. Railway mechanical engineer . uted an entire change of management. The officersof the new company are as follows: C. W. Hardy, formerlyof the Warren Oil Compan\-, Warren, Pa., president; H. W. 254 RAILWAY MECHANICAL KNGIXKER 94, No. 4 CoiKirro, general munagcr, Struthers Wells Company, War-ren, vice-president; James P. Rogers, formerly general man-ager of tlie Rogers Shear Company, \\arren, treasurer; H. of the firm of McClure & Smith, Warren and Sun-bury, Pa., secretary. The policy of the new company includesgeneral enlargement of the facilities of the plant both in themaunf
. Railway mechanical engineer . uted an entire change of management. The officersof the new company are as follows: C. W. Hardy, formerlyof the Warren Oil Compan\-, Warren, Pa., president; H. W. 254 RAILWAY MECHANICAL KNGIXKER 94, No. 4 CoiKirro, general munagcr, Struthers Wells Company, War-ren, vice-president; James P. Rogers, formerly general man-ager of tlie Rogers Shear Company, \\arren, treasurer; H. of the firm of McClure & Smith, Warren and Sun-bury, Pa., secretary. The policy of the new company includesgeneral enlargement of the facilities of the plant both in themaunfacturing of new cars and in its repair dejiartment. Onefeature of the new comjiany will be its leasing department,which it will conduct for the benefit of its patrons. Bolt Conii)anv, Pittslmrgh, manufacturers of the Tate flexil)lestaybolt, and was president of the American Vanadium Com-panv. He was also interested in coal mining and was presi-dent of the Meadowlands Coal Company and the Montour &Lake Krie Coal M. Flannery Joseph M. and James J. Flannery loscpli M. Flannery and James J. Flannery, pioneers inthe vanadium industry and the organizers of the FlanneryBolt Company and American Vanadium Compam, diedwithin three weeks ofeach other in Pitts-burgh. Joseph ;- was 52 yearsold. His death oc-curred on February 18,after an illness ofseven months, whilehis brother died sud-denly on March 6, atthe age of 66, althoughhe had been in poorhealth for over a year,but had been active inhis business affairs upto the day of his M. Flannery,who was also presidentof the Standard Chem-ical Company, vv a sborn in Pittsburgh. In 1904, with his brother, he began a tour of the world, seekmgto discover a process whereby unljreakable bolts might bemade. An analysis of the metal composing the fencing foilsused in Sw^eden resulted in the discovery of vanadium. Tothe Flannery brothers is due the introduction of vanadiumin the steel industrv, marking an epoch in th
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