Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-16
AN AMERICAN TOWN IN THE
HEART OF ENGLAND.

When these works are in full opera
ton they viii employ about 5000 hands.
and a town built on the American plan
is growing up there to house them A
building company entirely independent
Of the electric company has been form
cd and this company now owns 100
acres Of land adjoining the works. II
has laid out a town just as we lay out
our towns In the west. The streets
are In regular blocks, and they are
marked by numbers, The ordinary
British street has no name that indi-
Gates its location, and the people here
are surprised at this settlement Of
First street Second street, Third street
aud Fourth street ana OF numbered
avenues, About 5000 buildings are to
be erected and about 600 are under roof.
The houses are called cottages, but
they are In reality little tWo-story
bricks OF from -four to six rooms built
IN blocks, Each house has its bath and
It's electric light, which are quite curl
osties IN worSmens dwellings in Eng
land. The houses will be rented at
cheap rates TO the Westinghouse men,
out there will be no compulsion, and
any man can live where he pleases.
Tho town company expects to put up
a large hotel for commercial travellers,
and VIII also have schools aud club
buildings and recreation grounds |
understand that Il number OF Ameli-
cans have stock IN the company. and
hat some have bought land adjoining
the town expecting 20 grow rich off the
increased values created 10y the West
inghouse works
A YANKEE CONTRACTOR AND HIS
ENGLISH EMPLOYEES.
The rapid construt Ion Of this factory
has been a miracle TO the English. The
job was offered TO the local contractors
on the condition that it should be hn-
shed within 20 months. The English
men replied that no man living could
put up buildings like these in less than
five years.
The Westinghouse company thereup-
on went To America for It's builder.
They chose a smooth-faced stocky con.
tractor named Stewart, who had made
a reputation for quick work In Pitts
burg, Chicago and New Orleans. They
showed him the plans and told him
that they wanted the buildings COM
pleted within 10 months. Mr.. Stewart
replied that he could do it, and he put
the plans in his left breast pocket and
started for England. He had never
crossed the ocean before but this did
not phase him. He took a corps of
Yankee assistants with him to use as
superintendent and settled down in
little hotel outside the works. He had
only 2S6 men when he began, but four
weeks later his force numbered $500,
and by advertising extra wages he got
The best Of the English bricklayers and
carpenters for miles around TO work on
his job His men kept record of
what each hand did, and the prospect
of completing the building was daily
estimated by the amount being done.
AMERICAN VS. BRITISH WORK
MEN,
He soon saw that he must get more
work out Of his men or the buildings
would not be completed In time. He
was surprised at the poor results OBJ
tanned In comparison with what he had
been accustomed to in the United
States, and it seemed TO him that the
men were not doing half work, The
rnasons were laying only $50 bricks a
day, and upon his Directing he was
told that 50 bricks were the tale re-
quired Of each man by the London