El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-06
B7-itainS Make
Motor Gar In
Record Time
Fact That American Rec
ord Is Beaten Causes
Unbounded Joy.

London, End, Nov. 2s-"A motoring
correspondent" OF the Manchester
Guardian has quickened the pulse of
British pride by announcing the dis
covery Of a group OF British work
men in Detroit who completely as
sembled an automobile in II minutes,
beating all American records
For several months Britons have
been reading IN their leading news
paper Of the wonders OF America.
American workmen and Industrial
captains The army Of correspondents
that crossed and discovered" the
United States literally flooded every
copy desk with wild stories OF Amer
lean superiority.
But now they have taken heart
once more. having read the following
article, carried under the caption,
British Men Quicker Than Ameri-
cans"
when I visited the Ford company's
works In Trafford Park ] found the
British workmen there elated over a
claim that they had beaten the Amer
lean workers at their own speciality.
They had completely Assem- bled a
Ford car in the remarkable time Of II
minutes, which they claimed was well
ahead OF anything achieved in the
Detroit works.
Il have discussed the question OF
mass production in Britain with
many manufacturers. One OF the OBJ
jections often raised is that our work
people would not take to this class
OF work But on a tour round the
works where British Workmen are
engaged on American methods 1
found the greatest keenness and en-
thusiasm-
40 encourage this a large black
board is placed In prominent posi-
ton and the progress Of production
Is marked up. At II o'clock when
the organized hustle IN the works
ceased like magic for the luncheon
interval workpeople crowded round
the notice board studying the latest
est figures The weeks total was
500 completed cars, the mornings to-
tai 50. Five hundred cars q week IS
the average output
Point these figures out 10 a Britt
fish manufacture and he viii tell
you that it really does not matter,
as the Ford IS in a class Of its own
and has q market Of its own TINS
may be, but at the same time u Is
as well 20 remember that IL British
enterprise had adopted these meth
DDS they might have had this market
''The methods which enabled Brit
ish workmen TO assemble an Ameri-
can car in II minutes were instruc-
tive The car parts arrive in barges
up the Manchester Ship Canal The
boxes are unloaded and unpacked
and moved by machinery 70 the vari-
Gus places Of assembly. The engines.
after being tested by an electrical
appliance matter OF a minute or
so-are placed in a kind OF trough
and moved along BY a chain
while fhey are moving the filters
are working. They have 70 complete
their Job Of fitting in plugs and other
accessories before the engine gets TO
the end OF the trough. Ihe time IS
sufficient and any failure needs ex-
planation. It would also hold up the
whole operation Of assembly. Tor as
soon as the engine gets 70 the END
Of the trough it Is picked up oy
lift and dumped on 70 the CHASSIS
The engine and the chassis are now
in motion The engine is bolted on
TO the chassis, the men moving along
with It. At an appointed place Wneels
droD down from a chute. These are
put on while the chassis Is still IN
"A little farther on the body IS
swung on 10 the chassis from a lift
The same applies 70 the wings, lamps
radiators and other accessories ali
OF which appear at the right place
at the right time. From the monnell
the assembling OF the car starts u u
On the move until it runs out al the
Ear end Of the works under Its own
power with a driver AZ the wheel