The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
IT'S DOING WELL
Northwestern Radiator COmpany'S
Factory ProsperS
ON A BUSINESS BASIS
Operation of Plant is Systematic
and Good Profit on the Output
Is In Sight

A visit to the plant of the North
western Radiator Company will con-
vince any who may for any cause in
cline to be skeptical, that the day OF
doubt and experiment is past and
that the concern has entered upon a
period of prosperity that augurs well
for the steady growth with accom-
panying satisfactory dividends for the
stockholders.
The plant is now operated in the
most systematic way possible. The
men and the machines are employed
to the best advantage. Expense is
reduced to minimum. Everything
is run on business basis. The plant
is now more than making expenses.
In the course of the coming year there
is no reason to doubt that it will be a
good dividend payer.
The management of the concern
made an excellent move when it Sc
cured the servicesof Carey Wright for
superintendent. Mr.. Wright comes
from Paola, Kansas, where he man
aged a large plant and managed it on
good dividend paying basis. He has
had fifteen years experience in the
business. That he knows how to run
foundry is evident to even the
casual observer.
When Mr.. Wright arrived and
looked the plant over he saw that
several things needed to be done. He
did them. Ever since he took the
reins in his hands there has been no
baking and no false moves. Twenty
two men are now employed at the
plant and they are working, not "sol-
iering." liza fellow tries the latter,
lie takes walk and never comes back.
Mr.. Wright has introduced ''piece
work. in the operation of the foun-
dry. 1t works well, so well that the
men who were making $3.50 per day
now find it not difficult to make 81. 25.
And they turn out more and better
work. Machines are being rearranged
so that the number of men required
to operate them is reduced, with the
result that better work is being done
and at less expense.
In these days the matter of profit
depends not so much on selling price
as on the cost of manufacture. Mr..
Wright knows this and puts his
knowledge into practical use. AS
superintendent he has made good. F"
Twenty-Five men are now employed
at the factory. Four of these are ex-
perts whom Mr.. Wright brought
with him. At present this force is
employed in making window weights.
The main reason for this is that the
patterns for the new style radiators
to be made by the company have but
recently arrived and the management
is not quite ready to proceed with
them. Another reason is that not all
the men occupied in the foundry have
become sufficiently expert as yet to
mold radiators, and this work on win
dow weights gives them the necessary
experience. Inside the next ten days
the plant will be making radiators.
More or less window weights will be
made right along, as the first run of
iron from the melting cupola is not
hot enough for radiators but is adapt
ed to rough work like window
weights. When Mr.. Wright took
hold of the plant there were but $50
iron TASKS i'm which to make castings.
He is making more every day and
plans to have 400. With these all in
use the full floor capacity of the plant
will be utilized.
The plant is now using nine tons of
iron day. A certain proportion of
this is pig iron, which is mixed with
scrap. When the manufacture of
radiators begins a much larger pro-
portion Of pig will be used.
The new style of radiators will be
very fine; in fact, there will be no
thing better on the market The
management tells The Herald that
there is no doubt about there being a
good market for the sale of the out
put of the factory.
The company has been fortunate in
securing the services of B. G. Derrick,
who for several years was with the
Keller Manufacturing Company. Mr..
Derrick holds the position of manager
and has systemized the methods OF
office work and keeping of accounts.
He is very efficient man. for the
place.