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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
November, 1936
a long rather thick piece of steel, all welding at once. The steel, you are told, is a reversible Scraper blade, hot out of the furnace, and while it is at the proper hejt, a hard facing is being welded on, in order to give long life to the cutting edge. On your left are the furnaces. On your right a little farther along you stop to watch an automatic cutting torch, or rather three cutting torches working in unison, hissing quietly' as they bite three circles simultaneously out of heavy steel plate. You turn left to watch the battery of saws behind the furnace, rather harshly singing their way through heavy rounds and bars, •automatically slicing off predetermined lengths. Beyond the saws, toward the front of the structure, two carloads of steel are" being unloaded. Here is part of the steel storage. You look up and down the shop and find yourself in a forest of jib cranes. If you count as you go, you will find more than forty in the building and in the yard on the north side. W ith your guide, you start down the plant toward the far end. ‘ “There’s Bob,” his brother tells you—and you see a large man, who looks even more like the picture you saw than does Bill. The man for whom you are looking does not see you. He is speaking rapidly, his arms waving, his instructions coming in authoritative tones, for R. G. Le Tourneau is trying out the first of his new Type U 2-bucket 18-yard Carryalls. Presently the tryout is over, you meet M r. R. G. Le Tourneau, and you go with him on past men perched high on upturned scrapers, kindling little blue fires with their electric torches, until you stand finally at the far end of the plant. And now you can read the lettering on the banner stretched across the end, and you realize it has been left there from the week of evangelistic services in which this new addition was definitely dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ. You read aloud:
UN ITED CRUSADE FOR CHR IST “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.”
Upper right: Helmeted workmen in the welding department of the Le Tourneau plant in Peoria. Center: Super Carryall Scrapers, oper ating in tandem— one of several kinds of earth-moving equipment manufactured by R. G. Le Tourneau, Inc. Below: Part of the crowd attending the dedication services held at the Le Tourneau plant, August 30 to September 4, 1936.
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