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The repair work kept right on, and in
addition there were many odd jobs to
set out of the Narrows development,
which was rapidly nearing completion.
he construction work on the plant site
Was practically completed, except for
house, building 51, and
e south extension to building 50-C.
"ese were completed in the fall of 1917,
^ttd together contributed several more
^ ems in the way of conveyors, elevators,
extractors, weigh hoppers, and so on to
repair progr£nm Prdbably' their
niost important contribution was the
famous submarine. Repairs on this
it of Equipment kept many a man busy
l^ights when he might have been going
® the movies, dancing, playing cards, or
otherwise sinning. For this reason
Violent efforts had been and are being
to have the sub removed. It might
e noted here that all repairs are made
y the machine shop as rapidly as possi-
e, in order that the boys can get out
®nd sin awhile in the evening.
With buildings 51 and 50-C south ex-
ension completed, it seemed as though
® plant would see no more building;
owever, it was decided to extend all four
ays of building 50-A fifty-eight feet,
he structural steel from the old French
ipple Was used for this purpose, and it
had to be worked over in the shop,
his gave Smith the idea of pinching a
*ttle more of the steel from the tipple,
^^d extending the machine shop. An
authorization was issued covering a 118-
eet extension, and this work was started
about the time the Elmes Slug Press
eame to town. Both jobs dragged. The
s op extension was finally completed
late in igig. Smith had left the middle
of the summer, and Seaford with him.
pith’s place was taken by Mr. J. H.
ickson, and shortly after Earl Evans
could be seen chasing around the shop
as foreman.
Now that the extension was com
pleted, the electrical department decided
THE MEN WHO MAKE IT GO.
• 1 TT,,,r;n..pr- Evans Master Mechanic; Cashatt, Shop Foreman; Chambers, Foreman
Allen, Mechanical Engineer, a, Fitters.
to expand also, and they expanded to the
extent of the entire lean-to of the new
part of the shop. It might have been
that the expansion was temporary, but
the shop figured that they might as
well partition off the lean-to, and maybe
they could collect rent on the floor space.
The Electrical Department would not
hear of rent being collected on a floor
space proposition. No, sir; cubic con
tents was the thing with them. It was
suggested then that they move mto the
one hundred and fifty foot waste ,gas
stack of building 51, where they woul
have a minimum floor space and lots of
cubic contents. The location was too
far from the tool room, and the deal fell
through. Goldsmith has a line in The
Deserted Village about “fools who came
to scoff remained to pray.” We believe
he would say of the( Electrical Depart
ment that “they came to borrow, and re
mained to stay.”
Mr. Dickson was in charge,of the shop
from August 18, until March, 1919. Dur
ing his reign he installed the two two-
hundred inch exhaust fans m buildmg
50-A, and bought him a decrepit Scripps
Booth car. After buying parts for the
Scripps for some time, he one day gov
mi
OLD-TIMERS
Evans, Hearne, Napier
STILL WITH US
Smith, Forest, and Fultz
the idea that there must be money in
the garage business, whereupon he re
signed, to open a garage some place in
Georgia. His place was taken by Mr.
Fred Hunnicutt.
Mr. Hunnicutt profited by the experi
ence of his predecessor, and did not buy
an old Scripp. He bought an old, old
Overland. This vehicle was without
lights, starter, batteries, brakes, license,
horn, or pep. At times it was without
gas and air! After considerable experi
mental work was done on the curio, Mr.
Hunnicutt raffled it off, resigned, and
retired to the simple life in Atlanta early
in 1920. During his tenure of office,
besides keeping up with repair work,
the machine shop made up considerable
equipment for use in the Maryville (Car
bon Plant, installed the cleaning depart
ment in 50-A, got out the mechanical
accessories for the famous Labor Day
circus^ .of 1919, directed by Mr. R. E.
Parks, and ^tarted, the Bteaver' Dam
Ferry. A lot of work was also done on
the various experimental pots during
Mr. Hunnicutt’s administration, and
the No. 4 Raymond Mill was in
stalled. It was planned by Mr. Dickson,
as an innovation, to install this mill
without any stocking collector, and there
by save a lot of R. & M. maybe. He left,
however, without this interesting experi
ment being tried, and the mill was in
stalled in the usual manner after his
departure. We also owe Mr, Hunnicutt
our thanks for the Foundry, as it sprung
into being during his day and time.
Who actually authorized its construction
is not known, and like Topsy it seems to
have just “sorter growed.”
It was in the summer of 1919 that the
Elmes Press was put in operation suc
cessfully, under Mr. Allen’s supervision.
Mr. Allen came in May, 1919, as Me-