Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-03

prior to the filing of this bill and notice
thereof to the defendants.
Albert II. Foster VS.. Edward Lamb De-
murrer overruled with costs
Alice G. Earle VS.. Alexander Dewitt; YER
dict set aside new trial granted The court
decide that party who takes a qutclaim
deed cannot recover the money paid therefor
it it subsequently appears that the party Civ
ing the decd had no title to the land. Foster
and Nelson for plaintiff, Dewey for defendant.
Alice G. Earle VS.. VIM. NJ. Bickford ct al.
Judgment for plaintiff for the sum Of $500
and interest from the date of the writ. A per-
son who receives money, protesting to act as
the assignee of an insoiyent debtor, is liable
to repay the money if it subsequently appears
that he was not duly authorized to act in that
capacity Foster for plaintiff Dewey for de-
fendant.
The ADRIATIC MlLLs.-Among recent adj
ditinns to the business interests Of Worcester,
the enterprise started on the site of what was
formerly known as the South junction Shop,
and later as the Pistol Shop Barracks, deserves
more than a brief notice. The property, con-
sistng of the building and twelve acres of
land lying around it, is owned by Jordan,
Marsh x Co., of Boston. The improvements
now being made upon it, are going forward
under the immediate supervision and super
intcndence of Mr.. j. &. Sargent of Leicester
but now residing in this city. This gentle
man is to be permanently in charge as agent
of the corporation.
The main mill building is four hundred feet
long, forty feet wide, and two stories in
height. The second floor is devoted to card
ing and spinning. The arrangements are
constituted for twelve sets of cards, and for
twenty jacks of four thousand and eight hun
dred spindles. The first floor is divided into
rooms for finishing and weaving. The weav-
ing is all to be done by looms made at the
celebrated works of George Crompton of this
city.
The machinery is driven by one of the Cor
liss cUmpany's steam engines Of one hundred
and sixty horse power, carried by means of a
belt in itself. This belt is well nigh a curiosi-
ty for its great size and strength. 1t
is one hundred and fourteen feet long, thirty
inches wide, and double throughout. The
IndlClill VI WHICH IL Is lllduC 10 Vi lllG very
best kind. This also is product of our own
industry, from the mandatory of
Messrs. Grafton & Knight, on Front street.
Indeed it is fact which reflects credit upon
the owners, well as shows an appreciation
of our mechanical skill, that all of the ma
chinery, with slight and unimportant eXcep-
tons, has been built in this city. The cards,
jacks, dryers, dressers, eXtractorS, hydraulic
presses, &C., have been furnished by Messrs.
Cleveland & Co.
The additions made to the main mill are
important and costly. On the east side at
about the centre of the main building is a
large brick structure, siXty-two by fifty-three
feet, and two stories high. This contains,
below, the engine. boiler, and counting rooms,
and above, the wool asserting and drying
rooms. On the same side is another brick
building used as picker house and at the
south end stands the dye house. These are
all conveniently situated with reference to the
several operations in the mill. In a base
ment at the same end are fulling mills, wet
gigs, &C..
The feature of this extensive establishment
is the reservoir, which is circular in form, $50
feet in diameter, and averages about six feet
in depth. The supply of water is obtained
from numerous perennial springs, and is pure
and $50 The quantity is sufficient we are
assul S4or much larger mill, whatever
some may think to the contrary. A ''turnout'
is constructed from the Norwich railroad,
which will deliver coal and all heavy articles
of freight directly at the mill. The offices,
workrooms, and indeed the whole will be
lighted with gas. The pipes are now being
laid from Main street. The improvements on
the mill and the magnitude of the project thus
started do great credit to the taste of the SUI
perintendent and the enterprise of the stock
holders respectively