The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-01
AMONGOUR BUSY MILLS.
Large Increases Being Made in Fac
tory Employees and Output.
GLEANlNGS ABOUT THE STATE.
New Additions to Many of the Miiis-sat-
isfactory Wages biiity
of = strike Considered by Interested
Parties to be Remote.


are occupying the attention of the Georg
W. Stafford Manufacturing Co. Of thi
city. A third order was recently booket
from prominent manufacturer. Thes
looms have both the plain and the drol
box, and being designed to run at yer,
high rate of speed, the number of yards
produced Is increased from 10 TO IS pc
ceut. This company has lately bought
the patents and pa tterns OF the Richard
son cloth folder, and transferred the bust
ness from Worcester. Mass. to this city,
The machine is more solid and heavier
than the older patterns, and very accurate
In measurements. For long cuts special
drop centre" arrangement Is provided,
which works positively and in unison
with the descending ends. Double
springs, made specially for this machine,
keep the pressure evenly buted
during the whole process OF folding n
piece of goods, whether IL be 90 yards or
800 yards In length. Mr.. Stafford has re-
Gently secured a patent on shedding de-
vice for looms. The device relates partic-
cularly to the CRATES or racks which are
used in dobbies and other forms of she'd
ding mechanisms.
Col. A. II. washburn of the Potter &
Atherton Machine Company OF Paw
tucket was recently at the home of Il. n.
Cemence, superintendent of the Eagle
and Phenix mills, Columbus, Ga, united
in marriage TO Miss NJ. o. Lake of that
city. Col. Washburn is to be congratu-
lated upon his good fortune in securing
for life partner this accomplished and
lovely young lady, who is loved by a
large circle of friends. The happy couple
left for New York and Boston, where
they will spend the winter.
+. w. Dexter of Pawtucket, who failed
recently, had liabilities OF $4,000 aud
assets of $1,000. There were chattel
mortgages upon his stock and fixtures
amounting to $4,000.
The C. w. Fish Company has succeed
ed Samuel G. Fish at 25 Calender street,
this city.
Foster e. Bailey of Providence are con-
sidering The advisability of again en-
larging their large factory.
Albert Lorsch e. Co. have had torn
down the walls separating their offices
from the adjoining rooms. This will add
TO the space they now occupy, and will
exte nd their quarters so as TO include the
entire floor.
A machine for making weavers' harness
Is in operation at the American Supply
Co.'S manufactury in Valley Falls. IL is
the only one OF its kind in the country,
and was patened in Englanc, France and
Germany AS well as In the United States.
The machine Is a remarkable combina-
tion OF cams, rollers, crimpers, dies,
pncers and vibrators.
The Rhode Island Hosiery Company,
Central Falls, has started up on wooden
goods.
Many of the mills about woonso cket,
are running overtime to make up for the
time lost owing TO the low water.
Edward R)che Of this city, has patent
ed an improvement in waterproof shoes
and claims that the invention prevents
the entrance OF moisture through the
soles, between the soles or between the
upper and soles, aud also simplifies the
manufacture of this class of shoes.
A new building, which will adjon the
Colvin Loom Mandatory, Is being
erected at River Point by Messrs. Tucker
& Champlin, contractors. The structure
will be one story high with sixteen-foot
posts. and will be sixty-four feet long and
thirty feet wide. 1t will be used for the
saving OF material for the frames of the
looms. The help is working full time
and large orders for new looms are being
received by Superintendent Remington,
daily. An engine of 100 horse power is
constantly In use, the machine being of
the Corless pattern, and the number OF
looms turned out per week will average
ated throughout by electric lights and
the new annex will be lighted In q SINH
lar manner.
Superintendent McAlpine of the Old
Colony Railroad read paper before the
New England Railroad Club at its last
meeting on the use Of safety chai ms for
freight cars. II contained many excel
lent suggestions,
A new weaving mill Is to be estab-
lished at Mapleville, for making W orsted
goods
s. Foster Sheldon. after seventeen years
service at the Wakefield mill, eight of
which he had charge of the weaving de-
partment recently sent in his reslgna-
ton and on Saturday finished his duties
at that mill On that morning on going
to his desk he discovered the esteem i'm
which he was held by those under his
charge In the shape OF a handsome mar
BILE clock. MIR. Sheldon has accepted a
position as weaver at the Peacedale mills,
William Carleton of Plainville succeeds
him.
Lonsdale has in John jackson the in
ventor OF an apparatus for filing bottles.
IL Is claimed that By use of This inven-
zion a number of bottles may be stimuli
erne 'us y filed without spilling any of
the liquid. even though the bottles are
not transparent.
The j. w. Slater Company OF States
vile has discarded a number of carding
machines OF the Gamble pattern and will
Mt once put in lot Of English cards.
The River Spinning Company OF
WOonsocket, has received lot of for
eign-made machinery for its plant.
Horatio g. Wood Of Newport has nat
ented a car coupling. The device is said
10 be simple and strong, aud may be used
with any OF the common link aud pin
couplings, enabling the cars TO be auto
matically coupled on coming together.
while the uncoupling may be affected
from the top or sides Of the car.
The employees of the Manville Mil were
Informed recently that they ,,ould be
given an Increase OF wages after Dec q
This course is In line with that announced
by the cptton manufacturers OF Rhode |
island some time ago. Tnere are about
1850 bands in the Manville Mill.
Twelve years ago the Natick Mills. for.
merly owned by the A. a. ". Sprague
Manufacturing Co., and no ia the nos \