Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

After the leather has been cut to the different patterns, there is left a large quantity of small scraps, no matter how carefully planned the cutting. AS a single example of the efficiency methods in vogue at the plant. these leather patches are sold to button lac tories where they are used for cover ing buttons.
 After the seat tops have been cut and stitched, they are ready for the hair filling and the springs. It is here that riding comfort hangs in the bal ance. The building of an automobile cushion is work for an expert ana Chalmers upholsterers are among the best paid men in the entire plant Care must be taken that the filling is evenly distributed so hat the seat will rot bunch, sag or knot. Long, curled hair of the best variety insures the longevity of the cushions and prevents them flattening out, even after several years use.
 Two men work on each cushion The seat cover is placed over a form in large press and the hair filling packed
 in. When from experience, they know that they have the correct amount of filling, the power is applied and the seat pressed into shape.
 In the manufacturing of tops, the very finest grade of mohair is used. The room in which Chalmers tops are made fairly huns with industry. Thirty eight girls operate electrically driven sewing machines with skill and lightning sureness never ap- preached by mere man. One side of the room is given over to the cutters. Along it's whole length stretches a table long enough to banquet a small fn f hn nf ha table are heaped great rolls of mohair and pantasote, ready to be cut into tops and curtains A half dozen of these rolls are mounted on d rack that feeds them off onto the cutting table.
 The men unwind these rolls, spread ing the material on the table layer by layer until thev have built band seventy-five thicknesses in depth. on the top layer the patterns are laid out with chalk lines and the cutter sets to work. There is no time for the coat makers shears. Chalmers tailors are equipped with an electric knife, keen as a razor which buries itself into the cloth and cuts with ease along the chalk lines as directed by the operator. With this method, it is possible to cut top equipment for two hundred cars in a single day.
 From the cutting table, the pieces go to another pattern marker, who lays out the route for the sewing machines, marking the width of seams and indi- eating the location of the celluloid windows. Thence. they are turned over to the sewing machine brigade.
 With few weeks practice, girls be- come wonderfully accurate in the ma nipulation of these poWer-driven ma chimes. Each girl concentrates on one particular part of the work and the greatest efficiency is thus obtained. The lighting in this room is excellent, as it is entirely enclosed in glass. Then surroundings are pleasant and the operators take real interest in their work because they enjoy it Which may serve in a way to indicate the shortage of domestic servants in the automobile city, inasmuch as most girls prefer this clean work at high
 wages to the drudgery of housework l From the sewing machines, the fin- i ished pieces are sent to the top-assem- bly, department where score of fit
 ters adjust and alter the various sec
 tions to fit standard car bodies Each
 part is tailored to it's particular car, in i order that no unsightly creases or l crevices for the wind or rain to creep i through may remain.
 That this sort of carefully checked up work more than repays the manu facturer has been demonstrated to our satisfaction by Chalmers owners who
 have driven their cars 100000 miles or
 more, with this equipment still in ex-
 cellent condition.