New Britain herald., 1928-05-26
new BRITAIN MADE
PRODUCTS USED IN
MELBOURNE HOTEL
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of Waterbury supplied all the brass
used in the hotel while the Colt Pat
cnt Firearms company OF Hartford
built the two gigantic Auto-San dish
washing machines, each Of which
cost about $1,000. The Spencer Tur-
bine company Of Hartford, Installed
the central vacuum plant and cleo
trical and domestic hardware was
furnished by Landers, Frary & Clark
of this city. The Hotel Alexander
is a modern hotel Of 200 rooms, with
bath connected with each and, In
! cidentally, is the first hotel on the
continent Of Australia to have a
bathroom connected with each room.
Superior Products
Speaking of the materials furnish
ed by New Britain concerns. Mr..
Perrott expressed himself as nightly
pleased with the service given and
declared that the brand Of goods
was SO far superior to any other.
not excluding Australian made prod
ucts. that there was no doubt as to
their desirability.
! Commenting upon his homeland.
Mr.. Perrott gives some interesting
sidelights on this far away conti-
nent with an area of 2,Is1.S04 square
miles and = population OF but g.
100000. The city Of Melbourne it.
self, wihel large. modern metrop-
oils, has a population slightly I'M
! der a million. The Impression that
Australia 10 the land Of the Wild and
woolly. of kangaroos and murder
Gus bushmen is erroneous, Mr.. Per-
rott explains, remarking that the
developed areax are Thoroughly
modern and that the country truly
is rich and prosperous. For example
the imports for last year totalled
more than 1854 million dollars. while
the exports totalled more than 1t4
million dollars. most OF which was
in wheat and wool, some OF the fin
est wool in the world being produc-
ed there. Looking at the rural side.
Mr.. Perrott explains that the cattle
average for the past ten years Is
5000. 900 head Of stock. The con-
tinent has $1,000 miles OF railroads
and about $1,000 factories which
employ $4,000 men and 10000
women. whose annual wages total
about $500, 100000 while the value
Of their productions amounts to
about two billions OF dollars. Bank
ing resources amount to more than
a billion and a half dollars.
An idea OF the progressiveness Of
the country may be CLEANED from
the fact that the railroad station at
Adelaide. the third largest city. was
recently completed at cost OF two
and a half million dollars.
Anticipated Regulations
One of the great drawbacks In
modern development in Australia.
Mr.. Perrott. explains, is the anti
quated regulations which must be
overcome. For instance, when the
Hotel Alexander was built it re-
quired delay OF five months be-
fore the city ordinances could be
altered to permit a hotel with a
bathroom connected with each room
lAlC u"ttfuueNo &o6 "a"
tons had specified that every bath
room in hotel must be on the out
side and have an outside window.
Obviously this was impossible and
the city ordinances had to be chang
ed 10 permit an inside bathroom
with forced ventilation. - In the
more modern buildings.
But strange as these antiquated
rules may seem, they are by no
means unusual and especially il the
truth of this statement brought
home when it 10 recalled that until
sometime In the late sixties there
was a regulation in the city OF Bos-
ton forbidding the use OF bathtubs.
L. s. Leads World.
The United States. Mr.. Perrott
declares. is the recognized leader Of
the world in modern construction
and it is to this country that archi-
tects and builders look. Just as
Europe leads in old style cathedral
architecture, 50 does the United
States lead In the modern building
and American methods and Amert-
can designs are being followed and
adapted. At the present time Mr..
Perrott has two Of his own stan.
one an architect and the other an
engineer spending period of sever
al years working with the leading
architectural and engineering firms
in this country 70 that they may
bring back to Australia the very
latest designs and Improvements In
construction.
The city of Melbourne itself, Mr..
Perrott says. is a thoroughly mod
ern city. with great wide streets.
handsome homes and delightful
residential sections. This, he con-
trasts with the city Of Sydney which
il .old and more densely populated.
AZ a basis of comparison. Mr.. Per-
rott mentions Boston, with ita mar
row, twisting crooked streets As
something like Sydney.
Fortune In Gasoline
Surprising AZ 1t may seem, it WAS
not until about two years ago that
the city Of Melbourne had such
thing a. 4 gasoline station. Up to
that time the autoist had to either
have his own supply at home and
take extra cans with him in his car.
or else drive TO some garage in 4
city. About two years ago two
young men, one 20 and the other
II, came down to Melbourne from
Minneapolis. They had neither
means nor plans, but noticed the
absence Of gas stations. They look
ed over some available sites. Sold
the idea to some Of the leading real
estate and investment men. obtain
ed financial backing. secured Mr..
Perrott's service as architect and to-
day own a big chain Of gasoline
stations. In two years these two
youths have risen from the ranks
OF the pennileSs to moderate wealth
and If. az is limited, some Of the