badin bulletin
the men considerably and it will also
save a lot of carbon manufacturing ma
terials that heretofore the men have been
^frying out on their clothing and skin.
Capt. F. A. Hutchinson has arrived
rom the Maryville Plant and is em-
P'oyed as operator in the Calcining De
partment. Mr. Hutchinson’s home is in
* anassas, Va. He entered the Army as
ond lieutenant, and was discharged
®veral weeks ago as captain.
^ Two weeks ago, when we asked R. E.
ee how the double mix was coming, all
got was a grunt and a frown. Now
^ en we ask him he smiles from ear
ear, and begins talking about how his
sarclen is growing.
p Owing to the fact that the Carbon
Oi nt has been properly ventilated, Dr.
shpif pulmotor or. the
this summer.
B. A. Williams, of Monroe, N. C.,
employed in the Baking Depart-
g • Mr. Williams is a cousin of Mr.
■ Liles.
‘leclare.
loose to "turn
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Co'
?■ operator, and Arch
f v^puiutui, and Aren
have returned, after a
Vacation.
t^ discharged
*?alu ^ Army, and is back on his job
le Wagoner is now working in
usion Department.
L. G. D.
I'll Room News
continues to be a
"ish jL “id we hope that we fur-
St a® visitors as much amuse-
g] they furnish us. One young
•‘nocked one of Jersey’s fur-
trying to get out from under
e which was handling a pot, and
'‘inKiiing a pot, and
the to know what wo did
y the*"®" heat
» 'aid 0'’® of the young
1 .
^1, **''hi’t got
»‘ feaii thought about it.
it ^ vitiT c'joy having the vis-
’>11, U.S, and hope they will koon
Ace
2fi h^ banners have been installed,
C copper banner for
• S it* "‘'■'‘'Rht, Room 32 having
S,y '’■'■•■’t week. The low car-
"'“tion banner went to Room
26 for three weeks, and to 36 and 34
each for one week. The highest metal
production banner seems to be a fixture
in Room 34. Sapp Price says he has
bought that banner, and doesn’t intend
to sell out. However, Room 32 put in
a pretty strong bid for it the week end
ing May 14, and according to all reports
would have had it if someone had not
gone to sleep and let 34 slip something
like a thousand pounds or more of scrap
metal away from them. When Stepp
heard about it, he said he was going to
lock his scrap metal up; but it was too
late, the horse was “done gone.”
Since the little touch of hot weather
we have had lately, things have been
rather dull in the pot rooms, and about
all you hear these days is “Don’t get
too hot.”
On account of this, and one or two
other reasons, our grades -have taken
such a slump that we have not only
lost our cigars, but let all the other
plants except Shawinigan beat us on the
percentage of number one metal. But
we are not beat for keeps, and are go
ing back to where we were, in spite of
hot weather.
We have at last found out what has
become of so many of our long-handled
shovels. Russ Leatherwood came in the
other day from the ore bins, looking as
tho he was trying to carry away all the
ore we had on and about his person.
Upon further investigation, after the
tank had run dry, four shovels were
found in the tank, and one had ob
structed the valve, so it couldn’t be closed.
Which just goes to show that “Murder
will out,” and the ore gang will have
to hunt another place to hide their tools.
Mr. Horsfield, who served an appren
ticeship at the Carbon Plant, is now with
us in the pot lining department, and we
are confidently expecting some improve
ments there, for Jersey says he has been
treated like a red-headed stepchild, any-
ow, m regard to helping him out a little.
Mr. Smith, of the Rodding Room, han
gotten up a machine for smoothing down
the burrs on a welded rod, that prom
ises to be quite an improvement over
the old method of grinding them down.
The construction department is con
creting the areaways between the pot
rooms for us, which will at least make
a much neater-looking place.
J- 0. Craig
Electrical Notes
The subject of the greatest interest
this month is the turbine test at Yadkin
Narrows Power-House. Arrangements
for making this test were started about
ten months ago, but owing to war con
ditions, and the inability of the local
engineering force to fully understand
and appreciate the fine points which
must be considered before accurate re
sults can be obtained, the test was post
poned until Mr. Groat and his corps of
INTERIOR VIEW—YADKIN PALLS POWER-HOUSE