Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-11-01
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
New Industry Expected to Employ
800 to 500 Operatives
oxford Linen Company Plans to Ultl-
lie Former Quarters Of caseln Company
Big Business Mems Meeting.


As stated in last weeks Phoenix there
is a large prospect of the buildings of the
Casen Company of America being utilized
for an important textile manufacture,
making a great addition to the business
of Bellows Falls. The name of the COM
pany is the oxford Linen company in
stead of the American Linen company.
Representatives of the company, as we'll
as the Casein company, have been in
town the most of the past week and the
new company has completed arrange
ments for a lease of the buildings for
20 years with an option for purchase. A
meeting of the directors of the board of
trade was held Tuesday evening at which
three men representing both companies
were present and stated the situation in
so favorable a manner that flyers were
put about the village calling citizens
meeting at Banquet hall last evening. A
member of the company who is an in
ventor has succeeded in building ma
chinery capable of utilizing fax stalks
that are raised in large quantities in the
West for the Standard Oil company to
get oil from the seed, and the residue
has always been burned in large quanti-
ties to get rid of 1t. Now. being able to
utilize the stem or stalk in making
domestic linens, the stock comes very
cheap Experiments have been made in
some $4,000 expended in perfecting the
machines. The capacity of that building
is not large enough for the prospects Of
the concern, and so they have closed the
lease here as stated, and will do but lit
tie, If anything, at Gardner
At the meeting held last evening under
the auspices of the board of trade $50 to
300 citizens gathered, requiring adjourn
ment to the opera house. President ]. c.
Day introduced Treasurer Winchel of the
linen company and two members of the
Sterling Debenture company who ex-
planned the achievements already made
and the plans of the company.
The company is incorporated under the
laws of Maine with 81 600. 900 capital
stock, of which about $4,000 has been
subscribed since Sept. II of this year
Stock is issued in shares OF $40 each, non
assessable, and the only request Of Bel
lows Falls citizens is that at least 10C
men take some stock in order to secure
their interest and good will, but ever
this is not obligatory, as the company
has decided to locate here. They have
closed the agreement for the lease Of the
buildings as stated and propose to ex-
pend $4,000 in machinery and outf
within the next few months. They ex.
pect to employ from 800 to 500 operative.
in the next year, possibly more. The
preparation of the fibre by the patented
the local plant is for the spinning anC
weaving.
Much interest was. shown by the meet
ing and hearty good will to the enterprise
was expressed The matter of stock sub
scriptions was left with the board o
trade. The feeling was expressed tina
Bellows Falls had been the location 70
the invention and first establishment o
two great manufacturing inventions, tn
results of which had been of world wild
interest and effect. those OF the utiliza
ton of wood in paper making, and of tn
basal constituents of milk in casein an
its products, each of which mad resulte
in large advantage to the place. Thi
seemed to promise third of even create
value to the world in REVOLUTIONARY
methods and prices of staple commodi
ties. 1t will be the first plant in thi
country for making linen goods fror
purely American stock.