Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

/ midst OF ,ne Of tho greatest factor'e.
| iu the W1rlu
Starting lu 1910 in the small cottage
! factory with six Workmeu. Frederick
| hrupp began operations with the
| dOCEcd purpose of achieving fame
| Saorincing both resources and health
! O. The object in view. he bequeathcd at
| IBIS death Zoo 1896 nothing but q small
| forge and his secret OF making crucihie
steel to his son Alfred then IA years
OF age. How this lad imoued by "a
similar spirit converted. as II by a
pagiC.aus wand. the little forge into
| tho huac works of the present day.
| works thIt have made his name re-
nuNncd IN every quarter OF the globa.
is matter of common knowledge
Alfred Krupp died and his son. Fried
rich Alfred Krupp. the friend Of the
ka'scr. reigued in his stead continuing
the same victorious path until the 22nd
az November 1902 when he followed
his fathers After his death the works
passed into the hands Of the cldoet
daughter FraueiH Bertha Erupp, the
richest woman in Europe. and was con
'ertol into "a company with capital
UI }fI.nuul1u ON the list of July. 1905
The company ia managed by q di-
r,'torut, OF 10 mcmhers. who In their
turn are ausW'rahic to 81 board OF Ave
members including Herr Krupp Von
fohlau una Halharh, the husband ~
Fruulein krupp. who possesses practi-
cully all the shares Of the company.
THE SECRET PROCESS.
70 was the secret Of cruciblc steel be-
queatLcd hy Frederick krupp 10 his
SON that made the Krupp works Its
Incompatible qualities and purity have
enabled perfectly Homogeneous. uni
form and dense blocks 70 be cast
These Characteristics caused the Prus-
siHu government 20 give the works
their first order for 300 cannons. and
from that day the connection between
government and works has never been
severed Huutsmau OF Sheffield. am
Eugiishm,n, had also discovered the
secret OF making cruc BILE steel some
hundred years before Krupp and he
manufactured II for some time there.
Unfortunately the secret was buried
with him aud lay dormant until re-
yIvcd b. krupp
10 is impossible for the unnitiated
visitor 90 Eathor anything but feet
ms Impression of the multifarious ma
ture OF the work carried on In tho vast
establishment. and II would take weeks
20 visit the h5 different departments
that exist az Essen alone. In nine long
extended cannon shops we see grim
monsters ot warfare from the baby
mountain gun up 60 the naval and fort
rcss gun of the largest caliber lying
peacefully side by side, Among them
arc guns over 40 feet In length that
weigh 40 tons and are capable OF hurl-
Ing q proicctilc weighing eight hun
dredwcight distance OF about Id
miles. There are others the nickel
headed proicCtiles Of which can pierce
the strongest armor OF any Dread
nought" atiout az distance Of three
miles. Some OF these shells are filled
with over thousand stool balls or
more than sufficient TO annihilatc half
am infantry regiment Up 20 the pres
cnt day Krupp's have supplied the va
Tious countries of the world with over
5000 cannon. the orders given includ-
ing naval guns. coast defense hoWitz-
crs, Siege guns. cannon for fortihCa-
lions. mountain artillery. etc.
II we go past the cannon shops We
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