Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-13
THE KRUPP WORKS.
FAMOUS FACTORY At ESSEN Thai
MAKES MONSTER GUNS.
A City Pull Of Empleyes-IIow This Enerm'
Gus Body Of Men ia Controilsd-A Hall
way system Employed for the Ereiu'l"
Use OF the Foundry.

Gus Body Of Men Ia coniroiled-A Hall
way system Employed for the Ersiu'i"
Use ofths Foundry.
The city Of Essen. Germany. IS To-
Gated In the center OF a billy valley
which abounds In coal and iron ore
and the digging for both and the melt
ing OF the ore and casting the metal
into ingots and rolling Il into bars
have been the occupations OF the IN
habltants for centuries past. Fried
rich Krupp. the founder OF the great
works bearing his name. was born 10
1871. and when crueible east steel was
nrst being introduced In England and
; It's importation from there into Ger
many had been impossible through
the edlct Of Napoleon. called "the con-
tlnental-sperre." F. Krupp began ic
produce cruclble cast steel, hrst 10
small quantities for files. stamps, rolli
for coins and shears. but only slowly
could he convince and persuade Ger
man manufacturers TO use his east
steel. and after a life full Of disap'
polntments and hardships he died In
1896. after a long and severe Illness
leaving 10 his son Alfred little else
than the old homestead. which stu
stands In the midst Of the great works,
and the secret OF his invention.
Alfred Kupp's energy and enter
prise soon conquered. His first sue
cess was 10 be able TO furnish cast
steel OF a varying degree Of hardness
thereby Increasing lts adaptabillty Tor
many new purposes. Next came the
invention OF the weldless car-wheel
tires. which were patented In 1858 In
all countries and furnished him capt
tai for enlarging his plant. In 1855 h
interested himself In coal mines, iroI
ore mines and furnaces. which should
furnish the material for his iroI
works. and In 1861 he began TO real
the harvest from his experiments In
augurated long since with steel can
mons. and the great Franco-Germal
war OF 1901 proved beyond doub
their superiority against the oil
bronze eannons. Since then the sue
cess OF these works and their growt
have been phenomenal. and when Al
fred Krupp closed the busy and sue
cessful and philanthropic work Of hi
life. In 1857. al villa Huegel. hi
princely home on the side hills Of N
valley OF the Ruhr. the city OF Essei
In recognition Of his great work. cree
ed In his memory a beautiful monl
ment on the most prominent square ,
the city. and Populations from man
nations mourned at his grave
Essen Is a city Of $1,000 lnhabl,ant
and over 10000 Of this population al
employed in the works Of the able an
energetic son Of Alfred Krupp-Frle
rich Alfred. Over 200 acres OF groul
are covered with buildings and nj
chlnery. Many coal mines furnu
fuel for the works, over 400 iron O
mines furnish the metal. and lar
iron ore deposits In Spain, near Bllba
have been purchased In addition. al
b special fleet OF steamers has be,
p built which bring over 300. 900 tons
this Spanish iron ore from Spain
= the German coast and up the Rhlt
0 Twenty furnaces at Duisburg al
, Neuwled-on-the-Rhlne are reducli
|, the ore for the Krupp works and a
, owned or controlled by them.
The main street OF Essen divides Z
, Krupp works into two parts. come,
ed overhead with innumerable maj
moth steam pipes and bridges. a
o parallel with IL, running east o.
west. the tracks OF the Rhenlsh Ra
u way pass the works In the north. VIII
, In the south the railroad leading n,
"a Dusseldorf TO Bremen. Hamburg q
= Berlin skirts the mill. lnnumeral
% tracks connect these two main lines
= railroad, surrounding IN an lncxtrl
< bic network the buildings and Gro
ing the street leading 10 MuelhoIm.
low los level. Powerful locomot.'
a bring train loads OF raw material a
/, the yards and leave the works w
M valuable products. finished and re-.
ie for shipment to all parts of the glo
nj Miniature engines and cars move ADJ
M between the buildings on the narr,
gauge tracks, bringing material
smaller size from one building 20
other until It is finished and ready
q. the market.
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