The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13
CONCERN.
Will Clinton Wire
Cloth Co.
BE ABSORBED?
Mr.. Parkhurst's Plan For
Removing Many Bodies.

clinton, Jan. l2.-Ine formation OF
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany of New Jersey, with the conse-
Quent absorption Of the Washburn &
Moen Manufacturing Company of Wor-
cester, is regarded with uneasiness by
the business element of this town, who
fear that the trust will directly or in
directly, have an effect upon the Gin
ton Wire Cloth Company, one of the
largest and strongest of the local in
dustries.
This uneasiness is not altogether I'M
shared by the officers anc stockholders
of the company, as is we'll known here.
although Charles Swinscoe. manager
of the company, does not, he says, fear
immediate consequences.
The relations between the Clinton
Wire Cloth Company and the Wash
burn q Moen Manufacturing Company.
have always been intimate. The local
company have been purchasers of the
goods of the latter concern to the
amount of millions of dollars. The To-
cal company finds food for thought in
Two possibilities.
1t is a question if the trust NAV not
mean an advance in the price of wire
This would not be altogether bad if
the Clinton Wire Cloth Company was
Inc only concern in the country max
ing wire fences. woven wire MEETINGS,
Wire cloth and this class of goods, and
II the increase was uniform to all
users Of the same grades of wire. An
increase in the price OF wire would
mean simply, in this event, more cost
on the goods and the consumer would
pay the freight
The bogy that stalks in the back
ground is the probability that the trust
may continue the process of absorption
TO the concerns that manufacture
Wire, as 1t has to a degree If the trust
should attempt to control the staple
lines of wire manufacture in the coun-
try, 1t is felt here, where hundreds Of
people depend upon a wire industry
for living, that grave changes might
follow
1t is in the power of this trust"
said a gentleman whose knowledge Of
the Wire manufacturing industry is
great, to the correspondent of The
Spy not only to fix the price of wire
but to discriminate in the price of
Wire, in favor of industries in which
1t has an interest and against indus
tries in which it has no interest. If
the price of wire should be raised half
cent pound to one consumer and
not to another, the second consumer
other things being even, could manu-
facture at a profit, where the first must
go to the WALL
That the American Steel and Wire
company VIII be content with the con-
troll of the wire drawing industry of
the country, and keep hands off of
the concerns that turn the wire into
manufactures such as barbed wire
FENCES, Wire fences, wire MEETINGS and
olher staple lines, is regarded as ex-
dNtrL ~ rY7I
Cloth Company would not improbably
pc considered in any reaching out into
It's field It is a powerful concern. 1t
was organized in 1856 and has a can
ital of 100000.
1t maintains a large plant in Chi
cago, and has offices at 1877 Lake street
Chicago; 5e1 Sears block, Boston, and
~ Beekman street, New York. C. r
Fairbanks, treasurer of the company
lVes in Boston. Charles Swingcoe. the
manager, lives in Clinton
Mr.. SWinScoe, in conversation with tba
correspondent Of The Spy. recently ex-
pressed himself to the effect that tha
cnange had had at least no apparent
present erect. There was some weeks
ago, rumors here to the effect that Pos
Ton capitalists were endeavtvlng 10
1orestall the trust in the control of fine
Washburn q Moen Mfg. Co., foreseaing
evils that might follow in the train ~
the trust. If this proposed deal had
existence in fact, certainly never came
TO close quarters.
The county commissioners have an
proved a layout for the new road an
tne west of the reservoir, to replace the
nighWay that formerly extended from
South Main street, past St. Johns
cemetery, connecting with the road
ling. ~ '''ei
The new layout begins on the land at
the front Of the G. A. Dor1ison MI, rIaca
line line extends southwest to a point
on the land belonging to the Moran
estate, about 500 yards from the line M
me Boston and Maine railroad Tba
length OF the layout is about two miles
Ihree-tourths Of the road is in Clinton
Stfu me other fourth in Sterling. The
Iayout runs at an easy grade or aI,,7o~t
on level. There will be a heavII Ell
where tne road crosses the rear Of III o
1lofrson place, and several minor flqs
The fill for the North dixie. al Coach.
race pond, makes it unnecessary IN do
any special filling for the road at Thai
point rms layout does away with a
sharp bend that existed in the layo1lt
Formerly proposed by the engineer nj
tne metropolitan water board. anf
shortens the road. About a sixth az y
mile OF road must be laid out before
1he thoroughfare will connect wifi
tlInton. II is proposed to cover tb,
SURFACE OF the new road with gravel
This layout is regarded as soneaT,,I,. -,
more satisfactory than the lavout fo9.
merly proposed. The metronoIita,
water board approves the location.
Private Michael Joyce, Twelfth reai.
'nent, u. 5. regulars was a free ma,
this morning. His brother, John Jovce
OF ~ Pine street paid his fine, SIS, 81
Fnat PRIVATE Joyce can Join his reoi
ment and sail for Manila. The reei
ment rs scheduled to sail on or abou
JAN Is.
One OF the things that the Clinton no
lice department is beginning to nee,
yaniy rs patrol wagon. Weekly off
cars struggle YEARLY with drunl5ard
more or less comatose. One prisons
VIII be so stupid lle can't walk. an,
another so contrary he won't. na
crol wagon, the police believe, wouI,
materially tighten the task in eitbe
case. The officers point out the loss o
TIME that ensues, when they are com
PEELED to bring in a man a mile on. MOI
from an outlying district
Inc republican town committee will
meet and organize Friday evening
chairman will be elected. As The So,
mas already printed, at least three va
cancies exist to be filed A possibilit,
or the meeting is that the COMMITTEE
viii vote to call caucus for the pur
pose Of filing vacancies in its mum
Der. Charles g. Bancroft, Henry A
Burdett and Frank e. Howard ar
among those who have certainly re
signed. Their resignation is in accord
ance with an agreement made last fall
that every member of the former tow
committee would resign.
Neil NValkn1. nd esAn..a.......