The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
Vertical Boring Mill of Bul<= lard Type is Famed Throughout the Mechani- cal World.
SKILLED WORKERS DRAWN TO THE PLANT
Long Line of Applicants For Employment Pre- sents Itself At Factory At Once.

The spirit of the Yankee inventor, long noted for it's success in alta cking what have appeared to beN insur- mountab1e obstacles to progress still lives in Bridgeport
 The officers of the Bu11ard Machine Tool Go, the founder of which revo lutionized the machine tool making industry are following his footsteps. Announcement was made yesterday that an eight hour day for the work men there would be instituted imn1e- diately. As a result the output of the plant will be greatly increased and several hundred men will be added to the working force.
 All day long a line of men ap- preached the employment department and according to E. F. BuIlard, pres ident of the plant, worknen are be- ing added to the force there as soon as their ability and experience can be ascertained. It is likely that the era- ployrn ent rolls of the factory will soon total more than 1000.
 The Bu11ard Machine Tool Go, is one Of the oldest and most stable of of the manufacturing concerns of Bridgeport. It was established at Broad street and Railroad avenue in 1880 by B. P. Bu1lard, Sr., now deceas- ed in the building that is now occu- pied by the offices of the company. The factory was instituted on a mod est scale, employing only a few hands at first.
 In 1888 MT. Bullard invented. after arduous labor and the application of brains and practical experience, the small vertical boring mill The val uet of this invention is apparent when it is realized that all over the world, where modern machinery is used, this mill had supplanted theA horizontal mill in nearly all classes of boring mill work.
 The invention of the Bridgeporter was of immense value to machine tool manufacturers- Many times the old output was attained.
 One of MT Billiards vertical mills, occupying less than six feet of floor space, will do more work than a dog en of the horizontal machines occu- pying 8 whole working room. The machine has the advantages of i'm creased power, greater, output and greater concentration Several such machines could be placed Ins the space occupied by one of the old type.
 From a small machine tool shop the factory grew swiftly. Several ad- ditions have been built and it Nis like ly more would be constructed now but for the fact that it is a tremen- dous problem to get orders for ma chimes filled in any reasonable time. It is known that because of the rush of business, some machine shops are receiving orders that esti ipuIate ship ment more than year from the date of contract.
 The spirit that made MT. Bul1ard slIcceedin revolutionizfng his industry has descended to his son. E. P. Bull lard. who 1R president of the concern. Confronted with the problem Of in- creasing oTN CTS and the consequent necessity of greater efficiency, he real ized that ef7ciency could be obtained through the men.
 4ttTrn a human being" said Mr. Bul- lard," and I know wouldn't want to work from o'clock at night until V o'clock in the morning.
 He studied the proposition and saw that an eight hour day, long urged by
 naehinists, is in the end an asset tc the manufacturer He had travelled the country and visited the great fac. tories He talked with manufactur- CTS of undisputed superiority in the art of regulating both machines ane 1 men. And he learned from his ex. periences that the men who knew had found the eight hour day, proper working conditions and aco-operatior between employees and employer spell ed success.
 The eight hour three shift! system went into effect today MT. Ballard had found machines that were a deat lt because it was expecting too much O humans to slave at them all througt the night. By making the workins time eight hours the entire equipnaen of the plant will soon be working al the time with profit because the labo cost is more than made up by the in creased output.
 MT. Bu1lard said today: ~Co-oper ation is what we want and we feel sur, l that we'll have aCo-operaf;On yUifJ it, the efficiency of the concern vii increase.
 we shall keep adding men to ou ] force from now on. Gradually we vii have reached the stage where the en tire plant is being utilized all tn, time.
 '.In instituting the eight hour day we believe we are making a great for ward step. If we are wrong it mus simply be considered as retardinl step, but we have studied this propo sition and have arrived at the conc1u sion that we are right"
 The Bul1ard Go. was instituted witt l the working time 69 hours a. week Then it was dropped to 65, then to 5 and now it is 48.
 The officers of the company are E 1 P. Bu1lard, president; A. H. BulIard secretary and treasurer, and $. H. Bul lard, vice president
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