New Britain herald., 1918-01-04
RULE AND LEVEL COMPANY ON NEW WORKING BASIS TO
 CONSERVE SUPPLY OF GOAL
Win Use Two Shifts, From 6. 4 a. rl. 10 2.5O p. m, 3 p. rn.. to HIS p. m.
8 ALL EMPLOYES TO
 BE KEPT AT WORK


 Concern Furnished Power by Two :. Engines Only, One of Which Also Provides Heat for Entire Plant Had Contracted for Sufficient Fuel, Part of Which Has Been Com mandccrcd for Government Use. The Stanley Rule and Level Go. one of the largest manufacturing con- cerns in the state, is the first of the New Britain factories to take what might be termed drastic action be- cause of the shortage of coal. Com mencinG on Monday, January 8, the factory will operate it's plant on two shift basis of eight and one-quarter hours each, President Alex w. Stan ley announced today. Certain de- partments, to be designated later ac- Sording to a plan of efficiency being worked out by those in charge, aggre- gating in the total about one-half of the entire factory, will be operated from 6:45 a. m. until 2:50 p. m., with a recess of 20 minutes for luncheon. The other departments, which will aggregate the remainder of ttH factory, will be operated from B D. m. until 11:15 D. m. with 20 minute intermission for luncheon.
 By this plan the company expects to be able to keep it's entire work Ing force employed and, it was like wise stated by President Stanley, this schedule will be necessary only so long as the existing coal shortage pre- vails.
 When this plan was first brought out, it seemed to be misunderstood by 'rnanv who could not understand how operating the plant on a 16 hour basis would save coal over the 10 hour basis. To this end the factory off, cials have prepared the following nO- ice, which is to be given to each in dividual emp1oye,@w hich is in itself ex-. planatory:
 Officials Explain New Order.
 Every one knows that New Eng fAand is sadly in need of coal The great munition plants in Connecticut must be taken care of first We have not been able to get the coal we have ordered.
 
 down the consumption of coal in this factory right away, we will not have enough to keep our sprinkler system from freezing.
 s- Power is furnished the factory by two engines The exhause from one goes into the coils and is used to heat the factory. The exhaust from the other goes into the condenser and does not help in heating.
 If we keep the factory in opera jon we must heat it. In order to use Sas little coal as possible and still have power, we have decided, temporarily, 10 discontinue the use of the engine that does not help heat, and furnish all the power with the engine that ex- hausts into the heating system. As this engine can only furnish power enough to drive half of the factory at 3 time, we have been obliged to di- wide our force into two shifts
 We have studied the requirements of the various departments, both as to power and work and arranged the working hours as best we can under the conditions, and while in some cases it may mean slightly less time and some inconvenience, we certainly trust everyone will accept the situa-
 
 temporarily.
 "The Stanley Rule and Level Com pany.
 "H. J. COOK, Supt' Tn reply to questions asked as to how long the company expects this shortage may continue, with the re- sulting change in the working hours, - he answer, which is obvious, was: Until we can get the coal we have on order through to us" ,, It was furthermore stated that the company had the largest supply of ,oaI in it's history last summer but, ike all other factories, has been un- fortunate in it's shipments in the last quarter and even in the last two weeks shipments being brought forward with all dispatch have been taken over for ssailroads and munition plants in large quantities. In some instances this coal was very near New Britain when necessity compelled it's being com nandeered.