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Volume 3 MAY, 1933 Number 3 _ "Goose Girl" cast in lead. Mrs. Ruth Yates, sculptress, LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION o^v: - : ill in Lead Pipe in Up-To-Date Mt. Vernon Plumbing Code Nil Ft k '! :1 oi x iec; le i Lf thJ h \j led Vci; rpe \ itlv * us i' Tj ;d as* hq j! ncj acii illei li, IN Mt. \'ernon, one of New York City's largest and qualities for durable waste installations. The metal I most progressive suburbs, the Plumbing Inspector itself is durable enough to outlast any building, and Code Committee have shown admirable care and while its flexibility permits of easy bends and few judgment in prescribing what plumbing materials to joints and takes care of settlement without injury to use and where and how to install them. Their mo the piping. tives were to give the public the best installation at It is gratifying to note that George Grimm, who minimum cost. The .motto, "an ounce of preven is pictured with the installation he made, is typical tion," applies nowhere more aptly than to plumbing. of the young mechanic found in this locality, capable Prevention of unsanitary plumbing which is always of installing ail materials as called for by the code a nuisance and may impair health and destroy prop and assuring the public that the work will be done erty and which is always costly to maintain is the by a plumber thoroughly capable of making the best function of a plumbing code and of rigid in spection. It is therefore type of installation. I te is the type of young plumber of whom an most essential that, as in Alt. Vernon, compil ing of the plumbing code be given over to industry which takes its name from the Latin word for lead, plumbum, should be proud and those most experienced in the requirements of good installations for waste disposal and for conveying water from the street mains to who helps to preserve the reputation and to maintain good working conditions in this old skilled craft. A. H. Karl was the houses and fixtures. plumbing contractor for The photograph illus the job illustrated. trates an installation in Alany home owners, one of the smallest types of homes on the out skirts of Alt. Vernon. It shows how well the Lead wastes in a AIt. Vernon, N. Y., home. Screw pipe for the same installation would have required eighteen threaded connections as against six wiped joints in lead. plumbers and architects are of the opinion that lead waste installations, simply because they are compilers of the plumbing code have applied their better and more durable, cost more than screw pipe knowledge. All waste pipe under the bathroom floor installations. Actually there is a difference of only is lead. The roughing is almost ready for the water about $1.50 for the average bathroom installation. test with the exception of the bracing between the beams to support the lead waste. This is one sec tion of the job where the plumber is satisfied there will not be the slightest sign of a leaky joint or a Lead Reduces Pipe sand hole in the pipe line. A lead bend, or from 9 to 12 in. of straight lead pipe, is almost invariably required by plumbing Hanger Noises codes throughout the country for the connection be tween the cast iron stack and the earthenware bowl. All experienced plumbers favor this type of installa tion wherein lead waste pipe is used in concealed locations or for sink wastes where greasy water is discharged. In Alt. Vernon service pipes are also of lead and eliminate the danger of expensive repairs to pavements and lawns and the interruption rf water service caused by early and frequent servia pipe failures of less durable materials. Lead pipe has the most favorable combination of r c h it e c t u r a l f o r u m for November. Ai 1932, carried some data on "Controlling Hos pital Noises," compiled from research information furnished by Charles F. Neergaard, hospital con sultant. The article points out that plumbing may cause noise and that supply mains should be sup ported on insulated lead hangers to prevent pipe vibration and keep it away from structural mem bers of walls and floors. A method of accomplishing this was described in Lead . .May, 1932, copy of which will be sent upon request. i, Ll^22b i Lead Shower Pans for Largest Post Office N the largest post office building in the world now I under construction in Chicago, 2 5 shower rooms containing 117 showers are being lined with lead pans as waterproofing. The total cost of the new building will be $21,000,000. and it utilizes what would otherwise be waste ground space for building purposes by being erected directly over the railroad tracks leading into Chicago's Union Station. There are approximately 50 acres of floor space in the building, which measures 800 ft. bv 350 ft. Pro vision has been made in the roof construction even tually to support a landing deck for small mail planes to connect with transcontinental air lines. The Chicago Post Office Building contains, in ad dition to postal and other government department business facilities, a cafeteria, hospital for employ ees, assembly halls and recreation rooms. Showers are provided in connection with locker rooms so that employees may clean up before going home. The shower pans are made of 6 lb. sheet lead. A smooth cement base was placed over the concrete floor and the lead coated on both sides with bituminous paint. This is to preclude any possibility of cor rosion resulting from free lime in the unseasoned cement or mortar. Tile floors were set over the lead pans completing the in stallation. i| | Lead pans should always be installed in shower stalls, for COURTESY ILLINOIS MASTER PLUMBERS ASS'N. Huge new Post Office, Chicago. settlement is almost sure to crack concrete or tile shower floors, permitting seepage of moisture, and it is practically impossible to make such floors water proof without lead pans, even though cracking does not occur. Seepage must be avoided because it will not only ruin expensive walls and ceilings below and loosen plaster, but the moisture will reach steel or timber structural members, causing rust or decay. This dangerous condition is, of course, to be avoided. Even though common practice in any community is for plumbers to install lead shower pans, it is wise to include this requirement in the local plumbing code. By doing so, local plumbers are protected against outsiders who might underbid them by disregarding local practice and omitting lead shower pans. Tiled shower walls require the additional protection of lead wa terproofing shields at the corners described in Le a d , January, 1932. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White were the architects for the project, John Griffiths & Son Co., the general contractors, and M. J. Corboy Co., the plumbing contractors. All are of Chicago. Lead shower pans installed in the new Chicago Post Office before receiving coats of aspbaltum and shower jloors. [3] LIA25226 Railroads Show Marked Preference for Red Lead Primers Lead Chromate Base Paint................. Products of approved manufacturers (May include pure red lead or red lead base paints) ........................... 2 14 2.7 19.2 Railroads .................................................... 73 100.0 More than three out of every four of the leading railroads of the country use either pure red lead or paints containing high percentages of red lead for priming their structural steel work. Few prod ucts of any kind receive such universal acceptance. COURTESY RAILWAY AGE Red lead primers protect in the rigors of Montana winters. HAT "red lead is the standard paint.for priming T structural steel," a fact strikingly demonstrated by a survey of painting practices of State Highway Departments, reported in Lead , November, 1932, is again brought out by an analysis of painting prac tices of the Class 1 railroads. All Class I railroads in the United States were asked by the Lead Industries Association to supply copies of their painting specifications, or a state ment of their painting practices. Seventy-three roads gave definite information as to their methods of priming structural steel. The following table sum marizes this information: Pr ime r s f o r St r u c t u r a l St e e l Class I Railroads Number Per Cent Pure Red Lead ....................................... 42 Pure Red Lead or Red Lead base paint 7 57.53 9.6(-78.1 Red Lead Paint (75 to 88% Red Lead) 8 ll.OJ COURTESY RAILWAY AGE The humid, sub-tropical climate of Florida requires protective red lead primers. Extensive usage has given red lead a chance to dem onstrate its qualities under the widely varying cli matic and operating conditions found in the United States, a cruel proving ground. Results in service confirm such tests as the now famous Havre de Grace Bridge test conducted by the American Society for Testing Materials some years ago. Almost all im partial, scientifically conducted competitive tests of paints for metal have placed red lead in a class bv itself at the head of the list. Its performance in actual service has done the same. COURTESY RAILWAY AGE Red lead primers are needed for the structural steel of modern terminals. COURTESY RAILWAY AGE The protective qualities of red lead are necessary in the salt air of the sea coast and where smoke and fumes are a problem. [4] LIA25227 ft- The following formula is recommended for prim ing coats on structural steel: Pr ime r f o r St r u c t u r a l St e e l Paste red lead ......................................................... 100 lb. Pure linseed oil* .................................................... -H gal. Pure turpentine ...................................................... 1 pt. Pure drier ............................................................... 1 pt. Gallons of paint .................................................... 4% gal. Coverage (800 sq. ft. per gal.).............................. 3,900 sq. ft. * If genuine boiled linseed oil is available, we advise the use of one-third boiled oil to two-thirds raw oil. In this case, omit the drier. COURTESY RAILWAY AGE Red lead also protects in the hot sun of the Arizona desert. White Lead Interiors Keep Singer Building Paint Costs Low HITE lead paint is used exclusively for paint lower cost than by using cheap paint. Moreover, W ing office walls in the famous Singer Build white lead provides a bond with the wall that will ing, New York. Part of this building is 35 yearsnever be broken no matter how many coats are put old and the balance 25, but white lead has aided in on over it in succeeding .years. Cheap paints, fre maintaining the enviable high standard and popu quently repainted, build up to thick, heavy paint larity of the building and in keeping operating costs films that often eventually pull away from the plaster among the lowest in New York despite the fact that in large pieces and make repainting an exceedingly the building is older than many of its neighbors. expensive procedure. White lead always provides a White lead paint makes the finest paint job from good surface for repainting. the standpoint of appearance, thus preserving the The record of the Singer Building demonstrates standards and rentability of a building, but in addi better than any amount of words the economy and tion it helps to keep operating costs down. In the quality of painting interiors with white lead. Com first place because it spreads easier and farther per parative costs mean nothing unless all conditions are gallon than cheap paints, it costs no more applied identical, but when a comparatively old building on the wall than the average paint costing less per ranks among the elite in reputation and appearance, gallon. It is the only paint which can bewashed and maintains the ranking at a lower cost than in satisfactorily. Cheap paints not only streak and do ferior buildings, its methods must be economically not become clean when washed, but actually rub off. sound. White lead makes frequent repainting unnecessary The following formulae are recommended for as it can be restored to new paint appearance by painting interior plaster: washing. Major A. J. Bleecker, Manager of the Singer Building, tells of one office in his building which the tenant thought had been repainted one day when he was away, as he had requested, but it had only been washed preparatory to repainting. The tenant withdrew his request for repainting. The white lead paint on the walls of that office had been put on 10 years be fore and not repainted. Tenants do not like repainting in their offices because of the mess, confusion and interruptions it causes them. They much prefer washing, Priming Coat Soft paste white lead. .............. 1001b. Pure boiled linseed oi 1.............. 3 gal. Floor varnish ........... .............. 2 gal. Pure turpentine ....... .............. 154 gal. Gallons of paint ....... .............. 954 gal. Coverage (600 sq. ft. per gal.). 5,700 sq. ft. Second Coat Soft paste white lead................. 1001b. Pure turpentine ....... .............. 114 gal. Floor varnish ........... ............... 54 gal. Pure drier................. ................ 54 pt. Gallons of paint....... .............. 5(4 gal. Coverage (700 sq. ft. per gal.). 3,675 sq.ft. Third Coat---Flat Finish Soft paste white lead ................ 1001b. Pure turpentine ....... .............. 154 gal. Floor varnish ........... ............... 1 Pt. Pure drier ................ ............... 54 pt. Gallons of paint....... ................ 5 gal. Coverage (800 sq. ft. per gal.). 4.000 sq. ft. if washing gives satisfactory results, Third Coat--Eggshell Finish for all they are interested in is the maintenance of their offices' appear ance. By using white lead tenants can be kept better satisfied at much WURTS BROS. Though 25 years old, the Singer Building tower is still a dominating feature o! Sew York's skyline. Soft paste white lead ................ 1001b. Pure turpentine .... ................ 54 gal. Floor varnish ......... ................ 154 gal. Pure drier .............. ................ 54 pt. Gallons of paint.... ................ 'Teal. Coverage (/00 sq. ft. per gal.). 3,675 sq.ft. [5] LiA<?5228 Lead Statuary by an American Sculptress N Europe for many centuries sculptors I have turned to lead as a medium of expression both for garden figures and It is 34 in. high and is piped to emit a small trickle of water from the mouth of the vase. The "Faun" appeared at for portrait and other statuary, espe the 1933 Winter Exhibition of the Na cially where the portrait statue is to be tional Academy of Design. used in a garden or architecturally. But They were first modeled from life in in America, until recently, virtually the clay and plaster figures made. Mrs. only lead figures have been those brought Yates then carefully worked on the over from England. plaster figures to eliminate any defects. Mrs. Ruth Yates of New York, who From the plaster figures the lead cast studied at the julien Academie. Paris, ings were made by Henry Hope & Sons and is a member of the National Asso of New York. ciation of Women Painters and Sculp Lead is the most appropriate medium tors, is an American sculptress who has for garden and fountain figures. It found in lead an ideal medium of ex weathers to a delightful natural patina pression for her work. As she points that improves with time, and the color out, lead is most suited to work com blends beautifully with garden surround posed-of bold and simple lines and that ings without being obtrusive, while it is the manner in which she models. contrasts pleasantly with brilliant flow Either a material must be chosen that ers. For a sculptor who has the charac will be appropriate to the work of the teristics of the finished metal in mind artist, or the artist's work must be adapted to the material selected. The "Goose Girl" figure appearing on WURTS BROS. "Faun' as he works, as has Mrs. Yates, wonder ful opportunities lie in the use of lead, whose possibilities are as yet practically the cover and on this page was modeled about five untouched in America. years ago by Mrs. Yates and is now in the garden Inspiration may be derived from the wealth of of Mr. Reginald Eagles at Hastings-on-Hudson, N. lead figures in Europe. English gardens, large and Y. It is a little larger than life size. The fountain small, abound in them, while many figures and figure of a child pouring water from a vase was groups of lead are found in such famed Continental exhibited at the Architectural League Show in 1932. gardens as Versailles. President Roosevelt, by Mrs. Yates. Small head cast in quantities in a lead alloy. Fountain figure. WURTS BROS. WURTS BROS. [6] "Goose Girl" LI&25229 WURTS BROS. Lead Wd o I Prevents Spall ing of Joints in Stone EAD wool has found a new application in the L magnificent buildings recently constructed at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. It is used for filling the joints in all exterior stone steps and balustrades. 1 nstead of bringing the mortar joints up flush with the stone surface, the mortar stops Detail of granite stairs with lead wool calked joints. Note unsightly spalling where lead wool was not used at base of column. Upper campus. University of Rochester. about 14 in. back from the surface. The remaining space is filled with lead wool, calked securely in place. This practice gives the stone work a most attrac tive appearance, the dark lines of the lead joints harmonizing well with the granite steps and. balus trades. But from the practical standpoint the pro cedure also has much merit. Mortar joints are apt to crack and chip in time, and require pointing up to avoid seriously impairing the appearance of the stone work. Lead will last as long as the buildings and requires no attention, as well as preserving the mortar underneath. There will be no discoloration of the stone by the lead and the protected mortar will not cause white stains on the stone as is so often true, at least while buildings are new. In this particular example, after four years the leaded joints are untouched and in their original condition. Gordon & Kaelber of Rochester were architects for the new University buildings. Lead Tubes a Help in Selling Shoe Polish HE introduction spot. The cream was Tof a new product put up in attractively -- Carbona Shoe lithographed lead Polish -- has been collapsible tubes. aided by packaging This makes a pack it in lead collapsible age neat persons will tubes. Although Car not object to use reg bona Cleaning Fluid ularly around the Attractive lead collapsible tube which helps to merchandise Carbona Shoe Polish. was already well known in households throughout the coun try, it was felt that home, for it can be applied like cold cream, shaving cream or tooth paste. Even a child can use handy col lapsible tubes without making a mess. the new polish must be able to stand squarely on its Lead tubes are particularly suitable for this type of own merits and thus satisfy certain definite require product. Lithographing inks adhere firmly and make ments. One of these requirements was that the prod a colorful and attractive package. The metal is soft uct must be presented in attractive and practical form. and pliable so that the contents are easily squeezed To this end it was made as a cream, rather than out and the tube does not crack. Lead is unaffected as a solid cake which would dry out and have to by most of the products that can be put up in tubes, be moistened, or as a liquid which would splash and and collapsible tubes of lead keep the contents clean. fresh and usable at all times. Moreover, collapsible tubes are immune from breakage. They are also easy for manufacturers to fill with their products and close. Sizes vary widely and range from 2 to 10 in. or more in length and to 2 in. in diameter. Often established materials may find new outlets by being marketed in paste form in tubes along with the old solid or liquid form. White Lead Paint Sells Itself to a Community T Huntington Beach, Long Island, N. Y.. the paint jobs and. as a result, two more houses in New A^ use of white lead paint has spread like wild York were repainted with pure white lead. fire, selling itself on its own merits as the result of There is a lesson in this for painters. If a painter painting one house with white lead. Huntington lands one job and does it well, both as regards mate Beach is a summer colony, with a few year-round rial and workmanship, other jobs follow. On the houses, on the north shore of the Island. Most of contrary, if he does a poor job. others in the neigh the houses are of the small bungalow type, moder- borhood are not attracted to repaint at all, or if they are, they search out another painter. Some painters may figure that by using paint less durable than white lead they will be able to do more fre quent repainting, but the chances are that they will do no repainting at all. for the home owner will go to a painter who will give him a lasting job. The bungalow that started the white lead snowball rolling at Huntington Beach, N. Y. ate in cost. Climatic conditions are comparatively exacting on paints because of the salt air and wide temperature variations. The bungalow pictured here had been painted with a paint that was no longer satisfactory after only one year. The owner decided to take no more chances with cheap paint and had his house repaint ed with pure white lead and linseed oil, even though the cost of paint was a little more. He rightly de cided that repainting every year with cheap paint would be much more expensive than painting every four or five years with good paint. After this house had been painted with white lead the neighbors began to admire it, and wishing to have their houses look as well as this one, three additional houses were repainted with pure white lead. Others have expressed the determination to repaint with white lead as soon as their houses need it, so that Huntington Beach bids fair to be a 100 per cent white lead community before long. Like wise visitors from New York City admired these THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ARE REPRESENT ED IN THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION.- Th e Ame r ic an Me t a l Co ., Lt d ., New York, N. Y. Ame r ic an Sme l t in g Sc Re f in in g Co ., New York, N. Y. An a c o n d a Le a d Pr o d u c t s Co ., East Chicago, Ind. Th e An d r e w s Le a d Co ., In c ., Long Island City, N. Y. Bo n d Ma n u f a c t u r in g Co r p., Wilmington, Del. Bu n k e r Hil l a n d Su l l iv a n Min in g a n d Co n c e n t r a t in g Co., Kellogg, Idaho. Ce r r o d e Pa s c o Co p pe r Co., New York, N. Y. Ch ie f Co n s o l id a t e d Min in g Co ., Eureka, Utah. Cr o w n Me t a l Co ., Milwaukee, Wis. Th e Ea g l e -Pic h e r Le a d Co ., Cincinnati, Ohio. Eu s t o n Le a d Co . (The Glidden Co.), Scranton, Pa. Ev a n s Le a d Co ., Charleston, W. Va. Fe d er a l Min in g Sc Sme l t in g Co ., New York, N. Y. Fe d er a t e d Me t a l s Co r p., New York, N. Y. W. P, Fu l l e r Sc Co ., San Francisco, Cal. Ge n e r a l Le a d Ma n u f ac t u r in g Co ., Denver, Colo. Gl o be Me t al Co ., Chicago, 111. He c l a Min in g Co mp a n y , Wallace, Idaho. Hu d s o n Sme l t in g Sc Re f in in g Co ., Newark, N. J. In t e r n a t io n a l Sme l t in g Co ., United Metals Selling Co., Agents, New York, N. Y. Th e Le w in Me t al s Co r p., East St. Louis, III. Me t a l s Re f in in g Co , (The Glidden Co.), Hammond, Ind. Na t io n al Le a d Co ., New York, N. Y. No r t h w e s t Le a d Co ., Seattle, Wash. Pa r k Ut a h Co n s o l id a t ed Min e s Co ., Salt Lake City, Utah. Ro c h e s t e r Le a d Wo r k s , Rochester, N. Y. t . Jo s e ph Le a d Co ., New York, N. Y. Th e Sh e r w in -Wil l ia ms Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Sil v er Kin g Co a l it io n Min e s Co ., Salt Lake City, Utah. Tin t ic St a n d a r d Min in g Co ., Salt Lake City, Utah. Na t h an Tr o t t e r Sc Co ., Philadelphia, Pa. Un it ed Ame r ic an Me t al s Co r p., Brooklyn, N. Y. Un it e d St a t e s Sme l t in g Re f in in g Sc Min in g Co ., In c ., New York, N. Y. USL Ba t t e r y Co r p., Niagara Falls, N. Y. Win c h e s t e r Re pe at in g Ar ms Co ., New Haven, Conn. <r**= THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION INVITES INQUIRIES ONT ANY SUBJECT RELATING TO LEAD AND WILL BE GLAD TO COOPERATE WITHOUT OBLIGATION IN THE SOLUTION OF YOUR LEAD PROBLEMS - ----- - - - --= - 1" -- LIA25231 NEW VO**