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  •  10-Inch Active Matrix Tft Lcd Monitor
  • 4:3 High-Resolution Display
  •  Resolution: 800 X 600 Pixels
  •  Compatible Formats: Dvd/Vcd/Cd/Mp3/Cd-R/Cd-Rw/Dvd-R/Dvd-Rw/Mp4-Divs
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10.4-Inch Active Matrix TFT LCD Monitor Built In DVD Disc Player 4:3 High Resolution Display Dual Dome Light Universal Roof Mount Console 45 Degree Swivel Screen Compatible Format's : DVD/VCD/CD/MP3/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW/MP4-DIVS Wide Angle, Off-Axix Visibility Video System : NTSC/PAL Resolution : 800 x 600 Pixels On Screen Display Wireless Remote Control RCA Video Input Output Picture ightness, Contrast, Saturation, Color Adjusting Built in IR Transmitter for Use with IR Headphones Built-in FM Transmitter Power Supply : DC 12V Dimension : 11.69-Inch x 11.81-Inch x 2.16-Inch



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  • Pair of 2-way in-ceiling/in-wall speakers timbre-matched to the Polk Audio RTi Series for seamless imaging
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  • Constructed of durable, moisture-resistant materials for use in bathrooms, saunas, or under outdoor eaves


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Enhance the sound in your home with a set of 100-watt in-wall loud speakers from Polk. Each of these speakers contains one Dynamic Balance 8'' mid-bass driver and one 1M-^T' soft dome tweeter, which blend to create great sound whether you're watching a movie or listening to your favorite band. To make them really disappear, just paint over them to match any decor in your home. Note: Priced as pair.

Polk Audio RC80i 2-Way In-Ceiling Speakers (Pair, White) Specifications

The Polk Audio RC80i 2-way In-ceiling Speaker delivers incredible stereo sound to any room in your home from speakers you can barely see, without using any floor or shelf space. The RC80i is easy to install, requiring only that you cut a hole, feed the wires through, and simply drop the speaker in where it is held in place by rotating cams that safely secure the speaker with no extra assembly or mess. Once installed, the paintable grille and flange allows this in-ceiling speaker to virtually disappear in the room.

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The Polk RC80i utilizes a eight-inch dynamic-balance, mineral filled polymer-composite cone with a rubber surround that outlasts cheaper foam surrounds, as well as a one-inch ring-radiator tweeter with a 15-degree swivel mount. The swivel-mounted tweeter is aimable for direct high frequency control that ensures spacious imaging with amazing clarity, and well-balanced sound in any listening position, even off-axis listening positions, rather than in just a small sweet spot.

Constructed of rust resistant hardware and durable, moisture resistant materials, the RC80i is safe for use in bathrooms, kitchens, saunas, or even under outdoor eaves, and a glass-filled composite baffle that provides a dense, acoustically inert platform for the speaker's high end components. This unit features strong composite driver baskets that keep moving parts in rigid alignment, a wide-dispersion design for even sound-coverage throughout even large rooms, and a wall-distance toggle switch that flattens frequency response when installation requires placement near a corner or adjacent wall. The RC80i also features a tweeter-level switch that lets you tailor the highs for your room acoustics, and is timbre-matched to the Polk Audio Monitor Series for seamless, enveloping imaging when used in a home theater system.

What's in the Box

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  • 14.1'' Wide Screen Hi-Resolution TFT-LCD Monitor - Overhead Console w/ Twin Dome Lights w/ LED - 1 Set Audio Video Outputs - Anti-Skip Mechanism
  • FLip-Down Roof Mount - 90 degrees Swivel Left Right - Multi-System: NTSC PAL Auto Switching - Last Position Memory
  • Resolution: 1280 x 800 - IR Transmitter Ready for Wireless Headphone - Slot-Load DVD PLayer - Full Function Wireless Remote Control
  • Brightness: 450 Cd/Sq.M - Front Push Button Controls - DVD/ CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3 Compatible - Dimensions: 16.06''W x 13''H x 2.7''D
  • Contrast Ratio: 500:1 - 1 Set Audio Video Inputs - Built-In Speaker


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This roof-mount TFT LCD monitor with built-in DVD player has everything you need to keep the back seat occupied and out of your hair! The 14.1” widescreen monitor is brilliant, boasting a 500:1 contrast ratio and 1280 x 800 resolution. It also swivels up to 90 degrees left and right! To watch a DVD, simply insert it in the slot. This unit can play DVDs, CD, CD-R, and MP3 CD, and the RCA inputs let you attach another device, like an iPod or a video game console. It’s equipped with a built-in speaker for crystal-clear sound, or use wireless IR headphones. The anti-skip mechanism helps you through those bumpy trips, and last position memory lets you pick up right where you left off. Control using the front push button controls or the fully functional wireless remote control. The overhead console has twin dome LED lights for needed illumination. Includes mounting hardware and installation instructions.



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  • 13.4" TFT Acitve Matrix Monitor - Overhead Console w/ Flip Bracket - Wide Angle, Off Axis Visibility
  • Resolution: 800 x 600 - 4:3 Display Format - Front Panel Controls - 2 Audio Video Inputs - Swivel Bracket Permits 45° L/R Rotation
  • NTSC/PAL System - OSD English Menu - Built-In IR Tranmitter for Wireless IR Headphones - Wireless Remote Control
  • Power Supply: DC 12V
  • Dimension: 13.5" x 11.5" x 1.2"


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This flip-down roof mount TFT LCD monitor has a 13.4” screen for brilliant image reproduction. The screen has an 800 x 600 resolution at a 4:3 display format with wide angle, off axis visibility - perfect for the backseat. Hook up to two different devices, such as a DVD player or video game console, using the RCA inputs. Easily control the monitor with the front panel controls, or use the wireless remote control. Hook up the audio to your sound system, or use a pair of wireless IR headphones to let the backseat enjoy the movie in silence. Runs on DC 12 V supplied by your car's battery.



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NFPA 70E And Its Impact On Thermographers

There continues to be a great deal of activity surrounding the update to NFPA 70E scheduled to be published in October 2008. For the proposed 2008 edition of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code® (NEC®), the Technical Correlating Committee (TCC) received 3,668 proposals and 3,206 comments during the revision cycle. For those of us involved in working with energized electrical circuits the outcome of the new standards will likely impact how we do our job. The goal is to increase safety through well thought through practices.

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Increasing the distance at which inspections of open cabinets are performed.

Most cameras offer telephoto lens that enable the thermographer to stand 2 to 3 times further away from the energized components while maintaining the same resolution. In addition newer high definition cameras will provide the same performance as 320x240 array based cameras at twice the normal standoff.

New Language Being Drafted by NFPA and ASTM

ASTM E-1934

New language is being proposed in the next version of ASTM E-1934, Standard of Examining Electrical Power Distribution Equipment with Infrared Technology. 7.5 - As an alternative, consideration may be given to conducting the examination through "windows" that are transparent to detected infrared radiation or to "ports." Safety procedures should be modified to accommodate this task. Care must be taken to insure that all equipment can be seen and special lenses may be required.

Did You Know?

Incident energy from an arc flash created with vertical, unterminated conductors in a cabinet (20" x 20" x 20") decreases by the inverse of the distance to the 1.5 power. If the arc has horizontal conductors that point out of the cabinet opening or vertical which terminate into an insulated barrier, the exposure may decrease by a lower exponent, but not enough data has been collected on these conductor configurations. - Tom Neal of Neal Associates

Next Revision of NFPA 70E

The following new language has been submitted to, and is being considered, by the 70E committee: "When access to conduct such inspections of energized equipment is limited by the appropriate use of special windows or small access ports, rather than by gaining access though opening the enclosure door, the limit of the approach, and the required PPE, will be the same as if the enclosure door were left unopened."

Increased diligence of OSHA

Although it is only referenced in OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910 Subpart S, Appendix A, NFPA 70E is considered by OSHA to be the recognized industry practice for electrical safety.

Role of NFPA

OSHA standards don't provide details on how to conduct an electrical hazard assessment or how to select PPE. For guidance on compliance, you need to look to national consensus standards. NFPA is one of the foremost consensus standards for electrical safety. It covers employee protection from the electrical hazards of shock, arc flash and arc blasts.

NFPA Compliance Part I - Installation Safety Requirements

Covers safety requirements for the design and installation of electric conductors and equipment. Essential to the proper use of Part I of this standard is the understanding that it is not intended to be applied as a design, installation, modification, or construction standard for an electrical installation or system. Its content has been intentionally limited in comparison to the content of the NEC in order to apply to an electrical installation or system as part of an employee's workplace. This standard is compatible with corresponding provisions of the NEC, but is not intended to, nor can it, be used in lieu of the NEC.

Part 2 - Safety Related Work Practices

Covers electrical safety related work practices and procedures for employees who work on or near exposed energized electrical conductors or circuit parts. Electrical hazard includes arc flash. Relevant requirements include:

Power must be proven to be off before performing work. This includes: The safe interruption of the load and opening of the disconnect Visual verification/voltage testing to ensure deenergization

Covers practical safety-related maintenance requirements for electrical equipment and installations in workplaces.

Part 4 - Safety Requirements for Special Equipment

Covers electrical safety installation requirements and safety-related work practices and procedures for employees who work on or near special electrical equipment such as electrolytic cells.

Preventing Arc Flash Incidents

Step 1. Perform Hazard Assessment and Create Warning Labels

The label is the first step. However, determining the arc-flash levels may change as routine maintenance and repair is performed. The level of arc-flash hazard of any piece of equipment depends on the level of arc-fault current and the time it takes to trip the nearest upstream over current protection device. In most cases, a local utility engineer can determine the fault current levels; however these fault current values may be based on the impedance of the transformer that serves the facility, and additional impedances upstream of the transformer can lower the number. If these additional impedances are not included in the calculations, then the incident energy levels may be under-estimated. Short-circuit current levels in electric utility systems are continuously changing as both electricians and maintenance workers replace over current devices, fuses and panel boards or upgrades are made to the system. Any of theses changes can have an effect on the arc-flash energy level, but may not be noted on the warning label.

Step 2. Provide Protective Clothing

The next step is to ensure that anyone working on equipment that might generate arc flash wear protective clothing, including fire retardant suits, gloves, face shield/goggles and other gear as provided by the standards.

Step 3. Equipment That Limits Exposure

Although no single piece of equipment can completely eliminate arc flash hazards, making it convenient to perform most routine maintenance tasks without directly accessing the equipment can significantly reduce the risk. Providing external plug-ins to equipment inside an enclosure is one approach. Properly designed and insulated panels that are wired to the appropriate equipment inside allows operators to change settings and monitor performance without opening the enclosure. With a traditional disconnect switch inside the main enclosure, live power is still present on the line side of the disconnect switch. Since live power is still being fed upstream to the disconnect switch on the panel, the threat of an arc flash incident remains. Another approach is to develop arc-resistant electrical cabinets designed to contain the arc energy and direct it away from personnel- - they cannot prevent an arc flash. "Arc-resistant" describes equipment designed to control arc flash exposure by extinguishing the arc, by controlling the spread of the arc or by channeling the arc pressure wave away from personnel. Arc-resistant designs represent enhanced safety technology and, therefore, an enhanced level of safety." The design redirects arc flash energy out relief vents at the top of the unit and away from personnel through an overhead plenum. These products have been successfully tested in accordance with ANSI C37.20.7: IEEE Guide for Testing Medium-Voltage Metal- Enclosed Switchgear for Internal Arcing Faults. During testing, cotton squares (similar to 4.5 oz/yard untreated T-shirt material) are mounted a meter from the MCC. Acceptance criteria require that none of the cotton indicators ignite during or following a test. To redirect the arc exhaust gases, specialized silicone coated, aluminum pressure relief vents on the unit's roof open to release the pressure. A plenum system above the enclosure channels the superheated gas and vaporized copper and steel to a safe and controlled location.

Standards Organizations and Arc Flash Protection

To protect operators, OSHA and NFPA 70E standards require a "flash protection boundary." OSHA has adopted the National Fire Protection Association's "70E Standards for Electric Safety in the Workplace" as an acceptable means of compliance to meet this requirement. Section 1910.333 of Subpart S states: "Safety-related work practices shall be employed to prevent electrical shock or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts". Therefore companies should take great lengths to ensure that electrical workers are safe from arc-flash dangers.

References:

Organizations Involved In This Work

NFPA - The National Fire Protection Agency

The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. NFPA membership totals more than 81,000 individuals from around the world and more than 80 national trade and professional organizations. Established in 1896, NFPA serves as the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on public safety. In fact, NFPA's 300 codes and standards influence every building, process, service, design, and installation in the United States, as well as many of those used in other countries. NFPA's focus on true consensus has helped the association's code-development process earn accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration

OSHA's mission is to send every worker home whole and healthy every day. Since the agency was established in 1971, workplace fatalities have been cut by 62 percent and occupational injury and illness rates have declined 40 percent. At the same time, U.S. employment has nearly doubled from 56 million workers at 3.5 million worksites to 115 million workers at nearly 7 million sites.

ASTM

ASTM International (Originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world-a trusted source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services. Known for their high technical quality and market relevancy, ASTM International standards have an important role in the information infrastructure that guides design, manufacturing and trade in the global economy.

IEEE - IEEE Electrical Safety

A predominant area of standards activity within the IEEE-SA addresses technology and related safety needs for the power and energy industry and subsequent industry applications. A key component to electrical safety is for those working with electrical current and within environments using electrical current to be abreast of standards and regulations that include safety best practices. It is critical for employees to familiarize themselves with these documents and the organizations responsible for developing them. The IEEE, namely via its Color Books Standards for Industrial and Commercial Power Systems and the National Electrical Safety Code, as well as its Power Engineering standards, is a major developer of standards that directly or indirectly address electrical safety within specific applications or environments.

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Quick Guide to Retractable Awnings

Awning manufacturers have a shorthand jargon that succinctly describes their awnings' characteristics, quality, function, even style. Knowledge is the key to having an efficient (and enjoyable) online shopping experience for retractable awnings. These simplified common terms can help you know in advance what you're looking at, so you know how to find what you want.

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A lateral arm retractable awning is an awning which can be rolled up and closed; unlike fixed awnings and canopies, a retractable awning has no support posts. A retractable awning has an intrinsically simple design:

o Frame - the skeleton of the awning; the frame is comprised of the mounting bar, arms, and roller tube.
o Mounting bar - the base of the retractable awning which is mounted in place; when the awning is retracted, the awning fabric rolls around the roller tube attached to the mounting bar.
o Arms - the part of the frame which folds closed at the elbow when the awning is retracted (rolls in) and opens when the awning is extended (rolls out).
o Shoulder - the joints on the retractable awning arms where arms attach to the mounting bar.
o Front bar - the extrusion at the very front of the awning frame.
o Hood - a cover which fits over the retractable awning frame and fabric; when the awning is fully retracted, the hood protects the exposed fabric, frame, and motor from the elements.
o Valance - a strip of fabric, usually a few inches high, which hangs from the front bar of the retractable awning.
o Rib - the cross bars of the frame which support the awning fabric. Not every awning style has ribs, since ribs are often used to create a shape to the awning frame; for example, lateral arm retractable awnings don't have any ribs.
o Canopy - an elongated, dome, or waterfall style retractable awning

There are dozens of styles of retractable awnings, determined mainly by the frame shape:

o Lateral arm awning - the most common, and oldest, retractable awning style, consisting simply of two or more arms, the front bar, mounting bar and the fabric. This is the most popular style for homes and commercial buildings; this is also the most scalable style, extending (projecting) as far as 17 feet without external supports.
o Dome - an awning with curved ribs, which forms a rounded shape when fully extended; these tend to have a significantly shorter extension (projection) than lateral arm awnings, extending only about five feet out maximum from the mount point. An elongated dome can have a longer projection than a standard dome style, almost double. Dome awnings are common for commercial properties and for window and door awnings.
o Drop screen - a kind of retractable awning which is mounted vertically so it extends downward. This style of awning has the mounting bar and fabric, but no arms since it simply "drops" down. This is mainly used to screen patios, gazebos, and other outdoor areas from glare, heat, rain, UV rays, direct sun, mosquitoes, and pollen.

There are also dozens of different accessories for retractable awnings which make them easier to operate. A couple of common ones:

o Anemometer - a device which monitors wind speed; this is used with wind sensors.
o Sensors - devices which monitor different atmospheric conditions and trigger the motor to retract or extend the awning accordingly; there are four major kinds of sensors, including sun (light) sensors, wind sensors, rain sensors, and motion sensors (which monitor movements, such as wind gusts)
o Motor - a device which automatically moves the awning; motors are enclosed in the roller tube.

Terms: Materials

The retractable awning materials are the true indicator of quality - because the kind of materials used translates into quality, not the expense of the materials. For the fabric, there are two major categories of fabrics:

o Canvas - a natural fiber (cotton) woven fabric; canvas awnings are prone to fade, mildew, and rot.
o Solution-dyed acrylic - a man-made fiber which is woven into a lightweight, breathable fabric; because it is a chemical polymer, the fabric cannot rot. Solution-dyed means that the pigments are included in the fiber solution, which makes the fabric highly fade resistant.

For the frame, the important materials are the body and joints:

o Electrostatically powder-coated aluminum - a metal frame which is lightweight, durable, and rust-resistant; powder-coating is a method of applying pigment to aluminum frames which is extremely difficult to flake off or damage, unlike enamel or paint.
o PVC - a hard polymer also used to make plumbing pipes; this tends to be brittle.
o Kevlar® - the polymer used to make bulletproof vests; Kevlar® straps in the arms instead of cables are extremely strong and durable and can't rust.
o Cables - braided metal strands which are used in the arms; these are usually steel, which rusts, leading the cables to discolor the fabric and eventually break. Cables cannot be replaced because they are internal to the arm and inaccessible.

Terms: Installation

Understanding a few terms about the positioning and installation of the awning can help determine the appropriate size and installation location for your awning:

o Mount - what way or location the awning is affixed to the home or building, such as a wall mount, eave mount, soffit, or roof mount.
o Pitch - the angle that the awning comes down from the mount point to the front bar. Some lateral arm retractable awnings have an adjustable pitch.
o Projection - how far out from the wall the awning can extend.
o Load - the stress put on the awning, from wind, snow, even the weight of the awning itself (dead load). Good quality retractable awnings can sustain wind speeds up to approximately 35mph
o Pooling - water buildup on the canopy which can cause the fabric to sag and stretch.

Quick Guide to Retractable Awnings
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The History of the Sebewaing, Michigan Sugar Factory

One of the men destined to join the ranks of Michigan's pioneer sugar barons was John C. Liken. He was nearly 70 years old when the idea struck him and already rich beyond the dreams he probably had when he carved barrel staves for a living as an indigent immigrant in New York more than fifty years earlier. By 1900, he operated a big business in a small town that referred to him as the town father because his enterprise created the jobs that brought people to the town.

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His annual sales during the years preceding 1900, in modern terms, equated to about .5 million. In a combination of enterprises that employed two hundred people, he operated four saw mills primarily engaged in manufacturing barrel staves, many of which he shipped to Germany, two flour mills, a major retail outlet for hardware, dry goods, groceries, and drugs which in 1884 employed nine clerks.

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Liken's enterprises were headquartered in a small town in Michigan's "thumb". The town was Sebewaing, a small collection of rustic homes nestled on the east shore of the Saginaw Bay some twenty-five miles northeast of Bay City. Its residents were day laborers who worked at one of Liken's establishments or on one of the surrounding farms, or fished in the great Saginaw Bay that lapped the shores within walking distance of the town.

Sebewaing borrowed its name from the Chippewa word for crooked creek and some of its wealth from the abundant fishing in the bay. Not long before the 19th century came to a close, nearby forests fell to swift axes, making room for German settlers who quickly set about the twin tasks of removing stumps and planting crops.

Liken, a native of Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany met Wallburga Kunkle, the woman who would become his wife, in Binghamton, New York. She was a native of Bavaria and bore the name of a canonized nun who traveled to Germany from England in 748 to perform good works. St. Wallburga became the patron saint of plagues, famines and a host of other discomforts, including dog bites. John Liken had arrived in Binghamton after working for his passage aboard a sailing vessel.

After the birth of their fourth child, Emma, in 1864, who joined her siblings, Mary, born in 1856, Hannah born in 1858, and Charles, born in 1859, John and Walburga moved the family to Sebewaing, a Lutheran settlement that was attracting fishermen, farmers and timber men. The town's population upon his arrival in 1865 was insufficient to proclaim it a village, but with the arrival of John Liken, that was about to change. He established a sawmill where he made barrel staves. Later, he would develop retail outlets, a creamery, granaries, and ships, incorporating in one person a source for all the goods and services required by the local farming community. The cream and crops, he placed on boats and shipped some thirty miles along the Saginaw Bay shoreline to Bay City, a bustling and growing city where the daily demand for groceries grew apace with its burgeoning population. In was in this connection, shipping, that he became acquainted with ship owner Captain Benjamin Boutell and it was through Captain Boutell that he would learn about sugar opportunities.

The hamlet grew into a village and the town folk began to think of Liken as the town father. Having brought two daughters and a son into the community, who like their father were all of good form, good health, and good cheer, it wasn't unexpected that the Likens began to add substantially to the population. Mary took for a husband, Richard Martini and a few years later, Hannah allowed a youthful Christian Bach to turn her head (In later times, Christian adopted his middle name, Fred as his given name of preference. He appears in the Michigan sugar chronicles authored by Daniel Gutleben as C.F. Bach.) Charles and his wife, Elizabeth settled into the community to take up management of his father's affairs.

John Liken had departed his Oldenburg home at the age of eighteen after completing a four-year apprenticeship in the cooperage trade. He would have known of sugar beets because of that experience and certainly would have been aware that men from his homeland had been enjoying some success with them in Michigan's Bay County where three factories were then in operation and one more was underway and yet another was under construction in Saginaw.

Altogether, a total of eleven beet factories would soon pour sugar and profits into Michigan towns if one believed the hoopla created by railroads and others who would profit from the construction of factories. The excitement that had been stirring farmers and investors across the state seeped into Sebewaing. Liken saw no need to drum up support by the usual methods, holding town meetings, enlisting editors of local newspapers, hiring bands and front men to call upon the farmers. He was convinced of the need for a beet sugar factory and since a good portion of the local wealth resided in his coffers, he saw no need to persuade others to take up the cause. The Likens possessed sufficient resources to build a factory.

He formed an ad hock committee consisting of his son Charles, Richard Henry Martini, the husband of his daughter Hannah, and daughter Mary's husband, Christian Fred Bach. All three had held important positions in Liken's enterprises for many years and all were in their late 30's, thus steeped in experience. In addition, the three resided next to one another on Center Street in Sebewaing, with Martini at Number 69, Charles next door at 68, and Bach at Number 67, thus the trio could convene at leisure and without formality. Should he and his committee approve the idea, the plan would go forward without the usual sale of stock to community members. It did not require a great amount of research on the part of the committee. They had plenty of arable land at their disposal. The Liken family controlled one thousand acres on their own account that combined with others, eliminated a need for a rail line to convey beets to a factory situated on Lake Huron's shore. They had the financial capacity.

John C. had been generous. Each of his daughters and his son enjoyed full-time servants in their homes and each was well enough off to invest in the new sugar company on their own account and each had demonstrated managerial ability over a long period of time. They had every attribute needed for success in the new industry save one...experience in sugarbeets. News of the activity in Liken's headquarters leaked into the community at large and inspired some farmers to plant beets, although a completed factory was nearly two years in the future. Those beets, when ready for market, were shipped to Bay City for processing.

Thinking to add the missing ingredient to an otherwise perfect equation for success, John Liken invited Benjamin Boutell and a few of his trusted friends to join in the endeavor. As a consequence, in a short time Liken learned first-hand, how the camel's nose under the tent fable came into existence. Boutell, no doubt delighted that his expertise was in greater demand than his money, quickly enlisted men of wealth and experience. Among them was John Ross, who would soon become treasurer of the German-American Sugar Company, the last of four beet sugar factories built in Bay County. Next, came lumbermen Frederick Woodworth, William Smalley and William Penoyar, and a ship owner named William Sharp. When men of the stature of Ben Boutell and Penoyar signaled their interest, the floodgates opened; more men of wealth clamored for a stake in the new company. A pair of Saginaw attorneys Watts S. Humphrey and Thomas Harvey climbed aboard as did George B. Morley, legendary grain dealer and banker. Rasmus Hanson, a wealthy lumberman from Grayling, and future president of the German-American Sugar Company, bought in as did William H. Wallace, a quarry operator in nearby Bay Port.

Unwittingly, Liken in attracting investors from Saginaw and Bay City, brought together two distinct groups which could be described as two separate circles of influence. Boutell's circle consisted of Bay County investors, Woodworth, Ross, Smalley, Sharp and Penoyar. George Morley's circle included James MacPherson, Humphrey, Harvey, and William H. Wallace, all Saginaw residents, although Wallace was a native of nearby Port Hope and had been a long term resident of Bay Port, a village snugging the shoreline thirteen miles northeast of Sebewaing. In the wings was Ezra Rust, a wealthy Saginaw resident who had won a fortune in the lumber industry. While all of the Bay County investors had lumber interests, of the Saginaw group only MacPherson had a lumber background. The two circles would take up the sport of in-fighting once the new company got underway.

Representatives of what amounted to three distinct groups, Boutell's Bay City contingent, Morley's Saginaw faction, and John Liken's family, gathered in Watts Humphrey's Saginaw office in July 1901 to take up the matter of organization. Humphrey's fame would come not from sugarbeet processing but from the fact that his then 12-year old son, George M. Humphrey, would one day achieve stature as the Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, serving from 1953 until 1957.

Wasting no time, the organizers had at hand, four representatives of construction firms specializing in building beet processing factories. They were Fuehrman & Hapke, E. H. Dyer, Kilby Manufacturing, and Oxnard Construction. It was expected that as soon as the shares were taken up by the attendees, a contract would be awarded to one of the four bidders. To Benjamin Boutell and his Bay City group, there was only one bid of any interest to them and that was the one from Kilby Manufacturing for 0,000. The price was a hefty ,500 per ton of beet slicing capability, nearly double the 0 per ton price tag of the Essexville factory and almost 0 more per ton than the price for the German-American Sugar Company factory that was currently under construction. Oxnard's bid of slightly more than ,800 per ton (including, as usual, a Steffens process) and Dyer's next to the lowest bid of ,416 per ton were beaten out by Fuehrman & Hapke's winning bid of ,320 per ton for a total price of 2,000.

The first order of business called for the election of officer and directors, a normally placid affair when the company founders knew one another as well as did the gathering in Humphrey's office. Representatives of each of the three main shareholder groups secured positions. Bay City lumberman, W. C. Penoyar was given the presidency, while Sebewaing's Christian Bach took on the vice-presidency, and the Saginaw group saw William Baker and Thomas Harvey took the secretary and treasurer seats. Benjamin Boutell and William Wallace joined the executive committee. At the top of the agenda was the matter of deciding on the winning bid for the factory's construction, which would be, as usual, a full turnkey operation. That's when the temporary alliance between Bay City, Huron County, and Saginaw County investors fractured.

Boutell's crowd, said the low bid made no difference, they would accept none other than the one submitted by Kilby. To the Saginaw group, this was tantamount to drawing a line in the sand. They believed firmly in awarding the contract to the lowest bidder. Accordingly, the Sebewaing-Saginaw representatives who controlled three of the officer positions, ignoring the fact that Boutell and his friends controlled 45 percent of the company and that a member of their faction just secured the presidency, gave the nod to Fuehrman & Hapke. Boutell and company recoiling from the suggestion that anyone except Kilby would build a factory in which they had invested, cancelled their stock subscriptions, resigned their positions and withdrew from the board of directors.

When the dust settled, Boutell and his co-investors were out and the Saginaw contingent held the controlling interest at 55 percent with control divided between the Morley and Rust families. The Rust family headed by Ezra Rust would leave its mark on the City of Saginaw in the form of a city park and a major thoroughfare bearing its name. Ezra's confidence in the sugar industry may have stemmed from a stint he served as an engineer in a Cuban sugar mill during his youth. Morley held 5,000 shares in his own name, while various members of the Rust family held 4,000 shares. Family members and friends of John Liken held 45 percent.

The sudden withdrawal of Bay City investors necessitated a second election. The presidency went to Thomas Harvey. John Liken's son-in-law, Christian Bach, retained the vice-president's post and a seat at the director's table. Liken's son, Charles, accepted an appointment as treasurer but did not win a board seat. William F. Schmitt, a minor stockholder and Christian Bach's sister Emma's suitor, became secretary. In time and after having been tested by fire, he would prove that his advancement was owed entirely to his skill, not to his relationship to the Bach family. In 1906, he took charge of the Sebewaing factory which he then guided for six years before leaving the company for a senior position with Continental Sugar Company. Directors, in addition to Harvey and Christian Bach, included William H. Wallace, Watts Humphrey, George Morley, James MacPherson, who replaced Benjamin Boutell, and Richard Martini.

The appointed contractor for the factory's construction, Henry Theodore Julius Fuehrman, normally addressed as Jules, arrived from New York where he had constructed a similar factory at Lyons and before that, Pekin, Illinois. He appeared in September for the groundbreaking ceremony. With him was his partner, Theodore Hapke who won high regard from area farmers of German extraction because of his knowledge of sugarbeets and his ability to explain the subject in the mother tongue.

Fuehrman had been closely involved with the construction of a beet factory in Grand Island, Nebraska, which to his good fortune happened to be in the place after Germany that he called home. He was the only son of Henry and Tulia Fuehrman of Brunswick, Germany. Beginning at the age of fourteen, he served an apprenticeship in the mason's trade. After deciding to prepare himself for the duties of an architect, he devoted himself to the study of architecture in different polytechnic institutions throughout his native land. When twenty years of age, he entered the Germany Army, serving one year, and in 1882, he emigrated to America where after spending two years in Chicago he settled in Grand Island. There he accepted a number of commissions, including the design of the city hall, a church, a university, and eventually the Oxnard beet sugar factory in Grand Island.

Fuehrman's success attracted the prestigious architectural firm of Post & McCord, the firm that built the roof over Madison Square Garden and the large iron frames for the skyscrapers that dotted Broadway and Wall Street and in 1931 would construct the world's tallest skyscraper, the Empire State Building. Post & McCord partnered with the equally prestigious American Bridge Company, thus the Sebewaing factory's formation was destined to be of solid construction. With William H. Wallace serving on the board of directors, the question of whether the foundation was going to be made of solid stones or the new building material, concrete, was resolved without discussion. The stones came from Wallace's quarry, thirteen miles distant where they were carved by his expert workmen into squares that conformed to the architect's specifications. Crushed stone from the same source made roadways for hauling equipment and later, beets to the factory. Already the community was enjoying the fruits of the presence of a sugar factory, improved roads and a richer economy as workers discovered gainful employment on the many work crews needed to fashion a factory that would soon win recognition as one of the largest of its kind in the nation.

Emile Brysselbout, Fuehrman and Hapke's newest partner, was also on hand. Brysselbout's credentials included the recently constructed Charlevoix, Michigan sugarbeet factory and he had supervised the construction of the Essexville factory.

The cornerstone was laid on October 21, 1901 but the absence of qualified engineers delayed construction. Experienced construction engineers had become a premium in a nation that suddenly could not have enough beet sugar factories. Twenty-five beet sugar factories were constructed between 1900 and 1905 of which ten were in Michigan. Adding to the difficulties was Fuehrman's absence. He had departed for Dresden, Ontario to construct a similar factory for Captain James Davidson, a Bay City magnate who had decided to dedicate a portion of his wealth to the beet industry.

By appearances, Davidson's contract held greater importance for Fuehrman than did Sebewaing's. William Wallace, noted for always taking a firm hand where one was needed, approached Brysselbout with the insistence that Joseph Eckert be hired. Eckert was a man with a can-do reputation and one who would tolerate no obstacles in the path to his goal. Eckert had just finished an assignment at Mendall Bialy's West Bay City Sugar Company where he had increased productivity more than one-third.

Gutleben relates that when Eckert arrived in Sebewaing, he found nature busy at the task of reclaiming the site. Weeds and wild flowers occupied the space intended for a factory. The few columns that had been erected on Wallace's stone foundations were poised as if ready to fall to earth. Worse, there was no gear on hand to correct the steelwork in place or to install the balance of it. Fuehrman promised a steam engine but its delivery would have to wait until the steel erection work in Dresden was finished. It was April. The farmers wanted to know if they should plant a beet crop. "Plant 'em!" exclaimed Eckert who then placed an order for the delivery of a steam engine to be charged against Fuehrman & Hapke's account. Wallace backed the credit. Fuehrman's complexion turned the color of spoiled liver during his next visit; he fired his innovative engineer for insubordination. Wallace accompanied by Brysselbout turned the decision around in a hurried meeting with Fuehrman.

One of the advantages of having Brysselbout and Eckert on staff was their ability to draw men of similar skill. Brysselbout, inspired by Eckert's enthusiasm and unquestioned role as chief project engineer after Fuehrman's failed effort to fire him, secured experienced and highly educated operators, men like Hugo Peters, an 1898 graduate of Leipzig University who would become Sebewaing's first factory superintendent. James Dooley soon followed. He carried a reputation for practical application of scientific principles and a cool head during emergencies. Eckert attracted outstanding engineers such as Eugene Stoeckly and Pete Kinyon, a master at erecting the steal grids that became the frames for the factories. Nearby farmers, long experienced with neighbors William Wallace, "Bill" to all, and John Liken, both hard driving can-do business leaders, had full confidence that a factory would stand in their midst at harvest time, as promised. They set about planting the second sugarbeet crop in Huron County with results that would prove fortuitous for themselves and for the investors.

When the trees began to blaze red and orange and cool dawn breezes dried the morning dew before farmers stepped from their doors, the county's first sugarbeet crop waited in neat soldiery rows for men, women and even children to approach them. A lifter, a device designed to loosen the beet from earth's hold, operated by the farmer, would proceed across the field at a walking pace. Harvesters would follow, pulling the beets from the ground then knocking two of them together to loosen soils and then casting them into a pile to await topping. Eventually, automated motor driven machines would perform the task, a task enhanced by pre-topping and then cleaning of the beets via a shaking system and dumped into waiting trucks. But for now, it was brute work.

On October 10, 1902, it was done. The main building sixty-seven by 258 feet and five floors comprising approximately sixty thousand square feet, made of brick and filled with the most modern equipment available to the industry, opened for business. In a town where the average home consisted of fewer than seven hundred square feet of space, it was an awesome presence. It was one of the grandest and largest buildings constructed in the American Midwest up to that time.

It was agreed that only one man in all of Huron County deserved the honor of delivering the first load of beets to the factory, the man whose dream set off the chain of events that led to the magnificent building now standing at the end of the town's main street. He was John C. Liken. His family had gathered round two months before on August 9, to celebrate his seventieth birthday and now at an age beyond that which men commonly set aside for the cessation of physical labor, he guided a team of four horses drawing a gaily decorated wagon brimming with sugarbeets onto the scales. The Liken family, standing beside the constructors, Bill Wallace and a contingent from Saginaw, applauded the advance of the high-stepping horses and the contented Mr. Liken. Within the week, Hugo Peter conducted an operational test, allowing only water through the factory to test the readiness as well as the harmony of the equipment. After making a few adjustments to correct weaknesses detected during the water test, he ordered the slicing of beets to begin on October 27.

The farmers delivered beets containing 13.23 percent sugar of which they harvested nearly seven tons to the acre. According to Gutleben's history, the factory yielded more than 91,000 hundredweight of sugar on an extraction rate of seventy-one per cent giving it returns greater than from the West Bay City's factory, the Essexville factory, the Bay City Sugar Company and certainly Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, and the first year of operation at the Caro factory. The operational results mirrored those of the Kilby built Alma factory. Financial results, however, were far greater because the 48,250 tons of beets delivered by Sebewaing growers exceeded by two-hundred fifty percent the 19,100 tons delivered by Alma growers for that factory's first campaign. Sebewaing growers delivered the greatest number of beets delivered to a single factory up until that time, loud evidence of the confidence Huron County farmers placed in Wallace, Liken, and Bach, confidence, as events revealed, that was not misplaced. Estimated profits for Sebewaing's first year of operation approximated 0,000, 26 percent on sales and providing a 17 percent return on investment.

Soon, two important personages representing the American Sugar Refining Company called on Bill Wallace. They were Henry Niese, head of operations and W. B. Thomas from the company's treasury department (Thomas would become president of American Sugar Refining on December 20, 1907 following the death of Henry O. Havemeyer earlier that month.). Their mission was to scout candidates for admission to the Sugar Trust. The visit occasioned a significant change in the company's make-up when Charles B. Warren, a Detroit attorney who represented the interests of the American Sugar Refining Company arrived shortly afterward to offer an investment of 5,000. The company issued an additional thirty-five thousand shares of stock of which he acquired 32,500; other shareholders each increased their stake by approximately 8.3 percent, effectively giving Warren a 50 percent interest in the company with the other half in the hands of the Liken family (24 percent) and Morley's Saginaw investors (26 percent).

The bloom of youth still graced the cheeks of Charles Beecher Warren when he appeared in Sebewaing like a godsend to drop what would amount to in current dollars nearly seven million dollars in a start-up company managed entirely by local investors. His youth disguised a young man bearing a sound education and a steely resolve to make something of himself. Before his time passed, he would become the US ambassador to two nations (Japan in 1921 and Mexico in 1924), write the regulations for conscription during World War I, head a major law firm and direct the affairs of a number of corporations.

In 1903 when visiting Sebewaing, however, he resembled not so much the power broker and respected lawyer he would become but instead, a pleasant young man with a pocket full of cash. He was fresh from Saginaw where he persuaded the owners of the Carrollton factory to take his cash in exchange for a 60 percent stake in the factory that came into existence when Boutell's Bay City crowd parted company with the Sebewaing investors. He would, over the course of a few years, dispense more than three and half million dollars in Michigan alone ( million in current dollars) while acquiring sugar companies that would immediately report to the New York office of the American Sugar Refining Company-not bad for someone who had been taking rooms in a boarding house situated near Cass Avenue in Detroit in 1900.

His rise to power began six years earlier when he was appointed associate counsel for the US government in hearings before the joint high commission in the Bering Sea controversy with Great Britain. The matter concerned England's perceived right to harvest seals notwithstanding the United States opinion that extinction would surely follow that practice. By 1900, he was a partner in the law firm of Shaw, Warren, Cady & Oakes a Detroit firm representing a number of banks and manufacturing firms, chief among them the American Sugar Refining Company. A few years hence, he would adopt the title of president of Michigan Sugar Company, a position he would hold for 19 years in addition to the presidency of a sugar company in Iowa and another in Minnesota. During that same time period he returned to the international arena once again where his carefully watched performance won accolades from imminent lawyers in Europe and America. This time, he appeared on behalf of the United States before the Hague tribunal to resolve a dispute between the United States and England concerning North Atlantic fishing rights.

The son of a small town newspaper editor, Robert Warren, he listed Bay City as his birthplace, but because of the nature of his father's profession, moved from time to time while growing up, always within Michigan. He graduated first from Albion College then attended and graduated from the University of Michigan before attending the Detroit College of Law where he graduated LL.B. At the Detroit College of Law, he studied under Don. M. Dickenson and then joined Dickenson's firm when he was admitted to the bar in 1893, the year he graduated. A few years later, he joined John C. Shaw and William B Cady in organizing a separate law firm, a firm he would eventually head throughout his career. Early on, displaying an understanding of the value of macro management, he tended to see to the installation of experienced managers and then leave them unmolested as they carried out the day to day requirements of conducting business.

Much as Caro served as a training ground for factory operators, Sebewaing acted as a school for factory managers who were sent throughout America to beet and cane factories owned by American Sugar Refining Company and others. Hugo Peters moved on to Dresden to oversee James Davidson's operation and then took similar positions in Idaho, Utah, California and even the West Indies. In 1920, Peters turned his attention to spectro-photometric analysis for the US Bureau of Standards, making serious contributions to color analysis. Jim Dooley stayed on as manager at Sebewaing for a few years then headed operations for all of Michigan Sugar Company when it came into existence in 1906. Wilfred Van Duker, Sebewaing's first chief chemist, dedicated the larger portion of his career to improving cane milling in Hawaii. There, he eventually managed four sugar estates. Richard Henry Martini became General Agricultural Superintendent for Michigan Sugar Company and Henry Pety moved on to Utah for a superintendency before returning to Michigan to manage the Mount Pleasant factory. The Sebewaing factory continued to expand by adding physical structures and equipment in the form of diffusion towers, automated affairs that replaced the older battery operations, evaporators, modern centrifugals, storage bins and other equipment that caused the daily beet slicing capacity to gradually expand from 600 tons per day to more than 5,000 tons per day.

Sources:

Estimated profits for the first year of operation: Records did not survive. The author determined an estimated profit by applying an estimated selling price of .12 for each one hundred pounds to the total hundredweight available for sale and then deducted costs estimated at.57 per one hundred pounds.

GUTTLEBEN, Daniel, The Sugar Tramp - 1954 p. 182 concerning purchase of sugar factories by the Sugar Trust, p. 177 concerning organization of Sebewaing Sugar and operating results, printed by Bay Cities Duplicating Company, San Francisco, California

MICHIGAN ANNUAL REPORTS, Michigan Archives, Lansing, Michigan:
Sebewaing Sugar 1903, 1904
Sebewaing Lumber, 1901, 1904
Bay Port Fish, 1901

Saginaw Courier Herald, July 11, 1901 - reporting on the meeting of stockholders of the newly formed Sebewaing Sugar Company.

Portrait and biographical album of Huron County:
John C. Liken, Christian F. Bach, Richard Martini

U.S. Census reports for Sebewaing, 1900, 1910

The History of the Sebewaing, Michigan Sugar Factory
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