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In this day and generation of high art in advertising
literature, sometimes amounting to
genius, it seems to be a survival of the fittest;
and nothing but the most attractive wnl survive
or at least obtain any notice and secure recognition.
The Cameron Steam Pump Works of New
York City have always appreciated this fact, and
have endeavored in their advertising to make
a clear statement, attractively and appropriately
illustrated. Their latest productions in literature
are two celluloid bookmarks, printed in
colors. In each style they have utilized their
trade-mark, which is an acorn-shaped air chamber,
to furnish the base of the design, which is
printed in black and on which in one design is
shown a Scottish bag pipe player in full regalia
wearing the Cameron plaid and piping lustily as
he marches across the heather. In the other design
is shown in colors a winsome lassie wearing
the Cameron plaid and dropping a graceful courtesy
and the phrase "Thank you kindly," and both
are works of art.
Form No. 6, just issued by the Ingersoll-Sergeant
Drill Co.'s pneumatic department, is a complete
and well illustrated brochure on Haeseler axial
valve hammers and will be useful to all who use
or have use for such implements. All styles.
sizes and parts of these hammers are shown and
described in detail and the booklet also contains
considerable other information of value.
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The question of mine drainage is one of such
importance that any development in the way of
solving what is frequently a vexatious problem is
of interest. In another column will be found a
complete description of the difficulties encountered
in keeping the Harlem river subway tunnels
clear of water and the means by which that end
was accomplished.
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The Ingersoll-Rand Co. has taken possession of
its new offices on the 14th floor of the Bowling
Green building, 11 Broadway, New York. The
offices of the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co., at 26
Cortlandt street, and of the Rand Drill Co.. at 128
Broadway, have been given up and the united
forces moved to the new offices.
Secretary Bonaparte, of the U. S. navy department,
has authorized the continuance of the experiments
with anthracite coal in small sizes by
the North Atlantic fleet, with a view of determining
whether use either alone or mixed with bitu
minous coal will decrease the amount of smoke
emitted by vessels.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 45
Mr. R. D. Hunter, formerly district manager
of the Sullivan Machinery Co., at Denver, Colo.,
has been appointed general sales manager of Ihe
company, with headquarters in the Railway Exchange
building, Chicago. Mr. W. P. J. Dinsmoor,
for several years connected with the Denver
office, succeeds Mr. Hunter as district manager.
Mr. Matthew Brodie, formerly of the
Pittsburgh office, has been appointed local manager
of the Salt Lake branch, with offices at 128
Keith building.
Captain Austin G. Lynch, one of the oldest
rivermen in the Pittsburgh districjt and well
known in the coal trade, died recently at his home
in Elizabeth, after several months of illness. He
was 76 years old and for 60 years had followed
river navigation. Captain Lynch was known to
coal and rivermen almost the entire length of the
Omo river. He had witnessed the development
of the river commerce practically from its infancy.
Mr. F. E. Now, purchasing agent of uie Pittsburgh
Coal Co., has been on a vacation for tne
past fortnight, making his headquarters at Bobcaygeon,
Kawartha Lanes, Canada. accompanying
him are W. L. Rodgers. president of the Pittsburgh
Gage & Supply Co.. Charles Beeson and
Jacob J. Voegtly of Pittsburgh. Mr. Now will
be back at his office early this month.
The executive committee of the Michigan and
Indiana Retail Coal Association, at a meeting held
recently at Jackson, Mich., elected Mr. Charles
F. Gibson secretary, to succeed Mr. James T.
Eaman, of Detroit.
At a meeting of leading wholesale coal men of
Chicago, recently, at the Grand Pacific hotel,
it was decided to hold an outing and picnic on
August 12.
To Call National Waterways Congress.
Officials of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress and a conimittee appointed by the national
waterways convention recently held in Cincinnati,
met at Baltimore on July 27 and adopted
a resolution requesting the executive committee
to call a meeting in the early part of 1906, preferably
in the city of Washington, to urge upon
congress the necessity for making adequate appropriation
for the improvement of waterways.
The congress is composed of 151 leading business
organizations of the country.