The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-25

More than 100000 worth of man
ufactured products have gone from
the Milwaukee engineering district to
the Panama canal since work of con.
struction began.
The list includes everything from
files to steam shovels, from brake
shoes to blank books, from beds and
grass mats to drainage tile, and would
have been much larger if the United
States authorities could have Undue
ed Wisconsin manufacturers to enter
the lists for contracts.
At the outset, the government sent
men direct to the plants for the in
spection Of the gigantic steam shOvels
which the Bucyrus company manu-
featured for the canal and other large
contracts, but when the first contracts
had been filed the policy of having
the inspection made through the
United States engineers Office
throughout the country was adopted
to save time and expense.
From the Milwaukee office, machin-
cry produced in Chicago and other
Illinois points, tile made at Pittsburg,
Kas., and the products of factories in
Madison, Beloit, GAINESVILLE, Racine,
KenOsha, Waukegan, Beaver Dam and
other points in Wisconsin have been
inspected, while the Office at Oshkosh
has inspected Menasha, Neenah, Osh-
kosh and other Fox river valley pro-
ducts for the Milwaukee office
This inspection has been in the
hands of s. r, Hartwell, Inspector in
Maj. G. S. Bromwell's office in the
Milwaukee federal building, much of
his time for the last few years hav-
ing been taken up with Panama canal
work.
'This office has inspected nearly
100000 worth of rock crushers turn
out out for the canal by the Power
and Mining Machinery Company, as
well as others, including one of the
largest size ever made, by the Allis.
Chalmers Company" said Inspector
Hartwel on Friday.
"The Cutler Hammer Company,
Prescott Steam Pump Company, Johns
Manville Company, Patton Paint
Company, Prime Steel Company, Wad-
hams Oil and Grease Company, G. w.
Fischer Furniture Company and other
Milwaukee companies have been large
bidders for canal work.
"Tho Westphal File Company, for
instance, has furnished most of the
files used on the big job, while the
Diamond Ink Company has shipped
gross after gross of library paste, I'M
til it seems as if they must butter
their bread with the paste down in the
canal zone.
''The RI. G. Miller Company has
furnished order after order of blank
books for the canal work and John
Obenberger has turned out most of
the clamshell dippers for the dredges
used on the canal, and so it goes.
"Other Wisconsin manufacturers
who have niled large contracts for the
canal are the Fairbanks-Morse Com
pany, Beloit, pumps; the Modern
Steel Company, Waukesha; Simmons
Manufacturing Company, Kenosha,
beds; Gold Medal Camp Furniture
Company, Racine, cots; Beaver Dam
Foundry Company, brakeshoes; North
ern Electric Company. Madison, mo-
tors for cranes, etc; paper manufact
urers of Neenah and Menasha, paper
and Oshkosh plants, grass mats.
There are others which l do not think
of at the moment.
"Outside contracts have been in
spected through this office at Pitts
burg, Kas., drainage tile; at the works
Of the Western Electric Company,
Chicago; for conveying machinery at
Aurora aud products at Rockford and
other Illinois points.
+. in only two ceses have there been
complaints on any goods turned out
by Wisconsin plants and in both an
adjustment is now in progress. 1T
means something TO have missing
part when you are as far from the
factory as the isthmian canal and
manufacturers are sometimes slow to
understand why the government re.
quirements are so rigid because of
this, but after a time learn.
I" Millions of feet of timber have
been required for tie work, but /
found it impossible to obtain bids
from any Wisconsin manufacturers
and the same was true with hay of
which thousands of tons have been re-
CURED. / could not secure single
bid from Wisconsin.
1.-THE near approach of the compile
ton of the canal viii, of course, mean
q emitting down in the supply depart
ment, but there will be large orders
for equipment, although the day Of
heavy machinery orders is nearly at
an end. Wisconsin manufacturers