Show I BABY FIRES FIRST FURNACE IN NEW FORD PLANT I Year Three Old Son of Ed- Ed Edse Edsel sel se B. B IF Ford ord Starts Big t Industry nd stry Henry Ford II If year old yea Year old Old son of f Edsel Edse B B. Ford president of the Ford Motor company became an active participant Inthe in inthe inthe the great Ford Tord Industries recently when he scratched a match and lighted the oi oil soaked excelsior that set of off the first o ot of the two big blast furnaces at the Ford River Rouge plant near Detroit Henry Ford lord held In his arms am and helped him touch off oft the fire Mrs 1 Henry Ford Mr and Mrs Edsel B B. B Ford Fore I and a number of friends were present atthe at atthe the ceremony which marked the opening pf of ot another link the Ford Industries I The blast furnace and rolling mills site occupies close to acres of or ground i already men are at work In the I i plant but thousands more will be needed when the construction of ot the huge hugG undertaking undertaking under under- taking is completed te Four For more r furnaces Under Under-j n i skeleton lu are under way the e skeleton e of a new foundry which w will be one of ot the worlds world's I largest stretches along one side of ot the plant coke ovens ovens' and byproducts plants already are producing This first blast furnace will pro produce uce tons of ot iron every four twenty four hours To make malee It tons of ot Iron ore tons of limestone and tons of coke are aTe used Fifty rr m lion llon cubic feet of gas willbe willbe will be developed develop d daily as a a. byproduct and this will be used to heat to 1400 de degrees ees the cubic feet of air which will be forced through the molten mass every ery hour under a twenty pound pressure Ten million five hundred thousand gallons of ot water will be used dally to cool the base I of ot the furnace Work on the second furnace is being rushed and It was announced that It too will be making malting Iron within thirty days Foundation work worle Is well under way for tor three e additional furnaces making malting a total of five fhe contemplated to complete the group at the Ford Rouge plant These furnaces will all be of ot the most modern design and will be numbered amongst the worlds world's s largest The consumption of Iron and steel ste l for Ford cars TS is estimated t to be approximately tons every twenty-four twenty hours Ore for the furnaces will come down the lakes from Minnesota and the upper peninsula of Michigan and be dumped into giant concrete bins built on the bank of the River Rouge From the bin It Is run directly Into the top of the furnace on an elevator called the skip hoist Limestone also Is to come In by boat Vast quantities of ot limestone and ore al already already already al- al ready have been stored up for the furnace furnace fur fur- nace The charge which was touched off had been In the furnace for a month gradually gradually grad grad- being heated to the point where grad I the he blowing could take place |