History of the United Co-operative Baking Society Ltd. : $b A fifty years' record 1869–1919Reid, William
History
History of the United Co-operative Baking Society Ltd. : $b A fifty years' record 1869–1919
Reid, William
United Co-operative Baking Society, Ltd., Glasgow
“Some organisations are mere aggregations without either heart or
mind. The parts mistakenly believe that they can evade as
organisations duties that belong to them as individuals. But the
problem before co-operators allows no such evasion. They have to set
up, not only good businesses in sanitary buildings, but also a new
industrial system, where labourers are recognised as human beings
entitled to share in the results and direction of their own lives.
Because the leaders of the United Baking Society have recognised
this, and have not allowed prosperity to poison aspiration, all men
will wish them well, and we may say with an inner meaning to the
words that we hope in time great multitudes may eat their bread and
be thankful.”
[Illustration:
BELFAST ADVISORY COMMITTEE
_Top Row_—ALEXANDER PATTERSON; JOHN PALMER; DAVID T. GILCHRIST.
_Bottom Row_—JAMES MURPHY; WILLIAM J. M‘GUFFIN, Chairman; ROBERT
RODGER, Secretary.
]
[Illustration:
1. JAMES YOUNG,
General Manager.
2. JAS. H. FORSYTH,
Cashier and Accountant.
]
NEW STABLES.
The rate at which the trade of the Society was growing called for an
almost continuous growth in live and rolling stock, and consequently for
increased accommodation. Already the provision for stables and van-sheds
which had been made when the removal to M‘Neil Street took place was
much too small, and various makeshift methods had to be adopted to
provide the necessary accommodation for the growing stud of horses. At
the same time the committee were now getting a different idea of the
possibilities of the enterprise, and were desirous, therefore, of making
the bakery as compact, and with its various parts as well co-ordinated
as possible. They were desirous, therefore, of removing the stables away
from the bakery altogether, and it was with this object in view that the
ground on the south side of Govan Street was purchased. At the quarterly
meeting held in September 1896 they were granted power to proceed with
the erection of stables and workshops, and this work was commenced
immediately. At the same time, plans were prepared and the erection
proceeded with of a temporary stable on a part of the same ground. By
the end of 1898 the new stables and workshops were completed, and the
December meeting of the Society was held there, so that the delegates
might have an opportunity of being shown over the premises.
ORGANISATION.
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