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suailed:thei mind 3’outh s a liv-■yment; r-direct ds, are tion to ley hasREMINISCENCES(Continued from 3i 1.)the Yankee Nation can’t make if it wants to. But they said also we ould never be able to make tin plate; couldn't roll the plates thin enough. And now-, since coming to our city and seeing what I have seen and what we now see (referring to the abundant festoons of the plate about the stand) whenever I see an individual who says this. I’m going to pay his expenses to Piqua that he may see* for himself and be convinc-But had it not been for the tariff you could not have made piece big enough for the badge ear.“A prominent business man went down to the corrugating works and rolling mill this morning before leavtion,) remarked that the tin roof on the Sternbergcr building is still giving good service, thu^ carrying out the 'guarantee as covered by the Articles of Agreement signed by Mr. J.G, Battelle 20 years ago.Oil behalf of the former Piqua men now in the mills at Middletown and Zanesville, we extend to our former employers, J. G. Battelle and J. H. Frantz, also their entire organization as covered by our Blast Furnace Division, heartiest greetings and extend to. them our best wishes and assurances of co-operation, that will make for Armco spirit and unite us perfect ly in the cause for our common good, whatever that may be. Further I i feel safe in stating that this expn es the thoughts of Annco men one and all.By A. J. Hemstcger.My connection with the Piqua plant started in 1001, and. covered a period of ten years in various capacities. I was last employed Mill superintendent. Our little plant (as it would be considered in com parison with modern plants of to day), was very interesting, owing to the variety of operations,' all conducted under one roof, these consisting of the following:•Puddling. Furnaces.Busheling Furnaces.| Bar Heating Furnaces.Puddle and Bar Mill.Sheet Mills.Together with Annealing Department and Steam Plant.Our Puddling, Busheling and Heating Furnaces were equipped with overhead waste heat boilers and automatic stokers. The sheet and pair furnaces were the Bailey combination furnaces, also equipped with automatic stokers. This stoker system was one of the first installations'of its kind in tile mill business.Our method of making an iron sheet was from a puddled bar piled and reheated in the bar heating furnace, then rolled on the bar mill into a sheet bar, then termed a muck bar sheet bar’ These bars, when rolled on the sheet mills, would work somewhat similar to our Annco Iron.In 1911 the Steel Corporation had rounded out their large modern sheet mills at Gary, Indiana, ‘after which.a number of their smaller plants, including Piqua, were closed down and dismantled.I am sure it is very gratifying to all former Piqua Mill employees to have Mr. J. H. Frantz serving with the American Rolling Mill company as vice ^president:C. C. Lynd, now with, the’ Sales Department at Atlanta, Ga., and Mbrit Tice, of Zanesville, both of whom once worked at the old Piqua Mill. Mont Tice became associated with the Piqua Rolling Mill company at the time of its erection, was there eleven years and left to go to work at our Central Works as blacksmith and one year later as millwright.The following Armco men once worked at the old Piqua Mill:Wm. Heilman, Cliff Matthews, Lee Turner, Jno. Kiesewetter, Sam Slagle, Geo. Green, C. R. Hughes, Wm. Puthoff, Virgil Jones, Joe Hickey, Bert Bartholomal, Joe Hirschbolz, Ed Alsmeyer, Ed. Ducker. Jno. Casey, Ed Lindsey, Carl Rossfeld, Harvey Lyons, Geo. Lipscomb, Z. W. Zones, Dan Gorrell, Roland Layer, Bert Man son, E. H. Wuer deman, Evan Phillips, Jno. Fisher, Jno. Alexander, A- E. Clark, R. W. Wark, Chas. Ross-Eelil, Elmer Kelso. Wess Miley, Jacob Fuhr, Loui Goldbach, Bert Hood, Ed Butts, Frank Davis, Lee Miley. Jno. Cavanaugh, Gus. Schaefferling, Chas. Sigmon, Ira Shane, P. B. Murray, A. J. Herasteger, Al Meahl, Geo Nason, Geo. Veith.COEarly I SemiCorn weather planting later th spring ’ ever, a«whused, it the spr result i: Seed of main it weeks i yield w times : dry; po cause, which in mois in dry Wliei xuoistui wait u: plantin ever, With tis gemregion? plant « is enti early growth may blt; ing th early ; ever, e or the slow, t early and dr growir years from make frosts, been ; off or were . more killed shoulc less drougl Earl benefl Ply, bmer d fore t..long .about chanc and rAJfiThe feed : durin raisei notio: birds ably perce only fill tl bette sevei isfac so rethatPEOPLE’S FORUM.JIM NUGENT ADVISES. Editor Press:I think that a good idea for Liberty Bond- cause would be every worker employed in Piqua to for the Democratic opening at| engage with his employer for $1 atheSidney, and wanted to know if he could get tin to cover a building he anted to erect, thinking it could not be furnished. The history .as I find it in one of your papers, the Daily Call, is interesting reading and I will read it to you.Articles of Agreement.“We agree to furish Mr. H. S. Sternbergcr within two weeks from this date tin manufactured by us en tirely out of American material at as low a price as the dealers of this city sell the imported article. We •also agree that the quality of same will be equal to said imported tin and will guarantee same to such an :ent as to wear as it is customary for tin roofs to do.(Signed)“J. G. BATTELLE, Sec’y.“I accept the above contract and desire tin sufficient for roof 32x46 (Signed)“H. S. STERNB73RGER.” “Sept. 17, 1S91.’’The undersigned, in talking with Mr. C. L. Suessman, of Piqua, reweek for a $50.00 bond or $2.00 for a $100 bond. This would make very interesting towards helping Uncle Sam; and be also considered patriotic for this necessary opportunity. We are very well satisfied a big percentage of the people are not able to do so on the large terms that have so far been offered. ?u*ggest that some of our Piqua Banks assist in finding speakers to address all employees on the bond question and submitting to a limited number of weeks which will givi one and all a chance to own a U.A Liberty Bond with good interest and also saving our country from liable destruction.crop of i mak dienThe Land of Blade*.1Japan is called “the land of blades' by its own people, some of the older scholars having declared that the first sword was invented by the same god Wo invented poetry. A maker of swords in Japan was ever highly hon* ored among his fellow mechanics. An unusually skillful and artistic smith sometimes was recipient of high mill-cently, (who V one of the ildert 1tary “n.k' ,a ye*r,y ;’lt;in9l°n or,, _ . i even raised to the lordship of themembei * of the P.uua mill organ,za- i ,B ttWch u Uwelt. .
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Piqua Daily Press
Piqua, Ohio, US
Mon, Oct 22, 1917
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David A.
