Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-24

Because the water from the She- | tueket river has become toe dirty with 1 dyes, oils and tar to be used in their l wollen mill and city water as sdb- l stitute would cost too much, the own 1 CTS of the Reliance W6rSted mill on l North Main stret have decided te dis l mantle the naiIl sell off the machinery 1 and go cut of business. said Philip | Hehau1t, secretary and treasurer of the company; on Sunday evenings and some ] of the machinery has already been seld 1 and shipped to Mystic and te Medfefd, 1 Mass.
 1 Has Disposed of Manufactured Steeks That this decision was likely to be 1 reached had been known feF some time, MT. Heneault said, but has net been genetFally known to the trade, snee knowledge of the fact that the com pany was going out of business would have interfered with dispesing of the goods they had in hand to advantage. This has now been done, Sc that the manufactured stock is pretty well cleaned out, and for the past two weeks the mill, which has been located in the old ear shops on North Main street, has been shut down.
 Over $20,00o Annual Loss from Bad
 Water.
 Customers for the machinery will now be sought, or the plant will be sold as a whole if opportunity offers, said MT. Heneault, and the machinery will be dismanteled MT. Heneault, who is secretary and treasure of the com- pany, which Is capitalized at $94,000, said that it meant $75. GOO loss to go out of business but that 1t was impossible to manufacture any longer with the water from the Shetucket river, which has been getting worse and worse, and was especially bad in the last two or three years when the water was low. In that time the company had contin- ued manufacturing their woolen goods and taking their loss on damaged goods, which amounted to from $20,0 to $25,000 per year, but they could do it no longer.
 Tar from Gas Works Is Worst.
 When the river is high the pollution from the mills upstream did not make so much difference, but with low water so much cloth was ruined that the mill couldn't run. The dyes and oils dis charged into the river from the mills upstream pollute the water to 9 Consid- erable extent but what particularly af- fects the woolen mill is the discharge of tar from the city gas works on the river just above the Reliance woolen mill He considered that it was the tar that worked thme the most dam age, and they found 1t impossible to use the water impregnated by tar as it was A six inch main and four inch main from the river have furnish ed the water supply for the mill.
 Water Would Cost S1o,0o0 PossobIy.
 What to do about the water supply for the mill had been under considera- tion for a number of months, he said, and at that time the officers of the company had looked into the matter of using citIy water, but found it would cost toa much at the regular rates charged to manufacturing concerns here He figured it would cost the company $10000 fof the city water at the regular rates, and he thought it pc culiar that the city could not make a special low rate to manufacturing con- ceTns-not his company alone but to a1l-as done in Philadelphia, where he had been last week Investigating what that city did for manufacturing con- Cerns that wanted water.
 Would Pay $1,000.
 The company would be willing to pay l