The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
BUSY HUM OF INDUSTRY
PITTSBURG INDUSTRIAL IRON
WORKS HAS MANY ORDERS.
Under New Management the Plant gives
Employment to One Hundred and
Ten Men and Needs More.

Under New Management the Plant gives
Employment to One Hundred and
Ten Men and Needs More.
One day last week we visited the
Pittsburg Industrial Iron Works, a
half mile south of town, our first visit
to the plant since the controlling
interest of the American Production
Company was purchased @. f. Dickin-
son, j. S. Beckwith and o. T. Schlumpf,
three energetic and enterprising young
men of Pittsburg who had the name OF
plant changed from American Produc-
tion Co. to Pittsburg Industrial Iron
Works. We were some what surprised
at the increased hum of industry and
the business air that now prevades all
departments of the plant. A person is
soon impressed with the fact that new
life and vim have been put into the
plant by the noise, din, hustle and
bustle in the entire works. II there is
any person little pessimistic about the
plant being a good industry for the
Town under its present management,
visit to the works will certainly convert
them to an optimist about 1t and make
them wish we had several more such
industries in town.
AT present one hundred and ten men
are employed at this plant, ninety of
whom are skilled workmen. Sixty
more skilled men are wanted and are
being advertised for. The works are
equipped to give employment to one
hundred and fifty skilled workmen, and
there are enough orders in now to give
that number of men employment several
months, and still the orders are coming
In. There are orders in now for one
hundred tons of castings, dredge booms
for Panama canal, derrick boat % feet
wide, "a feet long and 8 feet deep for
U. S. engineer at Grand Rapids, Mich,
five pulverizers for Newaygo Cement
Co. OF Newaygo, Mich, Ohio river dam
work, brick yard work and considerable
miscellaneous work in small orders.
The plant has just completed derrick
work for T. A. Gillespie & Co.'S filtra-
tion plant in Pittsburg.
The foundry and machine shops are
now under one roof, the building being
Is 275 feet, but the building is too
small for both departments and the
machine shop will be moved into the
main building to give the entire build
ing to foundry work. The main build
ing is 65 300 feet and will be used for
machine shop, general shop and black
smith shop. The machine shop is
equipped with modern machinery and
tools for general line of machine work,
and the general shop will be equipped
with up-to.date boiler shop tools. There
is lotion crane and lotion cupola in
the foundry. Power for operating the
machinery is furnished by one 250 XIV.
Westinghouse generator direct con-
nected to Buckeye engine, and 80
XIV. Westinghouse generator furnishes
power to operate the crane in the
foundry. The power equipment in
cludes two $50 horsepower horizontal
tubular boilers. The pattern shop is
fire proof building % 80 feet, equipped
with modern wood working tools. A
two-story building 26 x 40 feet contains
the works, Offices and drafting rooms.
The general Office is located in the
Westinghouse building in Pittsburg.
G. F. Dickinson is president, j. S.
Beckwith secretary and treasurer and
o. L. Schumpf general manager and
chief engineer. These gentlemen were
formerly in the employ of Thomas
Carlin's Sons Company in Allegheny
City, Mr.. Dickinson as vice-president,
Mr.. Beckwith as general sales manager,
and Mr.. Schlumpf as chief engineer
and superintendent.
w. B. Wilhelm is bookkeeper, Chas.
Crates is foreman Of boiler department,
J. E. Ferrier foreman of pattern de-
partment, w. G. Dale foreman Of
foundry, Emil Strank foreman of the
machine department and G. A. Eggar
engineer and electrician.
Luck and Chance.