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NEW MANUFACTURING PLANTCompany to Make Metal Building Material Locates at El Centro.A new factor of considerable importance is to be added to El Centro's industrial district within the ensuing month—the location here of an art metal manufacturing works, prepared to supply the valley towns with this class of building material, which has found much favor here.A. E. Chaffey is at the' head of the new concern, which will be known as the Art Metal Manufacturing Company, and which has been incorporated under the State laws.The company has secured two lots at the northeast corner of Broadway and Fourth street, with fifty-foot frontage on Broadway and 140 feet on Fourth. Work will be started with-ing the ensuing week on the building, which will be erected on the rear of these lots, with frontage on Fourth street. It is to be a two-story structure with forty feet frontage and fifty feet deep. The entire front will be of plate glass and art metal manufactured by this firm. The side walls will be either brick or metal.Mr. Chaffey, who formerly was engaged in manufacturing this line of tJoods in Seattle and lxs Augeler, came to Imperial Valley several months ago, and has turned out material for several business buildings lu the valley towns, including the cor-nice for the Heber Collegiate Iustl-tue, work for the Varney and Peterson blocks at Imperial, and for several new bulldlugs at Holtville.The plant here will manufacture metal ceiling, side walls, and imitation brick siding, metal shingles, uiisslou-style tiles, cornices, etc. It has contracts ahead for a large amount of work, und the popularity of this metal for building purposes in imperial Valley gives prospect of the building up of another important industry iu El Centro
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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, California, US
Sat, Jan 01, 1910
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