New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-21
PECK Spring Cd. IS
FLOURISHING PLANT
New Addition Completed and New
Machinery Installed
CONCERN HAS BIG ORDERS


Boys Club observation-disclosures
Out OF Army-Other Items of In
terest.
With the recent completion of an
addition to the Peck Spring company
plant on Broad street, the town now
mas one of the leading spring manu-
featuring concerns in the state. While
the concern is yet in its infancy, the
rapid growth of the past year gives
indications that it will no doubt reach
even greater proportions in the next
twelve months.
In addition to the added floor space,
the company has put in a number of
up-tG-date automatic machines.
Small springs of the helical variety is
the chief output of the company.
During the war the concern also
made many springs for Browning
guns and other war materials. Springs
for watches, clocks and pressure
gauges are also made in large guam
titles for the many customers of the
Peck Spring company.
The officials of the company are:
D. c. Peck, president; d. X. Peck,
secretary and treasurer; b l.. Peck,
assistant secretary. In speaking of
the outlook for the coming year, Sec
rotary Peck predicted a big boom in
the spring business. The company
has received already this year, orders
that will keep the concern busy for !
several months. Many of the large
factories in this state purchase the |
output Of the company
Burgess Back in States. /
Sergeant Harlan Burgess has ar
rived at Camp Merritt, n. T., from
France. and is expected to come home |
on furlough today. He enlisted in !
Company I of New Britain at the out /
break of the trouble with Mexico and |
served at the Mexican border. He
went to Mantle with the company
when the United States entered the
war and was sent to New Haven to
Camp Yale. He served in France
with the company after it was merged f,
with the 1920 regiment and was pro-
noted to sergeant. He was gassed a t
the battle Of Seicheprey and was sent
to a base hospital. He went back into
the trenches again and was severely
gassed and also suffered from trench
feet" making him unfit for further
active service. He helped with c1eri-
cal work and in various other capa-
cities after that. When the ar1nistice
was arranged he was among the first
Of the New England troops to be sent
home. He is the second man from
Company 1 to return to PlainvilIe as
Walter Livingston returned some time
ago.
Graham Writes Home
Mrs. Loren Graham of West Main
street has received a. letter from her
son George Graham, written on
Christmas Day. He says that the
men in his compan ny were certainly
townhearted on that day, as they had
not been paid for several months and !;
there was not even any fighting to
take their minds off their troubles
But he received a letter from his
mother later in the day and the
letter contained some money. He
says that the spirits of the boys was
then raised to normal, and they
bought their Christmas eats and
drinks at the first place they struck.
Ora ham is with a New York regi-
ment, the 77th Engineers. having en-
listed al Utica, n. Y, in the early
days of the war.
Fred BabcocI<'s Funeral.
The funeral of Fred Babcock who
died Saturday at Bennington n. H,
was held this afternoon at o'clock at
the underta king parlors of w. A.
Bailey and Company. Rev. G. r. |
Stroebel oficiated and burial was in
West cemetery.
Discharged From Army.
Augustine Lepore has been dis
charged from the army and has re-
turned to his home in this town. He
was sent to Camp Devens with@a draft
contingent several months ago and
was transferred to Camp Upton.
When the rest of his company went
overseas he was sent to Camp Joseph
tombstone. Florida. Leport formerly
conducted q trucking business in