Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
PROSPERITY AT HOME.

What Is being Done In the Mills and Shops OF
Bellows Manufacturers Expect Bet.
ter Things Mckinley Prosperity Seems at
| Hand
One who rarely pays visit to the COM
munity under the bill has but poor idea
OF the immense capital invested there and
the enormous business done in the course
of a year. The aggregate yearly expenses
of the several paper manufactures OF this
town is enormous, and to meet these ex-
penses and make profit on the capital IN
| vested means much close calculation and
hard labor on the part of the owners. AS
long as the mills run, business and good
deal OF it must be done, and it makes no
| difference whether the times are good or
the times are bad. The laboring people
of Bellows Falls who are dependent on
their weekly wages for their bread and
butter have reason to be truly thankful
that financial distresses which have wrecked
important industries all over the country
during the last two or three years, have
affected this town so little; they have In
most instances had the usual amount Of
work at the usual wages and want and dis
tress are unknown.
i Much credit for this commendable show
ing is due that Woodworking, aggressive
and common sense body of citizens known
as the mill owners it is owing to their
shrewd calculation and good business
mt thods that their employees have Jared so
we'll as they have, and that the town gen
orally has escaped in SO large measure
the disastrous effects of long continued
hard times.
The Fall Mountain Paper company is
the great company of this town and one Of
the largest paper manufactures in the
world. Improvements and repairs OF an
extensive nature are being made all the
time; thousands and thousands of dollars
have been expended during the past year.
The repairs in engine room No. l have
been extensive, and No. and 5 machine
rooms are being extended to make room
for additional dryers; but by far the most
important addition is the coating mil This
industry is located in the quarters formerly
occupied by w. A. Halls paint business
and is one of the most important industries
of the town. 1t employs % men and dur
ing part of the season the plant has been
. worked day and night in order to handle
= orders. Every week in the year some i'm
, portant additions or repairs are being
= made to this company's enormous plant.
> Col E. G. Osgood of the firm Of Osgood
e. Barker said that they had no story o
6 marked advancement to tell of the pas
u year, but that business had been running
about as usual with good prospects for tb'
coming year.
N. G. Williams, manager of the Yer
Ne mont Farm Machine company, said, 81
III my opinion the first six months of tn
j. present year were the worst from bust
ne ness point OF view that we have experience
DUNG all the hard times, but perhaps th
in people generally did not realize this be
cause in the last two years they have com
I'd to practice strict economy. Our compan
IN has been very cautious and large amour
of credit business which we could hay
lie done has been refused. However, OF
business has been good for the entire yes
SIS and for the past three months better tina
in any corresponding three months durin
the past three years. On the whole OF
nd prospects were never brighter than no
ay and we are planning to open the sprir
vk campaign some earlier than usual.
it "Should business prove as good as v
no anticipate, we shall put up new oft
d building just to the north of the buildir
av we now occupy, as we shall need the roo
now used by the Office force in the man
at featuring department.
81 COLLECTIONS have been easier with
nd than during the preceding year, but this
al, partly owing to the fact that we have
mn given credit to all who have asked"
IN f. g. Flint of the firm of Wyman Eli
hot & Sons. was asked what his company b
he been doing during the past year. lie SO
ex- that no improvements had been made
the plart other than the usual and meet
sary repairs, and that while business h
not been heavy they had been doing SON
thing all the time and confidently expt
An- that business in their line and in all Lin
ton will be better by next spring. Mr.. FL
ton said that the tariff affected the paper bu
airs ness only indirectly; in other words VIII
up ever makes business generally good has
m beneficial effect on the particular busin'