Word: diesel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ford must take possession of the ships within 60 days and scrap them or install Diesel engines and put them into service within 18 months. With a few of the ships he is expected to adopt the latter course. All the rest must be scrapped. He has the privilege of salvaging any machinery he can, for use in his own factories. Following the purchase Mr. Mayo offered $40,000 apiece for seven ocean-going tugs, ISO feet long, with which to tow his purchases to his wrecking yards (probably most of the ships will be scrapped at Detroit). The Shipping...
...week, Harrison Williams of Manhattan, a patron of Beebe's expeditions, purchased the 1,245-ton Vanadis, new German-built yacht of Mr. C. K. G. Billings. He said he would equip her to take the place of the Arcturus, which is a chartered vessel. Burning oil in Diesel engines, equipped with a 30,000-lb. gyroscopic stabilizer, the Vanadis will cruise long without refueling, will permit deep-sea dredging in heavy weather such as hampered Prof. Beebe's recent efforts in the Sargasso Sea (TIME...
...Kiel to Leith. Her time was not good ?tramp steamers make it in about two-thirds the time?but, during the entire voyage, she encountered storm and head winds that put her to a severe test. Moreover, during a good part of the voyage, she used her auxiliary Diesel engine...
Such a statement is a peculiar background for a violent rise in Baldwin common on the Stock Exchange, yet just this movement occurred. The cause lay in the announcement by resident Samuel M. Vauclain that the Baldwin Locomotive Co. had perfected a new Diesel oil-burning locomotive, which would burn the cheapest type of crude oil, and effect a saving in fuel bills of from 25 to 50% over coal-burning steam locomotives. The new engine has resulted from experiments conducted by Baldwin over . The past ten years. Disclaiming stores that the new Diesel locomotive would "revolutionize the locomotive industry...
...Ford Company put two vessels, the Oncida and Onondaga, into service carrying automobile and tractor parts to Ford assembly plants in coastal ports. Last fall, the Onondaga made its first foreign trip, carrying auto parts to Buenos Aires. Now another ship, the East Indian, is reconditioning at Chester, Diesel engines being installed...