Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
The Ship and Engine Company Has Orders
 Enough For Two Years
THE INDUSTRY LOOKS GOOD
The Thames Ferry VIII Move Relieve the Congestion in Trafdc-Hebe Has Been Restored to Her Pedestal and New City Clock Has Been Put in the First Church of Christ

The New London Ship and Engine
 company, located on the site of the
 late lamented Eastern Ehipbuilding
 company, is pushing to the front rank
 of machine manufacturing industries
 of the state and is sure to be of great
 benefit to New London and Groton,
 and add materially to the population
 and general progrsssiveness. Hardly
 had the present plant been established
 when 1t was found that additions were
 necessary and that the business was even greater than expected Already there has been extensive addition to
 the large office building which includes
 the drafting department, an addition
 made to the machine shop, and just at the present time there are one hun
 dred men employed in the erection of a mill building fully as large as the original building. These structures are no wooden affairs, but substantial brick buildings, which is taken as in-
 dicatton of ths sohdity of the business. Almost continuously there are repre-
 sentatives of the federal and foreign governments at the plant inspecting
 some work in course of construction for the governments they represent. which shows the international im-
 portance of the industry. Just Rs soon as the new building is completed and furnished, the present working force will be doubled and there are orders enough in hand to keep the big plant busy for two years, which, of course, means further increase in the size<of the plant in the very near future to keep up with the increasing business.
 This is the concern that located here 1 through the influence of a son of the late Capt. stephen A. Gardner, who is | connected with the main company, of which this Is subsidiary, and the in- 1 tereSt shown by New London men un- der the lead of Henry R. Bond, who is now secretary and treasurer of the local branch of the big industry. This | 1t will be also remembered is one of 1 those industrial concerns that are not l looking around for the highest bidding | place to locate, but in order to have l direct local interest in the company ! gave New Londoners opportunity to | invest in the stock of the company to the amount of s70,00O and this was subscribed for at the very first meet | ing of the parties interested. The in-
 vestme1t certainty looks good and thare are many New Londoners with spare capital who now regret that they did not go in on the ground floor when they had the opportunity, The Thames Ferry cosn pany Is plan
 ming to dc It's full ehaFa towards TO.
 IieVfHa the congestion and decreasing the elenaant of danger at ths ferry ap. pFoaeh and railroad crossing in New
 Lendon. The slip is to be extended 1 fifty feet WlAoh means that the ferry | house will be moved that distance ou into the haFbor and that the spac,
 between the railroad tracks and tht
 ferry landing will be fifty feet morr
 than at present This will greatl,
 facilitate the business of vehicles us
 ing the ferry as the present accom-
 modations are inadequate in that re 1 spect and as & result much of the ad
 joining Ferguson property is tres
 passed upon by automobiles am
 teams while waiting for the ferFybea
 and which results ia Q. crush that en
 dangers the passengers when the boa
 dees arrive. While this change will b
 of great benefit te patrons of the fer TY, it will not relieve the danger at 4h
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