The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-22
CANVASS NEXT WEEK
FOR PEERLESS MILL
On Tuesday and Wednesday Solicitors
for Stock in Concern Which Pro-
poses to Locate in Barre
Will Visit You.

An intensive canvass, by a mum.
ber of the workers who figured conspic.
uously in Barre's successful war drives
will furnish fitting climax to the cam.
paign now under way for subscriptions
to the Peerless Knitting mill project
The Barre Board of Trade shares the de.
sire of the knitting mill people to have
the proposed modern factory erected
here this fall, in order that operations
may begin as early as possible in the
winter. For that reason, therefore,
short, but decisive campaign is impera.
tive, and all of the city's activities are
expected to focus on the canvass to be
made next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Now that the pre-campaign canvass
has developed so encouragingly and with
practically 100000 assured in subscrip.
tions before the final drive begins, the
committee is more than ever confident
that Barre's public spirit, so often tried
in the balance and never found wanting
will not fail in this critical season En-.
couraging indications of an awakening
interest in towns about are at hand
Yesterday several out -of-town people
called at headquarters to inquire about
the project, and in a number of instances
pledges of purpose to purchase sub.
stantial blocks of stock actually were re.
ceived Yet the fact remains that Barre
must contribute a very large proportion
of the subscription to the stock, although
the benefits of the new industry are
bound to be spread out over consider.
able territory.
The knitting machine installed and in
operation in the Aldrich building at the
corner of North Main and Washington
streets is the cynosure for many eyes
Mr.. Lyons, one of the compsny's super.
intendents, and young woman operator
have described the operation of the ma
chine and the processes that follow ia
hundreds of people in the past few days
They are willing to discuss the operation
with anybody and all who are inter.
ested are eheerfully invited to interview
them.
Some $4,000 will be invested in knit.
ting machines of the type exhibited td
put the Barre plant in operation. The
machine is wholly automatic, and this
fact has moved number of passersby
to speculate over the number of hands
to be employed in connection with
mechanism that seems almost human in
its operation. A word Of explanation
from Mr.. Lyons has furnished an illumi
mating story for good many inquirers.
To finish union suit after it leavef
the machine it must go through about 50
operations. First comes the bleaching
dyeing or washing Thence it goes to the
automatic dryer, thence to the cutting
department, where it is folded into the
proper lengths and widths for the differ
ent sizes. Then follow such operations
as stitching, trimming the cores, sewing
the cuffs, attaching the shoulder pieces
putting on the button hole and button
facing, scanning, double scanning or cove
ering the seam in order to strengthen it
neck finishing, neck facing (sewing on
labels and joining endsl, tapping, budding
or fastening the seams, buttonholing and
button sewing, inspection for minor de-
fects, such as dropped stitches, mending
if necessary, pressing, final examination
folding and boxing. Each machine has
capacity of about three and one-hali
dozens per day All of these 30 opera.
tions which are required after the cloth
leaves the knitting machine call for the
employment of female labor.
The same machine, by an adjustment
and change of needles, can make either
light, heavy or medium underwear. A
shipment of merchandise on fall orders
from the Mattapan plant Aug. Is ap.
proximated $4,000. Shipments due Sept
j viii be valued at 100000, and regu.
larly, during the fall and in anticipation
Of the winter trade, the shipments will
greatly accelerate IN value.