Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-26

| advance and further solidifies the strength of both the preferred anc common stock of the parent organiza- ton. The purchase price was but very little In excess of S2,0OO,000 and 1t VII be readily seen that the vast earnings of the Queen added to the present earnings of the Finishing company VII add greatly tp the earning power of the corporation.
 Has Seven Plants.
 The Finishing company now has seven important dyeing and finishing plants operating from the trade: The Passiac plant, formerly known as the Reid & Barry company.
 The Dunnen company. formerly known as the Dunnell Manufacturing company, of Pawtucket, R. l.
 The plant in Norwich.
 The Sterling Dyeing and Finishing company of Sterling, Conn.
 The Providence branch. formerly the Silver Springs Bleaching and DyeinG company. and the subsidiary company of Apponaug, R. l., which is being ably conducted under the management of Mir. Wright's son, w. T. Wright.
 Joseph Wright's idea of finishing company from its inception has been that of centralization and efficiency At 320 Broadway, the Nsw York head quarters, there are a group of market men, the brightest that can be obtain ed in the country, who follow the trade closely and by a weekly trip to their own plant, that Is, the one that they are selling for, they are able to per fectly keep in touch with the work as desired in New York and the progress of same at the several plants.
 The Norwich plant has been ably handled at New York by MT. Crowell, who is considered the dean of the mar ketmen in New York city. and whose advice is looked up to in every move made by the managers of the corpora ton.
 Individual Managers at Each Plant.
 Each plant is run by individual man. agers, in many cases graduates of tech nicaI schools. The manager here is John F. Rogers. whose efficient and progressive abilities, not only in the works, but as a handler of employees. Is well known.
 MT. Wright, as president and general manager, makes a weekly trip to each one of the plants, and every plant has it's own line of work, which not only enables the company to turn out it's work promptly, but also gives that uniform finish for which the Finishing company is noted. Each and every man in the employ of the several plants is taught to do his share of the work perfectly, and from a system of caily reports from one plant to another each is thoroughly conyersant with the work of the other plants and a pleas ant sort of competition is engendered.
 The management of the company is active in every way and practically all the new finishes which have been brought out in tha last ten years have been perfected in the plants of the United States Finishing company, whose corps of scientific experts, both English and German, and also Ameri- can, are experimenting continually to keep the product of the company not only even with but ahead of those of the European continent.
 Indication of Progressiveness
 The absorption of the Queen by the Finishing company is simply another indication of the progressiveness of the management and its desire to serve its clients in the best possible way. Tn the past six or eight months the de- mands on the production of the com pany have been tremendous and with new mills being built in Fall River, New Bedford and elsewhere it will readily be seen that this step, which has been one in advance of the times, possibly, is but very necessary one if the company's enviable reputation of perfection in finish and promp tness of delivery is to be lived up to.