The Newtown bee., 1905-03-10

EASTEhN INDUSTRIAL CO. EN lDENIL1
 HAS BIG FIGHT ON ITS HANDS WITH
 FARMERS IN THE BERKSHIRE
 HILLS.
 The Eastern Industrial Co.,, who built the New Milford canning factory, appear to have trouble on their hands IS the result of articles, rather unfair to the company it appears to THE BEE, which appeared in the Danbury and Springfield papers. The Pittstield ,Mass.) Eagle of March 3 gives this in teresting story: Representatives of the Eastern Industrial company, the builders of the canning factories in Pittsfield, Great Burlington and Lee, take exceptions to statements made public through the Springfield Home stead relative to the conditions in New Milford. Friday morning B. Galloway and W. w. Wolfe, erecting engineers of the company, and Samuel Pope, former processor at the New Milford plant and now employed by the Eastern Industrial company in completing the Pittsfield and Lee plants, visited The Eagle office and told their story of the condition of affairs in all plants erect ed in this section of the country. MT Galloway stated that the Great Bar rington factory is completed, about one-half of the subscriptions having been paid in. The Lee factory will be finished next week. The local plant will be ready for operation about April 1. At no factory in Berkshire county has any canning been done as yet. These men said that the Eastern h. dustrial company has lived up to it's contract in every way and can see no reason why the stockholders in Pitts field or elsewhere should make any protest whatever. The company con- tracted to erect the plant and fit it with machinery, and this will be done. They also stated that it is customary for the company which they represent to look after the interests of the fac l tories even after their contracts ex- l pire. The Eastern Industrial compa- l ny, they explained, has headquarters at 20 Broad street, New York. It ad- vertises to be locators and builders of industrial factories. O. Pressprich, who with w. F. Case, was instrument tai in getting the factories built in this county, is the president. The names of the other officers these men Friday, could not give. All three men felt that the conditions in central and southern Berkshire were adaptable fol canning factories and predicted sue cess for the plants if well managed anC good proceSsors were secured. Rela tive to the New Milford, Conn.,, plant the conditions at which are said tC have resulted in Danbury, Conn. farm CTS turning down proposition to con. duct factory, MT Pope said the Springfield Homestead had not told the true facts. MT Pope has been fol a few months .processor at the New Milford plant. Previous to that he was employed in various Pennsylvania canning factories. He said the New Milford plant is in good condition. The engine is not out of repair as stated but parts of the plant have been put away for the winter. The valley o1 the roof does leak, because it was not properly constructed, otherwise the roof is satisfactory. There is large quantity of corn on hand but this was because of the inability to get labels The company contracting to furnish labels failed to live up to their agree. ment and instead of delivering them on August they were not received until December l. In the meantime prices had decreased and it was decid. ed to hold the goods rather than dis. pose of them at that time. MT Pope spoke hopefully of the New Milford plant and was of the opinion that it would be success. A representative of The Eagle called at the canning factory on Fourth street in Pittsfeld Friday morning, to see how the work there was progressing. w. w. Wolfe the contractor in charge of operations stated that the work is to be pnshec to completion as sOon as the machin cry, which is expected each day, ar rives. At present most of the carpen ters are at work on the building and ii is very near completion. The boiler is being put in place by Cole & Daly
 the engine has arrived and is to be sci up in few days. According to MI Wolfe the building is constructed in { strong way and is we'll adapted for tn, purpose of a canning factory. He say
 that the building is similar to the one
 used farther west, and is to be fitted with the best canning machinery ol the market, the machinery beins known as the Sprague Canning ma
 chinery. The boiler is made by th
 firm of Orr & Sembower of Reading
 Pa., isof 20-horse power and is tested at tensile strength of 6O,OOO pounds The boiler room is lined on four side
 with corruga ted iron to make the room as fireproof as possible. Some of tn, can filters and pulp machines have ar rived and as the rest of the machine entire equipment will be ready t, place in the factory within few days MT Wolfe thinks that the stockholder
 will make bad mistake if the project is abandoned. He deems it more prof
 itable for the farmers around here t( bring in large amount of their pro duce to the canning factory and there receive good price for it than tt spend their time in selling it in smal