Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01

year it was in operation but l4O days against 206 in 1908.
 The Glen WooIen company has had a year of prosperity and 1910 augurs well for continuance of the. same.
 Velvet and Silk Mills.
 The silk mills are alr doing a steady business. with the indications that it will continue throughout the year. At the present time the mill of the Brain erd & Armstrong company Is running to three-fourths of it's capacity and the prospects are good for 1910.
 At the Givernaud Bros. silk mill the outlook for the year promises business that will at least equal that Of the
 The New England SIX Spinning company is well started in it's new location and the outlook Is Tor a steady increase.
 The J. B. Martin velvet mill is be- ing enlarged to take care of it's in creasing business and there the out past year showed an increase of about 12 per cent. in payroll over 1908.
 Foundries.
 With the foundries and boiler mak CTS there has been prosperous year in 1909. all doing a larger business than in the previous year For the McCrum- Howell Co. the 1910 business is expected to be fully as good as in the past year when a 9 per cent. ln- crease in payroll was shown The capital stock of the company has been increased lately. but this may not af- feet the local plant any.
 Nearly all the business of the John T. Young Boiler company has been done in the past year and the pros poets are all for an increasing busi- ness in this new year.
 At the Vaughn foundry 1909 was very good year. the business showing appreciable increase, as the payroll denotes. and a continuance is looked sl .r-sw h T on.
 Firearms Factories.
 The remaining firearms factories in the city have shown an increase in the total payroll for that industry, de- spite the fact that the Davenport and Tobin companies have dropped out of the business life of the city. The loss of the two concerns Is vital one, but at the Hopkins & Allen factory and the Crescent Arms company no req son can be seen why there should not be a good year in 1910
 The indications for 1909 were mis- leading, the results not being what was prophesied. yet there has been for the going concerns. an increase of fifteen per cent, despite shutdowns and short time.
 Paint Factories.
 At the paint factories there has been an appreciable increase in business as shown by the payroIs. and it's con- tinuance is looked for. unless the greatly increased cost of raw mater ials curtails building plans throughout the country.
 R. $. Parker of the Parker-Preston Co., stated that there had been an in- crease in employees of fully p per cent. The company has opened new branches in San Francisco and Los Angeles and has made arrangements with Derbyshire & Macleod in Van couver, B. C.. for the handling of their business there, where extensive building operations are going on in 25 towns. embracing cities with popula- tions of from five thousand to seven- ty-ffve thousand, and 100 towns with less than 5000. Carload lots are be- ing sent there Their trade extends from Bath. Me. to the Pacific. and even to Christchurch. New Zealand, where a stock of their goods is car ried. Their products are used in the highest class buildings in the world, their floor coating being in the Singer Manufacturing company's building, and also the City Investing building in New York Their policy is pride. conscience and science.