Word: dieselization
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...stimulate traffic on railroads the Interstate Commerce Commission (1 ordered the merging of two large New York railroads to eliminate needless competition, 2 lowered passenger rates to two cents a mile, 3 permitted railroad companies to buy bus lines in certain competing areas, 4 ordered Diesel engines installed on all transcontinental trains, 5 raised the speed limit on trains to 100 m.p.h...
Many a new feature gives the Hindenburg the right to the title of world's No. i dirigible. Prime aeronautical innovations are the first Diesel engines ever installed in an airship. Huge Daimler Benz V-8's made of a secret, lightweight alloy, they occupy four gondolas placed far back on the hull, leave a feathery wake of smoke as they shove the ship ahead at a maximum of 85 m.p.h. Only other projection through the smooth, silvery fabric of the Hindenburg's bag is the small control cabin near...
...first things new Chairman Harriman realized was that railroads are susceptible to smart merchandising. What is more, he did something about it. With other Western carriers in 1933, U. P. cut passenger fares as low as 1.7? a mile. Shortly a U. P. streamlined Diesel flyer smashed the transcontinental record by nearly 15 hr. in a blaze of publicity...
...waters, but that dampened not a whit the desire of Chairman Edward A. Deeds for a machinery merger. Expansive Chairman Deeds, who is also chairman of National Cash Register, proposed to unite Pratt & Whitney with General Machinery Corp., a $4,500,000 Hamilton, Ohio, maker of heavy tools and Diesel engines. General's management also thought a merger would be a good idea, and the two companies jointly put the proposition to their respective stockholders...
...Boulder Dam to complete power and control apparatus for steel rolling mills. At Derry, Pa. and Emeryville, Calif, it fabricates porcelain insulators. The Chicopee Falls (Mass.) plant turns out radio equipment. The Newark (N. J.) plant manufactures metres. Power transformers and transmission equipment are produced at Sharon, Pa. Diesel-electric units, steam turbines, marine reducing gears emerge from the South Philadelphia works. A Long Island City (N. Y.) plant specializes in X-ray equipment, a Cleveland plant in lighting fixtures, a Homewood (Pa.) plant in repairs and replacements. The East Springfield (Mass.) factory concentrates on fractional horsepower motors...