The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

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~ which the government has
1cpted sinco the World Wat.
~ no time since the Spanish
smerican war have the mxtnfac-
4nrfng operations ~ thus plant
II fGncaed 50 iDw an ebb. TnOse pro-
BY private industries through
lent the country during the late
var. naturally, left . large surplus
~ stores ON hand. sufiicienf to meet
Tie army, with its reduced strength,
" Tor some time, aAd. tor this reason
orders for the manufacture OF sup
plies have MT been given any Ut
the arsenals which would justify
thstr DanufaSturIng operations be-
ing carried on at the rate they nor
tnally would I've II such condition.
aid not exist.
While the manufacturing opera
Hons of this arsenal have been
greatly curtailed. those in connec-
Ion with field service. which COM
ssprlses the storing, transporting,
! maintaining ami issuing OF stores,
~ well as the receiving OF stores
turned in from the service and those
saiyaged, have not been proror-
tionately reduced. This function at
4 this arsenal is perforned By the
stores division. During the past
year This division received 355 car
loads Of material and shipped 1926
3 carloads. The tonnage handled ag-
gregated 79.070.s3S pounds. contain
\ ing 1919 shipments, comprising
1883 pieces. Fer a period imme-
! diately following the close OF the
war the shipments OF ordinance
from abandoned camps arrived in
!. such large quantities that the ar
Henals storage facilities, although
s6greatly increased during the war,
T. were still inadequate and, in con-
/, sequence. considerable. quantities
4 had TO be stored in the open. All
s mateIiel of a finished nature has,
during the past year, been placed
Z in covered storage, the issuing and
talvaging of materials having made
available the storage Of materiel
1t was desired to retain. In this
connection it may be stated that the
Z amount received from the sale of
ordnance and salvage material ag-
gregated. for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1922. $430,66144.
The output Of the shops compris-
ed the items OF ordnance customar-
lily manufactured but in greatly re-
duced amounts; such as arm racks,
arm lockers, chests of various
types. including carpenters and
saddlers' chests, complete; models
of gun carriages; power carts, trac-
tors, cartridge storage cases, dunn
my cartridges and numerous other
miscellaneous articles of ord
nance, the necessary wooden parts
Of which equipment constituted the
work Of the woodworking section,
the pattern work and the metal
h work In connection with the finish
Il ed article being performed either
by the foundry, the machine shop
or the equipment shop, as the case
might be.
Condition Ordnance.
d The work in the armory shops.
aside from the manufacture of 20
4 600 barrels for Cal. 80 u. s. ride,
model 1908. comprised the cleaning
and repairing OF small arms. In
other departments of the plant the
repairing and placing in service
able condition of ordnance turned
In from the service constituted one
bf the many shop activities.
At the beginning of the fiscal
/ year July l. 1921, the employees
+ numbered 2.25S and the amount
distursed for labor for the first
i month of the fiscal year aggregat-
4 Cd $263,066.93. At the close of the
sdscal year june 80. 1922. the num-
Dor employed was reduced to I.lS6,
SNithAa corresponding reduction in
the payroll for the month of July.
e1922, amounting to $l37,7SO.oS. The
average number of employees
throughout the year was 1855. with
! an average monthly expenditure to-
falling 500. 637.95.. On Nov. /, 1922.
the arsenafs force numbered SIS
and its payroll for the month pre-
seeding that date Appropriated
'$113.046.72.
for the fiscal period ending June !
~, 1922, was S4.o93,362 The total
amount of its payroll for this pc
.ytod was s2,43l $3.50. The total
amount OF its Remaining disburse-
ments, including material, etc, was
4I.64S.713.S9. The total arsenal dis
bursement for the period stated is
about cne-third OF the amount spent I
pr the same period the year pre-
vi0us.
In the construction OF roads and
sewers. repair and preservation OF
buildings, $42S929.19 was spent.
practically half of the amount of
the previous year for the same pur-
pQse. In connection with the con- !.
gtraction. repair and preservation
u bridges $35.923,S6 was disbursed,
and $1.72S.S1 was spent on the wa
TER power. dikes and dams, while
~ machinery and shop fixtures
F6S 1913 was expended. the latter
Amount being less than one-third
ll1e amount spent for similar pur-
pose for the corresponding period
he year previous.
strengthening Piers. :,
S Tho snount stated above as ex. {
ended for construction Of bridges
kominally covers that expended for S
!Ae maintenance OF the three bridges t
der the control of the ordnance '
apartment connecting the island 0
nth the neighboring cities OF Dav- '
npoft. Iowa, Rock Island and Mo- Z
-. III. The Rock island bridge,
Mich constitutes the main item Of '
~ expenditure mentioned above as y
Ditcable to bridges. is now rs /,
Fs old and, with the exception
j painting it with one coat Of paint il
! Intervals of i've years and one b