The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-09
Vincent Rumely, Company
Engineer, Speaks of En-
cOuraging Prospects for In
creased Activity in 1915.
TESTS NEW MACHINE
Corps of Officials and Ex-
perts to Make Survey Of
Local Branch to Determine
Future Work.

Vincent NJ. Rumely of Battle Creek,
head of an experiment division OF the
M. Rumely engineering department.,
is in Richmond as the advance man
for a party of highest officials which
will decide next week the activities
for the Gaar-Scott branch in 1915.
Mr. Rumely is optimistic over the
outlook for next year. Prospects for
full operations in the four Rumely
plants next year are encouraging, he
said. The party of high officials in
whose hands the plans for future ac-
tivities rests. will visit all the Rumely
branches next week, coming to Rich
mOnd first. He has been at Green
vile testing a new separator, which
may be made at the local plant next
year.
Il believe there will be work in all
the branch manufacturing plants next
year" Mr. Rumely said. I'VE are eX-
perimenting on some machinery which
] believe will be of worldwide value.
For obvious reasons we can not re-
veal the nature of these operations
now. We hope to have our plans de-
veloped in time to manufacture the
.
To Manufacture Parts.
THE company is expecting to start
The manufacture of small parts of the
machines manufactured last year,
which have been purchased from other
companies. This will open new line
of activity If this plan carries, prob
ably one of the plants will be partially
devoted to manufacturing all OF the
small parts the company has been buy
ing outside
Mr. Rumely predicted that the fate
of the GaarS Scott plant would be def
initely known next week after the In
spectlon. Plans are being worked
over in the Chicago office now, MT.
Rumely said, so the officials would
be in a position to decide on next
wears activities after their lnspec-
ton
1T would not be discreet at this
time to predict the kind or extent OF
work in the Richmond plant next
wear" Mr.. Rumcly said. 1--WE know
that the citizens are vitality interested
in the welfare of the Gaar-Scott plant.
] believe it is safe to say that 'he
prospects are encouraging.
Mr.. Rumely cleared up question
which has been in the minds OF many
citizens for some time. This regards
The disposal of the old Gaar-ScOtt pat
terms, dies. casts and molds. 1t mas
been reported at various times tha'
R,Imely company sold all Gaar-Scot'
patterns to Pittsburg junking firm
and that they had been scrapped
Keep GaarScott Patterns.
Mr., Rumely said that all the pat
terms of machines which the Gaar
Scott branch manufactured within th'
last four or five years were retained
at Richmond,
The report originated from clean
m which the Rumely officials ordered
pt ALI plants All obsolete machlner.
and p3tternS were sold and taken ava.
from Richmond and from the 9th"
pants, but everything which might b.
demanded for repair parts was saved
The Richmond plant has all tn
Gaar-ScOtt patterns intact, Mr.. Rumt
" said '"The plant could start agar
in the manufactur Of Gaar-Scott PROD
ucts, as far as the patterns are cor
Cerned.
Regarding the other plants, Mr.
Rumely said that the Battle cree
plant, which is generally conSldere
the most important Factory IN the COZ
pOratiOn. is not working. lhere l
some activity in the l.dpOrte plant, an
a few men are employed in the ilct
mond plant. The Toronto plant is
practically the same condition as tn
latter two factories.
Glen Morse, former superlntenden
of the Battle Creek plant, will RENAL
in Richmond as works manager or tn
Gaar-SCOtt line. Mr.. Morse came her
last spring shortly before the Rumt
" company ordered the first big It
duction in the working force.