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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1921
Page
4
The Oppau blast killed many with the exact number uncertain and the cause likely kept secret. The plant operated by Baden Anilin and Soda Factory produced chemicals and explosives using high pressure nitrogen hydrogen mixtures, catalysts, and high temperatures, with secrecy surrounding the method and its catalyst.
The article discusses the Oppau destruction and the attempt to bury explosive tanks to prevent further blasts. It notes cratered ruins and unintended hazards from high explosives with poisonous byproducts, while considering whether the blast was accidental or deliberate. It also argues nitrogen fixation via the Haber process as essential for civilization, cites Chilean deposits nearing exhaustion, and praises the Muscle Shoals plant as a wartime Haber project to be further developed.
An Oakland apparatus uses dual suction pipes to lift grain from ships into freight cars, packing it tightly for efficient transport, with potential for other bulk cargos. Also notes a Dayton demonstration where a plane dusts arsenate of lead on catalpa trees, saving labor in pest control.
The replacement of the Pines bridge over the Saugus between Lynn and Revere was completed in thirteen days total, with the wooden 400 by 83 foot structure costing 25000 dollars. Construction began July 4 amid obstacles and floodlights, and by July 18 Mayor Creamer drove in the last spike. Materials include oak piles and pine strings and a ten year guarantee.
The U S government renewed its lease of the wind tunnel built by the Boston Institute of Technology during the war. The 53 by 16 foot box forces air past model wings at speeds up to 40 miles an hour to record stresses and movements for improving aircraft safety and performance.
Clay T. Yerby of Los Angeles has secured a Mexican concession to build a 18 mile oil pipe line from Puerto Mexico on the Gulf coast to Salina Cruz on the Pacific shore following the Tehuantepec railroad. Construction on the 10 inch line will begin at once and take about 26 months at an estimated cost of gold pesos 19,600,000. The line would shorten east to west transport by 11 days and reduce distance by 2,300 miles versus the Panama route.
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