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THE EXPRESS LIFT CO., LTD.

WITH, WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE BUSINESS OF

SMITH, MAJOR & STEVENS, LTD.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, JÚLY 9, 1932.

ENGINEERING AND

BRITAIN'S MOST POWERFUL TURBO ALTERNATOR

PORTISHEAD GENERATING STATION:

FOR THE BRISTOL CORPORATION.

years.

BUILDING

CALLENDER'S CABLE AND CONSTRUCTION.

MAGNIFICENT RESULT DESPITE WORLD

DEPRESSION.'~

The thirty-sixth Ordinary Gener-

EAST AND WEST.

New Warship.

the Great Western Railway is the acceleration of the 10.10 p.m. Pad- The Kempenfelt, new flotilla leader, built at the works of Messrs. dington to Plymouth express, the J. s. White and Co., Ltd., East journey time of which has been cut Cowes, will commission at Cowes by 2 minutes.

"The Tip," as this train is with a Devonport navigating party for acceptance trints and for service known, derived its name, vetoraus in the Second Destroyer Flotilla, afirm, from the impression that the Home Fleet. Subject to satisfac speed of the train was like placing tory completion of acceptance trials, the goods in a shute at Paddington she will complete to full complemouth. she will proceed to Devonport, where and tipping" them into Ply-

inonth.

On its nightly run the train, com- posed of 70 wagons weighting he tween 300 and 500 tons, makes two

hour..

Pure-Nickel Laboratory Ware. slops, at Newbury and Newton Ab Sir J. Fortescue Flannery (tho Chairman) in the course of his ing particulars of the various items

An illustrated brochure contain.bot, for the exchange of traffic.

The 53 miles Paddington to Now- speech said, I must first refer to of pure-nickel laboratory ware bury is covered at 381 miles per the serious and unprecedented state which are now available, has been hour, and the 1414 miles Nowbary issued by Messrs. Henry Wiggin of trade and finance throughout the and Company, Limited, Imparato Newton Abbot at 35 miles per world. Facilities of communication Chemical House, Millbank, London, have destroyed the old-time isola S.W.1. In addition to data regard. tion. Bad as are the conditions in ing such pieces of apparatus as this country, the conditions of trade crucibles, evaporating dishes, toligs, and finance in other countries are spatulas and worse still, but we see signs of im some information is given concern. combustion boats, provement here in advance of ouring the suitability of nickel for neighbours in Europe or across the surfacing laboratory benches and Atlantic. Above all, we have up tables, coronar held our national character for financial stability.

The Budyandy of Lage.

British Merchant Ships Change Handr

Bristol is one of England's most the following year it was necessary ancient trading cities. Although to increase the copacity of the plant, al Meeting of Callender's Cablement about the middle of this with the passage of years commerce and in 1996 a general scheme for and Construction Co., Ltd., was has become more generally distri extending the buildings and mo. held at the Waldorf Hotel, Lon buted throughout the country, Bri- chinery was embarked upon. Two doo, W.C. stol has maintained its prosperity years later still further extensions and is famous for its docks, gran had to be made to cope with the aries, tobacco factories and tan city's growing requirements. As the neries. It is interesting to recall original generating station at Tem the fact that John Cabot the dis- ple Back could not be extended coveror of North America, was n economically, an entirely new sta citizen of Bristol and that the tion was decided upon, and the Great Western," the first steam Feeder Road Station was commenc. ship on the trans-Atlantic service, ed in 1900 and was ready for ser- was built at Bristol and sailed from vice at the close of the following

During May a dozen Cardiff that port..

owned vessels bave been sold at Bising Demand. The prosperity of the City of

prices representing an enormous depreciation. The latest to change Bristol has always been largely dus. In 1024 the still rising demand

hands are the Relillio, Rhio and to the foresight of those who con caused investigations to be made

Our company's operations are stillTM

yag | Ladykirk, each of 4,000 tany dead- world-wide extension. Our trol her civic affairs, and the con- into the possibility of further en- cables literally extend from Chinn of the Forest Service, Department years. These vessels have been sold The Forest, Products Laboratories weight, with an average age of 27 struction and development of the larging the capacity of the Feeder to Peru. In the former country we of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, to Finnish buyers for about 8,000!. docks, which was commenced in the Road Station, but after consider tricity for many years. Our "bread gations, into the seasoning of logs month, two of 14,680 tons dead- have held a leading position in elec have recently carried out investi Of the vessels sold during the last early days of 1800, without doub! ing several alternative suggestions and butter" business has been as a means of preventing their loss weight have gone to shipbreakers, has contributed in large measure.

it was decided to erect a new sta-i maintained and there is now an in: by sinking when floated down rivers. four of 16,400 toils to Finns, three Coming of Electricity.

ereasing demand for wires and It was found that when birch logs of 20,100 tons to Greeks, and one tion at Portishead. The necessity cables under the Central Electricity were seasoned, under cover, in a cach to Roumaniane, Swedes and for this new station coincided with Board scheme. The growth of the port of Bri the desire of the Electricity Com-

shed for ten weeks, their capacity Estonians. The enormous deprecia Gross profit for the year is for floating was greatly improved, tion which has occurred in the value stol created the necessity for light missioners to create a capital sta- which, hearing in mind the diff small increase in buoyancy was ou it is mentioned that the Loyal De £628,682, compared with £309,347,On the other hand, a comparatively of the ships will be gathered when ing and power, and the Corporation in the western area, and a comiculties of trade, is a magnificent tained when the seasoning was provonian, which cost 183,0007, in 1019, tion met this requirement by seek mitteo of engineers under the chair. result. Our general expenses show longed beyond the period stated. ing statutory powers to establish manship of Mr. H. Faraday Proc-now recommend the payment of a s réduction, of nearly £40,000. We an electrical undertaking within tor, M. Inst. C.E., M.I.E.E., chief dividend of 16 per cent. and twelve months of the passing of the engineer and general manager of Electric Lighting Act, 1883. On the the City and County of Bristol advice of the consulting engineer Electricity Department decided on a twenty-thred nere site at Por tishead,

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How the Station was Bufit,

of

carry forward of 2592,054. So far hope that the worst is over, for they na 1032 is concorned your Directars signs, slight but definite, of revival in business. If the potential de velopments eventuate I hope next year to present accounts as satis factory as those I now nek you to adopt.

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Portuguese Cement Demand.

Incressing.

Bugar in Mortas..

has been sold for 4,000, the Park. trenth, which changed hands hf. 131,800 in 1010, has gone to Greeks for 9,8001,, while the Pentwyn which was transferred for 45,000 in 1922, has been, sold for 9,000 manufactured in Portugal is knows fetched, 45,700 in 1012, was sold A large proportion of the cement Again, the Tuskar Light, which the commencement of the scheme

as "artificial Portland" and it for 14,300, in 1923, and has now formulated was delayed until 1802,

competes with the host imported bees disposed of to shipbreakers for and the stipply of electricity to con-

cements in quality and price. Out-.1001,-Engineering. sumers actually coincided with the

put of 855,578 barrels in 1031. com- pured with 578,888 in the preced opening of the Bristol Exhibition

The design and layout of the Sir Tom Callender's Speech.

ing year. Domestic canninption in August 1883. In November of Portishead Generating Station was

has been estimated at 652,710" bar the same year the streets of Bristol carried out by the Electricity Depressoin had been very evident in indicating importation of about 16 recent New Orleans meeting of the

Sir Tom Callender said: The de rels in 1930 aqd: 615,220 in 1031, In a contribution presented at the. were electrically illuminated, and at partment, under the control of Mr. their business, and had left its per cent of the total required." American Chemical Society, Dr. the end of that year 120 consumers H. Farady Proctor, who wan asgard to their home business, trade, od in Portugal in 1990; and was the Mellon Institute of Industrial mark on their balance sheet. In re Manufacture of cement commenc|G: J, Cox and Dr. J. Metschl, of were connected to the mains. Insisted by his Deputy, Mr. A. J.after a period of slackness, was be followed by decreased imports, par Research, University of Pittsburgh,

Newman, M. I. Mech, E., M.I.E.E. ginning once again to advance, and ticularly since 1019, when the Em Pennsylvania, U.S.A described The contract for the work has ca trend of orders was apparent, dur founded.

although it was slow the upward preza de Cimentos de Leiria was was to ascertain the value of addi- investigation, the object of which Three other companies trusted to the Metropolitan Vickers ing the last few weeks especially. are now engaged in cement manu tien of cane sugar to lime-sand Electrical Co., Ltd., and involved Abroad the position was not satis. tacture, one small and the other mortar. Their experiments showed the use of plant including semi-Holland and Belgium were almost actual output less than half their equivalent to 0 per cent. by weight factory. The factories in Germany, two of only medium size, with their that an addition of cane sugar, Diesel engines, petrol engines, ex at a standstill, and prices had beer capacity. The Empreza da Cimentos of the quick-lime contell. Rave cavators, steam cranes, air compres current which could not show other at Lisbon, the principal factor in mortar possessing a tensile strength sors, rock, drill, pumps, locomotives than a loss. A quantity of their the business, has a capacity of 10 per cent, grouter than one con und commercial vehicles. In con- the developments in Palestine had duction averages only 470,000 bar adding the sugar is stated to be cable had been used in Athens, and 700,000 barrels a year but its pro- taining no augar. The process of nection with the construction of the culverts which bring water into the

quite simple; it is dissolved in a station from the River Severn, the

portion of the water to be added contractors encountered many diffi-

and mixed in with the sand and culties, and the Ingersoll Rand air

lime. The sugar must not be mix- The latest examplo in the speed-fed with the lime before slaking.-. sequence often operating twentylowing on the work recently com compressors they used were in con- Mesopotamis. In the Sudan, foling-up of freight train traffic on Engineering.

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resulted in their obtaining a con- rels. had recently reared one for the siderable number of orders. They supply and laying of underground and overhead mains in Mosul,

four hours a day for weeks at plated in Khartoum, another con

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time. These air compressors er tract had been undertaken. In In- certain amount of work, In Aus In conclusion, in spite of all the lubricated with Gargoyle D.T.E.dia they had been busily engaged tralia, New Zealand and South difficulties, he looked forward with Oil Heavy Medium and they way in which this oil performed its scheme in the Punjab. It was hard Conditions in the United States overy reason to hope for a long on the Governmental hydro-electric Africa they had had their share, confidence to the future and had severe duties greatly impressed the ly to be expected that in China were unsatisfactory, but during the continuance of satisfactory business officials coticorned.

they would do a good business, but past year the Okonite-Callender. Co. for their firm, which this year cole- they had nevertheless obtained a had been able to secure a numve brated its jubileo,

(Caulinued on next column.) of orders,

In the Boiler House,

The Portishead Generating: Sta. tion is about 500 yards from the River Severn and adjoins tho aid- ing of the Great Western Railway. The boiler hotise. contains four Vickers Header straight tube boilers each having a normal evaporating capacity of 80,000 lb. per hour. The boilera are fired by Illinois' chain grate stokers 24 ft. wide, which when installed were the largest in operation in England. The wor gear drives of these: stok- era ATO lubricated with Gay- goyle Cylinder Oil 600W. The coal and ash handling plant is also correctly Bubricated. The sixteen sets af David Brown. reduction gears on this installation are lubri cated with Gargoyle Viscolite Oil CC; the spur gearing is lubricated with Gargoylo Grease CN Soft; and the Brampton ruller, chains with Gargoyle, Graphite Greuse.

The Turbinos.

In the turbine house there are three Metropolitan-Vickers stonm turbines: One of these, which has a capacity of 51,250 k... in the most powerful unit of its kind yet built and installed in this coun try. The other two units are each of 25,000 kw. capacity. In addi tion there is a 500 k.w. non-conden ing turbo set for emergency house sarvice. The main turbines operate with steam at a pressure of 300 lbs. per sq. in. superheated to a total temperature of 800 F These tur- bines are correctly lubricated with Gargoyle, D.T.E. Oils. An is-in fact) the whole of the mechanical equip ment of this super power station. which will sorvo 17,000 square miles of the West of England and South Wales.

The report was adopted.

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Description

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