New Britain herald., 1919-07-18
MANUFACTURERSSEE ERA OF PROSPERITY All Local Factories Once Again on
 Peace Time Basis
 WARDEN ISSUES WARNING

Home From France-Sunday Pro-
 gram Arranged for Camp Ground
 Services-Others Items of Interest.
 Pla1nVllle looks to the future for a great era of prosperity in the manu- tacturing line. As a manufacturing town, Plainville is maintaining d firm CT place in the commercial markets that IS due to be strengthened ma terially in the near future,
 Of late the value of the town as a manufacturing center has become known to many men of prominence throughout the state. This was in part due to the fine war record which the many manufacturing plants in the town achieved during the war. Every local plant was engaged in war work, whether working on direct contra cts or sub-contracts.
 The Rockwell Drake factory manu- factured ball bearings and parts for the Browning machine gun. The Trumbull Electric Co. shipped hun dreds of switch boards and other sup plies to the Emergency Fleet corpor- alton and aided in other government work Osborne and Stephenson's fac- tory on West Main street was the only factory in town to receive due recog- pition for exceptionally fast work on government contracts. The naval ordnance flag was awarded to c. H. Newton, owner of the factory, for his work in supplying the government with needed supplies before the time limit on contracts had expired The Bristol Manufacturing company was busy making underwear for t4e sol dier and sailor boys and other fac tories did work along their respective lines.
 New Scale Of Wages.
 All the factories are now on their postwar basis and prosperity is mo- ticeable on all sides. The Trumbull Electric Co.,, rumors of whose sale to the General Electric Co. have been denied has posted notices for it's en- ployes stating that new wage rates and working hours will be put into effect dating from S2Iy 14. J. H. Trum bull, president of the concern, stated this morning that the wage scale and working hours have not been changed yet. The company is waiting for the general policy being followed by factories in this vicinity and will base it's action on such a pol icy. The employees of the factory will receive such increases as the change will make from the date of July 14. No labor trouble has been hinted at in the factory and the change in rates and schedule will be voluntary on the part of the factory officials.
 oolyuolJ Dra is we'll among it's ball bearing manu- featuring line and employs many hands in it's local factory. The Ed win Hills factory on North Washing ton street also employs a large num- Der of hands and is doing a large business in it's new four story fac tory building.
 The hopes of the people have risen with the start on new factory for Landers, Frary & Clark of New Brit ain in this town. The factory is situ- ated on the south side of the trolley tracks on the east side of the Quinn piac river. It's erection is going rapid ly on and work on the fourth floor is in the present stage of completion. The factory is to be used for the eel luloin plant of that concern. It is being built of brick and steel and is fire proof. A large Iul1lDCl Ol lllcn nave been engaged recently in laying rails for a trolley express service to the factory. A cross-over has been installed and two sets of tracks run from the trolley line to the factory. Whether the trolley freight will be utilized is not known. It may revive the olden days when Hart & Hutchin- sons factory in New Britain was start ed and the people of the town saw freight cars being hauled through the main streets of this town.
 Houses Arc Badly Needed
 What this town needs is a large number of tenement houses and bun galows. Plainvilles growth would be by leaps and bounds if there were proper housing facilities in the town. The trolley cars running from the center of this town every morning and night are filled with people who are forced to commute because of lack of houses here. The Plainvile Realty company was started and built several houses but it's work was not of a wide