Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1916 — LAFAYETTE'S AMMUNITION FACTORY SOON READY [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE'S AMMUNITION FACTORY SOON READY

Firm There About Ready to Begin the Manufacture of One Million Shells.

Lafayette’s new ammunition factory will be running full blast within a few days. Homer Motsinger, of the Motsinger Device Co., who has the contract for manufacturing shells ’for an eastern company, has closed a contract for $17,000 worth of machinery and it is being rapidly installed. It is the intention of Mr. Motsinger to place seventy-five expert machinists at work in the munition department within a week. The shell that is to be manufactured is known as a one-pounder and will be made from cold rolled steel. They will be loaded at the factory making the new weapon at Bridgeport, Conn. The contract held by Mr. Motsinger is for one million shells at forty cents apiece. Forty-eight thousand of the shells were to be delivered this month, but because of delay in getting the machinery work will not begin for about a week. The contract is to be filled by the delivery of one hundred thousand shells every month. If the present contract is carried out in good faith it is said that the local concern will be awarded the contract for the manufacture of two million more shells