The Detroit times., 1912-10-03

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Other machines. Cn1 there ere W<|
than 40 OF them. are 4<&upI1| OH
other automobiIe parts. The <1u'
axIes are stamped ouf IN few H'I
utes. as are the brake pedals Prom
the forge shop the parts 80 a en-
other department where they are SUB
jected 10 an intense blast o( 1@r|.
which smooths up their sprfacet
Operate Night end Day
The trip-hammers have ne su411
OF a battleship's broadsiqe, the e4<tE
trembling as they STRIKE. but they
may also be operated "a Ifhtiy tna<
the metal Is scarcely toud1fd The
operator handles the machine about
as deftly as he would an Ordinary
carpenters hammer In his right hand
The construction Of the forge De-
partment is such that In summer
time. by the opening Of panels IN tn>
side walls the men are practically
working out OF doors The forge pI1Lt
Is operated continually, night and day
and ESQ crankshafts alone can BE-
turned out by one or two OF theke
machines in "a hours. Every day. the
plant over, has its schedule for pro-
uuCllOu. anu flC GMtAAU NlMMt I&*&M "
be operated two and Q half hours
overtime four days In q week 70 keep
up to the schedule.
The auto parts, after being welded
in the forge department, so 70 the
blacksmith shop, another large build
ing directly behind the forge depart
ment. Here the parts are trimmed up
preparatory TO shipping.
The plant Is operated by comtsund
Corliss engines OF 5000 horse power
and Dodge Bros are about &c install
an Allis-Chnlmers low pressure tur.
bine with which TO develop 1.oo4
horse power, utilizing for this purpofI
the steam from the hammer shop.
which 10 now wasted.
The same principles In pracf1ce
throughout the factory are seen ~
the power plant, where employees are
protected from injury and unneces-
sary discomfort by means OF guards
and other special devices. The steam
plant Is as light and as airy ~ any
other part OF the plant and the men
employed here seem about as con-
Portable Where In some plants th9
men have to shovel out the cindora
from the furnaces, beginning and
burning themselves, here they need
only pull the plugs from q pneumatic
suction pipe which takes all the
ashes and cinders direct from the fSLr-
naces and sends them shooting
through huge pipe to q chamber out
doors elevated over the railroad
tracks. The cinders are then let out
into a freight car and hauled away
The floor of the furnace room -
spick and span.
A Factory's Beauty spot.
The electric wires and steam pipes
from the power house are carried into
the main plant through q tunnel eix
feet square.
Dodge brothers believe In keeping
up the appearance of the exterior Of
their plant, with the result that tho
garden plot between the power hous3
and the office building Is one OF the
ideal beauty spots in all the sur
rounding neighborhood, q real breath
ing spot in district that is rapidly
becoming built up with factoNes.
The Office building IL handsome
structure within and without, conf
plete and comfortable I'm all its APP
pointments. The Offices OF Mr. John
{ F. Dodge and Mr. Horace r. Dodge
would gladden. the heart OF an artist,
And only a few years backs John
and Horace E.--the Dodge brothers
owners OF the business. gwithloyc
alls on, sooted and greasy were
laboring over their little lathe AMI
their little forge, little dreaming %
the great automobile industry and
what 1t would mean to them. Can
you beat Il?