The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-28
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General MIL Notes.
The Greene g. Daniels mill at Paw.
tucket resu med operation, Tuesday morn
inR. about one-half Of the hands being
put to work.
Nearly all the mills OF the state closed
for a short time last week TO allow en-
ployes to attend the state fair.
The silk department at S. III. Greens e.
Sons print works, Clyde. will start next
Monday.
The woolen mill at Harris started last
Thursday after q shutdown OF nearly
two months.
There has as vet been no engine pur-
chased by the Rays to replace the one
broken at the Ballou mill. Woonsocket,
and the situation there is practically the
same a. it was eight weeks ago.
The Hamlet mills were stopped last
Friday forenoon on account OF low water
but were III in the afternoon.
The Chelsea Paper company at Green
Vile has resumed work, running three OF
their five paper machines and employing
175 hands.
Fifteen hundred people are at present
working in the Alice rubber mill, Woon-
socket, the largest number employed
since the mill arted.
Mellor g. PenderRast have started few
looms In their mill at Burrillville.
Several operatives from Arcadia, look
ing for work, were in Arctic. Monday.
The Statewide company started one
mill out II three Monday after a two
months shut down and are ru 1ning three
days a week at cut down OF 10 psr cent.
Nearly 300 hands went to work today.
c. M. Tyler g. Co.'s mill at Washington
started up last Monday. All the neces-
sary repairs and improvements were COM
pleted by that time.
The mil at Arkwright were Obliged to
shut down Monday afternoon on account
of the low water.
The Riversid, mill closed Thursday
and remained so till Monday.
The engine at the Lymansville mill
broke down on Tuesday and the mill had
TO be shut down for another week.
Slight repairs are being made on the
roof Of the mill at Hills Grove.
The White mills at Pascoag report
number OF good orders on hand.
The Thornton Worsted mills at Wes-
terly, recently burned. will be rebuilt At
once.
The work Of piping the lew buildings
recently erected for the Interlakeu mills
at Arkwrixht. Is nearly completed. but
the machinery will not be started I'm
mediately.
The combing departm ent Of the Woon-
socket worsted mill on River street has
started up. The remainder of the machin-
cry will start up on full time Monday.
The mill at Sterling Centre commenced
on nine-hour time this week.
The new steam plant at Pontiac Is
rapidly approaching completion. When
flushed the plant will have capacity of
400 horse power.
The Lonsdale dye house is c'osed for
two weeks. The stock on hand Of the
company continues to pile up.
Mill Casualties.
Thomas Morrill,, foreman at the store
house at the new bleachery, Saylesville,
met with a severe accident on Monday
afternoon. While riding on high car
In the storehouse he fell back wards.
striking the back of his head on tho con-
crete floor. aud was picked up uncon-
scious. When partially Brought to he
was unable to stand aud was taken to his
boarding house In the village and medi-
cal aid summoned. He appeared to be
badly hurt and concussion OF the brain il
feared.
The Msnville mill closed last Saturday
for three d ,ys.
The Diamond Machine company has
awarded the contract for its new plant In
this city. The main building will be or
brick, 235x6o feet; four stories high, with
some oui er buildings.
]. p. Campbell s. Co., operating the
Riverside Cotton mill ut Rumford. and
who purchased the long idle Oriental
mill property at North Providence some
time ago. will reopen IL in tho fall. The
Rumfori mill may then be closed, that
having not yet been decided.
The SlatersvilIe mill carpenters are at
work getting the timbers ready for the
new trestle work for the company's coal
dumps.
Finlayson. Bousfeld e. CO.. proprietors
of the Grafton Flax mills. North Grafton,
Mass, have placed an order with the
United States Erophor Air Moistening
company OF this city for its serophor air
moistening apparatus. This is the Sec
ond order given the Erophor company
bv this firm