The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-01
THE STATES INDUSTRIES.
Items Of Interest About the Busy Mills
and the Workers.
SOME NEW MILLS BEING BUILT,
william A. Chapman q Go. Have Two I'm
portant Contracts-Recent Improve
mepts and Additions General Indus
trial News-Personal Mention.


river, connecting Westport Point aud
Horseneck Beach, a Mass lchusetts water
lug place.
Work on the new mill at Pascoag is
progressing rapidly.
The brick work on the addition to the
Paul Within mills. Northbridge, is
nearly COMPLETED.
added to the spinning department. of the
j. w. Slater mill. Statewide.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
large plant OF the Columbia mills COM
pany at Columbia, s. q. William A
Chapman & Co OF this city are the con-
trac ors for the entire plant. which con-
sists OF a main mill 4l2 by 104 four sto-
ries. and wing 1884 by 129. three sto-
ries. 1t will require In its construction
four and one-half million OF brick aud
two aud one-half million feet of lumber
The contractors expect to have bulldogs
ready for machinery by the hrst OF Sep
tember.
Contracts for the erection or weave
shed for the Wamsutta Mill company of
New Bedford, Mass, have been awarded
TO William A. Chapman & Co., contrac-
tors. Of ProvideDcs. Building is 2l4 feet
by l27 feet 4 inches, three stories high.
and connected by bridge with No. 6
mill.
Singleton Br thers. proprietors OF the
Perseverance Worsted company, Woon-
socket, have transferred their line OF 12-
ounce fancy worsted suitines TO Messrs.
&. B. Fillebrown e. Co., So Essex street,
Boston, and 90 Leonard street, New YORK,
which firm now represents to the trade
the entire production OF Perseverance
Worsted company.
A 1000 horsepower engine will soon
be put into the power plant OF the So
cial Manufacturing company, Woon-
socket.
Charles Fletcher of the Providence
Worsted mills, has placed an order with
the United States Aeropher Air moisten-
ing company, OF this city. for the equip
ment Of his spinning rooms (French sys-
tem) with the Aerophor system OF air
moistening. Mr.. Fletcher has been op-
Grating the Aerophor system for over
Tour years.
S i'll more new looms are being set up
in William Tinkham a. Co.'s manufac-
tory at Burrillville.
The United States Aerophor Air
moistening comrSyg OF this city. has re-
Co., of PHILADELPHIA. for the equipment
OF their Paramount mill with the
Aerophor system Of air moistening.
This firm has been operating the Aero
phor system in its Tacony mill for over
three years.
The Amory Manufacturing company
has placed an order with the Un tied
States Aerophor Air Moistening and V en-
tilating company OF this city to replace
machines with its improved elbow type
OF apparatus
The Ponemah mills, Taftville, Conn,
has placel contract with the United
States Aerophor Air Moistening and
Ventilating company Of this city for "A
complete equipment of its two weaving
rooms with this company's system of
demonstrating. This installation will
consist OF ninety pieces of apparatus.
The Mosw ansicut Manufactur ring com.
pany, Charles A. Sweet. treasurer, Scitu-
ate, manufactures OF cottoa goods, mos
quito netting, etc. operates l0,OiS splaples
and 1s3 looms. The mill has lately been
equipped with the latest improved ma
chinery and gene al improvements have
been made. Ths Grinnell automatic
sprinklers are now being placed through
out the plant, also "a fire pump mill be
addet. This company contemplates
building an addition to the mill in the
near future. 1t will be brick. 100 by 20
feet, aud two stories high.
The Phenix iron foundry of this city
has just completed the shaftinR for the
American Electrical works. Some of
the fuest shafting Ia the country is
turned out there.
The Perseverance worsted mills of
with the automatic lire sprinklers. They
are running full time and have orders
ahead.
The new automatic safety steam en-
Rine governor, invented by George +.
Corliss aud Luther ii. WattLer of this
city, is being applied TO all the engines
built at the present time by the Corliss
Steam Engine company, and are meeting
with unlimited approval from those who
are using them,
Robert Hargreaves and Company of
this ctv have successfully applied fric-
tion clutch TO the operating mechanism
of one OF the carousals at Crescent Park.
This is the first successful application Of
a friction clutch for the operation of such
mechanism under the conditions incident
to this class of service.
Personals.
Abby Hopkins, overseer of frames,
spooling and warping at Forestdale. has
resigned. she was formerly OF Cromp-
ION.
j. Rowbottom of Ashton is employed
at Ipswich.
George A. Moody is once more in
Woonsocket.
William II. Boss OF Blackstone has re-
ceived fattering offer from the Darl-
ing Fertilizer wLrAs of Pawtucket to
take the superintendency, of the work S.
Mr. Boss Is Il ne me echanic AID very skilfu
as machinist and dra Ightsman. At
prl sent he is master me ehanic at No. /
wooden mill In Blackstone.
George Adams, assistant engineer at
the Asnton mills, who has been confined
10 his home for the past week with mea-
sles. is again oue OF doors.
w. Temple is now designer with the
Lymansville company OF this city.
Boyd Sanderson has re-engaged with
the Saranac worsted mills of This city.
These mills turn out a nice line OF
worsted suitings. overcoatings and cloak
inLs.
Edward Devine, formerly engaged as
finisler with the Rock company, is now
enl aged in similar position With the
Forest Glen woisted mills at Asnaway.
John Mcdonald is boss weaver with
Andrew Mclean e. Co, Passaic, n. j.,
manufactures RS of mosquito netting and
erin oline Innings and Il. j. Partinpton is
dyer with the same. Mr.. Partington
was formerly of Lonsdale.
w. Supplies, who was dyer at Oak.
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