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October, 1919 -- Scraper SECTION OF CONE AND SPRAYER USED FOR BURNING OIL IN MARINE INSTALLATIONS are.shown by the gages, steam should be 'turned: into. the heaters. ~The sprayer is now turned from cold to hot oil. position. To do. this, the oil pressure should be reduced about 50 - to (75: pounds: pressure. With. the master valve closed and the cold lighting arrangement changed over to the hot position, care should be ex- ercised to see that the device is screwed 'hard against the stop. "The oil pressure is now adjusted to:suit the smoke. As soon as. the at 200 degrees Fahr. oils, such as Burmah, will work at a steam pressure is sufficient, the fan should be started. Then the oil pres- sure can be increased considerably which raises steam rapidly. The sprayers may now be added as re- quired. The use of the torch is not necessary but care is necessary in adjusting the air pressure to suit the change of conditions. Too little air causes dense smoke, flame in the funnel and vibrations. Too much ait, on the other hand, causes white smoke, or no smoke, and loss of economy through chilling and may blow out the flame in the furnace, . An ideal condition is reached when a thin occasional brown-feather of smoke is in evidence." The temperature of Texas oil should be raised to. about 200 degrees Fahr. With other or heavier oils, the tem- perature should be éufiigions to cause the oil to equal in viscosity Texas oil Lighter crude temperature. of 150 degrees Fahr. and for heavy-grade paraffin or shale oil, the temperature' can be further re- duced. 'The .White company draws attention to the fact that oil is an efficient fuel THE MARINE REVIEW "493 MARINE TYPE WATER TUBE BOILER ARRANGED TO BURN OIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH COAL to use as it is high in calorific value, one pound of oil averaging about 19,500 British thermal units, It is also stated that oil fuel gives a con- stant and equal distribution of heat in the furnace, due to the fact that there are no fire doors to open. The company points out that dust, ashes and smoke are eliminated while there is no wear of grate bars' and a fur ther material saving is in evidence as the fire is quickly ignited or extin- guished. This results in a saving of fuel while vessels are docked. [(UTUFtU0tT Tl ili ET CKCRORM Business News for the Marine Trade | En SOX The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Sparrows Point, Md., has been purchasing machinery for its yard. The National Shipping Corp., New York, has in- creased its capital from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000. An increase in capital from $100,000 to $1,-. 000,000 has been made by the American Star Line, Ine., Brooklyn, N. YY. . The Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co., Perth Amboy, N. J., has been purchasing machinery for an _ exten- Sion to its ship repair facilities. A cupola and mill building will be erected by the Thacher Propeller & Foundry Corp., Albany, N.-Y., at an estimated cost of $35,000. Erection of an addition, 22 x 150 feet, is reported being contemplated by the Baltimore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore. The Everlasting Valve Co., 49 Fisk street, Jersey City, oN. J., recently increased its capital from $600,000 to $1,200,000. The Phyllis Navigation Co., New York, recently was incorporated with $800,000 capital, by A. J. Messing, D. Alexander and H. TT. Williams, 29 Broadway. Work has started on the erection of a machine shop at the plant of the Three Rivers Shipyard Co., Three Rivers, Que. The bureau of yards and docks, Washington, has arranged for the erection of a new shipbuilding way at the Brooklyn navy yard. Erection of extensions to its plant on a 40-acre tract, are being considered by the Union Shipbuilding Co., Fairfield, Md. The Alberger Pump & Condenser Co., 140 Cedar street; New York, has awarded contracts for the fection of a plant addition. The Penn Shipyards Corp. ., 419 Market -- street, amden, N. -J., recently was incorporated. with $4,000,000 capital. The Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Chester, Pa., is "ported considering the erection of a new drydock New Offices The Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.,' New York, recently opened an office in New Or- leans in charge. of Henry J. Campbell and S. M. Redman. The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Chicago, has moved its Cincinnati office from the Mer- cantile Library building to the Walsh _build- ing, Pearl and Vine streets. At the new offee, a complete stock of pneumatic tools, electric tools, air compressors, oil engines, rock drills and repair parts will be maintained. The Northwest Engineering Works, Green Bay, Wis., has opened a New York office, room 539, 149 Broadway, in charge of A. C. Rimmer. The Foundation Co., New York, has _ estab- lished offices in France at 16. Rue de la Pepiniere, Paris. The French organization will operate under the name of Foundations, Con- structions, Travaux Publics. The Cunard Steamship Co., with which the Anchor line and the Anchor-Donaldson line are affiliated, has opened a brahch office at Cleve- land, to take care of its rapidly growing in- terests in the Great Lakes territory. This office is organized to handle both freight and pas- senger traffic and is in charge of J. L. Austin, formerly with the Cunard Steamship Co. at New York City. The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Chicago, will erect a 10-story office building at 6-8 East Forty-fourth street, New York, to which location the company's general offices will be moved from Chicago. The new building will be completed \early in 1920. 'on the Delaware river, with shop and ship con- struction facilities, to cost about $2,000,000. The Belen Quazada Motor Ship Co., New ' York, has been incorporated with $200,000 capital, by Henry W. Pollock, Irving' Berger 'and others. An increase in capital from $50,000 to $5,000,000 recently was made by the Eldorado Steamship Co., New York, |? Capitalized at $60,000, the Atlantic Chain Corp., New York, recently was incorporated by H. Grill, M. Birnkrant and J. Stitch, 168 Madison street, Work is expected to start shortly on the rebuild- ing of the plant of the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich., which was recently damaged by fire with a loss estimated at from $35,000 to $50,000. A recent incorporation is that of the British- American Rotary Valve Co., Jersey City, N, J. The company which is capitalized at $1,500, 000, was incorporated by Edward Eriksen and others. Among the recent incorporations is that of the Sterling Steamship. Corp., which is capitalized at $50,000. The incorporators are G, D. Frock, S. L. Mackie and M. C. Kelly, Wilmington, Del. The Atlantic Adriatic Steamship Corp., capitalized at $100,000, has been chartered by V. S. Bendix, R. L. Lake and UL. Akerstrom, 561 West 179th street, New York. : j ' Capitalized at $25,000, the Federal Ship & Engine Co., Inc., New York, recently was incorpo- rated by F. J. McHugh, J. M. Hannan and J. Har- ris, 1545 Broadway, New York. A. M. Ender, Inc., and stevedoring, recently was incorporated with $10,000 capital, by C. D. Strang, M. E, and A. M. Ender, 15 Scoville's Walk, Brooklyn, N. Y. F. R. Watts and B. E. Dalton, Portsmouth, Va., recently were named as the inecorporators of the Southern Nautical Instrument & Repair Co., which was incorporated in the state of Virginia with Brooklyn, N. Y., shipbuilding