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THE ECHO PAGE SEVEN Large Number Of Craftsmen Are Id Maintenance WAR CREATES REAL SHORTAGE OF MATERIALS THIS DEPARTMENT RECLAIMS VALUABLE MATERIAL Everything Taken From Mill Sent to The Salvage Department. This is the third in a series of articles about Ecusta’s efficient Maintenance Department. The first article was a story about our Electric Department, 'vhich appeared in the August is sue of the Echo. The May issue of the Echo featured a story about our Machine Shop. As was explained in this recent story, the huge job of keeping the plant in operation is carried on by the Maintenance Department. This organization is manned by a large number of craftsman, and repre sents several departments known as Maintenance. ' The war has brought many ‘Changes in business operation, and the critical shortage in all kinds of Materials has caused industry to become salvage conscious. A very important part of our Mechanical and structural Mainten ance Department is the Salvage department. The salvage shop is located across the road from the Machine shop. In a large mill like ours, where there are thousands of pieces of equipment, something is being ta- ^en out of service every duty. This is due sometimes to wear and sometimes to necessary changes. In pre-war days, these removed Parts were pilt in the scrap heap or graveyard, which every mill had. Now, due to the scarcity of ma terials that has been caused by the V^ar, everything that is taken out of service in our mill is sent to the Salvage Department. Regardless of cost or time involved nothing ®aay be discarded if it possibly can he reclaimed. The Salvage Department looks each part over as they receive it, takes it apart, cleans the rust off It, has the necessary machine ^ork, welding, or what have you, done to it, oils or paints it, and Puts it in storage to be issued to the mill again. The shop is operat ed by Carl Eldridge, who has not Only worked in it since it was started, but who was one of the ^st millwrights on Ecusta’s pay roll. The picture at the top shows ^arl Eldridge, supervisor of work in the Salvage Department, look- ^8 over a variety of salvaged Parts to be returned to stores. Everything dismantled from the mill goes through the Salvage ^^epartment to be re,conditioned, junked or returned to stores. The picture at the center is of Jesse Green examining a large ^alve^ seat with Maintenance “Boss” Bob Kappers looking on. At the bottom of the page is a picture of J. E. Duncan, dis mantling a valve in a vise to be repaired. They keep figh&g- Yon keep buying Km BOMDS %
The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)
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