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RESEARCH CHEMIST—Eleven years' experience analytical, organic and physical-mathematical research, chemical abstractor and technical editor. Expert on analytical methods for organic arsenicals. Desires re sponsible position in East in research or a s technical editor. Graduate, married, age 33. Address "Box 3 6 - N - 0 9 , " care Ind. & Eng. Cbem., Easton, Pa. SOAP AND OIL CHEMIST with extensive experience in research work and production, expert on laundry and dry cleaning specialties desires re sponsible position with progressive concern. Salary $5000. Address "Box l l - T - 0 9 , " care Ind. & Eng. Chem., Easton, Pa. TO THE CONCERN that needs a capable chemist and has only limited means. Ph. D. situated at large college i n N. V . C. offers part time, directing or carrying out research or control work, either at plant or in own labora tory. Address "Box 36-X-KV care Ind. & Eng. Chem.. Easton. Pa. TRAVELING POSITION, representing some reliable house in foreign countries, is desired by Ph.D. chemist with aptitude for languages. Age 27. Single. Varied teaching and semi-industrial experience. Though position involving knowledge of chemistry is preferred, any other will be given con sidcration. Address "Box 37-ΝΓ-09," care Ind. & Eng. Chem., Easton, Pa. WANTED A JOB—where broad training and personal experience as junior executive over the past nineteen years, technical, financial and com mercial; good appearance and personality, would be of service. In Europe on business last year. N\ Y. City headquarters preferred. University graduate. Address "Box 22-T-09," care Ind. & Eng. Chem., Easton, Pa.
Construction N e w s Chemical The Davison Chemical Co., Baltimore Trust Bldg., Baltimore, Md., has approved plans for an addition to the laboratory a t its fertilizer plant in the Curtis Bay district, consisting of a two-story unit, 27 X 30 ft., reported t o cost approximately §24,000, includ ing laboratory equipment and apparatus. Work on t h e super structure will be placed under way a t an early date. The Merrimac Chemical Co., Chemical Lane, Everett, Mass., is continuing a building program started a number of weeks ago and plans have been approved for additional units on which work will be placed under way at once. These consist of a new build ing for muriatic acid production, t o cost over $85,000, including equipment, and for which a building contract has been let to P. J. MacNaughton & Co., Inc., 711 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.; and a two-story addition to the main chemical division, 32 X 33 ft., to cost approximately $40,000, including equipment. Juilding contract for the latter has been awarded to the John F. Grif fin Co., 250 Stuart St., Boston. The Ernsl Zobel Co., 112 Second Ave., Brooklyn, Ν. Υ . , manu facturer of chemical products, tar, etc., i s planning the rebuilding of the portion of its plant recently destroyed by fire with loss totaling over $100,000, including eQuipment. Reconstruction is expected to cost approximately the same amount. The American Cyanamid Co., 535 Fifth Ave., New York, is said to be arranging for the early construction of the initial units of its proposed new superphosphate plant on Hillsborough Bay, near Tampa, Fla., where work has been in progress for a number of months on dredging, dock building, etc., preliminary to t h e plant erection. The new plant will be used for handling and distribut ing raw phosphate rock for different producing plants of the company located at other points in Florida, as well as N e w York, New Jersey, and abroad. It will consist of a number of buildings with elevators, conveying, and other mechanical-handling equip ment. The entire project will represent an investment in excess of §2,500,000. The Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., manufacturer of chemical products, drugs, etc., will break ground a t once for a proposed new factory branch, storage, and distributing plant at Front St. and Pontotoc Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Xhe general building contract has been let to the Memphis Construction Co., 160 Union Ave., Memphis. The building will be two-story» 50 X 70 ft., reported to cost over $40,000, including equipment. Hanker & Cairns, Court Square Bldg., Memphis, are architects. Oil Refining The Sinclair Refining Co., 4 5 Nassau St., New York, has ap proved plans for an expansion and improvement program at its oil-refining plant at Cinco, on the Houston ship channel, near Houston, Tex., to be carried out over a period of months. The work will include new buildings, cracking stills, re-run stills, absorption plant of 20,000,000 cu. ft. capacity, general refining equipment for crude oil handling, storage tanks, and distributing facilities. The entire project is reported to cost over $2,000,000, including machinery. The company's engineering department is in charge. The Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co., Thurber, Tex., has concluded negotiations for the purchase of a site at Temple, Tex., to be used for a new oil-refining plant, for which plans will b e placed under way at an early date. The plant will consist of several units, with boiler house, machine shop, and other mechanical structures, and will be equipped for a capacity of 200O barrels
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per day. It is reported that it will cost over $400,000, including machinery. Pipe line extensions will be carried o u t to deliver crude oil to the new plant. An extensive skimming department will be installed. The Magnolia Petroleum Co., Dallas, Tex., has authorized an expansion and betterment program a t its oil-refining plant near Luling, Tex., to provide for a considerable increase i n its present capacity. Work will include new buildings and the installation of machinery. It is reported that the project will cost over $300,000. The company is a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, 20 Broadway, New York. The company's engineer ing department is in charge. The Col-Tex Refining Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., has authorized an expansion and improvement program at its gasoline-refining plant at Colorado, Tex. Increased capacity will b e arranged with the installation of additional machinery and remodeling of certain present equipment. Work will be placed under way at once, and it is estimated that i t will cost approximately $100,000. Food Products The Northern Illinois Cereal Co., Lockport, 111., is said to be planning the early rebuilding of the portion of its mill recently destroyed by fire with loss estimated a t approximately $100,000, including buildings and equipment. The reconstruction is ex pected t o cost a similar amount. The Platteville Milk Products Co., Platteville, Wis., is said to have plans maturing for the construction of a new local plant for the manufacture of prepared milk products, consisting of a main unit and several smaller structures to cost approximately $100,000, including machinery. The company has taken over the local property of the former Empire Mining Co. as t h e site for the plant. The Douthitt Engineering Co., 100 West Monroe St., Chicago, 111., is engineer, in charge. The company is headed by Edward C. Krog and William C. Hill, Platteville. Miscellaneous The R. A. Becker Varnish Co., Harrison and Gerrard Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio, has completed plans for the construction of a new plant on the Langdon Farms Road, consisting of two main one-story units, 75 X 140 ft., and 38 X 109 ft., estimated to cost over $85,000, including equipment. I t is expected t h a t work on the superstructure will begin within thirty days. Rendigs, Pan zer & Martin, Southern Ohio Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, are archi tects. The Rhinelander Paper Co., Rhinelandcr, Wis., has approved plans for a one-story addition to its mill, to be used for the wood and pulp division. Contract for the building only has been awarded to the C. R. Meyer & Sons Co., Oshkosh, Wis. It is reported that the extension, including machinery, will cost over $100,000. Work will be placed under way at once. The Plant Food Co., Charlotte, N. C , recently organized with a capital of $50,000, by A. B . Conklin, 160G Euclid Ave., Char lotte, and associates, has leased a local site and plans the early erection of a new plant for the production of fertilizer products. It will be one-story, reported to cost approximately S26,000, in cluding equipment. Raw material will be secured from a sludge product at the local Sugar Creek disposal plant. M r . Conklin is in charge of the project. The J. E. White Co., Negley, Ohio, operating clay-mining properties near the city, has plans under way for the early estab lishment of a new plant for the manufacture of sewer pipe, tile, and other heavy clay products. It will consist of several onestory units, reported to cost over $50,000, including machinery. The new plant will be of the continuous kiln type. P . J. Crowl, East Palestine, Ohio, will supervise the erection of the new works.
A. O. Smith Research Laboratory In the design of the research and engineering building of the A. O. Smith Corp., of Milwaukee, now in course of construction, an effort has been made t o make easily available t h e various forms of energy which may b e required. To this end the hollow column type of construction has been elaborated to include a type of hollow girder. These columns and girders will carry steam-power pipes, high-tension lines, compressed-air pipes, telephone wiring, and other types of service. At some points the columns are large enough to admit workmen where special connections or repairs are to be made, and the same system will carry ducts for heating and ventilating.
The Oxweld Acetylene Co., 30 East Forty-second St., New York, N . Y., has recently introduced the Oxweld type R-43 oxygen welding regulator, guaranteeing freedom from fluctuation by means of a system of two-stage pressure reduction, accom plished through two separate and independent sets of diaphragms, valves, and springs.
