Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-10-05
MURRAY PLANT IS
BEING ENLARGED
OLDEST OF BUILDINGS is
BEING REMOVED THIS
FALL

The Oldest of the Murray Manu-
featuring company's shop buildings
is being removed this fall, the one
which faces Third street and in its
place modern structure is to be
erectly Immediately.
"This is an old frame building
which was put up about 1874 after the
fire which destroyed the shops at
that time" is the statement made pub
lie by the concern.
"As the demand for Murray pro-
ducts gEew, 1t became necessary to
have more room for equipment, and
the large building at the corner of
Third and Fulton streets was erected.
Some years later, still further space
was required, and the steel and brick
building to the west of these two
buildings was then put up.
New Shop
''The' new shop to be erected in
place of the building now being torn
down, will be of steel and brick con-
struction, with the most modern light
ing. and the best possible facilities
for handling work. The new part is
to be 5Sx22S feet and about 4S feet
high. Two tracks from the C. M. 4
st. Paul railroad siding on the prop
erty will enter the shop building, so
that freight can be unloaded and load
ed under cover.
"A ten-ton travelling crane, of the
most modern design, will span the
entire width of this building, and will
travel the whole length of il, includ-
ing the space over the car tracks, so
that the loading and unloading or
heavy machinery will be q very sim
pie matter.
/ "The heavy machine tool equip
ment. which requires the services of
the crane, will be placed in the new
building. The company is putting in
considerable amount of new equip
ment, among other things. the largest
boring mill north of Milwaukee. This
machine will handle pulleys or any
slmilad work up to twelve feet six
inches In diameter, and can be block
ed up to take work seventy-two inch
es high. The weight of this boring
mill is 10000 pounds.
THE company has also purchased
an open side planer, of the most mod
ern design, which will plane surfaces
sixteen feet long and eightty-four
inches wide. 1t will take castings
sixty Inches high, and, on account or
its open side construction, awkward
pieces, which could not be machined
on the older type of planers, can be
handled with ease. This planer is
equipped with reversing motor drive,
so that no belts are necessary. In
TACT, nearly all of the tools in the
new show will be motor driven.
THE contract for the fabrication OF
the steel work was let to the Wausau
Iron Works, and the general contract
for the erection of the building TO the
Wisconsin Engineering and Construc-
tion company. An effort was made to
keep all of the work in Wausau, ana
this was done as far as it was posi-
BILE
In spite Of the difficulties In obtain
ing materials, especially steel, due to
the very bad conditions which have
existed this summer, the Wisconsin
Engineering and Construction compa-
ny is going at the work in their usuai
energetic manner. and expect to have
the building housed in before now
flies.
"The ID. j. Murray Manufacturing
company anticipates a period OF bet
ter business, and will be in excellent
shape to take care OF large or small
orders for saw mill and paper mill
machinery"