The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23

on the on zine on Tuesday or last week
which did not cease un IL IL was finished
lt was compile. ed in less than six days
wlica is remarkable quick time, as VIC
or tnree wceas is ordinarily required OF
q s.mi ar engine. The Ell ,lne was made
Tor tue Mni tentIn Manufacturing Com
pdnv Of Taunton.
ID. NJ. Thompson, president Of the Ad-
vance Club aud general manager for Is.
Is. d *. Knight. states that in the
knights mills there are 1900 looms aud
$4,000 spindles. There ara 1000 op -rs-
tors employed, and the fifty-srvrn pay-
rolls aggregate 81 100000 annu lily. No
tlce mas been given OF an advance in
wages in all these mills. 10 go into effect
Dec. g.
The Potter & Atherton Machine Co. of
Pawtuckvt is u furnish to the Massa-
chu~etts Cotton Mills, Lowell, cotton
pick ng mae inery. consisting OF auto
| matte feeder. opener, breaker. inierme-
dia's and q isher lappers. The Seaco i
net Mis-, Fall River, VIII be furnished
"lth number Of patented cotton feed
ers, open breaker and hnisher lappers.
! The Franklin Machine Company of
Providence has built new card which
| occupies floor space of 10 feet by 5 feet q
inches. The cylinder will operate advan-
tageously at speed OF 100 revoluti ms a
MI ute, The dia meter of the cylinder is
feet. One or these cards, although
smaller than the ordinary card, turns off
as much work AS any Of the revolving fiat
machines.
The Holmes Manufacturing Co OF
providence has recently secured by as
slgnment an English invention for ven
tillatihg, refrigeratlng or heating.
II the industrial conditions are salts
factory the Clark Thread Company,
Westerly, may build another mill next
year
For some time the Alice Rubber Mill,
"oonsocket, has been running overtime
Silk mills OF Massachusetts and New
Jersey nav placed large orders with the
George w. staff Jrd Manufacturing Com
pan, of this city.
John Hope Of the John Hope Manu-
featuring Company Of this city, has So
cured a patent on an improved panto-
graph engraving machine.
The steam power plant which was re-
Gently furnished the Dwight Manufac-
turing Co. OF Massachusetts, by the Cor
liss steam Engine Go. OF Providence has
been highly praised.
The work at Bristol in the various de-
company is being increased, and about
l,loo hands are now daily employed.
Out of the fifteen velvet wesvers en-
ployed at he Cromptou mills. Crompton,
who struck on Monday, ten have re-
turner TO work and new help has been
hired by the company To take the situa-
tions left vacant by the other five.
The old looms formerly operated by w. |
d. U. reynolds or Sandy Hill are being |
sent TO Baltic, Conn. and new ones OF |
the Knowles pattern will soon arrive.
The water power at A. Steere e. Sons, |
mill, Rockland. has been increased by |
the construction OF two conduits each |
fifty feet long.
Woonsocket manufacturing concerns
are laying In coal, and this traffic is now |
booming. Amo & the heavy receipts
this week were those consigned To the |
Alice Rubber Mill aud Glenark Knitting
w orks.--
The Cor ham Manufacturing COMPANY
has taken possession OF the factory at
East Thirteenth street. New York, form
srly occupied by the Strong g. Elder Com
pany.
Never was there such a boom in build
ng as there In at present in the western
part OF the State aud nearly all of the
eading contractors h I'VE buildings en-
gagged to erect ar ahead. A new to vn
house, town clerks Office and OF her build |
ngs are To be erected at Apponaug.
hessrs. J. Flanagan a. Co. are preparing |
or the erection OF one of the largest
business blocks ever built in the Paw
uxet Valley at River Point I'd numer-
us manufacturers are preparing for new
nnexes and will have many repairs done
= soon as IA sufiicilnt force OF workmen
an be engaged for the purpose.
Patrick Mcmahon the contractor on the
tone work for the abutments of the new
'on bridge at Natick, has nearly finished
10 mase'l work for the present
" hen tho new l. at the Natick mills ia
nished the entire plant will extend
ong-id the Pawtuxet river for a dis
lnce of nearly 1900 feet and when the
itra help is secured there will be about
100 operatives employed. The prese
ructure is the largest aud turns ont
10 most cloth of any OF the mills owned
7 the company.