1928

"Beloit Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

#193 Port Huron

132" Fourdrinier

Michigan

 600 fpm

#202 Ohio Boxboard #4

128" Cylinder

Ohio

 280 fpm

#203 Kalamazoo #2

166" Fourdrinier

Michigan

1000 fpm

#204 Rhinelander #4

140" Fourdrinier

Wisconsin

  600 fpm

#206 Gulf States "A"

234" Fourdrinier

Alabama

1000 fpm

Comments:

H. Chuse employed as efficiency engineer.

Started manufacturing spiral gear drives.

Miss Rhona Fitzgerald headed the stenographic department.

Shop finished all Yankee Dryers with a lead lapping wheel and lard oil.

Produced during the year: one winder, one vat section, five reels, four

four presses, four fourdriniers, four dryers sections and five calendar stacks.

Number of employees: 360

Castings produced: 13,559,222#

Production machinery: 17, 644,145#

Suction rolls: 22

Spiral drives: 18

Dryers: 630

Pipe rolls average per month: 195

This year terminated the furnishing of core gear drives on new installations.

The Mutual Aid Association paid death claims on the following employees:

W. James, F. Martin,

A. Nelson M. Yates 

F. Donnelly

Sickness benefits totaled $2,409.25, leaving the association with a balance for the year of $1,333.08.