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st ail EORGE PURVIS, formerly in- spector of boilers at Port Hu- ron, Mich., has completed the organization of the Geyser Boiler Ap- pliance Co., Detroit, of which he is president and general manager. The company will handle the boiler cleaning appliance which is being manufactured by the Detroit River Iron Works, De- troit. This cleaning device has been installed during the last few weeks on the following Great Lakes vessels: gE. J. Hartine, - Caccrre, Harvey --H. O Brown, JoHN P. Reiss, M. A. Brap- . LEY, CHARLES Hermen and JoHn Mc- KERCHEY. To Build Marine Equip- ment With a view to enlarging its facili- ties,.C, C.- Galbraith .& Son, Inc., New York, has established a plant at Key- port, N. J., for the manufacture of marine equipment and shipyard sup- plies. The newly acquired property includes a building three stories high, 70 x 90 feet, with ground space, 100 x 175 feet. A large portion: of the new plant's capacity will be de- voted to the production of treenails, in which the Galbraith company is a large dealer, controlling the output of four mills in West Virginia, one in Rockland: county, one in, Peekskill, N. Y. In addition to the production of treenails, and various other shipyard supplies, the company will build and assemble small craft such as working boats, motor yawls and life boats required in the fitting out of steamships. : Revival of Oakum Trade In the halcyon days of the old American. merchant marine, before the civil war, numerous oakum fac- tories were located in various con- venient seaports. Most of the old firms that were established in 'the early days have gone out of business. In fact, when the European war be- gan, there were but three marine oakum manufacturing concerns in the entire United States. With the re- establishment of wooden shipbuilding, however, the production of oakum be- came of renewed. importance. Arthur C. Stratford, president of the George Stratford Oakum Co., 20 , combustion is terial and results are given of tests New York, and: "number of well known. ships. _ decking is a plastic material carefully Ty g YD : Y Pertinent Suggestions and Personal Gossip Ut TiiixTiT TTT tititittintittttitttTTn tt iKtiitiittihtKiitKiiinRHNniNKNeNHdHHHneRcnnTHIRNNNRNRIRRNUNE Jersey City, N. J,, pointed out re- cently that after the building of wooden vessels declined, the few oakum manufactur- in the business of oakum. This kept and when the first be built for. the corporation were remaining marine ers engaged also making plumber's the business alive wooden ships to Emergency Fleet ready for caulking, no difficulty was experienced in obtaining enough oakum. About 300 bales of oakum are required to caulk a modern wooden ship. The Stratford company has issued a 67-page book entitled "Useful Facts About Oakum and Kindred Products." The book is illustrated and gives many in- teresting facts about the preparation and grade. classifications of this ma- terial: The kindred products include plaster and upholstery fibres, spun caulking cotton, sheathing felt and fric- - tion, binders' and trunk boards. Tiss _ Spontaneous in. this: ma- said that. danger . from eliminated made on the company's oakum by the bureau for the safe transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles. % Material \ Decking The Marine Decking & Supply Co., Philadelphia, is distributing a booklet describing its terial. This decking was developed in Italy in 1900 and was first used for. marine work seven years later. Since its introduction into America in 1913, it has been used upon a large 'The designed. to withstand wear. It is laid on the steel decks with a trowel. The booklet contains a complete de- scription of the material and the -method of application. Reorganizes Tool Company The interests owning the Inde- pendent Pneumatic Tool! Cay. Cote cago, and the Aurora Automatic Ma- chinery Co., Aurora, Ill, have reor- ganized these firms under the name of the Independent Pneumatic Tool Co. Both companies have been owned by the same interests, the Independent Pneu- 269 UTUTTUuUVMVTiIt'T TENT. iii titi: ttt: EtttTTTEaRRHN wn . variable, 'rated steam from 29.8 inches vacuum decking ma- "to a 30-inch tube. matic Tool Co. representing the sell- - ing division for pneumatic and elec- tric tools while the Aurora Auto- matic Machinery Co. was the manu- facturing department, also making motorcycles and gasoline engines. The new company is incorporated in Delaware for $3,000,000. Ten direc- tors will serve on the board as fol- lows: John P. Hopkins, chairman; John D. Hurley, James J. McCarthy, -- William A. Libkeman, Leonard S. Florsheim, Edward G. Gustafson, Robert T. Scott, Ralph S. Cooper, August Gatxert and Fletcher W. Bu- chanan. The general offices of the company are in Chicago and branch offices are located in. New York City, Pitts- burgh, Detroit, Birmingham, Ala. San Francisco, Toronto, Ont., and Montreal, Que. Condensce Tables The Wheeler Condenser & Engineer-. ing Co. .Carteret, N. J., has issued the fourth edition of its 32-page hand book entitled "Steam Tables for Con- denser Work". The booklet contains three tables, as follows: Independent vacuum; properties of satu- to atmospheric pressure;. independent variable, temperature; properties of sat- urated steam from 32 degrees Fahr. to 212 degrees Fahr.; independent variables, gage pressure and absolute pressure; properties of saturated ,steam from 0 pound gage pressure to 200 pounds gage pressure. : The pressures below atmosphere are expressed in inches of mercury referred The booklet in- cludes a discussion of the mercury column, the errors. in such measure- ments and constants for their correc- tion. Refrigerating Machines "Ice and Frost" is the title of an attractive booklet published occasion- ally by the Frick Co., Waynesboro, Pa. The current issue contains 32 pages and gives a comprehensive explanation of » mechanical refrigeration, a description of some of the refrigerating machines manufactured by the company and ta- bles of specifications. of belt and steam- driven compressors.