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first aid, properly presented, has to all workmen, is what has put over the program. During the month of October, 1931, the 1000 mark was passed in “sraduates,’ with approximately 300 men in training. The month of October saw the first company reach the record of having trained 100 per cent of its foremen and longshoremen. The Metropolitan Stevedore Co. (see illustration) has the honor of being the first company to complete the training of 100 per cent of its foremen and longeshore- men. Several other companies are approaching that point, and the am- bition of the port is to boast that 100 per cent of its registered longshore- men are first aid men. July, 1932, is the time set for this goal, and at the present rate of progress, this should be accomplished. Results of the work are already coming in. Several injuries have been cared for in an excellent way before sending the man to the doc- tor. The number of infections has been materially reduced. As yet it is impossible to accurately estimate just what part this training has played in the general reduction of accidents in the port. After studying the injury records of 1004 longshore- men trained in first-aid it was found that 426, or 43 per cent of them, had no injuries reported during a period of 22 months. The remain- ing 57 per cent received 761 injuries causing no loss of time, and 302 in- juries causing loss of time before first-aid training; and 162 injuries causing no loss of time and 125 in- juries causing loss of time after first- aid training. This shows a decrease of 297, or 65 per cent, for the no-lost-time in- juries and a decrease of 177, or 58% per cent, for the lost-time injuries. Due to the difference in exposure be- fore and after training these percent- ages are not exact, but they tend to prove that a knowledge of first-aid does help to make a longeshoreman more safety-minded. Storage battery lift trucks operat- ing with skids handled flour from ships side to storage at the rate of 40 to 60 trips an hour, including the placing of the empty skids. Low Operating Costs of Diesel Tender Linden Low cost of fuel and lubricating oil for the recently constructed diesel electric lighthouse tender LINDEN is mentioned in a report recently re- ceived by the United States lighthouse service, from its superintendent in Philadelphia. The LINDEN, which went into service during the past summer in the Chesapeake bay district, was temporarily assigned to the fourth lighthouse district for the month of October, operating in the Delaware river. Here it was possible to com- pare her performance with that of the WoOopBINE, an oil burning steam vessel. The report of the superintendent showed that the LINDEN logged 775 miles at a cost for fuel and lubrica- tion of about $180, as compared with 352 miles steamed by the WoopBINE during the same month at a cost for fuel and lubrication of $195. The gen- eral efficiency of the new vessel was also reported as high, she being par- ticularly adapted to the handling of buoys. The displacement of the WoopsinE is 107 tons, while that of the LINDEN is 323 tons. Special Steel Properties The Electro Metallurgical Co., 30 East Forty-second street, New York city, has developed a special high quality steel suitable for shipbuild- ing purposes. It is known as Cro- mansil steel and its general proper- ties were described in some detail in the December issue of MARINE RE- VIEW in connection with the publica- tion of a discussion by W. J. Priest- ley, presented before the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers at the annual meeting in New York, Nov. 20. A recent test obtained on one-inch plate of Cromansil steel in ‘‘as rolled’ condition gives the follow- ing analysis and physical properties: Carbon, 0.26; manganese, 1.10; phosphorus, 0.021; silicon, 0.74; sul- phur, 0.035 and chromium, 0.52, all in percentage. : Machined specimens were used, measurements being made with two Huggenberger extensometers with the following results: Proportional limit, 47,500; exact elastic limit, 52,000; yield point, 59,000; ulti- mate sirength, 96,000; (all in pounds per square inch) elongation in two inches, 28 per cent; reduc- tion in area, 62.6 per cent. When it is consideerd that the test pieces from which these results were obtained were taken just as rolled without any preliminary treat- ment whatsoever, this steel seems to be a superior quality and will un- doubtedly find wide application for shipbuilding purposes as time goes on and as it becomes better known. Moran Forms New Company Announcement was made on Jan. 9 of the formation of the Interports Transportation Corp., an organiza- tion designed to handle the trans- portation of coal, granite, fertilizer, stone products and other bulk mate- rial between New York harbor and New England ports. The new company has_ been formed to take over the business of Bee Line Transportation Co., Bos- ton and New York and will be close- ly affiliated with Moran Towing & Transportation Co. Inc., New York. By combining the facilities of the Bee line organization with certain of the equipment of the Moran group, the new company will place at the disposal of its clients a service com- prising 85 major units made up of 63 scows, barges and lighters and 22 harbor and coastwise tug boats. With these augmented facilities the new company plans to materially increase the number of communities served both in New England terri- tory and in New York and New Jer- sey communities bordering on New York harbor. It is expected that operations will begin immediately. The Dampney Co. of America, Hyde Park, Boston, announces that Clarence J. Hunter, formerly Phila- delphia district manager and then general sales manager, has’ been elected vice president and will be in charge of sales. Longshore employes of Metropolitan Stevedoring Co., Wilming‘on, Calif. Initial group to receive certificates as “Graduate first aid men” in a program of education in the subject of first aid MARINE REvIEw—February, 1932 45