New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06
INDUSTRIAL GERMANY.

,;ra grounds which seem to reach into the
'.-,ho,iue woods and become part OF the
psrnd;np hills Herr Krupp. whose works are
~ larger than Essen itself, employing, including
Engaged in mining, 10000 persons, began life
~ ,oucb smaller scale. In 1913 he did not en-
-, over seventy persons, in the cast-steel manu-
- The little cottage in which he used to ive
On .,ards within the walls of the immense WORKS
S,r and ;s in great contrast to the grand man
mid the woods and hills. Herr Krupp IS
sVA al handsome old gentleman of about seventy.
r NM 80 white beard and wears wig. lie enjoys
.r.s,Isut health, drinks two or three bottles
- sns bordeaux wine day, and still Keeps us
49, hond and clear head at the helm OF the hrm
N. + lover of good horses, and owns rare stapie.
=, =; a;ficult TO estimate his wealth. as IL any
,-,ar,s Who is engaged IN manufacturing, .nougn
:. rut here at 3O0O00,00O marks tapout @|o,ooo'-
oool Some years ago when the IRON trade OF "'r-
Inv vas depressed and suffering from britlsn com
..,,t;on Herr Krupp was obliged to ooirow oo'Voo'-
zoo marksabout 81, 500, 000 and his securities were
ssusd and changed hands the same as tue secur''es
~ State. To-day the firm Is In most prosperous
condition aud is paying higher tnan 'no average
wages. md IN. SON Of the
-. go, and runmaker is o modest young man
-s~ha,, tventv-nine. He is thoroughly prepared
sa hs ,mnortant position, having served as work.
~. :, .hs or;ncipaf shops of the firm, and In TINS
As.. .,a.,sred the business Indeed. this young man
no. never held what may be called position IN tne
-~0rts until within the last year, when ne was
,n.rr;.a and discarding the workmans garo mas
bscome one of the directors Of the concern. In 'ns
xx.v the anne of Krupp. win be perpetuated.
Arriving at the station l took carriage TO the
,orks which afforded an opportunity I"
a.. the town. Essen, for manu-,
featuring place, is clean and exceedingly won
milf The road leading to Krupp's wss.shadeo py
49,. nm both Sides The area occupied by the
.-orrs !. much greater than that covered by the
.n Of Essep ITSELF though the population, accord
;rr "a thu census OF 1880, was nearly 10000.
aa runs through the centre of the works and ieads
"a the colony, as it is called where the operatives
l,va. Passing along this road at about O'CLOCK IN
ths morning one meets scores OF women dressed In
shs gayest colors some with large baskets OF pro-
visons and others wheeling in front OF them green
s.d vsllow barrows loaded with baskets OF bread
and vegetables. They are contentsd. healthy
looking ueople. and their brght-colored dresses
and the clean handkerchiefs tied over their
nod. are great contrast to the
gloomy attire and half-combed hair OF the women
rat in the IRON districts in England and Wales.
them good stout boots. ALI of them were neatly
clad.
n i. no easy matter to obtain admission to
Kruups and permission for my visit had bseu. Sc
cured some days before At the outer Office stopped
and nv card was sent up to the main Office, and then
a messenger was sent down TO conduct mo to the
nriucipal Offices, where after greeting some OF the
directorA was introduced to a young gentleman
who was to be my guide through the works The
.xt.nt of these works may DO imagined
from the fact that after nearly foar
hours steady and rapid walking though
MYRIAD shops. some making crucible steel.
some puddled steel. somo Bessemer STEEL and
some Martin steel through mills making
steel rails, steel tyres, iron and steel plate;
iron oundries for machine castings and Tor proec-
tiles locomotive and wagon-wheei works, boiler
and cirder shops, gun shops. mechanical shops,
smiths and score OF other kinds of shops is con-
seious only that he has had birdseye view OF
Krupps works In these shops there are no less than
400 furnaces of various construction; not far
from 800 boilers; between 80 and 80 steam ham,
mers from 100 to $4,000 Kg. weight; 20 rolling
trains; 500 steam engines of from to 1000 horse
power; and about / ZOO machine tools OF various
kinda The machine shops reminded me OF those In
Elders shipyards at Glasgow. while the works as
whole seemed like several large steel works COM
bined into one. Nearly 5000 tons OF coal and coke
are consumed daily In the works, and the smoke
escapes from lnnumerable tall chimnoys and blast
furnaces The establishment has its own water and
gas works and besides the electric lights there are
nearly 25, 600 burners The firm have their own
chemical laboratory, Photographic and photographic
establishment, printing.shop and bindery. There
are about so miles of telegraph and 80 telegraph
III. t<f ha an
After had inspected the works and admired the
gigantic guns and the shops in which they
made. my guide kindly offered to take me the col
ony to see the homes of the workinpinen. These
houses are no: far from the works bat are comfort
ably located high ground, and we'll shaded with
avenues Of trees. How they retain their yerdnre
10 puzzng amid so much smoke and neat lhe
firm Of Fried. krnpp at present owns Sou well
o., Dus ana 70 all w sPan oyer 1000 inai
viduals are living. The buildings have two and
three floors. and are constructed partly OF stone
and partly of framework, and are surrounded as
much as possible with gardens. The single dwell
ings, which, besides cearage and garrett have
from two to fou roons,are seifeontalned ana separ
ated from the other dwellings. The letting to lodg-
ers 10 permitted Ouly dwellings OF three TO four
rooms and must receive the special PERMISSION OF
the cnta aIds i1r ren i Ing
family -dwellings varies as follows
Per year.
For two rooms in lodging house barrack-
house ........... ......... SIS TO S22
For two.room house with cellar ......... 20 to 81
For three house with cellar. 80 TO 40
For forr-room house with cellzr............. As
For fyeroom house with cellar.............. So
THUS for one dollar or about four sbillings, a
week the usual prc. for small cottages in the iu-
dusrial districts Of England, the German artisan at
Essen rent large house and garden. While for
Is 2l2d. week the British workman could not
get a room. The Dundee pigstyes and tue novels Of
South Wales rented for Is. Cd to IS. week.
Visited sample OF each of tho houses at Essen
and conyersed with some Of the inmates Upon
the whole they are better of than the industrial
classes 10 many Of the English districts. At the
same time they did not strike me as more comfort
ably situated than the working people of place
like MARLBOROUGH, where the houses are new and
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