1935-11-30 — Page 2

Page

BRITAIN'S FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR RAILWAYS

£30 MILLION LOAN "GUARANTEE

Affects Many Parts Of The Country

(Special Air Mail Service) London, Nov 10.

A £30,000,000 programme of reconstruction and improvement for British rotiways was officially announced last night. The work, which affects many parts of the country, I expected to be cons parted within five years.

The Government, after some months of negotiation, have just concluded an agreement with the four main-line railway companies which, on the grant of the neces- sary powere by Parliament, wil enable the companies to put the programme in hand. The finan- cial arrangements closely resemble those made in the recent Landon Transport agreement and are sub- ject to the same general condi- tons. The essence of the agree». ment is that the Exchequer will guarantee the principat and in- terest of a loan.

So far as la practicable, all plant; machinery, and materials required in connection with the works are to be of United King- dom origin and all manufactured articles to be wholly manufactur- ed in the United Kingdom, pre- ference being given (other things

being equal) to firms in the dis- tressed areas.

Contracts as to be subject to the fair wages clause), and where" work is carried out by direct la- bour the wages and other condi- tons of employment are to be those in force in the company's service on similar work. The ad- ditional labour required for carry- ing out the scheme is to be select- ed from suitable workpeople sub- mitted by the employment ex- change.

ELECTRIFICATION

car-

"

provision of intermediate block sections at three points between Crewe and Euston; extension of track circuiting and other signal- ling works,

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Electrification of the line from Manchester 'to. Sheffield (includ- ing provision of rolling-stock and ["other" equipment); improvements to the following lines; Colchester to Clacton, Felixstowe branch. Shenfield Junction to Southend, Ely to Newmarket,

Provialon of running loops at ten places between Grantham "and Doncaster (with-colour-light sign- alling between Grantham' and Barkston) and four places be- tween Edinburgh and Berwick (with colour-light signalling be- tween Prestonpans and Berwick),

Station improvements, including colour-light signalling at Doncas- ter and York, and structural im- provements at King's Cross.

༠༣ .༥

Construction of 43 new steam locomotives

Construction of additional pas- senger carriages and conversion of gas-lit, rolling-stock to electric

lighting.

Colour-light signalling between York and Darlington, and at New- castle-on-Tyne. Edinburgh (East), and Cowlabas.

Extension of safety precautions (track tireulting and automatic train control).

Additional accommodation for" the fish trade at Hull and Grimis- by docka

SOUTHERN RAILWAY Electrification of the following Ines (including provision of rol- Apart from the construction of ling-stock and other equipment:- improved locomotives and riages for use over wide areas, the programme comprises important schemes of electrification and the" provision of new or improved facilities in cities and districts in different parts of the country.

The outline of the scheme is as follows:-

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Construction of a new line from near St. Germans to Loos, in- cluding provision of Diesel cars for the local services and other development works in connection with the line.

•

Construction of a new deviation line from Dawlish Warren to New- -ton Abbot.

J.

Doublings of certain sections of

line.

Reconstruction and enlargement of important stations, including Banbury, Exeter, Lianelly, Oxford, Paignton, Penzance, Plymouth (North Road), and Weymouth, and minor improvements, in cluding the provision of loop lines A number of other stations throughout the system."

at

Enlargement of marshalling yards, goods depots, and carriage sbeds at Brentford, Cannock Road, Hockley, Old Oak Common, and Severn Tunnel junction, and m'nor improvements at other places throughout the system.

Adaptation of certain lines for use by heavier engines,

Extension of automate train control and track circuiting and provision of improved signalling, telegraph, and telephone arrange-

ments.

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH

KAILWAY

Electrification of portions of the company's railway in thêë Wirral Peninsula and the establishment of through passenger train working over that railway and the Mersey Railway between Liverpool and New Brighton and Liverpool and West Kirby (including the pro- vision of rolling stock and other equipinent).

Conversion of Stonebridge Park (Wembley) power station to 50 cycles frequency and alterations of substations and other works and equipment,

Construction of 369 new steam locomotives.

Construction of 270 new car-

rlages,

Reconstruction and replanning of the Euston terminus,

Installation of colour-light signalling between Euston and Willesden Junction and at Bir- mingham, Crewe, Preston, Rugby, Stafford, Watrington, and Wigan:

Hampton Court Junction to Paris- mouth, via Woking and Guildford: Woking to Farnham; Weybridge to Stams; Dorking to Arundel Junction and West Worthing to Havant, including the branches to Littlehampton and Bognor; Seven- oaks to Hastings, via Tunbridge Wells: Gravesend and Swanley Junction to Chatham and Ghing- ham; Strood to Maidstone,

Construction of a portion of a

VOLGONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

ORDER FOR 7 DIESEL CARS

Recent Engineering Contracts

i

Messrs. Leyland Motors, Limited. Kingston-on-Thames, have receiv ed an order for seven Diesel- engined rall cars from the Gov- crnment of New Zealand. This

we" understand. is the Arst of a series of similar railway contracts from the Dominion.

Messrs. Davey, "Paxman and Company (Colchester), Limited Standard Ironworks, Colchester, have supplied the auxillary ma- chinery for the vessel Anglian Coast. This comprises two of their Type-5RQ, high-speed Diesel engines driving 35-kW, 220-volt generators suppiled by Messrs Campbell and Isherwood. The machines will furnish all the cur- rent for power and light on board ai sea, and power for the witches when in port. Similar units have been supplied to several other yessels.

Messrs. The Trussed Concrete Steel Company. Limited, Thames House, Millbank. London, 8.W.1. are constructing a number of re- inforced-concrete frame buildings in various parts of the coun- elementary try, including an school at Shoreham. Sussex, a hotel at Greatstone, Kent, and a hospital at Chiswick. They are also responsible, as reinforced - concrete engineers, for the struction of shops and fats at Bangor, and for buildings for the London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1.

con--

Messrs. The North Eastern Marine Engineering Company. Limited, Wallsend-on Tyne; are to

construct the engines of two

steamers, each of 8.600 tons, to be built by Messrs. R. and W. Haw- thora, Leslie and Company. Limited. Wallsend-on Tyne, are to Messrs. Joseph Constantine Steam Ship Lines. Limited. Middles- brough. The propeling machinery > will comprise triple-expansion en- gines working in conjunction with a Hawthorn Colaverken exhaust-

Engineering. steam turbine.

new rallway from Motspur Park to Leatherhead.

Reconstruction of Templecombe, Twickenham, and other stations.

World's Shipbuilding And Marine Engineering

The shipbuilding returns of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for the present year show that the total gross tonnage of the 110 mer- chant vessels, of 100 tons grO85 and upwards, under construction in the United Kingdom on Sep- Lember 30, was 530,554 Unfortun- ately, this total is less by 29,767 tons than that for the previous quarter, and is also 73,742 ̊ tons less than that for September 30, 1934. It is some consolation to note, however, that Great Britain is still responsible for 443 per cent. of the total tonnage undercon- struction in the world's shipyards, namely, 1,197,969 tons, ad that qur figure of 530,554 tona la ap- proximately" equal to the, aggre- gate tonnage 'building in the fre leading shipbuilding den, Holland, Japan, and Den- abroad, namely, Germany, Swe-

mark. Moveover, during the three months under review, 118,979 tons. of shipping were commenced iz

countries

this country, representing an in- crease of 10,857 tons, compared with the total for the June quar- ter, and 112,840 tons were laun- ched, a decrease of only 3,171 tons as compared with the previous three months.---

WORK IN FOREIGN YARDS In contrast with this state of affairs, 185,852 tons of shipping were commenced, and 150,627 tons were launched in foreign ship- yards during the September quaz- ter showing, as compared with the June quarter, a decrease of 93,459 in the tonnage commenced, and 261 50,347, in the tonnage launched. Again, the total of the "merchant" shipping under con- struction in foreign countries at the end of Beptember, amounting to 667,415 tons, was about 64,800 tona, less than that, for the pre

+

vious three months. Of the five leading shipbuilding countries abroad, of which mention has al- ready been made, Germany, the first on the list, was the only one to record an increase,, her total rising from 237,045 tons in the June quarter to 268,340 tons in the September quarter. The totals of the other four were smaller on September 30 than they were on June 30, Sweden registering 89,000 tons, against 94,473 tons; Holland, 62,845 tons, against 75,448 tons; Japan, '81,305 tons, against 65,970 tons; and Denmark, 54,533" tons,

against 65,753 tons.

B. P. MARINE ENGINES The total horse-power of marine engines either under construction or installed on board vessels on September 30, was 1,267,037 h.p. for the whole world. This was made up of 163,778 hp., steam engines; 322,845 s.h.p., represent- ing steam turbines; and 780,414 1.h.p., the aggregate for oil engines. Great Britain and Ireland headed the list of marine-engine builders with 540,758 hp.; Germany was third with 113,200 h.p.; and Swe second with 194,280 h.p.: Italy was den fourth with 103,785 h.p.-a0- only other country to approach 100,000 h.p. was Japan, who was responsible for 86,500 hp.

TRANSATLANTIC 'PLANE

Germany's newest Transatlantic mal plane burns heavy oil. It 16 the Dornier PO-18 bydroplane equipped with two Diesel engines. The machine, which weighs 92 ton, has a cruising radius of 2800 miles and can carry 3cwt, of mal matter. It can be started by a catapult from a ship.

ENGINEERING PROBLEM IN A MODERN STORE

In the chairman's address which was delivered to the Mersey and North Wales (Liverpool) Centre of the Institution, of Electrical Engineers recently Mr. O. C. Waygood dealt with The Engineering Problem in a Modern Store," The nature of the elec trical load in such a store, he said, was very varied, but lighting was' undoubtedly the preponderating factor Electricity was used for "this" purpose during the daylight

when the manufacturer was 'em. ploying his motors, and yet there were some supply authorities who sought to differentiate between the two when tariffs were being discussed.

"

41

current-carrying

store might be from 400 KVA up- The maximum 'dėmund in s

wards. The modern tendency was to take a high-tension supply. thus necessitating the installation of a substation. In this substation it was preferable to use ironclad switchgear fitted with draw-out and isolating features and the usual protective devices. Ammeters and wattmeters were also esser- Hal. For the main cables from the switchboard to the main dis- * tribution points on" each floor be favoured the "drained" paper or Abre-insulated type, since it gave the maximum capacity for a given section of copper and obviated the use of unsightly sealing boxes. The in- stallation should be as flexible as possible and should include SF1 auxiliary three-phase and neutral cable to avoid a possible outlay at a later date in providing for heavy loads. The most conve- ntent form of floor-circuit contral was the switch fusë, as it reduced the points of maintenance and contro! to a minimum. Plugs should be on a liberal scale, both as regards number and capacity. used as and flexibles should be sparingly as possible, an endear- our being made pistandardise on cab-tyre sheathed, and asbestos For power twin-twisted flex distribution the cable was ter- minated In a bus-bar cham- ber on which the switchgear for motors in the vicinity was mounted.

THE BEST AID

Lighting was the best aid to seling available, though the ideal form had not yet been found. It should be varied in quantity and quality to suit the different classes of merchand'se, and the distribu- tion system must be planned sc- cordingly. The store of the future might be designed to omit all daylight, so that the artificial lighting would have to be appro- ximated to daylight. The fittings. should be such that the intensity of the lighting could be quickly changed. It was essential to pro- vide an independent source of lighting for emergency. For this purpose a battery had many ad- vantages, though the change-over from one system to another must be immediate. The battery should be capable of supplying the lood for one hour and should be trickle-charged. The emergency Ughting might be either a part of the main installation or consist of separate units An alternative was to use gas, but the lamps must then be kept burning throughout the day, thus adding to consumption and maintenance. Showcases were best lighted with stripilte lamps in refectors, and as regards windows the most suitable method still seemed to be to use ordinary tampa and re- flectors With ап approximate loading of 100 watts per 15 m. of window length, where the depth Was & ft. This gave an intensity of 60 lumens. Both full and half- light should be obtainable, with a further sub-division If it was desired to use coloured Mumina- tion.

· ESCALATOR_FAVOURED

Lifts or escalators were reces- tendency was to confine the for sary to dea; with crowds, and the

mer to express work between the lower and topmost", floors, An escalator travelling at 90 ft. per minute was capable of dealing with 5,000 passengers per hour while a life of average size travel lug at 450 ft per minute could only carry 1,000 passengers per hour The maintenance and run- ning costs were as two to one in favour of the escalator. Cash re- gisters in combination with con veyor belts, trona, clocks, hair- dressing equipment ventilation refrigeration."; and:

telephones

were other purposes for which electricity was required.

On the other hand, steam was extensively used for heating and for various processes, associated with cooking and the production of hot water. Of-fred boilers were to be preferred to hand-fired coal bollers, but the cost of the oll was at present prohibitive, and one of the many efficient automa- tic coal-fired equipments had to to be considered..

In conclusion, it might be men- tioned that in 1934 an organisa- tion consisting of five stores had a maximum demand of 4.200 kW and consumed 11,000,000 kWh for lighting and power, the maximum being 8,000,000 kWh and the mini- mum 3,000 kWh The number of lamps installed the aggregate horse-power of the was 50,000, and

motors 9.300. This included 119 Hfta and escalators. General lighting accounted for between 55 pèr cent. 55.9 per cent, being lower in the spring and autumn than in the summer 'and winter. Esta ators and from 11.1 per ceat.. and heating

Lifts consumed cent. to 13 per sundry power and and ventilating, from

10 per cent to 14 per cent. and from 5.8 per cent to 88 per cent.. respectively. Window Ughting took from 4.5 per cent to 8.1 per 'cent, being lowest in the summer and highest in the spring, and cash tubes from 3.3 per cent. to 4.1 per cent.

EXHIBITION OF INVEN TIONS AT NEWCASTLE

The eleventh International Ex- hibition of Inventions, held at the Central Hall, Westminster, London, S.W.I, recently will be re- peated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at the 8t George's Drill Hall, from November 20 to 30, In addition to the exhibits from London a special section has been arranged for North-East Coast inventions, and reasonable exhibi- tion space will be available free for approved patented or pro- visionally-patented Inventions or models produced within a 60-mile radius of Newcastle, and not hit-. berto manufactured or marketed for sale. Mesars. The Newcastle Chronicle,.,Limited, who are or- gansing the exhibition in con- function with the Institute of Patentees, and a newly-drmed North-East Inventory Committee, presided over by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. Councilor. R. a Dalgliesh, are offering a cash prize of. 50%, and a number of silver, meda's in connection with the North-East-section of the Exhibi- tion. The exhibits will be classi- fled into electrical, mechanical, structural, domestic" and miscel laneous diy'stons- Entry forms and further information are ob- tainable from the cfaces of The Newcastle Chronicle, Em'ted. Westgate-road, Newcastle-upon- Tyne.

SOLID-FORGED BOILER

DRUMS FOR CANADA

Messrs. English Steel Corpora tion, Limited, Vickers Works, Shemeid, have recently obtained an order for six solid-forged boller drums from Messrs. Combustion Engineering Corporation. Limited. Montreal, for two boller plants which are being installed at the Ford Works -at Walker- ville, Ontario. These bolers, 1. is understood, are the first of their type to be erected in Canada. Some conception of the size of the drums may be obtained -from-the fact that the three steel ingots required for each of

ly 88 tone. 48 tons, and 39 tons. the two sets weighed approximate-

"respectively, "A point of Interest la that very argent delvery re- quirements were laid down and these it is. "gratifying to note, were fugled with a wide margin to spare. This accomplishment. we are informed, has been ren dered possible by the recent.com- plete modernisation of the steel- melting, forging, ⠀ heat treat- ment

and machining shops

at the Vlekers Works. Several of these new shops, it will ha: ra- cated, have been described in our columns: W

There never

has been a substitute

for a really

good thing

WAKEFIELD

Castrol

MOTOR CIL

THAT'S WHY YOU MUST INSIST ON USING

WAKEFIELD

CASTROL

MOTOR OIL

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME PRICE AS ORDINARY MOTOR SILE ROBERTSON WILSON & CO., LD. DAVID HOUSE, HONG KONG.

AND

PORVIL

GEMENT

EMERALCRETE

RAPID HARDENING

PORTLAND CEMENT

"IN PAPER BAGS OF 94LBS NETT

PRODUCT OF

GREENSLAND CEMENT CO.LTD.

EXCHANGE BUILDING.

HONG KONG

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING

COMPANY OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.

BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS. BUILDERS OF RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES. BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS. BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY

Under License From Messrs. Parsons. BUILDERS OF DIESEL ENGINES

Under Special License

From Messrs. Sulzer Bros., Winterthur, Licensed To Manufacture Lanz Perlit Iron, Specially Suitable For Internal Combustion Engine Working Parts.

DOCK & SLIPWAYS.

FOR DOCKING VERY LARGE AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS,

ON" ANY TIDE..

ALL CLASSES OF SHIP, ENGINE AND" BOILER

REPAIRS AND EXTENSIVE

WELDING, BOTH ELECTRICAL AND OXY- ACETYLENE SKILFULLY AND PROMPTLY

CARRIED OUT ——

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

INE, ADDRESS? MUTAIKOODOCK“ „HONG KONG,

PHONE: BORIL

CALL FLAT NUMERAL ONE · Dyes « PREV ANT

+