The National tribune., 1882-01-14
KRUPP'S GREAT GUNS,

NhOFF'S IHcAl GUkSs
The Germans are justly proud of Herr Alfred
Krupp, the owner and creator of the largest and
most famous foundry in the world Although
continually turning out immense castings of iron
and steel for various purposes it is for the noted
cannon that the great establishment at Essen, in
Rhenish Prussia has the widest reputation. AL
fred Krupp is native of Essen, and is 70 years
old In 1926 the elder Krupp died without leav-
ing any considerable fortune to his widow, who
with the assistance of her son, carried on
small foundry until 184S, when she retired in
favor of her assistant Herr Krupp continued to
make great progress with his foundry, but with
out attaining any international reputation until
the great exhibition of 1851, when he attracted
attention by sending to London a single block of
steel weighing 1 500 kilogrammes. In the 1862
exhibition Herr Krupp most successful
exhibitor, showing among other examples of his
skill, cast-steel block of 100 hundredweight
which, being broken into halves by steam ham,
mer of l, 900 hundredweight, was found to be
perfectly clear and free from flaws.
One speciality of Herr Krupps exhibit in
1851 must not be passed by without mention, and
that is-hs cast-steel guns. The attention of the
by this artillery, and the experiments that gov
eminent made with it afforded convincing proofs
of the practical value of the Essen manufactOry
These guns at that time were of very small cal
iber, but Herr Krupp was continually expert
mentalzing with them until he finally succeeded
in producing those gigantic pieces of artillery
which are now world famous Indeed, it is as
serted that upward of $4,000 cast-steel guns
have, up to the present time, been made by the
Essen establishment and disposed of in various
quarters OF the globe. In the Philadelphia ex-
hibition 1876, Herr Krupp exhibited many Won
ders that startled even Americans, accustomed as
they are to all kinds of mechanical wonders
Altogether the establishment covers a super
fetal area Of 1000 acres about 1876 of which are
covered with buildings. In the year 1877 the
Krupp foundry possessed ,648 various kinds of
furnaces, 29S steam boilers II steam hammers,
294 steam engines, ranging from to 600 horse
power, or altogether II 900 horsepower, and
1868 other kinds of machinery.
Herr Krupp by means of an army of 5000
workmen is enabled to turn out monthly SUD-
ply of $50 field pieces, 80 small and "a large
cannons, besides an enormous quantity of arti-
cies Of peaceful purposes. To keep all these
foundries employed, Herr Krupp possesses sew
eral mines in various parts of Germany, and
even at Blpao, in Spain, whence the metal is
brought by regular line of steamers to the
mouth of the Rhine, and thence conveyed by rail
to the furnace. Altogether the number of peo-
pie employed by Herr Krupp in the performance
of these various labors is little short of $4,000
who will work together under their EMPLOYERS
skillful direction with the regularity of a ma
chine. The daily consumption of coal by this
army Of workers is about 1900 tons. The crea-
ture comforts and requirements of his people
are carefully provided for by Herr Krupp. He
has had PIT dwellings erected for his clerks and
wnrlzmen, in which everything nAedful has been
thought of. Fire and life assurances invalid and
pension societies, hospital bathing establish
ments, four peoples schools, besides an indus
trial school for girls and work school for women,
all proclaim the thoughtfulness of Herr krupp,
their founder and benefactor Herr Krupp a
few weeks ago. had in his employ $4,000 men;
but new orders have just obliged him to hire an
additional force of 80O0 which places him at the
head of population of small city-more than
10000 men. The Rothschilds only, of all Kaiser
Wilhelm's subjects, return larger income than
Herr Krupp. Not even tie Rethsehilds set in
motion so many hands.-London Queen.