Ludw. Loewe & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Berlin

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Creator:: Ludwig Loewe & Co.

Title:: Ludw. Loewe & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Berlin : Besuch der Amerikanischen Ingenieure : Juli 1900 / Ludwig Loewe & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Berlin

Publication:: Berlin: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], 1900

Language:: English; German

Scope:: [58 ungezählte Blätter]

Note:: Text engl. in Antiqua und Text dt. in Fraktur

Berlin:: B 850 Wirtschaft. Finanzen: Einzelne Firmen und Kombinate

DDC Group:: 330 Wirtschaft

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-15473706

Location:: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Shelfmark:: B 850 Loe 9

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

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Title:: The American engineers at Berlin

HE AMERICAN ENGINEERS AT BERLIN. (Reprinted from “The Engineer.) At the invitation of Ludwig Loewe and Co. a arge number of American ladies and gentlemen who bad come to Europe with the So- ~jeties of American Mechanical and Civil En- gineers, passed several days last week in Berlin. It is impossible to imagine anything more cordial or magnificent than the hospitality with which they were entertained. A special train, com- posed principally of wagons-lits, left Paris on Monday, July 16th, about mid-day and conveyed the greater part of the visitors to Berlin, where accommoda- ion was provided for them in the Bristol and Savoy hotels. No special arrangements were made ‘or Tuesday, as it was felt that after a long journey many would desire to rest, whilst others more energetic might be anxious to see the city. But all Wednesday was spent by the ladies in visiting the principal places of interest in Berlin, and by ‘he gentlemen in an inspection of the new machine ‘ool works of the company in the Huttenstrasse and ‘he rifle factory. The arrangements which were made to render it possible for a large number to see the works with pleasure and profit are beyond all praise. The visitors were divided into small oarties, and were conducted over the shops by guides; the different departments were labelled and numbered. The arrangement worked with mechanical precision, the gentlemen reassembling almost to the minute at the appointed places. In the evening a banquet was provided in the Zoological Gardens. Thursday was a day of pleasure trips only. The norning was spent in the gardens of the palace at Potsdam, in the palace itself, and at Sanssoucci. Luncheon was served at Glienicker Bridge, and the afternoon was passed on the beautiful lakes, the steamer arriving at Wansee in time for dinner, which was served .in the open air ander the trees on the edge of the lake. The scene was decorated with German, British, but principally American flags and emblems in honour of the guests, and an excellent band discoursed music specially selected to give pleasure to the Americans. The menu was also given an American air, and in fact every endeavour was made to show how cordially welcome Herr Loewe wished ‘0 make his company. On Friday business was combined with pleasure. In the morning the yumping station of the sewage system in he Hafenplatz was inspected. A steamer, on yoard which luncheon was served, then conveyed he visitors from the Jannowitz Bridge to Miiggel- iee, where the Municipal Waterworks- were nspected by such of the visitors as were not ncapacitated by the great heat of the day. The steamer then returned to Berlin. In the evening the visitors were invited to linner by Mr. and Mrs. Loewe at their house. Several speeches were made in the course of the >vening by the more eminent persons present. They vere, as became such a gathering, exceedingly ordial and friendly in tone. This brought to a onclusion the capital programme which we have Ul too briefly outlined. There was not among he visitors one who failed to be impressed with the. riendliness with which they were received and the nexhaustible hospitality of their hosts. The careful ‘orethought for small things as well as large, the rovision for their comfort as well as their in- itruction, engendered the kindliest and most grateful eeling, whilst the largeness of the welcome and he mechanical excellence of all the arrangements sarticularly impressed them. There can be little loubt that the good fellowship of the two nations vill be increased by the courtesy shown by Herr Loewe and his company. It is not our intention to attempt any description of the visits made by the engineers other than ‘hat to the machine tool works, and even in this case we can only hope to succeed in giving our -eaders a rough idea of an establishment in which ne might spend a month rather than a day, and till come away having learnt only a little of what t could teach. Mr. Edgar Worthington gave us ‘he clue to the success of the works when, in he course of an after-dinner speech, he laid stress tpon the fact that they were built in an “empty eld.” That is a fact which must be borne in nind if one should attempt to compare such an stablishment as this with any works of age and "eputation in this country. It is the fact that Ludwig Loewe and Co. started without any impediment in he way of old buildings, old machines, old methods, ve might almost say old men, that has enabled hem to possess such a works. They started in an empty field. They said, “We are prepared to expend so much on buildings, so much on tools, 30 much on men, let us make that arrangement which will give us the best return for our money.“

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