The Press., 1907-10-02
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
e. Fl. Hopkins of Worcester is in
town for the annual fair.
Arthur Blackburn of Boston is at
his home here for few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Siswiok and
son are in town for few days.
Miss Mabel West of Hartford is the
guest of Misses Mary and Helen
Leach.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. Brown have
returned from an automobile trip
through the Berkshire hills.
Judging from the shipments of fish
that are being received from Vermont,
FIR Wildey is having extra good luch
during his outing. y
We have received a communication
asking for information in regard tc
the whereabouts of Miss Oornelia B.
West, who was a school teacher in
Stafford about twelve years ago.
The republican caucus for the
nomination Of town officers will be
held at the town hall at Stafford al
I73 80 Friday evening. The demo
cratic caucus for the nomination OF
town officers will be held at the same
place at 8 O'Clock on the same even
ing. '.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Business Mem association was held
last Thursday evening, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, O. O. Pinney; vice president,
David Robertson; secretary and treas
urer, r H. Fisk; claims committee,
W. Fl. Webster, Anthony Adams.
At the town meeting last Wednesi
day afternoon the sentiment was for
improved highways and the appropri
alton of $4,000 was made without a
dissenting voice. The policy of the
state under the appropriation will be
for trunk lines, and it will not be
many years before there is a good road
betw cen this town and Rockville.
When this is established the autos
from New York, New Haven and
Hartford, on their way to Worcester
and Boston, will pass through this
town, as they can save some distance
by so doing Occasionally the ma
chimes are driven through now, but
the other route is much easier under
present conditions.
| Nndian orchard Echo)
/ Tho Dho1o Ta1o,,d Uoroko1 ooYo n
has completed the work of moving
| it's looms and other machinery to it's
new mill in Stafford Springs. The
machinery is being set up and started
as fast as possible, and large NUM-,
tber of looms are already in operations
Fin the new mill.
While the loss of this industry to
the town is keenly felt, the company
is to be congratulated on it's growth
since its start in this little town, a
little over five years ago. The com
pany began operations with but 20
looms, and since it's start it's business
has grown until before it began NOV
ing to the Connecticut town it had
nearly 100 looms running day and
night, and had payroll of over
$500 weekly.
The company began to outgrow it's
quarters in the Indian Orchard COM
pany's mill some time ago. and as
the Indian Orchard company was un-
able to provide more room for it and
no satisfactory arrangements could
be made for the erection of mill,
the company was practically forced to
leave the town.
The Rhode Island Worsted CON-
pany, of which Daniel N Brown is
general manager, manufactures mems
suitings and light worsteds. Its new
plant in Stafford Springs, when com
pleted, will be one of the most mod
ern worsted mills in the country.
1t has floor space of 10000 square
feet, and all the modern machinery
known to the trade. The company
has leased a water power privilege
of 200 horse power, and has steam
plant of $50 horse power. which will
furnish and transmit power to oper-
ate the plant by electricity.
The electrical work for the new
mill was done by the Allis Chalmers
company of Milwaukee, Wis and the
entire cost of the construction and the
fixtures for the plant will cost nearly
lralf million dollars.
The space in the local mill former
ly occupied by the Worsted company
will be occupied by the Indian Or
chard company. which has ordered
several Thousand dollars worth of
new machinery. The new machines
will arrive shortly, and the work of
putting them into operation will be
i rnahad all nnssihla