Mr. John L. Lewis Takes Charge of Negotiations "Mr. John L. Lewis, the ly Bell New York, Apr. 3.
labour, leader, announced last night that the labour situation on the New York underground railways and other transit lines had been settled satisfactorily, and the threatened strike of 27,000 employees had been called off.
"Mr. Lewis arrived in New York yesterday to take charge of the negotiations to prevent the strike.
On arrival he declared that he had settled the whole controversy last "Wednesday, at a conference with Mr. Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of pom mulitad by Mr. John L New York, but the settlement had
chairman of the Transport sport Immediately on his arrival Mr. Lewis began negotiations, and afte: getting in touch with the leaders of the transport workers, he was able announce the strike would not eventuate.
To prepare for any emergency Mayor La Guardia had ordered the mobilization of all city departments land a police force of 20,000 stood by The method of lubricating the bearings of the line shaft divided turbine pumps into water lubricated and oil lubricated pumps.
On the top of the well the dis-Charge column joined the discharge head which had a side outlet which was the discharge point of the pump. The discharge head provided a base for the drive of the pump. Practically any known method of drive could be applied such as vertical electric motors, flat or V-belt drives, right angle gears, or direct connected vertical spindle steam turbines.
"In adequately engineered installations in wells where the pumping level was not below 100 feet, overall pumping efficiencies of 65 to 75 per cent. were obtainable.
In the design of the submersible pump a long special motor was placed below a multi-stage set of pump bowls such as was used in the previously mentioned turbine pump. The motor drove the pump from below and the motor shaft was coupled to the lower end of the long pump shaft and all the weight of moving parts and the hydraulic thrust load of the pump which sometimes amounted to several thousand pounds had to be carried by the lower motor Dearing.
The submersible motor pump seemed to be the ideal solution for deep well pumping, but constructional difficulties i" providing an absolutely watertight enclosure were not yet overcome, 44. Communists on Trial in Paris Paris, Apr. 3.
A military court heard the final testimony yesterday in the mass trial Of 44 former Communist Deputies The jet pump for deep well pumping had come into prominence during the past few years especially where only very small quantities, 60 to 600 gallons per hour were required. These pumps would lift water from a pumping level of a maximum of 80 feet below ground level and would discharge against pressure of 20 to 40 lbs. to a sq. in. The operating efficiency of these pumps was very low, usually not more than 20 to 25 per cent, Mr. Sandor concluded. law making Communist Deputies destitute, while the Chamber of Deputies, on February 20, voted un-&nimously to expel all Communists irom the Chamber. Sixty Communist Deputies were ousted by the vote.—United Press.
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