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It has its band and glee club, ball team and monthly magazine. There are refreshment stands, and a bathing cove; a brand new village of four hundred and thirty eight brand new houses; dormitories which accommodate nearly a thousand men and possess every convenience and even luxuries. IT HAS ITS BAND AND GLEE CLUB BALL TEAM AND MONTHLY MAGAZINE THERE ARE REFRESHMENT STANDS AND A BATHING COVE A BRAND NEW VILLAGE OF FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT BRAN NEW HOUSES DORMITORIES WHICH ACCOMMODATE NEARLY A THOUSAND MEN AND POSSESS EVERY CONVENIENCE AND EVEN LUXURIES
 to grasp the meaning of these figures. Difficult, even after one has obtained entrance into this city within a city, and seen with his own eyes twenty thousand men toiling like Trojans. Seen a riveting crew which can drive more than twenty-eight hundred rivets in nine hours; battleships that weigh thirty thousand tons; a plate yard piled with steel plates and steel bars worth two million dollars; cranes that can lift from five tons up to others of one hundred tons capacity; single buildings a thousand feet long and eighty feet high. Perhaps the enormousness of the plant is best comprehended, not when we mechanically repeat that it covers eighty acres and comprises eighty buildings, and that four full-sized steam locomotives run up and down its yard, but when we see how many of the intimate things of daily living have sprung up here as little trees spring up between huge stones. For the Fore River Plant is more than an industrial organization. It is a social center, an economic entity. ICULT TO GRASP THE MEANING OF THESE FIGURES DIFFICULT EVEN AFTER ONE HAS OBTAINED ENTRANCE INTO THIS CITY WITHIN A CITY AND SEEN WITH HIS OWN EYES TWENTY THOUSAND MEN TOILING LIKE TROJANS SEEN A RIVETING CREW WHICH CAN DRIVE HOME MORE THAN TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED RIVETS IN NINE HOURS BATTLESHIPS THAT WEIGH THIRTY THOUSAND TONS A PLATE YARD PILED WITH SEAL PLATES AND STEEL BARS WORTH TWO MILLION DOLLARS CRANES THAT CAN LIFT FROM FIVE TONS UP TO OTHERS OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TONS CAPACITY SINGLE BUILDINGS A THOUSAND FEET LONG AND EIGHTY FEET HIGH PERHAPS THE ENORMOUSNESS OF THE PLANT IS BEST COMPREHENDED NOT WHEN WE MECHANICALLY REPEAT THAT IT COVERS EIGHTY ACRES AND COMPRISES EIGHTY BUILDINGS AND THAT FOUR FULL SIZED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES RUN UP AND DOWN ITS YARD BUT WHEN WE SEE HOW MANY OF THE INTIMATE THINGS OF DAILY LIVING HAVE SPRUNG UP HERE AS LITTLE TREES SPRING UP BETWEEN HUGE STONES FOR THE FOUR RIVER PLANT IS MORE THAN AN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION IT IS A SOCIAL CENTRE AN ECONOMIC ENTITY
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