Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
Industrial Progress In Germany.

Extensive as are many of the indus
trial establishments of our own country
We have no such colossal enterprise a
that known as the Cast Steel Works O
Frederick Krupp, near Essen, in Prussia
As described in q late issue of the Ane
ricGya artisan these works appear to b,
Of wonderful extent. They occupy al
area of a thousand acres, and of thi
! area two hundred acres are under roof
Seventeen Thousand men are employed
in the various departments of Krupp't
establishment, in addition to some
seven hundred officers and regular EN-
ployees. The workmen and officers
with their families, occupy more thar
3, 200 dwellings, and large number oi
boarding houses are also required fol-
| the use of the unmarried laborers.
There are Az mines belonging to the
,frm, scattered over an area of 80, ,0OC
acres. A printing Office, q chemical
laboratory, Photographic and litho-
graphic gallery, two extensive hospitals.
and benevolent fund of nearly Sl00, 900
are also a part Of this extraordinary
establishment -'p ia'f"7@t' DE
Among the items Of detail connected
with the working of this enterprise, the
following will be found worthy OF note:
The quantity Of cast-steel produced
in the year 1872 exceeded 125, 900 tons.
This product consisted of sxles, tires,
wheels and crossings for railways rails,
springs and shafts for steamers; ma
chirery of various kinds !; boiler plates
rolls. spring steel, tool-steel guns, gun
carriages, shot, etc. There are in the
works now in operation $50 smelling
furnaces, 800 annealing furnaces, 16l
heating furnaces, lis welding and pudd-
ling furnaces, IA cupabo and reverbera-
tory furnaces, 160 furnaces Of other
kinds, 275 coke ovens, 264 smiths
forges, 240 steam boilers, besides 20
now N process of construction.
&. There are, besides this, II steam
hammers, 2S6 steam engines, .362 turn
ing lathes, 50 shaping machines, 195
boring machines, 107 planning machines,
AZ punching and growing machines,
32 pressing machines, 63 grinding ma
chimes, 81 glazing and polishing ma
chimes, and 443 machines of miscella-
neous character. .t......I ..,,...,-
In1S72. these works consumed OF coal,
800, 900 tons = Of coke, I25, 900 tons; Of
water, 113, 600. 900 cubic feet of gas,
155, ,000, 900 cubic feet, supplied by the
gas works OF the establishments to 16, 500
burners s.' 90 rl''E' TE ini
To facilitate traffic at the works, there
are n miles of railroad track, of the
usual guage, with $50 sidings, and SO
turn tables, on which run IL tank loco
motives, with cylinders .16 inches in
diameter, and $50 cars. Six more loco
motives are now In process of construe-
ton. Ten miles of narrow gauge track
go inches. with 147 sidings and 63 turn
tables are also in use. On this track
run 3 locomotives {cylinders inches in
and go Cars. -Four locomO-
tives of the latter size are now being
constructed. ! Horses are also used OH
the narrow gauge road. In the carting
department there are -19l horses and
272 carts.
Communication between the several
workshops is'established by thirty tele-
graph stations j. corps of 166 watch /
men, and permanent fire. brigade of
seventy men, who also perform police
duty, are constantly employed Gene
raj supply stores, under control of the
farm, supp!y the voluntary purchasers
belonging to the works, for cash, proyi-
sions, clothing, dry goods, boots, etc.,
at cost prices. The present monthly
receipts Of these stores amount to about I
s55, 600 gold, and are continually in
creasing. This department comprises !
one hotel, three beer houses, one seltzer |
water imanHfaetory. one -four mill and I
one bakery, withtwo steam engines.
> The firm also possesses important |
concessions of excellent iron ore beds 1
in the north of Spain, whence it is in
tended to import annually up to 300, 900
tons of ore, for the productions of cast
steel. To facilitate the importation, a
railway in Spain, nearly eight miles
long. as well as several steamers, are ,
now in course of construction. !
The five different smelling furnaces !
belonging to the firm produce. with
eleven blast furnaces, nearly 10, ,000 tons /.
Of pig iron per month. They have 40 I
coke ovens in operation, and 120 in the !
course of construction and steam |
engines employed in them represent I
together nearly 10. 600 horse power. !