The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-16
Carton PIonf Removal Job Costs$50,000
 Rubber Company
 Moving Factory
 Across River

NaugaCuCK, sept. 16-Pl0nS OO move the carton plant from its present location across the river On Hotchkiss Street, to two convenient locations in the main plant of the U. s. Rubber Company, Footwear Plant, at a total cost of more than $5O,000, to include new equipment, are in line with the Company's postwar policy of improving, mod ernizing and expanding plant facil- 1tieS, 1t was announced today by w. E. Bittle, factory manager.
 For several years cartons for packing and shipping footwear products have been manufactured an the present inconvenient loca- tion, often resulting in delays and bottlenecks, to say nothing of the large transportation item involved" MT. Bittle pointed out.
 Beginning Saturday, partial car ton making operations were initi- ated in the Fabric Shoe section, and it Is planned to complete the transfer and have the Hotchkiss Street building vacated by October as. George Schlosser, present gen. eral foreman of the Carton Plant, will continue in that capacity in the new Set-up.
 Direct Service
 One section will be located in the Fabric Shoe side of the plant, to provide direct service to the ship ping department for tennis, basket ball and sport shoe products. The other section will be located on the Waterproof side of the plant. to provide cartons for boots, gaytees, and other waterproof items.
 "An outstanding feature of the changeover will be improved work ing condition" MT. Bittle stated. The latest type equipment, plus the application of labor saving con- veyor methods will p rovide smooth flow Of work and result in considerable leSsening of operator effort and fatigue. Congestion and overcrowding have been completely eliminated by the straight-line method which does away with all handling and reduces to a great extent the storage area between op- erations, are other factors empha- sized by MT. Bittle. Each box on the conveyor will be within easy reach of the operator, eliminating the present necessary long reach for stacked boxes, he added.
 Another convenience is the elirn- tnation of overhead pipes and tanks by the new method for piping glue to the machines. Glue will be piped from tanks on another floor directly to the machines, through pipes con- cealed in the walls and under the floor.
 These two latter features alone" added MT. Bittle, twill mean 6 more pleasant place in which to work"
 Hospital Service
 Regular cafeteria service and hospital facilities, as well as other convenience, will now be available to the employes-things they have not been able to enjoy up to now because of the out-of-way place of work.
 As final touch, modern fluro- escent lights have been installed, and all walls and ceilings have been painted Combining all improve ments, employees may now enjoy the advantage of a modern up-to-date Carton department with ideal work ing conditions, MT. Bittle pointed out.
 In answer to the question con- cerning the probable use of the va- cated Carton plant, MT. Bittle in- timated that certain plans were under consideration, which, if car ried through, would prove a boon to Naugatuck in general, and to Footwear Plant employees in par ticular Beyond that point, he would not enlarge.
 Plans at this time are only in the blueprint stage" MT. Bittle concluded.