The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-08
Two Large StOwell Factories
Sold for Business
Purposes
OUTLOOK FOR TOWN
IS ENCOURAGING
Concern Will Make Pen Holders and
Small Brush Handles, Employing SO
to 100 Hands - Special Town Meet
ing to be Called.
Especial to The Reformer.)

l..
PUTNEY, Jan. s.
This town seems in a fair way to he
put back on the industrial map. to re-
gain the business position which it oc.
cupied before the bottom dropped ont
of the toy making industry a number
of years ago. The reason for this be-
lief IS the fact that yesterday afternoon
a deal was concluded by which the c..
E. Bradley Co. of South Worthington.
Mass, brush handle and pen holder
makers, become the owners Of the Stow
ell factories here, which at one time
were IN large measure the bone and
slnew of the town The transfer of
the property is conditional on the result
of an inspection of the boilers. and an
inspector will arrive today to make a
thorough examination of them. II is
believed, however, that they are in
good condition.
| Several weeks ago the buildings.
which include two large factories four
stories high, were sold by the Stoweu
Mig. Co., consisting of G. w. Adams
George I. Aplin and George L. Pierce
/ to Edward McCraw and f. \. Hart Of
North Adams, Mass, building wreckers
Ii was their intention to tear them
down, but the citizens did not wish tc
lose the last chance of ever establish
ing another industry in them and 4
negotiations were begun looking to the
/ purchase of the buildings by resident.
Tor the purpose Of saving them fo1
some future use.
An effort was made to raise none,
for that purpose and several meetinG o.
were held, but finally the owners an,
the Bradley Co. came in touch will
each other, with the result as abov,
stated
The sale Of the buildings. however
does not mean the final securing 0
the industry, as the townspeopl
are called upon to meet certain
conditions, one of which is to guaran
tee an exemption from taxation for
term Of years, the furnishing of tn
land which the buildings occupy
which is still owned by the Stowe
Mfg. Co., and certain assistance j
financing the enterprise, all of whic
the local committee feels confident wi
be done. The committee, consisting q
Or. L. H. Bugbee, II. l.. Bailey and |
+. Blood, will formulate TODAY u,
, tltlon to the selectmen for a specis
town meeting for the purpose of actin
on the question of an exemption frol
taxation.
l. - Ii ddiVS, hedu OF the +. =. Bfaf
ley Co., has been in town several day
conducting the negotiations, togetht
T. with the sales manager, Mr.. Marshal
he plans to begin equipping the fa
tories at once and to have them read
for beginning business in two or thre
t months. 1t is planned to start wit
90 or more hands and to increase IL
number to 100. The concern is doin
a good business, but it has outgrow
T its accommodations and is several mile
! from the railroad.
The concern makes brush handles {
I the smaller sizes, including pair
: brushes, artists brushes, etc, and pc
4 holders which are enameled by a pl
l vate process. 1t needs white birc
I principally, of which there is an abu
:, dance in this locality.
The sale includes the two lar.
buildings mentioned, with two lar!
boilers, saw mill on land former
d owned by T. l.. Pierce, on the opposi
side of the street, and about an ac
of land connected with the saw mill