The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
LOCAL FOUNDRIfS
DO Efficient WORK
Machine Shops of This City
Hold EnviabIe Record for
High Class Products
Ship. Building Yards Scene OF
Activity and Other Plants
Crowded With Orders

san Francisco every moment of the day
and night, and equipped with ore and
matte tipping cars OF new and tried
plan. together with other advanced ac-
cessories for handling molten metal.
smelling an output of I25 tons of cop
per ore every - hours. Every part
OF this great plant was made in San
Francisco.
The furnace. with lis entire equip
ment Of matte tapping cars. ore ladies.
molten iron ladies. stag cars, large and
small. cupolas. kettles, Stag pots. fur
mace and door plates. open sand plates
and furnace castings. acid pans. acid
pipes, acid fittings, tap iron, hand Stag
pots and troughs. bellows and every
other necessary part to the operation
of the smelter are eloquent of what
can be done in foundry work in this
city.
The Pacific foundry. company of San
Francisco Is fitted with. an equipment
that enables il to manufacture COM
modiues and iron and steel work that
no other city in the United States is in
2 position even 10 attempt Engineers
have hazarded the statement, based on
their knowledge of the character of
work. done all over the globe, that no
other city in the world can do the foun-
dry work san Francisco finds it com
parauVely easy to perform.
TRIUMPH IN CONSTRUCTION
The Pacifc foundry company's tri-
llmph in the construction of the fur
mace illustrated here is the result of
anything except haphazard chance For
years the engineers and mechanics en-
ploTed by the concern have studied and
Experimental in an effort to produce a
furnace that would as nearly approach
the ideal as may be- The company
was the first commercial concern TO
experiment with and after hard and
thoughrfui labor develop the smelling
% copper ores with oll for fuel Step
by step the smelter as it stands now
was conceived. Now there are two
furnaces in operation of this largest
type and three smaller furnaces built
on the same design.
The matte tapping cars made by this
company are something quite new.
though they have long ago ceased TO be
regarded as experiments. for they have
been in successful operation here so
long that their efficiency and durability
have been proved. The cars are the re-
suit of many years study of the matte
handling problem and they were de-
signed to take the place of the matte
pots that were generally used for
dumping molten cakes. The car pro-
ouces a four inch cake. and its SIM
plicity. low cost of installation-all
advantages that will be appreciated by
metallurgists, smeitermen and design
ers-is capped by the fact that one man
can handle the car with ease.
The foundry ships these cars to all
parts of the world. Recently two were
sent as far away as Mexico. and last
week a car was sent to London. The
customer there was so anxious TO get
the san Francisco made product that
he cheerfully paid $500 transportation
charges.
The double truck slagcar rs also are
special product of the Pacific foundry
company. Their capacity is 10 cubic
feet or 1900 pounds. Each is 35
inches in height, "a inches in width
and SS inches in length. The gauge
is 20 inches 1t may be noted that the
shipping weight Of the cars is 200
pounds. Many smelters along the Pa
cific coast are using the cars, both for
blast and reverberatory furnaces.
ACTIVITY AT UNION IRON WORKS
Again the drydocks of the Union
iron works are crowded with ships
under repair. in the first stage of con-
struction and almost ready for launch
ing. As before the fire. the shops are
active and the shipyard swarming with
men The firm that made San Fran
cisco known over, the world for the
battieships built here and the ocean
liners launched to engage in COM
merce from this port TO the ports of
the east has all but resumed the ac-
tivity that kept btween 1000 and 5000
men hard at work in the big yards.
As concrete evidence of the fact that
the sea viii soon again feel the keel
OF many new vessels made in San
J. Francisco" the scene at the Union iron
works yards may be reviewed. Chief
among the contracts in point of i'm
marines for the United States govern
ment Zach of the deep sea divers
is to be $50 feet long. and when they
have been rushed to completion they
viii be christened the Carp and the
Barracuda, after some Of their fellow
citizens of the deep. The boa-s will
cost many thousands OF dollars each.
The achievement OF the iron works in
landing the contract for San Francisco
means much to the future prosperity
Of this city as a ship building port
The keel TO the Napa City, one Of the
Monticello steamship company's steam
ers, is just being laid, and soon work
men will be swarming over the Nes--
sells ribs putting her into shape over
al the vessel will measure 240 feet.
It's speed will be 20 knots. driven by
2 900 horsepower engine, making
between $50 and 10 revolutions per
minute The length. over couplings is
- feet s inches: the height along the
curling shaft IA feet s inches, with
.cylinder 25-4I-4S-4S, thus making ii
one Of the stanchest and fastest boats
built for local service, and fair
sample OF what the Union iron works
IS beginning to do again in boat build
ing
Ia the drydoeks and on the way at
The present time besides the three ves-
seIs mentioned. are the Roma, the trans
port sherman. the Arrow and one of
the Standard oil steamers These yes
sells VIII be entirely overhauled. and
that means many thousands of dollars
10 san Francisco
MANUFACTURING HYDRANTS
Aside from ship building. the more
spectacular feature of the Union iron
works productions, there are contracts
for various other ventures. The big
gest job on hand at the present time,
indeed, is that of furnishing this city
with 1000 hydrants for the new fire
protection system. Each hydrant will
cost S119.74, so the whole sum of the
contract will mount to $143,esS- San
Francisco is regarded as fortunate by
engineers in having a shop of the size
OF the Union iron works to construct
these monster hydrants, made in San
z-..a,,oiSco for San Francisco