The Washington times., 1905-12-30
too MANY NAUGHTS |
IN COST OF PLANT
ON G|ESBORO POINT
Officially Stated But Half
Million viii Be
Spent Here.
THREE HUNDRED HANDS
rlans Exaggerated, Says
Manager-Extensive Shops
Here Silly.
THREE HUNDRED HANDS

Instead of the Firth-Steriing Stee
Company's establishing a gigantic $1,000
coo projectile-manufactu plant al
Giesboro Point. the concern will put up Z
plant. the total cost of which will not
exceed half million dollars.
Instead Of bringing irto the Districf
thousands of skilled laborers and work
men. the company will not employ al
Giesboro Point more than so. and viii
bring with them not more than THIRTY
or forty workmen
Not Building Houses.
Instead of the coming of the company
booming land values down the river b,
the necessity of houses being built Z,
shelter the men working In the plant
the general manager is of the OPINION
that not a single new residence will be
erected at or near Giesboro Point by the
steel company.
The Firth-Sterling Steel Company will
bring into the District only the smaller
part of its plant-that devoted TO the
manufacture of projectiles. The nnachin.
cry and men used in turning out the
hfgh-grade tool steel. which is the larger
part of the company's business will re-
main In DemmIer. Pa, the present site
of the plant. thirteen miles outside OF
Pittsburg.
The Times is able TO make these an.
nouneements authoritativeIy, the in.
formation contained in them having beer
secured by special staff correspond
ent who was sent TO DemmIer to obtain
the facts of the matter and thus Nh,
an s., emu 10 the uncertainty now prevalent
among the people of the District as II
the true plans of the Firth Sterling SteeI
Company.
Five Shops.
The buildings which will be erected by
The company Will be FIVE. according 10
the present plans. and viii embrace a
melting house. a machine shop. a ham
mer shop and two storage buildings
They will be of stone and structural
iron. and viii cover about four acres ir
al.
The plans for these structures will d.
completed within the next thirty davs
Work on them will begin in the spring
and the new business at Giesboro Point
viii be in fun swing by the late fan
If the company's hopes are realized.
Arrangements are now under wav b,
which the company will own severa
hundred acres at the Point: but. accord
ing 10 the highest members of the firm
this large amount of land will not nov
be put TO any use.
We found a lot of land down there a
cheap prices. explained Enen II
Clarke. CT McKeesport. Pa. the genera
manager and treasurer of the company
and we did not like to let go chancr
10 get hold of il. Here at Demmler. ",
own less than ten acres all told. and ou
taxing the proJectile plant away from
here is caused by the fact that on
tool steer business has grown 10 such al
extent that IL needs more room. Tha
room can be provided only BY movlnj
cut the projectile department.
Why They Come.
OR course, we may derive some ad
vantage from being near Washingto,
and thus having chance TO be IN close
touch with the Government. the only bi,
purchaser Of projectiles in this country
Il was on cruise down the Po
tomae some time ago. We were theI
looking for place to locate the projec
tile plant. 1 saw the land at Giesbor,
Point. and decided that IL would be a,
ideal place for the plant on account o
Its nearness to Washington and its i'm
mense water front"
- -NN~NNtb eiA& 1iitOiiS the tIfnlDtT
of the Firth-Sterling Steel Company. 1
Is thought a good joke that it wa
ever reported that the firm would pu
ND a s5.Ooo.0o0 plant in the District O
Columbia. II was stated by a prominen
man In Pittsburg that there was ~
steel concern in or around Pittsbur
which could boast OF having s.. .O00, 600 in
vested in IT It was also said that n
more than one OF two concerns EN-
ployed anywhere near 4,oO0 men, tn
number with which the F'irth-SterlinI
Company was credited.
Three Hundred Men.
The Firth-Sterling Company. in il
tool steel and projectile departments 20
gether. employs never more than 90
men. and often does it's work with les
than 400 laborers. AS the projectile De
partment IS the smaller one OF them
is easily realized that the estimate o
800 workers for the projectile plant her
is large one.
People do not understand the good
We turn out" said Mr. Clarke. the gen
eral manager, To The Times correspon
dent. I'VE have what we call u 'higl
quality and a small tonnage That IS
we get 20 cents a pound for the steel W
put on the market, while the big con
Germs that turn out rails and other stee
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