ment as has been possessed for some years past by the Herringbone Expanded steel lath and expanded metal shops.
For the manufacture of pin-connected girder frames, a shop 85x200 feet has been erected, with a railroad spur running through the entire length of the building. Adjoining the girder frame shop is the steel yard, piled high with stock lengths of coldtwisted lug bars and the square bars used in fabricating the girder frames. This bar is covered by an electric crane having 100
span and 320 feet long, which has just been erected, and which, because of its unusual size, excites great interest.
To accommodate the steady growth of the all-steel furniture department, a reinforced-concrete building, 60 × 180 feet, two stories, has been erected adjoining the old factory. By use of pin-connected girder frames, beams and girders of the same depth are provided, which greatly facilitates hanging shafting.
The office building has been enlarged to accommodate the reniforced-concrete department by the erection of a two-story and basement addition, 36 × 73 feet, connected with the former office by a wing 36x36 feet. Cement plaster applied over the herringbone expanded steel lath is used for the exterior finish, and, instead of wood work in the addition, all-steel base boards, mouldings, window and door casings and doors, finished like mahogany, have been used.
John A. Walker, vice-president and treasurer of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, died at his home, Jersey City,
N. J., on May 23. Mr. Walker was born in the city of New York, September 22, 1837. He received his early education in the schools of Brooklyn, and, although prepared for college in a private school, chose commercial life. After an excellent business training in the city of New York, and after serving his country in the Civil War of the South, Mr. Walker in 1867 became connected with the firm of Joseph Dixon & Co., of Jersey City. In 1868, when Joseph Dixon & Co. became incorporated as the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, he was made secretary of that company, and began his life work in making known to the world the many uses of the then but little known form of carbon— graphite — of which the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company have been the best and most widely known exponents.
Mr. Walker served the Dixon company as secretary and largely as manager until 1891, when he was unanimously elected to the dual position of vice-president and treasurer, the latter office having been held by him for some time previous. He held these offices without interruption until his death, the general management of the company also being largely in his hands.
As vice-president and treasurer of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company there was more than work enough for any ordinary man, yet, outside of his duties as such we find him vice-president Colonial Life Insurance Company, director New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company; director Pavonia Trust Company; director the Provident Institution for Savings; president the Children’s Friend Society, all of
Jersey City; trustee the Stationers’ Board of Trade of New York. He had served as first vice-president of the National Stationers’ and Manufacturers’ Association. He was member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York and of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. He was chairman of the executive committee of the Cosmos Club of Jersey City, member of the Carteret Club, the Union League Club, the Lincoln Association, all of Jersey City; member of the National Geographic Society, and associate member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and of the Society for Psychical Research.
In the years gone by Mr. Walker actively and successfully served as member of the Jersey City Board of Education, as trustee of the Jersey City Public Library and of other city institutions.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Polyphemus and Acis. — The Washington Star has the following amusing story told of a friend of George Grey Barnard, the sculptor:
“I called on George Grey Barnard in Paris last month, ” said a Philadelphian. “Mr Barnard is the chief sculptor of our new capitol at Harrisburg, a deservedly successful man. While we were looking over various sketches in the studio a young French painter entered. ‘Have you heard the story about Garpeau? ’ the newcomer cried. We hadn’t heard it. Therefore the young man told it to us.
“Garpeau, it seems, was a sculptor of great
talent and great eccentricity. A rich patron
The Ventilator with a Pull
The Burt Ventilator is going into so many important factory and residence constructions that many are beginning to say “The Burt people must have a pull. ” The people haven’t; but the Ventilator has —
The Burt Ventilator
pulls the vitiated air out of the room, and does it without creating ‘‘back
drafts, ” even on windy days. That is the Burt ‘‘Pull” — granted by the government in a patent on our Sliding Sleeve Damper. By reason of this damper the Burt may be closed at any time, without obstructing the light. Only ventilator made which “stays put” without requiring constant attention and does not collect dust on the damper. Glass or metal tops as preferred.
Let us send you our 64-page general catalogue. It contains a complete description of the Burt Ventilator — and some other interesting things besides.
The Burt Mfg. Co., 550 Main St., Akron, Ohio.
Largest Manufacturers of Oil Filters and Exhaust Heads in the World. Notice Sliding Sleeve Damper. Patented.
Notice Sliding Sleeve Damper. Patented.
For the manufacture of pin-connected girder frames, a shop 85x200 feet has been erected, with a railroad spur running through the entire length of the building. Adjoining the girder frame shop is the steel yard, piled high with stock lengths of coldtwisted lug bars and the square bars used in fabricating the girder frames. This bar is covered by an electric crane having 100
span and 320 feet long, which has just been erected, and which, because of its unusual size, excites great interest.
To accommodate the steady growth of the all-steel furniture department, a reinforced-concrete building, 60 × 180 feet, two stories, has been erected adjoining the old factory. By use of pin-connected girder frames, beams and girders of the same depth are provided, which greatly facilitates hanging shafting.
The office building has been enlarged to accommodate the reniforced-concrete department by the erection of a two-story and basement addition, 36 × 73 feet, connected with the former office by a wing 36x36 feet. Cement plaster applied over the herringbone expanded steel lath is used for the exterior finish, and, instead of wood work in the addition, all-steel base boards, mouldings, window and door casings and doors, finished like mahogany, have been used.
John A. Walker, vice-president and treasurer of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, died at his home, Jersey City,
N. J., on May 23. Mr. Walker was born in the city of New York, September 22, 1837. He received his early education in the schools of Brooklyn, and, although prepared for college in a private school, chose commercial life. After an excellent business training in the city of New York, and after serving his country in the Civil War of the South, Mr. Walker in 1867 became connected with the firm of Joseph Dixon & Co., of Jersey City. In 1868, when Joseph Dixon & Co. became incorporated as the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, he was made secretary of that company, and began his life work in making known to the world the many uses of the then but little known form of carbon— graphite — of which the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company have been the best and most widely known exponents.
Mr. Walker served the Dixon company as secretary and largely as manager until 1891, when he was unanimously elected to the dual position of vice-president and treasurer, the latter office having been held by him for some time previous. He held these offices without interruption until his death, the general management of the company also being largely in his hands.
As vice-president and treasurer of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company there was more than work enough for any ordinary man, yet, outside of his duties as such we find him vice-president Colonial Life Insurance Company, director New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company; director Pavonia Trust Company; director the Provident Institution for Savings; president the Children’s Friend Society, all of
Jersey City; trustee the Stationers’ Board of Trade of New York. He had served as first vice-president of the National Stationers’ and Manufacturers’ Association. He was member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York and of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. He was chairman of the executive committee of the Cosmos Club of Jersey City, member of the Carteret Club, the Union League Club, the Lincoln Association, all of Jersey City; member of the National Geographic Society, and associate member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and of the Society for Psychical Research.
In the years gone by Mr. Walker actively and successfully served as member of the Jersey City Board of Education, as trustee of the Jersey City Public Library and of other city institutions.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Polyphemus and Acis. — The Washington Star has the following amusing story told of a friend of George Grey Barnard, the sculptor:
“I called on George Grey Barnard in Paris last month, ” said a Philadelphian. “Mr Barnard is the chief sculptor of our new capitol at Harrisburg, a deservedly successful man. While we were looking over various sketches in the studio a young French painter entered. ‘Have you heard the story about Garpeau? ’ the newcomer cried. We hadn’t heard it. Therefore the young man told it to us.
“Garpeau, it seems, was a sculptor of great
talent and great eccentricity. A rich patron
The Ventilator with a Pull
The Burt Ventilator is going into so many important factory and residence constructions that many are beginning to say “The Burt people must have a pull. ” The people haven’t; but the Ventilator has —
The Burt Ventilator
pulls the vitiated air out of the room, and does it without creating ‘‘back
drafts, ” even on windy days. That is the Burt ‘‘Pull” — granted by the government in a patent on our Sliding Sleeve Damper. By reason of this damper the Burt may be closed at any time, without obstructing the light. Only ventilator made which “stays put” without requiring constant attention and does not collect dust on the damper. Glass or metal tops as preferred.
Let us send you our 64-page general catalogue. It contains a complete description of the Burt Ventilator — and some other interesting things besides.
The Burt Mfg. Co., 550 Main St., Akron, Ohio.
Largest Manufacturers of Oil Filters and Exhaust Heads in the World. Notice Sliding Sleeve Damper. Patented.
Notice Sliding Sleeve Damper. Patented.