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Belding Bros. & Co., Rockville, Conn.
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BELDING BROS. & CO.
The parent mill of Belding Bros. & Co., which is located in this city, was started in 1866, and it has been enlarged and improved from time to time, until today, it bears little likeness to its former self.
On March 30, 1909, Belding Bros. & Co., purchased of the James J. Regan Manufacturing Company the Stone mill, formerly known as the White Mill, and Mill No. 4, formerly known as the Fitch Mill. The latter was sold to Edmond Corcoran of Philadelphia and has been converted into a modern worsted mill.
The former mill has been thoroughly overhauled and has been added to the extensive plant of Belding Bros. & Co., in this city. New floors have been put in throughout. All the water has been put onto one water wheel, two new 250-horse power boilers have been installed and a new 350-horse power engine to be used in the event of trouble with the water, or if the water should be low. The entire plant is to be driven by electric power, about 30
individual motors being used. About 10,000 spindles are in operation in the local plant of Belding Bros. & Co. and employment is given to 400 hands.
In addition to its mill in this city, Belding Bros. & Co. have four other mills in Belding, Mich., one in Petaluna, Cal., one in Northampton and one in Montreal. A large addition is being built to the Northampton mill at the present time.
The plant is the leading one in size in the silk manufacturing world, but it is not excelled by any other plant in quality of goods turned out. About $8,000,000 business is done annually by the combined mills of this concern.
The officers of the concern are: President, M. M. Belding, jr.: treasurer, M. M. Belding; secretary, A. N. Belding; assistant treasurer, E. C. Young, Chicago; assistant secretary, E. F. Crooks, Northampton. Mass. Halsey L. Allen is superintendent of the local mill, having filled the position for thirty-eight years.
A CENTURY OF Vernon, Connecticut 1808—1908
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.
ROCKVILLE, CONN.
PRESS OF T. F. RADY & COMPANY
JAN. 1911
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Belding Bros. & Co., Rockville, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org
BELDING BROS. & CO.
The parent mill of Belding Bros. & Co., which is located in this city, was started in 1866, and it has been enlarged and improved from time to time, until today, it bears little likeness to its former self.
On March 30, 1909, Belding Bros. & Co., purchased of the James J. Regan Manufacturing Company the Stone mill, formerly known as the White Mill, and Mill No. 4, formerly known as the Fitch Mill. The latter was sold to Edmond Corcoran of Philadelphia and has been converted into a modern worsted mill.
The former mill has been thoroughly overhauled and has been added to the extensive plant of Belding Bros. & Co., in this city. New floors have been put in throughout. All the water has been put onto one water wheel, two new 250-horse power boilers have been installed and a new 350-horse power engine to be used in the event of trouble with the water, or if the water should be low. The entire plant is to be driven by electric power, about 30
individual motors being used. About 10,000 spindles are in operation in the local plant of Belding Bros. & Co. and employment is given to 400 hands.
In addition to its mill in this city, Belding Bros. & Co. have four other mills in Belding, Mich., one in Petaluna, Cal., one in Northampton and one in Montreal. A large addition is being built to the Northampton mill at the present time.
The plant is the leading one in size in the silk manufacturing world, but it is not excelled by any other plant in quality of goods turned out. About $8,000,000 business is done annually by the combined mills of this concern.
The officers of the concern are: President, M. M. Belding, jr.: treasurer, M. M. Belding; secretary, A. N. Belding; assistant treasurer, E. C. Young, Chicago; assistant secretary, E. F. Crooks, Northampton. Mass. Halsey L. Allen is superintendent of the local mill, having filled the position for thirty-eight years.
A CENTURY OF Vernon, Connecticut 1808—1908
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.
ROCKVILLE, CONN.
PRESS OF T. F. RADY & COMPANY
JAN. 1911
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
