Evening star., 1896-07-18
ALUMINUM FOR GOVERNMENT USE
Utensils of All Kinds on Shfpboard to
BE Made of 1t.


From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
The United States government will in the
future use aluminium entirely on board its
vessels for everything to which 1t can be
possibly fitted. large order has been
placed with the Pfttsburg Reduction Com
rany for heavy aluminium billets, which
the Illinois Pure Aluminium Company at
Lamont. ILL.,, and Sidney. Sheppard & Co.,
CT Buffalo. n. Y. will manufacture into
huge aluminium steam jacket kettles for
use on board the war vessels Maine and
Texas. These steam jacket kettles will be
used for cooking large quantities of food.
such as is used on board a warship. II the
innovation proves successful, of which
there is no doubt, the government will
equip every vessel belonging to it with
these kettles.
Heretofore the manufacturers have re.
ceived orders for small plates, but the
present order called for larger plates than
che kensington works of the Pittsburg
Reduction Company could turn out, so Can't
A. T.. Hunt had the plates rolled in the
Spang Steel and Iron Company's plant at
Sharpsburg yesterday. The plates were to
De s2x9i inches. The aluminium was re-
ceived in billets at the mill, and these were
rolled on the 112-inch plate-mill rolls. One
OF the plates when rolled was the largest
aluminium plate turned out in the world
IL was loOx1HxA inches. The sheets were
all reduced from the billet cold, were easily
handled and have q beautifully bright and
smooth finish.
Capt. A. E. Hume said last evening: '.The
use OF aluminium by the government. in
lact. an the governments Of the world. is
not new, but these large steam Jacket ket-
ties are the first that will be tried. For
several years We have been supplying the
government with aluminium, or we have
been reducing 1t and shipping 1t to the
companies mentioned above They have
manufactured it into articles Of all kinds
and sold them to the government. Uncle
Sam has used these articles in every de-
partment where aluminium can be utilized
with satisfaction. The culinary depart-
ment has been supplied with vessels of all
kinds, and nothing has ever given SO much
satisfaction. Aluminium vessels are now
getting very common, and are taking the
place of all other metals The German
government has been our best customer 7
suppose. 1t has used aluminium for every
thing l can mention-cooking utensils, can
teens. powder TASKS, drinking cups, etc.
Great Britain has also supplied it's various
departments, and is buying constantly.
For private use aluminium is supplanting
everything.
The Pittsburg Reduction Company does
not manufacture these things. We supply
the raw material and ship it to the COM
panies, who turn it into household articles
Its ightness brings 1t into favor. The
metal has replaced iron, tin and steel in
SO many ways that there is no question
that the new use to which it is to be tried
Will prove perfectly satisfactory. The
plates will be shipped in a few days.
The Pittsburg Reduction Company has a
branch plant at Niagara Falls, which has
been in operation since last September.
The demand for the white metal has so in
creased there that two additions have to be
made to this plant. The first extension is
being completed rapidly and will be OPEN
ed August 1. A large force of men will be
put to work. The second or lower extern
sion will be opened September 1. This will
also give work to a large number of new
men. The lower extension will be in charge
Of Pittsburg man. William Ferguson
son Of E. NJ. Ferguson.