St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-13
NEW PLANT AT TAUNTON.
Magee Range and Furnace Company
to Locate There.

to Locate There.
The city of Taunton, the Chamber
of Commerce and the Taunton
Planning Board, headed by Alfred B.
Williams, are jubiliant over the COM
ing to that city of one of the biggest
industries of its kind in the country,
as evidenced by the big force of
construction men now at work build
ing a big new foundry and manufac-
turing plant for the Magee Furnace
Company, Inc, on the old Taunton
agricultural fair grounds.
The .Magee company, whose name
has been a household word ever
since 1856, and whose products are
found all over the United States and
in many foreign countries, recently
purchased the big fair grounds which
cover more than seven acres of
ground. There they are building a
foundry 500 feet long and all the
necessary accompanying buildings.
Ready First of Year.
The Magee company has for many
years been established in Chelsea,
and claims to have built up the
most complete line of heating and
cooking apparatus made by any firm
in the country. They have arranged
their affairs SO that the new factory
will be completed about the first of
the year and after the annual fall
rush is over, thereby assuring them
selves that there will be no delays
in their shipments for the fall and
early winter trade.
The new foundry in Taunton will
have a melting capacity of 10000
pounds of iron daily This tremen-
dous weight of mental will go into
the manufacture of Magee ranges,
furnaces heaters, etc.
Home for Employees.
Home for the employees of the
company and their families, which
number over 500 people, will be ar
ranged for in the vicinity of the
fair grounds, where many fine
building sites are to be found close
to the electric car line and about
six minutes ride from the main
square of Taunton. The planning
board looks on this as a great step
in the booming of Taunton. The
planning board, under Mr.. Williams
direction, has undertaken a sort of
municipal development competition
in which the various wards of the
city are pitted against one another
for the ranking place in the cost of
building and development opera
tions. The building of the Magee
plant easily handed the victory to
the ward which includes the fair
grounds for the grand total for the
first six months.
The new Magee plant has direct
electric freight connections with
Boston and surrounding towns, with
the railroad via. the Taunton central
freight depot, and also has water
connections via. the
Taunton river. A bill is now before
Congress to dredge a 24-foot chan
mel from Fall River to Taunton. This
will be a great addition to the man
ufacturing facilities of Taunton.
A Model Plant.
The new plant will be the last
word in range and heater manufac-
turing science. All the latest devices
and labor saving machinery will be
installed, thereby enabling the man
to keep up their reputa-
ton for progress and increasing eff
ficiency, while at the same time al
lowing them to market their goods
at their usual prices.
One of the officers of the company
stated that the change from the CheI- |
sea plant to the new one in this city
sea plant to the new one in that city /
Their Bosom headquarters in Union
street will be maintained as usual. /