New Britain herald., 1921-10-19
ILAMHlLl,E I'VE UO CASTING co. PLANS TO ENLARGE PLANT Two New Additions Are Now Being Made
 .-~--%s. t,.r. BOWLING TEAMS ORGANIZE
Local Couple Celebrates Fifth We'd ding Anniversary-W. c. T. U.
 Elects Heads of Various Committees -Grane Fair Starts Today-Items

Elects Heads of Various Committees Crane Fair Starts Today-Items The Plainville Casting Co. is en- l larging it's plant with rapid strides | and already two new additions arc being built to the present quarters. One will be used extensiuely for the | sand blasting equipment and the other for the corps room. Both these places will take a great deal of tho | equipment out of the moulding plant and larger quarters will be had. The moulders had been somewhat cramp- l cd for room with the equipment be- | ing stored in the place and now will | nave larger space to work in.
 Henry Washburn, president of the factory, is already considering plans
 for the enlarging of the plant to twice it's normal size. William Stewart, su-
 perintendent and mechanical advisor
 of the plant is working on the draw
 ings. The officials proposed to have l this addition made sometime in spring kbut the inflow of orders has been so large of late that immediate action is 1 warranted. The factory now employees | 49 men having started with but or 1 more on it's payroll when it opened l n June.
 l The majority of the workers hail | from Torrington where both MT. Washburn and MT. Stewart come from. l There is scarcity of moulders in 1 Plainville and this necesitated the
 hiring of out of town laborers.{ The lemployes were moved to town at the expense of the casting company and l placed in suitable quarters. Tba nn1v hold d-hack the cOmDany
 S up against is the building of a suit
 lble roadway leading to the factory At present Bank street is being used but in winter and rainy weather, this Iroad will be unable to be traversed It is muddy and for some distance eading to the shop is nothing but a
 pathway made by the auto trucks and 1 other vehicles.
 1 When the owners purchased th,
 strip of land preparatory to building
 on it, it was with the understandin:
 that they be give right of way over
 he railroad tracks with a highway
 eading from Whiting street. There had been a private way through tha; lstrip of land and over the tracks about l30 or 40 years ago but there has been lsome question arising as to whether Tor not that way could be renewed a.; 1 the present time,
 The old own Plans Commission
 started the ball rolling in an attempt to construct a highway over this old path but were confronted with the statute laws regarding the making of r, grade crossing over the railroad | property and-the plans fell through. Now, however, the newly organized | Ioommission of six men have taken the ! ;o4o <1,o;~ xxyin Il through with it. They will hold a
 meeting next week Thursday at the l selectman's office and discuss just
 what progress to pursue. The project
 of having the road lead from Whiting
 street over the tracks, past the plant
 and thence to Washington street, will
 in all probability be thrown aside and Ithe prospects of rebuilding Bank street | started.
 The only objection will probably De
 that given by Jacob Silverstein, owner
 of piece of land extending from the end of Bank street to the Casting l eom . made a sug- gestion to the town some time ago
 about building the extension to Bank
 street but proposed that the street be but 3S feet wide in some parts and l5O in others! The town officials did
 not accept bis propsition however and the matter rested. This will be renew
 ed again however and the question drought to a head. The Casting Go. must have suitable highways leading Ito and from the plant and expense Twill be had on both sides. Action will be started before the winter sets in land probably the street will be com pleted before its gets colder if no more objections arise. ,s Bowling Starts
 l The bowling leagues of the Trum- l bull Electric Manufacturing company
 have started and the first of g series of games extending through the win ] ter months war held at tho Wallace l Barnes alleys at Bristol Monday night 1 The Assembly Room leads so far. l Charles Livingston, old time bowler l leads the individual averages. The
 result ia al follows:
 1 Office. s...
 Derby ......... s3 93 O. 266 Odea .......... 70 76 IT. 2S3
 Riecker ........ Ss 73 81- PAP