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ee _ New Trade Publications TERMINAL FACILITIES—A_ book- let outlining its terminal facilities has been issued by the Portland Terminal Co., Portland, Me. A map and airplane view of the harbor are included as well as a number of other illustrations. WIRE ROPE—A folder on Korodless wire rope has been issued by the Hazard Wire Rope Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The resisting qualities of this rope to corro- sion, whether acids, alkalis or destruc- tive fumes, are emphasized. The rope is made from chrome nickel alloy steel. REGULATORS—The Spence Engi- neering Co., New York, has issued a new catalog on its various types of pressure and temperature regulators, valves, and strainers. The booklet con- tains many illustrations and drawings as well as specifications. SKID SYSTEM OF HANDLING— The Elwell-Parker Electric Co., Cleve- land, has issued an interesting catalog under the title of “Handling and Ship- ping on Skids.” A number of excellent illustrations show various types of skids in operation and details of perform- ance are given. CONDULETS AND COUPLINGS—In its Bulletin 2218 the Crouse-Hinds Co., Syracuse, N. Y., describes its line of threadless condulets, couplings and con- nectors for rigid conduit and electrical metallic tubing. The bulletin contains many illustrations and listings and is a supplement to Catalog 2200. PUMPS—Worthington Pump & Ma- chinery Corp., Harrison, N. J., has is- sued four recent bulletins, as follows: Vertical four-cylinder, direct-injection diesel engines, Bulletin S-500-B5; hori- zontal duplex piston pumps, specifica- tion sheet W-112-S6 and S89; vertical triplex single-acting power pumps, D- 423-S9. REFRIGERATION—Bulletin No. 510, recently issued by the Brunswick-Kroes- chell Co., New Brunswick, N. J., is de- voted to the Carrier B-K cold diffusing system. Positive air circulation and temperature uniformity are _ stressed and a complete description is given of the various parts of the system. II- lustrations and. line drawings also are given. GENERATOR UNITS—A new cata- log on small generator units and their application has been issued by the Wes- tinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co: East Pittsburgh, Pa. Four different types of generators used where a small amount of electrical energy is necessary but where no central station supply is avail- able are described with information re- garding applications. CONSTRUCTION COSTS—A report prepared by the special risk and engi- neering department of the Hartford Ac- cident & Indemnity Co., Hartford, Conn. under the title Cutting Construction Costs deals with the importance of ac- cident prevention work. The booklet is carefully planned and carried out and should prove helpful to all executives interested in the prevention of acci- dents. STANDARDS YEAR BOOK—The ap- proval of 46 new industrial standards including many important projects in mechanical, electrical, civil, mining and chemical engineering, is announced in the American Standards Year Book for 1931 recently published by the American Standards association, 29 West 39th street, New York. Many important methods of test for petroleum products and lubricants are also included. GAS REGULATION—A. new catalog recently issued by Natural Gas Equip- ment Inc., Petroleum Securities build- ing, Ios Angeles, is devoted to auto- matic pressure regulation for gas, steam, liquids or vapors. The booklet contains a wealth of reference material, information on new equipment just de- veloped, blue printed installation charts as well as camera studies of unique in- stallations. Copies upon request. REFRIGERATION SAFETY — The American Standard Safety Code for Mechanical Refrigeration, recently is- sued by the American Standards asso- ciation gives a brief history of the de- velopment of the code, personnel etc. The code was developed through the American Standards association and un- der the leadership of the American So- ciety of Refrigerating Engineers. It was approved by the Association in Oc- tober 1930. RECORDING INSTRUMENTS—The 1931 edition of the Tycos power plant eatalog issued by the Taylor Instru- ment Companies, Rochester, N. Y., il- lustrates all of the Tycos instruments used in steam power plants. Included in the catalog are industrial thermo- meters, recorders, pressure and vacuum gauges and regulators for temperature and pressure. A diagrammatic layout shows the application of these instru- ments throughout the power plant. PUMPS—Worthington Pump & Ma-. chinery Corp., Harrison, N. J., has is- sued several bulletins, as follows: Spe- cification sheet W-112-S10, on horizon- tal duplex piston pattern oil pumps; specification sheet W-423-E8, on verti- eal triplex single-acting power pumps; specification sheet W-112-S11, on hori- zontal duplex piston pattern heavy pressure hot oil pumps; specification sheet W-200-S10, on surface condenser, patented folded tube layer type. PROPELLER FANS—In its catalog No. 385 the B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Boston, covers its new line of propeller fans. These fans are made of pressed steel throughout with parts welded, producing a very light weight and strong fan and frame. Advanced features of construction described in- clude the wheel, ring, motor mount, motor and mounting panel. The cata- log is illustrated and will be sent to anyone upon request. INDICATORS — Alexander McNab, First National Bank building, Bridge- port, Conn., has issued a number of bul- letins on the McNab concentration indi- cator, direction and revolution indica- tors, propeller shaft clearance indicator, mechanical engine counter, revolution counters and logometers, propeller shaft lubrication, self-draining whistle valve, whistle controls and Hopkinson- Thring torsionmeters. The bulletins are all illustrated and contain descriptions of the various devices. VENTILATORS—Catalog No. 377 of the B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Boston, is devoted to a detailed descrip- tion of its new flexible unit ventilator and its function in solving ventilating problems. Three standard arrange- ments of this ventilator are covered, the non-recirculating type, the 100 per cent recirculating type and the partial recirculating type. Numerous illustra- tions and drawings as well as specifica- tions are included. The catalog will be furnished to anyone upon request. BOILER WATER CONDITIONING— A booklet on the conditioning of boiler water has been prepared by the Elgin Softener Corp., Elgin, ll. It discusses various problems in treatment of water for boilers. It is illustrated to show various types of scale, sludge, corrosion, pitting and embrittlement, gravity and pressure feeds for control. The appli- cation is described of sludge deconcen- trators to various types of boilers and schematic arrangements of deconcen- trator and heat exchanger. ‘for the Marine Trade Business News. The Arrow Engineering & Scaling Corp., Hoboken, N. J., was chartered under the laws of New Jersey on May 9 to engage in marine repair work. Jo- seph L. O’Connell, Manhasset, L. L., N. Y., is connected with the new com- pany. The Plarus lines, with monthly sail- ings scheduled to begin May 28 by the steamer KrocH leaving Baltimore, will conduct a regular cargo service between St. John, N. B., and Baltimore. Fort- nightly sailings are planned for a later date, steamers on this run making the trip in five days. The Cynthia Corp. of Norfolk has been chartered under the laws of Vir- ginia with authorized maximum capital of $50,000 to conduct the business of owning and operating ships and vessels of all kinds. Officers are: F. T. Bray, 58 president and treasurer; B. P. Moon, vice president, and F. P. Bray, secre- tary, all of Norfolk. ‘The shipyard of B. F. Wood, “Inc., at City Island, New York, which was closed about two years ago by mem- bers to enter the aviation field, has been reopened © under the management of Harry Hild. A new group headed by CAR: Benton has spent about $25,000 on equipment and in repairing the plant, and plans to engage in construc- tion of yachts up to 100 feet in length and in repair work up to 250 tons. The name of the old company will be re- tained. Mr. Benton has been named president and treasurer of the com- pany and J. E. Packer and Kenneth Chisholm vice president and secretary respectively. Announcement was made on May 8 MARINE REVIEw—July, 1931 that the International Derrick & Equip- ment Co. and the Stacey Engineering Co., which operates the P. H. & F. M. Roots Co. and the Connersville Blower Co. had merged forming a new com- pany to be known as the International Stacey Corp. with headquarters in Co- lumbus, O. Colonel Carmi A. Thomp- son, Cleveland, is chairman of the board of directors. Macneil Instrument Corp. has been . organized under the laws of the state of New York, to manufacture and sell the Macneil all weather sextant as exX- clusive licensee under the patents pend- ing of Paul H. Macneil. the inventor, who is associated with the corporation as technical director. A limited number of instruments will be available in about 90 days, to be followed soon by increased production. ., % i 3