Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-10-17
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the American Artisan describes tue IL
nous cast steel works of Fred Krupp in
Prussia, which comprise Of themselves a
great city of workmen. We copy some
of the particulars relating TO this colossal
factory:
This establishment was founded near Es-
sen, in the year 1910. 1t was conducted by
Mr.. Alfred Krupp from the year 1920, and
in 1913 he became sole proprietor. The
works have been gradually developed, I'M
til, in January of the present year, they
covered a continuous area of about 900
acres, of which about 200 acres are under
roof. The total number of men employed
in these works, and in the mines and
smelling works belonging to the firm, Is
about 1900, besides 739 officers and regu-
lar employees.
The quantity of cast steel produced in
the year 1872 exceeded $4,000 tons This
product consisted of axles, tires, wheels
and crossings for railways; rails and
| springs, shafts for steamers; machinery of
various kinds boiler plates, rolls, spring
steel, tool steel, guns, gun carriages, shot,
etc. There are in the works, now in oper-
alton, $50 smelling furnaces, 800 annealing
furnaces, 161 heating furnaces, lis welding
and pudding furnaces, IA cupola and re-
verberatory furnaces, 100 furnaces of other
kinds, 275 coke ovens, 26i smiths forges,
240 steam boilers, besides 20 now in process
of construction.
There are, besides this, II steam ham
mers, 2S6 steam engines, 1862 turning lathes,
| 80 shaping machines, 1876 boring machines,
| 107 planning machines, AZ punching and
| growing machines, 80 pressing machines,
90 grinding machines, 81 glazing and pol
ishing machines, and 142 machines OF
miscellaneous character.
In 1872 these works consumed, of coal,
100000 tons; of coke, 125,OO0 tons; of wa
ter, 113, 900 cubic feet; of gas, 155,OOO,-
900 cubic feet, supplied by the gas-works
of the establishment, TO 10000 burners.
To facilitate traffic at the works, there
are about "a miles of railway track, of tie
usual gauge, with 1S0. sidings, and 80 turn
tables, on which run ~ tank locomotiv es,
with cylinders l6 inches in diameter, an d
$50 cars. Six more locomotives are in proc
ess of construction. Ten miles of narrow
gauge track $50 inches), with 147 sidings,
and 65 turntables, are also in use. On this
track run three locomotives cylinders six
inches in diameter), and 27O cars. Four OF
the locomotives of the latter size are now
being constructed. Horses are also used
on the narrow-guage road. In the carting
departm ent, there are 19l horses, and 272
carts. Communication between the sever
al work shops is established by 80 tele-
at A of Iff Iyatchr q N
and permanent fire-brigade of 20 men,
who also perform police duty, are constant
ly employed. General supply stores UNI
der control of the firm, supply TO vQlunta-
ry purchasers belonging to the works, for
cash, provisions, clothing, dry goods, boots,
etc., at cost prices. The present monthly
receipts of these stores amount to about
S55 900 in gold, and are continually increas-
ing. This department comprises one hotel,
three beer-houses, the seltzer water manu-
factory, one flour-mill, and one bakery,
with two steam engines.
The officers inhabit 266 dwellings. A
portion of the workmen are housed in p
9iS dwellings, either inhabited or in the
| course of construction. There are also
| board ing houses for the unmarried work
men. A hospital containing 100 beds, and
one epidemic hospital with 12O beds, are
| pl aced under the supervision of physicians
| especially engaged for the purpose, and af-
ford ample provision for the sick. sick,
burial and pension fund has also been in
slit uted for all the workmen, the firm con-
tributing TO the fund half as much as the
workmen, and providing pensions and
| support for those who have been rendered
unfit for work, and for the widows of the
w orkmen. The total receipts of this fund
for the year 1872 were $50, COO; the expend-
lures were s62,500, and the fund in hand
at the beginning of 1873 was $780,! "A, gold.
From another fund, members receive for
their families free medical treatment, on
paying seventy-five cents annually.
| The firm has also organized chemical
laboratory, Photographic and Autograph
| ic atelier, and printing and book binding
| establishment. In the printing office, there
are two steam and four hand presses in OPP
| Grafton.
The total number of mines belonging 10
| the firm is Ala, with an area of about $4,000
acres. The firm also possesses important
| co ncessions of excellent iron ore beds in
the north Of Spain, whence it is intended
to import annually up to 100000 tons of
ore, for the production of cast steel. To IA
cilitate the importation, railway in Spain,
nearly eight miles long, as well as several
| steamers are now in the course of construc-
| ton.
The five different smelling furnaces be-
| longing to the firm produce, with eleven
blast furnaces, nearly 10000 tons of pig
iron per month. They have 40 coke ovens
in operation, and 100 in, the course of con-
stiuction. The steam engines employed in
them represent together nearly 10000 horse
| power.