Statewide County RI  Archives History .....Woolen Manufacturers, 1898 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ri/rifiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 7, 2007, 1:31 am

WOOLEN MANUFACTURERS.

AMERICAN WORSTED CO., com. 1867; capital, $250,000; G. R. Randall, treas.;
Joseph E. Cole, pres't; dress braids and cardigan Jackets and yarn, 1,000
braiders, 7 combs, 8,100 worsted spindles, 12 sets knitting machinery, steam and
water power, dye; Watson, Bull & Co., N. Y. selling agents, also direct;
Woonsocket.

ASHAWAY WOOLEN CO. (copart.), capital, $100,000; Asa S. Briggs, pres't; L. A.
Briggs, treas.; J. W. Murphy, supt.; cassimeres, 9 sets cards, 22 broad looms,
steam and water power, dye and finish; Fred'k Victor & Achelis, N. Y. selling
agents; freight and telegraph address, Westerly, Ashaway.

Atlantic Mills, inc. 1879; reorg. 1891; capital $1,500,000; Chas. D. Owen,
pres't and agent; Theophilus King (Boston), treas.; S. N. Lougec, supt.; worsted
and cotton warp goods, steam power, dye and finish; A. D. Juilliard & Co., N. Y.
selling agents (see also under Cotton Goods.); Olneyville.

BELGIAN YARN CO. (see River Spinning Co.),

BELLEVILLE MFG.CO. J. P. Campbell, prop.; James R. Wilson, supt. (48
Westminster, Prov.); fancy cassimeres, 8 sets cards, 37 broad looms, steam and
water power; Wendell, Fay & Co., Boston and N. Y. selling agents; Wickford.

BERRY, R. & BOYDEN, cotton and woolen hosiery, 100 hand, 100 automatic machines,
steam power, use 20s to 80s, sell direct; cor. Butler and Bassett, Providence.

BLACKSTONE STOCKING Co., Smith & Lumb; woolen and worsted hose, 106 knitting
machines, steam power, buy 1-30; Wheelright, Eldridge & Co., Boston and N. Y.
selling agents; Pawtucket.

BLANDING, C. L. MFG. Co., F. B. Evans, treas.; C. L. Blanding, mgr.; garnetted
stock, 18 cards, 7 garnett machines, 4 pickers, 1 burr machine, 6 dusters, steam
power, dye; 48 Exchange Place, Providence.

BRIDGETON WORSTED CO. (copart.), (O. T. Inman, F A. Inman, Robert Exley),
worsted yarns, 40s to 60s, 3 combs, 2,500 spindles; Bridgeton.

BRITISH HOSIERY CO., inc. 1885; capital, $200,000; R. W. Cooper, pres't and
treas.; line full fashioned cashmere and cotton hosiery, 3 sets cards, 150
knitting machines, 2 combs, 1,000 cotton spindles, water power, sell direct;
Olneyville. 

BROOKSIDE MILL, knit underwear, C. F. Anthony, Drownville. 

BURDICK, ALBERT, shoddy, 3 pickers, 3 cards; Niantic. 

BURNSIDE MILL, W. P. Barney; 450 spindles, steam and water power, dye, location
of mill and P. O. address, Green Hill. 

CAMPBELL, JAMES (Greystone Mills), shoddy and extracts, 3 pickers. 18 cards
(office, 56 Westminster St., Providence). 

CAMPBELL MILLS, inc. 1881; capital, $200,000; J. P. Campbell, pres't and treas.;
Daniel Taylor, supt.; fancy cassimeres, 11 sets cards, 56 broad looms, steam and
water power, dye; Wendell, Fay & Co., Boston and N. Y. selling agents (48
Westminster St., Providence); Westerly. 

CAMNAULT MILLS (formerly Stillman Mill), Campbell, Henault & Co.; Frank E.
Anderson, agent; fancy cheviots, 10 sets cards, 104 broad looms, steam and water
power, dye; Westerly. 

CAROLINA MILLS CO., com. 1869; capital, $100,000; E. Tinkham, pres't; 	Franklin
Metcalf, ass't treas.; worsteds, 8 sets cards. 49 broad looms, steam and water
power, dye; Fred Victor and Achelis, N. Y. selling agents; Carolina. 

CENTREDALE WORSTED MILLS, inc. 1891; capital, $100,000; W. A. Mackie, pres't;
James Lister, Jr., treas.; W. Dracun, sec'y; yarns, English system, 20 to 50,
5,400 worsted spindles, 7 combs, 7 worsted cards, steam and water power, sell
direct; Centredale.

Chemnitz Co., inc. 1892; capital, $45,000; Geo. R. McAuslan, treas.; Joseph G.
Burton, supt.; fashioned seamless cotton and wool hosiery,; 140 knitting
machines, steam power, sell direct; 454 Potters Ave., Providence. 

CLARK, B. A., agent (Yawgoo Woolen Co.); satinets,2 sets cards, 14 looms;
Slocumville. 

Colwell, Ralph & Co., worsted dress goods, 80 looms, steam power, sell direct; 9
Calender, Providence. 

Cranston Worsted Mills, inc. 1887; capital, $100,000; Chas. B. Rockwell, treas.;
mohair, worsted, genapped and novelty yarns. 6 combs, 1 set preparers, 24
spinning frames, steam power, dye, sell direct; Bristol. 

Crown Worsted Mills, Greaves & Hutchinson, props.; worsted yarns, 1 set drawing,
1,600 spindles, steam power, buy tops, sell direct; 43 Sabin, Providence. 

DALECARLIA WORSTED Co., Wakefield. 

DAVIS. HENRY A. & SON, shoddy, 6 garnett machines, steam power, 143 Summer
Street, Providence. 

Dunn Worsted Mills, inc. 1895; capital, $25,000; J. B. Dunn, pres't; E. S. Dunn,
treas.; worsted suitings and piece dyes, for men's wear, 36 broad looms, steam
and water power, dye, buy yarns; W. Stursburg, Schell & Co., N. Y. selling
agents; Woonsocket. 

FARWELL WORSTED MILL, F. S. Farwell, prop.; H. Merrill, supt.; worsted suitings,
4 sets cards, 109 looms, steam and water power, dye and finish; Stevens, Sanford
& Handy, selling agents; Central Falls. 

Fiske, J. T. Jr. (Sheffield Worsted Mills), fancy worsteds, 2 sets cards, 4
mules, 70 broad, 3 narrow looms, buy worsted yarns; steam and water power;
Greeley, Frost & Cashmun, selling agents, N. Y. and Boston; Pascoag.

GALVIN, JOHN, wool yarns, 2 sets cards, 672 mule spindles, steam power; 623
Atwells Ave., Providence.

GENEVA WORSTED MILL, Douglas Ave., Prov.

Glenark Knitting Co. (Colchis Mill), S. D. Peckham, supt.; A. J. Follett,
treas.; Woonsocket.

GLENDALE WOOLEN MILL, Wm. Orrell. prop.; John T. Loyd, supt; fancy cassimeres
and shoddy, 9 sets cards, 42 looms, 2 pickers, water power, dye; Ould & Bigelow,
N. Y. selling agents; Glendale.

GRANITEVILLE MILL. Wm. A. Inman, prop.; worsted suitings and cassimeres, 52
broad looms, 1 set drawing, 1,500 worsted spindles, water power, dye, buy cotton
yarns; Bacon & Co., New York selling agents; Burrillville.

GREENVILLE WOOLEN MILL. estb. 1856; Richard Waterhouse & Son, fancy woolens, 4
sets cards, 30 broad looms, steam and water power, dye; Dudley, Battelle & Hurd,
and Rockfellow & Shepard, selling agents, freight address, Providence; Greenville.

GOFF, D. & SONS, estb. 1861; inc. 1884; capital, $600,000; D. L. Goff, pres't
and treas.; flyer, spun, worsted and mohair yarns, worsted, Mohair and cotton
Braids, Mohair Plushes, 1,500 braiders, 92 looms, water power, sell direct;
Pawtucket.

Guerin Spinning Co., Stanley G. Smith, pres't; Aram J. Pothier, treas.; Jos.
Guerin, mgr.; Latimer W. Ballou, agt.; woolen and merino yarns; 3,800 spindles,
5 sets cards, dye, steam, water, electricity; sell direct; Woonsocket.

HAHN, ISAAC, worsted and silk braids; 1,000 braiders. steam power (see National
Tubing Co. under cotton goods); 9 Calender St., Providence.

HARRIS WOOLEN Co., com. 1873; capital, $800,000; Mrs. Abbey M. Harris, pres't;
fancy wools and worsteds, overcoatings, beavers and carriage cloths, 25 sets
cards, 153 broad, 7 narrow looms, steam and water power, dye; Woonsocket.

HARRISVILLE MILL, Wm. Tinkham & Co., props.; E. W. Tinkham, supt.; fancy
worsteds, 42 broad and 2 narrow looms, steam and water power, dye and finish;
buy worsted and cotton yarns; sell direct and through com.; Harrisville.

JENCKES E. MFG. CO., org. 1881 (copart.); W. F. & F. C. Sayles, treas.; J. R.
MacColl, agt.; worsted dress goods; 20,000 (ring) cotton, 12,192 worsted
spindles, 1,002 looms, 14 combs, steam power; salesrooms, 53 Leonard, New York;
telegraph address, Pawtucket.

KENT MFG. CO., R. E. Waterhouse, pres't; Geo. B. Waterhouse, treas.; com. 1873;
capital, $100,000; fancy cassimeres, 8 sets cards, 41 broad, 3 narrow looms,
steam power; Converse, Stanton & Cullen, Boston and New York, selling agents;
Centreville.

Kenyon, E. & Son (Kenyon's mills), Chas. Auel, supt.; 9 sets cards, 43 broad
looms, fancy cassimeres and overcoatings, water and steam power, dye; Schnabel
Bros., New York, selling agents; Kenyon.

Kimball, H. A., fancy worsteds, 7 sets cards, 128 broad looms, steam and water
power, dye; H. W. T. Mali & Co., selling agents; Manton.

LAOREL HILL YARN CO. (O. T. Inman, F. A. Inman, J. H. Fairbrother), yarns up to
10s, 4 sets cards, 6 jacks; also shoddy, water power; Bridgeton.

LEICESTER KNITTING MILL, G. H. Baker, prop.; knit jackets, mittens, leggings,
hosiery and Jersey undervests. 100 machines, steam and water power, dye;
Swenarton & KeiserCo.,NewYork, selling agents.

LIPPITT WOOLEN CO., com. 1865; capital, $400,000; C. H. Merriman (Board of Trade
Bldg., Prov.), treas.; R. L. Lippitt, agt.; W. Henry Bailey, supt.; Brigham,
Lawrie, Mann & Co., Schnabel Bros., New York, selling agents; fancy cassimeres,
worsteds and coatings, 11 sets cards, 115 broad looms, steam and .water power,
dye, Woonsocket.

LORRAINE MFG. CO., see under head of Cotton Goods.

LYMANSVILLE CO., org. 1884; capital $500,000; A. A. Sack, pres.; A. Albert Sack,
treas.; worsted goods and yarns, 20 sets cards, 11 combs, 70 broad looms, steam
and water power; salesrooms, 87 Worth St., New York (office, 4S Custom House
St., Providence); Lymansville.

MABBETT, THOS., woolen yarn, 3 sets cards, 3 Garnetts, 1,200 spindles, steam
power; 143 Summer, Providence.

MAGNER BROS, (see Pascoag Worsted Mill).

MELLOR, SAMUEL (Stone Worsted Mills), fancy Worsted for men's wear, 36 broad
looms; buy cotton and worsted yarns, white and colored; steam and water power;
Hardt, Von Bernuth & Co., New York, selling agents; Pascoag.

MOHEGAN WOOLEN MILL, Mohegan.

MORGAN MILL, L. W. Peckham, prop.; shoddy and waste, 5 pickers, 12 cards, 2
Garnett machines, steam and water power; Kenyon.

NAT. AND PROV.WORSTED MILLS (THE), cons. 1894; capital, $2,000,000; Chas.
Fletcher, pres't and gen. mgr.; Joseph B. Fletcher, treas.; fancy worsted
suitings and cloakings and worsted yarn (English and French systems), 16 sets
cards 400 looms 30 combs, 50 sets worsted cards, 31,000 spindles, steam power,
dye; Otheman, Dyer & Southwick and Frederick Victor Achelis, selling agents; 445
Valley St., Providence.

NICHOLS, J. D. & SONS (Oak Valley Woolen Mill), John White, supt.; fancy
cassimeres, 5 sets cards, 18 broad looms, steam and water power; Bacon & Co.,
New York, selling agents; Nasonville Postoffice.

Oak Hill Mill, William Gregory, prop.; R. H. Church, supt.; 2 sets cards, 720
spindles, dyeing, steam and water power; manufacture worsteds for men's wear;
Mitchell Bros., New York, selling agents; postoffice, freight and telegraph
address, Wickford.

OAKLAND WORSTED CO., org. 1893; S. O. Metcalf, treas.; Wm. H. White, mgr.;
worsted sackings, 70 broad looms, steam and water power, dye; Metcalf Bros. &
Co. New York, selling agents; Mapleville.

OWEN, S. A. (Hope Valley Mill), cotton warp, meltons, beaver and chinchillas, 4
sets cards, 50 narrow looms; buy cotton No. 16 and 18, black, brown and white;
steam and water power, dye and finish; J. T. Lowe & Co., New York, selling
agents; telegraph address, Wood River Junction; Hope Valley.

PASCOAG WORSTED MILL. inc. 1896; capital, $50,000, 16 looms, worsted and woolen
suitings, steam power; buy yarns; Pascoag.

PEACE DALE MFG. CO. (mill estab. 1801), com. 1848; capital, $200,000; Rowland
Hazard, pres't; R. G. Hazard, treas.; Wm. C. Greene, gen. mgr.; James W.
Drysdale supt.; shawls, cassimeres, overcoatings, worsted coatings, worsted
serges, 12 sets cards, 7 combs, 5,320 worsted spindles, 155 looms, steam and
water power, dye; Brigham, Lawrie, Mann & Co., New York, selling agents; Peace
Dale, South Kingston.

PEARCE, JOHN, yarn, 3 sets cards, 1,800 spindles, steam and water power; Phenix.

Peckham Mfg. Co., 12 sets cards, 50 looms, 19 operators, 18 cylinders, steam and
water power, dye; B. B. & R. Knight, Coventry Centre.

PECKHAM WOOLEN YARN CO., Asa Peck & Co., props.; Germantown hosiery and other
yarns, 10 sets cards, 3,720 (wool) spindles, water and steam power, dye;
Washington.

PERSEVERANCE WORSTED CO., com. 1883; capital, $100,000; J. Ernest Singleton,
supt.; James H. Singleton, treas.; men's fancy worsted goods, 5 narrow, 70 broad
looms, steam power, dye; Stockton & Drowne, New York, selling agents; Woonsocket.

PHENIX WOOLEN CO. (Livingstone Woolen Mills), inc. 1889; capital, $200,000;
Joseph Dews, pres't and treas.; J. Howard Dews, supt.; fine fancy cassimeres and
worsteds, 18 sets cards, 83 broad, 4 narrow looms, steam power, dye and finish;
Forstmann & Co., New York, selling agents; East Greenwich, Glendale.

PHOENIX SPINNING CO. (copart.), F. W. Tillinghast, mgr.; P. S Peckham, Jr.,
supt.; wool, hosiery, yarns, 2 sets (16-in.) cards, 1,500 wool spindles, steam
power; sell direct; cor. W. Friendship and Broad Sts., Providence.

PITTS, JAMES & SON (Branch Mill), flocks, 4 cutters, water power, dye; P. O.,
Millville, Mass.; freight address, Blackstone, Mass., Slaterville, North
Smithfleld, Olneyville.

PLAINVILLE MILL, G. F. Whipple, agt.; fancy cassimeres and yarn, 5 sets cards,
21 broad looms, water power, dye; H. H. Schweitering & Co., New York, selling
agents; postoffice and telegraph address, Mapleville; mill in Whipple.

PRENDERGAST, WM. H., fancy worsteds. 60 broad looms, steam power; Forstmann &
Co., New York, selling agents; postoffice address, Pascoag, Bridgeton.

PROVIDENCE TEXTILE CO. (T. G. Andrews, H. A. Bentley, A. J. Dobson), shawls and
robes, 8 looms.

PROVIDENCE WORSTED MILL (see National and Providence Worsted Mills).

PRUE, FRANK J. & Co., worsted yarn, mittens, 8 knitting machines, electric
power; buy yarns; Townsend & Yale, New York, selling agents.

REYNOLDS MFG. CO. (mill estab.1849, copart.), Wm. A. Reynolds, supt.; Washington
jeans and doeskins, cassimeres, 3 sets cards, 5 broad, 33 narrow looms, steam
and water power, dye and finish; telegraph address, East Greenwich, Davisville.

RHODE ISLAND HOSIERY CO., Oscar A. Newell, 2 sets cards, 35 machines, steam
power; Central Falls.

Rhode Island Spinning Co., manufacturers of woolen and merino yarn for all
purposes; also commission spinning; office and mill, corner North Main and Clay
Sts., Central Falls, R. I.; telephone connection.

RIVER SPINNING Co., inc. 1891; capital, $250,000; Fred C. Sayles (Pawtucket),
pres't; F. S. Drowne (Providence), treas,; woolen and merino yarns (Belgian
system), 11 sets cards, steam power, dye; Johnston & Farie, Philadelphia,
selling agents.

RIVERSIDE WORSTED MILLS, com. 1884; reorg. 1890; capital, $1,000,000; Theophilus
King, treas.; Walter Ward, supt.; worsted coatings, 24 sets worsted cards, 9
sets woolen cards, 325 broad looms, 30 combs, 19,556 worsted spindles, steam
power, dye; A. D. Juilliard & Co., New York, selling agents; Olneyville.

RODMAN MFG. CO. (mill estab. 1847), org. 1883; capital, $500,000; Albert Rodman,
pres't; Walter Rodman, treas.; Franklin Rodman, supt.; doeskins, jeans, 25 sets
(8 60-in.) cards, 438 narrow looms, steam and water power, dye and finish;
freight address, Wickford Junction; P. Van Volkenburg & Co., New York, selling
agents; Lafayette.

ROYAL WEAVING CO., inc. 1889; capital, $150,000; Darius L. Goff, pres't; Chas.
E. Pervear, treas.; Joseph Ott, agt.; cotton, woolen and silk fabrics, 200
looms, steam power; sell direct; Peace Dale.

SAYLES, A. L. & SONS, (Granite Mill, estab. 1834), fancy cassimeres and worsted,
15 sets cards, 84 broad, 3 narrow looms, steam and water power, dye; H. A.
Waterhouse, supt.; Jacob Wendell & Co., Boston and New York, selling agents;
Pascoag.

Sayles, Fred L. & Co., cassimeres and worsteds, 6 sets cards, 63 broad, 3 narrow
looms, steam and water power, dye; H. H. Schwietering & Co., Bossert, Pere &
Fils, H. W. T. Mali & Co., New York, selling agents; Pascoag.

SIMPSON & KIRKALDY, fancy worsteds, 48 broad, 2 narrow looms, steam power;
Cooley, Trumbull & Co., New York, selling agents; Providence.

SLADE, WALTER F. & Co. (Clear River Woolen Mill), fine fancy cassimeres and
kerseys, 8 sets cards, 50 broad looms, steam and water power, dye; Raborg &
Hyde, New York, selling agents; Bridgeton.

STEERE WORSTED MILL, org. 1884; capital, $235,000; S. O. Metcalf, treas.; W. I.
Robinson, supt.; worsted yarns, 10,640 spindles, 18 combs, 25 sets worsted
cards, steam power; Providence.

STILLWATER WOOLEN CO., com. 1867; capital, $250,000; E. Pearce, Jr.
(Providence), treas. and agt.; 1 set worsted machinery, 10 sets cards, 40 broad
looms, steam and water power; Stillwater.

VALLEY WORSTED MILLS, org. 1872; capital, $150,000; J. R. Douge (New York),
pres't; Wm. R. Arnold, treas.; John A. Cross, sec'y; Edward D. Paige, agt.;
worsted yarns for coatings, dress goods, jerseys and knitting purposes (dyed in
all colors), 18 sets worsted cards, 14 Noble combs, 12,000 spindles, steam
power, dye; Providence.

VESTA KNITTING MILLS, inc. 1891; capital, $200,000; R. Berry, pres't; Geo. E.
Boyden, sec'y and treas.; cotton and woolen underwear, 6 sets cards, 280
knitting machines, buy 20s to 80s worsteds, 10s to 80s cotton, steam power, dye;
sell direct (256 Church); 4 Butler, Providence.

WANSKUCK Co., com. 1864; capital, $500,000; Jesse Metcalf, treas.; S. O.
Metcalf, supt.; worsted cloakings and coatings, 27 sets cards, 20 sets worsted
machinery, 14,000 worsted spindles, 12 combs, 340 looms, steam power, dye;
Metcalf Bros. & Co., 57 Worth St., New York, selling agents (office, Exchange
Place, Providence).

Waterhouse, John, fine shoddies and extracts, 8 cards, 1 picker, steam power; 53
Sabin St., Providence.

WEEDEN MILL, 9 sets cards, 60 looms; Niantic.

WELLS, W. R. (successor to Wells & Shaw), Bethel Worsted Mill, worsted suitings
and pantings, 2 sets cards, 26 broad, 2 narrow looms, steam and water power, dye
and finish; buy 2-40 and 2-50; sell direct; freight address, Niantic; telegraph,
Westerly, Ashaway.

WESTERLY WOOLEN Co. (copart.), L. W. Arnold, supt.; cassimeres and worsteds, 24
sets cards, 104 broad looms, steam and water power, dye.

Weybosset Mills, inc. 1866; capital,$350,000; Jacob Wendell, pres't; J. W. Taft,
treas.; Taft, Weeden & Co., agts.; F. E. Weeden, supt.; Jacob Wendell & Co., New
York, selling agents; fancy cassimeres and worsteds, 25 sets (48-in.) cards, 7
combs, 178 broad looms, steam power, dye; Providence.

WHITE, H. C. & SON (Chepachet Mill), O. H. White, agt.; worsted suitings, all
spin woolen yarn on com., 16 sets cards, 150 broad looms, steam and water power,
dye and finish; buy worsted yarns; Deering, Milliken & Co., New York, selling
agents; freight address, Oakland, Chepachet, Gloucester.

WICKFORD WORSTED MILL, William Gregory, prop.; R. H. Church, supt.; 1 set cards,
420 spindles, 28 looms, steam power; manufacture worsteds for men's wear;
Mitchell Bros., New York, selling agents; Wickford.

WOONSOCKET WORSTED MILL (copart.), Wm. R. Cordingly, treas.; Edwin Farwell,
mgr.; worsted yarns (10 to 70), fine and medium (English system), 6 sets worsted
cards, 4 Noble combs. 3,762 worsted spindles, 3 sets drawing, steam power; sell
own goods (570 Atlantic Ave., Boston); Woonsocket.

WOOD RIVER MILL, Wm. A. Walton & Co.; Chas. Dobbrow, supt.; woolen, fancy
cheviots, 9 sets cards, 40 broad looms, steam and water power; Converse, Stanton
& Cullen, Boston and New York, selling agents; Wood River Junction.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from: 

The Providence Board of Trade
Thirtieth Year
1898

Providence: Chaffee-McIndoe Company, Printers
1898

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ri/statewide/history/other/woolenma29gms.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/rifiles/

File size: 19.5 Kb