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BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1889.
wINOOsKI FALLS.

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this side of the river; and VIC are sure
notice Of their present condition will be in
teresting to our readers generally.
The WINoosKI MILL COMPANY, consisting o
Messrs Villas, NoYEs. WEAVER and others o
this vicinity, besides few persons now re
siding elsewhere, began their operations in ,
small hired tenement between Catlin's Mill
and the bridge. Their business, started on
small scale, was the manufacturing Of warp
for sitinet factories, aud we believe it provet
quite satisfactory to the owners, till thu
bnilling was destroyed by FIRE somc year,
usI. fi,' 4. mage hv ,Ar fir was cousiirr
uhly mpre than Wac covered Ivy insurance
besides what came from the necessary sus.
pension Of the Company's businos. 8.
They commenced operations anew in a
small building now owned by the Company
below the upper dam ; additional stock wa.
taken in the Company, and purchase was
made of an adjacent property formerly
owned and occupied by Mortimer Catlin and
others, !or a satinet factory. That factory
had also been destroyed by fire. after which
We believe the property fell into the hands Of
the Bank Of Burlington, from which it was
bought by the Winorski Nil O.. They pro-
| ceedcd at once .r...t 4 ~ ~ si;r.tnntiai
building of ston' aud brick, ~ whicn tonly
partly occupied as yeD, and in the smaller
one below it, the Company now carries on Its
business. nevcr-failing and mostc,nveni.
cnt wdtcr-power belongs to it.
On visiting their works few days ago,
W SAW that II considerable, and doubtless II
profitable change in the business had been
entered upon. Tho warp-making business,
though very good, us we understand, at
times, is rather an unsteady one. The do
mand fuctua,es according to the condition of
tho sttinst m III If icturin3 business. If tina t
business is a, "a st md, the making of warps
mus. st'p also. or the warps must remain
unsJld. There is no general market always
open for the article. 1t is sold to satlnet
manufacturers or to nobody
A few months since, partial change OF the
business, from the making Of warps to the
making OF slAetinss. was thought worth
trial. Good sheetings are always in demand.
Their use is uniailins, and for many reasons
steadily increasing. No article made of cot
ton has surer sale in the general MARKET
1t is always in fashion, and always will be
The success of the trial, we learn, has been
all that could be reasonably wished for. We
found about 25 beautifully working looms in
operation, and the Company. We are inform
ed intend to have double the number at work
within q few weeks. About 40 persons are
now employed, manufacturing about 1000
yards day Of beautiful sheeting. The man
ogement of the manufacture is in the hands
Of Mn. BARRETT, who has had charge OF the
Company's work from the first, and VIC be-
leve we are sale in saying, no better man for
the business could be found in the country
Throughout the works we saw evidences of
skill and good management on every hand
With an excellent position, first rate ma
chinery and skillful and attentive workmen,
nothing more can be needed for success, but
buying and selling That important part of
tn, business. We understand, dcvolves chiefly
on Mr.. MoRILLo MOVES, of this town. We
doubt if anybody can name man better
qualified for that work than he is. We be-
licve the Winooski Mill Company is in the
road to steady prosperity.
We were agreeably surprised to find a new
mill, in active operation, occupying the
place of the old gristmill Of our townsman
H.W. CArLIN the destruction Of which by fire
we chronicled two months ard half ago.
1t is unfinished as yet, but several run of
stone are in operation and the work is rapid
ly approaching completion. The new grist-
mill is about one half larger than the old
one, accommodating FIVE runs of stones, with
smut mills, corn cracker, uncommonly large
boilers ,and every convenience in tho shape OF
grain elevators and conductors, weighing
bins, &C., &c. The machinery combines
the latest improvements, and is Of the best
construction. Mr.. Catlin assured us that
when finished it will be the best mill in tho
State, and as good as the best in the country,
,OithOm exception, and We fully credit his
statement. We have seen much larger mills,
including some of the "crack" concerns of
Oswego, but have never seen anything nicer.
The interior finish of the principal room equals
that of an elegant church. The handsome
panelings painted with the white and glossy
Florence paint, with rails and trimmings Of
mahogany, and pillars of dark ornamental
wood. which meet the eye, have quito lux
urious appearance to one who is only fami-
liar with the plain board finish commonly
considered good enough for country grist-
mills. Tho machinery for this mill was
manufactured and erected by Messrs. Ed
WARDS & STEVENS, and does them great
credit, not only for its excellence but for the
celebrity with which it has been completed.
Grinding commenced in the mill just 3s
days after the fire, which is emphatically
quick work. This mill is for custom work A.,
of which its location ensures it steady run,
and for the steady manufacture Of buck
wheat -four. The large Touring mill Of
which it forms wing, was little injured by
the fire, and an expenditure of few hun
dred dollars has put 1t again In working
trim. The building is of four stories, with
six run of siones. and is capable when driv-
en- to its utmost, of turning out 450 barrels
of -four day,-its average production Of
-four, when running, being about 300 bbls.
n day.
A Touring mill has this advantage over a
| xpnala, or catton f.rtarv that rark can ha