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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

= GAINESVILLE, June 14.-Mr. L.
=, bender was visiting at the home
~, us brother, H. c. Bender, Sunday.
ne stork visited the home of Mr..
ie Mrs Edward Lonemaker recently
Gu ten-pound baby girl. Mother
@"a baby doing fine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

DARKESVILLE, June 13-Mr. Jesse
Little of Hagerstown, made a bust
ness visit here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Masters and
children spent Sunday with relatives
in Ganotown.
Mrs. Emma Hays, OF Arden, spent
Monday evening with Mrs. w. H.
Wright.
Mrs. Emma Locke and son, of Lee
town, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Fulk Sunday.
MIR. Lester Locke, of Pitcairn, Pa,
was guest also of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fulk
Miss Irene Capper, of Winchester,
Is visiting Miss Lee Pine.
GERRARDSTOWN, June 13.-Rev.
ana Mrs. R. A. White and baby, of
Herndon, N. c., are visiting Miss EN-
ma Sherrard.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

BERKELEY STATION, June 10
MT Seymour Bowers was visited by
'nieVes Friday night at his store and
renewed Of So in money. 1t is not
AnoWn what else they got as they
were scared away before they nad
much chance to carry on their work.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

nEDGEsVILLEJune 13.-Mrs. Mol
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

GANOTOWN, June 13.-Mr. and
Mrs John Ruble are spending the day
with Mrs Smith DeHaven.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04
Two Views Of Remington
Arms Plant (Bridgeport)
After Less Than Six
Months Construction Work.
Ammunition Plant Not
Shown.

has several subdivisions. Here steel
Is tested to determine its strength, its
resiliency and its resisting qualities.
It Is an amazing thing to one unfas
miliar with such processes to go
through this department and see how
they literally pull steel apart Ms II It
were molasscs candy. When this II
done Mr.. MarshaIl's men measure the
force which Il takes to pull 1t apart
Asomc parts Of the gum" explained
Mr.. Marshall to the New York Times
representative. require higher grade
steel than others. For instance, the
bolt head has to resist the force Of the
explosion and must be OF high grade
steel. The spring steels have to be
high grade in order to be elastic
enough to keep on doing their duty.
All stcels hare to be specified accord
ing to the particular week they do
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

of job. 1T is much cheaper" said
Mr.. Carpenter, ''tO. spend some time
examining an applicant than to put
him In the shop, pay him for three
or four days work and have him spoil
his material" Most of the men taken
on are skilled workmen, and the NUM-
Der of common laborcrs employed Is
relatively small In one day as many
as 1870 men have been chosen from the
applicants and put at once to work.
Welfare Work . Feature.
The welfare work is under the dircc-
ton Of Joseph A. Page, who was loan
ed to the company for the purpose by
the Young Mems Christian Association.
He was for four years In charge Of the
welfare work at Panama. Among his
duties Is to investigate all cases re-
ported to him In which foreman has
discharged workman. If the man
was unjustly discharged that fact is
reported to the works manager for ac-
ton. Another duty Is to keep men out
Of the hands of the loan sharks. When
a man needs money IL his case on In
vestigation proves worthy he can bor-
row 1t from the company instead Of
from the sharks. Mr.. Page has insti-
tuted mutual aid and benefit asso-
citation, which is run by the men them
selves, and foremen's club. and a
part of the barracks Is to be used for
club to be instituted among the
guards. He also organized q club
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

dealt with. This Is in itself heavy
engineering job.
No two Of the houses are alike, al
though all the houses OF each kind
have the same floor space. The COM
pany wished to avoid all appearance
Of community town, and there are
architectural differences which set
each house a little apart from the 9TH
ers in looks. The two family houses
consist Of q living room, dining room,
kitchen. three bedrooms and bath
room.
And this brings us to the employ
ment department As already men
toned, this department has Z building
to itself. 1T H." said n. w. CArpen-
ter, it, head. "the largest individual
employment once know o.. The
only one that Il larger Il that IN Ber-
linz which q public one And that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04
~ CHARLES WILLIS THOMPSON
lin New York Timss).

|" wELvE MILLION DOLLARS
spent in less than year have
brought into being what VIII
probably be the greatest small
arms and ammunition plant In theworld
THAT Of the Remington Arms Union
Metallic Cartridge Company factories
at Bridgeport. Conn. When 1t IL In fuli
operation It will coll for the services
OF. FROM $4,000 to 10000 employees.
bringing the total Of the Industrial
army employed In various places by
these companies to $4,000. The Bridge
port plant covers hundreds of acres
and is the latest word In factory con-
struction. and yet in its present form
II may be said to have actually sprung
into existence, to have come before
the eyes Of Bridgeport in moment
The enormous plant OF the Reming-
ton Arms company was not In exist
ence last March. 1t was turned over to
the company by, the contractors in
so that this immense crea-
ton was completed In less than eight /
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04
OUR GREATEST ARMS PLANT
The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Companys
Factory at Bridgeport an Aladdm's Castle
Industrial Army Of $4,000 Organized BY One Man

tridges, but It Is not SO. There Il sucl
Q radical difference that the latter is {
business by itself. and in the Reming
ton-U. NJ. c. plants the two are KEEP
sharply separated,
Men cannot learn quickly how t.
handle explosives; It Is not like otheI
kinds Of manufacture. To learn how
to handle powder and illuminate takes
not only months, but years. This has
leen the greatest difficulty with which
the new American industry has had to
contend.
Value Of Factory TO Nation.
From the governments standpoint
this work will be far from incidental.
The time may easily come when the
Bridgeport plant will be one of the
greatest factors In some national
crisis. Six or seven thousand rifles a
day is regarded rs a large, output In
Europe. but the Remington plant can
turn out 10000 in day. and the pres
ence here. ready to be called upon. of
a great factory with such capacity
is Of incalculablc value to the nation.
Heretofore this country has been un-
able to compete with other countries In
the military arms and munitions busi-
ness. Bids have been put In at differ
ent times, but except when some for
eign country has been in sore straits
for delivery the United States has gen.
orally lost out.
How the Work Progresses.
The first sod was turned for the
Of this vast plant on Dec.
70, 1914. but work on the main units
was not begun until the following
March. The first work was done on
the forge shops. which stand apart
from the main units. and they were
completed within short time. Eight
months after the work on the factory
buildings was begun the structural
work was done and the machinery SO
far installed that 5000 men were able
to be at work.
BY the end Of the year an army Of
10000 will be enlisted In the work of
this one concern. $1,000 and perhaps
10000 In the Remington Arms at
Bridgeport. 10000 across the road in
the u. NJ. c.. $1,000 at the Reming-
ton plant at Ilion. y. u, and other
forces at their smaller plants.
Testing Raw Material.
One Of the most interesting divisions
Of the plant is the testing department..
which is under the direction of w. L.
Marshall. formerly professor of ma
chine design at Yale university. This
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

bureau takes In all kinds of industries
and all classes of employees, so that
there can be no just comparison"
This building covers 3,6OO square
feet. There are four entrances. one
for. engineers. ofiice people, etc, ,one
FOR tool makers and gauge makers, one
for machine hands and one for I'M
skilled workmen. The stan that deals
with them consists Of eighteen people.
Individual attention is given to each
applicant. There IL heavy demand
for tool makers and gauge makers, be-
cause the supply is limited. and men
expert in that work nrc eagerly snap
ped up. In the Office staff are two ex-
pert gauge makers. whose duty 1t Is to
examine all applicants for that kind
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

- l. 4
the Remington Arms WAS In businass)
As gun manufacturer when the civil
war broke out. At that time thei
arsenals bad been denuded Of their
guns, and the manufacturers were un-'
able to furnish spgre than q small frac-
ton Of what was needed. Secretary
Stanton, confronted with the literally
unprecedented problem of finding
arms at once for so great force Of
men, asked Governor Morgan Of New
York to suggest the most reliable and
competent person to go to Europe as
the agent Of the government to pur-
chase arms and munitions. The gov
ernor named Mr.. Eartley, who, at oil
great business sacrifice. accepted the
post. He received rank equivalent
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

One shop Vt the army plant u de-
| voted to drilling barrels. 1t takes from
| forty-fve minutes to an hour to drin
| single barrel II the barrel IL all right
| II It isn't It takes q good deal longer.
Sometimes the drill strikes hard
| place, and then It has to be withdrawn
and sharpened, and not infrequently
this has to be done Eve or six times
| There II hole through the drill. and
! the oil is pumped through 1t. This oil
goes into the barrel In a thin little
stream, but comes out with steady
rush.
What Is done here is only drilling In
the rough. After 1t is finished the
barrel goes to another shop. whore II
is made smooth. just as you sandpaper
anything after 1t has been planed.
One Of the buildings Is given over to
the Woodworking department. A little
street runs through this building for
the transit OF Trucks bringing in the
lumber. It takes thirty-four different
operations to make a gunstock, and the
whole ave stories Of this building are
devoted to different phases Of the
work.
1 The aggregate floor area Of the main
units and the forge shops is ISIS, 900
square feet The quantity OF lumber
used in making the buildings was 15.-
100000 board feet: Of steel. 1880
tons: OF concrete, 10000 cubic yards;
of glass, $4,000 square feet: of putty
used in glazing, 100000 pounds.
Whore Employees Eat.
The restaurant seats $50 persons. and
in case Of emergency there are coun-
tiers along the walls giving accommo-
dalton for $50 "standees!' There is
also what is called a "cafemobile." a
dining table and kitchen cab
met In combination. which can be run
around to the different departments II
desired, SO that the men can eat with
out having to lose part of the half
hour allotted to them In going from
their respective buildings to the res
taurant. This cafemobile moves on
wheels and can feed 800 men, and
there are eight or nine Of them. The
kitchen cabinet part Of the cornbina
ton is to keep the food hot and does il
by electricity.
A Hospital, Too.
About the middle Of the buildings
there is a hospital. with a surgeon
two trained nurses and attendants con
stantly on hand. 1t Is a rule of the
company that no matter how slight
the wound is, even IL 1t is the merest
scratch, the person receiving it must
be sent Immediately by his foreman
TO the hospital for treatment This Is
to avoid all danger OF infection in
place where there is so much Oil and
grease.
Housing Requires Attention.
The housing problem, which will be
great one when the whole force has
been enlisted, was taken up at the out
set. The company is busy buying land
and erecting houses. Several hundred
are in process Of construction. Some
of them are two family houses. some
six family houses and some apartment
buildings. Streets are being built:
sewers have been made; the lighting
and water supply problems have been
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-04

months. and even as far back as last
August 1t was 50 far completed that
outwardly ii looked rs II does today.
1t has made such revolution in
bridgeport that the company has been
obliged TO build practically another
city within the city for the accommO
dalton of the thousands OF men who
are coming from all parts OF New En.-
land TO form new colony. Ii bas
gone Into the work of sewering and
grading and is now about to turn it,
attention 10 the question of schooling
for the children OF its subcity. Eighteen
thousand men and women in the en-
ploy Of the Remington Arms. 10000
more in that of the Union Metallic Car.
fridge company, will form the sujcity.
and with them will come their families.
Tie company Is now taking them on
ut the rate. in the Remington plant
alone. Of 1000 month.
There are thirty-eight buildings In
the plant, and OF the main units there
are thirteen. They are five story brick
and steel buildings. 272 feet long by
sixty feet wide. Instead of standing
separately or being connected only by
corridors or extensions. they are con-
nected with each other by FIVE story
buildings. called service buildings"
each Of which * eighty feet long by
forty-eight feet wide. 80 that the whole
mass forms practically one gigantic
building. At the end comes single
story building 2I2 feet by 81 feet. con.
nected on the ground floor to the main
units by service building so by 4S
feet.
The Guarding System.
To protect this great plant the com
pany has employed small army OF
guards with military organization.
They are all honornbiy discharged SOL
diers or sailors OF the regular army aud
navy. There are 800 OF them, divided
into three companies and officered ike
an army company, with captain mt
their head. and lieutenants, sergeants
and corporals under him.
or the $4,000 men who will bring the
working force OF the Remington COM
pany to its full complement there are
already 600 at work, and the employ
mcnt department IL interviewing appii-
cants at the rate of 500 day. This
department has building all to itself
and conducts its work pretty much on
civil service examination principles.
Plants Are Permanent Institutions.
The cartridge factory liz an old es-
tnbllshed institution. but 1t, too. has
been greatly enlarged in these months.
its arca having been Increased by 7OO,-
O0O square feet. The Remington COM
pany has plant at lion, n. Y, where
II has beov manufacturing arms for
the sporting trnde for years. but the
war In Europe created such demand
for weapons for the beIligerent nations
that II was determined to put up this
great plant at Bridgeport alongside
that At the cartridge factory to 20
into tho business Of making military
weapons and nll the orders that come
from foreign governments.
Military arms were not among the
Industries OF this country, and the
Remington concern had devoted itself
mainly to making sporting rides and
cartridges FOR that trade. The out
break Of the war offered to man CO.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17
new PLAN FOR Showing
NEEDLEWORE AT The FAIR

A new arrangement has been in
stalled for the protection Of the
women's and ohildren's work at the
Delaware State Fair. September 4. B.
6. z and s. In the past every precau-
ton has been taken to prevent the op-
Grafton OF sneak thieves, but the ropes
which we're used we're placed az a
distance from the tables containing
the noedlework. and much Of the
beauty OF this work was lost. because
it could not be closely inspected At
a recent conference between Miss
Derickson. superintendent OF the
women's department. and Mrs. Fred
erick Snyder, superintendent OF the
childrens department, a set OF wire
screens was planned These screens
will be made of wire OF sufficiently
open mesh TO allow close inspection
OF the work and protect II at the same
time. The ropes used in the past will
be done away with, and visitors in
these two departments will be able
TO move along the tables instead of
the ropes, which were placed at a dis
tance OF foot from the tables them
selves,
Congratulations are heard on every
side because OF the selection OF Mrs.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17

vania and Delaware and in addition
there will be number OF prominent
visitors including some Grand Lodge
officers from the OHIO Grand Lodge
and other States The local lodge has
arranged some ente-ia nment features
for the visitors which will include an
automobile trip to Cooch's Bridge and
other points OF inte. .est.
Tomorrow viii be a busy day for
the Grand Lodge officers. There will
be a business session in the morn
ing and another short business ses.
sion at 1870 o'clock in the afternoon
Following this there will be a sight.
seeing trip for the remainder OF the
afternoon. AT o'clock in the even.
ing the grand lodge degree will be
conferred TO be followed by recep.
tion and entertainment by the New
ark lodge.
There will be two business sessions
on Wednesday. the grand lodge ad
journing in the afternoon.
Professor Harry Hayward made an
address at the forty-hfth anniversary
exercises OF the Mt. Hermon School,
Mt Hermon, Mass, yesterday, OF
which he is a graduate
DR.. Charles A. Wagner. State Com
missioner of Education. made the ad
dress at the open air union service
on the Delaware College campus yes.
terday evening.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17
awarding THE FAIR
Prizes IN ADVANCE? ?
Association Explains Plan
That Gives Every Ex-
hibitor a Square Deal
MAKING PLANS
FOR THE FAIR

Each year the clerks in the Office Of
S. II. Wilson, Jr., secretary Of the Della
ware State Fair, hear an oft-repeated
remark which IS always made with the
idea that it is entirely original, but to
those connected with the Office it is
quite old and haelneyed.
After person has filed an entry
blank he or she will remark; "Of course
it is of no use to expect a prize, be-
cause you people have it fixed in advance
as to who gets prizes" Now for the
benefit Of all persons interested it has
been suggested that a brief resume of
the system Of exhibit marking in the
fair may be interesting.
Mrs. John Smith procures an entry
blank furnished by the Fair Associa-
tion, on which she makes her entry OF a
loaf of. wheat bread. a chocolate cake
and jar of canned peaches. When this
blank is handed in at the Office each
Of these articles is given a number. and
in book, open only to the entry clerk,
is recorded Mrs. Smiths name and ad-
dress and under this the list OF articles
which she will send to the fair. For in
stance: No. Al, loaf Of wheat bread;
No. ~. chocolate cake; No. 43, jar OF
canned peaches. A tag is then filled out
on which is a line: "l,xhibit number -
and on this line is placed No. Al, and
under it a description of the article.
Mrs. Smith may have fifty entries or
she may only have five. the numbers
are continued consecutively and the
next exhibitor IS given the next num-
Der. After the entries have all been re-
ceived and finally closed the Judges
books are then made up. These books
contain a list of articles 10 be Judged
and opposite each item is placed the
numbers which have been allotted by
the entry clerks. To illustrate again.
there may be fifty loaves Of wheat
bread entered, and these may belong to
exhibitors %, a, &C, so. So, etc. No
names are recorded in this book. and the
judge has no clue to the identity Of the
exhibitor. When the names Of prize
winners are presented for publication,
they must be obtained from the secre-
tarys Office and only after a comparison
Of the numbers with the secretary's 5
records. There have been instances in
previous Years of the Industrious news
paper representative acquiring informa
tion from some unofficial source and
there is no case Oh record where this
industrious ones paper has not been
Obliged to-retract in its next issue. The
secretary's Office will be glad to explain
its system to any "doubting Thomas
/ at any time and nrnva that dying fhf
/ judges" is not as easy as many are in.
/ clined TO think.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17
GARBAGE COLLECTIONS
ARE MORE REGULAR

Having notified the Wilmington
Sanitary Company on last Thursday
that the collections OF garbage here
would have to be more thorough the
Board of Health will meet this after
noon to ascertain if there has been
any betterment in the service. Ac-
cording to officials of the Health
Board. the number of complaints has
decreased considerably which indi-
Gates that the Sanitary Company is
endeavoring to abate the trouble.
Some idea of just how conditions
have improved is shown by collec-
tions made in West Eighth street.
On Friday. July 2 the garbage col
lectors appeared. and their next visit
was on Thursday. July 13. nearly one
week having elapsed between collec-
tions. On Saturday July IS. how
ever. the garbage collectors made
their appearance again and the house.
wives in the district we're delighted
Two collections inside Of three days
and only forty-eigbt hours apart, haC
the effect Of getting rid of the garbage
very we'll for hot weather.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17
Good TENPLARS At
newark MEETING
Two Day Session of Order
Will Get Down TO Business
Tonight
DR.. WAGNER SPEAKS
AT CHURCH SERVICE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del. July 17--Delegates
from Pennsylvania and Delaware Cor
the annual session Of the Grand
Lodge, International Order Good
Templars OF the two States, which
is to be held here. started to arrive
In Newark this morning. The con.
vention will continue until Wednesday
afternoon. The opening OF the con
vention takes place tonight when
there will be Juvenile Institute with
several prominent speakers.
About seyenty-hve delegates are ex.
pected from the lodges OF Pennsyl.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17
TROLLEY WORK FINIsHEp.

The trolley crossing at Fourth and
Church streets, which has prevented
cars being run over the River Front
bridge Is nnW practically complete.
workmen having commenced work
early yesterday morning. It is de-
clared cars will be running on the
double track over the bridge by to-
morrow. Connecting tracks have 10
be laid between the crossing and the
regular trolley tracks and a switch
must be placed at the turn at the
bridge. While the crossing was being
laid men from the Traction Company
were busy putting the second wire
across the bridge from span TO span
The automatic switch for turning tho
current on and OFF was installed last
week.
Evening journal., 1916-07-17

when they may appear before your
Committee and Subcommittee and
make proper representation of the
facts which should cause mOdifica-
ton of the House Bill. I suggest that
Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day OF
July, be fixed as time for such hear
ing, which / think will give everyone
here who is on the committee ap-
pointed, ample opportunity TO go to
Washington with such facts properly
tabulated which will show you 'the
true condition Of the matter.
am sending a copy of this letter to
Senator Stone which l presume will
reach him Immediately on his return
to Washington.
Yours very truly.
willard Salisbury.
The letter to Senator Stone is given:
July is, 1916.
Honorable William ]. Stone,
United States Senate,
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Senator: ] enclose a copy o.
a letter which I have just sent t
Senator Simmons. This communit,
is very much excited regarding wha
they feel satisfied is a gross injustic'
to "a large number of our people ans
a special penalization Of them by tn
iinfiction of so excessive taxation, a
cannot be justified by any compari
son with any other industry.
desire very much to be able 4
present committees, representa-
these people. to your sub-committe
and trust that the time for the hear
ing will meet with your approval.
Yours very truly,
willard Salisbury