The Washington times., 1905-12-30
TOO MANY NAUGHTS
IN COST OF PLANT
CONTINUED from First Paee ,

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In large bulk get only several cents a
pound for their product.
therefore. We have TO put mucb
time on the steel we sell. seeing that
Is OF nigh order. The wori. IS slow
and requires much time
I'm the projectIle departDe1t
much skilled labor is required We =,
take TO Washington with us about ,bir-
~, CT perhaps. forty skilled laborers
VINO VIII work at the machines. ,,
otherS labor we will employ In Wash
places"
Work of Plant.
The plant at Giesboro Point viii be
used to manufacture exclusively wha
IS known as the ''armor piercing projec-
tiles. These projectiles are OF all sizes
weighing anywhere from 90 pounds
10 1000 pounds. There are three dis
unct steps in the manufacture Of these
steel p-ojectiles.
The first is TO melt the crude metal
and put IL into rough forms. which mold
IL into the general shapes of the pro-
]ectiles- The next is 20 heat these
nodded pieces OF steel white-hot and
put them under immense machine-ham-
ners. which solidify the steel and get fl
stlli nearer 10 the shape required for
the finished projectiIe.
Ihe last step is 10 put this hammered
article on machines, provided with such
hne steel blades that they will cut and
trim into shape the hammered steel.
Ror the melting process. no skilled
labor is required. For the proper hand
Ing of the metal while il is under the
hammers, certain sort of skill is re-
CURED. but any competent laborer can
AZ -
machines not much skill is need. but at
Others Il IS necessary. TO meet this de-
Mano- The company will bring here
thlrtY or forty OF its trusted workers.
Room Is Required.
The work OF making the projectIles
requires room. as the men have TO
handle large bars Of white-hot metal.
ana 1t has TO be put through cooling
processes All this calls for much floor
space The storage houses will also
take up much space. The machines do
net require much room.
Inc plant here and all the work done
Dy II VIII be under the supervision OF
Z h. Wheeler superintendent ~ tb,
pro9eSuie department. General Manager
Clarke will remain at Demmler. pa
where has offices are now located. Presi-
dent Firth, head OF the comnanv is H.
some months. tO1
When it was suggested to Mr. Clarke
fhat the company's purchase Of sucb
a large tract of land foreeh n do,-ed -
great development Of the plant here
he said: P''' ii'ie'
.'of course, We shall put up = arst-
class plant. with all the modern i'm
Provements. but il viii be little. II any
larger than the one we have here No
we saw all that land TO be had so
cheaply, and We decided TO take IL IN
We are crowded out of here now for
want OF ground Wen never be caught
that way again.
IT. in the growth Of years. additions
are needed 70 the plant we will put
fhem IN. but there - no immediate
prospect of Il now"
No Big Plants Coming.
IL was suggested 70 Mr.. Clarke that
The success of the projectile department
here might be followed by the establish
inent OF the tool steel department here
also. but he denied this. saying the IA
cinties for freight and handling tons OF
steel were not good enough in Washing
ton for that He thought anybody doing
steel business in bulk would be silly
10 come to Washington
The advantage OF the prO-cctile de-
Dartment being here is that il could de
liver goods to the Governments store
houses easily by floating them down tho
river and Chesapeake Bay. The Navy
is The company's bggcst purchaser at
The Firth-Stcrling Company is eight
years old, Mr.. Firth having bought ont
the Sterling Steel Company eight Years
ago. That concern was then making
only proJectiles. The present owners
added to that the tool steel business
which has outgrown the projectiIe de
partment.
The projectile shops make a compara-
lively small amount Of smoke and
could hardly be q nuisance TO the city
OF washington IN this way
The Idea of the company erecting
homes for its worknen was ridiculed by
Mr. Clarke. He said such a step would
DE entirely superfiuOus. the laborcrs
could live In Congress Heights or any OF
the adjacent points
The laborers in the projectiIe shops
are paid good wages. getting from $50
20 ~ per day The work goes on by (
day and night. without cessation
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