Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-12
WAR BUSINESS
THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT
Large Orders Being Filled In Many Of
the cities-Some Contracts Viii
Last Over a Year.


The Traut & Hine Manufacturing
Company at New Britain is assured
of busy times ahead because of a large
war order for brass fasteners used on
Ieggins worn by soldiers in theBritish
army. 1t is stated that three orders
were received at one time, through the
]. P. Morgan Company, and that they
called for $1,000 gross, 31,500 gross
the total number of fasteners consid-
erably in the millions. The Corbin
Screw Company is making brass tips
for shrapnel shells; also parts of au-
tomobile trucks, which are supposed
to be destined for foreign markets.
The company is adding considerable
new machinery and is rushed in all
departments, due, it is believed, al
most wholly to war demands.
A 100000 war order has been re-
ceived by the North & Judd Company
of that same city.
Derby Plant to Open.
At Derby the United States Rapid
Fire Gun & Powder COmpany's plant
has been sold to the General Ordnance
Company, Delaware corporation,
which will open it at the earliest pos
sibIe date for the manufacture of war
munitions. The purchasing agents of
the ordnance company acquired the
entire capital stock of the local COM
pany, which carries with it entire con-
troll of the buildings, equipment, wa
ter power and other valuable holdings
The buildings on are on the HOusa-
tonic River, near railway facilities.
When owned and operated by the
briggs Seabury Company they were
equipped to manufacture guns of from
one to three pounds capacity, besides
armor-piercing shells from one to
twelve inches in size.
The order of the purchasing COM
pany is said to be rush." and the
work of cleaning up the buildings and
adding new machinery will proceed
with all possible speed. Orders for
supplies are said to have been placed
by the company Immediately upon the
contamination of the purchase Of the
plant.
Within a short time after the new
company took possession, the selling
company's obligations were paid off in
full, with interest.
Night and Day for Year.
superintendent William M Strawn
of the American & British Manufac
turing Company of Bridgeport states
that this company has received for
eign orders which will necessitate the
plant running night nd day from now
until July Is, 1915, as complete; also
that the contract is such that even if
the war should come to an end be-
fore the order is completed, it will
not affect the order. This company
manufactures ordnance equipment, and
the value of the present orders Is said
to be in the millions, but the exact
figures, as well as the name of the
Government placing the orders. are
withheld.
At the Bridgeport Arms Works, one
of the city's newest war munition
manufacturing concerns, 500 men are
al h. RV~sf 0f he
immense f1ve-story buildings will be
ready for the machines within few
weeks. In all there will be twelve of
these great factories, and it is expect
ed that all of them will be completed
by Sept. and, by Feb. 1, 1915, will be
employing from 1900 to $4,000 hands.
To accommodate the families which
this one concern will bring here. it is
estimated that at least 5000 tehements
will have to be erected.