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P R O D U C T IO N • P R O C E S S IN G • D IS T R IB U T IO N • U S E
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ers. . . . Peace and p rosp erity rule the L ake Superior iron ore ranges. M ore m ines are in operation (p. 19) than in m ore than a decade. The season ’ s ore m ove
m ent w ill be lim ited on ly by the handling cap acity o f the lake fleet. It is a g r a tify in g situation fo r an in du stry hard hit b y the depression.
W
IT H the eyes o f the w orld focu sed upon the F a r E ast, speculation is rife as t~ -...'.at a prolon ged con flict w ould m ean to A m erican industry. S toppage c f tungsten fr o m China o v er an extended period w ould affect steelm aking i.i th is cou n try. In 1936 (p . 17) 74 per cen t o f the tungsten im ported into the U nited S tates cam e fr o m China and fo r the firet cix mantlm o f 1937 China furnished 69 per cent o f cu r im ports. O f the tungsten co n cerned in this cou ntry, abou t 90 per cent is used■ y tiro eteel industry. A t present the m arket is in jcr.fu.cion and prices are nom inal.
C h in a, Japan Imports H ig h e r
In the first h a lf o f 1937, Japan im ported 345,685 tons o f A m erica n finished and sem ifinished steel as com pared w ith 28,832 tons in the first h a lf o f 1936.
C om parative figures on Chinese im ports fo r the sam e periods were
69,876 and 26,151 tons, resp ectiv e
ly. Japanese purchases o f A m e n ican iron and steel scrap fo r the sam e periods w ere 1,318,803 and 503,165 tons, re
spectively, and China’ s w ere 27,838 and 15,433 tons.
Thus in the first h a lf o f 1937 the com batants took over 30 per cen t o f th e finished and sem ifinished iron and steel and 62 per cent o f the scrap e x ported fro m 'th e U nited States.
N e w in Steel M erchan disin g
Consum ers, fa b rica tors, distribu tors and p r o ducers o f steel w ill be qu ick to grasp the significance o f a new system o f m erch an disin g steel, announced this w eek (p . 1 5 ), w hich provides the pu rchaser w ith certified in
form a tion reg a rd in g the analy
sis and p roperties o f the steel he buys. T he m echanics o f the seg reg a tin g w h ole heats o f steel w hich com e w ithin narrow lim its o f analysis, test
ing the m etal fo r ch em ical and heat treatm ent ch a r
a cteristics and then fu rn ish in g this pertinent in
form a tio n to the buyer. It is a novel plan and one that w ill be w atch ed closely b y buyers and system involves
Uses H e a d To Save Dollars
W henever increased volum e begins to cro w d the facilities o f a m an u factu rin g plant, the norm al co n clusion is that additional equipm ent and floor space
are required. In m any cases this is the on ly alternative. O ccasion ally, h ow ever, a stu d y o f layout w ill reveal opportu n ities fo r in
creasin g operations w ith ou t adding space. In a plant m a n u fa ctu rin g plain bearings, a new m anager (p . 49 ) insisted upon an alyzin g the apparent need o f additional fa cilities b efore a u th or
izing the con stru ction o f a plant extension. A s a result, a revision in the schem e o f m aterials han
d ling n ot on ly perm itted an increase o f 25 to 30 per cen t in output w ith the same personnel and equ ip
m ent but also released space fo r expan sion in the futu re. This is using on e’s head to save his p ocket- book.
M an ufactu rin g craw lin g tra ctors em braces a wide range o f operations typ ical o f the m eta lw ork in g in
dustries. A cam era, record in g scenes in the v a ri
ous departm ents o f a m odern S lo e l tra ctor plant (p. 4 0 ), show s how the results o f fo rg in g , w elding, A n d o r a y Iron heat treating, m achining, grinding, and oth er operations even tu ally m eet on the assem bly line. The w'hole procedu re is not unlike the routine o f an au tom obile plant. . . . A m etal com binin g the h igh resistance to w ear, g ood friction a l properties and fre e m ach in ing qualities o f cast iron w'ith the u n iform ity, ease o f h ot or cold w orking, response to heat treatm ent and g ood p h y si
cal properties o f steel is useful in m any applications, particularly in the die field. G raph itic steel seems to possess these qualities. The au th oritative d iscu s
sion o f this steel and its application s (p. 3 4 ) throw s ligh t on a new and interesting m aterial.
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p y g p c n u c t c c i - S E R V I C E
There is hardly a product in the steel and a llie d lines that you cannot secure q u ic k ly and e co n o m ically from the nearest Ryerson plant. Stocks that include more than 1 0 ,0 0 0 sizes and kinds of steel and a llie d products . . modern handling and cutting facilities . . and special dispatching methods, assure accu racy, d ep e n d ab ility and speed. W hen you need steel, call on R yerson, Ten plants stand ready to meet y c u r requirements.
Joseph T. Ryerson & So n, In c ., C h icago , M ilw a u k e e , St. L o u is , C incin nati, D etroit, C leve lan d , Buffalo, Boston, P h ilad e lp h ia, Je rse y C ity .
S t e e l N o w C e r t i f i e d
A New Step in Merchandising Proced
u re— A n a lysis and Test Data Sup
plied to User Before Material Is Shipped
A
B R A N D new procedu re in m erch an disin g steel— a sy stem w h ich provides fo r com plete analysis and tests to be m ade b y the distributor, and certi
fied to the con su m er— w as in tro duced last week.
Just as thousands o f other prod
ucts in m any industries, notably chem icals and drugs, are certified as to their properties, steel now is to be m arketed on a sim ilar basis, giving the fabricator a degree o f as
surance that he could only obtain by m aking or having the tests made for him.
Under this plan whole heats o f steel which com e within narrow limits o f analysis are to be selected, and tested fo r chem ical and heat- treatm ent characteristics. The data w ill be prepared and delivered to the custom er, w hether he buys only a few pounds or several tons.
This novel "certified steel plan”
was announced by Joseph T. Ryer- son & Son Inc., Chicago. The com pany has been developing it fo r sev
eral years, adjusting stocks and sm oothing out operating problems.
It is described as o f “ particular value to consumers o f alloy steels.”
M ost o f these steels are subjected to heat treatm ent by fabricators to develop strength, hardness, resist
ance to shock, or other special physical characteristics.
The response o f alloy steel to heat treatm ent depends partly on analy
sis and partly on the general hard
ening characteristics o f the heat, these characteristics being g o v erned by the structure o f the mate
rial, inherent grain size, etc.
The accuracy with which a melter can w ork is limited and, therefore, August 30, 1937
a producing mill cannot accept specifications fo r exact analysis, but must be allowed a quantitative range o f each element.
The Society o f Autom otive Engi
neers has com piled a set o f specifi
cations covering the great m ajority o f alloy steels used today. It has worked with steel producers and has narrowed the limits o f com position as fa r as it is practical fo r the steel
makers to follow . These limits are relatively wide and, therefore, steel specified only to the S. A. E. speci
fications may vary greatly from one heat to another in its response to heat treatment.
The R yerson com pany has been seeking to solve this com m only recognized problem fo r many years.
The com pany determined to pro
vide alloy steel which, when heat
n r H E certified steel plan begins at the mill with the selection of entire heats of alloy steels that come within a narrow range of chemical and physical specifications. Bars arc identified by heat sym
bol letters stamped on the ends. T h e same symbols are repeated on data sheets sent to
buyers
treated, would give m ore uniform response.
W hen large tonnages are pur
chased direct from steelworks it is practical fo r the user to analyze each heat and test it fo r its response to heat treatment. He is able to con trol his process so as to offset any differences between heats. W hen av
erage lots o f alloy steel are pur
chased from stock, however, it is ex
pensive to run analyses and tests on the bars as they are received.
T o accom plish the desired result, the R yerson com pany had two fundamental problem s to overcom e.
The first was to obtain standard alloy steels fo r stock which con form ed to an analysis range closer than that specified in the S.A.E.
ranges, and which w ere closely con
trolled in general hardening char
acteristics such as inherent grain size, etc.
T he second problem , a fter having obtained such steel, was to develop a method o f inform ing each cus
tomer o f the com plete analysis and heat treatment characteristics o f each bar shipped to him.
The first problem was solved by w riting specifications fo r alloy steels on a much closer chem ical analysis basis than the standard S. A. E. specifications, and includ
ing in these specifications other fa c
tors governing the heat treatment responsiveness o f each type o f steel.
/ ■.rangements were made to watch heats and select only those that cam e within this restricted range.
The heat is then identified by letter sym bols and later rolled into bars, bearing the same letters.
Identification letters are stamped on the ends o f each bar. Small bundles are tagged.
Heat treating tests are made on standard samples from each heat.
A ll bars produced from a heat carry the identifying letters assigned to that heat, so the only problem that remained was to tran sfer the a c
cumulated inform ation about the steel to the customer.
It would not seem difficult to give the custom er this inform ation, but from a practical standpoint it pre
sented many problem s, not the least o f which was that the inform ation must be given to the custom er be
fo r e he uses the steel.
Charts Give Data
T o condense the inform ation the com pany devised tw o types o f charts, one fo r carburizing steels (case hardening) and the other fo r steels o f higher hardening charac
teristics which are heat treated by quenching.
The charts fo r carburizing steels give the heat analysis identifying letters, McQuaid Ehn grain size, cleanliness rating, and also the x’e-
sults o f a carburizing test o f a standard sample. This shows the hardness o f the case, the effective depth o f the case and the physical characteristics o f the core.
F o r the quenching steel, the analysis, identifying letters, M c
Quaid Ehn grain size and cleanli
ness rating are given, with a chart show ing curves representing ten
sile strength, yield point, elongation, reduction o f area, brinell hardness, etc., as developed by test specim ens quenched at a suitable tem perature fo r the analysis and drawn to vari
ous tem peratures.
This inform ation is delivered im m ediately to the custom er so that it is received b efore the steel is sub
jected to heat treatm ent. The heat treater then has com plete in form a
tion as well as a record fo r his file as to the com position o f the steel used in every jo b which has gone through his shop.
The plan could not be offered until the com pany had accum ulated suffi
cient stocks to be able to give prom pt shipment on practically any size and analysis. During the sev
eral years o f preparation it tried out the method by w orking closely with selected companies, and checking re
sults. Through the co-operation o f these com panies the plan has been thoroughly studied and is stated to have resulted in much m ore eco
nomical heat treatment.
Certified alloy steel data sheet for case carburizing steels (left), and data sheet used for the higher alloys that are hardened by quenching. One of these sheets, covering the
particular steel shipped, is sent to the customer
JO SEPH T. RYERSON & SON, Inc.
S. A . E. Type....*PA3r:?9 Heat Sym bol..
H E A T A N A L Y S I S
Inherent Grain Si2e...5.tP... Inclusions— <*-
P h o s . . S i - . i ? . 7..N l.U ?*C r...-.. Mo ..=9.Va ...
O xldc*._.A . Silicates.
C A R B U R IZ IN G C H A R A C T E R IST IC S O F TH IS H E A T
1 ' R ound Carburued . Hours at....1Z 9 9 ...D cg . F.
C ooled in Pot. Reheated t o ..M 7 3 ..T . Quenched in.P.TV...
C ase | H a r d n e s s . . . . Rockwell C.
P hysicals { D epth *.9?.?.. Inches.
C o r e Physicals
f Tensile Strength... A A9 »9 9 9 ...
I Yield Point...91,000..
Elongation...2 1 ...
Reduction of Are» §P... ..
Brtncll Hardne**...24®...
Lb*. Per Sq. Inch .. Lb*. Pet Sq. Inch .. tn 2 Inches
Thu chan ihow* actual analytl* reported by mill on
*i»o »h o »« result* o f caae hardening ie*t made on heat. Thrte figures may vary from one pact o f the gadon and normal variation o f analyst* determination*.
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Tungsten, Important Element in Tool Steels, A ffe c te d b y Sino- Ja p W a r
D
ESPITE the intensity o f hostilities in China, actual volum e o f steel buying fo r the Far East has shown little change. Tentative negotiations are noted, but they have not developed as yet in large orders, according to exporters.
It is pointed out that Japan has been a heavy buyer in recent months, particularly o f sci’ ap, pig iron, semifinished steel and ship steel. Japan has been conducting a shipbuilding cam paign o f broad scope.
In the first half o f 1933, Japan’s purchases o f semifinished and fin
ished steel in the United States amounted to only 28,832 tons, w here
as in the first h alf this year the total was 345,685 tons. This tonnage was slightly m ore than 25 per cent of Am erican exports o f semifinished and finished iron and steel products.
F or two consecutive months this year Japan was a heavier buyer o f these products than Canada, second best customer.
China has been buying on a much sm aller scale, and principally fo r or
dinary peace-time needs. Its im ports o f semifinished and finished steel from the United States in the first half o f 1933 amounted to 26,151 tons, and in the first half this year, 69,876 tons.
Quotations Are Nominal One o f the principal effects o f hostilities so fa r has been to disor
ganize the m arket fo r Chinese tungsten ore, and, in turn, ferro- tungsten. Prices have advanced sw iftly and sharply.
Firm quotations on tungsten ore are virtually out o f the question, trade leaders said last week. N om inal quotations are noted at London o f m ore than 100 shillings per long ton, but it is believed that such offer
ings are at best based on scattered sm all lots held in Europe, possibly by traders w ho already have a sub
stantial profit and have decided to cash in. Incidentally, it is believed that little is afloat.
How ever, London quotations are indicative o f the increasing strength o f the market. F or instance, on the basis o f a quotation o f 100 shillings per long ton at London, the market
in N ew York per short ton, allowing fo r $8 duty, would be about $30 to $31. But such prices are too speculative to attract interest o f the m ore conservative in the trade, who are inclined to mark time until the situation becomes further clari
fied and a sounder appraisal can be made. As a matter o f fact, buyers o f round tonnages declare that in the light o f the present situation there is little for them to do but wait.
Price Trend Is Upward W ith sellers o f ferrotungsten waiting to see what the replacem ent value o f their ore is going to be, the m arket on this product is large
ly nominal. Judging from scattered offerings, the trend recently has been strongly upward, but the m ar
ket is in such a state o f flux that quotations are difficult to establish.
Im ports o f tungsten ore and con centrates into the United States from China in 1936 totaled 5,133,850 pounds, or 74 per cent o f all imports o f this material. In the first six
months this year the im ports from China amounted to approxim ately 4,456,680 pounds, 69 per cent o f the total. The value o f im ports from China in 1936 was $1,139,147, and fo r the first half this year, approxi
mately $934,722.
The United States is dependent upon foreign sources fo r approxi
m ately 75 per cent o f its require
ments. This im ported tungsten is obtained largely from China, al
though the production o f Burma, the M alay States and other countries, has been appreciable. H ow ever, the bulk o f production h aving com e from China, the price has been con trolled principally by the am ount o f Chinese tungsten available.
During the past 20 years tung
sten prices have fluctuated over such a w ide range that a feelin g o f in
stability has existed and industry has been forced to large and expen
sive stocks o f tungsten fo r protec
tion. The w ar departm ent consid
ers tungsten as a “ strategic mate- ( P lease turn to P a ge 88)
W om en O p erato rs in Russian Steelw orks
A/T A N Y women w o r\ in Russian steel mills and heavy industries, principally in the lighter manual occupations, as indicated by photographs in ofjicial soviet publications. This woman is operating the control in the blooming mill
at the Stalin "metallurgical com bine" in Magnitogorsk. Sovfoto
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N e w H a m ilto n S t a c k S t a r t e d
I
N TH E presence o f invited guests, Ham ilton Coke & Iron Co., w holly owned subsidiary o f A m erican R olling Mill Co., last Thursday blew in its new blast furnace at New Miami, O.
The stack adds 450 tons daily to the H am ilton com pany’s blast fu r
nace capacity, bringing the total to 1150 tons. Its No. 1 furnace, with a capacity o f 700 tons, was rebuilt and m odernized a y ea r ago. Output o f No. 1 furnace will be used in A rm co’s open hearths at M iddle
town, O. Production from the new furnace will be marketed as m er
chant pig iron.
Charles R. Hook, president, A m er
ican R olling Mill Co., said the stack was added “ so the rapidly grow ing demands from the parent com pany and from the outside merchant pig iron m arket could be satisfied.”
Co-operation Justifies Expense W ithout confidence in the com munity, m anagem ent and em ployes, appropriation o f $1,000,000 fo r new equipment would not have been made, Mr. H ook said. The spirit o f co-operation apparent every
where justified the expenditure, he stated.
M r. H ook appealed to business men to explain to representatives o f the state and national governments the im portance o f preserving our
present system o f governm ent, w ith
out which such industrial im prove
ments could not be made. As p roof o f his statement he pointed to con
ditions abroad.
The H am ilton furnace is the first to be newly erected since 1928, al
though many stacks have been re
lined and reconditioned. In 1928, the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. blew in tw o new furnaces at Fairfield, Ala. A t present construc
tion is under w ay on a new stack fo r Inland Steel Co. at Indiana H ar
bor, Ind., and on one fo r Great Lakes Steel Corp. on Zug island, near Delray, Mich.
Financial
SHEET & TUBE ISSUES EARNINGS STATEMENT
Youngstow n Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstow n, has made available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement fo r the 12 months ending A pril 30, 1937. Net sales during this period amounted to $151,009,761 resulting in an op erating profit o f $25,480,524, before providing fo r depletion o f minerals and depreciation o f plants. Net p r o f
it fo r the 12 months equaled $14.- 303,177.
LUDLUM SEEKS TO INCREASE CAPITAL
Ludlum Steel Co., W atervliet, N. Y., plans to raise between $2,500,- 000 and $3,500,000 through issuance o f not m ore than 125,000 shares o f
com m on stock, to be offered to stock holders on a pro rata basis. About
$1,410,000 will be used fo r im prov
ing plant and equipment, including a research laboratory. Plan to double the authorized capital to a total o f 1,000,000 shares will also be considered. Stockholders will vote on this Sept. 23.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED
W heeling Steel Corp., W heeling, W . Va., has declared an initial quar
terly dividend o f $1.25 a share on the $5 preferred stock and a divi
dend o f $1.50 a share on the 6 per cent preferred, both payable Oct.
1 to stock o f record Sept. 24.
Directors o f Republic Steel Corp., Cleveland, declared the quarterly dividend o f $1.50 per share on the 6 per cent cumulative convertible prior preference stock, series A.
Dividend o f $1.50 per share was also declared on the 6 per cent cum u
lative convertible preferred stock.
Both are payable Oct. 1 to stock holders o f record Sept. 13.
Midvale Co., Nicetown, Pa., de
clared a dividend o f $1.50 per share, payable Oct. 1 to holders o f record Sept. 18. This will bring total dis
bursements so fa r this year to $3.50 a share. Last year $5 was paid.
4 0 0 0 V i s i t Steel Plant O n T o m a t o - D a y Festival
M ore than 4000 visitors toured the A m erican w orks o f the Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp., Elwood, Ind., recently on Indiana’s first annual tom ato festival day.
A m erican works with the city’s other industries held open house during the day. Visitors received souvenir booklets giving the his
tory o f w orks and a short descrip
tion o f the processes em ployed.
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T H I S cast steel speed ring weighing 250,000 pounds will form part of one of the two 55.000-horsepower hydraulic turbines under construction at Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.’s M ilwaukee plant for the T V A Pickw ick landing project. T he picture, showing par
tially machined bottom flanges, was taken as the piece was being turned over for machining top flanges. Cast in six sections, the speed ring has an outside diameter of 37 feet 4 inches and an overall height of 14 feet 6 inches. When completed it is under
stood they will be the largest pro
peller-type hydraulic turbines in the United States
M ach in in g a 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 -P o u n d Turb in s S p e e d Ring
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Banner O re and Shipping
Season; A ll V essels Engaged
P
EACE, despite pei'sistent drives by CIO organizers, and a tremendous production o f iron ore, have featured Lake Superior m ining activity this year.
M ore mines are in operation than in nearly a decade; old properties which heretofore have been con
sidered practically abandoned have been reopened; all the bulk cargo carriers that could be pressed into service have been carrying ore.
Producers are so busy that the Lake Superior M ining institute, as noted recently, has called off its an
n ual meeting, because mem bers could not spare time to attend.
The opinions expressed in Steel, April 12, that the ore m ovem ent “ will be limited only by the handling ca
pacity o f lake vessels” still stand.
F or this season to Sept. 1 an all- tim e record has been established fo r lake shipments, about a million tons more having been brought down than in the com parable period in 1929. F rom present indications only adverse weather will prevent pro
ducers from shipping m ore than 65,195,000 tons by lake, the amount m oved in 1929.
With A ugust figures estimated, the lake tonnage so fa r is 44,600,-
■000, com pared with 43,700,000 up to .Sept. 1 in 1929.
Total May Reach 68,000,000 Tons In total tonnage, including all
rail ore, it is questionable whether a new record will be set. In form er years the all-rail movement was fair
ly heavy. It brought the 1929 total to 66,157,359 tons. In 1916— when the all-rail ore was nearly 2,000,000 tons— the sum was 66,673,000. That figure was the highest on record fo r a season's ore m ovem ent from
■ the Lake Superior district. Some producers believe the total this year will be close to 68,000,000 tons.
All-rail ore amounted to 375,700 tons last year, when the aggregate was 45,203,672. T hough shipments
■ by freight car from mine to destina
tion now are heavier, ore in com mercial quantities has not been . shipped all-rail to the Pittsburgh
■ district, as som e enthusiasts earlier in the season predicted.
Ore producers and vessel interests have had a chance to recoup som e
■ o f the financial losses they sustained during the depression years in which the tax and royalty bills alone . amounted to m ore than their ore in
come, and when m ost o f the ves
sels were tied up. Prices fo r ore de
livered at low er lake ports— which include increases ranging from 6 to 10 cents a ton to vessel owners—
are 45 cents a ton over 1936. All o f the 311 vessels in the bulk cargo fleet now are in operation, and all engaged in the ore trade.
The largest cargo o f iron ore ever handled on the lakes, 15,529 tens, arrived last Friday at Indiana Har- box-, Ind., in the Interlake Steamship Co.’s freighter Ha r r y Co u l b y. Thi-ee times this year the record has been pushed upward. Co u l b y set the mark at 15,031 gi'oss tons; this was exceeded a few weeks later by the
L. E. Bl o c k, operated by the
Hutchinson & Co., Cleveland, c a n n ing 15,410 tons.
The situation in the scrap m ar
ket has been a strong factor in addi
tion to the increased demand fo r iron and steel. High prices o f scrap and the difficulty in obtaining it has l'aised the pi’oportion o f ore con
sumption.
Completion o f w ork was in sight last week on the tw o ore vessels being built by Am erican Shipbuild
ing Co. at its Lorain, O., docks, fo r the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., United States Steel Corp. subsidiary. Each will have capacity fo r 12,000 long tons. These are the first to be built on the lakes in eight years.
One will be chi’istened the Wi l
l i a m A. Ir v i n, fo r the Steel corp o
ration’s president, and the other
Go v e r n o r (N athan L.) Mi l l e r, gen
eral counsel fo r the corpoi'ation.
The vessels are 610 feet 9 inches overall. A pproxim ately 4900 tons o f steel plates and shapes will be used in each. Rapid progress has been made in their consti'uction, the keel fo r the Wi l l i a m A. Ir v i n having been laid June 21 and fo r the Go v
e r n o r Mi l l e r, July 6. T hey w ill be
launched eai'ly in October.
H arn isch feg er C o rp . To Erect 1 3 5 S te e l H o uses
H arnischfeger Corp., Milwaukee, w ill erect 135 prefabricated steel dwellings in a "planned” com m uni
ty fron ting on the M ilwaukee coun
ty H oney Creek parkway.
In association with l'eal estate firms, a four-block ti'act has been subdivided into hom e sites. The steel houses will l-ange from $3500 up.
The developm ent will be one o f the first large-scale low -cost hous
ing p rojects undertaken by pi'ivate capital.
First N ew L a k e O r e Carriers S in ce 1 9 2 9
C H O R T L Y after Oct. i two bul!{ cargo carriers— the first to be built on the
^ Great La\es since 1929— will be launched for Pittsburgh Steamship Co., United States Steel Corp. subsidiary. They are practically identical in size and capacity; 4900 tons of steel was used in each ( see accompanying article). K eel for one was laid June 21, for the other July 6. They will go in commission
next year
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pacities, has been appointed manager o f sales, Salt Lake City office.
Thurman Haskell has been made m anager o f sales, Denver office, su c
ceeding P. B. Garoutte, w ho has been transferred to other duties. M.
K. Stewart has been appointed as
sistant manager. Mr. Haskell goes to Denver from the Salt Lake City office where he held a sim ilar posi
tion, while Mr. Stewart previously had been in the Montana and Colo
rado territories where he specialized in wire rope.
The com pany’s sales prom otion and advertising department w ill be located in Cleveland a fter Aug. 30.
The general sales department was moved to Cleveland som e months ago. W ilm er H. Cordes remains in charge o f sales prom otion and ad
vertising.
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S. F. W ollm ar, form erly o f the S K F H ofors mill in Sweden, has been elected president, and N. S.
Peterson, vice president o f SK F Steels Inc., 369 L exington avenue, N ew York.
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Karl P. Fuhrman has been named general sales m anager, W illiam B.
S caife & Sons Co., Pittsburgh. He form e rly was associated with W heeling Steel Corp. as m anager o f the range boiler and tank division.
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R. E. H ow e has been elected president, Appalachian Coals Inc.
Other newly elected officers include A. L. Brown, vice president; W. M.
W ilshire, secretary-treasurer, and T. A. Day, assistant secretary.
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Leonard T. Beecher, form erly treasurer, Tennessee Coal, Iron &
Railroad Co., Birm ingham , Ala., has becom e vice president and secretary- treasurer o f Southern States Iron R oofing Co., Savannah, Ga., in which he recently purchased an interest.
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C. E. Jeremias and E. A. Smith have been appointed field engineers in charge o f the newly opened sales-
engineering office at Detroit fo r Mathews Conveyer Co., E llw ood City, Pa., with headquarters at 2842 W est Grand boulevard.
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R. W . Johnson has been elected executive secretary, Concrete R ein
forcin g Steel institute, Chicago. He was associated with the institute from 1927 to 1935, being secretary fo r the last two years o f that pe
riod. W ith Mr. Johnson will be as
sociated W . S. Thom son as techni
cal secretary.
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C. W . Phillips, general m aster m echanic o f the W arren and Niles, O., district o f Republic Steel Corp., has been made general m aster m echanic o f the Corrigan-M cKinney division in Cleveland which in
cludes the new continuous strip mill nearing com pletion. C. S. M cKinney succeeds Mr. Phillips.
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P. C. Day has been named vice president, Falk Corp., Milwaukee.
Mr. Day joined the corporation in 1910 as chief engineer to direct the w ork o f pioneering helical and her
ringbone gearing in the United States. He will remain in charge o f engineering with the title vice presi
dent, chief engineer.
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W . P. W hite, with offices at 1208 North Broad street, Philadelphia, has been appointed district m anager in charge o f steel and tube sales in the eastern and southern Pennsylvania district by the steel and tube division o f Timken R oller Bearing Co., Can
ton, O. C. H. Kuthe will assist Mr.
W hite in his new work.
A. R. A delberg, district m anager in charge o f Timken steel and tube division sales in New Y ork city, with offices at 165 Broadway, will also su
pervise steel and tube sales in the Philadelphia district.
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S. J. Simmons, m anager in the New York district for Aluminum Co. o f Am erica fo r the past nine
J. D . C r a n d a ll T h u r m a n H a s k e ll O . H . W a it e
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T. GILCH RIST has been appointed manager, m anufac
turers products department, Chicago district, Am erican Steel &
W ire Co. Associated with the com pany since 1907, he had been as
sistant m anager o f sales in the Cleve
land district fo r the past tw o years.
C. J. M cG regor will continue as as
sistant m anager o f the m anufac
turers products department.
H. D. W orthington, heretofore as-
H . D . W o r t h in g t o n
sistant manager, w oven wire fence and merchant products department in Chicago, has been transferred to the Kansas City, Mo., office as man
ager o f sales. J. D. Crandall has been named assistant m anager at Kansas City.
G. H. Waite, associated with the W ire com pany 25 years in sales ca
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years, has been named assistant general sales manager, with head
quarters in Pittsburgh. He began his association with the com pany in 1913. Mr. Sim m ons will continue to handle affairs connected with the New York office, in addition to his new duties.
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Joseph Gardberg has been named manager o f the new district office in New Orleans for Cutler H am m er Inc., effective Sept. 1. A graduate
J o s e p h G a r d b e r g
o f Georgia Tech, Mr. Gardberg has had years o f experience as a con sulting engineer and in various other technical capacities in the electrical industry. The new office, located at 539 Gravier street, will operate un
der jurisdiction o f A. C. Gibson, o f Cutler-Hammer’s Atlanta, Ga., office.
T P le d :
A
N D R E W W . M ELLON, financier, statesm an and philan
thropist, who died last Thursday night at South H am pton, N. Y., in his eighty-third year, had extensive financial interests in iron and steel and related m anufacturing enter
prises. Chief am ong these are the Alum inum Co. o f Am erica, Bethle
hem Steel Corp., Carborundum Co., the Koppers Co., A m erican L oco
m otive Co., Pullm an Standard Car M fg. Co., W estinghouse A irbrake Co., W estinghouse E lectric & M fg.
Co., A m erican R olling Mill Co., Al- lis-Chalmers M fg. Co., and Pitts
burgh Coal Co. He had a large interest in M cClintic-M arshall Corp., one o f the leading fabricators o f structural steel, which som e years ago was absorbed by Bethlehem.
He had the distinction o f serving as secretary o f the treasury under three presidents, and closed his pub
lic career in the United States’ fo re m ost diplom atic post, am bassador to Great Britain. W ith his broth
er, R. B. M ellon, in 1913 he fou n d
ed the Mellon Institute o f Industrial Research. His greatest public bene
faction was the National Gallery of Art, a $50,000,000 project in W ash ington, to which he devoted the last active days o f his life.
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John S. Newberry, 71 mem ber o f pioneer Michigan fam ily and long active in business and industry in the Detroit district, at his sum m er home in W atch Hill, R. I., Aug. 23.
A fter com pleting his college edu
cation, he became assistant man
ager, Detroit Steel & Spring Co., later being associated with Detroit Steel Casting Co. as president.
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Charles P. W oodworth, 56, since 1909 vice president, W eber Chim
ney Co., Chicago, in that city, Aug.
12. A structural engineer, he spe
cialized in reinforced concrete chim neys. He had been inactive in business since 1934.
A c t i v i t i e s o f S t e e l U s e rs an d M a k e r s
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e y n o l d s m e t a l s c o . , New York, is w orking on a new type o f aluminum coated steel sheet and wire, said to display unusual resistance to corrosion. The new product to be marketed under the name “ Al- plate,” will resist temperatures up to 1800 degrees Fahr. It is understood that the aluminum coated sheets will be used principally fo r food containers, and aluminum-coated w ire can be used fo r most products where corrosion resistance is a fa c
tor.
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Inland Steel Co., Chicago, has m oved its St. Paul office into new quai'ters in the First National Bank building.
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Hickman, W illiam s & Co., pig iron, ferroalloys, coal and coke, has m oved its N ew York offices from 30 East Forty-second street, to 300 Madison avenue, room 902. N orm an E. Craig is district manager.
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W aghorne-Brown Co., 44 School street, Boston, has been appointed representative by Bethlehem Fabri
cators Inc., Bethlehem, Pa., fo r the states o f Maine, N ew Hampshire, Vermont, and central and eastern Massachusetts.
♦ ♦ ♦
Rustless Iron & Steel Corp., Balti
more, has opened a mid-western sales office under the management o f E d
ward P. Geary, at 4013 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. Mr. Geary served as district m anager fo r Colonial Steel Co. in Chicago fo r several years.
M e e t i n g s
STEEL CONSTRUCTORS PLAN N EW TYPE OF MEETING
P rogram fo r the fifteenth annual convention o f the Am erican Insti
tute o f Steel Construction at the Greenbrier hotel, W hite Sulphur Springs, W . Va., Oct. 26-29, is being arranged to permit m ore thorough study o f the problem s o f the in
dustry and to give an opportunity fo r m ore business to be transacted.
General business sessions are scheduled fo r the m ornings with afternoons fo r special forum s, con ferences and group meetings, an ar
rangem ent being tried fo r the first time. Social events are planned fo r the first two evenings, the annual banquet on the third evening and get-together dinner on the fourth.
The convention will be preceded by a m eeting o f the board o f direc
tors on the evening o f Oct. 25 and concluded with another m eeting fo r election o f officers.
INSTITUTE MEMBERS PLAN INFORMAL MEETING
A pproxim ately 200 steel execu
tives, mem bers o f the A m erican Iron and Steel institute, are expected to attend an inform al m eeting at the Greenbrier hotel, W hite Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Oct. 23-25. An in
vitation affair, the m eeting will have no set business program but will be devoted to g o lf and other social activities, according to present plans. W hether this function will becom e an annual one has not been decided.
PURCHASING AGENTS OF BALTIMORE TO HOLD SHOW
Purchasing A gents’ A ssociation o f Baltim ore will hold its second an
nual M anufacturers’ Products ex
hibit at the Lord B altim ore hotel, Oct. 19-21. Because o f the success o f last year’s exhibit, which lasted a day and a h a lf and attracted 4700 visitors, the show w ill be kept open fo r three days.
A pproxim ately 100 m anufacturers in the B altim ore territory w ill spon
sor exhibits; last year the total was 60. Frank H. Carter, Dietrich Bros.
Inc., Baltim ore, is chairm an o f the exhibit com m ittee.
A.I.M.E. AND A.S.M.E. TO HOLD JOINT COAL MEETING
A m eeting on coal is to be held in Pittsburgh, Oct. 27-29, under joint sponsorship o f the fuels division o f the Am erican Institute o f Mining and M etallurgical Engineers and coal division o f the Am erican S oci
ety o f M echanical Engineers. E lev
en papers are scheduled fo r presen
tation. Several plant visitations are being arranged.
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First Half Pig Iron O utput Near 1929 Record
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ETAILS o f pig iron and ferroa lloy production in the United States during first h a lf o f 1937, com pared with first and second halves o f 1936 are presented in the accom panying table. A brief sum m ary was published in St e e l Aug. 16, page 22. Pennsylvania holds its first place in production o f steelm aking iron with 6,- 082,309 gross tons, Ohio second with 3,649,478 tons and the Illinois-Indiana district third with 3,499,518 tons.
The total o f 19,975,500 tons o f pig iron and ferroalloys is only 1,844,560 tons less than first-half production in 1929, the record year, which amounted to 21,820,060 tons.
H A L F -Y E A R L Y PR O D U CTIO N O F PIG IR O N AN D F E R R O -A L L O Y S B Y ST A T E S
Bl a s t f u r n a c e s (a)
---! Pr o d u c t io n
ln I June 30. 1937 D e c
3 1 . 1936
In O u t Total
F irst 6 m o n th s
1936
S e c o n d 6 m o n th s
1936
F irst 6 m o n th s
1937
Pig ir o n:
M ass______ 0 1 0 1 i
1,288,278 1,420,179
N ew Y ork... 13 14 5 19
| 932,244
Penna_____ 53 55 17 72 3,752,592 5,350,283 6,453,907
M aryland.... 5 6 0 6
W est Va K entucky,...
3 1
3 2
0 0
3
2 * 965,692 1,136.414 1,323,105
Tennessee.... 1 1 2 3
Alabam a... 15 17 2 19 995,852 1,002,360 1,285,846
Ohio... ... 36 35 10 45 3,227,197 3,979,458 4,175,367
Illinois_____ 13 16 7 23 1,350.995 1,566.021 1,835,923
Indiana M ichigan. _.
15 7
14 7
4 0
18 7
| 1,890,895 2,277,404 2,558,190
M innesota... 2 2 0 2
Iow a... 0 0 0 0
M issouri... 0 0 1 1 ■ 252,318 248,544 429,485
C olorad o... 2 3 0 3
U tah... 1 1 0 1
167 177 48 225 13,367.785 16.848,762 19,482,002
Fe r r o a l l o y s:
N ew York...
N ew Jersey.
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0
| 103,533 139,643 147,354
Penna... ... 7 7 2 9 145,565 184,898 216,969
0 1 0 1
W est Va..
Tennessee....
0 0
0 0
0 2
0
2 49,067 25,761 46,047
0 1 0 1
Ohio._______
Iow a ...
2 0
1 0
1 0
2 0
j. 86,182 77,991 83,128
9 10 s * 15 t 381,347 t 428,293 t 493,498
Grand total,.... 176 187 53 240 13,752,132 17,277,055 19,975,500
(a ) C o m p le t e d a n d r e b u ild in g p ig ir o n fu r n a c e s .
* B la st fu rn a ce s o n ly . E le c t r ic fu rn a ce s n o t in c lu d e d ,
t I n c lu d e s fe r r o -a llo y s m a d e in e le c t r i c fu rn a ces.
H A L F -Y E A R L Y PR O D U CTIO N O F PIG IR O N B Y G RAD ES AN D F E R R O -A L L O Y S B Y K IN D S
B A SIC PIG IR O N
S ta te s F irst
6 m o n th s 1936
S e co n d 6 m o n th s
1936
First G m o n th s
1937
Massachusetts, N ew Y o r k ... 548,802 2,541,602 1,317,577 1,991.322 2,142,227 526,071
778,233 3,622,155 1,388,243 2,393.477 2,634,767 592,445
992,655 4,615,520 1,745,559 2,484,959 3,024,193 677,365 P ennsylvania...
M aryland, W est Va., K en tu cky, A la...
Ohio..._...
Indiana, Illinois...
M ichigan, M innesota. C olorado, U ta h ....
9,067,601 11,409,320 13,540,251
B E S S E M E R AN D L O W -P H O SP H O R U S PIG IRO N
Pennsylvania... 1,043,471 255.096 807,768 341,913
1,577,544 313,506 1,130,081 407,383
1,466,789 339,359 1,164,519 475,325 N ew Y ork, M d ., W est V a., A la ...
Ohio.™ ...
Indiana, Illinois.,...
T o ta l... 2,448,248 3,428,514 3,445,992
F O U N D R Y PIG IRON
M assachusetts... ...
1 277,017 )
441,111 73,174 175,067
327,917 500.767 92,762 143,176
429,143 575,762 143,020 241,479 N ew Y o r k ...
Pennsylvania...
M aryland, K y „ Tenn., A la...
Ohio.__...
Illinois, M ich ,, M inn., C o !„ Utah ...
T o ta l... 966,369 1,064,622 1,389,404
M A L L E A B L E PIG IRO N
M assachusetts, N ew Y o r k ...
Pennsylvania...j 180,618 348,874 299,533
226,412 356,540 305,080
278,479 377,372 399,447 O hio...
Indiana, Illinois, M in n esota ...
T o t a l... 829,025 888,032 1,055,298
F E R R O -A L L O Y S B Y K IN D S
Ferro-manganese and spiegeleisen...
Ferro-silicon...
177,284 178,847 28,216
217,835 181,643 28,815
237,335 215.437 40,726 Other ferro-alloys...
T o ta l... 384,347 428,293 493,498
PR O D U C TIO N O F PIG IR O N AN D F E R R O -A L L O Y S IN T H E F IR S T 6 M O N TH S O F 1 9 3 7
(For Sale and for M a k er’s Use)
F o r sale F o r m a k e r's
use T o t a l
Pig I r o n :
B asic... . 916,285 138,689 1.179,421 922,777 13,628 22,018
12,623,966 3,307,303 209,983 132,521
13,540,251 3,445.992 1,389,404 1,055,298 13,628 37,429 Bessemer and low-phosphorus...
F oun dry...
M alleable...
Forge o r m ill...
W hite and m ottled, direct castings, etc. 15,411
T o ta l.... ... 3,192,818 16,289,184 19,482,002
Fe r r o- Al l o y s:
Ferro-manganese and spiegeleisen...
Ferro-silicon...
93.507 215,195 40.567
143,828 242 159
237,335 215,437 40,726 Other ferro-alloys...
T o ta l... 349,269 144,229 493,498 Grand total... 3,542.087 16,433,413 19,975,500
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REPUBLIC HEARING IS RESUMED IN CEVELAND
The hearing on the national labor relations board’s com plaint against R epublic Steel Corp. was resumed in Cleveland last Friday, follow in g conclusion o f testim ony in Youngs
town, O. CIO mem bers swarmed into a room in the Cuyahoga county (C leveland) court house w here Trial E xam iner John T. L indsay prepared to take testim ony from w orkers who said they w ere refused reinstate
ment a fter the strike. T estim ony at Youngstow n and Canton, O., in
dicated that certain em ployes had not reported fo r w ork until long a fter mills reopened.
DRIVE AT MACHINE PLANTS In an election to designate sole collective bargaining agent, the CIO was reported last week to have won, 261 to 159, at the plant o f the R. K. LeBlond M achine T ool Co., N orw ood, Cincinnati suburb. No strikes have developed in the un
ion’s drive to organize machine tool plants in the district.
1 3 1 4 T o n s Steel U s e d In A l l - W e l d e d Building
All-welded construction made pos
sible high-speed and econom ical erection in a plant addition fo r the Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland.
Claimed to be “ the largest all-welded industrial building,” it required 1314 tons o f steel, erection o f which was started July 7 and practically com pleted Aug. 2. Speed o f field w ork is indicated by erection o f 93 tons in one eight-hour day.
The tw o-story 200,000-square foot structure em ploys the new welded rigid-fram e saw-tooth design utiliz
ing tree-form colum ns developed by the Austin Co., Cleveland, which de
signed and erected the building. All cross mem bers and trusses are eliminated, enabling utilization o f all space from floor to ceiling.
The form o f structural members, made possible by welding, supplies extra strength where stress is great
est. This is estimated to have per
mitted a 20 per cent saving in am ount o f steel required.
In a total o f 29,600 linear feet of welding m ore than 5 % tons o f w eld
ing electrodes w ere used.
N early 16 per cent o f the $1,000,- 000,000 state highw ay taxes collect
ed in 1936 was assigned to non-high- w ay use, according to the bureau o f public roads, departm ent o f agricul
ture. Diverted taxes totaled $169.- 344,000, an increase o f $22,202,000 over 1935.
District Steel Rates
Percentage o f Open-Hearth Ingot Ca
pacity Engaged in Leading Districts
Week Same
ended week
Aug. 28 Change 1936 1935 Pittsburgh . . S3.4 +3.9 74 44 Chicago . . . . 86.5 none 72% 57 Eastern P a .. . 65 none 50% 33
Youngstown . 73 none 79 62
W heeling . . . . S9.5 +0.3 98 78 Cleveland . . . 79.5 none 79% 56 Buffalo ... 86 none 81 37
Birmingham . 96 none 64 40%
New England 60 — 15 85 73
D e t r o it ... ICO + 5 100 94 Cincinnati . .. 93 none 76 f
St. Louis 84 none t t
Average . .. S3 + 2 73 52%
tN ot reported.
P r o d u c t io n
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ITH production in the Pittsburgh district up 3.9 points to 83.4, slightly higher than three weeks ago, and sm all increases at W heeling and Detroit, the national operating rate last week regained 2 points, to 83 per cent. This was only 1 point below the rate at the end o f July and beginning o f Au
gust. Only in New England was there a decline last week.
Cleveland— Unchanged at 79.5 per cent, with the same rate scheduled fo r this week.
St. Louis—Unchanged at S4 per cent fo r the second consecutive week.
Cincinnati Unchanged at 93 per
cent, only tw o open hearths being idle in the district.
Buffalo— Unchanged at 86 per cent with 12 blast furnaces and 37 open hearths in production.
Chicago— Unchanged at 86.5 per
cent o f capacity, the highest rate o f the year. Backlogs prom ise continu
ation o f this rate, barring repair delays.
Pittsburgh Increased 3.9 points to 83.4 per cent o f capacity. Nation
al Tube Co. has added tw o open hearths at M cKeesport, Pa., and next week will light another. Car- negie-Ulinois Steel Corp. also in
creased its production at Clairton, Pa.
Detroit— Up 5 points to 100 p er cent, with all 21 open hearths on all week.
Central eastern seaboard — Un
changed at 65 per cent o f capacity.
M inor adjustm ents were made but they were not sufficient to change the average rate.
Youngstow n, O.— Unchanged at 73 per cent, with 62 open hearths, three bessemers and 21 blast furnaces a c
tive. Bessem er department o f Car- negie-Illinois Steel Corp. will start working fu ll this w eek preparing steel fo r finishing in the open hearth.
Birm ingham — Unchanged at 96 per cent o f capacity.
W heeling— Slight rise o f 0.3 point to 89.5 per cent.
New England— Dow n 15. points to 60 per cent, the lowest rate this year.
Seven open hearths are in produ c
tion, with probability o f a slight in
crease this week.
Tree-Form Sections in A ll- W e ld e d Building
E L D E D tree-form sections branch from columns into roof girders in the Lincoln Electric Co.’s new plant, Cleveland. Fabrication of the 1314 tons
of steel in the building was done entirely by welding
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Standard Tooling— Ease of tool change-over from job to jo b — flexibility — all combine to make the Bullard Mult-Au-Matic a machine easily adaptable to medium quantity or larger volume production without material sacrifice in effective operating Economy and Profitable Efficiency.
Many manufacturers have discovered the Profitable Mult-Au-Matic possibilities on short runs and arc using these machines to their advantage.
Today’s Economic Problems require increased manufacturing Efficiency. Investigate these machines and Let us answer the Question, “ OnJShort Run Jobs do Mult-Au-Matics pay for them
selves and make a Profit to boot?”
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HOSE students o f the crystal ball who specialize in divinations concerning the future o f industrial Detroit will take you out on Mound road beyond the city limits and east o f W oodw ard avenue, and, pointing to the broad sweep o f level fa rm land w hisper here is a com ing industrial center.
They will point to the buildings o f R otary E lectric Steel Co., hive o f ac
tivity, and tell you about plans fo r alloy steel production there.
T hey w ill point to graders, scrapers and steam shovels at w ork on a plot im m ediately north where soon a new D odge truck plant and a new export truck plant will ma
terialize.
T hey w ill tell you convincingly that B riggs M fg. Co. recently pur
chased a large tract o f land in the same neighborhood and shortly will announce building plans. B riggs, by the way, has purchased 13 acres o f property from Hudson near its Mack avenue plant, and is inquiring fo r sketches on a new plant, apparent
ly m aking good its threat to expand facilities follow in g collapse o f what appeared to be an in-the-bag m erger with M otor Products Corp.
Railroad Extension Rumored M otor Products m anufactures hood hinges, windshields, quarter windows, ventilating window s, trim and garnish m oldings and instru
ment panels. As an im portant sup
plier fo r Chi’ysler, the com pany fits in squarely with the B riggs picture in view o f the latter’s m oving to
w ard becom ing the “ Fisher B ody” o f Chrysler. Incidentally, elimination o f m ovable' windshields from 1938 C hrysler lines has m eant a consid
erable drop in M otor Products’ busi
ness, but sales officials are driving hard tow ard filling the gap.
Getting back to the crystal-gazers, they will draw you to one side and in subdued tones fela te the news that tw o oth er large companies have taken options on land in the Mound-Nine-Mile area, but they will refuse to name them. W hen you ask
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how the present single-track line o f the M ichigan Central railroad can possibly serve the needs o f this new industrial comm unity, they will smile and tell you that the MC al
ready has extended its switching limits from the Eight-Mile to the Nine-Mile road and has drawn up plans fo r laying extensive new trackage to serve the unborn plants.
Then your seers will tell about the mad scram ble fo r choice real estate which has developed here in recent months and you w ill smile, recalling another mad scram ble fo r Detroit real estate som e six or seven years ago which many blam e fo r the catastrophic occurrences in 1932 and 1933 in m otordom ’s banking
circles. But the prophets scoff at such recollections and tell you to com e back in a year, tw o years, to see how quickly trees and green fields are transform ed into an auto
m obile production center.
Chrysler, in line with most other car builders, is whipping into shape som e ambitious plans fo r produc
tion in the next couple o f years, but is finding its facilities m ore and m ore cramped. It is rum ored co r
poration officials are now w eighing som e expansion plans which make those already announced pale into insignificance. So far, they add up to this: Sharp production increases in D odge trucks, Plym outh com m ercial cars, Chrysler R oyal line; and a new low-price model.
Expansion program s are now under w ay at both Jefferson and ICercheval plants o f Chrysler. A t the latter, 76,000 square feet o f floor
Graham Enters Farm Tractor Fie ld
^~'R A H A M -B R A D L E Y farm tractors soon will roll from the production line at the Graham factory in Detroit at a rate of 25 units a day. Designed especially to use pneumatic tires and to wor\ at higher speeds, the new tractor has many features similar to those of the automobile, including ignition, self
starter, battery and generator. It will be sold through a mail order house
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