THE KR17PP STEEL WORKS OF TO-DAY. Among the great industrial establishments of the present day the Krupp Works are undoubtedly the largest and most important as may be judged from the fact that at the beginning of the present year in the Essen Works and in the other large concerns which are identified with the name of Krupp and operated under a common control there were em ployed counting officials and workmen 65000 men; while 35000 men were employed in the Essen Works alone. The town of Essen lies within a few miles of the Rhine in fertile undulating country and surrounded by the most
THE KR17PP STEEL WORKS OF TO-DAY. Among the great industrial establishments of the present day the Krupp Works are undoubtedly the largest and most important as may be judged from the fact that at the beginning of the present year in the Essen Works and in the other large concerns which are identified with the name of Krupp and operated under a common control there were em ployed counting officials and workmen 65000 men; while 35000 men were employed in the Essen Works alone. The town of Essen lies within a few miles of the Rhine in fertile undulating country and surrounded by the most important coal mines in Germany. Con- of the marvelous establishment which was built up by the genius and industry of this one man; and we must be content to offer the following summary of the vast properties associated with the name of Krupp which has been furnished by one of the offi cials of the company. After the death of the late sole proprietor Fried rich Alfred Krupp who died November 22 1902 the Krupp Works passed undivided into the possession of his eldest daughter Bertha; and in accordance with the last wishes of Krupp they were then begin ning from the 1st of July 1903 formed into a joint stock company the shares of which have entirely remained in the possession of Miss Krupp. On Octo- only three years later 62000 men were employed in all the Works and 33000 at Essen and these figures as we have already shown had risen by January 1907 respectively to 65000 and 35000. The actual ratio of growth is larger than appears from these figures because of the great increase in the use of labor-saving devices between the years 1902 and 1907. That is to say the rate of growth of output must necessarily have been larger than the rate of growth of employees. On April 1 1902 the shipbuilding yard 'Germania werft' at Gaarden near Kiel and the engineering works at Tegel near Rerlin passed into the posses THE KRUPP STEEL WORKS OF TO-DAY. spicuous among the buildings of the town is a stately
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