Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-30
FIFTY MEN BUSY,
Erecting Buildings for the 5. A.
Smith Company.

Most OF the Buildings Are Ready 20 be
Roofed---New Machinery Has Been
Ordered and Boiler House VIII BE
Fire Proof
The work of erecting the s. A. Smith
company's new factories on Frost street is
being pushed rapidly by force of 30 men.
There has been a striking change in the
appearance of the cOmpany's property
during the past few weeks. The insight
ly mass of charred ruins and twisted iron
has disappeared and in its place has arisen
the boarded frames of nearly all of the
buildings which will form the plant of the
new company.
A shop for the manufacture of baby
carriage bodies has been built on the
foundation of the large building which
stood west and south of the main part of
the old factory. 1t is two stories high and
is l08 feet long by SO feet wide. 1t is
ready to receive the roof. An l. 40 by 20
feet has been built and rooted on the south
side of this building.
The main building, 1856 by as feet, which
occupies the site of the old main factory,
will he ready for the roof by the end of
this week. 1t is three stories high, and it
will be made as nearly fire-proof struc-
ture as possible. A brick fire wall II
inches thick is being built between the east
and west sections of this building, and it
will be fitted with iron doors on each floor.
An l. ~ by 80 feet and two stories high
has been built south of the west end, and
it has been rooted. 1t will contain the
machine and blacksmith shop.
The foundation and the frame for the
saw mill, which will join the east part of
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being made ready The mill will be 90 by
"a feet. An office building two stories
high has been built west Of the main fac
tory. A dry house will be erected on the
site Of the old dry house between the fac
tory and Milestone brook, where the tenn
porary saw mill now stands. store
house for loaded cars will be put up near
the brook and lumber shed will be built
on Elm street opposite the Sunset paper
mill. A barn, As by "a feet, has been built
west of the plant, and it is being slated
this week The clapboards for all of the
buildings will be sawed out on the grounds.
The boiler and engine houses will stand
south of the main factory, between the
main l. and the saw mill. The boiler
house will be Of brick and will have an
iron roof. 1t will be fire proof. The
foundation is being laid for the engine
house The engine which was used in the
old factory and which was sent for repairs
to the Slater Engine company of Warren,
Mass, by whom it was made, has been re-
turned and placed on the old foundation.
1t is guaranteed to be as good now as when
it first left the factory. 1t will probably
be set up by a man from the factory when
needed
While the construction of the buildings
has progressed rapidly the work of equip
ping them has not Jagged. Several new
machines have already arrived and - or 20
have been ordered. S. A. Smith and c.
A. Smith have been in Boston this week
inspecting and buying new machinery.
There has been difficulty in securing
flooring and roofing lumber on account of
the loss by fire of over 20O,000 feet of 2 1.2
and inch hard pine lumber which had
been ordered from North Carolina, but
the delay thus caused has been utilized in
pushing other lines of work. 1t is impos-
sible to tell when the plant will be in run
ming order