The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-20
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH.

from the Office building, power and
shops, all under one roof, that covers
an area of 100000 square feet, and is
said to be the largest and most COM
pletely equipped shop in the world for
miscellaneous plate and structural
work.
Comforts for Employees
"In laying out the plant the com.
pany was net unmindful Of the comfort
and convenience of its employees. The
grounds are especially attractive and
there are two tennis courts, baseball
diamond, quot grounds and putting
green for the use of all employees,
while a large truck garden is cultivated
to supply vegetables for the noon meals
of employees.
cone reason for the increased out
put of our company" said this man,
"is orders for 5,000-barrel oilstor-
age tanks. These tanks are ia feet Z
inches in diameter and 80 feet a
inches high and weigh approximately
$50 tons each. Two of these tanks are
fabricated each workday and, during
the last three months, las of them
were contracted for, to be delivered
and erected in the Oklahoma oil fields,
20 for the Texas oil fields and 10 for
the Tampico district in Mexico.
" A recent bridge order VIC re.
ceived from the indianapolis Union
Railway covers the furnishing of ap-
proximately S,100 tons of metal work
for the downtown track elevation in
indianapolis. This is one of the most
important improvements authorized by
the Pennsylvania Railroad since its re-
trcnchment policy adopted about two
years ago.
/" Refinery and tankage work re-
Gently booked for the Texas company
includes $500 tons of plate work to be
erected at their various refinery plants.
Orders for galvanized transmission tow
ers for power and light companies call
for delivery of approximately Is miles
of towers to be erected in Eastern
Pennsylvania, North and South Caro-.
lima and along the Ohio River from
Pittsburgh to Beaver, Pa.
Big Gas Contracts
" tThe 100000 cubic foot holder
under contract for the Cambridge Gas
Light Company, of Cambridge, Mass,
and retort houses now under contract
for the Worcester Gas Light Com
pany, Rockford Gas Light Company,
and the Philadelphia Suburban Gas
and Light Company are well under way
and will be completed this summer.
90 A contract is practically com
pleted with the United States Reclama-
tion Service for furnishing material for
the rolling crest at the Grand River Di
version Dam of the Grand Valley
project in Colorado, consisting of six
10 and one 60-foot by 15-inch rollers
with accessories, involving approximate.
ly 800 tons of structural and plate
work. This type of dam, the first built
in the United States, is patented by
Maschienfabrik Augsburg Wurnberg, A.
c., Gustavsburg, Germany, and the
Reclamation Service caused its manu-
facture in this county under license
from that company.
" Moro near-local business covers
structural steel required for an exten-
sion to the shops of the Hockensmith
Wheel and Mine Car Company at Penn
Station, Pa, ami the American Vana-
dium Company at Bridgeville, Pa. Ship.
ments will start shortly on the steel
work required for six-story storage
building, 121 feet long by 115 feet
wide, for the H. ]. Heinz Company.
This contract involves approximately
1,400 tons, and the building will be
similar to the present seven-story
building which the Riter-Conley Com
pany furnished.
" Work is going on rapidly on an
order for dredge pipe for the st. Law
renee River Power Company at Mas
sena Springs, N. Y. The order calls for
one mile of pipe, "a inches in di'
ameter.