Arizona republican., 1920-02-01
NEW PLANT FOR
 HARMON EARLY
 READY FOR USE

F. The number three plant of Nordyke l (, Marmon comp pany the second great | addition to the Indianapolis factory within two years, is rapidly nearing completion. The main portions of this | last addition, the S00-foot final assem- 1 bly, building one-story high. is finished ! and now in operation. The largest building of the new addition, the body 1 plant, five-story Structure, concrete, 1 coo feet long, is in the last stages of | construction and will also be ready for l prcdUctio nwork before long. The large | new power plant and the woodworking plant are also we'll under way and 1920 will find the big Indianapolis motor car factory with two huge new plants turn l ing out a vastly increased output of | quality motor cars.
 I Plant number two which was built during the war for the production of airplane motors for the government, won the governments champion liber- ty motor builders pennant. It is now the machine shop and devoted entirely to the productio of Marmon 34 motors and chassis This great plant of steel. concrete and brick, approximately 500 feet square and one story high. is laid cut in the approved modern style for pTogressis production. The raw mate rial flows into huge receiving and in- spection rooms and is carried forward 1 to it's respective machine shop depart ment, where it is worked into shape by an endless array of brand-new, mod ern machine tools equipped to work 1 to the very closest of limits, which be- fcre the war were considered good lab oTaSory methods, but impractical in quantity production.
 | The new series Marmon 34. exhibited for the first time in Space A24, Grand N Central Palace, is therefore a new prod l ucl built in a brand-new plant with rev machine tools by an organization
 
 i at ting war motor contract. The work ms. .nship of the new engine, it's remark able finish and accurate parts. reflects l theperfection of the new plant, it's methods and standards. and the ex- traordinary production skill of this or ganiZation.
 Speaking of the company's expansion program and the building of the third factory, Walter C. Marmon. president l of the Nordyke & Marmon company, said: ''The move was necessitated by our increased facilities which we had taken over from the government. When we finally took mental inventory we found we had large machine shop faci1i- ties, but not sufficient body and wood working facilities. These had to be fur nished, or we would be in the position of having an unbalanced plant. This, and the fact that the officers of the plat felt it a splendid time to insure our position for the future to enable us to occupy that position in the automohae industry which we appeared destined Ito fill. imS-slled us to add the third plant and to undertake greatly increased pro- duction.
 "The fact that there is shortage of more than two million motor cars in the country is sufficient guarantee for tEe increased production we and other motor car makers have undertaken. From early 1917 until the spring of 1919 the automobile industry was busy on war work. The country's normal yearly demand for a million and a half cars was not half filled. Consequently even the 2,200.00O cars which are pro- posed for 1920 will probably fail to meet present requirements and it may b.. well into 1921 before the industry catches up with the shortage. The fact that the country will spend a billion dollars on roads in the near future shows that these cars are demanded to meet an economic demand, for they will perform a transportation service our railroads, traction and trolley lines can not meet at present."
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