EDITORIAL STAFF E. L. Shaner Editor-in-Chief E. C. Kreutzberg Edilor A. J. Hain Managing Edilor G. W. Birdsall Engineering Edilor J. D. Knox •Steel Plant Edilor Guy Hubbard Machinę Tool Edilor D. S. Cadot Art Editor V olum e 108—No. 13 M arch 31, 1941 ASSOCIATE EDITORS G. H. Manlove W. ). Campbell R E A D E R C O M M E N T S ...... 4 Harold A. Knigiit HIGHLIGHTING THIS ISSUE ...... i9 New Yorl( W. G. Gude I?. K. Price NEWS L. E. Brown e How To Speed Defense Output, Keynote at Detroit Tool Show ...... Pittsburgh Chicago Jurisdictional Issues Cause Leading Defense Strikes ...... 2.? R. L. Hartford E. F. Ross Steelworks Operations for W eek ...... 25 Detroit Washington 1 6 A. H. Allen L*. M. I.amm Men of Industry ...... 28 London Obituaries ...... Vincent DelpORT Activities of Steel Users, M akers ...... 28 ASSISTANT EDITORS Purchasing Division Reorganized To Expedite Defense Procurement 29 Machinery Being Rapidly Installed at Chrysler’s New I ank Arsenał 33 George Urban Iay DeEulis J. C. Sullivan La Verne Nock M any Suppliers for G un C arriag e...... 38 40 New Yorl{ Price Ceilings, Priority Control Extended to Secondary Aluminum John H. Caldwell G overnm ent Defense A w ards ...... 42 46 BUSINESS STAFF Structural Steel Use Rcstricted in Canada ...... Awarded American Foundrymen’s Association Gold Medals ...... 47 G. O. I-Iays Business Manager W I N D O W S O F W A S H I N G T O N ...... 3° C. H. Bailey M IR R O R S O F M O T O R D O M ...... 35 Aduertising Service New Yor/(...... E. W. Kreutzberg E D I T O R I A L — Flim sy Pretexts for Strikes...... 48 B. C. Snell Pittsburgh ...... S. H. Jasper T H E B U S IN E S S T R E N D ...... 49 Chicago ...... L. C. Pelott TECHNICAL Cleueland ...... R. C. Jaenke D. C. Kiefer Survey of Eąuipment for Machining High-Exposive Shell— By Arthur J. W. Zuber F. Macconochie ...... 54 Circulation Manager M aking an Autom obile in O ne H our ...... 74 MAIN OFFICE Arc Welded House Goes Up in Record Tim e ...... 76 Penton Building, Clevcland M achining BRANCH OFFICES Dont Let Work Holding Devices Put Brakes on Production— By Guy New Yor/( ...... n o East 42nd St. H ubbard ...... 52 Chicago ...... 520 North Michigan Avc. Pittsburgh ...... Koppers Building Joining and Welding 62 Detroit ...... 6560 Cass Avc. Welding Metallurgy Can Be Simplified— By John P. Walsted ...... Washington ....N ational Press Building Materials Handling Cincinnati 1734 ...... Carcw Tower Organizing Handling for Field Erection of Steel Tanks— By I*. L. San Francisco ...... 1100 Norwood Ave. 66 Oal(land, Calif., Tel. Glcncourt 7559 Spangler ...... London ...... Caxton House Heat Treating Westminstcr, S.W. I L ight A rm or Plate Is Heat Treated by N e w Process...... 69 Progress in Steelmakjng

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17 March 31, 1941 THE GATEWAY TO AMERICAN SAFETY The Panama Canal, now drawn into the focus oi a covet- ous world* was built for the purpose of expediting Pan- American trade and defense. Credit ior this great engineering achievement was given to Colonel Goethals. On his shoulders rested the respon- sibility of succeeding where others had failed. C&ć* G-T4J' GbcŁfacuCL Let us hope that the broad vision of those responsible for the panama Canal will prove to be a bulwark for our national defense.

THE ELECTRO ALLOYS COMPANY CASTINGS rOR HEAT CORROSION ELYRIA * OHIO HIGHŁIGHTING

T H IS ISSUE OF

H WITH, strikes cutting more seriously into because of stiffening extras. . . . Output of vitally important defense production, anger over galvanized sheets dropped 11 points last week the selfish attitude of many labor leaders is because of the tight zinc supply. . . . Steel out­ mounting steadily in powerful circles in Wash­ put last week (p. 25) stood unchanged at the ington and it now appears likely (p. 23) that a rate of 99% per cent of ingot capacity. . . . stern governmental policy in reference to strikes The State Department authorizes exports of shortly will take form. More than 1,000,000 strategie materials and eąuipment (p. 32) to the man-days of work have been lost on army con­ Netherlands Indies. tracts sińce Jan. 1 because of strikes, the War Department reports (p. 24). Though the labor situation in the steel industry is tense, steel “Don't Let Work Holding Devices Put Brakes company executives feel better over the pros- on Production,” is the theme on which Guy pects than in a long time; this is because of H ubbard, S te el’s machinę tool editor, writes rising indignation in government and among the this week (p. 52). A high- generał public over “racketeering” by labor . . , speed machinę tool, he points lnspect,on and ^ ^ bg deddedly ineffi. lead ers. Production cient if the time it saves dur­ ing the cutting cycle is wast- Most important news last week again came ed during the loading and unloading cycle. . . . from Washington. To expedite defense pro- After attending last weeks Machinę and Tool curement the OPM’s purchasing division (p. 29) Progress Exposition, S te el’s editors (p. 21) has been organized into six fesl that the ąuestion, “How can inspection keep M p . major branches. . . . Five ad- pace with production?” is not going to plague ore r/ce ditional district managers defense manufacturers in 1941-42 as it did in Ceilings Fixed have been appointed by the 1917-18. What tool engineers learned on this Defense Contract Service to occasion about improved manufacturing meth­ stimulate subcontracting (p. 32). . . . A list ods should result in increased production at of scrap iron and steel priee differentials (p. 25) many plants. is expected to be made public soon. . . . Fer- rotungsten, tungsten powder and tungsten com- pounds last week (p. 30) were placed under a In this week’s article in his series on high- generał priorities system. . . . Priee ceilings explosive shells, Prof. Macconochie (p. 54) pre- and priority control were extended to aluminum sents data covering all shell machining eąuip­ scrap and secondary aluminum (p. 40); en cou r­ ment; he also reveals details aging feature is allowance of a margin for deal­ of a production time study New Home of ers’ profits. of an approved setup. . . . Welded Steel r q LeTourneau’s new home at Toccoa, Ga., is of welded Ice breakers now are hard at work clearing steel. . . . Nat Pomeranz details a new method the way for ship movement on the Great Lakes for making sąuare holes (p. 76). . . . Tests in­ (p. 47); two more lake ore carriers have been dicate that tungsten lamp filaments (p. 84) may ordered. . . . March scored a be produced from domestic wolframite. . . . new record in steel produc­ Length of life of aluminum extruding dies may Ice Breakers tion and, as the month draws be increased by painting them with colloidal Hard at Work to a ciose> th ere still are no graphite. . . . Breeze Corps. Inc. (p. 69) uses signs of a subsidence in do­ a new process to hasten heat treatment of light mestic demands (p. 89). Though base prices armor plate. . . . John P. Walsted (p. 62) dis- are stable higher prices are being paid for steel cusses metallurgical aspects of welding.

19 March 31, 1941 irS STEEL that m akes

exceptional skill. They understand and use only the the big difference most advanced processing methods. They are men who are proud of the quality of Inland Sheets.

• The transition from cars witli wooden bodies toStill another reason for attainment of high ąuality wind-splitting streamliners and modern automobiles is a story and uniformity are the Inland Metallurgists. They of the dramatic progress in steel. Inland has made many contribute specialized knowledge to steel makers and important contributions to this progress, among them being steel users. They are ready to help with your steel Inland Quality Sheets. problems — to show you how Inland Quality Sheets One of the reasons for Inland cpiality is that Inland was among fabricate into finer products, in many cases at lower the first to scrap old slieet-making eąuipment and install a cost. Write, or phone, your nearest Inland office wide continuous sheet and strip mili. Today, that 76-in. unit for fuli information. is teamed with a new 44-in. continuous mili. These mills are fully matched with equally modern steel making and SHEETS • STRIP ■ TIN PLATE • BARS • PLATES finishing eąuipment. FLOOR PLATES STRUCTURALS PILING Another reason is the Inland mills arc operated by men of RAILS • TRACK ACCESSORIES REINFORCING BARS INLAND S T E E L C O .

38 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO • Distriet Offices: MILWAUKEE • DETROIT • ST. PAUL - ST. LOUIS • KANSAS CITY . CINCINNATI • NEW YORK H o w To Speed D efense O utput, K ey note

A t D etroit Tool Show ; 70,000 A ttend

Vast quantities of modern war implements quickly held country's greatest need . . . Their production will require improvisation of ma­ chinę tools . . . Stiffer priorities prohable soon

By GUY HUBBARD Machinę Tool Editor, Steel

DETROIT manufacturing effort to which the and rationed ciyilian needs in favor B K E Y E D throughout to the tooling United States now is committed, it is of munitions. Up to the present time, needs of the national defense pro­ obvious that every ayailable machinę the United States has rationed gram, the third Machinę and Tool tool in reasonably good condition national defense in favor of com­ Progress Exposition surpassed all must be retooled and enlisted at once mercial actiyities— except in actual expectations for attendance. Spon- in active service. The importance of times of war.” sored by the American Society of the Detroit show in that direction General Barnes stated that in Tool Engineers, it was held in De­ can hardly be over-estimated. undertaking munitions production, troit, M a r c h 24-29. The immediacy and vast extent American manufacturers tool up Thousands of tool engineers, tool- of the defense program as a tooling much more thoroughly than do those makers and production men crowded and production job was emphasized of any other countries. The end re­ in, even from such distant points as in many ways throughout the week, sult is, however, that far greater the industrial centers of California, but probably no more forcibly than production of better materiał is at- to study the more than 260 exhibits, at the preview dinner on Monday tained in this country than in Europę with a given number of men and to attend the technical sessions and evening, following the study of the to participate in the inspection trips show by a group of important in- machinę tools. He revealed that while defense to important industrial plants in the dustrialists and other invited guests. plans originally called for eąuip­ Detroit area. It is reported that total Eąuipment Vital to Defense ment for an army of 750,000 men, a attendance was at least 70,000. number of step-by-step additions The show, which filled the Detroit Speaking on “What Is Needed for h a ve been app rove d so th a t the .ob- convention hall and annex, primarily National Defense,” Brig. Gen. G. M. jective today is for the equipping in was concerned with those things Barnes, assistant chief of indus­ the modern manner of an army of which are used on or in connection trial service, ordnance department, approximately 1,800,000 men. with production equipment, either United States Army, said: “We have This, he predicted, is bound to to make it productively most effec- learned that today nations which do bring into the defense production tive or to measure precisely and not possess the proper military tools picture many existing companies rapidly the size and surface ąuality in sufficient ąuantities for the pur­ and many new facilities which are of the work in process or under in­ pose of modern warfare are power- going to reąuire continuance of tool spection. The fact that items of less to resist. We know now that engineering efforts on a scalę only this kind are just as useful in im- Belgium, France and the British faintly realized by most people. proving and speeding up the output troops on the continent were not Summing up the whole situation, of older machinę tools as they are defeated through the use of ‘secret General Barnes drove home the fol­ in getting peak production Irom the weapons.’ We know that Germany lowing points: First, “Tim e is the latest model machines in part ex- defeated France because Germany ‘essence’ in this program.” Second, plains the extraordinary interest in possessed overpowering ąuantities “Production m ean s quaniity p ro d u c­ this show . of modern tools of war.” tion now.’’ T h ird “Machinę tools With the American machinę tool “According to our studies,” con­ m ust be impromsed in m a n y cases.” industry working night and day at tinued the generał, “Germany— F o u rth , “Priorities must soon be an all time peak which still fails during a recent period of five years— spent the equivalent of $35,000,000,- m uch stiffer than now.” to come anywhere near meeting the Another speaker who revealed demands for new machines for de­ 000 per year on her munitions ef- forts. Throughout this period Ger­ facts which have been commented fense purposes, and with time the upon nationally in the press and “essence” of this great armament m any reyersed her economic policies 21 March 31, 1941 over the radio was C. W. Van Ranst, ASTE show and meetings gained chief aircraft engineer, Ford Motor g e n e ra lly : Co. Mr. Van Ranst said that in ad­ New Officers, American (1) Realization of the serious re- sponsibilities of tool engineering in dition to undertaking production of Society of Tool Engineers Pratt & Whitney engines, his com­ the defense program. pany was engaged in the independ­ President: Frank W. Curtis, (2) Realization of the tremendous ent development of a new type of chief engineer, milling machinę di- scope of this program. (3) Up-to-the-minute knowledge V-12 “in-line” liquid cooled aircraft vision, Van Norman Machinę Tool of devices, materials and methods engine. This engine, on which cx- Co., Springfleld, Mass. perimental work already is far ad- First viee president: Otto W. which will make modern machinę vanced, embodies a new type of ex- Winter, factory managei', Colum­ tools 100 per cent effective and which haust driven supercharger and solid bus McKinnon Chain Co., Tona- will add gi'eatly to the effectiveness of older eąuipment which must be injection of fuel. It will give ground wanda, N. Y. level performance up to 32,000 feet Second vice president: Ray H. employed in this emergency. altitude and promises to weigh less Morris, vice president, Hardinge (4) Knowledge of and apprecia- tion of new types of low-cost light- than one pound per horsepower. Bros. Inc., Elmira, N. Y., and presi­ duty machinę tools on which im­ Mr. Van Ranst stated that recent dent, Ray H. Morris Co., Hartford, mediate deliveries still are possible, improvements in machinę tools and Conn. and which can be depended upon to tool engineering methods give such Secretary: Clyde L. Hause, Gor- take the load of minor operations facilities for production that air­ ham Tool Co., Detroit. off the shoulders of large heavy-duty craft engineering ideas once con- Treasurer: Frank R. Crone, machinę tools whose fuli time is sidered impracticable physically now chief tool designer, Lincoln Motor vitally needed on the large heavy- can be carried out with complete Co., Detroit, re-elected. duty operations which only they success on a manufacturing basis. can perform. The technical program also dealt (5) Knowledge of devices and with “Naval Ordnance Production” methods by which the limited sup­ and with “Industry’s Need in with woodworking practice. Eąually ply of skilled people can have their Skilled Help.” On “Navy Night,” striking developments in metalwork- usefulness extended over broader Joseph L. Davies, chief planner and ing band saws were in evidence. iields by having the load of routine estimator, Naval Gun Factory, A number of other machines— in­ cluding drill presses, lathes, milling work transferred from their should­ Washington, D. C., explained how ers to new workmen of limited skill. designs were developed, specifica- machines and shapers— were shown (6) Methods of training through tions drawn, budgets established by companies which at one time which those of no skill can be trans- and appropriations put through. H s specialized on eąuipment for “home workshops,” but which now very lated into workers of limited and made elear that while the Navy in- even high skill in short periods of sisted on having its engineering definitely have graduated into the intensive training. specifications followed to the letter, field of light eąuipment for produc­ (7) Realization that America has it did not dictate to outside manu­ tion shop use. These machines are facturers how materiel should be particularly important now because the materials and the power and the made as far as machining is con- they are immediately available and genius to turn the scales in favor of cerned. In fact, he said, the Navy are capable of relieving the badly democracy in this world contest of ccunts heavily on tool engineers and needed heavy-duty machinę tools ol' mechanized forces-— if we all wake production experts outside the Navy a vast number of minor operations up to the immediate gravity of the situation and all “get our shoulders to handle the production problems which ordinarily keep the heavy to the production wheel” without in the best possible ways. machines tied up altogether too much of the time. further ado. Sabotaże Control Discussed In the field of gaging, considerable The society’s next annual meet­ emphasis was placed on instru­ ing will be held in March, 1942, in The culmination of the meeting ments which enable relatively un- St. Louis. Its membership has in­ program came with the annual din- skilled people— including women in- ereased 73 per cent since January, ner and gathering at Book Cadillac spectors— rapidly and accurately to 1940, and now totals close to 7000. hctel Friday evening, during which gage parts such as munitions com­ A new chapter is to be chartered the new officers of the ASTE were ponents. Some of these instruments in Hamilton, Ont. Members of the installed and at which L. R. Penning- are capable of the simultaneous society called into service will have ton, administrative assistant to gaging of a number of dimensions. their dues remitted to them for J. Edgar Hoover, director of Fed­ time they are in service. eral Bureau of Investigation, was Green and red lights on an actual diagram of the part indicate “go” the speaker. His subject was, “How First Machinę Gun Made To Prevent Sabotage to Our Na­ and “no go” conditions. The time- tional Defense Program.” honored element of “feel” gaging At GM Saginaw Factory on production work seems decidedly While not primarily a machinę to be a thing of the past, and fine tool show, it is worthy of comment B First 0.30 caliber Browning ma­ scalę reading has been eliminated that a goodly number of highly in- chinę gun to come from the new as­ by shadow and projection methods teresting and significant machinę sembly line of Saginaw Steering which “blow up the reading” to tools were demonstrated under Gear diyision of General Motors, very legible size. power at the show. Several of these Saginaw, Mich., was fired by Gov- were the pi'oducts of companies rela- Projection comparators have been ernor Van Wagoner last week in tively new in the machinę tool field, improved and their usefulness ex- ceremonies marking start of the whose ideas and techniąue therefore tended throughout the shop. With manufacturing program. are fresh and unhindered by tradi- these and many other comparable The guns are being made in a tion. A good example of this was a developments, the once puzzling new plant here, started last Octo­ line of high-speed cutting-off ma­ ąuestion, “How can inspection keep ber and to be finished within a chines developed out of woodwork­ pace with production?” is not going month, eąuipped by> summer and ing machines, and which by the use to rise to plague defense manufac­ volume production of 100 units a of high-speed fine-tooth circular saw turers in 1941-42 and as it did in day reached sometime thereafter. blades and abrasive disks, cut off 1917-18. Three thousand men eventually will metals— including tough, thick steel Sum m ing the whole thing up, here be employed. Alva W. Phelps is bars— at rates ordinarily associated is what those who attended the plant manager.

/T E E 1 impatience with this situation ap- Jurisdictional Issues Cause Leading peared last week in Congress, in the Office of Production Management, in some administration circles, and Defense Strikes; W ages Secondary in the newspapers. Secretary of Labor Frances Per­ kins certified four strikes to the ■ CAUSES for many important de­ strike was called: “This plant must National Defense Mediation Board fense strikes, now estimated to be not open until we have smashed the as obstructing defense materiał pro- retarding work on $1,500,000,000 ERP (local union).” Settlement of duetion. The four disputes were: armament orders, lies mostly in a four-day strike at the Bethlehem, International Harvester Co. strikes union organizational activities and Pa., plant last Friday was partially in eight midwestern plants; Vana- not so much in dissatisfaction over offset by start of a walkout at the dium Corp. of America, Bridgeville, wages and working conditions. Cambria Works at Johnstown, Pa. Pa.; Universal Cyclops Steel Corp., Jurisdictional disputes between International Harvester Co., af­ Bridgeville, Pa.; Condenser Corp. of the Congress for Industrial Organ- fecting 13,500 employes, caused by America, North Plainfield, N. J. izations and the American Federa- jurisdictional dispute between CIO William S. Knudsen, OPM direc­ tion of Labor or between one of and A F L unions, and insistence by tor generał, and Secretary of Navy these major unions and a local in­ CIO unions on exclusive recognition Frank Knox wired Allis-Chalmers dependent or company union have in all the company’s plants. Mfg. Co. officials and union heads been a primary cause for slowing that the country could no longer down the preparedness program. In- Protested Nonunion Guards wait for a settlement of that ten- sistence by union leaders that non- Vanadium Corp. of America, week-old strike by ordinary meth­ union workers or members of an­ which produces special alloys essen­ ods. Resumption of operations im- other union be excluded have caused tial to armor plate for ships and mediately was ordered, with nego- several of the leading “strategie” tanks, to other defense materials tiations continuing while the men strikes, stoppages whose effects are and to tools needed in defense are at work. felt not only in the struck shop but manufacture. Walkout, unauthor- Authority of Mr. Knudsen and Mr. in many other plants depending on ized by national CIO officials, start­ Knox to demand settlement of the the struck factory for essential ed when company employed six non­ Allis-Chalmers strike was immedi- parts. union guards. ately challenged by Philip Murray, Examine the basie issues in these Ray Day Piston Corp., Detroit, CIO president. leading disputes: w hich manufactures aluminum Wisconsin Employment Relations Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., Milwau­ castings and aluminum pistons for Board held that the strike vote held kee, affecting 7000 employes and aireraft companies. Demand for by the CIO union at Allis-Chalmers holding up work on $45,000,000 de­ recognition by United Automobile in January was improperly condue- fense orders, including badly needed Workers is basie issue. ted and not valid. A new election navy propulsion machinery. Strike The list might be continued to was ordered by the state agency. started by CIO union when company show that in practically all current Demands that defense-hampering refused to exclude A F L members. disputes union organizers are at- strikes be stopped were wildly Bethlehem Steel Co., largest hold- tempting to force personal advan- cheered in the United States Sen- er of defense contracts. Strike at- tages. In numerous cases, of course, ate and House of Representatives. tempted by Steel Workers Organ- demands for wage inereases or va- Legislation to curb work stoppages izing Committee seeking recognition cations with pay have been coupled and to clothe the new mediation and the ousting of a local union, with other demands. board with greater authority was SW OC organizers declaimed as the A rapidly rising tide of public proposed. Friends of the labor

315-Pound Bolts

To Join Generator

Shaft Sections

H These huge 315-pound stud bolts will join two sections ol a steel shaft for a giant gen­ erator. A workman at the East Pittsburgh, Pa., works, Westing- house Electric <£ Mfg. Co. has just finished coating the bolts with a protective compound. Bolts connecting the shaft of the 150,000-horsepower tur- bines to 108,000-kilowatt gen­ erators for the Grand Coulee dam w e i g h 130 pounds. (STEEL, M arch 24. p. 39). NEA photo understanding all advantageous ar­ of evidence that shows that hun­ unions, who in times past have rangements of the Appalachian con­ dreds of employes in steel mills rushed to their defense, were silent. tract be adopted and made retroac- have recently signed the Communist In Texas, the state House of Rep- tive to April 1. Operators proposed party’s election petitions . . . resentatives passed a bill to outlaw the present contract be continued “It is an indietment of this labor force and violence against anyone until a new one could be worked out, organization that it ever allowed so attempting to work at his lawful but were unwilling to agree to the many Communists of public record job by a 112 to 17 vote. Arm y of- Appalachian terms. ficers had testifled that strikes were to infiltrate into its organizing hampering produetion of vitally w o rk .” Coal Mine Ruling Would The congressman said present and needed m ilitary eąuipment. Raise W ages 10 Per Cent Despite the rise of antistrike sen- threatened strikes in the steel in­ timent, union leaders continued to dustry involved the issue of “Com­ Four companies in the Birming­ set the stage for possible further munist operations for the sole pur­ h a m d istrict last week pe- pose of obstructing the progress of titioned the wages and hours di- stopp ages. SW OC renewed demands on lead­ the national defense program . . . vision, Department of Labor, to ing independent steel producers for From its very inception SWOC postpone the effective date of union recognition in letters to Re­ showed a strong disposition to place a ruling that the work day starts public Steel Corp., Cleveland, on its payrolls scores of organizers “when miner reports for duty as Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., who had records of Communist reąuired at or near collar of mine, Youngstown, O., and Inland Steel party membership.” and ends when he reaches collar at Co., Chicago. In addition to de­ end of shift.” Slrikes Cost Arm y 1,000,000 mands for exclusive bargaining The ruling was scheduled to be­ rights on a company-wide basis, the Man-Days Jan. 1 to March 21 come effective April 1, but the com- panias asked Philip E. Fleming, ad­ union asked for a 10-cent hourly More than 1,000,000 man-days of wage inerease and made the usual ministrator, for time to readjust work have been lost sińce Jan. 1 on bookkeeping and management prac- other demands. The reąuest for arm y contracts, according to a study tices. Petitions were filed by Ten­ signed agreements came almost ex- made by the W ar Department. The nessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., actly four years after SW OC's first ratio of idleness attributable to Woodward Iron Co., Sloss-Sheffield demands against these companies. strikes or jurisdictional disputes has Steel & Iron Co., Republic Steel As predicted in S t e e l , M a r c h 24, been rising steadily sińce the first of page 25, SW OC and United States Corp., Colorado Fuel & Mining Co. the year. They made formal reąuest for re- Steel Corp. extended their current The estimate is a conservative one, consideration of the ruling which is agreement from March 31 to April according to W ar Department offi­ 8. Negotiations have been under cials, and was prepared on the basis expected to raise miners’ wages way for several weeks on SW OC’s of a five-day week and does not in­ about 10 per cent. demands for a 10-cent wage in­ clude time lost on Saturdays and erease. The union refused to ac- Su n d a y s. OPM Advisory Group cept a compromise offer of 2% Seeks Metals Substitutes cents. Mesta Machinę Increases Pay It appears improbable SW OC will B With appointment of an enlarged Rates, To Vary with Efficiency risk an open break with U. S. Steel, advisory committee on metals and first large steel producer to grant Mesta Machinę Co., Pittsburgh, minerals in National Academy of a contract, while it is driving for steel mili eąuipment producer and Sciences, Office of Produetion Man­ signed agreements with the inde­ holder of large defense contracts, agement last week launched a series pendent producers. Neither is it last week inereased employes’ pay of investigations aimed at develop- likely to accept immediately a smali checks by 6 per cent. Attached ing substitutes and conservation wage inerease, which might estab- to the checks was a note reading: methods in defense metal produc- lish the pattern for other contracts, “You will note the figurę 6 on iion. as long as the matter can be con­ the corner of your check. This The advisory group will conduct tinued in a state of more or less means the amount of the check the studies and make recommenda- amiable suspension. has been inereased by 6 per cent. tions to OPM. Chairman is Dr. Zay We will aim to have this figui'e Jeffries, General Electric Co., Cleye­ Dies Charges SWOC-Communists appear on your futurę pay checks. land. W. H. Eisenman, American Seek Steel Industry Tie-Up “This figurę will be determined Society for Metals, is secretary, and by the management each month Charges that the Communist party members are: and will vai’y with the efficiency in R. S. Archer, Republic Steel Corp.; working through the Steel Workers comparison to our experience in Organizing Committee is attempt­ E. W. Bennett, Dow Chemical Co.; the past.” ing a complete tie-up of the steel in­ A. L. Boegehold, General Motors Corp.; S. K. Colby, Alum inum Co. of dustry to sabotage the defense pro­ Deadlock Continues Between gram were placed in the Congres- America; Dr. H. W. Gillett, Battelle Coal Operators and Miners sional Record last week by Chair­ Memoriał Institute; W. C. Hamilton, man Martin Dies of the committee Deadlock between bituminous coal American Steel Foundries; Charles on un-American actiyities. operators and the United Mine H. Herty, Bethlehem Steel Co.; Jer- Congressman Dies told the House Workers over demands for a $1 a ome Strauss, Vanadium Corp. of of Representatives that he had a day wage inerease continued at America; Dr. John Johnston, United record of active Communists who week’s end. Present contract ex- States Steel Corp.; A. B. Kinzel, Un­ had penetrated the steel industry p ires M a r c h 31. ion Carbide & Carbon Co.; Dr. R. F. through SWOC. Although both miners and oper­ Mehl, Carnegie Institute of Tech­ “Our committee is in possession ators professed optimism over pros- nology; P. D. Merica, International of indisputable evidence that the pect for an agi'eement, there were Nickel Co. Inc.; W. N. Peirce, New Communist party, through its mem­ no signs such agreement was in Jersey Zinc Co.; A- J. Phillips, Am er­ bers and organizers in SWOC is sight. Many industrial observers ican Smelting and Refining Co.; W. working toward a complete tie-up fear a suspension of work when the B. Price, Scoville Mfg. Co.; H. S. in the steel industry, an industry deadline falls. Rawden, United States Bureau of that has billions of dollars in de­ UMW has proposed to Alabama Standards; W. C. Smith, Cerro de fense contracts . . . coal mine operators that produc- Pasco Copper Co.; W. P. Woodside, “Our committee is in possession tion continue after April 1 with the Climax Molybdenum Co.

/ t s e i 24 Expect Early Action on JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. M A Y | JUNE JULYAUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 l 1 i ; i i 1 I I i i i i l i i 1 1 1 I I 1 1 I i 1 TTT I N I n n Scrap Differentials 1 0 0 WASHINGTON ■ Scrap buyers from leading steel t 9 0 O 1941 y r ] ■ T . mills were in Washington last g 8 0 U? / \ V 1 9 4 0 Thursday for an all day conference, i / p s t 1 which went far into the night, with Sio : \ ___ ♦ | officials of the price stabilization m 0 6 0 i i division of National Defense Ad- visory Commission to make recom- " w i / 2 5 0 7 V ^ mendations on scrap differentials. f 1 9 3 9 '/ U l ° 4 0 This action \\'as in line with cx y '\v; the conference a week previously m a! 3 0 i*';"-' with scrap dealers. The question of i l i l l i i m . J l t l differentials is now before the legał 2 0 division and the list may be made i 10 public at any time. S i l # ■ It also is expected that the special i i ' " i ' committee which is looking into the supply of scrap will make a report soon to the Office of Production PRODUCTION . Steady Management. The committee, which was ap­ ■ STEELW O RKS operations last week continued at 99% per cent or pointed by R. C. Allen, of the pro- slightly on the up side. Four districts made smali gains, one declined and curement division, OPM, includes. seven were unchanged. A year ago the rate was 61 per cent; two years the following: Carl A. Ilgenfritz, ago, 5 4 % . Republic Steel Corp., representing steel industry; Edward A. France, Chicago— Unchanged at 101% per the average was unchanged at 93 representing the price stabilization cent, four of six plants being at 100 p er cent. diyision; E. C. Barringer, executive per cent or higher. Central eastern seaboard — De­ secretary, Institute of Scrap Iron Detroit— Rose 6 points to 95 per spite some labor interruption pro­ and Steel, representing the scrap cent as repaired furnaces were duction last week was unchanged industry; William J. Hoff, OPM lighted. One furnace had been down at 96 per cant. Bethlehem Steel legał diyision; and Robert H. Ridge- a fuli week, the other for four days. Co. reports steelmaking is on nor- way, representing the OPM. St. Louis— Maintained the all- m al basis. Maintenance of present price time peak of 99 per cent for the Cleveland— Gained 1% points to levels was urged last week by Louis second week. 99% per cent, two producers being J. Borinstein, president, Institute of Cincinnati— Advanced 4 points to at capacity. Scrap Iron and Steel. 97% per cent, some producers hav- Youngstown, O. — Steady at 97 Mr. Borinstein coupled his sug- ing all open hearths in production. per cent for the fifth week, with gestions with a denial that there is Birmingham, Ala— Continued at 75 open hearths and three besse- a shortage of iron and steel scrap 90 per cent for the fourth consecu- mers active. Carnegis-Illinois Steel and urged, that in anticipation of a tive week. Corp. edded one furnace and still higher rate of consumption next Pittsburgh— Further advance of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. fali and winter, plans be matured 1% points carried the rate to 103 dropped one. immediately to move 5,000,000 tons per cent. of scrap from remote areas without Wheeling— Held at 88 per cent for expense to the goyernment. the sixth consecutive week. Copperweld Inereasing “The present price of scrap is the New England— Lost 15 points to lowest in history considering that 85 per cent as two plants took off Electric Steel Capacity steel mili operations are at the open hearths for repair. Some re- H Copperweld Steel Co., Warren, O., highest,” he said. “Government-fixed covery is expected this week. announces that upon completion prices during the first World war Buffalo — . Although the rate about M ay 1 of four additional elec­ were one-third higher.” reached 95% at one period last week tric melting furnaces the Warren plant will have a monthly ingot ca­ Technical Articles in pacity of approximately 20,000 tons, one of the country’s largest produc­ “Bolts, Nuts and Screws” District Steel Rates ers of electric furnace steeis. Percentage of In g o t C a p a c ity E n g ag ed Two electric furnaces now are H “Bolts, Nuts and Screws” is the In L e a d in g D is tricts producing 40-ton heats. One elec­ title of a booklet containing reprints W eek Sam e tric furnace will be producing 50- of 14 recently published technical ended w eek ton heats about April 10; one elec­ articles, all thoroughly illustrated, M ar. 29 Change 1940 1939 tric furnace, 14 tons, about April covering screw threads, cold forging, . 103 + 1.5 57.5 49 Pittsburgh . . ■ 25; and two electric furnaces 10 fatigue strength, effects of methods C h icago 101.5 N one 56.5 53.5 . 96 N one 59 40 tons each, one about April 5, the of manufacture and other factors Eastern Pa. . . Youngstown . . 97 N one 43 50 second about M ay 1. involved in the production of bolts, N one 71 66 W heelin g 88 Work is progressing rapidly on nuts and cap screws. Cieyeland . .. . 99.5 -j- 1.5 69 52.5 93 N one 44 42 the new 12-inch mili at Warren, The booklet has been issued by B u ffa lo ...... Birmingham . . 90 N one 78 62 scheduled for completion about May 50 the Lamson & Session Co.. Cieye­ New England. . 85 — 15 65 1. Additional heat-treating fur- land, and contains materiał that Cincinnati . .. . 97.5 -i- 4 45.5 51 N one 39 43 naces will be ready about M ay 1 and originally appeared in Metal Prog­ St. Lo uis . 99 D etro it ...... 95 + 6 79 74 will increase the plant’s heat-treat­ ress, The Iron Age, The Tool En­ ------. --- —— ing capacity to approximately 3000 gineer, Hardware Age, Product En­ Average . .. 99.5 N one 61 54.5 tons per month. gineering, a n d S t e e l .

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fl L. A. ESTES, heretofore execu- dent, Milwaukee Association of In­ tive vice president, has been elected dustrial Advertisers; a member, president, South Chester Tube Co., board of Controls, Electric Tool In­ Chester, Pa. He succeeds the late stitute, and chairman of the mem- Gustavus W. Cook. John W. Law- bership committee, American Supply ton, continuing as seeretary, has and Machinery Manufacturers Asso­ also been elected treasurer, succeed- ciation. ing Francis J. Tucker, who is join- ♦ ing the sales department as special B. F. Bower, who resigned as representative. chief engineer, Howell Co., St. ♦ Charles, 111., March 1, is organizing Lee H. Hill has been appointed a company which will shortly begin assistant manager, electrical depart­ production on tuba fabricating ma- ment, Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., M il­ chines. waukee. He has been head of the ♦ company’s transformer department A. M. Herrmann has been ap­ sińce 1936, and will assume, among pointed generał factory superinten- other duties, generał supervision of dent, Brillion Iron W orks Inc., Bril- Harry E. Orr the electrical departmenfs sales lion, Wis. The past 17 years Mr. promotional activities, Hermann had been associated with ♦ Belle City Malleable Foundry, Ra­ Harry E. Orr, the past seven years cine, W is. ♦ chief metallurgist, Burnside Steel Percy Jenkins has resumed all Foundry Co., Chicago, has been ap­ duties which he previously held as pointed to the sales staff of Vana- New England district sales man­ dium Corp. of America, New York, ager, Wickwire Spencer Steel Co., as sales engineer with headquarters New York. He is located at the at the corporation’s Chicago office. company’s Worcester, Mass., of­ ♦ fices, 80 Webster street. George B. Beitzel, manager of ♦ sales, Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co., Aiul rew Hutton has been ap­ Philadelphia, maker of numerous pointed works manager, Robins produets used in the metals indus- Conveying Belt Co., Passaic, N. J., tries, has been elected president, in chai'ge of all manufacturing op­ Sales Managers’ Association of Phil­ erations, buildings and eąuipment. adelphia, and will assume his duties Mr. Hutton was recently chief en­ at the fali meating of the associa­ gineer, Davis Engineering Corp., tion. Elizab eth, N . J. Geor^e B. Bcltzcl ♦ ♦ A. E. Russert has been trans- Harry A. Cassler will retire April ferred from the Detroit office of 1 as purchasing agent, Roller-Smith Sharon Steel Corp., Sharon, Pa., to Co., Bethlehem, Pa. Associated the Cleveland office, the change with the company sińce 1911, he being made due to transfer of James served as purchasing agent the past K. Owen from Cleveland to Indian­ 20 years. Mr. Cassler will ba suc- apolis. ♦ ceeded by Paul Helms, assistant R. L. Hamilton has been elected purchasing agent sińce 1939. vice president, Dumore Co., Racine, ♦ Wis. Associated with Dumore sińce Leon S. Howe has been elected graduation from the University of a vice president, The Stanley Notre Dame in 1934, he was adver- Works, New Britain, Conn. He tising manager from 1935 to 1937 formerly was generał manager of and a year later became sales man­ Stanley Steel Strapping Division. ager. Mr. Hamilton is also presi­ Mr. Howe joined the company

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S- H. Hammond M. F. Becker

about 25 years ago to organize the dry, Lebanon, Pa., and also super­ manager, and A. L. Olson, assistant steel strapping division. intendent, Forging & Casting Corp., vice president of the Federal Re- ♦ division of Allegheny Ludlum Steel serve bank, defense contract officer, W illiam W. Britton has been mada Corp., Ferndale, Mich., and Empire C. S. Young, president of the bank, special representative for the Pa­ Steel Castings Inc., Reading, Pa. heads the seryice. cific coast territory, including Cali- ♦ ♦ fornia, Oregon and Washington, by S. H. Hammond, until recently R. C. Markle has been elected Jessop Steel Co., Washington, Pa. manager, appliance division, Whit- comptroller and assistant secre­ His headąuarters are in the Cham­ ing Corp., Harvey, 111., is now in tary, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., ber of Commerce building, Los An­ charge of all Whiting branch of­ Pittsburgh. He succeeds William geles. Mr. Britton has been a mem­ fices and sales representatives, with Donald, who has been made as­ ber of Jessop’s sales staff many the title of director of the field sistant to vice president in charge years and before his transfer to the force. Mr. Hammond has been as­ of finances. Pacific coast represented the com­ sociated with Whiting 15 years. Mr. Donald has been associated pany in the Southern territory, with M. F. Becker, vice president, has with subsidiaries of United States headąuarters in Dayton, O. been promoted to co - manager, Steel Corp. sińce April, 1905, when ♦ eąuipment division. He has been he joined the former Carnegie Steel George A. Blackmore, George C. identified with the company over Co. as clerk and bookkeeper. Burgwin Jr., J. B. L. Hornberger, 20 years and formerly served as Mr. Markle entered employ of field force director. C. McK. Lynch and J. D. A. Morrow United States Steel Corp. subsidi­ The following have been elected were re-elected directors at the an- aries at the Braddock, Pa., plant new directors: Mr. Hammond, R. nual stockholders meeting of Pitts­ of American Steel & Wire Co. in A. Pascoe, controller, and W. L. burgh Coal Co., Pittsburgh, March 1901. He was appointed assistant Badger, who has been associated 26. L. F. Rains, president, A. M. comptroller of Carnegie-Illinois in with the Swenson diyision of the Byers Co., was elected a director to 1936 and became generał superin­ company many years, h a v i n g fili vacancy created by death of tendent of methods and proceduro charge of all development and re­ William G. Wanien. in 1938. search activity pertaining to the All officers were re-elected for the ♦ process industries. ensuing yeai\ Howard E. Emigh has been ap­ ♦ ♦ pointed superintendent of Reynolds E. W. Henrich, former diyision Charles F. Northup, in charge Metals Co.’s new aluminum alloy export manager for Caterpillar of the Syracuse, N. Y., office of rolling mili at Lister, Ala. For a Tractor Co. and Yale & Towne Mfg. number of years he was associated Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Provi- Co., has been named diyision ex- dence, R. I., the past 29 years, will with the Ford Motor Co. as a con­ port manager, Buda Co., Harvey, sultant and plant superyisor, and retire M a r c h 31. M r. N o rth u p 111. He will have charge of export before that was engaged in engi­ joined Brown Sharpe as an appren- business in the area from Mexico neering work with Wheeling Steel tice in 1880. to the eąuator, while Georg-e H. Corp. and Weirton Steel Co. Re- Until further notice the Syracuse Koons, diyision export manager of cently he was employed as con­ office will be under direction of Buda many years, will take over sultant on rolling mili operations Charles J. Vevera, assistant to Mr. the territory in South America be­ for United Engineering & Foundry Northup the past 15 years. low the eąuator, with headąuarters Co., Pittsburgh, and also served ♦ at Rio de Janeiro and later at as generał consultant for the Office Harvey T. Harrison, generał sales Buenos Aires. of Production Management. manager, Duraloy Co., Scottdale, ♦ Commander Harry ,J. H euster, Pa., sińce 1937, has been elected W. Homer Hart z, president, Mor- Arlington, Va., has been designated vice president in charge of sales. den Frog & Crossing Works, Chi­ to serve as special Reynolds repre- He joined the New York office of cago, and chairman of the board and sentative in co-ordination of defense Duraloy in 1928 and two years later immediate past president, Illinois production for the aviation industry. became distriet manager at Cleve- Manufacturers’ Association, has From 1918 to 1927 he was engaged land where he remained until 1937. been named co-ordinator of defense in metallurgical research at the Charles H. Hoefer has been made contracts in the Seventh Federal Re- naval aircraft factory, Philadelphia, generał superintendsnt of Duraloy. serve distriet, Chicago. Thomas S. and sińce that time has been asso­ He formerly was superintendent, McEwan, consulting management ciated with the Bureau of Aero- alloy divisicn, Lobanon Steel Foun­ engineer, has been named distriet nautics of the Navy Department. March 31, 1941 27 will purchase monel and nickel A'ctfVities of Steel Users, M a ke rs scrap of yarious grades, as well as some copper, brass and other non­ N , ' ferrous scrap. , \ V . ♦ ■ SHARBHOLDERS in Basic Dol- Madison plant. Stephen S. Eagle, omire- Ino.^Ćleyeland, last week ap- at his own reąuest, has retired as Sprague Specialties Co. and prtwed a'recommendation to change district manager. Sprague Products Co., North Ad­ theTeompany^ name to Basic Re- ♦ ams, Mass., have solved the prob­ '.ffactorfe- Inc. to better reflect its lem’ of executing defense orders Stearns Magnetic Mfg. Co., Mil­ widened scope of activities. Direc- promptly and at the same time waukee, has expanded its labora­ 'tors re - elected include: Dan P. maintaining its regular radio busi­ tory to proyide more complete fa­ Eells, Milwaukee; Howard P. Eells ness by devoting a second faetory cilities for testing materials and Jr., Ćleveland; Samuel Eells, Cleye­ to defense orders. This plant, near for research and development in land; John W- Garrett II, New the original building, was acąuired perfecting separation processes and York; Richard Inglis, Cleyeland; seyeral years ago and sińce the improying its magnetic eąuipment. John P. McWilliams, Cleyeland; start of the defense program has Douglass Van Dykę, Milwaukee. ♦ been eąuipped with modern ma­ ♦ Employes of Walter Kidde & Co., chinery and staffed with trained Clark Controller Co., New York, Bloomfield, N. J., builder of fire technicians. has moved its offices to new ąuar­ eąuipment, and company officials ters at 60 East Forty-second Street. have donated two rolling kitchens ♦ to feed homeless Britons. Employes at first planned to build a fire en­ Silyer & Co, Chicago, iron and DIED: gine for Britain on their own time steel scrap broker, has opened an but were informed rolling kitchens Office in the Board of Trade build­ ing. Morris J. Silver heads the were more in need. ■ Addis E. McKinstry, 71, president, com p any. ♦ International Harvester Co., Chi­ ♦ Globe - Wernicke Co., Cincinnati, cago, from December, 1933, to April, 1935, at his home in Hinsdale, 111., Gisholt Machinę Co„ Madison, has been awarded an order to sup­ March 21. Since his resignation he Wis., has appointed Mine & Smelter ply approximately 40 carloads of had served as chairman of the ex- Supply Co., Denver, exclusive sales steel Office eąuipment for the new ecutive committee and as a member agent in the Rocky Mountain re­ plant of the Wright Aeronautical Corp., Cincinnati. Included are of the board of directors. Mr. Mc­ gion. ♦ more than 1000 modern steel desks, Kinstry was active many years in nearly 1500 steel Office chairs, and the Farm Eąuipment Institute, Crucible Steel Co. of America miscelianeous Office accessories. serving as president in 1929-1930. has leased additional space in the 4 Chrysler building, New York, com- ♦ C ecil Sw a n , 60, vice p re sid e n t in prising about a ąuarter of the Jenks, Knipschild & MacCowan charge of sales, Detroit Lubricatoi tenth floor of that building. Inc. has been organized, with of­ Co., Detroit, March 23, in that city. ♦ fices at 75 East Wacker drive, ♦ Davis Tool & Engineering Co. Chicago, to proyide industrial de­ and Davis Stamping Co., Detroit. sign seryice for manufacturers that J. Adam Schweitzer, 55, president, have moved into a new plant at includes both styling of products Diamond Expansion Bolt Co. Inc., 19250 Plymouth road, providing and their promotion by advertising. Garwood, N. J-, March 11, in New 20,000 sąuare feet for the tool and Roy W. Knipschild is president; Y o rk . die diyision, now operating two Al Jenks, vice president; Hervey ♦ L. MacCowan, treasurer; and Henry shifts daily, and S000 sąuare feet Martin Pearlman, 62, president, Olczak, secretary. in the jobbing stamping diyision. Superior Zinc Corp., Bristol, Pa., ♦ ♦ and one of the leading eastern sec­ Continental Can Co. Inc. sales Hagan Corp., Buromin Co., and ondary zinc producers, March 11. to March 10 were approximately 18 Calgon Inc., combustion and chem­ ♦ per cent above those for the com- ical engineers, Pittsburgh, have es­ Charles R. Putnam, 78, superin­ parable period in 1940, Carle C. tablished a branch office in Detroit, tendent in yarious mills of Amer­ Conway, chairman, announced at at 2512 Book building. Ai*thur R. ican Steel & Wire Co., Cleyeland, the company’s stockholders’ mcot- Borden will be in charge of Hagan, for 50 years until his retirement in ing in Millbrook, N. Y., March 25. Hall Seryice and Buromin actiyities, 1932, M a r c h 14, in that city. ♦ while Robert Graf will handle busi­ ♦ Iowa Transmission Co., Waterloo, ness of Calgon Inc. They will be James H. VanPelt, 58, founder Iowa, has been incorporated as a assisted by J. B. Monaghan and W. and owner, Owosso Bronze Bearing subsidiary of Deere & Co. to manu­ H. Weitzel. ♦ Co., March 16. He was at one time facture transmissions for army superintendent of Buick No. 1 plant tanks. Company has an $18,000,000 Met-Alloys Inc., Chicago, recently in Flint, Mich. He went to Owosso contract from the W ar Department. organized, with executive offices at in 1918 and organized the bronze Subcontracts will be placed with 332 South Michigan avenue, is eąuip- bearing company. Deere Tractor Works, Waterloo, ping its plant at 425495 West Chi­ ♦ and other companies. cago avenue, East Chicago, Ind., to ♦ produce nickel and copper alloys William J. Fleming, 73, formerly sales manager for Bourne - Fuller American Car & Foundry Co., in shot form, as well as phosphor Co., Cleyeland, and more recently New York, has combined its Madi­ copper and other metals. George associated with the sales dcpait- son and St. Louis car plants under Birkenstein is president; Harvey C. ment of Republic Steel Corp., i > one management. Thomas A. Chaden, vice president and plant Cleyeland, March 26. He was as­ Dooley has been named district superintendent, and Charles K. Bell, sociated with Bourne-Fuller 38 manager in charge of both plants, treasurer. All purchases and sales years before it became part of with Norman H. Shipley acting as will be handled by George Birken­ assistant district manager of the stein Corp., Chicago. The company R ep ublic.

/ T E E l 2S ^ * " o perishable foods section , 'JieadecG Purchasing Diyision Reorganized John A. Martin, who Ls bringingTn experts to advise th o jj tbW procurement of fresh-^ruitsfyegeĘŁ ables, poultry, eggs anclSftie like. To Expedite Defense Procurem ent Eąuipment and suppli lems relating to the proćnremefjEfof such important items as lumtoer aftd /' ■ OFFICE of Production Manage­ Contract clearance. Here is cen- building materials, electn;ti1rIr a l sTjj>> { ment^ purchasing diyision has been tered the responsibility for clear­ plies, paints, laundry eąuipment and} organized into six major branches ing all major Army and Navy con­ miscellaneous materials come to thia«^ to expedite defense procurement tracts before awards are made. branch. Chief of the branch is Don- p ro g ra m . Chief of this branch is Col. Hiram aid G. Clark, who has taken leave y \ Close co-operation between the S. Brown, United States Army, re­ from his post as director of pur- purchasing diyision and the military tired. chases for the Gulf Oil Corp., Pitts- C services also was strengthened by Industrial and strategie materials. b u rgh . * appointment to the division of two This branch assists in the procure­ Clothing and eąuipage. T h is high-ranking officers as liaison men. ment of strategie or essential items group works with the Arm y ąuarter­ These officers are Rear Admirał in which purchasing problems are master corps on the procurement of Charles Conard, former paymaster involved, including, for example, shoes, uniforms, blankets, tents and generał and head of the Navy’s bu­ fuel, and medical supplies. Chief of items of personal eąuipment for the reau of supplies and accounts, and the branch is John Sar.ger, Chicago, soldier. It is being headed by W alter Brig. Gen. R. H. Jordan, former on leave from the vice presidency P. Becker, on leave as buyer for the assistant ąuartermaster generał of of the United States Gypsum Co. J. C. Penney Co. the A rm y . Subsistence. In this branch are Planning and cost estimating. In Thoroughly familiar with the grouped experts from all fields of this branch prices will be studied services’ buying procedures and the food trade, to help the Army with especial reference to the cost problems, these retired officers were ąuartermaster corps in the procure­ of production of artieles in demand recalled to active duty by Secre- ment of foodstuffs. Chief of the under the defense program. Chief taries Knox and Stimson after branch is Howard Cunningham, on is Erie Camman, partner in the Donald M. Nelson, director of pur- leave from his position as director firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & chases, had reąuested the assign- of purchases for the National Biscuit Co., accountants and auditors, New rr.ent to his diyision of the most ex- Co. Y o rk . perienced service experts ayailable. An important subsidiary section Appointments to the diyision of W orking with Mr. Nelson and the of the subsistence branch is the purchases which have not previously deputy director of the purchasing been announced include the follow­ division, Douglas C. MacKeachie, as ing: consultants, are A. D. Whiteside, In the subsistence branch: J. H. president of Dun and Bradstreet, ■ Workmen perched precariously on Hamilton, assistant sales manager, and Prof. Charles I. Gragg and the steel cables at leit below indicate American Can Co., Chicago, special Prof. Howard T. Lewis, both of size of steel girder going into the adyisor on inspection problems; J. P. Haryard University’s School of double-deck Pit River bridge, upstream Johnston, president, Dairy Sealed Business Administration. from Shasta dam, California. The Cen­ Inc., New York, special adyisor on Executive officer of the diyision is tral valley project will reąuire 17,110 fluid milk procurement; A. K. Mac- A. C. C. Hill Jr., former deputy di­ tons of structurals. Lower right, steel Key, secretary, Texas Sheep and rector of the diyision of priorities. towers such as this are being erected Goat Raisers Association, special Six principal branches of the di­ around Shell Rock mountain. hundreds adyisor on meats in the perishable yision, each staffed by a corps of of feet above the Columbia river, as experts, are as follows: part of the Bonneville power project. (Please turn to Page 107) NEA and Departm ent of Interior photos Windows of WASHINGTON

shortage of magnesium now exists. Tungsten placed under generał priorities system giving do­ General preference order govern- ing distribution of magnesium de- mestic and British defense orders first rating . . . Preference clares deliveries by producers shall ruling expands, strengthens control over magnesium con­ be made only in accordance with preference ratings and specific di- sumption . . . Ne w OPM unit established to direct conser- rections. vation of strategie metals, seek substitutes . . . TNEC mono- All defense orders for magnesium will automatically receive a prefer­ graph on steel basing point system issued ence rating of A-10, but ratings higher than this may be assigned WASHINGTON lates no deliveries be made by pro­ by the priorities division or the ■ PRODUCERS of ferrotungsten, ducers under any contracts or or­ Army and Navy Munitions Boai'd. tungsten metal powder and tungs­ ders, other than defense orders, ex- Primary effect of the automatic ten compounds last week were cept by release in accordance with A-10 rating is to put all defense placed under a generał priorities the assignment of preference rat­ needs ahead of any civilian needs. system similar to that previously ings or by other specific order. However, the director of priorities imposed upon aluminum and mag­ For the time being, however, pro­ may assign preference ratings to nesium . ducers are given permission to fili orders for magnesium for nonde­ E. R. Stettinius Jr., director of nondefense orders on a temporary fense and civilian purposes, and priorities, Office of Production M an­ basis after orders in the A and B-l these ratings may be either high or agement, said the action was taken classes have been filled. low, depending upon circumstances. after submission of a finding by To conserve tungsten for defense P re fe re n ce o rd e r stip u la te s no de- Ernest M. Hopkins, ehairman of the and vital civilian purposes, produc­ liveries be made under any contracts minerals and metals group, stating ers are urged to encourage cus­ or orders other than defense orders, a shortage of these types of tungs­ tomers to use substitutes whenever except by specific release in accora- ten exists. possible. ance with the assignment of pref- In accordance with the order, pro­ ence ratings or by some other spe­ Preference Order Expands ducers of ferrotungsten, tungsten cific order. metal powder and tungsten com­ Magnesium Priorities Control McConnell Heads OPM Unit for pounds are reąuired to give all de­ Action designed to make 200 tons fense orders, including British de­ of American magnesium available Strategie Metals Conservation fense orders, a rating of A-10, un- at once to Great Britain was an­ Unit of conservation in the ma­ less superior ratings are specifi- nounced last week by E. R. Stet­ terials branch of the production di- cally assigned. The A-10 rating tinius Jr., director of priorities, vision, OPM, has been established places all defense reąuirements OPM. Mr. Stettinius said Dow to direct conservation, reclamation ahead of civilian needs, except as Chemical Co. had been ordered to and substitution of strategie metals priorities division may provide. deliver that amount of magnesium and materials essential for defense. Supplementary order which ac- to Great Britain during March. Robert E. McConnell, engineer ol companies the generał preference Simultaneously, Mr. Stettinius mines and former president and di­ ruling sets forth a schedule of pref­ declared a generał preference order rector of various research, invest- erence ratings. It stipulates that has been issued to expand and ment and development companies, preference ratings from A-l to A-10, strengthen priority control imposed heads the new unit. inelusive, be given defense orders on magnesium March 3. It was and any other ordei’s for which stipulated defense orders for Great Mr. McConnell will encourage and class A ratings may be assigned by Britain are to receive the same pri­ direct private industry and others the director of priorities. ority treatment as United States’ to carry on research in this field and to apply lessons already learned Preference rating of B-l is as­ defense needs. by England and various agencies of signed to “customers’ orders whose Order directing distribution of this government. Planning ahead products currently are used in con- magnesium, and the supplementary for reąuirements of the defense nection with the manufaeture of order directing release of magnesi­ program, he will study the effect defense orders, directly or indirect­ um for Great Britain, followed a suggested substitutes would have on ly, in substantial ąuantity although memorandum from Dr. E. M. Hop­ the raw materials situation. not bearing a specific preference kins, ehairman, minerals and metals Problem of keeping reclaimed ra tin g .” group of the priorities division. General preference order stipu­ Memorandum formally declared a strategie metals flowing smoothly

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Effort will be made to hołd to a ited license. Approved applicants minimum economic dislocations will receiye a num bered certiflcate which may result from adoption of bearing all essential data concern- substitutes. ing the particular shipm ent. Many private companies are mak­ Applicants who do not wish to ing yoluntary substitutions and sav- make use of the unlimited license ings of strategie materials. For in- may secure an individual license. stance, the teiephone industry has developed means of conserving Present Demand for Nickel aluminum, nickel and zinc and, to ”Extraordinary," W ill Subside some extent, magnesium. Steel in- stead of aluminum dial wheels are Present extraordinary demand being used on new telephones, and for nickel is temporary and “inso- phones eąuipped with less nickel far as it is due to inflation of in- and zinc are being tried. yentories and building up of process Rubber and tin, vital defense ma­ inyentories should within a few terials, synthetic rubber and copper Frank G. Stcinebach months subside.” This conclusion are being studied as substitutes for was drawn by the advisory commit­ ■ Frank G. Steinebach, editor, T h e such uses as refrigerator ice trays. tee on metals and minerals of the F o u n d r y , Cleyeland, has been ap­ Aircraft builders are making tests National Academy of Sciences in a pointed chief of the foundry eąuip­ to see how and where plastic ma­ report to OPM. m ent and supplies unit of the Tools Committee was doubtful that a terials may be used in place of Section, Aircraft, Ordnance and metals, such as aluminum, in cowl few simple conservation formulas Tools Branch, Products Diyision, could be applied, because of the covers, engine baffles and flooring. Office of Produetion M anagem ent. Possibilities of plastics are also be­ number of hands through which ing explored by automobile manufac­ nickel passes from refinery to user. turers and by makers of refrigera- United States and British defense- reąuirements do not adeąuately ac- tors, washing machines, yacuum offices of the Defense Contract count for current demand, which cleaners and other household eąuip­ Seryice at other Federal Reseive is almost triple that of 1937, largest m ent. Banks and branches. Appointm ent year prior to 1939, the committee of H erm an H. Lind as Cleyeland

Defense Contract Service district m anager was announced reported.

several w eeks ago (S t e e l , M a r c h 1 ? , Nanieś District Managers TNEC Issues Monograph on p. 35). , Appointment of five additional District m anagers, under the di- Steel Basing Point System district managers to supervise fleld rection of district co-ordinatois at Monograph No. 42, dealing with offices of the Defense Contract the m ain Federal Reserve Banks, the basing point problem, was is- Service at Atlanta, Ga., Philadel­ are in charge of technical and other sued last week by TNEC. It con­ phia, Detroit, Dallas, Tex., and Kan­ staff m em bers at the regional offices. sists entirely of yarious documents sas City, Mo., was announced last Regional offices of the Defense which were submitted at the steel week by the OPM. Contract Seryice are located at each hearings in January, 1940, by the The five, each of whom will have of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks United States Steel Corp., and vari- headąuarters at the Federal Reserve and 24 branch banks. Although ous exhibits and documents dealing Bank or branch in the city indicated technical staffs have not yet been with the basing point ąuestion filea are: completed for all of these offices, with the committee by the Federal W. C. Cram Jr., at Atlanta, Ga. Federal Reserve Bank officers are Trade Commission. For the last several years Mr. Cram ayailable at all of them to advise Accompanying it is a covenng let- has been a consulting engineer to present and prospective defense ter written by W illis J. Ballingei, di­ manufacturers and construction contractors on contracting and rector of TN EC committee studies com panies. flnancing problems. for the Federal Trade Commission. Frederick W. Hankins at Phila­ Boyer Named Chief of OPM delphia. Mr. Hankins is on leave Lower Railroad Rates for Gulf from the Pennsylvania railroad, Aircraft Manufacturing Unit where he has been vice president Area Opposed by Examiner H. R. Boyer, president, Allen in charge of motive power. Examiner Andrew C. Wilkins rec­ Warren H. Ciarkę at Detroit. Mr. Corp., Detroit, last week was ap­ ommended the Interstate Com­ pointed chief of tha manufacturing Ciarkę formerly was engaged in merce Commission deny an ap­ management reorganization and unit, aircraft section, OPM. He plication of the railroads for reliet surveys of manufacturing plants. formerly was works manager, Pon­ from the long and short haul clause He is both a mechanical and elec­ tiac diyision of General Motors and of the ICC act in connection with a trical engineer, and formerly was Fisher Body Corp. He replaces A. proposal to establish reduced rates with the Hyatt Roller Bearing di­ J. Brandt who has resigned to re­ on iron and steel artieles in carloads yision, General Motors Corp. turn to private industry. from points in official and Southern A. J. Langford at Dallas, Tex. Mr. territories and certain points in Langford was manager and district Restrictions on Exports to western territory to Gulf ports. supervisor of the Ford Motor Co. for Netherlands Indies Eased Application had as its primaiy 21 years. purpose the establishment of re­ State department has issued to R. W. Webb at Kansas City, Mo. duced rates from the Birmingham the Netherlands Purchasing Com­ Mr. Webb formerly was with Mont­ mission unlimited licenses authoriz- district to New Orleans and Mobile gomery, Ward & Co. and Sears Roe­ ing exportation to The Netherlands to permit the railroads to share in buck in managerial capacities. He Indies of a wide rangę of iron and iron and steel traffic now going by also was formerly viee president, steel products, brass, bronze, nickel, rail from producing points to Bir- Witte Engine Works, Kansas City. mingport, Ala., and thence by water Additional district managers will and certain tools. Upon application to the Nether­ in privately owned barges. be appointed soon to supervise fleld / T £ * l 32 high bays, served by an assortment M achinery Being Rapidly Installed of cranes, an unbelievable amount of light pouring in through walls and monitors, the structure presents A t Chrysler’s New Tank Arsenał optimum working conditions. Even- tually 5000 will be employed.

DETROIT machines, fixtures, gages and mate­ Scrap Consumption Sets ■ THE TERM “25-ton medium riał reąuired for its shaping into tank” has an innocuous sound and finał form. There are thousands of New Daily Average Record conveys an impression of perhaps these parts, steel stampings, steel ■ Domestic consumption of iron a fair-size commercial truck. But a castings, machined steel, rolled ar­ and steel scrap in February, esti­ glimpsa inside the new Chrysler mor plate, cast armor plate, brass, mated at 4,172,000 gross tons by tank arsenał where five of these ve- bronze and all the other materials the Institute of Scrap Iron and hicles will be lumbering from as­ going into this formidable attack Steel Inc., set a new all-time high sembly lines daily early this fali, weapon. record on a daily average basis. ąuickly erases any preconceived The tank itself is essentially a Annual consumption on the Janu- ideas of size and weight. riveted armor plate housing, mount­ ary-February level, is now at the Manufacturing operations are ing several cannon, machinę guns, rate of 50,400,000 gross tons. The housed in a brand new plant five and a 75-millimeter gun, powered previous record year was 1940, city blocks long and two city blocks by a 400-horsepower radial motor when 41,687,000 tons was melted wide, encased almost entirely by positioned in the rear, driving two by steel mills and foundries. glass— 80,246 panes in walls and large sprockets on either side in Notwithstanding, prices remain roof monitors. front which in turn drive the rub­ comparatively low, the institute Every piece of machinery in the ber crawler tread. A maximum points out. The current price plant will be new and over half of speed of 25 miles an hour is pos­ level of approximately $21, Pitts­ the 1000 machines reąuired have sible. Transmission is a massive, burgh, for No. 1 steel scrap com- been shipped and unloaded. Radial complicated affair, reportedly with pares with a World war fixed price drills, batteries of milling machines, five speeds forward and one in re- of $30, with consumption now al­ turret lathes, grinders, multiple verse. Braking is hydraulic through most double the first World war drilling machines and other types large brake drums. level. of machinę tools are rapidly being Exports dwindled to 43,667 gross lined up in the proper production P lan t (juickly Eąuipped tons in January, of which 38,976 seąuence and anchored to the con­ T h e speed w ith w h ic h E. J. tons went to the United Kingdom, crete floor. As fast as the machines Hunt, plant manager and his staff and 2888 tons to Canada. A year go in, operators are being trained have organized and integ rated ago exports were at the monthly to handle them. eąuipment and materials for the rate of 185,000 tons. Meanwhile in a large canvas- project is little short of amazing. sheathed center section of the ar­ As a manufacturing plant, rep- February River Traffic senał nearly 50 engineers labor over re se n tin g an investm ent of $20,- Reduced at Pittsburgh 10-foot high routing boards on 000,000, the setup is excellent. Am ­ which every single piece going into ple room for machinę lines, wide ■ Unfavorable weather, including the tank is listed, together with the aisles for movement of materiał, complete freeze - overs at some points, reduced the freight tonnage hauled on the three rivers at Pitts­ burgh during February. Total shipments on the Monongahela de­ clined from 2,809,100 net tons in January to 2,532,000 tons in Febru­ ary. Steel sh ip m e n ts totaled 135,- 000 tons in February, compared with the record 160,000 tons in Ja n u a ry. Total shipments on the Alleg­ heny dropped from 214,500 tons in January to 187,300 tons; steel ship­ ments declined to 4900 from 9200. On the Ohio, total shipments fell from 1,581,300 to 1,424,100 tons; steel sh ip m e n ts w ere off fro m 227,- 000 to 193,500 tons.

Forecast 23.8% Gain in Great Lakes Carloadings ■ Second ąuarter carloadings in the Great Lakes area of 541,129 cars, a gain of 23.8 per cent from actual loadings in the second ąuarter of H Recent visitor to the Chrysler tank arsenał in Detroit was W. S. Knud­ 1940, are forecast by the Great sen, OPM chief from Washington. Here, left to right, are E. J. Hunt, op­ Lakes Advisory Board, Buffalo. In­ erating manager of the arsenał; H. L. Weckler, vice president and generał ereases forecast for individual com- manager of Chrysler; Lieut. Col. H. W. Rehm, commanding offtcer of the modities are: Iron ore, 43 per cent; arsenał for the army; Mr. Knudsen, and B. E. Hutchinson, chairman of automobiles, trucks and parts 24.1 the finance committee of Chrysler. Arsenał building is about 85 per cent per cent; iron and steel, 32.8 per completed, two thirds of the main machining and assembly division already cent. In grain shipments, a decline being heated. of 10% per cent is indicated.

March 31, 1941 33 ...Carbon Molybdenum Steel has proved iłs economy for o steam power plant service.

Operating savings obtained from high steam temper­ Its creep strength up to 1000° F, plus its easy weld-

atures and pressures would justify using expensive ability, make for light, leak-proof lines. The use of

steels to avoid steam line trouble. Fortunately, an thinner sections sometimes reduces the already smali

inexpensive Carbon-Molybdenum (0.50% Mo) steel cost differential over unalloyed steels.

does the job. Write for technical book, "Molybdenum in Steel".

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Materials shortages likely to necessitate some curtailment of can be reduced in thickness by in­ creasing the layer of copper and 1941 model production and considerable retrenching on 1942 buffing the copper; some platers cars. Car builders turn attention to finding substitutes for claim that nickel can be dispensed with altogether by a high buff on criticał metals . . . "It's just a part of the job, an everyday the thick copper base plate and then problem that can be licked" . . . Automakers not greatly wor- increasing the thickness of chromi­ um beyond the usual flash amount. ried over labor shortage, except for technical and supervis- In addition to these five mate­ ory talent rials, motor people have drawn up lists of potentially criticał materials and are giving all of them intense study. They include chromium, DETROIT price ceilings on secondary alumin­ ■ FURTHER confirmation of the u m by W a sh in g to n last week, to- copper, high-silicon pig iron, founu- effects which materials shortages, gether with inventory surveys now ry coke, smali tools and, of course, present and prospective, are exert- in process, may throw some light on steel. Despite the optimistic tone ing on automobile production these ąuestions, but in the mean- of the Gano Dunn report on steel capacity, automakers consider it ( S t e e l , M a r c h 24, p. 21) w a s given time the motor companies can do last week in observations of a top- nothing but prepare for a change to entirely likely shortages may occur ranking executive of one of the lead- iron. in steel, particularly the electric fur­ nace varieties such as stainless, al­ ing motor companies. Some changes Use of zinc, principally in die though there is even the possibility already have reached the production castings, already has been trimmed. that difficulties may be encountered stage, more are being planned and Some radiator grilles have ceen in obtaining carbon steels like a great many more are in prospect changed to stamped steel. Where sheet, strip and bars. Current floats for 1942 models. It appears highly possible, “metal savers” are being of steel have been depleted severeły probable that shortages of essential inserted in die casting dies for such and protracted deliveries on all materials will produce some curtail­ parts as handles for the purpose of grades of steel now are naturally ment of 1941 model production, and coring out hidden areas and thus not consoling to car builders. will necessitate appreciable re- saving metal. This practice permits trenching in 1942 assemblies this an estimated saving of 10-15 per sum m er. cent. Materials Shortages Could Have I-Ieading the list of criticał mate­ In new models, present plans cali Been Alleviated by Studies rials and approximately in order as for a further sharp reduction in to the degree of “criticality” are alu­ zinc. It is even being recommended Apropos the matter of materials, minum, zinc, nickel, synthetic rub­ that die cast carburetors be changed Paul G. Hoffman, president of ber and magnesium. The last two back to cast iron, in spite of the fact Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind., can be disregarded because in­ that machining problems are in­ deelares, “A s long as we have steel, ereased production of synthetic rub­ ereased greatly. Die cast trim and we’ll have automobiles. Defense ber will take care of all needs by ornaments probably will be stripped needs are going to make new de­ the end of the year, and relatively off altogether or replaced with steel mands, are going to make engineers smali amounts of the materiał are stam pin gs. work harder. We’ll have to make changes in designs, production ma­ needed by the motor industry. M ag­ Nickel finds its chief outlets in chinery and the cars themselves. nesium use in automobiles is virtual- nickel alloy steels and in plating. These things will not be simple to ly infinitesimal. The former are replaceable to a cer­ aceomplish, but they are not too Aluminum appears the most crit­ tain extent by other alloy steels difficult. Engineers have been faced icał item and, as pointed out in this such as chrome-molybdenum or heat with similar ‘crises’ for years; it’s department pi'eviously, steps are treated carbon steels. Chevrolet, just a part of the job, an everyday being taken to change aluminum for example, is planning to change problem that can be licked.” pistons to cast iron as ąuickly as from S.A.E. 3140 to 4140 for rear Studied opinion is that materials possible. It is the belief of automo­ axle shafts. In plating, nickel is shortages might have been avoided bile officials that there is an ample the intermediate materiał usually or at least alleviated if there had supply of aluminum in the country between copper and chromium. It been a more concerted effort toward for piston needs, but no factual data Materiał appearins łn this department studying actual needs for materials, are available as to where it is and is fully protected by copyright, and its as well as rates of usage and dates how much is being stocked. Es­ use in any form whatsoever without of usage. Consider, for example, tablishment of formal priorities and permission is prohibited.

35 March 31, 1941 MIRRORS OF MOTORDOM—Continued tool engineers’ banąuet last Mon- the incongruity of a new airplane day. They realize that enforced plant in the middle west with struc­ Automobile Production changes in materiał may result in tural steel for the building still Passenger Cars and Trucks— United 1942 models which will suffer a little stacked on the site awaiting erec­ States and Canada from the standpoint of durability tion, while deliveries of sheet alu­ By Department of Commerce when compared with their 1941 minum already have started. 1939 1940 1941 brethren; that new models likely It is not too late for some work . . 356,962 449,492 524,128 will suffer to some extent in respect to be done along this line. Charts 422,225 509,233 Feb...... 317,520 to appearance; that changes will might be prepared showing the rate 8 71,717 1,033,359 2 m os. . . 674,482 not affect costs too greatly. Engi­ of need for defense use and the rate 440,232 M arch . , . 389,499 neers in automobile plants still of need for nondefense use for a A p rll . . . 354,266 452,433 412,492 must be guided by the dollar sign, given materiał, plotting these fig­ . . 313,248 Ju n e . .. . . 324,253 362,566 and any specification change must ures for some distance into the fu­ J u ly . .. . . 218,600 246,171 be tuned to getting equivalent 103,343 89,866 turę alongside total production. A u g. . . value at equivalent cost or even Then, assuming a system of uni­ S ept. . . 192,679 284,583 O ct...... 324,689 514,374 lower cost. form distribution could be devel- N ov. . . 368,541 510,973 In the changes now being engi- oped, a materiał would not be in D ec. . . . . 469,118 506,931 neered will be many which prob­ the critical class until the rates of 4,692,338 ably will prove to be permanent and use for both defense and nondefense Y e a r . . . . 3,732,718 Estimated by Ward's Reports which may even be productive of needs crossed the total production Week ended: 1941 1940t lower costs. Substitutes in genei’al line. 100,855 are not considered as stopgaps. Die No such planning has been done M arch 1 ...... ___ 126,550 M arch 8 ...... ___ 125,915 103,560 castings might be an exception, in up to now. Buyers of materials M arch 15 ___ 131,620 105,720 the opinion of some observers. As ___ 124,805 103,395 have plucked figures out of the air M arch 22 yet, nothing has appeared which can M arch 29 ___ 124,405 103,370 and given them as their immediate beat the zinc die casting when you needs and orders have been entered tcomparable week. lump together factors of appear­ accordingly, with the result that ance, ease of machining, utility and when such advance buying is piled cost. And even though it may not on top of hoarding and speculative pushed vigorously throughout the be possible to use many die castings buying a materiał arrives in the industry, mainly for building up on 1942 models, their eventual re- critical class long before any such technical and supervisory forces in adoption seems reasonably certain. condition need have developed. both motor and defense plants. A Principal drain on zinc seems to really serious problem exists in this be the brass industry, now loaded Carmakers Not Greatly Worried field. with enormous orders for all types By Labor Scarcity Forecasts Seldom has the opportunity pre- of brass. As yet, the demand for sented itself for young men with cartridge brass has not assumed On the subject of labor, the auto technical training and with ąualities war time proportions, but when and industry is not greatly worried over of leadership to advance so rapidly if the country “starts shooting” the supplies of either skilled or non- into important positions in the mo­ demand certainly will soar, thus skilled help, all other reports not- tor car industry. m aking the zinc situation still more withstanding. It is expected that critical. It is difficult to conceive even before the demands of new Many Emergency-Enforced how the brass producers can be defense plants become important, a loaded up much more. Already considerable volume of automobile Changes Will Be Permanent some are asking a 50 per cent cash labor will have to be released be­ payment to accompany advance or­ So, the vice presidents in charge cause of materials shortages. A ders, and are asking buyers for of engineering have now come to be burdensome task is in prospect with guarantees that 50 per cent of ma­ known as vice presidents in charge regard to taking up and redistribut- teriał purchased be returned in of substitutes, to borrow a phrase ing this slack which looks to be un- scrap form on screw machinę work, avoidable now. It is true, of course, from L. C. Hill of the Murray Corp. and 20-30 per cent on forging work. of America, speaking here at the that training programs are being Such scrap is bought in at a stated priee, the arrangement being made ______to prevent. hoarding and specalation. — ------

Chrysler Introduces and Country” Car Ford-Trained Chinese Help Re-establish Homeland

A hundred young Chinese stu- dents who received technical train­ ing a few years ago in plants of the Ford Motor Co. today are using this training to help put China back on her industrial feet. The men now are first lieutenants to Rewi Alley, the New Zealander who start­ ed establishing “vest pocket” or “guerrilla” industries to revive the country, demoralized by military in- vasion. The Ford-trained men were here at intervals between 1922 and 1930 and number over 100. Within the past three years Alley and his men have organized 3000 smali in­ ■ Something new in station wagons is this "town and country car introduced dustrial units and have set a goal of 28,000, with potential capacity for a by Chrysler ieaturing a solid steel top and streamlined body of white ash and Honduras mahogany million jobs.

STEEL 36 Now that we’re all in the swirn and virtually up to 01 necks in armament and affiliated production, technic; detail continues to harass the industry . . . One of tl smallest units to enter into defense construction is tl spring mechanism of the more intricate pieces—ani unąuestionably, one of the first to default should specif cations be neglected . . . While we haven’t heard of suc a thing, it might simplify matters to set up a Sprit Board along with the other boards that govern adherent and priorities—although here at LEE the Science i Spring Design plus the Techniąue of Spring Buildir has been instituted sińce 1914, producing a product < long-life and trouble-free performance known as tl Lee B u ilt “Scientech” Spring.

LEE SPRING COMPANY,!, 30 M AIN STREET BROOKLYN. N. B Lieut. Col. Hugh C. Minton, executive officer of ordnance tive assistant, Pittsburgh ordnance district; George C. Brain- department, United States Army, pleads łor extension of ard. president, General Fireproofing Co„ Youngstown, O., subcontracting during ceremonies at which the army re- and co-ordinator for the Office of Produetion Management ceived the first antiaircraft gun carriage manufactured by for the fourth Federal Reserve district; Frank Bell, chief of Aetna-Standard Engineering Co. at Ellwood City, Pa. Seated Pittsburgh ordnance district; E. E. Swartswelter, president, on the platform, from left to right: Lieut. Col. W. W. Golden. Aetna-Standard; Judge C. F. Smith, director, Aetna-Standard; manager of ordnance division, Aetna-Standard; C. G. Ohlson. Robert Johnson, superintendent, Aetna-Standard's Ellwood vice president, Aetna-Standard; Lieut. Col, Guion, execu- City plant

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ELLWOOD CITY, PA. private contractor during the pres­ form ally turned over to the ordnance m FIRST gun carriage to be made ent emergency, a carriage for a 37- department March 22 at the new as­ for the United States Army by a millimeter antiaircraft piece, was sembly plant of Aetna-Standard En­ gineering Co. here. Two thousand persons, including high-ranking Arm y officers, industrialists, Aetna- Standard workmen and townspeople witnessed the ceremonies. The affair was significant for sev- eral reasons. Deliveries on the car- riages started more than a month ahead of schedule. It represented effective use of subcontracting in building defense materials, about 225 having contributed to the finished carriage. It signalized defense pro- duction is “beginning to roli." Aetna-Standard receiyed its first contracts last July, and soon after- ward let contracts for a $500,000 addition. A new 100 x 400-foot as­ sembly plant now is complete and eąuipped, employs 500 machinists, soon will be producing 20 gun car- riager, monthly. Eight thousand man-hours are reąuired to produce each carriage. Between 600 and 700 have been ordered from the com­ pany, eosting $5,000,000. A striking feature of these anti- aireraft pieces is their mobility. One

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■ Pneumatic tires and sturdy construc­ tion permit this gun carriage to be towed over rough terrain at speeds up to 70 miles an hour

/ T l E l ■ Group at ceremonies in Ellwood City, Pa., when Aetna-Standard Engineering Co. turned over the first 37-millimeter anti- aircraft gun carriage to the army, more than a month ahead of schedule

can leave Ellwood City in the morn- of smali companies. We must take work together to battle their en- ing and be ready for action on the the work where the tools are. In em ies.” Atlantic seaboard by evening. They other words, our prime contractors He emphasized the gun carriages are designed to be towed behind should subcontract whenever and are only one of 36,000 items to be fast army trucks, up to speeds of wherever possible.” made for the defense program. 70 miles an hour. Frank B. Bell, chief of the Pitts­ After the ceremonies, the carriage Carriages are mounted on pneu­ burgh ordnance distriet, praised was towed through flag-decorated matic tires. W hen firing, the wheels Aetna-Standard and said the fact streets of Ellwood, and then taken are raised, lowering the chassis to 225 subcontractors participated in to Pittsburgh for display. Later it the ground for a solid foundation. the job “ought to prove conclusively was towed by army truck to Phila­ Construction is structural steel that people in the democratic na- delphia and then to Aberdeen, Md., and plate, combined with steel forg­ tions, once aroused, can and will proving grounds for flnal tests. ings and castings, fabricated by w elding. Ernest E. Swartswelter, president, Aetna-Standard, formally turned the carriage over to Lieut. Col. Hugh C. Minton, executive officer of the ord­ nance department, who represented Maj. Gen. W. C. Wesson, chief of army ordnance. In accepting the carriage, Colonel Minton said: “At long last, industry, management, labor and the people as a whole are becoming cognizant of the tremen- dous implications of the armament program on which we have em- barked.” He referred to the defense pro­ gram as “an all-American program, a border-to-border, coast-to-coast, ocean-to-ocean program . . . which calls for the ingenuity, the co-opera- tion and understanding of every man, woman and child in the United States.” Colonel Minton emphasized the necessity of subcontracting. “We must get the work into the hands

B Army officers give the new gun car­ riage a critical examination at Aetna- Standard Engineering Co.'s shop. Th;s is the first gun carriage to be made by o private contractor during the present em ergency

March 31, 1941 garding these maximum prices.” Price Ceilings, Priority Control The new price schedule establishes two ceiling prices for aluminum scrap. The lower ceiling applies Extended to Secondary Alum inum to the first sale of aluminum scrap from the maker to any other per­ son. The higher ceiling applies to ■ PRICE ceilings for aluminum items for civilian needs— and by the any sale of aluminum scrap there- after by any dealer or other per­ scrap and secondary aluminum, recent issuance of a priorities or­ pegged to current prices for virgin der restricting the use of virgin son to any smelter, foundryman, aluminum, last week followed clośe- aluminum to defense purposes. fabricator, or other dealer. The ly on the heels of an overall form­ Undsr normal conditions, he con- tw o c e ilin gs a re fixed f.o.b., p oint of shipment, and will allow the uła for the allocation of aluminum tinued, prices for secondary alumi­ for both defensa and nondefense num do not exceed prices for virgin dealer a margin of 1% cents per pound on clippings, borings and p urposes. aluminum. Recently, however, the turnings, and 1 cent per pound The price ceiling order, promul- price stabilization division has re- on other types of aluminum scrap. gated by Leon Henderson, director ceived reports of sales of aluminum Maximum prices for secondary of the price stabilization division, scrap reaching pricas as high as aluminum ingot are applicable to National Defense Advisory Com­ 32 cents a pound, almost double the any sale or purchase of secondary mission, sets forth maximum prices price of the virgin metal. aluminum ingot by any person. for scrap sold by tha maker and Caused by Speculation Like the scrap schedules, thesa sold by the dealer, and for sec­ p rices are m ade f.o.b., p oin t of sh ip ­ ondary ingots. These prices are “Such prices are not reąuired to ment. They leave a spread of 3 shown in the accompanying tables, draw out aluminum scrap,” Mr. to 4 cents per pound for the proc- appendix A and appendix B. Henderson declared. “They are essors’ costs and profits. The allocation formuła, issued by merely the results of a speculative “These ceiling prices,” Mr. Hen­ Priorities Director E. R. Stettinius demand which has built up infla- derson stated, “will give ample al- Jr., Office of Production Manage­ tionary prices. There are supplies lowance for reasonable profit to ment, strengthens the priority con­ of scrap, and these supplies will be both dealers and smelters. How- trol imposed on aluminum Feb. 24, tapped at reasonable prices, once ever, recent demand for secondary and expands it to include the sec­ it is understood the govarnment aluminum indicatss that there may ondary smelters as well as other will not tolerate prices above a fair be some effort on the part of manu­ pi'oducers and fabricators. m a x im u m .” facturers and fabricators to pur­ In establishing the price ceilings, The price schedule will be fully chase scrap direct from dealers, Mr. Henderson said aluminum scrap enforced, he warned. “The powers thus circunwenting the smelter. To and secondary aluminum recantly of the goyernment to place com- forestall this movement, the sched­ have been subjected to serious in- pulsory orders, to condemn or reąui- ule reąuires dealers to report any flationary pressures. This has been sition properties, to issue priori­ sales which they make to any per­ caused, he said, both by the failure ties and to use other powers to car- son other than a smelter.” of the sources of virgin aluminum ry out the defense program will be The new schedule will become to meat current demand— especially exerted to the utmost against any effective immediately in a market the demand for fabricators making person whom we find to be disre- of already inflated prices. Conse- ąuently, a method is provided by which smelters and dealers who Rubber Company Fabricates Light Metals for Aircraft have acąuired inventories at prices above the new maximum prices to meet previously arranged firm com- mitments for sales above ceiling prices may secure an excaption from the price schedules in order to carry out these firm commit- ments on the original terms. How- ever, it should be noted that this excaption will not be permitted be­ yond the amount of inventories al­ ready acąuired either by the smelter or his dealer to carry out the com- mitmsnt. With this one exception, the maximum prices set forth in the new schedule become immedi­ ately and absolutely effective re- gardless of any pre-existing eon- tracts This schedule is the second to be issued by the price stabiliza­ tion division. The first schedule, issued Feb. 17, established ceiling prices for second-hand machinę tools (Steel, Fab. 24, p. 32). The priority order issued by Mr. Stettinius includes, in addition to U Goodyear Tire <5. Rubber Co. workers assemble control surfaces for military the usual grades of aluminum, al­ aircralt łor which the Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore, is the prime contractor. loys of which aluminum constitutas Goodyear has several hundred workers experienced in the fabrication o£ light the major part. metals for aircraft and is one of the many subcontractors making special parts Subject to the assignment of su­ for fighting planes perior ratings, all defense ordars

/ T E E l 40 for aluminum are assigned an auto­ B-2 to B-8 inclusive shall, for the matic preference rating of A-10, in A P F E N D C C A time being, receive no more than place of the A-2 rating assigned in Maximum Prices for Aluminum Scrap (f.o.b. point of shipment) stipulated percentages of the aver- the Feb. 24 instructions. Defense Maxlmum Price age 1940 shipments which they ob­ orders for Great Britain will receive (cents per pound) tained from the same producer for the same preference rating accord- Column Column corresponding purposes. These rangę ed Army and Navy and other de­ III from 80 to 10 per cent. fense orders. Sale by Sale by Maker Dealer Producers affected by the order Producers, fabricators and sec­ Pure cljps and cable... 13.00 14.50 will be reąuired, as in the past, to ondary smelters of aluminum are Segregated alloy sheet submit their orders to the priori­ to make deliveries until further elips ...... 12.00 13.50 ties diyision once each month. This Old sheet and utensils 12.00 13.50 notice according to a schedule es­ Mtxed sheet elips ...... 11.00 12.50 reąuirement now extends to the tablished by the priorities division. Cast scrap and forged secondary smelters. The producers are reąuired to fit scrap, old and new. . . 11.00 12.00 Borings and turnings, their deliveries into this schedule other than No. 12. . . . 10.00 11.50 and to make reports to the priori­ No. 12 type borings and Pamphlet Explains Steel ties division. tu rn in g s ...... 9.50 11.00 To cover the scrap fleld the or­ Pistons free of struts .. 11.50 12.50 Industry’s Defense Role Pistons with struts ...... 9.50 10.50 der declares no producer shall enter ■ Answers to Questions About into a contract for toll-rolling or A ri’EXDIX B Steel in Defense, a pamphlet pub- other fabrication of aluminum scrap Maxlmum Prices for Secondary Alu­ lished by the American Iron and by toll agreement unless authoriza- minum Ingot Steel Institute, explains in lay- tion first has been obtained from (f.o.b. point of shipment) man’s language the steel industry’s the priorities director. M axim u m part in the rearmament program, P rice its capacity, expansion plans, peak Provides for Reserve Pool (cen ts per consumption and other facts. Mr. Stettinius emphasized the di- pound) Containing 54 ąuestions and an­ vision is considering the need for 98 per cent pure aluminum ingot 17.00 swers, the pamphlet tells how chief Silicon a l l o y s ...... 17.00 keeping workers employed as stead- Deoxidizing aluminum: executives of close to 30 steel com­ ily as possible and will give special Notch bar, granulated ingot panies are organizing themselves attention to any eyidance of dislo- or shot (2.00c extra allowed as an Iron and Steel Industry De­ for special shapes) ...... 16.50 fense Committee, at reąuest of the cation of labor. P isto n a llo y s ...... 16.50 Producers of aluminum (not in­ No. 12 alu m in u m ...... 16.00 Office of Production Management. cluding fabricators) are reąuired Another committee of expert met- to set up a reserve pool of the met­ allurgists is working with goyern­ al by setting aside 1 per cent of ment agencies in preparing and re- production each month. From this aluminum is available, or can be ylsing specifications for steel prod­ reservs the priorities division can made available. ucts, and also advises with steel Order provides users of alumi­ consumers on specification prob­ make allocations to meet emer- gencies, and such orders will take num with preference ratings from lem s. a rating of B-l, thus being placed lower than any orders in class A. Ordei's for repair or replacement Army Experimenting with Mobile Steel Bridges parts for existing apparatus which is needed to preserve essential serv- ices and to maintain maximum pro­ duction will take a rating of B-2. A rating of B-3 will be applied to orders for products essential to the protection of public health and sąfety. A rating of B4 will apply to or­ ders for standard apparatus which cannot be redesigned to use substi- tutes for aluminum without serious disruptions and for which there is substantial use in defense chan- nals. Consumers reąuiring less than a total of 1000 pounds of aluminum a month will temporarily receive a rating of B-5 on their orders. Customers for aluminum who produce articles in which the metal does not exceed 2 pounds per $100 of finał sales value of the article will get a B-6 rating. This rating is applied in an effort to keep a rel- atively large number of workers employed through the use of relativ- ly little aluminum. A rating of B-7 will apply to prod­ ucts in which no reasonably satis- ■ Portable, experimental steel girder bridges, often with five center and two end factory substitute is ayailable. sections. for throwing over smali rivers, are being constructed for the army en­ Lowest rating given, B-8, will ap­ gineers' corps, Ft. Belvoir, Va. The sections are eąuipped with wheels at ends ply to products in which a reason­ for mobility. These bridges are more elaborate than one-piece ramps for span- ably satisfactory substitute for ning ditches. Photo, U. S. Army Signal Corps

41 March 31, 1941 porary housing and other buildings, S c o tt fleld, B e lle v ille , 111., $117,18 1. W eek’s D efense C ontracts $103,506,105; Dorfman, Charles J., Los Angeles, liąue- Iled Petroleum gas plant and appurte- nant facilities, Muroc Lake, California, $7089; construction of sewer, water Largest A w ards for Plant Expansions and gas systems and appurtenant facilities, Tucson airport, Tucson, Ariz., $178,034.30. Eisenberg, Harry, Inc., Collingswood, ■ DEFENSE awards last week re­ following: Hudson Motor Car Co., N. J., airport, Dover, Del., $174,879.15. Ellicott Machinę Corp., Baltimore, fur- ported by the W ar and Navy depart­ Detroit, construction, eąuipment and organization for operation of a nishing dredge pumps and templates ments totaled $103,506,105, higher and repairing patterns for the U. S. than aggregate in recent weeks. plant for manufacture of ordnance d redge C iiin o o k , $24,020. eąuipment at estimated cost not Foote Co. Inc., Nunda, N. Y., paver, LI- Most contracts reported were smali, mendort field, Anchorage, Alaska, to exceed $20,000,000; with the army’s ordnance depart­ $9480. ment purchases numerieally heavy. Leland-Gifford Co., Worcester, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y„ Mass., acąuisition, construction and set power plant eąuipment, trans­ Largest contracts were for defense formers, electrical eąuipment, $35,- plant facilities’ construction and ex- installation of additional plant fa­ 203.85. pansion. cilities and eąuipment at the com­ General Electric Supply Corp., Washing­ pany^ plant at Worcester at esti­ ton, cables and lamps, electric hot W ar department reported award p la tes, S8089.60. of a $7,255,000 contract to the M uni­ mated cost of $1,362,618; General Motors Sales Corp., Delco Appli- tions Mfg. Corp., Poughkeepsie, N. Willys-Overland Motors Inc., To­ ance division, New York, delco condi- Y„ a subsidiary of International ledo, O., a c ą u isitio n and in sta lla ­ tionair units, $9864. tion of special additional eąuipment Gulf Coast Well & Pump Co., Mobile, Business Machines Corp., for air­ Ala., deep-well pump, Brookley fleld, craft cannon. Of the total, $4,000.- and facilities for production of ord­ Mobile, Ala., $1050. 000 is for purchase, in government’s nance eąuipment at estimated cost Hardman, Dwight H., Alton, Kans., con­ struction of air nayigatlon facilities, name, of machinery and eąuipment not to exceed $427,900. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago, La Junta airport, La Junta, Col., $58,- reąuired. Eąuipment will be avail- 919. able to Munitions Mfg. Corp. on a was awarded a $4,565,000 contract Harris Seybold Potter Co., Cleyeland, by the Navy department for pro- lith o g ra p h ic p resses, $80,600. rental basis. pelling machinery for 11 submarine Ileafey-Moore Co. and Fredrickson & Chase Brass & Copper Co. Inc., Watson Construction Co., Oakland, chasers. Unit price was set at $415,- Waterbury, Conn., received from the Calif., remoyal of existlng Ft. Scott torpedo wharf and boathouse and W ar department a $16,000,000 award 000. War department last week re­ construction of reinforced concrete for expansion of ammunition brass abutment and wharf, Ft. Scott, Cali­ and cartridge case manufacturing ported the following: fornia, $107,685.40. Homelite Corp., Port Chester, N. Y„ facilities at Cleveland. Corps of Engineers Awards portable generators, $1944. Letters of intent, the W ar depart­ Albert & Dayidson Pipe Corp., Brooklyn, Hussman-Ligonier Co., St. Louis, refrig- ment reports, have been accepted N. Y., drive pipes, $7719.75. prntnrę Ingersoll-Rand Ćo., Painted Post, N. Y.. by Fisher Body division of General Albina Engine & Machinę Works Inc.. Portland, Oreg., repairing U. S. dredge air compressor spare parts, $1460. Joh n son M otors, W au k e g an , 111., o u t­ Motors Corp., Detroit, and Ford M o­ P a c if ic , $10,337. tor Co., Detroit. Former, accept- Allmetals Welding & Mfg. Co., Balti­ board motors and spare parts, $52,- ing letter of intent totaling $6,875,- more, metal stools, $1213.12. 656.33. American Chain & Cable Co. Inc., \ork, Klaine, F. A., Co., Cincinnati, ranges, 000, will expand its Memphis, Tenn., Pa., washers, $553. $2846.72. plant for manufacture of bombing Barrett-Cravens Co., Chicago, electric Labs, Bart, Belleyille, N. J., m:rror molds, piane parts for the government air­ elevator, $1189.75. $26,400. Bianchi, Carlo, & Co. Inc., Framingham, Lake Union Dry Dock & Machinę Works, plane plant at Kansas City. Ford Mass., water supply and sewerage sys­ Seattle, repairing U. S. survey ship Motor Co.’s letter of intent, for tems for air corps cantonment, Bangor J. B. C a v a n a u g h , $8618.50. $10,988,692, provides for an emer­ airport, Maine, $199,643. Lanston Monotype Machinę Co., Phila­ Black & Decker Mfg. Co., Towson, Md., delphia, machinę, $1405. gency facilities type plant at the air­ to o ls, $846.30. Leeds & Northrup Co., Philadelphia, au­ plane parts plant, Ypsilanti, Mich. Blackhawk Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, hydrau­ tomatic freąuency and load control Parts for the Consolidated B-240 lic ram, $656.70. eąuipment for Bonneville powerhouse, Bonneville dam, Oregon,, $10,625. heavy bomber will be fabricated, Blakeslee, G. S., & Co., Chicago, dish- washing machines, $7360.45. Lighting Fixture & Electric Supply Co. to be assembled at Consolidated’s Bonnie Forge & Tool Works, Allentown, Inc., New Orleans, electric cable for Ft. Worth, Tex., plant. Pa., tool sets, $897.50. Brookley fleld, Mobile, Ala., $6105.13. Bruning, Charles, Co. Inc.. New York, Link Belt Co., Philadelphia, bioflltration Yultee Receives A ircraft A w ard drafting supplies, $1828.60. plant and eąuipment for sewage dis­ Buda Co., Harvey, 111., earth augers, posal plant, Drew' fleld, Tampa, Fla., Vultee Aircraft Inc., Nashville, $89,896.80. $12,810. Tenn., received from the W ar de­ Buesching Bros. Construction Co., Ft. Marra & Son Construction Co., Bryan, O., water mains, U. S. Army air corps partment a $3,735,890 award for Wayne, Ind., sewage treatment plant, Scott fleld, Illinois, $141,795. cantonment, Ft. Wayne airport, Ft. airplanes, to be powered with Ly- Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, 111., gen­ Wayne, Ind., $21,110. coming engines. erating sets, $5835.40. Meli-Blumberg Corp., New Holstein, Wis., tra ile rs, $27,920. J. A. Jones Construction Co., Central Construction Co., Lawrence, Mass., water supply and sewerage sys­ Moesehl-Edwards Corrugating Co., Cov- C harlotte, N . C., contracted to con- tems, air corps cantonment, Manches­ ington, Ky., steel door and bronze struct a 1000-man reception center ter airport, Manchester, N. H., $135,- grille , $603. Paving Supply & Eąuipment Co., Wash­ and additional housing and hospital 351.50. Cleveland Drill Co.. Cleyeland, drills, ington, raił driving machines, $8977. facilities for the arm y at Camp Shel­ $542.64 Robbtns & Myers Inc., Springfleld, O., by, M ississip p i. E stim a te d cost, $1,- Cleyeland Trencher Co., Cleyeland, trench propeller fans, $1020. 431,853. dlggers, $5475. Rogers Bros. Corp., Albion, Pa., trailers, Climax Engineering Co., Chicago, fur- $5525. Perilliat-Rickey Construction Co. nishing gasoline-electric standby unit, Standard Pressed Steel Co., Jenkintown, Inc., New Orleans; Barber Bros. Youghiogheny dam, Confluence, Pa., Pa., benches, S720.20. Contracting Co. Inc., and Barber $4147. Utah Construction Co., Ogden, Utah, and Bros. Co., both of Baton Rouge, La., Coffing Hoist Co., Danyille, 111., Chain Morrison-Knudsen Co. Inc., Boise, hoist, $1625.40. Idaho, Norfork dam, North Fork river, i-eceived a $1,441,340 contract from Consolidated Steel Warehouse Co., Phila­ near Norfork, Ark., $10,778,726. the W ar department for construc­ delphia, steel, $4119.35. Vallas, Lionel, Chicago, metal doors. tion of a temporary air corps can- Coupe, A. L., Construction Co., Louisville, $3893.07. Ky., air corps hangar and boiler house, tonment at East Baton Rouge parish Bowman fleld, Kentucky, $88,250. Wallace & Tiernan Co. Inc., Newark, airport, Louisiana. Danes-Dancker Lane Inc., New York, N. J., chlorinator for sewage disposal plant, Drew fleld, Tampa, Fla., $2160. Navy department entered into con­ O ffic e chairs and desks, S11,7S7. Wattson, R. A., Co., Los Angeles, elec- tracts for plant expansion with the Dickie Construction Co.. St. Louis, tem­

/ T E E Ł 42 trical distribution system and appur- Neale Mfg. Co., Topeka, Kans.. cable Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baldwin- tenant facilities, Muroc bomblng rangę, lashing machines and wire lashing S o u lh w a rk d iyisio n , Philadelphia, Muroc Lake, Californla, 523.1S8.56. coils, $1042.50. pumps, $1065. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Port- Radio Receptor Co. Inc., New York, ther- Barber-Colman Co., Machinę & Smali rand, Oreg., lightning arrestors, Bon- m o stats, $4930.20. T o ol d iyisio n , R o ck fo rd , 111., hobs, neville powerhouse, Bonneville, Oreg., R.C.A. Mfg. Co. Inc., Camden, N. J., form cutters, reamers, $5331.56. $7245. rheostats, $875. Barbour Stockwell Co., Cambridge, Mass., White, David, Co. Inc., Milwaukee, fur- Rolins Co., New York, bars, $1338.40. tachometers, automotive eąuipment, nishing transits, $2310. United Transformer Corp., New York, $4581.54. Williams, J. H„ & Co., New York, coils, $17,000. Barker Tool, Die & Gauge Co., Detroit, clamps, $688.32. Weller, Edward W., New York. pipe bend. gages, $1120. Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., $3248. Barwood & Co., Philadelphia, gages, Holyoke, Mass., air compressor, $2029. Weinstein, S., Supply Co., New York, 51470. Yeomans Bros. Co., Chicago, pumping w ren ches, $886.29. B a u sch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, units. etc., for sewage treatment plant, N. Y., fire control eąuipment, $11,147.50. MacDili ileld, Tampa, Fla„ $49S2. Quartermaster Corps Awards Bendix Ayiation Corp., Scintilla Mag­ Zara Contracting Co. Inc., Hewlett, L. I„ neto diyision, Sidney, N. Y., parts for A n d erson Rowe, San Francisco, con­ N. Y., construction of airport exten- & light tanks, $3635.33. sion, Tri-Cities airport, Endicott, N. Y„ struction of two concrete storage reser- Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Air 581,650. voirs and water distribution system, Brake Co., Pittsburgh, valves, $42,- Fts. Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite, Cali- 355.50. Medlcal Corps Awards fo rn ia, $90,742. Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor Construction Co., Ann Arbor, rails and splice bars for railroad aluminum sheets, $5480.20. Mich., at Ft. Custer, Michigan, con­ tracks, steel, artillery materiel, carbon Cahn, A. L., & Sons Inc., New York, tray struction of a theatre and the altera- steel, $43,417.48. service trucks, $5775. tion of a theatre, $59,900. Bishop, J., & Co., Malvern, Pa., steel tub­ Doehler Metal Furniture Co. Inc., New Eąuitable Eąuipment Co. Inc., New Or- ing, $1794.58. York, steel dressers, tables and chairs, leans, a ll w eld ed steel tu g, $296,000. B la k e slee , G. S., & Co., Cicero, 111., w a s h - $52,690. Excelsior Hardware Co., Stamford, ing machines, $15,825. Lansing Co. of Delaware, New York, Conn., repair parts for trunk lockc-rs, B liss & Laughlin Inc., Haryey, Ili,, man­ tra ile rs, $22,970. $7500. ganese steel, $6522.10. Parkell Engineering Co., New York, mo­ Fargo Motor Co., Detroit, chassis, 5710.81. Braeburn Alloy Steel Corp., Braeburn, tor generator sets, $11,361.50 Griswold Mfg. Co., Erie, Pa., meat and Pa., steel, $1272.34. Service Caster & Truck Co., Albion, Mich., food choppers, $560. Bridgeport Brass Co., Bridgeport, Conn., trailer trucks, $16,701. H aines & Haines, Dowagiac, Mich., at artillery ammunition and materiel, Southern Eąuipment Co., St. Louis, tray Ft. Custer, Michigan, (Kellogg airport) $53,812.50 service trucks, $48,235. construction and completion of sewage Brown & Sharpc Mfg. Co., Proyidence, Superior Sleeprite Corp., Chicago, hos­ pumping stations, force mains and R. I., miiis, grindeis, pumps, milling pital beds, $79,918. grayity lines, $11,290. machinę, $15,898. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., East Indian Motorcycle Co., Springlleld, Mass., Budd Wheel Co., Detroit, brake drums Pittsburgh, Pa., electric refrlgerators, solo m o to rcycles, $86,422.38. and assemblies, $3212.80. ^ X-ray equipment, $119,748.26. Manning Maxwell & Moore Inc., Jersey Bullard Co. Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., parts X-Ray Mfg. Corp. of America, New York, City, N. J., component parts for manu­ for machinę, $1980. dental X-ray machines, $35,100. facture of trunk lockers, $1130.07. Bunting Brass & Bronze Co., Toledo, O., Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Marsh, James P., Corp., Chicago, gages, bushlngs, $1531.20. tractors and platform trucks, $21,- $2740. Cape Ann Tool Cc., Pigeon Cove, Mass., 262.99. Presto Gas Mfg. Co., Chicago, compo­ steel drop forgings, $1260. nent parts, eąuipment, accessories and Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Chicago, Air Corps Awards u ten sils fo r ran ges, $38,020.20. steel bars, chrome Steel, $12,738.13. Aluminum Co., of America, Pittsburgh, Shepard Niies Crane & Hoist Corp., Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa„ steel aluminum, $283,970.81. Philadelphia, Jib cranes, 5107,492. rods, 560,110.94. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Detroit, Watson Automotive Co., Washington, Chase Brass & Copper Co. Inc., Water­ riveters, $107,220. semi-trailers, $216,133.68. bury, Conn., artillery materiel, brass Crouse-Hinds Co„ Syracuse, N. Y„ lamp rod, retainers, S90,929.32. assemblies, $37,186.80. Ordnance Department Awards Chisholm-Moore Hoist Corp., Tonawanda, Curtlss-Wright Corp., Curtiss Aeroplane N. Y., portable hoists, $1212.37. diyision, Buffalo, airplane maintenance Abel, Robert, Inc. Boston, cranes, hoists, Cleyeland Automatic Machinę Co., Cleye­ parts, $462,382.45. $12,977. land, tools, $1016. Dietzgen, Eugene, Co., Chicago, com- Advance Pressure Castings Inc., Brook­ Cleyeland Container Co., Philadelphia, passes, $105,125. lyn, N. Y „ a rtille ry am m un ition , $8880. artillery ammunition, $80,118.38. Keuffel & Esser Co., Hoboken, N. J., Com­ Aerial Machinę & Tool Corp., New York, Cleyeland Twist Drill Co., Cleyeland, puter assemblies, $64,206. seamless steel tubing, trigger motor drills. tools, $7376.20. Kidde, Walter, & Co. Inc., New York. units, 532,066. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hart­ tire extinguishers, $35,921.34. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp., Water- ford, Conn., artillery materiel, $2,734,- Klng-Seeley Corp., Ann Arbor, Mich., air vliet, N. Y „ steel rods, $225,595.08. 998.46. vapor eliminators and valves, $101,660. Alton Iron Works Inc., Pittsburgh, steel, Concrete Steel Co„ New York, smali arms Longines Wittnauer Watch Co. Inc., New $1526.72. materiel, 56759.37. York, clock assemblies, $44,994.95. Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, Continental Machines Inc., Minneapolis, Machinery & Specialties Inc., Dayton, O., aluminum alloy ingots and rods, alumi­ machines, $1350. power hack saws, $24,140. num and strip, $107,197.24. Continental Motors Corp., Muskegon, North American Aviation Inc., Ingle- American Air Filter Co. Inc., Louisyille, Mich., automotive parts, $46,592."K. wood, Calif., maintenance parts for Ky., dynamie precipitator, $1058. County Supply Co., Plainfield, N. J„ airplanes. $152,615. American Brass Co., Kenosha, Wis., hardware, 58197.09. Racine Tool & Machinę Co., Racine, Wis., b ra ss rod, $3842. Crafts, Arthur A.. Co. Inc., Boston, gages, Power hack saws, $28,842. American Emery Wheel Works, Proyi­ $1250. Republic Aviation Corp., Farmingdale, dence, R. I., wheels, $1166.77. Crucible Steel Co. of America, New York. L. I., N. Y., maintenance parts for air­ American Locomotive Co., Schenectady, alloy steel tube forgings, Steel, 515,- planes, $625,288.50. N. Y., steel forgings, $1394. 693.13. Unlyersal Building Products Corp., Dal­ American Machinę & Metals Inc., Riehl Culbert Pipe & Fittings Co., Reading, las, Tex., field maintenance shelters, d ivision , E ast M oline, 111., stre ss-stra ln Pa„ gate valves, $2104.12. $727,650. rccorder, 51496. Cummings Machinę Works, Boston, flx- Wright Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, American Monorail Co„ Philadelphia, tures, 535,700. N. J., maintenance parts for engines, tractors, $1980. Dana Tool-D Nast Machinę Co., Phila­ 5402.125.80. American Steel & Wire Co. of N. J., Bos­ delphia, reamers, 51090.32. ton, Steel, $34,675.26. Denman & Davis, North Bergen, N. J„ SIgnal Corps Awards Ampco Twist Drill Co., Jackson, Mich., steel bars, 51272.28. Detroit Broach Co. Inc., Detroit, broaches, American Automatic Electric Sales Co., d rills, S1016.82. Chicago, eąuipment 51336.70. Apex Tool & Cutter Co. Inc., Shelton, 53268.50. Conn., face milling cutter arbors, Deveau, C. O.. Machinę Tool Co., Charles- Boehme, H. O., Inc., New York, miscel­ town, Mass., gages, $3034. laneous eąuipment, $777.56. cutters, steel bits and blades, $10,690. Doehler Die Casting Co., Pottslown, Pa., Cardwell, Allen D., Mfg. Corp., Brook­ Arrow Tool & Reamer Co., Detroit, steel, artillery ammunition, $7189.60. lyn, N, Y„ antenna, $725. $1787.50. Cornelius, H. M„ Co., New York, pipe Atlas-Ansonia Co., New Haven, Conn., Du Mont, Allen B., Laboratories Inc., strap, bridle rings, etc., $1610.50. m etal p a rts fo r fu ses, $59,400. P a ssa ic. N. J., tim ers, $2800. Federal Stamping & Enginee-ing Corp., Automatic Die & Products Co., Clevc- Duro Metal Product Co., Chicago, hard- , Brooklyn, N. Y„ plugs, $2750. land, ilxtures, $3287. ware-extensions, $8560.11. Graybar Electric Co., Chicago, wire, B. G. Corp., New York, spark plugs, $17.227. Eastern Tool & Mfg. Co., Bloomfleld, $1357.25. N. J., wires, 51909.05. Joslyn Co., New York, augers, rings, Baird Machinę Co., Stratford, Conn., $5807.50. tumblers and eąuipment, $3381. Electric Products Co., Cleyeland, battery

March 31, 1941 43 charger, $1456.50. PURCHASES UNDER Eillott-Lewis Electric&l Co. Inc., Phila­ delphia, lightlng flxtures, $756.08. El well, H. E„ Iron Works, Springfleld, (Week Ended March 15) Mass., structural steel, §9407. Emeis Electrical Service, Davenport, Iowa, shafts, gears, $1621.80. iron and Steel Products Commodlty Amount Englewood Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.. N„ts $18,638.97 Chicago, ells, tees, $4100. Air Associates Inc., Bendix, N. J...... s h a c k le s 49,840.60 Ex-Cell-0 Corp., Detroit, tools, $11,423.75. A m erican C h a in & C a b le Co. Inc., Y o , ...... Ropes, J a ck s ta y s, Federal Products Corp., Providence, K. 1., American Steel & Wire Co., Cleveland ...... p en d an ts 238,300.98 gages, $1090. _ . Parts for boilers 103,573.48 Federal Tool Corp., Chicago, gages, $2413. Babcock & VVilcox Co., San Francisco ...... flttings 71,740.00 Fischer, Charles, Spring Co., Brooklyn, Baldt Anchor Chain & Forae Corp., Chester, Pa ...... structural steel, steel 33,840.44 N. Y., tachometer parts, $1092.75. Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa ...... s tr a d d le sta n d s 35,800.00 Fox Munitions Corp., Philadelphia, gages, Blickman, S., Inc., Weehawken, N...... steam tables, $25,494.90. Brown, Emil, & Co., L o s A n g e le s ...... * ...... cabinets 17,803.50 Froehlich, S., Co. Inc., New York, flre otppi 35,689.89 control eąuipment, $2656.76. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Pittsburgh ...... ^ sleeves 12,015.00 G. M. Mfg. Co., New York, thermometers. Consolidated Supply Co., Portland, O ...... C a n iste r p a rts 47,260.00 $1460. C o n tin en tal C an Co. Inc., N ew Y o rk ...... V a lv e s 111,989.90 Gale, B. R., Co., Boston, exhaust system, C ran e Co., C h ica g o ...... ctep l 35,748.72 $2760. Crucible Steel Co. of America, New York ...... 19,650.00 General Electric Co., Sehenectady, N. Y., Dana Tool D Nast Machinery Co philadelphia...... ViS|S 54,821.25 equipment for motor feeders, volt- D u p lex M fg. Corp., S h erm an , N. Y ...... p r a c tic e bom bs 12,300.00 meters, $8941. Edwards Mfg. Co., Cincinnati ...... Motor maintenance Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., Springlleld, Fairmount Tool & Forging Co., Cleveland ...... ■ eq u ipm en t 23,956.00 Mass., smali arms materiel, $96,271.04. Plate screws, pins 10,717.68 Goepfert & Buck, New York, hardware, Federal Screw Works, Detroit ...... elb o w s, $1717.47. Flagg, Stanley G., & Co. Inc., Philadelphia ...... flttings 109,438.41 Gould-Mersereau Co. Inc., New York, ctnni ronduit 11,994.30 G r a y b a r Electric.Co., Knoxville, Tenn...... S ie e ^ 28,750.00 brass bolts, $10,600. Grainger-Rush Co., Boston, c a b 1 e , Hamilton Metal Products Co., Hamilton, O ...... H a rd w a re 28,746.50 $1751.52. H an ssen ’s, L o u is, Sons, D a ven p o rt, I o w a ...... H an d gre n a d e fu s e s 267,376.20 Graton & Knight Co., Worcester, Mass., Kilgore Mfg. Co., Westerville, O...... Boiler, accessorles 162,901.00 lire control eąuipment, $1872. Kuljian, H. A., & C'o., P h ila d e lp h ia ...... C h ain s, flttin g s 279,859.30 Graybar Electric Co., New York, am- M cK a y Co., P ittsb u rg h ...... N.ik 14,282.2a meters, conduit, $5119.48. Marshall-Newell Supply Co., San Francisco ...... F a b ric a te d steel 11,344.45 Greene-Wolf Co. Inc., Chester, Pa., steel Merrell, O. W., Supply Co., Columbus, O ...... F o rg in g s 22,456.07 welding pipe, $13,282.11. Midvale Co., philadelphia ...... IrQn pipe flttin g s 51,967.00 Haarmann Steel Co., Holyoke, Mass., Noland Co. Inc., Washington ...... F u se bodies, structural steel, $17,995. Norwalk Lock Co., South Norwalk, Conn ...... r p lu n g e rs 30.454.50 Hadley Special Tool Co. Inc., Boston, shaving tools, $8945.53. 0 1iv e r Iron & S te el Corp., P h ila d e lp h ia ...... A in fr a ft flttin g s 10,299.55 Hanson-Whitney Machinę Co., Hartford, P a r k e r A p p iian ce Co., C le v e la n d ...... p o r ta b le ste e l b en ts 17,909.17 Conn., cutters, $1211. Patent Scaffolding Co. Inc., Philadelphia ...... Screw drivers H.370.00 Hanssen’s, Louis, Sons, Davenport, Iowa, Patterson Tool & Supply Co., Dayton, O...... Anchor bolts 126,295.50 h ard w are, $30,499.40. Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt Corp., Pittsburgh ...... s tr u c tu r a l steel 17,250.00 Heppenstall Co., Bridgeport, Conn., Steel, Poole & M cG onigle, P o rtlan d , O re g ...... B u c k ets, ca n s 12 ,6J;n'or $2112. Reeves' Steel & Mfg. Co., Dover, O ...... N u ts, pipe 147,42n'-in H erb ach & Rademan Inc., Philadelphia, Republic Steel Corp., Cleveland ...... ^ i r e ro pe l? .050-^ flre control eąuipment, $9305.71. R o eb lin g 's, John A., Son s Co., I re n to n , N . J ...... c?teel b a rs 10,144.89 Hlll Acme Co., Aeme Machinery diyision, Rustless Iron & Steel Corp., Baltim ore ...... Chain hóists 40,4nn nn Cleveland, tools, $2340. Seattle Hardware Co., Seattle ...... Qas ranges 23i,000.00 Hole Engineering Service, Detroit, drill- Sunray Stove Co., Delaware, O...... p ra c tic e bom bs 54,:360.00 ing machines, reaming machines, $8814. Superior Metal Products Co., St. Paul ...... practice bombs 119,700.00 Hunter Pressed Steel Co., Lansdale, Pa., Thermador Electric Mfg. Co., Los Angeles ...... steel, Steel tubing 25,110.75 springs, $1318.68. Timken Roller Bearing Co., Canton, O ...... p r a c t iCe b om bs 57,:350.00 Illinois Gage Co., Chicago, gages, $1425. Union Metal Mfg. Co., Canton, O...... steel chests Industrial Engineering Eąuipment Co., Union Steel Chest Corp., Le Roy, N. Y. .._.... • •• picket fence 2i.657.30 Davenport, Iowa, eąuipment, $1725. United iron & Bronze Works Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y ...... p r a c tice bom bs 286,960.00 Ingersoll Mllling Machinę Co., Rockford. Wall, P., Mfg. Supply Co., Pittsburgh ...... C o rru g a te d ca n s 44,855.00 Wheeling Corrugating Co., Wheeling, W. V a ...... gheet s eel 17.309A4 Iii., cutters, $184S. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstown, O ...... b heet Interior Steel Eąuipment Co., Washing­ ton, steel lockers, $1788. Nonferrous Metals and Alloys International Engineering Works Inc., Framingham, Mass., artillery matc- riel, $9750. A lu m in u m Co. o f A m e rica, P itts b u rg h ...... R 'm in u m a llo y s l 70’? ? I'r- International Harvester Co. Inc., Daven- „ pnnnpr a llo y sh e e ts 2o,54<..ba port, Iowa, spare p"arts for tractois, \merican Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn ...... B r a ^ tu b in g *26,048.90 $13,869.90. Chase Brass & Copper Co. Inc., New York ...... “ he" 14HSnn Elgin National Watch Co., Elgm, ...... Fire extinguishers 12,49-00 Interstate Mechanical Laboratories, New F y r - F y te r Co., D ayto n , O. • • ■ • • ‘ V ...... N ick e l-co p p e r Q1 York, dies, $S640. In te rn a tio n a l N ic k e l Co. Inc., N ew Y o rk ...... a llo y , sh e e ts * i , 537,297.81 Johnson, Claffin Corp., Marlboro, Mass., gages, $1045.45. Jelliff, C. O., Mfg. Corp., Southport, Conn ...... g n e s i u m ° l0th Jones & Lamson Machinę Co., Spring­ M ag n a M fg. Co. Inc., N ew Y o rk ...... • •• ...... Tri^ęhliuhts 39,014.98 fleld, Vt., parts for lathes, tools, Niagara Searchlight Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y ...... F le x ib ie tu b in g 10,263.66 $2237.20. Titeflex Metal Hose Co., Newark, N...... Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, steel, $4318.15. Machinery and Other Eąuipment Judd, H. L„ Co„ New York, brass thumb §10 925.00 nuts, $19,500. Adyance Pressure Castings Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y...... B o o ster -^OSO-OO Kent Machinę Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Air A gages, 53760. New England Auto Products Corp., Pottstown, Pa ...... Universal joints 38,210.91 Precision Mfg. Co., Phiiadelphia, gages, Northern Pump Co., Minneapolis ...... Pum ps 39,884.00 55771. O lym plc F o u n d ry Co., S e a ttle ...... W eld in g sla b s 33,900.00 Prentiss, Henry, & Co. Inc., New York, Orton Crane & Shovei Co., Chicago ...... Hammerhead punch press, 51613. cran es 238,824.00 Proctor & Schwartz Inc., Philadelphia. Parker Appliance Co., Cleyeland ...... T u b e benders 31,590.00 drying machines, 53945. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp., Glassport, Pa ...... R a c k ca stin g s 67,500.00 Producto Machinę Co., Bridgeport, Conn., Prosperity Co. Inc., Syracuse, N. Y ...... L a u n d ry eąu ip m en t 369,676.4d tools, 511,332.80. Read M ach in ery Co Inc., Y o rk , P a ...... P reh eaters 74,227.20 Putnam Tool Co., Detroit, cutting tools, Rheem M fg. Co., L o s A n g e le s ...... F u rn aces 140,062.50 511,753.44. Round O ak Co., D o w a g ia c, M ich ...... F u rn aces 13,29o.3b R. & M. Mfg. Co., Royal Oak, Mich., St. Joe M ach in es Inc., S t. Joseph, M ich ...... W ashers, presses 91,597.00 gages, 51083.60. Sipp E astw o o d Corp., P a terso n , N. J ...... D rillin g m ach in es 24,37o.00 Reliable Tool Co., Iryington, N. J„ flx- S tar Iron & S te el Co., T aco m a, W a sh ...... C ran es 238,500.00 tures, 54372. Stokes, F. J„ Machinę Co., Philadelphia ...... Pelleting presses 196,9o0.00 Remington Rand Inc., Boston, swivel Sw enson E y a p o ra to r Co., H a ry e y , 111...... E y a p o ra to rs 15,500.00 chairs, $2231.87. Timken-Detroit Axle Co., Detroit ...... A x le and hub assemblies, Republic Steel Corp., Cleyeland, steel parts for tanks 111,791.44 bars, corroslon-resisting steel, steel, 568,351.14. Trent, H arold E., Co., P h ila d e lp h ia ...... R ed u cin g k e ttle s 17,815.00 Reyere Copper & Brass Inc., Baltimore, T un gsten E le ctric Corp., U nion C ity, N. J ...... C arb id e b la n k s 38,250.00 brass, 521,692. U. S. H offm an M ach in ery Corp., N ew Y o r k ...... t au«nc!r1y To o o tn n Rlyerslde Metal Co., RIverslde, N. J„ Victor Eąuipment Co., San Francisco ...... Portable welding kits 12,22o.00 nickel siiyer strip, 53892.95. Vinco Corp., Detroit ...... G a g es 11,748.95 Robinson Mfg. Co., Muncy, Pa., screen- W estern G ea r W o rk s, S e a ttle ...... W in ches 44,460.00 lng machines, $17,745. W heeler, C. H., M fg. Co., P h ila d e lp h ia ...... Condenser a u x ilia rie s 23,7o0.00 Rustless Iron & Steel Corp., Baltimore, steel, $1836.41. W iedem ann M ach in ę Co., P h ila d e lp h ia ...... G ages Scoylll Mfg. Co., A. Schradei^s Son divl- W illis, E. J. Co N e w Y o r k ...... B il8e Pum Ps 24,500.00 slon, Brooklyn, N. Y. tire gages, W olf Co., C h am b ersb u rg, P a ...... C a rtrid g e assem - 272 77g60 $2593.75. Seeley Tube & Box Co., Newark, N. J., Young, H. G. W ., Co., B oston ...... S licin g m ach in es 34,758.7d artillery ammunition, 584,410. Sellers, William, & Co. Inc., Philadelphia, •Estimated. grinders, $1792. Sheffield Gage Corp., Dayton, O., gages, $5973.08. Sherman Engineering Co., Philadelphia,

45 March 31, 1941 & Sons diyision, Baltimore, thermom- vaeuum pump units, $6600. Structural Steel Use eters, indicators, and temperature ele- Shipley, W. E., Machinery Co., Philadel­ phia, turning machines, oil extractors, ments, $7060. Restricted in Canada Carroll Chain Co., Columbus, O., chains 513,354. Snap-On Tools Corp., Kenosha, Wis., and flttings, $40,690.60. C h ica g o M etal H ose Corp., M ayw o o d . 111., TORONTO, ONT. wrenches and handles, compressor H Restrictions eonfining use ot wrenches, spark pług sockets, $8662.62. steel hose, $5020.08. Crucible Steel Co. of America, New Someryille, Thomas, _Co„ Washington, structural steel to goyernment war York, round bar steel, $26,312. washfountains, 51155. projects and industrial plants en­ Euclid Crane & Hoist Co., Euclid, O., Sperry Gyroseope Co. Inc., Brooklyn, electric hoists, $178,795. gaged in war work were enacted N "y ., flre control eąuipment, §1250. Foster Wheeler Corp., New York, dis- Springfleld Gas Light Co., Springfleld, last week by H. D. Scully, Canadi­ tilling units and spare parts, $355,- Mass., installation ol gas pipe, $12o0. an steel controller. Spokesmen Standard Gage Co. Inc., Poughkeepsie, 510.80. G a rd n e r-D en y e r Co., Q u in cy, 111., a ir com - claim this new policy will make N. Y., gages, 51176. more steel ayailable lor war needs Standard Pressed Steei Co., Jenkintown, pressor, $13,832. General Motors Corp., Cleyeland Diesel and will result in post-war con­ Pa., tables, $4432. Engine diyision, Cleyeland, engines, Stedfast & Roulston Inc., Boston, auto- struction on a far greater scalę $27,290.11. matlc machines, 511,170. Jenklns Bros., Bridgeport, Conn., llood- than might otherwise be the case. Stokes, F. J., Machinę Co., Philadelphia, ing angle valves, $212,180,60. rotary presses, $3650. Thus demand for steel will be pres­ Kidde, W alter, & Co. Inc., New York, oxy- Sturteyant, B. F„ Co., Camden, N. J., ent after war needs have been ex- gen cylinders, $424,653.78. y e n tila tin g sy ste m , $8400. Mosler Safe Co., Hamilton, O., burgiar- hausted. Swind Machinery Co., Philadelphia, hack resisting safes, $41,980. Steel Co. of Canada Ltd., Hamil­ saws, $1148.50. Motley, James M., & Co. Inc., New York, Taft Peirce Mfg. Co., Woonsocket, R. L, bolt heading and forging machines, ton, Ont., has completed and put gages, $3240.17. threading machines, $18,724. into operation its 110-inch plate Talon Inc., Meadville, Pa., gages, 55802. Norris Stamping & Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, mili, installed at cost of $4,700,C00. Thurston Mfg. Co., Proyidence, R. I., aluminum cartridge containers, $1,336,- cutting tools, 53642.20. New mili will roli plate to 100 580 Timken Detroit Axle Co., Detroit, shield Pollak Mfg. Co., Ariington, N. J., alu­ inches wide by 6 inches thick. Rated plates, tank parts, $53,372.46. minum cartridge containers, $210,140. capacity is 180,000 tons per year. Timken Roller Bearing Co., Steel & Tube R.C.A. Mfg. Co. Inc., Camden, N. J-, dis­ Output in early months of opera­ diyision, Canton, O., Steel, $12,390.11. tribution system, radio broadcast re- Tinius Olsen Testing Machinę Co., Phila­ ceiying antenna, motion picture eąuip­ tion is expected to be at about one- delphia, machines, 51000, ment, $34,263.36. third rated capacity, partly due to Titeflex Metal Hose Co., Newark, N. .1.. Reynolds Metals Co., Louisyille, Ky., alu­ restricted steel supply. Increase tubing, $10,263.66. minum alloy pipe, $6613.12. Toledo Scalę Co., Philadelphia, gages, Sandy Hill Iron & Brass Works, New in rate, it is reported, will occur $1595. York, winches, $390,510. after mid-year, when the new blast Tools & Gages Inc., Cleyeland, gages, Simmons Machinę Tool Corp., Albany, furnace comes into production. $2920. N. Y., oyerhauling and new eąuipment New heat-treating unit being in­ True Alloys Inc., Detroit, hoist castings, for Bridgeford lathe, $23,113. $1008. Sperry Gyroseope Co. Inc., Brooklyn, stalled will enable Steel Co. of Union Twist Drill Co., Athol, Mass., high N. Y. gyro compass eąuipment, $76,686. Canada to roli plate, including speed steel cutters, tools, reamers, Sąuare D Co., Kollsman Instrument di­ armor, for shipbuilding and tank drills, $16,202.10. yision, Elmhurst, N. Y., indicators and United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beyerly, transmitters, $149,715.00. manufacture in the near futurę. Mass., gears, $2203.24. Standard Pressed Steel Co., Jenkintown, Contracts aggregating $11,343,398 Uniyersal-Cyclops Steel Corp., Bridge- Pa., conveyors, engine parts, $12,523.60. were reported by the department Steuart Motor Co., Washington, motor yille, Pa., steel rods, $226,143.41. of munitions and supply for the Veit & Young, Philadelphia, tools, tru c k s , $8272.20. Taylor, S. G., Chain Co., Hammond, Ind., week ended March 12. Orders val- $45,988.50. chains and flttings, 511,733.15. ued at $467,462 were placed with Vinco Corp., Detroit, gages, $6414.70. United Aircraft Corp., Hamilton Standard United States companies. The Vulcan Mold & Iron Co., Latrobe, Pa., propellers diyision, East Hartford, cast iron chill molds, $2127.10. Conn., propeller blade assemblies, a w a rd s: Waterbury Button Co., Waterbury, Conn., $23,268. Munitions: Department of Transport, artillery ammunition, S901S.49. Wallace Supplies Mfg. Co., Chicago, pipe Ottawa, Ont., $125,280; W ar Oftice, Eng- Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machinę bending machinę, $5270. Co., W aterbury, Conn., hoppers, presses, Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., philadelphia, 'a Ordnance: Messrs. Gauthier & Julien, $14,150. electric trucks, $78,204. Portneuf Station, Que., 515,400 Weayer Mfg. Co., Springfleld, 111., artil­ T o o ls: A ir M in istry , E n g la n d , $6000, le ry m ateriel, $4200. Bureau of Yards and Docks Awards British Aeroplane Engines Ltd., Montrea , Weber Machinę Corp., Rochester, N. v„ Barney, W. J.. Corp., New York, exten- ^U^Ia(ftdnery: Williams & Wilson Ltd., gages, $2232. sion to medical supply storehouse and Montreal, 531.990; Canadian Fairbanks- Weil, J. H„ & Co., Philadelphia, tools. garage at naval medical supply depot, M orse Co. L td ., O tta w a , •512,2 S I3 ;j£ $1531.42. Brooklyn, N. Y., on a cost plus tlxed Bliss Co. of Canada Ltd., Toronto, $48,861. Weinstein, S., Supply Co., New York, fe e b asis, $290,000. Electrical eąuipment: British Adn h a rd w a re , $3964.06. Cahlll Bros. and Ben C. Gerwick Inc., altv, England, $11,090; Canada Wire & Welden Tool Co., Cleyeland, tools, San Francisco, mine-handling and Cable Co. Ltd., Montreal, $9585; Cana­ $1095.36. waterfront facilities at nayal ammunl­ dian Marconi Co., Montreal, $8696; Ayla- W estern C a rtrid g e Co., E a s t A lto n , 111., tion depot, Marę Island, Callfornia, tion Electric Ltd., Montreal, $21,151. smali arms ammunition and materiel, SI,250,000 on a cost plus llxed fee Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Ottawa, $97, $3,773,851.05. basis. 222; Canadian General 'Electric Co. Ltd., Ottawa, $20,219: R. C. A. Vlctor Co. Ltd.. White, Howard L„ Brooklyn, N. Y., tools, Elevator Engineering Co., Baltimore, ele- yator at Norfolk Navy yard, Ports- Ottawa, $149,380; Renfrew Electric & $3200. Refrigerator Co. Ltd., Renfrew, Ont.. mouth, Va., $3635. White Motor Co., Cleyeland, automotiye $22 350; Canadian Telephones & Supplies eąuipment, $3629.81. Hershson, Harry, Co. Inc., New York, Ltd., Toronto, $6171; Boston Insulated Whitehead & Kales Co., Riyer Rouge, radio towers at naval air station, Lake- Wire & Cable Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., Mich., trailers, $2220. h u rst, N . J-, $22,250. $7214; Federal Wire & Cable Co. Ltd.. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, K e liv J. J-, Co.( Philadelphia, projectile Guelph, Ont., $7214. steel trolleys, $1299.43. loading plant at nayal ammunition Instruments: Air Ministry, England, depot, Ft. Mifflin, Pennsylyania, $65,- $5760; J. F. Hartz Co. Ltd., Toronto, 285. $7868; Ingram & Bell Ltd., Toronto, Otis Eleyator Co., New York, elevators $8368; Sutton-Horsley Co. Ltd., Toronto, Navy department reported the and dumbwaiters at naval medical $51,750; Dominion Electrohome Indus­ fo llo w in g : center. Washington, $194,444. tries Ltd., Kitchener, Ont., $88,213. Robertson, H. H., Co., Pittsburgh, cellular Land transport: Canadian DuK-N Ot­ Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Awards steel floors for administration build­ ton Co. Ltd., Coaticook, Que., $7445; In­ ternational Haryester Co. of Canada ing at navy yard, Mare Island, Cali- American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., Ltd., Ottawa, $19,180; General Motors copper-nickel-alloy tubing, 535,396.35. fornia, $2S,654. Products of Canada Ltd., Oshawa, ont., American-LaFrance-Foamite Corp.. El­ Winn Senter Construction Co„ Kansas $34,264; Eastern Steel Products Co. Ltd., mira, N. Y., oxygen cylinders. $157,- City, Mo., garage building and seryices Preston, Ont., $52,784; Ford Motor Co. ol 730.76. at naval reserye ayiation base, Kansas Bendix Ayiation Corp.. Julien P. Friez City, Kans., $18,350. (Please turn to Page 1091

/ T I E l 46 Pittsburgh Steamship Co. and 28 Vś -inch vacuum. Kennedy, Michigan state highway Steam will be supplied by two commissioner, was announced by Orders 640-Foot Carriers water tube boilers designed for 450 William S. Knudsen, director gen­ pounds per sąuare inch pressure. erał, Office of Production Manage­ ■ Contract for construction of two Boilers will be fitted with interdeck ment. new ore freighters, largest ever to superheaters, airheaters, water side be built on the Great Lakes, has been “One of the most important walls and coal-fired mechanical awarded to the Great Lakes Engi­ transportation needs at present spreader-type stokers. neering Works, River Rouge, Mieli­ facing transportation agencies is by Pittsburgh Steamship Co., United Fuli automatic combustion control the movement of iron ore from the will be used. States Steel Corp. subsidiary. Superior iron rangę to the lower Auxiliaries and deck machinery The vessels will be 640 feet long lake ports for the production of over all. Keel length will be 614 will be electrically driven. Power steel,” said Mr. Knudsen. “I want feet; beam, 67 feet; depth, 35 feet; will be supplied by two 325-kilowatt to heartily endorse the co-operative maximum loaded draft, 23 feet 10 turbo-generators having the same action of Commissioner Kennedy in inches; loaded speed in deep water, steam conditions as the main unit. meeting the reąuest of the Na­ about 13 miles an hour at maximum tional Advisory Commission in this emergency.” draft; maximum single cargo ca­ Michigan Releases Ferry for pacity, about 17,500 gross tons. Great Lakes shippers anticipate Use as Ice Breaker at Soo Carriers will be single screw, a record movement of iron ore dur­ double reduction gear, turbinę driven To accomplish an earlier open- ing the coming season, estimates vessels. Normal power will be 4000 ing of Great Lakes navigation and generally ranging from 72,000 000 shaft horsepower at 90 revolutions movement of a greater tonnage of to 73,000,000 gross tons. (Steei,, per minutę and maximum power, iron ore to lower lake ports the M a rc h 24, p. 51.) 4400 shaft horsepower at 93 revolu- Michigan State Highway Depart­ tions per minutę. ment has released the ferry Sain te Main drive will be double reduc­ Marie from its regular service to ■ Domestic sales of heat treatinc; tion gear steam turbinę. Steam pres­ permit its use as an ice breaker in furnaces in 1940 numbered 4349 sure will be 400 pounds per square the St. Marys river and the straits units, valued at §22,643,010 compared inch with total steam temperature of Sault Sainte Marie. with 2699 units valued at 810,045,- of 750 degrees Fahr. at the throttle This action, through G. Donald 978 in 1939.

Awarded American Foundrymen’s Association Gold Medals

Charles E. Iloyt Donald J. Reese Max Kuniansky Fred L. Wolf

a American Foundrymen’s Associ­ try and the association through his making him honorary life member. ation, Chicago, last week announced work in the improvement of cupola The awards board, established in its four major Gold Medal awards, melting methods. 1923, consists of the last seven living to be presented at its annual con- The W. H. McFadden medal to past presidents. This year the vention in N e w Y o rk , M a y 12-15. Max Kuniansky, generał manager, board is under the chairmanship of T h e y are; Lynchburg Foundry Co., Lynchburg, Henry S. Washburn, president, The Joseph S. Seaman medal to Va., for outstanding contributions Plainville Casting Co., Plainville, Charles Edgar Hoyt, for his excep- to the gray iron industry and the Conn. Serving with Mr. Washburn tionally outstanding service to the association. are Marshall Post, vice president, industry as manager of the foundry The John A. Penton medal to Fred Birdsboro Steel Foundry & Machinę exhibits since 1903, as secretary and L. Wolf, technical director, Ohio Co., Birdsboro, Pa.; H. Bornstein, treasurer of the association from Brass Co., Mansfield, O., for his out­ director of laboratories, Deere & Co., 1918 through 1936, and as executive standing contributions to the non­ Moline, 111.; James L. W ick Jr., presi­ dent, Falcon Bronze Co., Youngs­ vice president since 1936. ferrous and malleable castings in­ The J. H. Whiting medal to Don­ dustry and the association. town, O.; D. M. Avey, Tulsa, Okla.; ald .1. Reese, engineer, Research and The association also is recognizing Frank J. Lanahan, president, Fort Development Division, International the long continued service and early Pitt Malleable Iron Co., Pittsburgh; Nickel Co., New York, for his out­ pioneering in technical work of T. S. Hammond, president, Whiting Corp., Harvey, Ul. standing contributions to the indus­ Henry M. Lane, Grosse Isle, Mich.,

47 March 31, 1941 F lim sy Pretexts for Strikes

Challenging G overnm ent

fact, when Wendell Willkie was campaign- ■ Out of the murk of untimely and disas- ing for the presidency, he declared that the trous labor discord loom two beacon lights Wagner act was workable and that all that of encouragement. was needed was an unbiased administration One is the fact that the American public o f it. is becoming “fed up” with the greedy tac- Many industrialists, who had first hand tics of union labor. experience in dealing with the W agner act, The other is the evidence that some of remained unconvinced. They felt that a the staunchest and most influential friends law so one-sided in intent is dynamite of labor are disgusted with the present at- subject to detonation at any time. titude of the unions. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

According to the Gallup poll, 68 per cent Current events substantiate their judg- of the public thinks that labor is not aiding ment. A careful survey of the labor dis- production for defense as much as it should. turbances now throttling defense produc­ Asked which is trying harder to assist pro­ tion shows that an overwhelming majority duction— union leaders or industrial execu- of them originates in jurisdictional issues tives— only 10 per cent voted for the labor and not in honest grievances over wages or chiefs, whereas 56 per cent voted for man­ conditions. agem ent. In short, most of the trouble is due to the Senator Norris, long a warm friend of greed of one union to beat its rival to the labor; Senator Thomas, chairman of the lucrative franchise of collecting dues and Senate Labor Committee; and Representa- initiation fees from exploitable employes in tive Ramspeck, for many years a member a given plant. of the House Labor Committee, during the The encouragement to use any tactics— past week have spoken critically of the atti- legał or otherwise— to gain this franchise is tude of union labor in the present crisis. provided by the W agner act.

♦ ♦ ♦ Had we modified that law, as common

This change of heart is significant. Sev- sense so clearly dictated when the Sm ith in- eral years ago when the discriminatory ad­ vestigation committee reported, we would ministration of the W agner act precipitated not be losing production because C. I. O. a congressional investigation, these friends challenges A. F. of L. jurisdiction, or vice of labor in co-operation with President versa. Roosevelt and the administration side- W ill we ever learn to trust experience stepped the public demand for a revision of more and to rely upon fanciful theory less? the labor law by throwing the bulk of the blame upon NLRB. The President jettisoned the most radical element of N LR B and in so doing, said in effect that the Wagner act would work all right if it were administered fairly. This move appeased many critics. In e d i t o r - j n - c h i b f

/ T l E 1 48 The BUSINESS TREND

Influx ol New Demand Extends Order Backlogs

■ UNDERLYING trend of industrial activity con­ inflow of new business, little if any headway has been tinues upward. However, temporary interruptions re­ made against the record breaking backlog of orders sulting from eąuipment breakdowns, labor disturban- accumulated by the close of last year. ces, etc., h a v e tended to le vel out the sh a rp u p w a rd Refiecting the seasonal decline in electric power trend of production. With the completion of numer- consumption and automobile production during the ous expansion programs now underway, activity in week ended March 22, Steel’s index eased 1 .2 p oints many industries should move into new high ground to 13 3 .8 for that period. This compares with the 10 3 .7 over the coming months. level recorded by the index at this time last year. New demand in a number of industries continues In the same week of 1 9 3 7 and 19 2 9 the index stood to exceed output, despite the intensified buying move- at 1 1 3 .1 and 1 1 5 respectively. ment during the closing months of last year and the Revenue freight traffic and steelmaking operations recent determined efforts of manufacturers to restrict during the latest period climbed to the highest levels orders to actual needs. As a result of this steady for the year to date.

ll|l!|li|łl lllllllllll ii|ii|ll|ll !r|!!|!l|!l l|II|iipTirflTpTJTT i|ii|il|ll ll|lł{ll|ll IfjlTJTTfTTmiimiT lrpi|TT[TT■ni TTTTm -TTTTTTTTTTTTT Uli’ 1 I 1 ! 1 1 IIII 130 140 fi/ 135 125 index o f activii y N^V IN ID/UJ ĘTPCI AMrt 1AFTA1 WORKING INDUSTRIES i r /N --1 130 120 B4SED UPON FREIGHT C&R LOŁDING5, ELECTRIC / 1 k / i / / V 125 115 REPORTS) AND STEELWORKS OPERATING RATE 1 11 / 120 IIO AS FOLLOWS: STEEL RATE 40. AND CARIOAD1NGS. / 1 i l\ 115 105 SONAL OR OTHER7R6ND> J 1 / 1 NO ADJUSTMENTS MAOE FOR SEA /V t \ / 110 IOO J 1 \ A1 K \ V. / »f--- f V 1 105 93 v- v^* 1 ' 1 Ik ) KX)t z 90 l<940 UJ UJ \ 1 i 95

8T E E L ’S indeo; of activity declined 1 .2 points to 13 3 .8 in the week ended March 2 2:

Mo. 1933 1932 1931 1930 W eek Data 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 Ended 1941 1940 48.6 54.6 69.1 87.6 Jan. 127.3 114.7 91.1 73.3 102.9 85.9 74.2 58.8 48.2 55.3 75.5 99.2 Jan. 4 ...... 114.5 110.3 Feb. 132.3 105.8 90.8 71.1 106.8 84.3 82.0 73.9 44.5 54.2 80.4 98.6 Jan . 1 1 ...... 128.2 119.2 M arch ...... 104.1 92.6 71.2 114.4 87.7 83.1 78.9 Jan. 1 8 ...... 117.3 83.6 52.4 52.8 81.0 101.7 .. . 130.8 A p rll ...... 102.7 89.8 70.8 116.6 100.8 85.0 Jan . 2 5 ...... 115.4 83.7 63.5 54.8 78.6 101.2 . . . 130.7 M ay ...... 104.6 83.4 67.4 121.7 101.8 81.8 F eb. 1 ...... 132.0 111.6 77.4 80.6 70.3 51.4 72.1 95.8 Ju n e ...... 114 .1 90.9 63.4 109.9 100.3 Feb. 8 ...... 107.2 63.7 77.1 47.1 67.3 79.9 . . 132.7 July . . 102.4 83.5 66.2 110.4 100.1 75.3 F eb. 1 5 ...... 10 5.1 76.7 63.0 74.1 45.0 67.4 85.4 . . . 132.3 A u g ...... 10 1.1 83.9 68.7 110.0 97.1 Feb. 2 2 ...... 105.4 69.7 56.9 68.0 46.5 64.3 83.7 . . 13 1.2 Sept...... 113.5 98.0 72.5 96.8 86.7 M arch 1 ...... 153.0 105.6 56.4 63.1 48.4 59.2 78.8 Oct • 127.8 114.9 83.6 98.1 94.8 77.0 M arch 8...... 133.1 104.7 54.9 52.8 47.5 54.4 71.0 N ov ...... 129.5 116.2 95.9 84.1 106.4 88.1 March 15 . . . . . 135.0 104.9 88.2 58.9 54.0 46.2 51.3 64.3 Dec 126.3 118.9 95.1 74.7 107.6 M arch 22 133.8 103.7 49 M a r c h 3 1 , 1 9 4 1 ,, , r ! i I'" 111" ITT i i i.r i i m m i i i i i i i i i i i u i i i i~ n i i l i " STEEL INGOT OPERATIONS S t e e l I n g o t O p e r iit io u s 100 «*"1 '■** *"" ^ ---- (P er C ent) 90 90 • J W eek ended 1941 J940 1939 1938 k > < 1929 V-.. \ r March 22 . . 99.5 62.5 55.5 35.0 £ 80 j *♦ 80 ^ 1 - V March 15 . . 98.5 62.5 56.5 32.0 \ / 7 0 ^ March 8. .. 97.5 63.5 56.5 30.0 < 70 —V ' ł 29.5 V ___ > m — March 1. .. 96.5 65.5 56.0 { 60 O F eb. 2 2 ___ 94.5 67.0 55.0 30.5 5 60 55.0 31.0 1 LL F eb. 1 5 ----- 96.5 69.0 1940 54.0 30.0 5 0 ° Feb. 8 ----- 97.0 71.0 O 50 * F eb. 1 ___ 97.0 76.5 53.0 31.0 81.5 51.5 33.0 40 § Jan . 2 5 ----- 95.5 | 40 Jan . 1 8 ___ 94.5 84.5 51.5 30.5 Jan . U ----- 93.0 86.0 52.0 29.0 30 £5 51.5 26.0 £ 30 CL Jan . 4 ___ 92.5 86.5 D- — / > Week endctl l!)40 193!) 1938 1937 20 2 0 cot^woMl 1041 - Dec. 28.... 80.0 75.5 40.0 21.0 /T E L V 52.0 23.0 193? 10 D ec. 2 1 ___ 95.0 90.5 10 Dec. 14.... 95.5 92.5 58.0 27.0 1111 1 ! 1 1 ! ! ! I 1 I L.LL ! 1 1 11 i i . !_U_ Dec. 7 ___ 96.5 94.0 61.0 27.0 0 0 JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. UhC.

i i r i i r r : ■■ i r r i i r t i r r T T T-i TH "I | M 1 | 1 II | U 1 1 1 1 1 1 FRFI6HT CAR LOADINGS 1400 Freight Car Loadings 1400 CCIMP1LED 0Y‘KSSOCIATKyi OF AMERJCAJ1 RAltftC>»SS 1300 (1000 Cars) 1300 ^ * % 1700 W eek ended 1941 1940 1939 1938 1200 1 w . 769 619 605 573 ... • -> A , / i i o o g March 22. .. g u o o * 619 595 540 +■ r * 1 March 15 - .. . 759 r 1 V v \ . 742 620 592 557 ł "Y\ 1000^ M arch 8 .. . o 1000 \ 599 553 ___ 1929 ' « o March 1. ... . 757 634 i V t 561 512 -—N -»--*-- 9 00 w F eb . 2 2 ...... 678 595 o 9 0 0 i f \\ F eb . 1 5 ...... 721 608 580 536 to i l 710 627 580 543 k 800 § Feb. 8 ...... § 800 -»— F eb. 1 ...... 714 657 577 565 i 05 i \V 70 0 g J a n . 2 5 ...... 7 1 1 649 594 553 § 7 0 0 / T • J a n . 1 8 ...... 703 646 590 570 0 •v r ___^ V 1940 s 581 —^ 600 H Jan . 1 1 ...... 712 668 587 ? 600 Jan . 4 ...... 614 592 531 552 V ---- , V 500 ł"~ \ W eek ended 1940 1939 1938 1937 5 0 0 COPYRIGHT 19^1 \ N /TEEl 1932 V 457 400 Dec. 28 ... 545 550 500 400 574 460 D ec. 2 1 ...... 700 655 1 1 I M 11 „III- i i i ! 1 LJ_ 1 1 1 606 603 f 1.1_L J ! L MM 1 1 1 1 j I L ..i i i Dec. 1 4 ...... 736 681 MAY JUNE JULY AUG. 5EPT. 001. N0V. DEC 1 ° 1 ° | JAN. FEB. MAR. APR.

, ( T r - r r r 1 1 1 i i l i i l i 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 1 M I 1 1 1 j M 1 f il" 1 1 i " r AiiTriMPiRii f P R n n i i m o N 1400 1400 i ŁSTWATŁD 8YIttBCSEK}RTS Anl<» Production n 1300 : 1300 i 1929 *, • ,1 1700 (1000 Units) 1200 , /■ l » 'H i i i --- v'!’> - 1100 W eek ended 1941 1940 1939 1938 1100 * f v - ~ l ł '■1 March 22. . 124.8 103.4 89.4 56.8 > 1000 ^ 57.6 k IOOO v y f March 15 . . 131.6 105.7 86.7 < r-N 103.6 84.1 57.4 1 ‘""I V Z 9 0 0 o March 8. .. 125.9 941 1940 i Dec. 28. .. . 81.3 89.4 75.2 49.0 /TIE L 100 92.9 67.2 100 D ec. 2 1 ----- 125.3 117 .7 MII "i i i M I I ! LI ! ! t MIL. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 11 i o JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. 5EPI. OCI. N0V. U te. L ----- — i 1 1 1 i r r 7 ITT i 1 1 |-TT 1 1 | 1 1 1 "| 1 1 1 | 1 II 1 1 1" I" t i i 1 1 IT 1 1 1 IT - —/- 2900 Electric Pow er O utput 2900 LLL.CTRIC POWER 0UTPU 1 (Million KWH) COMF TUTE 2800 2800 / 1939 1938 1 2700^ W eek ended 1941 1940 2700 1 M arch 22. 2,S09 2,424 2,199 1,975 r / 26C0“ 2,225 2,018 §2600 M arch 15 . 2,818 2,460 O s / v 2500x M arch 8. . 2,S35 2,464 2,238 2,015 3=7500 /---- V M arch 1 . . 2,826 2,479 2,244 2,036 / / 1, / 2400g Feb. 22. . . 2,820 2,455 2,226 2,031 52400 V / 2,059 23001 Feb. 15. .. 2,810 2,476 2,249 §2300 VV Feb. 8. . . 2,824 2,523 2,268 2,052 > 2200 £ F eb . 1 . . 2,830 2,541 2,287 2,082 £2200 1940 2,830 2,566 2,293 2,099 2100 O Jan. 25. . . O2I00 Jan. IS. .. 2,844 2,572 2,290 2,109 2000z Jan. 11. . . 2,835 2,593 2,270 2 ,115 z2000 Jan. 4. . . 2,705 2,473 2,169 2,140 1900S 1939 1938 1937 S 1900 __ W eek ended 1940 ►*=— 1800§ 2,121 1,998 S 1800 \ Dec. 28. .. 2,623 2,404 — T " ' x / ^ \ 1700 D ec. 21... 2,911 2,641 2,363 2,085 1700 *r^m — %“ Dec. 14. .. 2,S62 2,605 2,333 2,202 / / 1929 1600 1600 /TEEL m 1 1 ii i i 1 1 ! ! I I L 111 111 (IM 1 .LL 1 1 ! 1 1 1 L ! 1 1 1500 1500 MAY JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 50 JAN. FEB.; MAR. APR. JUNE 1 9 3 1 1 9 3 8 1 9 3 9 1 9 4 0 1941 r r m i i i i i i i i i 11 I 11 M 1 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 160 1933 1934 1933 1938 Industrial Production INDUSTRIAL 150 Federal Reserve Board’s Index PRODUCTION INDEX ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL YARIATION 140 (1935-39 - 100) 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 130 J a n ...... 139 122 102 86 116 F e b ...... 14 1 116 101 84 117 120 z M arch . .. 112 101 84 120 LU A p ril ___ 1 1 1 97 82 120 O M ay ...... 115 97 80 12 1 " O * Ju n e ...... 12 1 102 81 119 LU J u ly ...... 121 104 86 120 100 °- A u g ...... 12 1 104 90; 120 S e p t...... 125 113 92 115 O ct...... 129 121 95 107 9 0 N o v ...... 133 124 100 95 D ec...... 138 126 101 87 60 Year Ave 122 108 88 113 1 0 COWPILED BY FEDERAL RESERYE BGABD < 11 I i i I i i 111 11111 11 1111111111111111111111111 111111111111 I ii 10

9 1940 1941 I I | M | I I | I I | M | i l'| 1'i'T'TT All Commodity MODITY WHOLESALE Wholesale Price Index PRICE INDEX “ U. S. Bureau of Labor 1926=100 <1926 = 100) 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 Jan. 80.5 79.4 76.9 80.9 85.9 Z Feb. 80.5 78.7 76.9 79.8 86.3 LU M arch 78.4 76.7 79.7 87.8 O A p ril 78.6 76.2 78.7 88.0 cc M ay 78.4 76.2 78.1 87.4 UJ June 77.5 75.6 78.3 87.2 Cl J u ly 77.7 75.4 78.8 87.9 A u g. 77.4 75.0 78.1 87.5 Sept. 78.0 79.1 78.3 87.4 Oct. 78.7 79.4 77.6 85.4 i94i N ov. 79.6 79.2 77.5 83.3 / T I E Ł Dec. 80.0 79.2 77.0 81.7

CCMPUD BY US. BUREAU OF UBOR, A ve. 77.1 78.6 86.378.5 I I ! I I

IRON & STEEL Iron and Steel Exports FOREIGN TRADE — COMPILED BY WBEAU OF - (Thousands of Gross Tons) SCRAP FOREIGN S DOMESTIC COWERCŁ S te el F ro d u cts -----Scrap ----- T o ta l WANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 1941 1940 1941 1940 J a n .. .. 653.8 396.1 45.1 187.5 F e b ...... 436.6 234.7 M a r ...... 457.1 206.9 A p ril...... 391.8 221.2 M a y ...... 471.5 312.5 June ...... 617.7 318.4 July...... 707.8 327.1 A u g ...... 1046.1 346.1 S ept...... 965.4 251.1 O c t...... 846.6 258.5 N ov...... 713.8 74.3 D e c ...... 735.2 70.0

T o ta l...... 7,785.5 2,823.1 STEEL PRODUCTS I I I I 1 I I 1 1 I 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 1941

Automobile Production PRODUCTION - OUTPUT CARS 5 TRUCKS (U nit: 1000 C ars) U.S. £ CANADA 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 Jan. 524.1 449.3 357.0 227.1 399.2 F e b ...... 421.8 317.5 202.6 383.9 M arch ...... 440.2 389.5 238.6 519.0 A p ril ...... 452.4 354.3 238.1 553.4 M ay ...... 412.5 313.2 210.2 540.4 10 Cl Ju n e ...... 362.6 324.2 189.4 521.1 Z J u ly ...... 246.2 218.5 150.4 456.9 < to A u g ...... 89.9 103.3 96.9 405.1 => s e p t ...... 284.6 192.7 89.6 175.6 o x O ct ...... 514.4 323.0 215.3 338.0 N o v ...... 511.0 370.2 390.4 376.6 D ec...... 506.9 469.0 407.0 346.9 Ave...... 391.0 311.0 221.3 418.0 Don*t Let (yjołlk^O & Lw U i

Put Brakes

By GUY HUBBARD Machinę Tool Editor

As in the case of a high speed train which is allowed to linger unduly at on the pitch line. Cei'tain manufac­ station stops, a high speed machinę tool can be decidedly inefficient if the turers, one of them being Garrison time it saves during the cutting cycle is wasted during the loading and un- Machinę Works Inc., Dayton, O., loading cycle. Go through your shop with a critical eye for the workholding have made a business of working methods employed. If you find "muzzle-loading" techniąue being applied to out practical solutions for problems "breech-loading" machinę tools, don't be surprised—but get your tool en­ of gripping and exactly locating gineers busy on the job of eliminating these anachronisms gears and threaded work on which subseąuent operations must be per- formed in exact relation to the teeth ■ M ACH INĘ tools have become so the latest type of breech mechanism or threads. These chucks, which highly developed— so replete with would make a poor showing if the are simple and ąuick-acting, save a hydraulic, electrical and mechanical gun crew ignored its breech load­ tremendous amount of time on apparatus— that there is some ten- ing possibilities and followed Civil work of that n a tu r e— m a k in g dency to overlook their basie func- war traditions by ramming the it possible for ordinary machinę op- tion. That basie function is exactly charge in through the muzzle. That erators to make setups which other- the same as it always was. It is: imaginary situation is no more ridic- wise would reąuire the attention of '“To bring tools and work into con­ ulous than some of the “muzzle- skilled mechanics. trolled contact for the purpose of re- loading methods” being used today In generał, it can be said that moving from the work in the form in connection with “loading” mod­ critical attention should be devoted of chips the excess metal— thus pro­ ern machinę tools. With machinę to any point in a production shop ducing a piece of predetermined tool production capacity at a premi- where operators are found using size, shape and finish as economical- um, now of all times is the time chalk and indicators in truing up ly as possible.” to eliminate that kind of thing by routine work, or where they are Like the statuę in the błock of widespread overhauling workhold­ using “tool room methods” for lo­ marble, the part is inside the cast­ ing methods. cating such work on the tables of ing or forging all the time and the A survey of your own shop made milling machines, drilling machines, only problem is to chip off the ex- with this situation in mind, may sur- boring machines, etc. In such cases cess materiał in which it is encased. prise you, and what can be done by the chances are that y o u are in ef- Like a talented sculptor, a modern turning some competent tool engi­ fect paying for proper jigs, fixtures machinę tool has within itself the neers loose on this problem, may or other holding devices without ability to do this work— but, like the be equally surprising. The reason having the benefit of them. The loss sculptor, it can do it effectively only for such Wholesale possibilities for of man-hours is obvious, but the when provided with proper tools improvement in this direction is cost of lost machinę hours is far and with proper means for holding that more perhaps than any other more serious these days. It might the piece on which the tools are to phase of machinę shop practice, stimulate action if every machinę operate. It is with this last men­ workholding has been allowed to go (Please turn to Page 77) tioned reąuirement that this article on in traditional ways— unąues- is particularly concerned, tioned. The only time when a production Undoubtedly one of the first things Fig. 1. (Top)—Simple fixture designed at West machinę tool is productive is when to be brought to light through such inghouse N uttal Works holds g e a r case solidl; it is producing something, and that a survey as has just been mentioned, for boring and provides ąuick shift from on< means when it is cutting metal. It will be the large number of places boring operation to another is not productive when it is stopped where self-centering chucks of one Fig. 2. (Center)—lig used for locating an< to allow the work to be inserted or kind or another will save time. The holding Pratt & W hitney aircraft engine cylin type of chucks desirable will vary removed. Therefore, even if it is a der while precision reaming rocker arm hole^ highly efficient machinę with highly greatly, and will include collet by means of special 2-spindle Leland-Gi efficient cutting tools, its overall chucks, standard jaw chucks, and ford machinę efficiency may be much less than chucks of special types designed to that of an old style machinę with hołd certain parts without distortion, Fig. 3. (Bottom)—Big role that tool engineerint older types of tools— if due attention and in exact position. plays in aircraft engine production is indicatet has not been paid to this business of A m o n g these last-mentioned by this glimpse into jig and fixture storag1 loading and unloading the work. chucks are those designed to hołd section in the Pratt & W hitney crankcas< A modern ąuick-firing cannon with gears or threaded work by gripping department here

52 / T E e L on Produetion Survey of E«|iiipment lor

MACHINING

■ TH IS article— the tenth weekly presentation in the Robert T. Kent, advisory engineer, Ordnance Depart­ series on the manufacture of high-explosive shell— ment, Washington. It is hoped that the data pre­ rounds out our discussions of the type of eąuipment sented here will be helpful to those contemplating reąuired to process the shell blank as it is received expansion of their shell manufacturing facilities. from the forge shop. These references have included The relation between the highly developed auto­ the latest and speediest designs which Yankee in- matic (now in one case, at least, unobtainable) and genuity has been able to devise. Among them were the multi-spindle automatic to the shell manufac­ the “special purpose” lathes of the National Machinę turing program has already been touched upon. Since Tool Builders’ Association and of the Prescott Co., we should by now be fully aware of both the magni- Ex-Cell-0 automatics and Bullard Mult-Au-Matics; the tude and the urgency of the job ahead of us, there “Blood” lathes of W. C. Lipę; the nosing and band- is perhaps little necessity to point out that if new ing presses of Bliss and West; together with other machines especially adapted to the purpose are not items representing the best practice in their respec- readily available, resort should be had to every im- tive fields. provisation which practical common sense dictates, It is now proposed to offer in tabular form a rather including not only the utilization of existing ma­ complete list of the various types of machines capable chines but the farming out of work. of shell turning, threading, banding and so forth, The use of accurate fixtures may sometimes be together with their production rates on various cali- the means of making an old and inaccurate machinę ber shell, their price and the name of the manu­ function satisfactorily, and consideration should al­ facturer. This information was secured under the ways be given to the possibility of performing a fa- direction of Colonel C. E. Davies, secretary of the miliar operation in an unfamilia? way. The ordi­ American Society of Mechanical Engineers, who now nary lathe was never designed as a special pur­ is on emergency duty in the office of the Chief of pose machinę but may be so set up. Indeed the Ordnance, and the lists kindly lent to the writer by basie principles of a wide rangę of machinę tools changes little with the passage of the years. While backbones may be heavier to take the extra load imposed by heavy duty carbide tools, high-speed Other Articles on steel mounted in a machinę having even a poor Production of Ordnance claim to modernity, can still do a good day’s work. Machines regarded as completely obsolete m ight with B For other articles in addition to the series by Proiessor M acconochie, see issue of March 11, 1940, p. 38, for De­ advantage be pressed into the service. Let it al­ sign and Modem Methods of Making Shrapnel Shell; Dec. ways be remembered that the simpler the operation, 2, 1940, p. 50, for O peration and Construction of Bofors the easier it is to train a man to perform it. Anti-aircraft Guns; Oct. 14, 1940, p. 160, and Jan. 6, These remarks, with a slightly different orientation 1941, p. 219, for How Technical Progress Aids De­ might well be applied to the problem of gages also. fense; Jan. 13, 1941, p. 48. for Some Typical Shell-Forging M ethods; Jan, 20, 1941, p. 54, for Recom m endations on Skilled men capable of producing accurate gages H eating Billets for Shell Forging; Jan. 20. 1941, p. 74, for are hard to obtain, and the supply of these items is Making Cylinders for Packard V-12 Torpedo-Boat Engines; far short of the demand. Here again it might be Feb. 10, 1941, p. 67. for New M ethod of Checking G un Bores. possible to “get by” for a time at least with gages which would hardly measure up to normal specifica-

54 / T i a Here Professor M acconochie presents tabulated data gathered

by American Society of M echanical Engineers in a recent

survey of shell machining eąuipment. Also he gives a de­

tailed production-time study of the S. A. W oods Machinę

Co. setup described in section 8 of this series, appearing in

STEEL, M arch 17, 1941, p. 56

By ARTHUR F. MACCONOCHIE Head, Department ol Mechanical Engineering University ol Virginia University Station, Va.

tions but which might answer the purpose even if the machines used for the operation listed under “soft” and not lapped with the usual accuracy. Lim ­ the subhead. The second column shows the maker its on gage manufacture might in some cases at of the machinę. Third, fourth, fifth and sixth col- least be the subject of an inąuiry with a view to umns show production rates being obtained for possible temporary relaxation. yarious sizes of shell. The blank spaces do not Table I was prepared from information obtained necessarily mean that the particular machinę is not in answer to a ąuestionnaire sent out to determine suitable for that size shell. It may mean only the machines and eąuipment now being utilized for that production rates for that size shell were not machining various sizes of shell, The list is not com­ reported. Column seven shows prices of the machines plete by any means, being confined to those units where this was reported. upon which reports were received. However, each Since all manufacturers do not agree on the se­ one mentioned is a machinę now in actual use and ąuence of machining operations nor the particular the production rates shown are those being obtained ones or arrangements used where two or more opera­ in actual production. tions are handled on one machinę, some of these In Table I, subheads describe the operation or variations are pointed out in the first column as operations involved. Note that the operations are noted in parenthesis. listed in a seąuence that would be ąuite near to that It is understood, of course, that any machinę listed used in production work. Under each subhead are in column one can be used for the operation men-

Production-Time Analysis for S. A. W oods Setup

■ Supplementing the information given in section 8 of this various operations. An output of a shell every 5 seconds series, see STEEL, March 17, 1941, p. 5G, describing opera­ is taken as the basis for figures in column four simply be­ tions at plant of S. A. Woods Machinę Co., Boston, please cause this is the time of the fastest single operation— note the following regarding production output: weighing, operation 19. To get maximum efficiency possi­ The operations listed in Table I of that article are those ble, there must be enough machines to permit moving a illustrated and described pictorially on pages 58, 59, GO, 61 shell out of each operation at this same rate—one every and 62. Since the S. A. Woods setup was designed merely 5 seconds. to handle an educational order, only one of each machinę Based on a shell progressing down the line at a rate to was used. Thus, disregarding handling time, the maximum give a completed shell every 5 seconds—600 shells per 50- production rate obtainable here is determined by the long- minute hour, 4800 per 8-hour day—if operation 1 reąuires est single operation—70 seconds, from column three, Table I. 50 seconds, obviously at least 10 machines must be used This means a finished shell every 70 seconds or 42.86 shell to pass a shell through this operation every 5 seconds. To bodies per 50 minutę hour—total of approximately 342 com­ be safe, 12 machines are specified. Similarly operation 3, pleted shell bodies per 8-hour day. This is the output given taking 70 seconds, reąuires at least 14 machines, 16 being on page 63 for the conveyorized layouts where handling specified. Operation 4, taking only 13 seconds, easily ob- time is eliminated by conveyors delivering the work to each tains the desired output with three machines. Continuing to check down column four, it is obvious that station. But here, several operations have been combined the number of machines for operation must be at least in a number of places on the line, as is explained in op­ 8 five instead of the two given. Also operation 9 would need eration seąuence, page 63. 16 machines; operation 11, 4 machines; operation 15, 4 ma­ However, to show the number of machines reąuired for chines; operation 20, at least 10 inspection stations; opera­ a high production layout, Table I also includes, in column tion 24, 13 stations; operation 25, stations. chines; operation 20, at least 10 inspection stations; operation 6

55 March 31, 1941 tioned by the subhead above it. Table II gives tabulation of Frankford Arsenał Attention is also called to those items in column procedure separately for clearness. It shows ma­ one marked with a f. These are the machines em­ chines and breakdown of operations they handle ployed at Frankford Arsenał, Philadelphia, for those based on a produetion of 3000 shell per 8-hour day, operations so marked. 15-millimeter 1148 high-explosive type.

TABLE I— Breakdown of Operations in Machining Shell and Typical Eąuipment Used for Them

Operation—Typennoritinn HTvnp of r Macnine—Manuiaciurer Manufacturer Produetion per Hour, So% 75mm Efficiency 90mm105mm 155mmPrice

C e n te rin g C e n te rin g Lath e , F o ste r M a c h ...... 11° 90 ™ 35 tenn 16" Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... — ~ 40 05 11" Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... o0 45 — — (Recommend drill press for 75mm) Sp e c ia l C e nte rin g, F r e w M a ch . C o ...... — tCentering, Foster Mach ...... S u n d stra n d , S u n d stra n d ...... (Combine with cut-off) Cut-off with the saw P o w e r H a c k Saw , P e e rle ss M a c h ...... — (Open end) 1C- orok P o w e r H a c k Saw , P e e rle ss M a c h ...... — 13 (Solid end) OKftC\ P o w e r H a c k Sa w . R a c in e T o o l & M a c h in ę C o ...... — — — (Saws two shells at once) Cut-off and face base on the lathe 16" A u to m a tic Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — — - — 20 S p e c ia l F a c in g M achinę, F re w M a ch . C o ...... — Special-3P-CC 155. Harris-SeyboldPotter Co ...... — — — (Includes centering) Cut-off on the lathe and center Sundstrand, Sundstrand ...... 62 65 Rough turn, cut-off open end, and face base 16" A u to m a tic Lathe, R . K . L e B lo n d ...... — — — 20 16" A u to m a tic Lath e , R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — — 30 “ S t 16" A u to m a tic Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... 34 30 — Special-6T-R 155, Harris-Seybold-Potter Co ...... — — — M Shell Mach. No. 414, Ex-Cell-0 Corp ...... 66 — — — - Shell Mach. No. 724, Ex-Cell-0 Corp ...... — — — ^ 3A Duomatic, Lodge & Shipley ...... 42 32 19 10 ^ 10,,500

tFay Automatic, Jones & Lamson ...... 44 ~7 rr “ ____ Sundstrand, Sundstrand ...... ąz (First roughing) -7 ____ Sundstrand. Sundstrand ...... ^ (Second roughing) Rough and finish bore nose; countersink; face 20" U n iv. T u rre t, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — “ oóif) 20" U n iv. T u rre t, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — r r M 16" Rapid Prod. Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... 20 20 — — 2 _ _ Center Column Machinę, W. F. & John Barnes ...... 56 -n nno Multi-Spindle Drill, Baker Bros ...... — “ J___ S u n d stra n d , S u n d st ra n d ...... 65 ba o j ___ D r illin g M a ch in ę , B a u s h M a c h ...... — Rough and finish bore nose; countersink; face; thread 2A T u rr e t Lathe, W a r n e r & S w a s e y ...... — 11 ZZ kac: 3 A T u rr e t Lath e , W a r n e r & S w a se y ...... — — — _ Automatic, New Britain ...... ‘5 Tapping _ _ 2950 T a p p in g M a ch in ę , L a n d is M a c h ...... 99 “ Qi T a p p in g M a ch in ę , L a n d is M a c h ...... — °1 N o s in g tN o . 87 C r a n k P re ss, E. W . B lis s ...... 163 — Semiftnlsh turn 16" A u to m a tic Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — — 30 m j u 12" R a p id P rod . Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... 34 35 — — o9,5'5 Center Col. Machinę, W. F. & John Barnes ...... — — — — (See rough and finish bore for cost) Finish turn 16" Auto. Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... — — — 22 8449 16" Auto. Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... — — 30 — »4Jt> 12" . Auto. Lathe, R. K . Le B lo n d ...... 30 30 — — 6884 Center Col. Mach., W. F. & John Barnes ...... — — — — (See rough and finish bore for cost) Spl.-6T-F155, H a rris-S e y b o ld -P o tte r ...... — — — 22 S h e ll M a ch . N o . 414. E x -C e ll-0 C o r p ...... 68 — — — (Using three tools) Shell Mach. No. 414, Ex-Cell-0 Corp ...... 61 — — — - (Using two tools) S h e ll M a c h . N o . 724, E x -C e ll-0 C o r p ...... — — — 21 ------

/TEEL 56 AN alloy was needed for a spinnerette for cent years, Revere Copper and Brass Incor- artińcial fibrę. The thickness of the spin­ porated has studied the effects of these minutę, nerette was limited to .008 inch. And 1200 m inor ingredients. Its laboratory findings holes had to be individually punched into its have, in many instances, been confirmed by smali area. excellent operating records in industry. In addition, the alloy had to have high cor- These findings of Revere may be helpful to rosion resistance and strength. you. And the Revere Technical Advisory Serv- Revere was able to deliver a special alloy ice is available for special and individual co- that could take all 1200 punches and still give operation with you on problem s to which cop­ the needed strength and corrosion resistance. per or copper-base alloys may be the answer. In m odern metal working, many seemingly impossible tasks are possible p r o v id e d y o u can get the right metal to tvork. Often minutę, con- trolled amounts of special ingredients are able to give the familiar coppers, brasses, bronzes COPPER AND BRASS INCORPORATED and other alloys exceptional qualities. In re- Executive Offices: 230 Park Avenue, New York

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March 31, 1941 57 ~ •' - ^ Production Der Hour, 85% Efficiency vpperatioiV—Type of Machinę—Manufacturer 75mm 90rnm 105mm 155mm Price

V - ‘ 3 A D U o M a tic , L o d g e & S h ip le y ...... 48 43 28 12 t 0 15)000 V * 37 — — — ------y tEK^Cell-O, Ex-Cell-0 Corp ...... t ! 49 40 13 ------• , 0 Suirastrand, Sundstrand ...... ^ M 3ut band; groovę; crimp groove; undercut; knurl __ __ 20" Engine Lathe, Spl. Spindle, R. K. LeBlond ...... 05 — 9644 ' 20" Engine Lathe, Spl. Spindle, R. K. LeBlond ...... _ _ 3553 16" Rapid Prod. Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... au _ __ _ -- Center Col. Mach.. W. F. & John Barnes ...... (See rough and finish boro for cost) __ __ I g ------Sp l. 6P-F155, H a rris-S e y b o ld -P o tte r ...... _ __ 11 _ 10,856 2 A T u rre t Lathe. W a r n e r & S w a se y ...... (Includes facing base) ______7.7 12,338 3A Turret Lathe. Warner & Swasey ...... (Includes facing base) __ __ — ------A u tom atic. N e w B r it a in ...... (Combines with face base) 22 26 37 ------Sundstrand, Sundstrand ... •„••• ...... (Facing omitted on 155mm; knurlm g omitted on all) Face base and counterbore __ 20 9777 2 0" U n iv. T u rr e t Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... — “ 20 — 8418 20" Engine Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... n 9n __ — 3627 16" R a p id Prod . Lathe, R. K . L e B lo n d ...... - u _ n _ -- - 2 A T u rre t Lath e . W a r n e r & S w a se y ...... (Included in turn band groove operation) ______A u tom a tic. N e w B r it a in ...... ‘D (Combined with turn band groove) Press on band ______Tire Setter, West ...... 125 Drill and tap set screw hole ______tB o din e , B o d in e C o r p ......

StamP 412 ------tN o b le & W e stb ro o k ...... 412 K n u r l ______f M o r le y ...... 413 N o tc h tfP l roducto m atic, P ro d u cto M a ch . C o ...... 230 Weld base cover ______tS e a m W e lde r, T h o m so n -G ib b ...... 1000 Turn band _ _ 25 5361 19" Rapid Production Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... _____ 5197 19" Rapid Production Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... — __ __ 2642 11" Rapid Production Lathe, R. K. LeBlond ...... 4g ------Spl.-6P-B155, Harris-Seybold-Potter ...... r z ______tSundstrand, Sundstrand ...... j " ? Qn- 7q 28 ------Sundstrand, Sundstrand ...... 120 yD tMethod used at Frankford Arsenał jPhłladelphia.

TABLE II— Frankford Arsenał Procedure for 75-Millimeter, 1148-High-Exposive Shell; Based on Production of 3000 Shell Per Eight-Hour Day; Finished Forged CavitY Production Number per ? f Machinę Machines O p era tio n M ach in ę <8 h o u r) ReQU*red Number Operation Macnine 3.00 1 S h o tb la st ...... P a n g b o rn ...... 1000 3.00 2 C e n te r ...... F o s te r ...... 1000 3 Cut-off, rough and face base ...... F a y au to m atic ...... 4 C o ld nose ...... B lis s N o. 87 c ra n k pr e s s ...... 1300 ^ 5 F in is h tu rn ...... E x -C e ll-0 ...... ^ 6 D r ill and tap set scre w h o le ...... B o d in e ...... 3000 • 7 F in is h both ends and b and seat ...... N e w B r it a in ...... 6°0 1.82 8 N o t c h ...... P ro d u c to -M a tic ...... 1650 0.91 9 S t a m p ...... N o b le & W e stb ro o k ...... 3300 0.91 10 K n u r l ...... M o r le y ...... 3300 11 A p p ly b an d ...... W e st tire setter ...... 1000 3.00 12 Turn band ...... S u n d st ra n d ...... 1000 3.00 13 W e ld base cove r ...... T h o m so n -G ib b se am w e l d e r ...... 1000 40.89 This tabulation^appeared in American Machinist, Śept. 4, 1940.

Note: A typical tooling setup for m achining 40-millimeter shell on a yertical multi-spindle autom atic lathe will be carried in STEEL next week.

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SOLDERING IRO N I 1 FLASH SPOT WIPING TORCH FURNACE & BUTT & S E A M SOLDERING BLA2ING O R BLA 2IN G

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* GAS WAY BE ACETYLENE, CITY GAS, HYDROGEN, OR A N Y OTH ER F U EL G A S THAT W ILL HAVE A FLAME TEMPERATURE HIGH ENOUGH TO MELT T H E M E T A L S B E IN G W EL D ED .

Fig. 1—Simplified chart of the yarious welding processes

contact and either hammered or WELDING METALLURGY pressed together. This process is used on iron and low-carbon steel in practice but may be applied to nearly any steel, provided the worker has the great skill reąuired Can Be Simplified on much of this type of work. As shown in Fig. 2, steel with 1.40 per cent carbon can be success- fully welded by this method. But Here is a condensed and simplified presentation of the weld­ with this high carbon, the skill re­ ing processes, designed to give to those who are interested a ąuired is beyond that of the ordin­ ary craftsman. Not only steels but better understanding of the fundamentals of the many dif­ other metals may be joined by the ferent variations of welding. The processes are discussed plastic type of weld. Two pieces of lead may be pressed together cold and related according to mechanics of making the joint and and be caused to join by the same according to the temperatures involved in the work method provided the surfaces to be joined are absolutely clean. See Fig. 3. In the case of lead, the plas- ticity in the cold state is high enough to cause the welding to B W ELDING has become so im­ By JOHN P. WALSTED take place. The actual union of the portant that today there are few Metallurgist two parts is caused by a very industries that do not make some Whitin Machinę Works simple metallurgical phenomenon, use of the process. The mechanical Whitinsville, Mass. details of which are here omitted side of the subject has been well to simplify the subject. taken care of by welding engineers. In this same group of welds The metallurgical aspects have not solder. This classification may be must be included the resistance been so well covered. The process regarded as metallurgical for those itself is metallurgical in character who do not become frightened at weld, spot weld, resistance seam and subject to all the fundamental the mention of that simple science. weld, and the flash weld. In the spot weld and resistance seam metallurgical principles, modified Unfortunately, many people believe weld, as well as in the resistance only by the speed at which the re- the study of metallurgy reąuires butt weld, the heat is generated by actions proceed. the mental capacity of an Einstein. A metallurgical classification of That is far, far from the actual the resistance of the joint to the passage of electric current. When welds and welding would be of truth. But to avoid that possible enough heat has been developed, some value. Classifications so far psychological handicap, let’s pro­ the parts are pressed together, pro­ published are based more on the ceed on the basis of finding out ducing a joint as shown in Fig. 4. mechanical features or on the basis ‘‘what makes them stick.” These welds are as a rule superior of source of heat. While these are Plastic Welds: The best known to the forge fire weld. The old helpful, welds do not fali into log- example of this type of weld is the time blacksmith, contrary to the ical divisions when grouped in this one made by the blacksmith in the popular notion, did not make a way. Some ackwardness if not ac- forge fire. The two pieces to be tual confusion results. joined are heated to a temperature very good weld. All welds of this type are the Metallurgically there are three at which they are plastic but not same in principle except for the kinds of welds— plastic, fusion and melted. Then they are placed in

/ T l ( 62 ALTER EGO: Literally "onc’s other self”—the still, smal! voice that ąucstions, inspires and corrects our conscious action.

ALTER EGO: W hat this new welder does for us ALTER EGO: Just set the Job Selector for “Over- should make you want to light a match under head” and set the Current Control for any amper- all the antiąues we’re operating and standardize age to suit the size of plate and electrode. Then on Lincoln. you’re set for faster welding, less spatter and a The others seem to he satisfactory. Let’s stronger weld. Likewise for A L L types and sizes match performances—Lincoln versus — of work . . . in all positions. So if we make the shop 100% Lincoln, we get those benefits 100%. ALTER EGO: M atching performances is right where Can we afford less than 100%? the Lincoln shines! It is the o n ly welder with Dual Continuous Control— in other words, with And what would appeal to me would be a Current Control PLU S a Job Selector— BO TH to pin undivided responsibility on Lin­ c o n tin u o u s in selection and self-indicating. coln for tops in welding performance. S o w h a t? • • ALTER EGO: Then there can be no matching be­ LIN C O LN SUGGESTS: We are able, willing and cause that one advantage gives us unmatchable eager to assume undivided responsibility to as- ease of control, unmatchable rangę of application sure you tops in welding performance. Lincoln and unmatchable arc stability. users get just that. 31 reasons for Lincoln’s un­ All right, suppose m y job is an overhead matchable performance are discussed in Bulletin fillet weld. Then what? 412, Pages 12-16— gladly mailed you on request. UNCOLN^^WELDING the

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March 31, 1941 63 Fig. 2—Expert work in making lorge or plastic welds is shown here in these files method of heating and type of of 1.40 per cent steel. Much skill is reąuired to weld high-carbon steel by eąuipment used to press the parts this method together. In the flash weld, it is Fig. 3—Lead pieces welded together under a press without heating. These are true that some molten metal is pro­ true welds of the plastic type duced. This, however, is thrown elear of the joint by magnetic Fig. 4—Cross section through spot weld in stainless steel at 75 diameters forces or is trimmed off the fln­ Fig. 5—Cross section through fusion-type weld made by the oxyacetylene process ished weld and has little effect on actual welding. Fusion Welding’: In the first type Lead burning, which is usually or hydrogen furnace and some of of weld both parts were heated to considered a soldering operation, the hard-facing processes are ex- a plastic state but neither was belongs in the class of fusion amples of this type of weld. The heated to fusion. In this second welds. The extra skill needed for soldering or brazing metal, soft type, the parts to be joined are a workmanlike lead burning job solder, copper or bronze, is melted actually melted, the molten pool does not change the principles up­ in contact with clean surfaces of mingled and allowed to solidify on which the operation is based. the parts to be joined. Some of in position. See Fig. 5. In this Solder or Braze Welds: In the the liąuid metal dissolves in the type of weld, all kinds are alike first class of welding, the parts to solid metal and forms a strong in principle, differing only in the be joined were softened but not joint. See Fig. 6. The filier metal method of applying heat. The melted; in the second type, both is then allowed to cool, producing electric arc weld uses the heat of parts to be joined were melted; in a continuous metal part. Hard fac­ the electric arc either directly from this third type, soldering, or braz- ing is done by this method though the filier rod or from a carbon ing as it is often called, the parts sometimes the base metal is also electrode with a filier rod or simply are not softened or melted but are melted in which case the work by melting two edges of the pieces joined by a molten filier materiał. would be classed in second type. to be joined. It is well known that a lump of Soldering employs the same prin­ The gas-welding process uses the sugar will dissolve in a cup of ciples employed in tinning and gal­ heat generated by burning some coffee. It is not as well known yanizing sheet steel. fuel gas in oxygen and, like the but eąually true that a lump of An interesting variation of the arc process, may or may not make iron will also dissolve in molten soldering-brazing processes that is use of a filier rod. The atomie copper. A piece of nickel, melting not so well known is iron solder­ h y d ro g e n w e ld in g procedure is at 1452 degrees Cent., may be plac­ ing. In this process, iron or low- really a combination of gas and ed in molten aluminum, melting carbon steel is melted by a gas electric arc welding. Heat of the at 658.7 degrees Cent., and the torch and allowed to flow over a arc is used to tear molecules of nickel will be completely dissolved heated but not melted surface of hydrogen apart. When the gas has even though the temperature is either iron or steel. If properly passed from the zone of electrical held just high enough to keep the done by a skilled operator, a defi- influence, the atoms go back into aluminum in a melted condition. nite soldering action takes place. combination again liberating heat. As some of the coffee also dis- Thermite welding may be fusion T h is heat of recombination of solves into the sugar, so too does or plastic, depending on the meth­ atoms is used in the welding some of the copper dissolve into od employed. For repair of broken process. The weld itself is the the iron, and some of the alu­ castings, fusion welding is used. same in principle as any other minum is absorbed by the nickel. Thermite welding of pipę in the fusion weld. The superiority of See Figs. 6, 7 and 8. It is this field is usually done by the plastic this weld is due to the protection solution of the molten materiał in­ m ethod. of the molten metal by an envelope to the solid that causes the bond­ Temperature Classificatlon: In of hydrogen which serves to ex- ing in the solder or braze type of any discussion of the various weld­ clude the air from the welding weld. ing processes, it is extremely help- zone. Soft soldering, brazing by torch ful to consider the temperatures

64 / T H l Fig. 6—Braze-type weld, leit, showing penetration of the bronze into wrought iron along the grain boundaries near the top edge. Unetched area at extreme temperature rangę of any sińce the top edge is bronze which does not etch with the reagent used joining or bonding materiał may have a melting point ranging from Fig. 7. (Right)—Shows what happens when wrought iron is held in molten bronze. above 2000 degrees Fahr. to 200 The solution reaction has proceeded farther than in the brazing operation, Fig. 6. degrees or below. Usual brazing Here solution of the iron into the bronze is shown as well as penetration of temperatures with bronzes ru n bronze into the iron around 1600 to 1700 degrees Fahr. Silver solders and high-phosphorus brazing alioys may employ tem­ at which the joint is made. All reaches the melting temperature peratures around 1000 to 1200 de­ fusion welds, of course, must be and thus these types of joints are grees Fahr. High-lead content made at temperatures sufficiently included with other plastic welds solders usually work in ranges high to melt the metals being join­ and are said to be made at tem­ around 600 to 700 degrees Fahr. ed. Thus classified according to peratures below the melting point Special alioys such as Wood’s met­ temperature, fusion w elds w ould of the materiał joined. al may melt at temperatures be­ come first as they reąuire the high­ Third in a classification accord­ low 200 degrees Fahr. est temperatures. ing to temperature would be braze Consideration of the tempera­ In the next class would be the and solder welds. According to the tures involved in any particular plastic welds sińce these are made usual usage of the term, brazed process often is helpful in obtain- at temperatures just below the welds are made at slightly higher ing a better understanding of the melting point but sufficiently high temperatures than solder w elds mechanics of joining. to soften the metal so it will flow. sińce the materiał used to form Of course in flash and thermite the joint in brazing is usually cop­ w e ld in g there are temperatures per or a bronze which has a high­ Betters Quality by er melting point than alioys used near the joint much higher than Painting Extrusion Dies the melting point of the materiał in soldering work, In fact, the being joined. However the metal solder and brazed weld classifica­ H To inerease the number of remaining in the joint itself rarely tion possibly covers the w i d e s t “pushes” between successive re- dressing operations on extrusion dies, Revere Copper & Brass Inc., Detroit, is using “dag” colloidal graphite as a lubricant in making extruded shapes of aluminum al- loys. Not only have the pushes been inereased some 20 per cent, but of even greater importance is Fig. 8—When cast iron the fact the improved surface ob­ is held in molten bronze tained will effect a considerable re­ for a lew moments, the duction in scrap produced by un- bronze peneirates deep- satisfactory surface conditions. ly as evidenced by the Application of the graphite is white unetched areas simple. Each time the dies are re- deep in the iron. Also moved for redressing, they are coated with a graphite dispersion graphite has been liber- using an ordinary spray gun. ated by solution of the The sections produced by the ex- iron and is shown in the trusion process rangę from various bronze coating a t top of architectural shapes, such as illustration window frames, sills, angles, T’s and Z’s to thin ribbed and cor­ rugated forms suitable for mold- ings and cover strips. Use of the graphite has proved of greatest im­ portance with the thinner sections where the decorative value of tht product reąuired a smooth finish.

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Field Erection of Steel Tanks

ing of plates are sometimes held as Materials handling work must be rdinated with proper co-o carefully guarded secrets by the in- equipment, adequate care in laying out sequence of opera­ dividual tank manufacturers. Some of these operations even employ tions and in actual design of the structure if the job is to be patented methods or devices. done efficiently. Just as improved materials handling meth­ Can’t Tell the Entire Story: Thus ods offer the greatest possibilities for increasing efficiency it is not possible to reveal all de­ tails regarding the field erection of of plant operations, so also do they afford great opportuni- tanks— not merely because of what some erectors regard as their own ties in field work, as Mr. Spangler points out here methods but because the many pos­ sible variations would reąuire much more space to cover than is avail- able here. However, the problems of field tank erection will be briefiy discussed in this article, and one By F. L. S P A N G L E R B METHODS used in the field for type of structure will be chosen for the erection of steel tanks vary con- Mechanical Engineer a n a ly sis. siderably with the type and size of In almost every type of tank structure. Even the methods em­ erection job, a considerable amount ployed for the erection of any given pulled up by ropes in the hands of of wire rope is reąuired for hoist- structure often differ in important the workmen atop the structure. ing and guying, and additional wire details among the various tank Plates are clamped into position rope is freąuently used for slings manufacturers. before welding or riveting. Where and for the temporary bracing or The parts comprising the struc­ welding is employed, the seąuence plumbing of framework. The ele­ ture may be assembled on the site of the welding operations is chosen ment of safety as well as conven- by bolting, riveting or welding. As with care to avoid warpage or shift- ience enters into the selection of the height of the structure pro- ing of the plates. The welding wire rope for these purposes. gresses, wooden gin-poles or steel seąuence and the fitting and clamp­ derricks may be employed for hoist- ing plates, steel members and fab- ricated assemblies into place. If of Type of tank known as the Hortonspheroid, used to storę volatile liąuids such as smali size, these parts may be gasoline. Problems in erecting this type of structure are discussed. A complete pictorial seąuence of the operations will appear next week A 15-TON STEEL COIL IS EASILY HANDLED BY A BATTERY LIKE THIS!

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67 March 31, 1941 these fabricated assemblies, as well ing of the derrick mast into position To conserve weight, sheaves and freąuently presents a problem re­ as other parts, be delivered to the sheave blocks in erection work often ąuiring considerable ingenuity on site and erected so the total cost are comparatively smali in size, le- will be the minimum? The answer the part of the men. sulting in the introduction of high to this ąuestior. will influence the After the mast is in place, it can bending stresses in the ropes, there- method of field erection. be used to hoist the derrick boom by contributing to metallic fatigue, If the structure is delivered to the and swing it into position. which ultimately makes its appear- site in lightweight units, erection In the constniction of an elevat- ance in the form of broken crown may be accomplished with or with­ ed tank of 1,000,000 gallons capac­ wires in the ropes. Some erectors out the assistance of gin-poles and ity, having a large riser connecting of steel structures employ pre- a p o w e r d ru m -unit. W h e re the with the center of the tank bottom, formed rope to reduce the fatigue loads are heavy or the lift is great, the derrick mast was erected on the effect, thereby adding to the rope a derrick may be decidedly advan- ground and the riser, constructed of service life. The resistance to tageous. Also, since almost all field plates, was built around it. Guy fatigue offered by preformed rope tanks are circular in form with a lines tying the top of the mast to is attributed to the almost total ab- diameter of, say, 20 feet or more, anchors, and other ropes attached sence of locked-up stresses in the the limited reach of the gin-pole to the bottom of the mast and ex- individual wires. Such a rope can compared with the considerable tending up inside the riser and pass­ be cut without the sti'ands and wires reach of the derrick gives the latter ing over sheaves at the top of the flying apart at the cut end. This a position of advantage in many riser, were used to raise the mast feature, according to many users of and keep it in position. As course preformed rope, also adds to the cases. after course of plates was added to ease and speed of reeving and of Use Guy-Type Derricks the riser, the sheaves were ad- applying shackles or elips. Derricks employed in tank erec­ vanced upward each time, and as It; is safer to handle, too, since erection proceeded the mast was there will be no broken wire ends tion are of the guyed type. The guy ropes are fastened to the top of the lifted by ropes passing over these sticking out from the rope to lac- sheaves. W ith the riser completed, erate or puncture the hands because mast, after which the mast is lifted into an upright position and the a temporary extension was added to broken crown wires keep their po­ guys are anchored. The erection of the top so the sheaves supporting sition in preformed rope. the bottom holding ropes could be A portable winch-type of power the mast may be by crane or by means of a rope passing from the moved higher, thereby allowing the unit is generally employed for the mast to be hoisted until its bottom operation of hoisting ropes, boom- top of the mast over a sheave on some temporary or permanent part rested on a platform on the top of holding ropes, and slewing ropes. of the tank structure, which may be This unit is provided with one to the riser proper. a column or lattice-work support three drums which are operated by Mast Handled Differently an internal-combustion engine or that has been erected without the electric motor. aid of the derrick. In the erection of the Horton- Field erection of tanks is only one In order that the derrick may spheroid, a still different method is aspect of a larger problem which have the necessary lift and reach, employed to hoist the derrick mast it sometimes must be mounted onto may be stated as follows: What into position. The Hortonspheroid, parts of the structure shall be fab­ some part of the tank structure in- because of its uniąue shape and con­ ricated in the shop, and how shall stead of on the ground. The rais- struction, as well as the large sizes in which it is built, presents unusual problems of erection. Hence, it is admirably suited as an example of Little Chains Conąuer Big Cost Item. how erection problems often cali for the utmost ingenuity and skill. The Hortonspheroid is a constant- volume tank for the storage of vol- atile liąuids. See accompanying il- lustration. All outside plates, in­ cluding bottom, side and top plates, conform to mathematically deter­ mined curved surfaces designed to minimize unit stresses created by the pressure of the liąuid and its vapor against the inner sui'face of the tank. These tanks freąuently are made for both low and high pressures. A yertical section through the center of the tank reveals a closed figurę consisting of a series of cusps along the bottom and a series of nodes, or inverted cusps, along the top. At the sides of this figurę, the ends of the nodes join the ends of the cusps in a smooth, unbroken curve. A generał description of how the handling work is organized for the H Link-Belt silent-chain conveyors. claimed the "smallesf' in the world. using cham erection method employed by the of but 3/16-inch pitch, were installed recently on a spoon rolling machinę in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Chicago, silverware plant of Oneida Ltd., Oneida, N. Y„ to cut down on the time lost m for this type of tank will appear repairs and production caused by previous conveyor belts which detenorated in section two of this artiele next from the effects of a special oil used to preyent roli marks on the spoons. Ihe w eek. illustration above shows a spoon blank being carried away from the straightener. (Concluded Next Week) The oil. with this new setup, has been “tamed", and now serves as a lubricant.

/TEKI Checking the hardness oi an airplane seat section made ol new type armor plate is accomplished on a special brinell testing machinę. The testing instru­ ment, mounted on a cross-head, may be moved through a motor drive which places it over any portion of the plate's suriace. Rollers on the machinę bed facilitate locating the test piece in desired position

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surface for about one-fourth the ■ ATTEMPTS to ąuicken produc­ by other members of the crew. The thickness of the plate to give extra tion of work for the defense pro­ lirnitation of weight reąuires that resistance to penetration. The face gram are being aided in numerous the plate combine as light a gage as surface will test about 54 or 55 rock- instances by improved manufactur­ possible commensurate with effec- ing practices. An outstanding ex- tive resistance to projectiles. well C. The back side where no carbon is added will show 42 to 44 ample is a new process employed Armor plate made by Breeze by an eastern manufacturer— Breeze Corps. ranges up to 44 x 44 x l'/ś rockwell C- In common practice the plate is Corps. Inc., Newark, N. J.— which inches, most of it being in %, % packed in a box of carbon powder allows light armor plate to be pro­ and % -inch thicknesses. At present and placed in a heating furnace. duced in but a fraction of the time practically all of it is used in air­ Since this box may weigh twice as reąuired by conventional methods. plane construction. For a number much as the steel which is being Increased application of protec- of years, this company has been en­ treated, considerable time and heat tive armor to the weapons of mod­ gaged in the manufacture of air­ is consumed before the contents are ern warfare is typical of the major craft and naval parts— including tub­ raised to the desired temperature. developments in mechanization of ing, engine starters, vessel hatches, As much as 50 hours may be re­ military forces sińce 1914-1918. War- radio shields, and the like. The new ąuired for a complete heat for H\- ships, as in the past, are protected heat-treating process is the result of inch plate. by an encasement of hard, tough development work carried on during The Breeze process permits the steel. But the important uses of the past two years to reduce the carrying out of three heats in 24 armor plate no longer are confined time reąuired to carburize the plate hours. Carburizing treatment giv- to ships of war. Today it is an a sufficient depth below its surface. en the plate is accomplished with a eąually important factor in inereas­ Treated To Prevent Shattering liąuid salt bath in an electric fur­ ing tho effectiveness of airplanes, nace. This eąuipment enables the tanks, trucks, motorcycles and guns. Arm or plate essentially is a nick­ work to be charged and removed More generał use of armor plate el alloy steel which is given added ąuickly; brings the plates up to de­ results not only fi’om the widespread hardness by heat treatment while sired temperature promptly, and employment of mobile weapons but in contact with a carbonaceous ma­ makes accurate temperature con­ also is necessary because modern teriał, the latter generally being in powder form. This gives the steel trol possible. guns are more deadly than those of While this method of hardening 25 years ago. This calls for better a high carbon content to a limited depth, the carbon concentration be­ is not new, heretofore it has suc- armor as well as more of it. ceeded in giving treated parts only No longer, as in 1914-1918, does in g m a x im u m at the su rfa ce and de- creasing below the surface till a a lig h t case. T h e practice as de- the pilot of a fighter or bomber go veloped by the Breeze organization aloft with little more than his skill point is reached where no carbon has been added. Carburization is involving some details which are as an aviator to protect him fi'om not being disclosed at this time— enemy machinę gun or anti-aircraft desired on only the exposed side of the plate in order to give the is said to be the first which will fire. A shield of armor plate now give sufficient depth of carbon pene­ surrounds him. This plate natural- armor a hard surface on that side with a more ductile but tough com­ tration to permit steel treated in ly cannot be applied throughout the this manner to meet government piane because the weight would be position to back it up, thus giving maximum resistance to shattering. ballistic specifications for armor prohibitive, but it is fitted about With carburized or face-hardened plate. the seat occupied by the pilot and (Please turn to Page 88) around the compartments occupied armor plate, carbon is added to the 69 M arch 31, 1941 BUILT by

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MONTREAL, P. Q. • UNITED INTERNATIONAL, S. A. PARIS, FRANCE • SHIBAURA-UNITED ENGINEERING CO., TOKYO, JAPAN B&M wasn’t any ąuestion in my mind either but what she’d work cuz I gotta a good look at Mac’s eyes ’n y’ could BETWEEN HEATS tell he was talkin’ cold turkey. ’N all the time he had 'is cigar throwin’ more smoke than was comin out the stacks on the boilers. Boy, he really was goin’ to town.” WITH S'l u y d Z j “Didja ever put 'is contraption on the furnace?” I asked. “Fil say we did. Wait till I tellya 'bout it. The Big Boss kept sayin’ to the young engineer, ‘Mac, she won t work.' But Mac stuck to 'is guns 'n he sez, ‘She’s gotta work, boss. Ya H Say Fellers: this furnace doin- their stuff,’’ I sez. can’t bc monkeyin’ with 22 men in the I saw somethin’ the other day that “Naw— three of us here in the stockhouse and three top fillers be- stockhouse can keep 'er goin’ alright, is becom in’ rare in the iron ’n Steel sides, if you want to make iron 'n but 'course sometimes she keeps us industry, ’n in case you’d like to ’ave stay in business.’ I tellya Mac talked steppin’ right along. Same thing hap- a look. l>efore they disappear, you’d to the Boss like a Dutch uncle. pened back at the ol’ Emma furnace better be up ’n at it for there are “Did he sell 'im on 'is idea?" only a couple or so left in this coun­ in Cleyeland when I was bottom fillin’ try. I’m speakin" ’bout hand-filled as a lad. We use to have a hard Fire Does the Trick time keepin’ 'er filled sometimes for blast furnaces. she was a fast workin’ furnace every “Naw, not right then. But one Down in the stockhouse they had so often. 'N when she'd start makin’ day the ol’ wooden cast house caught three fellers handlin’ the buggies ot iron fer fare— you— well, we'd have on fire 'n she burned to the ground. raw materials. ’N on top they had a to step on the gas. One day, I re­ The heat wisted the cage of the hoist couple of top fillers. Little narrow- member, a young ingineer by the so that she wasn’t any good 'n the gage tracks ran all over the stock­ name of Mac came down in the stock­ Boss reckoned he'd have to build a house 'n it was over this system that house. He kept lookin’ at the chargin’ new one. But all of a sudden he the bottom fillers moved the buggies board where we kept track of the thought of the contraption that Mac, of ore, limestone and coke from the ’mount of stock we’d sent to the top. the ingineer, designed. He sez to bin system to the elevator shaft. 'imself, ‘Fve a good notion to give 'er “Sorta nosey like,” I interrupted. At the top of the stack the top a fling.’ 'N he called Mac in 'is “Yeh— but he had the right dope, fillers moved the buggies from the office and sez, ‘Son, you’ve been pes- alright. He sez, ‘Say, fellers, how’d hoist platform to a point over the terin’ me long enough. Now let s scc ya like to have a contraption on the center of the furnace and dumped what y’ can do with that trick top top of the furnace that would dump the raw materials on the big beli. of yours. Y’ say y’ can put a skip the stock itself? Somethin’ like this.’ When one complete charge was in on the ol’ pot out there long with Then he took the piece of chalk on the hopper, the beli was lowered, the your new fang dangle apparatus for the chargin board 'n drew a skctch stock slid into the furnace ’n the es- showin’ a receivin’ hopper on top of a spreadin’ the charge. So go ahead caping gas burst into a flame that shot revolvin’ cylinder with a smali beli and do your stuff.’ ’N you know, high in the air. at the bottom. 'N all the time he kept Shorty, that 's exaotly what he did ’n While I was down in the stock­ talkin.’ He sez, ‘Ya see when the that distributor was the first to be house of this hand-filled furnacc I built in this country. 'N what’s more. little beli is lowered the revolvin’ cyl­ got chinin’ with one of the fellers inder will spread the charge on the Pretty near every blast furnace in this who handles the ore buggies. big beli a whole lot better than ya country ’n many in foreign countries “Ya know, Shorty,” sez he, “we can do it now.’ Then he’d start puf- are usin’ this distributor now.” put a lotta stock to the top of the fin’ on his cigar ag’in. “That so. What became of the little ol’ pot in a day. 'Course nothin’ ingineer who did the job?” I in- “I sez to 'im, Mac, it sounds okay to like some of the other furnaces in quired. the country are doin’ with their skip me. 'Course I didnt mean it, Shorty, “Young Mac, as we called 'im? O, hoists. When I first started on my cuz I thought he was foolin’ all the he’s up in Cleveland. His real name job of bottom-fillin' we didn't have time. But he was in earnest alright. is Arthur McKee ’n he ’s the head any of ’em funny lookin’ little cars He had the cigar in 'is mouth goin’ of the ingineering firm of Arthur G. runnin’ to the top of the stack. We like a steam engine and every once in McKee & Co.” loaded all the stock by hand in the a while, he’d stop puffin' and say, ’N jus’ as he finished gibin' me the buggies and we dumoed >t all by ‘Well son, whaddaya say?’ I sez low-down on the revolvin’ distributor, hand in the top of the furnace. to 'im, it’s alright with me, son, if you the beli rang for more buggies n we “How many men did ya have to can make 'er work but we’ve always parted company. So, fellers, when y keep the furnaces filled in the early had fellers in the stockhouse bug- see Mac sometime, ask im if he remem- days?” I asked. gingin’ ore 'n stone n coke to the “Well, Fil tellya. 1 remember of hoist and we've always had a couple bers the day when a cast-house fire en- workin’ at a little stack in Pennsyl- or three fellers on top droppin’ ’er abled 'im to put across 'is idea. vania back in ’bout 1909. Shc threw in the furnace. If y’ think y’ can do So long, fellers. Fil be seein’ va. 'bout 2^0 or 300 tons of iron a day any better than the boys kin do, well out of the iron notch, ’n we had bout son, she’s all yours.” 22 men in che bottom filler’s gang on “What did he say?” I asked. each turn.” “He sez. ‘No ąuestion, but what “I don't'sce that many fellers 'round shell work.’ Fac’ is, Shorty, there Jf T E E L 72 ARTHUR G. McKEE & COMPANY can help you m eet to-

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a It takes only an hour to assemble a Chrysler car. In that incredibly short time a bare frame starts at one end of the conveyor and a fin­ ished car comes off the other end. This, of course, represents only a smali fraction of the hours of labor that enter into the building of a car. Finał assembly has been likened to a book printing job in that the com- ponent parts, corresponding to the pages of a book, are gathered to­ gether and bound into the complete unit. The miracle of modern mass pro­ duction is not so much in the “bind- ing” as in the manufacturing of parts so nearly perfect, and uniform within such microscopic tolerances, that the completed car will function to the owner’s complete satisfaction. Constant inspeetion of these parts

Fig. 1—At 10 oclock these men are placing the frame upside down on a conveyor, the first assembly operation

Fig. 2—Sixteen minutes later the engine is dropped into place. In the m eantim e front and rear springs, shock ab- sorbers and front axle, brake and fuel lines, front and rear sway bars, tie rods, muifler assembly, ex- haust pipe and taił pipe, brake pedał and master cylinder and many other parts have been placed on the chassis. Grease is shot under pressure into all Alemite fittings or the chassis at this point

Fig. 3—At 10:28 the wheels are being placed on the car. In the third period the ex- haust assembly is hooked up to the engine, clutch and brake pedals lined up, and clutch over-center spring assembled to the clutch pedał; the propeller shaft assembled, and the motor number stamped onto the car frame

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and of the minor assemblies into which they enter before finał as­ sembly make this possible. Fur- thermore, when the car comes off the assembly line, the finał okay in­ spection line comprises several hun- dred operations and consumes al­ most as much time as the actual assem bly. Here are shown the most impor­ tant steps in progressive assembly during the hour that a Chrysler is being formed on the conveyor. These operations are fast and ap­ parently simple, but only because of the infinite planning and work that has preceded them. On the finał assembly line, operations of which are shown here, an average of 386 men are employed on the “float”. To make a schedule of one a minutę, 72 cars are in progress.

Fig. 4—At 10:39 the body is dropped into place by a traveling crane. The body is firmly bolted into place and toeboards, draft pads and clutch, brake and accelera- tor pedał pads are put on the car. Front and rear bumpers, batteries and all the wir- ing between the body and the chassis are installed and a score of other operations take place. Men in pits beneath the con- veyor assemble parts to the underside of the car

Fig. 5—At 10:51 the hood is installed. Water, alcohol and anti-rust compound are placed in the radiator and gasoline in the fuel tank. An automatic device lines up the front wheels so the steering wheel may be placed properly

Fig. 6—At 11 o'clock the car is driven off the line under its own power—just one hour from frame to finished prod­ uct. However, before ship­ ment or delivery to a drive- away customer, each car must undergo a series of rigorous tests and inspections on the finał O.K. line, som e of the toughest tests in the industry

March 31, 1941 75 A rc W eld ed lloiise C«€>es

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■ R. C. LE TOURNEAU employs pleted at Toccoa, Georgia, this last arc welding exclusively to make summer. A portion is seen back of heavy earth-moving eąuipment, used the arc welded steel panel section, it to construct the company’s Pe- Fig. 2, the basie element of Le Tour- oria, 1 11 ., factory and many em­ neau’s building design. Panels are ployes’ homes there. Also, it was 12-gage sheet spaced 6 inches apart the sole method of construction for for walls, 18 inches for roof sec­ the $3,000,000 factory project com- tions, have interior spacers not more than 24 inches apart. When field arc welded together inside and out, Fig. 3, and breakfast nook; sep- these units form continuous walls arate utility, laundry and furnace and roof. Lincoln welding eąuip­ rooms. House is heated by forced ment is used. Floors are concrete. hot air, cooled by a water system. What would be more appropriate House was built in two months. than for Mr. Le Tourneau to utilize A welding operator with two help- these welded sections to construct ers should be able to construct a his new home near the new Georgia 6-room house easily in 5 or 6 weeks, plant? The house, Fig. 1, is 43 feet he states. Mr. Le Tourneau says 8 inches wide, 70 feet deep. It has advantages of this construction in- four large bedrooms; a maid’s room; clude; Security against termites, a living room, Fig. 4, about 15 x 27 weathering, tornado, cyclone, storm feet, a connecting dining room al­ and. flood; low initial cost; flexibili- most 20 x 16 feet, a large kitchen, ty in design; fast erection. W ork-H olding Devices

(Concluded from Page 53) could have lettered upon it: "My time is worth blank cents per min­ utę on this job,” the “blank” being filled in by the properly figured overall cost per minutę of the eąuip­ ment in ąuestion. A good deal is being said these days about the number of large ma­ chinę tools all over the country which operate only occasionally on the large work for which they are particularly fitted. There is consid­ erable agitation toward having large work sent in from other shops to keep these big machines busy “be­ tween times.” From what I have seen lately in a number of well-managed shops, plenty of work can be found right at home to keep these big machines busy, if thought be given to their capabilities on other than very large work. Take big planers and surface grinders for example. With the help of relatively simple fixtures in which smali parts can be “ganged up” in large numbers, remarkable produc­ Fig. 4—Through use of special arbor and driver in conjunction with antifriction tion can be attained on smali parts bearing "live" tailstock, loading and unloading of differential cases in this Gisholt in these machines. automatic have been speeded up to save the time saved in machining with Of course, if their capabilities on tungsten carbide tools large work are reąuired either by the owner company or an industrial stand locking pressure. It is a neat neighbor, this smali work should ing the second hole. The simpler a device of this kind can be— and and simple piece of work. not be allowed to interfere, but with still serve its purpose efficiently—- The extent to which eąually well ąuickly removable fixtures there is the better the tool engineering it thought out jigs and fixtures are no reason why it should. Banks of represents. Judged on that basis, used throughout the Pratt & Whit­ the smali parts can be built up to ney engine plant is driven home carry over while the machinę is this is a good job. by Fig. 3, showing the jig storage doing its occasional big jobs. There has been a lot of loose talk about the lack of “production think- section of the crankcase department. “Action” of Fixtures Important ing” in the aireraft industry. As a Not only is the number of jigs and fixtures very impressive, but no less This article is not intended in any matter of fact some of the finest so is the effective means provided way to be a treatise on the broad kind of production thinking is go­ for their handling and storage. Note subject of jigs and fixtures. How- ing on in that industry, on prob­ that each one rests on an individual ever, it is impossible to discuss hold­ lems that are different from those skid platform, and that an electrical- ing devices for production work encountered in any other field of metalworking. If Figs. 2 and 3 ly operated tiering truck is provid- without saying something about ed for their transportation and lift­ jigs and fixtures. What I have in will help to drive that fact home, their use here is well justified ing. mind particularly in bringing this The advanced character of air­ When it comes to designing hold­ up, is the desirability of checking eraft engine jigs and fixtures can to ing devices, jigs and fixtures for up carefully on jigs and fixtures as some extent ba judged by what aireraft engine work, the problem workholding devices— especially as can be seen on the racks. to their facility in loading and un­ is made doubly difficult by the ex- Getting back finally to the basie loading. This is something to which treme accuracies demanded and by subject of workholding, any shop tool engineers today pay fully as the flimsy character of parts de­ can make good use of many simple much attention as they do to the signed for maximum lightness. Fig. deviees such as that illustrated in work-locating and tool-guiding fea­ 2 shows how the situation was met Fig. 4. This tooling setup is on a tures— once considered the most im­ at Pratt & Whitney diyision of Unit­ differential case in a Gisholt hydrau­ portant functions. ed Aireraft Corp., as far as the ma­ lic automatic lathe, in which hubs At what point a holding device chining of the roeker arm hole in are finish turned and the flange fin­ becomes a jig or fixture is debatable. cylinder heads is concerned. ish turned and faced, by a set of A typical “fringe case” is that pre- This jig is used in connection with tungsten carbide tools. The work sented by Fig. 1, showing a setup a special two spindle Leland-Gif- is supported and driven at the head­ for boring a gear case as carried ford drilling machinę— a stepped stock end by a combination arbor on at Nuttal works of Westinghouse reamer being used to insure con- and driver, and is supported at the Electric & Mfg. Co., East Pitts­ centricity and alignment of holes tailstock end by an antifriction bear­ burgh, Pa. The holding device— or which are larger in one of the horns ing “live center.” The arbor and driv- fixture— is simple, but serves the than in the other. This jig, con­ er does away with dogs and other purpose not only of locating and sidered as a workholding device, has timewasting makeshifts, while the holding the casting accurately and been engineered to allow easy and live center eliminates fussy adjust­ firmly on the table of the boring quick insertion and removal of a part of irregular shape, and locking ments at the tailstock end and pre- machinę, but also provides simple cludes burnt centers. means for shifting it over for bor­ is effected at points best able to

77 March 31, 1941 H o w to O btain......

High Concentricity in Ligłii -Walled Xubing

= = By ROSS M c L a r e n = Superintendent Tube Mills Timken Roller Bearing Co. Canton, O.

Diagram showing application of tapered roller bearings to tube reducing mili

One of the common reasons for the rejection of light-walled rolls are not horizontal, but alter­ hot rolled tubing is the presence of ridges on the interior. nately inclined to the horizontal. By eąuipping the mills with roller bearings it is now possible With this condition it is difficult to keep mili water from carrying to reduce tubing to 1-3/4 inches outside diameter and to m ili scalę, dirt, etc., into the lo w er eliminate the ridges. The accompanying article explains plain bearing of each roli. The wear resulting causes the pass to open up how this is accomplished eccentrically. Wear is almost com- pletely eliminated in the roller bear­ ing chock, hence the rolls are held ■ IMPROVING the product of the proved effective in sealing off the permanently and positively in cor­ No. 2 tube reducing mili at the bearing chamber from mili water rect relation one to the other. Timken Roller Bearing Co., Steel and scalę. The bearings are grease A ccurate A djustm ent Desired and T u b e d iyision, C anton, O., h a s lubricated. been accomplished by the installa­ Tubes with a 5-inch outside diame­ An effort is made to accurately tion of tapered roller bearings. This ter are the largest this mili can take. set up the rolls in each mili housing mili consists of two tandem mills, With plain brasses in these mills before the mili housing is placed each having bases for 16 mili stands. it was impossible to consistently into operation. This may be better In reality it is two complete tube make a good 2-inch outside diame­ accomplished with tapered roller reducing mills. A total of 120 mili ter, 10-gage tube. Trouble with bearing eąuipped chocks than with housings have been eąuipped with tube eccentricity and ridges in the ordinary brasses as tapered roller roller bearings on each roli neck. inside diameter was usually encoun- bearings can be adjusted within While 32 mili stands may be in the tered. Obviously the presence of closer limits of running clearance mili at one time, the remaining roli ridges in the tube inside diameter and thus practically all external stands are assembled complete with is reflected in high eccentricity looseness removed. This fact ex- bearings and rolls to permit fre- which is a common reason for re­ plains why fewer tubes must be run ąuent and quick changes in rolling jection of this light-walled, hot through the mili when eąuipped schedules. Each tandem mili is rolled tubing. As a result of eąuip­ with tapered roller bearings than driven by a 500-horsepower variable- ping these mills with roller bear­ when eąuipped with plain brasses speed motor with a speed rangę of ings it is now possible to reduce before a ąuality product is obtained. 400 to 800 revolutions per minutę. tubing down to as low as 1%-inch Mili adjustments and generał shut- Timken bearings, consisting of a outside diameter, 10-gage, and in so down delays have been reduced to double row cone and two single doing to obtain an excellent product a minimum since changing over this cups are applied directly to the roli with regard to eccentricity and with mili from plain bearings. neck and mounted into the bearing almost complete elimination of While, of course, there is a power chock, as illustrated. Bearing ad- ridges. saving effected by applying roller justment is obtained by means of The credit for this is due to the bearings to these mills, the amount thin metal shims between the bear­ ability of the roller bearing to main- is low for the reason that bearing ing chock and cup follower. With tain accurate pass alignment at all loads encountered in "sinking” or the bearings mounted in the chock times. The centerline of succeeding reducing are light. This operation this complete assembly may be mili passes are alternately inclined consists primarily of reducing the slipped on to the roli neck easily. one to the other so that the roli part- size of tubes, which offer little The annular groove closure has ings are not all in line; that is, the (Please tum to Page 88) 78 / T l i ł This background is the machined surface oj

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March 31, 1941 79 "B E L I E V E IT O R N O T " ......

I T M A K E S S ą C A 1* E HOLES

■ By NAT POMERANZ Autom atic Mfg. Co. Inc. H a r r is o n , N . J.

New m ethod is suitable lor m ultiple-hole piercing and punch-

ing operations on a wide variety of tubular sheet-m etal ob- Size of the object which can be jects. Main advantages are exceptional adaptability- Iow handled is limited only by size of machinę and by the holes which punch and die costs, Iow setup time, sim plicity of operation, must be punched, as sufficient inherent safety, high output speeds ranging up to 1800 pieces clearance must be provided inside p e r h o u r the die to permit removal of the slugs. Number of holes that can be punched simultaneously is prac- ■ “SURE, it’s easy— when you know how.” Thafs tically unlimited sińce as many as 180 yt-inch holes what Columbus said when his tremendous explora- have been pierced in a piece measuring 2 inches out­ tory feat was belittled . . . and he proved it by chal- side diameter and 6 inches long. The only limitation lenging anyone to stand an egg on end. Fable tells is that enough materiał must be left in the die to us that no one could do it except Columbus, who hołd up under operation. Quantities of holes which jammed the end of the egg on a table top, break- might appear excessive are handled ąuite easily. On ing the shell and flattening its surface. Lo and be- a smali round piece %-inch outside diameter and 1% hold, the egg stood on end. So it is with making inches long, 48 holes of various sizes and shapes sąuare holes, oval holes, odd-shaped slots or half- have been pierced with room remaining for another 48. moon effects— all are easy when you know how. Holes can be round, elongated, sąuare, rectangular For many years factories large and smali the coun­ or irregular. Odd-shaped slots or half-moon effects try over have spent thousands of dollars in tools to are simply done. It is only necessary to provide pierce holes simultaneously around the periphery of the desired shaped hole in the die and stripper plate an object. Tool rooms have been tied up for weeks and to make a corresponding punch to do the job. on end with such jobs. Even though only one or Also, by shortening the length of the punch and pro- two holes were made at a time, Iow production speeds viding a depressed hole in the die to match it, half and high labor costs were often encountered. Much shear or notch effects also are produced. drilling of holes has been done at considerable ex- Principle employed in the new method is relatively pense. Some manufacturers have even passed up orders completely where some integral part of the item required holes. A new approach to this problem affords a fast eco- nomical method of making holes in an extremely wide variety ot tubular objects fabricated from sheet metal. Typical of the many items which can be handled by the new method are those shown in Fig. 1. Almost any tubular sheet-metal piece can be punched, providing it is open at one end to permit insertion into the dies. The objects may have sec- tions that are round, elongated, sąuare, rectangular, polysided or combination— part round and the remain­ der polysided. The shape of the object is of little consequence as long as a die and stripper plate can be made to fit it. Neither need the diameter or area at both ends of the piece be exactly alike for one may be slightly smaller than the other with the larger end of the piece being inserted into the die first.

STEEL so simple. Twelve individual punch units are eąually steel tubing. Such tubing can be purchased in prac- spaced around a circle with all 12 operating on a tically any size reąuired. Also the stripper plate common die in the center of the circle. Each indi- can be made of tool-steel tubing, cut to size and fast- vidual punch is actuated by an eccentric shaft cov- ened to the die by means of set screws. The holes ered with a free steel sleeve. Each eccentric shaft is are spotted on the outside of this plate and then connected to a common master gear by means of a drilled through the plate and die. After all holes smali gear. The eccentricity of the shafts provides a are inserted, the die m ay be hardened. stroke toward the die at the center. See accompany- For sąuare, rectangular or odd-shaped objects, the ing illustrations. die can be made of tool steel. The stripper plate need Standard interchangeable punch holders are at- only be attached to the die over such areas as re­ tached to the sleeves at any point along the length of ąuire punching. The same dies and stripper plates each shaft. The punch, held in place in the holder can be used for more than one job if the overall by a set screw, can be adjusted to the desired length dimensions are the same. Dies can be annealed, so it is always engaged in the stripper plate-punclj additional holes inserted, and rehardened. Holes not guide. As the eccentric shafts are rotated, the die needed in the new work can be left out simply by oscillates in and out with respect to the center of the omitting punches. circle around which the 12 punches are spaced. The Punches themselves can be made of drill rod or punches are at all times perpendicular to the surface tool steel. of the die. Since the punches come down with a Flexibility of the system is extremely great as the slight sideward motion, the die is arranged to turn punches can be moved to any point along the eccen­ to meet them, eliminating possibility of breaking. tric shaft and two or more punches also can be placed In most cases the slugs are ejected from the front on the same shaft. Thus there is practically un­ through the center of the die. A compressed air valve limited flexibility as to spacing the holes lengthwise working in conjunction with the main trip can be of the piece. set to operate either on the downstroke or upstroke In some cases where the diameter or area at one to blow out the slugs. Where the piece being punched end of the piece may be different than at the other is open at both ends, the compressed air usually end, the larger end of the piece may be inserted operates on the downstroke, causing the slugs to be into the die first. In this case the die is made the ejected the instant they are punched. Where the exact shape of the piece but the stripper plate is piece is closed at one end, it is advisable to have made with uniform openings at both ends as deter- the compressed air operate on the return stroke of the mined by the largest end area. The limitation as punches so no air is applied against the closed end to handling conical objects is the maximum allow- of the piece during the punching operation. An added able distance between the stripper plate and the die feature of return-stroke ejection is that the air can as against the stroke of the machinę. be utilized to push the piece out of the die into the Likewise periphery locations offer extreme flexi- operator’s hand or into a nearby chute, thus afford- bility. Contrary to the first impression, it is not ing automatic removal from the machinę. necessary that the punches be exactly in line with the 30-degree spacing of the shafts around the cir- Where the amount of slugs may be too great to cumference of the work for them to operate satisfac- be removed through the front of the machinę, they io rily . can be taken out the rear of the die by an air exhaust Since, however, the 12 eccentric shafts are spaced that is applied continuously. In still other cases, eąually around the 360-degree periphery or 30 de­ slugs may be removed by hand or by a mechanical grees apart, it might be inferred that holes can only ejector. be placed 30 degrees apart on an object. But this Dies for most jobs can be made from seamless is not the case. Various size punch holders are avail- able on which it is possible to mount a punch off center. Whereas the center line of the punch might be adjusted on a straight line toward the die, the punch itself is off the line. Also it is possible to have the punch enter the die at a slight angle where specifications for piercing may allow it. Too, it is Fig. 1—Some objects easily punched by often desirable to offset holes. By these two meth­ the method described ods, it is thus possible to pierce holes anywhere here. Low tool cost is around the periphery of an object. evident as time for W ith 12 eccentric shafts eąually spaced around the one toolmaker to object, it is e a sy to p u n c h 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 o r 12 e v e n ly make dies and punches f o r these spaced rows of holes at one stroke. Various other jobs: A, 30 hours; B, combinations of rows of holes can be pierced in two or 35 hours; C, 40 hours; three strokes at one handling of the piece using a D, 45 hours; E, 20 ball-bearing indexing device in the die. After the hours first stroke, the piece is turned until the bali bear­ ing locks in one of the holes just pierced. This posi­ tions the work for the second stroke. In this way, eight rows of holes can be done using only four rows

March 31, 1941 81 the greater is the strength of the of punches, and in just two strokes. in this type of work sińce the punches and punch holders for a Flexibility thus is seen to be pos- punches at all times are engaged in given machinę, and the thicker the sibly the greatest single advantage the punch guide, making it impos- materiał that can be handled. Of of this method of punching in ad­ sible for an operator to place fingers course it is possible to build special dition to other economies such as under the punches. machines in addition to the standard the low tool cost and speed of op­ Burrs are always a problem in piercing. However, this method in- sizes now available. eration. Likewise the number and shape of Low tool cost is illustrated well volves no greater difficulty than any holes determine the possibility of in Fig. 1, which shows a few rep- other type of piercing. The amount piercing. As far as locations of the resentative pieces. A has 12 holes of burr on the inside of the piece de- holes are concerned, better work can and reąuired 30 hours time of one pends solely on how accurately the be doną if the pieces are located toolmaker. B has 10 holes and need­ die is made. Accurate dies, strip­ diametrically opposite each other ed 35 hours, C has 8 holes and took per plates and punches will produce sińce all punches enter the pieces 40 hours, the 3 holes for D reąuired clean pieces. On soft materials, 45 hours and the 6 holes at E re­ it may be possible to eliminate burrs at the same time. While it is possible to have all ąuired 20 hours. Of course odd- entirely on the outside surface by holes on one side of the work, some shaped holes usually reąuire slight­ putting a slight radius on the means of supporting the die on the other side might be needed in pierc­ Punches can be set at any point on periphery of object and ing hard tubing. Materials that can be handled in­ any position lengthwise the tubular object. Starting with 12 clude almost anything not too hard. eccentric punch shafts eąually spaced around the object, it Already work has been done in aluminum, zinc, copper, tin, hard is easy to punch 1, 2, 3, 4, G or 12 evenly spaced rows of holes rubber, bakelite, various plastics, at one stroke— other combinations in two or three strokes. As paper, fiber as well as work in sheet steel of various analyses. All these many as 180 holes are punched at one slroke materials including thin-wall steel usually are handled easily on the ly more time than round holes, and punches, causing the edges immedi­ smallest machinę. that accounts for the difference be­ ately surrounding the holes to be Maximum size of object is lim­ tween the number of holes as depressed. ited only by the size of the machinę against the number of work hours Applications of this piercing meth­ used. reąuired for the various pieces. To od are almost unlimited. A brass Minimum size of object which can compute tooling cost, simply multi- primer shell which formerly had 46 be handled is somewhat difficult to ply the number of hours against the holes drilled into it now has all holes determine sińce a number of vari- cost per toolmaker-work-hour in pierced at one time to afford a most able factors must be considered. your vicinity. The number of work- significant saving in production The smallest piece is that which hours given includes the making of costs. A sąuare aluminum shield can allows insertion of a die inside of it with a die-wall thickness sufficient to the punches. for a radio, reąuiring more than Low setup time also is an advan- one hole on each of its four long stand up in operation, yet providing an opening in the center big enough tage sińce it is extremely simple to sides, has all sides and all holes change over from one job to another. pierced simultaneously. for the ejection of slugs. For ex- ample, if a piece has a wali thick­ If the same die is used and only A steel strainer tube with four n ess o f 0.020-inch where none of the punches changed, it is but a rows of holes and four holes in each matter of a few minutes. To change the holes is diametrically opposite row is pierced at one stroke. A card- another, a clearance of 0.025-inch all punches and dies usually reąuires board tube used in the thread-dyeing inside the die normally would be about 30 minutes. industry has 180 holes punched in sufficient for removing slugs. If it Speed and simplicity of operation a single operation. A plastic foun- is found that a die-wall thickness of are important advantages. Expei’i- tain pen cap has a slot for the pen 0.050-inch is sufficient for the par­ enced operators are not reąuired. clip and two air vent holes done in- ticular job, the inside diameter of Since most pieces will fit freely in stantly. A smali bakelite radio tube the piece can be as smali as approxi- the die, the speed obtainable de- receives 48 holes at one time. pends only on how fast the operator mately 0.125-inch or twice the wali A flanged brass tube used as a thickness of the die plus the center can insert and remove the work. housing, for an automobile cigaret With smaller pieces, a ąuantity can clearance for the sług ejection. lighter has three large irregularly Where two holes are diametrically be held in one hand and naturally shaped holes pierced at the same fed faster than larger pieces which opposite each other, still using the time. Production on all these jobs foregoing example, the inside diam­ must be picked up and fed one at runs as rapidly as the operator can a time. Pi’oduction speeds from 1000 eter of the piece can be as smali insert and remove the pieces from as approximately 0.150-inch or twice to 1600 pieces per hour are com­ a free-fitting die. mon, with 1800 for an expert. the wali thickness of the die plus Limitations of this method of For extremely smali pieces that slightly more than twice the thick­ cannot be gripped by the operator piercing depend on a number of in- ness of the piece for sług ejection. for removal after insertion into the terrelated factors which make it This is necessary sińce the opening die, a simple ring lever can be at- hard to give a definite answer to a at the center of the die must be tached to permit the operator to ąuestion such as, "What is maxi- slightly larger than the thickness of disengage the work from the die. mum thickness that can be punched the combined slugs or they will bind Such an arrangement rarely de- in steel?” The diameter of the piece, and not eject freely. creases the houi'ly production. number of holes to be pierced, their Length of the piece does not mean Where the location of holes is shape, their location and hardness anything—the limitation is the dis­ such that the stripper plate can be of the stock—all influence maximum tance from the open end of the piece cut away at the front end to leave wali thickness that can be punched. to the hole furthest away. Machines a portion of the piece exposed, pro­ The larger- the diameter of the now ayailable accommodate dis- duction will be speeded. Naturally piece, the shorter will be the dis­ tances from 5 to 8 inches. Naturally, as much of a grip as possible should tance between the outside surface it is possible to handle much longer jobs providing the holes fali within be provided for the operator. of the die and the eccentric shafts. Safety to the operator is inherent Naturally the shorter this distance, these distances. The only factor

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SOUTH BEND LATHE WORK 859 EAST MADISON STREET, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, U.S. A. introduction of eight trademarked porcelain enamel frits covering a wide rangę of uses. The idea be- hind the trademarks is to enable usei's to ask for the particular frit needed for their work without in- volving costly experimentation. According to the report, there has been a definite trend in the por­ celain enamel industry to reduce the large number of frits, many of which were developed to fulfill al­ most identical reąuirements. There- fore, the announcement of this line of frits is in line with the company’s policy to continue to reduce the number of items and, at the same time, inerease the ąuality of the frits for specific needs.

Dom estic Tungsten M ay

Supplant Form er Sources H Since war abroad may cut off foreign sources of high-grade tung­ sten ore used in the preparation of incandescent lamp filaments, manu­ facturing and laboratory experi- ments in the Westinghouse Lamp division research laboratories are now being speeded to test domestic and South American ores. Analyses of samples of domestic ores by W. C. L illiendahl o f W estin gh ou se show that wolfi-amite from the states of Washington, South Dako­ ta, Idaho, Arizona and other locali- ties may yield satisfactory tung­ sten. Ores from Argentina, in addition to domestic ores, are being tried. These compare favorably with Australian, and several tons are now being used on an experimental basis in lamp manufacturing. Fig. 2— Machinę setup to punch by the method described. Note the 12 eccentric Average yield of tungstic oxide shafts evenly spaced around the object and carrying the punches. Note op­ from various domestic ores was erator cannot get fingers under punches found to be roughly 95 per cent, based upon the oxide content of the ore. Should it become necessary that determines this distance is the be remembered that sińce all to use domestic or South American length of the eccentric shafts and punches converge toward the exact ore, refining processes would not Steel sleeves to which the punch center and holes are made in the have to be changed fundamentally. holders are attached. In fact, it is die perpendicular to its surface, The presence of móre impurities, a simple job to build a machinę to holes come closer together on the however, may make it more diffi­ accommodate almost any reasonable inside of the die than on the outside. cult to produce pure tungsten. In dim ension. However, this limitation is not seri­ the production of tungsten for lamp W a ll thickness of the piece is lim­ ous in work usually encountered. filaments, great care and accuracy ited by the strength of the dies and From the above it is seen that this must be exercised. The high melt­ punches and by the length of stroke method of piercing holes offers ex- ing point of the metal—about 6080 of the machinę. Strokes now in use ceptional advantages for much work. degrees Fahr. (3360 degrees Cent.) rangę from 3/16 to 5/16-inch, but It is already experiencing rapid ex- —prohibits melting it in crucibles, of course larger strokes can be made pansion in a wide variety of indus­ because there is no crucible ma­ available easily by providing larger tries and for much different work teriał having a higher melting eccentric shafts. as is illustrated in Fig. 1. point. Hole size limitations are similar As seen in Fig. 2, the actual ma­ Only about 6 per cent of all to those encountered with other chinę is ąuite a simple proposition, tungsten on the market during a piercing methods. The size of hole reąuires little floor space and affords year’s time is purchased for lamp is affected by the type of materiał exceptionally high production rates manufacturing. During the 2-year handled. The minimum size hole as mentioned above. period 1938-1939 a total of 824 tons should not be less than the wali of tungsten ore was imported in thickness of the piece. There ap­ this country, as compared with 1883 Tradem arks Frits parently is no limit to maximum tons in 1936, and 2848 in 1937. In 1939 the United States produced size of any hole exeept that after the To A ccom odate Users hole is made in the die, enough ma­ 3603 tons of ore, very little of teriał must be left in the die to ■ Porcelain Enamel & Mfg. Co., which found its way into incan­ hołd up during operation. It must Baltimore, reported recently the descent lamps.

84 / T I * l D u m p T r u c k all vital parts. An engine-driven gear pump in the base draws the H Service Caster & Truck Co., 640 oil from the supply sump, forcing it North Brownswood avenue, Albion, through a filter and oil cooler and Mich., is now offering a new dump then into the main supply pipe cast truck for handling any materiał into the base. Oil is carried to the that can be dumped, such as coal, main bearings through drilled pas- sages and from there to the crank- shaft to the crankpin bearings to the connecting rods and to the piston pins. The fuel transfer pump draws fuel from the storage tank and forces it through a filter to the in- dividual fuel pumps. Short lines con- used on each joint and consequently nect the pump to nozzle. A simple always leaves the inside of the joint starting valve in each cylinder head, sm ooth. connected to a timing valve above the camshaft, insures positive start­ The light gage wedge protector is ing at any temperature. Direct in­ easy to start and locks on pipes jection contributes to the ease of without the aid of a wrench, lock- starting under all conditions. ing automatically when spun to a sand, gravel, smali castings, scrap stop. It also is capable of standing borings and turnings. Its outstand­ a great deal of abuse. ing feature is its maneuverability. A ll-M etal Sw itch It uses giant swivel casters in front, having an overall height of ■ Durakool Inc., 1010 North Main F o r k T r u c k 19 inches, with 16 x 4-inch rubber- Street, Elkhart, Ind., announces a tired wheels. Its rear wheels also new all-metal Tipit mercury switch a Baker Industrial Truck division, rubber-tired are 18 x 5 inches. The which has a capacity of % ampere Baker-Raulang Co., 2168 West truck’s frame is of continuous 4- at 24 volts to 4 ampere at 6 volts. Twenty-fifth Street, Cleyeland, an­ inch channel, 85% inches long by It is used wherever infreąuent op­ nounces a new? ty p e JOM center- 36 inches wide. The hopper is of eration of a low-watt Circuit is de­ control fork truck available in 2000 3/16-inch steel plate measuring 45 sired. It also is ideał for use in and 3000-pound capacities for op­ x 78 inches, having a capacity of eration in narrow aisles and con- lVi cubic yards. It can be made gested areas. Its maneuverability water tight (on special order) if in close quarters is due to its com- oil, compound, chemicals, or other pactness, combined with the short liąuids are to be conveyed. The turning axle. It also incorporates dumping operation is entirely auto­ features that allow the operator to m atic. be comfortable, at the same time assuring safe and speedy handling of materiał. A high capacity, mili D iesel Engine type, safety contactor electrically ■ Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., 6 interlocked with the controller and East Forty-fourth street, New York, the operator’s seat relieves the con­ announces a new type 16 CP 4-cycle troller of arcing, and automatically diesel engine incorporating the latest opens the circuit when the operator developments in construction, design leaves his seat. The travel circuit and combustion control. It is of the closes only with the operator in direct injection type, designed for position and controller in first speed continuous duty. The engine’s base position. All Controls of the truck is heavily ribbed under the bearings explosive atmospheres and on elec- and a deep section at each side im- trical machinery. The switch is parts longitudinal stiffness. Crank- mounted in a smali holder with shaft journals and crankpins are screw stakes for terminal connec- large to prevent difficulties from tion. This assembly is attached torsional yibration. A silent chain to door, lid, or other movable mem­ ber—the movement actuating the sw itch.

Backing Rings

H Wedge Protectors Inc., 9522 Richmond avenue, Cleveland, has placed on the market two new prod­ ucts. A backing ring for pressure piping in sizes up to 8 inches and a light gage protector which keeps out weather and sand. The former assists in the welding of pipe joints assuring the welding operator of drive is mounted at the flywheel penetration of weld metal inside the are grouped conveniently in a con­ end giving a quiet drive for the cam- pipe. Thus the width of the joint trol panel at the operator's left. shaft and auxiliaries. All wearing is exact at all times due to the spac- Control of hoisting and tilting op­ parts of the diesel are completely ing bead in the center of the back­ erations are provided in the hy­ enclosed and an automatic lubrica­ ing ring. This also standardizes the draulic system. A motor-driven tion system provides lubricant to amount of welding electrodes to be gear pump supplies oil to the hoist-

March 31, 1941 85 ing and tilting cylinders through rolls, form cutters, etc. It is an joint also compensates in its design metering valves, the excess being attachment to, and made an in- for misalignment—both lateral and by-passed through unloading valves tegral part of standard mills, bor- angular. This new design is offered to the reservoir. The 2000-pound ing mills, lathes, planers, increas- in all the various styles carried in capacity truck handles loads up to ing the capacity and rangę of such th e 3, 4, 5 and 6-inch sizes. All 60 inches in length and the 3000- machines without impairing the are rated for 150 pounds maximum pound capacity model is for loads original function of the machines pressure. up to 42 inches in length. The to which it is attached. It simply follows the pattern (either hard or standard lift is 72 inches and 119 Tapping M achinę inches is the standard telescoping lift. The truck’s frame is of high H Cleveland Tapping Machinę Co., tensile steel and the main sills are 1725 Superior avenue, Cleveland, deep section flange plate members offers a new model C tapping ma­ running from end to end. Upright chinę capable of tapping holes of guides are formed steel channel sec- different depths without changing tions. The fork carriage travels the stop gage. This is done by on bali bearing rollers, the power means of a spacer hinged on the being supplied by a single hydrau­ housing made to contact the re- lic jack. The drive tires are 22 x 6 versing lever. The machinę is 90 and trail tires are 15 x 5. per cen t automatic. Its rigid spindle is mounted on bali bearings and controlled either by hand or Lapping M achinę foot lever. Driven by a 1-horse- power motor through a V-belt drive ■ Ultra-Lap Machinę Co., 267 Mc- on a 4-speed pulley, the unit taps Dougall avenue, Detroit, has intro­ from Vt to %-inch in standard steel duced a lapping machinę which in- at high speed. An important fea- creases production by as much as ture is that its spindle automatical­ 700 per cent and over as compared soft originals) it is reąuired to to hand lapping. Any metal or ma­ copy, transmitting and transferring terials, or any combination of such to the cutting tools, the control materials, whether hard or soft, can of the form to be cut. It traces the contour of the original die, pattern, mold or t e m p 1 e t, and holds the cutting tools to the ex- act tolerances of the original.

Rotary Pressure Joint H Johnson Corp., Three Rivers, Mich., announces new type R larger size rotary pressure joint with re- newable wearing plates for use in paper and textile mills, chemical plants, food processing industries or wherever steam or liąuids under pressure must be admitted into ro- tating rolls. Because of the slower speeds and higher pressures at which the lai'ger joints operate, fuli advantage cannot be taken of the wiping action on the sealing sur- faces that occurs with the average smaller joint installations. Leaks, caused by dirt and scalę accumulat- ing under the sealing ring, may steam cut the casting. In the type R, the end plate subject to this wear is made as a separate casting ly stops revolving forward, having and can be refaced. In addition, all split-second reverse. After revers- metal parts which are subject to ing, the spindle then raises and any wear are now made separate starts revolving forward, ready for and renewable. Conseąuently, they the next operation. This leaves be used on it. Its makers guaran- can be furnished of bronze to pro- the operator’s hands free to handle the work. The tapping unit is ap- tee precision as to flatness of less plicable to any service where drill- than one light band—that is, twelve millionths of an inch and under— ing also is essential. and as to smoothness one micro- inch and under. They also claim a Freąuency M eter uniformity of finished parts. ES W estinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., announces a D uplicating M achinę new vibration freąuency meter, ■ National Purchasing Co., 405 weighing only eight ounces, to aid Boulevard building, Detroit, an­ the engineer in ferreting out causes nounces a Turchan follower ma­ vide the equivalent of all-bronze con­ of machinę vibrations. It is capable chinę or duplicator for precision struction. Sealing is accomplished of indicating what freąuencies be­ duplicating of dies, molds, patterns, by a carbon-graphite ring. The tween 500 and 20,000 cycles per min-

86 STEEL ute are present in a vibrating body. back and forth in a supporting inches. Vertical movement of drill It is built around the principle of “cradle” on eight bali bearings. This head is 8 % inches and spindle travel the vibrating-reed and consists of a permits rapid movement, forward is 3 % inches. Capacity of the Jacobs thin spring steel vibrator clamped or back, and reduces lost motion. chuck is %-inch. The machinę is at one end between a set of steel The ram can be locked ąuickly in 72 inches high, 31 inches wide and rollers. A knurled knob connected any position with the clamp lock. has a depth front to back of 38 to the rollers permits their rota tion, The drill head, ram and cradle inches. The drill head can be tilt- and moves the steel reed in or out, swing easily right and left on a col- ed up to 45 degrees either right or changing its freąuency of vibration. lar mounted on the top of the rais- left. A sliding pointer on the back end ing and lowering column. The drill of the steel reed indicates the yibrat- head ram and cradle are raised and F i l m D r y e r ing frequency which is read off the lowered by a crank-operated screw calibrated scalę on the frame of the mechanism mounted on the side of ■ Harry W. Dietert Co., 9330 Rose- the supporting column. Capacity of lawn ayenue, Detroit, announces the drill is large, drilling to the cen­ an infra-red film dryer for use in ter of a 62-inch circle. Its ram conjunction with spectrographic travel is 18 inches and maximum analysis eąuipment. It will dry a distance of chuck to table is 13% 16-inch length of 35 millimeter film

instrument. To use the meter, its head is held against the vibrating body and the adjusting knob rotated until the vibrator reed moves to and fro at maximum amplitudę. If more than one vibrating freąuency exists, there will be a point of maximum amplitudę for each, and yibrations in differing planes may be detected by changing the axis of the meter. The meter will indicate a yibration whose double amplitudę is one ten- thousandth of an inch or greater.

R adial D rill ■ Walker-Turner Co. Inc., Plain- field, N. J., announces a new radial drill for performing light duty op­ erations. It is suited for use in the aircraft industry for stack-drilling sheets, spars, etc., by toolmakers for

drilling in jigs and fixtures and for patternmaking; by shipbuilders for drilling metal plates and sheets. The unit’s drill head is mounted on a heayy cast-iron ram which rides

March 31, 1941 Temperature of the latter is con­ in 50 seconds without curling the in diameter. Its lens gives almost instant focus on both large and trolled automatically, maximum film. The wet film is merely variation during the heating cycle stretched around a glass form as smali fields and fiat and curved surfaces. The wide diameter of being held within 2 degrees of the shown in the accompanying illus- the lens allows the use of both predetermined setting. Tempera­ tration. The infra-red lamp is em- eyes, and critical inspection can be ture is approximately the same as bodied inside the glass form. A made from all angles and at casual that employed in conventional pack motor-driven fan in the base of the distances from the lens. The light carburization work. source of the unit provides a high- From the furnace, the plates are ly efficient and uniform degree of moved by overhead crane to an ad- illumination. Also this combina- jacent oil ąuenching tank. After tion of uniform lighting and mag- ąuenching and cooling, the plates nification overcomes the variances are tested for hardness on a special which occur when one man uses brinell machinę built by Detroit a high-powered jewelers’ glass, an­ Testing Machinę Co. Said to be the other uses a low-powei'ed reading largest of its type, this machinę glass and another relies on “good somewhat resembles a planer in eyesight”. The device has no focus- appearance. The bed, waist high, ing devices and no holders are re­ is fixed but eąuipped with rollers ąuired for materiał being inspected. over which the plates to be tested may be moved easily. The testing instrument, mounted on a cross F l o o d l i g h t head, is motor-driven for vertical or horizontal travel so it may be gg Birdseye Lamp Sales division, Wa- spotted over any part of the plate’s bash Appliance Corp., 334 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., has intro- su rface. It often is desirable to weld armor duced a new Floodlite for generał plate. But usual welding procedure lighting purposes. It delivers a draws the temper of the hardened concentrated flood of light in a me­ plate, thereby reducing its resistance dium beam that is especially effec- to gun fire. However, welding parts tive in applications reąuiring in- together to provide a pilot seat as­ tense illumination for exacting sembly is accomplished without dif­ fieulty by a procedure developed by dryer forces warm air around the this company. Ballistic properties outside of this form. In this man- of the welds are said to be close ner, the film is dried, both by infra- to those of the plate itself and well red rays and by the current of warm within goyernment reąuirements. air. The operator has access to the Hardness testing of the plates is glass form holding the film by open­ supplemented by another and more ing two doors. The air used by the informative check—exposure to ac­ dryer is filtered to avoid dust get- tual service conditions by gun fire. ting in contact with the emulsion of The company’s testing laboratory in the film. An electric timer starts this case is an enclosed firing rangę, and stops the blower, and cuts off completely eąuipped with rifles, ma­ the current to the infra-red lamp chinę guns, chronograph for record- after a predetermincd time. ing the velocity of the armor pierc­ ing bullets, similar to the smali S p e c t i f i e r work. Essentially, it is an incan- armor proving rangę employed by descent filament bulb with a lining government agencies. a Eastern Machinę Screw Corp., of pure silver sealed inside to form New Haven, Conn., announces a ♦ new H & G spectifier for standard- a reflecting surface that cannot be dulled or tarnished by dust or fumes. For localized lighting to Thin W alled Tubing supplement generał illumination, a (Concluded from Page 78) detachable swivel socket focuses compressive resistance as compared the light exactly where needed. The to reducing a solid bar of compara­ unit is made in the RE short bulb, ble outside diameter. in four sizes and four separate voltages, from 100 to 300 watts, and Due to light work loads the life 110 to 125 volts. of bearings will be extremely long. During 1937, 1938, 1939 these mills operated a total of 13,348 hours, and Light Armor Plate of this time it is estimated that brasses were in the mili for 4004 69) (Concluded from Page hours. In other words, the charges The company’s original eąuip­ for brasses amounted to $0.3426 ment capacity has been contracted per hour of operation, as during for and they are now increasing these 4004 hours there was a charge their capacity 150 per cent. of $1372 for brasses and machinę In making seat shields for air­ work on these brasses. planes, the plate as received from It is also evident that consider­ the mili is cut to desired dimensions. Curved section for the seat back able saving in lubricant has been izing visual inspection of s c r e w effected sińce applying tapered machinę parts and similar work. is formed to shape on a press. Parts then are subjected to a cleaning roller bearings to this mili, but just It provides a fast method of in- what this amounts to cannot be de- specting the finish and other de­ and processing bath before immer- termined from available records. tails on parts up to about 3 inches sion in the heat-treating furnace. / T I l l 88 MARKET II M any All-Time Records TAILBID*

S ) e m a f t d Established in Steel Inereasing.

' p f t l c e A . March in normal times is often record Extras rising. month. Percentage for defense inereases pfzodiutfion constantly. Seasonal demands are soaring. Unchanged at 99% .

■ ESTABLISHMENT of new records in several depart­ the case of fabricated structural steel the shortage is ments of the steel industry still is being accomplished, rather in structural engineers than in plain materiał. particularly as regards production, sales volume and So many defense plants are ultra-modern, perhaps shipments. March is of course normally a month windowless, with artificial ventilation and lighting, that for records. More recently sales records on more sea­ special problems of design delay plans. sonal items have been established. Thus on line pipe An especial hardship is being suffered by steel­ for oil and gas new all-time high totals have piled up, makers who have spent millions of dollars, perhaps, with emphasis on long lines in the 100-mile class and to manufacture and advertise some special kind of with large diameters, involving large steel tonnages. steel, they now finding it difficult to supply it and Moreover sales of casings are best sińce March, 1937. fearing that from substitutions they may lose much More companies are planning to follow the lead of of their markets. the Inland Steel Co. in announcing definite sales pol­ Prospects of rising costs of manufacture persistent- icies which limit bookings to 1941, leaning more and ly plague steelmakers. Among the latest is the rul- more to purely defense projeets. In the rare instances ing that Southern metal miners are to be paid on the where steel consumers have been compelled to shut basis of span between arriving at and leaving the down for a few days because of lack of steel they work station in the mine rather than on the portal are non-defense plants. Many steelmakers state that basis. This change would mean a pay inerease of their deliveries to consumers are on such a refined about 10 per cent. schedule that the least upset might cause a short shut- Producers often send ąuestionnaires to consumers to down of consumers, but such close scheduling is for find out their exact present stocks and descriptions the benefit of the majority. and probable consumption in the futurę to guide pro­ Substituting becomes ever more prevalent. Several ducers in futurę shipments. In many cases consumers users of brass and copper pipe and tubing, unable to reveal delivery ahead of schedule on some descriptions get supplies, turn to steel pipe. In turn, users of and delays on others, all of which is useful informa­ galvanized pipe are often compelled to use black pipe tion for producers. which is satisfactory for less permanent construction Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and American Roll­ such as cantonments. ing Mili Co. will furnish 19,000 tons of 18-inch steel Some half dozen galvanized sheet manufacturers pipe for the naval station at Key West, Fla. have stopped production of that product because of After a slump for several weeks awards of fabri­ zinc shortage and because raw steel is needed more cated structurals and reinforcing bars bulk larger. urgently elsewhere. Output has fallen 11 points in a Scheduled automobile production for the week ended week to 63 per cent of capacity. Though stainless March 29 is 124,405 units, a drop of 400 for the week, steel is difficult for the civilian to buy because of comparing with 103,370 in the like 1940 week. nickel shortage the government still gets good service Steel ingot production last week was unchanged at as witnessed by the purchase of a large tonnage of 99% per cent of capacity. Advances took place in the stainless strip for! fabrication into food trays, with following districts: Cincinnati 4 points to 97%, De­ delivery of four weeks promised. tro it 6 points to 95, Pittsburgh 1% points to 103, Consumers, in numerous cases, have been advised Cleveland 1% points to 99 %. New England dropped 15 to expeet increased extras on sheets and strip for sec­ points to 85 per cent. Unchanged were the following: ond ąuarter but so far no definite inereases have been Chicago at 101%, Birmingham at 90, St. Louis at 99, announced. Consumers of wasters and rejects have Wheeling at 88, Buffalo at 93, eastern Pennsylvania at offered to pay premiums over prime materials to get 96 and Youngstown at 97. Steel’s three composite price groups were un­ these descriptions which are now scarce. changed, iron and steel at $38.29, finished steel at $56.60 Orders for defense are inereasing rapidly and com- Prise a much higher percentage than a month ago. In and steelworks scrap at $20.12.

89 March 31, 1941 COMPOSITE MARKET AYERAGES

One T hree One F ive M onth A go M onths A go Y ear A go Y ears A go Mar., 1940 M ar., 1936 M ar. 29 M ar. 22 Mar. 15 Feb., 1941 Dec., 1940 $38.29 S3S.29 $38.22 $38.30 $37.07 $33.20 Iron and Steel . .. . $38.29 52.32 . 56.60 56.60 56.60 56.60 56.60 56.50 Finished Steel ... 16.47 14.48 Steelworks Scrap. . 20.12 20.12 20.0S 19.95 21.37 sheets, plates, shapes, bars, black —Pig Iron, scrap, billets, sheet bars, wire rods, tin plate. wire, Iron and Steel Composite:- Finished Steel Composite:—Plates, shapes, bars. plpe, rails, alloy steel. hot stnp, andClii li fastl asi IIIron Uli pipe U1L/V Ul,at irepresen ' Vtative ------centers,------,------, 1 . hot strip, nails, tin plate, pipe. Steelworks Scrap Composite:— Heavv melting steel and compressed sheets.

COMPARISON OF PRICES

Representative Market Figures for Current Week; Average for Last Month, Three Months and One Year Ago M a r. M a r. 29, Fe b . D ec. M a r. M a r. 29, F e b . D ec. P i g I r o n 1940 1940 Finished M ateriał 1941 1941 1940 1940 1941 1941 $25.34 $24.95 $24.34 2.15C 2.15c 2.15C 2.15c B e sse m e r, d e l. P it t s b u r g h ...... Steel bars, Pittsburgh ...... 23.50 23.50 22.50 2.15 2.15 2.15 2.15 Basic, Valley ...... 23.50 Steel bars, Chicago ...... 25.34 24.84 24.34 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.47 Basic, eastern, del. Philadelphia. 25.34 Steel bars. Philadelphia ...... 24.69 23.69 23.69 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 No. 2 fdry., del. Pgh., N. & S. Sides 24.69 Iro n b a rs, C h icag o ...... 24.00 23.75 23.00 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 No. 2 foundry, Chicago ...... 24.00 S h a p e s, P itts b u rg h ...... 19.38 19.38 19.38 2.215 2.215 2.215 2.215 Southern No. 2, Birmingham .. . 20.38 Shapes, Philadelphia ...... 23.06 23.06 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 Southern No. 2, del. Cincinnati.. 24.06 23.56 Shapes, Chicago ...... 26.215 25.715 25.215 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 No. 2X, del. Phila. (difler. a v.). . 26.215 Plates, Pittsburgh ...... 24.00 23.60 23.00 2.15 2.225 2.15 2.15 M a lle a b le , V a lle y ...... 24.00 Plates, Philadelphia ...... 24.00 23.75 23.00 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 Malleable, Chicago ...... 24.00 Plates, Chicago ...... 30.34 30.34 30.34 30.34 Sheets, hot-rolled, Pittsburgh... 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 Lake Sup., charcoal, del. Chicago G ra y fo rg e, d el. P it t s b u r g h ...... 24.19 24.17 23.35 23.17 Sheets, cold-rolled, Pittsburgh. . . 3.05 3.05 3.05 3.05 Ferromanganese, del. Pittsburgh. 125.33 125.33 125.33 105.33 Sheets, No. 24 galv., Pittsburgh. 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 Sheets, hot-rolled, G ary...... 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 S h e e ts, co ld -ro lle d , G a r y ...... 3.05 3.05 3.05 3.05 S c r a p 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 Sheets, No. 24 galv. Gary ...... H e a v y m e lt, ste e l, P it t s ...... 520.75 $20.75 $22.75 $17.05 2.60 2.60 2.60 2.60 Bright bess., basie wire, Pitts... Heavy melt, steel, No. 2, E. Pa.. . 18.75 18.50 19.75 15.90 55.00 55.00 $5.00 Tin plate, per base box, Pitts.. .. 55.00 Heavy melting steel, Chicago.... 20.00 19.25 20.70 15.50 2.55 2.55 2.55 W ire n a ils , P itts b u rg h ...... 2.53 Rails for rolling, Chicago ...... 24.25 23.75 25.00 18.25 ) 23.75 23.55 23.95 18.40 Sem ifinished M ateriał C o k e Sheet bars, Pittsburgh, Chicago. . 534.00 534.00 534.00 534.00 Connellsyille, furnaee, ovens... 55.50 $5.50 $5.50 $4.75 Slabs:, Pittsburgh, Chicago ...... 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 Connellsyille, foundry, ovens.. 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.75 Rerolling billets, Pittsburgh ----- 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 Chicago, by-product fdry., del.. 11.75 11.75 11.75 11.25 W ire rods No. 5 to 3Vinch, Pitts.. 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

STEEL, IRON, RAW MATERIAŁ, FUEL AND METALS PRICES

Exc,ept when otherwise designated, prices are base, f.o.b. cars.

Sheets . 26.50 27.00 29.00 32.50 Black Plate, No. 39 and Lierhter Tin and Terne Plate Sheet Steel P itts b u rg h ...... 3.05c H o t Strip 17.00 18.25 17.50 24.00 Coid stp. 22.00 23.50 22.50 32.00 H o t R o lle d Chicago, Gary ...... 3.05c Tin Plate, Coke (base box) P it t s b u r g h ...... 2.10c Granite City, 111...... 3.15c Pittsburgh, Gary, Chicago 55.00 Chicago, G ary ...... 2.10c Łonu Ternes No. 24 Umissorfcd Steel Plate Granite City, 111...... 5.10 C le y e la n d ...... 2.10c Pittsburgh, Gary ...... 3.80c 2.10C Detroit, del...... 2.20c Paciflc Coast ...... 4.55C P itts b u rg h ...... M fs. Terne Plate (base box> New York, del...... 2.29c- 2.44c Pittsburgh, Gary, Chicago S4.30 B u f f a l o ...... 2.10c Enamelintr Sheets Philadelphia, del. ,.2.15c- 2.30C Granite City, Ul...... 4.40 Sparrows Point, Md...... 2 .l0 c N o. 10 N o. 20 N e w Y o rk , d e l...... 2.34c Boston, deliyered ...2.43c- •2.57C Pittsburgh .... 2.75C 3.35c Buffalo, deliyered ...... 2.33C Roofine Ternes philadelphia, del...... 2.27C Chicago, Gary .. 2.75c 3.35c Granite City, 111...... 2.20c C h ica g o o r G a r y ...... 2.10C Pittsburgh base, package 112 Granite City, 111. 2.85c 3.45c C le y e la n d ...... 2.10C o h w ti 90 v 98 in.. r.natina I.C. Middletown, 0 ...... 2.10c Youngstown, O. 2.75c 3.35C Youngstown, 0 ...... 2.10c Birmingham ...... 2.10C 8-lb... $12.00 25-lb.. , $16.00 Cleyeland . . . . 2.75C 3.35c . 17.25 Birmingham ...... 2.10c Coatesyille, Pa ...... 2.10C 15-lb.. . 14.00 30-lb.. Middletown, O.. 2.7oc 3.35c . 19.50 Paciflc Coast ports .... 2.65C Sparrows Point, Md ...... 2.10C 20-1 b.. . 15.00 40-11).. Paciflc Coast . . 3.40c 4.00c -2.25C Cold Rolled Claymont, Del...... 2 .1 0 c- Youngstown ...... 2.10C P itts b u rg h ...... 3.05c B a r s Corrosion and Heat- Gulf ports ...... 2.45C Chicago, G ary ...... 3.05c S o ft S te e l B u ffa lo ...... 3.05c Paciflc Coast ports .... 2.65C Resistant A lloys 20 ) C le y e la n d ...... 3.05C Steel Floor Plates (Base, tons or over 2.15C Detroit, deliyered ...... 3.15C Pittsburgh base, cents per lb. P itts b u rg h ...... 3.35c P it t s b u r g h ...... 2.15C Philadelphia, del...... 3.37c Chrome-Nickel C h ica g o ...... 3.35c C h icag o o r G a r y ...... 2.25C N e w Y o rk , d e l...... 3.39c G u lf p o rts ...... 3.70C N o. N o. No 2.15C Granite City, 111...... 3.15c Paciflc Coast ports .... 4.00c Birmingham ...... 302 303 304 2.15C .Middletown, 0 ...... 3.05C B a r s ...... 24.00 26.00 25.00 2.15C Youngstown, 0 ...... 3.0 dc 27.00 29.00 29.00 P la te s .... Structural Shapes D e tro it, d e liye re d ...... 2.25C Pacific Coast p o rts ...... 3.70c S h e e ts .... 34.00 36.00 36.00 P itts b u rg h ...... 2.10C Philadelphia, del...... 2.47C G a lv a n l/.e d N o. 24 Hot strip. . 21.50 27.00 23.50 Philadelphia, del...... 2.21 % c Boston, deliyered ...... 2.52C Pittsburgh ...... 3.50c Cold strip. 28.00 33.00 30.00 N e w Y o rk , d e l...... 2.27c N e w Y o rk , d e l...... 2.49C Chicago, Gary ...... 3.50C 20% N i.-C r. C lad B o sto n , d e liye re d ...... 2.41c 2.50C B u ffa lo ...... 3.50C P la te s .... 18.00* B e th le h e m ...... 2.10c Paciflc Coast ports . .. . 2.S0C Sparrows Point, Md...... 3.50c S h e e ts .... 19.00 C h ica g o ...... 2.10c Philadelphia, del...... 3.67c •Annealed and p ickled R a ll S te e l New York, deliyered .... 3.74Ć C le y e la n d , d e l...... 2.30c Straijrht Chromes Birmingham ...... 3.50C B u ffa lo ...... 2.10c (Base, 5 tons or c-ver) P itts b u rg h ...... 2.15C Granite City, 111...... 3.60c No. No. No. No. Gulf ports ...... 2.45C C h ica g o o r G a ry ...... 2.15C M id d le to w n , 0 ...... 3.50c 410 416 430 442 Birmingham ...... 2.10c Detroit, deliyered 2.25C Youngstown, 0 ...... 3.50c Bars . . . 18.50 19.00 19.00 22.50 S t. L o u is , d e l...... 2.34c C le v e la n d ...... 2.15C Paciflc Coast p o rts ...... 4.05c Plates . . 21.50 22.00 22.00 25.50 Paciflc Coast ports .... 2.75c

/TIEI 90 B u ffa lo ...... 2.15c 2V "O.D. 12 16.01 18.45 Strip and Hoops Birmingham ...... 2.15c Rivets, W ashers 2 %"O.D. 12 17.54 20.21 Gulf ports ...... 2.50c (Base, hot strip, 1 ton or over; F.o.b. Pitts., Cleve„ Chgo., 2% ‘"O.D. 12 18.59 21.42 Paciflc Coast ports .... 2.80c cold, 3 tons or over) Bham. 3" O.D. 12 19.50 22.48 3 % '"O.D. 11 24.62 28.37 Iro n H o t S trip , 12-incli an4 21 Young, Buffalo, Birm .. 40.00 Annealed fence wire.... 3.05c Lamp stock up 10 cents. D u lu th ...... 42.00 Galv. fence wire ...... 3.40c I.ap \V< id Sheet Bars \Voven wire fencing (base Steel Rails, Fastenings a ...... 61 52 'A Pitts., Cieyeland, Young., C. L. column) ...... 67 Sparrows Point Buf­ Single loop bale ties, 2 % — 3 ...... 64 55% (Cross Tons) falo, Canton, Chicago. 34.00 (base C.L. column) ... 59 3H—<5 ...... 66 57% Standard rails, mili .... 540.00 Detroit, delivered ...... 36.00 Galv. barbed wire, 80-rod 7 and 8 ...... 65 55% Relay rails, Pittsburgh Iro n W ire R o d s spools, base column . . 70 Pitts., Cieyeland, Chicago, 20— 100 lb s ...... 32.50-35.50 2 30% 15 Twisted barbless wire, Birmingham No. 5 to A- Light rails, billet qual., 31% 17% co lu m n ...... 70 2 % —-3V4 ...... inch incl. (per 100 lb s .) 52.00 Pitts., Chicago, B'ham. 540.00 33 'A 21 4 ...... Do., oyer ń to JJ-in. incl. 2.15 To Manufacturing Trade Do., rerolling ąuality. . 39.00 4 — ...... 32% 20 'A 8 Worcester up 50.10; Galves- Base, Pitts.-Cleve.-C h ic a g o Cents per pound 9— 12 ...... 28 % 15 B irm ingham (except spring ton up 50.25; Pacific Coast up w ire) Angle bars, billet, m ills. 2.70c Ł in e P ip ę 50.50. D o., a x le Steel ...... 2.35c Steel Bright bess., basie wire. 2.6Uc S k e lp Spikes, R. R. base ...... 3.00c 1 to 3, butt weld . . 67% G a lv a n iz e d w ir e ...... 2.60c Pitts., Chi., Youngstown, Track bolts, base ...... 4.15c 2, lap weld . . 60 S p rin g w i r e ...... 3.20c Coatesyille, Sparrows Pt. l.OOc Car axles forged, Pitts., 2% to 3, lap weld 63 Worcester, Mass., 52 higher on Shell Steel Chicago, Birmingham. 3.15C 3% to 6, la p w eld 65 bright basie and spring wire. Pittsburgh, Chicago, base, 1000 Tie plates, base ...... 2.15c 7 and 8, la p w eld 04 tons of one size, open hearth Base, light rails 25 to 60 lbs., Iro n 3-12-inch ...... 552.00 C u t N a i l s 20 lbs., up 52; 16 lbs. up 54; 12 B lk . G a lv . 12-18-inch ...... 54.00 lbs. up SS; 8 lbs. up 510. Base 18-inch and o yer ...... 56.00 Carioad, Pittsburgh, keg ..53.85 % b u tt w eld ...... 25 7 railroad spikes 200 keg s or 1 and 1 % b u tt w eld 29 13 more; base plates 20 tons. 1 'A butt weld .... 33 15% C o k e j Cold-Finished Bars 2 b u tt w e l d ...... 32% 15 Price Per Net Ton 7 Carbon Alloy Bolts and Nuts 114 la p w e ld ...... 23% Bechive Ovcns 25% 9 Pittsburgh .... 2.65c 3.35c 2 la p w eld ...... Connelisyille, fur.. . 55.00- 5.75 F.o.b. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 26% 1 1 % C h ica g o ...... 2.65c 3.35c 2% to 3 'A la p w e ld Connellsyiile, fdry.. . 5.25- 6.00 Birmingham, Chicago. Dis- 28% 15 G a ry , In d ...... 2.65C 3.35C 4 la p w e ld ...... Connell. prem. fdry. (j.oo- 6.60 counts for carloads additional 4 'A to 8 lap weld. . 27% 14 D e t r o it ...... 2.70C *3.45e % , %. New River fdry. . .. 6.50- 7.00 5 fuli containers, add 10 23% 9 C le v e la n d ...... 2.65C 3.35c 9 to 12 lap weld . . W ise co u n ty f d ry . . . 5.50- 6.51) Carriage and Machinę Wise county fur. . . 5.00- 5.25 B u ffa lo ...... 2.65c 3.35c % x 6 and s m a lle r ...... 68 oft *Delivered. Boiler Tubes By-Product Foundry D o., f t and % x 6-ln. Newark, N. J., del.. 11.85-12.30 and s h o r t e r ...... 66 off Carloads minimum w ali seamless steel boiler tubes, cul- Chicago, outside del. 11.00 A lloy Bars (Hot) D o., % to 1 x 6-in. and Chicago, delivered. 11.75 s h o r t e r ...... 64 off lenoths 4 to 24 feet; f.o.b. Pitls- burgli, base price per 100 feet Terre Haute, del. . . 11.25 (Base, 20 tons or o ver) 1 % and larger, all lengths 62 oft subject to usual extras. Milwaukee, ovens. . 11.75 Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chi­ All diameters, over 6-in. New England, del.. . 13.00 L a p W elded cago, Massillon, Can­ lo ng ...... 62 off S t. L o u is , d e l...... 11.75 ton, B e th le h e m ...... 2.70c T ir e bo lts ...... 52.5 off C h a r­ co al Birmingham, ovens. 7.50 D e tro it, d e live re d ...... 2.80c Indianapolis, del. . . 11.25 Stove Bolts S ize s G age S teel Iro n Alloy Alloy In packages with nuts separate Cincinnati, del. . . . 11.00 S.A.E. Diff. S.A.E. Dlff. 73-10 off; with nuts attached 1 % "O .D . 13 5 9.72 523.71 Cieyeland, del...... 11.55 2000 ...... 0.35 3100 ...... 0.70 73 off; bulk 81 off on 15,000 1 % "O .D . 13 11.06 22.93 Buffalo, del...... 11.75 2100...... 0.75 3 2 0 0 ...... 1.35 of 3-inch and shorter, or 5000 2" O .D . 13 12.38 19.35 Detroit, del...... 11.50 2300...... 1.70 3300 ...... 3.80 o v e r 3-in. 2 % "O .D . 13 13.79 21.68 Philadelphia, del. . . 11.63 2500 ...... 2.55 3400 ...... 3.20 Step b o lt s ...... 60 off 2^4 "O .D . 12 15.16 4100 0.15 to 0.25 Mo...... 0.55 P lo w bo lts ...... 68.5 oft 2% "O .D . 12 16.58 26.57 17.54 Coke By-Products 4600 0.20 to 0.30 Mo. 1.50- 2 ■'54 "O .D . 12 29.00 N u ts 3" O .D . 12 18.35 31.36 Spot, gal., freight allowed east 2.00 N i...... 1.20 Semitinished hex. U.S.S. S.A.E. of Omaha 5100 0.80-1.10 C r ...... 0.45 3 % "O .D . 11 23.15 39.81 14-inch and less. 66 70 4" O .D . 10 28.66 49.90 Pure and 90% benzol... 14.00c 5100 Cr. spring fla ts ...... 0.13 •ft-l-lnch ...... 63 65* Toluol, two degree .... 27.00c 6100 b a rs ...... 1.20 5" O .D . 9 44.25 73.93 1 % -1 % -in ch .... 61 62 6" O .D . 7 68.14 S o lv e n t n a p h th a ...... 2K.ooc 6100 sp rin g fla ts ...... 0.85 1 % and larger .. 60 Industrial xylol ...... 26.ooe C r. N „ V a n ...... 1.50 Se am le ss Per Ib. f.o.b. Frankford and C arbo n V a n ...... 0.85 Hexagon Cap Screws U p set 1-in ., s m a l le r ...... off H o t Cold St. Louis 9200 sp rin g fla ts ...... 0.15 68 Phenol (less than 1000 Sizes Gage Rolled Drawn 9200 spring rounds, squares 0.40 Sąuare Head Set Screws l b s . ) ...... 13.75c Electric furnace up 50 cents. Upset, 1-in., smaller ...7 4 .0 oft 1" O .D . 13 S 7.82 5 9.01 Do. (1000 lbs. or over) 12.75C Headless set screws ... .64.0 ofr 1 Yi "O .D . 13 9.26 10.67 Eastern Plants, per Ib. l% " O .D . 13 10.23 11.79 Naphthalene flakes, balls, Alloy Plates (Hot) 1 « "O .D . 13 11.64 13.42 bbls. to jobbers ...... 7.00c P i l i n g 13.04 15.03 Pittsburgh, Chicago, Coates- 2" O .D . 13 Per ton, bulk, f.o.b. port 14.54 16.76 Sulphate of ammonia. . .$30.00 v ille , P a ...... 3.50c Pitts.. Chgo., Buffalo .. 2.40C 2 łi" O .D . 13

March 31, 1941 91 No. 2 Malle­ B e sse ­ P ig Ir o n Fdry. able Basic m er noted. Delivered prices include switching charges only as 26.31 26.31 25.81 26.81 ab o ve No. 2 foundry is 1.75-2.25 sil.; 25e dift. for each 0.25 sil. S t. L o u is , 24.50 24.50 24.00 ...... 2.25 sil.; 50c diff. below 1.75 sil. Gross tons 124.12 23.62 No. 2 M alle - B e sse ­ 26.63 26!63 27.13 Basing 1'olnts: F d r y . ab le B a s ic m er tOver 0.70 phos. L o w P h o s. Bethlehem, P $25.00 525.50 $24.50 $26.00 20.38 19.38 24.00 Basing Points: Birdsboro and Steelton, Pa., and Buffalo, N. Y„ $29.50, base; 530.74 delivered Philadelphia. B ird sb o ro , 25.00 25.50 24.50 26.00 24.00 24.50 23.00 25.00 Gray Forge Charcoal 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 Valley furnace ...... 523.50 Lake Superior fur ...... $27 00 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 Pitts. dist. fur ...... 23.50 do., d e l. C h ic a g o ...... 30.34 . 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 L y le s , T e n n ...... 26.50 24.50 24.50 25.00 t S llv e r y E r ie , P a, 24.00 24.50 23.50 25.00 E v e re tt, 25.00 25.50 24.50 26.00 Jackson county, O., base: 6-6.50 per cent $29.50; 6.51-7—530.00; . 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 7_7.50_S30.50; 7.51-8—531.00; 8-8.50—$31.50; 8.51-9—$32.00; 9-9.50—$32.50; Buffalo, $1.25 higher. Hamilton, O. . . . . 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 Neyille Island, Pa . 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 Bessemer Ferrosilicont Provo, Utah . 22.00 Jackson county, O., base; Prices are the same as for silveries, Sharpsyille, Pa. . [24.00— 24.00- 23.50- 24.50- p lu s 51 a ton. 124.50 24.50 24.50 25.00 tThe lower all-rail delivered price from Jackson, O., or Buffalo, Sparrow’s Point, . 25.00 24.50 is ąuoted with freight allowed. Swedeiand, Pa. . . . 25.00 25.50 24.50 26.00 Manganese differentials in silvery iron and ferrosilicon, 2 to 3%, To led o , O ...... 24.00 24.00 23.50 24.50 51 per ton add. Each unit over 3%, add 51 per ton. Youngstown, O. . f24.00- 24.00- 23.50- 24.50- X 24.50 24.50 24.50 25.00 Ladlo Brick Refractories SSubject to 38 cents deduction for 0.70 per cent phosphorus (P a ., O., W. Va„ Mo.) o r h ig h e r. Per 1000 f.o.b. Works, Net Prices D ry p re ss ...... 528.00 W ire c u t ...... 26.00 Delivercd from Basing Points: Fire Clay Brick Akron, O,, from Cleyeland ...... 25.39 25.39 25.39 24.89 25.89 M a g n e site Super Quality Baltimore from Blrminghamt . . 25.61 25.61 25.11 Domestic dead - burned Boston from Birminghamt ...... 25.12 25.12 P a ., M o., K y ...... $60.80 grains, net ton f.o.b. Boston from Everett, Mass. 25.50 26.00 25.00 26.50 First Quality Chewelah, Wash., net 25.00 26.50 Boston from Buffalo ...... 25.50 26.00 Pa., 111., Md., Mo., Ky.. . 47.50 ton, b u l k ...... 22.00 Brooklyn, N. Y„ from Bethlehem 27.50 28.00 A la b a m a , G e o r g ia ...... 47.50 net ton, bags ...... 26.00 C a n to n , O . fro m C le y e la n d ...... 25.39 25.39 25.39 24.89 25.89 N ew Je r s e y ...... 52.50 Basic Brick Chicago from Birmingham ...... t24.22■24.22 Cincinnati from Hamilton, O. . . 24.44 24.44 2 5 J 1 24!61 Second Quality Net ton, f.o.b. Baltimore, Ply­ Cincinnati from Birminghamt • 24.06 24.06 23.06 Pa., 111., Ky., Md., Mo.. . 42.75 mouth Meeting, Chester, Pa. Chrome brick ...... $50.00 Cleyeland from Birminghamt ■ . 24.12 24.12 23.62 G e o rg ia , A la b a m a ...... 34.20 Chem. bonded chrome. .. 50.00 Mansfield, O., from Toledo, O. . . 25.94 25^94 25.44 N e w Je rs e y ...... 49.00 M a g n e site b ric k ...... 72.00 M ilw a u k e e fro m C h icag o ...... 25.10 25.10 25.10 24.60 25^60 O hio Chem. bonded magnesite 61.00 Muskegon, Mich., from Chicago, F ir s t ą u a lit y ...... 39.90 To led o o r D e tro it ...... 27.19 27.19 In t e r m e d ia t e ...... 36.10 Newark, N. J„ from Birminghamt 26.15 Second ąu ality ...... 31.35 F l u o r s p a r Newark, N. J., from Bethlehem. 26.53 27.03 Philadelphia from Birminghamt ■ 25.46 24.96 Malleable Bunu Brick Washed grayel, duty Philadelphia from Swedeiand, Pa. 25.84 26.34 ...... 25.34...... A li bases ...... $56.05 pd., tide, net ton.$25.00-$26.00 Pittsburgh dist.: Add to Neyille Island base, North and South Washed grayel, f.o.b. Sides, 69c; McKees Roeks, 55c; Lawrenceyille, Homestead, Mc- Silica Brick 111., Ky., net ton, Keesport, Ambridge, Monaca, Aliquippa, 84c; Monessen, Mon­ Pennsylyania ...... 547.50 carloads, all raił. 20.00-21.00 ongahela City, $1.07; Oakmont, Verona, 51.11; Brackenridge, Joliet, E. Chicago ...... 55.10 D o. b a rg e ...... 20.00 $1.24. Birmingham, Ala ...... 47.50 N o. 2 lu m p ...... 20.00-21.00

Ferroalłoy Prices

Ferroinanganese, 78-82%, Do., ton lots ...... 11.75c Do., spot ...... 145.00 Silicon Metal, 1% iron, carlots, duty pd...... § 120.00 Do., less-ton lots ...... 12.00C Do., contract, ton lots 145.00 contract, carlots, 2 x T o n l o t s ...... 130.00 less than 200 lb. lots. 12.25c Do., spot, ton lots....150.00 % - in „ lb ...... 14.50c Less ton lo ts ...... 133.50 67-72% low carbon: 15-18% ti., 3-5% carbon, Do., 2 % ...... 13.00C Less 200 lb. lots ...... 138.00 Par- Tnn i carlots, contr., net ton 157.50 Spot lic higher Do., carlots del. Pitts. 125.33 loads lots ton Do., spot ...... 160.00 Silicon Bri

92 / T l t l WAREHOUSE STEEL PRICES

Base Prices in Cents Per Pound, Delivered Locally, Subiect to Prevailing Differentials

P la te s S tru c ­ - S h e e ts — Cold ,-----Cold D ra w n B a rs -----, S o ft % - in .& t u ra l F lo o r H ot Cold G a lv . R o lle d S.A.E. S.A.E. Bars Bands Hoops O ve r S h ap e s P la te s R o lle d R o lle d N o. 24 S trip C arb o n 2300 3100 B o sto n ...... 3.98 4.06 5.06 3.85 3.85 5.66 3.71 4.48 5.11 3.46 4.13 8.88 7.23 New York (M et.).. 3.84 3.96 3.96 3.76 3.75 5.56 3.58 4.60 5.00 3.51 4.09 8.84 7.19 P h ila d e lp h ia ...... 3.85 3.95 4.45 3.55 3.55 5.25 3.55 4.05 4.65 3.31 4.06 8.56 7.16 B a ltim o re ...... 3.85 4.00 4.35 3.70 3.70 5.25 3.50 5.05 4.05 N o rfo lk , V a ...... 4.00 4.10 4.05 4.05 5.45 3.85 5.40 4.15

B u ffa lo ...... 3.35 3.82 3.82 3.62 3.40 5.25 3.25 4.30 4.75 3.22 3.75 8.40 6.75 Pittsburgh ...... 3.35 3.60 3.60 3.40 3.40 5.00 3.35 4.65 3.65 8.40 6.75 C le y e la n d ...... 3.25 3.50 3.50 3.40 3.58 5.18 3.35 4.05 4.62 3.20 3.75 8.40 6.75 D e tro it ...... 3.43 3.43 3.68 3.60 3.65 5.27 3.43 4.30 4.84 3.40 3.80 8.70 7.05 O m a h a ...... 3.90 4.00 4.00 3.95 3.95 5.55 3.65 5.50 4.42 Cincinnati ...... 3.60 3.67 3.67 3.65 3.68 5.28 3.42 4.00 4.92 3.47 4.00 8.75 7.10

C h ica g o ...... 3.50 3.60 3.60 3.55 3.55 5.15 3.25 4.10 4.85 3.30 3.75 8.40 6.75 Twin Cities ...... 3.75 3.85 3.85 3.80 3.80 5.40 3.50 4.35 5.00 3.83 4.34 9.09 7.44 M ilw a u k e e ...... 3.63 3.53 3.53 3.68 3.68 5.28 3.18 4.23 4.73 3.54 3.88 8.38 6.98 S t. L o u i s ...... 3.64 3.74 3.74 3.69 3.69 5.29 3.39 4.12 4.87 3.61 4.02 8.77 7.12 K a n s a s C it y ...... 4.05 4.15 4.15 4.00 4.00 5.60 3.90 5.00 4.30 In d ia n a p o lis ...... 3.60 3.75 3.75 3.70 3.70 5.30 3.45 5.01 3.97 M em p h is ...... 3.90 4.10 4.10 3.95 3.95 5.71 3.85 5.25 4.31 Chattanooga ...... 3.80 4.00 4.00 3.85 3.85 5.68 3.75 4.50 4.39 Tulsa, Okla ...... 4.44 4.34 4.34 4.49 4.49 6.09 4.19 5.54 4.69 Birmingham ...... 3.50 3.70 3.70 3.55 3.55 5.88 3.45 4.75 4.43 New Orleans ...... 4.00 4.10 4.10 3.80 3.80 5.75 3.85 4.80 5.00 4.60

Houston, Tex ...... 3.75 5.95 5.95 3.85 3.85 5.50 4.20 5.25 6.60 S e a t t le ...... 4.00 4.00 5.20 4.00 4.00 5.75 4.00 6.50 5.25 5.75 Portland, Oreg ...... 4.25 4.50 6.10 4.00 4.00 5.75 3.95 6.50 5.00 5.75 Los Angeles ...... 4.15 4.65 6.45 4.15 4.15 6.40 4.30 6.50 5.25 6.60 10.55 9.80 San Francisco.... . 3.75 4.25 6.00 3.75 3.75 5.60 3.75 6.40 5.40 6.80 10.65 9.80

,— S .A .E . Hot-rolled Bars (Unannealed)— ■, BASE QI!ANTIT1ES 1035- 2300 3100 4100 6100 Soft Bars, Bands, Hoops, Plates, Shapes, Floor Plates, Hot 1050 Series Series Series Series Rolled Sheets and SAE 1035-1050 Bars: Base, 400-1999 pounds; 300-1999 pounds In Los Angeles; 400-39,999 (hoops, 0-299) łn B o s t o n ...... 4.28 7.75 6.05 5.80 7.90 San Francisco; 300-4999 pounds in Portland; 300-9999 Seattle; 400- New York (Met.). 4.04 7.60 5.90 5.65 7.56 5.86 5.61 8^56 14,999 pounds in Twin Cities; 400-3999 pounds in B ’ham., Memphis. Philadelphia ... . 4.10 Cold Rolled Sheets: Base, 400-1499 pounds in Chicago, Cin­ 4.45 B a ltim o re ...... cinnati, Cleyeland, Detroit, New York, Kansas City and St. Norfolk, Va ...... Louis; 450-3749 in Boston; 500-1499 in Buffalo; 1000-1999 in Phila­ delphia, Baltimore; 750-4999 in San Francisco; 300-4999 in Port­ B u ffa lo ...... 3.55 7.35 5.65 5.40 7.50 land, Seattle; any ąuantity in Twin Cities; 300-1999 Los Angeles. P itts b u rg h ...... 3.40 7.45 5.75 5.50 7.60 Galvanized Sheets: Base, 150-1499 pounds, New York; 150- C le y e la n d ...... 3.30 7.55 5.85 5.85 7.70 1499 in Cleveiand, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Norfolk; 150-1049 in D e tro it ...... 3.48 7.67 5.97 5.72 7.19 Los Angeles; 300-4999 in Portland, Seattle; 450-3749 in Boston; Cincinnati ...... 3.65 7.69 5.99 5.74 7.84 500-1499 in Birmingham, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Omaha, St. Louis, Tulsa; 3500 and over in Chattanooga; any ąuantity in Twin Cities; 750-1500 in Kansas C h ica g o ...... 3.70 7.35 5.65 5.40 7.50 City; 150 and over in Memphis; 25 to 49 bundles in Philadelphia; Twin Cities ...... 3.95 7.70 6.00 6.09 8.19 750-4999 in San Francisco. M ilw a u k e e ...... 3.83 7.33 5.88 5.63 7.73 Cold Rolled Strip: No base quantity; extras apply on lots 5.77 7.87 S t. L o u is ...... 3.84 7.72 6.02 of all size. Cold Finished Bars: Base, 1500 pounds and over on carbon, S e a ttle ...... 5.85 8.00 7.85 '8.65 except 0-299 in San Francisco, 1000 and over in Portland, Seattle; Portland, Oreg 5 70 8^85 8.00 7.85 8.65 1000 pounds and over on alloy, except 0-4999 in San Franciscó. Los Angeles ...... 4.80 9.55 8.55 8.40 9.05 SAE Hot Rolled Alloy Bars: Base, 1000 pounds and over, San Francisco.... . 5.25 9.65 8.80 8.65 9.30 except 0-4999, San Francisco; 0-1999, Portland, Seattle.

CURRENT IRON AND STEEL PRICES OF EUROPE

Dollars at $4.02V2 per Pound Sterling

Export Prices f.o.b. Port of Dispatch— Domestic Prices Delivered at Works or F u r n a c e — By Cr.ble or Radio £ b d BRITISH Gross Tons f.o.b Foundry No. 3 Pig Iron, Silicon 2.50—3.00...... 525.79 6 8 0(a' U.K. Ports Basic pig iron...... 24.28 6 0 6(af £ s d Furnace coke, f.o.t. ovens...... 7.15 1 15 6 Billets, basie soft, 100-ton lots and over...... 49.37 12 5 0 Merchant bars, 3-inch and over...... £66.50 16 10 0 Standard rails, 60 lbs. per yard, 500-ton lots & over---- 2.61c 14 10 6 Merchant bars, {.mail, under3-inch, re-rolled...... 3.60c 20 0 0 Merchant bars, rounds and squares, under 3-inch...... 3.17c 17 12 Ott Shapes...... 2.77c 1:> 8 Ott Structural shapes...... 2.79c 15 10 0 Ship plates...... 2.91c 16 3 Ott Ship plates...... 2.90c 16 2 6 Boiler plates...... 3.06c 17 0 6tt Sheets, black, 24 gage, 4-ton lots and over...... 4.10c 22 15 0 Boiler plates...... 3.l7c 17 12 6 Sheets, galvanized 24 gage, coriugated, 4-ton lots & over 4.70c 26 2 6 Sheets, black, 24 gage...... 4.00c 22 5 0 Plain wire, mild drawn, catch weight coils, 2-tcn lots and ...... 4.28c 23 15 0 Sheets, galvanized, corrugated, 21 gage...... 4.61c 2-> 12 6 Bands and strips, hot-rolled...... 3.30c 18 7 0 tt

Tin plate, base boi, 20 i 14, 108 pounds...... $ 6.29 1114 (a) del. Middlesbiough 5s rebau to approved enstemers. ttRebate of 15s en certain condi\:ons. British ferromanganese 2120.00 deli

HE.W Y MELTING STEEL C h icag o ...... 14.50-15.00 B u ffa lo ...... 22.00-22.50 E a s te rn P a ...... 25.00-25.50 C h icag o ...... 20.00 St. Louis, IM -3%".. 19.75-20.25 Birmingham, No. 1. 18.00 Cincinnati, dealers.. 10.00-10.50 Cleyeland, no alloy. 13.50-14.09 C le y e la n d ...... 24.00 Bos. dock No. 1 exp. 17.00 P itts b u rg h ...... 22.00 (n o m .) New Eng. del. No. 1 18.25-18.75 D e tro it ...... 111.00-11.50 C A R W H E E L S S t. L o u is ...... 20.00-20.50 Buffalo, No. 1 ...... 21.00-21.50 E a s te rn P a ...... 15.50-16.00 Birmingham iron... 18.00 S e a ttle ...... 18.00-18.50 B u ffa lo , N o. 2 ...... 19.00-19.50 L o s A n g e le s ...... 4.00- 5.00 Boston dist., iron. . .tl6.50-17.00 N e w Y o r k ...... tl0.50-11.00 Chicago, No. 1 ...... 20.0U B u ffa lo , s t e e l...... 24.50-25.00 Pittsburgh ...... 16.00-16.50 Chicago, auto, no PIPE AND FLUES Buffalo iron ...... 21.50-22.00 a llo y ...... 19.00 S t. L o u is ...... 12.00-12.50 C h ica g o , n e t ...... 14.50-15.00 C h ica g o , iro n ...... 20.50-21.00 Cincinnati, dealers. 18.25-18.75 San Francisco ...... 5.00 Cincinnati, dealers. . 13.25-13.75 Chicago, rolled Steel 23.00-23.50 Toronto, d ealers.... +8.75- 9.00 Cleyeland, No. 1 ----- 20.00-20.50 Cincln., iron deal... 19.50-20.00 V a lle y s ...... 15.50-16.00 Cleyeland, No. 2 ____ 19.00-19.50 RAILROAD GRATE BARS Eastern Pa., iron. . . 23.50-24.00 Eastern Pa., steel. . 26.50-27.00 Detroit, No. 1 ...... tl7.00-17.50 SHOYELING TURNINGS B u f f a lo ...... 14.50-15.00 Detroit, No. 2 ...... tl6.00-16.50 C h ica g o , n et ...... 14.00-14.50 Pittsburgh. iron . .. 22.00-22.50 Eastern Pa., No. 1. . 20.00 B u ffa lo ...... 16.00-16.50 Pittsburgh, Steel. . . . 26.75-27.25 C le y e la n d ...... 14.50-15.00 Cincinnati, dealers. 12.75-13.2o Eastern Pa., No. 2, . 18.50-19.00 E a s te rn P a ...... 20.50-21.00 St. Louis iron ...... 21.75-22.25 Federal, Ul., No. 2 .. 16.75-17.25 Chicago, specl, anal. 16.25-16.75 St. Louis, steel .... 22.50-23.00 D e tro it ...... tl2.50-13.0G N ew Y o r k ...... tl3.00-13.50 Granlte City, R. R. S t. L o u is ...... 15.00-15.50 No. 1 ...... 17.50-18.00 Pitts., alloy-free. .. . 17.00-17.50 NO. 1 CAST SCRAP Granlte City, No. 2. . 16.50-17.00 BORINGS AND TURNINGS RAILROAD WROUGHT B ir m in g h a m ...... 19.50 Los Ang., No. 1 net 14.50-15.00 For Blast Furnace Use B irm in g h a m ...... 16.00 Boston, No. 1 mach.tl9.00-19.50 Los Ang., No. 2 net 13.50-14.00 Boston district ...... tll.75-12.25 N. Eng., del. No. 2. . 19.25-19.50 N. Y. dock No. 1 exp. tl6.50 Boston district t8.50- 9.50 14.50-15.00 Eastern Pa., No. l . . 20.50-21.00 N. Eng. del. textile 22.00-23.00 Pltts., No. 1 (R. R.) 21.00-21.50 B u ffa lo ...... Cincinnati, dealers 9.25- 9.75 St. Louis, No. 1 ... 14.25-14.7.) Buffalo, cupola .... 20.50-21.00 Pittsburgh, No. 1... 20.50-21.00 St. Louis, No. 2 . . . 16.50-17.00 Buffalo, mach ...... 22.50-23.00 Pittsburgh, No. 2. .. 19.50-20.00 C le y e la n d ...... 16.00-16.50 E a s t e rn P a ...... 14.50 Chicago, agri. net. . 19.75-20.25 St. Louis, No. 1 . .. . 17.25-18.25 FORGE FLASHINGS Chicago, auto net. . 19.50-20.00 S t. L o u is , NO. 2.... 16.50-17.00 D e tro it ...... 112.50-13.00 Boston district . .. . tl3.50-14.00 Chicago, railr'd net 20.00-20.50 San Fran., NO. 1 net 15.00-15.50 N ew Y o rk ...... tll.00-11.50 B u f f a l o ...... 19.00-19.50 Chicago, mach. net. 21.50-22.00 San Fran., No. 2 net 14.00-14.50 Pittsburgh ...... 17.00-17.50 C le y e la n d ...... 18.50-19.00 Cincln., mach. deal.. 21.50-22.0L Seattle, No. 1 ...... 15,00 Toronto, d ealers.... t8.75- 9.00 D e tro it ...... 116.50-17.00 Cleyeland, mach.... 24.00-24.50 Toronto, dlrs., No. l 12.25-12.50 AXLE TURNINGS P it t s b u r g h ...... 20.00-20.50 Detroit, cupola, net.tl9.00-19.50 Valleys, No. 1 ...... 21.00-21.50 B u f f a lo ...... 17.00-17.50 Eastern Pa., cupola 26.00-26.50 Boston district ...... tl2.50-13.00 FORGE SCRAP E. Pa., No. 2 ...... 23.00-23.50 COMPItESSED SHEETS Chicago, elec. fu r... 20.00-20.50 Boston district . . . . tl2.75-13.00 E. Pa., yard fdry... 23.00-23.50 B u ffa lo ...... 19.00-19.50 East. Pa. elec. fur.. 19.50-20.00 Chicago, heavy .... 24.00-24.50 L o s A n g e le s ...... 16.50-17.00 Chicago, faetory . .. 19.00-19.50 S t. L o u is ...... 15.50-16.00 Pittsburgh, cupola. . 22.50-23.00 Chicago, dealers . . • 18.50-19.00 T o ro n to ...... t7.75- 8.00 LOW PHOSPHOR LIS San Francisco .... 14.50-15.00 Cincinnati, dealers. 17.00-17.50 Buffalo, plates .... 26.00-26.50 S e a ttle ...... 14.00-15.00 C le y e la n d ...... 20.00-20.50 CAST IRON BORINGS Cleyeland, crops .,. 26.00-26.50 St. L., agri. m ach... 20.00-20.50 D e t r o i t ...... tT7.50-18.00 B ir m in g h a m ...... 8.50 Detroit, thin gage. . tl^.00-19.50 St. L„ No. 1 mach. . 22.00-22.50 E. Pa., new mat,... 20.00 Boston dist. chem.. .tll.25-11.50 Eastern Pa., crops . 25.50-26.Oi) Toronto No. 1 much., B u ffa lo ...... 14.50-15.00 E. Pa„ old m at.. . . 17.50-18.00 Pitts., billet, bloom, net dealers ...... t21.50-22.00 C h ica g o ...... 15.50-16.00 Los Angeles, net... 12.50-13.01) slab crops ...... 27.00-27.50 Pittsburgh ...... 20.50-21.00 Cincinnati, dealers.. 9.25- 9.75 Toronto, dealers - ■. 13.50-14.00 H E .W Y C A S T S t. L o u is ...... 15.00-15.50 C le y e la n d ...... 16.00-16.50 Boston dist. break. tl8.00-lS.25 San Francisco, net. . 13.00-13.50 D e tro it ...... fl2 .5 0 -1 3 .0 0 I.OW PHOS. PUNCHINGS New England, del.. . 20.00-20.50 E. Pa., chemical.... 17.50-18.00 Y a lle y s ...... 20.50-21.00 Buffalo, break ...... 18.00-18.50 N e w Y o rk ...... tll.5 0 -1 2 .0 0 B u ffa lo ...... 25.00-25.50 Cleyeland, break, net 18.50-19.00 S t. L o u is ...... 10.75-11.25 C h icag o ...... 24.00-24.50 BUNDLEn SHEETS Detroit, auto net. .. tl9.50-20.00 Toronto, d ealers.... t8.7o- 9.00 C le y e la n d ...... 22.00-22.50 B u ffa lo , N o. 1 ...... 19.00-19.50 E a s te rn P a ...... 25.50-26.00 D e tro it, b re a k ...... tl7 .5 0 -1 8 .0 0 Buffalo, No. 2 ...... 17.50-18.00 RAILROAD SFECIALTIES P it t s b u r g h ...... 26.50-27.09 E a s te rn P a ...... 24.00 C le y e la n d ...... 15.00-15.50 Los Ang., auto, net. 13.00-14.00 C h ica g o ...... 23.50-24.00 S e a ttle ...... 15.00 Pittsburgh ...... 19.50-20,00 New York break.. . tl7.00 S t. L o u is ...... 13.00-13.50 ANGLE BARS—STEEL RAILS FOR ROLLING Toronto, dealers . .. 10.00-10.50 C h ica g o ...... 23.50-24.00 5 feet and over STOYE PLATE S t. L o u is ...... 21.50-22.00 B ir m in g h a m ...... 20.00 Birmingham ...... 13.50 SHEET CLIPF1NGS, LOOSE B o sto n ...... t l 8 .50-19.00 Boston district .... +15.50 C h ica g o ...... 15.50-16.00 SPRINGS n n ffa ln ...... 25.00-25.50 C h ica g o ...... 24.00-24.50 B u ffa lo ...... 18.00-18.50 Cincinnati, dealers.. 12.50-13.00 N e w Y o r k ...... 119*00-19.50 C h ic a g o , COll ...... 24.75-25.25 C h ica g o , n e t ...... 14.50-15.00 D e tro it ...... 113.50-14.00 umcagu, leaf ...... 23.50-24.00 E a s te rn P a ...... 26.00-26.50 Cincinnati, dealers. 13.00-13.50 S t. L o u is ...... 12.00-12.50 E a s t e rn P a ...... 26.00-26.50 S t. L o u is ...... 22.50-23.00 D e tro it, n e t ...... tl3 .0 0 -1 3 .5 0 Toronto, dealers ----- 9.00 Pittsburgh ...... 26.75-27.25 E a s te rn P a ...... 20.50-21.00 S t. L o u is ...... 23.25-23.75 STEEL CAR AXLES New York fdry. . . . tl7.50 BUSHELING Birmingham ...... 18.00 St. Louis . . . . 17.00-17.d0 Birmingham, No. 1. 16.00 STEEL, RAILS, SHORT Boston district .... t20.00-20.50 Toronto dealers, net.117.50-18.00 B u ffa lo , N o. 1 ...... 19.00-19.50 B ir m in g h a m ...... 20.00Chicago, net ...... 26.00-26.50 Chicago, No. 1 ...... 18.50-19.00 p .iffn ln ____ 27.00-27.51) E a s te rn P a ...... 27.50-28.00 .MALLEABLE Cincln., No. 1 deal.. 14.25-14.75 Chicago (3 ft.) ...... 24.00-24.50 S t. L o u is ...... 25.50-26.00 New England, del... 22.00-23.00 Cineln., No. 2 deal.. 7.75- 8.25 C h icag o (2 f t . ) ...... 24.50-2o.00 B u ffa lo ...... 24.00-24.50 Cleyeland, No. 2.... 14.00-14.50 Cincinnati, dealers.. 25.25-2o.75 I.OCOMOTIVE TIRES Chicago, R. R. ■ • 24.50-25.00 Detroit, No. 1 new.tl6.50-17.00 D e tro it ...... t22.50-23.00 Chicago (cut) ...... 23.50-24.00 Cincin. agri., deal.. . 18.00-18.51. Valleys, new, No. 1. 20.o0-21.00 Pitts., 2 ft. and less 26.75-27.25 St. Louis, No. 1 . . . 20.00-20.50 Cleyeland, ra ił ...... 25.00-25.50 Toronto, dealers.... 7.00- 7.50 St. L. 2 ft. & less. . 24.00-24.50 Eastern Pa., R. R .. .. 23.00-23.50 SHAFTING MACHINĘ TURNINGS (Lons) STEEL RAILS, SCRAP L o s A n g e le s ...... 12.50 Boston district .... tl9 .75-20.00 Pittsburgh, raił . . . 26.00-26.50 B ir m in g h a m ...... 9.50 B irm in g h a m ...... „ - - - J f - S H St. Louis, R. R ...... 21.50-22.00 B u ffa lo ...... 14.00-14.50 Boston district ...... flD.o-16.00 N e w Y o r k .....t21.00-21.50

Eastern Local Oro Spanish, No. African Mancaneso Ore O r e s Gents, unit, del. E. Pa. basie, 50 to 60% Nom. Including war risk but not Chinese wolframite, duty, cents per unit cargo lots. Lako Superior Iron Oro Foundry and basie 56-63%, contract. . 10.00 net ton, duty pd..523.50-24.00 Caueaslan, 50-52%. So. African, 48% ... 65.00-67.00 Brazil Iron ore, 68- Gross ton, 51 te % Brazilian, 46% ____ 60.00-62.00 ForeiRn Ore 6 9 % , o rd ...... 7.50c Lower Lake Ports Chilean, 47% ...... 6o.00 Cents per unit, c.i.f. Atlantic Low phos. (.02 m a s .) ...... 8.00C Cuban, 50-51%, duty Old rangę bessemer -----54.75 p o rts fre e ...... 67.50 F.O.B. Rio Janeiro. Mesabl nonbessenaer .... 4.45 Manganiferous ore, Molybdenum H ig h p h o sp h o ru s ...... 4.35 45-55% Fe., 6-10% Scheelite, imp ...... 23.50-24.00 M a n g ...... N om . Chrome ore, Indian, Sulphide conc., lb., M e sa b l b e s s e m e r ...... 4.60 50.75 Old rangę nonbessemer.. 4.60 N. African low phos. Nom. 48% gross ton, cif. $43.00-46.00 Mo. cont., mines. . I TEEL 94 Sheets, Strip Sheet & Strip Prices, Pagres 90, 91 Sheet and strip buying in March was substantiaily greater than in February, also a good month. Some producers report March the best month in history and no lessening in demand is foreseen. High rate of automobile production is a sustain- ing factor. While most consumers appear to have sufficient stocks for current reąuirements, a growing number find reserves depleted and pi-essure is growing to get orders on mili books, even though deliv- eries are delayed for months. Prices are a secondary matter. Most buy- ers assume that steel prices will show no sharp inerease this year. That mills are well sold far ahead is indicated by the fact that only one mili bid was reeeived on 6000 mtM bwijirmifciK tons of sheets for the navy’s regu- xa HMiacnr cwcwn iHfl . lar six-months reąuirements. »u tuit» ł ' \ An important sheet producer last week reąuested certain customers to supply schedules of sheets ac­ tually needed and dates they are re­ ąuired each month. This is an ef­ fort to prevent deliveries of ma­ teriał not needed for several weeks while urgently needed sheets are delayed. Inventories of industrial fabri- cators, including stamping shops and secondary distributors, are be­ ing lowered and some are close to the danger line. Deliveries of hot- rolled, cold-rolled and galvanized sheets have retreated from 6-8 months to 8-9 months and narrow Crov^s " strip from 4-5 months to 5-6 months. Mills generally are booking third no e^ P enS and fourth ąuarter tonnage and oc- casionally a specification can be de­ :o ^ ed ’ liyered in July. : cornet o< Sales policies are irregular. One - ła ll^ Y maker will sell only on government preferential rating, others will book for regular customers in moderate tonnage. Several galvanized sheet producers have discontinued their production because of difficulty in obtaining zinc. Stainless steel sheets and strip feel the effect of short nickel supplies and consumers not protected early find themselves pinched. Galvanized sheet produc­ VJhen tion has dropped 11 points to 63 per cent as a national rate. „od *'" 1’ ” '' An unusual sale recently involved . „ i W ' " " ' a round tonnage of 17-inch stainless strip for manufacture of meal trays for the army, delivery in four weeks. Some consumers of sheets and strip have been advised by produc­ ers’ representatives to expect ad- vances in extras effective on second ąuarter shipments. While no defi­ nite information has been given out it is understood by consumers that the inereases will apply particularly NORTHWEST to the lighter gages. Most produc­ ENGINEERING COMPANY ers, incidentally, report they are sold *^805 Steger Bldg., 28 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. out on 19 gage and lighter practi- 95 March 31, 1941 steel construction; bids April 9, Wash­ Possibilities of a real pinch are cally for the remainder of the year. ington; also three 327-foot cutters A manufacturer of eomposite foreseen. In England it now is bids April 7. ąuite customary, under war condi­ sheets in which aluminum and zinc are used has cui'tailed produetion tions, for users to return used tools to makers for re-tipping. American because of inability to obtain suffi- toolmakers do not believe su ch cient supplies and is substituting practice will be necessary here. other metals. Bars They believe it more efficient for Bar Prices, Page 90 users to install eąuipment for re- Steel bar deliveries are receding tipping. under heavy demand. Carbon bars Plates on current orders are obtainable in Plate Prices, Page 90 four to six months. Alloy bars are still more extended and some mak­ Plate demand shows no slacken- ers of open-hearth alloy steel have Pipe ing and mili backlogs are mounting, little to offer under 38 to 40 weeks; Pipe Prices, Page 91 with prospects for an even tighter electric alloy steel is difficult to situation. As a rule commercial obtain earlier than 50 to 52 weeks. Because of heavy orders for air­ users can not obtain shipment be­ In some districts practically all al­ craft and ship tubing, makers of fore late in the year and usually in loy steel bars are for defense use. cold - drawn seamless mechanical reduced ąuantity. Only consumers Sales to jobbers in m a n y in ­ tubing have considerable diffieulty with highest preference rating can stances are made only after proof meeting customers’ increasing re­ do much under five to six months. that steel is to replace sales into ąuirements. As the situation now Preference ratings are being scruti- defense work. Limitation is also presents itself defense needs will nized closely to serve defense most being placed on sales by jobbers be met but as airplane and other efficiently. for export. demands inerease little capacity Some inąuiries for 1942 are being Forging steel producers have will be left open for non-defense received but for most part are not taken a stiffer stand on bars and purposes. being entertained. A number of billets, the $34 reroller price on Produetion of aircraft tubing in- mills are adopting the plan an­ billets now being largely replaced volves complicated processing and nounced by Inland Steel Co. of not by $40, the ąuoted price on forg­ reąuires much more time than accepting orders for next year un­ ing billets, on four inches or larger.. other tubing. As this tonnage car- til first ąuarter books are formally On smaller billets the bar card ap­ ries top priorities and is reaching opened. In most cases tonnages of­ plies, including all extras. mills in large yolume, other users fered district sales offices must be Orders so far placed by automo- are being overshadowed. Produc- referred to mills for acceptance. tive users for 1942 models indicate tion is being inereased as rapidly Shipbuilding and carbuilding no change in analyses. Tonnage as possible, considerable eąuip­ needs are heavy and account for appears about eąual to 1941 re­ ment having been put in seryice much of recent bookings. The lat­ ąuirements. Buick is understood in 1940 and more is being installed ter is meeting some diffieulty get- to have placed about one-third of this year. Comparison of capacity ting steel as its preference rating is its reąuirements, indicating a 380,- is practically impossible, due to low, in contrast to the situation dur­ 000-car year. High-manganese steel wide yariation in tube specifica­ ing first World war. Plate ship­ is used by this builder for many tions. Produetion in 1939 was 84,045 ments have been started for South parts and will not be affected by net tons and estimates for 1940 Portland, Me., shipyard, which is nickel shortage. Chevrolet has indicate a 20 per cent inerease, building 30 cargo ships for Great placed part of its needs and while with a larger gain this year. An Britain. Barge builders in the Pitts­ nickel steels are specified it is said estimate for 1941 is placed at 130,- burgh district are receiving larger provision has been made to shift 000 tons. supplies under goyernment protec­ to other alioys if necessary. Sellers are examining all orders, tion. Dravo Corp., with a contract Bar users unable to obtain mate­ with special reference to the use for submarine chasers, expects to riał from usual mili sources are for which the materiał is intended participate in the inereased mer­ turning to warehouses and in some and actual date needed to prevent chant vessel tonnage, fabrication instances are substituting other sec­ delays. This is to prevent over- being done at its shops and assem­ tions for those usually bought, shipment to some users while bly at Atlantic coast points. sąuares or rounds instead of hexa- others lack supply. Quarter-inch plates are slow in gons, as an example. No serious delay is met in ob- New England, September-October A recently organized company, taining hot-rolled materiał as ca­ delivery being the best offered. Floor which has acąuired a plant in North­ pacity for the latter is ample, sub­ plates are an exception, delivery ern New Jersey, has placed about ject to other defense demand. Al­ being four to five weeks. Semi- 2500 tons of bars for shell work loy steel rounds have been scarce fabricated work, heads and flanges with an eastern Ohio producer and but under priority shipments have can be deliyered in six to eight is now inąuiring for 5000 tons of been sufficient. Materiał lower on weeks in some cases in that district. 1 9/16-inch rounds. the priority list, particularly nickel Southern mills are pressed for Reąuirements for smali arms, alioys, is difficult to obtain. In gen­ plate delivery, shipbuilding and rifle barrels included, are large and erał, hot-rolled bar stock, both car­ freight car construction being large the Springfleld, Mass., arsenał con­ bon and alloy, is sufficient. Cur­ factors in demand. tinues to buy, although covered on rent facilities available for non-de­ part of needs through the year. An fense purposes is smali, but is in­ Plate Contracts Placed additional tonnage has been placed creasing as more drawing eąuip­ 750 tons. Bunts road water main. 24-2K with Republic Steel Corp., Massil­ ment is installed and also because inch pipe, Cleveland, to Bethlehem lon, O. in some instances defense orders Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. Manufacturers of cutting tools are being filled more rapidly than 200 tons, navy yard, Marc Island, Calif., with cemented Carbide tips, are others. The aircraft program is Schedule 5234, to Worth Steel Co., concerned at the outlook for a con- well in hand and fuselage tubing Claymont, Del., $12,252.70, f.o.b. mili. tinuing supply of alloy steel supply is larger than other kinds, shanks. So far they have been ob- allowing some other varieties to Plate Contracts Pending taining shanks in needed ąuanti­ be drawn. 400 tons, twa coast guard cutters, hult ties but deliyery is getting tighter. W h en the airplane program

96 a i E i reaches top speed this will not be true but it is hoped by that timp added facilities will be sufficient to meet demand for defense and al­ low some capacity for commercial buyers. Seasonal improvement in cast iron pipe buying is developing, many blanket annual contacts be­ ing entered, to be specified later. Cast pipe foundries are operating generally five days a week. Line pipe sales are at a high rate, several jobs involving 100 miles or more usually large diame­ ter. Casing sales are most active sińce March, 1937. Much seamless tube capacity is devoted to shells. With brass and copper pipe de- voted largely to defense use more steel pipe is needed. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstown, O., and American Roll­ ing Mili Co., Middletown, O., have contracts for approximately 19,000 tons, 18-inch steel pipe for the main- land water system, Florida Keys Aąueduct Commission, in connec­ tion with the water system at the naval air station, Key West, Fla. The Youngstown mili will furnish the major tonnage at $1,093,020 f.o.b. works and the balance goes to American Rolling Mili Co. at $315,786.90. The contracts were al- located by the navy department, yards and docks, under the opening of Mar. 4. Respective lengths are 433.000 feet and 187,000 feet, with deliveries at Key West and Florida City, Fla. This tonnage includes fittings, Dresser couplings to be used. Brinkerhoff, Klapp & Doug­ las, New York, are engineers for the project.

Steel Pipe Placed

19.000 tons with fittings, 18-inch, main land water system and naval base, Key West, Fla., Florida Keys Aqueduet commission, Dade county, Fla., diyided, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., youngs­ town, O., and American Rolling Mili Co., Middletown, O., bulk to former through navy department, yards and docks, bids March 4. 200 tons, 24-inch, water diyision, Metro­ politan Distriet commission. Boston, for Arlington, Mass., to Walsh-Holyoke T h e O r a p e r M aking Industry Steam Boiler Works, Holyoke, Mass.

Cast Pipe Placed . . . because of Heppenstall E.I.S. Alloy Steel Chipper Knives, gets 275 tons, 8-inch, Boston, to Warren fipe Co., Kyerett, Ma^s, from 3 to 5 times more seryice of knives between grinding. And 110 tons, 6 and S-inch, Leominster, Mass., to Warren Pipe Co., Eyerett, Mass. the knives lose less width in grinding, require less power to operate in the chipper than' knives made of plain carbon Steel.

W i r e

Wire Prices, I‘ h k <' 81 With wire production at fuli ca­ H eppenstall pacity and orders being booked in excess of output, deliveries vary as between products, from 6 or 8 weeks to 25 weeks. While lack of zinc restricts galvanized output PITTSBURGH • D ETRO IT ■ BRIDGEPO RT capacity is utilized for other prod­ ucts. Manufacturers’ wire is in

March 31, 1941 97 tained their supplies from Great strong demand with shortage of T i n P l a t e Britain. It is estimated that Austra­ alioys, particularly nickel, causing lia normally has taken 300,000 to some trouble. Some users are ex- Tin Plate Prices, Tage 90 500,000 base boxes annually, much perimenting to find other analyses Tin plate producers are revising of which now must come from that will serve as well. American mills. Agricultural suppliers are well upward their earlier estimates of this year’s movement. Opinion is Reąuirements for American mili­ stocked with farm materiał for tary forces at present are confined spring demand, which is now be­ gaining ground that shipments will be the heaviest in several years. A largely to canned soups, milk and ing felt in Southern areas. meat, fresh vegetables being served Wire rope demand is unusually large factor is growing demand for as far as possible. heavy for re-equipping Great Lakes export, to make up for the short­ age in British produetion, other However, domestic users ai'e buy­ cargo carriers and deliveries now ing heavily to assure themselves of are delayed two months. At the needs for steel having curtailed supplies in case export demand be- beginning of the year it was avail- supplies to tin mills. Not only is gins to crowd producers. Produe­ able for immediate shipment. Un­ shipment of canned foods to Great tion now is at 80 per cent of na­ usual demand results from efforts Britain increasing but heavy in­ tional capacity, with practically all to have all bulk carriers in best ąuiries are being received from available capacity filled. No plans possible condition for a heavy sea­ Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa, which formerly ob­ have been made yet for starting son. mills now idle. The army will cali on canners this year to supply 9,000,000 to 10,- 000,000 cases of canned goods, an inerease of about 60 per cent over 1940, according to John Baxter, spe­ cial advisor on the OPM Subsistence INSULATING FIRE BRICK branch. DELIVERIES FOR Rails, Cars NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK Track Materiał Prices, Pasę 91 Further business is appearing for car builders, led by the Illinois Cen­ * ★ * tral inąuiry for 2400 cars of yarious types. The Reading Co. is reported to have awarded 500 steel gondolas E are extremely grateful for the present large vol- W to its own shops. The same company ume of orders our customers liave placed for Arm­ opened bids March 27 on eight 660- strong^ Insulating Fire Brick. Although it is practically horsepower and two 1000-horsepower impossible for us to make immediate deliyeries every diesel locomotives. The Pennsylvania railroad is re­ effort is being made to supply brick as rapidly as they ported seeking steel coverage for an are needed for National Defense work. additional car building program of We feel that the expediting of Defense materiał is our unstated extent.

rnutual problem and it is our desire to cooperate fully Locom otives Placed with you in solring it. Our particular job is to effect the Naw, three 300-horsepower diesel-elec- earliest possible delivery of brick needed to inerease your tric switching locomotives, to H. K. produetion. Toward that end the capacity of our plant Porter Co., Pittsburgh. has been materially inereased. With the cooperation of Locom otives Pending our workmen a maximum ąuantity of brick is being Navy, yards and docks, two electrically produced on a 24-hour day, 7-day week schedule. operated Diesel locomotives and spares, delivery. Boston, Whitcomb Locomotive There is no sacrifice of ąuality in Armstrong’s Brick Co., Rochelle, 111., low, 549,830, bids due to the demand for speed. Every brick of each brand March 25, sch. 5828. Reading Co., eight 660-horsepower and — A-16, A-20, A-25, A-23, and A-26—meets tlie usual tw o 1000-horsepower diesel-electric rigid reąuirements for insulating efficiency, strength, locomotives; bids March 27. spalling resistance, and accurate dimensions. Car O rders Placed Due to the extraordinary demand for insulating fire Chesapeake & Ohio, 1000 flfty-ton ali- brick, there may be delays in delirering tlie materiał you steel hoppers; 400 to American Car & Foundry Co., Huntington, W. Va., reąuire. We shall greatly appreciate your calling us in to shops; 300 to Pullman-Standanl Car discuss your reąuirements as far in advance as possible Mfg. Co., Butler, Pa., shops; 300 to General American Transportation Co., so that we can plan ahead to meet your needs. East Chicago, 111., shops. Qualified engineers located in our district offices Phelps Dodge Corp., 80 air-dump cars, to Differential Steel Car Co., Findlay. will gladly assist you in estimating your needs. O. Reading Co., 500 steel gondolas, to own shops, Reading, Pa. ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY Union Pacific, 30 chair cars, 30 baggage cars and 10 baggage-mail cars, light­ weight construction, to Pullman-Stand- Building Materials Division • Lancaster, Pa. ard Car Mfg. Co., Chicago. Wabash, 150 automobile cars, 50 mili-

,f T E E Ł 98 type gondolas and 15 caboose cars, to ing unloading but design work has the Fore River shipbuilding division its own shops. prevented their use. For many of of Bethlehem Steel Co. the contemplated defense projects C ar O rders Pending experience is lacking, particularly Shape Contracts Placed Chicago, Indianapolis, Loulsyille, nine windowless and blackout plants, baggage cars and one mail-baggase and planning takes longer than 6000 tons, steel bearing piles, pier, navy car; contemplated. yard, South Boston, Mass., diyided, usual. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., Pitts­ Illinois Central, 2400 cars, including re- It is expected that some recently burgh, and Bethlehem Steel Co., Beth­ frigerator, box, hopper and llat cars; lehem, Pa.; J. F. Fitzgerald Construc­ bids asked. built defense plants will have to be tion Co., Boston, contractor. Kansas City Southern, two raił motor expanded. Pittsburgh notes that in 4000 tons, welding and loft shop, Fore cars; contemplated. some cases steel is piling up in fab­ River shipbuilding diyision, Bethlehem South African Railways and Harbors, ricators’ yards and workmen are Steel Co., CJuincy, Mass., to Bethlehem Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 motor Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. coaches; bids asked. idle because specifications on these jobs have not come through when 3750 tons, two swing bridges and yladuct approach over Miraflores locks, Pana­ promised. One of the largest fabri­ Buses Booked ma, schedule 4650, to U. S. Steel Ex- cated awards of the week is 4000 port Co., New York, total .$992,145, bids A.c.f. Motors Co., New York; Ten 26- tons for a welding and loft shop for March 12; work also includes 195 tons passenger for San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco; ten 31-passen- ger for Montreal Tramways Co., Mont­ real, Que.; nine 39-passenger for East­ ern Massachusetts Street Railway Cc., Boston; six 34-passenger for Penob- scot Transportation Co., Bangor, Me.; six 33-passenger for Bowen Motor Coaches, Fort Worth, Tex.; three 31- passenger for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., Columbia, S. C.; two 34- Y our RIVETS passenger for Williamsport Transpor­ tation uo., Williamsport, Pa. Twin Coach Co., Kent, O.; Sixty-three 31- passenger for Rochester Transit Corp., FAST Rochester, N. Y.; twenty-(lve 41-pas- senger for Capital Transit Co., Wash­ ington; four 27-passenger for Arkansas and Power & Light Co., Pine Bluff. Ark.; two 33-passenger for South Suburban Safeway Lines, Haryey, 111, t i g h t

Shapes ”T”HERE'LL b e n o p r o d u c tio n b o ttle n e c k s in y o u r Structural Sliape Prices, Page 90 * riveting operations if you put Hanna Squeeze Riveters on the job! Here is a proved short cut Orders lor fabricated structural steel in February totaled 159,815 to a greater volume of work per man—wherever tons against 266,594 tons in Janu­ fast, positive riveting is required. Look at these ary, according to the American In­ stitute of Steel Construction, which [ construction and operation "highlights": concludes that defense orders are j slackening. Shipments in Febru- ! • Hanna Squeeze Rivełers d riv e a ary were 146,642 tons as against rivet with each stroke of the piston. 154,234 tons in January. February j The fuli rated tonnage is exerted shipments were 65 per cent of the throughout the last portion of the die basie period of 1923 to 1925 in- stroke—its squeezing action causes the clusive. The industry has on hand, metal in the rivet shank to flow, com* available for fabrication within the pletely filling the rivet hole, assuring next four months, a total of 624,- positive tightness. 201 tons. Business has slowed down some- i • Portable and Stafionary Types avail- w h a t because of a shortage of j able in over 700 styles and sizes for structural engineers and not be- j every type of riveting, driving hot or cause of lack of plain materiał. In cold rivets from Ve" to 2 W* diameter. one case a fabricator has a large Riyeter sizes rangę from 2" throat or number of cars of plain structurals reach, up to 21 ft. earmarked for defense jobs await- • To Assure Maximum Economy, our recommendations covering Hanna 5queeze Riveters to fit your job will Shape Aw ards Com pared include suggestions as to dies, fixtures, Tons handling the work as riveting progresses and other valuable production details. Week ended March 29 .... 35,067 Week ended March 22 .... 14,839 Write today for recommendations, Week ended March 15 .... 14,526 sending a sample or description of the This week, 1940 ...... 9,917 work to be fabricated. Weekly average, 1941 ...... 34,436 Weekly ayerage, 1940 ...... 28,414 Weekly ayerage, Feb...... 27,743 HANNA ENGINEERING WORKS Total to date, 1940 ...... 242,902 1765 ELSTON AVENUE • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Total to date, 1941 ...... 447,670 A ir & H ydraulic RIYETERS CYŁINDERS • Air HOISTS Includes awards of 100 tons or more. •

99 March 31, 1941 depot, Philadelphia, to Bethlehem Fab­ machinery, 12,700 square feet roadway Schenectady, N. Y„ to Ingalls Iron ricators Inc., Bethlehem, Pa. grating, 2400 sąuare feet! sidewalk Works, Birmingham, Ala. (575 tons, army buildings, Lewes, Del., to grating, slgnal and tratlic control sys­ 1050 tons, grade Crossing elimination, American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, tem and counterweights; four bldders. contract 6, Long Island railroad, Rock- through White Construction Co„ New away, N. Y„ to Harris Structural Steel 2100 tons, addition, Huntley station, York, contractor. Buffalo-Niagara Electric Corp., Buf­ Co., New York, through Charles Vachris Co., New York. 625 tons, girder renewal, Sixty-third falo, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethle­ street, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chi­ hem , P a . 1000 tons, aeronautical materials store- cago, to Hansell-Elcock Co., Chicago. 2000 tons, press building No. 3, Mtdvale house, Oakland, Calif., for navy, to American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. 600 tons, bridge. Grand Central Park­ Co., Philadelphia, to Bethlehem Steel way, Queens, N. Y„ Department of Co., Bethlehem, Pa. 900 tons, crane girders, Charleston, Parks project, to Bethlehem Steel Co., 2000 tons, steel plant. American Rolling W. Va„ for navy, to American Bridge Bethlehem, Pa., through Laurenee J. M ili Co., Houston, Tex., to Stupp Bros. Co., Pittsburgh. Rlce, New York, contractor. Bridge & Iron Co., St. Louis; 800 tons 875 tons, building 18, navy yard, South 550 tons, bridge 238.89, Loop, Pa., Balti­ still pending. Boston, Mass., to American Bridge Co., more & Ohio railroad, to Americafi 1400 tons, ramps, shell-loading plant, Pittsburgh; Sawyer Construction Co., Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. Burlington, Iowa, war department, A. Boston, contractor. 460 tons, addition, Atlantic Basin Iron Guthrie & Co., St. Paul and Al John­ 867 tons, plant, General Electric Co., Works, Brooklyn, N. Y., to American son Construction Co., Minneapolis. Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. joint contractors, to Illinois Steel Bucyrus, O., to Ingalls Iron Works, Bridge Co., Jaeksonville, 111. Birmingham, Ala. 400 tons, including machinery, gantry 800 tons, boiler house, ąuartermaster crane, Couiee dam, to Star Iron & Steel 1100 tons, building, General Electric Co., Co., Taeoma, Wash. 384 tons, Bluff street subway, FAGM- 450-C (1), Janesville, Wis., for State, to American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, through Jutton-Kelly Co., Milwaukee, contractor. 370 tons, crane runway, Bullard Co., Bridgeport, Conn., to Joseph T. Ryer­ son & Son Inc., through Turner Con­ struction Co., New York, contractor. 365 tons, addition, National Folding Box Co., New Haven, Conn., to American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh; Fletcher- Thompson Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., con­ tra c to r. 360 tons, gluing building, National Fold­ ing Box Co., New Haven, Conn., to American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. 350 tons, building 5, Chemical Construc­ tion Corp., Wallingford, Conn., to American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. 300 tons, building addition, National Anilinę & Chemical Co., Buffalo, to Ernst Iron Works Inc., Buffalo. 300 tons, army aircorps hangar, Camp Two modern plants under a Boley, Brownwood, Tex., to J. B. Klein Iron and Foundry Co., Oklahoma City. single management — a stccl O k la . plant and rolling miii — form a 286 tons, dried sludge building, West- completely integrated manufac­ Southwest sewage treatment works, turing unit for the production division G, Stickney, 111., for sanitary of Newport quality Iron and district of Chicago, Marsch Construc­ tion Co., Chicago, contractor, to Amer­ Steel Sheets. SU ican Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. 270 tons, State bridge, contract 2126, Wheatland, Ind., to Central States Bridge & Structural Co., Indianapolis; Your search for Quality Iron and Steel Sheets reported previously as 130 tons. 180 tons, service building and boiler house, University of Delaware, New­ ark, Del., to Max Corchin Inc., Phila­ d e lp h ia . ends here at NEWPORT 160 tons, navy hangar doors. Sitka, Alaska, project, to Truscon Steel Co., Youngstown, O. It is no smali accomplishment to produce iron and steel 150 tons, extension and alterations, steel Hot Rolled Sheets • sheets of fine quality in these days of strict metallurgical erecting shop, Clifton, N. J., Magor Car Corp., to American Bridge Co., Newport Electricai control and modern manufacturing processes. Ho\vever, to Pittsburgh. Sheets • G O H I Pure maintain uniformly highest quality during almost half a 130 tons, plant, Hinde Dauch paper Co., Iron-Copper Alloy Clevela'nd, to Klein Structural Steel Sheets • Globe Brand century of service to criticał buyers, is the achievement of Co., Fremont, O. Newport, where since 1891 there has been but one standard 125 tons, addition, South Chicago com- Galvanized Steel Sheets, munity hospital, Chicago, to Reuter Roofing and Siding • of excellence; with every sheet the best for the particular Bros., Chicago, Paul H. Schwendener, Chicago, contractor; bids Now 14. GOHI Enameling Iron purpose for which it is intended. 100 tons, bridge, Danbury, N. H., to Sheets • KCB Copper Iron and Steel Sheets by Newport are available for all American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh. Steel Sheets • Newport 100 tons, Bonneville project substation, Long Terne Sheets • generał industrial and commercial uses, in sizes, gauges, Alcoa, Wash., to Lehigh Structural Newport Galvannealed Steel Co., Allentown, Pa. grades and finishes to your exact specifications. Entrust your Unstated, three 160-foot Steel radio Sheets • Newport De- requirements to Newport, and enjoy the many advantages towers, air station, Lakehurst, N. J. to Luxe Metal Sheets. Harry Hershson Co. Inc., New York, that come to users of these superior sheets. spec. 10264; bids March 5 to Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington.

Shape Contracts Pending j 5500 tons, buildings, Western Cartridge Co., St. Louis, j 5300 tons, brass plant, Bridgeport Brass Co., Indianapolis. ANDREWS PRODUCTS IN CARBON AND ALLOY STFFL: BARS • PLATES • I 5000 tons, tremie trusses, drydock, Bay- UNIYERSAL MILL PLATES • SHEET BARS • BILLETS < BLOOMS • SLABS. /T ££Ł 100 onne, N. J.; bids being taken by con­ Unstated, hangar boiler house, Boise, Mills are well booked and ship­ tra c to rs . Ida.; bids opened by U. S. engineer, ments are running well according 4800 tons, hangars and shops, Gravelly Portland, March 25. Point, Va„ Tor goyernment. Unstated, four underslung cranes and to schedules. Prices are the firm- 2200 tons, Pennsylvania state bridges; hoists; bids in at Puget Sound nayy est in several years, In the New 1900 tons in Allegheny county, 160 y a rd . England territory housing projects tons in Washington county, 140 tons at Proyidence are the principal in Clinton county; bids at Harrisburg, A p ril 4. outlets. 1500 tons, truss and girder spans, North­ New York finds quotations gen­ ern Pacific rallway, Washington. Reinforcing erally firm, with chief exceptions on 1200 tons, lamp works, General Electric Reinforciiifi: Har Prices, I*ag:e 91 miscellaneous lots offered by the Co., Bucyrus, O. With approach of spring weather procurement diyision, treasury de­ 1000 tons, plant, Lukenweld Inc., Coates- partment, for WPA work, for which vtlle, Pa.; Day & Zimmermann, Phila­ comes inereasing demand for high­ delphia, generał contractors. way construction. Current projects bids are closing March 31. 885 tons, bridge, Hamilton county, Ohio. are not conspicuous in tonnages There are at least two new in­ 800 tons, steel piling, Oaklanden resei- and in some cases are falling off. ąuiries for 5000 tons or more, one voir, City of Indianapolis; bids March Probably national defense takes at for an army shelter project in Ore­ 31. least half the current tonnage sold. gon and the other for a ąuarter- 700 tons, state highway bridge LR-149, A vo n , P a . 600 tons, addition, Miliard Fillmore hos­ pital, Buffalo. 600 tons, launchway gates, etc., New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J. 575 tons, bridge, Southern Pacillc Co., Lothrop, Calif. 465 tons, roof beams, etc., Point Judith and Little Compton, R. I.. for army e n g in e e rs. 450 tons, new elevator, G. L. F. Mills Inc., Buffalo. 450 tons, addition, new pattents' build­ ing, Methodist hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 375 tons, Trum bull county, Ohio, bridge; Horyltz Co., Cleyeland, low. 350 tons, grade Crossing eltmination, West Shore branch New York Central, Buffalo, bids April 3. 300 tons, plant, Ritlge Tool Co., Elyria, U. 300 tons, dry dock crane, Hunters Point, Calif., for goyernment. 275 tons, state bridge, Panther creek, Dayiess county, Kentucky. 250 tons, State highway bridge, Franken- muth, Mich. 232 tons, steel piling, substructure, North State Street bridge, Chicago; bids March 20; Fitzsimmons & Connell Dredge K Dock Co., Chicago, low. 225 tons, bridge 1696, Hoovers, Ind., Chesapeake & Ohio railway. 200 tons, oyerhead Crossing, FAGH-282-B (2), Sterling, N. Dak., for state. 190 tons, buildings, Sandusky, O., for goyernment. 175 tons, state bridge, Escanaba, Mich. 165 tons, Lincoln Court project, Cincin­ nati, for Cincinnati Housing authority. 155 tons, addition to building 3, Worth- ington Pump Co., Harrison, N. J. 155 tons, oyerpass bridge, Washington county, Pennsylyania; bids to state highway department, Harrisburg, Pa., A p ril 4. 150 tons, trash racks, Pickwick units 3 and 4; bids April 10, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn. 140 tons, I-beam bridge, Clinton county, Pennsylyania; bids to state highway department, Harrisburg, Pa., Aprll 4. 133 tons, bridge, route 6, section 21A, Denyllle relocation, Morris county, New Jersey; bids April 9, E. Donald Sterner, stale highway commlssioner, Trenton. 120 tons, ROTC drill hall, New York, for College City of New' York. Unstated, 125-ton trayeling crane, Bon- neyllle project; bids April 7, spec. 1807. Unstated tonnage, flve hangars, Langley Field, Va.; bids April 10, pro. 174, U. S. engineer, Norfolk, Va. Unstated, Reynolds Metal Co. plant, Longyiew, Wash.; bids soon to The Austin Co., Seattle, contractor. Unstated, Union Carbide & Carbon Co. proposed plant, at Portland, Oreg.; bids soon. 101 March 31, 1941 420 tons, bridge, Grand Central Park- Mercy, Hammond, Ind., Walter Butler master depot warehouse at Phila­ way, Queens, N. Y., Department of Co., St. Paul, contractor, to Olney .1. delphia. Parks project, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Dean Steel Co., Cicero, III. Bethlehem, Pa., through Laurence J. 200 tons, addition, E. I. Du Pont dc Rice, New York, contractor. Nemours & Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y„ Reinforcing Steel A w ards 400 tons, feed mili, Cooperalive Mills to Truscon Steel Co., Buffalo. 5000 lons, Ft. Green houses, Brooklyn, Inc., Hamilton county, Ohio, divided 200 tons, sewage disposal plant, Ft. Ben­ N. Y„ to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethle­ eciually among Bethlehem, Ryerson jamin Harrison, Indianapolis, for war hem, Pa., through Fireproof Produets and Truscon companies; Ferro Con­ department, Leslie Colvin, Indianapo­ Corp. and Corbetta Construction Co. crete Construction Co., contractor. lis, contractor, to Truscon Steel Co., 2000 tons, Navy yard drydock, Philadel­ 368 tons, bomber assembly plant, Ameri­ Youngstown, O. phia, to Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., can Avlation Corp., Kansas City, 200 tons, storę and garage, VanBuren Pittsburgh; Dry Doek Associates, con­ Kans., G. L. Tarlton, contractor, to and Sherman streets, Chicago, to tra c to r. Ceco Steel Products Corp., Omaha, Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc.; Ger- 1067 tons, Bureau of Reclamation, in- Neb. hardt F. Meyne, Chicago, contractor; vitation 32992-A, Tucumcari, N. M., to 350 tons, power plant, Detroit Edison Co.. bids Jan. 15. Sheffield Steel Corp., Kansas City, Mo., Marysville, Mich., to Truscon Steel 190 tons, school, Garretts Ford, Pa., to through Capitol Steel & Iron Co., Ok­ Co., Youngstown, O. Taylor Davis Inc., Philadelphia. lahoma City, Okla. 338 tons, warehouse, Schuster’s Stores, 160 tons, buildings, ltve poultry market, 721 tons, Panama, Schedule 48S1; bids Milwaukee, Selzer-Ornst Co., Milwau­ Brooklyn, to Isoe Bros., Newark; Lieb March 11, to Capitol Steel Corp., New kee, contractor, to Ceco Steel Products Construction Co., New York, contrac­ York, $42,429; previously announced Corp., Milwaukee; bidS March 18. to r. as going to another bldder. 214 tons, psychiatrie hospital, Sistcrs or 150 tons, shop, navy yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. to Igoe Bros., Newark; J. G. White Engineering Co., New York, con­ tra c to r. 123 tons, coal storage building, Kmge Packing Co., Ft. Branch, Ind., W. i.. Yokom Construction Co. Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, to Ceco Steel Products Corp., C h icag o . 119 tons, state highway bridge 2128, Rush county, Indiana, William Scheirer, Frankfort, Ind., contractor, to W. J. Holliday & Co., Indianapolis. 108 tons, highway project, FAS-40-A(l), Ballard county, Kentucky, to Laclede Steel Co., St. Louis. 100 lons, factory, Kraft Chcese Co., Ply­ mouth, Wis., to Ceco Steel Products Corp., Chicago. 100 tons, WPA project, Chicago, for treasury department, to Truscon Steel Co., Youngstown, O. 100 tons, state school tunnels, Wiilow- brook, N. Y., to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa.; Caye Construction Co., contractor.

Reinforcing Steel Pending 6000 tons, ammunition depot, Ft. Win- gate, N. M ex.; Ailisch-Smith-Fellows & Armstrong, contractors. 5750 tons, also 1,370,000 sq. ft. wire mesh, for army shelter project, Hermiston, Oreg.; bids in to J. A. Terteling & Sons, contractor. 3500 tons, bomber assembly plant, oper- ated by Glenn L. Martin Co., Omaha, Neb., Peter Kiew it Sons Co. and George W. Condon Co., Omaha, Neb., and Woods Bros. Construction Co., Lincoln, Neb., joint contractors; bids April 1. 1500 tons, flve hangars, Gravelly Point airport, Washington, D. C. 1500 tons, rellnery, Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., East Chicago, Ind.; Lummus Co., contractor. 15C0 tons, naval supply depot, Bayonne, N. J.; Mahoney Troast Co. and Wigton An inexpensive, easily-installeJ, hand- handled without difficulty and with 75% Abbott Co., New York, joint contrac­ propelled Cleveland Tramrail system in- reduction in time over hoists formerly used. to rs. terconnects all presses with each other 938 tons, two pumping stations, Hunt­ No accidents in the handling of dies and ington, W. Va., U, S. engineer. and also connects each with the die storage materials have occurred sińce this system 750 tons, aluminum plant, Longview, and machinę shop. All but 18 smali presses Wash., Reynolds Metal Co.; bids soon; was installed nearly 3 years ago. the Austin Co., Seattle, contractor. are served this way. 560 tons, superstructure, airplane engine Twelve hand hoists are used in making Write for Booklet 2004-A. Gives elear, die changes and servicing the presses concise understanding of materials hand­ Concrete Bars Com pared with raw stock. Dies up to one ton are ling. Highly illustrated. T o n s to m ® im m ta s \o ^ Week ended March 29 .... 12,628 TWŁ CVY.\¥.\.VNO St Cft. Week ended March 22 .... 11,889 1125 East 283rd St. Wickliffc, Ohio Week ended March 15 .... 7,706 This week, 1940 ...... 11,495 W'eekly averag;e, 1941 ...... 10,686 r\Tl?T AYŁTl IV Weekly average, 1940 ...... 9,661 t H i l i H k i - i i U ! a. łw i tlm I. ł* x * . a . ł W:eekly average, Feb...... 9,402 Total to date, 1940 ...... 98,264 OYERHEAD MATERIALS HANDLING EOUIPMENT Total to date, 1941 ...... 138,912 [neludes awards of 100 tons or more. Other produets: C m E Ł M T O o n d STEEUWEŁP

/TIII 102 parts plant, Studebaker Corp., Ft. place tonnage for second ąuarter lieved fairly representative. The Wayne, Ind.; bids March 28. and later but producers have been New England blast furnace contin­ 5C0 tons, addition, Huntiey station, Buf­ slow to accept additional business, ues active and probably will be falo Niagara Electric Corporation, kept in until relining becomes nec­ Tonawanda Township, N. Y. even on the basis of price in ef­ essary. This is its longest run in 500 tons, estimated, defense housing fect at time of delivery. It is gen­ project, Bridgeport, Conn.; bids early in erally expected second ąuarter ton­ recent years. A p ril. nage will be entered at present In spite of increased needs there 420 tons, bitdge, Grand Central Park- prices, although a sharp advance has been no distress and rationing way extenslon, Queens, N. Y.; Laurence in bituminous coal prices would be by sellers has prevented actual J. Rice, Forest Hills, N. Y., low, $424,- 986; bids March 21, Department of reflected to some degree in pig iron. shortages, though stocks at times Parks, New York. Melt is heavy and many consum­ have been close to exhaustion. 275 tons, hlghway program, including ers have increased output. An ex- A number of consumers of pig bridge, route 4, section IB, South Am­ iron have been virtually guaranteed boy to Cheeseąuake, Middlesex county, ample is a Providence, R. I., in­ New Jersey, also 85 tons structural terest rated at 8000 tons per year a base price of $24 per ton, Cleye­ steel; bids April 9, E. Donald Sterner, which is now melting at the rate land, through April. This enables state highway commissioner, Trenton. of 11,000 tons a year, which is be- them to ąuote with greater cer- 265 tons, highway project, including bridge, route 6, section 21A, Denville relocation, Morris county, New Jersey; bids April 9, E. Donald Sterner, state highway commTssioner, Trenton. 250 tons, U. S. Arsenał shop, Rock Is- la n d , 111. 250 tons, aero faetory, Warminister Corp., Hatsboro, Pa.; George A. Fuller Co. 207 tons, dynamometer building, airplane engine plant, Buick Motor Divlsion, General Motors Corp., Chicago; bids M a rc h 28. 200 tons, Oaklanden reservoir, Indianap­ o lis. 196 tons, Lake county, Ohio, project; Horyitz Co., Cleveland, low. 150 tons, Washington state hlghway projects; bids at Ólympia, April 1. l."8 tons, Trum bull county, Ohio, project; Horyitz Co., Cleveland, low. 120 tons, highway project, Wethersllcld- Hartford, Conn.; bids March 31, Hart­ fo rd . 115 tons, bridge, Allegheny county, Penn- sylvania; bids to state highway de­ partment, Harrisburg, Pa., April 4. 113 tons, including gates, unit of Roza irrigation project; bids to Reclamation Bureau, Yakima, Wash., April 11. 100 tons, addition, Bayside station, W is­ consin Public Seryice Corp., Green R O U N D P E G S B a y , W is . Unstated, three Oregon highway bridges; bids at Portland, April 3 and 4. lor round production holes Unstated, 500,000 galion concrete water storage tank, Camas, Wash.; E. E. Settergren, Portland, contractor. lf there were just one stainless and heat- pensivcly in your plant. And we continue Unstated, concrete water reseryoir, resistant steel. instead of dozens of van- to produce your particular grade in close Wateryille, Wash.; R. A. Geary, Yak­ uniformity, io L after lot. ima, Wash., contractor. ations, life would lic simpler for us and a lot tougher for you. In fact, after one Tbat’s a job wlnch calls for the tech­ trial, yoiTd probably swear off stainless nical skill and experience of a pioncer. It‘s somelhing for you to remember, foreyer. Pig Iron But we make stainless j 1*' produce along with the fact that Allegheny Stain­ it with the proper analysis, physicals, less is produced in every needed form or Pije Iron Prices, Pajje 92 cle. to meet tlie eventual conditions of shape, and ayailable from convcnient stocks nationwide. Many pig iron producers find seryice, vet fabricate easily and inex- March shipments the heaviest of ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL CORPORATION • GENERAL OFFICES: PITTSBURGH, PA. the year, or perhaps longer, as the Stocks of Stainless earried by all Ryerson Warehouses effort has been to ship as much first ąuarter bookings as possible and to distribute tonnage in pro- portion to need. It is believed, however, that in many cases some ALLEGHENY LUDLUM ★ ★ ★ tonnage is being earried over to ★ ★ ★ : v STAINLESS STEELS PRE-PLANNED second ąuarter. Generally speak- TO YOUR NEEDS ing, melters are comfortably sup­ plied for the present, particularly larger users who anticipated their Write for a eopv of our »e« "Hand* needs better. Some are said to book of Special have enough on hand or con- Sieci*.’* Send thc eonpon to Alle- tracted to last most of second ąuar­ g li c n y Ludlum ter. Furnace stocks are being Steel Corporation. O li v er Building, slowly depleted in spite of capaci­ Piitrthurgh, Penna. ty production. Numerous consumers seek to 103 March 31, 1941 tainty on prices of castings. In all cases, however, April iron still is being sold on a “price in effect” BeU U td the S ta tes w ith / T E E L contract. Incidentally, where some pig iron only' recently was being shipped at $23, Cleveland, little now is heard at less than the $24 mar­ The W inners in touch with the kitchen and most of the time we are walking ket price. ■ Definitions of lallygagging five miles to eat!” Shucks, and śpread all over the lot, but to they put us in 3A. Jo Benz of Palmer-Bee and S. Rosenthal of San Francisco go Scanning The Ads the decision of the judges and Scrap 3 We were pretty young when a slightly dried-out two-bit ci- Scrap Prices, l*ai?e JM Monarch's old fliw er was in gar. Mr. B. tells us lallygagging action (p. 16) but we don’t re- Principal interest in the steel and is a dcrivation of these words member any such knces in those iron scrap market is in the expected from the dark days ot 1941: days—wonder il: there’s a job announcement from Washington of Lallygagging price differentials from the Pitts­ open at Bower Roller Bearing Always in wrong burgh base. Delay in promulgation (p . 11)—attention getters for Listless of this schedule has kept the mar­ sure are Lee Spring (p . 37) Lazy ket in uncertainty and buyers and and Reuere (p. 57). Your obsession sellers are marking time. It is be- lieved a number of prices will be Goofy Saving England different from those in the proposed Addle-brained list issued several weeks ago. Con- ■ The cancellation stamp on Giving excuses sideration by scrap interests in Goat getter a letter from our London office various areas has developed rela­ Indifferent this morning read: Save Waste tions somewhat at variance with the Nobody’s friend Paper, Metals, Bones and Rags. original figures. Getting nowhere Steelmaking grades continue prac­ The colum n of first letters is Poera Dept. tically unchanged but heavy demand for cast grades has caused some the answer, of course, in case ■ We tried to get the advertis- upward changes. Some melters you missed it. Mr. R. on the ing department to run this but have bid several dollai’s above pig other hand completely baffled they thought it might be better iron prices for cupola cast but have us and our lexicograpKic friends back here behind the scenes not been able to obtain as much as with this one: Lallygagging is where no one will possibly see it: they reąuire. a soporiferous, lethargic, tor- The codfish lays a million eggs, Some additional supplies will be pescent bouleversement germi- The little hen but one, ayailable as soon as the lake navi- nating from claiidication of ra- But the codfish doesn’t cacklc gation season opens. A leading con- tiocination—applies specifically lo To tell us what shes done; sumer at Pittsburgh has closed on C(I)Omniunists! So we despise the codfish, and about 30,000 tons in the Southwest, The little hen we pnze— to be shipped by barge from New W est Coast Friends Which indicates to though t- Orleans and Houston, Tex. ful minds Strike interruption at Bethlehem, ■ Much pleased were we this “It pays to aduertise." Pa., plants of Bethlehem Steel Co. last week to hear from the grad- last week caused diversion of scrap uate school of engineering at shipments to other plants of that The Nervous Law the University of Southern Cali­ com pany. fornia that Steel had been se- BI Big time last week up in De­ Growing demand is heard from consumers that the govei’nment lected as the outstanding pub- troit at the Tool Engineers’ show should allow scrap prices to remain lication in its field—and proper­ which went over with a bang. at existing levels. A reduction would ly honored in an important dis­ Saw a lot of friends and made have the effect of discouraging scrap play they are building. a lot of others. Walking along collection. In fact, a number of scrap the aisle one day we joined the collectors already have been lured Life At Shelby crowd watching Ohio Crank- away from their regular business to take jobs in defense plants or mili­ ■ Our one and only active pri- shaft’s Tocco hardener in op­ eration and found oursehes side tary cantonments at high pay. vate to date gives us this on- by side with one of Detroit’s fin- High bidders on navy yard scrap the-scenes report from Camp est. It is fascinating to watch at Washington last week were: Shelby, Miss. “W ith 40-pound Nassau Smelting & Refining Co., and everyone leaned over in- packs we go by foot twenty to Tottenville, N. Y., S.25c per pound thirty miles from camp, set up tently throughout the entire op­ on 75,000 pounds brass turnings, our guns and go into action. eration—that is, everyone ex- 14.34c on 175,000 pounds red bronze Each sąuad has its own area and cept our copper friend. When turnings, 10.64c on 175,000 pounds is kept concealed by camouflage. they put the quench on, he al­ brass cartridge scrap; Ajax Metal After three days of digging most literally jumped back out Co., Philadelphia, 8.12 cents per pound on 55,000 pounds manganese holes it gets slightly monotonous, of his shoes, looked around bronze turnings; Bay State Smelt­ then off we go to some other sheepishly, fingered his service pistol in sudden defiance and ing Co., Cambridge, Mass., 3.46c on spot— always marching at night 10,000 pounds tool Steel scrap, 3.32c walked on down toward the so no one will see us which is all on 8000 pounds tool steel turnings; right with me. The most inter­ nearest exit. United Iron & Metal Co., Balti­ esting thing is trying to keep S h r d l u . more, $6.34 per ton on 75 tons ladle skuli and tip scrap; Hyatt Iron &

/TUI 104 Metal Co., Arlington, Va., §11.88 for shell steel. Non-integrated cold per ton on 100 tons miscellaneous pared with a year ago capacity is scrap pipe. drawers fear supplies will be short later in the year, as deliveries are larger, but expansion at the moment being extended. Direct defense ma- is at a stage where it has had little tei ial with priority is causing some bearing on shipments sińce the be- ginning of the year. Prices are un- commercial orders to be delayed. British buying is heavier. New ehanged, ferromanganese holding at Pacific Coast eąuipment for cold drawing and $120, duty paid, Atlantic and Gulf heat treating are being installed ports, and 19 to 21 per cent spie­ Seattle—Conditions are tight in and may relieve the situation some­ geleisen, at $36, Palmerton, Pa. most rolled products, especially w hat. plates, and shipyards are pressing Bolts, N uts, Rivets for deliveries. Much construction has been sublet and smali jobs in- Ferroalloys JSolt, Nut, Itivet Prices, Paffe 91 volve considerable tonnage. United Ferroalloy Prices, Pugi> 92 Oiders for bolts and nuts continue States engineer has opened bids to gain, as for several months, with New York—Ferroalloy shipments on five oil storage tanks for Boise, increasing proportion for defense Idaho, cantonment and Tumwater,’ continue to move as fast as produc­ ers can turn out the materiał. Com­ work, placed indirectly, such as Wash., will open tenders April s' tanks and gun mounts. Sales this on a 100,000-gallon steel tank on tow er. Plans are in preparation by the Austin Co., generał contractor, for the aluminum plant at Longview, Wash., for the Reynolds Metals Co.’ tonnage unstated and for the pro­ posed plant for Union Carbide & ATLAS SCALĘ CARS Carbon Corp. at Portland, Oreg. Rolling mills are bending every effort to complete current commit- ments for reinforcing bars. Con­ tractors meet diffieulty in placing 20 Ton — Double Com- orders. No large jobs have been parlmenl Scalę Car. Jour- placed recently but April business nals provided with self includes several fairly large ton­ ahgning anti-friction bear- n ages. ings. Eąuipped with Atlas Indicator and ftecorder. Important cast iron pipe ton­ nages are to be bid in April and agencies expect an active second ąuarter. Awards are still pending for 1375 tons 4 to 10-inch pipe for projects at Eugene and Portland, Oreg. 20 Ton Two Compartment Scalę Car with Orr Bin The scrap market is somewhat Gale Operating Mechan­ confused and uncertain. Mills are ism.Anti-friction bearings. still paying $15 per gross ton for Etjuipped with Atlas In- N o. 1 steel but it has been sug­ dicating and Hecording gested that differentials be imposed Mechanism. which would lower the price to about $12. Cast scrap is firm, foundry consumption having great­ ly inereased in recent months. Dealers have no word of higher prices for second ąuarter pig iron and Columbia iron still is ąuoted Other Atlas Products at $22, base. Foundries are busy and consumption is probably five Gas-Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives__C ar times that of a year ago. Demand Pushers—Storage Battery Locomotives—Electri- for coke is also strong, foundries cally Operated Industrial Cars—Scalę Cars and buying both eastern domestic and Weighing Cars of all kinds — Ore Transfer F ernie, B. C., coke, som e u sin g a 50-50 mixture. Eastern coke is Cars and Blast Furnace Charging Cars. ąuoted at $10.50, f.o.b. English coke has been out of the market for Coke Oven Equipm ent more than a year. Pushers and Levellers— Coal Charging Cars—Door Handling Machines — Coke Quenching Cars. Cold-Finished Steel Also Atlas Patented Indicating and Recording Cold Finished Prices, Paffe 91 Mechanism for Weighing Scales. Cold-finished steel demand is in­ creasing and bookings now are at mili convenience. Hot-rolled bars T h e A t l a s C a r & M f g . C o . for cold drawing are plentiful at the moment, with some shortage Engineers . . . Manufacturers of alloy steels. Larger sizes are CLEYELAND, OHIO more difficult because of demand

March 31, 1941 105 month are the largest in ten years. possible to ąuote a representative For delivery at Philadelphia and figurę. Norfolk, navy department closes Little African ore is being April 1 on 1000 tons steel rivets, bought. Ships are scarce and ocean under schedule 5963, bureau of sup­ rates are up, but 48 per cent ma­ plies and accounts; also March 28, teriał, it is believed, could be ob­ schedule 5929, on 125 tons black strip tained at about 65.00c to 67.00c per steel for cable hangers, Brooklyn. unit before duty, Atlantic ports. Brazilian ore, 46 per cent stand­ ard minimum, is believed available at around 60.00c to 62.00c per unit before duty, and some smali sales Canada of 47 per cent Chilean ore have been reported recently at 65.00c. Toronto, Ont— Heavy buying by In the absence of important sales automotive interests, electric eąuip­ over recent weeks high grade ment makers and miscellaneous Cuban ore prices are nominał. consumers is reflected in larger Despite the lack of new business sheet backlogs. Canadian mills are Cuban manganese production is be­ well booked into third and fourth ing increased, and much is re­ ąuarter. ąuired to m e e t commitments Opening of the new plate mili against contracts booked some time at Hamilton, Ont., has created ago. The Cuban American Manga­ much interest and orders have nese Corp. placed its new mili in been booked which will absorb out­ operation last month and is be- put for several months. Large or­ lieved likely to turn out about ders still are going to the United 130,000 tons of high grade con- States and imports are about 10,000 centrates this year. tons monthly. Larger buying is According to reliable estimates, expected soon for shipbuilding. Cuban manganese ore production Merchant bar demand is brisk will amount to at least 165,000 and delivery on current orders is tons; or perhaps as much as 175,- about three months. Carbon and 000 tons. This compares with ap- alloy bar demand is well in excess proximately 130,000 tons last year of production. Restriction on struc­ and 100,000 tons the year before. tural steel for private use is in- Meanwhile, most ferromanganese tended to make available larger consumers have fair stocks on hand tonnage for war industries. Fabri­ or under contract. These, with cators are booked almost to the government purchases, should be end of the year, with awards last sufficient to meet reąuirements for week about 12,000 tons and pend­ the next year and a half or longer, ing defense projects at least 25,000. it is estimated. Melters are making heavier de­ mands on pig iron producers, to offset cast scrap shortage. Books have been opened for second ąuar­ Ore Shippers Ready for ter and m u ch tonnage is being taken, indicating record sales for Early Season O pening that delivery. Marąuette, Mich.—Quick start While most dealers ąuote $25.50 began several days ago in load­ to $26 per net ton for machinery ing iron ore at mines at this area cast some sales have been made at against expected early arrival of lower prices. Consumers are bid- cargo carriers. Ice-breaking at the ding a top of $21.50 but dealers Soo and in the Straits of Mackinaw are said to decline such offers. Steel is now believed likely to be com- scrap demand continues heavy pleted in a few days, allowing ves- from mills and electric furnace op­ sels to reach loading ports here and erators. Supplies have been slow, at Escanaba, Mich. with offerings smali. Larger ton- At the Cambria-Jackson mine of nages have begun to appear from Republic Steel Corp. and at the Ne- automobile wreckers, in cast and gaunee, Athens and Maas mines of steelmaking grades. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. railroad cars began to be loaded Monday, followed a couple of days later by loading at the Mary-Charlotte mine I r o n O r e of North Rangę Mining Co. Iron Ore Prices, Paffe 94 Loadings were from pockets and continued to inerease through the New York — While shipments week. Cars are to be loaded from against contracts are being made, stock piles as soon as traeks are little buying of manganese ore is cleared and preparations made at reported, and prices generally are Marąuette to handle them. The Lake nominał. This has long been true Superior & Ishpeming railroad and of Caucasian ore, as no sales have the South Shore & Atlantic railroad been reported in many weeks. The are preparing for what promises to situation in Indian ore is now so be the earliest opening in Marąuette beclouded that it is next to im- shipping history. The record is

/TEEL 106 A pril 6, a mark set in 1902. The OPM Purchasing Division of the International Statistical Bu­ L. S. & I. plans for possible open- reau, New York. ing in the first week of April, re- N o w in Six M aj or B ranches Professor Gragg serves as secre­ pairing cars, tracks and loading tary of this committee, and the yari­ eąuipment in its own shops. The (Conćluded from Page 29) ous sections of the National Defense South Shore is doing likewise. foods section. Industrial, strategie Adyisory Commission are repre­ Following breaking of ice in sented on it as follows: Transporta­ materials branch: C. E. Bertrand, St. Mary’s river and the Straits, the tion—Karl Fischer; warehousing, assistant purchasing agent, Pan carferry Sainte Marie w ill work in H. D. Crooks; labor, Isador Lubin; Whitefish bay after passing the American Airways, New York, special advisor on oil and gas. priee stabilization, J. P. Davis; agri- locks about Tuesday and will be culture, S. H. Sabin; consumers, turned over to the coast guard to In the eąuipment and supplies H. B. Rowe. aid the cutter Tahoma to open up branch: J. B. Davis, vice president the icebound passage to Lake Su­ and generał co-ordinator of purchas­ Scrap Steel Exports Up ; perior. Meanwhile the cutter is ing, Inter-Chemical Corp., New York, working from DeTour, Mich., to­ special adyisor on paint; Lewis A. Pig Iron Is Reduced ward another icebreaker, Escanaba, Jones, Benche Printing Co., Schenec­ through the Straits. tady, N. Y., special adyisor on elec­ B Iron and steel scrap exports in­ Last year the first ship loaded at trical supplies. creased in February to 72,666 tons, yalued at $1,347,855, compared with Marąuette was the P.D. Blocic of In the clothing and eąuipage 43,467 tons in January. The United Inland Steel Co., April 22. branch: Harold Florsheim, first viee Kingdom took 67,873 tons and Cana­ president and secretary, Florsheim da, 3037 tons. Pig iron exports were Shoe Co., Chicago, special adyisor on shoes and leather. almost reduced by half, 46,843 tons, Steel in Europę yalued at $1,403,063 against 80,322 For consultation and assistance tons exported in January. Of this Foreign Steel Prices, 1’siifc 93 on special problems there has been total United Kingdom took 42,381 London — (By Cable) — Second set up an adyisory committee: Al­ tons, yalued at $1,267,180; Union of ąuarter contract negotiations are bert J. Browning, former deputy South Africa, 3298 tons, yalued at active in Great Britain, mainly on director of the diyision of purchases, $100,960, and Canada 529 tons, war reąuirements. Improved de- and president, United Wall Paper yalued at $14,186. liveries are expected, owing to se- Factories, Chicago; Frank M. Fol- Non-alloy ingots, blooms and bil­ vere restrictions on ordinary com­ som, executive yice president, Gold- lets were also off sharply, 114,652 mercial users. Most urgent pri­ blatt Brothers department storę, tons being exported in February, ority demand is from shipyards, Chicago; Elmo Roper, marketing yalued at $4,520,050, compared with boiler makers and tank makers consultant, New York; R. T. Stevens, 201,883 tons exported in January. and also for black sheets and mer­ specialist on textiles; A. W. Zelomek, Of the total the United Kingdom chant steel. Semifinished steel supply is satisfactory, owing to large supplies from the United States. Tin plate export trade con­ tinues severely limited.

Coke O ven By-Products

Coke By-Produet Prices, Paffe 01 An Outstanding General Purpose New York — Phenol shipments are heavy, current buying absorb- High Carbon High Chromium Die Steel ing high capacity output. While practically all industrial users of Jessop CN S is a 1.507, car_ phenol are inereasing consumption, bon, .75% molybdenum demand by producers of plastics is high chromium vanadium outstanding. Naphthalene is sea- die steel possessing good sonally active, jobbers taking sub­ machinability, minimum stantial shipments for the household j size change, and toughness trade and industrial needs are heav- with remarkable wear re­ ier. In addition to heavy releases sistance. These balanced against contracts at $29 per ton properties make CNS an ideał die steel lor generał f.o.b. port, in bulk, considerable spot | Lamination D ii and Punch made from CNS buying of sulphate of ammonia is purpose work where high being done with indications that re­ wear resistance combined with shock-resistance is desirable. The sam e ąuirements for the fertilizer trade j hardness is developed by air hardening as by oil hardening. will carry through into April. No If you have an application requiring extreme wear resistance, we recom­ stocks of distillates are being ac- j mend Jessop 3C oil hardening die steel. If first cost of die is of primary cumulated and supplies on some are importance, investigate Jessop WINDSOR SPECIAL air hardening die steel. becoming tight, including toluol. Information on all three types of Jessop High Carbon-High Chromium die steels can be obtained upon reąuest. Consumers of the latter in some JESSOP STEEL COMPANY cases are turning to xylol, although cEtEBRnnnc stocks of the latter are limited for 584 G reen Street spot needs. Coke oven by-product Washington, Penna. \l9Q| pU^TH-— lvl^ v :j j{tf prices are unchanged and firm.

Authorized and proposed goyern­ ment expenditures for defense totaJ $39,177,800,000, according to a com- CARBON- HIGH SPEED- SPECIAL ALLOY pilation issued last week by the STAINLESS and COMPOSITE STEELS Office of Production Management. ,

March 31, 1941 107 took 94,058 tons, valued at $3,573,- forgings, marinę crankshafts for pany^ pamphlet report. In 1938, 416; Canada, 11,349 tons, valued at naval vessels, and other products. a deficit of $1,230,297 was incured, $583,573; Japan, 999 tons, valued Pay rolls amounted to $97,570,- while in 1937 net profit was $2,320,- at $44,433 and Union of South Afri- 848 and taxes to $16,034,921. Pro- 031. ca, 7109 tons, valued at $263,531. yision for federal income taxes Taxes last year totaled $1,097,- Exports of alloy ingots, billets and amounted to $8,010,000, and social 431, against $887,703 in 1939. Ex- blooms, including stainless, totaled security taxes to $3,763,000. At the penditures for maintenance of ma­ 40,568 tons, valued at $1,802,499 close of 1940 the Corporation had chinery and eąuipment aggregated against 55,191 tons in January. Of 62,093 employes on its pay roli. $2,520,880, against $2,169,866 in the this total Greece bought 4161 tons, Net income was $21,113,507 as preceding year. valued at $126,983, while the bulk of compared to $10,671,343 in 1939. the remainder went to the United During 1940 the corporation’s California Com pany Kingdom and Canada, the former working capital inereased $16,000,- taking 36,233 tons, valued at $1,641,- 000, and at the end of the year was To Build Ohio Branch 994. $10,000,000 in excess of its funded ■ National Motor Bearing Co. Inc., debt. Total debt at the end of the Oakland, Calif., will build a new year amounted to $95,829,105. R epublic Backlog at P e a k ; factory in Van Wert, O., where a Corporation’s capital expenditures seven-acre site has been obtained, Facilities Im proved for property account amounted to it was announced last week. The $17,032,625. Included in the major company manufactures oil and fluid ■ Republic Steel Corp., Cleyeland, expansions were the installation of seals and shims for many kinds of had the largest backlog of orders three additional 50-ton electric fur­ machinery, including aircraft, au­ in its history at the close of 1940, naces, which are being augmented tomobiles, machinę tools and farm according to its annual report to by two similar units; inereased implements. stockholders, signed jointly by T. open-hearth ingot capacity at War­ Building and eąuipment for the M. Girdler, ehairman, and R. J. ren, O , Buffalo, Chicago, Cleyeland new factory and warehouse will Wysor, president. and Gadsden, Ala.; inereased blast cost about $225,000. It will employ furnace capacity at Cleyeland and Sales and operating revenue last approximately 125 men and women. year amounted to $305,293,356, com­ Birmingham, Ala,, and the pur­ pared with $232,014,074 in 1939. Op­ chase of a blast furnace at Troy, erations averaged 78 per cent of N. Y.; the lease of the Clyde coal Seek C larification of capacity, with a production of 6,- mines in western Pennsylyania, giv- 111,678 tons of ingots, an increase ing the Corporation approximately Alum inum Rulings of 27 per cent over 1939. 40,000,000 tons of high-grade coal for its by-product coke ovens; and ■ Clarification of orders issued Stressing the importance of com­ iast week on secondary aluminum plete co-operation with the defense the installation of a new plant at its Lake Erie Limestone Co. prop­ prices and supplies will be sought program, the report points out that immediately, it was stated follow- among the defense materials being erties in Lawrence county, Pennsyl­ yania. ing a meeting of the Aluminum produced by the Corporation are: Research Institute in Cleyeland. Electric furnace alloy steels for The Institute represents leading aircraft parts and light armor Otis Steel Co.'s 1940 Profit producers of secondary aluminum. plate; light armor plate itself; cold- S717,007; Tctxes, $1,097,431 It was pointed out that neither drawn and heat-treated bars for the price stabilization nor priorities antiaireraft projectiles, hot - rolled Otis Steel Co., Cleyeland, earned diyisions in Washington have any bars and billets for shell forgings; $717,007 in 1940, compared with intention of working hardships on and special steels for large gun $214,965 in 1939, acording to com­ i the scrap trade, secondary smelters or consuming industries. That the goyernment agencies will be recep- tive to revisions in their i’ulings was indicated in the original drafts. 3-WAY VALVES As a result of the proposed FOR OPEN HEARTH FURNACES clarification of the priorities ruling especially, the hope was expressed that the supply situation will be B y NICHOLSON greatly eased for non-defense con­ sumers of secondary ingot, since a . It answers a long-felt need among open hearth operators. considerable proportion of the ton­ because it alternates the flow of oil and steam to the oil nage produced is not suitable for bumers on the furnaces without showing signs of leakage defense purposes. or wear. For use on air, steam, water or oil up to 300 lb. Although a number of consumers 0 pressures, this valve can’t be surpassed. Our catalog have expressed apprehension over No. 140 carries concise descriptions of this and other valves: foot, solenoid and motor operated. Catalog aluminum supplies, no serious hold- on reąuest. ! ups on production have been re- | ported so far. In fact, the sec- PRESSURE-TIGHT SERVICE AT LOW COST ! ondary trade has made up at least The Nicholson lever-operated style J valve for air or oil pressures up to 125 I part of the deficiency resulting lbs. was introduced to meet the demand for a low-priced valve. Least ex- pensive of the Nicholson valves, it gives the same trouble-free service that the from inability to obtain virgin met­ larger and more expensive valves do. It, too, is described in our catalog No. al. 140. Despite talk about changeovers OTHER NICHOLSON PRODUCTS: from aluminum to cast iron pistons Nicholson welded floats. piston and weight operated traps. Flexible couplings, in the automotive trade, fabricators expanding mandrels, arbor presses. compression shaft couplings, steam elimi- nators and separators. Compressed air traps. are reported still supplied with materiał. A maker of heaters is W. H. NICHOLSON & COMPANY booked ahead on castings for the next month or two. Another com- 1 7 7 OREGON ST., WILKES-BARRE, PA. i pany producing utensils is operat- 1 ing fuli time.

10S /TEEL B. C., $152,000; A. C. Benson Shipyartl, N onferrous M etals Office Supplies Ltd., Ottawa, 516,867; Vancouver, B. C., $152,000. Federal Typewriter Co. Ltd., Ottawa, $16,- New York — Formal priorities Dockyard supplies: Canadian National S67; Ottawa Typewriter Co. Ltd., Ot­ Railways, Montreal, $17,579. tawa, $16,426; Underwood Elliott Fisher were placed on secondary alumi­ Miscelianeous: General Steel Wares Ltd., Ottawa, $23,460; Dominion Rubber num by the priorities division, Of­ Ltd., Toronto, 5175,282; Gurney Foundry Co. Ltd., Ottawa, 526,477; La France fice of Production Management and Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B. C„ 58361; Acme Fire BJngine * Foamite Ltd., Toronto, this order was followed almost im- mediately by another order from Leon Henderson of the price sta­ Nonferrous Metal Prices bilization diyision covering second­ r 1 — C opper— Anti- ary aluminum ingot and scra p E lectro, L ake, Straits Tin, Lead Alumi- mony Nickel prices. On Friday Mr. Henderson del. del. CastinE, N ew Y ork Lead East Zinc num Amer. Cath- asked brass ingot makers to with- M ar. Conn. M idw est reflnery Spot Futures N. Y. St. L. St. L. 99% Spot, N.Y. odes 22 12 .0 0 hold any advance in ingot prices 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.62 !4 51.8714 5.75 5.60 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 24 1 2 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.50 51.75 5.75 5.60 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 pending a meeting of representa- 25 1 2 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.50 51.75 5.75 5.60 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 tives in his offices during the week 26 1 2 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.62 14 51.87 14 0.85 5.70 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 ending April 5. Defense officials 27 1 2 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.6214 52.00 5.85 5.70 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 28 1 2 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 12.25 52.6214 52.00 5.8o 5.70 7.25 17.00 14.00 35.00 are considering a plan to accumu- late a supply of zinc concentrates F.o.b. mili base, centa per lb. except aa C h icag o , N o . 1 ...... 10.25-10.50 specified. Copper brass products based S t, L o u is ...... 10.25 as well as a schedule of maximum on 12.OOc Conn. copper prices for zinc scrap. Composition Brass Turnings Sheets Copper—Allocations of the Met­ N e w Y o rk ...... 8.75-9.00 als Reserve Co.’s April copper are Yellow brass (high) ...... 19.48 Copper, hot ro lle d ...... 20.87 Light Copper to be announced shortly. With this Lead, cut to jobbers ...... 9.10 N e w Y o rk ...... 8.00-8.25 metal going freely to fabricators, Z in c , 100 lb . base ...... 12.5U C le y e la n d ...... 8.75 producers who have been oversold C h icag o ...... 8.25-8.50 T u b e s S t. L o u is ...... 8.25 for so long can let daily sales drop High yellow brass ...... 22.23 below daily production while they S e a m le ss copper ...... 21.37 Light Brass replenish reserves. Electrolytic in­ C le ye lan d ...... 6.00 R o d s C h icag o ...... 6.1 2 14-6.3714 got prices remained firm last week High yellow brass ...... 15.01 S t. L o u is ...... 5.75 with the mine producer asking Copper, hot rolled ...... 17.37 Lead 12.00c, Connecticut, custom smelt­ Anodes N ew Y o rk ...... 4.85-5.00 ers 12.50c and brokers 13.00c. Copper, u n trlm m e d ...... 18.12 C le ve la n d ...... 4.50-4.75 Lead—Sales last week were large, C h icag o ...... 4.6214-4.8714 W ire S t. L o u is ...... 4.50 including substantial tonnages for Yellow brass (high) ...... 19.73 May deliyery as well as for March Z in c and April. Prices advanced 10 N ew Y o rk ...... 7.50-8.00 O L D M E T A L S points on Wednesday to the basis C le ve la n d ...... 5.50-6.00 S t. L o u is ...... 4.75 of 5.85c, New York. The advance Nom. Dealers’ Buying Prices was made in order to permit larger No. 1 Composition Red Brass A liim ln u n i tonnages of foreign refined metal N e w Y o rk ...... 9.00-9.25 M is., c a st, C le y e la n d ...... 14.00 C Ie ve la n d ...... 10.00 B o rin g s, C le ye la n d ...... 8.50 to enter the domestic market but C h icag o ...... 9.1214 -9.3714 Clips, soft, Cleyeland ...... 16.50 ayailable shipping space is increas- S t. L o u is ...... 9.00 Misc. cast, St. Louis ...... 13.25 ingly difficult to obtain. SECONDARY METALS Zinc—Upwards of 3400 tons of do­ Heavy Copper and Wire N ew Y o rk . No. 1 ...... 10.00-10.25 Brass ingot, 85-5-5-5, l.c.l...... 13.75-14.00 mestic zinc should be ayailable in C le y e la n d , No. 1 ...... 11.00 Standard No. 12 aluminum ...... 16.00 April for distribution to defense bot­ tlenecks through OPM, which is to have five per cent of the estimated domestic zinc output. Tin—Sales to domestic consumers last week were large, although a de- lay of one to two days in receipt of Far Eastern cables reduced some- what offers here. Refiecting heavy demand in all principal markets, prices continued firm to strong. Straits spot closed at the week’s h igh o f 52.62 % c.

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Structural Steel Use (Continued from Page 46) Canada Ltd., Windsor, Ont., 527,505. Aircraft: Air Ministry, England, 570,- 000; Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. Ltd., Longueuil, Que„ 5124,479; Walter Kiddc & Co., Montreal, 520,467; Noorduyn Aviation Ltd., 539,017; Mac- Donald Bros. Aircraft Ltd., Ottawa, $13,- 958; Link Mfg. Co. Ltd., Gananoque, Ont., SH i:^AN.' Plow Co. Ltd., Brantford, Ont., 5172,584; MacKenzie Air Seryice Ltd., Edmonton, - Plant.s—Shnrpsville. Pa* and !V*»vill«» Island. Pa* Alta, 545,927. Shipbuilding: Minett-Shields Ltd., Bracebridge, Ont., $170,000; Star Ship- yard (Mercer’s) Ltd., New Westminstcr,

March 31, 1941 109 $5670; Empire Brass Mfg. Co. Ltd., Van- steady especially for electrical and Montana. NePage Electric Co., cnuy.e.':. B. C..-58371; Enterprise Foundry Co. Ltd., Saskville, N. S., 55603; Canadian automotive machinery. General Seattle, is low to Bonneville project Comstock Co. Ltd., 538,500; Iron Fire- Electric Co. is low at $278,000 for for service cubicles for substations. man Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd., Toronto, improving the distribution system Tacoma has opened bids for voltage $31,013; Horton Steel Works Ltd., Ft. at Puget Sound navy yard. West­ regulator and 60 pedestal traffic Erie, Ont.. 514,640; E. Leonard & Sons Ltd., London, Ont., 516,994; Gurney inghouse is low to Tacoma, $53,- type signals, nine 15-kv circuit Foundry Co. Ltd., Toronto, $14,000; At­ 298, for furnishing three 12,000-kva breakers and two 46-kv breakers. lantic Construction Co., Halifax, N. S., transformers. Denver has called United States engineer, Portland, S23.000; John Flood & Sons, St. John, bids April 11 for two pumping will open tenders April 3 for four N. £s„ $59.000; B. J. Miller & Co. Ltd., Toronto. $88,000. units for Buffalo Rapids project, 4000-kva transformers. War construction projects: A. W. Robertson Ltd., addition to DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., Toronto, 5200,- 000; M. A. Condon, Kentyille, N. S., 5126,- Construction Enterprise 000; James N. Kenney, Truro, N. S., $106,- 257; M. H. McManus Ltd., Halifax, N. S„ $95,015; Page Eąuipment & Construction Ohio ing $50,000. H. L. Vokes Co., 5300 Ches­ Co. Ltd., Three Rivers, Que„ $47,864; ter ayenue, has generał contract. E. G. M. Cape & Co., Montreal, $41,077; CINCINNATI — General Machinery CLEVELAN D—Kirk Welding Co., 10410 Ontario Construction Co. Ltd., St. Corp. will build a machinę shop at its Madison ayenue, has been incorporated, Catharines. Ont., $362,615; Armstrong North Third Street plant for erecting Bros. Construction Co., Brampton, by Roy G. Klrkland, proprietor of its and testing diesel engines, for which It predecessor, Kirk Welding Seryice, and $89,456; Carter-Halls-Aldlnger Co. Ltd., has orders totaling 518,000,000. Vancouver, B. C., $55,268. William M. Grumney. Equipment will CINCINNATI—Eastern Machinery Co., be installed to handle heayier welding 1000 Tennessee avenue, plans a plant w o rk . addition costing $125,000. CLEVELAND—Allyne-Ryan Foundry E ą u i p m e n t CLEVELAND—Cieyeland Tractor Co., Co., Aetna road and East Nlnety-ilrst Euclid avenue and East 193rd Street, has Street, is considering plant additions to plans for an addition 100 x 250 feet to accommodate enlarged production needs. Boston Retooling for defense house manufacture of new high-speed CLEVELAND—Steel & Tubes diyision, contracts and plant expansions con­ tractor when goyernment approval is Republic Steel Corp., 224 East 131st o b tain e d . tinues to materialize in large ma­ street, ls taking bids for one-story plant addition 83 x 450 feet, through C. A. chinę tool orders to eąuipment CLEVELAND—Vlchek Tool Co., 3001 East Eighty-seyenth Street, Donald B. Thayer, chief engineer, Republic build­ builders in this district, also instal- Wilson, secretary, will build addition in g . lations in goyernment shops. In­ DOVER, O.—Shenango-Penn Mold Co., ąuiry for the latter are heavier; H. S. Ream, plant superintendent, is en- also buying with preferential rat­ ■ Additional Construction and En­ larging manufacturing space by a three- ings now effective on practically all terprise leads may be found in the bay addition to its machinę shop and further additions are in prospect. new business. Demand for gages list of Shapes Pending on page 100 and parts continues heavy. New FREDERICKTOW N, O. — E d w a r d s and Reinforcing Bars Pending on Sheet Metal Works, in business for some contracts for the Watertown, Mass., page 102 in this issue. time as a partnership, has been in­ arsenał include a four-head adjust­ corporated with 575,000 eapital by W. M. able raił milling machinę to Inger­ James and associates. soll Milling Machinę Co., Rockford, 70 x 120 feet to its plant at Middlefield, O RRVILLE, O.—Village eouncil, F. R. 111., $175,500, and a double housing O. General contract has been given lo Smucker, clerk, is considering new boiler Alger-Rau Inc., 12434 Cedar road. in municipal light plant to replace two planer, Consolidated Machinę Tool now ln seryice. H. R. Hadlow, 700 Pros­ Corp., Rochestei-, N. Y., $167,470. CLEVELAND—Harshaw Chemical Co., pect ayenue, Cieyeland, will prepare 1000 Harvard ayenue, is building addi­ specifications. Seattle -Demand is strong and tional storage space, 80 x 260 feet, cost- SHELBY, O.—Ohio Seamless Tube Co., E. W. Mitchell, secretary-treasurer, w ill enlarge its machinę shop, contract to be awarded soon.

THE BEST KNOWN NAME IN IRON Connecticut BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Remington Arms Co. Inc., Barnum ayenue, is taking bids on a one-story 96 x 340 plant addi­ tion to cost about 5110,000. W ATERBURY, CONN.—Street, Sewer and water department is haying plans drawn for a waterworks system, ex- tension of high pressure mains and reser- yoir, costing 52,000,000.

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BUFFALO—Sterling Engine Co., 1270 Niagara street, Addison F. Vars, presi­ dent, is building an addition coyering 75,000 sąuare feet for assembling and testing engines for smali m ilitary craft. It w ill be three stories, 440 feet long and 40 to 82 feet wide. Robert E. W illiams & Sons Co. Inc.. Buffalo, is contractor. (Noted Feb. 17.) DUNKIRK, N. Y.—Marsh Valve Co., Dunkirk, will build a one-story foundry addition to cost over $50,000, with eąuip­ m en t. DUNKIRK, N. Y.—Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., Howard ayenue, w ill let con­ T H E HANNA FURNACE CORPORATION tract soon for two 80 x 100-foot plant MERCHANT PIG IRON DIYISION OF NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION additions. L. H. Bettner is in charge. Buffalo Detroit New York Philadelphia Boston ILION, N. Y.—Remington-Rand Inc., 465 Washington street, Buffalo, w ill take

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March 31, 1941 bids soon on a four-story SO x 160-foot at cost of 5500,000. Alabama addition costing 5125,000. Haskell & Considine, Hulett building, Elm ira, N. New Jersey MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA.—Tennessee Y., are architects. (Noteci March 3.) valley authority, Knoxville, Tenn., will HARRISON, N. J.—-Crucible Steel Co. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.—Arl Metal Con­ inerease phosphate production here by of America, South Fourth Street, will struction Co., Jones and Glfford ave- 50 per cent, including installation of build a machinę shop group, 200 x 560 new furnace. Improvements will cost nues, is having plans made by O. R. feet, 80 X 560 feet and 130 x 170 feet, Johnson, 610 Fenton building, tor a one- about $1,000,000 and inerease output from costing S500.000. J. Bajusz, South Fourth story 40 x 70-foot addition to plant No. 100,000 to 150,000 tons annually. Street, is engineer. 2. on Taylor street, costing about §40,000. Distriet of Columbia POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. — Department Pennsyhania of public works, city hall, plans con­ WASHINGTON — Bureau of supplies struction of a sewage disposal plant BETHLEHEM, PA.—City, R. L. Fox, and accounts, navy department, w ill take costing $900,000. G. D. Holmes, Syra­ 37 East Broad streel, city engineer, is bids as follows: Aprll 4, schedule 6057, cuse building, Syracuse, N. Y., is engi­ seeking federal aid for a sewaee disposal three motor-driven engine lathes fór neer. plant to cost about 52,000,000. Newport, R. I.; schedule 6063, two motor- driven heavy-duty thread milling ma­ POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.—-International EMPORIUM, PA.—Boro council plans construction of a sewage disposal plant chines for Brooklyn, N. Y.; April 8, Business Machines Corp., 590 Madison schedule 5994, four motor-driven open- avenue, New York, plans erection of a and appurtenances, costing $25,000. C. Barwis, Warren, Pa., is engineer. slde shaper-planers for San Pedro, Calif.; plant to manufacture airplane cannon, schedule 6012, motor-driven turret lathe TITUSVILLE. PA.—M. Anderson, War­ for Mare Island, Calif.; schedule 6019, ren, Pa., is devexoping 700-acre crude two motor-driven bench-type lathes for oil property near Shamburg, Pa., includ­ San Pedro, Calif.; schedule 6052, four ing 20 or more deep wells, pressure and motor-driven medium heavy duty engine pumping plants, pipelines and steel lathes for San Pedro, Calif.; schedule tanks, costing 545,000 to 550,000. 6041, three motor-driven turret punch­ W ILKES-BARRE, PA.—Barnard Avia- ing machines for Wickford, R. I., Jack­ tion Eąuipment Co., W aller street, plans son ville, Fla., and Corpus Chrlsti, Tex.; additions and alteralions to cost about schedule 6042, four motor-driyen radial 575,000. drills for San Pedro, Calif.; schedule 6074, hydraulic-feed surface grinder for Michigan Brooklyn, N. Y.; schedule 6098, 22 mo­ tor-driyen precision bench lathes for BIRMINGHAM, MICH.—Buehler Mfg. Newport, R. I.; April 10, schedule 6033, Co. Inc., has been Incorporated with portable drills, grinders and hammers; $50,000 Capital to manufacture tools and schedule 6038, dies, taps, diestocks, dies by Edward A. Buehler, rura! route threading sets and tap wrenches. 2, Birmingham. Tennessee DETROIT—Bryant & Detwiler, 2304 Penobscot building, has generał contract ROCKWOOD, TENN.-—Tennessee Prod­ for $12,000,000 defense plant in Macomb ucts Corp., American National Bank county for Hudson Motor Co., Detroit. building, Nashville, Tenn., has bought DETROIT—Autocraft Tool & Mfg. Co., properties of Roane Iron & Coal Co. at 6442 Epworth boulevard, has been in­ Rockwood, including 14,000 acres of corporated with $10,000 Capital b y B e ssie iron ore and coal lands and two blast Edelman, 2250 South LaSalle Gardens, furnaces. Ferromanganese will be pro­ D e tro it. duced. At the Hotel Roosevelt they JACKSON, MICH.—Frost Gear & Forge West Virginia are so close to smart shops diyision, Clark Eąuipment Co., A. S. ■Bonner, exeeutive vice president, Jack­ and all other attractions of ALLOY, W. VA.—Electro Metallurgical son, has given generał contract to the Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., will let con­ Austin Co., Curtis building, Detroit, for tract soon for a one-story plant 20 x mid-town New York, that a one-story 150 x 300-foot machinę shop 300 feet for manufacture of alloys. Cost and manufacturing building. they never— well, hnrdly w ill i>e over 550,000, with eąuipment. ever—oomplain about the MENOM INEE, MICH.—Prescott Co., manufacturer of sawmill and pumping Yirg-inia linie their busy husbands eąuipment, has given generał contract to John Salen & Son for a one-story plant NEW CASTLE, V A.—New company spend popping about town a d d itio n . being formed probably will be called from meeting to meeting Bluo Ridge Manganese Corp., will be Illinois headed by R. W. Arms, Eyanston, 111., . . . Rooserelt convenience, as president, to develop manganese d'e- posits in the Paint Bank section of Craig in the heart of Manhattan, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILL. — Vietor Chemical Works, 141 West Jackson county. Mr, Arms is consulting engineer enables folks to see and do bouleyard, has plans by Lovell & LoveII, for American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., 664 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, for S t. L o u is . more— in comfort . . . Try it! a four-story 60 x 70-foot plant costing Attractive rooms with $50,000. Missouri shower, from $ 1,00—with CHICAGO—United Screw & Bolt Co., ST. LOUIS—Seco Sales Corp., 5206 2Ó13 West Cullerton Street, manufacturer South Thirty-eighth street, has let con­ luli and shower, from 84.50. of bolts, nuts, screws, etc., is building tract to L. O. Stocker Co., Arcade build- a plant addition 90 x 125 feet. ing, St. Louis, for one-story 60 X 100- CHICAGO—National Bearing Metals foot warehouse addition, third extension Corp., 5331 West Sixty-sixth Street, manu­ in past year. R. V. McCann, 1047 Big Bend facturer of brass and bronze alloy cast­ bouleyard, Richmond Heights, is archi- ings for steel m ili maintenance w ill build tect. an addition covering 5200 sąuare feet, ST. 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March 31, 1941 113 by flre, at estimated cost of $10,000. naces in steel plant to be built on Hous­ Pump Works, 5716 Bickett street, is ton Ship channel near Irish bend, on building an addition costing about 58000. Wisconsin 593-acre site. (Noted Feb. 17.) LONG BEACH, CALIF.—Junction Pipe HOUSTON, TEX,—Houston Shipbuild­ & Supply Co., 2711 Atlantic avenue, has CUDAHY, WIS;—Ladlsh Drop Forge been formed by George H. Pili Ing and Co., manufacturer of automobile forg­ ing Corp. has let generał contract to J. Fern Pilllng. ings, will award contracts soon for a Rust Engineering Co., Clark building, Pittsburgh, for 12 steel frame buildings boilerhouse addition 40 x 42 feet and LOS ANGELES—1Thermador Co., 5119 for additional boiler plant equlpment. at its shipyard on Irish island, to house Riverside drive, Maywood, a suburb, is Battey & Childs, 231 South LaSalle machinę shops, layout building, store- building an addition 32 x 115 feet, cost­ Street, Chicago, are engineers. houses and paint shop. ing about 56500. BELOIT, WIS.—Fairbanks, Morse & North Dakota LOS ANGELES—Metal Engineering Co., manufacturer of diesel engines, Co., 115 East Elmyra Street, has been pumps and scales, has given generał PARK RIVER, N. DAK.—City, Harold organized by F. J. Tigner and Emil contract to Cunningham Bros. for a one- King, city clerk, plans purchase of a M agliocco. story heat treating plant 46 x 9S feet 450-horsepower diesel engine for the and one-story pump factory 100 x 230 municipal light and power plant. LOS ANGELES — Security Pattern feet. W. Fred Dolke, Merchandise Mart, Works, 1646 Tarleton Street, has been Chicago, ls architect. South Dakota formed by Rex D. Barnett and William A. H errin g . GRAFTON, WIS.—Grob Bros., manu­ facturers of llling machines and band ABERDEEN, S. DAK.—K. O. Lee & LOS ANGELES—Industrial Shipbuild­ saws, will soon start construction of a Son Inc., manufacturer of automotlve ing & Engineering Co. has been formed one-story plant addition. equipment and special machinery, plans by Sumner H. Bullock and Clyde C. Mc- one-story plant 120 x 220 feet. Kenneth C une. MILWAUKEE—Milwaukee Gas Spe- Fullerton, Anchor building, St. Paul, is cialty Co., manufacturer of gas stoves a rc h ite c t. LOS ANGELES—Airco Tool Co. has and clgar llghters, plans construction of been incorporated with 5 1 0 0 ,00 0 c a p ita l a one-story plant addition. Lawrence E. Iowa by James vV. Sheehan and C. F. Smith, Peterson, 312 East Wisconsin avenue, is Santa Monica, Calif., and H. W. Meister en g in eer. LAKE MILLS, IOWA—L. L. Waggoner, of West Los Angeles. superintendent of light and power plant WEST ALLIS, WIS.—Gerlinger Brass is taking bids to April 22 for power plant LOS ANGELES—Norris Stamping & & Aluminum Foundry Co. has plans for building 22 x 40 feet, 18 feet high, and Mfg. Co., 960 East Sixty-flrst Street, is a one-story foundry addition. installation of diesel engine generating having plans drawn by Webber & Co., unit. Cost estimated at §40,000. 709 Hollingsworth building, Los Angeles, Minnesota MAQUOI

114 /T E E l RYERSON CERTIFIED STEELS representthehighestqualityobtainableineach f class and type of materiał. All kinds from standard carbon grades^ ^ to special alloys in stock for Immediate Shipment. W rite for Stock List. Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. Plants at: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, SHEETS TIN PLATE Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleve!and, Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Jersey City. COP-JR-LOY

^J^tuaC U LM ^g, Iron — Steel — Alloy Round — Fiat — Shapes All Sises and Finishes Also Wire Screen Cloth The Seneca W ire & Mf£, Fostoria, Ohio

B elmont ■ r o n \ a j o r k s PHILADELPHIA I n EW YORK ™ EDDYSTONE Engineers - Contractors - Exporters STRUCTURAL STEEL—BUILDINGS & BRIDGES R i v e t e d —A r c W e l d f .d PIONEERS OF MODERN QUANTITY PRODUCTION B e l m o n t interlocking C h a n n e l F l o o r Write for Catalogue M ain Office—-Phila., Pa. New York Office—44 W hilehall St. ALLOY-TOOL- STEELS DARWIN & MILNER, INC. IZ60 w . 4.™ s t . CLEVELANDO.

HOT DIP GALYANIZING *— ..... i6A Materiał D ifference ______. WORKERS WHO e 5 NEED S a £ t Galvanized Products—Production Heat Treating • USE MORTON'S SALT TABLETS • Morton Salt Co., Chicago, Illinois COMMERCIAL METALS TREATING, INC. Toledo, Ohio

SMALL ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS (Capacity 500 Tons Por Month)

WEST STEEL CASTING CO. Shipment via boat, truck or any railroad. Ov«r 40 ytars in CLEVELAND KTfM *H 0 H |0 U _S_A one location. ENTERPRISE GALl/ANIZING CO "H b Profits Most Better Steel Who Senes Best" x u . c C astings 2525 E. CUMBERLAND ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA

PARALAN COATED STEEL IN ANY FORM Satisfies Producers — C on su m ers — H andlers NO RUST—CLEAN TO HANDLE—EASILY REMOVED For Sheets—Strip—W ire—Parts—Tools, etc. SEND FOR BOOKLET “ONLY PARALAN CAN DO ALL THAT PARALAN DOES” AMERICAN LANOLIN CORP. • Lawrence, Mass. ANY ALLOY STEEL - LABORATORY CONTROLLED Warehouses: Lawrence, Mass. — Cleveland, Ohio ATLAS DROP FORGE CO • LANSING, MICHIGAN

Pickling of Iron and Steel CROSBY FOR STAMPINGS —By Wallace G. Imhojff Our engineers are ready and able to help solve your stamping problems. in design or This book covers many phases P r i c e construction. Crosby prices are consistent of pickling room practice and P o s t p a i d with QUALITY and SERVICE. In our 44 years construction and maintenance of EXPERIENCE we have served over 100 $5.00 of pickling equipment. diiierent industries.

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March 31, 1941 115 WANTED WANTED—TRANSFORMERS SYNCH. MILL TYPE MOTOR 400 HP G. K-. type TS. forin A L. 3 phase. 60 cycle, Of all descrlptions and sizes •110 volt, 300 RPM synch. motor,serial No. 52S0820. Burned Out or Good 230 volts excltatlon enulpped with G. E . control J I G BORER Also interested in purchasing panel and Instruments. • WITH ROTARY TABLE AND ALL Empty Transformer Cases Eicellent condłlion—Immediate deUtcry STANDARD EQUIPMENT W ill pay cash—send fuli description Utilities Electrical Machinery Corp. (ld ress Box 444 PHILADELPHIA TRANSFORMER CO. 614 National City Bank Bldg. STEEL, Penton Bldg:., Cleyeland 2823 C edar S t. P h ila d e lp h ia , Pa. CLEVELAND, OHIO

Rails—“ 1 Ton or 1000” FO R S A LE NEW R A ILS —5000 tons—Ali Sectlons—All Sizes. F O R S A L E AT SACRIFICE PRICES R E LA Y IN G R A ILS —25,000 tons—All Sectlons— All Sizes, practlcally as KOOd as New. ACCESSO RIES—Every Track Accessory carded 10.000 lbs. In stock—Angle and Spllce Bars, Bolts. Nuts, NEW SHEPARD HOIST STAINLESS STEEL STRIP Frofis. Swltches, Tle Plates. Bul/ from One Source—Sace Time and Money 12 to 14% Chrome ■Phone, Write, or Wire 1.10% Max. Carbon 5 ton capacity, with motor driven Size: .5625 wide x .063 thick 95" long L. B. FOSTER COMPANY, Inc. double monorail trolley, maxi- PITTSBURGH NEW YORK CHICAGO mum lift 22', trolley speed 350 6.000 lbs. F.P.M. Form 1-2PS, Class B-10, ROUND CHROME ROD 18 to 19% Chrome 220-volt, DC. Immediate ship- .75 to .85 Carbon ment. Attractive price. Size: 1Je", 10 to 15 reet lengths IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT W rite, Wire or P hone (Rectifiers— Fine Units) NIXON-HflSSELLE COMPANY, INC. I HO0 C a rte r S tre e t GEM METAL CORPORATION 2—American Bro\vn-Boveri Mereury Chattanooga, Tennessee 241 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Arc Rectifier, 850 KW . at 600 volts TRiansrie 5-1544 DC, or 3S0 KW. at 275 volts DC. With fnll-automatic switchsear, and transformers. WANTED WANTED Priced at a smali fraetfon of original 1 only 1917—#12 Baley Flexi- HYDRAFIJC PRESS. 250 to 500 ton cost—a chance to save some real form Fan, in good condition, opening between columns, from 30" money on equipment comparable to to 48" to 42" x 84" stroke 30" to 48", NEW. quote price. daylight 48" to 84” preferred self eon- tained, with motorized pump. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN R. H. BENNEY EQUIPMENT CO. THE SYMINGTON-GOULD CORP. P. O. Box 211 Depew, N. Y. 5024 Montgomery St. Norwood, Ohio

HO RIZ. M IL L . 3-3/8' bar Detrlck-Harvey F O R S A L E POST M IL L . 5-1/2' bar Niles. R .P .T . M.D. D IE SIN KER S. E-3 and E-4 Keller, M.D. Motor Generator Set—500 AM P, Chalmes, G EA R PLA N ERS, 54' Gleason, bevel, M .D. (2) 125 V. DC Compound, Motor 75 H P— G EA R C U T T E R . 84' Newark. M.D. 900 R PM —220 V. A .C . 3 phase. L E V E L L E R . Plate. 84' Bertsch, 7 Rolls, M. D. 5 ton Whitcomb Gas Locomotive 36" gauge. PRESS, Stoli 79-D, Bed 72'x26'. M.D. Goulds Water Pump—5" x 8" geared with P LA T Ź SHEAR, 10' X 3/8' United. M.D. 10 H P Motor, D. C. LANG MACHINERY COMPANY Al Hance College, Cambridge Springs, Pa. 28th St. & A. V. R.R. Pittsburgh, Pa.

F O R S A L E 6.000 periorirance No. 3 SCTTON TWO-WAY FLAT & No. 1 Standard Forging Hammer. 100 lbs. Shape Straightener. Arranged for di­ No. 3 Williams. Whlte Bulldozer tested and guaran* IS ' Canton Portable Alllgator Shears łeed motors. gener- rect connected motor drtve. Sultable 12* ram x 15' stroke Hydraulic Accumulator, ators. etc. in stock. fo r 2 " x 2" x '/£" A n g le s , 15 pound 1500 lbs. pressure 500 Ton Bethlehem Steel Shell Presses Send inguiries. Rails, and 2%" x M" F ia t s . 6x12' IIPM Vertical Trlplex Pump, 700 lbs. pressure, 200 GPM, NEW . Class J J J Pump. THE POLLAK STEEL CO. THE MOTOR REPAIR & MFG. CO. Address Box 365 820 Tempie Bar Bldff., Cincinnati, O. STEEL, Penton Bldg., Cleyeland | 1558 HAMILTON AVE. • CLEVELAND, Q .|

I M as por su Dolar \ —REBUILT— F O R S A L E BLOWERS - FANS - EXHAUSTERS 400 pound per hour, electric melting IRON & STEEL PRODUCTS, INC. Connersvllle-Roots positlve blowers. 36 Years* Experienee furnace, single phase, 60 cycle, 26,400 Centrlfugals for gas and oil burnlng. volt. Complete with substation, etc. Sand blast, grinder and dust exhausters. 13462 S. Brainard Ave., Chicago, Illinois Practically new. Write Waukesha Ventl!atlng fans and roof ventllators. “A nytK ing containing IRON or STEEL” Foundry Company, Waukesha, Wis­ GENERAL BLOWER CO. SELLERS — BUYERS — TRADERS co n sin . 404 North Peoria St. Chicago, III.

IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL good used or rebuilt eąuipm ent or m aterials—Place an advertisem ent in this

section. W rite STEEL, Penton Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio

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MACHINED JOB WELDING GREY IRON CASTINGS PATTERN EQUIPMENT SPOT OR ARC Up to 60,000 P. S. I. Tensile Strenstn We have facilities to handle addi­ and kindred items effectively produced in WOOD or METAL tional work ln our spot and arc weld­ smail ąuantities—IndWIdual parts to 2,000 ing departments. Defense work a pounds—Assemblies to 5,000 pounds. Made Right and Delivered specialty. For prices and delivery In­ formation write or wire Box 443, BROWN & BROWN, INC. Lima, Ohio When Promised. STEEL, Penton Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Castings in magnesium, Silicon alum inum and bronze alloys to goyernment specification. K i r k & £>l u m THE WELLMAN BRONZE & ALUMINUM C O M P A N Y SAY IT HERE WELDED MACHINĘ BASES, 6011 Superior Avo. Cieyeland, Ohio PEDESTALS and FRAMES LATHE PANS If you have facilities to handle GEAR and BELT GUARDS Send your inqu!r!es for additional work. An advertise- SPECIAL ENGINEERING WORK ment in this section will tell Pressed Steel Louver Panels (o the others of your capacity, etc. and Cover Plates A. H. NILSON MACHINĘ COMPANY, Write STEEL, Penton Bldg., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. designer* and builders of wire and ribbon C leveland. THE KIRK & BLUM MFG. CO. stock forming machines. 2822 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio We al.no solicit your bida for cam milling

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CLASSIFIED RATES Positions Wanted Help Wanted All classiflcations other than “Positions Wanted," set solid, minimum 50 words, ENPERIENCED STRUCTURAL A N D 5.00. each additional word .10; all capitals, Plate Shop Superintendent seeking posi­ LOCOMOTIYE 'ptional opportunity for a man who cated above, through a procedure indiyld- ualized to each cllenfs personal reąulre- COMMISSION SALES xVGENT FOR MANY is probably now employed as superin­ tendent or assistant where local conditions ments. Several weeks are reąuired to ne- years representing several steel mills in promise no early adyancement. He must gotiate and each indiyldual must finance the Ohio territory finds himself em- have intimate knowledge of fabricating the moderate cost of his own campaign. barrassed due to the inability of the mills machines and methods and be especially Retaining fee protected by refund provl- to accept further tonnage except for ex- alert as to cost control and department sion as stipulated in our agreement. Iden- tremely deferred dellyeries. I am looking coordination. tity is coyered and, if employed, present for lines selling to the steel consuming We wouid consider his bringing with him, position protected. If your salary has trade and on which dellyeries can be made. if availahle, an operation-scheduler or been $2,500 or more, send only name and Mine is an established business with suc­ time-study man. address for details. R. W. Bixby, Inc., 110 cessful record. I have wide acquaintance Detailed experience record should be glven Delward Bldg.. Buffalo. N. Y. throughout all of Ohio. Correspondence and preferably a recent snapshot. Refer­ inyited. Address Box 446, STEEL, Penton ences will not be approached without C a stin g s B ld g ., C ie y e la n d .______'specific authority. Reply Box 448, STEEL, SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHICAGO Penton Bldg., Cieyeland. OHIO area, Desires to handle one or more lines— THE WEST STEEL CASTING CO., Cieye­ structural steel, fabrieations, forgings, land. Fully equipped for any production castings. Acquainted with contractors, in- problem. Two 1V4 ton Elec. Furnaces. dustrials, railroads. Has thorough know- Makers of high grade light steel castings, ledge of Federal, State, Municipal pur­ OPPORTUNITIES also alloy castings subject to wear or chasing. Address Box 447, STEEL, Penton h ig h h e at. Bldg., Cieyeland. A N D PROFITS ENGINEERING ENEOITW E—MECirANI- are of equal interest to distributors PENNSYLYANIA cal Engineer, 20 years’ experienee in and manufacturers—use an ad on NORTH WALES MACHINĘ CO„ INC., steel and other Industries, design, produc­ this page next week to let manufac­ North Wales. Grey Iron, Nickel, Chrome, tion, special projects, economic studies, turers know you are interested ln Molybdenum Alloys, Semi-steel. Superior etc. Address Box 445, STEEL, Penton taking: on new lines. ąuality machinę and hand molded sand Bldg., Cieyeland. 1 blast and tumbled.

March 31, 1941 117 ADVERTISING IIVDEX ♦ ♦ Where-to-Buy Products Index carried in first issue of month.

P ag e P ag e P ag e A Bryant Chucking Grinder Co...... — E u r e k a F ir e B r ic k W o rk s ...... — Acme Galyanizing, Inc ...... — Bryant Machinery & Engineering Co.. . — E x - C e ll- 0 C o rp ...... — Acme Steel & Malleable Iron Works. . — Buffalo Galyanizing & Tinning Works — Excelsior Tool & Machinę Co ...... — Ahlberg Bearing Co ...... — B u ffa lo W ire W o rk s Co., In c ...... — F Airgrip Chuck Diyision of Anker-Holth B u lla rd Co., T h e ...... 60, 61 Fafnir Bearing Co., The ...... — M fg . C o ...... — Bundy Tubing Co...... — F a ir b a n k s , M orse & Co...... — Air Reduction ...... — F a n n e r M fg . Co...... -— C A ja x E le c tro th e rm ic C o rp ...... — F a n s te e l M e ta llu rg ic a l C o rp ...... 11 Cadman, A. W., Mfg. Co...... — A ja x F le x ib le C o u p lin g Co...... — Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc ...... — C a rb o lo y Co., In c ...... — Farval Corp., The ....Inside Back Coyer A la n Wood S te e l Co ...... — Carborundum Co., The ...... — Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp ...... 103 Federal Machinę & Welder Co...... — Carey, Philip, Co., The ...... — F e rra c u te M a ch in ę C o ...... — A lle n - B ra d le y C o ...... — Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp ...... — F in n , Jo h n , M e ta l W o rk s ...... — A llis - C h a lm e rs M fg . C o ...... — C a rp e n te r S te e l Co., T h e ...... — A lro se C h e m ic a l C o ...... — Firth-Sterling Steel Co ...... — C a rte r H o te l ...... — Fltzsimons Co., The ...... — American Agile Corp ...... — Cattie, Joseph P„ & Bros., Inc ...... — A m e ric a n B r a s s Co., T h e ...... — C e ilco te Co., T h e ...... — F le x r o c k Co...... — Ford Chain Biock Diyision of Ameri­ American Bridge Co ...... — C e n tra l S c re w Co...... 8 American Broach & Machinę Co...... — can Chain & Cable Co., Inc ...... -— C h a lle n g e M a c h in e ry Co ., T h e ...... — American Cable Diyision of American . Chambersburg Engineering Co...... — F o s te r, L . B „ C o ...... 116 C h a in & C a b le Co., In c ...... 7 Chandler Products Co ...... 8 Fo.sboro Co., The ...... — American Chain & Cable Co., Inc., F u lle r B ru s h Co ...... — C h icag o P e rfo ra tin g Co...... — American Cable Diyision ...... 7 G Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co ...... — Gem M e ta l C o rp ...... 116 American Chain & Cable Co., Inc., C in c in n a ti G rin d e rs , In c ...... 5 G e n e ra l B lo w e r Co ...... 116 American Chain Diyision ...... — Cincinnati Milling Machinę Co...... 5 American Chain & Cable Co., Inc., G e n e ra l E le c t r ic Co ...... — Cincinnati Shaper Co., The ...... — F o rd C h a in B ło c k D iy is io n ...... — G e n e ra l E le c t r ic Co., L a m p D e p t...... 14 C la r k C o n tro lle r C o ...... -— American Chain & Cable Co., Inc., Giddings & Lewis Machinę Tool Co.. . — Clark Tructractor Div. of Clark Eąuip­ Page Steel & Wire Diyision ...... — G is h o lt M ach in ę Co...... — m en t C o ...... — American Chain Diyision of American Cleereman Machinę Tool Co...... — G lobe B r ic k Co ., T h e ...... — Chain & Cable Co., Inc ...... — Goodyear Tire & Ruber Co., The .... — Cleyeland Cap Screw Co ...... — American Chemical Paint Co...... — Granite City Steel Co...... Front Cover Cleyeland-CIiffs Iron Co ...... •—• American Engineering Co...... •— Cleyeland Crane & Engineering Co... — G ra n t G e a r W o rk s ...... — A m e ric a n F le x ib le C o u p lin g C o ...... — C le y e la n d H o te l ...... — Graybar Electric Co ...... — American Foundry Eąuipment Co ...... —• Great Lakes Steel Corp ...... — Cleyeland Punch & Shear Works Co... — American Gas Association ...... — Greenfleld Tap & Die Corp ...... — Cleyeland Tramrail Diyision, Cleye­ American Hollow Boring Co ...... — Gregory, Thomas, Galyanizing Works — la n d C ra n e & E n g in e e rin g Co ...... 102 American Hot Dip Galyanizers Asso­ Cleyeland Twist Drill Co., The ...... — G rin n e ll C o ., In c ...... — c ia tio n ...... — Cleyeland Worm & Gear Co., The.... — G u li O il C o rp o ra tio n ...... — American Lanolin Corp ...... 115 C lim a x M o lyb d en um Co...... 34 G u lf R e fln in g C o ...... — A m e ric a n M o n o ra il Co ...... 31 Cold Metal Process Co...... — II A m e ric a n N ic k e lo id Co ...... — Colonial Broach Co...... — Hagan, George J., Co ...... — A m e ric a n P u ly e riz e r Co ...... — C o lu m b ia S te e l Co ...... — Hallden Machinę Co., The ...... —- American Roller Bearing Co...... — H a n lo n -G re g o ry G a ly a n iz in g Co...... — Columbus Die, Tool & M ach in ę C o .. . 113 A m e ric a n R o llin g M ili Co ., T h e ...... •— Hanna Engineering Works ...... 99 Commercial Metals Treating, Inc ...... 115 A m e ric a n S c re w C o ...... 8 Cone Automatic Machinę Co., Inc ...... •— H a n n a F u rn a c e C o rp ...... 110 A m e ric a n S h e a r K n if e Co...... 106 C o n tin e n ta l M a ch in e s, In c ...... — Hannifin Mfg. Co ...... — American Steel & Wire Co ...... — Continental Roli & Steel Foundry Co. — Harnischfeger Corp ...... — American Tinning & Galyanizing Co. — Harrington & King Perforating Co ...... 113 Continental Screw Co ...... 8 Ampco Metal, Inc ...... — C o pperw eld S te e l Co...... — H a y s C o rp ., T h e ...... — Amsler-Morton Co., The ...... — H e a ld M a ch in ę C o ...... In s id e F ro n t C o ve r C o rb in S c re w C o rp ...... 8 A n d re w s Steel Co., T h e ...... 100 C o w le s T o o l Co ...... 113 Heppenstall Co ...... 97 A p o llo S te e l Co ...... — C ra n e Co ...... — H e v i D u ty E le c t r ic C o ...... — Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co...... — Crawbuck, John D., Co...... — H ill, Ja m e s , M fg . Co...... — Armstrong Cork Co ...... 9S C ro sb y Co., T h e ...... 115 Hillside Fluor Spar Mines ...... — A tla n tic S te e l Co ...... — Cuban-American Manganese Corp ...... — H in d le y M fg . C o ...... — A t la s C a r & M fg . Co ...... 105 Cullen-Friestedt Co ...... — H o b a rt B ro s ...... 113 A tla s D ro p Fo rg e Co ...... 115 C'ulvert Diyision, Republic Steel Corp. — H o rsb u rg h & S c o tt C o...... -— A t la s L u m n ite Cem ent Co...... — C u n n in g h a m , M . E ., Co...... •— H u b b a rd & Co...... — A x e lso n M fg . Co...... — Curtis Pneumatic Machinery Co...... — Hubbard, M. D„ Spring Co ...... — Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co ...... — B C u tle r-H a m m e r, In c ...... — Hyatt Bearings Diyision, General Mo­ B a b co ck & W ilc o x Co...... — D B a ile y , W m . M ., C o ...... — tors Sales Corporation ...... — Damascus Steel Casting Co ...... — Baker-Raullng Co...... — Hyde Park Foundry & Machinę Co.. . 111 D a rw in & M iln e r, In c ...... 115 Bantam Bearings Corp ...... 120 I D a v is B ra k e B e a m Có...... — Barnes, Wallace, Co., Diyision ol Asso­ Illinois Clay Products Co...... — ciated Spring Corporation ...... — Dayton Rogers Mfg. Co ...... — Ind ep en d en t G a ly a n iz in g C o ...... — D e a rb o rn G ag e Co...... — B a s ic D o lo m ite , In c ...... — In d u s t ria l B ro w n h o is t C o rp ...... — D e sp a tch O ven Co...... — Bay City Forge Co...... — Ingalls Iron Works Co., The ...... — Detroit Leland H otel ...... — Bay State Abrasiye Products Co. ... — Ingersoll-Rand ...... — D iam o n d E x p a n s io n B o lt Co ., In c ...... — Beatty Machinę & Mfg. Co...... — Ingersoll Steel & Disc Diyision, Borg Differential Steel Car Co ...... — B e llc y u e - S tra tfo rd H o te l ...... 114 Warner Corp ...... — D in g s M ag n e tic S e p a ra to r C o ...... -— Belmont Iron Works ...... 115 In la n d S te e l Co...... 20 Dravo Corp., Engineering Works Diy. — Benney, R. H., Eąuipment Co ...... l l t i International Correspondence Schools — Berger Manufacturing Diy., Republic Dravo Corp., Machinery Diyision.... — In te rn a tio n a l N ic k e l Co ., In c ...... — S te e l C o rp ...... — Duer Spring & M fg . Co...... — In te rn a tio n a l S c re w Co ...... S Bethlehem Steel Co...... 1 E International-Stacey Corp ...... — Birdsboro Steel Foundry & Machinę Eagle-Picher Lead Co., The ...... — Iro n & S te e l P ro d u c ts , In c ...... 116 Co ...... — Edison Storage Battery Div. of Thom­ Is a a c s o n Iro n W o rk s ...... — B is s e tt S te e l Co ., T h e ...... — as A. Edison, Inc ...... — J B la n c h a rd M ach in ę Co ...... — Elastic Stop Nut Corp ...... — Jackson Iron & Steel Co., The ...... — B la \v -K n o x Co ...... 9 Electric Controller & Mfg. Co...... — Ja m e s , D . O ., M fg . C o ...... — Blaw-Knox Diyision, Blaw-I

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P ag e Pag e P ag e K O Stewart Furnaee Diyision, Chicago Kardong Brothers, Inc ...... — O hio C r a n k s h a ft Co., T h e ...... — Flexible Shaft Co...... — K e a rn e y & Trecker Corp ...... — Ohic Electric Mfg. Co...... — Stoody Co...... _ K e m p , C. M ., M fg . Co...... — Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp ...... — Strong Steel Foundry Co...... — K e s te r S o ld e r Co ...... — Ohio Galyanizing & Mfg. Co...... — Su n O il Co...... — K id d e , W a lte r, & Co., In c ...... — O hio K n ife C o „ T h e ...... — Superior Mold & Iro n Co...... — King Fifth Wheel Co...... — Ohio Locomotive Crane Co., The .... 113 S u p e rio r Steel C o rp ...... — K in n e a r M fg . C o ...... — Ohio Seamless Tube Co., T h e ...... — Surface Combustion Corp...... — K ir k & B lu m M fg . C o ...... 117 O hio S teel F o u n d ry Co., T h e ...... — Sutton Engineering Co...... — K o p p e rs C o...... — Open Steel Flooring Institute, Inc.. . — Sym in g to n -G o u k! C o rp ...... 116 K o v e n , L . O ., & B ro th e r, In c ...... — Oxweld Acetylene Co...... — T Kron Co., The ...... — V T a y lo r-W ils o n M fg. Co...... 113 Tj Page Steel & Wire Diyision of Ameri­ Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.. . — L a c le d e S te e l C o ...... ,— can C h a in & Cable Co., Inc ...... — T h o m a s M ach in ę M fg . Co...... — Lake City Malleable Co ...... — P an g b o rn C o rp ...... — T h o m a s S te e l Co., T h e ...... — Lamson & Sessions Co., T h e ...... 8 Parker, Charles, Co...... 8 Thompson-Bremer & Co...... — Landis Machinę Co ...... — P a rk e r- K a lo n C o rp ...... 8 Tide Water Associated Oil Co...... — L a n g M a c h in e ry Co ...... 116 Pawtucket Screw Co...... 8 Timken Roller Bearing Co. ...B ack Cover L a n s in g S ta m p in g Co ...... — Peerless Pump Div., Food Machinery Timken Steel & Tube Diyision, The L a S a lle S te e l Co ...... — C o rp ...... — Timken Roller Bearing Co...... — L a tro b e E le c t r ic S te e l Co...... — Penn Galyanizing Co...... — Tinnerman Products, Inc...... — Lawrence Copper & Bronze ...... — Pennsylyania Industrial Engineers. . . 113 Toledo Stamping & M fg . Co...... — LeBlond, R. K., Machinę Tool Co., The — P e n n s y ly a n ia S a lt M fg . Co...... — T o m k in s-Jo h n so n Co., T h e ...... — Le e d s & N o rth ru p C o ...... — P e rk in s , B . F ., & Son, In c ...... — T o rrin g to n Co., T h e ...... — L e e S p rin g Co., In c ...... 37 P h e o ll M fg . Co...... 8 T ra n s u e & W illia m s ...... — L e h ig h S tr u c tu r a l S te e l Co...... — Philadelphia Transformer Co...... 116 Tri-Lok Co., The ...... — L e sch e n , A ., & Sons R ope Co ...... — Pittsburgh Crushed Steel Co...... — Truscon Steel Co...... L e v in s o n S te e l Co., T h e ...... —- P itts b u rg h G e a r & M ach in ę Co...... — U Lewis Bolt & N u t Co ...... — Pittsburgh Lectromelt Furnaee Corp. — U d y lite Co rp., T h e ...... 2 Lewis Foundry & Machinę Divislon of Pittsburgh Rolls Diyision of Blaw- Union C a rb id e & C arbo n C o rp...... 3, 79 B la w - K n o x Co...... — K n o x Co...... 9 Union Drawn Steel Div. Republic L e w is M ach in ę Co., T h e ...... — P itts b u rg h S a w & T o o l Co...... — Steel C o rp ...... — Lincoln Electric Co., The ...... 63 P itts b u rg h S p rin g & S te e l Co...... — United C h ro m iu m , In c ...... — Linde Air Products Co., The ...... — P itts b u rg h S te e l Co...... 6 United Engineering & Foundry Co. . .70, 7.1 L in k - B e lt C o ...... — P o lla k S teel Co...... 116 United States Steel Corp., Subsidiaries — Loftus Engineering Corp ...... — Poole Foundry & Machinę Co...... American Bridge Co. Lo g e m a n n B ro s . C o ...... — Porter, H. K„ Co., Inc ...... American Steel & W ire Co. Loyejoy Flexible Coupling Co...... — Pressed S te e l C a r Co., In c ...... Atlas Lumnite Cement Co. Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co., The ...... — P ressed S te e l T a n k Co...... Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. M c P re st-O -L ite Co., In c ., T h e ...... Columbia Steel Co. McKay Machinę Co ...... — Production Plating Works, Ine ...... Cyclone Fence Co. M cK ee, A r t h u r G ., C o ...... 73 Q Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. McKenna Metals Co ...... — CJuigley Co., Inc ...... National Tube Co. Oil Well Supply Co. M R Raymond Mfg. Co„ Diyision of Asso­ Scully Steel Products Co. Mackintosh-Hemphill Co...... — ciated S p rin g C o rp ...... 101 Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. Macwhyte Co...... — Reading Chain & Błock Corp ...... — United States Steel Export Co. Marr-Galbreath Machinery Co...... — R e a d y -P o w e r Co...... -— Uniyersal Atlas Cement Co. M a th e w s C o n v e y e r C o ...... — Reliance Electric Engineering Co... — .Yirginia Bridge Co. M a u ra th , In c ...... — & Republic Steel Corp ...... 15 United S ta te s Steel E x p o rt Co...... — M e d a rt Co., T h e ...... — R e y e re Co pper and B ra s s , In c ...... 57 Utilities Electrical Machinery Corp... . 116 Mesta Machinę Co...... 1 — Rhoades, R. W„ Metaline Co., Inc ...... — V Mldvale Co., The ...... — Riyerside Foundry & Galyanizing Co. — Valley Mould & Iron Corp...... — Milwaukee Foundry Eąuipment Co.. . — R o o se y e lt H o te l ...... 112 Yanadium-Alloys Steel Co...... 11 Missouri Rolling Mili Corp ...... — Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt N u t V a sc o lo y -R a m e t C o rp...... 11 Moltrup Steel Products Co ...... •— & Co ...... 8 Voss, Edward W...... Monarch Machinę Tool Co., The .... 16 Rustless Iron & Steel Corp ...... — W M o narch S te e l C o ...... — Ryerson, Joseph T., & Son, Inc ...... 115 W a ld ro n , Jo h n , C o rp ...... Morgan Construction Co ...... — S Wapakoneta Machinę Co...... Morgan Engineering Co ...... — S a le m E n g in e e rin g Co...... — Warner & Swasey Co...... Morrison Metalweld Process, Inc ...... — Samuel, Frank, & Co., Inc ...... — W a sh b u rn W ire Co...... M orton S a lt C o ...... 115 San Francisco Galyanizing Works. .. . — Watson-Stillman Co., The ...... M otor R e p a ir & M fg . C o ...... 116 S a n lt a r y T in n in g Co., T h e ...... — Wean Engineering Co., Inc...... X S c o y ill M fg . C o ...... 8 Weinman Pump & Supply Co., The. N a tio n a l A cm e Co ., T h e ...... — Scully Steel Products Co...... — W e irto n S te e l Co...... 12 N a tio n a l B e a rin g M e ta ls C o rp ...... — Seneca Wire & Mfg. Co., The ...... 115 W e ld it A ce ty le n e Co...... — National Broach & Machinę Co...... — Shakeproof Lock Washer Co ...... 8 Wellman Bronze & Aluminum Co.... 117 National Carbon Co., Inc ...... 79 Shaw-Box Crane & Hoist Diyision, Wellman Engineering Co ...... — National-Erie Corp ...... — Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc... — Westinghouse Electric & Mfg.Co.... — National Forge & Ordnance Co ...... — Sheffield Gage Corp ...... West Penn Machinery Co...... — N a tio n a l M a c h in e ry C o ...... — S h e ll O li Co., In c ...... 13 'West Steel Casting Co...... 115 National Roli & Foundry Co ...... — Sh enan g o F u rn a e e Co., T h e ...... -—- W h eelin g S te e l C o rp o ra tio n ...... 115 National Screw & Mfg. Co ...... 8 S h enan g o -Pen n M old Co...... 109 Whltcomb Locomotive Co„ The ...... — N a tio n a l S te e l C o rp ...... 12, 110 Shepard Niies Crane & Hoist Corp.. . — W h iteh ead S ta m p in g C o ...... — National Telephone Supply Co., Inc.. . — S h u ste r, F . B „ Co.. T h e ...... —• Whitney Screw Corp ...... 8 N a tio n a l T u b e C o ...... — S im o n d s G e a r & M fg . Co...... 111 W ic k w ire B ro th e rs, In c ...... — New Departure Diyision, General Mo­ Simonds Saw & Steel Co ...... — Wickwire Spencer Steel Co...... — to rs S a le s C o rp ...... — Slnton Hotel ...... — Wieman & Ward Co ...... 113 N e w E n g la n d S c re w C o ...... 8 S K F In d u s trie s , In c ...... — Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Inc ...... — New Jersey Zinc Co ...... — Snyder, W. P., & Co...... •— W illia m s , J . H „ & Co., In c ...... — N e w Y o rk & New Jersey Lubricant Co. — Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc ...... — Wilson, Lee, Engineering Co...... — Wilson, Lee, Sales Corp...... — Niagara Machinę & Tool Works ____ — S o u th B end L a th e W o rk s ...... 83 W itt C o rn ice Co., T h e ...... — Nicholson, W. H„ & Co ...... 108 Southington Hardware Mfg. Co...... 8 Niies Steel Products Diw, Republlc S ta n d a rd G a ly a n iz in g Co...... — Wood, R . D ., C o ...... — Steel C o rp ...... — S ta n d a rd S te e l W o rk s ...... — Worth Steel Co ...... — W y ck o ff D ra w n Steel Co...... — N ilso n , A . H „ M a ch in ę Co ...... 117 S ta n le y W o rk s, T h e ...... — Y Nitralloy Corp., The ...... — S te e l & Tubes Diyision, Republlc Steel N ix o n -H a s s e lle Co ., In c ...... 116 C o rp ...... 15 Y a le & T o w n e M fg . Co...... — Norma-Hoffmann Bearings Corp ...... — Steel Conyersion & Supply Co...... — Y o d e r Co., T h e ...... — Youngstown Alloy Casting Corp...... — North American Manufacturing Co... — Steel Founders’ Society of America.. — Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., The. . 59 Northwest Engineering Co ...... 95 Steelweld Machinery Diyision, Cleye­ N orto n Co ., T h e ...... — land Crane & E n g in e e rin g Co...... — Z Zeh & H a h n e m an n Co...... — March 31, 1941 119 /„ ffie * WBTH BANTAM BEARINGS

NEW INDUSTRIES BRING NEW PROBLEMS, and Bantam engineers are contributing their skill to the field of sew­ age treatment. For sluice gates like those shown here, built by The Filer & Stowell Co., Bantam designed special angular contact bearings that take thrust load from both dircctions, and radial loads also.

EVERY MAJOR TYPE OF ANTI-FRICTION BEARING is included in Bantam’s line— straight roller, tapered roller, needle, and bali. Bantam en­ gineers, with their broad background of ex- FAST, ACCURATE PRODUCTION, always essential in machinę tools, is more important than ever today. perience in bearing design and application, Turret lathes built by Gisholt Machinę Company are designed throughout to meet these reąuire­ can recommend the type that best suits)/o»r ments— and Gisholt employs Bantam Ultra-Precision Tapered Roller Bearings on the spindle of needs— or can design special bearings to many of its Iligh Production Lathes to maintain the high degree of accuracy necessary in turret meet special conditions. If you havc difRcult lathes. This is an outstanding example of Bantam service to machinę tool builders and users. bearing problems, TURN TO BANTAM.

LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH EFFICIENCY are outstanding advantages of the slush pumps built by Emsco Derrick & Eąuipment Company. Bantam Quill Bearings, used on the crosshead, contribute to weight reductions through their compact design— to increased efficiency through their low co- cfRcicnt of friction and little need of seryice attention, resulting in savings in operating costs. For further information on this unusual bearing, write for Bulletin No. H-104.

THIS GIANT ROUER THRUST BEARING, 4 7 W 0 . 1 ) . by 5" thick, incorporates a split race engi- neered by Bantam to facilitate accurate posi- tioning in assembly. Bearing was used by S. Morgan Smith Company to support a load of ł5G,000 pounds in assembling turbinę eąuipment at Bonneville Dam— a typical in­ stance of Bantam’s skill in designing spe­ cial bearings to meet unusual reąuirements.

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