Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-03
ISLAND POND. VERMONT. NOvEMBERs. 3. 1898.
NEW ENGLAND MILL NOTES.

A three-story building, 30x40 feet, for an
emery mill, is being erected at Paris, Me.
The Sycamore Manufacturing Company,
Fall River, has declared dividend of 81 per
share.
pany has put in two extractor of increased
capacity.
The Towne Manufacturing Company OF SO.
Boston, Mass, has decided TO move its plant
TO Kennebunk. Me-
AT Harrington. Me-, C. W. Jenness is re-
building where his mills were destroyed by
fire some time ago.
The Bradford, Mass, yarn mills have COM
pleted the samples they started up to make
and are ready to take orders.
The Wallace & Elliott-C Cioutman factories
are occupied at Bangor, Me-, and the Edger-
ly, Berry & Hayes factories are running.
A shoe manufacturer has been negotiating
for quarters for a factory In Blddeford, Me-,
and II he locates tn rfe will employ from 30 to
40 hands.
A well dressed nian representing himself to
| be member OF a committee to solicit funds
for the olneyville, II. l., strikers has fleeced
Attleboro, Mass, people out ola considerable
amount OF money.
Nearly 375 men went to work in the Walter
A Wood Moving 4 Reaping Machine Com
| pany's works at Hoosck Falls, Mass, to I'LL
an order from South America for 367 har-
vesters and binders and 247 mowers.
! The Schuyler Electric Co.'S shops at Mid
| dletown, Conn, which have been practically
shut down for two months. will soon reopen
| The company is allied with the General Elec-
| tric Co., and has one OF the finest manu- fac
turing plants in the country.
The Mann Bros satinet mill at East Brook
field, Mass, which was shut down two
months ago, rs being started up to rin out the
stock on hand at the time of the shutdown.
The pickerroom was started and part of the
weavers went in. II the firm can sell the
cloth they now have In process Of manufac-
ture, they will get out a line OF samples for
further business.
The Fall River print cloth market is 80
firm at 2Sc. that agents will not sell at that
figure, and are asking Sc. for the product.
The buyer who doomed prices was the Ameri-
can Printing Co., and the sales for the cur
rent week will be larger. Other printers.
who are short OF supplies will have to pay
an eighth more in order to load up, unless
something happens to discourage manufac-
turers.
At the meeting Of the Maine Woolen Man
ufacturers, held at Bangor, Me-, future pros
poets were talked over. prices compared, etc
Nearly all the wooden mills in the state are
running on three quarters to two thirds time.
Among thosepresentw were WIN. Dobson, Pitts
field; l.. Andrews, Skowhegan; d. r. Camp
bell and F. H. Carr, Sangerville: j. r. Pol.
lock and NJ L. Hussey, Guilford s. o. Brown
Dover; Walter Abbott, Dexter; NJ. Lincoln
Newport and T. W. Beattie, Oldtown.
The Fall River mill men are OF the opinion
that while the fear OF the present silver bill
may be largely matter OF sentiment. tn,
promise OF repeal is goingto have favorabl,
effect on business and that trade will pick ur
as soon as the accumulation disappears
There are already indications that the bis
buyers are going to branch out and make al
effort to move their stock. and In that even
there will be Il call for the output of tn,
factories.