The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-10
AUSPICIOUS START.
First Piece of Wall
Paper Made Here
Yesterday.
new COMPANY CONGRATULATED.
Efforts viii Be Directed to
Building Up a Trade
at Present.
new COMPANY CONGRATULATED

When the French make a success of
anything, they say that it went off with
great eclat. This word, more express
sively than any word handed down
from the Anglo-Saxon, describes the
success that attended the first effort of
the Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Compa-
ny in manufacturing.
Yesterday made an epoch in the his
tory of this concern, for the day was
signalized by the printing of the first
samples of artistic wall paper ever
turned out in this city.
For three or four days the company
has been experimenting at it's new fac
tory at Barber's Crossing, and yester-
day the first roll of wall paper was run
off. 1t was olive green in color, and in
every way the experiment was a sue
cess. The manufacturers are elated
and the employees, catching their en-
thusiasm, left their machines and,
forming a group, gave three hearty,
ringing cheers for the plant, and three
more for the suspicious opening of the
industry.
Members Of the board of trade were
present when the first roll was turned
off, and they, too were imbued with
the spirit of the occasion. 1t was due
to the indefatigable efforts of the
board of trade that the industry was
brought to this city, and the fact that
it eventually means the employment of
at least 200 people presages much for
the city of Worcester.
The officers of the corporation were
on hand when the first samples APP
peared, and not to be outdone in en-
thusiasm by their employees and
friends of the board Of trade, courier
was sent out with the price and orders
to bring back the best cigars that the
market had in stock. When the couri-
er returned these were passed around,
and in the discussion of the prospects
of success for the company, enthusiasm
went riot like the firing on skirmish
line.
The company does not intend to do
anything at present in the way of sup
plying the market. 1t is a new con-
Germ, and the first object is to build up
trade. To this end the. firm will de-
vote its attention exclusively to the
making of samples. With these, COM
mercial travellers are to be sent out
and the entire country will be thor
oughly canvassed, from the Atlantic
seaboard to the golden gate; from the
great lakes to the sunny strands of the
gulf. Then, as one optimistic member
of the concern told The Spy man yes
terday, like Alexander they will look
far ahead for new worlds to conquer. -
Countries have frontiers, but the new
wall paper company is to adopt the
famous motto of Socrates with new
rendering. The great Athenian phil
osopher said that he was a citizen of
the world. The Advantageous compa-
ny says that "the world is our ter
ritory." &sfra
1t may be that as the years roll on.
the walls of the monarchs, even of the
effete imperial east, may be adorned
with wall paper made in the city of
Worcester. Certain it is that new
manufacturing industry never started
out with more golden promises of sue
cess. The godspeed of a great city Is
urging it onward
The building of the factory at Barb
er's Crossing has been going on without
any blare of brass bands, or shouting
from housetops. During the last few
months the work of construction has
been pushed forward rapidly and oui-
ety. and today one of the finest wall
paper plants in the United States at
tracts the attention of the traveller
speeding by on the cars of the Fitch
burg road, or wandering Ieisurely and
observantly along the highway.
The factory is not yet fully equipped
with the machinery essential to the
manufacture of all grades of wall pa
per- Within a short time, however,
this will be attended to, and according
to the officers of the corporation, the
most up-to-date plant for this line of
manufacturing will be found at the
BARRIERS Crossing factory.
Before the first of October 1t is ex-
pected that the factory will be in full
operation. In the meantime drummers
are to be sent out with the samples
produced, and it is a safe wager that
orders will pour in by the yard. The
manufacturing season in the wall pa
per business as a rule is between Sep
TENDER and May. The intervening pc
Rod is devoted to getting UP new and
artistic designs for the next seasons
trade
The officers of the corporation, that
is capitalized for 100000, are G.. w. AL
len, president; ]. P. Allen, vice pres
ident and secretary; G. F. Higgins,
treasurer.
These men know the wall paper bust
ness from the sub-cellar of its Alpha
to the towering dome Of its Omega" as
a member Of the board of trade said to
The Spy man yesterday.
AS they say in the classics, Here's
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