. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . remained until the mill burned down in the fall of corporation now determined to build up a worsted mill, and was urged to prepare himself to take charge of it. His ex-perience had been confined to woolen goods, whose manufacturediffered from worsted goods, which necessitated new instruction, butwhich was difficult to obtain, as every mill kept a close guard of itssecret processes. Determined to find an entrance into some mill, evenif he would have to do ordinary labor, Mr. Coupland came to Seymour,where he applied for a place i
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . remained until the mill burned down in the fall of corporation now determined to build up a worsted mill, and was urged to prepare himself to take charge of it. His ex-perience had been confined to woolen goods, whose manufacturediffered from worsted goods, which necessitated new instruction, butwhich was difficult to obtain, as every mill kept a close guard of itssecret processes. Determined to find an entrance into some mill, evenif he would have to do ordinary labor, Mr. Coupland came to Seymour,where he applied for a place in the Kalmia Mills, at that time run onworsted yarns by Schepper Brothers, of Philadelphia, with Emil Mar-tines as superintendent. He was told the only place vacant was thatof engineer, and if he was competent he could take that. He knewbut little of the work of an engineer, but accepted the place at $3 perday, and by diligent attention to his work soon succeeded in runningit very satisfactorily. He remained nine months, and in that period.
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