The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-10
DIGGING FACTORY FOUNDATION
On the Penniman Property--A. B. Lane
Supervising the Work.

The old Penninan house on South
Main street has been razed and with it
went the shed Immediately behind. The
completion of this task of destroying
one of barre's landmarks was completed
yesterday, so that workmen might com
menee to-day excavating the llfoot eel
lar for the Peerless factory. which. if
possible, will be erected by next January.
A gang of men under Supt. Adolph B.
Lane-for Mr. Lane was appointed by
the directors of the Peerless corporation
to supervise this work busy with
picks and shoyels. in order that the ce-
ment foundation may be laid before cold
weather sets in One or two Of the sheds
remaining will not be disturbed until the
space they cover is really needed. since
these buildings are to be used for storage
of materials needed in the construction
work, and part of one as an office.
The preliminary plans only, have been
received by Mr. Lane, but these enable
the work to continue until the detailed
drawings can be finished. These at pres
ent are on the tables of the Monks &
johnson architectural firm Of Boston,
which has corps Of craftsmen working
to complete plans in a short time.
According TO the first drawings. this
Barre factory will consist Of three build
ings The first, TO be known as the main
building. viii be about as large as Lin
coin school, exact figures of which are 81
feet inches long, "a feet inches wide
and three stories high. This one will run
parallel with South Main street about
20 feet back from the street. Solid brick
walls will be constructed from the ee.
ment foundation that will protrude three
feet above the ground, while the interior
will be constructed of heavy timbers,
hardwood floors and other very substan-
tial material All modern conveniences
insuring safety and sanitation will be in
this construction work The sprinkler
system for fire protection will be connect
ed with six-inch water supply from the
street mains. This protection will be
supplemented by stairways built within
brick walls from the basement to the
roof, so that in case of fire the stairways
would in no way prevent the escape of
the occupants of the building. gravel
roof will cover the main building. There
will be IL feet clearance space between
all HOOTH hSCtpL Tie DdoetHtHb ana llls
win be IL feet Large windows all over
the factory will afford generous amount
of light throughout the day,
Behind this main building, wherein
most of the employees will be working,
the dyeing and bleaching house will be
erected, but instead Of running parallel
to the street il will extend towards the
river from the north end of the main
building. The third edifice is for the
boiler rooms and coal bunkers, running
parallel with the river, so that the three
buildings together form a Y and the
court within open to the south winds.
Plans for these last two departments
have not been received by llr. Lane.
f. d. Ladd and f. H. Rogers, the two
Barre directors who have been in Boston
while the final details of the reorganza
tion were being made, returned home
yesterday. With them came the several
interesting reports to Barre people. All
the employees needed in the construction
work will be secured in this city as far as
possible and the corporation directors are
exerting every effort to have this plant
completed by January Orders ranging
into many thousands of dollars have re-
Gently been received at the Mattapan
factory and these point to good business
in the local plant