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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 13, No. 8
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
AUGUST, 1955;
Expansion And Modernization Plan Nears Completion At Caromount Plant
Johnson Perry, (left), and Ervin Pittman (right) stack cloth in
the old Raw Goods Storage Room. This room soon will be vacated
and the raw goods will go from Weaving to the new Raw Goods
Storage and Mending Room by underground conveyor belt.
Yes, things have been torn up
for the past six to eight months,
Vou have been asked to work un
der conditions which were not
good. But we are glad to report
that arrangements have been
blade for the C. M. Guest Com
pany to complete their work about
September 22.
With the completion of the re
arrangement of present machin
ery, installation of new equip-
bient and modernization plan.
everyone should find his job run
ning smoother in more pleasant
surroundings. Some of the wel
come changes have been:
1. Ventilation of the Dyehouse
which is now nearly completed.
2. New and modern toilets and
coat rooms which are still being
built but after seeing the com
pleted ones we know that they are
well worth waiting for.
3. A new Inspection, Mending
and Raw Goods Storage Building
Earl Ingram and Marvin Garrett of the Dyehouse guide cloth
into the new Tensitrol Scouring Machine recently put into operation.
'—Photos Courtesy Evening Telegram
John Flora of Raw Goods Storage stacks cloth with the new
pallets now being used in the new Raw Goods Storage Building.
This is a great improvement over the old method of storage shown
at the left.
that promises to be the most
beautiful building on the lot
and will have the most modern
equipment available for inspect
ing, handling, and storing ma
terials, A new underground con
veyor will carry the raw goods
directly from the weaving to the
new storage and inspection build
ing. This conveyor will make
the raw goods handling problem
much easier for the inen who work
there.
4. A new parking lot which
has been in use for sometime.
5. New trucking equipment
which is already in use.
6. New electric fork trucks for
the Shipping Department.
7. A new yarn dye and print
ing department which is almost
completed.
8. New scouring machine and
pin tenter already in use and aid
ing production,
(See “CHANGES” Page Three)
A. B. Jackson of the Engineering Department is shown working
on a New Yarn Dryer which is now in operation in the New Yarn
Dye and Printing Department located in building A.