The Supply Department.
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Selected Information which is likely to be of Interest to Makers, Owners, and their Buyers.
From time to time we are pleased to notice in our columns various specialities which are introduced to the commercial-motor world by those " Universal Providers," Brown Bros., Ltd., of 22-34, Great Eastern Street, E.C., and, at the time of writing, we have particulars of several new preprietary articles which are being handled by this company. Of these, one of the most-interesting is the Hardre Safety Lighter, which is an adaptation of the automatic form of pipe-lighter which has recently become so popular. It is retailed at 6A. and is likely to be useful for lighting acetylene and gas lamps. Another speciality which we are now testing is the " Celerio " goggle—a favourite with taxicab drivers.
We have recently received the new edition of a most-comprehensive motor and tool catalogue which has again been revised by Brown Bras. Ltd. To review in detail the vast array of supplies which is listed in this new publication would be far beyond the scope of the present notice, and we must content ourselves with a brief mention of a few of the more-important sections which are of particular interest to the users and makers of commereial-motor vehicles.
Primarily we note the complete Brown delivery van, which is a 20 h.p., four-cylinder machine and is listed at £395, complete with tires. This is a vehicle which has received mention in our columns from time to time, and we are assured that it has met with
considerable success. A branch of Brown Bros.' business, which is perhaps not quite so well known as others, is that which ineheies a full range of coach and body fittings. These are components which the agent and re
pairer is often unable to secure in the best market, and it will be of interest to this class of user to know where to go for such things as bonnet hooks, door locks, stump joints, fence plates, hood fittings, etc. A similar want is supplied in a very-complete list of bolts, nuts and screws of every description, and we note that Brown Bros., Ltd., Is also in a position to supply bar metal of all sections, as well as weldless-steel and seamlesscopper tubing. A growing section of the business is that consisting of the machinery and tool department, and a. very-full range of all kinds of fixed and portable shop plant is offered. We cannot do better than refer our readers in this matter to the comprehensive list from which we have made these few brief extracts. To cut a long story short, it is not too much to say that Brown Bros., Ltd., is open to receive inquiries for practically anything in the way of stores or supplies which are required by those who are using or manufacturing commercial-motor vehicles. This is a business which has grown with the times, and to which new branches are constantly being added. We would advise all our readers to have a copy of the company's latest catalogue and to place it prominently amongst their other lists.
Gas-heated Furnaces for Brazing, Welding, etc.
There are but few up-to-date engineering shops in which extensive use is not made of gas-fired furnaces for ease-hardening, annealing, brazing, melting and welding, and every day such apparatus wins more favour in the eyes of works managers, chiefly on account of the general handiness and cleanliness, but also because they may be relied upon to produce uniform results. Among the users of gasheated apparatus the title of Fletcher Russell and Go., Ltd., of Warrington, is clearly impressed as that of the most-representative maker, and that company's illustrated catalogue should be at hand in every works' office. We have, on many occasions, referred to Fletcher-Russell's case-hardening and annealing furnaces, but we now illustrate three other useful forms of furnaces: the first of these is a brazing table which may be used either with, or without, the top cover; the second view shows a coppersmith's stove for heating soldering irons, etc.; and the third shows practically the only form of gas-fired furnace which has been successfully employed for welding purposes. The working space of the lastnamed furnace is 4 in. square, by 6 in. deep, but other sizes are made by the company.