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Hockanum Mfg. Co.
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In 1906 the Hockanum Mills Company was organized as a holding corporation by the stockholders of the Hockanum, Springville, New England and Minterburn Companies, with a view to centralizing the business. The capital stock is $6,000,000. Under the new plan the four mills combined for
the buying of raw material. The selling of the finished product has also been facilitated by the change.
The officers of the Hockanum Mills Company at the present time are:
President— F. T. Maxwell.
Vice-President — Robert Maxwell.
Secretary and Treasurer — William Maxwell.
General Superintendent — David A. Sykes.
Assistant General Superintendent — Charles S. Bottomley.
Assistant Treasurer and Paymaster — A. Park Hammond.
Purchasing Agent — M. C. Mason.
Assistant Paymaster — George B. Hammond.
Office Managers — Hockanum. J. E. Maynard; New England, George B. Hammond; Minterburn, S. Tracy Noble.
Superintendents — Hockanum. Nelson Little ; Springville. James A. Elliott; New England. Frank Eastwood; Minterburn, Frank P. Reiser.
The total yearly output in dollars and cents of the four mills in the Hockanum Mills Company is $3,500,000, and the total weekly payroll is $14,000.
A new central office building has just, been completed for the Hockanum Mills Company just east of the Springville Mill office. It is a two and one-half story brick building with brown
stone trimmings, 70x50 feet in size.
A new dyehouse has also just been completed. It is a one- story brick and concrete building with monitor roof, having a very complete ventilating system, which disposes of steam. It is 190x75 feet in size.
HOCKANUM PLANT.
The Hockanum plant today comprises five mills, the main one being 375x45 feet, four stories high, built of wood and brick, with a wing 180x56 feet, four stories, built of concrete reinforced with steel: finishing mill 250x40 feet, constructed of brick: dyehouse 75x40 feet, connected to main mill four stories high. There is also a large brick boiler house and engine house. The plant uses about 500-horse power. The mills are equipped with 156 broad looms and 15 sets of cards and 4,440 spindles. There are also four large tubular
steam boilers of 400-horse power and a steam engine of 350- horse power. Some twelve electric motors are used doing away with much belting and shafting. The mills are equipped throughout with automatic sprinklers and all advanced methods
for protection against fire. Employment is given to 325 operatives.
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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Hockanum Mfg. Co.
museumofcthistory.org
In 1906 the Hockanum Mills Company was organized as a holding corporation by the stockholders of the Hockanum, Springville, New England and Minterburn Companies, with a view to centralizing the business. The capital stock is $6,000,000. Under the new plan the four mills combined for
the buying of raw material. The selling of the finished product has also been facilitated by the change.
The officers of the Hockanum Mills Company at the present time are:
President— F. T. Maxwell.
Vice-President — Robert Maxwell.
Secretary and Treasurer — William Maxwell.
General Superintendent — David A. Sykes.
Assistant General Superintendent — Charles S. Bottomley.
Assistant Treasurer and Paymaster — A. Park Hammond.
Purchasing Agent — M. C. Mason.
Assistant Paymaster — George B. Hammond.
Office Managers — Hockanum. J. E. Maynard; New England, George B. Hammond; Minterburn, S. Tracy Noble.
Superintendents — Hockanum. Nelson Little ; Springville. James A. Elliott; New England. Frank Eastwood; Minterburn, Frank P. Reiser.
The total yearly output in dollars and cents of the four mills in the Hockanum Mills Company is $3,500,000, and the total weekly payroll is $14,000.
A new central office building has just, been completed for the Hockanum Mills Company just east of the Springville Mill office. It is a two and one-half story brick building with brown
stone trimmings, 70x50 feet in size.
A new dyehouse has also just been completed. It is a one- story brick and concrete building with monitor roof, having a very complete ventilating system, which disposes of steam. It is 190x75 feet in size.
HOCKANUM PLANT.
The Hockanum plant today comprises five mills, the main one being 375x45 feet, four stories high, built of wood and brick, with a wing 180x56 feet, four stories, built of concrete reinforced with steel: finishing mill 250x40 feet, constructed of brick: dyehouse 75x40 feet, connected to main mill four stories high. There is also a large brick boiler house and engine house. The plant uses about 500-horse power. The mills are equipped with 156 broad looms and 15 sets of cards and 4,440 spindles. There are also four large tubular
steam boilers of 400-horse power and a steam engine of 350- horse power. Some twelve electric motors are used doing away with much belting and shafting. The mills are equipped throughout with automatic sprinklers and all advanced methods
for protection against fire. Employment is given to 325 operatives.
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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Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
