The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-02-01
MANUFACTURING ITEMS.
MASSAt III SETrS.

+. Long, a woolen goods manufacturer
Of bingham. has begun to build new fac
tory for the accommodation of his increas
ing business. II is to be 75x3O feet, and
four stories high.
The new NarrAgansett Mill at Fall Riy-
er, is in operation, and its machinery
works finely.
THE Osborne mill IN Fall River, il get
ting in its first lot Of English machinery,
and two more shipments are OH their way
Twu new factories are building at West
Boylston.
HoLDEN's pail factory. at North Adams,
has been bought by +. f. Bailey, who will
put up a cotton batting factory upon its
site
THE Hampshire mills at Huntington,
have abandoned the manufacture Of Mar
settles spreads, but will continue to weave
tiannels
SrILL another cotton factory i mention
ed at Shelburne Falls.
MAINE.
THE wooden factory Of HObson, Harris
l. Co, at Pittstieid, Mass, is crowded
with work and is scarcely able to supply
the demand for its goods.
The old Bickford mill, at Saccarappa
has been fitted up for the manufacture Of
cotton yarn, and will be run by VI. X
Davis.
NEW HANPSHIRE.
THE wooden mill Of the Norway Plains
/ Co, at Rochester, is at work upon
blankets, flAnnels, and repcllants, making
a speciality Of blankets, running "a sets 81
machinery.
THREE hundred operatives are employ
ell by H. A. A J. Sawyer, proprietors ~
I Sawyers' Mills, at Dover, ia manufactur-
: ing fine cassimeres and coatings. The
/ firm have recently built a new mill on the
site Of the old one erected ia 1924 Ii il
40x27O feet, three stories, with one L jOx
80 feet, stories, and another 3Ox90 feet,
together with dye house 4Ox6O feet.
RICHARD TAYLOR Il putting up a new
wooden mill in North Salem, It is 10 be
three stories, 4ONJO feet, Of wood, with
stone basement
The Ross factory at Portsmouth, is devot-
ed to the manufacture of school furniture
has moved tu Boston. The building re-
Gently occupied by i, has been taken by
SweeIzer 4 Clark, who will carry on q
general iron foundry business.
The Plttsheld Manufacturing Co. are
about a. make An addition to their cotton
mill, which, when finished, will enable
them TO increase their working force to
400.
CONNECTICUT.
THE Central Village Silk Co, which left
L 80 Ii. 8
scarcity of = young help, have their new
factoay in Scranton, Penn, in operation.
They occupy four STORY brick mill, 10O0
43 feet. built expressly for them and al
though they have now three times the ma
chinery which was run IN their old fac
tory.
The new cotton mill at Grosvenordale
will contain $40 looms, being one Of the
largest in the State. 1t will be furnished
with water power from large reservoir
and will I've started before long. The I'D
mill belonging to the company, which ha,
been lying idle, is 10 be put in operation
soon
CONNECTICUT.
THE large cotton mill which is bein.
built by the MIlliamsville Co., at killInglN
IA progressing finely.
MORRISON, Son A. HUTCHINSON turn on
weekly 700 dozen shirts ~ their factory il
Norwalk Laurence JDVfJ,di
PHILADELPHIA has $1s5, 900, 357 invest
J ed in manufactures, employs A., GA horse
power in her factory steam engines, an'
l37 $40 persons, male and female . pay
: S6l, ,s04S. S74 for wages. and $lSl 261, 22
for mAserial, and the products Of her 8, JO
! manufactures and workshops amount an
nuaIly to $355, OOO, ,OOO.