The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26

Clinton, Dec 25.-The Clinton Worst
ed Company is enjoying a business Of
unexampled prosperity. in its new fac
tory on Water street or more accurate
~, in its consolidated factory. Until re-
Gently the mill was run under two roofs.
Part of the industry was on Water
street.-the spinning department The
weaving was done in the old shop
which is not in use. The additions to
the structure on Water street give am
pie accommodation for both depart
nents Work on them is nearly COM
pleted, and the floor space is in use, al
though the Clinton correspondent of
The Spy found carpenters and masons
hard at work, and the operation Of
moving not all done.
The most notable feature of the new
mill is the big weave room, which con-
tains So single looms under one roof.
There are six other rooms in use, but
they are not on the main floor
Few persons know how much the
change has added to the industries Of
Clinton. The concern is employing some
50 more hands than it employed last
year at this time Most of these en-
ployeeS are men and skilled WeaVers. A
large portion of the increase comes
from the substitution of about 40 single
looms, requiring one man each to at
tend them. The mill makes a speciality
of fancy woTSteds and can turn out
some 5000 yards Of these goods in a
day enough cloth that is to make a
suit of clothes for each Of 1900 men,
with cloth left over.
Whatever the condition in other cities
in Massachusetts, it is difficult to see
why Clinton should not enjoy a winter
of unusual prosperity. Every industry
in the town is in a healthier state than
twas a year ago at this time.
The Clinton Worsted Company is not
alone in contributing to make business
good in Clinton. Inquiries made by the
Clinton correspondent of The Spy, at
the office of the BigeloW Carpet Com
pany, ELECTED the information that the
company has a large number of orders
on hand, and orders ahead to insure
work for a large number of hands for
at least some months to come. The mill
is, not, Of course, running to it's capacity
but it. is enjoying a business of much
greater proportions than it enjoyed a
year ago. In fact, there is no comparison
between now and then. The wooden mill
is shut down for two weeks, during the
holidays. But the rest of the mill is
running ten and one-half hours a day,
and to keep up with the orders, work in
some rooms continues for several hours
each night.
At the Lancaster mills, the chief in
dustry of the town, things are boom
ing as they have hardly ever doomed
before The mill is running ten and a
half hours a day, and some depart
ments are running Saturday afternoons
and Sundays. Fully hundred more
hands are employed than last year at
this time. The mill has become in every
respect an up-to-date mill. The mill
now possesses what is perhaps the fin
est electrical equipment, all things con
sidered, in the United States, and in its
lines of manufacture is able to COM
pete successfully with any mill in the
country
The Clinton Wire Cloth Company is
running to its capacity The knitting
shop is running night and day. The mill
is reaping advantage from strikes in
western shops engaged in the wire
cloth industry.
III addition. Clinton reaps advantage
from the work being done upon the me-
tropolitan basin This work is largely
suspended for the present. But Con
tractor Joseph d. Genaro continues to
work q large gang. A force of inspect
ors are wintering here, and a great
many other men who expect to be put
at work as soon as the season opens.
All in all, ii is the opinion of Clinton
merchants that providence is kind to
them. Clinton cannot remember a time
when its industries have been strong
er or healthier. as an average, thar
they are at present. The merchants
Of Clinton look forward to winter OF
good business and fair profits. There
is a less mum Der of unemployed per
sons in Clinton it is believed, than il
any other town in Massachusetts oil
equal population Most of these un-
employed are unskilled laborers of the
lowest grade. A large percentage o1
them are men who have been working
for contractors with contracts under
the metropolitan water board O1
these unemployed men, a considerable
percentage have saved money enough
to winter comfortably.
An alarm was rung in from box 2.
this morning at 2.45 o'clock. The de.
partment went to the house Of Herman
prockleman on Greene street. anC
found a small blaze in the kitchen. il
woodbox behind the kitchen stove
Ihey eXtlngulshed the blaze with chem
icals. The damage was slight. The
fire was discovered by Herman Brock.
leman. He distinguished the smell OF
smoke in his bedroom, and deciding MOI
to take chances, rang in an alarm from
the nearest box. The Cataract Hose
Company No. 2, No Hose company
and hook and ladder and the steamer
hose responded. The iremen went
homeward at $50 o'clock disguised with
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