The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-10

| Boston, where the journey to the beach
| was made by steamer.
| Charles Paquettc. overseer OF tho Leb.
anon /, Knittilg mill. Pswtucket, Is
passing a vacation with friends. The
mill In Pawtucket IL closed for two weeks
for repairs
Mr.. George Tiff, overseer of carding
| for b. b g. 4 knight, Is taking vaca-
| tion for SIX weeks Mr.. John Is. Livssy
Of Shadyles has taken Mr.. Taft's place
Robert Sherman, foreman In the spin
| Mug rooms or B. B. & X. Knight mill. 10
| visiting some OF his relatives IN different
| parts or the country during the time the
mill is closed, he not having had vacs-
| tion for over twenty years.
| Rev. Joseph Carpenter has sold his
| planning mill and lumber business, to-
| Rether with his dwelling house and other
property near the depot at Ceitreville, to
! Joseph Denomine
annual excursions last Friday, having
| chartered the steamer Pioneer to run TO
| Newport The affair was under the di-
rection OF the following committees; VIII
liam Hallowell, chairman; John BUCKLEY.
Walt. William wamsley, X. Crelin. N.
| Flemming. John Mitchell.
w. III. Huntress, who has been over
seer of the spooliug with the Amesbury
| (Mass.) cotton mill the past three years,
| WhS IOt merry ouG6Sou dJ DeFkloy, y. Il.
Batty Driscoll and wife have
been engaged by the Crompton Loom
| company to give exhibitions of weaving
at the Worlds fair. They are ENJOYING
liberal wages and the fair at the same
| time.
c. II. How ard, who has becn superin-
tendent OF the extensive mills Of the
| Waterloo Wooden Manufacturing COM
| pany at WATERLOO. N. Y, for the past
four years. assumed the management OF
| the Saranac worsted mills at this city on
| July !. Mr.. Howard is one OF our most
| successful manufacturers and has been
employed by some of the largest and best
mills Of this country as superintende
during the past fifteen years or more.
Mr.. FIR ed Holsworth, master mechanic
At the Crefeld mills. is spending week
at his summer residence at Watch Hill.
A. w. Wilmont has been overseer of
the weaving with the Amesbury, Mass
cotton mills, No. and z. the past two
years, and wa formerly from this city.
He has 500 looms under his charge
Steamer Planet took out on au excur-
sion about 275 members OF the Saylesville
dye works OF SayiesviIle II. l., Monday.
General Mill Items
Box 81, situated at the +. Jencks Man
rfac turing company's works, was rung
in at 9:45 o'clock Tuesday night ana
Drought the whole department to the
mill The atchmaD in passing through
fire and sent In the alarm. The autom-
a9ic sprinklers began TO WORK and did
more damage than the fire. The firemen
spread tarpaulins OF that floor and he
one below, thus preventing a great deal
of DAMAGE. Tney had "a line OF hose ready
but did not turn on the water. The blaze
was put out il half AN hour and the big
crowd dispersed. The damage, mostly
Jy water, was about 1900.
TIE WooDsocket Book bindery company
has just issued midsummer calendars
Twelve cot on gins were shipped by the
Atwood Machine company Of Stonington
last week.
Tie Berpon mills employ at present
1876 and the Valley Falls mills 600 people
in the making OF colorei cotton goods
Peacedale Manufacturing company
has sold TO William Drysdale three
fourths or IN acre, more or less, with
dwelling thereon. at Peacedi ale.
The four or five feet OF drill which was
broken IN rock 30 feet below the SUR
face of the ground at the print works at
River Point has been removed after much
trouble.
Work on the new dam OF the Lonsdale
company IL being pushed ahead rapidly.
From the plan OF the structure and the
naterial being put into it's constrdctiol
men familiar with such thinps are of tho
opinion that when IL is compl ted it will
be The finest aud safest in the state.
The Social M nufacturing company
has forbidden further bathing In their
trench on Front street.
The wor9s OF the Union Wadding COM
pany started up Monday on full time.
A meeting OF th, stockholders in the
Pawtucket Hair Cloth company was held
in the uffice OF the concern, Mill street,
August j. The board of officers that
served during the past year was re-
elected.
The artesian well at the print works,
Clyde. which the men have been sinking |
+ some time, is practically complet ID. |
It Is l04 feet Ia depth aud has been sunk !
for the purpose OF furnishing che en- |
ployes drinking water. This will save
the employees GOOD deal of Inconvenience |
as they have hitherto been put to tue an
noyance and trouble OF going outside |
the gates.
Tue United States Rubber company
will give their help n ten-days' vacation |
commencing Monday morning. but un-
like many other mills the vacation 10 not |
enforced, as the company has plenty OF |
orders
Orrin Goff was arrested Saturday near
the Alice mill, Woonsocket by OH GERS Nc |
Soleya aud Beaudeault, charged with theft |
OF clothing from john Ryan. who is en-
p Dyed Wit Gof at the Privilege foun.
dry. The man when arrested bv the po-
lice, was clad In his underclothing
The Woonsocket Rubber company will |
give the Alice and Mi lvilie snop en-
ployees the usual midsummer ten da vs.
vacation, beginning Saturday night.
K. A. Colwell. paper box manufacturer,
gave his help a holiday Saturday. but
business, which is to some extent de-
pendent on the rubber business. Is suffi-
c1cntty good thus FAR to keep the usual |
number employer the usual time.
The setting up of the new mules In the /
Natick mill is fully COMPLETED.
lhe employees Of the Siylesville mills |
have been notified they will be D .id off In |
checks. About 1000 are employed there.
AT meeting OF the stockholders of
Newport Illuminating company, held
yesterday at noon, the following directors |
were elected for the ensuing year: M-ssrs.
=. A. Havemeyer, Angus Mcleod, II. ii. |
Fay, L. /. Lerillard,- Gardiner b. Rey-
nolds. A. c. Titus. Henry w. Darling.
AT subsequent meeting OF the directors
Mr.. Gardiner b. Reynolds was elected |