W. Clark and Son

MESSRS. W. CLARK & SON, Tin and Coppersmiths, &c., 44 and 100, John Street, Glasgow.

    In a vast community like Glasgow, with its infinite multiplicity of industrial interests and manufacturing resources, forming an aggregation of prosperity without equal in the records of contemporary progress, there are, of course, some branches of activity which have, by reason of their intrinsic importance, contributed in a more marked degree to the material advancement of the City. In this category we must certainly include the old-established and noteworthy commercial undertaking conducted by Messrs. William Clark and Son, Tin and Coppersmiths, which justly claims precedence in this branch of productive activity.

    This business was founded upwards of half a century ago by the late Mr. William Clark, who was subsequently joined by his son, Mr. A. R. Clark, the present sole proprietor, in 1886. The premises occupied by the firm are centrally situated and conveniently arranged with warehouse, show-rooms, and offices, at 44, John Street, and extensive works at No. 100, in the same street. The latter cover a large area of ground, and are fitted throughout with new and improved plant and machinery, tools, and appliances for facilitating the production of the various goods and specialities for which the firm bear so high a reputation.

    These include every description of tin and coppersmith’s work of the usual character and gas and steam fittings. Messrs. Clark are also largely engaged in the manufacture of tin and zinc-lined packing cases for home and export transit purposes. The leading specialities of the firm’s production are, however, more closely identified with the textile manufactures of the City, embracing steam-drying cylinders in copper and tin for drying cloth, yarns and warps for weaving, copper and tin rollers, M.I. slip rollers, jacketed copper pans for colour mixers, copper measures, ladles, singe plates, oil cups for lubricating machinery, wheel and shaft covers, hydro-extractor baskets, and hot-air drying apparatus for stenter machines, and every description of metal appliances in use by calico printers ; Turkey red dyers, bleachers, and spinning and weaving factories.

    A large number of skilled hands is employed in the various departments of the works, in order to keep pace with the demands of the ever-increasing connection of the firm, which includes the leading houses engaged in the textile trades in the district and a wide circle of general buyers of this class of goods. The business is conducted throughout with great enterprise under the direction of the principal, who is well known in commercial circles, and has, by his energetic administration of this undertaking, acquired a recognised position in the ranks of successful business men in the City. In conclusion, we may add, for the information of our readers, that the telephone number of the firm is 3413, and that their registered telegraphic address is “Tinsmith”, Glasgow.

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