The Newtown bee., 1893-01-20
Litchfeld County Topics.
BANTAM.
A HIVE OF BUSY WORKERS.


 Flynn & D yle's workers.-Just who they are.- More Points About the Carriage Business. The success of business is in a. meas ure determined by the class and spirit manifested of the operatives employed. Tn this respect the firm of Flynn X Doyle, carriage manufacturers of Ban tam, are remarkably fortunate, having a skilled body of workman, and loyal to its interests.
 The trimming department is in charge | of R. l.. Rochfort, who has had many | years of experience in the best city shops | ment is Chester Thomas, a gentleman who has had large experience in the trimming of all styles of work. The paint shop is on the second floor, in the build ing in which are situated the wood and blacksmith shops.
 EDWARD l.. POTTER Is THE FOREMAN ., and his assistants are George w. Clem- mons, Howard Landon, Perry Rowland Ernest I.andon and John COe. In the wood shop are Edgar F. Wedge, George W. Hawley and Sidney D. Moore, all first class workmen.
 In the blacksmithing department are George II. Peck, Henry Kuntz, Leonard Willis, Arthur Parker, Judson Baldwin, Truman Buell. and helpers Messrs Flynn tS Doyle have be en putting out lot of work, recently.
 They have lately SC mt out a fine cano- py top spindle for James $. Cole of Bridgeport; fine carriage for Dr Frank Gorham of Westport; a fine Russian sleigh for August Hoyt Of Danbury. And so one might go on, but the writer will conclude by mentioninga passenger wagonnette, which this firm is building for NJ. B. Whtlock of Ridgefield.
 BY WAY OF SHOWING
 how this firm stands in the business world, the following articles from The Hub News, a leading journal of the car riage trade, is especially timely. It was signed by "DlefnOrk," and is given in full. It is as follows:
 was in Litchtield for q few days last week, and while enjoying one of the numerous drives, passed through Ban tam, Conn.,, and was agreeably surprised to see in this small town carriage fac tory of considerable proportions.
 Natural instinct compelled me to stop, and after introducing myself to the pro- prietors, Messrs Flynn & Doyle, who re- ecived me with overwhelming polite. ness, interviewed them regarding busi ness, etc.
 THEIR PLANT CONSISTS
 of four three story buildings with q flool space of 30,000 square feet. Building No. l, 66xl0, is devoted to wood worl and paint shop of new work. Building No. ,, 35xiO, one story, is their black smith shop. Building No. 3, SOx3O, con tains offices, stock rooms, trimming shoI and paint shop for repair work. Build ing No. |, 75x35, is a well lighted repos itory, and building No. is store house for heavy farm wagons manufactured by the Milburn Wagon Co.,, for whom Flynn & Doyle are the selling agents.
 Their wood and blacksmith shops arc furnished with the
 LATEST LABOR-sANING DEVICES AND
 MACHINERY,
 and these, together with the p men 1T their employ, turn out on the average 5C jobs each month. They cater mostly tC the Eastern trade, although New York is quite a market for their work, which comprises light wagons, ph@tons, sur reys and some very pretty styles o1 fancy traps. Both William Doyle and Charles Flynn are young men and of the "hustling" type," and l would not be surprised to see them widely known and their work in universal demand before many years. Success to them Dlef nork.