Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
CONCERNING LocAL INDUSTRIES

of Norwich, where he died. in 1900. at the age Of ninety two.
 The Norwich Bleaching Company, of which Capt. Erastus Williams was the frst president, was established by Mir. Pierce, and was succee.ied by the United States Finishing Company. which conducts at Greeneville a bus mess of great importance in calender ing cotton fabrics.
 The stormy period which was to follow in the history of the Finishing Company was not foreseen by MT. Gilman. Happily, the industry has lighted itself and under wiser man. agement than that whic;. got it into business entanglemsnt, fs continuing on its previous f1ourishing way.
 Attention is next directed by Mir Gilman to tEe Yantic Woolen Min. This was formerly a cottor. mill, which came into, the possession of Capt. Erastus Williams in 1924. He con ducted the business successfully during Lis active life, and in 1862 was suc- Geeded by his son, the late E. Winslow Williams.
 The mill was tota1Iy destroyed by fire in 1885; but by energy and indus try MT. Williams caused a new and larger mill Of granite to be built and completed within twelve months, on
 
 1888, Winslow Tracy Williams became the treasurer and active manager and principal owner, and later the presi- ent of the concern, which had been incorporated in 1877 as the Yantic Woolen Company.
 MT. Gilman notes that during Mir. Williams administration the mill was enlarged. and the village of Yantic improved by the erection of Grace Episcopal Church, granite building for the Yantic Fire Engine Company and for social purposes, and a hand some stone bridge. the arches of which span tre river to the driveway which leads to Rockclyffe. the resi- dence of MT. Williams, on high ground overlooking the orderly village, the meadows and the winding river. Since this was written in 1909, the of the Admore Woo1en Company, en- tertrising business men just now en- gagged on profitable government army contracts.
 Refer.nee is made by M-. Gilman to the A. H. Hubbard Company, the ligit- innate successor of Christopher Lef- fngweu and Andrew Huntington, which company Gin 1sos) had had a 1ong ani honorable history of nearly hundred years, since it's establish ment T by Russell shd Amos Hallan c ,oooaIu, hisI dI the falis, later III Greeneville. Its business was, being conducted at the time Mir. Gilman's book was written, in the third and fourth generation from it's foundation, by Charles L. Hubbard as presid art and his son. James L. Hubbard as sec retary.
 This mill, too, since 190S has passed into new ownership, unhappily not to the betterment of its fortunes
 iNL s>l< Pany, of which Gen. William A. Aiken is president. and Edwin A. Tracy the treasurer and general manager, car- ries on a large business in manufac- turing oy electric power an immense variety of metal fixtures for interior display. This big industry was es- ta blishe'i in a modern building of the best type of factory construction, on to the Hopkins & Allen Aen1s Com pany. the Nickel Company removing to the former c. B. Rogers building, on Thames Street. s 5-j :. Norwich has iona been famous for it's manufacture of firearms MT. Gil man writes; and the Hopkins & Allen Arms Company, rising Phoenix like from its ashes aftet the destruction of the property by fire in 1900, has building covering an enti-@ square on Franklin Street. the president Gin l9o9O being Arthur H. Brewef Here again, MT. Gilman could not foresee the wonderful expansion of this plant, until 1,s00 employees were on its pay-roll. or the sudden setback to its industrial progress-which, also, promises to be but temporary, under | new and practical business manage nent. In the list of industries reference follows to the Crescent Fire Arms Company. an important industry of recent date, extensively | engaged in manufacturing shot guns in l 1ue. Central Wharf. The president ,19e9) is Henry H. Gallup
 Among newer industries of import anee is the J. B. Martin company's | arge establishment for manufactur- ng velvet, situated on the Lisbon l Road near Taftville. The M J. Green | 'ilk 'i mill, on South Golden Street, is .lso mentioned, although the latter 1n- lustry is now controlled by the Brain trd & Armstrong Company.
 Noted in the list of pIarts, some of which continue in unchanging pros- ,erity, are the John T. Young Boiler .ompany's factory, the Uncas Paper company at ThamesviIle, since ab- orbed by the American Strawboard | Company, the Chelsea File Works. es- ablIshed by Henry l.. Butts, and the McCrum Howell Company, formerly he Richmond Stove Works, which has great foundry on the west side of he river for the manufacture of stoves md heating apparatus.
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