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30 MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. [Feb. 19, MICA METALLIC PACKING. "A perfect packing" is the claim of the American Metallic Packing Co. for their Mica metallic packing, which they are about to introduce to the marine trade of the country on account of its special advantages in marine practice. The packing is not new, but the company has just changed its headquarters to Cleveland, Williamson building, and will have its principal fac- tory in Cleveland, with Mr. L. B. Kennedy as general manager. The packing has been in use at the works of Jones & Laughlins, at Carnegie plants and in similar well-known establishments. It is broadly claimed that this packing will work perfectly in any place where any soft packing will work, that its life is ten times as great and that it never gets hard and cuts the rod. It is in service on high-speed engines, on high-pressure engines, on the main pistons of locomotives, on Westinghouse air pumps, on water pumps, air compressors, ammonia machines, steam hammers, etc. Among advantages credited to it are the following: 'That it is not dependent upon a supply of oil, as it will work equally as well without as with lubrication; does not depend for efficiency on the exact fit of the packing to the rod, as it is pliable and fits the rod by compression of the gland; never has to be removed when worn--simply add: another ring; that it will make a tight joint on a worn or fluted rod, as it will adjust itself to fill all openings by compression of the gland; none of the annoyance of chipping out hard packing, as Mica never gets hard and can, if necessary, be blown out at any time. In a letter dated Jan. 28, 1903, the proprietor of the Hotel Schenley, Pittsburg, says: "Enclosed find our order for thirty-five sets of your pliable metallic packing, same as last furnished for our elevator pumps, in October, which we are pleased to report has been working very satisfactorily, both on the water and steam ends; in fact, much better than we expected, as the water ends were badly scored when your packing was applied, but at present they are almost as smooth as new rods. We are confident, that by its use, we effect a large saving." TRADE NOTES, The Pearson Boat Construction Co. of Duluth, Minn., makers of yachts, launches, row boats and canoes, has issued a little business card printed in red upon birch bark. It is very appropriate... _ The J. W. Butler Paper Co. of Chicago has issued a calen- dar, somewhat later than most calendars are issued for the pur- pose of securing individual attention. It would, however, secure attention at any time. It is a very good bit of clay modeling and is thoroughly American in spirit, its figures being those of Kiowa Indians. ; The Dodge Coal Storage Co. of Philadelphia is build- ing a large coal handling crane to be installed at the Maryland Steel Co.'s plant, Sparrow's Point. This crane will be driven by electric motors, and the Dodge company has recently pur- chased for this purpose one 50-H. P. and two 30-H. P. direct- current motors with controllers from the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. The Kelley-How Hardware Co. and the Thomson-Glaskin - Co. of Duluth were concerns well known in the hardware trade of the northwest. Since consolidation some time ago, their bus- -- iness has been steadily enlarging. 'The new title is the Kelley- How-Thomson Co. Their line of goods includes shelf hardware, iron, steel, mining, vessel, railroad and lumbermen's supplies, and rubber goods. The Strothman Iron Co., West Superior, Wis., has issued a little catalogue devoted to the Strothman propeller wheel. This wheel is so constructed that instead of throwing the water off at an angle with the line of the shaft it more nearly diverts the line of force in a parallel with that of the shaft. Every pound of water that leaves the wheel flows directly back from the boat, thus obtaining the largest percentage of force. The wheel is built both for speed and towing and is guaranteed by the com- pany to do better than the best. The catalogue is filled with ex- cellent testimonials from vessel men. It can be had for the ask- ing. If half of what the H. \W. Johns-Manville Co. of New York say of Salamanderite in their little yellow catalogue is true--and, of course, it is all true--Salamanderite must be a very wonderful material. It is one of the latest of the asbestos discoveries. By its use any decorative effect obtainable by the finest cabinet work in the costliest woods, or by tiling, can be duplicated at a small percentage of the cost of the original. It is finished on one sid? in exact fac-simile of quartered cak, mahogany, maple or any fancy cabinet woods, plain or in the finest marquetry or bas-_ relief effects, indistinguishable from the most costly work, with none of its disadvantages. Of course for churches, theaters, steamships, residences or any structure its value is obvious. The catalogue will be sent to anyone interested: The Locomotive & Machine Tool Co. of Montreal, Can., lately solicited proposals for $300,000 worth of machinery. John Bertram & Sons Co., Ltd., Dundas, Ont., got the best of it, for they secured an order for $150,000 worth of machinery while the Niles-Bement-Pond Co. sectired orders amounting to about $130,000, including cranes. An agent of an American firm who was present wrote home to his office saying: "There was lots of fun before the awards were finally made, from the fact that the company had issued a circular letter to all the machine tool builders and brokers in the United States, and everybody was" there, from the fellow who carries a hatful of set-screws up to the representative of the Niles-Bement-Pond combination. Con- sidering what they were up against those Bertram people ought to shake hands with themselves for the way they came out of the fight, for they got the biggest bunch of tools in number and in dollars and cents of any one concern; in fact, they got everything they bid on, and had not the time limit been so short for delivery they would have set a pace for their American friends that would have made their heads swim. That Bertram man--his name is Reid--was a gem and made some of us American guys look like thirty cents. He left the town with many of our scalps dang- ling in his belt but we could not help taking off our hats to him, for the clever, but withal fair, way he did it." The loading committee of the Lumber Carriers' Association and the delegates from the Longshoremen's Association of Lakes Michigan and Huron will meet at Manistee on Feb. 23 to arrange the wage schedule for loading lumber on vessels at the various ports for 1903. \ request accompanied by the necessary data. ia eit TWO VIEWS OF ee ee ee POD IT NG Lift BRIDGE across the Chicago River at entrance to the Grand Central Station, Chicago, before and after the removal of the old center pier swing bridge, showing the obstruction to navigation caused by the center pier and protection pier of the old swing bridge, and the wide and unobstructed channel given by the new Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge. Preliminary Sketches and estimates of cost furnished: without charge to responsible parties in any part of the world, upon THE SCHERZER ROLLING LIFT BRIDGE CO..,Main Offices: 1616 Monadnock Block, CHICAGO, U.S.A.