Show RISE OF A GREAT COMPANY FROM ANNUAL TRADE REVIEW MILWAUKEE SENTINEL F for the american of today few things have greater interest from whatever point of view than the rise and development of the mighty industrial enterprises upon which the prosperity of the country is now so largely dependent and particularly is this true of the great engineering companies whose work has been and always will remain constructive in its character not the accumulation of huge fortunes based upon speculative enterprises or the acquirement of monopolistic privileges in already well tilled fields but a reaching out into the unknown and laying hold upon the forces of nature to yoke and control them for the use of man the people of milwaukee may well take pride in the fact that such is the character of the work done by the allis chalmers company of this city whose creative and productive capacity is acknowledged today as among the foremost in the world manufacturing is conducted by this corn c 0 pany at six large plants located in mill auw designed and carefully constructed machin erly on the market this admirably equipped plant the allis chalmers co purchased and greatly enlarged and soon developed facilities for the manufacture and sale of electrical machinery second to none in the world the meaning of this becomes clear when one realizes that allis chalmers co also builds every type of prime mover steam turbines turbin cs reciprocating steam engines hydraulic turbines and gas engines putting it in a position to accomplish what no other company in existence can perform viz the construction of complete power equipments of every description with auxiliary electrical apparatus in one set of shops and in every detail and the highest possible efficiency 1 steam engines aggregating nearly COO horsepower have been built by the allis chalmers company these range in size from 30 to horsepower each and nu number m between and they are in IX five K W AC A C generators direct connected to hydraulic turbines kee chicago scranton and cincinnati these are capable of employing z about mefi men and the extensions at west allis now in progress will eventually result in the employment of at least men the large new plant at west allis milwaukee which Js is constructed throughout on the unit system is regarded as one of the model engineering works of the world both for design and equipment when allis chalmers co entered the electric field this was divided between two large companies through an agreement which practically eliminated all real competition in cincinnati however there was a smaller concern known as the bullock electric mfg mag co which restricted as to its output and sales by the dominating influence of the combine had for years been building electrical generating transforming and driving apparatus of all kinds in sizes ranging from the smallest to the largest and through installations in this and abroad had acquired a reputation for the most skillfully stalled in every quarter of the globe in the most important power plants the engines are of this build greater new york has the four largest power stations in america they are all equipped with allis chalmers engines as follows the new york railway company formerly the ithe metropolitan operating every surface car in new york city has at its ninety sixth street power house eleven engines aggregating gre gating about horsepower at the minimum rating the rapid transit company has seventeen engines aggregating more more than ho horsepower nine of which are in its fifty eighth street power house for operating the subway and eight at the manhattan station for operating the elevated roads in brooklyn the brooklyn rapid transit company has nineteen engines aggregating horsepower in chicago the metropolitan west wese side elevated railway company has eight allis chalmers engines aggregating horsepower and the south eide bide elevated railroad company has eight dilso also of these engines aggregating horsepower abroad the agines are operated in london glasgow dublin and other cities of great britain in france germany and austria in australia south africa the argentine republic chile and mexico in cuba in the sandwich islands island and in china A little over a year ago the allis chalm ers company entered the steam turbine field and its engineers have already made notable advances in hi the construction of power units of the tha rotary type among those now being installed I 1 is one of horsepower built for the brooklyn rapid transit company the introduction of the steam turbine and its rapidly increasing use has not however affected the sale of reciprocating engines which still have their district field field of operation tio n the allis chalmers companas comp anys steam pumping ping engines are commensurate in size and importance with lits its power station apparatus pa ratus the first high duty pumping engine of the triple expansion vertical type which has been adopted everywhere by other makers as the highest standard of construction was r originated by this company it was built for the milwaukee water works and has a capacity of gallons daily pumping engines of the same type made by this c company 0 ranging in capacity from to gallons per twenty four hours are now located in large centers of populations throughout the e united states at albany chicago detroit new orleans omaha pittsburg ack mckees eds port san antonio sacramento st louis washington and other leading cities besides this type of pumping machinery the company has developed pumps of odthe the centrifugal type of which a great number have been installed and are at present being installed in different parts of the country boston has nine of these engines new orleans nine and chicago four about thirty five are at present in various stages of construction st ruction in the companas comp anys works at west allis six of the largest of these pumps have a capacity of gallons per twenty four hours they are of the vertical shaft type and are operated by direct connected synchronous motors realizing the great advantages to be derived from the cevelo development ament of the natural water powers of this country the allis chal mers company put itself in a position to build hydraulic turbines and governors especially pec ally lallY designed to meet the requirements of any given case machines of the type furnished may be seen in ia operation at niagara falls where the force of the waters is converted into electrical electr icay energy for both american and canadian companies at shawinigan Sha winigan province of quebec canada Is another great hydraulic plant of like character the sum of the energy develop ed by turbines at the these se two pla places ces alone is equal to horsepower the allis chalmers company has acquired the american patents and is the sole li fl fencee for the eastern hemisphere for the nm aberg berg gas engine these engines are built in many sizes ranging from horsepower upward they operate with illuminating gas furnace gas or producer gas from alaska to cape horn from maine to california in australia south africa the mountains bordering russia in china in japan and in many of the countries of europe the mining machinery of the milwaukee company is the acknowledged standard of excellence the steam stamp now so generally used for crushing copper ores owes its development to the ingenuity of allis chal mers engineers the company makes machinery for every operation in mining from the hoist at the pits mouth to devices for recovering the metals themselves by roasting crushing pulverizing sifting and all the processes necessary to separate them from the mixtures in which nature stored them for mans benefit the gate s rock and ore breakers made by this company are known all over the world the latest of these is the new saple tk K breaker they are extensively employed in crushing rock for concrete work and ballasting railroad beds and for public highways complete por portable table rock crushing plants built on railroad cars from one of the products of the company cement is rapidly taking the place of masonry for structural work and its manufacture has increased with remarkable rapidity this company has kept pace with the industry in the production of cement making machinery and its work woric in this line ranks with its other machinery its it s machinery operates in the largest and best plants in the country among the machines used in this work are rock breakers crushing rolls ball mills mixing pans tube mills rotary kilns kalns and driers revolving screens and elevators it was the milwaukee company which thirty years ago revolutionized the flour mill industry by breaking away from the old system of grinding with burr stones and introducing the roller mill the roller mill is used everywhere today with the change in the initial machinery came opportunities for improvements all along the line the allis ailis chalmers company met these de demands m ands and has kept in the lead from the first the largest flour mills in Ar america including the great group at milwaukee where more flour is produced i than anywhere else on the globe were equipped qu dipped by the allis chalmers company and there is scarcely a country in the thai world where its mills have not been installed the first modern flour mill in china was erected at shanghai by this company this mill is operated entirely by chinese under the supervision of an Amer american lari miller the flour dresser and the universal bolter for finishing the flour are distinctly allis allison mers inventions one of the latest improve imn ments introduced by the compa company y Is its drive for the universal bolt this combines in a high degree 8 effifie efficiency and simplicity simplic ity of construction cy the double cutting band mill which has h added more than 40 per cent to the canace 1 of the s saw aw mills of america was introduced intro duc S by this concern the company is today as it has been for many years the foremost builder of saw mill machinery por for mo than a quarter of a century its products ha have been the standards with which all others othera have been compared the principal saw mill plants in america and many other parts of the world have been equipped from its ih works one of these modern mills contain six double cutting band mills and a complete outfit of accessory machinery is capable of cutting feet of lumber in ill a ten tea hour day the value of preservative treatment for timber which is to be exposed to the els ments 1 is well recognized railroad ties afe poles for telephones telegraph and trolley wires and for the timber used in piers wharves and bulkheads are particularly su subject to decay unless they are treated beforehand with creosote or other chemicals the allis chalmers company builds all the larger kinds of apparatus for this kind of wort work its product includes the retorts in which the timber is treated cars and other necessary accessories it must be admitted that nothing lea than an engineering could ai ad equa tely describe the variety and extent of 0 the allis chalmers products in the econom ic life of the nation they play a large par part i for upon the prosperity of the company dej the livelihood of many thousands ol of I 1 americans whose labor supplies the domes tic market but the scope of the companas comp anys opera eions is not limited by bounds of country its field is world wide its influence eisfelt is felta by millions |