Mechanics Mills added new boilers and Merchants Manufacturing Co. added new carding

machinery. Joseph Bolton, inventor of system of weaving fine numbers on coarse

cloth, erected shed, 26x28 feet, in which to make experiments. Following mills

continued shutdown during fifth week : .Chace Mills, Durfee Mills, Laurel Lake Mills,

Sagamore Manufacturing Co., Wampanoag Mills, and Weetamoe Mills. Fall River

Manufactory continued shutdown during seventh week. Bourne and Robeson Mills

shut down indefinitely. Eerr Thread Co., Globe Yarn Mills, and Sanford Spinning

Co. shut down alternately according to agreement in order to curtail production.
Strike occurred among masons. September. Parker Manufacturing Co. ran overtime.
W. C. Powers erected factory for manufacture of roll-covering. Alternate shut-
ting down was continued by the following corporations : American Linen Co., Border
City Manufacturing Co., Bourne Mills, Chace Mills, Coi^anicut Mills, Comell Mills,
Durfee Mills, Fall River Iron Works Co., Fall River Manufactory, Flint Mills, Granite
Mills, King Philip Mills, Laurel Lake Mills, Mechanics Mills, Merchants Manufactur-
ing Co., Metacomet Manufacturing Co., Narragansett Mills, Pocasset Manufacturing Co.,
Richard Borden Manufacturing Co., Robeson Mills, Sagamore Manufacturing Co., Sea-
connet Mills, Slade Mills, Stafford Mills, Stevens Manufacturing Co., Troy Cotton ft

Woollen Manufacturing Co., Wampanoag Mills, and Weetamoe Mills. James C. Eddy

of the Jesse Eddy Manufacturing Co., died, aged 67 years. October. Tecumseh Mills

added new machinery. Barnard Manufacturing Co. placed looms in new weave shed.
