New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
ADDITION BUILT
 BY TRUMbULL CD. Will Provide 10000 Extra Feet
 of Floor Space TO INCREASE PRODUCTION

Other Concerns Enlarging Should
 Mean Boom to Plainville-Forcst-
 ers' club to Hold Anniversary So-
 cial and Dance in Town hall Tonight
 The new addition to the Trumbull Electric company's plant for which ground was broken on August 20 Is rapidly nearing completion. When the addition is completed it will give the concern 10000 extra feet of floor space and will permit of the relieving to a great extent the congested condi- tiOns under which the business is now being operated. The company is in need of more room and for this rea- son all efforts have been made to ex- pedite construction.
 The addition will be four stories high and will be little larger than the first brick building erected for the company's use. It's dimensions will be 100 by 50 feet. It will be modern in every detail and will con- tain proper ventilation and lighting facilities and in addition adequate fire protection facilities will be installed
 The general extension of the com pany's business makes the new addi- tton a necessity. Business has been growing by leaps and bounds during the past few years and although more floor space was secured not a great while ago the business is now con- ducted in quarters inadequate for its needs.
 The company has been expanding steadily through an era of prosperity nd 3H No YA is said that large orders are on the books at the present time and that business will be exceedingly brisk during tn winter months.
 When the new addition is finish ed additional help will have to be se- cured as 1t is the intention to increase the output of the plant considerably.
 Should Prove Boom.
 When the additions being built to the local subsidiary of the Marlin Arms Co. are completed and the new Hills factory Is opened for business the town of Plainville should enjoy an industrial boom. Both of the aforementioned concerns in the past have proved to be a decided asset to Plainville and in the future should prove more so.
 The new Hills factory, which Is practically finished, Is considerably larger than the old one. At present everything is in shape so that 1t iS expected that machinery will be in- stalled at a rapid rate in the near fu- ture
 The new factory Is of the most modern type. It is well ventilated, lighted and has an overabundance of large windows which will permit wOrkmen to labor thrOuRhout the greater part of the day without cleo trio lights.
 Although the old factory employed only 50 men the new plant it Is ex- pected will have about 15O men on its payroll. This will mean the secur- ing of additional help and that the population of Plainville will be- ma terially increased.
 The additions at the Rockwell Drake company are also nearing com pletion and will triple the size of the former plant. Subsequently nearly three times as many laborers will have to be employed and the output of the concern will in all probability be tripled.
 new cement walk has been laid from the office of the concern to the factory and construction Is now under way on walk which will extend from in front of the office to the walk which runs in front of the Circle T plant
 The company promised that they would lay a new amiesite road on their property if the town would make OIITT MEAT WHEN