The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-10

WIRE PLANT TO
Be ENLARGED

The Washburn Wire company will move
| its entire working force from Auburn tC
| Phillipsdale. thus centralizing the efforts
| OF the company and immensely increasing
| the facilities for business on Jan. l. 1908
| The new structures, which will cover an
area OF about 52. 500 square feet. will cost
considerably over 100000, and will mean
an appreciable increase in the working
force now employed by the company.
The new buildings will be erected on the
ground made ready for them by the re
moval of two large storehouses, and will
adjoln the present Phllipsdale plant on
| the banks OF the Seekonk river and IN
close proximity to the plant of the Amer
| lean Electrical works. The completion OF
the structures by the first of next year Is
necessitated by the fact that the General
Fire Extinguisher company VIII move
into the Auburn plant OF the Washburn
Wire company on that date
Plans for the removal from Auburn to
Phillipsdale have progressed TO the extent
of the letting of the contracts for the
erection OF the buildings In Phillipsdale.
At present the Auburn plant employs
about 275 hands. but IL is expected that
cation. the business will be increased to
such an extent that considerably more
than the present number of employees Will
be needed in a short time.
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rods and wire nails. and as the raw ma
terial from which these articles are man
ufactured, is made in Phillipsdale and has
TO be shipped by rail from the plant there
I'm a roundabout route via valley Fails TO
Auburn, the company decided some time
go on the concentration OF both plants
at Phillipsdale, thus saving the time and
expense involved in the transfer or the
uncompleted material.
Recently the General Fire Extinguisher
company purchased the buildings at Au-
burn. occupied by the Washburn wire
company. and the present arrangements
are TO have the buildings In Phillipsdale
ready for occupancy by Jan. !, 1908.
The main new building will be the wire
mill the dimensions being l64 by 10 feet,
and it will be constructed OF brick ana
trusses. The rod mill will be a steel
structure with roof of corrugated IRON
and lighted by a series or windows. Inc
building will have monitor root ana
will be $50 by 1l5 feet in size.
Adjoining the rod mill will be the power
house, with dimensions OF $50 by 90 feet;
This building will be constructed or stesi
and brick and will have a gravel rool;
The boiler house will be SO by 80 feet ana
will contain eight horizontal boilers ca
pable of developing steam for 200 horse
power 1t will be of steel constructor.
The plans for this building also INCLUDE
the erection of brick stack 100 rect hlsh'
with a seven-foot fiue. AZ,
The annealing and cleaning rooms VIII
be under the same roof, the pulIuing pe
ing 96 by "a feet, ana VIII De const ructeu
of brick. The structure Will have steer
truss roof of the monitor style: Inc
plans are drawn with the idea OF having
additions made in the future ana some
OF the buildings may nave storles auusu
as IL becomes necessary.
II is the plan of the company 10 erect
nj once about % new tenements at Phil
lipsdale to provide homes Tor the heip
now employed at Auburn.