The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-29

| tent factor in the manipulations of the
building interests of Worcester, city
and county is the Builders Exchange
with commodious quarters in the
Knowles Building, the entrance being
at 51S Main Street. The rooms of the
exchange are veritable lines of indus
| try and the data available is an ency-
| clopedia of information of great value
to the members both associate and
active. While every branch of the
building trades are represented by
| desk room, real estate, insurance and
other branches of business effort also
find abiding place here. Builders and
building is, however, the prime object
Of the organization and of such this
| article will treat exclusively.
1t was back in 1885 when an organ
| ization of this kind was first talked Of
in any sort Of vigorous manner and 1t
was in 1886 when some material form
was reached and the Worcester Me
chanic's Exchange was instituted
were held in the old city hall building
on the common. The enterprise
| thrived and in a short time the pres
| ent quarters in the Knowles Building
We're secured.
From a nucleus Of a score Of men,
| bers the organization has grown rapid
| y and at the present time has about
| 100 members actively engaged in its
| interests and a good list of representa-
| tive men as associates who lend their
| influence to the furtherance of the
| general interests of the Exchange. In
| 1891, Builders Exchange was duly in
| corporated under the laws of the COM
monWealth and since that time the ad-
Yancement has been more marked
| than in former years. The rooms are
| opened every weekday, holidays eX-
| cepted, and much business is tran
sacted by men engaged in the various
| branches of building
II. w. Sweetser, the present secre-
tary, is kept busy replying to queries
from customers Of the various occu-
pants of the building and is the centre
ngure in this busy place. At present
ne has extra arduOus duties in prepar-
ing the report of the years doings
which viii show considerable advance
ment in the aims of the Exchange dur
ing the year This report will be read
at the annual meeting of the Exchange
to be held the second Wednesday in
January 1902. 1t is expected at that
time several new members will be add
ed to the roll and that the coming year
Will be more prosperous than any in
the history of the organization.
The present officers are: President,
b. c. Fisk; vice president. J. I. Elliott:
treasurer, George w. Carr; secretary,
H. w Sweetser; trustees, c. r Glenn
ence, ElWood Adams, Willie z. Griffin,
e. ]. Cross, O. S. Kendall, B. F. Marsh,
Following is an alphabetical list of
the active members of the Exchange:
c
derson, Ashley & Koran, Adams &
| Powers.
Ballard Granite quarries. George A.
Barnard, Thomas Barrett, w. A. Beau
| dette, George F. Blake Jr. & Co, A. N
| Booth, Joseph Boucher, Braman Dow
| & Co., John E. Bryant, John Bern
! leigh & Co., H. c. and F. G.. Burnham
w. L. Browne, ]. e. Bigelow, Eli Be
| lisle Bay State Pink Granite Co.,
| George E. Brigham.
| George w. Carr, c. H. Colburn, z. J.
Cross. G. H Cutting & Co., Vincent
! Cianci.
George s. Dixon. Michael Donahue,
| Dorais & Dupuis, Duncan & Goodell
| Co, c. c. Dyer.
James z. Elliot
| Fiske & Co., Flexible Door and Shut
ter Co., Richard French, A. J. Fortier.
J. b. Girouard F. H. Goddard agent.
| Hatch & Barns, +. G.. Higgins & Co,
| S. I. Howard jeremiah J. Higgins.
H. L. jerks & Son.
o. S. Kendall & Son, S. H. KimbaTl
& Son, William Knowles, Kelley &
| Hayden.
John Lotus.
q. f. Marsh, Maher e. NcGrath.
II. w. Mark, ]. A. McDermott, James
New England Eng; Brick Co. Noroross
Bros, New England Steel Roofing Co.
F. D. Perry, Page Electric Co, N. r.
Power, Pratt & Inman.
Rice & Griffin Mfg. Co, John p.
Rydberg, A. P. Robbins.
William n Sawyer, Scoville &
Wheeler, William H. Sherman John
Skelhorne, Smith, Green & Co. Thorn
as ]. Smith, D. and c. P. Stevens &
Co, B. W. Stone. Stone & Foster
Lumber Co.. z. S. Streeter.
c. A. Vaughan, Joseph G. Vaudreuil
H NJ. Waite Waite & Wetherby,
George d, Webb 81 Co., James H.
White. z. D. Ward
Associate members: Charles H. Peck.
Charles Adams, S. w Dearborn, J. NJ.
Dyson, James c. Coffey, Edwin Ames,
Alvin T. Burgess, George s. CIough,
Henry w. Eddy, Barker & Nourse.
Frost. Briggs 6; Chamberlain, George
II. Clemence, Cutting, Charlton &
tuJunS, Earle & t1Sher, Fuller K De-
lano. William H. Harvey, A. J. Har-
/ ringtOn, J. p. Kingston, Charles H.
| Lincoln. William J. Patston. Charles
A. Allen Butterick & Pratt, Marble &,
Allen, o. w. Rugg, A. W. Woods,
| Chaplin & TOpanelian, Onesime s.
! Nault, B. S. Newton, Louis Plack Jr.,
/ George r. Tribe, c. F. Wesson. H. H.
! Browning, Prior s, Moss, William I.
/ Thompson, John H. Pickford.
BUILDING NOTES.
ENcavators generally are Of necessl-
| ty resting on their oars, Jack FROST
! having the call on terra ffrma with
some prospect of keeping his grip until
spring. Men engaged in the branch Of
the building business are content to
| abide by the demands of winter and
! prepare to apply the pick and shovel
/ with great vigor when the spring
/ months approach. These men see the
/ handwriting on the wall and realize
/ there will be great activity in their
! line when the season opens.
! Architects, about Worcester are
| among the industrious men in Worces-
ter and some good things as a result
of their calculations may be expected
| very soon. Architectural beauty as