April, 1922
THE JOURNAL OF I N D U S T R I A L A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
343
Personals
Industrials
Mr. C. S. Brinton has been appointed Chief of the Philadelphia Food and Drug Inspection Station of the Bureau of Chemistry, effective March 1, 1922. This appointment is made to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Mr. Arthur Stengel t o the Bureau of Chemistry in Washington. Miss Hannah L. Wessliig has resigned her position with the Department of Agriculture in order to accept that of Home Economics Consultant with the NorthwesternYeast Co., Chicago, Ill. For a number of years Miss Wessling was District Field Agent with the States Relations Service specializing along the line of flours and baking. The company of Jayne and Sidebottom, Inc., recently formed in New York with offices in the Whitehall Building, 17 Battery Place, represents manufacturers as agents for the sale or purchase of materials generally classed as chemicals for the textile, paint, rubber, dye, chemical, pharmaceutical, paper, leather, and allied industries. Previously Mr. Jayne was manager of The Barrett Company Plant at Frankford, Philadelphia, and Mr. Sidebottom was manager of the Technical Service Department of the same company. Mr. Thorwald A. Carlson until recently employed as chemist by the American Smelting and Refining Co., a t East Helena, Mont., has now become a member of the technical staff a t the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. The Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory announced a t its annual meeting held in Pittsburgh, on February 2, 1922, the retirement of its president, Mr. Geo. H. Clapp, his reappointment as a member of the board of directors of the company, and the election of Col. James Miliken to the presidency of the company. Mr. Odus C. Horney has been relieved from duty as Ordnance Officer of the 8th Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and assigned to the command of the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa. Maj. J. K. Clement has been relieved from duty as Commanding Officer a t the U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., and assigned to duty in the office of the Chief of Ordnance as a member of the Ordnance Salvage Board. Mr. A. P. Gest, Jr., formerly with The Barrett Co., is now associated with Keator & Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., as sales engineer. Mr. A. C. Grubb received his Ph.D. degree a t the University of Chicago last June and is now occupying the position of assistant professor of chemistry a t the Univ. of Saskatchewan. Mr. Albert MacLeod, formerly with the H. J. Heinz Co., Bay City, Mich., is now with the Sherwin-Williams Co., as their assistant azo dye chemist. Mr. Arthur D. Holmes, who has been research chemist with the E. I. du Pont de Kernours & Co. a t the Jackson Laboratory, has resigned to accept a position wlth the E. L. Patch Co., Boston, Mass., to establish a research laboratory which will be concerned with investigations along biological and physiological lines. Mr. F. E. Dodge, formerly with The Barrett Co., is now vice president of the Protexol Corporation, and is manufacturing manager of their New York plant. Mr. C. L. Bryden, formerly with the Kelly Filter Press Co., is now eastern representative for the Vallez Rotary Filter Press, New York, N. Y. Mr. L. E. Roberts has resigned his position as assistant director of research, American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., to become physical chemist with the Bureau of Mines, Pacific Coast Experiment Station, Berkeley, Cal. Mr. Gustave E. Behr, Jr., resigned his position as superintendent of Balder, Adamson Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., and is now engaged in a special investigation for the National Lead Co., at their main chemical laboratory, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Hugh M. Henton has given up his position as instructor at Case School of Applied Science, to open an office in the National City Building, Cleveland, Ohio, and further industrial research in metallography and kindred branches. Mr. Hollis H. D a m , recently chief chemist a t Central Fe, Cuba, has become associated with the Darco Corporation of Wilmington, Del., as Technical Assistant to the Sales Manager. Mr. Dann will have charge of the development work in connection with the cane sugar industry. Mr. Charles F. Hobson, formerly general manager of the Westchester Chemical Co., of N. Y., is now general manager of the Wamesit Chemical Co., Lowell, Mass,
Construction work is to be started immediately upon a distillery at Anaheim, Cal., t o be built by the Anaheim Sugar Company for the utilization of molasses in the manufacture of alcohol. The latest improved Barbet system is to be installed, and the distillery is planned to have a capacity of 25 tons of molasses in 24 hrs. The output of the company will be sufficient to keep the distillery in operation during the entire year. The majority stockholders of the Redmanol Chemical Products CO., of Chicago, have purchased a majority interest in the Condensite Company of America, Bloomfield, N. J. A new plant is now being erected near Marshall, Tex., for the production of Darco, which is a new refining, purifying, deodorizing and decolorizing carbon. I n designing the plant particular attention was paid to the efficient handling of materials, and from raw material to finished product the material will be handled by mechanical conveyors of the most modern design and in many instances specially designed for the purpose. It is expected that the plant will be in operation in the early spring of 1922. As an aid to manufacturers in the solution of their decolorizing and refining problems The Darco Corporation, which is controlled by the Atlas Powder Company, has recently completed a new research laboratory a t its headquarters in Wilmington, Del. The Industrial Chemical Laboratories, affiliated with the Oakland Copper & Brass Works, have been established in Oakland, Cal., under the direction of Dr. Theodore W. Doell, who was formerly connected with the du Ponts and other eastern interests. The laboratoriks will be devoted to consulting, research, and analytical work, and will fill an urgent demand for an institution of that character, particularly in the canning and packing field. The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, N. Y., tendered an opinion on February 14, 1922, affirming a decision previously handed down by the Federal Court a t Buffalo, N. Y., sustaining a patent owned by The Permutit Company covering zeolite water softeners. According to this decision all zeolite water softeners on the market not manufactured by this company are an infringement of this patent. Messrs. J. T. Donald & Co., Ltd., chemical engineers and consulting chemists of Montreal, have removed to new and larger premises which they have purchased and specially equipped for their laboratory and consulting work. The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company has opened a new office a t the Interstate Building, Kansas City, Mo. The Weller Manufacturing Co , Chicago, Ill., has perfected a portable reciprocating feeder to take care of materials received in hopper bottom cars This feeder eliminates the digging of pits and cars can be unloaded at a point most convenient to where the materials are required. The machine operates above the track, is mounted on roller bearings, and can be easily slipped under the car. It will handle sand, stone, gravel, coal, ore, etc., and requires only one man for its operation. A patent covering an apparatus for the recovery of gasoline vapors from natural gas, casinghead gas, refinery and tank farm vapors, has just been granted to the Gasoline Recovery Corporation. as assignee of G. A. Burrell, G. G. Oberfell, and C. L. Voress. The apparatus consists of drums, filled with activated charcoal and connected on one side to a steam boiler and on the other t o gasoline condensers. In commercial operation the gasolinebearing gas is allowed to flow through one of the drums of charcoal where the gasoline is absorbed and retained, the balance of the gas passing through unchanged. Steam a t low pressure is later used to drive the gasoline from the charcoal. Three commercial plants have already been built. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in cooperation with the Bureau of Mines, has just completed arrangements to produce in this country motion picture films showing methods of production and employment of American machinery and similar products. The actual cost of the photography, as well as the expenses incurred in the making of additional prints of the films, is borne by the cooperating company. After the picture has been completed and approved, the work of distributing the films, both in'this country and abroad, is taken care of by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce without any further expense to the cooperating company. It is possible to give a very close estimate as to the cost of producing such a film, and arrangements can be made for the government engineer t o visit the plant for this purpose.
