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24 MARINE REVIEW. somewhat foreshortened by the rounded ends and it would have been better to have made it about like the first quadrant shown. The method of securing the wire rope is to pass it under a block clamp, the ends of the rope being turned back and spliced, making a swell which cannot slip through. The hub was made in two parts, having four bolts and a key to fasten it on the stock. This last quadrant seems to be along the line of the best construction, provided the changes as to the shape and length of groove were made. : In the matter of tillers there is not much to be said, as the construc- tion is very simple and the room for improvement so small. One or two features are perhaps necessary outside of the strength requirement, and these are the consideration of its shape as adapted to sweeping across the deck 1nd stowing on the deck. The more the tiller can_be made to con- form with these two requirements the better it is. The tiller is gen- erally stowed in an athwartship position at the center of the deck, forward of the rudder stock. The nearer straight it is, therefore, the better the stowage. The matter of clearing fittings and obstacles on the deck must be looked into and a good lead secured for the purchase. The method of fitting the tiller on the stock is of small moment. The round and square stork ends have an equal number of adherents. In the article following this the subject of shaft struts, hangers and shaft tubes will be taken up. THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE STURTEVANT FIRE. Thirty days after the fire in the engine and electrical departments of the B. F. Sturtevant Co. at Jamaica, Plain, Mass., this enterprising con- cern had established new shops with a complete [May 23, REORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN BRIDGE CO. Complete reorganization of the American Bridge Co., a New Jersey corporation, and the American Bridge Co. of New York, was effected at meetings of the boards of directors of these companies in New York a few days ago. This action was occasioned by the merging of the two companies into the United States Steel Corporation. The action of the other constituent companies of the United States Steel Corporation was followed in reducing the number of directors of both companies and in changing almost entirely the personnel of the boards. Following are the new officers and directors: American Bridge Co. of New Jersey--President, A. J. Major; vice- president, Wm. H. McCord; finance vice-president, J. A. Hatfield; con- tracting vice-president, C. C. Schneider; chief engineer, Paul L. Wolfel; mechanical engineer, James Christie; auditor, C. C. Price; treasurer, Wm. H. Connell; secretary, H. Schoonmaker; directors, A. J. Major, August Ziesing, James Christie, Paul L. Wolfel Robert J. Davis, A. L. Schultz, E. A. Muench, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles M. Schwab, Elbert H. Gary and Percival Roberts, Jr. American Bridge Co. of New York--President, J. A. Hatfield; first vice-president, August Ziesing; second vice-president, C. C. Schneider; chief engineer, S. P. Mitchell; auditor, C. C.. Price; treasurer, William H. Connell; secretary, H. Schoonmaker; directors, J. A. Hatfield, C. C. Schneider, James A. Huston, August Ziesing, J. P. Kennedy, E. A. Muench, A. J. Major, C. W. Bryan, Charles M. Schwab, Percival Roberts, Jc S. Pb. Matchell, The American Bridge Co. of New Jersey has an authorized capital equipment of new tools, as is shown by a photograph of one of these departments taken un May 14. The fire, which occured on the morning of April 14, was fortunately confined to the building in which it originated and the fire wall about the power plant served to protect the same and the remainder of the - buildings. The only damage resulting to the engine room was that due to wetting of the belt by water in the wheel pit. Fortunately the fire did not reach the patterns, and left the entire shipping facilities, together with the blower, heater, forge and allied departments, including the foundry, entirely undam- aged. Large fire proof vaults on the three floors of the office building preserved intact all of the valuable drawings, correspondence, records, cata- logue plates and cuts, so that by the next day busi- ness could be continued as usual, although in new quarters, which were immediately secured. The floor space affected by the fire aggregated more than an acre in area, but as this represents only about one-fourth of the total floor space with- in the entire plant, it was a comparatively simple matter by a process of rearrangement to establish new shops for the injured departments in other : buildings. Immediately after the fire, rush orders were placed for large quantities of new high grade machine tools and within a week these began to arrive. They were at once installed in their re- spective shops and belted to line shafting already in place and driven by local electric motors. This feature of power transmission by electricity greatly simplified the work of installation. Three new shops have thus been established-- one for heavy machine work, another for lighter work of a similar character and a third devoted to the uses of the electrical department. The offices have been repaired and are again occupied, open available spaces within the damaged buildings have been roofed over and work is now progressing much as though no fire had occured. In fact the fire brought with it some advantages, in that it compelled the replacing of many tools and enabled this company to equip its plant throughout with only those of the very latest design. Work will hereafter be turned out with even more accuracy and higher economy than before. The illustrations presented on this page show the condition on the day of the fire of the engine and electrical departments of the Sturtevant plant as well as one of the new departments since been placed in operation. + PORTION OF STURTEVANT PLANT, DAY OF FIRE. of $70,000,000 and operates about thirty bridge manufacturing plants. The American Bridge Co. of New York has an authorized capital of $100,000 and is the structural and contracting company. A. J. Major, the new president of the American Bridge Co. of New Jersey, has been for some time manager of the Pencoyd plant at Philadelphia, the largest and most important plant of the company. He now assumes the management of all the plants, but will retain his offices in Philadelphia. ONE OF THE NEW SHOPS OF THE STURTEVANT COMPANY THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE FIRE.