1930

"Beloit Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

#214 Crown Zeilerbach #2      175" Fourdrinier   Washington  1050 f. p. m.

#215 Orenda #3                        88" Fourdrinier    Illinois           400 f. p. m.

#218 Panama City #1               234" Fourdrinier    Florida        1000 f. p. m.

#21Q Panama City #2              234" Fourdrinier    Florida        1000 f. p. m.

Comments:

Earl E. Berry elected vice president in charge of engineering,

Beloit introduced its first hypoid gear unit, made quality

control a part of manufacturing, and advertised the first automatic

roll and shaft handling equipment for high speed winders.

Beloit replaced the wooden columns in machine shop with steel

columns and replaced crane runway.

Produced: two winders, one vat section, four reels, four

presses, four fourdriniers, four dryer sections, and four calender stacks.

Produced paper machinery: 13,454,921#

Produced in castings; 10,904,131#

Suction rolls: 69

Drives: 127

Dryers: 384

Pipe rolls average per month: 170

Number of employees: 550

Frank Whiting became president of both the George A. Whiting

Paper Company and Whiting-Plover Paper Company at Stevens

Point.