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October Nineteen-Sixteen 1 r1? THE CONSOLIDATED NEWS
What Others Say Outing _Searnn Closes " \,Ve have seen a few 'Safety First' The melancholy days a re here. and publications in the last few years from somewhat regretfully we bid farewell t o various mill s. And we think the "Con one of the best summers we ever had. solidated l\ews." from the mill at Grand Rapids is a lready a summer re Grand Rapids, \,Vis., is the best o ne w e sort, and the V/i -,·on sin River with its ever saw. Tt's neat and shows some scenery, unequalled elsewhere, has fur talent toward t he artist:c. Really it nished recreation and enjoyment to hun leads a man to believe that there arc dreds during the hot months. N ext year g rains of intelligence somewheie around is looked forward to with keen anticipa the place. "-The Stub End. tion, and in the meantime we can watch And we all know Editor North. He the leaves fall, sit around the lire, or take not only means everything he says. but a gun and decrease the rabbit population says everything he thinks, and if it's one of Wood county. o n him he tells it first. ·'The N" ews has the snap and g inger • which m akes it worth while.''-From F. Read at Home S. Shattuck. ]\; eenah. The thoughtless and unnecessary loss Let's get together a nd make it a ··gin of time due to reacling while o n duty ger s nap" every month! W c want the seem, a t tirst like a small matter to em snap that counts. :Men are of two kinds phasize. but after all. it is t ime wastecl, - those we swe:tr at and those we sweai> and if the practic e were universal. it is by. Every man at Kimberly-Clark a cF rtainty that the work of the mill swears by Mr. Shattuck- so do we. would suffer. Even an occasional glance at a stray book or paper gives the ap • pearance of inattentio n, so w hy not save Monty Made Good all unnecessary reading until after hours. anc\ then read healthy and wholcso111e Those who saw the home talent literature. 1110,·ies got their money's worth . Many of t he scenes were right here at th e mill. • s howing the g rin,lcr - room, woo(\ room. Hints on Cleaning park and the new office. One thing's :\'obody likes to w o rk :11 a dirty place. sure, said someone, .vlonty cnulc\ fall off a nd that is just the r eason why we want the deck into t he 1 iver a w hole lot better a clean mill. The grinder room and t~;i, than he could run gTindcrs, so we'l l keep chine room are especia lly neat ancl most the crew we'\'c got. of the o ther departments are falling into line, with the possible exception of a • few places here and there which arc Get Out o' My Yard sometimes hard to look at. Frank 13rown desires a l'ttl ~ valuable ~ space in wh ich to thank i\lcSwain for the George Lynn was called to Camp auto ride, which was a line treat for Mr. Douglas o n account of t he de:tth of his and Mrs. Brown; however. Ma~ ought to mother, Mrs. James Lynn. who passed stick to the public highway instead of a way Scptem her 9. Mrs. Lynn had been driving up through private roads. barn failing for a lo ng time and was seventy yards a nd hen roosts. It takes too lo ng three years of age at th e t ime of her to find the way back, and anyway the farm death. Funeral services took place 011 e rs kick about it. Tuesday. September• 1 2. The girls at the main office had a They Used t o Spring T his in the thrill a few weeks ago when McGlynn's Old Days F ord bus. tirecl of wai:ing for its driver to come out with th e Ri-on mail, threw A nd now they tell the same thin g on itself into high gea,· and skidded down Leverance. anyhow the report com es in the ra \'ine. Two yar,1 men shouldered tint Fred has a pet mud-turtle that he the wreck and brought it back to its takes to the mill. tics a string to his tail owner. Another wheel. and the m2.chine and throws hilll in the head bo·;. Old resumecl its dllties. '·H cr e:ifter T tie that Hard-shell is trained to swim around and Ford.'' says ;\ lcGlynn. break up the lumps and save breaks. They say Schreiber was seen up ther e • lishi110· arouncl with a dryer spear. so look ,,Vhen a woman uses her hu,;1iand's out Fred. J\o more fish stori es this razor to sharpen a pencil. she u suall~· mQn th. gets him into a bad scrapl:. THE CONSOLIDATED NEWS
·Ffre and Accident Prevention Day Oct. 9 was set aside for humanity, and on that day the thoughts of the natio n turned toward safety and the prevention of disaster. Five thous:rnd deaths per year is our country's fi re toll and every minute sees five hundred dollars worth of property go up in smoke. From New blaze. This fireman stated that one can Year's to Christmas 35,000 men, women be easily overcome, and unless you have and children are killed in American fact· a partner working with you it is always ories and two million are injured. Two best to fight the tire at as long a range thirds of all this loss and suffering from fire as possible. and accident is due to carelessness, neglect I do not believe this is known to very and ignorance, so after all, the old saying is many and am offering this as a safety true, "The Best Safety Device is a Careful suggestion for the benefit of any one in Man.'' either mill who may have to use a Py- • rene extinguisher. N. A. Roemer . Fire in Fan Room • A hot box on the big fan at the Grand A Few Things Worth Remembering Rapids mill . caused commotion among (Grand Rapids Division) the 11 to 7 men Sept. 15th. Before any one knew what was up the sparks were FIRE SIGNALS flying in all di rections, some of them Fire Alarm . .. Several hort rings in rapid s;__.ccession coming through the pipes into the ma Wood room ...... one long ring Deck :::> r house and grinder room .. . . two long rings ch ine room. The firemen arrived just as Rfater room and screen room ..... three lo ~g rings one of the sprinkler heads broke open, ~1"ac!-- ine r .: om ...... four long rings and the scare was soon over. Finishing room ...... five long ring; Finishing room basement .. one long and one short Yard ...... two lo1g and two short • FIRE HO ' E CONNECTIONS Look Out for Shocks 3-:-a h AOor of finishing ro1m. vVater is a good conductor of elec 2-m~chine room bas me:1t. .=-irach:ne room. tricity. Many cases are o n record where l- scr ·en room. just hd
Inspections Mr. Muir Leaves A system has just been introduced whereby w eekly inspeclions will be made Both the Company and the men lose a by different members of the fire bri valuable friend and helpe r in Mr. Muir who g ades to ascertain whether t he hydrants, has resigned to take over the store in Biron hre barrels, a nd P yrene exlinguishers are formerly run by Mrs. Biron. free from obstruction. Whenever such Over two years ago whe n he started work obstructio ns are fo und, the matter is im at the Grand Rapids Mill there was a good mediately reported and the mate:-i:tl i:; removed. Foremen are urged to ·keep all deal of distrust and feeling that he was there fi re appa ratus within easy r each at all to "get something" on somebody. As time times, so th at conn.ections can be made went along the men came to know him for without difficulty. what he was, square and honest and full of sympathy for the men. He insisted that a • man be fair and honest and 1croperly attend E. B. A. Notes to his work. If a man could do this, Mr. vVith a fu nd amounting to about I ui r at all times went out of his way to say $440.00 and a member ship of over 24 0 a good word for him. Only in a few ex e mployes, the Employes' Benefit Associ tre me cases did he find it necessary to re ation stands o n a better fo un dation than port men. ever before. ?\ ew members are coming in right alo ng. althoug h there are still If a man was not doing h1s work as he a few in each mill who are ho lding lnck. should, in most cases a few kindly words T hey are welcome at any time. Un of advice from Mr. Muir would set him fortunately a number· of the sick o nes. right and make him see that he was not during the month of September, had not being fair with himself nor with the Com joined the association and could not en pany and was working directly against his joy the henelits which t he membership own interests. provides for. These s:tme men, however. Mr. Muir has helped largely to build up a ha,·e now com e in to the ranks. and will spirit of mutual trust and confidence he ri ght on hand with their dollar a clay between the men and the Company and we when misfortune again kno,:ks at the shall all miss him. H e ca rries the good door. w ishes of all in his new work. ONE COMPANY IN ACTION-NO LIVES LOST
Use the Strap Some blame the alarm clock and Fou rth hands now appreciate Foster's other s blame the wife for not getting the inventive genius. for there are no more old man up in time. Why shove the re crippled feet as of yore. The old sys s ponsibility onto somebody else' Cul tem of running down ahead of the roll tivate the habit of getting to the clock is now a thing of the past. Every skid five minutes early instead of five minutes ! has a canvas strap tacked onto it, and late and see how much better it feels. ;r might be interesting to know that there are only ten or twelve at each mill who make a practice of coming lafe, while all the rest have a clean record. These certain few should realize that they clel 0 y the day's work and make a bad looking record at the end of the month .
Harry Lynn. who• is attending school in Cincinnati. paid the mill a visit a few weeks ago. During the past summer he has been working for Black and Claw son, Hamilton. Ohio, and has had a good chance to get next to the manufacture o f some up-to-elate paper mill machin ery. We're glad to see Harry making the rest is easy. From August 20 to good. Sept. 20, three fourth hands suffered painful injuries to the feet as a result of Nobody wanted to• see Muir leave o ur running down the skid with the heavy midst. but he carries with him our good roll of paper following behind. The new will and best wishes for prosperity in way is a good one and they are all do business. The boys up the line will now ing it, enjoy his genial friendship, the k.ind we enjoyed every night for two years. "No For September• more fatherly advice and hot coffee " Grand Rapids . . 11 men, late 86 minutes \,Veil, maybe. but we c~.n't guarantee the Biron ...... 16 men, late 174 minutes real stuff like we could before. THE BIR ON BOYS- THEY GUAR ANTEE TO MEET AND DEFEAT ALL COMERS
Al x H aydock Alec C. Smith In Case of Fire at the Biron Mill Harry Sillars Charles Abel Notify the boil er house at once and Wan-en B adle Frank Stack Albert Flick Joe Klappa tell the firemen the location of the ti re. A . B. Ameden 1). Grosskopf The following signals will then be Frank Carlson August B : ngcrt sounded on the tower bells: .T effrey ,> key Jo: n Kob a Frank Kohnen Frank Simkow~ki Fire alarm s·gnal ...... " .several short rings Henry ~haurette 1--'ap .r nil a nd bat rs ...... one long r"ng \Vood room ...... t\\ o long rings -;\lfachine rocim building ...... thr e long rings • Finishing room ...... , .. . . four long rooms Henry A. Glebke Drowned at the Ya~d (asseml:tle at boiler housc).cne long one short All bas. mei·1ts ...... two s 1,ort Biron Mill \V,list!e s;gnal- :\1ill fire~. short hlasts; villagt:>, Jl')ng blasts. Employes at both mills were g reatly shocked to learn of the accidental death Hose connec tions• are locater! throug h- of one o f their fell ow workmen o n out the mill as follows: Thursday, Sept. 28. Henry Glchke, Finishing room-one 0 •1 ea~h fl :::: or. whose ho m e is near Kellner. had been in R atcr room basement-one .. the employ of the company fo r about two :Mac!1i n e room basem ~nt-two. Beater rom ba::,,ement-one. years and had worked as brakeman on W ood room basement-on~. the locomotive crane d urin g the past Wet m .ichine room- on~. •· summer. l-1 is spare time was spent with Wood roJ m- one. Drum room-one. N ick Wetta. the crane engineer, break Boiler house-one at b1ck doJr. in g up wood jams in t he pond and after Engine room- one outside. their other work had been done that day, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Henry started for the boom. He left the Back of each machine and on~ near door of fin- boiler house at about I :30 o'clock, and is~· ing r o -, m . On ~ in millwright's s11op. twenty minutes later when \.Yetta went to One in g ..Terat or rcom. the pond, he was unable to find his helper. On:: in •.engine room. One of the workmen noticed Glebke's pike OUTSIDE H YDRANTS pole floating on the water, w hereupon care One n -ar fi nishing room tra: ks. On~ nea r wood rocrn. ful inquiry was made of all nearby men, but ~1E:\IBERS QF F IRE RRIG\DES no one had seen him fall nor heard any Anton Haydock Nick Hilgers call for help. THE CONSOLIDATED NEWS
The pond was dragged and h is body was Iulius. Zu ::: rke, cor-s., s'ip::e:l 0:1 floor a·.1d bruised leg ...... brought to th e surface. A doctor with the Jos. Schrrick, brcke boat:r, brck, b~x tipp d city pulmotor w,1s called, but as the hody over on foot ...... 0 had been in the water at least an hour, all Otto Marx, o:ter, burned hand, oi ing bear- ings on dryers ...... ~ ...... 0 attempts at resuscitation were futile. A. M. Muir, watc11man, slipp:d and bu·.np~d : Henry Glebke was a sterling you n ,:r knee on step while ascending w::,od roo:n man in the prime of life and well liked stairs . _ ...... *8 Ben Kappel, 4th hand, cut hand on co:·e, put- by all who knew him. ting core on shaft...... _.... . 0 ; The funeral took place from his home John Rebenstorf, 4th ha·1d, strained foot, roll on Sunday and was attended by a hrge of paper rolled against heel ...... : .. *8 Ed Ott, sawyer, right log phched b t\v-oen number of friends and relatives. c:1.b~e gear and floor timb ·r ...... Ben Kappel, 4th hand, stuob,d foot on roll truck ...... __ ...... 0 Jos. McKe:ich, No. 3 beater, pinched finger on el~vator cable ...... •o Fred Leverance, mac· ine tender, cu: toe on end of iron cor ~ ...... ~ 0 F rt"'1 Laemmerhire, yard. cut right thumb struck by boa rd ...... *9 Ben Kappel, 4th hand, bumped knee o 1 run- ning board ...... ~ ...... 0 Ray Schanock, ba: k tend r, cut finger on cal- <: nder doctor ...... • ...... 0 r G:org ~ Rich :: rt, motors, bru's :d hi) while I climbing down. from decker· line shaft...... 0 Paul ~chmick, finis'., er, shaft fe' l on leg whil;! tal, i :~ g o '.f core ...... 0 I Irving Kabitsky, 3rd hand, pi,1ched hand b - twe ·n wre·- ch and dry ...T fr1me .. , ...... 0 Aug,c st Miller, grind r s, ell door dropp :d and c·..: t ,vrist ...... , ...... *2 John Slusser, pulp wood, fel. fro n car and strained leg ...... 0 Len Witt, back tender, cut thumb when knife I, closed up ...... , .. .- .. . 0 Herman Gkbke, injured At:gust II. lost 10 d1ys in Septemb~r. M.ke Fahrner, injured August 30, lost 8 days in Septcmb::r. TOT.\ L- 2; ~~~betos~nj ~ 1 .r~~~ . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 67 I nj uries requiri ng physi:ian (*) ...... 8 DAYS LOST IlY DEPAl!TMENTS- Yard cre,v ...... 17 \Vood room ...... 2 l Dam construction .. .• . . • ...... 4 1\1achin :: s ...... •.... . 12 ivlisct llaneous ...... F ••• 10 Grinders ...... 2
THE LARGEST FREIGHT BOAT NOW ON THE The angel of good• htck didn't hover RIVER ABO V E KILBOURN very close to the roof of the Grand Rap This was the ·result of an idea that Chas. ids mill last month. The ''clays lost" Shearier, the foreman, dug up from among record w as the worst in m any months, the. dark corners of his inventive mind and but the majority of the in juries were no t after marling a collection of old ca~t of ma as dangerou s as might be imagined. M r. chinery, he now has a contrivance which M ui r's lame knee emn h;isi,es the e x saves much time and labor. vVe hear tt·e me importa nce of keep:ng all walks that A. L. Akey expects to buy the boa, and stairways free from water and slime. later on and run an excursion line from Ed Ott lost two weeks. hut he was lucky here to Plover. at t hat. The conveyor couldn't have run much longer without d oing him a bad turn. and plans a re now being m a de Injury Report, Grand Rapids Divi whcr ehv it will he impossible to start sion, Month of September, 191 6 the cable from one encl while repairs arc D 1ys being nn de at the other. Name, Occupation a nd Nature of I ·1 jury. Lost F rfd Laemmerhire had only w o rked Jas Chamberlain, 4th ha·1d, strain:::d foot, rc 11 of paper rolled against heel...... *4 for the company one hour when he Paul Boneci., dam const., fell from ~carfold and drooped a board and the end Aew up bruis~d back ...... *4 against his thumb, cuttin~ it open
ling can be made wi ~hout g.:!tting caug:.it betw en cars. The Consolidated News Top on bathrooa1 to make th ; place warmer. Published Monthly by Poor handle on sledge hammer in woodroom. Railing or covering for sewer. woodroom. A '. so The Consolidated Water a light. Ladd fr in boiler roo:n to r ep·a~e bos~ b :'.:! ar J s. Power & Paper Co. S ee H. L. Binneboese. Guard for agitator- No. 3 s uff chc~t. Grand Rapids, Wis Broken fl oor at last set of gri::dcrs. Tray 1or fla '. irons, machi ·e room. Two-by-two t oe board for racks to pr _v:-nt slip Vol. I OCTOBER 1916 No. III ping off into pond. Cut off grinder dOors, which are too long, and fix lower edge of door. (Now being done.) , strips along the edge to prevent cutting Raise pip. s, g rinder room conveyor, Danger of in case they drop, and if any of the doors bumping head on pipes. N o. 1 calender fan- railing bose. are too low they will be cut off. Care No. 1 suction pump pulley-guard is out of should be taken when feeding grinders, place. not to jar the cell doors loose by slam Four-ir: ch footboards on No. 2 pre8ses. Additional cross-bar for railings at presses, both ming the wood against them. machines. Pip~ railings tO guard water filt ~r, machine room, basement. • 1 Peck-Kneeling before Hazel: " If you Galva ~iz ( d chain " fee e rs" for elevators. refuse me, l w ill blow out my bra ins." Replace plank and put in Jight- No. 4 conv .:: yor. SAFETY JOB-, DONE SINCE LAST INSPEC Hazel-If you could o nly blow some 111 TION I might accept you." Chains on winder cra·1es s!10rt ::: ned, to prevent them from ge!ti·-- g cat: ght between drum and roll. • Can, as str~ps Lr ski . s in finishing room to en· able fourth bands t o unload rolls. Injury Report, Biron Division, Grinder dC'ors fixed, to prev nt co:rin g off and dropping on bends. Month of September, 1916 Temrorary g L' ards on wat -r filter, mac!1in ~ room Days b2~er.er.t. Name, Occuration and Nature of I njury. Lost Rurway and railing back of No. 1 presses. Geo. l\Iey . r:!, wood room, dropped plank on Railing in fanroo .n t .J gul rd ta r _-,; ~ fa 1 m et e r tJe ...... • ...... ~. 0 pull y and belt. John Zi :nm . rn:a n, wood room, bruis ::i: d hand. New guard for No. 3 submarine a gi ator. r : p·airing conveyor ...... 0 J as. Amendon, mac~.ines, cut kne '.:! while cut- UNFINISHEI) SAFETY WORK ting tail on sta( k ...... , . 0 Jacket covering for pre~s steps. Harry Gillma:1, mac'· ine shop, bruised finger Guard for beatt:. r motor a :1d pul1ey- 2nJ floor while starting motor ...... 0 finishirnr r?Otll. Jo n Abel, millwr'ght, hit nose with ha:-nmer .. 0 Guard hne shaft an
MACHINE ROOYl BASEMENT An arrangement is made whereby the 8. Place guar...l rail along N J. 2 wind r driv ~. central safety committee can have the MACHIN!, RO(l'1 services of one of th e millwrights for 9. Put oil r ipes in felt roll b:>x"'s N J. 1. about two hours every morning. This 10. Put foot s~ep on front side of N'o. 1 dry ~rs. plan will be a great help in getting J l. fut rai it1g b~i.we .: n No. 2 wir ..: a:1d first p _c' s fr"ctions. things done, and result s are already ap 12. Guard No. 2 src ::md pre!!s shaft. parent. Don't be afraid to make sug 13. Guan:~ No. l seco:1d press shaft. gestions. BEATF:R ROOM 14. :-rove !igh tii, o; cabinet from behind pulp • stack to b ~tter locati 111. 15. GuarJ N J. l J ordan shaft. Walsh Junior UN FINI SHED worn( PRE\' IOUSLY RF:CO,I- (Sunday, October 8) One g uess-Correct! i\IENl)ElJ He looks like his father, but that may wear l. Guard on Ne. l press drive. off. Announcement unnecessary-that rad 2. Cuard gear on No. l dryer drive. iant, paternal smile of mingled pride and 3. G1..,arcl tirst and secJ nd pr _fS driv s N e. 2. -L Exterd sewt.r from mac '.1ine room hasement ecstacy tells the story. Here's our hand, Wtlll to river . Frank, as we go to press. .i . Plac2 auto:natic elcvato1· ].)(ks in working o rder. 6. E xt nd chimn ~y over forg <:>. • 7. Switch cabin< t for millwr'ght's ~h e p circuit. An electric shock from the bark shredder 8. l'lacc light cnhi ·: ets in mon· acce:,.,si le p)si- due perhaps to a grounded motor, gave tions. (Signed) McSwain a bad fall last Sunday, bruising .I OHN .\ BET.. him quite severly about the head and J. H. Wi!LTON, shoulders. He was thrown down against C H ,\S, J-L\NDT, the side of the beater with considerable Safety Committee. force and is lucky to . be around without • any bones broken . Do Things Ever Happen at Biron? • F'rinstance ! Did you ever see Victorious Benedicts Pemberton without a stiff collar on, Last Sunday's baseball game between the Jeff Akey turning a corner on all four married men and the single men last Sun wheels, day exce lled all previous sporting eYcnts. C het Atwood without hi s dog? :;ayre, the bush league, hawk-eye umpire, J. E. Babcock with a lnircut. with a revoh·cr in his hip pocket kept the Harry Sillars with a new pair of over c rowd off the diamond and made his way all s? to the gates without injury. The big· feat l're of the g·:ime took place ,vhen George • , herman with his world famed spit ball, Keep the Guards Clean-and Green and with the help of the umpire, fanned out J\11 safety g ua rds arc painted green. Wachs with three men on bases. Married men 11. Single men 7. and it is very necessary to keep them that color. ln many places the guards are apt to get covered with dust or stock. Safety suggestions •keep coming in. vVe and it is urged that the foreman sec that may get caug·ht up some day if the work of they are cleaned off. Kerosene is very imp rovement conti11ues as well as it has good to use for this sort of work. Let us in the past. Even at that. visitors say keep the guards wiped off so that we will that we don·t lag very far behind the know they are there. best of them.
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