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——ririrnitti VwtHH¥=WwG0’?Q>Ww=_E..LD (...iciiiiTcHMAMKHMeKNy te L 1p m the 2 Pertinent Suggestions and Personal Gossip I I = al HE Pneumercator Co., New York, has installed tank measuring equipment on the new steamers Vesta and ScuLty, owned respectively by the Standard Transportation Co. and the Mexican Petroleum Co. Pneumercators also have been installed on the Missis- sippi river barges that have recently been put in service by the Inland Navi- gation Co. of St. Louis and New York. The government tank steamers KANAWHA and MaumMEesg, built at Mare Island, Cal., are equipped with pneumercators, and similar installations are to be made on the United States navy transport build- ing at the League Island navy yard, as well as on the battleships recently au- thorized which are to be built at the New York and Mare Island navy yards respectively. In addition, the navy is using pneumercators to measure bunker fuel oil in the large storage tanks which are being erected at various naval sta- tions throughout the world. _ Pump Company Busy The Blackmer Rotary Pump Co., Pe- toskey, Mich. is operating its plant night and day and also has ordered ad- ditional machine shop equipment which will double its capacity. This concern therefore is in a stronger position than ever to handle marine business, on which it specializes. The Blackmer company manufactures a rotary pump which requires very little space and, it is stated, not only perform the services of a bilge pump satisfactorily, but also furnishes a strong stream for washing down decks and for fire protection. Forus Welding Company The Commercial Welding Co., re- cently incorporated to engage in all kinds of welding, has completed a plant at 11 Alling street, Newark, N. J. Included in the company’s ap- paratus are several welding equip- ments which consist of an arc-welding dynamo, driven by a, gasoline engine, both of which are mounted on a sub- base, constituting a unit. For trans- porting these units to marine repair yards and other points the company has provided a motor truck. The company is about to install electric spot-welding machines capable of handling ™%-inch plates; butt welding machines to weld bar stock up to 2 - tains TOC TT UHHH t HT TTT. tiTTtTtTT TTT inches square, oxy-acetylene equipment for welding and cutting, and other equipment. J. W. Raynor is general manager of the Commercial Welding Co: Granted Injunction The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America has secured a_ temporary injunction from Justice Veeder, of the district court of eastern New York, restraining the American - Hawaiian Steamship Co. from using the wireless apparatus now installed on the steam- ship FLormpIAN. Several other suits for alleged infringements of the Marconi company’s patents on transmitting and | receiving apparatus, are pending in the New York, Wisconsin and Washington courts. Engberg Catalogs Engberg’s Electric & Mechanical Works, St. Joseph, Mich., has issued two attractive bulletins describing its direct-connected generatot sets and searchlights, respectively. devoted to dynamos and engines con- detailed descriptions and illus- trations of the design and construction of this equipment. In the second: bulle- tin, the Engberg company points out that its searchlight projectors have been in successful operation for more than 16 years. Illustrations and descriptions show in detail the construction of these searchlights. Isherwood Construction A large number of orders for vessels to be built on the Isherwood system have been placed in the United States re- cently. Figures compiled by J. W. Ish- erwood, 4 Lloyd’s avenue, London, E. C., England, indicate that at present nearly 450 vessels aggregating 2,084,892 gross tons register are being constructed under this system. In this estimate 167 general cargo vessels, 187 tankers, 43 barges, 21 colliers, 16 Great Lakes freighters, nine passenger vessels, two dredges and a trawler are included. In Great Britain 135 Isherwood licen- ses were issued -iuring 1915, covering vessels with a gross tonnage of 615,315. It is also stated that 22 vessels which have been recently contracted for in Japan will be built on the Isherwood system. 121 The bulletin . Y, « a4. = Mi s Use of Graphite The Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jer- sey City, N. J., has issued a 24-page pamphlet covering the use of graphite in steam boilers, particularly of the water tube type. It is stated that the action of the graphite is not chemical and that it does not attack the metal. Particles of graphite simply work through the minute ‘fissures existing in the scale and gradually penetrate be- tween the scale and the metal. The scale, thus loosened, may be rapped off or removed with ordinary cleaning tools with little trouble. Describes Dake Products The Dake Engine Co., Grand Ha- ven, Mich., has issued a complete 48- page catalog illustrating and describ- ing its line of products. The section of the catalog devoted to marine equipment, describes the Dake steer- ing engine, brass standard, boiler test- ing pump, power capstan, steam net lifter, elevator and gang plank hoists, steam capstan, anchor windlass, spud hoists, boiler, engine and motor. All of this equipment is handsotnely il- lustrated. Illustrates Berths The Southern Bedding Co., 617 West Pratt street, Baltimore, has issued ‘an attractive wall calendar, on the reverse - side of which appears an_ illustration and description of one of the several types of steamship berth manufactured by this concern. The berth illustrated is designed particularly for installation in crew’s quarters, third-class cabins, or wherever a standing berth is required. These berths may be easily taken down and stowed away in small space, if de- sired. Grant Diesel Licenses T. O. Lisle, American representa- tive of ‘the Netherlands Engineering Co., Amsterdam, Holland, manufac- turer of the Werkspoor diesel engine, has announced that the New York Ship Building Co. and the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. have been granted licenses for the construction of the Werkspoor four- cycle diesel type motors in the United States.