The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-10-08

tanned in the following figures given
out by II. S. Vance, in charge of the af-
fair: 10000 bags each of peanuts, can
dy and popcorn; $4,000 rolls; 1850
loaves of bread; 10000 dOughnuts
10000 ice cream cones; 500 gallons of
ice cream; 10000 pounds of roast beef;
besides pork and sausage; 1900 water
melons; 1000 cases of soft drinks,
500 pounds of coffee, 200 gallons of
cream and 1900 pounds of sugar.
In the evening dinner to the guests
who attended the affair was given in
the main plant dining room, with 800
present. President Erskine was toast
master and the Rev. John Cavanaugh
Of Holy Cross College, of BroOkland,
ID. c., the principal speaker.
| The new plant represents the largest
piece of automobile factory contsruc-
ton within the past twelve months.
They are also noteworthy in the unu-
sual speed that was shown in their
erection. Ground was broken on March
10, 1919, and today, fifteen months
later, the plants are in full operation.
| Experts who went through the new
| plants referred to them as models In
! construction from the standpoint of
/ efficiency in motor car production and
the ideal conditions provided for the
workers.
The buildings completed have total
floor space of 1,2O6,799 square feet. In
their erection and equipment 8,77S,297
pounds of reinforced and structural
steel were used; 100000 feet of lum.
Der; 60,883 cubic yards of concrete:
1881 square feet of glass; 100000
brick; 100000 barrels of cement 155
miles of electric wiring; 6,64O feet of
water mains; 3,0S1 feet of tunnels for
carrying steam, water and electrical
transmission lines to and between the
various buildings; $1,000 feet of sur
face feet of railroad and 1,52S feet OF
depressed track for handling material.
The method of assembling cars in
the final assembling building is the
last word in efficiency. In connection
with the remarkable conveyor system
in operation, materials stored on upper
floors are dropped to each station
along the assembly line, piece by piece
in the number required for each indi-
vidual car. This system no only in
creases the speed with which cars may
be assembled, but reduces the cost and
confusion of moving stock to a mini
mum.
Another instance of the efficiency
that obtains in the new plant is in the
sub-assembly building, which has an
interior bay open to the roof. This bay
is covered with glass skylight and |
is equipped with crane service and /
landing balconies on all floors for |
the quick and economical handling of '
materials. The bay also has a depress- :,
ed unloading track with accommoda-
tons for ten freight cars
Some idea of the huge proportions
of the new plant may be had from tn,
following dimensions of some of the
larger buildings; sub-assembly 192x
52S feet; stamping department 1S3x
52S feet; machine shop, 425x576 feet
and forge shop, 161x742 feet
The buildings are equipped with
twelve freight elevators, four passen-
ger elevators, and "a travelling cranes
A power house, with eight 30O-horse-
power boilers, fired by mechanical
stokers, furnishes heat to all the build
ings through a double system of d.
rect and indirect heating, and also sup
plies steam for the operation of forg-
ing hammers and other mechanical
equipment.
The new Light-Six is being produced
in three body styles, the five passenger
car, the sedan. and the landau
roadster. Now that the new plant is Of
ficially opened. Studebaker officials