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i « TH< • SANI> rr-n •*!?■» r.*.rk!cj
A • :r."< -n.ru- an! day
.• A
jji . t for our *l. i Mo- than ?: -
jj PS.MC worth of nif material m ;•■ »r ccr
i tract to til* Bethlehem ;-••• w .rv», . !r ..»
*tv ftimsc* arv k' i'' ro :ring for th*
T twenty-four ; -In ' >'«•»■ '• •>'• rb»y ur<»
I not in full oj*t.'*•■>», for they «*rr.-
\ ploy or: prlvat ' or.*: * - tr.-l government
i work ta»etber n- ir'.y 4.'" m«;■
Pr«i!der:t Li..«.-m. it ~j 0 » •;. .
» great company. i- ,n Wa-' much of
* tee ttme in com illation v. sh the ..urharl
j tits a* tire cap»'ol. at th. Mr department
} serf at th*■ navy .J :n»-n:. whiie (U'u
» era! Manager Hay re keep* hi* eye or the
•"T latS 1 hammers art! pr* -•■«* arid the enor-
I mw* lathe; which are poun<ling and
i «|»ce*>r.g a:-»l cut- t:g the mgne- if
| »ar Into «hap-
F«ir army and navy offici i-* arc- Cott
le nactly «ttperirttnd!:!g the work for the
- garnnme-t. testing it and approving it
befor* It if accepted and paid for. Capt,
J. Walker B> nnet Is in charge of tli> armv
' Mptetton. and Lieut. VV. M. Irwin of the
laflpeetion for th* navy. .
While they are on contract* 'or the gov
•rMert, the Bethlehem works are |.r ><>
Ucally part of the army and navy t *tnb
ln*mrnt In fact, the government could
trite tb*m in any gr.-at emergency and
operate them entirely for it* own b'enettt.
When the controversy «v.-r the price of
afIMT plate arose in congre**, thi wis
•Iterated hy tome radical memi>er*, hut
U Was never considered <*>r!ou*ly. Oniy
a »*r emergen-y would warrant the gov
tnWHrt In taking po-sesvion of the- p.anl.
Bat precautions aro taken that It sh.ti!
aot be open to general lnsi»cction. and it
some diplomacy to obtain from
! o*lre of the president 0r..„ of the y.
\tm allp« of paper ad.'nittini; to the
•arto Without pas.. > u would U
nappml hy ort- of :ho w-itchm-n and
iswi away. A h:*-;ij hoard fenee >ur
rounris th- wor!:.*, md at ev- ■ v- era re .;•< ,
■aa In a box-houve t > see that no atra;i
--i far* without permission from th? 1 author
iocs «t«r the gr iumij. Watchmen truard
Uw shops alio, and they punch h iitu hi
| yaar pass to show thi I h • h.«,n m, ij
i On yellow ulip No planed by Fto!)»-rr
| T. Ltotferman. president. I v.ent through
I t the. treat 'hop- and wut hed every
Ik* the operation of ni k!:i« one >f th.:
* fHmt *uns which ire to keep forciKti bat
tl«»hi!« at a reapcctful distance fr x our
t iov>\ hi tin • of v. a;
TWs j>a-s (.
Wf BETH!.Kit KM U:ON rOMPANT,
Srmth 15- ;htiMi«-in, J'.»
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§ ffei? Irs Wo## ffigbf w toy f|e
ielteleu ire# Works.
Is someti-.fnp. beyend Tt wa«
not so many year* airo that v.e had to
get our casting-- from •broad, and in t>m»?
of war without the great Pennsylvania.
fi"'l work.' which now supply thi> mate
rial, we nhotiid be unable to ko en wMh
the preparation of ; • r. y <.r jr «r. • V
is the more serin*-'* In vN-w Of the f,< t
that the gr» at gun must lie rebuiir
after 3>m «o«l is us«-b** after U*j or
S>»o hav® t»eiv tired.
The armor (.ianr of the Eethlehem
work« alone c<>*t H.'** 1 **' The whole
work- are worth m.re tnan twice that
sum; and thi-* etfermcus, co*tly plant is
at the service of the at any
time.
There !s rot mu n that plcturesqu'" l
at>out the exterior of a great gun
There are groi.p- : f buildings—the loi:.« «t
of them I.3V> f.-et—co-il begrimed, of ttio
simplest type of architecture, and sur
mounted by tall chimney*, from some of
which tire and -rook ' are pouring. The
building* a' Bethlehem if put » nd to end
would -tretch out for nearly »hr-e m l
and the grounds around them -,re mo:.'
than a nsile l<«i;g. The works or. a
bluff overlooking tlie river. them
run the ira kn of the Lehigh Valley jaii
road. and the Bethlehem iron works i- a
regular station on that ruad, a town of
Itself.
Between the buildings is a network of
tracks corn-cting with the railroad cotn-
t'-. < T * ;r• k:* • * ■-
«i l?n. Mh ',.. - . u
*»> ! >1 ian tvf> »i-! crrf from i\ :
• > :h»> |>>i r «h t: i
■ . ' I i':i" pi -diii tof -it *> -»* •
'«»>»' ftvrn th<> ttnf- !>u'jr «ho;» '
t!« - *i. .«* «> A». ! C ti «
a n ir: ow-jfi sj*t» r . u • i
dummy <i;s!P(> :\v.; ;> -■
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are ,-f d> t r pWit# ct n»
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TTTE SEATTLE POST-IXTELLIGEXCER. SUNDAY, MARCII 13. 1 P9B.
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the f jr : .ir• t!.-• fort-- i. jg rid f'.i
v ttJ." r :?n e .;• r■. • f <■ of
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r I'. • " h m-:- r
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x-y. Ko- : ir y<*r» *t *! »ui :.a
UMiMkL it ■* a3 tin u.M it Jirrtfi tui
rr.r- '-.inrry ?n rhe other tciildirg*. firm
as the four.ilations ire. and drox-c the
*... o'< - of the gr*..t uu'n Vat he* an inch deep
i < ; ugh >'< «•?.
Tli re r In * bnlM
- >' i art •» ' -a
• \ ■ •••;: in -t
w f k :i • • t: :n .Hi »> tkn>»
1 !y pr- >;rv .n«! r.ot h\ blow*. Th«*
' •• th«-m Mtrti* a per ---
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' : ' • * l-Jt IT. - • R«jr<»w%•» of -ii
i •u< 'fig ro m. vi'-re moi'-n m» lat
w • • r •' irK- fr .;n f'lrn.i■■>>«
_ - > 5 ani giowing. in th*
m
fng tot the gr< • coast de&me p-m*
!• ff >rv. VV! :tw< rth
i by th* flu Id f diis.-j
--» - V, h • Wh twor:n cp*m
! •- 1 -;»rn f~r>rn your
I - ii '• "■ 'ju on y hv»w
• t ' .i - TO- - . \b*
|x>« J (I g aj
It to the ir.olu* in pit b*-l w tho
building f.oor.
Thd furnaces are at the *on of rh 11
"T H J pie. » • „>
' ' s -■ i I I'k ' w .1, 1 y I ;|,
'<■ nr- liiiiiilk'.ET. It !• a lor.? building,
din:!-.- 1 At. d. ! kvi :;t f-oul ■' r:, ?;J
fhowt-rs dust and -'>ot on you n* you ent» r
it. Working about a steel fnrr t !*• a
mi '!?>' business, and the ga«es from or ;!
and m- lal make is a .-uflforatlug business,
t<>».
Ye i '-an lo k into 1h« furnare* where
th»* .-!!•• ! is melting through little hole*.
Lii' _v i rr-j-t look through blue glass If
you *ot:!d u ivi» your ey«s from a glaro
rr.c brilliant thin the fun. Through this
Kbt - \o.i lo k on a sea of violet Whit*,
dauUngly brilliant to =-tT;i_r and spurting
a• o-f the furnae-e .l.jm. This «• i}* i,e
--i! 'K» r.ii.std «low ly to a temp* .t'-.rw of 2 >T'j
Fahrenheit. V.'h- n it ha* reach 1
this point and a little ha> bten diawn off
and tested ehemieally, the mouth of the
f.rr.-f !» op and. ft .wing hk a nv.
Ing flame, sending showers of «pjtks la
all <!ir<- 'Ion• the me'al runa down into a
"lad!" " This laille !- so named from the
off:. it p- r' "•i . I,"3? I'. g.-r:. r . jpj :r
--a».-e I i- unlike any ladle y. u have ever
f-*n. It 15 a *ank about seven fee? t. Abe
with an owning at tie top and. i •;♦!. the
Indie of MuSriktM use at=d fame, gf) Ope
i--g .* the bottom. This tank rur.s on
v. h« -I- "of I on traeks w h'« h are laid
on each side of the casting pit. It hold*
tii.- ry t--n« of molten metal.
When th A ladle is full, it Is run down
! • tr.« k t'» the iilaro wh< rf tiie rr >!d l.«
1 g rradv. Men walkir g at each *ld*.
pry v»kh crowbar* of iron under the
\vh< 1«, k< p'rtf ;» .i r .pe. »ful d!«tmc«
f: :n t .-uperheat'-d tank. In t» .« w»v
is pus i 1 al -nr and the or.iw
-1 r- block «ne wh- l» wh 1 tr nt l«
Ju " .'!>ove tie np»nitt«f -i '.'ic «*ai*i.'r:g bos
int -.i d t" r- • e ;■ " I is. Then a
r: in -• »ndSnj» t • side th-* ladle f:m. an
v• r. • : wht- 1 -Ike 'h- t : : t's v.or a
s?. ! . tn nje of Ir ' tnd j nm! -e*. ar.d
v -r .ut a 1 ami th- tilok t, ' lets - T *m
I from th*- I-often) of the ladle into
\ ; v fc'-iow-r- of fly 'on it
and play cbotit *h«- men w : > are wi' hlr.g
! t't -w. T')■ *• k like an ex l .;, ram of
«•• t.r.-worK." *? y eanno: be
n ;* rou for the m> n fn • *'• <,n
w • flir.ohirc. Tv- r • -- but thi pilot's
fii ,i or. the top i ' t v .i es
cry H h f d z*-n v iee*. and
t! p-.-oi i u! w to- h. :m «*ytarbo«rd. and
lU: i?ow i>l jr. al £■:• ,8. i:i the opvi.lng
a: t>.> • p of c bcx the moi.il,
glow.: x sri}'. with its temperature only
•s- • an when it came from
th * t.;r: u-v tossing and throwing its
tiny waves upward, us though seeking to
The .is'Snsf box mnurfM on wheels,
W' 1 :ch run on ar. ther tr-u k laid in the pit.
Down -h s track it 1s rolled until ;t
rea hes a hydraulic pws. The plunger
of ■ press is "sert- lin the top of th®
box, the l-d of the pr« -s is moved up from
IK" W srah-r enormous jres<jre. and the
gr at u.urot is compressed while ilnmhic
g. s 1 ur- s from the sides of the moid, in
E-gland t!ie pres glir ,» vl t this o: the
process is applied from above.
This < nrrvpr ion n< k-■ J the lump of
horn f£"fore tii«' hydraulic
j<r- v. ; u« -I t" per out. of every Inftot
lull to h" . ;;t i ft' from th top. bet ails'"
tli.it par w.i- porou Now only a sm.ill
s üb, or linking ) <\i<l. Is left at the top.
and that, with the p.ece < it from th'*
b«>ttom of the Ingot to r-mjve Impurities
which ma v hav • stried in the mold. 1?
r more than 13 per rent, of the whole
casting.
The tnent Is Iff: In the press for *m«
time uf'ir the «i« t have ceased to •»-
cape. Then It 1« t <kn otrshb- tii»- furnace
room. j«n<J two day lat-r th»* mold is brok
en aw ay, t!-.e ii; ri» r atket adhering to thf
metal. This jacket Is removed In -i great
lath«*. ani th> defective p< r r of ' e
1« - ut Now It Is rf.'dy to h. made
lr:to a 'ub<- for a preat gun.
T. fir • «*ep In the f.-rtflng L* t . make a
hob in the st».el Sometimes
lb. - »o!t- i- l>ore.l on a lathe. The«« gun
lathes ar.? enormous machines There 1«
, - j' \va'trvllet arsenal which w- Igl.s
Tr.- proc' v : f "rutting a
h • thru srh the ine.-it <• >.u «s m'» h Blow
er, how -r. iii in punching a h >ie through
the h t met I. and. *hough cutting Is pre.
f. ■ r ! v. 1 u the works are running ur.d r
prfs-»ur.. a - they now are. the ingots are
u.-a l!y v inched out.
A e-< i- crnn- f-fliiM Jown the «hop and
pi V - up tie -" ton castlne with wiut
v • . i •• of ■ \ ra • tonv*.
Th!- cr in run- on an elevated traf k.
j uj> ard down and across the shop
, * :• r : of -n engineer, who
n • ; it the top r»f th' t st hi -
n<: tr ' • * ti It. At the movement
• ' h -r !■ r»i • -h - way or that, or it
•; .; < or h iters tf • clamp* w ' h hang
. r- ( j, j {um It rv3 eh iln whose link a
rI- It w >rks :■ ie ■ , and
,y ■ ■ » .. I--.- «;nd dr'-ds-e
"■ir, tl <» up h *<« and
1. •• -et« at i whnrf and drae* them in'o
•M hi • f a 1. T!i» pound?
•si.» 1 h ha* g hetwe-'n t • J.IWB of Its damp
• it »p| r :tl a• a h.'o; kof
w< ...J I' pi; k.* ttp the gre*t easting and
; ,:s !t down on a c tr, wr : a 'arrhs It to
' r- r- mi. There • m.>.-.«srel is
j -r< gh it. and It 5s hoisted by an
' *' r- m .u t' i r t
tho f-r:.-cf. A., it scr.ys the ma a
dr»'—n !onc\ straight shaft of m^talMs
tilted until th® castin.c slides off tfce efld
and settles on the bottom of the furnace.
"Hut* you tuny see 1t and other great
hot-:-* st.ir.jtnjf - de by side, sotne black.
.«< r » • ,1 „ me glowing whit® with thar
furnace heat.
the '.t!■>(; ha* reached the tem-
P -.itt:' •> for f :<inc, the or.)ne lowers the
ir«".Jr»l into :!»•> furnace, drops it into
' '•"» the i«ting and tilt** it until
the cast-- - rests on i: horizontally. Then
It :s if't'li from the furnace, swung out
v »rd and i- n down the room to one of the
great :ivdrau!io presses. This press is
some: me* cr>.'!>>d i "hugger." I believe,
though t pits .ird squeezes th® metal
rather than lines it.
The prt ss.v, Ij a the forging of gun
tube-. have I pressure of A»> to S.WTO tons.
There is an immense frame, of steel, with*
in : a plate and above hat .% plunger
w h works l>y hydraulic pressure. A
cr. ssb.ir at the end of this plunger covers
the br- ulth . r "le open space between th®
snopovfng pillars oi the press. A ilttle
army fni ri guides "he mandrel on which
t'o» t-asMng hangs Hydraulic lif:« hold it
• i r • turn It over auJ move it lack
ward md fsrwnrd on the bedplate. As it
u ■ ves ■ d turns the plunger goes up nnd
down. and the cfssbar kneads it and pats
it and .squeeze* it just as you might pat
and stjueeae and moid with your fingers e
pi' e of dough. The great white mass
tadites h. at w in-a is not altogether un
• ittful on a midwinter day, though I am
!' P -.d to -ty that I should like It
»» to m evi.n with the thermometer
a: z> ro. In the summer the men who
-unto the end of the mandrel and the man
w:ii» scripts the scale from the ma« with
a flat-ended poker as it goes through th®
press must lead lives of great suffering.
Near the furnaces in the minimer monttap
the luat is som« thing awful. and meh
w. rk stripped to their waists, bathed oon
antly in the;r own sweat.
As j, u watch the kneading process go
itß on under the press you see that ths
■ ii.e s growing thinner and l.trger and
longer. The pleasure trom atjove expands
it at the sides, md as it turns around afife
around it is expanded at every point unm
:he> trained ey® of tho workman sees tlm!
it is of the right Shape tor the f«fiop. Then,
it is lifted from the prvs*, still on
mandrel, and carried by ono of th® ov4r»
»ad cranes to a furnace, where it Ig.
heated until It is of a
right temperature is recogrUed by ths
color. When that Is reached, th® tub® is
ht -ted utit of the furnace and plunged
into a bubbling tank of oil. After that It
H put into an annealing furnace, where* - *
tir, of w. , H1 completqp the process'of
tempering it. The Importance this
process M very great. for if the govern*
ment inspectors, who test bars from cast
inns. find thht it is below the htgh govern
ment standard, it is rejected, and that
meatis a loss of several thousand dollars
to the makers.
The forglngs for the ten and twelve-Inch
guns are delivered nt the WstervUet ar
st nal In the rough. There are eleven
forging* for a twelve-inch gun. They
ramje in weight rom the trunnipn
which weighs 5.0«H» pounds, to th® tubs
.md jacket, which weigh more than 32,000
jnninds each. The aggregate weight of
the eleven pieces is 137.0U0 pounds, luid the
completed Run weighs 11tt.500 pounds,
about. 15 per cent, of the rough weight
}>ein< removed in the machine shops.
Tiie sixtf. ti-itn-h gun, foo, will be as
setnbled at Watervlict. but the assembling
of the smaller guns is done h*re. Euch
pece is turned and bored down the
proper dimensions on the big lath* The
ia -ket and hoops ar»* shrunk on the t»W.
They are heated, and .the tube..held aloft'
bv one cf the great cranes. Is lowered
within. When the jacket, or hoop, oools,,
it contracts and holds th® tubo In a grip"
whieh nothing can reiejkbe. Hy th® \
i ■ nktam of tiie ths tui*
ihe hoops <m the lat k.'t 'hulltt \
up." Modern guns tire known sa "btiilt'
up" Cxi -. and they have u resiatatu* that,
dt earned c..f In the days of the
civil ware though «. f*jy built tio gum
w> !.• :r • ( ',hnt time.'Xgrhs Isrgsft of
early mai'e u'|>"gi;r.s built of
<ast iron reinforced with wrowiht Iron.
It w Ighed tW'lvo 1 tons, and its o&«t > wss
$l .VH).
Tii- making of the breech mechanism li v
r eompll ated undertaking, so Is
"ff-lMlrif nf tiir disnopearlng carriage.
All these have Wen much simplified In re
e«'nt years, however, aßd th® gun which
once roi k xor seven months In building
•an row ho turned out ready for service
In one-third of that time.
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ed wharves; ether w *»«r frofct
propertyi a Urge amount of tld«
lards; building iota between Rail
r ad avenue and Western avenue:
buain«'K* property upun First *»•-
cue. First avenue south. Second
itr.d Tnlrd avenues and Yesler way;'
four business blocks; a number of
beaut.fui res leneea on Denny hillj
% n r* home in Qu«ti Anne; re*4-
d r hi o'her parts of the city:
and l.r*e and choice list of real-
property. We handle only
porter' tPie*. Examina our Hat
b fore buying elsewhere.
Room 23
Dexter Norton 6 Co.'s
b*irik Building.
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