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FILE NAME Armco ARM DATE 1917 DOC ARM014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Armco Report- Interesting Facts VERTICAL VERTICAL FILE OHIO ROOM ROOM | ae Jta rs 2 * moa . - . eee as w 4 ian fa ee ae. 7 ' y , '. t mw . . . : * ry , : L net. . VR, \ > , awit ' . , . 6 * . : ' { . t - 1 : tb , x . . PF ey t one . Lene * \ % rie . 4 . ' * . - ; ~ of . Te et ee MEbit we a . iL TT Ee cotete yo apens 2) met ay athe a rn Fly cnet Tt font. The American Rolling Mill GENERAL OFFICES MIDDLETOWN OHIO U. S. A. Co. :: n PLANTS ; EAST SIDE WORKS - -. CENTRAL WORKS - - BLAST FURNACES - - ZANESVILLE WORKS - COAL MINES "> - ORE MINES - - LAKE -~ MIDDLETOWN O. . MIDDLETOWN O. - . COLUMBUS O. - . ZANESVILLE O. - MARTING W. VA SUPERIOR DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES NEW YORK - - - -~ - - 50 CHURCH ST CHICAGO - * + + PEOPLES GAS BLDG PITTSBURG - - - . . . OLIVER BLDG WASHINGTON - . . WOODWARD BLDG ATLANTA - - - 2. 2... HEALEY BLDG BUFFALO - - - . - os O. BOX 695 DETROIT - - - DIME SAVINGS BANK BLDG FEDERAL CINCINNATI - ST LOUIS - - * - TRACTION BLDG RESERVE BANK BLDG SAN FRANCISCO - MONADNOCK BLDG FOREIGN OFFICES THE AMERICAN ROLLING MILL CO Guinle Bldg Caixa Postale 19 Rio de Janeiro Brazil S. A. RMC RMC HIS activties publication descriptive of Armco activities its Property and Plants its Equipment and of the Human Element which gives it vital force is printed in the interest of its Friends its Customers and its Stockholders in order that they may have a better understanding as to just what it is what it stands for and what it is doing in the line of industrial and in the making of men to guarantee pirtosgrpeesrs- petuation Successful industry must today take into account many factors that have been overlooked or ignored in the entirely past The measure of success in industry now depends collaboration of upon a proper property plant machinery and equipment and of the Human Element required in its management and operation This booklet will fail of its purpose if it does not impress the reader with the fact that a com- plete ordination of these forces has been accomplished and that QUALITY in plant and equipment in product and in been the organization has ment controlling influence in Armco develop- That we may serve successfully fairly and proportionately and our Customers our Stockholders our loyal Armco men is our lasting ambition President vw eee ae ton Co Deir on e n See a Fe eh cr ae ee ne ey nee - . R. B. CARNAHAN JR : President JOS H. FRANTZ President GEORGE H. CHARLS President GEORGE M. VERITY President C. R. HOOK President N. j : W. COLLORD Treasurer R. C. PHILLIPS Secretary ; Officers of THE AMERICAN ROLLING MILL COMPANY pe og W. 8, HORNER HORNER J. M, ISEMINGER Director JM Dirseectcortor PAUL STUR TEVANT Director Page 7 B. TYTUS Asst to Gen. Supi M. E. DANFORD Gen. Supt of Works J. H. WILSON Asst to Gen. Supt S. N. HOLSTEIN Supt Blooming & Bar Milla C. FOLKS Chief Clerk Operating Divi CALVIN W. VERITY Asst to Gen. Supt D. EPPELSHEIMER Chief Engineer L. F. REINARTZ Supt O. H. Dept. Page 8 a oe a TT ARET aes men ON 9 Es or omens, tte warn e eTA G.c. BROOMALL Director BROOMALL BROOMALL BROOMALL HUGHES HUGHES C. HUGHES Ship Dept. Dept. Sheet Mills Sheet Sheez Millis E. E. YETTER Supt. Galvanizing Galvanizing Supt Annealing Annealing Supt Annealing Dept, S.E. ELDRIDGE Speesai Agent J. A. Chief Chief Chemist W. J. BECK Dir, Research Dept. R. B. DIMMICK Chief Inapector Page 9 . : Z : | | H : ! ss 1 i Director RECTANUS Employment Employment T. KELLEY Supt Safety & Sanit Depts A. K. LEWIS Director of Safety & Labor FRED ERNST Secretary Foreign Club ' FRANK E. MORRIS Safety Engineer 1 1 1 B. G. MARSHALL Advertising Manager W. H. MINTON Office Manager E. H. WUERDEMAN Factory Manager ( q | a Page 10 a H. O. MILLER Purchasing Agent NEWMAN EBERSOLE Asst Purchasing Agent F. M. BATEMAN Chief Keeper we 7m, J. L. RONEY General Traffic Manager Asst TrafficVIGOR Manager Ls,e) ) ~ W. P. WOODS Chief Cost Accountant C. I. SPROWL Manager Order Dept. L. F. RAINE Statistician C. W. DAVIS Assistant Treasurer H. M. RICHARDS Asst Manager Order Dept. W. R. PRICE Chief Timekeeper M. A. BRAWLEY Mgr Credit & Col. Depts F. B. MILHOAN MILHOAN MILHOAN F. AHLBRANDT Asst ManagerManager Sales Sales Office Office TODD Office Office miey TI Ww. W. SEBALD New ER New York RESP Cincinnati FRENCH Cineinnaty Office Bia Ca palte WwW. S. Washington Washington D.C. Office E. A. EMERSON Ma. Rayer Export Dept. Re we Page ts FM H. 0. STEVENS H. STEVENS STEVENS ty aRonar "ave Buffalo N. Y. N. N.Y. M. Rio Janeiro Fio de Rioesro, Brazil, c.C. LYND Atlanta, Ga. re SR AND: EN SY as at rae ey EO TTS ST Supt MURPHY W. R. BARNETT Asst Supt Zanesville Works R. 8. SHOEMAKER Supt Mech & Elec Depts R. C. HUNTSBERGER Master Mechanic GORDON GAGE Chief Electrician peewee Teme tare me wien oo re, ' t RA R. H. SWEETSER ey Works Manager Blast Furnace Re Dept. Columbus Ohio a ae A. P. McCLURE Superintendent Blast Furnace Dept. Columbus Ohio < * NELSON DENNY Master Mechanic Blast Furnace Dept. Columbus Ohio J. C. MILLER Gen'l Manager Blast Furnace Division Columbus Ohio C. B. McCALL Cashier Blast Furnace Division Columbus Ohio = C. J. NICHOLSON Traffic Manager Blast Furnace Division Columbus Ohio H. J. REESE Auditor & Pur Agent Blast Furn Dizi Columbus Ohio Page 16 DR H. MURAT Asst Physician : . DR H. H. SMITH Chief Surgeon DR C. L. EVANS Asst Physician H. H. KNOWLES Nurse MISS E. McGEE Nurse MISS A. I. LEONARD Nurse Nurse STURMAN Clerk t DOCTOR H. H. SMITH AND STAFF dl sn ta) hr WESC THOS ate i ORE er me * Decn sheds galalat} . B3 a Employment Bureau and Entrance East Side Works Page 18 COMPANY A BRIEF BRIEF AMERICAN HISTORY THE HISTORY MILL THE AMERICAN history The American American Rolling Company history history American one of the romances Company Middletown Middletown achievement romances in industrial Operations Operations began 1900 with one 30 ton ton Open Hearth Galvanizing furnace 20 inch Bar Mill four four Galvanizing for Smhakienget Mills and Galvanizing sheet metaPllapnrtoda ucts Factory Factory The The company's specialty that that was company's or galvanized this commanded a high grade price commanded price price time Expansion two began ton furnaces buildings at two Central Works were operation still operation marks buildings buildings additions show plainly marks marks By 1906 several important specialties demand were were ce Bre influences sheets had OW requirements of proven to be very severe and something OES better service were at all severe and something fe was demanded something The investigation development work of this important the production production of what what which followed IRON the the now ever made into known as ARMCO commercial commercial purest sheets and plates ARMCO basis iron By 1910 the demand company's ARMCO American Ingot IRON and that all was the company's products had necessary to augment augment its CAPITALIZATION total At investment was total investment dollars approximately aproximately four hundred been thousand dollars million1 fou9 r 0 four 5 capital stock dollars It creased increased increased six million hundred thousand thousand dollars in was increased 1913 it dollars June hundred hundred October thousand dollars was made eight million capital eight stock was and August thousand increased twenty one August hundred thousand dollars increased increased twenty million five hundred thousand thousand was million Swe hundred thousand dollars. 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I 28 es ne ahemAE min at Sn a writen "ONO te ele om UmorapIYSuiyng, = - SL tnewe a aed o ead nn uonesiapy 09 we fe ce ape s es me ee emt ee ce ar Page 20 t Fer ENR ee amt cee van, rennet : : 4 i 2ryeo: | { ;? 7 : { | [ i : H i : SQ Gao PHIL) ppyeyyO4 sopy apig sqt04 ase penus5 ou4 | i s E i d p az a > seme ee PACIPFIACIFICUNITEDINTERNATIONIATLERNATIONAL PSG PANAMAPANAT MAHEUNITED PACIFIC FRANCISCO OFAMERICA EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL EXPOSITON FRANCISCO MCMXY twos 0s GRAND PRIX to The AnzaniaAnnzanian Rount Commu,,for ent in hearth CHEMICAL PURITYus IRON trouve price rasting pesmi eturvavarures develup 2+ ^ MMACOMMETOVAi^fly ARMCO The ARMCO IRONIv RONvrecent rasting manufacturemanufacture kamnekamne lae va iomava iovam iaoma sprevu produci eturvavarures WELDING COAUTY COAUTY ee, oe, dl ep, SCIENCES TRANSPORTATION Grand Grand Panama PacificPacific International Exposition VLKI THESE i EAS TY ne ry SIDE SID SID E WORK WORK WORK WORK THE EAST SIDE , WORKS HpElan of THE EAST now our Side Works was conceived conceived Railway conveniently near thus conveniently providing exceptional shipping any original plan of operation At present the Central Machine Blacksmith and Power Electrical Repair Shops the the seem to be manufacture the transfer transfer description description processes the different departments departments processes involved product the different through which follow method manufacture be of Pass, interest interest we the interest method of manufacture product must manufacture, wil] be of Page 23 it Page e2 OPEN the HE Open Hearth Department incorporates Ingot Hearth Hearth manufacture ARMCO ( American IRON Tron, American situated situated Situated with placed trains trains placed formcoonfveniently near from four an ingot weighing from four six thousand to six thousand . PourinPgouring PoPuriong uringPouring a HeaHteHateaHteat-Open OpOenpen HearthHearth HearthHearthDept. Dept. Dept. StrippingStrip ing Striping Stripping Hot InIgontsgotInsIgnotgsots- SoakSionagkinSgoakinSogakinSgoakiSngoakingPit Pit Pit Dept. Dept. Dept. PagePagePage 24 24 Be eee eee THS a. THE THE EAS T SIDE WORKS SOAKING PIT DEPARTMENT HE SOAKING of ingot buggies taken by TH locomotive locomotive the the nexttrain buggies buggies taken Soaking The ingot building which contains contains the ingots ingot molds are first stripped stripped off while still hot hot, are placed in gradually brought white white heat heat pit may gradually rolled the greatest facility order than they temperature reached greatest When the right temperature temperature temperature reached ingots are taken taken from pits crane which carries to the the amma Page 26 ea cee pee Fre pray 1A nce eny a eareie ees Placing Ingot in Soaking Pit ry Page 26 ! 4 j o y a Lf 4 ; Poa THs EAS SIlpg WORKS BLOOMING mqry. wA ERE DEPARTMENT t areBLOOMING BLOOMING BLOOMING MILL MILL driven ~ by great inch rolls powerful powerful two the driven thousand capacity capacity two The which are gradually gradually rolls having short thick thick moved closer we have long mass passed over slender slender slender electrically drawn iconncvehyoerss to the Hot Shears piece of paper drawn can cut with with desk desk shears shorter sections ; four The shorter sections now forwarded forwarded four inch Billet Billet Bar Mill thousand the the three high which is driven by five P. engine engine bars are js thickness reduced exact cut the length length are to the exact exact length Puge 7 Views in Blooming and Bar Mills Page 28 weme e : f TH 5s cont lien ete eT EAS fT eee thee eo as, EAST EAST SIDE ate WORKS SIDE SIDE WORKS WORKS SIDE SIDE WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS ste eee ARME ARME DEPARTMENT SHEET MILL HE next SHEET in TH next department department the line manufacture manufacture HE next department Here the line manufacture manufacture inch sheet will found Sheet Sheet mills two inch jobbing mills The The sheet bars as as delivered the Bar Mill must heated then delivered sheets of various various thicknesses thicknesses required after rolled the rough edges are trimmed trimmed on squaring squaring smoothesdmoothed flattened flattened the cold the Annealing Annealing Sheet mills Mill cold { F : Galvanizing Department OsoRme F OR black purposes a purposes sheet a finished proportion is galvanized in finished additional additional large against in order wearing conditions conditions a weather and other conditions protection the wearing seven thoroughly pots filled with liquid spelter sheets must The as they first be cleaned and thoroughly through pickled and galvanizing are passed be through molten bath adheres adheres the and a galvanizing rolls coating of galvanizing gives the sheets greater resistance surface This This gives the much of resistance corrosion sheets much Sre i e ee Ae det mer au A Group of Inspectors THE cee AR Ml NN ect aS oe we ee * eae cnet een ~ EAS T SIDE SIDE SIDE WORKS FINISHING DEPARTMENT creased creased to extent as make of larger department for the finishing operations this this class material Here high finished finished are are given final inspection inspection shipment shipment The bodies today known automobiles automobiles automobiles of todtayodhaiyghhlayvpeopliasshseedd sthhereotusgh depart- depart- Throughout this department wear Throughout Throughout Throughout soft canvas gloves wear sheets and extreme care polished polished marred or scratched each man required required to when handling highly their taken taken prevent prevent their INSPECTION A i LARGE and efficient this whole corps of inspectors kept watching for defective process as described watching wherever wherever product may a a TTT cerry eee a Nt Lie duty Power Station engines The Bar Mill engines 1500 K. exhaust from engines which are W. low then used connected to pressure Turbines Generators directly allowing this Phase cycle cycle volt double are thus thus Turbine ofpotrhteiohnigohf ptrheesssutreeam do similarly similarly con- type osg er VOT Page 83 Gan al Power Plant Flower of the Iron Age -Hand Forged from Armco Iron AMINE Ate ce a aM ty EAS T SIpg WORK :Y w S| wa Py STORESTORESTORESTORE STORE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT fi DEPARTMENT which over over fifteenfifteen fifteen ch o o 3 such Enormous Enormous consumed each quantities of raw materials materials scrap iron consumed consumed acid lubricating natural spelter , aluminum lubricating lubricating hundreds og ther a mates rials build- build. materials STEEL i STEEL of and Rolling week making making necessary ends the Works Works DEPARTMENT FORGING 4. S we make S we our own steel and iron make standard sizes of ingots deemed deemed advisable advisable to establish establish department billets for was making forgings which to establish assist occupying the the capacity of these shops would which fully equipped surplus sorts machine machine Crank shafts of all work to do all spindles connecting connecting rods cross heads and kinds forgings substantial miscellaneous either sold produced in in quantities and turned form in rough forgings forgings are rough turned entirely entirely finished finished of of This This shop is evolutiontuDeparrtment ned shop practice the making making Maintenance Department not self support- support- Department not only self support. Store Dept. | A Product of the Forge Shop THE CEN TRAY WORKS sg THE CENTRAL WORKS WHAT WHAT is now known WHAT WHAT now known as as CCeentnratl rWoarkls Works one time con- con- stituted entire plant and buildings plainly the the various various changes buildings been made from from Departments Operating of The Main Offices those the Operating Central Works located im- im- cee RAC 3 RA Vs represented here exclusively Department Four Hot Mills and of the year's two Cold Rolls produce their output of finished sheets portion A Steel Foundry Foundry with a thousand tons per year is capacity connection connection the Open Hearth operated furnishes castings used in construction and repair woraknd throughout the thus in eliminating the expense and throughout securing securing these parts from outside sources deStleaeyl castings are also made castings are also made pain eee TN Page 98 FACTORY DEPARTMENT iN HE FACTORY of having a HE advisability advisability department fabricat- fabricat- having having department department capable fabricat- Sheet Mill and and justified Culverts continuation continuation and Department Department time our entire business business was articles Culverts In this department such articles Siding Shingles Conductor Pipe Ventilators and Trough Roofing and worked worked Wall Ties Metal etc. into shape ready for for the consumer economy manufacturing manufacturing line of directly the mill premises of finished products the steady growth premises largely this responsible the business business this this Section of Finished Culvert mmy a re . : . . i ^' VieView VwiewView in CulvertCCuluvert lvCuelrvetrtCulvert Department DepartmentDepartment Department DepartmentDepartmenDt epartDempartementnDtepartment ' Farm Farm Farm Products Products Products ProductPs Prrodouctsducts Department Department Department DepartmentDepartmentDepartment DepartmentDepartment ^' Page Page Page 40 ET TE aes PE Page 41 {een moowe ee ONS EA AD wild dM a te Main Main Entrance Zanesville Works Sheet Mill Engine freee nO LO eee a WOM eE ee vote eee gt SREY OF mee att ERR eR eee PACIFIC FRANCISCO CELBRATINGCELBRATING SANSAN THE CELEBRATING CELBRATING OPENIG uotsodx INTERAIONL MEDAL of sy CELBRATINGexhibit {euoN ATERICAN IRON characterized IRONwy charcterized vusaruy PROPERTY PROPERTY 2 f0 ELCTRIAL PROERTYLETHON asko>p PURITY O} oye JOIALBNIODAG ySiyo b US dg G-SNIZAG TysoNrney TWHEADT AVISONO! | g-eulvrgiouy Pozesapniy.7pasuposd(PTW:mvcT =- ALTA 3 Me Oe ONSIFY-4WITH feUl ed j og piperKAILA jo }YXa PUilef ay Sasypsa peaitrelas [BPI ypeYayaayy EE goesy & 2 PO ee dd WI WI ere 7 SYYE SYYE SYYE ? SYYE THE THE THE . . ep pi, ads Saf bw Seal (ota wo aekt . Se ads oad Se Sato tee 16 Qt (fo: .ri 7 PRO gatos boo F : vibassy in rate Haiunited Haiunited s rs aa * OF me. - Sn SS rT ee Si Rae UR TET oo is Vaal prsite ato mate uote at oo 25 to a ... ewe oe sin SLATI ollgaga ollgaga ollgaga sisnin pre pre SLATISLSATILATSILATI TU TU - 7 i . d Se a * 12 ESPOLAN ESPOLAN GIA 175 calvados calvados calvados calvados calvados calvados itedvo. a) j ^' ; { : i le. Amideny ateke ee 0 Aledo. i RTs a ten of oe | ia Sa #2 te !oN ih a0 *. THE Oe ere eee f \ mee VILLE PLANT ZA NE NE NE S VILLE A SS VILLE A NE eee SOs othe ene VILLE VILLE VILLE VILLE PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT Peer ee atoms oe ee TR pene hae nnn oe ARMC THE ZANESVILLE PLANT N 1905 the plant of The Muskingum Steel Company N 1905 of The Muskingum this company Company company has has Annealing the terne and plate made steel The the special special grades of sheet from which which supplied from Middletown Middletown Works are Zanesville Mill unit The Zanesville Zanesville comprises splendidly splendidly equipped Department a ne MiwllPsowfeorurPlCaonltd amplRe oalmlpslelarge large Department Department Plate proportions Tin Department and Terne commodious Department painting painting warehouses and maintenance shops The Mill has been almost oa since The was purchased entirely rebuilt and equipped tre i ae a 372 fa ane + Page 48 bata ae bite 2 Machine Shop tee oh E Sheet Asin Train - Nee eae nme Bee mR a A View Showing Center of Blast Furnace Department 7 " Fa ; i COLUMBUS FURNACES me. MAI THE Toes ona ae BLAST FURNACE DIVISION THHE company's Blast FurnaceFurnace properties were formerly owned operated by The Columbus Iron & Steel Columbus Ohio They were taken Company during the current year of this issue over in their entirety LIMESTONE A unit consisting of two Blast Furnaces acres of land at South Furnaces is located on 80 and T. & C. Columbus Ohio on the Hocking Valley Railways and has an annual approximately 200,000 tons of Pig Iron capacity of The raw materials needed in Blast . IRON Furnace practice are and Coke Iron ore and coal requirements for are taken care of through the many years to number of valuable ownership or control of a mining properties come large The entire limestone requirements of these Blast Furnaces are taken care of through the Furnaces stone ownership of 137 acres of lime- quarry property at Marble Cliff Ohio A substantial interest in cprookpeerty at Portsmouth Ohio praoviPdersotdheucnetedeCdoksueppOlyveonf Ore transportation facilities on the Great care of through a substantial Lakes are taken interest in three Steamship Companies owning and operating five When vessels running full these two blast furnaces each twenty hours approximately 1100 require for 650 tons of coke and 400 tons of limestone tons of iron ore The acquiring of this Blast Furnace allied interests property and its represents one of the most The American Rolling Mill Company has important steps backs up its well developed and ever taken as it comprehensive manufacturing ial ial used usedused in the the the making making making makingmaking of OpenOpen Open Open Hearth Hearth Hearth Hearth Hearth iron iron and and and steel steel steel steel Ftuhrronuagche tthoetlhoenFgactory line of manufacture involved from the Blast Factory is entirely completed Page 47 Running Iron Into ton Ladle Page 48 rer West Cast House showing Pig Beds and Furnace Page 49 View Beneath Ore and Coke Bins Page 60 ne Marting W. Va where Coal Mined Mined A Motor Car Used in Coal Mines Page &1 Interior of Coal Mine showing Men Hand Picking Coal Page 62 !! TTS Maree ectenceertcaewpateenasttuas reer . PyrY > 1 PREPS - et on} a A View of Coke Ovens Page 63 t en tree Interior of Laboratory, Research Dept. Page 64 T NE entire entire trend industry industry RESEARCH DEPARTMENT trend and character manufacture trend character character manufacture modern modern scientific scientific against against former rule rule lines as against industry industry is is of materials materials and methods results order secure secure this might accomplished In order this accomplished the most most manner company company established and applications may be found for standard materials that have become The Laboratory Laboratory equipped with for chemical electrical and work latest appliances physical work A A important portion form of exposure test supervision supervision every known form of corrosion corrosion is the factor exposure test in which which which Comparisons are kept only steels steels records analysis but the records they stand the tests . manner manner which which stand the analysis, but of the tests, Testing Fields Page 66 THE PRODUCT Se te INMATE eee on ON eee meme Steen reece TTT nn te Te turer " ARMCO AMERICAN ied 600 nie sa ce eet eee mag, TR re merce cater nice tab ey eye meee 46 ee =F LR mm we OR NINMNNREE mma ae IRON IRON cag Cr IN 1904-5 scientists connected with the culture at Washington were Department of Agri- of tests on the fine old carrying out an elaborate series years to iron of seventy to one hundred ago determine if possible the reason for its able resistance to corrosion as remark- The results of compared with modern steel and durable ironnusmweerroeusofaanalyses went to show that the old - especially low in sulphur comparatively and high purity being of modern furnaces nearly manganese while always contained the products of these impurities as well as of a high percentage the Department advised carbon The result was that metal for exposed installatmiaonnusfacturers to produce a purer Following ment of the line of thought suggested by the Depart- began a Agriculture The American series of careful Rolling Mill Company a period of years experiments which were carried The research development and over practical Experience facts however developed a number of showing that purity is not the interesting production of a only essential in the resisting material In ARMCO IRON we have geneous uniform a thoroughly dense homo- product free from gases dirt and slag multiplying These brief statements will ARMCO IRON sheets and give some idea as to why factory service under products are giving such satis- explain why the uses varying for ARMCO conditions in nearly every country in the IRON are They will also rapidly world a reputation on fishermen's buckets taken advantage of ARMCO IRON Another service friend has cans and has made his for maple syrup reputation thereby It has made THE PRODUCT ARMCO AMERICAN IRON and tin roofing and has been one of the enemies of the High Cost of Living ARMCO IRON Polished Sheets combine with corrosion- resisting properties a beauty of polish or surface finish and perfect welding properties At least three score and ten stove and furnace manufacturers are using ARMCO IRON Polished Galvanized and Black Sheets for heating devices of every description tiny electrical stoves to eighty ton garbage burners Many of the largest transcontinental locomotives have their throbbing vitals encased in ARMCO IRON Polished jackets ARMCO IRON has developed other excellent properties in addition to durability On account of its freedom from gases and its uniformity it is absolutely the best base obtain- able for vitreous enameling The most successful companies in this business are using it for enameled products varying from dial faces and street signs to enameled stove parts table tops and refrigerators The purity and uniformity of ARMCO IRON makes it an extremely good conductor of electricity and explains its use for a variety of electrical devices especially for third rails in electrical transportation For the same reason ARMCO IRON welds perfectly as it flows freely under the acetylene flame and the welded joint is 100 efficient New uses for ARMCO IRON are being covered A few of the more important of can be listed as follows constantly dis- this pure iron Acetylene Gas and Coal Railroad Cars LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE Cans LEE Consumers Gas Tanks and LEE Street LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE Stand LEE ll LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE Heaters CN LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE Products LEE LEE LEE tM LEE Bars LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE LEE Furnace Pipes Range Boilers Wire- pe a Garages Refrigerators high conductivity Bors. Page 58 On THE PRODUCT ARMCAO RMCO ARMCAOMERICAN AMERICAN AMERICAN One AMERICAN IRON IRON IRON IRON IRON OTHER SPECIAL GRADES SHEET METAL METAL OTHER OTHER HERE many SPECIAL sheet metal in which resistance are many demands demands sheet resistance corrosion corrosion the metal interest interest meet meet chief Rolling Company Company with description Our Research Department has duction of the highest made electrical purposes purposes Our production grade of electrical sheets for electrical construction of pole pieces of steel sheets for Motors etc. Generators attained attained world Dynamos manufacture manufacture of reputation and in combined exactly in Visitors Day Research Department SL tec ce ayeda a TP nat Ne ew Page 60 THE weer nem HUMAN TONS we NTR Ama etme a ELEMENT h'ei TN ELEMENT ELEMENT te nmes ete ie os THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN IN the development of a manufacturing business splendid manufacturing facilities may be provided the best obtainable for purposes required valuable and profitable products be developed for which there is may an assured demand ample . working capital may be available but in the final the success or failure of the analysis enterprise depends upon the successful handling of the Human Element necessary to a proper conduct of the business The American Rolling Mill Company has been and is endeavoring to build a sound effective forceful WORKING ORGANIZATION that will be fully equal to its exacting needs SAFETY FIRST AY, month R, COMMITTEE the personnel of which is changed every composed of representatives of both the heads and members of the various departments is constantly working to bring about the best possible conditions in the Works as to Safety They are absolutely free to make mendations they think proper or necessary that awnilyl riencsoumr- e greater safety for both employees and visitors as to Safety should therefore be improved Cwointdhiteiaocnhs passing month Employees are however given to understand that there is more danger for a CARELESS EMPLOYEE in the best organized and best guarded Works in the 2an there is for a CAREFUL EMPLOYEE in a Placnotunwthreyrethn ao n aS attention is paid to safety appliances in other the greatest words that at responsibility lies with the individual himself ia 7 ese aroma aqj 3 { i1 j i i i ; ; i u , ' cot ton H my : | SKILLEDWORKERS SKILLEDSKILESDKILLED WORKERS WORKERWSORKERWSORKERS Open HearthHearth Hearth Dept. DepDt.eptD.ept. Dept. Sheet Sheet Mill Mill Dept. Dept. Dept. Electrical ElectricalElectricalElectricalElectrical Dept. Dept. NewNew Americans Americans Americans Americans Americans Americans of ofForeign Foreign Foreign Birth PagePage 6262 MechanicalMechanical Mechanical Mechanical MechanicalMechanical TT OF a THE ner AN em eee tees ie veer a HUMAN TOT RNR TTT Neate eterno reeres ELEMENT es rr 12 +4 mae tenmenes oye cee IT me tom ee eecmeem antn ine te en eet w stmamaee na, ELEMENT ELEMENT CARE OF SICK AND INJURED HE company has provided located just outside the a modern fireproof hospital beautifully by a entrance to the Works surrounded parked space where every possible con- competent surgeon an assistant and available so that either a nurse are constantly immediate and careful astutdednteinonsickness or injury can receive WORKING CONDITIONS T HE company has endeavored to T working conditions in and create the very best possible around its plants even its Rolling Mills are All departments the very best of exceptionally well ventilated and shower baths drsesasniintgaryrocoomndsitaionnds prevail Toilet rooms every reasonable con- ideal exterior conditions in and and auxiliary department around the works the offices from time to time Trees and flowers are planted wherever available space is found Page 65 3S a Homes of ARMCO Foreign Men i Page 64 THE HUMAN ELEMENT THE MUTUAL INTEREST DEPARTMENT Armco HIS MUTUAL has been created carry department department has created on real mutual mutual interest among and carry families families The children children receive instruction and visit- visit- visit- Kindergarten Kindergarten Kindergarten instruction Special ing nurse takes care homes homes Armco attention given given men AY NY 2) yeas PE CHAS C. COWGILL a Supt Mutual Interest Dept. : Tite bli MARGARET JOHNSON MARGARET Children's Friend Visiting C. HANSEN Visiting Nurse 2 Ye ty ALICE E. Nurse Nurse Pd sa . ( 1 oe gears i I enema Vegetable Gardens Nae Page 86 } | nan stem metaeway- ta anaes t cehantn a aetn Rerene rs San aig ee mi te Sten Ms THE HUMAN ELEMENT GARDEN PLOTS T SHcEompany has reserved HE company reserved reserved reserved sevelralalarrgge elargte racts of land least least least hundred employees individual individual \Y manner garden plots are very popular men of many and from from many nearly class class A Beautiful Corner at Blooming Mill Page 67 pa Meal h Aa ete : ule ls al ae a e a ae He e ente een Bo emma ee | ceirmn Interior Interior of of ARMCO ARMCO Club Page 68 _ } ~ w ce Et e, e = en oe we E if Lf ; 3 LE | THE HUMAN ELEMENT $e LIVING CONDITIONSS CONDITIONS ARMCO WORKERS FROM FOREIGN LANDS ARMCO ARMCO WORKERS fact that the Hungarians UR company appreciates appreciates fact Hungarians come us to help us our our our work work just necessary and important It appreciates appreciates the fact important men like ourselves ourselves and they good good treatment as healthful healthful deserve just good men The company company endeavors foreign foreign labor employs with exception exception those those who own their which property order order that such homes own property own supervision have have found found than those have been in the habit of Prizes finding other other places and are offered for the best kept houses and Prizes constant effort is being made to gradual improvement in everything that bring about living conditions of these sturdy people goes to make the living living A new colony to be known as Garden attractive bungalow bungalow started wherein every house is to be an attractive Each entertainments company maintains maintains this competent Club assists in this recreation whenever whenever wherever providing entertainment entertainment entertainment and recreation whenever whenever wherewvhererpeovsseirblep. ossible and 5 . ' I 1 ! $ THE UM ELEMENT ARMCO ASSOCIATION EARLY all of the three hundred employees of the company are members of Clubs which are maintained in both Middletown and Zanesville for their benefit and pleasure The object of this Association to quote from its Constitution is to afford relief to any member who while in the employ of The American Rolling Mill Company through sickness or injury be rendered incapable of may perform- ing his duty to enable him to avoid the necessity of appealing to his workmen for aid and also to promote the welfare of its members and to bring the workmen goefnetrhael various departments into closer relationship In addition to what the company does for its under the Ohio State Plan in case of injury this Asesmopclioayteieosn pays its members both sick and death benefits so that between their own Association and the State Insurance Plan operated by the company every possible sickness is taken care of or injury The Armco Association through its Armco Club provides social physical and intellectual recreation and entertain- ment and with very small assistance fromfrom the maintains well equipped club rooms where company members gather for social purposes at any and all times may This Club assures a better acquaintance among the employees of the company and gives them an to meet the opportunity executives superintendents and heads of the various departments on common ground All classes of employees with the exception of the foreigners including the officers of the this Club which is operated in the interesctsomopf aanlly belong to Armco Field SSS Ser a meee ciaeie ae wane sore ene reaneeeces., mew a em te een ee ee THE HUMAN ELEMENT ARMCO FIELD HE company has provided a park and athletic some twelve acres which gives grounds of tennis football and other outdoor opportunity for baseball sports A separate field for trap shooting is also provided oa, + we er Profit Sharing Plans and methods of being studied constantly in order to application are reach the most equitable ground between the rights of the worker and the stockholder INSURANCE PLAN HE company has now provided Life Insurance ARMCO Man and Woman who is in the for Every of the company for one continuous service ance year or more the amount of insur- representing one year's wage or salary not 2400.00 to be paid in twelve exceeding entire cost of this insurance is bornmeonbtyhltyhepacyommepnatnsy The SKILLED LABOR THE wage paid to skilled workers is than that earned in the very much greater average method of fixing compensation industry and the accepted for effective work does in reality give such return does fixed performed and actual results obtained as salary and profit sharing in other lines of effort COMMON LABOR O foreign or common labor we offer more a better understood direct award of an additional rate per hour over and and dependability requirements We pay this extra rate on the with us theory that those who one stay or more years become having a better understanding of our womrokreanefdficient through and as a consequence show greater ability and Page 71 HUMAN ELEMENT The entire business of The American Rolling Mill Com- pany is operated on the principle that the best interests of the Buyer and Seller the Employer and Employed are conserved when each recognizes the needs and rights of the other and when each endeavors to accord the other the fullest measure of justice We have in this booklet endeavored to give a brief synopsis of the development of our Company the location character and scope of its Plants their equipment and the character of its products The slogan of our organization is- QUALITY of product and SERVICE to customers ry -. 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INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL - a Ve) ee . = = a COMMERCE : AL m can " ae : ee GALVESTON AL : AT Tm ernie wets \\ \y ant om (ATE \. en a ki \ 1 ony T6 NT se NN 8 ny mE mE oe em M4 68 ye 90d oe te (0 Bem Cee oce, men cern ER TH I | HAE | | | i | | H ! { | | rs ' | ! | } | Name: Bill Boggess Name Bill Boggess 10/19/96 10/19/96 10/19/96 operator Magazine Newspaper Clippings Old Plant Records Storeroom catalogs Order Cards Business Cards Old pictures of the plant plant maps Other Year 1944 1946