The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-25
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Cast-saeel WORKS I'm Prussia-A Ci'S
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ca.t-sseel WORKS i'm Prussia-A City
Of workInen.
This establishment was founded near
Essen In the year 1910. 1t was conducteu
nv MIR. Alfred Krupp from the year ts2o,
and In 1s4S he became sole proprietor.
The works have been gradually developed,
until in January Of the present year they
covered a continuous area of about l, Ooo
acres, of which about 200 acres are under
roof The total number of men employed
In these works, and in the mines and smeit.
inc works belonging to the firm, is ABOUT
II. 200, besides 739 officers and regular en-
ployes. ,; tho
The quantity of cast steel produced III Tue
year 1872 exceeded 125,000 tons. THIS pro,
duct consisted OF aylcs, tires, Wneets, anu
crossings for railways; rails. springs, atiu
shafts for steamers; machinery OF various
kinds; boiler-plates. rolls, spring.steei, aooi-
steel. guns, gun.carriages, shot, &C. 1n eIe
are in the works now in operation Zoo
smelling furnaces, 800 annealiug furnaces,
1e1 hcafine furnaces, lie Welding aud pua-
ding furnaces, Il cupola and .reVeroeratoIy y
Snrnaces 100 furnaces Of other Kinds, 2!o
coke ovens. 264 smiths FORCES, 24O steam
| ho;lers, besides 20 now in process oil con-
Il
>" There There are. besides this, II steam-hammers,
as6 steam-engines, 1862 turnins-iathes, ~
| commemorative, 195 boring-machincs, l0i
blaming. machines AZ punching and groov-
ing.machines. 80 pressing-machines, 90 grind
inS.machiues, 81 glazing and poiishing-nla-
| chimes and 142 machines of miscellaneous
| character. - go,
500 600 tons; of coke, 125,O00; OF wafer,
| 1l3OeO, 600 cubic feet; of gas, 100, oOO,Ooo
cubic feet, supplied by the gas-works OF the
establishment to 1880 burners.
TO facilitate traffic at the works, there are
q miles of railroad track OF the usut! gauge
with $50 sidings and SO turntables. on
| which run - tank-locomotives, with GYM
dcrs &c inches in diameter, and $50 cars. Sin
more locomotives are now in process OF con
struction. Ten miles of narroW.gauge track
$50 inches), with 147 sidings and ID turn
tables. ARE also in use. On this track rur
three locomotives cylinders SIX lnches III
diamcter) and go cars. -Four locomotive
of the latter size are now being CONSTRUCTOR
Horses are also used on the narroW-gause
read. In the carting department tnefe are
19l horses, 212 carts. communication pe
tween the several workshops Is established Dy
so telegraph stations. A corps OF lob watch
men and a permanent fire brigade Oh ~ men
who also perform police duty, arc constantly
employed. General supply stores, unoe'
control Of the firm, supply 10 the voluntary
purchaser belonging to the works. Tor cash
provisions. clothing, dry goods, boots, Nc.
at cost prices. The present monthly receipts
| of these stores amount to about $4,000 ii
gold. and are constantly increasing. This
deDartment comprises one hotel, three beer
houses, one scltzcrwater malufactory, ont
Aour.mil, and one bakery with two steam
engines.
| The officers inhabit 2GG dwellings. Apor
ton of the workinen are housed III 2,94s
dwellings, either inhabited or in course o
construction. There are also boarding
houses for the unmarried Workmen. a
hospital containing 100 beds, and one cpl
demic hospital with 100 beds, are place.
under the supervision of physicians espe
ciallv engaged for the purpose, and afiort
ample provision for the sick. A SICK, burial
and pension fund has also been instituted
for ali the worknen, the firm contributing
TO the fund half as much rs the Workmen
and providing pension and support for those
who have been rendered unfit for work, ant
for the widows of the workmcn. The tola
receipts of this fund for the year 1872 were
$50, 600; the expenditures were S62,5Oo, a AM,
the fund in hand ut the beginning OF lei;
was s97,74O, gold. From another tunt
members receive for their families free medi
cal treatment on paying seventy-ive cent
lannually.
The firm has also organized a chemica
laboratory, Photographic and photographic
alelcr, and printing and book binding
establishment. In the printing office there
are two steam and four hnnd-presses in ope
ration.
| The five different smelling furnaces be-
longin. TO the firm produce, with clever
blast furnaces, nearly 10000 tons of piS-lrol
per month. They have 40 coke-oyens il
: operation, and 800 in the course of construc
ton. The steam-engines employed in then
represent together nearly 10000 horse
lpowcr.-Americdn artisan.