Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
VERMONT FIRMS
. GET A SHARE Of
BIG WAR ORDER
Horatio Hickok Company to
Supply $4,000 Worth of
Boxes for Shipping
Shells to Russia.

New York, April 22--Details regarding
the recent contract of $S3,O00,00O awarded
by the imperial Russian government to
the Canadian Car & Foundry company
are now available. The contract includes
100000 shrapnel and howitzer shells to
cost on an average of Sis each
Among the sub-contracts are three
awarded to Vermont companies. the Yer
mont Farm Machine company of Bellows
Falls, sGO.ooO; the Robin Hood Powder
company of Swanton, $1,000 and the
Horatio Hickok company of Burlington
$4,000 The last named will supply
boxes for shipment of the shells.
Sub-contracts amounting to s2l124,iEt
have already been awarded or subject
to 81 American steel and powder con
Germs. The following gives the total of
the actual sub-contracts awarded and
also those pending
Participating company. value
Hydraulic Pressed Steel COM
pany, Cleveland Ohio ........s 4'5'~C
American Rolling Mill company.
Middleton. Ohio ................. 930,OGf
Burney & Smith Car company.
Dayton Ohio ................... 1.l22, COZ
Page & Storms Drop Forge COM
pany, Chicopee. Mass. ......... 500
American Car & Foundry COM
pany, Y. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. %,W
Dayton Manufacturing company,
Dayton. Ohio .................... 5000
Federal Pressed Steel company,
Milwaukee, Wis ................ 1,S50,oH
Northern Electric company.
Montreal, Can. ............... 275,W'
vnit
Recording & Computing Machine
company, Dayton, Ohio ........ 6,ooo,o"
King Powder company, Kings
Mills, ONO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. luo,V'
American Tube & Stamping COM
pany, Bridgeport, Conn. ....... 61,5F
Michigan Brass & Copper com
pany, Detroit, Mich. .."...... 10000
American Brass company. Ken
osta Wis. Observation-Disclosures. 375.Ut
Auto Parts Manufacturing COM
pany. Detroit, Mich ............ $4,000
Vermont Farm Machine COM
pany, Bellows Falls VT. ..... 5000
Consolidated Manufacturing COM
pany, Toledo, Ohio .............. $4,000
Robin Hood Ammunition COM
pany, Swanton. VT. ........... 1900
Wallace Barnes company. Bris-
tol, Conn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .5,W
Lavigne Manufacturing company,
Detroit Mich. ................... 21,oW
Draper company, Hopedale. Mass. 400
Pope Manufacturing company,
Westfield. Mass ................ 4o,0T
The Yale & Towne Manufacture
ing company. New York city. 100
American Powder Works COM
pany. Boston, Mass. ............ 30. mn
Corbin Screw corporation, New
Britain, Conn. ................... 50, or
Horatio Hickok company. Bur-
lington, Vt. Observation-Disclosures. 1T5, h'
L. S. Steel Products company.
New York city ................. 500"
Meade. Morrison company, Bos-
ton, Mass. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "',op
Crocker Wheeler company, Am
pere. n. ]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 450.0Gl
Platt Iron works. Dayton. Ohio.
and Brownell company. Jointly $50, oH
Lauzen Engineering company,
Lewis. Que. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Dayton Manufacturing COMPANY
Dayton, Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 800 OK
Worcester Manufacturing COM
pany. Worcester, Mass. ........ 4So5N
pany, Chicopee, Mass. .......... 500"
Blake & johnson company, Wa
terbNry,. Conn. .................. 200
Bridgeport White Metals Cast
ing company ................... $50 on
Corbin Screw corpora ton ....... 1905.
Total Observation-Disclosures. $9l 124 40
PENDING
American Locomotive company. $40, 0O on
Pressed Steel Car company. 10,mO"N
/. s. Cartridge company 10,OCc'
Dayton Manufacturing company lo433'
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $40, 104 33
The remainder of the $S3 900 COO contract
s3l ,17l,270, is to be filled directly by the
Canadian Car Foundry company at it!
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