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BRITISH FIRMS AT WORK
Baurs. C. A. Parsons And Company
Limited
Heaton Works. Newcastle-upon- gre, have received from the punty Borough of Southampton
order for a 25.000-kW turbo- ternator, complete with con- ensing plant. The turbine will body the principle of the Par- Ohs Duplex exhaust, which will nable it to develop this output ciently in a single cylinder at 000 r.p.m. The set will work 1th steam at a pressure of 400 3. per square Inch, superheated to 00 deg. F., at the stop-valve, and urrent will be generated at 6,800 olts.
lessrs. Chloride Electrical Storage
Company, Limited,
Ciltion Junction, near Manches- er, have furnished an Exide-Iron- lad battery of 332 ampere hours' apacity for supplying current to he Keepallte installation, which rovides for emergency steering nd lighting.at 220 volts, on board he new M. S. Durham, owned by fessrs. Federal Steam Navigation ompany, Limited, London. Her Ester ship, which is now being ompleted, is to have similar quipment.
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essrs. Bastian and Allen, Limited,
12 and 14. Church-road. Han- jell, London, W. 7, have supplied de thermal-storage installation nd electrode boiler for heating he new electrical offices and howrooms of the Wallasey Cor- oration Electricity Department. he plant comprises a storage linder holding 800 gallons and No. 33 Bastian electrode hot- ater boiler with hydraulic con-
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Messrs, Henry Simon. Limited.
Messrs. Evershed and Vlinoles. Limited
Actonlane Works, Chiswick. London, W.4; have supplied their rudder indicators for the passen- ger and matt Orient Hiner.now un- der construction at Messrä. Vic- kers-Armstrongs, Limited, Harrow, The Evershed speed indicator will be fitted in the Commonwealth and Dominion linër building "by Messrs. John Brown and Com- pany, Limited, while the firm's dionie salinometers and other equipment are to be installed on board the three Southern Rallway train ferries under construction by Messra. Swan, Hunter and Wig- ham Richardson. Limited, one of which, the Twickenham Ferry. is now complete,
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Messrs. Simon-Carves, Limited, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, have received an order from Messrs. William Dixon, Limited, Govan
Iton Works, Glasgow, for a com- plete by-product coking plant comprising a battery of 50 "Un- derjet"
compound coke Ovens, equipped for fring with coke-oven of blast-furnace gas. The ovens will have a capacity of about 900 tons of coal a day. The contract includes also coal-handling and crushing equipment. a 2,000-ton concrete coal bunker, coke-quen- ching
station. coke-screening plant, steam-raising plant, and electrical apparatus.
Messrs. General Aircraft, Limited.
Airport of London. Croydon, Surrey, have received an order for 10 Monospar four-seater, twin-en- gined machines from Messrs. New England Airways, Limited, 19, Martin-place. Sydney, Australia. The machines; which will be equipped with the new invested Y. four-cylinder, side-valve, G. A, en- gines, are required in connection with the extension to Melbourne of the line now operated between. Brisbane and Sydney by Messrs. New England Airways. The ma- chines will act as feeders to the main inė,
Cheadle Heatp, Stockport, have ceived an order from Messrs. he Park Royal Development ompany, Limited, for the equip- ent of the granary now being ested for the storage of finish-
Messrs. Petters, Limited malt in connection with the Westland Works, Yeovil have tablishment-of-the-branch-of-received an order from Mr. V
Guinness Brewery at Fark yal, London, N. W. 10. The con- Let comprises the machinery for
e reception of grain, its clean- 2. weighing, and distribution to
various storage bins, and the very from the bins to the bre-
The complete electrical ipment of the silo will also be bpled by Messrs. Simon.
Horlock, of Mistley, Essex, for a 300-b.h.p. Atomic Diesel engine to be installed in a new motor couster measuring 130 ft. by 25 ft. by
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1934.
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
METAL - FRAME
BUILDINGS
Restrictions Raised Against Welding
The rapid development of the use of welding in metal-frame buildings bas been under the con- sideration of the Building Acts, Committee of the London County Counell and, this method of con- struction is now to receive official cognisance. The trouble has been that the Third Schedule to the London Buliding Act, 1930, pro- vides for the use of rivets for all. joints in pillars and for fastening the gusset plates to the bases, and though power is given to the Council to waive these conditions, that is to allow welding to be used, the diversity of opinion that exists on the subject and the fact that there was no generally accepted basis on which to base conditions as to materials, methods and stresses, has militated against this new method being omcially ap proved. It is now, however, felt that the rapid growth of and satisfactory experience with weld- ing, not only abroad but in other parts of this county., justify some raising of the restrictions against ita use in London. It is therefore recommended that on application the use of welding in building construction shall in future (be sanctioned, provided that the me- thod to be adopted is approved and that the applicant produces evidence of the competency of his.. welders. Applicants are to state the method that it is proposed to adopt and the extent to which it is proposed to employ welding as a substitute for rivets and bolts. Applications are also to be ac- companied by detalled drawings showing the arrangement and dimensions of all welds, and by calculations showing the stresses treach case Expert supervision is to be provided and facilities are to be given for the district surveyor to ascertain whether the operators are competent and whe
9 ft. 6 in. and having a dead-ther the materials are satisfact- weight carrying capacity of 370. tons on a draught of 9 ft. 3 in. Messrs. Petters are also supplying a Diesel auxiliary set for the ves- Bel-
RAILWAYS IN CHINA
The Chinese National Rallway sociation, in a session of three 79, adopted a total of over ty. resolutions. The more im- tant of the resolutions related the employment of technical berts by the railway adminis Hons; the construction of.. way to link up Slan, provin- capital of Shens, with in kang, and the completion of main railway lines in the -west by the Ministry of IWEJE.
KING-HANKOW RAILWAY hinese banking interests have pleted final arrangements for Hoan of $30,000,000 for the ing Hankow Railway The purpose of the loan is to ice the repair of the Yellow Bridge of the Kne which some considerable' time now been seriously in need of at- fon and, during the recent gave signg of being dango-
impaired. In addition,
of the funds will be avati- Kor the restoration to a high of efficiency of the railway hope of the Pingtan Hall- the largest of which is at
hsintien, the next at Han- » and the smallest at Cheng- This side of the work will, de particular business of Herr Lochow, and for which he had special experience. It The who took a major part in direction and organisation the war of restoring the man shops in his own coun
Herr von Lochow is optimits at he can complete the re- on of the three workshops Ayenra...
GERMAN RAILWAY IN
KIANGHI
Chinese Government has cted with a Sino-Gerthan:
the construction of 300
of
option on construction. an! additional 300 miles of railway From Nanchang to Pinghsiang. The group comprises the German Iron £rm. Otto Wolff, and. E number of Chinese banks headed by the Bank of China. All con- struction material and rolling stock must be of German manu- facture.
NEW MAIN FERRY FOR YANG TSZE
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The Nanking Ministry of Rall- ways is considering building an- other frain ferry steamer for con- necting the Tientaln-Pukow and the Shanghal-Nanking "Railways. The service rendered by the 88. "ChangHang," built in England, has been found most satisfactory, but it is considered advisable to build another ship of the End in order to meet the increasing volume of traffic. A committee has been
formed to study the matter. It is understood that the Ministry has not yet made up its mind whether a ferry steamer like the ss. Changklang" could be built in China.
LUNGHWA AERODROME
EXTENSION
Shanghai, Dec. 1.
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ory. Generally speaking, the. "whole of the work is to be carried out in accordance with the ap- propriate British Standard Spe- clarations.
SHIPBUILDING
Returns At Lloyd's
returns
of
071
The shipbuilding Lloyd's Register for the quarter ending September 30, 1934, show that there is an increase of 17,154 tons in the aggregate gross tonn- Re of the merchant shipping of 100 tons gross and upwards, an der construction in our shipyards, as compared with the total June 30, 1934. Moreover, the pre- sent total, namely, 804,296 tons is greater by 300-534 tons, or 99 per cent. than that of a year ago. While it is conceded, that the in- crease during the last three months has been
is small, it gratifying to find that the quar terly total of the tonnage in course of construction maintains the upward tendency which has been manifest since the beginning of 1933. The vessels under con- struction in our British ship- yards at the close of the quarter under review numbered 129; of these, 80 were" steamships, 45 were motorships, and four were sailing ships and barges. The tonnage under construction abroad n Sep- tember 30, 1934, namely, 707,091, was about 78,000 tons in excess of "that in hand at the end of the previous three months, and con- stituted
the highest quarterly. total recorded since June, 1932. It is of interest to add that the shipping included in this total, upon which work has been sus- pended, amounts to 38,813. toris, the corresponding total for the United Kingdom being 50,068 tons. All the leading foreign shipbuilding countries are re- sponsible for increased totals. Japan retains first place with 149.750 tons; France is
still second with 120,868 tons, but Germany follows closely with 120,816 tons; Denmark is fourth with 74.938 tons, and Holland and Breden fifth and sixth with 70,735 tons and 64,585 tons, re- spectively. The vessels under con- struction in the world's shipyards at the end of September included 6' steamers and 24 moterships of between 8,000 and and 10,000- tons each, 3 steamers and 18 mo- torships of between 10,000 and 20.000 tons, and four steamers and two mototships of 20,000 tons and upwards. The total horse-power of marine engines, either under construction or being installed on board vessels on Sep-
FAR EASTERN ITEMS
KULING IMPROVEMENTS The provincial government has
AIDS TO PUBLIC designated a fairly large sum for
HEALTH
Mechanical Street Cleaner
Municipal authorities the world over are taking an increasing in- terest in the lates devices for street cleansing, and, therefore, the exhibits of this type of ma- chinery at the recent Public Health Exhibition, held in Lon don, attracted wide attention.
A firm which has established .4 Ane reputation for this class of machinery is John Fowler & Co. "(Leeds), Ltd., and among its range of exhibits was a Fowler "Minor" Motor Gully Emptier which is now well known among the leading. municipal authorities. It differs from the "Major" type in that the vacuum is raised in the sludge tank itself and not in a separate cham- ber. This vacuum is raised quiék- "fy and quietly without any engine
racing.
By a patented method Hiquid is separated from the solid refuse and periodically drained off, thus enabling a greater num-. ber of gullies to be emptied be- fore. It is necessary to discharge. at the tip. For discharging the tank is upped to an angle of 40 degrees by hand-hydraulic gear; which requires the minimum of physical effort and is also simple and silent.
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The principle on which all Fow- ler gully emptiers work is that the whole of the refuse is withdrawn. by vacuum from the gullies, and no solid matter is forced into the sewers. This is a very important feature, as very often stoppages. in the sewers occur when the met- thod of forcing the refuse into them is adopted:
The capacity of this type is 300 gallons of sludge, 400 gallons of clean water for cleaning and re- sealing, and 80 gallons of waste water, making a total of 730 gal- lons. The unit is mounted on an Albion chassis,
of cleansing
Demonstrations vehicles were held during the ex- hibition, and one of these "Minor" Gully Emptiers, took part, mount- ed on a trailer and coupled up" to a Scammell "Mechanical Horse." With this arrangement
the vacuum is raised by means of a separate petrol engine mounted on the trailer. Of course, the ad- vantage of this type of machine lies in the fact that the tractor..
S. H. N. RAILWAY aber 30, 1934, was 1488,556. This unit can be uncoupled in a matter
LOAN
Agreement Signed
Shanghai, Dec. 1.
The Shanghai-Hangchow-Ning- po Railway agreement for a loan of $18,000,000 was signed by re- presentatives of the Ministry of Ralways, of the British and Chinese Corporation, and of the China Development Finance Cor- poration last Thursday, thus formally concluding the initiald ing of the agreement for such a loan by the three interested par- ties on October 6. It is under- stood that the loan will be offered to the public sometime early next year at 95, and bearing 5 per centl
With the exception of 78 kilo- metres (approximately 48.5 miles) the railway is complete. But the small remaining portion which will forge the connecting link in- cludes the spanning of the Chien- tang River. The work on the new pridge was formally inaugurated on Nov. 11, and it is estimated that its construction will take a -year and a half
In addition to the completion of the small remaining section of the line between Hangchow and Ningpo, and to part of the cost towards the new bridge, and loan will be devoted to the redemption of the outstanding portion of the former loan misde to the line, which amounts to approximately
It was erroneously reported in the Prèse, yesterday that the sum. of $1,000,000 had been turned over to the Shanghal Municipality by the National State Lottery for the development of the Lunghwa・・ $300,000 Aerodrome. "It is learned that a small sum of morley had been given by the Government from lottery funds for this project at the, be ginning, but no such large amount as $1,000,000. The work in con- nection with the Lunghwa Aerod-
A recent Kuo Min telegram stated that a total of $1,710,399.08 (equivalent to £114,888, 108.) to wards the amortization of the loan obligations of
king-Shanghai and hal-Hangchow-NIDEDO
A railway between rome is in the hands of the Shang- Administrations hse been
Nanchang The
res
to be completed by 1935) was also granted an
hai Municipality who is providing the funds at present for the pur pose,
ed to the dish and Corporations,
nt in cluded 289,774 for the loan instal-
was made up of 122,898 1h.p. the total for redprocating steam engines; - 610,389 sh.p.. represent- ing steam turbines, and 729,459. Lhp. the aggregate for oil engines. Great Britain and Ireland oc cupled first place with 652.493 h.p.. France was second with 243,300 hp: Japan was third with 137,- 235 hp, and Germany fourth with 111,979 h.p.
other marine-engine ponstructing conn. tries were responsible for totals of less than 200.000. p. Engineering Page.
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GLASGOW LONDON TELEPHONES
Good progress is being made with the construction of the new telephone cable between Zondoa nd Glasgow. The work, com- menced in June last, has advan ced with such rapidity that the new lines will be in operation at the beginning of the year. Post Once authorities keenly await its completion, gs the additional cable, costing about £2,000,000, will finally relieve them of the necessity for imposing a time limit of six minutes upon the increased and increasing number of sub- scribers taking advantage of the reduced night telephone charges. It is learned that the difficulties of establishing communication, which arose out of the tremend ous accession to the night register of subscribers a month ago, have been almost circumvented, but the six-minute time limit is to remain in fored in certain areas for some time.
ment due May 18, 1934, by the Nanking-Shanghal Railway Ag ministration, and £45,112 108, for the 33rd instalment due by the Shanghal-Haugchow-Ningpo Rail- way Administration: The dres
of a few seconds, and be employ- ed on bauling other trailers, if de- sired.
ROAD AND RAIL
My!
PROBLEMS
China Studies Our Traffic Systems
The
{Spesial Air Mail Service)
London, Nov. 15. Chinese Government has sent a mission to this country to study opr. roads and railways.
The members of the party were received by "Mr. Hore Bellina, Minister of Transport, who called in some of his chief experts in order to give the visitors every assistance in their inquiries,
The mission, headed by Mr. Yu Fel Peng, Vice-Minister of Com munications, comprises three ré- presentatives of the Chinese Minis try of Communications (Mr. Efy Wel, chief technical expert, Mr. P. F. Woo, technical expert, and Mr. C. Loh secretary), and Mr. H. Chen, mechanical engineer to the Ministry of Rallways
3. Rap of the Cisef Problems
Road and railway construction is one of the chief problems fac- ing the Chinese Government in opening up vast hinterland areas... and no combating not only ex treme poverty but also the acti vities of banditë.
"The Vice-Minister of Communi- was accompanied to Whitehall by the Chinese Minister London (Dr. Kuo Tal-Chi), whe Introduced him to the Minister
Radway Companies As50- is" "arranging to the Chinese technicians to see chiler of the four main line members of the
to be shown the
also including interest and bank operation of the London Passen
B proper water supply at Kuling. Plans are being drawn up and investigations made as to the best source of supply, but it is probable that some of the water from the Nu Erh Cheng, which is a natural reservoir, will be used. It is hoped to have the work completed time for the next summer sea-
son.
The old problem of a good road to the mountain top has been revived. Some favour a good motor road, whilst others think a cable railway would be of more use for all the year round ser-
vice
MODERN MARKET FOR SHANGHAI
Shanghal is to have a large modern market, Work has al ready been started. The market will have a frontage on Burkill and Myburgh Roads, and will be easy to reach from all sides. The first section will cover & large area about equal to Hongkew market. It will be made of relp- forced concrete, and will have many modern ideas to the advan- tage of both customer and stallkeeper. "The market is being built by Realty Investment Co.
STEEL TUBE PLANTS FOR MANCHUKUO
Sumitomo Copper and Steel Tubes Co., Osaka, plans to erect a steel tube plant in Manchukuo to cost y,4,000,000. This company has hitherto exclusively supplied its products to the navy, but intends now to begin selling in the market. The Manchukuo Steel. Tubing "Industry Co. was to be established last month with a capital of 3.8.000.000, (7.2,000,000 paid up), to manufacture steel pipes of more than 14 inches by electric welding.
NEW POWER PLANT
The Godo Electric Co. has the sanction of the "Communications Ministry to erect a steam power
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station in Yokkaichi with a capa- city of 2.700, kw. The concern has also decided to buy 5,000 kw. of power from the Toho Electric Power Ca
at
STEEL FOUNDRY FOR CANTON
Negotiations for the erection of a steel foundry, costing $13,000,000, Canton are proceeding be- tween the Kwantung Government and an American machinery Arm. The Canton authorities, it is un- derstood, have offered to make an immediate payment of $3,000,000 the remainder to be settled in ten yearly paymețita of $1,000,000. Qe Yen Shi-shan, commander- In-chief of the Shansi forces, is sending a commission to Europe and America to investigate the "steel industry withi'a view to mod- ernising the industry in that pro- vince.
JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL DEVE- LOPMENTS
The Japan Salvage Co. has been" founded in Tokyo with a capital of g.1,500,000, as the result of a merger of the Tokyo Salvage Co, » and the Teikoku. Salvage Co. Showa Rayon Co. has decided to erect a factory in Ibaraki Prefec- fure. It has also purchased a large tract of land in the same perfecture to put up another fact- ury:
The Toyama Government's Electric Department plans to erect A power station capable of ge- nerating 18,000 or 20,000 kilowatts on the Wada River, Incidental to the enterprise, the company will construct a reservoir, having a depth of 296 ft., at a "cost of y.300,000. The Sumitomo Alum- inium Co. has decided to under- take a new method of manufac- turing alumina, as well as super- phosphorites, Japan Sugar, it is said, 'Intends to co-operate.,
A complay to exclusively manu- facture 15,000 tons of kraft pulp annually has been mooted by Mr. Keizaburo Sumiya, president of the Takasaki Cellophane Co. The proposed concern will be estab- ished in Korea with a capital of 7.5,000,000,
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