Skptember 1, 1913.! 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



635 



Fine New Buildings of the Boston Woven Hose. 



THE completion of the handsome and eHieient new power- 

 house of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. marks 

 another important step in the notable scries of enlarge- 

 ments and improvements in the plant of this enterprising con- 

 cern, and well serves as an example of the thorough rchaliilitation 

 of the factory, and the modernization of its modes and methods 

 of production. 



This new power-house is built upon twentieth century lines, 

 and contains the very latest devices for economical and eflicient 

 service. The Ijuilding is of cream brick with steel window- 

 casings and sash, glazed with wire glass. The graceful chimney 

 rises to a height of 167 feet and can be seen for many miles. 

 A glance at the boiler-room shows the liberal height of the 

 structure. Here four Babcock and Wilcox. Foster superheating 

 boilers, of 600 horse-power each, are already in operation, while 

 tlierc IS room to install as many more when the occasion requires. 

 Adjacent to this building is the coal pocket where the coal is 

 dumped direct from the cars, or from lighters which come to 

 the wharf. By means of the Taylor system the coal is carried 

 from here to the loft above the boiler-room, discharged into 

 chutes, wliere it is weighed and then stoked under the boilers 

 as required, without a particle of hand lalior. 



There is an air-compressor of the latest construction, made 

 b>' the Sullivan Machine Co. Two 7S0-kilowatt W'cstinghousc- 

 Parsons turbines arc already at work, and two similar engines. 



in all its appointments in this country. It will be capable of 

 generating sufficient electricity to furnish power for running all 

 the machinery of the present plant, with sufficient reserve for 



The Xew Power IIouse with Lhi.mxev 107 I'eet Ilir.ir. 



but of 1.250 k.w. each, will be installed by January 1, w'ith another 

 of 2,000 k.w, to come later. When the.se are all in place the new 

 power plant will be, perhaps, the most modern and up-to-date 



Boiler Roo.m, Showing Four 600 II. P. Boilers. 



further enlargements, and to furnish the lighting for all the 

 buildings of this great manufacturing establishment. 



The whole aspect of this new building is one of safety, 

 comfort, convenience and efficiency. There is almost an over- 

 al)undance of space, light and air, but withal it is thoroughly 

 business-like, strong and substantial. 



Immediately adjoining this new power-house tlicre is now 

 approaching completion the new mill-room, which when finished 

 will l)e in every respect as modern as the engine-room in all 

 its appointments. The Iniilding, which is of reinforced con- 

 crete, is 240 feet long by 100 feet wide. One half of this is of 

 one doulile-height story, with saw-tooth roof skylights. The 

 other half of the structure is four stories high. Built entirely of 

 hre-proof materials, with all the bolts for the heavier machinery 

 accurately placed and imliedded in the original concrete, this 

 building will be one of the largest and most complete mill-rooms 

 connected with a mechanical ruljber manufacturing concern. The 

 completion of this building marks the passing of all of the 

 original plant, the doing away with all of the wood-constructed 

 I)uildings, and results in the most modern mechanical plant in the 

 country. 



As soon as this new building is occupied, the office building, 

 which was the original mill, will be reconstructed and rearranged 

 for the selling and executive business of the company. Only 

 one-half of the building is now so occupied, but the demands of 

 the steadily increasing business require still further expansion 

 (jf the cost, auditing, selling and accounting departments. 



The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. of today is the out- 

 growth, or reorganization, of a concern founded in 1870 by 

 Theodore A. Dodge. The present company was incorporated 

 under the laws of Maine on May 17. 1899, and capitalized at 

 $1,200,000. The charter of the corporation was changed, in 1906, 



