The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-17
THE STATE INDUSTRIES
New Plant of the R. D. Mason Bleach
and Dye Company.
WHAT HUMAN SKILL is DOING
News From the Workshops and Mills
business Some Firms are Doing-or-
ders for Rhode Island steam Engines
New Type OF Vertical Engine.

tucket, bleachers ana dyerS or WOODS anu
warns. are erecting on Main street, near
the city line, new plant, to which their
business will be transferred in February.
The buildings are of brick. The main
building is three stories in height with a
floor surface of $50 by 80 feet. The wing
is one story and measures 1s7 by 100 feet.
The new buildings are planned TO meet
the growing requirements OF the Dusl-
ness, and are TO be lifted with new ma
chinery and of the latest improvements
Water will be obtained from the brook
near by and from artesian wells which
are now being driven. The machinery
will be driven by 300-horse power en-
CINE and 60-horse power boiler.
The r. ID. Mason Company is an old we'll
known firm and is "A successor Of, and in
the same place of business on East ave-
nue., Barney Merry who started the busi-
ness early in the century Barney Merry
was a contemporary OF Samuel Slater,
and was the pioneer in dyeing and bleach
ing in Rhode Island.
1t is believed at present. that there will
be no advance In wages given by many OF
the Valley mill owners. IL was seriously
contemplated at one time before election,
but no move in that direction at present
will be taken until the policy Of the new
administration Is fully understood. The
building boom has alreadv been affected,
were to be given will not be erected.
The cotton machinery made by the Pot
ter a. Atherton Machine Company, Paw
tucket, for the new mills OF the McColl
Manufacturing Company, McColl. 5. c.,
Is now in operation and giving very salts
factory results.
Breckenridge Brothers Of Norwich have
contracted with NJ. Is. Hopper OF Bethle-
hem. Pa, for the erection OF new hotel,
40 by 200 feet, on Fishers Island. 1t will
be ready for occupancy next season.
Frank G. Anderson. for several years
second hand in the carding room in the
mill at Pontiac, has accented position
as overseer of carding at Reedville. Mass.
George West, overseer of the twisting
room in Elizabeth mill. No. =. East
Greenwich. has severed his connection
with that corporation.
James Gleave of Willimantic, Conn,
formerly a resident of Hills Grove, has
accepted position rs second hand in the
carding room at Pontiac.
The Crefeld mills, Westerly, r. l., are
running all their machinery, and are
building lot OF new dwelling houses for
the help. IL is expected that quite n large
amount of money will be laid out in IA
new weaving shed the coming spring.
The plans for the new Dunbar mills, of
North Adams, Mass, were furnished by
X. u. Sheldon, mill engineer, of this city.
The machinery built by the George w.
Stafford Company of this city is too
well known in manufacturing circles TO
need any words about the make up of
their new loom. IL might be well to say,
however, that only experienced and
capable men are employed In building
the looms, and that every attention is
given to the details Of setting the loom
up and putting il in readiness for delivery
at the mill.
The Builders Iron Foundry of this city,
which has become famous AS the build
ers of ordnance for the government, was
Incorporated in 1853
The Fhayer Brush Co. of Pawtucket,
proposes putting in isolated ele ctrIc
plants to light their works.
English cards are heavy and expensive;
so are certain other cards made I'm this
country, but the new card of Provi-
dence company is not. The floor space
occupied by the card is only ten feet by
five leet six inches. 1t is solidly built
card and is very simple in regard to
mechanism. Its manufacturer have
given close attention TO the matter of
using the latest improvements known to
the carding world. The cylinder will
operate advantageously at speed 160
revolutions per minute.
Thomas Berth has taken the position
OF boss dyer at the Wanskuck mills.
Important advantages are claimed for
arecently patented rotary steam cloth
press. The Improvement consisting of
an arrangement of the pressers which in
sures largely Increased amount of press
ing surface. The apparatus utilizes
nearly the entire surface of the greatly
enlarged main cylinder as a pressing sur.
face by means of a series of small press
ers, some ten in all, these being ranged
about the periphery of the cylinder, aud
are capable of opera tion at any degree of
pressure that may be required.
The William Clark Thread Co., Yves.
terly. is to add new engine.
J. Perkins of Burrillville, has leased
part of the Pocasset Warp Co.'S Mill mt
Thornton.
George -Cranstea- OF Riverside has In
vented two ...chines. one "A vegetable cut
ter, and another a potato cutter, which
cuts French fries. They are perfect won
ders in their line
Charles q. Luther g. Co. Of Pawtucke..
ere building new machinery for polishing
and dressing yarn, in which the amount
of waste is reduced by recent devices.
William s. Spofford & Son, Tuttle &
Stark aud Ettlinger a. Stafford, manufac-
turing jewelers., will soon move their
factories into new building on Point
street, above Chestnut.
Davis 81 Smith, manufacturing jewel
Il. Davis is liquidating the business of
the tirm. A new firm, consisting OF j.
Rathbone and William IL. Smith, will
conduct business as Rathbone & Smith.
The election OF Cleveland it is generally
conceded will be detrimental TO many OF
the important industries OF Warwick aud
the building and improvements conf EN-
plated by many OF the prominent manu-
facturers will be stopped. It is now said
that no new mill will be built at Arctic
Centre.
The work OF putting the mill at Sand
Hill into working condition has begun,
and soon the machiney will be started.
Messrs Tucker a. Caamplin Of Anthony
have put force OF men at WORK building
new tene .nents for the Coventry Com
pany, TO afford dwellings for the large
number OF operatives low emplo ed.
Mills No aud OF the Manville Com
pany. at Manville, X. l.. are being
thoroughly equipped for electric lighting.
The Fowler Steam Boiler Company re-
Gently removed from Lawrence. Mass. TO