Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-28
CITY AND COUNTY
Manufacturing Industry in Worcester Inn
proved by the War.

CITY AND COUNTY
Manufacturing Industry in Worcester Inn
proved by the War.
The extent to which the manufacturing in
dustry of this city is affected by the war, may
not be generally known. Most of the estab.
lishments are in full operation, many of them
running over time, and with much more than
the usual complement of hands, in the manu-
facture Of articles worn by the soldiers, or in
making tools aud machinery for the manutac-
ture of those articles. The large establish
ment of Messrs. Fox & Mayo, long known as
"FOx's Mills" is crowded with work. employ
ing over two hundred hands on contract just
completed for the manufacture, during the
next four months, of two hundred thousand
yards of sky blue kerseys, for soldiers wear.
Mr. George Crompton's loom works have
been running both night and day Tor the last
two months making sooms for blankets, on
contracts with many Of the large wooden mill0
in the country contracting directly with the
government. Mr. Crompton is also building
machinery Tor stocking guns, for contractors
with the government. lie employs about one
| hundred hands.
| Mr. Nathan Washbuln, at his extensive iron
works, is making five tons of rifle barrel iron
per day for the Springfield armory, on large
contract. In addition TO this, he has contract
ed 10 furnish $50 600 lnusket barrels for par
ties outside OF the government. lie employs
in his whole establishment two hundred hands.
The quality Of iron lie furnishes is equal If not
superior TO the imported.
Osgood Bradley, car manufacturer, has been
unusually full oil work for The past two months,
with some one hundred and ten hands, on Il
contract Tor making fifty five six-FounI gun
carriages, fifty iorges, and one hundred and
five limbers, for the government. One Timber
goes with each carriage and each forge, to
carry the tools, ammunition, SC.
Wood Light & Co at the Junction Shop
are doing more than eytr before, emPiuy ing
sone seventy men Tor the last two or three
months, on heavy contracts for furnishing
machinery for the government, and also for
various parties in different sections OF the
county,, having contracts with the govern
ment for the manufacture OF firearms. Among
their other contracts is one for the supply of
machinery for the Springfield armory.
Shepard, Lathe, & Co., have never before
been so full of work as since July last. They
have over forty hands, ON contracts among
others tor Col; at Hartford, the Burnside man
ulactory at Providence, and the Springfield
armory.
The armory establishment OF Messrs Alien
& Wheelock, employing some two hundred
hands, is turning out more work than at any
time previous to the war, in fufilment o.
heavy contracts for various parties, some o1
them with the government.
Thay er, Houghton, & Co, have been during
the past and present season busily occupied
with some fifty hands building machinery for
the Springfield armory, also for the Burnside
Rife Company OF Providence, and for differ
cnt navy yards, and for various other parties
haying contracts with the government. They
are now engaged on large contracts making
machinery for parties building gunboats for
the government, with no prospect OF dimnu-
ton of activity for some time to come. Other
manufacturing establishments in the city are
| doing more actlVe business largely lhcfeus-
ed by demands made on account of the war.
Mr.. L. w Pond has just completed, at the
establishment of Goddard, Rice & Co, the
manufacture of battery OF twenty light IL
fled cannon, of his invention, called the Ellis
worth gun. 1t is breech loading rifled gun,
four feet long, six inches in diameter at the
breech, and three and ha'f at the muzzle,
with one and half inch bore, carrying a
chilled iron conical ball weighing eighteen
ounces, which it will throw three miles. The
weight OF each gun, carriage and all, is 450
lbs, and the cost $3.50. They were shipped
TO Washington. on Saturday last, for the gov
eminent, from whom another contract is ex
pected Mr. Pond deserves great credit for
his invention.