The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06
METAL WORKERS.
Hutchinson. Butler g. Co.

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The firm of Hutchinson, Butler & Co.
are located at % Temple street, and is COM
posed of three practical metal workers.
The senior member of the firm, Mr.. ]. f.
Hutchinson. is one of the best known
tin smiths in the State. Learning his
trade in Bangor he came to Portland
twenty years ago, at which time he en-
tered the employ of o. NJ. & D. W. Nash,
and for the sixteen years prior to organ
iZing the present firm of Hutchinson, But
Ter & Company, he was in the employ of
w. Fl. Scott, where for the past twenty
four years Mr.. C. I. B. Butler was also
employed. Mr.. 7. j. Hollivan, the juni-
or member, also comes from the works
of w. Fl. Scott, where, beginning as an
apprentice, he gave thirteen years of con-
tinuous application to perfecting himself
in the higher branches of metal work.
The firm with the modesty of mechan-
les just engaging in business affairs be-
gan in small way, but their practical
worth soon brought them such recog-
milton from architects, builders and the
owners of buildings as to force their
business into 1.-THE more commo-
dious quarters now occupied at 81 and
SO Cross street, where they have floor
space of more than $500 square feet, a
large force of skilled mechanics and the
mostimproved machinery for the pro-
duction of galvanized iron and copper
cutters, cornices, and the many metal
accessories pertaining to the construc-
ton of modern building. They make
specially of the celebrated standing
seam iron roof, samples of which may
be found on Deering Hall and the Clapp
Block.
The value of this kind of metal work
and its artistic merit as produced by
Hutchinson, Butler & Company may be
known by an inspection of any of the
following buildings: The dwellings of
Messrs. A. S. Kinds, G.. B. Bagley and
Allen G. Shaylor of this city; the City
Hall, McKenny and Head Blocks and the
buildings of the Biddeford Water Co.,
Biddeford, Maine, each of which give
proof of the highest skill.
Rowe s. McBrady.
In 1884, Messrs. William j. Rowe and
]. E. McBrady founded the firm OF
Rowe & McBrady for the manufacture
of galvanized iron and copper cutters,
cornices and conductors, smoke stacks
and ventilating apparatus and as general
workers In tin-plate and sheet iron, and
are now located at 220 Federal street.
Since the organization of the firm their
mechanical abilities and faithful adher.
ence to the spirit and letter of all con-
tracts have placed them SO far on the road
to success and a deserved business reputa.
ton as to make partial list of the build
ing that attest to the value and workman
like manner in which their work has been
performed the best Recommendation a
firm can have. Among the many build
ings bearing testimony to the workman.
ship of Rowe & McBrady are the Davis.
Hanson, Jose and Perry Blocks, Maine
General Hospital Extension, Union
Train Shed, Jackson School Building.
High School Building, West End Hotel.
and the Baxter Block of this city. And
in other cities the Ellsworth Court
House, Houlton Classical School Houlton.
Me. The Court House and the Thorn.
dyke Hotel at Rockland, Me. Public
Library, Opera House and Sagadahoc
Block at Bath. The St. Mary's School
and the Union Block at Biddeford. The
Public Library Building at Westbrook.
Me. The Chenery, Stephens and Gates
Blocks at Rumford Falls. The Pulp Mills
at Livermore Falls and the Pulp Mills at
Otis Falls, Me. United States Hospital.
Portsmouth, N. Fl. Court House, South
Paris; Opera House at Norway; Gorham
Dormitory, Gorham; College Buildings
at Waterville, and the Hebron Academy
at Hebron,