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mately 1O00, equally divided, will be produced daily. The initial plant is reported t o cost more than $150,000. Mr. Goulds is vice president and general manager of the new organization; Charles P . Bland is president. The I'nion Oil Co., Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles. Calif., has plans matur i n g for a new refining plant at Wilmington, Los Angeles Harbor, and will proceed with preliminary work at once. In addition to main crude oil re fining unit, project will consist of an oil-treating plant and mill for the pro duction of petroleum by-products; large storage and distributing facilities will be provided. Entire project is reported to cost close t o $1,000.000. The Standard Varnish Works, Inc.. 11G East Jefferson S t . , Los Angeles, Calif., is said t o have plans under way for construction of new addition to Abrasives plant, brick and steel, multistory type, reported t o cost about $115,000, The Bay Slate Abrasive Products Co., Westboro. Mass., O. S. Buckman, including equipment. It is understood that bids will soon be asked on gen head, is considering preliminary plans for a new local plant for the manufacera] contract. ture of grinding and abrasive materials, consisting of one-story unit, estiThe Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Frick Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa., is considering mated to cost about $45,000, including equipment. t h e construction of a n e w sheet glass manufacturing plant at Henryetta. The Norton Co., Worcester, Mass.. manufacturer of abrasive and grinding Okla., where a tract of land was recently secured. Project will consist of materials, refractory specialties, etc., has filed plans for a new addition to its units, with steam power house, machine shop, and auxiliary buildings, plant on C Street, 50 X 150 ft., t o be equipped for crushing and grinding several reported t o cost more than $1,500,000. including equipment. Facilities will service, estimated to cost about $90,000, with machinery. The company is b e provided for the employment of close to 325 operatives, and a housing said to be planning another four-story extension, about 50 X HO It., a t a development, totaling about 200 dwellings, will be carried out. T h e com later date, to cost close to a like sum. pany has also acquired options on a large tract of land near Santa Ana, Calif., where another sheet glass plant i s projected. This plant will consist Chemical of one-story structures aggregating more than 3000 ft. in length, to cost upward of $2,000,000, including machinery. R . L. Clause is vice president, The Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Fourteenth St., North Chicago, 111., manufacturer of fine and pharmaceutical chemicals, is considering plans for t h e in charge of production. construction of a new plant unit at Liberty vil le, 111., one- or^two-story type, estimated to cost close to S100.000, including equipment. I t is proposed t o begin work within 30 to 60 days. The company h a s arranged for the sale of 30.000 shares of common stock, a portion of the fund to be used for t h e expansion. The Henry Bower Chemical Mfg. Co., Twenty-ninth St. and Grays Ferry Manufacturers' Technical Publications Rd., Philadelphia, Pa., manufacturer of ammonia and affiliated products, is completing plans for a new one-story plant unit, designed primarily for laboratory service, reported to cost more than $35,000, with equipment. The Ballinger Co., Twelfth and Chestrfut ôts., are architects and engineers. Notice—Any publications mentioned under this heading will be sent free, //. Komslamm &* Co., 83-93 Park PI., New York. Ν. Y., manufacturers unless otherwise noted, to readers of INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEM of colors, chemical specialties, etc., have concluded arrangements for t h e purchase of a two-story factory at 210 Amherst St., Buffalo, Ν. Υ., and will ISTRY on request to the firm issuing the publication. When writing for any remodel and improve for a new branch plant. Equipment will be installed of these items kindly mention INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY. at an early date. Present plants at Chicago, 111.. Brooklyn, Ν . Υ., a n d Pavonia, N. J., will be continued in service as heretofore. The Pond's Extract Co., Clinton. Conn., has approved plans for a. new a d "Chemicals witli Service," a 68-page booklet, is the third general catalog dition t o plant on John St., t o be three-story, SO X 230 ft., reported to cost of chemicals, naval stores, colors, oils, a n d drugs, distributed b y G. S. in excess of $75,000, including equipment. The new unit is scheduled for ROBINS & Co., 310 S. Commercial St., St. Louis, JVIo. completion in the fall. Contract for building has been awarded to t h e AberChicago-Byermetric Condensers. A 24-page booklet giving interesting de thaw Co., SO Federal St., Boston, Mass. Equipment will be provided for tails of this class of condenser. Profusely illustrated. CHICAGO PNEU large increase in present output. MATIC TOOL C O . . 6 East Forty-fourth St., N e w York, Ν. Υ. "General View of the Testing of Refractories," by J. Spotts McDowell. Cement Bulletin 28, 8 pages, issued by the American Refractories Institute, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, P a . The Hercules Cement Corp., 1700 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pa., and Wash Rotex Sifter. A 55-page catalog giving interesting data and details of this ington and Fourth Sts., Torrance, Los Angeles, Calif., has plans maturing line of single- and multiple-deck equipment for screening and sifting for the construction of a new cement mill in the vicinity of Walteria S t . , operations. T H E ORVILLE SIMPSON Co., 1230 Knowlton St., Cincinnati, Torrance, consisting of main grinding mill, kiln department, packing plant, Ohio. storage and distributing units, machine shop, steam power house, and other Speed Reducers. Catalog 166, o n speed reducers, has just been issued. A mechanical departments. Bids will soon be asked on general contract under large number of different types of speed transmission equipment are the direction of W. H. Cleary, 2030 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, company illustrated and described. Detailed illustrations and a large quantity engineer. Entire project is reported to cost more than $2,000,000, including of tabulated data are included. 160 pages. D. O. JAMES M F G . Co., machinery. 1120 West Monroe St., Chicago, III. The Southern Cement Co., American Trader's Bldg., Birmingham, Ala-, has approved plans for construction of new addition t o mill, to be used pri Temperature Control. Automatic control of temperature in chromiummarily for bagging, storage, and distributing service, three-story, reported t o plating tanks i s discussed in some detail in a new 8-page folder. Complete cost more than $150,000, including equipment. Complete facilities will b e equipment for controlling temperature is illustrated and described. THIS provided for the mechanical handling of bulk cement, including conveying, BRISTOL, CO., Waterbury, Conn. elevating, loading, and affiliated equipment. The Burrell Engineering & Vacuum Process- Bulletin 4, a 26-page catalog describing t h e SimonsonConstruction Co., 513 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111., i s engineer a n d Mantius vacuum process for the recovery a n d concentration of waste sul contractor. furic acid. NATIONAL LEAD CO., I l l Broadway, N"e\v Y*ork, N. V . Vitro Products. An attractive 31-page catalog on vitreous enamels, coloring oxides, and chemicals, giving a partial list of enameling materials manufac Creosoting tured and handled by the Vitro Mfg. Co., Corliss Station, Pittsburgh, Pa. MacGillis &* Gibbs, Inc., New Brighton, Minn., H. L. Robinson, superin Weighing Equipment. A number of different bulletins illustrate a n d de tendent, has plans for the construction of a new creosoting plant, primarily scribe weighing equipment for a large variety of industrial applications. for pole and other timber treating, consisting of creosoting plant, oil tanks, A 12-page bulletin on hopper scales for handling industrial bulk materials pumping plant, boiler house, and complete mechanical handling facilities. is particularly interesting to t h e process industries. Other bulletins on Project will cost close t o $100,000, including equipment. tank scales, portable scales, etc., a r e available. TOLEDO SCALE Co., The Delaware Wood Preserving Co., care of Grant B. Shipley, president, 3230 Munroe S t . . Toledo. Ohio. the Century Wood Preserving Co., Century Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa., recently "Wherever Wheels and Shafts Turn." An unusually complete and wellorganized by Mr. Shipley and associates as an affiliated organization, h a s prepared catalog of 149 pages, giving data relating t o Timken roller bear concluded negotiations for the purchase of tract of about 300 acres of land ings and all sorts of industrial equipment. Attractively bound. THK at Newport, Del., as site for a new creosoting and wood-preserving plant. TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO., Canton, Ohio. Installation will consist of several units, with boiler plant, pumping station X-Ray Developing Tanks of Stoneware. A 4-page leaflet illustrating and and machine shop, and is reported to cost close to $90.000, with equipment. describing in detail a rather complete line of developing tanks and other A list of machinery to be installed will soon be arranged. accessory equipment of stoneware for the dark room. THE U. S. STONBVVARIV Co., 50 Church St., New York, M. V. Pulp and Paper
Construction N e w s
The San Juan Pulp & Paper Co., Bellingham, Wash., Ossian Anderson, president and general manager, is at the head of a project t o construct and operate a new pulp mill in the vicinity of Everett, Wash., representing a consolidation of several pulp and paper mill and timber interests, to b e known as the Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co., capitalized a t $12,000,000, and of which Mr. Anderson will be also president. A site has been selected for the pulp mill, which will consist of several units, reported to cost more than $2,000,000, including equipment; plans will soon be drawn. T h e amal gamation will include the Fidalgo Pulp Mfg. Co., Anacortes, Wash., a n d the Skagit Valley Lumber Co., Clear Lake, Wash. The Crown Willamette Paper Co., 248 Battery St., San Francisco. Calif., Louis Block, president, has engaged V. D. Simons, 431 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111., mill engineer, t o prepare plans and specifications for a new addition to its mill at Camas, Wash., devoted to the production of news print. Work will consist of main unit and auxiliary structures, including improvements in existing mill, reported to cost close t o $2,500,000, including equipment. It is understood that bids will soon be asked on general con tract.
Miscellaneous The Lever Brothers Co., 164 Broadway, Cambridge, Mass., manufacturer of soaps, washing powders, etc., has acquired a tract of 18 acres of land a t Hammond, Ind., to be used a s site for a new plant, for which plans will b e drawn a t once. Project will consist of a number of multi-story units, re ported to cost in excess of $3,000.000, including equipment, the latter to pro vide facilities for employment of close to 1000 operatives. Company h a s also filed plans for one-story addition to main plant at Cambridge, to cost more than $70,000, with equipment. The Goulds Tire cV Rubber Co., St. Petersburg, Fia., recently organized with capital of $500,000, by Thomas C. Goulds and associates, h a s taken over a group of buildings at Tampashoras, near St. Petersburg, owned b y the Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich., aggregating close t o 50,000 sq. f t . of floor space. Property will be improved and equipment installed at early date for the manufacture of automobile tires and tubes, of which approxi
New Embossing Press T h e Hydraulic Press Ivlfg. C o . , 20 East Broad S t . , Columbus, Ohio, has developed a hydraulic embossing press, which is t o be made available in a range of standard capacities from 250 tons upward. The new H-P-M high-speed press has the speed of mechanically operated embossing presses, plus automatic control, and the flexibility chara.cteristic of hydraulic presses. Once set i n motion, the press automatically performs and repeats the entire operating cycle, involving closing at a rapid rate, shifting automatically to a slower pressing speed, building up pressure on t h e work to a prede termined maximum, holding this pressure until the termination of a defi nite time limit, releasing the pressure, opening a t a rapid rate t o the starting position, a n d reversing a n d repeating the cycle. T h e hydraulic power required t o operate the press is furnished by a two-stage type hydro-power generator, with direct electric motor f o r drive. The automatic controls are incorporated in the generator, which is connected with the press by t w o pipe lines only. R . T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., is now located i n new quarters on t h e 17th floor of the New York Central Bldg., 230 Park Ave., New York. Ν. Υ. T h e Hardinge Co. has moved its offices to the Chanin Bldg., 122 Bast Forty-second St., Kew York, Ν. Y . T h e Carbide a n d Carbon Chemicals Corp., 30 East Forty-second St., N e w York, Ν . Υ., is now in position to supply synthetic acetone of superior quality at prevailing market quotations. T h e Brown Instrument Co., Philadelphia, Pa., has recently announced the appointment of Charles H. Kerr as vice president and general manager, and George W. Kiel 1er as vice president and general sales manager.
