The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-23
LlNCOIST IS
IMPORTANT LINK
IN FORD FACTORY
Takes Interpretation of Orders
and requests to Different
NatiOnalities Employed
BULLETINS IN SIX
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Army That Builds These Ma
chimes is Recruited From Four
Corners of World

A linguist Is one of the necessary
cogs in the big machine which each
day turns out approximately i'ooV
completed Ford automobiles.
The linguists duty Is TO bring inter'
ptetatlons OF orders and requests 10
tie many different nationalltles wnich
may be found among the sixteen thou-
sand workers in the factory OF tue
Ford company. There are ten diust-
er. tongues and fifteen dinerent oia'
lects spoken by Ford workmen.
young German who speaks huent-
" eight different languages. English
German, French. Italian, Spanish ser
Wan, Bohemian and Russian can make
himself ineligible to most OF the
workmen He Is assisted by nine other
young men. each OF whom mas .he
mastery of one or two tongues. so that
things go along very we'll, ana most
any vorkmen in the shop can compre-
bend what Is wanted -,
AS a further aid TO the linguist, all
tulletin board notices are posted In
six different languages.
Even with this corps OF expert ton.
que twisters" 1t Is sometimes nara
@ matter 10 make workman under
stand what Is being said to him, TOT
the army that builds Ford cars is re-
cruited. from the four corners OF the
world. Most OF the workmen come
from Southern Europe, but there mas
beep employed In this big factory at
different times. representatives or
nearly every race and nation In en-
.steuce. Men from the South Seas,
men from India men from the Philip
mines, men from many out OF the way
r!aces. at various times have helped
10 build the Ford car.
The light generated in the lamps
NJ the 200 900 Ford cars made TINS
wear II distributed In arc lamps would
lie SUFFICIENT to light the streets or
three cities the size OF Detroit ana
light Chicago better than 1t is hsnteo
today. -.,,
Also. II gathered into one gigantic
lamp and perched high enough IN tno
air at New York 1t would throw oea!h
10 Chicago strong enough TO make ,ne
inhabitants OF that town believe lha'
n visitation from Heaven was upon
them. s,o,
Furthermore. II suspended hieh
CROUCH in the sky IL wouio THROW
n,ellow glow over the state OF Ohlv
and indiana and the greater part u
kentucky and Michigan.
planted on a pinnacle OF sufficient
height on the Newfoundland coast IL
would liz ut up the water on me panks
IA a wai to make Titanic "isas'e'
impossible. ~
These examples OF the power OF tne
light OF the Ford cars could be multi
piled indefinitely.
Tho total amount OF candlepower
generated in the lamps or the roIo
cars produced this year totals e,foo,.
600 The gas headlights are ol 10
candle power each and IN addilon 70
the oil lamps. OF which there are taree'
are rated at four candle power each.
This gives AZ candle power per cur
and on the 100000 cars produced f"!s
year totals the 100000.
The basis Of comparison for cities
IS arrive: by taking the ci'y y.
Detro,t W, .,.h Is one OF the best
lighted cities In the United States.
Thsre are 6.213 arc lights Of various
Kinds used on the streets and these
have an average rating OF 400 candle
power each. This makes the total
candle power OF the street lights OF
Detroit 2,4S5,2Oo.
The speed and accuracy with which
Ford car is built was demonstrated
before the Society OF Automobile En-.
gineers Of America when they visited
the factory Of the Ford company re-
Gently
Guests OF the American society In
c,uded a delegation of the Institute
OF Automobile Engineers OF England.
rho president Of the English society.
T. b. Brown. Of London. was told 10
mark a cylinder as he was passing
through the machine shop. This he
aid.
When the party had finished the
tour OF inspection and were prepar-
ing TO depart, Mr.. Brown was greatly
surprised to discover the cylinder he
had marked in the car that was to
carry him to nearby hotel for lunch
con.
The car had been built and was run.
ming under its own power In less than
an hour.
SUNRISE and pleasure shown on the
FACE OF Basil n. Joy. secretary OF the
Institute OF Automobile Engineers, 81
England as he was presented Wit:
Model T touring car by George w
Houk. of the Ridge-Whitworth Detach.
able Wire wheel company, when the
Society OF Automobile Engineers Ct
America visited the factory OF the
Ford Motor company recently.
Mr.. Joy and Mr.. Houk became
friends in England several years ago
They were members OF the party OF
automobile engineers which spent sew
eral days in Detroit. visiting the city's
principal automobile factories.
The two friends walked together
through the large machine shop OF the
Ford company and were amazed al
the speed with which the skilled work
men assemble Model rs,
When the party had finished its
Inspection Of the factory. 1t returned
70 the administration building for light
refrOshments.
a c0mmotion and feel in the