The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-05

ches In diameter and 10 inches long. The
main bearing blocks are provided with COW
ered oil rsceptacles In addition Co the sight
feed oil cups. The cylinders are sncased
practice Of the Corliss Steam Engine Co.,
and are fabricated by sight feed lubrica.
tors. all external piping being nickel
plated.
Rhode Island will have the best show
ing OF machinery at the Worlds fair.
Tine Rhode Island Locomotive Works
have three engines there aud expect To
sell them on the premises.
Is. Il. Daggett a. Co., manufacturing
jew eliers, have moved into new quarters
at ll9 Orange street.
John Smith, an employe at the l.. II.
Goodrich Rubber Manufactury. was
agreeably surprised at his home Monday
night when he was presented with "a
handsome smoking set aud stand b. the
employees OF the weave room.
The works OF the Hone Bleaching and
Dye Works at Valley Falls, destroyed by
fire, are To be rebuilt at once. The
original structure was only two stories
at least an other story higher. The
enlargement will als) affect its length,
for it will be made to extend from a
point near the railroad tracks on the
west to line parallel with the ''Quakers
trench" on the east. Mr.. McMauus has
come TO agreeable terms with the Valley
Falls Company, aud in the new build
ing, which is to be completed within
ninety days, he will employ at least 100
hands.
A recent Rhode Island invention is de-
scribed-a two-shuttle smash preventer,
the mechanism being applied to the
breast beam and lay or swinging frame
OF the loom. IL appears that, by this
contriyance, when the lay comes up TO
the cloth the shuttle box is changed. 30
that IL the right motion is not given the
belt is thrown off, and the lay prevented
from turning over, and stopped just be-
fore the picker stick strikes, thus keep
ing the shuttles in the boxes aud pre-
venting any s.aash in the warp. The
loom cannot ID; again started until one
of the shuttles is taken out from
the box on either side; the empty
box operates so as TO prevent the mechau-
ism connected with the machinery from
stopping the loom. The desideratum Is
secured by means of rod placed under
the breast beam and fastened to the same,
TO this rod being attached "a strong hook,
which acts with similar reversed hook
attached to the lay, 80 that, when the
latter comes up TO the cloth in the process
of weaving, these hooks slide up on each
other aud become locked. But the lock-
ing OF the hooks occurs only when there
Is "A shuttle in each box, and the move
ment Of the picker stick at this particular
instant would cause "A collision aud
smash. When the hooks lock the belt Is
thrown off by fl ger connected with the
handle rod, aud the loom is thus stopped.
The Valley Falls branch of the Home
Bleach aud Dye Works, situated between
the New York. New Haven an Hartford
Railroad aud the blackstone River, just
this side OF the Valley Falls Bridge, was
totally destroyed by fire last week.
The advantages OF running looms on
the principle of the new positive shuttle
motion are quite numerous. Ia the first
place ali the par can be made OF iron,
sIeel or some other metal. Then the
loom can be speeded up several pick per
minute, which Is AN important fact In
these Gays OF excessive ccmpe ition.
There is no room la a mill so noisy as the
weaving roo II. There will be no noise in
the running operations of the new device.
The clicking and knocking Of shuttles
and sticks will be no more. The rods
may take up u little more room than
needed in ordinary loom, but the inventor
says he eau overcome that eventually.
The annual meeting of the Manufac-
turing Jewellers Board OF Trade Will be
held next Saturday,
1t is reported that Parks Brothers a.
Rogers, manufacturing jewell rs, have
bought the plant of Albery Edly 81 Co,
who discontinued their business Janu-
airy /.
Clarence +. Settle, who has been for
fifteen years the representative of 5. T.,
Fisher q Co.. North Attleboro. Mass.
and w. u. Hopkins. have for med a part
nership under the style of Hopkins q
Settle. The new factory is at 52 Clifford
street The New York office will be- at
20 Maiden lane.
]. Briggs g. Sons Company, 65 Clifford
street, is equlpp d 10 supply to the jsw-
elry trade everything in the line OF gold
and silver plate, in addition to which it
produces stock especially adapted to the
of cane heads, umbrella
pencil cases. watch cases,
watch case crowns, tuimbles, spectacles,
George Ii. Cahoone e. Co., Weybosset.
Dorrance ana Middle, showing their fine
line of gold jewelry for the spring season.
Zimmerman 81 Lerzen, manufacture.
in. jewelers. OF 67 Friendship street, have
been succeeded by Zsuz,n IL Rosenthal.
+. A. Stephens and 5. r. Salisbury, die
sinkers aad tool makers, have moved TO
S5 Page street.
The Rhode Island Jewelry Company, of
l0l Westminster street. has removed its
plant to New York.
Joseph Prefontaine has opened Jew
elry store at 5715 Eddy street, and has
his business Ia Woonsocket.
The Potter s. Atherton Machine Com
pauy, Pawtucket, is shipping the cotton
openers and lappers To % new mills OF
the Gaffney Manufacturing Company,
Gaffney, ). G.
On Saturday evening the overseers at
the Slater mills partook of duck supper
at Havens' restaurant, PaNtucket, on in
vi alton o! Mr.. Varnum L. Barber, super
lntendent # the mills.
Another new building is being erected
by the Narragansett Brewing Company,
The new rubber goods manufactory at
Arlington has started up business.
Messrs. B. B. q II. Knight are making
vast improvements on their property at
FiskvIile, interiorly and exterioriy and
he residents and employees hope to see
hat new mill 20 up tue coiuing spring.
Tue Mechanic Mills, Fall River, are
their picker room, and nave