Show stimulating WARTIME production milwaukee oct 10 with an aim toward stimulating the wartime war time production of iron and steel and coal and coke a special meeting of the american institute of mining engineers was held in this city during the three days beginning october ath prominent members of the institution of metals division and the iron and steel section of the institute were in attendance mining engineers throughout the country feel that the importance of iron and steel production which in itself is dependent on the quantity and quality of coal and coke available is paramount at the present stage of the war the milwaukee meeting was held simultaneously with the annual meeting of the american Foundry mens association and the men actually working with the products of american mines were able to take counsel with the american engineers on the most pressing needs of the day some of the subjects taken up in the course of the sessions were babbitt and bearings A symposium on the conservation of tin the t of aluminum dental alloys radium low temperature distillation of illinois and indiana coals the manufacture of ferro alloys in the electric furnace the byproduct coke oven and its products the use of coal in pulverized form price fixing of bituminous coal by the U S fuel administration the work of the national research council the manufacture of silica brick during the sessions motion pictures were shown at different hours on the triplex steel process concrete ships and the work of war cripples in the manufacturing industries |