Show KROPPATPITTSBORG Tlie Great Gunmaker May Plant His Works in America THE BIDS FOR THE NEW CRUISERS The Election of JIataafa as Kins of Samoa Wlssman Defeats Busblrls Independent Independ-ent Republicans of Virginia Special to THE HEIIALD Examiner Dispatch PiTTSiiuuo Oct 25Last evening tho ClirontcUTelcorph said Herr Krupp the great gunmaker of Essen Germany is strongly considering the advisability of coming to this city and building a plant after the model of his great factory in the Rhenish provinces Several representatives represent-atives of the famous gunmaker have beeu in the city during the last month or so gathering gather-ing all kinds of information which would warrant such a plant One of these said There are a good many reasons why my master wishes to remove his plant to this city First is the fact that Europe may at any time become the scene of a great war Of course in such a case Krupp would have to stand by his fatherland and from patriotic pa-triotic considerations ho would manufacture manu-facture guns for Germany alone Now as alt the world knows Krupp makes more guns than any other firm in the world If therefore our plant were established in a neutral country wo could furnish our guns to any power but apart from that the natural advantages of Western Pennsylvania are so tempting and their value has been so conclusively shown to Herr Knapp that he is favorably inclined in-clined to a removal But you do not mean to say that ho is going to remove his entire plant bag and baggage into this country Yes I do Do not forget that Knipp Is a young man Sincd his father died the young man has developed all kinds of notions no-tions and he will not stop until they have materialized I know that a syndicate has offered him 100000000 francs for his plant in Essen and whether or not he ever sells it would not affect his plans regarding Pitts burgWhat What kind of a plant is it proposed to erect beret Herr Krupp proposes to buy a tract of land large enough to hold his works and sufficient houses to accommodate all his employees a tract of five square miles I think is what he is figuring on at present We employ now about twenty thousand men in Essen The building of a complete town is Herr Krupps idea a town which is to bo modeled exactly after the Kronenberg colony of Krupp near Essen The advantages ot natural gas have como to the notice of my master and he has become be-come enthusiastic over the wonderfull fuel I have plans of the entire plant and town Where will you locate your works I am not at liberty to say that for obvious reasons I have options on the land all fixed and in such a shape that we could lay the foundation of our plant tomorrow However ono thing I will tell you it is less than twentyfive miles from Pittsburg and wthin easy access of railroads and rivers and close to the large and rich district dis-trict of natural gas |