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216 2 will cost’ about $236,000. J. M. Woodman is gen- eral’ superintendent. ‘F. H. Simmonds, T. Folkedal and L. E. Brown, 32 Broadway, New York, are the incorporators of the Mildred Motorship Corp., which will engage in trans- portation and navigation with $200,000 capital. With $100,000 capitalization, the Canadian-Ameri- can. Steamship Corp., New York, has been incorpo- rated. by H. Spielberg, H. R. Burney and J. Whelan, 69 Wall street. The Wern Rotator Co., New York, recently was incorporated to manufacture riggings and hoisting ma- chinery with $50,000 capital, by G. P. Wern and W. €, Wern, 96 Hamilton Place, New York, and H. - x Prout, 92 Oxford avenue, Richmond Hill. *'g# 500,c 000 ship repair plant will be erected at sata -Va., by the Norfolk-Hampton Roads Ship Repair. Com. “<The plant will comprise two floating - drydocks; two repair slips, machine shops and other ; facilities. a ee TT. ke ‘Taylor and E. D. Rasmussen, formerly of the Allis-Chalmers. Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, are officers of the recently incorporated Hayton Pump & Blower Co., Appleton, Wis., which was organized with $50,000 capital. The active working capital of the Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., New York, is now $850,000 The company recently increased its capital stock to 70,000 shares of common and 5000 shares of pre- ferred. Plans were. recently completed for a large floating drydock to be. built at Green Bay, Wis. ‘This struc- ture will be of reinforced concrete and will be «80 feet wide and 630 feet long over working platforms, ; with a lifting capacity of 6000 tons. All machin- ery will be the latest design and will have direct- connected motors. The current will be obtained from a local power company. ‘The plans were pre- pared by Morrison & Beck, Chicago, for the Carl Hartmann Co. Francis H. Early, naval architect, is associated with the engineers and is in direct charge of the work. meses : Wilfrid 0. White, . ‘manufacturer and navigation instruments, has moved his offices and ‘galesrooms to 112 State street, Boston. Mr. White handles a complete line of sextants, compasses and ‘other navigation -instruments.. Expansion of business importer of due to maritime activities prompted Mr. White to change the location of his business. Frank D. Chase, Inec., Chicago, has moved its ‘offices from’ the Peoples Gas building to 645 North Michigan avenue, where it occupies the entire’ build- ing. Expansion of ‘the. company’s business’ necessitated securing larger office accommodations. The company s:> engaged-« in designing’ and’ equipping industrial . plants, a shipyards: * Preliminary “’ plans are reported being drawn by Norton Bird & Whitman, engineers, for the erection +.of; a ship. repair-:plant, which will include drydocks, “shipways, machine ‘shops, plate and angle shops, etc. -The name of. the. owner is being withheld, but can be reached through Frank Furst, care of the Arundel . Sand &. Gravel Co., pier No. 2, Pratt street, Balti- more. Charles Cory .& Son, Ine, ., New York, have opened an office :and salesroom at 585: Mission . street, San «Francisco. Also, they have established an agency -with the: W. S. DePierris Co., Seattle. The com- ‘pany ‘manufactures and installs electrical and me- chanical signalling apparatus and furnishes compiete “ electrical marine equipment. Increasing denands ‘ brought about by shipping activities prompted the Be. company to extend its facilities. The American-Canadian Corp., organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, has acquired the: en- tire ship production of the Groton Iron Works, the : ‘Noank shipyards and the Virginia Shipbuilding Corp. ‘ The total investment in the fleet of the company is placed at $76,000,000. According to the amnnounce- ment made, a passenger service will be inaugurated to Europe. Freighters will be.placed also in the : South American and Far Eastern trade. | ‘Judge John C. Knox, in the United States district : ‘eourt recently appointed Thomas M. Vinton temporary ‘receiver of the Fougner Concrete Shipbuilding Co., See ee AR eee “Machinery THE MARINE REVIEW under a bond of $25,000. ‘This action was taken on a petition in involuntary bankruptcy. . It was stated in the petition that the Fougner company which has an office at 50 Pine street, and a shipbuilding plant in Brooklyn, had admitted its inability to pay its eT TTT TTT TTT TTT ee CONCRETE EQUIPMENT.—The Ransome Concrete Co., Dunellen, N. J., has just issued a 50-page catalog devoted to the subject of concrete distribution by chutes. The catalog was prepared for the purpose of assisting the contractor and engineer to lay out a complete concrete plant. Standard methods employed by the company in connection with its equipment are shown together with many plans and views of complete plants, CLAM SHELL BUCKETS.—The line of clam shell buckets manufactured by the Lakewood Engineering Co., Cleveland, is comprehensively illustrated and de- scribed in a 24-page bulletin. A number of inter- esting service views are included, as well as general data regarding sizes, capacity, details of construction. dimensions, etc. Two pages also are devoted to the extensive line of industrial haulage equipment built by this company. HAULAGE SYSTEMS.—TFlat wheel: haulage systems developed by the Lakewood Engineering Co., Cleveland, - are illustrated and described in a 24-page- bulletin. This haulage equipment includes ‘storage battery tract- ors for hauling trains of trailers, storage battery trucks for carrying deck loads not to be used with trailers, and trailers and hand trucks. The service views of these trailers are interesting and reflect the wide adaptability of haulage equipment. It may be used to advantage in practically all industrial op- _. erations. MARINE MACHINERY.—A 56-page catalog devoted to marine equipment has just been issued by the Lidgerwood Mfg. Co., New York. Among the ap- pliances described are ship cargo winches, steering engines, «dock wiriches,. marine transfer “equipment and towing machines. Apparatus for coaling at sea and life saving cableways are also described. The catalog is complete in every respect. The numerous articles are illustrated and described fully. «Many of the illustrations are taken from:;. actual: -idinstallations aboard ship. Steering engine ‘data included is es- pecially . interesting. All the factors governing the selection of this equipment. are listed. for the con- venience of the naval’ architect and complete diagrams DRAWING TABLES.—The Economy Drawing Table & Mfg. Co., Adrian, Mich., ‘has issued a booklet describing its drawing tables, filing cases, ete., for engineers, architects;: contractors, manufacturers and others who employ. the services of draftsmen. Sev- eral types of tables are illustrated and described. It is pointed out that, the. conveniences of a draw- ing table will enable the workman’ to turn out more work per day and that-.proper. provision is made for accommodating the numerous tools used in. the aver- age drafting room. The latter part ofthe booklet is devoted to general specifications. and construction details. PLANERS,—A booklet devoted to metal planers of the open-side type has been issued by the Cleve- land: Planer Co., Cleveland. Various features of the machines are explained and several illustrations are ‘included, many of which show practical operations. These machines are made with both parallel and right-angle drive. It is -pointed out that the ma- chines are designed to take the heaviest cuts the tools will stand and that the open-side construction permits handling awkward jobs with a minimum of delay. STEAM HAMMERS.—The Erie Foundry Co:, ‘Erie, Pa., has issued a 44-page catalog devoted to steam hammers, drop hammers, trimming presses, sheet gal- vanizing machinery and shearing machinery. The catalog is well illustrated and complete descriptions of the various tools are given, Part of the catalog wO TR spect’ and cover the subject thoroughly. April, 1919 debt but that it is now building ships under con- tract for the Standard Oil Co. and the Emergency Fleet corporation, and that large sums will soon be due it. No estimate of liabilities is given but the assets are put at $100,000. Iie al blications is deyoted to steam hammer foundations. ie pointed out that a foundation for a steam hammer should be resilient with sufficient flexibility: to absorb the vibration resulting from the impact of the dies when the hammer is in operation. Four line draw- ings accompany this description and show how the oak timbers .that support the anvil are fastened to the concrete foundation. The catalog also contains instructions for erecting the hammers, operating and method of resetting the valyes as occasion requires. The catalog also includes complete sectional drawings of the company’s several types of hammers. ELECTRIC. DRILLS.—A circular degcribing electric drills has recently been. issued by the Independent Pneumatic Tool Co., Chicago. These drills are adapted for a variety of purposes such as drilling and reaming holes in general steel work’ wherever — current is available. It is pointed out that it is impossible to stall the drill when working within its capacity. . Several illustrations are included show- ing various types of drills for different purposes. SHIP CASTINGS.—A catalog devoted to gray iron ship castings has just been issued by the Central Foundry Co., New York. Mooring fixtures and gen- eral castings are described and illustrated. These in- clude air extractors, bitts, bollards, chocks, cleats, davit steps, fairleaders, mooring ports, mooring rings, chain pipes, hawse pipes, bilge and ballast flanged pipes, pipe flanges, hawser reels, coal scuttles, deck cuttles, sheaves and housings for. limberchains and windlasses. It is pointed out that the constant changes being made in design necessitate many and varied ship castings due to lack of standardization. MARINE OIL ENGINES.—The H. W. Sumner Co., Seattle, recently issued a booklet - giving specifications of its marine heavy oil engines. Two illustrations are included. One shows the company’s 350 shaft horsepower engine and the other *a typieal auxiliary vessel. The specifications are complete: in every re- - Some inter- esting figures are included taken from the log of the auxiliary schooner SANTINO on two different voy- ages. These figures ® give the time consumed, dis- tance travéled, average speed, total cargo, fuel oil used, average consumption per 24 hours, lubricating oil consumed, draft leaving and draft arriving. The n information is of. interest to marine engineers, ship- builders and ship owners. SUPERHEATERS.—A catalog devoted to marine superheaters: of the: waste-heat type has just been issued by the Power Specialty Co., New York: : Much information of value to the marine engineer and naval architect is given and several illustrations are included. The superheater is placed in ‘the uptake above the smoke box and its function is to absorb heat from the gases on their way to the stack. The superheater consists of two open-hearth steel headers placed horizontally across the front of the uptake ‘and connected to each other by: a- series of super- heater elements. The upper header receives the steam from the boiler and distributes it to the superheater elements while the lower header collects the heated steam and delivers it to the main pipe. The Sun Co., Philadelphia, has issued: two’ inter- esting illustrated booklets deyoted to its products. They are part of a series issued monthly by the company. One is devoted to fuel oil and the other to petroleum. Many interesting facts are given which are of value to the consumer. It is pointed out that. there are certain incidental economies peculiar to the use of oil which must be considered in mak- ing installations. Much information of a_ historical and technical nature is given on petroleum.