The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
MODEL UNDERWEAR FACTORY
Asa Harwood, Formerly Of 5enning-
ton Supt. Of Richmond Mill

Asa Harwood, Formerly Of 5ennlng-
ton Supt. Of Richmond Mill
William IL. Nevils has received
copy of the Richmond (Va) Morning
News Of the date of June which con
tains an article describing the open
ing of the new Richmond Underwear
factory The concluding paragraph,
which will be of particular interest to
Bennington people reads as follows.
m. A. Harwood, superintendent Of
the plant has been in the business
for the past % years and has the re-
putation of being one of the most ca
pabe men in his line in this country"
That the factory is a model of its
kind will be observed by the reading
of the following description of its
construction and equipment:
Size of building, 140 fl on Tenth
street, So feet wide, 1S0 feet Elm
Place So feet wide.
Four floors including basement
which is on the street level and is
as light as is any of the upper floors.
Building is built of buff pressed
brick, Indiana stone and concrete.
Sprinkler system throughout.
Automatic fire doors at all open
ings.
Richmond Safety Gates and self-act-
ing fire gates at elevator entrance.
Maple floors in all work rooms.
g..faI,nH ttrtfI. xtrhffn M.
ell paint.
200 windows 7 #. by 8 IT, covered
with white mill muslin shades
Dining room on third floor for EN-
ployes,
Coffee, cream and sugar are fur
nished for all who wish to avail them
selves.
The dining room is furnished with
mission oak chairs and tables, linen
covers on each table.
Coffee is made in an electric coffee
urn.
Two rest rooms-one on third
floor one on second-cOntaining
couches, rockers and ordinary chairs
There is also a medicine cabinet fill
ed with various fluids, extracts, ban
dages, etc, for emergency in event OF
accidents.
There are eight large layatories
several hundred lockers for the use
of employees.
Each knitting machine has an in
dividual motor-no belts or shafting
which means no risks of accidents.
The sewing mechines are arranged
in groups of eight, each group having
an individual motor.
The tables and shelves are finished
in white shellac.
Factory is as near germ proof ant
| is kept as clean as a sanitorium.
Sunlight from all sides, ventilation
and sanitation absolutely perfect.
Lighted at night with three hun
dred 100, GO and 40 watt ToungstoI
lamps.
They manufacture their own cur
rent
100 horse power high speed ball en-
CINE, two Brownell boilers with
capacity of $50 II. P. each.
The furnaces are fed by the Jones
Automatic stoker, which not onl.
keeps an even fire but consumes al
the smoke.
The Richmond Underwear Plant i
smokeless, spotless, with SUNSHINE
radating through every floor during
the entire day.
The Offices are quite large, finishe,
in weathered oak with oak floors
Main entrance on Tenth street
Employees entrance on d. street
Equipped with Spring Needle knit
ting machine-when all are delivere,
there will be S5 in sizes ranging iron
IA to 20 inches.
Will in time employ several hur
dred girls.
No effort has been spared to max
the Richmond Underwear Plant
pleasant, desirable and comfortabl
place to work.
No homes in Richmond contain an
more comforts than does this plant.
They do not employ girls or boy
under the age limit.
Morals are considered as well a
good workmanship.
This is the model underwear plan
of the world.
THREE CITY LEAGUE