New Britain herald., 1919-07-26

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 The Peck Spring company, located on Broad street, and one of the towns youngest factories, is having an addi- ton erected which will more than double the size of it's plant and which Will relieve the congestion which has been hindering it's growth for the past six months
 w. l.. Stewart of Forestville is the contractor and the building is to be of wood and will be 35X5O feet The en- tire cOmpany's floor space with the compIetlon of the new building should reach 5000 square feet.
 The company has been in business q little over two years and in that short space of time has met with ab- normal success. The president is D. c. Peck and his son, D. K. Peck, serves Tn the capacity of secretary and treas urer
 The entire plant is devoted to the manufacture of springs and springs only The greatest care is taken be- lore any product is shipped from the
 
 and that it comes up to Peck stand ard
 springs are manufactured for type writers, adding machines, scales, toys, hardware specialties, player pianos, exhaust valves, electric switches. pumps, time recorders, musical instru- mentS, organs, builders hardware and other things. The company makes a SPeclalty Of these small cOled or heli- cal springs. A speciality is also made or halr springs and the local factory Is one of two in the Atate making springs of such small size. These hair springs are made from steel phosphor bronze, high carbon steel. nlckel silver, vanadium steel, brass, and other special non-magnetic allows and are used for watches, clocks cleo trlc gauges, steam gauges, ammeters volt meters, measuring instruments. speedometers, etc.
 The plant has recently been euuip- pea Wlth the latest machinery for the manufacturing of all size springs and the growth of the industry in the fu- ture Is expected by the officials at the head of the concern.
 At present but 30 hands are emplov- ed in the factory. Next week the com pany plans to add 20 to the number and With force of 50 working the output will be materially increased Fart Of the new factory is completed so lar that few machines can be moved into the place and MT. Peck stated this morning that the room was so badly needed that he would start moving on Monday.
 That the factory will grow is the confident belief of the officials and they have purchased the entire plot of ground surrounding the factory. The land runs from the Cowles factory south and west to the plant of the Elm City Brass and Rivet com,any. A storehouse 50x50 feet, is also to be erected for the company west of the present buildings. Several progress slVe men Ot the community, who fore see good business in springs. have become identified with the company ana hold responsible positions Cahill Company Building Everyone in town is getting the Boost Plainville" spirit and are watching With great interest the growth of the town. Today they will 1 be pleased to learn that the Cahill company is adding on to it's store l house on Whiting street. The com pany came here from Meriden a few years ago. They purchased the old 1 Carter foundry, situated off Whiting l street on the New Haven railroad line. | and have been carrying on a whole- | sale grocery business here since The | company supplies the stores in this 1 locality and has two salesmen on the 1 road as well as three or four trucks 1 going continually. A new office build ing has been completed and with the present addition the firm now has a 1 good sized place in the town The l cOmpanys business is increasing daily and the near future may see the erec- l tion of a large brick building Factory Completed. 1 The Ideal Switch and Machinery