The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-18
OTHER FACTORIES
 SURE ID FOLLOW
 EXPLOS|VESPLANT
Many By-Products Result From the Manufacture of Powder and Guncotton
 on Big Scale

Specifications for the s6O, ,0OO,000 explo- sives manufacturing plant which the government will build at Hadley's Bend, near Nashville, in accordance with de- tails stated by the Baltimore Manufac turers' Record in January, provide for an expenditure of s45,OO0,O00 for the piart proper and Sl5,00o,0O0 for accompanying Improvements. During the past week, says the Record, the war department has engaged the Du Pont Engineering company, a subsidiary of l.. l. du Pont de NemourS & Co.,, Wilmington. Dcl., to supervise the construction and organ ization of this big establishment, with its industrial city and other impruVe- ments. This engineering corporation has already begun preliminary work and is gathering materials and work men so as to proceed with it's portion of the activities. Among the accom- panying betterments will be the in- stalling of an electric lighting system, water supply and sewers. the paving Of streets and sidewalks, the eerction Of dwellings and other buildings, etc.
 The daily capacity of the explosives plant will be 50000o pounds of smoke less powder and 5OO,O0O pounds of gum cotton, besides various by-products, which will include fabrigoid Ca substi- ute for leather, pyralin Ca substitute for Ivory and shelD, dye materials ether, paint materials, enamel and lacquer materials. These by-products are al- ready largely used in industry and their production near Nashville will doubtless lead to the establishment of various fac tories utilizing them in that city and it's surrounding territory The expo- sives plant will be built in 10 units, each with a daily output of 100000 pounds of powder and 100000 pounds of gun-cot- ton, each unit to be located as a sepa- rate factory not contiguous to any other. This entire plant will be five miles long and complete railway serv- ice will be installed throughout the plant and the town.
 Some of the details recently au- nounced included reference to a 5Ug- acre site, to factory buildings covering 2000 acres, several thousand dwellings, for employees. etc, the Thompyon-Star- rett company of New York being the general contractor. This contractor IS also gathering men and materials, and Is already making satisfactory progress with its preliminry work. There will be 2oOO0 men required in the construction Of the plant, which will employ lONv men when in full operation after com pletion. A bridge across the Cumher- land river and branch railways are now being constructed to facilitate access to the plant site. Mason & Hanger or Nashville having contract for much of thls construction. The immediate living accommodations will be of temporary nature for the 20.0oo workmen who w,u build the plant, and the permanent fa- ciiities will be for the 10000 men who Will be employed in manufacturing.
 It is rumored that the governments plans contemplate the doubling of the initial facilities for manufacturing ey- plosves, which will require an invest ment of an additional s45, 900, OOO making the oaiiy capacity 1.000sa00 pounds each or smokeless powder and gun-cotton Propably the government contemplates manufacturing all the explosives used py IL and our allies in the great war, which will mean a gerat saving in Yhe transportation of the raw materials. which are now shipped to France and england for their needs in the produc- tion of explosives