Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01
NORWICH PAYROLLS INCREASED THIRD OF A MILLION
 1910 Extremely Bright

with the orders for the automobile supplies whic hit manufactures. With years work ahead. the prospects for 1910 are for an even better period than the one just passed.
 The belt factories are doing an in creased business and look for an even better year in 1910 than in the one just ended
 At the Uncas Paper company the payrolls increased many thousand dol- lars and the coming year opens better than last and there is every prospect of its continuing good.
 The H. B. Porter & Son. Go. fore see another big year. the past one hav- ing served to increase their payrolis over 15 per cent. while the Ossawan mill can see nothing but good busi- ness during 1910.
 The Chelsea File works and the Blue Star Overalls Go. both show a decided increase in their payrolls and can see nothing but steady business ahead.
 The Stanton. Turner Go. finished fine year, showing good increase and the prospects are that there will be an increase in 1910 from 25 to 40 per cent The Ossawan mill has shown an increase and expects it will continue this year
 Cotton Mills.
 The cotton mills all show an appre- ciable increase in their payrolls, significant fact as to prosperity. It was expected that 1909, however, would prove an unusually big year, but it has not come up to expectations. This, said one representative mill man. was a disappointment. and the outlook for 1910 is not clear because of the doubling in the price of cotton, while there has been but an advance of ten to fifteen per cent in the price of cot ton cloth. It is believed that this will straighten out. however,. and that 1910 will do what was expected of 1909.
  dustry, in speaking of the coming year, said that the situation was nev- CT so mixed. Tt is impossible to tell anything about 1t with the prevailing conditions,'' he continued. but We hope for an adjustmen and good results
 The jump in the price of cotton has made an uncertain condition for the mil lagents to meet and at just the time when they would like to see in- to the future and plan for the year. The healthy increase in payrolls in a year which did not come up to expec- tationS, however, gives reason for be- lieving that business will equal last years if it does not exceed 1t.
 The situation applies to all the cot ton mills practically alike, from the Ponemah mill, with it's payroll of about a million year down to the others, the Totokett. Falls and Shetucket hundred thousand a year among their hefp-
 Wooien Mills.
 High pressure is on with the wOolen mills and in one instance a night shift has been at work for several months to keep up with the orders. Pros poets are particularly bright in nearly every instance.
 Hall Bros. show about a ten per cent. increase over last year in their payrolls. All their mills are running full time and have been doing a steady business through the year. They could run another mill if they had it.
 At the Reliance mill it has been nec- essary to run nights to fill orders, the new concern proving a big assets for the city. The outlook is that the bus mess will continue the same but it can hardly look forward to much of an increase with present equipment. the past year showing a 20 per cent. increase in the payroll.
 At the Yantic wooden mill an in- crease of ten per cent. is shown in the payrolls, with prospects excellent The Clinton was run only about half the year. owing to the panic. which affected all woolen manufacturers. The outlook is uncertain, said one of the heads of the concern. During the past