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"Ufiy eitQrd tks plan! S)Nr. ani polled bt ivltck." Mid Marmsdoki 'Lights Out1 Venting of! the highly volatile turn he snorted in his foghorn voice: "Bnii WATER ON StHRKINC RESPONSIBIUTjjJ I'll tell you about a woman who kffij one good engineer from going to ikp dogs.'' ?A It's always sncouciacinc to find to many letter* for, or about, Marraoduke Surfaceblow in our maiL Saya one odmirer, "Our shift engi neer* didn't read anything before, but they, now read and talk about Marmy'a latest yarn. Some of them have even got the habit of going .through Power pretty thoroughly aince Marmy joined up." "Marmy has forgotten more about, -plant operation and maintenance than I'll ever learn, and I sure learn a lot from hia stories," writes another. "I rosy be loo busy to read most mag* esines that eome into our plant, but I always find time to see what Mannaduke has to soy, soon as Power arrives," says a third. With these comments bulling around in my bbnnot, 1 went up to the old con sulting engineer's office above O'Houlihen's Machine Shop &. Engine Works. But the] door was locked, so I headed for Bedlam's Bent-Propeller Rsr down the street. . There was Marmoduko Surfaceblow, Esquire,', consulting engineer extraordi nary, all 6 feet 4 Inches of him, at his Usual end of the crowded bar. He must have made a killing on a consulting deal, or, more likely, had put a few The noisy plsce became silent. Ou dollars on the right horse. For atop his hero turned majestically toward his a{| dome, at a rakish anglo, was a brand dience. With thumbs hooked into t new gray bowler. As for his suit, it armpits of his flashy vest, he bUitST looked like the latest hand-tailored creo. away in his foghorn voice. v3. lion, Imported from Bond Street, Lon "Beck in 1932, I was in TroedybJ*^ don. And he sported a new checkered Glamorganshire, England, paying ,i\ vest, loud enough to rile o bull. And visit to my old limey shipmate, Joi& those pearl gray spats--Wow! Even his llenshaw. Jock was chief engineer,'sliiflr heavy silver watch chain dangling from engineer, maintenance man and JanilNj his vest seemed to sparkle moro thin at the small municipal powerhouse 4 usual. "The village fathers brought Jock Is*'* There was no question about it. Here ten years before when they scrappy/ was a man of the world--an engineer their old steam plant for two new dlesd, whose dignified presence, at any gather engines. So after years aboard iteaS ing, commanded instant respect. - and diesel, Jock had dropped his snehtt] As usuol he was aloof, gasing intently to become a landlubber. Being chief-W; at tho bottle of Sandpaper Cin before iho local powerhouse, Jock was really him--paying no oiteniion to us ordinary a big fish In a small pond. After s fe*i mortals. Many of us, no doubt, had gath years he got to know those engines w\ ered only to hear his words of wisdom well he could tell from the eligbtenty when and if he were in the mood to change In running noise or rhythm ex-tf sound off. actly what needed attention. \ What was he thinking about as he "He might be mowing the lawn of bi/ gazed at his bottle? Who knows? Per power plant--or of his cottage next doer.jl haps a new slant on Einstein's theory which went with the Job-^Wben ha*d,j of relativity--or a practical way to har slop and listen. Then he'd calmly will.', ness the sun's vast energy. into the plant. After a little while ho'dj? Then without warning, he suddenly be out puffing away on his pipe again, got a strangle hold on his bottle, worked and start mowing. `.'fi up at lean 29.5 inches of vacuum on hia "Jock was bard as east Iron, unto *JJ cargo pump, and ballasted the bottle's when we were shipmates. He boasted^ entire contents into hla double bottoms. (Continued on page 210) ifw'i PLANT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SECTION POW| AGNIFIED fifty times* the calcium carbonate scale' M in the photo above might easily be mistaken for a frosted window pane. - It was formed at 250 p.s.i. in one of the Nalco Laboratories' lest boilers os o port of tho continuing Nalco research program, aimed at keeping auch scales out of your power plant equipment. Whether your feedwater ond plant conditions produce this type of scale---or any of hundreds of others -- your i- jm, *'. r -. -'fTnyrol'^onti ] ;'lnUrtMO' pwi' , oL'-, Nalco Representative has the proved solution for eliminat- r-ta. tossaiS-w Art-wSi-. log scale or corrosion from raw woler inlet to and through condensate return lines. . . permanently... economically. Cheek with him today -- or write direct for fast action on your water treatment problems. - irvol h*jpji|k'ptae yev-yp-M-^'- * ' dot*"! giiffVnt'.dsvs1apmvMs;Jf4i',5V j. < Pill , VJ .. ; J "W.,*VV- I . i <pU wtil'bv'ivnl-fro'wpoA rSRvsit. - I.?-- ! '. - : ..-Uv . r.v. a- NATIONAL ALUMINATE CORPORATION 6222 W. 66,h Place Chicago 38, llllnoi, Canadian inquiries should be addressed to Alehem Limited, Burlington, Ontario SYSTEM...Serving Industry through Practical Applied Selence