The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-11

of the company pointed to the fact that their plant was running night and day, and was in fact behind with it's orders.
 Walter Camp, president of the New Haven Clock company, where t.5OO or more are employed, said that his con- cern the past month had felt the un- certain financial situation.
 Sargent 6 Company, who, in busy times, employ upwards of $500 work CTS, is running now, during what is ordinarily busy time with that con cern, with a payroll of about 3,O0e. Ordors there, so It was learned, were not coming in for the spring trade quite as briskly as they were a year ago and the policy of the concern is one of conservative watchfulness. A leading member of the concern said that no immediate big reduction in ei- ther force or output is anticipated.
 In Waterbury the fluctuations in the price of copper have made brass con- .cerns temporarily cautious. Since July the business of the big rolling mills has been dull. The Scoville Manufac- turing company, the largest concern in the city, has dispensed with the night force. With copper more settled, the prospect for better business brightens.
 In Ansonia conditions are affected also by the copper market. One or two of the city's largest industries are run ming ten hours a day and practically with a full complement of employees, but unless the volume of business is. increased within the next week or two. these concerns, like the others, will be compelled to run on shorter hours.
 Industrial conditions in Naugatuck are giving no cause for alarm. The big factories of the Goodyear Metallic Rubher Shoe company and the Good year India Rubber Glove Manufactur- ing company are running steadily and on full time and, so far as can be learned, they will continue on full time and without curtailment of the output.
 In Bristol there Is much activity, all though some of the manufacturing concerns are slowing done. Locally the retail trade is in fine shape Out of 20 merchants interviewed, not one ex- pressed any dissatisfaction with the amount of business that they were do- ing.
 Things are prosperous in Rockville, no sign of business depression has yet developed there. None of the manu- featuring companies have begun to curtail their business by laying off any. part of their employees, or by going on short time.
 The industrial situation in Thomp- sonville continued normal and thus far has not been affected by the stringency in the money market. The business out look in all concerns in the village is bright and there is no anticipation of retrenchment at present, either in re- gard to laying off help or reducing the number of working hours.
 In Willimantic, as yet, none of the manufacturing concerns have laid off any employees or reduced the running time of their plants. At pres ent all the mills are running full time, with practically full force of hands Ir both the cotton and silk industries, however, there has been a falling off of orders since the financial panic in New York
 In Meriden things are hummng, very little depression being reported among the business enterprises of the Silver City.
 In Manchester things are booming, there being no curtailment at the big plant of the Cheney Bros. and other concerns there are busy.
 In New London, manufacturing con cerns are reported to be busy, but the building trades are dull. The Brain erd x Armstrong company's silk mills are running full time and keeping busy their usual force of employees. The Palmer Bros company's quilt mill is operating on full schedule and the same conditions prevail at the works of c. ID. Boss & Co.,, Inc, cracker makers.
 In Stamford business continues good, although about one hundred men were recently laid off at the Cove mills, the explanation being given that they were IliiRlDg Cd III c Ecpttl Ol ti1 works whose output was not in brisk demand. The decrease, however, was not regarded as important, and has partly been made up in other branches of the business.
 In Danbury there is no indication at present of any material change in the long period of prosperity that the hat ting industry in this city has enjoyed. The thirty or more hat factories in the city, Bethel and New Milford are all running on full time, with minor excep- tlons.
 There appears to be little evidence | of an industrial depression in the Nor walks. There have been rumors that certain factories were to lay off some of the employees or work five days a week instead of six, as at present. iNothing has developed In that line, however.
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