Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24

humble cottage factory at Essen, now
standing memento of bygone days
in the midst of one of the greatest rae
tories in the world.
Starting in 1910 in the small cottage
factory with six workmen FREDERICK
Krupp began operations with the dogged
purpose of achieving fame. Sacrificing
both resources and health to the object
in view, he bequeathed at his death IN
1926 nothing but a small forge and ms
secret of making crucibe steel 10 MS
son Alfred then fourteen years OF age.
How this lad mbued by a similar spirit
converted, as if by Il magiclans wand
the little forge into the huge works OF
the present day, works that have mace
his name renowned in every quarter OF
the globe, Is a matter of common KNOW
edge Alfred krupp died and his son,
Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the friend of the
kaiser reigned in his stead, continuing
the same victorious path unui me "a
of November 1902 when he followed his
fathers. After his death the works
passed into the hands of the eldest
daughter. Fraulein Bertha krupp' the
richest woman In Europe, and was con.
verified into a company with capital OF
So 600 600 on the 1st of July, l3u3
The company is managed by a director
ate OF ten members. who in their turn are
answerable to a board Of five members,
including Herr krupp Won Bohlen und
Halbach, the husband of Fraulein krupp,
who possesses practically all the shares
of the company
II was the secret of crucible steel be-
uueathed by Frederick Krupp to his son
that made the X upp works. Its incon-
parable qualities and purity have enabled
perfectly homogeneous, uniform ana
dense blocks to be- cast. These character
iStics caused the Prusstan government 10
give the works their first order for 300
cannons, and from that day the connec-
ton between government and works has
never been severed. Huntsman of Shelf
field. an Englishman, had also discovered
the secret Of making crucii)ie steel some
hundred years before Krupp. and he
manufactured it for some time there.
Unfortunately the secret was buried with
him and lay ~ormant until revived by
krupp.
1t is impossible for the uninitiated visit
or to gather anything but fleeting i'm
work carried on in the vast establish
ment. and it would take weeks to visit
the sixty five different departments that
exist at Essen alone. In nine long ex-
sters Of warfare. from the baby mountain
gun up to the naval and fortress gun Of
the largest caHber lying peacefully side
by side. Among them are guns over
tons and are capable Of hurting a pro-
jectile weighing eight hundTedwe:gat,
distance Of about sixteen miles. There
are others the ntckel-headed projectiles
Of which can pierce the strongest armor
Of any Dreadnought afloat at dis
lance Of three miles. Some Of these shells
are filled with over thousand steel balls
or more than sufaclent to annihilate half
an infantry regiment. Up to tho present
countries Of the world with over $4,000
cannon. the orders given including naval
guns. coast defense how itzcrs. seige guns.
cannon for Notifications. mountain ar
tillefy, etc.
If we 60 past the cannon shops we
come to the crucble works. here We
dnd hundreds OF men walking together in
pairs, carrying between them on long
sticks white-hot crucibles OF refractory