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Show An Interesting Story Descriptive of the Building of a Big Automobile j Factory, Phenomenal Development of a Great Industrial Enterprise Now Being Rounded Out. Immense Building Programme Now Under Way and Plans Are Being Made for Next Year. Fifty Homes and a $15,000 Hotel Being Built for Accommodation of Employees. ' ST. CUn'l, Mich., IHh'. .Hi. Hundreds Hun-dreds of people to be exact, ooO ktvo boon working day and night build-in; build-in; tho ijroat plant of the Pan Motor company in St. Cloud. "Working like beavers, this small army of skilled mechanics, are consuming thousands of dollars ' worth of material and labor every day in building what the trained engineers of the automobile industry declare will be the finest and most up-Mdate up-Mdate in fact the last word in a !uolern automobile factory. Besides the monstrous reinforced concrete factory building which- is now assuming shape on the Pan factory fac-tory site, factory building Xo. 1, which w;ts completed in -July, looks like n pigmy. Owing to the fact that the company had immediate use for factory fac-tory building "No. 1, it was built in a hurry of frame construction. Tt is S4x S4 feet, having a total floor space of1 70.")ti square feet. Tt has a saw-tooth roof. This building is fully equipped wit h modern and up-to-date machinery for building automobiles. There is also in the same building one of the most modern pattern shops in the Unit oil States. It has the latest, most scientific scien-tific and efficient paint department, whereby automobiles are painted, bv the spray system, a coat of paint being applied in the incredibly short time of three minutes. There is also a finishing finish-ing department. On the east side of this building there is a brick and tile heat treating and forge shop. The machinery of fac- ; tory No. 1 is -operated by a complete, modern power plant. From this plant there is furnished the heat necessarv for this building. Jn connection with j this building the engineers are now in- j stalling a O.OiiO-gallon steel reservoir i tank for oil. This tank can be filled i from the tank cars on the railroad track, which passes factory building 'o. 1. This building is a complete automobile plant all within itself. It ! is now being used in building the first Pan cars, but when the immense factory fac-tory building now under construction is occupied and the company gets upon t Id" pro'luctinn basis, this building' will continue to serve a very useful purpose, as it will then be utilized for the experimental and research work upon which tho big staff of engineers of the company will be continuously engaged. The company here also has sunk a deep artesian well, which has solved the problem of pure water for the factory and its employees. On the south side of the compauy s railroad track, which traverses the factory fac-tory site along the main line of the Great Northern railroad, au immense ; warehouse has been built, in which are : stored carloads of automobile parts, j such as axles, wheels, rims, tires, en- j gines, fenders, etc., and in factory i building Xo. 1 these parts will be as- ! sembled and such ears as are manufactured manu-factured now will be turned out of this factory for the present. So rapid has been the construction work during the past few weeks that the first unit of the main factory is now near ing completion. The eon-tractors, eon-tractors, in order to be sure that they would beat the winter to it, have been working double shifts, day and night. The work of pouring concrete and putting put-ting up the exterior walls has proceeded pro-ceeded under the glare of electric lights by night. This building is absolutely abso-lutely fireproof, being built of reinforced rein-forced concrete with monitor roof design. de-sign. The architects and engineers of this building declare that it will be the most modern and up-to-date automobile auto-mobile factory in the world. This building is of immense proportions, being be-ing 170 feet wide- by 624 feet long, containing con-taining 10ouSO square feet of floor space. To stimulate efficiency and make working conditions ideal, the building is so designed that it will be I flooded with light, not only from the j monitor roof, but by utili.ing a niaxi- I mum of the wail space with glass, I which is set in steel sash. The building build-ing is designed mid is the product of the brain of the best expert that money could buy. The Pan "Motor company was not satisfied to leave the matter entirely to its own staff of engineers, but the desiuns, plans ami drawings were submitted to men nf unquestioned authority in the automobile industrv. A Under the concrete floor of this modern factory building there will be a six-foot eouerete tunnel, which will carry the steam pipes, electric, light and power conduits and sewer and water mains. This tunnel leads to the big power plant, about 1000 feet west of this building. Similar tunnels will lead to ; other units of the big factory as they ' are added. The power plant is designed to be near the center of the factory buildings when they arc all completed. This plant has a very large and complete com-plete electric lighting equipment, sufficient suf-ficient to light a city much larger than the size of St. Cloud. Besides thus, it will furnish heat and power. On the far west side of the factory ! sitte the company plans to build its ! bijtdrop forge plant, and closely adja-: adja-: cerif thereto the brass, aluminum and ' gray iron foundries. In fact, the building build-ing programme of the company as outlined out-lined at the present time contemplates the covering of the entire 47 acres almost completely with the factory, most of which will be under one roof aud will simply be a continuation of the same form of construction as is seen in the first unit, which is now nearing completion. Tn this first unit there will be installed in-stalled one of the most scientific and modern progressive assembly systems known to the automobile industry. When the building programme is completed, com-pleted, the raw material will be unloaded un-loaded from throe railroad tracks, the coal at the power house, pig iron and raw material at tiie drop forge and foundries, lumber at the wood working shop, etc. The raw product is then manufactured into automobile parts and, as it passes through the different stages iu the progress of being made into automobiles, the different parts converge toward the assembly line. Tli is assembly line, roughly speaking, is the present unit of the factory. The beginning of an automobile will be at one end of this long building, whore the f ra me will be put on a conveyor and as it t ravels steadily, constautl v moving all the time, skilled mechanivs will attach to it each a distim-t and scpa rat c pari. By only doi ug one par ticular thing these mechanics become very skilled, efficient, expert and speedy in doing the particular thing they are constantly trained to do. The different parts of the car are supplied sup-plied from stock piles along this line and reach this line from all parts of the factory, always traveling in the same direction until, when the car reaches the end of the assembly line, it is ready for gasoline and oil. An expert tester jumps into the machine and the car is driven out of the factory fac-tory onto the road for its trial. f it meets the test, it comes back to the wash room, is washed clean and is then ready for shipment. Three - railroad sidetracks will run along the south side of the factory site. These will be covered by an immense train shed, so that both incoming and outgoing freight can be expeditiously handled in all kinds of weather. One of the most interesting units of the factory will be the drop forge plant, which will not only be a large one, but will be one of the first in the northwest. Tt will accommodate about thirty hammers, running in size from 500 to 5000 pounds. These hammers are operated by steam and they weld the steel parts to go into the automobile. automo-bile. So terrific is the power and the force of the blow that one of these hammers delivers that it is necessary that they be set upon a concrete base 19 feet deep and to absorb the terrific concussion a five-foot cross oak tie cushion is built between this base aud the anvils upon which they strike. Besides the drop forgo plant, there will, of course, be big finishing machine ma-chine shops, foundries, woodworking departments, upholstering, etc., each contributing its part ,to the finished product. From the point where the raw material enters the factory at the further end of the site and, passing through the different stages of manu- : . facture to the point where the finished car emerges from the assembly room, ; is almost half a mile. All of the differ- : ent departments of the factory are so located and the process of manufac- j ture is so arranged that the various ! operations co-ordinate so as to work i in harmony with a scientific, efficient, ! progressive system of manufacture. Everything is so arranged that all the different parts work to a common end and each is delivered at the point where it is needed. Not only will the Pan Motor company com-pany makers pleasure cars,, but it is making mak-ing preparations to enter the tractor field on a big scale. The company recently re-cently enlisted the services of one of the best tractor engineers in the coun- try, who is now devoting his time, to- j gether with his assistants, iu design- ' ing and developing the Pan tractor. ! The tractor field is full of great possi- ! bilities, the demand being almost without with-out limit. The company expects to be in a position to avail itself of the industrial opportunities that are now offered in this field. One of the important things that the management has given very careful consideration has been the matter of labor. Recognizing the- fact that skilled labor demands good homes, good schools and modern conveniences, conven-iences, steps have been taken to insure that these things were provided. While j St. Cloud is an ideal city, a clean town iu which clean people like to live, its : recent rapid growt h has made the ' housing situation a problem. On the T'an addition, which is very close to the factory, there are now being erect- ed and completed fifty homes for the employees. These houses are all strictly modern and every one is different. Most of them are of the bungalow type. The building of these homes 'is being financed outside of the company's com-pany's capital, but for the. benefit of the company. On the Pan addition not only are these modern homes being built, but concrete sidewalks have been laid a.ud now sewer pipe and water mains are being put down. The rapid ity with which this work is being done has really been marvelous. Modern machinery and equipment are utilized and the construction work is proceeding proceed-ing at such a rapid pace that everything every-thing will be snug and tight for winter. Kast of Pan addition Mr. 8. C. Pan-do Pan-do fo, the president of the eoinppoiy, is building his own home on a two-acre two-acre tract. This will be completed this month and he will occupy it immediately im-mediately so that he may be near tho scene of the many activities in which the company is now engaged. Near the factory, where the street car crosses Thirty-third avenue, which avenue runs between the two factory buildings, a $15,000 hotel and eating house is now being built for the benefit ben-efit of the employees. This also is being be-ing built independent of the company, but it is planned that it will, of course, be in great demand by employees of the company and really a necessity. Incidojitally it will make a convenient stopjSug place for people iu that section sec-tion of the city during the winter time while waiting for the street cars. The building will be a two story structure struc-ture on a cement foundation and finished fin-ished in stucco. A few words about the heads of the different departments, aside from the officers of the company undoubtedly would be interesting in this connection, connec-tion, and reveals the fact that men of tested ability and mature experience have evidently been chosen with great care for the more responsible positions. posi-tions. A. E. Smith, formerly of Detroit, De-troit, is the general superintendent, j Mr. Smith formerly was superinten-j superinten-j dent of all five drop forge plants of ; the United States Motors and he r ! signed a similar position with the Anderson An-derson Drop Forge plant to come with the Pan Motor company. Mr. Smith has held various and responsible positions in connection with the manufacture of automobile parts and kindred industries. in-dustries. Mr. Smith built some of the first drop forgings used by such well-known well-known makes of cars as the Packard, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Buick and many p ' 1 tt o ':;;:;: ;,:!,":;.;," gg pr; oiato tl.o vain,- uf a imo- WMM V ' ! ' I ' ,or "'' 10 sult t 1 ,t 'MW0lw i-limatii- oomlitious as ZmWim ;. I .' - MM,M well as to moot oth.-r wMwMwA ' ' ' & WMW'm motor roquiremonts. I 'or- - ' ' 'WWm .-"M-rcsistim; qualities. WZXjWW ' -' YWMWW ami other- essential fea- S j mWM the umversallv .avore.l pfp2 5 , , I Y0MMM oil throughout 'the inter- WMWMs rl r 'uWM ":::"s-a,,rvv!a,!hl- XwwM illL" 5 fc -VWXMW UTAH OIL REFINING WmnMZtfA ' ' I L YJfrwfmi company wWmmzA - i jj Sat Lake City, Utah. K' of the ot hers. Tn fact, he lias successfully success-fully built parts at different times for all of the leading makes of ears in the country. George Booth, works managi'iir engineer, en-gineer, was formerly with the Buick company, as mechanical engineer. He has served in similar capacities with other- concerns, 'not only in the United States, but in other countries. M. Booth is regarded as one of the ablest engineers in the country on the .arrangement of machinery and the installing in-stalling of conveying and progressive systems. Mr. Booth has a large number num-ber of assistants' and draftsmen under un-der his charge and has been engaged in an infinite amount of detail with his force since last April. Victor Gauvreau, chief designing engineer, en-gineer, was formerly in the designing design-ing engineer department of the Dodge and left the position as research engineer en-gineer with the Buick to come with the Pan. Mr. Gauvreau is recognized as one of the best automobile engineers engi-neers in the country. He learned his profession in France, where he served after his graduation with Pugueot. In this country he also designed the famous fa-mous Frontenac racers, wi'th which Louis Chevrolet and his brother won their racing fame. He is a member of the Society of ' Automobile Engineers Engi-neers of this country and of France. R. .1. Fitness is assistant chief designing de-signing engineer. He was formerly in the engineering department of the Dodge and one of the designing engineers en-gineers of the Continental Motors corporation. . He resigned his position with the Continental to come with the Pan, and is considered a very able engineer. en-gineer. Chief Designing Engineer Gauvreau, with his able assistant and a large corps of draftsmen, is engaged night and day in designing the Pan ear. He has been engaged in that work since last May. The entire former high school gymnasium building on Fifth avenue south is being devoted to the engineering department,' and some thirty high-class men are employed there. Harmon Becker, who formerly owned the Foley lighting plant, has accepted the position of electrical engineer with the Pan Motor company. Mr. Becker is a self-made man and has made good in everything that he has undertaken. Joseph Nelson, "who was Louis Chevrolet's Chev-rolet's mechanician in the days of the Buick racing organization, who did all the mechanical work on these racing cars and who has been building build-ing experimental cars by hand a great many years, is now building the 1918 complete Pan car from start to finish. This work is being done behiud closed, doors. He is recognized as one of the '; very best automobile builders in the world. It is expected that this work will be completed by New Year's and that some time in January he should be able to test out this ultimate Pan car. This car is to be tested out so that, the company knows just what it ; is doing before going into production on a big scale. While these cars are being perfected the company will con- J tinue to turn out a number of sample ; J cars. These assembled cars will Lie 4f built of standard units, such as Conti- ' nental motors, Borg & Beck clutches and other proven high-class units. The Pan Motor company is at the present time negotiating with one of the best heat: treating men to take charge, of that department. It has also employed chemists, metallurgists and laboratory men. William Wayman is the production engineer of the Pan Motor company. He is regarded as one of the ablest men in this Iine.t M. Sherry is purchasing agent. Like many other heads of tliu departments, he comes from Detroit, and has long been familiar with the automobile business. F. A: Gustafson is foreman of the paint department. He held a like position po-sition with the Yelie company for nine years. Mr. Gustafson has devised some splendid appliances iu methods of painting aud finishing automobiles. He has invented and patented pant ma-chinery ma-chinery now in use hy some big concerns. con-cerns. This general description of what the Pan Motor comiiny is doing would hardly be fomplete without a mention of the general offices, which are located lo-cated in the Farmers State bank. Here both the second and third floors of this building are entirely given up to the administrative offices '(.((Company. About seventy-five peordc are employed in the general offices, and this build- .t ing is a veritable hive of industry, day and night. The growth of the company com-pany has been so rapid, so phenomenal, that it has taxed the ingenuity and tested to the full capacity the clearheaded, clear-headed, quick-thinking, hard-working men who are at the head of the affairs of the companv. The hardest working man of this aggregation of brains and ability, tho man who never rests, sleeps or quits, the man who is on the job morning' noon ami night, the man who is the incarnation of work, a dvnamo of irresistible ir-resistible energy, is the president nf the company himself S. C. Pandolfo. You Will Be Interested in the SPECIAL PROPOSITION the Pan Motor Company, -Offers a LIMITED Number of People in Each Community. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. 18 West Second South Street, Salt Lake City V |