Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . ach an understandingwith the master plumbers affiliated withthe Employers Association. The menare to receive 87^ cents an hour for thefirst year, and 10 cents an hour duringMic second year. The closed shop willbe recognized onlv by the smaller shops. While the working plumbers claim thatI lie strike is closed, the big shops con-nected with the l^mployers Associationmaintain that the situation is unchang-ed so far as they are concerned. Themen, however, can go to work for em-ployers who are prepared to pay theschedule of wages agreed upo


Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . ach an understandingwith the master plumbers affiliated withthe Employers Association. The menare to receive 87^ cents an hour for thefirst year, and 10 cents an hour duringMic second year. The closed shop willbe recognized onlv by the smaller shops. While the working plumbers claim thatI lie strike is closed, the big shops con-nected with the l^mployers Associationmaintain that the situation is unchang-ed so far as they are concerned. Themen, however, can go to work for em-ployers who are prepared to pay theschedule of wages agreed upon with thenew organization. The i)Iumbers who went on stiike a\(ar ago demanded 15 cents an hour andthe closed shop. The strike has cost theunion about . T. C. Jackson, formerly of Prescott,Out., salesman for Haverstick & Co.,plumbers and steamfitters, Rochester,, has been visiting his old home,having- just a f);isilii:n as tra-veler for Case & (o., of Buffalo. Hismany Ontario friends wish him successin his new i) SASKATCHEWANS NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS Which will be erected this summer at Regina. It is expected the handsome structure will cost about $2,000,000 before completion. The exterior is a fineadaptation of English Renaissance work. The stately edifice will be of red briclc and pale buff stone which blend particularly well. 21 PLUMBER AND STEAM FITTER May 20, igo8 NEWS OF THE TRADE IN CANADA Ilotte Leinicux, plumbers, Montreal,have been registered. Lefrancois & Frere, plumbers, of Mon-treal, have been registered. The Wm. Head Plumbing and HeatingCo., Calgary, has opened a branch inLethbridge. Alta. The Dominion Heating and VentilatingCo., Hespeler, Ont., have begun tomanufacture fire escapes. & Co., Gait, Unt., installedsome elaborate nlumbing fixtures in thenew F. D. Palmer residence. 1). J. Sliea, plumbsr and tinsmitli, ofFredericton, N R., has moved into anew and larger establishment. Mahoney Bros., Guelph, Ont., areoverhauli


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