El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-15
WORK BEGINS
NEXT MONDAY
MORNING
Tremendous Area Of the
Great Plant Scarcely Re
allied by Ell Pasoans.
WILL EMPLOY MANY
HUNDRED MECHANICS
Eight Acres of Floor Space
Covered by the Different
Sections Of the Mill.

When the seven o'clock Whistles
blow Monday morning the first unit
of the big, 100000 Pearson plant
win begin commercial operations for
the first time.
Covering y blocks Of ground and
having a floor space OF eight acres,
the completed plant Of the FL Paso
Milling company viii be the blSg5st
woodworking factory in the world The
plant proper includes a box making
factory, sash and door factory,
planning mill mill, storage warehouse
power plant office building, loading
and unloading platforms, monorail
and steam road tracks and a machine
layout OF the most modern VOodwork-
ing machinery, which is all electrically
driven and equipped with individual
motors.
Box Factory Starts First.
The first unit OF the plant which
viii begin operations Monday is The
west unit of the box making factory
This unit measures 100 by 400 feet
with a roof 46 feet from the floor. 1t
is covered with galvanized iron and
is built in inc saw tooth design which
is in use in all modern factory build
ings- This permits Of perfect Light
ing and ventilating in the factory and
gives a maximum Of space with
minimum of cost This first unit is
one of five which viii house the box
is 100 feet wide and beyond these wiz
be the storage warehouse which WI
cost $4,000 and which VII measure
200 by 4o0 feet and will be Of brlcSs
direproof construction The planning
mill is east OF this warehouse on che
extreme eastern end Of the reservation
The Machinery Layout
The machine layout OF me box rae
tory includes planners, edgers cutotfs,
resaWs, rip saws, mailing machines
PRINTING machines and the other com
plicGted machinery for producing box
shook from rough stock The rough
material arrives from Pearson ana
MADEIRA in units which have been
stacked in the cars by a monorall
system. 1t is unloaded on the north
platform Of the plant by similar
nnonOrail system and Is carried through
the factory by a succession OF opera
lions which delivers IL at the south
loading platform as the finished prod
uct ready for shipment to every part
of the country, and even to England
and other foreign countries
Protection for WOrkmen.
In every part Of the plant every
precsutiOn has been taken for the
safety and comfort Of the employees
Guards will be placed on all of the
machines and every possible effort
made to protect the wOrkmen from &C
cident The dust is carried away from
the machines by means OF a-glant
vacuum cleaner system Of fans and
blow pipes which carry away all dust
TO the power plant where 1t is burned
for fuel The same is true Of scraps
and blocks These are dropped into
a hopper under the floor, are cheWed
up by hogs" and carried TO the Iur-
uaces for fuel
Although the plant viii start Non
day with 100 men, the number viii be
increased as each additional unit IS
brought into service The first crews
viii work only during the day until
the electric lights are installed, when
night and day shift VIII start 10
work P c. Thede, general manager
of the plant, estimates that 1900 men
will be employed on the night and 1
day shift when the plant IS operating !
to its fun capacity As there are sur
ficient orders on the cOmpany's books /
at the present time to run at fun ca
pacity for some time, this force viii [
be employed as soon as possible.
second Unit Nearly Ready.
The second unit Of the factory IS 1
completed except for the laying of 4
the floor The third unit has the roof /
over il. the fourth has, the trusses for /
the roof up and the first five trusses I
for the final unit Of the factory are /
now in position The planning mill has /
the floor laid and the work Of erect I
ing the sides and roof trusses wiz /
start next week There VIII De three 4
units of the planning MILL each 100 4
feet in width and 400 feet in length, (
with the construction OF 1
fda zz-OodwOrking factory. The con-
crete foundation for the power plant IS /
ia position and until this building is 4
,omDleted the city power will be used /
This part of the entire plant VIII cost /
$3.50 GOO and viii be equipped with 4
and Wucox boilers, which I
win drive two turbine generators each
having q capacity Of $50 XIV The
bower DIant viii have an automatic !
fuel conveyOr and sJoker Whlcn VIII
handle the refuse from the plant
rhere Will be two sheet steel stacks
IO0 fee+ in height over the power
7ouse This plant viii furnish cleo
rio mower for lighting the entire fac
-orv and mills and also for operating
he roonoraiI and all of the machines.
The office Building.
The office building VIII be Two
tories in height when completed ana {
wiz face Stanton street II VIII pc
IF frame and viii have oIIlces Tor the l
lracufive departments Of the COM
any +be selling department and a
1ncb room for the employees IN the
,asemeDt- The plant offices win be on
~ fi~e+ floor while the selling de-
,aT+re0fs and the executive officers
viI1 have offices on the second floor
This building VIII be 90 by go leel
md viii be 90 feet high.
The platforms, each "A feet wide ana
OO5 in length Will parallel the entire
actorv on the north and south sides
The one on the north is for use IN
lnIoadine- the raw material and the
me on the south Tor ioadlng the In
shed product into the cars
a filing room has been arranged IN
he box factory where the saws are
lied that are used by the machines
This work is done by machinery and