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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931.
ENGINEERING AND
EAST AND WEST.
HELPING THE traffic of
BUENOS AIRES,
BUILDING
other methods because of its gres ter efficiency, floxibility and low operating costs.
apparent in the display of brass- foundry at the British Industrios Fair in Birmingham, · Plumbors": The "Unchokable" Pump, mado brassfeuntry, and hot water and by Blackstone & Co., of Stamford, steam fittings for use on ships and will pump without choking, and in large buildings are always in without the use of screens, all kinds demand, and were a very fino show. of solid material in suspension in The cabinet and builders' brass. liquids, and materials which any foundry section by reason of its.. The Trocadero, Ciasma, erected themselves somi-liquid. It is a variety and extant was of surpass on a site close to the Elephant & special form of centrifugal pumping interest. The motor industry. Castle, London, is the largest cinc the impeller of which is designed has grently stimulated the inquiry ma in Europe and is a magni- to give 'n "full may" throughout, for accessories in braas, and wind- |ficent example of modern construc When the pump is to be used for screen production is now an 'im....
tion. Six thousand people, cna
abrasive materinla the wearing portant industry? Gas and vlee gather under its roof, and as thore | parts are made of cast chrome or trio fittings and pendants in polish", is not a single pillar inside the manganiss steel, and the bearingsad brass, antique brass or copper thoatre, from an uninterrupted are entirely removed from controt designers have succeeded in intro-
with the grit,
duving much originality. Mary, of the patterns were of exquisite be
ty and a high degree of crafte-! manship.
2,000 tons before they are joined EUROPE'S LARGEST CINEMA, up with the existing piers. The new arches are to be of Cornish granite to Innich the existing structures, and the existing noses of piers, spandril wail and balu- With the recent opening of the strade will be used on the new face. The work will probably occupy two years three months, and gim employment on the site to about 100 men.
All materials employed will be British throughout.
Buenos Aires Terminal Central Railway for service, it is interest- ing to note the functions of this
line.
It provides a system of rapid transit between the terminus of the Buenos Aires Central Railway and the heart of the city. It is estimat- cd that, with a 3-minuto train ser- ving during the day, and a 5-minute service at night, the new railway
·
A NEW HYGIENIC 'WALL
COVERING,
The questionof; suitable wall will be able to carry 200,000 passen-coverings for hospitals and similar gers daily, or 75 millions a year.huildings, where cleanliness and During the rush hours, however, hygienic conditions – are the service can be increased to a paramount importance, is 13 minute schedule."
of
One
which has until recently licen in. The contract, which was awarded timately bound up with financial to the Metropolitan Cammell Car considerations. While marble or ringe Wagou & Finance Co., with porcelain tiles have many obvious the General Electric Co. as sub-advantages, their firet cost is in contractors for the electrical equip- the majority of cases prohibitive, ment, covered the construction of not to mention fixing charges. 36 all-steel motor coaches, no trailer The advent of asbestos-ement
vision is assured for all.
The scheme of decoration is par
An important application of| ticularly fine, but much of the these pumps is the handling of effect would be lost if it were not sewage No terpens are requicod for the lighting, in which the arts since any solid material-own long if the architect and decorative ar-stringy substances which will pass tist as well. as the science of the through the inlet and round the illuminating engineer. have been bends will go right through the combined. The whole of the deepump without causing any obstruc- trio lighting fittings word manu tion or damage. factured and supplied by the Gen- eral Electrio Co, to the designs of Mr. Goo, Coles, F.R.I.B.A.
While the structure of the, thon- tre was rising from its founda tions, soak 10,000 ft. of Magnet conduit tubing were built into position according to plan. When the shell was complete, with this conduit built into its walls, near
conches being employed in the make-products during comparatively rolly 20 miles of Pirelli-Guneral wire
up of the trains. The coaches are
BRITISH BRASS.
BIRMINGHAM'S HOLD ON
THE INDUSTRY.
RUBBER FOR RAILWAYS. INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN FRANCE.
The fact that tests of rubber tyres are being made on the French rail-; ways makes us wonder if we may expect the present comfort of raid- way travelling to be made still amoother by the adoption of pavü. matic tyros The great weight of modern rolling stock may make such an idea appear fantastic, hut the home of the British brassfoun- local lines in the west of Francs Birmingham sine: 1740 has been there are already running on some cunt years, however, has entirely of special construction designed for altered the situation and nowadays and emble were run through it for dry trade, and there are many petrol-driven motor-conchea, the rapid transit urway service, and there are several products of this
the purpose of conveying the cúr firms still existing whose history wheels of which are fitted with such a driving pusition is provided at
nature which, whilst possessing all rent to the hundreds of points at
goes back for over a century. To tyres, and an extension of the each end of each so that any num-
principle is indicated by experi the advantages of marble, may be which it was to oparate. To give day the brassfoundor no longer ments which have just been carried ber of cars may be coupled together obtained at a fraction of its cost, some ides of the magnituds of the perpetuates the mistake of pro- out in the Indre Department, in to form a rain. The maximum and, Turnall Stipple Glaze Delighting installation of the theatre, ducing an immense variety of the presence of directors of the germissible speed is about 20 mp.h.corated Sheets afford a good ex-
upwards of 2,000 Osram lamps are goods in small quantities. To systems. The advantages of a suc- Orleans, the Nord, and the P.L.M. employed, and the main auditorium merg foreign competition manufac- cesful adoption of rubber cover lighting fittings are 8 ft. in diameturers are producing comparative.ings for wheels would include, not- tor, and 0 ft. 6 ins. overall. These ly fow varieties in great quantitios, smoother running, and a saving in ably, diminution of raise. havo eight lanterns around the
and this has substantially lessened ¦ wear and tear of the rails. There outer band.
manufacturing costs. The industry to go round, but there are many is certainly enough cheap 'rubbor is in a position to give economical
serious technical difficulties in the Lig-scale production, and is able way of applying" pneumatio- tyres. successfully to compete in respect to panderous railway engines and earriages, and the experiments of quality and price in the inter
must be considered as being still in their infancy.
ANOTHER BRIDGE FOR IRELAND.
ample of such a product.
More recently an entirely new product has boon evolved from the stipple-glaze process; it is, in fact, Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., of similar, except that there is no Middlesbrough and London, have stippling and the surface can be lately been awarded the contract produced in plain white or cream, for the building of the Now Car This is known as Turnull Plain lisle Bridge at Londonderry, Ire-White Decorated Sheeting, and is land. This contract, the successful being markoted by Asbestos Cement tendor for which amounted to Building Products, Ltd., of Traf £205,000, is for a steel bridge.con
ford Park, Manchester, and As- sisting of five spans of 130-it. each, bestos House, Southwark Street, and 17 approach spans, making a London, S.E.J. It represents a total length of 1,280 it, overall. development which has previously Work will start immediately, and not been possible in ordinary as it is estimated that the bridge will bestos-coment, and the resultant be completed in 2 years.
product is markedly superior to Approximately 6,000 tons of steel the various cellulose processes will be used, all of which will be which it is displacing. af British manufacture through-
It is noteworthy that, a very out, being smelted in the Middles-large order is at present in hand brough works of Dorman, Long & for an important hospital in Co., Ltd. Work will thus be pro- Singapore. vided for North country steel workers, and also for about 500 men on the actual site throughout the poried of the contract.
WIDENING A THAMES BRIDGE.
NEW RAILWAY SHOP IN TAIWAN.
Levelling of the ground has boen started on the site for the new railway shops at Matsuyama, & The London County Council have suburb of Taihoku, Taiwan. This awarded to Messrs. Dorman, Long site of 1,850,328 square feet will be
&Co., Ltd., of Middlesbrough and
AN UNCHOKEABLE PUMP.
In sand and gravel reclamation, pumping is rapidly superseding national markets. This fact was
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to
London, the contract for the widen- shops and offices with a floor area ing of the existing Putney Bridge of 341,595 square feet, which may, Over the Thames The contract, if the nood should arise, be aX- which was let for a price of tended 498,188 square feet. £337,000, involves the widening of Plans call for the laying of ap- the bridge by 30 It. over its entire proximately six miles of tracks in length; 28 ft. will be added to the and leading to these shops. The roadway, and 1 ft. to each of the buildings are scheduled to be.com. two footways. There will be four pleted within three years at a cost, new caissons, and two new abunt including site and buildings, of mente, and the new foundations
approximately 3,150,000 yen (the will be subjected to a test load of yen is worth about 80,495).
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