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 HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 WAR MATERIAL PRODUCTION^ 
 
 OF 
 
 T HE J. G. BRILL COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA 
 
 And Its Subsidiary Plants 
 
 THE G, C. KUHLMAN CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND 
 
 THE AMERICAN CAR COMPANY, ST. LOUIS 
 
 THE WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
 
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 Caapajay fesgan tte aaHKftiati>re ©f mterial for mm m®omm 
 lirttt naj^ AirtoMbll* ''^k Bodies for &s tricar*:.- 
 ti©» 8f aateirisl. for traoj «* . . B WIMe <# 35^ 
 
 Ha*** and wire aaaigr.ad est tbo .Brill g* 
 
 raotfoa of | lit&ry iMip .; , $Ma aotawry fey 
 
 Hustia. f&* types of fcoaioa iaAMa* :^t^ «* ®y 
 
 Larry j&o«m, Portal t ;Sr tahi 3 £itsk~ 
 
 ams, teibm* far Sfes tr^^rt. 
 
 atorago ?ma far the transportation of i^&ra p^ia fa* 
 asit©m©Ml*s # ns*& CoaAJLiuitioB Bo&ios fur tfea trs&ii^art&tioa 
 of troops as *att •« M&*xi&&u 
 
 m&m# aftar st&rtisg ssorfc m tfeis W&mm for ths 
 Sanaznaant, sr&ara vara *§MMI <ra 
 *»& Ba£gtan &^smsi»ta for astooeall* fcofciaa of 
 various mm* *nala< ,i @s *& fmn&UMs &a* 
 
m& grain, ^raB^MHft Bo4i©s far %.m 
 toafi&Xa, Caaliiiiatisis Boatea for Wm .traaaaertatlaii of 
 tvasps asa Material*, mist f®»k Baftiaa for earrjii^ t&aX 
 oil fl»r sattatioa psraaaess* 9bia oXass of wajrfc e**a$ieA: 
 
 it toefc arfiarsi «K?ly tm Umm& $m 3h*Xl Ifotgim* for 
 tfe» mm£m U KUXiaota? g«8, aaXUagr mm* m#%&m$ 
 m&Mmi. ^My te Xosdi.j3t w* appXioatiom Q* Si* tmm* 
 U &lm f&m%Bim& ttae tfee British Qmeimmm *» alalia 
 oisd&rl^ raaeMisaa^ aa waXX as 6'- SlsaXX Wm&&JB&& ta Is© 
 
 Barii^ 19X& tMa Caeqaagr Siaa also teaia&aa a« and 
 4*7 * Shall® to ti» ftraiflcffcra. mmemt at Pfcila&alis&ia for 
 
 tha Orteimaa l^mtmm%t Waited st&taa junp« $m£*m 3.91^, 
 afeil© taa Mosrlaaa tremble mm at ita t*eigfcfe» it mmtfmm$ 
 larea qvaatitiee of autosome fco&iea for ua« ©a tfca mA- 
 earn fear&or* fhaa© Inalotai ftrawpofft Boiiaa, 
 ime FortafeXa HaoaiMi S&ap Boaiaa, th© X&tior baing at 
 ploiaXy aqalp^ai with varioua t^pea of taataX eutUng 
 
 *t1q? to ^o©«iBfe«p X9X&, throe UMmmm% t^paa a* 
 S*ttFBi&lgfet« h$A b&m daimXopad. mono of tfhieb 
 vr&nn MghXy aaUsfaatovy, &sa to tfc® a^fcraai© deli- 
 
 of mm Xasspa, sea tfea ganoraX aam&isfaetor? power 
 
 outfit® tor the *•»*«$$£$&$* aM sous® tefeata in Urn «** 
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givaa s. noatraet to dnrvnl&p a &lafe«r &a© ttaiaaoa type seeraJ*- 
 llgbt outfit, th© li*h©r to mm® *&* power plant eaaaist- 
 
 tug of ft get@ol.iiis angina ana ©ir©©t*©©&a©©t@4 generator of 
 ahoat S~kil©«att ©©paoity sad th© ©aleeon to aarry the el- 
 evating tower and ©©arahlifsfht* This tower wa© aYrnagaa to 
 rest oa elliptle ©pring© for traveling on th© roaa, and wan 
 ©apahl© of easng tilted to an upright position and extended 
 eighteen feat vertioelllitg amen th© liafcer was. is operation. 
 Thia wa© aooossplssiad % »@sm® of a witmh and eatel© iseali&s- 
 lea. All th© ©controller© of th© lamp. iaaladiag ©Xeatriaal 
 ©oatrol ana movoiaest of tfes Isap itself in elevation ©ad 
 anlmtn ©oRtrol are operated fro® th© ground* Mirrors war© 
 provided to ah©%* th© ©rg&ot eonditina of the are to th© op* 
 erator ©a th© greaad, rendering at* reaaonaaly neeata from 
 gen- fire* fa© leap© proper use© in those outfit© aarotne 
 first high intensity ©eerehlighte euilt sad *?©r© doaigned 
 ana ballt for th© aeapaay by th© SperryGyroeoepe 
 of Brooklyn, 3* Y*« a© oar sufe-eoatraotors. 
 
 At th© ti«© th© Aradetloe «*a© signed th© 
 at mrk ©a a Portafcl© CKT ^©arohlight, Jsoaat©4 oa a 30- ft. 
 revolving tower en standard railroad fist oar* Pnner for 
 this lean was supplied hy t%© g£-feilewatt generatore, ai- 
 reot ©onrceoted to ^ssoliaa ©ngrfnea* fha®© paver pleata 
 aXe© ©applied power to raotor® on th© assies of th© ears, 
 furnishing pawns to *aov© th© ©stir© equipment on standard 
 gauge railroad trunks from plana to plae©* i-leeping ejaa*- 
 
 for th© ©row msr® provided in a ©ox oar alongside the 
 Plant* 
 
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 -U in 1^1? &m irxxx ®m&m& m% 0&110& eggn to 
 ansse? iate tr.e prodaetlaa of rulloa^ e&ro far Xrarxspoyta- 
 il; .aany pBiSi S&S&t onginoass a^ost o«oo»tt nooks 
 
 ob the Oraaanee &t&E&gm& in t<m developing ta 
 
 d»t»il the plan of & ci«idgo«*girder t^pe of fFssss© construe* 
 Htm aarosuntcd fir a massive toil for the gon aaiA j^mitea 
 on a pair of &»«feeol trttek»* 9$tf ears «ox« tasnXuhaA 
 ewplete, reniy for ioetolli&g «*s 16" €*»♦ 
 
 3O0& after the entirsnoo of lisle eotmtrg' lato t&e *?or» 
 til© ®mt}W&f beHt a noaber of e*4Bi*¥i U. ..:■. Ansar .\iab8l- 
 asoes for tbe :ie&loal Carps,, ©eeh to oe aooKtoft m a S/4- 
 ton autoaebile olsaosia* 
 
 It also Imilt a uassfeesr of noil aafeolanee feoftles 
 s®it&&l© for a0S8*4ag os a #ord gfloafcftg« these were oeast 
 to France «#o& after t>JLo eeimtry ostoroa the m& m& 
 were mtsed bjr tke iate-Tiesn .Hgfealasoo Qmpa for Trexiee* 
 
 i sett on wita its oqt«ipssnt was aftensar&e sfe» 
 sorisod issr W Modioli cevpo, &• a. *faor« 
 
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 la skstft 1915 the £ign&l Cerpe, » £* .^«Bqr« i**s3*f*i 
 a ?orta2ile £aelo f^pp on* fit. wwete* m a 1-1/2 &8i 
 eheeela* fMs ^tfit ma tsfesg o^or fe^* the felt** States 
 for txtmrimm&aX pe-pee**, m& ifeest tak«tt to tfee iloxlase. 
 eerder m& meed OB tee Xiao of aoanNBioatloso in LloMoo 
 for sseversl nnsttas* 2&i« oat fit eeer&tee to mm% good aft* 
 ▼taaiege a&SBg the Uteadean treraer tfest it tree 6ee£4*3 to 
 
&@ir©l©p© ton of th©s« outfits wttn ««rtftin i*tpr©T©wrats 
 
 vhion had boon sbown to fee neooosKry* Slw* Brill Jofiipygg 
 ©©operated ®t*Si tne &%$nel Corps effiaiale- t* tills sM, sal 
 the ©as who hM operated the first outfit for soae mix 
 aosth* wos seat to tne Brill plant. aM ten of tltes* oat* 
 fits mm* built* ^heee outfits *•*« flfeoed along tfe© 
 eastern fteabosxd a^i operates! Jointly for seas tisss* ytaey 
 wer© doelnjrsd sutlsfnatery end order© for largr© quantities 
 *©r© plooss. later, to fee ©asaot oupliOBatss of those ton* 
 
 Mi signal Oorp« # prior to the *>©olfer&tion of war* 
 no- in osrrio* a unbar of ty-'s* of horse dxawsi wire ©arts 
 for oojnrylBg field telephone wire on power driiron 
 out equipped with nsohanlm for rarolllng this 
 srlro and pausing it up. Hon© of tfaeas outfits had proves 
 entirely setisfaetery, and the Oostp&ny sras ©shed % the 
 
 sal 3orpe to attos.pt to overeeae the diffiaultles 
 eneouatered in previous designs* £ aati*feeter;y design 
 w©a Sevelopod, and a large nassber of thest© ens Ian lit 
 daring the ©oars© of too- war* 
 
 -©n© ^®**rs prior to the estoreaic of the world ;?ur 
 the ftr&aaaee dMQMkrtmHBt began ©»p©ri» sting on tlto horse- 
 dnam reel tor eunyiag telephone wire ©.nod is eSHauikie** 
 tloa between field batteries* several assign© mr® wr&od 
 up, sos» of which wore built and super Saented with, sad at 
 the entranoe of this ©ountry into the war the Department 
 had n partly built outfit for this purpose* this partly* 
 
built outfit was sewt to *&s Caapany** plant ta be ©ess- 
 leted, and span eesnlation and teat, was found t© be sat- 
 isfactory far the desired purposes* Uais outfit carries, 
 in addition t© the field telephone wire, eomlete field 
 battery eoasanieetioa, range finding, afest plotting, and 
 fire control equipments* m outfit of this nature fce- 
 eaese particularly valuable after the development of ba^ 
 rage fire t© the iiighest stag© te ©hieh it was developed 
 during the last two years of the acrid >vsv* feats of this 
 tcpUpaa* t ersved so satisfactory for eoiaraanie&tion in bar* 
 rage fire batter? worfe, that large saiafeers of these out- 
 fits were ordered* 2ta» large caliber of these types wm 
 .goirad ag>@©ial ©osditiossa. is the Company's plant, and the 
 installation of assay new tools* and a large aaount of 
 special a^uipfaent* It also besa&e necessary as tee value 
 ©f this outfit beesrae sore fully appreciates, to estab- 
 lish an entire departsssnt, erecting new building for the 
 execution of this contrast, in whieb several thcussnd sen 
 were e&eloved* At the t! * the Armistice was signed the 
 Gosssany was delivering at the rate of about sixteen to 
 twenty sets of e uifssaent p»r day* 
 
 ■aw— mmmmttm m t *mam m)sm i n u w > .w«niri»»'wiw i iiw 
 
 fat %^ineer Scrpe foond it necessary early in the 
 war ta supply srix-color printing presses to supply the 
 daily saps famished the officers at the front* At the 
 reruest cf the '^incer Corps thin €sa|>any deveicped an 
 
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 tfcts rg«& «§ a® t# #s©&«4# §8*a& mi 
 
 all t&a* «*re wesl %s$ tm kmr&mm lb»«At«i 
 
 «$&* ««oi ,.:^os. mm m $ saw* 
 
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&t the frost, m& to the faet thai they weald hroak Its two 
 in going tkmngh shall feolee, and that it wsmlii bo n*aas* 
 nary to Setrelosj a limber and ^aianon tjroe of veaSele for 
 this jmr|>oe©« £t t&a reqaeat of the officers of the ;? irtrt 
 Begistest of i^iaoora, we designed asd baSlt the first of 
 these wagena, delivering the first outfit for their %m» 
 srfeetiee end aawptenae in three days* fMt first outfit 
 was euieepted mid an order plaewa, and the tsqpa^ reaafeaa 
 3>r©4aetiom in ©affluently short tiise to eaahie the r'irst ■ 
 Feglannt of itagJaearn to talca ahroad seise of theee out- 
 fits &hoat ©so- isoath after order was gOaeed. She Sosu^isgr 
 eoatiimed balldisg U,eae at Us* r&te of fifteen to ts?on% 
 outfits par a&y ttf to tae tiae that the jtmfetiae «aa 
 signed* 
 
 as aab-oontrt ctere of the sildvale Steel fe Ordnnass 
 ii^pagg^ the Brill Zmkimag filled aevsral orders tor 8* 
 Hovitser* oti firing platfe-ras prior to the entry of this 
 country Into the mr* r ihe«e wore bailt for the British 
 Coveraaent* ?Jpon oar entry into the war the 0* S# Sotf- 
 emiseat aoaepted the British design, ana wo aoatisaod to 
 build than© outfits &® «i©~eoatr&eters of the aidvsl* 
 Steal QmmW to he furnishes this eenalry* 
 
 the firing platform baa a largo area built tf eej&ry 
 leiaber sheathed in steel. It wae intends* 'to meant the 
 fan en thia strustare on «addy ground so as to pretest 
 
tils© ispm® ef tfco gran trail Mm lsa»0*«# firt* Hit &<#ml 
 
 Hit Still. 0«as«BSr # ttwfcM? HfeS 4£a»*Ufltt ot &«ttt» 
 
 tfstfcts© of t&o ar**iaii A*a*# i&i jhui mm%wm& % th» Sett* 
 i#* §mi^i to «im» CfteuaM MiMtMHi tm m um®m 
 
 a?^ SftfcNF at tlso A^riws ''-wmlm $?«ttste. iris® ^tt«^. p£* 
 iottiotonr* wit os*f@r$ «@r® «• hm plse&l at iO#fl t$s t&a* 
 tlte *faltf£*§ m« &%®$€* 
 
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 to «&&# Hiigs mm ti» mim Mil«t # t&s w»«bo4 festggg 
 toriofi? mss fouawt 
 
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 » $1 m 
 
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 I ana t!>* bne is foratft m a i&sg« ttwwtttsg 
 §£*£&&* faming $&e <na*t e*s%s *m& $®m& *3*f **m* ^* 
 *a& 4$ »<» rel^t#d maA pit £& m tmrm Bl^tttg 
 to t®tm Wm ®m&m &m tottlag to ey&ta&ftr *w» 
 %a U« wafflfc eas«« fi^gM* ejrlistoni ^p© bob a&ase&a*. 
 raagis. fcerM, g^iag^ %sums& «4 hnl to*st#&» ?£?g&r« t«£i$ 
 .^»4 «er iftttptttttaii* &ft«r inflgetftieti tlmm #r© A£U*» 
 I fcglldars for ftx&L m&M&mm* ^9 ®e* 
 eagglish t&e fo^lngs <^««U«M^ m&mmeMm&£&$ law?* 
 tat&Sbg OM^ttMnv tfl reqtrtrog, t%^ $? ragtag sa&ml&®» 
 
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 fc& ¥«gf «&4*# %$«©& witfc $ars© iieiaij 0V©t^ AapMrtm»t •* 
 ta» geiPtl**, **$& a® ttft $tea&$£ti*» mrm Tas?i#I it mm 
 
 «q.ai$£«ttt %Ueh w#rs ?*3ttir*4 te wr^ *nl«k ft&iTOCsr* 
 f&«@© mtml®$®fk *f Carjrtttitew* Oa««»t for the Ortegas**® S&~ 
 9**feMt*% t SaAdlero' < < fc« tor ttss Ovtaanft* &gp&x'ta6i?t v 
 
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 jsttrtaaat* 8&ppl>* mgm £«# 3#areiiiiffht troop*, %#&&* 
 
 for mm waiftawi e^f«- # tm% m&m* a&m&mm «wr *#* -^11% 
 
 part* &&& «^ttlfWMKit# 
 
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 fioftre too ®$®$m of prions «*»*» *aa £nnti%i*to# 
 tqr *&* %m- t&m&MSm &mt& t wmw&Awx& M nimomty sua 
 
 ftelz^ was «gp«xi«noo& ir* cftteinlng m&c&eli immllg *rm&» 
 
 akl« to Wm Uu&Ultgr of &* wUXsmys to fiurnKfc $$na$fl&N*» 
 tioit. It «aa frotpoBtl^ ffias&g (AS imrcBtlgfetiofc, tint 
 otter a»mfaot«x«ani of m& $m to rial g^yefi tin* ««£« oppose- 
 iems© of tiso Brill Cojspfaaj of getting $ttl«fcly *»*» proAue- 
 tion oxto. having !«$• qcwftttieo of flnlalttA o<p*|.p§imt 
 itto&p for osipaaist fent imaM# to ootols rallw^r transitu-* 
 %imt to m§?o tbas to tteir 4«etiasti«&3« Tm assaitiasg 
 w»ro, of eosr**, r^&tly «grv*rst*& %f too soirero «ist«r 
 of lflf-18. 
 
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 auto that it mm of little t»se&$* Is the nooipusfatis of 
 tfa* ;-ri -iritle*- .aomro tfcor© tto^eased to he » mwlmm las* 
 of rftftJUUrs&UH! of to.® rtlativa lapeftaBe* of eoRtr&eto* 
 
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 fha plant of tho a* C. Kuhlcssm Car Company, build* 
 or® of all typas of aloctrie ©ara, in oituatad In Collin* 
 wood* Ohio, a auburfe of Clairsland v «i tho taint &h®ip* & Mioh* 
 igaa Southern Bailraad* TMs railroad, and th® esnnaeting 
 lino® of ths **n»S£lva»l& s BaltiaAra & Ohio and Wahaaa 
 Systems, furnish adequate transportation faeUltlea for 
 afcipaent of eats to mil Sfsatlans of the eouratry* 
 
 Business wa?$ started by the 2ualaw Coopony in 
 1901 and ha® axpsnAed oo rapidly that many additions to 
 building© ana ©quipscmt have boom necessary to toe^ tip 
 with its develoEaent* fffes plant at -preset e overs thirty 
 aerea and the various buildings are faedele of their ©lass 
 ®o arranged that tho pro-greas of work through %h®w is eon* 
 tianwus to tho shipping departeast. These building* mm 
 equipped with the gnat mvnmv®& type of raaohiswry, suit- 
 able for the prodaetiem of oloetrie railway ears* 
 
 3te 1904 tho Company mm purohssed by :&e J. « 
 Brill Company, Car and ?roek builders, mi a© a subsidiary 
 of this pioneer of the isidustry, produeee squi promt of the 
 mm high staaadart of quality* 
 
 #risr to tha antsy of the united states into the 
 
 World Way, tho luaohioery required to produee the various 
 
 sar parta bei»$ eultaela for taming ant various taotor 
 
 truck rsateri&l, the ltuhlr,sn Ceapany rsesivsA sacral orders 
 for this material from the peerless Company, and several 
 
additional order© have eeea plaoed slnse. fMi business 
 in value aggregated about - 300 ,000 #00, a large portion of 
 the parts tttr&©4, out toeing «®& «& ssotor trn&fes for the 
 United ^t&tea CUwsrn&ent* 
 
 In iloventoer, 191?, tii© United states Goverarasnt 
 pl&aed orders with the cotopa&y for MX) type "B" motor 
 traok bodies, valued at ; ; 113»?&0.00. Otter orders for 
 motor truok bodies wore also planed, ittelueUisg dOO typo H B W 
 in February, l*il8, valued at 1143*000.00. the entire 
 quantity o? those thro© order©, K10G raster truok bodies 
 was completed and shipped* 
 
 The ONsmpany slao resolved orders from the ;;nitsa 
 State* £overonent la August ^ 1916 1 ;"or a ,000 artillery sap* 
 ply bodies | 1,000 spring shoots, 1,000 wheel fastenings, 
 and 1,000 Ba-nntlARU, total value $4S&,QOG.O0, but the ar- 
 mistice was signed and work suspends! on these orders be* 
 for© shipments oonld »a aside. 
 
 The foref^olGf? work w< tied by tits Ituhiman Oor- 
 
 pany without alterations or additions to ■ ful . e«fuJp~ 
 
 Bent. 
 
 farther list of s&saellsneoas artioles ttamfaotaraft 
 will bo found ooatained in the list on page 40. 
 
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 The plant of the American Car Company, builders of 
 electric railway care, is Ideated in the ©esters suburbs 
 of 8ft, Louis, between the tracks of the Hisaouri aoific, 
 3t» Louis, Iron Mountain ft 3outfe©m and the I^riseo astern 
 Sailroads, an admirable location for the shipment of its 
 product* 
 
 fhis plant rase built in 1891, and covers m area of 
 mere than ten aoree # It was purchased in 1&02 by The J* 
 8* Brill Company, and the cumber of buildings increased 
 to proptely handle the expansion in the business* 
 
 .on 
 
 Prior to the entrance of the United states into the 
 war this Company received an order for 99 three-ton motor 
 transport bodies, valued at $16,000*00, of which 48, valued 
 at #7,600.00, were completed and shipped* 
 
 It also engaged in the production of street Botlmy 
 Csrs for government organisations interested in transporta- 
 tion of employees of worafseturing plants and other enter- 
 prises to and from their work. 
 
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 The plant of the w&oon fcteunfaotarlag Ooapany, bus Id* 
 ere of all types of oars for steam and alaotrlo railways, 
 
 la located at Brightwood, §£aaa», o suburb of Springfield, 
 oaeupying a twenty«*ono-aers treat of lend along the 
 trao&s of the Boston & &iino Kallroaa In ilia northwest 
 oomer of the latter olty* It has en admirable location 
 £®r foreign aa well as doneatla shipment due to its prox- 
 imity to naaoroos shipping porte, with the remit that 
 sen-built equipment, both steam ana eleotrio, oan he 
 found on jaany Saportant foreign as well as tSameetia ays teas* 
 
 l*ha tfaoon 1'anu featuring 3oapany started business in 
 1874 all Its present looatlon for the express purpose of 
 oonstruotlniK stssa railway oars, bat its well organised 
 and adequately equipped shops afforded excellent faoflttfeo 
 for the oonstruotlon of squlpasnt for eleotria oyotoinB a© 
 well* rrossnt total floor area- of the plant Is 19e,000 
 ssqtiare feet, and its squipasnt is capable of producing 
 300 standard passenger ear $ per an&um, artth as average 
 employment of 400 people. 
 
 In l^oa the <fason Jerapany wa® paroaaaed tey The 3* §• 
 Brill Oompany, the pioneer builder of slsotria railway 
 ears and tracks, end this affiliation gave impetus to the 
 already highly developed oar-bullding activities* of the 
 voapany* 
 
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 sb the United states Ssvsntrasnt entered %m me ant 
 
 the ©all MM sounded for ras&uf aetur tog facilities for ver* 
 ieaa ©lasses of was* equipment, the general plea of toe build- 
 ings at the «ason plant, the character of a large part of 
 it© machinery, and *J» spelaliBed experience of its staff 
 of enployees, were mislay recognised a« assdrafels for tbs 
 construction of aircraft for whlah the govef&ftont was im 
 ©o groat a need* 
 
 To properly handle this for® of construction mm® 
 important alterations a»& addition® to buildings and ©qui*- 
 awt had to fee msdft* mm iro« fowr4r^ building ted to bo 
 changed to a shop suited to the production ®nd f iniaaing 
 of various metal parte required is aircraft* Oar Erecting 
 building adj to be specially ©quipped to provide for the 
 application of linen to the wings, staMllssrs, rudder©, 
 ete*, arid the dsplng thereof, which repaired the installs* 
 tien of a Bpesial ventilating systesw 3osh woodworking 
 nashlnery a« raould not Is© required had to fee rsaovei and 
 stored, to* Paint Shop building*, having a floor area of 
 42,000 square feet, mas suitably adapts 1® for rearrange* 
 awnt as a general aeafttribly, pachlsg and ©hipping department* 
 
 In addition, aany alterations to the plant generally 
 had to he sad©, such a© removal of worn railroad tracks, 
 new concrete foundations and additional posts for support* 
 Ing galleries and partitions to enclose ©eat ions 
 
 • 37 • 
 
needed for receiving and store rooms, minor offices, cost 
 rooms, rest rooms for women employees, also the increased 
 number of employee®, approximately one thousand, made neces- 
 sary additional toilet facilities of the moet modern type. 
 ,-iier© necessary to maintain a high temperature in build- 
 ings, the steam hosting system had to ho overhauled and 
 addition made. Electric group drive had to he installed 
 for all m&chinery, replacing the line ahaftinn eteam engine 
 3rive method, and the lighting system had to be increased 
 and extended. To provide adequate = rotoction to the plant 
 for engaging in war equipment production a fenoe had to be 
 built, powerful electric light® installed, nd guards prop* 
 erly st tioned around the plant. 
 
 All of these alterations and new equipment required • 
 considerable outlay of money, as it was doomed advisable 
 to incorporate a separate company for carrying on this war 
 worfc. 
 
 r- i/,;./ ..' ££9U 
 
 consequently, application was m&de snS a charter 
 grafted September ?7, If If , to a corporation ufior the 
 title of the sprirsg field aircraft corporation with m m 
 it-'.T of ;, 600,000. £9 this corporation -son pis at «a« 
 leased* The contracts were tfcea 1st fsr His necer.?5sry 
 alterations and additions to buildings and equipment re- 
 quired for tfeo production of aircraft, and orders placed 
 for the necessary special Etoohinary. 
 
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 Ceaaenoing with * order for 400 m&B Curtis* training 
 planes, end spare® for 800, in Getober, %%%% the Severn** 
 mn% plaosd order for 891 a*4» plane© in ^me # 1918, 8 
 fM plmm in Ail#«0% 1918, M»d 300 ai«D plmea in deptea* 
 ber, lf!8» a total value of s$4,llv t m«s»« Of tale mmh&* 
 a total if S8S plan©© were shipped, valued apprestaately 
 at #&,d«Q,000,, a^d the balanee of those on order eanoelled 
 ejr tie Oeven*saex& soon after to© signing of the arn&stlee* 
 
 Is prodoeitg these plenen the ontire flfasoa or§anissa~ 
 tien wm absorbed by the Springfield Aircraft Oerp oration* 
 Witfc the signing- of the amalsfciee end the eeneellation of 
 orders by the £overaaent 9 eafflosrees a® relieved from air- 
 •raft work wer# l '.niediateiy started in assletn® sjrraagsnents 
 for the vrednetion of ©teas* and eleetrie railwes? ears, and 
 la affecting en oh eh&nges in eqidysHnt as were. neeesntary 
 for the return of the plant to its jpeaee»tlae osenpatien* 
 
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 lies* ^tesrfcig 
 Auto Parts 
 
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 Ante Farts 
 
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 For tee tiii.it© 4 d tats a Oow 
 Consisted contrasts 
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 Total - 
 
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 75 
 300 
 300 
 
 200 
 
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 1000 
 
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 600 
 
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 £9 300* 00 
 
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 It &a 'Joatract Value fiS&ISBB^ 
 
 3- ton &%•* Transport Bodies 99 >,&00« 46 
 
 ;rtis Trtxlnirm Planes 400) 
 
 spares for 3842 Curtis Training rl&nes £00) 
 
 aes £75) 
 
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THE PHILADELPHIA "PHSSS" 
 August 2 5 tli f 1919 
 
 EVERY BRANCH OF 
 ARMY SERVED BY 
 
 BIG BRILL WORKS 
 
 Thirty-acre Plant Made Early 
 
 Start Supplying Needs of 
 
 Allies. 
 
 100 PER CENT. WAR WORK 
 
 United States Used Company's 
 Varied Facilities in a Hun- 
 dred Different Ways. 
 
 How Philadelphia accomplished 
 the Herculean labor of producing 
 more than two oillion dollars' 
 worth of war •materials within a 
 short space of time, more than 
 one-sixth of the amount produced 
 hy the entire nation, is told in the 
 scries of articles of which this is 
 the fifteenth. The aritcles are accur- 
 currate in every respect, having been 
 attested oy the Ordnance Depart- 
 ment to which they were submit- I 
 ted. 
 
 It may be said that the first distincUy 
 American offensive was the reduction 
 of the St- Mihiel salient, carried through 
 from September 12 to September 15, 
 largely by American troops, and entirely 
 under the orders of the American com- 
 mander-in-chief. In the attack the 
 American troops -were aided by the 
 French colonial troops, who held a por- 
 tion of the front line. We were also 
 aided by French and British air 
 squadrons. 
 
 The attack began at 5 in the morn- 
 ing, after four hours of artillery prep- 
 aration of great severity, and met with 
 success immediately. Before noon ap- 
 proximately one-half the distance be- 
 tween the bases of the salient had been 
 covered, and the morning of the nest 
 day troops of the 1st and 26th Divisions 
 met at Vigneulles, cutting off the salient 
 within twenty-four hours of the begin- 
 ning of the movement. 
 
 Between this engagement and that of 
 the Battle of Gettysburg, two compari- 
 
 sons emphasize the magnitude of the 
 action:- At St. Mihiel about 550,000 
 Americans were engaged ; the Union 
 forces at Gettysburg numbered about 
 100,000. In three whole days at Gettys- 
 burg the Union artillery fired 33,000 
 rounds ; St SI ihiel made a record for 
 "concentration of artillery fire" by an 
 artillery preparation of four hours. 
 wherein was consumed more than 
 1,000,000 rounds of artillery ammunition. 
 The summary of this engagement 
 reads as follows : The American com- 
 manders and troops demonstrated their 
 ability to plan and execute a big Amer- 
 ican operation ; a dangerous enemy 
 salient was- reduced ; we captured 443 
 guns and 16,000 Hun prisoners. The of- 
 fensive of St Mihiel cost only approx- 
 imately 7000 casualties, or less than one- 
 third the entire Union losses at the Bat- 
 tle of Gettysburg. 
 
 Started Early at Brills. 
 The extensive plant of the J. G. Brill 
 Company, in Philadelphia, covers a. thir- 
 ty-acre tract of land in the western part 
 of the city, between the Southern lines 
 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Bal- 
 1 timore & Ohio Railroad. The entire tract 
 | is covered with steel and brick shops and 
 j buildings, lumber and steel storage sec- 
 i tions, railways, traveling crane and other 
 
 transfer equipment. 
 ; "When, running at capacity production 
 ' on its normal output of cars and trucks, 
 j Brill's employ about 3500 men. Their 
 ; equipment of machinery and facilities 
 ; for car and truck building are neees- 
 ' sarily varied and comprehensive, em- 
 I bracing practically every class of ma- 
 chinery used in quantity production of 
 large and small steel, brass and wood 
 parts. 
 i Soon after the outbreak of the world 
 war. the Brill Company began the manu- 
 i facture of material for war purposes: 
 I first making automobile truck bodies for 
 the transportation of materials for 
 ! troops. These bodies were of many kinds. 
 j and were designed at their plant under 
 | the direction of military commissioners . 
 > sent to this country by Russia. 
 I The type of bodies so furnished in- 
 I eluded motor transport or dorry bodies, 
 portable kitchens, omnibus bodies, stor- 
 age vans and combination bodies for the 
 transportation of troops as well as of 
 5'-: T-ies, 
 
 Shortly after Brill's started -work on 
 this equipment for the Russian Govern- 
 ( ment they received contracts for the 
 British. French and Belgian Govern- 
 ments for automobile bodies of various 
 kinds, including stake bodies for hand- . 
 ling hay and grain, transport bodies for 
 the transportation of materials, combi- I 
 nation bodies for the transportation of ; 
 I troops and materials and tank bodies for j 
 
 carrying fuel oil for aviation purposes. 
 i This class of work however, occupied . 
 but a small proportion of this big Phil- 
 adelphia company's equipment, and it 
 rriers early in tiie war for she I 
 forgings for the Russian 75-millimeter ' 
 gun. completely machined and rear 
 loading. Brills also furnished the Brit- ; 
 ish Government with six-inch shells. | 
 . completely machined, as well as six-inch 
 i shell forgings to be machined abroad. 
 j During 1916. when the Mexican border 
 trouble was at its height Brills furnish- 
 ed large numbers of automobile bodies 
 
rfor use on the Mexican border. These in- ijpartment, portable radio telegraph out- 
 ! eluded transport bodies, ambulances and [fits and wire ing Held 
 
 portable machine shop bodies, ih"= hone wire in power- 
 
 iv>i?i^ comDletely equipped with various ;] j i 
 
 - for the printi i-ynt, of 
 
 being completely equipped 
 types of metal cutting machines. 
 Made Portable Searchlights. 
 
 ! six-col :i ■ r "lie of- 
 
 r front). A notable achie 
 Prior to December, 1916. three differ- ment in this line was the developing of 
 ent types of portable searchlights had 
 been developed, nox ' '"- had 
 
 proven highly satisfactory, due 
 extreme delicacy of the lamps, and 
 
 general unsatisfactory power outf.'s - - Department, mounted on trucks, inside 
 the searchlights and some defects ir, the :: three weeks after notice ": ge ahead 
 vehicles themselves. In December. 1916, lartermaster of the army 
 
 fte .Brills were given a contract to de- Brills' furnished aU the -ea- racks used 
 
 an automobile body mounted on a five- 
 ton truck, with a heating system to keep 
 the inks flowing freely, and celluloid 
 windows to furnish sufficient light- 
 These outfits were furnished the "\\ar 
 
 velop a limber and caisson ty-.-e search 
 li°-ht outfit, the limber to carpy the power 
 
 by the expediting forces- This rack was 
 Beted — ith sliding hooks for carrying 
 
 nfant consisting of a gasolrjfe engine an I meats, ar.d so arranged as to render it 
 direct connected generator of about five | possible to inclose this rack so as to ex- 
 kilowatt caoacitv. and the caisson to . eiud2 dust and insects. 
 
 carry the elevating tower and search- 
 light. 
 
 To the Aircraft Production Depart- 
 ment, they furnished Liberty motor 
 B -. : Reels for 
 
 This tower was arranged to rest onJcy 
 elliptic springs for traveling on the road, jarrying .elephone wire used ji com- 
 and was capable of being tilted to an up- munication between field batteries were 
 
 V = - n and extended eighteei fee! ; = :?a^i '::" : : - :r a:.: r ice md a part 
 
 & " . .- ;_ :_ ' — „..*,^o^= " - rT - - " ' -- ; = " 
 
 illy when the limber is in opera- 
 tion. 
 
 The lamps proper used in these out- 
 fits were the first high intensity search- 
 lights built. 
 
 [eted outfit was 5rr.: to Brills for 
 completion. This outfit carries, in addi- 
 tion to the field telephone wire, complete 
 field battery commur .: Jr find- 
 
 si. :: plctl g nd are control equip- 
 
 \t the time the armistice was signed I ment. An outfit of this nature became 
 J G Brill Company were at work on a part sularly valuable after the It 
 
 portable sixty-inch searchlight mounted men! - ::rr?ae fire" to the high stage 
 on a thirtv-foot revolving tower on a ! achieved during the last months of the 
 standard railroad fiat car. Power for 5 world war. Tests of this equipment 
 this lamp was supplied by two twenty- , proved so satisfactory for c: c 
 five-kilowatt generators, direct — connect- | cation in barrage fire battery work, that 
 ed to gasoline engines. These power large numbers of these _ - were or- 
 plants also supplied power to motors on | dered by the Ordnance Departrr.er 
 the axles of the cars, furnishing power I This nation of ma: 
 
 to move the entire equipment on staai- tools - I ge amount of 
 
 ard guaae railway rucks from place to equipment. As the value of this type 
 place, sleeping quarters for the crew j j outfit became more fully appreciated, 
 were provided in a box car alongside the fit became necsssary for the Brill- 
 
 power plant. 
 
 tablish an entire department tor its 
 
 Soon after the entrance of this country j manufacture : new buildinrs » = ---- - 
 into the war, the Brill Company was ed j n which several thousand men were 
 called upon .by the Ordnance Depart- employed 
 ment 16 enter at once into the produc- When the armis was signe 
 
 = :or the transporta- J- G- Brill Company v as deli - 
 
 tion of heavy guns HHr.g.r.s-ers from the l he Ordnance Department from - 
 company conferred with the Engineer- 'to twenty sets ::' this equipmer.: ;:;r 
 
 Z:xl-:-inch howitzer on firing plat-; 
 rrrrus -. T "ere als: amiaa- ulae :rr.r-:r:an: 
 war products of the Brill Company. 
 
 The firing platform has a larr; 
 built of heavy lumber sheathed in 
 It was j gun on 
 
 this structure on muddy grottni 
 .. __.-^_. ._-. f spade rf the gur 
 being hammered into the gj 
 recoil, altering lhe iirection of fire. 
 
 Sama; :: :r is the president of 
 
 (his great company, whose out- a 
 rf such a valuable nature tc the 'War 
 Department in the crisis William H 
 Healings r viee-pi 2si . 
 Rawle. second wice-pres 
 Rawle, treasurer, ari F W. Bri 
 
 treasurer The secretary of tht 
 company is H. C. Esling. 
 
 In conclusicr. it may be said that prac- 
 tically every Philadelphian has ridden 
 on a brill-made trolley in Philair 
 
 - :1s rode 
 
 toward the fr ie here 
 
 in the bis rhia. 
 
 ing Division of the Ordinance Depart- 
 view of devel- 
 oping, in detail, the plan cf a "bridge- 
 girder" type of frame cons: sur- 
 mounted by a massive base for the gun, 
 and mounted on a pair of s:::- 
 
 s The cars vfe shed com- 
 
 plete, ready for installing the sixteen- 
 inch gun. 
 
 100 Per cent. "War Work. 
 Early in 1918 the J. G. Brill Com- 
 i a 100 
 
 per cent- war 
 
 In the Sura " lere were or- 
 
 ders being filled at"Brill's for every de- 
 partment of .1 service 
 A summary of their achie'" E 
 shows that they supplied -■■. 
 to our Allies before the V 
 
 - the conflict and for a time after 
 the work undertaken 
 prior to - 1917 
 
 In studying the achievements of the 
 rreat concern, nearly every branch of 
 he arm; ieeiveo lerial from their- 
 
 ihops — ambulances for the medical der_ 
 
NO. . 
 
 ATTENTION = 
 
 ordnance department 
 
 Office of Ordnance District Chief 
 
 1710 market street 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
 
 OPFI CE Oj CHI EF aimsmw WBW ML 
 
 October 18, 1919, 
 
 Frcm: The History Branch, 
 
 Philadelphia District Ordnance Office 
 
 To: Mr. J. tf. Eawle, 2no Vice President, 
 The J. G. Brill Company, 
 Philadelphia, la. 
 
 Vy dear Mr. Rawle : 
 
 The writer has read with keen interest the 
 "Brill History of ,'ar York", covering, as it does, the 
 J. G. Erill Company's effort in tne Great War to defeat 
 Prussian Autocracy. 
 
 The work referred to records another one of the 
 instances of the remarkable adaptability of American 
 Engineering, and, taken as a whole, the war work of the 
 J. G. Brill Company will furnish an extremely important 
 part of the "Jig-saw Puzzle Picture", which, when put 
 together by our future historian, shall picture the stu- 
 pendous and glorious achievements of American ingenuity. 
 
 ^C 
 
 WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS, 
 CHIEF HISTORY BiraNCH, 
 
 PHILADELPHIA DIST. ORB. OFj