. Railway mechanical engineer . rtise locks, the Yale time lock, etc. 1 hecompany also had an important business in complete post office■■equipments. In 1873 it added a bronze department, and in1882 it established an art department. The company secured theAmerican rights for the Weston differential pulley block. Itwas also one of the first, if not the first, in America, to buildcranes, but the crane business was later sold to the BrownHoisting Machinery Coinpany, Cleveland, Ohio. It being feltthat the naine Yale Lock Manufacturing Company was not suf-ficiently inclusive, the title was changed
. Railway mechanical engineer . rtise locks, the Yale time lock, etc. 1 hecompany also had an important business in complete post office■■equipments. In 1873 it added a bronze department, and in1882 it established an art department. The company secured theAmerican rights for the Weston differential pulley block. Itwas also one of the first, if not the first, in America, to buildcranes, but the crane business was later sold to the BrownHoisting Machinery Coinpany, Cleveland, Ohio. It being feltthat the naine Yale Lock Manufacturing Company was not suf-ficiently inclusive, the title was changed in 1883 to the Yale& Towne Manufacturing Coinpany. The company took manysteps to broaden its activities. In 1878 it absorbed the UnitedStates Lock Company and the American Lock Company: in1894 the Branford Lock Works, and in 1895 the Blount Manu-facturing Company, in each case adding new lines. Mr. Townehas been an active member of the American Society of Me-chanical Engineers for many years and served as its Henry R. Towne 208 AtlE CAZETTE, MEellAXICAL EDITION Vol. 89, No. 4 Catalogs Electric Drills.—Bulletin E-35 has recently been bythe Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company. It is devoted to electricportable drills which are designed for operation on direct uralternating current. Prevention of SlhPinc.—The Ciripwill IulKy Co\, 601 Candler buildiniJ. New York, lias just issued afolder devoted to its product (Iripuell. uliich is a cement andcanvas covering for pulley surfaces designed to increase theadhesion of the belt. Pipe Bender.—Bulletin Xd. of the Hydraulic PressManufacturing Company. Mount Gilead, Ohio, is a folder en-titled Bending Pipe with Hydraulic Power. It deals with a re-cently developed hand operated pipe bender manufactured bythis company, having a pressure capacity of 30 tons. Steam Tr.\p.—Catalog Xo. 8 ul tlic .Vutomatic Steam Trap &Specialty Company, Detroit, Mich., is devnted to the Barton ex-pansio
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