Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-17
Reclamation System Big
Factor in Reducing Costs

10 DO able to rescue thousands OF
IONS OF iron, steel, lumber, paper
ana otner material, which commonly
lelerred to as waste or scrap
ana reclaim it financially, is one OF
ue problems of all industrial plants
ioday Such reclamation work Is q
actor In keeping down costs of the
tnished product.
IN large corporation such as
pOuge Brothers, Inc, this rescue of
lem. fio0
Under a highly efficient system
VERY piece of discard metal, lumber
saa paper, that cannot be utilized in
sGMe manner in the corporation s
pan. again, Is collected and segre-
sa'eo IN bins and ultimately finds
~ way back to its point of origin
~ 10 used again in the manufacture
" new material.
N the salvage Of lumber alone the
tS.o'ess used by Dodge Brothers,
.ac, Is one Of the marvels of indus
t." ai .le today, millions of board
sNar VI lumber being reclaimed an
~ making a saving Of hundreds
thousands of dollars.
according to reports of the corpo-
n ', I'M, tnere was sold from the plant
En naa waste material totaling ST.
! s r,o.' Scrap iron, steel and non
iles. ioi III 'he oulK OF sucn
an amount nearly equal to this
Lns. saved In retaining various
,b thus OF material for further use In
WV. pant Prices of this socalled
Inn , y. material ranged from $500 q
ON of low grade iron scrap to ST.
con,o. Ton Tor metal having a tin
,, 81 highly systematized is the SAL
In department. of Dodge Brothers
,css s nat the greater portion of its
morp iron, steel and paper may
min. olrect from the plant to the
Nsr' 10, aor consumption without fur
on sae largest item In this salvage
Inn a'i IN is the collection of cast
stee, .SSorings, turnings, Hastings,
metals neet clippings and non-ferrous
e, HI1oflngs coming mainly from the
swsnt department are carefully
CHM up from beneath each ma
tIacss AFTER each shift of workmen,
ID nv IN small steel cars and taken
ID ais Ior future delivery, or hoist
FOR i n. into railroad freight cars
Graz lieolate shipment to furnaces.
trlp,n quantities of turnings and
a. lungs, resultipo <,.o,, ,.b,i--
nacbine sings and making screw
sect ~ parts, are transferred d.
,rs ,r W huge crushers where they
tumee.sS9 into fine parts and then
asnt INTO freight cars for move
Tin ~, " the consuming mills. Under
IRE llod Of crushing, freight cars
he olS oeo to 40 to so tons. Under
BE- oh t ,,,iethod no such tonnage could
II frs,.Sueo and thus a huge saving
6rothasht charges is made. Dodge
VI turnings. W "a 'nese crushers
such handling the non-ferrous scrap
meta, as brass, copper and Rabbit
sral extreme care 20 u ,sa Daoo nv
Pans f nn, IN collecting 1t from the
scrap :, unaer the machines. This
and hs,s segregated in steel drums
narke. eiu until such time as the
N a fa,. conditions warrant its sale
and box IA the salvaging Of lumber
|; BrothevrAae particularly, that Dodge
Npants = me- have surpassed other
Hone q ~ the reclamation of boxes
tundrslsS saving which totals several
sanuaIIv or thousands of dollars
living q, made. All boxes ar
srs turnss the plant from suppliers
Who, w neu over to a crew of men.
srinder In the aid of portable
other =, erase all stenciling and
i markings. These boxes then