Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-17
THE KRUPP WORKS.
FAMOUS FACTORY At ESSEN Thai
MAKES MONSTER GUNS.

Gus Iody Of Men Il controiied-A iiaiI.
way system Employed for the E1eIu.lv,
Use ofths Foundry.
The city OF Essen, Germany. Is 10.
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 lngots and rolling Il into bars
have been the occupations OF the In.
habitants for centuries past. Fried.
rich Krupp. the founder OF the great
works bearing his name. was born 10
1871. and when crucible cast steel was
first being introduced in England and
; It's importation from there into Ger.
many had been impossible through
the edict OF Napoleon. called the con.
tlnental-sperre." F. Krupp began tc
produce cruclble cast steel. first In
small quantities for files. stamps. rolls
for coins and shears. but only slowly
could he convince and persuade Ger.
man manufacturers 10 use his east
steel. and after a life full OF dlsap.
pointments and hardships he died IN
1926. after a long and severe illness
leaving 10 bis son Alfred little else
than the old homestead, which stir
stands In the midst Of the great works
and the secret Of his invention.
Alfred Krupp's energy and enter.
prise soon conquered. His first sue.
cess was 20 be able 10 furnish east,
steel OF a varying degree Of hardness.
thereby increasing Us adaptabllity for
many new purposes. Next came the
invention OF the weldless car-wbeul
tires. which we're patented In 1861 10
all countries and furnished him capt
tai for enlarglng his plant. In 1865 he
interested himself In coal mines. iron
ore mines and furnaces, which should
furnish the material for his iron
works. and In 1867 he began to reap
the harvest from his experiments in
augurated long since with steel can
mons. and the great Franco-German
war OF 1901 proved beyond doubt
their superiority against the old
bronze cannons. Since then the sue
cess OF these works and their growth
have been phenomenal. and when Al
fred Krupp closed the busy and sue
cessful and philanthropie work OF his
life. in 1887. at villa Huegel, his
princely home on the side hills OF the
valley OF the Ruhr. the city OF Essen.
In recognition OF his great work, erect
ed In his memory a beautiful monu-
ment on the most prominent square OF
the city and Populations from many
nations mourned at his grave.
Essen Is a city Of $1,000 inhabitants.
and over 10000 Of this population are
employed In the works OF the able and
energetic son OF MEed Krupp-Frled-
rich Alfred. over 20 acres OF ground
pre- covered with bun dlngs and ma
Millinery. Many coal Nnlnes furnish
m\el for the works. oyet 400 iron ore
ro pes furnish the metdN and large
bayS ore deposits 10 SPAIN NEAR Bilbao.
\ M been purchased In addition, and
buut Icial fleet Of steamers has been
mia snlhleh bring over 30O,OVO tons Of
the Ger nlsh iron ore from Spain to
Twenty Npan coast and up tins Rhine.
at DulsbufS and
the ore forN-the-Rhlne are REDUCING
owned or connie Krupp works Ane are
The main stiJQged by them.
Krupp works into two Yen divIds che
ed overhead with innumerifS. c0hnect-
moth steam pipes and bridges. NAM
parallel with IL. running east and
west. the tracks OF the Rhenish RAM
way pass the works In the north, while
In the south the railroad leading from
Dusseldorf to Bremen. Hamburg and
Berlin skirts the mill lnnumerable
tracks connect these two main lines OF
railroad. surrounding In an inextrlca-
bic network the buildings and cross
ing the street leading TO Muelhelm. be-
low Us level. Powerful locomotives
bring train loads Of raw material into
the yards and leave the works with
valuable products, finished and ready
for shipment TO all parts OF the globe
Miniature engines and ears move abou
between the buildings on the narrow
gauge tracks. bringing material o
smaller size from one building to an
other until Il is finished and ready 70
the market.
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