The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-04

FORGING CD.
To ENLARGE
Rumors Carrying Good
News About Indiana Har
Dor Factory Are Rife
Plants Capacity to Be
Increased One Third.
Especial to THE TINES

Indiana Harbor Ind. Aug. 4-Ru-
mors are rife that extensive improve
ments are under contemplation bv the
Standard Forging company. whose
plant is located in Waiting street. this
city. The improvements will increase
the capacity of the plant by about one
third and viii add in the neighborhood
of 100 more me nto the force of 300
employed there, if carried out as indi
Gated.
While The officials Of the Forging
company do not confirm this report
neither will they deny it. and the in
formation to the effect that the i'm
provements are contemplated seems to
be authentic
Not only will the force be increased.
but the company expects soon to be in
a position to require all of its men to
reside in Indiana Harbor. Most of the
working force already live in this To-
eality. but about fifty of the workmen
have their homes in South Chicago and
Chicago These win remove to Indi-
ana HarbOr as soon as the big sewer
now under way in Indiana Harbor is
completed. superintendent Carl Jern
berg has set a laudable example to his
men as a lesson in confidence and low
lot in Grapevine and 142nd streets.
and here he intends to build home
as soon as the sewer is finished.
Started Five Years Ago.
The Standard Forging company is
one of Indiana Harbor's most substan-
tial and consistent industries 1t
started something over five years ago
with building 500 feet in length by
about 120 feet in width and e force Of
about leo wOrkmen. Additions have
been added to the plant until now 1t
occupies 1212 acres. and the building
is LOGS feet in length by 100 feet wide
and the working force numbers about
500 Most of the men are Swedes the
superintendent and assistant superin-
tendent, Carl Jernberg and his son.
Richard, respectively. being of that ma
tionality. The president of the com
pany is F. ". Steele of Highland Park.
Superintendent Carl Jernberg. previous
to his affliation with the Standard
Forging company was connected with
the American Bridge company's plant
in Chicago
Has Big Daily Output
The output of the plant consists
chiefly of railroad car axles and loco
motive aXles, although more or less
shape work, shafting, etc. is turned
out. Nearly 800 tons of axles and If
tee ntons of shafting is turned out
daily The equipment is such as to en-
able the plant to finish its work in
toto, but this is only done for packing
companies such concerns as do not own /
their own car shops, the railroads for
which the company does work for the
most part preferring to do their own
The equipment includes
twelve hammers, seven Of them beam
hammers. while four of the large IN |
right and one a small upright The
improvements contemplate the fnstaua-
ton of four more large uprights. ac-
9ording- to report, and the work OF
laying the foundation for these has al
ready begun.
Work Two Shifts
The plant employs two shifts. the
men working seven hours In each shift
making the total working dav AT the
establishment fourteen hours. The
record of the plant is not a single davis
abosolute shutdown since the plant was
lrst opened For a time last year there
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