Show I 1 S STUDEBAKER PLANT 0 1 J y 1 C A y ka t k r rY r s r Y S 1 T t It R. R chief thief executive tell t of lit i f tremendous work ork nr 1 in hu building gigantic new South Bend I end factory Th 4 ThA growth of oC the Ilio In Industries Of or the tho J United States in the past generation is Is' Is phenomenal and without precedent ent entIn t in lor tan great g history Many plants have o b been en and arc are being constructed over o the tho lan land especially In the tho si great cat central centra l west which have ha become a beehive o of or industrial activity Plants that were v modern ten or twenty j years c cars rs a ago o an and big nig- enough to fill fUI r requirements have o been either cither rebuilt on on enlarged an and improved as is much as physical conditions conditions condi condi- permitted to meet tho the new conditions conditions conditions condi condi- and n 1 greater requirements In the I automobile In industry th thO youngest o of or I all aJl enlargements have o been constant occurrences Practically cv er c cry l largo larg i manufacturer including Studebaker has Inac made mado annual additions to it il its I plants or erected new plants The principal buildings bUilding's of t no now new plant include an S OO horsepower pone power powerhouse house machine shop 2 feet subassembly and stock building building- 1000 81 foot toot four Cour stories foundry feet heat treating and spring department department depart depart- ment meat 1100 feet forgo shop l 19 feet sheet metal l press and stores building feet enamel and and sheet metal assembly building feet teet four Cour stories final assembly building build ing Inz- feet teet four stories clo closed close cd bod body plant 60 1100 feet four Cour stories and shipping and car storage e building SO feet four stories About 1200 new will wIn be required to op operate operate oper oper- rate r- r ate the plant which when completed complete will wm rt represent an n investment of about New Z machinery and equipment including In Including Including In- In cranes crane m magnets conc conveyors ors hoists and every Known mechanical appliance for the handling handling- of oC materials material are aro provided pro 1 In the tho new In plant thereby u. u I Lt Jou ana JO cost of or production A l pound 1000 drop rop hammer for forging crankshafts a t ear ear- press for Cor stamping Cram frames s and numerous machines costing costIng cost cost- In Ing from to each are included In tho the equipment some somo o of oC which aro are of oC special design b by Studebaker Stude Stude- baker bacr men meu Industrial railways s 's an and railway connections ns are arc amply pro vided Id d. d |