The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-14
STEADY INCREASE
IN POPULATION
Many People Have Come to
BrattIebOrO to Live
Past Few Weeks
FACTORIES TAKING
ON MORE HANDS
Twenty Five Given Work by White
River Chair Co. in Two Weeks
Board of Trade Appoints Committee
to Assist Returning Soldiers.

With the war over and the govern
mcnt eancclling contracts Tor war work
steady gain in population is noted
by the employers Of labor and the real
estate agents of Brattlcboro. The in
crease is not due in any large measure
TO the return Of persons who left dur
ing the war, except that 4 good mum
ber Of soldiers have returned bur It is
due to newcomers, persons who have
not lived here before.
Brattlcboro lost 4 good number Of
residents in the past two years, al
though not nearly as many as currently
reported, and now a turning Of the tide
has begun and now n return TO normal
conditions, or even better, is in pros
pect.
\ demand for tenement, began even
before the armsiicc was signed, and
during the past three weeks the de
mand has increased noticeably. Several
| families came here from putnev on ac-
count Of the destruction hv fire Of the
| G. r. Bradley brush handle plant two
| weeks ago, but these arc only n small
| part of the total number Of families
| which have come~here in the past six
| weeks. The real estate men say that
| the Town needs more tenemcnts renting
/ for about $50 4 month and that there
are too many of the kind that arc
worth from Sl2 TO $l5 a month.
At the factory of the White River
! Chair Co. about 25 new hands have
been taken on in the past two weeks
and more arc to be sent here soon, Ia
work for this company. The business
mas not suffered except through the can
/ collation. Of few government orders
and the concern is now busy filing or
dcrs for export.
The EStcv Organ Co. is receiving op
pGcations for work every day and ha>
given employment to q number of new
hands The company has work for al
the skilled labor il can secure, but ther,
is less opportunity for unskilled labor
There are orders on hand for largely
increased output.
. While the rush of business for thi
season is over AT the plant OF the $
Smith Mfg. Co, the factory will reopel
with an increased force after the holi
day inventory This company nc
II CtlIcU lib bfttIS 1bE lONS dIICF Angus
to he filled for this year : Christina
| trade.
The c. F. Bradley corporation, whe
has Just established n toy and brus
handle business on Elliot street and
employing from 40 to 50 hands, som
coming from Springfield, Mass. is likel
J to absorb many more hands the comm
year.
At the Fort Dummcr cotton mill an
: the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell overa
factory, the latter employing cir
principally. there has not been q msrkc
increase in applications for employ
ment. which perhaps is not strange {
y the work III these factories require
!, special qualifications. as a rule.
q With the idea of assisting returnin
' soldiers in finding employment in Bra
~ tleboro the local board of trade hns q
Ii pointed special committee consistir
2 Of Glenham Jones, =. H. Chapman al
r. c. Clark to compile. list of plac
=. available in factories, stores and offic
* as well as on farms in this locality. Th
81 committee is anxious to have the {
operation Of all employers and as
'S that they send 10 the board of tra
rooms data in regard to the number al
= kind of positions they arc anxious
ne fiji. 1t is the plan to have this list
if the disposal of soldiers returning
~ civil life, with a view Of putting pl
ne speetive employer and emplove IN tou
20 with each other.