Eastwood Beetling Co.

EASTWOOD BEETLING CO., Bleachers, Dyers, and Finishers, Pollokshaws, Glasgow.

    Amongst the leading firms engaged in this branch industry in Pollokshaws is that of the Eastwood Beetling Co., bleachers, dyers, and finishers, whose important undertaking we select as the subject of this brief descriptive sketch. The business is of very old standing, having been established thirty years ago as a Limited Company, from whom it was acquired by the present proprietors in 1889.

    The premises occupied by the firm are of considerable extent, the works covering an area of two acres, and comprising suite of offices, private rooms, and lavatory, and ranges of building devoted to the several departments the business. These include spacious bleaching, dyeing, and finishing works, fitted throughout with improved steam plant and machinery of the newest type requisite for perfecting the various processes of the trade.

    An extensive and valuable connection has been established by the firm, who number on their books the principal houses engaged in the manufacture of textile fabrics in the kingdom. About 170 hands are employed in the works under the capable supervision of the principal, who enjoys the advantages of a thoroughly technical knowledge of every branch of the work, and is thus able to give practical effect to the latest scientific improvements and developments in each department of the business.

    The telegraphic address of the firm is “Eastwood”, Pollokshaws ; and in conclusion we have to congratulate the proprietors upon their signal success in maintaining the old established reputation of the house, and by their energetic and enterprising management extending the scope of the operations of the works to meet the necessities of their constantly expanding trade.

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