The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-29
MILL, STORE AND SHOP.
What Is Going on 10 Live Rhode
Island Business Circles.
NEW BUSINESS FOR THIS CITY.
Rhode Island Industries Are More I'M
portsnt Than Those OF Any Other
Equal Area I'm the United states-Here
A. some News OF Interest About Men.

PROVIDENCE is to be the homo OF the
Fo wler Steam Boiler Company of Law
renee, Mass. The company will locate in
the building on Washington street for
merly occupied by the Richmond Paper
Company. A score of workmen are en-
gagged in making the necessary changes
in the building for the reception OF the
heavy machinery which is already in
town. The company expects TO be ready
for business about the middle OF October.
The officers of the company are as fol-
lows: President, Lewis Saunders; treas
urer, George w. Stafford; secretary, A
j. McClary. Mr.. McClary will also be
the manager aud superintendent of the
works.
Morse e. Ripley have placed an order for
a large quantity of American tin with the
pemmler Manufacturing Company OF
PENNSYLVANIA. They say that American
tin Of the same grades, more especially
the roofing tin, is much better than the
foreign. and all that the bright tin lacks
fish, They say IL is only matter OF a
very short time when this part of the
progress of manufacture will be perfected.
Plans are under way for new wooden
mill at Kenyon.
The Nicholson File Company is sending
the trade very handsome photographic
card, printed In three colors on the face,
the size of which Is about Is by 8 inches.
Besides giving the address of the firm.
the card calls the attention OF the reader
to the fact that the company manufac-
ture files, rasps and tools, acknowledged
by the trade to be 'The Standard goods"
On the reverse side the following state
ment is made: The Nicholson File Com
pany has the largest works, the largest
production, the largest variety, the
largest stock Of big and little files on
earth"
N. H. Holt has been engaged by The
Jewellers Mercantile Agency to take
charge of the PROVIDENCE Office. He
came from Brooklyn, N. Y, where he
has been engaged with the New York
Churchmdn. Mr.. Holt has resided In
New York for the past four years, and
previous to that time was engaged in the
shoe business In Taunton, Mass. Her
bert K. Freeman, who has for many years
been connected with the agency, will per-
form his accustomed duties as heretofore.
John Conway, for the past eight years
overseer of the weaving department at
the Sandersville mills, severed his con-
nection there Saturday. He was pre-
sented with handsome gold watch by
the help.
The Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing
Company Of Columbus. Ca, said TO be
the largest cotton manufacturing COM
pany in the South, has placed its order
Tor cotton preparing. machinery witt the
Potter a. Atherton Machine Company of
Pawtucket. This company has also re-
ceived its fourth order for cotton machin-
cry from the Orswell Mills, Fitchburg.
Mass.
At Olneyville, the Atlantic Mills have
completed the new three-story brick
building. 1t Is ESQ by 100. and in one
place is $50 IT. wide. The increased Ca
pacity will comprise 1000 spindles, which
will require an addition of $50 horse
power. The new building will be used
Tor wool washing and weaving.
The jewelry business in the Attleboros
is Jogging along in about the same man
ner as IL goes week after week. Some
manufacturers are very busy, others are
not so busy, and few others, especially
in North .Attleboro, are complaining
Rrievously as TO dull trade. Those who,
for various reasons, have failed to ''catch
on" this year seem TO think it imp oss Bile
that any of the manufacturer can be
busy, yet that some OF them, and in fact,
many of them are decidedly busy is fact
that the writer can vouch for.
The Greene & Daniels Manufacturing
Company OF Pawtucket has been at work
for some time drilling an artesian well
on its premises. 1t has now been aban-
doned, the supply OF water obtained from
1t not being sufficient to pay for the
pumping.
A change took place in the firm of f.
A. Bennett & Co., manufacturing Jew
elers in this city, ABOUT the first or Sep
tember Woodbury. Melcher was admit
ted to partnership. Mr.. Melcher was
for long time in the New YorE
Office of Lincoln, Bacon 81 Co., and now
takes the New York end for the sale of
the product OF the firms goods.
The firm of Morse g. Ripley, tin ware
manufacturers, has got out several nov
elites in the way OF political torches, in
cluding grandpa's hat, battle axe. and
the cross; the latter being made for Col
umbus day. Mr.. Ripley says that the
torch trade does not compare with past
campaigns, and little or no call has been
had Tor that line of goods.
The Howard Sterling Company, silver
smiths Of this city, has the name of plac
ing In the market some OF the best de-
signed goods of any company in that
branch OF the business.