Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-24
DISMANTLE REL LANCE WORSTED MILL
Owners Decide They Must Give Up Manufacturing Here Shetucket River Water Too Dirty to Use Any Longer and City Water Costs Teo Much-Plant Has Employed 250 Hands With Weekly Payroll of s3 800.

s1,eoe for the city water they would
 need, he said
 1 He thought a four inch pipe from the 1 city main, under pressure, would SUD- | ply all the water the 4f.im would want | 0ne suggestion that had been made 1 Af: F4eneault said; was that of building
 8 reservoir on land eH the East Side that the company owns. This is to be l filled with city water when there was any surplus from the Reservoir. But this, he said, was an expensive under taking, and taken with fhe uncertainty of heW much water they would get was net locked upea with faveF by the company
 Board of Trade TEfed to Help.
 Some time ago the beard of trade learned that the Reliance Wersted company had a water problem con- fronting 1t, and President J. c. Mac pheFsen appeared before the water board and the mayer te see what might be done about a rate fer the company that would go towards keep Ing this valuable plant operating here.
 Presidesnt Macpherson said Sunday night that the answer of the water board had been that 1t could not con slider a flat rate fer the Reliance peo- pie which did net apply to all manu- facturers and they could not make a flat rate for all which would be at the figure which would suit the Relic nee mill. He said he had also appeared before the board upon the matter of the reservoir suggested on the East Side property of the company, and that the board of trade had been try ing in a quiet way to do all it could to help keep the company here, but it seemed to be an unfortunate sltua- tion for which there seemed to be no help.
 Game Here Ten Years Ago.
 For the last ten years the Reliance Worsted company has been a valued industry of this city, moving here from Woonsocket and taking a ten year lease from the New Haven road of the buildings known as the old car shops. This lease expired last April and has not been renewed. MT. He neault says the railroad company is willing to do almost anything to get them to stay.
 When the Reliance company, in which MT. Heneault as secretary and treasurer, and John Campbell as vice president, are the controlling stock holders, came here, it was through the efforts of John A. Moran, who worked to get the citizens of Nor pany to locate here and a city meet ing voted the sum of $3,000 to be paid the company to make up the s1O,o00 which 1t asked for installing machinery and making needed repairs. The rail- road company was willing to give the woolen company s7,000, but would not give $10000, so that the city made up the $3.000 needed.
 In general the mill has run on full time all the year round, and in con nection with it's business the small mill on the east side Of Main street has been run as an auxiliary plant, th1s auxiliary having been organized under the name of the Preston WOoien com pany by MT. Heneault and Mir Camp bell without the other stockholders of the Reliance.
 When both plants were running full, they employed from 225 to 250 hands, with a weekly payroll of S3.500 and their annual output in wooiens and worsteds averaged $450o00
 The mill on North Main street had 62 broad looms and sets of cards and the East Side mill about 3G looms and sets of cards.