The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-24
WELLINGTON'S LAST IMPROVE
MENT.
An Old Establishments New Home.

We present to our readers cut of the
new plant of the Wellington Machine Co.,
which has just been completed and is now
occupied by them, their old buildings hav-
ing been entirely removed.
The whole plant is devoted exclusively
to the mauufacture of the "New Quaker
Brick Machines and the articles sold in
connection with them, The location is
by the side of the "Big Four" track,
within stones throw of the depot.
The buildings are all OF brick, on heavy
stone foundations, metal ROOTED, and the
main building and about one-half OF the
next largest building are Two stories in
height, the foundry department only be-
ing one story, There is a little over "a
600 feet of floor space under roof
The lower story of the main building
has the Offices, machine shor, wood work
ing and erecting department, and engine
and boiler rooms. The smokestack is a
graceful one. Of brick, and seventy-six
feet in height above the foundation.
The machine shop is equipped with
almost all new lathes,p ,planers, milling ma
chimes, key-seaters, drills and other iron
working tools. In the woodworking de-
partment are the latest improved wood
working tools, among them being culi-
osity to many in a machine that bores
square hoe. It is used IN making NOR
,ses of any size, and in connection with
tennoning machine, enables them to make
such perfect work, that a joint OF NOR
tise and-tennon made in this manner is as
solid as the oak itself.
In the erecting department there is lioor
space for the erection OF ten machines at
the same time.
The Offices are roomy and well lighted.
For safety Of lheir records, drawings, elc',
fire-proof vault is built into the walls.
A two-ton elevator carries to the store and
stock rooms on the upper floor, where are
racks filled with the differen, parts OF the
machines they manufacture, ready 10 be
assembled TO go into the machines. Also,
there are large stocks OF molds, trucks,
barrows, kiln doors, aud frames, etc etc,
there being already one thousand molds
Of the stock sizes ahead for spring trade.
The rear half Of this floor has The pat
tern shop, and full set Of smaller wood
working tools for the manufacture OF the
smaller articles.
The store building for machines has
been erected since the photographs were
taken from which the cut was made, so
that II does not show In the above. II has
seven compartments holding nine ma
chimes each. II is convenient TO the spur
track which enters the premises, and the
machines are taken from the store build
ing and loaded onto the cars with steam.
power derrick.
The track also reaches the foundry
buildings, 50 that the coke and pig-iron
are unloaded directly into the second story
of the foundry building on level with
the charging door of the cupola, which
melts three and one-half 10 four tons daily.
In connection with the foundry are CON-
modious cleaning and stock rooms for
castings. The blacksmith shop and fire.
proof pattern room, Ore also connected to
the foundry building. Beyond Is the lum-
Der yard, where the heavy oak timbers
used In the machines are stuck up for two
years before being put into The machines
ThJ ~ operate their own dynamo, thor.
ougty lighting the plant with incandes-
cenf electric lights, there being light at
eac j machine, and Others wherever needed
to jnake the whole as light as day.
IAll the buildings are heated by the
'1hot-blast" system. An immense fan
: drives fresh outdoor air through nest Of
Steam heated pipes, whence 1t is conveyed
fin large pipes to all parts Of the buildings,
making perfect heating, and at the same
time the most perfect ventilation. the
whole volume Of air being changed about
every twenty minutes.
For water supplies, the water from half
an acre OF roofs Is conducted to an i'm
mense cIstern, holding 900 barrels, other
water obtainab!e being poor for boiler
purposes.
The whole plant Is equipped and OPP
Grated with the object in view, Of turning
out nothing but what Is made Of the best
possible material, and made IN the best
workmanship-like manner, and they mean
to have nothing leave their doors that Is
not absolutely perfect in every particular.
The company is now composed Of
Frank w. Bennett, Harry s. Bennett,
Chris. McDermott and Chas. II. Horton.