The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
The BUSY STATE MILLS.
Items About the Industries Of Rhode
Islands Thriving Towns.
NOTES ABOUT MEN IN MILLS.
Little Rhody Always Makes a Big Show
Ing When She Brings Her Big Manu-
facturing Interests to tho Front, and
Shows tho World what She is Doing.

Many gigantic improvements are being
contemplated by the various wooden man
ufacturers in the western part of the
state and the eastern part OF Connecticut
owing to the large demand OF wooden
hoss, yarn, undershirts and caps.
The ne w slasher beams at the Hamlet
mills. Woonsocket, hold $4,000 yards of
25-yarn-an increase OF about one-half.
About 12,OOo,O 900 bricks were manufac-
tured in harrington this year by the New
England Steam Brick Co.
An improvement in hydraulic safety
valves has been patented by Gaylord ..
Hunter OF Pawtucket IL has casing
the water rises TO the required height it
lifts float and tilts a lever close TO the
valve firmly npon its seat. The construc-
tion is such that IL the float or lever
should be broken the head of the water
would close the valve. The device may
be adjusted to automatically shut off the
supply at any time. and it is designed to
keep itself clean from rust or scale.
Electricity is used for the purpose OF
measuring mortars at the Builders Iron
Foundry. The current from an electric
battery is led to the gun and to the micro
meter screw. the latter completing the
circuit when IL is brought in contact with
the gun. In the circuit there is a bell
which gives notice the instant the screw
touches the gWn.
The first calico printing works I'm this
country was located in East Greenwich.
IL was established by a man named Daw-
son on lot which in recent years has
been owned by Mrs, Phebe Davis and
Mrs. Ruth Brown.
The facilities of the American Yarn
Company, Pawtucket, have been in
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low mules. railway heads built by the
Franklin Machine company, Providence,
lappers from the Potter 6S Atherton
Machine company, Pawtucket, and
Broadbent coners.
III. L. Chadwick, formerly of the Fl ank
lin Machine company, has charge of the
recently established Charlotte. Manchine
Company.
The new chief engineer OF the plant OF
ten engines at the Wamsutta mills. New
Bed ford, James S. Fits, has been at the
works of the Coriss Steam Engine Com
pany twelve years.
A patent on a lap stick inserter has
just been obtained by Amos NJ. Collier of
Woonsocket. Que end of the lap stick is
placed against the end of the lap roll and
the other end Is placed against "a SPRING
pressed arm. When the lap roll is with
drawn, the lap stick is forced into its
place by the spring pressed arm.
A stop motion for railway heads. call
enders or other machinery where the
thickness OF material passing between
rolls is desired to be maintained at as
near as possible TO perfect uniformity is
about TO be placed on the mar ket by the
inventor, Mr.. George Townsend OF River
Point, X. /. The system on which this
stop motion acts is by either raising or
depressing the upper roll from thick or
thin silver or material, the stop motion
is disengaged. and q weight immediately
pulls the belt to the loose pulley. This
device has been in practical operation for
several months.
p S Peckham & Co., Spring Lake. are
now running their two woolen yarn mills
every evening until o'clock owing to
the many large orders which have been
received during the past month.
Numerous stone quarries and ledpes
which have been idle during the last ten |
months will soon be opened and large |
number OF drllers, stone cutters and |
ledge men will be set at work preparing |
mills through the valley as soon as pos |
sible.
Work upon the new b. B. and r.
Knight cloth house at Natick, is pro-
crossing very rapidly, and the roof for
the structure will be put on in about two
weeks
The new boiler house for the Natick
mills has been finished and the work of
putting in the new battery of Wilcox
boilers will soon be finished.
At the Hope Company's mill, Hope, n
large number of new machines have been
put in and the work of transfer ring the
spinning frames and looms have been
The expectation of cotton goods and
remnants Co the Worlds fair at Chicago
next year will be enormous aud will rem
Osent a vast amount of wealth. Nearly
every cotton and woolen manufacturer
in the State have signifed their inten-
tiou OF making large exhibits, and the
exhibit OF those goods alone will be one
OF the attractions OF the East.