The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

The welding of the locomotive frame at the Western shops mentioned by The Advertiser Sunday morning has proved to be a perfect success. Under the old method 1t required the com plete dismantIing Of the locomotive and an average cost of s4OO besides the time and labor to weld the frame of a locomotive. Over at the Western shops the frame of locomotive was welded on both sides without dismaut-' ling the engine at all in something over two days, the cost being less than $50. In speaking of it Superintendent Cox said Tuesday:
 Tt Is important to have good ana substantial structure to render an ef- ficient working machine and the frame of a locomotive is one of the principal clements of the structure. It Is sus~ ceptible to failure by breakage and cannot be. permanently repaired with out being re-welded together in the blacksmith fire, which necessstates the dismantling of the locomotive of it's frame. involving the removal of all parts connected to the frame and the bolts and keys of the frame and weld ing the frame and Te-applying the frame and all parts to their proper places, which involves oftentimes the roaming of holes. reftting. of bolts. etc. in all connections, ordinarily at an expense OI vSUV lU vfUV, "uACh Ado been the method of repairing broken frames and many other parts iD the past. But in recent years, the great demand for power and the loss of the locomotives while undergoing repairs of frames, to say nothing of the cost to make the same has been instru- mental in developing a better and more expeditious means of administer ing repairs which Is being tried out aP FaRIlataA Pali- roads. and 1t has been our pleasure to have made a trial of the Goldschmidt Thermit Company's process under the direction of their expert representa- tive. Mir. Henry $. Mann, the trial be- ing made on one of our heavy type standard freight locomotives.
 This process is a mixture of finely divided aluminium and Iron oxide. When ignited in one spot the combus- tion so started continues through the entire mass. without supply of heat or power from the outside, and produces superior liquid slag aluminium oxide. The Thermit reaction produces an ex- ceedingly high temperature, the liquid mass attaining 5,400 degrees Farsn- heit in less than thirty seconds. The average analysis of Thermit steel be- ing;
 Carbon o.o5 to o.iO MagnesIa 0.0s to 10 Silicon o.o9 to 0. 20 Sulphur 0.03 to 0. .04 Phosphorous o.0I to .05 Aluminium 0.0S to O.. IS
 "Weldlng by the Thermit process Is accomplished by superheated Thermit steel around the parts to be united Thermit steel being approximately twice the heat Of ordinary molten steel dissolves the metal with which it comes In contact and anal lgamates with 1t to form a single homogeneous mass when cool. The work of welding locomotive frames can be done in di- vision shops and Found-houses of any railroad. as they are commonly equip ped. as 1t Is only necessary to con struct a sand mold of such design as to cause the Thermlt steel to run through and get to the lowest point of the mold and rise through and around the parts to be welded into a large riser This Is accomplished by combining the Thermit and other in- gredients by placing a cruelble and su- perheating and pouring In the mold, which is done without the removal of the frame or other parts from their relative positions in the structure for a nominal cost and can be done in a few hours and the locomotive return. cd to the service"
 The oyster shucker business assum- ed gigantic proportions Tuesday. thfr. ty-six cars of them being delivered by the Southern to the Western fin At lanta. There were twenty-four coaches and twelve baggage cars in the shipment, the Western bringing them to Montgomery In two trains of eighteen cars each. The first train will run as the second section of No. s7. due at 9.55 ?. m. and is i've hours late, getting to Montgomery at 8 o'clock this morning It was split Into two trains on arrival here, the M and M taking them south as the second and third sections of No. s7. The oth- CT train of eighteen ears is indefinitely late and will be run in eighteen cara Ia Montgomery by the Western as the