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Show IS BIG CUE! Xla-rUe bad its beginning mure than twenty years ago in a small workroom, the plant of the Capital Electric mm-panv, mm-panv, situated at 21 West First oulb street, ie today an institution of note-Worth note-Worth v extent" of industry and variety of manufacturing capacity. The thorough thor-ough system that has boen installed baa resulted in the oroatiun of tour sub-rlqtartmentR sub-rlqtartmentR in whifh the work of enHt fin personally MtpervLsf.l hy a I iireninn. 1 The plEiut cinplovn from fifty tu IUU skilled mn-bauics, seeordinjj to seasou, occupies loOO t'eot of floor space aud is ! equipped with hu iiuprey.ivc array of tools aud machinery of wide, variety.; The extensive equipment makes the ar-eoin ar-eoin pliyljiuent of m;niy kinds of s-po-ciali.e-d niauuf acture possible. In the electric, fixtures and sheet metal section the artist it: part of the work is ps Tried on. Complete stocks of brass and copper spinnings, stainpings, fittings aud castings, as well us special spe-cial shapes, are curried at all tintep. In addition to electric, lightiug i'iitures, electric signs aud sheet metal cabinet boxes are designed, manufactured and installed by this department. Closely connected vith this department is the finishing department, with its highspeed high-speed liir.hos with interchangeable grinding grind-ing and polishing wheels of all sizes, shapes ami qualities. 1 1 ere elect rir plating is done, moral bing finished in bras, bronze, copper, whiU nickel, black nickel, silver aud zioc, in all shades of color and tone. Vrj the machine section, are located the heavier devices, each operated by hu individual motor. Here power aud lighting switches an: manufactured. A complete lino of high-tension fixtures is also manufactured, the company being be-ing one of t-hfl few in the United States to undertake this work. A varied and complete stock ot slate, marble, vul-ca vul-ca niz.ed fibre a nd other unusual materials ma-terials is kept on hand, as is the machinery ma-chinery for cutting and milling them. Special at tout ion is given to automobile automo-bile turret lathe work. The fabrics- : I tion of liirht structural steel and inanu-j ji'act'.iire ot' fire doors nud windows are' specialties of this department. The fourth sectimi iy equipped with i both uiiM-liinrry and raw material for im cvv line of insula! itiii work. Supplies' of a'll kinds of insulation yr.. rarrietl, tugetlier with the ucn sary thop equip-1 ment for turning out finished work in all lines of insulatioo, iucluding minor repairs, as well as the complete rewind- i ing and rebuilding of motors, generators, igniters and magnetos. j It is a part or the policy of the company com-pany to make the plant representatively representative-ly a Utah products one, Utah materia! being used whenever possible and Utah ; men being given preference in the engagement en-gagement ot employees whenever they cau do the work required. |