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"Genlletutn, this It Mr Surfacoblov, Hj best chief tngln*r I i> tailed with." The Governor Goes Hunting A letter from Jams* Wiiytb of. Lynwood, California, brought back tome interesting memories of our World War If experiences aboard ship. In my own cate I wu aboard an AKA (attack cargo amphibious), while Jim writes obout a Navy tanker. Because of the great activity ia ship yards, green personnel and demand for new ships, life was a lillle on the hectic side down below in the engine room. "Maybe this letter will'cause Mar* maduke Surfaceblow to sound off about someting," I thought after reading Whyte's interesting note. So I put on my coat and headed fo/**the old con sulting engineers office above O'Houlihan't Machine Shop & Engine Works. Marmy was wading through o manu facturer's catalog when I barged in. His desk was stacked with literature and it looked like he was doing some real masterminding. There were electrical blue prints all over the piece. "Here's an incident (hat took place aboard a Navy tanker in the last war," I said quietly, not wanting to break into the old boy's high-pressure thinking too suddenly. Marmaduke looked up from his work and barked, "Bilcbwatkr on navy tankers! I'll tell you about a turbine governor that had everybody hunting-- including me." With that Marmy leaned back in his swivel chaJr,'hoisted his else 16 canal boats up on his old desk, lit a rope yarn and started puffing furiously- Then he characteristically stuck his huge thumbs into the armpits of his checkered vest and blasted away. "Back in the winter of 1937 I walked off the freighter SS Oritoba when the pulled into San Francisco. Tho mari time strike wes in full swing and ships were struck soon as they arrived in port. "After dropping anchor in a rooming house off the Embercadaro, 1 looked up my old shipmate Jim Giflispi who had taken over the chiefs job in a sugar mill across the boy near Oakland. Next morning I visited his plant and I could see that Jim wna having his troubles. "The place was filled with big shots, all running around in circles. And 1 Then the overspecd trip would stop her! Storted again, she would go through^ the same crazy antics, whining like four-alarm fire aireen. And those meters: swinging back and forth on the Instru ment board made your head spin like'? 0 propeller. ^ "Thta was belter then a circus sWo-^ sltow, so I sat down on an empty pack-'. .'' V-?*: t.ot~t deliberate)/ cause scale and corrosion conditions ; ing case and took It all in quietly. Uteri' 1 learned the steam turbines and ele&.y: to test boilers, then find the water treatment solutions for trical equipment had gone through tVi! Wstl' them -- without subjecting Notco System users to a major overhaul s few weeks before sod something had gone haywire--but good; "There were three turbo-generstors ol ^ 500 kva at 460 volts, 3 phase. The tut- y, i-- v 'geutiimneAan-.pnilgft**** rroollee itno tteessttiinngg nneeww cchheemmiiccaallss.. If your plant Is not already enjoying the security of The i*y AJS-pog*. fuit-(tr N?piSrvg*i'Noio-.r* bines,, generators and exciters had all ^ S ' Nalco System, ask for a water treatment survey, now. It been torn down by an outside firm aod!^' were supposed to be put into first class may be (he means of saving you real money on water condition. The contract called for design test run of two- hours at full W|] treatment chemicals and plant maintenance. load, a half hour at 120 per cent load'v> each, then parallel operation of all three and any combination of two. That meaM.--yL. three generators to be operated singly >ij|j In parallel of two, or alt three on the NATIONAL ALUMINATE CORPORATION 6222 W. 66th Place Chicago 38, Illinois Csmuflan inquiries should be addressed to Afchem Limited, Burlington, Ontorio line at once. "Numbers 1 and 3 were ready fir*1- They passed their test with flying e1` ora, after only a few minor adjust ments. But when No. 2 was put on lor (Continued on page 238) SYSTEM Serving Induslry Ibrougb Praollenl Applied PIANT OPCRATlON AND MAINTENANCE SECTION