The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-06
ARE
GETTING WAR work
Remarkable Changes Are
Taking Place in Plants
All Over Country.

Manufacturers who are not engaged
IN making war work are seeing the
hand writing on the wall" and are get
ting busy ana converting their plants
into shape so that they can make ma
terials that are necessary for the
prosecution of the war.
FairmonteTs who attended the re-
cent meeting OF the Pittsburgh region
In Pittsburgh have been impressed
more than ever by the movement OF
the committee on war resources and
conversions. The local men present
included II. T. Cunningham. the
chairman Of the Fairmont sub district,
Thomas !. Brett. the secretary of the
sub region, and ]. N. Black, Of the
Fairmont Wall Plaster Company. All
Of the sub regions in the Pittsburgh
region we're represented at the meet
ing.
Mr.. Brett ssid today: The office
OF the Fairmont sub region at room
42l, Professional Building, has been
fitted up and furnished. Stationery
has been ordered and soon literature
will be mailed out to the subscribers
IN Monongalia, Taylor, Preston and
Marion counties, which comprise the
district. We are on the look out fol
a competent man stenographer, who
can classify work and run the Office
when the manager Is out Of town, This
is an excellent opportunity for the
right man."
One Of the points that Manager
Garland OF the Pittsburg region EN-
phasized is that every effort should
be made to get busy in every sub re
sion IN order that the same prosper
Gus wave may continue in these parts
The government figures on all con
tracts on a delivered price and this
therefore gives the eastern manufac'
turers and especially those closest to
the Atlantic ports better show on
the work.
Already several articles on the pro
curement list have bobbed up OF in
terest OF Fairmont, Grafton and Nor
gantown. Among them was some
plate glass for use in Panama. Immed-
lately Mr.. Brett notified the plants in
these cities with dispatch. The sub
scriptions from Taylor. Monongalia
and Marion counties are coming along
nicely.
one by one plants are falling into
line when Z comes TO making war
work. Mr.. Brett has received q par
tial list OF the plants already making
the change which number probably
200 or more.
Some OF the plants in the business
world today are manufacturing arti'
Giles that they never would have
dreamed Of a year ago. Great versa
tility was shown by manufacturers.
A linoleum pant is making shells; a
stove factory Is making locomotive
parts; q foundry Is manufacturing
army cots; a hardware firm Is making
aeroplane parts; planning mills are ma
king tent poles and she'll boxes, a pipe
organ factory IS making switch.
boards; a beer barrel plant Is making
buoys, shirt waist manufacturers are
making signal flags; a refrigerator
plant is making hospital tables and
a horse shoe firm is making trench
picks.
For the express purpose OF showing
the subscribers OF the districts how
great the strides have been made and
how some OF the conversions OF plants
may apply here Mr. Brett has submit.
ted the list, some Of which are as fol.
lows:
AbendrOth Bros. Port Chester, n.
Y, manufacturers Of cook stoves, now
making boilers, cast iron locomotive
parts, Advance Machine Company,
Cambridge, Mass, manufacturers OF
commercial machines. now manuiac.
turing special tools for turbines and
shells; Advance Machinery Co, Van
Vert, o., manufacturers OF ballbear.
ing wood shapers. now making mill.
ing cutters; Akron Tire Company,
Long Island, manufacturers Of auto