Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07

The contract awarded last week 10 Archibald Torrance by. the Shetucket Company for a new weaving mill calls for the completion of the new two story brick building in 120 days or four months. The construction work was begun this week by Contractor Torrance and present expectations are that the new mill will be ready for occupancy during the early part of February, if not sooner. The She tucket Company is building the new mill not because their present out put has been materially increased over their output of former years. but be- cause they desire to provide better working facilities for their help as their present mill Is somewhat cramp- ed The new building is to be used entirely for weaving and will allow for encouragement of the machin- cry in the old mill. Some of the de- q partments are to be transferred to. other locations when the new mill is completed and others are to be en- larged. This will be true of the fin- ishing department. which now occu- pies one floor and part of the second floor of one of the mill buildings, the remainder of the second floor being at present occupied by ,. spoolers and warpers. These machines are to be removed to another part of the mill and the partition on this floor is to. be torn down throwing. the entire | AAOCA occupied by the finishing department, which is considered as ranking among the best equipped in the country. The outside length of the new, mill is to be 356 feet, the width about S5t feet and the height about 40 feet at the tower and 31 feet elsewhere The front elevation of the mill will have 1 65 windows in all, 33 so on the second l floor. and 32 on. the ground floor. There are to be 64 windows. on the rear. ele-l vation. 32 on each floor. The east 1 end elevation will have IS windows, ] including the tower windows and the west end elevation will have ten win dows, making 8 total of 162 windows | in the entire building. As each win l dow frame is. to be 8 1t. in. wide and taining on the. avdeg 16 panes of glass it will readily e seen that that the company has provided ample light ing facilities
 The main entrance to the mill is | to be located in the tower or east end I elevation and will be about feet wide and 12 feet in height. At the rear elevation there will be another door, l about Sx12 which may be used either for entrance or exit and above this | will be another doorway or exit con nected with a modern steel fire eS- cape, leading from the second floor to the ground. The entrances and fire escape exit. will have ruby glass transoms.
 The tower will extend about feet l above the rof and will be cement water-proofed and the entire building
 will have five-p1y roofing. The roof pitch will be 3-S, in. to the foot and l there will be 36 inch concrete gut ter the entire length of the mill The height between floors will be about 15 feet.
 | A trussed bridge 10x10, will con meet the new weaving mill with No. |l2 weaving mill. At each end of the
 bridge there will be fre-proof doors. | When completed. steps will at once
 be taken for the, -moval of the $50 mill and this number will be increased If to 1000. The mill will be equipped with. electric motors, like other de- partments in the plant, the electric
 power being generated by the com
 pany's own generators.
 The interior of the new mill is tc
 be very attractively finished off and the grounds will be graded and sowr with grass seed in time for spring In the past few months Agent R. A Smith has made a number of improve ments, in machinery and system at the plant.
 There has been installed one of the
 latest tenter and calendar machines
 Compact in size and efficient in pro. iduction. Not a few frames of, 1911
 model have been placed in operation
 and more are contemplated It is alsC planned to increase the present 30 ,00i spindles in the plant by another 10 Got making total of 10000 spindles iI | all.
 Il This move on the part of the She dication of President Edwin H
 Bakers efforts to improve workinI
 conditions at his mill, at the sam , time enlarging and greatly improvinI ] the apearance of the whole plani
 When, completed the new mill will b
 lone of the most modern in the state land in New England, for that matter land is a credit not only to the She
 tucket. Company but to the city 0 Norwich.
 The present directors of the She
 ltucket Company. are as follows: Pres
 ident. Edwin H. Baker of New York
 William T. West. Joseph T. @F'oste
 James l.. Case and Agent Robert ] :: Smith.
 Fine Residenee Done. = The. handsome. new residence erect ed on Broad street. by William V
 Beckwitan, now completed. and, read
 for occupancy, ranks among the fine.
 in the city. The building itself Y 28xs6. is two. stories and half < height, has Vu1canite shingled roof ar
 clap boarded sides.
 On the front and west side is , spacious piazza. with. ceiling electr
 lights, controlled separately by
 switch located just inside of atl 2 front door. Either or both ligh v may be turned on by the same switc On entering the front door one stel
 into a large hallway on the right
 which is the living room and on3-tl n left the starcase leading to- the SC ondz floor. Straight ahead is an el Itrance which leads into the. kitche
 through the pantry.