THE BUILDING TRADE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 6

THE BUILDING TRADE.

AN IMPORTANT STEP. Messrs Slillh'to Pros., builders and contractors, announce- in this Issue, that the/ are prepared to accept responsibility for the erection of all classes of buildings either by contract or on a ][.) per cent, basis. Tho contract .system is well known and generally followed, bid the alternative system' is not in general use, and requires a slight explanation. By the 10 per cent, system lis understood that all work undertaken will bo executed bv the. contractors' staff and plant, ' and under tlio personal .supervision of the partners They wrJl act as representatives of the. clients, submit all accounts to them for material, labour, etc. The 10 per cent, will be their only charge for Supervision, and it will also include the architect's fees, clients, it may be added, being allowed to choose any Timaru architect. Tho firm of Sbillito Bros, have nowbeen in business in Timaru over seven years. They came to +he town with the highest credentials as competent tradesmen and business men, and their success hero has strengthened und added to this reputation. Thev have now a splendidly equipped joinery, moulding and sawing factory situated on LcCren Street. The building covers over a quarter of an acre, and contains over £3OOO worth of the latest machinery. Every effort is being made to keep tho plant well abreast of tho times. To show this it •may be noted that thev ore landing 111 a few weeks a four "side moulding, machine, which will um well into £250. Among the other machines running, and they aro all kept in consvaiit use by the largo nerinancjit staff oi joiners and machinists employed in the factory, are:—Breaking ' down circular saw bench, joiners'" circular saw bench, thirty-six inch band saw, twelve-inch buzz planer, twenty-!' mr inch thicknessins machine, simper, chain _ morticor, tenoning machine cramping up bench, double ypindl." sanding machine, disc sanding machine grinding machines, swing cros<i-eut saw, and many others. All kinds of joinery work is executed at the lii.ctn.rv doors, sashes, mantelpieces, ladders,' staircases, mouldings of all descriptions.

Ihe firm since their establishm-nt here have erected over seventv private residences, many of them "being of largo size,_ and all fitted up with the latest living conveniences. Among tli em are the Harbour Master's residence and Mr f. Black's refeidciirc. The Olympia Hall was erected hv the firm in record time, the immense"roof, six solid tons of iron, being put on in one day. A. and T. Burt's warehnuso 13 another of their erections. The firm, besides the permanent ''actcry 'staff, keop two regular panes of com-ix-lent tradesmen engaged outside, and ao are in a position by reason of this and the factory before mentioned, to guaranteo erudition as well as satisfaction in all work entrusted to them.