The Press., 1912-12-04

Johnson to MT. Hall, ST. Mr. Halls father died ill 1879. MT. Champlin retained his interest in the business until his death in 1896. After MT. Champlin's death MT. Hall was again in sole proprietorship of the business, which had become large and prosper ous Since his fathers death MT. Hall has had complete control of the business, sharing the management in late years with his son, Col. William H. Hall, and it has attained remark able prosperity. -r=r ..z.---
 In one year-1869 the concern pulled through three disasters, the burning of one of the mills, dam aging freshet, and the failure of the commission house through which it was selling its goods. But in spite of fire, freshet and failure the factory continued to run and to keep abso- lutely free from debt. The company has been running without any stop since 1862, and there has never been strike, never been any deviation from a strictly cash business and there has never been any salesmen on the road After the failure of a New York commission house with which MT. Hall did business in New York, he took a floor in the large building at No. 59 Walker street, New York. The entire building of five floors is now occupied and is the New York headquarters of Gardiner Hall, Jr., and company.
 When MT. Hall started to make thread in 1860 he employed six hands, turned out about eighteen hundred dozen spools a week and did his own bleaching, etc. Now the output is over thirty-six million spoois year, 200 hands are employed and plans are on foot for a still great e: enlargement of the equipment.
 The great success of MT. Halls business is due not only to his single ness of interest and high principles, but also to the completeness of the equipment of his plant, the latter due entirely to his own inventions. These include the Halls improved automatic spool printing press, the first ever in vented, by which spoOls are stamped on both ends at the same time and ill two colors on the wood; the patent tension regulator, the Hall patent thread finishing machine and the iO c,o0O7 ness has combined with his deep in- terest to make his mills sanitary, well ventilated and up to date
 The mill village is a very slightly one and the employees are housed in more than fifty model tenements The public hall, school, depot, post office and stores are under MT. Halls care and ownership. The village is watered by spring water under gravi- tatiOn, and a unique artificial lake with bath houses and a bandstand supply amusements for the people. Most of tine hands are sons and daugh- ters of old employees, and the prevail ing spirit is one of mutual good will and satisfaction. The family home stead stands on splendid and we'll stocked farm of six hundred acres. Here MT. Halls inventive genius has availed much, as is seen in the many original devices for the care of live stock MT. Hall owns the mill busi- ness of B. H. Hall 6 Son at North Windham, and is the largest stock holder ill the famous Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing company of Adams, Mass. of which he has been a direc- tor since it's organization. The capi- tai stock of that company was brought up to $2. 500, 900, and MT. Hall has stock. For many years he has held similar connections with the Ponemah cotton mills of Taftville He was one of the incorporators of the Grey lock bank at Adams, Mass, as we'll as of the Stafford Savings bank at Stafford Springs. He is also a di- rector in the American La France Fire Engine company of Elmira, N. Y., and the Windham Silk company of Willimantic.
 Their son, Col. William H. Hall, is we'll known throughout the state. He has served many terms as repre- sentative from the town of Wilmington to the general assembly, has served in the state senate and been a member of the constitutional convention, at- tended every state convention of the republican party as a delegate since 1888, attended four national conven- tions of the party and acted as a sec- retary at the convention of 1908, was paymaster- general on the staff of Commander-in-Ch Chief Governor Henry Roberts and has been reelected repre- sentative from his town to the incom ing general assembly. He is at the present time directing a greater part of the large business and financial in- terests of his father and will succeed him in all of them, as he is the only son and man gifted with talent and l executive ability.
 Though Mr. Hall is 75 years old, he is in rugged health and very active in business and in constant improve ment of factory and village. He at tends the Baptist church, and was a presidential elector in 1896, when his friend, William Mckinley, was elect ed. Motoring is his favorite recre- 1 ation.
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