The Springfield herald., 1918-10-04
The Factory Situation :
And the Crop Of This Year
il Continued
The Factory Wanted

u Continued
The Factory Wanted . .
Two weeks ago we gave the
factory situation as to progress
made, and Last week we talked Of
another phase Of the factory.
as to the policy of building and
equipping on a small scale.
To put it in another way, two
weeks ago we talked about what
we haven't done, Last week we.
talked about the factory we did.
MT want, and now- 9
This week we are going to talk
about the factory we do want
ind that we will build-and the
prospect as to the when of it's
completion and equipment, and
the cost.
AS stated in our prior articles,
the frst of january payments On
the 500 shares will give something
like $4,000. and the complete
factory and equipments will cost
any xherefr from $15. 900 to $40, 900,
SO there vi be money at that
time to put in the complete fac
tory wanted. 'S1>1 mHARS
The first consideration OF q fac.
tory is, first, one that can work
up the brush of stock holders,
and, second, the : entire brush
grown in Baca county.
There ate 500 shares altogeth-
er. Some Of these are not grow
ing brush, but putting all of th IN
at an average of four tons, there
would be 1000 tons Of brush of
stock holders. We don't think
the stock holders will average
that amount of brush, and indeed
we estimate the whole crop of the
county at 1900 TONS. approxi-
mating the number Of growers at
l 1000, and the average Of these
growers at two>tons each. 5oos 81
At any evert, we believe
we are safe in equipplne a
factory for 1000 tons -practic-.
ally certain at least Of being on
the safe side OF brush grown by
the stock holders, and that being
as far as our obligations go, it
answers the requirements Of the
factory at least to start with.
A factory equipment is made
up of what we shall call units,
consisting of stitchers, winders.
hurl cutters, sizers, scrapers, clip
pers, ETC., etc. A unit of the
equipment consists of a stitching
machine and necessary machines
to go with it, the more stitchers
the less auxiliary machines need
ed in proportion.
Ten units as an equipment will
turn out 5000 brooms a ten-hour
day, which would use up during
the year about the 1000 tons
afore mentioned.
The factory thus provided
would meet the first requirement
of handling the brush, and the
second requirement of being turn
ed out in quantities for wholesal-
ing, without which facilities a
broom making concern could
hardly be dignified by the name
OF factory, and the cost of selling
would be too great to stop to con.
slider.
The cost of the factory build
ing is estimated by Mr.. Picrson
at something like $4,000 for size
5Ox14O. This is for the factory
omplete-basement, Offices. ce-
ment floor. walls and ceiling plas'
tered, etc. -
The ten units equipment will
cost in the neighborhood of $14,
Geo, including ten sewing ma
chimes, and a full complement
of cutters, sizing machines, wind
ers, scrapers, straight and curv-
ed clippers, and the necessary ma.
terial to start to making brooms.
Add to this the cost Of the en-
gine, cost of freight, cost of shaft
ing, betting, and the labor OF in
stalling and paying help until
brooms are marketed, and You
have the proposition of the cost
that will have to be met by pay
ments on stock shares. y
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