Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-21
TELLS HOW SCHWAB
WILL SPEND MILLIONS

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partment will nave an output of 5000
tons of steel each month.
When General Manager Bent took
charge of the Steelton plant the
monthly record capacity of the open
hearth department was about $4,000
tons of steel. The output has already
been pushed up to So 900 tons monthly
without any additional furnaces by
more efficient methods. Since the
open department is often
termed the barometer of a steel
plant" this large increase in produc-
tion would indicate some bright days
ahead for Steelton. The superintend-
ent of this department is Thomas T.
McEntee and there is to be no changes
in the personnel of the operating staff,
said Mr.. Bent.
Electrical Improvement
The electrical department improve
ments will include large addition to
} the present gas-blowing engine house,
a large new brick structure a little
below Swatara street.
The equipment will include gas
driven electric generators; sufficient to
develop 10000 horsepower for trans
mission to various parts of the plant.
Whenever feasible electric power will
be used in driving mills and all the
new mills will be electrically driven.
Additions will be made to the pres
ent Sas-blowing engine equipment in
the blast furnace power departm ment
and all the power facilities of this ma
ture will be concentrated in the new
brick powerhouse, to which an addi-
tion large enough to house the new
equipment will be added.
All of the steam boilers will be
concentrated at the present steam
power house which will also be en-
laT0nd will f1
ing of many boilers IRON various parts
of the plant The power building is
opposite Swatara street.
Coke Development
In the by-product coke making de-
partment an additional battery of so
ovens will be added and later on the
three present batteries of 40 ovens
each will be rebuilt Just wnat type
ovens will be installed or how they
will be operated, has not oeen de-
cided.
The present blooming and billet mill
layout will be changed. The details
have not yet been decided upon but
it is understood that a new blooming
mill will be built. Two new finishing
mills will be added but Just what
kind has not as yet been decided.
To DO Work With Company Men
In making all of these improve
ments as much of the work as pos
slDlS VIII pS uoIle ny the COmpanS'S
own forces. All the new buildings,
so far as is feasible, will be built by
the bridge and construction depart
ment and all the fabricating work will
be done by the company itself.
The new sas-blowing engines will
be built at South Bethlehem and as
much of the equipment as possible will
be installed by the Bethlehem COM
pany
In addition to the additions and
plant extensions, Mr.. Bent explained
that the program calls for a thorough
overhauling of all the machinery at
the big plant and many minor i'm
provements at the various depart
ments. Modern machines will be in
stalled to replace antequated stuff and
every mill and shop will be made as
modern as possible.
Transportation Facilities
In connection with these plant i'm
provements the transportation depart
ment will be greatly changed. MANY
trackage changes will be made neces-
sary and it is planned to relay tracks
at many places in the yards. The en-
tire system will be standardized and
100-pound rails will be used through
out the yards, replacing the various
sizes now in use. New crossings will
be made, new sidings added and
greater facilities will be brought about
for rapid handling of shipments in
conjunction with the Pennsylvania
and the Philadelphia and Reading
railroads.
These plant changes will not neces-
.Ssitate the purchase of any new prop
erty, said General Manager Bent. All
the room will be provided by rear
rangement of the present mills.
In connection with the taking over
of the bridge department at Steelton,
there will be organized by Bethlehem
officials, the Bethlehem Steel Bridge
Company of Delaware. G. H. Blakeiy,
who is in charge of the structural de-
partment of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, will become president of the new
company and Thomas o. Earl, former
ly superintendent of the bridge and
construction department, will be made
vice-president.
This company will operate hereafter
on bridge work and there will be no
competition in steel structural work
between the bridge company and the
various fabricating interests to which