The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-07
CATERPILLAR TRACTOR
PLANT IS ENLARGED
Coscruuept IN Spcnd SIS. 900 600 in
Extensions as Part of Necessary
war Work.
PRIORITY FOR MATERIAL
Hinge Factory Working To utmost
ysvn,. ~ provide t,uo Carriages and
Other Vehicles for Overseas f"FTFs

Peoria I'll. oct. 6.~-Peorla vii have
~. largest tractor mandatory IN the
world. and the raost important. Ing
r-rnat Holt Manufacturing COMPANY
nlant i, the trans river suburb VIII ne
again doubled - SIZE, contracts loi q u
ADDITION that represents IN h!atct ~. ~
huiIding. machinery, etc, Se-"'V.V0"'
bang closed ... .ors,~,,o-
tom work. George 'obtL ~ fhs' W.
pany. HAVING been N " 7shlnE,oh '.5
= week. completing TIE 017al'S' "'''
Just returned. 44..t.
Nv snd under authority ~ the tnlted
STATES giving priority for machinery
,.a,nr,aI etc The war department
LII srray1-taa the construction, work
,.s hear, commenced tn paving Tue
,oaawavs or the property OF the NOV
COMPANY The additions will he 10 ths
rorth of the present buildings.
r~tye wears seo NJ NJ. Baker became
r.re.nresfdent ana general manager OF
the Holt COMPANY " her Vt TOOK over
the ola Colean plart. What that I'VE
wears have reeuited IN is one ~ ti'e
commercial and manufacturing lh'ra
cYrs of the aee--an Afahtan NlSh1S
Tale. wrought in reality
IynnNeDSF NV tpNito'fs'
Recently the United states govern
urent awarded the Holt M%naiactu' ms
r,r,rsnv additional contracts for an
;r1rensa number Of caterpillar uae-
,or~ The urgent necessity for QulcN
ae,iverv ~ these vehicles by TIA" gov
ernroent makes II necessary 10 increase
the present large plant OF thF fi"'l
Manufacturing com panY WIN fe9Ftt'
II both buildings and machine too's-
Accordingly during the past week
authority has been given by Inc goa :
eminent from Washington TO proceta
with these plant extensions. Inc CON
tract for the construction WORK VIII
be made with the firm Of V Jobst *na
Sons the machine tools ana Sddltl"H3i
equipment win he purchased upon sPe-
cia1 priority orders by the Aoll Manu-
featuring company
Army In Charge
Hrcause of the fact that the nitea
Nates government now controls the
s,,nplv If all raw materials. as wen
a. The supply Of labor. the United
states army construction division viii
have charge of the construction ~er X
in connection with the new buildings.
II is proposed To commence Work at
once and 10 proceed with same as last
as materials become available on the
grounds. The new buildings will be
located on the property OF the iott
Manufacturing company, ana are an
extension to their present plant. IheH
will consist of two new Assembly
shor,s 5ooxs0 feet, equipped with suit
able travelling cranes, and three unNs
IF the present machine shop. which
will more than double their present
floor space devoted to machine shop
work. In addition 10 those buildings
II wifi. of rourse, be necessary To mai
additions to the present power plant
and heating facilities to properly deal
with the additional machine tools and
new buildings.
Huge Investment,
The estimated total amount of IN
yestment to be represented by the now
proposed extensions Is approximately
$4,000. 900 The plant in its present
condition represents an investment OF
approximately $4,000, 600.
These plant extensions Will OF
course. necessitate the employing of
many more workmen by the Holt
Manufacturing company.
Paving Contractor, John McAtisieT
has started today or paving contract
under which, the yards and plant road
ways are to be paved with brick and
cement to facilitate handling increased
production OF the Holt plant in bad
weather
-Four months are allotted TO the
completion of this work. Probably
1900 men and women viii be required
in addition to the present working
force with due consideration to in
dustrial exenptions)
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