were incorporated, the former to operate a general store, and
the latter to operate a coal mine, both at Natrona, Pa. In
addition, the Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company and
the Natrona Water Company are owned and operated.
The capital stock of the Michigan Electrochemical Company
 was purchased October 81, 1924.
At the last named plant bleaching powder and caustic
soda are manufactured, in addition to liquid chlorine. The
company imports large quantities of kryolith, bauxite and
nitrate soda, and manufactures acids, acid phosphate, alum,
alumina, lye, sodas, chlorides, sulphates, salt and other
products.
The company’s net earnings in 1926 were $912,255.74,
and its balance sheet shows assets of $14,339,607.01.
Following is the executive organization:
Directors—Geo. Fales Baker, M. D., Miers Busch, John
M. Scott, Leonard T. Beale, William P. Gest, William P.
Morris, Sydney Thayer; chairman of the board, Geo. Fales
Baker, M. D.; president—Miers Busch; first vice-president—
William P. Morris; secretary and treasurer—L. A. Smith;
assistant secretary and assistant treasurer— Warner R. Over;
general sales agent—N. E. Bartlett; assistant general sales
agent—Chas. W. Bowden; traffic agent—H. L. Crowder;
general purchasing agent—Norman W. James; assistant
purchasing agent—Herbert W. Ingham; directors of research
department—A. E. Gibbs. Herbert Philipp.

THE PITTSBURGH GEAR AND MACHINE CO.

The history of this relatively small and new company
gives proof to the fact that every American workman has,
ander industrial conditions in this country. an opportunity
ior self-advancement.
The Pittsburgh Gear and Machine Company was incorporated
 under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania in
1916, just before the World War, and its present authorized
 capital is $200,000. The officers of the company are
as follows: Frank H. Rea, president and treasurer; Henry
E. Rea. assistant treasurer: John J. Jackson, vice-president: