Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-11-29
BUREAU TOURS
CL0Sz PLANT
Manufacturers Bureau of
the Chamber of Com
merce Pays Visit
to Sieve Factory.
ARE TAKEN THROUGH
Operations Described Out
put is Used the World
Over.
(CONTRIBUTED.)

Unfortunately the manufacturers bu
reau of the Chamber of Commerce sc
lected a bad day for their initial tour o
Webster City manufacturing plants. a
was evident by the inability OF so man!
EpusineSS men to get away from thei
places just the day before Thanksgiy
ing. The next date will be selected
with more care and the bureau antici
pates good sized bunch will be ont.
The trip to the Chas. ClOsZ plant wa:
made on schedule and some fifteen bus.
men succeeded in pulling away from
their places of business for an hour t(
see what was really going on in oul
little city. They were truly surprised
at the splendidly equipped and vel
managed arrangement of this plant
Every man expressed himself as wei
pleased with the venture and anxious
ly inquired rs to when the next tr!
would be made.
When the men arrived at the plant
they found Mr.. Closz and his genial
superintendent, Nh Will Campbell
awaiting them. Immediately the III
spection began under their guidance
BY the way, Mr.. Campbell has beer
with Mr. Closz only about a year, com
ing from the GarrScot threShing ma
chine company works where he held a
position of similar responsibility. We
wish to compliment Mr.. Clossz upon
being able to bring this worthy and
capable gentleman to our city and to
hisiplant. 1t took but Il glance to dis
cover that the old time system of the
plant had been replaced by new or
der of things that has made for the
betterment of all concerned, w0rkmen
and employer alike.
Through the Plant.
We were first conducted to the lunl-
ber sheds where the frame materials
are kept while in rough stock. Next
we entered the main building and the
first machine to come in contact with
was Il little lathe which pulled the
wire from the coils, Strengthened out
the kinks and cut it into proper
lengths for the various sized sicveS and
chaffers. Then the wire passed
through another machine that nicely
"cranked' the end ready to be replaced
in the frame work.
From this room we passed into the
next, and on the way we passed the
big new time clock, which Mr.. Camp
bell demonStra ted Then came the
sheet metal stock room with its tons
of various sized sheets neatly placed
in pockets, each size by itself. The
various opera tions from here Oh would
require book for description, SO we
will just hurriedly pass each.
There were the shears, the crimpcrS.
the creasers, the big rolls through
which these sheets of metal pass in
for whatever use they are
to be put. The die maker in his sep
arate room was engaged in making up
q set of No-Choke Oat dies. The old
time punches We're busy cutting out the
Not Choke wheat sicvcS.
The frame stuff was shown in the
rough boards. Its first experience was
in the saw room where two men were
slicing these big boards into narrow
strips. just the right size. From here
they go to the work room where they
are cut into proper lengths, mitred.
matched. fitted. holes bored
for reception of wires. ready for metal
corners. then the wires are placed in
position and the metal Stats slipped on
to the big automatic screw machine
where the operator is able To sink the
couple of men are still using the old
style soldering machines with which
IN faSten the Stats TO the wires and in
addition couple of new electric weld
ing machines have been installed, thus
doing away with the solder and making
the Stats fast in only II fraction of the
line formerly required.
Referring to Stats compeliS us to
turn back few notchCS with this
story. These Stats are first just plain
pieces of metal: they are passed
Il couple of machines and the
ips are formed holes punched and the
Stats formed ready TO be placed on the
wires referred To before. We noticed
that Il number of the hig presses were