Brief description of services: Working with machine tool engineers in deciding utility, type of machines to perform the desired function, development of specifications, etc. Compensation received: 1939, $3,699.35; 1940, $14,454.39; 1941, $31,747.34. OSTER MANUFACTURING CO., 2057 EAST FIFTY-FIRST PLACE, CLEVELAND, OHIO Products manufactured: Pipe-threading machines and hand tools. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative, and source of contact: January 1938. Philadelphia branch manager contacted Shirley, Olcott & Nichols. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description of service: Working with machine-tool engineers in selecting suitable equipment, development of specifications, etc. Compensation received: 1939, $780.23; 1940, $625.80; 1941, $1,435.57. OHIO LOCOMOTIVE CRANE CO., BUCYRUS, OHIO Products manufactured: Locomotive cranes and draglines. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Locomotive cranes. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: 1933. A. P. Shirley was introduced to vice president by mutual friend and account was tendered to him. Present agreement as to compensation : 3 percent on first one-half million dollars, 2 percent on next half million dollars, and 1 percent on all in excess of these amounts. Brief description of services: Working with Government engineers and assisting in design data, etc. Compensation received: 1939, $4,525; 1941, $9,200. PEERLESS MACHINE CO., RACINE, WIS. Products manufactured: Hacksaw machines. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date of Shirley, Olcott & Nichols representation and source of contact: 1930 or 1931. A. P. Shirley solicited the account in person at the suggestion of general sales manager of Henry Disston & Sons as we required a machine of this type to assist in the sale of hacksaw blades. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description of services: Worked with engineers in developing specifications, suitable-size machines, utility, etc. Compensation received: 1939, $520.05; 1940, $333.67; 1941, $1,000.51. PEERLESS PUMP DIVISION OF FOOD MACHINERY CORPORATION, 316 WEST AVENUE TWENTY-SIXTH, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Products manufactured: Deep-well pumps. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Deep-well pumps. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: A. P. Shirley was associated with Pomona Pump Co. (competitor of Peerless Pump Division), from 1930 to 1938 at which time the vice president of Pomona Pump Co. became associated with Peerless and we discontinued the former and accepted the Peerless Pump Division which was tendered us by their vice president. Present agreement as to compensation: From 5 to 3 percent depending upon type of pump. Brief description of services: Engineering, recommending necessary horsepower and electric characteristics of the motor or horsepower of gasoline engine necessary to pump a certain volume of water against depth of well and lift of head. Compensation received: 1939, $691.31; 1940, $1,023.24; 1941, $2,857.63. H. K. PORTER, INC., EVERETT, MASS. Products manufactured: Bolt clippers, pruning shears, and military entrenching wire cutters. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: 1936. Vice president solicited our services in person during visit to Washington. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description of services: Assisting in developing over a period of 2 years of military wire cutters following the preliminary test of these cutters. At the present moment redesigning these cutters which has lessened the cost to the Government. This will reduce the price of this article to the Government about 25 percent as compared with the first order. Compensation received: 1939, $457.10; 1940, $1,555.30; 1941, $16,808.56. H. K. PORTER CO., INC., FORTY-SEVENTH AND HARRISON STREETS, PITTsburgh, pa. Products manufactured: Shell turning, machining ordnance forgings, etc. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: February 1942. The early part of February 1942, the Navy was having great difficulty in obtaining sufficient sources of supply for ordnance forgings such as housings and breech blocks. The Heppenstall Co., whom we represent had furnished forgings of this type to the Navy for many years and when they informed the Navy that they could not produce, more than they were producing, at full capacity, the Navy requested them to try and find some other company that could help out on the program. As a result, the Heppenstall Co. obtained an agreement from H. K. Porter Co., whose plant is located near them to do the machining and heat treating if Heppenstall would make the steel and furnish the rough forgings. At a conference in the Bureau of Ordnance, at which the Heppenstall Co. and H. K. Porter Co. officials were represented, it was decided that H. K. Porter Co. would take a contract for certain forgings. Since Mr. Olcott was handling the technical details of the Heppenstall account, Mr. T. M. Evans of H. K. Porter Co. requested that he also handle similar details for his company, in connection with this work. This we agreed to do, taking the account on the same compensation that we received from the Heppenstall Co. At that time, we expected to handle this one contract. However, it developed later that the H. K. Porter Co. were in a position to produce certain shells which were urgently needed by the Navy. We agreed to handle these subsequent contracts at a rate of compensation of 21⁄2 percent. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent on one contract only, 2 percent all other contracts. (Navy only.) Brief description of services: Collaborating with Ordnance metallurgists on metallurgical and production problems arising in the manufacture of ordnance forgings. Handling technical details regarding negotiations for increase of facilities to produce ordnance work. SWING SPOUT MEASURE CO., 3071 EAST TWELFTH STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Products manufactured: Oil measures and can spouts. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: 1941. The president on trip to Washington contacted us. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description of services: Abstracting and following quotations with various departments. Compensation received: 1941, $277.47. THREADWELL TAP & DIE CO., GREENFIELD, MASS. Products manufactured: Taps, dies, and reamers. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: Approximately June 1940. Mr. W. B. DuMont, president of this company for 25 years, and during a visit to New York when they met for social reasons, Mr. DuMont suggested that we handle their account. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description as to service: Furnishing information to small tool engineers. Compensation received: 1940, $586.77; 1941, $2,017.11. TRIUMPH EXPLOSIVES, INC., ELKTON, Md. Products manufactured: All types of pyrotechnics, loading of fuzes, detonators, percussion elements, identification flares, landing flares, reconnaissance flares, railway signals, airplane starter cartridges, etc. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: This company was originally known as Victory Fireworks Co., and later reorganized in 1933 as the Triumph Fusee Fireworks Co.; it is now known as the Triumph Explosives, Inc. Became associated in 1929. A. P. Shirley was introduced to the president of the original company by the vice president of the Central Railroad Signal Co., which is now owned by the Triumph Explosives, Inc. Present agreement as to compensation: Heretofore 5 percent. Contract being renegotiated on basis of 22 percent of sales in old plant and 1 percent sales in new -Government-financed plant. Brief description of services: Assisting in laying out of various loading lines, recommendation as to the kind and type of machinery necessary to do the loading, conferring with Ordnance officers of the Army and Navy regarding recommended changes, improvement and modification of various specifications, following tests of these materials which must be tested and approved before acceptance. Compensation received: 1939, $7,108.07; 1940, $14,983.68; 1941, $136,615.13 ($65,000 to be refunded in adjustment of contract). BLAW-KNOX CO. (UNION STEEL CASTINGS DIVISION), SIXTY-SECOND AND BUTLER STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA. Products manufactured: Steel castings, cast armor. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: August 1939. Mr. D. C. Bakewell, vice president of the Blaw-Knox Co., who had known Mr. Olcott for many years, visited our Washington office and asked us if we could arrange to represent the Union Steel Castings Division. Arrangements were made to represent this division at a subsequent meeting at the plant in Pittsburgh. Present agreement as to compensation: 24 percent on direct sales to the United States Government, and 1 percent on indirect. Brief description of services: Collaborating with Government metallurgists and Ordnance engineers in the development of alloy steel castings. Approximately 2 years were spent in the development of cast armor which is used in the construction of Army combat tanks and for special purposes on naval vessels. Regularly attending armor tests at naval proving ground and Army proving ground as representative of the company. Compiling test reports, sketches, and technical data regarding these tests. Collaborating with Ordnance engineers in the design of special armor castings. Compensation received: 1940, $361.25; 1941, $12,680.88. UTICA DROP FORGE & TOOL CORPORATION, UTICA, N. Y. Products manufactured: Pliers and nippers. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: 1929. A. P. Shirley was contacted by one of their vice presidents who is now deceased. Present agreement as to compensation: Five percent. Brief description of services: Assisting in development of Federal and Navy specifications as to the necessary qualities of steel required and the required tempering and Brinell hardness of the cutting edge. Compensation received: 1939, $482.92; 1940, $1,169.19; 1941, $10,816.26. VANADIUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY Products manufactured: Ferro-alloys. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Same as above. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: July 1936. Mr. Jerome Strauss, vice president in charge of research, had known Mr. Olcott for many years and requested his services in a consultant capacity. Present agreement as to compensation: $100 per month retainer fee. Brief description of services: Metallurgical consultation regarding development of alloy steel and alloy specifications, keeping company informed of metallurgical developments. Compensation received: 1939, $1,200; 1940, $1,200; 1941, $1,200. WARREN AXE & TOOL CO., WARREN, PA. Products manufactured: Axes, wedges, and lumbering tools. Date Shirley, Olcott and Nichols first became representative and source of contact: About 5 years ago. A. P. Shirley had been acquainted for the past 25 years with Mr. J. H. Conarro, their vice president, and Mr. Shirley suggested that a Washington office could materially improve business. Present agreement as to compensation: 21⁄2 percent. Brief description of service: Abstracting and following quotations with various departments of the Government. Compensation received: 1941, $1,126.80. WHITING CORPORATION, HARVEY, Ill. Products manufactured: Rotary shears, power hammers, forming machines, stokers, foundry equipment, railroad equipment, cranes, etc. Products handled by Shirley, Olcott & Nichols: Rotary shears, steel plate, joggling attachment for shears. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: November 1940. Whiting solicited due to the fact that they purchased the Quickwork Co. which is now one of their divisions but was formerly one of their independent organizations which we had previously represented. Present agreement as to compensation: 21⁄2 percent on cranes; 5 percent on balance. Brief description as to services: Working with the engineers in the selection of suitable equipment, development of specifications, etc. Compensation received: 1941, $3,031.50. J. H. WILLIAMS CO. (AGREEMENT TERMINATED), 225 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. Products manufactured: Wrenches and drop forgings. Date Shirley, Olcott & Nichols first became representative and source of contact: 1939. Shirley, Olcott & Nichols solicited Williams. Present agreement as to compensation: 5 percent. Brief description of services: Working with hand tool engineers in developing suitable bending moments, tolerances, and other details to insure that the Government secures material of high quality only. Compensation received: 1939, $728.08; 1940, $1,330.54; 1941, $8,791.25. |