The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-24
Waterbury Engineers
At State Convention
Fred TrOwbridge Elected to Board Of Directors; Ad.
dress Given on "The Gas Industry in War;

A number Of Waterbury engineers
were present today ut the seth an.
nual meeting Of the Connecticut
Society Of Civil Engineers in New
Haven, At the opening session yes
tertiay, Frederick ], Trowhridge Of
this city was elected to the board
Of directors Of the organiEation
Other officers named were: Leslie
q, Sumner, Of West Haven, pres
ident; William A, D, WurtS, OF
Hartford, first vice-president; Clar-
enee H, Wiley Of Milford, second
vice-preSident; and Albert A, Cross,
West Hartford and Jay H, Clark,
Madison, directors,
Hawley Speaks
New Haven, Conn.,, March 2S -
George 8, Hawley, president of the
Bridgeport Gas Light Company,
told the l7S members Of the Con-
aectieut Society Of Civil Engineers
ut their seth annual meeting ut
Yale University late this afternoon
that apparently no implement of
war has been made that had not re.
oeived the benefit Of gas in some
form, He spoke on 1.-THE Gas In
dustry In War" and quoted Thomas
Edison. who Is termed "rhe Father
Of Electricity" a. predicting that In
national crises like the present, gas
as we'll aS electricity would prove
invaluable and would be used for
cooking and heating as we'll as light.
ing,
Referring to 1.-THE Gas House
Gang aS IMPLYING the spirit Of
that industry, he termed-gas the
universal fuel and asked his hearers
to look ut every manufactured pro-
duct and know that gas helped TO
make It. 1.-THE coal tar derivatives
used In medicine. the insecticides,
the phenolic resins used on ships,
submarines and airplanes for q
shock resistant material for radio
cases, electrical connections and
fuse timers for shells comprise per.
hapS q modern tinge Of interest,
Other coal tar derivatives are as
pirin, novacaine, Sulfanilamide, coal
tar and coal tar acids used In re-
claiming rubber and benxol.
Other Contributions
Gas Is being increasingly used for
so-called atmosphere In heat. treat
ing furnaces, One Bridgeport con-
Germ alone uses 100000 cubic feet
Of gas per month TO create such at.
mosphere, Toolmakers are scarce
and the time required TO make q die
means that no risks should be run
IN the heat-treatment OF these valu-
able production tools, Such risks are
obvlated by using gas 10 furnish the
necessary heat and the protective
atmosphere.
Connecticut produces more brass
than any other state, perhaps the
whole world, Most OF our industrial
gas Is used by these large brass
manufacturers. The Bridgeport
Brass Company alone uses 10000
cubic feet OF gas per hour In four
furnaces"
Narrating the installation Of
powdered metallurgy," where the
metal Is poured In powdered form
into a mold and by the application
OF heat and pressure q product Is
produced as hard and durable as
though 1t was turned out Of q solid
piece Of metal on a lathe. President
Hawley cited one Bridgeport ex-
ample as the use Of tungsten car
bide, another as cloth for uniforms,
and predicted that powdered metal
Jury seems to be "the coming thing"
In the development OF new processes
and new products. He said that
flame hardening IL nothing but the
direct application Of heat to the
work In the open air and that a
definite speed up as we'll as savings
In fuel from this method. He
added:
Defense Workers
"From 10000 to $4,000 people have
come TO Bridgeport and Its en-.