Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-12
ARM0R PLANT
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Advantages and Convenience Of 10.

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advantages and Convenience Of 10.
cation.
The location at Alexandra offers
very advantage and facility that can
5e offered by any other location that
you'd meet the requirements of the
National Government, and possesses
many advantages not to be found else
where. 1t possesses the one. adyan-
!ape of inestiInable value in the. mat
Fer of the immediate supervision and
efficient and economical operation by
the proper departments of the Ma
;ional Government, which cannot be
duplicated. 1t is located in the shadow
Of the Nations Capital, and yet SUI
iciently removed therefrom as 60 not
10 violate or conflict with the estab-
lished general policy of identifying
md improving the sanitary conditions
of the Nations Capital, by reduc-
ing to minimum the construction of
buildings and plants not in confor-
nifty with the general plan and by
the elimination of undesirable smoke.
doors and other conditions incident
TO manufacturing city. 1t is easily
accessible by water and rail to the
established Navy Yard, proving
ground, testing plants and FORTH
cations, which is nightly important
in the general operation Of the plant,
md the necessary subsequent testing
and proving of it's product, insuring
in decided degree economy not pos
sible under conditions where the dif-
ferent factors of the National de-
tense are farther separated. 1t is in
close proximity and easily accessible
10 the Washington Navy Yard and
Gun Factory by both rail and water;
Indian Head proving and testing
grounds by water; Winthrop rifle
range, where the Government owns
large area. of land. by water; Fort
Washington and Fort Hunt by water;
Fortress Monroe and Cape Henry by
rail and water; the Norfolk Navy
Yard and the other navy yards ON
10th the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
besides being centrally located with
respect to the entire Atlantic seaboard
and the ship building plants located
thereon. The proximity of this. loca-
ton of the plant to the National
Capital will insure, we believe, a
thoroughly satisfactory character of
supervision and control by the Navy
Department, including the Ordnance
and Construction Bureau, which would
be much more direct. convenient and
economical than could be exercised at
greater distance.
Proximity te Supplies of Material.
Alexandria is advantageously locat-
I'd with reference to manufacturing
centers furnishing material entering
INTO the construction of the plant, and
is centrally located with respect to
Jaw material used in the manufac-
lure of arrlor plate, especially pig
ron, coal, coke and fuXing materials.
The pig iron furnaces Of Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland and Penn.
Sylvana are located from one hun
7red to three hundred miles distant.
The coal and coke fields Of Virginia,
Vest Virginia, Maryland and Penn
rylvania are located from one hun
lred and fifty to three hundred miles
Instant, and limestone and dolomite
1uarries are located from forty 10;
me hundred miles distant. The dis
'ance from the source Of supply Of
he various raw materials to AlcXan-
dria will insure favorable freight
rates, at least as low as rates on like
materials to any other point in the
Atlantic seaboard territory.
Proximity to Skilled and UnskiIlcd
Labor.
In addition to large amount Of
skilled and unskilled labor available
N Alexandria and it's vicinity, it Is
conveniently located to sections of
he country from which such labor
an be readily drawn and obtained
It has the record of never having had
my serious labor trouble of any kind.
suitable Labor Conditions
The climate and other conditions,
If health and otherwise, offer an in
wiling place of residence. Rents are
~casonablc, nriccs of real estate with
n the reach OF the laboring classes,
md an abundance Of available build
ngs and building sites for the hous-
n% and locn ton OF ali labor ncces-
'arv to the Armor Plant. Statewide
prohibition "oes into effect Novem-
her 1st, 1916, which, according to
he history of all commemorative
,;hcre prohibition maintains, insuros
increased efficiency both as to skill
ID and unskilled labor, and the cost