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PAGE TEN THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1930. { Skinner Plant is a Large, Well Lighted Factory Building Specially Designed Plant Provides Adequate Space ~~ For Skinner Co. Operations Building 418 by 128 feet in Size has Large Forge Plant| in the Rear, with Finish. ing Plant and Offices in the Front MATERIAL MOVES FROM REAR TO FRONT , Layout Specially Designed For Skinner Processes Al- lows Bumpers to Move in| a Continuous Line From Rear to Front of Building. (By Roy H. Bisbop, Architect) .. On the newly laid out industrial area at the south-east corner of Wolfe and Simcoe streets in the city of Oshawa, the Skinner Com- pany Limited, a subsidiary of the Houdalille-Hershey Corporation, have erected , new building de- voted entirely to the manufacture of bumpers, The building is 128 ft. x 418 ft. in plan, and about 32 ft. high, con- structed with brick curtain walls, steel framing with a large por- tion of the walls given over to steel sash to get a maximum of daylight. On the roof are three saw tooth skylights running the full, length of the factory portion of the rook equipped with sections of steel sash and operators so that a maximum of ventilation may be obtained as well as maximum light- Two Sections The building is separated by a fire wall into two sections, the r portion forming the forge shop and the front portion housing the buff- ing tnd plating portions of the process, In this front portion ad- ditional storage space is obtained by a mezzanine floor 42 feet wide extending from the fire wall to the front of the building, while a mez- zanine floor across the front ac- comodates the offices. The enclosing walls of Price and Smith red stock brick have a pleas- ing appearance although plain in character, care having been taken to maintain good proportions. Heating System The rear forge shop portion is not heated, the front factory por- tion is heated by means of high pressure unit heaters which blow warm air towards the centre of the building from the wals in order to assist in the ventilation. The offices are heated by low pressure steam using standard radi- ation. All heating together with process steam requirements are taken care of by a 150 horse power horizontal return tube boiler 72 inches x 18 feet, operated at 125 1bs. pressure, Special care has been taken in the layout of the electric lighting to get a uniform high grade illumination both in offices and factory with special provision for increased illumination where it is necessitated by the character of the processes. Owing to the noisy character of the process the building is equipp- ed with an Autocall system operat- ed by the switchboard operator for relaying calls to executives who may be in the plant. With Best Wishes for the Consinued Success and prosperity of IN THEIR The Skinner Company, Limited NEW HOME . THE REID ENGRAVING CO., LTD. 243 QUEEN ST. WEST, TORONTO REAR VIEW OF THE NEW SKINNER FACTORY Above is shown a view of the Skinner Factory from the north.east corner. far end of the plant shown in the pictare. right is seen the manitor unloading system by which the heavy steel materials to be used in making the bump- ers are unloaded from freight cars and transported into the plant. and ventilations; as shown by the large window space and large ventilators in the roof. The part of the plant nearest A feature of the plant is its fine lighting Simcoe street runs along the to view is the forge shop. At the The roof of the building is con- structed of steel plates over which insulation is applied to avold heat loss and this factor combined with the balance of the construction in steel, masonry, reinforced concrete and steel sash produce a building having high resistance to fire haz- ard. Specially Designed The building has been laid out specially with reference, to the manufacturing processes to be carried on, with wide column spac- ings to increase the efficiency of material handling to the maximum, The building is served with two sidings from the Oshawa Railway Company, one along the north face of the building and the second along the west face, Over a portion of the siding 'on the north side of the building a monitor system has been erected which extepds across the rear bay of the building inside enabling the heavy raw material to be quickly and easily unloaded. Raw material is stocked at the rear | of the building and is processed in | a continuous line from rear fo front, the shipping department be- ing housed at the front of the building and shipments made by the siding at the west of the build- ing Special provision in the wav of pits and foundations has been made for some of the heavier ma- | chine units being used. Owing to the hard service required of the building for this purpose special care has been taken to get a very hard concrete floor which will re- gist abrasion and chipping to the maximum Takes 1,000 H.P. The power load connected is ap- vroximateiy 1,000 horse power, electric current being taken from the Hydro Electric Power Commis- sion at high tension and stepped down at the company's own trans- former bank at the north. side of the building to the, voltages re- quired for power and lighting From the transformers the lines t are carried to the switchboard | throughout the building. The fea- | ture of the imnstallation.is the size | ment of the co-operation of the motor generator installation | Oshawa Railway company in the for the conversion of: the alternat- | layout and construction of the sid- direct | ings and in the handiing of con- ing current purchased to current for the nickel and chroms plating operations which form large part of the manufactu processes. Provision has been throughout the building use in both the furnaces/7% hailer room of heavy oil fo, The boiler installation party} being arranged to start of pressed air and operates of atomizer, Altogether the Skinner Cd are to be congratulated on ¢ building which they have and on their enterprize in b ing their manufacturing caps: to the extent which they have. 7 building has been laid out w view to considerable increase over present capacities, A point worth noting f= thot this building has been located with par- | has niadtlt ticular relation to the ground ele- |e tory here, to manufacture automobile vations to get good draimage with a minimum of effort, advantage having been taken of the rolling character of the ground to get the building at a fairly high level, Easy Adaption - The building is a good industrial | layout and would afford opportun- |, ity for adaption to variations in processes or even to a different type of manufacturing altogether, especially as if is poseible to ar-| range sidings for the. receipt and shipment of materjal on three sides of the building if necessary, | The forge shop of a building of | this type requires perticularly good | ventilation owing to the 'heat gen- | erated in the furnaces, Very special provision has been made for this by means of a series of vertically sliding doors which enable freeh air to be taken in at the floor level and the heat to be reduced through which | the i | the Houde Engineering Company, th, General Spring & Bumper Company, Company. | Among the products made by these various he ventilation in the monitors, No description of the building is complete without the acknowledge- of the *lon materials during the of erection of the work, Ex#R (0. 1S JIARY OF A er Co, Chicago, subsidiaries being Biplex I'. mper Co. and C. G. Spring & Bumper Co. at Detroit and Deca- tur; Oakes Products Co., Chicago, tire loc): wind deflectors, strainers, etc.; Skinner Co. Ltd, Oshawa, bumpers. Among the officials of the Hou- daille - 2 :rshey Corporation and its subsidiaries present at the reception to the Skinner Company here yester- day, were F. J. Skinner, M.P.P., Gananoque, president of the Skinner Co.; F. V, Skinner, who will make his home' in Oshawa, vice-president of the Skinner Co.; F. A. Cornell ' the Houdaille-Hershey Corporation, Chicago; Ralph Payo, vice-president and general manager of the Houde Engineering Co., Buffalo, and W. B Mudie counsel for the Skinner Co., Gananoque. Proprietors of dance halls in Ber- lin are cudgelling their brains for novelties to attract mew visitors and phones were introduced a few months ago, so that a man guest might ask a girl for the privilege of the next dance over the wire. compete with keen rivals. Table tele-, SUPPLIED MATERIALS FOR SKINNER PLANT Ww. J. TRICK President of the W. J. Trick Co, Ltd., this city, which supplied the Jumber used in the construction of the new Skinner plant. LESLIE McLAUGHLIN President of McLaughlin Coal and Supplies, Ltd, Oshawa, which sup- plied cement and other materials for the new factory. JRPORATION Jershey Co. Has nches in the ged States mer Company, Ltd, which )shawa its new home has tablished a half-million dollar fac 4 The yumpers, is a subsidiary of the Hou aille-Hershey Corporation of Chi- , one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the United | Up to the time of the acquisition | Skinner Company Limited, was formerly of Gananoque, Hou laille-Hershey Corporation had confined its manufacturing activ- ities to the United States, In the States there are three mai divisions, f the ind the Oakes Products di.isions are shoci absorbers flectors, strainers, etc The divisions are as follows [Houde Engineering, Buffalo, shock isorbers; General Spring & Bump | Il Orsimm Company Io Were the Contractors for the Excava- | ice || tion of the New Skinner Company Plant nee be pers te bck wend oe yy Oshawa Raglan Ave. I oronto 10 A 'The New Skinner Plant WAS "ERECTED BY Ferguson Contracting Co., Ltd. 243 Confederation Life Bldg. Queen and Victoria Sts. TORONTO The Lumber For the New SKINNER PLANT was supplied by the W. J. Trick Company, Limited 25 Albert St. Phones 230 - 231