Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-02
A HUGE CONTRACT.
Tons of Lead and Casks of Oil
for Painting.
/. H. Dennis Will Paint Biggest Shoe
Shop in the World-spencer Men
Speak Their Minds.

the first part of April on the painting of
Isaac Prouty & Co.'S gigantic shoe shop
and adjoining buildings. L. II. Den
mis- has been engaged to do the work
which it is expected will require two
months time to complete. The Prouty
shop is the largest shoe factory in the
world, and Mr.. Dennis says it is the
largest painting job in Worcester coun-
ty. The main factory building Is sos
feet in length and AZ feet wide and six
stories in height. In addition to this,
there are two large brick storehouses,
one for sole leather, the other for upper
leather and manufactured goods from
which the product of the factory is
shipped. OF the brick buildings, only
the window sashes and castings will re-
quire painting. The main building will
require two coats of paint in some parts
and one coat in others Mr.. Dennis es-
Inmates that between two and three tons
of white lead will be required, and three
or four casks of oil. Phoenix lead will
De used with a guarantee OF
ounce of adulteration found in
the lead. Ten men will assist Mr.. Den
mis- in the work, which will be done by
the day and not by contract. If the
weather is favorable, the job can be fin
ished in eight weeks. 1t is of interest
TO know that the cost of painting
the Prouty shop will be many times
more than was the cost of building the
tlrst shoe shop occupied by Isaac Prou-
| ~, which was erected. in 1855, and was
| 5OXbO feet and three stories in height.
After completing the work on the fac
tory, Mr.. Dennis will complete the
painting of ten tenement houses on
Grove street belonging to the Prouty
flrm, two of which he painted last fall.
AUTHENTIC INFORMATION.
The first authentic information con-
cerning the increase of business at the
mills of the Spencer Woolen Co. was
given to the Spy reporter today by New
ton Darling. He said: "At the upper
mill 20 looms out of the 80 are in opera
uon at present, and 20 hands are en-
| ployed Five hands have been added to
the force of help this week, and another
i set of weavers will be put on Thursday.
! We hope the first Of next week the up
per mill will be running at it's full ca
pacity. The mill has 32 looms One hun
| dred people are now employed at the
| lower mills, which are running at their
full capacity
TIME INCREASED SOON.
Charles N. Prouty, superintendent and
part owner in the l. Prouty Boot Manu-
featuring Company, said to Spy re-
porter today: eve shall run 10 hours
q day as soon as we can do so without
| the need of artificial lighting" He also
! said that everything indicated a pros
| porous year for Spencer, in consideration
| of the fact that the recently started
WOODEN mills were running at nearly
their full capacity and that all Of the
factories and mills were doing a good
! hI1ei of I,a in
creased value of real estate. He said:
| Where the sale of real estate has been
| practically dead for weeks, the flourish
ing of SpenceTs manufacturing plants
is a welcome era to property owners. In
regard to the license question, I would
say that believe that Spencer will vote
no-license at the spring meeting All of
the right-minded men desire that Spen-
Ger should be on the list of no-license
| towns. For a town of 5000 or 5000 inhabi-
! tants, T consider Spencer to be a pretty
moral town. We do not intend to have
an Incorporate man in our employ. We
| can hardly cite an instance where we
have man with Incorporate habits
for such individuals have no credit in
our firm. If we tolerate an incorporate
person it is only temporarily, with the
| hope that he will reform, and our help
| is we'll informed in regard to this mat
| ter
ABOUT BASE BALL
]. P. Lanigan has called meeting for
Thursday evening at o'clock in For
esters' Hall, of all those interested in
forming a base ball team in Spencer.
The real purpose of the meeting is to
devise ways and means for raising funds
for supporting a team
DEATH OF MABEL Mccoy.
Miss Mabel Mccoy II years old, died
this morning at the home of her parents
on School street. She was a long suf-
ferer from consumption, and her death
was not entirely unexpected. She was
a young woman of estimable character,
and her death will be a great loss to her
many friends Besides her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mccoy, she leaves
three sisters, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Ar
thur Bigelow, Miss Nellie Mccoy, and
three brothers, John, Henry and George
Mccoy. The funeral will be held
Thursday at 9 o'clock a. M, at the
Church of the Rosary.
ATHLETES SURPRISED.
At meeting of the pupils of d. P. H.
S., yesterday, the athletic element of
the school was surprised by the resig-
nation of Ray A. Bullard as captain of
the track athletic team. His resigna-
ton was not accepted, and it is hoped
that he can be prevailed upon to look
after the team until the June meeting.
Frank McCann was elected manager of
the team Mr.. Mccain is hustler
Fred Ames and Frank Pierce were ap-
pointed to make arrangements for sell |
ing tickets for the concert to be given
by the w. P. I. Glee Club. The pro-
ceeds of the concert will go to aid the
track team.
Henry Dufault left today for Spring |
field, where he will engage in busi-
ness.
r. M. Kane has been in Boston the
past two days on business.
The engagement of Harry Wilson and
Ethel Freeman is announced.
OTHER NEWS NOTES.
Mrs. Rosana Duquette, wife of Napo-
leon Duquette, died yesterday afternoon,
aged rs, at her home on Depot square.
Deceased was born in Spencer and has
always resided here. A husband and
four children survive. The funeral will
take place tomorrow forenoon at
o'clock at st. Mary's Church.
MOCK TOWN MEETING.