History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . chinery atSouthbridge, and has since purchased out-side whatever cotton yarn it uses in its fancydress goods. After selling out its cotton de-partment the company thoroughly recon-structed its organization, consolidating andco-ordinating its departments, and bringingabout a more efficient production. The oldcotton spinning mill w^as converted intoanother wcrsted establishment, and a new 230 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. building erected adjoining it Considerablemoney was expended for this purpose sothat the pl
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . chinery atSouthbridge, and has since purchased out-side whatever cotton yarn it uses in its fancydress goods. After selling out its cotton de-partment the company thoroughly recon-structed its organization, consolidating andco-ordinating its departments, and bringingabout a more efficient production. The oldcotton spinning mill w^as converted intoanother wcrsted establishment, and a new 230 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. building erected adjoining it Considerablemoney was expended for this purpose sothat the plant is in the best possible conditionto give stockholders a chance to realize asmuch as possible on their property. TTie present treasurer, Arthur E. Mason,recognized as a particularly able executive, a prominent position in the market. Theyare profitably sold through Wellington, Sears& Co. The equipment is 30,000 spindlesand 1,000 looms. Thirteen hundred handsare employed. Stock of the mill is highlyvalued and in many cases has been handeddown from one generation to Mills of the Hamilton Woden Compan:; \\hen mailing an announcement of a meetin;:;to stockholders in August, 1920, enclosedwith the letter a sample of the fancy sergedress goods, so that if any shareholders happen to know just what kind of cloththe mil! manufactured they then had an op-portunity to learn. Besides the standard ssrges the product ofthe company includes poplins, alpacas, andnovelties. A few cotton v/orsteds are alsomade. For many years its serges have held The company has been partcularly for-tunate in having skilled men at the head ofthe business. The present officers of thecompany are as follows: President, ThomasP. Beal; treasurer, Arthur E. Mason; millagent, E. Benjamin Armstrong; clerk, JohnM. Foley; superintendent, Arthur C. Var-num; purchasing agent, G. S Rich; directors,Thomas P. Beal, Arthur E. Mason, Isaac , Bernard F. Merriam, John E. Thayer,r., and WilHcim H, Welling
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