| Show TRIP tremendous ld NEW GOODYEAR PLANT IN LOS ANGELES I 1 one of tho tile busiest places lu iu the V eat right nou is the falout ascot 1 pork park in los angeles the big plant of 0 the goodyear tire rubber company ot of california Cali tornia is in the course ot of construction in a city not possessing a manufacturing concern of ni ammoth proportions it was at first difficult for the people to realize that the city was to lo be the seat of one of the largest rub ber manufacturing plants in the countie but as the gigantic shovels derricks and other excavating machinery appeared on the ground and ton after ton of conchete conci ete was vas being poured into the massive building foundations and when hundreds of men inen agan to tit the big steel beams together los angeles began to real ize that it was as to have a great industry the uli unprecedented expansion of s world wide fiade caused the lH of the company early in 1919 to ta investigate possible sites tor for the establishment of a big plant in the nest est and after the most thorough investigation of conditions in ili all the western estern cities that could be chusid considered for the seat of the western plant los angeles va vas selected as combining ahe be greatest number of at the fao favorable rable conditions condition required an idea of the magnitude of the building operations can be gained from the fx extensive outlay of construction st materials required among the important materials which 1800 men are fashioning together into a mamoth industrial enterprise are 6 tons of structural steel gallons of paint tons of sand 60 barrels of cement tons of crushed rock feet if f lumber and 10 bricks the building scheme embraces the construction of three units a tire manufacturing plant a cotton fabric mill and a warehouse around these three main buildings will be grouped the arlous service buildings such as the power house machine shop cement house administration building etc the power plant contains enree home power boilers of at the lite oil burning type an ample supply of water will ill come coine from front six foot wella oils driven on oil the tract they will have a capacity of gallon gallons per minute electric Electr li power will nill be used in pumping the operation tion of the tire plant and the cotton mill will involve the employment of about workmen or kmen the daily output of tires will approximate 7 and the cotton mill will turu turn out weekly pounds of cord fabric and pounds of v woven oen fabric the raw cotton from which this tilts fabric is to be manufactured will come aiom the goodyear plantations in the salt river valley in arizona and the imperial valley of southern california A most important feature of the company com a project is the extensive plan to provide homes for the work works men the construction of 48 bunga lows and two large apartment house houses is now under way may on a ten acre tract adjoining the factory site about april first work will be started on the goodyear Gat gardens dens a acre tract just north of the factory on which houses will bo be erected to bu sold to goodyear employees this great home community which will represent as outlay of will A ill be one of the most beautiful in the united states pro LIOI haa halt beu be u forai ilous park parka athletic field gymnasium swimming pool school ll Il brar hurches and stores and to provide ide flowers shrubs and trees tor for the streets and parks a largo large nursery 13 I 1 being maintained here thousands 61 d these are being gron gronn under tinder expert cart care such pro progress giess ss has been made to date on oil the th entire project that goodyear Goody par officials bald engineers ire confident the tire manufacturing plant and the cotton mill can begin actual operations shortly afeei june I 1 as 1111 nall planned |
