Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-01
ISLAND POND VERMONT. SEPTEMBER |, 1893
New England Mill Notes.

The print cloth market is dun; price 2ss.c.
nominal for GiX64s.
The Eagle cotton mill Of Woonsockct has
shut down for week.
The Frost Veneer Seating Company, New
port, X. l., has assigned.
The Criterion Cloak & Carpet Company,
Lowell, has gone into insolvency.
The New Process twist drill company has
resumed at Taunton after short shut down.
The Hamilton wooden mills employing
500 hands, started up after II weeks shut
down.
Green 4 Daniels mill at Lonsdale. RI,
has shut down for 10 days. About 500 hands
will be idle.
The Platner Porter Mill, Unionville,
Conn, has gone on half time on account Of
low water.
Patrick Lcnox, the morocco mauuia"turer,
OF Peabody, Mass, is making arrangements
to move his entire plant to Lynn
The Crescent manufacturing company,
whose factory at Springfield was burned some
weeks ago. has resumed.
Colhurn, Fuller 4 Co., shoe manufacturers,
Milford, Mnss., are preparing to smut down
pending better business conditions.
The Riverside Mill Mt Stafford Hollow,
Conn. and the Central Mill. Stafford Springs,
will shut down indefinitely next week.
Miller 4 Fosters shoe factory at Haverhill
Mass, employing 200 hands. started up yes
tcrlay after pending two weeks shutdown.
The Merrmac hat company Of Amcsbury
Mass, began work, after being closed for
some time. This company employs 600 work
men.
The Browne Il Sharpe Mfg. Co., one Of the
largest tool-madng concerns in the country,
has resumed operations after shutdown OF
four weeks.
The Ray cotton MILL No. 5, at Providence,
r. l., formerly the Harris mill Of Woonsock-
ct, has atartcd up on full time after three
weeks shutdown.
At IA meeting Of the directors OF the York
manufacturing company, 1t was voted to con-
tinuc tn" present shut down OF the York mills
till business improves.
It is possible that the Thomson Houston
Electric Go. at Lynn Mass. will continue its
plan OF having the immense plant closed
three days out Of the week.
II i reported that every cotton mill in New
Bedford, Mass, will be in operation next
week. in most instances for five days, while
in others they will run four days
II will be II blow 10 tn" thousands Of the
Amu-krug mills employees at Manrh"s
ter, y. H., to learn that the mills will not
start up ON the 2sth ~ was expected.
The cutters in +. w. Breeds factory are
still out ON strike and the other employees
IN the various departments are liable to go
out III their support at any moment
Tn" Glastonbury Knitting Company. Of,
Glastonbury, Conn, employing POO hands
has closed all its mills for four weeks Em
ploy"e viii be allowed house rent free while
out Of work.
Tn" Windsor Locks, Conn, Water Co. Is
putting In improvements at IN" pumping sta
ton, which. when completed, will be of great
importaur" in the working Of the steam and
water powers.
At Salem, Mass, The NauukehR stema
cotton mills will start up Immediately after
Labor day ~ first planned wh-nth" company
shut down. The demand for goods neccs-i-
tat"~ this move"
Tho following Is the print cloth statement
for the week Production, 10000 pcs, deiV
erlr- 1900 pcs. stock 10000 r"-, sales.
20, 900 pcs, spots 5000 pcs, futures 1900 pcs.
Market unchanged, price nominal.
Tho Rock manufacturing company at Rock
willie. Conn. woolens began running six
day- a week instead II thre" with reduced
force. Al the WOODEN mills in the city are
now running On regular time, but with about
| one third of the looms idle
Reductions in wages have been made at sev
cral Of the factories at Southington, Conn, in
addition tp running on short time. The girls
| in the paper bag department Of the ). o. y.
Bar CO. were cut 70 per cent. and IA reduc-
ton was also announced Oh some lines Of
| work IN the nut department of the .Etna Nut
Co.
Notices were posted in th" mills Of the
| Gr"nt Falls Manufacturing Go. at Somrrs-
worth. Me- that on Sept. Il cut down III all
| { ,yill nj f.
| feet. In No. mill, which makes coarse
| goods there will hc n two-thirds reduction in
! torrt' because of the large stock Of goods now
| on hand. and because the company is unable
to get ready money.
The business situation is brighter at Prov
| ideucc. More mills resumed work. Several
| big cwclrv factories resumed operations with
| n full complement Of workmcn In the en-
| tire stntr there are no new ShutdOwnS repor-
| ted. The Knights. Goddard. Sayles and all
| the biggest cotton factories have every mill
running. All the mills in Oneyvillc and
some in Crompton have resumed. The latter
| resumed week before the time intended.
| The Pontiac and Burrrllyille mills also re-
sumo Unexpectedly.
The Dwight Co. OF Chicopce, Mass. has
| given notice to its employees that next month
| there would either he Il general reduction of
| 10 per cent, in wages or Il complete shut
down Of the works. In view OF the bust
| ness troubles the announcement was not
unexpected, and was taken for the most
| part quietly by the men. who seemed to pre-
| fer shut down to su h n large cut in
wages. j. W. Cumnock. the agent Of the
Co.. said that it was simply question OF
producing goods and not selling them. He
could not say how long the mills would re-
main closed If once shut down. The Dwight
| Co. is ChicOpcc'S largest manufacturing in
| du,try, and over 2U00 hands are employed