CALCITE SCREENINGS 1960

AUGUST 1960

PUBLISHED FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MICHIGAN

LIMESTONE, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

oAcross the Desk Since the nature of my duties is

continues to be based on our ability

chance to see and talk with many Michigan Limestone Division em

CO supply high quality, reasonablypriced limestone products, and to

ployees, except in the Division of

deliver these products in large quantities via low cost water trans portation facilities.

Our customers are among the

that I

don't

fice, I welcome this opportunity to

chat with all of you through this medium.

While to many of you the com mercial or sales aspects of our busi ness may be rather vague, I believe that you all know that a substantial portion of our total production is shipped to other than United States Steel Corporation Divisions. Such

shipments are commonly referred to Edward A. Weymouth, Sales Manager

as "public sales," and are an im portant part of our overall com mercial picture.

In recent years we have doubled our efforts to maintain our highly

regarded reputation as a dependable supplier of quality limestone pro ducts. This emphasis on quality con trol, to a degree, has been in an swer to the demands of our Cor

poration and public customers whose industries are developing a

M%creenm(/<s

need

for smaller and closer-sized

limestone products. This is especial ly true in the iron and steel indus try and the chemical industry.

Technological improvements and advances

in

the

manufacture

of

goods by these customers have meant increased productivity, and

are further reflected in the improved quality of their finished products.

The quality of their end products is, of course, greatly dependent upon

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the quality of raw materials such as limestone. These industries, then, must demand a uniform and high quality raw material to be used in their manufacturing processes.

Our reputation as an important

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Calcite plant property has been of ficially marked as one of Michigan's points of historic interest. For the story the state's recognition of the limestone industry, see page 6.

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leaders in their respective industries.

It is important for us, then, to keep pace by constantly improving the quality of our products for these industries. Efforts along this line have resulted in specific quality control programs, and in engineer ing studies taken in the interest of improved screening efficiency. Geo

logical studies and increased labo ratory testing have also played a part in insuring greater uniformity and higher quality in our products.

The personnel of the Bradley Transportation Line play an im

portant part in the handling and transporting of our limestone. To these men is intrusted the job of delivering these products without excessive breakage or segregation.

The ultimate quality of our lime stone can only be measured after the stone has been deposited on our customers' docks.

I am sure that each of us in

Michigan Limestone Division will, in his own way, do his share toward accomplishing our quality objec tives and thereby retain our present strong and competitive position along with our reputation as a re liable supplier of quality limestone products.

This page is generally reserved for messages from the president, Mr. C. G. Hogberg. from time to time, however, various respons ibility heads will comment on Division activities to give employees a belter understanding of overall Division operations.

â&#x20AC;˘ Michigan Limestone, a Di\ Guardian Br.1 ein may

supplier of limestone has been, and

have a

such

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PRODUCT SERIES

LIMESTONEBASIC RAW MATERIAL IN CEMENT America's cement industry annually

produces some 350 million bar rels of cement. The basic raw material in

cement

is

limestone

which

accounts

for roughly 65 to 80 per cent of the finished product. To see just what part limestone plays in the manufacture of this vital building component, ML SCREENINGS recently toured the Buffington plants of Universal Atlas Cement Division of the U.S. Steel Corp oration in Gary, Indiana.

Perhaps a fitting preface to this brief explanation of cement making would be to review the recipe for manufac turing the cement used to bind the ag gregates in your front walk. For every 94-pound bag of cement produced, by the wet process for example, the manu facturer blended 118 pounds of lime stone with 50 pounds of clay, burned the mixture with 28 pounds of coal, and added four pounds of gypsum. The weight loss is attributed mainly to the chemical changes in the raw materials Bridge crane moves stone to tunnel.

The huge conveyor boom of the Str. John G. Munson swings out over the dock at Buffington Harbor, ready to unload 22,000 tons of limestone on the piles.

in rhc burning process in the kilns.

Many people mistaking!)' believe that portland is a brand name when speaking of portland cement, or confuse the term with Portland, Oregon, or Portland, Maine. The name, according to the Portland Cement Association, was ac

tually given to the first hydraulic cement invented by Joseph Aspdin, a stone ma son in England in 1824, because he thought that it looked like a natural stone quarried on the Isle of Portland.

Cement can be processed by either a wet or a dry process. Universal Atlas employs the dry process at Buffington in the manufacture of cement products.

The elements in cement actually go through up to 80 operations before Harbor plant is study in automation.

emerging in the final product. These steps include crushing, burning, and grinding to a powder finer than the average flour.

Universal Atlas Cement's Buffington plant is older than Gary's mighty steel works. The first portion of the plant was completed in 1903 by the cement department of the Illinois Steel Com pany. In 1906, the cement department became the Universal Portland Cement

Company. In 1930, the plant became part of Universal Atlas Cement Com

pany, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Steel, and then a division of U.S. Steel

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Twin kilns are 360 feet in length.

are further ground into a raw mix. The Harbor plant has two huge ball mills for grinding raw materials, and three mills for finished grinding of cement clinker. This raw mix is moved by con veyor to rotary coal-fired kilns. The two kilns at the new Harbor plant are 360 feet long and 11 feet in diameter, mak ing these two slow revolving kilns among the largest pieces of moving machinery in industry today. Tempera tures reach 2700 degrees Fahrenheit in the kilns. The kiln product, called clink er, is about the size of walnuts.

The clinker that emerges from the kilns lias undergone chemical as well as

physical changes which convert it from raw material into cement clinker. How

ever, the clinker is inert once it has been cooled and may be stored for many months. Thus, the company can store Aerial view of harbor graphically illustrates convenience of boat unload

clinker for the season when cement de

ing and area for stock piling. Dock will hold a

million tons of stone.

of stone can be stored on this dock at

mand is the greatest.

In the briefest of explanations, the clinker is then subjected to two further

one time. From storage piles built by the self-unloaders of the Bradley Trans

grindings, during which gypsum is added to slow the setting properties of the

plants,

portation Line, the stone is delivered

cement. The finished cement is stored

two for the manufacture of Portland

to storage bins through a 1200 foot conveyor tunnel. The stone is initially introduced to coal-fired dryers where

in bins, packed in bags, or prepared for bulk shipment in trucks or hopper rail road cars. The end product is so finely ground that it will pass through sieves

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ing locations, and the 500-acre site in cludes three separate cement

and masonry cement, and a third for the production of Lumnite cement, a calcium-aluminate cement capable of withstanding high temperatures.

Limestone's part in cement making starts on the spacious docks at Buffington's 55-acre harbor. One million tons Bagged cement leaves plant by truck.

excess moisture is removed. After an

initial crushing in one of the hammer

that will hold water. Universal Atlas

mills, the stone is blended with other

raw materials, blast furnace slag and

also ships a portion of its clinker to a grinding plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

iron dust, and together the ingredients

Portland cement and water form a

Bulk loading equipment serves both truck and rail shipments quickly.

Bagging operation largely automatic.

Building protects base of kilns.

paste which coats the aggregate parti cles of stone and sand. This paste, when it hardens, is in many cases stronger than the pieces of aggregate. The final

so widely today in all forms of con struction. Buffington operations have a capacity of over 10,000,000 barrels of cement per year. Buffington manufac

Duraplastic Air-Entraining Cement, Atlas High-Early Cement, Universal Portland-Slag Cement, Atlas Masonry

result is concrete, man-made stone used

tures Universal Portland Cement, Atlas

Aluminate Cement.

Cement and Atlas Lumnite Calcium-

Trade association flow chart readily explains the manufacture of cement from quarry to customers.

MANUFACTURE

OF

PORTLAND

CEMENT

Isometric Flow Chart

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MICHIGAN WEEK HIGHLIGHT

DEDICATE HARBOR VIEW SITE What makes Michiganders proud of their heritage?

First, perhaps, are the technological skills of it's citizens. But most residents

are equally as proud of the state's agri cultural industry and of its natural re sources. High on the list of resources the state enjoys is the raw material, lime stone. The Michigan Historical Society recently took official recognition of this

vital material and of the part Crawford's Quarry played in the beginning of the sprawling quarry now operated by Michigan Limestone.

The Society designated Crawford's Quarry as one of the state's points of interest and historical significance dur

ing Michigan Week late this spring.

The distinction of being the world's largest limestone quarry gives Michigan another "first" to point to with pride.

Equally as important, Society spokesmen contend, is that the former quarry owned

by Francis Crawford marks the historical beginnings of one of the state's lead ing industries.

The Crawford family purchased threequarters of a mile of Lake Huron front age in 1860 to cut wood for the wood

fired boats of the Northern Transporta tion Company. Soon after starting the cord wood business, Crawford recogniz ed the great embankment of limestone on the property now known as Harbor

Shown at the Michigan Historical Society's dedication of the Harbor View site are, left to right, John Minelli, local Michigan Week Chairman; Norman O.

Hoeft, assistant sales manager; J. N. Suliot, Northern District manager, Lawrence D. Larke, local historian; D. T. VanZandt, Caleite Plant manager; Prentiss M. Brown, chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority; and Lloyd Campbell, vice president.

WORtooWftRGEST LIMESTGiSfE QUARRY Limestone ii a mlnerul raw material essential

in making steel, chemicals, and cement Henry H. Hindjhnw. a geologist, established in laofl-in the commercial value of this

for industry.

The high

area's

limestone

purity of this deposit

and the availability of water -transportation led to development here of a port and quarry

Doth arc named Calcitc. after the principal in gredient of the (tone. The Michigan Limestone

and Chemical Company, founded in I9JO. began

opcra'tlons In 1912. Purchased by Carl D. Bradicy and the United States Steel Corporation in 1920. the company came under the sol. ownership of U.S. Steel upon Bradley's death in 1928, In 1951 (he company became n division of the corporation.

Sclf-unloadcr vessels

of

the Division's Bradley Transportation Line carry

limestone from this, the world's largest lime stone quarry, Great

to

Industrial ports around i!;c

Lakes.

Permanent plaque erected.

View. He excavated a large pit on the embankment but gave up the quarry when he discovered that the stone at

that location was too soft for building purposes.

It was not until 1912 that quarry operations were resumed in the area by the Michigan Limestone and Chemi

cal Company, forerunner of today's Michigan Limestone Division of United States Steel Corporation.

The Historical Society erected a per manent plaque honoring the Harbor View site during dedication ceremonies in May. Unfortunately, inclement weather forced the actual dedication in

side at Caleite. On hand to highlight the dedication was Prentiss M. Brown, former United States Senator, and now

chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. Lloyd Campbell, vice-presi dent of Michigan Limestone, represent ed the Division. Lawrence D. Larke,

president of the Presque Isle County Historical Society, was on hand to re count the history of the area.

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Beautiful formal gardens present an added incentive for those plan ning a trip to the Detroit Zoo.

Detroit area employees have doz ens of local attractions to visit

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during vacation times or on leisurely weekends. A major point of interest is the Detroit Zoo, long a model park among the country's zoological parks.

The beautifully-landscaped 122 acre garden is a must for Detroit families and visitors to the Detroit Metropolitan area,

and it's

difficult to

determine

whether the children or their parents .

have the most fun on a zoo tour.

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The Earl Block family recently chose a sunny July day to make their annual zoo visit and provided the cameraman with this photo story. Earl is a cost analyst in the Detroit office. With his wife, Helen, and their children, Kathy and Jim; Earl left his suburban Detroit home in time to make the zoo opening at 10:00 a.m. CONTrNTTED on next page

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normal living conditions for the animals.

Operated by the Detroit Zoological

Carefully tended gardens, fountains,

built on reclaimed marsh land in Royal

small lakes and ponds, and 32 acres

Oak, a northern Detroit suburb. Private donors, local industry and the Federal Government have all helped to make the Detroit park one of the most outstand ing zoos in the nation.

DETROIT ZOO

Commission, the

of lawns vie for attention with the

many species of animals and birds. Con structed in 1928, the Detroit Zoo was

Kathy and Jim found (hat the play ful bears were a highlight of the

tour

and

great

peanut

the forerunner of zoological parks de signed to display the animals in as near their natural habitat as possible. Almost completely without cages and bars, the dozens of exhibits give animal lovers an unobstructed view while providing more

free zoo has been

And for Kathy, age 4 and Jimmy, age IVi, the efforts of zoo management were not wasted. The two eagerly scrampered from one display to another to see what surprises were to be found

fanciers.

An easy way to tour the zoo's 122 acres is to board sight-seeing cars or the miniature train. But Kathy, Earl, Jim and Helen only paused in a car briefly.

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Refreshments are especially welcomed after reaching the half-way mark on the morning's walk. Here Jim and

Kathy enjoy soft drinks and restock their peanut supply.

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A special section of the zoo features farm yard animals to the delight of children of all ages. Jim pauses long enough to watch this young goat enjoy his meal.

behind the natural stone barriers. Each

had difficulty selecting their favorites among the zoo population for each ex hibit seemed to present a new animal

one can share at least the peanuts and popcorn with well trained animals who will perform only for you and for your handouts.

to

Kathy tired from time to time while

Kathy and Jim, the age-old popularity

her parents covered most of the parks

of almost

unlimited

interest.

But

winners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the massive elephants, the

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playful bears, and the timid but beauti ful deer alone would have spelled suc

rides in a stroller. But for Jim, the tour was only too short. His boundless energy

cess for the zoo visit.

enabled him to see much more of the

Zoos are wonderful places to chil

acres and welcomed

abbreviated

zoo than did the rest of the family.

dren. There are concessions where re

And there was the souvenir counter at

freshments can be readily had with a

the end of the visit to conclude a perfect

little persuasion of parents, and later

day at the zoo.

Kathy enjoys a the long walk.

brief rest during But her rest came

only between the dozens of exhibits.

Feeding the animals is part of the fun of attending the zoo. Here

the whole Block family takes part.

The

small

monkey seated

on

the

ledge in the center of the picture seems to be conducting a meeting.

For giant rings

a

handout

of

peanuts,

the

elephants gladly leave the where they are performing.

The Earl Block family, like many Detroiters, have already decided to make

the zoo visit an

annual

one.

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HOW SAFE ARE YOU AT HOME ?

A person's home should be his castle. Unfortunately, the safest place in the world is not always the home.

ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME ANNUALLY COST THOUSANDS OF LIVES, INJURE MILLIONS MORE. A SAFETY PROGRAM SHOULD START FIRST IN THE HOME

While industry has been exploring every method to reduce haz

ardous working conditions and wipe out on-the-job accidents, safety leaders find it difficult to influence hazards in

the home, on the highway, or in recrea

tional areas. Yet, nation-wide surveys reveal that for every worker injured in a mishap during working hours, two suffer pain or death in non-work sit uations. Leading the list of dangers that lurk outside of the plant gates are auto

Home falls cause the greatest number of fatalities.

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accidents, falls, fires, drownings, fire arm mishaps, accidental poisonings, and home workshop accidents.

No one would think of pasting up safety posters in his home or in his car.

But perhaps such reminders would

The basement tool bench can be extremely dangerous.

26,500 lives. Almost one-half of this

chances that he would not take on his

number died in home falls.

job. And when it comes to electrical wiring â&#x20AC;&#x201D; watch out! The care with which he operates machinery at the shop seems forgotten when he enters

It can be readily seen, then, that the

third of a day a person normally spends at work is the safest time of his life.

There are many reasons for this. First, a person is employed for a particular task for which he has been trained. He is further schooled in his work and

Most home fires can be prevented.

thoroughly understands the hazards that might exist. He is taught the safe way to do things and is continually super vised in safety. He works with the prop er tools and the proper tool guards. He

prompt him to take that little additional precaution before starting a household chore or following his favorite form of recreation. An automobile accident or

fall from a ladder can cause just as much

Driving fun can end before it starts.

pain and anxiety as an industrial acci dent. And, unhappily, the responsibility most generally cannot be placed on any thing other than the carelessness of the person involved.

Last year alone, home mishaps pro-

his home workshop. It may be because he no longer has his supervisor or fel low workers around to keep him alert to danger.

Off-the-job dangers are not confined

Boating accidents are on the rise.

Some Startling Facts on Accidental Deaths in the Home

Not so, the experts agree, when he

during 1959 Causes

works, then, in a carefully planned net work of safety.

Death Total

Falls

11,700

Fires, burns

6,000

Firearms

1,200

Poisons

1,150

Poison gases

leaves his job for the supposed sanctu ary of his home or for pleasant hours of motoring and relaxation. In his lei sure hours he becomes involved in many do-it-yourself projects in which he has little or no training or experience. Even the apparently simple tasks of painting

Medicine cabinets can harbor death.

his home may invite him to take

800

to the home. For just as soon as the Other accidents

5,150 Total

26,000

National Safety Council Figures

At least now the deer are safe.

family car is packed for a vacation or weekend outing, new dangers present themselves to the unsuspecting victim.

Crowded highways spell misfortune for the sight-seeing motorist, and, if he is fortunate enough to reach his recrea tional haven, such hazards as water

duced 4,000,000 disabling injuries in this country. This was nearly three times as many disabling injuries suffered in traffic accidents, although traffic trage dies took a toll of 37,800 lives. Last

year, accidents in the home claimed

accidents, hunting mishaps and over exertion try to take their toll.

Everyone takes pride in his part of his company's safety record. Employers would like to see everyone match their off-the-job safety record with their achievements in industry.

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New Assignments for Key Personnel

DIVISION APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

Several important appointments be

manager of the Line. Mr. Hoeft, who

Plant, succeeding C. A. Pratt, who has

came effective since our last issue.

now serves in the Detroit Office, has been with the firm since 1925, and his

been transferred to the Hillsville Plant

Among the changes was the appoint

for the Bradley Transportation Line and

duties have carried him through most of the departments at the Caleite Plant.

He was named manager of Bradley

the transfer of one plant manager.

in 1955.

ment of a new assistant sales manager, a new plant manager, a new manager

Plant Managers

newly-appointed assistant sales manager.

Captain Parrilla, who came with the

W. R. Ransom, formerly assistant to the Northern District manager, has been

Division in 1959, has been assistant

appointed manager of the Cedarvilie

Pratt

has served as a member of the staff at

Caleite Plant since 1953.

Captain J. j. Parrilla has been named manager of the Bradley Transportation Line, succeeding Norman O. Hoeft,

C. A.

in the capacity of plant manager. As an engineer, assistant quarry superinten dent and quarry engineer. Mr. Ransom

Clifton A. Pratt, formerly manager of the Cedarvilie Plant, is now manager of the Hillsville operations. He has been

associated with the Corporation since 1939 when he joined the staff of the New Castle office as engineer. He also

W. R. Ransom

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Rogers City Celebrates

4th of July Dolly Smarszcz reigns as Miss Michi

George Jones crowns Michigan Limestone Queen before members of her court.

gan Limestone and Rogers City, Michigan, has returned to normal after a hectic and happy three-day Fourth of July celebration. The carnival is gone and the colorful floats have been dis

mantled for another year.

Two colorful parades, one especially

for the children, highlighted festivities.

Nearly 50 units took part in the parade on the second day. Over sixty foreign students were chauffeured in gleaming convertibles in the parade July 4th.

Miss Smarszcz donned the crown at

the Queen's Ball in the Rogers City

High School Sunday evening. George Jones, Supervisor of Industrial Relations, Northern District, handled the corona tion. Miss Smarszcz and a court consist

ing of Roz Buza, Sandi Holley, Faith Hornbacher, Karen Joppich, Josephine Santini, Ruth Schalk and Peggy Smith were featured in Monday's parade.

Other entertainment during the three-

day event included band concerts, games and races, a vaudeville show and a fire-

Michigan Limestone's safety float.

Striking float honors Independence.

works display.

Part of the large crowd that packed Rogers City park area for games and amusement rides on holiday weekend.

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served as plant engineer at the Annandale Mine and later at the Kaylor Mine

Caleite Plant

The retirement of Walter F. Meyer,

quarry superintendent at the Caleite Plant, brought about two additional promotions at Caleite. Raymond A.

R. A. Grh

on the Str. Robinson is J. Harold Nidy, who has been chief engineer on the Str. Myron C. Taylor. F. Donald Lamp

N. O. Hoeft

as manager before becoming manager of the Moler Quarry in 1955. He was nam ed manager at Cedarvilie in 1957.

In other appointments, William Crowhas been made budget and appropria

tions engineer in the Detroit office. He has been with the division since 1947

and had been serving as Northern Dis

trict engineer. He- has been succeeded by George L. Robbins, a member of the engineering department since 1951.

G. L. Robbins

Grigg, assistant quarry superintendent, has been named superintendent. Ralph L. Baker has been made general fore man of drilling and blasting.

Bradley Changes

In new changes within the Bradley Line, George Hoy has been named chief engineer on the Str. Munson. Mr. Hoy, who formerly was chief engineer on the Str. T. W. Robinson, succeeds Charles Frederick who has retired after

sailing with the Line since 1918.

Succeeding Mr. Hoy as chief engineer R. L. Landis

R. L.

Baker

has been promoted to chief engineer on the Str. Taylor.

New editor of ML SCREENINGS is

Norman E. Douglas. He succeds Theo dore C. Taylor, who was recently named assistant editor of

United States Steel William Crow

Mews in Pittsburgh.

Mr. Taylor joined Succeeding Mr. Ransom as assistant to the manager of the Northern District is Robert L. Landis, who has been in

the Detroit office engineering depart ment. Prior to his Detroit assignment, he was quarry engineer at the Hillsville Plant.

the

division

in

1958. Mr. Douglas joined the division N. Douglas after serving as associate editor of a trade magazine in the financial field. He formerly was as sociated with Detroit area newspapers.

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Destination for Str. Munson trip down Lake Michigan was Buffington Harbor and Universal Atlas Cement Division.

A 415-Mile Boat Ride for Limestone The only rest that a ton of limestone enjoys on its journey from the quarry until it ultimately becomes the adhesive ingredient in your front walk is the period of time that it spends in

activity while it is transported via the

the loading chute. Predetermined holds

waterways.

are loaded first and crew members keep

For a closer look at this vital trans

a wary eye on draft measurements as

the crushed limestone is spread neatly across the width of the holds. As the

the hold of a carrier on the Great Lakes.

portation phase of a cement stone order, let's board the Steamship John G. Munson, at the port of Caleite as she

From the time the stone is blasted out

is loaded with over 22,000 tons of lime

the deck crew closes and secures the 17

of the quarry face until it comes to rest at your local cement dealer, the stone rarely stops moving in the scries of shovels, railway cars, trucks, and countless conveyors used to transport the raw material through processing steps, and finally, to the finished product.

On its tumbling tour the stone is subjected to crushers, vibrating screens,

stone for the Universal Atlas Cement

hatches as quickly as the cargo com

Division

Steel

partments are filled. Thus, when the final stone has fallen from the chute,

Loading operations for the flagship of the Bradley Transportation Line re

the Str. Munson is ready to leave the loading dock and begin her 415 mile journey to Buffington Harbor, Gary, Indiana. The time is 3:00 p.m. The date is Tuesday, June 29, I960. The weather is sunny and warm.

washers, hammers, and even fire before it becomes cement.

But the stone is given a little extra care and at least a brief period of in

of

the

United

States

Corporation.

quires approximately seven hours. Great care is taken to load the 666 foot vessel

and keep her cargo weight evenly dis tributed. Holds are only partially filled during the early hours of loading and winches aboard the ship are kept busy taking in or letting out cables that move the ship forward and backward under

ship nears specific draft load limitations,

That portion of the 38 man crew

standing the watch are far too busy with clean-up details, and the dozens of jobs relative to manning the powerful Mun son, to watch the huge ship swing grace

Wheelsman Robert Kowalewsky stands his 4-hour watch in the pilot house.

fully past the breakwater and Caleite Harbor beacon or to sense her geared steam turbines take on the job of propelling the vessel at an average speed of something over sixteen miles an hour up the northeastern coast of Michigan's lower peninsula.

By 3:30 p.m., the deck crew is hard at

work with the clean-up operations. By suppcrtime, at 5:00 p.m., they are well on their way to finishing the washing down of the hatch covers and decks, while others are well below decks clean

ing up the tunnel that lies under the cargo compartments. Shortly after sup per the 7,000 horsepower Munson churns her way under the Mackinac Bridge and sets her course between

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igan. A series of rain showers do little more than add discomfiture to the final

clean-up operations on deck. The trip is to be a particularly smooth one. Short ly before the settling of the seasonal Lake Michigan fog, Third Mate Jerry Geyer checked the radio signal from Harbor Springs, Michigan, and then returned to the radar screen to recheck

a downbound boat running some ten miles ahead of the Munson. A change in the other boat's position enabled Geyer to estimate her speed and tell Wheels man Robert Kowalewsky when the Munson would overtake the slower boat.

To a land lubber, it is difficult to un (apt.

RoIIand

Ursem

studies lake

charts in map room before voyage.

derstand that navigation is actually safer and easier at night than it is in broad daylight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on a clear night, that is.

Every navigational aid is used to in sure the safety of the boat during the trip.

The pilothouse is manned by experi enced mares and wheelsmen who work

under a seasoned Master, Captain RoI Iand Ursem. In inclement weather, Caprain Ursem virtually lives in the pilot house. With him, First Mate Paul Stone,

Second Mate Nylc Wickersham, and Third Mate Geyer assist in carrying out the Master's responsibility of pro tecting both crew and cargo during the

Cement stone pours into hold.

Larry

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Wright

Secures

last hatch.

ing necessary power to keep the propel lers turning between 95-99 rpms to maintain the Munson's 16 mile per hour speed. In the complex engine room, vet eran Chief Engineer George Hoy, ably supported by First Assistant Engineer Paul LaVigne, Second Assistant En gineers Leslie Bellmore and Mark Florip and Third Assistant Engineers Michael Idalski and Donald Johnson see to it that close adherence to every safety precaution assures peak performance.

But to the casual observer, it would seem that the galley crew has the busi

est operation aboard. Hard work and fresh air develop hearty appetites, and the Munson crew eats well. Taking on supplies, preparing and serving meals. and cleaning up appears to be a never ending job for Steward John Paradircand his four-man galley crew.

By 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, the Indiana shoreline and the City of Chicago rise into view and the crew begins steps to prepare for unloading operations. At 7:00 p.m. crew members are dropped to the long Universal Atlas dock, and as quickly as the lines are made fast, the boat's huge boom reaches out over gigantic piles of limestone to begin un loading 22,000 tons of stone onto a dock capable of holding one million tons of raw material. The self-unloading equipment handles up to 5,000 tons an hour, and, in less than five hours, the

27-hour voyage.

S. S. Munson backs away from the dock

Below decks, engineers, stokermen, oilers and repairmen keep busy at the chores of keeping the turbines develop-

and hatch covers for the return trip

Stockerman Harry eye on automatic

Sorgatt keeps coal feeders.

while crew members secure the boom to Caleite.

Oiler William Friedhoff checks read

ings on routine round of inspection.

First Mate

in

Paul Stone

responsibility

of

also

shares

maintenance.

Sister boat T. W. Robinson loads stone next to Str. Munson at busy loading dock. Round the clock operation keep Bradley boats on the constant move.

Jerry Geyer, third mate, scans the radar screen during night watch.

One of Larry Furtaw's many jobs is to set tables for hungry crew.

There is always something to paint

And then there's the stacks of

us Robert Mie,er wi" teI1 5â&#x201E;˘'

dirty dishes for Robert Thornley.

Crew members pause for a snack before reporting on the next watch.

Engineer Leslie Bellmore keeps a constant eye on engine behavior.

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Guarded walkway protects employee.

Photo indicates length of boom.

Oiler Pasquale Diana stops at grease point on long climb to end of boom.

Hose

is attached to grease cup.

SKY-HIGH GREASE JOB One of the most spectacular jobs in the Division takes place high above the quarry floor at Hillsville. Every few days the dragline oiler ties a rope to his grease gun so he can carry it over his shoulder and have both hands free. He takes a long walk up the side of the 200-foot dragline boom.

Cable guides and other moving parts must be greased regularly.

While the job is not one for those who dislike high places, it is not dangerous. The job is always done in good weather

and when the dragline is not in operation. Guardrails on both sides of the walkway, footholds for every step on the catwalk, and guards at points that must be greased, protect the oiler.

The dragline works from the top of the overburden, ap proximately 50 feet above the quarry floor. The end of the bxx)m is another 75 feet up. When he has greased his way to the end of the boom, the oiler has a view of the quarry that is shared only by other dragline oilers, and passing birds!

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ONE-MILE ROAD' W h e n Arthur Sleith climbs into the cab of the diesel locomo

tive in the yards at Conneaut, he must feel that he is running his own railroad, even though his run certainly would qualify as one of the shortest "roads" in the country. Arthur, a motormandiesel, has a little less than a mile of track over which he shunts cars full of

limestone from stockpiles to the engines of the main railroads.

His freight includes open hearth stone and kiln stone for shipment to points in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. His engine hauls 70 and 90 ton capacity cars throughout the year, and in the fall, 50 ton capacity gondolas are added to the yard for shipment to a customer in nearby Pennsylvania.

The small but mighty locomotive moves ears forward as they are filled by the dual loader that can load rail cars or trucks from the conveyor.

The wiry engineer has been with the division a little over 12 years, and like many of the operators at Conneaut, can handle most of the heavy stone moving equipment at the plant. But he appears

End of line for filled cars is plant property line.

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to take particular pride in handling the diesel engine, and must yearn at times to take his engine and several cars out past the gates to the yard and over the open track direct to the customer.

Arthur Sleith, motorman-diesel, at controls in cab.

STONE COLLECTION

Year Round Hobby Couple Plan Vacations To Stone-Rich Areas Three years ago Leland P. Barker, Stores

Clerk

at

the

Hillsville

Plant, had no interest in stone collecters.

He even confesses that he failed to un

derstand people who spent so much of their leisure time scrambling over fields and quarries in search of pieces of stone.

He had his own hobbies. Besides en

joying cabinet making, he spent hours restoring old model cars.

Today both Leland, and his wife, are very much involved in the many activi ties of "rock hounds" and own a very in teresting and complete collection them selves.

The new hobby entered the couple's life on a recent vacation trip to the west. A stop for gasoline in Utah start ed the two off on a collection that they Stone collecting is a family affair for Mr. and Mrs. Barker shown above with but a part of their collection. Mrs. Barker fashioned flower vases.

Mr.

Barker

built

mineral

cabinet.

both contend is one of the most satis

most interest for him, while Mrs. Barker

fying hobbies they have ever enjoyed.

A gas station owner talked the two into buying samples of stone on display at the station, and Leland found himself driving throughout several western states

enjoys working with the tock once they have it safely home. They are members of a Pittsburgh mineralogical society and are building a new set of friends in areas where they collect the stones.

in search of native stone.

Since then, Mr. and Mrs. Barker have

panned gold in Virginia City, Montana, and dug for sapphires in Missoula, Mon tana. The Barkers now plan their vaca tion trips to parts of the country noted for local mineral accumulations, and recently returned from a very successful trip through North Carolina.

Collecting the minerals keeps the two busy during the summer months, and cataloguing, grinding and polishing their finds help make the winter eve nings pass quickly. Mr. Barker admits that searching for the stones hold the

Collection includes rare samples.

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not so much a safety device as it is an innovation to increase efficiency. On all stone conveyor lines, the problem of keeping a watchful eye on the moving stone necessitates the presence of an employee at various critical points along the conveyors. An inexpensive mechani-

Switch facilitates emergency stops.

Removable gratings protect every pinch point on this tandem conveyor.

Safety Tips from Buffalo A n effective safety program calls for the continued support of every

employee. To eliminate working hazards and reduce the threat of accidents re

quires an around-the-clock awareness of everyone. A tour of the Buffalo Plant recently revealed several safety measures that are working to help inSafety gate warns of danger areas.

cal monitor has been tested at the top of the tunnel conveyor belt at Buffalo with a great deal of success. The moni-

sure a healthy and efficient workforce.

One step being taken by the Division to protect men working in conveyor areas is the installation of guards at all pinch points. Proper protection of a tandem drive belt can be seen in the

picture at the upper left. All exposed pinch points have been sealed by re movable metal guards. The overhead steel grill guard protects employees using the walk-way under the conveyor.

Installation of a simple, but prac tical safety gate (see lower left), alerts the person walking into dangerous areas.

This self closing gate between the Buf falo office and the driveway to the truck scales is a constant reminder of the dan

ger of truck traffic. Unlike chain gates that may be dropped and forgotten, this balanced gate always returns to its cradle for the next pedestrian.

A

micro-switch and a

small steel

cable have been added to the tunnel

conveyor at Buffalo. So sensitive is the switch that a person can merely brush the cable to stop the conveyor belt in emergencies. In the photo at the upper right, Group Leader John Kowalski de presses cable directly beneath switch.

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Wheel monitors conveyor load.

tor consists of a bicycle wheel placed on a swinging bar that moves a solenoid switch. The switch may be set at any predetermined height to indicate the amount of stone passing over the belt and under the wheel. The switch, when stone reaches the desired volume, acti vates lights in both the mill and in the tunnel to alert workers.

passed the 674,000 hour mark on the January 31 competition reporting date.

Forty-year records without disabling injury were marked by Elmer Voigt, Morris Richards, John Meharg, Rudolph Dueltgen and Lloyd Conley at the Cal

Three Families Share

In Exchange Program Three Michigan Limestone families will

have a

eite plant, and Rocco Luscre at the Hills ville plant. These employees will re

closer look at the

foreign exchange student program spon sored by the American Field Service this summer. Daughters of employees

ceivecertificates of honor, lapel emblems and automobile decals

in ceremonies

now being planned.

The Joseph A. Holmes Safety Associa tion was founded in 1916 by 24 national organizations representing the mining, metallurgical and allied industries to

Millicent Raymond

Judith Groce

in Hillsville and Rogers City are already in Europe, and an Austrian girl is scheduled to arrive in Rogers City later this month to spend a year with a third division family.

Bergen, Norway, will be the summer home of Judith Ann Groce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynnford Groce of Hillsville. Mr. Groce is a cost analyst at the Hillsville plant. Miss Groce, a senior at the Mohawk Area Joint High School, will spend much of her time with the Einar I.arsen family in Bergen.

She will also have an opportunity to travel to other parts of Norway during her stay.

Millicent Ann Raymond, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ray mond of Rogers City, is staying in I.ambrecht, Germany. She is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard Kimmcl in the town that is located in the South

western part of the country. Miss Ray-

mond will be a senior at Rogers City High School during the next school term. Mr. Raymond is a storekeeper and buyer for the Northern District.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hopp will be hosts to Sunhild Erlach-Rybak for the coming year. Miss Erlach-Rybak is from Salzburg, Austria. 18 years old, and reported to be a swimming, skiing, and mountain climbing enthusiast. Mr. Hopp is mill shift foreman at the Caleite plant.

Plants, Employees Cited for Safety Three plant awards and five awards to individuals have been distri

buted in the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association competition. The awards, granted for outstanding safety records in mining, quarry operations, tunnel work, petroleum and metallurgical plant work, are voted annually.

The Moler, Hillsville and Cedarvilie

plants were all cited for safety work that led to the prevention of disabling injuries for a period over the 600,000 man hour minimum requirements. Both the Hillsville and Cedarvilie plants were recognized for passing the million hours mark without disabling injury. Moler

Henry

Foringer,

Safety

Director,

Eastern and Lake Erie District, inspects safety awards in the New Castle, Pennsylvania, district office.

commemorate the efforts of Dr. Holmes, first director of the Bureau of Mines.

The association's primary aim has been to bring public attention to safety meas ures taken in the mining and allied in dustries and to award the achievement

of outstanding safety records.

Mineral Society Visits Quarry Portions of stone taken from lime

stone quarries are of significant inrerest to people other than steel pro ducers and cement manufacturers. FosCONTINUED

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The game in Moler is usually played with only four participants. These are the pitcher, a fielder who is little more than a ball retriever, a batter and a

catcher. Pitched balls missed by the bat ter and caught by the catcher are "outs", but any ball hit in front of the home plate is considered a single. An extreme ly well-hit ball that carries over a shed in the outfield is considered a home run.

If the game sounds simple, it*s not.

To the first-time batter, even meeting

Grand Rapids Mineral Society members dot hillside in search for fossils.

sils unearthed by quarry shovels tell a story of life in ages past. Many requests for information and samples of these fossils are received annually at plant offices.

Recently a group of 40 members of

mond. So members of the Moler office

force have become enthusiastic support ers of cork ball, a modified form of

baseball that is said to have originated in the St. Louis, Missouri area.

The abbreviated baseball game was introduced by Don Bowden, Moler Cost Analyst and a native of St. Louis. The game is played with miniature bats and

balls, and the rules of play differ greatly from the more popular sandlot brand of baseball.

At right â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cork ball enthusiasts, left to right, Joe Smith, Don Bowden and Wallace Foltz display small

equipment. Below â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Plant Manager Carl Benton sets himself at plate as

Group Leader Lee L. Hoogerhyde shows sample to Society members.

the Grand Rapids Mineral Society de cided to see this historic stone first hand

and spent a day scrambling over the Caleite quarry in search of unusual stone samples. Guides for the group were Duane McLennan and Orval Pines.

Moler Office Staff

Adopts Missouri Game The extremely hilly countryside sur rounding the Moler plant and quarry offers few areas flat enough to ac commodate a conventional baseball dia 24

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Foltz

waits

to

receive.

the lively small ball with the tiny bat is nearly impossible. Toughest job of all, however, belongs to the catcher.

Trace Indian History In Hillsville Area The Western Pennsylvania area has a rich history of Indian lore.

Archaeologists and amateur collectors have long found fruitful hunting in the hilly countryside, and a recent discovery of traces of the Hopewell tribe near Edinburg Pennsylvania, added further interest for persons intent on reconstruc ting the lives of the American Indian.

One of these interested parties is Vernon Best, Safety Inspector of the Eastern and Lake Erie Districts. Vern

has been keeping an anxious eye on the findings of a Carnegie Institute of Technology crew that recently uncover ed the centuries-old burial ground of the Hopewell tribe. A student of Indian history, Vern also has a valuable col

lection of arrowheads that he displays in the photograph on page 26.

His interest, he says, is come by naturally. A distant relative, Lou Wetzel, was made famous in CONTINUED

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A n interesting new booklet describ ing fossils found in limestone at the Caleite quarry gives the Division a new information brochure.

In addition to illustrating the four principal forms of ancient animal life found in the stone at Caleite, the broch

ure briefly relates the history of the area and explains the development of various animal forms.

The six-page folder was prepared by the public relations department with the assistance of Professor G. M. Ehlers,

paleontologist at the University of Mich igan, and Herman Ferguson, senior di vision geologist.

The booklet joins other informativematerial that is continually asked for by schools, libraries, and other interest ed parties. Also included in the mail replies to these requests is the booklet, "Limestone", and a few samples of stone.

The booklets are also available to

tourists visiting Calcitc's Lookout Sta tion, Rogers City motels and the city's Chamber of Commerce.

Additional copies of the fossil book let are available at the Detroit office.

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WEAR THEM/

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Charles Frederick, Bradley

Recent retirees of Michigan Limestone Division. (See story, page 23)

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Zane Grey's stories of Indian fighters, and his name is referred to often in

early histories of the Western Pennsyl

Who said there's no competition within the Steel Industry ?

vania and Ohio area.

There are more than 250 steel companies competing for the business

of keeping the nation amply stocked with steel. Here are some of the

50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Pressley Shearer (see photo below) recently celebrated the golden anniversary of their marriage in Worthington, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shearer, a retiree with 33 years sen'ice at the Buffalo Creek Mine, married the

former Mary Ruffaner in 1910. They have two daughters, two sons, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

One of the sons, Oren B. Shearer, is

kinds of steels made —steels you see or use every day —and the number of companies that make them.

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make cold rolled sheets for REFRIGERATORS, AUTOMOBILE BODIES, KITCHEN APPLIANCES

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make stainless steel you find in the NOSE CONES OF MIS SILES, TABLEWARE, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Safety Men Visit Northern District Steel

Their tour of inspection began on a

Corporation's Safety Advisory Committee recently toured the Caleite and Cedarvilie plants, and took a close look at vessels of the Pittsburgh Steam-

Tuesday morning at Sauk Ste. Marie, Michigan, where they reviewed the sup ply operations of the Pittsburgh Steam ship Division. Tuesday evening they arrived in Cedarvilie. Wednesday morn ing they attended a management meet ing with W. R. Ransom, L. M. Irwin

Members

of

United

States

and Gale Simmons of the Cedarvilie

plant and were briefed on the operations of the plant and on the safety program being conducted.

After inspecting the plant and quarry,

Committee; J. A. Boyle, Central Opera tions-Coal; Wayne French, American Steel and Wire Division: C. M. Hodges, Tennessee Coal and Iron Division; W.

A. Kipp, Universal Atlas Cement Di vision; R. F. Wilson, Oliver Iron Min

ing Division; G. H. Reilly, National Tube Division; W. J. White, Pitts

burgh Steamship Division; F. M. Beaudoin, United States Steel Products Division; V. B. Manning, American

Bridge Division; and R. E. Nelson, Michigan Limestone Division.

the members boarded the Steamer Clem-

son of Pittsburgh Steamship. That eve ning they drove to Rogers City.

Group

shown

at

Cedarvilie

drill.

Thursday morning they heard details of the Caleite plant and quarry opera tions from J. N. Suliot, D. T. VanZandt and N. W. Haselhuhn. After inspect ing the self-unloader I. L. Clymer of the Bradley Transportation Line they toured the Caleite plant and quarry. The visit Committee inspected Bradley boat.

ship Division and the Bradley Trans portation Line.

A purely advisory group, the safety

ended Friday morning with a report to Caleite officials on results of the

inspection.

The committee is comprised of rep

committee visits the facilities of every

resentatives and alternates from each of

division, and reports their findings and

LI. S. Steel Corporation's divisions. At tending this inspection were R. S. B. Holmes, vice-chairman of the Advisory

recommendations to the managements of these divisions.

Committee members meeting at Caleite were, seated left to right, R. F. Wilson, R. S. B. Holmes, G. II. Reilly. W. J. White. Standing are Wayne French, C. M. Hodges, J. A. Boyle, V. B. Manning, F. M. Beaudoin and W. A. Kipp.

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QUALITY IN THE BALANCE This man is looking for a needle in a haystack! He's weighing with meticulous precision, a half-gram sample of limestone that will tell him the quality of 50,000 tons of stone.

Michigan Limestone Division sells stone of the highest quality.

A single shipment may be one truck load, or a 15,000 ton cargo in the hold of a Bradley Transportation Line vessel. The quality of stone in either delivery depends in large part on the care with which less than half a teaspoon of crushed stone is examined.

The Division's Chemistry Laboratory at Caleite Plant plays a vital part in keeping our quality in balance. Chemical and physical tests are made on half-gram samples of stone from all Division

plants. Samples like the one shown being held in the platinum cup

by Technician Owen Kroll in the photo above, give the Division's quality control technicians a complete story on the make-up of as much as 50,000 tons of stone.

This painstaking testing — the day-by-day checking of the quality of all Michigan Limestone products — makes it possible for us to produce and ship superior limestone products for in dustry and agriculture.

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thing but united as we move toward the challenges and opportunities of the future.

This requirement of unity in

Much higher than many competent

our efforts does nor mean that we

observers feel is good for the health of the country's economy. And there are threats to the freedom of oppor tunity in the form of restraints set up by those who do not believe in the principles under which this country has successfully prospered.

can give up an active interest in

government. On the contrary, if there is any serious threat to our freedom, it lies in the growing ten dency to shift to one's elected or appointed representatives the re sponsibility of thinking and doing for ourselves. Let us never forget thar the only purpose of govern ment is to "do for the people what they can not or will not do for themselves." As I see it, one of our

oAcross the Desk A s I prepare this message. Elec tion Day is just ten days away. By the time this issue reaches you, the voters of this great country

But in sixty years the scene in America has changed in some im portant respects. Taxes are higher.

big jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as individuals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is to make sure that others, in govern

By our individual participarion and interest, we can help preserve our unusual liberties, privileges, and op portunities for ourselves and our children.

Threats to liberty assume many forms, one of which is an attempt to demoralize and undermine the

ful in their presistent and some

national courage and self-respect.

As stated by Roger M. Blough,

times devious efforts to relieve us of

United States Steel's Chairman of

responsibilities and privileges that are rightfully ours and which can

the Board, "Too many people are too much concerned with finding inadequacies in America. They either refuse to recognize or lose

ment and elsewhere, are not success

not and should not be surrendered.

of ours will have decided in whom

Since this is a personal message, I'm not going to apologize for mak ing a personal reference. I am a so-

sighr of the many factors that to gether make America stronger than

will be entrusted the heavy responsi

called Second Generation American,

ever." In an effort to combat this

bility of top executive leadership in

threat, United States Steel has em

our Federal Government for the

both of my parents having come to this country to establish their

next four years, plus the holders of

home around the turn of the cen

a host of lesser bur in some respects

tury. A few years ago I visited my father's family home, a farm on a

"Watching America Grow," in which, through a series of adver

equally important offices in Feder al, State and Local circles.

We trust that you, if you were

qualified to vote, excercised your franchise and privilege, and partici pated in this important decision making process. We hope that you

cast your ballot only after careful consideration of all the issues; in

other words, that you decided with

your head and not your heart. Hav ing done so, you will now join the millions of our fellow citizens who

must accept the decision and pre pare themselves for the job in the days and months ahead. To many this acceptance will nor be en tirely willing and perhaps far from cheerful. But accept we must, for this country can't afford to be any

high knoll overlooking the mag nificent countryside in west-central Sweden, very much like the beauti ful rolling Pennsylvania Dutch country in eastern Pennsylvania. It was harvest time and, with the pat tern of fields of tall grain waving

gently to a soft breeze and gleam ing golden in the late summer sun, interspersed with patches of stately pine and fragrant spruce against the clear, deep blue of the northern sky, the scene was breathtaking. "Why," I wondered, "would anyone want to leave a place like this!" Of course the answer had been impressed up on me years before: oppressive taxa tion and limited opportunity;

barked on a program entitled tisements Lowell Thomas, the fam

ous commentator and traveler, takes us on a tour around this wonderful

country of ours and points our rhe many remarkable things that are going on.

Such

reminders are sometimes

necessary in times of stress to renew our

faith

in

our

fundamental

srrength as a nation, and I hope you will do your part in conveying such a feeling to those around you at work and at home.

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Against Chicago Background

SAFETY OBJECTIVE FREQUENCY ZERO

Theme of Corporation Meeting Safety Objective Frequency Zero was removed from the list of rhings to dream about and placed squarely in the hands of all United States Steel

Corporation employees in Chicago this month. Speaker after speaker before the nineteenth annual meeting of U. S. Steel

production and safety representatives

Set the Pace?" Mr. Hogberg probably startled more than a few in the audience as he drew countless correlations be

tween similar jobs in steel producing, raw materials, and materials handling operations within the Corporation's several divisions. His broad background in both steel producing and raw materi

deplored even the greatly improved

al operations qualified him to point out

accident frequency rate and asked that

that like jobs have like hazards, and prompted him to conclude that the frequency rate in other operations

efforts be doubled to eliminate all on-

the-job mishaps.

The tone of the meeting that attract

ed over 350 Corporarion representatives was set by Michigan Limestone Presi dent Carl G. Hogberg, one of the featur ed speakers in the general morning meeting. Mr. Hogberg's very frank and informative discussion on each divis

ion's responsibility in reaching Safety Objective Zero was enthusiastically re ceived by the audience. His remarks be came the basis for both formal and in

formal mention before representatives throughout the remainder of the busy day. This meeting of U. S. Steel safety and production leaders annually precedes the opening of the National Safety Con gress.

Michigan Limestone sent ten repre sentatives to the week-long Congress.

They were R. E. Nelson, of the Detroit office; V. E. Best, C. P. Richards, J. A. Loccisano and A. J. Guerin of the East ern and Lake Erie District; and N. W. Haselhuhn, S. Wozniak, Jr., D. Grigg, L. M. Irvin and G. F. Simmons of the Northern District.

Speaking on the topic, "Why Let Steel

should not exceed the rate in steel pro ducing. Far more important, however, was his insistence that every division could attain the zero frequency mark if all employees could be convinced that the goal is reasonable and attainable.

Backing his claim that a zero frequ ency rare is practical, Mr. Hogberg cited one example after another of operations in various U. S. Steel organizations that have reached the zero point in the past.

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President C. G. Hogberg addresses nearly 350 Corporation representatives at opening session of annual safety meeting at Shoreland Hotel, Chicago.

Chicago Safety

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hazard for hazard in steel and in other

operations and summed up his examples by stating, "I think it's pretty clear that we outside of steel have no monopoly on hazards. And I think that it's time

that we all recognize that fact, and con centrate, as we never have before, on

the individual. He is the key man in accident prevention, and at the same time, the common denominator."

Mr. Hogberg then listed the safety effort;; undertaken at Michigan Lime stone. He briefly appraised the safety record of the division and outlined the

program for recognizing safe days work

Northern District safety representatives discuss afternoon session. From

ed. He spoke on the importance of in cluding the employee's family in the division's efforts to guide the employee in safe work practices. And he spoke of

left,

what he called a "built-in" feature of

they are S. Wozniak,

Jr.,

G.

F. Simmons and

Stating his case, Mr. Hogberg challeng ed, "I think that we in raw materials and possibly in other segments of our operations have, unconsciously or other wise, been prone to hide under the cover

of 'inherent hazards' when accounting

4

Haselhuhn.

for some of our shortcomings in accident prevention."

He then cited the similar hazards

found in jobs in mining, manufactur ing, lake transportation, and materials handling. He matched job for job and

A break in meetings brings together J. A. Loecisano, left, V. E. Best, center, and L. M. Irvin.

N. W.

the safety program, the inter-relation of employees at the division's relatively small locations. "For example," Mr. Hog berg stated, "at Rogers City, over forty percent of our employees are sons of former employees of the division, and 92 percent of our employees have a

From left, A. J. Guerin, R. E. Nelson and C. P. Richards compare notes at end of daylong schedule.

Edward C. Meyers opens the general session to addresses on safety in engineering, off-the-.job accidents, sales outlook.

direct relative working for the division."

He continued this thought by pointing out that "this cohesiveness has helped to keep the Michigan Limestone tradi tion of safety sparkling and alive."

Mr. Hogberg concluded his remarks by again calling for an all-out effort to reach the zero point in accident frequency.

Other speakers on the morning's pro gram included Mr. S. M. Jenks, execu tive vice president, Engineering and

Research, U. S. Steel; Mr. A. R. Mathie-

son, president and treasurer, United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund; and Mr. M. J. Aurelius, administrative vice president, Commercial, U. S. Steel.

Mr. Jenks discussed the role of the engineer in incorporating the latest safety designs in planning new or re modeled facilities. The startling statis tics on non-occupational accidents was the theme of Mr. Mathieson's address.

Mr. Aurelius spoke on U. S. Steel's pro

gram of depth selling to meet com petition within the steel industry, to compete with other products, and to compete with foreign made steel.

Afternoon

sessions

offered

various

topics in each of the three basic opera tions, steel producing, raw materials, and manufacturing and service.

Mr. E. H. Gott, executive vice presi dent, Production, U. S. Steel, was the featured speaker at the dinner meeting that concluded a very busy day.

Afternoon sessions were devoted to separate sections on steel producing, raw materials, manufacturing and service.

Hundreds

visit

the

exhibit

station

during the peak of tourist season.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Liblong and son, John, of Almont, Michigan ask questions about stone displays and Del Smolinski, station attendant, provides answers.

Lookout Attracts Thousands Annually M'V#ou are now looking out over the largest limestone quarry in the world." Wirh this prefacing state ment attendant Del Smolinski briefly describes the history and the operations of the Calcite quarry and plant from his vantage point high above the quarry floor at Point Lookout. His audience is

usually made up of family groups of tourists who pause on their travels to get a glimpse of the limestone industry.

Since Point Lookout was formally

opened to the public, tens of thousands of visitors to Northern Michigan have

scanned the area in an effort to comp rehend the size of the gigantic quarry.

They have learned that over 80,000 tons

of stone are taken from this indentation

in the earth in a normal working day.

They are flabbergasted to learn that un der normal operating conditions, be

Records further reveal that the largest attendance occurred on August 3 of that year when 443 persons signed the book. Annual attendance varies some

tween 14 V2 and 15 million tons of

what. The 1959 estimated total was

rock a year are shovelled out of the quarry walls and transported to the huge screen house looming in the background.

ants put the figure over the 45,000

Average 200 Visitors Daily in 1959

33,621, while in 1957 lookout attend mark.

Inside the

observation house,

the

An average of 200 people a day visit ed the lofty lookout point during 1959.

Many register their names and addresses in the trim whire cottage, others do not.

But registration lists includes names of people from 22 foreign countries and

visitors may view displays aimed at ex plaining the limestone industry, see a scale model of the Steamer John G. Munson, self-unloader of the Bradley Transportation Line, and inspect various rock samples. Limestone booklets are available free of charge. Rest-room fa

from 43 states of the Union in 1959-

cilities are also included.

Here is but a small part of the panoramic view afforded visitors from the lookout station on the quarry wall.

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Ken, Helen, Douglas and Dennis Fitzgerald pause for a moment before the formal gardens of Victoria Park before setting on a tour of the Falls area.

ARA FALLS greatest

Uistrict families might better

show places, the fabulous Ni agara Falls, is located within driving distance of every Michigan Limestone em ployee. It's an easy day's

.And for Buffalo employees,

allow a day and a half journ ey each way but .the goal is well worth the time spent on

the Falls provide an extreme ly scenic point to take out-oftown guests while they them

the road. People the World over make every effort to see

ingly unending thrill of the

drive from Moler or Detroit, less than that from Conneaut

this mighty nature spectacular that is within easy reach of

selves recapture, the

seem

giant waterfall. An added feature is that the Falls has no CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Niagara Falls

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particular season for the tourist. The magnificence of Niagara is as breath taking in the winter months as it is in the summertime. Spring and autumn add special flourishes to Niagara's scenic backdrop.

ML SCREENINGS recently toured the crowded walkways and ambled through the carefully-tended gardens on the Canadian side of the Falls with the

Kenneth W. Fitzgerald family which includes sons Dennis, age 16, and Doug las, age 9. Mr. Fitzgerald is a cost an alyst at the Buffalo Plant. The family has made a half dozen of the 20-mile

trips to the Falls, but all agree that the sight is not dimmed by the repeated

After miles of walking, a shady park bench becomes a welcomed spot for the Fitzgeralds. The Falls can be seen from all points in Victoria Park.

visits.

The Falls actually consists of three separate water cascades that plunge 160 feet down from the Niagara River into a gorge known as the Lower River.

The three Falls are the American, the Horseshoe and the Luna, or 'bridal veil'.

The Niagara River is more correctly a 37-mile strait connecting Lake Onrario on the north with Lake Erie on the south.

rime visitor perhaps the most awe-in spiring view can be seen from the City of Niagara Falls on the Canadian side.

This most popular location is situated in the heart of a series of Canadian parks that stretch nearly 35 miles along the Niagara River. Since the famed Father Louis Hennepin first viewed the mag nificent Falls accompanied by the ex plorer, Rene Robert Cavelier de la

This strait closely follows the border

Salle, in 1678, millions have visited this

between Canada's Ontario Province and

show of nature that compares favorably

with any attraction in the world.

Long ballyhooed as a honeymoon haunt, the Falls is a favorite of young sters and oldsters alike. And for the

amateur camera fan, rhe area provides a million photo angles. For Ken and Helen and the two boys the long walk along the face of the gorge was punctu ated with dozens of stops for shutterbugs intent on placing the family trip on film with snaps of mama and the children posed against the rail.

the State of New York in the U.S.A. The

American and Luna Falls with a portion of the Horseshoe Falls are within the

United States. The greater part of the Horseshoe is located on Canadian soil.

It is estimated that some million and a

half gallons of water pass over the three Falls every second!

Cedarville, Michigan, shares a similar

place in geologic history with the Falls, even though the two points are hun dreds of miles apart. Both areas are sit uated on the same Niagaran escarpment formed by rock beds during the Silurian period of prehistoric time. Rocks of the

Niagaran series form a low ridge across the southern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and this ridge runs south east ward through Ontario, entering New York state at the Niagara River.

There are several vantage points from which to view the Falls, but to the first-

Trim, colorful formal gardens provide a focal point in front of Canada's Niagara Falls administration building. Note American Falls in background.

The thundering American Falls and the small Luna Falls as viewed from the Canadian side give some indi

To enjoy the Falls to the fullest, the visitor should spend at least two days to take in all of the sights at a reason able pace. Comfortable shoes and cloth ing is the preferred dress, for the serious tourist will walk several miles in cov

ering such points as the Cave of the Winds, Goat Island, Prospect Point, Whirlpool Park and Devils Hole on the American side; and Victoria Park, Oakes

cation of Niagara's majesty. The buildings in the background form the skyline of Niagara Falls, N. Y.

base of the Horseshoe Falls; a ride on

the cable car over the giant whirlpool

and the hiking trip under the Horse shoe Falls.

For the historian, both sides of the Falls present rich ground for studying early conquests in both countrys' search

for independence. Canada's fight for Republic status, and a battle scene from the earlier war of 1812 both touched

Garden Theatre, and Niagara Glen on

Niagara's vantage point. Even the war

the Canadian side.

between the North and the South in

For the more intrepid visitor, tour stops should include a ride on the Maid of the Mist, one of the two power boats that ply their way into the spray at the

our country was to include Niagara in its history. For it was at this site that U. S. Senator Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, Horace Greely and others

Doug and Denny, shown viewing the American Falls, were particularly intrigued with the area's history.

conspired to end the wat.

The Falls' history is further colored by accounts of exhibitionists who saw in this mighty work of nature a stage that promised fame and fortune to the fearless performer. Their feats and at tempted feats included plunges over the Falls in barrels, swimming conquests against the strong currents of the Lower Rapids, and tight rope walking antics.

After a delicious dinner at a large dining room overlooking the Falls, the Fitzgeralds returned to Buffalo thankful that they live within commuting dis tance of one of the world's truly great wonders.

Mrs. Fitzgerald spent a great deal of time admiring the thousands of flowers in the park's many gardens.

MORE STEAM for a GREYHOUND Capitalizing on favorable fall weather, Calcite Port ship re pairmen have undertaken a mammoth operation below decks of the Steamer CedarviIIe. The crew is replacing three Scotch fire tube boilers with two new

water tube Marine boilers. And taking out the old boilers with their six sep arate fire boxes is about half the battle.

A last look at the Str. CedarviIIe before the repair crew went to work.

Something's missing in

this view.

The boat's familiar stack is gone.

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The new and differently operating boilers are expected to increase the efficiency of the Bradley Transportation Line vessel. In this type of Marine boi ler, water is carried in tubes and heat ed from hot gases surrounding the tubes.

In the type of boilers that are being re placed, the water was heated by tubes carrying the hot gases. Manual coal feed ing will be replaced with automatic stokers and ash handling equipment.

The Str. CedarviIIe project nearly

A gaping hole is opened in the boat deck to enable workers to remove the dismantled boilers and fire boxes by using a locomotive crane at the dock.

resembles a dry dock operation. Com pletely without water ballast, the vessel sits high in the water, exposing half of her screw and rudder.

One of the first tasks was the removal of the stack. The CedarviIIe will have

a new low, and moderately streamlined, stack once the project has been complet ed. Repair crew members then cut a gaping hole in the boat deck directly under the location of the displaced stack.

Acetylene torches continued the job of

Workers use acetylene torches to cut through vessel's fire tube assembly.

Steel plates that once comprised boiler walls is reduced to scrap.

cutting through supporting members and other structures to uncover the giant boilers for the locomotive crane waiting

on the dock. Then began the tedious job of cutting up the furnaces, tube units and fire boxes into manageable-sized pieces. The outer walls of the furnace consist of one and three-quarter inch steel. The forward bulkhead in the boi

ler room is also being replaced. Manu ally-fired fireboxes will be replaced with automatic stokers and ash handling equipment.

A section of dismantled boiler is carefully lowered to the bed of a truck.

Stacks of materials rise on the dock for start of new boiler installations.

The new boilers will be assembled

aboard the CedarviIIe and then the real work for the steam fitters will start with

the tying in of new pipe networks to existing connections.

The new steam generating system is expected to be ready for performance tests by the end of December. And next spring the CedarviIIe will have more efficiently produced power as she steams out of Calcite Harbor to continue her

service with the Bradley Transportation Line.

Frank Ware is maintenance foreman

on the project and Clifford Buehrens is marine superintendent.

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HILLSVILLE'S EARLY HISTORY The quarrying of limestone at the Hillsville, Pennsylvania location actually goes back nearly three-quarters of a century. However, erection of the firsr permanent structures to process the stone did not take place until after the first World War.

A glimpse at the early history of the Hillsville Plant is made possible by a time-yellowed log that was formerly kept by the engineering firm retained to direct construction of plant facilities.

The rather complete log was turned over to the owners of the property upon completion of the building project. The photographs included on these two

pages were a part of this record.

In 1919, when the facilities were

completed, the property was in the hands of the G. W. Johnson Limestone Company of New Castle. By 1921 the

company was owned by the United States Steel Corporation and, in 1934, it was merged with other firms into the Pittsburgh Limestone Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S.S. A

further merger in 1951 joined Pitts burgh Limestone with the Michigan

one-half miles away from rhe Hills ville property and the road conditions

Limestone and Chemical Company. One year later, the consolidated companies became the Michigan Limestone Divis

road to the Pennsylvania railroad sta

ion.

Construction of the first permanent crushing plant began on December 2, 1918. Eight months after the engineer ing firm began building the labor camps, the plant was turned over to the owners. In those days construction fore

to the site were similar to that of the tion. Because the small settlement of

Hillsville could not supply the needed laborers, and the transportation problem was a little less than attractive to men

were a real problem.

The Youngstown and New Castle

in New Castle and Youngstown, a labor camp was constructed for the workers.

The plant itself was constructed on the floor of rhe quarry and all materials had to be handled by hand over the 600 foot stretch from the top of the quarry bank to the plant. Unemployment in the Youngstown area immediately fol lowing the signing of the Armistice provided a good supply of both laborers and carpenters. This situation prevailed until May of 1919 when industry in surrounding towns was revived and workers rhen preferred to stay in town rather than go to such an 'isolated' place as Hillsville. Retaining carpenters meant special inducements such as a fair

interurban trolley tracks were one and

amount of overtime and carfare (the

man's troubles started with the trans

portation of both workers and materials to the sparsely-populated area, accord ing to the account. The quarry was serv ed by a four-mile branch of rhe Pitts burgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad's tracks were within a mile of the location, but the

road from the station to the quarry was only passable during dry weather. Quant ities of materials less than a carload

Major part of plant's construction was excavation of crusher pit and conveyor tunnel and installation of crusher.

Framework holds crusher wall forms.

Entire walls were poured at one time.

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Deep excavation drops to crusher pit.

Superstructure rises over crusher.

Unsafe practice would not be tol erated under present regulations.

Highly-detailed photo of new screens

(above) shows excellence of photo grapher's skill in this 42-year-old picture. At right â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Skelton of screen

house and conveyor rise above quar ry floor. Outline of crusher house can be seen beyond the drive house.

carpenters refused to live in the camp.)

No charge was made for sleeping accom

The schedule of rates paid the various workers that appears low to this day and

modations.

age, was actually consideted attractive

is so punctuated by delays for various

in the post-war period. Common labor

normal reasons for delays were attribut ed to slow delivery schedules for mater ials, and boom collapses on the crane.

To pour the solid concrete walls, the

reasons that it seems incredible that the

ers were paid 42 cents an hour. Carp enters received 75 cents an hour up

steam driven cement mixer ran con

work was finished in eight months.

tinuously over 14 to 16 hour periods.

Entire walls had to be poured at one time to waterproof the walls against

until May of 1919 when the labor de mand boosted the rate to 85 cents.

Shovel and hoist engineers were rated at 75 cents an hour, and mechanics earned between 60 cents and 80 cents an hour.

Labor foremen made from 65 cents to

75 cents an hour. The general foreman

was paid $60 per week, while the resi dent engineer commanded $45 per week.

But then, their prices for materials now appear just as difficult to believe.

Cement ranged from $1.40 to $1.52 a barrel. Lumber for forms was purchased for less than $36 per thousand board measure, and nails brought $3-95 a keg.

Equipment rental was also low by to

The account of the actual construction

Water where it wasn't wanted was one

reason for several delays. With the crusher house on the quarry floor, the

water seepage through seams.

forty foot deep crusher pit became the lowest spot in the surrounding area.

Frequent rains that flooded the pit press ed pumps into continuous operation for

Here again, a narrow guage track ran through the site to the quarry and the

long periods of time. At one time the steam shovel was covered by 26 feet of water in the pit.

as work progressed on the screen house.

In 1920 the present shop was con

Often construction of tracks would

structed and the present office building

Another construction problem plagu ed foundation work on rhe screen house.

track was in continual use by the quarry

have to be delayed so that normal quarry

followed in 1925. The plant was re

operations were not interrupted. More

placed by a new structure in 1942.

Crusher house, left, and screen house neared completion in this 1919 photo.

day's standards. A steam driven shovel was leased for $600 a month, a loco motive type boiler rented for $50 a

month, and various engines were plac ed in operation at $50 a month.

Portal to portal pay was in effect in 1918 for carpenters who built the la bor camp's two bunk houses and mess hall.

These

men

traveled

between

Youngstown and Hillsville daily.

Once completed the labor camp ac commodated a maximum of 82 men.

Workmen paid $8 per week for board.

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Mercer, electrician, were stranded atop a truck in five feet of water in the

quarry before they could reach the shov els to disconnect lines and start the water

pumps. The two men were later res cued by boat.

During the night employees were called to the quarry to operate two

pumps and clean drainage ditches that had become clogged with mud. Steps were taken to seal off the quarry's lower level from further water run-off.

When Plant Manager W. Carl Benton

reached the quarry soon after the rain started, he reported that water rushing over the west wall of the quarry resem

bled a small Niagara Falls.

Helpless quarry shovel depicts gravity of situation following flood.

Before drainage ditches could carry the water away, over 12 feet of water accumulated in the quarry and lapped at the sides of the two helpless shovels.

Flash Flood Soaks Moler The most damaging flash flood in the history of the Moler plant temp orarily closed down quarry operations recently. Nearly four and one-half in ches of rain in a three hour period flood ed the quarry and all access roads in mid-August. It also isolated the town of Millville for several hours.

A violent electrical storm accompanied

by high winds preceded the downpour on a hot and humid evening. Wind, rain and lightning all played a part in knock ing out both communications and elec tricity to the quarry. The storm hit with such suddenness and force that John McCord, chief electrician, and William

Two pumps were kept busy for days clearing water from the flooded quarry.

Foreman William Thompson (right) checks water soaked generator as Theodore Holmes describes damage.

Roads were covered with fallen trees and

large limbs and clogged ditches taxed the efforts of men on emergency clean up operations.

In all, the ten inch and eight inch pumps wete in operation for a total of 192 hours before the lake in the quarries was drained. Then came the removing,

cleaning and drying of the mechanical and electrical equipment from the stone loading shovels and truck.

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Bradley Boats are Safety Afloat Safety afloat is just as important as safety ashore, and pos sibly it takes a little added effort because of the obvious

space restrictions aboard a lake carrier. A lesson in the day-to day safety precautions observed in the routine sailing of a Bradley Transportation Line vessel was the object of a recent trip on the Steamer T. W. Robinson. ML SCREENINGS boarded the Robinson as she unloaded over 12,000 tons of

fluxing fines on the stockpiles of the McLouth Steel Corpora tion, Trenton, Michigan Several safety precautions to protect the vessel's 37 mem

ber crew become apparent during the unloading operations.

As the vessel nears rhe docks, crew members clad in life pre server jackets are lowered to the dock to handle the lines,

and the long unloading boom arcs out over the unloading area. This boom, for instance, could be a hazard were it not

for a grated walkway complete with cable side rail. Then, too, the conveyor man uses the walkway only during necessary inspections of the unloading. Greasing of bearings along the long continuous conveyor is restricted to times when the boom is secured along the center of the boat's deck. All grease points on the elevator housing above deck are guarded with handrails.

duties that include the sweeping and rinsing down of the holds. Workmen here are protected from falling into the chutes at the bottom of the holds by hand chains secured at one end to the side of the holds. When washing down the holds, two

As individual holds are emptied the crew begins cleanup Joseph Makowski keeps a hand on

guard rail while inspecting boom.

Securely holding safety chain, a workman sweeps down walls of hold.

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Arthur

Kandow

illustrates

use

of

bumper blocks as the vessel docks.

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practices are a major step to the pre vention of walkway hazards. Both above and below decks, the greyhounds are kept as neat as the home of the most fastidious housewife. Light colored paints and well illuminated work areas contribute to the safety of each crew member. Prominent signs in hazardous areas help to keep men safety conscious.

First aid supplies are kept close to working areas for the treatment of the simplest cut or abrasion. Even the cov eralls worn by the crew members carry rhe words "Work Safely" emblazoned across the back.

Whether his duties are those of a

conveyorman, oiler, repairman, watch man, or deck hand, each crew member

First Mate Norman Raymond shows workings of radio direction finder.

Use of ship radar aids navigation of the big and mighty Str. Robinson.

Bradley Boats

aft sections of the boat. Crew members

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ly lowered by rope from the forward or

is trained in the safe way to do his job and is schooled in the recognition of unsafe practices rhat might endanger his fellow worker. Periodic safety meet ings aboard each vessel are refresher courses in safety and bring new infor mation to ctew members.

on watch are particularly alert for any malfunctioning of equipment that could spell danger. The mate on duty is con tinually on the prowl of the 560 foot vessel for unsafe working conditions.

Once unloaded and underway for the next port of call, other safety measures come into play. Good housekeeping

Navigational safety is the responsi bility of the vessel's officers. And these highly trained men have been provided with rhe latest in navigational aids.

Within the confines of the pilot house are such safety tools as radar, radio di rection finder, gyro and magnetic com passes, and ship to shore radio. Captain

The right tool for every job and the right place for every tool insures fast repair work. Here Ed Brown replaces a wrench on handy tool board.

Terry Sorgatt negotiates stairway marked by prominent safety sign.

men handle the high pressure hose to eliminate the chance of the hoseman

falling into the hatch openings.

Bumper blocks stand ready to hold the vessel away from the wharf in the event a man fell overboard between the boat

and the wharf. The blocks may be quick-

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Good housekeeping methods below deck keep areas free of hazards. Note lighting, clean floors and sturdy hand rails.

Gilbert Kempe, First Mate Norman Raymond, Second Mate Norman Quaine, and Third Mate Edward Partyka all play important roles in keeping the Rob inson in safe waters. Constant review of

rhe vessel's immediate reactions to ord

ers from the pilot house. Oilers continu ally make their rounds of critical points of engine wear and stokermen kept a sharp eye on the several pressure and heat gauges during the vessel's voyage.

is sounded the vessel virtually becomes alive under scrambling feet as crew members rush to their stations while

donning life preservers. Regular drills also insure that life boats and lines

lake and river charts, the logging of check points, stricr observance of peri odic weather reports, and the continual search of the horizon by radar and the naked eye insure safe journeys, and fast

responsibility of keeping the crew in good health and alert on and off duty.

Carefully-planned meals providea hearty

deliveries of customer orders.

diet for the Robinson's crew.

one man's close observance of another

Below decks in the engine room, Chief Engineer J. Harold Nidy directs

man's actions. For aboard a lake carrier,

his assistants in the constant care of the

Life boat drills are a very important part in the overall protection of each employee. The drills, called by the mas

powerful engines and boilers to insure

ter, are unannounced. When the alarm

of that community.

Life

William Haske checks one of the convenient first aid cabinets.

Safety message on crew member's coveralls is reminder to employees.

raft becomes

center of activ

ity during life boat drills.

The steward and cooks share in the

remain in top condition.

Safety has become an attitude to men of the Bradley Line. It is a way of life and a course of action. It is the close

observance of safety rules and it includes

the crew makes up a mobile community.

One man's behavior can affect the safety

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Aerial photograph of CedarviIIe Plant portrays beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and convenience of lake port.

Plant Improvements at CedarviIIe Improvements of production facilities at CedarviIIe Plant have included

the installation of two powerful impact crushers at the base of the screen house.

Coupled with this new equipment has been the recent addition of conveyors to handle the growing amount of flux ing fines that the plant is being called upon to process.

According to Assistant Plant Manager Lewis Irvin, changes in stone require ments

necessitated

the

screen

house

modifications. The plant was processing an adbundance of larger sizes of stone and the two crushers have been placed

in operation to reduce the size of a portion of this stone. Additional

Charles Burch reads message to

amounts of fluxing fines also necessitat ed additional storage area, and engineers and construction workers have complet ed a new conveyor and conveyor boom that now delivers the fines to a storage area at the rear of the plant.

Increased efficiency of operations has been furthered by the installation of

Fast

communication between gate house and train via mobile radio.

two-way radio communications between

the quarry, the plant, and various pieces of operating equipment. The quarry foreman and yard foreman can com municate quickly wirh one another via mobile radio and can also reach oper

Two impact crushers at base of the screen house have

increased

the

plant's

production

of

George Markey in locomotive cab.

fluxing

fines.

ators of strategic equipment.

Main stations are located at the plant guard's office and the quarry foreman's office. Receivers have been installed in

both locomotives, a plant pickup ttuck, and in the three shovels.

A new conveyor boom carries fluxing fines to a stock pile storage area at the rear of the screen house.

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BUFFALO CELEBRATES 1500 SAFE DAYS The Crystal room of the Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo, was the scene of a recent event marking Buffalo Planr's suc

cessful completion of 1,500 working days without a lost-time injury. Division management people were on hand to give both employees and their wives a pat on the back for the record and added encouragement to keep this record intact.

President C. G. Hogberg, Eastern and Lake Erie Districts Manager G. W. Mintz, Assistant Lake Erie District Manager L. H. Rathbun, Plant Superintendent T. G. Rose, and B. F. Cook, supervisor of industrial relations for the Eastern and Lake Erie Districts, were present to help the local plant cele brate. Brief talks by Mr. Hogberg, Mr. Mintz and Mr. Rose

followed the dinner and preceded entertainment by a magician.

Mr. Hogberg pointed to the increasing efforts of all in

dustry for effective safery-on-the-job programs that place em phasis on the well-being of the individual employee. Calling attention to the division's Safety Objective Zero programs,

he stated that all plants could attain 100 percent accident-free days if every employee's attitude could be dominated by the safety theme. A great deal of credit for the individual em ployee's attitude musr go to the housewife who continually shows concern for her husband's safety, Mr. Hogberg added.

Mr. Rose and Mr. Mintz also added their personal congratu lations to plant employees.

Buffalo is led by only the CedarviIIe and Moler plants in number of safe days as this issue goes to press. Buffalo's con tinuous streak of days without disabling injury started on December 17, 1956.

Speech making was brief at festive occasion marking safety milestone for Buffalo employees and their wives.

A smiling President Hogberg ends remarks on a spirited note.

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Tom Rose adds his congratulations.

establishing the bases of the standard Review of the standard cost program directed by the division's accounting department and headed by Harold Jones,

cost system.

George Jones, supervisor of industrial relations for the Northern District, de

Northern District accountant, takes the

votes one day to labor agreement discus

sessions first three days. In these confer

sions.

ence discussions, officers review basic

Other industrial relations areas are

standards, dollar standards, budgets, op erating cost statements, and variances

discussed during the final two days by

from standards, and learn how this in

These areas include the handling of em ployee questions on work procedures, a review of the basic principles of the di vision's 1958 management development program, a movie on eye protection, and the presentation of the fundamentals of the United States Steel Corporation's management development program.

formation can be used in securing lowcosr operations. Dallas Hartford, of in dustrial engineering, has also been tak ing part in those sessions devoted to describing what basic standards and operating practice descriptions are and how they are determined and used in

members of the industrial relations staff.

Donald P. Knowles, Sr.

Assistant Is Named Donald P. Knowles, Sr. has joined the division as assistant to George Mintz,

manager of the Eastern and Lake Erie Districts. He served the division from

1951 to 1954, and rejoins the organiza tion after serving as engineer in charge of construction of a manganese mining development in Brazil.

Before joining Michigan Limestone in 1951 as manager of rhe Division's Hershey, Pennsylvania plant, he had long experience as a mining engineer in both the United States and Canada.

Mr. Knowles is a native of Idaho

Springs, Colorado, and attended the University of Colorado.

Bradley Personnel Back in School Licensed officers of the Bradley Trans portation Line are returning to the classroom for six-day conference sessions in such subjects as management cost control, management development pro gram and the new provisions of the February I960, labor agreement.

By mid-November training leaders expect to complete these sessions for nearly seventy-five Bradley licensed of ficers. Classes are comprised of from thirteen to seventeen officers each. They are being rotated on vessel assignments

R. E. Nelson, left, Staff Assistant-Industrial Relations, reviews lecture points with Captain Oscar Miller, center, and Ralph Schalk, conveyorman.

Bradley crew members come ashore for six-day training sessions at Calcite.

in order to attend the shore conferences held at the Northern District's main

office building in Rogers City.

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Members of United States Steel Corporation's Commodity Committee are shown meeting in the conference room at the Calcite Plant. Members seated clockwise from the left are, R. F. Benson, E. A. Helgans, E. G. Barrett, J. G. Hepler, R. C. Moffitt, H. F. Webster, A. C. Greer, R. A. Engelhardt, and L. L. Slabodnik.

Northern District Host to Committee

H. F. Webster, Director of Purchases, Quebec Cartier Mining Company; E. A. Helgans, Director-Purchasing, Univer

sal Atlas Cement Division, and R. A.

Engelhardt, Purchasing Agent, Michi gan Limestone Division.

Nine members of the United States

Steel Corporation's Commodity Committee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mining met at the Cal cite Plant recently. Commitee meetings

were augmented by tours of Calcite Plant and quarry facilities, and an in spection of the Steamer W. F. White, Bradley Transportation Line vessel. On the thitd day the group was conducted through the CedarviIIe Plant and quar ry and journeyed to the locks at the Soo to observe the workings of this vital lake shipping point.

The visit to the Northern District

was the first in a series of meeting lo cations that the group plans to make annually. It is their hope that yearly meetings can be held in each mining division location.

Michigan Limestone Division man agement people welcomed the group that included R. C. Moffitt, Vice Presi dent-Purchases, United States Steel Corporation; J. G. Hepler, Assistant to the Vice President-Purchases, United

States Steel Corporation; R. F. Benson, Manager-Purchasing Research, United States Steel Corporation; L. L. Slabod nik, Director of Purchases, Oliver Iron Mining Division; E. G. Barrett, Attorn ey-in-Fact, Orinoco Mining Company; A. C Greer, Director-Purchasing Di vision, Pittsburgh Steamship Division; 22

Alfred Hopp Family Grows By One, Temporarily The Alfred Hopp family has grown by one, at least for the next sev eral months. The addition is a bundle

of energy wearing a very pleasant smile.

Miss Sunhild Erlach-Rybak is an 18year-old exchange student from Austria, and the Hopps are very glad she came.

The fifth student under the foreign

The Alfred Hopp family show off garden to Sunhild, their new house guest.

Vivacious Miss Erlach-Rybak claims she is thriving on her American diet.

exchange program of the American Field Service will spend the entire school year with the Hopp family while she attends Rogers City High School. She is no stranger to the English language having spent last summer in Great Britain. She admits, however, that

American English is somewhat different

than the language she has studied and the language she spoke in England.

The young girl who is athleticallyinclined seems to find excitement in

everything she does. It is no wonder

that she has added happiness to the Hopp household and became a com panion of Cheryl, the Hopp's daughter.

A Western Pennsylvania sheephead mushroom will vie in size with those

of any other area in the country.

The 43 pound specimen in the ac companying photograph was found near the Hillsville Plant by Louis Perrott, screen and conveyor attend ant. The mushroom measures nearly three feet across.

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Station Representative Irvin Horton interviews Ernest Bruning in the

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Lodovico Squeglia, Hillsville

George Murphy, Hillsville Foreman Gerry Burns chats with Harlan Lamb for the television cameraman.

Scene was taken in front of crusher in CedarviIIe Plant's screen house.

CedarviIIe TV

(continued)

featured in what is believed to be the

first full-length program devoted to the operations of a Michigan Limestone Division plant.

Crew members of station CJIC-TV, Sauk, Ontario, scrambled over the quar ry floor and photographed the stone from blasting to final delivery to a cus

Manager W. R. Ransom narrated the limestone story for the television audi ence. Scenes also included close-ups in the crusher and screen house.

Actual delivery of an order of stone was photorgaphed at the Algoma Steel Corporation, Limited, Sauk, Ontario, where the Steamer CedarviIIe discharged an order.

tomer. The one-half hour show included

The show was arranged and directed

interviews with plant foremen. Plant

by Irvin Horton, station representative.

Agricultural lime shipments in recent weeks have been keeping both the Buffalo and Conneaut plants hustling as

farmers make preparations of their soil for the winter. The pulverized lime is heavily used on nearby farms in early spring and again in the fall. Pictured below on the left, Joseph Konoba and William VanTassel load a box car with bag ged lime. In the picture at the right, truck drivers wash down their rigs before carrying bulk lime to area farms.

Both pictures were taken at the Conneaut plant.

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Saving money can be habit forming if we ear-mark funds regularly for the future before the money reaches our pockets Through the Division's pay roll deduction program, employees sit back and watch proudly as systematic deposits build toward the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, and U. S. Savings Bonds,

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entire household.

Lester M. Mose, Sr., Moler

Joseph Caruso, Hillsville

History relates that when the Yapese went quarrying limestone with shell axes, they were actually "minting" money. For until recent days, the in habitants of Yap Island in the Western Pacific quarried and cut limestone wheels in various sizes to be used in exchange for goods and services. The value of the 1,200 pound stone being examined by Leota Decker in the accom panying photograph is estimated to be high enough to buy a Yap home or pin-chase fishing rights on an island reef. The limestone wheel is part of the permanent Money Museum at the new headquarters office of the Nat ional Bank of Detroit. Mrs. Decker is secretary to the manager of sales E. A. Weymouth, in the Division office in Detroit.

COVER To the nature lover, Autumn is per haps the most beautiful time of the

year. The natural grandeur of the West Virginia area is caught in the rushing waters of a small stream near the Moler Plant.

Sump holes, if not properly identi fied or guarded, can present a serious hazard for all Division prop erties. Tliis simple, yet effective fence can be found on property at the Buffalo Plant.

Historic Harpers Ferry Lives Again A national television network brought an hour-long recount of John Brown's abortive raid on

Harpers Ferry re cently, and the show recounted the historic events that

led to the raid and

to the subsequent war between the North

and

the

South.

What the television cameras did not

show, unfortunately, was the beauty of this scenic townsite. This strategic cen ter located near the union of the Potom

Calcite plant safety inspectors keep in tune with the times with this striking safety display that ties in safety dress with football theme.

ac and Shenandoah Rivers in the Blue

Ridge mountains firsr gained importance befor 1800 when Congress selected the area for the construction of an arsenal

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and armory.

Moler employees live within a few minute's drive of Harpers Ferry and most of them are familiar wirh the his

A few steps away from Michigan Limestone's Detroit office lies the entrance to Detroit's fabulous new Cobo Hall, scene of the recent National Automobile

Show that attracted over one million people. American Iron and Steel Insttute's exhibit pictured above attracted thousands of visitors from all over the country. They learned how the properties of new and modern steels add value to the 1961 model automobiles. In the foreground is a portion of the "Garden of Steel" exhibit. A dozen such booths demonstrated the versa

tility and importance of steel in the manufacture of today's cars. The Steelmark symbol was used prominently throughout the Institute exhibit.

tory and legends of the area. Harpers Ferry is now a part of the National Park System, and its crumbling homes

and shop buildings are being restored with painstaking care to recreate the town that attracted Washington, Lee, Jackson and Jefferson. The photo on the

opposite page captures some of the natural grandeur of the townsite.

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Seemingly perched atop the trees in beautiful Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the time-worn St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. Harpers Ferry historically dates back to 1796 and this church has held continuous services since

the early 1830's. Its tall spire has witnessed John Brown's raid during the days of slavery, and both Union and Con federate troops marched beside its stately walls during the Civil War. The church is perched on a point of ground high above the juncture of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, and is now witnessing a major restoration of Har pers Ferry by the Federal government. This national shrine is within short driving distance of the Moler Plant.

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SCREENING FOR QUALITY Screening and washing various sizes of stone is but one of many steps taken by Michigan Limestone Division employees to insure the highest quality of limestone for customer orders. Be fore stone reaches a screen like the one pictured in either Calcite, CedarviIIe, Hillsville or Moler plants, several steps have been taken to assure that the product will meet the customer's require ments.

Starting with the geological survey of the deposit, the job of uncovering, removing and processing the various types of lime stone for the dozens of industrial applications is one of continual testing to meet the increasingly exacting demands of technological advances.

Qualitative tests of core samples were made in chemical lab oratories long before the stone pictured here began its tumbling

journey over a series of screens to be ultimately deposited in the hold of a Bradley Transportation Line, or other, vessel on its way to a steel, chemical, or cement customer.

Every employee shares in the Division's responsibility for quality. Every employee shares in the overall rewards when this stone continues to meet the requirements of Michigan Limestone customers.

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