The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-26

A. me c ses entirely r. mtted, The rent OF
the op, ratives occupying the company
| tenemrnts.
A new time schedule went into ,h ct ~
the mac shops Of the c. B. Cottrel &
| SOUS company at Westerly on Monday.
| Work no com ,nen"es at p'clock In the
morning instead OF $3.50. AS heretofore, aud
| q 9 snop Will 81 se som time In the ter
oon, st hen remains 10 be seen.
| The buildings OF the Westerly Woolen
! company are being painted "A light drab.
which viii be great Improvements.
| The old Albion mill. built in 1928, IS
UNDERGOING repairs d the exterior being
| beau fled. lh tower in the center has
| been taken down aid overhauled. the
| ball aud othpr orna nents that surmount
the tower gilded. aud the whole aspect Of
tn mill ianged for h better.
The Ha nlet mill at Woonsocket is
st pped on account of low water.
| Owing TO the great scarcity OF water
tie Nope mill can only run about two
thirds time aided by steam power
| The works Of the Nichols & Lang
worthy Machine company at HOPE Val
| ley. ran tue first three d Us this week,
shutting down on We nesday nignt.
rhs company has received orders for "A
number Of engines this week. causing the
| business prospects 10 look little brighter
| for the present..
| The low water has caused serious incon-
| venience in the mills AT -Phepix, several
rooms being shut down ia ,nsequ nee.
| 1he Wakefield mills are TO make re-
| duction in wages, but tue amount is not
| yet known.
Some OF the houses belonging to the
Carolina mills company are receiving "A
new coat of shingles and paint.
| A New Bedford disp stch SAYS that a
| 100000 cotton mill Will probably b.
erected upon The Humphrey iarin at Mt
Pleasant. New Bedford. whicn was ac-
| quired some time ago by Mercer Brothers
Of Craigville. this state.
Rumors were afioat yesterday that the
weavers a. the Lorraine mills at Paw
| tucket were dissatisfied with the cat down
| OF wages and had a meeting Monday even
| ing to wait upon James X. Ma Coll the
| agent. Inquiry at the Office elected the
| information that the agent had hot been
| waited upon by the weavers. and that
matters were running as usual. The
| mills are now running five daJs OF eight
| hours each per week.
| In the midst OF these hard times IL IL
| pleasant to know that business was never
better at the Alic, mill of the Woon-
socket Rubber company. There are AT
present 1855 hands employed with a
weekly pay roll of $4,000, and the i'm
mense output Of goous is being shipped
as fast as made.
| 1t was rumored through Thornton last
| thursday morning that the mills Of Is.
| B. & II. knight we're to shut down for
s days, but the truth OF the report
| could not be verified.
The mills at Lippitt were forcsd to shut
| down for short time tasJ week on Ac-
count Of low water.
| Two Of the boilers for the new steam
plant at Pontiac have arrived and the
others will follow soon. There will be
| ten in all and will furnish 1,400 horse
| power.
| A portion of the Pnenix mill was
Obliged TO shut down TOR short time
last week on account OF low water.
| The striking warp dressers have not re-
turned to work at the local plant Of the
Valley Falls company. The warps are
being dressed at the Valley Falls plant of
the company.
The Interlaken mills at Arkwright are
now running full time.
| New Yrrk parties have been in Wyom-
| ing this week, looking at the MILL prop
erty with it's splendid w ter privilege.
+. A. Cummings is adding a new ater
wheel to his mill at West Exeter.
The Clyde print works oppad for a
| time last week on account of low water
The mill at Albion as closed on We'd
nesday on account Of low water.
Accidents
Supt. Lockw 90 of the Crefield mills
| at Saylesville was badly Injured by his
horse running away yesterday.
q. ID. Tilllnghast. who met with an
accident at the Natick mills recently,
/ is getting better.
Timothy Mickey. employed at the
Blu terfly factory at Lousdale. had an
arm badly crushed Thursday afterno N.
A hand W caught In the machinery and
before it could ne extric ,ted the arm was
drawn in and badly maugled. Dr.. Mereill
attended him.
Personal Notes.
Mr.. David Johnson, foreman at the
Lousdale bleachery, and his son, David,
arrived home from the Worlds fair ltur-
day afternoon.
The annual party OF the young women
employed in the cloth room al the mill OF
the Lonsdale company, was held in Forest
ers hall, Saturday evening". There was
large attendance. persons having been in
vited from Pawtucket, the L,nsdales,
Ashton, Central Falls and other places.
The hall was almost crowded during
the evening. and every person present
seemed to be having u jolly time. Tie
committee of arrangeme is was Michael
Sweeney. John White aud John Veitch.
The employees Of both the Thread ana
the Crefeld mills Mt Westerly were on the
Moss street grounds. Saturday. playing a
practice game Of association football.
| III. A. Simmons OF Fall River has ac-
cepted position as superinrend mt OF
the WhaIcneer hat factory az Central
| Fails.
Superintendent Daniel w. Senior Of the
| Harris Wooden company's Privilege mil
| at Woons cket left for Hereford, Coun.,
! Sstuldiy morning, to visit his daughter
! Clara, at school in that city.
NJ. Charles Gorton, bookkeeper at the
! y. B. g. II. Knight store in Natick. spent
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