[359] previous to this time they were putting up for the market more than one hundred and twenty-five different brands. They believe themselves to have been the first firm in the soap business in this country to adopt such a policy, which has proved to be a sound one, as it is largely followed by all the leading manufacturers of to-day. The partnership was terminated in 1887 by the death of Mr. Davis. The business was continued under the old firm name, Mr. Mellen taking into partnership his son, Edwin D. Mellen, who had previously been engaged at the works as chemist and superintendent. The works have been extended in late years by the addition of a glycerine plant, for the recovery of what had previously been a waste product, and the addition of a machinery department, for the manufacture of machinery designed at the works and patented by the firm. This partnership was recently terminated by the death of Mr. James Mellen, and the business is continued at the present time under the management of the surviving partner, Mr. E. D. Mellen. The works now comprise the soap works in the old original building, greatly enlarged; the glycerine works, the boiler-house, with boilers equipped with coal and ash-handling machinery, and other modern improvements; the laboratory building containing the laboratories; machine-shop, and stable. All these buildings have a floor area of about two acres. The present capacity of the soap works is twenty tons per day, and that of the glycerine works three thousand pounds per day. The operation of the works employs a capital of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and eighty employees, with a weekly pay-roll of one thousand dollars. The annual product is valued at six hundred thousand dollars. The firm contemplates increasing the capacity of its establishment in the near future, thereby giving opportunities for the employment of additional capital and labor.
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[359] previous to this time they were putting up for the market more than one hundred and twenty-five different brands. They believe themselves to have been the first firm in the soap business in this country to adopt such a policy, which has proved to be a sound one, as it is largely followed by all the leading manufacturers of to-day. The partnership was terminated in 1887 by the death of Mr. Davis. The business was continued under the old firm name, Mr. Mellen taking into partnership his son, Edwin D. Mellen, who had previously been engaged at the works as chemist and superintendent. The works have been extended in late years by the addition of a glycerine plant, for the recovery of what had previously been a waste product, and the addition of a machinery department, for the manufacture of machinery designed at the works and patented by the firm. This partnership was recently terminated by the death of Mr. James Mellen, and the business is continued at the present time under the management of the surviving partner, Mr. E. D. Mellen. The works now comprise the soap works in the old original building, greatly enlarged; the glycerine works, the boiler-house, with boilers equipped with coal and ash-handling machinery, and other modern improvements; the laboratory building containing the laboratories; machine-shop, and stable. All these buildings have a floor area of about two acres. The present capacity of the soap works is twenty tons per day, and that of the glycerine works three thousand pounds per day. The operation of the works employs a capital of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and eighty employees, with a weekly pay-roll of one thousand dollars. The annual product is valued at six hundred thousand dollars. The firm contemplates increasing the capacity of its establishment in the near future, thereby giving opportunities for the employment of additional capital and labor.
Cambridge, 1896.
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