. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. tions are everywhere frequent. Thehistory of the Billings & Spencer Company points this clearly,for the firm was called into existence by the discovery of newprinciples of production. Drop forcings were, it is said, introducedintii the United States by Samuel Colt, and were used to some TB. PERSSE, Dealer in Flonr. Feed. Hay, No. ,18 StateStreet.—The premises occupied by this geutleuian comprise^ the whole of a commodious loui-hlory buildinj;, equippedwith elevator and complete facilities, and a number of efli-cient
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. tions are everywhere frequent. Thehistory of the Billings & Spencer Company points this clearly,for the firm was called into existence by the discovery of newprinciples of production. Drop forcings were, it is said, introducedintii the United States by Samuel Colt, and were used to some TB. PERSSE, Dealer in Flonr. Feed. Hay, No. ,18 StateStreet.—The premises occupied by this geutleuian comprise^ the whole of a commodious loui-hlory buildinj;, equippedwith elevator and complete facilities, and a number of efli-cient assistants are employed, while several wagons dehver all overthe city and environs: the trade, which is both wholesale and retail,extending throughout the state. A heavy and first-class stock isconstanily carried on hand, including best brands of family , middlings, bran, oats, corn, etc.; also mill feed of every de-scription, baled hay, and straw; and all,,orders for anything in theline indicated receive immediate attention, and bottom prices prevail. VULCAN SURPRISED? extent at the Springfield, :\ras^; . Armorv. PharKs F, Billings. organizer and president of thp Billines S: Spencer has byhis numerous inventions and improvements raised tlieart of drop-forgings from a subordinate industry into one of independence andof the first magnitude. Mr. Billings was formerly emplnved inColts Armory as die-sinker and tool-maker. In 186-2 Mr. Billingswas offered and accepted a position in the eun factories of Reminar-ton & Son. Here he built up a plant for drop forgiugs. which hada tremendous effect on the efficiency of labor, increasing it forty-fold in the productinn of the several parts of the Remington Rilling* was hi appointed as superintendent of the manu-facturing departtnent of the Weed Sewing Machine Company,which post he held for three years. Afterwards he removed toAmherst. Mass . but retnrned to Hartford in 1869. and organized thepres
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