Show electrodes AT THE A special from coram caal to the red anig free press says that necessity is the mother of invention was never more aptly proved than in the ahe case of the installation of readjust adjust re ments for the cottrell smoke device now nov going in at the big balaklava Balak lala smelter in this town As has been fully told in the courier free press electrodes cut a very in fact all important figures in the new device and as they are used in vast quantities about at a time or equal to ten miles of wire and steel if laid out endwise it is an economical necessity to have them manufactured on the spot the machines to cut these electrodes under expert manipulation were only capable of turning out about an average of ten per hour but the device was improved early this week and as a consequence the utility of the hand worked machine was increased fivefold five fold it was this discovery that cut the prospective shutdown of the biggest copper smelter on the coast from four or six weeks down to two weeks as announced by manager R T white and which makes the festive season feel more in keeping here with the activity and joyousness in our neighboring towns |