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VOLUME FOURTEEN MAY-JUNE, 1944 IN THIS f if t h vvar uo an Make v ic t o r t Stand for the Fifth Time NUMBER THREE BUT s.3Sfi*^*wiSa6" WAR Bo*! York'7'N,Yl IssA tatotiies Kssociation New "Old Natchez" I California Home Reminiscent of the Old South LD NATCHEZ," the home O pictured on the cover might be. as far as its appearance is con cerned. in the environs of the Missis sippi city from which it takes its name. However it is not there but is in the equally beautiful state of California. Old Natchez was so named by its owners. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hinton Evans, because it reminds them of the southland which they love and where they own other property. The house was built 33 years ago in Windsor Square in Los Angeles and though it is now surrounded by the other houses of a well built up resi dential district, it was at the time of its building a pioneer venture where jackrabbits could be shot from the back porch and where the five fire places had to be used for heat and candles for light because there were no gas and electric services installed along the dirt roads. "Old Natchez" has had its part in California's major industry too. It was used as the setting for more than The spacious sluir hull in "Old \atchez." The cool sheen of the uhile lead painted nulls and ceilings forms un ideal background for the fine old furniture. one motion picture in the days when shooting w as done "on location." even some of the truly antique furniture having been used in the scenes. The In the living room is un Adam man tle from the family home of General "Jeb" Stuart in Virginia. - landscaping includes curving drives and stately trees hung with swaying Spanish moss exactly as it would be if it stood on the banks of the Missis sippi-. The house is built of California red wood rather than the pine or cypress which was used in its southern prede cessors and there have been minor con cessions to locale and period, but the painting both outside and inside has always been done with pure white 1^ paint which has been the establisHSI standard of paint quality on the fine old houses of America since Colonial days. It is the owners pride to keep the house in the best of condition by means of the use of the best of ma terials. The beauty of both the interior and exterior of this lovely house has always been protected by pure white lead paint. The use of white lead paint through out the interior is characteristic of the Southern Colonial precedent for this house. It was common practice in the finest of early American homes. In vestigations of old documents and ex isting buildings by the architects of the Williamsburg restoration estab lished the fact that pure white lead paint has from very early times been as it is now, the standby of the best interior decorators. --2-- LIA25796 Cost Of Pipe A Small Part Of Expense less in the cost of the shorter lines. When consideration is given to Of Water Service Installation smallness of actual savings that can be made by sacrificing durability to price it seems poor economy to install HE choice of material for the the cost of the pipe amount to more Tservice pipes of a municipal water than 12.6 per cent of the cost of the distribution system is usually the rei nstallation. If the use of a less dur sponsibility of the engineer in charge. able material than lead had made pos His decision will, of course, be based sible a saving of as much as 25 per on the physical characteristics of both cent in the cost of the pipe, it would the material and the environment, and have resulted in a saving of only 3.2 his training and experience will influ per cent of the cost of the total in ence him to select the most durable, stallation of service No. 2 and even most trouble free material. Because anything but the most durable ma terial. It is certain that such savings could never compensate for the ex pense created by the failure of even one installation, which would result in early repetition of all other costs amounting to about ten times the first cost of pipe or forty times the prob able initial saving. lead fills the exacting requirements of service pipe use so completely and be cause lead can show so many records of long time performance, it is bound to be favorably considered when the time comes to make a decision. However engineers are responsible for the costs of operation of their water departments as well as for the maintenance of their plants. There fore in the purchase of supplies costs must also be taken into consideration. At the time of purchase of even a very modest stock of service pipe a differ ence in price of a few cents per foot Cost of Installing Lead Water Service Length Tap & Coupling...................................... Curb Stop ............................................... Wiped Joints........................................... Curb Box ................................................. Plumber ................................................... Engineer (Compressor) ..................... Chauffeur ................................................. Labor ......................................................... Overhead .................................................. Gasoline ................................................... Paving Repair......................................... l-in. Lead Pipe...................................... Tbtal .................................... Cost of Pipe, Percentage.of Total... (i) 12' 0" $1.05 2.51 1.35 1.92 7.00 3.50 4.09 18.72 10.33 .30 25.00 5.10 80.87 6.3% (2) 31'0" $1.05 2.51 1.35 1.92 6.80 3.50 3.52 31.20 14.65 .30 25.00 13.18 104.98 12.6% (3) 22' 0" $1.05 2.51 2.03 1.92 7.00 3.50 4.09 24.96 12.06 .30 25.00 9.35 93.77 10.0% (4) 10' 6" $1.05 2.51 1.35 1.92 6.80 3.50 4.09 21.84 10.65 25.00 4.51 83.22 5.4% can seem to provide the means for a substantial saving. But the price of pipe per foot has Lead Inserts Id Cast Iron Meter Body very little influence on the cost of in stalling a water service; too little, in fact, to justify the gamble of installing Form Seat For Measuring Chamber any material other than the most dur able and dependable. The installation of a service involves many charges as great or greater than the cost of the pipe. The tap, curb box and stop must be provided, labor for digging, laying the pipe, and backfilling must be fur nished. and a whole series of inci dental expenses such as pavement repair, transportation and general overhead must be included. In the midst of all of these charges the cost of the pipe itself is a very small item. As a concrete example the accom panying table of itemized costs of four water services selected at random from the files of the water division of a large eastern city show the relation OME of the finest examples of the equipment in the face of shortages and S resourcefulness and ingenuity of curtailments of supplies of materials. American mechanical designers have One interesting case is the Empire been produced in efforts to maintain production of serviceable, durable Victory Meter produced by the Pitts burgh Equitable Meter Company of Pittsburgh. Pa. This company's regu lar peacetime domestic service meter was made almost entirely of bronze. To cut down consumption of this metal, which is a critical war material, the company decided to change to a cast iron case, treated and coated for protection against rust. However, at certain points in the meter case there must be machined sur faces to which the measuring chamber must fit with very small clearances. ship between the cost of a lead water service pipe and of the service in stalled. It will he noted that in no case does Pouring lead alloy into bronze moulds wedged in cast iron water meter body. I- t A 25 797 Such surfaces cannot be covered with protective coatings so they must be non-corroding in order that the meas uring chamber mav be easily remov able in case repair or calibration is neces?arv. The logical solution is the use of inserts of corrosion resistant metal at these points and a lead alloy has been found to be serviceable and durable in this use. In the manufacture of the Victory Meter, the iron case is cast with keywavs to serve as anchors for the lead. After cleaning the iron castings, three bronze moulds are set over these keywa\s and wedged tightly in place while the lead alloy is poured. After dip-coating with a protective enamel the meter case is then chucked in a special turret lathe which machines the surfaces of the cast lead inserts as well as the bottom groove for the frost plate gasket. No metal inside the meter case other than the lead alloy is touched by the cutting tools so the enamel covering of the cast iron sur Left, cast iron meter body showing anchoring keywass. Right, poured-in-place lead inserts ready for machining. faces remains unbroken throughout. The manufacture of the meter is completed by the setting of the meas uring chamber in place on the ma chined lead alloy surfaces, assembling the registering gear trains and dials, and testing. Thousands of water meters of the domestic type are required for the many housing projects which have been required at war production cen ters. The use of the lead alloy inserts is making possible the continued in stallation of maintainable water me ters with materials mucftmore readily available than the high quality bronze which has commonly been used in the past for meter cases. In Outstanding Evamplc (If Puttyless (Hazing N interesting and important ex- wood sash and all glass is secured in A, ample of the application of lead the sash by lead glazing strips in glazing strip in place of putty in thpelace of putty. windows of a large building is fur- Since the building was erected in ni.-hed bv the office building of the 1916 these windows have endured re Delaware and Hudson Railroad Cor peated wide variations of temperature poration in Albany. New Aork. This as well as the beating storms of a none beautiful structure has a great many loo gentle climate. That they have windows of various shapes and sizes, been successful and practical is clearly mo-th double hung but including indicated by the statement of Mr. some rather large casements. All are James L. Connell, superintendent, who Office oj the Delaware and Hudson R. R. Corp.. Albany. Vi. All glass is set in lead glazing strips. _I_ says. "Our building is wholly equipped with what is known as putt\ less windows, in which lead strips t the place of putty. They have b in use for the past twenty-seven years. These windows have given very good service. I recommend them from ex perience in that I have been Superin tendent of the D. & H. R. R. Corp. office building for the past seventeen vears." 25798 LU -r. No. 25 The Alexander Field house. Longmeadou\ Mass, huilt in 17^4 on land granted to the Cooley family for home building purposes. The reg ularly maintained white lead paint ran trusts pleasantly mth the masses of deep green foliage. THREE IIOISES The Justin Coulton house. Longmeadou. Mass., built in 1833. now called "The Old House on the Green". Its present owners continue the practice of periodic repainting with pure white lead paint. HE three houses introduced into Tthe Portfolio of American Land marks this month are located in south The ` ' P it h l i c k central Massachusetts. Their building House'' at Stur- dates range over sixty years, from hridge. Mass, has 1771 to 18H3. hut their architectural st\le shows that there was little varia been a tavern since 1771. Built b\ Col. Ebenezer Grafts, a tion in popular taste through the leader in the com vears. Their designer-builders were concerned only with the problems ot munity and an ar dent patriot.this Inn has always been producing sturdy and beautiful struc tures capable of withstanding the bitter .New England winters with the kept painted with pure white lead paint. materials which they had available. Thev were not troubled with con troversies over sH les and trends but went calmlv on their way following precedent and improving their designs as their knowledge and experience in creased. Although present dav thinking lends to veer awav from too much de pendence upon precedent in matters of design there is no better guide in the selection of materials of construc tion than experience. Few materials can stand the test of time as can the pure white lead paint upon which the early American builders depended for the protection of their houses, many of which are to this day regularly painted w ith this dependable material. PHOTOS RY DAYTON* SNYDE* CTHOlISNTISKYNOT)r..iiliv*.*r OF A \KK SERIES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANY AMERICAN LANDMARKS IN \ ARlOl S !Vs OF Til E PRESERVED FOR THE FUTTRE WITH PIKE WHITE LEAD AND OIL PAINT. MANY Ot JHEM HAIh ALWAYS BEEN PROTECTED WITH THIS RELIABLE MATERIAL ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE RECORDS. -- ;> -- LlA?57<)9 Famous Springfield, Mass. Municipal Building Redecorated With Pure White Lead Paint |N December of 1913 the City of I Springfield. Mass., dedicated the buildings of the first Municipal Group to be planned and executed in the United States. These buildings were built on the site of the old City Hall which had been destroyed by fire after begun which will eventually include all of the interiors of the buildings. As when the building was first con structed, greatest care is being given to the selection of materials. Pure white lead paint, mixed on the job, is being used throughout. Mr. H. B. Sornborger. superintendent of the De partment of Public Buildings and his painting superintendent, C. Johnson, believe that the best quality is not only the most economical but, that in the case of paint, it is little if any higher in first cost. Mr. Sornborger's re sponsibility includes many other city ow ned buildings besides the Municipal Group on which he practices the same procedure of economy through quality. In charge of color mixing and selec tion and decorative work is G. Marceaux, painter foreman, who takes great pride in the gorgeous work he has had the opportunity to do on some of the ornate ceilings in the more important rooms. He also has painted the wainscot in a ground floor room in the likeness of genuine marble so accurately that the term "marbleizing" commonly applied to work of this sort falls far short of describing the effect. In all of the work, plain or ornate, pure white lead paint is the basic ma terial used, not only because it is stable and durable but also because it is workable and adaptable to the painstaking and careful production of artistic effects. Also, the painter is in every case able to adjust the mixture and body of the paint to the surface to which it is to be applied. serving the community for exactly one hundred years. It is interesting to note in these days when nearly every town and citv possesses a more or less recently constructed Municipal Audi torium. that the old City Hall in Springfield housed, in addition to the various citv offices, a large auditorium room. The Springfield Municipal group is known to all architects and city planners and the foresight and civic pride which motivated its building have been an inspiration to other cities in their planning activities. Although the buildings are in per fect structural condition it has re cently been decided that the interior decorations have become a little dingy during their thirty years of service and a repainting program has been Believe it or not the wainscot is "marbleized" on a pure white lead paint background. --6-- WORTH NOTING THE LATEST ON LEAD--"Lead Carries It> Weight," by Fred P. Peters. Scientific .fmerican. June, 1944, surveys some of the recent advances in lead and gives a hint of its post-war prospects. Instructive and authoritative reading for those interested in metals. RED LEAD FOR STRUCTURAL WORK-- This is the title of an article by L. L. Carrick appearing in Engineering Sews Record, April 6, 1944, page 70. It is a technical and practical discussion of the use of red lead for painting structural steel that should be valuable to engineers and others. SOLDERING TIN CANS-"Can Makers' Wartime Problems," by James A. Stewart and R. W. Pilcher, American Can Co., in the March 25, 1944, issue of Chemical and Engineering News, discusses, among other things, the soldering problems of the can industry resulting from tin conservation and how these problems have been met. In cluded are problems resulting from lower tin content of solder and from the use ol the lighter electrolytic tin coatings on cans in place of hot-dip coatings. Lia 25800 Lead-Asbestos Vibration Isolation Pads footings to support both the building and the tracks without transmitting Safepard Canadian national It. R. Station dangerous vibration. This type of vibration isolation has HE new Central Station of the transmission of vibration through dis TCanadian National Railways at similar materials in contact. The lead Montreal is the latest large railwayenvelope being sealed, also protects passenger terminal to be built on the the other materials from moisture and North American Continent. Planned deterioration and assures a long ef throughout with great care to provide fective life to the assembly. maximum accessibility to both streets The accompanying sketch shows and trains it is laid out as a main con how the lead-asbestos pad installed course over the tracks with separate under the structural column grillage stairways leading down to the respec made possible the use of one set of been used for many years by railroads and in buildings adjacent to rail roads. It has also been used under heavy machinery such as printing presses and rubber mills. Its rela tively high compressive strength and great resistance to moisture and cor rosion makes it especially effective where a permanent vibration resistant foundation for heavy loads must be provided. tive train platforms. The baggage and express handling areas are on a third level below the tracks thus providing The newly completed Central Station of the Canadian National Railways at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. John R. Schofield, Chief Architect. complete service to the traveling pub lic on a minimum ground area. Since almost the entire building is directly over the main tracks it was I necessary for the architect to isolate the main structure against vibration created by the moving trains. This isolation was accomplished by the use of lead-asbestos anti-vibration pads under each of the structural steel building columns which were ingeni- ouslv grouped with steel encased con crete columns supporting the track slab. The lead-asbestos pad is composed of two sheets of asbestos board sepa rated by a thin steel plate and en closed in a sealed envelope of sheet lead. Its effectiveness as a vibration damper is due to the resistance to PHOTO, COL'ITESY CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS Sc dt't<3 or +eatJ ft JB; > 37Ail Of vi6RA!iOJ ISOLATOR p ao Detail of installation of lead-asbestos vibration isloation pads in the Mon treal station. Lead Welding Intended To Conserve Tin Also Proves To Be Economical HE program sponsored by the wiped joints. That such an assump Tplumbing trade for the promotion tion was justified is now being proved of the use of lead welding in place oafs more welded jobs are completed. wiped solder joints in plumbing in There seem to have been no cases stallations is being well received by where the plumbing contractor has architects, engineers and city inspec found that the use of welding has in tion departments. The safety and creased his costs or reduced his profit security of the welded joint is ac on the job. On the other hand cepted without question and experi plumbers who have had welding ex ence is proving that costs are in favor perience are convinced that welding is of the welded job. cheaper than wiping. When the program was first set up One who is so convinced is Mr. time studies indicated that the cost of Charles A. Lindwall, plumbing con welding would not exceed that of tractor of Denver, Colurado. Lead --7-- L IA25801 welding lias been used on a number ol jobs out of Mr. Lindwall's shop, and lie estimates that the welded job ef fects a saving of about 3 per cent over the wiped joint job. The savings seem to be in the elimination of the rela tively expensive solder from the ma terial list since with welding no solder is needed except to tin the surface of brass fittings before welding to lead. A small amount of lead welding rod is required but not only is the actual (.. Vanznnt. journeyman plumber of Denier. Coin., showing hi.s ingenious portable lead welding kit in use in the held. quantity small but the cost is luw. Thus a program established for the patriotic purpose of conserving tin supplies promises to return financial benefits as well as to fulfill its in tended use. There certainly need be no apprehension that a welded job will cost more than a wiped joint job. BRASS NIPPLES AND FERRULES PERMITTED RASS calkin;; ferrules ami snliter B nipples are a;:ain being manu factured under the latest revision of the WPB Copper Conservation Order M-9-C dated April 4, 1944. With these brass fittings now available the last threat of necessity to relax the requirements of plumb ing codes requiring lead is removed. \ecessary brass fittings for lead water sect ice installations such as corporation cocks and curb stops re main atjilable as they were before this late-t retision of Order M-9-C.. The articles and reprints contain information, drawings and soecilcations mi tho use of lead products helpful to architects, engineers and others in the construction industry. They art available, free ef charge, upon request to the Lead Industries Association. 420 Lexington Avenue. New York 17. N. Y. KLD LEVD FOR STRUCT! RAL WORK Hy Ur. I.. L. Carriek, Director, Red Lead Rf*arrli. Lead Industrie* Association \ i]i>tu-ion nf the ru*t inhibitive qualities of red Ir jT paint ami the hot moans of making u*r of t h ">' qualitie* for the protection of *truciural nM-t.il. Kcprtnlcd from Engineering ,^ci Record, April 0. 1913. PROPERTY PROTECTION WITH WHITE LEAD PAINT A 28 page booklet on the protective value, durability and beauty of pure white lead paint with quantity etimatinc table', formula* and mixing and tinting instruction* for exterior and interior use. SOME PAINTING PROBLEMS AND THE ANSWERS By Dr. F. L. Browne, Senior Chemiat, Forest* Product* Laboratory, Madiaoa. W i*. Reprinted from the National Real Estate Journal, Sept., 1939. STAMFORD'S DOritl.E LIFETIME HOME A complete analysis of hard lead flashing, white lead paint, lead plumbing, plywood and red cedar f'ertigradr ahinglr detail* and installation method#. Reprinted from the American Builder, July. 1939. STOP DEMON RUST Leaflet giving cooei*e, simple instruction* in the u* of the ruat preventing qualities of Red Lead Paint io protecting farm machinery. SIMMARY OF NOTES ON LEAD ROOFING A brief description of the uses of lead for roofing and Aahing purposes and the proper practices of it* application. Reprinted from Sheet Metal Worker., Not previously fi'ted. LEAD EQUIPMENT USED IN INDUSTRY By F. F.. Wormuft Secretary of Load In dustrie* Association A ummary of the user of lead in the production and handling of corro*iv* chemicals. Reprinted from "Metal Progress" to be included in the next edition of American Society of Metals Handbook. WHITE LEAD PAINT FOR DEFENSE HOUSING Reprint from Bulletin of the Producers' Council in cluding specifications and graphic mixing instructions for exterior and interior White Lead Paint. COMMERCIAL STANDARDS: Calking Lead. C594-41 Lead Pipe. CS9S-41 Lead Trap# and Bends, CS96-41 Official publications by the Government Printing Of fice of the above Commercial Standards as promul gated by the U- S. Department of Commerce through the National Bureau of Standards, effective June 23. 1941. LEAD PLUMBING FOR DEFENSE HOUSING Reprint from Bulletin of the Producers' Council in cluding information on the Emergency Plumbing Standards and the Defense Housing Critical Liat. NEW LEAD COATING PROCESS ELIMINATES USE OF ZINC ALLOYS By W. Yonkman, Engineer, Western Else* trie Co* A description of a successful hot dip lead coating process with complete instructions for changing over from hot dip gstvaoisog using the un* equipment. Reprinted from Product Engineering* May. 1934. PARTIAL LIST OF I'SES OF LEAD NOT RESTRICTED BY CONSERVATION ORDER M-3* Anode* Anti-knock treatment for motor fuel* Hearing metal* Calking lead, lead wool Ceramic* te\cejt a* on ingredient of orna mental fix**) Chemical equipment--tank#, linings, piping. pumps, valve*, filters, evaporators Coatings on iron, steel and oilier metals Collapsible tube* Counterweights (except sa-hweights) Die easting for proress work Fittings--traps, bends, floor flanges, ferrules Flooring in chemical and explosives plants Gaskets and parkings Insecticides and chemicals Manufacturing equipment for synthetic fibres Metal pickling tanks, spray nozzles and piping Mnuld material for casting plasties Name and instruction plates Paint pigments9***** hite lead, red lead, blue lead, litharge Pipe1 soil, waste, water service and chemical Plating tank linings Roofing, flashing, gravel stops, damp proofing Safety treads Scientific and experimental apparatus Sheathing for eleetric cable# Shot^--ammunition Shower pan*, floor safea, waterproofing Solder Storage batteries Substitution for more critical metal# Varnish making--drier* Vulcanising mould* Window earner---gle*ier# lead X-ray and radium protection USE PERMITTED WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS Automobile body solder Casket hardw are--casket Uniage Foil UPON REQUEST, THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION WELL BE GLAD TO MAIL "LEAD" REGULARLY. FREE OF CHARGE. TO TTIOSE INTERESTED. AND WT1X COOPERATE WITHOUT OBLIGATION IN THE SOLUTION OF YOUR LEAD PROBLEMS MINT1D IN U 9. A. FUBMIHIBS MINTING COMPANY NEW YOIK CITY t~lA 2580?