The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-13


by the United States government.
The IIonsdale and Berkeley companies
are at work upon their exhibit for the
Worlds fair. II will be ready and shipped
within few days
Ten cars of machinery for the extern
sion of the trolley car system In Toronio
arrived u few days ago from Providence.
The Corliss Ste am Engine company Of
Providence has furnished to the Lake
Ro' o'and Railway company OF Baltimore
finders 20 and So inches diameter by
feet stroke: also six 64-inch vertical Cor
liss boilers intended to run ut lou pounds
gauge pressure.
Toe looms in the Nasonville mill are
humming early and late, and still the
orders are ahead OF the production.
The weave shops OF the Harrisville
mil are running an hour overtime each
day.
The brush factory OF Ellis Thayer,
Pawtucket, Is now being worked to Its
fullest capacity.
The calendar room OF the Alice mill,
Woonsocket, started Monday morning,
the cutting room Tuesday morning. aud
Yesterday morning the shoe and arctic
makers commenced work. The prospects
are hat the coming seasons business In
rubber footwear will excel the excellent
record made last season.
Work on the foundation to j. T.
Fiske's addition to his mill at Pasccag Is
being pushed
A. L. sayles g. Sons have put in some
new looms In their mill at PascoaR.
The Peoples Edison Power and Illumi-
mating company Is enlarginR its electric
light plant at River Point and has or
dered q new dynamo OF 1000 candle
power.
A gang Of men from the Berlin Bird ge
manufactory, Berlin, Conn, Is putting
on the iron for the sides OF the foot path
OF the new SIC, 900 iron bridge at Natick.
The damage caused by the breaking of
large pulley at the Royal mills. River
Point, on Tuesday afternoon. has been
repaired and the mules and ring spinning
running at full speed.
The b. Is. g. r. knight Manufacturing
company, Is preparing to make num-
Der OF valuable improvements at Fisk
vile this spring.
The new engine for the Natick mills
has arrived and will be put In posit ion
next week.
The building boom in the Pawtuxet
valley Is very great this spring, ana all
the valley contractors ara now engaging
masons and carpenters for spring build
inR
Large orders ara being received at all
the woOlen mills In the western part OF
the state, and number Of the woolen
mills are running overtime.
Among the Workers.
John b. B lsborough, for the past yea r
overseer Of ring spinning at the Beaver
mill. North Adams, Mass. has resigned
and has returned to Bristol j. Is. Kay
of PhiladelDhia, formerly of Jewett City.
Conn.,. succeeds him.
John Clark Is president of the new
Wannala 1cet Knitting Mill comp pany at
Central Falls. The company is aoout to
begin the establishment Of its business
David Henry, a well-known resident OF
Olneyville since 1851, and who for many
years past was an overseer in the Union
mills Of that place, died during the past
week at his sons residence In Pontiac, at
the age Of IS years.
Nehemiah Nicholas, formerly superin-
tendent of tho Royal and Valley Queene
Cotton mills, River Point. is at pre- Sc I
filling the position OF superintendent of
the Valetia Cotton mill. Valetia. N. Y.
Wayland L. Andrews has finished
painting b. b. and K Knights tene.
ment hous . at River Point and has
been awarded the position as toss painter
at abe knights mill In Rsadville, Mass.
Frank McMahon, boss carder in the
Walker wooden mills. Westerly. has re-
signei. and Is succeeded by Edward
James. formerly boss carder at the Lind
ley mills, Westerly. Thomas Kernan il
superintendent OF the mills. Mr.. Ker-
nan recently severed his connection with
the S. n. g. G. Russell Manufacturing
company, Pittsfield. Mass. in whose Q :
ploy he was for twenty years as boss
weaver, designer and finally as superin-
tendent.
An automatic fire extinguishing
sprinkler, invented By Eason Il. Slocum
OF Pawtucket. was patented few days
ago, che improvement being in the con-
struction OF the sprinkler, and the means
for operating 1t in case of fire.
Henry Rivers resigned his position as
clerk for Reming on & Sykes, Saturday,
aud will hereafter be EN- low ell at Arnolu
g. Perkins mills, Harrisville. AS assis-
taut to Oversee; Paul Swartz
Ell Wilson OF Willimantic has been
made boss winder at the Clark mill
Westerly.
+. Anyon has resigned his position a;
Conant's mill. Pawtucket His friend:
have presented him with u gold watch.
has dra up plans for new mill Ia
StroudsDurg, Penn. The Provide nc,
Engine company will send taere a $50
horsepower engine OF the Greene type.
Charles +. Hacking. a young man FOL
some years employed in the Nationa
Worsted mills as loomfixer. las beeu
selected by Superinteude Farwell, al
the request OF tbs Crompton Loom com.
pany of Worcester. to take similar
position at the Columbian exhibit,o /.
Mr.. Hacking lives on Grove street in
Olneyville, and is well known. He is a
bright fellow. thoroughly eonversant
with all the intricacies OF the loom, and
| 1t is tor this reason he was selected. lie
expects to receive telegram in ormin !,
him OF the day set for his departure next
week, as the car upon which the looms
will be sent has already been shipped
from Worcester. He is 30 ye lrs Of age.
Ambrose Higgins, for number OF
years engineer at the Royal mills River
Point. has severed his connection with
the mills, to accept a similar position at
the Wanskuck Woolen mill.
ID. M. Thompson, general superinten d.
ent o. Is. B. g. Il. Knights mills, has re-
turned from a six weeks trip TO the Ber
muda islands, where he has been for the
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