Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-24

cory. The settlements, Of which
there are three, are away from the
WORKS q quarter. Of mile They are
al up ON the high lands where they
! cannot so much as see the highest
smokestack and no sign OF the factory
is visible except the clouds of black
smoke ascending heayenward. The
i settlements are built somewhat after
the fashion of any other municipality.
except mat the streets 90 nowhere
and end everywhere Like as not
you will run up against fence when
least expecting it,. There are no
stores ~ this town. and no postoffice
to go to and poster the postmaster by
asking him for mail that you never
/ expected and wouldn't know what to
do with If it came But there is a
| cIiDfoom Where the workmen may
play billiards, pool, games of adj sorts.
or they may read, for there is we'll
filed library, and there is a splendid
B. gymnasium, and every kind Of recre-
alton known to a we'll equipped club
room anywhere.
There is a school house that is pat
ronized only by the children of the
powder factory WOrkmen. 1t is a dis
trict school and is under the super.
vision OF the State, just the same as
any other school. Of course. The only
church in the town is an Episcopal
Church, which is we'll attended, and it
is very commodious structure OF
Drlck. All who are church members
are not members Of that denomination.
however Some are Catholics and per-
haps other creeds are represented
The man who did the work building
the works is still there He is a
stonemason by the name Of Hassett
and thoroughbred Irishman with an
elegant brogue that would be the for-
tune OF an Irish comedian. He works
there yet for there is always more or
less stone work to be done. There
have been spent thousands of dollars
in stoneWork, and there is always i'm
proving to do and repairs to make.
His son. a mighty bright young fell
low of nineteen, has never worked at
anything else but in the factory, and
he says he likes it. He is a. time
keeper. Everybody knows Joe Has
sett, and he seems to be a favorite
with the men. He is a Catholic. and
the only church Of that denomination
that he can attend is at Keokuk
Naturally there would be all kinds
| fh0f I,
community Of that kind. One lot of
men We're driving some of the incest
hogs one could wish to see to market.
They were raised in the settlement
end weighed perhaps 400. Another
group OF men were repairing the Mac
adam road, for the road is Macadam
all the way. Others were trimming
trees and the painter was following
them up painting the stumps of the
limbs to prevent rotting. Another
man was repairing something, about
| the standpipe. These were all men
at work outside the factory yards.
There is a big boarding house and
the women We're busy preparing the
monday meal. All appear to be busy
and happy. There has never been
strike, and no occasion for one. The
men all seem to be loyal, and all speak
well OF the treatment they receive.
Their homes are all plain, but comfort
able and clean looking. The most of
them are two stories high and built
after one uniform architectural de-
sign. A few of them are one story
high. There are no sidewalks in the SET
Element that we would call such. They
are all made of crushed stone and are
the same. material that the streets
are made of. ) They have the art of
good road building down to a nicely.
But so could anyone have who does
not have to pay attention to cost The
Dupont Company has spent millions
On the grounds and factory at this
place. They are spending money
every day in addition to the regular
allowance. Improvements are being
made right along.
But with all this seeming lavish ex-
penditure Of money there is absolute
system. So well do the proprietors
know what it takes for a days work
and how much given material should
produce that they are given just GER
tain amount of raw material and, bar
ring accidents it must produce the re-
quired quantity. One Of the Duponts
comes out from the works at Whining
ton every three or four months. The
present superintendent is William
Brady. That name looks like an Irish
name. A peculiar fact is that most
of the workmen about the factory are
Irish. Whether there is something
about the constant danger and risk