Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-11
WAR ORDERS BRING
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS
Millions In Contracts That Mills Are
Handling Now.

New England has booked about one
third OF the war orders sent to the
United States by the allies. the New
York Sun estimates, and Connecticut
industries are benefitting largely by
the contracts. II says:
Bridgeport, with a population of
los, 900, has war orders said to amount
to total of something like $500, o00,-
900, and the Remington Arms and
Ammunition company's plant alone,
around which the labor trouble CEN
tered, has business on hand figured at
close to 500, 000, 900. These orders call
for some 5000. 900 rifles, and the car
fridge concern 1t controls Is understood
to be working on contracts for about
SAC, 900 900 worth Of ammunition. This
would bring the total war business Of
the Remington interests up to some
thing like S13O, 200, 900.
Taking all Of Connecticut, the
states total of war business has been
placed at $500. o00. 900. At Hartford
the Colts Arms company is working
on 100000 worth of machine guns.
"At New Haven the Winchester
Arms company is credited with having
orders for about s5O,0o0,Ooo worth OF
rifles as well as shrapnel anr machine
guns. The Hopkins & Allen company,
located at Norwich, has its hands full
with contracts for 400, 900 rifles call
ing for $t0,s00, 900. At New London
Ln6Te Is the new 1OluOn SuAp ana Eli
CINE company's plant with its books
full Of orders, and there are other ma
rine concerns actively engaged in sup
plying campaign needs
Automobile and motor concerns are
also reaping harvests, and what Is one
as showing how oddly the war has
been a general booster, is found in the
activity Of a Connecticut piano fac
tory which, for years, had counted
every day as Sunday. At the mo-
ment IT is making shoulder plates for
the rifle butts turned out by one Of
the gun plants And some OF the type
writer factories, to connect up another
ordinarily peaceful industry, are now
making time fuses for shrapnel, as
they have found their machinery cas-
fly adaptable to that sort Of work
"As a whole, the war business Of
the entire New England section prob
ably runs up to $500, 900 900. This is
an estimate as are all the figures Civ
en-, as for obvious reasons the cor
porations involved do not care to di-
vuIge the details Of the contracts they
have assumed
Massachusetts has numerous cot
ing their spindles humming to spin
fibre into bandages for the wounded
and the plans of the American Wool
en- company in the vicinity Of Boston
are said to be weaving 100000
worth of blankets and wooden cloth.
"A large motorcycle factory in
Massachusetts, is supplying the bel
ligerents with substitutes for the fiery,
foam-fecked steeds Of the aides de
camps of former days. The makers
Of tires and rubber footgear are also
reaping profits by courtesy Of Mars
Vermont has explosive mills turning
out powder and guncotton as rapidly
as the clock will permit
ITO New England this sum Of in
dustry means all that nourishment
means to a man who has been living
on promises. It means that three or
four dollars are blooming where but
one wilted before. 1t gives employ
ment to those who had been more or
less idle for months"