El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
.argest Box Factory In World Located In Ell Paso
Sz S 55s- LROBERLS-BANNER BUILDING. ON PL AZA
Dollar Cement Plant.
Brewery and Other
Factories Also.


II L PASO'S newest and greatest in
dustrE the Pearson plant Of tn,
FL Paso Milling company. pro
duced close to 100000 worth of fin
ished lumber during the year 1913. This
plant is the largest box factory and
wood finishing plant in the world.
The equipment is up to the minute in
perfection. Through a sIcti0n feeder.
all the sawdust and sc-aps Of wood
are drawn into tubes and carried TO
the engine house ~aere they sEpJlv
the fuel for tie machinery Dowe- or
the plant me Cnt.T2 p's1t SIS net
worked with az, nrcaticai.y opening
water pipes. as 4 FIRE protection.
Plant Cover 30 Acres.
On account o. The difficulty OF get
ting lumber out of Mexico the oper-
atoms of the Pearson plant OF the ii
duced greatly in 1913. The plant. which
occupies about 20 acres along tie Rio
Grande in the southern part Of FL
El PasO has space and equipment to
keep 1900 employees busy. At present
and for the past few months only 500
men have been employed. Until the
last month, for several months no
lumber from the cOmpany's plant in
the FL PasO plant. This was on &C
count of the revolutionary activities
preventing the railroad to MADEIRA
from running.
The payroll Of this big concern in
FL Paso varies with the number Of
men employed The payroll Of the 800
men at present employed amounts to
about $1,000 monthly. When the fun
force Of 1890 men is working the pay
roll runs from s10O, 900 to S125, 900 a
month The office force of the FL
PaSo Milling company consists of ten
people and their total monthly salaries
Cost si.0OO.OOO.
The plant cost sLO0O,OOO,' and was
completed only a year ago. In 1912
finished lumber to the value Of $4,000
a day was produced averaging about
100000 feet of finished lumber. The
capacity Of the plant is 100000 feet
Of finished lumber a day. with about
$4,000 day. OF the finished material,
the largest output consists Of boxes
and crates. Boxes were made during
1913 varying from small sizes, 4 by by
10 inches to large sizes. q by % by 81
Inches. Included under boxes, are
crates of all sorts and kinds. In onion
crates alone this plant produced about
$4,000, valued at about 100000, sup
plying more than half of the onion
crates used for the onion crop Of
Texas Sash and, door stock comes
second in the amount produced, and
third is planning mill stock
The railway to MADEIRA, the Mexico
North Western. has recently resumed
oFGldLioilSs anu lou car tOduS OF 4uulDeE
arrived the latter part of December
II the road remains open, about 200
more carloads are due in a short time,
and over 500 more carloads Of lumber
are expected early in 1914, when the
plant viii enlarge its working force.
Makes 300 Barrels of Flour Daily.
Among the splendid manufacturing
plants in FL PasO is the Globe Flour
Mills. situated beyond the viaduct, at
old Fort Bliss. This plant employs IS
men and has an output of 500 barrels /
of flour a day. To make this flour
two and a half carloads of wheat are
used daily The plant is valued at
about $4,000 with the ice plant con-
nected with it also valued at about
S15O.OOO
Million Dollar Cement Plant
The Southwestern Portland Cement |
plant owns 900 acres beyond
the smelter northwest Of FL Paso. The