The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-05
THE GREAT KRUPP WORKS.
Interesting Information Furnished
by Consul General Guenther.

Richard Guenther, Consul General of the,
United States at Frankfort, in eommuni,
cation to the State Department. furnishes
some interesting information about the
great Krupp iron works. He writes;
THE annual report of the Chamber OF
Commerce for the district OF Essen con-
tains statements concerning The cast-steel
works of Frederick Krupp- These COM
prise the following Cast-steel works, at
Essen; Krupp steel works, formerly F..
AsthOWer &. Co. at Amen, in Westphaiia;
the Gruson works. at Buckau, near Magde-
burg; four blast furnaces al DuisbuTg,
NeuWied Engers. and Rneinhausen tthis
latter consists of three furnaces with d
capacity for each OF 220 tons per twent$-
four hours; o foundry al Sayn; four coal
mines tHanoVer, SaelzeT, Neuack, and
Hannibal with interest in other coai
mines: more than 500 iron mines near BIZ,
bao, in northern SPAIN; shooting grounds
at Meppen, with a length of ter and five
eight miles ana possibility of extension
for fifteen miles; three ocean steamers
several stone quarTies, clay, and sand pits
etc. In addition, the firm of Frederick
Krupp operates the Ship and Machine
Stock Company Germania, al Berlin and
Kiel, under contract.
The most important articles Of manu-
facture of the cast-steel works at Essen
are cannons tup to the end of 1899, 3S,4lS
had been Sod, pTojectiles, percussion
caps. ammunition, etc. gun barrels, armor
plates and arrnor sheets for all protected
parts of men-of-waT, as also for fortifica-
lions; railroad material, material for ship
builders, parts of machinery OF all kinds,
steel and iron plates. rollers. steel for
tools and other purposes The steel works
in 1888 operated about l. 200 furnaces, forge
fires, etc, about 4 eco tool and work ma
chimes, 1872 steam hammers of from 200
pounds to 5000 metric tons force, more
than 80 hydraulic presses (among them
of 5000 tons each, l Of 1000 tons, and /
of 1,200 tons pressure). 316 stationary
steam boilers. 49, steam engines with an
aggregate of Il, 213 horsepower, 558 cranes
of from 400 to 10000 tons lifting power
| During the last year the iron mines yield
ed an aggregate OF 1877 tons Of ore per
day. The coal production from the mines
| belonging to the krupp Company Except
ing the Hannibal) amounted, an aver
age. TO about 3,73S tons for each working
day.
The consumption of coal and coke in
1893 was as follows In the cast-steel
works at Essen. 952. 800 tons. in the other
works and on the steamers of the company,
, 622, lis tons; in all. in round numbers, D.
600 tons per day The consumption of wa
ter at the cast-stee1 works in 1899 was
! Ia, 01S lot cube meters, ~hlch Squa4s ABOUT
| the consumption of the city Of Frankfort
with 900. 279 Inhabitants. The consump-
| ton of gas in the steel works at Essen
| was IS $50. ESQ cubic meters in 1899.
The electrical power plant Of the works
/ at Essen has three machine houses with
| six distributing stations. and supplies S7l
| arc lights. 5T24 incandescent lamps, and
! 179 electric motors.
For the traffic Of the works. railroad
| tracks Of standard gauge of about thirty
! six miles are laid. which connect with Jhe
| tracks of the main railroad station at Es-
| sen. Sixteen locomotives and 70T cars ara
J operated on the grounds. In addition
| there are narrow gauge tracks Of Is miles
with % locomotives. and /. 209 cars.
The telegraph system of the steel works
| has 81 stations. with IS Morse telegTaphil
! instruments. and 30 miles circuit. The
| telephone system has 22S stations, with
! 235 telephones, and a circuit OF 200 miles
"On April I, 1900, the total number o.
| persons employed in the different work:
was 1868. namely, 27,462 at Essen. 3.47;
| AT the Gruson works Of Buckau. $3.50 a
| the Germania works al Berlin and Kiel
| e,f64 in the coal mines, and SIPS at tht
blast furnaces. and on the testing grounds
| al MeppeD. etc.