South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-21
BIG NEW PLANT OF .. Il. GIANT
BATTERY COMPANY UNLOADS
II CARS MACHINERY TO-DAY.

GARY. Ind. Nov. rs. 1919-The
new plant of the O. K. Giant Bat
terry co. today received and unload
ed IL car loads OF machinery 90
manufacture the Dry Rechargeable
battery which has been so well dem
onstrated on various makes Of auto
mobiles in South Bend and through
out Indiana and Illinois
The plant site covers ga. acres
and the first unit OF the plant com
prising 40, 000 square feet is prGc-
tically completed and the brick work
on the second unit or building is
now begun. The third building l.
contracted for 20ON4OO r.. and
ground viii be broken for it about
tho first Of the year. II is the pur-
pose Of the company TO build 20 such
buildings on the present site.
The l. carloads OF machinery
consists of boilers. fans engines,
generators cable. pumps. compress
sors. conduit. charging boards, etc.
and when installed in the first unit
Will make the most up 10 date and
finest battery plant in the world.
The company is besieged with or
ders from every civilized country in
the world and now have more Oh
their books than can be produced
within the next year.
The O. X Giant Dry Recharge-
able Storage battery from the hum
dreds of tests made by technical col
/ leges, corporations and individuals
show IL 10 be the wonder OF the axe
and II Is safely predicted and viii
| revolutionize the battery business.
| Mr. Kops. Mr.. Roberts, Mr.. Dixon,
and a number OF others have FOR
some time been operating their as.
/ tomobiles with the battery and
claim Il beats anything they have
I ever heard OF or seen. The follow
/ ing is q wonderful test made by APP
I person Bros. Automobile Co.
/ KokOmo, Ind, Nov 8. 1919,
( o. X. Giant Battery Co.
Gentlemcn:-
( As per your request that make
an exhaustive test of your DRY stor-
age battery. beg 30 submit The fol-
lowing result;
when I received this battery. il
.
/ ing q fraction u VOLTS and about
I 210 HmpereH across the terminals.
/ The first test ! put a. on % load draw
3 ing 80 emperes which was continued
1 FOR q minutes and at the end ~
this time Ct showed volts under
I load with no drop Ia amperage.
7 then left 60 stand 10 minutes dur
. ing which time 10 recuperated 20
/ practically The original voltage cf
a fraction under o, continued this
| ties; until ] drained tho battery down
T TO az volts or 8 i volts per cell
( Sex put Ct or q charge al the rate
/ Of 10 amperes for D hours and then
/ reduced TO emperes Tor g hours. at
/ which time ! got 81 reading OF Z
volts and 200 Hmperes. The next
/ test was 20 put Is 90 crankiug mo-
tor and I gave &c what I considered
q severe trial. ia this test. lt cranked
this motor &c a high speed for "a
minutes, drawiuF f25 Hmperes CON
tinueusiy then begun ta slow down
. but still Cranking it Ht o firing speed
at the end OF u minutes, when
pulled Sc of. After letting 30 rest
. ttttttath hefftit Nnt ala FtA .tlN ttlN
tor and got o. high speed for ? MINI
uter then slowed up bat Etli main
tanning q firing speed at the md ~
y minutes when ! pulled 10 oT.
7 have conducted tests uu "a great
many batteries but ] consider this
aE exceptional record
APPEREON BROTHERS
AETOMOHII,E GO.
HARRY W, ROLLINS.
Electrical Engiuee-
This proves IT. greatness md
clearly demonstrates ltF claims, n
enlarge the plant To- meet the de-
maud Tor thc batteries the company
Is selling stock Tor g2c 00 PEE share.
bus g. - stated by officials 90 The
company the price vii. raise O.
$4,000 very shortly.
". q. PonRdOr OF this city .s &C.
lively identified as a director Of the
company and spends quite "a grea;
oea. u his time AZ Gary. Mr. J. IT.
baer, s22 J. ". S. Bldg. IS repre-
senting the company az DistriC-
+ Manager and Is always ready 20 talk