statement that number of men and women who want work is under 1929 conditions industry would be em­ steadily increasing. Since 1929, 4,000,000 per­ ploying 1,800,000 fewer persons and you will sons have been added to the army of job seekers find a discrepancy of 3,300,000. but, in manufacturing industries alone, produc­ According to the government figures quoted tion per man per hour has increased 25 per cent, by Mr. Cameron, industry has 8,000,000 of the making it possible to turn out the 1929 volume 48.000.000 normal jobs. This is 16.67 per cent. of product with 1,800,000 fewer workers, if The Conference board estimates that industry, if plants operate at 1929 work hours.” operating at 1929 levels could absorb 2,800,000 of the 11,000,000 unemployed. This is 25 per Have Exaggerated Idea of Ability of cent. In other words, while its quota is 1,833,- Industry To Absorb Unemployed 700 or 16.67 per cent, it will employ 2,800,000 or 25 per cent of the unemployed when activity The trouble with Mr. Green’s argument is, again is at 1929 levels. It will exceed its quota first, that he assumes that technological prog­ by 966,300 jobs or 52 per cent. ress is a destroyer of jobs and, secondly, that he Contrast this picture with the threat of certain has a distorted view of the proportion of unem­ new dealers that “industry hire the 11,000,000 ployment that rightfully belongs to industry. On unemployed or else,” and you grasp the ab­ this latter point, he, like many others possessed surdity of demagoguery gone haywire. of an anti-business complex, has a wildly ex­ WPA has allotted 312,000,000 to research, one aggerated idea of the number of persons indus­ phase of which will deal with the influence of try can or should employ. the machine upon employment. We respectfully This point was ably discussed by W. J. Cam­ suggest that these hard-earned millions of the eron of the Ford Motor Co. in a recent radio talk. taxpayers be devoted to a study of the damn­ He said that “government officials are demand­ ing effect of idiotic federal legislation upon em­ ing that industry employ at once the 11,000,000 ployment. If conducted impartially, the study persons who Washington says are unemployed, would be well worth the expenditure.

February 3, 1936 / TEEL 37 T h e B u s i n e s s T r e n d

I JAN. I FEB. iMARCHl APRIL I M A Y I JUNE I JULY 1 AUG. I SEPT. I OCT. INOV. I DEC. I 1 1 1 MIT m i rr i ii i p i i i i ir i r i n i i i 11 IT -i i r ITT S t e e i / s index of activity L S LLL i IÍNUEA JY A L 11V I 1 7 in the iron, steel and metal­ - IN IRO vl, STEEL AND META working industries declined 3.5 points to 85.8 in the week ending Jan. 25: <1934 O s , 1935 Week ending 1935 1934 1933 1932 / 1 / / Nov. 16 SS.8 55.2 52.6 49.2 rT ' \ \ /— Nov. 23 ...... 90.0 54.4 55.4 44.5 ‘ ‘f 1f * V-N Nov. 30 86.0 51.9 49.7 45.3 / [¿I V ^ Dec. 7 91.7 56.8 52.6 46.6 ... 1933 /* Dec. 14 ...... 91.8 60.6 56.0 49.3 / / '~v\ VP V. . .. \ Dec. 21 91.9 64.4 58.0 46.9 V// / Y s \ V \ /A Dec. 28 77.3 60.8 53.7 42.9 / \ . /"A 1936 1935 1934 1933 / V r " V ^ Jan. 4 ...... 78.2 65.4 53.6 45.3 — F i f Jan. 11 90.2 73.8 58.1 48.6 / / U~T +, ... / .. > Jan. IS 89.3f 78.1 60.9 49.8 '/C,tghr IM* 'v-\ / V, ,_ < r *-— Jan. 25 ...... S5.S» 79.5 62.3 50.8 \ \ / A I*- /TEEL V/ / i tRevised »Preliminary. J ..I 1 i Li.! I i i i J 1 i_ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , V, i i i i I I 1 J 111 1111

The index charted above is based upon freight car loadings, electric power output, automobile assemblies (estimated bp Cram’s Reports) and the steelworlcs operating rate (estimated by S t e e l ) . Average for 1926 equals 100, weighted as follows: Steel rate 40, and car loadings, power output and auto assemblies each 20.

we can expect 1936 to come pretty close to the Does January Trend Portend predictions of the forecasters. To test this assumption, graft the curve for 11 months of 1932 onto the January curve for 1936. This gives an almost level trend for the first six Year of Minor Fluctuations? months, a break for the July and September holidays and a level but slightly higher trend NDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY continues to ease off in the fall. Should industrial activity follow gradually. S t e e i / s index now has receded in this fanciful curve rather closely, the volume of two successive weeks— an unusual occurrence in business would exceed that of 1935 by 10 to 20 January. During a period of seven years— from per cent, which is roughly the gain that the 1929 to 1935 inclusive— the index declined only economists predicted. once in a January week. That single relapse oc­ The catch in this sort of conjecture is that we curred in the fourth week of January, 1932, and cannot be sure yet that industry has struck its later events showed that it was the forerunner 193 6 stride. Right now it seems to be tenta­ of a listless state of business which continued tively feeling its way. Power output seems to be throughout the remaining 11 months of the year. settling into its expected groove at a high level. The chief characteristic of activity in 1932-, Weather is a factor in the fluctuations of weekly aside from its extremely low level, was its uni­ car loadings. The movement of the steelworks formity throughout the year. The curve of 1932 operating rate still is uncertain. Automobile was devoid of violent fluctuations. If the be­ assemblies are lagging. havior of the trend of activity thus far in Janu­ Apparently we must wait a few weeks longer ary 1936 is an indication that the curve will not before we can understand the drift of the 1936 fluctuate severly in the ensuing 11 months, then trend line.

1935 1931 1933 1932 January ...... 91 78 65 72 February ...... 89 81 64 69 M a r c h ...... SS 84 60 67 April ...... S6 S5 67 63 M ay ...... 85 S6 77 60 June ...... 86 84 91 59 July ...... S6 75 100 58 August ...... 87 73 91 60 September ...... 89 71 84 66 October ...... 95 73 77 67 November ...... 98 74 73 65 Decem ber...... 103 86 75 66

•38 /TEEL February 3, 1936 MAY JUL. I AUG. Electric Power Output Continues at High Level ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUT £ 195 0 REPORTED BY EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUE 1 9 5 0 5 Millions Kw.-Hrs. I90o E 1936 1935 1931 1933 I 1 850 1 850 z Jan. 25 ...... 1955 1781 1611 1469 (/i Jan. 18 ...... 1949 1778 1625 1484 1 800 1 800 0 1935. Jan. 11 ...... 1970 1772 1646 1495 $ 175 0 17501! Jan. 4 ...... 1854 1668 1564 1461 1935 1934 1933 1932 1700 5 Dec. 28 ...... 1S47 1650 1539 1415 1650« Dec. 21 ...... 2002 1788 1657 1554 1600 3 Dec. 14 ...... 1983 1767 1644 1568 Dec. 7 ...... 1970 1748 1619 1519 155oi Nov. 30 ...... 1877 1684 1554 1510 Nov. 23 ..... 1953 1705 1608 1475 Nov. 16 ...... 1939 1691 1617 1532 1450 Nov. 9 ...... 1914 1675 1617 1521 Copyright J9J6 Nov. 2 ...... 1897 1669 1583 1525 1400 1350 1300

192 7 1928 1929 1 9 3 0 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 19 3 6

—J------— AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION TOTAL OUTPUT OFCARS AND TRUCKS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Automobile Production COMPILED BY THE DEPaRTM EMT OF COMMERCE. WaSHINCTON Up Slightly in December

1935 1934 January ...... 303,372 162,570 February ...... 358,658 238.827 D 400 March ...... 451,809 352,614 o April ...... 501,837 371,338 1350 M ay ...... 385,486 350,616 h- Ju n e ...... 377,065 320,382 Z300 July ...... 350,118 ’ 276,047 August ...... 247,743 244,715 September ...... 95,128 175,586 October ...... 283,334 135,771 November ...... 411,520 85,179 December ...... 421,579 156,356 Copy ri eh t 19

MAR. AUG, Car Loadings Register Slight Downward Movement I V i \ I 1936 1935 1934 (6700 i WEEKLY RAILROAD FREIGHT TRAFFIC '7 Jan. 18 611,40S 562,900 560,400 AVERAGE CAR LOADINGS BY WEEKS J ty I Jan. 11 615,028 553,51S 557,266 Jan. 4 541 984 497,274 500,813 (6650 1935 1934 1933 Dec. 28 466,679 425,404 454,765 Dec. 21 599,534 548,478 531,464 H- 600 Dec. 14 ...... 615,237 580,202 559,419 Dec. 7 637,133 551,490 541,992 Nov. 30 570,427 488,185 499,596 1932 Nov. 23 646.503 561,942 585,738 Nov. 16 628.330 585.034 602.70S Nov. 9 653.525 594,790 583.073 Nov. 2 680,662 613,048 614,136 ■Copynth! I9J6

1927 192 8 192 9 1 9 3 0 1931 1 9 3 2 1 933 1934 1935 1 9 3 6 7|rr|TT|Tr

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION December Building Awards CONTRACT AWARDS IN 37 STATES Highest Since 1931 COMPILED BY f. W. DODGE CORP.

Square Feet 1935 1934 1933 Jan. 11.245.100 9.568.700 8.453.000 Feb. 9,670,300 S,176,300 7,382,400 Mar. 15.873.100 14,788,900 9.890.000 Apr. 19.981.100 14.207.100 10.870.000 May 22,276.200 14,664.400 15.277.000 June 22,878.800 13,986,500 16.199.500 July 21.565.900 13.250.000 14,605,600 Aug. 21,545.400 14.259.000 12.942.000 Sept. 21.365.700 12,510,300 13,365,400 Oct. 27.775.900 15.098.100 15,534,700 Copy nth i I9J&| Nov. 24.120.700 12,780.800 11,762,300 Dec. 33.441.900 9.188.700 11.451.500

February 3, 1936 / TEEL 39 T/1EW through tico continu- ' ons production spray booths at a large auto body plant, showing Itanks of paint circulating pipelines

Paint Circulating Systems Provide

Saving on Labor, Equipment and Material

Central Mixing Tanks and Distributing Pipelines, Installed at Automobile Body

Plant, Permit Accurate Control of Colors, Speed Up Production Finishing W o rk

I NSTALLATION of paint circulating Pressure is maintained at the proper materials were effected by this manu­ systems in several large automo­ level by means of regulators in the facturer. It is estimated that ? 10,000 bile plants has prompted the ques­ distributing pipelines. Close control is saved annually on the basis of 70,- tion : W hat are the advantages of this of color and consistency is possible 000 jobs. system over the older methods of by adjusting the mixture in the tanks, The wages of two paint changers spray painting from individual con­ gages on the latter showing amounts and one trucker were eliminated by tainers or pressure tanks? of lacquer and thinner as they are the installation. In some plants spe­ A typical paint circulating system added. cial changers are not provided and involves a central battery of paint the operator must change his own Usage Determines Savings mixing tanks in which the various paint. This involves shutting down c o lo rs to be used are stored Both a reduction in costs and an the line which, if production and and kept t h o r o u g h ly mixed improvement in the quality of the overhead costs are considered, in­ by motor - driven a g i t a t i n g pad­ finished product are reported by one volve more than the labor cost alone. dles. From these tanks paint is large automobile plant in which a cir­ Reduction in equipment necessary pumped through pipelines, one line culating system has been installed by for the 70,000 jobs included the elim­ for each tank, to the point where the the Binks Mfg. Co., Chicago. Savings, ination of 115 trucks to carry fenders, finish is applied. naturally, will be in proportion to hoods, splash aprons and the like In the spray booth, a gun is at­ the usage of the system and the skill from the finished work bank to the tached to each paint line, and a of the operators will determine the assembly line. With the circulating change in color is made easily by improvement in quality. paint system these parts can be simply picking up a different gun. Savings in labor, equipment and sprayed in any color without delay,

40 /TEEL February 3, 1936 and the day’s production can be es­ tablished. “Banks” also are eliminated by the system. Small parts can be deliv­ ered at the point of car assembly by means of a conveyor system so that bodies and parts arrive at this point finished in their proper colors. Losses of paint during color f 1 E N E R A I, changes at the booths are reduced. '-yrvicw of the paint mixing Tests were conducted at the previous­ tanks shoicing ly mentioned plant to determine the paint circulat­ ing pum psy pipe amount of paint that actually can be strainers and saved by elimination of the booths. p i pi ti g . T a n k s have 60-gallon The tests were based on spraying capacity tcith vertical electric 300 sets of sheet metal (100 square motors for driv­ feet per car set). The savings on the ing paint agi­ cleaning of the individual paint con­ tating paddles tainers amounted to about three gal­ lons of paint on 1G90 jobs, not tak­ tation of the paint also is insured mixed paints for various color combi­ ing into account the savings brought at all times. Since the paint is nations. Thus, the necessity for main­ about by the smaller quantity of thin­ cleaner and the viscosity of the paint, taining mixed paints in various col­ ner used for cleaning. once established, can be controlled ors in extra containers is eliminated. Improvement in the quality of the in the mixing room, the spraying is This not only eliminates the truck-

f r .o s n - u r ' L'it’tc „/ paint circulating pipes and paint pres­ sure regulators in a large Detroit auto body p l a n t , t c h c r e 1600 bodies are finished d a ily

finish was obtained by accuracy of improved. ing and handling of paint, but re­ control over the gun pressure. This The circulating system makes it duces the occupancy of floor space accuracy made it possible to hold the possible to convey to all spray booths to the m inim um . film thickness of the finished coat uni­ at the same time, if desired, properly The cost of paint and labor for form in relation to the line speed. Since the line foreman, alone, is in charge of the handle regulator key for the paint system, the exact pressure required at a given speed for desired results can be maintained constantly. Mixing paint in greater quantities than heretofore more nearly insures true colors, it is said. With the cir­ AtV operator culating system, paint is mixed in ** using a spray gun fed from sufficient quantities at one time for the paint cir­ all the operators. The possibility of culating pipes. Other sprayers mixing off color paints is reduced are on the rack to a m inim um . a t t h e le ft. F lo w of the paint is Paint can be mixed on a weight maintained at an even pres­ basis instead of by volume and the sure by the reg­ viscosity of the mixture can be ac­ ulators at the r i g h t , w h e r e curately controlled by the use of d i s tribu ting pipes c o m e hydrostatic gages in the system. through the Proper mixing and continuous agi- flo o r

February 3, 1936 cleaning dirty containers is saved, as well as effecting a reduction in the loss of thinner by evaporation in mixing. Other savings come from the elimination of cleaning pressure tanks and refill cans, and the recov­ ery from the pipe system of paint washed from the hose, plus the thinner lost in the operation. This system reduces the fire haz­ ard in the plant and also conforms to insurance company requirements. The paint is conveyed to spray booths in totally closed pipe lines, and the greater percentage is retained in storage tanks in a fire-proof mixing room. Only 2.3 gallons per 100 feet of % inch pipe actually is in circu­ ASSURANCE of ab- solute uniform ity lation. and viscosity of paint i s o b ta i n e d by “ w e i g h t” m ix in g . Clear vision gages shoiv exact weight of lacquer and thinner Discuss Pearlitic added to the tanks. In this way any * d e ­ sired color can be matched time after Mall eablc Iron t i m e

P EARLITIC malleable cast iron, It was divided into three parts dis­ carefully, and ranges from 55,000 what it is and the nature of its cussing: What constitutes pearlitic to 100,000 pounds and over per properties, afforded an interesting malleable cast iron and various struc­ square inch. The elastic limit or subject for a symposium held in tures which may be obtained; pro­ yield point is about 75 per cent of Cleveland, Jan. 27, under the spon­ ducers’ data on manufacture and the ultimate tensile strength, and sorship of the Cleveland District physical properties; and patents re­ the elongation varies inversely as the committee of the American Society lating to the subject. tensile strength showing from 12 to for Testing Materials. Dr. H. A. Prof. H. M. Boylston, head of the 14 per cent elongation in 2 inches for Schwartz, manager of research, Na­ department of metallurgy, Case the 55,000 pounds per square inch tional Malleable & Steel Castings School of Applied Science, Cleveland, material and 3 to 4 per cent in the Co., Cleveland, presided at the din­ presented the first part and D. M. case of that having 100,000 pounds ner meeting which was attended by Avey, editor of T i i e F o u n d r y , Cleve­ per square inch tensile strength. In about 150. land, the second part. addition to the chemical elements The paper constituting the sympo­ Pearlitic malleable cast iron was mentioned previously, nickel, chromi­ sium was prepared by the Cleveland defined as a material which starts um, molybdenum and vanadium District committee with co-operation out as white cast iron and is subse­ sometimes are added to attain cer­ of various producers of the material. quently heat treated to produce tain improvements in physical prop­ graphitization if the graphitization erties. be terminated purposely when suf­ ficient combined carbon remains to Close Control in Composition affect significantly the properties of In discussion of the paper, Duncan the product. Two major methods of Forbes, Gunite Corp., Rockford, 111., production are interrupting graph­ pointed out that production of pearl­ itization before completion, and re­ itic malleable cast iron requires close heating completely graphitized al­ control in composition and heat treat­ loys. ment to obtain uniformity of product The material may be produced in and reproducible results. He also the air furnace, electric furnace and added that higher shrinkage and the cupola. In general, it contains porosity are encountered so that about 2.50 per cent total carbon, 1.50 larger gates and risers are neces- per cent silicon, and 0.35 per cent tary for sound castings. To an in­ manganese, although in some types quiry on the application of the ma­ the manganese ranges from 0.95 to terial as bearings for automotive 1.35 per cent. use, it was stated that pearlitic mal­ Tensile strength of pearlitic mal­ leable cast iron is not suitable. leable cast iron is dependent upon G. T. Williams, metallurgist, heat treatment which is controlled Cleveland Tractor Co., Cleveland, contributed some data on the tensile- impact properties of various materi­ als including the one under discus­ sion. He said that a 35,000 pounds per square inch tensile strength cast iron showed 3 foot-pounds; a nickel- chromium cast iron, 5 foot-pounds; Z-metal, 56 foot-pounds; and plain PAINT circulating lines *■ hung from ceiling of carbon steel with 65,000 pounds per basement. Pipes rise to the square inch tensile strength, 191 spray booths through the fl o o r foot-pounds.

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the entire surface area covered with Control of Electroplating nickel computed in square inches. Suspend the part in the solution by means of an iron wire, start the Part II stirrer and allow a small current to flow through the solution so that the sample to be stripped is the anode. F IRST installment of this discus­ per liter) in water. Technical so­ Increase the current slowly until the sion on the control of electroplat­ dium cyanide m ay be used. nickel becomes passive. The passive ing appeared in this department point will be indicated by a marked Care of Apparatus and Solution for Jan. 27 and outlined relationships decrease in the current (low accom­ between weights of electroplated 1. The temperature of the strip­ panied by a marked increase in the coatings and their thickness in mil­ ping solution shall be maintained at voltage. This point is important and ligrams per square inch, and set 15-20 degrees Cent. will be indicated clearly by the forth a recommended test for poros­ 2. The solution shall be kept in­ meters if they are watched closely. ity of a plated coating. The present constant and thorough agitation. Reverse the current for about 30 installment continues the discussion 3. It is desirable to have four seconds, at a density of current suf­ of apparatus, solutions and proce­ iron cathode plates, one for each ficient to evolve hydrogen on the dure for determination of nickel side of the container, in order that nickel surface to remove the passive coatings, of nickel over nonferrous the nickel may be stripped uniform­ condition. The current is again metals, and of copper on ferrous ly- started to flow (so that the sample metals. 4. Since the current density is the anode) starting at a low cur­ causing passivity of the nickel de­ rent density and increasing to about D e t e r m in in g N ic k e l C o a t in g s creases after the solution has been two-thirds of the current density re­ The following method for deter­ used for some length of time, the quired to cause passivity in the first mining the weight of nickel coating solution should be discarded after a trial. Allow the current to flow on steel has the advantage of being maximum of 15 grams per liter of until the nickel becomes passive rapid, simple and almost foolproof. nickel have been dissolved. again; this will be indicated by the It can be used only, however, for 5. At a current density of 60-65 meters as before. nickel coatings directly over steel, or milliamperes per square inch, a Process Is Repeated ferrous alloys, since it is based on nickel anode will dissolve at the rate the fact that steel “passifies” at a of approximately 1 milligram per When the nickel becomes passive lower current density than does square inch per minute. again, remove the condition by re­ nickel when electrolyzed in a cyan­ versing the current as before, for 30 ide solution. When tested by an im­ Procedure seconds. Repeat the process (sam­ partial observer, this method gave The part to be tested first should ple as anode) at two-thirds of the results that checked to within 0.5 be cleaned carefully, weighed and current density required to cause per cent, which is far greater ac­ passivity in the second trial. This curacy than is actually required in procedure is continued, cutting the commercial practice. current density one third each time, until the current density required to Apparatus cause passivity falls below 12 milli­ 1. Direct-current milliammeter— amperes per square inch. Then re­ two scales (0-1500 milliamperes and duce the voltage to 2 volts and con­ 0-150 milliamperes) tinue the process until the sample 2. Direct-current voltmeter — 0- becomes passive at a current density 10 volts of approximately 2 milliamperes per 3. Battery jar (4-10 liters) square inch. This current density 4. Motor stirrer can be regarded as the “end-point.” 5. V a r i a b l e resistance (1-50 The sample is then removed from ohms) the bath, washed with water, dried 6. 12-volt direct-current power and weighed. Divide the loss in supply (2-3 amperes) weight by the area of the stripped 7. Thermostatic device for main­ surface and compute the average taining temperature of bath. This coating in milligrams per square apparatus is set up as shown in the inch. accompanying diagram. The solution used is, of course, ex­ tremely poisonous, but every plating So lution Diagrammatic representation of setup room uses cyanide solutions and all The solution shall be made by dis­ of apparatus for electrolytic stripping of concerned are acquainted with the solving sodium cyanide (200 grams nickel plating on steel precautions necessary. It must be

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 43 stressed that accurate weighing is tant; care must be taken that none copper still remains in the solution. vital to all determinations and sam­ ol the solution is lost. When all the copper has been depos­ ples should be weighed to four dec­ The solution then should be evap­ ited lower the beaker from the elec­ imal places (i. e. 17.8603 grams). orated nearly to dryness to destroy trodes, with the current still flow­ Samples weighing over 100 grams most of the nitric acid. Dilute the ing, and at the same time rinse off need be weighed to only three dec­ evaporated solution to approximate­ the adhering acid solution with a imal places. ly 100 cubic centimeters with dis­ fine stream of distilled water from tilled water. The solution is now- a washing bottle, using extreme care D c t e e .m i x i x o C o m p o s it e C o a t in g s ready for analysis and extreme care that all the washings are caught in When copper and nickel are plated should be taken that all of it is used the beaker. in succession over steel the process in the analysis. Immediately replace the beaker of determining the weights of the with one of distilled water and shut coatings becomes a bit complicated Determination of Copper off the flow of current. Remove the and requires more time and skill. It Add 10 cubic centimeters of con­ cathode and wash off the water with is urgently advised that a chemist centrated sulphuric acid (specific alcohol. Allow to drain a moment be called in to “break in’’ a man to gravity 1.84) and 5 cubic centi­ and then dry in an electric oven use this procedure; the terms used meters of concentrated nitric acid maintained at about 100 degrees in the outline of this method are (specific gravity 1.41 to 1.42) to the Cent. Cool to room temperature and necessarily technical, and a chemist entire solution containing the weigh. Divide the weight of cop­ ■oi a druggist will be required to in­ stripped coating. Electrolyse the per found in milligrams by the area terpret some points. solution to deposit the copper on a of the sample in square inches to w-eighed platinum electrode, observ­ obtain the weight of copper coating Strip p in g ing the following conditions: in m.s.i. The part to be stripped shall be 1. Current intensity, 2-3 am­ Determination of Nickel submerged in cold concentrated peres* nitric acid (specific gravity 1.41 to Add one gram of tartaric acid to 2. Electrode tension, 2.2-2.3 1.42) and allowed to stand in a bath the solution from which the copper volts maintained at 15 to 20 degrees Cent, has been removed, and then add am­ 3. Temperature, 20-30 degrees until a visual examination reveals monium hydroxide until the solu­ Cent. that the part is completely stripped. tion becomes alkaline to litmus. If This usually will require from 8-16 When the solution has become a red precipitate appears at this hours depending upon the weight colorless, raise the level of the so­ point, add nitric acid, with stirring, and type of metal coating being lution slightly by adding distilled until the precipitate has disappeared •stripped. water or by raising the beaker. The and add another gram of tartaric fresh platinum surface thus im­ When the sample is removed from acid. Repeat this process until no the bath for visual examination or mersed will show ivhether or not red precipitate appears when the so­ :at the end of the process, it should lution is made alkaline with am­ "This figure is based on the use of a monia. Add acetic acid to the so­ be washed with a small amount of standard platinum mesh cathode of concentrated nitric acid and then approximately 100 square centimeters lution until it just becomes acid (w-ith litmus) and heat to boiling. •quickly with distilled water, adding area. It is recommended that a ro­ tary anode or some other mechanical To the hot solution add about 200 all the washings to the original stirring device bo used in the elec­ •stripping bath. This point is impor­ trolysis. ( Please turn to Page 69)

Clean Surfaces^ith Centrifugally Thrown Abrasive

UPERIOR cleaning of castings, forgings, stampings and reduce its cleaning cost prior to enameling from $12.14 to other metal parts is accomplished at lota cost with the $5.50 per ton. Forgings similar to those shown are being aid of the recently developed IVheelabrator of the American descaled by this method at a cost, not including overhead, Foundry Equipment Co., Mishawaka, Ind., according to a of $0,954 Pcr ton• With the Wheelabrator the cleaning is survey of the more than 150 such units now installed and done by sand or shot, but without employing compressed air. in operation. Above photographs show typical forgings and The abrasive is thrown b\ centrifugal or tangential force a group of furnace castings cleaned by this method. A stove against the wor\, the stream being controlled by a patented foundry reports that with this method it has been able to device. The abrasive is cleaned and used over and over again

44 / TEEL February 3, 1936 ...AND F-M M O TO RS H A V E T H E M A L L !

N EARLY anyone could make a motor. The in installation or operation . . . dynamic rotor fundamentals of motor design are in the balancing and vibrometer tests for smooth running. textbooks of every engineering school. But more You'll find all these little b ig things that make than fundamentals are required. for longer motor life and more successful perform­ It's the little things gleaned from long engineer­ ance in Fairbanks-Morse motors. The little big ing experience that make a great motor! The things that give you more for your money every little things like one-piece phase group windings time. Before you buy, investigate what extra that have no soldered leads to melt out . . . self­ advantages F-M motors can give you. Address locking cuff insulation to prevent slippage and Department E491, Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 900 protect windings under severe service . . . sealed- S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 34 branches in leads that can't pull out or short under strain at your service throughout the United States.

6591EA40.9G This prefabricated house, designed to sell in the price range from $2500 to $4900, erected and equipped, utilizes a steel frame and walls of asbestos-cement and plywood panels with aluminum foil insulation. Steel also is used for the roof, interior trim, door and window frames, and screens

Prefabricates Houses for Low-Price Field

A NEW type of prefabricated reduce the transmission of sound. lands as well, Howard T. Fisher, an­ dwelling, designed to sell in The finished roof consists of pre­ nounced. Since the company was or­ the price range between fabricated panels of galvanized cop­ ganized, slightly more than three $2500 and $4900, erected and equip­ per-bearing steel with joints sealed years ago, it has designed and erect­ ped, and utilizing a variety of mate­ with steel flashing. All wall joints ed steel panel houses for occupancy rials but making major use of steel throughout the house are made tight in more than 30 communities. for the frame and interior trim, is and all through metallic contacts be­ Arrangements have been made announced by General Houses Inc., tween the exterior and interior sur­ with sources supplying the materials Chicago, a pioneer in the steel panel faces have been broken. Door for the new houses to deliver suffi­ house field. The new dwelling sup­ frames, trim for doors and windows, cient parts for at least 1000 during plements the steel house, which the and the base mold are of steel and the first year. The dwellings will be company will continue to design and steel outswinging casement windows erected by local labor, no specially sell, and, as it is priced for the mass and interior binged steel screens are trained crews being necessary. All market, its progress will be watched used materials except those for the con­ with interest. crete work will be purchased Layout of Rooms One of the new units is shown in through the company. the accompanying illustration. The Built on one level without base­ frame is of copper-bearing steel ment, the house comprises an entry columns and beams. Exterior walls hall, living room, kitchen, two bed­ Clogging of Burner are made of prefabricated asbestos- rooms, bathroom, utility storage cement and plywood panels with room and a one-car attached garage. Prevented by Valve built-in aluminum foil insulation; It is equipped with practically every­ interior partitions are made up of thing for immediate occupancy ex­ A new type oil valve that is said prefabricated plywood panels and cept furniture. The sale price in­ to prevent too rapid a flow of heavy copper-bearing steel studs. The cludes an oil-fired, warm air heat­ fuel oil or tar into the burner, clog­ house is believed to be the most ing system; winter air conditioning ging it, and a gas burner which pre­ completely prefabricated product of equipment; complete bathroom with vents the flames from making direct its kind on the market today, all the all accessories; kitchen cabinets; contact with the container are be­ materials except those for the con­ double-compartment laundry tub; ing manufactured by the Davison crete work coming to the site ready porcelain enamel sink; all interior Combustion Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. A for assembly. and exterior painting; wiring; water, V-shaped opening for the outlet per­ Columns of the frame are bolted gas and sewer piping within the mits a steady, even flow of oil. The to a sill angle in the concrete found­ house; oil-fired hot water heater; valve is especially suited for instal­ ation. Wall panels are fastened to and a 220-gallon oil storage tank. lation on furnaces having oil feed the frame with joint strips. The General Houses Inc. is now devel­ pipes of %-inch diameter or less. house is built to withstand a wind oping a nation-wide system of dealer- The gas burner directs the flame to of 90 miles an hour. Tests have distributors to handle the new prod­ the bottom of the combustion cham­ shown that the insulated panel walls uct. More than 40 dealers already ber, creating a high reflecting heat and ceilings give unusually high re­ have been selected; applications tc the container, reducing damage sistance to heat and cold. Interior have been received from all parts of from direct flame contact and also partitions are treated acoustically to the United States and from foreign saving fuel.

46 /TEEL February 3, 1936 By reason of extensive improvements and in­ creases in our bar-production facilities Y O U N G S T O W N is in even better shape than ever before to serve as a prompt depend­ able and unvarying source of supply for steel bar requirements of automatic screw machine operators.

THE YOUNGSTOWN SHEET AND TUBE CO. Manufacturers of Carbon and Alloy Steels YOUNGSTOWN General Offices - - YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

5 8 2 Y o u n g s t o w n February 3, 1936 /TEEL 47 Control instruments are set on a specially mounted board close to the furnace and in full sight of the hammer crew

G a s -F i r e d F o r g i n g F u r n a c e s

Research Combines Metallurgical and Heating

V a l ues of Fuel in Four Converted Furnaces

I MPROVEMENT in quality of the BY W. G. GUDE signed and rebricked in order to give finished product, coupled with a de­ satisfactory dimensions and conditions creased scale loss is reported, follow­ Associate Editor, STEEL for gas firing. Flue vents were installed ing the installation of completely con­ in place of stacks, and fireboxes were trolled gas-fired furnaces for forging bricked over. of tool steels at the Chicago Heights, Each furnace was equipped with 111., plant of the Columbia Tool Steel three Mahr low-pressure sealed-in Co. gaged in research of this nature for burners of special design, each burner Following the first installation, three a number of years, and the new instal­ having a capacity of 2100 cubic feet of additional furnaces have been convert­ lation is the practical result of their 1000 B.t.u. natural gas per hour and ed to gas firing, and complete conver­ research. mounted in a specially constructed and sion of the plant to the use of gas is Gas has been used, with varying proportioned combustion chamber. Air in prospect as a result of the success­ success, at different times during the is supplied by individual blowers on ful operation of these furnaces. The in­ past 50 years as a fuel for forging fur­ each furnace. stallations were made by Mahr Mfg. naces. As a fuel alone, it showed some Of special interest is the fact that Co., Minneapolis, under the direction superiority over other types, due to its the control attempted required that of Robert G. Guthrie, chief metallur­ greater ease of control, but it was not each furnace be equipped w ith two-po­ gist for the Peoples Gas Light & Coke until the problem was approached sition gas and air mechanical positive Co., Chicago, in whose laboratory the from the present angle that the full ad­ proportioning valves, with mechanical preliminary research leading to the vantages of gas were realized. linkage and electrical operation. For installation was conducted. The Columbia installation now in­ this purpose a motor-operated valve Success of the installation is attri­ volves the conversion to gas firing of was found best suited. buted to a new conception of gas, in­ four furnaces with hearths up to 16 Interest in the installation, however, volving recognition of the fact that feet in length and 7 feet in depth, with is centered about the controls provided. gas is a valuable metallurgical chem­ loading capacities up to 20,000 pounds In contrast to traditional practice, the ical in addition to being a source of per charge. The work of conversion control instruments are set on a heat. Mr. Guthrie and his associate, was not exceedingly complicated. especially mounted control board close Dr. Oscar J. W ilbor, have been en- Insides of the furnaces were rede­ to the furnace and in full sight of the

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hammer crew, instead of being mount­ portant role, in assuring the quality of lowing the conversion to gas firing are ed in some other part of the plant on the finished work. B y controlling the smoke elimination, much greater clean­ a central control board. furnace atmosphere, decarburization of liness, and improved working condi­ The controls themselves are original, the surface has been reduced 66 2/3 tions for the hammer crew. and it is on the theory of perfect con­ per cent, and scaling has been reduced Firing speed has been increased 500 trol that the success of the Columbia 75 per cent,.the scale that comes off per cent, which is an im portant item, installation is based. at the first hammer-blows being paper- and all danger of overheating the work In addition to the usual recording thin, and thus improving recovery in has been removed. Underheating of temperature controller, the controls in­ salable weight. Previous losses, from work also has been eliminated. The clude gas and air regulating valves, a ingots to finished bars, had run as high thermal efficiency of the furnaces has continuous gas analysis recorder for as 9.4 per cent. been increased approximately 50 per each furnace, accurate furnace pressure Another important advantage lies in cent by elimination of stack and infil­ gages, and gas pressure regulators. the uniformity of the product from tration losses. An interesting feature of the ar­ heat to heat, day to day, season to sea­ An additional advantage and econ­ rangement is that the crew foreman son, and year to year consequent upon omy, it is pointed out, would result in himself determines the heating pro­ the controlled atmospheres of the new a new installation of gas-fired furnaces gram for any given charge. A slate is furnaces. since the cost of erecting and main­ provided on which he lays out the 2-1- taining a smoke stack is entirely elimi­ hour program. A typical program, for High Positive Pressure nated. Other economies result from instance, is as follows: 11 p.m., temper­ Thus, the fact that there is no stack savings in fuel handling costs. ature 1450 degrees; 3 a.m., tempera­ in connection with the furnaces, and ture 1950 degrees; 5 a.m., temperature therefore no inflow draft around fur­ 2300 degrees, against a work starting nace doors, makes for uniformity of Show Reflects Progress in point of 2300 degrees. the product, and uniform heating of At the hours designated, the night the billets. Actually, one of the most Heating and Ventilating men set the temperature on the record­ important features of the entire de­ ing temperature controllers, and the sign, the feature which makes possible Further improvement in the de­ hammer foreman can satisfy himself, all the control and uniformity, is the design and finishing of sheet metal by a glance at the recorder, that his use of a relatively high positive fur­ parts was apparent among the ex­ program has been followed and that nace pressure. This condition makes hibits at the fourth International the material is ready for working. the operation of the furnace entirely Heating and Ventilating exposition, This practice not only assures ac­ independent of outside weather condi­ held at the new International amphi­ curate temperature control, but makes tions, which are often annoying in the theater, Chicago, Jan. 27-31. The possible a controlled heating rate, operation of furnaces which depend more than 300 exhibitors represent­ with definite starting and finishing upon stack draft in their operation. ed constituted a record. More than 1000 registered for the annual ses­ maximum and minimum temperatures. Because of this positive pressure, a sions of the American Society of Controlled heating thus assures that curtain of air is provided by blowers Heating and Ventilating Engineers, the w ork w ill be ready for the ham ­ which direct a thin sheet of air up­ sponsor of the exposition. mer crew in the best condition for forg­ ward in front of the furnace doors, to Influence of the development of ing, but the controlled atmosphere of protect the workmen. air-conditioning equipment was ap­ the furnace plays an even more im­ Among the collateral advantages fol­ parent in the increase in number of exhibitors at the exposition. Air con­ ditioning systems for skyscrapers down to bungalows were in opera­ tion, with emphasis placed on the fact that small units now have been priced within reach of the ordinary home owner. A variety of gas, oil and coal-fired heating equipment also was displayed. Appearance of both heating and ventilating appliances has been in­ fluenced markedly by the industrial stylist, with pleasing lines and colors predominating. Steel sheets are used widely for exterior parts. Various steel companies were repre­ sented among the exhibitors. These included the American Rolling Mill Co., Bethlehem Steel Co., Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Republic Steel Corp., United States Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. A feature of the meeting of the society was the awarding of the F. Paul Anderson gold medal to Dr. Arthur Cutts Willard, president, Uni­ versity of Illinois, Urbana, 111. This medal was presented for distin­ guished scientific achievements in the field of heating, ventilating and air conditioning. The National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning asso- ciaton held its annual convention Jan. 29-30, and co-operated in con­ Each furnace is equipped with three low-pressure sealed-in burners ducting the exposition.

50 /TEEL February 3, 1936 “One manufacturer told me that this special part couldn’t be made, and two others quoted such outlandish prices that it would have thrown our costs out of line with competition. When your quotation came in, I couldn’t help remarking, ‘that’s the seemingly impossible and insure best news I’ve heard today.’ And quality that never varies. your delivery will enable us to meet In addition to special headed and our scheduled shipping dates.” threaded products, Upson manufac­ Upson has helped many a user of tures a complete line of all standard special headed and threaded items bolts, nuts, rivets and pins in carbon out of a tight situation. Seventy-three steel, alloy steels, including ENDURO years of experience—control of all Stainless Steel and rust-resisting raw material—skilled workmen— Toncan Iron. For your convenience, modern plant facilities—these are the Upson products are stocked by lead­ things that enable Upson to do the ing jobbers everywhere.

UPSON NUT DIVISION Bolts and nuts in all standard and special shapes, sizes, alloys Uäu! and finishes. Standard and spe­ 1 cial rivets of all kinds. Wire REPUBLIClV3:* rope clips. Turnbuckles. Automo­ STEEL Republic Steel tive and railroad special items. Headed and threaded products for every use. Your specialties CORPORATION are our specialty. GENERAL OFFICES CLEVELAND, OHIO When writing Upson Nut Division, Republic Steel Corporation for further information, please address Department ST. February 3, 1936 /TEEL Âtetkodô and AiatetîaU

Automatic Machine Molds, ning in an oil bath dustproof gear the plant and if he happens to see the- housing. The continuous chain of yellow calcine powder, he makes it a Tamps 1920 Brick Per Hour mold boxes is driven by spiral tooth, point to discuss it with the foreman. beveled gears of nickel steel. These Naturally, the foreman likes to avoid A novel type of machine for the gears are directly driven from the these personal talks, especially if he continuous manufacture of brick has worm gear shaft. is charged with supervision in connec­ been designed and is being manufac­ tion with better housekeeping. tured and marketed by the W. E. Dunn $ $ $ S $ .$ Mfg. Co., Holland, Mich. It is entire­ ly automatic in operation, requiring Novel Inspection Promotes only one man to remove the finished Foundry Tumbling Barrels product. The machine is timed to de­ Better Plant Housekeeping liver 1920 finished brick per hour. M a y Be a Dust Hazard The machine is assembled on a fab­ M ore attention is. being paid to bet­ Tumbling barrels in foundries cause ricated frame of electrically welded ter housekeeping in industrial plants some concern in connection with the steel angles and channels. Bricks are to the end that it promotes the health dust hazard. It is likely that this formed in a continuous belt of steel and safety of workmen. Various problem might be solved by paying mold box compartments. This belt schemes are employed to encourage more attention to reducing milling passes under a hopper from which the neatness and tidiness. A plant in time. For instance, many times after material is fed to the mold boxes Michigan has a man who walks a mill is loaded with castings, stars which pass under a graduated packer through the plant once a day carrying are shoveled up from the floor and head which consists of a series ot tam­ a tin can equipped with a perforated with them accumulated sand spilled per and trowel arms. This tamping and top and containing a powder of ob­ from previous milling. Sometimes, troweling mechanism is provided with noxious yellow color. When he finds old shoes, leather mitts and pieces of specially designed roller bearings, conditions which do not comply with wood are added to this mass. each one with a dustproof cover and the requirements of good housekeep­ When it is considered how a tum­ an extra large grease reservoir. ing, he sprinkles the powder generous­ bling barrel ordinarily is ventilated, it ly on the particular spot. The machine is operated by a 2- must be realized what exhaust systems: borsepower motor, transmitting its When the foreman comes along and are called upon to do. Traps usually power through an automotive-type disk finds this, he proceeds immediately to are provided and it is important that clutch connected directly to the belt remove whatever caused the display. they be kept in repair so that they pulley. Driven directly from the pul­ The general manager of this company may perform the service for which' ley shaft is the worm gear drive run­ also has the habit of walking through they are intended. Frequently the trap trips are found to be so loaded with weights that it is impossible for the- trap to trip when it has reached its lim it of capacity. W hen these trap- trips are overloaded, it lets the mate­ rial work up to the felt washers and' eventually into the mill bearings.

$ $ $ W ill Produce All-Steel Refrigerator Cabinet As a result of hot room, rigidity and other tests of its newly designed1 all-steel cabinet for electrical refrig­ eration, shown in the illustration on Page 55, the Midwest Stamping & Enameling Co., Morrison, 111., has made preparations for placing this cabinet in production. Among its in­ teresting features is the fact that it has a steel frame as well as steel exterior and interior. Work on the dies for the steel frame have been; completed. Cutaway view of automatic brick forming machine, showing roller bearings on The company has installed con­ tamping and troweling mechanism siderable new equipment, notably twa

52 /TEEL February 3, 1935 M o r e Bo l t s per manhour!

After all, that is what bolt manufacturers want — more bolts per man hour. That, also, is what plants using L A N D IS Automatic Forming and Threading Machines obtain I

L A N D IS Automatics are designed for high production service with minimum supervision. Automatic safety devices, the grouping of operating units to permit quick set up changes, the com­ bining of pointing and threading operations, and other distinctive features make it possi ble for one operator to service a battery of four or more machines.

M ay we send literature and production data?

LANDIS MACHINE CO., INC. Waynesboro, Penna.

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FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS MAKERS OF EVERY TYPE OF SPEED REDUCER AND CUT GEAR r4 /TEE L February 3, 1936 125-foot continuous, conveyor type ovens, capable of maintaining tem­ peratures between 300 ami 400 de­ grees Fahr. The company now is WeLdLînq, etc.... equipped to finish in high-bake, syn­ thetic enamels as well as in porce­ lain enamel. Contracts have been booked for approximately 25,000 of the new cabinets for delivery over the coming season, covering the first

by TQ.obe’tt Klnkead

JN THIS column, the author, well- known consulting engineer in weld- The Smartest Job ing, is given wide latitude in present­ ing his views. They do not necessarily A YOUNG engineer whom we coincide with those of the editors of regard highly, reacted violently S t e e l . to our assertion that real selling con­ sisted of selling a man something he does not want at a price he cannot afford to pay. It seems to us that sell­ ing and merchandising are two differ­ they are ready to fight it out with ent things. The thousands of 5 and anyone who questions their conclu­ 10-cent stores in this country mer­ sions. The British engineers, on the chandise their goods. You could stay other hand, are most becomingly in their stores a week and no one modest about their conclusions and would try to sell you anything. They are likely to introduce charming lay it on the counter and you can take bits of humor on their struggles to solve difficult problems. British it or leave it. It is their responsibil­ technical publications are always ity to put the goods on the counter good reading matter. that you want at a price you can af­ ford to pay. ♦ ♦ ♦ The smartest job in the welding business is being done by the people Sparks and Flashes who are trying to merchandise what A new torch cutting machine de­ their customers want at a price they veloped by a St. Louis pipe fit­ can afford to pay. High-power selling ting manufacturer will automatically is no longer a dominant factor. This new turret top electric refrigerator bevel pipe ends, cut and bevel open­ cabinet has a steel frame as well as steel ♦ ♦ ♦ ings in pipe for fittings. Angles and dimensions are held by the ma­ exterior and interior Welding Symposium chine to almost unbelievable close tolerances. Gentlemen who went in Published by The Iron and Steel half of 1936. In addition the com­ for descriptive geometry in their en­ Institute of London, and available pany has booked several large porce­ gineering courses will recognize, in through the Penton P u b lish in g Co., lain enameling contracts. S. S. Bat­ this machine, a method of solving a symposium of some 150 papers on tles, form erly chief engineer in difficult problems by a method that welding constitutes a necessary part charge of development work for the is almost as simple as pushing a but­ of any library on welding. Eleven Ingersoll Steel & Disc Co. division ton and waiting three minutes for the dollars is a small price to pay for of Borg-Warner Corp., Chicago, is answer. two volumes of such information. ♦ ♦ ♦ president and treasurer of the Mid­ west Stam p in g & E n a m e lin g Co. The collection is not a textbook. Success in management of a weld­ It represents what several hundred ing department begins when continu­ ¡5 .$ $ experienced engineers and produc­ ous records of costs are kept. The tion men say about their experience Stainless Steel in base cost should include a figure in the papers presented. Some of the which takes into account service be­ New Ice Breaker text of the papers is windy; some of havior in the field. Well managed it over-technical, but all of it is welding departments show two de­ Stainless steel is utilized for the valuable if one is to know what is cided trends at the present time. shaft and blades of a new type ice going on in the world with reference Wage rates are going up; base costs breaker for use in individual drink­ to welding. The authors are not ex­ are going down. The time has long ing glasses. All other parts of the clusively British, a number of other since passed when the welding de­ breaker, fabricated by the North countries being represented, includ­ partment may safely exhibit "prima Bros. Co., Philadelphia, are of ing the United States. donna" tendencies with reference to chromium plated brass. For breaking The naive style of British tech­ incentive systems and reduction in ice cubes on a larger scale than in nical writers and speakers is pleas­ base costs. There is no practical way a glass, this company manufactures ing to most American engineers. in which both men and company can a breaker with a die-cast aluminum When American engineers have a earn more except by producing more hopper. The breaker has bronze new technical baby and write about effectively. If management fails to bearings and a new type chromium it, they are fervent, sure they are accomplish this end, management Plated crank. right, and convey the impression that needs some help.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 55 on one item of production, a careful often indicates possible changes, either Operating Efficiency study of the load cycle often will per­ in motors or machines, which pay U S U A L L Y in the purchase of an mit the installation of a motor of low­ handsome dividends in reduced power electric motor considerable atten­ er horsepower rating than originally consumption and in savings in power tion is given to its rated efficiency, as specified by the machine tool manufac­ factor penalty, where imposed. Such stated by the manufacturer. This fig­ turer, thus permitting a better load studies are not expensive as they can ure, incidentally, is the efficiency at factor and therefore higher operating be made with a portable ammeter. Re­ fu ll load. efficiency. cording meters, however, are more ef­ fective and, when a number of motors It is not so common, however, for Where special motors are necessary, are operated, will practically always the user as close consideration to the and therefore less easily and econom­ more than pay for themselves by dis­ efficiency during operation, which at ically interchanged, the installation of closing improper loading conditions half load is considerably less than at motors of lower rating than recom­ or opportunities for power savings. full load. Many drivers are under­ mended by the manufacturer of the loaded even dui'ing the periods of full machine is seldom advisable except ♦ ♦ ♦ production. With group driven instal­ where the machine never will be load­ lations this is seldom necessary. On ed more heavily. Bonded Bearings A careful study of load conditions individual drives using standard mo­ OME time ago an Eastern auto­ on both group and individual drives S tors, which are engaged continuously mobile dealer created consider­ able interest by announcing that he would bond against trouble and re­ Heavy-Duty Belt Service place free of all expense all bearings on every new car sold for 20,000 miles operation, provided it was brought to him for lubrication and oil change every 1000 miles. Auto­ motive bearings should be trouble- free “provided” they receive the proper servicing and lubricant. The same is true of industrial bearings "provided” they, too, re­ ceive the proper attention and lubri­ cant on regular systematic schedules. Frequently on old type equipment some provision must be made to ap­ ply the oil or grease through auto­ matic or mechanical means, such as bottle or wick oilers, pressure or au­ tomatic feeding, or some other de­ vice, inexpensive compared to its ad­ vantages. The oil can and open oil hole are not sufficient, particularly in the plant which desires to “bond” itself against trouble. ♦ ♦ ♦ Oilcan and open oil-hole lubrica­ tion is not only wasteful but also is seldom efficient. Oil holes are a clear path for dust and metal turn­ ings to enter the bearings. THE BELT GOES DOWN AND AROUND, making about 400 flexures per ♦ ♦ ♦ minute—two bends forward and one in reverse—as it delivers 250 horsepower 11 is easy to supply horsepower and at 4900 feet per minute on this compressor drive. Slippage and flexures rapidly manpower to a machine hut it requires wear out belts not designed to meet these demands. Here slippage is reduced brainpow er to operate it effectively and to a minimum by the special tread or driving surface with a high coefficient of service it properly. friction. Also, the high pliability of the special tannage leather permits the belt ♦ ♦ ♦ fibers to flex and readjust themselves as they rapidly bend backward and forward W herever there is trouble there around the pulleys. This 26-inch double Vim Tied belt connects 26-inch motor is a cause. Trouble is only the ef­ and idler pidleys to a 96-inch compressor pulley on 8-foot centers. The belt was fect. Before trying to apply the Manufactured by E. F. Houghton & Co., Philadelphia remedy, first find the cause.

56 / TEEL February 3, 1936 UNITED AGAINI CRAMP S Super - Strength BRONZE

AND UNITED'S ENGINEERING SKILL

Cram p’s Super-Strength Bronze was

specified by the Engineering Depart­

ment of the United Engineering and

F o u n d r y C o m p a n y for the Screw Dow n

Nuts and W orm G e a r s in this, another Finishing m ill which includes five 21 a n d 16 x 56-inch stands of 4-high rolls and delivers at a maximum speed of I;»00 fe et per of United s outstanding installations. m in u te

Approximately 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 p o u n d s of

C r a m p s Super-Strength Bronze cast­

i n g s w e r e d e liv e re d for use in this

c o m p le t e u n i t .

Tensile strength in excess of 1 0 0 , 0 0 0

pounds per square inch — yield point

6 0 , 0 0 0 pounds — Brinnel Hardness

2 0 0 - -and a readily machinable metal

is obtainable with Cramp’s Super-

Roughing mill which comprises one stand of 2-high and two stands of 4-high rolls. Each of these stands is preceded by edging rolls Strength Bronze.

“Super-Strength” — T H E STRONGEST BRONZE

Copy of our Super-Strengh Bronze Folder will be forwarded on request.

CRAMP BRASS and IRON FOUNDRIES CO. Paschall Station - Philadelphia, Pa.

NEW YORK CLEVELAND PITTSBURGH MILWAUKEE SAN FRANCISCO

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erations, provides positive force for opening and closing, and reduces the Rig for Operating Blast Furnace Bell pull on the hoist cable thus making is possible to employ a smaller size hoist. Red uces W e i3ht on Top Structure A unit of this type, patented by Arthur G. McKee & Co., Cleveland, D evelopm ent of large hearth heavy sheave wheel and crank shaft recently was installed on one of the blast furnaces in recent years which operate directly above, thus stacks of the Great Lakes Steel has necessitated the installa­ providing a straight-line motion to Corp., Detroit. tion of a heavy large bell, bell beam the bell and its rod. ♦ ♦ ♦ and large bell counterweight, thus This arrangement simplifies and imposing considerable weight on the facilitates centering the bell accurate­ Recommends Th in Coating top structure of the stack. In one or ly, reduces the load on the top struc­ two instances during the blow-in ture, enhances the factor of safety, Red lead as a prime coat for the period explosions have occurred in affords slow and gradual movement protection of iron and steel should the gas seal resulting in the big bell of the bell in opening and closing be applied thin enough to wet the being kicked open and the beam with fast travel between these op- entire surface as well as any depres- and counterweight being tossed in the air. The bell returning to its closed position unimpeded frequently resulted in snapping the bell beam or bell rod connection and in the hazard of the counterweights pene­ trating the platform and falling to the ground. Recently, however, the large bell operating mechanism has been im­ proved. As shown by the accompany­ ing design the big bell beam has been eliminated, thus obviating the use of the numerous big bell counter­ weights on top of the furnace. The bell rod is hung and driven from a

Above — View of newly developed mechanism for operating big bells of blast furnaces assembled ready for shipment

Left—Elevation and plan view of big bell rig showing sheave, heavy link, chain and hoist and counterweight cables

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February 3, 1936 /TEEL 59 sions and cracks, according to an inch slabbing ingots or six 21 x 47- of the copper and the grades of steel authority on corrosion. A large pro­ inch ingots of this type. made. A few plants have achieved portion of the pigment should good results by the use of “air- be used for the outer coating, which * * * cooled” cast-iron stools. under atmospheric conditions, should During recent years, refractory be designed for the exclusion of brick manufacturers have placed on moisture and water. A coating con­ Measures Heat of Ingots the market many new high-priced taining 2 pounds of flaked aluminum basic refractory brick. If they rend­ per gallon of spar varnish affords Temperature of ingots in the soak­ er the proper service, the cost is not satisfactory service when exposed to ing pit now can be measured by a exorbitant. If not, they waste the the weather. portable type thermotube unit. Ap­ steel man’s money. The future will proximately 30 seconds is required to tell the tale. Further improvement ♦ ♦ ♦ check the temperature of a bank of in tonnage output must come. The four pits. brick manufacturers hold the key to the situation, Mr. Reinartz contends. inhibitor Protects Steel ♦ ♦ ♦ When better bricks are made, lower Protection against pitting or loss cost ingots will be produced. of stetel during the pickling process is had by the use of a newly marketed M inimizes Rolling Friction high-strength inhibitor which is heat Friction between strip steel in the Resistor-Type of Rocking resistant far above pickling tempera­ process of cold reduction and the Fu rnace Undergoing Tests tures and will not break down at 220 work rolls of the mill is being mini­ degrees Fahr. The inhibitor also may mized at many plants by the applica­ Preliminary test and manufacture of be used with copper sulphate for cop- tion of a coat of “roll oil.” Lubri­ a resistor-type rocking furnace is an­ rodizing. cants of this type form an oil wedge nounced by the Detroit Electric Fur­ and behave similar to a lubricating nace Co., Detroit. T h is u n it is expect­ ♦ ♦ ♦ oil in the pressdre area of a sleeve- ed to be especially useful for low-tem- type bearing. The roll oil also serves perature melting operations and may Installs Circular Fu rnace to protect the coiled strip against sur­ have special value in the chemical face scratches should the coil become field. loose and unwind. The broad principles of the furnace A circular soaking pit, 11 feet di­ are old, the rocking mechanism and ameter and 7 feet deep, now is be­ control being similar to that already ♦ ♦ ♦ ing operated by a steel producer in used on present-day furnaces built by the Mahoning valley. The furnace is the company. To the rocking furnace equipped with a circular cover which mechanism a resistor element has been moves both ways over the pit, thus Prevents Electric Grounds adapted by mounting a graphite resist­ minimizing the heat losses during the Compact pipe ends or insulated bush­ or on the central axis of the furnace charging and discharging operations. ings made from a special phenolic and connecting it to a special trans­ The furnace is fired with a mixture laminated material have been designed former. It is expected that unusual of blast furnace, coke oven and nat­ to prevent disastrous grounds in steel temperature flexibility and control will ural gas. Based on 130 tons of in­ plant wiring systems. The fitting is be derived by this means. gots heated per 24 hours the fuel re­ recommended for use on all conduits According to a statement by the com­ quirement amounts to 1,100,000 terminating at switch and control pany, equipment of this type has been B.t.u. per gross ton. The pit has a boards, pull boxes, motor starters, con­ built and is being tested for operating holding capacity of eight 21 x 23- trollers, cranes, etc. results to evaluate its usefulness in the m elting field. I f successful, it is expected that units in several sizes w ill be offered prom ptly to the United States market. 1935 Accounted for Comparatively Few New Plastic Insulating Changes in Steelmaking Process Cement Placed on Market Botfield Refractories Co., Philadel­ phia, has added a new plastic insu­ D URING 1935 no radical improve­ been satisfactory. Considerable lating cement to its line in the last ments or changes in the meth­ progress, continues Mr. Reinartz, has few months. Known as Ada-Stic, od of producing basic steel been reported by certain plants this product is claimed to provide ingots were reported to the Open- where roof temperatures are record­ efficient insulation up to 2000 de­ Hearth Committee of the American ed continuously, and where metal grees Fahr., has guaranteed cover­ Institute of Mining and Metallurgical temperatures are read at the end of age, and is economical to install and Engineers, states L. F. Relnartz, the spout during the tapping period. maintain. Requiring no other ma­ works manager, American Rolling Automatic reversal of valves has terial to give a fine finished surface, Mill Co., Middletown, O. in comment­ improved furnace practice in those it is reclaimable. ing on the advancement made in plants where this control has been The material can be applied by steel making practice for 19 35. tried. hand, trowel, or the cement spray­ Nevertheless, efforts are being ex­ Some plants have experimented ing equipment marketed by the com­ pended continually to decrease cost with the use of oxygen and C02 pany. It is said to adhere firmly to and improve the quality of the open- recorders for waste gases in order to any clean surface, is extremely tough, hearth product. Shipment of large help maintain proper furnace atmos­ will stand up under hard usage, and tonnages of steel scrap to foreign phere at all times. can be said to have no shrinkage. countries has not helped any in the Experiments on copper stools are Descriptive literature can be obtained drive for improved quality. continuing with contradictory re­ by addressing the company’s office at Temperature measurements in the sults reported. It appears that suc­ Swanson and Clymer streets, Phila­ open-hearth operation never have cess or failure depends on the purity delphia.

60 /TEEL February 3, 1936 m m etv—t cniuly mrv ta pout mk ec rl bte ta te rcdn one. preceding the than better roll each make product, that improve continually to jective— the are Rolls huh i dvtdt h tanet foe b cnrtd fot hc i diy nevrn to con- such endeavoring of daily result is direct which the effort is Rolls centrated Phoenix ob- one of every attainment the and to hour devoted is orking w thought Every Corporation. sole eehg iiho eteey hn ag o mtra i rqie t b fe fo al ak o defects. or marks all from free be finish. to requiring PHOENIX required rolling is flat wear; all for material and CHILL, of NICKEL gauge strength PHOENIX for thin alloy), extremely (steel of finish " "A high here w PHOENIX strength; unusual for STEEL, PHOENIX lo ue il ol o qaiy aeil et utd o h kn o srie eurd PONX CHILL; PHOENIX required; service of kind the to suited best rolling material flat for quality of hard), rolls (uniformly mill tube PHOENIXLOY Also finish; and ear w %,K",strength, for PHOENIX METAL— product of Pittsburgh Rolls The service that Rolling Mills are obtaining from obtaining are Mills Rolling that service The Rolls Pittsburgh of product HEI ROLLS PHOENIX i y of ethe a u NORGE starts in this DBATH A Y U I 1

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often without noticeably changing their Highest type of pickling surface appearance, their size or weight. equipment is used by (See the cross-section photo below.) W hile Monel M etal holds fast its grip The Norge Company— on the tank and laughs off corrosion. Did you know that it is quite common Kalamazoo Tanks with for Monel M etal tie rods to outlive the tank itself, and be used on its successor? tie rods of M onel M etal It takes such a little “ give" from the tie rod to let the tank leak out a large T HE NORGE COMPANY sped' quantity of pickling acid. In tanks held fied Monel M etal tie rods for their with metals which relax their grip, acid new pickling tanks. W hy not profit by losses of 5 lbs. per ton are not even the years of experience with this right- news to plant managers. hand man of pickling,” gained by the Whatever your product... if it con­ steel plants which pickle steel in the tains metal in any form, and if you do regular mill forms? your own pickling, let us pass on to you Let's see: what properties M U S T a the experience of other manufacturers good tie rod have? It must hold the tank with problems like yours. Write for tightly together . . . that means it must your copy of “ Equipment Designs in be s t r o n g . And—much more difficult the Pickle House.” —it must m a i n t a i n its strength through THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL years of contact with the highly corro­ COMPANY, I N C . sive pickling acids. 67 WALL STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. Almost any tie rod, when new, can hold a tank tightly. But later... that’s a different story. Recent tests show that after a year’s service Monel Metal tie rods stand over three times the p u ll of two other competing metals. M o n e l M e t a l Cross-sectional views of rest rods of ter a year's service holding together wood The reason? It’s sim­ timbers exposed to pickling acid at one of the country s leading steel sheet Monel Metal is a registered trade-mark applied to jn alloy containing approximately two uunr ple. The pickling acids mills. Vote that the Monel Metal is uniform across its whole diameter. Monel /JS&x Nickel and one-third copper .Monel Meta cat the strength right Metal is not susceptible to the peculiar form of corrosion that alters metal / Ä e \ is mined, smelted, refined, rolled and ma structure and impairs strength and yet does not produce signs of disintegra­ keted solely by International M ckci. out of the other metals, tion that are plainly visible by inspection of the surface. February 3, 1936 62 /TEEL #

redesigning special alloy oil burning Reduction by Modern Machinery of furnaces to meet our own specifica­ tions. These furnaces are designed to keep the combustion of gases away ^Human Element^ in Manufacturing from the crucibles, relying upon superheated gases alone to deliver the melting function of the furnaces. BY C. J. ZAISER The elimination of burning material from the vicinity of the crucible re­ General Manager, Ampco Metal Inc., Milwaukee sults in less gas absorption by the metal being melted, with the result that beryllium copper and other vol­ LIM INATION as near as possible resulted from this installation. These E atile alloys with similar character­ of the “human element” in man­ features now facilitate operation of istics are more successfully melted ufacture is one of the most sig­ these furnaces through the pre­ than any other type in production. nificant reasons for carrying out a heating and preparatory stages. Improvement in machinery brings modernization program. Use of The use of complete automatic new methods and features to exist­ modern machinery requiring a min­ control on all heat treating furnaces ing fields and opens up others. The imum of attention by operators re­ also has resulted in further insurance use of automatically controlled melt­ moves manufacturing from a some­ against loss through human varia­ ing furnaces for centrifugal casting what “hit and miss” process to the tion. A finer product has resulted production is a new feature, particu­ state of an exacting science. in the production of a high grade larly with the high-copper alloys. With older machinery in operation, product in heat treatable aluminum This method has been used in the the quality of the products often de­ bronzes, beryllium copper alloys and past by producers of babbit and lead, pends largely upon the skill of the improved conductivity of copper al­ although naturally at lower tempera­ operators. In these instances the loys. tures. uniformity of the products varies with the skill of the operators. Centrifugal Casting Equipment When competition becomes severe, Installation of centrifugal casting Energy Transmitted W ith especially in consuming industries equipment has been successful on laying down rigid and exacting two main points, both of them A id of Tin and Its Alloys specifications for the producers to opening the way for increased meet, the uniformity of the finished profits. The yield of metal melted D. J. Macnaughtan, director of re­ products is an important item to was increased from 55 to 80 per cent search of the International Tin Re­ consider in figuring profit or loss. by the installation of this modern search and Development Council, 149 Improvements in machinery have equipment. This method is more Broadway, New York, is the author of been directed largely to effecting a economical for large castings than pamphlets on Tin and Civilization, and reduction in operating expenses; for the sand casting method. This Tin and Its Uses, recently issued by stepping up production capacity is due to the elimination of unneces­ the council. Effective transmission of through more efficient mechanization sary cutting and grinding costs. many forms of energy is essential for and to make them more nearly “fool­ Smaller machines in the produc­ the maintenance and progress of civil­ proof” as a protection against tion of gear blanks, and the like, in ization, Mr. Macnaughtan says. The improper control. sufficient quantities not only reduce transmission of food and mental en­ considerably the cost of production, ergy with the aid of tin is discussed Quality Is Improved but, at the same time yield a better in the first pamphlet. Installation of modern equipment product. In addition to these A concise account of the mining of not only increases the efficiency of features tending to improve the tin, the manufacture of tin alloys and the operators, but also enables them quality of the product at less cost their uses, and the applications of tin to im prove the q uality of the than formerly, the centrifugal proc­ and its importance to industry is given products being manufactured. For­ ess has eliminated to some extent the in the other pamphlet. Modern indus­ mulas for production, carefully need for highly specialized training try has increased the demand for the worked out in advance, can be fol­ of operators formerly needed by metal from 10,000 tons to 188,000 tons lowed more closely than formerly by molders. They are replaced by men a year in the last century, Mr. Mac­ operators with equipment designed of mechanical ability, although not naughtan points out. Im proved meth­ specifically for a certain purpose. necessarily highly skilled. ods of mining by dredging ensure the Possible trouble through improper Adapting old equipment to new economic extraction of tin ore even control of furnaces at our plant has needs through redesigning often re­ when the concentration in the de­ been reduced considerably through duces operating costs and helps in posits Is low, and scientific control the installation of safety features. the production of a better product. of smelting has improved the quality Considerable saving in labor cost has An improved metal was obtained by of the tin produced.

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High-Lift Electric Hoists— with, for extra heavy duty where conventional units are not well suited. Northern Engineering Works, De­ Receptacles are tapped for 2-inch troit, is bringing out high-lift electric conduit and for smaller sizes a re­ hoists built especially to serve where ducing bushing is used. Two, three heavy-duty is hampered by minimum and four-pole combinations are made. space. The hoist frame, constructed of ♦ ♦ ♦ Hydraulic Press— Farrel-Birmingham Co. Inc., Ansonia, Conn., announces a new design of hy­ draulic press with a self-contained hy­ draulic power unit. Although the ma­ chine, shown herewith, is designed es­ pecially for plastic and rubber molding operation, it may be readily adapted to other work. Capacity is 100 tons. Fox high-speed cutoff machine Platens are 20 inches square with a

machine, shown herewith. Design fea­ tures include a balanced head, 10 horsepower totally enclosed fan-cooled motor, V-belt drive, two speeds and a Northern hoist for heavy-duty service solid safety cover over a 20-inch cut­ ting wheel. The unit is built for re­ moving gates and risers from various rolled steel shapes, forms a simple types of hard alloy castings and also rigid structure. Hoist gear case is split is used for the cutting of bar stock, horizontally through the bearings to stainless steels, tubing, angle bars, etc. allow inspection and removal of gear­ Castings are held in a quick-acting ing and mechanical brake without * patented clamping device. By the drainin g the oil from the case. An simple turn of a hand wheel, this de­ automatic disk type mechanical load vice exerts tremendous pressure on the brake is provided in the hoist mechan­ casting, holding it securely while the ism. An electric motor brake is fur­ sprue is being cut off. The machine is nished on the hoist motor. The ac­ capable of removing risers of a diame­ companying illustration depicts this ter as large as 6 inches. It also can new development in overhead mono­ be used economically for gates as large rail electric hoists. as 4 inches. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Plugs and Receptacles— Rubber Pipe Joint— B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O., is in­ Delta-Star Electric Co., 2400 block, Farrel-Birmingham press embodies troducing a new type of pipe joint Fulton street, Chicago, has brought that consists of a rubber ring or gas­ out 3-pole 600-volt, 100-ampere modern design principles ket having internal and external cir- plugs and receptacles, shown here- 12-inch opening between. A variable displacement pump with its driving motor is mounted on a steel bedplate over the top crosshead which also serves as an oil reservoir. Steam and oil pressure gages are mounted in a white enameled depression on the front face of the top crosshead, behind shatter-proof glass and illuminated by indirect lighting. The usual tie rods have been eliminated, rolled steel slabs being used as tension members. ♦ ♦ ♦ High-Speed Cutoff Machine— Cyril A. Fox, Oliver building, Pitts­ burgh, is announcing a rigid cutoff Goodrich rubber pipe joint

/TEEL February 3, 1936 OPERATE THROUGH THIS GRUELING GRIND . . .

Compare the conditions under which stationary boilers operate with those encountered in railway service where continual pounding and vi­ bration throw severe stresses on tubes and tube sheets. Then remember that Electrunite Boiler Tubes are operating day and night in this gruel­ ing service—and giving such a satisfactory account of themselves that old users are re-ordering and new users are specifying them right along. • These are the features that enable Electrunite Boiler Tubes to save you time and money: They are straight, true to gauge and perfectly round. They slide through the tube sheet more easily—roll in tighter with less effort. They are free from scale—have less tendency to corrode, and therefore last longer. • Any tube that merits growing preference in locomotive service will easily meet even the most rigorous of stationary boiler requirements. Ask us to send you complete descriptive data. Steel and Tubes Inc. WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF ELECTRICALLY WELDED TUBING REPUBLIC CLEVELAND ... OHIO CORPORATION When writing Steel and Tubes, Inc., for further information, please address Department ST. February 3, 1936 /TEEL eumferential ribs which grip the bell feed adjustment, handwheel B for hor­ and spigot of the pipe as shown in the izontal adjustment. The clamp lever illustration on page 64. The develop­ indicated by C locks the spindle after ment now is available for use with spe­ the grin d in g wheel has been adjusted cially constructed ceramic pipe in low to the desired angle, handwheel D pressure service— 15 pounds per square raises and lowers the grinding spindle, inch maximum— and in temperatures and hand wheel E is for adjustment of not exceeding 175 degrees Fahr. It of­ the motor. A crank handle permits fers a permanent, positive seal fo bell_ angular adjustment of the complete and-spigot pipe conveying acids, alka­ grinding head either to the left or to lies, sewage and other industrial the right. A universal wheel dressing wastes. attachment can be supplied for truing ♦ ♦ ♦ bevel and straight face grinding wheels when mounted on either end of the Can Tilting Rack— grinding spindle. It is provided with Morse Mfg. Co. Inc., Syracuse, a screw feed adjustment and graduated N. Y., is introducing a tilting rack so that it may be set accurately at any for 5-gallon cans. The device, shown angle. herewith, holds either round or 4 4 4 square containers in such a man­ Diesel Engines— ner that the operator can easily Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, 111., fohns-Manvillc heavy-duty bra\e lining is announcing three new models, there­ for industrial equipment by expanding the range of power in its diesel engine line. The largest is a V-type 8 cylinder design, shown here­ H eavy-Duty Brake Lining— with. In addition to this 160 horse­ Johns-Manville Inc., 22 East Fortieth power unit, the company is introducing street, New York, now is offering its a 3-cylinder, 60 horsepower engine and heavy-duty brake lining for general a 4-cylinder, 44 horsepower design. use on all types of heavy industrial The D17000, as the V-8 is known, is a equipment. It has had test use on gas true diesel engine, 4-stroke-cycle, and diesel friction power shovels and valve-in-head, water-cooled, and fea­ other excavating machinery for the tures solid injection of fuel into pre­ past year with outstanding success, the combustion chambers. Bore and stroke company asserts. The material, shown are 5% x 8 inches, and the governed herewith, is known as No. 900 woven speed is 850 revolutions per minute, and compressed brake lining and is the same as the next three sizes in the flexible, readily formed, and adaptable line. The 8 cylinders are in two to various speed requirements. 4 ♦ ♦ V-Belt Drive tor Lathe— South Bend Lathe Works, 425 East Madison street, South Bend, Ind., an­ nounces that a new V-belt drive now is Morse cari tilting rac\ optional on its new 1936 model 9-inch “Workshop” precision lathe. The mo­ tor-driven bench machine has a four- pour the contents of the can without step cone headstock, with a single V- getting his hands soiled or spilling belt drive from the countershaft. This the liquid. Built of steel, the unit provides eight spindle speeds, four on is collapsible for convenience in open belt and four in back gear. shipping and storage. Speeds range from 44 to 585 revolu­ ♦ ♦ ♦ tions per minute. The countershaft is similarly equipped with a four-step Worm Thread Grinder— V-pulley for single V-belt motor drive. Hisey-Wolf Machine Co., Cincinnati, This new improvement provides extra is building a new portable worm thread power to meet metalworking require­ grinder in three sizes with 1, 3 and 5 m ents and m akes the sm all lathe, horsepower motors for any voltage, al­ shown herewith, particularly suitable ternating or direct current. The illus­ Caterpillar V-type 8-cylinder diesel en­ for special production work in manu­ tration herewith show-s a side view of gine of 160 horsepower capacity facturing plants. the machine with the grinding wheel, wheel guard, handwheel .4 for cross

Left — Hisey - Wolf portable worm thread grinder

Right — South Bend lathe equipped with new V-belt drive

66 /TEEL February 3, 1936 • Greater machinability in steel bars speeds up your production. Accurate cross section and smooth, bright finish eliminate the need of machining opera­ tions to obtain these features. Higher tensile strength and wear resistance improve the life of finished products. These are some of the important qualities which Union Cold Drawing provides to make steels more efficient. For hun­ dreds of purposes it gives these qualities to bars that are specially shaped to match the prevailing contour of required parts, thus practically completing WITH UNION COLD DRAWN STEELS the job. Interesting examples of such special shapes are illustrated on the next page. In all cases, Union Cold Drawn Steels are true to analysis and uniform in quality, bar after bar, assuring you of closely controlled costs and uninterrupted production schedules. Test the efficiency of your materials by the time, work and waste involved in putting them through production. The tremendous tonnage of Union Cold Drawn Steels consumed by industry is convincing proof that the steel which can be most quickly and easily converted into finished work is the most economical for you to use.

UNION DRAWN STEEL CO., MASSILLON, OHIO ITloiuijpctldurtA Sjjjjtainaj StidU

msiDUXT or 1. No machining was necessary to 7. This is a section of a long guide this section was made easier by cold complete the part. The bars were rail. To produce such parts by ma­ drawing. simply cut to proper lengths. chining would require large and ex­ 12. Lacquer, paint or enamel can be pensive equipment. 2. Cold drawing provided the close applied to cold drawn sections with­ accuracy necessary for the part made 8. Cold drawing gave the part made out further surface preparation. from this section. from this section sufficient strength 13. This cold drawn section welded 3. Cold drawing gave this section the to permit desirable light weight and to a shaft produces a part which high wear resistance required for the minimum size. otherwise would necessitate a com­ application. 9. This cold drawn special shape plicated and expensive casting or 4. It would be impractical to produce eliminates the large waste in metal forging. this section by any process other than that would result from machining a cold drawing. standard shape. 5. Contours of this character are very 10. Cold drawing gave this section expensive to machine but are readily its required sharp internal and ex­ obtained by cold drawing. ternal corners. 6. Cold drawing gave this section sufficient strength to eliminate the 11. The machining necessary to com­ need for heat treatment. plete the part manufactured from UNION DRAWN STEEL CO., MASSILLON, OHIO

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IXrtBUC STEEL (UIPOIATIOS washed, dried and weighed. The Control of Electroplating loss in weight represents the weight of the copper coating on the original part. The weight of coating in (Concluded from Page 44 ) m.s.i. is calculated as in all the cases given above. The parts thus treated are not cubic centimeters of dimethylglyox- tion until a visual examination re­ damaged and can be sent back to the ime solution (1 per cent solution of veals that all the metallic coating electroplater for refinishing and use. tiie salt in ethyl alcohol) or about lias been removed. In this process, (To 1>c continued) five times as much dimethylglyoxime as in the electrolytic process, the as will actually combine with the part to be tested first should be nickel present. Then add ammonia cleaned carefully and weighed ac­ until the solution reacts alkaline to curately on an analytical balance. New Trade litmus and allow to stand on a steam After stripping, the part should be bath for about one hour. dried and again weighed. The total While- still hot, filter through a weight of coating in milligrams di­ weighed Gooch crucible, wash well vided by the total plated area in Publications with water and then a 5 per cent so­ square inches will give the average Semiautomatic Plating Machines— lution of ethyl alcohol in water. Dry weight of coating in m.s.i. Udylito Co., Detroit. A bulletin on this at 110-120 degrees Cent, for 45 min­ product, including general notes, di­ DETERMINATION OF ColTKlt OVElt Fmt- utes and weigh. Multiply the weight mensions. and features of construc­ of the precipitate by 0.2032 to get i t o u s M e t a l s tion. the weight of the nickel present. Di­ This method is simple and ac­ Heaters— Fodders M fg. Co., B u f­ vide the weight of the nickel in mil­ curate and can be performed without falo. A folder announcing the ad d i­ ligrams by the area of the stripped any training on the part of the op­ tion of seven sizes to its line of Series surface in square inches to get the erator, except for the accurate 3 unit heaters, showing features of construction. weight of nickel coating in m.s.i. weighing required. It must be admitted that the above Pumps — Pennsylvania P u m p & So lutions test is long and involved, but to date, Compressor Co., Easton, Pa. 'I'wo bul­ no other satisfactory means of deter­ The sodium polysulphide solution letins, one on air cushion valve vac­ uum pumps, and tho other the cen­ mining the weights of composite required is made by dissolving 100 trifugal pumps— double suction, sin­ electroplated coatings is available. A grams of sodium sulphide (Na-jS.OHjO) gle stage, and sleeve bearing. trained man can, however, run in 500 cubic centimeters of water through this procedure rapidly and and adding 7 grams of sulphur. Boil TcmiH'ring Funinoe— Llndberg En­ gineering Co., 221 Union P ark court, the precise accuracy of this method the solution until the sulphur is com­ Chicago. Bulletin No. 51 Illustrates pletely dissolved. As soon as cooled, more than compensates for the time and gives the principles of the new required. the solution is ready for use. gas fired Cyclone tempering furnace. The potassium cyanide solution Dimensions are included. Determination of Nickel O v m t N o x - required is made by dissolving 10 F i u t i t o u s M e t a l s Alloy Steels— Alloy steel division. grams of potassium cyanide (ICGN) Republic Steel Corp., Massillon, O. A The following test is suitable for in 100 cubic centimeters of water. 106-page handbook presenting chem­ metals plated on brass, bronze, ical and metallurgical data on stand­ Procedure nickel-silver, and copper. It can be ard and special steels, outlining fac­ used for the determination of nickel, C arefu lly clean the part to be test­ tors to be considered in their selec­ chromium, cadmium and zinc. ed, d ry and w eight to four decimal tion and heat treatment, with appli­ places (i.e. 45.8392 grams). Place cations of alloy steel for specific uses Solu tion the part in the sodium polysulphide In leading industries. The stripping solution consists of solution and allow it to remain for 5 Air Compressors and Presses— a mixture of 10 parts, by volume, of minutes. At the end of this time, Wright manufacturing division, Amer­ dilute sulphuric acid (specific grav­ remove the part and thoroughly ican Chain Co. Inc., York, Pa. Two announcements pertinent to tho com­ ity 1.34) and one part, by volume, scrub with a stiff bristle brush to re­ pany’s latest additions of a complete of dilute hydrochloric acid (specific move any loose metallic sulphides. line of air compressors, including both This process is repeated a sufficient gravity 1.05). single and double stage units in sta­ number of times to insure that all Procedure tionary and portable styles, and addi­ of the metallic coating has been con­ tion of a line of hydraulic and screw The stripping solution should be verted into sulphide, as far as can presses. maintained just below the boiling be told by a visual examination. Grate Stoker— Combustion Engi­ point which should not be allowed The part then is placed in the po­ neering Co. Inc., 200 Madison avenue, to vary below 108 or above 125 de­ tassium cyanide solution for not Now York. A 16-page catalog. No. grees Cent. During the process of more than 10 seconds and during C-5, describing recent improvements stripping, the ratio of sulphuric acid this time the part is moved vigorous­ in details of the Coxe traveling grate stoker, with illustrations of its drive to the hydrochloric acid must not be ly. It is then removed, washed and and all its parts; another catalog il­ varied. If additional stripping so­ scrubbed thoroughly as before. This lustrates and describes its sectional- lution is desired, more of the pre­ procedure is repeated until all of the header type boiler as built for a wide pared stripping solution should be metallic sulphide is removed. If, at range of steam pressures, capacities added. the end of this time, any of the orig­ and different methods of fuel-firing. inal metallic coating is still remain­ The part to be stripped should be Heaters and Pumps — Worthington suspended on a glass hook in the ing, the part shall again be placed Pump & Machinery Corp., Harrison, stripping solution. A split watch in the sodium polysulphide solution N. J. Two bulletins, W-321-B8 35 0 glass or other suitable covering until the remaining unchanged coat­ and W -210-B19 359; the first points should be used on the beaker con­ ing has been changed to the out features of the Monobloc centrif­ taining the solution to prevent loss sulphide. It is then brushed as be­ ugal pumps, type D H . for hot well service and for pumping volatile by evaporation. A few glass beads fore, washed, and placed in the po­ liquids against medium heads, the sec­ tassium cyanide solution. on the bottom of the beaker will pre­ ond on stationary feodwater heat­ vent the solution from “bumping.” When the coating has been com­ ers with specific details of the non- The part should remain in the solu­ pletely removed, the part should be deaerating type.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL f o r Heavy Weather

UNIT OP NATIONAL V STEEL;/ g a l v a n i z e d Roofing a n d Siding

/ T E E L February 3, 1936 Automotive Decline Slower; Steel Rate Steady

More Railroad Orders; MARKET IN TABLOID

Structural Average High; D E M AN D . . . Fairly strong, except for automotive.

PRICES . . . Scrap composite Scrap Continues Upward continues to rise. Finished steel and pig iron generally un­ ETRENCHMENT in automotive steel buy­ changed. ing apparently has reached its low point R and is leveling off, with some indications of PRODUCTION . . . Ingots a moderate improvement this month, while more rem ain at 50 per cent. railroad requirements are coming to the front. The net result has been to hold steelworks op­ SHIPMENTS . . . Steady. erations at a steadier rate, the national average last week continuing at 50 per cent. The recent switch in trend of steel demand away from the lighter finished materials used by week. Mill stocks of automotive sheets and strip the automobile industry to the heavier products carried over from last year when buyers were for railroads and construction work probably is ordering freely in anticipation of possible price the outstanding market development. advances still are heavy. Within the week 62,000 tons of rails were Producers of these materials are making placed, Chicago & North Western distributing strong efforts to curb price concessions in the 35,000 tons, in addition to the 16,000 tons in the Detroit district and elsewhere. On the other preceding week. Southern Pacific awarded 17,- hand, many large consumers of these and other 000 tons, Atlantic Coast Line 6000, Virginian finished steels, encouraged by steel’s fourth- 4100. Erie’s inquiry, expected shortly, will in­ quarter profit statements are bringing more clude 500 box cars and 300 automobile cars. pressure against prices. A second extension, to Many inquiries for stainless steel streamlined Feb. 15, has been granted as the effective date passenger cars are pending, estimated as high for the $2 a ton advance on semifinished steel. as 100. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has or­ Liberal concessions are noted on nail prices in dered two 7-car Zephyr trains, following its pur­ the East and South. Some makers of butt weld chase of two 10-car trains. For Pennsylvania’s pipe have reduced prices 5 per cent. car program, 3500 tons of bolts, nuts and rivets Scrap continues strong and tending upward, in have just been distributed. the main due to a scarcity and restrictions im­ Sub-zero weather has interfered with outdoor posed by the weather. construction work in many sections of the coun­ Daily average pig iron production in Janu­ try, slowed up iron and steel and raw materials ary, 65,445 gross tons, was down 4.1 per cent shipments, even affecting some steel plant op­ from December, while the total showed the same erations, short of gas and other fuels. percentage reduction, to 2,028,791 tons. There Nevertheless, structural steel awards in the was a net loss of one active stack, to 119 oper­ week totaled 26,500 tons, aided by 12,300 tons ating at the close of January. for a New York city elevated highway, and 3000 When the official steel ingot production fig­ tons for railroad bridges in the Pittsburgh dis­ ures become available this week they will show trict. Los Angeles placed an additional 14,350 for January a reduction of about 8 per cent from tons of reinforcing bars for the Colorado river December in daily averages. It was a throw­ aqueduct. The government awarded 4498 tons back to a rate between the August and Septem­ of bars for the Fort Peck, Montana, dam. San ber production. Francisco entered the market for 4400 tons of Pittsburgh district steelworks operations last 60-inch welded steel pipe. Gulf Refining Co. has week advanced IV2 points to 39 per cent; Wheel­ placed two tankers, taking 10,000 tons of steel. ing 8 to 78; Buffalo 2 to 32. Youngstown was Adverse weather conditions are affecting re­ down 1 to 60; Chicago 1 to 52; Cleveland 8 to tail automobile sales. Dealers are stocked and 59, and others unchanged. manufacturers have trimmed production sched­ Steel’s iron and steel price composite is up 2 ules to about 300,000 for this month, compared cents to $33.40; the finished steel index remains "with 350,000 in January. Last week assemblies $53.70, while the scrap composite has advanced. totaled 85,800, down 1600 from the preceding 4 cents to $13.25.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 71 — The Market ITeek-

COMPOSITE MARKET AVERAGES Ore Three One F ive M outh A go M onth s A go Year A go Y ears A g o Feb. 1 Jan. 25 Jan. 18 Jan., 1936 .Nov., 1935 Feb., 1935 Feb., 1931 Iron and Steel ...... $33.40 $33.38 $33.34 $33.34 $33.15 $32.54 $31.64 Finished Steel ...... 53.70 53.70 53.70 53.70 53.70 54.00 49.42 Steelworks Scrap.... 13.25 13.21 13.17 13.15 12.92 11.66 10.39

Iron and Steel Composite:—Pig iron, scrap, billets, sheet bars, wire rods, tin plate, wire, sheets, plates, shapes, bars, black pipe, rails, alloy steel, hot strip, and cast iron pipe at representative centers. Finished Steel Composite:—Plates, shapes, bars, hot strip, nails, tin plate, pipe. Steel' works Scrap'Composite:—Heavy melting steel and compressed sheets.

A COMPARISON OF PRICES Representative Market Figures for Current Week; Average for Last Month, Three Months and One Year Ago

Feb. 1 Jan., Nov., Feb., Feb. 1 Jan., Nov., Feb., 1936 1936 1935 1935 1936 1936 1935 1935 Finished Material Pig Iron 20.8132 19.76 1.80 Bessemer, del. Pittsburgh..... $20.8132 20.8132 Steel bars, Pittsburgh ...... l.S5c 1.S5 1.85 Basic, Valley ...... 19.00 18.00 Steel bars. C h ica go ...... 1.90 1.90 1.85 19.00 19.00- 1.90 Basic, eastern, del. eastern Pa. 20.8132 20.S132 20.8132 19.76 Steel bars, Philadelphia ...... 2.16 2.16 2.16 2.09 20.3132 1.75 No. 2 fdry., del. Pittsburgh..... 20. 3132 20.3132 19.26 Iron bars, Terre Haute, Ind.... 1.75 1.75 1.75- 50 19.50 19.50 18.50 Shapes, Pittsburgh ...... 1.80 1.80 1.S0 No. 2 fdry., C h ica go ...... 19 1 .SO Southern No. 2. Birmingham..,. 15 50 15.50 14.75 14.50 Shapes, Philadelphia ...... 2.1-0144 2.0144 2,.0 1 44 2..0044 20.2007 19.13 1.85 Southern No. 2. del. Cincinnati 20. 2007 20.2007 Shapes, Chicago ...... 1.S5 1.85 1.85 6S82 21.6882 21.6882 20.63 Tank plates, Pittsburgh ...... 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 No. 2X eastern, del. Phila.... 21 Malleable, V a lle y ...... 50 19.50 19.50 18.50 Tank plates, Philadelphia ...... 2.00 1.99 1.99 1.9844 19.50 19.50 18.50 1.85 1.85 1.85 Malleable, Chicago ...... 50 Tank plates, C h ica go ...... 1.85 Lake Sup. charcoal, del. Chi.. 2528 25.2528 25.2528 24.04 Sheets, No. 10, hot rolled, Pitts. 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 90.13 89.79 2.40 2.40 Ferromanganese, del. Pitts.... 13 90.13 Sheets, No. 24, hot aim.. Pitts.... 2.40 2.40 6711 19.67 19.67 18.63 Sheets, No. 24, galv., Pitts...... 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.10 Gray forge, del. Pittsburgh.... Sheets, No. 10. hot rolled, Gary.... 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 Sheets, No. 24, hot anneal., Gary 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 Scrap Sheets, No. 24. galvan., G ary..... 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 Heavy melting steel. Pittsburgh.. $14.50 14.50 13.65 13.25 Plain wire, Pittsburgh ...... 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.30 H eavy melt, steel, No. 2. east Pa. 11.50 11.3744 11.00 10.15 Tin plate, per base box Pitts.... 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.25 Heavy melting steel. Chicago ..... 13.50 13.40 13.20 11.65 Wire nails Pitts...... 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.60 Rails for rolling. Chicago ...... 14.25 14.25 14.30 12.55 Railroad steel specialties, Chicago 14.75 14.40 13.75 12.50 Semifinished Material Coke Sheet bars, open-hearth. Youngs. $30.00 30.00 29.50 2S.00 Sheet bars, open-hearth, Pitts.... 30.00 30.00 29.50 28.00 Connellsville, furnace, ovens ..... $3.50 4.00 4.35 4.60 Billets, open-hearth, Pittsburgh.... 29.00 29.00 28.50 27.00 Connellsville, foundry, ovens ..... 1.00 3.50 3.55 3.60 W ire rods, Pittsburgh ...... 40.00 29.00 3S.00 38.00 Chicago, by-product foundry, del. 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.25

Steel, Iron, Raw Material, Fuel and MetalsIs FPrices>NC es

Except when othcrioise designated, prices are "base, cats» Asterisk denotes price change this week Sheet Steel Tin Mill Black No. 28 Corrosion and Heat- Structural Shapes Pittsburgh ...... 2.75c Resistant A lloys Pittsburgh ...... 1.80c Hot Rolled No. 10, 24-4S in. Gary ...... 2.85c Philadelphia, del 2 01 44c St. Louis, delivered 3.0Sc New York, del 2 06 44c Pittsburgh base, cents per lb. Pittsburgh ...... 1.85b Boston, delivered.... 2■ 2044e Gary ...... 1.95o Cold Rolled No. 10 Chrome-Nickcl Bethlehem ...... 1.90c Chicago, delivered.. 1.98c Pittsburgh ...... 2.50c No- 302 No. 304 Chicago ...... 1.85c New York, del 2.20c G ary ...... 2.60c Bars ..... 23.00 24.00 Cleveland, del...... 2.00c Philadelphia, del 2.16c Detroit, delivered.... 2.55c-2.70c Plates .... 26.00 25.00 Buffalo ...... 1.90c Birmingham ...... 2.00c Philadelphia, del 2.81c Sheets .... 33.00 35.00 Gulf Ports ...... 2.20c St. Louis, del...... 2.1 Sc New York, del 2.85c Hot strip.. 20.75 22.75 Birmingham ...... 1.95c Pacific ports, f.o.b. Pacific ports, f.o.b. Cold strip 27.00 29.00 Pacific ports, f.o.b. cars, dock ...... 2.40c cars, dock ...... 3.10c cars, dock ...... 2.35c Straight Chromes Bars Rolled Annealed No. 24 Cold Rolled No. 20 No. No. No. No. Hot Pittsburgh...... 2.95c 410 430 442 446 Soft Steel Pittsburgh ...... 2.40c Gary ...... 3.05c Bars ..... 17.00 18.50 21.00 26.00 (Base, 5 to 25 tons) Gary ...... 2.50c Detroit, delivered.... 3.00c-3.15c Plates ....20.00 21.50 24.00 29.00 Pittsburgh ...... 1.85c Chicago, delivered.... 2.53c Philadelphia, del 3-26c Sheets ....25.00 2S.00 31.00 35.00 Chicago or Gary.... 1.90c Detroit, delivered.... 2.45c-2.60c New York, del 3,30c Hot strip 15.75 16.75 21.75 26.75 Duluth ...... 2.00c Cold stp...20.50 22.00 27.00 35.00 Birmingham ...... 2.00c New York, del 2.75c Enameling Sheets Philadelphia, del 2.71c Cleveland ...... 1.90c Pittsburgh, No. 10.. 2.50c Buffalo ...... 1.95c Birmingham ...... 2.55c Pittsburgh. No. 20.. 3.10c St. Louis, del 2.72c Steel Plates Detroit, delivered.... 2.00c Garv, No. 10 ...... 2.60c Pacific ports, f.o.b. Pacific ports, f.o.b. Gary. No. 20 ...... 3.20c Pittsburgh ...... 1.80c cars, d o c k ...... 3.05c cars, dock ...... 2.40c New York, del 2.09c Philadelphia, del... 2.16c Philadelphia, del 1.99c 2.27c Galvanized No. 24 Boston, delivered.... Tin and Terne Plate Boston, delivered 2.22c New York, del...... 2.20c Pittsburgh ...... 3.10c Buffalo, delivered.... 2.05c Pitts-, forg. qual... 2.10c Gary ...... 3.20c Gary base, 10 cents higher. Chicago or Gary .... 1.85c Chicago, delivered.. 3-23c Tin plate, coke base Cleveland, del 1.9914c Rail Steel Philadelphia, del 3.41c (box) Pittsburgh $5.25 Birmingham ...... 1.95c To Manufacturing Trade New York, del 3.45c Do,, waste-waste.. 2.75c Coatesville, base .... 1.90c Pittsburgh ...... 1.70c Birmingham ...... 3.25c Do., strips ...... 2.50c Sparrows Pt., base 1.90c Chicago or Gary ...... 1.75c St. Louis, del 3.43c Long ternes. No. 24 Pacific ports, f.o.b. Moline. Ill...... 1.75c Pacific ports, f.o.b. unassorted, Pitts. 3.40c cars, dock ...... 2.35c Cleveland ...... 1.75c cars, dock ...... 3.70c Do.. Gary ...... 3.50c St. Louis, delivered.. 2.08c Buffalo ...... 1.80c

72 /TEEL February 3, 1936 —The Market Week—

Iron Strip and Hoops Do., under 5 kegs; no and per pound. Less-carloads Troy, N. Y ...... 1.70c disc, on size extras $3.20 revised as of July 1, 1935, card. Terre Haute, Ind 1.75c Hot strip to 23j£-in. Hot-finished carbon steel boil­ C h ic a go ...... 1.80c Pittsburgh ...... 1.85c er tube prices also under date Philadelphia ...... 2.06c Chicago or Gary.. 1.95c Pipe and Tubing of May 15 range from 1 through Birmingham base 2.00c 7 inches outside diameter, in­ Pittsburgh, refined.. 2.75-7.50c Base $200 net ton, except on Reinforcing Detroit, delivered 2.05c clusive, and embrace 47 size Philadelphia, del.. 2.16c standard commercial seamless New billet, straight lengths, classifications in 32 decimal New York, del 2.20c boiler tubes under 2 inches and wall thicknesses ranging from quoted by distributors. Cooperage hoop. cold drawn seamless tubing. Pittsburgh ...... 2.05c 0.109 to 1.000, prices also being Pittsburgh ...... 1.95c on a lb. and 100 ft. basis. Chicago, Gary, Buffalo, Chicago ...... 2.05c Welded Iron, Steel Pipe Cleve., Birm., Young. .. 2.10c Cold-strip, Pitts. Base discounts on steel pipe, Seamless Tubing Gulf ports ...... 2.45c Cleve...... 2.60c Pacific coast ports f.o.b. Pitts., Lorain, O., to consumers Cold draw n; f-o.b. m ill disc. Detroit, del...... 2.65c in carloads. Gary, Ind-, 2 points cars dock ...... 2.45c Worcester, Mass.. 2.80c 100 ft. or 150 lbs...... 32% Philadelphia, del 2.11c-2.16c less. Chicago, del. 2% points 15,000 ft. or 22,500 lbs...... 70% R ail steel, straight lengths, less. W rought pipe, Pittsburgh. quoted by distributors Rails, Track Material Butt Weld Cast Iron Water Pipe Pittsburgh ...... 1.90c (Gross Tons) Steel Class B Pipe—Per Net Ton Chicago. Buffalo, Cleve­ Standard rails, mill $36.37% In. Blk. Galv. 6-in. & over, Birm ..$39.00-40.00 land, Birm., Young. 1.95c Relay rails, Pitts. % and % ...... 53% 35 4-in., Birmingham... 42.00-43.00 G ulf p o rts...... 2.30c 20-45 lbs...... $28.00 % ...... 58% 47 4-in., Chicago ..... 50.40-51.40 45-50 lbs...... $25.00 % ...... 62 52 6 to 24-in. Chicago.. 47.40-48.40 Wire Products 50-60 lbs...... $26.00 1— 3 ...... 64 55 6-in. & over, east. fdy. 43.00 70-75 lbs...... $24.50 Iron Do., 4-in...... 46.00 Wire Products ...... 80-90 lbs...... $26.00 % ...... 31% 15 Class A pipe $3 over Class B (Prices apply to straight or 100 lbs...... $27.00 % ...... 36% 20% Stnd. fitgs., Birm. base..$100.00 mixed carloads; less carloads L igh t rails, billet 1— 1% ...... 39% 25% $4 higher; less carloads fenc­ qual. Pitts., Chi.... $35.00 2 ...... 41% 26 Semifinished Steel ing $5 over base column.) Do., reroll, qual.... 34.00 Lap Weld Billets and Blooms Base Pitts.-Cleve. 100 lb. keg. Angle bars, billet, Steel 4 x 4-inch base; gross ton Standard wire nails ..... $2.40 Gary, Ind., So. Chi. 2.55c 2 ...... 60 51 Pitts., Chi., Cleve., Cement coated nails ..... 2.40 Do., axle steel 2.10c 2% — 3 ...... 63 54 and Youngstown.. $29-00 Galvanized nails, 15 gage Spikes, R. R. base 2.60c 3 % — 6 ...... 65 56 Philadelphia ...... 34.67 and coarser ...... 4.40 Track bolts, base.... 3.60c 7 and S ...... 64 54 Duluth ...... 31.00 do. finer than 15 gage.. 4-90 Tie plates, base 1.90c 9 and 10 ...... 63% 53% Forcing- Billets (Per pound) Base, light rails 25 to 40 lbs.; Iron 6 x 6 to 9 x 9-in., base Polished staples ...... 3.10c 50 to 60 lbs. inclusive up $2; 16 2 ...... 37 22% Pitts., Chi., Buff 35.00 Galvanized fence staples 3.35c and 20 lbs., up $1; 12 lbs. up 2% — 3% ...... 38 25 Forging, Duluth 37.00 Barbed wire, galv...... 2.80c $2; 8 and 10 lbs., up $5. Base 4— S ...... 40 2S% Sheet Bars Annealed fence wire ..... 2.45c railroad spikes 200 kegs or Line Pipe Pitts., Cleve., Young., Galvanized fence wire.... 2.80c more; base tie plates 20 tons. Chi., Buff., Can­ Woven wire fencing Steel %, butt weld...... 57% ton, Sparrows Pt. 30.00 (base column, c.l.)...... $61.00 Slabs To Manufacturing Trade Bolts and Nuts % -in ch butt weld .... 50% % — 3 butt weld .... 52% Pitts-, Clii., Cleve., Plain wire, 6-9 gage 2.30c Pittsburgh, Cleveland, B ir­ Young...... 29.00 Anderson, Ind. (merchant %, butt weld ..... 61 mingham, Chicago. Discounts 1— 3, butt wold ...... 63 Wire Rods products only) and Chicago up to legitimate trade for all case (Common; combination up $2) $1; Duluth up $2; Birmingham 2-inch, lap weld ...... 59 lots, Dec. 1, 1932, lists, 10% 2% — 3, lap weld .. 62 Pitts., Cleveland 40.00 up $3. extra for less full containers. Chicago ...... 41.00 Spring wire, Pittsburgh 3 % — 6, lap weld ...... 64 Carriage and Machine 7— 8, lap weld ...... 63 Worcester, Mass 42.00 or Cleveland...... 2.90c % x 6 and smaller ....70-10-5 oft Skelp Do., Chicago up $1, W orces­ Iron Pitts., Chi., Young., Do. larger ...... 70-10 off % — 1% inch, black and galv. ter, $2. Tire bolts ...... 55 off Buff.. Coatesville, Plow Bolts take 4 pts. over; 2 % — 6 inch Sparrows Point.... 1.80c 2 pts. over discounts for same Cold-Finished Carbon Bars All sizes...... 70-10 off Stove Bolts sizes, standard pipe lists, S— 12- Coke inch, no extra. and Shafting In packages with nuts at­ Price Per Net Ton Boiler Tubes tached 72%-10 off; in pack­ Beehive Ovens Base, Pitts., one size, shape, C. L ■ Discounts, f.o.b. Pitts. ages with nuts separate Connellsville, fur $3.50- 3.65 grade, shipment at one time 72%-10-5 off; in bulk 82% Lap Weld Charcoal to one destination Connellsville, fdry.... 4.00- 4.25 off on 15.000 of 3-inch and Steel Iron Connel., prem. fdry. 5.50- 5.75 10.000 to 19,999 lbs...... 2.10c shorter, or 5000 over 3-inch. 2— 2 % ...... 33 1 % ...... 8 2 % — 2 % ..... 40 2— 2 % ...... 13 New River fdry 6.00 20.000 to 59,999 lbs...... 2.05c Step bolts ...... 65-5 off Wise county fdry 4.45- 5.00 60.000 to 99,999 lbs...... 2.00c Elevator bolts ...... 65-5 off 3...... 47 2% — 2 % ...16 3 % — 3 % ..... 50 3...... 17 Wise county fur 4.00- 4.50 100.000 lbs. and over 1.97%c Nuts By-Product Foundry Gary, Ind., Cleve., Chi., up 5c; 4...... 52 3% — 3 % ...... 18 S. A. E. semifinished hex.; Newark, N. J„ del. 9.70-10.15 Buffalo, up 10c; Detroit, up % to ft-inch ..... 60-20-15 off 4 % — 5...... 42 4...... 20 20c; eastern Michigan, up 25c. 4 % ...... 21 Chi., ov., outside del. 9.00 Do., y2 to 1-inch 60-20-15 off Chicago, del...... 9.75 Do., over 1-inch 60-20-15 off In lots of a carload or more, Hexagon Cap Screws New England, del.... 11.50 A llo y Steel Bars (H ot) above discounts subject to St- Louis, del 10.00 Milled ...... 80-10-10 off preferential of two 5% and one Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chi­ Birmingham, ovens 6.50 Upset. 1-in., smaller S5 off 7 % % discount on steel and Indianapolis, del 9.40 cago, Massilon, Can­ Square Head Set Screws 10% on charcoal iron. ton, Bethlehem ...... 2.45c Cincinnati, del 9.50 Upset. 1-in., smaller....75-10 off Lapwelded steel: 200 to 9999 Cleveland, del 9.75 Alloy Alloy Headless set screws ..... 75 off pounds, ten points under base, Buffalo, ovens ..... 7.50- 8.00 S.A.E. Diff- S.A.E. Diff. one 5% and one 7 % % . Under Detroit, ov„ out. del. 9.00 2000...... 0.25 3100...... 0.55 Rivets, Wrought Washers 2000 pounds 15 points under Philadelphia, del 9.38 2100...... 0.55 3200...... 1.35 base, one 5% and one 7 % % . 2300...... 1.50 3300...... 3.S0 Struc., c. 1., Pitts­ Charcoal iron: 10,000 pounds to Coke By-Products 2500...... 2.25 3400...... 3.20 burgh, Cleveland.. 2.90c carloads, base less 5%; under 4100 0.15 to 0.25 M o ...... 0.50 3.00c Per gallon, producers’ plants- Struc., c. 1., Chicago 10,000 lbs., 2 points under base. Tank lots Spot 4600 0.20 to 0.30 Mo. 1.25- ft-in. and smaller, Seamless Boiler Tubes 1.75 N i...... 1.05 Pitts., Chi., Cleve. 70 and 5 off Pure and 90% benzol 18.00c 5100 0.80-1.10 C r...... 0.45 Wrought washers, Under date of M ay 15 in lots T o lu o l...... 30.00c 5100 Cr. spring ...... base Pitts.. Chi., Phila-, of 40,000 pounds or more for Solvent naphtha ...... 30.00c 6100 bars ...... 1.20 cold-draxvn boiler tubes and in Commercial xylol ...... 30.00c to jobbers & large Per lb. f.o.b. New York. 6100 s p r in g ...... 0.70 nut, bolt m frs $6.25 off lots or 40.000 pounds or feet or Cr., Ni.. V a n ...... 1.50 more for hot-finished boiler Phenol (200 lb. drums).. 16.30c Carbon V a n ...... 0.95 tubes, revised prices are quoted Do. (100 lbs.) ...... 17.30c 9250 carbon base plus extras Cut Nails for 55 cold-drawn boiler tube Eastern Plants, per lb. Cut nails, Pitts.; (10% sizes ranging from % to 6-inch Naphthalene flakes and Piling discount on size extras) $2.75 outside diameter in 30 wTall balls, in bbls., to jobbers 6.75c Do. less carloads, 5 kegs thicknesses, decimal equivalent Per 100 lb. Atlantic seaboard Pittsburgh ...... 2.15c or more, no discount from 0.035 to 1.000, on a dollars Sulphate of ammonia.... $1.20 Chicago, Buffalo ...... 2.25c on size extras ...... $3.05 and cents basis per 100 feet tWestern prices, %-cent up.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 73 —The Market Week— No. 2 Malle- Besse- Pig Iron Delivercd from Basing Points: Fdry able Basic mer St. Louis, northern ...... 20.00 20.00 19.50 ..... Delivered prices include switching: charges only as noted. St. Louis from Birmingham ..... f l 9.62 19.50 ..... No. 2 foundry is 1.75-2.25 sil.; 25c diff. for each 0-25 sil. St. Paul from Duluth ...... 21.94 21.94 22.44 above 2.25; 50c diff. for each 0.25 below 1.75. Gross tons. tOver 0.70 phos. Low Phos. No. 2 Malle­ Besse­ Basing Points: Birdsboro and Steelton, Pa., and Standlsh, Busing Points: Fdry able Basic mer N. Y., $24.00, Phila. base, standard and copper bearing, $25.13. Bethlehem, Pa...... $20.50 $ 21.00 $ 20.00 $21.50 Gray Forge Charcoal 21.50 Birdsboro, Pa ...... 20.50 21.00 20.00 Valley furnace ...... 19.0# Lake Superior fur...... $22.0» 15.50 14.50 21.00 Birmingham, Ala., southern del. 15.50 Pitts, dist. fur...... 19.00 Do., del. Chicago ...... 25.25 20.00 18.50 Buffalo ...... 10-50 20.50 Lyles, Tenn...... 22.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 Chicago ...... 19.50 Silveryt Cleveland ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 Detroit ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 Jackson county, O., base; 6-6.50 per cent $22.75; 6-51-7— $23.25; 7-7.50— $23.75; 7.51-8— $24.25; 8-8.50— $24.75; 8.51-9— $25.25 ; Duluth ...... 20.00 20.00 20.50 Erie, P a ...... 19-50 20.00 19.00 20.50 9-9.50— $25.75. Buffalo $1.25 higher. Everett, Mass...... 20.50 21.00 20.00 21.50 Bessemer Ferrosilicont Hamilton, 0 ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 Jackson county, O., base: Prices are the same as for sllverles, Jackson, 0 ...... 20.25 20-25 19.75 plus $1 a ton. Neville Island, Pa ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 fThe lower all-rail delivered price from Jackson, O., or Buf­ Provo, Utah ...... 17.50 17.00 falo is quoted with freight allowed. Sharpsville, Pa...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.1)0 Manganese differentials in silvery iron and ferrosilicon. 2 to Sparrows Point, Md...... 20.50 20-00 3%, $1 per ton add. Each unit over 3%, add $1 per ton. Swedeland, P a ...... 20.50 21.00 20.00 2L50 Toledo, 0 ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 Refractories timore bases (bags).. 40.00 Youngstown, 0 ...... 19.50 19.50 19.00 20.00 Domestic dead - burned P e r 1000 f.o.b. W orks gr. net ton f.o.b. Che- Fire Clay Brick welah, Wash. (bulk).. 22.00 Delivered from Basing Points: Super Quality Basic Brick Pa., Mo., K y ...... $55.00 Net ton, f.o.b. Baltimore, P ly ­ Akron, O., from Cleveland ...... 20.7G 20.76 26.26 21.26 First Quality mouth Meeting, Chester, Pa. Baltimore from Birmingham .... 21.08 19.96 Pa., 111., Md., Mo., Ky. $45.00 Chrome brick ...... $45.00 Boston from Birmingham ...... 20.62 20.50 Alabama, Ga...... $38.00 ■45.00 Chemically bonded Boston from Everett, Mass 21.0021.50 20.50 22.00 Second Quality chrome brick ...... 45.00 Boston from Buffalo ...... 21.00 21.50 20.50 22.00 Pa., 111., Ky., Md., Mo. 40.00 Magnesite brick ...... 65.00 Brooklyn, N. Y„ from Bethlehem 22.9323.43 Ga., A la...... 35.00 Chemically bonded mag­ Brooklyn, N. Y., from Bmghm. 22.50 Ohio nesite brick ...... 55.00 Canton, O., from Cleveland ...... 20.76 20.76 20.26 21.26 First quality ...... $40-00 Chicago from Birmingham ...... f l 9.72 19.60 Intermediary ...... 37.00 Cincinnati from Hamilton, 0 ...... 20.58 20,58 20.08 Second quality ..... 28.00 Fluorspar, 85-5 Cincinnati from Birmingham.... 20.20 19.20 Malleable Bung Brick W ashed gravel, Cleveland from Birmingham .... 19.62 19.12 All b ase s...... 50.00 duty paid, tide. Indianapolis from Hamilton, O-.. 21.93 21.93 21.43 22.43 Silica Brick net ton ...... $20.00 Mansfield. O., from Toledo, 0 ... 21.26 21.26 20.76 21.76 Pennsylvania ...... $45.00 W ashed gravel, Milwaukee from Chicago 20.57 20.57 20.07 21.07 Joliet, E. Chicago.... 54.00 f.o.b. Ill-, Ky., net Muskegon, Mich., from Chicago ‘ Birmingham, Ala... 48.00 ton, carloads, all­ Toledo or Detroit ...... 22.60 22.60 22-10 23.10 M agnesite rail ...... $16.00 Newark, N. J., from Birmingham 21.61 Imported dead-burned Do., for barge $17.50 Newark, N. J., from Bethlehem.. 21.99 22.49 grains, net ton f.o.b. Philadelphia from Birmingham- 20.93 20.SI ..... Chester, Pa., and B a l­ Philadelphia from Swedeland, Pa. 21.31 21.81 20.81 ..... timore bases (bags)... $45.00 Ferroalloys Pittsburgh district from Ne-j Neville base plus 67c, Sic and Domestic dead - burned Dollars, except Ferrochrome ville Island ...... J $1.21 switching charges grains, net ton f.o.b. Saginaw, Mich., from Detroit.... 21.75 21.75 21.25 21.25 Chester, Pa., and Bal- Ferromanganese, 78-82% tidewater, duty paid ...... 75.00 Do., Balti, base.... 75.00 Do., del. Pittsb’gh 80.13 Spiegeleisen, 19- N onferrous 20% dom. Palm er- METAL PRICES OF THE WEEK ton, Pa., spotf 26-00 Do., New Orleans 26.00 Spot unless otherivise specified. Cents per pound Ferrosilicon. 50% —Copper- freight all., cl 77.50 Electro, Lake, Straits Tin Lead A lum i­ Antimony Nickel Do., less carload.. 85.00 del. del. Casting, New York Lead East Zinc num Chinese Cath­ Do., 75 per cent.. 126-130.00 Conn. Midwest refinery Spot Futures N. Y. St. L. St. L. 99% Spot, N. Y. odes Spot, $5 a ion higher. Jan. 25 9.25 9.37% S.85 ■16.25 44.87% 1.50 4.35 4.S5- »19.00 12.62% 35.00 Silicoman., 2% carb. 85.00 Jan. 27 9.25 9.37% 8.S5 46.25 •15.00 1.50 4.35 4.85 *19.00 12.62% 35.00 2% carbon, 90.00; 1%, 100.00 Jan. 28 9.25 9.37% S.85 -16.25 -1-1.S7 % 1.50 4.35 4.S5 *19.00 12.62% 35.00 Feri oc hrome. 66-70 Jan.29 9.25 9.37% S.S5 -18.00 45.75 -1.50 4 35 4.85 *19.00 12.75 35.00 chromium, 4-6 car­ Jan. 30 9.25 9.37% S.85 48.12% 45.85 1.50 4 35 4.85 *19.00 12.75 35.00 bon, cts. lb. del.... 10.00 Jan. 31 9.25 9.37% S.85 48.37% 46.00 -1.50 4.35 4.S5 *19.00 12.75 35.00 Ferrotungsten, stand., lb. con. del. 1.35- 1.45 ‘ Nominal range 19.00 to 21.00c. Ferrovanadium, 35 MILL PRODUCTS O L D M E T A L S Light Brass to 40% lb., cont.... 2.70- 2.90 Ferrotltanium, c. 1-, F.o.b. Deal, buying prices, cents lb. ‘Chicago ...... 3.50- 3.75 mill base, cents per lb. Cleveland ...... 3.25- 3.50 prod, plant, frt. except as specified. Copper No. 1 Composition Red Brass St. Louis ...... 3.50- 3.75 allow., net ton .... 137.50 brass products based on 9.00c Spot, 1 ton, frt. Conn. copper. New York ...... 5.75- 6.00 Lead Cleveland ...... 6.37%- 6.50 New York ...... 3.50- 3.75 allow., lb...... 7.00 Sheets ‘ Chicago ...... 6.00- 6.25 Cleveland ...... 3.50- 3.75 Do., under 1 ton... 7.50 Yellow brass (high) 14.62% *St. Louis ...... 5.75- 6.00 Chicago ...... 3.37%-3.62% Ferrophosphorus, Copper hot rolled 16.50 per ton, c. 1., 17- Heavy Copper and Wire ‘ St. Louis ...... 3.50- 3.75 Lead cut to jobbers 8-25 Zinc 19% Rockdale, Zinc, 100-lb. base.... 9.50 New York, No. 1. 7.0n. i.2 5 New York ...... 2-00- 2.25 Tenn., basis, 18%, Tuhes ‘Chicago, No. 1.. 7.00- 7.50 Cleveland ...... 2.50- 2.75 $3 unitage ...... 58.50 Oleveland ...... >:.7S- 7.00 Ferrophosphorus. High yellow brass 16.87% ..7-00- 7 .3 7 % St. Louis ...... 2.75-3.00 Seamless copper ... 17.00 St. Louis, No. 1 A lum inum electrolytic, per Rods Composition Brass Borinas Borings. Cleveland 9.00- 9.50 ton c. 1., 23-26% High yellow brass.... 13.12% New York ...... 5 no­ Mixed, cast. Cleve. 13.00-13.25 f-o.b. Anniston. Copper, hot rolled.... ‘ Mixed, cast. St. L. 12.50-12.75 A 1 a.. 2-1% $3 13.50 ught Copper u n itage ...... 75.00 Anodes Clips, soft. Cleve-.... 15.00-15.25 New York ...... 5 75- 6.00 Ferromolvbdenum. Copper untrimmed.. 14.00 •Chicago ...... 5.50- 6.00 SECONDARY METALS stand. 55-65%. lb. 0.95 W ire Cleveland ...... 5.87%- 6.00 Brass ingot, 85-5-5-5 9.50 Molybdate. lb. cont. 0.80 Yellow brass (high) 15.12% St. Louis ...... 5.75- 6.00 Stand. No. 12 alum. 17.00-17.50 tCarloads, Quan. ditf. apply.

74 /TEEL February 3, 1936 — The Market ft7eek—

Iron an d St eel Scrap Prices Corrected to Friday night. Gross tons delivered to consumers, ejiriil where otherwise staled

HEAVY MELTING STEEL COUPLERS, SPRINGS Buffalo ...... 7.75- 8.25 Chicago, iron ...... 13.50- 14.uu Birmingham ...... 9.50-10.50 Buffalo ...... 14.50-15.00 Cincinnati, dealers.. 5.50- 6.00 Chicago, rolled steel 14.50- 15.00 Boston, dock, expt. 10.25 Chicago, springs .... 14.50-15.00 Cleveland ...... 8.25- SYS Cincinnati, iron..... 11.00- 11.50 Boston, domestic .... 8.75 Eastern P a ...... 15.50-16.00 Detroit ...... 5.75- 6.25 Eastern Pa., iron.... 13.50- 14.UO Buffalo, No. 1 ...... 11.00-11.50 Pittsburgh ...... 17.00-17.50 Eastern P a... 6.25- 6.50 Eastern Pa., steel.... 16.00 Buffalo, No. 2 ...... 12.25-12.75 St. Louis ...... 12.00-12.50 New York, dealers.. 3.25- 3.75 Pittsburgh, iron .... 14.25- 14.. > Chicago, No. 1...... 13.25-13.75 Pittsburgh ... 9.00- 9.50 Pittsburgh, steel .... 16.25- ANGLE BARS—STEEL 16.75 Cleveland, No. 1..... 13.25-13.75 Toronto, dealers .... 4.00 St. Louis, iron ..... 10.50- 11.00 Cleveland, No. 2..... 12.25-12.75 Chicago ...... 14.50-15.00 CAST IRON BORINGS St. Louis, ste e l..... 12.00- 12.50 Detroit, No. 1...... In.(in-In 50 St. L o u is ...... 12.25-12.75 Toronto, net ...... 7.(1" Detroit, No. 2 ...... 9.25- 9.75 Buffalo ...... 14.50-15.00 Birmingham, plain.. 5.00- 6.00 Eastern Pa., No. 1.. 12.50 13.00 Boston, chemical.... 5.50- 6.50 NO. 1 CAST SCRAP Eastern Pa., No. 2.. 11.50 RAILROAD SPECIALTIES Boston, dealers ..... 3.25- 3-50 Birmingham ...... 11.00-•12.(10 Federal, 111...... 10.50-11.00 Chicago ...... 14.50-15.00 Buffalo ...... 7.75- 8.25 Boston. No- 1 mach. 9.00- 9.25 Granite City, R. R. 11.50-12.00 LOW PHOSPHORUS C h icago ...... 6.00- 6.50 Boston, No. 2 ...... 8.50-- 8.75 Granite City, No. 2.. 9.50-10.00 Buffalo, billet and Cincinnati, dealers.. 5.50- 6.00 Boston, tex. con.... 8.50-- 9.u0 N. Y., deal. No. 2.... 7.50- 7.75 bloom crops ..... 1 1.5(1-15.00 Cleveland ...... 8.25- 8.75 Buffalo, cupola ..... 11.50-•12.00 N. Y., deal, barge Cleveland, billet. Detroit ...... 5.75- 6.25 Buffalo, mach...... 12.50- -13.00 (No. 1 for export) 9.25 bloom crops ...... I6.OU-16.50 E. Pa., chemical.... 10- 00 - 12.00 Chicago, agri. net.... 10- 00 - -10.50 Pitts., No. 1 (R . R .) 14.75-15.25 Eastern Pa., crop".. 16.00 New York, dealers. 3.50- 4.00 Chicago, auto ...... 11.00- -11.50 Pitts., No. 1 (dir.).. 14.25-14.75 Pittsburgh, billet. St. Louis ...... 4.50- 5.00 Chicago, mach. net 12 .00 -■12.50 Pittsburgh, No. 2.... 13.00-13.50 bloom crops ...... 17.25-17.75 Toronto, dealers.... 4.50 Chicago, railr’d net 10.50-■11.00 St. Louis ...... 9.50-10.00 Pittsburgh, sheet Cinci., mach. cup.... 10.50- ■11.00 Toronto, dealers .... S.O * bar crops ...... 16.00-16.50 PIPE AND FLUES Clevel-nd. mach.... 14.25- 14.7.5 Valleys, No. 1 ...... 14.00-14.5o Cincinnati, dealers.. 7.50- 8.00 Detroit, auto, net.... 11.50-■12.00 FROGS, SWITCHES COMPRESSED SHEETS Eastern Pa., cupola 12.50- 13.00 C h ic a go ...... 13.50-14.00 RAILROAD GRATE BARS E. Pa., mixed yard.. Buffalo, dealers .... 11.00-11.50 10.50 St. Louis, c u t 11.75-12.25 Buffalo ...... 9.50-10.00 Pittsburgh, cupola.. 13.50- •14.00 Chicago, factory 12.00-12.50 San Francisco, del.. Chicago, dealer 11.50-12.00 SHOVELING STEEL Chicago, net...... 7.75- 8.25 13-50-■14.00 Chicago ...... 13.25-13.75 Cincinnati ...... 6-00- 6.50 Seattle...... 7.50- 9.00 Cleveland ...... 13.00-13.50 St. Louis, No...... D e tro it...... 10.75-11.25 Federal, 111...... 10.50-11.00 Eastern Pa...... 9.50-10.00 1 11.00- 11.50 St. L.. No. 1 mach.. -13.00 !•;. Pa., new mat 11.50-12.0" Granite City, 111.... 9.50-10.00 New York, dealers.. 5.75- 6.25 12.50- Toronto, dealers 5.00 St. Louis ...... 7.50- 8.00 Toronto, No. 1, Pittsburgh ...... 14.50-15.00 mach., net ...... 8.50 St. Louis ...... 8.75- 9.25 RAILROAD WROUGHT FORGE FLASHINGS Valleys ...... 13.25-13.75 Birmingham ...... 7.50- 8.00 HEAVY' CAST Boston, dealers .... 6.75- 7.00 Boston, del...... BUNDLED SHEETS Boston, dealers ..... 6.00- 6.50 Buffalo ...... 11.00-11.50 6.75- 7.00 Buffalo ...... 9.50-10.00 Buffalo. No. 1...... 11.00-11.50 Clevel-nd ...... 11.50-12.00 Buffalo, break...... 10.25-10.75 Cincinnati, del...... S.0O- 8.5(1 Buffalo, No. 2 ...... 12.25-12.75 Cleveland, break.... 11.50-12.00 Detroit ...... 9.50-10.00 De< toll. No. 1 mach. Cleveland ...... 9.75-10.25 Chicago. No. 1, net 12.011-12.5" Pittsburgh ...... 13.00-13.5u Pittsburgh ...... 13.00-13.50 Chicago. No. 2 ...... 13.25-13.75 net ...... 11.50-12.00 St. Louis ...... G.00- 6.50 Cincinnati, No. 2.... 11.00-11.50 FORGE SCRAP Detroit, break...... 9.50-10.00 Detroit, auto net.... Toronto, dealers .... 5.00 Eastern P a ...... 12.50 Boston, dealers 4.50- 5.00 11.50-12.00 N. Y.. No. 1 deal.... 9.50-10.00 Eastern P a ...... 12.50 SHEET CLIPPINGS. LOOSE Chicago, h e a v y 14.50-15.00 N. Y., break, deal.... 8.00- 8.25 St. T ouis, No. 1..... 10.00-10.50 Eastern Pa...... 11.50-12.00 Chicago ...... 7.50- 8.00 St. Louis, No. 2..... 11.25-11.75 Pittsburgh ...... 12.50-13.00 Cincinnati ...... 7.50- 8.00 To'onto No. 1. dir. 6.00 Detroit ...... 7.75- 8.25 ARCH BARS, TRANSOMS MALLEABLE St. L o u is ...... 5.50- 6.00 SPECIFICATION PIPE St. Louis ...... 12.25-12.75 Birmingham, R. R... 11.50-12.50 Eastern P a ...... 11.50 Boston, consum 13-50-14.50 STEEL RAILS, SHORT New York, dealers.... 6.75- 7.25 AXLE TURNINGS Buffalo ...... 15.00-15.50 Birmingham ...... 12.50-13.00 Chicago, R. R ...... 16.00-16.50 B uffalo...... 15.00-15.50 BUSHELING Boston, dealers..... 3.75- 4.25 Cincinnati, agri. del. 12.50-13.00 Chicago (3 ft.) 14.50-15.00 Buffalo. No. 1 ..... 11.00-11.50 Buffalo ...... 10.50-11.00 Cleveland, rail ..... 16.50-17.00 Chicago, No. 1 ...... 12.00-12.50 Chicago, elec. fur.... 13.00-13.50 Detroit, auto. net.... 13.50-14.00 Chicago (2 ft.) 15.50-16.00 11.50 Cincinnati, del 14.00-14.50 Cinci.. No. 1, deal.... 8.00- 8.50 Eastern Pa...... Enstrnn Pl.. R R... 15.50- 1«"" Cincinnati, No. 2.... 5.00- 5.50 St. Louis ...... 9.00- 9.50 Pittsburgh, rail 16.75-17.25 Detroit ...... 13.50-14.00 4.50 Pitts., open-hearth, Cleveland. No. 2..... 8.25- 8.75 Toronto...... St. Louis. R. R 13.75-14.2- Detroit. No. 1, new.. 9.75-10.25 Toronto net ...... 7.011 3 ft. and less ..... 15.25-15.75 STEEL CAR AXLES St. Louis, 2 ft. & less 14.00-14.50 Valleys, new. No. 1 13.25-13.75 RAILS FOR ROLLING Toronto, dealers.... 5.00 Birmingham ...... 12.00-12.50 STEEL RAILS. SCRAP Boston, ship, point.. 11.00-11.25 5 feet and over Boston ...... 8.00- 8.25 MACHINE TURNINGS Buffalo ...... 14.50-15.00 Birmingham ...... 11.50-12.00 Chicago ...... 13.50-14.00 Birmingham ...... 6.00- 7.00 Chicago, net ...... 14.50-15.00 Boston, dealers ..... 8.00- 8.50 Pittsburgh ...... 14.50-15.00 Boston, dealers ..... 3.50- 3.75 Eastern P a...... 17.00 Buffalo ...... 12.25-12.75 St. Louis ...... 11.75-12.25 Buffalo ...... 5.75- 6.25 St. L o u is ...... 12.75-13.25 Chicago ...... 14 00-14.50 Buffalo ...... 12.25-12.75 Chicago ...... 6.50- 7.00 Toronto...... 8.00 Eastern Pa...... 13.00-14.00 Toronto, dealers .... 9.00 Cincinnati, dealers.. 6-00- 6.50 New York, dealer.... 9.75-10.25 STOVE PLATE Cleveland ...... 7.50- S.00 SHAFTING St. L o u is ...... 13.50-14.oo Detroit ...... 5.75- 6.25 Boston, ship, point.. 13.25-13.50 Birmingham ...... 7.00- 7.50 Eastern P a...... 8.00 LOCOMOTIVE TIRES Boston, dealers 4.75- 5.00 Eastern Pa...... 18.50 New York, dealers.. 4.00- 4.50 13.50-14.00 Chicago (cut) ...... 15.00-15.50 Ruffalo ...... 10.25-10.75 New York, dealers.. St. Louis, No. 1..... 11.75-12.25 Pittsburgh ...... 10.00-10.50 St. L o u is ...... 13.00-13.50 Chicago ...... 7.50- 8.09 St. Louis ...... 4.00- 4.50 Cincinnati, dealers.. 7.50- 8.00 LOW PHOS. PUNOHINGS Toronto, dealers 3.50 CAR W H EEL S Buffalo ...... 14.50-15.00 Detroit, net ...... S.00- 8.50 Valleys ...... 9.50-10.00 Eastern P a ...... 10.00-10 '0 Birmingham . 10 . 00 - 11.00 Chicago ...... 15.00-15.50 N. Y.. deal, fdrv 6.50- 7.00 BORINGS AND TURNINGS Boston, iron deal. 7 .7 5 - 8.00 Eastern P a...... 15.00-15.50 St. L o u is ...... 7.00- 7.50 For Blast Furnace Use Buffalo, iron ...... 12.00-12.50 v>!tfh u rgh (heavy.. 16.50-17.00 Toronto, dealers 7 .r-o Boston, dealers 2.50- 2.75 Buffalo, steel ...... 14.50-15.UU Pitt-burgh (light).. 15.75-16.25

iron, 6-10% man. 10.5Q Iron Ore Eastern Local Ore Manganese Ore Cents, unit, del. E . Pa. No. Afr. low phos. 10.50 Lake Superior Ore Foundry and basic Swedish basic, 65% 9.50 (Nom inal) 56-63% con. (nom.) 8.00- 9.00 Swedish low phos.. 10-50 5 1 % % Gross ton, Cop.-free low phos- Spanish No. Africa Prices not including duty, Gower Lake Ports 58-60% (nom.).... 10.00-10.50 basic, 50 to 60% 10.50 cents per unit cargo lots Old range bessemer ..... $4.80 Foreign Ore Tungsten, spot sh. Caucasian. 52-55%.. 26.00 Mesabi nonbess...... 4.50 Cents per unit, f.a.s. Atlantic ton unit, duty pd..$15.85-16.00 So. African, 52% 26.00 High phosphorus ...... 4.40 ports (nominal) N. F„ fdy., 55%.... 7.00 So- Afr.. 49-51%.... 24 00 Mesabi bessemer ...... 4.65 Foreign manganif- Chrome ore. 48% Tndian. 58-60% ...... nominal Old range nonbess 4.65 erous ore. 45.55% gross ton. c.i-f 19.25 Indian, 48-50% ...... nominal

February 3, 1936 STEEL 75 —The Market Week— W a rehouse Iron an d St eel Prices Cents per pound for delivery within metropolitan districts of cities specified STEEL BARS Cincinnati .... 3.25c Buffalo ...... 3.37c Pittsburgh (h) 2.95c Seattle ... 5.60c St. Louis . 3.55c Baltimore* 3.00c Houston ..... 3.25c Chattanooga.. 3.56c San Fracisco 3.35c Seattle ...... 3.70c St. Paul ... 3.55c Boston!! .... 3.10c Los Ang., cl.. 2.45c Chicago 3.20c 3.42c St. Louis ..... 3.45c Buffalo ...... 3.00c New Orleans 3.50C Cincinnati .... COLD FIN. STEEL Pitts., plain (h) 3.05c Cleveland. %- St. Paul ..... 3.30c Chattanooga.. 3.36c Baltimore (c) 3.73c Chicago (j).... 3.00c Pitts., twisted in. and over 3.31c Tulsa ...... 3.70c squares (h) 3.175c Detroit ...... 3.42c Boston ...... 3.90c Cincinnati .... 3.22c Buffalo (h).... 3.55c Cleveland .... 3.00c San Francisco 2.45c Detroit, -iVin. 3.65C NO. 24 BLACK Seattle...... 2.45c Houston ..... 3.00C Chattanooga* 4.13c Detroit ...... 3.09c Baltimore*!— 3.60c Chicago (h).. 3.50c Houston ..... 3.00c St. L o u is ..... 3.25c Los Angeles.. 3.60c Boston (g) .... 3.95c Tulsa ...... 3.25c Milwaukee .... 3.31c Cincinnati .... 3.72c Los Angeles.. 3.60c Buffalo ...... 3.25c Cleveland (h) 3.50c Milwaukee ,.3.11c-3.26c Young...... 2.30c--2.60c New Orleans 3.55c Chattanooga.. 4.16c New Yorki(d) 3.40c Detroit ...... 3.79c New Orleans.. 3-35c SHAPES Chicago ..... 3.S5C Los Ang. (f) (d) 5.85c New Yorki (d) 3.31c Philadelphia* 2.98c Cincinnati .... 4.02c Phila. floor.... 4.95c Milwaukee .... 3.61c Pitts, (h )....2.95c-3.10c Baltimore*.... 3.00c Cleveland .... 3.91c New Orleans 4.30c 3.19c Pittsburgh(h) 3.15c Philadelphia* 3.03c Boston!! Detroit ...... 3.94c New York! (d) 3.Slc Portland ..... 3.50c Buffalo ...... 3.25c Portland ..... 3.35c Los Angeles.. 4.35c 3.56c San Francisco 3.25c Philadelphia.. 3.76c San Francisco 3.25c Chattanooga.. Milwaukee .... 3.96C Pittsburgh .... 3.50c Seattle ...... 3.70c Chicago ..... 3.20c Seattle' ...... 3.55c New Orleans 4.50c 3.42c St. Louis ..... 3.45c Portland (f) (d) 6.15c St. Louis .... 3.25c Cincinnati .... New Yorkt(d) 3.89c San Fran, (f) (d) 5.95c St. Paul .... 3.25C-3.40C Cleveland 3.31C St. Paul 3.45c Philadelphia*! 3.60c 3.42c Tulsa ...... 3.50c Seattle (f) (d) 6.15c Tulsa ...... 3.25c Detroit ...... Pitts.** (h).... 3.55c St. Louis 3.75c Houston 3.00C Portland ..... 4.40c IRON BARS Los Angeles.. 3.60c NO. 10 BLUE St. Paul ...... 4.02c San Francisco 4.00c Tulsa ...... 4.65c Portland ..... 3.40c Milwaukee .... 3.31c Baltimore*... 3.10c Seattle ...... 4.40c Chattanooga.. 3.36c New Orleans 3.55c Boston!! ... 3.30c St. Louis .... 4.10c COLD ROLLED STRIP Baltimore*.... 3.05c New York! (d) 3.37c Buffalo ...... 3.62c St. Paul ..... 3.90c Boston, 0.100- Chicago 2.75c Philadelphia* 2.98c Chattanooga.. 3.36c Tulsa ...... 4.75c in., 500 lb. Cincinnati .... 3.22c Pittsburgh (h) 3.15c C h ic a go ...... 3.05c lots ...... 3.245c New Yorkt(d) 3.36c Portland (i).. 3.50c Cincinnati .... 3.22c NO. 24 GALV. SHEETS Buffalo ...... 3-39c San Francisco 3.25c Chicago ..... 3.27c Philadelphia* 2.93c Cleveland ... 3.11c Baltimore*!.... 4.30c Seattle (i) 3.70c Det., S-10 ga. 3.14c Cincinnati (b) 3.22c St. Louis 3.25c Buffalo ...... 4.00c Tulsa ...... 3.25c St. Louis ..... 3.45c Houston ..... 3.35c 4.65c Cleveland (b) 3.20c 3.45c 3.75c Boston (g).... St. Paul Los Angeles.. Chattanooga.. 4.86c Detroit ...... 3.33c REINFORCING BARS Tulsa ...... 3.50c 3.16c New York!(d) 3.36c Milwaukee .... Chicago (h).. 4.55c Buffalo ...... 2.60c New Orleans 3.55c 4.72c St. Louis ..... 3.45c PLATES 3.31c Cincinnati .... Chattanooga.. 3.36c New Y ork! (d) Cleveland .... 4.61c 3.00C 3.75c TOOL STEELS Chicago .... 2.10C-2.60C Baltimore* Portland ..... Detroit ...... 4.72c Cleveland (c) 2.10c Bostontt 3.21c Philadelphia* 3.08c (Applying on or east of Houston ..... 4.40c Mississippi river; west Los Angeles.. 4.95c of Mississippi lc up) Milwaukee .... 4.66c Base and Steel Prices of Europe New Orleans 4.95c H igh speed ...... 57c New Yorkt(d) 4.30c Dollars at Rates of Exchange, Jan. 30 High carbon, high Philadelphia*! 4.40c chrome ...... 37c Pitts.**(h) ..4.15--4.45c Export Prices f. o. b. Ship at Port o f Dispatch— (By Cable or Radio) Oil hardening ...... 22c Portland ..... 5.00c Special tool ...... 20c 4.50c Continrnt.il San Francisco Bxtra tool ...... 17c B ritish Channel or North Sea ports, metric tons Seattle ...... 5.00C Regular tool ...... 14c gross tons **Quoted in cold St. L o u is ..... 4.65c Uniform extras apply. U. K. ports Quoted in dollars pounds sterling St. Paul ...... 4.50c pic; ir o n at current value £ s d Tulsa ...... 5.10c BOLTS AND NUTS »15 .60 3 2 6 $13.39 1 13 0 (100 pounds or over) 15 .60 3 2 6* 12.33 1 10 0 BANDS Discount d e m a titc . Phos. -03-.Ö5.. 16 .25 3 5 0 Chicago (a)...... 70 Baltimore*.... 3.20c SEMIFINISHED Cleveland ...... 70 Boston!! .... 3.30c Detroit ...... 70-10 STEEL Buffalo ...... 3.42c »27 .50 5 10 0 »19.02 2 7 0 Milwaukee ...... 70 Billets ; * ...... Chattanooga.. 3.61c Pittsburgh ...... 70 Wire rods, No. 5 gage.. .. 42 .50 8 10 0 36.44 4 10 0 C h ica go ..... 3.30c FINISHED STEEL Cincinnati .... 3.47c (a) Under 100 pounds, Cleveland .... 3.36c Standard rails ...... $41.25»41. 25 8 5 0 »44.53 10 0 65 off. Merchant bars ...... 1. 67c 7 10 0 1 . 15c to 1,20c 3 2 f t .350 Detroit, iV in . (b) Plus straighten­ Structural shapes...... 1. 67c 7 10 0 1.14c 1 6 and lighter 3.39c ing, cutting and quan­ P lates, 1 14 in- °r 5 mm... 1. 79c 8 I 3 1.56c 5 0 Houston ..... 3-25C tity differentials; (c) Sheets, black, 24 page or 2. 17c 9 15 0 2.13c 16 0++ Los Angeles.. 4.10c 0.5 m m ...... Plus mill, size and Milwaukee .... 3.41c quantity extras; (d) Sheets, gal., 24 gage. corr. 2. 62c 11 15 0 2 .23c 5 0 3.95c Bands and strips ...... 1. 39c S in 0 1 .46c 0 0 New Orleans Quantity base; (e> Plain w ire, b a se ...... 2. 06c 9 5 0 1.76c 5 0 New York!(d) 3.56c New mill classif. (f) Galvanized wire, base. . . . 2. 39c 10 15 n 2.15c 17 6 Philadelphia.. 3.18c Rounds only; (g) 50 Wire nails, base ...... 2. 67c 12 0 0 1.75c 15 0 Pittsburgh (h) 3.20C Tin plate, box 108 lbs.. . . S 4 .69 0 18 9 bundles or over; (h> Portland ..... 4.25c Outside delivery, 10c British ferromanganese $75 delivered Atlantic seaboard, duty-paid. German ferromanganese San Francisco 4.10c £9 0s Od $(43.74) f.o.b. less; (i) Under 3 in.; Seattle ...... 4.25c (j) shapes other than St. L o u is ..... 3.55C Domestic Prices at Works or Furnace— Last Reported rounds, flats, fillet an­ St. Paul ..... 3.55c gles, 3.15c. Tulsa ...... 3.45c French Belgian Reich JDomestic steel; *Plua M arks quan. extras; “ Under £ s d F ran cs F ran cs HOOPS Fdy. pig iron. Si. 2.5 ...... *17.50 3 10 0(a) »17.13 260 *13.13 385 »25.66 63 25 bundles ;*!50 or more Basic besscmer pig iron... 17.50 3 10 0(a) 12.52 190 11.94 350 28.31(b) 69.50 B altim ore .... 2.30C bundles; f New extras Furnace coke...... 4.87 0 19 6 6 .26 95 4 .16 122 7.74 19 B o s to n !!..... 4.30c apply; !!Base 40,000 B illets...... 27.50 5 10 0 28.34 430 18.61 540 , 39.31 96.50 Buffalo ...... 3.42c lbs., extras on less. Standard rails...... 2.21c 8 5 0 2.00c 671 1.70c 1.100 2.63c 132 Merchant bars ...... 2.31c 8 12 0 1.63c 560 ,92c 600 2.19c 110 C h ic a go ...... 3.30c Prices on heavier lines Structural shapes...... 2.34c 8 15 0 1 .65c 550 ,92c 600 1.97c 107 Cincinnati .... 3.47c are subject to new Plates, 114-in. or 5 mm... 2.43c 9 1 3 2.10c 700 1.07c 700 2.32c 127 Det., No. 14 quantity differentials; Sheets, black ...... 3.09c 11 10 C§ l.SOc 600! 1.26c 825! 2.67c 144! and lighter 3.39c 399 lbs. and less, up 60 Sheets, galv., corr., 24 ga. Los Angeles.. 5.85c cts.; 400 to 9999 lbs., o r 0.5 m m ...... 3.62c 13 19 0 2.85c 950 2.30c 1,500 6.78c 370 Plain w ire...... 2.49c 9 5 0 2.64c 900 1.77c 1,150 3.17c 173 Milwaukee .... 3.41c base; 10.000 to 19,999 Bands and strips ...... 2.52c 9 7 0 1.95c 650 2. 7tc SOO 2.32c 127 New York* (d) 3.56c lbs., 15 cts. under; 20,- *Basic. tBritish ship-plates. Continental, bridge plates. §24 ga. !I to 3 mm. basic price. Philadelphia.. 3.43c 000 to 39.999 lbs., 2i British quotations are for basic open-hearth steel. Continent usually for basic-bessemer steel, Pittsburgh (h) 3.70c cts. under; 40,000 lbs. a del. Middlesbrough. b hematite. ttClose annealed. P o rtla n d ..... 5.60c and over, 35 cts. under **Go!d pound sterling carries a premium of 66.25 per cent over paper sterling. San Francisco 6.15c base.

76 J TEEL February 3, 193ff — The Market Week-

laneous specifications for cold-drawn barges, involving about 1400 tons of material are well sustained. The mar­ plates and structural shapes. The Bars ket is quoted at 2.10c, base, Pitts­ barges, first inquired for late in De­ burgh. cember, were redesigned on an all­ Bar Prices, Page 72 welded basis. No award has been announced yet. River barge buying Pittsburgh— Bars recently awarded is quiet and the only other recent for repairs to old and construction of private contract lim- been In tern a­ new rolling stock have been a mar­ tional Petroleum Corp.’s order for ket high-light in view of the declin­ Plates three oil barges, 400 tons of plates, ing position the automobile industry Plate Prices, Page 72 to Marietta Mfg. Co. Severe cold has assumed. Consequently, more weather on the rivers in this district bar specifications are running to car­ Pittsburgh— Pittsburgh Coal Co. unquestionably forecasts a large bon grades, a condition which is in­ here closed bids Jan. 27 on a read­ number of barge repairs, owing to creased by the dominant share rein­ vertisement of ten standard coal ice damage. Among government in- forcing bars are taking in the output of bar mills. The carbon bar market at 1.85c, base, Pittsburgh, is holding fairly firm and without quotable change. Cleveland— Bar specifications showed a slight increase during the week, with the improvement mainly from manufacturers of agricultural implements, power shovels and mis­ cellaneous consumers. Tonnage from automobile manufacturers was un­ changed in volume, but less than re­ ceived from the implement industry. Automobile forge shops continue on slackened schedules, many operating only three days a week. Some speci­ ★ fications were received from Willys- Overland, Toledo, recently authorized by court to build 15,000 cars. Prices are steady. MUGGED Chicago— Bar demand is well maintained in most directions. Recent decrease in automotive releases has tended to level off, w hile m inor gain s all the are noted in requirements of some miscellaneous consumers. Farm im­ plement manufacturers hold to a steady and active rate of consump­ way through tion, as also do some machinery builders. Prices are firm. New York — Commercial bar ton­ The features shown in the double reduction Horsburgh. nage is stimulated by good specifica­ tions from nut and bolt manufacturers Scott Herringbone Speed Reducer illustrated are found also and railroads. Shipyard, demand also is fair. Prices are steady. in the single and triple reduction Herringbone units. All Philadelphia — While commercial gears are Sykes type continuous tooth Herringbone . . . the bar specifications since the first of the year have been fair, with shipyards, most accurate Herringbone gears it is possible to produce. bolt and nut makers and railroads Extreme accuracy/ herringbone tooth design, and the principally active and with some good specifications coming out from cold locking of gears between oversize Timken Roller Bearings finishers, the situation over the past 10 days has slowed, according to lead­ insure quiet, smooth operation. ing sellers. Meanwhile, prices are Horsburgh & Scott Herringbone Speed Reducers brmg steady at 1.85c, Pittsburgh, or 2.16c, Philadelphia. maintenance cost close to the zero point. Their depreciation is exceedingly low, even under very heavy shock loads and Cold Finis hed other difficult conditions of service. Cold Finished Prices, Page 73 Send for catalog of our complete line. Pittsburgh— Cold-finished steel bar shipments for January equaled those of December but specifications were THE HORSBURGH & SCOTT CO. from 20 to 30 per cent less. Thus a Quiet condition in shipments will ex­ GEARS AND SPEED REDUCERS ist in February. Automotive buying is at a diminished rate but miscel­ 5112 HAMILTON AVENUE. CLEVELAND, OHIO, U, S. A.

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 77 — The Market Week—

•quiries at present is a whirler der- pending for a New York Edison Co. resumed for the first time in two Tick for Chicago, Feb. 3, and bids development along the East river. years at Sparrows Point, Md. to han­ have been recently closed on from Bids will be opened Feb. 3 by the dle this contract. Approximately one to four 12 6-foot barges for the city water department on a fair sized 10,000 tons of hull steel will be re­ Tennessee Valley authority, Knox­ tonnage of 48 and 60-inch pipe. quired. Sun Shipbuilding Corp., ville, Tenn., and a derrick hull for the Plate tonnage also is pending for Chester, Pa., is reported low on two Vicksburg, Miss., engineers. Plates three trawlers for the coastguard. cargo passenger boats for American- rem ain 1.80c, Pittsburgh. Philadelphia— Plate tonnage con­ South African Steamship Lines Inc., New York — Plate demand is tinues spotty, although early dis­ New York. About 10,000 tons will spotty, with railroad, ship and oil tribution is expected of ship work be needed for these boats, should company tonnage the bright spots. previously noted pending. The out­ work go ahead. Tank work includes No important tonnage for oil com­ look with regard to ship tonnage is the placing of the fabrication contract panies has been awarded since the further enhanced by the placing of for a tank at the Carlisle, Pa., bar­ recent 6000 tons placed for an two tankers by the Gulf Refining Co. racks with Tippet & Wood, Phillips- Italian plant of Socony-Vacuum Oil with the Bethlehem Shipbuilding burg, N. J. The Atlantic Refining Co. Substantial tonnage of plates is Corp. Shipbuilding activities will be Co., Philadelphia, has placed con­ tracts for its development at Atreco, Texas; most of the plate tonnage, however, will be placed through the M. W. Kellogg Co., Jersey City, N. J., fabricator, it is said. Plate prices are generally held at 1.90c, Coates- ville, Pa., or 1.99%c, Philadelphia. Cleveland— The market continues quiet, with few carload orders from tank and boiler interests. The Erie railroad’s inquiry for freight cars, ex­ pected shortly, w ill call for 800 units, 300 of which will be automobile cars. This round slug left a round hole - a simple Plate demand from railroads for re­ pair and new construction work here is light. perforation. It might have been a square ^ ^ Chicago— Plate orders of moderate size are being received for railroad or a rectangle ^ Q or a triangle ----- or an and tank work. Improvement in de­ mand from both sources is in pros­ pect in view of plans of railroads for oblong and still be no more than a simple slug equipment building and repairs. In­ dustrial tank work also is expected that left a simple hole. to increase during coming months, with oil companies counted on for fair orders for fabricated plates. The business of perforating - of making holes San Francisco— The only plate aw ard of size -went to unnam ed inter­ in things - is not a highly complicated one. It is, ests, 125 tons for a 10-inch welded steel pipe line for the treasury de­ partment at Fresno, Calif. So far in fact, essentially simple, and it is important for this year 34,861 tons have been booked, compared with only 6885 that reason that we give our strictest attention to tons for the same period a year ago. The Crystal Springs and Lagunda Honda pipe line for San Francisco, those few things that mean success to us. ITe watch up for figures Feb. 5, will require 4 400 tons for a 60-inch welded steel our raw materials carefully, (Sheet Aluminum, Brass, pipe line. The following day the same city will take bids on 375 tons for a 20-inch welded steel pipe line. Copper, Steel, Tin, and Zino) and we maintain them in Seattle— Large projects are few in this area although there is a fair run of small tank and pipe work. Un­ adequate stocks. Vie train and hold a faithful per­ stated interests are building a 35,- 00 0-barrel fuel oil tank for the sonnel. And to them the word SERVICE amounts to a Grays Harbor Pulp & Paper Co.. East Hoquiam, Wash, requ’ring 280 tons of plates. Commercial Iron sort of Commercial Diety. Works, Portland, Oreg., is low for repairs to the arm y dredge Cor,. P. S. Ask us for samples - any kind. Michie, calling for unstated tonnages. King Bros., Portland, are low on con­ struction of a gas holder for tho ERDLE PERFORATING COMPANY Yakima, Wash., disposal plant.

1?1 York Street, Rochester, N. Y. Contracts Placed i 400 tons, three oil barges for Inter­ national Petroleum Corp., to Marl-

78 / TEEL February 3, 1936 — The Market Week—

etta M fg. Co., Point Pleasant, W. sylvania car program has maintained ment that is made relative to output Va. bookings in substantial amount. Sell­ of the new strip mill at Lackawanna 2S0 tons, fuel oil tank for Grays H a r­ bor Pulp & Paper Co., East Hoquiam, ers look for improvement in general is that it is “increasing gradually.” Wash., to unstated interest. buying, with March probably the Cincinnati— Orders for sheets are 125 tons, 10-inch welded steel pipe, treas­ most active month this quarter, pro­ being taken steadily, now for quarter ury department, Fresno, Calif., to un­ vided the market reflects strength. named interest. requirements instead of near re­ Allegheny Steel Co., Pittsburgh, quirements. Jobber, refrigerator Contracts Pending booked all of the stainless steel re­ and stove needs are steady, and roll­ quirements of the two Burlington ing schedules are maintained at 4400 tons, 60-inch welded steel pipe, San streamlined trains to be built by the about 75 per cent. Francisco; bids Feb. 5. Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co., it is un­ 375 tons, 20-inch welded sleel pipe, San Birmingham, Ala.— Continued ac­ Francisco; bids Feb. 6. derstood here. This business totals tivity is noted at the sheet mills of IJnstated. repairs to army dredge C o l. 350 tons. the Birmingham district and outlook P. S. M ic h ii:, Portland, Oreg.; Com­ Bull'alo— The Seneca works of the mercial iron Works, Portland, low. considered bright for indefinite pe­ Bethlehem Steel Co. continues to op­ riod. Developments at the Fairfield erate at 90 per cent. The only state­ sheet mills will shortly be showing Sheets

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Pittsburgh— After three weeks of declining specifications, last week’s new business in the sheet market was encouragingly better. Nonetheless, January’s specifications were 20 to SO per cent less than those of De­ cember. A cut-back of 40 per cent LINK-BELT has been adopted by a leading low- priced carmaker for February, mak­ POSITIVE SELF-ALIGNING IDLER ing a decline from 100,000 to 60,- 000 units for assembly. Pittsburgh Keeps Troughed Conveyor Belts Lined Up Without Injuring Belt Edges base prices on sheets are steady. Pro­ ducers are attempting to eliminate the $3 a ton concession on large lots in the Detroit district, and probably will announce higher prices for this district for effect with the second quarter. Cleveland -Moderate improvement in buying by some automobile man­ ufacturers and partsmakers is be­ lieved to be the forerunner of more substantial orders this month. Mills continue operating on a hand to mouth basis. Specifications from re­ frigerator manufacturers are larger, with the approach of the spring pro- •duction season. Releases from mak­ ers of washing machines and stoves ;are fair. Chicago— Sheet business continues below the volume of a month ago, though the decline in automotive re­ ANTI fBlCIlON ACTUATING BOUS. WHICH SWIVtt TM| to u t IMOOCH IO T»a;n JmI »(it. WMtN to o l Of MISAIICNIO leases is less pronounced. Demand • This Link-Belt POSITIVE Self- Bill IOUCmSS CltHU ACTUATING «Oil IO ( ONtv AN INSTANT Aligning Idler automatically and from other consumers is holding well, positivelymaintains troughed con­ with gains noted in some directions. veyor belts central at all times. It Manufacturers of steel shelving and has met with unqualified success, lockers are more active, while a and is preferred by many who have steady movement continues through heretofore been using the counter- jobbers. Sheet producers anticipate weighted disc type of self-align­ a pick-up in automotive buying in ing idler. Either typo is to be greatly preferred ■about 30 days. to using stationary “guide idlers," which New York — Sheet tonnage con­ do not correct or overcome belt misalign­ tinues slow, cold weather retarding ment, but merely restrain forcibly any further sidewise movement of the belt. building operations. Mills have sub­ For proper training, and longer life of the stantial stocks against orders placed belt, use the pivoted self-aligning idler. in the closing weeks of 19 35 and LINK-BELT PRODUCTS INCLUDE: held up when it became apparent Elevators and Conveyors of «11 types — Feeders.. Vibrating Screens ... Skip Hoists ... Bucket Carriers there would be no price advances. ... Portable Loaders... Speed Reducers .. Variable Prices are fairly steady. Speed Transmissions . . . Silverstreak Silent Chain Drives .. . Silverlink Roller Chain Drives . . . Chain Philadelphia— Miscellaneous sheet Drives of all types—Malleable Iron, Promal or Steel specifications so far this year have . . . E le v a to r B u c k e ts . . . B earin g s . . . T a k e -u p s . . . Gears . . . Sprockets ... Pulleys ... Couplings ... etc. fallen short of trade expectations, al­ Send for Catalogs. though distribution for the Penn­

February 3, 1936 /TEEL 79 — The .Market Week— progress, Including rotary shears, building, 317 North Eleventh street, tons with Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. small annealing furnaces, and other in order to handle increased busi­ in addition to the 16,000 tons re­ improvements. ness. Howard L. Purdon is district cently awarded Inland Steel Co., Chi­ St. Louis— Sheet producers and sales manager. cago. distributors report business spotty, Virginian has awarded 4100 tons both in new orders and specifications. o£ rails to Bethlehem Steel Co., Implement interests continue rela­ Bethlehem, Pa., with accessories to tively the largest buyers. Miscel­ be placed later. Atlantic Coast Line laneous requirements figure less con­ Transportation has let 6000 tons of rails for spring spicuously in current business. delivery to Tennessee Coal, Iron & Track Material Prices, Page 73 Railroad Co., Birmingham, Ala. Of the recent award of 40,7 69 tons of Link-Belt Co., Chicago, has moved Further placing of rails is adding rails to various makers 17,000 tons Its district sales office in St. Louis to mill backlogs as carriers complete have been awarded to the Tennessee from 36 38 Olive street to larger their programs for 1936. Chicago company. PWA has authorized a quarters at 1018-21 Louderman fi North Western has placed 35,000 loan of $285,000 to the Kansas, Ok­ lahoma & Gulf for purchase of 6752 tons of rails and fastenings. Lehigh Valley has been awarded a loan of $1,755,000 to finance build­ ing 1000 coal cars in its own shops. Erie is inquiring for 500 box cars and 300 automobile cars for which the interstate commerce has been asked permission to issue $2,200,000 in equipment trust certificates. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, which a short time ago placed two 10-car stainless steel passenger trains with Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co. for service between Chicago and Den­ ver, has ordered two 7-car units for the Chieago-St. Paul-Minneapolis route. These trains will bring the Burlington’s fleet of Zephyrs to eight. The Wabash has been authorized by federal court to spend $476,694 for repairing 1310 freight cars. This road has placed orders for repair of 300 hopper cars, which will require about 2000 tons of steel.

Car Orders Placed Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, two 7-car diesel-electric Zephyr trains to Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co., Philadelphia. These are in addition to two 10-car units placed a few weeks ago.

Rail Orders Placed Atlantic Coast Line, 6000 tons, to Ten­ nessee Coal. Iron & Railroad Co., Bir­ mingham, Ala. Chicago & North Western, 35,000 tons, to Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Pitts­ burgh. Virginian. 4100 tons of rails, to Beth­ lehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa.; ac­ LET OUR VAST FACILITIES HELP YOU cessory distribution to be announced Wellman has specialized— fcr years— in machine work to the drawings of other later. manufacturers whose order called fcr larger and more complicated jobs than their shop could handle, or when needed output exceeded shop facilities. When you are Car Orders Pending faced with such a problem, remember we can meet your requirements accurately and economically. Erie, 500 box and 300 automobile cars: permission asked to issue equipment WELLMAN PRODUCTS INCLUDE: trust certificates. Steel Mill Equipment . . . Charging Machines, Cars and Boxes . . . Manipulators . . . Coal and Ore Handling Bridges . . . Gantry Cranes . . . Special Cranes . . . Clamshell Buckets . . . Car Dumpers, all types . . . Blast Furnace Skip Hoists . . . Gas Producers, Flues . . . Gas Reversing Valves . . . Mining Machinery . . . Safety Stops for Traveling Structures. Buses Booked American Car & Foundry Motors Co., New York: Twenty-six coaches for Southeastern Greyhound lines; four coaches for Boston Elevated Railway; two coaches for Transit Co. of H ar­ risburg; five coaches for Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.; two coaches for Des Moines Railway NEW YORK • MEXICO CITY Co.

80 /TEEL February 3, 1936 — The Market Week—

Oil refinery tonnage includes mate­ fields are showing unprecedented rial to be bought by the M. W. Kel­ signs of development this year. Some Pipe logg Co., Jersey City, N. J., for the natural gas main extension also is Atlantic Refining development in contemplated. Pipe Prices, P age 73 Texas. Columbia Gas & Electric Birmingham, Ala.— Cast pipe pro­ Corp., according to reports, plans Pittsburgh— Steel pipe buying in duction is estimated at above 50 per construction of a 300-mile gas pipe January was at a level with that of cent. PWA contracts are in small line to connect panhandle eastern December. Demand for seamless has lots. pipe line companies transmission been fair, and various small sizes of St. Louis— Plans for numerous lines with the Detroit Gas Co. system. butt and lap weld grades are keeping small waterworks and sewage proj­ It is understood the pipe purchases ects forecast better demand for at a steady pace. Fair tonnage of will be made in Pittsburgh. galvanized in small sizes is required pipe than has been evident in a num­ Buffalo— Outlook for cast iron and to build the Pennsylvania railroad's ber of years. Bids will be asked by steel pipe sales is exceptionally good. 10,000 freight cars. With the ap­ the public service commission, St. Many waterworks extension programs proach of open weather it may be Louis, Feb. 21, for pressure conduit are pending, while the nearby oil expected that several projects hanging No. 2, from Howard Bend to Stacy fire will near the contract stage. Last week it was reported that East Texas Refining Co., Long View, Tex., was surveying a route for a crude oil line PECIAL DEEP DRAWN to the Rodessa, La., field; line to be about 45 miles in length. EAMLESS A TANKS, Cleveland— Steel pipe orders are confined to small tonnages. .Munici­ HELLS N BOTTLES, pal water and sewage projects are HAPES D ETC. slow in being released. Some slum elimination programs will be released IS OUR SPECIALTY soon. Chicago— Orders for cast pipe are slow to be placed for work on which Th is Sq uare Seamless Drawn Tank is bids have been taken. Municipalities are placing little business except for construction involving W PA funds. A Crosby Accomplishment Work of the latter type is proceeding steadily, though a number of PW A jobs on which new specifications have been draw n have yet to be started. Cicero, 111., has taken bids on 7000 tons. Continental Oil Co., Ponca City, Okla., has awarded contract to the Apex Construction Co., to oxy- acetylene weld 45 miles of 8-inch pipe line from Lake Charles to Basile, La., in conjunction with a previously reported 6-inch line. 1214" MADE Both lines will be laid in the same DEEP ditch. Work began last week. FROM 6H" New York— Though there are no A"STEEL new awards of cast pipe of size, four SQUARE large tonnages now actively pending aggregate 1250 tons. In addition there are quite a few small inquiries, notably from the procurement divi­ sion, treasury department. All indi­ cations point to an expansion in buy­ ing with the approach of Spring and open weather. Prices are unchanged and fairly firm. Prices to jobbers on welded steel pipe in carloads have been reduced by some mills 5 per cent, effective Jan. 28. This applies to standard welded Stamping Specialists Since 1896 and extra strong welded pipe from %-inch to 3 inches in diameter, both A n Experience You Should Not Overlook black and galvanized. Lapwelded is Send Us Your Next Specification not affected. Philadelphia— Pipe and tubular business here reflects further im­ provement. Utilities are more ac­ THE CROSBY COMPANY tive, with fa irly large lots of pipe and BUFFALO, N. y. tubes pending for the United Illu­ minating Co., Bridgeport, Conn., and NEW YORK — CHICAGO — PHILADELPHIA DETROIT — CLEVELAND the New York Edison Co., New York.

February 3, 1936 STEEL 81 — I'lie Market Week— park, requiring about 17,357 feet of Seattle — Demand is less active United States Pipe & Foundry Co.. 60-inch \ elded steel pipe, and 29,400 than a month ago, but considerable Burlington, N. J. feet of 60-inch, y2 inch thick, to­ tonnage is pending, awaiting PW A gether with couplings. Estimated approval. In several instances, bids Cast Pipe Pending cost is $620,000. have exceeded funds available and 749 tons, 18-ineh, Antioch, Calif.; bids- are being reconsidered. Sumner, San Francisco — While awards opened. Vasa., will receive bids Feb. 10 for 670 tons, 4 and 6-inch, Oakland, Calif.; were not heavy last week, the ag­ 75 tons of 6, 8 and 14-inch cast American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birm­ gregate tonnage booked so far this ingham, Ala., low. pipe. Florence, Oreg., will call new year is in excess of that for the cor­ 400 tons, miscellaneous diameters, de­ bids soon for a $20,000 project, al­ partment of purchase, New York, responding period in 1935. Ameri­ ternates for steel and wood. bid opened Feb. 4. can Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham, 400 tons, 4 and 6-inch, for Public Ala., is low on 670 tons of 4 and 6- Service Corp. of New Jersey, New­ inch pipe for Oakland, Calif. Bids Cast Pipe Placed ark, N. J.; bids opened. 300 tons, up to 30-inch, New York have been opened on 749 tons for 115 tons, 6 to 18 inches for Tacoma. state transit commission, for grade Antioch, Calif. Wash., to H. C. Purcell, Seattle, for crossing elimination in borough of Queens; bids opened. 215 tons, 6 and 12-inch, Pearl Harbor, T. H., specification 8128; bids opened. 213 tons, 4 to 8-inch, Fresno county, California; Underground Construction. Co., Fresno, low. 183 tons, 4 to 12-inch, Suisun, Calif.; bids opened. 150 tons, up to 20-inch, for work in. Astoria, borough of Queens, New York; bids opened Feb. 3 by de­ partment of water supply, New York. 125 tons, 2-inch, Los Angeles, specifica­ tion X-10; bids Feb. 4.

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Wire Prices, Page 73

Pittsburgh-— Prices on cut nails are- being quoted unchanged as follows: $2.75 per* keg for carload lots (with a 10 per cent discount on size ex­ tras), $3.05 for less-carload lots of five kegs or more, and $3.20 for lots of under five kegs. On both latter classifications no size extra discount WYCKOFF is allowed. Standard and cement- coated wire nails are remaining at COLD DRAWN STEEL $2.40 per keg, base, Pittsburgh, with the usual $4 allow ance nam ed to job­ — if your production demands superior machinability, bers on straight or mixed carloads. accuracy to size, straightness, smoothness of surface Buying of plain manufacturing wire is declining and the merchant wire and improved physical properties. Cold drawing in­ market is not as active as six weeks creases the tensile strength of a hot rolled bar from to two month ago. Spring dating 15 to 25% while the yield point is increased 40 to terms are now in effect on merchant 50%. Wyckoff offers you the one best steel analysis items. Markets on plain manufac­ turing wire at 2.30c; spring wire, for every purpose. Let us serve you. 2.90c, and woven wire fencing at $61 per base column are holding un­ changed. WYCKOFF DRAWN STEEL COMPANY Cleveland— Demand shows little General Offices: First National Bank Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. change, and prices are steady. Farm Mills at Ambridge, Pa. and Chicago, III. sales are being hampered by bad «.Manufacturers o f Cold Drawn Steels weather conditions. Turned and Polished Shafting Turned and Ground Shafting Chicago— Wire demand continues somewhat irregular and January business showed less improvement over the rate a month ago than was indicated early in the period. A large portion of the recent decrease in de­ mand has been due to lighter require­ ments of the automotive industry, since business from miscellaneous users of manufacturers’ wire has been fairly steady. Demand for mer­ chant products from distributors is slow to increase. Prices are steady. Philadelphia— While manufactur- ■

/TEEL February 3, 1936 —The Market Week— ers’ wire prices are steady, the mar­ ing one. Most have increased their 60 per cent, which is unchanged from ket on merchant wire products has inventories of billets and sheet bars a week ago. However, the leading not fully recovered stability. Fol­ by 25 to 50 per cent more than they producer last week ran at slightly lowing relative steadiness earlier in would normally carry. Nominally, better than the average. Shipments the year, wire nails, for instance are billets, blooms and slabs are quoted are still proceeding slowly against again becoming unsettled in price ?29, base, Pittsburgh; sheet bars, heavy stocks which tin plate pro­ in this district. Whether or not this $30; and common wire rods, $40. ducers have on hand. Tin plate re­ is a temporary situation remains to mains quoted at $5.25 per base box, be seen. As some fairly good speci­ Pittsburgh. fications came out in the closing Tin Plate After an idleness of 18 months, weeks of last year pending a sched­ mainly for extensive repairs and im­ uled increase, there is little buying Tin Plate Prices, Page 72 provements, American Sheet & Tin power to support the existing market, Pittsburgh — Tin plate demand Plate Co. will start 12 of its 2 0 mills it is pointed out. Along the south­ from canmakers is sufficient to en­ here Feb. 3, with approximately 500 eastern seaboard prices on merchant gage producers on the average of employes returning to work. wire products have been unsteady for a number of weeks.

Strip Steel •Strip Prices, P age 73

Pittsburgh — Buying of all grades of strip steel continued to decline last week and producers were work­ ing down backlogs when they operat­ ed at 50-55 per cent of capacity in both hot and cold mills. The chief cause for the market’s inactivity is in curtailed automotive buying, and miscellaneous orders are sustaining the market. Strip continues at 1.85c, base, Pittsburgh, for hot PAGE rolled, and 2.60c, base, either Pitts­ burgh or Cleveland, for cold rolled. ( o c Cleveland— Some additional orders have been placed by automobile parts makers, but the tonnage is PRODUCTION relatively small, and mills have light backlogs. Demand from miscellane­ ® Production welding must ous sources is fair. be consistently good welding. Chicago — Recent decrease in au­ . . . Page Welding Wires are tomotive strip releases is less pro­ consistently good wires. . . . nounced though the start of an up­ ward movement is not looked for be­ They are processed to insure fore the latter part of this month. uniformity and for the par­ Steady demand continues from mis­ ticular type of welding for cellaneous consumers. Strip prices are fairly steady. which they are recommended. Philadelphia — Strip, along with ... Each is shop tested, clearly other light flat-rolled products is marked, and all are conveniently packaged. . . . The Page Shielded moving rather slowly in this district. Arc Welding Electrode is an all-'round type that may be used for Improvement in miscellaneous buy­ flat, vertical and overhead welding. It is dense, high in tensile ing noted a fortnight ago has sub­ sided, consumers apparently having strength and in resistance to corrosion and impact. . . . It lowers rounded out their stocks sufficiently production costs by permitting operators to produce smooth, uni­ following inventory period. Hot- form welds at high speed. . . . Under the Page name you have almost rolled strip is still holding at 1 85c, Pittsburgh, or 2.16c, Philadelphia; every type of welding wire demanded by present day requirements. and cold strip at 2.60c, or 2.91c. . . . The Page Engineering Staff will cooperate with manufacturers as to the Page Wire best suited to their production requirements.

Semifinished PA^E STEEL & WIRE DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN CHAIN COMPANY, Inc. Semifinished Prices, Page 73 Monessen, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh— -A deadline of Feb. 15 In Business for Your Safety has been established for a clean-up District Offices: New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco on semifinished steel shipments at the fourth quarter price, and the $2 a ton advance is still lacking test. The attitude of important billet and PAGE WeldingWIRE sheet bar buyers is a watchful wait­

February 3, 1936 / TEEL 83 —The Market II eek

Construction, New York. In December ricated steel for a Mercer county the industry was operating at 38.7 grade crossUia elimination. Shapes per cent of normal. During the last Cleveland— Electro Metallurgical six months of 19 35 the monthly op­ Sales Corp., New York, has awarded Structural Shape Prices, Page 72 erating capacity averaged 4 0.8 per 1400 tons for a building at Alloy, W. Va. New inquiries are coming New York— Award of 12,300 tons cent. out slowly. E-'ie railroad is contem­ for the west side elevated highway Pittsburgh — American Bridge Co. plating three bridge jobs requiring here featured the structural shape has entered contracts for 1600 tons considerable tonnage. market. in pier No. 5 at South Boston, Mass., Chicago — Larger orders are made Due to sustained volume of busi­ and between 2000 and 3000 tons for up mainly of public projects. About ness during the last quarter, bookings Union railroad bridges in the Pitts­ 4000 tons is pending for bridge work and shipments of fabricated struc­ burgh district. Bidders are prepar­ in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. tural steel during 1935 were main­ ing for the 1200-ton Ohio state Mill buildings for Wisconsin Steel tained on practically the same volume bridge at E ly ria , O., to be bid this Works involve 1500 tons. Specifica­ as for the year previous, according week. Bids were taken Jan. 31 by tions for plain shapes continue to the American Institute of Steel the state on 301,140 pounds of fab­ steady, with an increase indicated for the next several months. Philadelphia — Awards include 500 tons for a hangar for the navy yard here and 220 tons for a school Behind the Scenes with /TEEL at Wymoning, Pa. Other awards have been small, although the plac­ ing of some fair sized school work is No Beard, No Vodka sistance, slippery rails, wheel friction expected in the near future. Shape and stufT? For shame, editors and Mr. prices are unchanged at 1.90c, Beth­ Holt. Where was youse educated any­ k i ORNING mail brings word from how ? lehem, Pa., or 2.01 %c, Philadelphia. * * * Mr. Alfred Goldberg, Russian Birmingham. Air. — While sev­ “rolling machines engineer” about whom we wrote here recently. Address­ eral awards in smaller tonnages have ing us in English this time he protests Results Count been reported lately, fabricating our artist pulled a boner in sketching him with hirsute appendage and in the A MANUFACTURER of plate grips shops are receiving contracts of larg­ act of consuming Volga Vodka. Mr. writes that he has received ten er size and building up a firm back­ G. says he is a “very young man” and inquiries which mentioned seeing a log. Operations of shops are steady. does not drink Vodka “at all.” description of the devices in S t e e l We have wrapped our artist, Mr. (Dec. 23, p. 52), and several other in­ Ingalls Iron Works Co. is letting Etaoin, severely across the knuckles quiries which he believes also came contract for new boat works on the and cautioned him to be more careful. through this description. Tennessee river at Decatur, Ala. We don’t have a beard either, Mr. Capitalizing an opportunity, this Goldberg, but we can use a little Vod­ smart merchandiser has contracted for San Francisco— A fair tonnage of ka now and then. C'm up ’n’ seeyus advertising space, and now the in­ structural awards was placed, total­ s’m tim e. quiries should start rolling in (O. K.. sales department ?). ing over 1500 tons. Bids have been opened on 1295 tons of H-columns Little Loco for foundations for the new civic cen­ Booklet Be Luxe ter San Diego, Calif. A NOTHER letter deserves mention, Seattle— Demand is confined main­ this one from that well-known /Y UR attention has been called to a figure, “Constant Reader. ” He takes siucll 11 x 14-inch booklet on Al­ ly to bridge jobs, several important us (or rather our editors) to task as legheny stainless steels recently pub­ projects pending. Manson Construc­ follows : lished by Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc.. the steel warehouse people. It's tion & Engineering Co., Seattle, is low D ear S h r d l u : crammed with four-color pictures, for the Swinomish Slough crossing. Tut, tut ! After all these years of nifty blonde models gazing at what read in g Iron Trade Review and must be stainless steel (we didn't pay Skagit county, Washington. Award S t e e l and finding them so accurate any attention to that), green cello­ of 250 tons is pending. Oregon will I had thought them infallible, here phane fly-leaves, and a heavy red and open bids at Portland, Feb. 6 and 7, comes the Jan. 20 issue and there silver cover. Better get yourself a on Page 37 is one of the nicest little cop;. for 22 highway jobs including a 110- locomotives any fellow would want. foot girder span and two I-beam But here—its 250-pound tractive effort won’t pull 5 tons up a 3 per bridges in Multnomah county. cent grade. You pass this on to your A n th em V. P. in charge of slide rules, log tables and arithmetic and he will LI OW long will it be, we wondered Shape Contracts Placed tell you it takes 20 pounds tractive the other day, before one of S t e e l ’s efTort to pull 1 ton up a 1 per cent editors weakens and makes some use 12,300 tons, west side elevated highway, grade, or 300 pounds to pull 5 tons of the catch line from that song about Forty-sixth to Fifty-ninth streets, up a 3 per cent grade, plus what it the music going 'round and ’round ? A takes to pull the same train on level cursory glance at this week’s stone- New York, to H arris Structural Steel track. So 350 pounds would be a proofs answered this question ; turn Co., New York. lot closer than 250 pounds. to page 56 and there it is: “The Belt 3000 tons, bridges for Union railroad, Even with the little engine popping Goes Down and Around.” Whoa-ho-ho- off, you will have to add to her trac­ hoa-ho-ho! And it comes out here. tive effort, unload part of the pas­ sengers and make ’em push or keep Shape Awards Compared her off the grade. So what ! Blooms Bloom Well, we’ve investigated the matter Tons and find that our usually accurate OULD you be interested in know­ editors slipped on this one and accept­ W ing that the Beloit Metal & Iron Week ended Feb. 3 ...... 26,510 ed the word of Mr. Calvert Holt who Co. has been incorporated in Beloit, wrote the article. When we asked our Wis., by P. P. Bloom, C. C. Bloom Week ended Jan. 27 ...... 26,155 V. P. in charge of slide rules etc. and L. L. Bloom ? About all we can W eek ended Jan. 2 0 ...... 26,841 about the matter, he whipped out add i s : four handbooks, a Monroe calculator, A company run by P. P. Bloom, This week, 1035 ...... 10,052 a log log slide rule and a bottle of C. C. Bloom and L. L. Bloom, Weekly average, 1035 ...... 17,081 Aspirin ; after a brief interval he came Stands a pretty good chance of par­ AVeekly average, 1036 ...... 24.750 up with the answer which checked the ticipating in the coming industrial figures of Mr. Constant Reader. boom. Weekly average, January.... 282522 Furthermore, what about wind re- —S hrdlu T otal to date, 1035 ...... 65,280 Total to date. 1036 ...... 123,707

84 /TEEL February 3, 1036 — The Market Week—

Pittsburgh district, to American contract. Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. 710 tons, ventilation building, midtown 1700 tons, building, Alloy, W. Va., Elec­ Hudson tunnel, New York; Cauldwell- tro Metallurgical Sales Corp., New Wingate Co., New York, low. Reinforcing York, to Lackawanna Steel Construc­ 600 tons, bridge, Lorenzo, Idaho. tion Corp., Buffalo. 500 tons, Santa Clara river county Reinforcing Bar Prices, Page 73 1600 tons, pier No. 5, South Boston, bridge, Ventura county, California; Mass., to American Bridge Co., Pitts­ bids Feb. 7. N ew York — The large volume of burgh, through Merritt, Chapman & 448 tons, seven state bridges, Freemont tonnage involved in pending projects Scott. county, Oregon; bids Feb. 7. presages a continuance of the pres­ 1500 tons, midtown Hudsoij tunnel, Jer­ 360 tons, state highway bridge, Se­ sey approach, to Phoenix Bridge Co., ward, Kans. ent good business. Prices continue Phoenixville, Pa., through George A. 250 tons, swine barn, St. Paul state easy, even 2 .10 c base delivered hav­ Brewster Co., Bogota, N. J. ing been slightly shaded on some 1225 tons, senior high school, Boston, to fair. Bethlehem Fabricators Inc., Bethle­ 100 tons, under-crossing near Phoenix. large work. Demand increases for hem, Pa. Ariz.; bids opened. construction of new manufacturing Unstated, state bridges in Multonomah ■610 tons, mold yard runway, Inland buildings. These requirements are Steel Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind., to county, Oregon; bids at Portland, Feb. Duffin Iron Co., Chicago. 6 and 7. not large in individual cases but rep- ■600 tons, state hospital buildings, Man- teno, 111., to Duffin Iron Co., Chicago, in addition to 1350 tons reported last week. ■115 tons, school, Hammond, Ind.. to Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc., Chi­ cago. 365 tons, Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, fermenter building, Lawrenceberg, Ind., to Stacey Mfg. Co., Cincinnati. 315 tons, Dravus street bridge, Seattle, to Wallace Bridge & Structural Steel Co., Seattle. 300 tons, four buildings for University of Arizona, Tuscon, to unnamed in­ terest. 290 tons, state highway bridge, Carroll, Iowa, to Bethlehem Steel Co.. Beth­ lehem, Pa. 280 tons, bridge, Mason county, Texas, THE to Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., Pittsburgh. 255 tons, assembly hall. Pilgrim state A. C. —D. C. SYSTEM hospital, Brentwood, N. Y., to Weath­ erly Steel Co., Weatherly, Pa. 235 tons, high school, Wyoming, Pa., to Wilkes-Barre Iron & Wire Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 190 tons, North Carolina state high­ way project, to Virginia Bridge & Iron Co., Roanoke. Va. 190 tons, postoffice and garage. Roches­ ter, N. Y„ to F. L. Heughes & Co., Rochester. N. Y. 160 tons, school. LaSalle, 111., to Duffin Iron Co., Chicago. 150 tons, additional miscellaneous steel for General Motors Corp. assembly plant. South Gate, Calif., to unnamed interest. 135 tons, tunnel ribs, bid 51,620, metro­ politan w ’ter district. Los Angeles, to Commercial Shearing & Stamping Co., Youngstown, O. 130 tons, male employes' dormitory, Walton. Mass.. to Crosier & Shlager Iron Works. Sonnnerville. Mass. 125 tons, state building. E ast Moline, HI., to Duffin Iron Co.. Chicago. 115 tons, school. East Palestine. O.. to Ohio Structural Steel Co., Newton Falls, O. 115 tons, state bridge, route 10, Ocean county, New Jersey, sections 10 and This picture illustrates the flexibility of Clark Contactor 11, through C. D. Proser Pitman. design. We have here incorporated Magnetic Contactors for N. J„ to Bethlehem Steel Co., Beth­ lehem, Pa. the control of A. C. Motors but the contactors are operated by 110 tons, elevated tank at United States direct current magnets. This unique feature permits us to Army barracks, Carlisle, Pa., to Tip­ pett & Wood, Phillipsburg, N. J. obtain exceedingly rapid reversals such as were required in 100 tons, girls’ trade school, Worcester. this application. Mass., to Eastern Bridge & Structural Co., Worcester, Mass. We will be glad to furnish explanatory details of the advan­ tages of this design which is particularly successful in Sheet Shape Contracts Pending and Tin Plate Mills in conjunction with Automatic Roller 2000 tons, public school No. 239, and Catcher Tables, Screwdowns and Reheating Furnaces with Brooklyn N. Y. their respective conveyors. 1500 tons, mill buildings. Wisconsin Steel W orks, Chicago: bids Feb. 10. 1175 tons, four state bridges, Wiscon­ sin: bids Feb. 4. THE CLARK CONTROLLER CO. 1295 tons, H columns, foundations, civic center, San Diego, Calif.; bids opened. 1146 East 152nd St. 1000 tons, parcel qmst building, Hous­ ton, Tex.: United States Fireproof- CLEVELAND, OHIO ing Co., Chicago, low for general

February 3, 193G /TEEL 85 — The Market Week resent a novelty, as compared with ing of more lhan 2600 tons for lo­ pipe for the same district, under spe­ conditions over the past four years. cal school work last week, the mar­ cification 134, in December, has Pittsburgh— IPds were taken Jan. ket is quiet. A number of projects, placed the tonnage with a west coast SI by the state highway department however, are still pending and in an mill. for a federal works program grade adjacent district 25 00 tons have been Seattle— Active demand continues crossing project in Mercer county, placed for a federal housing project and several important projects are up that involves a 2250-foot reinforced ar Branchville, Md., the business go­ for figures, or are pending. For the concrete and plate girder overpass ing to Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc., addition to the Montgomery Ward bridge. Bars will be purchased Chicago. General price situation store, Portland, Oreg., 700 tons will through general contractor. Youngs­ continues unsettled. be required. Plans are being made town Sheet & Tube Co. has been San Francisco—-liar awards were for new approaches to the Ballard aw arded 44 98 tons for the F o rt Peck the largest in over a month, 16,214 bridge here, requiring 500 tons. dam, Montana, and Electric Weld­ tons being placed. Bethlehem Steel ing Co., McKees Rocks, Pa., has Co., Bethlehem, Pa., secured 7850 Reinforcing Steel Awards closed on 500 tons for the North tons for precast reinforced concrete Park-Babcock boulevard work. The 7S50 tons, schedules 6-P and 7-P, pre­ pipe for the metropolitan water dis­ cast reinforced concrete pipe, metro­ market is generally quoted 2.05c, trict, Los Angeles. The United Con­ politan water district; Los Angeles, base, by distributors for carload lots, crete Pipe Co., who received the gen­ specification 137, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. but some individual jobs are open to eral contract for precast concrete wide concessions. 5500 tons, specification 134, precast re­ inforced concrete pipe, metropolitan Cleveland— Demand is quiet, with water district, Los Angeles, to United all municipal school work he -e Concrete Pipe Co., Los Angeles. awarded. State work appears more 44!)S tons. Fort Peck dam. Montana, to Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., active, but tonnages are small. Concrete Awards Compared Youngstown, O. All prices submitted Chicago — Orders are lighter, al­ by mill bidders, identical w th award Tons draw n by low. though a large tonnage still is pend­ Week ended Feb. 3 ...... 2 4 ,1 9 « 2500 tons, federal housing project, ing for various public projects. Branchville, Md., to Joseph T. Ryer­ Week ended Jan. 27 ...... 12,888 Awards include 640 tons for sani­ son & Son Inc., Chicago. Week ended Jan. 20 ...... 13,543 tary district work and 200 tons for 625 ions. Calumet intercepting sewer, This week, 1935...... 1,562 Chicago, to Concrete Steel Co., Chi­ a bridge approach. Private building Weekly average, 1935 ...... « .862 cago; Underground Construction still is relatively quiet, but various Co.. Chicago, general contractor. Weekly averae, 193« ...... 1 2 ,4 8 3 projects for which bids are to be 525 tons, third unit. Green river pipe­ Weekly average, January .... 9556 line. Tacoma. Wash., to American asked in the near future will take Total to date, 1935 ...... 19.489 Concrete & Steel Pipe Co., Los An­ sizable tonnages. Reinforcing bar geles. prices continue weak. Total to date, 1936 ...... « 2 ,419 500 tons. North Park and Babcock Philadelphia — Following the plac­ boulevard development. Pittsburgh, to Electric Welding Co., McKees Rocks, Pa. 500 tons, well covering, city of Cincin­ I nati waterworks, to Joseph T. Ryer­ son & Son Inc.. Chicago. 300 tons, hospital. Tenth and Linden QUALITY CASTINGS streets. Long Beach, Calif., to un­ named interest. 231 tons, two bulk head piers, San F ran ­ cisco. to Soule Steel Co.. San F ran ­ cisco. 200 tons. Hickory avenue approach to Ogdon avenue bridge. Chicago, to Concrete E ngineering Co., Chicago. 150 tons, sewage disposal plant, Dan­ bury, Conn.. to Truscon Steel Co.. Youngstown, O., through Marianna Construction Co.. New Haven, Conn. 150 tons. Connecticut state highw ay bridge .to Truscon Steel Co.. Youngstown, O.. through Bacco Con­ struction Co., Stamford, Conn. 135 tons, state highway work in Wash­ ington, to Northwest Steel Rolling Mills, Seattle. 118 tons, New York Central bridge, 232nd street. New York, to Fire­ proof Products Co., New York, through Doyle & Doyle. White Plains. N. Y. 115 tons, joists, Southwest junior high school. Reading, Pa., through E. A. Reidor, that city, general con­ tractor, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Cylinder Base and Cover for Sleam Turbine Bethlehem. Pa. 100 tons. Agassiz school. Ran Francisco, Rolled Steel Wheels — Rolled Steel Rings and Flanges to Gunn. Carle & Co., San Francisco. 100 tons, bottling plant for Columbia Forgings — Steel Castings — Steel Tires Breweries. Tacoma, Wash., to North­ Springs — Gear Blanks west Steel Rolling Mills, Seattle. 100 tons, fishways at Rock Island, Wash., power plant, to Bethlehem STANDARD STEEL WORKS COMPANY Steel Co., Seattle. BURNHAM, MIFFLIN CO., PENNA. Reinforcing Steel Pending District Offices Nfw York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco 1100 tons, assembly plant. General Mo­ Portland, O. St. Louis * tors Corp., Southgate, Calif.; bids be­ ing taken.

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7 00 Ions, seven bridges, route G, New here recently, the third lot within mediate needs. Seven blast furnaces Jersey state highway department: the past four or five weeks. continue active and all are believed bids will be asked. New York— Sellers expect an in­ scheduled for long runs. 700 tons, addition to Montgomery-Ward crease in tonnage this month, as con­ Cincinnati — Shipments during building, Portland. Oreg.; bids soon. sumers’ stocks which were laid in in G50 tons, Federal Reserve bank build­ January were 50 per cent of tonnage ing, W ashington; George A. Fuller the closing weeks of last year be­ in December. Buying and specifica­ Co., W ashington, low bidder. came absorbed. Improvement will be tions are showing a moderate pick­ 600 tons, route 25. section 24, New hastened, it is believed, by a modest up. and market activity in February Jersey state highway department; gain in foundry melt which in Janu­ is expected to be considerably im­ new bids will be asked. ary exceeded expectations. proved. Shipments now are for im­ 300 tons, rail or billet steel, filtration plant, Santa Barbara, Calif.; bids Feb. Buil'alo— Shipments of iron during mediate melt, foundry operations 10. January were approximately 25 per holding close to December levels. 137 tons, seven bridges, Fremont coun­ cent below those of December. Sell­ St. Louis—Shipments tended up­ ty, Wyoming; bids Feb. 4. ers think consumers’ inventories are ward during the last two weeks of 125 tons, high school, Chico, Calif.; gen­ eral contract to Campbell Construc­ small and that the gain in sales will January, but still remained sub­ tion Co., Sacramento, Calif. continue. Buying is largely for im­ stantially below the rate during No- 105 tons, Clackamas river state bridge. Clackamas county, Oregon; bids Feb. 4. 103 tons, billet or rail steel, Sheffield dam, Santa Barbara, Calif.; bids Feb. 10. VERY GOOD — 100 tons or more, state viaduct, Fatah county, Idaho; H. C. Malott, Seattle, general contractor. 100 tons, school, Hanford, Calif.; bids OR VERY BEST? opened. Unstated, free port warehouse and cold storage building. Stapleton, Staten Wc don’t like lo use Island, N. Y.; bids will be asked soon. superlatives, because we are l old it’s not good advertising. However, if Pig Iron we told you merely that Pig Iron Prices, Page 74 ERIE steam drop ham­ mers were very good ham ­ Pittsburgh—The foundry trade's requirements continue to be made up mers, we would he guilty of small lots, but the advanced mar­ of gross understatement. ket is being maintained, and new So perhaps we arc justi­ sales are proceeding on the basis of $19.50 per ton for No. 2 foundry and fied—-part icularly since it malleable, $19 for basic, and $20 for is not merely our opinion, bessemer. Practically no shipments are proceeding via water at present. hut the expressed opinion Cleveland — Prospects for this of thousands of hammer month are good, with consumption users — in saying that sustained largely by automotive and sanitary equipment requirements. ERIE steam drop ham­ Sales are light, but shipments are mers are the very best holding up well. Volume of imple­ hammers that can he ment work is steady. Chicago— Large buyers have yet to built. If there is any enter the market with new business. question in your mind Stocks still are accommodating these about that statement, interests, but moderate orders con­ tinue to be placed by smaller found­ please let us know when ries which did little speculative buy­ it will he convenient for a ing last quarter. January shipments epresen I a live to call to were about one-half the December total, and only a moderate improve­ discuss the matter with ment is in prospect for February. y o u . Foundry operations are steady, with some gains noted among automotive jobbing plants. Boston— First importation of Ile1- ERIE FOUNDRY COMPANY gian pig iron along the eastern sea­ ERIE, PENNA., U. S. A. board consists of 4 00 tons. The iron was brought in by African Metals Detroit Chicago f-A Indianapolis Paris, France Co., 25 B roadw ay, New York. 3.15 Curtis Hid ft. 319 Washington Blvd. 335 Postal Station Bldg. H Rue dc Rocroy Philadelphia— Sellers look for im­ proved business as this month gets under way, particularly in the latter half. January specifications worn spotty and were comprised largcy of small fill-in orders. A small lot of Russian iron, 140 tons, arrived

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SPEED NUTS vember and December. The melt is by 15 per cent of the local Fisher holding up well, and except for labor Body plant. Resumption of both is troubles at stove plants, total volume expected some time in February. would compare favorably with the Meanwhile, quotations on all grades peak reached in December. New busi­ of scrap at Cleveland and in the val­ ness is reported in fair volume and ley remain firm but unchanged. gaining steadily. Small lots are be­ Chicago— Scrap prices continue ing taken, and the character of the firm, aided by the restriction in sup­ buying indicates actual need for the plies which has developed as a re­ iron. In point of consumption, sult of severe weather in the central relatively the best showing is made west. Sellers’ bids on railroad lists by the farm implement and tractor hold around $14 for heavy melting interests. steel, although few offerings have Birmingham, Ala.— While there come to this district lately. New busi­ has been a little lagging in delivery ness from mills is absent but ship­ during the past two weeks, the mar­ ments against old contracts are ket is firm, and numerous spot or­ steady. ders are being received. Prospects New York— A slight flurry features continue bright. the scrap iron and steel market here T oronto, Ont.-—New business is because several eastern Pennsylvania REQUIRE appearing in good volume. Sales the mills are urging their dealers to rush past week exceeded 1000 tons, with shipments against new contracts. The a few inquiries received for future dealers have had considerable diffi­ NO delivery. Most melters, however, are culty, due to the heavy fall of snow adhering to hand-to-mouth buying, and the cold weather, in collecting WRENCH and sales are being made at frequent scrap recently. Dealers are paying intervals. Production has been cur­ $5.75 to $6.25 for grate bars. New tailed somewhat with the blowing York, which they are shipping to out of the blast furnace at Port Col- eastern Pennsylvania at $9.75 deliv­ OFFER borne, Ont. Prices are unchanged. ered. They are paying the same range of prices for stove plate for RAPID delivery at the same figure. Philadelphia— A round tonnage of No. 1 steel has been purchased by ASSEMBLY the leading Claymont, Del., consum­ Scrap er at $12.50, delivered, with a lot Scrap Prices, Page 75 purchased by another buyer at $13. REMAIN Details of this latter transaction are Pittsburgh — Consuming mills, lacking. The Claymont purchase was mindful of a scrap market that shows the first for this point in several POSITIVELY no evidence of weakness, were non- weeks. The scrap market generally theless delaying entering the mar­ is firm to strong, with severe weather PERMANENT ket. Based on last sales at $14.50 conditions an important strengthen­ and $14.75, the No. 1 steel market ing factor. While no new consum­ remains quoted $14.25 to $14.75, but ing purchases of heavy breakable cast Extremes of vibration have compressed sheet scrap is 25 cents no effect on Speed-Nuts with have been reported at above $12.50, their positive locking qualities. stronger at $14.50 to $15.00 and low delivered, dealers are being forced The conventional threaded nut phos grades are also up 25 cents, the to pay as high as that figure in cov­ and washer are supplanted with latter based on several small foundry ering on some contracts. the new, patented compressed purchases. Machine shop turnings Buffalo— Scrap continues to move cushion spring. are now quoted $10.00 to $10.50. away from Buffalo, with old material which is a slight advance, but rail­ worth more in cars for distant ship­ Send for card of assorted road steel specialties are quoted un­ ment out of yards here than it is de­ s a m p le s . changed at $16.25 to $16.75. A dis­ livered to local mills, according to trict mill has purchased a sizable their bids. Dealers are declining to Now Used in Assembly of tonnage of No. 1 cast scrap at $13 sell under the circumstances and look Automobile« R adios recently. Lists of the Pennsylvania for a firm attitude to result in sub­ Air Conditioner» Radiant Heaters railroad, Feb. 5, and a Baltimore & Display Ca»cs R u d ia to rs &. stantially higher prices within 30 Elect. Appliance» S h ie ld s Ohio, Feb. 3, the former totaling 30,- days. F u rn a c e s S ig n s Farm Equipment Steel Building» 000 tons and the latter 5000 tons Detroit— The market is stronger H e a tin g E lem en t» Steel Furniture are a market feature. and prices of a number of grades are Lamps (Auto) Stoves Lockers T oys Cleveland — The continued zero up 25 to 50 cents. No. 2 heavy melt­ Name Plate» V ehicles weather is “freezing up’’ shipments ing steel has advanced 50 cents to O il B u rn in g U nit» (Children’s) Refrigerators Water Heaters to consumers and yards. Dealers are $9.25 to $9.75, while compressed finding it still difficult to obtain sup­ sheets are up 25 cents at $10.75 to plies of old materials and scrap $11.25. Dealers are bidding higher movements are more or less routine. figures on a number of grades, while The recently offered railroad lists, offerings by automotive plants reflect Tinnerman which included about 23,000 tons by recent curtailments in operations. Pennsylvania, are expected to close Cincinnati— Quotations on scrap Stove & Range Co. next week. New sales are slow in iron and steel continue unchanged, with activity confined to covering on Speed N ut Division maturing throughout northern Ohio. The cutting down of active open recent contracts and the normal ton­ CLEVELAND, OHIO hearths by Otis Steel Co. by three nage movement to foundries. Mills, units is believed to be only a tempo­ fairly well protected, show no dispo­ rary move following the curtailment sition to further commitments. Deal­

88 /TEEL February 3, 1936 — The Market Week- ers consider the market strong. Prices on domestic steel continue to immediate outlook is brightened by Weather conditions hamper river hold firm, with the exception of gal­ the appearance of orders and inquir­ shipments but this has caused no vanized sheets which recently have ies for material required on federal- serious inconvenience to consignees. been ragged, because of competition finauced jobs, WPA or PWA, most St. 1/ouis— Prices have acquired with high quality seconds offered at tonnage being in reinforcing bars. additional strength by delayed move­ low prices. As a rule, galvanized Prices remain steady. ments and other disabilities incident sheets are bringing 4.30c base deliv­ St. Douis — Weather conditions to the prolonged cold spell. There ered for lots of 49 9 pounds or less, during the past week or ten days has been a sharp contraction in offer­ 4.16c for lots of 500 to 1499 pounds have been a dominant influence in ings from all sources, and operations and 4.81c for lots of 1500 pounds or business, holding down orders al­ at commercial yards are at a stand­ more. However, there has been con­ though a contrary effect was noted still. Advances were general through siderable waiving of the quantity dif­ on certain seasonal goods, notably the entire list, markups ranging from ferentials and large lots have sold as tubing and some descriptions of 25c to $1.75c per ton. low as 3.71c. There seems to be a sheets. Buying by railroads continues B irm ingham , Ala. — D em and is firmer tone in galvanized sheets and active. picking up. Price holds firmly to consumers are finding it less easy to Seattle — Volume is increasing new adjustment with several items buy at these prices. slowly but is more active in Oregon. above a month ago. Available stock Philadelphia— While January busi­ Turnover is about normal for this has not increased but all specifica­ ness in the market did not measure season, spring buying expected to be­ tions are being filled promptly. up to some earlier trade expectations, gin next month. Portland jobbers Seattle— The market is softer. Ja­ most jobbers are looking for an im­ have cut bars, plates and shapes 2 u pan is still holding off and dealers provement before the end of Feb­ cents per 100 pounds to 3.50c, are turning to mills for an outlet. ruary. Resellers are inclined to dis­ 3.35c and 3.50c respectively, ef­ Prices are about 50 cents lower, lo­ count much of present inactivity as fective Jan. 20. cal plants paying $9.50 gross for No. seasonal. Prices are unchanged. 1 m elting and $7.50 gross for No. 2. Detroit— Business is fairly steady, The domestic movement is quite but recently has been affected by the Bolts, Nuts, Rivets steady, the Seattle plant of Bethle­ weather which has restricted build­ Bolt, Nut, Rivet Prices, Page 73 hem Steel Co. taking more than 5000 ing activity. Die shops are between tons monthly recently. seasons and are furnishing but little Toronto, Ont.— Trading in iron Pennsylvania railroad’s shops and business to jobbers. Prices are un­ other car builders have begun to re­ and steel scrap is active and dealers changed. lease against bolt, nut, and rivet re­ report increased shipments of heavy Cincinnati — Tonnage suffered de­ quirements to build the 10,000 freight melting steel and other steel grades crease during the past 10 days, due cars which the Pennsylvania contract­ to the Hamilton district against con­ tc- the effects of bad weather. The ed for several months ago. The re- tract. Toronto consumers are deplet­ ing accumulations built up during the past couple of years and now are en­ tering the market for new supplies. Montreal dealers also report more ac­ // tive demand for steel scrap for do­ A STUDY IN "BLACK AND WHITE mestic consumption.

MMMM Warehouse

W arehouse Prices, Page 76 ■ B K É g

Pittsburgh— Finished steel ship­ ments in January were as heavy as those of December. Prices are firm, with bars under 3 inches, and small SBIIHHB shapes, 2.95c; structurais and plates, 3.15c, and cold-drawn bars, 3.35c, base for 4 00 to 999 pounds for city shipment. On country shipments, kJOUNTING costs in both labor and materials are 10 cents off base price is allowable. in part, responsible to the manufacturer’s consistent Cleveland— Improvement is shown switch to steel stampings. Not only have stampings in orders, with tonnages still ahead proved themselves economically correct, but they have of December. Compared with last become more practical in application. year, tonnages are up 20 per cent. Slight decline is felt only in those To justify this lower stamping cost, your product must sections affected by weather condi­ be studied by men thoroughly skilled in stamping practice tions. and backed by a plant modemly equipped with presses Chicago— Sales continue heavier of great productive range . . . These are your facilities than a year ago, though demand has at Parish and Parish welcomes your blue-prints and been retarded by unfavorable weath­ specifications. er. The latter applies principally to building activity. Prices are steady and unchanged. PARISH PRESSED STEEL CO. New York— Demand is somewhat Specialists in difficult stamping design improved but not up to the level Robeson & Weiser Sts., READ IN G , PA. prevailing prior to Christmas, cold Pacific Coast Rep.: F. Somers Peterson Co., 57 California St., San Francisco, Cal. weather having delayed recovery.

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quirements of bolts, nuts and rivets ket is more active than in December. in the supply of this product. Prices varies from 500 to 900 pounds per car. At Cleveland, the decline in automo­ are firm, U. S. P. phenol w ith 39.5 Thus, there are about 3500 tons of tive demand is slight. The general Cent, melting point being quoted at these products involved. tone of the market is strong. 14 Vi> cents per pound, at Frankford, Prices are fairly firm at 70-10-5 off At Chicago, bolt, nut and rivet Philadelphia, plant, when packed in for small carriage and machine bolts, specifications show little change, but 450-pound returnable drums. with 70-10 off quoted on larger sizes. are being received in fairly substan­ Large rivets are named at 2.90c, Pitts­ tial volume from some consumers. burgh or Cleveland, and small rivets Railroad shops are taking larger lots Iron O re at 70-5 off list. than was true a year ago, while re­ Bolt and nut makers now are inter­ quirements of farm implement manu­ Iron Ore Prices, Page 75 facturers also are ahead of the 1935 ested in the outcome of the Bessemer New York— Turkish chrome ore & Lake Erie and Union railroad cars, rate. has been advanced approximately 25 as these 3000 gondolas will require cents a ton, or slightly under that about 1000 tons of bolts, nuts, and riv­ amount on most grades. The prin­ ets. From other directions the mar- Coke By-Products cipal grade of India chrome ore is as Coke By-Product Prices, Page 73 yet unchanged, although one grade to be advanced is to the 45 to 46 per New York— Recent embargo by cent, now quotable at $16.50. Other Germany against exports of crude imported ore is unchanged. "AT YOUR SERVICE” naphthalene has resulted in a further tightening of the supply available in this country. Both crude and re­ fined grades are scarce; in fact, the Nonferrous Metals supply is not sufficient to satisfy de­ Nonferrous Metal Prices, Page 00, 01 mand. Naphthalene in (lakes and ^ NEW YORK CITY balls continues 6%c per pound, in New York—While the general barrel lots, at Philadelphia and New­ business outlook is confused by poli­ ark, N. J., plants, with free delivery tical, financial and legislative factors, in the New York, New Jersey and nonferrous metal markets pursued a When you come to New York Philadelphia districts. However, tranquil course last week. The trend there seems every likelihood that an­ for metals promises to be on the side for business or pleasure, pick the other price advance will materialize of increased demand and higher prices during the next few months. New, 26 story Hotel Piccadilly at an early date. Supplies of toluol, industrial xylol Copper— Moderate daily sales were ... a select address in Times and solvent naphtha also are tight. reported, bringing the total for Jan­ There are no stocks for spot ship­ uary to over 30,000 tons. The in­ Square— just a stone's throw from ment. Prices are firm on these dis­ dustry is still in favorable statistical tillates but the situation is not com­ position and prices held firm at 9.25c, “ Radio City“ , 69 theatres, 5th parable to that prevailing in naph­ Connecticut, for electrolytic. Avenue and railroad terminals. thalene, so that no advances are ex­ Lead— Sales increased about 60 pected. per cent over the preceding period Favored by steel executives from Because of the availability of syn­ and were well spread among all thetic phenol, there is no shortage classes of consumers. The market. coast-to-coast.

Bright, quiet, richly furnished rooms— with baths— deep, soft « 9 2 P I O N E E R S 1 9 3 5 “ sleepyhead“ beds and all up- IN ------to - the - minute conveniences. Daily rates begin as low as Blast Furnace Copper Castings Mill Bearings—Machinery Bronze A $ 0 5 0 $ 0 5 0 4 m aing!«* i j d o u b le Housing Nuts j ; ; Write for reservations. Ask | '::;| f or f r,’e “ Guitle-Map” of A '. Y . Heavy Closed Bottom Tuyere Cocks ------IF ------Quality and Service A re Factors in Your Buying Bill iPICCRDIIfi L et Us Q uote 45T” STREET-JUST WEST OF TIMES SQUARE W. STILES KOONES - MANAGER LAWRENCEVILLE BRONZE CO. Bessemer Bldg. Pittsburgh, Pa.

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both statistically and pricewise, is City Steel Co., Granite City, 111. casings. Total expenditure in accumulating considerable price Cleveland— Expenditure of nearly Youngstown will exceed $400,000. strength and many observers antici­ $1 ,200,000 for immediate capital im­ Balance of the $1,200,000 appropria­ pate higher levels. The price held provements in more than a dozen tion will be divided among other firm last week at 4.35c, East St. plants has been approved by Re­ plants. Louis. public Steel Corp. here. The largest Portland, Oreg.— United States en­ Zinc-— P rim e w estern zinc w ent expenditure will involve over $500,- gineer here has opened bids for through a period of unsettlement and 000 in Warren, O., and will include equipment for the Bonneville dam ab o u t 600 tons w ere sold a t 4.8 0c, remodeling and enlarging of the machine shop, including heavy-duty East St. Louis. By the close Wednes­ cold-rolled strip department, and in­ engine lathes, radial drills, shapers, day, however, all metal at the shaded stallation of additional finishing grinders, power hacksaws, and other level had been withdrawn or ab­ equipment to increase tin plate pro­ machinery. Morgan Engineering Co. sorbed. Daily closing levels were duction. Over $250,000 will be Alliance, O., is beginning work on unchanged at 4.8 5c, E ast St. Louis. spent in improving the No. 3 electric two 350-ton gantry cranes which will Tin— Moderate tonnages of tin weld tube mill at Youngstown, O., be shipped soon for use in the were sold with spot prices strong due for making larger sizes of oil well Bonneville dam project. to limited supplies of nearby metal. The International Tin committee at its meeting in Brussels on Feb. 19 is expected to reduce export quotas for the second quarter from the current 90 per cent rate. The market closed above the 4 8-cent level for Straits spot. Antimony— American and Chinese antimony prices advanced %-cent to 12.75c, New York. Light small-lot and some carlot buying was reported. Shims and Shim Steel Steel in Europe In addition to our finished Steel Shims, fabricated to meet every individual specification, our large stocks of Shim Steel from .0015, Cold Rolled Steel, and Foreign Steel Prices, Page 7 6 Stainless Steel, are maintained for your immediate service—shipments can be made at once in almost every case. L ondon— ( B y C a b le)— Pig iron American quality is high enough to command the respect of the most dis­ makers in Great Britain are quoting criminating buyers. In order to prove our claims we invite your order for small mainly on iron in yard stocks as they requirements as a test. are sold heavily through first half. Our prices are always well in line and your inquiries are solicited—for any All steelworks are well employed and quantity of work—no matter how large nor how small. some are out of the market. Deliv­ Try American Shim Steel and experience the satisfaction of finding SERVICE, QUALITY, and PRICE always RIGHT. eries of Continental semifinished steel are better and are improving the sit­ uation. Prices of structural steel for AMERICAN SHIM STEEL CO. 1 3 0 4 FIFTH AVENUE export have been increased 5s to N E W KENSINGTON. PENNSYLVANIA many markets. Exports of tin plate and galvanized sheets are dull. The Continent reports new export business is quiet. Great Britain is buying semifinished steel and Ger­ many reports good activity for de­ liveries to Africa and South Amer­ ica.

Equipment

Chicago— January was an active month in machine tool sales, business showing improvement over both De­ cember and a year ago. Inquiries continue fairly active and relatively good demand is in prospect for the next several months. Railroads are counted on for only a moderate pick­ up in machinery purchases, though inquiries reflect current and prospec­ tive improvement in work at railroad shops. Automotive tool buying is more active. Foundry equipment de­ mand is holding well. Harnischfeger Corp., Milwaukee, has received an or­ der for two 50-ton and two 25-ton steel mill cranes for new hot and cold strip mills being built by Granite

February 3, 1936 STEEL 91 enlarging of the cold rolling depart­ ment for strip steel, and the instal­ lation of additional finishing equip­ Construction and Enterprise ment to increase tin plate produc­ tion. The corporation will also spend $250,000, to improve its electric weld CINCINNATI—Champion Paper & tube mill No. 3 in Youngstown, O., Ohio Fiber Co., this city, plans to build a for the purpose of making larger size BEV ERLY , O.— U nited Dairy Co. $3,000,000 to $3,500,000 pulp mill, for oil well casings. Total expenditures has started on the construction of its the manufacture of long fiber paper in Y oungstow n will exceed $400,000. new plant here, located on the Mus­ pulp. Details of the location of the The balance of the appropriations will kingum river. Charles Chalfant, local new plant were not disclosed, but the be divided among plants in its other contractor, will be in charge of the company operates plants at Hamilton, manufacturing districts. work. The new warehouse will be O., and Canton, O CLEVELAND—Thompson Products built first, to be followed by the con­ CLEVELAND — Republic Steel Inc., 2196 Clarkwood road southeast, struction of a creamery. Corp., Republic building, will expend has purchased from the Cleveland BRYAN, O.— Bryan Im plem ent Co. $1 ,200,000 for immediate capital im­ Railway Co., a 5-story brick and con­ is remodeling its quarters on East provements in more than a dozen of crete building on Ashland road south­ Butler street, to handle incoming its plants. The largest outlay will be east, containing about 00,000 square stock, and is also carrying a larger of more than $500,000 at Warren, O.. feet of floor space. The building will number of parts than formerly. which will include the remodeling and be used to house the company's serv­ ice division. CLEVELAND -—- Simplex Products Corp., I960 East Sixty-sixth street, maker of pisttm rings and other prod­ ucts, has moved into its new plant at 3830 Kelley avenue. The plant was purchased recently to provide in­ creased facilities for manufacturing. o CLEVELAND -—- Industrial Rayon Corp., West Ninety-eighth street and Walford avenue, will build a new KARDONG plant here adjoining this location. Un­ der present tentative plans, the com­ pany proposes to erect a plant with facilities to produce 8,000,000 pounds CIRCLE per year of bleached combed yarn. Hiram Rivitz is president. When this plant is completed, plans are being made for further expansion of a more BENDER substantial capacity, in some location not yet selected. # This machine is built powerful and fast for heavy duty fabrication in both plant and field where large tonnage is required. CLEVELAND—Feick Mfg. Co. has It will handle 20 tons or more per day and will bend bars 134 in size. Several bars can be bent been incorporated by Harry Feick, in one operation depending on the size of bars. Circles or radius of any size required in reinforcing Glenn E. Offenbacher, and Katheryn work from 18" up can be bent. Bars with different radius can be bent in one operation without stopping machine. T. W right, to m anufacture motors and This is a time proven machine and will prove a real saving to any operator with large tonnage electrical equipment. Squire, Sanders over any other method of bending circle or radius work. & Dempsey, Union Trust building, is Made in two sizes: Model “C” with capacity of 1J4" Sq. correspondent. Model “CA” with capacity of 1" Sq. DAYTON, O.—Air corps, materiel Write today for catalog 30 describing this and other bar bending machines. division, W right field, asks bids Feb. 2 1, for steel tape armored cable, and Address: April 15, for 25 to 200 single place Kardong Brothers, Inc. pursuit planes. DAYTON, O.—Frampton Electrical 346 B u c h an a n S treet, N. E. Minneapolis, Minn. Equipment Co. has been incorporated by B .R. Shaman, Louis T. Shulman, and C. H. Frampton. Shaman, Winer & Shulman, Union Trust building, is correspondent. DAYTON, O.—Air corps, contract­ ing officer, materiel division, Wright field, is taking bids Feb. 5 for black pipe couplings, galvanizezd pipe coup­ lings, cast iron pipe elbows, galvan­ ized pipe elbows, galvanized and cast iron tees, black and galvanized steel /HOOP pipe, gate and globe valves, radiator plugs, wrought iron pipe, and regu­ lators; and Feb. 11, for 120 trans­ LEADERSHIP BRONZE • BRASS • ALUMINUM formers. under circular No. 515. DAYTON. O. — D ayton Malleable b . CASTINGS Iron Co., 1 396 W est T hird street, suf­ fered $5000 loss recently to its coal pulverizing building, as a result of an explosion and fire. A nthony Has- ALSO MILL BEARINGS well is president of the firm. BUSHINGS • ANTI-ACID METAL DAYTON. O.—Air corps, contract­ ing officer, materiel division, Wright HYDRAULIC PUMP WORK field, will ask bids Feb. 24 for boring machines. PICKLE CRATES GIRARD. O.—Golden Glow Dairy Co.. Churchill road, has started work on an expansion program th at will more than double the capacity of the plant. Phil Altman, owner, has an­ nounced that an addition will be built THE SHOOP BRONZE CO. to the present plant, giving more room for the handling of milk, cream, etc.. 344-360 W. Sixth Ave. Bell Phone 371 and also giving the firm facilities for greater production of ice cream. TARENTUM, PA. (PITTSBURGH DISTRICT) MANTUA, O. — M antua Grain &- Supply Co.. this city, suffered loss to

IS XTEEL February 3, 1936 —Construction and Enterprise— its feed mill recently, causing damage being remodeled into a factory build­ accessories, by Sidney W. and Evelyn to a considerable amount of its ma­ ing and machinery is being installed. E. Martin, and William S. Kleinman, chinery. J. L. Mahle is president of the com­ 912 Otis building, correspondent. pany. N EW A RK , O.— A .P. Hess Co. is CHICAGO—American Blow Pipe planning to install a 1000-gallon ca­ TOLEDO, O.—Interlalce Iron Corp. Co. Inc., 6 North Clark street, has been pacity gasoline tank, in the rear of the has announced that work has begun Incorporated to do a general sheet building at 102-108 East Main street. on the construction of its new plant metal business, by W. and Adolph L. Ordinance granting permission has for the production of iron paving Katz, and Philip A. Gueder. Corre­ been passed by the city council. plates. E. J. Clair, general manager, spondent is Herman N. Cogan, same stated that the present expenditures address. N O R TH CANTON, O.— H oover Co. were the beginning of a possible larger CHICAGO— John W. Thomson Co., Is constructing an addition to its suc­ expansion program. tion sweeper factory here. Recent in­ 719 West Sixty-third street, has been troduction of a new model made TOLEDO, O.—Toledo Foundry & incorporated to do a general furnace necessary the additional manufactur­ M achine Co. is m aking extensive re­ business, by John W. and Anna E. ing space, according to officials of the pairs on its machinery, in preparation Thomson, and Margaret Jandacek. company. for new business. Joseph Mock is Correspondent is Ehler & Austin, 139 general manager of the firm, which, North Clark street. PEMBERVILLE, O.—Pemberville in addition to its repair shops, pro­ CHICAGO—South Side Brewing Co., Elevator Co., located at the end of duces a variety of castings, and spe­ this city’s main street, suffered loss by 3700 South Halstead street, is taking cializes in marine work. fire to its building recently, amount­ ing to $75,000, involving dam age to a. TOLEDO, O.— A fire in the casting tower, powerhouse, and new diesel room of the Doeliler Die Casting Co., generating engine. William Kohring 2100 Smead avenue, recently caused is general manager. All milling equip­ damage amounting to $1000. ment in the tower was destroyed. VAN WERT, O—Woodland ceme­ PIQUA, O.— City. W. J. Baldwin tery board of trustees, W. Harrison purchasing agent, is taking bids Feb. Walters superintendent, will receive 5 for the following equipment; one 50- bids Feb. 5 for furnishing 12S4 feet ton car of 6-inch cast iron pipe, class of 3-incli cast iron pipe, bell and C with bell and spigot, in 12-foot spigot, and 300 feet of 3-inch cast lengths; 20 pieces of the same, with iron water pipe, double bell. Bids bell on the spigot end, in 2 to 3-foot io office of clerk of the board, City lengths; three reducers, from 6 to 8 building. inches; six 6-inch sleeves. Illinois SALEM, O.—City, Frank K. Wilson service director, is taking bids Feb. 7 AURORA, ILL.—Aurora Coal Mines for the furnishing of labor and mate­ Inc., West Lake street and Grey ave­ rials for 3000 feet of centrifugal or nue, has been incorporated to do a sand spun cast iron pipe, 6-lnches In­ general coal mining business, by side diameter, hub and spigot, lS-foot Maurice S. and Mabel M. Raymond, lengths, 150 lbs. working pressure. and Frank B. Wilcox. Correspondent SANDUSKY, O. — City, Albert J. Is Little & Latham. 16 Fox building, Lauber manager, contemplates the this city. purchase of two 1 %-ton trucks, and CHICAGO—Kupfer Bros. Paper Co., a new road grader, to replace obsolete 145 West Austin avenue, has been In­ equipment. corporated to deal in paper products, SEBRING, O.—-H. Bettis Co., Zanes­ by Alfred G. Johnson. Otto C. Brulil- ville, O., is contem plating the estab­ man, and Elmer Engquist. Corre­ lishment of a branch plant here, for spondent is Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & the manufacture of corrugated boxes Platt, Continental Illinois building. and various types of containers. The CHICAGO—Manbee Equipment Co., company maintains at present a ware­ 912 Otis building, has been incorpo­ house on Twelfth street, and this is rated to deal in automobile parts and

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February 3, 1936 /TEEL 93 — Construe!ion and Enterprise bids soon for the construction of a shop of Lewis E. Lau on 104S Chicago ERIE, PA.—Hammermill Paper Co. new plant addition, to cost $60,000. J. avenue, was recently' destroyed. has awarded contract for a $500,000 Bednarick, 1643 W est Garfield boule­ JOLIET, ILL.— Illinois Steel Wash­ boiler house and generator plant to vard, is architect. er Co.. formerly located in Lansing. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., New York. CHICAGO—Edgewater Construction Mich., has established a plant here Co., 228 North LaSalle street, has been on Gardner street. Installation of ma­ ERIE, PA.—City. Clarence Pulling incorporated by L. Kiefer, S. Larson and chinery and equipment will bo started engineer, is contemplating the instal­ J . Carlson, to do a general construction at once. acording to Burr H. lation of storm sewers to cost $1,000,- business. Correspondent is Walter W. Thompson, plant superintendent. The 000. WPA will furnish the labor, and Duft, 228 North LaSalle street. firm will manufacture steel washers the city will supply $7 5,000 for m ate­ and stampings. rials. Plans are completed and work CHICAGO—Federal Pipe & Service will probably start soon, on Liberty Co., 900 South Campbell avenue, is Pennsylvania street. making »lans through Graham, An­ derson, Probst & White. 80 East Jack­ DERRY, PA.— American Armament PITTSBURGH—Plans for the pur­ son avenue, for a storage addition to Corp., this city has been granted a chase of now railroad equipment to cost $80,000. state charter to deal in chemicals and cost about $14,000,000 have been an­ armaments of all kinds, by A. J. Mir­ nounced by the Bessemer & Lake Erie EVANSTON, ILL.—The welding anda, president. railroad, and the Union railroad, sub­ sidiaries of the United States Steel Corp., this city. Plans inaugurate the first improvement program of the new ROTARY year in southwestern Pennsylvania, and follow closely the announcement of the Pennsylvania railroad’s new KNIVES equipment program, to cost $25,000,- 000. The railroads consider the use of alloy steel in the construction of SHEARIN 3000 steel railroad cars of the hopper and gondola types. • • . BLAD PITTSBURGH — Campbell Trans­ portation Co. recently prepared to en­ ter the first of a fleet of six steel gas­ oline barges, two of which are under There is a BRAEBURN KNII construction at the Treadwell Con­ struction Co., Midland, Pa., in the shearing problem, whether hot Ohio river trade. A carrier, completed or blooms, bars or sheets. by the B ethlehem Steel Co., a t its Leetsdale, Pa., plant, has been deliv­ With our years of experience ered to this city where a pump and facturc and heat treatment of piping are being installed. Three oth­ ers being built by the same company steels, we are well equipped to will bo equipped at the Pittsburgh har­ furnish rotary knives and sh bor. any purpose. N ew Y ork Write for oar recoitimen NEW YORK—Horrow & Morse Inc. has been organized for the manufac­ ture of machinery, by Barnett Horo­ witz, 116 West Forty-fifth street, Cesare Morsani, 1961 Seventy-seventh BRAEBURN ALLOY STEEL street, Jackson Heights, and Isaac J. Scolney, 110 E ast Forty-second street. CORPORATION P apers were filed by A braham Lipton, Braeburn Penna. 110 East Forty-second street. NEW YORK— Ronk Holding Corp., 89 Broad street, plans alterations to cost $25,000 to a 7-story penthouse, office, and m anufacturing building on 141 E ast Twenty-fifth street. Maxwell L - R ^ ¿ ¿ ¿ / i n ­ Whitelaw is architect. N ew J ersey DOVER, N. J.—Picatinny arsenal f l e x i b l e COUPLINGS will ask bids here Feb. 10 for steel coils. /< 'or long low cost service M ichigan Users of heavy machinery will find they cannot CHELSEA. MICH.—Sterling Fibre get a better, more economical coupling unit Co., W altham , Mass., has established than the L-R Type “P” Flexible Coupling. a new factory here and will install a The free-floating load cushions are hung between metal large amount of machinery and equip­ jaws on removable studs—no power is transmitted from m ent. H. B. M urphy is in charge of metal to metal directly—the coupling bodies are ever­ operations. lasting. Cushions are always in plain sight and can be replaced without tearing down coupling—eliminating the PONTIAC, ’MICH.—Pontiac Motor necessity of long shut downs. No lubrication is required Co. began operations recently in its and the only servicing necessary is replacement of load iron foundry, for the first time since cushions every two to five years. L-R Type “P ” Couplings 1932. Full capacity will not be reached are made in sizes from 3" to 10" bores—rated at 18 to 1500 H.P. at 100 R.P.M.—and by application of suitable until next spring, and bearing caps materials, capacities can be increased to 250% without and other small parts will be cast at change in overall dimensions. Other types from shaft first. A $500,000 reconstruction and dia. up. retooling program is under way, in­ volving a complete renovation of the L-R TYPE “P" Write for information regarding the appli­ cation of these units for your equipment. plant and re-equipment with all mod­ (P atented) ern foundry practices. H. J. Klingler is president and general manager. LOVEJOY TOOL WORKS Chicago. Illin o is Indiana GARY, IND.— Carnegie-Illinois Steel

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Corp. recently announced that it would steel, steel sash, and metal doors. Man­ PASCAGOULA, MISS.— J. E. Travis Install advanced heat treating facili­ sell Realty Co., E. C. Seiz architect, Jr., WPA supervising airport engineer, ties in its rail mill, at a cost of $500,- 119 Luckie street, northwest, is mak­ plans the construction of an airplane 000. It is also reconstructing 138 coke ing plans. hangar designed by Lester C. Win- ovens, representing- batteries one and terton, city engineer, and will install two. The cost of this project is ex­ Mississippi modern lighting system. pected to exceed $3,000,000. HAZELHURST, MISS. — Jenkins North Carolina M aryland L um ber Co. is building a saw mill and planing mill. HAMLET, N. C.—The plant of the BALTIMORE—Exeter Glass Works, NATCHEZ, MISS.—Dr. Wayne Al- Seaboard Garment Mfg. Co. was dam­ 324 South E xeter street, is receiving liston, state administrator for WPA. aged by fire recently. F. J . Sm ith is bids for a 1-story warehouse. Carl will start work soon on Adams county general manager. •Ganter & Associates, Knickerbocker cold storage plant, to cost $25,000. MOCKS VILLE, N. C.—The mill building, is architect. Plant is one of 25 to be built in this (Please turn to Page 97) SALISBURY, MD.— Salisbury Brick state. Co. Inc. is installing a drying system at its plant, and will double its pres­ ent capacity. TO Distinct of Colum bia

WASHINGTON—Proposals are be­ ing received by the procurement divi­ sion, public works branch, until Feb. 19 for metal stacks, fding equipment, {¡U h â eÿSez. etc., in the United States archives building, this city. WASHINGTON — Department of agriculture, division of purchase, sales and traffic, will ask bids Feb. 7 for Two of the hardest things to do trucks; and Feb. 4, for tractor and trailbuilder unit, road ripper and —weld an unknown alloy or kiss rooter, and graders. a girl leaning away from you. WASHINGTON—Navy department, bureau of supplies and accounts, will ask bids Feb. 11, for miscellaneous Ant-W elding ¿kdnodes band saws, woodworking machines, presses and drills, schedule No. 7102, with delivery to Mare Island, Calif.: for welding all corrosion and heat resist­ miscellaneous chain hoist, schedule ing products. Send for data book. No. 7117; one automatic screw, motor driven machine, schedule No. 70S3, with delivery to Newport, R. I.; one welding machine and one vertical, motor driven shaper, schedule Nos. 709S and 7099, w ith delivery to M are island, Calif. WASHINGTON—Navy department, MAURATH bureau of supplies and accounts, will receive bids Feb. 7 for miscellaneous 7300 UNION AVENUE-CLEVELAND O H I O enclosed knife type switches, schedule No. 7087. with delivery to Brooklyn, N. Y„ and Philadelphia; three motor driven drilling machines, schedule No. 7095, with delivery to Portsmouth. N. H.; 39G0 lbs. of nickel-copper alloy PERFORATED METALS plungers, schedule No. 7097, w ith de­ livery to this city. INDUSTRIAL—Whether your F lorida screening problems include very coarse or extremely fine materi­ JACKSONVILLE. FLA.—City com­ als, you will obtain the best mission, T. C. Imeson chairman, re­ results with perforated metal. ceives bids Feb. 5 for constructing and H & K screens have increasingly equipping a screen chamber, intake served in all fields of industry and discharge conduits, for Talleyrand for many years and established avenue power station. O. Z. Tyler is an unequaled standard in last­ superintendent of the plants. ing performance. Regardless of TAMPA. FLA.—City has appropria­ size, metal or perforation, per­ tion of $19,321 for constructing a mit us to discuss your require­ ramp for beaching of seaplanes at the ments with you. Peter O. Knight airport. Plans are O R N A M E N T A L — Beauty of heing completed for the construction ornamental grilles depend of a hangar, at a cost of $40,000. Plans also are being prepared for the erec­ largely on the experience of the tion of a $100 000 sdm'nictr’tion build­ W Œ ’S . designer and producer. Experi­ ing. by Leo Elliott, 415 T am pa street, ence has built a complete assort­ architect. ment of H&K ornamental grilles Industrial - Ornamental that will satisfy your wants G eorgia ANY METAL ANY PERFORATION in both design and price. Write us for further information. AMERICUS, GA.—L. W. Brown, this city, wants a 22 to 24-inch engine, one water tube boiler, and two return tubular boilers. arrinqton & Kinq ATLANTA. GA. — Dixie Freight P e r f o r a t i n g I ^ C o . Lines Inc., 122 Houston street north­ east, ^ will erect a 1 -story transport building, 100 x 113 feet, on Fair and 5634 FILLMOREH ST., CHICAGO 114 LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK I' raser streets, involving structural

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ABRASIVES (Polishing:) BARGES (Steel) Electric Storage Battery Co., The, Ryerson, Jos. T., «fe Son, Inc., 16th. Carborundum Co., The, A m erican B ridge Co., 19th St. «fe Allegheny, Ave., and Rockwell Sts., Chicago, 111- Niagara Falls, N. Y. Frick Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Philadelphia, Po. Timken Roller Bearing Co., Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Jone« «St Laughlin Steel Corp., BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANGLES, C anton, O. Jones «fe Laughlin Bldg., ABRASIVES (Wire Cleaning) ETC. BEARINGS (Roller) Pittsburgh. Pa. (♦Also Stainless) Bantam Ball Bearing Co., The, Industrial Silica Corp., McClintic-Marshall Corp., Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem. Pa. 602 Stambaugh Bldg., South Bend, Ind. Bethlehem, Pa. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Youngstown, O. Fafnir Bearing Co., BARRELS (Plating) Pittsburgh-Chicago. New Britain, Conn. ACCUMULATORS The Udylite Co., 1615 E. Grand Inland Steel Co., Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Morgan Engineering Co., The, Blvd., Detroit, Mich. 38 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. P. O. Box 476, Newark, N. J. Alliance, O. BARRELS (Steel) •Jessop Steel Co., Norma Hoffmann Bearings Corp.,. ACETYLENE Pressed Steel Tank Co., Washington, Pa. Stamford, Conn. Air Reduction Sales Co., Milwaukee, Wis. ‘Ludlum Steel Co., S K F Industries, Inc., Watervliet, N. Y. 60 East 42nd St., New York City. BARS (Alloy) Front St. «fe Erie Ave., Linde Air Products Co., Ryerson, Jos. T., «fe Son, Inc., 16th Philadelphia, Pa. Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. and Rockwell Sts., Chicago, 111. 30 E. 42nd St., New York City. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Timken Roller Bearing Co., The,. Weirton Steel Co., Weirton, W. Vs. C anton, O. ACID-PROOF LININGS Pittsburgh-Chicago. Youngstown Sheet «& Tube Co., Ceilcote Co., The, Firth-Sterling Steel Co., Youngstown, O. BEARINGS (Roller Tapered) Rockefeller Bldg., Cleveland, O. McKeesport, Pa. BEARINGS (Ball) Bantam Ball Bearing Co., ACIDS (Pickling) Midvale Co., The, South Bend, Ind. Nicetown, Philadelphia. Pa. Bantam Ball Bearing Co., The, American Chemical Paint Co., South Bend, Ind. Timken Roller Bearing Co., Ambler, Pa. Republic Steel Corp., C anton, O. Cleveland, O. Boston Gear Works, Inc., BEARINGS (Rolling MiII> AIR COMPRESSORS—Se. Ryerson, Jos. T., & Son, Inc., 16th North Quincy, Mass. Bantam Ball Bearing Co., COMPRESSORS (Air) and Rockwell Sts., Chicago, 111. Fafnir Bearing Co., AIR CONDITIONING EQUIP­ New Britain, Conn. South Bend, Ind. Timken Steel & Tube Co., Cramp Brass «fe Iron Foundries Co., MENT C anton, O. Norma Hoffmann Bearings Corp., Ross, J. O., Engineering Co., Stamford, Conn. Paschall Sta., Philadelphia, Pa. BARS (Concrete Reinforcing) New Departure Mfg. Co., Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., 350 Madison Ave., Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., New York City. Bristol. Conn. P. O. Box 476, Newark, N. J. Pittsburgh-Chicago. Lawrenccville Bronze Co., ALLOYS—See FERROALLOYS In lan d Steel Co., BEARINGS (Bronze) Shoop Bronze Co., The, Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa- ANGLES, CHANNELS—See 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Norma Hoffmann Bearings Corp.* BEAMS. CHANNELS, ANGLES Jones «fe Laughlin Steel Corp., 344-360 W. Sixth St., Tarentum, Pa. Stamford. Conn. Jo n es & Laughlin Bldg., Shoop Bronze Co., The, ANGLE IRON BENDERS Pittsburgh, Pa. Cadman. A. W., Mfg. Co., Excelsior Tool & Machine Co., 2816 Smallman St., 344-360 W. Sixth St., Republic Steel Corp., Tarentum, Pa. Ridge and Jefferson Avcs., Cleveland, O. Pittsburgh, Pa. East St. Louis, 111. Cramp Brass «& Iron Foundries Co., Timken Roller Bearing Co., Ryerson, Jos. T., «fe Son, Inc., 16th C anton, O. ANNEALING BONES—Sec Boxes and Rockwell Sts., Chicago, 111. Paschall Sta., Philadelphia, Pa. (Annealing) Tennessee Coal. Iron «fe Railroad Lawrcnceville Bronze Co., BEARINGS (Quill) Co.. Brown Marx Bldg., Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa- Bantam Ball Bearing Co- ANODES (All Types) South Bend, Ind. The Udylite Co., 1615 E. Grand Birmingham. Ala. National Bearing Metals Corp., Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., 928 Shore Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa. BEARINGS (Thrust) Y oungstow n. O. Rhoades. R. W., Metaline Co., Bantam Ball Bearing Co., The, AXLES 50—3rd St., Long Island City, South Bend, Ind. Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. BARS (Iron)—Sec IRON (Bar) N . Y. Fafnir Bearing Co- Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., BARS (Reinforcing) Shenango-Penn Mold Co., Pittsburgh-Chicago. New Britain, Conn. Foster. L. B., Co., Inc., Dover. O. Norma Hoffmann Bearings Corp.* Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., P. O. Box 1647, Pittsburgh, Pa. BEARINGS (Journal) Stamford, Conn. Jones & Laughlin Bldg., BARS (Steel) Timken Roller Bearing Co., The, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bantam Ball Bearing Co., The, (‘Also Stainless) C anton. O. Republic Steel Corp., South Bend, Ind- ‘Bethlehem Steel Co., F a fn ir B earin g Co., BENDING AND STRAIGHTENING Cleveland, O. Bethlehem. Pa. Standard Steel Works Co., New Britain. Conn. M A C H IN ES Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp.. Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Alliance Machine Co., The, Burnham. Pa. Pittsburgh-Chicago. Tennessee Coal, Iron

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(Concluded from Page- 9 5 ) 2200-voltSr7-24Pp.p-.rm, w ith or w ithout plant and-equipment. W. D. Kyle is plant and m achinery of O. L. W illiams' starting equipment. president. veneer mill was dam aged by Are re­ WARRENTON, VA.—A portion of WATERTOWN, WIS.—G. B. Lewis cently. These facilities were operated the building belonging to the Reming­ Co., 420 M ontgom ery street, m ak er of by Beck & Sechrest, Thomasville, Ga., ton Milling Co. was recently damaged apiary equipment and supplies, indus­ as a block mill. by fire. trial stacking boxes, etc., is building a brick and steel factory addition. 4o x South Carolina M issouri 120 feet. North Dakota COLUMBIA, S. C.—Kline Iron & GREENFIELD, MO.—Dade County Metal Co., 1225 H uger street, has ac­ Mining Co. Inc., E. W. Nagel manager, FARGO, N. DAK.—North Dakota quired the stock and equipment of the is developing a concentration zinc mill, Shand Iron Works. Metal Culvert Co., 501 Fourth street and wants milling machinery. north, recently suffered loss to Its WALHALLA, S. C.— M orrls-Taylor ST. LOUIS—Missouri Pacific rail­ plant. Lum ber Co. Inc., 1220 H arw ood road, road and subsidiaries have been auth­ Ashville, N. C., has acquired 42,000 orized by the court to spend $0,422,894 Iow a acres of timber land in the state and for road and equipment programs of is now placing portable mills on the im provem ent during 1930. Funds will JANESVILLE. IOWA—Royer Mfg. tract, and will construct and operate be spent on tracks, roadbed, shop Co., m anufacturer of road m ain tain ­ dry kilns, planing mills, etc. It has equipment, locomotives, freight and ing machinery, has made extensive purchased 8 acres on which the con­ passenger cars, and will include the improvements to its factory and added centration yard will be placed, build­ purchase of 17,000 tons of new steel snow removal equipment and a rotary ings erected, and machinery installed. rail. power broom machine to its output. W. Granville Taylor and Gilbert H. MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA — Rob­ Morris are officials. ST. LOUIS—The storage warehouse of the American Refrigeration Transit erts & Oalce, m eat packer, is install­ Co.. 1 Barton street, was recently ing two 300-horsepower boilers, this L ouisiana dam aged by fire. addition being part of a $200,000 ex­ pansion program which is going on. in addition to the original expenditure NEW ORLEANS, LA. — United of a like sum. States engineer, Prytania street, will A rkan sas ask bids Feb. 10 for cast steel anchors. MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA—Mar­ CROSSETT, ARK.—Crossett Lum­ shalltown Sheet Metal Works, this city, ber Co., subsidiary of Crossett W atzek has been incorporated to do a general West Virginia Gates, Railway Exchange building, business of selling and installing fur­ Chicago, will complete engineering naces, and to do a general manufac­ CHARLESTON, W. VA.—Sturwold plans in 30 to 00 days for construc­ turing business; C. M. Johannsen. Safety School & Passenger Bus Body tion of a kraft paper mill. Adolph Johannsen, and J. A. Smith Co., Virginia street west, has been compose the board of directors. incorporated by Howard M. Sturwold. T e x a s SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Kari Keen Products Inc. has been organized to LOGAN, W. VA.— Guyan Machinery manufacture tools and machine mech­ Co. Inc., this city, w ants the following BAYTOWN, TEX .— Hum ble Oil & Refining Co., this city, located on the anisms of various kinds. C. A. Bax­ items: one band saw for metal; one ter is president, C. L. Parris vice power driven squaring shear; motor Houston ship canal, will erect a new $2,000,000 polymerization plant. This president, I. J. Enger treasurer, and generator sets; rotary converters; one J. A. Jones secretary. Ja.wodasjoq - o], '..iojoui ja.wodas-ioq - y project will tie in with a pipeline pro­ gas engine; three transformers; one gram, recently launched, involving an WATERLOO, IOWA—John Deere 200 to 250 kilowatt alternator; and S-inch pipline, covering a distance of Tractor Co.. m anufacturer of farm %-horsepower speed reducers. 200 miles, and requiring 13,000 tons tractors and other agricultural equip­ of steel. Steel requirements for the ment and machinery, has made re­ WHEELING. W. VA.—West Vir­ new plant have not been computed. cent additions and improvements to ginia Appliance Co. has been incorpo­ FORT WORTH. TEX. — Ri-Disc the factory, including a tractor stor­ rated by W. N. Hogan, and J. B. Valve Co. has been incorporated by age and shipping building, built at Noyes, 12 Campbell apartments. H. A. Rike and W. C. Kirkwood, 2105 a cost of $4S,000, a tractor testing Fifth avenue. building, costing $40,000, and m any W HEELING, W. VA. — W heeling smaller improvements. Work has just Yacht & Boat Co. has been incorpo­ GLADEWATER, TEX. — Gilliland been started on a 00 x 100 foot addi­ rated by Henry S. Schraeder and H. Pipe Co. has been incorporated by tion to the tractor assembly building, Wallace. J. W. Gilliland and Henry May. to be used for tractor wheel storage. HOUSTON, TEX.—Globe Box Fac­ T ennessee tory, 2001 Commerce street, suffered Pacific Coast $50,000 loss by fire recently to its PORTLAND, OREG. — Bids were KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Tennessee building. B. F. Bonner is owner. opened Jan. 27 for a 2-story rein­ Valley Authority asks bids Feb. 5 for HOUSTON, TEX. — Borden Con­ forced construction addition to the diesel driven portable air compressors, struction Co. has been incorporated plant of the Fields M otor Co.. 107 having a capacity of 300 feet of free by E. H. and M. M. Borden, San Northeast Grand avenue. air per minute, at 100 lbs pressure per Jacinta National Bank building. square inch; Feb. 4, for vertical cen­ DAYTON, WASH. — Rogers Con­ trifugal unwatering pumps, electric­ struction Co. is building a storage and ally driven and 14 to 10-inches in size; M innesota repair shop for care of the firm’s Feb. 4, for crawler type tractors. This road equipment. equipment is for the Chicamauga dam. NEW ULM, MINN.—August Schell SEATTLE—Golden Galice Mining Bids are also to be' asked Feb. 7, for Brewing Co. is making many improve­ Co. has been incorporated by R. A. an automatic elevator for the Norris ments to its plant, including instal­ Davenny and associates, 1333 Dexter dam, including all appurtenances of lation of new bottling equipment, Horton building. a complete unit. steam boiler with automatic stoker, two hot water tanks, a filtcrmass SEATTLE — Byford Electric H a m ­ MEMPHIS, TENN.—-Choctaw Culv­ washer, and a 20-ton ice machine. m er Co.. 1402 Sm ith Tower, has been ert & M achinery Co.. T. B. Daniels organized by Horace Byford and as­ secretary, plans rebuilding plant, re­ sociates. placing burned Hollywood pipe fac­ W isconsin tory, at Dexter and Tupelo streets. SPO K A N E— Bishop Mfg. Co., 3534 Will let contract very soon. BELOIT. WIS.— Beloit Metal * Iron Grand boulevard, has been incorpo­ Co. has filed articles of incorporation, rated by E. W. Bishop and associates through P. P. Bloom, C. C. Bloom, to manufacture machinery appliances, V irginia and L. L. Bloom. plants, etc. NORFOLK. VA.—Diamond Barrel SOUTH MILWAUKEE. WIS.—Line TACOMA, WASH. — Columbia Corp. has been organized by Frank Material Co., maker of transmission Breweries Inc. has awarded a contract W. Berkley, president. Law building. line fixtures, transform ers, etc.. m ain­ to J. W. Bailey Construction Co., Seat­ taining a branch factory in Oneida. tle, for the erection of a 3-story bot­ RICHMOND, VA. — Electrical N. Y., leased from the Dodge Mfg. Co.. tling plant, to cost $50,000. With Equipment Co. Inc., Box 1714, w ants has purchased a building here and equipment, the total expenditure will electric motors, 75 to 100-horsepower. will make alterations and additions to be $120,000.

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BILLETS (Forging) BOLT AND NUT MACHINERY Wean Engineering Co- Shenango-Penn Mold Co- A lan Wood Steel Co., Landis Machine Co., W arren , O. Dover, O. Conshohocken, Pa. Waynesboro, Pa. Wilson, Lee, Engineering Co- Shoop Bronze Co., The, Andrews Steel Co., BOLTS 1370 B lount St., C leveland, O. 344-360 W. Sixth St., Newport, Ky. (♦Also Stainless) BURNERS (Fuel, Oil, Gas, Com­ Tarentum, Pa. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. bination) Wellman Bronze & Aluminum Co- Pittsburgh-Chicago. Carnegie-Ulinois Steel Corp., Best, W. N- Engineering Co- 6017 Superior Ave- Cleveland, O. Central Iron & Steel Co., Pittsburgh-Chicago. 75 W est St., New Y ork City. CASTINGS (Alloy Steel) Harrisburg, Pa. Jo n es & L aughlin Steel Co., Surface Combustion Co., Bethlehem Steel Co- Bethlehem, Pa. H eppenstall Co., Jones & Laughlin Bldg., 2375 Dorr St., Toledo, O. Forging & Casting Corp., The, 47th & Hatfield Sts., Pittsburgh, Pa. Wean Engineering Co- Pittsburgh, Pa. Ferndale, Mich. Oliver Iron & Steel Corp., W arren , O. Industrial Steel Casting Co- Jones ju»^n..ii Steel Corp., S. 10th & Muriel Sts., Wilson. Lee, Engineering Co., 2237 Water Works Drive, Jones & Laughlin Bldg- Pittsburgh, Pa. 1370 Blount St., Cleveland, O. Pittsburgh, Pa. Toledo, O. ♦Republic Steel Corp., Upson Nut BUSHINGS (Bronze) L ink B elt Co., Midvale Co., The. Nicetown. Div., 1912 Scranton Rd., Cleve­ Philadelphia, Pa. Cadman, A. W- Mfg. Co- 300 W. Pershing Rd- land, O. 2816 Small man St- Pittsburgh, Chicago. 111. Republic Steel Corp., Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt & Cleveland, O. Pa. National-Erie Corp- N ut Co., P o rt C hester, N. Y. 15th & Raspberry Sts., Erie, Pa, Standard Steel Works Co., Gifford Engine Co., Ryerson, Jos. T., & Son. Inc., 16th Eaton Rapids, Mich. Pittsburgh Rolls Corp., list and Burnham, Pa. and Rockwell Sts., Chicago, 111. Rhoades. R. W.. Metaline Co., Willow Sts . Pittsburgh. Pa. The Stanley Works, BORING MACHINES (Hc-.zontal) New Britain, Conn. 50—3rd St., Long Island City. Reliance Steel Casting Co., Landis Tool Co., N. Y. 2818 Smallman St- Bridgeport, Conn. Waynesboro, Pa. Timken Steel & Tube Co., Sh^nango-Penn Mold Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Dover. O. Ryerson. Jos. T— & Son, Inc.. th C anton, 0 . BOSH PLATES (Copper) 16 Lawrenceville Bronze Co., Sh-op Bronze Co- and Rockwell Sts- Chicago. 111. BILLETS AND BLOOMS Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 34 4-60 W. 6 th A ve„ United Engineering & Fdry. Co- (♦Also Stainless) BOXES (Annealing) T'>r',ntum. Pa. First National Bank Bldg- A lan Wood Steel Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Conshohocken, Pa. Pollock, The Wm. B., Co., BUSHINGS (Oilless) A ndrew s Steel Co., Youngstown, O. Rhoades. R. W.. Metaline Co.. CASTINGS (Brass, Bronze, Cop­ Newport, Ky. United Engineering & Foundry C<>.. 50—3rd St.. Long Island City, per, Aluminum) Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. First National Bank Bldg., N. Y. Aluminum Industries, Inc- Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. BUSHINGS (Steel) 2348 Beckman St- Cincinnati. 0. Pittsburgh-Chicago. Wilson, Lee. Engineering Co.. Gifford Engine Co- Bethlehem Steel Co- Bethlehem, Pa. Central Iron & Steel Co., 1370 Blount St., Cleveland, O. Eaton Rapids, Mich. Cadman, A. W.. Mfg. Co- Harrisburg, Pa. BOXES (Case Hardening) BUSINESS CARDS (Engraved) 2815 Smallman St- Fir«.n-Sterling Steel Co., Driver-Harris Co., Modern Card Co- Piltsburgh. Pa. McKeesport, Pa. Harrison, N. J. 1153 Fullerton Ave- Chicago. 111. Cramp Brass & Iron Foundries Co., Paschall Sta.. Philadelphia. Pn. Inland Steel Co., Strong, Carlisle & H am m ond Co.. BY-PRODUCT PLANTS 38 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. The, 1400 W. 3rd St.. Cleve­ Lawrenceville Bronze Co., Koppers Construction Co., Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. Jo n es & I^aughlin Steel Corp., land. O. 1438 K oppers B ldg- Morgan Engineering Co., The, Jones & Laughlin Bldg., BOXES (Open Henrth Charging) Pittsburgh. Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Morgan Engineering Co., The, A lliance. O. ♦Ludlum Steel Co., CABLE GRIPS National Bearing Metals Corp- /'lli'»nce O. Smith Devices Watervliet, N. Y. Pollock, The Wm B., Co., 928 Shore Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pn. ♦Republic Steel Corp., 2245 No. 12th St., Shenango-Penn Mold Co- Y oungstow n. O. Ph lidelphia, Pn. Cleveland, O. Well ¡an a ngme ring Co., Dover O. Standard Steel Works Co., 7003 Central Ave., Cleveland, O. CADMIUM Shoop Bronze Co- The, Burnham. Pa. T he U dylite Co.. 1615 E. G rand 344-360 W. Sixth St.. The Stanley Works, BRAKES (Electric) Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Tarentum, Pa. New Britain, Conn. Clark. The, Controller Co., Titnn Metal Mfg. Co- 1116 E. 152nd St., Cleveland. O. CADMIUM PLATING PROCESS Bridgeport, Conn. The Udylite Co- 1615 E. Grand B°Hefont/\ Pa. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R ailroad BRAKES (Press) Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Wellman Bronze & Aluminum Co- Co., Brown Marx Bldg., Cincinnati Shaper Co., CAR DUMPERS 6017 Superior Ave- Cleveland, 0. Birmingham, Ala. Elam and Garrard Sts.. Alliance Machine Co., The, CASTINGS (Brass, Pressure) Timken Steel & Tube Co., C incinnati, O. Alliance, O. Tifan Metal Mfg. Co.. C anton, O. BRICK— (Insulating)—See Industrial Brownhoist Corp- Bellefonte, Pa. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., INSULATING BRICK Bay City, Mich. Y oungstow n. O. BRICK (Refractory)—See CASTINGS (Electric Steel) Link-Belt Co., 300 W. Pershing Rd- Farrel-Birmingham Co. Inc- BLAST FURNACE FITTINGS REFRACTORIES. CEMENT, etc. Chicago, 111. BRTCK (Silicon Carbide) 110 Main St- Ansonia, Conn. Pollock, The Wm. B., Co., Wellman Engineering Co- 344 Vulcan St- Buffalo, N. Y. Youngstown, 0. Carborundum Co., The, 7000 Central Ave., Cleveland, O. Perth Amboy, N. J. Industrial Steel Casting Co- BLAST FURNACE SPECIALTIES CAR PULLERS and SPOTTERS 2237 Water Works Drive, Norton Co., Woi^ester, Mass. Link-Belt Co., Bailey, Wm. M., Co., BRIDGE CRANES (Ore and Coal Toledo, O. 702 Magee Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 300 W. Pershing Rd- Chicago, 111. Handling) Sec CRANES (Bridge) Link Belt Co- Brosius, Edgar E., Inc., CARBIDE BRIDGES. BUILDINGS. 300 W. Pershing Rd., Sharpsburg, Pa. Linde Air Products Co- VIADUCTS, STACKS Chicago. 111. Leeds & N o rth ru p Co.. 30 E. 42nd St., New York City. National-Erie Corp., . 4901 Sten ton Ave., American Bridge Co., CARBURIZERS Frick Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15th & Raspberry Sts- Erie, Pa- Philadelnhia. Pa. Houghton, E. F., & Co- West Steel Casting Co- Pollock, The Wm. B., Co., Belmont Iron Works, 240 W. Somerset Ave- 22nd and Washington Ave., 805 E. 70th St., Cleveland. 0. Youngstown, O. Philadelphia. Pa. CASTINGS (Gray Iron, Alloy, or Shoop Bronze Co., The, Philadelphia, Pa. CARS (Charging) McClintie-Marshall Corp., Semi-Steel) 344-360 W. Sixth St., Atlas Car & Mfg. Co., The, Bethlehem Steel Co.. Bethlehem. Pa. Tarentum, Pa. Bethlehem. Pa. Ohio Structural Steel Co., The, 1140 Ivanhoe Rd- Cleveland. O. Chain Belt Co.. 16G0 W. Bruce St.. Steel Industries Engineering Corp., Morgan Engineering Co., The. Empire Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Newton Falls, O. Milwaukee, Wis. Truscon Steel Co- A llianc0. O. Cramp Brass & Iron Foundries Co., BLAST FURNACES—See Youngstown, O. Pollock, The Wm.' B- Co., Paschall Sta., Philadelphia. P»- FURNACES (Blast) BUCKETS (Clam Shell, Dragline. Youngstown, O. Erie Foundry Co., Erie, Pa. BLOCKS (Chain) Grab. Single Line) Wellman Engineering Co- Farrel-Birmingham Co. Inc- Ford Chain & Block Co., A tlas C ar & Mfg. Co.. The, 7000 Central Ave., Cleveland. O. 110 Main St., Ansonia, Conn. York Pa. 1140 Ivanhoe Rd- Cleveland, O. CARS (Industrial and Mining) 344 V ulcan St., Buffalo, N. Y. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.. Harnischfeger Corp.. 4411 W. Na­ Atlas Car & Mfg. Co- Forging & Costing Corp.. The. 4530 Tacony St., Philadelphia, Pa. tional Ave., Milwaukee. Wis. 1140 Ivanhoe Rd., Cleveland. Bethlehem Steel Co.. Bethlehem. Pa. Ferndale. Mich. BLOWERS Industrial Brownhoist Corp., Forest C;ty Foundries Co- Coppus Engineering Co., Bay City Mich. Pollock, The Wm. B- Co- 2500 W. 27th St.. Cleveland. 0. 359 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. Link-Belt Co.. 300 W. Pershing Rd. Youngstown, O. CARS (Scale) Link-Belt Co.. 300 W. Pershing Rd- General Electric Co., Chicago, 111. Chicago. 111. Schenectady. N. Y. Wellman Engineering Co- Atlas Car & Mfg. Co., The. 1140 Ivanhoe R d - C leveland. O. Midvale Co.. The. Nicetown. Ingersoll-Rand Co., 7000 Central Ave- Philadelphia. Pa. Phillipsburg. N. J. Clrtvölnnd. O. CASTINGS (Acid Resisting) Cadman. A. W.. Mfg. Co., Murray Iron Works. Strong, Carlisle & Hammond Co.. BUCKETS (Elevator) Burlington. Iowa. The. 1400 W. 3rd St., Cleve­ Link-Belt Co.. 2815 Smallman St., National Roll & Foundry Co- The, Pittsburgh. Pa. land, O. 307 No. Michigan Ave., Avonmore. Pa. BLUE PRINTING EQUIPMENT Chicago, 111. Chain Belt Co.. 1660 W. Bruce St- Milwaukee. Wis. Taylor-Wilson Mfg. Co.. AND SUPPLIES McKees Rocks, Pa. Bruning. Chas., Co., Inc., BUILDINGS (Steel)—See Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc- 445 Plymouth Ave., Chicago, I1L BRIDGES. ETC. 110 Main St- Ansonia, Conn. CASTINGS (Heat Resisting) BOILER HEADS BURNFRS (Acetylene)—See 344 Vulcan St., Buffalo, N. Y. Driver-Harris Co., Harrison, N. J* Bethlehem Steel Co.. Bethlehem. Pa. TORCHES AND BURNERS In te rn a tio n a l N ickel «Co., Inc., Farrel-Birmingham Co. Inc- BOILER TUBES—See TUBES BURNERS (Automatic) 67 Wall St., New York City. 110 Main St., Ansonia, Conn. (B oiler! Kemp, C. M.. Mfg. Co., Link-Belt Co.. 300 W. Pershing Rd- 344 Vulcan St., Buffalo, N. Y. BOILERS 405 E. Oliver St.. Baltimore. Md Chicatro 111. CASTINGS (Magnesium Alloys) Murray Iron Works Co., Surface Combustion Co., National Bearing Metals Corp.. Wellman Bronze & Aluminum Co.* Burlington, Iowa. 2375 Dorr St., Toledo. O. 928 Shore Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

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