The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
TO FULL CAPACITY.
International Power
Co.'s Plants All in
Operation.
WORKS CONTESTED.
First Engine at Providence
Plant Promised
@;lll June 10Th,

- Henry w. King, counsel for the In
ternational Power Company of which
the American Wheelock Engine Com
pany of this city is a part, returned to
this city Wednesday buoyant with the
hopes for the future of compressed air,
important part which it is to play in
modern industrial life.
Mr.. King, through his untiring eff
forts for the perfection of the deal by
which the power company secured pos
session of the Wheelock Engine Com
pany of this city, the Rhode Island To-
connective works, and the Corliss En-
CINE plant, has been obliged to pass a
great portion of his time in New York,
and so great are the plans ahead that
New York will become a second home
TO him, so that he will be compelled to
divide his time between this city and
the metropolis,
Not only are all the plants of the In
ternational Power Company worked to
their fullest capacity, and recently
Lawyer King was in consultation
with parties in this state, whose plant
may be absorbed by the power COM
pany to meet orders. One of the first
moves will be to relieve the local works
of their congestion, so that they may
be devoted to motor business eXclu-
sively.
This desire has long been felt, and
now that this is to be realized, Man
ager e.. K. Hill will give his undivided
effort to the perfection of the air mo-
tor devices, while the manufacture of
stationary engines in which the local
plant has been engaged, will be car
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plants.
Mr.. King says that at each plant of
the International Power Company the
employees are working night and day
to keep up with orders. The Wheelock
Engine Company has long been work.
ing two shifts
Further, the Power company is plan
ming to build an addition to the Rhode
Island Locomotive Works in the way
of a central power station. Vice Pres
ident Lythcoe and the general super
intendent of the locomotive depart
ment, have announced aUthoritatively
that the first engine complete and
ready for service will be shipped from
the works at Providence, June 18th.
The new central power station Will
give opportunity for needed increase in
productive capacity, and will necessi-
tate the employment of a large num-
Der of extra men for its operation
alone. 1t is now stated that over 1000
men will be at work at the Rhode Is
land Locomotive Works within the
next six weeks, while the force at Wor-
cester will be increased, as fast as The
congestion is relieved, to give free
chance for the perfection of the air
motor interests.
To provide for the multitudinous de-
tail which this vast interest calls for,
the International Power Company has
leased the entire 25th floor in the
magnificent new Park Row Syndicate
building in New York. Lawyer King,
as counsel has most commodiOus con-
sultation rooms, with private offices.
Richard Cookers offices are ut the
front, and adjacent to them are those
of Senator Arthur Pue German, who
is interested heavily in the company,
Joseph II. HOadley and W. S. Knight.
The offices and floor in general COM
mand magnificent view of New York,
and the whole city lies stretched out
before the eye, living panorama. From
the offices there is an excellent outlook
upon the Brooklyn bridge, the NarroWs,
Grants tomb at Riverside, and beyond
within the range of the eye is Jersey
City and the Hudson.
The offices are most beautifully up
pointed and furnished in luxurious
style. In addition to the entire 25-h
floor the company leases the left tower
of the structure, with its three floors,
which will be DEVOTED to a restaurant
for the convenience of the attaches OF
the company
Mr.. King remains in town but short
time, as his presence in the expansion
of the Power company's interests re-
quires his return to New York.