Evening journal., 1914-03-09
MUFFLER co.
TO BUILD HERE
Plant Costing S2CO,OOO to Be
One Of Largest Of It's
Kind
500 WORKERS re
BE ON THE PAYROLL

Through the efforts of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. the Wilmington De-
velopment Company. and some resi-
dents of Wilmington, who have sub
scribed to stock. this city Is 10 get a
big industry The J. H. Way and
Sons Company has decided to build
a big plant doWn-to-the-minute in
every detail, IN Wilmington. The
plant will cost more than 100000.
and is being designed by Brown and
Whiteside, architects. and will be
erected by the J. A. Bador Company
Many Wilmington have b.
sribed to stock in the Way Company.
and the Wilmington Development Co.
also subscribed. Altogether 100000
Of preferred stock Is to be taken by
WilmingtOnians The company Is
being capitalized at $3.50 600, Of
which S750,O00 will be common and
100000 preferred stock. seven Ter
cent cumulative. The company is
70 manufacture mufflers. sweaters.
bathing suits, caps, REFERS, hand
kerchiefs, etc. and is an enlarge
ment of a company that has been
successful many years. The new
company will be one OF the largest
Of the kind In the country, and will
employ about 800 young women and
one hundred men. and the sta ement
is made that good wages will lie p-id.
The location OF the new plant is not
announced. Wilkes-Barre, Scran .on,
and other cities were after the Way
plant. and some Of them offered H.
nanciai assistance up to 100000.
but the Way family preferred the ad-
vantages of Wilmington. The Way
family is TO take the common stock
Of the company
Brown and Nhiteside, architects. TO-
day stated that the building designed
for the J. II. Way and Sons Company
Is so feet by 800 feet and will. be six
stories high and Of modern flreproof con-
struction. The building will be Of a
type known as q daylight building"
The walls viii be entirely Of glass with
the exception OF the piers necessary TO
carry the loads placed on them. The
Gre towers and elevator shafts will be
absolutely freproof and modern in every
particular and viii give the maximum
amount OF egress from the building in
case Of necessity.
The first story will be used as a
warehouse for the receiving of raw ma
terials and the shipping Of the finished
product. The next four stories Will
be used for the Offices Of the company,
and the rest rooms, diningrooms A4sd
kitchens for the employees The roof
will be tiled and covered with an en0v-
nous wire netting of q permanent ma
ture, and will be used for hand ball, bas-
ketball and recfeations during rest
hours. This roof will be reached by both
the elevators and the stairways.
In addition TO the daylight feature Of
this plant everything is TO be done
to make the building sanitary. both
from the standpoint of the manufactur.
ing rooms, offices. toilet rooms. etc. and
the warehouse is to be OF such a nature
that it can be kept absolutely clean. A
vacuum system win be installed that
will enable the walls 10 be freed from
dust and the interior walls will be fin.
ished in an enamel that will enable them
10 accomplish absolute cleanliness.
The building is TO ue heated and ven
tilated by the most modern system. the
ireproof windows being sealed. and the
air is 70 be blown into plenum cham.
vcrs over heated coils with thcrmostatic
control and driven through proper tow
NIt INTO ANt NhAlhNr tNNlir NA ANN iiIlr
peraturc desired. The foul air is 10 be
removed by another system of ducts
which draws the vitiated air out and OK
pels it at the roof line. All the air that
enters the building is washed with water
thus eliminating all dust. SCOT and
great quantity Of germs This system
Of ventilation enables the manufacturer
TO put into his various departments
Fahrenheit Temperatures and degrees of
humidity that are necessary for the par
ticular kind Of work that is being done
on the machines for instance, silk ar
ticles must be knit under certain de-
yress OF humidity and temperature. 9TH
srwise the silk becomes electrified and
The surface stands out. thus destroying
the fatness and beauty OF the material
In addition TO the main buiming there
will be a dye house and power plant.
IL has not been determined as to wheth-
er the power plant part of the building
win be installed or whether the current
will be purchased from the local COM
pany; but it viii be necessary under
any circumstances In the operation of
the dye house to have an installation
of at least 800 horsepower at the boiler
and room for expansion in the future