Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-05
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While the financial and business de-
preston of the last year has not struck
Bennington to the extent that it has
many other manufacturing towns, yet
the effect has been considerable and it
will be long time before what has been
lost can be regained. For the purpose
of finding out how the business of
manufacturers and machine shops at the
present time, compared with that of
year ago, a BANNER representative Wis
tied every establishment in the village
and requested to be informed the amount
of money paid in wages to the help en-
ployed, and asked the amount of the paw
rolls for the months of May 1898, and
May 1894. Replies were favorable and
with few exceptions, the figures were
given. They are given below, and from
a perusal of them it will be seen that the
amounts paid for wages in the past
month are in nearly every instance much
lower than they were a year ago. With
two exceptions, the proprietors of the
places visited, stated the future pros
poets were not encouraging for much
larger increase in the money paid for
help. The sums paid to superintend-
ents, boekkeepers, etc., is not included in
the amounts.
At the mill of Holden, Leonard and
Company, there is quite an increase this
year over last. For four weeks in May,
1898, the pay roll was $6,337 and for the
same time this year $7,69S. The mill
has all that it can do, and the firm expect
to continue in that way as long as there
is no interference with the tariff. In
May 1893, the Valentine Knitting Com
pany paid 6,700.55, this year 4,625.90.
During the last four days in May, this
year, the mill was closed on account of
Memorial Day and for the purpose of
making some necessary repairs. At H.
W. Putnam's works the pay roll, last
month was 27.50 of what it was year
ago. That of the Bennington Water
Power Company is considerably larger,
as the company has quite number of
men at work extending the water mains.
Enos Adams and Company state that
their pay rolls for the different localities
in which they have branches will not
differ very much either way from what
it was year ago. Last year Russell &
March had pay roll of 81 900, this year
500. The men that they have working
outside the town does not appear,
neither are included those persons who
did work by contract either year. e.
Norton and Company who do jobbing
business, mostly, last year paid S252.19,
this year S245.17. In the same month in
1S93 the Bennington Knitting Company
had pay roll of 81, 721, this year 81, AT.
In May 1898, the Tiffany Brothers pay
roll was S2,203.33 during that time the
mill was closed two days. This year it
was S3S5.50. For the four weeks ending
May 31st, 1893, the Lasher Stocking mill
paid for wages, S1,O67.65, for the same
period this year $780, In the same times
the Bennington machine works paid 81
525, for '93 and LOGO in '94. At Charles
Cooper's machine and needle shops in
1898 the pay roll was SO, 3S7.07, this year
81, 644 "A. At the Cooper Manufacturing
Company in May, 1898 considerable work
was done nights. The pay roll that
month was $4,000. In May 1894 it was
$4,000. At the mill of Vim. Campbell
year ago, his pay roll was $3,775, this |
year it will be little larger, the rolls not |
being made up, correct figures could not |
be given. Mr.. Campbell is soon to put |
in new machinery which will increase
the output of his MILL At present the
mill is turning out light work entirely. |
For some months, the machine shops |
of e. Tiffany and Sons, has been compar-
atively idle. In May 1893, their pay roll |
was LOO, this year, S59O.75. W. c.
Bull paid for help last year in May $500,
this year S175. In the same month in
1893 Geo. lockwood and Company paid
$1,000, this year 1000. The pay roll at
the box shop of H. S. Bingham was
about $500 less this year than last. The
mill of III. E. Bradford and Company is
being run on three-quarter time only.
Last year the pay roll in May was SO, 300,
this year, 81, 75O. ]. S. Lindley, the CON
tractor, is employing more men this sea-
son, and the amount he paid for wages
last month was larger than it was year
ago.
Altogether the showing as above is
highly creditable, everything considered,
and one with which all should be thank
full that it is not worse.