Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-20
STATE INDUSTRIES GROW. Additions Planned to Large Plants in Waterbury, Hartford, New Britain and Elsewhere in Connecticut.

Waterbury continues to lead the cities of the state in industrial build ing The American Pin company is about to build extensive additions to largest of the new buildings is to be a factory of brick and bluestone, four stories high and 250x50 feet on the ground; and also a power plant build ing 44x1e0 and a pump house of brick, 16x24, cncrete coal bunkers 48x38 feet, a concrete foundation for radial stack, concrete pit for oil tanks and 1000 foot tile drainage sy stem
 The French Manufacturing company is to add still another structure to it's Robbins street plant; this is a brick and steel building one and two stori Es high and 40x110 feet in size. A one story brick addition is being made to the plant of the A. H. Wells company tube manufacturers, 26x51 feet in size The Connecticut company, the New Haven roads trolley corporation, is te build a large car barn of reinforced concrete construction and brick, steel and concrete structure as an addition 56xS5 feet to its power plant build ingR
 At Platts Mills. a Waterbury suburb, the Bristol Manufacturing company will shortly start the erection of q three-story brick factory building SIX 160 feet in size. The Manufacturers Foundry company is erecting a new office building, two stories high of brick and limestone, 33x60 feet. and two story brick and concrete building for the storage of patterns 35X65 feet or the ground. The Waterbury Buckle company is completing a new factory on South Main street which will prac- tically double the capacity of it's plant.
 Everywhere over the state there is increasing activity in industrial con struction- In Hartford Myers & Gross. manufacturers of womens clothing, are adding a brick factory one and d half stories high and 36x114 feet. The P. 6 F. Corbin division of the Ameri- can Hardware corporation in New Britain has contracted for two build fngs in heavy frame and concrete con- struction to be added to it's annex plant, one 5ox6O feet and one story high and the other 90x40 and the same height. The Corbin Screw division has taken out permit for a steel storage shed 18x9o feet in size Other New Britain construction includes a one story brick building 40x105 feet for district headquarters and storage house of the National Biscuit com pany
 The Pratt Read company, which was planning to remove more or less Of its business from Ivoryton, is to increase it's manufacturing facilities instead by the erection of a four-Story factory structure of brick 60x150 feet in size, and is having plans prepared for a large lumber storage shed Baer Brothers. makers of bronze powders, will shortly build a factory of hollow tile two stories high. in Stamford, and the Yale & Towne Manufacturing com rany is to make another extensive ad- dition to it's Stamford plant in two large brick and steel buildings of fire proof construction. One of these is t. be six stories in a-~t~11t and 5ax20o feet on the ground and the other one anc two stories high and 2e6x245 feet in size
 In Branford the Mal1eable Iron Fit tings company is to add to it's plant one story brick and steel building for an annealing department. and in Der by the Derby Gas company is doubling its capacity by the erection of a new retort house which duplicates ths : built last year. The wfnsted Hosiery cupany is adding a new four story brick factory 32x6o feet in size