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than could be produced by the entire
world outside our boundaries"
I'VE are now in shape to turn out
more than $4,000 rifes a day at q
PINCH" he said. "In case OF need
everything else would be in proper
and similar concerns which are now
engaged in their regular businesses
could. with a few alterations in ma
chinery. be turned into feld gun and
ammunition plants in sixty days"
There is a report that the Govern
larger munitions plants at the end OF
the war.
Orders Still Pour In.
Although nearly every available
plant is working as hard as II can
and more factories are being built.
orders from warning Europe are still
pouring in. Last week, for instance.
an order for 100 batteries of English
field artillery. at $4,000 a battery.
was handled by American nrms. This
order calls for complete equipment
Of limbers and caissons and foots UP
to sl2,200,000.
An order for a large number of the
famous Canadian ~ guns has also
been received by agents in New York.
1t amounts to approximately $1,000
900, but whether II has been placed
yet cannot be learned.
received orders for $50 locomotives for
the Russian government at a price sup
posed to be about 5000, 900. This is in
addition to a contract for 100 locomo-
The ]. q. Brill Car Company. of
Philadelphia. is installing machinery
for the production Of shells for Rus
sia, having received part Of huge
contract. 1t is also turning out motor
trucks.
The American Locomotive Company.
which is building locomotives for the
allies. has installed a plant for the
| manufacture of munitions, at Eliza
beth. N. J.
Turning Out Shrapnel.
The Ingersoll Rand plant. OF Philadei-
phia, is turning out shrapnel shells at
the rate of 1000 a day for the British
government.
The birmingham Shoe Company. of
Boston. has a contract for 33.ooo.0 .0oc
worth OF leather accoutrements. from
| the allies.
The bethlehem Steel Company has
third shell loading plant to care for
| foreign orders. The company has 5000
| or more persons employed in making
munitions for the British government.
|
Cleveland and its environs within tn,
next few months, according to a con.
| servative estimate, 1t is declared. Tht
| White and Peerless automobile plants
the biggest In Cleveland. are working
day and night on motor trucks fol
| the war zone.
The General Electric Company ha,
a blanket contract for 800, ,000. .0ot
worth OF munitions. and Is authorized
to suolet piecemeal to plants not run
The American Multisraph Company
OF Cleveland. will soon begin worl
on a big contract for ammunition
which will tax its plant
The Warner and Swasey Company
orders agsreeatinG $4,000. 900 70
time fuses and range finders.
Thousands of Machines.
The Cleveland Automatic Machin
Tool Company has made thousands o
machines for turning out shrapne
castings. The plant OF the American
Steel and Wire Company at Clevelan,
Is running to capacity on war orders
as is the big woolen knitting com
pany OF n. J. Rich.
Ali OF the Akron and other Obi,
rubber companies are rushed on wa
orders.
The payroll and plant Of the Win
chester Repeating Arms Compan,
have been more than doubled re
Gently to care for war orders. mil
lion dollars is to be spent in nev
shop construction.
The same conditions prevail in tn
plants Of the f. J. Manville Compan
and the Farrell Foundry and Machin
Company. the American Brass Com
Ipany. and the Marlin Arms Company