The Locomotive . ^*=^ A^^zc; Rates for ^^Use and Occupancy *>Insurance 1^ Because your power plant is the hub around which factoryprocesses revolve, a boiler explosion strikes at a most vital point. Should an explosion occur, income from production would stop,while the burden of fixed expense would have to be met from thesurplus of other years. At the new rate no owner should neglect to provide for himself aUse and Occupancy policy protecting his income against loss byaccidental shut-down from boiler explosion. Use and Occupancy policies are issued also on Engine andElectrical Machinery Ris
The Locomotive . ^*=^ A^^zc; Rates for ^^Use and Occupancy *>Insurance 1^ Because your power plant is the hub around which factoryprocesses revolve, a boiler explosion strikes at a most vital point. Should an explosion occur, income from production would stop,while the burden of fixed expense would have to be met from thesurplus of other years. At the new rate no owner should neglect to provide for himself aUse and Occupancy policy protecting his income against loss byaccidental shut-down from boiler explosion. Use and Occupancy policies are issued also on Engine andElectrical Machinery Risks. By filling in and returning the at-tached coupon you will allow us to explain at greater length. Mailcoupon to nearest branch office. The Hartford Steam Boiler P. O. Drawer 2133 Inspection and Insurance Co. Hartford, Conn. 4. :/ Gentlemen :— Please send me more facts concerning Use andOccupancy Insurance and your new rates therefor. (Signed) COfficial Position)(Company)(.\ddress) Vol. XXXVII No. 3 July 1928. A QUARTERLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO POWER PLANT PROTECTION Published continuously since 1867 b}^ The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Please show to your Eng-ineer 66 THE LOCOMOTIVE J^ Breakage of Cast Iron Steam Rolls LACK of safeguards against 140 pounds boiler pressure beingexerted on parts intended to withstand little more than a third ofthat amount is thought to have caused a violent explosion of atrain of twenty-three cast iron paper-drying rolls at Noble Manufactur-ing Companys plant, Cedartown, Ga., on March 8. One man wasinjured so severely that he died within a few hours. Another wasbadly scalded. Property loss of about $25,000 was not covered by in-surance. Figure i gives an idea of the extent of the disaster. When operating, the rolls acted as condensers, the action of dryingthe paper absorbing enough heat to keep the steam within a pressurerange of from 35 to 50 pounds. Whenever the machine was stopped,this radiation was checked and, in a
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