Air, Light and Efficiency Showing Influence of Sash Types and Building Design . es, racks and lasts fill the floor. Endless files ofhand trucks come in, laden with sticky soles, heels, welts, uppers,and linings,—and return piled with moist footwear ready forthe vulcanizers. The tattoo of mallets fills the air. Men handlethe heavier articles —boots and mens arctics; women and girls puttogether the childrens and womens sizes. Each worker has a de-finite operation to perform, after ^\hich the article is passed to thenext worker, till it is finished at the end of the line. Around one wing is a lun
Air, Light and Efficiency Showing Influence of Sash Types and Building Design . es, racks and lasts fill the floor. Endless files ofhand trucks come in, laden with sticky soles, heels, welts, uppers,and linings,—and return piled with moist footwear ready forthe vulcanizers. The tattoo of mallets fills the air. Men handlethe heavier articles —boots and mens arctics; women and girls puttogether the childrens and womens sizes. Each worker has a de-finite operation to perform, after ^\hich the article is passed to thenext worker, till it is finished at the end of the line. Around one wing is a luncheon gallery, with three grills andtables for the entire force of this building. Thus the top floor ofthis wing is really two stories high. As you stand at one end of the gallery and survey the bustle,what impresses you most is the method in it. There is nothingfeverish about the speed,—rather a practised concentration ona task well-learned. It is all piece work, and the earnings are good. and removable in standard sections wiUiout injury. 11 AIR, LIGHT AND EFFICIENCY. -JO A \^ -J ^^ u o r ?^ 5 in • raa *—? ^ :^ ?- w^ -?ml ?n ^ :j \J > r-; 0 ^^^ tJ rj cj: a 1 , >. Cj Si . 1 M ? , ^ ^^* o ^ -^ ^^ ^ ^f o ^s ??^ -^^^ n L- I— r> _^ > o r- X T ^w — r C U f 1 t^ 1— r- -^^ L/: .1 r-^ r^ ^ o r — ^^ LJ ?^ C> -^f 1 w -r tl. _ 1— ^^ *— ? o U O ^ > :; -^ ? 1 T .V ^^ f—? cj W 1-*-* o 1— ?—1 ? 5 fa/: c T, ? Cf3 *—V 1-H \_ jr ^^ o ^ j2: ^^- t— ^ o O ^ f ^^ V ^^ *< ?-n .- ? • o ) , r . r^ o V .2 f ^ ? hH *^ o , 1-M d t: c »— -o — o to
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