The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-08


/ nificent lobby Two stories in height
10 with limestone walls white marbl,
Ie floor ana beautifully decorated cell
Ing Thence they pass on. with The
e help al elevators. Ia suspended CALLER
les which run through me wCrkroOms
- though hung half way between floo,
= ANA ceiling. The elevators even have
separate doors 10 open ON these hang
inc galleries. Visitors turned loose
f upon the later may wander about as
] they like, and yet canno; interfere with
{. the business of tie mill or bother the
workpeoplt n any way
one should not forget Ia mention
he fact that for each division of the
factory there are two Mushrooms,
WIN hyfienic wash basins arranged in
rows one Mushroom Is for the male
employees. and the other for the women
For each person employed there is a
separate steel locker. i'm which 10 keep
his or her individuals belongings
one of IN" most interesting features
of the model factory is n fully equip
ped emergency hospital ON the first
|
always he In attendance. on one side
Of tn" doctors office is ward for wo-
men; on the other side is the mems
ward. Advice and treatment will be
Tree Of charge. In 50 large Il manu-
| featuring establishment serious acct
dents happen every now aud then
! They demand immediate treatment, 10
aHord which Is The most important
business of the miniature hospital.
There are numerous minor accidents
which If treatment were not obtain
able on the premises, would oblige the
sufferers L. 90 home or seek "A ply |
stefan elsewhere. With "a physician |
and the requisite equipment right az |
hand however, it is ordinarily prac- !
ticahI" tn" trouble, perhaps. may he
noihin" worse than q cut thump-for |
the employo To 20 right back To his or |
her work. This means saving of time
ana expense; il augmentS efficiency.
But the work of the little hospital I
is NOT restricted 10 accidental injuries
The physician in charge will examine
ana advise in all cases of sickness ana
viii give medicine free. Though the
trouble may only he indigestion, advice
VIII b" given as readily as if the pa
'ien' were suffering from typhoid.
Sore ,hroats will he examined care
lullN when the symptoms suggest
diphth"ria, and the same remark an
plies L. suspected cases of tliberculo-
sis When the case of one infections
disease. every effort win he made L.
prevent it's spread.
Prevention is always better than
cure especially where disease is con
'erned, and hence the importance of
the hyGienic precautions taken. in the
ARRANGEMENTS of the factory. Too
many factories are Incidentally fac
tories OF disease, owing chiefly 10 lack
~ proper ventilation. As we now
hhoW- though the knowledge is re
markahly recent il ia not cold win
ter air that produces colds pneumon-
II, and grippe, but foul. hot rooms. in
which the atmosphere is laden with
germs Hence the special value of the
"ohirdhle vontlating syst M provid-
ed Tor tho new paper money min.
Another interesting feature Of the
here described Is the
gallery. At first glance
one mlSht he puzzled To know why "A
! ictur" making outfit should be rcquir-
ed Tor Il money mill. It has however
many important uses. For one item
artists drawings, designed for repro
duction on governments currency notes
u other securities, are reduced nv the
aIh"ra I" sizes convenient for the en-.
ifaNcrs 10 copy on steel plaicS. I'm
'htf instances such pictures Of re-
inc"d size may be wanted for making
mp models of contaminated uorcs o,
'ert!iicai"s, 10 b" submitted for in
'Pe'tl" I" the director Of the bureau
Ind the secretary Of the treasury. The
designs for securities are never final.
Y approved until models -cnrrospond-
hs to preliminary skctches-hayc been 81
Examined and found satisfactory.
Another use of photography i'm con- u
1ection with the business Of the man. II
y mill has To DO with C0unterfeitiup. ~
within recent years clever nersons tt
Nh" initiate Un"l" Sans paper cur VI
'"h'N nave utilized to considerable
Nt"nt ia, resources Of reproduction h, oi
ne camera. II is necessary. therefore. at
or the bureau ot engraving to keen ~
'seli up 10 the minute" in acquaint- 81
nee with Whatever may he latest and u
""eSt IN photography in order that "
may be on its guard continually
salnSt cNpedlents adopted 10y prnfos-
ional criminals.
Shops Of All Sorts. h.
IN" money mill is incidentally an a,
SsernhIage of mechanical shops. IT in If
Iudes a carpenters shop, u plumbers u,
mop an electricians shop, and soy di
RAJ rather complex machine shops. fe
inch last are devoted To repairing w
nd building machinery emploved in
ne manufacture of the establish IA
rents output There is also an inI, on
III, and ON" considerable division is ba
'Vol"n exclusively 10 the work of in
"shihE rags that are utilized for fl,
Iping the engraved steel plates used
II printing banknotes, Be-.
"" bOfeau mas even a division Of