The growing time.

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The Office Specialty Co. are now employing 890 men and when the new factory is occupied the staff will be greatly increased. The new brick building 244×50 feet, with arched metal roof, is conspicuous from all parts of the Town. The new boiler has arrived and will probably be placed in position in a few days. At the same time the machinery will be put into the new factory. During the past summer the Co. has built about 500 feet of tramway on their premises and the Railway Co. has added 100 feet to their switch. The Factory is still crowded with orders, particularly in office desks and cabinets. An order for 15 immense desks for the new City Hall, Toronto, is being completed this week. A Mail Bunker for Toronto Post Office, having 126 compartments and hangers for as many bags, is in course of construction. They have been doing a large business in the metal roller shelving this summer and their work is so satisfactory that orders are always ahead in this department. The Co. runs their own dynamo and lights the factory with 75 incandescents. This number will be more than doubled when the new factory is installed. At present the factory is so crowded that a good deal of over-time has been put in, but they hope to avoid that as soon as they get into the new premises by increasing the staff. Last fall the Co. erected a new dry kiln 140 feet long and 18 feet wide, which is heated by a fan driven by a separate engine. The grading around the new factory is completed and the Co. is putting up a new fence this week along Timothy street.

On Wednesday last the Co. shipped a metal cabinet and desk combination for the Mayor's office in the new City Hall, Toronto. It is about six or seven high; containing in the upper part 30 drawers or Shannon files, covered by rolling curtains. The bcase has a cupboard, constructed with two doors, and properly shelved. The whole desk is made of steel, and colored a dead olive enamel. Altogether it is a beautiful piece of furniture and reflects credit on the Co.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

Stations: Office Speciality (Newmarket)

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