The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-22
KRUPPS GREAT WORKS.
HUGE GUN SHOPS NOW THE PROP
ERlT OF A GIRL.


The attention of the world has been
attracted by a siXtcen-ycar-old girl.
The famous gun works Of Herr krupp,
who died the other day, have been be-
queathcd to his eldest daughter. Bertha
Krupp. BY those who are familiar with
the Essen factories they are valued III
the ncighborhood OF STE, 900 900. Such
legacy, accordingly, elcvateS Frauleln
Bertha to high rank among the
wcalthicSt hcircSses Of Europe and
America.
\ clear conception of the immensely
Of the gun shops at Essen is obtainable
from the following description of them
written by Thomas Asnbury, of Man
chester, England. who recently visited
the plant and carefully investigated its
multifold industries, and wrote pam
phlet about it entitled AN English
mans Visit to krupp's Works in Ger
many-Wakc Up. England" In this
pamphlet Mr.. Ashbury says, among
other things:
| These works were founded in 1911
by Fred Krupp. who built in that year
| the first smelling furnace for steel MAX
ing In 1918 the building of the oldest
| workshop OF the present plant was be-
gun and completed in 1919. In 1926
Friedrich krUpp died. and his son AL
fred, then n lad Of fifteen followed him
i'm tho works m.u,.rmrni undrr the
guardianship of his ,.o,ncr In 1919
the fitst east stool nun hnrrc,s were
made and in 1S1- ;lr first ,rn ,ubc In
1893 tho firm ,mn,ovcd nino men at
Essen. On tho death of Alfred KrupD.
in 1897. tho nur,hor or oO,rials and
workmcn at the Es,,cn worries was ~.
Ga. while in 1901 thorc worc ~ 53G por.
son. empl0vcd,
The works of Tho firm commits, the
Essen cast steel works with ,rn ,cst.
ing grounds at ,lcnnc,. rho ;;rrr,
steel works nj Annor ir wo,,,b,iio.
thc Gormori, chirlr;,li,,,, ,.n.,.. -,
k;cl and bI,st ,urno,.o ,l,rte f,, .ho
Production of MIG iron -, nuish,,ro
Nruvcid ;,n,rr. ana 1,ho;nn,,,.n, ,,ln
last named ,.onsi.;iuc -, ,hro, Mae,
rurn,,rc with ,r ,rt,,r ,t ,oo ..
23o IONS , fnrr,ro !, tr.o,tr,o ,o,,r
bnur.,. ,ro;r,,...;,,r >.,... o,,; :,
c,,.,drv ., g., ,l,,.,,. ..,,,,;o,. ,o,,,,|,
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IN, = -.
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.,.,,.. ,n, N' 'n' '""' "'t'i
'o' ~, ~ '''i '''''c were III ''e H'A'S
Wv | ','' ''i'''', III "Pti '"'o il'ac'ii''c
,N' '"'''NS 'n'''9' i'i S'eal'' nali'
inI' si,,,' ''o''' '"o " ONE 'ho"saho po"hos
"ci'h'' VI hEura"''c presses
>'''"''.s '"o ''i"'''s plt'scS ol 'oVo
.oA'' {. @ aol e'ns press ol oooo IONS ana
W." ,., vi -ovo '''i"'' OK" 'ert'cai steam
''. 81" S''"'i' CUISINES llolh '"o
! ~ 'i''' - ."'c n"h'l'" horsepower each
",",.',57 "5,S,. .5'a.'i7 1o'eie norSep""cr' ""'
l'e,''" n'o,''' ana ''' cranes from scF-
CO. 49,. """"'e" "'':'n' ~ one huharea ana
"',y ,Hll' ,"p''ci'S'
in VIC nl''''''hs "orNS III l9ol therc
''''e''co Oh "'l average i'lf IONS
W. W, '"'' ',' 'o''i ''le i'rin mines oaliy.
,. nc N""' o".p"' lloiil .ilc urn COZ
,i.' ',' III ''oi was l,fH'''"f IONS. Inc
we, i'''oii VI llie Nr"pp "orks
~ ,'o'- vi wa" ''o'-'o IONS o. coal
,.' '"'', VI >',' an" '''t'' '"liS VI
NJ ,o,l ,b;c ronrr,.n,,I,.
co.,.,m,t;nr ,f ,ho Er,,,>,> ,,.l,I.a ~,
far -. !, !, r.ovi,a1 r,.a,, ,,1.
I G7s ,75 tone A, 80 non,n, ,s,,.> ,,.
inp sroundc 725 hol1ist;c tne,c ,rono <.,,.
ried o,, in ,oo, ,rho tot,, ,,,,,ho, -,
Family dwo,,ino horsos =, ,,,a ,,,l>,,I.
mems colonv of tho firm, an 1onuo,,, !
1902 WAS 54Go Tho total n,,p,hor ~
persons employed at the KrupD works
in Germany Gncluding 1859 officials
on April l, 1902, was 43,083. or thes,
"a ,536 were employed at the Essen cas-
steel works, 2773 at the Gruson work.
in Buckau 1887 at the Germania ship
yard in Kiel, 6159 at the collieries ant
5628 at the smelling works, Meppe1
grounds, ETC. The number Of persons
dependent on the KrupD works in Nav