El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-22

are in units around craHewsys- which
ena BILE the freight to he taken from
the trucks on the railways ana
dropped down Just where they are 10
be used In another the power house
is SD built that the coal is put I'm at
the ton of the plant. and II falls by
Eravity into the furnaces, which neat
the boilers that In turn move the
great cylinders Of the 5000 horse
power engines on the floor below
That power plant develops aS-n"'
hOrsepOW er and its engine are com
bination Of gas-steam type. There are
other engines which increase the
horsepower 10 $1,000. and that force
is used for the machinery Of this one
motor car establishment alone. The
power plant is as clean IS q Dutch
kitchen. Its floors are OF DoSa lc
white tile. and it makes one think
of the bathroom of a millionaire The
electricity is generated there, and
there is a great saving in coal ny
use Of gas producers The company
consumes more than 30.0oo.00o cubic
feet Of gas per day. or enough TO
light a large city
In One Of the Big Plants
To give you some idea Of these
great machine shops which are now
being adapted TO the work Of the war,
I Will mention some Of the things
that ] saw in going through one OF
AAaE H-aAAN~ ID u A-lE lda E~a pau
i'm Detroit. and is typical of the work
that many of our automoh bile cstap-
lishmeuts are now doing for ourselves
and our allies The buildings of this
factory are sea feet long and 500 feet
wide They are four stories i'm height
and they cover many acres. Every
square foot OF them is now hum
ming with work. and the machines
90 on day and night all the year
through standing in one building
YOU can overlook q single room which
has 100000 square feet of floor space.
II actually covers more Ehan rs acres
ami this is filled with machinery OF
such nature that it looks like
dense forest Of fast moving belts and
whirling wheels grinding away.
There are, in fact 50 miles of leather
betting in the room II contains 5000
ton and these represent an outlay of
$4,000 010-
The machines use $500 gallons OF
lubrlca-ing oils every "a hours and
they keep busy thousands OF men.
The machinery reaches as FAR as YOU
can see. As you stand in the center
Of the room the walls are not visible
and you can hardly see the ceiling.
There IS a shrieking Of the cutting of
steel upon steel, DuzzlnE OF wheels
like the SwarminE OF locusts. and
here and there AT intervals are 10 he
seen men in blue overalls directi6r
the machines
The machinery Of such a factory Is
SO arranged that il forms one con-
JinuOus process Of construction The
raw material IN the shape Of r0ugh
fOrgingS and rough castings starts in
az one end OF the department. and If
passes through machine after ma
chine until IT comes out ready 70 be
assem- oled into the car AT the same
time other parts are cOniU- along
through other machines and the Zee
suit is that the raw material goes in
al one end Of the factory and comes
out at the othe- end in a1shulaucgs.
motor trucks and war vehicles or one
kind OF another
The same methods are used in max
ius gas engines which VIII 20 70 the
aviation camps 90 De parts or the fly
ing machines made there OF 20 rhs
making OF other parts FOR the use Do
various KINDS OF war 07acriueT--
Everything Analysed and Tested
In the war work Of today every
thing j. analysed and is tested m tre
thousandth Of an inch 20 he sure that
IT. VIII fit the specifications -l1
needs To which 80 IS 20 he nur- This
great factory tests the steel before
IT goes into its furnaces and the U--
rerIalS are tested q gain and gain -r-
I'll they come out n the completed
product. There Is no guess work and
the machinery or construction is sEel
that mistakes can he traced 10 the
exact department and 10 the man
who makes them Every motor car
that goes TO the battlefield of Fra nee
has its uuTbrr- and II one brea Ks
down without cause in the midst OF
a battle, that number OF the defective
part could be sent back here and the
man who made f. be traced
As far s. possible all sorts Of v--r
work are being Standardized The