The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-11-04

Into the closely-guarded, high-fenceu
plant the Pennsylvania railroad has
run a track and carr are loaded with
explosives inside the enclosure at a
great shipping depot. Great quantities
of cotton are unloaded at the plant
daily. The utmost secrecy is main.
tanned as to the destination of the ex.
plosives shipped out from the plant.
Box shops are kept busy night and day
making boxes to hold the explosives,
the boxes being labeled within the
plant. There are two construction of.
fees and a general office maintained
ty the company at the plant. The
whole plant is connected by telephone
wires. If a guard encounters a sus
picious person in the road near the
plant, he at once notifies other guards
of the presence of the person If the
stranger elects to walk along the road
the length Of the plant. The guard
system gives a very warlike appear.
ance to the new plant. A state police.
man also patrols the highway alcng
the plant daily, but does not inter.
fere with some of the high-handed
holdups made by the deputized guards.
In Ideal Location.
Emporium is an ideal situation for
az extensive explosive plant for it is
in the heart of the great chemical dis
trict III which is made acetate OF lime,
much OF Which goes into the manufac.
ture OF high explosives. Quite near at
hand are some of the wood products
factories in which acetate is made.
Emporium was formerly a lumber cen.
ter. The timber in it's vicinity has
now been almost all cut off and with
the passing Of numbering the creation
Of the new explosive plant comes as a
great business boon to the residents
Of the town. Since the town has been
overrun with new employees and with
men looking for work, the merchants
have taken on new life, Emporium to.
day being one Of the busiest towns Of
Its size in the United States. It's no.
tells are crowded to their limit, it's
boarding houses are ov~ercrowded, and
many men have been forced to go
out into the country and put up at
farmhouses in order to get the shell.
ter necessary for their comfort.
The new plant presents a mile-long
! scene of great activity, such activity
as Emporium eve before knew. The
Buildings are not close to each other
IS a general rule, for, in case of ex.
plosions, the company desires to save
as many of it's buildings as possible.
The recent explosion at ~Sinnerlahon-
ing, not far from Emporium, in which
six men were blown to bits, drove ter.
ror into the hearts of the new workers
at the Emporium plant. Some Of the
new men left the plant in haste after
the Sinnemahoning explosion. The
company finds no difficulty at present
in filling up its ranks OF laborers, there
being men on hand at Emporium who
do not balk at the most hazardous
Of jobs. While there are men willing
to take their lives in their hands and
join the working force at the plant
ere are residents of Emporium who
fear to drive past the new plant
thinking they may be caught in an ex
plosion. OF course, the business mer
of the town = boosting hard for the
new company which has been the
m ms of trebling their business dur
ing the past few months.
Peaceful li:tle Valley.
1t is a peaceful little valley in which
the giant explosive plant is situated