Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-17
This Illustration Shows Proposed TweveStory Addition 10 be Built Manhattan Island Plant for the Exclusive Bak-
 ing of the Vast Quantities of National Biscuit Com
 pany Products Required by Increasing Demands

[ greater safety they afford is deemed more than adequate return on the neers who have examined these fire towers in other bakeries of the 4>a-
 tjon9I Biscuit Company have beer, en- thpslaStic in their praise of them. Evidence of their value is also con tained in the fact that the bills being framed by the state factory commlS- sion make this type of fire exit com pu!sory in all large factories to be built in future
 As a further precaution, the build
 ing will be equipped with the latest
 tested inventions in the way or auto
 will be supplied with water at @ high pressure from three tanks on tho root These tanks will De enclosed, thereby avoiding The dangerous and unslghtIy wooden tanks which rnsI' many other wise handsome buildings that tower above Fifth avenue. Should the need ever arise. it is also possible to draw water directly from the river
 The same infinite care in planning so evident in the architectural and
 mechanical features of the plant was
 taken to insure comfort and convep- fence to the 2,0eG employees. Their working conditions will include what ever provisions are requisite to clean
 liness and comfort An abundance of light and ventilation is a first essential. There will be the latest type of dress Ing rooms and various sanitary de- vices that will make the entire plant The TWO fTlo7Isa,7T evanIovas aadad to the five thousand voTjIiTSg fp the Ns uouaI Biscuit ComDany's present plant will bring within the area a working population of 1000.
 When the present large factory was completed, in 1903, it became the larg- est biscuit factory In the world, as fts predecessor had been, But the plans for the addition reveal a. structure which, for size and capaEity was
 hardly drearned Of a dozen years ago.
 AS it will rise to the height of it's twelve stories, it will present a struc- ture which, for capacity, convenience equipment and safety will be 'unrival-
 As in all the recently built factories Of tho National Biscuit Company, the ovens will be on the uppermost floor, AS fast as the products come from tha
 ovens they will be placed on travelling conveyors which will transport them tO the packing department, the biscuit being cooled on the way to just the right temperature for packing. They win be packed in alright, dUStproof. Sanit6ry cartons, cans and boxes and
 be ready for prompt delivery any
 where within the range of the New
 Ofdcers of the company take espe-
 cial pride in the fact that their prod
 ucts are fresh from oven to table"
 and II IS worthy of obseIy9tion that
 this principle will be carried out to a
 nlCetY in the details Of the n ew bak cry.
 From the ovens on the top floor. CIV
 erything works to save time and labor
 Of the products, and 1t would seem as
 if even the seconds had been cs8lcutat-
 ed in planning this great factory.
 m eo3nnection with the building, a
 new 5000 horse power plant will be
 installed for safety water tube boilers
 engines and electric generators to Op-
 crate the machinery in all the build
 gs of the COmpany@s New York plant
 refrigeration as well as all the light
 and power