1. JOHN SIMPSON. 2. ALEXANDER BUCHANAN. 3. JOHN B. WALKER. 4. JOHN TOWART, Secretary. 5. JOHN YOUNG, Chairman. 6. JAMES H. FORSYTH, Treasurer. 7. JOHN URQUHART. 8. MARY KENNEDY. 9. HUGH MURDOCH. ] [Illustration: PRIZE SILVER BAND H. A. MELLOR, Bandmaster. WILLIAM MILLER, President. JAMES THOMSON, Secretary. ] INCREASING TRADE. It was not long before the manager was again reporting to the committee that the premises at M‘Neil Street were being congested, and intimating that they would require to consider the building of additional ovens at Clydebank or else the opening of a branch in the east. The result was that four additional ovens were built on a plan devised by the engineer and foreman baker, and called the “Scott-Richard” oven. By the 140th quarter the branch was in full working order, and the number of sacks baked that quarter was 2,502. The output of the branch continued to increase, and by the 148th quarter had risen to an average of 352 sacks per week. So rapidly had the sales of the branch grown that less than eighteen months after it was opened the directors found it necessary to add other three ovens, bringing the total up to fifteen. These also were of the Scott-Richard type. By the beginning of 1906 the congestion at Clydebank and at M‘Neil Street had become so great that it was decided to proceed with the completion of the Clydebank premises at a cost of £10,000. This extension provided for the erection of sixteen new ovens, thus practically completing the productive capacity of the building. The extension was completed in June 1907, and the June quarterly meeting was held in one of the flats there. Amongst other innovations introduced during the completion of this extension was a large water-storage tank of capacity sufficient to provide a day’s supply of water in event of any breakdown in the public water supply. Provision was also made for electric power and light, and two electric lifts were installed.