Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-07
PLANT WILL
DOUBLE CAPACITY
Gigantic Factory viii Soon
Turn Out Over 700 Auto
mobiles a Day.

DETROIT, Sept. with its
city more than doubled, the already
gigantic factory of the Ford Motor
Company, within the next few months
will be ready to commence on its huge
production for the coming year.
It was ~foreseen last June that, al
Enough the factory was turning out
the largest number of automobiles
per year of any in the world, 1t woulo
be necessary to materially enlarge IL
if the constantly growing stream OF
orders were to be filled in the future.
Accordingly, plans were drawn and
the erection of new buildings was
commenced almost at once.
Some of the additions to the factory
have been completed. Others. still il.
| course of construction, will be finished
within the near future.
The size of the foundry has been
doubled, as has the heat-treating
plants and machine shops. The bis
gas engine of 1900 horsepower that
has been doing duty furnishing power,
the largest gas engine in the world, is
soon to give way to an even larger
one, a gas engine of 5000 Horsepower,
The huge hywheel of this latter en-
CINE and other parts are now in De-
troit and are being placed in posi-
ton in the engine house at the FAC
tory. The fywheel vas shipped from
the engine makers, Hooven, Owens &
R%entchler, Hamilton, o., in two sec
tons, each section weighing forty
tons. The installation of this fly
wheel is taxing the powers of the
huge forty-ton crane in the engine
house.
However, perhaps the most strik-
ing feature of the preparations
being made for next years produce
ton is the shifting of the old ma
chimes to new positions in the ma
chine shop and the installation of
exactly as many more machines as
have been doing duty heretofore.
There are about $500 machines of
different types. ranging in weight
from one-half ton to fifteen tons,
now in use. When the shift has been
completed these machines will have
been moved to new positions in the
shop.
1t is no small task to move $500
machines from one place to another
and at the same time in 10 way i'm
pair the production of the factory.
Yet this is what is being done. Each
day sees the finishing of from 200 to
400 Ford automobiles. And while this
vast number is being built the ma
| chimes that build them are lifted and
| hoisted about to new resting places.
The shifting Of the machines is nee
essary to make room for the new
machines daily arriving at the fac
tory. The purchase price for these
new machines win amount to a for
tune. In their number Is included
every type known to mechanics.
There will be about $500 of them
take their place along beside the $500
already are doing duty.
It is estimated by N. A. Hawkins,
commercial manager of the company.
that even this addition to the fac
tory's producing power will be taxed
to it's utmost during the coming year.
SO the machines are being SO placed
that they can be used to good ad-
vantage should 1t become necessary
to work three shifts of men a day,
in eight-hour crews.
At present about $50 cars are being
built in eight hours. When the new
apparatus is in commission the Ford
factory will be in a position to turn
out more than twice hat number Of
completed Model rs In an eight. Cur
day.