The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-22
GOOD NEWS FOE WIL1rMANTIc.


| Willimantic, Conn, Feb. ala meet
| ing of number of the men prominent
| ly connected with the American Thread
| Trust was held at the office of the Will
| limantic Linen company this afternoon
and according to a statement issued by
| j. E. Lawton, one of the directors of
| the trust, Willimantic will at no late
| date resume her former activity in this
branch of manufacture. The plant,
which is said to be one of the finest in
the country, was established at cost
of $3,O00,0O0, and has a capacity of $500
| hands. Less than half this number
have been employed of late years. The
members of the trust arrived here early
in the aftrnoon, and after an inspection
of the plant returned to Hartford at
tlemen, J. e. Lawton, of the board of
directors of the American Thread COM
pany, and the head of the United States
district made q statement in which he
stated several things of much moment
to this city as regards it's manufactur-
ing developments in his line.
Mr.. Lawton said in brief: From all
sides am importuned for an expression
of opinion as l am informed that con-
siderable interest and even anxiety pre-
walls throughout the several places
combined in my district to have some
definite news with regard to the inten-
tions of the new proprietors of the
Willimantic undertaking. 1t will re-
lieve this very natural feeling to know
that the Willimantic mills will become
one of the principal centers for the
manufacture Of spool cotton. Several
of the smaller plants now possessed by
the American Thread company will be
merged therein, and in addition to the
expansion of trade, which it is expected
will be the outcome of the reorganized
operations of the new company, the
Willimantic plant will be augmented by
an important addition of three smaller
businesses. From natural results some
months will elapse before the full fruits
of this change of affairs can be con-
sunmated but already steps have been
taken which will quickly bring about
this desirable state of affairs"
On the mill of the National Thread
company at Mansfield, Conn. was plac-
ed this afternoon notice to the effect
that the plant might be transferred to
the Willimantic Linen company about
May 1, but under such circumstances
that the Mansfield employees would be
employed at the Willimantc mills Will
limantic mills will maintain their sepa-
rate individuality and this afternoon di-
rectors and officers were elected as fol-
lows: President and treasurer, Lucius
A. Barbour; agent, Eugene S. Boss; d.
rectors, Theodore M. Ives, Morgan G.
Bulkeley, Robert c. Kerr, E. Martin
Phillip, Elijha A. Stile, John Scott. Out
of regard for Mr.. Scott, who has been
of the Willimantic Lin
en- company for long period, and who
has recently resigned, he was invited
to become director and he accepted 1t |
was announced that the policy of the |
would be to make the few |
est possible changes in the personnel of |
the company. At the meeting of the |
National Thread company at Mansfield
M. M. Johnson, Elisha A. Stile, E. Mar
tin Phillip, Robert c. Kerr and Henry
f. Royce were chosen directors. They
elected M. M. Johnson president and |
treasurer, and Henry F, Royce secre-
tary.