Show I 1 THE ALLIS CHALMERS COMPANY Is in an interview with mr R J cory I 1 manager ol 01 the allis i chalmers company denver and salt lake offices eds mr cory spoke very I 1 enthusiastically of the important I 1 new work his company has recently entered upon lipon saying that they had widened their scope of manufacture and engaged in most extensive new industries we could not said he give you the information at an earlier date as we have only just concluded final arrangements for all the new Ondus industries tries we are to engage in which we are pleased to enumerate as below a steam turbines b hydraulic machinery c d gas engines d electrical machinery As regards steam turbines we have become associated with and form a part of the steam turbine advisory syndicate of england which is composed of yarrow shipbuilding company of england vulcan ship building company of england williams robinson engineers and well known engine builders of england and mr fullager formerly chief engineer parsons steam turbine company of england now consulting engineer for steam turbine advisory syndicate our turbine is of the horizontal type which is the type parsons of england and brown boverie of switzerland manufacture we are convinced after an investigation by our engineering staff in europe and elsewhere extending over a period of two years that we have a steam turbine that is at least in efficiency and economy equal to the best make of parsons and curtis which are the two types most known 11 we are now prepared to enter into the building of steam turbines of the following sizes 1000 1500 and K W and can if required build up to units of 10 K W the largest size that has ever been built of any type of turbine is K X W our license from the advisory syndicate concedes to us all of the united states canada and mexico with equal rights and privileges in south america and rights to do business elsewhere in the western hemisphere we have concluded arrangements with esc escher h er wyss co of zurich switzerland whereby we become the sole licensees for the western hemisphere of their famous i hydraulic machinery several types of which have been installed at the niagara falls plant of the cataract construction co aggregating gre gating H P escher wyss co I 1 have ve long enjoyed and still enjoy the reau tation of being the best known f tires of turbines in the world we only mention Ilien tion niagara falls as one of the plants cloying Plo ying thousands of horse power installed by escher wyss co we have bought the american patents alid d have become sole licensees for the western hemisphere of the machine agali co germany for their isas engines and are now prepared to make gas engines up to any required horse power at the present time we are building gas engines from to 1500 H P these engines are suitable for consumer gas or tak ing the waste gas from blast furnace and utilizing same with economy and efficiency it is in the blast furnace trade that we ex hect the largest business to result the ne gine is not an experiment as engines of 1500 H P are now in operation in ger manry and it was after two years investigation by our engineering staff of the various gas engine manufacturers offering us their machines that we selected the and have engaged in their manufacture it is a prime mover either for blowing engines in blast furnaces or direct connected dynamos in generating electricity or for any other purpose where power is required we have engaged in the manufacture of generators motors and electrical apparatus in all its branches both for stationary and railroad work power house installation for transportation purposes and electric lighting we have engaged to take charge of this department of our business mr john F kelly formerly of the stanley electric manufacturing company mr william stanley of the same company as consulting engineer and mr john H kelman formerly superintendent of the standley company as superintendent of this department in addition we have engaged others of the late stanley companas comp anys staff whose services we can use and have drawn a further supply from the best electrical establishments in this country and in europe so we are fitted out with a complete engineering staff in every branch of the electrical business and we believe that kelly and stanley are recognized in the profession as standing equal to the best from the above you will observe that we have entered the field not only in the line of prime movers embracing reciprocating engines in which field we have always led but also also with steam turbines gas engines and hydraulics and with electrical apparatus combined with any one of these prime movers we are now prepared to estimate upon and accept contracts for complete plants of all descriptions and furnish the best of their respective kind |