Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07


S.a articles set forth clearly the re-
I.J Ine act;pities Of Udrious industries,
w., ,gitb and IN some instances be-
u .c N the netu business created by
~ ,,o, IN Europe. The neTt article,
' ~ nybnshed nert Thursday, tells
oorJ;tious IN aud about Trenton,
Nsp jersey.
.t,os the November car gone past yet?'
rhs ouestion was addressed in a jok-
,-a,v ironica manner to storekecper or
n,,u street, Bristol Pa, few days ago
w. man, evidently a stranger. II have
sssn waiting here for % minutes he con-
tInued.
nvsr" said the storekeeper 'if you
..,, for five minutes longer you'll likely
81, one You must have missed the last
ens. they run every half hour"
of,cn the speed and frequency of street
..rs reflect general business conditions In
most cities.
Aud vet ~eneral business conditions in
prIs,ol are not bad. 1t is true they are
,ot booming. They have been worse
Tshev were much worse last winter. In
as.d IN some lines labor is scarce at
rresent, which in itself Is an indication OF
prosperity. But in conversation with
a.o,s nessimistic than an inquiry into real
conditions seems to warrant.
Retail business is unquestionably dull
hut antiauated stores. and old-fashioned
r,s,bods of doing business in small places
cannot compete with the up-to-date meth
ods NJ the big department stores in tn
lager centres, that are within cheap ant
easy reach of purchasers.
III, al
bristol loses more than S5OO,O00 annually
N the retail trade of Philadelphia which
little more enterprise would retain.
bristol has several thriving industries
Two worsed mills, two carpet mills two
snameled leather plants-one the largest
NJ It's kind in the United States-a wal
paper factory and cast iron pipe foun'
dry are the most important.
The largest and most conspicuous indus.
trial plant In Bristol is the worsted manu-
factory OF William Grundy & Co., big
white building with high clock tower
which can he seen from the trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
This concern employs about 900 per.
sons and Is working night and day. In
fact, the factory is overwhelmed with
work This condition is attributed not
TO better general conditions over the
j.
direct, but wholly to the dye situation
Before last September the factory was
au Then the newspapers began to cal
attention to the seriousness of the dye
shortage. Immediately the hosiery and
wooen glove manufacturers began to del
uge them with orders for yarns so they
cocld have them dyed before the situation
became acute.
1t Is these orders which are still coming
In that is keeping the factory busy, and
the managers see no let-up unless the
var stops. They find labor scarce and
have lost some through more tempting
efers from the munition factories and
some Though the call to arms in Europe
The Bris;u. Wall Paper Company em.
ploys about 80 persons and is running
full capacity. There has been a Won
derful increase in their volume of busl-
ness in the last few months. which they
claim Is due TO an Increase of four add
tivnal statesmen, a more vigorous selling
policy and to generally better conditions
all over the country.
Before the war the wall paper plant
had started a small export business with
England. where it successfully competed
with the best English wall paper manu-.
faeturers, but recently the difficulty II
collections over there has compelled the
being
The companys greatest difficulty al
present Is In obtaining aniline colors, n;
domestic product being poor in quality
The firm reports the outlook as very good
with many orders ahead. The product Is
all very high grade.
Thomas l.. Leedom & Co.. of Bristol
manufacture high-class Wilton carpets
and rugs. They give employment to from
iW to 500 persons. They are working u
per cent OF their capacity. The dye prob
lem Is also their greatest drawback al
present. They have some dyes on hand
Out on account of the uncertainty of OBJ
tanning additional supplies they are de-
tefEed from going ahead with the manu-
iaetuTe of stock goods, as in doing Sc
tney might run out of certain color;
which may be necessary to fill any spe-
cial orders tnut may come in later. For
mat reason their operations are some
Shat curtailed. They report better pros
poets ahead
Only running so per cent. capacity and
labor scarce is the report OF the Standard
CAST Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
They employ about 400 persons, and lost
many. principally Italians. who were
eaiied to their colors by the European
war The tempting offers of higher
wages by munition- making plants have
aiso made inroads on their help. and al
.nough they claim business conditions
10 not warrant 1t, in order to placate
.he'r help they are running on Satur-
aAys Fronts, they say. have been cut
uohn by the rise in price of material
especially pig iron.
me Bristol Patent Leather Company
shlpi"Yes about 400 persons and is run
nhs at full capacity. A few months
N NHTnE tFaaF aN MAJ
ssht on three days a week on account
shortage OF skins, which were inn
sss.ed principally from Russia. The wal
ssDppeo that source OF supply. but other
ssatees nave been found, and everything
s.ueates bright outlook for months to
s sne Practically the same conditions
nssIn nss In the other leather factory in
"a new firm. the Anglo-American Cot
s-1 PRODUCTS Company, cotton bleach
IA re reeonstrueting an old factory
J,asiiding extensive additions to II
,ssde the Pennsylvania Railroad
s sseAs. The company has not started &c
ss..Au.aeture. ss..s but 1t is generally pre-
sa sea their product viii be used in the
euiaeture of war munitions.
s,s,s.. some time there has been little ao-
pss,s IN building operations in Bristol
~ receipts show a slight increase In
W iasl month over the same month a
cam ago Bank deposits and savings ae-
~ are practically at a standstill, and
sSsal .oeal paper reports a falling on In
psS..usihg as compared with a year ago
srstol's environments seem execution.
nsI favorable for success. A 20-foot chan,
ssra u lhe Delaware River to the sea, q
"a .s Il. from the Lehigh Valley coal mines
ss,,'. ae Delaware River. and abundant
ee H. ny the Pennsylvania Railroad.
tlee industries. with perhaps one exeep-
rsssise are prosperous and even that one Is