Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04

adequate facilities for taking care
of large incoming supplies. From
time to time we have tried to pro-
vide for it and always our factory
growth has absorbed the additions we
built for the purpose"
"It is becoming necessary for con-
Germs who are financially able to do
so, to not only buy, but to actually
get possession of the necessary ma
terials months in advance of the need
for manufacturing them.
"The tremendous demand hit us
with a vengeance this year, and we
hope never to be caught again. Natu-
rally one would think when you had
bought goods you would be certain of
getting them-but there are eXcep-
tions to every rule, and we now feel
safe only when the material is ac-
tually under our roof"
1.-THE building which will occupy
this space which is being enclosed
next to the Grand Trunk Station will
not be for manufacturing purposes.
You see we in Lansing believe in play
interspersed with work, and we REQ
folk devote a great deal of thought to
the healthful entertainment and re
creation of REQ employees. This will
be a modern clubhouse, with all that
term implies. There will be a man.
moth swimming pool, gymnasium,
with bowling alleys, billiard card
rooms, and all other appurtenances.
"Inasmuch as this is a co-educa-
tional institution the ladies' comfort
and pleasure have not been neglected,
! so that there will be recreation rooms;
! first aid restroom; separate dining
room for them as we'll as the mann
| moth diningroom for the shop men.
| And special eating rooms where the
officials can entertain dealers, news
paper friends and others"
Asked what was the total amount
| involved in the construction now un-
der way, Mr.. Scott said he thought
| it would run about a half million dol
| lars-perhaps a little more than that
| During the tour of inspection the
| executive head of the REQ Company
stated a significant fact, "a perma-
| nent inventory of stock rooms would
show an average at all time OF more
than two million dollars worth OF
materials on hand-in addition to
which it is now custom to maintain
at all times a cash surplus on hand OF
about the same amount"
Seems as if, no matter how faSl
we ship them, REQ cars just nell
away before they reach their destina-
ton" said Sales Manager RueschaW
despairingly as he pointed to a pile
of kilograms on his desk.
s.
first batch of it'-said the sales man.
ager, land it will be coming in stead
lily all day long.
I'VE are shipping about 100 cars q
day now and it would seem as If il
would satisfy the most avaracious lot
of dealers. on the contrary, 1T seems
only to whet their appetites and make
them more ravenous.
"I thought we touched high wa
ter mark in demand last year, but
pshaw! it was as a zephyr to cyclone
! by comparison to this.
Both new REQ models have made
a tremendous hit with dealers ant
buyers alike, and it seems as If the
dealer who got a carload yesterday
is most insistent in his demands fol
two carloads to-day.
Here's Wichita, Kan, and Minnea'
polls and Chicago and Boston--all OF
them lust received or will receive
several carloads-and yet look a
these kilograms demanding more i'm
mediately. It's got me going for fair
It's about the most serious situation
that we ever bumped into-and the
only light phase to 1.-THE only JOKE
is, the factory is still seriously work
ing on the big warehouse where they
expected to store the surplus outpu
of the winter months. Fine chance
they'll have to store any Reos thi'
year."