Show RAPID GROWTH CROTH or OF From Modest Beginning to Wonderful Success Record Record Rec Rec- ord of Local Company The story of the Bennett Glass and Paint company Is a 3 story of achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment of success built upon humble be beginnings beginnings be- be ginnings of the triumph of an ideal rightly conceived and rightly adhered I to through thirty five five years of growth It was In the year 1887 thirty five thirty five I years ago that ago that the nucleus of what Is Isnow isnoW now flow the largest paint making plant In Inthe Inthe inthe the intermountain country was started At At that time realizing that the climate of Utah and surrounding territory presented presented pre pro a paint problem that was not solved by the paints of that day the I organizers of the Bennett Dennett Glass and Paint company began to evolve paints i that would properly protect against 1 the he ravages of sun and wind o of rain and nd alkali dust and the dry seasons experienced in this part of the coun- coun try ry The beginnings of the company were very ery modest Paints would be bo mixed at t night and sold over the counter the next day the paint makers becoming paint amt salesmen during business hours This of course did not riot permit of an I extensive business as the volume of paints produced depended on the work night nigh night work at that that that-of of one or two men However the demand for paints that were vere specially made for this climate grew a good deal faster than the av avail avail- lable l- l able ble supply so the comparative rapid expansion of the Bennett company corn com pany any was inevitable It was not long before the slow hand methods were replaced by modern moderna I pant a nt making machinery And the combination of correct formulas paint adapted to this climate and mOdern modem mod mod- mOd em ern rn machinery for properly mixing the ingredients has resulted in firmly establishing establishing es- es the tho Bennett company as the largest argest paint house in the West Machine mixed paints it has been I pointed out are much more uniform In quality than paints mixed by hand In Inthe Inthe the he Bennett Dennett factory there are machi machines es which can rightly be called precision instruments for they have rollers in inho inthe inthe the ho grinding machines which can be regulated to within thousandth one-thousandth of an inch This makes maltes' absolutely cerain certain tam ain tain that the paint when made will be beof beof of f such fineness that no gritty particles parti- parti des les will Be lle present to mar the finishIng finishing finish- finish Ing nir qualities dualities of the surfaces painted In addition to their paint making activities activity's tips the Bennett company compan engage engages enrages en en- rages gages manufacturing many kinds of leaded leade glass windows mirrors and so forth orth They have a special department I for lor the manufacture of exquisite leaded i glass windows in any design wanted and employ an n expert designer in this one department Many beautiful ef effects effects effects ef- ef have been executed in this di division 11 vision of the company and a good many of the leaded glass windows you see about town tow 1 originated there Besides the leaded glass department there here are special divisions for mirrors and windows the te latter in both plate glass and common window glass An expert staff of glaziers is employed to set glass wherever it is needed So great has been the growth o of the Bennett company's business in the past few lew years that larger quarters have become necessary and the building of ofa ofa ofa a more spacious and modern retail store Is now going on just east of their present location on West Vest First South When completed this new store willbe will willbe willbe be the largest and handsomest paint shop in the state state state-a a fitting home for forthe forthe forthe the pioneer paint manufacturers of Utah An unusual feature connected with this new home of the Bennett Glass Glassan Glassand Glassand an and Paint company is that when oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc it will be fully paid for No indebtedness will hang over on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of this latest expansion and this will serve to leave the way clear for further development of the intermountain tam tain market for Bennett paints The fact that a new store has been built bunt built or will very shortly be completed completed- without the usual borrowing of money and consequent indebtedness is a powerful testimony 10 to the successful business practices df Jf a company And In the case of the Bennett company it has been found that in providing a superior article specially adapted for use in a c certain lo locality allty success will be assured |