Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28
Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending
Company
Largest Plant of Its Kind
in the World

largest industry OF It's KIND In the
world. The trade which the Com
hut In addition to this, it ships large
quantity OF goods to all parts of the
world.
HISTORY
The progress which has attended
the company, to say the least, has been
pheIominal. They started in 1889 on
the extremely modest capital of $400.
The company now boasts capital of
s1,150,000, a plant worth $4,000, 900
and business of almost $4,000, 900 per
annum. The plant and the office of
the company occupies the plot of
ground between Herr and State streets
srom the Pennsylvania Railroad to
Cameron street an area of 25 acres.
Originally, the business was the Har-
pisburg Pipe Bending, and the Harris
burg Tinsmith Company, but was later
consolidated under the corporate title.
1.-THE present officers are, ]. Hervey
Patton, president; d. E. Tracy, M. E.,
general superintendent; w. I. Hid
hup, Jr., M. E., secretary treasurer,
end general manager.
The company has, as their growth
Swell illustrates, enjoyed both great fin
hncial and Industrial success.
In 1912, there was slight change
lof management, in that Mr.. Patton,
At that time general manager, was sue
Eeeded by Mr.. r.Hlldrup in that capacity
Pressure of too much business caused
ithe change, and it was made so that a
Thorough reorganization might be eff
Fected with a view to meet the stead
Bly, increasing business of the company
and keep the output up-to-date in
every respect.
The company's success has been due
r1nainly to one policy which they have
s'aised to the point of pre-eminence.
srhe policy of absolutely no misrepre-
kentations even though it cost the or
but orders backed up by the highest
grade of materials has raised their
product to the point of making it i'm
possible to get others just as good.
THE. E.PRODUCTS
The company operates under four
departments: 1St, open hearth; End,
pipe mill; 3rd, coil and bending de-
partment; 4th, seamless cylinder and
Ordnance department.
For the past year the company have
manufactured scarcely any pipe, for
the other products of the plant have
enjoyed such an extraordinary SALE
that they found it more profitable to
close the pipe mill and devote all of
their energies to the other depart
ments.
In 1902 this company delegated one
OF their men to investigate the manu-
facture of seamless carbonic acid gas
tanks, an industry which presents
great difficulties from both the stand
point Of workmanship and materials
The investigation concluded, and the
company having almost every facility
requisite for their manufacture, they
started to manufacture these tanks
To-day, they are one of two industries
in the United States making them.
Nuvf.
risburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Com
pany manufactures from the raw ma
terials to finished product; it is easily
seen why tremendous success should
follow this particular department of
their business. In that the gas as held
in these containers is of such a nature
and subject to explosion under certain
conditions and exerts such high pres
sure upon the metal; workmanship
and inspection in every one of the
various stages being done literally un-
der one roof gives infinite advantages
in this line of manufacture. All of
these containers are manufactured
under the rules of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and the company
uses only such material in all of their
manufacture as to give the highest
and best results in these containers
or cylinders.
The other products of the company
lEOHl IHclT OWN DrdnQ OF special SLOW
corrosive material are
AMMONIA CYLINDERS
CARBONIC ACID GAS CYLINDERS
OXYGEN CYLINDERS
RECEIVERS, ETC.
PIPE BENDS OF
WROUGHT PIPE
BRASS PIPE AND TUBING
COPPER PIPE AND TUBING
ALUMINIUM BENDS
COILS OF
WROUGHT PIPE BRASS PIPE
COPPER PIPE
SEAMLESS STEEL TUBING
FEED WATER HEATERS
COPPER COIL HEATERS
BRASS COIL HEATERS
OPEN TYPE HEATERS
AND PURIFIERS
1NGOTS BILLETS SLABS
BOILER TUBE SKELP
SHOVEL PLATE, ETC.
The company employs between 500
and 900 men, all of whom have en-
5oyed the exceptional prosperity of
work during periods of business de-
preston.
approximately five miles of railway
track, IL electric cranes with tom
mage capacity of over 200 tons is in
cluded in the appraisal of the plant.
Recently, the assistant general su-
perintendent, Mr.. w P. Starkey, NJ.
E., designed and built under his per
sonal supervision at the plant, q new
universal mill, which from the time
the first slab was put through. has
not given the slightest dissatisfaction.
This new mill has been operated for
the past few months and Is pro-
nounced by leading engineers as
model mill of great range There
seems to be every assurance that this
new mill will prove great success
for the company.
The officers of this company have
always held to the policy of interest
ing its employees in its business as a
life work. In this manner there was
built self-containing system and or
ganization which is in no way de-
pendent upon the life of a few men.
business policy of living up to the
promises even to the smallest detail
has not alone given this company an
enviable reputation, but has un-
doubtedly been one of the secrets of
success.
Mr.. Hildrup, the general manager,
is gentleman of high engineering
attainments. and strict integrity. His
close attention and application to the
affairs of the company as its secretary
and treasurer, since its inception has
thoroughly schooled him in the needs
of the company and its business
policy. He seeks at all times to i'm
press upon the employees, the neces-
sity for honest careful and accurate
execution of all orders according TO
specifications and in this he is q bI,,