The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-23
.ALKAL| TURNS
IN 3,222 TONS OF
SCRAP METAL

The Michigan Alkali Company on
October o had turned in 800 tons or
scrap metal in. concentrated drive
staged by the company in association
with the Industrial Salvage Section OF
the Detroit office of WPB. In addition
20 tons of Industrial rubber have been
salvaged under the direction OF the
we'll organized scrap committees OF
these j. Ii. Ford family owned plants
ut WyandOtte.
From March /, 1912 TO October 8,
1912, the amount Of Michigan Alkali
scrap-including that from the Alpena
quarries-tOtals:
Cash iron, 40 tons; steel. 2,76o
tons: galvanized sheet. 21h tons;
rubber, 20 tons; copper 51a tons.
From January l until the middle OF
September. the Michigan Alkai turned
in an average of go tons of scrap per
month In the past three weeks, when
the concentrated drive began, over
1000 tons Of scrap metal have been
reported. The drive Is continuing, aud
estimates concerning the amount Of
iron and steel scrap still available
vary frOm.two thousand to four thou
sand additional tons.
The Michigan Alkali scrap drive ia
supervised by the following commit.
tee: Ford Ballantyne, Jr., Chairman;
A. ID. Harris, purchasing agent; W. W.
Taylor, foreman Of stores; Francis
Griffith. superintendent. north plant:
Milton Moore, superintendent. south
plant.
The scrap committee at the north
plant includes: Robert Smith. William
YOpS, James Lucier, Fred Harrington
and Earl Stieler.
The south plant scrap committee in
cludes George Watt, Walter Brigham,
Clifton Rice, Ellis SalliOtte and Art
Tucker.
The employees of the Alpena quar-.
ries of the Michigan Alkali Company
have brought in 34S tons Of scrap. la
addition, the Huron Portland Cement
Company has completed it's drive on
dormant scrap, and its employees are
continuing their efforts to swell the
weekly scrap figures.
The scrap committees at both north
and south plants have prepared mas
ter lists Of equipment to be sold or
strapped. Both plants are cOmbing the
nearly two miles of Detroit river front
age owned by the Michigan Alkali
Company for more scrap, and both
plants are finding it as the ton score
keeps mounting.
Plant and purchasing executives
have formed board Of review for
border line" cases. Just three ques-
tiOns are asked:
1. Can the metal or equipment be
used for necessary plant replacement
2. Can che metal or equipment be
used for necessary standby" pur-
poses?
g. Can some other manufacturer
use the equipment to advantage?
IL the answer is no." on all three
counts, the decision is, scrap it." In
normal times but small percentage
of this BOD tons would have reached
the scrap pile, and would have been
held by the company, as pipe and
tank equipment is constantly in de-
mand.
That the policy of the Michigan Al
kali Company is working is evidenced
by the wide variety of equipment
which has been scrapped. Listed
among the equipment strapped are the
following Cement kiln, steam shovels,
cone bOttOmed tanks used in calcium
chloride manufacture, Wickes vertical
waste heat boilers, caustic tanks, soda
ash packing machine. copper wire, rub
Der conveyOr belts, rubber gaskets, and
Westinghouse engines formerly used
on the boats OF the Wyandotte Trans.
portatiOn Company.