The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
n3rpLOYEs AT THE CENTENNIAL.


4 Noticeable fe tjile IL The Clark Thread
CoMpa HAS always been their thoughtful
and coAsiderate attention to Tie welfare and
DCa&!rG Of their employees. TIE Centennial
Exhibition afforded an opportunity for its
practical illustration which she uid not pass I'M
noticed III this article. Desiring to give all
their operatives an opportunity to witness the
great Exhibition at Philadelphia OF what the ma
tiOn had accomplished during the first hundred
wears Of its existence Ill industry and art, the
company planned and carried to complete
success a monster excursion to PHIL
delphia, which embraced their fifteen
hundred employees, with invited guests.
members OF the press, and the Mayor
and Common Council of the CITY of Newark
Some idea of its extent may be gained when it
is known that fOrty-fiye railroad coaches were
employed for their accommodation, and the
cost for transportation, admission. entertain
ment, ETC., exceeded six thousand dollars But
this large sum is small compared with the un-
alleged pleasure which was afforded the grand
army of industrious people who find employ
ment at the Clark Thread Company Works in
Newark. The Common Council passed and
caused to be beautifully engrossed and pre-
scented to the Company series of resolutions,
from which, for lack of space we copy only the
following extract:
'Resotved, That we witnessed with great
by the officers of this Company to their fifteen
hundred working people and the evident good
feeling that exists between them recognizing
that, when labor and capital thus harmonic,
prosperity must ensue.
" ReS0tUed, That,the location of the CLARK
THREAD COMPANY In our city, with their inn
mense works and their army of operatives has
proved vast benefit, and that Newark is and
should be, justly proud of her manufactures on
which her growth and prosperity must ever
depend, and that this municipality should fos
ter and encourage by every proper means their
establishment and success
Resolutions of thanks to the company we're
also passed by the employees"
THE EUREKA BOAT CLUB AND THISTLE BAND.
The now famous crew, which came so near
winning the prize against the world at the Cen
tennial International Regatta last August, is
from The Clark Thread Company's Works prin-
cipally. It has list of thirty five active and
about forty honorary members. It is the cham
pion crew of the Passaic and has beaten the
celebrated Atlantic crew of New York. They
won the first heat on Monday, August 28th,
1875, at Philadelphia, beating the Dublin and
Argonauta crews. On the second davthe were
beaten by the celebrated Beaverwycks. of Al
bany, by only six seconds, the Beaverwycks
winning the championship of the world on the
last day, the Newark boys of The Clark Thread
Company coming very close to the champion
ship of the world.
The Thistle Band, one of the best in the
State, is organized from the employees of the
company and plays for all the many excursions
and festivals of the employees. besides answer
ing outside calls when made They accompa-
MED the Eurekas to Philadelphia, and also the
grand excursion of the employees to the Cen
tennial last year, and always play at all the re-
gattas in which the Eurekas take part.