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Show STEEL OUTINGS pgioi Pittsburg Industries Take Employes Em-ployes nnci Families on Park Picnics PITTSBURG, Sept S. More thin 500,000 persona have t'.iis vear attended attend-ed the picnle.s f:iven bi Industrial con-1 cirnn in Pittsburg to their employes. according to the estimates of amuse 1 ncnt park managers and a number, of the most Important arc yet to be , held. -d Arrangements for these (treat gath-'n erlnfcs of workmen and their families . are on a colos.yil scale and carried out I" by an efficient organization of trained Ij enRineers and office men. It occas- : tonally happens as In the case of the J,1 Clajrton plant of the Carnegie Steel In company, that no oicnle eround war. available. St the ensrlncers selected'" , a nlcfl hit of Virgin fbrcsl not far from jthe town, built pood roads In and through it, erected merry-go-rounds and other traditional amuaement de-' de-' vice:, built refreshment booths and a 1 dancing platform and when the thousands thous-ands of steel workers and their famine. fami-ne. reached the place for a day's en-I en-I Joyment, they found it as complete as if It had been standing for years. I The quantities of provisions required for the entertainment for a big plant and Its workers astonishes those who I know little of such enterprises I At one Industrial picnic held here recently ihree tons of beef and four jtons of boiled ham were required for ith- sandwicnea Five thousand loaves I of bread were used, thret men working work-ing fifty hours to cut It to size. For the -i:..000 Dersons who attended 1 this picnic there were issued 65,00") j free tickets for park attfUSeihents; 16,-."00 16,-."00 American flaffs and 4 0,000 toy 1 balloons for children were distributed nnd 4 5,000 souvenir buttons were given I to tb.e workers and their families, j While 50.000 knives, forks, spoons and plate- were snt to the grounds for , the picnic supper. To provide this feast the company .gave SO, 000 pickles. 24.000 rolls, 8.000 pounds of baked bean. 1.S00 pounds of coffe?. r.0,000 pounds of frankfurters frankfur-ters and 1.500 gallons of lee cream, The food was COOked in an oven erect- led on the grow, ni b the company's wrrk men. Whil this was one of the largest Picnics' rf th' year, a number of others have equalled It and many more havr : ci me within striking distance. Mill managers and corportatlon cx-1 SCUtlves look upon the industrial picnic I as one of their best weaDons against I unrest and gladl) ?'vo to their cm-ployes cm-ployes th- day for enjoyment, while I bearing all the expenses In many ln-j ln-j stances even to transportation to and 1 from the parka. |