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ee SOSOSSC#“#EEEES New Trade Publications Ee Ee Se rtt*=~S~—~SsS ELECTROLYSIS ELIMINATOR — A folder has been issued by the Ma- rine Electrolytic Eliminator Co., Seat- tle, describing its new device which ends for all reasonable time electro- lysis of stern bearings, propellers, pro- peller shafts, rudders and shoes. CIRCULAR BURNERS—Fuller_ Le- high Co., 85 Liberty street, New York, recently issued bulletin No. 905 cover- ing its circular burner for pulverized coal. The application, advantages, con- struction and operation of the burner are set forth and the folder is illus- trated. TURBINE ELECTRIC SHIP PRO- PULSION—Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, has issued a new publication, S. P. 1814, covering turbine electric ship propulsion. Instal- lations in passenger liners, battleships, coast guard cutters and ferries are described. TRUCKS AND TRACTORS — The problems of inter-departmental trans- portation are dealt with in a new bul- letin issued by the Electric Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, makers of Exide batteries. Many illustrations are included, showing the variety of equip- ment available for this purpose. TURBO-BLOWERS AND COMPRES- SORS—Bulletin No. 3132 describing and illustrating its line of turbo-blowers and turbo-compressors has been issued by the Ingersoll-Rand Co., 11 Broad- way, New York. The construction and operation of single-stage and multi- stage units are covered. BUYERS’ GUIDE—The New Orleans Association of Commerce, New Orleans, has issued its Red Book and Buyers Guide for 1931. The book is a classified directory of the port’s business, listed in convenient form and also includes local importers and exporters, as well as an up-to-date roster of the member- ship of the association. GAGE PROTECTORS—Champion & Barber, 576 Subway Terminal building, Los Angeles, has issued a folder de- scribing its Champion and Non-pulsator gage protectors. Complete protection of all makes of gages under every Op- erating condition is claimed for these products. The folder is illustrated and copies may be had upon request. MARINE SIGNALING DEVICE— The International Flare Signal Co., Tip- pecanoe City, O., has issued a new book- let covering its aerial marine flares. These signal lights, which have been adopted by the United States coast guard, are described in detail. The various parts of the device are illus- trated. COOLERS AND HUMIDIFIERS—Air conditioning units of the suspended type are covered in bulletin No. 384 issued by the B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Boston. The mechanical features of these units are described and illustrated and other general data are given. The leaflet is also illustrat- ed. INSULATING FIRE BRICK—Bulle- tin No. 80 issued by the Babcock & Wil- cox Co., 85 Liberty street, New York, discusses a new firebrick with insu- lating properties, a new building ma- terial for furnace work. Insulating properties and refractory characteristics are stressed, these being illustrated by curves, sketches and_ calculations. SILENCING DEVICE—A new bul- letin issued by L. Mundet Son Ine, 461 Eighth avenue, New York, tells how machinery should be isolated by means of natural cork to eliminate noise and vibrations. It explains why natural cork mats are preferable, gives a table of sizes and shapes of Mundet mats and shows curves of compression tests. The folder is illustrated. DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS—Un- der the title of ‘Making the Dealer an Advisor” the policyholders service bu- reau of the Metropolitan Insurance Co., New York, has issued a booklet describ- in a number of dealer advisory councils including form of organization, activi- ties undertaken and the results accom- plished. The data presented was gath- ered to improve relations between manu- facturers and dealers. PUMPS—Pumps for handling liquids carrying solids in suspension are de- seribed in a catalog on clogless pumps issued by the De Laval Steam Tur- bine Co., Trenton, N. J. These pumps are characterized by horizontally split casings, and are built with either en- closed or open impeller. Illustrations include finished pumps, parts, cross sec- tional views and line drawings. Speed and capacity tables also are given. Business News for the Marine Trade H. G. Wenzel, passenger traffic man- ager of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, has announced that the company’s new liner SHAWNEE would be placed in the New York-to-Jacksonville run immediately to supplement other ships now in the service. The SHAWNEE, a fast liner capable of maintaining a 43-hour sched- ule between the two ports, will sail from each city once a week, from New York on Saturdays and from Jacksonville on Wednesdays. A regular passenger and freight steamship service has been established by the Tampico Stevedores’ union be- tween Galveston, Texas, and Tampico, Vera Cruz and Progresso, Mexico. Two speedy combination passenger and freight ships, with a capacity of 90 passengers and 2400 tons of cargo, each, are in the service. It is planned to ex- tend the service to the ports of Puerto Mexico, Frontera, Ciudad del Carmen and Campeche City on the Gulf of Mexico. Stanley and John Thompson, Ltd., of London, managers and secretaries of the America-Levant Line, Ltd, an- nounce that they have acquired the Cunard Steamship Co.’s entire holdings of ordinary and preference shares in America-Levant Line, Ltd., and that the representatives of the Cunard com- pany have retired from the board. The business of the line will be continued as heretofore. : The bureau of supplies and accounts, navy department, Washington, will re- ceive bids March 3, for delivery to va- rious ports of call, for 12 generators and accessories. on schedule 5087. Express freight and passenger serv- 60 ice between Baltimore, the Virginia ports and Havre and Hamburg was be- gun with the departure of the steam- ship Crry or Bautrmore, from Baltimore July 2, the International Mercantile Marine Co. announces. The other four ships of the line, the Crry or NorFro.K, Crty or Newport News, Crry or HAvRE and City or HamsBurcG all will be in service before the end of this year. Recent Delaware charters include that of the Donaldson Towing & Light- ering Co., Baltimore, Md., with 2000 to 7000 shares, no par value. Marine Service Inc., Genesee Co., Long Lake, Mich., was recently incor- porated with $15,000 capital by Elgin Clark, 2325 Forest Hill, to buy, sell, repair and store marine equipment. Construction of a 2,000,000-bushel steel and concrete grain elevator on the east side of Oswego harbor will be started early in January under final plans of the Oswego Harbor Co., sponsor of the project. Plans tenta- tively provide for tripling capacity of the elevator and the erection of a large flour manufacturing plant after the first 2,000,000-bushel unit has a completed and placed in opera- The Rapid Marine Transit was re- cently incorporated by C. Kimmich, 49th street and Lexington avenue, New York, with $100,000 preferred and 1000 shares ie e J. A. von Dohlen Steamship Co., Charleston, S. C.. have been apooieted agents for the Nelson Steamship Co. at that port. The Nelson line maintains a Sailing every ten days east and west- bound in the New York-Charleston-Pa- MARINE REVIEw—September, 1931 cific coast trade. Pending establishment of its perma- nent offices, all communications should be addressed to the company in care of its counsel, Pendleton, Anderson, oe & Beatty, 25 Broad street, New ork. Announcement was made on Aug.. 4 that a new company known as the Canadian Australasian Line Ltd., had been formed to take over the Pacific liners NraGara and Aoranct of the Can- adian Australasian Royal Mail line, op- erating between Vancouver, Australia and New Zealand. The new line will be jointly owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific and Union Steamship Co., New Zealand. J. C. Irons has been appointed general manager with offices in Vancouver. "Phe Fusion Welding Corp., Chicago, has appointed the Puritan Compressed Gas Corp., 2012 Grand avenue, Kan- sas City, Mo., as distributors for its Weldite line of welding. rods. The territory served by the Puritan com- pany will include the state of Kansas and the western portion of Missouri. _The Waterman Steamship Corp., Mo- bile, Ala., operating 14 steamships of the Mobile-Oceanie line as agent for the United States shipping board, recently increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $1,000.000. J. B. Waterman is presi- dent of the company. The J. H. Curtis Boat & Engine Corp., Norfolk, Va.. was_ recently chartered with a capital of $50,000. The Yorktown Maritime Corp., York- town, Va., was recently chartered to en- gage in the shipping, towing and chandlery business. J. W. Hornsby is president.