The Hershey Press 1914-12-24

              How Machinery Has Been Made to do
the Work of Men and to do it Bet-ter.
The Hershey Equipment
Finest of any Chocolate
" Factory in the . World
A carload of coal is run in on the
powerhouse track of 'the Hershey
Chocolate Company. A huge dipper
slides gently down, bites up a ton or
so of the coal, takes an upward course
and then gracefully drops it in the
top of a great steel tank.
In the upper part of this big steel
tank the coal is chewed into small
bits—predigested, so to speak, for its
subsequent, usefulness.
Presently an inverted trolley car
on suspended tracks jogs merrily un-der
the tank and takes out several
tons of the predigested coal. It at
once runs towards the factory wall,
goes through a door and finds its way
in front of the new furnaces, each of
which is almost as big as a house.
Into the lap of each furnace this
inverted trolley car drops the crushed
coal in quantities needed.
Then this coal is fed by ingenious
machinery as it is required and there
is a wonderful mechanism that weighs
and measures the results, so that it
is known how much heat the coal, is
producing.
Then when the coal is burned the
ashes-drop into a trough and are car-ried
by endless belts into concrete re-ceptacles
from which they are lifted
by machinery into cars or wagons..
From the heat comes the steam
and it is sent through its pipes into
the next room, but before it reaches
the engines that make the power
something remarkable h a p p e n s .
Steam at 180 pounds .. pressure
registers 379 degrees and runs
off at that temperature, so that un-der
ordinary circumstances it never
gets any hotter. But in its progress
from boiler to engine through the
pipes, fifty feet long or more it may
lose some of its heat and there may
come drops of water in the steam. In
that ease water is not wanted; it does
not work; it had has to be carried
along and it is dead weight.
So, after the steam leaves the boil-ers
it is run through, superheaters
which give it 80 degrees more of tem-perature—
heat it so hot that when it
reaches the engines it is as dry as
gas. Thus every particle of it be-comes
a working force.
Nqw this superheated steam goes
into one engine cylinder and produces
power and then it keeps on to an-other
engine cylinder and pro-duces
power ' equal to the pull
of over two thousand horses.
Thus the same steam works twice,
and although it still has plenty of
energy left, it is piped into condensers
where it becomes water again and is
pumped back to the boilers, there to
begin one once more its rebirth into
steam. - The same process takes place
in a second but smaller engine, which
produces 1,000 horse power.
As a result we have the power that
is promptly turned into electricity,
and this electricity runs the great
Hershey 'plant , operates the trolley
lines, lights the town, pumps the wa-ter
into the hew reservoirs on Pros-pect
Heights and performs the multi-tudinous
services required in a model
industrial community.
In order to appreciate it all you
must go to the oldtype factory with
its power plant. There you will see
carts and shovolors, grime and dirt
fralore , stokers eternally shoveling
and raking the coal, an army of oilers
and attendants and noise and dust
everywhere.
In the new power plant of the Hor-flhoy
Factory practically everything
is done by machinery, There are no
carts or shovolors, no stokers, and
no confusion. It is all order and
pence with a low cheerful men look-ing
at guagos and turning wheels or
pushing buttons occasionally. To
anyone accustomed only to the old
order it is more than a revelation—it
is ho wonderful that it scorns to bo
incredible. And yet lu the now order
thoro is vastly more power than In
the old noise.
Hero wo have the latest and the
fundomontal note of the advanced ef-ficiency
of the Herflhoy plant. There
is nothing bettor anywhere, and it is
doubtful if thoro is any plant quite
so good , although other may bo larg-er,
Certainly no chocolate factory ts
so well equipped.
The Now Equipment
The now power plant equipment in-cludoH
the following!
Four Bdgomoro'water tubular boil-ers,
ouch of 410 horso power capacity,
equipped with Foster Superheaters
nwl Wotzoll'a Mechanical Stokers,
generating steam at 180 pounds
proHHiiro with 80 degrees Fnronholt
superheat. The gasoH of, combustion
lira curried off by tin Alphonsa Custo-dies
rndlnl brick stack 200 foot high
and 10 foot inside diameter. The
fltonm generated will bo used partly
to operate the present plant and part-ly
to operate two additional crosH
compound Corliss engines of about
1,000 and 2,000 homo power each,
built by Robert WothorM Company,
Hersk ys New Power Plant
is a Marvel of Efficiency
of Chester, Pa. Each engine has
mounted on its shaft two dynamos
generating 600 volts D. C. and 2300
volts A. C, three phase 60 cycle, built
by the Croker Wheeler Company, of
Ampere, N. J. The exhaust steam
is carried to surface condensers built
by the C. H. Wheeler Company of
Philadelphia. . From these, condensers
it is delivered to a Cochrane feed wa-ter
heater and returned to the boilers.
.. The electric current is being dis-tributed
from two switchboards of
black oil-finished slate built by the
Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Company, of Plainville, Conn. An
electric crane with a capacity of 50
tons travels the length of the engine
room and is used for handling the
heavier parts of the engines.
An additional refrigerating ma-chine
of 160 tons refrigeration ca-pacity,
built by. the Frick Company
of Waynesboro, has been installed in
this new plant.
Engine Room Three Times Larger
' All the equipment referred to here
and the elaborate new equipment for
increased refrigeration are additional
to the old equipment which is already
being modernized and ¦ which repre-sents
a total of 2400 horse power.
The new boiler room is three times
the original size and the new engine
room is a superb structure of steel
and cement 125 by 150 feet. Here the
light and ventilation are complete.
It gives one an entirely new idea of a
power plant, for it is most attractive
and it will be as clean as a dining
room. Now in addition to all that
has been described here is the outfit
of oil engines in the southeastern
corner of the factory. They include
six 250 horse power Diesel oil en-gines
built by the Diesel Engine Com-pany
of St Louis. These engines
are equipped with 250 volt D. C. gen-erators
built by the Croker Wheeler
Company of Ampere, N. J. In this
plant we have also two refrigerating
machines of 80 ton refrigeration ca-pacity
each built by the York Manu-facturing
Company and four air com-pressors
furnishing compressed air
at various pressures) reaching as high
as 9O0 pounds per square inch.
In all its equipment the Hershey
plant has the best that can be secured.
Hershey Salesmen Here
Gathering of the Handsome Men Who
Handle Hershey Products
' This week Hershey is entertaining
the best looking and most interesting
party of the year, ft is made up of
the Hershey representatives in vari-ous
states of the East and West.
They add not only to the good looks
of the town .but much to its interest
and they find a cordial welcome with
the regret that their stay is only for
a few days. They are all optimists
and they expect 1915 to be a year of
activity and prosperity. They were
astonished and greatly pleased by
the many improvements that have
been made since their last visit, Mr.
Kasson and Mr. Pugh have been busy
entertaining the visitors. Those here
include:
Western territory—Reid Cameron,
Louisville, Ky., W. H. Bowdoin,
Montgomery, Ala,, R. C. Keeblo, To-poka,
Kans., M. II. Finlayson, Grand
Forks, N. Dale, H. J. Hirsch , Madi-son
, Wis., P. S. Preston , Milwaukee,
Wis,, L. C. Cooper, St. Louis, Mo., C.
W. McFarland, Duluth, Minn., A. L.
Pavoy, Oklahoma, Okla., F. F. Golden ,
Davenport, Ia.; h.' Noel,' Minneapolis,
Minn., E. D. Schaoffer, Des Moines,
la,, R. D. Kirkpatrick , Amaha, Neb.
Eastern territory—D, C. Lewis,
Toledo, O., F. S. Quinn , Norfolk , Va.,
W. E. Ross, West Va., Robert Ream,
West Va., II. L, Pugh, Cleveland , O.,
II , 11, Snavoly, Lancaster, Pa., O, V.
Hootman , Washington, Pa., R. L.
RlfTort , Philadelphia , Pa„ II. II. Di-vine
, Christiana , Pa.
W. B. Nuuglor , of Boston , and T. B.
Bock, of Seattle, aro also present,
Very Little War Talk
Dubois and Mrs. Harvey, both beauti-fully
rendered. Mr. Dubois is train-ing
the Men's Chorus. Mrs. Harvey
is a fine musician and she played the
violin in the orchestra on Sunday.
In tho announcements the leader
emphasized tho invitation which Her-shey
extends to tho people of Leb-anon
Valley and elsewhere to attend
these attractive and elevating ser-vices.
All tho speakers have nation-al
reputations and aro the best that
could be secured. Thoro is never a
dull program. For next Sunday tho
speaker will bo Dr. George P. Biblo,
for many years president of tho State
Normal School of Pennsylvania and
one of the most interesting speakers
on tho platform. His address on
Sunday will bo especially helpful to
young people. It will bo on "Life
and Opportunity," "As an orator ho
ranks formost," is tho assurance that
roaches Hershey as to Dr. Bible's
quality. Another big audience is ex-pected
, but there is always room.
People Seem to be More Interested
in Other Matters
Hershey is far above the average
of American towns and its population
is representative.. It takes many
newspapers and reads much. Its peo-ple
are fond of conversation and there
is more than the usual amount of dis-cussion.
Therefore, it is significant that one
hears very little war talk here and
this in spite of the fact that Hershey
is doing a large trade with European
ports and has contributed generously
for the war sufferers. It is very
convincing proof that Americans have
decided to give their time' and thought
to their own affairs. . It is what Presi-dent
Wilson might call a psychological
condition and it -is the best promise
one has yet seen of the reality of the
prosperity promised for next year.
The decision in the freight rate
cases and the brighter confidence in
the whole business situation find gen-eral
appreciation. Evidently Ameri-cans,
while sorry that the foolish
European countries are busy knock-ing_
oneanoiher_to_pieces,-are-not go-ing
to let that performance interfere
with their own duties; any more than
they can help. And the way to help
most is.to quit talking too much about
the war.
This status in one of the quiet cen-ters
of production ought to be useful
to those city newspapers that want
to know American sentiment. Per-haps
when they realize what it is they
will economize on space and white
paper by using fewer poster types on
their front pages.
Fine Audience on Sunday
Continued Success of the Union Meet-ing
Very Gratifying
No success of tho winter has
brought larger pleasure and satisfac-tion
than tho growth of tho Sunday
afternoon union meetings. In spite
of tho snow and sleet there was a fine
audience last Sunday and it included
many persons from Palmyra and oth-er
neighboring towns. Tho time will
come when those meetings will draw
their thousands and when tho audi-torium
to bo built hero will bo one of
tho great homos of music and oratory.
In the meanwhile tho idea is being de-veloped
splendidly and tho people
have taken a warm interest in it,
Last Sunday tho Hpoakor was Dr. C.
C. Mitchell , of Rhode Island , one of
tho well-known men of tho platform
and one who is popular at tho loading
ChnutnuqunH. Ho was scheduled to
Hpoak on "Tho Upward Trend ," but
it happened that ho had boon a pupil
of Professor King who had spoken
so eloquently on "Lessons From The
Biblo" tho previous Sunday, and Dr.
Mitchell suggested that It might bo
well for him to follow on a, related
lino. So ho gavo his lecture, "Tho
Dark Horso of History." This dark
horse was the prophet Elijah and Dr ,
Mitchell presented him vividly and
drew Htrong and pertinent lessons
from his life and work, Tho nddrofm
was a Horios of word pictures and apt
applications , with humor intermix-ed
and for more than an hour tho au-dience
listened attentively,
Tlio loader for tho day was L. K,
Mookins, Rev, George Snavoly Rout;/,
rend tho scripture lesson and made
tho prayer, Tho orchestra under
Professor Fooho , played effectively,
As before tho congregational singing
wan earnest, onthusInHtlc and Inspir-ing;
F. I). Koboch directed. Tho
special features wore solos by W. L,
Fine Pictures Christmas
Special RcoIh For tho Evening at
Ilerslicy Central Theatre
Christmas) evening special reels will
bo proHontad at Horshoy Central
Theater. Thoy will bo an fine as any
moving picturoH soon hero this son-
Hon, Owing to their larger cost tho
admission will bo 10 cents, but thoy
aro worth far more than tho price,
Saturday tho attraction will bo tho
famous "A Million Bid." This is a
big Broadway production with tho
Vltngraph stars and as Ik Is one of
tho moat popular of moving pictures
iv largo attendance , Is expected. Tho
admission will bo 10 cents.
On Monday and Wednesday eve-nings
of next weak tho usual pictures
will bo presented and tho admission
will bo 13 cents.
Oldham -Hefshey
Miss Catherine Hershey the Bride of
Maine Educator
A wedding of great local interest
was that of Miss Catherine E. Her-shey,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. L.
Hershey, to Mr. Stanley R. Oldham,
of Pittsfield , .Me. It took place at
eleven o'clock Tuesday at the home of
the bride's parents and was witnessed
by members of the families of the
bride and groom. Rev. George
Snavely Rentz, pastor of Derry Pres-byterian
Church, officiated. Miss
Louise Kreider of Annville played the
wedding march and Mrs. H. G. Henry,
of Gregory, South Dakota, a sister of
the groom, sang. The bride was
dressed in a traveling costume of
covert cloth..
Miss Hershey was one of the most
popular girls of Lebanon Valley.
She graduated in . journalism at the
University of Wisconsin and won
honors in her profession. It happen-ed
that , her work took her to many
brilliant weddings but when it came
to her own she chose a quiet ceremony
with only relatives and very intimate
friends present. This was a disap-pointment
to her wider circle of
friends but while they were not pres-ent
they joined in wishing her all pos-sible
happiness. Mr. Oldham is prin-cipal
of Maine Central Institute,
Pittsfield , Me. Mr. and Mrs, Oldham
left for Pittsfield , where they will re-side.
Hershe y Trust Company
The Hershey Trust Company will
be closed on Christmas and Now
Year's Day but on other days of tho
holiday season will observe its usual
hours. The company sends a greet-ing
to its patrons and tho public gen-erally
in which it says :
"We feel a deep interest in this
community. Wo desire to assist in
all ways open to us in promoting its
welfare, And wo want you to fool
that tho Christmas influence of Good-
Will and Helpfulness is permanent
hero,—hinting ' tho year round and
making for pleasant business rela-tions
at all times.
"As for 1915—tho business out-look
for our entire country is most
promising, Not forgetting tho sad
conditions oxistant in Europe, wo can
alf fool optimistic and rightfull y so.
Wo will "cultivate, manufacture and
produce as never before, The World
expects it of us."
Men's Chorus
There will bo no mooting of tho
Men 's Chorus on Monday evening.
Tho uwiinl rolioaivml, will ho hold on
tho following Monday evening, The
organisation has boon perfected and
Ih making lino progress under the di-rection
of W. L. Dubois, .Future ap-plicants
for tho chorus will not bo ad-mitted
before soolng tho director,
Chief Feature is Fine Lecture by
Leadin g Representative of Canad-ian
Pacific Railway. He.Pleas-ed
Large Audience. New •
Films of Hershey . -
"This is a gem of a theater,"- . said
Mr. J. E. MacDougall, District Re-presentative
of the Canadian- Pacific
Railroad, when he stood in the new
Hershey Central Theater. "In all my
travels I have seen nothing just like
it. It seems to be in keeping with
the unique character of Hershey,"
and he added many words in praise of
the house and the place. Mr. Mac-
Dougall has ' travelled all. over the
world and seen almost everything and
so his opinion is valuable.
On Friday night he took 'the eight
hundred persons who crowded the
theater on a journey from the Atlan-tic
to the Pacific and gave them a
trip full of beauty and delight. He
is a charming travelling companion;
he knows his country;, he loves scen-ery;
he can describe nature ; he tells
a good story, and so for the better
part of two hours he held their atten-tion.
It was a complimentary entertain-ment.
Though Mr. Francis Holley,
Director of the Bureau of Commer-cial
Economics, the Canadian Pacific
Railroad sent their ablest, lecturer
with more than a hundred slides and
many feet of moving pictures to show
the amazing development of the life
in Canada along that wonderful sys-.
tern. . When Mr. MacDougall went
with the Canadian Pacific it had 170
miles of road; today it has over
8,000 and it connects the great oceans,
penetrating the Rockies amid scenery
that matches the most magnificent on
earth. So Mr. MacDougall knew
every foot of his subject and this per-sonal
attachment added wonderfully
to the value of his recital: With Mr.
MacDougall was Mr. Herbert Griffin,
an expert in moving picture work,
who represented the Bureau of Com-mercial
Economics.
The lecturer was introduced by
John E. Snyder, Esq., who had travel-ed
over the route about to be de-scribed,
and who in a few words in-dicated
its great beauty. He raised a
laugh by saving that if he kept on
he might soon be delivering Mr. Mac-
Dougall's lecture. Mr. MacDougall
was warmly received and said he be-lieved
it might be a good thing if Mr.
Snyder would take his place, for he
had talked with him and found he
knew the subject. Then Mr, Mac-
Dougall gave an interesting survey
of the close relations between Canada
and the United States.
Canada buys $441,000,000 worth
from us and although she has given
a preferential tariff to the mother
country her purchases there amount
to only $191,000,000. Americans have
recently invested almost $700,000,000
in Canadian property and enterprises,
and 200,000 farmers from Iowa and
other Western states have settled in
the newer parts of the Dominion. The
two great empires have prospered
side by side for centuries and never
were feelings of friendship so strong
as they are today. The speaker gave
personal glimpses of the empire
builders , his little sketch of James J.
Hill being especially good. He told
of towns which he had known when
their populations were insignificant
and he showed what they had become
—splendid modern cities. Most of
tho pictures were in colors and many
of them wore unusually fine. After
his address which accompanied tho
slides , tho moving pictures were pre-sented
and hero was life in reality.
It was like a journey through wonder-land
and from tho audience came re-pented
exclamations of surprise and
appreciation. Mr. MacDougall . was
warmly applauded after ho spoke of
tho relations between tho United
States and Canada and especially at
the conclusion of his admirable and
remarkably interesting lecture. It
made everyone want to take tho trip
over tho Canadian Pacific route.
After tho lecture Mr. MacDougall
and Mr. Grifll n woro entertained by
Mr. William F, R, Murrio , President
of tho Hershey Chocolate Company.
Thoy loft for Hnrrlaburg from which
place thoy wont on Saturday to keep
a- lecture engagement at the Penn-sylvania
State College, Mr. Mac-
Dougall stated that ho was greatly
pleased with his visit to Horshoy.
The now moving pictures of Hor-shoy
were also shown Friday evening
tuul thoy called forth much applause.
It w«h impossible to repress tho en-thusiasm
of tho young people, espe-cially
when thoy recognized them-selves
in some of tho views. Tho
Horshoy pictures had to bo repeated.
Mr. Griflln had with him tho now
rods of tho groat Llpton tea industry.
Thoy had nob boon produced In this
country. ' In compliment to Mr. Mur-rio
and Mr. John 10, Snyder, Mr. Grif-fin
gave tho first exhibition of those
pictures in Herflhoy. Thoy wore ex-cellent.
Thoy showed tho tea busl-noss
from tho planting and the gath-ering
along its whole progress to tho
breakfast table of old J3n gland. These
Llpton reels and tho Horahoy reola
are tho latest In educational publicity.
Hershey Has a Gala Night
of New Moving Pictures
Ky going into tho big greenhouses
of Horshoy one may well imagine life
In tho tropica. Tho wealth of blooms
Ih tho finest over soon hare, In addi-tion
there aro 45 oranges on tho
trooa In the Mansion greenhouse and
more than a dozen immense lemons.
Thoy nro well worth seeing.
(JongroHHmnn A. S. Kroidor has The Tronics in Her shey
roj iI; to tho Adjutant General at
Wellington two nomlnntlonH of can-didates
for tho cadotship at West
Point from tho 'Eighteenth <Pa.)
district, Ho has named ns principal
Franklin Morrott , of Stoolton; an first
alternate, Walter K. Fnsnacht, of
Palmyra , and ns Rocond alternate,
Paul Carl, of Wllllftmstown.
Nominated For West Point
in order tnat patrons or. tno xior-shoy
Post office may receive parcels
arriving by tho morning mails on
Christmas Day tho parcel post win-dow
will bo kept open until 10 o'clock,
one hour longer than tho usual holi-day
hours.
Mails will bo received and dispatch-ed
at tho regular hours throughout
tho day.
For tho convenience of lock-box
holders tho lobby will bo open all day.
The General Delivery and Parcel
post windows will bo open from 7 to
10 a. m. nnd 'fl .ao to 7.80 p. m.
Post Office on Christinas
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The editor asked Mr. M. S. Hershey to send a Christmas mess- $
J age for the readers of The Hershey Press. Mr. Hershey very kind- ' g)
o| ly replied : " . . ' §)
£ • I have your note asking me to send a Christmas word for the p
t§ readers of The Hershey Press. It is so much like saying "Merry §^3
& Christmas " to the members of the same big family that it might <$
J? well be taken for granted , but as this is the family festival it is all the §j
c§ more pleasure to congratulate everybody and to wish you all the §3
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compliments of the season. *f
J? We know that we are peculiarly blessed. We hav e our great $c
[§ country at peace and on the verge of a new prosperity. We have §3
1* the richest and finest State in the Union. We h ave one of its best |f
J? counties. We have in Derry its choice townsh ip , and. during the pc
c§ year just past more has been done to promote Derry 's progress than §)
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in any like period. Finer schools and better roads and improved *f
j8 farms and a higher average of everything are some of the results of g,
£§' ' the year's work. §J
& Of course we like to think of Hershey as the center of Derry *f
$>. and as a center of our larger State and national life. We hav e done %
t§ much to prove this during the past twelve months. Your gifts have §3
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. gone to help .not only state hospitals and institutions and big nation- . |f
J? al philanthropies but they have crossed the ocean to aid the starving , s^
t§ and homeless Belgians. I am assured that for a place of its size §3
% Hershey has made a record this year in itsxontributions. Surely you jf
d? . must be congratulated for that . -• . - s^
£§. This leads to another fact developing very happily in Hershey's §3
% life.. Our resident population is about 1,000. I am informed that '$
£>. if the memberships of bur various clubs , societies, churches and other |j
c§ organizations , covering nearly all of the interests of a community, §i
%_ were to be added together the total would be over 1,000. Of course, '.j?
d> some belong to more than one association , but it seems to me a fine gj
i§ thing that the people of a town less than a dozen years old have §3
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taken hold of its life with so much earnestness, and that everybody j?
J? from the kindergartners to the members of the Mothers' Club, from 1 go
t§ the boy scouts to the 450 members of the Men's Club , is interested . §J
£%& There is. ,.p.ride. natu.r ally , in the succ.e ss of our, f. actory b. ut¦ . t.h ere is B^1
[g greater pride in seeing the community around it growing into a go
<§ . model town of happy homes. and thinking people. §i
"^ - I rejoice with you in the good clean sport of the year. It has been .jf
o§ fine and the men and women, who have given their time to it de- gj
t§ serve our praise. Let us do all we can to keep high the standard s §>
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they have raised and to make the name of Hershey in sport stand' k
|) for only what is fair and square. go
¦t§ We are unique in having a thousand population with a public i1
||f ' school of 600 pupils. I should like to send a personal greeting to k
eg each of these and I should like to include the members of the School §j
<§ BeardLof Derry Township who have done their work so well. We. "<f
£ should all work for the greater success of our school and I know of k
'ig no better way to do this than by supporting by our appreciation in go
<§ every way we can the efforts of the teachers. §>
% If we look a little closely we shall find that all these things be- pc
c§ long to .co-operation. I am a great 'believer in co-operation. The. go
t§ idea that Christmas emphasizes is co-operation—all working for one i1
% another and trying to increase the general sum of human happiness, ^,
ig We are doing many things in Hershey now; The little , town has §3
<§ become large and manly and measured by the past ten years who can '<$
% say what it will be in another decade ? But it is the spirit and not 8„
t§ the size that makes a community great—and I am glad that Her- §3
4? shey is full of the spirit of Christmas, for that is the spirit of all pro- |P
J gress that is worth anything.
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I Christmas , 1914. | M. S. HERSHEY.
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