The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-11
WARNER Bros
PLANT SPREADS
AROUND STATE
Factories Now In Bridge
port, Danbury, Stamford
. and New Milford.

How the Warner Bros. Co. of this
city is branching, so that it is sprea d.
ing over the state. is indicated by the
announcement yesterday that a factory
has been leased in Danbury for making
paper boxes.
With great buildings in this city, a
metal goods factory in New Milford
employing 200 hands, anoth er in STAN
ford with several score workers, and
1.-THE branch established in Danbury
several months ago, the plant is be-
coming one of the largest in the
country. The second Danbury factory
will employ between $50 and 200 op-
eratives at the start.
The company completed negotiations
yesterday afternoon for the lease of
the factory buildings on Park avenue,
Danbury, owned by Leopold Levy and
occupied for several years by the
Haitsch Hat Co., and as soon as the
factory can be equipped with the nee
essary machinery it will be occupied
by q, branch of the extensive paper box
manufacturing department Of the
Warner Co.
Representatives of the company
have been in Danbury several times
recently, for the purpose of inspecting
various locations suggested to them,
and of the several buildings avail
able, the Park avenue factory was de-
cided to be best suited to their pur-
poses. James Dunn, manager of the
box department of the Warner Co.,
closed the arrangements with Mr.. Levy
yesterday afternoon and preparations
for the occupancy of the building by
the company he represents are to COM
mence Immediately. Arrangements to
ship the machinery are already under
way and Mr.. Dunn said yesterday that
he hoped to be able to begin operations
in the local factory in about ten days
Nun 7.nf1- sod -
predictions as to what the growth of
the local branches of the Warner cor
set industry may be. Practically all
the employees will be women and girls.
1t is said on excellent authority that
the growth of the Warner business To
Danbury, If everything moves along
mooth1y, is likely to be limited only
by the number of female employees it is
possible to obtain here and it is prac-
tica11y assured that if the company is
able to secure sufficient help there, to
warrant such a move it will erect its
own factory plant in Danbury and thus
become a. permanent and decidedly I'M
pOTtant factor among local industries.
The construction of a Warner plant
would mean, no doubt, the erection of
a factory of the most modern type.
especially adapted to the reQuireme nts
of such departments of, the coYnpany's
business as may carry on operations
there.
The box department of the Warner
establishment, which is but one of q
score of departments handling the in
dividuaI branches of an immense es-
Establishment, is said to do an immense
business and knows no dull season at
any time of the year. The product Of
the local branch will be square boxes.
a large proportion of which will prob
ably be corset boxes of the familiar
size and shape. Skilled operatives
will be sent to Danbury to instruct the
local help in the manufacture of these
boxes.
The metal goods department. which
is located in Foster Bros factory on
Delay street, Danbury, employs about
so persons at present. and it is ex-
pected that the number will be dou-
bled in a short time.