St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCALE
WORKS.
some of the Additions at the Plant Du
ing the Year.

some of the Additions mt the Plant Dur
ing the Year.
The year 1899 will close with the plant
of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. better
equipped for work and for the produc-
ton OF scales than at any time in the his
tory of the business. To meet the con-
tinual demand for more scales, caused by
the return of good times, it has been
necessary to enlarge many OF the shops
and to build new ones. Extensive i'm
provements and additions have been
made in all parts of the factory, but the
two most notable improvements are the
construction of a new depot and ware
house, which latter is still in process OF
erection. The depot occupies part OF the
site of the old structure, but is much
larger and extends tor quite distance
along the west side of Sleeper's river. 1t
is three story building with concreted
basement and seven cars can now be
loaded at one time along the platforms.
| In the construction of the depot the high
way bridge was moved lew hundred
| feet above the old site and new road
| opened from Cliff street to the boarding
house. By this exchange of land the cor
poration gets all the land around the
grocery store on the east side OF the
river and have ample room for further
extensions should the business ever de-
mand it. The side tracks were also re-
| I.l inn, " tf1eutc made
around the place such as the building oi
strong stone wall on each side OF the
river, anchoring the bridges that cross
the river and reclaiming waste land that
is sure to be valuable at some future day.
The new warehouse is located on the
west side OF the river below the machine
shop and extends to the bridge that
crosses over to the foundries. This is a
J substantial structure with an average
width Of 90 feet and over 200 feet long.
When completed it will be used as a
storehouse for all kinds Of iron and
heavy iron castings, and for other pur-
J poses connected with the manufacture oi
. scales. The department for steel con-
struction, in connection with the build
| ing of scales, will be located in the center
e of the machine shop with a travelling
{ crane moving heavy weights. The lever
8 fling department will be moved OH iron
e that part of the machine shop into the
s casting room aud the latter department
;. in turn moved out into portion OF th'
!, warehouse. When the building is com
e pleted it will prove one of the most useiu
d in the whole plant and By it's construc
ton lot Of small wooden building
l. have been torn down. The building con
v tains two stories and false floor and i
e almost ready for occupancy.
d During the year various improvement
e, have been made at the foundry including
n an extension OF "a feet by 120. Back
d the foundry another story has bee
,r added to the storehouse for the STORM
l. of TASKS and all these are now unde
n cover. A new elevator has been adde
at the foundry to carry ore and iron t
ID the cupolas and in many other room
lie throug ghout the shops large elevator
Is have been put in to carry the heav
er scales from one floor to another an
m facilitate the handling Of the unfnishe
n or finished products Of the factory.
lg These improvements have all bee
ly necessitated by the growth OF bushes
he at the scale works and the CALEDONIA
Mt is pleased to note that our leading 4
d. dustry is getting its share of the reue w'
of business activity which has spread
On over our country.