Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-19
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
r.cropIes RUNNING ON FULL TIME
AND GIVING HANDS WORK.
p.,.na FOR Laborcrs mt Good wages
Greater Than the supp'y-s's"' ~
I,cviving Trade.
New York Herald)

(New York Herald)
NEW HAVEN. CONN.-Business In thi'
CITY has been showing great improve
~, within the last two weeks. ann 'h'
factories are notifying thelr eHhp'o' va
that work will he resumed within "eeA'
Most of the larger factories In TINS Guy
are at the present time running on a'iiios'
| ,ru time. The Mayer Strous Company
| coraet-Works. where are employed some
,oo hands. are running their WORKS on
| full time.
| The sudden improvement IN trane mas
| caused a slight demand Tor more he'p'
and many Of those who were thrown out
| OF employment are securing their oid
places I'm the shops.
The immense factory OF the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company. employing
| more than 2,Uc hands; Sargent n 20.
bIc hardware factory. and the New Haven
Ciock COMPANY are also running on Iull
time. -.
FACTORIES STARTING Up.
HARTFORD. CONN.-In Hartford and
generally throughout central Connecticut
the condition OF trade may be described
as fair The manufacturing situation con-
tiuucs TO improve slowly, II is true. but
none the less steadily There are frequent
reports of establishments starting up. ana
Of others increasing their working hours
monv of them to full schedule time.
This better business is not for any pur-
nose of manufacturing for thu future, but
almost wholly FOR the supplying of orders.
which come from the selling agents and
wholesale trade. Against these favorable
Indications there has been Tor the last
month In this section no instance OF a
factory shutting down, and only two or
three reported Of shortening hours
MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
NORNALK. CONN.-The condition Of
trade in every branch Of business in
Norwalk has materially improved within
the last month. This is particularly true
of the hating and corset trades The
hours Of labor OF employees have been in
creased To SIX days a week and ten hours
Il day, with the prospect that II VIII so
continue.
There is a brisk demand for laborers
among the farmers and in other out
door occupations. The demand for COM
mon laborers is likely 10 be- increased on
account Of the contemplated extension
and equipping with electricity OF Two
Of the principal street-railways Of the
city.
The calls upon the charitable societies
Of N0rWalk have been reduced to MINI
mum. 30 that there is very little suffering
on account Of people being out Of employ
mcnt.
MEN IN SEARCH or WORK FINDING
IT.
NUDDIETOWN. y. Y.-The Indications
Of a general revival in business are hailed
with delight 10y manufacturers and labor
ers here. Several factories which nave
been entirely closed or running on very
short time are gradually returning 10
their former state, and whore there were
large numbers of the unemployed uhsuc-
cossful in search of work snort time
ago. most Of those who really desire en-
ploymcnt now are finding IT,
Farmers throughout the country are
cyucricncing considerable difficulty I'm Sc
curing laborcrs, and in some instances
il Is impossible to secure desirable help.
There Is a very gratifying decrease III
the number Of tramps, who make their
appearance in this section soliciting aid
from the charitable.
The merchants report that trade is
slowly improving. and the fact that col
lections are more easily made than pre-
viously indicates that the times are GER
tainly improving.
There is prospect Of several new
manufacturing Industries being aided 10
the city during the coming season, and
the opening Of the now electric-road dur
Ing the next few days is expected to add
considerably to the demand for labor.
The builders Of the city are already en-
ploying a good force of wOrkmen. and
have sufficient contracts ahead to insure
prosperous season.
FACTORIES WORKING FULL TINE.
POCGHKEEPSlE. y. Y.-TTade shows
signs Of Improvement. The president OF
the Board of Trade at a banquet given
on Friday night called attention TO the
fact that no business failures had been
recorded here since the beginning OK the
panic
The capital stock Of the Poughkeopsic
banks is about 81 10000. the deposits are
100000. the loans amount TO Sj.O0).Coo
The prominent ndustrles-glass- works.
two shoe-factories. knittng-mill milk
evaporation factory, satisfactory, mower
and rcapcr-factory, employing from l00
T. go cach-are all working fun time
which Is a vast Improvement OF = month
ago. The Tower blast furnace here Is
now idle. but the company is spending
100000 in charging it, and its men are
nearly all employed at that work.
There is talk Of charging Wallace.
Elliott & CO.'S satisfactory, whore more
than 200 hands are working full time.
The demand for help mere comes chiefly
from the farming districts Of Duchess
county. ,prOmlnent farmer Of La
grangetown said yesterday that neither
he nor his neighbors could ct farm
laborers. although they We're willing 10
pay unusually large wages. The sam,
complaint comes from all parts OF the
country.
From five to a dozen Polish or Italian
immigrants stop off at this place every
week. and most Of them find work on
the farms few Of them remaining in the
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