The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-15

Extensive improvements are TO be
made by the Providence Warehouse
Company. The present buildings. which
are one, three and four stories high,
cover ground space of 400 by l20 feet,
and the capacity will be increased by
carrying up the one-story part on the
west side to give three additional floors,
each 90 by 400 feet. the space thus secured
to be divided into sections. Besides in
crsasing the storage capacity facilities
for handling merchandise aud preserving
perishable goods will bs provided. In
the IL by 90 archway opposite Beverly
street wiil be placed "a modern refrigera-
tor pant. This departure will accommo-
date all patrons, few of whom desire the
same degree of cold. BY mechanical re-
frigeration any temperature can bs main
tanned In the various compartments.
Another change will be the substitution
OF electric hoists for the steam engine,
which can lower and raise goods from
only one hatchway at "a time. About $50
feet of shafting driven by two 15.horse
power motors will enable the company TO
use all the hatch ways at once, aud there
by save time IN receiving ana delivering
goods.
The he telescope being manufactured
by Judson w. Avery OF Pnenix, Is nearly
finished a ld will be a mod Il of scien ifc
skill and des gh. The instrument will
ana will De made out of piece OF seam
less brass tubing seven feet In length.
having a magnifying power of seven hun
dred aud nifty times Mr.. Avery, Is also
the manufactures OF the celebrated glass
clock which was exhibited at NarraHan-
sett Park, number Of years ago, the
works being in the hands. First prize
for the same was awarded to him.
A horseshe blank bar recently invented
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plex blauk-Dar, containing different
kiuds of blanks-in three forms, for use
in the manufacture of horseshoes OF the
side weighted ana toe-weighted types,
aud shoes Of still another form, whether
the bars are of the double-line or single
line form, and whether the bars have all
or only two OF the forms OF blank. The
side-weighted shoes are OF necessity rights
ana lefts, but the other two kinds involve
no such distinction, and, therefore. the
side-weighted blanks rs rule constitute
the controlling features in the double
line blank-bars.
The Potter 81 Atherton Machine Co. OF
Pawtucket is buiidinR outfits Of new cot
ton openers aud lappers for the Osborn.
No. Mil, Fall River, aud for the new
mill of the Gsorgia Manufacturing Co.,
White Hail, Ga
The Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.
has ordered "a 100 horse power triple ex-
panslou condensing enRiue from the r.
Il. Allis Co. Of Milwaukee,.
The Rhode Island Locomotive Works
will have three types of locomotives Oh
exhibition AT the Worlds fair.
John III. Campbell, proprietor Of the
PawtuxeJ Valley Cleaner, will put in
this week new "Babcock dispatch
press" which Is the only one Of the kind
In Rhode Island.
One OF the largest top roll mills in
Rhode Island is being run at Phenix by
Sylvester X. Nicholas, aud hundreds of
rolls for cotton mill works are now being
shipped To all parts OF the middle, South
ern aud Western states.
The old foundry Of the Horseshoe
Works ut Pawtucke'- Is again at work,
after lying idle several years. The An
derson Brothers are in charge Of its opera.
tions.
The firm has contract TO do all OF the
cast iron casting for the Horse shoe
ings for the American supply Company
Of Valley Falls aud the Pawtucket Map-
ufacturing Company.
A number OF extensive improvements
have been made at the Hope mill, Hope,
by the Hope Manufacturing Company,
and force Of men are now busy at work
changing and arranging spinning aud
mule frames at the works
Fifty thousand bales OF cotton have al.
ready bsen purchased by the various
Pawtuxet Valley mill owners, aud the
entire lot will be received aud stored for
the next seasons stock inside Of three
months.
The first rubber rollers for wrinRers
ever made in Woonsocket were made at
the new rubber roller mill Of the Ameri-
can Wringer Company. Monday. These
rolls were formerly made by the Boston
Rubber Company, aud ~ one time the