The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-30
BIC FACTORIES CLOSED.
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Sumed III New Eh8ldhu hd9 p''
shipped in, either by rail or water.
Seventy Boston schools are closed
and 200 more will be forced to close
within week. All schools in Worces'
ter, Mao9, have been closed since
| Christmas.
More than 100000 tons of coal is
needed to bring the New England
states supply to normal.
The Edison Electric Light company
Of Boston, which'supplies light to BOs
ton and ~ cities and towns. will be
forced TO close at the end of this week
unless the steamer Noyes at Hampton
Roads is loaded Immediately.
The Mead Morris Manufacturing
company Of East Boston, employing
1900 men on gun mounts, has been
closed since Wednesday.
The Chapman Valve company of Bos
ton is closed.
Eighteen factories in Holyoke, Mass, |
must close at the end of this week.
The Boston and Worcester trolley |
lines, having 81 miles Of double track |
1vstem, have almost cut service in half |
and face closing down.
The Maine Central railroad has coal
only to run until Friday and must close
unless Deputy Director of Railroads
Smith Of New York can get il coal.
The Industrial Alcohol company of
East Cambridge, working 100 per cent
on allies orders, is closed.
The l.. s Starrett company of Ath
oil, Mass, working 100 per cent on gov
, eminent and naval supplies, is closed
! The Burgess Airplane company of
y Marblehead, Mass is closed
= Tho r & TonV comnonrr ne So,Yh
y birmingham, Mass, engaged 100 per
> cent on haversaeks and cartridge belts,
closed down indefinitely.
The Abertham Construction Co. of
Cambridge, working 100 PER cent on
q government contracts, closed Monday.
The Metz company of Waltham.
Mass, doing 100 per cent government
work, is burning wood and must close
thia week.
9 Ten thousand workmen We're thrown
out of work when the American Wooden
company 5 mills at Lawrence, Lowell
Ia and Maynard, Mass, closed These
mills have contracts for 100000 yards
Of blankets, 100000 yards of over
eoatings, 100000 yards of khaki and
100000 yards of suitings, all for the
government.
90 The Osgood Bradley company of
a.. Worcester, working 100 per cent on gun
~ mounts, has been closed
he The Arlington mills at Fall River
as closed and 1900 persons were thrown
en- out of work.
The Bridgeport, munitions plants are
OF in desperate plight, with no relief il
No ight.
Lp- Waterbury. Conn, munitions plant.
'd; have only few days supply of fuel
I'D Mr.. Storrow stated Monday night
that there - no hope Of preventing
en- many shut downs in New England II.
Die said
IN, In circulars which l sent out las
nd June and July, l predicted this condi
as ton. 1t was as plain as and maxi
ne /. | told every manufacturer to pre-
pare for it. would not change tn
wording of those circulars today i'll de
1. scribing conditions in New England.
Last summer, when the government
"a took over the tugs and coal vessel
H. which were taking New England s win
he ter supplies to our factories, l came t
Of Washington and laid the facts befor
are the President the war department an
4 the navy department. But the ship
rk were taken from us
ist "W We have protested time and tim
ed again and tried in vain to picture tn
dire necessities of the great produt
,a+ ing center Of the country but our et
, = forts have been fruitless Never ha
Of New England been able to ship in NOR
. than 81 or 3s FER cent of her coal SUI
IL. Iply by rail. More than half of it ia
ON had to come by water. SO when ,torm
~ tie mp the railroads we have to clos
ms up shop.
in AT the beginning Of last week
,,.t looked rs if we were going to get SON
nv bituminous coal. Remember New En-,
land annually consumes 100000 tor
H. of bituminous coal and 100000 tor
:. of anthracite coal. For the most pa
90 this is brought in during the summe
~ This year we were deprived of Ii
-, ships and we could not get in the su
'y;i ply.
- We were down to bedrock at Il
az beginning of last week. At that tin
III we hoped that we could get throua
"a this week and through the shipments
- last week be ready to meet the indu
trial and public needs OF the distri
for next week But we made no shi
lpo monte last week.
itrl- 1.-The fuel administration had sor
tee. ships at Hampton Roads for us but t
OF government put . of their vessels
IoI ahead Of ours at the docks. For all
title know it was a war necessity. I knc
tees that we were unable to ship any &C
the from that port for the first five da
mt of last week. That means we viii ha
mt no supplies for next week.
'uae . 1t has been miracle that we ha
a. teen able to get along as we have +
MISS so long. From messages l receiv
rHoe yesterday, it would seem taat Bost
"ea office buildings and stores will have
orah close next week. For the last TIN
q % weeks in Boston we have been ladli
eng out all our coal, hard and soft, in Il
Iitn- pound bag lots to houaeholders.
make On Jan II the steamship Achil
inc brought us 12,400 tons of bitumino
lect- We diyidad tbis caroo AMONG 46 h
fer pitaIs to,yn newer water and liohti
perS' companies, giving Boston retailers 81
q as tons for distribution to household
elFn when the normal house conSumptiOn