South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-23
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placing Il on a 100 percent automo-
bile manufacturing basis. The bal
ance Of the $4,000 900 is 20 be used
in retiring present short time loans
Of the corporation and in making
Improvements In the corporations
Detroit plant.
The corporation heads declare en-
phaticaIly that while the South Bend
plant Is 20 be made the mother"
plant Of the corporations industry.
this does not mean that the Detroit
plant Is 20 be disturbed. on the
other hand plans for the improve
ment OF the plant there are under
way along with the plans for the i'm
provement and enlargement OF the
South Bend plant
With the completion OF the i'm
provements and engagements here,
the corporation for the first time in
its history VIII turn out the finished
automobile at the South Bend plant.
Everything about the car, including
all parts with the exception OF the
electrical appliances. Is 10 be made
IN South Bend. The StudebakeF car
IS TO become essentially a South
Bend product
The present effort or the corpora
ton is 10 have the proposed i'm
provements and engagements ad-
vanced 10 such an extent that it will
be possible 10 turn out at the South
Bend plant $50 finished automobiles
daily. In order to do this. an In
crease I'm the working force of at
least 5000 men and 1000 women
will be necessary, and by the sum-
mer OF 1920, when the improvements
and enlargements will have been
completed, an additional increase in
the working force OF at least 5000
men and women will be necessary TO
bring the anticipated daily output
Of automobiles up to 800 cars a day.
PLANT WILL EQUAL
GREAT STEEL MILLS.
The main plant OF the United
States Steel corporation at Gary.
Ird.. usually employs in the neigh
borhood OF 10000 workmen. This,
OF course. is aside from the workmen
employed at the other plants con-
nected with the main plant, yet the
Gary steel plant is looked upon as
one OF the great wonders OF the west.
However, the steel plant at Gary
will have no larger number Of en-
ployes in II engaged in the making
OF steel than the Studebaker plant
viii have I'm IL engaged in the manu-
facture OF automobiles.
The present Studebaker plant Is
= %. 10 81 ,,
and wagon building shop founded by
Henry and Clement Studebaker in
1852. Contrasted to the recent Is
sue OF s15.OO0.O0O is the capital OF
Henry and Clement Studebaker,
which was SIS And in contrast 70
the great plant that IS destined 70
make South Bend famed far and
wide is the two FORCES that made up
the plant OF the founders Of the in
stitution nearly three-quarters OF a
century ago.
PUTS GOLD NUGGETS
INTO THE BUSINESS.
After FIVE years in California, John
NJ Studebaker returned TO South
Bend and rejoined his two brothers
Henry and Clement I'm business
John NJ. brought with him $4,000 in
gold nuggets dug from the rich
fields Of California. He invested the
$4,000 in the business. buying out
his brother Henry. Henry retired tc
rural life.
six years after the firm OF II. and
G. Studebaker had been founded. IL,
total assets were valued at $4,000
Peter +. Studebaker left his mer-
camille business at Goshen. Ind, and
Joined his brothers in South Bend
becoming an important factor in the
firm. Then the business progressed