The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-16
VALLEY FALLS COMPANY.
Has Signed a Contract for q New Lot
Of Machinery.
TURBINE WHEELS TO Be PUT In.
Other Industrial News Gathered From
All Parts of This Busy State for Those
Interested I'm the Mills and the
Workers I'm Them.

The Vallev Falls company has recently
signed contracts for large order for new
machinery that will be set up in the
mills AS quickly as possible. Two large
turbine Hercules wheels Will be put in
on the Cumberland side and they will
assist in furnishing the power for the
rooms on this side OF the river. A fine
large planer and several lathes with the
necessary amount Of additional shafting
will be set up in the machine shop while
a great deal of new machinery will be
placed in the picker-room. These
machines will be from the works of the
Potter 81 Atherton company Of Paw
tucket,
The water i'm the Blackstone river has
been higher recently than 1t has cen at
any time this season, very large
amount OF water going over the dam at
Valley Falls.
A Heavy Engine.
The William A. Harris Steam Engine
company of this city has built 1900
horse power. cross-compound engine for
the new Bristol mill, New Bedford. It.
Is one of the heaviest engines in New
England.
The Fuller Iron Works.
The Berlin Iron Bridge company of
East Berlin, Conn, will build the new
machine shop of the Fuller Iron works
on South Main street. 1t will be of a
construction recently patented by the
Berlin company, aud it is said will be
the first building Of it's kind in the coun-
try.
Large steam Plants.
+. Il. Sheldon e. Co.. engineers of this
city, are designing a number of large
steam plants. all of which will have COM
pound condensing en- gines Among them
are the Pocasset mills. 1000 horse power:
Armory mills. ZOO horse power: Fisk
dale mills, 500 horse power: Mohawk
Valley cotton mills, 900 horse power:
Lyman mills, 1000 horse power; Union
X lilroad company of Providence, 6,000
horse power. The following steam plants
are now being set up: hathaway mills,
100 horse power; Bristol mill. 1900 horse
power. They are also making building
plans for the above mills as we'll as
plsns for several smaller smaller man
ufacturing plants.
To Hire Jews.
1t is understood that the suspe nded in
dustry at Newport which hIs been con.
nected with the T.. Reed Goodridge Elastic
Webbing company, has organized separ-
ately and will establish itself in the old
Richmond mill, which is now used by
the eec ric light people in the first story,
the other stories being vacant. The in
dustry, as it is pr posed to establish it,
will recsssitate tn hiring or large
number OF hands, but IL is quite proba-
BILE that they will continue 10 be Jews,
as are those now employed by the Good
ridge company. Nearly all the suspenders
made In this country are made by Jew
workmen. They appear to be better
ad pied 10 the work than any other
nationality yet tried.
New Mil at Pascoag.
j. T. Jiske. Jr., has decided to build a
new mill at Pascoag as an addition to
his already we'll arranged factory. The
main building of the new part will
s, art from the northwest corner OF his
present boiler house and run directly west
towards the bank wall that bounds his
property on the west. IL will be l27l6
feet long by 40 feet wide and two stories
high. In IL will be put thirty-four looms
and the necessary carding aud spinning
machinery to supply the mill with its
own yarn. On the southeast side of the |
new mill will be erected another building |
40 by 45 and two stories high. The lower |
part of which will contain when done "A |
dynamo Of the latest pattern, a new
engine and machinists' departments |
Upstairs will be occupied with prepara- |
tion machinery. Tne buildings will be |
OF wood. and Will be arranged so as to |
provide abundant light and space for |
the different departments of work to be |
conducted in the various rooms.