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i aie ee 2 gw Y es Ge BB Y Y y SSS t KN NSS Ee nn a RDERS totaling more than $2,700,000 recently were taken ’ by the Westinghouse Machine Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., for equipping ' 44 merchant ships now under construc- tion or contracted for at the yards of ship building companies on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts with West- inghouse propelling machinery. The com- pany also has in immediate prospect the equipment of 16 merchant ships in addi- tion to the 44 above mentioned, bringing the total number of ships up to 60 and the total value of the orders for ma- chinery to be supplied by the Westing- house Machine Co. to approximately $3,- 750,000. ' The ships are to be equipped with .the latest refinements in the way of propelling machinery, consisting of Westinghouse turbines with double re- duction gears, and with few exceptions, condensing equipment. The first ship which has been so equipped is MaAt- MANGER, launched by the Chester Ship- building Co., Chester, Pa., on Aug. 26, 1916. This business covers strictly mer- chant ships and does not include orders received for propelling machinery for the United States navy, or for foreign governments. Tobin Bronze The American Brass Co., Ansonia, Conn., has issued a 35-page booklet de- scribing Tobin bronze, which is used extensively for marine purposes. The booklet includes physical data regarding the composition and strength of Tobin bronze, together with instructions for its proper forging and working. Data on torsional tests and corrosive tests, together with other interesting infor- mation also are included in the booklet. Valves for Marine Work A lever-operated, rotating-disc valve described in a catalog recently issued by the Scully Steel & Iron Co., Chicago, is said to be particularly suitable for marine sérvice on purifiers, ash guns, and blow-downs on water columns. The valve is made up of a top and bottom bonnet, a disc and a lever and _ post. The two bonnets are set together on a high-pressure gasket with machine bolts, giving easy access to the interior in case it should be necessary to renew the disc or to reface the seat. A wrench is used = Pertinent Su coo =itK tera V7 Z to operate the valve; the effort to open the 2-inch valve against 200 potinds pressure is about 25 pounds on an 8-inch lever. The operating post is held to its seat by a stiff bronze spring to prevent any leakage at this point. The clearance spaces within the valve are of liberal proportions and are said to prevent clogging even under the most adverse conditions. These valves are made in a variety of sizes and are designed for use under all conditions requiring a quick opening and closing valve. Bolinder Oil Engines The Bolinders Co., 30 Church street, New York, has issued an unusually complete catalog, describing clearly its heavy-oil engines. This engine is a two-cycle, hot-bulb, heavy-oil en- gine, which runs on heavy crude or residue fuel oil and on kerosene. The engine works on what is known as the two-cycle principle, that- is, one impulse to each revolution. When the piston at the end of its outward stroke is moving in toward the igni- tion chamber, the necessary air for scavenging and combustion is drawn through air valves into the enclosed crank case, and at the same time the air in the cylinder is being com- pressed. When the piston has reached its extreme inward position, a certain amount of oil is injected into the ignition chamber through a_ nozzle, and the fuel charge ignites, resulting in the expansion of the gases driving the piston outward toward the shaft. During this outward stroke of the piston the air in the crank case is compressed. As the piston nears the end of its stroke, the exhaust port opens, and immediately afterward the met: air port: The. burned gases escape through the exhaust port, while the compressed air in the crank case entering the cylinder by the inlet air port completes the scaveng- ing work, and furnishes the cylinder with air necessary to make up the next charge in the cylinder. The direct reversible engines are made in sizes ranging from 5 to 500 brake-horsepower and are suitable to propel any kind of craft. They have been adopted in Passenger. ships, big cargo ships, lighters, barges, tugs and pleasure launches, and owing to their 406 ETTT_VG T iit ttttttt tT I ggestions and Personal Gossip simplicity and size, are peculiarly adaptable as auxiliaries in large gajf- ing vessels. The design and operation of these engines is explained and fyll particulars are given of the different models manufactured by the Bolindess Co. It is pointed out that 400,000 brake-horsepower of Bolinder engines are now in use in all parts of the world, while the present yearly output is 70,000 brake-horsepower. An inter- esting feature of the catalog is the presentation of a large list of Amer- ican and foreign installations of Bolinder engines. Statement of Ownership and Management Statement of. the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by the act of Con- gress of Aug. 24, 1912, of The Marine ke- view, published monthly at Cleveland, 0O,, for October. 1, 1916;. state of Ohio, county of Cuyahoga, ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county - aforesaid, personally appeared A. O. Backert, who, hav- ing ‘been duly sworn according to law, deposes ‘and says that he is the business manager of The Marine Review, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc, of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of Aug. 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, 0.; editor, H. Cole Estep, Cleveland, O.; busi- ness manager, A. O. Backert. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) John A Penton, Cleveland, O.; A. O. Backert, Cleve land, O.; x . Power, Cleveland, O.; G. W. Hotchkiss, Cleveland, O.; O. P. Letch- worth, New York, N. Y.; W. B. Ullman, Chicago, Ill. 3. That the known bondhold- ers, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other se- curities are: (If there are none, so _ State. None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stock holders, and security holders, if any, con tain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder ap- pears upon the books of the company a5 trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements em: bracing affiant’s full knowledge and. belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders wh? do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and _ securities in 4 capacity other than that of a bona fide ow? er; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corpora tion has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than 25 — so stated by him. (Signed) O. Backert. Sworn to and subscribed before me _ this 27th day of Sept., 1916. E. S. Hanson, Notary Public. (My commission expires Feb. 8, 1918.)