TtoAJ-ur • -■' , ''I. HARRIS & COMPANY, PLAIN .V FA.\( V i>An:i: linXIX \ 'I'l almlrni ill •\vclcr>'. l'riiilfrs",rii<»too:ra|>luV \ i>iliim C.inls, All ..pl.r* l.ll nt 111.' iimriMi > ■ N<». iJT KiiiK>])Hiiii> >J'i'i*i:i:'i\ «ill r.-r«-i\.' pninipt alliniH'ti. ri,'()\ ii)i:.\(i: u tikm;!; vnnc co.. LITHOGRAPHIC PHImIISK. EKEMl-L-G m EESIC-"L-:C-. SHOW & BUSINESS CARDS. LABELS. Ac. ' lll.l W-4IIK«\TI.I> t.. fc-n. > ' NO. 127 FRIENDSH'P STREET. . PROVIDENCE. R. I. .1 \ M I .-« I I. -..M I I I 1 \ ^. ,,, w i;.\i'\V(»iM'ii ^ i!i;()Tiii;i.'. ^1 >t/ufarm(4K>n, imtn flttr ( ••! .Si. . ii V i< i> I :\ i: It . >! .V I N I :. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazateer. w €J 8 b 8 2 u u H Ul o •iH > o u =! I '"S ^ ^ ^ g |o 2 S o 0. u z o o < o/-'- N i:\\ K N (i LA \ I) r\:iilir;in ;iiul Jtl:uuif:irtiircr5)' .STATLSTK'AL GAZETTEEl! : \N i\TiKr^riN(. .sKKKiioi i,\ i;i:^M AiioN. \ ii.i.Adi. wiMiiA (>\ f \( n 1{ AII.l;<)\l» IN NKU r.\(iI.AM). TtKiimil II WITH A STATISTICAL. HISToUUAL AND HH KJltAIMIKAL ACiOlNT nF TIIKIK UKrKF-sKNTATIVK MANll A< 11 KIM; F-sTAHLIMIMKNTS. i-i m i-iif proiidciuf. H .^ r K O V I I) K N (' K I'KIMKI) 11^ TIIK I'lUiVIDKNCi; I'Kt-VH roMI'ANV. I« W KYBUS-StH' STRKKT. 1 - r, [) . Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, By WEBB BROTHEKS & CO., In the Clerk's OiRce of the District Court of the District of Rhode Island. F1 TO Til K n 11 I.I ( Tiir. N»:w Knc.i vMi |{\ii\v\^ KM) M\M KAf-Ti urK-*' STATimciUL Gazctteer, the Hmt of it« kind ever puhlislucl. is nt last ruTuplolotl niul presrntrd for your in<«|)crtion and npprovni. The onlcrpriso was nnirh larjfer, the information jrivcn i-* mon- roniplcto. and the work more vnluminouA than was at first anticipated. Notwithstanding the many obstacles that have arisen, every manufarturing establishment on the lines of the niilroads throughout New England has been applied to for information. In many places the same vtbb refused, when, upon a Rccond appliration, we obtained for our perseverance information from most of them. A few npres<-ntative establishments do not appear. While we offer an apology for their non-appear- ance, we feel it just to ourselves to add that every reasonable exertion was made to ap()roach them favorably, but without success. Fire, jhat destroying element which frustrates and delays what m.in proi^ses. destroyed the printing hoiise where tliis work wjis printed, delajring its issue. Many sketches of establishments found in this work were tJiken from newspapers and handetl to us. not knowing what sheet they were taken from. To these pajHTs we feel deeply indebteommist and UqHirttr. I'roritirticr Ermimg Press, Watrrbury Amrrifam, and .Vrir lUdford Mrrrmry for favorable notices of our enterprise ; to Hon. Calvin Morrill, of St. Johnsbury. \t.. Lippiitfotts Giurttrrr of tkr WorU, IhifirardM Coirtttrr of Snc Kntflitrnd. Amirnr Boyd s Xnrport Ihrfrtory, and others, for valuable statistics and infomiation given ; and to the manu- facturers of New Kngland generally for their patronage and encouragement. In due time, when practicable, a new e«lition will be issued improved and coirecteii Having toiled earnestly and faithfully, conscious of having done our duty, gratifi«tl with ntir success, ond hoping the work will l.e receivetl favorably and its usefulness felt generally. we confidently launch this volume u|M>n the sea of public favor. WtllB HKOTIIKKS A (O 1 1 1 x 1 1 1 ; \ 1) r STATMi.NS, AbiiiKloii, Ml IUnoiit*ill.<. IIH llrmintree. M*«. 1 ..r..|itui Mill*. 480 Ac-u.tin<ii..i,. .. <•.'«• ' AIUI..U, 1 II 11.. Wl.-.. i:; 11 . ..•^r■. '•«••. 4>0 ' Alton, "1 Il...|, ..,.!. >.■ l; ..; V.r.l .I.IOrtJnn. land. l» 1 Ale..,, lUv. ,. ,..,., 4h;> Aiii..l.>iri. ! , 217 A.I.I.. r.I,' .\U... 1 »l7l A.iili.r.«. .\. II. ., , ,.. ,,.■" - . ...... . . ,.. .... •■ .. : .'or VilU)(». «I7 Au.|..».r, Nil. hi IWlinoiil, ir.< »lr,.'l,i..i, •.ir.-ot. ,. Mum. 217 Aii.i....r. .M«.M. III It.Miiin Ki».l..r>, ir.' Ilr.mn.l.l. .. N. II. Ml An.|.-w- < i: , r. ., ••.,.. lis i:.,.,..i \ II. i: 1 1 • • \-.- ■ ; !. i; I. \u-' A,.)- , : . , 1. Arl..,;:...,., M**.. i 1 i ' 1 ^ -'.V Arl.,.-i..n. Vi. II' 1 • rtt Ari..'l.l.iiri.liam. Mm. Ttt i A.I.U...1. N. II. lUrbor. Ttt \.hU<..|. M*... 1. ls^ A.l.l.v K.ll.. 11;' lir...;.Mil... \\xm. in A.l.i..-. 41 lln.l..n..k. il.U, »« V.J.U.I..I. I'. «V .'. irv . i,M itr... .••. r....i. »« 1 V..*lK-.,r. ! . 1 ■ !»IU, 9» j A.. -.1-1. \I ]»3 A.. ...rC. . •J1 AII...I. Aikiiuoa. ' AtUoiM-. AiiWl..n>-. V I I,. „i.lr> Auburn. Mr. AuLuro. N. II. ., Auburn, M*u. AuburiMUlr. »• Aujuf, A. - lu lu II. H. i- • Il> -'.' • lu N il \Ix.. ll.rn.Ul..^. .. . II lUrr.nr-.". M... . IUrT.-.r.... U I IUrt..o. IUft..o Uivl.0%. 6 Inde V of Stations. Corrinna, 46 East Randolph, 232 Gloucester, 247 Hobson's Mill, 94 Cos Cob, 487 East River, 490 Goffs Falls, 91 Holderness see Ashland 81 Cottage Farm, 226 East Salisbury, 232 Goffstown, 91 Hollis. 94 Cottage Street, 226 East Sandwich, 233 GofTstowu Centre, 91 Holliston, 262 County Farm, 86 East Saugus, 233 Gonic, 91 Holyoke, 263 Coventry, 124 East Swanton, 125 Gorham, Me. 51 Hooksett, 94 Cranes, 226 P^ast Stoughton, 233 Gorham, N. H. 92 Hoosac Tunnel, 265 Cranston, 422 East Taunton, 233 Grafton, Mass. 249 Hop River, 500 Cumberland, 46 East Thompson, 490 Grafton, N. H. 92 Horn Pond, 265 Curtis Corner, 46 East Wallingfbrd, 125 Grafton Centre, 92 Hoskins, 500 Cuttingsville, 124 East Weare, 88 Granby, 492 Hostfords, 126 Daltou, 226 East Webster, 233 Grand Junction, 251 Hotel Ro^id, 54 Danbury, Ct. 487 East Westmoreland, 88 Granite Bridge, 251 Housalonic, 265 Danbury, N. H. 86 P^ast Weymouth, 233 Graniteville, 251 Howlands, 265 Danby, 125 P:ast Wilton, 48 Grantville, 251 Hudson, 265 Dauielsonville, 488 East Woburn, 234 Great Falls, 92 Huntington, 265 Danvers, 226 East & West Bridgewater 230 Great Works Station, 52 Hyannis, 266 Danverspoit, 227 Elliott, 48 Greene, Me. 52 Hvde Park, 266 Danville Junction, 46 p:iiis. 235 Greene, R. L 422 HydeviUe, 126 Darieu, 488 Empire Road, 48 Greenfield, 253 Indian Orchard, 266 Davis, 86 Enfield, 88 Greenland, 91 India Point 423 Davisville, 422 Enfield Bridge, 490 Green Lodge, 254 Ipswich 266 Davsville, 488 Epping, 89 Greenwich,' Ct. 492 Iron Stone, 267 Dedhum, 227 Erving, 235 Greenwich, R. I. 422 Island Pond, 94 Deerfield, 227 Essex Junction, 125 Greenwood, 254 Ives, 500 Derby, 489 Etna, 48 Groton, 492 Jamaica Plains, 267 Deiry, 86 Everett's Station, 235 Groton Centre, 254 Jay Bridge, 54 Detroit, 46 Exeter, 89 Groton Junction, 254 Jewett City, 500 Dexter, 47 Fairfax, (aud Geogia,) 125 Grout's Corner, 254 Jonesville, 126 Dexter Mills, 48 Fairfield, 490 Groveland, 254 Junction, 267 Dighton, 228 Fairhaveu, Ct. 491 Grove Street, 254 Keene 94 Dimouds Corner, 567 Fairhaven, Mass. 235 Guilford, 492 Keiths, 267 DodgeviUe, 228 Fairhaven, Vt. 125 Haggett's Pond, 254 Kendall's Mills, 54 Dorchester, 228 Fairlee and Oxford, 125 Halifax 254 Kennebunk, 54 Douglass, 229 Fall River, 236 Hallowell, 52 Kent, 500 Dover, N. H. 86 Falls Village, 491 Hamden Plains, 492 Kent, 500 Dover, Mass. 229 Falmouth, 49 Hamlet, 423 Kingston, Mass. 267 Dresden, 48 Farmington, Ct 491 Hampton, 93 Kingston, R. I. 423 Drownsville, 422 Fannington, Me. 48 Hampton Falls, 93 King Street, 268 Dummerstou, 125 Farmington, N. H. 89 Hancock, 492 Kittery, 54 Dunstable, 229 Farnumsville, 238 Hanover, 254 Laconia, 96 Durham, 88 Fayville, 238 Hanson, 254 Lake Crossing, 268 Dwights, 229 Ferrisburg, 125 Hardings, 63 Lake Village, 97 Eagleville, 490 FisherviUe, 90 Harrison Square, 255 Lakeville, 268 East Abington, 229 Fitchburg, 238 Hartford, 492 Lancaster, 268 East Andover, 88 Fitzwilliam, 90 Hartland, 126 Lanesville, 500 East Berlin, 490 Five Mile River, 491 Harvard, 255 Lawrence, 2,68 East Braintree, 230 Florence, 243 Harwich, 255 Lebanon, Ct. 500 East Brewster, . 230 Foggs Road, 90 Harwood's Road, 53 Lebanon, N. H. 97 East Bridgewater, 230 Forest Hill, 243 Hatfield, 255 Lee, 274 East Brookfield, 230 ForrestviUe, 491 Haverhill, Mass. 255 Leeds, Me. 54 East Concord, 88 Forge Village, 244 Haverhill, N. H. 93 Leeds, Mass. 275 East Dorset, 125 Fouudry Station, 91 Haverhill Bridge, 261 Leeds Centre, 55 East Douglas, 231 Foxborough, 244 HawleyviUe, 500 Leeds Crossing, 55 East Freetown, 231 Framingham Centre, 244 Haydonsville, 261 T Lenox, 275 East Hampton, 231 Frankliu, Conn. 491 Hayes' Crossing, 93 Lenox Furnace, 275 East Hartford, 490 Franklin, Mass. 244 Healdsville, 126 Leominster, 275 East Haven, 490 Franklin, N. H. 91 Hebronville, 262 Leverett, 276 East Haverhill, 88 Freeporf, 48 Henniker, 93 Lewiston, 55 East Holliston, 231 Fresh Pond, 246 Hermon Pond, 53 Lexington, 276 East Kingston, 88 Gardiner, Me. 49 Highgatc Springs, 126 Lincolu, 276 East Lebanon, 88 Gardiner, Mass. 246 Highfand, 262 Lisbon, Me. 58 East Lexington, 232 Gassetts, 126 HighlandviUe, 262 Lisbon, N. H. 97 East Livermore, 48 Gates Crossing, 246 Hillsboro' Bridge, 93 Litchfield, 501 East Lyme, 490 Gaylordsville, 491 Hill's Grove, 423 Littlefield's, 97 East Maiden, 232 Georgetown, Conn. 491 Hingham, . 262 Little River, 59 East Medway, 232 Georgetown, Mass. 246 Hinsdale, Mass. 262 Little's, 97 East Newport 48 Georgia (& Fairfax), 12G Hinsdale, N. H. 93 Littleton, Mass. 276 Easton, 232 Gilead, 50 Hitchcock's, 500 Littleton, N. H. 97 East Putney, 125 Gleudale, 247 Hoadley's 500 Livermore Falls, 59 N / 1,'nluiii/ iiiul Miitiuf'iiifurrr* Sf,i(t.*tu'ill fiiUfft' 1^.. . r'. K«ll.. I>.>.l •; \ illa-r. !-..,„' M.<,.l..«. M.llMllr. I^m-»..Mj. •.':••. M M««. I^xkkUIo. 4M .Mill..... N. il. I»V(I||'*. • .'.0| Mill..,,, Vl. Uwrll. »7fl .\|<.ntit<>iirti. l*.llow. !;?•• Mnn...T,. i"' Lmn. '.'- Lvi.aflrM (Viiir*. I'lnr Marlunr Shop, lltl M«.|l.urv. .. --.1,., M«.l.«.o. .'.Ill .M..mll'». M.l.|r„. .H.»l .MmiiiiI Auburn, >l,.|.|on (VnirK, .'ti < I \l . ' 11 ...i..in Ma .),. -l.r. ("I. 1. M,.-..i...i.T. Ma«. M. ,•,..•. r. N. II. V I)i M ■, Vl. K'; M..U..I I M > II. .'.()2 Mrrirk*. M. \|,.... :u).' M'v.t..-, (•..,>„. M.. \1 M .M«.i '. M.. M, M> M. M. M... .■■..I.. \,.l.^,.l...l. .lunr M N. n. KM Xnrmi. M .:■ . 1 .rrr. KM V.:-.II,.,in. M,-:.. 1' • ' M«-.n V.IUj... 1 M-... V,nl. 1 >UwU, l.V) 150 41i ■• I M7 107 .'.37 Ungh, 1. ' I. :.^H M*M. ^I«M. Ml N II. \ t. 1 1 N II. 107 S4» 1 inn». .,■. ISI . . ilrnUlo, • MAii'in. tl2 . ll..;i.ploi>, . Il...~.n IDC r«.ju..i*i. .k. '. ".H SSJ Ponef, !-• . lUnUnd, Itll r..riU...| •.1 . IUr«irh. ;•, 1<»7 . llnlAcM, 1 irore. 4.%M n.-..„. -i.iii. !■ ' 1 .rh. .nd, r, 'Ulh, i llaooicr, I > it, k .HID. .VU IU-4.1...„-. n, iSC Kf^MlW, 1 - "*», .n.l.- 1 r... ,ii..i .wn. lOf. Puiiwai, INllOe*. ■;_. I.TI Silt Mi .ViM i.ni r K«IU, r K«ll.. .•i; ■ Mllr, .•»;?i ..!| ( . : , II WO, i» Old Town ll.O, 4S5 t)M<«., 1".' N *r,k. .VV) (>r»o«». 1. Cl. .MS .V.^b Ahio|tl.«, .■»JI «»rlr«iw. ! Mr ^* V— », \.!.m.. .Vil Otr..nl. M-. • '•! ••«. ajs IVIuiHV "^ «?« l**lm.f. l*.(-r Mill'. I**rkrr.. .^41 Mi 4S* " .1. -, «»(.rmif.. ■. 11 \\ ■ \\ . \\ w ;.. 1.. \\ ..>.l \\ 417 \\. V.t \\. 1 \S „(, r.>i.. JuBCtioO. Mr. ift« \\ I IU» Wl. ll. u. Mu«. 417 \\ ll '. Kn.r JunrlU'ii. ..uiuuOi Juurttoo, Mr. Wl Wl. '. Kn.r VilUg«. ^i / ar. 417 w 1. ti:..-, iM»i;\ <»i' .MAM FACT n;r. lis. AM. \ .\ A< A' J. 1,. « II. AU.. A»-.rt Al.- A ■ A < A A A A A A A . M«>... A.l,.i. Ad*n. A.l«'" f. ( A ■ A.l, . •l.trv* -V- ' A All** Mau. »KU«Co. A. 4lH| 44'J I.U1I & ' I'.-.l Ai... ii.u.. J i*.k A. ( »j. 472 (... IWI Amrriran Hat Wraviii>: 37 , Co. Ilwl SiiflVn- I lor«e Collar • <) 4-1 v. ( ar- J.-O •pFtxtrr Co ii4 ii.iCo. \\t 10 Index of Manufacturers. Andrews S. C. 408 Bachelder, A. & Co. 286 Barrows & Graves, 123 Belden Horace, 542 Andrews W. 226 Bacheller, T. W. 293 Barrows & Hunt, 266 Belden, R. A. & Co. 526 Andrews & Dean. 77 Bacheller,W.A. &C.II . 296 Barry, Darius, 293 Belknap Mills, 96 Androscoggin Mills, 56 Bacon, J. A. 272 Barstow Stove Co. 447 Belknap. P. & Co. 130 Angell, Holdeu & Co. 451 Bacon, John 312 Bartlett. C. J. 290 Belknap & Burnham, 480 Annawan Mannfactory, 237 Bacon, John & Co, 393 Bartlett, E. V. & Co. 304 Belvidere Woolen Man- Anthony & Cushman, 374 Bacon, W. Frank 160 Bartlett, F. E. 171 ufacturing Co. 279 Appleton Co. 282 Bacon & King 135 Bartlett Steam Mill, 318 Bemis & Call Hardwaie Arcade Malleable Iron Badger Bros. 342 Bartlett W. C. & Co. 183 & Tool Co. 3C9 Co. 408 Bagley, E. a. & Co. 416 Bartlett & Cutting, 226 Benedict, W. N. 531 Artie Mill, (A. & W. Bagnall, W. R. 169 Barton, Robert 456 Benedict & Burnham Sprague Mfg. Co.) 468 Baguall & Loud, 180 Bartram & Fanton Sew Manufacturing Co. 549 Arey W. H. 178 Bailey, Chaney & Co. 181 ing Machine Co. 488 Benjamin & Allen, 78 Argyle Machine Co. 174 Bailey, C. M. 71 Bassett, T. L. 304 Bennett, B. F. & Co. 182 Arkerson James, 209 Bailey, C. M. & Son, 224 Bassett & AVhitcomb, 175 Bennett, C. AV. B. 452 Arlington Cotton Mills, 473 Bailey, H. H. & J. T. 291 Batchelder, Alden, 343 Bennett, Gilbert & Co. 492 Arlington Woolen Mill, 274 Bailey, Saunders & Co. 377 Batchelder, B. F. 362 Bennett & Clark, 232 Armes & Bardwell, 325 Bailey, S. R. 40 Batchelder, D. T. 319 Bennington Machine Co . 119 Armsby & Morse, 311 Bailey, T. W. & Co. 221 Batchelder, E. K. 319 Bent, Russell S. & Co. 314 Armstrong M. & Co. 522 Bailey Washing and Batchelder, J. & Son, 78 Bent, William II. 179 Armstrong T. H. 304 Wringing Machine Co .474 Batchelder, Wm. S. 263 Benton, George & Sons 118 Arnold James, 357 Baker, H. 400 Bates, A. A. 227 Berkshire AA^oolen Co. 148 Arnold James & Son, 436 Baker, John B. & Co. 184 Bates, E. 332 Berlin Mills Co. 82 Arnold Joseph E. 352 Baker, Joselyn & Co. 272 Bates, Hyde & Co. 209 Berney & Callaghan, 433 Arnold M. B. & Co. 421 Baker, P. 11. 354 Bates Manuf. Co. 56 Berry, Field & Co. 293 Arnold M. N. 321 Baker, S. C. 82 Bates, Parker & Co. 384 Berry, Geo. AY. & Co. 219 Arnold & Webber, 453 Baker, Wm. F. & Co. 457 Bates & Bacon, 147 Berry, L. S. 297 Arnold's Print Works, 322 Baker, AV. & Co. 203 Bath Iron Foundry, 39 Berry, N. & Sons, 300 Arnold's & Ray, 322 Baker & Downs, 221 Baumgarten, M. 525 Berry, S. H. & Son, 70 Arnoldville Mill, 303 Baker & Mumford, 451 Baxendale, John 329 Berry & Beede, 295 Ashcroft, C. E. 206 Baker & Randall, 451 Bayley, William B. 181 Berry & Kimball, 90 Ashcroft, E. H. 568 Balauvelt, W. H. & Co 275 Bay Mill Company, 423 Berry, S. H. & Son, 566 Ashland Co. 462 Balcom Brothers, 260 Bay Side Chemical Berwell, R. M. 527 Ashmead, J. H. & Sons 498 Balcom, George L. 85 AYorks, 199 Bethel Steam Mill Co. 40 Ashworth, S. & Co. 283 Balcom, Jennings & Co 337 Bay State Fire Brick & Betten Brothers, 297 Ashworth & Jones, 410 Baldwin, C. A. 181 Clay Retort Works, 221 Beverly, R. H. 221 Atchinson (ieorge T. 411 Baldwin, James & Co. 98 Bay State Glass Co. 216 Bickford Knitting Ma- Atherton Thos. & Co. 280 Baldwin, N. A. & Co. 513 Bat State Machine chine Company, 164 Athol Machine Co. Baldwin, S. K. 97 Co. 239 & 240 Bicknell, H. T. 234 sketch. 146 Ball, R. & Co. 408 Bav State Milling Bigelow & Barber. 404 Athol Machine Company, Ball & Thompson, 124 Machine Co. 388 Bigelow, Cheney 366 advertisement 418 Ballon & Worral, 568 Bay State Paper Box Bigelow, E. 365 Atkins Clock Co. 483 Ballou, a. & Son, 415 Factory, 160 & 170 Bigelow, E. B. 249 Atkins, E. & J. & Co. 34 Ballou, D. T. 263 Bay State Print Works, 236 Bigelow Manuf. Co. 522 Atkinson, Thayer & Ballou, F. M. & Co. 382 Bay State Shoe and Bigelow Mills, 205 Co. 182 Ballou, Geo. C. & Son, 473 Leather Co. 408 Billings, H. A. 452 Atlanta Mills, 310 Baltic Mill, (A. & AV. Bay State Sugar Re- Bingham, Silas 262 Atlantic, Baltic and Sprague Manuf. Co.) 469 finery, 162 Bird & Greene, 317 Adriatic Mills, 502 Bancroft, P. E. 394 Beach, Edgar 506 Bird, Henry M. 214 Atlantic Cotton Mills, 271 Bancroft & Purington, 293 Beach, L. & Son, 272 Bird, AVright & Co. 175 Atlantic Screw Co. 416 Bangs, A. & Co. 411 Beach, S. Y. 541 Birge, N. S. 488 Atlantic Works, 190 Banner Mills, 69 Beach & Company, 498 Birkmaier & Burns, 164 Atwell, J. M. 294 Barbour & Heathcote, 452 Beach & Wentworth, 259 Birmingham Axle Co. 489 Atwell, J. & W. H. & Barker, Freeman 34 Beacher & Miles, 513 Birmingham Iron Found- | Co. 379 Barker, II. R. & Co. 288 Beadle, James 506 ry. 489 Atwood & Howland, 50 Barker, T. L. & Co. 241 Beal & Hooper, 214 Bisco & Denny, 415 & 100 | | Atwood Lead Co. 45 Barker & Co. 272 Beals, Augustus, 332 Bishop, II. F. & Co. 436 Augusta Iron Foundry, 35 Barnard, Son & Co. 556 Beaman Manuf 'g Co. 385 Bissett, AVells & Keeler 480 Aurora Mills, 57 Barnes, E. & J. C. 341 Beamon, E. K. 96 Black, Bowdoin & Mer Austm, Alexander 532 Barnes, J. H. 294 Bearce, S. R. & Co. 57 rill. 299 Austin, C. F. & Co 221 Barnes, Wallace, 483 Beardsley Scvthe Co. 561 Black, M. J. 129 Automatic Gas Machine Barnes, Waller S. 168 Beatey, W. A. & Co. 430 Blackburn, J. & Co. 206 Co. 178 Barnes & Co. 536 Beaver Mills, .567 Blackington, S. & Son 151 Averhill, E. P. & Co. 308 Barr, Thomas & Co. 145 Beckwith, A. A. & Co. 242 Blackinton, P.& Co. 358 Avery & Co. 365 Barre Central Cheese Co. 386 Beecher, A. & Sons, 528 Blackman, C. 524 Axtell, S. J. & Co. 251 Barrett, Augustus, 306 Beede, George F. 290 Blackman, S. F. 135 Ayer Bros. 260 Barrett, C. B. 202 Beede & Tebetts, 300 Blackstone Manuf. Co. 151 Babbitt. S. S. 372 Barrett, J. & Co. 411 Beers, R. L. & Co. 480 Blair, R. & J. M. 522 Babcock, E. & H. 471 Barrett, W. E. & Co. 449 Beers & Hanover, 520 Blaisdell, J. H. 258 Babcock & Moss, 471 Barrett & Brothers, 301 Belcher & Taylor, 223 Blaisdell, R. AA^ 257 /.'.;././•■ ,/ M.nn.r. IIUimI. II. T. .lilrl. A Co. Itl.k.- A .I..l„.~».. -.-•, A «■- ilUk. |lt..ih>r*. lllakr Itrolhor*. llUkr lln>liirr*. t ilitki.t. 11)5 4 llUk.-. \,>-A,T9T llUk. (..... It. Jk Co. , Illnk.-. *..-... K. «L Cu. Illakr, lliKbr 4 C'u. ..allow A to. llUk.-. M. h'. . Co. Itl«k.-. |> \i\,. - U. Ill..k..|..-. K. ' U. A Co. 171 |i llUl.. Iinr.l. H. J. ' .. s. IIH l: Ill ts HM I.. ( nuUK. :i 1. .V «. s 1 1 ' I: 11! |i: > |ii> Hl.ijl.. J..l.!l. ItllM. U. &. Cu. IIU-M. A. Hlo.«l. A. A S.n.. i.... |;,,.„.i. ..! .V N Iliisi.ru.. Iltxm AC 4.-.t llmKK.J.F. lionlmm.. Wi... A S. WtK t!- ..-.• M < . IkHlwrll A WlU.n. ..r.l. •.'l... IW...S :. 11 1 Il.«l»rll. U.l>.i.r A ( o 1 L. ACo. 174 Ilrowii, II. V. A Cn. lU.M.. \Vm. a. .s.,>. ,. -..•w A Co. |ln.«.: «■ M h r., Ib.nr A I»..rv MlR. Co. •I-'.; 814 A IUm.s. Id. 1. A. (... A(r, Itmodon K*olin A I'.ii. Ib-.th A V.lrnlM..-. Wi Co. It..tl., .1. A C... t\t n, . • •■ '•... 1.-" 1.I...V. 1 > < It..u ( .11.... .Mill.. 2;« 11 k.. 477 Kn.Hii, l>. V. A < |U..i.,i> A Kitirluitru Inm i; . I «. 1-.'" Un.nn Frv A( \' ■iX, Ilr,.^. .-> X I ... 171 Kn.wii <;'.» Mr,-.' k.i.ri.lt'.. A « •• •..I.. ll'-.nii Iliiiniiv.n.l. H 171 llr...l. At F. '■ .nil 1. .s. A.s. A. I: ( ... l'«U I«r,^.l. ( , II. A 1 1" 'wn .1. A. A Co. r. -rt. .17i> |M| ltn..l .Nall.uii. Ilnll, iim.rgp. ■ '^'^ ■'■""•• "* r. Mill. XKS llrrwrr A Kowlr. 1' III. Ilr. «. r. 1 lui. .V S.,.,.. 1 , ..,»., 1 N.Al«. 1. ' r^x Skirt Co. .11. r. !■ ..• M.U., A lliam II. 4 1.1 ... ■ 1 ... Hi . ( . .. VMt . M.....1I. Gi. 74 V. v. \M II A 1.. \W V.l.lrv A C '.. I..' :.-. \y. llrick ( o. \ \\ llubirr. K. T. 4.14 llubirr. S. M. 47'.< llui-krvr M» 4M| rliiiiir ( ... 4-1 II.. kVr A < .. I4«» . Jr. XOu I imi. J. C. Jr. *ii i 1 9.% IM I .1. V t« ,_ 47J Mr *47 Wbiuier 4 l"! 12 Index- of Manufacturers. Carpenter & Cook, 244 Carpenter & Cross, 449 Carr, Brown & Co. 319 Carr, Earl & Co. 168 Carr, L. & Co. 456 Carr & Allen, 142 Carson Paper Company, 226 Carter, N. 384 Cartwright, Wheeler, 186 Cary, H. F. 242 Caryville Mill, 217 Case,Lockwooil & Brain- ard, 499 Cass, L. W. 174 Castellow, E. D. 506 Central Iron Foundry, 190 Central Mill Co. 358 Central Village Co. 485 Chace B. A. 331 Chace, C. W. &_Co. 256 Chace, Edmund,' 236 Chace, James E. 452 Chace's Mill, 238 Chace, O. F. & Co. 383 Chace, Robert & Co. 106 Chace, William, 358 Chace & Clark, 371 Chadbourne, O. B. 70 Chamberlain,H.B.&W.0.163 Chamberlain & Baker, 409 Chamberlin, J. L. 101 Champuey, G. F. 170 Cliapel, George V^. 247 Chapin, Jason, Agt. 407 Chaplin, A. & Co. Chaplin & Brewster, 247 Chapman & Soden, 222 Chard, A. B. 211 Charlestown Drain Pipe Works, 218 Chase, B. H. 100 Chase, C.T. 261 Chase, C. W. 300 Chase, Dexter, 186, 187 Chase, D. F. & Bros. 296 Chase, James B. 293 Chase, J. D. & Sons, 334 ; advertisement, 359 Chase, John W. 107 Chase, L. C. & Co. 165 Chase Mills, ',278 Chase, Philip A. & Co. 294 Chase, S. D. & Son, 307 Chase, S. G. 259 Chase, T. & J. F. 170 Chase, William A. 290 Chase & Laubham, 261 Chase & Smith, 122 Chelmsford Foundry Co. 330 Chelsea Dye House and Laundry, - 222 Chelsea File Works, 636 Chelsea Iron Foundry, 220 Chelsea Machine Works, 534 Chelsea Oil Co. 220 Chelsea Woolen Mill, 220 Cheney & Perry, 449 Cheney Brothers, 502 Cheney Bros. Silk Manu- facturing Co. 496 Cheney, George A. 319 Cheney P. C. & Co. ' 98 Cherry Valley Manfg Co. 416 Cheshire Marble Co. 127 Chesman, N. «fc Co. 328 Cheswell & Boardman, 232 Chickering & Sons, 156 Chicopee Falls Hosiery Co 223 Chicopee Maufac'g Co. 223 Child, Daniel R. 451 Childs, E. N. 405 Clmbbuck, S. E. &Sons, 188 Church, Abner, 496 Church, Isaac, Jr. 531 Churchill. Dana & Co. 518 Churchill & Pratt, City Iron Foundry, City Iron Foundry, City Machine Co. City Point Works, City Woolen Co. ' Claffy & Hayes, Claflin, Coburn & Co. Claflin & Thayer, Clapp, B. p. & Co. Clapp, George B. Clapp, J. & Son, Chapp, S. W. & Co. Chipp, S. & A. E. Clapp, William R. Clapp & Putnam, Claremont Maufac'g Co Clark, A. N. & Co. Clark, A. P. & Co. Clark, A. & Son, Clark, C. G. & Co. Clark, CiUey & Co. Clark, Daniel A. Clark, E. H. Clark, G. & A. B. Clark, II. & N. Clark, J. Clark, J. B. & Co. Clark, Jeremiah, 28i Clark, John, Clark, Seth & Co. Clark, S. S. Clark, William 48 232 506 ^_„, , 340 Clark, Wm. J. C & Co. 500 Clark «& Chapman, 118 Clark & Cowles, 537 Clark & Pero, 398 Clarke, Charles & Co. Clarke, John, Clary & Russell, Cleaves, Edwin N. Cleaves, Samuel & Son, Clegg, Thomas, Clement, M. G. Clement & Hawkes, Cleveland & Bassett, Cleveland & Brothers, Cleworth, John, Clitlbrd, J.R. &Co. Clifford, S. W. Clinkard, Henry R. Clinkard, Jos.D.&Co. Clinton Manufac'g Co. Clinton Paper Co. Clinton Wire Co. Clinton Woolen Mills Co Clogston, F. S. & Co. Clough, W. P. Clough & Co. Cloutman, J F. Cloyes, G. Cluff, D. B. Cobb, G. W. & Co. Cobb, J. F. & Co. Cobb, J. L. H. & Co. Cobb, L. A. & Co. Cobb, Tyler, Cobb & Drew, Coburn, A. & Co. Coburn Soap & Washing Fluid Manufacfg Co. Cocheco Loom Picker Manufacturing Co. Cocheco Manufacfg Co. Cochrane, C. W. & Co. 194 and Cochrane & Thayer, Codding, James D. & Co. Codding & Osgood, Cody, Edward, Coe Brass Mfg. Co. CoE, Orion W. Coes, L. & A. G. Coffin, C. F. Coffee, R. M. & Co. Coffin, T. T. Coffin, William S. Coker, J. P. Colburn, Clement & Co. Colburn, Jonas & Son, Colby Bros. & Co. „. Colby, S. &E. 436 Colby, Wm. H. 3, 14 Cole, A. L. 338 Cole Brothers, 294 (!ole, F. G. 273 Cole, George B. 506 Cole, II. G. O. ), 290 1 Cole, R. H. & Co. 313 204 451 459 197 449 893 225 309 437 230 340 176 380 326 180 , 85 207 190 361 296 54 469 166 340 174 108 271 142 325 400 448 100 206 182 182 182 473 485 Cole, S. H Cole, Wood & Co. Collamore & Co. CoUett, Job. Collier, Eli, Collins Brothers, Collins & Co. Collins & Delnow, CoUzer, N. S. & Co. Colt, Thomas, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. Colt Willow Ware Mfg. Company, Columbia Mi^i Columbian Co. Columbian Man'fg. Co. Colvin, C. S. Colvin, C. & J. A. Colvin, Jos. Colvin, S. & Co. Comin, S. Comstock, Emerson & Co Comstock Foundry, Conant, A. P. & Co, 4o0 i^onaui, -ti.. J. . UK 224 ' Conant Brothers, Conant, A. Co. 174 Conant Thread Co. 437 Conn, Horace & Co. 895 Connecticut Cutlery Co. 546 Conner, Hugh, 190 Connolly, J. H. & & Co. 394 Conroy, Edward, 173 Continental Mills, 56 Contoocook Mills, 93 Convers, Samuel, 279 Converse, II. 410 Converse, H. A. & Co. 499 Conversville Co. 543 Coogan, Owen, 340 Cook, Aquilla, 473 Cook, Breed & Co. 95 Cook, E. G. 279 Cook, G. 97 Cook, J. G. & Co. 58 Cook, Rymes & Co. 219 Cook, S. S.&B. M. 473 Cooke William, 436 CooLiDGE, George, 177 Coolidge, T. A. 306 CooMns, H. Mr • 466 Cooper & Hurd, 214 Cooper & Phillips, 470 Copp C. D. & E. J. 104 Cottle, E. C. 251 Cottrel & Babcock, 471 Corban J. S. 491 Corbit, P. & Co. 451 Corbin, B. A. & Son, 283 Corbin, L. B. & Co. 335 Corbin, P. &F. 518 Coi'biu & Tourtellotte, 538 Condaville Mills, 225 Cordingley, W. S. & F. 188 Cordis Mills, 311 Corey, S. A. 513 I Corning, G. & J. C. 260 ' Corning, Phineas 227 Corliss Steam Engine Co. 462 & 406 Cowey, James H. 348 Cowdrey, E. C. & Co. 165 Cowee, A. & Son 34 Cowles C. & Co. 523 Cowles Paper Co. 546 Cowles & Atwater, 387 Cox, GeorgeT. 301 Craft, M. & Co. 33 Craig & Thompson, 80 Craigie, Andrew 318 Crandon, G. R. 361 Crane, J. P. & Co. 344 Crane, Waite & Co. 187 Crane, Z. 226 Crane & Co. 226 Crane & Waters, 311 Cranston Priut Works, (K. & W. Sprague M'fg. Co. 408 Crawford Mills, 242 Crawford Mills, 387 Creesy & Wallis, 150 Crehore, Lemuel, 320 Crescent Mills, 266 Crescent Mills, 368 Crescent Mineral Soap N / /; Cuii' ni-rt Jk Wiiallkt. c. ( {•, t'r..! ... II I Cn.lui llmrr A Co. ('r"fiil. K'mpjt A t'n. Cr «'. ./ M.nxit'.i.tiirrr* Sl.itiifunI (,' i ... tn..l..v. K. A N.i;. I'nolir Kiiruiliim (•r...l.v, S. I,. .V JohiiMto, i r...l. > .\. 1 : 1 I-- lie 0.. .;<>( l>...<.-n. .Mnnufar'i; C«. < llcrv .201 I>«rliti-, 1». K. ( ., :\:,j hnrliiii.'. Hn.wii ASImrp- Cim.^.i...^.. 1,. JL Co. 2Ci Dnrliii;;, J. <). II. Ciiiiiiiiiu;;*, John, Jr. 4c Darliii;:. Siinlli A C... I'.rr. , M,.„ur«r-K Co. (■iim.iiM.;.. S. A. (-.iat in, .\loiiro. CuiTwr. S. M. ?••.! Davi.. A.«l..l, Cun^. A. 11. A SiUK, 44H DaW.&Co. CuiTT, l>IIDirl. i'J'' I»a*i«& Karmim. t iirrV. Uirl,«r.U & At.- DoM A Ki iiittii. .I-.T, A, I>M.|1T. 4IX |i„,,. A |Ui!i„.r.... f'lirrv A. Fi»\"iir. 1, •, 'I ' C.rt... Al....r, Curt,.. AlUn. ( «M... «;r..rKr. x 1... .. .. (un... •;c«rKP A Co. ;n... I>n>i< \ WilliMiif. ( .irt... .1. .M. 4.-.«; I>»M.. hl...| A (0. ( ..M... J..»,., I,. !'.> ■ n-...i„.n.. < iirt... J...|,.1A. .1: • ,, * uni.. i>-ana»i.. If. 11. ACo. I , \ S[ „\.U, «•". Illilrr, , r. w. A. r N «i. A c... ltii.>Tiir.ii, II. A .Sooi I'. A Bnx. 2V3 . KtchanLwin 76 V. A Co. 3«3 .t s .... :ii'. 1- l^r,<■^T. 1: L. 1 II. |M4 Duuliar. llobMt A Wbid- U.nk W. A C. I 11. h\. M. A «'o. 1 (-KXAtX Co. IliDKMiUCo i >• k Co. •« L.W.A C. \ (inxianl, < \V..RK». .. 1 .A Co. IWnjAmin F. M. .1. .V Co. S II •. I .. W. A .Son. -,-1 J >.»■.... .t,,:u.. Ic I V.'i* lUt.o. .lani<-«('. il ; 't D.oiv .1 ..|.T, .<. I- A. J. ( 371 1»« .ni ir. ^45 j;i Ci- > 1 M A Co < i.Urr A 1. < uU^r Willian, l>*• A I>» I. u Index of Mamifactmers. East Haetfoed Mfg. Fairbanks, M. 95 Fitch, W. & E. T. 523 Fox, W. 394 Co. 484 Fairbanks, William, 217 Fitchburg Lumber Co. 238 Foye & Gleason, 175 Eastman, J. L. 187 Fairbrolher & Fales, 436 Fitchburg Machine Co. 240 Foy, J. K. 50 Eatou & Ayer, 105 Fair Haven Keg & Can Fitchburg Woolen Co. 242 Franc«town Soapstone Eaton Sc Duun, 246 Company, 491 Fitts & Spauldiug, 259 Company, 104 Eaton, Henry R. 168 Fales, J. G. 377 Fitts & Stover, 258 Francis & Lovell, 184 Eaton, Jonc-s & Co. 186 Fales, Jencks & Sons, 421 Fhts, S. W. b% Franconia Iron and Stee 1 Eaton. Moulton & Co. 320 Fales, John M. Sons & .Flagg, C. Bonnell, Co. 381 Eddy, D. & Sou, 228 Co. 385 Flagg, D. & Co. 300 Franklin Co. 56 Edgarton Mil!?, 355 Fall Eiver Iron Works, 236 Flanders, D. D. 261 Franklin Foundry and | Edniands & Hamblet, IGG Fall Eiver Manufactory , 236 Fletcher & Webster, 104 Machine Co. 442 Edniuuds, S. A. & Co. 472 Fall Eiver Print Works , 237 Fletcher, Hitchcock & Franklin Manufacturing Co.. Edmunds, Duncan, & Falls Company, 535 Gushee, 224 Union Mills, 462 Ilurlbut, 231 Fanning & Potter, 453 Fletcher Manufac'g Co. 466 Franklin Shaw & Co. 208 Edney, George W. 88 Fanning, D. H. 412 Fling, H. & C. H 64 Fray & Pigg, 481 Edson, Franklin 230 Fanning, James, 351 Fling, Argo H. 119 Freeman, William & Co 321 Edwards, S. H. 120 Farewell, J. C. 338 Flint Bros. & Co. 184 Freeman, Wm. F. & Co 145 Egan & Newell, 337 Farist Steel Co. 559 Flint, E. S. & Co. 338 Freeman, W. W. & Co. 321 Elbridge & Co. 374 Farmington, A. J. 259 Flint, Simeon, 347 Frefether, C. J. & Co. 108 Eldred, D. 329 Farnsworth & Co. 132 Florence Lead Co. 180 French, A. T. & Co. 234 Eldred, James, 456 Earns worth Co. . 59 Florence Manufac'g Co. 243 French, Daniel, Agent, 371 Eldridge Bros. & Co. 47 Farnsworth, E. M. 301 Florence Mills. 539 French, George W. 147 Poller, Maurice 186 Farrar Brothers, 2.56 Florence Sewing Ma- French J. and F. 95 Elliott Barrel Company 212 Farrar. Follett & Co. 203 chine Company, 243 French, Packard & Sons ,329 Elliott, S. & C;. 260 Farrell Foundry & Flynn, William L. 480 French, AVatson & Co. 137 Ellis, Henry W. 458 Machine Co. 475 , 555 FoBEs, Hayvvard & Co . 160 Fretch, William S. 185 p;ilis, Isaac & Co. 361 Farren, W. D. 234 Fogg, C. C J. M. 566 Friend, Eichard, 175 Ellis, J. F. & Co. 371 Farwar, Adams, 64 Fogg, Houghton, & Frohock, Kilbv & Co. 213 Ellis, John A. & Co. 215 Farwell, I. & Co. 314 Coolidge, 363 Frost, J.-hn, 336 Ellis Mills 3ao Farewell, N. W. 57 Follis, John, 221 Fry & Thompson, 234 Elwell, Isaac & Co. 85 Faulkner & Colony 95 Folsom, Eben & Co. 89 Frye, Joseph, 204 Ely, Balch & Co. 133 Faulkner, B. 180 Folsom, J. B. 88 Frye, Jos. 352 I'^mery, Bradbury & Co . 54 Faulkner, J. R. & Co. 328 Folsom, J. F. 178 Fuller & Bigelow, 205 , 224 Emerson & Brierly, 311 Faulkuer Mills, 279 Foote, John 181 Fuller, A. F. 66 Emerson & Co. 306 Favor Brothers, 273 Forbes & Fisher, 384 Fuller, B. B. & Co. 33 Emerson, C. W. 498 Favor, N. B. & Son, 283 Forbes & Sears, 315 Fuller, Charles, 312 Emerson, Charles 370 Faxon, 0. J. 170 Forbes, George, 384 Fuller, Edward, 337 Emerson, John 0. 216 Fay, G. P. & B. W. 313 Forbes, George & Co. 230 Fuller, Geo. A. 274 Emerson, Thomas & Fay, H. B. & Co. 404 Forbush & Browu, 251 Fuller, Geo. H. 434 Sons, 379 Fay, Joseph F. 292 Ford, Kimball, 86 Fuller, G. W. 120 Empire Knife Co. 561 Fay, L. D. 413 Ford, C. E. 329 Fuller, 0. S. & Co. 473 Empire Loom AVobks, 563 Felch, J. F. & Co. 314 Ford, W. P. & Co. 86 Fulton Iron Foundry, 202 I^npire Slate Co. 131 Felker, Philip, 450 Forge Village Horse Furbish & Saunders, 76 Enfield Mfg. Co. 545 Felt & Co. 252 Nail Company, 244 Furfey, James, 213 Engelhardt, M. 174 Feltch, C. H. 314 Forest City Lead Co. 65 Furlong Paper Manuf. Co. 60 England, I. I. 449 Fenner, H. H. 448 Forest City Mill, 67 Furniture Manuf. Co. 479 Erwins & Son, .496 Fenner, H. N. & Co. 451 Forest City Steam Gage, J. A. 261 Essex Brewery, 272 Ferguson, J. H. 54 Sugar Eefinery, 68 Gage, Morrill & Co. 104 Essex Glue Co. 337 Feruald, Luther & Co. 338 Forest Eiver Lead Co. 352 Gage, Richard B. 429 Esterbrook, George W. 249 Fernald, W. L. & Co. 173 Forsaith, Hiram 98 Gage, William P. 118 Estey, J. & Co. 120 Fernalds & Sons. 78 Forsaith, S. C. & Co. 100 Gale, John E. 260 Eureka Clothes Wring- Fessenden & Baker, 316 Foss & Ingalls, 150 Gale & MorriU, 232 ing Machine Co. 381 Fessenden & Co. 453 Foss, C. K. 566 Gale, S. II. 260 Eureka Iron Foundry, 198 Field, A. & Sons, 375 Foss, Henry G. 259 Gale, William H. 299 Evans, A. A. & Sous, 352 Field, James II. & Co. 452 Foster & Cole, 377 Galloup, Larcom, 150 Evans, Edwin 421 Fiiield, S. 426 Foster & Howe, 143 Ganley, Eichard, 179 Evans, J. M. 379 Finnigan, M.A. 178 Foster & Perkins, 343 Garcia, Frank & Co. 180 Evans, L. B. 379 Fish, S. C. 450 Foster & Eoby, 183 Gardner, J. & Sons, 257 Evans, Seagrave & Co. 382 Fish, William T. 274 Foster & Sargent, 259 Gardner, J. 348 Everdean & Cribby, 183 Fish, W. W. & H. L. 147 Foster & Whitten, 291 Gascelon, H. G. 33 Everett, Albert P. 430 Fisher, Charles M. 538 Foster, Daniel, 2d 150 Gates, Josiah & Sons, 283 Everett, Charles E. & Fisher, E. & Sons, 238 Foster, D. B. & Co. 260 Gay & Morse, 361 Company, 88 Fisher, F. 211 Foster, E. E. 273 Gay, C. L. & Co. 348 Everett Mills, 273 Fisher, H. & J. S. 301 Foster, George H. 224 Gay, H. A. & Co. 494 Everson, E. 258 Fisher, H. R. 568 Foster, Israel, 150 Gay,T.T. 335 Exeter Machine Works, 89 Fisher, W. A. & Co. 146 Foster, Merriam & Co. 506 Gaylord Bros. 547 Exeter Mfg. Co. 89 Fisk, Stephen C. 423 Foster, William C. 345 Geldowshy. F. 216 Eyelet Tool Co. 178 Fitch & Winn, 408 Foundry & Machine George & IMoody, 260 Fairbanks, E. & T. & Co . 133 Fitch, C. II. & Co. 409 Co. 372 George, AVilliam E. 668 Fairbanks, F. H. 384 Fitch, E. K. 499 Fowler, S. P. 227 Gekrish & O'Brien, 218 ,1. .. .1 w ,11- M M. \litnufiicturtri Statutiral (iasrttft 1 «.... i..| A \ A. & Co. i W. A Co. A F. 1.. .•<» ,:: II I-. .V II M •'.4 II. It. 4 II. N. fii «,^ ! u-f A fo V.l •'••.' N. A Co. 1 W. IWI. It A r.. •a FoiuMlry, Co. liH 16 Index of Manufacturers. Haydeu, Gfcre & Co. 2G2 Hill, L. J. & Co. 68 George Holt, 405 Hnbbard & Blake, 286 Hayden. J. H. 5G0 Hill Manufacturing Co. 56 Holt, Henry, 103 Hubbard, Blake & Co. 77 Hay den Manuf. Co. 261 Hill, P. C. 296 Holt, Hiram, 78 Hubbard, Cauney& Co 92 Hayden, Wm. B. & Co. 274 Hill, Rowland, 190 Holt, Hiram 48 Hubbard, II. B. 410 Haves & Day, 89 Hill, Thomas J. 464 Holt, John 280 Hubbard, J. J. 498 Hayes, C. E. & S. C. 87 Hill, W.& Son, 425 Holyoke Machine Co. 263 Hubbard, L. C. «S: Son, 118 Hayes, Israel, 90 Hill, W. S. 101 Holvoke Paper Co. 264 Hubbard, 0. S. 258 Hayes, Richard, 313 Hilton Brothers & Co. 457 Homer, George S. 317 Hubbard, Thomas R. 100 Haynes, Amos 202 Hinckley & Egery Iron Co. 37 Hook and Eye Mfg- Co. 5.53 Hubbard, William W. 100 Haynes, Amos 356 Hingham Cordage Co. 262 Hook, E. & G. G. 161 Hubbell.Leroy, 491 Haynes, J. 85 Hinsdale, F. W. & Bros .262 Hooker, Henry & Co. 526 Huddleson, J.'S. F. 184 Hav, Robert 448 Hinsdale. P. B. 526 Hooper, Lewis & Co. 183 Hudson Manufactory, 502 Hayward & Briggs, 147 Hire, P. B. 522 Hooper Manuf. Co. 501 Hudson. Thomas S. 216 Hayward, B. 309 Hiscox, A. J. 286. Hoosack Valley Mills, 131 Hughes, John A. & Co. 175 Hayward, W. P. & Co. 219 Hiscox.A. J. 288 Hope Company. 468 Hull & Staftord, 485 Hazard, J. L. & G. A. 425 Hiscox, A. J., adv. 414 Hopedale Machine Co. 310 Humason & Beckley Man- | | Hazardville Bonnet Co. 545 Hitchings, Albert, 233 Hope File Works, 468 ufacturing Co. 518 Hazeltine. J. W. 297 Hitchings, B. 292 Hope Iron Works, 466 Humes, S. S. & Co. 437 Head Na.t. & AV. F. 94 Hitchings, W. F. 233 Adv. inside front cover Humphrey & Kirby, 318 Heald, Britton & Ford, 262 Hoadley. J. C. & Co. 271 Hope Thread Co. '432 Humphrey Brothers, 304 Heath, C. D. 262 Hobb Brothers. 230 Hopewell Cotton Mills, 372 Humphrey, John & Co. 95, Heaven, .1. 274 Hobb, George E. 381 Hopkins, J. M. A Co. 432 143, 243, adv .300 Hebron Mills, 262 Hobart, E. Jr. 234 Hopkinson, G. C. 458 Humphrey, John & Co 94 Hebronville Mfg. Co. 228 Hobson, J. H. 258 Hopkiuson. J. F. 448 Humphrey, Moses, 86 Heims, Henry ' 178 llobson, Jos. 70 Hopkins, W. H. & Co. 263 Humphrey, R, 383 Henderson & Bailey, 387 Hobsou's Mill, 94 Hopkins, William R. 468 Hunneman, W. C. Jr. 184 Henderson Brothers, 211 Hockamun Company, 540 Hop River Warp Co. 600 Huunewell, Thomas F. 219 Henderson, D. 102 Hodgedon, John W. 186 Horgan & Donovan, 296 Hunt & Owen, 459 Henderson, D. S. & Co 345 Hodge, E. & Co. 191 Hornbv, S. T. «fe Bros. 434 Hunt Bros. 498 Henderson, James P. 103 Hodges, George 335 Horn. Eben & Son, 53 Hunter & Sanford. 496 Hennesey, J. & Co. 294 Hodge, 8. L. 417 Home, Clark & Co. 92 Hunter, James & Son, 323 Henry, B. I. 526 Hodge, Son & Co. 560 Horn, Samuel & Co. 288 Hunter Paper Co. 247 Heniy. M. 330 Hodgkins & Barnard, 267 Horrobin, William S. 42 Hunt. Holbrook & Barbe r 498 Hensiiaw & Co. 234 Hoe, R. & Co. 199 Ilorr, Willijm L. Ilorton & Jones, 483 Hunt, J. A. 404 Herriek, Charles & Co. 377 Hogan, William. 40 119 Hunt, Joshua, 448 Herman, Strater & Sons ,178 Holbrook, A. & C. W. 449 Horton, R.. Jr. 174 Huntington Brothers, 260 Herring, A. H. 258 Holbrook, D. & C. W. 560 Horton, R. D. 451 Huntington, J. R. 141 Herring. G. M. 90 Holbrook, E. W. 385 Hosmer, H. J. & Co. 242 Huntington Manuf. Co. 266 Hersey, S. Q. 273 Holbrook, Hobart & Hough, T. H. B. 88 Huntoon. W. 448 Hersey,T. &Co. 37 Porter. 358 Houghton, C. C. 407 Huntress, Andrew J. 254 Hevrod, Samnel, 330 Holcomb & Say, 477 Houghton, H. 0. & Co 211 Huntsville AVoolen Mill 469 Hewes, W. H. & Co. 257 Holden & Company, 83 Foughton. W. C. & Co . 71 Hunt, AVaite & Flint, 568 ! Hewett & Fass, 54 Holden, B. F. & D. . 115 Housatonic Mill, 274 Hunt, Wm. P. 200 Hewett S. & Co. 54 Holden Brothers, 343 Horton, E. & Son, 559 Hurd, William, 371 He-yward S. R. & Co. 406 Holland, G. 5.58 Hovey, J. C. 35 Hurlbert. T. 560 Heyw-oodW. Chair Co. 242 HoUings, R. 172 How & Tibbitts, 261 Hurlbut Paper Co. 362 Heywood, Wilson & Co 242 Hollingsworth & Whit Howard & Wheeler, 313 Husband, Charles, 373 Hicks & Badger, 185 ney, 382 Howard, Charles, 329 Huse, John, 351 Hicks & Badger, 175 HoUis, C. & G. 183 Howard, Charles H. 342 Hussey, R. C. 309 Hicks, G. G., Agent, 458 Hollis, H. H. & Co. 297 Howard, David, 328 Hussey, S. N. 233 Hicks, N. P. 428 HoUis, J. L. 329 Howard, D. S. & W. A .329 Hussey, Timothy B. 62 Hickson. A. G. & C. D 354 Hollis, S. J. 291 Howard, Darius, & Son ,329 Hutchins & Cloodman, 262 Highland Military Acad Hollister, Paper Co. 387 Howard, Farnsworth &. Hutchins & Lane, 59 emy. adv. 140 Holloway Brothers & Co. 409 Hutchins, Chas. S. 354 Hildreth,H. A. & Co. 165 Woodbury, 184 Howard. F. 0. 328 Hutchinson & Rogers, 181 Hildreth, N. N. 263 Hollowell Mfg. Co. 53 Howard, H. M. 210 Hutchinson & Smith, 320 Hill & Rowe. 370 Holly, S.C. 488 Howard, J. S. 312 Hutchinson, Orin, 320 Hill & Wright. 188 Plolman & Merriman, 94 Howard Watch & Clock Hutchinson, AV. H. 308 Hill, B. B. 368 Holmes & Blanchahd 1.58 Co. 206 Hvde, Hutchinson & Co . 227 Hill Brothers, 373 Holmes & Southwick, 328 Howe, A. M. 404 Hyde Park AVoolen Co. 266 Hill Bros. 279 Holmes, Booth & Hay- Howe & Goodhue, 283 Hyde, Thomas AV. 39 Hill. Devoe& Co. 400 dens, 553 Howe, D. C. 313 Ide, E. T. & H. K. 130 Hill, George, 33 Holmes. Charles, 169 Howe, Geo. F. & Co. 385 Indexical Soap Co. Hill, George, 537 Holmes, F. M & Co. 218 Howe, Geo. W. 306 India Mfg. Co. 351 Hill, Hiram, 537 Holmes, G. B. 182 Howe, Jarvis & Co. 409 Ingalls & Burrill, 299 Hill, James, Agent, 371 Holmes, P. C. & Co. 50 Howe, J. W. & Co. 402 Ingalls, C. B. 293 Hill, James R. & Co. 85 Holmes, Grigss & Howe Machine Co. 478 IngaUs, Charles, 307 Hill, John & Co. 370 Smith, 553 Howes & Pierce, 190 Ingalls, Jerome 301 Hill, L. 296 Holmes, Whitman & Co. 124 How. Moses, 256 Ingalls, AA'illiam. 40 Hill, Lafayette, 105 ! Holt & Hallowell, 297 Hoyt & Tasker, 259 iDgham, S. A'. & Co. 526 ! Webb's N. E. Raihcaif and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 17 Ingob. James P. & Co. 205 Joslin, L. F. 461 King & Adams, 207 Lane, E. J. & Tuttle, 205 Ingraham, E. & Co. 483 Josselyn, Alonzo, 168 King, Henry & Son, 368 Lane, George, 219 Ingraliam. AVilliam, 473 Joyce, Edward, 58 King, J. B. & Co. 332 Lane, Jenkins & Son, 229 Inmaa Mfg. Co. 470 Judd & Blakeslee, 516 King, Lyman, 365 Lane, Pitkins & Brock, 128 Ipswich Mills, 267 Judkins & Goodwin, 143 King, William H. 367 Lane, Tucker &. Beards- Ire.on, S. S. & Co. 29G Kearsarge Mills, 108 Kingman & Hodges, 302 ley Manuf. Co. 556 Irish, James, & Co. 280 Kearsarge Peg Co. 81 Kingman & Robinson, 166 Lang, A. 340 Irish, M. & T. P. 52 Kearsarge Steam Slate Kingman, C. D. 308 Lang, E. M. 64 Iron & Steel Works, 489 Works, 125 Kingman, E. Y. & Son, Langdon Manuf. Co. 98 Irons, Charles F. 453 Keeler, F. 483 Kingman, Francis, 343 Lang, John A. 102 Isbell. I. H. 479 Keeney & Wood Mfg. Co. 501 Kingman, Geo. & Co. 180 Lakgley, Carbee & Co 201 Ives, Alfred & Son, 530 Keeney Brothers, 502 Kingman, G. J. 216 Lapham, M. & S. 311 Ives, Frederick, & Co. 514 Keene", Geo. W. & Sons ,292 Jlingslev & Co. 368 Larkin &, Morrill, 210 Ivors, Samuel, 174 Keith, A. & A. B. & Co 216 KingsleV, B. 371 Larrabee, R.J. D. & C( . 67 Jackson & Co. 209 Keith & Packard, 329 Kingsley, Leonard, 448 Lathe & Morse, 400 Jackson, C. U. 385 Keith. Jos. 378 Kinnear & Watkins, 108 Lathrop & Barton, 560 Jackson Co. 105 Keith, Peck & Co. 128 "Kinnear, E. C. 567 Lathrop, F. 479 Jackson, J. 292 Keith, R. C. & Bros. 330 Kinney. Gallagher & Co .395 LaureldaleChem'alWrks460 | | Jackson, S. jr. 188 Keith, Willard. 216 Kinsley Iron & Machine Law, George W. 292 Jackson, William 451 Kellogg & Biilkley. 498 Co. 360 Lawler & McGrath, 400 Jacobs, Joseph 338 Kellv & Blaisdell, 261 Kirbv, Geo. E. & Co. 409 Lawrence & Bodge, 150 Jacobs, Joseph & Son, 5G,S KellV, A. S. & Co. 2.58 Kirk'& Welton, 556 Lawrence, Benjamin, 286 Jacobs, Joseph, Jr. 330 Kell>, Ezra, 256 Kitson, R. 279 Lawrence Cement Co. 563 James, H. L. 390 Kelly, J. II. 256 Kittredge & Button, 172 Lawrence Duck Co. 274 Jaqufts, J. S. & Co. 280 Kellev,Wm.A. &Son, 296 Kittredge, H. G. & Co. 415 Lawrence Flier and Spin- | | Jarvis & Brother, 108 Kellogg & Ives, 491 Kittredge, J. & Co. 198 die Works. 274 Jarvis, Howe & Co. 309 Kelsev, Henrv, 520 Kuapp & Cutler 171 Law-rence Lumber Co. 272 Jarvis, William E. 174 Kemp", L. 214 Kniffen Mowing Ma- Lawrence Manfg. Co. 278 Jeffers, William, 4-2(; Kendall & Roberts, chine Co. . 409 Lawrence Woolen Co. 273 Jenckes, H. B. & Co. 402 Kendall. C. M. 222 Knight, Cutler & Co. 450 Lawrence Worsted Co. 271 Jencks, Jonathan, 457 Kendall. H. L. 456 Knight, Thomas B. 293 Lawton &. Estes, 238 Jenkins, B. F. & Co. 98 Kendall's Mills, 566 Knowles & Ladd, 459 Lawton, Gideon & Co. 425 Jenkins, Joel, 2K2 Kendall, A. & Son, 146 Knowles & Sibley, 381 Leach, Aimable & Co. 302 Jenks, Elisha, 222 Kendriek, John, 454 Knowles, J. A., Jr. 282 Leach, P. S. 328 Jenney & Marchant, 308 Kendrick, John, 474 Knowles, L. J. & Bro. 404 Leathe & Gore, 66 Jeraiiid & Holmes, 459 Kendriek, John & Co. 257 Knowles, L. J. 381 Leavitt, E. M. 57 Jerauld, Edwin, 434 Kent & Bacon, 363 Knowlton, A. & II. C. 246 Leavitt Sewing Machine Jerome & Co. 527 Kent, D. L. & Co. 125 Knowlton Brothers, 69 Co. 185 Jessop, William & Sons 1G3 Kent, John, 219 Knowlton, David & Son , 34 Lebanon Mill Co. 436 Jewell, P. & Sons, 494 Kent, Samuel W. 408 Knowlton, James, 294 Lebanon Slate Co. 97 Jewett, A. S. & G. W. 302 Kenyon & Son, 433 Knox, David, 291 Le Barron. J. B. 308 Johnson, A. F. & Co. 335 Kenyon, S. C. & Co. 494 Kocn, Miles, 173 Lee, Charles M. 146 Johnson & Macomber, 375 Kennebec Land and Lum- Lacing Button Hook Co . 452 Leech, Shepard, 232 Johnson, A. T. 258 ber Co. 35 Lackey, J. P. 275 Leeds Company, 540 Johnson, A. W. 40G Kennedy, Frank A. 213 Lacy & Downs, 488 Lee, George 377 Johnson, C. E. & Co. 90 Kcnuey, William, 349 Lacy, Iloyt & Co. 487 Lee, George, 40,S Johnson, C. E & Co. 314 Kern, Samuel, 523 La.ld, G. W. 2.59 Lee, John & Mark, 314 Johnson, E. H. 29C Kershaw, R. 156 Lai)i>. J. E. & Co. 50 Lee, Samuel, 376 John.son, F. 0. 62 Keves, I. N. 406 La.ld, N. E. 254 Lefavour, H. A. 303 Johnson, Geo. W. & Co .527 Keves, J. F. & Co. 82 Lake Company, 81 Lefavour, J. 303 Johnson, H. A. 302 Kibbe & Co. 498 Lally, Joiis, 198 Lefavour, Philip, 304 Johnson, J. A. 266 Kibbling, Geo. W. 130 Lamb, F. T. 377 Lefavour, Rufus, 303 Johnson, J. B. & Sons, 298 Kilburn & Gates, 123 Lamb, George, 273 Lefavour. T. B. 303 Johnson, L. & Co. 257 Kilburn, Lincoln, & Co. 236 Lamb, H. & Co. 326 Lefavour, W. C. 304 Johnson, Maxcy & Co. 50 Kimball, A. L. 257 Lamb, Horace, 325 Lefavour, John & Co. 1.50 Johnson, Oliver & Co. 447 Kimball. B. & B. M. 2G0 Lamb Knitting Machine Leighton & Gage, 261 Johnson, P. R. 263 Kimball Brothers, 259 Manufacturing Co. 223 Leighton, D. & J. AV. 171 Johnson, R. A. 233 Kimball Bros. 98 Lamb, W. G. 318 Leland & Berry, 172 Johnson, S. 322 Kimball, Geo. A. Co. 411 Lampliear Machine Co. 469 Leland. Albert, 145 Johnson, AV. A. 387 Kimball, G. W. 430 Lamphier Bros. 292 Leland, Alden, 263 JohiisoQ, AVarreu, 39;i Kimball, J. B. & Co. 384 Lamprell & Marble, 181 Lemont. E. K. 65 Johnson, J. S. Jr. 179 Kimball, J. M. & Co. 65 Lamprey, W. B. 257 Lenox Furnace Co. 275 Jones & Baker, 140 Kimball, John & Sou, 178 Lamson & Goodnow Man- Lenox, P. & Co. 292 Jones, C. L. & Co. 212 Kimball, Lewis, 103 ufacturing Co. 355 Lenox Plate Glass Co. 275 Jones, E. T. 300 Kimball, X. T. 110 Lamson, Sessions & Co 514 Leonard & Bairows, 308 Jones, F. & Co. 358 Kimball, S. II, 171 Lancaster Mills, 224 Leonard, B. W. 480 Jones, Isaac, 143 Kimball, S. T. 74 Lancaster Quil'. Co. 224 Leonard, Clark & Co. 171 Jones, J. Wiuslow, 68 Kimball, W. H. & Co. 296 Landers, Frary & Clark, 519 Leonard, J. B. &. Co. 205 Jones, R. A. 567 Kimbler, M. 211 Lane, C. H. 230 LEOX'Aitn, L. M. 372 373 Jones, T. & Co. 108 Kiucaid & Co. 221 Lane, David, 282 Leonard, Samuel & Sou 316 18 Inde.v q f Manufacturers. Lester, David, 460 Lothrop, Geo. B. & Co .164 JMargesson, Wm. & Sou, 37 McLauthlin, Geo. T. H Lewin, Kenyon & Co. 434 Loud, Caleb & Son, 325 Margot Brothers, - 163 Co. 166 Lewis &, Collver, 298 Lounsbury Brothers, 531 Marlaud, A. 114 McLauthlin, J. L. and Lewis & Ward, 191 Lovcll, A. B. 400 Marshall & Crosby, 282 R. II. 181 1 Lewis, C. W. 296 Lovering, J A. & Son, 247 Alarshall, H. T. 329 McLean, Clias. R. 190 Lewis, S. M. & Co. 457 Lovewell, C. B. 383 Marshall, W. C. & Sons,496 McManus, J. II. 184 Lewis, Tliomas & Co. 515 Lowell & Brett, 207 Marsters & Walker, 150 McQuade, Henry, 174 Lewis, Thomas, 436 Lowell, A. Henry & Co 99 Marston, A. B. & Co. 216 Mead, Albert, 314 Lewiston Falls Maii'g Co. 57 Lowell Bleachery, 283 Martin, Audrew, 527 Mead Brothers. 82 Lewistou Bleachery, 57 Lowell Card Co. 288 Martin, Augustus B. 291 Meadow River Man'g Co. 283 \ \ LewistOQ Gas Light Co. 57 Lowell Felting Mills, 288 Martin, Dennis, 433 Cleans & Sanborn, 37 Lewiston Machine Co. 57 Lowell Foundry, 283 Martin, Geo. B. &Bryaut 227 ^Mechanics Mill, 284 Lewiston Mills, 57 Lowell, Ira F. 229 Martin, Henry A. ' 303 Mechanics Mills, 238 Lewiston Steam Mill Co . 58 Lowell Manuf. Co. 282 Martin, James & Son, 162 Medbury, E. J. 299 Lewis, Willard, 380 Lowell Machine Shop, 279 Martin, John. 310 Medlicott Company, 560 Lewis, Wm. T. & Co. 453 Lowell Steam Boiler Martin, Peunell & Co. 64 Meeker & Shelton, 480 Libby, Lee, 309 Works, 288 Martin, Wm. P. 352 ileigs, Edwin S. 135 Lincoln & Ayres, 230 Lowe Printing Press Co 205 Massachus'ts Cotton Mills 278 Merchants Manuf'g Co. 238 Lincoln, George S. & Co 494 Ludlow Machine Works ,126 ILxssasoit Steam Mill, 237 Meriden Britannia Co. 502 Lincolu Iron Works, 132 Liint, Hervey, 150 RLason & Presbrey, 452 Meriden Cutlery Co. 608 Lincoln, L. A. 131 Lyman, Gurdon E. 450 aiason, J. N. & Co. 473 Meriden Malleable Lincoln, L. & Co. 331 Lyman, Kinsley & Co. 213 iSIason Locomotive Works, Iron Co. 505 Lincoln Mauuf. Co. 454 Lyman Mills, 264 William Mason, 376 Merriam & Co. 178 Linden Iron and Steel Lynch, J. L. & Co. 332 Mason.Volney W. & Co .463 Merriam & Putnam, 221 Manufacturing Co. 377 Lyon, 0. T. & Co. 314 H[ason, Whiting & Co. 212 Merriam & Simpson, 310 Linnell, Cumraings & Co 393 Lyon, R. E. & Co. 71 Massev, G. W. 299 Merriam, A. II. 506 Linwood Mill, 390 Lyon, Wm. E. 321 Mastling, J. M. & Co. 213 Merrimac Brewery, 319 1 Lippitt AVoolen Co. 452 472 Lyons, L. & Sons, 119 Mathushek Piano Mfg. JMerriam. E. P. & Co. 308 i Lisk & Weston, 68 Mack, L. G. 289 Co. 524 Merriam, Hall & Co. 332 Lissberger, A. K. 215 Madigan & Brennan, 349 Mathewson, J. B. & Co. 457 Merriam, Otis W. & Co 181 Litchfield & Co. 360 Maine, AViUiam H. 172 Matthewinan, J. 527 Merrick Thread Co. 264 Litchfield, William, 218 Mains, Joseph, 181 Mathews, Geo. & Co. 183 Merrill, Albert, 259 Litchman & Bartlett, 304 Mahon, John & Son, 204 Mathews, Isaac D. 411 iNIerrill, E. F. 113 Little & Lancaster, 143 Maker, N. P. 449 Mathew, R. & Co. 520 Merrill, F. C. 74 Little & Mouhon, 247 Malleable Iron Fittings Matt, Lorenzo, 181 Merrill, Greeuleaf & Co 139 Little & Stanton, 265 Co. 477 Mauran, John T. 448 Merrill, J. & Co. 227 Littlefield, Fowle, 70 Malleable Iron Works, 516 Mauran, W. A. 459 Merrill, J. F. 257 Liltlefield & Hughs, 41 Mallory, A. B. 528 Mawhinney,!!. H. & Co. 370 Merrill, J. M. & Co. 247 ! LiTTLEFIKLD HuOTHERS, 437 Mallory, J. K. 422 Alawhinney, S. 411 Merrill, M. M. 41 Littk-ficld. J. AV. 309 Mallory Manuf. Co. 480 Maxim, James E. 342 Merrimac Iron Foundry 274 Littlefield, 0. H. 57 Malsh, M. H. 302 Maxwell, John, 394 Merrimac Machine Shop 273 Little, N. & Co. 179 Mallby. Ilopson & Brooks Mayhew, A. C. & Co. 319 Merrimac Man'g Co. 277 Locke & Jewell, 141 Manuf. Co 485 Maynard&Co. 174 Merrilt & Cook, 338 Locke, F. T. 296 Manchester, A. H. Jr. 454 Maynard Iron Works, 191 JMerritt & Draper, 302 Locke Print Works, 145 Manchester, Cyril, 437 JIaynard, S. D. 260 ;Merry, Samuel Co. 434 Lockhart, Wm. L. 215 Manchester, Geo. L. 231 May, Robert. 562 Jlerwin, E. & Son, 522 Lodi Manufacturing, Co .563 Manchester Locomotive Mav, S. S. & Co. 4.S0 Messer, Wm. II & Co. 370 Lombard & Co., adv. 196 Works, 99 McAllister, William, 274 Messinger & Wright, 404 Lombard & Co. 201 Manchester Print Works, 98 McAloon, Thos. & Bros. 297 Metacomet Mill, 237 Lombard, N. A. & Co. 400 Mann, A. G. 404 McCausland. A. W. 50 Metcalf & Rockwood, 217 Longfellow, J. M. & Co . 35 Mann & Marshall, 416 McCausland, John, 450 Metcalf E. S. & 0. F., 246 Lonsdale Co. 46.S Mann, E. & Son. 309 McClench, I. F. & G. B. 53 Metcalf M. J. & Son, 171 Loomis & Page, 568 Mann, Elisha, Jr. 342 McClinchy, J. & P. 66 Metcalf William A. 432 Loomis, E. C. & Sou, 122 Mann, G. R. & W. R. 354 McConologue, D. 182 Methuen Woolen Mill, 307 Loomis, F. B. 513 Mann, H. 146 MeCully & Colley, 181 Metropolitan Foundry, Loomis, N. P. & W. G 496 Manning, Bowmax&C< .512 McDufEe, A. 259 TobeyH.Co. 213 Lord & Willis. 47 Manning, Charles, 343 McGinnis & McGowan, 173 Mexal, Andrew, 172 Lord,F.G.&C.L.&Co .147 Manning, D. 406 McGuire & Farley, 189 Middleboro' Bay State i Lord, H. & G. W. 183 Manning, J. J. & W.N. 345 Mclntire, William, A. 72 Straw AVorks, 307 Lord, J. 41 Manning, Wm. 284 Mcintosh, M. & Son, 168 •Middlebury Cotton Co. 127 Lord, J. A. 336 Mannville, L. 526 Mclntyre & Bishop, 113 Middlebury Manf 'g. Co 127 Lord, James & Sou, 352 Mansay, Louis & Son, 499 McKay Sewing Machine Middlesex Bleaching and i | Lord, Major, 106 Mansfield & Stimson, 132 Association, 272 Dye AV^orks, 356 Lord, R. W. & Co. 54 Mansfield Elastic Frog Co 523 McKean, William 352 Middlesex Co. 278 Lorimer, A. 406 Man son & Peterson, 190 McKenzie. J. W. 249 Middletown Plate Co. 512 Loriug, A. B. & S. H. 183 Manufacturers Dye House 535 McKone, A. (il :\Iilcs. Pratt & Co. 382 Loring, A. L. & Co. 80 Manwaring, C. W. 534 McKurdy, T. G. 352 Mik-.^TiU Mauufac-gCo 458 Loring, B. T. 208 Maple Valley Mills, 210 McLagon & Stevens, 526 :\Iillard & Whitman, 322 Loring, Lemuel, 341 Marble & Kiu;r, 135 McLain. C. 0. 258 Millard, Charles J. 178 Lothrop, Eben W. 175 Marchant & S'liepard, 248 McLaughlin, Francis, 186 ' Millard, George, 118 / !:,J.. .1 Ui // c M >l .M M M M M M M ...... M.ll.-r. .,10 is- M.lirr, (.«.. W. .\ • Miller. <;. W. MilUr. I.rmau M ' -.. ./.!> Miller. N. I). A l... l.*Co. .1 Millrr. r. II. 1 ,•• ... i23 Miller. T \ W. . rat^.r IJo. Millrr'. Kotl. Munf^.r.. &?2 Mill.l. . r .1 r, s«» ♦I. .. II s. .-.« M ..•; .Innni., M ., M s. .^ r... -'7 M , . (... .•./: M :t >l -e .M >l >I .M .M .M M ■ : .. . .X .MiM.-ll, 1. I» r. K. M.l.l.rll. S K .*. ■ 1-. .S. M.v. «.. I.d. t... ..... .1 «...v M..t.».|< ■. k MilU. M.mW. K.f. M. ■ r . .V ll.rr.-, ..,.•,. .M - MiuUI (^- 4iii> : \ ( ■ I • - 11. . Lav. C.>. 1 .(»r Mill. <;r.oKUB L. Mnl.. M M M «1 M M M V M x: xi >l » 20 Index of Manitfacturers. North Andover Mills, Nortli Berwick Co. North, Jlerriam & Co. North MidJlebury Mar- ble Co. Northrop, J. A. North Rutland vlarble Co. North, Stanley & Co. North Weare Woolen Mills, Norton & Co. Northon & Green, Norton, D., Jr. Norton, E. & L. P. Norton, F. B. &.Co. Norton, II. Z. Norton, T. S. & Co. Norton. 'William, Norwalk Iron Works, Norwalk Lock Company 530 476 211 Co. 338 .338 191 478 23-2 339 337 535 Norwalk Pottery, Norway Plains Co. Norwich Iron Foundry, Norwich Lock Co. Norwich Pottery Manu- factory, Norwich Steam Boiler Works, Norwich Woolen Co. Norwood, Seth, & Co. Nourse, John & Sons, Novelty Paper Box Co. Novelty Weaving & Braiding Works, Nowell, Thomas S. Noyes, A. B. & Co. Noyes & Brothers, Noyes & Company, Noyes Brothers, Noyes, C. H. Noyes, D. F. Noyes, H. M. & Co. Nurdge, N. A. NvE, G. W. & Co. N. York Woolen Co. Obeuhaner Paper Co. O'Brien, H. O'Brien, John Ocean Steam Mil's, Ockington, B. B. Oderless Rubber Co. Odessa Skirt Company, Offutt, Charles W. Olds, Franklin, Oliver & Smhh, Oliver, B. F. Oliver, George Oliver, J. Oliver, Robert, Oliver, S. jr. Oliver, W. N. Olney, D. K. & M. K. Olsendam, A. P. Orcutt, Wm. A. Ordway & Fletcher, Ordway & Pike, Ordway, Warren & Co Oriental Powder Co. Orion Cotton Mill, Orleans and Caledonian Steam Mill Co. Orne & Merritt, Orr & Sears, Osborn & Adriance, Orborne & Cheesraan, Orborn, Dalphon Osborne, Geo. P. Osborne, J. E. Osborn, Louis, Osborn Manufac'g Co. Osgood, Enoch W. Osgood, N. W. O'Shea, Timothy, Ossawan dills, Osterweis&Oppenheimer, 520 O'SuUivan, Dennis, 181 Otis Company, 335 Otterson, J. D. 104 Owen & Springer, Gl Owen, G. & S. & Co. Owen Paper Co. Padelfbrd & Wallace, Pacific Brewery, Pacific Iron Works, Pacific Mills, Packard, C. F. & Co. Packard, J. W. Packard, Washburn, Page, Albert W. Page & Harding, Page & Keeuey, Page, Edward. Page, E. F. & Co. Page, George G. & Co, Page, P. Page, R. H. j Parry, F. D. sketch 134 142, adv. 304 ' Patent Harness Co. 328 , Patent Pencil Co. 528 Patent A'P'ood Saw Co. Pathe & Smith, Patrick, H. A. Patten, G. II. & C. W. Patten, R. O. Patten, Thomas B. Patterson & Lavender, Paulding, Kemble & Co Paul, Joseph F. & Co. Pawtucket Flour Mill, Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company, Pawtucket' xMfg. Co. Pawtucket Straw Wor Pawtucket Tack Co. Pawtucket Tliread Co. Payne & Mathewson, 1 Perry & Ellis, US I Perry & Preston, 150 I Perry, Calvin U. 313 I Perry, E. Y. & Co. 362 ! Perry, George B. & Co. 434 i Perry, J. H. & Son, 383 ; Perry, John H. & Co. 31G Perry, JoS. 50 Perry, S. F. 118 142 Perry, Sous of Joseph H. 339 265 ' Payne & Taylor, 421 435 ks, 434 436 . 436 433 436 263 448 283 416 92 Pettee, Otis & Co. Pettee, S. G. Peters, C. J. & Son, Peterson, E. G. Peterson, L. W. Pettingell &, Sawyer, Pettingel & Pear, Pettengell, J. R. Petroleum & Coal Oil Co.31* Page, Samuel &. Son, 220, 22 Page, Wilder &. Co. Palfrey & Pratt, Palmer & Capron, Palmer & Cook, Palmer & Gould, Palmer Bros. & Lothrop, 183 Palmer, G. M. Palmer, H. & Co. Panola Mills, Paris Flouring Jlill, Parker & Wales, Parker & Casper Co. Parker & Cheeney, Parker & Sleeper, 263 Payson&C Litter, 274 I Pay ton & Hawkins. 481 Peabouv & Co. 271 Peabody, B. I. 33 Peabody, C. S. 328 I Peabody, J. G. 280 Peabody Mills, 318 Peacedale Manufg. Co. 423 Peace, A. 3G7 Peach, John C. 304 Peak, J. C. 221 Peak, John & Son, 165 Peale, Henry, 534 Pearce & Washburn, 308 Pease & Ruddock, 361 Pearce Brothers, 469 53 j Pearce, S. R. & Co. 57 1,S3 \ Pearson, Benjamin, 210 453 Pearson Brothers & Co. 182 258 Pearson, Samuel, 280 87 Pease, Charles G. &; Co. 172 Pease, G. W. 280 Pevear & Co. Pelham, James, Phelps, & Foskit, Phelps, Dalton & Co. Pheuix Glass AVorks, Piietteplace & Barllett, Philadelphia Star Car- riage & Tire Bolt 564 292 38 303 349 338 224 ! Pease, L. F. Works, Phillips & Estes, Phillips, Arclier . :\{\ \ ii' (ANAL si., Pi{()vii)i:.\(i:, H. I. ,1.1 >«?' ,t U »Vi i\\ S. S. (i IN NO DO \ ( ()., GOLD JEWELRY 177 ltl<0\|»\\ l\. >l \\ \OltK. 22 Index of Manufacturers. 1 Pittsford Quarry Co, 131 1 Pratt, C. L. & Co. 251 Radding, Newhall & Co 233 1 Rice, Josiah, 409 Pitts, H.W. ■ 242 Pratt. E.L. 176 Ralston, William, 448 Rice, Thos. Jr. 320, 321 Place, Isaac, 281 | Pratt, George L. 275 Ramsdell, C. V. & J. W. 37 | Richardson, A. 168 Plainville Manufac^g Co. 537 i Pratt, M. C. & Co. 283 Ramsdell, Wm. B. 382 Richardson, A. B. & Co. 407 Plant's Mainiracturing Co. 537 Pray, E. K. 83 Randall Bros. 181 Richardson & Brown, 257 Piatt, A. & Sons, 555 PraV, Shaw & Co. 33 Randall, Otis H. 234 Richardson & Co. 566 Plews, Robert, 422 Preble, A. M. & J. H. 299 Rand & Byam, 219 Richardson & Lane, 174 Plimpton Envelope & Prentice, C. 3d, 304 Randlett, J. H. 87 Richardson & Lehuert, 166 Paper Co. 498 Prentice, F. S. 362 Rand Mfg. Co. 386 Richardson & Wilkinson,222 Plimpton, W. P. & Co. 360 Prentice, James H. 531 Rand Nathan, 375 Richardson Augustus, 362 Phimkett & Barber Man- Presbrey Stove Lining Co. 374 Rankin, N. & T. AV. 235 Richardson, A. W., 131 ufacturiug Co. 130 Prescott Brothers, 85 Ranlet Mfg. Co. 96 Richardson, B. F. 370 Plummer. C. M. & H. T. G7 Prescott, S. B. & Co. 261 Rathbun & Richards, 457 Richardson, C. & C. P. 106 Phimmer Granite Co. ' 398 Prescott, S. F.& Davis, 258 Rathbun, Oscar J. 473 Richardson, Edwin, 240 Plummer. J. P. & D. 1G6 Preston & Blake, 227 Rawson & Hittinger, 212 Richardson, G. A. & Plunket, AVoolen Co. 5C7 Preston, John, 203 Rawson, Oscar F. 402 Company, 343 Plymouth Iron Foundry, 341 Preston, William B. 182 Rawsou, Solon & Co. 63 Richardson, Geo. & Son 362 i Plymouth Mills, 341 Prime, D. M. & Sons, 345 Rawson, W. & Son, 520 Richardson, Geo. F. & Plymouth Woolen and Priuker & Co. 354 Ray & Mowry, 534 Company, 312 Cotton Co. 342 Prize Churn Co. 124 Ray, James P. 472 Richardson, Geo. H. 146 Plymouth Woolen Mill, 342 Proctor, Thomas, 304 Ray, J. P. & J. G. 246 274 Richardson, J. B. & Co. 258 Pocasset Manufac'g Co. 237 Prouty, A. B. 406 Raymond, Alva, 234 Richardson, J. W. & Pollard, C. F. 297, 376 Proutys & Kent, 363 Rays' Woolen Co. 326 Company, 448 Pomeroy Manufac'g Co. 547 Providence Box Co. 458 Ray, Welcome & Co. 86 Richardson, Knight & ' Pomeroy, Noah, 483 Providence Iron Co. 445 Read, Olncy, 448 Peabody, 231 Pomeroy, L.'s Sons, Providence Lilh. Co. 459 Reardon, .John & Sons 203 Richardson, Merriam Pond, Daniel B. 473 Proyidence Machine Co. 464 Redfern, W. C. 173 & Co. 402 Pond, Lucius W. 406 Providence Marine Rail- Redfield & Rice Mfg. Co 546 Richardson, NT & Co. 389 Pond, Moses, & Co. 185 way, Co. 458 Redlon & Simms, 65 Richardson, Nathan 248 Pond, O. S. 244 Providence Rivet Co. 461 Reed & IJallowell, 281 Richardson, S. C. & Co. 99 Pond's Warp Mfg. Co. 473 Providence Skirt Co. 458 Reed, C. G. & Co. 409 Richardson, Stephen & Pontoosuc AVoolen Mfg. Providence Steam En- Reed, Franklin, 363 364 Company, 148 Company, 340 gine Works, 445 Reed, George H. & Co. 173 Richardson, T. P. & Poole, J. H. 339 Providence Tool Co. 443 Reed, J. F. 402 Son, 298 Poor & Wheeler, 257 Providence Brass Foun- Reed, Josiah & Co. 363 Richardson, Upton & Co 358 Poor, J. M. & Co. 256 dry, 454 Reed, Nahum, 357 Richardson, Wm. 329 Poor, L. & G. H. 336 Providence Dyeing, Bleach- Reed Paper Co. 501 Richards & Co. 50 Pope, Ira P. 226 ing & Calendering Co. 455 Reed, S. Jr. 229 Richards, C. J. 400 Puquonnock Mills. 559 Providence Machinist Tool Relihan, Tho.s. J. 337 Richards, E. 453- Porter &, Company, 182 Co. 400 Remick, John & Son, 213 Richards, Elias, 234 . Porter & Packard!! 329 Providence Press Co. Reynolds & Company, 523 Richards, H. M., Jew- Porter, Andrew, 336 465, 466 Reynolds & Crane, 371 elry Company, 175 Porter Britannia and Providence Steam and Reynolds & Green, 426 Richards, J. J. & J. M. 148 Plate Company, 374 Gas Pipe Co. 467 Reynolds. H. AV. 216 Richards, Lewis 208 Porter, F. E. & Co. 150 Providence Steam Paint Reynolds Mfg Co. 420 Richards, Mouhon & Porter, J. & Co. 218 Works, 449 Reynolds, M. H. 304 Colburn, 280 Porter, Lewis 329 Providence Spring and Reynolds, Phillip, 328 Richards, W. R. 469 Porter, Samuel 411 Axle Co. 448 Reynolds, R. 563 Richmond & Scott, 453 Porter, William H. 226 Provin, William, 387 Rhode Island Braiding Richmoud. C. B. 283 Portland Glass Works Co. 67 Puffer, A. D. 179 Machine Co. 461 Richmond Mfg. Co. 420 Portland Leather Co. 64 Purinton, S. S. & Co. 368 Rhode Island Horse Shoe Richmond Mfg. Co. 425 Portland Packing Co. 67 Purrington, David P. 356 ■ Co. ■ 460 Richmoud Stove Co. 534 Portland Rolling Mills, 68 Putnam & Cochran, 203 Rhode Island Locomo Rich, Pitman & Co. 176 Portland Stone Ware Co. 66 Putnam, J. 407 TivE Works, 447 Rich.Z. D. 166 Portsmouth Company, 72 Putnam, John, 233 Rhode Island Malleable Ricker, J. S. & Co. 68 Potter & Jaques, 258 Putnam Machine Co. 241 Iron Works, 423 Rider, John F. C. adv. Potter & Main, 294 Putnam Manuf 'g Co. 538 Rhode Island Wire Works456 Ill, sketch 112 Potter & Smith, 207 Putnam Spring Bed & Rhodes & Wilmarth, 332 Rider, W. B. 453 Potter & Symonds, 452 Bedding Manufactory, 207 Rhodes, John, 311 Ridgway. M. M. 261 Potter, A. V. 456 Putney, J. 451 Rhodes, I\r. M. 373 Ridlon & Bard, 42 Potter, C. C. & Co 459 Pyke, R. D. 173 Ribbe Bros. 367 Riley, James 348 Potter, C. L. 454 Quassaick Woolen Mill R. I. Bleach and Dyt Riley, James 296 Potter, Thompson & Co. 57 Co. 563 Works. 449 Ripley, Geo. & Co. 280 Potter, W. 388 QuidnickMills, (A.&W. Rice, Barton & Fales Rising, Thompson & Co. 225 Potter, W. R. 374 Sprague Mfg. Co.) 468 Machine Iron Co. 402 Riverlin Works, 310 Powers & Edmunds, 218 Quinebaug Co. 488 Rice & Whitcomb, 409 River Mills, 377 Power, Richard & Son, 169 Quiner, John, Jr. 304 Rice, Geo. H. 531 Riverside Paper Co. 264 j Prall, A. agent, 499 QriNN & Co. 65 Rice, Gritfin & Co. 410 Robbins, C. A. & Sons, 50 Pratt & Wentworth, 1G7 Quinn, James & Son, 457 Rice, J. E. & Co. 171 Roberts, A. & Co. 498 Pratt, Atwater & Co. 387 i Radding, Nelson, 233 Rice, J. H. & Co. 227 Roberts, C. A. 505 Webb'. N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. Roberts, David, 33G Roberts, H. L. & Co. 90 Roberts, O. W. 304 Robertson, A. W. & H. C.221 Robertson, John, 131 Robertson, S. 40 Robertson, W. H. & L.H. 498 Robertson, Wm. H. 32.') Robeson Mills, 237 Robinson, E. H. & Co. .040 Robinson, G. W. & Co. 176 Robinson, J. H. 260 Robinson, Joel, 21.i Robinson. John P. & Co.219 Robinson Man'fg Co. 63 Robinson, Moses, 256 Robinson, P. S. 50 Robinson, Samuel & Co. 272 Robinson, W. A. & Co. 315 186 Robinson, William, Robins, E. A. Rob !■ - *iM hnukM u..... . A U....U. ....« Tiuttii. Fan.. 117 1,.,.-.. l: . . aci* W.li.. .. K II 3::> Tl..vrr. K. A. All H. 1 , . ■ , .V \\ , A(... 41.' w . . .), .1 .» A Co. ^13 Th.vcr. ILnrr 4c to. A K..»Udl. Mill. »x| Thuvrr. Joad A ( o. , i.. w. ,, .11^ iWtrr. II. .*. \V..,1., 1 Miiu. aax TL.Vrr S Vlhr ( ., hacnry ."Mi* TiniBT. I . 1,. r l'«|»r Co. 3M6 Tl...,„,.. \ r , •|i, 1 •Ii. ' ,»r.| (1ot|.l,.^. ..I. &» n. »7? I?fi lll.M V- ^l^ I.. ( ., •Ii....u«.. s. T. yr. I • k. 1 .V < •■llil,,i: . Tu. Wrr. K. A .S.M.. ■ U. «., Srih. n.«-k fo. .'..tM Tilrlirr .Mlfc<. r.„„,,«„». .O •ni..i..|.-.i.. HnMlHT.. N| Imkrr. N. (i. ..u n |.~.i.. «. r. 'M' I«.k. U.K. 4:.' ii„„ni.-.., M«.. IV <•.. T...k. .s.V. 3.1C ■I, V .. . . ._. 1 tn., J. w. At,.. -:. •! .li.l.. I I- .'»«•. 77. '.»■-• 1 •1. Hn«i. 2oa. BiU. K II. A Co. \HI \\ a»H ' .rv A J.k.n.. .nJ. Wm. T. w il3 rii...i-r. llonouA S\,n.. M IIS ri.url- r. /. !,. r>. II ri.ur....,, \ 1 \.«|„1,W. < ,., . 1 -Ut li.M,. ...... W. H. H.' .i.i.. ii.r..rr..S.>„...„r x Turt..r Wi..|.l...« .Mill. 41IO I..I.I. .r..|,o & .S..0. :i'i luiil. .V Wliiiirnx.n-. , of I ..11. I.ulr K. .larluriux Co ?ii7 Ti.1.1. Uilli.m A. ( <>. A Co. 4lliniri>»<>nl. 4IX I.li...., A. J. u liilb El.r,t 1 •K-nl, l.'.l Tylrr. Kr , ... a.v.i ry\rr. II .. 1m, n 1,. ;. I.u.i. > M.rl.lr C... 4..7 Tvlcr, .Uiiic. 1,. IM. |k7 Viniun. , ( . s. 1 inkh.!.. ai MrlraJl. ilii Tvlrr. Umb A («. •17 Viit...,. .1. w. r.rrrll. ( . A I'. II.A(...;W-,:l 1 rl.r. .M. A. k S.,a, ir,;, V.il.ai. ,r.| Wo-.l ' T.J--r. W. W. .'..'.• 1 ...lrH.,11 VU\sr To-.l Co. 10.1 Walm., Mill*. (*o T..I.I A l»n.«n. IWJ 1 ii.lrr».«Ml. Sont A W.,.|r . .T» l.-l.l. J A I... 4'i« K..|..r. .11(1 « ; ' l..lini.n. A. A (o. ;r.|.. W I..,„|„.-.n s,.r,i,p an't .(,..,.. C. 1H.-. W ■.•.......:. M,n. ?•..' ..III. I; ^ ?*4 4ie 1 i*: 1 ,.._ _ ?37 J .M*), 4iin, Ml .!» . n MrUllir Cwlridfr 1 - - ■i..'nMU-».i. I'o 1 - . W V |. < 1. I- -.1 .V ( .. 1 1 ■|r> . A l-. II. II .1 •; M I...C I Tf..... Al...- 1 I I It V lf.,1.. II ' 26 Index of Manufacttm ers. Weed Sewing Machine Company, Welch, E. N. Mfg. Co. Welch Spring Co. WeUleu, George, Wellinirlon & Perkins, Wells S: Rice, Wells, E. C. Wells, M. Wemyss Bros. Wentwoith, A. & Co. Wentworth & Brother, adv., first colored leaf. AVent worth. Jacob S. Wentworth. O. M. Wentworth, S. J. & R. B. Wentworth, William H. & Company, Wequonock Mills Co. Wesson, Frank, Wesson, li. Jr. West & Company, West Amesbury Mfg. Company, Westbrook Britannia Company 498 491 I 491 4(59 •206 410 300 227 219 18G] 50 291 172 : White, James & Son, White Rock Mfg. Co. White, Stillman, Whitely, E. White, L. B. White Mfg. Co. Whitemore & Tourtel- lotte. White, William G. White, Z. P. ct J. S. Wiiitcouib & Paine, Whitcomb, C. & Co. Whitcomb, C. H. & Co. Whitin, C. P. & J. F. Whiting, A. L. & Co. Whiting & Co. Whiting, Jacob & Co. Whiting, John, L. Whhing, L. F. Whiting Mfg. Co. Whiting Paper Co. Wiiiting's Iron Fondry, Whitin, John C. Whitin, P. & Son, R. & Westbrook Mfg. Co. Western, Byron Western, Charles ^ w S2 ^ a 2 e o^ ^ !5^ - t;£^ 1 r-'i c4 28 Webb's N. E. Railway and Mamifacturers Statistical Gazetteer. FALL RIVER LINE The world-renowned Steamers BRISTOL AND PROVIDENCE. Coxnm'r. BliJV^TOIV, Will leave (Alternate days) daily, from Pier 30 North Riv Comm'r. SllVIMOTVS- •, (foot of Chambers street,) at 5 P. M. ©(jdw^pthj's ©©bfepat©^ @[^E:oii:, #4.oo. BAGGAGE checked through and transferred in New York free of charge. Providence passengers by the above steamers will leave Fall River at 5.30 A. M. Arriving at 6.30 A. M. Re- turning will leave Providence at 5 P. M., making direct communication with the boat, and allowing a good night's rest on board each way. To better accommodate the public, the splendid steamers IIEWPiif ANi iLi Comrri'i'. Lewis, Comm'r TWCiller. Will leave (Alternate Davs) Dailv, (Sundays excepted,) from Pier 28 North River, (foot of Murray street,) at 6.30 P. M., for BOSTON via NEWPORT. Freights received at Pier 30, up to 5 P. M., and at Pier 28 up to 6.30 P. M., eacli evening. TO SHII»F»^IiJ^ OF FP5E:IGHIT. This Line with its new and extensive Depot accommodations in Boston, and large Pier in New York, (exclusively for the business of this Line,) is supplied with facilities for freight and passenger business which cannot be surpassed. Freight taken at low rates, and forwarded with dispatch. New York Express Freight Train, leaves Boston at 1.30 P. M. Goods arrive in New York next morning about 6 A. M. Freight leaving New York, reaches Boston on the following day at 9.45 A. M. For Tickets, Berths, and State- rooms, apply at the Company's office. No. 3 OLD STATE HOUSE, corner Washington and State street, Boston ; and at the Old Colony and Newport Railroad Depot, corner South and Kneeland streets. SUNDAY NIGHT LINE, Cars leave Boston every Sunday evening connection as above at 6. 30 p.m. The Office. 3 Old State House, will be open every SUNDAY AFTERNOON from 2 to 6 o'clock, and at the De- pot from 9 to 10 A. M., and from 5 to 6 P. M., for sale of Tickets and Staterooms. Steamers leave New York, daily, Sundays Ixcluded, from' Pier 28 North River, foot of Murray St., at 5 P. M. J^^IVtES FIHK:, Jr. President. IVI. It. SIIVIOTVS, TMCanaging^ Diiectoi-, CHAS. H. VAILE, CJeu'l. Passenger Agt. ; H. H. MANGAM, Freight Agt. M A I \ K 71 I ltl'li:V« :WJ mWcn fnun IV.rtl.uul. KM ' 1 w 1- i " •■ •"""■-I ••vi-"'i'- l-««>'i"i'. "I. • • '■• • ■ l-.,.„Uli..O.M..I.M.. A..I • The i..wn of I),,, ■.■M\r-T. l!.r.^- • ptryvmr. I)o bti*inr«« aai' * • . voodM baildinr. t ■- -- - ^• 1. . • .MiM A Cow oMfnr • ftw-rforrM IhuI.I 34 Stations in the State of Maine. Q\ UOUSTA, capital of the State, situated .^\, 37 miles from Skowhegan, 63 miles from Portland, (^^ 171 miles from Boston, 214| miles from Providence, on the Portland & Kennebec Railroad, was founded in 1754, and became a city in 1849. It is bounded on the north by Sidney and Vassalboro', east by Windsor, south by Hallowell and Chelsea, and west by Manchester. It is located on both sides of the Kennebec river, and is at the head of navigation, except by small vessels. The surface of the country is hilly, and the scenery is among the finest in New England. Popu- lation about 8,500. It is becoming a favorite resort for pleasure seekers, who find excellent facilities for hunting and fishing in the neighboring localities. The valuation of real estate in 1868 was $2,538,118 ; personal property, $1,D45,314. The valuation of real and personal is $4,483,432. There are seven churches located here, of which one is Methodist, one Baptist, one Free Will Baptist, one Universalist, one Congregational, one Unitarian, and one Catholic ; also contains three banks, one savings bank, and five newspapers. The extensive water power here has been purchased by the A. & W. Sprague Manufac- turing Co., of Providence, R. I., who intend erecting large cotton mills. The hotels are the Augusta House, Mansion House, and Cushnoc House. The Maine Insane Hospital is located on the east side of the Kennebec River, one mile from the city proper, and is a gi-anite structure, with a capacity for the accommodation of 300 patients, and was erected at an expense of about $300,000 ; a farm of 235 acres, which is mainly worked by the patients, and is under a high state of cultivation. A United States Military Asy- lum, established by the United States, in 1866, at a cost of $50,000, located four miles from the city, at Togus Springs, has accommodations for 200 persons. A farm of 600 acres is connected. IvENNEBEC U. S. Arsenal. The arsenal is situated on the east bank of the Kennebec river, and contains 40 acres of land, inclosed by an iron fence. The KE^^fEBEC Dam, a magnificent structure, bold in its design, curious in its workmanship, was commenced in 1836 by the Kennebec Locks & Canals Co., and completed in September, 1837. The cost was about $300,000 ; con- structed under the superintendence of Col. William Board- man, of Nashua, N. H., as chief engineer. Augusta has seven powers, — two powers on small streams, cajKible of but a small amount of work. Four powers upon the Bond brook, four dams in two miles, mills upon each, room for others. Stream rather variable in volume, but capable of very great improvement by artificial connection with large ponds in the vicinity. The Kennebec Dam Power, on the Kennebec river, is at the head of tide, and within the immediate limits of the city proper. Height of the fall, fifteen feet ; part vertical and part on a sloping apron about forty feet wide. It is now in contem- plation to increase the height of the dam by three feet for the present. Volume of water, about 130,000 cubic feet per minute at the lowest run of summer. The average summer i-un is estimated at 175,500 cubic feet per minute. [Statement founded upon the observations of 1866 and '67.] The power due to the average summer run is about 5,000 (4,986) gross horse powers, or 3,660 net horse powers. Col. DeWitt judges that 332,000 .spindles with preparation on print cloths can be driven with this power, his estimate being based on his large experience in Rhode Island. This implies the best of machinery of all descriptions, capacious canals, and the most judicious use of the power. The lay of land is by no means fiivorablc for the erection of mills with the appurtenant boarding houses, yards, etc. ; but understood to be susceptible of improvement adequate to all practical necessities. The best of granite is close at hand ; also unlimited quan- tities of clay for bricks ; the country above furnishes lumber and fuel in all requu-ed amounts. O^Tied by the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. ; Agent and Engineer, Col. H. A. DeWitt. Improvements on this power on a vast scale are now in prospect and in the early stage of execution. Sis hundred acres of land have been purchased, extending a mile and a half on the east side of the river and a mile and a quarter on the west side. A brick yard is in operation, capable of producing 100,000 bricks per week. Townships of tmiber land have been purchased, saw mills bought and built, etc., so that a great manufacturing city may reasonably be looked for as certain speedily to arise upon this privilege. Some horse powers of steam are employed at present in processes more or less closely connected with the water-power manufacturing, and the amount will doubtless greatly increase as the water-power comes into larger use. Augusta is connected with the seaboard by a line of rail- way, is about three hours distant from Portland, and eight from Boston. For about eight months of the year the river is open to the city, admitting the approach of vessels. The proper utilization of the lakes and ponds upon the Kennebec for reservoir purposes will undoubtedly treble the working capacity of the Kennebec Dam power and others above. There are probably 300 square miles of lake sur- face available for storage improvement, the lakes being many of them of large size. In addition, artificial reservoirs thousands of acres in extent can be constructed at moderate cost. "The A-. & W. Spr^vgue Manupactueikg Co., in connec- tion with the Kennebec Land and Lumber Co., have it in view to raise and improve the dam at Moosehead lake, and to control the flow of water therefrom." They have identified themselves quite conspicuously with the interests of this city. They are making many improvements that cannot but be of value to Augusta. The old mill has been enlarged by put- ting on an additional story, so that now it is 200 x 50 feet, five stories, brick. It contains 10,000 spindles and 200 looms. The amount of cotton consumed is 1,200 pounds per week, producing 52,000 yards of 36-inch sheetings 42 x 46. They employ 150 persons. A new mill is now in process of erection, situated just north of the old one. It is designed to be 74 x 212 feet, five stories, brick. They also contemplate many other improvements, which have not pro- gi-essed far enough as yet for us to give any reliable infor- mation, such as raising the dam, increasing the power, etc. H. A. DeWitt, Agent ; N. W. Cole, Superintendent. Smiley & Church occupy one floor of a building ibr the manufacture of broom and brush handles, commencing here in 1867. They employ five persons, and produce 250,000 handles annually. A. CowEE & Son commenced the manufacture of bed- steads and ship furniture several years ago. They occupy four floors, 40 x 60 feet each, and employ eighteen men. David Knowlton & Son occupy one floor, 40 x 50 feet, for the manufacture of furniture, employing six men. E. & J. Atkixs & Co. occupy two floors for the manufac- tm-e of boxes and shooks, commencing here in 1868. The business was established some twenty years ago by E. At- kins & Co. They employ eight men. They also manufac- tui"e barrel heading, pump and aqueduct tubing. Freeman Barker occupies one floor, 50 x 96 feet, for the manufacture of barrel heading, commencing here some fifteen years ago. He employs six men, and produces 700 pairs per day. TT' N. E. Eaihrai/ and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 35 J. M. Loxr.FELLOW & Co. occupy one floor, 48 x CO feet, for tlic niauiifacture of boxes, clapboards, planers, etc. They employ four men. J. P. Wtjian & Son commenced the manufacture of doors, sashes, and blinds in 1856. They occupy a building 45 x 110 feet, two stories; employ fifty men, and saw 1,200,000 feet of himber, annually, into doors, sashes, and blinds. The mill is on Bond brook, the fall being 12 feet." Two Blake wheels supply the power. AcGCSTA Iron Fousuky, T. Lambard, Proprietor, occupy a two-story wooden building, 80 by 50 feet, used as a machine shop, ayattern shop, 40 x 60 feet, four stories, and built of brick, a foundry, 40 x 120 feet, one story, and built of stone, a forge shop, 40 x 20 feet, built of stone, a plough shop, 40 x 40 feet, two stories, with three large buildings used for storing lumber, etc. ; the whole covering about two acres of ground, and located on the east side of the Kennebec river, for the manufacture of castings of every description, freight 'cars, mill work, etc. The business was established in 1833, and gives emplo3Tnent to thirty persons ; melts 5 tons of iron per week, and turns out 100 cars per annum, doing business to the amount of 860,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of twenty-four horse power, built by I. F. & G. B. McClench of Hallo well, Maine, with a flue boiler, twenty-five horse power, built by Allen & Endicott of C'ambridgeport, Mass. Ofiice, No. 12 Bridge's Block, Water street. Alli:x, Small & Co. occupy two floors, 50x18 feet, located in Journal Block, for the manufacture of wood work- ing machinery, mill work, shafting, and general machinery. Business established in 1806, and employs three hands. Theii" machinery is driven by an engine of six horse power, with an upright tubular boiler, built by Cook, Rhj-mes & Co. of Charlestown, Mass. I. C. IIovEY occupies two floors of a three-story wooden building, 45 x 26 feet, located at No. 109 Water street, for the manufacture of church and cabinet organs and melodeons ; commenced business in 1854, has three employees, and does a business of $12,000 per annum. Kennebec Land and Li"mber Co., wholesale and retail dealers in ice, and all kinds of lumber. Ira D. Sturgis, President ; J. M. Haynes, Treasurer. Office in Augusta. Incorporated in 1867. Capital stock $250,000. They have one water saw mill in Augusta, and two large steam saw mills, one in Augusta, and one in Pittson, 6 miles below, on Kennebec river, where they have also extensive ice houses. This company supply their mills with lumber cut by them on their own lands, and ship much of it to various markets in their own vessels. *^5flJAIV€jrOR is situated on the Penobscot rj\ river, at the head of tide water, and about 00 miles C_y from the sea. It is 120 miles N. E. by E. from Port- land, 66 miles N. E. from Augusta, and about 230 miles N. E. from Boston, Mass. Bangor is the capital of Penobscot County, and one of the principal cities of the State. The site of the city was first visited by the French, under Champlain, in 10O5, and in 1013, the French Jesuits contem- plated the establishment of a mission here, but from some cause failed to do it. The first white resident of Bangor, of whom there is any record, was Stephen Bussell, who, in 1769, built a house on the easterly side of the Kenduskeag stream, upon both banks of which the city is now built. The Rev. Seth Noble was elected the first representative to the General Court, and was directed to procure an act of incorporation of the town under the name of Sudbury. The act was prociired in the year 1791. In 1834 it became a city, and the Hon. Allen Gilman was the first Mayor. Until 1812, religious meetings were held in private Ijuildings or school-houses, but at this time a building was erected for a Court House, and was also used as a place of worship. Rev. Harvey Loomis was ordained over the first parish chm-ch (Orthodox Congi-egational.) in 1811, and occupied the desk in the Coml House until his church was completed in 1822. The Unitarian church on jNIain street, the Meth- odist church corner of Union and Independent streets, and Baptist church on Harlow street, were built in 1829. The Hammond street cliurch (Orthodox Congi-egational,) was built in 1834 ; the St. John's church (Episcopal.) and the Pine street (Methodist,) in 1836. The Columbia street (Baptist) Free church, and the Union street (Methodist) church were built in 1854. The Central church (Orthodox Congi-egational,) in 1851, and the Essex street (Freewill Baptist) church in 1859. The Universalist cliurcli was rebuilt in 1862. There is a church for all denominations on the Pashaw road, which was built some years ago under the auspices of Martin Mower, Esq. The Roman Catholics have a church on York street and a Nunnery on Newbury street. The place where the Spiritualists hold their meet- ings is on Park street, and is called Pioneer Chapel. A Theological Seminary was established here about fifty years ago, and is now in a flourishing condition. It has four Professorships. Two of its Professors have been appointed Presidents of Bowdoin College, Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Harris, D. D. The institution is under the direction of the Orthodox Congregationalists ; has a handsome chai)el and boarding house, and a fine library. The Court House, County Offices, Jail and House of Cor- rection are in Bangor. The old Court House has been remodelled and now contains the City Hall and City offices. The Custom House, to which is now being made an exten- sive addition, is of gray granite, situated iic^r llic Kiudiis- keag bridge, and was erected in 1853. Tiii- iMiililin- also contains the Post Office. The Almshouse is will airaiii:i;1.'m). i. The Newspapers pub- lished in Bangor are tlie W'lii'j and CoifcJer, daily, and The Bangor Jeffersonian, The Bangor Courier und The Democrat, weekly. The Hotels of Bangor are numerous and extensive, and are kept in a veiy liberal manner by experienced gentle- men. The principal are the Penobscot Exchange, on Ex- change street, Abram "Woodard, Proprietor ; the Bangor House, on Main street, O. M. Shaw, Proprietor ; Nichols House, on Haymarket Square, J. E. Harrimau & Co., Pro- prietors, and the Fi-ankljn House on Harlow street, McLaugh- lin ifc Son, Proijrietors. The means of communication and connection of tlie city of Bangor with other parts of the coimtry are by the Maine Central railroad towards the west and southwest, by which route it is 138 miles to Portland and 246 miles to Boston, Mass. It also connects on the south with Portland and Boston by two lines of steamers, and on the north and east by the North American and Euro- pean railroad and the Bangor, Oldtown and Milford railroad, besides extensive stage communications with all parts of the State. There are fifty-three schools, — one High, five Grammar, eleven Intermediate, eighteen Primary, twelve suburban, three select, and three mixed. Intermediate and Primary. In these schools are engaged one hundred teachers, and the average number of scholars attending is 2,841 in summer, and 2,801 in winter. The whole number of scholars in the city between the ages of five years and twenty-one years, is 5,407. The valuation of real estate is about $4,496,000. That of personal property is about $3,175,000. Total amount of taxes for the year ending March, 1868, was $240,141.21 Number of voters, 3,336. The basin at and below the mouth of the Kenduskeag, where the shipping lie to receive their cargoes, is ninety rods in width and affords good anchorage. The tide is generally about seventeen feet. Ship building is carried on to some extent, but commerce in lumber of all the various kinds in use is the principal occupation of the inhabitants. An immense amount of that article is annually rafted down the rivers and transported to. almost all parts of the world. Bangor is the great depot for lumber on the American con- tinent. The site of the city is pleasant, commanding fine views of the river and the adjoining country, and contains 20,000 inhabitants. There are 250 vessels, 208 coasting and 5 fishing vessels. Average tonnage, 95 tons. Whole tonnage, 19,321 52-100. Aggregate burden of vessels owned in Bangor, 33,315 92-100 tons. There were thirteen vessels built here last year. Amount of lumber surveyed in 1868 220,794,766 feet. There are six powers here, situated on the Kenduskeaj stream, and arc known as the falls at "Drummond's Mills,' at " McQuestion's Mills," at " Bruce's Mills," at "Hatch's Mills," the "Four Mile Falls," and " SLx Mile Falls.^ These are mentioned in their order, going up the stream from the Post Office. The height of the falls is estimated at from ten to fifteen feet for each power. The first four, as above mentioned flow back the Kenduskeag about one mile each ; the last or Six Mile Fall flows back over two miles ; giving an aggre gate, from Drummond's dam to head of flowage of 8b Mile Falls, of eight to nine miles. No estimate given of the powers, in the annual work they would do, or in the annual work done. " The products, similar to our own, of powers on the river and streams north of the Kenduskeag stream, centre at Bangor ; and there is no convenient way of making a separate estimate of the products of the power in use here. The Bruce mills, how- ever, could saw from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 feet of lumber annually." There is a dam at each of the six powers except at Four Mile Falls. Four of the powers are improved vnth mills, to wit : Drummond's, McQuestion's, Bruce's and Hatch's mills. The Kenduskeag stream is naturally connected with a few small ponds ; and, artificially, could be readily con- nected, by an inexpensive two mile canal, with the Pusliaw pond, distant about three and a half, from the stream. The Pushaw pond now covers an area of about twelve square miles ; and, at little expense in the erection of dams, etc., could be converted into a reservoir of much greater area, wherein the water could be raised and held, five to seven feet above its usual level, to supply the Kenduskeag stream during drouth, or low water, towards the end of summer. The stream is rapid, rises from eight to twelve feet during freshets, but is considered comparatively safe. The supply of water is not large during part of the summer. The out^cropping and underlying rocks are slate, easily quarried and much used as rough building material. The lay of the land at all the various falls is sititahle, and at most of the falls extremely favorable, for convenient location of mills and workshops. A small part of the basin of the stream is wooded. The soil is mostly clayer loam, with some small areas of gravel, and has generally a hard pan of clay. In most localities the soil is very retentive of water ; and is relieved only by thorough drainage. There is one power, " Treat's Falls," on the Penobscot river, one mile above the harbor proper of Bangor, and within one mile of the city Post Office. The total range of the ebb and flow in the harbor one mile below, is from twelve to eighteen feet ; range from lowest to highest water on the river proper (above tide) about twelve feet. A dam fifteen feet above mean high tide will pond the water back about four miles. The privilege is owned by Messrs. Lea- vitt, Weston, and others. For further information respect- ing the privilege, the statement (or the essential portions of it) of the Engineer of the Hydrographic Survey for the Eastern Division, Hiram F. Mills, Esq., is subjoined: " The circumstances under which my determination of the volume of the river was made were these : In the spring of 1866 I examined the river and the men connected with the mills from Milford to Bangor, for the purpose of deter- mining the least quantity that flowed in the river in the extremely dry seasons of 1864 and '65, and the greatest quantity in time of freshet. The latter I succeeded in getting quite to my satisfaction, as one of the greatest freshets known occurred during my observations, when there was flowing ninety-six thousand (96,000) cubic feet per second. The actual quantity flowing in the greatest drought could not at that time be determined ; but I was fortunate in ob- taining data by which I could, by measurements made at this time, determine the quantity actually used in that dryest time, and thus know a quantity which could, vnih certainty, be relied upon in an extreme drought, and one upon which estimates could be based with safety. This quantity I found to have been nineteen hundred and fifty (1,950) cubic feet pcrsecond, exclusive of that used at the sluice for passing rafts. Tlie quantity here excluded I could not at the time form a judgment upon, as the quantity required was not only that for passing the rafts through the sluice but over the rapids Webb's N. E. Railway and Mamtfacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 37 between the sluice and the race from the mills. This was evidently in excess of the quantity that would be required at a well constructed sluice at Treat's Falls for the passage of rafts ; hence I could report that at Treat's Falls there would be supplied constantly through the twenty-four hours in the greatest drought, the quantity necessary for the passage of rafts, together with 1,950 cubic feet per second, that coidd be applied to manufacturing purposes ; and having to report without seeing the river in its lowest stage, I could only, from the data gathered and my measurements, express my confidence that the quautitj' that can be relied upon is in excess of this, probably tweuty-live per cent., possibly fifty per cent. This quantity was, however, the base of my computation of results, providing, of course, room for the use of any fur- ther quantity that could be realized. "With a constant fall of fifteen feet and no pond, the amount of power that could be derived from this water, would be, in gross, 3,315 horse powers. "With the proposed dam at Treat's Falls to a height of fif- teen feet above mean high tide, with flash boards two feet high in time of drought, the above amount used in connect- ion with the pond and so much of the tide as can be used to advantage, will furnish during the working hours of the dry- est day a power in gross of nine thousand (9,000) horse- powers, leaving the surface of the water at evening, level with the top of solid dam. During the night the pond will fill to top of flash boards, besides allowing the constant use of 1,-173 horse-powers. The advantage that can be taken of the tide in connection with the large pond above the dam, with the use of turbine wheels is sho^ii in this increase of power from 3,315 horse- powers to 9,000 horse-powers. This result is derived from calculating the experience of the worst day of a dry season in which the circumstances- would be, 1,950 cubic feet of water per second being supplied by the river, and high tide a half-hour after starting the factories in the morning, the pond being full to top of flash boards. Tliis is one of the many cases in which in an unimproved river, the quantity, of water flowing and the fall, are items by themselves, quite inadequate to the present capabilities of the river for the development of power. The 9,000 horse-powers that can be derived from the Penobscot, by the construction of a dam at Treat's Falls, can be increased to 13,500 horse-powers a; this point, by constructions up the river, similar to those upon the Merri- mack. The site selected for the dam at Treat's Falls is underlaid by a conlinuous ledge of good quality throughout, and there is no question of the practicability of constructing a dam there which shall be permanent, and never require repairs that will interfere with the daily use of the water of the river. The length of the overfall designed is eight hundred and twenty-eight (828) feet. The total length of canals will be a little less than half that in Lowell, to supply the same power to the same area, and the expense of constructing them here wUl be very light. The wheels will deliver their water directly into the river, thus obviating the expense of constructing long races at a low level. The area for factory sites directly below the dam, is am- ple for the use of the power when fully developed, and remarkably well adapted for this use. Entire safety in time of freshets wiU be secured. The material for foundations is very good, being, over the greater part of the area ledge at a convenient depth, and where not of ledge of hard gravel and clay. Building stone of superior quality for foundations, is found in available positions in the immediate vicinity, and the excellent Brewer bricks are manufactured close at hand. The expense of constructing factories on these sites will be unusually small, and there will be the great and unusual advantage of both railroad communication and of free navi- gation in deep tide water, to and from the factory yards." HIANUFACTURERS. Hinckley & Egert Iron Co., located on Oak street, was incorporated in 1868, with a capital of $150,000. The buildings occupied are, a two story stone building, 40x200 feet, with an ell 40x40 feet, used as a machine shop, a foun- dry building, built of wood, one story high, 60x85 feet, a two- story wooden building, 40x60 feet, used as a boiler shop, and a storehouse, two stories high, with a number of out- houses containing storehouses, offices, &c. They employ from 75 to 100 hands in the manufacture of steam engines, mill work and all kinds of machinery. They use about 600 tons of pig iron and 100 tons of ^v^ought iron per year. The business was established in 1831 by Hinckley & Egery. Schwartz, Peavey & Co. occupy a thi-ee story -wooden building, 50x60 feet, located on Harlow street, for the man- ufacture of steam engines, mill work, stoves, &c. Employ twenty-five liands. Their machinerj' is driven by an engine of fourteen horse power, with a locomotive boiler of twenty- five horse power. Commenced business in 1868. T. Hersey & Co. occupy a five-story brick building, 20 X 73 feet, located No. 20 Main street, for the manufacture of boots, shoes, moccasins, and furs. They give employ- ment to thirty-six hands, and turn out about §150,000 worth per year. The business of this firm was established in 1836 by Farwcll & Hemenway. It is their intention to move to Masonic block, a handsome building now in course of erec- tion on Main street. This will give them the finest store in the city. Wood, Bishop & Co. occupy a three-story stone and brick building, located Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Broad street, and also a foundry building, 50 x 200 feet, located on the Hampden road. The business was established in 1840 by Henry A. Wood. Tliey employ forty hands in the manufacture of tin and sheet iron ware, stoves, ploughs, and ship castings. They make about two tons of castings per day, and do busi- nesss to the amount of about $150,000 per annum. Their machinery is run by an engine of fifteen horse power. Job Collett, file manufacturer. Exchange street, occupies one floor of a wooden building, 30 x 90 feet. He commenced business in 1850, employs eighteen hands, turns out about 6,000 dozen files per year, and does a business amounting to $18,000. William Margesson & Son, manufacturers of men's, boys' and youths' boots, shoes, and moccasins, commenced business in 1849. The buildings occupied by them are located on Columbia street, and are as follows : — two wood- en buildings, one of which is three stories high, 36 x 80 feet, and the other two stories high, 20x40 feet. They employ seventy-five hands, turn out from 1,500 to 2,000 pairs of moccasins and 25 cases of boots and shoes per week. These goods are all made by hand, and sold in the West and North- west, principally to lumbermen. A great part of the moc- casin leather used by this firm is manufactured at their ovm tannery, near the old town depot in this city. C. V. & J. W. Eamsdell occupy a shop in Harlow Block on East Market Square, for the manufacture of guns, gun material, and sporting apparatus. This business was estab- lished by C. V. Ramsdell about twenty years ago. George T. Allamby occupies a two-story wooden build- ing, located No. 23 Central street, for the manufacture of brass, copper, and lead castings ; employs four hands. Busi- ness established in 1854. Means & Sanborn, manufacturers of confectionery. 38 Stations in the State of Maine. occupy a shop located on Fiaukliu streut. Commenced business in 1864. Whiton & Yeaton occupy a three-story wooden building, 35x80 feet, and two two-story wooden buildings, 30x75 feet and 25 x 50 feet, located on Harlow street, for the man- ufacture of carriages and sleighs of all kinds. The business was established in 1832 by Whiton & Badger. They employ thirty-five hands, and do business to the amount of about $50,000 or $60,000 per year. The Muzzy Ikon Works, on Franklin street, were incor- porated in 1867, with a capital of $100,000. The buildings occupied by them are of brick and of the following dimen- sions : — The first is three stories, 40x120 feet, and used as a machine shop ; the second is a foundry, one story high, 40 X 86 feet ; and the third three stories, 40 x 50 feet, used as a store house. They employ fifty-five hands in the manu- facture of machinery of all kinds, and pay especial attention to lumber machinery. Their machinery is driven by an engine of thirty-five horse power, with a tubular boiler of thirty-five horse power, built by this company. The busi- ness was established in 1830 by Franklin Muzzy. Office on Central street. A. C. Young occupies a three-story brick building, 20 X 100 feet, located No. 73 Broad street, for the manufac- ture of pumps and blocks. He employs three hands ; com- menced business in 1864. Power is furnished by an engine of eight horse power, built by the Muzzy Iron AVorks, with a tubular boiler of twelve horse power, built by Thomas Cunningham of Charlestown, Mass. Philips, Archer & C.o. occupy three rooms, 25 x 40 feet, in a brick block located No. 63 Exchange street, for the manufacture of brooms. Employ four hands, and turn out about 150 dozen per month. They commenced business in 1868. GiLMAN, ToirNSAND & Co. occupy a store and shop, located Nos. 9 and 10 Granite Block, East Market Square ; also a three story brick building, 25 x 40 feet, on Harlow street, for the manufacture of all kinds of furniture. Com- menced business in 1867, and give emplojTnent to eleven hands. E. H. & H. Rollins, mamifacturers of all kinds of bar- rels, occupy three two-story wooden buildings, 50 x 80 feet, 25 X 150 feet, and 25x75 feet, respectively. They employ twenty hands, and have facilities for making 3,000 barrels per month. Their machinery is driven by an engine of thirty horse power, built by the Muzzy Iron Works, with a flue boiler of thirty horse power, built by Galigar & Holden of Boston, Mass. D. K. Tuck occupies a two and a half story brick build- ing, 40 X 60 feet, located No. 18 Central street, for the man- ufacture of castings of brass, bronze, and composition, and ship castings. Business established in 1867. Benjamin Adams, manufacturer of first-class carriages and sleighs, occupies two two-story wooden buildings, 30 x 55 feet, and 28 x 40 feet, respectively ; also a one-story wooden building, 20 x 40 feet, located on the corner of French and York streets. He employs twenty hands. The business was established in 1844. J. O. B. Darling occupies a three-story brick building, 42x50 feet, located at Nos. 133 and 135 Exchange street, for the manufacture of moccasins and thick boots. He com- menced business in 1838. Employs forty hands, and turns out about 600 pairs of moccasins per week, besides a large number of boots. Michael Schwartz, occupies a two-story brick building, 25x45 feet, and a two-story wooden bnildiug, 25 x 100 feet, located No. 139 and 141 Exchange street, for the manufac- ture of saws. Commenced business in r843. Employs nine hands and turns out about $20,000 worth per year. The machinery used in this business is driven by an engine of twenty horse power, built by Schwartz, Peavey & Co., with a tubular boiler 12 feet long by 4 feet diameter, built by Daniel SuUivan. The Dikigo Saw Works, located at No. 84 Exchange street, were established in June, 1868, by Gibson, Kimball & Sanford. They manufacture circular, mill, gang, mulay, and cross-cut saws, made from Jessop & Son's steel. The gi-eat success that has attended this company has led them to increase their number of workmen, and to put in improved machinery, for the year 1869. The millmen of Maine have been in the habit of going out of the State to buy their saws. Hereafter they can be furnished by this company, who are nearer home, and who know what they want. Their saws are warranted to be perfectly true, and, if not found to be so, will be exchanged. The many saws made by this company since their commencement, and the general satisfaction they have given, argues much in their favor. They have an engine of fifteen horse power, and a tubular boiler of thirty horse power, both built by T. N. Egery. Dexter Andrews occupies a three-story brick building, 18 X 40 feet, located at No. 3 Exchange street, for the man- ufacture of oars and sweeps. He occupies a three-story brick building, 18x40 feet. Employs four persons, and produces about 75,000 feet of oars per year, doing a busi- ness of $6,000 per annum. He commenced in 1853, and his goods are sent to all parts of the world. Many hundred vessels and boats that assist in freighting lumber do^vn the river are owned here, the majority of which are furnished with oars and sweeps by Mr. Andrews. The facilities for obtaining suitable lumber, at reasonable prices, enable him to compete with many who are situated away from the lum- ber centre of the New World, and who labor under many disadvantages in consequence. fATTII, 9 miles from Brunswick, 39 from Portland, and 42 from Augusta, a city of about 9,000 inhaliitants, on the Bath branch of the Portland & Kennebec railroad. It is pleasantly situated on the west side of the Kennebec river, and has great advantages for com- merce. It was settled in 1756, and incorporated as a towTi in 1780. Ship building is carried on here to a large extent. The harbor is seldom obstructed by ice. In 1868 the valua- tion of real estate was $2,162,350 ; personal property, $4,- 440,650 ; total, $6,603,000. The rate of tax on each $100 is $1.95 ; number of voters, 1,100. The city contains seven churches, of which two are Methodist, one Episcopal, one ITniversalist, one Sweedenborgian, one Second Advent, and one Catholic ; also contains six banks and two savings insti- tutions. Bath has three powers, — "Sewall's Mill," a tide power, fall thirteen feet, twenty horse-powers, will grind ten thou- sand bushels of gi'ain, and saw 200,000 feet of lumber. One saw operates eight months. Two wheels, H. Blake's patent, thirty and thirty-six inches in diameter each. "Rogers' Mill," a tide mill on AVluskeag stream, sixteen horse-powers, wiU saw 300,000 feet of lumber. One saw operates nine months yearly. Kendall wheel. "Winnegance Mill Dam Company's privilege," a tide power, three hundred and thirty-three horse-powers, will saw 16,000,000 feet of lumber, operates nine months. Kendall wheel. Two-thirds of the above power (Winnegance) is in Phips- burg ; one third in Bath. MANUFACTURERS. Dltccan & Davenport. Business established by them in 1849. They occupy three two-story buildings, two UVMUY. MOl HON \ SON. DIRIGO SAW WORKS, No. si I'a(Ii:iii-vSi.. r.Mii-or. Mr, ( iiit^oN, K iMi; \i,L \ Sam oiM), ■Aat-rjiCTCBaBjt or ( irriilar. )lill.•«■ llip farkMv «x«UIbIii« I KqtuU tn It4*od|mUl'll Pump. of }-Jlirllind •(.IK>()N. Knii;\I.I. i. NWKiKli. lUiiiror. Malm." tlill M itvh :iiil>hiiiu lottmnioiM u lo Uw nalar* of lit* Rvpair* i«<|alr<.or br ».il.M lb. «m.. .In... m.ll .u. .. ,„^|^| ^l;, | y] vTl'flT •f* Ncahrad. mo rryalf* will br n>i> i irvrii \(i iKXTKI! ANDliKWS. ()nrs and Succps. .\'/. .■> I 'irliil iitlr SI ri I L Mf'tTTi'X .1 •»--.T, m»niifa.-HirTT» -^ •t*'*ni it\N<;<>if. All:. N. R.~ronstantly ..n liand. fvtTv N.irirty of OAK.^. fri'in si\ tn twrnly-nrr f.vl long. .•m Bethel Station, for the manufacture of lumber. Dors & TtTBBS occupy a wooden building, located on Main street, for the manufacture of doors, sashes, and blinds. S. Robertsox occupies a two-story wooden building, on Main street, for the manufacture of fiimiture. Commenced business in 1838 : employs two hands : does business amount- ing to 81,500 per annum. PrscKSET BuESHAJi occupies a two-story wooden building, 60x20 feet, another, 24x36 feet, two stories, blacksmith shop, 50 X 20 feet, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1837 : employs 6 hands : turns out 40 carriages and 20 sleighs per year : also occupies a wooden building, 20 x 60 feet, two stories, for the manu- facture of lumber, clapboards, and shingles. His machinery is driven by one centre vent and one overshot water-wheel. Does business amounting to 87.000 per annum. \ / l:nlir,ii/.l„/ M.lnuf'.i. fur,-, i St., f,.r,.,,l (;.,.: r.4. V r. . Bi- ll'. 1 tn«| fur tmiUiuc Sh»i •u Mtrrcrnl. !.■ :• rl. ■ ..f .ii.. I ■ i K, mill luni iMit 1 loo «( ■larrh bihI IW th, li... S.V.. ...Ir „i,|.r lall 1. . ll» ul **rk : do biwiiieM •inoualiiiK lo MAMFACTTRKIt'^ V V !' ", ^>ll»l»l I Oltll. 1 ■. I,,, I.-, tV,,t,, l'...fl ,,.,! liuiU U ;iMi L^iOM .Su^ui t_^.^ l». uj l'(«'t»- -.-ui.i.- n ll.r..--t..r\- «...l.->i (..iiMii,-. .'l.'i » i4l I >>»... WlT.II l'..«ll! • S.... 1 ..r ,.| i:„- .K!>rr •l 1 .V. !,. :. r«" • >trr. Ixiill by 42 Stations in the State of Maine. ness of $50,000 per year. Tlieir motive power is supplied by an eugine of eight horse power, built by the American Machine Co. of Springfield. Mass., with a boUer of twenty horse power, built by the Ne^\' England Steam & Gas Pipe Co. of Boston. Mass. This company was incorporated in 1867. Capital, 8100,000. Ferguson Haines, Treasurer; T. L. Merrill, Agent. The Peppekell Manlkactlrixg Co. was incorporated, Feb. 16th, 1844, with a capital of Sl.000.000. Samuel Hooper is Presideul ; W. P. Haines, Treasurer, and F. Haines, Agent. The buildings occupied by them are as fol- lows : a six-story brick mill, 75 x 222 feet, built in 1848 ; another of the same description and size, built in 1849, and one, 75 X 332 feet, six stories high, built in 1855. They run 80,000 spindles and 1,678 looms. The number of hands employed is 1,600. The kinds of goods manufactured are sheetings, shirtings, jeans, and drills, of which they turn out about 14,000,000 j-ards per year. Their motive power is furnished by 6 turbine wheels of 110 horse power each, and 16 breast wheels of about 21 horse power each, making a combined power of 1,000 horse. L. Brodigan occupies a building, 35 x 16 feet, located on Gooch street, Gooch Island, for the manufacture and re- cutting of files of every description. Commenced business in 1864 ; has 6 employees. RiDLOX & Bond commenced business in 1867. Manufac- turers of brass composition, German silver, castings, etc. Foundry situated in the rear of Gooch street, Gooch Island. William T. Hokrobin, manufacturer of Lee's Patent Antifriction Top Rolls and eastings in general. Works cov- ering about one acre of ground, located on Thornton street. Has 60 employees, consume about 12 tons of iron per month, ruu an engine often horse power, built by the Swam- scot Machine Co. ; also receive power from buildings adjacent. ^0\VI>OI]\'HAITI, 38 miles from Port- 'y\ I laud, and 62 troni Skowhegan, a village in a town by C "V the same name on the Portland & Kennebec Railroad, containing two churches and one bank. The town is located on the west side of the Kennebec river. Incorporated in 1762. The water power in this town is unimportant. ^ROCK'S €ROSSII\G, 41 mUes nFl I from Portland, and 11 from Portsmouth, is located ( . '^y at the junction of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth and the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway railroads ; the latter running to Union Village, a distance of 26 miles. ^RlJlVSliriCK, 30 mUes from Portland, *?[ I 141 miles from Boston, 184 miles from Providence, (,__3y is a town of 5,200 inhabitants, on the Portland & Kennebec Railroad and Androscoggin Railroad, containing 9 churches, 3 of which are Baptist, 2 Free Will Baptist, 1 Congregational, 1 Methodist, 1 Episcopal, and 1 Unitarian. There are also 3 banks and one savings bank, 29 public schools, 1 medical, 1 scientific, and 1 college. Number of children attending the public schools, 1 ,329 ; number of voters, 1,122. The valuation of real estate is $802,068, and the valuation of personal estate is 85,212.68. Rate of tax, 82.10 on each 8100. 11,520 acres of land. Popula- lation, 5,000. Bowdoin College is located here, and is divided into three departments, — literarj-, medical, and scientific. The college department has a library of 18,000 volumes ; the medical department, about 5,000 ; and the literary societies, 12.000. The chapel is one of the finest buildings in America, and contains a fine collection of valu- able paintings and a cabinet of minerals of rare collection and value. The medical school, in which pupils are taught the science of anatomy and physiology, the theory and prac- tice of medicine, chemistry, etc., is a three-story brick structure, 96 x 50 feet. The number of scholars being about one hundred. The Androscoggin railroad runs from here to Farmington. Brunswick has two powers. First, the "Pejepscot Falls," on the Androscoggin river, at the head of tide ; total height of fall about forty-one (40.83) feet above common high tide ; I whole horizontal distance, 1,980 feet. "The fall can be increased to fifty-five feet by raising the upper dam, and the damage from flowage would be very slight, the land on both ! sides of the river for eight miles to Little River Village being mostly high." The natural falls consist of coarse graphic granite and gneiss. The rock upon the middle fall projects above the water at several points, serving as natural abutments to the I several sections of the dam. The lower fall has an island j near the middle of the stream, — Shad Island. There are three pitches. The lowest has a vertical descent of about 15.49 feet ; the middle, of 14.04 ; the upper, of 11.30. In the survey of the privilege made in the year 1835 by Col. Loammi Baldwin, the run was estimated to be 4,425 : cubic feet per second. This was doubtless correct for the j time of measurement, but is greater than the low water run. The low water run at Lewiston is 1,566 cubic feet per second, j this figure having been determined by numerous measure- I ments and actual use for fifteen or more years. After j making allowance for the contributions of the Little Andro- [ scoggin. Little river, and other smaller streams below Lewis- I ton, it is impossible to conclude otherwise than that the river must have been considerably above its low run at the time of the estinuite referred to, the only alternative being (and this is not admissible, the skiU of the investigator being taken into account) that serious errors were made in the measure- ment. In corroboration of this view, the Ibllowing facts are stated : The low water run at Augusta, on the Kemiebec, is 130,000 cubic feet per minute, and the tributary area is t about 5,000 square miles ; whereas, the total territory con- tributing to the Androscoggin at Brunswick is somewhat less than 4,000 square miles ; yet Baldwin's estimate makes the run at the latter point 265,500 cubic feet per minute. The low ruu at Saco is 15,000 to 18,000 cubic feet per minute, with about one-third the basin area of the Androscoggin at Brunswick. The low water run at Lowell, with nearly 5,000 square miles of tributary country-, is 215,760 cubic feet per minute, all the great natural reseiroirs of the Mer- rimac having been improved for storage purposes. The low water run at Brunswick will not probably be found to exceed, possibly not to equal, 120,000 cubic feet per minute. Col. Baldwin's measurements were made in part upon the 12th, and in part upon the 14th of October, and during these two da3-s the river fell ott' 2,000 cubic feet per second, as shown by his estimate. It is not impossible that it had been swollen by rain-fall in the upper part of its basin, and was in process of return to its ordinary low run volume at the time of the measurements. It is worthy of notice in this j connection, that measurement of the Androscoggin was made at Lewiston during July, 1835, by the engineer of the com- I pany for which Col. Baldwin's explorations were made, and [ the figure arrived at for the volume was 6.887.29 cubic feet per second, which is over four times the loxv water nm, as since found at that point, though it was probably correct at [ the time of measurement. [ The above incidents show with what extreme care investi- [ gallons of this sort have to be conducted, and with what . precautions as to the stage of the river, to reach reliable and ' valuable results. Especially is it necessary, it may be added ;i \ / l:, „lu. iif ,i„J \f.it,„/:,.t,nrri St.lt,At„.il (;.l-rtf J BIDDEFORD, MAINE, COTTON MACHINERY Of ilic }\{)s\ liiiproxil I'aKcriiN. Cylinders, 36x36 and 36x30. with Nineteen Tops. mmm sEir-suippEE m miw iroiigis. ,t'ini.'jluM; Ixallivaij i)e;ul.'i. hll.WVIM; rilA.MKS. ANY LKM-TII. \Mlh llir liMi> of Slffl Kollrr>. .ind ( omiriisf rs hrlHrcii '.'d and ^d Kollrr*. ENGLISH SLUBBERS AND FLY-FRAMES. Willi I ii_- ..r -!i.ii i;.i^t.i-. li.MiMi- L'\i;. i'i\.'.. !>\P.. 7 \ :;• .ni'i ''• \ ■;. i;i\(. >i'i.\M.\(. ii; \Mi:>. SE L F --A.C TIN G- MULES, SKaq. A HoJ-^V. Iliirrmt'. IVfT. Curti. A MmWItt* I'allom*. I :-I6 and 1^ i«k* |r«a«« : •»• •'i^r. i ■«» A SPOOLERS AND WARPERS, ^ll:lt'lilll:. ( ;i^tiiii:-^. ;iiiil Mill \\n|-k. nf :ill kiihK. W II I I \ M l»\N l«.ll I . rr.n»Hrrr. I .1 \ >I I ^ II M. Ml II \N. .Icrn/. u Stations in the State of Maine. with rei'ereiice to exploratidiis luid in view in this survey, to exercise precaution iu niakiuL' measurement of streams at points below manufacturing establishments, by which the flow of the water below is greatly modified, according as the mills are in operation or not, and the water therefore alter- nately freely delivered by day and ponded back by night. They further show how peculiarly necessary it is that streams be measured at the actual low stage, and thereat only with reference to reaching results of practical or the highest prac- tical value. A shower of an hour's continuance on the basin of a stream of the character of the Saco or Androscoggin, taking place just before an exploration of its volume at a point below, might well nigh double the inferred working capacity of the river. Such measurements need to be many times repeated, at different times, and better if during differ- ent seasons of the year. The amount of power corresponding to 4,425 cubic feet per second on a forty-foot fall, is 14,720 net horse power. We are not surprised, therefore, to read in Col. Baldwin's report that the power at Brunswick is sufficient to carry 135 mills as large as the Hamilton mill at Lowell. By this is meant of course the power as he found it at the time of measurement. If the low water run shall be found to be 2,000 feet per second, the power due to this will be about 8,528 gross or 6,800 net horse power, or 408,.360 spindles ; it being understood that the height of the dam shall be, as it now is, such as to give about forty-one feet fall, and the lakes at the source of the river continuing unimproved, as they now are, for storage purposes. A dam securing a fall fifty-five feet in height would give a gross power of 11,440 horse power, a net power of 9,130 horse power, or 547,800 spindles, and for nine months of the year a very much greater power. The minimum power at this point, as at others above, is capable of very great increase, at least trebled, by the im- provement of the great natural reservoirs upon the river. It is a power, at the lowest estimate that can be put upon it, of the first magnitude. Lay of the land excellent for the location of mills and factories, there being a broad natural slope below the falls of sufficient extent to accommodate any required number of constructions. Colonel Baldwin judges the best sites to be upon the left bank. Advantages for the conveyance of water by canals, first-class. The stone in the immediate vicinity of the falls is suitable for foundations and such coarse work. Building granite of excellent quality within two miles, and excellent clay for bricks close at hand. Lime burned in town. The privilege is owned by about fifteen different proprie- tors, resident in the vicinity. There are two dams constructed of wood, leaky at pres- ent, as indeed they always have been. The upper or third dam rotted down and was carried away a few years ago. The power has been so much iu surplus that the leakage has been of no importance. The machinery employed is by no means of the best constniction for economising power or in other respects. This statement does not apply, however, to the cotton mill. This is located on the midiUe dam on the Brunswick side, a natural site for a mill of fifty thousand spindles being close by it on the same dam, and is the prop- erty of the Cabot Manufacturing Co. The company ovra thirty acres of land on the two sides of the river, and sev- enty-five tenements. There are also on the Brunswick side two flour mills and two saw mills. Upon the Topsham side are one flour mill and two saw mUls. Various small ma- chinery, in addition, is run upon both sides of the river. A very small proportion of the power is now used. It was formerly employed in manufacturing lumber, thirty saws being used ; now only four single saws and a gang. Vessels of one thousand tons can come within five miles of the falls, but from that point would be obliged to "lighter up," the channel being obstructed with shifting sands. The river is '' frozen for four and a half to five months yearly." From the falls to Caseo bay is three miles, the country a dead level ; a radroad coiild be built at small expense, opening upon excellent harborage. Second power, Quaker Mill pond, on the Androscoggin, three miles above the Pejepscot falls, will furnish power for a number of saws. It may in time serve a purpose of gi-eat importance as a reservoir against the cloij rlronths at Bruns- wick, caused by the stoppage of the run at Lewiston by night in the low water season. " Any parties who come amongst us with a view to the improvement of our water power, will meet a cordial recep- tion and substantial co-operation from both sides of the river." The Cabot MANTTFACTCiirNG Co., incorporated in 1857, capital $600,000, occupy one mill 300x45, fotir stories, and built of stone, with a wing 80x45, two wings 45x22 each, and a five story brick wing 90x45, where are manufactured fine sheetings 40, 44 and 48 inches wide, and coarse sheet- ings 36 inches in width. Employ 500 hands, consume 2,000 lbs. of cotton daily, turning out 90,000 yards of cloth per week 80x72, doing a business to the amount of $600,000. Run 550 looms and 27,000 spindles. Their power is fur- nished from two Lafell's and two Howd's water wheels, 600 horse power combined, the fall being fifteen feet. C. W. Freeland, president ; Francis Cabot, Treasurer, and Benja- min Greene, Agent of the Company. S. & E. Colby, manufacturers of doors, sashes, blinds, mouldings, &c., occupy two wooden buildings, one 3 stories, 50x25 feet, and the other 2 stories, 80x25 feet, located at Brunswick. They began business in 1853, and have ten employees. Their machinery, consisting of planing and moulding machines, lathes, saws, &c., are run by three Stearns water wheels, two of which are 3J feet in diameter and one 4 feet, the combined power being ninety horse, with a fall of twelve feet. The amount of business done annually is $12,000. ^JRYAIVT'S P01fl>, about 4-2 miles r Jt west from Augusta, a village of three hundred inhab- C ^y itants and two churches, on the Grand Trunk railroad, in the to\\Ti of Woodstock. A part of this town is moun- tainous, but it contains- large tracts of undulating fertile land. It is bespangled with beautiful ponds, forming mill streams, which pass to the Little Androscoggin river. Incorporated in 1815. Whitman & Libby occupy a two-story wooden building, 25 x 55 feet, store-house, two stories, 40 x 21 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. The business was commenced in 1861. Employ 6 hands, turn out 25 carriages and 30 sleighs per year, consume 6,000 feet of hard wood, and do a business of $4,000 per annum. '^URI\'HAI?I, 97 miles from Portland and nFl I 41 from Bangor, a village and town on the Maine C__3^ Central Railroad. The soil is moderately productive. Burnham has three powers. First, on the Twenty - Five JVIile stream, one-fourth of a mile from the Sebasticook river, in the northwesterly part of the town. The falls were formerly known as the Furgurson Falls, (not to be confounded with the Furguson Rips on the Sebasticook between Burn- ham and Clinton Gore,) and have a six-foot fall within the running distance of ten rods. No estimate of the power by measurement has been made. It works a tannery, grinding from 3,000 to 4,000 cords of bark, and tanninir about 35,000 Webb's N. E. Railway and Manvfacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 45 ' %\^\\\ (Dpfn (rarringcfi, 4'^prcr)i5 mapiw, DOCTORS' CARRIAGES, JVtiil a rarii'tij at Fim^ Garriaijrs ;iiid .^lei.qlis. All work warranted to give perfect satisfaction. BRYANT'S POXD. MAINE. sides of leather per year ; two shingle machines, sawing from 400,000 to 500,000 shingles, running from eight to ten months ; also a saw mill, sawing irom 800,000 to 1,000,000 Ceet of lumber, running from four to six months. The stream is fed by the Twenty-Five Mile pond, which is four by two miles in extent. No destruction by freshet. Total range from low to high water twelve feet. The rock about the falls is granite, suitable for building purposes. The land very convenient for shops and more mills. About half the basin of the stream covered with forest. Second, situated in the southeasterly part of the town, on Bog brook, so called, has three feet fall in running distance of four rods ; a saw mill, sawing from 200,000 to 400,000 feet of lumber, and a shingle machine, sawing from 200,000 to 300,000 shingles, using a Rose wheel. Works about four months in the year. Power could be greatly improved by buying tlowage, so as not to let oil" the water in the summer. Third, situated in the northerly part of the town, on the Meadow l)rook, so called ; three feet fall in the running dis- tance of six rods ; shingle machine, sawing from 400,000 to 600,000 shingles, running from three to four months in the year. There is one power at the " Ferguson Rips," on the Sebas- ticook river ; ten feet fall in fifteen rods distance ; one-half mile from the Maine Central railroad, one and one-half miles from the village fpf Burnham, in the town of Clinton Gore. The Sebaslicook being a river of considerable volume and fed by large ponds, the power upon it is regarded as of large value. No part of tliis privilege is employed. At " Eel Weir Kips," on the Sebasticook river ; fall eight feet in eighty rods ; unimproved, and at '• Thirty Mile Rips," on the same river ; fall thirty-five ieet in 480 rods. Velocity of current, one mile in thirty-two minutes. Stream connected with numerous lakes and ponds, amongst them Newport pond, six by two miles, and Moose pond, eight by one miles. Total range of water, six feet ; river very uniform in its volume. ^i) lJXTO.\ < ' KIVTRE, a country station ^jl on thr riirtliina and Rochester Railroad, located in C y the tiiwn of liiixtim. This town is bounded by the Saco river, which falls about eighty feet and produces a great hydraulic power. The town was incorporated in 1 772, and the adjoining towns are Hollis and Dayton. The water- power of Buxton, taken in connection with the adjoining towns, is as follows : Buxton has four powers. Bonny Eagle brook furnishes the most important water-powers in Buxton, exclusive of those on the Saco river. This brook is the outlet of Bonny Eagle pond. The volume of water at ordinary low water is nearly two square feet. The quantity for use might be considerably increased by a dam three or four feet in height at the outlet of the pond, which could be constructed at in- considerable cost, and with little or no expense for additional flowage. The pond contains about one square mile of sur- face. Upon this brook are two falls, furnishing excellent sites for mills suited to the capacity of the stream. First. *•' Bog Mills," so called, about one-half mile from the pond. The whole fall here is about fifteen feet in a run- ning distance of six rods. At the head is a dam of stone about eleven feet high. This power is now improved by a grist mill, a shingle, lath and heading machine. It is situ- ated one mile from West Buxton \-illage, at Moderation falls, and about the same distance from Bonny Eagle village. Second. Near the mouth of the brook, about one-half mile below Bog mill. Fall fifteen feet in a distance of three rods. This was formerly occupied for a chair and furniture factory, now unoccupied. Situated by the road about one-half mile below Bonny Eagle village and one mile above West Buxton village. Tliere are also some small powers on Little river, as fol- lows : Third. Near Buxton Centre two powers are now im- proved, viz : " Leavitt's Mills," occupied by a mill for grinding com, and by machinery for sawing staves and for making shingles. Here is a stone dam ten feet high ; whole head and fall about eleven feet. Water-wheel, Howd patent. At lowest run not sufficient power to operate. Fourth. About fifty rods below is •' Ward's Carriage Shop" ; fall fourteen feet. Water-wheel, a ■• Tuttle centre vent." Not siitliciint water to carry the inaeliinery at lowest water. /jf APK KI.IZABr:TH, 2 mUes from IJ W Portland, a station on the Portland, Saco and Ports- ^\^ mouth Railroad, and contains one church. The Poutlaxd Keroseije Oil Co. occupy about four acres of ground, on which are twenty-one buildings, used in the manufactvire of kerosene oil. This company was incor- porated in 1859, capital 8150,000, and manufacture naptha, paratfinc and niacliine oil, etc. Have 130 employees. Re- fine 210.11(10 ._rall(ins crude oil per month, doing a business of 860(1. (KHI I II I- annum. The machinery is driven by four en- gines of II II I liorse-power combined, furnished with steam from eight thie boilers, eight feet long and four feet diameter. The engines were built by the following firms, viz. : one by Harrison Loring, of South Boston ; one by C. Staples & Son, and the others two by tlie Portland Co. Wm. Atwood, Su- perintendent, and Francis McDonald, President of the Com- pany. Office 194 Fore street, Portland, Me. Atwood Lead Co. Incorporated in 1865. Capital 880,000. Wm. Atwood, President ; H. N. Jose, Treasurer, and James E. Fallon, Superintendent. This firm manufac- ture oil vitriol and chemicals generally, occupying a three- story frame building 150x66 feet, and a one-story frame building 80x30 feet, in which is manufactured red lead and litharge. Employ fifteen hands. Have a capaiity for tinn- ing out one ton of lead per day. Run an eii;;ine ot lo hmse power, built by the Portland Co. Steam tuini-lnd tmm a flue boiler of 40 horse power. Do a business of about 875,000 per annum. Office 194 Fore street, Portland, Me. (For sketch of Portland Rolling Mills, .see Portland.) /tf AR^flEL,, 1234 miles from Portland and ^JLJ 14^ from Bangor, a village and town on the Maine ^1, Central Railroad. The town of Carmel borders on the Sowadabscook river, and is a very level tract of land, most of it of a very light and fertile soil, free of stone. 46 Stations in the State of Maine. Near the streams are large tracts of intervale of great fer- tility and making very fine meadows. The main branch of tlie Sowadabscook river, which rises in Stetson, unites with Harvey stream and the Kingsley, both affording excellent mill sites, near the village of Carmel. Below these the Sowadabscook is deep and sluggish, from thirteen to twenty- five yards in width, flowing through extensive meadows. Near the east line of Carmel, this stream comes within about twenty rods of the Little Kenduskeag, and the two streams are united by a branch from twenty to thirty feet wide and three feet deep, called the Cross. The Kenduskeag is so rapid that it rises and falls much quicker than the Sowadabscook. "When the streams are rising, the current in the Cross sets towards the Sowadabscook, and when fall- ing, towards the Kenduskeag. There are seventeen powers in this town. These are located as follows : Upon the Ruggles stream, three ; Kings- ley do., four; Sowadabscook do., four ; Harvey do., four ; Kenduskeag do., two. There are no falls of any note ; the power is produced chiefly by dams ; is judged sufficient to cut yearly 5,000,000 feet of boards and 4,000,000 shingles. It is not all im- proved ; in part as follows : Ten board mills, eight shingle mills, one lemon-box mill, one cloth-dressing and carding mill, and a grist mill. The mills do not work all the year ; about one-half work six months, and the other half one- third of the year. The Sowadabscook stream is connected with a pond about two miles long and one mile wide. The Kenduskeag stream is connected with a pond somewhat smaller. The capacity of the ponds could'be very much increased at small exjwnse by the erection of dams. Freshets moderately heavy. Total range from low to higii water, five to ten feet. In ordinary seasons there is sufficient in the Sowadabscook throughout the year to operate nearly all tiie mills upon it. " Tlie effect of the improvement of the power upon the wealth and population of this place has not been favorable. There are several reasons for this. The two principal ones are, that the lumber was manufactured and marketed when it was low, consequently the surplus was small after paying expenses ; and a large amount of lands were owned by non- residents, who stripped them of the lumber without leaving an equivalent. Notwithstanding the most valuable portion of the lumber is gone, still three-fourths of the town are co\ered with forests." The value of the aggregate yearly products is $2.5,000. Carmel contained in 1869, 23,040 acres of land and real estate to the value of $200,000. The number of polls is 308 ; the rate of taxation, .02. There is one church and two hotels. the year round. The river above is fed by large ponds, as Twelve-Mile pond, Newport pond, and others. In great freshets the water rises only about three and a half feet in the mill-pond. The underlying rock is slate ; the dam aud mills both rest upon solid ledge. Granite boulders that may be split for building purposes abundant within a half mile or mile. The land borderiug the stream is but a few feet above the level of the water, in time of freshet, is level and very convenient for building. Second, on the Black stream in the northeast part of the town ; a grist mill and saw mill. Saw mill operates only about half of the year. Dam ten feet high. Third, on the Twelve-mile stream ; stone dam, about ten feet high ; slate-ledge foundation ; water about four months of the year. The improvement of its power has had a most beneficial effect upon the wealth and population of the town, and in conjunction with the railroad has built up quite a village, with three churches, a school-house for two schools, that will accommodate two hundred scholars, nine stores, etc. ^ OBff..t: BRIDOE:, a counti-Y station Clrand Trunk Railroad. /f|ORRi:\\"\A, 118 miles from Portland, \^\) 34 from Bangor and 7 from Newport, a station on the ^~\ Newport and Dexter Railroad, a branch of the Maine Central Railroad. /fT'UIflBERL.AN©, (see also Westbrook,) ^Jy 12 miles from Portland and 51 from Augusta, a sta- ^~\ tion on the Portland & Kennebec and Grand Trunk railroads, in the to«Ti of Cumberland. This town was sot off from North Yarmouth in 1821. It is situated on the Casco bay. The town has no water power of any conse- quence. /jf I>II¥TOIV, 9 If miles from Portland and ^^y 40i from Bangor, a village. and town on the Maine ^1, Central railroad, bounded on the east by the Ken- nebec river. The Sebasticook passes through the town on which is the village. Incorporated in 1795. Clinton con- tains, in 1869, 23,000 acres of land, and real estate to the value of $615,000. The number of polls are 425, and the rate of taxation two per cent. Population, 2,000. Has one hotel, called the Clinton House. Clinton has three powers. First, "Hunter's Mills," in the southeast part of the town on the Sebasticook river. Height of dam seven feet ; can be raised several feet more by paying small damages. Double saw mill, and mill with circular saw for long boards, two shingle mills, one grist mill with three runs of stones, a factory of sash, doors, and blinds, a carding and cloth-dressing mill, and a brush-block manufactory. About 3,800 inches of water are used. With a good dam there would be plenty of water for all the mills /ffURTIS €ORI¥ER, 31 miles from \\ \) Lewiston and 65^ from Portland, a country station ^\^ on the Androscoggin i-ailroad. jnANVILI^E JIJIVCTIOIV, 28 miles 'ylfl from Pu-tland, wliat was formerly the town of Dan- C '^J ville. The Maine Central runs from here to Bangor, running their cars on the Grand Trunk track from here to Portland. This town was formerly called Pesyepsco, and was set off from the westerly part of the town of North Yarmouth in 1802 and added to Auburn in 1867. Auburn was made a city February 22, 1869. JlETROIT, about 108 mHes from Port- 'rlrl land, 30 from Bangor, a country station and iovra on C_>' the Maine Central Railroad. Detroit has one power. The " Rips" on the Sebasticook river ; height of the fall thirty to forty feet in one-fourth of a mile. Power estimated equal to sawing 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 lumber. Power only partially improved. The stream is fed by the Newport pond and the Martin stream from Plvmouth. Rocks, granite and limestone, suitable for building. Total products, $100,000 or $150,000 per annum. The improvement of the power has resulted in a large increase of the wealth of the town. ./ \t.t„ 47 1 ■S||«« .V 1.. l.uiMiiii; :';ii) 1..' liatxU. ai..! |.M.I' I. .HI. AW,,,, - .iKlmMa. 1 ■ll.jnr«b«aKUi>d>r«. . wwdrn fartufy. umipicd bjr 1. IV ;• A.I rirXTFR, r.'.*. n.il.« fn.m IN.i J^l IUii;r"r, l( lr..iu N.«|..rt. n ll. ^^ li. : 1' 'I- N.-M-" .V !'• .Ih. oa ibe MOM* •irvam. orar ,-...1 11 < Ihv uudrl. J. A C. Abbult-> «^«Uu !•.>■ ..11 ri|rh!r.-.i f«M. J. A. U. M.UAt\ .•« uiill . Iirad aiid fall righlc-D II ( la:., . . .rri..,.r ,Ju.p, OCCUpMnl bj" J. C. lUtl* i * i^.-cMiiv »liop; liPAil Mid fall niiir fall ten •( fall. < >..^r<.. ,.r. »w and diinfk adll ; ..n a brmnHi nf ib« maio Hnmm, hDtcr'* • 1 below oa lb* MOM tfr-^- Ar»d ..1 1 .11 i ■ 1 Wtur SlilU martiioo (Itop ; bead and fall .. v . ..f «A«. i~.« ' .-^M^ ; Im*4 wd frU ' .i.f Uiii* >.-Un fMlory: WtmI bi.-' ■ :.r M.u. - - :. . •» i.f. >.<..l . 48 Stations in the State of Maine. JriEXTER .1111.1^8 are located upon ^Tl the eastern bi-anch of the Sebasticook river. The C^^ business was tirst established in 1834. The present owners commenced operations in 1863, and do business under the style of the '-Dexter Mills." Mill No. 1, built of stone and wood (two stories each), 262x44 feet, contains 10 sets cards, 21 jacks, 24 broad and 34 narrow Crompton looms. Power, one overshot wheel, 16 feet diameter, 15 feet long, 20 feet head and fall of water ; and one double cylinder engine, 80 horse power, Pratt & Co., makers, Boston ; boilers made by Swamscot Machine Co., South Newmarket, X. H. Mill No. 2, built of wood, three stories, 120x40 feet, 5 sets cards, 11 jacks, 35 broad cam looms. Power, one breast wheel, 14 x 14 feet, 18 feet head and fall of water. Mill No. 3, built of brick, three stories, 90x45 feet, 4 sets cards, 8 jacks, 36 broad cam looms. Power, one forty- five-inch Bodine's jonval turbine wheel, 16 feet head and fall of water. The mills employ 300 hands, and use 800,000 pounds of wool per annum. The daily production is 750 yards 54-inch ladies' cloth, 1,200 yards 27-inch fancy and silk- mixed cassimeres, 1,000 yards 27-inch flannel. Total amount of production per year, iu value, §600,000. The selling agents are Dale Brothers & Co., Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. J^KESBEIT, 49 mUes from Portland and T^ 51 from .Skowhegan, a flag-statiou iu the town of C T y Richmond, on the Kennebec river and on the Portland and Kennebec Railroad. # tAST LIYEKIIORE, 41 mUes from \) Lewiston. and 75i fnna Purtland. a country station the town of Livcriiiore. on the Androscoggin Rail- 05 AST IVE^VPORT, 113f mUes from Portland and 2.">.J from Bangor, a country station on the Maine Central Railroad. /it AST ^VII^TOir, (see also WUton,) 58 Rf ) miles from Lowi.-inn, and 92i from Portland, a country station iu the to^\^l of Wilton, on the Andro- scoggin Railroad. It contains about one hundred inhabi- tants, two schools and one church. Moose Head Mill, John Clark, Proprietor ; Joseph Townsend, Agent. The business is manufacturing twilled flannels, and was established by Josiah Perham, late of Boston. The mill building is 70x40, three stories and ba ment, and is situated near Wilton Pond. The mill contains 3 sets cards, 1.100 spindles and 14 broad looms, driven by power furnished fi-om a Blake wheel under fifteen feet fall. Employ twelve females, nineteen males, and produce about 235,000 yards ^ goods per year. Holt's Scathe jMaxuf.ictort, Hiram Holt, proprietor. This manufactory was established about 1850, by Calvin Keyes, aud carried on by him until 1864, and had a capacity for turning out about 1.500 scythes per year. Mr. Holt then purchased the establishment, and immediately increased its capacity. The building is now 180 feet long aud 30 feet wide, situated within 250 yards of the depot, and near the bank of the Androscoggin river, on which he has a fall, with a capacity of 80 horse power, but using only 40 horse, to drive the machinery now in use. He emlpoys 25 hands, and turns out 100 dozen scythes, on an average, weekly. This establishment is in operation but eleven months in the year. /J1-L.L.IOTT, 45 miles from Portland, and 7 \y\) from Portsmouth, a country station and town on the ^^ Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad. A good farming town. No water power. /i:pI?rPIRE ROAI>, about 35 mUes from If 1 J Portland, a country station on the Grand Trunk, iu ^^ the town of Poland. atTlfA, 119 miles from Portland and 19 li from Bangor, a country station and town on the Maine Central Railroad ; a fine farming town. It contains one Baptist church, 148 polls and four stores. Valuation of real estate, $140,000. Population, 900. The town is four miles wde by six miles long. ^^AR.lII3fGTOIV, 63 miles from Lew- r\ H I ^^'"" """^^ '*^4 from Portland, an enterprising village V,T~y'| in the town of Farmington, at the terminus of the Androscoggin Railroad. The town has a population of 2,000 inhabitants. The vUlage has four churches, the Sandy River National Bank, capital stock $75,000, one female and one male Boarding School, a State Normal School and three town schools. It was incorporated in 1780. The towTi is watered by Sandy and Little Norridgewock rivers. At the union of these rivers are excellent mill privileges, and a de- lightful village, the soil of Farmington being of a superior quality. Farmington has three powers, etc. First, on the Temple stream, so called, which unites with Sandy river near the centre village, upon which are a saw mill and grist mill ; the former runs fall and spring, and the latter all the year round, or nearly so. lisecond, situated on the Temple stream, about three mUes above Walton's mills : a saw mill upon it. Third, on the Fairbanks mill stream, so called, with a gi-ist mill and saw mill upon it. The mills at this point usually lie idle a portion of the year for want of water. Abundant aud excellent rock, for building purposes, and an immense quarry of granite in the immediate \-icinity of Farmington Falls. Other small powers of no present importance. Neal & Jacobs occupy a two story wooden building 36x36 feet, another one and one-half story, 22x30 feet, located on Main street, for the mannfacture of doors, sash aud blinds. The business was commenced in 1865. Employ six hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 10 horse power, with one portable flue boiler built by T. W. Tiifts, of Buffalo, N. Y. Do a business of S10,000"per annum. ^REEPORT, situated on the Portland -Jllj and Keuuebec Railroad, 22 miles from Portland, 133 k .V'v l from Boston and 78 from Skowhegan, contains two churches, five stores, but no manufacturers. The town of Freeport has a small harbor at the head of Casco Bay. It was taken from North Yarmouth in 1789 and was formerly called Harraseeket Settlement, from the name of the river that passes through it. Freeport has two powers. First, at the head of tide water on Harraseeket river ; faU, forty feet ; stone dam. This 11. V' \ / /, |ii>wvr Imm boea MilHririu of •idiimi, aiMl ■ Miw niil tiiU •uiH^r ituMliiiM'i 'Ilw abnto mill* liate been )ml br llrv ; |iri*ile|t>' Nontiid, nn ihn caairni branrb of Ratyal't rivrr : firitt i bihI miw mill ; wairr •iilHrit'iii ti> run a |Mir1 uf ib« rrar. ,(l ^ \ l.tmi'TII, (> miloti north fmm I'nrt-| • :,.! (I) lltIMM |{. t^» kakc. \\U< ha. fiiur puiri>r«. Finn, " IVnumpM^i F»r ■ Mti)>~»>4 firef. iw.. nttH a n. All uT iImm an •iinaiMl is ( ..l.l.^^.-< ..,,1,, „,,r ..ikin i.(. .nil.. K..:kI»«- if ..f »»,. »!.•.!. f»!!. r.-i.,.»'..? ».. , .Vntfol Iv aiivatiml ItiwanI • ■ :ii it* li*M- aiitl narr' ••■ail ai il* ourfttn-. , ''"'""■ rVII of lb<* mill* work ibrnajrbnui the ftrmtrr pnrfioo tt( J ^ <)vf r«ir hv Har a«>«l br nirHl r|>«r «b» wer. U^ oitii \n, •! Mil ) . .1 U.-hr.|«T Oltll % T|, ii !>lalion luitl tnu-ii un the pr Kailruail, » mile* frma Pbfl- Itaa fuiir rhurcliu*. pi)(lilo«n diMrici •chuuU, aad > of 3.4U<). Tb« oil uf lb« town u iif a mm- •inatl. I>*iri V < 1 1 1 > I :>i. \ ImO. — 1IX> \ I I...1 ...•« flllltl-M, .V<-..V.-. SUMM£H :>TR£&T. GARDINER. M. II \ij\ l:^ X imi;m:i:. .ii.-. MACHINIST, l,i|ili i,ii,|. ViTtical and Htri/ontal ^hiii-'I--. 1.1111 ami ltO\ .ft»l( ttt.VtS. \ ,,.l ll...ir ALL kWU^ ••! MILL Wokk." mill." m-nr th^ -«t»h r-n "f «hr ....^r,. I j^^^p „^,^ ,^„ Wooirn Mill . . . QAROIMER. ME. k. 4otM lo ordar. CifoiW tiaw* twu niile« brttiw the I>arU mill, *'Clou> ' f. i-t hca falls are " Gambo Falls," whh sixliiii Uit Iliad. 'I'lii,^ |in\\(.T is improved, in part, and owned uulirtly by the Orieulal Powder Company. The improvements consist of the extensive powder works of this company. Eighth, a mile below Gambo falls, " Little Falls," with seventeen feet head. This power is unimproved, and is owned by Watson Newhall. Ninth, half a mile below Little falls are " Mallison Falls," with eighteen feet head. 'riii> |H>\ver is owned on Gorham side by Stevens & Kay. and iinprcived in part with a grist and saw mill. On Wiiidliani siik' the improvements consist of a woolen mill, and arc owned by the Mallison Falls Man- ufacturing Company. The head on the above falls is .susceptible, in several cases, of being nearly or (piite doubled. The horizontal or run- ning distance in which the descents above specified are at- tained, varies in the different cases, from one-fourth to one mile. No estimate, by measurement, has ever been made of any of these powers, other than a survey of the head at each fall, v\hieh was made several years ago. But a small part of the jjowor at cither falls is u.sed. AVith scarcely an exception the mills work all the year. The machinery is not of the best construction for economizing power. At Harden's falls the centre-vent and spiral wheels are used : at Great falls the centre-vent and Kendall wheel ; and at Gambo, thirteen wa- ter wheels are run, from tubs to turbines. The river is the outlet of Sebago lake. Long pond, and nearly thirty smaller bodies of water, and numerous rivers. At the outlet of the ]i<>ii(l is a dam, of fourteen feet head, capable of an iin rca-.' cf -.vi-i-al feet. The head waters be- ing so entirely iiiidrr (..iiiK.l, there are no freshets. The stream is almo.-r ciiliirly uuil'urm throughout the year, vary- ing ii-om low to high water not over two feet. The out- cropping and underlying rocks, about the falls, consist of blue flint, granite, mica schist, etc., and are regarded as very suit- able for building purposes. The lay of the land, about the I'alls, is excellent tor the location of mills, work.shops, etc. We have no means of knowing what proportion of the basin of the stream is covered with forests, but i'rom the es- timate of others judge it must be about one-third. Of the nine powers here noticed, but four have any im- ]ir(i\r}iiciits ii|iiiii them, and being nearly all used in the liiiidMiiiij inici-, -t-. ilie effects of the improvements of the \H,\\vv iiiK.n tlir ucallh and population of the town have not lieeii very marked. At Great falls a small village has been built up. At Gambo, the land, buildings, etc., for a consid- erable extent, are owned by the Oriental Powder Company- Their improvements have not tended very materially to in. fluence the wealth or population in that i)lace. At Little •falls, formerly there were a cotton factory and saw mill. The former was burned down several years ago and has never been rebuilt. At these falls is a small village. The nearest market is Portland, distant from the different falls from ten to fifteen miles ; accessible by teams, or the Cumberland and Oxford canal, which, on the Gorham side, passes in close proximity to the falls. John L. Curtis, manufacturer of custom carding. The mill, which is situated on Strout river, is three miles from Gorham, 80x18 feet, with ell 20 x 18 feet, has been built about twenty years. The main building contains an up-and- down cutting-off saw, and gi-ist mill in upper story ; on the next floor is a .shingle mill, containing a circular saw. The power is" furnished by one Tuttle wheel of GO horse- power. He' employs from three to seven men. M. & T. P. Irish commenced business in 18G7. They occupy a two story building, 50 x 30 feet, for the manufac- ture of woolen ingrain carpets. Employ ten hands, run eight sets machinci-y. ]iriiduce l.').()(l() yards, and do a busi- ness of from ?S.(il)li III .'•^1(1.011(1 jin- annum. Run a 5 horse- e, u>rd |,n,K-i,,allv H powt [■mg pur.poses. a^REAT WORKS STATIOIV, -25 ti miles from Union Village, and one mile from South Berwick, a flag station on the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad. #' REEI^E, 4'2 miles from Portland, and 96 from Bangor, a station and town on the Maine Cen- tral Railroad. The town of Greene has several ponds, but no good mill privilege. An excellent farming town. In- corporated in 1788. This town has four powers. First, on Sabbatttis stream, iii the easterly part of the town, fifteen feet fall from top of dam to vent of wlieels ; two-thirds of the fall is secured by the dam. Second, on Meadow brook, in the southwesterly part of the town, saw mill and shingle mill ; operate fall and spring. Third and fourth, on the outlet stream of Allen's pond, in the northwesterly part of the town. Neither of them is employed now, but they are more valualile than litlicr of the others. There were, formerly, a gri>l mill. >liinulc mill and carding machine upon them. Wain hiM- l.,, 61 mUes from Portland, ! f'nim Boston and 215 J from Providence. A city ghtfiilly situated on both sides of the Kennebec iver. ; the principal part being on tlie west side. The streets run parellel with the river and the ground ascends 200 ft. from the lower street or business part of the city. The varied views of the river, the nciLildnniiiu' towns and of a fertile country of hills and vales pi. -.ni. d Imm the high grounds on each side of the city, form an ixliildiiou of scenery of uncommon ex- cellence. The town of Hallowell was incorporated in 1771. Vessels drawing 9 feet of water can come to the wharves in the centre of the place. This place has 7 churches, 3 na- tional and 1 savings bank and 1 newspaper. Hallowell acad- emy incorporated in 1791, is located here. Hallowell, formerly, w-as the largest city, save Portland, in the State, was about 8 miles long by 7 wide, and con- tained the city of Augusta and a portion of the city of Gardi- ner, abotit two-thirds of the town of Manchester and the towns of Farmingdale and Chelsea. Hallowell has nine powers, all situated on Vaughan stream, and are known as the "Vuughau Stream Falls." The total de- scent is 188 feet in about a third of a mile. No estimate of the power has ever Iteen made with any degree of accuracy On 11 \ / /■ Urnf7J ...r..,■ w Yoffc. KrUinK \VwwTr« A Cm. ThU flnii cr.nimrn<*d bu*i- fi.r tJ.r .|ij»mir^/ ff pmrittc At thr t n «j t:t H.«^k Bn.! irrmnilr. •uiulilr lor tiiiildin|r ptirp-Mcn, in •«.i,, rr.|--.ti. Il.r lir<4 «»rielT qiMITird in ihU <»unll7. if WH ll. «i.>rl cmplnjrd in the mill* lh« y>-.. itinHiKh. M*rkri. lN.riUi«l l.r mil. Iln»i<>n lir MrambrMii*. f.rtir liror. ■ wrrk : ir-M-U limwinK IwpIvc fr«l ran mnie williin IW* %nn\. ..t'll.^ •In-nti) • >•-< f>.r ■^•^i\r,: out irrMiila are MnM|aalM in 11.. >t.>i. 1 V |(MIU mrn 1" adtanlairr. if n>- c|uiri-«t. 'II :<>« rntn IttCi to lOfitf, baa av- «n>?~| ni..,. ' Ik'. • il, 4 ««t.rif.. . \ 1 1' Nu. 7. |)r> liiiUiH', 40 1 n?\ ".n f..t. t :c.mthiir nu^un.-. ;.'J iiuli • !■• •liiU'nii: j-iiii. '11. • ! y uf ilieir Krsniie in while and ran b« wirkMl in aaj , II... 1.11... IUii..«, .■II li*inli>, lul^t^Ufl uu( lUU UXi* t^A^tta,;* )«i ■...,,.Iw.. ,.„„„-!.,. t,.„;.|,..-!..r .),. „.«-...,. . • 1 lr..!.> « I^ilM .|...,l.l.- l.irt.. . »l».l, - N. t.-..' .r. . ..|.t.!,.|...I 1 I-.'T n..-' ,,: ..1 ftUrt*; ttt«4i:^ Luftt jKj»tT u umJ tu ma iLt matLuicrj. •'• . I-... i-V. I |.i f..i. «. « ,„.,.i;... .I,.i a It^.V-t.nit.." .' i \ \ltl»l'\■■« -tt thr Itaih brat»rh '^' .1 thr l'..nUod and Kmrnhr* tUiXttmd. \ \ \n\Mfoirs Ko%D. 11 n ^ .r«. ISwltaod aod Kcuo.*-^ K-*.lr> - \ ' 1 IMIO> l'0>IK i . :. • ! n 54 Stations in the State of Maine. ?5^ iM tl,. town , & |fiOy%l^, 29 miles northwest iiliy HiJitioii on llie Grand Trunk, ^iW KltIIM;i<:, 48 miles from Levvis- ^« IDM iuicl H2A Ironi l'orllitn(], a country Htation in the , y town of .lay. 'I'IiIh townHliip wag ^'ranted to David J'liilM, I';.H(|., Jan. Iltii, 1771; Hctllcd 1770; incorporated Jan. -Itli, nOT); valnalion of property in 1809, $92,124; valuation in 1808, 8000,000 ; rate of taxation three cents and two inillH on the dollar ; nntnber of polls, 319 ; number of voters, 425 ; ehurches, 4 ; libraries, 2 ; anmoiint of popidation, 1,800 ; number of children attending school, 600 ; houses in town, ;i00 ; school houses 21. .S, HI miles fl lulacturni;^ I Kennebec ^i:j^i>7ii.i/M Till <^> villa;.'(; at the jniiclion of llic I'orllan and Maine Central Itailroads. Claiik, Cii.lky & (.'<). occupy a three story frame biiild- irif,', 00x40 feet, located on AVater street, for the manufac- ture of pine riiniilnre, broom and brush handles. The firm (■n,Mn..ri.M-.| In 1800; established by J. A. Cilley & Co., in I St; I, l';Miploy twelve hands, consume about 000,000 flit nf lninl)er amnially, doin;; business to the amount of .|;J0,000. Power furnished from a 40 horse-power Ulake wheel, owned by Woodman, J^awrence & Co. Woodman, Lawiocnck & Co. comnK-nccd business in 180.5, mantifacluriii},' dr)ors, sasli, window and door frfimes, blinds and boxes ; works situated on Wiitcr slicct, in a two story frame buihlintr, HO x 70. Kinplov iifli'cn h.mds. Power fiir- nislic-\. Emkiiv, l'.i;Ai)f.i iiv it Co. o.(ii|.y two nonis of a three story frami; building, .00 x 45, situaKrd on Water street, li^r the manufacture of chamber sets and furniture. Have ten employees. The |)Ower is furiiisln^d by Woodmati, Lawrence &, Co. Tills linn (•omrn.'iK'.Ml l)nsin..Ms in IMOH. 3\ lvK,^l-:i«8:^B4, 2:} miles from I^orlland, ^ L".l ln,in l'..M-n„,nll,, utid H.", IW,,,, l{„sloii, a villa-e / unil tiiun on thi' I'lii-ljaiid, Saci> and Porlsiiioiilh Rail- road, and on the Kennebimk river. It is regarded as one of the pleasantest, tnwns in New England. The inhabitants are actively engaged in the freighting, coasting and (ishing busi- ness. Ship building is carried on here to some extent. Amount of taxabhi property in 1808, $805,00.'); rate of taxation in 1808, 2 ;J-10 per cent; number of taxable polls in 180H, .'■)85; nund.er of children attending school, 949. Eight churches — one Unitarian, one Orthodox Congrega- lioualist, one Advent, two Haplist, and three Methodist. Hank, Ocean National ; capital 8100,000. Public building. Town House, of brick, 70 x 42 feel, tu ,, st.nirs in lieiglit, l)iiilt in IHIw. One hotel. There were Imilt In LSOS, live ships and on<^ bark, with a total oi' 0,:(;iO tons. Kennebunk has seven powers. First, S(!cond and third, " Mousain Village falls," at the head of tide on Mousam river, two and a half miles from the sea. Divi')x'ii'> feet, located on Main street. They em- ploy ihlrly-live hands and use 175,000 pounds of cotton per year. Their machinery is run by a Union water wheel, 40 horse-power, built by Cole & Co., of Lake Village, N. H. J. H. Feiiou.S0N occupies a two story wooden building, 30 X 40 feet, with an ell 25 x 30 feet, and a two story wooden building 25x30 feet, for the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds. Commenced business in 1851, and cniplnys eight hands. K. W. Lord & Co., inHnnlacturcrs oi' seine, patent laid, net and fancy twines and warji yarns, occujiy a three story building, 35 x f;4 feet, with an 'ell 24x25 feet, two stories', located on Mousam river. They commenced business in 1K60, and have twenty-five employees, miming 1,052 spin- ning, and 500 twister spindles, consuming annually 100,000 pouiuls of cotton. A 75 horse-power water wheel drives their machinery, the river fall being 9^ feet. Agents in Boston, H. & G. W. Lord, 89 Commercial street. O. P. Grii'I''in & Co., established business in 1863. They occupy two buildings, viz. : main building 175 x 42 feet, three stories and attic ; another 02 x 20 feet, two stories for the manufacture of cotton yani, boot, shoe and corset lacings, skirt and cotton and worsted braids of all kinds. Em- )>loy one hundred hands, run 4,000 spindles and 800 braiding machines, and do a business of $200,000 per aimum. Their machinery is driven by a 100 horse-jjower water wheel, under a fall of sixteen feet. IlKWErr & Fass establish. ■.! bn^incs in ]«<;:.. They occupy a three-story building i'oi- the iinuHifaclnrc of carpet warp, twine, wick, etc. P^mploy 40 hands, consume 450 bales cotton, and do a business of about $50,000 per annum. 'J'heir power is derived from a imion water wheel of forty horse pow<^r, un.lcr a twelve loot lall. '^[J B'rra<:irY, 50 i mllcs from Portland and Tr X I A miles Ir-dui Portsmoiitli, situat(>d r)n the Piscataqiia C ^ '^y riMT, oppcislte Portsmouth, N. IL, on the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad. This place is one of the earliest settlements in the State. It affords a convenient harbor for vessels usually employed in the coasting trade and fisheries. The Portsmouth Na\v Yard is situated here. ^fi KKDS, 454 miles from Portland, and 92^ T| from Bangor, a station and town on the Maine Cen- ^-^ tral Kailroad. This town is larfje and flourishing and finely watered by a large and beautiful pond. Agriculture! is the chief business of the inhabitants. The village is neat and pleasant, the soil is fertile and productive. Incorporated 1802. tl,N.s .\ l: li.nlu,iy,nul M.muJ. riivrq an eiglil po« vr« id ilii* i»«ii. Fir*i, on ( u>)iiiiai>'- •> I Mill •lirain ; |rr{*1 milU, in fnniirr jrrar* u«r " niilU. Sr<>>iHl. fiflr mU Iwbiw : •iiinirlo marliiiio. vie. Sitlli, oil a *um11 Mmiu in liin iHiiili |wrt til itin luwti . .Iiihi.'!.- iinll. >«-».iiili. i»i< uwxl, in nanliwni pmn of ib« lown ; npemr. • .Imi.-I.- null. Ki^'liili. a •null liul f(iMMl power in MMilhweat part of il |o»l. 1 ,;.. -U ., ..-.» I. .ill N..I .1...I . are •iwcrplible ol nio Ir, ( ,l....r.ill,^- lo ,.|i..|| \U.I N i I:I:DS <'K.liTRi:, ^^ milt-H from I^ " ■ ^_^' . 1 ' - ir.iii I'orilitiiil, II oitiiiiri' nmtiun on t )i i:i:i»S < K<».S>*l^4ii. .')-. mil,-H fr. ^ Lenuluii BUtl SOi Iroin I'oiilaiul, • nuinlrY nUlii The Maine I'enlnu m>ii*«-ii here. I hmU. I Hii* lot wa« held .1. ...I, .„ I 7-1 I,. and owaed br I>. J. Ilarri* until hi* )('i:\VISTO.>, :i:i milcH from Tortlai ^ ■ / ■ i;.- .: rr..,,. \,, •.,.... .■;. :,. ,,, m • mbnu^eH in ibe corporate limit* of the | I ' > i\n a pan of what wa« known a* ilo !!■ . a. Itrlil br tinue of an Imtian ilee irrhaiM^ ,4 the 1... ..',„. -IM-- •f 1770. Foot Iin.tr.il, MafTli. I(«l&. Mr. •riiM iluu the pMfIa t4 Lawirto* a*4 K..r . .'T,.< n.>il ar.i M- m.U ) u It 56 Statians in the State of Maine. this season on the falls, and that the people wonld get in the timber that will be suitable for them, provided I will consent to put them up this season. If the people think the mills will be safe from the base incendiary, who has no more re- gard for one man than another, I will, with the assistance of the people, make one more trial to rebuild them. But I should like to have tlie timber cut on-the old of he moon, that if it should be preserved from fire, it might be more durable." A grist mill and a saw mill were afterwards built and did good service until comparatively a late period. Edward Lit- tle, Esq., who lived and died in Danville, was the son of Jo- siah Little of Newbury, and inherited most of his father's pro- perty about Lewiston. Previous to 1845, the manufacture of cotton yarn was be- gan on a small scale in a little wooden building near the grist mill. Subsequent, a few looms were introduced, and cotton cloth manufactured. This was the first cotton mill in Lewiston. It was destroy- ed by fire, about the year 1848 or 49. The Messrs. Little'in 1819, built a small mill where the old wooden woolen mill now stands, which was used for a carding and fulling mill. This building was also destroyed by fire in 1829. Previous to 1798, a saw mill was built at what is now called Barker's Mills, by either Mr. Jacob Bar- ker, or his son Cyi'us, who is still remembered by older citi- zens. A grist mill was afterwards erected by the Barkers, and the property remained in the family until sold to Messrs. Read, Small and Frye. For several years past the mills and privileges have been owned by John N. vSmall, Esq., who has recently sold the same to J. B. Ham, John Goss and J. S. P. Ham, who are associ.tted together in the corn, flour and meal business, under the firm name and style of J. B. Ham & Co. There are eight churches, two hotels, one National and one Savings Bank, 2,244 polls. Valuation of real estate ?r).ni>2,480; rate of taxation from 2J to 3 per cent. The wIkiIc territory of the city is equal to six miles square. I'lijiulation about 13,000. There are 37 school houses and ;;.s schools. Lewiston has three powers. First, " Lewiston Falls," on the Androscoggin river, twenty miles above its junction with the Kennebec, and forty miles by the river from the ocean. Formed by a ledge of gneiss and mica schist, crossing the river diagonally, which is so extended as to form the bottom and sides of the stream both above and below the falls, and which projects above the level of the water in several small rocky islets, that serve as abutments to the dams. Of the natural fall, thirty-eight feet, which with dams of an average height of about twelve feet, produces an availa- ble power of fully fifty feet head. This descent is attained in a horizontal distance of 600 feet. Volume at lowest water, 94,000 cubic feet per minute. Volume now used, 58,000 cubic I'eet. By the improvement of the Umbagog and other adjacent lakes, the available vol- ume at the lowest summer run could be increased to at least 150,000 cubic feet per minute. At the lowest run of water, 6,666 horse-powers, or suf- ficient to drive cotton mills containing 400,000 spindles. Of this, 2,500 horse-powers, or 150,000 spindles, remain unap- propriated. As above implied, the power can be largely increased by the improvement of one chain of the principal lakes. The power is perfectly secure against all possible contingencies of ice or floods. The total range from the highest to the lowest water is about eight feet on the dams. The above calculation is based on eleven hours per day, working time, for six days each week, and what is meant is, that there are 372,240,000 cubic feet of water passing this place, which can be held back during nights and Sundays, so as to be all used in the six working days of eleven hours each. The lay of the land is exceedingly favorable ibr the loca- tion of manufacturing establishments, there being two natu- ral levels on the margin of the river, the lower allowing twenty-two feet fall, the upper twenty-eight feet ; and there being also abundant room for factories employing the whole power. The levels are sutficiently distant from the river and from each other to afl'ord ample space for the largest estab- lishments, with their yard room, boarding-houses, etc. The territory removed from the river is favorably disposed for the location of streets and building lots, and for the growth of a largo city. Seven acres have been elegantly laid out as a public square. Firm foundations for the large mills are easily obtained at trifling cost. Bricks of the best quality are made close at hand. Stone is procurable in unlimited quantities. Lumber is supplied by the country above and adjacent. The sur- roimding native population of farmers furnishes the opera- tives for tlic STcater part. Le\vi>i(iii i> (niiiiccted with the seaboard by two lines of railway, aiid i- \\ ithin six and a half hours of Boston, one and a hiill (if I'diiland, and one hour and a quarter of Bath. Cotton can be brought to its warehouses, from Mobile or New Orleans, as cheaply as to Lowell or Lawrence ; and transportation of either raw material or manufactured goods can be effected at as little cost, as to or from any other of the large interior manufacturing towns of the country. The improvements are four dams, eight hundred and fifty feet in aggregate length. Guard locks, with seven sluice- ways, 9x12 feet; main canal 64 feet in average breadth in the clear, and designed for twelve feet depth of water. Cross canal forty feet broad in the clear, ten feet of water. The dams and guard locks are constructed of split granite, in the most solid and substantial manner. The power is owned by the Franklin Company. Office at Lewiston ; agent, A. D. Lockwood. MANITFACTURERS. The various manufacturing companies are as follows : Bates Manufacturing Co. Incorporated 1850. Com- menced operations 1852. Capital stock, $1,000,000. Two cotton mills, 40,000 spindles ; one woolen mill, 8 sets ma- chinery ; females employed, 900, males 400 ; horse-power, 800 ; water-wheels, 6 turbines ; buildings, brick ; goods man- ufactured, cotton and woolen. Production, 5,707,372 yards cotton cloth and 226,155 yards woolen cloth per year. Hill Manufacturing Co., Josiah G. Coburn, Agent. Incorporated 1850. Commenced operations 1854. Capital stock, $700,000. Two mills ; spindles, 52,400 ; females em- ployed, 600, males, 200 ; horse-power, 800 ; water-wheels, 4 turbines ; buildings, brick ; goods manufactured, cotton. Production, 7,037,353 yards per year. Androscoggin Mills, Amos D. Lockwood, Agent. In- corporated 1860. Commenced operations 1860. Capital stock, $1,000,000. Two mills; spindles 50,000; females employed, 825, males, 375 ; horse-power, 800 ; water-wheels, 5 turbines ; buildings, brick ; goods manufactm-ed, cotton. Production: 6,500,000 yards cloth, 1,800,000 grain bags, and 1,800,000 pounds bags per year. COKTINEXTAL MiLLS, Stephen I. Abbott, Agent. Incor- porated 1865. Commenced operations 1864. .Capital stock, $900,000. Occupy a brick mill 212x75 feet, with ells 40x60 and 40x80 feet ; 27,360 spindles and 600 looms ; employ 475 females ; horse-power, 440 ; water-wheels, 3 turbines. Pro- duction, 112,000 yards per week, or 5,6000,000 yards per year. Fr.wstvlin Company, A. D. Lockwood, Agent. In- corporated 1854. Commenced operations 1857. Capital $600,000. This company owns the water power, canals and the adjoining land around the falls on both sides of the river, also several hundred acres of land in and around the more HW.^ \ / I niH-ajf afui Manu/,i 61 A. ('... .-. .n ..• !V-.r . ! „ !l,r.. I.i.wiattix Kai.m M««t r*iTiHi^t> Co., lriik miil in |m3i>. ., \,. I.I \1 , 2«; » r^i iVvi h»n.|.. ill. ing In $IO,(NN) prr annuin. 11. II. I'l Ix-ltint;, nii'l r>llirM band*. >l«Tii» MlLU*. Unrm- power, built I.T , o. ||. |.nT1.enKl.li nrruptM « two rtor. l>u biuiucM wuouul- .10 X .'>4 frwi. wiih • .l.irr Jhmi-. .V. s .1.^ r*« ' ■' ■' ' '• '^'arlurv of iVhTb. •**J4 • ■iro of lirkinx, <|pniii< '**•'•"• Kmptojr* **• aouniiiig to ^nuu.iJUU pvr aoDuin. tiitbkia*, aiMl do btuinnM i -r year. .^1 A ('.<• «*n{«r • lKr' i^ ....-l.:. ' .ilj..»c, tiio pruprny of tb« Kamjiworlh Manu- ■ 'Ir Kivrr iitrvatn. near it« junc- !,. liNHI ...pL' ■■! H.-.I. a!i.| j.r>.l'i..- l'"*! jCT<-« <.f •{•••U \ Co.. of lV>rtUiHl and Xcw M s M ::..! Kail..- . • 11. V .!r.*n, . Ull .•.'..•. feci T VAU." r.v. H.- .in-.m : poww do« a««l. ••w milU ml « nill aU Om j^t. o .n lUih. 1 of li.«l. 60 Stations in the State of Maine. power owned by J. T. Waterman and Willard Buck ; mills operate all the year. Fourth, "Minot Corner" fall, 11.5 feet in 500 feet run. Volume of water same as at Hackett's mills, with the addi- tion of a small tributary. Improved in part in saw mills and grist mills ; mills operate all the year. Owned by A. S. Freeman, Willard Buck, et al. The river is connected with fifteen large ponds and numer- ous small ones. Their capacity can be largely increased for reservoir purposes, to the amount, it is estimated, of doub- ling the power. Sites for building excellent ; danger from freshets small. A. C. Denison & Co. occupy five miUs for the manufac- ture of paper. The business was established in 1853. The mills are named as follows : Eagle, Star, Diamond, Union, and Calendar. Eagle Mill, a two story wooden building, with basement, 180 X 85 feet ; bleach building, two stories, 85 x 45 feet ; store house, two stories, 40x100 feet; stock house, with base- ment, 45 X 125 feet, for the manufacture of fine book paper. MiU built in 1853. Employs 28 men, 26 girls. The mill has nine 36 inch engines, has two rotary boilers, one 24 feet long, 6J feet diameter, the otlier 22 feet long, G feet diame- ter. Machinery is driven by two Chase and two Upham water wheels, with 17 feet head and fall, 162 horse-power com- bined. In this mill they consume 2^ tons of rags, and pro- duce 2 tons of paper per day. Have one patent tubular boiler for heating. Star Mill, a two story wooden building, with basement, 45 X 130 feet ; machine room, two stories, 40 x 90 feet ; stock house, two stories, 40 x 78 feet, for the manufacture of super- fine paper; built in 1860. They employ 15 men, 14 girls. The mill has four 36 inch engines, one Kingsland engine, and one 66 inch Fourdriuier machine ; has one rotary boiler, 20 feet long, 5J feet diameter ; one tub leach, 7x9 feet. Works are driven by two Chase, two small Upham, and one small Tyler water wheel, 1 25 liorse-power combined. They consume in this mill li tons of rags, and produce 1 J tons of paper per day, and have one patent tubular boiler, 85 horse- power, for heating purposes. Diamond Mill, a two story wooden building, 100x55 feet ; bleach house, two stories, 35 x 45 feet, for the manu- facture of book paper. Mill was built in 1865. Employ 15 men, 14 girls. The mill has four 32 inch engines, and one Kingsland engine ; one rotary boiler, 23 feet long, 5J feet diameter, with one 68 inch Fourdrinier machine. Ma- chinery is driven by one large Chase, two small Upham, and two small Blake water wheels, 17 feet head fall, 125 horse- power combined. Has one patent tubular boiler, 85 horse- power, for heating and boiling. Consume in this mill 1^ tons of rags, producing 2,200 pounds of paper daily. Union Mill, a two story wooden building, 40x80 feet, bleach house, 25x40 feet, for the manufacture of first quality of news paper. Tiie mill was built in 1866. Employs six men and two girls. The capacity of the mill is three 28- inch engines and one 38-inch cyliuder machine, with one rotary boiler eighteen feet long and five and a half feet in diameter ; receive steam from Star mill for boiling ; the machinery is driven by one large Chase and two small Upham water wheels, 14 feet head fall and 65 horse power combined. Consume, 2,400 pounds of rags, producing 1,600 pounds of paper. Calendar Mill, a two story stone and brick building, French roof, 40x90 feet, for tlie finishing of paper, built in 1868. Employ five men and six girls ; have one stack super- fine calendars, 48-inch ; six rools and one stack 33-inch cal- endars, eight rolls ; two 72-inch cutters and ruling appar- atus ; run one Chase water wheel, 17 feet head fall, 50 horse power. This firm have also five storehouses for storing stock and chemicals, namely, 1, 2, 3 and 4, 40x55 feet each, two stories. No. 5, two stories, 35x45 feet. John Winslow occupies a two story wooden building, 36x40 feet, and storehouse, two stories, 40x30 feet, for the tanning of leather. Commenced business in 1848. Em- ploys eight hands, consumes 200 cords of bark, tans 2,000 hides per year ; runs one Tyler 42-inch wheel. Furlong Paper Manufactltring Compant occupy one floor of a three story wooden building, 40x80 feet, for the manufacture of paper bosoms, cufl^s and collars. Com- menced business in 1867. Employ ten hands, consume one ton of paper per month and produce 1,000,000 ladies' col- lars, 100,000 cuffs and 1,500,000 bosoms per year. Do a business of $75,000 per annum. IL.FOR]>, 13 miles from Baiij^or, a village at the terminus of the Baugof, Oldtown and Milford Railroad. OIVJflOlITH, 4Si miles from Port- and, and 90 from Bangor ; a station and town on the Maine Central Railroad. The town is water- ed by some of the sources of the Cobbessecontee. Incor- porated, 1792 ; contains 6 churches; 1 hotel; 465 polls ; rate of tax, 18 per cent ; 23,040 acres of land. There are nine powers in this town, four of them are situ- ated upon Wilson stream, at North Monmouth, within about one-third of a mile, the total descent in that distance being fifty feet. First, on the upper dam is a webbing factory, doing a business when it runs the whole year, of about ^25,000. Also on the same dam, a shovel-handle factory, which turns out some forty dozen shovel handles per day. In the same building is a shoe-peg factory, wliich manufactures some 3,000 bushels pegs annually. Also a saw mill, which cuts some 300,000 of lumber annually. Second, on the second dam are a webbing factory, heel- iron works, and spinning-frames for spinning woolen yarn, the latter two doing $25,000 per annum. Third : the third dam is used in the manufacture of shov- els and hoes, — some twelve to fifteen hundred dozen of shovels, and some eight hundred dozen hoes, annually. Fourth, the fourth dam operates a grist mill, doing a com- mon custom business in an agricultural town. Wilson stream is very safe ; no damage has occurred by freshets for fifty years ; double the business could be done that is now, if the water were properly husbanded. Some 150 men and women are engaged in these several shops and mills. The stream is fed by three ponds, whose combined area is three or more square miles. Mills operate the whole year. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth ; the Cochnewagan stream at Monmouth Centre, has four dams, the fall being sixty feet in one-fourth of a mile. On the first, a gi-ist mill ; on the second, some twenty rods below, a shingle and jobbing mill, which runs some two-thirds of the time ; on the third, a sash, door and blind factory ; on the fourth and last, a saw mill, which cuts from 300,000 to 500,000 feet of boards, etc., during the year. Double the business might be done on this stream that there now is. In seasons like the present there is water enough to run the mills the entire j'ear. Pond one and one-half by three-fourths miles. The several mills are worth about $9,000 ; operate about three-fourths of the year. The Juggernaut stream, at East Monmouth, has one dam, with a saw and shingle mill upon it. There is a most ample lliU* A / jf^tr of w«rrf fiin>i-J...! |->|>iiliiliI jfrrnl. \ Dm \ .V. Sruis..iii I ll.. I" if (>>•_■ ««iir \ V\ <> It II I I.I^S, a country station on the ^" ^11 .V K. . lir«lrr Hnilnmii. ll rauilniu* ntw ^1 r :..i^>l. >.'. Iroiii lUii.'-'r, a ■lalMfi in i)m> loan (V^* ..I IW i/r».|r. ..II iIh' Maiiir Crnlral Rulr ' WMTMtiM.K Hmitaxjiia C'o. u ■ituaiol lii.rM- milnwit aiicl nrar llir iiinri '"' il r..nl 1 »■..! 1^ In.M. I'..ri... i..n V •■ , , , ,i. I- -.|„,,|.s„.. A. I- I in lM.<1|.an.l »... A. :lb<> NrKU- tliirlT-fl«e w al 17b MhUW >4i<^. 1*. M'tmill •Mvnicio* a lliro t maniirartiirrr of upjirr liHillirr l.n.i'... in l-ri. If., frrnii.. >.f KTain irallMY, p>- fiNir ar* koown i lb* •• nriMi Palb " oa 8al»oa :. »«• ^»tx. lU Jail . Ilwruoo .S(«Mi (!"• . lit.-' >. C".. ortTipv • two »l€.ry wooden bin }.)"'"' 1"' U> .•I..: I.\>l> ■••I. 1 ■ 1- t t •!'». Ii •II, Im: halfll. •. -.'O.IMMI 1 H -.-N M> .1... k. lu l'.;-: !h. •.!'|.m.u! "a. Ui-l -a.- ■ml llic intutliiunu «rf« nUio <>r auric*! i A. t i Jr. I...ii«.. tl..-; l...v.!«. I tu,l! I.;. M. K..; .V Vi.ln I.I IWmIuii. ancl C'ba*. Slaplr* A, >r I'nrtUmi, Mr. IS II OK Fi:itKV, 9-.' miloH fr >!i>l aiiil n Iroin slk-'n |i.<;;a(i, n riiunlnr Malin; tht I'urtUiHl & Kriiiwbcc rnilnmil. P irrsi ii:i,i>, km .»,!. The U,v KirM. " I)ou){U.M IxhI. "-mk river; fall fuun i."l...r-.'. M,il."r.ll 64 Stations in the State of Maine. school, Peack's island and Long island schools. The whole number of children attending is 10,463. The valuation of real estate in 1868 was $16,181,900; personal estate, $12,390,578 ; total 828.572,478. Kumber of poUs, 7,738. Rate of tax, $2.50 on each $100. The number of Banks in the city is seven, which are as follows : Canal National, capital §600,000 ; Casco National, capital 8250,000 ; First National, capital $800,000 ; Mer- chants National, capital $300,000 ; National Traders Bank, capital $250,000 ; Second National, capital $100,000. There are two Savings Banks — the Maine Savings Bank (formerly the Portland Five Cents) and the Portland Savings Bank. There are fifteen halls, the largest of which are the City HaU, on Congress, head of Exchange street ; Deering Hall, corner Congi-ess and Preble streets ; Congress Hall, corner Congress and Elm streets, and Lancaster Hall, on Market Square, head of Centre street. The principal associations are the Mercantile Libraiy Association, object mutual im- provement and intellectual cidture by discussions, lectures, and the use of a valuable libraiy ; Portlard Horticultural Society, for the promotion of horticultural and floral know- ledge ; Portland Dispensary, object, the providing of medical attendance and medicines for the poor. It is a worthy asso- ciation, and deserves the aid and sympathies of the benevo- lent ; Portland Society of Natural History, organized 1843, object, the collection of a cabinet of mineral, vegetable, animal and marine curiosities ; room in City Hall building. This city was visited by a very destructive fire, July 4th, 1866, destroxang the business portion. It is now gradually rising from its ruins, and no city of its size can boast of finer public buildings and elegant stores than Portland. The location of Portland is calculated to exhibit the city very lavorably on approaching it from the sea, as the buildings rise between tlie two hills in the form of au amphitheatre. On the site of old Fort Sumner is an observa- tory, about 70 feet in height, commanding a delightful view of the city, the harbor, the islands in Casco Bay, and ex- tending northwest to the elevated peaks of the White Moun- tains. The access to Portland by sea is easy, its harbor (one of the finest, if not the best in the world) safe and spacious, and rarely obstructed by ice. Portland is the nearest sea- board market for the rich and beautiful country- on the upper waters of the Connecticut river, to which a railroad is now being built, passing through St. Johnsbury, Vt., on to Og- densburg, N. Y., where water communication is had to the great West and her rapidly growing cities. This communi- cation makes Portland the nearest seaboard city by fifty miles, between the great West and Eurojie. This new road is being rapidly pushed to completion, and Hon. Calvin Morrill, one of its projectors, asserts that trains will be running from his home (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) to Portland, in 1871. The char- ter of the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad extends from Portland to tlie State line at Conway, N. H. ; the Portland, White Mountain & Ogdensburg charter commences at said Conway, and runs across New Hampshire to Dalton, on the A'ermout line ; the Essex County charter begins at said Dal- ton and extends to St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; the Montpelier & St. Johnsbury charter extends from said St. Johnsburj' to West Danville ; the Lamoile Valley charter begins at said West Danville and connects with the ^'erriiont Central Railroad at Swanton, Vt. Distance from Portland to Swanton, 212 miles. It embraces five charters, one in Maine, one in New Hampshire, and three in Vermont. The actual stock subscrip- tion on the whole line is nearly $3,000,000. The Falmouth House, St. .Julian, United States, and Preble Hotels are the principal public houses here, and for elegance; convenience and all the modern improvements, are not surpassed by those in larger cities. There are numerous resom-ces in the inte- rior not yet brought into activity, which will give to this place continually increasing importance, and reward the ex- ertions of its intelligent and enterprising inhabitants. MANLTACTURERS. The Portlaxi) Leather Company, located on Grove street, was incorporated in 1868 with a caphal of $50,000. James Bailey, President, and Wm. Gray, Treasurer and Agent. The buildings occupied by them are 1 J story wood- en buUding 70 x 110 feet, and three 2 story wooden build- ings 30 X 75 feet, 40x40 feet, and 16 x 40 feet respectively. In the tannery are 145 pits. They employ 25 hands in the manufacture of sole, upper and patent leather, of which they turn out 20,000 sides per year. Their machinery is run by an engine of 26 horse power ■with a flue boiler of 40 horse power. H. & C. H. Flixg, wool pidlers and tanners of sheep skins. Commenced business in July, 1868. Their estab- lishment is on Grove street, and the buUdings occupied by them are as foUows : a five story wooden building 45 x 60 feet, used for pidling and drving wool ; a two story wooden building 30 x 90 with an ell 30 x 60 used for tanning and finishing the skins, and a two story building 30 x 40 used as a store house, with a number of smaller out-buildings used as store houses, otfices, &c., also of wood. They employ I about fifteen hands and pull and finish about 100,000 skins per year. Their machinerj' is rtin by an engine of fifteen horse power, built by Ira Wise, with a flue boiler of thirty horse power, built by Quinn & Co,, of Portland, E. M. Laxg occupies one floor of a two story brick build- ing, located at No, 100 Green street, for the manufacture of dies and solder, and gives employment to eight hands. Commenced business in 1866, jNLvrtix, Penxell & Co. occupy a two story wooden building, 40x120 feet, located at No, 21 Preble street, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1849, employ twenty hands and do business to the amount of $25,000 per annum, J. Driscoll & Co, occupy a foundry building covering an area of six thousand square feet, located at No, 100 Green street, where they manufacture machine and shop castings and job work. Commenced business December 7th, 1868, employ eight hands and make about one hundred and fifty tons of castings per year, and do business to the amount of about 816,000 per annum. Henry Haksox, manufacturer of marble monuments, grave-stones, couutar-tops, &c., commenced business in 1855. He occupies the first floor of a two and a half story wooden building, 30x55 feet, located at the north end of Deering's Bridge, employs twelve hands and does a business of about $9,000 per year. Farwar & Adams, carriage and sleigh manufacturers, commenced business in 1865 ; they occupy a three-story wooden building, 25x60 feet, also one of two stories 25x60 feet and ont^of one story, 25x50 feet, located at the comer of Portland and Hanover streets. They employ twelve hands and do a business of $9,000 per annum. Daniel Winslow & Son, manufacturers of steam en- gines, boilers and general machinery, also every description of steam piping. Commenced business in 1847. They oc- cupy a three story wooden building 90 x 30 as a machine shop, connected with which is a blacksmith shop 50 x 30 feet, located on Cross street. Their machinery is driven by an engine of twenty-five horse power. This firm employ 30 hands and do business amounting to $35,000 per annimi. Burgess, Fobes & Co., manufacturers of white leads and ground colors, commenced business in 1859, and have twelve employees. They occupy a two story wooden building, 60x40 feet, with engine and boiler room attached, 18 x 18 M ' \ / /i'.ii/.i ..V '""/ '/'" ,M,OW & SON. rroprlrtorn. udlr. mmI MlMnnm in li.>.(»n, at X7 Ksctwn||« siKvii h:N<;ni:s imiMiits • litti imrnmil .fiiirln'mrff: •m«jpr« •iwl Steam-Heating Apparatus w,.lAt.- iili.ii ii;i ->i Ki wi' i.< >\\ n;l,■^■-l i;i « ini A n i.j.Mo K ••» nil . •« >>« \ M \ ij. AM) .i.sM:nii.>» AT Wll HlrTAll.. cKOMM M'ri«t.:i:i\ i>»riii*niMM)uf«i-«urer» o( Mrarnbnai, inbuUr. -'. »--» th;p wv^r <,-Tk. .^r^ipT s WM. p. HASTINGS, ' r ll,. A pvrvno^ aod luni oui •niiiuill/ •botii ,^ ■ - ■' •..-■... . - > . ■^~^> ■ ■ - ^ ' ' ' • - •-■ - "• 1- • ■" • — ■ ^■^ ^^^Mfl^^^B^ Oi gans and Melodeons. l> Wl.lM A 1 -> * If .n.ui s,,. .1 l-««H 1 1 *>!» 11 66 Statiotis ill the State of Maine. lin street. The business was established by Quinn & Delauo, in 1862, and now gives employment to thirty hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 6 horse-power, with one upright tubular boiler, 7 horse-power, both of their own manufacture. This firm also give special attention to the repairing of steamboats and boilers, and are prepared to execute all orders promptly and faithfully. The Portland Stone Ware Co., located at the north end of Deering's bridge, occupy about two acres of ground oil which is located a four story wooden building, 120x50 feet, where is manufactured everything capable of being moulded from clay, from a small soap dish to a ten gallon but- ter crock or a twenty gallon water keg. They also occupy a four story wooden building, 50x40 feet, used for the man- ufacture of drain tile and vitrified stone, sewer and drain pipe, of great utility and extensive scale ; also occupy a two story brick building, 100 x 40 feet used for storage purposes, etc. The wares made by this company are subjected to twice the amount of heat required to flux iron, and great care is taken by the burner in giving it the right temper- ature of heat. After being allowed to cool it is coated inside and out with an enamel glaze which is proof against injury from acids, fluids or gases. The business was established in 1848, by J. T. Winslow, and became an incorporated com- pany in 1866, with a capital of $100,000. This company employ fifty hands, turning out annually about $50,000 worth of stone ware, and have facilities for producing five hundred thousand feet of drain pipe. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 50 horse-power, built by Daniel Winslow & iSon, of Portland, with a Harrison patent steam boiler of 25 horse power, built by Joseph Harrison Jr., of Philadelphia, Peun. J. N. Winslow is Treasurer, and J. T. Winslow, Superintendent of this company. C. A. Donnell occupies a three story brick building. 45x30 feet, located at No. 118 P'ore street, for the manufacture of all kinds of brass and composition castings, ships' castings and trimmings, water closets, force pumps, etc. Commenced business in 1852, and has five employees. Runs an engine of 5 horse-power, built by Winslow & Sou, of Portland, with an upright flue boiler, 6 horse-powef, built by Quinn & Co., of Portland. Turns out about six hundred pounds of castings per month. Mr. Donnell was awarded a premium by the Maine Agricultural Society for brass work exhibited by him at their fair in 1856. C. Staples & Son occupy a two story brick building, 115x40 feet, used as a pattern and machine shop, a two story brick building 70x40 feet, used as a boiler shop, and a foundry 80 pc 80 feet, the whole covering an area of 36,000 square feet, and located on Commercial and York streets, for the manufacture of castings of every description, steam en- gines, boilers, shafting, mill gearing, water wheels, bank, house and fire-proof safes, etc. The business was established by Charles Staples about 1818. This firm have one hun- dred employees, and turn out about sixty tons of castings per month. They have in process of construction two marine boilers weighing 28 tons each, to be used on the steamer New York, running on the St. Johns line. Their machinery consisting of lathes, planers, drills, milling machines, etc., is driven by two engines of 60 horse-power combined, with a horizontal tubular boiler of 70 horse-power, each of their own manufacture. Do business amounting to $150,000 per annum. Charles Staples, Charles Staples, Jr., George L. Damon compose the firm. The Casco Brewery, J. & P. McClinchy, jjroprietors, occupy a two story wooden building, 60 x 40' feet, with an ell 140x35 feet, located on Fore street, for the manufacture of ale, of which they turn out about three hundred barrels per month. Commenced business in 1859, and have nine employees. Run an engine of 8 horse-power, with an upright C. A. DONNELL, Brass Founder, AND MANIFACTURER OF SHIP CASTINGS AND TRIMMINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. POETS, WATER CLOSETS, EOECE PUMPS, Ac. All kinds of Brass and Composition Castings made to order. HOUSE, SHIP AND STEAFIBOAT PLLMBIIVO. NO. 118 FORE STREET. . . . PORTLAND, Maine. boiler, 10 horse-power, built by the Portland Company, of j Portland. Do business amounting to $30,000 per annum. The Eagle Sugar Refinery. Incorporated in 1867. ; Capital §250,000. Occupy a four story brick building 1 100 X 50 feet, with an ell used as an engine and boiler room, 50 X 35 feet ; also a one story brick store house 80 x 65 feet, with cooper's shop, barrel warehouse, etc., located on Fore street, near the loot of Mountfort, for the manufacture of all grades of yellow and coffee sugars, and giving employment to forty-five hands. This company have two vacuum pans used in the boiling of molasses, with a capacity of boiling seventy hogsheads per day. Their machinery is driven by three steam engines of 75 horse-power combined, one of which was built by Merrick & Sons, of Philadelphia, Penn., and the others by the Portland Company, of Portland, with two tubular boilers, 75 horse-power, one built by the Port- land Company, and the other by Quinn & Co., of Portland. John Sparrow is president and manager, Peleg Barker, treas- urer, and Lynch, Barker & Co., agents of this company, who do business amounting to about $1,000,000 per annum. Leathe & GoHE occupy a three story brick building, 160x26 feet, located at 397 Commercial street, opposite the I'ortland and Kennebec depot, for the manufacture of steam refined bar soaps of all grades, employing four hands. The business was established by John D. Leathe, at Lowell, in 1842, and afterwards changed to the present style of firm, who commenced business in Portland in 1852, being the first bar soap manufacturers in Maine. This firm turn out eight tons of soap per week, consuming about three tons of tallow and grease. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse-power, with boiler attached, built by Joseph Harrison of Philadelphia, Penn. Do business of upwards of $60,000 per annum. They are also sole agents for the State of Maine of the Harrison patent steam boiler. A. F. Fuller occupies a two story brick building 60 x 20 feet ; also a one story wooden building, 15 x 15 feet, located on Congress street, at the crossing of the Portland and Ken- nebec railroad, for the manufacture of all kinds of varnishes and Japans, and paraffine and machinery oils. Commenced business in 1834, and employs six hands, doing business to the amount of $100,000 per annum. OlHce and salesroom, 206 Fore street. C. E. Stevens, occupies a foundry 80 x 50 feet, located in the rear of No. 9 Union street, for the manufacture of every description of iron castings. Commenced business in 1868, and employs 5 hands. Power furnished from au en- gine in building adjacent. C. H. Breed & Co. occupy a three-story brick building, 60 X 23 feet ; also, two rooms 60 x 23 feet, in au adjacent building, located at Nos. 42 and 44 Union street, for the man- aUINN & COMPANY, MAXUFACTUKEKS OF 'h-.-inihoMl, I iOcniiml i \ r Til I ii I l:i I' .iikI I priu'lll 'riiliiil.-ii', I 'liH- ;iii \l< (tiiihniil Ifr/mirx. >C>. «» I If \Nlvl.lN r-^llfl.l.l. I •« Hf I I . \ N I>, MIC. vMI--S4ilINN 'Ml. II (OYIK vifarturv of Uf hcrroclrindiv »nM fniil* aimI i ■ him- >^wH tvinta nn'l <-«. Thr ItiuiupM wa« pslaiilubrd Ann oimnieti'v*! buaiim* in Jauuanr, lM&t«, .. " r ■ .'hI rnrriwl M. ii.t .•! »...■ ..'"HI. K. J. I). I.tKHtnr.K & Co. ncrupr • Iwo itury wixxk-i, ..M.T,- ".-i » -i.' f..' .,t~. .. .Ir> f,..,...- :Hn».-1 »?'. frr.. ..f iIMnJ. 'I1iu ,11, I.,.. tlw l-M hate an ntRrw -n«i ; aUu. «K. m Xr- Y-rk. ai No. W Morr.^ ^. p, jf.^„ .,r^f^ a n»« M i 40 (»« i. a ik^^ Stations in the State of Maine. Morrison & Stevens occupy a room 40 x 23 in a two story wooden building located at the foot of Cross street, for the manufacture of packing boxes. Commenced business in 1868 ; have six employees and turn out about 600 boxes per week. Their machinery- is driven by an engine of 40 horse power in a building adjacent. Do business of 810,000 per annum. Size & Nevins occupy a' room 50 x 40 feet in a two story brick building, located at the foot of York street, for the manufacture of cofi'ee and spices. Commenced business in 1867 ; have five employees; grind about 1,500 pounds of coffee and 1,500 pounds of spices per week, doing business to the amount of 840.000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 60 horse power in a building adjacent. This firm have an office and salesroom at 178 Fore street. L. J. Hill & Co., occupy two stores 45 x 22 feet each, in a two story brick building located at Nos. 240 and 242 Fore street, for the manufacture of coflee and spices. Com- menced business in 1866 ; have four employees ; grind about 800 pounds of coffee and 400 pounds of spices per week ; doing business to the amount of $48,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an engine of forty horse power in a building adjacent. I EcFUS DiTTHAM, occupics a four story brick building 60 x 30 feet, located at Xo. 218 Fore street, for the manufacture of britannia and plated-ware. Commenced business in 1826 ; I have 25 employees ; runs an engine of ten horse power, with one cylinder boiler 20 horse power, built bj- S. E. Chubbuck I & Sons of Boston. Mass. Does business to the amount of 880.000 per annum. ' J. S. Ricker & Co. This firm was established in the year I 1853, under the style of J. S. Ricker, for the manufacture of belt, card, strap, wax, and sole leather, and continued until ! the vear 1865, when it was changed to the style and firm of J. S. Ricker & Co. The buildings cover an area of about one acre ; number of hands employed, thirty ; amount of business done per annum, 8150,000 ; engine is thirty horse power [of Portland Com- pany "Works make. They manufacture fourteen thousand sides of union sole leather ; six thousand sides of wax lea- ther ; six hundred and fifty backs for belt leather, and six thousand calfskins per annum, i J. "W. Stock^vell & Co. established business in Decem- I ber, 1866. They occupy two buildings. 25 x 60 and 20 x 90 feet respectively, for the manufacture of cement drain and ! sewer pipe, in sizes from three to twenty-four inch. Use 16 of Dayton's patent drain-pipe machines, and consume about I 2,000 barrels best hydraidic cement per annum. These pipes have been in constant use for thirty years and over, j and it is claimed that they become harder as they increase in age. The Portland Rolling Mills is a corporation having its principal office in Portland, but its works are situated at Ligonia village, so called, in Cape Elizabeth, about half a mUe from Portland. The company was incorporated in 1865, but the manufacture of rails only commenced in July, 1867. The only business carried on is the manufacture and re-roUing of iron rails. About 160 men are employed, and 1,000 tons of rails are made annually. There are ten pud- dling and heating furnaces, one large engine and three smaller ones. The companj- has over eighty acres of land, well sit- uated for manufacturing purposes, a pond of seven acres in extent of pure water, which supplies all that is required for the engines and rolls, and could supply a large number of other kinds of manufactures. The works of the company are connected with the broad and narrow gauge roads of New Ensland bv a railroad track connecting with the Portland & Kennebec Railroad, and as they are situated on tide waters, vessels drawing fourteen feet can come directly to the works and discharge and receive cargoes. The en- gines and machinery were made by the Portland Company. There are one large and three small engines, with about 400 horse-power in all. About 3.500 tons pig iron. 10.000 tons of coal and 8,000 tons old rails are consumed annually. Principal office, 196 Fore street. H. B. & H. M. Hakt established business in 1837. They occupy a factory building 40 x 100 feet, three stories, and two three-story buildings adjoining, 28 x 70 feet each, for wool pidling and tanning, and the manufacture of pebbles, kid, linings and real skins. Employ 18 hands, and produce from sixty-five to eighty thousand skins per annum. Their motive power is derived from an upright engine of ten horse- power. The Forest City Scgak Refining Co. was organized in 1866, for the refining of sugars, turning out crushed, pow- dered, granulated, with all grades of coffee sugars. The buildings occupied are of brick. Fm-nish employment to some 75 men. LiSK & Weston. In August, 1868, this firm commenced erecting a flour mUl 40 x 77 feet, four stories. This mill they intend will be running in July, 1869. Will have six run of buiTS, capable of producing 300 barrels per day. J. WiNSLOW Jones, manufacturer of Winslow's green corn, has been in the above business twenty years, being successor to Xathau AVinslow & Co., succeeding that firm in 1859. He also packs lobster and sahnon. Has factories at West- brook, Bridgton, Yarmouth and Kendall's Mills, and is now building one at Farmington, the terminus of the Androscog- gin railroad ; aU of the above are for preparing green corn. He has another factory at Melbridge for packing lobsters. His largest factory is at Westbrook, covering about 15,000 square feet, and capable of turning out 600.000 cans of corn during the packing season, which lasts five or six weeks. During this time he employs about 300 persons. Has special machinery for making cans and cutting off corn. A twelve horse power engine supplies the power. The buildings are from one and a half to three stories high. The factory at Bridgton is nearlv equal in capacity to the one at Westbrook. The factories in Yarmouth, Kendall's Mills and Farmington are about one-third the size of the one at Westbrook, above described. The packing season commences about August 15th and lasts till October 1st. In 1868 Portland shipped to Cuban ports 657.303 box shooks, 158,611 hogshead shooks. 2,655 M. hoops, 3,837,- 840 feet of lumber, and 14,742 casks. These figures show a slight gain over the shipments of 1867, but a considerable falling off from 1865 and '66. The imports from Cuba included 54,510 hhds. molasses and 10,518 hhds, and 16,- 800 boxes of sugar, against 40,473 hhds molasses and 6,492 hhds. and 2,855 boxes of sugar in 1867. The trade of Portland shows a large increase. The duties collected in ten months of 1868 were 8901,542, against 8767,- 811 in the same period of 1867. The molasses ^rade has increased five fold. In October, 1868, the amount of this article withdrawn from bond for home consumption, was 8,649 hhds., 1,298 trcs. and 436 bbls.. comprising 1,177,237 gal- lons, which paid a duty of 894,178.96 in gold. There were 2,311,572 feet of lumber imported in 1867, and 14,215.928 exported, making the amount of domestic lumber 11,904,356 feet. This does not include a large amount of sugar box shooks, piles, scantling, &c. The amount of foreign lumber imported for the eleven months of 1868, ending December 1st, was 5,123,867 feet ; exported, 5,160,- 894 feet. M rl^> % .\ /. ii,i,lu>iy .nut 1/ 1 \0\\ ^ \l„ '.Vy mile- S. \V. from Auk.. \. 1 > ! 'I«imI, ■ •uutou aiiJ lu«n t>n iIm caMMMTM. 1 tM mili M niD bj U ■OflO* o< OV iwrw powrr. llir «>tiUi« > Ull, with .. icrt.l ir.ill ii. >^\<4 %lt%PIM. H. ni'i ■ llcinl.I ..I tail >«,■!.. !,.,„ I«.U.- I.-.-1 l„,-l,. |...,r...,, 1. |Miii«U lh« water bark abtiul two mile* ; foraierljr a Kiiat i< tipm it. 1 iir. Mw milU •• •1 ^) i: % III' 1 i:iJ». «>On^ilr. from Portlu' . '3* (Vnlral. 1 •It' II. . «i«c.iv out Im> incrrawtl. Th« rorkji aro not •uilabl< ■».«■ A ■ » J> l< II TI4»'\I>. U\ milr. from PnrtI .' rl,. l: no rn.m Knri Kirhiii.>ml. a n. I'l" ' ■ ■ - <- -f ui >• a ujwn in 1 lOi. Ironi » 1 '1 was lakrn and iiirurpi>- rar 1 1 • 1. I; f«:i •t. r«H iD hairaniW: ' At--. '•"• " .;■ ^llllliTTISVIIJ 1 . "^ ■ . lU:. . ». \^ . owwJ br F. KUmmt * < 70 Stations in the State of Maine. brush wire. They employ twelve men. Use water power to drive theii- machinery. |Q^ ACO, a city of about 8,000 inhabitants is ^J^J; located on the northeastern side of the Saco river, (_y^ and was formerly called Pepperellborough until f805, wlien it was changed to Saco. It was made a city in 1867. There are eight churches here as follows : 1 baptist, 1 free- will baptist, 1 christian baptist, 1 congregational, 1 episco- paUau, r unitarian, 1 methodist, and 1 union church which society hold meetings in a hall. The valuation of real estate in 1866 was $2,107,485 ; personal estate $1,250,975; total $3,358,460 ; rate of taxation $2,20 per hundred dollars. There are twenty-three schools, of which 1 is a high, 1 gram- mar, 3 intermediate, 7 primary, and 11 are mixed : the number of children attending schools in 1868 was 1,934. There are two banks here, the Saco National, and the York National ; also a savings bank, Saco and ]>io\e. This name anise from a growth of aiiplc tn r> Innnerlv near the beach. ne of them remained as l>y which different parts i\r tiieir origin from an Heath, and flow into the plaiiird at a very early ]irii..( lai.' as 1770. The small -if. iti Saco are watered, gi'tinall immense bog, commonly callc river and sea. Saco ami 15i(lilctlinl were tornierly imited. The former was first settled in IG.'il, the latter in 1630. York Manufactuking Co. Incorporated in 1831. Sam- uel Bateheller, President, H. Temple, Treasurer. I. H. Foss, Agent. This company manufactures denims, stripes, ticks, heavy cottonades, light checks and dress goods. Their w( irks are located on Factory Island, consisting of four mills, l'OU X 50, five stories each, built of brick, with out-buildings, storehouses, etc. Have 800 employees, turn out 100,000 yards per week, consuming about 100 bales cotton. The mills contain 30,000 spindles, and 700 looms, driven by two turbine and two breast wheels. LiTTLEFiELD & FowLE, Commenced business in 1854, as manufacturers of carriages and sleighs. Occupy a three story frame building, 118 x48 feet, situated at No. 126 Main street. Employ twelve hands, doing a business of $15,000 per annum. This firm also have a mill, three stories, 40x20 feet, located on Pepperell Square, for sawing out carriage stock and for the manufacture of wheels. Machinery driven by power furnished from a Reynolds turbine water wheel of 15 horse-power. Wallace Bros. & Co. occupy a three story frame build- ing, 75 X 35 feet, ell 50 x 25 feet ; also a store house, 50 x 30, feet, two stqries, engine and boiler house, 30 x 20 feet, two stories, located on Market street, where they manufacture belt and all kinds of upper leathers. Commenced busi- ness in 1865. This firm do a business of $40,000 per annum. Employ twelve hands. The power for driving ma- chinery is furnished from a 20 horse-power engine, made by the Swamscot Machine Co., South Newmarket, N. H. Steam from one flue and one tubular boiler, also made at South Newmarket by the Swamscot Machine Co. F. Stone commenced business in 1853. Manufacturer of sleighs and wagons. Occupy a two story frame building, 30x22 feet, situated on Temp'le street, No. 13. Attached is the smith shop and varnish room, 26 x 20 feet. Employs four hands, doing a business of $5,000 per year. Joseph Hobson commenced business in 1848 for the rban- ufacture of and dealing in sugar box shooks, headings, and lumber, occupying four mills, each about 45 feet long by 80 feet wide, situated in lliis city and Biddeford. He employs all the year round 15(t hands, and produces 15,000,000 feet long and 5,000,000 feet short lumber, doing a business of $300,000 per year. Two of his mills are driven by steam power of about 100 horse each, the other two by water. He has offices at No. 1 Spring's Island, this city, and 292 Com- mercial street, Portland, head of Hobson's wharf. O. B. Chadbourne, No. 14 Temple street. Mr. C. has been engaged in the manufacture of light carriages, express wagons and sleighs since 1840. In 1863 he was burnt out, but immediately erected a building, with wings, equal to 140 feet in length by 28 feet wide, two stories high. Employs eighteen hands, and gets out about 100 carriages and 75 sleighs per annum. Ilis productions are mostly shipped to Wm. P. Sargent, of Boston. ^ACO RIVER, 18maesfrom Portland, ^1*0 the terminus of the Portland and Rochester railroad. (Z/ S. II. Berky & Son occupy a two story wooden building 60 x 26 feet, and auother 30 x 40 feet, one story. The business was established by S. II. Berry in June, 1833. This firm are manufacturers of sugar and molasses heads and sugar box shooks, for the Cuba market. Also manufac- ture small packing boxes for boots and shoes, and for putting up preserved fruits, meats, &c., employing when in full ope- ration, 25 persons. Their machinery consists of gang and single saws, box and heading machines, &c. ; is driven by a water wheel of 80 horse-power, which power can be trebled if desired. Post Office addi-ess. Bar Mills, Maine. g. CARBOROUCJII, (Oak HUl.) 6 miles ^JS' fro'^^ Poutland, 46 from Portsmouth, and 102 from Cy^ Boston. A country station, containing one church, situated in a to^vn by the same name. This town contains 30,634 acres of land, and is principally an agricultural town, for which purpose it furnishes some rich soil and has a large quantity of salt marsh. Nonsuck river passes through the whole length of the town. This town has the honor of being the birth place of the distinguislied statesman, Rufus King and his half brother, William King, the first governor of Maine. Scarborough has two powers. First, a saw mill privilege with a small volume of water. Will operate only in wet times. Situated near the post road. Second,- an unoccupied privilege on the Dr. Milliken farm ; of its capacity we have no knowledge other than it is small. g^EVEIW ITIIS^E BROOK, 70 miles ^y from Portland and 30 from Skciwhcgaii. A flag sta- C_y^ tion on the Portland and Kennebeck Railroad, situ- ated on the Kennebec river. II •'■lii .V. 1'.. liiiiluiijif iiiui Manuj'ii KOW 111:4; W. Km. ,m,1. s r,,„n l'..,t •♦" U. lUllrvn.l l! .. !l,. . • , l-Jn .1. •• .SkowliTKmn K«1U," ^ iliin unibl, U (liiriv • l*iiiM>M , •nil <>»Ju« 111 iko maoufarfurvs af* •« fulkiai ..f..r. ;„ i«rr, •rk. iir mrrfiil "1 K. K. I. •KM* mill for ibr hmh i-iKinit in Itii*. Tlf •? ^ ,'.... •. f?,. .,.<,, 1.;. -m, i« •!»• im« •I oittrr •lrnrtur»« ' h«l' Uf. 72 Stations in the State of Maine. thousand tons a year of this material is ground at this mill, and used mostly for the body paint to oil cloth carpets. Mr. Willis also has a planing mill, and does all kinds of work usually done in a mill of this description. Also manufac- tures barrel heads. A part of the building is used for making water wheels and all kinds of millwright work. Here also are made doors, sash and blinds, all kinds of job turning, beside a large business at making croquet sets for the Boston market. The power for all of this work is fur- nished by a Gould water wheel, five feet in diameter, furnish- ing ample power in tlie dryest season. Mr. Willis is also the partner of S. L. Gould in the iron foundry and machine shop in this place. * O.^IEKSKT Mlff^I^S, 87 mUes from Purtland and 13 from Skouhegan, a country station on the Portland and Keimebec Kailroad. ^OaiTIf ^Efl^¥I€M, 2 mUes from ^*S) lirock's cnissiny:, 21 niili-s from I'liion village, a vil- L/^ lage and town un tlic I'ortsnioutli, Great Falls and Conway Railroad. The village contains four churches, one National and one savings bank and a public academy for males and females. The population of the village is about 1,000, of the town, 2,800. There are thirteen district schools in the town, besides the Berwick Academy. No. of voters, 600. The town was incorporated in 1814. South Berwick has three powers. First, "■ Quamphegan Falls," on the Salmon Falls river, whicli here meets the tide-waters of the Piscataqua. These falls are owned and occupied by the Portsmouth Company. Second, " Newichawanick Falls," on Great Works river, about a mile above its conflux with the Salmon Falls river. The total height of the fall is sixty feet ; the descent is di- vided into three pitches by as many dams ; upon these are two woolen mills and one saw mill. The power is reckoned equal to 600 horse. The supply of Avater is ordinarily good. The river is connected witli several small ponds. Privilege and improvements owned by the Newichawanick Company. The power is not all u^d. Third, at the junction of the Great Works and Salmon F'alls river, " Yeaton's Mills ;" dam seventeen feet high ; saw mill, grist mill, plaster mill ; power estimated at 250 horse. Power used only in part and superior facilities for further improvements. The above privileges are situated in close proximity to the Boston and Maine, Portland, Saco and Portsmouth, and the Great Falls and Conway Railroads, and have accordingly superior facilities for transportation. Newichawanick Co. were incorporated and established in 1855, for the purpose of manufacturing repellants, blank- ets and kerseys. They occupy buildings of the following sizes : one brick mill 5 stories high, 48 x 90 feet, and one brick and frame mill 38 x 90 feet, 3 stories high. The first contains six sets of cards, and the latter one four sets. They employ 175 hands, and use water power, three draws, having a fall of 65 feet in all. G. H. Burleigh, agent and Wm. a. McIntire, commenced business in 1848, for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, shingles, &c., &c. He occupies a mill building 30 x 50 feet, two stories ; store house 60 x 25, two stories ; paint shop 24 x 42, 1 J stories, situated opposite the Salmon Falls Co's. mill, of Salmon Falls, N. H. Employs on an average ten hands. His machinery is driven by an overshot wheel of fifteen horse-power having 34 head of fall. STEWARD, WILLIAMS & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF EDCiETOOLS,&c.. FROM THE BEST I>ovil>le IRefiiievay Iron. S. W. Steward, R. AViLLIAMS, J. L. Allen, SKOWHEGAIsT, Me. Portsmoltii Company. The works of the Portsmouth Company in South Berwick are situated on the Salmon Falls river, which here meets the tide water of the Piscataqua, 10 miles from Portsmouth, N. H. The works of the company, besides other necessary buildings, consist of a four-story brick cotton mill with an attic, containing about 8,500 spin- dles and 220 looms ; using about 1,500 bales of cotton, and turn out annually about 2,500,000 yards of four-quarter cot- ton sheetings. The works are driven by the Reynold iron turbine water wheels, which give good satisfaction. This company was incorporated in 1831, and the factory erected and put in operation in 1832, since which time the hydraulic power of the company has been greatly enlarged by the erection of a substantial dam, much higher than the old dam, and 225 feet in length ; giving a head and fall of 19 feet above high water mark in the Piscataqua river at ordinary high tide, and aifords a surplus power sufficient to drive twenty thousand additional cotton spindles. This, the main branch of the Piscataqua river, naturally affords a copious supply of water, but its hydraulic power has been immensely augmented by the operations of tlie Great Falls manufacturing Com])any on this (the Salmon Falls) river and its branches, by converting into reservoirs several large ponds which discharge into it, and which in the aggregate cover an area of 3,758 acres. These resenoirs may be drawu down, at pleasure, on an average of ten feet, thus insuring an ample supply of water at all seasons of the year. The works of the Portsmouth Company are situated in close proximity to the Boston & Maine, Portland, Saco & Portsmouth, and the Great Falls & Conway railroads, and consequently have superior facilities for transportation both by land and water. The products of the mill have sometimes been shipped from the cloth room of the company, without drayage, direct to the New York market, by water, cheaper than thev could be delivered in Boston bv rail. All ihc . rrrt IM 111 \ / i; tJu.it/ .i„Mni. Makrprarr &, C'"., lUllliiMirv. slO. IIICIIWK k Jl MTIO\. D A K K O WW O, •in l-.rtl I ,....1 It lr..i„ P..r "^ Hir l'..rlUii.l. Si..-.. «ii.l l*..rt.iiw.iilli Hitilr.. ' lit' lloalnti •iul JJaiitr lUilnHi.l j.iin Iwrv. A nmuin .vol I'll l\ilfl\, - - .JI.II.VI C^OI Til <«Altl»lli:R, >l milt-.from| "^ till- l»MU »!' 'itu.laH> river. Alt. MllUKIts l-l >i-II \I.I.V \ri»:M.H> ! ' '■ ...».».,,..- mimI M»*ti mill: iiwiMd br I. II ^ - .twl. ••]imI Iu •amial pnalartatia ut I'ln* Walrr-I'tiarrr," |nrMk>'ilMul* . one Kri*l mill, owneal bjr K. S^^OI Til I* \ltiN, .JH mik'H S. W. from, w. MurtWk: auniMl pfwludioo. M(inMto4. I.«>00 ^^N \ -N . \V |- I'.m!, ,. I. ...•..•;..•, ,i.„.. ., ..1 H>... I.i I,..j.. ■■-* ...I l.» !•- ( M.---.I1 p«liin*lotl, c<|uai lo ibe iiradncliuo of 60U ion] bjr Wm. r.n. I'..»rr." :->rl«iil otic lip|wo<-ii I'urllnn.t atiii UUiul driM.k. Iiniinni'monl* : ■•ix' ^« l.ilTiM-bt.Un. IlaU.nitiUiM* IWi* Hill ,.),,,,o. n...| ■■ IK-Ail-Ktr" iiu \ ' .■ ii.in, eMinuilr ha* Iwrlvr p.i«r«r«. Kiml, " South Pari* Water- ,.,. IfiralrtI mi I.itllp AixInHM-nc^n river. Iin|)n>%.' lUmmnod'* Mill Walrr-I'owrr,' ' -M. Ilamn ■f the p»mwf iHjd* ul Ul|{U MAler. A tklMMUL; w f-tiaMl^l .*thi bol •uth I'aru. I'K Wairr-IVwer," on Liiil« AiMlm»* kcr. Itu^xirnwal* ; ooa IW^irioic mill, ownmi by 1 !•» «kk.Ui'.<. ui lUtM lliK *i>utc ihe * Dnui : annual pnMlua. nMimalt^ •! 3,0)10 .ur»| b^r ('. t,. JarkitMi, i* *t3l r«pr,'* an litii* Andnr>< Itniironrmri 7-t Stations in the State of Maine. F. C. Merrill occupies a two-story wooden building, 35 X 45 feet, with foundry, 40 x 50 feet; also one floor of a two-story brick building, 30 x 40 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of plows, cultivators, Pettingill's patent hoes, cart hubs, &c. ; commenced business in 18G7. (Successor to T. Hersey & Co. ;) employs twelve hands. Machinery is driven by a steam engine, 10-horse power, with one upright boiler, built by the Portland Co. of Port- land ; also run a center vent wheel. Turn out GOO plows, from 1,000 2,000 horse hoes per year, and do business amounting to $20,000 per annum. S. T. Kimball occupies a wooden building, two stories, 42 X 24 feet, with black.smith shop, 42 x 30 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. The Paris Flouring Mill occupies a wooden building, three stories, 225x40 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of flour. Commenced business in 1858. Em- ploys twenty hands. The machinery is driven by two Howe's, and three improved centre-vent wheels, 60 horse-power. They gi-ind from 30,000 to 40,000 bushels of corn, and con- sume from 75,000 to 100.000 bushels of wheat, and turn out 18,000 barrels of wheat, and do business amounting to $25,000 per year. Also have a mill opposite for the manu- facture of barrels, shingles and lumber. Machinery is driven by two centre-vent water wheels. 30 horse-power. They turn out 15,000 flour barrels, 250,000 feet of lumber, and 60,000 shingles per year. Bltinham & Morrill, manufacturers of hermetically scaled vegetable cans, commenced business in June, 1868. Occupy a two story wooden building, 100 x 65 feet, located on Main street. Employ in the summer season, when pack- ing, 150 hands ; in the winter season, four hands, for making cans. Machinery is driven by a portable steam engine, 6 horse-power. Make and fill 180,000 cans per year, and con- sume 540 boxes of tin. F. C. MERRILL, (Succfssor (0 T. Ilcrsfj & (o.) MANlFArTXTJER OF PLOWS, PETTENCILL'S PATENT Cultivating Horse Hoe, Cart Hubs, Boilers. Box Stoves, iVc., iMi^^m. ^^mie.. ME. Also, State and County rights of PettengilF; vating Horse Hoe for sale. patent culti ^TRICKI^AI\I>'S FERRY, 38J 'JS; miles from Lewiston, and 73 from Portland, a coun- (_y try station on the Androscoggin Railroad. ^OPSIIA]?!, 69 miles from Skowhegan, i\\\) 31 from Portland, 142 from Boston and 185 from ^=^ Providence, a village and town on the Portland and Kennebec Railroad, containing three churches and 2,250 in- habitants, situated on Androscoggin river, which separates it from Bninswick. This is a good farming town and was incorporated in 1764. m PPKR STII.I. WATER, about from Bai3gor, a station on the Bangor, Old- town and Milford Railroad. i'lASSAEBORO' 75 mUes from Port- "^"l land and 2.'i fVum Skuw licgan. a station and town on the Portland and Kennebec Railroad, located on the Kennebec river. There are several large and beautiful ponds in this town from which issue two streams, one a branch of the Sebasticook, the other of the Kennebec. The soil is fertile, surface varied. The town was incorporated in 1771. Vassalboro' has twelve powers. Five are situated on the outlet stream of China pond ; dam upon each ; head and fall upon each, about eight feet, attained in a running dis- tance of twenty or thirty rods. The power upon this stream is nearly all employed in factories, saw mills, grist mills and shingle mills. The most important manufacturing establish- ment is the " Woolen Mill," of the " Vas.salboro' Mill Com- pany." There are, moreover, a saw mill, two grist mills, one shingle-mill and a shovel handle factory on the same stream. The privileges are all within a horizontal distance of two miles. The woolen mill and gi-ist mill operate all the year ; the others only in summer. The wheels employed are chiefly wooden. The improvements of the power has increased the value of the town nearly one-half. Six are situated upon the outlet stream of Webber pond ; each with a dam and a head and fall of about eight feet in a running distance of twenty or thirty rods. These are now nearly all lying idle. Two of these formerly drove paper- mills, and one a sash and blind factory. All the powers on this stream are within a total distance of one and a half miles. The twelfth power is on a stream flowing into Webber pond. A''assalb()KO' Mills of this place were built by F. Skinner & Co., of Boston, Mass. The size of buildings are as fol- lows : One, 200 x 80 feet, the other 200 x 50 feet. They manufacture cassimeres, doeskins and tricots. Employ 300 hands, rim 20 sets cards, consume 750,000 pounds of wool per annum and turn out daily about 1,500 yards six-quarter and three-quarter widths. Power supplied by water. Agents, Leland Allen & Bates, G9 Franklin street, Boston. ATERVIEI.E, 83 miles from Port- land, and 55 from Bangor, a village and town by the same name, located on the Kennebec river, hcadqiuirtei-s and central station of the Maine Central Rail- road. The Portland and Kennebec Railroad also passes through this town. The town was incorporated June 23, 1802, and contains thirty square miles, mostly of the best HVA^. \ / ,„/ .Unmti/arf, •Air^l uti ihUiiMn, BOW u*w hottl mmI CkU of Umm I« Sonw (MtQil b> Kira brMlcr, bpluir We«i •>••• inikm. aiiJ liie luUl fall uo«rly 1 1 I ~.| n( ihv poMil : fall, (i« riK>( ; owitr.l iinil iiiltrrii. ..•(•r<| bv llubbanl. Hia. (uurtl. a^iu. Uil tall pMrmludwaa of milU ia WatarrOU. •Mimatod ..a« null. «iil * l.ir.-. »..l.t) m n u~-.! .Iwr, cir. Tberv i* a larRr aaktuBl of pow9t ill in thr ahnvr .rrir. id. a« a|tfirar« aliOVr, li in fnrir-l'iiur f«f«, in : > seetion of 682i feet,) is 3 and 31 one-hundredths feel, the width of the stream being 176 feet. The improvement of the power has increased the popula- tion and wealth of the village to a very large extent, there being from 1864 to 1867, an increase of resident families from sixteen to sixty-six, and of dwelling houses, for the same period, from sixteen to forty-eight. The height of these falls, above the sea, is about thirty feet, and the range from high to low water is five feet. Tlie market is chiefly Boston and New York, reached by Portland & Rochester Railroad and teams to Portland, thence by railroad and steamers. Second and Third, the " Upper Power," at the village of Saecarappa has a tall of twelve feet, and the " Lower Power," of nineteen feet ; containing respectively, thirteen and eight mill powers, making a total of twenty-one mill powers ; of which number thirteen are now in use. The cross section of If'«66'« A*, is. Hmitciiii amd Mmtti/arhmr$' Utatuheal liasettirr. • '••• -' — ■)>'■••«. '11m market i« — frt^. anil llwl n( iIm liiiirr ri;-) liw talU. A aakall |ii>nM>n <'i ' Iftb, alMNit ilirw milr* Ainbrr ut> thr ( ..ii.i^i.t. J.,.l^„ Itui., Hut,. J. L.U.t,*«..l .rfUi*. S«i^-ara|>|Mi. ) 'Pi. I- i.>1 ,«!.>. nil i.f maniiraniirp* i* ■•■•m i.'.l.'.< I l«ir llir tiii»l |>orl »rr ■III/ . ^h^U IIM-.I arv «... \Wy ami rmil. . I...t il . fWv a* ^'••»1 (a ( xiil. iif ()>' ' >«i llir lair iiii|in>«r«t aiicl iiH>r< 1 |iallrniJi. .1 >mall ihrvaliinK a«d ••» mill owomI bv RuAm .1 M-arraly in ninninK unWr y»l. N" cHber l«- u rilbrr fall. 'nM< ritrr bacnoljr a Mnall fli>» uf ilirrc U Kvovrally a •«miin uf out \n» iluw t^>a ... n..,. i.«- u, '" •■ -T . )|W.> fPCl 111 »alrr. Iiic i>lrran) ran : ...I t II..- ».,.r. II.. ' s I. W .1 i!..« lull. null, aixl n ,..r<. n.. I,rl-I,l .1 rl,. ,,>.r «■ s., «l..«r III. M-n. ri>r..u|..r lni|i. AT. «. II ii.l .(■•. •! t.r ■ I., . ! !«.. Ir.i -M Milk .ir.. I, IU..1.-.. \\a > lu, blue I 7,7i|i:MT P.iRIK. 40 mi I I I I 1 > .n in lb« ^ ^ * . It.. 1 |r„'.k tnilm from I'ort- lown vt I'ari*. ••o ill. i.'ti inilr* ill Iriii^li rnmi " I'ri.! Hri': ;. D'.l fwl aUitr llir ritrr al i piiiiii. 111. »i.lili"i III. •in-aiii i* prptiv unifomi ai aL for1» fi^rt. F'.iirlh. Tlir "itlv TrtiT"^,-«( p.T(<-r <>■; tfii« •»ri-nm r- ihr . : fr,l l.> ' . Iir«-l. I i-hiir»r piiwrr. l !»■ ^ !< arr fl»c a! -^^IJ.STMU. llOltOI 4.11. r-'l K..ii. Uiir lr«|>. I r>.li tliry occupy -a number of wooden buildiiiLi-, who-,- .lli!irii~i,,iis are as follows : a one and a half story Ijiiililini;. lii\ | .');> i, tt, used as a hammer shop ; a polishing and griudiu^n simp, two stories, 34x100 feet ; a one story building containing a ham- mer, grinding, polishing and paint shops, 33x150 foet, and a storehouse and ofiice huilding, two stories, 22x65 feet. At Fayette, (a posi to\Mi>lii|) in Kennebec county, 15 miles W. N. W. of AiiLHi-ia.) ihcy occupy a one story building, 36x235 feet, u.-ed as a hammer shop ; a polishing shop, two stories high, 40x65 feet, and a storehouse one and a half stories high, 22x40 feet. These buildings are also of wood. They manufacture scythes, axes, hay and straw knives and grass hooks, giving employment to 110 hands, and turning out about 150,000 scythes, 18,000 axes and a large number of other implements per year, and do a business amounting to about $180,000 per anmim. For the mauufactiu-o of these various implements they run 18 trip hammers, 13 grindstones and from 12 to fifteen polishing wheels. The power is supplied by 10 water wheels of the following descriptions : one 4 feet Leffel wheel, built by James Lefifel & Co., of Hartford, Conn. ; one 4J feet, one 3J feet, one 3 feet and one 2J feet Blake wheel, built by Luther Whitman, of AVinthrop, Me. ; two 4 feet and three 3 feet Tuttle wheels, built by Webber & Haviland, of Waterville, Me. Benjamfn & Ali.en occupy a two story wooden building, 40.xl00 feet, and two one story wooden buildings, 30x60 feet and 30x45 feet, respectively, and a shed building, 30x100 feet, for the manufacture of horse powers, — tliir-lni-. si pa- rators, ploughs, cultivators, iron castings and all kind- of wood and iron machinery. The business was istalilishid in 1863, by A. P. Benjamin. They employ 20 hands and do business to the amount of $35,000 per year. Their machin- ery is driven by a Blake water wheel of four feet diameter, built by P. C. Holmes & Co., of Gardiner, Me. J. Batchelder & Son, manufacturers of chairs and set- tees : occupy two 2 story wooden buildings, 25 x 60 feet and 32 X 40 feet respectively. Commenced business in 1857. Employ seven hands, and do business to the amount of $12,000 per year. Their machinery is run by a Kendall water-wheel, 3J feet in diameter. Hamblin, Fakr & Co., shirt manufacturers. They occu- py one 3 story building 30 x 80 feet ; employ from 35 to 40 girls in the building, and 50 to 75 roirular sowers ouside, taking work from the factor}' ; run clLihl Wlirdri- & AVilson sewing machines. They manufacture liriit- r.>ttnii and linen shirts ; laundrying, labeling and putting tlieni iu dozen boxes, lilting them all ready for sale there. They consume some .'li'i.OOO yards cotton and 7,500 linen per annum, and manu- facture 1,200 dozen shirts or upwards, and do upon an ave- rage, a business of about $25,000 per annum. Ilave an of- fice at 50 Hanover street, Boston, Mass. <:^f^1^Il,TO]¥, 55J mUes from Lewiston, and 90 from Portland, a village and town on the Androscoggin Railroad. This town has a fertile soil, and is watered by Wilson's stream, which furnishes ex- cellent water power for the following manufactories : Fernaxds & Son's new woolen mill, a model building, 60 x 42 feet, for two sets of machinery for the manufacture of cashmere. The boot and shoe business is carried on quite extensively at East Wilton. The Scythe Manufactory, Hiram Holt, proprietor, manufactures 4,000 dozen of various patterns to order, doing a business of $50,000 per year. At Wilton there are also the many manufactories of pegs, grist and saw mills, cabinet shops, carriages, etc., usually found in a country village. Agricultural pursuits are followed here to profit, the rais- ing of stock forming the first feature, there being some of the finest stock raised in Franklin county that can be found in Maine. Fruit growing is the next in importance, being raised in large quantities for export to western markets, and is largely on the increase. The population are generally in a thriving and prosperous condition, with every facility at command to develop their resources, which is the main object in view. Wilton has ten powers, all situated on Wilson's stream, the outlet of Wilson's pond, in the south part of the town, which forms the reservoir for the powers at and below the outlet. This pond, according to the town plan, contains 390 acres, but the surface now flowed by the dam, which is five feet six inches high, is much greater. The pond is very deep ; in one part no bottom can be found with a line 175 feet long. This great body of water retains the heat, so that there is no trouble from ice at the mills near the pond. North pond dis- charges its water into Wilson's stream, above East Wilton. The area of this pond is nearly as great as that of Wilson's. First, at the outlet, an old grist mill and saw mill stand- ing, but not now used. The Woolen Manufacturing Com- pany at East Wilton, has purchased the land and privilege, and now use the pond as a reservoir for the powers at East Wilton. Fall from eleven to fifteen feet ; occupied by saw mill and shingle mill, with right to draw one and a half feet below top of dam ; will saw 3,000 feet hemlock and 5,000 shingles per day ; except iu severe drouth can saw most of the time, summer and winter. Flouring mill with four runs of stones and cleanser, now used for custom work only. This mill, with all gates hoisted, draws 277 inches water. Mr. A. Wil- kins, the miller, estimates that he coidd run his mill six hours per day with a full head from all his gates, after the saw mill has to stop. Starch factory, with right to draw suf- ficient water for the same nine months in the year. Second, with seven and a half feet fall; Brown's planing machine and furniture manufactory ; also, Furnel's planing machine. Third, estimated fall eight feet ; Furnel's woolen factory. Fourth, fall six feet ; Sullivan's carding mill and planing machine. Fifth, fall five feet; Bass' tannery. Sixth, fall fifteen feet ; unoccupied ; F. Robbins. Seventh, fall ten feet ; Bartlett's saw mill, threshing ma- chine, &c. The foregoing powers are all within three-fourths of a mile of the pond, and amount to but 66J feet, reckoning the grist mill to top of dam fifteen feet. The fall from Wilson's pond to the ■ first mill-pond at East Wilton, a distance of about three miles, is 150 feet, according to two surveys. There is one good power between C. Bartlett's mill and \ / /. \\ llI'Mi. 1 Hir '.r !•«•• .11.. r« .1 uIm.'.I iI.m . I. . '., • .... i-- • ;• : -1. . 1 mill. I 'h. fi«ll f'Mfn mill, •p«« nf I . UM<1 by Kariin Bfv !.::u a;iU iLat ul L. .V. \V u^ owe • in ihr (alifiimia irxW. lalv lanxmrnl I>r. K. Ilnlmr*. pr»ffMMir <.f rltniiiiiii ». .( . .1.1 , ... .)... 1/ *.,.. .... . ,. I'" iRor Mill* Compa^i licit* Ul C|UllF ''rkp\S CORIVflR, a cciuntry station on the Portland and Rochester lailroad, aud Portland and Kennebec railroad, 15 miles from Portland. fARJUOlJTH, 16 mUes from Portland, and 47 from Augusta; a station and town on the Portland aud Keuncbec, and Grand Trunk railways, n was incorporated in 1849. There are five cliiinln'^. ten schools, and the North Yarmouth Academy, tlic l.ai. r having an average attendance of 100 scholars, male aiim l)o\rr unci 1^ fmn \lli>ii IU%.a ■lalinii «i»l Inwii ifii llu- Ihitrrai. ^^ ... H- '- ' I' ' - ' - • •' J..H..i, K. l.:.:'Jiirm. . rn|>p. Tnwlc niark, I nilnl Nlalra tmg. l'««k«r, wU tvm^ w^sfWnH mIicvI Mill. 4U Irri l«ll. ^ I.TOli B.%V, iHi „,iic« ~\ .t«ll..Il III l(» I..WII ..f Alloll Hi ill from Dovrr. ihr Irnnintio nJ' 3 " U.„r ..,.1 \Vi..,„,.,~.MK„'«- Hn '^ S|||.A:VD (formrrU II< Ulrnir*j») 4.'» "34 TIIIIOK.^T, 4M milmfrom lt<»ton, ni..: -\ S.,.!.,.., \ .iIM>> I II, 40 milpa from Whitt Ki%« 82 Stations in the State of New Hampshire. Dam No 3 is occupied by the Graftox Woolen Mills, White & Warner, Proprietors, commenced the manufacture of fancy shirtings in 1864. They occupy one mill, 75x35, three stories above basement, brick. Run four sets of Woolen machinery, sixteen broad looms, employ 60 persons, consume 180,000 lbs. of wool and 20,000 lbs. of cotton yearly, producing 1600 yards daily. Two Blake and Union wheels supply the power, the fall is twelve feet, On dam No. 4, Messes. J. F. Keyes & Co, manufacturers of Manilla paper, commenced business in 1848. They oc- cupy several buildings of the following sizes : main building, 32 X 70 feet ; bleaehery, 24 x 40 feet ; stock house, 24 x 40 feet, each two stories; office, 16x20 feet, one story; wood sheds, 20 x 60 feet and 24 x 70 feet. They employ ten hands and make about 1200 lbs. of paper daily. Use water-power and drive four 30-inch engines, machines, pumps, rag-cutters and rotary bleachers, also one 48-inch machine. Fall 18 feet. Also on this fall is the straw board mill of S. C. Baker. This mill uses about three hundred and fifty tons of straw, from which is made two hundred and fifty tons of board per year. Mr. Baker has also a hosiery mill attached, which produces thirty thousand dozen of cotton hose annually. He employs in both mills about forty workmen. Messrs. Meau Brothers wood workers and house carpenters, run their mill from this dam. They have machinery capable of em- ploying twelve workmen. Dam No. 5 is occupied by Scribxer & Drake, manufac- turers of shoe-pegs to the amount of 2500 bushels per month, employing twenty-five workmen. They also run from this dam a paper mill producing about one hundi-ed and fifty tons of Manilla paper, yearly. Dam No. 6. Messrs. Gordon, Wright & Co. have here a straw board mill ; employ ten or twelve workmen and manufacture about .two hundred tons of board annually; also Messrs. F. & L. Scribxer have a fine paper mill which produces one hundred and fifty tons of medium and tissue paper, with nine workmen. Dam No. 7. Messrs Ames & Clocgh make about one Imndred and fifty tons of fine tissue paper and employ nine hands. Connected with this mill is a tannery where stock for the famous Plymouth gloves is prepared. It should be remembered that most of the paper mills mentioned above run both day and night. This fact adds largely to the amount of water used. It is also worthy of notice that when a few more of the best improved wheels shall take the place of those now in use, they will have water-power for double the business now done. ^ SHl'KI^OT, 15 miles from Keene, and 8 from ISouth Vernon, a country village on the Ash- uelot Railroad, in the town of Winchester. (^ SSABESIC> 5 miles from Manchester, J^\ anil ;!(j friim Portsmouth, a country statiou on the (^^ Concord & Portsmouth Railroad. C^l TKIiVSOi^, 37 miles from Boston, a J*\. station on the Boston & Maine Railroad. The town C '^J is situated a little off the railroad. The surface is uneven, the soil of superior quality and well cultivated. Incorporated September 3, 1767, by its present name in honor of Theodore Atkinson. In 18G8 there were in this town 135 ratable polls ; valuation, $262,320. Number of horses and mules, 80, valued at $4,686 ; 346 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $9,376 ; 50 sheep, valued at $88 ; value of lands, $169,597. Qji UBUR]\, 33 miles from Portsmouth and J*\ . 8 from Manchester, a village and town in Rocking- Q_3^ ham county, on the Concord & Portsmouth Rail- road. This village is situated about one mile from the station and contains one or two churches. The town had in 1868, 191 ratable polls ; valuation $383,637 ; proportion on $1,000, State tax, $2.57. There were 126 horses and mules, valued at $5,147 ; 479 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued $11,107 ; 401 sheep, valued at $734 ; value of lands $206,- 481. AXH, 9-± miles from Concord, 170 from Boston, 213J from Providence, on the Boston, Cim- d and Littleton railroad, a village containing two churches in the town ot Bath, and a splendid water power, which might be improved to advantage. This town is pleasantly situated in the vale of the Con- necticut, between the Green mountains on the west and the White mountains on the east, by which it is effectually shield- ed by high winds and long storms ; the soil on the hills is generally a reddish loam on a bed of marl. In the valleys it is alluvial. Settled in 1765. In 1868 there were in this town 326 ratable polls — $558,828 worth of real estate, and the proportion on State tax was $3.75. There were 323 horses and mules, valued at $21,071 ; 1221 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $43,473 ; 8,525 sheep, valued at $18,143. Value of lands, $300,451. KI>FORJ>, 1 mile from ^Manchester, a station on the Manchester & North Ware Railroad, near to and really a part of the city of Manchester. ^ERff^I.^ FAI^ff^S, a station in the town tT| of Berlin, on tiie Grand Trunk Railroad. It has 150 (. y inhabitants. The town has 96 ratable polls. Valua- tion of real estate, $143,570. The proportionate state tax on $1,000 is 97 cents. The town has five schools, with an average attendance of thirty scholars. There are five saw or lumber mills in and about the village. J. W. Wheeler, located 2J miles from the station, for the nninufacture of lumber. R. H. & J. W. Wheeler occupy a mill three miles from the station, for the manufacture of lumber, clapboards, shin- gles and lathes. The Berlin Mills Company are located one mile from the station, for the manufacture of lumber, clapboards, lathes and shingles. Daniel Greene occupies a mill one mile from the station, for the manufacture of lumber. AViLLiAM Wilson occupies a mill one-half mile from the station, for the manufacture of salt boxes. ^lOSCAWEI^, 59 miles from White Tjl River Junction and 10 from Concord, a village and i,_y town on the Northern Railroad of New Hampshire. Besides the Merrimac, the west part of this town is watered by Blackwater river, running nearly parallel with the former through the whole extent of the town. It is not a large stream, but very important, both ou account of the fertile fields on its borders and water privileges it aflfbrds. Great Pond, near the center and Long Pond in the west part of the town, are the only bodies of water. The soil is excellent. • Jm. S. Hni»i, i-nrrmyr inaniifarlurrr. ThU biwil »,.. ..t..l.|,.|,..l r, I'..' I.s |{..»..l X \.W,<,..,„ I.. .1.1 K. K. IVar. profviHor. MtablUliwl |r, «u>4 abu tuM • Untcr lor WalMg Mnl «lf7Mi|| i_r, Danirl II. .irram "f ■ U* \yi.\\yi^ IH miles from White Hiver u ) ICACKI:TTS, iiUmt llv.- huI.h rr.Mi. T I I'lirUnniulli, mihI ihirtv-nU fnnii Maiiriimlrr. > ctni:. r\ ulalioa on ih* l'<>iic»nl & I'nrtaiaoiitli lijiilnMwI. J >lt \l>l'4>ltl>. r, miliH fmm Cnnrnr.l .\iaiiy iMtii- ' ilip liiwn lif ;lrtl ill 1771. I , - I'm III lliM lowii 'MtC ralitl . - - inj miik^, vhIiimI III SI"'.. 1.1 > ., ■ikrii hihI ih-«i cKlllr. vnliinl nt >' '■ > aliK^ al I'J.OSI . Value of UmU. « '^ ) ICI IM; t'.W ATi:it ts niiioH fmm (on t*W oi Utab, 4«i«iiW. l)lllSTOI.. 1 (I" \:vDii. \J ln.,„ Ma * %^ti^:kiii im (I * tr •|>iniii<'< •iwt -.< I>r<«'i i b.*! 84 Stations in the State of New HampsJw uneven, the soil is generally good, the more_ uneven parts affording excellent pasturage. Settled in 1727. In this town, on an elevated and beautiful situation, is the village of the " Shakers." The settlement is divided into families. They have a meeting house, open at all times of public wor- ship, where anv discreet and decent spectator is allowed to attend. They "have a " Trustee's office," where all their pub- lie business is transacted, and where visitors are first received on their visit to the society. In 1868 there were 284 rata- ble polls, and $588,558 valuation. The proportionate tax on S1,000 for the State was $3.95. There were 257 horses and mules, valued at $1G,144, 1,320 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $45,137 ; 2,79G sheep, valued at $5,980. Value of lands, $391,954. /if HAR1.ESTOWIV, 8 mUcs from Bel- li U lo\v> Falls ;ni.l iL'-.' t'nmi Boston, a village contain- ^\^ m'S ••i.("H» iiilialiitauts and three churches, and town, on the Connecticut River railroad, and on the Connecticut river. The only rivers in Charlestowu are the Connecticut and Little Sugar rivers. In the former there are three islands within the limits of the town, the largest of which contains about ten acres and is called Sartwell's Island. The others contain about six acres each, and have a rich loamy soil. The soil of the town is extremely various. The town was incorporated July 2d, 1753. In 18G8 there were 401 rata- ble polls in this town ; the valuation was $1,037,320. There were 323 horses and mules valued at $32,735 ; 1,015 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $50,772 ; 7,890 sheep, valued at $21,720. The value of lands, $597, 722. - /jf ff^AISS^2MO:\T, 18 miles from Bellows \y\) Falls, 126 from Burlington and 132 from Boston, on ^n, the Connecticut Eiver Railroad, and on the Sugar river, 2 miles from the station. The water privilege here is large, there being 153 feet fall within threc-fom-ths of a mile from the village. Claremont contains 3,500 inhabi- tants, five churches, one national and one savings bank. The town, bordering on the Connecticut river, is a fine undulating tract of territory, covered with rich gravelly loam, converted into the be$t meadows and pastures. The hills are sloping, and crowned with elegant summits. The agricultural products are large and valuable. Settled in n62. In 1868 this town had 969 ratable polls. Valua- tion $2,286,465. There were 560 horses and mules, valued at $53,334; 1,500 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $71,309 ; 6,493 sheep, valued at $16,801. Value of lands, $1,162,986. The town is six miles square. Population, 6,000. Have one High school, twenty-four district schools, and two newspapers. Their railroad facilities will soon be increased by the ex- tension of the Concord and Claremont railroad. It now comes from Concord, the State capital, 50 miles east, to Bradford. 25 miles, and it was proposed to commence early in the spring of 1869 to complete the road to this town, to connect with the Sullivan, and the town gives $500,000 towards the enterprise, and other towns through which it passes, give in like proportion. The Mosadsock Mir.LS, incorporated in 1846, with a capital of $100,000; in 1854 the capital was iucreased to $200,000. The officers of the company are S. B. Rindge, President, F. J. Parker, Treasurer, and D. W. Johnson, Agent. INIanufacturcrs of four-quarters, ten-quarters, eleven- quarters and twelve-quarters sheetings. In 1856 they bought the mill just above on the opposite side, tlien known as the Suuapee mill, which at that time was running on cotton goods. They then extended their business, running this mill on the same stvles of goods until 1864, when they altered this into a woolen mill, making flannel goods ; running 3 sets, 1,880 spindles, 16 looms, employing 50 hands and turn- ing out 6,000 yards woolen flannels per month. The motive power is furnished from a 4 feet Tyler wheel. For heating the mill thev use a tubular boiler, made by Kendall & Rob- erts. Their cotton factories consist of No. 1 mill, 124x44, five stories and attic ; No. 2 mill, 124x52, five stories and attic ; joined together by a picker house, 55x62, one story and attic; in the rear the boiler house, 55.x20, one story, containing two tubular boilers, made by Roberts & Kendall and J. J.^Walworth & Co. Weaver's room attached to mill No. 1, 37x57, one story and attic ; cloth room 32x32, two stories ; repair shop, 46x25, two stories ; blacksmith's shop, 25x22, one story ; these buildings are built of brick, with slate or tin roof. The cotton storehouse is situated below mill No. 2, a two story frame building, 55x30. These buildings are situated on the left bank of the river, near the centre of the village. They employ 400 persons in this cot- ton mill, running 15.000 spindles, 141 wide and 200 narrow looms, using 2,300 pounds of cotton per day, producing 140.000 yards four-quarters and 130,000 square yards of different widths per month. From two Tyler wheels, situ- ated one in each mill, they derive their motive power. They have an Atlantic Engine Works engine, in case of low water. The buildings are heated by steam from the boilers. Sugar River I'aper Mill Companv, incorporated in 1866, capital $100,000, John Tyler, President, J. L. Far- well, Treasurer, J. T. Emerson, Agent, manufacturers of book and newspaper. Their mill is situated on the left bank of the river, about tliree-quarters of a mile below the JNIonadnock Mills, the road being on a level with the attic of the main mill, which is 106 feet long, 44 feet wide, two-story and factory attic. The machine room adjoining the mam mill, which is also 106x44, but one-story. L. to main build- ing, 44x40, two-stories and attic, containing the bleach bins. The buildings are heated by steam from two tubular boilers made by Harrison Loring. By the construction of the mill the stock does not pass through the same room twice. It is taken in from the road into the attic of the main mill, pass- ing over one of Fairbank's patent scales, where it is all wei-rhed, and then lowered into the second story, where they have girls to sort it, then carried into the cutting room, ad- joining the sorting room, where it is cut, and then dusted through a scuttle into the bleach bins, which are on the first floor, "adjoining the engine room, then into the washers, then conducted into the basement, then brought up by an elevator tn the engine beaters, which are on the first floor adjoining the machine room ; from the beaters it ^s car- ried into chests, and pumped into the machine. When it first reaches the machine, a stranger to the business would ask, how can they make paper out of that water? but on closer inspection, they would see a fine wire seive, which, from its continual right and left motion, draws most of the water off, and the pulp, after passing this seive, comes out on to a cloth, which running over and under through several large and small rollers, (which is regulated to the size and thickness of the" paper required), begins to look like paper, and Ijy the time you have reached one-third the end of the machine, the steam is fast drying the paper, and at the end they have the cutters revolving, which cuts the paper in any desired size. From the machine room it is taken into the finishing or packing room, where it is got ready to be ship- ped. They employ twenty men and fourteen females. The capacity of their mill is about two tons per day. They use a four feet Tyler wheel, under 23i feet head, to drive their rag-cutters, duster and engines. They have two 46 inch and one 36 inch washing engine, and three 36 inch beating engines. 1 WMa A*, t:. Umiiray ami Manu/nrtHrrr ^ - ilritrn l>r a 31 inch Tjler whiwl. umk^r lli« •anw h«« . i.Jia .h«.p.*r»itKdJ« M.lHi: rala« JO X «o 1...... i T«P Ur--'^ m MAMKACnUKItS. •rv .1-. Ix. >. (•.,.. I. 1. n-.: f.r '- Ihti . A Co. .«-upT . Main •(ni>««ir. niii« tin* n I.I.I •-...! . I"..f.. . U.f.l> A > . -1... M«... 1 r. i.Hir mil.-. • !• i.-.V. . i>< • rMil maaularturp. i . |M|;.. and 1'nT.nMi 1 •II iIm> wHu od lb« ntrr ihrra to four oxnilh* willi»ul r». /|^4M.I» ItlVKR, niir milr fmm IHInu II 1 , „ K.'rMHiiT. .n.1 i:.1 fr-.m IW..i.. ^^ lU^ «J*«i.m 10 (Im- rrnXtn >t( • wrallhr fann 117 Sa lb« C'br^irt. niilr<«:iiiil ;iihI MmIcIi r.iiirr^. It ti... (;..l! DOV COCHECO GLUE \\ i;,uf".i(|..r\ at ill.' (ill)! \V y\. N. sll \ INS. DOVER, N. H. n ^vi I.I. It. \\ K.t.iN -> V Itur. —iipv . tJ.r.-. ..- .rr ^. .-!,•, UCW ()fflrr atil >alt«o. fn>rn rnpuo in buiUiins ■■! Tiir Nr.w ||(Mr*iiiiir. Fl«x MiLt.«, l-Urm IU*krll. | i.i.ir. ••n-ufir • ihnw •tiirr wmlvn Ixiililin?, IM) x .ttt (, IS \ ( ... \ . •< K.. .Ml. .-,... i«. (MW» Md MlMmom. No. *»| IN«H Stations in the State of New Hampshire. and have 16 employees, producing about 75 carnages and 40 sleighs per annum, doing business of $50,000 per annum. Chakles E. Everett & Co., manui'acturers oi' carriages and sleighs ; commenced business in 1825, and have 12 em- ployees. They occupy a two story woodeu building 40 x 30 feet with an L 45 x 30 feet ; also a warehouse 30 x 30, situ- ated on Silver street. They produce annually about 50 car- riages and do a business of $10,000. J. B. FoLSOM, occupies a 3 story wooden building 142 x 42 feet, with outbuildings, store-liouses, &c., situated on Lo- cust street, and munuiacture floor oil cloths, of which they produce annually about 130,000 yards, employing 20 persons and doing business of $60,000. Dover Brass Foukdry, T. H. B. Hough, proprietor, commenced business in January, 1867. He occupies the lower floor of a two story wooden building 50 x 36 feet, lo- cated at No. 5 Maiu street, and manufactures brass and com- position castings. Babbit's metal and weather vanes. IIKII AM, 62 miles from Boston, 49 miles from Portland, 105J miles from Providence, is sit- uated on the Boston and Maine Railroad, and was incorporated May 13th, 1732. It has a population of 1,600, contains ten schools and two churches, one Congregational and one Christian. The number of voters is 300. The town is six miles long on two sides, and four miles on the other two sides. Principal business, agriculture. Contains one post ofiice. The situation of this town, upon the Piscataqua and its branches, is favorable, both as to water power and transpor- tation. Oyster river, one of the branches of the Piscataqua, issues from Wheelwright's pond, in Lee, and after running nearly its w^hole course in Durham, falls into the main river. Upon both sides of Oyster river a deep loam prevails, which is peculiarly favorable to the production of grasses, of which very heavy crops are cut. Durham was originally a part of Dover. Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, of the Revolu- tionary army, was a resident of this town, and died here Jan. 23, 1795. In 1868 there were in this town 341 rata- ble polls. Valuation, $691,134. There were 204 horses and mules, valued at $14,760 ; 760 cows, oxen and neat cat- tle, valued at $28,524 ; 449 sheep, valued at $1,240. Value of lands, $359,098. /jlAST AI¥»0V1:R, U miles from White \f\j River Junction, and 25 from Concord, a station in the town of Andover, ou the Northern Railroad of New Hampshire. /jlAST COIVCORD, -2 miles from Con- If U cord depot, and 74 from Boston, a small Tillage, con- taining two churches, situated in the city limits of Concord, on the Boston, Concord and Littleton Railroad. /JLAST KIIVGSTOIV is a small toAvn of \3[J about 700 inhabitants, in the county of Rockingham. The soil is of an excellent quality, and well adapted to the cultivation of grain and grass, the same being the principal employment of the inhabitants. In the town there arc 151 voters, four schools, which are kept about ten months in the year ; the number of scholars is 120. There is one church building but no society, and neither minister, lawyer or doctor in the town. The post office is at Titcomb & Clark's store, near the railroad depot, Joseph C. Sargent, post master. East Kingston was incorporated Nov. 17th, 1738. Tlie flrst settlers were Abraham and "William Smith. Located on the Boston aiKl Maine Railroad, 45 miles from Boston in a northerly direction. It is 42 miles south-east by east from Concord, the capital of the State, and 20 miles south-south- west from Portsmouth. The Powow river crosses the south- western part of the town. Valuation in 1868, $304,050. Number of ratable polls 151 ; 96 horses and mules, valued at $6,530 ; 331 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $18,014 ; 269 sheep, valued at $838. Value of lands, $186,316. II. L. RowELL, boot and shoe manufacturer, occupies a two story wooden building, 24 x 30 feet, located near the depot. He commenced business in 1866. Employs forty hands, turns oiit about 15,000 pairs per year, and does a business of about $20,000 per annum. George W. Edney, manufacturer of shoes and boots of every description, established the business in 1865. He oc- cupies a building 50 x 30 feet, employs twenty-five workmen, and does a business of $27,000 yearly. /itAST SfiATKRlIII^f^, 79 miles from tfTl Concord. 151 irom Boston, 194 J from Providence. A small village in the town of Haverhill, on the Bos- ton, Concord and Littleton Railroad, containipg one church. Messrs. Joseph A. & Alonzo F. Pike, manufacture annually nine thousand boxes of scythe and wet stones. The " Diamond Grit," or best quality stones are packed a quarter gross to each box. ''The Indian Pond," or second quality, are packed in half gross boxes. Two thousand boxes have been sent to England since the first of January. A large lot went to Scotland last year. The Messrs. Pike employ 40 hands in summer and sixteen in winter. They have three mills, all on the Oliverian brook. The quarry is said to be inexhaustible. /it A ST I.EBAI%OI^, nine miles from lip White River Junction and 60 lioni Concord. A sta- tion in the town of Lebanon, ou the Northern New Hampshire railroad. # AST WE A RE, 16 mUes from Man- chester. A station in the town of Weare, ou the ISIanchester and N. Weare Railroad. /it A ST WEST]fIOREl.A]\I>,5()miles lip from Fitchburg and 14 from Bellows Falls. A small village, containing one church, situated about one- eighth mile from the station. The iuhaliitants are mostly engaged in agricultinal pursuits. Situated on the Cheshire railroad, in the town of Westmoreland. /jll%FIEI.I>, 11 miles from White lliver l|p Junction and 58 miles Irom Concord, a village and town on the Northern Railroad of New Hamp- sliire. The surface of the town is diversified with hills and valleys, and watered by a variety of ponds and streams. Mascomy pond, which has acquired from travellers the ap- pellation of Pleasant popd, is a beautiful collection of water four miles in length and of various breadths, interspersed with islands and checkered with inlets. The hills grad- ually rise, one above another, for some distance from the pond. Mountain pond on the summit of Mount Calm, is • ,741 nbcwp. valunl •! lie.AHV. Vi r.»r. r. Mm.. IK-I.... |>„»„ \ W, II, ...... ...„„>..... u Ikuii Vmnvmr. Cartrla. RoIIIm * Tihon. p.. n„k. (loirrr fur uu»i.hi:.ir» 1-! ilim.;i L> a luilji:.i .>-;ii.>.li inmcnnMl nwuiaraciari&|t c«r- M|.> l~-. I.rirk 1m„|.|,,..., 7.1 t t.i'i'i'Nr )••■•' ' I WiiMKjt. In IHfiO an in , .......Iir... ..I A iiui. I.,!,.- .I,..i.. 1'.'. 1 .i.-l. \u!.. tX. «.t.H|. I I anil t>ipn i Value •■! i-Ui.J.. i .: M J. it, XI-TTKR, 'lO milc« from Itnuton. and Ut' U, %r.i r.w • •il. r ..| tl..ir !.»!, iuA'.ul». tur. . ll, uf Urtli being (Mm of ike ■pcriali . ,1t 90 Stations in the State of New Hampshire. waters are in the northeast part of the town. The Bhie hills or Frost mountains extend nearly through the town, under difterent names. In 186S. there were 588 ratable polls in this town. Valuation S874.577. The proportion on a Si, 000 slate tax was 5.87. There were 248 horses and mules, valued at 816,526 ; 1,147 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at §42,736 ; 1,158 sheep, valued at §2,96G. Value of lauds, 8515,014. Berry & Kimball occupy a two-and-half-story wooden building, 30x50 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of men's, youths and boy's bro- gans. Commenced business in the year 1867. Give employment to fifty hands, turn out about 75.000 pairs of brogans per year, and do business amounting to about 875,000 per year. G. M. Herring occupies a three-story wooden building, 25 X 75 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of men's and boy's brogans. Commenced business in 1843. Employs 60 hands, turns out about 75,000 pairs per year, and does business amounting to 875,000. J. F. Cloutmas, manufactures men's and boy's brogans. Commenced busines in the year 1854. Employ 75 hands, turn out 100.000 pairs per year, and do business amount- ing to 8125.000. The factory is a three-story wooden building, 28 x 60 feet, and is located on Main street. Office and salesroom. No. 54 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. H. L. Roberts & Co. occupy a three-story wooden build- ing, 25 X 50 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of men's and boy's brogans. They commenced business in 1859. Employ 100 hands, turn out about 1500 pairs per week, and do business amounting to about 875,000 per annum. Salesroom, 116 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass. C. E. Johnson & Co. occupy a three-story wooden build- ing, 35 X 70 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of men's and boy's brogans. Commenced business in 1865. Employ "200 hands, turn outl30,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of 8200,000 per annum, E, O. Curtis, Agent at Farmington, X. H. Office and salesrooms, No. 84 Pearl street, Boston. Mass. Israel Haves, manufacturer of wax and split brogans, occupies a three story building, 22 x 30 feet. He produces upon an average between 20,000 and 30,000 pairs shoes, and does a business of about 840,000 per annum. F. Dane Grinxell & Co. George A. Jones, agent. This firm commenced the manufacture of brogans in 1868, occupying a three story building. 32 x 60 feet. Their office is situated at No. 69 Pine street, Boston. ^d ISHERyiI^I.E, 7 miles from Con- r*flj t'0'"r | Tl, ..il i •...1 i,.«t ,,iii. .%«'... .1 ..■ f:: II'. .M.<- .!...i.. »„i.i. 1 «i • 1,211. V»lur ..f Un.l.. l.'T-.-.'ii. /j* Ol 1 -s 1 \|,|..%i. 1 in,,l.,fromNtt.*hna. II ) rr Maiiun in lb. IUilr<>«l. b^wfM \ ■»l. 1 n. < i; U» 1.11 .,,u.u Ui^iu^ iij u.:, ik;..;;ii.^ lui^^L*;— ». I l»«jr I,.-. ( . ^ . ; N ! igh u •prill, •n. .be*!.. : 1. ' .'■x'. • i;i ti... j.Urt' ia n,. ■ • r..» ■ in ,.l„.-.| V ?■•! ■•■ , ...'.. m A. W. s. n..Hii. .... -limker nock. .. ^» »U.....-I. Ii..- 1..., •■• .., tl .r,,./ «•. !■" ••- »r. Ill • >«i »!• .f »■ : •>rf ■ ■ i-'. .,.. r.»l,.. : .■i|.i',,. . ll,.- j..n.r '... ru-, tl.. N.rti, Wr«rr JUilr.m.1. r. •' ' • U \ IUmii 1 . j.*|.r n,.v ..U.-t,,,., Tl.:. I.u-. •,...» «. /|^«M«'. ~ •"! fr..n. 1": '■ ^ >. - . .A 92 Stations in the State of New Hampshire. Their macliinery is driven by water-power, with anxilliary engine of 60 horse-power, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitcliburg, Mass. N. V. Waterhouse, agent at the mills. Parker, Wilder & Co., No. 4 Winthrop Square, Boston, and 62 Leonard street, New York, selliug agents. /jtKAFTOIV V1E.W. I|^ White River .Junction an tion in the town of Graft Hampshire Railroad. i\TRE, 25 mUes from and 44 from Concord, a sta- ou the Northern New af^'OKHA]?!, 96 mHes North of Concord, f^ 91 from P(jrtland and 200 fi-om Montreal. A station and town on the Grand Trunk Railroad. It is a rough and unproductive township, lying on the Northerly base of the White Mountains. Several streams descend from the mountains through this town, into the Andro.s- coggin. It was formerly called Shelburne Addition, but was incorporated by its present name June 18th, 1836. In 1869, there were in this town 238 ratable polls. Valuation of real estate, $250,780. The proportion on $1,000 State tax was $1.86. There are three schools with an average attendance of 130 scholars, 2 churches and 3 large hotels. There are 197 horses, valued at $14,142 ; 205 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $8,222 ; 238 sheep, valued at $660. Value of lands, $151,832. No. of churches, two, one Congregational and one Metho- dist ; one library ; three manufacturers of Lumber ; one manufacturer of tin ware ; one bedstead factory, nine stores ; two doctors ; one locomotive and car repair shop (G. T. R.) sixty-four swine, about 1000 population. Rate of taxation, three cents and three mills on the dollar. Clement Goodrich & Benson occupy a wooden build- ing, 32 X 90 feet, and one 30 x 50 feet. Dry house, 24 x 24 feet. For the manufacture of Lumber. Commenced business in 1868. Employ 25 hands. Their machinery is driven by two Chase turbines and one centre vent water wheel. Also a portable steam engine, sixty horse-power, built by Staples & Co., of Boston. They turn out 3,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. C. S. Peabouy is located at Larry's crossing, IJ miles from Gorham station, where he occupies a wooden building, 90 X 30 feet, another 78x25 feet, with dry house, 18x24 feet, for the manufacture of Lumber. Commenced business in 1843. Employs 10 hands. Machinery is driven by one Blake, 4 center vent and two rose water wheels. He turns out 500,000 feet of lumber per year. Also has a tannery build- ing, 30 X 64 feet, with L, 24 x 36 feet ; another L, 28 x 34 feet ; storehouse, 26 x 65 feet. Employs 6 hands. Tan 3500 sides, and do business amounting to $10,000. Con- sumes 300 cords of bark annually. /i[y ISAFTOX, 26 miles from White River I Jp« Jvmction, and 4.3 from Concord, a village and town ^-^ on the Northern Railroad of New Hampshire. The town is watered by branches of Smith's and Mascomy riv- ers. Heard's river, a small tributary to Smith's river, waters the south-east part. There are five ponds, the largest containing from 200 to 300 acres, is called Grafton pond. The surface of Grafton is very hilly, in some parts very mountainous, and the soil is so rocky as, in many places be unfit for cultivation. There are, however, some good tracts of land. The town was settled in May, 1772. Incor- porated in 1778. In 1868 there were in this town 269 rata- ble polls. The valuation was $383,558. There were 167 horses and mules, valued at $9,995 ; 1,047 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $33,139 ; 3,492 sheep, valued at $5,521. Value of lands, $188,441. /j^KEAT FAEEf^, 6 miles from Jimc- iPpl tion, 20 miles from Union Village, is a village of 6,000 inhabitants, in the town of Somersworth. The town was separated from the town of Dover in 1729. In- corporated a town in 1754. It is bounded on the north by Rochester, east by the Salmon Falls river, which separates it from Berwick, south by Rollingsford, and west by Dover. The village has six churches, two Methodist, one Congrega- tionalist, one Baptist, one Freewill Baptist, and one Catholic. There are two Banks and one Savings Bank. Number of voters in the town, 1,061. Rate of tax on $100, $1,88. There are eleven schools, one High, one grammar, and the balance primary. Two hotels, the Great Falls Hotel, and the Ciranite State Hotel. The village is situated on t'ne Great Falls and Conway Railroad. Gkeat Falls Manctfactltiing Co. Incorporated 1823. Capital $1,500,000. Occupy five brick mills for the manu- facture of 24 to 43 inch sheetings and shirtings, flannels, drillings and print cloths ; also one large brick mill used in the manufacture of seamless bags. Have 3,000 emplovees, and produce 15,000,000 yards of cloth, and 500,000 'bags per annum, consuming 3,350,000 poimds of cotton, or 7,700 bales. Run 2,100 looms, and 85,000 spindles. Power fur- nished from 17 water wheels, etc. Minot, Hooper & Co., selling agents, Boston and New York. Samuel Hooper is president, and Daniel N. Spooner, treasurer of this company. HuBBAKD, Canney & Co., occupy a three story wooden building, 70 x 40 feet, located on Market street, and manu- facture doors, sash and blinds. They commenced business in Aug. 1867, and have twenty employees, consuming annually about 300,000 feet of lumber, and doing business ol" $20,000. An engine of 30 horse-power, of the Corliss pattern, built by William A. Harris, of Providence, R. I., supplied with steam from a tubular boiler built by the Swam- scot Machine Co., of South Newmarket, N. H., drives their machinery. Davis, Blood & Co. commenced business in 1867, and have seven employees. They occupy a three story brick grist mill, 70 x 40 feet, and manufacture flour of all grades. They have four run of stones and grind about 100,000 bush- els of corn, making about forty barrels of flour per day, and doing business of $22,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by six AYarren turbine water wheels, of 136 horse- power combined, the fall being 22 feet. H. B. Davis & Co., manufacturers of bobbins and spools, commenced business in 1862, and have five employees. They occupy the upper floor of a three story brick building, 60 X 30 feet, and turn out about 4,000 bobbins per day. Their machinery is driven by a turbine water wheel of 35 horse-power, with a fall of 25 feet. HoRNE, Clark & Co. occupy a three story brick build- ing, 60 X 30 feet, and manufacture doors, sash and blinds. They commenced business in Janviary, 1869, and have ten employees. A turbine water wheel, 35 horse-power, drives their machinery, the fall being 25 feet. Brackett & Co. manufacturers of confectionery and cigars, commenced business in 1864, and employ thirteen persons. They occupy a two story wooden building 70 x 45 feet. Consume about one ton of sugar per week, doing business of $50,000 per annum. SoMEKWoKTH MACHINE Co,. established business in ^^\\\ i;> rito.HNi\€«, 1 fill.;.-. 1- r .ln_> |1.. iim-hiuti^ u Jmi;, t^ -—^ * ''•»» •'•••I'li ou the I'tirUnioulii. t»t»,*i 1 ..i, ,„,i •Muirtl by m *iraiii vnKJnc of 13 bono- ; (-'"owsj Uailnwd. ^ \t yytW i;n, 7 milcn from Contoorook. Ir A C... ..f Xrw York, and t«Twr. V« •I* ihrir •vllinir airrtiU. (I) 1&97 \ III .1:^1. \^ II. .M mil.-^ from H.,M..,: N ,„. kiii.i>Bfoito' i{itiiM;i:. ' . " ^^/ al II I ttrn> »irr<- M7 »tir<-|>. \ ^ * \ tll^'I'IIK, -l(i tiiilrs from lUiHton. nw I M (liovp. Vahie of Undo » t.'l t /.) I ;«. ':^; I^IITOl r.il.lX, 43 mile from ' Vt. h •trr-c!, Iketfii. i I HiNDAI^i:, l!» milm fmm K ^j »i..| I fr..ni S...itl, V. n,..!. A mmII .ill >w*aiMl oxeo, and 4"U alicvp. V«|u. '^ 4 \\ I : Kill 1. 1.. Ml mi!r* frnmfV.nr..r.! 94 Stations in the State of Xeir Hampshire. 378 ratable polls in this town, the valuation was $611,657. There -were 199 horses and nrales, valued at $17,235 ; 619 cows, oxen, &c.. valued at $31,053. 442 sheep, valued at I $1308. Talne of lands. $350,250. 1 H01.MAX es and mules, valued at $10,701 : 442 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $16,159; 538 sheep, valued SI. 773. Value of lands $275,864. This place is noted for having the best and largest clay banks in New England, and no brick can be fotmd superior in quality, color or durability to the '• Hook- sett Brick." Natt .( lh.< M>l<* !i I'nuilirr*, iil««> Ir-. . y li«»e •etjl quite ■ r 111 Ihnr jtpnci.ir. I li ..I oa Datiii Mrwt. rklrii lubuW UmW, «1u<:Ji m umU i«( U* U h^ •- .harts, rim*. Ar. Mvrtnui f M, X ^0 t««(, (W«« •(»fw' -loaled w rvar of all. .1 lOOMgito »«•>*■ >ori*J*Baar 96 Stations in the State of New Hampshir 1863, for the manufacture of doors and blinds. The busi- ness was first established in 1850 by Lanmon Nims, the sen- ior partner, who continued until 1853, when he took Mr. Daniel Buss into partnership with him ; the name of the fii-m then was Nims & Buss, and in 1855 Mr. Woodard was admitted. Nims, Buss & Co. then being the name of the firm. They continued until 1859, when Mr. Nims retired from the firm, and Buss & Woodard continued until 1863, when misfortune overtook them and the property was sold to Messrs. Osborne & Hall, and in three months from that time they had leased the property (■ Xim- & Crossfield, who continued until 1868, when H. C. Sri.ii \\:i- :ulinitted into the firm un- der the name of Nims, ( i (..--lir|,l ^v Co. Their manufactory is situated ou Mechanic street, in a two story brick building, 50 x 214, with eU 50 x 80 one story. Engine and boiler house, 30 x 50, containing one of Corliss Steam Engine Co.'s 80-horse power boilers, which fumishes the power for this building, and also to the chair manufacto- ry opposite. The buildings are heated with steam I'rom two tubular boilers, which also furnished steam for engine. The boilers were made by R. W. Pratt & Co., of Boston. The office building is 24 x 35, one story, of brick. They em- ploy fifty hands. Their machines consist of three tenoning, three power morticing, two blind styles boring three foot mor- ticing, two staple, three moulding, three sash sticking, one matching, and one sand-papering machine ; also, twelve circular saws and taple, three boring lathes and three plan- ers. They turn out annually 25,000 doors, 36,000 wind- ows, and 18,000 blinds. Employ a glazier constantly during the year. ACO]\IA, 27 miles from Concord, 99 from Boston ; a manufacturing village, the largest on the route from Concord to Littleton. It is situated on both sides of the Lake stream which separates the tomis of Laconia and Gilford. The village has one National and three Savings banks and two Hotels, aud a population of about thirty-five hundred. In 1868, there were 513 ratable polls in the town of Laconia, $831,298 worth of real estate. The proportion on State tax of $1,000, was $5.58. There were 146 horses and mules, valued at $8,351 ; 491 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $10,402 ; 386 sheep, valued at $607. Value of land, 8342,559. The Belknap Mills were incorporated in 1860 ; capital, $100,000 ; K. C. Glea<..n. Pn-i.l.nt ; R. M. Bailey, Treas- urer. They run "two niill>. |n \ so. four stories, brick; 160 three stories, w» I'hich contain eleven sets of woolen machinery and three thousand spindles, em- ploy two hundred and fifty persons, consume three hundred thousand pounds of cotton and six hundred thousand pounds of wool yearly. Four Union wheels of one hundred horse power, and a sixty horse power engine, supply the power ; the fall there is seven feet. They produce fifteen hundred thousand yards of plain and fancy flannels, scarfs, cotton- ades, repellants and fancy cassimeres, yearly. They also manufacture S. Thomas' patent Loom. R. M. Bailey & Co., 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, and 90 Franklin Street, New York, selling agents. This Company also ha\-e a mill at Lake Village, 1^ miles distant. The Ranlet Mancfacthring Co. was incorporated, 1861, capital, $50,000. James Ranlet, President, John C. Moul- tou. Treasurer and Agent. They occupy a main building used for manufacturing purposes, 300x40, one and two- stories ; a blacksmith shop and foundry, 60x40 one-story each; saw-mill, 40x50. They employ 100 persons, produce 300 freight and 12 passenger cars yearly, doing a business of $300,000. Two engines and one wheel, with over 100 horse-power, supplies the power. The fall is ten feet. NIMS, CROSSFIELD & CO., ■s, mm m Mechanic Street, first above Central, Keene, N. H., Keep constantly on hand Doors, Sash and Blinds, Glazed Windows and Window Frames of all common sizes. Also, get out to order, and keep constantly on hand, all kind^ of ings PIIVE LUMBER OF ALL KIIVDS. LANMON NIMS, G. B. CROSSFIELD, K. C. SCOTT. Smith & Richahdson employ nine men, sawing 100,000,- 000 feet of lumber annually, using 25-horse power. Pitman & Tilton employ 30 persons, manufacturing 90 dozen pairs of hose daily. The pay roll amounts to $600 monthly. E. B. Beamon makes 2,400 paper boxes every week. A ton of paper board makes about 1500 boxes, but to make these requires as many sheets of paper as of board. He uses 12 reams of glazed and plain paper per month. Granite Hosiery Mills, J. W. Busiel, Proprietor. This establishment comprises two mills, 50x40, three stories, base- ment and attic, brick, and 36x40, 2 stories and attic, wood, for the manufacture of ladies' and gents' hosiery, plain and ribbed. He commenced here in 1847, at which time he made woolen yarn. In 1857, he commenced the manufac- ture of hosiery. The machinery consists of 5 sets and 50 knitting machines. The production is 4,200 dozen pairs per month. A 4 feet Howard and 6 feet Cooke wheel supplies the power ; the fall is 7 feet. Tilton & MotJLTON occupy one mill, 65x58, five stories, for the manufacture of hosiery. Run 3 sets of woolen machinery and 30 knitting machines. Employ 60 persons and produce 140 dozen pairs per day, known as the Laconia Mills. The GtHLFORD Hosiery Co. Mills. Incorporated 1864. Capital $50,000. Benjamin E. Thurston, President ; John C. Moulton, Treasurer. They occupy mills 46x39, five stories, and 48x20, three stories, run 6 sets of machinery and 8 sets of plain knitting looms and 12 ribbed machines. Employ 60 persons and produce 200 dozen pairs of ladies' and gents' hose daily, consuming 500 pounds of wool and 1,500 of cotton weekly. A 30-horse power Baldwin wheel supplies the power, tlie fall being 13 feet. Monthly pay roll, $2,000. Lewis F. Busiel occupies one miU for the manufacture of hosiery ; commencing in 1860. He runs two sets of woolen machinery, 26 knitting machines ; employs 50 persons ; con- sumes 200 pounds of wool and cotton daily, producing 120 dozen pairs. The fall is 8 feet. Office 34 Franklin Street, Boston. S. T. Thomas occupies a mill 100 x 32, 4 stories, wood, for the manufacture of cotton hosiery. He runs 1000 spin- dles, 8 knitting frames, with 54 heads ; consumes 500 pounds of cotton, aud produces 200 dozen pair hose daily. The fall here is 8 feet. Employs 60 persons. Monthly pay roll, $1000. \ / U.Jurj .,„/ M,„ur, r (1. t'iMilM>r. iiihI n on . .1 % IV....... • VI ... ri'TI^I/.S, 4 milr» frum NiihImui. .'I'i from on lh« mnuw n»pr. H*\KF VIIjIj AIbI-1, *.'n mjleii from (on- j\ iv....... ...a c fn.... i>.wrii. • (Ujt m. ^^ .r.| Ml |,..,„ II...I..,,, 1 tU lr..m l'r..*iacurr. C^uilr '^^ N«.l..i« .ml l>.-rll U«ilnMt.l. ou Uir Mr "^^ri'l'l.r.'I'O^. II.! mil.- fr..... ( National ami l ihabilanu, ..u i i:ill>0>. .*> milts from White llivi 1 .... .1 X %llUffr n- ' ■ • . IUiln«..|. 1 > Ix.nlrr. llll- »» a p»piiUli<>n tif abuul litMI. four cburrh«-« ^ , l.W.»*..% .N| »Tr (.... rimr J^ ill. built in M.'>M. •'..'•ill I. . t..^.!l,.r^ I I,. !. 1 . !l,. !., . • rich. Xrar tlii» rm-r thcrr i« a , t.r..f wliirh i. ...I I. t • . .;.r ! ' Sar*l<>){a. I \ alualiofi «a- > - '.1. nwrr « •11; 1474 C.W.. ..!.,. «...! ...al rA.!;r. ««l..r.l a. M\'.-i i.haep. valued al $H,:{3€. Value of UimI. 4»>l»OM»i:itll1 . .•n„,il,.>fr..ni I...U !i«v |»wpr i« run>i*bcrM> pnwr: |S||0>. l't:{ milr.* fmm (niimrfJ 1 : \Y\ \IMII HV 98 Stations in the State of Xeu: Hampshire. 'V/V\ «-»-^.www-<^>>w.w-.*» lo -1 r r> iDfr to $40.fX»0. Amount of business done. 860.000. The %t\ A-^ CHt!*TtK. IH miles from Con- -^^^^^^ p^„„^^ j,^, ^^ ^, ^1,^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ .^^ ^,^^^1, „f ^ l-l. cord. 1/ trom. Nashua. :j, from Boston and 41 >,„siness for the past 12 rears, and is unsurpassed as a roll k — / from Ponsmouth : situated on the left bank ot the ^j^j^ finisher. The reputation of this house is know-n Merrimac river. The Concord. Portsmouth, Nashua and throagliout New England and 3Iiddle States, for producing Low ell. Lawrence and North W eare raib-oads centre here. reUable and well finished work. The city is located on an elevate • • o t u -_» - , . ,£ IV V Ti- ' I- I- &KAXITE File « OKKs. Bemanun S. Stokes, proprietor: nver. and contains several fine pubbcbnilrlinors. among which • .-> ^i -/i .3,. t -ir i_ ■ » - ., ■ I 11 .1 .1, II- t 1 V -1 1- i occupies 2 flof»rs. w x -30 each, on Jlechanics row : com- is the town hall, the athenarura. public school buildings. &c. '. , . ,^., tt 1 , - j' j T .u f -tf I . - I • -t, 1 1 e I. menang here in Ij^.jI. He emplovs 1.3 persons, and produ- Tne growth of 31ancliester is due to the development of the , c j 1 e 1 ci n 1 v i, 1 '^ . , T-u-i i.f'4 pes 16 dozen per day of rasps and files, all made bv hand, immense water power here. Ihe nver has a descent 01 a4 : ,, , 11. .1, c ■ v 1 1 r n t> r- 1 „ . . -IT) ^- 7 J . ^- He took medals at the fairs held at Lowell, Boston, Concord feet in one mile. Bv erecting a dam and constructing a ,,,,_„ ~ , ' 1 uuu V.-J. 1. and Manchester, for fiue work, canal, power enough bas t)een obtained to run several 100.000 spindles. The city is lighted with gas and is the The ilASCUESXEK Pkbt Works was incorporated 1837. largest in the State.. ' Capital, $1,800,000. Doctor Oliver Dean. President : Geo. 5lanchester is to'have a building cxpresslv for its citv li- K. Chapman, 82 Milk Street. Boston, Treasurer : AVaterman brarv. The Amoskeag company has given k lot. and a plan j ^m"l»- Agent : J. S. Shannon and Andrew N. Baker. Pay- has been adopted for a building that will cost -$2.5.000. Capi- ' masters. This company have -3 large mills and Print M orks. talists interested in the manntkctures of the town wll con- ' They rtin 105,000 spindles, 2000 looms, .31 set of machinery tributehalfof this: the citv council appropriated S.5.000 and! for cassimeres and satinets, 6-0 set for delaines and other will doubtless appropriate' the balance. The Ubrar^- con- ! ""oltns, and 20 sets of combers. Employ -3.200 persons, tains 1-3.000 volumes. ' i consume 100 bales of cotton per week, and -3,000,000 poimds In 1868 there wen; 4.-582 ratable polls in this citv : the i «»f ^'^'l . nearly, producing 20.000,000 yards of 28 to 35 inch : valuation was $12,560,436 : number of horses and 'mules j ^^ i'qnare print cloths. 26 to 40 inch : 46 to 80 delaines and 9.53. valued at $71,518; 7-35 cows, oxen and neat cattle. ! ersons and do a busi- ploy -300 males and 900 females. Consume 200 bales of cot- ness of 840.000 yearly, making 1200 dozen pairs of ladies ton weekly, and produce 6.000,000 pounds of goods yearly, hose per week. including flax and cotton : manufacturing sheetings. diTllings, | Amoskeag ilAXTFACTXEiXG Co.. capital. $300,000. Was cotton duck, seamless bags and linen goods. Gardner Brew- j incorporated in 1831. Dr. Oliver Dean, President, Wm. er & Co.. agents. Boston. New York and Philadelphia. ; Amoi-y, 60 .State street, Boston. Mass., Treasurer. E. A. Ln- 1866 HiKAM FoBSAlTH commenced the manufacture of j ^""""-.^"^.T- ^^ ^\f-^^Zf'''^-»''^^^^^\^''^ company circular saw mills, excelsior machines, shafting. &c. He^'^7,^ "»"*' mn lO-xOOO spindles, 3.000 looms, employ occupies two floors 50 x 30 each, on Mechanics Row. Em- V^ ^T'^^A.^'^'T^ I'^f^^- ^^'^^^ *?„ *^r° ^^,'''-^"- P''^ plovs 10 persons, and does a business of $15,000 yearly. He •*"'?'" ^^y^ -^^"^* "^ sheetings, drills &c.. and a large alsi manufactures knitting machine needles. ' ' ^■^"«'-^" ^^ '^Y'^f '"'^ ^^°7 "°"^*- They occupy two ^ powers, one 20. the other 32 feet. B. F. -Jenkiss & Co.. occupy one floor, 50x30, for the; Gardner. Brewer & Co., Agents. Boston. New York manufacture of power loom pickers, commencing on Mechan- and Philadelphia. ics Row in J"b% 1868- Tliey employ three persons, and do j ^^^^^^ ^ rimBANKS commenced the manufacture of a business of $12,000 yearly. builders and miscellaneous hardware in 1868. They occupy P. C. Chexet & Co. occupy four buildings at GoflF's Town , one floor. Employ 15 persons. Tliey are comparatively a Centre, for the manufacture of printing, manilla. shoe and new firm and are building up a rapidl'v increa.«ing busineks. wrapping paper. Tl.ey employ fortv persons. Run six en- q^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^ „„^ floor,"50x30. for the mannf- I gines, and one cylinder machine. Oflice, Ebn street, of this ^„„^^ of valves, cocks. hektet;s, brass and iron fittings, com- 1 *^' ^' ' mencing on Mechanic's Row in 1865. Employ 8 persons H. F. .Straw occupies one building 100x40, two stories, and do a business of $30,000 annually, bnih of brick in 1868 for the manufacture of hosienr. The ! The Langdox iMAXCFACrcRKG Co. was incorporated business was estabbshed in l«b6. He employs 60 persons. 1^5- ^^5,^1 §500.000. G. Brewer, of Boston. President, runs 2 < kmtt.ng machmes. produces loO dozen pairs daily. ^^^ .^^rv. jr.. Treasurer. 60 State street, Boston. Wm. and does a business amounting to $60,000 yearly. A 20- ^ Killev Af'ent horse power engine supplies the power. " . ' ' '^ ' ... _., .„ . This company occupy a mill, 220xoO. five stones, wilh Varset & CORET occupy one room in a large brick build- picker-house attached. ' A new mill was built in 1868-9. mg near the depot, for the manufactory of needles for knit- ( near the old one. 284x67. four stories, with picker-house ting machines ; commencing here in 1868. They employ 10 attached, all brick. This company run a little short of 31,- persons. and produce 2000 per day, doing a business of $10,- : 000 spinrlles. 624 looms, consume 5'5 bales of cotton weeUy, 000 per year. | produce 80.000 yards per week of 36, 40. 44 and 48-inch KniBAXL Brothers commenced the manufacture of calf, sheetings, shirtings and silesias. 72x80 and 88x100. They sheep and lamb Roll Skins, at 423 Ebn Street, in 1866. employ 500 persons, run 2 Boyden turbine wheels, with a They occupy a shop 100 x 30 feet. 2 stories, finish from 150 capacity of 500-horse power, the fall being 20 feet, to 200 dozen of sheep and lamb skins per week, and about B. H. Piper, occupies second floor, 50 x 30 feet, on Me- 6000 calf skins per year. The annual production amount- chanic's Row, for the manufacture of spokes and ban- KHMBjfVLL BROTHERS ^l \ \ I I \t II i; I UN til CALF, SHEEP AND LAMB ROLL SKINS, RUSSET LININGS, &C., >i \ X II I :>i'ri :i :. x. ii. in 1HG<). Il« rin|>lpr»>o« xm* : IM bmimolivM luul biwn mado up In Jannanr IM. l.-« dailr, (ln<' )>iiil \ • •no ml.trv Cnr llio IliAiliirarilllv iif < MiiL. S. n. Warrrn. pm|>riH..r. i- ■ r^.r ..|- Hn-k -Pir mail, l.-tiM;- Co.. ncrupr • brwwcnr 100 1 47. H«» aioriM. .1.. ( ,u ll«li. ..-..l..- \«.lM.A ,..«,!. ...r 11.. tl'l,. . K. Ii.iri. t.r.-il V. >r. i>-..: if.v l....r ..in. ^m,.\.- S.V. |{t> ll*MI>*n\ A ('••., runintrtirril llic mnnurarlufT' of ™r,rmrn'. .^a-. ;>• Tt Mancli>^l<nii|iiop !<«• pair* "f hJkkhi prr wwV |i..»rr; lall. 17 I.-. • .Mil. an.i (;.ni.Hr VARNEY AND COREY F>npliiv* two pel r— LATdi m:i:iilf: M VVCFACTl'REUS. M;ili(lii-lc|-, \. II rMi MjrpM*' 100 Stations in the State of New Hampshire. S. C. FORSAITH & CO MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Newspaper Folding Maeliines; .A^T^T^ XiXTNDJS OF Wood-Working Machines, SlAFTIia, MILL §MEI¥a, ie. Shop, East of Freight Depot, Manchester, N. H. B. H. Chase, occupies oue room for the manuracture of belts, on Mechanics row, commencing here iu 1859 ; em- ploys one man and does a business of $20,000 yearly. J. A. V. Smith, occupies one floor 40 x 80, on Mechan- ics row, for the manufacture of fliers, commencing here in 1855. He employs 15 persons, and produces 8,000 fliers annually, and does a business of $30,000. W. F. RoBY, Mechanics row, occupies two floors 50 x 30 for the manufacture of brushes, commencing here in 1866. He employs fourteen persons and does a business of §12,000. A. P. Olzendam, occupies a brick mill on Mechanics row 100x34, 3 stories for the manufacture of hosiery, com- mencing here in 1865. He employs 55 persons ; consumes 3,000 pounds of wool per week ; uses 75 knitting machines, runs three sets of woolen machinery. Produces 14,400 pair per weeks. Barry & Brother, 69 Federal street, Bos- ton, Mass., agents. John Brugger occupies a mill on Mechanics' row, for the manufacture of woolen stockings. Employs 60 males and 59 females, and runs 6 sets of machinery. A large number are employed in the surrounding country. Bisco AND Denny occupy one room in Mechanics' row, for the manufacture of cotton and woolen machine card clothing : commencing here in 1857. Employ one person, run 21 machines, and produce 64 square feet per day. The Asioskeag Axe Co., Canal street, was incorporated 1853. Capital 8100,000. Moody Currier, President and Treasurer ; H. C. Re}Tiolds, Agent. They occupy a main building 50x60, 3 stones, with L 160x50, 1 story; also, an office and storehouse. They employ 50 persons, consume half a ton of iron and 300 poimds of steel daily ; 4500 tons of coal yearly ; manufacturing edge tools, — producing 500 per day. A 90-horse power Letfel turbine wheel supplies the power. Fall, 20 feet ; amount of business done. $125,000. John Cleworth commenced the manufacture of reeds I for manufacturers' use, in 1844. He occupies 2 floors 50 x ■ 30 each ; employs 4 persons ; produces 300 reeds per week, and does a business amounting to $15,000 yearly. The long I experience which he has had (over 30 years,) makes his ser- vices valuable, and his reputation for first class work is well known as reliable. j William W. Hubbard, commenced the manufacture I of stair rails in 1861. He employs five persons and is lo- cated on Mechanics row. ! A. W. Sanborn, occupies a brick building 100 x 35 with j L 60 X 30 ; three stories above basement on Elm, coi'ner of Bridge streets, for the manufacture of carriages, commenc- ing here in 1850. He employs 35 persons, produces 250 car- 1 riages yearly, and does a business amounting to $60,000. Thomas R. Hubbard, occupies two floors 150 x 35, for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, and boxes, com- mencing here iu 1853. He employs 35 persons and does a business amounting to $60,00t^aunually. Located on Me- 1 chanics row. I S. C. Forsaith, coramepccd the manufacture of circular I saw mills, patent newspaper folding machines, shafting, wood working machinery, &c., in 1860 ; removing to his new brick building in the fall of 1868. S. C. Forsaith & Co., succeeding in Feb. 1869. The building is 114 x 40, three stories, with engine and boiler-house attached, 30 x 34, one story. They occupy 1 J floors, leasing the others to difierent ■ parties. Employ 30 persons : use five tons of castings per : month and do a business of $35,000 yearly. A 80 horse- I power G. W. Davis & Go's, engine, supplies the power and for other shops in the immediate vicinity. This manufac- II \ /.. Hmltcn}/ anti MtiHiifiii-furm' Slittialifal (ntsellrr, JOHN (I.I;\V()|;TII, :s\\ Loo)i iM:i:ns, \«lu.- ..I l..t..|.. «•.»'., .-..j *!«• i>t4Lin iH ^1:1 \so\ viM.\<.i:. •n Wir: Uh aai E:li Ectk:. >iTL„ Tiir. ('oiiMnuM Ma*i r*cTt WHO Co. «m ii4' ;„ (Men H"t-rt H WiMidm. K--1 -^ IV-«..^ C MECHANICS MILLS, ! Maiiclirstcr. .\. II. inrr . .Ill U « . 1, t.r penoM flpom iIm Mra wkib Ml«ri< r.. c»ninK>nr<>, 54 miles from Boston, and 1 1 from Nashua ; a station and town on the Wil- ton Branch from Nashua. This town lies on both sides of the Souhegan river. The soil is black and deep, caused by the overflow of the river. In 1868 there were in this town 610 ratable polls: valuation $1,438,220; there were 306 horses and mules, valued at $28,796 ; 987 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $52,326 ; 123 sheep, valued at $476 ; value of lands, $648, 343. 2. II ^^i"jr, aud 6 |-,v ' — '^--^ town, on the I'mi way Railroad. The viHajr Salmon Falls river washe> tli town, a distance of 13 mi river crosses from the southern part of Wakefield and unites near the centre of the eastern boundary. In 1868 there were 388 ratable polls. Valuation, $511,028. The proportion on a $1000 State tax was $3.43. There were 188 horses aud mules, valued at $12,386 ; 897 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $30,245 ; 786 sheep, valued at $1748. Value of lands, $276,478. .'0 miles from Brock's Cros- uni I'liion Village; a station and niisiiiiiuth. (rreat Falls and Con- -Mihiiii has 2 churches. The vlidli' Eastern boundary of the , and a branch of the same \SHUA, 46 mUes north from Worces- ter, 41 • west from Boston, 35 from Concord, 17 from Manchester. A city of 15,000 inhabitants, containing 11 churches, 3 hotels, 3 national and 2 savings banks, and two weekly newspapers, situated at the junction of the Na>liua ami Merrimac rivers, and the terminus of the Worcestn-. Low,. 11. Wilton and Concord Railroads. The Na>liiia lia- a lull of about 65 feet in two miles; the volume ot water at (lie dryest season of the year is 180 cu- bic feet per second. Among other buildings erected in 1868 was the Methodist Episcopal Church, on Main street ; a fine gothic structure, built of brick, and designed by I. B. Samuels of Boston, the cost being over $50,000. Dedicated July 22, 1868 ; Rev. Geo. Bowler, pastor. The pulpit is made from wood brought from the foot of the Mount of Olives, imported and presented to the church by R. T. Smith, agent of American Fan Company of this city. This church is acknowledged to be the finest in the State. In 1868 there were in this city 2,401 ratable polls ; the valuation was $6,381,092 ; there were 633 horses and mules, valued at $59, 936 ; 707 cows, oxen, and neat cattle, valued at $35,276 ; 585 sheep, valued at $5,300 ; value of land, $201,588. II \ I I. n i It \ i: ii \ w II i \ \ i: \ MACHINISTS' TOOLS ...I l...r I'ull.nr \l.,l>.n. . >ll kllfl. ..t M. STEAM HAMMERS. STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES. EAST MOLLIS STREET, NASHUA, N. H. lliMM ll>>iT. niaiitilii r .'I •..ttoii Liiiiiii^'. iiiiittni»w«. niilnHirr«. •! Tntii A, i |B.«rr. 11 I.KWi* Kmiitll. muniirarturrr of lmlairacalrmxc basement, wood. Employ 75 persons. Com-iihh- .jIM) lialcs of cotton yearly, producing 72,000 yards of 3'J and tfi incli tine shirtings, and printings G4 xG4. Tiie power is supplied by three Blake Turbine wlieeis running 5,000 spindles and 100 looms. The fall here is 30 feet, located on Salmon brook, a branch of the Nashua, taking its rise in West Killiugly by running through Boylston, Lan- caster, &c. TnK Nashua Iron Co., was incorporated in 1847 ; capital $125,000; John A. Burnhani, president; M. A. Ilerrick, secretary, treasurer and agent ; office, 82 Milk street, Bos- ton. The main building used for forging is 258 x 85, one story ; one 180 x 85, one story, forging ; a smith shop 225 X 40, one story ; rolling mill and machine shop, 150 x 43, two stories ; rolling mill 100 x 60, one story ; all wood, be- sides other smaller buildings attached. They employ 100 ])crsons ; run five Watt's hammers and one Nassmitli ham- mer, 5J tons ; five steam engines, three Tufft's, one Warner & Wnitney, and one built by the Company, with an aggre- gate power of 410 horse. They produce six tons of all kinds of forgings for locomotives, marine engines and rail- road work, daily. This company cons\imes from 3,500 to G,000 tons coal; 2,000 to 4,000 tons iron; 700 to 1,000 tons steel ; &c., &c., per year, doing a business of about $400,000 per annum. S. K. WcUman, superintendent. TiiK Nashua Glazhd Papeii Company was incorporated in 18t)C ; capital $-10,000 ; Murray, Pierce & Co., proprietors. The building is located on Pearson avenue, and is 100 x 35, four stories, wood. They employ 40 persons, using two col- oring, two cutting, two calendering, one trimming, two card cutting and 13 polishing machines, consuming one ton of paper daily, manufacturing, besides glazed paper, card board, etc. The business was established by D. Sargent & Co. in 18G5. . They use a forty horse-power engine and do a busi- ness of $125,000 yearly. A. M. Saunders commenced the manufacture of machin- ery in 1867. He employs ten persons, making special ma- chinery consisting of Ladd's card grinder, Saunders' patent sizing distributor, Flinn's patent rod and wire cutters, Wright's patent cloth-stamping machine, lathes, machinery clocks, and a variety of other cotton machinery, fixtures, etc. Nashua Suspender Company, C. P. Danforth proprietor, occupies one floor of a building 70 \ 40, ccimmcncing here in 1«6G. Employs 20 persons. M. A. & K. F. Worcester conlnl«^nl•l•(l ilu- manuliicture of dry hop yeast in 1857. They occupy two luiildings 40x- 80, two stories, and 38 x 60, three stories, respectively. Em- ploy 20 persons, produce 150 gross dailv and do a business of $100,000 annually. C. U. & E. J. Copp occupy one floor in a building 20x40 for the manufacture of pocket books, commencing in 1866. Employ 15 persons. Nashua Iron Foundry, C. Williams pn>])rictor. Temple street. Information refused. The Nashi:a Lock Cojipany was incorporated 1860 ; cai)ilal, $60,000. A. C. Barstow, of Providence, R. I., President; C. B. Hill, Treasurer and Agent ; F. O. Mun- roe, Superintendent. The business was established in 1832. The niamifacliiring building is 100x70, three stories, wood ; iidu louiidiy. 136x60; brass foundry, 50x30, besides small builclinjis allaclied. The works cover an area of 10 acres. Employ 15(J ]>ersons, use 2 tons of iron castings daily, man- ufacturing locks and knobs, doing a business of $200,000 annually. A G5-horse power Corliss engine, Fairbanks' make, supplies the power. Salesrooms — 13'J Federal street, Boston; 77 John street. New York; 41 South Charles street, Baltimore. J. D. Ottekson commenced the manufacture of small castings in 1858. The main building is 230.\40, used for moulding, with wing, 30x40 ; one, 110x40, also used for moulding, brick, all one story. Located between Quincy and MaM.i, Ml., 1-. ,„ar N. & W. Railroad depot. He employs f.n ihi>.,ii.. |iioduces 2 tons of castings daily, doing a busincs.-- nl .s7.',,()00 yearly. A 10-horse power engine supplies the power. Office, 4 Nutt's Block. Nashua Skirt Company, Smith & Richardson, Proprie- tors, Pearson avenue near the post office, occujjy one floor of a building 106x35, for the manut'ai-luie (jf hoopskirts, com- mencing here in 1865. Employ 40 persons, produce 30 dozen daily and do a business of $75,000 yearly. The American Fan Company was incorpoiated 1867 ; R. S. Smith, Agent. They occupy one floor of a building 106x35, for the manufacture of cUith fans. Employ 75 persons, produce 4,000 fans daily wluii in uperation, doing a business of $20,000 yearly. Geo. W. Uavis & Co. occupy a building 153x52, with ell, 42x48, one story, with engine and boiler room attached, 75x40, located on Mason st. on the line of the N. & W. Rail- road, for the manufacture of slcain eiiL'ines, shafting and machines for boring steam engine e\ limiei--. The business was established by George A. Kullin-> i^ Cm. in 1853, the present firm siicceeding in '6.'i. I'hey y 40 persons, use 2 tons of castings daily ami do a business ol' $100,000 yearly. Fletcher & AVebster occupy two and a half floors in a building 100x35, for the manufacture of black walnut furni- ture, bird cages, toys, &c., commencing in 1862, as succes- sors to Flelclicr, Farwell & Co,, who established the business in 1857. Employ 10 persons and do a business of $40,000 yearly. FuANCESKiwN Soapstone Co., was incorporated, 1S65. Caj-ital, $3()(),()00. Doctor F. H. Kelley, of Worcester, Mass., president ; C. A. Gillis, secretary and treasurer ; Da- vid (jillis, agent and superintendent; O. II. Birby, clerk. The establishment is situated on Bridge street, near the Con- cord depot and comprises a building 260 x 65 ; another 200 X 65, all one story, wood. They employ 70 men, manu- facturing soap-stone goods of all kinds, including coal stoves and grates, wash tubs and sinks, wash bowls, table tops, fac- tory rolls, &c. The many useful and ornamental articles into which this stone can be made is sui-prising. The quar- ry is located at Francestown, N. H., 24 miles northwest of this city, to be reached from Parker Station 9 miles distant. This quarry is said to be inexhaustible, and they claim it to be the best in the world. The many useful articles into which it can be made, is made more apparent daily. The latest thing being a flat, also a butter kneader, which are be- ing introduced by another company who have not progressed far enough yet for us to report them, having just organized. The Francestown Soapstone Co., have agents at 14 Mar- shal street, Boston, 602 Broadway, N. Y., and at Albany, N. Y., and also at Piiiladelphia, Penn. Eagle Card Co., Gage, Morrill & Co., proprietors. Wa- ter street. Commenced business here in 1868, succeeding \ / lildwK, .iwl \ftn,if'i,r,irrrsSt,iriyt,.-,ilt;,u->-tt' IkMton, \ "1 I : \^ ^1 \ IKK I:T, .'>: mile, from IV ihrrnigb ihU (own iaio Durtuun. !.• . !>• X. K. buuixUiy. THe (Oil u • . »rr rrifirneil wilh RMwIl •«»*•• illr • part of ¥,xmimr mm! K*T<>9i 4c Atui, iiuinufanurrni of Imbbin*. •pn<>U, aii'l ,.>iil... f..r ....1..M «n.t «...t.-„ M.ilt. .....,..,..„... I l.n.l...... i:, ).•«.< tim, it, «n'•'«'<,: M„| I |,„|rl. (Ik,:,/.- r,r. I.rr.- t..r ( -.nr-.r.!. }'■ \«fOi» : t pham. lurkrr A ( .... Il.««»n. ,„j inienncliaU rtaiioo.. Tilt N*«in A Mii.i.*. UkthwI ill thi« ciir, arc a* lar^ if ^^__^_ tot Unrrr ihan llir alxxr company. Th«y wrre applird l<> • * infonnali..n. bul .Wlincl pving anr rtatUtir. whalcrrr. A "% f'.M T<>'%, 41 milM from Ronton. 40 — 11 r.,: •-— "■ '•;. •'• \li:\V ni Kll %?l. .?4 mil(>i« from I)o- n.«.|. Tb» xll ■--^'•' /■ "'■ V- '•'■""■•■■ '"";■* n.rrr •rr i«.. ■ I . \ 1 ORTII ilr« to the lol IH>s< \\^ I >. \1o"« rii <'ii%iii.i>iT<»w\. i-»:j 106 Stations in the State of New Hampshire. OBTH €OI\XORI>, 5 miles from icord, 77 from Boston. A country station in city limits, on tlie Boston, Concord and Littleton ^^ORTHFIEI^D, 13 miles from Con- ^Irl cord, and 85 from Boston ; a country station and 0^;;^ town, in Merrimac County, on the Boston, Concord and Littleton Eailroad. The soil of this town is in some parts good ; the best lies on the two ridges extending through the town. Chestnut pond lies in the east part of the town, and its waters flow into the Winnepisiogee three miles from its junction with the Pemigewassett. Sondogardy pond ilows into the Merrimac. Near Webster's Falls the Winnepisio- gee flows into the Pemigewasset, and the united streams form the Merrimac, on which are found the numerous man- ufacturing establishments that have contributed in a great measure to making New England what it is. Settled in 1760. In 1868 there were in this town 221 ratable polls. The valuation was 8-107,776. The proportion on a Si, 000 State tax was S2.73. There were 141 horses and mules, valued at $6,251 ; 733 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $33,858; 511 sheep, valued at $1,520. Value of lands, $389,750. CVIYORTH HAHPTOIV, 49 miles from 'Iji Boston and 7 from Portsmouth. A country station C^;^' and town on the Eastern Railroad. In 1868, there were in this town 214 ratable polls. Valuation, $399,191. There were 176 horses and mules, 487 cows and oxen and 366 sheep. Value of lands, $266,060. C?0ORTH HAVERH11.I., 89 mUes J1,T^ from Concord, KJl from Boston, 204^ from Provi- \^;_J dence. A station on the Boston, Concord and Lit- tleton Railroad. Contains one church. A small village in the town of Haverhill. C50ORTHriIBERI^A]^I>, a station 'Irl and town on the Grand Trunk Railroad, 130 miles Q^y North from Concord. Groveton, located at Northumberland station, on the Grand Trunk Eailroad, 122J miles from Portland, has 300 inhabitants, one Metho- dist church, and one hotel. Principal business is Lumber. In the whole town there are nine schools. 160 voters. 3 J miles from this village is Northumberland, a village of 100 inhabitants. Here we strike the Connecticut ri\er, the soil along the river is very productive, perfectly free from stone and gravel, and originally covered with a growth of butter- nut. The town was incorporated in 1779. Settled in 1767. In 1868, there were in this town 228 ratable polls. Valua- tion of real estate was $276,785. The proportion on $1,000 State tax was $1.86. There were 188 horses and mules, valued at $12,023 ; 676 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $17,756 ; 1289 sheep, valued at $2,023. Value of lands, $145,527. Smith, Hinds & Co. occupy one floor of a three-story wooden building, 40x100 feet, for the manufacture of spring beds. Commenced business in 1867. Employ 2 hands, turn out 30 beds. Consume 200 lbs. of spring wire and 1,000 feet of lumber per week. Do a business amounting to $5,000 per annum. Mitchell and Winslow occupy a two-story wooden building, 120x40 feet. Beam house, 56x36 feet, two stories. Leaching house, 30x50 feet, for the tanning of sole leather. Commenced bu.siness in May, 1864. Employ 8 hands. Run one Blake water wheel, 3^ft. and have 6ne copper heater for leaching, 14 feet long, 10 feet in diameter. Consume 600 cords of bark and tan 4,000 ox hides, and do business amounting to $75,000 per year. Major Lord occupies a two-story wooden building, 50x 30 feet, for the manufacture of lumber. Commenced busi- ness 1867. Employs 8 hands. The saws are driven by 2 water wheels, four feet each. Turns out 1,500,000 feet of lumber per year. C. & C. P. Richardson occupy a two-story wooden build- ing, 40x100 feet. Store-house, 30x40 feet, dry-house, 20x 20 feet, for the manufacture of lumber. Commenced business in 1864. Employ 20 hands. Run 3 American Turbine water wheels. Turn out 1,200,000 feet of lumber per year. Robert Chace & Co. established business at this place in 1864, for the manufacture of straw board, and during the season, potato starch. Their power is Connecticut river. They also have a saw and grist mill on the Vermont side, taking their water from the same dam. They occupy about 14,000 feet of flooring in several diflerent buildings, exclu- sive of saw and grist mill buildings. Employ from 12 to 15 men, and produce 2 tons of straw board, and li tons of starch daily. ORTH EISBON, 108 miles from Concord, 180 miles from Boston, 223i miles from Providence ; a flag station, in the to^^•n of Lisbon, on the Boston, Concord and Littleton Railroad. m ORTH STKATFORR, a tillage 200 inhabitants, in the town of Stratford; on the rand Trunk Railroad. A. S. & E. Perkins occupy a 2 story wooden building, 90x 48 feet ; dry house, 25x30 feet ; located near North Stratford station, for the manufacture of lumber, clapboards, shingles, and laths. Commenced business in 1865 ; employ 30 hands. Machinery is driven by 2 Blake wheels, 6 feet each, and 1 Chase wheel, 3J feet diameter. Turn out 5,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. w 3^ ORTH AVEARE, 19 miles from Manchester, a country station at the terminus of thi Manchester and North Weare Railroad, in the towi ot Weare. The Xowti of Weare was incorporated in 1764, and contains the Northwestern branch of the Piscataquog, which enters the western boundary from Deering. The town, though rather broken, is not mountainous. It received its name in honor of Meshech Weare, chief justice of the prov- ince of New Hampshire. In 1868, there were 540 ratable polls in this town. Valuation, $866,394 ; 344 horses and mules, valued at $20,855 ; 1,579 cows, oxen and neat cat- tle, valued at $58,221 ; 4,859 sheep, valued at $9,944. Val- ue of lands, $424,106. Rockland Mantjfacturing Co., Charles Kelley, Agent. The Cotton and Woolen Factory Co., commenced the manu- facturing of cotton at this place in 1814, and was continued by that corporation until 1845. At that time the business was purchased by Alanson Crane, of Lowell, who operated the mill a little more than one year. The present firm, Rockland Mfg. Co., was established in 1856, having purchased the property in February of that year. There are now in ope- ration 2,126 spindles and 40 looms, besides other machinery for the manufacture of cotton flannels. The mill consumes \ / Uiilu.i'/ .in.i M inof'i.fui.i : sr.it, r,..,l ( ,.,:.n. nl iIk' III |M(i; tMti •tin , osfq uhI Deal r ilumi al «^^ir.l). V, \10I{T4>\ >IIIJIM) ^\ . l- ....I l.,l ,„.l... !>,.«. •|'..ril«i..|, •! N..r. P lalHiti. Iiii-iiri 0|M>Y|4>| Til. The city of Port*. aS, <; nulls frnm Dovrr. i^' ...i , ..111 All. .11 IU%. a .i«!i..n III llir town ..I '"luati.iii ..I . tl,. I>..,;r A W i.iu,,.i.i..;.'.-,- lUilroo.l. »«l"««"'» "I i n-al an(i<«a luiv* -rr htin.1rr»1 V p l.\4 i:*S 1^ niil(>ii from l)nvrr nml 1 (^ lu Alloo iUv. A atalioa on ilia I)u«pr aixl Win- RaiirvMMi. \.\ >IOI I'll, .->1 mili>« frnm ('onrord. 108 IStatiotix in the . State of New llampsliirc. cnlrancc on the K. of New Ch«11c, m <-ull.=.l l..ttlc Harbor, wli.Tc llic wiit.ir in HI.0.1I and the bottom Haii.ly. About one ,„il.. l„.|„w tlic town \W. Iiavi^'alioIl in rcn.Jcrc-d Hoinewlial .lill'wult by the ra,.i.lity ..f tbo .-urrent, the main body of the river belMK loreed HmowkIi a .Imnnel only about forty-five roiln wide. , , , 1 c Tlie Navy Yard in Hilnidcd on Continental Inland, one of llic HaleMt and uiohI. convenient on tlie coaHt. The proximity oi' I'ortHn.onth to the o.-ean, ilH neatneHB, quietmk and beauty, render it an a!,'reeal>ie rcHidenee and a faHh.onable TiiK Kkai<«ai(<;k Mii.i.«, ineorporal..! 1840, capital Sr,()(),()0<). Are loea1e.l on Hanover Hlre.-I, «i,d o.--upy lh. lollowinn building', vi/.., a nix-ntory briek null, ^O-Jx^O teet wilh two L'h lOOxIJI) lent eaeh and three htorieH. A waHle houHe, ^:>^i< (eel, IJ-HtorieH, wood. Cloth room, 4.0x30 feel, U-»lorieH, wood. A inaehme nhop, Hi.x.i.> leet, two HtorieH? wood ; alno a bri.'k ..otton houne, h:.x4.. leel and two BlorieM. Thin eomimnv are nianula.-lureiH of |)laiii Hheetin;,'H HhirlinL'H and natin jeaiiH, alno yarnn lor rollon l>'>H>e>-y- '1-hey have about 41)0 employeen, and turn oul about (,;,,000 yardH of riolh per week, alno 1H,000 llm. ol yarn. Die e„l.a.ilv of Ihe mill in 444 looiuM and 27,000 npindleH. 1 heir iiiacliiiMrv i« ibix«ii by an en;:iiie of ;iOO-li(.r»e power, budt l!v lb.. VuvW^^ Sleuin KM-ine Com|mny, of I'rovidenee, K.I., wilh K line lubuhir Imiler.H. with '.» of MiHer'n patent Heet.ouH lor L'eueraliu;.' M.ani allu.'hc.l. Tl.i.s eompany do bimmeHH amounliri" liraboul g400,000 per annum. Wm. H. Tliomp- Hon in treaHurer of the eompany, who«e olliee in at No. 10 rcinbeiton Scpuin!, UoMton, Ma»H. 'I'. .I..NKH &■ Co. oeeiipy a two-Hloiy brick buil.liiij.'. willi ba.Mcmeul, •2lOx4H feet, also a two-ntory wood.ii buildm;:. 70x00 Ici-I, with a win;,' 75x20 feet, oulbuildm^'M, itc, locat.-d ill liie rear of 71 l;,liu-lon Mreet, for the nmnufaclure of ale and mall Commenced biiHiiK^HM in IK-OO. Have 2.) .mplovecM, .•oUHUmiu- about 00.000 bunhelH of malt and pO toiiM of hop- and lurnin;.' onl aiinuallv .'lO.OOO barrels ol ale. Their ma.'hincrv i» driven by an iipri-hl et.irine of LO-horne iiiK machinen, and Ib driven by an engine of six horHe- power, built by the Exeter Machine Co. of Exeter, N. H. 'J'liOMA.s S. NowELi. occupies a 3 story wooden building, r.OxOO feet, located conicr of State and Pleasant streets, for the manufacture of ladies' and gents' fine miichine-scwed boots and shoes. He employs 125 hands, tvirns out about 100,000 pairs per year, and do a business to the amounl 01 about $175,000. The business was conimcnced in \Hod. A V &. C. Davis occupy a three story brick building, 30 x50 feet, located corner of State and Washington streets, for the manufacture of ladies' and gents' slippers; employ 2o hands, turn out about 30,000 pairs per year, and ed business in 1851; have 25 emidoyees and do business to the amounl of »25,000 per annum. Their niachiiKMy is drixen by an engine of twelve liorse-i)OWt^r, built by (Vilbert McCaimon of rorlsmonth, N. 11-. with i)^- upright tubular boiler, twenty liorse-i)OWer, built by Camp- bell, Whittier & Co. of Koslon, M RoCKINCillAM Mil. IS. I &c. Employ 9 hands, and do business to the amounl of $13,000 per annum. Commenced business in 186(1. .Iamfh C. Steei.k, manufacturer of extension tables, oc- cupies one floor of a 3 story wooden building 30x45 feet, lo.'atc.l on (;reen street, where he employs .S hands, turns out 500 tables per year, an feet, located No. I'J How street. N. 1>. M11.LEU & C:o. oc.upy the lower story of a 2 story brick building, 25x00 feet, locatud No. 10 Bow street for the manufacture of brass castings, spikc*^, nails, rudder bra- ces, and ship trimmings. Commenced business in Sept., 1807. John DoNAVAN (.(•.■i.pi.s a stone yard. will, buildings, sheds ollices &c covering an area of about (.,000 i-qnare f.et, lo,.ate.l on (ireeii street, for the manufacture of monu- ments, curbing, and all kinds of granite work. Gives em- ployment to 20 hands, uses ab<,nl 1,100 tons of granite per year, and does a business of $12,000 p.r annum. Com- menced business in 1807. C. J. Fkefetiieu & Co., manufacturers of tin an.l she.'l iron ware, commenced business in 1800. \''«y °<'''''1'>' " f story woo.lcn building, 20x30 feet, located at No. 32 1 enlial- RocKiNCiiiAM Mii.i.s. incorporated June 20lh, 180.!. Capital $100,000. Charles L. Daltou, president ; Henry K. Dallou, treasurer; manufacture brai.ls, tapes and clastic fabrics. CumilLKY ct WiiAUKV. m.uM.fa.'lurers ..f Critchlcy's patent extension to.ds. Conimen.-ed business m 18(,K lliey ',c<-ni.v two stories of a three story brick buil.lmg. located No. lOJ Bow street, and give employment to eight hands. Their machinery consists of planers, lathes, drills and inill- While Kiver Junction and 31 from Concord. A C|7" .Mtalinn in the town of Audover, on the Northern Railroad of New llunipshiie. 'II^RATT l*OI%I>, '-'() miles tVoin Ciroton 4j Jiinclion and 55 from Boston. A country station on (T^' the I'elerboro' and Shirley Railroad. II \ / /,,-,, Sl.it>^t>..il l,.i:.tt.. CRITCHLEYS PATENT EXPANDING TOO. iM*i inU W I V M I N<.. I>|{ M.I.I N<.. ItUK IN<.. i \ I' I' I N ( . . >nv .ir- Cr^m KnU in^ •«««:>»«: .,-..«.« M \ NKUII. Ini IIKMNI.. ( MlfK !>lt!T.I.. waiilnl. I „i •' tl\llil\IAA X: \\II\MAA. \S>vlsnuun\». \ /|\l l>€'l, -M nulri* from t onrord. T.'!* '' V i •...■••r iiihabitanl*. 'Hir |ir<>|>lr %n rngaK««i -I . •...! ...,.r,a ■! .8' •'•S4 (iMvp. tallied al t\J»ot. lu lunilMTitis. h^ W YIO'^D, •.':{ niilf- from 2l M - ...... . Portiimouth, ; mil* of War "T M toiicori. A irtalioii m ih* tnw C > t"i»corJ aail CUrroKml Railruaa !i) OMII>Ti:H. i^ in ^tmffnr. X\ 1 u ValiMor •% fr.-m 1) • S(>5.9»7. ua:.J !i. I.tr. 1 1 ■J •bocp. Value raJllr , c oflaoa*. 11 > %\ nOMIS. 15 milea from Mnnrl. . • ■•. -Ai-.n. on ihr Manrlirilrr 4t N' \\ . •/«• lt«iln<«^^«, no Stations in the State of New Hampshire gress, Hon. James Farrington, Member of Congress, Hon. Jacob H. Ela, present Member of Congress, Hon. John P. Hale, late Minister to Spain, Jonathan Cushing, formerly president of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia ; Professor Thomas C. Upham, for 33 years a professor in Bowdoin College, Hon. N. G. Upham, formerly Judge of the court of Common Pleas, of New Hampshire. Hon. C. W. Woodman, formerly Judge of Common Pleas and Hou. Theodore C. Woodman, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Maine. One of the most enterprising firms in the State is that of E. G. & E. Wallace, manufacturers of .shoes. They occupy a three-stor_v brick building, 36x160 feet, where they employ 300 hands in making shoes. They turn out about 300.000 pairs per year, worth about $275,000. They also use about 250 shoe boxes per week, which they manufacture them- selves on the premises. They have a large tannery and currying establishment for the manufacture of upper leather mostly for their o«ti use. In tliis branch of their business they employ 40 hands and turn out about 20,000 sides of leather per year, worth about $100,000. A large portion of their work is done by machinery, which is run by one engine of 50 horse power, with two tubular boilers of 50 horse power each, built by Chubbuck & Sons, of Boston, Mass. This business was established about fifteen years ago. N. T. KiMBAiL, occupies a three-story wooden buUding, 30x50 feet, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Em- ploys about 70 hands, turns out 80,000 pairs per year, and does business to the amount of $100,000 per annum. Tliese goods are all manufectured for Loring & Searl, No. 78 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Business was established in 1859. S. J. & R. B. Wentvtorth, occupy a three-story wooden building, 30x50 feet, where they employ 20 hands in the manufacture of shoes, of which they turn out about 500,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of $70,000. Coimnenced business in 1868. NoRWAT Plains Co. Established 18-46. No. mills, 3. Each 100 X 50 feet. Capital, $250,000. J. D. Sturtevant, Agent ; Francis Cabot, Treasurer, Boston. Tlie number of hands employed is 375. They manufacture blankets, flan- nels, tweeds, repellants, &c., and turn out 615,000 pounds per annum. Their mills are driven by one breast and three turbine wheels, with the aid of an engine of 45 horse power. They run 125 looms and 25 sets of cards. Office at Nos. 1 and 2 Milk Street, Bo-ston, Mass. ^'^ OI^T^i:VSFORI>, 71 miles from Boston, 40 miles from Portland, and 114J from Providence, a small village and town on the Boston & Maine Railroad. In 1868 there were in this town 322 ratable polls. Valuation of real estate, $928,254. The proportion on a $1,000 State tax was $6.23. There were 108 horses and mules, valued at $7,237 ; 384 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $13,370 ; 169 sheep, valued at $174. Value of lands, $315,96 flJ]WI%EY, o9 miles from Concord, 131 from Boston, and 174^ from Providence, R. I., on the Boston, Concord & Littleton Railroad. This small village romantically situated among the mountains, contains 3 churches. Farming and lumbering engage the attention of the people. The town of Rumney is watered by a branch of Baker's river which flows fi-om Stinson's pond, and is called Stinson's brook. Tlie pond is 400 rods lonnr and 280 wide. Settled in 1765. In 1868, there were 316 ratable polls in this town. Valuation $396,144; the proportion on State tax of $1,000 was $2.66. There were 199 horses and mules, valued at $11,362 ; 734 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $18,306 ; 2,270 sheep, valued at $4,306. Value of lands, $187,818. W^ A¥.1<"!"T¥- 7 miles from Lawrence, and 19 'J^; from Manchester, a station and town on the Man- Cy^ Chester and Lawrence Railroad. The town was in- corporated 1750. The soil is generally fertile and the sur- face uneven. The Spiggot river passes through the town from North to Soutli, receiving in its course numerous branches, and waters the different portions of the town. In 1868 there were in tliis town 465 ratable polls. The valua- tion was $583,821. There were 265 horses and mides, val- ued at $11,712 ; 669 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $20,376 ; 177 sheep, valued at $488. Value of lands, $367,618. P. C. Hall commenced business in 1857 for the manufac- ture of women's, misses' and children's pegged boots and shoes. He occupies a 4 story building, 80x40 feet ; employs 100 hands, and does a business of $150,000 per annum. g. Al.lBO:V FA^L!*4, 7-2 miles from J^S) Boston, 39 miles from Portland, 115i miles from Cy Providence, R. I., is a village of 1,100 inhabitants, situated in the town of Rollinsford, on the Boston and Maine Railroad. The Great Falls and Conway Railroad also passes through this place. It contains two churches, one Congregational and one Catholic. The number of pub- lic schools is three, and the number attending school is 175, also contains one Bank and one Savings Bank. The Somerswokth Machine Co. Incorporated in 1848, capital $50,000. occupy a foundry located about half a mile from the railioml -taiioii. and manufacture stoves and hollow ware, sinks. . a-iiiiLr>. itc. They have 45 employees, and turn out friiui two tu three tons of casting per day. An overshot water wheel of six horse power drive their machin- ery, the fall being twenty feet. M. C. Burleigh is agent, and O. H. Lord, treasurer of this Company, office at Great Falls, N. H. The Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. was established in the year 1822. Their buildings comprise two mills, and one large store house for cotton and goods. They employ six hundred hands. Their water power is derived from the Salmon Falls river, on which they have two faUs ; the upper one being 18 feet and the lower one 23 feet in height. The goods they are manufacturing at present consists of sheetings, jeans, drilling?;, and cotton flannels. They run thirty thou- sand >|iiii(llcs. which keep employed 816 looms. During the year .ikIIiii: Nov. 28, 1868, they used in the mauufacture of goods LM77..">ri pounds of cotton. The cost of manufac- turing the same into goods during the above period amount- ed to $691,783.99. The selling agents are Messrs. Law- rence & Co., No. 17 Milk street, Boston. ^AI%IlOR>T0.1f IIRTBOE, 18 ^jy miles from Concord, 90 miles from Boston. A vil- Cy^ lage in the town of Sanbornton, on the Boston, Con- cord and Littleton Railroad. The village has three churches, one Bank and a very flourishing Seminary, which receives the patronage of the majority of the citizens of New Hamp- shire. Settled in 1765 and 1766, by John Sanborn and others. The town of Sanbornton in 1868, had 590 ratable polls, valuation, $908,359 and the proportion on the N / I,' iiliiiii/ mill yf.iiiiif'i 'tu.ll (i.urll. ■ 1 ■» r. ZZ f> y t ' in SPOOL AND BOBBIN MACHINERY til H 01 dVHl WV3iS INBlVd s.yiQia 112 Stations in the State of New Hamj^shire. State tax of a $1,000 was S6.09. There were 418 horses valued at $22,539 ; 1819 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $45,168; 3891 sheep, valued at $7,753. Value of lands, $529,068. ^EABROOK, 42 miles from Boston, T^; and 14 from Portsmouth, a country station and town O'"^ on tlie Eastern Railroad, in Rockiugham County. Settled in 1638. It derives its name from tlie number of rivers and brooks meandering through it. The inhabitants are engaged in agricultural pursuits and the fisheries. In 1868 there were in this town 374 ratable polls, valuation $363,717. There were 100 horses and mules, 388 cows and oxen, and 82 sheep. Value of lands, $148,632. ^HEI^BUKIVE FAI^I^S, a country Ty station situated in the town of Shelburne, on the (Z/ Grand Trunk. The Androscoggin passes through the centre of this town into which ftiU the waters of Rattle river and some smaller streams. The soil on the banks of the rivers is very good, producing an abundance of grain and grass. As we rise from the rivers the soil is unfit for cuhivation. Settled in 1769. Incorporated in 1820. In 1868 there were in this to^vn 69 ratable polls. Valuation of real estate, $127,041. The proportion on a $1,000 state tax is 85 cents. There were 66 horses and mules, valued at $5,020 ; 324 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $11,374; 585 sheep valued at $1,260. Value of lands, $84,312. There is one hotel, one church, 318 inhabitants, 23,040 acres of land, and 90 children attending school. Tax $5 on $1,000. ^O. €IIAaiLESTOWi\, four miles 'JS/ fro'" Bellows Falls and 114 from Boston. A post C/^ village in the town of Charlestown, situated on the Connecticut river, and on the Connecticut River Railroad has one church. ^OrTII l>A]\Br K Y, 34 miles from ^^ / While River .Junction and 35 from Concord. A sta- ll in the town of Danbury, on the Northern New e Railroad. ^S/ Bellows Falls, 40 from Fitchburg, 90 from Boston C/^ 25 from South Vernon and 2 from Keene. The vil- lage is situated in a valley, back from the depot on the Cheshire Railroad, and hidden from view by hills, covered with timber, and contains about 200 inhabitants. Chairs are made here to quite a considerable extent. (See also Keene.) ^OrXII .IIERRI.IIAC, 5 miles ^y from Nashua and 45 from Boston. A station in the Cy town of Merrimac, on the Wilton Branch from Nashua. The town of Merrimac is watered on its Eastern border by the Merrimac river. Souhegan river enters this town from Amherst, pursues a winding course to the Merri- mac, where it discharges itself one mile above Thornton's Ferry. The soil in various places is very fertile, but a con- siderable portion of the land is plain. The town was settled in 17;)3, incorporated, 1746. In 1868. there were 278 ratable polls. Valuation, $628,730. There were 162 horses and mules, valued at $9052 ; 692 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $23,476 ; 338 sheep, valued at $552. Value of lands, $307,305. g^OFTH JS) Brock': ]mETO:V, 18 mUes from -. - Crossing and 8 miles from Union village. A C/ country station in the town of Milton, on the Ports- mouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad. ^OUTH ]\EW]?I ARRET, 54 miles ^JS) *'''oi" Boston, 104 from Portland ; a village and town Cy"^ on the Boston & Maine Railroad. The town covers an area of about 10 square miles, and contains a population of 1,100. It was incorporated in 1849. There are two churches located here, 1 Congregational and 1 Methodist. There are 4 public schools, with an average attendance of 280. The number of voters is 238. Valuation in 1868, $358,664. There were 78 horses and mules, valued at $5,932 ; 213 cows, oxen and neat cattle, valued at $8,624 ; 205 sheep, valued at $429. Valuation of lands, $222,104. The surface of the town is hilly, and the manufacturing is that of machinery. .John F. C. Rider occupies a 2 story wooden building, 60 x34 feet, used as a machine shop, with a blacksmith's shop attached, 40x25 feet, located about half a mile from the railroad station, and fnanufactures stationary and portable steam engines, castings, wrought iron steam and gas pipe, and general machinery. He commenced business in 1864, and has 32 employees. The machinery consisting of engine lathes, planers, drills, and a variety of other tools used in the business, is driven by an engine of his own make, 15 horse power, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, 18 horse power, built by the Swamscot Machine Co., of this town. The average amount of business per annum is $45,000. (See page 111.) Swamscot Machine Company, Amos Paul, Agent. This company was established in 1846, for the manufacture of wrought iron pipes, brass and iron fittings, steam engines, boilers, machinery and castings. ' They employ 200 hands, doing a business of from $300,000 to $400,000 per annum. Their machinery is furnished with power from a 40-horse engine, oi their own make. ^PRII¥GFlEr.I>, 10 miles from Bel- q^) lows Falls and 124 from Boston; a station on the Cy^ Connecticut River Railroad, opposite the town of Springfield, Vt., in the town of Charlestown. The village of Springfield contains 4 churches, 1 national and 1 saviugs bank, and is located in the town of Springfield, Vt., on the Black River, two miles across and beyond the Connecticut River from the station. The land in Springfield is generally rich with a deep soil suitable for grass or tillage. 1^. TARK, a A-illage of about 60 inhabitants, ^^S/ in a town by the same name, situated on the Grand (_/^ Trunk. It contains one Methodist church. The town was formerly named Piercy, but about 1835 it was changed to Stark as a compliment to the memory of Gen. Stark. It contains about 30,000 acres of broken uneven land. Settled in 1730, chartered in 1774, incorporated in 1795. In 1868 there were 40 ratable polls in this town ; valuation of real estate $57,713 ; the proportion on a $1,000 for a State tax was 39 cents. Amount of taxable prop- \ / i:iJ;,./.n,l Mtnut'iru:-,^ s:,.,f,,r,..,lt:.,.:rr.., Jk Co., inanuUrluro all kiiHia of It waivr wbroU, lurii* ^ntr. i'B{ \l'll \ II. ', tii!l<". fff.ni f'ort»mo»i!h. ^'I'lri; IJ'^Im >\ inilrH from Kitrli- ,mr.., ^ ! wr^ »ii.l 71 In. Ill it-Mlcici, a •miiou oil llw line ihal •rJx..! I., i- •• '• > i .litiiki* Ma«wirliuviu ami Ni'm llaiii|i*hirr. | _— 1^ I' « \ T I'll 15 ■>, a countn- •tation on the ^ ^''' "" •"'' " '*"•'•'' w \>si:v i ho ftii%-em<>r gm^e liiiii hi» nioi- nii'IIOII> I ON *. I I KIM lll>\ \ llcA m 1*515, lu IhCH llo^r* were 171 f/AU ill t)»i» Umu. VsiiunlKju, iMAJtHS. T\tt^n ', -it \tiiT**)*. »iA tuuU»., snXtvA M |^.'/42 ; 437 ct/w*. '/i'r;. AiA ft*at 'SrtlJ*. vaiufA at %'i\.'>¥) ; 'ZM )!)>*ep, valufe'3 at $755- VaJ«M! <>f larM*, $175,714. l"J<«^e trere 270 borM^ and inok^. valued at $1*1,106 : l,2i>2 <»»-*, <««Tj and rjfcat caule, valued at $50>!ll : €.547 !>)<««{>, valued at $15,7-% : value of lauds, $43*li>75. ol \IO\ BR] UyWK '/! nuMi'/rilV/U, UukU/u Kailroad. IMVK, 22 infle« frorr. r;. JV/-''/,-.. a «oi£iil village in tL". the li'/«t/yij, O.rtiirwrd luta 7lj|\I0.1l' VII>f>AC;K, 2G milrrH from lU: V/wit ijf WakefieW. 'fli* vilb^e l*a» a y/fnil.- htM/ut 4t>(), t^/iiia'iip; DM: dwlri/rt ^rrh'^^l and tw^ < ; '111* mn\ 'if the «//w« i* jjeruf^allj g'.«<^i, J>/-. '>. pWid in the Jvyulh (>art '/f the town i» al^'/tn 7'/'> r'.^;> \trttic and 275 wietween WuktiiU-.Ui and KiTmiiiiMn, luA h Ait*) r' k^njf and 4^>0 wide. I'^ne river j»'/iid i« ll**if»ee lake. The prin'ripal hmintlt }<;8, tliere were in thi* torti'^ '« a I $1 ,'Xj'i Stat* tax, $3,'>7. 'Iliere were 178 If/rn^ and niule« ' valueD & IlAXKAFOBt*, fUjtuffn^ifj-A \iitmuem in 18C1<, for the nuunti'n/^ttirH '/f leailier. They fK-AM\>y two \iuM.iu<^». '.V) *70 fe4jn\Ai» a n«w wtmUin mill jiurt tHAruA at thJK pUxe, 1 10x24 feet, for th« loauulaeture of finaufih au'l hiariketK. He run* two »et* of car'l* that r«n>!urne from 250 to 3fX.» Jhi!. )!t//<;k per day. Tlie fj'ywer i* Hu\i\i\ttA hy water, with 10 f<;et hea'l. Sellinjr ajfeut*. Yelland. Ar<^ & C<.<.. .New Vork. T^y .%RRI^', 71 mfle« from Concoro. j4.i v, iV/^'toK. ar;d 1W§ from Providence ; a coun- >'«'•"?• a'd •owT.' '/r; •)e TViwrd 4c Liule- '.' ■ 'atered bribe ,- it* t^/oroe on F'ypokttion in ,- , . ..../i. ,1--^ ^.j.'. ,.-,..- .. .' ,' . i'i.'j. Valuation, *zt/5.iz;5. Proporti'>n 'yn $i ,'J«>00, 21 mfles from Con- ■'-. a ^;a'i'/-. ijj the town of Warner, on tlj« ' -•.'•'..•'] a.'. 'J Clarem'ynt Bailrr/ad. KIft^», yy rniles from Concord, 10-5 frof/j IWkXou. 148 1-2 from Pr'Mdtaitx. m> the I'f/fn/jfu Oitic/iri and Littleton RaHt'isA. a coun- try siaiiofi on Lake Winnipi«seogee. Pa.**engeris for the White 31<; Connecticut and Paw!umf/*ic Eiver* KhUtdsA a!,«t//n. Concord and Littleton f»nnect here. A village containing fme church, l<:, 00 miles from i-itchburg, (jljl 4 Innii IMhiwH FhIIh aiA 110 from lV/*t/^n. A ^-''^^ village and town on the Chesihire HmItoiA. Tlje t',v.i, i». beautifully diverfiified by hilU and vabfl*. 'Il«e Hoil i>, v<;ry fertile. Cold river \rti.finen tin-ough the North {»art and fornix a junction with the ConiKi^rticut. 'Hie village f/f Walfjole JH nitnnuA at the fwn of Fall Mountain on a plain. In 1808, there were in thij! town 441 ratable pfyll*. Valua- tion, $1,207,858, ^7|) i:.\TWORTH, fJT miles from Con- |J(II o.-'i. 13'J fron. P^-^i-ton, 182 J from Provi.lence, ^-^ a "/untr)- stati'/n and town, r;'yntaining 1 church ; on the lUntU/u. C''' .%.\I>0\'|-:R, ;37 miles from lini Winie lii'.'-.i ./ijij.-iion and 32 from Conwyrd, a ^^^'^^ station in the town of Andover, on the Northern MixWro'dA of New Harnf>?ihire. Population, 100. "^TllKST €AXA.4\, 14 mUes from iJIJI \SJiite Kiver Junction, and 55 from Concryrd ; a ^"'^^^ hUtion in the u»wn of Canaan, on the Northern Railr'/ad of New Hampshire. M \ / /.• / Ml ^t.lttttftl (i.l.-rffr rr aimI Lawrvii-- IU>li' nl Tl/ll'^T <0'%€'Oltl>, a mile* froii. 7, 7,1 I l.f^OlJN, fJlll I . . ! ).- limit* ..r III- rily, c... iJXJl 1 •« lr..m M.... ^'^'' ■' ' . i.-.i^-,.l ^'^'-^ dicMrr-uJU- Tl Til ' l'T4>^*, ■'»■'> niilm from »«>•«' n(^i( \4 « A »>u.ii . iiuy. .1 itw^ • O^I'Oltll, a mileii froii '■ )<■■ limiii IUilr.N..| H K A l> I ,.( iwilM lUnnrli, 'MablohiiMiii, for il^rninf wool, in blu> 7i 7t\ ■•^''' ■•■•I'l ><■. «»'<"«« •-''» '"'I'- from (\{j{ > tr...n M«l>.l.«-.lrr. A ■l.r li>»0 >>i K|i|illl/, <•! 7l7il ■•'^'" lli:>^IKi:il. "^ n.il.M from ^ ^ * il.« t"onio.«wok Hirer IU>lruap. talumi m T' " t" \ nliir of UimU, , «i:io,07)i. N. II' l>anirU, IkMion. irrmjiurrr and afi^l. I .•.. a«Mil. K. (i. W 7l Til >**T ^^ll'^^'. A rountrv Mation in (|(M \\{\[ ' M !. . ..i.i.'..,|,.n It... 'jiranitTniiik ^ ^ ' 11 ...,i. . l>iilattoa r>f lono. no* hmak. oo* *iMt AiMl ttUC* «llU 7l/ll ***■*••>« r, " milrn fr in lh» towB nf Swanwr. •iliMlMt na ool'^'v*^- fV.'mili « fioiu r'oii 116 Stations in thetState of New Hampshire. ^^\^til%G ROAl>, Ui) miles from Con- ^jvgt OODVII^I^E, 93 miles from Con- cord, 11)2 from Boston, 235J from Providence. lljjlJl' ^'"'^'^' ^'''^ *™'" Boston, 208J from Providence, Tlie Concord & Littleton Road was built to this >L>>i:^»' ^^^ ^^^ Boston, Concord and Littleton Railroad, point and trains commenced running in May, 1869. The contains one church. Passengers for Littleton change cars road is to be buiU through and connect with the Grand ; here. The Amonoosuck empties into the Connecticut at this Trunk. place. IRON N. C. STILES, AND BRASS FOUNDER GO CO ^ tJ ^^^„JkO m MI»»LETOWi\, €Ol\i\E(;TIClT, Formerly of West MERroEN. \ i:irM()\T ^ I. II I IK4;ll, JH milci. from St. Alban*, "" ^^ l: . .-. I'..;.,-. ,v.1 ■^•*t\rrr.,r, IV,.tnr : '^^^ IU.Ii.«.l. 1 Ulr I I,..., < anaila lilir. tu;>uiUg ;btu ttu. ^a^vl. ^ rni Riijii spiiiic-s, n miicn VI.irto:^, n -\ s, VII.,.,,.. .'-lU fr..i.i IU..I..I.. A •Uiiuii on XI •liii"i>..i.. J" N I '^ ^ < >,.,lr„.l..,r,. «n.r M All.an. lUilnMid. Tlir "^^ v- I t ' V >/' M ■Iniiil Ino niilf** fnilii llir •(•lii>n, iilxl i> i|uilv • iiiinicr rrmrt. ^ l{|J |{|J'^<«Trr. mWtrh tvm in Gl<>«rr aft.! Ijtkv. Ilvrv Mr M«rr«I |«'«>l« l.» » l..rli .\ lUIUm* FalU. Vl. 4) \lt'\irr, oO^ milp* frc.m Whitr l^^ \) ..,! r^.... IM ><..••'* t'.i I.. « t»U«4IH^«<« ■•! AlM'«il §i^> in th/- .^fTtf r,f 36 4RTO^SVII.I.E, Ef.IvOWS F* MX. 2-20 mfles from .,. > i • !20 from Bin^ikg- V. iuecticoi rirer. in ,•. A. viij. >ew York : aadauarrlaad Mafks of i:«er- bj Their i^eutsj . abom c«e: nOe alwre tbe ^efwe. /^ai the cBasm&etariB* ic^ vridEiz - Xordi Be»ai^S«a ia 1^1. re- , - V . — ^»b,riHiBg ;i5 ^»[^ be. in 1^>7. arm aov emptor ■ f^-sr K^^I>OTO\. aod ine oceaa. l«i: mill iiuri. I. On thjfc bonier o: Hooje. tbe galla^i ."^lo;.- Yeomen." eelebjased for -' Vf-^ '-: - T T^. , r-z-'jir/D ^ Co. eommeaeei iMisineas ia 1><^. •^ of siuTU and Aizwen. His tatUffrj u -nrexL. bemg a 2 story bufliiia^. Sfyx^ft). ■ kniuii^ madniMS. ein{ilaTii^ ^ baad*. . '-'i-a voodi pa* daj. ama^ abom 3-50 pMrnds .vytire pow'er is iiamklted frofo a l-S horse .. Tbeir dry house k 20x40, 2 : ,,^ -,v= _ _^r; : ;^i :•- 2 ^>rie& and'stordioase iOs^ 1 J i .«. W.ti,i>x»jtic Honest MasirrACiinaxe Co„ JUwi, Xasl>- ,izn aa dc Weau firoprietors. lias 6na toaaaetieeA btnnets. at >. ,ni«rn ihe fiwi of Main street, in 1*58, for Ibe maaa&aare o( la- imponaai dies and ^oAd isnAet •annents. "Tbeir maim building, 164 \ I l: nl,r,>u .rwl \l,lt<„t',„tuTrr^ Sf„f,^f,.,il li.i:.tl' »ka*l* <4 itit\ tu l»» tm»«> It* « ti^t( luA^iiibcf) : lutu i.ui I Ilia sod «•- i(4M>iii ut .<. nuu-liiniat'a anil iiia<-|iiiul.|tAIil*. > . ..„ Iho ».-.r-, ...1. ..• 'A ■ f»mr» ihrwujcti th* Io«d. >Tn Ho«toTi nnt\ 4'' *^)ll llll <»|{l>, "ill mil.-^ from Whitr i. A.. Ml... V>R%I^TIH I :i( lowa Mi4 M vaiOT^ by Ik* 4 > It \ > IIO^. ' rnilr* frnm IV-!lnw« KalU 11 ^^KtH>fc.%%iixr ^ ^ I K- I I ^ . . 1 1 1 ^ 122 Stations in the State of Yermont. C. P, WOODS Sb CO. millp:rs and dp:alers ix FLOUR, GRAIK AND FEED WOODS' BEST XXXX QUEEN CITY XXX LAKE CITY XXX BURLINGTON XX COLCHESTER XX LAMOILLE X AVINOOSKI X frightful chasms and then winding among the beautiful mea- dows, and the distant and lofty mountains which form the great outline, render the view from the dome of the Univer- sity, one of the most variegated and interesting to be met with in our country. B. G. NiCHOLLS, commenced business in 1867, for the manufacture of board planers, shafting, water wheels, &c. The business was established about 1860, by J. P. Flanders, who occupies a room on the first floor in the Pioneer shop. Mr. Nicholls has just completed a two-story brick build- ing, 150x50, situated in the rear of the old shop. Employs 23 hands and doing mostly at present job work. Brisks & Co., manufacturers of all kinds of castings. Emiiloy teu hands, using about seven tons of iron for a wrikly production. This foundry is a one-story building, (lOxCti, situated in rear of Pioneer shop. The business was established in 1860, by W. B. Brinks. The present firm has been in existence since 1867. The Pioxeeh Shop was one of the first establishments built in Burlington, and to-day contains most of her manu- facturers. It covers, with the necessary yard room, six acres of ground, and is now owned by B. 8. Nicholls, who occupies a floor for the manufacture of machinery, &c. The building is situated on Lake street, under the hill, and has a front of about 400 feet. The motive power is furnished by a 180-horse power engine, made by the Corliss steam Engine Co., of Providence, furnished with steam from five two-flue boilers, also made by Corliss. Geokge D. Wright commenced business in 1865, for the manufacture of map and curtain rolls, slats, &c. Mr. Wright occupies a two-story building in rear of Pioneer shop, 30x40, emplojnng five hands, running three Stretcher lathes, one sticker, one sander, two rumblers, one saw split- ting and one cutting off saw, turning out 6,000 set rolls and slats per month. Chase & Smith commenced the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, in 1867, occupying a room on the first floor of the Pioneer shop, 50 x 100. The business was established in 1839, by E. W. Chase. They employ 30 hands, and nm 3 stickers, 2 power, mor- ticing machines, 1 foot morticing machine, 4 circular siiws and tables, 1 cutting-off" saw and table, 1 swing saw, 1 turn- ing lathe, 1 jig saw, 1 Daniel's planer, 1 surfacing planer, 1 slat planing machine, 1 boring machine, 3 wiring machines, 1 mitering machine, 1 groover, 1 tenoning, 1 shaping, and 2 blind slat tenoning machines. Wing & Smith commenced business in Pioneer shop in 1853, for the manufacture of lasts, boot and shoe trees and crimps. Tliey occupy 4 rooms on first floor, employing 15 hands, turning out 1,200 lasts and from 12 to 15 set of boot and shoe trees per day. Motive power furnished with the rooms. C. L. Nelson's establishment for the manufacture of wood- seat chairs, tables, bedsteads, &c., is situated on the Winoo- ski river, a few rods above the cotton mill. Mr. N. com- menced business in 1840, and now occupies a three-storj' wooden building, 60 x 40 feet, employing 15 hands, and turn- ing out about 1 ,000 chairs and 1 20 bedsteads per week, be- sides tables, .stands and other stock. His motive power is furnished from a 3J feet turbine wheel, imder 16 feet fall — 64-horse power. G. P. Woods & Co. commenced business on the left side of the Winooski river, opposite Winooski village, in 18G5, for the manufacture of flour and feed, and dealers in grain. Their flouring mill is 65 x 50 feet, eight stories, containing six runs of burrs, with capacity for turning out 600 barrels flour every 24 hours. Attached to this building on the north, is a wing 28 x 30 feet, three stories. The custom mill, where all the grain is ground for farmers and others, is a four story building, 75 x 40 feet. This mill contains four run of burrs. They employ 30 hands and grind about 300,000 bushels grain per year. They derive their motive power from eight Leffel wheels 26 J inches, under 21 J feet fall, and six Tyler wheels — 4 wheels of 30 inches, and two 36 inches — under 15 feet head; combined horse power about 450. The Burlington Cotton Mill, situated opposite the vil- lage of Winooski, was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of $100,000. L. R. Hopkins president ; J. Earl, treasurer, and H. W. Barrett, agent. This company manufacture 56 x 60 print cloths. One of the first owners of this mill, and the first man who run the machinery was J. D. Allen, who established the business in 1844 ; commencing the manufacture of cotton cloth, run- ning only 500 spindles. Since that time the business has increased, and now the Burlington Cotton Co. are running 5,500 spindles, 125 looms, turning ont 24,675 yards cloth per week. They employ 100 hands, and use about 650 lbs. cotton per day. From an 80-horse power turbine wheel they derive their motive power. E. C. LooMis & Son, commenced business in 1869, for the manufacture of leather. In 1790, Mr. Horace Loomis establislied the business, starting the first tannery in, or about Burlington, and con- tinued until 1S32, when he was succeeded by his son, E. C. Loomis. The buildings erected by his father, stood until 1868, when Mr. Loomis had them torn down and erected a fine three story frame building, 60 x 54 feet. Januarv 1, II \ / !r,.l„.nj „„.{ M.i,„t. j:m /l^ %\ i:>l»l>i||, 'ii milm from IVIInw't ••■!•(■• wiM. ■crsiTE raoarr »rT«»Ti«ii. i-K.N |-.|.;« i.|f«»|>. l«I'Mt,l^«JT«»«f. v«. n- 1. U l",!ll Ml.v!. ,l,.J \ :•» I..!. !«.. .(..r... ,11, .1 ,l„ .11 :.o|. iw.i ■lorir*. Ollit'o tiuililiiilt. 3(1 k :)U foi'l. onr /i»i;^THi: uiTi..%\i>, (;,i nni.^ II t,..m iiurlininoo. •nd 1^ In.m UuiUixi . • •* . ^ ^ tl..- KutUiud & iiuriincioii IUitn«.l. /|^ II \KrO'l^l-:, 114 mile* from Rurlini;- • li,^^ rinplov IJO hamU, luniiii^oiilirtHn KM) u> l.'Mt.iiii. ;- r «r.-k. luiii's rmin 5,(>U0,0(HI l» 4,(MM).lMM) iWl of |iiiiilM>r t,.»nr.U i. ■ 1 .»• . ■. .■ . 1 ■ -. .■ /j^IfrsTI'K, ' ;- '•-•■"• — '•■— - — • •^■-•■ ;; '■•"• '■•• '■'•■' -•• •■'" ■•' '..«m luM • pnfwUlinu »r tMf,. Il matmku. /I* %STI.i:T€>li, lOj mile* from Uuflnml. \^' t- .,„ \1,... ,^ «.,.| ^^S f„.n. \-« Y..ri A »llUr'. liMant trun tbr UmUauJ A. i;ur>.u«t»u lU..fv«ii. mUmri. («M« CHASE Jt smith/ ~ SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, .m of «biu lV««l.C« and M \t1 VimU n( St-t,'. ;. ..I Sti »«»»... I » n;.' •....Mil l.»4 rtM»rrr Mmik ... - |ir^|i.w.r. m iu.iM.ritN, \ 1 ti «-. i«vi»t:it. AH«MrmT A^o uK^iatAi. oixM^ni. 12i Stations in the State of Vermont. tlirough the town north and south, viz. : one half mile from the railroad station. Gassetts is four miles from the main villages in a nortluvcsterly direction. There are three post offices in the town. viz. : C'licster, North Chester, and Gassetts. South Chester Is situated on the west branch of the Williams river, and North Chester is on tlie east briinch. These two villages are only one mile apart, and in a short time will be joined, as Depot Village is the connecting link between the two. There are four churches in the town, viz. : The Epis- copal, Congregational, Baptist, and Universalist, The Epis- copalians will erect a new church edifice this year. The other denominations have elegant and spacious houses for worship. The three former are in South Chester, the latter in North Chester. There are 5 hotels in the town. Two, the Ingraham House and the E.agle Hotel, are located in South Chester. The former is one of the finest hotel struc- tures in the United States, and has a national reputation. The Chester House and Central House are both new houses, and are centrally located in Depot Village. The Union House, situated in North Chester, is one of the oldest hotels in the State, and was formerly kept by those prince of land- lords. Col. E. Ingraham and P. H. Eobbins, Esq. The town has fifteen mercantile establishments, all of which do a large business, as Chester is the commercial centre of 25 towns. Chester contains one of the oldest and most flourishing literary institutions in New England, having been established in 1814. The Masonic fraternity, the Inependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Order of Good Templars, each have flourishing lodges. The land is in a high state of cultivation, and returns large incomes to the producer. The inhabitants are noted for their wealth, refined intelligence and generous hospitality. The town has become a famous resort for par- ties who are desirous of escaping.' the dust, lioat and turmoil of metropolitan life, its broad iiiid slindrd sin-.i^. its ].lca>:nit I drives, romantic walks, its wild and |Mclnic,-(|iU'. and it> nrat comfortable farm-houses, render it one of the most deliglitliil retreats in New England for summer tourists. Large par- ties from the cilies of Washington, New York, Boston, Provi- dence and other places, visit here every summer. Mineral springs, of rare medicinal properties, have been discovered. A granite ledge of a quality equal to the celebrated Quincy granite has recently been brought to light by Professor Hagar, State Geologist, and is now being successfullj' worked. There are four large carriage and sleigh manufactories, a large boot manufactory which employs a number of men through the year, a large chair shop and a large cabinet and toy shop. Chester is growing in wealth and population, and for the man of business, the invalid, or the searcher after a quiet home, among refined and enlightened people, remarkable for their thrift and enterprise, Chester presents inducements rarely equalled in a New England town. Chester Boot Co. This company occupy a four-story and basement building, 34x50 feet, situated half a mile from the depot. They employ from 25 to 40 hands, manufacturing thick gents and calf boots, doing a business of about $50,000 per year. The following establishments located in Springfield can be reached from Chester station. GiLMAN & TowNSEND, machinists and manufacturers of improved last machines. Business commenced in 1861. The}' occupy a building, 38x64 feet. Employ six hands, doing a business of about $8,000 per year. The motive power is furnished from a Tyler wheel of 12-horse power. Prize Chukn Co. manufacture churns and dairy thermo- meters. Manufactured last year 2,000 churns and 500 gross thermometers. This year the business has been doubled. Business done for 1868, amounted to $16,000. A Tyler wheel of twenty-five horsepower, under 16 feet fall, runs the machinery. Bali, & Thompson occupy a two-story wooden building, 100x40 feet, for the manufatcure of scythe snaths, of which they make some 10 different varieties, giving employment to forty men. They claim that their snaths stand at the head for quality and style of finish, and in the various mar- kets in this country, are regarded as the standard. James Mitchell & Co. The manufacturing of plows, cultivators, &c., was established by this firm in 1846. They occupy four buildings, attached, making a front of 206 feet, as follows: Scythe shop, two stories, 36x10 ; plow cultiva- tor, harrows, &c., shop, three stories, 54x40 ; foundry, 90x40, sixteen feet high ; storehouse, two stories, 26x31. The machinery in the first and second buildings is driven by a turbine wheel, under six feet fall. Employ 18 men, doing a business of about $50,000. Holmes, Whitman & Co., established in 1852, the man- ufacture of fancy cassimeres. Employ 44 hands, occupying a three-story building, 80x46, producing about 110,000 yards yearly. The motive power is furnished from a Tyler wheel, under a 22 feet fall. /jfl^AKK:\I>0]^, 72J miles from Burling- ^[j tun and HI trom liellows Falls, a station and town on n, the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, and Rutland & Bennington Railroad. There are several small settlements in the town hardly large enough to be called villages, called Clarendon Springs, Clarendon, North Clarendon, East Cla- rendon, and Chippenhook. There are two churches, ten school houses, one hotel, and a population of 1 ,400. /JTOIX^HKSTEK, 12 miles from Bur- ^jj lingtoi] and 2« from St. Albans ; a village of about ^\, 50 inhabitants, situated on the Vermont Central. A Flag station in the town of Colchester. The town is pleas- antly situated at the head of a bay on the east side of Lake Champlain. The town is well watered by Winooski river and some smaller streams. First settled by Gen. Ira Allen, in 1774. /ft Oy KilfTR Y, 100 miles from White Eiv- ^JU er -Junction and 39 J from St. Johnsbury, and 47'north- ^~\ east from Montpelier, a station and town on the Con- necticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. A good township of land, watered by Barton's and Black rivers, which empty into Lake Memphremagog. Settled in 1800. Contains one Cong, church ; one hotel ; 215 polls ; 17,252 acres of land, valued at $276,855. Population, 1,000. Rate of taxation, 40 cents. Simon Wheeler commenced the tanning of hides in 1868. He occupies a building 40 x 50 feet, containing 27 vats. He employs three hands and manufactures about 4,000 sides leather per year, mostly slaughtered hides. His machinery is driven by water from the Black river, on which he has a fall of eight feet. /ftlJTTIIVGSVIf^I^E, 77 miles from ^Jl^ Burlington, 42 from Bellows' Falls ; a flag station on ^1, the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, in the town of Shrewsbury. This is a mountainous township, having Shrewsbury Peak within its limits, a summit of 4,034 feet above the level of the sea. Mill and Cold rivers and Pearl's and Ashley's ponds water the town and fall into Otter creek. 11. \ y U,i,l,r.i,, „„.l M.ni„t;,.tu,.T* St.lh,tu.ll a.u.r «i u.Hi in ihu ... // % 1 R F A X ( % \ l> U W» It 4 . 1 \ , It. tjiiilr an rxtrnf I II . , ,1, . r,,.,,, si VI, • . ! !■ ■ I (Sec Ml. Tulwir and Daiiii Tni nn\ ... (xH ? \ I It II \ ^ i:^. 1 '.} mi!."» from HutlnnH 'IISTii*Mni ll.i •ilxl liillv, lull Ik-hI n-l Ul \sr IM>KSI:T. .'•. milrs from Kut • .IIUlll Mil.. < liun'li, •iltin'' !: I llir liiwii ol I >' I > aiuairi tiii; »1 :ua.'l4U, ultult i> ti'iimt hrrr in abiiiiiluSAi '•rrinl nil f)uitci rxtciuitrlr. ii I w.v, II.. I.. I,, ii I I,,, I ...IV I !• .strain till X. Y. Ai - |«>iul iM-lwmt Kairtiatrti an«l I a.«lirliin. I %ST l»rT\KV, 1-.' milrs from Mi.it l-.r.." aixl |.l«'. lr..i„ H.irlii. ;•!..„. A \ilU-.- bIh.ui . IiaII inilr |r..ti> ll..- .Inli..i.. ..n ll..< V.-nix.i.I \ ..t lUilruatl, ruiitainin); alMiiii 17<'> iubabilanl». u 1 %ST SW.WTOl", n milri. from St. A ...«iriir\ .i..ti.in on Uip llniiirh ma.l llial St. J..hnii. 1 aiuula, lt> St. All.x : %vi \v.%m.im;foiiik ... yWU. 11 lr..,n |{„.l,....l ,.•>■■ • w i>k. 'n># xtil I* irrtwrmlly irnxi. Th* lown «a« •vlllr.l m s. . M I It i. 1: 1 \ \u o\i oiti». 1SS|:\ .11 'M 1 |0>. is „,il,., fr., r *l ItltlSllI Itl.li. IfWj milr* from 126 Stations in the State of Vermont. lington Railroad. The village contains two churches and about 200 inhabitants. The town possesses a good soil and excellent water power by Otter, Little Otter, and Lewis creeks. Settled in 1784. A fine agricultural town, the soil is fertile andjiroductive. /If;' ASSETTS, 132 mUes fn Ija from Bellows Falls, and 34 from B ^^-L^ ■ 4i,„ »„ „c m » .u_ r>...i om Boston, 18 Rutland ; a village in the town of Chester, on the Rutland and Burling- ton Railroad. The village is situated in a valley, and con- tains ten dwelling houses, a store, blacksmith's shop and de- pot building. /If; FOR GI A (AI¥I> FAI l|^ 10 miles from St. Albans, and 4(3 Point ; a village and town, on the Vei ilRFAX,) Rouse's rmont Central. The village is situated 3 miles from the station, and contains 2 churches and about 200 inhabitants. The town of Georgia was settled in 1784. The soil is various, but generally fer- tile. The village is pleasantly located, and commands some very pretty lake and mountain scenery, and wealthy farmers have made it very remunerative. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground, 3 miles from the lake and 12 miles from Canada line. Large amount of butter, cheese and hay are annually sold here. Thomas Greenbank, Graysville, established business in 1852. He occupies a building 85x50 feet, 6 stories in height, with an L 112x32 feet, 4 stories. Employs 85 hands, run 50 looms made by Davis & Furber, N. Andover, Mass. ; 20 spinning jacks ; 7 sets cards, and other machinery in pro- portion. Consumes 25,000 pounds raw material, and man- ufactures white and colored flannel, of which he produces about 810,000 yards per annum. The motive power to drive his machinery is furnished by a water wheel 3 J feet in diam- eter, of 100 horse power, made by John Tyler, West Leba- non, N. H. He also has a boiler for heating the mill, and for dyeing purposes, &c. ^^ARTI^AIVD, 174 miles from Rouse's C^f Point, and 9^ from White river junction. A village K::;^ and town on the Connecticut River Railroad. This is a rich farming town, pleasantly diversified by hills and val- ley.s, situated on the west bank of the Connecticut river. C. C. Warren & Co., tanners and curriers, established in 1855. They occupy a building 150 x 40 feet, employ 15 hands, and manufacture wax leather. A 20-ho'rse power en- gine is used to drive the machinery. ^1\EAI.1>SVII.I.E, 33 miles from Bel- C^^t lows Falls, 147 from Boston, ID from Rutland, and \^^' 8G from Burlington. A small village on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, in the town of Mount HoUey. ^plYDEVILI.E, U miles from Kutland, rj^ and 81 J from Albany. A village on the Rensselaer (^^/' and Saratoga Railroad, containing about 500 inhabi- tants and one church. West Castleton R. R. axd Slate Co. This company was established in 1852, for the manufacture of marbleized slate mantels, billiard beds, table tops, &c. &c. Their buildings comprise three factories, one of stone 265 X 54 feet, the other two of wood 200 x 60 and 60 x 30 feet, Blacksmiths' shop, 50 x 20 feet ; store house, 70 x 24 feet, and 46 dwelling houses for the help, situated in West Castleton, nearly four miles from this (HydeviUe) depot, on the Castleton river, on which they have a power equal to 175-horse, for driving machinery. Employ 175 hands, and produce about 2.000 mantels, l",000 billiard beds, &c. &e., yearly. JGH«ATE SPRIilfOS, 13 1 St. Albans : a village on the road St. Johns to St Albans. miles JO:¥ESYII^I^E, 237 miles from Boston, 37 from St. Albans, and 13 from Es.sex Junction. The village contains about 100 inhabitants, and is located on the Vermont Central Railroad. flII>1^0W, 27 mUes from Bellows' Falls, 247 from New York, and 141 from Boston ; a village and town on the Rutland & Burlington Railroad. Black and Williams rivers give this town a good water power. The town was settled in 1784. It is mountainous, but contains good land for grazing. The village is pleasantly situated, and the centre of much trade with the surrounding country. The town contains 3 churches, 13 school houses, and one hotel. Population about 1,600. Amount of real estate $445,681 ; personal property, $172,969. Ludlow Machine Works, W. A. Patrick, Proprietor. Business established in 1854, by J. & AV. A. Patrick. Oc- cupies a one story building, 40x40, for a machine shop, situ- ated on Black river ; and a two story building, 75x50 feet, for a forge and machine shop, and pattern roOm, situated on a branch of the Black river. Employs 6 hands ; manufac- tures wood working machinery for the manufacture of hand hay rakes. Also, lathes, for various kinds of wood turning, of which he makes a speciality ; and does general jobbing. Does a business of $10,000 per annum. The power to drive his machinery is supplied by water, with wheels under 12 and 9 feet fall respectively. OSTFOUBS, 15 miles from Rutland, C^M and 71 from Troy ; a flag station on the Rutland and Washington division of the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad. VYI>01f, 68 miles from White River .lunction, and 34 northeast from Montpelier, across ountry. A village and township on the Connect- icut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. Lyndon is one of the best townships in the State ; its surface is undulating, with a rich soil, free from stone, easy to cultivate, and very produc- tive of wool, cattle, pork, butter and cheese. It is watered Ijy the Passumpsic and some of its tributaries. Two impor- tant falls of that river are in this town ; one of 65 feet fall in the distance of 30 rods, the other 18 feet. The village is very pleasant, and the seat of considerable business ; the scenery is picturesque and interesting. Number of polls in the town in 1868, were 495. Rate of taxation, one per cent. Number of acres of land, six miles square, 23,040. Valuation of real estate, $841,668. Population of the town estimated at 2,300. There are three villages in the Lyndon, which contains two churches, (Cong one hotel and the National Bank of Lyndon. Meth.) II \ / li,„lu„^ .,„./ M.n „f',,, f-ir- ■ ' sf.tfi.f,, >tf a • ■■ :.■ ruolkin* two rburrhm, on* bcKcl a » ...nl«in» «ioe IwHcl. A « ilU^ nf •Ih.u; .-■r. K"'"«h. "rM almKlv iiumJwr. i.r.rh KXI faniltMM > l.un l.r. .ml i.ul.llr (.•.lUllllS. .rr it. r..,.trt.,,.UliuO. iU4 i>iHn>i riM>i, i^\ ni Jf L I ! iniMUi ; • r.iuiilrT .ut ^^ .1,. . 1—ump.iclCMr'r.lt. 1 1, .-.1.. ■ 1 *j lU-i. A u !:.'%>*, -.aj 1...... 1 |, J, n»rr jiiiiriinti. A o.uiiirr Mali<>u on ll iir«lii-ul aiiiiiii|Mit- Itt'irr* iUiilniail i\) ^^^ lll'.VrrH, :tU „nl. . h,,.„ Itnt . .4 1.,.......* M-uuli..:.. \X) IIM>l.l-:iirRV, sr, milrn from "ill - »;illv I'-'.' lr>.ni IU..I..11. i: Ir...i. It.ii ...M.wrf ,.ur,«-«. N.n. Ml. .,.,,....;! M.u...rr... Ti,.. r.,n.,..n. ■ .( .1.. J. Mt.,.,i..| «l....! !«.. .: 1 . 1,»1' I,,,!.. A,.M^ r*.f-.rr Msmmr C** . f, Mn« K«aMW WiiMl*..r lo Vpric«i» ■"'■•■'•■"■•-•••" ■•••}-..• 1 1 in bor**, runiwU* iha mo. 128 Stations in the State of Vermont. ^ICf IDI>I^ESEX, 222 mUes from Boston and 7G from Rouse'sPoint. A villajre and town on the Vermont Central Railroad. The Winooski river runs just South of the village and WiUers the town of Mid- dlesex. The soil along the streams is good, and that of the upland generally is adapted for grazing. It was settleil in 1781. The village contains about 300 inhabitants and two churches. II^TO]\, 21S miles from Boston and .56 from Rouse's Point. A village containing about 300 inhabitants, situated on the Vermont Central and on the Lamoille river. The soil of the town of Milton is generally good. POIVTPKBJI'^R, 218 mUcsfrom Bos- ton ;ui.l .'..S fn.Tu St. Albans, the capital of the .Slate, among the iiKjuutains, in a valley ou the Winooski river, and the North branch, the latter of which em|)lies into the former a short distance below the depot. Moiitpulier contains about 3.500 inhabitants, six churches and three National biink.s. Was settled in 178G and became the seat of government in 180.5 and the shire town of the county in 1811. The surface is very uneven and hilly. The soil is generally good. The village, though surrounded by hills, is of considerable elevation, and although it is too low to command an extensive prospect, is very pleasant and quite romantic in its appearance. East Montpelier was set off from the original town of Montpelier in 18.50. Kkitii, Peck & Co. This firm commenced the manufac- ture of leather in 1844, and are the successors of one of the oldest estal)lishmcnts in this country, it having com- menced in 17'JG, by E. Witherill, who continued until 1832, when Keith, Erench & Tlmrston .succeeded him. In 1837, there was another change in the firm, Mr. Erench retiring, and they then took in Messrs. Peck & Bro., under the name of Keith, Thurston & Peck, and in 1844, Mr. Thurston with- drew from the firm, and the firm took the name of Keith, Puck & Co, and continued until 1857, when W. N. Peck engaged in agricidtural pursuits, the firm continuing under the same name. Their works are situated on Main street, about one mile from the State house. They employ 8 hands and turn out 1,000 hides for harness leather, 1,000 boot and shoo leather, and from 400 to 800 .sheep skins per year. They use about .500 cords of bark per annum. Their motive power is furnished from a 15-hor,se power engine, built by Tuft's of Boston, furnished with steam from one of his flue boilers. Pi'X'K & Johnonnett's comrrienced business in 1863, for the manufacture of leather, on the Berlin side of the river, Employ 9 hands and turn out about 5,000 hides per year, using about 600 cords of hemlock bark. They derive their motive power from a 20-horse power engine, furnished with steam from a flue boiler, made by 'I'lilVs, of Boston. This firm have, in connection with their sMli'sriiom here, one in Burlington, Vt., above Central 11. MISC. D. Taft & Son commenced the manufacture of flour in 1868. The business was established 36 years ago, by J. R. Langdon, with a capacity of 3 barrels of flour per day of 24 hours. Their works are situated on both sides of the "Winoosk: river, part being in the town of Berlin. The flour mill is situated on the Berlin side, containing 5 run of burrs, with a capacity of 300 barrels of flour every 24 hours. They ploy 44 hands in both mills, the North mill for custom work, with two run of burrs. The flouring mill is driven by 5 turbine wheels ol 200- liorse power, and the custom mill by 1 turbine wheel of 80- horsc power. Their office and salesroom is situated on Main street, just above State. Laxe, PiTKiNS & Brock commenced business in 1865, for the manufacture of Lane's patent lever set circular saw mills, .Jonval turbine and Rose water wheels, &c. The business was established in 1863, by Dennis Lane. Their works are situated on Franklin street, north of Main street, and consists of foundry building, 28 x 40 feet, one sto- ry ; machine shop, 28x100 feet, ell 34 x 58, two stories; pattern house, 26x36 feet, 1^ stories. These buildings are built. of wood, and are situated on the left bank of the north branch of the Winooski river, whose waters furnish the mo- tive power, by two of Lane's improved turbine wheels, three feet each under nine feet head. They employ 30 hands, us- ing about 250 tons cast iron and 60 tons wrought iron and steel per annum. Manufacturing at present, about 80 cir- cular saw mills, (D. Lane's patent,) and 50 patent set works for circular mills per annum, besides building a considerable number of water wheels, and doing general machinists' job work. This firm have also a sash, blind and door manufactory, situated a few rods above on the same stream, where they employ ten hands, running two moulding machines, one ten- oning machine, one foot morticing machine, one boring machine, one blind staple machine, one jig saw, five circu- lar saws and tables, one patent borer, one turning lathe, one Daniel's and one Woodruff's planer. Motive power funiish- ed from a three ft. turbine wheel, nine feet head. . Their saw mill is also situated here, driven by a four ft. turbine wheel, nine feet head. They consume from six to eight millions feet of lumber per season. Smith, Whitcomb & Cook were established in 1814, and have been in successful operation ever since, the present firm succeeding in 1868, Jan. 14th. The buildings consist of foun- dry, brick building, 50 x 60 feet ; machine shop, 30 x 80 feet, two stories, also brick ; grist mill, 50 x 55 feet three stories, brick ; saw mill, 45 x 56 feet, two stories, wood, all substan- tially built with granite foundations and all nearly new. They manufacture mill machinery and all kinds of iron work, together with feed, flour, &c. They employ about 20 persons, doing a business amounting to $30,000 per year. Their works are located on Onion river, with a fall of ten feet. The above works are located five and a half miles from Montpelier, at Barre. A railroad is in course of agitation, designing to run from this place to Montpelier. M. Wright & Sons. The manufacture of wood working machinery was established in 1843, by M. Wright. They occupy a three .story building, 36 x 80 feet, situated on the north branch of the Winooski river, on which they have a fall of 17 feet. Employ 12 hands, making principally planing and match- ing machines. From a 60-horse water wheel they derive their motive power. OIVTPELIER JUI¥CTIOIV, 217 miles from Boston, 57 from St. Albans, and from Montpelier. A branch runs to Mont- pelier from here, connecting with trains on the Vermont Central three times daily. I > . 1^ .%. !-•" T A MO r¥, BERLIN MILLS FLOUR, I lolir. < ulll illld \l\r M<';ll. IVril, \;ii|s ;|||(| |.ill|t'. MAIN STREET, ^rTS:l Mo\ii»vi.iiu. \ I Il.-ri;„ r«.tr> lUri;., \X l"»r.rtr XX Am»-r. star X\ s,,. ,. W . .,. :• Jl LI 11-. •• I >n-. ■•! Ir.,!u Kil.hl.lt-. Bna I.-. ' ^ |{.,l.. .1 <. MlUcr .it.iiilr.1 • lilllr..(rir I: . 'A I'. irliii,l..u |Ulln>ll.a^«l ID ImC;. ill 1H„„1... In.ii. |{..ll»M.I. «-,.! :i7lr..u. IUm..,h,-i..,. . ilOUIII II \ ..-..• -I.. IJ.,:;., I \ It. •,..,:..•<.. i:..,: ,.i ^\ ! I • . ll.M..in,ft..ii. A - '■ vlUmiMar ritrr atxl TIm tiIUk* caaia ■ .r..-k. ....l "... ~t. N..l;lll 111-. > ll nvninlainiiuji, but • |Mt>i, (trru|. i(ll«. I fpel, •rilh ppinrnl boot* simI •)..■<••. .-iM,.' riii|.! ■> ii.r t ■..].' I j--r~ I ikiiiii; ktuiiK-M li> tlir •nioutii of 9.'>i.itOO pvr aanma. t ^ . _ , aiiil iliiiiii; btuiiK-M li> tlir anioutil ul ^.ts.tnM} pvr aat \1i:\\IM l«V, -r.^ mil.H fn.n. Whitr ^ . ,rluij.1..ii aii.l .; (r'-iii K.i:'.»i..! A •' > .Y ' "!•' KiiiUoJ aiM lliirlinjtli'n nulnMfl, in 'Ur ■ lamxluo. ^ y iuii..». K»i;. \V>IITII ni^lKIIV. 'i'jOltlll IMMCM I' ii«r powvr. TIm t!r-« frotn Y1r\% PORT \^OIMII I I Itld^lll l{4.ll. 130 Statians in the State of Vermont. C5^0KTHFIEIvl Jlfl lows' Falls, 41 ihini I (^ir ton, via. Lowell ; a vil ;ivl>, 93 miles from Bel- Burliugtou, and 197 from Bos- _ illap-c and town on the Vermont Central. The village contains about 1,000 inhabitants, five churches, and one national bank. The town was settled in 1785. The principal stream in this town is Dog river, which runs through it in a northerly direction. The surface is uneven, but the soil is generally good, and easily cultivated. Norwich University and Nortlifield Academy are located here. The library contains about 3,000 volumes, but they suffered about 4 years ago by being burnt out. They are making a new organization and expect many more. The number of students at present 12. During the war, they had over 100 students. Sai.isburv & Co. This firm was established in 18Go, for the purpose of mamifaeturing domestic, regular and shaker flannels. They occupy a factory 40x70 feet, 3 stories high, with basement and attic ; finishing house, 40x50 feet, 2 sto- ries ; storage, &c., 25x90 feet, 2 stories, and attic. They have 2 sets of machinery, 800 spindles, employ 25 hands, and produce 200,000 yards annually, valued at $75,000. Their madiinery is propelled by water, using a 40 horse power "Kussells" turbine wheel, 3 feet in diameter, manu- factured by P. Belknap & Co., of this place. Fall of water, 20 feet. r. Belknap & Co. Business established in 1817. They manufacture clapboard machines, Russell & Blake water wheels, machinery for manufacturing Howe's patent wooden railroad chair, and general mill work. Also, manufacture Ely's superior patent set saw mills. They occupy a ma- chine shop 170x33 feet. Furnace shop 90x30 feet. Employ 25 men, and produce from 25 to $30,000 worth machinery per ann\im. Their power is supplied by a 3 ft. turbine water wheel of 40 horse i)()wer, under a 20 ft. fall. ORTII lIAKTI.AllfD, 34 miles iVcni l',,ll<,ws Falls and 110 from Burlington. A flag staticiii in the town of Ilartlaiicl, on the Connecticut Hailn.a.l. ^ ORTII I»0\^'IVAI^, 12 miles from ^JT '^'"'■•l' Adams and 39 from Troy. A village of about \^^ 100 inhabitants and one church, located in the town of I'ownal, on the Troy and Boston Bailroad. Plumkett & Baubeu Manukactuking Co., incorporated in 1866, with a capital of 8100,000. William C. Plumkett, president ; D. J. Barber, secretary aud treasurer. The build- ing is built of brick, 105 x 52 feet ; wing, 150 x 34 feet, four stories, for the manufacture of print goods, 64x64. The com- pany have already 104 looms, running 5,000 spindles, but capacity for 300 looms, and 14,000 spindles. At present they are employing 90 hands. Their motive power is derived from two t\irl)iue wheels of 200-horse power combined. Hanover is situated on the opposite side of the river from Newport. In this town there is no river nor any considera- ble stream besides the Connecticut, the Mink, Slate and Goose Pond Brooks. There are several small islands in the Connecticut opposite Hanover ; the largest of which is Par- ker's Island, containing 20 acres. The surface of Hanover is agreeably diversified with hills and valleys, and the gi-eat- est part is suitable for farms. There is less waste land in projjortion in this town than in any town in Grafton county. At this point is erected a splendid bridge. 400 feet in length, which connects the two flourishing villages on table land about 75 feet above the river. Dartmouth College, (with about 400 students,) New Hamp- shire Medical College, the Chandler Scientific School and Agricultural College are located in this place, about half mile from the station, a great point of attraction for parties. Geo. W. Kibbling, Norwich, Vt. Business established in 1852. He occupies a main building, 40 x 60 feet, three stories, wing 20 x 40 feet, one story. Repair and black- smiths' shop 20 X 40 feet ; lumber shed, 120 x 20 feet ; Kiln house, 12 X 20 feet, each one story. He manufactures about 1,000,000 feet of logs per year into lumber of various kinds. Uses COO running cords of stones. Employs 10 hands ; man- ufactures 60,000 pails. His machinery is driven by two Rus- sell's turbine w.ater wheels, three feet in diameter, (made by T. Belknap & Co., of Nortlifield, Vt.,) under 20 and 30 feet fall. E. C. Wadswokth, Norwich, Vt., conmienced the tan- ning and currying business about lour years ago ; occupies a building 44x38 feet, two stories, of brick, with addition 60 x40 feet, two stories, wood, making building 104 feet front and rear. Employs four hands and finishes 2,500 sides up- per and harness leather and 3,000 calf skins per year. The business was established in 1843. 1|JaSSI^1IPS1€, 58 miles from White /Ifc l River Junction, and 2^ miles from St. Johnsbury ; a If' station on the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Rail- road. One church. Population 800. E. T. & H. K- InE commenced the manufacture of flour and feed, in 186C. They occupy a mill building 38x40 feet, 2 stories; and ware house 27x27, 2 stories. Employ four hands, and produce about S,000 barrels flour yearly. They have 4 runs of burr stone, with all other machinery necessa- ry for handling grain expeditiously, including horse power elevator in ware house. Their motive power is furnished from a water wheel, under 20 feet head. Their privilege is excellent, having sufficient water throughout the year to run ten times the amount of their machinery. ORWI€H, (AND HAIVOVKR,) 4i miles from White River Junction, 129 from Springfield, Mass., 267J from New York 148J from Boston and 192 from Providence, R. I. This station is in the town of Norwich, for the accommodation of the above towns. Norwich is connected with Hanover, N. H., by a bridge across the Connecticut. The surface is uneven, but the soil is good. Pomponoosuck river and other streams afford it good mill sites ; settled in 1763. The village is pleasantly sitmitcd on a plain, and contains the Norwich Ihiiversity and a number of handsome buildings. 1J1aWL.ET, -29 miles from Rutland, and /wm'j 57 from Troy, N. Y. ; a village and town on the ^Ij- Rensselaer & Saratoga and Rutland & Washington Railroad. This town was first settled in 1761. The town is watered by Pawlet river, which falls into Champlain lake at Whitehall, and by Indian river. The soil of the town is warm and dry, and produces good crops. MiTTSFORB, 57^ miles from Burling- /Wit, ton, and 9 J from Rutland ; a village and town on the ^Hj- Rutland & Burlington Railroad. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the manufacture of leather, paper aud quarrying. Otter creek meanders through the town. Fur- < rtkT I < l-.rt. i^< tHIll Co. K'lalllflir.l : '. »bl<-h lllr> - . t.. ..nlrr. M . JJO«>». . ^-,.. n.. 1... . .. ,,;. r,.| l.v II ..■*. k at.l \\*.i-- .«r ritrr*. l|.-..». » V.iirt Mm., s W,,..M ,,- ,.,..<. .r, ,fi..i.r, PO^IP.4\OOMI'€\ loi m.l.-H t.nn, \V),iir Umct JiiiKti..,!. IH.S Irum SpriosttvUI. >!»•• .' .M Inxii Nro Y'-rk, aiiii l.'>4 fiMin n<>»l<>n : a •tn«l! .'.iitiirT •lalMtii on \hr t'«>nnenirul bikI l*«»«iinip«ir Kmrw»rh. • I- iKtu per r9mr. Hwtr baild' ] llHM I OltS\ IIJJ:. lis j 1<>l I.TIKV, IH milcH from Rutliuid J* .,'""'""•;. J ]l';,^.'!r A. W. III. .um^.». In 1H30. Mr. JomUi GO-o -Ub- • irpch drivrn l««l. !;•«•. A *»vrTi! Till* Arm '"mnvmrv.J ...... Ill I >i:\, • mUr« fi rom UratUpboro*. 6h rh»T caipkiT J.' •«■*• aod i wn w wnlT. ^i«x: ui litc CMu :iL f j 'j> \>l>OI.I*||, 176 rotir* fmm Ikiaton. 13-2 Stations in the State of Vermont. ^l) ICHMOlVD, 240 miles from Boston, ^11 and 54 from St. Albans ; a village and town on the C "7 Vermont Central Railroad. The village contains 300 inhabitants and one church. The town was settled in 1784, and is finely watered by the Onion and Huntington rivers. 2\ lows Falls, audi: (Zy on the Eutland & BI^'«HAI?I, .5 miles from Bel- 14 from Burlington ; a flag station Burlington Railroad, in a town by the same name, beautifully situated on the west side of the Connecticut river. The surface of the town is uneven, but the soil is generally strong, warm and productive. Faensworth & Co., woolen manufacturers, established business in 1H48. They occupy a building 32x96 feet, 2 st('^i^•^, wiili basement and attic. Employ 35 hands, run 2 sctMil uuichinis and 16 looms, manufacture plain cassimeres, ]in)clucc daily about 400 yards, and do a business amounting to $0( 1,000 per annum. Power sup])lied by water. ^ OXBURY, 8 miles from Braintree, 18 '7|1 from Monlpelier, and 1!»2 from Boston; a village ^_^ aud town on the Vermont Central. The village contains about 250 inhabitants and one church. The town is elevated, between the waters of Onion aud AVhite rivers. Settled in 1789. J\\ and 124 C^ the Vera AI^TON, 174 miles from Boston, from Rouse's Point ; a village and town on ermont Central. The village contains about 300 inhabitants and 2 churches, situated in a valley on the banks of the White river. The surface of the town is somewhat rough and mountainous, but the soil is good, par- ticularlv on the banks of White river, by which it is watered. The town was settled in 1771. ^ IJPERT, 36 miles from Eutland, and !J|1. 50 from Troy ; a station on the Rensselaer & Sara- C_Iy' toga Railroad, Rutland and Washington divis- ion. A part of this town is mountainous, but the soil is generally good for grazing. It is watered by the Pawlet river and a branch of the Battenkill. ^3 UTI^AI%I>, 166 miles from Boston, JJlJ. 182 from Providence, 52J from Bellows Falls, 63 Q_^ from Saratoga, 147 from Montpelier, and 234 from New York. The Rutland & Burlington ; Western Vermont ; All)any, Troy & Rutland Railroads centre here. This town was settled about the year 1770. The soil of the town is various, but generally of an excellent quality. Otter creek and its tributaries give the town a good water power. The village of Rutland is neat, well built, and handsomely loca- ted. It is the centre of trade for a large section of fertile countrj'. The village contains 7 churches, 2 national aud 1 savings bank. A new opera house and a new hotel were built in 1868. The population, which is increasing fast, is over 10,000. Thomas Ross & Co. commenced business foot of West street, in 1869, for the manufacture of marble machinery, occupying a building 117 X 38, 2 stories. This building is filled with lathes, planers and machinists' tools. Foundry building attached, 40x70, 1 story ; engine and boiler room in west end of main building or machine shop. They employ 75 hands, and receive power from a 40 horse power engine, built by themselves, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, made by Thomas Sutherland, of Troy, N. Y. Mansfield & Stimson commenced business on Union st. in 1865, for the manufacture of machines ; also, do general machinists' work. The business was established in 1854, by Bowman & Mansfield. Their foundry building, 60x60, 20 feet high, is where their castings are all made. Machine shop, 60x80, one story, is filled with heavy and light ma- chinery. Office 22x50, 2 stories, used partly as store room for patterns. Pattern shop, 30 x 80, 1 story ; forging shop, 35x35, 1 story, containing trip hammer, with necessary dies for making such drills as are used in the marble quarries. They employ 40 hands, and have turned out 65 tons iron castings per month, besides doing other jobs. Their motive power is derived from a portable engine of 40 horse power, made by Calvin Gray, of Boston. The Rutland MANrFACxuRiNG Co. was incorporated in 1864, with a capital of $40,000. J. C. Dunn, President ; G. C. Ruggles, Treasurer ; L. Atwood, Agent ; for the man- ufacture of chairs. Their works are situated at the railroad crossing, consisting of main building, 80x45, 3 stories, brick and stone, with saw mill 55 x 25, 2 stories, wood. Engine house, 25 x 20, 1 story, with room over boilers for drying. Storage and packing house 22x30, 3 stories ; these three last named buildings are joined to main mill. They also occupy a 3 story building opposite main mill, 30x60, which is used for finishing chairs, bedsteads, &c., store house and office, liesides, they have a 3 story house and yards for lumber. They employ 50 hands, and do a business of about $5,000 per month. Their motive power is furnished from a 60 horse power engine, with tubular boiler, made by the Putnam Machine Co., Fitchburg. North Rutland Marble Co. This company was incor- porated in 1867, with a Capital of $100,000. T. Gordon, President ; George C. Hathaway, Treasurer. Their marble factory is situated half a mile below the depot, on the railroad running to Troy, Saratoga and Burlington, and consists of a one story brick building, 74x80. Their ma- chinery consists of an engine of 80 horse power, made in Fitchburg by C. H. Brown & Co. ; 2 tubular boilers, 50 horse power each, which furnishes the steam to heat the building and to drive the engine, running 8 patent gangs for sawing marble. They employ 70 hands ; 20 here and 50 at their quarries, which are 5 miles from here, and one mile below Sutherland Falls, on the Rutland & Burlington Rail- road. Lincoln Iron Works. This business was established by Thos. Ross, Esq., in Middlebury, Vt., in 1864, for the man- ufacture of mill machinery, marble quarrying machines, der- ricks, &c., aud for general repairs. In 1866, Mr. C. H. Forbes, of Brandon, Vt., was taken in as partner, under the firm name of Thos. Ross & Co., and the business was moved to Rutland, Vt., where they erected a new machine shop of brick, two stories high, 116x40 feet, and a foundry 70x40 feet. They now manufacture all kinds of marble mill and quarrying machinery, steam engines, water wheels, shafting, pulleys, &c., &c. They employ from 40 to 50 hands. Their power is supplied by a 40-horse power upright engine, built by themselves. During the past year in Middlebury, the company have built three marble mills, one steam engine, three stone channelling machines and a variety of job work. They have in hand now four marble mills, three hoisting ma- chines, and a large plate lathe, besides shafting and small machinery. This establishment is about 40 rods from the depot. At the foot of West street they have a side track, so that cars can be switched from the main track and all stock loaded or unloaded with dispatch. n >/./.« V / lt.nlu.ni ,/»../ M. w,„ih, (;,... I. 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''""^« "• •'•• . r .i,«». .i:..i ...n.iinir Iniui l^-.'""' ■•• »i"."<>«» worlh kIimIi H-"-. "'• 'I iiiiiallv. No |Mi«rr i» unnl, all go ami . 1771. Kvi- I11.IK . ■! II ill |H|M. ni. .iiij ' ' n>«l •••lair III and tlif MiiiM- nuinl- > : - . I-T o-nt on lln- otlitalfti, aitd Un> UJkr« i-.r iXn- »r«f lA«i^. ailtiii». .rr. A mrt.iiir (I. S.) wW-l »r 40 ^■■■. ll-ll%"%», •.'»'» milcH from HnMnn ■ I \ \ 1 »c a lirllvr ui .111.-. ..t tl.. ( l....t.. .inl «l....l IIk- vtlins »P •rair*— ,. t„,„ „.„l U If. Ill M. 1 A »ill«|;<< 1 iiiil«iiiiii(; l.'>0 iiiIiiiImIiiiiI' anil ciiir I t.'irc li _,].','_|" " • ilualfd in lh« ta«n of Ktivaltou. on the VrmioDI Onlral. Sfilfi'finil f,',isrffr-r Kt>«ri« S. Mci»a r.i|iio»M»"M| ika nuumfurtufB of ■mnlam ^Ol Til VKR.'\<>lf, 11 mi!r» fn.i., ^^ >.- ••. ( ..r„.r. (i,..« M.ll.r'. Ki.ll..) Ill fn.ii. Nr» "^ .I..IIM li..ni II.-I...., 'n.r JIII1.I1..I. ..I ll.r >rr l{».ln«.l. tl,. iJinilM-.r.. Mrm.. I. ..| il„ >' M..a.«rl.u.rl|. IUilr..u.| <.|.l '' ,i'i. I . ir II, u linra timt M-|>«ritti MiL.t*a< liUM-ll«, \' kI NrM ]lani(iatiirp. Iii> iTHtiiv* |ai«rr I* luraiatonl Iron • • II ••icrl. v^OlTIl M %I.IJ\<-iOIIIK 1 ^^ -.Ir, It. .11. Kl.lU!,.! ..M.I I.' If Il,„.,,.,-t..,, \ "^ vilUiJrii. Ih.- (.•«!. .1 Wnll.i,;:!....!. .... .1,. K..llni,.! ■ , . >uii<>ii WBtrt wlwvi lurtjwliv* Um 100 iobabilaotn. |«.i»rr. iii.Troitn \ i.ini-:, i- ^1 "fITIIT, :U mile* from »tllo«« KalN g ■■ ^■^^ ,,,.1 !.< ir.iu Uuilan.l. a .uii..n ill il.pi..v»ii..r M..UII1 II w U f • , I I I' (r..,i. S[ ^^ IImIIv. al ll.r |..f. ..f Ihr gnwlr. whirl, hiM a Mradv >^ Mi- i»r fri'ni HiilUixl anil .|..v«ii»iir«i<- K :• ^rrv .1. nl^ tij, •),,. ■.■rn.U, iii«ki!i« U|) r..r l«w« lillir ill ill.- ITfil. It i* | < >'! {- iiiptiii«u<' at..: ^1 ^UUti.A.^U, :{(; milrH from Km- ;;;';;'"r »"*'". ^^V ati.l ami !'.• fn-ni ll<'iiiiiii(;l..ii. A •mall \ illa};f r« Kailntail. Thi» lo»n wait fir>» M-lilr.l in ITfi.'.. •|iiaiililii-> ..I |MTrh ami o(ii<.r nnol ihe ai.il i* •! ..'... .,.h' bruu*inr** in lHfi4. f.ir llir man- ifartiirr ..f .lio*. pp|r> ami rIolliM pin*. Thrv employ 1«*. milfi r» ami rioinc* pin*. i nrv cmpior i»> %' \ ■'■>« • ■ ■ ■% ■% i*^ ■" ».u.l.c|. prr .laT. lUvr an Piipm- >'f ;|' 1 ■•■»«•«• ^ ' ■ -^« t.y Nlarburk. liro... Tn.y. N. Y.. for \f luil.s fr.-m I^^Il..^. alMi baTr a l:{-bnr*o wairr \»iwvt. rtiin firm ronin ' ' • f.iii". paili>, •• -1 IM.'.T. M .■ ■•.-■■ -..i. L. |H«|M fct..-.,.,...., ,.,.- ., • bii>in««< of 9-t.>'>0<) • yrar. Ihr |>owpr IS-borw iwiwrr luHiinc whcrl. ^iTiii:iti.%>n I %i.i>. t. (nil. ^ - 1W11..«. Fall, an.l i.l in. . »o«nof KoiUm.i. .,i, ii,.f i%i:it\01i, U> miloii from (iroul"* I. Thr iuSnbilaul* •'• 1 | - M".--', K»tN> I !»; fr-mi NV* f r-»^ of marblr. The tilUf ^ ... ., (or- nfmM„n< of |>i^r ■, iTH-ky ami unptrMturlr ^W \M-0'%, ■>»* l.ul.- !i..in lU.^t..,, ^ (l(IP'"'^'' 136 Stations in the State of Vermont. MANUFACTURERS OF CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, Salesroom, 508 Broadway, Jl'eic York, OPPOSITE ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL. SMITH, MOORE. 5c CO. Agents. ATERBURY, miles from Bos- lljljl ton and 47 from St. Albans. A village and ; ^~^ town on the Vermont Central Railroad. The ! village is situated in a valley between the mountains and forms a delightful summer resort, many persons visiting | here during the summer months. To\irists leave the cars ' here for Mt. Mansfield or Camel Hump. The former is 4,359 feet and the latter 4,188 feet high. The village eon- tains 600 inhabitants and 3 churches. The surface of the town is generally level. The soil is warm and fertile, and is not excelled in richness by any in the State. Settled in 1784. Colby Bros. & Co., manufacturers of children's carriages and velocipedes, and Colby's patent family wringing machine, are a good example of what can be done by persistent eifort and enterprise, with very little capital and encouragement. In 18.56, the two elder brothers came from Bolton, and pur- chased about 30 acres of land, on which was situated a ma- chine shop. They were then young men or boys, 21 and 23 years old, had been raised on a farm and knew no other trade or business. They peeled their first crop of willows in the Spring of 1857, and soon after commenced custom machine work and building machines for peeling willows. The next j'ear thinking a part of the willows might be ; worked up here to advantage, they procured a first-class j willow worker, Mr. Landt, (who is now with them and a stockholder.) and commenced making cabs, the wheels and gearing of which they purchased in Massachusetts. Finding a ready sale for the cabs, they very soon decided it would not do to go to Massachusetts for wheels, and employed a good \ mechanic, buying some machines and making more. They were soon turning out wheels for their own cabs and large numbers for sale besides. In 1860, the name was changed to Howden, Colby & Co., and capital increased by admitting other partners, to SI 1,000. In 1860 they commenced building clothes wringers, being among the first who oflTered this great labor and clothes sav- ing machine, and the very first who made them with a gal- vanized iron frame. In 1864 other members were admitted to the firm, and capital increased to $28,000, and name changed to Colby Bros. & Co., which continued till 1865, when a joint stock company was formed, with no change of name, but an increase of capital to $75,000 ; present capital $100,000. George J. Colby President, J.^sse J. Colby Treasurer. They have some fifteen buildings occupied for business, the whole embracing about 40,000 square feet. In addition, the company have built and purchased some dozen houses for dwellings. The number of hands employed by this company are from 60 to 100, who receive monthly, between $2,000 and $3,000 wages. Among the items of raw material worked up annually, are 300,000 feet of hard and soft wood lumber, 15 tons of peeled willow, over 50 tons of iron and steel, and about 10,000 yards of en- ameled cloth. Their sales from December 1st, 1863, to June 30th, 1867, amounted to over $320,000, and the amount paid for labor during the same time was $96,387.62. They produce 50 carriages per day, or about 15,000 per year, and will soon be turning out as many more velocipedes for boys, worth from $15 to $25. They done a business in 1868, amoimting to nearly $200,000. The water power used in driving their machinery, amounts to 100 horse. They claim to be ahead of any other manufacturing concern in the world for style and quality of goods, making over 150 styles of carriages. A gold medal was awarded them by the New Hampshire Mechanics and Art Association in 1868, for children's carriages, and a silver medal at the same time for excellence in clothes wringers. The above is a faint idea of II \ / l{,i,l,i:it/ iJ M.niu/.i.tiirr,, Stiittsttr.ii (,.i < . I : . v i« i« <> 'i^'l^ *v < < ►.. DOORS, SASHES AND BLINDS, . v.. \,.|,..U' 11 •.!. «h.-.- «r. 1 ■iM ..11 II,.- .1.11. r,-,; .|;|. - .f fpnolm which Ihrr manufn.-tiliv. 7i Til "■>'■' KI Ti.%\» («nd CI.AUKN- ||||l '. -IKIM.^ I'. - rr..m It.iiUoH.H^f fmm „l |{„ IUilr.j»J. Ii .•..iilm lli-ri.\>i' .M*Hni.c < our**!. 1 7l Til ■**''' A 1. Ill' R ii II, -JH-J mili-H ll III ll->l-!i. -M.! .'.n In. Ill M. All.nti.. • million ^ ^ * ... .U l..»ii ..1 All.ur;:li. ..1. llii- ()K.lriiM.tir«li A >i. Albam HulrMul. 7g7|li:ST Bl'llKK, 77 miln. fmm lllll \\''' "''-f •'•'•""•■". »<"l If'l fn.in Si. .I..l.ii^ ^ ^ * ...1.,, UU Ibrluu.l. .i .. A r.- u.wn ..1 HurW. i .li.i.Jr.1 fr-.m \ 1 in heiKhl. 1 • ...:„ ^, .-!.,■, 1 ,U. .■,.!-«, Ill hi»r.| wo.«l nii.l .>.r,T..t,. It U wklprwl hy binocbrnoflhr l'iiA<.uiii|Mir. SvUlwl iu I'rtO. 7, 7|lisr IliKTIOKD. HI milr^ 1 1 1 1 1 •*•••<"" «•'•• •■'" l>'"" M — 'l-l'-r. « ,i«ii..„ i. ^ ^ * ■-,.., ||.,rt|-..r.l. ..M '1 \- < •..". ,„.,v «... ,.r.,„,..| in jHf.i. T>. .■■T mill., with - l.Wk »n4 — . 11... ,. . Saii ^.aU.h«l A|>r.l 7, 7in:sT.Til.'%XTKIl, Jn uu\r. fr.m, f 1 111 -Irb-.r..' Mi.l l.M lr...,i Hurlit.-1..i,. « »illn^-. ^ ^* .«.,...■,;!,. v., , ,,...,-. V..1I.. Iw..:....i.l. Tl..- iti< 111.- m1I«K.- |..,„i.l..; ■■. l,.-.l. ..■,! ...1. .:..••■ ,.. u^ 1.......... ;..:.. lumber per •nnum. i..«.-r. »K,. 1, ,. ,.ni.r.....l I..r .n,i-.,!:,.Mr.-. .•! Miri..,,. KiimU. The %M»Ku cvntmint UK) ioh«l>ilAtiu bimI lw<> rhurrliv*. 7i 7i) « "^T RA>nOi.l»ll. (1(11 ,.t ,,IU... ,.. .1,.. , : iTOiml. C. K. AiiMfTT A ('••. ommrtirvd lb« manufMiarv • ' |..,r.. .^.i,.-. « ..I !.|,T,.|.. iM 1 •«•.•. n.r» ..,,,1 V !«.. iMiil-: ^j'^jiiiii imvi:r ji M'Tkm. Yv.rk. lUfr N..r't,.r-,. \' }ji>ac( ii-^iui «Uf;j;lic« ;l.r ^j-j-ici, lujik L-^ >. K. I jl.bu. k A Soo. of BoMuQ. 7, 7,nsT R1'I>I-:RT, SH milc (I (I I .-! .1 A- 1... lo.y N- Y : • mile* fron 138 Stations in the State of Vermont. C^F^Jl^HITE KITKR TII.LAOE, 155 miles from Boston, and 63 from Montpelier, a village on the Vermont Central Eailroad, in the town of Hartford, contains about 300 inhabitants and two churches. Situated at Queehee near the above station is the firm of A. G. De'CT'ey & Co., who established business in 1814. They occupy a two story mill 44 x 80 feet, with basement and attic, dye house and office, 30x88 feet, with boarding house, store house, four tenements and suitable outbuild- ings. They employ 50 hands and manufacture satinets and horse blankets, producing about 600 yards satinets per day, 13 ounces per yard finished, and do a business of about $100,000 per annum; run three sets machinery, 36 inch finishers. Power supplied by a 4J feet Hathaway water wheel, under 18 feet fall. Their agents in New York and Boston are Mackinstosh, Green & Horton. The first shoddy made in America was pulled at Queehee in 1S40, with a machine invented by Reuben Daniels, of Woodstock, Vt., which is now discarded and the English picker is in general use. In 1846 Mr. Dewey worked all the soft woolens that were collected in New England, New York and Philadelphia. I. N. GiLLETT occupies a main building, 24x60 feet, with ell 24x24 feet, situated in the town of Hartford, near the above station, for the manufacture of straw paper boards. The business was commenced in 1868. He now employs 6 hands, turning out from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds per day. His machinery, consisting of 2 beating and grinding engines, finishing machines, &c., is driven by water power. <^|^tHITII¥G, 74 miles from Bellows illij I P'alls, and 45 from Burlington ; a village and ^•^■^^"^^ town on the Rutland & Burlington Railroad. The village is situated on Otter creek, about half a mile from the depot, and contains about 300 inhabitants and 1 church. This is a fine farming town ; was settled in 1772, and named in honor of John Whiting, of Wrentham, Mass. »• II. tifm'luro •■ Krin nilli < 'v ('.'i » TO, <.m> "lurN *'• % 4'». |w„' Aiiirir*. TUry rmpUiv <(• Im ■ i abiiul IT&.OIM) prr •iiliniii. 'Ilirir inulitp .il fruui ihrtH. Tvl..r »Ii.h.|h of It') \\nnc .1. A I'LAMK coiiimcm-«l bil»ii»ciM» ill |HOH, fi.r ilia innii- i»f roiiasp funiiiurf. Thrr nrvtipv • twuil>l- III f^^i .....^Uiirinir iO hand* •ml c.<>n»niniiiK •i.(X>iiv«< pf»wcT t* fiimLiiKMl !• 11. A C... n..U.|,'ll.lin.. tl,.. lirt.l I. .IN.' iK. ih.. i..»i, ..f lUnf-rrl. Tl iiiii. « tniin tlir iiljili.iii, ill lli. vvAHU A Fl*lir.tt mmmcnrr*! ihr tiutniii > ^anhra bihI blior*c p.»wrr wh.vl. l>.v M V. ( .. ...I 1.... I-.-, p--' m l.>^ltt■^1l lu lulliTi. I'mill V\ •i.itli.i.fl'k. .Srri ATCii H milr* fnmi ihr alaivr ■talioa. U iba Ann of .r. C. l'«RK.H A < • ...,i. .. . v.-,i t- I,..-. n.. lin%o thrw ' .illi,.r l«ii r. ■ yanln ^m•T aauuni. H«»r 3 ■ru ni hraliiii; noljr. Ilavv a KuawII mU- w i:i{i; i{|{()Tiii:i!s \ co. Statistical Works, Eazsttssrs anl Eirsctories, NEW ENGLAND. MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES. <>lli<«', i:t<> >> « ^ I III i II -. I « I- >i|i« « I PROVIDENCE, R. I. uo Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Highland Military Academy, A Three Years" Veademie Course. ( ivil EuffiiieeriDff aud Seientifie ( oiirse for Youii« Meu. Preparatory Course for Boj s. A Lar^e and Hig^lily - Edneated Acadeuiie Stall*. In !it it lit ion Fnrniiiilied iritli a very Extensive Seientific Apparatns. Cabinets of ^linerals. Infantrv and Artillerv Arms. C avalrv Horses. Ae.. A:e. C. B. METCALF, A. M., Sup't. M AssA( II rsiriTS "31 ■•■'%/"r*«kV lol «.;i«^ C <: V fmm •rraenoir for »c«m«t«ni ■nd e»i«i«irt w«irrpowrr. TW^ 4 , V « *^* "»'*^''. •^- ,^- r-. ^'"^ »n- in the loHu 1.«-.,.Krr.: ^.W c^ prrr...J ,.r.,,»f1y ^ ....... U..„i..u. «.. «!...„ .,.„ ...w,. 1.V 11... ..,..«.,«.»•. ^,^ ,,f ,^^,„..,, ,, .^, ,,,, , „ „„ Ml.ui.c,|nn.hrl.,>:hU.»l»H.t,..i, M«.^.Wll. «...! N«m.- ^.^,, Am^.l...r. ,...) S...,.l. Am..».urr.« l«-.liiU« in .iir-.i (.«».. on ill.- (»l.l ( ..l..ii\ &. Ni-wport Hailroiiii. ^j^^ ^ ... ,. . . i .: ,. _. . ,... . I ri»rr» ri«f lirrr. Iwo of whirl. •in|>lT inlr. tl.r T«iin- ,. . <- oll.rr iulu the Norlli. It* Indian nanir >» Manani- , "51 < I S||^|:T, -.'i milrs from N.w ]U,\. }^^^^^ "^ TurJ, a o.untr)- lUalitiD ou lli« N<-» ll«-.l|..rj and "^ ^ Tamil.... ItailrcAii. ri. wiiti i'^t riiiUlrrn aiinvilin|r. llii* fn.ni Amf»l>unr tilU{^. Tb« nuuiu- I^miB A JkWBtL ocrapr • two Mory wtmim baiMinic .Vix.Vl f.-.l . -trN r....n. !« .. '.(..ri. -. 1 '• \ J" f- ■ I .Iri ••-..,. "^ <• \ \\ \ M, >itiiiitrfl on nn inlet flowinjf ||^*'_', "Y .ii-' i.u'/M.i - Uv, /.I J inilr« fn.iii Iioi4.>n. auT water wlic«U. under 1^ and Hi l<-et lall. 1 '.'.. lil.ST^I'W 4 milr* from liostnn nnd 40 iWi . \S . .i.r. A »ilUt'.- ..n ihr Ifc..!.., nl,.t AllM»n% lU.lr.MwI. aniotiulii.}; t<> f 1«,inh. [wr Tn. Vm.-. 1.. Ml! I. .f..r» t.r;.V ..,T, '.fit. :v lll-XRI'RV. 44 n.il.-H from l: »..t 1'.' In.... r..r1<.....i.l).. n t .lU-.- «>..J i. num. C hrar Ia*ijti. UTturer, £9 Krankiio Miort, Boa- K 11. iA>€'i^vz A: .ii:wi:i.i.. Carriage Wheels & Carriage Parts II Jiwi.it « U'2 Stations in the State of Massarhiisefts. o« ^..^^■'^^^^ ArANUFACTURER OP^ AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF P Light Carriages Buyers iritl iintt il lo lltrir nttriinlaffe lo ffive nie a eall iH't'ofe piiro/msiiiff. PLEASANT STREET, AJVIESBURY, MASS. 60x80 foot, luid a two-story building, 30x80 feet. Store lioiise, 2.')x40 feet, located on Lincoln court, near Main street, for the manufacture of all kinds of light carriages and sleighs. Coniniencod business January 1st, 1853. Employs 30 bauds. Consumes 4t),00() feet of ash, hickory and white wood. Turn out from 400 to 500 carriages and 200 sleighs and does a business of SIOO.OOO per anuuni. F. D. PAKitY occupies a two-storj' wooden building, 50x 30 feet. Store house, two stories, 40x-i5 feet, located on Friend street, for the manufacture of light carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1866. Employs 25 hands. Turns o\it 300 carriages and does a business of 840,000 per year. See page 168. R. O. Patten occupies a three-story wooden building, 88x32 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manufacture of light carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1867. Employs 20 hands. Turns out 175 carriages and 50 sleighs, per year. Consumes 20 Ions of English iron and 1,500 feet of wood per year. Does a business of §25,000 per annum. Cauk & Al-LKS occupy a two-and-half story wooden build- ing, 50x32 feet, located on ^lechanics Row, for the manu- facture of light carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1868. Employ 13 hands. Turn out 150 carriages and 40 sleighs, and consume 16 tons of iron and 12,000 feet of hard wood per year. Do a business of $22,000 per annum. R. F. BiUGGS occupies a two-story woodeu building, 32x 100 feet, located on Friend street, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. Commenced business in 1865. Em- ploys 20 hands. Consumes $1,000 worth of iron and $1,000 worth of wood per year. Turns out 100 carriages and 75 sleighs, and does a business of $40,000 per annum. AVn,i.iAM II. Colby, occupies a three story wooden build- ing, 36 x 70 feet, located on Friend street, for the manufac- ture of light carriages. Commenced business in 1855 ; em- ploys twenty-tive hands; turns out upwards of 150 carriages per year ; consumes 3,000 pounds of English and Norway iron, and 10,000 feet of hardwood per year ; does a busi- ness of $50,000 per annum. The representative manufacturers at the village of West [ Amesbury are as follows : Thomas B. Patten, occupies a two story wooden building 35 x 35 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of carriages. Commenced business in 1835 ; employs 10 hands ; turns out 50 carriages per year ; does a business of $12,000 per annum. M. G. Clement occupies a 3 story wooden building, 36x 34 foot ; another. 2 stories, 42 x 30 ft-et ; one. 35 x 36 feet. CARR & ALLEN, AMESBURY MILLS, MASS., .MANIFACTLRERS OF CARRIAGES & SLEIGHS, OF EVERY DESCRll-nON. ALL WORK WARRANTED. JO EX C. CARR. GEORGE ALLEX. \ / /i'.;i/i/.iv '//.// M'lnuf'.hfur.ry Siati»tifal Gasettftr u CIRCULAR SAW MILL. M . .>ira<-turr«l l.> JOHN HUMPHREY &, CO., - - - - KEENE, N. H ;"■•-■ »-...i!->^'-''-. ; ,,...,,....,. ,; , . -»^- -'■•^ '-^•''-•- J u> ltK> rarhafrv* |wr vrar ; d<»>» a bu*intM of Hritrti l.y at. .•If. n.'rv r.. mi.l liirn "Ul -'.""Ni ^.,. ,,l «xl... | ►., „ l,„.,„. „ ,,| ^ 1«T aniiuin. ^•K^^ .I..X.. ... u|,;.-. a :• ...rv ,>..-l.., )„Ml.I,t,.- l«r aanuni. 1 ,,., . X 1 .». ..,.,. ... » .«.. ....r. , .1. , l.,,,t.l.. . .toiTT i«.««U.n buiMiog. «o»U» iiiriai^* prr j(«r ; do a businmui ot N f>mipr a four olnrr wonc)«n builtl- • m Main .Irrrl. for 'ibc mMufa^-lurr .... ..-.I buMMM in iHftO. Kroplov «»rlb of irt.n. 15.000 fr-l ■ • 1 i't rarrUjrn ; and du a bu«i FomcR & lliiwe, orrtipT a ihnw »tnry .< .no X fiO fol, ono ihiM mono* .ii:*i \*^«^. f ./#/// #./r.#.\ //I ##.'/• 7'o Of/ />#.// ./.>•/> \\\i II ii.i.vri.n. 144 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. WEST AMESBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Manufacture to order and keep on hand at their Mill in GEXERAi ASSOIJTMENT OF Carriage Wheels and Riiiiiiiug Parts of Carriages, Warranted of the best material and workmanship. ^i3@» St©6fc for Wti;©©D§ m^ ©imtf©?, Sep©i ttii ©crQiilar §awfiif . [^Orders solicited, and punctually executed. ^^^J Caslx paid, for A^^alnnt I*lanli, Oak and "Walmrt Spokes. T. T. MERRILL, Agent. one flue boiler built by same firm ; turn out 1 700 sets of wheels and 3,000 sets of running gear per year. This firm are also manufacturers of Kenney's patent carriage wheel, patented Aug. 18, 1868, they do a business amounting to $50,000 per annum. The West Amesbuky MANUFACXURtNG Company, occu- py a four story wood building 36 x 93 feet ; also a two story building 30 x 50 feet ; store house No. 1, two stories G4 x 25 feet ; store house No. 2, two stories, 50 x 25 feet ; shed for storing lumber 120 x 20 feet, located on Mill street, for the manufacture of carriage wheels and running parts. Incor- porated in 18-18 ; capital $50,000 ; employ 30 hands. Ma- chinery consisting of 41 pieces, such as saws, planers, mor- tising, tenoning, turning and polishing, and otlier machines adapted to the business, driven by a portable steam engine 12 horse power, built by the Swamscot Machine Company, of South New Market, N. H., also by two breast wheels, one 26 feet diameter six feet buckets, the others 18 feet di- ameter 6 feet buckets ; turn out 3,000 sets of wheels and 3,000 sets of running gear per year ; consume about $30,000 worth of lumber in its raw state per year, and do a business of $100,000 per annum. The manufacturers at South Amesbury are as follows : George W. York occupies a two story wooden building, 80x34 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of light carriages. Commenced business in 1855. Employs 20 hands ; turns out 125 carriages per year ; consumes 12 tons of pjUglish and Norway iron, and 8,000 feet of ash and white wood per year. Does a business of $40,000 per an- uum. W. P. Sargent occupies a three story wooden building, 35x25 feet ; also, one room in another building, 10x10 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of light carriages. Commenced business in 1837. Employs seven hands ; turns out 50 carriages per year ; does a business amounting to $15,000 per annum. J. Warren Sargent, manufacturer of fine carriages. This business was originally established in 1813, by Joseph Sargent, but carried on since 1848 in the above name, at which time it came into his possession. He occupies two buildings, one 34 x 70, three stories, and one 21x50 two sto- ries. Employs 30 men, consumes $30,000 worth of stock, and does a business of about $50,000 per annum. corporated in 1821. It is situated on an elevation and com- mands a beautifid view of the surrounding country. (2H IWHERST, 85 miles from New Lon- J\ , don, and 15 from Grout's Corner (now Miller's (^yi Falls,) a village and town of Hampshire county, situ- ated on the New London & Northern Railroad. Amherst College is located here, and is a flourishing institution. In- (^ IVOOVER. The town of Andover, in /^, the county of Essex, is situated on the southeasterly ^_J side of the Merrimac river, on the Boston and Maine Railroad, 3 miles south of Lawrence, 8 miles south of Haverhill, 16 miles northwest of Salem, 20 miles southwest- erly from Newburyport, 23 miles north by northwest from Boston, and 467 miles north of Washington, D. C. The town was incorporated in 1646 and called Andover, with reference to some of the first settlers who came from Ando- ver, in Hampshire, England. It contains a popidation of about 5,500, 800 of whom are voters. The valuation of real estate is $1,718,057, and that of personal property, $812,900. Rate of tax, $1.20 on each $100. There are 8 churches in the towTi, viz. : 5 Congregational, 1 Baptist, 1 Episcopal and 1 Catholic ; also 13 schools, the number of scholars in attendance being about 1,000. The number of dwelling houses is 720, and the number of acres of land taxed is 18,118. There is one savings bank here, called the Andover Savings Bank ; also the Andover National Bank, incorporated March, 1826, capital, $250,000. There is one fire insurance company, the Merrimac Mutual, incorporated February, 1828. The institutions for which the town is famous are the Theological Seminary, established in 1808 ; the Phillips Academy, founded April 21st, 1778 ; the Punch- ard Free School and the Abbot Female Academy. The Smith & Dove Manufactdking Cosipant was established in 1836 by Smith, Dove & Co., and became an incorporated company in 1865. They occupy a three story brick mill, 50x90 feet, and a two story stone mill, 40x80 feet, located in Abbott Village, in the tovm of Andover, for the manufacture of yarns, twines and threads, principally shoe thread. They run 1,852 spinning spindles- and 520 twisting spindles, employing 180 hands and consuming about 700 tons of flax per year. Their machinery is driven by two engines of 70-horse power, with four flue boilers of 50- horse power each, and two iron water wheels, 5 feet diame- ter, built by Geo. T. McLauthlin & Co., of Boston. Also an engine of 25-horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of East Boston., Henry G. Tyer occupies a three story brick building, 50 x65 feet, with an ell, 45x60 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of zephyr overshoes and plain elastic gore- ing. He commenced business in 1867, and gives employ- ment to about 50 hands. The machinery used is driven by an engine of 50-horse power, built by E. Kelley, of New Brunswick, N. J., with a flue boiler of 50-horse power, built ^l.it,.ti,,il C.iz-tt, THOMAS iJAI.'l.' \ CO.. Woolen Printers. BOCKINCS, TABLE COVERS, AND CARRIAGE ROBES, IVilllctl Blxi lillllilinl ill till- Ix-nt nlUc. HIGH STREET. - - - ARLINGTON, MftSS. liiwMA^ i. vl.U. Joll.N KI.Nt >y I)h< AiUiilir WurkK, of l-la>l Ibxinii, ami a liilmUr ImiiIit ami llir irthi^r Iwn, hj Mr. Adaiiui. of .S«toD, Ma ■r ^MiuT-v piiwrr, liuill ».y llio .S»oin~-.i| Ma.liim- (.<».. <>l »li> al~. l.uilt ili. ir Ih.i1. r, . ..ii.i.Jiii- of \ lubuUr. ^>m\x Noniiiarkct, N. II. ltlJ.>iCiiTO.\, (i miK-s from Uonton and ^ MIIU KAIIITI, II *■' }■'''■ ^ " V.' :'''• ■ " ''' " ""'•■" "■""' ""•*'"," """ ~r\ bur,, ami r.l fn.m ».«...,n. X ^-\ .-..I.-, .n.in 1..XMUM..... a wlla,.ouralH.u, 2..'.,H, ,..- ^V „,/v..nu..m an-l Ma-^l, _ :,al.il«u.. „„.l lour rliurrLa., ot, U.c Uxiutflon A „,^,„ ^^, i„o.r,..ral«l iu 17C.'.. a... . , ,,.. „.,,-,,. ..i .U. ...,..., lUiln*. ArlwiKto... I.ke niauv oi .or lowu. lu ^,,,, ,„.,^„.„ ,,,„ Cotincrticui wid M.rruiuM: m«r.. li u i»H! »i.iiiil.v. w lh« lioiiio of iiiauT IJoMou nicrchauli.. wiiUrp-«-«t«'r. A mation atxl lowTi •) .11 douo by l.at..l ^ * ,„„ ,„j Albany lUilnMwI. •lamp. I .- I'.,,v , William II. I^^kc .iri-«>l. for «lir printing' mm. ■ l>aii| U> \\\* ■••laMivli- |^,^.,' ' ''../ilTn^ "^i*; •"•^"■••"' •'• - ' . .lri%Vn bv a H.Nr.wiui.i &( : |„„„, of r«.n. 4:ixM.^H.a.,.l.„, i.r^li;.p..r«. »illi t»., l.il.uUr l-.iUr- lor ^upplvinj; th.< fUain ; '^•"""'•n'-"-'! t «Uo ba« a &0-lK>r«r lurbioo whrcl, under ^0 foci fall. '""''• I"'' ."''"^ luMiniu lo tl,. Tl.rir iMilr.p- ni . ~^ H^l", ^ \ lj, (i^ fuilis from Uostun niul I ' ., jj^ ^^^ ^ f. ^^J Ion and Albany IUiln>am« -1. iston. Hiul A Mat I. UiP Wrtlrrtiiwn of Icaubcr. Mid doinK 1- M..1 „i N... .19 PeaH ptrwl, Ikxtno, „„„..„-.-.1 )..i. ;■.,.. ;•. \>r.\ n.-^v ... iipy I-' % illatfr of Walcrlnwn. TJic liiilo-l „,;|',, .•.•«| Urrr, whirh. during ••>c war. cm- -^^ j^^ !• . »iliialr/ ,i,u/ M,niuf,i,tur'r^Xt.,ti^(,r,il<;,i:,(t,. M OTglM or 40 hoTM .\re mlualiHi in (•rrrtiUrlii, Mux. V. (J. A C. I., l.-mi. A r.. I'hi. flnn nn. ,-.tnMt.(>r,J IH5H. Tlirv . • -; • .., rir.. aua llir ' |. r, L«ur. .S»w turliirr nwn". 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Mr. l..rrv . . ■ irin|{, «i»w nrlMir*. ritair lullira, aH"! 'I 'I ii«iiitf waUT [Kiwrr. II«' ha« funn- ; 1 _vrar«. Ur>ia'l>« uv. N. .^ 1 rk < it. '..r ami iron inanuractiirv wan 1 Wiij.ix 6t WkHsx-rt 'Kvupr the lower floor of iwo rtorjr ! nt».v.-. \V, W. K II. I. FiMl ' «• —l.-ri huil.lin?. t"i»:'» f-. t. ihrrc ll.rr rr.s-^tifa.-ttirr jew- IIM) rarriagr^ of %ari- Noirtii Atthiiior..". Tbc Urifrat Tilla^re ia AulcUin/ V i< ilrivpii l>r water- niutaiii. llir.r rhii'. hf*, in ■iluaical aU.ul four niikai frwn ill. niilr...i.i •Inlioii. I Ml WiiiiiMi M*xt-FACnu)i(> O'lirtMT, rapiial II^O.- ' ' ■ J. -I ii. fOT .--..iiv 1>. ..r ■■( \).r.. .'..rv "51 TI.A.^TK', .^i mil.-H from It.M..,, m, ' . -V ilir OUI Cotonj ana Nrwp.rt lUilnw.!. ,^ T ri.i:it4^IH>\ Vlh mile* from Tro^i halU ami .North Attirbori)' arr tiiiiix«< in thin low ii. xivifi<^'ir<»r»o4 (!.>«. »..W i»«»lr lriTri« fW'Ptipjr a mom S5 > SS f**!, in fo •nrr huillt*:; «i^tn'/-H ."|i|>i«tfr thr arprrt. whrrr ihrr m«1 S. (tl II !• ■-••lO: ^l•aufason & Co., manufacturers of plated jewelry, chains, buckles, combs, &c., occupy a two story wooden building 120x22 feet, with an engine and boiler room 32 x 25 feet, and have 60 employees. An engine of 8 horse power built by J. T. Wells of New York City, sup- plied with steam from a tubular boiler, 15 horse power, built by the Providence Steam Engine Company of Provi- dence, R. I., furnish their motive power. Office and sales- room 177 Broadway, New York. J. J. & J. M. Richards occupy a room 75 x 45 feet in three story wooden building, for tlie manufacture of plated jewelry of all kinds. They commenced business in 1864, and have 45 employees. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 40 horse power in building adjacent. Office and salesroom 179 Broadway, New York City. Whitney & Rice, manufacturers of gilt and plated jewel- ry, occupy the lower floor of two story wooden building, 235 X 25 feet. The business was established in 1849 by Davenport & Whitney. Has been carried on by the present firm since 1859, who employ about 70 persons, doing a busi- ness of from $75,000 to $100,000 per annum. Power fur- nished from engine in building adjacent. Office and sales- room 79 Broadway, New York City. The firm of A. Bushee & Co. has been established about one year, in the manufacture of jewelry and fancy metal goods. They employ about 20 hands, witli steam power, and can tarn out a monthly product of S3,000. Their facto- ry is 25 by 20 feet and contains 4 lathes, rolling-mill, stamps, presses and other machinery. Feminine vanity is specially regarded by Day, Bliss & Dean, who, while making all kinds of plated jewelry, give special attention to ladies' chains ; and avoiding the imputa- tion of partiality, they make gentlemen's chains also. They have been established 12 years, employ 25 hands, and can turn out about §5,000 worth of goods per month, which are sold principall}' to the New York trade, their salesrooms in that cit)- being at 24 John street. The facilities of Charles E. C.vrpenter, manufacturer of straw goods, of foreign and domestic straw, are equal to the production of 10,000 hats per week. He occupies a factory 60x40 feet and three stories, with an L, 40x35, employs 50 hands on the premises, and gives work to 300 outside. The goods of his manufacture are sold in New York. (3i Xi^Bl'RI^, 4f miles from Worcester, 55J /*\ . from Norwich. A country station on the Norwich C^y' and Worcester Railroad. About three-quarters of a mile from the depot is the Stoneville Mill, C. W. & J. E. Smith, proprietors, N. S. Fisher, agent. They commenced the mauutacture of sheet- ings about the year 1860. The mill is 100x40 feet, three stories and basement, containing 3,960 spindles, 90 looms ; employing 70 persons, consuming 950 pounds of cotton per day, and producing 21,000 yards per week; two Monroe three feet iron wheels furnish the power. The water is ob- tained from a small stream, a tributary of the Blackstone, the fall being 22 feet. H. M. Wftter & Co. occupy a mill a few feet from the one described above, for the manufacture of narrow silk. worsted, cotton and linen tapes, commencing here in 1865. They employ 20 persons, producing 1,200 yards per day. The building is 100x40 feet, three stories ; an 18x14 breast wheel furnishes the power ; the fall is '22 feet. GH rBURNDALiE, 10 miles from Bos- -l\. ton "ud 34 from Worcester, a station on the Boston ^_^ & Albany Railroad in the town of Newton. Popu- lation about 1,000. ij Fitcl I.I>1¥II¥VII.I^E, 21 miles from itchburg and 35 from Greenfield, a village con- one church and 800 inhabitants, on the Ver- mont and Massachusetts Railroad, and in the town of Tem- pleton. [AL.L,AIII>YAI..E, 21 miles from Bos- ton and 5 from Lawrence, a station in the town of Andover on the Boston & Maine Railroad. ARI>\I"EI^I. FERRY, 8 miles from Greenfield and 5 from Shelburne Falls, a flag _ station on the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, on the banks of the Deerfield river. ^JJARYSTABB^E is the county seat of TM I Barnstable county ; contains the Jail and Court House. C ^J- It is situated on the Cape Cod Bay, 73J miles from Boston and 60 from Hyannis, ou Cape Cod Railroad. Barnstable contains about 1.200 inhabitants, two churches aud one bank. It is noted for its fisheries. Vessels with eight feet of water can enter here. ^1 ARRII>OTOI%, 144 miles from Xew n Q 1 York, 176 from Boston, 74 from Albany, 85 from Cj3^ Bridgeport and 25 from Pittsfield. A village and town by the same name in Berkshire county on the Honsa- tonie Railroad and river. The village contains 4 churches, 1 bank and 4,000 inhabitants. The Berkshire Hotel is a favo- rite summer resort for parties and boarders during the heated season. The Berkshire Woolen Company was incorporated in 1836 ; capital $100,000. The present officers of the com- pany are J. C. Russell, President ; A. C. Russell, Agent. This company run 15 sets woolen machinery, weaving about 70,000 yards cloth per month. Their factory building built of stone is 160 x 50 feet, 4 stories; employing 300 hands. They have three other buildings, used for sorting wool, &c., &c. Their motive power consists of 9 turbine wheels of 250 horse power, and a 125 horse power Woodrufi" & Beach's^team engine, with 2 tubidar boilers, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, and 1 flue boiler, by Clary, Sedg^vick & Russell, of Pittsfield, Mass. ^ECKET, 65 mUes from .-ybany. 135 'gll from Boston and 63 from Hartford. A village and C_3-^ town on the Boston and Albany Railroad. The vil- lage contains three churches, and has a population of 300. The town is an elevated farming region, on the Green Moun- tain range in Berkshire county. Westfield, Farmington and Housatonic rivers receive the waters of several ponds here. / /,' u Sttitijitifttl (utzetti lil.Kl.l.!. 1>1 M..?. A t ... .. ii.iu.-',.. •! '■ for llic niaiuiUrturr of Uiok, iiri»« ami » i ,„;i! ;. .;i. ,,.!..! ..|.,...iir i)..< Mi.i.ii.n.M r... kn, mill jo :. I, Miu:M r.Ti % Kiii|ili>v '.'4 ! 1 iil...ul :', iiHi i-Mii.l. |HT lUv. 'Ilir Iii..lnr |-.«. r i- liy l wlirri, 2f. f.rl ilmiiirlrr, 1 I firl I hnrw (Miwcr. llirir m-o'IiiI mill i» »iliinl<-il bImiiii • >r« niitr Milltliraal, in lll<- ll>»ll i>l MMMIrllflil. I Ik > n| 'X ily ..f Ihio mill i« «li«>iil !»<• I"ii« ■•! |«a|"r |-t .|n_v ; riii|.l..viiii. ?*lhiitiH» ln>nw p«iwpr iivcr-«l»>l .->... A. \^x\; fc'.i. y)|-:i.<'lli-:KT<>W."\, Hi mil.- frniu ^J.N<-w Ixiiiloii. :;i Irom (;r<w Millrr'* _ Ki«IU,) «ihI ".'1 fmm IW.nit.ii. A»ill»jfr bikI li'wu in ll.>i»|»)iirx i-ounlv. oi, il., N. .. I . ,.l .i. N..rtlirni FUilniaH. Till* town wa» iTi, i({. It w«« M-l- llr^l in IT.i:;. I1i> ly mimI wpII im- l.r..«.-jj niih-H frnni Wi^Um, T I Iriiii Kit' lil'iirK. A »illaj.'r ami lf.« n <.n i ^J^ Clinlni. ami Kiirl.UrK Kailr.ni.l. n.i. !• krn Inxn ll..lt..n in I7m<. A l.ram !• <•( (hr A»a lliia Inwii K'"" i:Rii.%RnsTo'\. « T,! .S|,rin>rft.|.| ami 7 I: ^)KM.Ili4.ll.%^l, :n rnilrs from H... T| I..... 14 lr..n. N\.-.ii..Hk.l atxl •.'•.'} In.m I'n.xi.l.n • iluali-<«l, a *illat;i • alx'iil .ftN) intialnlntil*. aiiiilain> »w <'liurrnm li linr runnini; I'mm Millnnl. a lan<-<- nl' "is niilfn, ron- n.rOi hm' willi llir Ihrnlon, IlartfiirtI and Krir lUilroail. \V.-.n~«-k.i ,1m. .,..„. -3[lKl.nO.'^T, «; ii.il.s fn.m Unstou. and y I M iVi'in Kili-hlMirj;, a \illa;;i' nmlainini; 1 rhurrli iiml "_ nl..\it .VtO inliabilalilii, on the UimIud & Kiltiilmrx i^i:vi:i T| l.«-at«l. ^ . ton ami tHN.. I I> I , ai..i A. «». !• 54 trw, m. itfl I •tur> j)r,'?IIS rA<-T^>KV, :• mi Irs from j\ JI..I..11. liii.l 1^ Ir-.m Wnltl.nni. A x ilia;;." on tlio ^ WaltTli>«u Urniirh aixl i»n the C'liarloii rivrr, which li«ii|<-a till* iilaop fn'ni NVntoiii itir. Tlir .V.TX* Mill*, llii' •■..ni|«Biiy III. ra«»iin v . •ilcr houiv it thrir |iiil> r !.■ 'i ■iiinra, ■*>'> I '" > I 'I" ilyr Iioumt ailjoiiiinv'. •l-T*. Thr marhinr "hop antl IT,.--,. ,v..| r,.,H,tiTi^' r.-.t'n. 1\ \ «<>, n. - >>a<» i lubuUr aixl i fliM bi>ilrr< vtuuU br Allen & V- KI^V« a town of G.:>n(l inlMl.il...,lH. >u the Kiulrm Kailniad, I - mlaiii* 'J rhurrhc«, *i«. •.' IU|)ti«t, 1 rnitarian. 1 rni»rr.nl ■•. M.ll>-lixt : aU> ha« 1 Unk. llir I ■■ itIv Satin);* lUnk and I Kim ai'-: jiAiiy. 'Wv niimU-r "f »filrr» i- rhil'lrrn allrndint; M-hiM>l 1,17.'). I !•• 1 in Manonir Hl'M-k. a tlino •liifY lirirk 1 tho c«>ni«T of Waihinirtiiii u-.'I ('.«l- ! •!• MO U.xrc. al-. 21 |.Hk U > I ; w...ll..r-, nmil. outwnnl nii.l inwanl ami 'Ujr. The lown «a. -til.. I i:. \<--:r. a-..| : I rated Feb. • It i.a. ' '.4 tl • I ItKsi |{...lr..v.. It !•:, 7 n>ilr» fn»m I'itt.-ifi. i \Jaiiu, a tnanufariunuK «ill.> lh« I'ltuAold aod N. *iu*ineM in |Hi« ; <-«i l..|.r,| »., the lUrlL.' 150 Statiotis in the State of Massachusetts. F. E. Porter & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden building, 50x30 feet, located on Raili-oad avenue, for tlie manufacture of ladies' and misses' boot's and shoes. Commenced busi- ness in 1854. Have, in good times, 80 employees, and turn out 72,000 paii's per annum ; doing business to the amount of $100,000. This firm have an office in Boston, at 126 Pearl street. Daniel Foster 2d occupies a 2 story wooden building, 85 X 25 feet, with an ell. 30 x 20 feet, located at No. 64 Eaih-oad avenue, for the nuuiiifacture of ladies' and misses' boots and r^lioes. Commeuceil business in 1845. Has in gdod times 75 employees and turns out 100,000 pairs per auuum, doiu^' business to the aiuount of $125,000. Larcom & Galloup occupy a 3 story wooden building 45 X 25 feet, located on a line with the Eastern Railroad, for the manufacture of ladies' misses' and children's boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1867, and turn out 600 pairs of boots per week. C. H. BuTMAN & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building, 45 X 1^5 feit, located on Kailroad avenue, for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and childrens' slippers and buskins, of which they turn out 60,000 pairs per annum, employing 60 bauds and doing business to the amount of $75,000. These goods are sold in all parts of the Uuion. Ai-LEX, Le.witt & Co. occupy a three story wooden building, 80x40 feet, used as a steam mill for getting out stock, &c. ; also, occupy a three story wooden buildiug, 100 x40 feet, a two story wooden building, 45x35 feet, and a IJ story wooden buildiug, 45x30 feet, used as cabinet shops for the manufacture of cabinet furniture, chamber sets, &c. lo- cated on Congi-ess street. The business was established in 1848, by AUen & Decker, and has been carried on by the present tirm since September, 1867. This firm consume about 300,000 feet of lumber annually, giving employment to about 50 hands. Their machinery, consisting of turn- ing lathes, planing and moulding machines, circular and jig saws, &c., is driven by an engine of 18 horse power, built by George N. Newcomb, of Nalem, Mass., with one flue boiler, 50 horse power, built by James Tetlow, formerly of Salem. Do business of upwards of $200,000. Office" and salesrooms, 35 Sudbury street, Boston. Lawrence & Bodge occupy a 2 story wooden building, 28x27 feet, used as a pottery, with a mill house attached, 1 story, '28 x 27 feet, used for griading clay ; store house 27 x 20 feet ; kiln house, 33x17, 2 stories, in which is a kiln capable of holding 2,000 pots, weighing each 6J lbs., and 10,000 flour pots ; ware room, 1 story, 55x20 feet, located on Federal and Riverside street. Messrs. L. & B. com- menced the manufacture of earthern ware, in 1868. Em- ploy 10 hands. Post office box, 252. Foss & Ingalls, manufacturers of furniture, bedsteads, bureaus, glasses, frames, &c., commenced business in 1868, occupying, on Cabot street, a 3 story frame building, 50x25 feet, have 11 emplo3'ees, their machinery consisting of plan- ing and moulding machines, jig saws, &c., is driven by a 30 horse power engine, situated in building adjacent. Buckley & Co. occupy a 3 story brick building, 60x30 feet, used as a mill ; also a 3 story frame building, 60x30 ft. used as a cabinet shop, located on the corner of Congress and Wellman sts., for the mauutacture of cabinet furniture. Commenced business in 1862. Have 80 employees, and do a business of 820,000 per annum. Their machinery is driveu I by a 10 horse power engine, made by Geo. L. Newcomb, of Salem, Mass., furnished with steam from a 15 horse power flue boiler. Creesy & AVallis commenced business in 1867, as man- ufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, occupying a 3 story wooden building, 34x40, located on Park street, near the railroad station. Tliey employ 35 bauds, and turn out about 40,000 pairs of boots per annum. Business amounts to nearly $70,000. Hervey Lxtst. In 1859, Mr. Lunt commenced the man- ufacture of ladies' and misses boots and shoes, occupying a three story wooden building, 58x22 feet, situated at 5fo. 68 Riiilroad avenue. Employs 25 hands ; doing a business of $40,000 per annum. Cole, Wood & Co. occupy a three stciry brick building, 50 x 50 feet, located No. 54 Cabot street, tor llie mauutac- ture of ladies', misses' and cliildren's boots and shoes ; em- ploy 100 hands and-turn out about 70,000 pairs per year ; commenced business in 1859. Office and salesroom No. 15 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. W. A. Smith, manufacturer of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's boots and shoes, occupies a 3 story wooden building, 20 X 35 feet, with an ell 14 x 20 feet, located corner of Bow and Park streets ; employs 8 hands, turns out about 6,000 pairs per year, and does business to the amount of $6,000 ; conuuenced business in 1855. George A. "Woodbdry occupies 2 floors of a 4 story wooden building, 36 x 24 feet, located on Park street, where he employs 20 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots, shoes and slippers ; commenced business in 1866. Perry & Pbeston, successors to Foster and Young, oc- cupy a 4 story wooden building, 28 ^ 90 feet, located oppo- site the Eastern Railroad depot, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes; employ about 125 hands ; turn out 3,000 pairs per week ; commenced busi- ness in 1866 ; machinery is run by an engine of 12 horse power, with a flue boiler of 20 horse power, built by George L. Newcomb of Salem, Mass. A. P. BtJRNHAM occupies two floors of a four story wood- en building, 20x36 feet, located on Park steeet, for the man- ufacture of ladies' and misses' boots, shoes and slippers. He commenced business in 1866. Employs 12 hands, and does business to the amount of $35,000 per annum. John Lefavre & Co., manufacturers of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, occupies a three story wooden building, 22 x24 feet, located on Park street. Commenced business in 1866. Employ 20 hands, turn out about 30,000 pairs per 3'ear, and do business amounting to about $40,000. Marsters & Walker occupy a two and half story wooden building, 26x35 feet, located on Park street, for the munufac- ture of ladies' and misses' machine and hand made boots and shoes. They employ 100 hands, turn out 2,000 pairs per week, and do business to the amount of $100,000 per year. Commenced business Jan. 1st, 1866. Israel Foster, manufacturer of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, occupies a three story wooden building, 22x36 feet, located corner of Railroad avenue and Randall street, where he employs from 40 to 50 hands ; and does business to the amount of about $60,000 per annum. Commenced busi- ness in 1868. Allen, Leavitt & Co. established business in August, 1867. They occupy seven buildings, making a total of floor- ing of about 5,000 square feet. Employ from 60 to 100 hands, and manufacture cabinet furniture of all kinds. They run 10 machines, such as planers, saws, moulders, &c. Consume between 200,000 and 300,000 feet of lumber, and do a business of $200,000 per annum. To drive their ma- chinery they use an engine of 30 horse power. ( ii\|{m;s II. rii/rcKN I »■ M n \:} BOOTS, SHOES AND LASTS. A >i I I I . A > I > . M A >i ^ . Saltornnni. No. 10'.' I'rarl ^trrrl, Kosioii, Ma-o. '^) l.\ I.ICI.l I ilKUM, 21 milen from u ) 1- %< k I '^fiTOif, 3 milw from North j 1^ . ,.| .. ir.M.. s..|..,„ A rouiilrr«l>lion in Ihr j\ . v. «ad 4A from Trny. A »ll- , ^ IU.%crlr, on il.r IWvrrlv lirmnrh of ihc KMi>t- lUnU Mid ooe dhurrh. oa iho ■ \^ii.iA uii \ \ ti:m Ksin u\ 1 .. odM l>» ihc InJian* Wmi. , «tt, Ai^l »«« ii.(ii>..'aJ>->I til I7A4. Thiv MlHac* of iLr lo«u I* hwl *im1 the loil lijtlil ami matij. li ) I It l>S, ir»^ miltix from IWi^lon. ii rnii r I >lrn«-r. ?T fp'tn AV. • Ilfr\ "^ IV., ,1 A W.r. ^)iKi» sTiti:iT'. • i I ■ .. .,-1 ^,.-.j , !» «h ..f I' i^ '<■■•-.. IUrlf..r.J .n.l » • I. {V"t mtnuflUiUt'rf. f-r l> 152 Stations in the State of Massachisetts. by 3 Boyden wheels, 7 J, 5, and 4 J feet in diameter respec- tively, and four 30 ft. breast wheels, the fall being 32 feet. Seven boilers are used for heating the mills. The gas is brought here from Woonsocket, a distance of 3 miles. The park in front of the mill is tastefully laid out, and shaded by the elm and poplar. ^ll^EACHER^', 12 mUes from North TTII Lawrence, and 1 from the centre and really a part of (^_^ Lowell, on the Lowell & Lawrence and Boston & Lowell Railroads. The Lowell Bleachery is located here. For sketch see Lowell. ^j)I.EACHERY & CHEIIIISTRY, tTI I two stations li miles apart, in the town of Waltham C \y and about 10 miles from Boston on the Watertown Branch. The AValtham Bleach and Dye Works, belonging to the Boston Manufacturing Company of Waltham, is located here. The following establishments are at the Chem- istry Depot : The Newton Chemical Co. is the second oldest company in Waltham. It was incorporated in 1825, for the manufac- ture of mineral acids, with a capital of $80,000, H. Moore Agent. The buildings cover 3 acres of ground, the largest of which are two buildings each, 400x25 feet, two stories high. This company employ 100 hands and consume weekly about 100,000 lbs. brimstone and large quantities of salt. They also use about 3,000 tons of coal yearly. This is said to be the largest acid manufactory in the country. The motive power is furnished by two engines 25- horse power each, built by Otis Tufts of Boston, Mass., for supplying the engines and other part of works with steam, they use 3 flue boilers, one built by Cunningham of Charles- town, and the others by Hinkley and Williams & Otis Tufts, of Boston, Mass. ' Ol.TOI\, 43 mUes from Boston, and lo^ I from Fitchburg, a village and town on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad. This town was incor- ed in 1738. It lies between the Concord and Nashua ^ 1 OSTO]^, 236 miles from New York, (27th ^1 street,) via Springfield, 231^ miles via Providence, 201 C J- fi-om Albany, 44 from Worcester 43i from Providence, 98 from Springfield, 124 from Hartford, IGO from New Ha- ven, lOoi from New London, 464 from Washington, D. C, 105 from Portland, situated on the Massachusetts and the terminus of seven great lines of railways, opening communi- cation with the whole northern hemisphere, wherever the " steam horse" penetrates. Boston, the capital of the State, was incorporated a city, February 23d, 1822, and originally containetl 700 acres, but its territory has been greatly extend- ed by filling up around its borders and embracing its suburbs so that now it consists of four parts ; Boston proper. East Boston, South Boston, and Roxbury District. The Indian name was Shawmut. It was called by the first settlers Tra- mount, Tremont, orTrimountaiu, from the three hills nearly in its centre. It took its present name on the 7th Septem- ber, 1630, in honor of Rev. John Cotton, second minister of the first church, who came from Boston, in England. The original proprietor of this territory was John Blackstone, who soon after its settlement, by Winthrop and others, re- moved to Rhode Island. Boston proper, occupies a penin- sular of 700 acres ; the surface is quite uneven, and in three places rises into hills of considerable elevation, the highest being 138 feet above the level of the sea. The State House, located in Boston proper, is in 42° 21' 22' N." Ion., 71° 4' 9" W. Seven bridges connect Boston proper with Chariest own. South Bostou and the mainland. The first one built was the Charles River Bridge which is 1,503 feet long leading to CharlestowTi. The Old Cambridge Bridge, 2,758 feet in length with a causeway of 3,432 feet, extending across diaries River to Cambridge Road, was completed in 1793. The South Boston Bridge 1,550 feet long leading from the Neck to South Boston, was opened in 1805. Canal Bridge 2,796 feet in length, connecting with Lechmere Point. From the centre of this bridge another bridge 1 ,820 feet in length extends to Charlestown. Boston free bridge, about 500 feet in length, leading to South Boston. Warren Bridge, 1,390 feet long, leading to Charlestown. South Boston was set off from Dorchester March 6th, 1804. It is bounded south by Dorchester bay, and spreads about two miles on the south side of the harbor above the forts. It contains about 600 acres and is laid out into regu- lar streets and squares. The surface of this part of Boston is exceedingly picturesque. In about the centre of this part of the city and about two miles from the City Hall, the memorable "Dorchester Heights" rear their heads 130 feet above the sea, from which is presented a splendid view of Boston, its harboikand surroundings. East Boston was formerly called Noddle's Island. It lies 660 yards Northeast from Old Boston, and about the same distance from Charlestown. It is divided from Chelsea by Chelsea creek, 600 feet wide. The island contains about 660 acres of land and a large body of flats. It was pur- chased by a company of enterprising gentlemen in 1832. The first house was built in 1833. The surface of the island is pleasingly variegated, and affords delightful sites for pri- vate residences, and also well located for manufactories, ship building and all those branches of mechanics connected with navigation. Samuel Maverick formerly owned the island, and resided here in 1630. This locality is now a place of ac- tire business, — large ship yards, foundries, machinery man- ufactories, sugar refineries, &c., being in successful opera- tion. Steamers leave here for Europe. RoxBUUY District, formerly the city of Roxbury, became a part of Boston January 6th, 1868. Roxbury was in- corporated a town 1630 and chartered a city in 1846. It is joined to Boston by a neck of land over which are broad and fashionable avenues from 60 to 100 feet wide, and now one of the most fashionable parts of Boston. The surface of Roxbury is rocky and uneven, but of late years the rough aspect has disappeared and elegant mansions are erected, destroying the original barren and sterile aspect. The soil is good and receives profitable cultivation. The first hourly coach from Boston commenced running between the two places in 1827. This was the home of Rev. John Elliott, who settled here in 1632. He learned the Indian language and translated the Scriptures into it. This would seem the business of a life when the sense of the simple expression ''Kneeling down to him" is conveyed in the Indian language by Wutappessttukqussunnoowehtunkquoh. This is the birth place of General Joseph Warren, the first officer of rank that fell in that glorious contest for liberty. He was an able statesman, an eloquent orator ; a man of uncom- promising integrity and undaunted bravery. Boston harbor is safe and of ample capacity for the largest navy. The most important part is entered by a nan-ow pass between two or three miles below the city and navy yard, and is well protected by P'orts Independence and Warren. The outer harbor below the forts is protected by a very powerful fortress, now nearly completed, situated on George's 11.//- A /;. Rnilwaii an,l \t.in„/.i.r,n.,s St.iti^tinil (i.i.-.rt..^ Tlir IMoii (omiiiiMTinl l{iilliailiii{( AiiM.'rir«ii Juunukl, ilevuini l» ll' 1.1 \ I. 1 x'I'i:i«i:h'I'h oi*^ tiik a.mi-:i<1( v n i-i :< > i -i i :. Aiu-i.;.' II.- •). ■ ml.l..'. I.. U' I..tii..| ... tl..- .^.lumi.. ..r Tkr Itutlrl.n i. VAM AULK MArrini FOR M \N( I Vri! IM K-^, WliM-li will In- fouinl •>! iiili-rr.l In all ;f llii* n'pn'M'nUlUF <■!««« of \ MONEY MATTERS, FINANCIAL ARTICLES, rix' Snlr. \ iilii.', iiti>.il. ., . !, rv .; N. ■« T.ir v.. r -1. i ., V'liuioixii*. W,ili.-->l>ili<>ii< in llii< I'liiU'l Slitlr>, luniiini; » coMri.KTE r.rsTXEss hini:(Tni:v VMVUVVINMV.M. AS WVAA. AS TIIV. INSVUl i HON > •! n-*l.r., Will t- I..1.1 111 till- .-..luiiiu. ..f Thr ]l„li,l,„. >n.l il- |»i.'.-« » ill U wll i;i;iijj wr sKirn iii:s iiv Tin: niisr w im'1'i:i:s, DRAMATIC CRITICISMS, Knilii i>x(>«TirnrcI.1» WoHI.D. formga OoMtp, 4c. TK» BulUim will be found JDUTv-litig l.y »11 <-\a*M-* ; mnA, in •aaition to ibc «»lue of it* r..:.!. :it.. !■ prinlriwin(t l.min •.! ll.' < . Kl . \ I \S I "» I . » !.;■ li .• i \ .liu.i :. ... 1. Tit . FOE, ADVERTISERS. BiLLKTIT^ BDILDIXG, .>'o. i-2i> n«.# v// f .>w- 7'o.v sriiiir, n nsrn.y. I I : I i M >i . X 1 I • I : 1 1 -V > >■ I > I - I > A I > N V > < I : . CURTIS GUILD A CO., PUBLISHERS. 154 Stations in the State of 3Iassachitsetts. Island. It has been building some 30 years at a great ex- pense by the United States government. The harbor contains many islands of gi-eat beauty and is the reservoir of the Mystic, Charles, Neponset, Manatiquot and other rivers. The -wharves and warehouses of Boston are built on a scale of magnitude unsurpassed by any city of equal popula- tion. The north and cast sides of Old Boston are lined with w'liarves and warehouses substantially built, which taken to- gether, make up an aggregate length of over five miles. Among the public buildings the State House is the most conspicuous, situated on Beacon street, opposite the Common. Its foundation is 110 feet above the level of the sea. It was commenced in 1795, completed and occupied in 1798, and cost $133,333. It is 173 feet long, by 61 wide, with a dome 52 feet in diameter and 230 feet above the level of the harbor. In 1854 an addition was made for a State Library. From the top of this dome the whole city appears beneath with all of its crooked streets, its extended avenues, splendid buildings and the Common crossed by romantic walks and shaded by centurian elms, the harbor and the neighboring cities and villages in the distance, aifording a view which is unsurpassed in this country, if not in the world. The City Hall, or Old State House, on State and Wash- ington streets, is still standing. It is 110x38 feet, 3 stories. Two buildings on this spot have been destroyed by tire. The first was built in 1659, the second in 1714, and the present one in 1748. Fanueil Hall, or the cradle of liberty, in Dock square, is 100x80 feet, 3 stories, and was the gift of Peter Fanueil, Esq., to the town in 1742. The building was enlarged in 1805. The hall is 76 feet square, and 28 feet high, and has deep galleries on 3 sides, and is adorned with paintings of patriots, warriors, and statesmen. Quinnj MarL-ct. — The corner stone of this griinite building was laid April 27th, 1825, and completed in 1827. Cost, exclusive of land, $150,000. It is 536x50 feet. The centre part of the build- ing, 74x55, projects 2 or 3 feet on the North and South, and rises 77 feet from the ground to a beautiful dome. The wings are 31 feet and 2 stories high. The lower floor is ex- clusively appropriated as a meat, fish, and vegetable market. The second for a hall and business purposes. There are several other public markets in this city, besides those of East Boston, South Boston and Eoxbury district. The Custom House is near the head of Long wharf, fronting both on Commerce street and on the harbor. It is built on 3,000 piles, at a cost of $1,000,000. The Merchant Exchange, situated on State street, in which is the Post Office, Merchants Exchange and Reading Room, &c. The build- ing was finished in 1842, and cost, exclusive of the ground, $175,000. A new City Hall has recently been erected at a cost of about $60,000, in front of which is placed a statue of Franklin. The Tremont Temple, situated on Tremont street, oppo- site Tremont House, was erected on the site of the old one burnt in 1852. The Boston Music Hall, in which is located the " great organ," is situated on Winter street, and was com- pleted in 1852. This organ is one of the most powerful in- struments ever constructed. It was built in Germany, at a cost of $60,000. It has nearly 6,000 pipes and 89 stops. Its dimension.s are 60x48 feet, and 24 feet deep. These, with the " the Masonic Hall," the hotels, Tremont, American, Revere, United States and St. James. The the- atres, Boston Museum, Boston Theatre, Continental and Sel- wyn's, comprise the more important public buildings, hotels, theatres, &c. The literary, scientific, educational and be- nevolent institutions of Boston are numerous. The Boston Athenajum, incorporated in 1807, situated on Beacon street, own a building costing $136,000, in a lot of ground costing $55,000. The library contains over 50,000 volumes, besides manuscripts, a fine gallery of sculpture and one of paintings. The Massachusetts Historical Society, organized in 1794, has a library of over 12,000 volumes, besides some 500 volumes of manuscript, together with a col- kction of pamphlets, maps, charts, coins, &c. The Boston Library Society, founded in 1794, has a library of 14,000 vol- umes. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has a library of 15,000 volumes, founded in 1780 and is the oldest organization of the kind in the United States, excepting the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. The Mercan- tile Library Association, instituted in 1820, has about 14,- 000 volumes. The first Mechanics' Ajiprentices' Library- Association ever organized, was cstablislied at Boston in 1820. The State Library, founded in 1826, 8,000 volumes, and the City Library, founded in 1851, 10,000 volumes. The Public Library Building, Boylston street, facing the common, was dedicated January Ist, 1858. The cost was $863,633. This library contains over 100,000 volumes and is free to every citizen of Boston. The Society of Natural History, the building for which is on the "Back Bay Lands," cost $100,000; Also, the Insti- tute of Technology, the edifice for which is in the same locality, cost $100,000. The medical college connected with Harvard University is situated in Boston. There are also many other similar societies all closely identified with the history and progress of Boston, such as the New Eng- land Historical and Geneological Society, the Boston Society of Natural History, the American Oriental Society, the Handel & Hayden Society, the Musical Educational Society, and Boston Academy of Music. The Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital occupies a plat of four acres of ground in the western part of the city, on the rigfit bank of the Charles River. The McLean Assylum for the Insane, a branch of the hospital is situated at Somerville. The Perkins Institu- tion and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind occupies the fine building known as the Mount Washington House in South Boston. There is also in South Boston the Boston Lunatic Asylum. The Boston Farm School for indigent boys is located on Thompson's Island. The new Alms- house, an imposing structure in the form of a Latin cross, is situated on Deer Island, where are also the House of Indus- try and Reformation, and the Quarrantine Hospital. In the western part of the city is the Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary and in the southern part the New Engird Female Medical College. The latest and most important, perhaps, of the benevolent institutions of Boston, is the Free City Hospital, built at a cost of $400,000. There are published in Boston about 150 periodical publications, treating of almost every subject, whether of news, art, literature or science. There are 50 banks and 12 savings banks, the former having an aggregate capital of $44,500,000. There are 36 insurance companies. The citizens of Boston have ever sustained a high rank for their commercial enterprise. After whitening every sea with their canvass and extending their commerce with all nations of the globe, they are now- looking -westward and constructing new and artificial chan- nels to enable them not only to cornpete with other Atlantic cities for the already immense commerce of the western world, but to intercept it on its way down the Hudson and St. Lawrence. Boston Common, the pride of every Boston- ian, is considered to be one of the most delightful prome- nades in the world. It comprises about 75 acres of land of variegated surface, beautifully shaded by trees of various kind.«, particularly in the malls or walks which surround it. Some of these trees were planted more than 100 years ago. The malls are wide, beveled, graveled and smooth, the whole enclosed by an iron fence, on the outside of which are wide streets and elegant buildings. The distance around the malls and common is about a mile. This plot of ground is so held by the city, that it can never be appropriated to any- other than its present healthful and pleasing purposes. The • Ml lIlP WP«I to II,. ri.r. <,.l »/,/ Sl,ilt*tu.d (;,i;,ft,- •■J.lll lX.jJal>^ i^'^, J-a *. >J ; logal voun SS.tf'Ji), in pure walor fur »ll llie varioii* u .' of III" rtr.l aad ia'i«l imp .lia .t I iu all roijutriri. I pliti-a< iu>i«i •iiiiabU 1 roUan fur realiUliua, coiuuiinj( of 6,600 Itoalon WM •iip|ilir.| fntiu III)* ('•M-liiiuAlo Ukx. •ilim(» arr* of rt.'iO r«i-|, ;• I ISj'fiH't «h..«« Rprinx iMc. The nif- (J iu»« nf n Urirk oHKluil to « |n^n>«iin«' . iriiij; llirvi( ihn roar 1 6153. in tl>o rMllowi-v; ' in with lirinitli I1<>-"! . .•« frw i»crr»« li> ill ««>uth "idp, "11 th« . t f»ir« »rv i : • thi« town i- . r<. having' l«r , <>nil> <-m. .,f s i% ( ;. c A . . Il.-k .nd in«truii>cul mrt wilh uu .riti, .. fil -Min.l on. t»f un- 1 f*T ■ I fur oiinbiiia'.ioa* and rariattoo* in power and Mill. ».i :m{in(; of .\i.I- i>i.s( ini' iions. nl :5 «?t- k 2Ji 1 4 = -S'« i i5;2 2 4=^1 ■.:: 1=^^ ;?:i 1 iti: 5] 111! n ■ .k 3 » t- • it 1 \I n:( )\ 1. h !'( >i:i- \ i: LI. M I LI.-. «M >11 »iion. lor tirinaitiK (irmin, Noll. I .ml. Spi.^-», (. ..lU-.-. rU*tt>r. Ji.-. M.V( lilNKUY «r«ll kiodn for FUH K una GRIST MII.I>, And Mill FuroitJjiiipi of crcry i"rc;ii "vV^iivKit" n<>i/ri>.<- c-i.othh. Mill IVk*. SpifMIr*. Slr|«, Ilii.|ip..lUil> «ii.l l»rnrr..Smiil Ma< Inn.-, mi.l ."Sc|K«r»l..r.. Bran Du.irf. H<.iir I'arkrt .imI IW.|i UerU, Mmniii)?. I'.ill.v. »:..! lUi.CTv l|..,.ti>,j; S.n«. a...l lUiL. Cn. aii.l (..!.< r.rK. r^. s. rv. n W, m 9AI TATO irATHTS srirT* MifTAmT Df SToa AT imwAcnim: ?im i'iti::«< II I II Kit I It I-\IN I M I I I .>«. rll. I><»il>l<< niitl •-t|iiMl«-> : M ,. , . M il>« nutiiiifai-lurr nf rami* •lul Color*. I.Ar lire Clutwr*, - pul«rn«ng 1 orbinoal ana all Dnign. JlarhiDcry Ibr B(«*kia( aad Uriadiac .raU. M.iiiul.n turir» of A. II. nminnnl"* Impnivotl Iron I'owrr I*nint Mill*. K-r Maniifo'nMrrr*, aiHl llrain«rti'> ilaixl I'ainl MilU for rainlrr*' uw. «■ Platform Elevators, for Stores & Warehouses. Improved Turbine Water Wheels. OFFICE AND SALESROOM. (J Huymarket Sq.. aud 2 Charlestow:; Sir- • • Slio|Hi. N.« '.» \ 1 I llax.rhill. '.' IV \i rl\. nn«l I. •» *: X (Ijiirlrntown Stmt.. ItOinX)N. MAhti. 160 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. FOBES, HAYWAED. & 00 Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in CHOCOLATE, SUGAR TOYS, &c. Daniel Fobes, D. H. Haywari>, A. F. IIayward. NOS. 96 & 98 SUDBURY STREET, BOSTON. ing all mortices and tenons, or bolt boles in the axles and stock, and the necessity of removing the bent ends of shafts in case of repairs, as the shaft is formed in two parts, meet- ing at the cross bar — -producing a stronger, neater and cheaper vehicle than by any other method. Mr. Porter is also sole proprietor andmaniifticturer of Pierce's Spiral Com- mon Sense Egg Beater, of which he turns out 12,000 per week, and the Triumph Pie Lifter, of which he turns out 6,- 000 per week. Fobes, Hatward & Co. occupy a five story brick build- ing, 80x34 feet, located at Nos. 96 and 98 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of confectionery and chocolate of every descri2)tion. They commenced business in 1861, have from 25 to 30 employees, consume from 40 to 50 barrels of sugar per week and do business amounting to upwards of $100,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by a 15 horse power engine, built by R. W. Pratt & Co., of this city, with one tulnilar boiler, 40 horse power, built by Kendall & Roberts, of Campridgeport, Mass. W. Frank Bacon occupies 2 floors, 65x35 feet, in a three story wooden building, located at No. 33 Hawkins street, where he employs 1 7 hands in the manufacture of gold leaf, gold foil, bronze, and dentists' plate. He commenced busi- ness in 1841, and has a capacity for turning out 250 pack- ages per week, each package containing 500 sheets. Does business to the amount of $30,000 per annum. Scrannage, Bate & Co. occupy a foundry 45 x 45 feet, located at No. 138 Broad street ; also occupy 2 floors 50x20 feet in a four story brick Imilding, located at No. 50 Sud- bury street, where tlity iiianufacture soda and beer generating apparatus, fire extinguishers and plumbers' brass work of every description, turning out each month 3',500 lbs of finished cast- ings, and giving employment to 25 hands. Their machinery consisting of 17 lathes, strapping and brushing machines, &c. ; is driven by an engine of 90 horse power in building adja- cent. Do business to the amount of $40,000 per annum. The Bay State Paper Box Factory, George B. Har- rington proprietor, occupies four floors 100x30 feet, in a five W. FRANK BACON, MANrFACTl'KER OF Loaf, BroQzo, llolil Foil I hkii Plato, IVo. 33 HfiAvliiiis Street, (Near Sudbury Street,) Refining done at short notice. BOSTON. story freestone building, located at 105 Hanover street, for I 25 feet, located at No. 11 P^lm street, for the manufacture of the manufacture of every description of plain and fancy I French and American confectionery, of the best quality and paper boxes. He commenced business in 1859, has 60 em- j free from adulteration. He commenced business in 1862, ployees, and consumes about 200 tons of straw board annu- I has 12 employees, consumes from 15 to 20 barrels of sugar ally. per week, and does business amounting to about $60,000 per Wm. F. Schrapft occupies a 4 story brick building, 40x ' annum. WILLIAM F. SCHRAFFT, MauuliH-turor and Wlink-sal.^ l)>>ak'r in lm,eri€aii & Frencli Coiifeetioiiery. NO. 11 ELM STREET, BOSTOlsT, MA.SS. n ./' . .V / linhr.nj .tn.l M.tnuf.. \f,iti^ff ,il '.'.-. ft, E. & G-. Cr. HOOK, Church Organ I ^1 fl 1 .1 >i :i c>^, lu ►>; I < > >. HOOK. I E : 1 1 FlVilloill Si. ^jr ROXBURY DISTRICT. II IIVslINi Stnitll Oriciitio roii'vlaiill^ oi li.iiict. I iiiti|il<'l<'il 'iirl> *.< -iilliiMi- lor Hill, III 4 liiiithi< lllltl.. or I .-• llllr-ltlMMil.. »1-1>. III! ll—.orlllll'tl| <>| H«T ■ iiiil-h:riid *>ru; low prirrm. :i<.s K<>K Tt'MMi AM> HE- J9 ifTVl' ^ HUM. rKoMITI.V KXKCL-TKl). " Itror) H .\«i> lh»l n HfMTinriillotiv rtldor'.rl<' tii- IIIMMI ii|i|itl< ;i(l<>ii. • il |i< I ■• < I III i\ 1 r) ri»|M-i I. III. s»| \|.l.l>r iirf •'qaiill> ii» inrl.i I In lom-.« (>ii>iriii Clon *• .iikI tlll< ;isihti». of ih.- 1 .. Till I : \i ^ , )UuuU--(urrr I'f all .lr«. rip II . »,k .^, I r , ..'..I ii..i.| »».l •« . 162 Stations in the State of Massachvsetts. JAMES MARTIN & SON, — Manufacturers of — TE.\TS, WA«Oi\ k HOUSE fOYKRS, FLAGS, ITALIAN AND STORE AWNINGS. "VVe have several large TENTS, that will seat from 700 lo 4,000 per- sons to dine under, ■\\hifli with about 100 smaller Tents we will LET on reasonable terms. All letters promptly answered and all orders personally attended to. 114 Commercial Street ----------- JAMES MARTIN. itoston, ]fla§§. JAMES A. MAItTIN. James Martin & Son occupy 3 floors, 60x20 feet, in a 4 I story brick building, located at No. 114 Commercial street, for the manufacture of circus and show tents, awnings, and 1 awning fixtures, flags, &c. They commenced business in 18.37. Consume about 50,000 yards of cotton drilling per month ; employing on an average 10 hands. This firm also have on hand a variety of tents of all sizes, capable of hold- ing from 150 to 4,000 persons, which they will let for fairs, picnics, public celebrations, &c., on reasonable terms. The Bay State Sugar Refinert, R. H. Wafers & Co., proprietors, was established in April, 1867. They occupy a five story brick building, located at Nos. 8, 9 and 10 Sar- gent's wharf, and from No. 41 to 49 Eastern avenue, and manufacture granulated and coffee sugars. The first floor of their building contains an engine for driving their machin- ery, 60 horse power, with an automatic cut-off, built by George Davis & Co., of Nashua, N. H., and a vacuum engine of 25 horse power, used for exhausting the air from the vacuum pans, built by the same parties. Their steam is furnished from four tubular boilers, with Miller's connec- tions, built by John Lally, of this city. They also have four steam feed pumps, built by George F. Blake & Co., of this city. Aside from these and on the same floor, is a melt- ing-pan, capable of holding 700 gallons, 4 charcoal kilns, forty pipes in each kiln, and ample room for storing and shipping their sugar. On the second floor there are 10 centrifugal machines, used for purging sugar, capable of turning out 800 barrels per day ; also 4 green syrup tanks, holding 3,240 gallons each, 3 tanks for boiling liquors, hold- ing 3,240 gallons each, 18 charcoal filters, 4 feet diameter, 30 feet long, holding 16,000 pounds each. There is a railway on this floor for conveying the charcoal from the kilns to tlie filters ; also a machine for cooling it after being taken from the kilns, which cools 300 barrels per day, and 2 syrup tanks, holding 100 barrels each. On the third floor there are 2 receiving tankf^ holding 2,800 gallons, which receives the liquor from the bag-filters, 3 tanks for boiling purposes, holding 3,240 gallons each, 100 cooling wagons, holding 1,800 barrels, also a tank and mover combined, 11 feet long, 7^ feet arch, for receiving the sugar from the vacuum pan, to supply the centrifugal machines used for purging the sugars. On this floor, and separated by a brick partition, is the granulating machine and an elevator for hoisting. On the fourth floor is the vacuum pan, used for boiling sugar, 9J feet diameter, and containing 407 feet of 4-inch copper pipe. There are also 6 bag filters, holding 63 bags each, and an elevator used for hoisting charcoal from the cellar to the fifth floor. Here is the clarifying room, containing 6 clarifiers, each holding 1 ,600 gallons of liquor, and 2 receiv- ing tanks, with cold and hot water at hand. This firm employ 45 hands, and produce about 250 barrels of sugar daily. Joseph R. Grose occupies two floors, 90x46 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 109 Court street, where he manufactures paper boxes of every description. He com- menced business in 1858, has 19 employees and does busi- ness amounting to from $25,000 to $30,000 per annum. The machinery is driven by a 5 horse power steam engine, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, 8 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgcport, Mass. C. J. Peters & Son occupy rooms 100x45 feet, in a four story brick building, located at from Nos. 1 to 1 3 Washing- ton street, where they manufacture stereotype and electro- type plates, giving employment to 20 persons. They com- menced business in 1864, and consume between 30 and 40 tons of lead and copper, doing business to the amotnit of $50,000 per annum. Power furnished from engine in build- ing adjacent. JOSEPH E. GROSE MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF PAPER BOXES, TVo. 109 Coixi-t ^tretit, (Minofs Building.) Up Stairs. A few doors from Hanover Street >iW>/>.« .N. 1: li.niu.iy .i„.i M.n ut.i.turrr^ .'st Ui rl«?lnHrpiii^' «I.. n •• ul. wkI' i.«wn.«|i«r« ;•!-,. I^U 1. ...( ..lirt^. Spool Ti-lirt., 4r. < ►«!«. r.^.«rtf„IU -.1,. II H A W n UtpUr ol cimiIi Munirpai aiyi ilu^ton. whor*. M Um iMtcr pUc«, il ba< bwn in ««»i»t»ocp otrr Jk) rr«r». lUt-- ".- - •■- --.■■- '-"' • ' . .-..mm .1.. ..!.!> titlr.l ui. a- 164 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. GEORGE B. LOTHROP & Co., LOCKSMITHS AND MANUFACTURERS OF BUILDERS' HARDWARE. No. 30 Exchange Street, (Corner Dock Square.) BOSTON. a better idea of tlie maguitude of these buildings to say that they contain 111,576 feet, or about 2J acres of flooring, and 371 windows, containing 4,100 h'ghts of glass. Steam is used for heating the whole building and drying lumber. There are two fire-proof safes large enough to contain dupli- cates of all patterns and scales used about the business, There are three brick cisterns in the basement, with a united capacity of about 6(5,000 gallons, designed to retaiu the rain water used in the factory. The motive power for the ma- chinery department is obtained from an upright double cyl- inder, 40 horse power engine. They possess facilities for turning out between 50 and 60 pianos per week. Their engine •and elevator was built and put up by Campbell, Whittier & Co. The steam pipes by J. J. Walwarth & Co., and the boilers by McKay & Aldus, all of this city. The warerooms of the firm arc at No. 272 Washington street. George B. Lothkop & Co. occupy two floors 15x70 feet and 20x10 feet respectively, in a six story brick building, located at No. 30 Exchange street, where they employ 12 persons in the manufacture of builders' hardware, having been engaged in this business since 1866. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 5 horse power supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, both of which were built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridgeport, Mass. They do business amounting to $20,000 per annum. Bramav, Shaw & Co., successors to Foster, Lawrence & Co., established in 1830. Manufacturers of all kinds of upholstered parlor furniture, sales room and finishing shop, 27 Sudbury, corner Portland street, Boston, Massachusetts. Their factory on Bridge street. East Cambridge, is 125 x 50 feet, four stories high, well supplied with the latest and most approved machinery for the manufacture of first-class furni- ture ; two large kilns for drying lumber. Their factory is situated on a solid wharf, containing 20,000 feet, with water on two sides of suificcnt depth to allow good sized vessels to land ; employ about 250 hands. This firm import direct from the manufacturers, Samuel Laycoek & Sons, best Eng- lish hair cloth ; for durability and finish this cloth is greatly superior to any other in the market. Messrs. Braman, Shaw & Co. manufacture elegant parlor suits, in every variety of style and finish ; also, sofas, loung- es, parlor easy and reclining chairs. Settees and chairs for masonic lodges, churches, depots, halls, «fec., &c., made to order. They sell to dealers throughout New England, New York and the West, and ship to California, Oregon and Australia. They have in their employ about 250 hands. An engine of 40 horse power drives their machinery. E. F. Page & Co. occupy 4 floors 76x30 feet, in a 6 story stone building, located at No. 46 Congress street, where they employ 8 hands in the manufacture of superior oak tanned leather behing. The business was established in 1847 by Edward Page, and succeeded by E. F. Page & Co., at their present location in Jan. 1867. Their machinery, consisting of glassing and splitting machines, is driven by an engine of 25 horse power in building adjacent. They do business amounting to upwards of $100,000 per annum. Boston Print Works, Birkmaier & Burns, proprietors, occupy four floors, 75x30 feet, in a five story stone building, located at No. 65 Congress street, for the printing of woolen goods, and sponging of all kinds of fabrics, the colors used being made in the same building. The business was estab- lished in 1860, and gives employment to 22 per.sons. They have a capacity for printing four cases of goods per day, each case containing 600 yards, which pass through the printing machine three times. Their machinery is driven by two steam engines of 12 horse power combined, built by Otis Tufts, of this city. They do business amounting to $26,000 per annum. The firm of Sewall, Dat & Co., was originated in the the year 1835, by Benjamin Sewall and Moses Day, owing to whose skill and energy, the production of the establish- ment has increased from about 300 to more than 2,500 tons per annum, making them the largest manufacturers of cord- age in the New England States. The machinery used by them is mainly constructed in the shop upon their own prem- ises ; and they have also manufactured machinery for other rope factories. lu addition to cordage, they make oakum packing, bale rope, lines of all kinds, &c. They have in their employ 250 operatives, and their gross sales amount to about $1,250,000 per annum. Mr. Day is a practical rope maker, and has been interested in the business for more than sixty years. The Bickford Knitting Machine Co. was incorporated in 1868, with a capital of $250,000. They occupy two rooms 30x60 feet each, in a four story brick building, located at No. 332 Washington street, where they employ 35 hands in the manufacture of knitting machines, of which they turn out 100 per week. The business was established by Dana Bickford, in 1867. They claim this machine to be the best and most simple in its construction, and the lightest and most portable ever yet invented. It will knit 15,000 stitches, or 18 inches of perfect work, in a minute. This company also manufacture the Bickford family spinner, a companion to the knitting machine, and one of the most complete and de- sirable machines ever introduced for spinning purposes. Their office and salesroom is at 52 Bromfield street. Dana Bick- ford is president ; Smith B. Harrington, secretary, and Charles O. Crane, treasurer, of this companyy. II, U. A 1 l: :J,< „(/ .inJ M.iiiuf'.t.fuuii .Stututu.il <• WM. "ROND & SON, ."-^ \ 17 ru.Yim lii :\\ \ Tit I : / ; i\ ^ ^^^ / BOSTON. MASS. rTf^rTTT^^ 3j:A2TtrFAOTtra3eHs an© impohxers FINE WATCHES! CHRONOMETERS. W !! • n« I'.M. A S,,v r»:n.i . tiirirr nt-.| wii;r-»i mnkrr' fnr "nW |.'i,(MNI. Hicy ni>n>mrt>r>r. r,.mn»rnor.| Ih. -r. al 39 aMi 31 ^^atrni atruiK. in I- Ifif STatimi,^ in the Statf frf Massachusetts. ~ o s: 2sr c Di' ^ ^.^ ^: E . «,«||fllMli . Ill (31 I |mp||^ftfr§l tltf an • >•■ .11 HI 11 ; I till Mil \ — : ,, , • • .. i.iiiTtL fioor o- i. f' storr callj sealed fnuis. ve^eiaiiiei. tt. Tiiej commeiiKsd busi- ... 9( Sudbury streei. nesf iii TebrnaiT-. 1866. aiul liiive 15 enqilcvyees. "li^ commeiic-ed bu*- j,,^ Ct.atotf occnpieF *wt, fioore. Snxl 00 feet each, in a liuf mnj are now ^^^^^ ^^^ wooden bmlflnu;. located at No. 14f Portland. uiiiiiiiiii; iiiii. -i.vv li^ii.-. iii^i^^ .ii o: tlisse ciocki. Tarring ^^^ gj, jj^j^^-jn^,,. g^g^j^ ^-j,. ^^^ nianufacnire of cbesmut n priee iron. ft^OO it. upwarcLs o: Sl.OOd each. ^j,^ ^^j^^ ^,^jjjj^ chamber furuiture and sidi-boardf : also ,F. "^ l\i "Lattthuk &: Co.. irou buDding. 120 J"nhoE dres3ing-.p]as6 iramea. loadt irom Traluui. chesturn.. niabofrij- •TirreT!- of sieanj enpni«>. waier -wliaak. fire -0,- ^juj pine. Ht eommeneed bushiest in i86Ti. and empiorf. srensral machmery. u. tbf eaaeni of about <^ persons. HL- machhieri'. eonsistiuir of i iic and P bcncL ."■ .a yaar : empioynip isonif; 30 nisn. witb 3{i saws. 1 bornif and 1 irregular mouldiup maciune. it driven iiiUuJi. jjiiiijuri-. drilif and other power tooib. embracing Bevt<- jjy ^^x engine located in an adjacem buMing. Hit finiabrng lal large and heBvy maeiiinet,. Tiisrr iaciory if 6 large and ^jfl waTerooms are at 3Ko6. ^ and 54 Pitte street. ma;niiiit«n; fivt storr stmciUTt. buik exTrresstr ior tht busi- _, , ,. ^i , n r ~ ^ n^. The. Dccurr- the ba«emenl. firm and^ second floo,*. , ^^^l^^ "^ .<^'^- "'-•««Pr t^^ .^T"^* ?'5/ « •'' *°^ makmg over i at "aci^ oi ^m To,«n. and lea* the bahn.ce »«»Mnxg. ..-^ feet, iocated ai 3Sofe. Pi and i.f Sudbury 8t.. 7 ~y ; , , „• ^ Ti u. .„„;., ii . -&_ri.f;T,>r omiu-rumi. .wJ 'T'lfOT daat horizontal, of H(' lioree power, fitted -witL Heynoldf" "^~^ "^" ""'" " """" ""'' '" '""^ o™-"---""!!. . r .<», brasi- and iron fitiingb. »ra*. lighting apparatus, ikc. Tiiey regulating cui-ofi valves. commenced busniese in 1«65l, and iutve 12 empioyBeB. Mr. "M fljHii thin cimnnenced businesF about 2ti yeare ginee Vobcestee & Atfsth; occupy a 'i story wooden bnfldVng at tiie age of 21. in the piigrin! town of MaisMield. 70siO feel, located at Js(j. 86 Chardon street, where ihey JiiCHAKUSOF & IssssEKi occupr 2 Tooutt. 4T)s30 feel, in nianufacturt every descripuin; oi Ijrushes, makhig a epecml- 1. ;. stoTT briot buiMmg. located -ax Iso. 4t Purthind street. 'i-'^T « ^^^ manuiiiCturt of the best of leather horse bruBhee. ior the limnuiaciure of nuuiica! msirumfints. Also, gongf They commenced busmesf in 1«M. have IX. ^mplqyaes ;con- and i-vmbalb. of wiiici. ther are the oulv manuiiicturew in «"™t about 6.000 pound? of bristlefi, and do IjUBrneee to &e the country. They commenced busujeat'n. 1651;, and liavc amount oi ggli.OOO per annum. ii emphiyees. It. Eebseaw occupief a S story lirick building 30x25 feet. Oeascet Thoius occupies three wooden l»uildnigs. the ^^f^- ^ *""rf *<(-rsHO feei. hi u f i story brick buLidiug. located main building befajglOOsSO feet and tw<. stories. inntL an ell "^ K'-*- ^^ ^^<^ !■'' '^"^een street, for the luauuiuciuve ol fire ;f( ieei square. AW . a store room and vamisL shon. and and burglar proo: suies. He commenced buBiuest in 1838. i.iack.'smitbj- shop. eacL Sh^h isel. located at the foot of and hat 40 employees, tumt- out t* safet per week, of various (Jbesinut street. Be commenced busmei* fai 180^; : ha* 2i' sizes, varying in price from ihif to Cii.SOO. Hit- machiueiT emplovees. and manuiaetureK first chia- carriags* of everr i*" thriven hy an engine of 40 hirrse power, boili by Otis Tufts, descriptuni, dumg busniiajs to the amount of SaO.OOO yra- suP]>hed v.-itL steam frinn i tubuhir boilers, iii> home yower each, built tiy the Atlantii- "Works ol this cicr. X>ues buainees r TT „ .„ , „ f-r„^f, r ^ i^ t«' the umoimt of p.70,000 per anmmi. '••• ireesuni'. ouildmg iocuisc u; ]S(j. 4t' Hanover si.. £iiigiiak & Eobihsok. manufeeturers of BaDe.teute.s^^D- • !!iiimifa'»iur» "' tian'ir eiecirc uiugnfltit waicli cloda- ings, (fee, occupy i rooms, each 60x28 .Ieel. in a four stonr ~ " list. AlHtj. telegraph pat brict building, located at Ko. 1 02 'Cimmierciiil street. Then" Liieio eiectrie aipliai>etJcal liial commenced busiueus in 18Cii, have 4 employees, and do hu&- ' business, office and railroad inest l(. the amouut of 612,000 per annum. "- " ■ . . .. . L ij goK ri.-'in . .- ...'l.-aiori- Z. D. liioE. sail nmntdacturer, occupies :2 floors. -60x58 lo' dm! leiegrapn- uwj iot watci -t by feet, in n fnm story brick buildmg. located at' Ko, 122 dim- then at the third exhiijituji of tut Mi' Ai- mercial street. He commenced business in 18G3. and ha« * i<«ciation. in !18(r7. Afeo. ti gold m«a;i .. -iuchu- employees. ^tt* Charitable AasociutiOii. at their leuli. «iiiiuiu.in in 8e},- j. ^ JfioTlLTOK occupies 4 rooms, 38x25 feel each, in a 5 teniber. TM>„. ^^^ ^.^ buiUmg. located at Ko. 8 Ehn street, for the They commenced buBme».inl8Cl, and have laemplnvees. j^{,i^i^„^ ^ ...al and square frames. He commenced Ther- tnaclnuery .s driven by an engine oi 90 iioiBe power, ,,u^j^^^ j^ i„(;(;. «n,pi„v, ifi bunds, cousumes ii-om 15,000 m buildmg adiaceuu. ^^ 2( ,000 feet of mouldmgt per mouth, and does business 1c . £huce li. M(JK8E oeeui)i«s • \t |Miii Ititilroiifl. > A. All l>.»*l itoMr. ip iron prr tnoolh, aiiil do m occupy mouMioit rnna* I7i»"ifc««, 168 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. A.MESBTJRY, - - - - MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturer of LIGHT CARRIAGES Of evory description. Also, SLEIGHS, ETC. Buyers will find this the cheapest place in the country to buy their goods. Particular attention paid to the wants of dealers. PLEASE SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND LIST OF PRICES. (See sketch page 142.) Cdrtis & Mitchell occupy two floors, 80x20 feet, of a 3 story brick building, located at 24 Congress street, for the manufacture of type. The business was commenced by Mr. Curtis in 1844, and carried on by the present firm since Feb., 1858. They employ 7 hands, consume 400 lbs. of type metal per month, and do a business of $10,000 per annum. M. McIntosh & Son occupy a 3 story wooden building, 100x30 feet, also a two story wooden building, 28x45 feet, with an L 50x 20 feet, located at 61 Hampsliire street, for the manufacture of ingrain carpets and carpet yarn, also eveiy variety of blind, hinges and fastenings. They commenced business in 1841 and employ 30 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power, with 2 flue, boilers built by CampbeO, Whittier & Co. of this city. They con- sume 1,000 lbs. of wool per week and 20 tons of iron per year, producing 125 yards of carpeting per day and doing business to the amount of $50,000 per annum. Henry R. Eaton occupies one floor in a wooden building 100x40 feet, located at 1,179 Tremont street, for the manu- facture of carriages. He commenced business in 1862 and employs 12 hands. J. R. Bradstreet & Co. manufacture rubber mouldings and weather stripes. They occupy 2 floors in a 5 story brick building, 20x50 feet, situated at 113 Haverhill street, where they employ 25 hands. The business was established in 1H56, by J. R. Bradstreet. Their office and salesroom is at No. 52 Washington street. Alonzo JossELi-N occupies a 2 story wooden building 66x 150 feet, and another 2 stories, 42x80 feet, located at 164 Ruggles street, for the manufacture of iron castings. He commenced business in 1850, employs 50 hands and consumes 100 tons of pig iron per month. His machinery is driven by an engine of 16 horse power. A. Richardson occupies 30,000 square feet of land on Pynchon street, on which is a brick building 100x90 feet, used for the manufacture of ale and porter. He commenced business in 1858 and employs 25 hands. His machinery is driven by two steam engines of 16 horse power, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co of this city, with 2 tubular boilers 40 horse power. He consumes S0,000 lbs. of hops and 70,- 000 bushels of barley and malt, producing 40,000 barrels of ale and porter per year. MarCtOT Brothers, manufacturers of watch cases ; also, engine turners and jobbers, commenced business in 1862. They occupy 1 floor, 50x25 feet, in building located at No. 23 Water street, and employ 16 persons. Their machinery, consisting in part of 4 Rose engine and 7 watch case makers lathes, is driven by an engine in building adjacent. Walter S. Barnes manufactures paper boxes. He com- menced business in Feb., 18G8, and occupies 2 floors cover- ing an area of 5,500 feet, in building located at No. 58 Water street, and employs from 40 to 45 hands. The motive power is furnished by one of Chase & Leavitt's 10 horse power engines, supplied with steam from an Allen & Endicott tubular boiler of 20 horse power. Every descrip- tion of paper boxes are manufactured here. Carr, Eajil & Co., manufacturers of all styles of gold, jet and plated jewelry, commenced business during the fall of 1868. They occupy one floor 40x60 feet, in building situ- ated at No. 38 Water street, and employ 16 workmen. A 10 horse power engine furnished with steam from a tubu- lar boiler, supplies their motive power. Gold and silver electro-plating and gold and plated jewelry made to order. The Boston Corset Skirt Co. was incorporated in 1862. They manufacture the celebrated patented "Bonne Mode" sewed ; also, clasped and spangled hoop skirts and corsets of JVebFs N. E. Railwai/ and Miini(facturers Statistical Gazetteer. 169 EICHABD I'OWEE & SON, Marble Works, MAXUFACTUREUS OF MONUMENTS, TABLETS, GRAVE STONES, CHIMNEY PIECES, TABLE AND WASH STAND TOPS, AND ALL KINDS OF MARBLE WORK. tlie following kinds : Madam Le Favors perfect fitting bone shielded, the Crescent, and Mrs. Moody.s patented self-ad- justing abdominal corsets. Their factory is situated at 117 Summer street. They occupy 4 floors, 30.x75 feet each, with an ell, of the same dimensions. The corset factory is at West Brookfield, Mass. It is 30 xlOO feet, and 3 stories high. The average number of em- ployees in the Boston factory is from 150 to 200. In the corset factory at West Brookfield, the average number of employees is 150, besides a large number engaged on work that is given out to many families in the village. They manufacture 75 dozen of the various kiuds of hoop skirts, and 75 dozen corsets daily. In reference to the corsets we wish to make honorable mention of the new style, which was invented by Mrs. S. A. Moody, and called the abdominal corset. They are" excellent for invalids, and, at the same time, are very well adapted for dress corsets. Parties who are interested would do well to send for circular which gives a full description, together with certificates from distin- guished persons who have worn them. We have known of personal cases where they have been of the greatest benefit. They are for sale by the companj' at 117 Summer street, Boston, and at the New York agency, 783 Broadway. Richard Power & Son occupy a 3 story wooden building 70x25 feet, located at 83 Haverhill street. Also, a 5 story brick building, 60x40 feet, located at 74 and 76 Beverly St., and manufacture monuments, tablets, grave stones, chimney pieces, table and \vnshstand tops, and all kinds of marble work. They commenced business in 1851, and employ 40 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 60 horse power, supplied with steam from 2 tubular boilers, built by Cook, Rymes & Co., of Charlestown. This firm do a busi- ness of from S40,000 to 850,000 per annum. Wood & Abbott manufacture hoop skirts. The business was established by Amos L. Wood, in 1868, under the firm name of Stanley & Co. After a time, Mr. Stanley retired from the business, Mr. Abbott taking his place. Their fac- tory is located in the building at 98 Summer street. They occupy 2 stories, each 120x35 feet, and employ from 75 to 100 hands. They use about 100 gross tapes, and 1,500 lbs. of skirt wire per week. The skirts are made under the Stanley patent, which is owned by this company. A. R. Young & Co., manufacturers of hoop skirts. Their factory and principal salesroom is located at No. 87 Summer street. The business was established, in 1861, by A. R. Young. Their building is 4 stories high, 110x55 feet. In addition to which, they occupy 2 floors, each 100 ft. square, in the building located at the comer of Sudbury and Haw- kins streets. Their employees average in number about 300. This company, in addition to the manufacture of hoop skirts, make the braids and cover the wire, for which they use 17 looms and 156 braiders. Their motive power is derived from a 40 horse power engine, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, of 60 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, Mass. They have 5 or 6 patent rights, mostly of their own inventions, which enable them to made the excellent quality of skirts, for which they are noted. ^ Charles Holmes manufactures scouring machines, and carries on in general the machinist business, he having thus far been very successful in it. He occupies one floor of 'a brick building located at No. 22 Beach street, and has 5 em- ployees. An engine of 40 horse power drives his machinery. Robert Slade & Son, carriage manufacturers. The busi- ness was commenced by the senior partner in 1830, and they occupy a large wooden building, 144 x 77 feet, three stories, and employ 27 hands. This co.npany is one of the oldest, now doing business in this city. They were the first parties to make cut-unders. J. Harris & Son commenced the manufacture of copper vanes in 1867. Their salesroom and factory situated at 76 Kingston street, arc about 50 x 25 feet. They employ seven persons and are the only manufacturers of raised copper vanes, of which they make about 100 different patterns, which num- ber is constantly increasing. The price varies from S4 to §200 and upwards. The superiority of the vanes made by this company is from the fact that they are made of pure cop- per and gilded with the nicest gilt, and that the figures are raised ; while most others are made of zinc, imperfectly gild- ed, and the figures flat. This company warrant all their work. They are the only company who make a specialty of manufacturing vanes. Their agents in New York, are J. D. West & Co. ; in Rochester, J. W. McKindly. H. B. Hatch, manufactures and deals in plain and fancy paper and wooden boxes, at wholesale and retail. The busi- ness was established in 1845 by Mark Worthly, it being the first paper box factory in this city. He occupies one floor, 100x50 feet, situated at No. 188 Washington street, and employs on an average 28 hands, consuming 75 tons of straw paper, 100 reams of lining paper and about §8,000 worth of fancy paper for covering boxes. Mr. Hatch is also dealer in all kinds of Christmas trimmings, confection- ers' goods and ornaments for Christmas trees. W. R. Bagnall manufactures suspenders and elastic web- bing. The business was established June, 1865, capital S30,000. He occupies one floor in the brick building located at No. 9 Green street, covering 7,000 square feet of flooring, runs 9 looms, consumes §1,500 worth of stock per month. His machinery is driven by steam power. Messrs. Stephen- son Bros. & Co. agents, No. 10 Milk street, 22 :2ir :a&K *- Bit SJiTf Piffr Bii Fifiory X«>-> - 1 ^ ^ : . liosiiton. 172 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. CHAS. WILLIAAIS, Jr No. 109 COURT STREET, (Near head of Sudl.ury,) BOSTON, RflASS. MANLTACTUEEK OF s. GALYAJXIC BATTEEIE8, AND TELEGRAPH SIPPLIES, OF ALL KINDS. The business of manufacturing tclo<:raphic instruments, galvanic batteries, and telegraph iiiatirial.-^, is comparatively new. The numerous lines of tclcprapli coiiinuinication, and the enterprise exhibited in this business, has been appreciat- ed by the public by a liberal patronage that is putting for- tunes into the coffers of the various companies. The pro- posed postal system, if practically carried out, will be a great convenience to our citizens generally, and bring them within more direct commimication with each other. Tiie system of telegraphing is yet in its infancy. Not many years hence, every hamlet will be in close communication, thus aiding in the development of the immense resources of the United States. The Pacific Railroad is but a pioneer enter- prise, to be imitated by others ; and, as heretofore, the tele- graph will follow in its wake, and cover the great West with a cheap and reliable conversation with our whole country, and the old countries across the sea. The building of the various lines and furnishing them has become a great traffic ; and foremost among those carrying on this business, is Charles Williams, Jr., 109 Court street. He occupies a room 90 x 40 feet, in a five story brick building. He em- ploys fifteen persons in the manufacture of telegraphic instru- ments, galvanic batteries, telegraph materials, patent electri- cal burglar alarms ; — the last of which is being extensively used among the masses ;■ — the fitting up of offices, and com- municating factories with each other, private telegraphs, etc. Mr. Williams commenced this business in 1856, and now ships his wares to all parts of the United States, British Pro- vinces, South America and West Indies. He possesses every facility for filling any order, and his long experience with professional workmen makes his services valuable. O. M. Wektworth occupies a three story wooden build- ing, 140x25 feet. Also, 3,000 squre feet of land for display- ing monuments, &c., located at Haverhill, corner of Beverly streets, and manufacture monuments, grave stones, tablets, scrolls and ornamental work of all kinds. Also, imported monuments, tablets and garden vases. He commenced busi- ness in 1854, and employs from 35 to 40 hands. Charles J. Solbery occupies the fourth floor of a brick building 35x25 feet, located at 26^ Exchange street, for the manufacture of locks, knobs, and house trimmings. He com- menced business in 1863 ; employs six persons and does a business of 82,000 per annum. R. HoLLiNGS occupies three floors of a brick building, 60 x55 feet, located at No. 14 Beverly street, for the manufac- ture of gas fixtures. He commenced business in 1850, and employs 35 hands. Power furnished from A. Wentworth & Co.'s marble works, in building adjacent. Charles G. Pease & Co. occupy a four story brick build- ing, 24x90 feet, located at No. 13 Charlestown street ; also, two floors of a brick building, 40x90 feet, as a factory, loca- ted on State street, Cambridgeport, Mass., for the manufac- ture of chamber, dining room and entry furniture. They commenced business in 1863, employ 35 hands, and do a business of $10,000 per annum. Miller Bros. & Lent occupy four floors, each 70x21 ft., in a 5 story brick building, located at No. 67 Union street, for the manufacture of Lent's bed and furniture springs. Also, coffin linings and robes. Also, are dealers in under- takers' material. The business was established in 1868. They employ 7 hands, and consume 1,000 lbs. of wire per day for making springs. Andrew Mexal occupies a five story brick building, 75x 20 feet, located at No. 125 Haverhill street, for the manu- facture of curried calf skins for boots. He commenced bus- iness in 1848 ; employs 10 hands, and curry from 400 to 1000 calf skins per week. His machinery is driven by a steam engine of 5 horse power, built by J. R. & S. S. Smith, Mass., supplied with steam from an upright boiler, built by the same firm. William H. Maine occupies the first and second floors of of a brick building 75 x 40 feet, located at No. 91 and 93 Haverhill street, for the manufacture of soapstone and mar- ble work of every description. He commenced business in 1852, and employs 25 hands. Steam power furnished from an engine in building adjacent. ' Leland & Berry occupy a tliree story brick building, 60 x50 leet, located at Nos. 91 and 93 Haverhill street, as a salesroom. Also, have a factory, 60x40 feet, located in Lawrence street, Charlestown, Mass., for the manufacture of centre and card tables, and sole manufacturers of Berry's spring bed lounge and improved spring bed bottom. They commenced business in 1868, and employ 12 hands. Their factory is driven by a steam engine of 30 horse power, sup- plied with steam from a flue boiler. This firm do a business of $25,000 per year. Kittredge & Ddtton occupy two rooms, each 100x40 feet, in a three story wooden building, located at No. 77 Union street, for the manufacture of children's carriages, perambulators, sleighs, sleds, toy cabs, and carts. They commenced business in 1867, and employ 20 hands, the busi- ness was commenced by Mr. Kittredge in 1864. F. Boynton occupies a room 60 x 35 feet, in a six story brick building, located at No. 11 Marshall street, for the manufacture of all descriptions of tin and sheet iron ware, planished copper boilers and drainers. He commenced busi- ness in January, 1867, employs 4 hands, and does a business of from $5,000 to $6,000 per" annum. CuREiER, PniLPOT & Co. occupy three floors of a brick building 100x50 ft., located at No. 5 Haymarket square, for the manufacture of sewing machine needles, shuttles, bob- bins, screw drivers, oil cans, and every variety of sewing Paleiil vjUildiiui Inul iiuiiuic and jUallre.'jii cuuubined. l*hi« i« llie bo«l iiniiiii|ri- lit iIm' ntarkri. Coll iiihI rtaiKiix' for rixirwltpa. I>MinffT« of vrvrjr dcMriptioft r..n-i..r,tN ..i. ImM.I ni..| l'..r >i.l. „t .'1 7 A lln\l-rlllll •lri-cl. Ito-luil. >tB««. .Ml ...rl - arrx.lr.l. 'f • hrirk liiiililiiik'. i<> flv« dorjr brirk build- 111* |«>M€r u luru)*lK-U ti»iu a tUAm vujjiut: lu j „• ■•Ijm-rul. -i^x I '' hr>i fltKirofa wimmIcii Imil' ilwr, Miil d' ••iin %,,. t-^...t .., n Ti^v. .i,;n -r,... r.r .t,. „,, -■•.— r'v '■• I-'- ■ k. IVarvr furnUlMd 174 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. J. L. Brainakd & Co. occupy five stories of a brick build- ing, 100x30 feet, located at No. 55 Charlestown street, and manufacture chamber furniture of every description. They commenced business in 1864 and have 300 employees. Maynard & Co. occupy three floors, each 40x90 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 67 Charlestown street, for the manufacture of coffee, spices, &c. They commenced business October 1st, 1868, and employ 4 hands. Their power is furnished from an engine of 100 horse power in a building adjUcent. Office and salesroom, 48 and 50 Commercial street. Henry McQuade occupies a room 50x25 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 70 Sudbury street, and imports and manufactures machine cut corks of all kinds. He commenced business in 1865, and has 7 employees ; runs 3 machines, each capable of cutting 160 gross of corks. Steam is furnished from a 90 horse power engine in a build- ing adjacent. Boston Paper Box Manufactorv occupy a room 50x50 feet, in a four story freestone building, located at No. 40 Hanover street, for the manufacture of paper boxes of all styles. They commenced business in 1866, employ from 12 to 20 hands, turn out upwards of 3,000 boxes per day and do a business of about $20,000 per annum. Charles E. Hai.l & Co. occupy 12,600 feet of land partly covered by a brick building 85x24 feet, also a wooden build- ing 115x35 feet, located at 69 Charlestown and 101 Haver- hill streets, for the raanufaciure of monuments, chimney pieces, and marble work of every description. They com- menced business in 1862 and employ 100 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 80 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I., supplied with steam from two tubular boilers. ■ M. Engelhardt occupies the 4th and 5th floors of a brick buildhig, 60x80 feet, located at No. 12 Howard street and No. 3 Tremont Row, for the manufacture of paper boxes and is also importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt pic- tures, borders, &c. He commenced business in 1857, em- ploys 15 hands, consumes about $500 worth of pasteboard and paper per month and docs a business of $12,000 per annum. Morton & Colcord occupy three floors, each 24x70 feet, in a six story brick building, located at 87 Friend street, and are manufacturers and wholesale dealers in wrought and cast iron steam, gas and water pipes, brass and galvanized iron pipes. They commenced business in 1865, employ 20 hands, consume 20,000 feet of pipe per month, doing a busi- ness of $100,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by a 10 horse power steam engine, built by" Otis Tufts, of this city, supplied with steam from a locomotive boiler of 20 horse power. Strecker & Bros, occupy two rooms, each 30x45 feet, in a five story brick building, located at 144 Hanover street, for the manufacture of men's caps of every description. They commenced business in 1860, employ 52 hands, con- sume about 600 yards of cloth per month and do business of from $25,000 to $30,000 per year. Isaac Sexton occupies a room 50x50 feet, in a three story wooden building, located at 69^ Union street, for the manufacture of wash boilers. He commenced business in July, 1S6H, employs 3 hands, turns out from 250 to 300 boilers per month, consumes from 1,100 to 1,200 sheets of tin per month and does a business of $5,000 per annum. Samuel Ivors occupies three rooms, 40x40 feet each, in a three story brick building, located at 144 Blackstone street, for the manufacture of sofas, lounges, photograph and enam- elled chairs. He commenced business in 1858, employs 6 hands and does business amounting to $12,000 per annum. L. W. Cass occupies two floors, each 20x25 feet, in a 3 story vfooden building, located at 162 Blackstone street, for the manufacture of picture and looking glass frames, of every description. He commenced business in 1860 ; employs 3 hands, consumes about $600 worth of mouldings per month, and does a business of $20,000 per annum. A. CoNANT & Co. occupy three floors, each 95x35 feet, in a six story brick building, located at No. 12 Marshall street, for the manufacture of portable desks, fancy boxes, and look- ing glasses, of isvery description. They commenced business in 1856, and employ 16 hands. This firm are the oldest and most experienced manufacturers of boxes and desks in the United States. Since their first introduction, in 1830, they have had a constantly increasing sale. They do a business amounting to $30,000 per annum. Richardson & Lane occupy the fourth and fifth floors of a brick building, 30x30 feet, located at No. 7 Haverhill st., for the manufact\ire of coffee. They commenced business in 1860 ; employ four hands, turn out 3,000 lbs. of coffee per week, and do a business of $35,000 per annum. Edwin N. Cleaves occupies the third floor of a brick building 20x60 feet, located at No. 69 Haverhill street, for the manufacture of block tin, rubber and glass moulds, &c. He commenced business in 1856 ; employs 10 hands, and does a business of $10,000 per annum. Power furnished from an engine in building adjacent. Argyle Machine Co. occupy four floors of a brick build- ing, 38x36 feet, located at 73 Haverhill street, for the man- ufacture of pebbling and embossing machines, and improved equal pressure rolls. They commenced business in 1868, and employ 6 hands. Their power is furnished from J. B. Mitchell's engine, in tuilding adjacent. R. HoRTON, Jr. occupies the fifth floor of a brick building 75x100 feet, located at 73 Haverhill street, and manufac- tures trunks. He commenced business in 1848 ; employs six hands ; turns out nine dozen trunks per week, and does a business of $18,000 per annum. Robert Duncan occupies the fourth floor of a brick build- ing 70x28 feet, located at No. 113 Haverhill street, for the currying of harness and hose leather. He commenced busi- ne.ss in 1863 ; employs five hands, and curries 200 sides of leather per week. His motive power is furnished from an engine in building adjacent. Bkat, Newell & Co. occupy three floors of a brick build- ing 40x80 feet, located at Nos. 53 and 55 Haverhill street, for the manufacture of last lathes, screw, leather and cam presses ; also, patent seamless boxes. They commenced Isusiness in 1863, and employ 25 hands. Their motive pow- er is furnished from an engine in building adjacent. Turner & Newhall, occupy the fourth and fifth stories of a brick building, 20x60 feet, located at 65 Haverhill street, for the manufacture of patterns. They commenced business in 1864 ; employ seven hands; consume from 500 to 1,000 feet of pine and cherry lumber per month, and do a busi- ness of $8,000 per annum. William E. Jarvis occupies the third and fourth floors of a brick building, 40x75 feet, located at No. 29 Haverhill St., for the currying of polished wax splits and every description of leather. He commenced business in 1863; employs 20 hands, and does a business of $60,000 per annum. His mo- tive power is received from an engine in an adjacent build- ing- J.Graves & Co. occupy the first floor of a brick building, 75x22 feet, located at 35 Haverhill street, for the manufac- ture of marble and free stone tools. They commenced busi- ness in 1865; employ 6 hands, and consume about $1,500 worth of steel per year. .\. 1.. /:././.'././ .//../ M:„ur;.t:. • iiAlUM ocrupic* Ihf iViunh wnA flnii tkM>r> of ■ lin< . .".lin r..l. t.- .(..I nl I?t l!„<.tl,,ll .!r..i,f r !' IVitr-rv .---rripr n f-rnr rtnrr f rirfc •io».». KnutMix it Co. cM^ipv room* T0« 40 TmI id rt l.rM l.w.l.Ii;..-. I-...:..! .,! "ill Su.II.m,* .If..!, f.f .:Mn,...'l.~,.'..!„l 11,. .-^.rn.r ..rC..„ riiv.Kt \ Hi v> .-•.,„> ., ,.. „, -nxin r..i.;:, ,. f. \V. M SfTHAIV A t'o, o • fanr •IT Co. «v.. Mnrr hri^ I. W. I^miiuip omipifl* a roam. SOiSO fMrt. io • fl« . V 1 ...1 1. . 1 .1 .. v.. 1.- II.,. ...I \n r I & vmpInT If r.. . r.r.ri?." \r •««fr..M a f ■rir dMriAl aotf porctes (oaf* Io Lottna. Ila» 176 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Edwakd Codt occupies the lower floor of a four story wooden building, 50x25 feet, located at No. 33 Hawkins street, where he employs 7 hands in the manufacture of brass and composition castings of every description. He commenced business in 1865, consumes abo\it two tons of metal per month, and does a business of $12,000 per annum. Joseph L. Ross occupies a four story wooden building, covering 10,000 square feet of room, located at No. 42 Char- don street, where he gives employment to from 60 to 80 hands, for the manufacture of school furniture, of which he is the oldest manufacturer of the kind in the United States, hav- ing been engaged in the business upwards of a third of a century. At this location all the wood work and finishing is done, the machinery used being as follows : — three planers, one upright moulding and one horizontal moulding machine, one jointing, one boring, one dove-tailing, and one tenoning machine, six splitting and four cutting-off saws, which is done by an engine of 80 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of this city, supplied with steam from two tubular boilers, 40 horse power each, one built by the Atlantic Works, and the other by Campbell, Whittier & Co., both of this city. Mr. Ross also occupies a foiradry, 100x45 feet, located at Ports- mouth, N. H., where the iron work used in his business is niiide. He is also manufacturer of Philbrick's primary school slates, the product of which amounts to 600 per week. Brewee & FovTLE occupy a four story brick building, 60 x50 feet, located at No. 150 Purchase street, where they manufacture ship bread and crackers. They commenced business in 18G5 ; consume 30 barrels of floor per day, and employing eight hands. Their machinery is driven by a 15 horse power engine built by Campbell, Whittier & Co. of this city, furnished with steam from a flue boiler, manufac- tured by Hinkley & Drewry, of Boston, Mass. The Boston Type Foundry, located at the comer of "Wa- ter and Congress streets, is the oldest letter foundry in this part of the country, having been commenced in 1817. It is carried on by a company composed of parties in various ways connected with the business, and employs about 70 hands, in tiie manufacture of metal types, brass rides, electrotype plates, and other articles for printers' use. From 60 to 70 tons of types, and 10,000 feet of brass rule are among the manufactures of this establishment ; the lim- ited amount of power required being supplied by a Roper engine. The manufacture of types is a very interesting process, and the proprietors are at all times pleased to exhibit it to their friends. Geo. F. Blake & Co. occupy 13,000 square feet of room in a four story brick building, located at the corner of Port- land and Chardon streets, where they employ 45 hands in the manufacture of Blake's patent steam pumps. The busi- ness was established in 1865. Their machinery, consisting of 23 lathes, 3 driUs, 1 milling machine, 4 planers, and other smaller machinery, is driven by an 80 horse power engine, Babcock & Wilcox patent, built by the Atlantic Works of this city. This firm consume about 25,000 pounds of iron and 1,500 pounds of composition monthly, and have a capa- city for turning out about 550 pumps per annum, doing busi- ness to the amount of $200,000. George F. Blake, Peter Hubbell and Job A. Turner constitute the firm. They have a salesroom at the corner of Broadway and Liberty street, New York City. William H. Wentworth & Co. occupy 3,000 feet of room, located at No. 14 Marshall street, also a three story wooden building, 80x22 feet, located at No. 89 Haverhill street, for the manufacture of soapstoue stoves and soap- stone work of every description. This firm also occupy a four story wooden building, 40x35 feet, situated at No. 18 Bowker street, for the manufacture of marble work of all kinds. They commenced business in 1848 and have 48 employees. They are also sole agents for the Francestown Quarry Co., of Francestown, N. H. The amount of busi- ness done by them exceeds $100,000 per annum. G. W. Robinson & Co. occupy a five story brick building 70x40 feet, located at No. 80 Richmond street, for the man- ufacture of ship's fastenings and trimmings of all dimen- sions. They also have a brass foundry connected with their manufactory, for making all kinds of brass and composition castings. They have in use 40 machines, consisting of engine lathes, planers, &c., which are driven by an engine of 10 horse power, built by Adams & Hammond, of this city, steam being supplied by one double flue boiler, 15 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, also of this city. They do busi- ness of upwards of $75,000 per annum. The Boston Drug Mills occupy 2 stone and 1 wooden building, 40 X 40 feet each, two stories high and basement, located on Parker street, for powdering and grinding drugs, dye stufl^s, chemicals, &e., and for the manufacture of foun- dry facings. The business was established in 1867, and gives employment to 10 hands. Their machinery consisting of 8 chasers, 8 stamps, and 3 runs of stones ; is driven by a 20 horse power engine, with a tubular boiler, built by the Swamscot Machine Co., of South Newmarket, N. H. This firm have an ofiice and salesroom, located at No. 90 North street. The American Lasting and Pegging Machine Co. was incorporated in 1866. Capital, $100,000. They occupy rooms in a five story brick buiUling, located at No. 76 Sud- bury street, where they employ 25 hands in the manufacture of lasting machines, and have a capacity for turning out 350 per annum, the average price of which is $200 each. Geo. H. Johnson is Agent for this company. E. L. Pratt occupies a room in a five story brick building located at No. 76 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of paring, coring and slicing machines, tobacco cutters, egg beaters, &c. He commenced business about 1802 and em- ploys from 8 to 10 hands. S. W. Clapp & Co. occupy a four and a half story build- ing, 50x22 feet, located at Nos. 91 and 93 Blackstone street, for the manufacture of the celebrated Key Stone gas burner, and a variety of cooking, oflice and parlor stoves. They commenced business in 1850, and employ 5 hands. Rich, Pitman & Co. occupy a four story brick building, 80x60 ft., located at from Nos. 82 to 86 Union street, where they manufacture trunks, valises, and carpet bags, of va- rious kinds, the product of each being upwords of 60 dozen per week. This firm commenced business in 1852 ; hiive 50 employees, and do business amounting to from $150,000 to $200,000 per annum. The Boston Folding Lamp Shade Co. occupy a floor 75x20 feet in a four story brick building, located at No. 115 Court street, where they employ 40 hands in the manufac- ture of Hartshorn's patented lamp shades, turning out about 100 doz. daily. They use an 8 horse power cylinder boiler for drying purposes, built by Allen & Eudicott of Cambridge- port, Mass. B. F. Sturtevant occupies two rooms, 75x75 feet in a five story brick building, located at Nos. 72 and 82 Sudbury street, tvhere he manufacture* all kinds of blowers for fur- naces and for ventilation. He commenced business in 1865, has 40 employees, and turns out about 100 blowers per month, varying in price from $25 to $500 each. The amount of business done per annum amounts to from $150,- 000 to $200,000. GEORGE COOLIDGE, Invsiitioii Agent and M\hk\, o Milk ^Iiv.'t, upjM.silr III, I V,,|illi ( lillivll. Iloslnll. liter July 1. 1553. at k 2!S Miipi M, !fl:loa. -^OLE AGENT i)V THE PATENTEE FoK THE UNITED STATES, Fo!; AVindo\^^ Screen, NEW ARTICLE OF TRADE. I he Kniiiio riiiumto ii| (onicr .S<«-krt» ami lijfht Wiwolcn nui^, haTin{( ■ (fni"»Tr •■. ii;;ur, wliirh fit li>|»rti.rr Bini h..|d (he NetfitiJC VfUxiul tkc UM> of t«rk. or ■•ihrr f«*l<- /•. aii-l will fit toy wiikIow hr mrreh ••winjf off Ihe ni«l» lh« pmpw Uof^th. I ■ ! "> in«r Ji«> opcuMl or clo«* S<-r«>n i« in pUca, or the Sci*«n ioMm t ! •! plraxurs. l'»lenlc«l Feb. 12, |h67, and the onljr TaiMl p^tcal of Rod* » "^ I'mckngrv fur KfUil TnAe. p*rh ronUininjj Iho i>*rO» for 1 dar. JVames with Rodn 2J bj 3 feci luU|(. MmuI r>n#«. I'arko;^- N... 1. s.,„::. i r ..• I;.. :-. |.Un. ti . ..., rr. tCmt IWk«/r .\.. . r» *.'"» ISuHiasr N. .n. 3.«iO i ^ : I I' « -n parka^"^ a \imcVmera of riu-h No. varied to order), with ll(M>KI.. . •.. !...» t.. (.;ii li.^'.ili.r a;i>1 (JUt ii(i sin- FraiiK- aixl Irr.- rimilar» 0>r di«lril>utu>a. ] ■ •u|>(ili<>lir>l cnolain •ufKrienI for 16 ordi- Htiit«> iiiKl <'«MiMtj\ KiufhtM t'itt' >ia\f. Proprietor of the Celebrated BONE POLISH, i-.r 4\ >...| .».. SI, 1 n-..l li-. V\ . wilkoul ••>«ji, «r«lrr i>r •J"j>«. I'rirr :ij r.-ii(. |«-r loU. NiM al wli^.l. .«lr atxl rrlail. Till-: IIKMT Wltl^KiKItH, TILLf:T>«i HIinUfK lailK Rl V(knc. Vmxa diffrraal nwaufarturrr*. for •*!■ ml l«tail.i* AUo. A now anirtr, aoAvninK ami ftf^t^tug Um L*«lb«r. aod Wrinicrr* rppairvd. producinic a brilliaol pulub. TKY IT. i*]<<>i*itiK'r<>ii a:si> 1*1^111. iHiiKic ok Tk» fiaUom Almitn.•• ftAjr cMMa, 178 Statifms in the State of Massachusetts. Merriam & Co. occupy a 3J ston- wooden building 75x 15 feet, located at 19 Brattle square, where they employ 20 hands in the manufacture of dies and seal presses, for seal engraving, turning out daily about 25 presses. This firm are also manufacturers of medals, they being the only man- ufacturers in New England. The Evelet Tool Co. occupy a room 45x45 feet in a 5 story brick building," located at No. 1 i Pitts street, where they employ 1 2 hands in the manufacture of eyelet tools, punches, belt hole cutters, &c. They commenced business in 1861, turn out 75 eyelet tools per day, and do business upwards of SlOO.OOO per annum. Their machinery, con- sisting of lathes, drills, milling machines, &c., is driven by an engine of 40 horse power in building adjacent. S. E. Robinson is agent for this company. The Snow Maxufacturikg C*. occupy the second floor of a four story brick building, 80x-10 feet, located at No. 9 Bovfker street, where they manufacture gold and silver plat- ed jewelry, including badges, metalic advertising tags, &c. The business was established by John E. Snow & Co. in 1866, and changed to the Snow Manufacturing Co. in March, 1868. The product of their works is sold princi- pally in New York aud in the New England States. SiLSBY & Cheney occupy a room 73x33 feet in a five story brick building, located at No. 76 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of rope, cordage aud twine machinery, &c. They commenced business in 1865, and have 15 employees. Their machinery, consisting of 2 planers, 12 engine and drilling lathes, 1 upright drill, 2 gear cutters, &c., is driven by a 90 horse power engine in building adjacent. They do business amounting to §35,000. E. R. Dutnham occupies H floors 50x30 feet each, in a five story brick building, located at No. 4 Blackstone street, for the manufacture of boot counters. He commenced business in 1848, and has 4 employees. John Kimball & Son occupy the upper floor of a five story brick building, 95x80 feet, located at No. 62 Sudbury stj-eet, for the manufacture of ladies' boots of finest qualities. They commenced business in September, 1862 ; have from 30 to 50 employees, the product of each month's work being about 1 ,600 pairs. They do business amounting to upwards 660',000 per annum. M. A. FixNEGAN occupies a room in a four story brick building, located at No. 61 Cornhill, for the manufacture of Venetian blinds for parlors, bay windows, school rooms, churches. &c. The business was established in January, 1864. His goods are sold all over the United States. Wm. a. Orcutt occupies rooms in a four story brick building located at No. 65 Cornhill, for the manufacture of Orcutt's improved lightning rods. He commenced business in 1835, and employs from from 5 to 10 hands. Herman Strater & Sons occupy 3 floors 87x28 feet each, in a five stoiy brick building, located No. 78 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of all kinds of copper and brass work. They commenced business in 1834 ; have 30 employees, and consume about 70,000 lbs. of copper per annum, beside a large amount of brass, lead and block tin. They do business amounting to $200,000 per annum. Robert Webb, manufacturer of black diamond stove pol- ish, and dealer in German and Ceylon black leads, occupies two floors, 60x25 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 16 Blackstone street. He commenced business in 1866 ; has 8 employees, turns out 8,000 gross per annum, and does a business amounting to 820,000. W. H. Arey occupies a room 30x100 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 282 Commercial street, for the manufacture of curried leather of all kinds. He commenced business in 1862, and employs 10 hands. Henry Heims occupies the 3d floor of a four story brick building, 100x100 feet, located at No. 106 Sudbury street, where he employs 10 hands, in the manufacture of billiard tables, and all the fixtures connected therewith. He com- menced business in 1863, produces about 150 tables per num, and does business to the amount of S(iO,000. J. E. Came & Co. occupy three floors, 90x40 feet, in a five story brick building located at No. 114 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of Phelan's improved billiard tables, balls, cues, &c. They conmienced business in 1848. Have 20 employees, and do business to the amount of S75.000 per aimum. This firm are also agents in the New England States for Phelan's combination cushions, pocket supporters, improved slate beds, &c. T. S. Clogston & Co. occupy the second floor of a five story brick building, 100x80 feet, located at Nos. 80 aud 82 Sudbury street, (Codman building,) for the manufacture of Clogston's patent high or low pressure steam heating appara- tus< They commenced business in 1859, and have thirty employees. Their machinery, consisting of one milling ma- chine, one planer, one drilling lathe, two Fox lathes, three engine lathes, two pipe machines and two upright drills, is driven by an engine in building adjacent. T. R. Alden & Co. occupy a room 40 feet square, in a five story brick building, located at No. 106 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots. They commenced busi- ness in January, 1868, and have 20 employees, producing about 125 pairs per week. They do a business of from §20,000 to $30,000 per annum. A. B. Bltikman occupies two floors, 25x40 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 218 Commercial street, for the manufacture of all kinds of trunks. He commenced business in July, 1866, and employs three persons. J. F. FoLSOM occupies a three story wooden building, 15x 40 feet, located at No. 1 North Centre street, for the manu- facture of corn cakes, corn balls and sugared pop corn. He commenced business in 1857, and employs five persons. A. Blood, manufacturer of all kinds of carriages, occu- pies 16,000 square feet of room, located at Nos. 51, 53 and 55 Elliot street. He commenced business in 1842, and has two employees. Charles J. Millabd occupies a two story wooden build- ing, 50x23 feet, located at No. 64 Harrison avenue, where he manufactures all descriptions of soap stone work, such as sinks, wash tubs, stoves, fire places, &c. He commenced business in 1841, and has two employees. The Automatic Gas Machine Co. occupy a room, 60x40 feet, in a five story brick building, located at the comer of Pitts and Green streets, for the manufacture of automatic gas machines. They commenced business in 1863 and have 20 emploj-ees. D. W. Holmes is agent and treasurer of this company. Thtiir office and salesroom is at No. 7 Lib- erty square. L. Goers & Co. occupy two floors, 50x75 feet, in a four story brick bilding, located at No. 282 Commercial street, for the manufacture of inner soles. They commenced busi- ness in 1856, employ 20 hands and do business to the amount of $15,000 per annum. Blaney & Lowell occupy a room 22x60 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 234 Commercial street, for the manufacture of sails, tents, awTiings, &c. They commenced business in 1858. M. Pierce occupies three floors, 65x25 feet each, in a four story building, located at No. 115 Hanover street, where he employs 27 hands in the manufacture of cigars and cheroots of all grades. He commenced business in 1861, produces 6,000 to 12,000 cigars and 40,000 cheroots per annum, doing business of 850,000. -i Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 179 A. L. Haskell & Son occupy four floors, 90x20 feet, in a build'mg loca'ted at Xo. 13 Merrimac street, where they manufacture an upholstered bed, the product of which is about 3,500 per annum. This firm also occupy a five story brick building, 70x32 feet, situated at No. 124 Hanover street, where they manufacture mattresses of all kinds, and where their office and salesroom is located. They com- menced business in 1851, have -45 employees and turn out about 18,000 mattresses per aanum^ doing business to the amount of S30(),000. E. G. Peterson occupies 2 floors, 40 x 15 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 69 Cornhill, for the manufacture of show cases, desks, counters, office furniture, &c. He commenced business in 1862, and has 5 employees. Orin Sherman occupies the upper floor of a three story' wooden building, 100x40 feet, located at No. 69 Charlestown street, where he employs between 30 and 40 hands in the manufacture of Sherman's improved clothes wringer, with or without cog wheels. He produces 200 wringers per day, doing business to the amount of $300,000 per annum. Morse & White occupy a four story brick building, 45x 32 feet, located at from 75 to 81 Cornhill, where they employ 12 hands in the manufacture of brass, copper, and iron wire cloths and nettings, and wire work generally. They com- menced business in 1843. J. W. Haskins occupies 3 floors, 60x25 feet, and store- house, located at No. 5 Fulton and 36 Clinton streets, for the manufacture of corn cakes and sugared pop com. He com- menced business in 1862; has 10 employees, and facilities for making 80,000 corn cakes per day. Patterson & Lavender occupy 4 floors, 60x40 feet each, in a five story brick building, located at No. 116 Fulton St., for the manufacture of store and office furniture. The busi- ness was established about 20 years since. They have 40 employees, and do business to the amount of $50,000 per annum. Steam power is furnished from an engine in a build- ing adjacent. Their warerooms are located at Nos. 43 and 45 Cornhill. GowARD & Co. occupy the 2d floor of a four story brick building, 50x25 feet, located at No. 53 Elm street, for the manufacture of pop corn confectionery. They commenced business in 1866 ; have 10 employees, and a capacity for turning out 20,000 cakes per day. A. D. PtJFFER occupies four floors in a five story brick building, 90x25 feet, locatedat No. 48 Portland street, where he employs 25 hands in the manufacture of Puffer's patent soda water apparatus, and ale pumps. He commenced busi- ness in 1842, and does business to the amount of 860,000 per annum. John L. "Whiting occupies three floors 50x25 feet in a four story brick building located at No. 8 Blackstone street, where he employs 6 hands in manufacturing brushes. He commenced business in 1865 ; makes a speciality of manu- facturing paint, and whitewash brushes. WiLLiAsi H. Bent occupies two rooms, 70x20feet, in a two story brick building, located at No. 80 North street, for the manufacture of parlor furniture. He commenced busi- ness in 1866, and has 3 employees. The New England Wax Thread Sewing Machine, Almar Townsend, proprietor, occupy two rooms, one 80x80 feet and one 80x40 feet, in a five story brick building, locat ed at No. 76 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of wax thread sewing machines. The business was established about 20 years since. They have from 50 to 90 hands ployed, run 30 engine lathes, 15 hand lathes, 8 upright drills, 4 milling machines, 10 planers, 2 horrizontal drilling macliines, and other machinerj- adapted to the business. These machines are driven by an engine of 90 Lorse power, in building adjacent. They also manufacture the New Era pegging machine, and the Monitor Eyeleting machine, and are just introducing a patent wire screw machine for screw- ing instead of sewing on the soles of boots and shoes. These machines are all patented. Office and salesroom 26 Pearl street. O. II. Weed & Co. occupy two floors, 80x25 feet each, in a five story stone building, lociited at No. 31 Brattle street, for the manufacture of Weeil's improved rubber baud carpet sweeper and spring beds, of which they make 500 each per month. They commenced business in 1862, have 12 employ- ees and do business to the amount of 650,000 per annum! This firm intend soon to increase their business to double its present capacity. Starratt & Marsters occupy a room 25x40 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 32 Fanueil Hall square, for the manufacture of scales and balances ; also Starratt's patent steel-yard. They commenced business in October, 1867, and have 4 employees. RiCH.utD Ganlet occupies a room 20x20 feet, in a five story brick building, located at No. 32 Fanueil Hall square, for the manufacture of patent leather horse collars. He commenced business in October, 1865, and employs 2 persons. E. F. SotTTHWARD occupics a room 25x50 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 38 North Market street, also a sales and finishing room, located at No. 44 State street. He manufactures patent open work signs and ban- ners of his own invention, patented May 5, 1868, and em- ploys 12 hands. J. S. Johnston, Jr. occupies a four-story wooden building 80 X 24 feet, located at No. 89 Hanover street, where he manufactures confectionery of all kinds, giving employment to 18 hands. -He commenced business in 1850, consumes about 20 barrels of sugar per week, and does business amounting to §75,000 per annum. N. Little & Co. occupy three floors, 50 x 20 feet, each in a four-story brick building located at No. 49 Cornhill, for the manufacture of blank books, diaries, etc. They com- menced business in January, 1867. Have 10 employees, consume about SI, 000 worth of paper per mouth, and do a business amounting to $30,000 per annum. Waitt & Bond occupy two rooms, 70 x 20 feet, in a two story brick building located at No. 80 North street, for the manufacture of cigars of all grades. They commenced business in 1865, and employ 10 hands. National Chemical Co., John C. Hursell & Co. pro- prietors, occupy four rooms covering about 3,500 square feet of flooring in a 5^ story brick building located at No. 5 Chatham row, for the manufacture of flavoring extracts of all kinds ; also, Hursell's Purity, for the hair. They com- menced business in August, 1867, and employ 12 hands. A. L. Cutler & Co. occupy four wooden buildings con- taining about 5,000 square feet of flooring, located on Island street, for the manufacture of varnishes and japans. The business was established in 1848. They employ from 3 to 6 persons. Their office and salesroom is at 158 State street. R. M. Yale occupies one floor 30x65 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 14 Commercial street, for the manufacture of sails, tents and awnings of every description. He commenced business in 1847, and employs five per- sons. * Wilder, Estabrook & Co. occupy three floors, 120x28 feet each, in a five story granite building, located at No. 7 Commercial 'street, and manufacture cigars. They are also importers and dealers in cigars and leaf tobacco. They com- menced business in 1848, employ from 60 to 80 hands, and turn out about 3,000,000 cigars annually. 180 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Clark Bre^vkr & Sons occupy 5 rooms, 30x70 ft. each ; also 40x60 ft. in a 4 story granite building, located at No. 14 South Market St., for the manufacture of cigars, snuff, smok- ing and plug tobacco. The business was established by Mr. Brewer in 1812. This firm employs 40 hands, and turns out about 1,000,000 cigars, 70,000 to 80.000 lbs. of smoking to- bacco, and about 20,000 lbs. of plug tobacco annually. J. Morrill &, Co. occupies a three story brick building, 40x160 feet, located on Albany street, for the manufacture of candles and liard soap. They commenced business in 1848, employ 20 hands, and turn out about 800,000 pounds of can- dles, and about 1 ,000,000 pounds of soap annually. Louis Gravkur occujiies a room 10x20 feet, in a four sto- ry brick building, located at No. 42 North Market street, for the manufacture of cigars. He commenced business in 1865 ; has two employees, and turns out about 70,000 cigars an- nually. CoLLARMORE & Co. occupy two rooms, one 25x60 feet, and one 20x20 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 26 North Market street, for the manufacture of wood saws and boot polish blacking. They commenced business in 1862, and have 4 employees. A. GoRHAM occupies a room 20x40 feet, in a five story brick building, located at Nos. 130 and 132 State street, for the manufacture of blank books. He commenced busi- ness in 1849, and has 6 employees. Clapp & Putnam occupy two floors 24x95 feet each, in a five story gi-anite building, located at No. 21 Commercial street, for the manufacture of sails. Commenced business in Dec, 1866, and employs 5 hands. The Crescent Mineral Soap Manufacturing Co., oflice No. 156 State street, occupy a 2J story wooden build- ing, located on Kemble street, for the manufacture of Biin- eral soap, for cleaning all kinds of tin, earthern and iron ware, cooking stoves, marble tables, &c. The business was established in June, 1868. They employ 5 hands, and turn out about 10 tons of soap per week. BowEN & J^RiCKSON occupy onc floor, 20x60 feet, in a 4 story brick building, located at No. 18 North Market street, for the manufacture of awnings, tents, wagon covers, boat sails, canvass signs, &c. They commenced business in Oc- tober, 1868. Alexander Campbell occupies 3 floors, 25x80 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 14 North Market street, for the manufacture of tin cans of all descriptions. He commenced business in 1866, and employs 12 hands. Webster & Ladd have a saleroom at 230 Friend street, for the setting up of their patent adjustable spring bed. The manufacturing part, such as getting out the springs and slats, tluiy let out to different parties. They turn out in this man- ner about 150 beds per week. They commenced business in 1865. Chandler & Couzens occupy two rooms, 25x96 feet each, in a five story granite building, located at No. 27 Commer- cial street, for the manufacture of sails. They commenced business in 1856, and employ 4 workmen. George Kingman & Co. occupy one room, 25x96 feet, in a five story granite building, located at No. 31 Commer- cial street, for the manufacture of sails. He commenced business in 1833, and employ 3 hands. B. F. Brown «fe Co. occupy a four story brick building, 21x50 feet, located at Nos. 133 and 135 Fulton street, for the manufacture of blackings, dressings and varnishes for leather. The business was established in 1842, and now gives employment to 15 persons. Their machinery, that adapted to the business, is driven by an engine of 4 horse power. John Hall & Son occupy a one story wooden building, 60x16 feet, located at No. 25 South Margin street, for the manufacture of globe valves, water gauges, gauge cocks, unions, &c. Also, brass and composition castings. They commenced business in December, 1867 ; employ 7 hands, and turn out about 700 lbs. of castings per week. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 4 horse power, built at the Charles River Iron Works, Cambridgeport, Mass. J. W. Buxton occupies 2 floors, 25x50 feet in a four and a half story brick building, located at No. 107 Fulton street, for the manufacture of morocco leather. He commenced business in 1867, and employs six hands, runs one glazing machine, driveu by an engine of 4 horse power. . B. Faulkner occupies the fourth floor of a five story iron front building, local cd at No, 120 J Fulton street, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes. He commenced business in October, 1868, and has 12 employees. His machinery, consisting of glassing, pebbling, splitting, stuffing and polishing machines, is driven by steam power. Baynall & Loud occupy a four story brick building, 21 x50 feet, located at No. 139 Fulton street, for the manufac- ture of Waterman's patent ship and puUy blocks and wooden pumps. The business was establislied in 1842, and gives employment to 18 persons. Their machinery, consisting of 1 irregular moulding machine, 8 lathes, 3 boring machines, 2 saws and benches and 2 jig saws, is driven by an engine of 10 horse power, supplied with steam from a boiler of 15 horse power. D, P. Nichols occupies a four story wooden building, located at No, 118 West Brookline street, for the manufac- ture of carriages. He commenced business in 1867 and employs about 20 persons. J, Habding & Co. occupy a room 25x30 feet in a four and a half story brick building, located at No. 107 Fulton street, for the manufacture of inner soles for boots and shoes. They established business in May, 1868, and have 4 em- ployees. Richard R. Alexander occupies a room, 25x48 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No, 190 Commercial street, for the manufacture of sails. He commenced busi- ness in 1865, Frank Garcia & Co, occupy a room, 22x100 feet, in a five story granite building, located at No, 134 Commercial street. They manufacture cigars and employ 4 persons, Joseph Carew occupies two floors 40x36 feet in a four story brick building, located at No, 502 Tremont street, for the manufacture of statuary and monumental work from all kinds of approved stone. He commenced business in 1842, and employs about 16 hands. The Florence Lead Co, are quite extensive manufac- turers of ground white lead and zinc paints ; also, the fine colors used in the painting business. The Bianufactory is located on Portland and Merrimac streets in the building known as the Old Distillery building. They produce nine tons of paint per day. Their oflice and salesroom is situ- ated at No. 8 India street, Parker & Sleeper occupy a four story brick building, containing about 36,000 square feet of room, located at No, 10 Traverse street, comer of Portland, for the manufacture of furniture wood, wood hangings, furniture and piano forte veneers, and are also dealers in mahogony and fancy woods. The business was established in 1849 and now employs 17 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 80 horse power, built by George F, McLauthlin of this city, G. A, Miller & Co, occupy three floors 100x50 feet each in a four story brick building, located at 702 Washing- ton street, for the manufacture of piano fortes. The busi- / Rittlwiiy ttnil Miinu/iirturrr»' Stutuhnil (i>iS'>'' .pM was rclsliliabrti in IK&4, and Miw fivm rmploTmcnl lo | J. WuoiXKT lO liaixt*. Itrcitlm ■ Ur](v amnunl of wurk ilnnr ntilntil* iheir fiw<, Wirmlett al N vrli« bv ruDlrart. Tbey lurn uul about 3 lualruinriiln |irr nf ■l(>«l ainl ii i^Pvk. r*ar» •inrr, « .I.|i> f ;.i l-umi & Vo. ,^-nyr f..,,r r.- in ,i.,;. ;,./ Wm M Jt . .rr frrl. (n a In liam-.i. a. • "miiwnrwl Im. a oar Morr wotaltm buUdiuK l&»SO 7 '^stntaikin Mrret, for iIm' ouuiafanurr n ' •>ininrnr««' t Iritrn liT an rnKIlM- •i t>> nil rli-il ..nil of llii. rilT. j farliirr. ' l,r.. fl.-r.. n-.x-,u ,-..,. ;„ to..-.., It A M. ,1 III I,.,,., j..»,r ..(■ 1.1. ..»ii k l.tiililiiie. kiralmi ni (if <>rv>" • |H.V«. .11 i„...,tl. (W-in. v.. 1< 40v4.'i fr .!«. I.a. in Ihr n •rl. i • iiirx- I-"- a 1 >»kI> l>.r » ;-«lrnlnl :U».X.. 40x.'»fi frrl rn. h, ■ .1 al No. .VK) TrrMioiii •! •..Mr.. II- ...,l.ll,.„.-.-.| I..I .1 . 111(1 >• 1" Immli. I. r <.rk. a f«rl »f il lur Mr. Mall ha* a |>airni nfxlin^' Dpcrmbrr 3|»l. IMl'.?. »l.i.l, i. . ..h.IiKttW in thr rvunirr for ((ivinK •{iialilr ami quantil\ rniplov 6 lianil* r>n'. W Mil JiiHlK F«M»TE ocrtlpipa alnut 40,( iliiatnl al Xn. 40« f 'VnH.^ •'"-<■ ,„| liiiiklini; atotta- > ^ \,y ni-«i> in I"'!?. > r.l l,.|.>... . 1 *..-l,. NI w)uar« for lh« II II u I \ y •1 M- lx.tr. of ^)„^ ...II,. nU. Tlipir Rimuu omipr iwo twifiM too s 3& fe«1 .•r.,-.;u !..,;i.!;. .• !.-,i..i .1 N«. is Com. TlifT roni K J. Mil I.. Vr.l a-. \ .. 9%xn IW< Xonr li fl«« kaarf*. aad lam mmI ba« IJ «ujiiu,»t«:A. 11. 182 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. the manufacture of jig saw frames ; also, patterns and mod- els. They commenced business in 18C4, and have seven em- ployees. Their machinery is driven by an engine in build- ing adjacent. PiCKKNS & Washburn occupy about 4,500 square feet of room in a five story brick building, located at the corner of Causeway and Merrimac streets, for the manufacture of mouldings of all descriptions. They commenced bMsiuess in January, 1866, and employ 30 hands. Their machinery is driven by a 40 horse power steam engine built by Harrison Loring, of this city. They do a business of $100,000 per annum. Kemp & Benson occupy three floors, 25x100 feet each, in a five story granita juilding, located at No. 35 Commercial street, for the manufacture of sails and awnings. They com- menced business in 1856, and employ five hands. Delano & Taylok occupy two rooms, 40x80 feet, each, in a four story granite building, located at No. 6 T wharf, for the manufacture of sails. They commenced business in 1865, and employ three hands. S. W. Clifford occupies four floors and attic 25x90 feet each in a five story granite building, located at No. 57 Com- mercial street, for the manufacture of essences, syrups, col- dials, &c. The business was established in 1839, and em- ploys four hands. A. W. Mitchell & Co. occupy a room 14x25 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 9 Change avenue, for the manufacture of stencil and door plates of every descrip- tion. They commenced business in 1864, and employ four persons. Wm. B. Preston occupies two floors 25x40 feet each, in a three story brick building, located at No. 20 Fanueil Hall Square, for the manufacture of balances, platforqi and coun- ter scales, and butchers' Bteelyards. He commenced busi- ness in 1850, and employs four hands. B. F. Bennett & Co., successors to S. G. Simpkins & Co., occupy two rooms 30x50 feet each, in a six story iron front building located at Nos. 114 and 116 State street, for the manufacture of blank books of every description. The busi- ness was established in 1853, and employs about twenty hands. Pearson Bros. &Co. occupy a large 3i story brick build- ing, with a rope-walk attached built of wood, one quarter of a mile in length ; also, several wooden buildings used as a machine shop, store house, «&c., &c., located on Norfolk av- enue, and built in 1850. They manufacture Manilla, Rus- sian and American hemp cordage. Tliey employ upwards of 100 hands, and turn out about 100 tons of rope per month. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 100 horse power, built by Aquila Adams, of this city. The American Water Wheel Co. occupy about 9,000 square ft. of room in a 3 story wooden building located at No. 387 Federal st. for the manufacture of Warren's turbine wa- ter wheel and turbine regulator, on which they have taken out two patents ; one in 1858, and the other in 1860. They also have been awarded a silver medal from the Mechanics Charitable Institution held in this city, in 1856 and 1860. E. B. Vannevar & Co. occupy a 3J story brick building located at No. 68 Fulton street, for the manufacture of brass castings, Vannevar & Co.'s patent side light, coppersmiths', house and ship plumbing. They commenced business in 1860, and have 15 employees. "Their machinery is driven by an engine of eight horse power, built by Mr. Fox, of this city. E. W. Goddard occupies a two story wooden building, 30x40 feet, located at No. 27 Richmond street, for the man- ufacture of water casks, &c. He commenced business in 1864, as successor to Clapp & Goddard, who established the business in 1830. He employs seven persons. D. McCoNOLOGUE occupies one floor, 35x60 feet, in a three story brick building located at No. 123 North street, for the manufacture of mineral and soda water, hop and mead beer. He commenced business in 1842, and has 10 employees. Atkinson, Thayer & Co. occupy a three story brick building, 25x60 feet, located at Nos. 13 and 15 Ferry street, for the manufacture of cider and white wine vinegar. They commenced business in May, 1868, have 10 employees, and turnout 150,000 gallons annually. J. J. Anderson occupies four floors 30x60 feet, in a five story brick building located at Nos. 138 and 140 Fulton St., for the manufacture of lounges and parlor furniture. He com- menced business in 1865. Has 14 employees. His machin- ery is driven by an engine in building adjacent. W. W. Webster occupies 2 rooms containing about 3,700 square feet, in a five story granite building, located at No. 73 Commercial street, for the manufacture of papier mache and composition carved ornaments. He commenced business in 1856. Porter & Co. occupy 2 floors, 22x70 feet each, in a five- story granite building, located at No. 130 Commercial street, for the currying of leather, for boots and shoes. They com- menced business in April, 1866. Their machinery, consisting of pebbling and splitting machines, is driven by an engine in an adjacent building. J. Broderick occupies 2 floors, 20x60 feet each, in a five story granite building, located at No. 130 Commercial street, for the currying of leaiher for boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1863, and has 10 employees. Edwin Pinkham occupies two floors, each 42 feet square, in a four story granite building, located at No. 223 Commer- cial street, for tlie manufacture of sails. He commenced business in 1865, and has 6 employees. Jonathan Pierce occupies a two story wooden building, 50x60 feet, located at No. 239 Commercial street, for the manufacture of pulleys, ships' blocks and pumps. He com- menced business in 1848, and employs 3 hands. Henry Amerige occupies a room 35x60 feet, in a four and a half story granite building, located at No. 1 Commer- cial wharf fop the manufacture of sails. He commenced business in 1845, and employs 10 hands. Wm. T. Norcross occupies one floor, 30x60 feet, in a two story wooden building, with a French roof, located at No. 297 Commercial street, for the manufacture of boats of all descriptions. He commenced business in January, 1862, and employs one person. Joseph E. Silloway occupies 2 floors containftg about 3,500 square feet, in a three and a half story wooden build- ing, located at No. 317 Commercial street, for the manufac- ture of sails. He commenced business in 1858. Joseph D. Clinkard & Co. occupy a three story wooden building, 40x60 feet, located at No. 221 Commercial street, for the manufacture of boats of all descriptions. They com- menced business in March, 1868, aud employ 3 hands. Henry R. Clinkard occupies the second floor, 60x110 ft., of a three story wooden building, located at No. 421 Com- mercial street, for the manufacture of boats of all descrip- tions. He commenced business about 14 years since, and has six employees. G. B. Holmes occupies one floor, 15x40 feet, in a two and a half story wooden building, located at No. 311 Commercial street, for the manufacture of wooden pumps and ships' blocks. The business was established by Samuel Hosea about 15 years since, and succeeded by the present proprietor in August, 1868. He employs one person. Da VI* A II. ^^^y iiiiirnrril aUiui «.* A W 41 KIN f"T«|ir • ihiTT •IOf\ ' i fret. liH-alrymi. llirir IIMiUtr (• I bv • IS \,„rtt> |>i>««cr Migiiic, built by ^^ V t . , ..I Ihl. rill. 1*1. »ir W..IU ! 01 Ni... l.l ,. i.-Hir«< ol' |>n - n.. I.U.MM-MI «.. r.Ul.lt-l«^ .u Irt*,:.. °. liAiTTiiTT A ( •■. <.<-u|>i li\r (ItMir* .tOslSA feel in i->rr bnrk buiMinc. liii H6 lo IM Kul- • I. for llic iiumuCai-turr nf wbilr wiop anil ritlrr »in- IIk-t mniinpiii-r iii-i Co.. .. r»r» •■! •lorr , l-'i'.S! ■ XU bamla, and do bttsii In ilw Ul« H. I.nnn|r & I liV9, arr manufarttt- 4.». Tbry nrrupT • t%m ainl ai Na>. ISO and ( iiAHi .u Dat a (<>. iM^ipT i«iu lln»r> ?.'i&r.O fwi pa<-l. a ."IJ •l.inr bri.k l>uil. 34M ( iinimrrrial irrt-t, for Ibo maitufariuni of nailii. IpuIh, awiiinpi. auair<>n nnpn. thrr ronirocnml buaincM ib IH61 and «»)• I Iniw. I Cti.- TJier ->tn, X.S«90 fiwt. in a fraaite •innM>rrial ttm-t, fnr llw man- buainr** in IA4S, and I orrupy alioul 3,0Oiiilp building;, liM-ali-pr annum. M-k cuu*iinied br (hem i ol brajw a t)H: Tin (\i- . • n-k. lie dora bu«incM lo ibv amounl of |3UU,00U per ao- ^Iirrtirwt A f 'n - . - .ini ivr, f|i«,r«,S&tinott ; al No. 6& ( . Tb^co«. 184 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. J. N. Devereux occupies a room, 125x30 feet, in a five story granite building, located at No. 122 Central street, for the manufacture of sails, auTjings, hammocks, tents, wagon covers, &c. He commenced business in 1847, and employs 8 hands. Flint Bros. & Co. occupy a five story granite building, 40x00 feet, located at Nos. 50 and 52 Broad street, for the manufacture of spices and coffees. They commenced busi- ness in 1856. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 20 horse power, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of this city. W. C. HuNNEMAN, Jr. occupies three buildings, located on Swett street, for the manufacture of varnishes and japans. He commenced business in 1855 and has 3 employees. D. Norton, Jr. occupies two floors, 60x43 feet each, in a four story brick building, located at No. 6 Row's wharf, for the manufacture of saUs. He commenced business in 1845 and employs 10 hands. John B. Baker & Co. occupy a three story wooden build- ing, 34x34 feet, located at No. 2 Mason street, for the man- ufacture of fine harnesses, horse blankets, sole leather, trunks, valises, bags and riding saddles. They commenced business in 1835 and employ 50 hands. Their salesroom is at No. 150 Tremont street. Hollow AY Bros. & Woodbury occupy two floors, 25x58 feet each, in a four and a half story granite building, located at No. 11 Commercial wharf, for the manufacture of sails. They commenced business in November, 1864, and have 4 employees. J. H. McMands occupies a room 34x50 feet, in a granite building, located at No. 33 South Commercial wharf, for the manufacture of sails. He commenced business in 1856. Francis & Lovell occupy four floors, 35x35 feet, in a four story brick building, located at No. 52 India wharf, for the manufacture of ship's blocks and pumps. They com- menced business in 1829 and employ 2 persons. Dix & Potter occupy a room 30x65 feet, in a three story brick building, located at No. 132 Broad street, for the man- ufacture of sails. Commenced business in March, 1866, and have 4 employees. Chester Guild & Sons manufacture all varieties of shoe stock, harness, belting and military leather. The business was commenced in 1831, at Roxbury, but since removed to 107 Milk street, where they have extensive works, covering several thousand feet of land, and filled with machinery of the most improved patterns. They employ upwards of 100 hands, consume 3,000 cords of bark, producing 25,000 skins per annum. The buildings are heated by steam from a 100 horse power boiler, built by Kendall & Roberts, of Cambridgeport, Mass, which also furnishes steam for a 40 horse engine, built by Cook, Eymes & Co., of Charlestowu, Mass. John B. Alley & Co., manufacturers of leather, employ 80 men, and do business of $300,000 per year. They occupy two buildings ; one 50x120 feet, and the other 40x250 feet. Their machinery is driven by a 35 horse power engine, made by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass. RoxburY Carpet Co., J. W. Blake, Treasurer. This company are manufacturers of tapestry. Velvet and Brussels earpeting. The power is furnished by a steam engine. Their selling Agent is M. H. Simpson, 127 Milk street, Boston. Ames Plow Co., Worcester, Mass., andGroton Junction. This is an incorporated company, established under the gene- ral laws of Massachusetts. Capital $400,000. Oliver Ames, President ; E. Tasker, Treasurer ; H. C. Turner, Superin- tendent and Managing Director. They manufacture agri- cultural implements and machines, and are dealers in seeds of every variety. They employ 600 hands. The Ames Plow Co. are successors to Nourse, Mason & Co., and Ruggles, Nourse & Mason, by whom the business was established in 1835. Their productions are sent to almost every country in the world, and they claim that their exports are greatly in excess of any other house in the same line of business, in the country. They have a warehouse at Quincy Hall, over Quincy Market, in this city, and at No. 53 Beekman street. New York. A. Weed & Co. are manufacturers of patent self-boring, self-closing faucets, for molasses, oils, liquors, &c. Tliis business was established by A. Weed and S. P. Blake, in December, 1868. They occupy a building 50x75 feet, em- ploy 6 men, consume 300 lbs. of iron per day, and do a busi- ness of $30,000 per annum. Their office is at 36 Chardon street. A. AxDRiCH & Son established business in 1868. They occupy a two story building with basement, 100x36 feet, at 47 Pearl street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. They employ 125 hands, and produce annually, 3,000 cases. Geo. H. Dickerman, manufacturer of paper boxes, at Nos. 30, 32, 34 and 36 Greene street. In 1855 Mr. D. commenced the business in a very small way, employing but two persons. He has now in his em- ploy from 150 to 200 hands, and has the facility for doing a larger business than any other establishment of the kind in the United States. He occupies a four story building, 75x180 feet, which he has filled with machinery for the making of boxes, driven by an engine of 12 horse power, made by R. W. Pratt, of this city. The engine is furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, built by Allen & Endicott. The building is heated by exhaust steam. An elevator, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, saves considerable labor, in carrying stock from one story to another. Campbell, Whittier & Co. are manufacturers of steam engines and boilers, at 50 Friend street. This firm was established in 1845. They occupy a machine shop, 190x40 feet ; boiler shop, 150 x60 feet ; riveting tower, 20 feet square, 50 feet high ; blacksmiths' ghop, &c., &c. They em- ploy from 100 to 125 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power, supplied with steam from a boiler 50 horse power, both of their own manufacture. J. S. F. Huddleson, manufacturer of barometers, ther- mometers, hydrometers, &c., at 96 Washington street. Es- tablished in business in 1839. He employs five persons. John Sowle & Co., manufacturers of looking glasses and duplex mirrors, occupy a two story brick building 60x20 ft., located at 101 Merrimac street, used for getting out stock, &c. Also, have a five story stone building 130x30 feet used in the finishing of their work, and for an office and sales- room, situated at 120 and 122 North street. They com- menced business in 1831, and employ from 30 to 40 hands. The patent duplex mirrors made by them, consists of the ar- rangement of two mirrors, which when closed, occupy the space and present the appearance of but one, while by open- ing the frames, they are at once placed in such a position as to aflbrd a complete view of the person, front, back and pro- file, and are especially adapted to ladies' use in dressing their hair. This firm have a salesroom at 12 AVest street; also, one at 825 Broadway, N. Y. They do business to the amount of $250,000 per annum. O. F. Sage occupies three floors of a four story brick building, 80x20 feet, located at No. 546 Washington street, and manufacture trunks, valises and carpet-bags. The business was established in 1862 and gives employment to 35 persons. They do business to the amount of $125,000 per annum. MW.//« JV. E. Umlwait ami .\tiiHuf.uturrr% Stufitttcui (iiurUtrr HICKS \ BADGER, VI ^ \ 1 I V ■ 1 I 1 1 r H ( li' ill k. 1 V 1 1 s. t 1 1 COPPER WORK, Nos. 49 and 51 Pitts Street, ;^b:i;;,:;„.; i;uk i'i a. "•■ ». A IttiH.iK .... Lot of (kMrinjr. ■ ai N.i.. r.i a ', i.>r ihc iiianiifiif-lurv r «..rk ..(■ . Tlior r..nimci.r.-.| Tiir r«u.N 1 and l.a-ri,.-..- . . , . . 1 .. \ JJ„,„ 1..... 4 '- -- .- — > Ilir M \I... ' „ ....._ r niR I.a*vrrT Skwhiu MioiniB a(» 1 .r-r, of ( ..11,. |ikilt<.. > UovtiU it) ait tU^Htti ul 111 UutM: puwrr. irvnl. Tbetr oAoe u al 114 StAla t. \i ...^ - 1... 1.. .. -. .. - I'dww la iurniiUtol tn>pi an i m- U. t..ri..- 1.- .ilr-l 1 I'lr 111. Ntaln, Un liw aws «i lb* fmtnut UwTra U >. ,...-. t .l...r. •'..i. t,,. ,. . . |..«.r 1. lMr';i.li. •! lr..Mi au .■■.■„,.■ SiMiiKvr A Ham occupy • thn-^ \ N ( Urk. Ir. ... .r.r. ,-, 1 tk» rompuir. TWir o«>>r '• aaa MotM, Imu Imm ia et- 186 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. The range aud furnace business has all grown up since, and the number of patents issued to Mr. Pond during thirty or forty years for different ranges and furnaces invented by him, together with the many thousands made and sold dur- ing this time, will attest the part this firm has taken in per- fecting this important trade. Their wares are known and used, not only throughout the Union, north and south, and on tlie Pacific, but extensively in the Canadian Dominion, the West Indies, the East Indies, the Sandwich Islands, China, and in many other quarters. All their goods are finished at the extensive Boston estab- lishment, the castings being made at the foundries in New Bedford, Mass., and South Newmarket, N. H. The Boston Stereotype Foundry was established in 1822, and was soon after organized under an act of incorporation by the name of the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry. In 1823, the establishment having outgrown its accommoda- tions in Howard Place, was removed to a more commodious building in Salem street, at the north end, where, in 1825, it met with a disastrous fire, which nearly consumed it, the loss being estimated at more than $30,000. However, it was refitted with the least possible delay, the capital stock being fixed at $75,000 ; one thousiiud shares at $75 each. In 1829 it being desirable that the establishment should be located near the business centre of the city, it was remov- ed to Congress street, and soon after another removal was made to Minot Building, corner of Spring Lane and Devon- shire street, where it has since remained. In 1849 a com- pany of practical workmen arranged for the purchase of the stereotype department, the business of which they have since successfully carried on, having become incorporated March 28th, 1849, as the Boston Stereotype Foundry, the Boston Type Foundry retaining the old charter. They occupy three floors of the building, with steam pow- er, and employ from 40 to 50 workmen. The proprietors of this foundry were the first to adopt the process of electrotyp- ing to book work. A Catholic Prayer Book, entitled St. Jo- seph's Manuel, published by Patrick Donahoe in 1853, was the first work of any considerable size electrotyped in the United States. Since that time the electrotype process has been extensively used by them, and among the large num- ber of works produced, may be mentioned all of Worcester's Dictionaries, from the primary to the quarto ; and also Web- ster's Unabridged quarto. The annual manufacture of plate (stereotype and electrotype,) amounts to about $60,000. The Patent Wood Saw Co. occupy 3 floors, 25x50 feet each, in a brick building, located at No. 11 Batterymarch street, for the manufacture of patent framed wood saws, and Harvard's patent folding saw buck. They commenced busi- ness in 1860 ; employ 20 hands, turn out 300 saws per month. They have facilities for making a large number of Hayward's patent saw buck, which patent was granted De- cember 11, 1866. They are gaining favor rapidly, and soon will supersede any other saw biick in this country. This firm do a business of $35,000 per annum. Maurice Eller occupies 720 square feet of room in a 4 story brick building, located at No. 168 State street, where he employs 35 hands, in the manufacture of cigars, of which he turns out 20,000 per week. He is also an importer of cigars, and dealer in leaf tobacco. A. Wentworth & Co. occupy about 18,000 square feet of land, located at Nos. 17 aud 60 Haverhill street, where they employ 225 hands in the manufacture of monuments, chimney pieces, grave stones, table and counter tops, soap stone work, &c. This business was commenced about 33 years since by Mr. Wentworth, and was changed to the firm name of A. Wentworth & Co. in 1854. Their works are driven by steam, requiring about 100 horse power. They do business of about $75,000 per annum. C. Ross & Co. occupy a four story wooden building, 72x 34 feet, with a wing attached, 80x26 feet, 2 stories, for the manufacture of coaches, barouches, and all kinds of heavy carriages ; located at No. 263 Northampton street. They commenced business in 1857, have 24 employees, and turn out about 25 carriages per annum, varying in price from $1,400 to $2,000. They do business to the amount of $20,- 000 per annum. The Boston Steam and Gas Pipe Works, Braman,Dow & Co., Proprietors, occupy a four story brick building, 50x 30 feet. Also, a storeliouse, built of wood, 50 x 22 feet, located at Nos. 8 and 4 Ilaymarket square. They manufac- ture wrought iron steam and gas pipe, and brass and iron fittings of all kinds, for water and gas. They commenced business in 1851, employ 30 hands, and turn out 500,000 ft. of pipe annually, doing business of $200,000. They have a boiler of 15 horse power, of their own manufacture, used for heating their factory. Their motive power is furnished from an engine in building adjacent. Valentine & Co. manufacturers of varnishes and japans, and Valentine's uonpareil coach and railway varnishes, com- menced business in 1832. Their factory is located at River- side, Mass., where they occupy about two acres of ground, employing 16 hands, and producing 10,000 gallons of varnish per month, and do business amounting to $250,000 per an- num. Their ofliice in Boston is at No. 32 Kilby street. Joseph Zanb & Co. occupy 2 floors of a three story brick building, located at 81 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of self-closing safety faucets, and all kinds of plumbers' stock. They commenced business in 1844, employ 12 hands, and do business amounting to $40,000 per annum. Eaton, Jones & Co. occupy a five story bnck building, 20x65 feet, located at 5 and 6 Holmes block, Ilaymarket square, for the manufacture of wooden ware, children's car- riages, &c. They commenced business in 1849, and employ from 20 and 30 hands. John W. Hodgedon manufactures fine pocket books, bill books, letter and card cases, &c., at No. 54 Kilby street. He commenced business in December, 1867, and employs 12 persons. Dexter Chase occupies 3 rooms, covering 2,200 square feet of flooring, in a two-story brick building located at the corner of Broadway and Mt. Vernon streets, Lowell, Mass., for the manufacture of Chase's patent spring beds. The business was commenced in 1867 and gives employment to 8 persons, who turn out monthly 1,200 beds. This bed wher- ever exhibited has received the highest premiums, and at the Mechanics' Fair held in Lowell, a silver medal was awarded at their exhibition in September and October, 1867. The machinery used is driven by an engine of 80 horse power, built by the Atlantic Works of Boston, which also furnishes steam for all parts of the building. Does a business of $65,000 per annum. Office and salesroom. No. 22 Milk street, in this city. Wheeler Cartwright occupies a wooden building, 70x 70 feet, located on Norfolk avenue, for the manufacture of all kinds of blacksmiths', machinists' and stone cutters' tools. Commenced business in August, 1868, and employs 25 hands. The machinery, consisting of 1 steam dudgeon hammer, 1 engine lathe, 1 planer, 1 drill and 1 trip ham- mer, is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, Mass., with one flue boiler, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. He does a business of $100,000 per year. Francis McLaughlin occupies three floors, 48x150 feet each, in a four story brick building, located at No. 290 Commercial street, for the manufacture of all kinds of brushes. He commenced business in 1848 and has 114 \l./J...\ I l:.,J.i.i,/ .,„./ MiHuf.i.lui.rs SlilhfUctl (nurttrrr. !*»•; CLI?ac.c'o ^latent ^prtnl;^ ^c^ Patontod Docombor 20. 1864. and Juno 12. 1800. 1 l»c ritraonlinarr «Mfvv<« r.f ('|in«-'i |>a|i-nt Sprin? \\rA U rht<-flr ■Krilnilable U» ■ few f«rU. »U. : The M bi bm it irded i:; H:^:sr. ?rt&::a it eren Fl- vhrt :t hi bee: ficsd a Wi^ .. \!..l,,n,.. K.,r. t.vl! I...U.U. Mu... ^-.wu^ 11 ilu rUI.I lia.Nt V. tiNMC M\l. ..iUr .Spnujc IlcJ* Uicw riliiliilftl. 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KtvT«A« orrup*M • mi>m .V>i3i ftw4. io • loar clorr J»«r« |. ri^ K^.M'n-. W>^'«<1 al 7^ |U,,.«,.|| M'.^t. *»»>«» b* -m- f^,, ^t-rr > ilir«* •oon MO I &n 188 Stations in the State of Massachusetts HILL & WEIGHT, Mauulkfturors aud Dealers in e\ery (lestripnoii of Casks, BarrelSf Etc., etc. New aiul Sccoud-IIaiul Flour Barrels and Half Barrels. Blour Barrel • SUGAR BARRELS, NEW AND SECOND-HAND WATER AND OIL CASKS, SQUARE WATER TANKS, HARNESS CASKS, BUCKETS, KECS, &C. RED AND WHITE OAK SHOCKS, OF EVERY KIND, MADE TO ORDER. au furuish any article at tlie .--hortcst notice, and Having facilities for business unsurpassed in New England at tlie Lowest Price. HENRY B. HILL. GEORGE WRIGHT. Hill & Wright occupy 2 four story wooden buildings, 32x90 feet each. One, used for the manufacture of casks of every description, located at Nos. 145 and 157 Summer st. ; and the other for the manufacture of flour barrels, also loca- ted on Summer street. They established business in 1857, and have 45 employees. Aldrich, Kendall & Eice occupy a four story brick building, 75x50 feet, located at No. 4 Charlestown street, and used as their salesroom. They also have a factory lo- cated at South Boston, which is a 2^ story wooden building. They manufacture walnut, chestnut and painted chamber furniture, what-nots, hat trees, &c. They commenced business July, 1868, and employ twenty hands. E. G. Weight & Co., occupies 600 square yards of flooring in a five story brick building, located at 71 Sudbury street for the manufacture of musicil instruments, of every description. They commenced business in 1800 ; employ thirty hands and turn out from $50,000 to $60,000 worth of instruments per year. CtEo. Springall & Co., occupy two floors 30 x 40 feet, in a five story brick building located at Nos. 1 and 3 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of fine harnesses. They com- menced business in 1846, and employ 12 hands. J. D. Pierce & Co. occupy one floor of a two story wooden building 80 x 25 feet, located at No. 4 Taber street, for the manufacture of sleighs, carriages and carriage wheels. They commenced business in 1863, and employ 4 hands. S. Jackson, Jr., manufacturer of the patent excelsior trunk, also valises and carpet bags, commenced business in 1862. He occupies two floors in a three story building, 90x 25 feet, located at 1875 Washington street. He employs 8 hands, doing business to the amount of $75,000 per annum. F. B. Wallis occupies four rooms, 20 x 15 feet each, in a four story brick building located at 62 Kilby street, for the manufacture of the Boston over-gaiter, and ladies', misses' and children's leggins. The business was commenced in 1846. He employs 20 hands, and has a capacity for turn- ing out 50 pairs of gaiters per day. Wm. B. D. Simmons occupies a five story brick building 80 X 50 feet, located at the corner of Charles and Cambridge streets, for the manufacture of church organs. He com- menced business in 1846, and employs 40 hands. W. S. & F. CoRniNGLET occupy a stone building 25 x 75 feet for the manufacture ot shoddy ; also occupy a two story stone building 25 x 160 feet, used for wool washing, sorting, and boiling. They commenced business in 1865, and have 10 employees. They have in use a tubular boiler of 40 horse power, made by Chubbuck & Sons of Boston, a breast wheel 15 feet wide, 18 feet diameter, drives their machinery. Their office is located at 409 Broad street. S. E. Chubbuck & Sons manufacture steam engines, boilers and machinery. Their machine shop is 2 stories high, 36x100 feet. The boiler shop in the rear is 80x30 ft. The business was established in June, 1859, with a capital of $35,000. They employ 40 persons, producing $10,000 worth of work per mouth. An engine of 20 horse power, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, both of their own manufacture, furnish the motive power. Shales & Co. occupy 2 floors of a 3 story wooden build- ing, 80x30 feet, located on Eustis street, for the manufacture of black walnut chairs and sofas. They commenced busi- ness in 1868, employ 15 hands, turning out 8 sets per week. Their machinery, consisting of moulding machines, saws, lathes, &c., is driven by an engine of 40 horse power in building adjacent. BOSTON FORGE COMPANY, MAVERICK STREET. EAST BOSTON RAILROAD WORK: STEAM MARINE WORK: ( r<»-llrniU. IU«ii-.Slr«i.., \VI>..| Ann., (oiinn tuiK auil Ti.loo lt.«l.. A VikIkiin. »iiMll;isN >n'kv. TrHNs ^ha|M*^. Kiipnn. DH^ifN. Kr . Kr . niiil ALL KINDS OF HAMMERED SHAPES. • '. •II, tn.iu a :>» lioriM- liilxitar In.iI. r n i!.. >> < ..ui i- i. r A to., of llu. r.ly. Ilr •! HKt ,,.r aiiliiilii. Ortlrr. 4.(NMI l>>.. of hanI ,. l-r «."."«.; .lo.n.. •ItMiii iroiii u ( tli;.>l4r Uoltr. l.'l.'<(«« |«>a.(, LuiU U (. au^)^' Im-II. W>iiiti M. .V Mill U....«.r,, A« .. . ..r....r,.|..r.. ar- iiiiinii' I ill l^• IVk. I.i.il.l .arl,. (•*»!» Factokt. K. S«m»..«i IVrkin. •tally al>.iit A !hfT<< «l.-!rT frumi- ' 4 Smt nmipr • fimr alorr wnndm buildiny ; «• ■ ihrt* •Inry bn. k 190 Statio7is in the State of Massachusetts. RO^W^L^l^I) HILL, BRASS FOUNDER, Head of f arlton Wharf, .... All kinds of Brass and Composition Castings made to order. EAST BOSTON. Babbitt & White Metal constantly on hand. Ro^VLANU Hill occupies a 2 story brick building, 18x38 feet, located at the head of Carlton's wharf. Summer street, for the manufacture of brass castings of aU descriptions. He commenced business in 1867, and has 2 employees. James Morse commenced business in 1860. He occu- pies a two story wooden building 70x80 feet, located at No. 66 Norfolk street, for the manufacture of extra No. 1, chemical, olive, soda olive, variegated, laimdry and oil soaps. Has 4 employees, consumes about 2,000 pounds of tallow and grease, producing about 4,000 pounds of soap per week. C. W. Griffiths & Co., manufacturers of ribbons and trimmings. Commenced business in 1865. Their works are situated at the corner of Howard and Hamden streets, occupying a two story wooden building 100 x 33, and giving employment to 120 hands. Their machinery consisting of 12 Jacquard ribbon looms, winding and twisting machines, &c., &c., is driven by an engine of eight horse power, built by Chase & Leavitt, supplied with steam from an upright flue boiler, 10 horse power. Messrs G. W. Griffith & Co., also occupy three floors in two six story granite buildings, 95 x 25 feet, situated at Nos. 161 to 167 Pearl street, for the manufacture of worst- ed knit goods and jaconet rufflings, employing 200 hands. The machinery is driven by an engine of eight horse power built in tliis city by Chase & Leavitt. This firm have ca- pacity for doing a business of $500,000 per year. Their office is at No. 16 Milk street. T. D. Murrey, occupies a three story brick building 70 x 40 feet, located at No. 1942 Washington street, for the man- ufacture of marble monuments, mantles, &c. He com- menced business in 1848 ; has twelve employees and does a business of $12,000 per annum. J. W. TuFFTS & Co., occupy three brick buildings, one, two stories 40 x 60 feet ; one, one story 40 x 60 feet, and one, one story 60 by 75 feet, located on King and Elmwood streets, for the manufacture of fancy and family soaps. They commenced business in 1866 ; employ eighteen hands and turn out 100 gross of soaps per day, doing business amounting to $50,000 per annum. They have in use a boi- ler of 20 horse power, built by the Lowell Machine Com- pany, of Lowell, Mass. William H. Dow occupies a brick building 40x40 feet, and storehouse 40x50 feet, located on Marginal street, (Bos- ton Highlands,) for the manufacture of hard and soft soap. He commenced business in 18G0 ; has 10 employees, and produces 200 barrels of soft soap per month, and 500 barrels of hard soap per year. Also, renders 2,000 lbs, of tallow daily. Tlie iunouut of business done being $120,000 per an- num. His machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, both of which were built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of this city. Charles R. McLean, millwright, occupies a two story wooden building, 30x40 feet, located at No. 8 Lewis street ; residence. No. 138 Lexington street. He is a builder of flouring mills, rice mills, grain elevators, dye wood mills, and mill work in general, and will do work in any part of North or South America. He commenced business in If " and employs 20 hands. Atlantic Works. This company was incorporated in 1853, and are manufacturing iron steamships, marine en- gines and boilers, general machinery, &c., &c. Franklin W. Smith is President of the company. Hdgh Connor occupies a 2 story wooden building, 25x50 feet, with basement. Also, an L attached, 40x60 feet, loca- ted at Nos. 131 and 135 Summer street, for the manufacture of brass castings of all descriptions. He commenced business in 1864, and employs 10 hands. His machinery is driven by a steam engine of six horse power. The Boston Dye Wood and Chesqcal Co. occupy a 3 story brick building, with out buildings, wharf and dock room, covering in all 90,000 square feet, located on Border street, for the manufacture of, and importers and dealers in, drugs, dye woods, liquors, and extracts. The business was established in 1868, and gives employment to 40 liands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 200 horse power, Babcock & Wilcox patent, built by the Atlantic Works, of this city. Also, a 40 horse power engine, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass. Steam is supplied by 4 tubular boilers, 100 horse power each, built by McKay & Aldus. The company use, in their works a large copper vacuum pan, for making extracts and liquors, costing, with its fixtures, $10,000. They have a capacity for making 2,000,000 lbs. of liquors and extracts, and grind 8,400 tons of wood per year ; doing business amounting to $1,000,000 per annum. Edward F. Porter is President; Joseph C. Stevens, Treasurer, and Charles E. Thayer and G. P. Loring, Directors of this company. Store 116 Milk street, corner Batterymarch street. A. P. Clark & Co. occupy a three story wooden building 135x45 feet, and storehouse capable of holding 200,000 bushels of salt, which article they manufacture, employing 10 hands. They commenced business in 1852. Have two run of stones and grind about 50,000 bushels of salt annually, which is packed in bags and boxes weighing from 5 to 2.50 lbs. each. Their works are located at the foot of Sumner street, on Clark's wharf. An engine of 35 horse power, built by Bird & Co., of this city, drives their machinery. Howes & Pierce occupy a one story wooden building 25 X 60 feet, located at No. 115 Sumner street, for the man- ufacture of boats of every description. They commenced business in May, 1867. Manson & Peterson occupy 2 three story brick buildings. One 45x90 feet, the other 36 x 45 feet, located on the corner of Border and Decatur street, for the manufacture of centre, dining and extension tables and mouldings. They commenced business in 1844, employ from 50 to 75 hands, and consume on an average 80,000 feet of lumber per month. An engine of 75 horse power drives their machinery. The Central Iron Foundry, Dyer & Gurney, Proprie- tors, occupy 2 foundry buildings. One 50x100 feet, and the other 40x75 feet, with out buildings consisting of 3 pattern lofts, a pattern shop, carpenter shop and blacksmith shop, located on Border street, opposite Central square, for the manufacture of machinery and ships castings. They com- menced business in 1856, employ 75 hands, and consume 150 tons of iron per month. Their machinery is driven by an II . - A /. J:.n/u.,^ .n../ M.n..^r,. Loris ()si5()ir\. STEAM ENGINES; ( liciipiiii:- Miichiiirs, nil i rrssrs. and I'.oil, r Wdik. SleamlHUil )liir!iiiin'} asHi Eloilcrs. .!#./#/#. #•>•.//> V'l// #;#;'#•, «/>/>«.«i/r iiiitaitl \\'/»in/\ .if 10 l.i.r^c power, bnill by Bird A Co., nupplinl wiili M. ( u.- k»u A C. ..rtnipT 4 Lnrk I.inMi .Ur bniirr, built bv the Mavnanl Irt>n ab<><<^ Tlii" ci>m|i«nr do bunincM •looiinliiiK (>>r t' l^iiM «Kii..ii'«, iiuiniifarliirr of i>lp«in rnt'iii'*' mul prncml :->..T-K' ntarbilirnr, i«-ni|>ir. • )( •liinr wiwMlrii l>iiil» 4.'i fr. • I.-..- ]"> X -" lib, mmI fioiRK bvuMtxaa .1 .-. l,,,r^ |-.».r. au.l l-ilcr "I ■ i^lil j,, lip pntprirtiir. jq , W4«l> fit^inniT • roi.iti *• » :Ul (rvl, m • Iwo j4,r Tb« mMi who ifi> ■Of l».-.r IS\ S'> ir^ II. » I- i al No. if. >la«rn
  • WAEEB®©MS, He, IQ9 Jf@ESa SfSBBS, (Formerly at 54 Albany Street,) BOSTON. Factory, Cor. Dorr and Federal Sts. SOUTH BOSTON. filtration showed it to be a perfectly transparent fluid of a pale yellow. . The fecula remaininn; on tlie filters is a dai"k- ish green, composed of jilobular matter. The liquid itself, at this stage of clarification, choniirally considered, consists of water, sugar, a small quantity of dextrine, and^ coloring principle. Nitrogenized matters injurious to crysTallization still remain. The next department is the scum liquor room, where Uie scum of the elarifiers is treated. This, having been previ- ously taken from the tops of the "blowups," is transferred to this room, when it is submitted to a great pressure be- tween the upper and nether plates of a mechanical contriv- ance which exudes the saccharine matter in considerable abundance. The refuse is then cast aside. The liquid obtained passe* into the common reservoirs. Descending another flight of stairs we find ourselves in the char room, from which the (animal) charcoal filters are filled. The "char" is brought up by means of steam eleva- tors, and is introduced into the filters immediately below by connecting pipes. The "char" is shoveled into holes, form- ing the entrance to the pipes, and which are on a level with tlie floor, very much like a coal hole in a sidewalk. The cliemical characteristics of the charcoal not only have the power to remove the organic coloring matter from the syrup, nitrogized matters and assist granulation, but it enables the refiner to obtain a larger amount of sugar and an improve- ment in the quality. The workmen in this room look more like Ethiopians than while men. Having obtained a suffi- cient snuff of the atmosphere, go down with us to the liquor room where the syrup from above finds its way into hug* fihers and is fercolated for crystallization. There are thirty- six of these filters, made of wrought iron, being each twenty feet high, four feet in diameter, holding sixty-eight barrels of "char" and a ton of sugar apiece. As already hinted, these vessels receive the "char" from above through connecting pipes at the top of them. These metallic filters are both cylindrical and square in shape, each having a double bot- tom, and after receiving the "char" are hermetically sealed. Closely packed with the requisite amount of bleaching and defecating material — reduced to the state of a coarse powder, or in grains, and slightly moistened, — the hot syrup is admit- ted into the upper part of the filter and being forced onward by mechanical pressure it passes rapidly through the "char" and is received by the space between the two bottoms. There it enters another pipe which conveys it to the upper part of the second filter close by, and in a similar manner is forced into and through the third filter of the set, there being three filters to each set. The process of fereolation is complete. The liquor is now not subject to any further purification, but, as will presently be seen, is rapidly boiled down to the point of crystallization. It is pure, transparent, and is known as "boiling liquor." The "char" wliich has been used to the extent of rendering it useless for further filtering is again made as good as new by a process known in refining parlance as revivification. Passing down into the next or second story, the process of revirification is going on. The "char" is taken out of the bottom of the filters and conveyed in wheelbarrows to the kiln and reburnt. It is first washed, in order that the syrup remaining in the interstices may be removed. The sweet liquid which comes away flows into an evaporating vessel. The "char" is then thrown on to the kiln or retorts and burnt. The rstorts are made of cast iron, oval in shape, four by nine inches, and nine feet in length, and are securely arranged over openings in a cast iron bed plate. The fur- nace for heating these retorts is immediately below, and the flame therefrom communicates its heat to the contents above, charring and driving out the gaseous and other foreign mat- ters retained from the liquor. It is ready for use again. Tiie kiln room is 130x48 feet. The "char" having been revivified goes down to the receiving house and is used when wanted. Six large wooden tanks are used for fermenting the "char." Our curiosity now leads us to the pan room, where the syrup is boiled down, it having arrived at that point of concentration when crystallization is desirable. Tlie liquor for the (vacuum) pans is received from the tanks, located in the northerly part of the building, through pipes connecting with the pans. There are three of these pans here, each holding a quantity equivalent to 245 barrels of dry sugar. The temperature of this room varies from 118 deg. to 135 deg. Fahrenheit. The pans are made of cast iron, \h inches thick, lined with copper, and have four hun- dred and fifty feet of four inch copper pipe coiled within them, which radiates the heat for boiling. Attached to the pan is a thermometer to indicate the temperature to which the syrup contained within is exposed, and also a barometer to measure the amount of exJiaustion produced in the vessel. The temperature of the syrup in the pan is usually from 145 deg. to 160 deg., but depending on the stage of the sugar. When boiling the barometer stands at 26 inches. The time when the boiling shall cease is determined by the tempera- ture, or by certain tests which are practiced among sugar boilers, and is called "proof." A peep into one of the pans, through a "sight," showed the boiling sugar to be clear and transparent, the ebulition quick and sharp, and the bubbles bursting as they rose, indicating that the inspissation or thickening was rapidly advancing. The " string-test," which consists in taking a portion of the liquid between the forefinger and thumb and permitting it to remain until the thread attains the length of an inch or inch and a half before breaking, and by the " proof stick," producing the bubble test, indicate that the sugar has become 196 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. L03XI5^^m> :, wm, i ln.iit of 600 feet, upon which are built two -|.arinu- wim li.iu>r.-. The machine shop is four stories high. '.'>W) Il-l-i iu leuglh, and 45 feet wide, built of mdiewn granite. This building was for- merly used by the city as a House of Industry, and is the first iron ship building establishment permanently located in New England. This estate consists of seven acres of upland and a million feet of flats. In 1857-8, Mr. Loring built several vessels to go to India. He also built two iron steam- ships of 1,150 tons each, "The South Carolina" and " Jlas- sachusetts." He has since built for the Union Steamship Company, of Boston, two iron screw steamships the "Missis- sippi" and " Merrimac." .The " Nahaut," the first monitor ever built in New England, was built at these works ; also, the Canonicus. S. A. Woods occupies a three story buildiug containing, 30,000 square feet of flooring, located on Don-, near Federal street, built exelusively for the manufacture of Woodbury's improved planing, tonguiug and grooving macliiues ; Grab's and Wood's improved combination planer and moulding ma- chines ; and a variety of wood working machinery. Also, manufacturers of the self-oiling circular saw arbors, patented September 7, 1858. The improved planing, tonguing and 198 Stations in the State of Massachusetts JOHN LALLY, Coal Bunkers, Gasometers Stills and Tanks, k, HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE Steam Boilers, Ship's Taniis Repa of Steam Boilers promptly attended to. C3-I^^IsriTE, South Bostou. grooving machines, J. A. Woodbury, patentee, of which Mr. S. A. Woods is the sole manufacturer, have been granted several patents for improvements upon the celebrated "Wood- worth's" which are as follows: April 13, 1852, (extended, 1866,) for gearing the feed rolls on both ends. Nov. 21, 1854, (extended 1868,) for hinged presser bar, located close to and directly in front of the cutters. Nov. 13, 1855, for double adjustment of the tonguing and gi-ooving cutters upon both sides of the machine. March 30, 1858, for rotary lip and gouge cutters. June 8, 1858, for pressure surfaces applied close to and directly in front of the side cutters. June 8th, 1858, for placing the under cylinder at or near the end of the machine. September 7th, 1858, for self- oiling boxes. July 24th, 1868, for weighting the pressure on the feed rolls instead of using rubber springs. At every ixliibition wiiere this machine has been exhibited, a gold medal has been awarded for superiority over every other ma- chine, and it is warranted to be the best ever invented for the dressing of lumber. The business was established in 1854, and gives employment to 60 hands. The machinery consisting of ."50 engine lathes, 7 planers, and other machin- ery adapted to the business, is driven by an engine of 35 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., witli one tubular boiler of 45 horse power, built by Campbell & Whittier, of Boston( Mass. Do a business of SI 50.000 per annum. Salesroom 67 Sudbury street, Boston, and No. 85 Liberty street, New York. Suffolk Glass Co. Nathaniel Brown, president ; Joshua Jenkins, treasurer, and G. S. Laselle, agent, at 58 Barclay street, New York. Established by Joshua Jenkins in 1857, for the manufacture of flint glass ware, of every description. Their works are situated on Lowland street, and consist of a three story building, 142x44 ft. built of brick and wood, 42 ft. being brick, in which is contained the furnace for melting the glass. The wood part is used for a packing room, cutting shop, &c. They also have a two story wooden building used as a mill and for storage purposes, and a blacksmith's shop, one story, of wood, 25x20 feet. They consume 11 tons of raw materials per week, have 70 employees, and do a busi- ness of $125,000 per annum. A six horse upright engine furnishes the impetus for the machinery. Office 78 Water street, Boston. John Lallv occupies 15,000 square feet of land, on which is a wooden building 140x50 feet, and a storehouse 50x30 feet, situated at No. 66 First street, for the manufacture of steamboat, locomotive, horizontal, tubular and upright tubu- lar, flue and cylinder boilers, ships' water tanks, iron roofs, doors and shutters for buildings, &c., &c. He commenced business in 1861, has from 40 to 70 employees, and produces annually from 200 to 250 boilers. His machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler of his own manufacture. EuKEKA Iron Foundry, J. D. Howard, proprietor, man- ufacturer of castings of all kinds, for heavy and light nm- chinery. Commenced business in 1846. Have 14 employees, and turns out 12 tons castings weekly. His foundry is situ- ated on Earl street, a wooden building 105x35 feet, with wing 25x25 feet. He has an engine of 13 horse power for driving the machinery with a tubular boiler of 15 horse pow- er, both built at the Globe Works, of this place. J. KiTTREDGE & Co., manufacturers of naval stores, oc- cupy buildings covering about 10,000 square feet of flooring, located on First street, for the distilling of crude turpentine, they being the only manufacturers of the kind in New Eng- land. They commenced business about 25 years since, and have 5 employees. They have in use three stills, capable of working from 40 to 50 barrels of crude turpentine per day. Their office is at No. 65 Commercial street. Webb's N. E. Haihcay and Mamifacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 199 HALL ife QTHNBY, MAJfCFACTCRERS OF Misiciii Mmmi OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. lo. m Smiftttiy iteeeft, Boston, Mass. Hall & Quinby occupy the third floor of a five story brick building, 95x60 feet, located at No. 02 Sudbury street, for the manufacture of rotary valve musical instruments, from all kinds of metals. They commenced business in 18C0, have from 20 to 25 employees, and do a business of from 820,000 to S30,000 per annum. Mr. Hall, of this firm, is leader of Hall's Brass Band, of Boston,' the first organized brass band in the United States. J. G. Storv & Co. occupy about 20,000 feet of room, lo- cated on First street, where they employ 15 hands in the man- ufacture of roofing materials. They commenced business in 1862; consume from 10,000 to 12,000 barrels of tar, and 650 tons felting per year. They do a business of 880,000 per year. Their office is at No. 10 Slate street. CociiF.co Manufacturixg Co., incorporated 1836; capi- tal, 81,300,000; D. Park, Treasurer ; Oflice, 52 City Ex- change; Lawrence & Co., Agents, 17 Milk street. The works of this company are located at Dover, N. H., on Central and Washington streets, and occupy the following buildings respectively: mill No. 2, 155x43 feet^five stories; No. 3, 200x43 feet, with ell 80x24 feet, six stories; No. 4, 200x45 feet, seven stories; No. 5, 250x45 feet, six stories. Connected with these are their print works, which comprise buildings as follows, viz. : one 180x40 feet, three stories ; one 70x38 feet, two stories ; one 35x30 feet, two stories ; one 00x40 feet, two stories ; one 58x40 feet, three stories, and another 65x50 feet, four stories. This company manu- facture print cloths 3J yards wide, of which they produce annually about 15,000,000 yards, giving emphnnnent to upwards of 200 hands. They consume 5,500 bales of cot- ton, 4,000 tons of coal and 70,000 pounds of madder yearly, running 50,000 spindles and 1,200 looms. Their machinery is driven by. an engine of 250 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I., assisted by 7 water wheels, making a combined power of upwards of 1000 horse. "Wm. J. Stewart & Co. occupy a wooden building, 65x 52 feet, located at No. 92 Second street, for the manufacture of copper and sheet iron work of all descriptions. They commenced business in 1849, have 6 employees, and do busi- ness to the amoimt of 818,000 per annum. This company make a specialty of steam and marine work. Boston Beer Co. Incorporated in 1828 ; capital, 8150,- 000 ; occupy as a malt house, a 6 story brick building, 182x 57 feet. Also, a brewery, 80x40 feet, and 4 stories high, located on Second, corner D streets, for the manufacture of ale, of which they turn out 4,000 bbls. per month. Their motive power is derived from an upright steam engine of 15 horse power, supplied with steam from 2 tubular boilers, 30 horse power each, built by John Lally of this city. D. H. TuUy is Treasurer, and E. A. Kenney, Superintendent, of this company. The office of the brewery is at No. 19 Cen- tral wharf. The Phenix Glass Works, located at the comer of Sec- ond and B. streets, occupy buildings as follows : Glass house, mixing room and store room, 50x50 feet, 2 stories, and built of brick. Also, a two story brick building, 120x28 feet, as a packing room, store room, Ac. The business was estab- lished by Mr. Thomas Cairns, in 1812, and is the first flint glass manufactory in the United States. The business has been carried on since 1866 by his son Wm. Cairns, who employs 50 hands, and manufactures every variety of flint j glass ware and chemical apparatus of the finest qualities. ! The N. E. Felt Roofing Co., capital 800,000, occupy 20,000 square feet of land, located on First street, for the manufacture of Warren's felt roofing materials. They commenced business in 1852, and employ 200 hands. i The Boston Machine Co. occupy a lot of land 200x120 feet, located on First street, corner of Granite, on which are the following buildings : a machine shop 140x116 feet, built : of wood, two stories high, and a storehoiisc 50x28 feet. — i They manufacture locomotives, stationary engines, dredging ' machines, ii'on bridges, power capstans, water works, stop cocks, hydrants, check valves and machinery in general. I The business was established in 1864 and now gives employ- I ment to from 125 to 150 employees. Their machinery, con- i sisting of 1 planer, 60 feet long, planes 8 feet square ; 25 lathes, which turn from 10 feet to 12 inches in diameter and from 3 feet to 30 feet in length ; 10 planers ; 10 drilling ina- , chines; gear cutting machines from 10 feet diameter to the ! smallest required, and other machinery adapted to the busi- ness, is driven by an engine of 60 horse power, Charles Carr, \ patentee, supplied with steam from an upright tubular boiler, 00 horse power, both of their own manufacture. They do j business of from 8250,000 to 8300,000 per annum. R. HoE & Co. occupy 35,000 square feet of land, on I which is a three story wooden building 200x45 feet, located at 41 Foundry street, for the manufacture of printing press- es, book binders' presses and machinery. They commenced business in 1857 and employ 130 hands. Their machinery I is driven by a steam engine of 30 horse power, built by Isaac Adams, with a tubular boiler, 40 horse power. Bat Side Chemical Works, Hodges & Richardson, Pro- prietors, occupy three wooden buildings. One 200 x 75 feet, one 200x100 feet, and an areatic building, 82x20 feet, loca- ted on First street, for the manufacture of chemicals, acids, and alkali. They commenced- business in 1806, and employ 21 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 10 200 Stations in the State of 3Iassachnsetts, PEIRCE, BHOWN & CO. MANLFACTLHEUS ANI> PKAI-KRS Walnut, Md d Fainteil CHAMBER FUMITURE. lliiiTaiis, [4iiiks, Wiish-stiiiids, Tables, Bedsteads, &e.. Corner Richmond and North Streets. - - Entrance 76 Richmond Street. FOSTEU FlCIRCK, Nathaniel Brown, t F. W. FoKHUSH, \ J. M. Poor. horse power, built by Hawes & Hersey, of this city, sup- plied with steam from a flue boiler, of 20 horse power, built by John Lally, also of this city. They do business amount- iug to upwards of $100,000 per annum. Peirce, Brown & Co., 76 Eichmoud street, are one of the largest manufacturers of chairs and furniture in the United States. Their facilities for obtaining large quanti- ties of chair stock and lumber for furniture enables them to compete successfully with all otliers in their line. They employ several hundred workmen in their business, besides a large corps of local and travelling salesmen, the business extending to California, West Indies and Australia. Their large warehouse at the above location (see illustration in advertisement), is the depository of their goods, which is filled and emptied many times a year. William P. Hunt occupies a three story brick building 60x80 feet located at 7C3 Federal street, for the nuniufacturo of Reed's patent steering apparatus. He commLnicod busi- ness in 1852 and employs 20 hands. His machinery is driven by a steam engine of 15 horse power, built by Camp- bell, Whittier & Co., of this city. He has supplied 250 vessels with their steering apparatus during a single year. The Globe Nail Co. occupy a two story brick building, 98x45 feet, located on Foimdry street, for the manufacture of horse nails. They commenced business in 1867, and are running day and night ; employing 75 hands, during the day time, and 20 during the night. They turn out one ton of nails per day, and consume 2,500 lbs. of iron. Their ma- chinery is driven by a steam engine of 25 horse power, built by the Old Colony Railroad Co. The Downek Kerosene Oil Co. was incorporated in 1860, with a cash capital of $200,000, with Mr. Samuel Downer as President, which position he still holds. Their extensive works are located in First, Second and A streets, S. Boston' covering about 4 acres of ground. They employ 125 men' and have a capacity of manufacturing 10,000 gallons of fin- ished oils daily, or an aggregate of 3,000,000 gallons annu- ally. Every kind of hydro-carbou made from petroleum is produced by this company from the white solid wax. Paraf- flne, to the extremely volatile fluid Rhigolene, used in minor surgery, having a specific gravity of .0625, and boiling furi- ously at a temperature of 70° Fahrenheit. Thev nuike a specialty of lubricating oils, a large demand for whiili exists in this country and in Europe. They are large manufacturers of the hydro-carbon wax, Paraffine, which is used chiefly iu making candles, and considered fully equal to the best sper- maceti for that purpose. Their products literally " sail the seas over and cross the wide ocean," a large portion of their business being derived from foreign countries. The greater portion of their exportations being to Northern Europe, Aus- tralia and the West Indies, although they ^led light upon the benighted of all nations and climes, from Northern Rus- sia to China and the East Indies. They have unrivalled fa- cilities for handling their various products, and are able to load large ships with oil in three to four days time. The company estimate that five millions of bricks have been used in constructing their numerous buildings. They have iron tank storage capacity of 500,000 gallons, and use 32 iron stills of a capacity of 1,000 gallons each, in refining their various products, which are obtained entirely from the American (Pennsylvania) petroleum. They own a line of 50 tank cars, used in transporting the petroleum from the oil regions of Pennsylvania to their works in Boston. The company manufacture their own barrels, of a patent issued to Joshua Merrill, their Superintendent. They have capac- ity for making 175 barrels daily. They use 4 tubular steam boilers, fire-box pattern, built by John Lally of this city, of Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 201 LANGLEY. CAEBEB & CO., AOHINISTS, BRASS FINtSHERS, a.:n^d pipe fitters, MAXrFACTURERS OF AND UEALEKS IN WroHghf Iron ripos. iV Brass and Iron Fittin«s, for Steam, Mater anil ftas. I5oi*tloi' Street, Es&st Boston, l>Xass. C. W. LANGLEY, MILO CARBEE, WM. P. LEAVITT, 125 horse power each, or 500 horse power in all, which fur- nish motive power for their nine en^^iiies and steam pumps. They have one 80 horse power enj^ine, built at the Globe Works of this city ; one 40 horse power engine, made by Ciimpbell, Whittier & Co., of this city ; four smaller engines of various patterns, and three large steam pumps for pump- ing oil. To make this large amount of sicam required, they use some 5,000 tous of coal annually. The company's offices in Boston are ^ Xos. lO'S and Hi Water street ; and in New York at No. 113 Maiden Lane. Langley, Carbee & Co., removed to their new build- ing Xos. 65 and 67 Border street, in the first of 1869. Their main building is 32 x 50 feet, three stories, wood. They commenced the manufacture of brass and iron fittings, for steam, gas and water in 1865. They employ from six to twelve men in their increasing business. An upright en- gine supplied with steam from an upright tubular boiler, 42 inches in diameter and 8 feet high, the latter built by E. Hodge & Co., of this city, supplies the power. The Boston Furniture Co., G. W. SaflTord, Treasurer, occupy three floors of a wooden building 100x55 feet, Irffcat- ed on First street, also a five story brick building 150x35 feet, located at 135 Friend street, in which is their office and salesroom. They manufacture parlor furniture and folding chairs. This company commenced busiuess in 1865 and employ 125 hands. Their machinery, consisting of 1 planer, 2 belt saws, 2 jig saws, 1 spring and 4 trimming saws, 2 circular saws, 5 boring machines, 1 jointer, 1 moulder and 2 turning lathes, is driven by an engine of 40 horse power, in building adjacent. This firm consume 36,000 feet of walnut lumber per year. Henry Socther & Co. occupy a six story brick building 60x140 feet, used as a malt house ; also, a brewery 60x100 feet, located at 528 Second street, for the manufacture of ale and porter. They commenced business in 1862 and employ 40 hands. They consume 120,000 bushels of malt per year and turn out 50,000 barrels of ale and porter. A steam engine of 40 horse power, built by John Souther, drives their machinery. Delaporte & Co. occupy a three story wooden building 150x40 feet, located at No. 294 Dorchester street, for the manufacture of chairs, arm chairs and sofas. They com- menced business in 1864, have from 50 to 60 employees and turn out 150 pieces per week. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 35 horse power, supplied with steam from a cylinder boiler, 40 horse power. They have an office and salesroom at No. 129 Portland street. The Crystal Spring Distillery, Felton & Stone, pro- prietors, occupy buildings covering about one-fourth of an acre of ground, and located on C, corner of Fifth streets, for the manufacture of the Crystal Spring New England rum. They commenced business in 1860 and have 10 em- ployees. They are also agents for the sale of bourbon and rye whiskies. In 1827, with other business, the firm of A. C. Lombard & Co. commenced to import Nova Scotia grindstones, and were the first to start that trade in Boston. Since 1842 the business has been carried on by the firm of Lombard & Hall and Lombard & Co., in both of which Ephraim Lombard has been the senior partner. In 1863 Jacob H., and in 18G8 Ephraim, Jr., were admitted members of the firm. In 1864 they bought the stock and trade in grindstones of Sprague, Soule & Co., 9 T wharf, aud now, relying upon the long experience and good judgment of their senior partner, Lom- bard & Co. continue at the old stands, 9 T wharf and 13 Lewis' wharf, to import and sell the very best quality of grindstones, not trying to sell a cheap article, but endeavor- iiig by careful selections in frequent visits to their quarries at Cliffton aud New Baudon, N. B., and Joggins, Nova Scotia, and by prompt attention to orders, to meet the large demands upon them from customers in all parts of the United States, for the heat grindstones to be had. Every branch of manufacturing requiring a grindstone, can rely upon this house for promptness and good judgment in supply- ing them. In connection with their grindstone business, Lombard & Co. quarry and import the famous Wallace freestone, now acknowledged by architects and builders to be the best in quality, handsomest in color and finish and cheapest in price of any yellow stone used in the States, and fast taking the place, in Boston, of the Connecticut brown stone. They also import and sell Turkey emery stone for the Washington Mills Emery Manufacturing Co., of Ashland, Mass., and do a general commission business in fruit, .wool and gums, with other products from the Mediterranean. (See page 196.) The firm of Goodnow & Wightman of Boston, in ad- dition to their business of selling all kinds of tools, both of foreign and American manufacture, have recently started an establishment for the manufacture of foot-lathes, and all kinds of small tools for the use of amateurs ; this is a busi- ness comparatively new in this country, for although there are plenty of large machine shops in which are made all kinds of tools to run by steam power, it has been almost impossi- ble for any one wishing to get a small foot-lathe suitable for home use, and the necessary chucks and tools to go with it, to find any place where they could obtain an assortment. It is the intention of this firm to make a specialty of this branch of manufacture, and to make small lathes, planers, drills, jig saws, and a great variety of other tools, suitable 202 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. MOUNT WASHINGTON GLASS WOEKS, Maoufackefs of and Dealcfs GLASS WARE. Ill all its tonus and var LANTERS, LAMPS, BRACKETS, BURNERS, ETC. An extensive assortment always on hand, and all products are warranted equal to any house in the country. Favors solicited, and all such executed promptly and with satisfaction. Address, W. I.. 1.1BB¥:.\ 6i Mi\k Street, Boston, Mass. either for gentlemen of leisure who are blessed with me- i chanical tastes and desire to amuse themsehes in making i any of the thousand and one useful or ornamental articles i that can be produced -with the lathe, or for the scientific man j who wishes to repair some of his apparatus, or construct ; new instruments for the investigation or illustration of new- theories, for the inventor who prefers to make his own mod- ^ els of new inventions instead of trusting to unskillful or un- [ interested mechanics ; or still better, for the boys who by learning the use of tools when young, will receive benefit : which will be of life-long advantage. j SoiTH BosTOK Irok Co., Cjtus Alger &Co., proprietors, i Wm. H. Howard, President ; William P. Hunt, Treasurer, was founded by Cyrus Alger in 1809, and incorporated in [ 1827. They employ from 300 to 400 hands, and manufac- ture stationary and marine engines, mill work, steam ham- mers, and all kinds of common trade castings. ' Also, ord- j nance and projec4iles of all kinds. During the war, this j establishment was constantly employed by the United States 1 Government, and thousands of tons of ordnance and stores were furnished, including some 200 fifteen-inch Rodman guns. Since the war, they have furnished large quantities j of heavy ordnance for the Chilian and Peruvian Govern- j ments. The fifteen inch gtm lately sent to London for ex- perimental purposes, was also made at this establishment. \ Their buildings cover 7 acres of land and are located within a mile of the State House. The Fulton Ikon Foixdry occupy 100,000 square feet of land, located on Federal corner of Foundry street, for the manufacture of heavy machinery castings. They commenced | business in 1835 and employ 100 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 2o horse power, built by Isaac i Adams. Their office is located on Broad, corner of Water street. A. P. Morse & Co. occupy two wooden buildings. One 80x80 feet, and the other 20x35 feet, located at 187 First street, for the manufacture of sugar, molasses and rum hogs- heads. They commenced business in 1840, and employ 40 hands. C. B. Barrett, occupies six buildings, covering about one acre of ground, located at Mill Village, Stoddard, N. H., for the manufacture of all kinds of black glass ware. Established in 1862; employs about forty hands; Office and sal«s room 45 and 46 North Market street of this city. Oriektal Powder Co., occupy about one hundred wooden buildings, located at South Windham. Me., for the manu- facture of gunpowder of all descriptions. This company was incorporated in 1859, and employs about 150 hands. These works were established in 1831. Office, 160 State street, of this city. W. H. Jackson, president ; E. F. Xewhall, treasurer. Amos Hatnes, occupies three buildings, located on the corner of Washington and M}Ttle streets. East Somerville, Mass.. for the manufacture of white wine and cider vinegar, and refined cider. Established in business in 1843 ; employs twenty hands. Office, No. 4 South Market Street of this city. Boston Milling Co., occupy a two story brick building 85 X 50 feet, also a wooden L 50 x 60 feet, for the manufac- ture of flour of bone foundry facings and a general pulveriz- ing business. Commenced business in 1867 ; employ 25 hands. The works are run by a 100 horse-power steam en- gine, Corliss pattern of Providence, K. I., have two horizon- tal tubular boilers 50 horse-power each, built by McKay & Aldus of East Boston, Mass. ; consume 1000 tons of bone and 600 tons of coal for facings per year ; do a business of SlOO.OOO per year : office, 43 Broad street, in this city. Webb's N. E. Railwaij and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 203 Shawmltt Wire Wokks, F Bla€k!«tonc Street, 1864. Has 50 employees, and the most improved machinery. Power furnished by a Ryd^r 35 horse power iron water wheel. Also, a 15 horse power engine, to use in case of ne- cessity. The Mount Washington Glass Works were established in 1847, by Jarves & Cormorais, at which time glass was produced. This firm continued till 1861, at which time they were succeeded by Messrs. W. L. Libbey & Howe, both for years with Messrs. Jarves & Cormorais. Mr. Howe died in 1866, and the works are now carried on by W. L. Libbey, Esq., under the old title of the Moimt Washington Glass Works, which comprise 10 buildings, with the follow- ing dimensions : Storehouse, 40x103 ; lead room, 30x48 ; factory, 58x82 ; mixing room, 14x90 ; brick building, 36x50 ; wood building, 48x24 ; cutting shop and counting room, 85x25 ; wooden building, 100x25 ; cementing room, 38x48 ; general room, 20x20. There are from 125 to 175 men and women employed here, making the finest quality of flint, ruby blue, opal and green glass, producing from 2,000 to 2,500 lbs. of glass daily. The business amounts to from 8200,000 to $250,000 an- nually. An engine made by S. E. Chnbbuck & Son, of this city, supplies the power. The producing capacity of these works is soon to be increased, so as to turn out at least dou- ble the present amount, which is necessary to meet the demand of their increasing trade. Agents : — Deming Jarves, Jr., 60 Barclay street. New York ; F. A. Butler, 236 Arch street, Philadelphia ; and R. Edwards, Jr., & Co., Baltimore. (See advertisement, page 202.) Tufts Brothers, 42, 44 and 46 Sudbury street, manufac- ture dry and wet gas meters, meter provers, test, experimen- tal and station meters ; also, port and starboard side lights, and ship, railroad, street and patent signal lights, under pa- tents issued by them in 1860. Their lanterns are extensive- 204 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. TUFTS BROTHERS, S'filfnlrrs ami .tStniiit'futtfrfriii of DRY SaCNAL LAfJTERf!? m m WIT GAS Miim, mil EEQflli, PORT and STARBOARD TEST, tVI'FKIMKXTAI, antl STATIOA METERS, 4a, 4-4 and 4« Sl^abl^l•:!^' Street, 8lni». Raificiad, Street aisii Patent SSCNAL LANTERINSS, 4ii, 4 1 antl lO Stt<11jxti-:v street, BOSXQH, MASS. ly used on the many railroads of the United States, and are univert^ally liked wherever exhibited. The many persons they employ are kept busy to supply the immense demand for the above. City Iron Fodndky, Vance & Co., proprietors, 198 Sec- ond street near C St., manufacturers of columns, gi-ate bars, sash weights, and all kinds of machinery castings. In the year 1866, this company commenced the present business, which they continue to carry on. They occupy three build- ' ings, the first being 60x40 feet, two stories, wood, used for brass foundry and pattern shop ; second building, 70x40 feet, one story, and built of -wood, which is used for iron foundry ; third buildiug, 80x30 feet, and used for engine and ( boiler room ; also, ware house. From 20 to 25 men is the number of employees. The amount of iron used per month i is about 75 tons. A 15 horse power engine, having one tu- bular boiler, furnishes the motive power. Joseph Frye manufactures all kinds of carriages ; also, sleighs. The manufactory is in what is known as Washing- ton village. The business was established by Joseph Frye iu 1845. The size of the main building is 100x20 feet and 2 stories high, built of wood ; and an ell 30x30 feet, 2 stories, also wood. The average number of employees is 15. Post office address. South Boston. Boston Car Spring Co. This company was incorpa- rated in the year 1867. Goods manufactured, car springs, packing, valves, &c. Size of buildiug, 35 x 100 feet, three stories and built of stone ; average number of employees 20. A Putnam Machine Cos. engine of 70 horse power and two tubular boilers built by Cook, Rymes & Co., furnishes mo- tive power. Amount of goods manufactured per day, about 1000 pounds. A. Emerson, president ; Loring W. Muzzey, treasurer ; H. P. Dunbar, superintendent ; office, 51 Devon- shire street ; factory at Roxbury district. Wm. T. Van Nostrand & Co., brewers of pale and ambre ales, &c., and dealer in malt and hops, situated corner of Eight and G streets. The business was established in 1863 by Wm. T. Van Nostrand & Co. The brewery is a large brick building 104x45 feet, part being 4 and part 5 stories. There are 25 hands employed. A 15 horse power engine furnishes what power is needed. The engine was made by Campbell, Whittier & Co. Mcldaur, Summerfield & Thai-er, maniifacturcrs of all kinds of neck ties. Mr. E^. H. Muldaur established the busi- ness in the fall of 1866. They occupy 2 stories in building 106 Summer street, the first floor being 75x18 feet, and sec- ond story 40x18 feet. Employees average 45 and 3 travel- ling agents. The amount of goods turned out per month is about 1,200 dozen ties. Franklin Grant, paper box manafacturer. Business was established in 1856. There is occupied, 1 story building, 142 Washington street, the buildiug being about 50x70 feet. Number of hands employed, 12 ; 12 tons of straw paper are used per year, and 50 reams of covering paper. Also, about 100 reams of colored and fancy papers. Manufactures the principal kinds of paper boxes. W. C. DoNALU & Co., printing inks in all its varieties are manufactured by this company at their factory at Andover, Mass. They are sending their inks to many places, from the Canadas to the Gulf. The business was established by W. C. Donald during the year 1856. Most of the buildings are brick and are eight in number, covering about 3,000 square feet. They are one, two and three stories in height. There are a number of furnaces used for making black, (known as lamp black) for the ink. Eight hands are em- ployed in the factory ; a fifteen horse power engine fur- nishes motive power ; there is also one common tubular boi- ler. Salesroom and office, 12 Spring lane, of this city. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 205 James P. Ixgols & Co., brass founders, lliis company was established by Mr. Davis, a sailor, about 23 years ago, and was succeeded by the present fii-m about 7 years after ; they occupy a wooden building with brick floors, 60x65 feet, three-quarters of the building being one story, and one-quar- ter two stories. They employ 1 1 men, and manufacture brass, copper and composition work in general, also lining metals. The Lowe Printing Press Co. is engaged in manufac- turing a portable printing press, which is used by printers, druggists, merchants, clergymen, lawj'crs, and many other business men, who are enabled to do their own printing. Number of employees, 6 to 8. There are 500 presses turn- ed out per year. Steam power is used in both factories. Within a few years many presses have been sent to many of the foreign countries. Printers recommend them for proof printing, as being very handy and saving much time in blocking and setting to a large press. By the references from literary and noted persons in other pursuits, its practi- cability is very evident. The Lowe press is the original portable press, and the only one having received a silver medal. Office, 23 Water street ; mills at Walpole and Can- ton, Mass. Filler & Bigelow manufacture skirt tapes and crinoline steels. During the spring of 1866, Mr. A. L. Fuller estab- lished the business, which, after a time, was enlarged to its present extent. Employment is given to about 75 hands. One 30 horse power breast wheel furnishes the motive power used to run tlie -10 tape looms, having about 700 shuttles, and the 500 braiders used for covering the .steel wire. Amount' turned out per week, about 15,000 yards of tape, and 2J tons of wire. Mills and office at Clinton, Mass. Fuller &. Bigelow also run, at Holdcn, Mass., 1 mill, which turns out about 3,000 lbs. cotton yarn, from Nos. 20 to 30. All the yarn spuu at this factory is used for the tape and skirt steel made at Clinton. Office at Clinton Mill. Same company as above run, and, in part, own one mill at Warwick, R. I., which is run on same kinds of yarns as at Holden, except iu making Nos. 20 to 60. Peirce, Fuller & Bigelow, — office at Pawtuxet, R. I. Bigelow Mills, .Hamden street, Boston, formerly East street, Roxbury. Incorporated during the summer of 1868. Capital $50,000 in shares of §50 each. Kinds of goods manufactured, cotton, silk and worsted ; also skirt tapes, rib- bons, braidings, fringes, &c. President, J. IL Stephenson ; Agent, E. W. Bigelow. There is occupied two buildings, each 2J stories, and about 70 x 36 feet, built partly of wood and brick. All the dyeing and bleaching for the works are done at the mills in their appropriate buildings. Number of hands engaged in mills, about 100. There are 50 looms running, having some 1,000 shuitles. Number of looms for cotton, 25. Same number of looms used for silk and worsted. Have capacity for preparing silk for 25 looms. One 40 horse power engine, and one tubular boiler, furnish motive power. Pierce, Barrell & Co., manufacturers of carpet, pebble grained, lealher, plush and canvass slippers. Business was established during the year 1865. There is occupied four floors in building 140 Pearl street, each 65x25 feet. Num- ber of machines running, 10 ; hands emplo3'ed at present time, 45. Amount of goods sold, §30,000. One 15 horse power engine is used. J. B. Leonard & Co. Slippers of all kinds are made by this company. Factory and office are at 141 Pearl street, where they occupy four floors, covering some 9,000 square feet. Average number employed, about 40. Business was commenced in 1868. There is averaged about 5,000 pairs of slippers turned out per week. Number of machines used, 12. The Boston Leai> Co. The number of establishments in this country devoted to the manufacture of the various products of lead is rather small, when compared with those in other departments of manufacturing industry. The larg- est of these is the Boston Lead Company, whose works are at Roxbnry. This company was established aboiit forty years ago. At the outset its business was comparatively small — its j-early product amounting to only 1 .OOO tons of lead per year. Since that time it has not only largely in- creased this amount, but has embarked in other departments of lead manufacture. The works of the company are very extensive and com- plete in equipment, covering three acres of ground. The main building, used for the manufacture of white and sheet lead and lead pipe, is 200x60 feet, and 3 stories high ; the corroding house is 205x70 feet ; the building used for man- ufacturing oxide of lead and the kegs in which the lead is packed, is 145x60 feet, and three stories high. It is a noteworthy fact that every pound of the immense quantity of lead used by this company, during the past five years^has been imported. In view of the extensive deposits of this mineral in the Western States, it seems strange indeed that the company should be forced to go abroad for its supply of raw material. But the yield of the Galena (Illinois) mines, which are the principal ones of the country, have largely diminished of late years. In 1842 they pro- duced 31,353,630 pounds of pig lead, the average price of which was 82 24 ; iu 1845 the production was 54,494,860 pounds, which was sold for S2 96 ; the production from this time forward steadily decreased up to 1855, when it amount- ed to only 30,125,550, which was sold at S6. Since the year 1848 we have been dependent on foreign countries for the bulk of the lead used in this country. In ihr viai- is.M there was imported into New York alone near- ly (■.(i.iHiii.iiiMi ll)s. of foreign lead. Since 1848 a strong and inr>istiiit ittort has been made to have pig lead placed on the free list. Not only importers of this article but manufactu- rers of its products, joined in the effort — the latter only ask- ing for a duty on its products, not on the lead itself. In 1857 the duty was reduced from 20 to 15 per cent., and under the present tariff it is 3 cents per pound. The Boston Lead Company are now running eight paint mills in ciil ami -1\ dry. In addition to white lead and zinc, which cnii^liiiili' llirir specialties, they manufacture red lead, litharge, .-hirt l.a.l. Irad pipe, &c., in great (luaiilitics. 'I'lic products ol tlusc works sustain the highest reputation for pu- rity and general excellence, and are in demand from all parts of the country ; but the bulk of them is absorbed by the New England trade. The manufacture of these u-oods is an ope- ration that requires no small degree of skill ami -rii nee, and the long experience of the executive oII'k i t- dl iliis crunpany and the ability of its employees, gives tli<' eslalilishinent no small advantage in this respect. The process of nuuuifac- ture, though comparatively unfamiliar to the general public, is an ejftremely interesting one. The agents of this company in Boston are Messrs. J. H. Chadwick & Co., of 49 and 53 Broad street — the firm com- prising J. H. Chadwick, W. J. Bride, (late of Geo. L. Stearns & Co.) and E. D. Ingrahara. One of Edmands & Hamblet's telegraphs connect their office with the factory, and secures the speediest communication between the two points. E. J. Lane & Tuttle, of 19, 21 and 29 Hawley street, this city, and 25 White street. New York, are among the most extensive manufacturers of silk and worsted goods in the country. Indeed, this is the only house which manu- factures silk and woolen goods combined. Their factory is on Hawley street, a building five stories high, and in which 600 hands and 40 to 50 machines are employed. An engine of forty horse-power propels the machinery. They have re- 206 St(itio7is in the State of 3Iassachusetts. ceutly added to their works six Jacquard looms for weaving silk and woolen scarfs, and make a specialty of head-nets, belting, and knit worsted goods. Other important improve- ments are in progress, and they will soon be able to manu- facture fancy woolen goods of all kinds. This firm was es- tablished in 1863, employing at the outset only 25 hands. By energy and industry the business has been so largely in- creased as to require the services of the number now em- ployed— 600. Theue is a horse-trot every day except Sundays at 90 Sudbury street, Boston — C. H. Trott & Co., who are en- gaged in the manufacture of horse clothing. They employ 30 hands and turn out 1,000 blankets, sheets, &c., per week. At present they are running six sewing machines, but are about to increase this number to ten and their working force to fifty hands. The firm has been established about one year, but the senior partner has had five years experience in the business. The rapid increase in their trade has com- pelled the enlargement of their facilities above noted. The Stevens patent tower clock is made by G. IVL Ste- vens & Co., at 90 Sudbury street, Boston. These clocks which are of pi'overbial accuracy, are in use in almost every State in the Union. They cost "from $200 to $2,000 each. The firm employ five to ten hands and their machinery is driven by a ten horse power steam engine. They also man- ufacture a good many fog bells, having at present many in process of construction. .1. R. Clifford & Co., of 86 Sudbury street, Boston, are now running three factories — at Springfield, Randolph and Winchendon, in the manufacture of Thayer's patent combi- nation tack hammers. Of these they turn out 5,000 to 7,000 dozen per week, employing 100 hands. The hammer is light, ueat and compact, and comprises a hammer with nail claw, tack-lifter, screw-driver and rule. The company now known as the Howard "Watch and Clock Company, of this city, began business in 1851, under the name of the Original Watch Company, occupying a build- ing 100x20 feet and two stories. In 1863, the corporate name was changed to the Howard Company, and the factory has grown to be a quadrangular structure 100 feet on each of the four sides, and four stories high. The company now employ 200 hands, and their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 30 horse power, built by Campbell, Wliittier & Co. of this city. Every part of watches aud clocks, including the wood work and decoration of the latter, is made in the factory. The tools used in the business are also made on the premises, nine accomplished mechanics being constantly engaged in their manufacture. The factory is in Boston Highlands, (late Roxbury ;) the salesroom and New Eng- land Agency, at 114 Tremont strtiet ; and the New York office at 3 Maiden Lane. K. Howard is treasurer of the com- pany. An idea of the immense amount of clothing required for the use of thirty odd million people may be obtained from a statement of the business of a single firm of clothing manu- facturers in this city. Whiton, Birdett & Young employ 30 cutters and 5,500 sewers. They are sending out everv week 300 huge cases of cut garments to be made up in Maine, New Hampshire, and the interior of this State. Ev- ery garment made by them is carefully inspected by the fore- man three times — after it is cut, when it comes from the ma- ker, and before it is taken to the salesroom. The Torrent Rotary Pump has long been esteemed one of the most efficient ever invented. It is manufactured by H. M. Wiswell, of 49 Portland street (late of 46 Congress street,) Boston. He has facilities for turning out 1,000 pumps per year of various sizes. The fire pump, of which 3 sizes are made, is in especial favor with manufacturers. The apparatus for washing coifee, invented by Reinhold Landstrom, is used by Noah Davis & Co. of this city, ex- clusively. This apparatus, in which the heat is gradually conducted through soapstone, is said to preserve the aromatic flavor of the coffee more completely than any other method of roasting. The coffee mill of Messrs. Davis & Co. is at 63 Charlestown street, Boston. There are now in use 7,000 of Buerk's Watchman's Time-Detectors, by large manufacturing, railroad and other corporations. These instruments, which were introduced about five years ago, have been materially improved, of late, and are giving perfect satisfaction. They are made by J. E. Buerk, of 47 Congress street, Boston. The business of manufacturing knit goods has expanded to enormous dimensions within a few years. C. W. Grif- fith's case is an illustration. He started 15 years ago, working alone ; he now employs 360 hands. His factory on Pearl street, inclule^ six lofts, of 95 by 25 feet each. He runs 13 looms on Nubias, and 8 looms on Cardigan jack- ets, besides several others on other goods. By a recent im- provement in machinery, devised by himself, he can produce Cardigan jackets and -Vffghaus by machinery that can hardly be distinguished from hand-work, and which are 50 to 75 per cent, cheaper. He also has works in Roxbury, for the manufacture of silk belting, gimps, fringes, imitation hair- coils and braids, etc., running fourteen Jacquard looms of twenty shuttles each. Of this hair work he turns out 80 to 100 dozen per day ; of heavy knotted fringe he makes 250 pieces of twelve yards each, and of belt ribbon 400 pieces of six yards per day. At this factory he employs 100 hands. The salesrooms are at 16 Milk street, Boston, and 97 Frank- lin street. New York. The works of J. Blackburn & Co., manufacturers of hoop skirts, at 186 Washington, corner of Franklin street. The firm occupy three lots 75x25 feet, employ 50 hands and turn out 25 doz. skirts per day. These skirts are made of the best material and in the most careful manner, exclusive- ly for the retail trade. Irving's Patent Excelsior Steam Heatixg Appara- tus, for public buildings, dwellings, &c., is manufactured by Messrs. Perham, Drew & Co., at '52 Sudbury street, who also produce wrought iron steam and gas pipes, brass and iron fittings, &c. Mr. Perham, of this firm, has had a practical experience of over 20 years in the business. Whiting's Iron Foundry on Kemble street, Boston Highlands, was established in 1852, and has been under charge of Mr. L. F. Whiting since 1861. Four buildings are used for moulding and casting, and 90 hands employed, who cast 1,500 tons of iron per year into columns and pil- lars for stores and public buildings. The name of Ashcroft is recognized by all machinists as belonging to some of the most useful and valuable inven- tions of the present day. Among these are Ashcroft's steam guage, a most effective instrument, of which E. H. Ashcroft manufactures large quantities ; Ashcroft's low water detect- or, a safeguard to the boiler, of which over five thousand are now in use. In order to accommodate their increasing business, Mr. E. H. Ashcroft has erected a new building, Nos. 51, 53 and 55 Sudbury street, this city, 140 feet in length by 47 feet wide, five stories in height, with an L of six stories. A spacious basement beneath the whole, serves as a piping room ; on the first floor is the salesroom of the establishment, which includes blacksmith shops, brass and pattern rooms, foundry, etc. The business of the firm, with its new facilities, will doubtless be largely increased. Sir. C. E. Ashcroft is general SHperintendent of the business. E. Wilson & Co. are manufacturers of piano hardware of all kinds. Business was established durintr the vear 18G7. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 207 They occupy one story in building on Albany street, being 55x20 feet. Use part of steam engine of 60 horse power. In addition to piano hardware, this company are doing a general machinist business, employing at present 4 persons. S. K. Taylor «& Co. are manufacturing cutters and dies for boots and shoes, suspenders, collars, cufts, paper boxes, envelopes, labels, &c., &c. S. K. Taylor, commenced busi- ness in 1857, in Marlboro, Mass., but since removed to 145 South street, of this city. Averaged number of employees 12 to J5. Size of building 50x50 feet, and 1 1-2 stories high. The amount of goods turned out per month S2,000. Part of a 100 horse power engine is used. Potter & Smith, manufacturers of Patent Pivot Action Shoulder Braces. This is an invention of B. J. Greeley, who established the present business in the spring of 1868. There are employed an average of 25 hands, who work up something oyer $400 worth of stock per week. Office, and factory is situated at 58 Summer street. Sweeney & Bradley. This company commenced busi- ness in the fall of 1868. The kind of carriages made are mostly light and fancy ones ; also, all kinds of nice driving sleighs. The building is built of brick, being 3 stories high, with ba.sement, and about 25x100 feet. The number of em- ployees is about 15. The partf. of work requiring steam power are done away from the factory. They give partica- lar attention to fancy painting. Rlmford Food Laboratory, manufacturers of choice ar- ticles of prepared food. The manufacture of these articles is under the supervision of Professor Blot. Business commenc- ed and company incorporated during the year 1867. There are occupied 3 buildings, the main one being 5 stories high and 120x50 ft. deep, an ell 75x60 ft. part being 2 and the rest 5 stories, a large part of this building used for kitchen and can- ning purposes. There are employed about 27 bauds at the pre- sent time, turning out from 20,000 to 25,000 cans of preserved food per month. There is an oscillating engine of six horse power and one boiler, made by Thomas Cunningham. The cans are all made in the company's building. In the kitchen there are three boilers, each having a capacity of over 200 gallons, and three of 30 gallons each. Lowell & Brett, manufacturers of envelopes, fine wed- ding and epistolary, and nice paper, (all hand made) from best American, English and French papers. This company is the only one manufacturing fine wedding paper in the New England States. Messrs. King & Adams commenced the manufacture of oak tanned leather belting in 1865. Their factory is situ- ated at 22 Milk street, where they occupy three floors, con- taining 8,000 square feet, the upper floor being used for currying, and when curried is carried to the stretching room they have in use about 100 stretchers, capable of stretching thoroughly 8,000 sides per annum. The lower room is used for manufactory and salesroom ; they employ from 7 to 10 men and manufacture all kinds of machine belting, loom strapping, belt cord, worsted aprons, sewing machine bands and also dealers in every description of belt and lace leather belt hooks, &c. A. N. Clark & Co., manufacturers of oak tanned leather belting. The history of leather belting, as a distinct bi ness, dates back to the year 18-47, at which time N. Hunt and Frederick Jacobs commenced the business under the name and style of N. Hunt & Co. Previous to this, individ- uals made their own belting as best they could. In order to meet their necessities, a prosperous business soon grew out of this enterprise. In 1857, Mr. Hunt retired from the business, having sold out his interest and good will thereof to A. N. Clark ; since which time, in the fall of 1858, Mr. Jacobs died, leaving Mr. Clark to continue the business, at the same place, on Devonshire street, Boston, under the name and style of A. N. Clark & Co. This company state that they have never employed a " drummer," or " travelling agent," in their business, but have depended upon the quali- ty of their goods as making their customers their best adver- tisers. They employ through the year from 10 to 12 men, and cut up from 10,000 to 15,000 sides of the best oak-tan- d stock per annum. Abel W. Tripp, agent and manufacturer of Roper's patent improved hot air engine. This engine uses no water ; requires no engineer ; no extra insurance, and cannot explode. Shop heated and running expenses, 2oc per 10 hours, each horse power. The manufacturer of these engines was com- menced by the inventer, S. H. Roper in 1861, but more recently Mr. Tripp has engaged in the manufacture of them. Size of b«ilding now used, covers from 2,500 to 3,000 square feet. Number of present employees about 10. Make engines from 1 to 4 horse power. Attached to these engines is a regulator of Mr. Tripp's invention which over- many of the objections often raised to hot air engines. Wasubl-rn's Maxifactory of Blinds and Sashes. — The above manufacturing establishment was started in Taun- ton, Mass., in tlie year 1855, and has since steadily in- creased its facilities for manufacturing articles necessary for the trade. Thej' employ about 25 hands and manufacture over 50 different styles of hinges and fasteners for hn the Milford branch of the Bos- ton & Albany Railroad. WiLLAKD Bkagg occupics a four story wooden building 40x60 feet, located on South street, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' thick and kip boots. Commenced business in 1833, employs 70 hands, turns out 60 cases of boots per week and does a business amounting to $100,000 per year. M. C. Bragg occupies a three story wooden building 40x 60 feet, located on South street, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' thick and kip boots. Commenced business in 1840, employs 70 hands, turns out .50 cases of boots per week and does a business amounting to $100,000 per year. ^RAIIVTREE, 10 miles S. by E. of Bos- ' ^1 ton, on the South Shore and Old Colony and Newport C ^-/ Railroads ; a station in a township by the same name. This town formerly included Quincy and Randolph, and was first called Mount Wallaston. It is celebrated for the antiq- uity of its settlement, 162.5 ; and for the eminent men it has produced, both in church and state. The surface of the town is variegated by hill and dale, presenting many delightful views of Boston, its harbor and the adjacent country. The Mauatequot river, which rises in Randolph, after meander- ing through the town and receiving the waters of Great and Little ponds, meet the tide waters of Bostotl harbor at Brain- tree landing, 11 miles from Boston. Population 1837, 2,237. In 1867, 4,500. Frankltn, Shaw & Co. manufacturers of boots and shoes, commenced bu.siuess in Weymouth, Mass., in 1854, and moved to Braintree in 1857. This firm occupies one build- ing, wood, three stories, 30x60, employs upwards of sixty hands, and turns out on an average, 40 cases per week. Lewis Richards, manufacturer of boots and shoes, estab- lished business here about the year 1848. Mr. R. employs 1 5 hands and manufactures at the rate of six cases per week. He occupies one building, wood, two stories, and has capac- ity for turning out from 25 to 30 cases per week. Thomas Vinton, manufacturer of boots and shoes, estab- lished business here about the year 1838. He employs 12 hands and manufactures from 50 to 60 cases per month. Mr. Vinton manufactures entirely for the California trade. Perly Steadman, manufacturer of emery cloth, establish- ed business here in 1862. He occupies one building, wood, with brick basement, three stories, 20x45. He has a capac- ity for manufiicturing from sx to eight reams of emery cloth per day, and producing an article second to none in the mar- ket. A VERY extensive shoe and leather establishment was erect- ed at Braintree, by B. T. Loring, in the spring of 1869. The building is 100x60 feet, and five stories high. The yard and lower story is used for tanning hides ; the second story for currying ; the third by heavy shoe-machinery ; the fourth for cutting and light work ; and the fifth for dressing and pack- ing. The building is warmed by means of 6,000 feet of pipe put in by Daniel Leo, and power and steam furnished by a 25 horse power engine and a 50 horse power boiler, both built by Campbell & AVhittier. The establishment gives employ nieut to 300 hands. 'KALiEY'S, 8 miles from New Bedford, I a countrv station on the New Bedford and Taunton ' Railroad. % RATTLE STATEOrV, a tlag station silualrd 1 mile from the \ illage of Arlington and 5 from Boston, on the Lexington & Arlington Railroad. ^^0 EWSTER\S. This tillage of about 800 inhabitants and 2 churches, is composed mostly of retired sea captains, who, in the decline of their years, are enjoying their immense wealth. It is situated about i a mile from the depot, 90 miles from Boston and 3 from Orleans", on the Cape Cod Central. The Indian name for this town is Sawkatucket. It took its present name from Elder Brew.ster, one of the first settlers of Plymouth. From three ponds in this town, covering about 1000 acres, a never-failing stream of water is produced, valuable for manufacturing purposes. ^RICK \AR» JU\€TIOIV, 4^ j\\ miles from Boston, and 6 from AValtham, a station C '^y where the Watertown Branch and Lexington Branch join the Boston & Fitcliburg Railroad. ^RII>GEMMTB^:R, 27 miles from Bos- ^J ton and 2U In.ni Tumiton, on the Old Colony & .^ y Newport Railroad, a manufacturing Tillage containing 6 churches and 4,000 inhabitants. The State Normal school is situated here. Bridgewater Iron Mandfacturisg Company. This business was established in the year 1810, under the style of Lazell, Carey & Co. A new partnership was formed in 1816 under the style of Lazell, Perkins & Co. On June 18th, 1825, this company was incorporated, but have con- tinued the transaction of business under the firm style of Lazell, Perkins & Co., this firm being so extensively known. They occupy 28 buildings, known as work shops, pattern shops, storehouses, &c., covering about 80 acres of land. The dimensions of some of their larger buildings are as follows : rolling mill, 244x132 ; machine shop, 200x150 ; 1 forge, 140x100, and 1,70x40; charcoal foundry, 130x90. This company consumes about 10,000 tons of soft coal, 1,500 to 2,000 tons of hard coal annually and about 800 bushels of charcoal per month. The power is furnished by 5 steam engines and 1 1 water wheels. The engines were all built at their own shop, one of them being of Mr. James Ferguson's patent, the first one of the kind ever manufactured. Mr. Ferguson is now superintendent of these works. In the foundry there are two cupola furnaces, capable of melting 10 tons of iron per hour, and one air furnace capa- Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 209 ii EAOLE" COTTON CBNS Manufactured onh BATES, HYDE & C C, BRIDGEWATER. ■ - ■ MASSACHUSETTS. OFFICES : 39 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. 187 WATER STREET. NEW YORK. 6 1 ST. CHARLES STREET. NEW ORLEANS. ble of meltiog 12 tons. They have facilities for furnishing daily 4 tons of copper or yellow .sheathin"; metal. They also have 44 nail machines, capable of turning out 1400 kegs of nails per week, also a rolling mill for the manufac- ture of tack plates, capable of turning out 1,500 to 2,000 tons per year. It is said the largest tack manufactories in New England are supplied principally from these works. In their machine shop they use an immense slotting machine. Its weight is 46 tons. They also use a very large lathe that will turn a shaft 45 feet long, one that will turn 45 feet and swing 30 feet. They have built for their own use a lathe, the weight of metal used in the construction of which is nearly 25 tons. They have also made a monster boring and drilling machine, the weight of which is nearly 65 tons^ probably the largest in the world. This company are the sole builders and proprietors of the "Willard steam Iiammer," invented by Charles AVillard, Eisq. The capital of this com- pany is $96,000, and its success is greatly attributed to the extraordinary ability, great energy and experience of the Treasurer, Nahum Stetson, Esq. George B. Stetson, Esq., son of the Treasurer, is travelling agent. Office, 73 Pearl street. New York. Southern Cotton Gin Co. This company was establish- ed here in 1867, by Mr. J. E. Carver. In 1861, Mr. H. T. Pratt associated himself with Mr. Carver, under the firm of Carver & Pratt. They Dccupy one building (main), wood, 2 stories, 30x50 feet ; packing room, 1 story, 100 x 30 feet ; 3 buildings for machinery department, 80x30 feet, and black- smith siiop, 30x40 feet. This company employ about 30 hands and consume in their business 200,000 feet of lumber per annum. Bates, Htde & Co., Proprietors of the " Eagle " Cotton Gin Manufactory, located on the Old Colony «& Newport Railroad, near the station in Bridgewater. Were established for the manufacture of the " Eagle" cotton gin, in 1833. The factory buildings cover an area of about 25,000 square feet, mostly three stories in height, When in full operation, they employ about 200 hands, turning out from $200,000 to $250,000 worth of cotton gins annually, which are in use in all the cotton growing countries. The machinery is propel- led by a " Corliss" steam engine of about 45 horse power, working often to a much higher rate. Offices of the company: 39 Kilby street Boston, 187 Water street, New York. 61 St. Charles street. New Orleans. P. O. address. Bates, Hyde & Co., Bridgewater, Mass. ' RIGHTO 1%, 5 miles from Boston, and I 39 from Worcester, a village and town on the Boston ' & Albany Railroad. This town was formally a part of Cambridge. The soil is excellent and highly cultivated. This is the cattle market for New England. BoYNTON, Swallow & Co. This firm manufacture lard oil ; white, chemical, scouring, bleaching and family soaps, occupying 19 buildings, as follows: Slaughter house, 40x50 feet, one story, with facilities for slaughtering 120 hogs per hour ; ice house, 55x100 feet, 2 stories. In this building they have one of A. R. Hudson's patent lard coolers, capable of cooling 4,000 lbs. lard at a time. An engine of eight horse power is used for driving the machinery. The third building 40x50 feet, is used for trying out lard and making oil. This building contains 18 beam and 4 hydraulic presses ; also, 3 tanks for refining lard, capable of holding 25,000 pounds. Scrap building, 20x70 feet, is used for trying out hogs, and pressing, cutting and grinding beef and pork scraps. In this building they have 2 screw presses, driven by an engine of 6 horse power, used for re-pressing scraps, and for driving the grinding and cutting machines. Steam is furnished from 2 tubular boilers of 40 horse power each, used for propelling the engine, and for heating water for scalding purposes, and for rendering and refining lard and oil. There are 3 buildings attached, making it 125 feet in length and 25 feet in width, used for a stable and wagon shed, soap house, with 2 kettles capable of holding 200 gallons soap. Office building, 18x22 feet, one story, of wood. Smith's shop, where all the repairs are made, 25 feet square, and 2 ice houses, 45x30 feet each. The above establishment is situated on Howard place, where are employed, on an average, 40 hands. They have an office in Boston, at No. 46 North street. Jackson & Co., occupy two wooden buildings, one 30 x 80 feet and the other 40 x 44 feet, located near the Boston and Albany Railroad station. Manufacture tallow candles for the foreign markets. The business was established by Mr. Jackson about 50 years since, and has been carried on by this firm since 1855. They employ eight hands, and melt annually 500,000 pounds of tallow, producing 225,000 pounds of candles. George Gray, occupies a .one story wooden building, 9 X 200 feet, located on River street, where he manufactures every description of clothes lines. He commenced business in August, 1867 and employs one person. James Arkerson occupies a wooden building 1000 x 20 feet used as a rope walk ; another, 24 x 60 feet used as a store house, and one 30 x 24 feet used as a tar-house, situa- ted on Western Avenue, where he manufactures cordage and ropes. Commenced business in 1855 and has twenty employees. He has in use three sets of machinery which are driven by an engine of eighteen horse power, built by Hinckley & Drewry, of Boston, Mass., supplied with steam from a boiler of twenty horse power. 27 210 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Brighton street, situated on nTl the Charles river, 5J miles from Boston and 32 from C ~'^ Woonsocket, on the Woonsocket Division of the Bos- ton, Hartford & Erie Railroad. The village of Brighton is situated about two miles from here on the Boston & Albany Railroad, Worcester Division. The city of Boston is build- ing a large reservoir here, capable of holding sufficient water to supply the city for five weeks. across Charles River bay, one of the most beautiful and expensive avenues leading to the city. Here on a pleasant afternoon can be seen the wealth, youth and beauty of Bos- ton driving their fast trotters and enjoying the bracing air of the country. The town of Brooklinc is remarkable for its varied surface, high state of cultivation, elegant country seats and gardens, excellent drives and ibr its rich and pic- turesque scenery. Many gentlemen of taste and fortune make it their residence. ^RII?IFIEI^I>, 79 miles from Eoston, 9 T1 I from Springticld and 121 from Albany, a station on C "^y the Boston & Albany Railroad, containing about 100 inhabitants. The Maple Valley Mills were established in 1865. The mill building is three and a half stories high, 105x35 feet. They manufacture broadcloths and doeskins and em- ploy 40 hands. Run 8 sets and produce daily about 500 yards of cloth, doing business to the amount of $140,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by a water wheel under 40 feet fall. Almy & Co., Agents, New York and Boston. ^ROOKFlEEI>, 67 miles from Boston, '^1 31 from Springtield, 57 from Hartford and 133 from C3^/ Albany. A village containing four churches and 1600 inhabitants, in a town by the same name, on the Bos- ton and Albany Railroad. The Indian name to this town is Quaboag, a large, fertile and beautiful township, well watered by several large ponds, which give rise to a princi- pal branch of the Chicopee. A mineral spring of some celebrity is located here. E. Twitchell & Co., commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes for the western and southern trade in 1864, as successors to Kimball & Robinson, who established the business in 1828. They occupy a four story building 191 X 40 feet, adjoining which is a three story building 70 x 30 feet. This firm employ 350 hands, consuming 40,000 lbs. of sole leather, 70,000 feet of wax and kip leather, and 7,000 pounds splits per month, making 1,000 pairs of shoes per day and about 200 cases of boots per week. Their ma- diinery is driven by a 30 horse power engine, made by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, supplied with steam from a flue boiler made by Goddard, Rice & Co., of Worcester, Mass. H. M. Twitchell, established business in 1855. He oc cupies a building 36 x 48 feet, for the manufacture of boots and shoes; he employs 30 hands, produces 100 pairs per day, and does a business of $75,000 per annum. George L. Twichell & Co., commenced business in 1867, manufacturing boot and shoe boxes. They occupy a building 40 x 80 feet, with yard room, &c., located above the depot, on the opposite side of the railroad track. They employ 20 hands and make boxes for many of the boot and shoe manufacturers in the vicinity. They derive their mo- tive power from a 75 horse power engine, built at Fitchburg, Mass., by the Putnam Machine Co. §ROOKEINE, situated 3f miles from Boston and 33f from Woonsocket, a town of about 3,000 inhabitants and 6 churches, on the Woonsocket Division of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. The stations of Longvvood and Chapel Station are between here and Boston, built for the accommodation of the people liv- ing in that part of the town. Connected with Boston by the celebrated mill dam road ^ROOMS!»E, (formerly Adams Mills), ^fT| a flag station, situated between We.-itford and West {__y Chelmsford, one mile from each, a small village on the Stony Bank Railroad and Stonybrook river. ^rCKEAND, 73 miles from Fitchburg, T Jl and 13 from Hoosac Tunnel, a flag station in the C ' town of Biickland, on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. The town is separated from Claremont by Deer- field river, and is a very pleasant and good farming town, incorporated in 1779. ERTTS, 8 miles from Lowell and 16 from Salem, a country station on the Salem & Low- ell Railroad. YFIEED, 34J miles from Boston, and 5J from Newburyport, a village in the town of New- _ bury, on the Newburyport Railroad. This town was incorporated in 1635. The soil is of an excellent quality. The Indian name of the town was Quafcacunquen. In this town there are 3 churches and 9 schools, 300 scholars attending. The first spindles used in the United States were operated in this town. It was one of the first incorporated towns in this State, and the first mill here was built in 1635. L. A. Morrison occupies one-half of the Byfield factory, a two story wooden building, 32 x 90 feet, located one mile from the station, for the manufacture of woolen yarns. Com- menced business in 1859, and employs 12 hands, runs 2 sets of woolen machinery, driven by a turbine water wheel, of 25 horsepower. He consumes from 100 to 150 lbs. of wool, and turns out 100 lbs. of yarn per day ; does business to the amount of $20,000 per annum. H. M. Howard occupies one-half of the Byfield factory, a two .story wooden building 32x90 feet, with a storehouse 28x45 feet, for the manufacture of woolen hosiery yarns. Commenced business in 1859, employs 8 hands and runs 2 sets of woolen machinery, driven by a turbine water wheel of 25 horse power. He consumes from 50 to 100 pounds of wool and turns out from 40 to 90 pounds of yarns per day, and does business amounting to $10,000 per annum. Ben,tamin Pearson occupies a two story wooden building 45x50 feet, and manufactures back board, stereoscopes, &c. He commenced bu.siness in 1860 and employs 6 hands. His machinery is driven by 2 turbine water wheels, 20 horse power, and does business amounting to $8,000 per annum. J. O. Rogers occupies a two story wooden building 70x 25 feet, located near the depot, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1863, e"mploys from 25 to 30 hands and turns out 350 cases of boots and 75 cases of shoes per annum, doing busi- ness to the amount of $20,000. Larkin & AIoRRiLL occupy a two story wooden building 60x20 feet, and manufactures snufl'. He commenced busi- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 211 ness in 1843, employs 2 hands and turns out 5 tons of snufF per year, doing business amounting to $6,000. /ff A:TIBRIDGrE, 3 miles from Boston, is ^^\) one of the oldest towns in New England, having ^n, been settled in lt330. It comprises Old Cambridge, East Cambridge and Cambrideport. Old Cambridge is the seat of the most ancient and best endowed cjUege in the United States. Cambridgeport is about midway between Old Cambridge and Boston. East Cambridge is of new growth, and is situated on the Woburn Branch Railroad. Cambridge was incorporated by the name of Newtown, in 1630. In 1638, it took its present name. Harvard Univer- sity, situated at Old Cambridge, was founded in 1638, and derived its name from tiie Rev. .John Harvard, who bequeath- ed it a legacy of about £780. Its funds, at the present time, amount to $1,000,000. The first printing press in America was established here by Stephen Day, in 1639. The first work printed was the Freeman's Oath. Cambridge was made a city in 184:6. It is pleasantly situateil, although not so elevated as some of the adjacent towns. The streets are wide and well shaded, the houses are built back from the street and apart from each other, and are elegantly and taste- fully arranged. Cambridge has 22 public schools, including the High School and City Almshouse sciiool ; five National banks and three Savings, and 27 churches. The valuation of real and personal property in 1868, was 834,093,800. There were 8,196 polls ; poll tax, $2. Cambridge Cemetery and Mount Auburn Cemetery are situated here, and are objects of interest. The former was established in 1853, the latter in 1831. The manufacturing establishments in Old and North Cam- bridge are as follows : That ancient seat of learning, the city of Cambridge, which can boast that within its borders was established the first printing press set up in the territory now comprised in the limits of the United States, can also point with pride to the magnitude of tlie printing establishments which have grown up here, and to the perfection which the art has attained in the hands of her industrious and skilful printers. The most recent evidence of this advance is the rebuilding and enlargement of the establishment of Messrs. H. O. Houghton & Co., known as the "Riverside Press," a name which it takes from its location near the banks of the wind- ing and picturesque river Charles. The original building in the Riverside group (and which now forms a part of the largest structure) was a plain, sub- stantial brick edifice, 90 feet long and about 50 feet wide. In the progress of time, as the demands for increased space became urgent, wooden buildings were erected near or adjoining the original part, for the accommodation of special departments of the work. But these additional buildings, not having been located or erected in accordance with a gen- eral original plan, did not afford opportunity for that syste- matic course of work which is so important in the conduct of the printing business, and much inconvenience and loss of time was the result. Accordingly, Messrs. Houghton & Co., having purchased the buildings and estate, with about two acres of land, proceeded to rebnilil nearly all their estab- lishment and to thoroughly reorganize its several depart- ments. The new main building is of brick, four stori«s in height, including the French roof, and has a front of 100 feet and a depth of 70 feet. With the old brick building before men- tioned forming the wing, the whole depth is 160 feet. The stories are of good height and are well lighted. The other new buildings comprise a boiler house, containing a thirty horse power engine, built by C. H. Brown, Fitchburg, for driving all the machinery of the establishment ; a moulding and stereotyping room ; a fireproof 60 feet long and 25 feet wide, for the deposit of stereotype plates ; and a large ware- house — all of brick. Upward of fifty thousand dollars' worth of plates are constantly kept in the fireproof, properly packed and labelled, in readiness for use when the popular demand for the books which they represent shall require them to be again brought iuto service. Disconnected witli these buildings are the hjrse sheds and coal sheds, the latter of sutHciant capacity to receive coal by the cargo, as pur- cliased by the firm, and brought up the Charles river to the doors of the establishment. In erecting their new buildings. Messrs. Houghton & Co. took especial pains to secure immunity from fire, convenience of handling materials in the process of manufacture, and economical management. Suffolk Chemical Co., established in 1866 ; capital, $150,000. John Schouler, president; M. S. May, treasurer. Occupy a two story woodiiu building, located in the rear of 266 Cambridge street, for the manufacture of standard house- hold articles, such as flavoring extracts, bitters, perfumes, hair oils, &c. Tliey employ 10 hands. Their office and salesroom is at No. 32 North Market street, Boston, Mass. J. R. Pettixgill occupies a three story wooden building, 45x35 feet situated on Brighton street, for the manufacture of ice tools. He commenced business in 1848, and has two employees. Runs an engine of four horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, furnished with steam from one of their upright tubular boilers of five horse power. F. Fisher occupies a two story wooden building, 125x40 feet, located on Tannery street, for the manufacture of tan and curried leather. He commenced business in 1833, and employs 27 hands. The machinery used is driven by a steam engine of five horsepower, supplied with steam power from a tubular boiler. He curries and finishes from 60 to 70 dozen skins per week. TvLER, Howe & Co. occupy one room, 70x24 feet, in a three story wooden building; also, have a brick building, 35 x62 feet, and a store house 20x40 feet, located on State St., for the manufacture of spring beds. They commenced busi- ness in 1855, employ seven hands, and consume 150,000 feet of lumber, and 35 tons of wire per year. They also have a factory in Readsboro', Vt. Henderson Brothers occupy a two story wooden build- ing, 35x55 feet ; also one 35x50 feet, situated on North av- enue, for the manufacture of light carriages and sleighs. They commenced business in 1863, employ 15 hands, and turn out 25 carriages and 30 sleighs per year ; doing busi- ness in buying, selling and making, amounting to $45,000. Dalphon Osborn occupies a four story brick building, 62 x75 feet, located on State street, for the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds. He commenced business in 1842, and em- ploys 50 hands. His machinery is driven by a steam en- gine of 30 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of this place, with one tubular boiler, built by Thos. Cunningham, of Charlestown. William Mdller occupies a three story wooden building, 125x35 feet with an ell 30x35 feet, and store house 50x30 feet, located on Tannery street, for the manufacture of tan- ned leather and calfskins. He commenced business in 1844, and employs 50 hands. His machinery is driven by an en- gine of 25 horse power, with two flue boilers built by Allen & Endicott. He tans, curries and finishes 1,500 skins per week, and consumes 400 cords of bark per year. M. Kimbler occupies a wooden building 50x30 feet, located on North avenue, for the currying and finishing of leather. He commenced business in 1865 and employs 11 hands. He curries 50 doz. calf skins per week. 212 Stations in the State of Alassackusetts. ra idmhe, mu i m m sin, Honse Builclei's', Cabinet and Cai laae 3Xaliei' Brackets, Posts, Balusters, Circular Moiildiiios. etc., etc., ON HAND AND MADE TO ORDER. FACTORY, IN SMART'S BUILDING-, NEAR OSBORN'S PLANING MILL, D. C. Smart occupies a room 24x45 feet iu a three story ; woodeu buildinjr, located on State street, for the manufac- ture of rubber door stops, clothes dryers, and snow shovels. | He commenced business in 18i>i) and employs 5 hands. His machinery is driven by an engine of 30 horse power ^ with one flue Ijoiler, built by Allen & Eudicott of this place. Stedmax & Kkli.y occupy two rooms, one 20x40 feet and one 20x20 feet, iu a 4 story brick building, located on State street, for the manufacture of piano forte actions. They commenced business in 1852 and employ 8 hands, consum- ' ing 8,000 feet of black walnut wood, and 100 buck skins per annum, and doing business amounting to 812,000. Charles Myer & Co., occupy two floors in a four story brick building, one 70 x 84 fe"et, the other 20 x 30 feet, also have a dry house 25 x 20 feet, and lumber house 20 x 25 feet, located on State street, for the manufacture of oval frames, mouldings, &c. They commenced business in 1868 ; employ 20 hands, and turn" out from 90,000 to 95.000 frames of different sizes per year. Power furnished from an engine in building adjacent. ; Rawson & HiTTiNGER, occupy a two story wooden build- j ing 60 X 125 feet, located on Main street, near West Boston Bridge, for the manufacture of portable and stationary steam engines. The business was commenced in 1865, and gives employment to 60 hands. The business was formerly car- ried on in Charlestown, under the name of Hittinger, Cook & Co. Their machinerj- is driven by an engine of twenty- five horse power, with one tubular boiler of forty horse power, built by themselves. They turn out one porta- ble and twenty stationary engines per year. This firm also manufactures patent hydraulic presses of Hittinger & j Rawson's patent, and do a business of §125,000 per annum. L. D. Mitchell occupies one floor of a 2 story wooden building 10x50 feet, located on Broadway,, for the manufac- ture of cigar and tobacco boxes. He commenced business in 1839 and employs 5 hands, turning out from 5,000 to 6,000 boxes, and consuming 9,000 feet of Spanish cedar per mouth, doing Inisiness of 815,000 per annum. Elliott Barrel Co., established Jan. 1st, 1869. Cap- ital, 88,000. Occupy a two-story building 60 x 40 feet, for the manufacture of various kinds of ban-els, such as kero- sene, beef, pork, fish, spirits, extracts, &c., or any kind required to be perfectly tight and secure from leaking. They can produce 100 barrels per day with their patent machinery, and employ 8 hands. Steam is used in running the ma- chinery, about 6 horse power being required. The staves made are all perfectly finished when they pass through their machinery without the aid of any hand labor, and they are then ready to be set up and hooped into barrels, each of exact size. The machinery is adjustable to any size barrel, and entirely new and perfect iu its operation, less complicated than anj- other machinery for the same purpose ever before introduced to the public. Tliey manufacture the machinery themselves for the trade, and their prices are within the reach of the smallest manufacturer. Masox, TTHiTiJiG & Co. This firm formed a copartner- ship about two years since for the manufacture of lubricat- ing oils. The)- have located here a large factory and store- shed, employing 8 persons. Their principal store and count- ing-room is at No. 102 North, corner Cross street, Boston. They also have an office in Providence, R. I., at No. 7 Leon- ard street. Kendall & Roberts occupy a building 40 x 75 feet, 2 stories, and boiler shop, 1 story, 175x50 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of steam boilers, rotary bleachers, iron bridges and roofs, and all kinds of plate iron work. Commenced business in 1860. and employ 60 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 30 horse power, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, 45 horse power, both of their own manul'acture. H. A. & O. ScRAXTOX occupy one floor of a three story wooden building 30x70 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of mouldings, balusters and general sawing and wood turning. They commenced business in 1867 and employ 6 hands. Their machinery, consisting of 4 wood turning lathes, circular and jig saws and a patent band saw, is driven by an engine of 35 horse power in building adja- cent. They consume about 83.000 worth of lumber and do a business of 87.000 per annum. George G. Page & Co. occupy a three story wooden building 80x80 feet, also a two story wooden building 25x 50 feet, located on Hampshire street, for the manufacture of all kinds of packing boxes. They commenced business in 1864 and employ 60 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 60 horse power built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitchburg, Mass., with one tubular boiler built by Allen & Endicott of this place. They consume 3,000,000 feet of lumber and do a business of 8100,000 per annum. C. L. JoxES & Co. occupy three wooden buildings, the first of which is two stories 50x200 feet ; the second IJ sto- ries, 30x100 feet ; and the third, one story, 30x30 feet. Also three brick buildings, as follows : one two stories. 40x70 ft. ; one two stories 30x35 feet ; and the other one story, 20x40 feet, located on Pearl street, for the manufacture of soap and candles. They employ 30 hands, and make 100,000 lbs. of soap and 25,000 lbs. of candles per week. There are 16 ket- tles in use in this establishment, whose combined capacity is 115 tons. Much of the labor of this business is done by steam power, supplied by two steam engines, one of 8, and Webb's N. E. Roilwai/ and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 213 j-onisr i^EJ^E.iDo:isr & soitrs. Manufacturers and Dealers i SOAP, CANDLES AND TALLOW, 3i9!Q* d,2 G®SffiSiA,dy) S^^SE^^ 3BwSIB®S® Factorj^, - - - - Pearl street, Canatoriclgrepoi't. Family and Shipping Soap constantly on hand. the other of 10 horse power, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, with two tubular boilers, 50 horse power each, built by Allen & Endicott, of tliis place. John Reardon & Soks, manufacturers of soap, candles, and tallow ; commenced business in 1865. ' They occupy a two story wooden building, 40x65 feet, located on Pearl St., where thev employ eight hands, turning out about 800,000 lbs. of tallow, 340'.000 lbs. of soap, and"l48,000 lbs. of can- dles per annum ; doing business of about §100,000. Office No. 12 Central St., Boston, Mass. The Shawmut Ikon Works, incorporated June 1, 1866 ; capital S50,000. Office, No. 53 Broad street, Boston, Mass. Tlie buildings occupied by this company are of wood, located on West Boston Bridge, and are as follows : A machine and pattern shop, 40.\70 feet, two stories; a fo\indry, 100.\120 feet, one story, and a store house, 40 .\140 feet, without buildings, sheds, &c., covering au area of 32,000 square feet. They employ from 50 to 60 hands, make 1 ,000 tons of cast- ings per year, and do business amounting to about 860,000. Their motive power is supplied by an engine of 12 horse pow- er, built by George AV. Rawson & Co., of this place, with a tubular boiler of 1 2 horse power, built by Kendall & Rob- erts, also of this place. Frank A. Kennedy, cracker manufacturer, No. 336 Main street, occupies a three story wooden building 50x120 feet with an ell 50x80 feet, where he employs 26 hands in the manufacture of all kinds of plain and fancy crackers and snaps, consuming 100 barrels of flour and turning out 20,000 pounds of crackers per week. The business of this firm amounts to about 8150,000 per annum. There are used in packing 12,000 tin cans and about 15,000 barrels per year. Besides running 8 teams in New Fngland, Mr. Kennedy sends his goods to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. In this establishment there are three large furnace ovens and one of JIcKenzie'.s patent real ovens. Most of the work is done by machinery which is driven by an engine of 6 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott of this place. The building is heated by steam. The Metropolitan Foundry, Tobey & Co., proprietors, was established in 1867. They occupy a two story wooden building 55 x 60 feet, with an L 50 x 60 feet, located on Main street for the manufacture of all kinds of iron cast- ings. They employ 30 hands and turn out about 1000 tons of castings per year, valued at 860,000. Henry Thayer & Co., occupy a four story brick build- ing 50 x 50 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations, extracts, etc., and employ 15 hands. This firm commenced business in 1850. Their trade has increased to such an extent that they ha%-e con- cluded to erect for their own use a building three times the size and capacity of the one occupied by them at present. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power supplied with steam from a tubular boiler 25 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott of this place. J. J. Walworth & Co., manufacturers of all kinds of brass and iron castings, steam and gas pipe fittings, tools, &c., occupy a two story brick building, used as a machine shop, and a one story brick foundry building 45x280 feet, located on Main street. They employ 150 hands, and be- sides a large amount of other work, turn out about 1,500 tons of castings per year. The machinery, consisting of 3 upright drills, and 55 lathes in the machine shop, and' all the necessary machines and apparatus used in a foundry is driven by an engine of 35 horse power with a tubular boiler of 40 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott of this place. John Remick & Son, manufacturers of blank books, commenced business iu 1867. They occupy one floor of a four story wooden building 40 x 70 feet, located on Main street, and employ 30 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of six horse power, with a tubular boiler of twelve horse power built by Allen & Endicott of this place. J.\MES FtTRFEY, occupics a 2J story wooden building 20 x 60 feet, located on the corner of Brookline and Erie streets, for the manufacture of plain and fancy door mats. He com- menced business in 1849. Employs 12 hands, and turns out about 818,000 worth per year. Lyman, Kinsley & Co., manufacturers of wagon axles, car and engine axles, machinery, forgings, castings, &c. Commenced business in 1858. Their foundry building is 90x45 feet, 1 story ; machine shop, 75x45, 3 stories ; forge shop, 100x55 feet, 1 story, and rolling mill, 120x120 feet, 1 story, are located on Hampshire street, near Broadway. They employ 120 hands, and consume about 25 tons of iron per day. A 30 horse power engine, built by Allen & Endi- cott, and a 150 horse power engine, built by the Washington Iron Works, of Newburgli, New York, furnish the motive power for driving their machinery. Frohock. Kilby & Co. occupy a Eoom 60x28 feet, in a 2 story building, located in Kendall & Roberts' block, near West Boston bridge. This firm commenced business in 1866, manufacturing lasts of all kinds. They employ 5 hands, and do business of 88,000 per year. J. M. Mastling & Co., manufacturers of chamber fur- niture, commenced business January 1st, 1869. They occu- py the upper floor of a 4 story brick building, 70x50 feet, located on State street. They have in their employ 20 hands, and produce about $25,000 worth of goods per annum. Their power is furnished from an engine iu building adjacent. Office in Boston 13 Charletown street. ■214 Statio?is in the State of 3I(issachusetts. O. S. Bullock occupies a two story wooden building, 75 x30 feet, located at tlie junction of Broadway and Hamp- shire streets. He commenced the manufacture of cotton and woolen machinery in 1862, and employs 6 hands. The mo- tive power is furnished from an engine of 15 horse power, built by Allen <& Eudicott, of this place, furpished with steam from a 15 horse tubular boiler, built by Kendall & Roberts, also of this place. F. D. & L. H. Snow occupy a wooden building, 100x30 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds and mouldings. Have 12 employees. Their machinery, con. commenced business in 1869, and man- factnre various qualities of family soap. The business was established in 1849 by Wm. Cooper. Their works are situ- ated on Fremont, near River street, and comprise a two sto- ry building 50 x 50 feet. Soutwell's Distillery, Leon Goodall, proprietor, dis- tiller of New England rum. The works are situated at the corner of Cambridge aud Distill House street. The distil- lery is 120 X 60 feet, one story and built of brick, to which is attached the store room 45 x 60 feet, two stories. This house contains twenty-one cisterns, the capacity of which is 8,000 gallons each. The boiler and engine is also stationed in this building. An engine of eight horse power, made by Allen & Endicott, furnished with steam from three tubular boilers supplii's the motive power. They consume 600 hhds. of molasses per year, and produce thirty-two gallons of rum each day, employing 15 hands. Woodbury & Co. occupy a three story brick building 65 x65 feet and a three story wooden building 40x6.5 feet, loca- ted at the corner of First and Otis streets, for the manufac- ture of mouldings and picture frames. They commenced business in 1862 and employ about 25 hands, doing business to the amount of $75,000 per annum. Their machinery consists of sawing, planing and moulding machines, and is driven by an engine of 80 horse power, built by Woodruff & Beach, of Hartford, Conn., with a tubular boiler of 70 horse power, made by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, and a flue boiler of 50 horse power, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. Daniels, Harrison & Co. occupy a three story wooden building 35x100 feet, located at the corner of First and Otis streets, for the manufacture of chamber furniture and em- ploy about 60 hands. Their machinery, consisting of saw- ing, planing, mo\ilding and tenoning machines, is driven by an engine in an adjacent building. Office and salesrooms, No. 25 Sudbury street, Boston. George Stevens occupies a three .story wooden building 30x70 feet, located on Fifth street, for the manufacture of churcli organs. He commenced business in 1833 and gives employment to 8 hands, doing business to the amount of $20,000 per year. F. Draper & Co. occupy a four story brick building, 36x 60 feet, located on Otis street, and manufacture brass, Brit- annia and stationers' hardware. They employ 40 hands and do business to the amount of about $75,000 per year. The business was established in 1833, by Francis Draper. An engine of 40 horse power, with a tubular boiler 40 horse pow- er, drives their machinery. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 215 WILLIAM L. LOCKHAET, UNDERTAKER, Manufacturer, Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in corrms, caskets, iobes, &e. Coffins and Caskets made to order at the shortest notice. Brld-re J«t., Corner of Third, .--... I:AST CAMBRIDGE. Daniels Brothers & Co. occupy a three story wooden ' building 100x35 feet, and wharf for slora-ie, 300 x 300 feet. ! Also, 10 rooms, each 50x70 feet, for office and salesroom, lo- cated at 25 Sudbury street, Boston. They manufacture din- injf room and chamber furniture of every description. The l)usines8 was established in 1842, aud now jrives employment I to 100 iiauds, and consume 1,000.000 feet of lumber per year. Their power is furnished from an 80 horse engine in a build- ing adjacent. They do a cash business amounting to 8325,000 per annum. | A. K. LisSBERGER occupies a 3 story brick building, 50x | 40 feel, for the manufacture of lead and block tin pipe and ; tinmen's and plumbers' solder. He commenced business in \ June, 1868 ; has 12 employees, and turns out 60,000 lbs. of pipe and 5,000 lbs. of solder per week. Their office and salesroom is located at Nos. 145 and 147 North street, Bos- ton, Mass. BiRTOKS, Fellows & Co. This firm commenced business in 1844, and manufacture brushes of everj' description. They occtipy a 3 story building, 75x40 feet, situated on Gore St., and employ from 75 to 100 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 10 horse power. Their office in JJoston is at 21 Exchange street. The abattoir of John P. Squhse & Co. of East Cam- bridge. This branch of industry was established by John P. Squire in 1843, in Boston, and after continuing for sev- eral years with great success he started this establishment as a branch to the Boston house in 1854. John P. Squire & Co. have now a building of 700 feet on Gore street, running back 80 feet, 2 stories and divided into .several dci)artnieiits, for the making of .sausages, lard and the man- ufacturing of lard oil, of the latter branch of business they turn out 250,000 gallons per year. In the rear of their main building their abattoir or slaughter house is situated, also their curing and smoking houses and pens that will hold 3,000 hogs. The .slaughter house has been well arranged and every facility has been furnished for the dressing of hogs. Last year, 1868, they handled 125,000 hogs, 80,000 of which were shipped there alive, the others were dressed and for- warded from the West. In the winter they average 2 1-2 tons sausages per day. They give employment to 1 50 hands 20 being engaged in making barrels and tubs for the lard, oil and pork, turning out 100 barrels per day. They lay in about 2,000 tons of ice, a part of their main building being devoted to this purpose. Their motive power is furnished from a 15 horse engine made by Louis Osborn of East Bos- | ton, furnished with steam from 2 tubular boilers made by Allen & Endicott. These boilers also furnish steam to heat the buildings, and for other purposes. Wm. L. Lockhart commenced the manufacture of codins, caskets and shrouds in 1853. In 1865 J. C. Seelye became a member of the firm under the name of Lockhart & Seelye, and continued until his death in 1868 ; since that time, Mr. L. has continued the business alone, occupying buildings sit- uated on the corner of Bridge and Third streets, near the head of Gore street. He employs 32 hands and runs one planer, six circular saws and tables, two moulding machines, one jig saw, one boring machine, and a matching machine. His machinery is driven by an engine of 12 horse power, built by Campbell, Whiltier & Co., of Boston, who also made his tubular boiler, used in heating the buildings and supplying the steam for the engine. Mr. Lockhart consumes annually 450,000 feet of walnut, white wood and pine, 600 j'ards merino, and about SI, 500 worth plated ware, producing 175 caskets aud coffins per week. Samuel S. Hamill, manufacturer of church organs, 91 Gore street. The business was established in 1862. He occupies two 3 story buildings 60x30 and 40x40 feet respec- tively. Employs 22 hands and produces on an average 25 instrunientii per aniuim, valued at $2,000 each, doing a busi- ness of $50,000. Pettingell & Sawyer commenced business in 1861. They manufacture oil clothing and hats for fishermen. The business was established in 1849 by B. D. Moody. Their works are situated at the corner of Second and Thorndike streets, giving employment to 10 men and 75 females, pro- ducing 30 doz. hats and 100 suits of clothing per day. John A. Ellis & Co. commenced business on Gore street in 1862. They manufacture furniture, occupying 4 buildings, and employ 100 hands. They consume about 200,000 feet of lumber yearly, producing first class goods. The motive power is furnished from a 50 horse power engine made by the Corli.ss Steam Engine Co. of Providence, R. I. The buildings are heated by .steam from two tubular boilers made by Kendall & Roberts. These boilers also furnish steam for the engine. Joel Robixson commenced business in 1848, and manu- factures iron fence railings, bolts, &c. He occupies the first floor of building situated at No. 10 Gore street, and employs 7 hands, doing business of about $15,000 per year. Burton BREWERy, J. M. Moore & Co., proprietors, com- menced business in 1868, for brewing ale. They occupy a two story brick building 50x50 feet, situated on Fifth street, and employ 4 hands. The capacity of these works is about 300 barrels per week. The motive power is furnished from a 9 horse engine, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler. ■216 Stations in the State of Mnssachnsetts. Bay State Glass Co. luoorporated in lJ>ol ; capital, S1.">0,000. Tliomas Dana, President; Samuel Slocum. Treasutvr : E. \V. Bettiusou, Ajrout. This itunpauy nianu- faoturc all kinds of flint table ware, coloivd *i«ro. &o. Also waro tor jcweloi-s, apotheoarios. &o. Thoir \yorks are sitiia- tod on Hridge stivet, and oovor about tliroo acivs of ground. Thov oinplov 150 hands. The capacity of tliia company is, from two lli-pot furnaces, io tons per week. TReir moti\-e jHuver IS furnished from a 1"2 horse engine, built by Otis Tilths of Boston : steam from a flue boiler, maker unknown. Thomas S. Hi"nsox commenced manufacturing! ink stands, brackets, &c., on Gore street, in 18,i7, where he continued until 18li2, when he removed to No. t>4 Fit\h street, occupy- ing 4 story building, 4ox47 feet, tilled with machinery ' for making the different parts of ink-stands, brackets, hand- stamps, and large stamps, for banks, railroads, &c. The latter branch of business he commenced since 18ti3. His patent ribbon hand-stamp that changes its own date, is one of the best cancelling stamps that has been put into market. He employs o3 hands. His machinery is driven by a 7 horse jwwer engine, built by McKay & Aldus, furnished with steam frvnu a tubular boiler, built by Ciunpbell, ^Miittier & Co.. of Boston. F. GKi.r>owsKY commenced business iu East Cambridge in 18(52. iKH'upyiug two buildings situated. This station is for the accommodation of Mr. George Campbell, pn. on the Old Colony & Newport , Railroad. The name of Campello was suggested by Rev. D. Huntington to the citizens of Plain Village, at the time of the establishment of the Post Otiice. in Februiiry. 1850. on account of the name Plain VilUiire beiu>r otieu citufounded with other places spelled nearly the same. It was unanimously adopted by the people as a proper one, it signifying a small plain. Population, 1,500. Number of churches, 1. A. B. Marstox & Co. commenced the nMinnfaeture of organs and melodeons, in July, 1868. The business was established in 1841, They have recently erected a new building, 23x30 feet, 2 stories, in addition to their former one, which is 26x36 feet, 2 stories. They eu\ploy 6 persons and turn out one instrument per week on an average. J. H. Walker employs 10 persons for the manutacture of men's shoes, in a building 24 x 36 feet, 2 stories, producing 48 pairs per day, and doing a business of $25,000 per ye^r. G. J. KiSGMA^r occupies 2 floors of a building 24x60 feet, for the manutacture of men's boots and shoes, commencing in 1863. He employs 25 persons, produces 150 pairs per day and does business to the amount of S50,000 per year. A. P. Cox AXT & Co. commenced the manufacture of tnen's shoes in 1865. Their building is 28x60 feet, 2 stories. w$:c., in 1866. as successor to Emerson it Keith, who established the business iu 1864. The build- ing is 24x51 feet, 2 stories. He employs 25 persons ; produces 100 pairs per day.-the business amounting to §50,000 per annum. H. "W. Rkyxolps commenced the manufacturing of men's shoes in 1864. His building i.s 80x22 feet. 2 stories. He emplo_\-s30 persons ; produces 1.000 cases per year and does a business of SIOO.OOO. WiLLARi^ KErrn, manufocmrer of men's shoes, occupies a building 24 x 55 feet, two stories. He employs 12 per- sons ; produces 2.500 pairs per month, and does a business of S35.000. L. W. Petersox. employs sixteen persons for the manu- facturing of men's shoes, producing seventy-five pairs per day. His building is 40 x 26 feet, two stories. His business amounts to §40,000 per year. Geo. Stevexs. commenced the manufacture of men's shoes in 1857. His building is 24 x 64 feet. 3 stories. He eaiploj-s 40 persons, producing 250 pairs per day, and doing a business of SU^O.OOO per annum. A seven horse-power engine made by Gifford & Houghton supplies the ptwer. A. vfc A. B. Keith & Co., occupy a building 30 x 65 feet, three stories, with an L 23 x 45 feet, three stories, for the manufacturr of men's shoes. The business was established in 1850. They employ 200 persons: prvnlmv 800 pairs per day, and do a busine^is amounting to $;i00,000 per year. This firm have another manutactorv at Northbridire, Mass. on theP. JtW. R. R. /tf A:\T0:¥, (see also South Canton) 14 ^Jj,' miles t'rom Boston. 2iH from l*rovidence. on the Bos- ^ ton & Providence railroad and Stoughton Branch. A village iu a towuship by the same name. It contains 5 Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 217 churches and is a thriving manufacturing village of much | importance. The large and well known stove polish manufactory of Messrs. Morse Brothers, of which Elijah A. Morse is sole proprietor, is situated here. This business was established liere in 18G1 on a small scale and the gigantic proportion j their business has attained is owing to the energy and per- severance of the proprietor and the great worth and merit of the article manufactured, known as the "Rising Sun Stove Polish." It is estimated that one-half of all the stove polish furnished the United States and Canadas is manufac- tured here, the same being sold to over 20,000 merchants. Mr. Morse employs on an average 10 hands and occupies 1 building used for manufacturing purposes only 130 feel in length. Power is furnished by a steam engine manufac- tured by II. C. Hoadley of Lawrence, Mass., 16 horse pow- er. The grinding mill in which plumbago is pulverised makes 1,200 revolutions per minute. The salesman of this house has travelled very extensively and introduced this arti- cle in all cities, towns and villages in twenty-one different Stales. «i t iRI.TOWIB. ell and 1 from Salem, i & Lowell Railroad. h], "J;? miles from Low- intry station on the Salem /If ARYSVlf^I..E, 28 mUes from Boston, \^\J '■• from Woonsocket and 2.T from Providence, on the ^~\ Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. Population, about 22.5. Carvvili.f, Mill, formerly run by F. B. Ray, but now by C. H. Cutler & Co., for the manufacture of satinets, com- menced business in 1868. The mill has 4 sets woolen cards with 40 looms. The building is 4;)x80, four stories, with picker house attached 30x40, one story. The building situ- ated opposite the mill is used as a finishing room, sorting room and dye house and is 30x60 feet, two stories. They also have an office building and storehouse 70x2.5 feet, one story. They employ 80 hands and turn out about 30.000 yards f goods per month, consuming 10,000 pounds of wool and 30,000 pounds of cotton. Motive power furnished by a 70 horse breast wheel 20x20. Metcalf & RocKwooD commenced business in 1863, making cloth and boot boxes, in a building situated on the river, 2.5x50 feet, two stories, employing 4 hands and turn- ing out 90 cases per day. Their motive power is furnished by a 24 inch turbine wheel of 10 horse power, also a 12 horse power engine, made by Otis Tufts, of Boston, with 2 flue boilers. Their saw mills, which they run only in the winter months, are 50x40 feet, one story. This building contains the up and down saw, the circular saw being in a building 30x40 feet, one story. They usually saw about 500,000 feet of lumber during the season. Their motive power for the saw mill is supplied by 2 turbine wheels of 25 horse power combined. William Fairbanks commenced business in 1864, manu- facturing boots for the Western trade, in a building situated near the depot, 95x25 feet, three stories, employing 80 hands. He makes about 4,500 cases per year, using 108,000 pounds sole leather, 300,000 feet upper leather, 140 bushels pegs and 6,800 pounds nails. He also makes boots for the min- ing districts. The business was established in 1848 by E. & W. Fairbanks. ^ EI^TRAI^^ 6 miles from Boston. A coun- try station on the Dedham Branch, in the town of West Roxbury. 28 /jTHAPEIj. a small station on the Brook- IJ \j line Branch of the Boston and Albany Railroad, about ^~T oue mile from Boston. /jf HARI.ElIO:¥T, 78 miles from Fitch- ^^jj burg, ami 15H from Boston, a station and town on the ^~\ Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad. Deerfield river meanders through the town. Although this is a mountain- ous township, it contains much valuable land. /JTHARI.ES RIVER Vlf.EAGE, ^J_y 14J miles from Boston, awl 23 from Woonsocket, a ^~\ flag station, containing about 100 inhabitants situated on the Charles river and the Woonsocket Division of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. /ffHAREESTOWiV, 1 mile from Bos- ^^Jy ton, on the Boston &. Maine Railroad, adjoining the ^], city, and forming a ])art of the port of Boston. The city is situated on a peninsular and is connected with Boston by two bridges. The peninsula extends from Somerville, 1 J miles in a southeasterly direction. The Indian name of this city was Mishawun, and it was first settled in 1628, and in- coi-porated as a town in 1629. This city is noted for its sac- rifices in the cause ot liberty, and its soil will ever be dear to the patriot's bosom. The streets do not run as regularly as those in Philadelphia, but partake more of the style of the streets in Boston, with the exception that they are wide and airy and have many elegant public and private edi- fices. The surface is uneven, and near the centre rises into two prominences, called Bunker's and Breed's Hills, the summits and slopes of which afford delightful sites for dwel- lings. There are many objects of interest in Charlestown. The first of which is Bunker Hill Monument, erected in commemoration of the first battle fought between the British and Americans. It stands on Breed's Hill, usually called Bunker Hill, near where brave General Warren fell. Its foundation is oO feet above the level of the sea. The corner stone was laid by the Marquis LaFayette, June 17th, 182.5, the 50th anniversary of the battle. June 17th, 1843, the completion of the monument was celebrated in the presence of the President of the United States, members of his cabi- net, and a vast concourse of citizens. It consists of a plain shaft of granite 220 feet high. The view from the top is magnificent . The United States Navy Yard was established about 1 798. It is situated on the North side of Charles river, on a plat of ground containing about 75 acres, enclosed by a high wall of durable masonry. The Charlestown State Prison is also located here. Charlestown was incorporated a city in 1847. In 1864, water was supplied from Mystic lake, situated 5 miles from the city, in Medford, which has given great impetus to man- ufactures. Pkirce, Browx & Co. occupy a three story wooden build- ing 100x60 feet, located on Medford street, where they man- ufacture every variety of furniture. Their machinery, con- sisting of planing and moulding machines, lathes, siiws, &c., is driven by an engine of 20 horse power, in building adja- cent. This firm also occupy as an office and salesroom, a six story brick buildinj: 120x60 feet, situated at the comer of North and Kiclimoiid streets, Boston. The business was established in 1842 by Foster Peirce, Joseph Peirce and Na- thaniel Brown, under the firm name of F. & J. Peirce & Co. In 1865, the firm was changed to Peirce, Brown & Co., un- 218 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. GEERISH & O'BEIEN, Maun tact urers of every description of Oval and Grecian Parlor Suits sorAS, tiU'imi mns, lounges, Eocmc, paeloe m w chaius, Corner Chamber and AVater Streets, Henkv Gerkish, CHARLESTOWN, MASS. Henry J. O'Brien. der which head the business has since been carried on. The firm have 125 employees, and do business amounting to $300,000 per annum. [See advertisement, p. 200.] H. 8. DoANE & Co. occupy two rooms 65x55 feet, located at the Charlestown State l^rison, for the manufacture of brushes of every description. Commenced business in 1827. Have from 40 to 60 hands. This firm also occupy a 2 story wooden building, located on Chapman street, where they em- ploy, when in full operation, 30 hands. They consume about §30,000 worth of bristles per annum, and do business to the amount of §75.000. Office and salesroom, No. 80 Water street, Boston. F. M. Holmes & Co., manufacturers of upholstered fur- niture, walnut chamber sets. &c.. occupy a six story brick building, 220x50 feet ; a brick store hous'e 100x30 feet, two stories high ; an engine house, dry house, &c., 70x40 feet, three stories, also brick, located at No. 121 Medford street. They also occupy as an office and salesroom, five floors of a six story brick building located at Nos. 188 and 190 Hano- ver street, Boston. They commenced business in 1847 ; have 300 employees, and consume annually about 1,200.000 feet of lumber. Their machineiy is driven by an engine of 80 horse power, Babcock & Wilcox's patent, supplied with steam from two tubular boilers of 100 horse power combined, built by the Atlantic Works, of East Boston, Mass. This firm do business of about $600,000 per annum. J. Porter & Co. occupy 15,000 square feet of room, lo- cated on Alford street, for the manufacture of varnishes and japans for coaches, cars, carriages, pianofortes and furniture. This firm are also dealers in kerosene and lubricating oils, benzine, camphene and alcohol ; and were formerly engaged in the manufacture of Porter's patent burning fluid. Office and salesroom, 101 Water street, Boston. Powers & Edmunds occupy a two story wooden building 36x84 feet, with an ell 35x35'feet, located at No. 345 Med- ford street, for the manufacture of stone ware. They com- menced business in July, 1866 ; have 20 employees, and do business to the amount of $50,000 per annum. Wm. Litchfield occupies 1 floor 40x50 feet of a 2 story wooden building, located at the corner of Front and Second streets. For the manufacture of brass castings of all de- scriptions. He commenced business in 1864, and employs 5 persons. Charlestown Drain Pipe Works, Edmands & Co., Proprietors, occupy a 2 story brick building 120x50 feet, a clay house 30x60 feet, also 59,000 square feet of wharf room with a store room on wharf 40x100 feet, located at No. 41 Medford street, for the manufacture of drain and water pipes. They commenced business in 1812, and em- I ploy 25 hands. This firm ha^e a hydraulic engine built by ; Cook, Rymes & Co. of this city. They also have in use : three kilns for burning pipe, and consume 600 cords of wood, 600 tons of coal and 2,000 tons of clay per year, producing 1200 feet of pipe per day, varying in size from 5 to 12 inches, and do a business of 870,000 per year. Gerrish «& O'Brien, occupy a three story wooden build- ing 150x60 feet, located at the corner of Chamber and Water streets, for the manufacture of chairs, sofa and lounges. They commenced business in June 1865, and employ 23 persons. This firm have in use 2 moulders, 2 circular saws, 2 jig saws, 1 Gray & Wood's planer, 1 turn- ing lathe, 1 swing saw, 1 boring machine, and other machinery adapted to the business, their power being furnished from an engine in an adjacent building. Codding & Osgood occupy a 2 story wooden building 40x80 feet, with an ell 12x20 feet, located on Sherman street, on a line with the Boston and Maine and Eastern Railroad, for the manufacture of engine, building and mill-work, and for doing all kinds of jobbing, employing 14 hands. They commenced business in Not. 1856. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 12 horse power, built by Cook, Rymes, & Co. of this city. They do business amounting to $15,000 per year. Hadlet & Wright occupy a 2J story wooden building 28x36 feet, located at No. 3 Sixth street, for the manufacture of milk cans. He commenced business in 1860, and em- ploys 8 hands. Davidson Rubber Co. occupy a 3 story brick building 60x125 feet, with two ells 60x60 feet, situated on Brookline street, where they employ 300 persons in the manufacture of Davidson's patent syringe and druggists rubber goods generally. They commenced business in 1863. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 125 horse power built by the Atlantic Works of East Boston, supplied with steam from 2 boilers buUt by Thomas Cunningham of this city. AsHBEL Waitt occupies a 3 story wooden building cover- ing about 12,000 square feet of land, located at the corner of Arrow and Front streets, for the manufacture of morocco, goat and sheep skins. He commenced business in 1832 ; employs 25 hands, and turns out 2,000 skins per week. Of- fice, 71 Kilby street, Boston, Mass. J. F. & F. L. GiLMOKE occupy 6,000 square feet of room, located at from 49 to 59 Medford street, as manufacturers of, and dealers in all kinds of rough and hammered granite for buildings, cemeteries, monuments, &c. This firm com- menced business in 1852. Have 60 employees, and do business to the amount of $100,000 per annum. Office No. 22 State street, Boston, Mass. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 219 M. GiiKESS occupies a 4 story wooden building, located at No. 6 Hamilton court, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes. He commenced business in September, 1865, and employs 6 hands. His machinery consists of stuffing glassing and splitting machines. Wemyss Bros, occupy 2 floors of a wooden building, 60x 40 feet, located on Medford street, where they manufacture a variety of chamber furniture, glass frames, hat trees, and sewing machine cabinets. They commenced business in March, 1867, and employ 17 hands, doinir business of from SI 7,000 to 818,000 per annum. W. P. Hayavard & Co. occupy a three story wooden building, 40x60 feet, located on Medford street, for planing, moulding, sawing and turning ; and for the manufacture of brackets, stair posts, rails, and balusters. They commenced business in 1868, and employ 12 hands. They run a 20 hor»e power steam engine, built at the Burdon Iron \Vork3, of New York City, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston, Mass. Elbridge Parker occupies a 3 story brick building, 50 feet square, located at the corner of Water street and Warren avenue, for the manufacture of pine chamber sets. He com- menced business in 1862, employs 15 hands, and produces 1 ,400 sets per annum, and does business to the amount of 830,000. Frederick Waterman occupies a 2 story wooden build- ing, 50x60 feet ; also a storeroom 50 x 55 feet, located on Medford street, and manufactures doors, window frames, and sash. He commenced business in 1865, and employs 15 hands, consuming about $15,000 worth of lumber per year. S. Brown, Agent, occupies a two story wooden building 33x96 feet, located at No. 337 Medford street, and manu- factures chamber sets. He commenced business in 1865 and has 8 employees. A. Waterman occupies a wooden building 70x80 feet, located at 527 Medford street, as a sawing and planing mill. He commenced business in 1843 and employs 10 hands. An engine of 60 horse power drives his machinery. Cook, Rvmes & Co. occupy a 4 story brick and stone building 60x80 feet, also a large forge and boiler room 75x «0 feet, located on Water street, where they manufacture stationary and portable steam engines and other machinery. They also manufacture Ryraes patent retainers, and hydraulic presses used for manufacturing tobacco and for other pur- poses. They commenced business in 1841 and employ 100 hands. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 40 horse power, supplied with steam from two flue boilers of ■SO horse power each, all of their own manufacture. They do business of from 875,000 to §100,000 per annum. George Lane occupies a 2 story wood building 38x40 feet, located at 296 Main street, for the currying of calf skins. He commenced business in 1826, and employs a hands. This firm curry 20 dozen calf skins per week. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 4 horse power and one tubular boiler 6 feet long 2.J feet in diameter of 4 horse power, built by Thomas Cunningham of this city, does business amounting to $30,000 per anmim. Ezra Trull & Co. occupy a 3 story brick building 150x60 feet, located at No. 72 Water street, for the manufacture of New England rum. They commenced business in 1858, and employ 12 hands. They use one still capable of turnJng out 1,500 gallons per day. Their office is at No. 45 North Market street, iJoston, Mass. John P. Robinson & Co. occupy 10,000 square feet of room in a 3 story wooden building with basement, located on Chapman street, for the manufacture of furniture. They commenced business in February, 1868, and employ 25 hands. Their machinery consisting of 2 jig and 5 table saws, 1 irregular moulding, and tenoning machine, lathes, &c., is driven by an engine in an adjacent building. Rand and Byam occupy a 2 story wooden building 40x25 feet with an ell 60x25 feet, located at No. 9 Charles street, for the manufacture of soft and hard soap. They commenced business in 1856, employ 4 hands, and turns out 200,000 lbs. of hard soap per annum. Morey & Robinson occupy a two story wooden building 36x40 feet, located at No. 508 Main street, and manufac- ture carriages of every description. They commenced busi- ness in April, 1865, employ 2 hands, and do business amounting to $3,000 per annum. John Kent, occupies a three story building 200x50 feet and a malt house 90x50 feet, used in the manufacture of ale. He commenced business in 1830, and employ 20 hands. This firm consumed 35,000 bushels of hops per year, and turn out 15,000 barrels of ale. An engine of 15 horse power supplied with steam from 2 boilers, 75 horse power, built by Kendall & Roberts of Cambridgeport, Mass., supplies the power. Stickney & Poor occupy a 4 story brick building, 70x 116 feet ; engine and boiler house, 30 x 60 feet, and three 2 story wooden buildings used as storehouses, 80x28 feet, 50 x25 feet and 30x75 feet respectively, located on Cambridge street, where they manufacture mustard, coffee, spices, &c. They commenced business in 1849, and have 35 employees. Their machinery — that of the most improved kinds — is driven by an engine of 70 horse power, built by Bird & Co., of East Boston, Mass. Their salesroom is at Nos. 19 and 20 India street, Boston. Drew, Jackson & Co. occupy the second floor of a wood- en building, 100x120 feet; also a 2 story building used for varnishing, 150x50 feet, and drying room 18x40 feet, located on Medford street, for the manufacture of black walnut, chestnut and ash dining, centre and extension tables. Em- ploy 55 hands. Tiiey commenced business in 1868, and turn out 120 extension tables, 8 dozen common tables and 12 pillar extension tables per week. Power furnisiied from building adjacent. They do business to the amount of $100- 000 per annum. Office 173 Blackstone street, Boston, Mass. Thomas F. Hunnewell occupies a 3 story wooden build- ing, 50x25 feet, located at No. 6 Chambers street, for the manufacture of carts, wagons, &c. He commenced business in 1843, and employs 5 hands. Tlcker Manufacturing Co. occupy 14 rooms, located at the Charlestown State Prison, where they have employed about 400 men, in the manufacture of bronzed iron goods, and the Tucker patent spring bed. The business was estab- lished by Mr. Hiram Tucker about 14 years since, and was incorporated as a company in January, 1866, with a capital of $450,000. They have a variety of machinery for iron k valued at $75,000, consisting of screw machines, lathes, planers, &c., which are driven by an engine of 40 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridge, Mass. This company were awarded a silver medal for goods displayed by them at the Paris Exposition in 1867 ; also a gold medal from the American Institute, at New York, in 1867 ; and a silver medal from the Massachusetts Mechanics Charitable Association in 1865. Amount of business done exceeds $500,000 per annum. George W. Berry & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden build- ng, 80x35 feet, located at No. 427 Medford street, and manufacture chamber furniture. They commenced business in 1861, employ 100 hands, and consume 1,000,000 feet of lumber annually. Their machinery consists of 3 jig saws, 1 splitting saw, 2 ripping saws, 1 swing cutting cutting-off saw and 1 squaring saw ; 3 turning lathes, 2 irregular moulders, jointing, 1 tenoning, 1 grooving and 1 boring machine. 220 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Mamifacturers of Walnut, Cane-seat, Cottage, and Dining Chairs ; Marsiiial St.. THELSEA, MASS. A. White, Also, ARM CHAIRS of various kinds. BOSTON OFFICE, 96 FULTON STREET. H. K. White. which are run by a 60 horse power engine, in an adjacent 1 building. Their office and salesroom is at Nos. 1 and 2 Haymarket square, Boston. | /jfHARI^TON, 143 miles from Albany, ^^Jy iJ7 f'nim Boston and o4 from Providence, a village of ^\, about 150 inhabitants, in a town by the same name on the Boston and Albany Railroad. Charlton was set oif from Oxford in 1754. E. S. SoDTHWiCK commenced tlie manufacture of women's pegged shoes in 1H65. He occupies a 2 story building op- posite the depot 30x60, employing 20 persons and producing 200 cases per year. C. E. MoKSE & Co., manufacturers of men's, boys' and youths' thick and kip boots, men's and boys' brogans, women's, misses and children's balmorals and lace boots. They occupy a 3 story building 30x60 feet, situated about 2 miles from the depot. They employ 40 males and about 15 females. Labor saving machines run by steam power are used in the cutting of sole leather, rolling and splitting, peg- ging, stitching, &c. Their annual production is about 1.200 to 1,500 cases of boots and shoes; their sales amounting from 875,000 to §80,000. (!{ HASE'S, 5 miles from Middleboro', 5J from Taunton. A country station on the Middleboro' and Taunton Railroad. /|f HErSEA, 4 miles from Boston, and 32 ^jy from Newburyport ; located on the Eastern Railroad. ^~\ This city was formerly a ward of Boston ; incorporated in 1738. Settled in 1630 ; a city in 1857. It contains ten churches, viz. : 2 Baptist, 1 Unitarian, 2 Methodist, 2 Con- gregational, 1 Episcopalian, 1 Universalist, and 1 Catholic. A. White & Co. occupy a three story brick building, 65x 35 feet, located on Marginal street, as a planing mill and for the manufacture of walnut cane seat chairs. The business was commenced in 1840, and gives employment to 50 per- sons, who turn out about 800 chairs per mouth. Their ma- chinery is driven by an engine of 35 horse power, built by Hawes & Hersey, of South Boston, Mass., supplied with steam from a tubular boiler 35 horse power, built by Ken- dall & Davis, of Canibridgeport, Mass. This firm do busi- ness to the amount of $30,000 per annum. Their office and salesroom is located at 96 Fulton street, Boston, Mass. Chelsea Woolen Mill, established in 1863, occupies a 3 J story building with basement, 40x160 feet, situated on William street, for the manufacture of repellants. This mill contains three sets of woolen machinery and 1,660 spindles. They employ 75 hands, and turn out 3,100 yards of cloth per week. From a 40 horse power engine, built by Camp- bell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, they derive their motive power. The American Heel Stiffening Co. is a comparatively new concern, having been established in 1868. They occupy the works built by J. Tetlow for the building of iron dads, which include amain building 220x65 feet and several small- er structures. A steam engine of 15 horse power drives the machinery. The heel stifl'ening made by this company, is made of materials possessing non-conducting properties, and is formed in a mould under heat and pressure. It is made to conform to any last, thus giving a uniform shape to the shoe to which it is attached. The principal advantages claim- ed for this stiffening — and they are very important ones — are that it is unaffected by moisture and always retains its shape. The company have spent a large amoimt of money in pre- paring machinery, &c., and are now turning out 15,000 pairs of stiffeniugs per day. J. R. Moffitt is general superinten- dent of the works. D. C. Dans, occupies 10,000 square feet of wharfage room, situated on Marginal, opposite foot of Shurtleff street, for the manufacture of hammered granite for building ceme- tery and monumental work. He commenced business in May, 1867, employs 12 hands, and does business amounting to $12,000 per annum. Chelsea Iron Foundry, Bisbee, Endicott & Co., Proprie- tors, occupy a foundry 80x120 feet, a machine shop 40x80 feet and blacksmiths' shop 20x40 feet, also various other out-buildings used as storehouses, &c., located at the foot of Pearl street. This firm commenced business in 1835, and manufacture iron castings and machinery. They employ 60 hands and consume 65 tons of iron per month. A 20 horse power engine of their own manufacture, supplied with steam from a flue boiler built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridge- port, Mass., drive their machinery. The Chelsea Oil Co. commenced business in 1848, cap- ital $100,000. They occupy 20,000 square feet of land, located on Marginal street, on which are the following build- ings. A factory 38x127 feet, store-house 30x100 feet, seed store 20x86 feet and a building 23x45 feet, containing 5 tanks capable of holding 70,000 gallons of oil. This com- pany employ 30 hands and manufacture linseed oil. An engine of 100 horse power built by Bisbee, Endicott & Co. of this place, with 3 flue boilers built by Thomas Cunning- ham of Charlestown, Mass., drive their machinery. They use 5 hydraulic presses and are making 2,500 gallons of oil per day. National Bridge and Ikon Works, Blodgett & Curry, Proprietors, established Jan. 1st, 1869. They occupy two buildings 60x80 and 50x170 feet respectively, and employ 25 hands. They manufacture long span iron bridges, roof trusses, boilers and general iron work. They make a spec- iality of an arched bridge which they can construct in spans of one thousand feet with ease. Their office is located at No. 46 Congress street, Boston, Mass. Samuel Page & Son, occupy 8 wooden buildings, cover- ing about 10,0000 square feet of land located on second street, for the manufacture of patent paraffine and bright varnish, roofing materials, navy pitch, tar and oils, and have 4 employees. Their office and sales-room is at No. 4 Liber- ty Square, Boston, Mass. Webb's N. E. Railwai/ aiui ManufactHrers StaHsHcal Gazetteer. 221 ^. -W. Sd H. C. ROBERTSOISr, Manufacturers of ^ ^^^ ,^^ AMPLEIIS, FEHNERIES, OlSMBOllS, And all kind, ..f Marginal, corner of Willow bts - — The Bay State Fike Brick and Clay Retort;S\ orks, Davis & Chaddock, pr.iprietors, ^vas established in I80-. They occupy a 2 story ^vooden build.ng, 60x60 feet, and 2 smaller ones, 30x80 feet and 28 x 38 feet respectively. Tlic works are situated on Pratt's wharf, in which are manufac- tured clay gas retorts, tile, fire brick, &«•' "^ ^*^^"P^"°;[ qualitv. Thev employ 9 hands, and produce 300,000 br.ck per ailnum. A 25 horse power engine supplies their motive power. This firm have a warehouse at >os. 12;> and 12 < 1 Water street, Boston. R H. Peverly, brass founder, occupies a 2 story wooden j buildin", 32x40 ft., with a wing 25x50 feet, and store house , 20x37 feet, situated on Marginal comer of Pearl street, tor the manufacture of brass castings of every description. He commenced business in 1849. Has 5 furnaces used for melt. 1 iug purposes. i J. C. Peak occupies 1 floor, 40 x 70 feet, in a 2J story wooden building, located on Broadway, near Chelsea bridge, ' for the manufacture of wooden packing boxes He com- menced business in 1860. Has 6 employees and turns out 300 per day. Walter Davidson occupies 3 rooms, 50 x 35 feet, in a wooden building, located on Suffolk street, and manulacture_s .^rain and split leather. He commenced business m I80/, and employs 6 hands; turns out 150 sides of leather per week, and does business to the amount of $30,000 per an- num. C. F. Austin & Co. occupy a 2 J story brick building, 12o x50 feet, used in the manufacture of ship bread and all kinds of crackers, and located at the comer of Marginal and Shaw- mut street. A 25 horse power engine, built by Allen & tn- dicott, Cambridgcport, Mass., supplied with steam from one flue boiler and one Harrison boiler, 20 horse pouer each, drive their machinery. They employ 12 hands, and bake 75 bbls. of flour per day. They have a store at 116 Com- mercial street, Boston. Samuel Page & Son occupy 40,000 square feet of land, 1 located on Summer street, for the manufacture of patent, | paraffine, bright and black varnishes, roofing composition, [ Tarred roofing and dry sheathing paper. They commenced business in 1851, and employ from 10 to 1« hands This , firm have in use 4 stills and do a business of $00,000 per annum. Baker & Do>vns, occupy a 2 story wooden building 22x 100 feet, located on Marginal street, for the manufacture ot fine table salt. They commenced business in March, 1864, and employ 7 persons. Their machinery is driven by a 2o horse power engine built by Wise & Bird of East Boston, with one flue boiler 31 feet long 4 feet diameter budt at East Boston. They grind 8 J tons of rock salt per day. Iheir office and salesroom is at No. 19 Commerce street, Boston, Mass. J J Pike & Co. occupy the basement, 130x40 feet, of a four story brick building, know-n as the bank building, and , -_x_j _» v„ ifiT w;,.r.;c;TnmPt strpet. for the manufacture I A W. & H. C. Robertson, occupy 5,000 square feet of ' land locate.1 on Marginal street, for the manufacture of i fancv flower and garden pots of every description. Com- menced business in June, 1868, and employ 5 hands. John Follis, occupies three rooms 50 feet square in a 2.J t storv wooden building, located on Suffolk street, for the i manufacture of calf skins. He commenced business in 1852, employs 10 hands and turns out 500 skins per week. 1 Doing business amounting to §40,000 per annum. J. W. Stickney & Co., occupy a 2 story wooden building ' 50x100 feet, used in the manufacture of whiting and 1 arts white, also roofing materials and naval varnishes. Ihey commenced business in 1863, and employs 10 hands. Ih.s firm have a capacity for grinding 1,000 tons of chalk, pro- ducing thereby from 5,000 to 6,000 barrels of whiting per annum. Office and salesroom No. 64 Broad street, Boston, Mass. tour story nricK uuuuiug, im>u..u €*= >..v- p, located at No. 105 Winnisimmet street, for the manufacture of the mac'ic cleansing cream for clothes and house clean iug. They commenced business in 1864, and have tlu'ee em ployees. Ellis & G. F. Slade, occupy a U story wooden building 25x75 feet, and manufacture snuff and cigars. Commenced business in 1865, and employ 10 hands. They have an office and salesroom at the corner ot Broad and Central streets, Boston, Mass. KiNCAiD & Co., occupy one floor 25x62 feet in a 2| story wooden building, located on Broadvvay near the end of Chel- sea brid<'e, for the manufacture of L. E. Rauson s patent knuckle washing machine. They commenced business m September, 1868, and have 3 employees. Merriam & Putnam occupy two floors 30x115 feet, in a 2i story wooden building, located at No. 63 Second street, ! where they manufacture paper hangings of every description. I The business was first established by Mr. Merriam in 1843, he forming a copartnerspip with Mr. Putnam in September, ' 1868. They employ eight hands. James Stone occupies one floor in a 2J story wooden building 120x30, situated at No. 63 Second st, where he em- ploys 5 persons in the manufacture of curried leather for boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1865, and now pro- duces 125 sides per week. His machinery consisting of stutt- in" wheel, glassing and splitting machines, &c., is driven by an engine of five horse power supplied with steam from a boiler of 10 horse power. A B Chard occupies 4,500 feet of laud on Willow street for tiie manufacture of black, bright and furniture varnish, Japan, black walnut, mahogany and rosewood stains. He commenced business in 1860, and has two employees. T W B\iley& Co., manufacturers of rosin oils, napthaand varnishes, occupy 26,000 sq. ft. of land, two-thirds of which is covered with wooden buildings, located on \\ lUow street. They commenced business in 1848 and have six employees. Their works are driven by two engines, one 4 horse poxver, buih by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgcport, and the other six horse power, built by the New England Steam Pipe Company. William Sutton occupies two wooden buildings, one lb x9 feet, the other 18x27 feet, located at 51 Hawthorn street, for the manufacture of knitted fancy woolen goods. He com- meuced business in 1863, and employs six hands. Does £ business of $10,000 per annum. 222 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Lyman M. Miller, successor to Salinou Miller & Son, occupies 5,000 square feet of land, located on Marginal corner of Willow street, for the manufacture of varnishes and japans. He commenced business in 1S40, has 3 em- ployees and does a business of $150,000 per year. The Chelsea Dye Ho0se & LADNr>Ey, E. E. Sibley, agent, occupies 2 floors 40x160 feet in a 3J story brick build- ing, used for laundry purposes ; also, one wooden building 62x150 feet, used as a dye house, located on Williams street. The business was established some 30 years since, and gives employment to 125 hands. Their power is fur- nished by a 20 horse power oscillating steam engine. They also have 3 boilers used for supplying the engine with steam and for dying and heating purposes. C. W. CocHUANE & Co., office 104 Water street, Boston, Mass., occupy 20,000 square feet of laud, located on Mar- ginal street, for the manufacture of slate, tin, copper, and Rogers' Patent Cement Roofing, giving employment to 35 hands. They commenced business in 1861, and consume 500 tons of roofing felt, 250,000 gallons of roofing compo- sition, 3,000 tons of gravel and sand, 3,000 boxes of tin, and 10,000 squares of slate per year. This firm are the sole manufacturers and proprietors of Rogers' Patent Cement Roofing, which combines all the advantages of the gravel roofing, being composed of the same materials for its foun- dation, to which is added a fire proof cement of excellent quality. It is the only roofing ever invented which is thoroughly fire proof. Those wishing to lease rights or purchase county rights in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts, can do so by applying to 8. J. Tuttle, firm of S. J. & T. Tuttle, builders, 166 Newton street, Bos- ton, Mass. This firm do business amounting to $100,000 per annum. (See advertisement, page 194.) Daxiel Curry, occupies 20,000 square feet of land, lo- cated on Middlesex street, where he employs six hands in the manufacture of rosin oils. The business was commenced in 1865. He consumes 160 barrels of rosin and turns out from 50 to 75 barrels of oil per week. Chapman & Soden, occupy 18,000 square feet of land, located on AVest Third street, for the manufacture of roof- ing felt and roofing materials of all kinds. The business was established in 1867, and employs 12 hands. This firm consume 350 barrels of tar, 50 tons of dry felt and 200 bar- rels of roofing composition per month, and manufacture 1,000 tons of roofing felt per year, doing business amount- ing to $100,000 per annum. The Boston Elastic Fabric Co., established in 1863, capital, $400,000 : occupy a four story brick building 250 x50 feet, with dye-house 80x25 feet, and engine room 80x 40 feet, located at Caryville station, Chelsea. They manu- facture suspenders, garter works, braids and cords of various kinds, black gusset work, India rubber thread, and other rubber goods, and employ 200 hands. Their machinery is driven by two steam engines, one 175 horse power built by the Corliss Steam Engine Company of Providence, R. I., and the otlier an engine of fifty horse power built by Cook, Rymes & Co., of Charlestown, Mass., supplied with steam from four ten feet tubular boilers. Their oflice is at No. 28 Milk street, Boston Mass. Waban Mills, capital $50,000 ; occupy four acres of land on which are three buildings, one, 100x30 feet, one, 60x30 feet, and one 50x40 feet, located at Charles River village, Mass., for the manufacture of dry sheathing felt. This Company consume annually 1,500 tons of rags and manufacture 1,000 tons of dry sheathing paper per year. The works are driven by an engine of 50 horse power with three tubular boilers ; also three water wheels of 125 horse power. They employ 12 hands and do a business of $150,000 per year. ^ HEJWEISTRY, (See Bleachery and Chemistry.) /ffllESHIRE, 11 miles from Pittsfield, ^^y and 9 from North Adams, a village and town on the ^~\ Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. The village has a population of about 800 inhabitants, and 2 churches. The Hoosack river passes through the town. Although a mountainous township, the soil is moderately productive. Incorporated 1793. Dean & Martin, manufacturers of lumber and barrel stock, established their business in 1855. Their main build- ing is 108x40 feet, with a wing 40x30 feet. They manufac- ture barrels and half bai-rels, building timber, boards, cheese boxes, &c.' They employ from 40 to 50 hands, producing $300 worth daily. Richardson «fe Wilkinson established business in 1846, manufacture card leather. Employ 15 men the year round, besides 8 men extra in the bark peeling season, (summer) and 3 teams in the bark drawing season, (winter.) Outside, of that they take in all the hemlock bark that may be drawn to them by farmers, which is in considerable quantities, aver- aging about 400 cords annually. They produce some 12,000 sides card leather, and do a business of about $75,000 per annum. /ff HESHIRE HARROR, 6J mUes ^JU from North Adams, and 13 J from Pittsfield, a ^~\ flag station of about 100 inhabitants in the town of Cheshire, on the Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. Elisha Jenks, commenced business here in 1828, for the manufacture of 60x64 print goods. The main building is 110,x44, 3 stories, wing 75x30, 2 stories, boiler house 24x28, runs 100 looms, 3,768 spindles and use about 3,600 lbs. cotton per week, and turn out about 100,000 yards cloth per week, employing 60 hands. The motive power is furnished by a 40 horse turbine and 20 horse cJvershot wheel. /if HESTER, 74 miles from Albany, and ^^V l'-<; tVoni Uoston, a station and town by the same ^~\ name, on the Boston & Albany Railroad. There are 2 churches near the station. The town is mountainous, but good for grazing and watered by the branches of the West- field river. /tfHESTiVrT HII.E, a country station ^Jy of about 50 inhabitants, 6J miles from Boston, and ^~\ 31 from Woonsocket, on the Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. The railroad here passes through a narrow cut through the rocks, the depot being situated over the car track. /ff HICOPEE, 3 miles north from Spring- ^^Jy field, on the Connecticut River Railroad ; a village ^~\ and' town situated on the east side of the Connecticut river at the confluence of the Chicopee and the former river. The village was formerly called Cabotville The Chicopee Falls Branch leaves the main road here. C. M. Kendall is engaged here in the manufacture of harness reeds, having commenced the business in 1836 at Palmer, where he continued the business until 1854, when Webb's N. E. Railway aiid Manvfacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 223 he removed his busiuess to this place, occupying part of a two story brick building 60x32 feet. He employs five hands, running eight machines, driven by power furnished from the Dwight mills. DwiGHT Maxufacturikg Co. This company, one of the largest in New Kngland, was incorporated and commenced operation in 1841. The company has a capital of §1,500,- 000. D. X. Spooner, Treasurer of Boston, Geo. II. Nye Agent at mills. They run 7 mills 50x175 feet each, 5 and 6 stories high built of brick. The capacity of the works is 1,826 looms, 76,528 spindles, emplo_v about 1.700 hands, and produce 13,000,000 yards shirting, sheetings and print goods, con.suming 4,500,000 lbs. cotton per year. Eight tur- bine wheels under 25 to 30 feet fall and a Corliss steam engine of 450 horse power, furnishes the impetus for the machinery. Minot, Hooper & Co., Boston and New York, selling agents. " Variety Takkery," Cotton Ely, Proprietor. Business established about 1790. His works are located H miles from Chicopce Station, and employ from 8 to 12 hands, manufacturing calfskins, saddle, bridle, harness and upper suspender leather. Has a capacity for producing from 5,000 to 6,000 sides per annum, and does a business of 640,000. /if IIICOPKK FALLS, O.J miles ^Jy from Spriiiglicld, at tlie terminus of the Chicopce ^ Kails Branch, and 2i from the village of Chicopce, on the Connecticut River Railroad. A village of about 3,000 inhabitants, in the town of Chicopce, noted for its va- ried and extensive manufacturing establishments. There arc 3 churches, viz.: 1 Congregational, 1 Methodist, and 1 Bap- tist. An extensive water power is furnished by the Chicopce river, which flows through the centre of the village. J. Stevens & Co. commenced business here in 1864, for the manufacture of Stevens' patent pocket pistols ; also, divi- ders, callipers, screws and other small tools. They occupy a 2 story building, 60 x 36 feet, employing from 25 to 30 hands. Their machinery, consisting of the usual machines used by manufacturers of this kind, is driven by a 12 horse turbine wheel and a 6 horse engine, built in Worcester. Chicopee Manufactctsino Company. This company was established in 1823 for the manufacture of cotton goods. They have now in operation four mills running 51,300 spin- dles, 1,192 looms, manufacturing about 9,500,000 yards per annum, from 30 inch to 126 inches wide, and from 48 to 84 threads per square inch. Consume 7,500 bales cotton. They employ 1,200 hands. Their power is furnished from 850 horse (combined power,) turbine (Holyoke) wheels, un- der 20 feet fall. Agents in New York and Boston, E. R. Mudge, Sawyer & Sou. Wiiittemore, Belcher & Co., manufacturers of plows, horse rakes, feed cutters, and corn shellers. The business was established in 1843 by John W. Belcher. They occupy eight buildings, which cover about one acre of ground. They employ from 40 to 60 men and produce about 6,000 plows yearly ; but their principal business is making horse rakes, &c. The manufactory is located on Chicopee river ; has 1 5 feet fall of water. They have an office in Boston, at 34 Merchants Row, and sell a large amount of goods yearly for shipment to foreign ports, as well as for home consump- tion. Chicopee Falls Hosiery Co., manufacturers of hosiery. The size of th-; buildings is as follows : main building is 40x80 feet with an L 26x60 feet ; store house is 30x40 feet. They employ 100 operatives and manufacture 30,000 dozen Potter's patent hose, yearly. They use an engine of 16 horse power. The factory is located on Chicopee river, and has a fall of eight feet. O. H. Sampson & Co.. are agents, Boston and New York. Lamb Knittixg Machine Manufacturing Co., were incorporated in 1867, fortlie purpose of manufacturing fam- ily knitting and sewing machines. They occupy the follow- ing buildings : main shop 180x40 feet, three stories, foundry 80x40 feet, and blacksmith shop 40x35 feet. Capital, §200,000. They employ 150 men and make 3,000 knitting machines and 2,000 sewing machines yearly, doing a busi- ness amounting to $250,000. They use steam and water power. T. C. Page, agent and treasurer. Belcher & Taylor, Agricultural Tool Company, were incorporated November 1st, 1864, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. The busiuess was established by B. B. Belcher in 1851, for the purpose of manufacturing agricul- tural tools of every description. Size of buildings, as fol- lows : main building is 275x40 feet, two stories ; foundry 90x40 feet, one story ; blacksmith shop, 35x25 feet, one story. They employ 45 men and produce 3,500 hay cutters, 500 corn shellers and 225 hay tedders, besides a large num- ber of plows, cultivators, horse rakes, etc., yearly. Amount of business $80,000 per annum. They use a Washington water wheel, also a forty horse power engine as an auxilliary power. The engine was built by George Dwight, Jr., Springfield. Their productions are all of the best quality. /ff ITY iTII LLS, situated about half a mile ^Jy from the depot, containing about 200 inhabitants, 24J ^~\ miles from Boston and 45^ from Southbridge, on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. L.APPVI1LL*:, (See Rochdale.) B^KIflATIS Klfi ■^ r i^^ ^ .10 water off bv a rotarv pump. The Leach house, 24x30 feet, [L.I.^TO->, 1- miles from ^\ orcester, 29 ., ,t„ries. adjoiaia?," contains 2 Allen & Warren's Patent I from Nashua. 4.-) from Boston and 13 trom Fitchbur-. Leachers, with a capacity of holdin- 5 coixls of bark each. t situated at the junction ot the Worcester, Nashua i xhe engine house, also a'ttached to the tannery, is 24x40 1 ..__ r>,: J ^■•-hburgRailroads, contains 5,000 \ gtory, containing a 30 horse power engine, turnished ^vith one National and one Savings gteam from a flue boiler, both made by Tufts of Boston ; and Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroads, contains 5,000 inhabitants, five churche; bank. J. B. Parker «& Co. commenced business in 1853 for the manufacture of carpet machinery. The business was estab- lished by J. B. Parker in 1848. Their machine shop is sit- uated below the depot, near the Worcester and Nashua Rail- road, and is 100x35 feet, two stories, built with an ell, 60 x 35 feet, two stories. They employ 50 hands. From a 25 horse power Corliss steam engine they derive their motive power. Furnished with steam from a Putnam Machine Co.'s flue boiler. Clinton- Wike Co., E. B. Bigelow, president ; C. A. Whiting, treasurer ; C. H. Waters, agent ; manufacturers of wire cloth nettings, railings, fencings. They run three | G. M. Palmer, commenced business in 1846, for the mills. No. 1 , 1 75x40, one story ; No. 2, 1 75x40, two stories ; j manufacture of all kinds of casting, his foundry building is No. 3, 250x120, one story. These mills are for weaving, situated next to Messrs. Parker & Co.'s machine shop near and contain twenty-five looms, built by themselves, each | the Nashua Railroad. He employs 20 hand, and turns out furnishing house, 30x60 feet, 2 stories ; hide house, 25x30 feet, 1 story. They employ 25 hands and will turn out 15,000 calf skins and 2,000 hides per year, using 500 cords of hemlock bark. Fletcher, HircHCOCK & Gushee, commenced business on High street, in their new 4 story building 63x33 in 1865, for the manufacture of ladies and children boots and shoes, they employ 50 hands and turn out on an average 24 cases, 60 pairs to a case per week. Their work mostly is done by machinery, driven by an 8 horse power engine made by Pratt of Boston, with steam furnished from an upright flue boiler. loom weighing 15 tons. Machine shop 60x50, three stories ; boiler-house 50x30, one story, containing a 75 horse power tubular boiler, made by J. E. Robinson ; this boiler furnishes steam to heat the buildings, also to drive a Hoadlev ensrine about 10 tous iron castings per week Geo. H. Foster occupies a 3 story building, 44x24 feet, with an L of the same height, 26 x 21 feet, for the man.ifac- ture of leather belting, currying leather and covering top which furnishes the motive power. Employ lO hands. They ,, t'u u - • • n . ui- u j i, .i, ,. • c ■ II .u u u » • ■ ' rollers. Ihe business was originally established by the pre: mauutacture wire five sizes smaller than a cob-web to wire ' c . j r i inch in diameter : also guards, protecting windows for Lu- natic asylmus, jails, banks, and other public or private build- 1 '," '^ ings. This company have a contract to funish wire fencing for the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, along the entire route. ent occupant's predecessor, in 1845, and has been carried on the above name since 1853. He employs 5 hands, and business of about §25,000 per annum. He uses to run his machinery a 5 horse power engine, made by J. C. = j Hoadley & Co., of Lawrence, Mass. Sidney Harris & Sons. Business established in 1823. Lancaster Qolt Co. was established in 1840. In 1864, | xhey occupy, for the manufacture of staple and fancy horn was sold to Messrs. Jordan. Marsh & Co., the weU known j p^mbs and shell jewelry of every description, the foUowing commission merchants, of Boston. buildings : One miU, 190x30 feet, 2 stories high, with engine This establishment js situated just below the depot, near ^nd boiler house attached : another, 150x25 feet, and a store- house 100x24 feet. Employ from 75 to 100 hands. The the Clinton & Boston Railroad, for the manufacture of coun- terpanes. Their main buildin 152x45 teet, 3 stories and po^-gr to drive their machinery is furnished by 2 tubine ~ "' ter wheels of 50 horse power each. They also have for warming the mills a steam boiler of 75 horse power. The Loom Harnt:ss business now carried on by William H. Gibbs was first established bv Deacon James Patterson picker house, 50x35, 1 story ; bleachery, 150x40. 1 story : drj- house. 400 x 20, 1 story ; boiler house, 40 x 20, 1 story ; coal house, 60 x 20. with a capacity for storing 300 tons coal. They employ 90 hands, running 38 looms, using about 40 bales cotton per week, or 18,000 lbs., and produc- ing 1.500 counterpanes, from 9-16 to 11-4 in width. Their in 18^3. Mr. Gibbs now occupies second story ot bmlding motive power is furnished from a 5 ft. turbine wheel, under ovraed by Geo. H. Foster, and employs 30 hands, making all 27 feet head, and one breast wheel, 10 feet diameter, 8 feet ' kmds ot harness knit by machmery and by hand, including bucket : also, a 30 horse power Tufts engine, furnished with ^""ble or smgle knot both top and bottom ot the eye and steam from 2 tubular boilers, maker unknown. ' double or smgle knot with loop. The latter kind being made In the yard of this company there is a never-tailing spring , ^7 machinerj- and giving general satisfaction. These ma- of water' which supplies the bleacherv by means of pipes felines wiU knit 4 times as fast as any other, tieing from 80 underground. This water is very pure, taking the goods '« ^^O eyes per minute. ! look whiter than can be done by any other water in Clinton. Fcxler and Bigelow, manufacturer of hoop skirts, tape It is splendid drinking water. and webbing, commenced business in the year 1860. They ^ .., „ f c o nr T> -I J .u occupy two 2 story buildings, one 40x70 feet, the other 30x C. M. Ballet & Sox. C. M. Bailev commenced the _. ,.^- •...•. f i ^o u i i, .u -ii , ,- , . • o 1- • ,o-.-» J • J 'i> teet with basement, and employ oO hands when the null ' manutacture ot leather in Sterling in 18o0. and continued ■ - ,. „ • t,. ; .o- . I ., ,^i.r, ■ , J ■ J I.- r^ -c J IS in lull operation. They use water power — 2o horse. I until 1860, when he admitted his two sons, George E. and j f Charles E., into partnership, with him. In 1865 Charles Lancaster Mills established in 1844. The mill buUd- E. died and the business is now carried on by C. M. Bailey ing is 3 stories in height, covering an area of 256.000 square & Son. In 1868 they had the misfortune to be burned out, feet. About 500 males and 500 females are employed in and immediately commenced to build their new works in the manufacture of ginghams, of which 26.000 yards are Clinton. Their works are situated on Franklin street, about produced per day or 8,000.000 yards per annum, 28,128 half a mile from the depot, and consist of a tannery 40x100 spindles ane 856 looms are run, and 1.500.000 lbs. cotton ■ feet, 1 story, containing 62 large vats. Mr. Bailey thought \ consumed annually. The motive power that drives the ma- the old way of letting the water out of the vats by way of chiuery is supplied by water wheel. (Otis Tufts make,) conductors from the bottom a very inconvenient one. as they ] under 30 feet fall. Franklin Forbes, agent, and Geo. H. were liable to get tilled with refuse, which ahvavs settles Weeks, superintendent. Cpham. Tucker & Co., agents, at the bottom. They have adopted the plan of pumping the ' New York and Boston. Webb's' N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 225 /fTOHASSET, 21 1 miles S. E. from Bos- \^jj ton ; the terminus of the Si)uth Shore Rjad. A small ^\, village, situated in a towa by the same name, located on Massachusetts Bay, noted for its rocky coast and numer- ous shipwrecks. Cohasset has become a ^reat resort for cit- izens and stran;5er.-i in the summer months. Population, 2,000 ; number of vessels in the fisheries, 17 ; number of packet*, 2 ; number of men employed, 1 70 ; cap- ital, $125,000. Number of polls, 561. Amount of taxa- ble property, $1,627,318. Rate of taxation, $10 on $1,000. Acres of land, 5.041. State, county and town tax, $17,395 10. Highway tax, $2,.500. Poll tax,'Sl,182. /ffoHASSET ^TARROWS, so ^Jy named from the rapid and uorrow channel which runs ^~\ into the bay. There is no regular village here, houses scattered. Vessefs of 200 tons bring coal here for the glass works at Sandwich, and take in return a freight of glass ware. This station is situated 54J miles from Boston and 25 from Hyannis on the Cape Cod Railroad. The motive power used to drive their machinery, is furnished by two 58 inch bronze turbine wheels, built by Kilburn, Lin- coln & Co., Fall River, Ma-ss., 1 steam engine 35 horse pow- er, built by Messrs. C. II. Brown & Co., Fitchburg, Mass., and two 4 bv 16 feet tubular boilers, built by Messrs. Dob- bins & Crawford, Lowell. The Messrs. D. S. & Co. have also a three story woodea building 36x75 feet, used for grist mill, d>or, sash aud blind manufacturing, with wing 18x50 feet for circular saw mill. To drive the machinery, one 48 inch and one 36 inch patent turbine wheel is used, made by the Suraine Turbine Wheel Co., North Chelmsford, Mass. The agents for the company in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, are Messrs. Dale Brothers & Co. /ff oircoRD tijr:\pike. About 5 tl \j miles from Boston : a flag station on the Watertown ^^ Branch. Of OL.L.EGE HIEL,, 4 mUes from Bos- ton. A station on the Woburn Branch Railroad. /ffOETSVIEEE, 3 mUes from Pittsfield \^\) Hud 1 7 from North Adams. An enterprising manu- ^~\ facturing village on the Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. /ffOXCORD, 20 miles from Boston, and \^]) 30 from Fitchburg ; a village and town on the Bos- ^"1, ton anwer. ^fflANVKHS, a station and town 4 miles 'JlfJ from Salem, on the Lawrence Branch Railroad. It C Ty contains a population of 4,500, has a National Bank and 1 Savings Bank, viz : — 1st National Bank of Danvers, capital stock SI 50,000, and Danvers Savings Bank, deposits S;45(),00(l. There are 4 churches as follows, 1 Orthodox, 1 Universalist, 1 Unitarian and 1 Episcopal. Ira p. Pope, established in 1845, the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' calf and buff leather pegged Balmo- rals, Oxford ties, Congress boots and women's, misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. He occupies a 3 story building 50x70 feet, employing 125 hands. Has in use 25 stitching machines of diflerent kinds, cutting machine, rolling, finish- ing machine, &c., driven by power furnished from a Hicks steam engine. The hoisting of goods and stock is done by power from this engine. He turns out about 90,000 pairs of boots and shoes per annum. His office in Boston is at No. 59 Hanover street. William H. Porter commenced the manufacture of brick in 1868. He makes all kinds of pressed and common bricks, and produces ii-om 6,000 to 8,000 per year, and will fill con- tracts for any size or shape of brick. He employs from 6 to 10 hands. He consumes about 36,000 cubic feet of common clay and 300 cords of wood yearly. The amount of business done is $12,000 per year. W. Andrews occupies a 3^ story building, 40x32 feet, located on Maple street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', men's and children's boots and shr)e8. The business was established in October, 1861. He now employs from 50 to 60 hands, tunis out about 50.000 pairs of boots and shoes per annum, and consumes 70,000 lbs. of sole Icatlicr, 100,000 lbs. of upper leather and 600 dozen sheep skins, do- ing business to the amount of $70,000 per year. Oflice in Boston, 92 Pearl street. White & Brother occupy a three story wooden building 60x30 feet, located on Locust street, where they cmi)loy 50 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1865, and turn out 3,000 pairs of boots and shoes per month, and con- sume 2,000 sides of sole and 6,000 feet of upper leather, and 600 sheep skins per year, doing business to the amount of $40,000. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 227 J. H. Rice & Co. occupy a three story wooden building, 30x40 feet, located on Maple street, for tlie manufacture of ladies', misses' and childreus' boots and shoes. They em- ploy from 30 to 40 hands, and turn out four cases of boots and shoes per day. Run one pegn:ing machine and six stitch- ing machines, and consume 7,000 lbs. of leather per month, doing business of $60,000 per annum. At Danvers Centre the manufacturers are as follows : E. & A. Ml'dge & Co. occupy a two story wooden building 26x60 feet with an ell 15x20 feet, located on Centre street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and childrens' pegged boots and shoes. The business was estab- lished in Nov. 1837, by' E. Mudge, was changed to E. & A. Mudge in 1849, and to the present firm in 1858. They employ 175 hands, turn out 12."),000 pairs of boots, and do, at this factory, a business of 8225,000 per annum. They are also interested in several other manufacturing concerns in Massachusetts. Thoir machinery is driven by an engine of 7 horse power built by John F. C. Rider, of South New- market, X. H., furnished with steam from an upright porta- ble boiler. Htde, Hctchixsox & Co. occupy a two story wooden building 25x35 feet, located on Centre street, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1867, employ 20 hands, turn out 350 cases (60 pairs per case) of boots per annum, and do business to the amount of $30,000. George B. Martin & Bryant occupy a 2 story wooden building, 40x50 feet, located on Adams street, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1847; employ from 40 to 50 hands, and turn out 125 cases per month, (60 pairs per case) doing business to the amount of §150,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by a caloric engine — Baldwin's patent — of 5 horse power. M. Sillak occupies a 2 story wooden building, 42x22 feet, located on Centre street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. lie commenced busi- ness in 1866 ; employs 20 hands, turns out 500 cases of boots and shoes, and does business of from $30,000 to $35,000 per annimi. NoYES & Co. occupy a two story wooden building, locat- ed on Holton street, and manufacture ladies,' misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. M. Wells occupies a two story woodeu building, 35x24 feet, and one 2 stories 18x32 feet, located on Holden street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and childrens' boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1866 ; employs seven hands, and turn out 3,500 pairs per year. Preston & Blake occupy a two story wooden building, 24x36 feet, located on Centre street, half mile from the de- pot, and manufacture ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1867 ; employ 12 hands, and turn out 120 pairs per day. JlAXVER SPORT, a station on the i^lfl Lawrence Branch Railroad, contains 1,000 inhabi- C ~'J tants, 1 Baptist and 1 Catholic church. J. Merrill & Co., occupy a 3 story wooden building 38x 75 feet with an L 20x20 feet, located on Harbor street, where they employ 15 hands for the currying of leather. They commenced business in 1848 and now curry 13,000 sides of leather per month. They also occupy a one story tannery building 100x40 feet, containing 90 vats, a beam house 46x30 feet, and a store house 38x16 feet, where they employ 3 hands. This business was commenced in 1860. They now tan 5,000 hides per year, and consume 400 cords of bark doing business at both factories amounting to $40,- 000 per annum. A. A. Bates, occupies a 3 story wooden building 50x60 feet, located on water street, where they employ 5 hands for the dressing of V>lack morocco. He commenced business in 1860, and now dresses from 6 to lOdoz. sides per day, doing business of from $3,000 to $5,000 per annum. J. & N. Bragdon occupy a 2 story wooden building, 30x140 ft., store house 30.x40 ft. located in the rear of Water st. where they employ 12 hands forthe manufacture of all kinds of wood- en boxes. The business was commenced in 1853. Their ma- chinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power built by G. L. Xewcomb, of Salem, Mass. This firm turn out from 1,200 to 1,500 boxes per week. Consume 1,000,000 feet of lumber per year, and do business amounting to $30,000 per annum. PniXEvs Corning occupies a three story wooden building, 55x35 feet, located on Water street, where he employs 14 hands in the manufacture of ladies', mis-ses' and boys' boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1848, runs one peg- ging machine, and turns out three cases of boots and shoes per day, consuming 270 lbs. of sole and 360 feet of upper leather, and doing business to the amount of $40,000 per an- num. Smith & Hdston occupy a 2 story wooden building, 60x 40 feet ; also 2 rooms 50x60 feet, for dry house, located on Water street, where they employ 10 hands in the manufac- ture of Morocco leather of all kinds and colors. They com- menced business in 1863, and dress from 250 to 300 dozen skins per month, and do a business of $5,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 6 horse power, built by George L. Newcomb, of Salem, Mass., with a flue boiler, 12 feet long, also built by Mr. Newcomb. J. Ross & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building, 45x70 feet, located on Harbor street, where they employ 8 hands for the manufacture of all kinds of wooden boxes. They commenced business in 1866, and turn out 350 dry goods boxes per week, consuming $500,000 worth of lumber per year, and doing a business of $20,000. Ther machinery is driven by an engine of 30 horse power, with 1 flue boiler, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, Mass. S. P. Fowler occupies a one story wooden building 70x 40 feet, a two story wooden building 45x60 feet, and a store house 20x35 feet, located on Water street, for the tanning of leather. He commenced business in 1833 and employs 3 hands. G. & E. RowELL occupy a two story wooden building 30 x80 feel, located on Water street, forthe currying of leather. They commenced business in 1856, and employ 10 hands, turning out from 700 to 800 sides of leather per month, do- ing business to $15,000 per annum. S. F. & J. A. Gray commenced the manufacture of brick in 1866. They employ 20 hands and produce 1,500,000 bricks per year. ^^EDHAin, 9^ miles from Hoston, at the T^rl terminus of the Dedliam Branch. This place has about '^ _V 5,000 inhabitants and four churches ; 12 trains run each way to and from Boston, daily. (For manufacturers, see Boston and South Dedham.) TlEERFIEf^D, 33 miles from Spring- ^^^ field, and 3 from Greenfield. This village is located . ._y one mile from the depot, at the junction of the Con- necticut and Deerfield rivers, on the West side of the former and both sides of the latter, a village and town by the same name. From the mountains in this vicinity, delightful views 228 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. BROWN'S PATENT C SPRING riiis is the lij;lilcst iiiul most diira- carria]V. This village is situated about 7 miles from Taunton and 8 miles from Fall Kiver, on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. Dighton has 7 churches, and is situated on the Taunton Great River, 17 miles from Providence and 40 from Boston and has a population of 1,800. (Sec also North Dighton.) DiGiiTON Rolling Mill Co., incorporated in 1866. Wm. Cobb, treasurer and agent ; E. W. Barstow, president. They employ 50 hands and manufacture at the rate of 125 kegs of nails per day. The power is furnished by two Corliss engines, one of 15?) and one of 50 horse power. They manufacture plates for making tacks and have in use the Dudgeon steam hammer, made by R. Dudgeon of New York. Dighton Tack Co., R. A. Robertson, treasurer and agent. These works were formerly owned by the Union Manufacturing Co., whicli company built here in 1856. In 1865 they sold to the Dighton Tack Co. They occupy two buildings. Main building, used as factory, 103x40 feet. Packing shop, 35x35 feet, together with two store houses with blacksmith shop attached. They employ about 50 hands. Their power is furnished by a steam engine made by the Corliss Steam Engine Co. of Providence, 40 horse OI>C)JEVlI.I^E, 32 miles from Boston, llifrom Providence; a manufacturing village on the Boston and I'rovidence Railroad. Hebron Manufacturing Company. These mills were built by J. C, Dodge about the year 1838, and were run by what may be known as the Dodgeville Cotton Manufacturing Company. In 1854 these mills were purchased by Messrs. B. B. & R. Knight, of Providence, R. I., and have since that time been used by them for the manufacture of cotton goods. The mill is wood, three stories, 203x40. A fiue brick building with French roof, contains engine room, dressing, cloth and marking room. The boiler room is built of brick, and is 26x4 2 feet. This company employ about 160 hands, runs 170 looms, 8,000 spindles, and consume about 20 bales of cotton per week. The power is furnished by one of Corliss's en- gines of 80 horse power. These works have capacity of turning out nearly 150,000 yds. per month. The office of Messrs. B. B. & R. Knight is at No. 26 Exchange Place, Providence, R. I. aORCHESTER, 5 miles from Boston and 65 from Southbridge, a village on the Nepon- set river, 1^ miles from the depot in the town of Dorchester, on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. D. Eddy & Son. The business, manufacturing refrigera- tors was established by D. Eddy, in 1847, who is the oldest manufacturer of the kind in the State, he has taken several premiums, awarded by the Massachusetts Mechanics' Fairs, and his refrigerators are considered the best now in use, be- ing packed with charcoal and lined throughout with zinc, and provided with slate-stone shelves. They occupy a 3 story building 40x80 feet, situated on Harrison Square. They employ 15 hands and turn out 1,500 refrigerators and 500 steps per year. This latter article for the use of libra- Webb's N. E. Railway and Mamifactnrers Statistical Gazetteer. 229 ries, china closets, and for removing articles from high shelves, &c., is one of the most useful articles now in use. B. F. Brown occupies 3 buildings as follows : — 150x30, 2 stories, 30x20, 2 stories and 60x20, 1 story. He employs 30 hands, manufacturing the patent C spring wagon, and producing 150 per year. The business was established in 1849. The wagons built by Mr. Brown are verj' desirable, and are extensively used in different parts of the United States. R. Gleasox & Son, commenced the manufacture of sil- ver plated ware, in 1822. They occupy about J acre of flooring on Washington street, and employ 50 hands. 5^0UGLiAS, situated 48 miles from Bos- 'Xri ton, 22 from Southbridgc. and 30 from Providence, C ^y is a village on the Boston, Hartford & P>ie Railroad, containing 2 churches and a population of about 200. The village is situated about half a mile from the depot. The Douglas Axe Manl'factuking Co. It is an old and trite saying that people know not, or do not appreciate the magnitude of their own local institutions, until they are made the subject of some scribbler's editorial. There are, however, but few who have not made themselves familiar with the fact that the town of Douglas has, within its limits, the oldest established and most extensive axe manufactory in the United States, or the world. Axe making was first commenced in this town more than half a century ago by Dea. Oliver Hunt, who carried on the business of a blacksmith in an ordinary looking shop, still standing upon the principally street of the village. From being frequently called upon to repair the broken axes of farmers living in the vicinity, the idea was suggested to him of making axes from a model of his own, and a barrel of them was soon sent to market at Providence. The business thus established gradually increased, until the year 1836, when the present campany was incorporated. The company has invested in the manufacture of axes and edge tools, a capital of $400,000. Their works are four in number, each comprising several shops, and for propelling their machinery one turbine water wheel and eight breast wheels are used. lu the summer of 1866, water becoming low in the Mumford river, upon which the works are located a large engine of 100 horse power was put up at an expense of about 815,000. It has ever since remained idle, the river furnishing a sufficient quantity of water for all purposes. 1,500 tons of iron and 300 tons of cast steel are used each year, and the consumption of coal for healing purposes amounts to upwards of 2.000 tons. The company employ over 300 hands, and have facilities for manufacturing near- ly 81,000,000 in goods annually. Use 1,200 tons of grind- stones. Besides axes, the other implements manufactured are adzes, hatchets, picks, mattocks, knives, the Spanish axe (an odd pattern, made expressly for exportation to Spain,) and the Spanish machetes, an implement used in Cuba for cutting wild cane, also for warfare. Their goods are used in all parts of the world, orders being frequently received not only from the various countries in Europe, but from Cuba, Australia, South America and Africa. The company received a silver medal at the Paris Exposition, the only one awarded, a fae simile of which may be seen at their counting room. Not less than twenty-five men are employed on every axe before it reaches the packing room. Certain marks are made upon each one as it passes through the hands of the forgers and temperers, so that any defect in its manufacture can be easily traced to its author. Most of the operatives are paid by the piece, each room being under the charge of an inspector who exercises a general supervision over the operations in his department. Jl^OVER, 15| miles from Boston and 21| 'JIfi from Woonsocket. A village situated on the Charles C ^J River and Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hart- ford and Erie Railroad, containing three churches. The town of Dover has a very uneven surface. s s road. lil^'STABI^E. (See Tyngsboro' and Dunstable.) WBGIITS, 80 miles from New Loudon and 20 from Grout's Corner, (now Miller's Falls,) a country station on the New London Northern Ilail- /jlAST ABl.\GTO:V, 19^ miles from If ly Boston, on tlie Hanover Branch of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. A village containing two churches and 4,000 inhabitants. C. H. Dill, 2d, Union street, near the Post Office. He commenced business about the year 1864 ; employs 25 hands, and has a capacity for turning out 150 cases of boots and shoes per week. Abner CiRTis, Union street. Mr. Curtis established busi- ness about 1820, and employs nearly 150 men, manufactur- ing shoes and Congress boots. He occupies five buildings, one of them three stories. Salesroom No. 51 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. S. Reed, Jr., Union street. Mr. Reed commenced the business in 1856, and usually employs about 50 hands, turn- ing out on an average, 25 cases per week. Manufactures buff and Creoles and balraorals of the finest quality. C. W. Torrey, Union street. Mr. Torrey began busi- ness about the year 1865. He employs about 60 hands, and turns out 100 cases per week. The building is of wood, two stories high. Ira F. Lowell, North avenue, near Union street. Mr. Lowell established business in 1859, and employs about 30 hands. This factory has capacitj' for turning out 2,400 piiirs per week of boots and shoes, 100,000 pairs per year, being over 5,000 cases. Mr. L. occupies one building, of wood, 2 J stories high, and about 45 feet by 32. Leasder Clrtis, Union street. Mr. Curtis established business in 1843, and on an average employs about 8 hands, and has a capacity of turning out 600 cases per year. He occupies one building, of wood, two stories high, and about 20 feet by 32. Joshua Clutis, Jr., Union street. Mr. Curtis commenc- ed here about 1848, and employs about 10 hands. He has two buildings on Summit street, for fitting and cutting sole leather. This establishment has a capacity for turning out about 80 cases per week. Jacob Whiting & Co. This firm was established about the year 1853, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. They employ about nine men in the factory and 25 or 30 hands outside. This firm has a capacity for turning out 50 or 60 cases per week. They occupy one 2 story building. Jenkins Lane & Sons, Market street, at the head of Un- 230 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. ion street. This firm was established about the year 1835, by Sir. Jenkins Lane. The main building was built in 1859, and is three stories high, 40 feet by 80. The power is furnished by an engine of 10 horse power, manufactured in Chelsea. The basement is used for cutting and fitting. Daniel Blaschard occupies a building 25x67, two sto- ries, wood, for the manufacture of men's calf boots. He em- ploys 25 persons, produces 20 cases per week, and does a business amounting to $50,000 per year. C. H. Lane commenced the manufacture of men's boots and shoes of all kinds, in July, 18G7. The building is 25x 67, three stories, wood. Employs 40 persons, produces 50 cases per week, and does a business of $100,000 per 3'ear. Studley & TniiNER occupy a building 40x25, four stories, for the manufacture of men's boots and shoes. Employ 70 persons, produce 1 ,500 cases per week, and does a business of $80,000 per year. Melvin Shaw coimnenced the manufacture of men's boots and shoes in 1864. He employs 30 persons, and occupies a building 22x32, three stories ; produces 1,500 cases yer year and does a business of $20,000 per year. The boots and shoes are not cut here, but made up for other parties. George B. Clapp occupies a building 80x46, three stories with wing 60x35, three stories, for the manufacture of men's shoes and overshoes, commencing here in 1861. He em- ploys 250 persons and produces from 6,000 to 8,000 cases per year, doiug a business of $350,000. J. F. Dane, Grinnell & Co. manufacturers of men's fine calf boots, Oxford brogans, &c. They occupy two shops, one 125x45 feet, three stories high, and the other 125x30 feet, two stories. They employ 100 hands, their business amount- ins to $100,000. atAST & WEST BRIDGEWA \j TER, 25 miles from Boston, 42| from Newport, a country station on the Old Colony & Newport Rail- road. The village of West Bridgewater is located one mile from the depot. (See East Bridgewater.) ^ tAST BRAIiVTREC:, about 12 mUes from Boston, on the South Shore Railroad. In the town of Braiutree, a country station. # 4ST BREWSTER, flag station, situated 91 miles from Boston, and 2 from Orleans, on the Cape Cod Central Railroad. /if AST BRII>OE^'ATER, 25 miles If h from Boston and 42| from Newport, a village on the Abington and Bridgewater Branch Railroad, a branch of the Old Colony Railroad running from South Abington to Bridgewater. The village containing 3 churches and the following manufactories : Wm. V^inton, manufacturer of shoes, established business 1851, occupying a small building situated on what was known as the " School house lot." He built his present building about the year 1856. It is a fine 2 story wood building 30x40 feet, situated on Depot street, near the Rail- road Station. He .employs about 20 hands, and manufac- tures a fine quality of shoes. Franki,in I>dson, manufacturer of boots and shoes, es- tablished business here about the year 1861. He occupies a 2 story wooden building about 50x30, together with base- ment of the " Academy building." He employs about 20 hands. The Dean & Perry Foundry and Machine shop was started here Sept. 1, 1868. (Mr. .Joshua Dean was formerly fore- man for Wm. E. Burt of Keith's Station.) This firm now occupy the works formerly used by the Old Colony Iron company, consisting of 3 buildings. They employ 18 men. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 10 horse power, manufactured by the Atlantic works of Boston, Mass. The East Bridgewater Iron Co. was built in 1837. and consists of a rolling mill, with addition, 150x75 feet. Their motive power is received from 2 water wheels ; one 75 horse, the other 20 horse power. They make in this building roll nail plate, shovel and back strip plate, and tack plate. They have also a nail factory, 60x35 feet, with L, for the manufac- ture of cut nails, chuck and boat nails. One forge for mak- ing charcoal blowers, running 2 fires. The power for this building is furnished by a 20 horse engine to drive their hammer, and 1 of 10 horse power to blow the fires. This establishment is situated on the Matfield river, where they have 17J feet fall. They employ 60 men, and produce about 25,000 chuck nails per year, on an average, and about 500 tons tack plate. The works are located about ^ of a mile from the depot, on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. /it AST BROOKFIEI^D is situated §f n ou the Five-mile river, which empties into the Chi- ^^ copee, 64 miles from Boston, 136 from Albany, on the Boston and Albany Railroad. It contains one church, and a population of about 500. The Brookfield Manufacturing Company commenced business in 1865, for the manufacture of blue denims. The business was established in 1850 by Wright & Whitman. Their factory building is 4 stories, 75x40 feet ; repair shop, 20x35 feet, 2 stories ; dry house, 50x30 feet, 2 stories ; cot- ton house, 50x30 feet, 2 stories ; and office, 25x16, 1 story. They employ 75 hands, running 60 looms, and turning out 2,500 yards of cloth per day. The machinery is driven by a 75 horse power Turbine wheel. For heating purposes they use a flue boiler. Jesse Moulton commenced the manufacture of castings for machinery, &c., in 1845. He occupies a building 75x40 feet, 1 story, and a warehouse 40x30 feet, 2 stories. He employs 10 hands. George Forbes & Co., manufacturers of carriage wheels, commenced business in 1854. The business was es- tablished in 1843 by S. G.^Reid. The building is 74x40 feet, 4 stories. The macliinery is driven by a 60 horse power breast wheel, 16x15, under 15 feet fall. They employ 20 hands, turning out 10 set per day. They have in con- nection with their works a dry house, 16x20 feet, IJ stories, and 4 store houses, 160x30 feet, 1 story; 60x25 feet, 2 stories ; 40x50 feet, 2 stories ; and 60x40 feet, 2 stories, respectively. In the same building we find : J. W. Vaughn, who commenced business in 1860, and occupies the first floor. He manufactures carriage spokes, having in use 3 machines for turning which produce 1,000 spokes per day. He employs 7 hands. HoBB Brothers, who have a room in the fourth story, commenced business in 1867. They manufacture "Curtis' Improved Revolve, Sole Dicing and Cutting Machine," and do a general machinist business, employing 4 hands. Lincoln & Ayres commenced the manufacture of wire goods in 1832. They occupy 2 buildings, 60x30 and 24x 24 feet respectively, employ 25 persons and do a business Webb's N. E. Railway and Manvfacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 231 amounting to from $25,000 to $40,000 annually. The works are situated at Oakham, reached from the above depot. John Oilman commenced business in 1867. Their build- ings comprise a factory 30x80 feet, 4 stories, dye house 18x 20 feet, picker room 16x24 feet. He runs 1,300 spindles 30 looms, consuming 300 lbs. of cotton and producing 900 yards daily. Their machinery is driven by a 5J feet water wheel. The factory is located on Chicopee river, having a fall of 8i feet. Their agents in Boston are J. S. & E. Wright & Co. At North Brookfield, reached from this station, are the following manufacturing establishments : Richardson, Knight & Peabody commenced business January 1st, 1869, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. They occupy a 4 story building, 36x84 ft., employ 75 hands and produce 300 pairs daily. Amount of business yearly, 8200,000. J. A. Cunningham, Agent. H. H. Sparks, manufacturcrof superior calf pocket books and wallets, commenced business in the spring of 1849. He occupies a 2 story building, 47x24 feet, with ba-sement, and employs, when business is brisk, about 75 hands, and does a business of about $60,000 a year. Edmasds, Dukcan & HuKLBtrr, manufacturers of boots and shoes. The business was established under the firm of S. M. Edmands & Co., in the year 1850. The size of their building is 64x40 feet. They employ 100 hands, producing 500 pairs boots and daily, and about 140,000 annually. Their establishment is situated 4 miles from either Brookfield, East Brookfield or West Brookfield stations. /jlAST DOi:OI>AS, situated 46 miles \3\j from Boston and 24 from Southbridge, on the Bo'ston, Hartford & Erie Railroad ; a village of about 600 in- habitants, containing 2 churches. The principal business of this village is the manufacturing of axes, which is very ex- tensive. (See Douglas.) # AST FREETO^V:^', 9 miles from New Bedford, a country station, on the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad. /jlAST HAI?IPTO]%, situated on Man- If h ham river, a stream which rises in the mountains, flowing on the outskirts of the village and finally mingles its waters with the Connecticut at Oxbow, or Mount Tom station. The village is situated 65 miles from New Haven, on the New Haven & Northampton Railroad. It contains about 4,000 inhabitants, has 4 churches and 1 bank. In 1868, the town built a fine hall for use of the town offices, &c. The manufacturing consists of buttons, cotton yam, elastic suspenders, vulcanized rubber, rubber thread and steam pumps. The prosperity of Easthampton is due, to a large extent, to the energy and enterprise of Hon. Samuel Willis- ton, who is interested in most of the companies in the place. Williston Seminary, located here, was founded by the mu- nificence of Hon. Samuel Williston. It was first opened for the reception of pupilg in December, 1841, and has since en- joyed uninterrupted prosperity. Additions have been made from time to time by the founder, to its buildings, apparatus and funds, until the whole amount of donations, including $50,000 for the new dormitory recently completed, has reached the sum of $225,000. Easthampton Rui'.iiER Thread Co. Incorporated 1864, with a capital of $100,000. H. G. Knight, President ; Seth Warner, Treasurer ; — manufacturers of rubber thread, used by all manufacturers in woven elastic goods. They occupy the 1st and 3d stories of a 100x50 three story building — wing 60x25, 1 story — used for thread cutting room; L 30x 50, 2 stories. Office building, 60 x 35, 2 stories, which is also used by the Glendale Elastic Fabric Co. for office, and the 2d story for store room ; and by the Easthampton Steam Pump and Engine Co. The Easthampton RtTBBEU Thread Company's works are driven by a steam engine with 24 inch cylinder, four ft. stroke, making 57 revolutions per minute, made by the Washington Iron Works, of Newburg, N. Y. ; steam fur- nished by two return drop tubular boilers. They employ 40 hands. The Glendale Elastic Fabric Co. was incorporated in 1867 ; capital $150,000. E. H. Sawyer, president ; H. G. Knight, treasurer, and E. Thomas Sawyer, agent ; for the manufacture of rubber elastic goods, making a speciality of gusset web ; they being the only company in the country who make this last mentioned article. The business was estab- lished in 1860 by Messrs. Sawyer, Knight & Williston. They employ 125 hands, running 70 looms. The motive power is furnished from a 100 horse power turbine wheel. They also have another mill about two miles distant, where they manufacture their own cords and braids, of different sizes and various colors. At this mill they run 100 braiding machines, employ 70 hands, turning out 3,000 gross of cords and braids, and 40,000 yards of web per month. Power from a turbine wheel 65 horse power. The Easthampton Pump and Engine Co. commenced business in 1869, and manufacture steam pumps. They oc- cupy a building 40x125 feet, employ 22 hands, and produce four steam pumps per week. National Bitton Co. Established by Samuel Williston, in 1860. The buildings occupied are numerous, covered with slate. They employ 16 men and 125 girls, and manu- facture cloth covered buttons. Produce 1,500 gross per day, and doing business of about $200,000 per annum. The ma- chinery is driven by a 15 horse power water wheel, under 20 feet fall ; located on Rum brook. Agents, Williston, Knight & Co., 84 and 86 Chambers street, IS^ew York. Geo. L. Manchester commenced the business of gas pipe fitting in 1864. He occupies a 2 story building, employs from 3 to 10 hands, and does a business of about $25,000 per year. He does a large business in the piping of manu- facturing establishments surrounding, of which there are many. Mr. Manchester is a graduate of the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Co., of Providence; R. I., to which he owes much of his success. /jlAST HOEEISTON, 25 miles from \3\j Boston, and 27 from Worcester, a station in the town of HoUiston, on the Miltbrd Branch Railroad. Harriman & Leland occupy a 3 story wooden building, 32x32 feet, for the manufacture of boots. They commenced business in 1858, employ 30 hands, turn o>it 250 cases of boots per month, and consume 750 sides of leather. Stetson & Talbot occupy two 2 story wooden buildings, 23x46 feet and 20x60 feet respectively, located on Wash- ington street, for the manufacture of shoe nails and tacks of every description. They commenced business January 1, 1866, employ 9 hands, turn out 12 tons of nails per month, and consume 12 tons of iron and zinc. Their machinery is driven by an upright engine of 5 horse power, supplied with steam from a flue boiler 16 feet long, 42 inches in diameter. They also use a breast water wheel, 11 feet square, and do business amounting to $30,000 per year. 232 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. (i .1ST I^EXIXCITOI^, 9 miles from Boston and 2 from Lexington, a flag station on the Arlington and Lexington Railroad. /jlEST ]fIAl.I>EI¥, 5J miles from Bos- If n ton and 6 J from Lynn. A village of 793 inhabitants ^""■^ on the Siiugns Branch of the Eastern Railroad. There are 192 children attending school and 197 voters. /jLAST ^flEBlfVAY, 22 miles from Bos- If U ton, 10 from Woonsocket and 31 from Providence, a village containing one chnrch and abont 200 inhabi- tants on the Woonsocket Division of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad on the Charles River. /jjllSTO.ir, 24i miles from Boston, 43^ if L) from Newport, a small village, containing two ohiircliL's, on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. Furnace Vh^lage (Easton) is situated in the westerly part of the town, between the Old Colony and Newport Railway and the Taunton Branch Railroad, about 2 miles from the Easton station on the first-named road, and about i miles from Norton station of the Taunton Branch. A blast furnace was started here about 1770 by John Brown, of Providence. During the AVar of Independence cannon were cast here. The old building in which the cannon were bored stood imtil 1824. The establishment, after changing owners several times, was bought by Shepard Leech in 1807. Mr. Leech was one of the most extensive foundrymen in the State, he running some four or five blast furnaces in dif- ferent parts of Massachusetts. The castings for the first (!otton machinery made in this country were cast here, as well as all of the main gearing, &c., for the first cotton fac- torie.s. In 1835 the establishment came into the hands of the present owner, Lincoln Drake, who has run the foundry most of the time since. The last blast in the blast furnace was made in 18C3, it being run since then as a cupola fur- nace. The buildings consist of a foundry building, 187x36 feet, divided into a moulding shop, 100x36., a cleaning room and store room, .")2x36, and wheel house and room for grinders, 35x36 ; also a carpenter's and blacksmith's shop, 40x24, machine shop. 40x20 feet. From 1 J to 2^ tons of iron are melted here per day, and from 16 to 24 hands are employed. The castings made are for light machinery, schoolhouse furnitiye, and light castings of all descriptions. The machinery is driven by water power. In 1836 Lincoln Drake established a malleable iron foundry, which is now run by Daniel Belcher. i^AST RA!¥I>OEPH, is situated 15 • J y miles from Boston, .")2^ from Newport. The village is one mile east from the depot and contains two churches. The inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Whitcomb & Paine, occupy a 2 story wooden building 60x30 feet, located on Franklin street, for the manufactui-e of boots. They commenced business in 1848, have 50 em- ployees, turn out 900 pairs of boots per week, and do busi- ness to the amount of $150,000 per annum. They have an office and salesroom at No. 65 Hanover street, Boston. (g AST SAEISRIJKY, 38 miles from Boston and 18 from Portsmouth. A country station in the town of Salisbury on the Eastern Railroad ; the Amesbury Branch leaves the main branch here. The town of Salisbury was granted in 1638 by the name of Merrimae. The year following it was incorporated by the name of Colchester and in 1640 assumed by direction of the then general court, the name of Salisbury. It is 7x3 miles in extent, and is bounded southerly by the river Merrimae, westerly by Powovv river, which divides it from A)nesbury, northerly by the New Hampshire line. There are two con- siderable villages in Salisbury, the largest is at the westerly part of the town upon Powovv river at the head of tide water. The village is divided by said river into two parts, one is Salisbury and the other is Amesbury. The other is pleas- antly situated on the bank of the Merrimae and is called Salisbury Point. A village of 400 inhabitants. There are two other little villages in the town. Salisbury Plains and Ring's Island. There is in the town a population of 3,609, 719 dwelling houses, 850 families, 7 churches, as follows: 2 Baptists, 2 Methodists, 1 Congregational and 2 Orthodox ; 10 schools; No. of male inhabitants 1,658, females 1957; No. of voters 887 ; personal property, $527,400 ; real estate, 1,763,000; rate of taxation, $1.13 on $1,000. There is one bank called the Powow National, capital $100,000 ; the town covers 10,000 acres of laud. The representative manufactories in the town and at the village of Salisbury, itre as follows : Seth Clark & Co. occupy a 3 .story wooden building 125x38 feet, and a store house 40x38 feet and another 2 stories 25x28 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufac- ture of light carriages and sleighs. They comnienc^ed busi- ness in 1860, employ 25 hands and turn out annually 275 carriages and 100 sleighs. They consume $4,000 worth of iron and 30,000 feet of lumber per year, doing business to the amount of $45,000. BfeNNETT & Clark, occupy a 3 story wooden building 38 x80 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of car- riages and sleighs. They commenced busmess in 1866, employ 30 hands, turn out 250 carriages and 100 sleighs per year, and do business amounting to $25,000. CiiESWELL & Boardman, occupy a 2 story wooden build- ing 20x50 feet, a store house 14x18 feet and a blacksmith shop 137x25 feet, located on Market street, where they em- ploy 15 hands for the manufacture of carriages. They com- menced business in 1867, and turned out 200 carriages per year, consuming $1,500 worth of iron and 5,000 feet of lumber, doing business of $20,000 per annum. Enoch W. Osgood, occupies a 2 story wooden building 40x40 feet with L 25x25 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of machinery and tools. He commenced busi- ness in 18.52, and employs 3 hands. His machinery is driven by a steam engine of 4 horse power furnished with steam from upright tubular boiler built at East Boston. He does a business of $3,000 per annum. Gale & Morrill, occupy a 3 story wooden building 50x 35 feet and another 2 stories 35x30 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of carriagss and sleighs. They commenced business in March 1868, employ 18 hands and turn out 150 carriages and 75 sleighs per year. They con- sume $4,000 worth of iron and 30,000 feet of lumber and do business of $30,000 per annum. G. H. & C.W. Patten occupy a 3 story wooden building, 60x30 feet, located on Market street, for the manufacture of light carriages and sleighs. They commenced business in 1866, and employ 20 hands. They turn out 200 carriages and from 65 to 100 sleighs yearly, consuming 15,000 feet of wood, and doing a business of $25,000. W. F. S.\JiGENT occupies a 2 story wooden building, 30x30 feet, and a blacksmith's shop, 2 stories, 25x25 feet, located in the rear of Market street, for the manufacture of Webb's N. E. Railway and Manii/acturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 233 carriages and sleighs. He commenced business in 1868, employs 12 hands, turns out 200 carriages, and consumes about S3,000 worth of iron per j'car. D. & C. W. Baii.ev occup_v a 2 story wooden building, 30x50 feet, also 1 fluor of a 2 story building, 45x4o feet, located on Elni street, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs. They commeaced business in 18G7, employ 12 hands, and consume S2,000 worth of iron and 5,000 feet of hard wood per year, turning out 150 carriages and 25 sleighs, and do a business of $20,000 per annum. E. MoHRELL occupies a 3 story wooden building, 36x60 feet, one 22x32 feet, one 27x40 feet, and another 20x30 feet, located oii Main street. Salisbury Point, one mile from Amesbury mills, for the manufacture of carriages and sleighs of every description. He commenced business in 1864, and employs 25 hands. He turns out 300 carriages aud 50 sleighs, consuming 12 tons of iron and 15,000 feet of asli and white wood per year, doing business of $43,000. /jlAST SA.lfD\riCH, a flag station, If y situated about 1 mile between Sandwich and West Barnstable, on the Cape Cod Railroad, containing about 50 inliabitants. /jlAST SAL'GTS, 2 miles from Lynn, ■ J L/ and 11 from Boston, a village in the town of Sau- gus, on the Saugus Branch of the Eastern Railroad, contains 300 inhabitants and 1 church. S. N. HussEV occupies the basement of a 2 story wooden building, 50x30 feet, located on Boston street, where he employs 25 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business 1868, and turns out 20 cases per week (60 pairs per case) ; doing busi- ness of $4,000 per annum. J. B. Callev & Sons occupy 1 floor of a 4 story wood building, 44x44 feet, located ou Boston street, where they employ 30 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in June, 1866, and turn out from 500 to 600 cases of boots and shoes per annum. Albert Hitchixgs occupies a 2 story wooden building, 18x40 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1845, employs from 40 to 50 hands, and turns out 500 pairs per week, doing business of from $20,000 to $30,000 per annum. C. W. Newhall, occupies two floors of a J story brick building 44x22 feet, located on Boston street, where he em- ploys 35 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1853, and turns out 40,000 pairs of boots aud .shoes per year, doing business of $75,000. D. S. N'ewhall, occupies a 2 story wooden building oOx 30 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1865, employs 50 hands, turns out 120 pair of boots and shoes per day and does business amount- to $60,000 per annum. Harman, Hall & Co., occupj' a 2 story brick building 44x22 feet and a 3 story wooden building 30x25 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies,' misses' and childrens boots and shoes. They commenced business in May 1867, and employ 50 hands. They consume 4,800 feet of upper leather and 1,800 lbs. of sole leather per week, producing 2,400 pairs of boots and shoes per week and do business of 8150,000 per John Putnam occupies a 2 story wooden building, 18x41 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots, slippers, and buskins. He commenced business in 1843, employs 12 hands, and turns out 1,000 pairs per month, doing business of $9,000 per annum. George Oi.ivbr occupies 1 floor of a 2 story brick build- ing, 45x48 feet, located on Boston street, where he employs 40 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses', and chil- dren's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1856, and turns out from 12 to 15 cases per week, doing business amounting to $40,000 per annum. R. A. Johnson occupies a 2 story wooden building, 40x28 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1862, and has 60 employees. He runs 8 stitch- ing machines, and turns out 180 pairs of boots per day. Nelson Raddq." occupies 2 floors of a 3 story wooden building, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1863, employg 20 hands, and turns out $30,000 worth of boots and shoes per year. A. Clarke Newhall occupies tlie lower floor of a two story wooden building 50x30 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in June, 1863 ; em- ploys 50 hands, and turns out 40 cases of boots and shoes per week. Raddin, Newhall & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing 24x56 ft. with an ell, two stories, 24x30 feet, located on Boston street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The business was commenced by W. H. Raddin in 1858, and by the present firm in Nov. 1868. They employ 100 hands, and turn out 2,000 cases per year, doing business of $175,000. W. F. Hitchings occupies the lower floor of a two story wooden building 18x28 feet, located ou Main street, Saugus Centre, Mass., for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's slippers. He commenced business in 1866, and employs 25 hands. He turns out 300 cases of slippers per year, (60 pairs per case) ; consuming 15,000 feet of goat skin, 4,500 lbs. of sole leather, and .300 lbs. of stiffenings per year ; doing business of $175,000. /jtASTS 11 \j Boston at ^'^ N. R. R. STOlJGJHTOilf, 16| miles from and 50^ miles from Newport on the O. C. & . The village of Stoughton is one mile west from the station. /flAST TAUI^TOIV (formerly Squaw- IjTl betty) 6 miles from Middleboro', 4^ from Taunton, ^-^ a small post village on the Middleboro' and Taun- ton Railroad. # AST ^WEBSTER, 57^ miles from Boston, 12 J from Southbridge, a station in Webster village, on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. /ftAST ^VEY:?I0UTH, 15 miles s. s. \3[j K. of Boston, a village on the South Shore Rail- road. The WErMOUTH Iron Co. was incorporated in 1836 with the following officers. President, Isaac Pratt, Jr., Brigh- ton, Mass. ; Treasurer and Agent, N. Stetson, Esq., Bridge- water, Mass. This company employs 250 hands and does a 234 Statims in the State of Massachusetts. business of from 8550,000 to $600,000 p«r year. Capital invested $150,000. These works contain 6 double puddling furnaces, 5 heating furnaces, 90 nail machines and 2 trains of roll.s for bar plates. Power is furnislied these works by 4 .steam engines, '' Furgeson's patunt," one of 350 horse power and the other 10 to 12 horse power, also 6 water wheels, over shot and breast. Connected with this rolling mill are 4 nail factories, one at the mill, one near the Eail- road depot, one in the vicinity of the mill and one in Hing- ham, a mile distant from the mill. The mill is located if of mile from navigation on Weymouth Bank river. Iron and coal are transported this distance in wagons and carts. Large vessels unload about 4 miles below and cargoes are sent up in lighters. In the mill there is an over shot water wheel 40 feet diameter and 13 feet bucket for the puddle and bar rolls and sque«zer and an upright beam engine 35 inch steam cylinder and 6 feet stroke, calculated at 350 horse power for bloom and nail rolls. This etigine can also be connected with the nail factory machinery which is general- ly driven by water wheels. This company consume 1,800 tons of ore and 8,000 tolls of coal per year and produce on an average 5,500 tons of nail and S])ikes. M. C. DizEU & Co., manufacturers of boots, established business here about the year 1848. The machinery of this establishment is driven by a steam engine of 8 horse power manufactured by Messrs. Chubbuck & Sons, of Boston, Mass. This firm employs 100 hands and produce about 25 cases of boots per day. Their salesroom is at No. 112 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. W. D. Fakken manufactures boots and shoes. He es- tablished business in 1866, and occupies one building 4 stories 40x64 feet, and employs from 40 to 50 hands. The power is furnished by a steam engine of 50 horse power. This establishment turns out on an average from 40 to 50 cases per week. In connection with the factory Mr. Farren has a salesroom and office at No. 60 Pearl street, Boston. ViNiNG & Randall, manufacturers of boots, occupy a 3 story wooden buiWing 35x45 feet, located on Main street. This business was established in 1865 by Bates & Vining. In 1868 Mr Randall associated himself with Mr. Vining under the firm name of Vining »& Randall. They employ about 40 hands and turn out 1,500 cases of boots per year. M. D. Canteebcrt, successor to N. C. Canterbury & Son. The business was established by N. C. Canterbury, Esq., in 1835. In 1860, Mr. M. D. Canterbury associated himself with his father under firm style of N. C. Canter- bury & Son. December 1, 1868, the firm was changed to that of M. D. Canterbury, the senior partner withdrawing. Mr. Canterbury employs 75 hands, and turns out 3,000 cases of boots and shoes per year. In this establishment all articles are manufactured by machinery, the power being furnished by a steam engine of 10 horse power made by S. E. Chubbuck & Son, of Boston, Mass. He has a salesroom and office at No. 30 Pearl street, Boston. J. W. RoDGERS, manufacturer of boots, commenced busi- ness in 1861. He employs 20 hands, occupies 2 buildings, and has a capacity of producing 50 cases per week. A. T. Fkench & Co., manufacturers of boots and shoes, established business about the year 1858. They employ 21 hands, and turn out about 100 cases per month, occupying a 3 story wooden building, 30x40 feet. II. T. BiCKNELL established business on New street about 1856. He occupies a building 30x40 feet, employs 14 hands, and produces about 15 cases of boots and shoes per week. Otis H. Randall, manufacturer of boots, commenced business in 1864. He occupies a building 23x30 feet, and employs 12 hands. He has a sample and sales room on Commercial street, comer of Hanover square, Boston. A. C. Hall commenced the manufacture of boots in 1862. He occupies a 2 story wooden building, 22x30 feet, and employs 10 hands. Alva Ratmonh commenced the manufacture of boots, shoes and Congress gaiters in 1820. He occupies a building 22x48 feet, employs about 12 hands, and turns out, on an average, 400 pairs per month. Elias Richards established business here in 1820. lie occupies a building on Commercial street, 80x30 feet, 2 sto- ries, wood, and employs 20 hands. This establishment has the capacity of manufacturing 50 cases per week. Mr. R. is also largely engaged in fire insurance, being Secretary and General Manager of the Weymouth and Braintree Mutual Fire Ins. Co., office 36 Kilby street, Boston. This company was organized in 1833. N. L. White, of Braintree, is Presi- dent. E. Hobakt, Jr., manufacturer of boots and shoes. The business was established here under the firm of Hobart & French, in 1865. In 1866, Mr. French withdrew. Mr. Hobart employs from 12 to 15 hands, and produces about 10 cases per week. J. Totman & Son, inannfacturcrs of boots and shoes. This business was establihhed by Mr. Joseph Totman in 1851.. In 1864, Mr. J. R. Totman associated himself with his fatiier, under the firm name of J. Totman & Son. They occupy a building 27x21 feet, and produce about $35,000 worth of goods per year. C. Nash, manufacturer of boots and shoes, commenced business in 1837. He occupies a 2 story wooden building, 18x24 feet, and employs 25 hands. In 1868, this establish- ment manufactured about 1,100 cases. /jflAST WOBITRIV, situated 9i miles IJy from Boston, 45^ from Wilton and 16J from Lowell, on the Boston and Lowell Railroad, but more on the Stoneham Branch, which diverges from the main road about one mile north of Winchester. The village contains about 400 inhabitants and one church. Henshaw & Co. In 1837, the Fulton Hardware Manu- facturing Co. commenced the manufacture of all kinds of saws. In 1860 Henshaw & Co. succeeded to the business and which they hare conducted very sticcessfully. They oc- cupy 2 one story, buildings built of brick, 60x70, and 20x20, situated on Railroad st. near the Stoneham Branch Road. They employ 1 2 hands, their machinery consisting of 2 grinding ma- chines, 2 stones, 4 presses, 3 pairs shears and polishing wheels, driven by 2 Hazieton wheels 18 in., under 12 ft. fall, and a 12 horse engine made by Allen & Endicott. The steam is fur- nished from a flue boiler, made by Tetlow, of East Boston. This firm consume 20 tons steel annually. Office and sales- room, No. 31 Exchange street, Boston. Wm. Totman & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. This firm commenced business in 1860, on Central street, as successors of Wm. Totniiin, who estab- lished the business in 1850. They occupy a building 24x30, two stories, employ 25 hands, producing 200 pairs of shoes per week. This firm do considerable business in custom work ; their other goods are made for the New England trade. Fry & Thompson commenced business in 1866, for the manufacture of lacing, belt and picker leathers. Works are all situated on Mill street, near Washington, and consist of two buildings, 50x30 and 40x25, three stories. The num- ber of vats are 33. They consume 750 lbs. gambia, 20 gal- lons oil, and 150 lbs. tallow per week. Tanning, on an av- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 235 AMllICil TICK CO., Manufacturers of^ Copper, Swedes and Iron Tacks, L.eathered, Tinned, and Iron €'arpet Tack* ; Finishing, Black, and Tinned Ttntnk ^aih ; MMunffarian and Cigar Box „Valla ; QQ^wmm & iM&m mQ)Mm mMMnBf ZINC, COPPER, STEEL AND IRON SHOE NAILS; SECOND AND THIRD FINE NAILS; BIl»4DS, P^ITEA'T BU^inS, XC, XC, 5LTiiufai-tory at FAIRHAVEN, MASS. Salesroom, 48 Beekman Street, New York. erage, 600 Calcutta hides per month. The motive power is furnished from a 12 horse Blake wheel. # IjfjIS. A country stution of 40 inhabi- tants, situated 13 miles from Boston and 57 from SouthbridTC on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Riiil- /jlRVIIVG, 42 miles from Fitchburg, 92 Ify from Boston, and 14 from Greenfield. A village of about 400 inhabitants, containing 1 church. It is situated on the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, in the town of Erving which was incorporated April 17th, 1838. N. & T. W. Raxkin are manufacturers of wood-seat chairs. They occupy a building 80x40 feet, situated about 50 rods from the depot. They employ 25 hands and pro- duce 125,000 chairs per year. This firm has been in busi- ness since 1865. # VERETT'S STATION, J mile from South Dedham depot, being in the same village as a freight station on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Rail- -^AIRHAVEl^ is situated 1 mile from ^.^H New Bedford, and CO miles from Boston, on the V J\ Fairhaveu Branch Railroad. Tliis pleasant town was taken from New Bedford, in 1812. It lies across Acush- nett river, about a mile east of New Bedford, and is united to it by a bridge 3,960 feet in length, and is associated with it in many of its enterprises. It was first settled in 1764. During the year ending April 1st, 1867, the value of whale oil and bone imported into this place ^vas $322,272. The number of hands employed in the fishery was 945, and the capital invested $957,000. The population, in 1865, was 2,548. Amount of taxable property, 81,661,750, and the number of polls, 714. The number of wiialing vessels is 12, including barks, brigs and schooners. There is 1 bank situated here, " The Fairhaven National," capital $240,000, par value 80.00 ; also 1 savings bank. The American Tack Co., was organized in May, 1867. Capital 875,000. Charles E. Brigham, President, J. Ar- thur Beauvais, Treasurer. C. D. Hunt, resident agent. This company are successors to the American Nail Machine Company, who established the business in 1864. The works are h>cated on Fort street, in the south part of the village, bordering on the harbor. The building is 170x40 feet, 3 stories, built of stone. They employ 75 persons, consume 55 tons of iron per month and produce 815,000 worth of tacks and nails, using 60 tack and nail machines. A 60 horse engine supplies the motive power made by the Put- num machine company of Fitchburg, Mass. The company report that this engine is in their opinion one of the best ever built in this country. Office in Boston, 137 Congress street. Office in New York, 48 Beekman street, Wm. S. Guerineau, selling agent. The Boston and Fairhaven Iron Works was incorpor- ated in 1863. Capital 850,000. Reuben Nye, President, Job C. Tripp, Treasurer, B. T. Leonard, Agent, located on Laurel street, corner Union. The main building is 120x120 1 story, used as a foundry, machine shop 40x72, 2 stories and attic with L 22x50, 1 story, boiler and flask house 20x 30 feet, 2 stories. They employ 60 persons, manufacturing 236 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. machinery aud castiii-rsi, a 40 horse engine supplies tlie pow- er. They melt 2J tons of iron daily, doing a business of $100,000 annually. The Empike Rock Oil Co. not in operation. JAI^T^ RIVER, 53^ mUes from Bos- ton and 14 from Newport. A manufacturing city on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad and at the terminus of the Fall River Railroad from Providence via. Warren. The city is situated on Mount Hope Bay near the mouth of the Taunton River. A stearal)6at runs from Providence daily. It is built on rising ground which has a very steep ascent from the waters edge to a fidl quarter of a mile back. Previous to the year 1803 the town was a part of Freetown, after which it was incorporated a separate town nnder the name of Troy, and so remained until the year 1834 when the name was changed to Fall River, after a river of that name which flows through tlie centre of the city and has its rise in Watuppa pond, wliich latter is 11 miles long and 1 mile wide ; the river has a descent of 139 feet. The volume of water is constant, not liable to excess and of sufficient power for the largest manufactories. The harbor on Taunton river is safe and easy of access, and of sutficicMit depth of water for the largest ships. By the cen- sus (if IfsG.i there was found to be upwards of 21,700 inhab- itants, there being at the present time 23,203 ; there are 2,26o dwelling houses, 3,489 families, 3,204 legal voters and 915 naturalized voters. The valuation of property in May, 186.S, was as follows : Real estate, $9,818,518 ; per- sonal, $8,100,674, amounting to $17,919,192; polls 6,002; rate of taxation $14 per $1,000 ; amoimt of taxation $262,- 872 74. The largest amount of corporation valuation is $1,256,750, giving a tax of $17,594 50. There are 7 na- tional banks and 3 savings banks, as follows : First Nation- al Bank, incorporated during the year 1864, Jan. 23d, having a capital of $40,000 with a surplus of $50,000 ; President, John 8.-Brayton. Second National Bank has a capital of $100,000. S. An- gler Chace, president. Fall River National Bank has a cap- ital of $400,000. Richard Borden, president. Metaconiet Bai.k, capital $600,000. Jefferson Borden, president ; A. S. Tripp, cashier. Massasoit National Bank, capital $200,000. Charles P. Stickney, president ; Leander Borden, cashier. Pocasset National Bank was incorporated May, 1854, hav- ing a capital of $200,000. Samuel Hathaway, president ; E. E. Hathaway, cashier. National Union Bank, capital $200,000. Jesse Eddy, president ; D. A. Chapin, cashier. The Savings Banks are. Fall River, which was incorpo- 1338 ; nimiber of depositors 5,900 ; amount of de- rated posits, $2,150,000. J. B. French, president. Fall River Five Cent Savings Bank, incorporated Oct., 1855. Depoists from five cents up are received. S. Angler Chace, president. Amount on deposit, $275,000 ; number of depositors, 2,400 ; and Citizens Savings Bank, which was incorported Decem- ber, 1851. Joseph Osbom, president. The Fire Depart- ment consists of three steamers, one hand engine, and one hook and ladder company. There is one high school, lour grammer, nine intermediate and six primary schools. Num- ber of churches 17, of various denominations One Freed- man's Relief Society ; 1 Masonic and 3 Temperance Socie- ties. There is but one public library, which was establish- ed during the year 1860, and at the present time contains 5,633 volumes. In 1868, Fall River had 507,900 spindles in operation, 11,590 looms; hands employed, 6,759 ; consumed 23, 273,- 000 pounds of cotton, wool and jute ; 32,482 tons of coal ; 47,990 gallons of oil ; 636,600 pounds of starch, producing 114,364,000 yard of cotton and woolen goods. Pay roll of the corporations $200,000 per month. The American Print "Works commenced operations in 1834 ; capital stock $360,000 ; print 20,000,000 yards per aimiim ; 2,000,000 pounds of madder and garancine are annually consumed ; $385,000 dye-stuffs. Employ 500 per- sons ; consume 15,000 tons of coal ; 4 engines, 610 horse power ; 1 turbine, 4 feet 6 inch diameter, manufactured by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. Tlie statistics of the Bat State Print Works are included in the above account. The Fall Riveu Iron Works commenced operations 1822 ; capital stock $1,000,000 ; use 15,000 tons of coal ; manufacture 1,200,000 pounds of nails per annum. There are 106 nail machines and 24 furnaces. They also manu- facture hoops, round, square and flat, iron wire rods, cast- ing, &c. They require 600 workmen. They have an office and wave house at 71 South Water street. Providence, R. I. Edmund Chace, fanner. All kinds of belt leather, card, and tan skins are made by him. He established the busi- ness about the year 1835, and occupies a 2J story wooden building. 70x100 feet. At the present time there is em- ploj'ed 8 hands, who turn out about 3,000 sides of tanned leather per year. An 8 horse engine, with a cylinder boiler, furnishes the motive power. Kilburn, Lincoln, & Co.,* manufacture machinery, such as mill gearing, shafting, hydraulic presses, calenders, and mangles, steam engines and machinists' tools, cast iron pipe and heavy castings, but make a speciality of the Four- neyron turbine, to perfect which they have devoted much attention. The senior members of this firm commenced business about 22 years ago on a limited scale, and now are doing a very large business. Their works cover about 2 acres of groimd, and comprise a foundry, machine shop, pattern house, and several smaller buildings. The foundry is a stone Imilcling, .SO iuct square, aud well equipped for doing both light and heavy work. The machine shop is also of stone, 160x50 feet, 2 stories high, with an L 80x50 feet. Many tools in the shop have been made by themselves, and are well adapted to doing almost any kind of work. A por- tion of the shop is 30 feet high, thus giving space for cranes to swiYig, in order to " handle " heavy work. Their smith's shop is 50x30 feet, and pattern house 30x40 feet. They employ about 100 hands in their business, and consume an- nually about 700 tons of pig iron. They have facilities for turning out 500 tons of water wheel work, and 300 tons of miscellaneous machinery in the course of the year. The works are driven by one engine of 30 horse power and one of 8 horsepower, made by themselves. Their machinery is shipped to all sections of the country, and at the present time they are shipping work to the shores of the Pacific. Wm. M. Hawes & Co. manufacture lathes, planers, boring mills, shaping machines, upright drills, gear, cutting engines, &c. The company was established in 1862, and occupy a 2 story wooden building of about 8,000 square feet. They employ about 35 hands, with the following ma- chinery :- — 5 planes, 24 lathes, 1 gear cutter, 1 boring mill, 1 trip-hammer, and 2 upright drills. They use an engine of 16 horse power, built by a Rochester firm. Fall River Manufactory located on Pocasset street, WHS incorporated in 1813. Commenced operation in 1815. Capital, $150,000. Dr. Nathan Durfee, President; S. An- gler Chace, Treasurer. This mill was burned in 1868, at which time it contained 9,240 spindles, 185 looms, employing 125 persons, producing 1,600,000 yards of cotton cloth, and consuming 260,000 pounds of cotton yearly, manufacturing 64x64 print cloths. They also consumed annually 150 tons of coal, 750 gallons of oil, and 9,400 pounds of starch. The power was furnished by 1 turbine wlieel, 7 feet 4 inches in diameter, built by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co., of this city. This Webb's N'. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 237 establishment is now being re-built on a imicb larger scale, having about 25,000 spindles. Trov Cotton and Woolen MANrFACTonxG Co., located on Troy street, was incorporated in 1814 ; commenced ope- rations in 1815. Capital, 8300,000. Richard Borden, Presi- dent ; Thomas J. Borden, Treasurer. There are 38,736 spindles, and 888 looms. They employ 446 persons, pro- ducing 8,800,000 }-ards of 64 square printing cloths yearly, and consuming 1,500,000 pounds of cotton, 1,800 tons of coal 3,500 gallons of oil, and 50,000 pounds of starch. Two engines of 250 horse power each, and 2 water wheels, sup- ply the power. PocASSET MANLFACTURrNG Co. occupy 2 mills, viz. : Que- quechau and Pocasset ; for the manufacture of shirtings, print cloths and sheetings. The mills are located on Pocasset St. The company was incorporated in 1822. The capital is $800,000. Samuel Rodman, President ; Stephen Davol, Treasurer. The Quequcchau mill commenced operations in 1826 ; the Pocasset mill in 1847. Tiie former contains 16,200 spindles, and the latter 18,048 spindles, making a total of 34,248. They employ 520 persons, run 814 looms, consume 2.080,000 pounds of cotton, 800 tons of coal, 3,400 gallons of oil, 46,000 pounds of starch ; producing 6,000,000 yards per annum. The power is furnished by one 160 horse pow- er engine and 6 breast wheels. AxNAWAS Manifactoky located on Pocasset street was incorporated in 1825. Dr. Nathan Uurfeo, President ; Richard B. Borden, Treasurer ; commenced operations in 1826. The capital is 8160,000. They run 10,056 spindles, 179 looms, employ 125 hands, consume 332,000 pounds of cotton, 180 tons of coal, 900 gallons of oil, 10,000 pounds of starch and produce 1,800,000 yards 64 square, print cloths. The power is furnished by a 7 feet 4 inch turbine wheel built by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. of this city. Massasoit Stf.am Mill, Davol street, was incorporated in 1843, commenced operations in 1845. Dr. Nathan Dur- fee. President ; Charles Durfee, Treasurer and Clerk ; capi- tal $200,000. They manufacture 64x64 print cloths, em- ploy 200 persons, consimie 650,000 pounds of cotton, 1,500 tons of coal, 1,200 gallons of oil, and 22,000 pounds of starch, producing 3,000,000 yards, yearly. They run 14,- 448 spindles, and 354 looms. The power is furnished by a 135 horse power engine Metacomet Mill, Anawan street, commenced operations in 1846 ; Jefferson Borden, President ; Richard Borden, Treasurer, Clerk and Agent. The capital is $300,000. They run 23,8(IH ^ipindll■s, 550 looms, employ 305 persons, manufacturing 5,8.">(l,()()0 yards of 64x64 printing cloths. They consume aniuially 1,053,000 pounds of cotton, 950 tons of coal, 2,700 gallons of oil, and 35,000 pounds of starch. The power is furnished by a 150 horse power en- gine and a 4 feet 8 inch turbine wheel. Fall Rivkr Print "Works, Pocasset street, incorporated and commenced operation in 1848, Andrew Robeson, pres't ; Andrew Robeson, Jr., treasurer. Capital $200,000. They run 12,816 spindles, and 306 looms ; employ 180 persons ; consume 594,000 lbs. of cotton, 950 tons of coal, 1,200 gal- Ions oil, and 15,000 lbs. of .starch ; producing 2,900,000 yards, 60x64 printing cloths. The power is supplied by an engine of 150 horse power, and three breast wheels 12 feet in diameter. American Linen Co., Ferry street, was incorporated in 1852, and commenced operations in 1853. Richard Borden, president ; Walter Paine, 3d, treasurer. Capital $400,000. They run 86,136 spindles, 2058 looms, employ 1,250 per- sons, consume 3.640,000 lbs. of cotton, 625,000 lbs. of flax, 7,000 tons of coal, 6,000 gallons of oil, and 75,000 pounds of starch ; producing 20,000,000 yards of 64x64 print cloths. and 1,560,000 yards of crash. The power is supplied by 4 engines 300 horse power each, one 500 horse power and one 75 horse power, making a total of 1,775 horse powers. Watuppa Manlfactiring Co., Pocasset street, was in- corporated in liS4S, and commenced operation in 1846. An- drew Robeson, president ; Linden Cook, treasurer. They run 10,968 spindles, 304 looms ; employ 175 persons. Con- sume 468,000 lbs. of cotton, 225 tons of coal, 540 gallons of oil, and 15,000. lbs of starch ; producing 2,760,000 yards of 60x64 printing cloths annually. The power is furnished by two breast wheels, 18 feet 4 inches in diameter. Union Mill Co., Pleasant street, was incorporated in 1859, commencing in 1860; S. Angier Chace, president ; Thomas T. Potter, treasurer; capital, $175(000. They run 44,784 spindles, 1,024 looms, employ 630 persons, consume 1,892,000 lbs. of cotton, 2.500 tons of coal, 4,000 gallons of oil, and 56,000 lbs. of starch, producing 10,000,000 yards of printing cloths, 64x64, annually. The power is supplied by 4 engines, with a combined power of 850 horse. (luANiTE Mills wore incorporated in 1863, going into operation in 1864 ; Wm. Mason, president ; Charles O. Shove, treasurer; capital, $415,000. They run 35,328 spindles, 840 looms, employ 425 persons, consume 1,500,000 lbs. of cotton. 2,200 tons of coal, 3,000 gallons of oil, and 53,00 lbs. of starch, producing 9,000,000 yards of 64x64 printing cloths annually. 2 engines, 300 horse power each, supply tiie power. TEcrM.SEn Mills, Hartwell street, was incorporated in 1866; commenced operations in 1867; Augustus Chace, president ; Isaac C'iiace, treasurer. They run 20,480 .spindles and 480 looms, employ 215 persons, consume 915,000 lbs. of cotton, 1,500 tons of coal, 1,700 gallons of oil, and 28,700 lbs. of starch, producing 5,200,000 yards of 64x64 printing cloths. Tiie power is supplied by 2 engines, 125 horse power each. RouEsoN Mills, Hartwell street, were incorporated in 1866 ; commenced operations in 1867. Samuel Ilathaway, President ; Linden Copk, Treasurer. Capital, $300,000. Tiiey run 12,672 >piiMll«'^ ami 2>!8 looms, and employ 130 persons. They I'l.ii-ni.ir ir,->.iHMi |miuiii1s of cotton, 802 tons of coal, 720 galldii- i.i .nl. ami Is.imhi |i(iunds of starch ; pro- ducing 2,900,000 ynids ot M \ 64 printing cloths. A 165 horse power engine supplies the power. Durfee Mills, Pleasant st., were incorporated in 1866 ; commenced operations in 1867. B. M. C. Durfee, Presi- dent ; David A. Braylon, Treasurer. Capital, $.500,000. They run 40,.'!20 spindles and 960 looms, and employ 457 persons; consume 1,664,000 lbs. of cotton, 2,500 tons of coal, 4,000 gallons of oil, and 59,500 lbs. of starch ; producing 10,000,- 000 yards of 64 x 64 printing cloths. Two engines of 300 horse power supply the power to drive their machinery. Mount Hope Mill, Bay street, commenced operations in 1867. Richard Borden, President; Jefferson Borden, Treasurer. Capital, $200,000. They run 9,024 spindles, 192 looms, and employ 160 persons ; consume 345,000 lbs. of cotton, 9,000 tons of coal, 1,500 gallons of oil and 15,000 lbs. of starch ; producing 1 ,400,000 yards of sheetings 80x84 annually. The power is supplied by an engine of 150 horse power and one 30 ft. breast wheel, 30 feet in diameter. Davol Mills, Hartwell street, were incorporated in 1867; commenced operations in 1868; AVra. C. Davol, president ; Wm. C. Davol, Jr., treasurer ; capital, $270,000. They consume 640,000 lbs. of cotton, 900 tons of coal, 780 gallons of oil, 11,000 lbs. of starch, and produce 1,664,000 yards of sheetings, silesias, &c. The power is supplied by one 200 horse power engine. They run 13,312 spindles, 288 looms, and employ 170 persons. •238 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Merchants' Manufacturing Co., situated on Bedford street, incorporated in 1867, commenced operations in 1868 ; capital, $800,000 ; James Henry, president ; Wm. H. Jen- nings, treasurer. They run 53,424 spijdles, 1,248 looms, and employ 625 persons, consume 2,300,000 lbs. of cotton, 3,500 tonsof coal, 4,500 gallons of oil, 70,000 lbs. of starch, and produce 13,500,000 yards of 64x64 printing cloths per annum. The power is supplied by 2 engines, 500 horse power each. Mechanics' Mills, Davol street, were incorporated in 1868; Thomas J. Borden, president; D. H. Dyer, trea- surer ; capital, $400,000. They run 25,000 spindles and 600 looms, and employ 265 persons, consume 1,150,000 lbs. of cotton, 1,900 tons of coal, 2,125 gallons of oil, and 36,000 lbs. "of starch, producing 6,250,000 yards of 64x64 printing cloths per annum. An engine of 300 horse power supplies the power. Wamsutta Steam Woolen Mills, Pleasant street, not incorporated, established 1849, capital $200,000 ; Jesse Eddy & Son proprietors. They run 8 sets of cards, 32 looms, (16 broad and 16 narrow,) 2,756 spindles, employ 128 persons, consume 260,000 pounds of wool, 900 tons of coal, 3,500 gallons of oil, $5,000 worth of silk, and $15,000 worth of drugs, 100,000 teasels and produce 180,000 yards of fine cassimeres annually. A 75 horse power eugiue sup- plies the power. Chace's Mill, Chace street, established in 1845, capital $100,000, not incorporated ; Augustus Chace, agent and superintendent. They run 6,156 spindles, and employ 50 persons, consume 800 tons of coal, 687,000 pounds of cot- ton, 900 gallons of oil, manufacturing thread yarn. A 70 horse power engine and a breast wheel 18 feet in diameter supplies the power. Wyoming Thread Co., Chace street, business established in 1860, capital $50,000 ; Augustus Chace, agent. They run 1,344 spindles, employ 75 persons, manufacturing spool cotton. NiANTic Thread Mill, Division street, was established in 1860, capital $60,000; J. M. Davis, Treasurer and Agent. They run 1,344 spindles, employ 78 persons, con- sume 525 tons of coal, 875 gallons of oil, and 7,000 pounds of starch, manufacturing spool cotton ; 2 engines, 30 horse power each, drives their machinery. Lawton & EsTEs' Manufactory, Stafford street, com- menced business in 1857. They run 1,500 spindles, and employ 25 persons, consume 250,000 pounds of cotton, and 200 gallons of oil, and manufacture wicking, cotton yarn, &c. A 25 feet breast wheel supplies the power. _/^AR]\F]fISVII^I.E, 32| miles from r\l/i ^'■'^^ ''!'"■'"■'"' '"i fVoni AVorcester, on the Providence V J\ & Worcestt'r Kiiilroail, contains 1 church, about 800 inhabitants, and 2 cotton goods manufactories. (See Grafton.) Alfred Morse occupies a mill about J of a mile from the station, commencing here in 1860, as successor to Wright & Morse, who commenced here in 1845. The mill is 106x45 feet, 4 stories and attic, with L, 30x50 feet, 3 stories. He runs 5,300 spindles, and 131 looms ; consuming about 800 lbs. of cotton ; and producing 3,600 yards of J sheetings per day, using 29 to 35 yarn. He employs 86 persons. Three turbine wheels furnish the power for the mills ; 2 of them built by Stout, Mills & Temple, Ohio ; the other by Chase & Sons, Orange, Mass. The mill is located on the Black- stone, the fall being 7 feet. Mr. Morse is also proprietor of a mill at Holden, Mass. (See Worcester.) E. Fisher & Sons occupy a mill J mile West of the sta- tion, for the manufacture of light, yard-wide sheetings, com- mencing here in 1846, as successors to W. A. Fisher. The mill was built in 1832, being on the Blackstone river. It is 104x44 feet, 4 stories, built of brick. It contains 5,000 spin- dles, and 106 looms ; consuming 5,000 pounds of cotton, and producing 24,000 yards of cloth per week. They employ 90 persons. Two Monroe 4 and 5J feet turbine water wheels furnish the power for the mill, the fall being 11 J feet. E. Fisher, H. D. Fisher, G. W. Fisher and A. L. Fisher, proprietors. A. L. Fisher, Agent. J AYYIlfjfjE, 27^ miles from Boston, and 31 from Fitehbui Clinton. & Fitchburg Railroad lage on the Bostor /rt IT<'HBl;KO is 26 miles north from rVWl ^^ "'''^''■'^''-''■' ^^ *^'^*' *™"^ Hoosac Tunnel, and 50 \J^y| west from Boston. The Fitchburg and Worcester, Cheshire, and Massachusetts and Fitchburg Railroads centre here. A large branch of the Nashua and two smaller streams pass through the town, and afford it an extensive and constant water power. Over the Nashua, in the dis- tance of two miles, there are many dams for the accommo- dation of manufactories. This place is a very flourishing town, and exhibits in a striking manner the eifect of water power on the increase, wealth, and enterprise of many of our interior towns. An excellent quarry of granite is lo- cated near here. The growth of this place has been very rapid, nearly doubling its population in six years. There are 6 churches, 3 hotels, and a Town Hall. Estimated population, 11,000.. Among the establishments that make Fitchburg famous as a manufacturing place is the works of the Union Machine Co., which was incorporated November, 1867; capital, $50,000; Francis Sheldon, president; G. S. Burbank, trea- surer ; S. S. Dow, superintendent ; G. F. Sabin, secretary. They manufacture machinists' tools, steam engines, AVood- worth's planerfe, circular saw mills, making a speciality of stave, barrel, tub, pail, and slate machinery. They employ 40 persons. Through the politeness of the secretary, Mr. Sabin, we were shown through the establishment, which com- prises a building 300x80 feet, 2 stories brick. At this time we found work ordered six months ahead, and the works consequently drive on to meet orders. Large pondrous driv- ing wheels and heavy castings were being finished for dif- ferent parts of the country. The idea came to us why per- sons in the far West and South should send orders aw-ay up here in the snowy region of the north for machinery. We could come to no other conclusion than that Fitchburg ma- chinery stands second to none the world over. The business of this company for the year 1868 was $150,000. A. D. Wavmotii commenced the manufacture of his pa- tent variety wood turning lathe, wooden toys, &c., in 1849. He occupies a building, 65x25 feel, three stories, and em- ploys 20 persons. A 40 horse power turbine wheel supplies the power, the fall here being 14 feet. Tle Fitchburg Lumber Co. was incorporated March, 1868. D. F. Mclntire, president ; R. L. Goddard, treas'r. Capital $50,000. Their buildings are 40x100 feet, 2 stories, and 60x30 feet, 2 stories respectively. They manufacture doors, sash and blinds. A 200 horse power beam engine supplies the power. The driving wheel of which, is 18 feet in diameter, weighing 11 tons, the largest ever made by the Putnam Machine Co. Webb's N. E. Raihcat/ and Mamifacture^s' Statistical Gazetteer. 239 ei¥ STiTE liiOMIIIE ©i "Will mainifiic-lure ami tiirnif-h to onl.-r all kinds of y. PAIL, TUB, IMPROVED KEC, BARREL, SASH, DOOR AND BLIND MACHINERY. Barrel, Tub and Pail Stave Saws, FKO.M.2 IX. TO 3 FT. DIAMETER. Stavu Machinery, Hoop Madiiiien-, the best in the world; Chair .Machinery, of all kiml.s ; Daniel's Phuiitig Miidiines, of all sizes. M.VCHIXK KKPKESENTS OUR Iiira Eeafj Siie Slaie Sawiig lacMie, FOR KEROSENE OIL BARREL STAVES. This is a substantial, well-made Machine, built from entirely new patterns, and is adapted to all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood Staves. Our Saws are made from the Best English Saw Steel, and we warrant thein the best in use. Woodworth's Planing and Matching Machines, Wood-Turning Lathes, Sawing Machines and Saw Arbors, Horizontal and Upright Bearing Machines, Comb Machinery, Circular Saw Mills, Turbine Water Wheels, of different patterns. Shafting and Mill Work of all descriptions, and Jobbing of all kinds, l^Done to Order. ,^\ NEWTON'S LANE. FITCHBURG, MASS. Portable and Stationary Steam Enffines, from 1 to 500 horse power. •240 Sftifioits in the State of Massor/iiisetts. Uoiir\ PiUriit Visr. willi OH Shot .liiw. NEW ENGLAND VISE €0,, ri'M'iiBi icwoll, Septem- ber and October, IHGT. Below wo copy the jiulges report entire. " The best I'lanor Chuck we have ever seen. The bed-plate bolts on the Planer-table ; the C'luu-k can be tnrnoil abotit on its centre, horizontally ; the bed-plate beinj;- finidnated on its circnmtVrun<'o. Kxuct dnplicates of polygonal work can re'adilv be obtaineil wilhonl nioviiii,' the bed-plato, which is always fast. Another Chuck or Shoe is tilted into this Chuck, Olio end of wiiii'h can 1m' rai-oil or lowi'red to a cerlain exiont, if an incliiiod phiuo surface is wanted. Two (•.■litres are Also," miV PATENT mm combination chucks for planers, entire rotart fanct vise for JS\'/ELLSRS, Manilla, luivd I,,. hi W hilr Mrlal and Mall.'ul.lo In.n. Ilmhiv I'-iuisho.l. SiMMoNKs JMamkauti uiNii Co. Was iucoiporalod in INtiH as siicces.sors to Simmonds Bros, v*!: Co., wiio established the business ut West Fitchburg, in 1«G4, reinoving here in hSGS. The building is 100x40 feet, four stories, wood, with 2 ells .sOx.'ii brick, ami t!tx30 wood, one story. They occupy two tloor of main building and the ells, manufacturing mowing i and reaping, sickles, and planing machine knives. They em- j ploy 30 persons, use oO tons of steel, and 50 of iron, annu- ally. A GO horse rutnam engine supplies the power. Their i business amounts to $7;), 000 yearly. TiiK Ami;ki('an Hatan Co. was incorporated in July, IS.'Ji. Capital $100,800. Moses Wood, president and treas- urer ; K. F. Bailey, clerk. The buildings occupied, consist of a factory lOOxtJO feel ; store house, 40xG0 feet, and live other buildings 100x20 feet. Tliey employ 80 hands, male and female, and mannl'acture chairs, cane and reeds, produc- ing 1.") bales per day. This establishment and that of Cyrus AVakelield, Ksi].. Wakelield, Mass., are the largest concerns of Ibis kind iii the Fnited Stati-s. A 30 horse power porta- ble engine, made by the New York Steam Engine Company, of Worcester, Mass., drives their machinery. Edwin Richardson, manufacturer of all kinds of scythes, hay knives, rag cutters, and ditching knives, commenced business in 1851. He occupies a room containing 10,500 square feel, employs 35 hands and turns out 700 doz. of the above mentioned articles annually. The works are situated ou Nashua river. The machinery is drivert by 6 water wheels under a fall of IG feel. His wholesale warehouse is located at Xo. 33 Lake street, Chicago, Illinois. A new patent vise, bue that will take a foreinost rank among others, is manufactured by the New England Vise ('o., formerly of West Acton, Mass., removing here in 18G8. The company was incorporated in 18G8, capital S45,000 ; N. E. Cutler, President; Charles Hastings, Treasurer; A. T. ArnoKl, Superintendent. The business was established by Hoar, Hastings & Cutler in 18GG, at AVest Acton. The vise was patented by .1. S. Hoar who sold the same to the present company. They occupy one room 40x100 feet in a large building with forges and other rooms attached. They employ 14 persons, and manufacture about 300 vises per month. These vises are an off shot jaw and rotary, 23 ditrorent sizes. They also manufacture Hoar's Patent I'lanor Chuck and Patent Level .Taw nllachmeiit. Dodge's pateiil saw tilers vise, clolhes lino holdors, Miiall chilled cast iron anvils, •iii\ They are about cFosing bargains for two well known and valuable patented articles which will soon be introilucod. A trial of one of the vises of this company was made in our presence, which demonstrated the immense power that they have. A piece of iron 3 feet in length was attached to the regular lever in order to obtain more inir- chase, conseiiuenlly greater power. This lever was pulled by two men with all the power they possessed, iiiteiidiiig to break the shank of the vise, this they succeeded in doing not without having, however, bending the original lever at- tached to the vise, nearly 45 degrees, a fact which illustrates the ])ower in this valuable invention. .1. CusiiiNG & Co. have lately remodeled the " Filchburg Stone Mill" formerly used as a cotton mill and placed there- in 3 run of stone with a capacity of 90 bushels [ler hour, for the manufactory of flour and meal. The building is 40x 90 feet, 4 stories above basement. The power is supplied by 4 of Whitney's turbine wheels,' the fall here being 11 feet. The diameter of the stone used is 4^ feet. They in- tend to put in 2 more of run of sloue soon. Roi.LSTONK Maoiiink WouivS was incorporated in 18G7 ; capital $24,000. E. T. Miles, President and Treasurer, S. Coodrich, Secrelarv,. lames Goodrich, Suporintondont. They occupy buildings 70x40 feet, 3 stories with 2 wings 25x20 feel, each 1 story. They employ 25 persons and mannfae- lure as a speciality Wardwell's patent saw bench, band sawing machines, rotary bed planing machines, moulding machines, sash, blind, door, chair ami other wood wcirking machines; a 20 horse power Blake's liubiuo wheel supplies the power, the fall being 14 feet. The manufacture of barrel, tub, anil pail machinery has j engaged the attention of many firms here in New England. I Among others who make it a speciality is Thk Bay State i Machine Company. They have 2 floin-s, 30x80 and 30x50 feet respectively. They employ 25 persons, and ruu j one 18 feet bed engine lathe, 14 smaller lathes, 2 upright ' drills, 2 planers, &c. Abreast wheel supplies the power, the fall here beiiig 12 feel. They also mainil'actiiro wood-work- ing machinery. The FiTCiutuuo Machine Co. was incorporated June 1st, ! 18G7 ; capital $GO,000. S. C. Wright, President, J. L. Chapman, Secretary, A. Whitman, Treasurer, This com- panv are successors"to C. S. Wright & Co., who established the "business in May, 18G4. Mr. Cluniman the Seoiolaiy of ]Vebb\s N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 241 T. L, BARKER 2t CO. i^iAOMim mmi mmi sr MMER strp:p:t. FUchbiirg, Mass. ENGINE and ^athi^s, Shapiiit; Murliiiic: Olmtsd's Friction Clutch Pulley, SHAFTING, >riii A;v^«>i-ii,&c. T.L.BvRKER] JOBBING & REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. [A. Buig.iam. tlie present company, was a parliii-r of Mr. Wii;.'lii irj lln- coinmcnccinent. Tliuir liuiidiii;.^ is sulistaiilially Itiiill of brick 150x6ij feet, 4 stories, with blacksinilli shop and en- gine house attached. Tiiey pay particuhir attention to, and excell in tlie manufacture of machinists' tools, employing 100 persons in their manufactory. A 25 horse Putnam en- gine supplies the power. The business of this company has steadily and successfully increased since their commence- ment, having more than doubled their nominal capital. The working capital being about S150,000. Arrangements are being made for a still larger increase to supply the de- mand for their tools. They use 3 tons of castings daily and do business annually of $1.50,000. \Vm. L. Chase, 79 Lib- erty street, New York, agent, * T. L. Bakkbk & Co. occupy 1 room, 7.5x60 feet, in a large brick building on Summer street, for the manufacture of engine and hand lathes, shaping machines, and friction clutch pulleys, commencing here in 1868, as successors to C. S. Tolinan & Co,, who established the business about 18.58. They employ 10 persons, and do a business of 820,000 per year. The firm it T. L. Barker and A. Brig- ham, who were fonner partners of Mr. Tolman, purchasing his interest in 1868. Being practical men and devoted to business insures in a great measure their future success. In the same building and on the same floor is C. H. Brov(tj & Co., occupying a room of the same size for the manufacture of steam engines, commencing here in 1866. They employ 20 persons, produce eighteen engines yearly. and cln a Ijii-iiicss of 87"), 000. A new manufactory is intended to be built by tliem during the present year. Levi Siierwin & Son occupy a building, .30x40 feet, 2 stories, with L, 1 story for the manufacture of brackets and bed carvings, commencing here January, 1869. Th(!y em- ploy 12 persons, and do a business of $10,000 yearly. The oldest and most extensive manufacturing company here is the Putnam Ma"ciiine Co., which was incorporated in 18.58 ; capital, $40,000, since increased to $160,000. S. W. Putnam, president ; B. Snow, Jr., treasurer ; L. D. Bai-tlctt, secretary. A new manufactory was built in 1866, located in the centre of the place, on Main street, on a track of land comprising 20 acres, owned by the Company. The main building is 469x90, 1 story, with office and wings at- tached, making the whole 625 feet in length. The office being 2 stories, all built of brick, besides numerous large and spacious buildings for foundries, machine shops, pattern and .storehouses, &c., &c. They employ 250 men manufac- turing steam engines, machinists' tools, planers, shafting, &c. A 70 horse engine of their own make supplies the power. They melt 7 tons of iron daily, manufacture all of their brass castings, and have every facility to make a com- plete establishment. The arrangement of the large building used as a machiuc shop is peculiarly adapted for economy of time, space, and labor. At regular intervals projects a small wing on either side, one used for setting up the ma- chines after they arc made, the other, directly opposite, as an office of the overseer of this department. There are 7 de- 31 242 Stations in the State of Massachusetts partments and 14 L's, au'arraDgement which manufacturers will appreciate. A new office building is about being erect- ed, designed by S.W. Putnam, Esq., Jr., a son of the Presi- dent of the company, who also planned* the new building which we have noted. The office will be 70xGG feet, 4 sto- ries, including French roof, built of pressed brick, with stone trimmings ; a large public hall will be in the third story, the second for the office, and the first for stores. The inten- tion is to make this building equal to any office building in New England. This company is the parent of several simi- lar establishments that have gone out from it, and which now rival it in producing reliable woik, as well as for finan- cial ability. W. Heywood Chair Co., manufacturers of chairs, occu- py buildings 120x40, three stories, 80x40, five stories, 140x 40, four stories, respectively with smaller buildings attached. They employ 150 persons, consume over 3.000,000 feet of lumber annuall)', producing 800 finished chairs daily. A 100 horse power Putnam engine supplies the power. The business was established W. Heywood, who is the head of tlie firm. Their saw mills and lumber district is at Barton, Vt. Weston & Place, manufacture weavers reeds and har- ness. They employ 3 persons, produce 250 reeds per week, and do a business of $10,000 yearly. H. W. Pitts, occupies a mill 65x30 feet, 3 stories, wood, for the manufacture of carpet twine. He runs about 1200 spindles and consumes 600 pounds of cotton daily. He em- ploys 30 persons. The power is supplied by a Whitney tur- bine wheel with a fall here of 10 feet. FiTCHBURG Woolen Co., W. H. Vose, Agent and Treas- urer, occupy a mill 140x38 feet, 4 stories, built of brick, for the manufacture of cassimeres. They run 4 set of woolen machinery, employ 65 persons, consume 170,000 pounds of wool, and produce 120,000 yards of cassimeres annually, a breast wheel supplies the power, the fall here being 11 feet. This mill was started in 1822, for the manufacture of wool- en goods, enlarged in 1834 and again in 1861. It has always continued in operation, a fact which is not general with manufacturing concerns through the United States. A. A. Beckwith & Co. commenced the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds in 1865, being successors to A. A Beckwith, who died in 1868. They occupy 2 buildings, be sides sheds ; employ 20 persons ; consume 500,000 feet of lumber, and do a business of $50,000 per year. A 25 horse power Putnam Machine Co.'s engine, and a 25 horse power Blake turbine wheel supply the power, the fall being about 12 feet. Alonzo Davis commenced the manufacture of cane-seat chairs in 1845. In 1855, he erected a brick building, 158x 40 feet, 4 stories, with engine room attached, in which is a 50 horse power Corliss engine. He employs 50 persons ; consumes 500,000 feet of lumber, and produces 72,000 chairs annually. E. M. Dickinson & Co. commenced the manufacture of women's shoes in 1864. They employ 60 persons, produce 300 pairs per day, and do business amounting to $100,000 per year. J. Booth & Co. occupy a building in the west part of the village, for the manufacture of Shetland yarns and braids, commencing here in 1865. The building is 53x30 feet, 3J stories, with L 45x70 feet, 2 stories, wood. They run 1,034 spindles on frames, and 3,084 braiding spindles, and employ 65 persons. They consume 3,000 pounds of Canada wool yearly, using 2 full sets of combing and drawing frames. The mill is situated on a branch of the Nashua, with a fall of 22§ feet. H. F. Cart commenced the finishing of men's and boys' hats in October, 1868, as successor to R. L. Goddard. The building is 24x50 feet, 2 stories, with bleacheries at- tached. He employs 15 persons, and produces about 100,- 000 dozen yearly. About a year ago the Bcrleigh Rock Drill Co. began the manufacture of the Burleigh drill. This drill was in- vented and perfected by Mr. Burleigh, after many years of study and labor. It is of what is known as the letter X shape and possesses two important distinguishing peculiari- ties : when in use. the force of the blow that drives it falls wholly on the drill and piston, no other part of the ma- chinery being affected ; the drill revolves with frequency proportionate to the number of blows, and is self-feeding. Five sizes and patterns of this tool are made — for milling, tunneling, quarrying, sub-marine work, &c. One of the smallest drills may be seen in operation at the works ; it drilU in solid granite a IJ inch bole at the rate of 4 inches in depth per minute — this being the result of about 300 blows. The drills of this size would feed 30 inches without a change of drill points. The Burleigh drills are driven by steam or condensed air, and can be inclined at any angle. There are now in use 73, including 28 at th« Hoosac Tunnel, and others on the Union Pacific Railroad, in the Lake Supe- rior copper mines, &c. The company now employ 30 hands, and expect to turn out 300 drills this year. The Crawford Mills, owned by C. J. Delenhanty & Co., are two in number, each having three sets of cards. They are run on fancy cassimeres, and turn out 75,000 yards of 6-4 goods per year. The firm employ 100 hands, and their machinery is driven by a Putnam Machine Com- pany engine of 40, and a Corliss of 30 horse power. Heywood, Wilson, & Co. have recently finished and taken possession of their fine new foundry, the main build- ing of which is 120x60 feet, and containg two Pevey's patent stacks. They employ 20 hands and will turn out about 500 tons of castings per year. Special attention will be given to machinery castings, which they have facilities for producing of all sizes, from one to 2,000 pounds weight. The oldest and largest concern in the country engaged in the manufacture of mowing and reaping machine knives and sections, is the Whitman & Miles Manufactuing Co., of West Fitchburg. These works cover about 4 acres of ground and include a main building 100x35 feet, an L 85x30, and a blacksmith shop 140x35. The latter contains 18 trip ham- mers and the same number of forges. The grinding room, one of the largest in the country, being 100x65 feet, has 20 stones, and 150 stones of 2 tons each are consumed iinnually. These works give employment to 160 hands, are run night and day, consuming 30 tons of imported steel, per month, and can turn out 130,000 complete sickles annually. This company was established in 1847. Implements for treating hen-fruit and orchard fruit — that is to say, egg-beaters and apple-parers. are made in immense numbers by Munroe Bros., who employ 20 hands when in full operation. They are the inventors and exclusive manu- facturers of the " One Minute Beater," of which thousands are exported annually. " Toy Mortars " are as popular in their way as tomatoes. These toys are made only b;j H. J. Hosmer & Co., who turned out 50,000 of them last year, and expect to make 3 times that number in 1869. They employ 15 hands in the manufacture of various wood toys and wood turning gene- rally. Railroad and machinery castings of brass and composi- tion are made in great variety by Wm. A. Hardy & Co., who also make castings for other purposes to the amount of 40 tons per year. Hardy's well known lining metal is an- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 243 KEENE, N. H.,^ MANfFM-rrRERS OF CiriuhrSiiw Mills, FlaaiB^Mi:hi&e:, And "Wood-Working Macliinery Of almost everj- variety. SUP[RIOR TURBINE WIT[R WHEELS, SniFTLVii, GEARIXG AXD MILL WORK Of evory detsorlptioii. (See pages 95, 143 and 300.) other product of this establishment, which was founded 15 years ago, and now give employment to 8 hands. (See also South Fitchburg and West Filchburg.) L,OKEX€E, 5 miles from Williams- -^111 burg, and 2i from Northampton, a village in the \ J\ town of Northampton, on the New Haven and Northampton Railroad. The name was taken from Flor- ence, Italy, so widely known for its silk culture. The place too has the honor of being the pioneer in the preparing and manufacturing of silk in this country, having been started in 1835, by Mr. Whitmarsh, who purchased in all some 400 acres, being nearly all the land on which the village now stands, soon after a company was formed, called the New York and Northampton Silk Company, having a capital of S150.000. The excitement in regard to the manufacture of silk became as great and equalling in blindness the oil specu- lations of the last few years. The town was settled about ISOO, there being but 7 houses here in 1812. The popula- tion now i.s about 2,500. Mill river runs through the vil- lage, furnishing most valuable water power. The schools are of a high order. A '2h story brick school house has been erected, the town voting S2,000 and the balance was furnished by S. L. Hill, Esq. NoNOTUCK Silk Co., occupy 3 buildings in Florence and 3 in Leeds, for the manufacturing of sewing silk and ma- chine twist, the business was established in 1851. They now have 300 employees, turning out 600 Ibg. of silk per week. Among the extensive manufactures to be found in this sec- tion of Massachusetts, is the well known Florence Sewing Machine Co. During the year 1861, this now famous machine, was first introduced. During the first year, the small number of 50 machines were made ; and they finding ready sale, it was decided to form a stock compan}-, S. L. Hill, D. G. Littlefield and L. W. Langdon, being the pro- prietors. The ensuing iall the company was enlarged by the addition of George A. Burr, J. S. Parsons, and S. L. Hall, Jr.; the capital being Sl25,000. The business still increas- ing, additional capital was required, and in 1862 the stock was increased to $200,000. Two years later, a building 150 | x40 feet, three stories, built of brick, was erected at a cost of 650,000. In 1866, it was decided to increase the capital to §500,000, in order to have every facility for manufactur- ing the machines fast enough to supply the demand. This year a second building of the same dimensions as the one built in 1864, was erected, and also an extensive foundry. Up to this time the sales had increased almost without a pa- rallel, from 50 machines to about 1,000 per month ; at pres- ent time, (fall of 1868,) the number is 1,200 per month. The inventor, Leander W. Langdon, has been greatly assist- ed by S. L. Hill and D. G. Littlefield, in perfecting the ma- chines. There are four principal buildings as follows : — Building No. 1, is built of brick, 4i stories, 160x48 ft. used for manufacturing iron work, packing and shipping ; second building is of brick, 160x48 feet, 4^ stories, and used for manufacturing wood work, cases, &c. Third is two stories, built of brick, 100x40 feet, with wing 80x40 feet, used for manufacturing iron work, machinery, blacksmiths' shop, and annealing room. Building No. 4, joining wing of No. 3, is used for foundry, 80 feet on Chestnut street and 80 feet on Centre street, forming an angle 40 feet wide. The num- ber of employees number about 250 men, making about 1 ,200 machines per month. The motive power is furnished by two engines 60 horse power each, built by Corliss, Provi- dence, R. I. There are four tubular boilers, 4x16 feet. The company have three new blocks, comprising 24 tenements and a large boarding house, the whole costing $30,000. The paj'-roU amounts to about $17,000 per month. The Florence Manufacturing Co. This company are manufacturing toilet brushes, hand mirrors, and many arti- cles now made of hard vulcanized rubber, out of a material very closely resembling hard rubber. The business was originally started by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. It was or- ganized 'in July, 1866, with a capital of $100,000. The building now used was erected during the summer of 1866, and is a substantial and fine looking 3-story brick building, being 1 25 feet long and 40 feet wide. The amount of goods made per week is about 150 doz. mirrors and 100 doz. hand brushes, besides a large amoimt of ambrotype cases and pic- ture frames. There are about 50 employees. A fine engine of the Corliss pattern of 25 horse power, and 1 tubular boil- er, the latter made by Rice, Bobbins & Co., Pittsfield, Mass., furnishes motive power and steam for heating the whole building. The expense of building and engine was about $40,000. I. S. Parsons, President ; and George A. Burt, Treasurer. ^OREST HILL., 41 miles from Bos- ^11 on the Stoughton and Dedham Branch Railroads. \^£y| The new Dedham branch joins the Boston and Prov- idence railroad here. A few houses only located here. •244 Stations in the State of Massachusetts Y^ORGE YII.I.AGE, 31 miles from r%llll I^o-"*""- -1 *''<"" Fitcliburg and 11 from Lowell is v^f^j situated on Stony Brook Railroad, and contains about 75 persons. Forge Village IIokse Nail Co., incorporated in 1862, capital $72,000, J. T. Daly President, A. II. Carry], Treas- urer and manager, S. O. Luniston Secretary. This com- pany manufacture horse nails. Their works are situated near the depot, and consist of a f'orl'GII, situuted -21* miles r*lli f'""i" B"s■»'" Providence, on the Bos- \Zz^\ ton & Providence Railroad. The village of Fox- borough is situated a mile or more from tlie station. It is expected that a long time will not elapse before the Mans- field & Framingham Railroad will be completed affording this place greater transportation facilities. H. M. WiswALL & Co., occupy a room 60x30 feet, in a two story wooden building, and manufacture the Torrent Rotary Pump, on which was awarded a silver medal at the Massachusetts Charitable Association, at their tenth exhibit- ion in September, 1865. This firm commenced business in 1866 ; have nine employees ; make seven different sizes of pumps, varying in price from S80 to S550 each, and do busi- ness to the amount of $25,000 per annum. They have an office and salesroom at No. 49 Portland street, Boston, Mass. Caepenter & Cook, employ about 3,000 hands in the manufacture of straw goods, turning out about 12,000,000 of goods per annum. O. S. Pond, manufactures boxes, most of which are used by Messrs. Carpenter & Cook for packing straw goods. He employs 50 hands, and consumes about 2,000,000 feet of lumber yearly. Daniels Brothers. In the southerly part of the town is the iron foundry and machine shop of Messrs. Daniels Bro- thers, where they cast and finish school furniture and other light work, employing twenty-five hands. In the easterly part of the town is the Eagle Dye Works, owned and carried on bv John Dixon. J RA]?III\OHAI?I CExlfTRE, 23J miles from Boston. A station in the town of Fram- ingham, on the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Rail- s RAI^KIilN, is situated 27 miles from Boston, 43 from Southbridge, 34 from Worcester, and 27 from Providence, near the Neponset river, on tlie Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. The village is situated on a level tract of land, and con- tains about 2,C00 inhabitants, three churches, and one acad- emy, called the Dean Academy, a very flourishing institu- tion. At the annual session of the Massachusetts Univer- salist Convention, held in Worcester, October 18th, 19th and 20th, 1864, the subject of a State Denominational School, which should be of the highest grade below that of Colleges was brought to the attention of the Council, by Rev. A. A. Miner, D. I)., I'resident of Tufts College. The Council im- mediately appointed a Committee, with full discretionary powers, as follows : Rev. A. St. John Chambre, of Stoughton ; Henry D. Wil- liams, Boston ; Augustus Harrington, North Becket ; Rev. W. E. Gibbs, West Cambridge ; Rev. E. H. Capen. Stough- ton ; Rev. Sumner Ellis, Boston pHon. George Frost, Rox- biiry : Rev. L. M. Burrington, North Adams ; John D. W. Joy", Boston ; Rev. O. F. Safford, Cliarlestown ; Newton Talbot, Boston ; Rev. G. S. Weaver, Lawrence : Thomas II. Frothingham, Salem ; Hon. Joseph Day, South Dedham ; Avery Davis, Worcester ; T. K. Taylor, M. D., Boston. Early in the winter of 1864, this committee held a public meeting in the vestry of the School street Universalist Church, in Boston. It was well attended, and addressed in a spirited and hopeful manner by several gentlemen inte- rested in educational matters. The attention of the denomi- nation in the State was then called to the subject, and efforts were urged towards founding the Academy. The parish in Stoughton at once oflered the sum of 825,000 and an eligi- ble site. About the same time Oliver Dean, M. D. of Frank- lin, offered to deed the " Emmons estate," a tract of land of eight or nine acres, formerly the property of Nathaniel Em- mons, D.D., for half a century one of New England's most celebrated orthodox divines, with $40,000 as a permanent fund, and $10,000 towards a suitable building. Although the parish in Stoughton intimated a readiness t» double the sum it originally offered, it was deemed best, under all the circumstances, and with gratitude to the earnest friends in Stoughton, to accept the offers of Dr. Dean, and to call upon the denomination for the sum of $40,000. which, with the ten thousand for building purposes offered by the Doctor, would erect an edifice at the estimated cost of $50,000. It was very soon discovered that, owing to the high prices of all building materials and of labor, such a building as was deemed essential to such an academy as was contem- plated could not be erected for less than about $100,000. So full of faith were the trustees, and so nobly did Dr. Dean second their labors, and so assured were they that the future would justify their courage, that they determined, though with all possible caution, to inaugurate the work. Plans were accepted, as drawn by Mr. Thomas W. Sillo- way, architect, of Boston, and estimates, as nearly as coidd be made, were obtained. In August, 1866, the ground was broken, and the labor of laying the foundation commenced. On the 16th of May, 1867, the corner stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies. An address was delivered by Rev. A. A. Miner, D.D., the stone was laid by the President of the Trustees, and prayer was offered by Rev. John Boyden, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The day was very propi- tious, and the number of persons present were estimated at about 3,000. As the building progressed it was discovered that the cost would exceed the estimate. Many causes combined to this end, some of which will readily be appreciated by those who have engaged in building to any considerable extent. Dr. Dean generously aided the trustees with an additional gift of $65,000, making his subscription to the building about $75,000. From other sources, also, intimations of assist- ance were tendered. On Thursday, May 28, 1868, the building was dedicated to educational purposes. The day was all that could be de- sired. Franklin wore a joyous holiday appearance, and a vast concourse of people were assembled. The building is 220 feet long. It consists of a central part 50 feet wide, and 60 feet deep, from front to rear. Two wings each 58 feet long and 44 feet wide, extend from this to the right and left, on a line 10 feet back from the line of central front. At the ends of the wings and crossing them Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 245 are others 27 feet wide and 52 feet long, projecting 4 feet in the front and rear. The grade of the land is such as to give three stories at the front side and four at the rear, exclusive of the roof. The stories are respectively in height, 12 feet, 13 feet, lOJ feet, and 10^ feet and 10 feet for all rooms in the roof, with the exception of those at the end of wings, which are 13 feet. At the base, and extending entirely around the building, is a rough, split granite underpining with a fine cut wash or bevel on the front edge, and a draft line or margin of IJ inches, is cut on all tiie arrises. The bricks are of the best quality of common hard burnt. All cornice work and exterior finish is of pine, painted and sanded in imitation of brown sandstone. The gutters and conductors are made of heavy copper. The roofs of the intermediate wings are covered with the material named ; all the rest are slated with the best quality of Welch slates. All the Lutheran windows are coppered top and bottom. The bell deck and dome of cupola are finished in like manner. The stj-le of architecture is a French Lombardic, and has lioen executed in elaborate detail. The windows are either circular headed or segmental ; those of the roof are highly ornamented, and are a marked feature of the building. The four elevated tower roofs, at the comers of the cen- tral part may be named as forming a fine feature of the design. The group consisting of these, and the splendid cupola at the apex of the part named, constitute an archi- tectural assemblage of beauty and propriety, admired by all ; and an effect is produced that is seldom attained in our American buildings. The cupola itself is most imposing — being elegant in its finish and proportions. It is an approach to a broken square at the base, some 25 feet in diameter, and is nearly 60 feet high, from the roof to the top of the finial. A most pleasing success has been attained in the propor- tions of the entire principal facade. After the impression of colossal grandeur, which at first view is made upon the beholder, one is inspired by the air of elegant repose, which appears as pervading the entire struc- ture. An engraving, while it represents the building as well as anything of the kind can well do ii, still fails to en- kindle those a;sthetie sensations, that a view of the edifice invariably produces. It is next to impossible to give a written description in full- of the plan and arrangement of the interior. Only an outline can be given. The basement contains a fine dining-room affording ac- commodations for two hundred and fifty persons. There are connected with this, ante-rooms for carving, cookery, &c. The kitchen is of ample dimensions, and most thoroughly furnished with large pantries, store-rooms, refrigerators, &c. The cooking apparatus is of the most approved kind ; most of the work is done by steam, and has been perfected at a cost of nearly S4,000. The laundrj' and ironing room is also on this floor. The former is finished with soap stone wash trays, with hot and cold water to each, and one-half of them furnished so as to constitute them boilers to boil the clothes by steam. The drj-ing apparatus is so constructed and loca- ted, that the racks running on tracks may be drawn out into the laundry, the clothes put on, and in twelve minutes they are dried, and may be drawn on tracks directly through into the ironing room. The large coal room, sleeping rooms for domestics, &c., are also on this floor, and the large room for the steam boilers, pump, &c. The water for use in the entire edifice is pumped by the steam pump into a large, central tank at the upper part of I the building, and thence distributed into others, from which it flows to the required parts of the edifice. Ample arrange- ments exist on each of the dormitory floors, with the excep- tion of the roof story, for water closets, and bathing tubs, with hot and cold water. There are also adjoining wash- rooms, with bowls and marble slab, and all the rooms named are finished in black walnut. The upper room in the centre part is finished into a gym- nasium 48x58 feet, and some 16 feet high. Under this room are two hospitals, one for males, and one for females, with all needed fixtures complete. There are elevators in each wing, extending through the four principal stories, for pass- ing trunks, &c., and arrangements have been made to pro- vide against casualties by fire, by brick walls extending from foundations to the roof, making three distinct apart- ments. The principal, or entrance story, is used at the west end for a chapel, the front or central parts for parlors and recep- tion rooms, and the rest for recitation rooms, of various sizes. Tlie second floor contains parlors, teachers' rooms, and the remainder of the building is occupied by rooms for students, and are about ninety in number. All are finished in the most convenient manner, with closets, cases of draw- ers, &c., to each. All rooms are furnished with ventilating registers, and all the windows have inside blinds. The stairs are of large capacity, and are finished with chestnut and southern pine. The corridors are all of them 10 feet in width, and extend on each floor the entire length of the building. The edifice is in every part heated by steam, and gas pipes have been put in for lighting the edi- fice throughout. Nothing lias been omillcd that would make the building one of the most thorough of its kind, and com- plete in its arrangements, of any ever erected. The building is furnished with all that is necessary for the boarding accoimnodations of the pupils. Each sleeping "s provided with a bedstead and springs, mattrass, bolster and feather pillows, and three chairs, a table with two drawers, looking glass, marble mantle shelf, &c. Each room also contains a large wardrobe, and drawers for cloth- ing. Every room is provided with radiators for heating purposes. It will be proper to state here, that the denomination in the State has nobly responded to the calls made in the in- terest of the Academy. Many individuals have made large onations. The late Thomas A. Goddard, Esq., and Os- car F. Chase, Esq., after Dr. Dean, have been the most; munificent friends the enterprise possessed. The business in Franklin is principally in the manufactur- ing of straw goods, and considerable money is invested in that branch of industry, requiring the help of about 6,000 persons. A. II. Morse, manufactures only on contracts of straw goods, in a building opposite the railroad bridge, where he commenced in 1850. The buildings are 43x30, three stories, 30x30 three stories, 22x30 two stories. He employs inside and out, about 300 hands and turns out about 2000 cases per year. He has a tubular boiler built by Cunningham, for heating his works. H. 8. Morse commenced the straw manufacturing busi- ness in 1865, in connection with Mr. Capron, under the name of Morse & Capron, succeeding that firm in 1868. His factory is situated on Main street, a three story build- ing 40x50, employing 75 hands in the shop, and sending work to about 300 outside. His annual production is about 1,500 cases. For heating the building he has a tubular boiler, made by Campbell, Whit- tier & C, of Boston. H. M. Greene, commenced business in 1845, for the manufacture of straw goods in a building 20x30, 2 stories, ■Ju 8fufi«M*.\' in thr Statr of' yiiissttchtutftts. and cmpUnwl tiviu tiO.v u> >inout,v-tivo hauds. turning v>ut about l5v<> hundrxnl oasv-s fH^r war. His pn»s<>ut manufai^ torv is situato\l aln^ut v>uo-tMjihth ot" a miWs from the dojH^t vu\ IVan Av«>uo, Th* wain buiWiwj; is S stories <>3\<50 ; 2d, .^OxSO. i stv>rios; 8*1. dw hous* ^,^\3l\ 1 storv, uiachiuo shop and oarjvntors shop lSx23. S stv^ri<»s ; iu the tirst tl»x»r of this buildiujr he has a 5 horso on^sriuo, built bv Alien & Kudivvtt, which furuisltes |v\ver vMily for this buildinar. priu- cijvally tv>r rejvairinj* tvK^ls, Couue^sing the maohiue sl»op wiih the main buikling is a 2 story building U5xiO, Knler i\v>m. with Mie of Allen v<: Kndiwtt's tubular uprigltt Unl- or*. Ml*. 1^, employs in the shop alnnit llU> h«»nds. and givvvs empKnment to 8tX> jvrsons out side. His avers*^* prxHlnctiou is abv>ut 7,tHK> oases slnixv gvHxls, 8t.K> eases tkvk gvHvls and St.H> oas«>s velvet s\xhIs per year, JamksT, vt JvvsKrn 0. KAV,i¥vnpy a mill at this plaw tl'r the manufaotureof shinldy. The buildings are eOx.^O. S stories and 50x40, I story rv^sixHlively. They employ SO jvrs»nts and make S,tKH> jvunds of slunldy daily. The ntill is situate*! on Mine Urvvk. trvnn wUieh the water is obtaine^l to drive the nwehinery. Fhe fallK-ing l^tVvl. They use a brvast whvvl i4 tVvt, They alsv^ have a i6 horse power engine with oiu" Iviler, D. T\iA\KK. Jr.. «»auufaetur\»r of str»w, sueceissor to D. Thayer, who establisheil the business about t>0 _\-*ars agv>. He vwupies i buildiugs of the tollv>wing dimensions, one S."i x7.> feet. S stories high and one SOxt>0 feet, i stories high. em|>k»v-s 4lH> hands aiul iWs a business of $KX\OvK> per an- num. They use a 6 horse pi'iwer engine, *ls*> a tubular bt>iler, K, S. v"t O. F. Mktcal*- eomnH>neeeiuv*l in 15^45. They iHintpy buiMings situate*) we*r the depot, in re*r i^" lX>«n avenue, the dinwnsiows of their buildings, which are all ivn«x50, SOxo^v, 28x4o, and S0x7,^. all 2 stories : employ 40 hainls. The machinery cimsists of 1 j»ow-er nu^rtisjug n\aehii>e. I tenon- ing Mwchine. 1 sticker, 1 splitting niaohine. 1 bor*r aini grvH^viug nwchine. 1 cutting-oft'ssw. 1 jig saw, aiui 1 of E, B. Rich's patent saw-grinders, of St. John. N. B. The m>.»tive jvwer is »lerive\l ftwui a SO horse kx>omoti\v engine, by Hoadley. of 1-awreniv. Mass. Messrs, Pasikls Jt Hvkkaki^ cvniuwence*l the manufac- «urv of stR«w gvxxls iu 1S«>.^ in a building .V)x4S. S stv>ries, situateil i\ear IVan avenue, lltey employ aK^ut .hH> pers^^us, including outsi*ie hands, ami turn out about 5t.> cases per day during the s<«s*ni. using ab*>ut 4,0^H).000 jTurds of straw. For heating the building and w ater for siiiitg. v^c. Ac. « tubular boiler is use*), built by Ounuiitgliam. of Charlestown. The busiiH\i!S w*s estaWishe*! by A. K. I'Janiels in ISM. one of the oldest uvinufaciuring establishments in the State. A. H. v"fc M. MoRSK, iwachiuists and stn*w machinery nian- ufacturvrs. cv^mmeiKvd business iu lS6t>. Their manufac- tory is siiuatixl near the deiK>t. They *HVupy 2 buildings, the tirst i8x48 feet. 2 stories, ami the sewnd 54x.'v4 feet, i stories, with an engine h«.^u.x 13 teet. I story. The engine, ot' l.^ horse power, furnishes the nK>ti\-e power lior their wivrks, tubular boiler, ot" i.'i horse power, both built by the Fuller Iron Works, of IV^videnvv. "I'hey emivloy 13 hamls, ami build ab*nit So machines tv>r pressing hats per year, besi*les iK»ii\g other iv>b work. They vearlv us« about So tons of iron. UAKO^KK, l.> iiiilos liMin FitihluiriT ■ J .-i'.id i\ (ivin i;i>vnt>eld. A t*>wn on the Veruu>nt & M,-»ss.-»cluisens Hailrvvtd. wutaining three villagx\<, j West Ganlner. Central N'illagv and South tiar*lner, which i v\^utain tv\av inhabitants. S chur*-hes and 3 bank, | t.>ltor river ri.s*^s j»artly in this town ; on this river is s*>me i gvHxl m«^*low lamls ; the high lauds are nnigh but gvxxl fv>r | grajiug, S. K, IhKRCK *vmtnen*v«l the manufactur*> of **ane seat | chairs on Main street. South Ganlner. in 1S47. He now , *H\-*«pies a four story building 80s4.> fetjt with a wing 40x j SO f*«et for his maiiufactory. Paint .shop t»0x40 feet with ! an ell 3l>x3l* feet, thrve stories ; 4 stor»> hotises S,^x40 feet 2 st*>ries <"«ch ; employs t>0 hamls inside, ami ."iW females for . st'^ting chairs. The mill is tilUnl w ith u>achinery driven | by a 15 horse p*»wer jx^rtable engine, made by J. C Hoadley *^t' L..»wnn>*v, at»d a 43 horse iH>wer vlouble turliino wheel. | Lertv^l's |>atten». Mr. P. turns *Hit alxnit 4.'>0 chairs p*>r , day. I Mkssks. Wrio.ht vt M*>i>KK *"\nwmen*>xl the manufa*Hur« of *>ane and w*hxI seat chairs iu IStJO in South Garvluer. on Chels<>a stre*>t. Tlie business was e.itablishe*l by t.*rn- wvxxl vt Wright alx>ut S3 vears agv>. Their main building is 76x.'>0 f*x>t fvHir stori*vt. b*»iler house attachixl ^Sxl4 one story. *lry houses 33x18 fe*>t and 14x16 tVxn t»\> stories each, j store hous*>s 4Sx3S tVx^t and l^K3,^ f*x>t two stories each. | His faiHv^ry istilUxl with mav-lunery r\m by a 13 horse ix»wer j jx^rtable engine ma*le by J. C. Hiv**lley of Lawreuiv. and a 1 3,» horse ^x^wer brvast wh*>el 11 feet in diameter and H> feet bucket. En\pK\v 40 haiuls inside and turns out S.UH^ cane i and 3.SlH^ wvxxl chairs per »u*n»th. 1 A. II. Brick. ivmmen*v*l business oppivfite the dejxM in 18oiK tv»r the d*'«ling and finishing of chairs, ixxnipies « i building l40xS,». three stories, thirty feet Ixfing two stories ; i euiplovs 13 hands and tiuishes 3.lKK^ chairs per month. i K.VTv>s & 1">INN. The manutaciuring of chairs was *xwtmetu>e*l by Collister «& Cowee in 1S4S. and at^erwarils ■ su*vee*le*i by Eaton & Dmm. They ixvupy a building 13o x40. emivloyiug 70 hatuls, pnxlucing" 13l\0«.H^ chairs per an- num. Au engine of t»0 horse power, maile by the l*Mti\am I Machine Comi»any. i>f Fitchburgh. Mass.. furtushes the m*>- i live p*>wer fv>r *lriving their nwchinery. A. v"fe H. C Knowlt*>u. n»anuliacturvrs of i-ane seat chairs. *Hxntpy a tactivy S stv>ries high and SOxllK> feet. They en^- pl*»y 3S men in faitory. alx^ut 1 3 u»en raanufa*'0xl4 one story, and 40xS0 one story ; employs 60 hamls in the shojx , producing 1 7.000 chairs annually : doing a business of §l3l>.000. The machinery is *lriveu by au engine of filly horse p*^wer. made by l\ituam Mac^iine Company, of Fitch- , burg. Mass- The go*xls are s*»ld by Riilamler IVrby A Co., 141 Xorih street, B*vst*ni. ^^RKSII P0:\0, 5 mile* funn Bos - 11 > at-.d >>i fnnu W.-»Uh,-*m. on the Waltham Br>»ucl This pUce is qui as frvuu Boston. 0> 0^) ATKS CROSSi:^^^, 19 miles frvnn Worcester, and 7 irxnu Fuchluirg. a iLsg station on the Fitchburs aad Worcester Railrvvad. KOKCw KTO M' \,3 1 mUes from Bc^ston. on ;hc New buryivrt K.nilrvW. iucorp*irale*l ISSS, was formcrlv town of Kowlev. la 1S67 had 3.1^1 iuhabi- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 247 tantg, 530 voters, 10 schools, and 380 soliolurs. Has 2Cjn- gregational, 1 Baptist, and 1 Catholic churcli. The value of real estate is Sf>i!0,000, value ofpersonal property, 8260,000 ; lax on $100 is SI. 45. Tiie building now used by one of the Confrregatioiial churches was given to that association by Mr. George Peabody, and is the most handsome church in (lie county, costing 8100,000. Th«re is also a Public Li- brary, with 3,000 volumes. The building and fixtures cost 86,000, which was given by Mr. Peabody, There is also a sum of 840,000 at interest for this town, given by Mr. John Perlcy, a native of the town, who died in 18C8, to be ex- pended in the building of a college to be called The Perley Free School. There is a Savings Bank, incorporated in 1809. J. P. CoKEK occupies a 2 story wood building, 60x25 feet, on Main street, where he manufactures men's and boys' boots, brogans, and balmorals. Commenced busincsss in 1835, employs 40 hands, turns out 300 cases brogans, 400 cases boots, 200 cases balmorals, and does business to the amount of 860,000 per annum. Geo. H. C'AnEi.TOjf occupies a 2 story wooden building, .36x45 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1855, employs 10 hands, tunis out 4,000 pairs booots and 3,000 pairs shoes, and does business to the amount of 812,000 per year. J. li. Giles occupies a two storj- wooden building, 36x40 feet located on Elm street, where he manufactures meu's, boys' and youths' brogans. Commenced business in 1K64 ; employs 20 hands ; consumes 28,000 lbs. of sole and 30,000 feet of upper leather, producing 16,000 pairs of brogans ; do- ing a business of 818,000 per annum. Isaac Smith occupies a wooden building, 12x12 feet, lo- cated on Main road, for the manufacture of men's slippers. Commenced business in 1848 ; employs 3 hands, and turns out 30 pairs of slippers per day. Georoe W. Chapel occupies a two story wooden build- ing, 34x26 feet, located on Maple street, for the manufacture of boots and brogans. Commenced business in 1836; em- ploys 11 hands; turns out 2,400 pairs of boots and 1,800 pairs brogans, and does busincs to the amount of 815,000 per year. \Vm. B. IIarriman occupies half of a wooden building, 40 x28 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of boots.' Commenced business in 1858 ; employs 5 hands ; turns out 1 25 cases per year. George J. Tessey & Son occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing, 32x77 feet, with store house 45x18 feet, on Main street, for the manufacture of men's and boys' boots. Commenced business in 1861; employs 80 hands; do business to the amount of 8150,000 per annum. C. E. Tyler, & Co., occupy ^ of a 3 story wooden building 42x28 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufac- ture of boots and shoes, commenced business in 1866, em- ploy 11 hands, turn out 3,600 pairs boots and 2,100 pairs shoes, and do a business of 89,000 per annum. Little 'DAIjK, 5 miles from Van Dcu- l|^ senville, 18 from Pitt.sfichl and 92. from Bridgeport, a slalif. "W. I^OW, Agent, Gloucester, aiass. Congregational, organized November 17, 1829 ; 1 Indepen- dent Christian (Universalist) church, 2 Baptist, 2 Methodist Episcopal, 1 Mariners' Bethel, 1 Roman Catholic, 1 Uni- versalist, at Annisquara, and 1 Orthodox Congregational, at Lanesville. Number of children attending school between the ages of 5 and 15, 2,851. Societies. Gloucester Library Association — This asso- ciation has rooms at No. 113 Front street, open daily, Sun- days excepted, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. The Lyceum was organized February 20, 1830, and added the library, which contains about 3,500 volumes, March 18, 1854. Gloucester Fisherman and Seaman's Widows and Orphan's Aid Society, organized March, 1862. Ladies' Charitable Society — Annual meeting, first Wednesday in January. Seaside Band of Hope, organized November 8, 186G, num- bers about 425 ; meetings held each month in the vestries of different churches in the town. Banks. Gloucester National Bank, established 1796, capital, $300,000 ; Cape Ann National Bank, capital, $150,000; First National Bank of Gloucester, capital $120,000. Savings Banks — Cape Ann Savings Bank, in- corporated 184G, amount of deposits, $70,000. Cape Ann Mutual Marine Insurance Company, capital, $50,000 ; Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. Nathan Richardson occupies a two story wooden build- ing 40x20 feet with a blacksmiths' shop attached 20x30 feet, and an ell 16x17 feet, situated at No. 61 Spring street, commenced business in 1860, employing 6 hands, manufac- turing N. Richardson's patent ice crushers, steering ma- ItIOH:.4-IM>»!!50IV'S HIPROVEO PATEXT STEEMeAFFARAm, The attention of the public is called to the above improve- ment upon the ordinary steering apparatus in common use, as possessing the following advantages, the importance of which w^ll be at once recognized by nautical men : 1. The action of the sea upon the rudder has no effect upon the wheel, consequently it is not necessary to hold it in position ; but it will remain as placed bj- the helmsman under all circumstances. 2. It is very quick in its effect upon the rudder, and per- fectly easy of motion at all times. 3. There is no fore and aft, or athwart ship vibrations. 4. It will permit upward motion without derangement. 5. There is no noise or jar in its operations at any time, and being perfectly steady and unaffected by tlie sea, it is a safe support to the lii'lmsman. E. F. STACY, AGENT, Gloucester, Jflass. chines, bait mills, hoisting and boring machines and general machinery, turning out 100 steering machines and about 60 ice crushers per annum. The motive power is furnished Q-om a 5 horse power engine built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridgeport, who also built the upright tubular boiler of 10 horsepower which furnishes steam for the engine. Maechant & Shepherd, m.anufacturers of hard and soft soap, commenced business in 1843. They occupy a 1 J story wooden building, located at Duncan's Point, have three em- ployees, turn out about 9,000 pounds of hard and 8 barrels of soft soap per month, consuming about $4,000 worth of rough tallow per year. Cape Ann Anchor Works, capit.al $25,000, incorporated 1867. This company's works are situated on Vincent's Point near Spring street, occupying a IJ story wooden building 80x50 feet, employ 14 hands, manufacturing anch- ors and vessel works. The motive power is furnished from 2 engines, steam furnished from a 60 horse power cylinder boiler, also have a steam hammer of 48 horse power, built by Lyman Kinsley & Co., of Cambridgeport. Tarr & WoNSON, manufacturers of copper paints for the preservation of vessel's bottoms, occupy a mill house IJ stories 40x30 feet wood, packinghouse 2i stories 50x40 feet, wood, paint shop 28x40 feet 2^ stories wood, and burning house 20x30 feet IJ stories, located on Rocky Neck, East Gloucester. They commenced business in 1860, have 20 employees, turning out 12,000 gallons per annum, doing a business of $50,000. This firm also run a large French Burrstone mill and one bolting machine, which are driven Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazttteer. 249 ox an engine of 16 horse power. Office 131 Commercial street, Boston. Gloucester and Boston Salt Fiso Co., occupy a three story wooden building 70x30 feet, store-house attached 70.vl8 feet, located at Rocky Neck, East Gloucester, for the manufacture of desicated tish ; employing when in full opera- tion about 12.J hands. Have a capacity for turning out 500 Cil-ies 24 lbs. to a case per daj% Their machinery is driven by a ten horse power engine, built by Allen & Endi- cott, furnished with steam from a fifty horse power tubular boiler, built by Allen & Endicott. The biisiuess was commenced in 1869. Office in Boston, No. 5 Commerce street. Odessa Skirt Company-, commenced business in 1865. This company occupy a building 40x60 feet, four stories high, for the manufacture of the Odessa Patent Collapsing, and the Parisian Adjustable Pjvnier Skirt, employing about 100 girls. The}' have just commenced to manufacture ladies and childrens undergarments, and are going to run fifty sewing machines, and will employ as many girls. The otRce of this company is at Boston, No. .58 Summer street. The manufacturing of mouldings, gutters, &c., is carried on by .1. B. Bl'rnham, occupying a two story building lOOx 24 feet. His machinery is driven by an engine of twenty horse power. /jgRAFTOir, 38 miles from \ x'rJ ^ from AVorcester, a village and town i Boston, and Boston & Albany liailroad and Providence & Worcester Riiilroad, 34i miles from Providence, and 9 from Worcester. The Post Office at the station on the Providence & Worces- ter Railroad is called Saundersville. Population 500 ; two public schools and one church. The Blackstonc river runs through the place. The Saunders Cotton Mill, located here, was incorpo- rated 1850. Capital, 8175,000. E. Saunders, of Saunders- ville, President ; James Read, of Boston, Treasurer. The new mill is 170x50 feet, 3 stories and attic, with L 75.x36, 3 stories and attic ; picker house, 38x36, 2 stories. The mill contains 10,000 spindles, 210 looms, manufacturing print cloths and sheetings, producing 45,000 yards per week, con- simiing 7,000 pounds of cotton; employ 150 persons. The mill is heated by steam ; the water power here is not all improved. This town was incorporated 1735. The Indian name was Ilassanamisco. Blackstone river and several large ponds give this town a constant water power. Grafton has a fine soil, is beautifully located and flourishing. The Quinsiga- mond, the outlet of a pond of that name in Shrewsbury, passes from North to South through the town, with a descent of between 50 and 60 feet on this stream, in the Northeiistern part of the town is New England Village, and at its junction with the Blackstone, at the Southern part of the town, is the village of Farnumsville. These villages are distant from each other about 4 miles. They possess an abundance of water power and are very neat and flourishing manufacturing villages. The central village, called Grafton Centre, is on elevated ground and very pleasant. It lies 3 miles South- easterly from New England Village, about 1 mile from Graf- ton depot, on the Boston & Albany Railroad. The Provi- dence & Worcester Railroad passes through the westerly part of the town, 2J miles from the centre. In 1865, the population was 4,962 ; has 8 churches : 2 Congregational, 1 Free Will Baptist, 1 Methodist, 1 Unitarian, 2 Baptist, and 1 Roman Catholic. Duelling houses, 632 ; acres of land taxed, 13,677 ; No. of polls, 1,035 ; Real estate, 81,109,692, 32 personal property, §600.534; Rate per cent. §12.72 per $1,000. The manufacturers at or near the station, on the Boston and Albany Railroad, are as follows : J. H. Allen occupies a one siory wooden building, 18x30 feet, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' shoes. Em- ploys 8 hands and turns out '5 cases per week. J. S. Nelson & Co. occupy a two story wooden building, 30x50 feet, in the manufacture of women's, misses' and chil- dren's shoes. Commenced business in 1856. Has 25 em- ployees, and turn out 500 cases per annum. The manufacturers at Grafton Centre are as foUows : C. C. AVoOD occupies two floors, 15x50 feet each, in two story wooden building, located on North st., in the manufac- ture of boots and shoes. Business was first established by Liberty Wood, some years ago, and his successor, C. C. Wood, taking possession August, 1868. Employs 25 hands, and turns out 1,000 cases of goods per annum. B. K. Moulton occupies a two story wooden building, 40 x43 feet, and ba-ement, located on North street, for the cur- rying of leather for boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1850, and has five employees. ri. C. Greenwood occupies a two story wooden building, 30x50 feet, and part of two floors 15x50 each, in another 2 story wooden building, for the manufacture of hand made boots and shoes for the retail trade. Commenced business in 1855. Has 125 employees, and turns out 2,500 cases an- nually. J. W. McKenzie, occupies a 2 story wooden building 30 x54 feet, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes, also dealer in leather generally, commenced business in 1862, has 5 employees and turns out 5000 sides per annum, ma- chinery consists of Stuffings & Glassing machines power, furnished from adjacent building. Allen & Flagg, occupy a story wooden building 25x35 feet with L attached 22x30 feet, for the manufacture of hand made boots and shoes, commenced business March, 1846, work let out to different parties and turn out 1,200 cases per annum on an average. J. W. Slocojib & Son, occupy a 3 story wooden building 35x45 feet, with basemeut, for the manufacture of hand made boots. Business established in Northbridge, in 1813, moved to Grafton Centre in 1836. Work let out to differ- ent parties, turn out 2,500 cases per annum on an average. E. B. BiGELOw, occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x 66 feet, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes, com- menced business in 1864, has 10 employees and turns out 13,000 sides per annum. L. W. Dodge & Son, occupies a 3 story wooden building 44x45 feet with basement, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes. Business was first established by Mr. Dodge in 1837, the firm has now 8 employees and turn out 12,000 sides per annum. Geo. W. Esterbrook, occupies a story wooden building 40x60 feet, for the currying of leather for boots and shoes, also dealer, commenced business in 1855, has 14 employees. H. S. Warren occupies two floors, 40x60 feet, in a three story brick building, for the manufacture of hand made boots and shoes, and currying of leather ; work let to different par- ties. Commenced business in 1851, and turns out 1,000 cases boots and shoes per annum on an average. A. .1. Hall occupies a two story wooden building, 20x40 feet, for the manufacture of inner sole stiffening and heeling. Commenced business in 1867 ; employs 6 hands. Machinery consists of one rolling machine. Power furnished from ad- jacent building. 250 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. lEIM MIE cm. For Yarn and Thread Waste; Aho, Soft Flannels. These machines are iu principal a Carding Machine, but made with strong, sharp steel teeth. The main cylinder is 14 inches in diameter ; workers aud doff'er same as an ordinarj' card. The stock is doffed from the doffer in a sheet same as an ordinary card machine. Tiiis machine preserves the staple, making it nearly as good as the original wool. COLD -AIR WOOL DRYER. The machine occupies Uxl5 feet, on the floor. Will dry from 2,000 to 3,000 lbs. of wool jjer day. No sleam or other hot pipes connected with it. This ma- chine is endorsed by all the insurance companies, as being perfectly safe as to fires. Manufacturers having them in use, say their wool works better, and their I goods have a softer feeling, and a better finish can be 'put upon them than when the wool is dried by a pow- erful heat. These machines have a new patent fan, which runs with 1 ut In ! | i i .1 iii< li lielt will ilii\c them with ease. The machine is placed upon the floor, and leveled up, and m i in ii In ill u iui, 36 miles north of i|[^ Springfield, and 106 west of Boston, on the Conn. ^^-^ river and Massachusetts and Fitchburg Railroads. The village is situated about li miles from Connecticut river, and is very beautiful and flourishing, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country. This village is the shire town of Franklin county, and the centre of a large agricultural community, and contains about 4,500 inhabi- tants, 6 churches, 2 national, and 1 savings bank. About one half mile or more south-east of the village the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad crosses the Con- necticut River Railroad, but by agreement they run to the •25-2 Stations tw the State of Massachusetts. depot on the latter road to leave passengers, and take those who wish to go to Shelbiirne Falls and Hoosac Tunnel. This branch was opened, and trains commenced running in August, 1868, and when the tunnel is completed, will be the most direct route from Boston to the West. Felt & Co, founders, machinists, and machinery manu- facturers, commenced busines.s in 186G, on the right bank of the Green river, about a quarter of a mile below the Cut- lery Works. The business was established in 1829 by "Wil- son & Pearee. Messrs. Felt & Co. occupy 3 buildings. Their machine shop, 25x60 feet, 2 stories, is filled with lathes, drilling machines, and such other machinery as are found in machine shops. The foundry building, 120x30 feet, 1 story, is divid- ed oft' 30 feet for a blacksmith's shop. Their store house is 50x30 feet, 2 stories. They employ 16 hands, and use about 15 tons iron per month. Motive power is furnished from a 3 feet turbine wheel, with 10 feet fall, of '22 horse power. Amoxg the manufacturing companies which have made i this town known to the civilized world at large, is the estab- ' lishment of tlie Joss Russell MANTFACrrRiXG Co. This companv was incorporated in 1868. with a capital of $525,- 000. John Russell, President ; Charles W. Russell, Treas- I urer ; Frederick Clapp, Secretary ; and Matthew Chapman, ' Agent ; — for the manufacture of all kinds of table and pocket cutlery. Mr. John Russell, the president, a man 72 years of age. who was born in 1797, commenced the manufacture of edged tools in Greentield. in 1834, giving employment to about 70 men. His factory was located near where the depot I now stands ; in 1836 it was destroyed by tire and rebuilt upon its present site, about ^ of a mile below the depot, in a valley. At this time, the business was carried on under a copartnership, but in 1855 was formed a joint stock compa- ny, under the style of J. Russell 3Ifg. Co., with a capital of SI 75,000, and continued until June 18th, 1868, when they 1 took out a new charter, under the name of John Russell Mfg. I Co., with privilege of removing their works to Turner's Falls, 3 miles distance, on the Connecticut river, where they are erecting buildings, which will be filled with the latest and most improved machinerj-, and having one of the best water ! privileges in the country. I Their buildings in Greenfield are built of stone, brick, I and wood, and form two clusters, the Green river running between, which a mile below flows into the Deerfield, thence ' into the Connecticut. Of the buildings on the right bank of the river, commenc- ing with the largest, is their grinding and finishing shop, 330x32 feet. 2 stories high, where may be seen in long rows no less than 70 immense grindstones, with 140 grinders, one of these stones only lasting from five to six weeks. In the polishing room no less than 1.075 emery wheels are ; used each day, and 2 men are employed in preparing new 1 wheels, using 18 sides sole per mouth. 102 men are em- ployed at the emery wheels, and when polishing ivory or bone, clouds of dust would arise, if provision had not been made to pass it ofl^ through the roof. This is done by powerful steam fans with suction-pipes, one of which is placed over the tops of each wheel. The office, packing j and store rooms occupy a 3 story building, and employ from 6 to 10 men. Crossing the river, we find a village of shops built on three sides of a square composed of fifteen or twenty difier- ent houses. There are 2 forging shops, a house for stowing I steel, a blacksmiths' shop, a machine shop, a hammering shop, a hardening shop, a tempering shop, a hafting. sawing, cutting, press room, &c., besides several other buildings. In the forging shop there are 12 steel trip-hammers, and 8 drops for making the " bolsters of the kni\es and forks. In the hardening shop, 6 men are employed heating the blades j of the knives to a red heat, and dipping them in cold oil, for the purpose of hardening the steel. With the exception of butchers' knives, everything in the manufacture of cut- lery is done by machinery. These require a little extra hammering, which is done by hand in a separate building. Here from 25 to 30 anvils are constantly ringing, while a row of forges glow in the centre of the room. The machine shop contains large lathes and other in- struments for the manufacture of machines. A building is devoted to tempering of blades of knives, and men can be seen standing before hot beds of sand on which the knives are laid, watching the changing tints of steel by which is de- termined the proper temper of the blade. In the room where the handles of knives are sawed there are employed 16 men standing before as many rapidly revolving circular saws. Tlie various woods to supply these saws are placed close at hand, and as fast as sawed are removed to the dry rooms and store houses. In another part of the concern a press can be seen in constant operation, which prints on the blade the trade mark of the firm, or the name of some customer, many parties having their own stamp used on their goods. In the press room, where the handles are shaped, there are 36 presses, run by 6 men. each man running 6 presses, turning out 50 dozen knife and fork handles per day. This company employ 500 hands, turning out 80 gross of table cutlery, 130 dozen of ivory table cutlery, and 250 dozen miscellaneous goods dail_v, using 2 tons of steel per day, and of raw material consumed per year — of cocoa or grandilla wood, 304,487 lbs. ; rosewood, 56,792 lbs. ; ebony, 112.000 lbs. ; and of ivory 36,000 lbs., besides there is an- nually consumed about 3,000 lbs. of beeswax, 44,000 lbs. emery, 400,000 lbs. of grindstones, 2,500 gallons of oil. 25.(100 bushels of charcoal, and 2,000 tons hard coal. Truly may it be said to be the largest cutlery establishment in the world. This establishment derives its motive power from 2 steam engines of 350 horse power combined, furnished with steam from 8 flue boilers, made by Messrs. Woodrufi" & Beach, of Hartford, Conn. Also 3 turbine water wheels of 125 horse power. Thosipsox iL\srF.\CTrRiXG Co. commenced business in the summer of 1868. for the manufacture of chisels, gouges, screw-drivers. &c. ; Thompson's hollow bit stock, Thomp- son's patent hoUow iron gates. &c. Motive power, water ; 32 feet fall. They use a 45 horse power Bodine's Jonval turbine wheel. The factory is located on Mill Brook stream. Greenfield Tool Co. This company was incorporated in 1851, for the manufacture of joiner's bench plains, mould- ing tools, &c. Capital. 872,600. George W. Potter. Presi- dent ; A. Parker, Treasurer : B. S. Parker, Secretary. The business was established in 1847 by A. Parker, at Conway, Mass. His works were burned down in 1850, when he removed to, and formed the incorporated company, in Greenfield. Their main work shop is 200 feet long by 36 feet wide, 2 stories : engine house, 1 story, with boiler room attached, is 30x75 feet, 2 stories ; blacksmith's forge and machine shop, 1 story, 30x60 feet ; packing and store house 30x75, 1 story, with counting room attached, 30x40, 2 stories ; timber build- ing, 40x200 feet, 2 stories, — this building is used for storing seasoned lumber. Their works are situated about half a mile above the depot, on the left side of the Connecticut [ River Railroad. They employ from 50 to 75 hands. 1 The motive power is furnished from a 125 horse power I engine, made by Putnam Machine Co.. Fitchburg : steam from 2 tubular boilers, made by Kendall & Roberts, of Cambridgeport. This company consume from 300,000 to Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufachirers Statistical Gazetteer. 153 STAR LABEL COMPANY JIANXFACTURERS OF THE PATENT EEADY-STRUXG & MEECHAXDISE fiii AXD ALSO OF THE oclu't ^:a(\ or JTabii ^4.>I> LAIPKOYED SHIPPMG CARDS. « ^i^er« P PROPRIETOR, Graniteville, Mass. 254 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. 500,000 feet of liunber annually. Produce 4,000 planes, with a capacity of 10,000 per month. Warehouses: 134 Congress street, Boston; 77 John St., New York ; 415 Commerce street, Pliiladelphia. Supplying the Californian, South American and Australian trade almost entirely. # REE3[ LiOIMiE, 10^ miles from Bos- ton on the Sloughton Branch Railroad. A country station. /I"*" REEi% W001>, 9 miles from Boston, l|3 and 18 from Lawrence, a flag station on the Boston ^-^ and Maine railroad, between Wakefield Junction and Stoueham. /i^ROTOir ^EATKE, 31 miles from 1|3 Worcester, and 15 from Nashua, on the Worcester ^'-^ & Nashua Railroad. A quiet country village con- taining two churches. The iuhabitauts are mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits. Tlie town of Groton is finely watered by the Nashua and .Squanecook rivers and a num- ber of beautiful ponds. /|^ ROTO:V jr:V€TI01f, 3.5 mUes from i Ji^ Boston, and 15 from Fitchburg. Population 800. Three ciiurches. Wooi>, Prescott & Co. commenced business in 1867, for the manufacture of all kinds of work for machinery, &c., &c. The business was established in I860, by H. P. Ross. Main building 114.\40 feet, one story, foundry ; 36x18 feet, 2 story, casting, cleaning shop, &c. Employ 25 hands. This firm use on an average, about 3i tons iron per day. Derive their motive power from a seven horse power portable en- gine made by Bird & Co., of East Boston. /|X ROUT'S <:0R:VER, (now Miller-s l|3 Falls,) 100 miles from New London, 98 from Bos- ton, and 180 from New York. A station on the Ver- mont and Massachusetts Railroad, and at the terminus of the New London and Northern Railroad. /|T^ROVEL.Ar¥D, incorporated in 1850, t|^« has 1,693 inhabitants, located i mile from Groveland Station on the Newburvport Railroad, it is 30 miles from Boston, 83 miles from Portland, on the right bank of the Merrimac river. Has 4 churches, 6 schools and 300 scholars. Value of real and personal property, S700,000. Number of voters 400. P. Page, occupies a 2 story wooden building 20x25 feet, located on Main street, where he manufactures boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1833. Employ 2 hands. R. H. Page, occupies a 2J .storj' wooden building 40x60 feet, another building 2 stories 30x36 feet, for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots, located on Main street, commenced business iu 1845, employs 40 hands, con- sumes 400 lbs. of sole and 700 to 800 lbs. of upper leather, produ<'ing 360 pairs of boots per day, does a business of 8175,000 per auuum. Charles Stickxet & Co., occupy a 3 story wooden building with basement 80x25 feet, with storehouse 22x40 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', and misses' pegged shoes. The business was commenced 1858, employ 70 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine 10 horse power, built by John Day o( Box- ford, Mass., with 1 flue boiler 18 horse power, they turn out 1,500 pairs per week, consuming 1,800 lbs. of sole and 83,- 000 worth of upi)cr leatiier per month, and do business to the amount of 8100,000 per annum. Anhrew J. Huntress, Agent, occupies a two story wood- den building 22x30 feet, located on Main street, for the man- ufacture of womens', misses, and childrens' boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1856 ; employs 40 hands ; turns out 20 cases per week ; does business to the amount of 840,000 per annum. N. E. Ladi), manufacturer of ladies' and misses boots and shoes, occupies a two story wooden building 25x35 feet, located on Common street, where he employs ten hands. Commenced business in" 1865 ; does business to the amount of 815,000 per year. Williams & Curtis, occupy a three story wooden building 22x34 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of women's and misses pegged boots. Commenced business in 1868; employ 11 hands; turn out 710 pairs per week; consume 320 pounds of split, 200 calfskins, 300 feet of buff, and 900 pounds of sole leather, and do a business amount- ing to 850.000 per year. N. T. Stickney, occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x 36 feet located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies' machine sewed shoes ; turn out 62 pairs per day. Com- menced business in 1864 ; employs 20 hands ; cons.imes 72 lbs. of sole and 150 feet of upper leather per day, and does a business of $35,000 per annum. 6 IIOVE STREET, six mUes from Boston and 4.^ from Waltham. A station on the Watertown Branch. .\G-^ from the depot, on the coast. The business here is prmcipally in the fisheries. Harwich, is situated 88 miles from Boston, and five from Orleans, on the Cape Cod Central Railroad and contains one church. ^^ATFIEI^R, 21 miles from Springfield, i*^ I a village and town on the Connecticut River Railway. C;;;:;;^ The manufacture of brooms is carried on here quite extensively. 4tiAVERHIl.i:i, 29 miles from Boston, c3^ 22 from Salem, 14 from Newburyport, 18 from •^^y' Lowell, 9 from Lawrence and 30 from Portsmouth. This city is situated on the Mcrrimac river, the 4th river in size in New England, and about 18 miles from its mouth. First settled m 1640. The city charter of Haverhill was accepted May loth, 1869, by vote of 671 to 141. Election of otficers first Monday in December, 1869. City Govern- ment to be assumed first Monday in Januarj-, 1870. In the year 1792, Samuel Tenney, Uriah Gage and Timothy Phillips were manufacturing sale shoes in Brad- ford. Tliey found a market for their goods in Boston, Salem and Newburyport. This trade was soon carried by the commerce of these towns to the West Indies and Southern States. In the 3'ear 1795-6, Allen Dodge. of Newburyport, and Samuel Tenney of Bradford, started on a trading ex- pedition to the District of Columbia, they established a general commission business in Georgetown, from which Mr. Tenney soon withdrew and went to Charleston, S. C. The shoe manufactories of Bradford, continued for many years to consign goods to Mr. Dodge and his broth- er Frank who was his successor. Mr. Allen Dodge was the father of Hon. A. W. Dodge, Treasurer of Essex Coun- ty and grandfather of '• Perley," the distinguished corres- pondent of the Boston Journal. At the beginning of the present century, Moses Atwood of Haverhill, a storekeeper and the father of the celebrated female missionary, Harriet Newell, commenced getting out sale shoes. He was the first shoe manufacturer in this city. The war of 1812, stimulated the production of shoes still more, and there was quite an increase in the number of manufacturers in Bradford and Haverhill, during the next 5 years. Daniel Howe, Jr., the leading merchant of Haver- 256 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. hill, and several others did an extensive and successful busi- ness. In the year 1838 the manufacturers of Bradford removed their business to Haverhill, across the river, where they have remained ever since, leaving the former place to become a quiet and beautiful residence for many of the business men of Boston and Haverhill. Located upon the border of a large agricultural district, which embraces the whole of Eastern New Hamshire, where the principal employment of the peo- ple is shoe making, they have facilities for producing every variety of women's, men's and children's pegged, sewed boots and balmorals, with men's and women's slippers. Should the business continue to increase for the next 20 years, the beautiful hills by which the town is surrounded will be cov- ered witii the residences of her citizens, and many of their present places of abode will be given up to the demands of lier merchants and manufacturers. As a producer of boots and shoes in Massachusetts, Hav- erhill rank second to Lynn only. She gives employment in this business to more tliau six thousand men, women and children. Boot and shoe manufacture is, of course, her principal industrial interest, but otlier branches of manufac- ture, textile fabrics, hats, nails, tacks, &c., are extensively and successfully prosecuted. MANUFACTURERS. Harvey & Love.ioy, shoe manufacturers. Messrs. J. A. Harvey & D. Lovejoy, J. A. Harvey, senior partner, com- menced business in a small way in 1862 ; in 1867 connected with him D. Lovejoy, under the stjde of Harvej' & Lovejoy, doing business m their 3 story building, 100x80 feet, situated by the Boston and Maine Railroad station. They manufacture men's, ladies', misses', and chil- dren's boots, shoes, and slippers. They make a speciality of ladies' work, of calf, glove calf, goat, kid, and English serge city walking boots. The style of their boots exhibit- ed was rather remarkable, being' of peculiar patterns, and that of the latest style, and the work in every way credit- able. We notice in the stitching of their goods an extra row of stitching more than usually seen. This being quite an essential point, as there are many complaints about the ripping of seams by use of poor and scanty threads. They have connected with their factory one of the largest retail stores in New England, retailing 40,000 pairs per annum, nearly all of their own manufacture, thus enabling them to gel very near to the idea to the wants of the people in boots and shoes. Their goods are particularly adapted to the New England trade. ISIiTCHELL, Butters & Rcst, ocoipy a three story and basement brick buildiug, 42x120 feet, located in the rear of the Town Hall, for the manufacture of wool hats. They commenced business in 1868 ; employ 100 hands, and turn out from 75 to 100 dozen hats per day, and do business of from $200,000 to $300,000 per year. They require about 40 horse power to drive their machinery, which is furnished by an engine of 80 horse power in an adjacent building. The business was established in 1856 by Howe & Mitchell. A. J. TiLTON occupies a 3 story wooden building, 40x70 feet, in the rear of Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses, and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1861, employs 150 hands, and turns out 4,000 pairs per day, and does a business amounting to about $300,000 per year. Office and salesrooms, Nos. 168, 170. 172, and 174 Merrimac street. Mitchell & Johnson occupy a shop, located No. 152 Merrimac street, for the man\ifacture of ladies' and misses machine sewed boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1865, employ 50 hands, and turn out 60,000 pairs per vear, worth $100,000. Farrar Bros, occupy a 4 story brick building, 24x55 feet, also 2 rooms 30x70 feet, in a 2 story wooden building, located Nos. 160 and 162 Merrimac street, for the manu- facture of gent's, ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes, for New England, Southern, and Western trade. They com- menced business in 1858, employ 200 hands on the premises, and many others outside, and turn out 150,000 pairs per year, worth about $300,000. J. W. ViTTUM occupies a shop, No. 148 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business ia 1859, employs 40 hands, and turns out 100,000 pairs per year, worth $75,000. C. W. Chace & Co., occupy a four story brick building .50x50 feet, located Nos. 14 and 16 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They employ 200 hands, and turn out about 200,000 pairs per year, worth about $200,0u0. The business was estab- lished in 1815 by Samuel Chace. G. A. Green, occupies two floors 22x65 feet, in the Es- sex Bank block on Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1868 ; em- ploys 40 hands, and turns out about 400 pairs per day. J. M. Poor & Co., occupy one floor of a brick building 24x75 feet, located No. 40 Merrimac street, for the manu- facture of ladies' and misses' sewed and pegged boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1857 ; employ 40 hands and turn out about 50,000 pairs per year, worth about $70,000. Ezra Kellt, occupies a shop located on Fleet street, for the manufacture of lasts. lie commenced business in 1834 ; employs seven hands and turns out about -10,000 lasts per year, worth $15,000. J. H. Kelly, occupies a shop on Fleet street, manu- facturing shoe trees and block holder screws. He com- menced business in 1855, and does business amounting to about $2,000 per year. Moses Robinson, occupies one floor of a two story wood- en building, 40x50 feet, located on Fleet street, for the man- ufacture of dies and iron fences of all kinds. He com- fhenced business in 1868 ; employs four hands, and does a business of about $10,000 per year. Brown & Weeks, occupy a two story wooden building, 17x47 feet with an L 17x17 feet, located on Court street, for the manufacture of marble monuments, mantles, tablets, &c. They commenced business in 1847 ; employ seven hands and do business amounting to about $15,000. J. F. Bragg, occupies a two story wooden building 36x 36 feet, located No. 8 Fleet street, for the manufacture of inner and outer soles, taps and stilfnings. He commenced business in 1852 ; employs nine hands, and does business amounting to about $25,000 per year. Moses How occupies a five story brick building, iron front, 25x87 feet, and a three story wooden building, 40x40 ft., lo- cated at Nos. 45 and 47 Merrimac street, for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1841. Employs 200 hands, and turns out about 250,000 pairs per year, worth about $300,000. Mr. How is one of the most active and enterprising mem- bers of the trade. He originated the " ganging" system, and was the first to employ "gangs" in this business at Haverhill. He introduced patent and enamelled leather work ; started one of the first stitching machines ever made, and began the manufacture of machine-made shoes in Haverhill nearly simultaneously with their production in Lynn. He con- sumes more fine kid than any manufacturer in the United States. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 257 BLANCHARD'S EDCE VARNISH^ A superior iir^icle for Boot asiil Shoemakers' use. Haviag been manufactured by the proprietors for the last thirty years, and tlie constantly increasinjr demand for the same is a sure guaranty that it is an excellent article. The public must beware of a counterfeit article, headed Balti- more Varnish, as each bottle of his manufacture has the name in full on the label and blown on the glass. CHARLES BLANCHARD. 118 Mcrrimac street, Harerhill, Mass. Agents for the sale of my Varnish — Isaac Colburn & Co., 72 Milk street, Boston : N. H. Myrick. cor. of Union and Buffiim streets, Lynn ; Richardson & Poore, Stoneham, Mass. ; G. H. Farrar, corner Union and Washington streets, Lynn, Mass. ; James F. Woodward & Co., South Reading, Mass. I^' A liberal discount made to the trade. Charles Blanchard, occupies a shop at No. 118 Merri- mac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and child- ren's boots and shoes. He employs 50 hands, and turns out about 30,000 pairs per year, worth $50,000. Mr. Blanch- ard is also the manufacturer of the famous Baltimore Edge ^''arnish for boot and shoe makers' use, of which he manu- factures and sells about 800 gallons per year. The largest shoe manufactory in Haverhill is that of L. Jonxsox & Co. They employ 350 hands, and turn out 8300,000 worth of goods per year. Tiieir product com- prises buff and kid sewed boots, and polished leather pegged boots, which are shipped to the south and west. West & Co. occupy a shop, 25x60 feat, located No. 134 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of women's machine sewed boots and shoes. They employ about 100 hands, and turn out 60,000 pairs per year, worth about 8100,000. This firm was established 35 years ago by William N. Kim- ball. E. A. Sawver occupies a shop in a four story brick block No. 70 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', mis- ses' and children's boots, shoes and slippers. He commenc- ed business in 1863 ; employs about 50 hands, and turns out about 820,000 worth per year. R. W. Bi-AisDELL occupies a shop, located at No. 132 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1862, employs 30 hands, and turns out 30,000 pairs per year. West & Co. occupy a shop No. 134 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' fine boots and shoes. They em- ploy 100 hands, and turn out 42,000 pairs per year, worth 8100,000. Pathe & Smith occupy a shop, 40x100 feet, located on Fleet street, for the manufacture of paper boxes. They com- menced business in 1857 ; employ six hands, and turn out about 75,000 boxes per year. J. F. Merrill occupies a shop. No. 130 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' and gents' slippers, and gents' nuUifiers. He commenced business in 1849 ; employs 30 hands, and turns out about 25,000 pairs per year, worth 818,000. A. L. Kimball occupies a shop. No. 54 lyjerrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's buff and calf balmorals. He employs 50 hands, and turns out 42,000 pairs per year, worth about 875,000. The business was established in 1837 by Albert Kimball. Poor & AVheelek occupy 2 floors of a 4 story brick building, 24x60 feet, located No. 76 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1861, employ 100 hands, and turn out 60,000 pairs per year, worth 8100,000. Daniel Harrimax occupies a shop. No. 36 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children'; j boots and shoes. He employs 75 hands, and turns out about 125,000 pairs per year, worth 875,000. ■ W. B. Lamprey occupies a shop. No. 36 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1865, employs 25 hands, and turns out 30,000 pairs, worth 825,000, per year. Ordway & Pike occupy a shop, located No. 76 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1868, em- ploy 30 hands, and turn out 36,000 pairs per year, worth 8100,000. Richardson & BR0\yN occupy a shop, located No. 82 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' misses', and chililreu's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1868, employ 25 hands, and turn out 18,000 pairs per year, worth 850,000. Wm. H. Hkwes & Co. occupy 3 floors of a brick build- : ing, located No. 72 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They com- menced business in 1837, employ from 50 to 75 hands, and ' turn out about 70,000 pairs per year, worth about 850,000. John Kendrick & Co. occupy a shop 22x50 feet, in Porter's Block, No. 122 Merrimac street, for the manufac- ture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. They com- menced business in 1866, turn out about 36,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to about 860,000. L. Johnson & Co. occupy a 4 story brick block, 25x115 feet, located No. 84 and 86 Merrimac street, for the manu- facture of ladies' and gents' machine sewed and pegged boots and shoes. They do a business amounting to about 8325,000 per year. The business was established in 1820 by Leonard Johnson. G. L. Davis & Co. occupy a shop located No. 52 Merri- mac street, for the manufacture of ladies' and gents' fine slippers. They commenced business in 1867, employ 250 hands, and turn out about 240,000 pairs per year, worth about 8250,000. Goodrich & Fitts occupy a 3 story brick building, 22x40 feet, located Nos. 100 and 102 Merrimac street, for the ma- nufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1865, employ 75 hands, and ■ turn out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about 8100,000. Warren Ordway and Co. occupy a 4 story brick build- ing, 40x44 feet, located Nos. 96 and 98 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1836, employ about 75 hands, turn out about 70,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to about 8150,000. J. Gardner & Sons occupy 1 floor in a brick building, located No. 74 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They com- ! menced business in 1849, employ from 50 to 75 hands. 33 258 Stations in the State of Mossfichusetts. and turn out about G0,000 pairs per year, worth about $100,000. This firm has a branch house in Louisville, Ky., where most of their goods are sold. WiNCHELL Brothers occupy a store 3 stories, 24x40 feet, in a brick block, No. 108 Merriniiic street, for the manufac- j ture of ladies', misses' and children's, and mens', youths' I and boys' boots and shoes, all fine machine sewed. They employ about 175 hands, turn out about 700 pairs per day, and do business to the amount of about 8200,000 per year. S. K. Mitchell & Co. occupy a store aud.sliop, located No. 80 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 18C7, employ 50 hands, and turn out about 1,000 cases of boots and shoes per year, wortli $75,000. Russ & Notes occupy a shop No. 144 and 14C Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1867, em- ploy about 30 hands, and turn out about 3l),()00 pairs per year, worth about $40,000. C. F. Morse & Co. occupy 2 rooms, 24x00 feet, located No. 150 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1858, employ from 75 to 100 hands, and turn out about 50,000 pairs per year, worth about $50,000. A. S. Kelly & Co. occupy a 3 story brick building, 25x 60 feet, located Nos. 140 and 142 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of gentlemen's lasting gaiters and fancy pumps. They commenced business in 1854. Employ about 50 hands. FiTTS & Stover occupy a shop located Nos. 88 and 90 Merrimac street, for the maimfacture of gents', ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1865 ; employ about 75 hands, and turn out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about $100,000. S. F. Prescott «fe Davts occupy a 4 story brick building, 24x55 feet, located Nos. 156 and 158 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Potter & JAguKs occupy a store and shop in Whittier's block. No. 200 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of la- dies', misses' and children's fine boots and shoes. They com- menced business in 1862 ; employ about 35 hands, and turn out abut 45,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. J. H. Blaisdell occupies a shop located No. 172 Merri- j mac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1840; employs 20 hands, and turns out about 27,000 pairs per year, worth about $30,000. G. L. Sleeper occupies 24x55 feet, in a brick block. No. 164 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1859; employs 50 hands, and turns out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about $50,000. Calvin Sjiith occupies a shop in Union block. No. 166 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and childreu's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1865 ; employs 30 hands, and turns out about 42,000 pairs per year. Ordway & Fletcher, occupy a shop No. 170 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1869, em- ploy 30 hands turn out about 25,000 pairs per year and do business amounting lo about $34,000. A. H. Herring, occupies a shop in the Haverhill Bank building, situated on Merrimac street, for the manufacture of slippers, commenced business in 1SC5, employs 150 hands and does business amounting to $75,000 per annum. C. O. McLain, occupies a shop No. 170 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of women's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1865, employs 30 hands and turns ont about 36,000 pairs per year and does business amounting to $36,000. A. T.Johnson, occupies a shop No. 128 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, commenced business in 1863. L. C. Wadleigh, occupies a wood building 2 stories 25x 30 feet, situated on Mechanics' Court, for the manufacture of boots and shoe lasts. Employs 6 hands, commenced busi- ness in 1841, turns out 30,000 lasts per year, and does busi- ness amounting to $10,000. Palmer & Cook, manufacture ladies', misses' and chil- dren's boots and shoes, commenced business in November, 1868, located at 51 Merrimac street, employ 20 hands and turn out 500 pairs per week. E. Tiubetts, occupies a building situated at No. 51 Mer- rimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses and chil- dren's boots and shoes, commenced business in 1867, em- ploys 12 hands, turns out 250 cases per year. J. B. Morrill & Co., manufacturers of men's grain, buff, and polished learfier and splits, established business in 1853. They occupy a building three stories high, and 60x 40 feet, and employ from 15 to 20 hands. The steam power is furnished from Dimcan's Steam Planing Mill. J. H. HoBSON occupies one room in a brick block, at No. 41 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of women's, misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business 1859 ; employs 25 hands, turns out 72,000 pairs per year, and does business amounting to $60,000 per annum. E. EvERSox occupies a 3 story brick building, 55x32 feet, situated in Mechanics court, for the manufacture of boot and shoe machinery. Commenced business 1857; employs 10 hands. His machinery is driven by an engine of 12 horse power, with 1 flue boiler 20 horse power, built by Moses Tuffts, of Boston. T. BuLLEN occupies 2 floors of a wooden building, 2 sto- ries, 50x35 feet, situated on Pleasant street, for the manu- facture of shoe nails and tack. Commenced business in 1859. Employs 6 hands, turns out 200,000 lbs. of nails and tacks per year. His machinery is driven by an engine of 80 horse power in building adjacent. Does business amounting to $30,000 per annum. J. B. Richardson & Co. occupy a wooden building, 3 stories, 50x50 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manu- facture of ladies' and children's boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1860; employ 50 hands, turn out 100,- 000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to $125,000 per annum. John M. B. Green occupies a one story wooden build- ing 70x60 feet, situated on Fleet street, for the manufacture of wooden boxes. Commenced business in 1865. Employs eight hands ; consumes 700,000 feet of lumber, and does business amotmting to $30,000 per anmmi. H. M. AVightman occupies 3 floors in a four story brick building, 52x27 feet, located at 30 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1851 ; employs 30 hands, turns out 36,000 pairs per year. G. H. Nichols occupies two floors, each 25x50 feet, in a brick building at No. 41 Merrimac street, for the manufac- ture of men's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1838 ; employs 50 hands ; turn out 600 eases per year, and do busiuess amounting to $75,000. O. S. Hubbard, occupies a shop 50x24 feet, at No. 132 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of misses and child- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 259 rens boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1867 ; em- ploys 25 hands. A. McDuFFiE, occupies a room 60x24 feet, at No. 154 Merrimac street, for tJie manufacture of women's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1862 ; employs 60 hands ; turns out 36,000 pairs and does business amounting to §50,000 per annum. Foster & S.vrgent, occupies a shop located at 144 Mer- rimac street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes. Commenced business in May. 18G8 ; employs 30 hands ; turn out 12,000 pairs, and do business amounting to 820,000 per annum. Albert Merrill, occupies a room 20x40 feet, located at 128 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies boots and slippers. Commenced business in 1965. Employs 20 hands ; turns out 18,000 pairs, and does business amounting to §18,000 per annum. W. .J. Peaslee occupies two floors in a_ four story brick building, located at No. 71 Merrimac street, for the manu- facture of men's, women's and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business inl865 ; employs 50 hands, turns out 1,200 pairs per week, and does business amounting to §60,- 000 per annum. J. B. .SwETT & Son occupy a shop, located at 52 Merri- mac street, Haverhill, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's calf boots. Commenced business in 1836 ; employ 100 hands, turn out 70,000 pairs and do business amounting to §100,000 per annum. Carelton & Co. occupy three room-*, 40x20 feet each, in Porter's Block, No. 120 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1843; employ 40 hands, turn out 36,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to §60,000. A. J. Farmixctox occupies a building situated at 104 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. Commenced business in 1865 ; employs 40 hands, turns out 18,000 pairs, and does business amounting to §25,000 per annum. Davis Brothers occupy a room 50x22 feet, located at 124 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1865 ; employ 60 hands, turn out 60,000 pairs, and do business amounting to §100,000 per annum. George Ham, manufacturer of ladies', misses' and child- ren's boots and shoes, commenced business in 1865. He oc- cupies two rooms 75x24 feet, in the four story brick building known as Brickett building, and gives employment to 25 persons. Brickett & Sjhth, occupy a room 90x30 feet in Brick- ett's building, located on Washington Square, where they employ 30 hands in the manufacture of ladies' and gents' tine boots and shoes. The business was established in 1835 by Franklin Brickett, and carried on by the present firm since 1865, who turn out 500 cases of boots per annum and do a business of §60,000. FiTTS & Spaulding, commenced manufacturing ladies',- misses' and clrildren's fine boots and shoes in 1852, and have 50 employees. The)' occupy 3 floors in a 4 story brick building 60x20 feet, located at 190 Merrimac street, and tum out 1,200 cases per annum, doing business of §100,- 000. Hentit G. Foss, manufacturer of ladies',- misses' and children's boots and shoes, occupies a room 45x25 feet, in 4 story brick building located on Washington Square. He commenced business in 1861, employs 16 hands and turns out 350 cases of boots per annum doing a business of §40,- 000. S. W. FiTTS, occupies a room 25x25 feet in Brickett's building, located on Washiugtoa Square and manufactures ladies', misses' and childreu's boots and shoes, of which he turns out 400 pairs per week, commenced business Jan. 1st, 1869, and has 7 employees. H. DoTON, occupies a room 50x25 feet in Brickett's build- ing, located on Washington Square, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, of which he turns out 360 pairs of boots per week, employing 15 persons, and doing business to the amount of §12,000 per annum. HoYT & Tasker, commenced the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots, shoes and slipcrs, Dec. 1st, 1868. They occupy a room 40x28 feet in Brickett's build- ing situated' at Nos. 5 and C Washington Square, and have 15 employees. Griffin Brothers, manufacturers of ladies', misses', and childreu's boots and shoes, commenced business in 1866. They occupy 2 floors of a 4 story brick building, 60x22 feet, situated at 178 Merrimac street, have 60 employees, and produce about 1,500 cases of boots per annum, doing a business of §70.000. Their goods are manufactured chiefly for the Western trade. John N. Sleeper & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses', and childreu's fine boots and slippers. They occupy the lower floor of a 4 story brick building. 22x60 feet, situ- ated at 176 Msniuiac street. The business was establish- ed by J. N. Sleeper in 1856, and has been carried on by the present firm siuce November 1, 1868, giving employment to 75 persons, and producing 1,300 cases of boots annually, doing business to the amount of §60,000. Their goods are sold principally in the Southern States. S. G. Chase commenced business in 1868, and employs 14 hands. He occupies a room in Brickett building, located on Washington square, and manufactures ladies', misses, and children's boots and shoes, doing a business of §12,000 per aniiimi. G. W. Ladd occupies a room, 70x22 feet, located at 82 Merrimac street, and manufactures ladies', misses', and children's boots aud shoes. He commenced business in 1868, has 16 employees, and turns out about 225 pairs per week, doing business of §15,000 per annum. H. O. Whitney commenced the inanufactuie of paper boxes in 1860. He occupies the third floor of a 4 story brick building, 60x22 feet, situated at 178 Merrimac street, and has 4 employees, producing about 5,000 boxes per month, consuming 2 tons of straw board. E. G. TiLTON occupies the lower floor of a 4 story brick building, 60x22 feet, located at 182 Merrimac street, and manufactures ladies' boots and shoes. Commenced business about 1840, has 50 employees, and turns out 600 cases per annum, doing business of §40,000. Goods made principally for the New England trade. Ki-VBALL Brothers; manufacturers of ladies' calf boots, commenced business in 1866, and have 50 employees. They occupy the 3d floor of a 4 story brick building, 60 x 22 feet, located at 180 Merrimac street, and produce annually about 500 cases of boots, doing business of §50,000. Their goods are sold principally in the Western States. Goodrich & Porter occupy the lower floor of a 4 story brick building, 60x22 feet, situated at 184 Merrimac street, aud manufacture ladies', misses' and children's fine boots and shoes, of which they produce 3,000 cases annually ; employ- ing 150 hands, and doing business of §200,000. Their goods are sold principally in the South aud West. Beach & Wentworth, manufacturers of soap and can- dles, commenced business? in 1847. Works situated on Mill street. Employ 4 hands. 260 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. G, W. NYE & CO., Manufacturers of Castings of every Description, G. W. Kye & Co. coninioiiccd biii-iiK'ss in 18(kS, niami- fapture all kinds oi' iron castings. Foundry situated on Mill street, 1 story, of wood 70x 50 feet ; employ 8 hands ; melt about 10 tons iron per month. They do a business of Sir),000 per annum. 15. F. Dauling commenced the man\ifaoture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, in 1JSG7. lie ocoipies two floors of a 3 slory brick building, 38x20 feet, located at No. '\ AValer street, and ha.s 25 employees. Turns out eacli week about 1,000 pairs of boots, and does a business of $15,000 per annum. F. Butters, Jr. occupies a 3 story wooden building, 50x 20 feet, located at 53 AVater street, for the manufacture of all kinds of upper leather. He conuiienced business in 1838, has 10 employees, and turns o>it about 150 sides of leather per week, doing business of $50,000 per annum. Bai.com Bros., manufactures of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's boots and shoes ; occupy a room in a 4 story brick building, located at No. 210 Merrimac street. Have 3 employees, turning out 1 case per week. John E. Gale. In 18C1, Mr. G. commenced the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and children's calf and buff, pegged boots and shoes. Occupies two floors of a four story building 60x20 feet, located at 20(; Merrimac street ; employs 75 hands, and does a business of $100,000 per annum. B. & B. M. KiMHALL, commenced business in 1857, as manufacturers of goat, kid and morocco leather, occupying a live story frame building 100x25 feet, located on Washing- ton street ; employ 25 hands producing 100 skins weekly. The business was established in 1838 by Benjamin Kimball. Ollice, 33 Pearl street, Boston. "Ayer Brothers, occupy a frame building 42x42 with an L 50x20 feet, located on Washington street, also a two story frame building 30x30 feet, used as a trimming shop, the lat- ter building is situated near the Boston and Maine Kailroad. This firm manufactures woolen hats of various colors ; com- mencing the business in 18G4 ; employ 70 hands, turning out daily between 50 and 60 dozen hats. At their mill ou Washington street they have five sets of cards with the necessary machinery adapted to this kind of goods. Have an engine of twenty-five horse power for driv- ing machinery, Avith two tubular boilers built by Chubbuck & Sons, of Boston. G. & J. C. Corning, commenced business at 196 Merri- mac street, in 1858, manufacturing ladies', misses' and child- ren's pegged boots and shoes ; occupying the upper floor of a four story building 70x25 feet. Have 30 employees, and do a business of $40,000 per annum. D. B. Foster & Co. occupy the lower floor of a 3 story frame building, 100x35 feet, situated on Washington street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced the business in 1865 ; employ 15 hands, turn out COO cases per annum, business amounting to nearly $36,000. Chaki.es W. Out it, commenced business in 1867, man- ufacturing ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, occu- pying a room in building located an No. 196 Merrimac street, and employing 15 hands, turning out 300 cases per month. J. B. NicnoLS-& Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses', men's, boys' and youths' boots and shoes. Commenced busi- ness in 1837. "This firm occupies a first floor of a 4 story building, 70 x 25 feet, situated at No. 192 Merrimac street ; employ 50 hands ; do a business of $50,000 per annum. L. A. Tenney commenced the manufacturing of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes in 1860, at No. 188 Merrimac street, occupying 2 floors in a 4 story brick build- ing, 60x20 ; employs 75 hands. Does business to the amount of $100,000 per annum. S. H. Gale commenced business in 1864, at No. 204 ■ Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and ' children's boots and shoes. Occupies 2 floors, 60x20, in a 4 stoiy brick building ; has 50 employees, and turns out j 1,000 cases boots per annum. I H. P. Davis occupies a room in a 4 story building, situ- ated at No. 194 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes, employs 17 hands, and does a business of $20,000 per luniuni. Busi- ness commenced by Mr. Davis in 1858. J. H. Robinson occupies a room in a brick building, si- tuated No. 194 Merrimac street, where he commenced in 1867 manufacturing ladies', misses', and children's boots and shoes, employs 10 persons, making on an average 6 cases shoes per week. Huntington Bros, manufacture ladies' and misses' fine machine sewed boots and shoes and slippers, occupying a room in building situated at 194 Merrimac street. They have 45 employees, turning out 600' cases boots per an- num, doing a business of $45,000 per annum. S. D. !Maynard occupies 3 floors of a 4 story brick build- ing, located at 212 and 214 Merrimac street, for the ma- nufacture of men's, boys', and youths', ladies' and misses' plain and fancy slippers and buskins. Commenced business in 1858, has 250 employees, and does a business of $150,000 per year. S. & G. Elliott commenced business in 1843, at No. 12 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's boots. Employs 75 hands, and produces 1 ,500 cases per annum. George & Moody commenced business in 1867, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' fine boots and slippers ; occupy two floors in a building located at No. 202 Merrimac street ; employ 30 persons. "The business amounts to about $75,000 per annum. D. B. Cluff occupies the lower floor of a fwir story brick building, 70x20, located at No. 198 Merrimac street, for the manufacture of men's, ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Business commenced in 1868 ; has 75 employees. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer-. •261 and turns out 1,200 cases boots per year ; doing a business of §120,000 per annum. A. Whittier occupies a two storj- frame building, 90x40, ell 34x20, situated on Washington street, near the Boston and Maine depot. Mr. W. commenced in 1848 to manufac- ture carriages. Employs 25 hands ; does a business of $20,000 per annum. M. M. RiDGWAY and C. A. Webster, together, occupy one floor in a four story brick building, located at No. 210 Merriraac street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; each hiring 25 employees, and turn out 350 cases boots per week. W'. S. Perlet manufactures ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1861 j at No. 196 Merrimac street, lias 15 employees, turning out 300 cases per annum. How & TiBBETTS, commenced business in 1868, manu- facturers of ladies', misses' and children's boot." and shoes, occupy 2 floors of a 4 story frame building, located in Wash- ington Blook, Washington Square, have 35 employees, turn- ing out 20 cases boots per week, doing a business of $75,000 per annum. Ira O. Sawyer, commenced business in 1868, manufac- turing ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Mr. S. occupies the first floor of a 3 story frame b\iilding, situa- ted on AVashington street, has 15 employees, turning out 400 cases boots per annum. Does a business of 828,000 per an- num. Wise & Richards, occupy a room 40x24 feet, in a three story frame building, located on Washington street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots ftnd shoes. Commenced business in 18G9. Leightox & Gage, manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, both pegged and sewed, com- menced business in 1862, at No. 228 Merrimac street, in a 2 story frame building 60x20, have 40 employees, turning out 500 cases per annum, do business to the amount of $75,- 000. S. B. Prescott, & Co., occupy a floor of a 4 story brick building, located at No. 210 Merrimac street, for the man- ufacture of baud made ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, business established by them in 1858. Have 30 employees, do a business of $30,000 per annum. Geo. W. Day, commenced the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes in 1864. Occupy a 4 story brick building 65x25, located in Washington Block, Washington Square. Employs 70 hands and produce 1.200 cases boots per annum. Goods manufactured for the West- ern and Southern trade. Chase & Laubham, occupy a 5 story brick building 80 x28 feet, located on Washington Square. Messrs. C. & L. commenced in 1861, to manufacture ladies', misses' and children's sewed and pegged boots and shoes, employ 90 hands, turning out 50 cases per week. Run au engine of 5 horse power. D. D. Flanders, manufacturer of ladies', misses' and children's pegged boots and shoes. Made principally for the Southern and Western trade. Occupies the second floor of a 4 story brick building, located at 180 Merrimac street. He commenced business in 1850; has 40 employees, and pro- duces about 600 cases per annum ; doing business of $50,000. C. T. Chase commenced manufacturing ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes in 1864. He occupies the lower floor of a 3 story brick building, located at No. 7 Mer- rimac street, employing 50 persons, and producing about 15 cases of boots per week, doing business to the amount of $25,000. Goods made principally for the Southern and Cal- ifornia trade. S. M. ClRKiF.R occupies 2 floors in a 4 story brick build- ing situated on Washington square, and manufactures men's, ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, of which he turns out annually about 1,000 cases, doing a business of $80,000. Commenced business in 1860, and has 50 employees. Goods made principally for the Southern and Western trade. Keli.y & Blaisdell occupy 2 floors of a 4 story brick building 60 x 22 feet, located at 186 Merrimac street, and manufacture ladies', misses' and children's buff and calf boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1862 ; have 50 employees, turn out 1,000 cases per annum, doing business of $100,000. Their goods are sold principally in the West- em and Southern States. J. A. Gage commenced manufacturing misses' buflf" boots and shoes in 1866, and employs 15 persons* He occupies 1 floor in a 4 story brick building 60x22 feet, situated at 186 Merrimac street, and produces 300 cases per annum, doing business of $20,000. J. M. Stover, manufacturer of ladies' boots and shoes, commenced business in January, 1869. He occupies the second floor of a 3 storj' wooden building, 60x25 feet, and manufactures goods chiefly for the Western trade. The hat factory, long carried on by How & Mitchell, is now in the hands of Butters & Rust, who are likely to maintain its ancient reputation unimpaired. The main building is 120x42 feet, and 4 stories. The firm are now running 6 sets of wool card.', and a proportionate amount of other machinery. The facilities of the establishment have been greatly improved by its new owners. They em- ploy over 60 hands in the manufacture of black wool hats, of which they can turn out 100 dozen per day. The pro- prietors, in common with other bat manufacturers, antici- pate a lively business duriug this year, and are admirably prepared to deal with it. The old woolen mill, built by Ezekiel Hale in 1806, is now occupied by Stevexs & Co., his successors. They em- ploy 50 hands and run 26 looms and 1,620 spindles in the manufacture of all wool flannels. T. Grieves & Co. employ 20 to 25 hands in the manu- facture of carriages. They also make a few sleighs for local customers. ,AYKRllli;i. KKIDCii:. A flag ' station on iho Haverhill Branch of the Newburyport ' Railroad, about two miles from Haverhill. ^AaYBE:V!STII.I.E, \\ miles from jf"^ J W'illiamsburg and GJ from Northampton. A small K^;^^ manufacturing village on the Williamsburg Branch of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad. The Hayden Manufacturing Co. are engaged in the manufacture of cotton sheetings. They have a fine brick mill of four stories and basement, one cotton house, one boiler house, and one water and gas house. They employ 80 hands, and tuni out 21,000 yards of sheeting per week, requiring 6,600 lbs. of cotton. There are 100 looms and 4,500 spin- dles. A 75 horse power engine, built bj' Harrison Loring, and two tubular boilers, are used. Also, two turbine wheels, one being 30 horse, and the other 40 horse power, and meas- uring 26 and 30 inches, respectively. G. & J. Hayden's Foundry and Machine Shop is situ- ated here. The main building is of wood, two stories, 7Cx 40 feet. The second building, which is used for engine and boiler room, is 30x40. The number of employees is 40, who are engaged in the manufacture of reaming lathes and screw 262 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. machines for brass work, steam pipe, plumbers' fittings, ma- chine works, and shafting of every description. Hayden, Gere & Co. This company is noted for the variety, quality and great quantity of goods annually made by them. All kinds of brass goods for plumbers, gas and steam-pipe fitters and engine builders are made here in per- fection. It is interesting to see the immense amount of goods that is continually being forwarded to their warehouse at 84 Beekman street, Xew York, as well as the quantity sent to various parts of the country, to Cuba and South America. They have some "200 hands engaged in the vari- ous kinds of work, and are continually adding thereto, and improving their property, thereby enhancing the value of the surrounding district. The works consist of brass found- ries, factory, machine shops, carpenter shop, pattern shop and otfice, and embrace an extensive area. The business constantly increasing, will cause valuable additions to be made from time to time. The main building which is built of brick and three stories high, is 50x35 feet. The pattern shop 20x40 feet, is of wood, 2 stories high. The machine shop 20x45 feet and two outside buildings used for various purposes 50x30 feet and 25x45 feet respectively. HrKGHAM Cordage Co. was established in 1853. They oc- cupy a brick building, 120x40 feet, 3 stories; a wooden building, 1,000x17 feet, 2 stories, and employ 85 persons nianufacturing cordage. They are capable of producing 100 tons per month. A 150 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power. HuTOiiiNS & Cloodman commenced business in 1863 for the manufacture of boots and shoes. The building occupied by them measures 30x40 feet. They employ 40 hands, pro- duce 60 pairs of boots and shoes daily, and do a business of §40,000 annually. Their manufactory is located at Hiugham Centre. %\ KBRO?>'VII.B.E, about 35 ^} I'ostcjii iuul .S ti-oni Providence, on th ^>^ Providence Railroad ; a manufacturing miles from rJ 1 15ost(jii iuul .S tioni I'rovidence, on the Boston & village. Hebron Mills. These mills were builf by Messrs. B. B.& R. Knight about the year 1853, for the manufacture of shirtings. The number and dimensions of the buildings are as follows : No. 1, main building, 3 stories, 100x50 feet, with wing 100 x60 ; No. 2, 3 stories, 1-20x54 ; No. 3, cloth room, 2 stories, 40x45 ; No. 4, boiler house, 60x40 ; No. 5, blacksmith shop, 20x16; No. 6, waste house, 40x25. All the buildings are built of brick. This company run 364 looms, and 15,000 spindles ; consume over 1,400 bales of cotton and 1,500 tons of coal per year, and produce 40,000 yards of shirtings known as " Fruit of the Loom," per week. They employ about 300 hands. Power is furnished by a steam engine manufactured by " Corliss Steam Engine Co." of Providence, R. I., and is of 200 horse power ; also, 1 breast water wheel of 100 horse power. The office of this company is situated at No. 26 Exchange place. Providence, R. I. 1 IGIILiA]^I>, 7 miles from Boston, a country station, on tlic Dedham Branch Railroad, in the town of West Roxburv. ^IGHLAIVBYII.I^E, Hi miles from C^^J Boston, and 26J from Woonsocket, a flag station on ^^y the Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad. itl^GHAH, f ^' J the South Shore Rai 17 mUes from Boston, on ad, a pleasant village contain mg / churches, '' Old Colony Lodge" of Masons, and the Drew House, Phineas Drew, proprietor, who formerly kept the Nahaut Hotel, Nahant. Sturtevant, East Boston ; Nor- folk House, Roxbury, and originally connected with Tremont House, Boston. The. Hiugham Journal and South Shore Advertiser are published here ; population of the town, 4,300. This place is quite a summer resort of the Boston- ians, and is remarkable for its healthiness and longevity. During 50 years 8 persons died in one house, whose aver- age age was 84 years. ^IjillVSDAI^E, 143 mUes from Boston, and {'Zj 57 from Alliaiiy. A village and township on the C^ — V Boston and Albany Railroad. The village has three •hurches and about 1 ,000 inhabitants. This town is the source of a branch of the Housatonic, elevated and adapted to graiing. F. W. Hinsdale & Brother commenced business in 1860, as mannfiicturers of beaver, moscow and castor goods which was established by Hinsdale & Richards in 1854. Their factory is three stories 45x143 with attic ; office and packing room 35x40 feet, two stories ; boiler-house 40x35 feet, three stories ; also engine and dry-house. Their engine was built by the Western Iron Works of Newburg, is of 80 horse power, which they run in connection with a 100 horse power overshot wheel, from which they derive their motive power ; three tubular boilers made by Pitkin Brotliers, of Hartford. This firm employ 110 hands and turn out 7,000 yards double width per month, from oflf six set woolen machinery. M. M. Watkins occupies a 2 story building 60x106 feet, for the manufacture of machinery of various descriptions, and all kinds of castings. The power is supplied by a Yan- kee turbine wheel, under 26 feet fall, assisted by a 10 horse power engine. He consumes 4 tons iron per week ; employs 6 hands, and does a business of about $25,000 per annum. The manufactory is located ^ mile from Hinsdale depot. At Cunnington, reached from this depot, is the establish- ment of J. L. Abell, who established business in 1867. He occupies the second floor of a 2 story building, for the manu- facture of chewing and smoking tobacco ; employs from 15 to 20 hands, produces about -6,000 boxes per year, and does a business of $12,000. Mr. A. is also connected with Mr. Orcutt, in the firm name of Orcutt & Abell, who occupy the first floor of same building, for the manufacture of scythe stones. Silas Bingham, manufacturer of timber for hay cutters, corn shellers, hay Tedders, &c. ; also, of cribs, cradles, &c. Established business in the year 1860. The buildings are 24x36 feet and 16x18 feet. He employs from 4 to 8 hands, doing a business of $4,500 per year. The power is furnish- ed by a 15 horse power water wheel. OE EISTO N, 26 miles from Boston, ■ ^ r and 28 from Worcester, a village and town on tlie C^-^ ' Milford Branch of the Boston and Albany Railroad. This town was first settled in 1710, incorporated 1724, and watered by the Charles river. The village has five churches and a population of 2,300. C. D. Heath, occupies a 3 story wooden building 30x50 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of men's and boy's boots, commenced business in 1863, employs 30 hands, turns out 200 cases of boots per month, consumes Webb's N. E. Rai lumyand Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. A. hTOSE occupies a 2J story wooden buildinn;, located on M intlirop street, for the manufacture of iienced business in IKtjl : pninl.,v« c,.^^ Af\.^ r.n i 40x80 boots, roni 40 to 50 hands, d does a business to 600 sides of leather per month and does a business of S60 - 000 per annum. ' o^ol-^*^""',* ^^""^^' °'"'^"Py a 3 story wooden building 40x 242 feet, the manufacture of chestnut, black walnut and oak" doors, pews, sheathing, mouldings and finishing material*' commenced business 1865. employ 30 hands, is run bv a 40 horse power engine, 1 boiler made by JMcKay & Aldus of tast Boston, does a business of $100,000 per annum. . /■ ^- ,'^o«'*"^'0^' occupies a 3 story wooden building, loca- ted on Elm street, commenced business 1858, for the manu- facture of men s. boy's and youths' boots, employ 50 hands, turn out 300 oases per month, consumes 800 sides of leather per month, and does a business of §70,000 per annum, .n^; ^' ^'"""*^«' "cc.ipies a 3 story wooden building 35x 40 feet ocated on Central street, for the manufacture of calt and kip boots. Commenced business in 1866, employs 40 hands turns out 35 cases of boots per week. Does a busmess of 840,000 per annum. W H. Draper occupies a three story wooden building 30 x42 feet ; also a tlnee story wooden building adjacent, 22x 29 feet, located on A\ mthrop street, for the matmfacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1862 ; employs 50 hands, turns out from 80 to 100 cases of boots and shoes per week, and does business to the amount of 875,000 Dcr annum. ^ F. A feet Commenced business in 1861 ; employ turns out 80 cases of boots per week, i the amount of 860,000 per annum. Alden Lelani. occupies a three sfory wooden buildin- 35 x50 leet ; also, a two story wooden building, 22x32 feet! lo- cated on Elm street, for the manufacture of boots and bro gans. Commenced business in 1838; employ turns out 75 cases of boots per week, and does the amount of 8120,000 per annum. K.^t-^'^'T-.-'^ Wallace occupy a three story wooden budding, 40x/, feet, located on Spring street, for "the manu- facture of men s, boys' and youths' boots. Commenced busi- ness m 1864 ; employ oO hands, turn out 90 cases of boots ness ot 5100,000 per year. ,n„^'qr''''"pt '^"0»'f O'"' occupy a three story wooden build- ing, 36xo6 feet, with a wing 20x60 feet, located on Elm st for Uie manufacture of straw goods. Commenced business n I860 ; employ from aOO to 600 hands, turn out durin- the busy season from twehe to fifteen thousand hats per week. D. T. Ballou occupies a 4 storj- wooden building. 28x62 feet located on A\ mthrop street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1862, employs to hands, turns out 75 cases of boots per week, and does a business of 860,000 per annum. 3-2v59^f''?'*, * F^J- "'■'^"^'J-y "" ^ ''"'■^ ^^■'>°'J«" building. 32x02 fee , located on Washington street, for the ,uan- utac nre o copper pumps. Cominence.l business in 1843 employ 14 hands, and turn out 500 pumps per month. Con- sume 1^ tons ot iron 1 ton of copper, J ton of brass, 1,500 lbs. lead and tin, and 150 sides of leather per month ; u«e a 6 horse power steam engine, made by Putnam Machine Co.. use 1 boiler, made by Allen & Endi- do a business of $40,000 263 huilH n rn '^- ^j-^T^H^LDJ^" oc«'pies a three story wooden building 60x40 feet, located on Washington street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes of all descriptions. Com- menced business in 1828 ; employs 50 hands, turns out 60 cases boots and shoes per week ; does a business of $75,000 W. H. Hopkins & Co. feet, located on Exchan occupy a 2 story building 25x30 ^, , , ^ olreet, for the manufacture of boots and slioes Commenced business April 1st, 1868. Tura out ZT'^'^i^^T P" "'''"'^' ''"'^ «'»P'°3- 30 men. Office in Boston, o2 Milk street. -K-y^rr^v t f" ^' P'^'^'V^'-* °'-"'P.V « 3 story wooden building 32x66 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1846 ; employ 100 hands ; turn out 100 cases of boots per week, and do a busi- ness amounting to 8100,000 per annum. ^r^^/ ^'- f^"-»«"H occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x- 50 feet located on Church street, lor the manufacture of meii s, boys and youths' thick and kip boots. Commenced business in June, 1865; employs 50 hands, turn out 200 cases of boots per month. Does a business of 848.000 per 50 hands, business to i tOB^l'OBlK, S miles north from Sprin^- C^ held, a village and tovvu on the banks of the Counec- V^ticul river, and on the Connecticut River Railroad lie village is built almost entirely on very level ground, which gives it the appearance, to a great extent, of some of the Western villages. The village' offers unusual induce- ments to manufacturers, owiug to the unlilnited amount of water power afforded by the Chicopee river, which at this place is a large and powerful stream. The churches are 6 in number, of the following denominations, viz. : 1 Cou-n-e- gational, 2 Baptist, 1 Episcopalian, 1 Metiiodist, and 1 Ca- tliofic. lopulation of the town about 10,000. IlAMPDEx P^vPER Co This Company was incorporated in September, 1864, with capital stock of $60,000 They mamifa<'ture collar, writing, and fine book papers. The buildings are 7 in number, of the following dimensions :- 1st. 40x96 leet, 3 stories and basement; 2d, 84xl2-> feet 3 stories and basement ; 3d, 25x80 feet, 1 story ; 4tir 28x52 feet, 2 stories; 5th, 20x35 feet, 1 story; 6th, 32x104 feet 1 story and basement ; 7th, 24x92 feet, 1 story. The ma- chinery consists of three 72 inch Fourdrinier, 19 ra" en- gines, of oOO lbs. capacity each, 2 Jordan engines, 7 ffnish- ing calenders, and 3 trimmers and presses. Motive power is furnished by 7 turbine water wheels, of thefoUowin"- dimen- sions— of 12, 15, 25, 35, 80, 100, and 250 horse power each, making a total of 517 horse power. Amount of paper made per day is 6 tons, valued at §2,500, requirin.^ 10 tons of rags, and the consumption of tons of coal per°day, and giving employment to 185 hands. John C. Newton surer. HoLYOliE JIaCII carries on the mi i-ton, trea- Mj of Fitchburg, M cott, of Cambridgeport per year. 4oS'o''f M^^''*'"''^ ^*'; r'"-"P-'' ^ 2 ''°'y ^"'"k l^^ilding, .,„Af ," ff^^^'-ed business in 1857 for the manufac- urn ITT\ '''■'"^/IJ;^ ^"^^ machinery. Employ 5 hands, sToOOn ^'"^^ P""" ""■"''' ^°'' •^'^ ^ business of ©lo,UOO per year. E Co.. was incorporated in 1.S03. and _ utiicturing of shafting, gearing, mill «ork, macliiuists tools, turbines, as well as water wheels of a cheaper grade. The company own an extensive and constantly increasing lot of patterns, and keep a large foun- dry in full operation. Paper machinery is also extensively manufactured, including engines, dusters, calenders, trim- ming and stamping presses, ruling machines and hydraulic presses of from fifty to five hundred tons lift. The shop buildings are compactly built of brick, and occupy the square between Main, Sargent and Roce streets, with a branch railroad track into the yard. Tlie works are well equipped throughout with the best light and heavy machinery, and driven by a water wheel of 150 horse povver, fod from 264 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. the middle level canal, beinjr centrally located among num- erous manufacturing establishments, a large amount of their repair work is done by the company in addition to Us other business. Mr. AYhiting, the well known paper manufacturer is Treasurer of the company and J. Buckland, agent. T. S. Norton & Co., manufacture all kinds of hammers and hand vises. This company was established in April, 1866, and occupy 2 rooms in Mount Tom Paper Company's brick building, one of which is 80x40feet and the other 40 x20 feet. Number of employees 12. Power is furnished by Mount Tom Paper Company. Whitixg Paper Co., manufacturers of all kinds of first class paper. This company was incorporated in March, 1865, with a capital of §100,000. The main building, which is a four story brick building, is 280.x45 feet. They use 6 engines, 4 of which have a capacity of 800 pounds and 2 of "^1,300 pounds, 6 calenders, 2 Fourdriniers, both being 62 inches wide, the whole having a capacity of 3^ tons of paper per day, requiring some 4 tons of rags, and giving employ- ment to 180 bauds. There are 2 boilers built by Kice, Bur- ton & Fales of Worcester, and 1 steam engine of 18 horse power ; also 3 turbine wheels of 240 horse power. Valley Paper Co. manufacture superior writing, ledger and envelope papers. This company was incorporated in July, 1866, with a capital of S25,000, and occupy a brick building 120x.50 feet, 4 stories, and 2 ells, the first being 30 x80 feet 2 stories, and the other 30x40 feet 4 stories, all be- ing of brick. The principal machines are 6 engines, 4 cal- enders and 1 Fourdrinier, using 2 tons of raw stock per day, and employing 120 hands. Motive power is furnished by 3 Tvler turbine wheels of 185 horse power. This company have recently bought a mill site for a new mill of the same capacity as the one now used. Riverside Paper Company. This company is exten- sively engaged' in the manufacturing of superior animal- sized env^elopes, colored flat-caps, writing papers of every variety and description, and occupy a three story brick build- ing 160x50 feet with an L 100x30 feet, one story. They use 6,000 pounds of stock per day, producing some 4,000 pounds of finished paper, and giving employment to 120 hands. They have running four engines of 600 pounds capacity, and two of 800 pounds ; one 72 inch Fourdriuier machine ; five calenders, two hydraulic presses ; two trimmers. Tiie fac- tory is driven by water power ; three wheels, one of which is five feet and the others two and three feet ; also use two steam boilers. Near the factory is a large boarding house which accommodates 75 boarders and four tenants ; three stories and attic. New York Woolen Company. This company was incor- porated and commenced operations in 1865, with a capital of 8150,000. Their buildings consisting of a first-class mill building 150x50 feet, four stories, of brick, wtth picker- house, dye-house, wool-house and other outside buildings. They run eight sets of cards, 4,800 spindles, and 48 looms ; employ 125 hands and manufacture about 5,000 yards fancy cassimeres per week. The motive power is furnished from a 90 horse Tyler wheel. For the accommodation of their help they have built 20 tenement houses and two boarding houses. Four miles of cotton goods are turned out at the Ly- man Mills daily. These mills run 52,000 spindles and 1,168 looms, and give employment to 1,200 hands, whose monthly pay-roll amounts to $30,000. Hampton Mills, established in 1852, occupy two mills ; one, 200x70 feet, and the otlier 90x45 feet ; also, a dye- se, 140x60 feet, and manufacture ginghams, cottonadcs, per annum; consuming 1,250,000 lbs. of cotton, and domg a business of $800,000. Their motive power is derived from three turbine water wheels, the fall being 20 feet. C. W. Loring, of Boston, is treasurer, and John E. Chase, a^ent of the- company. The selling agents are, Patrick T. Jackson, of Boston, and Chase, Stewart & Co., of ^ew York. • j Merrick Thread Co. was incorporated January, 1866, I with a capital of $350,000. The business was first started in 1860 by Merrick Brothers & Co., and changed to Merrick ; Thread Co., January 6th, 1866. The main building is built of brick, 206x66, four stories in height, with an ell 32ox30 feet, two stories. Office 40x20, one story, brick, and boiler room and other buildings, consisting of some 200 feet ; the i whole forming four sides of a square. Employ 350 hands, | run 9,006 spindles, consume 4,500 lbs. stock per week, and produce 65,000 dozen thread per month. Three Collins's j turbine water wheels of 100 horse power are used to drive j the machinerv. Also, have two tubular boilers for heating . the mill. Tliis company are running in connection with the above, a small mill at North Windham. The Holyoke Paper Co. was incorporated in May, 1857, and dress goods, employing 600 persons.^ Run 475 looms, I for paper massing P"''PO;c| and 16,000 spindles, and produce 3,000,000 yards of cloth ' to the factory, at a cost ot $20,000. for the purpose of manufacturing writing paper. They have a capital of $600,000. The main building occupied by them is 4 stories high and 280.x54 feet. The first L is 160x50 ft. and 4 stories in height ; the next L is also 4 stories in height | and 56Jx58 feet; another L is 72x90 feet, 1 story, and the , fourth L is 1 story high and 36 x 80 feet. They consume 2,200 tons of paper and 1,800 tons of coal per j-ear, and manufacture 1,500 tons of paper. The power is derived from a 360 horse power engine. They also use iron turbine wheels. They have 3 machines, 18 engines, 3 rotary and 4 j steam boilers. Parsons Paper Co. commenced business in 1853, for the manufacture of paper. Building 180x60 feet, with wing 80 ! x50 ; employ 170 hands and produce about $500,000 worth of paper per year. J. C. Parsons, Agent. Mount Tom Paper Co. was incorporated December 5th, 1866 ; have one 4 storv building 40x135 feet, with an L 80 x25 feet. Thev employ about 20 ban.ls, manufacture white and colored tiss'ues, producing about 36,000 reams per an- num. They have 34 feet fall of water, of 130 horse power. They use 4 engines, 1 machine, 1 rag boiler, 1 steam boiler and'l prew. The engines were manufactured by Goddard & Rice, Worcester; machines by Smith, AVinchester & Co.. South Windham, Conn., and the steam boiler was made by South Norwalk Iron Co. E. Chase, President ; C. L. Frink, Treasurer. South Hadley is situated across the Connecticut river, and is quite a manufacturing village. Mount Holyoke Fe- male Seminary is situated here, and incorporated in 1836, designed to accommodate 250 young ladies. The following manufacturing concerns are located here : Hampshire Paper Co. manufacture first-class writing paper. The company was incorporated in 1866, with a ca- pital of $200,000. The factory is built of brick, 50x120 feet, 5 stories on the back, and 3 stories front, and has 2 L's. 70x28 feet each, 2 stories on the back, and 1 front, both L's built of brick. About 5,000 lbs. of rags are used per day, producing 4,500 lbs. of paper. The machines in use are 6 Jones machines of 600 lbs. capacity each ; 2 Fourdrinier ma- chines, Severies maker. Worcester ; 5 calenders, and 2 ro- tary bleachers, of 3,600 lbs. capacity each. They employ 130 hands, and use water power, having 3 turbines, made bv the Ames Manufacturing Company, of Chicopee, and 2 tubular boilers. A spring of water of excellent quality ■ brought li miles in pipes Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 265 Glasgow Co. manufacture ginghams and fine writing paper. This coaipaay was incorporated in 1849 with a cap- ital of 8350,000. There are six building-!, as follows : No. 1, the main building, 200x50 feet, 6 stories high ; No. 2, the drying hoii^e, 80x60 feet, 1 story ; No. .3, picker house, 50x30 feet, 3 stories ; No. 4, finishing room, with ell 50x50 feet ; No. 5, cotton house, 2 stories 20 feet square ; No. 6, boiler house and gas house, adjoining each other, 60x30 feet, 1 story; No. 7, coal house, 40x30 feet, 1 story; No. 8, store house, 64x48 feet, 2 stories. The company own a hotel and 37 houses having 91 tenements. There are 500 employees who are running 341 looms and 10,000 spindles. The amount of stock used per week is 35 bales, averaging 450 pounds per bale, and producing 60,000- yards. They use a tur- bine wheel made by the Ames Manufacturing Co., Chicopee ; also use 2 tubular boilors and have 2 flue boilers as a reserve in case of necessity. Carew Maxl-factcrixg Co. manufacture fine writing pa- per. Til is company was established in 1848. Capital, S35,- 000. .J. Carew, Treasurer. Their works are situated at South Hadley Falls, where they have a 2 and 3 story build- ing 260 feet in length. Employ 70 hands. They consume 400 tons stock per annum, producing 300 tons paper. Their machinery consists of 6 paper engines anE PARK, 7i miles from Boston, ^1 on the Boston and Providence Railroad. Many ^ persons doing business in Boston, reside here. The Everett House is a first class hotel. Hyde Park Woolen Co. was incorporated in 1863 ; cap- ital $250,000. Dwight Foster, President, C. H. Allen, Secretary and Treasurer, C. B. Snyder agent, R. Bleakie, Superintendent. The mill was built'in 1863. It is 250x55, 3 stories with 2 wings 30,x35,3 stories and 120x35, 3 stories respectively, built of brick, with a rear mill 185x40 feet, 2 stories, brick, and numerous buildings attached. This com- pany run 21 sets of woolen machinery, employing 300 per- sons, consume 3,000 pounds of wool per day, producing 2,- 400 yards of ladies' cloakings and cassimeres daily. A 250 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power. The mill is located on Meadow Brook, and is lighted with gas made by this company of petroleum. Leland, Allen & Bates, 69 Franklin street, Boston, agents. C. & A. SpRiNt;, occupy oue floor of a building 60x35,_ 3 stories, for the maiuifacture of sewing machine needles, re- moving to this place in 1867, from Boston, where they es- tablished the business in 1857. Tliey employ 20 persons and produce 250,000 needles per annum. Tileston & HoLLiNGSWORTH commenced the manufacture of paper in 1801. They have 3 separ.ate establishments, lo- cated at Hyde Park, Milton and Dorcester, and all on the Neponset river. They employ 200 persons, run 24 engines and 6 Fourdriuier machines, manufacturing book and cop- perplate papers. Francis Boy'd commenced the manufacture of sporting guns in Boston, in May, 1868, — removing here in July. He occupies 1 floor of building 35x60 feet. Employs 10 per- sons. His machinery consists of 3 engine lathes, 1 upright drill, 1 planer, and 1 milling machine, &c. The Union Vise Co., manufacturers of vises and standard milling machines, occupy the following buildings, viz. : A factory 120x50 feet; iron foundry, 100x45 feet; malleable iron foundry 40x40 feet, and a blacksmith's shop 30x40 feet. They commenced business in 1865, have 60 employees, and do a business of $75,000 per annum. They have a branch track laid from the Boston & Providence Railroad to their works, a distance of half a mile, and propose extending it through their whole property, which, when completed, will give them over 1 J miles of frontage, thus making one of the finest locations for manufacturing purposes in the country. This company have an office located at No. 61 Water street, Boston. ■^mi>IAI¥ ORCHARD, The tillage '« is situated U miles from llic depot. The population (Ziy is nearly 50(r; two churclu-s. It is 92 miles from Bos- ton, 6 from Springfield, 108 from Albany, on the Boston on the Albany Railroad. ^iPSWIt'H, a town of 3.500 inhabitants, 'll situated 27 miles from Boston, 81 from Portland and V ^ 70i from Providence, on the Eastern Railroad. Ip- swich contains 9 public schools, 1 high school, the others grammar, intermediate and primary, 4 churches, viz. : 3 Congregational and one Methodist. The Episcopal society hold service at Damon's Hall. The Unitarian and Catholic societies at Town Hall. Settled in March, 1632, and incor- porated as a town Aug. 5, 1634, covers 25,478 acres of ground, of which 3,579 acres are covered with water. This town contains personal property to the amount of $474,763 and real estate to the value of $1,071,824, and 821 voters. It also contains 300 dwelling houses, and in 1868 there were in the town 332 horses, 672 cows and 174 sheep. Rate of taxation $1.24 per $100. N. R. Wait occupies a 2 story wooden building 42x35 feet, located on Market Square, forthe manufacture of men's, boy's and youths boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1843, has 20 employees, and turns out 100 pairs of boots per week. J. A. Johnson, occupies a two story wooden building 42 x20 feet, located on Market Square, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses boots and shoes. Have 30 employees and turns out 1,000 pairs per month. Mr. J. commenced the business in 1861, and doesa business of $30,000 per annum. Barrows & Hunt, commenced in 1831 to manufacture worsted, woolen and cotton hosiery, gloves, jackets, &c., oc- cupying a one and a half and two story wooden buildings, located on East street. They employ 25 hands. Wellington & Perkins. This firm occupy on Cross street, the upper floor of a two story wooden building 48x24 for the manufacture of boots and shoes for men's, boys' and youths' ; employ 25 hands and turn out 250 pairs per week, doing a business of $35,000 per annum. They comjnenced business in 1848. J. S. Glover occupies a two story wooden building, 30x 50 feet, located on East street, for the manufacture of fancy woolen goods, such as hoods, nubias, head nets, &c. Com- menced business in 1843, and has 25 employees. His ma- chinery, consisting of warp looms, is driven by a Roper hot air engine of two horse power. Business capacity $5,000. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 267 S. WILDER & CO., MANUFACTUKEKS OF oo: CISTERN, WELL, FORCE & AIR CHAMBER PUMPS On liand, at \Vliolf]>, ]>X V»S, Willow Dale Mill, (C. B. Snyder & Co, proprietors.) 1 is located three miles from Ipswich, in the town of Hamil- ton, three miles from Newhiim depot, on the Eastern Rail- j road, same from Topsfield on the Boston and Maine Riiil- | road. The mill is 100x50 feet, tlu-ee stories with an ell oOx 40 feet, with store house and office building. lu this mill are now 3 sets Tainter's cards, 6 jacks and 18 broad looms. Employ 50 hands, and manufacture white all wool blankets, making 600 pairs per week. The machinery is driven by a turbine water wheel, nnder a fall of 8 feet, made at Lake Village, N. II. The mill is under the supervision of Mr. H. G. Ellsworth. HoDGKiNS & Barnard, manufacturers of nubias and head nets. The mills were started in the year 1862 by Mr. Hodgkins. They occupy 3 buildings, each 2J stories high, and built of wood. First mill is 80x40 feet ; the other buildings are about one-half the size of the first. They em- ploy upwards of 125 hands. They manufacture 1,200 doz. nubias, and 9,000 nets per day. Tlie office and salesroom are at 41 Summer street, Boston. Ipswich Mills. Manufacturers of cotton and woolen hosiery ; a main building, 5 stories high, employ about 210 liands in the mill, and about the same number of females in different parts of this and the neighboring towns are sup- plied with work at their homes. The patent knitting ma- chines of Mr. John Pepper, also some of English make, turn out annually about 200,000 dozen pairs hose. The machi- nery is run by water most of the year, but during the dry season a Corliss engine, of 65 horse power, is used. Pay roll, from 6,000 to 7,000 per month. This company also have a mill at Lake Village, N. H., where they manufacture 120 dozen woolen hose per day, and a machine shop for building the Pepper patent knitting ma- chines. ^i ROIV STOIVE, situated 40 miles from Boston and 30 from Southbridge, on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. There is no manufactur- ing here at present in this village. There was formerly a sati- net mill which burned down some time ago. About 200 inhabitants. J All A IC A PLAI]^, 3 J miles from Boston, on the Boston and Providence, Stoughton and Dedham Branch Railroads, in the town of West Ro.'cbury. The residents here are mostly business men of ~ Six churches and 5,000 inhabitants. JUIVCTIO]^, 1 mile from Pittsfield, and 19 from North Adams, a country station in town of Pittsfield, at the junction of the Boston and Albany and Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. [ EITHS, '231 miles from Boston, 43 J from ' Newport. A country station on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. INOSTOI^, 33i miles southeast from Boston and 4 miles northwest from Plymouth, on the Plymouth Branch of the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. Has a good harbor, a considerable stream of water and some excellent land. Monks Hill presents a fine view of PJvmouth harbor. 268 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. ll^G STRKET, about 21 miles from iton, ou the Soutli Shore Railroad; a flag sta- I AKE CROSSII^G, 16 miles from Boston, and 28 from "Worcester. A station on the Boston and Albany Railroad. ^'^AKEVILI.F, H miles from Middle- ^ 11 boro', 7 miles lioni Taunton, a country station sitnat- ^— -^ ed in a town by the sanie name on llie Old Colony & Newport Railroad and Middleboro' & Taunton Railroad. AIXCA^TIR, 19 miles from AVorcester aid 27 )t( m > a.-l lii. A village in a Ioami by llie same none on tlcWtnctci iind!Natlia Railroad, llie ]rdian name oi this tcv\M is Kasawogg, and is ihe oldest tcT\n in the ccnnly, locale don Loili sides of ilie Karl, na liv- er, ard 1 as a fite alluvial soil in a high state of cultivation. The village is very leautilul, it is neatly built on a plain, surrounded by hills and watered by a large placid stream. 'AWRE]\CE contains the Korlh Lawreice and Soulh Lawre apart. Korlh Lawrence i.s 13 miles stations of one mile Lowell, 26 from ]\Ianchester, and 27 from Boston. It is the termi- nus of the Lowell and Lawrence Railroad, and Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, and is on the Boston and Maine Railroad. We take the following from J. F. C. Hayes' history of Lawrence for 1868 : — It is now about fifty-three years since the first steam loom was set in motion in America, at W'allham. A bolder step in the interest of humanity had never been taken on this con- tinent, and to Francis C. Lowell, Patrick T. Jackson, and Nathan Appleton the industry of the countiy is most deeply indcblid for that important enterprise. The Icrm had been const] u( ltd by Mr. Lowell from a description of an English machine, then kept a m.ost profound secret from every one except the operative weaver. The dresser was also con- structed by Mr. Lowell from drawings obtained in England, and in itg first application was an improvement upon the English machine, and with only slight alterations both these machines, or rather machines made after their pattern, are still in use in the mills of this country upon ibe fabrication of all plain goods. At the period to which we allude common cotton goods were selling in Boston at about 33 cents per yard. Gradually the prices of common brown sheetings declined as follows : 1816, 30 cents per yard; 1819,21 cents per yard ; 1826, 13 cents per yard; 1829, 8^ cents per yard; 1843,6^ cents per yard. The sticcess of the manufacturing enterprise at Waltham very soon induced other parties, mainly in Rhode Island and Connecticut, to embark in the same channel of trade, and in 1821 — seven years after the 'commencement at Waltham — the parties interested at that place purchased the Pawtuck- et Canal and commenced operations at Lowell. From this time the progress of manufactures was rapid. It needed neither profound wisdom nor extraordinary foresight to fore- tell the rising of towns and cities wherever water-power could be made available. The march of entei^rise was that of a giant whose foot-prints marked the water-falls and com- manded the rushing waters to stand back for the benefit of advancing humanity. Lowell, Nashua, Dover, Great Falls and Manchester sprang into life as by magic. All along the coast the power of our streams, large and small was taken up to propel the spindle and the loom ;. and where there were no water-falls, the aid of steam, as at Salem, New- buryport and Portsmouth, was called in to supply the defici- ency. Immediately after Lowell was founded, the people along the river, from that city to tide-water at Haverhill, began to predict that the various rapids known as Hunt's, Deer Jump, Pelurs's, BodwcU's, and Mitchell's Falls would soon be taken for manufacturing pui poses. The entire fall in this distance was afcerlained to be about fifty feet, of which Hunt's Falls comprised sixteen. Deer Jump, Peter's and Bodwell's comprised twenty-six, and these now ofl'ord the power in use at Laurence. The fall below Lawrence, in tv\o or three rapids, amounts to about eight feet. As early as 1833, Rev. Mr. Perry of Bradford, predicted that the time v\ou!d come when the Merrimac wotdd be lined with mills from Lowell to Haverhill. About ibis time the enterpris- ing pioplid of Med.uen village conceived the idea of turning the Merrimac into llie Spicket, with a view of increasing the power at that village. The survey was made by Ste- phen Barker, Esq., and resulted in ascerlainingthat the pro- ject was not feasible. In the meantime, Daniel Saunders, Esq., taking hold of the mailer in a more ).raclical form, bought out the right to Peter's Falls, thus securing the key to Bodwell's Falls below, and most efl'ectually checkmating any efibrt on the part of others to use any of the power be- low Hunt's Falls without his co-operation. This purchase was made in 1837. In 1843, Mr. John Nesmith, of Low- ell, desired to know upon what teims Mr. Saunders would admit himself and Mr. Samuel Lawrence to become associ- ate owners with him. The terms were made and accepted. The associates then purchased half of Hunt's Falls, and thus put themselves effectually in a position to control alllbe pow- er on the river below Lowell. Subsequently, through the influence of Mr. Samuel Lawrence, their interest in Hunt's Falls was transferred to the Middlesex Mills in Lowell, of which Mr. Lawrence was the agent. This association then admilled Messrs. Daniel Saunders, Jr., of this city, and Thonias Hopkinson, of Lowell, and assumed the name of the Water Power Association, wilh Mr. Lawrence as chair- man, Daniel Saunders as land agent, and John Nesmith as treasurer, and agreed to expend fifty thousand dollars in the purchase of land along the river. Mr. Saunders entered upon his duty as land agent, purchasing, conditionally, at about twice their value for farming purposes, about one huu- dred farms of various sizes. The title to many of these es- tates belonged to parties at a distance, in Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont and New York. He secured all the desira- able properly on the north side of the river, excepting that controlled by Mr. Aldolphus Durant, which is still in dispute, and most of that upon the south side of the river, the lot upon which the Sbawsheen House is situated, and that just south of the railway bridge, where the brick .store of Mr. John B. Howard stands, being the only exceptions. Having thus obtained the title to the land, this company, in 1844, petitioned the legislature for an act of incorporation, and Ihe Essex Company was duly organized on the 16th of April, 1845. In about two weeks a corps of able assistant engineers were laying out the future city. The labor was of course an arduous and responsible one, requiring the exercise of accurate engineering skill and much prudent forecast in set- ting at work all the varied branches of trade which the ad- vancement of the great enterprise demanded. The first excavations on this structure were made near the north shore August 1, and the first stone was laid September 19, this being one of tlie headers of the front course near the centre of the river. This structure is probably one of the strong- Webb's N. E. Railway and Ma7nifacture)-s Statistical Gazttteer. 269 est and most substantial in this or any oilier country. It is of granite, 1,629 feet in length, 35 feet thick at the base- and 12^ at the top, backed by gravel to within a few feet of the surface. It is built upon, or more properly bedded into the solid metamorphic rock forming the bed of the river, and is in some places 40J feet high. The overflow of water is 900 feet wide, and the fall is 26 feet. The granite blocks of whioh the dam is built were hammered on the bed and built and laid in hydraulic cement. The cost of the dam was 82.50,000. The canal upon the north side of the river is something over a mile in length, 100 feet wide at the up- per, and 60 feet wide at the lower end. and 12 ieet deep. Including the locks at the lower end the canal cost S200,- 000. lis course is parallel with the river, from which it is 400 feet distant. The mills are located upon this belt of land thus isolated by the canal. The Merrimac affords, on an average, at this place, about .'),000 cubic feet of water a second, but the amount some- times reaches 60,000. The power thus obtained is estimated at 150 mill power. A mill power is calculated to absorb 30 cubic feet of water a second, with a head and fall of 25 feet. This gives a force which is estimated lo equal from 60 to 70 horse power — a horse power being defined by Watt at 32,000 pounds avoirdupois lifted to the height of one foot iu a minute. The lessons yearly impressing themselves upon the mind by the reserve of the powder at Newfound, Squam and Win- nipisawke lakes may sometimes be so convincing that the mill owners upon the Merrimac and its tributaries will be induc- ed to avail themselves of the vast power uow annually run- ning to waste, by the erection of dams npou the more insigni- ficant sources of supply, and from which all our floods are derived. The river drains a vast extent of country-, the lake surface alone being equal to about 350 square miles, some- thing like half of which is already held in reserve for diy weather, by adequate dams. The smaller lakes are the most important reservoirs, as their banks are more abrupt than the larger, and be raised much higher at trifling cost in com- parison to the quantity of power reserved. These are yet to be secured, and when this done in a proper manner, the sup- ply of v.ater will be rendered not only continuous, but will flow in vastly increased volume and power. Every addition- al dam upon the main river or any of its tributaries, however small, will prove an aid in this direction. That the lime will come when the minimum of water will be increased at Law- rence to 8,000 if not 10,000 cubic f\. per second, and the max- imum be reduced to 30.000 or at most 40,000 ft. a second, there is as little room to doubt as there is that eventually every available power upon these streams will be harnessed to the car of manufacturing industry. The power of the Merrimac and it tributaries is not at the present time taxed with one- third the labor it is capable of performing. The Essex Com- pany dispose of the water'power to manufacturers upon such terms as are deemed prudent between the parties. At the outset, as for instance, when the Atlantic Mills Corporation made their purchase, the price agreed upon for a mill power was S14,333, of which sum S9,333 was paid in cash, the balance of $5,000 remaining perpetually at 6 per cent, inter- est, payable annually in silver or its equivalent. The Atlantic Company bought twenty mill powers, and consequently pay an annual rent of 86,000. We are not aware that any variation from this price has been made by the Essex Company, until recently the price per mill power has been somewhat increased. " Each mill power is declared to be the right to draw from the nearest canal or water course of the grantors so much water as shall give a power equal to thirty cubic feet of water per second, when the head and fall is twenty-five feet ; and no more is to be drawn in any one second, nor is the same to be drawn more than sixteen hours in each day of twenty-four hours, and in order to prevent disputes as to the power of each mill privilege in the variations of the height of water from changes of the season or other causes, it is understood and declared that the quantity of water shall be varied, in proportion to the variation of the height, one foot being allowed and deducted from the height of the ac- tual head and fall, and also from that with which it is com- pared before mmputing the proportion between them : th\is, on a head and fall of 30 feet the quantify of water to be used w ould be twenty-four cubic feet and 24-29ths of a cubic foot per second." Siimething like three-quarters of the power originally owned by the Essex Company has thus far been disposed of to the various corporations and individual enterprises already in operation or in the course of construction. The future will increase this power considerably ; but the present generation need borrow largely on the hope of such a consummation during their time. At the time the Essex Company commenced operations here, the entire population of the territory now comprised within the limits of Liiwrence was probably not over 200. But population rapidly followed enterprise. The legislature of 18J6 granted charters for the Bay Slate Mills. Ihc Allantic Cotton Mills, the Union Mills aiid the Bleaching and Dyeing Co., with an aggregate capital of 84,500,000. This was certainly a most formidable display of corporations and capital ; but the Union Mills and the Bleach- ery were never built, and even the Atlantic Cotton Mills subsequently concluded lo expend a million and a half instead of two millions of dollars, and the central mill site next west of what is now the Washinton Mills, reverted to the Essex Company. This most desirable property has since gone into the hands of the Pacific Mills Corporation, and their beautiful worsted mill stands upon a portion of it. The Washington Mills were laid out on the 11th of April, 1846, and on the 9th of June following work was commenced on the Atlantic Colton Mills. On the 25th of June the frame of the Essex Company's saw mill was raised. On the 10th of July following work was begun on the Essex Company's foundry. On the 12th of August the first brick block in the city was commenced. This block is now known as boarding house No. 1, on the Atlantic Corporation. It was finished and occupied on the 4lh of January, 1847. The race-way to the Essex Company's machine shop (now the Everett Mills) was commenced November 13th. On the 7th of September, 1846, a post-office was opened in a little building on the Turnpike, formerly a shoe shop. It was about 15x15, and one story high. The coming of this important adjunct of a busy comnmnity took many by surprise. The idea of establishing a post-office here origi- nated with Mr. George A. Waldo, of Methuen, whose son, George Albert Waldo, was made the postmaster. The busi- ness at the seat of government was performed by the per- sonal effi)rts of Mr. Samuel J. Varney, of Lowell, and at his suggestion the office took the name of Merrimac. Pre- vious to this event, from the commencement of operations here, the place was known by numerous names, such as " New City," " Essex," " Andover Bridge," &c. The name thus given officially to the place was continued until the town of Lawrence was set off from Methuen and Ando- ver by legislative enactment in the winter of 1847. This separation was opposed by residents and authorities of both Andover and Methuen ; not, perhaps, with the idea that it could be long po.stponed, but more upon the plea that it was then altogether unnecessary and premature. Immedi- ately after the project of severing the " new city" from the territory of Andover and Methuen was proposed, letter writers in distant papers began to suggest that the towu should take the name of Lawrence, " as a compliment to 10 Stations in the State of Masnachiisetts. Hon. Abbott Lawrence, who liad done so muck for Massa- chusetts, and this phice in parlicidar." On the 13th of January, 1847, a meetinjr of a considera- ble number of residents took place at the otfice of the Essex Company, with a view to an understanding in regard to the name of the new town, to be embodied in a petition to the legislature for a charter. At the suggestion of Mr. Storrow, the name of Lawrence was agreed upon, not, as the news- paper writers had proposed, as a complimeut distinctively to Mr. Abbott Lawrence, but as a token of respect to a family among the most liberal and distinguished in the country. There were then living three members of this family, Amos, Abbott and Sauuiel. Of these, Abbott and Samuel were among tlie most energetic business men of New England, and both more actively engaged in the enterprises here than any others uot residents among us. In point of investment, the family undoubtedly then had as great an interest in the new town as, we might almost say, all the others combined. There was therefore a good if not a sulficient reason why the future city should be christened as it was. That some among us would have preferred that the new town should retain the name applied to it by the pOst-office department, there is no reason to doubt, but most of these being in favor of a town organization, very readily acquiesced in the change rather than hazard the chances of obtaining a char- ter by creating a division in regard to a name. For that time thev cheerfully admitted that " there is nothing in a The Essex railway, from Lawrence to Salem, was opened for travel on the 4th of September, 1848. It brought through a load of the most quiet and oi-dcrly " solid men " of Salem, which contrasted very favorably with the multitude of tur- bulent men and boys who patronized the free ride from Lowell to which we have alluded. The Manchester and Lawrence railway was opened for travel in October, 1849. An incident in connection with this line is worthy of note. The company having been duly chartered and organized, opened its books for subscriptions. In two days more stock was subscribed for than was required to build and equip the line. And yet the books were kept open until, in the space of thirty days, nearly three millions of dollars had been subscribed ! Then commenced a scram- ble for the stock, and a quarrel among subscribers and offi- cers, which continued for a considerable time, but the matter was finally compromised. Since its construction, this line has been almost constantly " in hot water," from one cause or auother. (.Jiiarrels among directors, war upon conductors, and difficulties with connecting lines, have marred its existence almost continually. The city charter was passed March 21, 1853, and was ac- cepted by the people on the •29th of the same month, by 659 yeas to 143 nays. Tlie first election under the charter was held on the iJSth of April following, and the city govern- ment was duly organized on the 18th of May. The schools of Lawrence are the just pride of the people. They are divided into primary, middle, grammar and high family ia the name of the ' schools. The high school building is one of the most beau- ipression : " S. Lawrence, ' tiful structures in the State. It is located on the north side name. That it was not the intention to distinguish one over an- other member of the Lawrenc citv, we may refer to the distil A." Lawrence," upon a brick in the south-east corner of our of the common, near the Oliver school house. There are City Hall. AVe leave the reader to define the question whe- two grammar schools, one on the south and one on the north thei- Amos or Abbott, or both, were intended to be compli- ! side of the river. The primary and middle schools are loca- niented in the impression. " A. Lawrence." There is no question that Samuel, who was then agent of the Bay State Corporation, as well as of the Middle was included in the compliment. In 1848 the •x Mills Lowe ■■" P".^"' ted in such parts of the city as best accommodate the greatest number of pupils. LawTence is probably better supplied with useful and en- tertaining libraries than any city of its population in New Ensland. There are in the city no less than seven distinct ., .>, ..„ were less than 100 persons ir. ,.,.. - . .... , ,,x /^,>,> , ins a tax of SIO. Of these, IG paid over §20 and less than | collections, embracmg m the aggregate about 20 000 volumes S30, 8 paid from $30 to SoO, 4 paid from §50 to SlOO : T. I ^^^^^V. 8,000 volumes are contained in the ibraries of th« Atlantic and Pacific Mills, the circulation of which is confined persons employed on these two corporations. Probably the S30, 8 paid trom *oU to Sou, 4 pan J. Coburn, now of Lowell, paid §127.50; Abial Stevens §160, and Charles S. Stormw §165.25. The Essex Com . . . .. , ;• • • r i i panv paid §4,950.96, the Bay State, now Washiu-ton Mills. ! >""*' elaborate arrangemem tor the dissemination of knowl- §3,028.20, the Atlantic Milb §2.100. Fifteen persons own- edge among the working people to be touud on any mamitac- ing property here, but then residing in other towns, and taxed: I""".? '^"■•P"::'-"""" '" .'J"'. "■?'l'l-.'« at the Pacific Mills m §10 or more as non-residents, subsequently became residents of Lawrence. Thirty-seven of the resident tax payers of the class named are known to have since let\ the town to reside elsewhere, while twenty-one have died, and eight of the non- resident tax payers who subsequently became residents of the town have since either died or changed their residence. We speak, of course, only of those whose names and faces were familiar. Many more, with whom we had no acquaintance, may have gone iu one or the other of these avenues of exit without our knowledge. The Boston and Maine Railway, having changed its loca- tion from Andover to North Andover, constructed, between this city. It is not with books alone that the Pacific opera tives are supplied. They have also access to a reading room, where an ample supply of papers and periodicals are neatly arranged and constantly accessible to all whose duties will permit them to avail themselves of their perusal. The Frank- | lin Library, at which Mr. Abbot Lawrence so liberally and so wisely contributed, contains 3,800 volumes. John C. Dow's library contains about 2,800, Lewis Stratton's about 800. and I. A. Whitcomb's about 700 volumes. There is also a Farmers' library, of about 500 volumes. The growth of La«Teuce is pretty well indicated by the in- crease in the consumption of gas during the past ten years. April. 1845, and March, 1848, the five miles of road between | The amount disposed of in 1857 equalled only about 7,500,- those places by way of this city, together with the bridges 000 feet per annum. The present supply is equal to 32,000,- across the rivers and canal, and"on the 28th of FebruaVy. 000 feet. Every mill in the city, and most of the large work- run their passenger cars across the bridge for the first time i shops, are lighted by g-as. All the mills aud most of the to the station on the North side of the river. j shops are warmed by steam. On the 2d of July, 1848, the Lowell railway being com- La\%Tence contains 17 churches, viz. : 4 Congregational, 4 pleted, five trains were run between Lawrence' and Lowell, ' Episcopal, 3 Baptist. 1 Church of the Immaculate Conception, conveying passengers free. Over 8.000 people were carried 1 Unitarian, 1 Universalis!, 1 Advent Chapel and 2 Calho- over the road during the day. It seemed as though all lie. There are 2 savings and 2 national banks, as follows : Lawrence was going to Lowell, and all Lowell coming to ' LawTence Savings Bank. Essex Savings Bank, National Lawrence " " '^ Pemberton Bank aud Bav State National Bank. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 271 SLADDIISr & LORD, MANl^FACTURERS OF FalBEt SelMctmi loom Hariias KNITTING MACHINES. ALS(J, MAXUFACTIRKHS OF ONE OF THESE MACHINES IS EQUAL TO TEN HAND KNITTERS. Orders executed at the shortest notice. State. City and Town Ri^rhts for sale. t^^wmMmom, n^ss. MANUFACTUKERS. | Pacific Mills. Capital, $250,000 ; located on Canal I street, for the manufacture of calicoes, shirtings, lawns, ' delaines, alpaccas, coburgs, and other worsted dress < goods. Machinery consists of 136,604 spindles and 3,523 ] looms, and employ 1,200 males and 2,400 females ; J.Wiley | PMwards, treasurer. j Atlantic Cotton Mills ; incorporated February, 1846 ; capital, $1,500,000 ; located on Canal street, for the manu- facture of sheetings and shirtings. They employ 350 males and 850 females. Their machinery consists of 56,000 spin- dles and 1,538 looms, consume 110,000 lbs. of cotton, turn out 320,000 yards of cloth per week. Thomas C'lf.gg occupies 2 rooms of a 4 story wooden building, 60x45 feet, for the manufacture of reeds and loom harnesses, located on Canal street. Commenced business in 1844, employs 20 hands, consumes 150 lbs. worsted yarn per month, 30 lbs. of wire, and turns out 3 sets of harness- es per day, and has capacity for turning out 50 reeds per day, and does business to the amount of $21,000 per an- num. The Lawrence Worsted Co. manufacture worsted yarns and braids, located on Canal street ; occupy build- ings as follows, viz : — wooden building, 100x50 feet, 3 J sto- ries, for factory ; wooden bqilding, 16x40 feet, for repair shop, and other small buildings for storage. Commenced business in Jauuar}', 1864 ; give emploj-ment to 100 hands. Their machinery is driven by 1 turbine water -wheel, 60 horse power, and a steam engine of 20 horse power, built by J. C. Iloadley & Co., of Lawrence, Mass., with 1 tubular boiler, 15 feet long, built by the Lowell Machine Shop. They consume from IG to 20,000 lbs. of wool, and turn out 10,000 lbs. of yarn and braids per month. Sladdin & Lord, manufacturers of the patent self-acting loom harness and knitting machines. Commenced business in January, 1868 ; occupy 1 floor of a 3 story wooden build- ing 48x4H feet, located on Northern street, where they em- ploy 7 hands. State, city and town rights of the patent self- acting loom harness for sale. Rkhard Hall & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 35 x35 feet, for the manufacture of spindles, fliers, tabes, whirls and caps, located on Canal street. Commenced business in 1863 : employs 15 hands. Their machinery is driven by a portable steam engine, built bv J. C. Hoadley & Co., of Lawrence. They consume l.O'OO lbs. of steel, and 500 lbs. of iron per mouth ; do a business of $10,000 per annum. The Wright Manufacturing Co. occupy a three story wooden building 35x75 feet, located on Canal street, for the manufacture of worsted braids. Commenced business in 1865 ; employ 40 hands ; machinery, consisting of 275 braid- ing machines, is driven by 2 Whitney water wheels — one 30 inch, the other 18 inch. They consume 6,500 lbs. of worsted yam, and turn out 2,500 gross of Alpacca braid, and 12,000 dozen of brown Alpacca braids per month ; do business amounting to $175,- 000 per annum. J. C. Hoadley & Co. occupy 2 floors of 3 story wooden building 100x45 feet ; boiler shop 90 x 40 feet ; forge shop 50x60 feet, with store sheds, and other small buildings, lo- cated on Canal street, for the manufacture of portable steam engine boilers, &c. Commenced business in 1857; employ GO hands. Their machinery, consisting of engine lathes, planers and other machinery, is driven by 1 water wheel ; liave one boiler, built by themselves. They turn out 3 port- able steam engines per week, and do a business amounting ; to $200,000 per annum. Stations in the State of Massachusetts. :Manufuctiirer and AVholesalo Doaler In ^ ^ 1^ ^ ^m ^ ^ 1 287 ESSEX STKEET, EAWKE:S"CE. MASS. Piirtioular attention paid to all kinds of Machine and Factory Brushes, orders by mail solicited and promptly at- tended to. John H. Stafford occupies a. building, 16x50 feet, with store in front, located at iSl Essex street, for the man- ufacture of and wholesale dealinfr in all kinds of brushes. Commenced business in July, 1867. employs 16 hands, turus [ out 12 dozen brushes per day, and does business amountinj; to S8.000 per annum. , Baker, Josklts & Co., occupy a wooden building 38x40 feet with an ell 10x30 feet, pattern house 30x18 feet located ! on Allen street, for the manufacture of iron castings and brackets. Commenced business in 1866 and employs 8 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine o I horse power built by R. W. Pratt & Co. of Boston, with 1 ; upright boiler. They consume 10 tons of iron, per month, I and turn out 400 sets of brackets per day. and do business amounting to 818,000. 1 Leonard -RvMES occupies 1 floor of a 3 storj' wooden I building 40x25 feet, for the manufacture of machinery, ' ! iQcated on Canal street. Commenced business in 1868 and emplovs 4 hands. His machinery, consisting of engine lathes, planers, drilling lathes, &c., is driven by water power. Sami-el Robissox & Co. occupy a two story brick build- ing 125x40 feet; wool room 2i stories 26x40 feet, for the manufacture of worsted yarns of all kinds, located on Allen and Gardner streets. Commenced business in 1862 and employs 62 hands. Their machinery is driven by one Let- el water wheel, 85 horse power. They have 1 tubular boiler, 30 horse power built by J. C. Hoadley «& Co. of Lawrence. They consume 4,000 pounds of wool and turn out from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of worsted yarns per week ; I do business amounting to 8200,000 per annum. J. A. Bacon occupies a 2 slory brick building 100x50 feet, with stock houses 1 story 50x30 feet, another 2 stories 50x30 feet, located on Marston street, for the manufacture of paper books and newspapers. Commenced business in I 1861 and employs 60 hands. His machinery is driven by 2 1 24 inch Tyler water wheels. He consumes 90 tons of stock per year and turns out 2J tons of paper per day. Barker & Co. occupy a wooden building, 50x30 feet, located on Marston street, for the manufacture of brass work of all kinds, commenced business in 1867, employ 2 hands, consume 200 lbs. of brass per month, and do busi- ness of 82,000 per annum. Wauren & Robinson, manufacturers of card clothing, occupy 2 floors in a 4 story wooden building, 30x60 feet, lo- [ cated at Xo. 13 Broadway, where thev employ 10 hands, \ commenced business in 1850. Machinery consists of 30 card setting machines, which are driven by an engine of 30 horse power in a building adjacent : consume 500 sides of leather and 1 ton of wire, producing 2,500 feet of card clothing per month ; do a business amoimling to 850,000 WnxiAMS & Wilson commenced business in 1864, and occupy 2 floors in a 4 story building, 30x60 feel, at Xo. 13 Broadway, for the manufacture of machinery. They em- ploy 10 hands. Their machinery consists of lathes, planers, boring and milling machines, and are driven by an engine 30 horse power in a building adjacent. Davis & Tatlor occupy a 3 story brick building, 100.x 50 feet, with an L, 60x30 feet, located on Broadway, for the manufacture of flour ; commenced business in 1857, and employ 17 hands. Machinery is driven by 2 Leifel water wheels, with 5 run of stone. Have a capacity of grinding 1,000 bushels of corn, and turning out 300 bbls of flour per day. Do business amounting to 81,000,000 per annum. Lawrence Liiiber Co. occupy wooden buildings and yard on Lowell street, for the manufacture of wooden boxes. E. Davis & Son occupy a brick mill 76x100 feet ; carpen- ter shop and ware house 30 x 60 feet ; pattern house 30 x 50 feet ; store house 20x30 feet, located on Canal street, for the manufacture of iron castings, machinery and Railroad work. The business was established in Xorth Andover in 1842, moved to Lawrence in 1863. Emplov 40 iiands. Their machinery is driven by one 36 inch Tyler water wheel ; con- sume 800 tons of iron. Do business amounting to 8100,000 per year. The Essex Brewery occupy a 2 story wooden building 40x100 feet, located on Oxford street, for the manufacture of ale and porter. The business was established in 1867, and they now employ 12 to 18 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine of 6 horse power, built by J. C. Iloadlev, of Lawrence, Mass., with 1 boiler 30 horse power for heating buildings, &c. This firm consume about 1,500 lbs. of malt per week, and have a capacity for turning out 1 ,000 bai-rels of ale and porter per week ; and do a business of 850,000 per annum. L. Spragce & Co. occupy a wooden building 2 stories, 100x30 feet, located at 261 Lowell street, for the manufac- ture of bobbins and spools. Commeuced business in 1864 ; employ 55 hands. Machinery is driven by an engine of 65 horse power in building adjacent ; turn out 200,000 bobbins and spools, and consume 40,000 feet of birch and maple wood per month, and do business amounting to 875,000 per annum. McKat Sewixg Machine Association occupy a 3 story brick building 200x40 feet, with an L 1 story 200x40 feet, located on Haverhill street, for the manufacture of the Mc- Kay sewing machine and nailing and trimming machines. Commenced business in March, 1865 ; employ 60 hands. Machinery consists of lathes, planers, milling machines, up- right drills, &c., driven by an engine of 25 horse power, built by J. C. Hoadlev & Co., of Lawrence, witli 1 tubular boiler. They consume 2,000 lbs. of steel and 5,000 lbs. of cast iron and 22,159 lbs. of coal per month, and turn out from 75 to luO machines, besides making all parts of the machine to order. L. Beach & Son occupy a 2 story wooden building 55x 70 feet ; store house 50x30 feet ; another store house 25x50 feet, with land 140x300 feet, located on Maple street, for the manufacture of hard and soft soap. Commenced business in 1847 ; employ 12 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine 12 horse power, buih by Salem Machine Co., of Salenu with 1 tubular boiler 50 horse power, built by Kendall & Roberts, of Cambridaeport. Consume 15,000 lbs. of tallow, and turn out le.OOO'^lbs. of family. 12,000 lbs. of scouring, and 200 bbls. of sot\ soap per month. Webb's N. E. Railivay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. GEORGE LAMB, Manufacturer of the celebrated AIVIERICAN FIL :>iaiiioa t". KiJTLErt- jy'ear the Railroad Depots i.*in*ii£:j\x'jE, jfi^ass. All kinds of old files and rasps re-cut, and all kinds of new files made to order at short notice. New and re-cut files on hand at the lowest market prices and warranted to give satisfaction. George Lamb, manufacturer of the celebrated American file, occupies a two story wooden building, 50x40 feet, grind- ing shop 20x20 feet, forge shop 20x30 feet, office 16x18 ft., located on Essex street, near the railroad depot ; commenc- ed business in 1863 ; employs 33 hands. Receives power from an engine 60 horse power in building adjacent ; turns out 400 doz. files per month, and consumes from six to seven tons of steel per year, and does business amounting to 812,000 per annum. E. E. Foster, occupies 1 floor of 3 story wooden building 35x78 feet, located on corner Methuen and Franklin streets, for the manufacture of leather belting and covers of top rollers, commenced business in 1865, employs 10 hands, ma- chinery is driven by a engine of 15 horse power. Corliss patent, built by Harris of Providence, R. I., with 1 tubular boiler built in South Newmarket, N. H., consume $1,000 worth of leather per month, and do business amounting to JS30,000 per annum. Everett Mills, located on Union foot of Essex street, manufacture cotton and fancy cassimeres, tickings, stripes, sheetings, ginghams, drills, denims, poplins, cotton flannel and worsted yarns, was incorporated in 1860, give employ- ment to 280 males and 683 females. Capital 8800,000 ; machinery consists of 30,830 spindles and 700 looms. They consume 30,000 lbs. of cotton, 4,000 lbs. of wool and turn out 98,000 yards of cloth and 2,500 lbs. of worsted yarn per week. Pembertos Mills, incorporated in 1860, located on Canal street, for the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods in variety ; machinsry consists of 28,000 cotton spin- dles, 14 sets of wool cards and 633 looms. Employ 200 males and 650 females. Washington Mills, 3 woolen mills, dye house and 1 cotton mill, located on Canal street; capital 81,650,000; manufacture broadcloth, cassimeres, doeskins, sackings, opera flannels, Italian cloth, worsted goods, shawls, print cloth and cambrics. Their machinery consists of 110 sets of woolen cards, 2 sets of worsted machinery, 41,560 woolen spindles, 865 woolen looms, 20,000 cotton spindles and 400 cotton looms. They employ 1,000 males and 1,400 females, consume 50,000 lbs. of clean wool per week. Lawrence Woolen Co., organized in 1864 ; capital, 8150,000. Geo. P. Upham, treasurer. T. S. Stratton & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing, 36x50 feet, located on Essex street, for the manufacture of wool hats. Commenced business in 1864, employ. 50 hands, run a steam engine, 40 horse power, built by J. C. Hoadley & Co.. of Lawrence, with 1 tubular boiler, built by Dobins & Crawford, of Lowell, Mass., turn out 50 dozen hats, and consume 300 lbs of wool per day, and do a busi- ness amounting to 815,000 per annum. C. K. & J. P. PiLLSBCRY, successors to Webster, Dustiu & Co., occupy a floor of a 4 story building, 35x75 feet, with store house, 30x20 feet, located on Methuen, corner of Franklin street, for the manufacture of cotton and woolen machinery. Commenced business in 1868, employ 20 hands, receive power from an engine of 20 horse power in I a building adjacent, and do business to the amount of j 875,000. ; Favor Bros., manufacturers of door sashes and blinds, commenced business in 1864, occupy a 3 story wooden build- i ing, 35x60 feet, also a steam mill, 2 stories, 60x250 feet, i located on Lowell street ; office on Essex street, near depot. Employ 30 hands ; do business amounting to 8100,000 per year. S. Q. Hersev, manufacturer ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1866 ; occupies 1 floor of a four story brick building 50 x 100 feet located on Broadway, where he employs 40 hands ; does business amounting to 870,000 per annum. E. Yeaton & Co., manufacturers of power loom harnesses and reeds. Commenced business in 1865 ; occupy 1 floor of a 4 story brick building 50x100 feet, located on Broadway, where they employ 50 hands. They turn out 400 sets of loom harnesses per month, and do business amounting to 812,000 per year. MERRijLi^c Machine Shop, A. Blood, proprietor, occupies a 2 story wooden building 40x80 feet, with an L 20x80 ft. ; pattern house, 2 stories, 100x35 feet ; boiler shop 30x100 ft., office I5x 30 feet, located near Merrimac Iron Foundry, on Medford street, for the manufacture of shaftings, pulleys and other machinery. Commenced business in December, 1853, employ from 15 to 20 hands ; machinery is driven by a steam engine 40 horse power, with 1 tubular boiler — boiler built by himself — does business amounting to 840,000 per annum. Edward Page occupies 2 floors in a 4 story brick build- ing 40x100 feet, also a wooden building 3 stories 35x40 feet, located on Broadway, for the manufacture of oak tanned leather belting. Commenced business in 1848 and employs 10 hands. His machinery is driven by a steam engine of 20 horse power built by the Swamscot Machine Co. of South Newmarket, N. II., with 1 tubular boiler 16 feet long built by J. C. Hoadley & Co., of Lawrence, Mass. J. Clark occupies 1 floor of a 2 story building 35x35 feet, at 22 Newbury street, for the manufacture of hoop skirts and corsets. Commenced business in 1857 and em- ploys 2 hands ; turns out 50 skirts per month and does busi- ness of $3,000 per year. 35 274 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Pacific Bkeweky, T. H. Deliver, occupies a 5 story brick building 22x75 feet, store house 40x60 feel, boiler house 12 x30 ieet, located on "Water street, ior the manufacture of ale and jortcr. Commeuctd business in 1868 and employs 6 hands. His machinery is driven by a portable steam engine of 20 horse power built by the Svvamscot Machine Co. of South Newmarket. N. H. Consumes 1,000 bu>hels of malt and turns out 320 barrels of ale and porter per month and does business amounting to $50,000 per Merrimac Iron Fovmjky, Bennett & Joselyn proprie- tors, manuiacturers of ir^n castings, located on Essex street, where they occupy buildings as ioliows : wooden building 40x120 feet, pattern house 30x60 feet, ware rooms 65x65 feet and carpenter shop 20x30 feet. They commenced busi- ness in 1853, employ 30 hands and consume 60 tons of iron per mouth. J. Heaven, manufacturer of worsted, mohair, and alpac- ca braids, occupies 1 room in a 3 story wooden building, 32x50 feet, located on Canal street, commenced business in 1865. Employs 12 haiids ; machinery consists of 73 braid- ing machines, which are driven by water wheels in building adjacent. He consumes from 20,000 to 22,000 lbs. of yarn, and turns out 4,400 doz. pieces of braid per month, and does business amounting to 840,000 per annum. Wm. M'Allistee occupies a 3 story wooden building, 75x 35 feet, also a wood building, 2 stories, 35x50 ieet, located on Marston street, for the manufacture of woolen, flax, and printing yam. Commenced business in 1862 ; employs 8 hands. The machinery is driven by one 24 inch turbine water wheel. The Lawrence Flier and Spindle Works occupy 1 floor of a 3 story wooden building, 100x45 feet, with black- smith's shop, 40x30 feet, located on Canal street, for the manufacture of Pearl's patent fliers, spindles. &c. Com- menced business in 1861 ; employ 40 hands. Their machi- nery is driven by a turbine w ater wheel, 30 horse power, and the building is heated by 1 steam boiler, Clogsden patent, of Boston, Mass. Do business amounting to $40,- 000 per annum. Arlington Woolen Mills. Incorporated in 1865 ; capital, $240,000 ; manufacture ladies' worsted and cotton dress goods, located on Broadway. Wm. B. Hayden & Co. occupy a wooden building two stories, 150x100 feet, located on the Spiket river, for the manufacture of leather board. Commenced business in 1862 ; employ 25 hands. Machinery is driven by a steam engine 35 horse power, built by Roots, of New York City, with one tubular boiler, built by Dobbins, of Lowell, Mass. Also, run four water wheels, built by J. W. Upham, of Worcester, Mass. Less than half a century ago the work of " setting" cards for card-clothing was done exclusively by hand. While the older females members of many a country family .were em- ployed in weaving printing cloths, the younger members, boys and girls, earned an honest penny by " setting" cards. What they did — a slow and painful work to the nimblest fingers, a little compact machine hardly bigger than a Wheeler & Wil- son's, now accomplishes with accuracy more than human and rapidity for which there is no posible simile. The card set- ting machine has often been spoken of as one of the most remarkable mechanical marvels of the age, and its office and mode of operation must he lamiliar to our readers. This machine may be seen in operation at the card-cloth- ing factory of George A. Flller. This establishment was founded about twelve years ago, and under the management of Stedman & Fuller has acquired for its products an envi- able celebrity. Mr. Fuller is now sole proprietor of the iaclory, which ccDiprises two buildings — one 160x36 feet and 4 stories, and one 70x36 feet and 2 stories. It is con- veniently arranged, well lighted, heated by steam, and its machinery is driven by water power. There are in opera- tion 92 machines, and the working force is 16 hands. The card machines in use are of various kinds and embody the latest improvements. Mr. Fuller manufactures clothing of all kinds for all kinds of machinery — including doifer rings, cotton and wool nap- pers, &c., &c. The English stripper has been made by him for many years. About nine months ago Mr. Fuller began the manufacture of what are called Belgian felt cards for woolen machinery, his agents are Enos Brown & Co., Chicago, A. C. Brown, of Cincinnati, and J. William Jones & Co., of Philadelphia. E. E. Foster, manufacturer of belting. He also carries on in connection with this, the roll covering business. Has a branch shop at Salem, Mass., and employs 10 hands, con- sumed during past year 6,492 sheep skins and 360 calf skins. Does business averaging about $33,000 per annum. Selling agent at Salem, Levi W. Derby. Lawrence, Duck, Co., incorporated in 1853, for the man- ufacture of cotton sail duck and twine. The mill building, built of brick, is 140x65 feet, 5 stories high, contains 5,800 spindles, (consuming spindles, including twisters,) picker house, cotton house of brick and repair shop of wood. Em- ploy about 250 hands. This mill consumes about 1,100,- 000 lbs. cotton per annum. The productions are sold by Peering, Rodman & Swift, Boston ; Isaac Thacher, Treas- urer, Boston. "^ifj EE, 99 miles from Bridgeport. 158 from JJIL ^'ew York, and 162 from Boston, a village and town <^ — ^ on the Housatonic Railroad and river, in Berkshire county. The village has 8 churches, 1 bank and an estima- ted population of 5,000. Columbia Mill, situated J mile North of Lee Centre, and is the largest of their mills, employing 150 hands, and turn- ing out 8,000 lbs. paper per day. Motive power derived from 5 turbine wheels of 275 horse power combined. They manu- facture printing paper at this mill. Eagle Mill, situated ^ mile North of the centre of the village. They manufacture manilla paper, employing 15 hands, turning out 2,000 lbs. per day. The machinery is driven by 2 Parker wheels of 75 horse power. Union Mill, where they manufacture writing paper. This mill is situated in the centre of the village, a few rods above the depot, where they employ 75 hands, turning out 2,000 lbs. paper per day. Power used at this mill is one of Le- fel's turbine wheel of 75 horse power. The Housatonic Mill, situated ^ mile below depot, for the manufacture of book paper ; is driven by 7 turbine wheels of 175 horse power combined. Employs 125 hands, turning out 6,000 lbs. paper per day. This company use about 400,- 000 tons stock per month, in supplying their mills. Wm. T. Fish commenced the manufacture of paper boxes in 1868. His building is 100x25 feet 3 stories, employing 35 hands using about 250 pounds of board paper and 3 reams of glazed paper in making 3,000 boxes on an average days' production. Motive power derived from a 12 horse power engine with tubular boiler. Smith Paper Co. Incorporated in 1866 with a capital of $220,000. The officers of the company are E. Smith Pj-esident ; DeWitt S. Smith, Secretary, and Wellingt Smith, Treasurer. The business was established 40 v ago by Plainer & Smith. This company run 5 mills f manufacture of paper of different kinds. The firs Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. •ZiO "Pleasant Valley Mill," half a mile above Lenox furQace in the town of Lee, for the manufacture of book paper. The buildings cover 100x50 feet principally 2 stories, employ 100 hands and turn out about 5.000 poimds of paper per day. Motive power consists of 4 turbine wheels of 175 horse power combined. W. H. Balauvelt & Co., manufacturers of Manilla pa- per and paper twine. Business established March 15, 1864. Paper mill buildings consist of a main building, 75x39 feet, 2 stories; bleach wing, 29x38 feet, 2 stories, and machine shop 80x20 feet, 1 story. Tliey employ 7 men, produce 6.000 pounds paper per day, and do a business of about 860,000 per annum. Run one 62 inch machine and two cylinders, made by Severns Lawrence Machine Co., Law- rence, Mass. Two Lsfell's iron wheels of 60 horse power capacity uuder 38 feet fall, supplies the pjwcr. Thj I wine mill now in connection with the papjr mill, is a two story building, 30x40 feet. In it are employed 18 b)ys and girls from 12 years of age and upwards. Run 350 spindles and preparation, and produce 1,000 Ibi. twine per day. The power is supplied by a ten horse power portable steam en- gine, and a Lafell's iron water wheel, under 8 feet fall. J & R. .1. DowD, manufacturers of paper mill engine roll bars, bed plates, trimming knives, and pattern knives, of ev- ery description. Commenced busmess in East Lee, 2 miles from the depot at Lee, in 1858, occupy forge shop, 30x50, containin:^ two trip hammirs of 125 lbs. each, driven by a water wheel of 10 horse power; finishing shop, 28x60 feet, containing three grindstones, drill polisliing wheels, &;;. ; driven by a 25 horse power wheel. This firm consume about 35 tons iron and 8 tons steel yearly, and do a business of about $20,000 per year. fEEDS, 3 miles from Williamsburg, and 4i from Xorthampton, a village of about 800 inhabi- tants, situated on the Williamsburg Branch of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, has a large unused water power and excellent railroad facilities. The manu- facturing business of the place consists of A. P. Critchlow's extensive vegetable ivory button manufactory, a branch of the Nonotuck silk company's manufactory of sewing silk and twist, with a large lumber and flouring mill belonging to same company, all under the superintendence of L. Dinrack, Esq., and the manufactory of ths Northampton Emery Wheel Company, the last named company has been established only about one year, but the merits of their goods are bringing them into general use, the business is increas- ing rapidly and is evidently destined to grow into a large and successful business. In addition to solid emury whejls, this company manufacture artificial oil stones, mnch superior in cutting qualities to the best natural stones, and for -finish- ing down iron work, sharpening planer, knives and mower and reaper cutters arc unequalled. One of them will out wear for such purposes a dozen good files and retain the cut- ting qualities to the last. A. P. Critchlow, manufacturer of vegetable ivory but- tons. The business was established in 1859, by Mr. Critch- low. The size of factory buildings is as follows : The main building is 45x80 feet, three stories and baseraint, built of wood. A wooden, two story building, about 30 feet square, is used for packing. Near the packing-house is a nice building used as an office. The employees number from 125 to 150, who produce about 3,000 dozens per week of the s'arious kinds of buttons. The motive power is de- rived from two turbine water wheels. There is also one tubular boiler. Post office address, Leeds. E:¥0X, 10-2 mUes from Bridgeport and 8 from Pittsfield ; a village and town in Berkshire county on the Housatonic Railroad. The village con- tains the Court House and County Jail of the county, and has 3 churches and an estimated population of 500. Quite a number of families from New York spend the summer ^(1 E>^OX FURIVA.CE, 160 miles from ^1 Xew York, 58 from Albany and ICO from Boston. ' — ''^ A village of about 200 inhabitants in the town of Lenox. The Lesox Plate Glass Co., incorporated 1866, with a capital of SI 30,000; R. G. Avorill, president; A. T. Servin, treasurer. Tiiis company manufactures rou^h plate and polished glass, being the only company in this country who make pilished glass. Their main building is 500x100 feet, one story, this building is for the minufacture of glass, which is mide from sand from their own bed near their works, using gas for heating. Their polishing shop is 140 xlOO feet, three stories ; employ 60 hands and turn out about 1, 50 J tons glass per year. Lesox Fitrsace. Confings, Church and Taylor, commenced business in 1866 for the manufacture of iron. The business was established 104 years ago by the Lenox Furnace Co. The height of stack is 30 feet, and employ 130 hands, turn- ing out 300,000 tons of iron per year. This company use the .Salisbury and Laete ore, and is a charcoal furnace. Their motive power is derived from a 40 horse power breast wheel. fEO.miVSTER, 21 miles from Wor- cester and 5 from Fitchburg, a village and town by the same name, of an excellent soil and great water power on both sides of a principal branch of Nashua river. This is the headquarters of the card manufacturers in Mas- sachusetts. A monument dedicated to those killed in the late Rebellion is erected here. J. P. Lackey, manufacturer of piano forte cases, estab- lisheil business in 1862. He employs 30 hands and occupies 4 buildings. The main building is of wood, 3 stories, 35x 80 feet. The first floor is used for machine work ; second floor for the manufacture of cases before they are veneered, and the third floor for veneering purposes. In connection with these, he has 2 dry houses capable of drying 75,000 feet of luniber at one time. Consumes about 300,000 feet of lum- ber and 15,000 lbs. of glue per year, and has capacity for producing 30 cases per week. Power is furnished by one wat«r wheel (breast) of 60 horse power. Geokge L. Pkatt, manufacturer of chestnut and black walnut chamber furniture; commenced business in 1860, and occupies one-half of a 3 story building 40x80 feet. He em- ploys from 12 to 15 hands. Uses water power, having a fall of 18 to 20 feet. Jonas Colbcun & Son, manufacturers of horn back combs, horn scoops, spoons and spatulas, &c. The business was established by Jonas Colburn, 1826. Their building is 26x48 feet. They employ 20 workmen and do a business of from $10,000 to $30,000 annually. Power is furnished by water power generally, but they have a six horse-power engine, using water power generally, having a fall of twenty feet water. Their goods are sold in New York and Phila- delphia. Partridge Fork Works, established in 1825, Shumway & Co., proprietors, manufacturers of hay, manure, spading •276 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. forks, &c.. occupy a three story buildiup; 40x60 feet for their main shop, together with teniperiug shop and coal house, comprise all the buildings used by the company. Have in their employ 25 hands. The motive power is furnished from a 55 horse power turbine wheel under 3'2i feet head. G. Mouse & Sox. business established 1832. They oc- cupy a three story building 45x(J5 feet, and a one story build- ing 20x30 feet. Employ 50 hands, manufacture combs, but- tons and fancy articles from tortoise shell, horn and hoof, and do a business of from §45,000 to $50,000 per annum. Their machinery is run by water power with wheel under 30 feet fall. s EVERETT, 90 J miles from New Lon- don, and 9J from Grouts Corner, a station and town of the Concord river with the Merrimac. In 1815 the site where the city stands was a wilderness with the exception of a few lonely dwellings. In 1824, Lowell, then a part of Chelmsford, was incorporated as a town. In 1835 it be- came a city. A company was formed and incorporated in 1792, with a capital of §600,000, for the improvement and perfection of hydraulic water power, the natural advantages of which are immense. How well they have completed their operations and the benefit derive therefrom can be practically demonstrated to any one who visits this enter- prising city to-day. The first cotton mill was erected in 1822. In 1834, the legislature annexed Belvidere village, making the territorj' of Lowell containing nearly five square miles. The original territory was four square miles. It is finely situated in regard to health : it is surrounded by pleasant hills and valleys, and seated on a rapid stream and laid out into wide streets ; the buildings are of recent architecture i-orthy of the traveller's notice. fEXIIVGTOIV, 11 miles from Boston. A village at the terminus of the Lexington and Arling- ton Railroad, situated in the town of Lexington, which was incorporated in 1812. There are some excellent farms in this town, on some of the branches of the Shawsheen which rise here. Lexington will ever be an interesting place, as here the first blood was shed in the cause of American Inde- pendence. rii^coEiV, i fr( mUes from Boston and 33 om Fitehburg, a village and town on the Boston & C^' Fitehburg Railroad. The village is situated about 1 mile from the depot, and contains 150 inhabitants. The town was incorporated in in 1754. in Franklin County, on the New London Northern Railroad. A good grazing town, watered bv Roaring brook rx^, • a stream on which is a cascade and some wild scenery | and are built m a style ot neatness and elegance. Ihe city is well supplied with educational institutions, public associa- tions, societies, &c., &c. There are one high, eight gram- mar and forty-eight primary schools : 21 churches, viz, : five Orthodox, two Baptist, one Freewill Baptist, eight Methodist, one Free Chapel, Ministry at Large, two Universalists, one Unitarian, two Episcopalian, and two Roman Catholic. The principal associations are as follows, viz. : Lowell Dis- pensary, organized 1836, for the purpose of furnishing med- icine and medicinal advice to the poor gratis. Lowell High School Association. This is an association of the past members of the Lowell High School : organized 1863. An annual levee is holden in July, of each year. Middlesex Mechanics Association. Incorporated, 1825. i This association owns Mechanics Building, in which is a large hall. Their library contains upwards of 9,000 volumes, and there is in the building a spacious reading room ; also, connected with it a cabinet of natural history. A course of [ public lectures is given annually, under the auspices of jthe association. Old Ladies' Home; organized July, 1867. The Home is situated at the comer of Moody and Tremont sts. Religious services are held there every Sabbath by several clergymen of the city. Lowell Young Men's Christian Association ; organized February 4th, 1867. Reading room, library and hall, Bar- rister's Hall, Central corner Merrimac streets. Lowell Hospital Association. Organized 1840, by the sev- eral manufacturing companies for the benefit and medical care of those who may be sick in their employ. St. John's Hospital is under the charge of the Sisters of Charity — established May 1st, 1867 — located on High street Square. The hospital is now open for the reception of pa- tients of both sexes and of all deuominations. The hospital is attended by the ablest physicians in the city, under whose professional and personal charge the institution is conducted. St. Peter's School and Orphan Assylum, No. 27 Apple- ton street, under the charge of the Sisters of Charity. Lowell Missionary Association, free chapel, Middlesex street. Organized 1843, for the purpose of aiding the wor- thy poor of the city. Young Men's Catholic Library Association ; hall, 55 Central street ; organized for the literary improvement of its members. Lowell Irish Benevolent Society, Converse Hall, Gorham street, organized for benevolent purposes. The banks in the city are as follows : Appleton National Bank, No. 6 Appleton Block, Central street, capital $300,000, First National Bank, Central, corner Middle street, or- ganized in 1864, capital 8300,000. QJlflTTI^ETON, 31 miles from Boston and J2|l 19 from Fitehburg, a village an town on the Boston O^' and Fitehburg Railroad. The village contains about 1200 inhabitants and 3 churches. The town of Littleton has a good soil. There are several beautiful ponds in the town. Littleton was incorporated in 1715. The Indian name was Nashabah. fOI\G:?IEADOW. This town is prin- cipally devoted to farming. It is situated about IJ miles from depot, on the Connecticut river, 4 miles from Springfield and 22 from Hartford, on the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. Has about 300 inhabi- tants and one church. 0]^0>VOOD, two miles from Boston, a flag station on the Brookline branch of the Boston and Albany Railroad. OYTEEE, 29 miles from Boston, 13 from " Lawrence, and 46 from Concord. This city, one of the American Manchester's, is situated on the Boston, Nashua and Lowell Railroad, and on the Merrimac river, is remarkable for the extent of its water power, its rapid growth and the height to which it has assisted the American by the perfection of its manufactures. It lies at the union WebVs N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 277 Prescott Xational Bank, 26 Central street, incorporated 1860. reorganized 1865, capital 8300.000. Railroad National Bank. Carleton Block, Merrimac street, incorporated 1851. converted 1865, capital §800,000. The Old Lowell National Bank, Shattuck. comer Middle street, incorporated 1828, capital §200,000. ilerehants" National Bank, Merchant's Bank Building, 43i Merrimac street, capital 8200,000. The Wameset National Bank, Middlesex street, near Northern Depot, incorporated April, 1853 ; organized in February, 1865 ; capital 8200,000. The savings banks are as follows : City Institution for Savings, 6 Appleton Block, Central street. The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, incorporated 1854, receive deposits in sums of from 5 cents to 81,000. Mechanics' Savings Bank, Carleton Block, Merrimac street, organizedin 1861. A monument is erected corner Merrimac and Moody streets to commemorate the memory of Addison O.WHiitney and L. C. Ladd, who marched from Lowell in the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and fell inortalh- wounded in the attack on their regiment whilst passing through Balti- more, April 19, 1861. In 1841. there were 10 corporations with a capital stock of 88,250.000, and 28 mills, containing 150,404 spindles and 4,861 looms. There were 51,147,200 yards of cloth manu- factured per annum, 12.220,000 dyed and printed and 16.- 161,600 lbs. of cotton used annually, besides a large quanti- tv of wool. There were used 11,000 tons of anthracite coal, 4",810 cords of wood, 500,000 bushels of charcoal, 63,489 gallons of oil, 510,000 lbs. of starch. The number of females employed in the mills was 6,295, males 2,047 ; total number, 8,342. The average wages of females per week, clear of board, 81.75; of males, 84,80 clear of board. In 1868, the capital stock of corporations of Lowell was 813,650,000; number of mills, 50; number of spindles, 457,- 512 ; number of looms, 12,188. Females employed, 8,980, males, 4,737. Yds. produced per year 116,376,000 of cotton cloth ; 1,014,000 of woolen ; 1,820,000 of carpets ; 130,000 shawls ; 312,000 dozen hosierj-. Pounds of cotton consumed per annum, 35,104,000 : clean wool consumed, 5,148.000 ; yards dyed and printed, 49,112,000; tons anthracite coal, 38,700; bushels charcoal, 18,800; cords wood, 1,775 ; gal- lons oil, 101,376; pounds starch, 2,070,000; barrels Bour, 1,415. Steam power — 32 engines — 1,425 horse power. Wages of females, clear of board, per week, 83.60 to 83.75 ; wages of males clear of board per week, 87.20 to 812.00. Medium produce of a loom. No. 14 yarn, yards per day, 45 ; medium produce of a loom. No. 30 yam, yards per day, 30. Aver- age per spindle, yards per day 1^. The population of Low- ell in 1826 was 2,000 ; in 1828, 3,832 ; in 1830, 6,477 ; in 1832. 10,254 ; in 18.33, 12,363 ; in 1837, 18,010 ; in 1866, 36,827. Males 15,582, females 21,294, polls 8,791, voters 5,556. In 1868, there were 7,000 scholars attending school, 5,324 dwelling houses, 6,400 families. Expenditures for 1868 for schools. 881,924.68. Real and personal estate of corporations, 811.901.639.00. Residents, 810,403.935.00; non-residents, 1,082.073.00. Amount of taxation, 814.10 per 81,000. Amount of taxes for 1868, 8346,069.40. MANLTACTURERS. Merrimac Manctactcring Co. Incorporated in 1822 ; capital 82.500.000 ; George Lyman, of Boston, president ; F. B. Crowninshield, of Boston, treasurer ; J. G. Palfrey, agent, at mills : Henry Burrows, superintendent, print worki sists of five mills and print works. This company run 103,000 spindles, 2,500 looms, employing 2,500 hands of which number 1,800 are females. This mammoth estab- lishment consumes per week 85,000 pounds cotton, nearly 190 bales, producing 75,000 yards print goods, No. ■30 to 37. The motive power is furnished from six turbine wheels, 5 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet 6 inches diameter, of about 1.800 horse power, two of these turbines made by Gay & Silver, of North Chelmsford, and the balance eight by Low- ell Machine shop. The wheels are Boyden's improved, and a 1 ,000 horse power engine, made by Corliss Engine Com- pany, of Providence. The mills are all heated by steam from two large boilers, made by Dobbins & Crawford, of Lowell ; they also furnish steam to this monster engine. Their print works which are situated near the mills consists of nearly forty buildings and sheds. Here can be seen more cloth going through the process of dying and printing then at any other works in the country, excepting A. & W. .Sprague, of Providence. In the print room they have run- ning 13 machines, each machine driven by a eight horse power engine. They can when necessary set up more print- ing machines, 20 machines being their capacity. At the print works they have for furnishing steam 98 boil- ers, made by Dobbins & Crawford. They turn out 480,000 yards dyed and printed goods per week. They annually consume 1.900,000 pounds of madder, 50.000 pounds copperas, 170,000 pounds alum, 160,000 pouuds simiac. and 40.000 pounds soap, besides 14,000 tons anthracite coal, 6,000 bushels charcoal, 700 cords of wood, 7,500 gallons oil, 225,000 pounds of starch, and 1,100 bar- rels of flour. Hamilton Manufacturing Co.' Incorporated in 1825. Capital, 81.200,000. Samuel Bachelder. President, Boston. Eben Bacon, Treasurer, Boston. O. H. Moulton, Agent, at mill. Wm. Harley, Superintendent, at Print Works. This company run 5 mills and print works, situated on Central street, corner Jackson, manufacturing delaines, flan- nels, prints, ticks, stripes, drills, worsted yarns, sheetings and shirtings, 5 to 53. They employ 850 females and 425 nales, running 51,268 spindles, 1,348 looms, consuming 60,- 000 lbs. cotton per week and 10,000 lbs. clean wool, pro- ducing 235,000 yards of goods per week, of which 160,000 yards are printed and 16,000 dyed. Their motive power is furnished by 9 Boyden's improved turbine water wheel, of about 1,025 horse power, and from 2 steam engines, of Corliss Engine Co.'s make, of 375 horse power. To furnish steam for these engines and to heat the mills, they use 14 tubular boilers, made by McKay & Aldus, and 2 cylinder boilers, maker unknown. This company keep the operatives warm and furnish steam for print works, consume 3,800 tons coal, 300 bushels charcoal and 100 cords wood. They also consimie 5,000 gallons oil, 120,000 lbs. starch, 1 75 barrels flour and 8185,000 for dye stuffs annually. Suffolk Manutacturing Co. George H. Kuhn, presi- dent ; Thomas S. Shaw, agent, and Wm. A. Burke, treasu- rer. This company was incorporated in 1830, and commenc- ed operations in 1832. The company has a capital of 8600,- 000, and have two mills, manufacturing jeans, cotton flan- nels, denims, sheeting and shirtings, 14 to 24. Their mills contain 21,532 spindles and 819 looms ; em- ploy 500 females and 150 males; turn out 125,000 yards per week, consuming 30,000 lbs. cotton weekly, 1.200 tons anthracite coal, 1,000 bushels charcoal, 20 cords wood, 2,000 gallons sperm oil, and 50,000 lbs. starch. The motive pow- er is fumished from 4 turbine wheels 8 ft, 4 in. diameter, of This corporation is 'situated at the north end of Dutton 680 horse power ; and a 400 horse engine, made by the Pro- street. They commenced operations in 1823, and now con- ' vidence Steam Engine Co., of Providence. For heating the •21S Stations in the State of Massachusetts. mill, they have four flue boilers and four engines, made by the Providence Steam Engine Co. Tresiont Mills. In 1830 this company was organized, with a capital of SCOO,000. Geo. II. Kuhn is president ; Wm. A. Burke, treasurer, and Charles F. Battles, agent. This company ha\o two large mills, cniploying 400 females and 120 males; ruuuiug 'iO.OGO spindles, 7G-4 looms, manu- facturing 130,000 yards per week, of drillings, sheetings, shirt- ings ami cotton Hannels ; consume 38,000 lbs. of cotton per week. The motive power is furnished from four turbine wheels, 8 ft. 4 in., one turbine 7 ft. 6 in. diameter, of 700 horse power combined. This company annually consume 800 tons authi-acite coal, 400 bushels charcoal, 3,000 gallons oil, and 30,000 lbs. starch. Geo. C. Richardson & Co., selling agents. Lawrence Manuf.^ctctring Co. In 1831, a company was organized under the name of the Lawrence Manufac- turing Company, with a capital of Sl..500,000. In 1833, they had completed their mill, and immediately commenced operations, manufacturing shirting, sheeting, printing cloth, cotton and merino hosiery. This company run .i mills and dye houses. The mills contain HO. 432 spindles. 1,.5G4 looms and 2.')3 knitting machines. Employ 1,3.30 fenjales and 350 males, manufacturing 300,000 j-anls cotton cloth, and 6,000 dozens hosiery per week, consuming 575,000 lbs. cotton, 55,000 lbs. wool, 2 tons anthracite coal, 1,500 bushels char- coal, GO cords wood, 7,000 gallons oil and 1 60.000 pounds starch per year. The motive power for this establishment is furnished from 6 turbine wheels 9 feet and 6 breast wheels 17.K17 feet. For heating the mill and furnishing steam for the dye houses, they have 9 tubular boilers, made at the Swamscot Machine Co., South Newmarket, N. II. Geo. H. Kuhn of Boston, President, T. Jefferson Coolidge of Boston. Treasurer, Daniel Hussey, agent at the mill ; the selling agents are Messrs. Geo. C. Richardson & Co., Bos- , ton a\id New York for cloth, and Townsend & Yale, Boston j and New York, hosiery. BooTT Cotton Mills, situated on Armory, foot of John street. This company was incorporated in 1835, with a I capital of §1,200.000, for the manufacture of drillings. No. 14 ; sheetings, shirtings and print cloth 30 to 40. Geo. H. Kuhn, President, R. D. Rogers, Treasurer, A. G. Cumnock, agent. This company run 5 mills ; 73,792 spindles and 1,- 878 looms. Employ 1.310 persons, 290 being males. The average production of this company is 350,000 yards per week, consuming 100,000 lbs. cotton and 1,500 tons anthra- cite coal, 800 bushels charcoal, 50 cords wood, 8,000 gid- lons oil and 190,000 lbs. starch per year. The motive pow- er is furnished from 6 turbines 7 feet 8 inches, and 2 centre vent, improved by Mr. Francis, 9 feet 4 inclios diameter ; and 1 AVarreu's turbine wheels. In the machine simp they have a small engine of 20 horse power, matle by Otis Tufts, furnished with steam from a tine boiler made by the Lowell Machine Shop. The Middlesex Company was incorporated in 1830, for the manufacture of broadcloth, doeskins, cassimeres, and shawls, with a capital of §750,000. This corporation is sit- uated on the lel'l bank of the Concord river, front faciug on \Varren street. This company run 4 mills and dye-houses, under the charge of G. V. Fox, Agent. J. M. Little, Presi- dent ; R. S. Fay, Treasurer. The company run ^^ set wool- en cards, 16,400 spindles, 250 broad cloth and 50 nar- row looms, giving employment to 320 females and 452 males. It requires 25,000 lbs. wool per week to keep the mills run- ning, and turn out on an average 13.000 6-4, 2,000 3-4, 2,500 square shawls per week. The motive power is fur- nished from 1 Warren turbine wheel and 5 breast wheels, 1 2 and 1 7 feet ; also, 1 Otis Tufts engine of 80 horse power. The mills are all heated bv steam in the most thoroutrh manner from 9 flue boilers, made by the Lowell Machine Shop. These boilers also furnish steam for the engine and dye houses. The company consume annually 1,500 tons anthracite coal, 500 bushels charcoal, 175 cords wood, 1,123 gallons spindle, 553 sperm, 16,000 red, and 5,500 gallons lard oils; also 1.000,000 teasles, 1,300,000 lbs. fine wool, 18,000 lbs. glue and §50,000 worth dye stuffs. It takes on an average §23,000 monthly to sustain the pay roll. In 1839, The Massachusetts Cotton Mills were incor- porated, and in 1840 operations were commenced. This corporation is situated at the junction of the Merrimac and Concord rivers, between Merrimac and Bridge streets, and is under the charge of .James Lawton, Superintendent. In 1842 the Prescott Cotton Mills were incorporated, and in 1843 they commenced building, and in 18 16 this mill was united to the Massachusetts, both mills retaining the names they were organized under, but are under the control of one Board of Directors. The Prescott Mills are situated on Mer- rimac street, on the left bank of the Concord river, and is superintended by Mr. E. Boyden. The company have a capital of §1,800,000, and are under the following officei"S : John A. Lowell, Boston, President. Homer Bartlett, Boston, Treasurer. Frank F. Battles, Agent, at the mills. Frothingiiam & Co., Selling Agents, Boston. The corporations consists of 6 mills, running 67,- 872 spindles, 1,869 looms, manufacturing sheetings, shirtings and drillings, 12 to 22 ; have used from 8 to 27. They give employment to 1,700 persons — 1,300 being females. This corporation produces, on an average, weekly, 540,000 yards. The amount of stock consumed per year is as follows, viz. : Cotton, 9,360,000 lbs. or 26,000 bales; anthracite coals, 1,300 tons ; charcoal, 800 bushels ; wood, 100 cords ; oils — various— 6,500 gallons ; starch, 220,000 lbs. or 110 tons; flour 40 barrels. The motive power is furnished the Massachusetts Mills from three turbine wheels, made by Lowell Machine Shop. These are, two 9 feet diameter and the other 7 feet, of 1,474 horse power combined. The mills are heated by steam from 6 tubular boilers. 18 feet long, 4 feet diameter, made by Swamscot Machine Co. These boilers also furnish steam for dressing room. At the Prescott Mills, the motive power is furnished from 6 breast wheels, 17 and 16 feet, and 5 turbine wheels. Also, a 200 horse power Corliss engine. Seven tubular boilers, made by Swamscot Machine Co., furnishes ste.am for heating mills, dressing room ; also for driving the engine. The American Bolt Co. commenced business in 1853, John Holt, R. II. Butcher, and James Minter proprietors, manufacturers of railroad, bridge, and other bolts, nuts, screws and washers. The business was established by Smith & MeadowcTOft, about 20 years ago. Their works are situated at Whipple's mills, 210 Lawrence street, where they have the facility for turning out on an average 5,000,- 00() bolts per vear, consuming from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of iron. They employ 100 hands. The motive power is furnished from a 28 feet diameter, 14 feet face breast wheel, of 75 horse power. Chase Mills, A. H. Chase, proprietor, commenced busi- ness in 1863 for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres. In January, 1866, Mr. Chace had the misfortune to be burnt down, but rebuilt in the spring and summer of the same year. His mill is situated on Lawrence street, rear of the American Boh Company. He runs 10 sets of cards, 4,020 spindles, and 71 looms, employs 200 hands, three-fourths being females, consumes about 450.000 lbs. of wool per an- num, and produces about 350,000 yards f goods. The mill is heated by steam from a tubular boiler made by the Swamscot Machine Co. This boiler also furnishes Webb's N. E. Railway and Mamifacturers Statistical Gazetteer. •279 steam for the dye house and for the steam engine, which is used towhenneeded. The engrine is of 100 horse capacity, and was made by the Corliss Steam Engine Co. He also derives his motive power from a Kilburn & Lincoln's turbine wheel, of 54 inch, 24 feet head, of 100 horse power. R. KiTsOX commenced 14 years ago on Broadway in a very small way to manufacture cotton and woolen machine- ry. In 1^60 he removed to his new works, comer of Button and Northern sts., where lie has lar{;e .-uLslantial buildings filled with heavy machinist tools, built mostly by the Putnam Machine Co. The motive power being furnished from a 30 horse power engine, made by the Putnam Machine Co. The buildings are heated by gleam from 2 tubular boilers made by "William Dobbins, of this city. Mr. Kitson employs 140 hands, and at present is building two English lappers per week. Faulkner's Mills. This mill was built in 1864 by L. W. Faulkner, and took the firm name of L. W. Faulkner & .Son in 1867. It is 5 stories in height, 95 feet long, and ar- ranged for 6 sets of woolen machinery, only 4 of which are run at the present time. The goods manufactured are fancy flannels, double and twist spring cassimeres, and table covers, employ 60 hands, run 4 set cards, 8,200 spindles, one 120 twister, 26 broad Jooms, clean wool carded on an average 500 lbs., and 1,000 yards goods produced daily. A boiler of 160 horse power, made by Dobbin & Crawford, supplies steam for heating and drying purposes. The motive power to drive the machinery is furnished by a 4 feet Fall River turbine water wheel, under 22 feet fall. Stott's Wooles Mill, Charles A. Stott, proprietor, man- ufacturer of flannels. Mr. Stott commenced business in 1867, running a 7 set mill, containing 2,560 spindles and 38 looms. The mill is situated at Whipple's Mills, employs 65 hands, and produces 600,000 yards f goods per year. Consumes 220,000 pounds clean wool, 50 barrels lard oil,, and $30,000 worth of dye stufi' per annum. The motive power is furnished from a 40 horse breast wheel, 25 feet diameter, 15 feet face, buili by Hunt, Flint & Waite, of Orange, Mass. Belvideke Wooles Maklfacturing Co., Charles Stott, agent ; E. Farusworth, treasurer, M. P. Wilder, president. This company was incorporated in 1852, capital $200,000. They run two mills and dye houses ; one situated on Howe street, the other on Lawrence street, at the Wamesit Pow- er Co. At both mills they employ 200 hands, run 15 sets woolen machinery, 5,600 spindles, and 90 broad looms, con- suming 1,200 pounds clean wool per day, and producing from 100,000 to 120,000 yards per month, manufacturing all wool flannels. The motive power is furnished at the Lawrence mill from a Kilburn & Lincoln (of Fall River) turbine wheel. The mill is heated by steam from a McKay & Aldus boiler. The lower mill on Howe street, is furnished with three tubular boilers for heating the mill, also to drive a fifty horse power engine, built by Otis Tufts of Boston ; this in connection with a Fall River turbine wheel furnish the motive power. Samuel Conveks, carryall, buggy, chaise, sleigh and har- ness manufacturer. The business was established in 1826, at 163 Central street, by John Mixer, and continued since 1828 by Mr. Convers, who has a large building running through to Gorham street, covering 22,000 feet roofing. The front of the building is nearly all windows, giving sufficient light to enable the workmen ; also, making the show rooms pleasanter. Mr. C. emploj's 40 hands. His carriages and sleighs are built mostly to order, so are his harnesses, and for durability they are not excelled. E. G. Cook commenced business at Ayers city in 1863, for the manufacture of upper leathers. In 1864 he had the misfortune to be burnt down, but immediatelv rebuilt, and within nine months from time of fire he had erected a build- ing, 40x198, 2 stories, containing 35 string vats. He has 30 England wheels for turning stock while in the vats, this saves considerable labor in handling the hides. Attached is the beam house, 40x44, 2 stories, and connected with the beam house is the boiler room, 15x36, 2 stories, containing 3 tubular boilers, one made by Chubbuck, one by Dobbins 6 Crawford, and the other in New Bedford. These boilers are used for heating the building, furnishing steam for the leaches, and to drive an 80 horse power engine of Tuft's pattern, made at the Atlantic Works. Connected with the main building is the leach house, 16x90, 1 story, containing 7 leaclies, holding 42 cords bark each, scouring house, 25x 45 feet, 1 story. All the finishing is done in the second floor of main building. Mr. Cook also has 2 tan houses, • 2 store houses, sheds, &c., employs 125 hands, and finishes 1,000 African and 750 slaughtered hides per week. Con- sumes 30 bbls. extract bark, 15 bbls. of oil, and 10 bbls. tallow per week. Lowell Machike Shop. Incorporated 1845, with a capital of §600,000. The business was established by the Locks & Canal Co., in 1824, then employing 100 hands, the business increased beyond their expectation, and at the time they sold out they employed 300 hands, 4 large ma- chine shops, boiler shop, smithy and foundry have been erected by the Lowell Machine Shop, and filled with both heavy and light machinery of their own make, driven by 2 turbine wheels 6 feet 10 inches diameter and 1 breast wheel 13x13; combined horse power 240. They employ 950 hands, and can turn out machinery complete for a mill of 6,000 spindles inside of 3 months. They manufacture, cot- ton machinery, paper and woolen machinery, machinist tools, turbine wheels, boilers, engines, &c., &c. Their works are situated on Dutton street, and cover with the the yard room about 7 acres of ground. They have tracks laid, running to difl'ereut points in the yard, connecting with the main tracks of the Boston and Lowell road, which runs within a few yards of their office. The company owtis land opposite of their works on Dut- ton street, where they have erected 76 dwellings for the use of their help only. This is the largest machine shop in New England, if not in the country. They consume an- nually 4,000 tons cast iron, 70 tons steel, 20 tons brass cast- ings, 4 tons wrought and 500,000 feet lumber to keep up the fires for boilers, having 3 tubular boilers for heating their buildings, melting iron, &c. They use 2,500 tons an- thracite coal, 350 tons Smith's coal, 6,000 bushels charcoal, 300 cords wood and in oils 4,000 gallons per annum. Artiston Gkover, steel letter and stamp cutter, for stamp- ing steel, iron, &c., also branding. Commenced business in 1853. Now occupies the first floor of building No. 134 Mid- dlesex street. Mr. Grover is the only man who carries on the letter cutting in Lowell. He employs three hands, and cuts on an average 75 letters per day. Hill Bros, commenced the manufacture and repairs of carriages and sleighs in 1867. They occupy part of two buildings, 134 and 136 Middlesex street, employing 10 hands. Most of the work of this firm is repairing carriages and sleighs. The)' also run a blacksmith's shop in connection, for shoeing horses. They generally make 10 sleighs and about the same number of carriages, per year. B. S. Hale & Son, manufacturers of insulated copper and iron ware, for galvanic batteries, &c., laid cord, twines, fish lines, &c., &c. They occupy a two story building, 25x30, which they have filled with machinery for covering wire cords with silk, woolen, cotton, or worsted ; also, for making fish- ing lines, chalk lines, &c ; they employ six hands. Their works are situated at the Wamesit Power Co., who furnish them with power 280 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. S. R. Bracket commenced busiuess in 1859, for the mauufacture ot' worsted yarns, oocupyiag a building, lOOx- 40. ell 50x50, one story and basement, situated on Wam- esit Power Corporation, who furnish them with motive pow- er to drive their machinery, which consists of eight sets of worsted machinery. Employ 40 hands, and produce 400 lbs. yarn daily. Sami-el Peaksos commenced business in 1868, occupy- ing a two story and basement building, 75x25, situated at the AVamesit Power Co., wheiv he manufactures worsted yarns, employing 16 hands, and prv>ducing 100 lbs. yarn per day. The motive power is furnished him bv the Wamesit Power Cix Jous Holt commenced in the rear of Howe street, on the right bank of the Concord river in 1865, for the manufac- ture of flannels fn.mi 5 to 7 run. Mr. Holt runs 2 set cards, 800 spindles, and 12 looms, consuming about 190 lbs. scoured wool per day, pivducing 48,000 yards f flannels per week, and employing 30 hands. His motive power is furnished fi\>m a -42 inch turbine Richards, Moultox & CoLBruK, commenced business in 1866, on Howe street, occupying the 3d floor of John Ne- smith's building, where they manufacture strengthening plasters, both •• Poor Man's" and •• Arnica," the latter be- ing the leading plaster. They employ 5 hands, and produce ou an average 3 gross per day. G. W. Pease, commenced business in 1866, for the man- ufacture of all kinds of paper boxes ; occupies a room in the 3d and 4th stories of Appleton Block, Xo. 2 Central street, employs 30 hands, producing 2,500 boxes of various sizes per day. . James Dugdale. In 1860, Mr. Dugdale commenced the manufacturing of worsted yarns, alpacca braids, tfec, at Whipple's Mills. In 1868. he removed to the comer of Willie and Broadway, in building formerly occupied by the Lowell Arms Co. — a company that was. The main building is 100x40 feet, 3 stories and attic, with addition 40x40, 1 story ; store house 40x60, three stories. Also, wool sorting house. Employs 90 hands. His machinery consists of 1 Lister patent wool comber, with 12 spinning frames, and wheel, made by T. Russell, of 2^orthtield, Vermont, of 20 ■ preparer and twister for same, and 150 braiding machines, horse power ; also a 25 horse engine, made by J. Simson, I dri\>en by a 40 horse power engine, made by Otis Tutis, of Lowell. The mill buildiusrs are heated bv steam from a flue ! South Boston, furnished with steam from 1 flue and 1 tubu- boiler, made by Ashtou, of Lowell. This boUer also fur- nishes steam for the engine. Geo. N.\ylor coimuenced business in 1847, in Danvers, Mass. ; he remo\-ed to Lawrence in 1855 : after stopping in Lawrence 2 years he, in 1857, removed to Lowell, on Crosby street, at the Wamesit Power Company, occupying a buililing. 75x30, 3 stories, and a 2 storv bnildiu?, 75x24. lar boiler. These boilers also furnish steam to heat the buildings. Mr. D. consumes 200,000 lbs. combing wools per year, manufacturing yarn from No. 16 to 44. Crosby FrKNirrRE Co., manufacturers of black walnut chamber sets, show cases, &c., commenced business in 1868. Established about 30 years ago by George Crosby & Co., and continued under the Crosbv Furniture Co.. bv D. S. Mr. Naylor employs 75 hands manufacturing carpets ; runs j Kimball & Co. They occupy a room in the second story of 2 sets cards and 25 looms. The motive power is furnished by the Wamesit Power Company. Geo. Riplet & Co. couMnenced business in 1860 for the manufacture of cotton batting, wadding and paper. The business was established by A. J. Richmond & Co. Their wadding and batting mills are situated ou Thorndike street, near the junction of Gorham and Central streets, where they employ 60 hands. The machinery is driven by a 40 horse power engine, made at the Putnam Machine Co.Works, furnished with steam from 2 tubular boilers, made by Pit- kins Brothers & Co., of Hartford. The capacity of this I daily mill is 3,000 lbs. waddiug and batting per day. The paper mill is situated in Dracui, 2 miles from Lowell driven by 2 turbine wheels of 100 horse power. Their oflice is at Xo. 10 Middle street. ' James Ikish & Co., commenced business in 1868, oi I Lawrence street, at the *• '\Miipple Mill," for the manufac- ; ture of cardigan jackets and worsted yarn, commenced business in 1866, at Westford, employs 15 hands, run 1 set of cards, 2 machines for making jackets, consume 250 lbs. | wool per dav, producing 4 dozens jackets and 1,200 pounds I ram per week. The motive power is furnished from "^^^ ^^'^ ^ ^^^- The latter help in knitting the heddles, ■ 'a 25 horse turbine wheel; abo scour about 1,000 lbs. dailv, I a°'l i° shafting the harness. Mr. Bro«Ti has 4 patent having an upright tubular boiler made by Dobbins & Craw- | knutmg machines, the capac.tv ot which is sufficient to : ford, for heating the mill and for scouring wool. Mechanics Building, where they employ 20 hands in the manufacturing of flrst-class goods. J. S. Jaqites & Co. commenced business in 1865. for the manufacture of cotton and woolen shuttles. The business was established in 1830, by E. R. Douglass & Co., and in 1833, J. S. Jaques succeeded to the business, and continued until 1865. when his son. F. Jaques and one other person were admitted into the firm. Their works are situated at the Wamesit Power Co.. who furnish them with the motive power. They occupy a 2 story building 40x30 feet. L 40x 20 1 story, employing 12 hands, and producing 150 shuttles Mr. J. has made several improvements in his shut- tles, and has taken out 2 patents. One on a patent twist socket tip, the other a patent cop spindle that will prevent cop waste. These shuttles are largely used, by some of our largest man- ufacturers. D. C. Browx commenced business in 1836 for the manu- facture of reeds, wire heddles, loom harness, and harness twine. He occupies 2 stone buildings, 27x87, 2 stories in front and 4 in rear, and 60x20, 3 stories and 4 in rear, sit- uated comer of Church street and Warren, the Concord river running in the rear of the buildings. He employs 15 J. E. Grxfeix & Co., commenced business in 1868 Howe street, occupying a room on the tirst floor of buildin owned by John Xesmith, for the mannt'acture of wooden pumps. They employ 3 hands, and manufacture on an average 5 pumps per month. Thos. Axhektos & Co., jack screw manufacturers, com- menced business in 1865. They occupy the second story of John Nesmith's building on Howe street, which they have tilled with machinery, such as lathes and bolt machinery to enable them to carry ou their work. They employ only 3 hands. make all the harness used in LoweU. For making wire heddles Mr. B. invented a machine in 1863, which is a ^^ ! great improvement over all other machines. This ma- chine, by a peculiar twist, brings the eye of the hed- dle in such a shape that there is no danger of its break- ing, or catching warp thread. The eye in this heddle is near perfection, if not perfect. He made his first machine in 1864, and since that time he has completed nine, and is now is on hb tenth. Pi-oduces about 6,000 heddles per day of wire from Xo. 20 to Xo. 30. His works are heated by steam from a flue boiler. 16 feet long 42 inches in diameter, made by Lowell Machine 8hop. This boiler also furnishes steam for an 8 horse ea- WphJi'x X. E. Rnihray and Mainifdrturprs' Stotistical GazPtfecr. The American Submerged Pump. FOR FIRE, SHIP, FACTORY, DISTILLERY, HOUSE, FARM AND IRRIGATING PURPOSES. DOUBLE ACTING, NON-FREEZING FORCE PUMP, Briijejerl MMmi tapwy, Briijeport, Csaii. \h, W Chaaites Slrggl, Isw lorL This ^Hluahle invention .superccd<-.< all other I'linips in (f use for any j)nrpo«e at tlie present time. It> prineiplc is llial of a Double Actin-r Force Pump, with a heavy, double aetiii;: Piston east in one pieee. and a double aetin;r metal valve within the same, inlhonl //it iisr ;/ Inill,",- l',il,,->.. .„ iiiifi I'lirhiiiij irlitih nr. It has been the aim of the eom- paiiy to j-oiistruct it on seieutifie principles. It has slooii the test of Civil anil Mining Kn^rineers. Insuranee. Llo\il% Surveyors and the I'liited Stales Life .Saving Commissioi of 1 MOT. Seientitie men. meehanies and faimers. on ex- amination of the principle, say "It is the simplest meehaii- ical eouibiiiation that they ever saw." 8iUiplifit>'. — The'entire immi> has but Seven pj.il- :ill of metal. Never Freezes. — No water remains in th. wlieii not in n)oiion. Power. — For the power applied, it throws twi( amount of water of any other pump in the market, an throw a stream from HO to 7li feet in the air. lives is such that it is less liable to choke with sand, mud, lump. It is therefore, recommended to shippers of jrrain. unds pressure ti fh. with the suial (No. 1) PRICES. SIHI' AM) K.VCTORV Pl.MI'S. — Throwin- Iron, ■> u, IC biirnl- p.r minut.-. Prices. !§i30 u. .s:u)o, IIOISK AM) FARM.— Throwing' from II' to 7" -alloi.s per mimile. Prices. Sji 1 O lo )8;36. Every Pump Sold bj us is Warranted. .MANSER OK AI'PLYIXG POWER TO THK AMERICAS SL'BSIERGED PCMP. -KCTIONAL VIEW. ] Webb's N. E. Railwny and Mamtfacturers Statistical Gazetteer. ^ E S T I :M © M I ^ li S .. Office of the Bureau Veritaal of Paris Lloyd Universal, ! Xo. 45 Kilby Street. f Boston. Feb. 6, 1868. J Gentlemen :^-I have examin- t(l the \voikin^ ot your Sub- nitr^Lfl Pump il^o visited sev- n il \C'»-il-. wliidi have it on board P i im ni\ own observa- tion and tilt u ports received fi )U] tin Ma'>t< rs of the above \c-«.eK I coidialK recommend t both toi itv (,KF VTVAl.tK and N M\ m U-.( 1 HPN HOWES. i I M h IlndsSurv.vor. 15 M isi;.- \m( To I be I'a son Street \v amounting t< to free her < ins—, u tht m 1 tlu w int I n MI III I !b I am aw r iiL tbt b« t ( t lif hihU pt t f bo ( giMii, iipw lid of I 1 li III ACll l( I I Ml M.\M I A( II HIN( TIIK l»U8Hii;P«RT MAMFACnUIXJ (OMPAAV. BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. .1ami,> \Vii.-..n. I'r\\¥:i.l., Maimtacturers oC Bolts, Nuts; Set, La^ ami Cap Screws, AV ushers, ifcc. M;\ssae\\\\setls . per week ; consume 4,000 lbs. cotton, 63,000 lbs. clean wool per week ; 3,500 tons of aiitbracite ooal, 2,000 bushels charcoal, 70 cords wood. Oils, 2,400 gallons red, 6,000 sperm, 1,200 olive, aad §100,000 worth of dye stuff per an- ^ num. ] Motive power is ftirnished from 3 turbine wheels, 7 feet I 4 inch diameter, and one do. 8 feet 4 inch diameter, and 2 engines of 600 horse power. j Peabodt & CoJiPANY, manufacturers of bolts, nuts, cap, sag and set screws, washers, &c., commenced business in ; 1865, and have 8 employees. They occupy a room 50x45 feet, in 3 story brick building known as Allen's Mills and located at No. 237 Middlesex street, and do business of §18,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an en- ' gine in building adjacent. Lowell Bleacheky. Incorporated and commenced business in 1832. Capital §300,000 ; number of mills 4 and dye works. Employ 40 females and 360 males, 15,- 000.000 yards dj'ed, 8,000,000 lbs. bleached per annum. Consume 6,000 tons of anthracite coal, 200 cords wood, 2,000 gallons oil, 100 bbls. flour, and 1,000,000 lbs. starch per annum. Power furnished from a Warren turbine wheel and from 2 engines of 740 horse power. RuNELS, Clough & Co. occupy about 10,000 square feet of room, located on Thorndike street, for the manufacture of carved and hammered granite for buildings, cemetery, and monumental works; commenced business in 1841, have 100 employees, and do a business of about §150,000 per an- num. Howe & Goodhue commenced business in 1849, for the manufacture of machine card clothing. The business was established by White & Puffer. Messrs. H. & G. occupies 2 floors of building Nos. 90 and 92 Market street, run 45 machines, each machine capable of making about 4 square feet per day, employ 10 hands. Their machinery is driven by a 5 horse power engine built by Thayer of Salem, furn- ished with steam from a tubular boiler 10 horse power made by Dobbins & Crawford of this city. Messrii. Howe & Goodhue, do a business of about §100,000 per annum. | Joseph Green' occupies a frame building 35.'c35, located at No. 8 Hale street, where he employs 8 hands, in the manu- facture of all kinds of rugs, and door mats, made from wool and hemp, produce annually about 10,500. Mr. Green com- menced the business in 18C5. Meadow River Manufacturing Co. J. McDonald, Proprietor, commenced the manufacture of rugs and door mats, both wool and flax at No. 10 Hale street, in 1863, j occupying a 2 story frame building 36x24, employing 10 1 persons, producing 18 dozens mats per week, motive power j furnished from an engine of 5 horse power, built by Camp- bell, Whittier & Co. of Boston, Mass. ' N. B. Favor & Son, manufacturers of doors, sash and blinds and hard wood verneered doors, commenced business , in 1852, occupy a 3 story brick building on Dutton street, at Wameset Steam Mills, employ 36 hands, consuming about 600,000 feet of lumber annually. Their machinery consists of 3 mortising machines, 3 tenoning, 9 saws and tables, 2 planers, 5 moulding machines. 1 jig saw, 1 patent blind style borer, capable of boring 4,000 holes an hour, 1 blind flat moulding machine, 2 groovers, 1 machine for raising' door panels, 2 blind staple machines, I pivoting machine. The power for driving their machinery is furnished from the engine belonging to the mills. Messrs. F. & Son, do a busi- ness to the amount of §80,000 per annum. M. C. Pratt & Co., commenced business in 1856, for the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, mouldings and brack- ets, occupying 3 floors in building 43x100 fefet, situated at the Wamesit Steam Mill. They run throe planers, 3 moulders, 2 mortising machines, 2 tenoning machines, 1 ir- regular moulder, 1 jigsaw, 1 scroll saw, 7 saws and tables, 1 blind mortising machine, 1 clapboard planer, 2 blind style boring machines, cap ible of boring 4,000 holes per hour, 1 grooving and matching machine, employ 35 hands and do a business of §70,000 per annum. Motive power furnished by the Wamesit Steam Mill. S. Ashworth & Co., commenced business in 1849, man- ufacturing of and rccutting of all kinds of files, employ 16 persons and produce on an average 150 dozen files per week, occupy room in Mechanics' Mills on Fletcher street. JosiAH Gates & Sons occupy as a tannery a 3 story wooden building and basement, with an L 57x37 feet, in which are 25 vats, situated on Chelmsford street. They also occupy the lower floor and basement of a 3 story brick building 60.\44 feet, located at Nos. 4 and 6 Dutton street, and manufacture leather belting, fire engine hose, lacing, &c. Also are dealers in manufacturers supplies. They have 30 employees with a capacity for producing 40,000 feet of hose per year, and do a business of §300,000. An engine of 25 horse power built by Thomas F. Burgess & Co. of this city ; supplied with steam from a tubular boiler 25 horse power, built by Dobbins & Crawford, also of this city ; furnish impetus for their machinery. Lowell Foundry, Cole & Nichols, proprietors, occupy an iron foundry, 100x100 feet, with an ell 74x35 feet ; a pattern shop 55x30 feet, three stories ; brass foundry, 42x21 feet, two stories, and built of wood, with out buildings, store houses, &c., covering an area of 20,000 square feet of land, and located at the corner of Willey and Dutton streets, and manufacturers of every description of iron and brass castings ; also, the Swaine patent turbine wheel. They commenced business in 1857 ; have 65 employees, and turn out about 15 tons of castings per week, doing business of §70,000. Motive power derived from an engine belonging to the Wamesit Steam Mills in building adjacent. C. B. Richmond commenced business in 1855 for the manufacture of manilla paper, the business was establish- ed by his father 30 years ago at Massic Falls, on the Con- cord river. His works contain 4 engines for beating and grinding pulp, with a machine for manufacturing paper ; turns out 1 ton of paper per day, employs 8 hands. His machinery is driven by two 4 feet Blake wheels, under 8 feet head. 284 Statio?is in the State of Mrtssachusetts. T^ js^nn Ac w I T. ^ ik^ OIK TtllN[D [[J1TII[R BfLTIKG, %Wm mm, ROllIR COY[RS, IScst ([ualilv ut Anil D(_'alt'r in Mantitactim-rs' Supplies, 132 MIDDLESEX STREET, LOWELL, MASS. The Swamscot Macliine Company, of Soulh New- market, N. H.. furnished liini with a tubular boiler for drying and heating the mill. Parr & Wilby commenced business in January, 18G9. They occupy a room 35x70 feet, in a three story wooden build- ing located at No. 132 Middlesex street, and manufacture superior o.ik tanned leather belting, railroad bell cords, loom strapping, sewing machine belting, &c. Milton Aldrich commenced business in 1S48. He oc- cupies two floors of a three story wooden building, 110x35 1 feet, and manufactures every variety of wooden screws and clamps' employing 10 persons. | Wm. \yALKF.R & Co., situated in the same yard with and [ owned by Mr. Richmond, is a woolen mill, run by Messrs. j AV, & Co., who commenced manufacturing tweeds and cas- simeres in 1862. Their No. 1 mill is 64x36 feet, 2J sto- ries, of brick ; No. 2, 72x40 feet. 2 stories and basement, of stone. The mills contain 4 set woolen cards, 1,600 spindles and 24 broad looms. Consume 226,000 lbs. wool in gi-ease per year, producing 200,000 yards % goods, from 6 J to 10 oz. Employ 52 hands. The motive power is fur- nished from a Blake wheel and Swaine wheel, 5i feet dia- meter, 8 feet fall, 45 horse power combined. For heating and dying they have a tubular boiler, made by Dobbins & Crawford, of Lowell. Faulkner, Kimball & Co., of Boston and New York, selling agents, Parker & Chexev occupy a three story wooden building 60x50 feet, with an ell 40x20 feet, located in the Wamesit Steam Mills, Dntton street, where they employ 80 persons in the manufacture of bobbins, spools and shuttles, used in the manufacture of cotton, wool, silk, flax, hemp and jute. They commenced business in August, 1853, and turn out about 150,000 bobbins and 10,000 spools per annum, doing business of about $90,000. This firm also occupy 2 large store liouses opposite their works. Wm, Manning commenced business 22 years ago for the manufacture of corn cake, candy, &c. He commenc- ed business in a small way, furnishing the store-keepers of Lowell with his cakes and candy. He now has a building, 100x40 feet, 2 stories, situated on Broadway, employs 15 hands, and consumes 150 hhds. molasses per year, and from 2 to 3 bbls. popped corn per day, producing in bu~v season 4(»,000 cakes per day. He also manufactures 'i patent combination cake, popped corn and coconnut mixed, turning out several cans of this latter cake every day. John Stevens. Mr. Stevens is one of the oldest leather belt manufacturers in Lowell, having commenced in 1843 in a small shop which fjarmerly stood where the Northern de- pot now stands. In 1848, in consequence of erecting this depot, he removed to Fletcher street, corner of Western av- enue. He now employs 25 hands and jiroduces 1,500 feet belting per month ; also, makes from 300 to 400 hand-knit loom harnesses per month. John N.Pierce commenced business in 1835, in the man- ufacture of wool machinery, more especiaEy the making of cam looms. His shop on Howe street, was at the begin- ning a small i'rame building, which was removed to give place to a substantial stone building of two stories 100x70 feet, with 2 ells 50x25, 1 story each, and large store house 3 stories 100 feet square, now in use for the storage of sec- ond hand wool machinery, in which he is constantly dealing. The articles now made by him are looms, fringe-twisters, flock-cutters, filling-winders, in the making of which he em- ploys from 15 to 25 hands. His machine shop contains 30 engine lathes, 2 planers, 4 circular saws and tables, driven by a 36 inch turbine wheel of 25 horse power. Mechanics' Mill, 5 buildings belonging to A. L. Brooks, situated on Button street, corner Fletcher street, below the Merrimac street depot. These mills are so called from their being occupied by mechanics who manufacture sash, doors, blinds, furniture, machinery, bobbins, &c., &c. The size of the different buildings are as follows, viz. : No. 1, 136x100, 3 stories ; 2d 50x100, 2 stories ; 3d 43x100, 3 stories ; 4th 35x80, 3 stories ; 5th 36x65, L 25x30, 3 stories. The mo- tive power is furnished from a 65 horse power steam engine, made by Hill & Andrews of Salem. Most of the buildings are heated by steam from 4 flue boilers made at the Lowell Machine Shop. These boilers also furnish steam for the en- gine, and to the different departments for heating glue, &c., &c. Mr. Brooks has an otBce on the first floor of building on the corner of Button and Fletcher streets, also occupies most of Nos. 1 and 2, buildings which he has filled with ma- chinery for planing lumber, employing 75 hands and pro- ducing 4,000,000 feet, finished lumber per year. His saw mill is situated on the right bank of the Pawtucket Canal, fronting on School street, where they employ 30 hands. At these works, their machinery is driven by a 50 horse power engine, made by Andrew & Burnett of Salem, furnished with steam from 3 flue boilers made by Lowell Machine Shop. Mr. B. commenced business in 1832, using at that time one of " Woodworth's patent planers," he being the second party in New England, who planed with a rotary machine. Soon afterwards he took out a patent on a ma- chine of his invention that would plain both sides at once. At the time of commencing he had only one hand and his works were situated in Belvidere, but in 1833 he removed to Hurd street, into a larger building, on the Middlesex Corporation, and in 1846, he with his partner E. Tyler, Iiullt llir No. 2 mill on Fletcher street, since that time his Ini-iiii -> lias steadily increased, and now he is one of the l;iri:< -1 lumbermen in Lowell. He also manufactures about 1 ,000,000 feet lumber per year into boxes. The manufacturing of sash, doors and blinds was com- menced in 1843, by Wm. Kelly, who occupies the second story of No. 4 Building, situated on Button street ; employs 15 hands, and runs 2 mortising machines, 1 tenoning ma- chine, 1 patent blind style borer, 2 planers, 2 common stick- ing machines, 1 groover, 1 blind staple machine, 1 swing saw for cutting up stock, and 4 saws with tables. The goods made by Mr. Kelly are shipped mostly South. Edward F. Watson commenced the manufsicturing of bobbins in 1857, at the Wamesit Steam Mill, in company with George W. Fiske. In 1860, Mr. Fiske sold his inter- est to Parker & Nichols, under the name of AVatson, Parker & Nichols, and in 1863 Mr. Watson retired from the firm Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 285 ^ STEAM PRESS PLATE CO. Patrntrd January acitb. 18G9, (No. 8G,334,) by C. H. Weston JOHN DENNIS, Lowell, Mass. Also, by ('. li. MESTON, >isii-<-i», letii. i^*60. To all parties interesited iu Dyeing & Finishing Woolen, Worsted, Cotton, ^Fixed Goods, Ho- siery, &c. rPONT VIEW ^END ^IEWJ» Wo would call Attoiition lo our (neatly Iinpniveil WelH Hollow Steam Fross Flatos I Connoctioiis! ^^Iso, X^I^IiISSE:^, i'oi- Opei-fvtiii^ the saiiio. Either Hydraulic, (of the greatest power,) or a most superior Hand Press, from 50 to '250 tons pressure, to which power may be applied by belt and puUey, whenever desired. (See page 287.) 286 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. BENJAMIN LAWRENCE, And Manufacturer of ENGINE AND HAND LATHES, PLANERS, -ALSO, >V O <> I> TV O I?^ lil I TV G^ 31 ^4. C HI TV Ii: P{ iL , Mount Vernon Street, near Lowell Gas Works. Lowell, Mass. and removed into No. 4 buildiu-j; of Mechanics' Mills, occu- pying the first floor; employing 20 hands, and produces on an average 100,000 bobbins per month. AsAHEL Davis commenced business in 1856, on Market street, and removed to the Mechanics' Mill fn 1863, occupy- ing the second story of No. 5 building, on Fletcher street, where he manufactures A.& A. Davis's improved patent dove- tailing machines, planers, magneto-electra machines for med- ical purposes, saw arbors, guides, &c. ; employs 10 hands. Benj. Lawrence. Machinists' tools and wood-working machinery, such as wood-turning and moulding machines. He removed to Mr. Comin's building about 1842. Mr. L. employs 8 hands and, in 1868, produced 15 wood-working machines and 1 heavy planer. S. CoMiN in 1867 bnilt a brick building, two stories, 130 x40, situated on Mount Vernon street, near the Lowell Gas Works, which he rents with power to Messrs. Smith, Law- rence & Sawtter, machinists, who occupy the first floor, the second story being unoccupied. He also furnishes power to Messrs. Carey & Harris, and Messrs. Batchelder & Co. In the rear of the main building is the boiler house, 40x30, one story, and engine house, 18x35. His engine was made by Tufts, and has a capacity of 60 horse power. He has two tubular boilers, made by William Dobbins, of Lowell, for furnishing steam to the engine and to heat the buildings. Hl'bbakd & Blake commenced business in A.igus City in 1857, occupying 2 buildirigs, situated on Lincoln street. They manufacture patent leather, and employ 20 hands, and produce on an average 350 sides leather per week. For heating they have an upright flue boiler, made by Dobbins & Crawford of Lowell. Carey & Hajcris, manufacturers of patent wood-working machinery, commenced business in 1867 ; occupy a 2 story brick building 80x36, situated on Broadway, corner Mt. Ver- non street, employ 14 hands. They also manufacture har- ness shafts and slats for spring beds. Power furnished by T. Comin. H.J. Sawyer, machinist and machinery manufacturer, commenced business in 1854 on Fletcher street. In 1855, he removed into Geo. T. Comins' building on Mt. Vernon street, occupying a room on the first floor ; employs 3 hands and mfikes many patent machines. A. Bachelder & Co., manufacturers of bungs, plugs, wedges, &c., for Government inspectors of liquors, oils, flour, &c., and for shippers, caulkers, &c. Occupy a 3 story stone building 100x40, situated on Mt. Vernon street, near the gas works. Employ 20 hands, runs 8 machines for turn- ing out 40 or more different sizes of bungs, plugs, &c. Mo- tive power furnished by T. Comin. T. F. Burgess & Co., manufacturers of portable, gang, and circular saw mills, steam engines and machinery in gen- eral, occupy 2 floors 140x54 feet, in a 3 story brick building | known as Allen's Mills, and located at Nos. 233 and 235 Middlesex street. The double gang saw mill made by them is a portable, stationary, eteam or water mill, as parties may desire, being furnished with portable or stationary boilers, or when worked by water, with improved turbine wheel. Being built almost entirely of iron and steel, and so constructed as to depend only on one set of floor and foundation timbers, it dispenses entirely with the large, heavy and expensive building which is required for any other gang mill, the building alone often costing as much as the machinery. These mills being very compactly built, occupy (exclusively of the ways for the log cars) a space on the floor of only 10 feet 3 inches by 4 feet, and are all fitted, set up and put in operation in the manu- facturer's shop, all the pai-fs having been put together and intel- ligibly marked before being taken down, so that any ordina- ry mechanic, with the aid of the lithograph, and the help of the miUmen required to run them, can put it in operation in less than one week after its arriving on the ground, dispen- sing entirely with a gang of millwrights and carpenters, some two to four months, which are considered necessary in build- ing mills of ordinary construction. They claim that there is no machine now built, which will do the work of these mills, with the same number of pounds of steam or inches of water, being capable of cutting from 35 M to 50 M feet (according to the quality of logs) of perfect boards in eleven hours. They also claim that the great saving of time and cost of erecting a large building and putting the ordinary machinery in, to- gether with the exceeding low price of our mills, make them the cheapest and most economical of anything of the kind now built. This firm commenced business in 1865, and have 30 em- ployees ; consume about 200 tons of iron annually, and do business amounting to $75,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power in building adjacent. C. H. Weston occupies the upper floor of a two story stone building, 70x35 feet, with a blacksmiths' shop 40x20 feet, situated on Arch street, near Northern depot, for the manufacture of welded, hollow, steam press plates, used in the dyeing and finishing of woolen, worsted, cotton and mix- ed goods ; also, a superior coupling for ruhliiM' pipe. Hand or power presses, of from 50 to l")ll Inn^ jin^^urc, besides 40 different kinds of belt makers' tuciN. wiilrli air extensive- ly used in all parts of the United St:itis and Lcmdon. The steam press plates patented January 26lh, 1869, are in use by tiie A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. and Wauskuk Co., of Providence, R. I. ; the Pacific Delaine Mills, of Law- rence, Mass. ; Hunt & Tillinghast, of New York City : the Lowell Carpet Mills, of this city, and numerous other manu- facturing concerns. Mr. Weston commenced business in 1859 and has 20 employees. The motive power is furnished from an engine in building adjacent. A. J. Hiscox commenced business in 1863, and manufac- tures files of every description. He occupies the lower floor Webb's N. E. Bailtcay and Mamifacturet-s Statistical Gazetted-. 287 FROM 50 TO 250 TONS PEESSURE. The Plates are Hollow. Steam for Heating and wa- ter for Cooling are connected through a single Box, which greatly facilitates the heating and cooling, (on which a fine finish greatly depends.) and also entirely prevents the collection of Dead Air, to which other forms are so liable. They are made in a superior man- ner, being welded on edges and the centres well bound by rivets. They are made of any size desired, and uniformly 3-4 and 1-16 incli thick. The last Patent, dated March 16th, 1869, is a good improve- ment and superior to any others manufactured. The Solid Welded Boss or Connections are positively safe from leakage, while the Riv- eted Bosses or Connections are liable to leak and damage the goods. The arrangement of our Patented Plate is considered to be easier to circulate, consequently saving steam and water, also doing the work much quicker. Our Connections do not require the Plates to be re- moved from the Press to repair, which often does occur with Riveted Connections. The Connections for the admission of ^team and water are of the simplest and most effective kind. Being connected directly with the steam and water chest ensures a constant transmission of either element, and without a possibility of getting out of order, and affording facilities for repacking unequalled by any other system. The plan for retaining the Plates in their position, when down, and the method of raising them for the adjustment of the goods, is at once cheap, simple and effective. ' The Improved Steam Press can be filled Six Times dur- ing the period now occupied in filling other presses once, and the saving in time and expense will be found to be upwards of 50 per ^■- cent. jg^ For valuable improvements in the Plates and Connections a Pali i i good judges to be the best arranged Plate now used in this country or I COUPLING FOR RUBBER PIPE. Which will ba used on the Connections, whenever desired. The Presses are of the Improved Hydraulic, of any size or power that may be desired. The Hand Or Belted Presses are from 50 to 250 tons pressure, to which also power may be applied in any ordinary way. These we believe to be superior to any others. They have an upward pressure, and are worked (when by hand) with'the common Crank Handle, operating either by miter, straight gear, or worm and wheel, directly with the screw, making a continuous motion, thereby securing fully 50 per cent, in time over the common lever and ratchet press, and being of mudi greater power. t^ We have also a very good arrangement for a downward Press for the accommodation of those having the old style of Presses and wish to use in ihem the Improved Plates and Connections, which will greatly facilitate their busi- ness and have all tlie advantage of the superior finish given by the Hollow Steam Press Plates. The Superiority of Jflorh- and the L^iberality of Prices, we believe cannot fail to give satisfaction. Pl^EFEP^ErVCES : PACIFIC MILLS, Lawrence, Mass., W. C. Chapin, Agent. LOWELL CARPET MILLS, Lowell, Mass., S. Fay, Agt. HAMILTON PRINT WORKS, Southbridge, Mass., Joshua BaUard, Treasurer, Boston. SALISBURY WOOLEN MILLS, Salisbury, Mass., John Gardner, Treasurer, Boston. W^ASHINGTON MILLS, Lawrence, Mass., W. H. Salisbury, Agent. WANSKUK COMPANY, Providence, R. I. A. & W. SPRAOUE. Providence, R. I. ARNOLD PETERS. I'n.vidence, R. I. HUNT & TILI,IN(;il AST, New York. BOOTH & VALENTLNE, (Hosiery,) Bennington, Vt. E. C. CLEVELAND & CO., Manufacturers of Wool Macrhinery, Worcester, Mass. CHARLES G. SARGENT, Manufacturer of Wool Machinery, Graniteville, Mass. Address (See page 285.) AMERICAN STEAM PRESS PLATE CO., IA>W Elili, Mass. Stations in the State of Massachusetts. SA.1MXJEL H. OIL IS & CO., jranuf'aclnrcrs ot" SOFT, im m tNiMONii mn m mm ciHoiis. Xcar Coruc'i- of MiiUllcsex uiitl School Strcols, Lowell, SAMUEL HORN, Muss. ALFRED S. HORN. of a. three story wooden building, 70x35 feet, located at No. 132 Middlesex St., and has 30 employees, turning out about i 240 dozen files per mouth. George W. H.usris occupies a two story wooden building ' 40x80 feet ; also, a room in the Lawrence Corporation 70x 32, used as finishing room, for the mauufacture of loom har- nesses, runs 22 knitting machines capable of turning out 200 sets print harnesses per day, consuming from 80 to 100 lbs. of twine ; employs CO hands, and does business of $75,000 per annum. Mr. Harris commenced business in 1859. H. R. Barker & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in wrought and galvanized iron, steam and gas pipes, &c. They ! occupy rooms in building situated on Middle street, em- ! ploy 30 hands. Motive power furnished from 20 horse en- gine, built by themselves, with steam from a tubular boiler. Amos Sanborn & Co., manufacturers of plain and en- graved silver forks, spoons, ladles, fancj' knives, coin silver knight templar jewels, &c. This business was established on Merrimac street by Mr. Sanborn in 1846, where he con- tinued until 1853, having in his employ some 15 persons, ■ and requiring more room he was compelled to enlarge his borders, and fitted up his present location, corner of Central and Middle street as a salesroom for the display of his own ware, and the general silver ware and jewelry business, with better facQities for a manufactory in the rear. lu 1866 Mr. H. B. Bacon became associated in the business. They use steam power for roUiug and preparing their metal. Lowell Card Co. This company occupy a building, 113x30 feet, 2 stories, situated on Middle street, wliere they employ 11 hands manufacturing card clothing for cotton and woolen goods, producing about 112 square feet per day. The business was established in 1865. Motive power is de- rived Irom a steam engine of 10 horse power. Lo-\VELL Steam Boiler Works. The business and manufacturing of boilers was established by Stephen Ashton, in 1854, and about four years ago, Dobbins & Crawford be- came the proprietors, under the title of the Lowell Steam Boiler Works. They occupy a building 36x100 feet ; office, pattern house, and store house additional, situated on Dutton street, near Mechanics' Mills ; employ on an average 16 hands, manufacturing steam boilers of all kinds, water tanks, patent steam press plates, rotary bleachers and steam cylinders for steaming prints and de laines. This firm con- sume boiler-plate and wrought iron to the amount of 816,000 per annum ; castings to the amount of 86,000 ; blacksmith's coal, &c.. 81,200." They turn out 26 boilers, -20 tanks, 70 steam press plates per annum ; besides smoke pipes, window .shutters, foundry saddles, etc., etc.. amounting to about $40,000. Mucliiuovy driven by an engine of 15 horse pow- er, steam fm-nished from a 42 inch diameter 12 feet long tu- bular boiler. Lowell Felting Mills ; William H. Thompson, pro- prietor. 16 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass. M. A. John- son, manufiicturing agent, Lowell, Mass. They manufacture all kinds of hair felt of a superior quality, such as boiler felt, pipe, roofing, truss, dry sheeting and tarred felt, &c., &e. Their extra quality boiler felt has been adopted as the standard by the government, and their ordinary they claim as superior to any other now made. NoRCRoss & Sacnbers, (successors to Fiske & Norcross who commenced the business in 1845.) manufacturers and dealers in lumber. They occupy buildings of the following dimensions, saw mill .s0x92 feet, two stories high ; plauiug mill and box shop 80x80 feet, one story. They employ from 65 to 75 hands, and saw about 200,000 feet of lumber per week, the power is furnished by an engine of 125 horse power and one engine of 40 horse power, also by six flue boilers. The large engine is of Wright's patent. A. J. Hiscox, file manufacturer, commenced business in this place in 1863. Has a branch shop at Worcester, Mass., established 1866, which is run in connection with the busi- ness here. He occupies a three story wooden building 35x 70 feet, at 132 Middlesex street, one of the principal busi- ness streets of Lowell. Employs about 30 hands. A large part of the business has been re-cutting, but with his well- arranged shop and close proximity to the railroad, he is pre- pared to manufacture with despatch all kinds of hand-cut cast steel files and rasps of a superior quality. E*revious to 1866, no bunting was manufactured in the United States, and up to that time no American ship had sailed or fought under a yard of American bunting. Many attempts had been made to produce it, but not until the man- ufacture was undertaken by the Unfted States Bunting Co. of this city, was an article produced which could com- pete with that of foreign manufacture. " The flags which beckoned our soldiers to victory, or stood guard over our nation's citadel, or cheered the hamlets of her defenders dur- ing the rebellion, were alike the product of foreign skill, ob- tained by foreign permission, and that too of a nation which at that time held to us very questionable relations." The above company commenced the manufacture of bunting in January, 1865. They occupy 3 buildings, run 28 frames, employ 30 males and 90 females, use 300,000 pounds of wool annually, the capacity of the works per day being 13,- 000 yards, an engine of 150 horse power, Wright's patent, made at the Washington Iron Works and 2 turbine wheels made by the American Water Wheel Co., supply the motive power. This company manufacture fiags for all the goveru- . ment departments. Sajitel Horn & Co. occupy a two story wooden building 30x55 feet, with an ell 35x25 feet ; also, have a caudle fac- tory and storehouse 35x40 feet, two stores, and manufacture hard, soft and ammonia soap and tallow candles ; also, a scouring soap for woolen purposes. They commenced busi- ness in 1829, have 8 employees, and produce 96,000 lbs. of j soap, and 125,000 lbs. of candles per annum, consuming i 72,000 lbs. of tallow and grease. The soda soap manufac- I tured by them is of a superior quality, and is extensively used in the manufacture of print cloths. Do business to the ' amount of 8100,000 per annum. i The United States Cartridge Co., was incorporated 'jan 1, 1869. D. W. C. Farrington, Treasurer. They manufacture breech loading ammunition ; occupy 3 factories. Webb's N. E. Ttaihvay and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 289 3i^^^^O^& MANL'FACTl'KES AND PUTS IP <^.a.l>^.4.]>ize:i> SHEET IRON CORNICES, BE^XJTIT^XJL ^:N'D cheap. Window Caps. Brackets. iVe. Stoves and Fence. 133 IWEAR-KIET STR,EET, L.OTVELL, MIASS. L. G. Mack commenced business in 1867 aa successor of Gushing & Mack, who established the mauufacturiag of galvanized cornices, window caps, brackets, iron fences, roofing, &c., &c., also gasometers. He occupies 2 buildings as follows : office and salesrooms, 60x90 feet, brick, 1 story workshop, 30x50, also of brick ; emplo3'3 25 hands. Mr. Mack makes a speciality of galvanized sheet iron building fronts, also their application for various ornamental purposes, the iron being made into proper shape by machinery, made specially for the purpose. He is also manufacturing galvan- ized iron ventilators. Jeremiah Clark commenced the manufacture of im- proved twine, knitting and tidy yarns, &c., in this city in 1867. He occupies part of the .3 story building, 115.x30 feet, 96 Middle street, employs 7 hands, runs 4 spinning frames, 4 twisters, 1 spooler. 1 skein winder, 1 doubler, and 2 banding machines, driven by a 10 horse power steam en- gine ; steam furnished from a tubular boiler. Mr. Clark is also engaged in manufacturing Down's combination hinge and fastener for windows. This hinge is so made that it is impossible for the blind to sag, the bottom part extends the full width of the blind, receiving the fastener about midway. It requires no mortising or cutting of the blinds, and is easily put in and adjusted. (See pages 290, 291.) ^UEWBERG, 42 miles from Boston and ^ || 8 from Fitchburg. A flag station on the Boston and — ' Fitchburg Railroad, in a town by the same name. The soil of this to«Ti is good, the surface uneven and water- ed by some branches of the Nashua. Incorporated 1728. VlVHf, is picturesquely situated on an ex- tensive plain, stretching along the northern shore of Massachusetts Bay, having charming marine views in front, and elevated, romantic woodlands in the rear. With- in its borders are several little lakes and streams ; and in- deed hardly any feature is wanting that can add vigor or beauty to a landscape. Within the last few years it has been much resorted to by summer visitors of taste and cul- tivation, not only for it.s attractive scenery, but for its facili- ties for sea bathing and general healthiness. It is ten miles northeast of Boston, on the line of the Eastern Railroad, and has constant communication with that city by steam and horse cars. Ljmn was one of the earliest of the settlements in Massa- chusetts, as distinguished from Plymouth, the plantation hav- ing been commenced in June, 1629. Farming was the chief occupation of the settlers for many years. But shoe making was early introduced, and, from one cause and an- other, even before the revolution, became the largest indus- trial pursuit of the people, at least in a mechanical way. In 1767 there were made here, 80,000 pairs; and in 1810, 1,000,000. From that time to this the manufacture has kept pace with the increase of population, until in 1868, be- tween 11,000,000 and 12,000,000 pairs were made, valued at 818,000,000. They were, with the exception of some men's slippers, almost exclusively for female wear, and both boots and shoes are included in the enumeration. A consid- erable portion of the shoes now made are of much better quality and higher cost than those formerly manufactured, a fact which should be taken into account, in estimating the magnitude of this branch of industry. There are some two hundred manufacturers, and many of them employ machin- 37 290 Stafioti^ in the State of Massachusetts. IMamiraclmvr of Of all nunibrrs. tnr Lo,,m Ilaiiiessc-s and Rotary Sewing Machines. Plain an.l Fancy KNITTINC AND TIDY YARNS. ^^aE^^ w FOR RING. FLIER, AND MULE SPINNING. Prompt Attention to all orders. The Best is the Most Profitable. ery in almost every department. The mmiber of operatives, male and female, appear.s to be a little over 17,000. Lynn adopted llie city form of government in 1850, having at tiiat time a population of 14,257. Tlie last official cen- .siis was taken in 1865, at which time the number was 20,- 800. At the present time, June, 1869, the population will doubtless reach 25,000. The assessor's valuation for 1868 gives real estate $10,562,962; personal, $5,548,837; total, $16,111,709. It has 22 churches, 3 banks of dis- count and 2 savings institutions, a police court, established in 1849, gas works for lighting the streets, business places, and villages, beautifully-located cemetery, with numerous costly monuments ; a public library, and telegraph wires communicating with all parts of the country ; a stately city hall, erected in 1867. for municipal purposes, at a cost of something rising §300,000 ; a sufficient number of well- appointed and well-conducted schools to furnish all with means to gain a good education, of which there are 41 ; viz.— 1 high, 6 grammar, 33 intermediate, and 1 mixed ; an efficient fire departmeut, provided with steam fire engines ; and, indeed, all the other appurtenances that seem necessary for a busy and thriving population. The streets, for the most part, are capacious and level, and kept in remarkably good condition ; and, though the buildings are chiefly of wood, many of them are large and tasty. Brick has, how- ever, of late been more than formerly used in the construc- tion of business buildings, but still Lynn is pre-eminently a " wooden city." A full history of this ancient and now conspicuously thrifty place has been published in an octavo volume of 620 pages.* MANUFACTURERS. L. G.. SwETT & Co. This firm commenced business in 1838 for the manufacture of children's shoes. They occupy a four story frame building 90x60, situated at Nos. 33, 35, and 37 Union street. When in full operation, this firm em- ploy 400 hands, turning out 15,000 pairs shoes per day. Their machines are driven by a 10 horse power engine built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., furnished with steam from a 40 horse tubular boiler, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. This firm do a business of about $400,000 per annum. Office, in Boston, 90 Milk street. In the making of the shoes they have 40 sewing machines of different patterns for stitching, &c. Their goods are made principally for the west- em and southern trade. ' Can be procured only by addressing James K. Newhalt, of this city. George F. Beede & Co. occupy a four stoi-y brick build- ing known as Bubier's Block, located at Nos. 94 and 96 Market street, where they manufacture ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The business was commenced by this firm in 1863. Employ when in full operation, 150 Sanderson Brothers, occupy four floors of building known as Bubier's block, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1958, em- ploying when in full operation 100 persons. This firm does a business of about $200,000 per annum. Wm. a. Chase. The manufacturing of misses and child- rens' boots and .shoes was commenced by Mr. C. in 1840. He occupies a three story building 50x20 situated at 36 Ex- change street. In the busy seasons Mr. C. has 150 employ- ees, turning out 100 cases per month. Pevear & Co., occupy a four story frame building as a beam-house and finishing-house 112x42 feet ; also a four story frame building used for tannery, 40x100. Engine and boiler-room 36x30 of brick. This firm commenced business in 1847 at Stetsonville, for the manufacture of goat and calf skins. They give employment to 90 persons; tan 1,000 skins per day. This is the largest firm of the kind in New England, and the office and sales room are on Milk street corner of Congress street, Boston. From a 60 horse power engine built by the Putnam Ma- chine Company of Fitchburgh, they derive their motive power, the steam for the engine and to heat the building is furnished from two tubular boilers, buik by Wm. E. May- nard of East Boston. This firm do a business of about $350,000 per annum. S. Q. Morse commenced business in 1847 for the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, oc- cupying one floor in a four story brick building, 50x30, situ- ated at Nos. 76 iind 78 Market street. Employ 25 hands, and produce 250 pairs shoes per week. Do a business of up- wards of $60,000 per annum. C. J. Bartlett occupies a three story frame building 44x 22, located at No. 14 Willow street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, employing 50 hands, producing 3,000 pairs per month. Mr. Bartlett com- menced the business in 1855, and now does a business $50,- 000 per annum. Shute & Faulkner commenced business in 1854 as man- ufacturers of kid, goat and morocco leather, occupy a 5 story frame building 26x60, situated on Washington streeet, near Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 291 Mauufacturtr of DOWN'S COMBINATION iuflic and Jfastcucr, Sure Support And Complete Fastener, Patented, Sep- I QT" • tember 22IIi:>r>LE STI^EET, Loveell, l^Iass. Boston street; employ 14 persons and produce 1,000 skins per week. The business amounts to about §50,000 per an- num. R. B. Morse occupies two rooms in a building located at No. 85 Broad street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes. He commenced business In 1865. When in full op- eration, employs 25 hands. G. G. Newhall occupies a 3 story wooden building 45x 22, situated at No. 12 Railroad Avenue. Mr. Newhall commenced the manufacturing of ladies' and misses' Con- gress and Balmoral boots and shoes in 1858. He employs 1 in his busy season 125 hands, turning out on an average 3,000 pairs boots and shoes per week, doing a business of $60,000 per annum. David Knox. In 1855 the manufacturing of boot and shoe machines was commenced by Mr. K. His works are located at No. 4 Washington street, occupying a 4 story frame building 50x25, employs 15 hands and turns out 5 machines per month. Mr. K. makes a speciality in the manufacturing of leather sole cutting machines, dies, &c., for same ; consumes 4 tons iron per month. From an up- right engine of 15 horse power made by the Globe Works, 1 .South Boston, he derives his motive power, a 30 horse pow- er tubular boiler, made by Wm. H. Dobbins of Lowell, j furnishes steam for the engine, also for warming the rooms. I His business is about $15,000 per annum. I FosTEU & Whittes occupy the upper floor of a two story building 30x20, located at "No. 22 Market street, for the manufacture of McKay machine needles and awls. This firm commenced business in 1867, now employing 7 hands, , turning out about 3,000 needles and the same amount of awls per week. Their machinery is driven by power fur- nished from building adjacent. 1 MosES NoRRis & Son. The manufacturing of kid, goat i and morocco leather was commenced by this firm several j years ago. They are occupying a building situated at No. 25 Market street, 80x30 feet, three stories. In their works they employ 14 hands, producing from 500 to 600 skins per week. This firm do a business upwards of $50,000 per annnm. j AcGUSTUS B. Martin, occupies a three story frame building | 60x30 feet, situated at No. 30 Market street, where he manu- ' factures kid, goat, calf, morocco and sheep skins, employing 40 hands, producing about 300 dozen skins per week. He commenced business in 1855 in a small way, and as his business increased he added to its capacity. If his estab- lishment is not the largest in Lynn, it is one of the best managed tanneries in the State. His business amounts to $200,000 per year. His motive power is furnished from a 14 horse-power engine, furnished with steam from a 35 horse-power tubular boiler, built by William E. Maynard, of East Boston. .Iacob S. Wentworth, manufacturer of kid, goat, mo- rocco and sheep skins ; commenced business in 1845. His establishment is situated at Nos. 34 and 36 Market street, a frame building 32x32 feet, two stories. Employs twelve hands, turning out from 300 to 400 skins per mouth, and does a business to the amount of $75,000 per annum. S. J. HoLLis occupies at three story frame building, 35x 25, situated at No. 68 Market street, where he manufactures ladies', misses' and children's gaiters. He commenced busi- ness in 1860, producing 50,000 pairs shoes, amounting to a business of $80,000 per annum. Philip Sherry occupies a three story frame building, 65 x20, situated at No. 54 Market street, for the manufacture of kid, goat and morocco leather. Employs 6 hands, turn- ing out about 1,400 skins per month. Mr. Sherry commenc- ed business in 1865, and does a business of $20,000 per an- num. Abbott & Breed. Jos. W. Abbott commenced business in 1853 for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. In 1864 Mr. Breed became a partner ; they occupy a 3 story brick building 86x27, situated on State St., No. 13, and give employment to 150 persons, turning out from 7,000 to 8,000 pairs per month. They do a business of about $200,000 per annum. Office No. 95 Pearl street, Boston. J. A. SwEETSER occupies the first story of building, situa- ted on the corner of Railroad avenue and Washington street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' shoes. He com- menced business in 1866, and during the busy season em- ploys from 25 to 50 hands, and produces about $35,000 worth of goods per annum. E. T. BuBiER occupies a four story brick building, 70x25, located at 78 Market street, for the manufacture of hand- made ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1856 ; employs in the busy season 200 hands, producing about 2,000 eases shoes per year. H. H. & J. T. Bailey occupy a two story building 25x20, situated at No. 26 Union street, for the manufacture of la- dies' misses' and children's boots and shoes. Have 25 em- ployees, and do a business amounting to $20,000 per annum. The business was commenced in 1868. N. A. Ndrdge, commenced the manufacturing of ladies', misses and children's boots and shoes in 1851. He occu- pies a three story frame building with basement 40x20, situ- ated at No. 46 Exchange street. He employs when in full operation 50 employees, turning out 300 cases per The business amounts to nearly $35,000. 292 Statimis in the State of Massachusetts. P. LENNOX & CO., .'\liuuiriu-luifi-s aii.l Dealers iu PEBBLED & GLOVE CALF, LlXINCiS. BINDINGS. SKIVP:RS. .>^C. No. 2 PEARL ST. HOUSE, BOSTON. FACTORY, 23 MARKET ST., - - LYNN, MASS. P. Lenox & Co., commenced the manufacturing of kid, goat, morocco, pebble, glove and calf skins in 1852. Their works are situated on Market street. No. 23, vhere they have buildings as follows : sales room, 50x24 feet, two and a half stories, brick ; tannery 34x24 feet, two and a half stories, wood ; beam-house five stories, 80x30 feet, wood, [ wing 100x12 feet; coloring-house 48x20 feet. Employ 50 hands, producing 2.000 skins per week. Their machinery is driven by a 45 horse-power engine built by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, for heating the buildings, and to furnish steam for the engine they have two 25 horse-power tubular boilers, built by Mc- Kay & Aldus, of East Boston, and Hoslan, of Salem, Mass. This firm also manufacture a patent beaming machine for beaming hides and .^kins, which they are just introducing into the market, and which will be an invaluable article for { manufacturers of this kind. Joseph F. Hay occupies a two story frame building 60x i 28, located at No. 34 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Mr. H. commenced business in 1850. He employs 25 hands, and produces ten cases per week. BuFFUM & Shelton commenced business in 1851, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They occupy a two story frame building 45x24 feet, located at No. 21 Exchange street. They employ 100 hands producing 40 cases per week. Their business amounts to $75,000 per annum. G. A. Hawi.ey occupies a three story frame building, 55 x30 feet, situated at No. 7. Spring street. He commenced the business in 1866 ; manufacturing of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employs 50 hands, producing 1,000 cases per year ; doing a business of $75,000 per an- num. The power is fwnished from an engine in building adjacent. Nathan Breed commenced business in 1818, and is the oldest manufacturer of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes in Lynn. He occupies a three story frame building 60x22 feet, situated at No. 105 Broad street. In good times he employs 100 hands and does a business of about $90,000 per annum. BuowN & Brother. Situated at 42 Union street, in a four story granite building 100x25 feet, is the boot and shoe manufactory of Messrs. Brown & Brother, who commenced the business in 1862. This firm employs 300 persons, mak- ing nearly 4000 cases per annum ; the goods of this firm are made out of the finest stock, both ladies and gents. Do a business of nearly $300,000. George W. Law occupies a two story frame building, 40 xl8, situated at No. 10 Spring street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The busi- ness was commenced in 1863, and in the busy season employs 100 persons, and produce 6000 cases per annum, the business amounting to $60,000 per year. Mr. Law commenced busi- ness in 1863. B. HiTCHiNGS occupies the lower floor of a 3 story frame building 55x35, located at No. 5 Spring street, for the man- ufacture of lasts and patterns. The business was commenced in 1851. Mr. H. gives employment to 5 persons, and pro- duces 600 lasts per week. •Swan & Fuller commenced business in 1865, to manu- facture ladies' and gents' machine sewed boots and shoes. Their shop is situated at No. 8 Union street, occupying a 4 story frame building 30 x 30, employ 40 hands, turning out 30 cases per week. Thej; also manufacture the patent Amer- ican beating machine, for leveling the bottoms of boots and shoes. This machine is simple, compact and durable, weighs 500 lbs., and by its use one man can do the work of three, with the hammer, leaving the shoe in a far superior condition, and can be run either with the foot or power. This machine is valuable as a sole cutter, moulder and beat- er out, and has been extensively adopted by the manufac- turers of Lynn. J. Jackson occupies the first floor of a 2 story frame building, situated on Broad street. Mr. Jackson commenced business in 1841, has 8 employees, manufacturing lasts and patterns. Power furnished by engine in building adjacent. Geo. W. Keene & Sons occupy a 4 story building 30x22, built of brick, situated No. 10 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1835. They employ during busy times 300 persons, turning out 4,000 cases per annum. The motive power is furnished from a 50 horse power engine, built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitehbug ; 3 tubular boilers 50 horse power each, built by McKay & Aldus, fur- nish steam for engine, also to heat the building, &c. Messrs. Keene & Sous do a business of about $400,000 per annum. Phillips & Estes commenced business in 1847, to man- ufacture ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; occupy a 3^ story frame building 36 x 22, situated at No. 48 Exchange street. Have, when in full operation, 50 employees, and turn out from 400 to 500 cases per year. Lamphier Bros, commenced the manufacturing of lasts for boots and shoes, also patterns, in July, 1865, as succes- sors of E. C. Blake. Messrs. L. Bros, occupy the second floor of a 2 story building 55 x 40, situated on Broad street ; employ 6 hands. Q. A. To\VNS, occupies a two story frame building 65x22, situated at No. 91 Broad street, for the manufacture of boot and shoe heels ; employs 7 persons, turning out about 1,000 pairs per day. The business was commenced in 1862, and it now amounts to $50,000 per Webb^s N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 293 ~ _ J. MANUFACTURERS OF '¥-'Je\ Ladies" Misses" and riiildi'eii"s -*s;^;5^inM^">sM ^mjjgig^i-'^JII ^JBjEy_g- , GUmUUSEIIUt., CENTS' TOILETS, T.^'>:v 3IA.SS. (lOuDwis tV. Huonii-K o(( iip\ tlu lower floor of a 5 -tory frame bmldin^' >0\24 -ituatKl at No ) Spring >.t Mc-.r- (loodwin 1^M)'^ (ommtiitKl the uiamifat turnip of boot and shoe lasts and patterns in 18G7. They employ 4 persons and do a bnsiness of S8,000 per annum. LuciAN Xewhall commenced in 1853 to manufacture ladies' and fients' fine boots and shoes and slippers, ocoiipy- ing three floors of a four storj' building 50x40, situated at No. 24 Exchange street ; employs 50 hands, turning out 1000 cases per annum. Mr. N. receives power to drive his sew- ing machines, &c., from the building adjacent. Thomas B. Kkight, successor to Thomas Carney & Co., occupies a four stoiy wooden building 45x20 feet, located at No. 4 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business Dec. 1st, 1868, have from 75 to 100 employees. James B. Chase occupies a 2J story wooden building 24x 65 feet, located at No. 38 Exchange street, for the manufac- ture of men's, ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 184K, has 40 employees and does business to the amount of $25,000 per annum. Darius BAUitY occupies a three story wooden building 40 x33 feet, located on Market street, for the manufacture of kid, goat and morocco. Commenced business in 1836, has six employees, and turns out 360 skins per week. Mr. Barry is also engaged in the manufacture of currant, grape and blackberry wines ; of which he has made during the year 1868, upwards of 11,000 gallons. C. S. SwEETSER occupies the upper floor of a 2 story wood- en building, located at the corner of Railroad avenue and Washington streets, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' shoes. Commenced business in 1866, and during the busy season employs from 25 to 50 hands. George T. Walker & Co. occupy a wooden building 75x26 feet, located on Brown street, for the manufacture of iron castings of every description. Commenced business in 1866 ; have six employees and consume about 3 tons of iron per week. Run an engine of four horse power, with one tubular boiler six horse power, built by Bird &Co., of East Boston, Mass. MosES NoRRis & SoK occupy a three story wooden building 80x30 feet, located at No. 25 Market street, for the manufacture of kid, goat and morocco, of which they turn out 500 skins per week, employing 14 hands and doing busi- ness to the amount of §50,000 per annum. T. AV. Bacheli.er, occupies a three story wooden build- ing 50x20 feet, located at No. 12 State street, for the manu- facture of gents', boys', ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1840 ; has 75 employees ; turns out ()00 pairs per week, and does business to the amount of up- wards of $40,000 per annum. Oliver & Smith occupy a two and a half story wooden building 45x23 feet, located at No. 2 .State street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes; commenced business in 1865; have 25 employees ; turn out about 4,000 pairs per month, and do a business of 8100,000 per annum. Bancroft & Purinton occupy a 3 story wooden building 160x35 feet, located at No. 96 South Common street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Business established in 1845, and during the busy season have 130 employees, and turn out from 125 to 150 thousand pairs per anninu. Run an engine of teu horse power, built by George C. Newcomb, of Salem, Mass., with one tubular boiler, 12 horse power, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston, Mass. Do business of from 200 to 300 thousand dollars per annum. C. B. Ingalls occupies a two story wooden building 36x 22 feet, located at No. 32 Union street, where they manufac- ture misses' and children's boots and shoes, giving employ- ment, in good times, to 20 hands, and turning out about 15,- 000 pairs per annum. Berrv, Field & Co. occupj' a three story wooden build- ing 50x25 feet, located at Nos. 9 and 10 State street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1866 ; have 75 employees, and turn out about 60,000 pairs, and do business of §100,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 100 horse power in building adjacent. C. E. Spinnet & Son occupy two floors of a three story wooden Jbuilding 60x28 feet, located at No. 5 State street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, employing 40 hands, and turning out 900 pairs of boots and shoes per week, doing business to the amount of $40,000 per annum. George Pecker occupies a three story wooden building, 63x25 feet, located at No. 72 Market street, where he em- ploys upwards of 50 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, the product of which are 3,600 pairs per week. S. P. DRrv'ER & Bros, occupy a four story brick building located at No. 88 Market street, building known as " Bur- bier's Block." This firm commenced business in 1867, as manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's slippers, buckskins, &c., of the finest quality. The business was es- tablished in 1835 by S. Driver, at Salem, Mass. This firm were burned out in the spring of 1869, and are not as yet permanently located. 294 Stations in the State of Massafkusetts. 3, W. TSLLA, MANUFACTLKEli VV Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's BOOTS & SHOIS. ^"^ illoAT' ^ti*eet. (Formerly Keene's Steam Factory), LYNN MASS, C. S. ViTTUM occupies a room in building located at No. 39 Exchange street, for the manufacture of children's boots and shoes of every style and color ; business commenced in 1865. Have 45 hands, and do a business of $30,000 per annum. James Knowlton commenced the manufacturing of la- dies', misses' and childreu's boots and shoes in 1859. He occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x20 feet, located at No. 3 Spring street ; has 30 employees, and turns out 15 cases per week. D. N. Gloyd & Co. commenced in 1866 to manufacture stiffenings, taps, heels and heel stock, occupying a 2 story wooden building 40x25 feet, located at No. 86 Broad street, employ 6 hands, turning out about 2,000 stiffenings, heels, &c. per day. II. & N. Clark occupies a 4 story wooden building, loca- ted on Broad street, for the manufacture of kid and morocco leathers. James N. Buffcm occupies a 3 story building, located at No. 15 Broad street, for sawing, planing, and manufacturing of boxes. Have 35 employees. J. Hennessey & Co. occupies 3 rooms in a 3 story build- ing, located at No. 95 Broad street, for the manufacture of morocco and pebbled calf skins ; commenced business of 1867. Have 5 employees ; finish about 40 doz. per week. J. W. Neal & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden building 40x 20 feet, located at No. 2 Exchange street ; manufacture of French style ladies' and misses' hand-made boots and shoes ; business commenced in 1848. This firm do a business of nearly $100,000 per annum. J. F. Vella occupies a four-story wooden building 30x30 feet, located on Willow street, for the manufacture of ladies', gents', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1867. Employ in the busy season 125 hands, and turns out about 60,000 pairs per year, doing a business of $100,000. He has in operation two McKay machines, and twelve other machines of various kinds required in this business, which are run by an upright engine of six horse power, with a boiler of 15 horse power, built by J. C. Hobbs & Sons, West Cambridge, Mass. These goods are sold in every part of the Union. Joseph Davis & Co. occupies a 5 story brick building, 130x22 feet, situated at No. 20 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1855. Employ 300 persons, turning out 3,700 cases per annum ; do a business of $40,- 000. Power furnished from a 40 horse engine in building adjacent. John Mahon & Son occupy a 4 story wooden building 60x25 feet, located at No. 28 Exchange street, for the man- ufacture of gents', ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; com- menced busmess in 1865 ; have 150 employees, turning out 650 pairs per day. Run 30 machines of different patterns ; power furnished from building adjacent. J. H. Barnes occupies the lower floor of a two story brick building 40x30 feet, situated at No. 17 Market street, where he employs six bauds in the manufacture of lasts and pat- terns, having been engaged in the business since 1856. Geo. H. Cushman occupies a 3 story frame building 65x 25 feet, located at No. 8 Spring street, for the manufacture of paper boxes and paper soles ; commenced business in 1851 . Have 20 employees. Vakney Bugs, commenced the manufacturing of children's boots and shoes in 1867, at No. 6 Washington street, occu- pying a 2 story frame building 50x30. Their shoes are. made mostly by hand. Philip A. Chase & Co. occupy a 3 story frame building 50x50, located at Nos. 9, 11, and 13 Spring street, for the manufacture of gents', ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1856 ; have 300 employees, do a business of $300,000. Run an engine of 25 horse power, built by George L. Newcomb, for driving the machinery. Potter & Main, occupy a three story brick building 60x80 feet, located at the corner of Beach and Suffolk streets. They commenced the manufacturing of packing boxes in 1867. Employ 14 persons. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of Boston, steam furnished from a tubular boiler of 40 horse power, made by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston. This firm also make paper boxes for boots and shoes. J. M. Atwell, commenced business in 1843, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. He oc- cupies a three story building 50x20, situated at No. 30 Ex- change street, employs in good times 300 hands. His busi- ness amounts to nearly $100,000 per annum. Benjamin F. Doak, 2d, occupies a four story brick build- ing 130x22 feet, situated at No. 16 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. Busi- ness commenced in 1855. Mr. Doak employs in busy times 300 persons, producing 3,700 cases per 3-ear ; does a business of 400,000 per annum. The machinery is driven by a 50 horse power engine, built by Putnam Machine Co., three boilers by McKay & Aldus. S. Oliver, Jr. & Co., boot and shoe manufacturers, commenced business January 1st, 1868. They occupy a shop located at No. 37 Washington street ; employ from 250 to 300 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and child- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 295 S. D. TRIPP & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF §aot $c ^\\m Jfla duttcr j|, LEATHER CUTTERS, DIES, AM) MAMI'AdOBV. |:J ltlU»A» STISKKT. LVW. MASS. SaVesvoom \i>V M*i\Vi, v\nd "i Veavl slveel, Koslon., ^lass. ren's boots and shoes, and ladies' and geuts' fine slippers. They turn out about 100,000 pairs per year, worth about $150,000. The machinery used is run by an enpcine of 10 horse power, built by C. T. McLaughlin, of Boston, Mass., with a tubular boiler of 20 horse power, built by McKay & Aldus of East Boston, Mass. Office and sales- room, No. 80 Pearl street, Boston. S. D. Tripp & Co. commenced business in 1864, for the manufacture of boot and shoe machinery, leather vutters or dies and sewing machines of all descriptions, occupying two floors in a 4 story wooden building 100 x 38 feet, located at No. 13 Broad street. Have 25 employees, and do business of $50,000 per annum. Their machinery, consisting of lathes, planers, drills, &c., and other machinery adapted to the business, is driven by a 60 horse power engine, in build- ing adjacent. This firm have a sample and salesroom at No. 2 Pearl street and 101 Milk street, Boston. John T. Mollton &, Co. employs 16 hands in the maiiu- facture of goat, kid and morocco leathers, at No. 10 Marion street, occupying a 4 story frame building. The business was commenced in 1861, and they are now doing a busi- ness of $50,000 per annum. Office and salesroom 50 Milk street, Boston. Thos. E. Brewer commenced business in 1862 for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes, and occupies a 2 story wooden building, 30x18 feet, located at No. 103 Broad street ; have, when in full operation, 50 hands. Turn out about 150 pairs per day. P. P. Taplet & Co., manufacturers of black French morocco, kid, goat, pebbled, calf and grain leathers. The business was commenced in 1843 ; occupy buildings located at 89 Broad street ; employ 50 hands, turning out on an average 2,400 skins per week, doing a business of $200,000 per annum. The motive power is furnished from an engine of 25 horse power, built at the Atlantic Works of East Boston ; steam furnished from 1 tubular and 1 flue boilers, built by the Atlantic Works and by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. Amos F. Breed commenced -the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes in 1856, occupies a 4 story brick building, 130x22, located at No. 14 Exchange ttreet, employs 300 persons, and produces 3,700 cases per annum. The machinery is driven by a 50 horse engine, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, furnished with steam from 3 tubular boilers, built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. Berry & Beeue occupy a 3 story frame building, 60x20, located at No. 23 Monroe street for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1868 ; established by C. O. Beede in 1865. They employ 150 hands, turning out 80,000 pairs per an- num. Newhai.l & Welington, boot and shoe manufacturers, commenced business iu March, 1866. They occupy a 5 story wooden building 50x70 feet, located Nos. 10, 12, and 14 Willow street, and employ about 300 hands in the manufac- ture of gents', ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, of which they turn out 250,000 pairs per year, and do a business of about $3.50,000. AVm. F. Morgan, occupies a two story wooden building 25x60 feet, located at No. 13 Railroad avenue, and one floor of a three story wooden building 45x50, at. the corner of Washington and Monroe streets, for the manufacture of la- dies' and misses' boots and shoes. Employs 70 hands, turns out about 65,000 pairs per year, and does business amount- ing to about $125,000. Commenced business in 1866. 296 Stations jh the State of Massachusetts. S. S. Ireson & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 30 x50 feet, located on Central square, opposite the depot, for the manufacture of gents', ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employ about 200 hands, turn out about 100,000 pairs per year and do business amounting to about $200,000. They run 3 McKay and a large number of stitching machines. These goods are sold in all parts of thee Union. Business established in 1855. Sanborn & Parsons, successors to Graves & Sanborn, commenced business in April, 1866. They occupy a 3 story wooden building 28 x 50 feet, located No. 67 Union street, and employ 100 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, of which they turn out about 100,000 pairs per year, worth about 6125,000. They run 2 McKay machines ; power is supplied by an engine of 10 horse power, built by the Wilcox Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I. Graves & Co. occupy J ot a 3 story wooden building 45 x50 feet, located No. 83 Union street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employ 75 hands, turn out 50,000 to 60,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to about $75,000. Business established in 1866. F. B. Mower occupies a two story wooden building 20x 60 feet, located at No. 21 Willow street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. He commenced busi- ness in January, 1862 ; employs about 70 hands, and turns out about 28,000 pairs per year, worth about $35,000. D. F. Chace & Bros, occupy three floors of a wooden building 22x60 feet, located No. 71 Union street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1864 ; employ from 75 to 100 hands, turn out about 50,000 pairs per year, and do busi- ness amounting to $80,000. L. Hill occupies two floors 28x75 feet, in a 3 story wood- en building 60x75 feet, located No. 66 Union street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' fine boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1865 ; employs 35 hands, and turn out 30,000 pairs per year, worth about $65,000. HoRGAN & Donovan occupy a two story wooden building 18x24 feet, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and child- ren's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1866 ; employ 30 hands, and turn out about 25,000 pairs per year, worth $50,000. W. H. Kimball & Co., manufacturers of all kinds of machinery and dealers in sewing machines, commenced business in 1868 ; employ four hands. Their shop is lo- cated at No. 41 Washington street, and No. 41 Central avenue. W. A. & C. H. Bacheller occupy half of a four story wooden building 50x60 feet, located No. 59 Market street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business January 1st, 1869 ; employ about 200 hands, and turn out about 120,000 pairs per year, worth about $100,000. C. W. LEW^s occupies a two story wooden building 20x40 feet, located on Central Square, for the manufacture of la- dies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenc- ed business in 1857 ; employs 25 hands, and turns out about 40,000 pairs, worth about $50,000. James Riley occupies one floor in a two story wooden building 24x60 feet, located on Central street, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1864 ; employs 30 hands, and turns out about 30,000 pairs per year, worth about $40,000. George W. Downing occupies two floors in a wooden buildiujj 18x54 feet, located No. 26 Monroe street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in June, 1863 ; employs 50 hands, and turns out about 40,000 pairs per year, worth about $40,- 000. C. B. Stearns commenced business in ^866. He occupies 1 floor of a wooden building 20x50 feet, located No. 8 Mon- roe street, for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes, of which he turns out about $30,000 worth per year. F. T. Locke occupies 1 story in a wooden building 28x 150 feet, located No. 46 Monroe street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1854 ; employs 25 hands and turns out about 25,000 pairs per year, worth about $25,000. Wm. a. Kellet & Son occupy a 4 story wooden build- ing 24x150 feet, located No. 38 Monroe street, for the man- ufacture of kid, goat, morocco bindings, skivers, &c. The business was established in 1852. They employ about 30 hands, and turn out about 100,000 skins per year, worth about $125,000. BuFFtJM & Moore occupy a 3 story wooden building 24 x62 feet, located corner of Railroad avenue and Washington streets, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' machine made shoes. They employ about 60 hands, and turn out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. Com- menced business in 1868. JouN Shaw, 2nd, occupies 2 rooms 25x50 feet, in a three story wooden building, located at No. 85 Union street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1866. Employs 50 hands, and turns out about 50,000 pairs per year worth about $75,000. Vennard & Osgood occupy one floor in a wooden build- ing 23x70 feet, located on Monroe street, for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1862. Employ 40 hands, and turn out about 24,000 pairs per year, worth about $40,000. P. C. Hill commenced business in 1853. He employs about 50 hands, and turns out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. He occupies 2 floors of a three story wooden building 26x50 feet, located at No. 6 Willow street. C. G. Clark & Co. occupy a four story woodeu building 26x124 feet, located No. 32 Monroe street, for the manu- facture of goat, kid, morocco, skivers, roans, linings and bindings. They employ .25 hands, turn out about 65,000 skins per year, and do business amounting to about $115,- 000. Commenced business in 1851. AA'^illiaji Norton occupies one floor of a wooden building 22x60 feet, located No. 1 6 Monroe street, for the manufac- ture of ladies' and misses' machine-sewed boots and shoes. Employs 25 hands, and turns out about $25,000 worth. Charles H. Trask occupies a 4 story wooden building, 22x45 feet, located No. 76 Union street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1857, employs 200 hands, turns out about 90,000 pairs per year, and does business amounting to about $100,000. The machinery is run by one of Roper's patent caloric engines, built by Able W. Tripp, of Boston, Mass. E. H. Johnson occupies a 4 story brick building, 45x70 feet, located No. 22 Monroe street for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1853, employs about 250 hands, turns out about 200,000 pairs per year, and does business amounts ing to about $300,000. The machinery used in this estab- lishment is driven by an upright engine of 24 horse power, with a tubular boiler of 25 horse power, built by S. E. Chubbuck & Sons, of Roxbury, Mass. Webl/s N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. •297 IPO-WEB, TBfiAS>X.S, AJ^S) S»OBTABi.E OBINPSTON Also, ilrin.lstouo. (ilreeiistone an:l Sojipstone lleol Wheels, aiul ii.v>i> tii^:i:t. >s^jrc» i::><. NO. 6 WASHINGTON STREET, - - - LYNN, MASS. meuced busiacss in 1863 ; employs 50 hauds, aud turus out about 1 ,500 pairs per week, and does business to the amount of S48,000 per year. Thomas McAloon & Bros, occupy a 2J story wooden buildin;^ 20x70 feet, located No. 3 Willow street, for the man- ufacture of gents', ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoe. They employ about 350 hands, turn out about 200,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of about $200-, 000. Robert Oliver occupies a three story wooden building 2:ix70 feet, located No. 23 Washin:Tton street, for the man- ufacture of kid, goat and morocco. He commenced business in 18(53 ; employs from 16 to 18 hands, and turns out about 50,000 skins per year, worth about $30,000. L. S. Berry occupies one floor of a two-story wooden building 22x40 feet, located No. 27 Monroe street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1866. Employs 30 hands, and turns out about 20,000 pairs per year, worth about $40,000. George Spinney occupies a shop No. 20 Monroe street, for the manufacture of ladies' boots. Commenced business in 1866. Employs about 45 hands, and turns out about 35,000 pairs per year. Charles A. Taber, occupies a shop in a four story wood- en building, located No. 5 Railroad Avenue, for the manu- facture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1858. Employs 40 hands and turns out about 20,000 pairs per year, worth $25,000. P. Hanley, occupies a three story wooden building 30x50 feet, located on Railroad Avenue, for the manufacture of la- dies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He com- menced business in 1867. Employs 25 hands and turns out about 10,000 pairs pjr year w.)rth about 820.000. Benjamin Dore, occupies two rooms 20x50 feet, and one room 20x25 feet, located No. 85 Union street, for the manu- facture of ladies' and misses' fine machine made boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1865 ; employs 40 hands and turus out about 50,060 pairs per year, worth about $100,000. E. Walden & Co., occupy half of a two story wooden building 45x45 feet, located Nos. 31 and 33 Washington street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's hand made boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1850. Employ 50 hands and turn out about 75,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. John Dougherty, occupies a three story wooden building 18x36 feet, and a two story wooden building 18x23 feet, lo- cated No. 10 Willow street, for the manufacture of gents', C. F. PoLLAKD occupies tlie lower floor of a three story building 40x22, built of wood, situated at No. 6 Washington street. Mr. 1'. commenced the manufacture of power trea- dles and portable grindstones in 1868. Mr. Pollard does a business of $12,000 per annum. H. H. HoLLls & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden building, 24x50 feet, located No. 52 Monroe street, for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1867, employ 150 hands, turn out about 100,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount ■ of about $120,000. Formerly at No. 70 Union street. ' B. F. Spinney occupies a 3 story wooden building 44x80 feet, located No. 77 Union street, for the manufacture of la- tlies' aud misses' fine gaiters and Congress boots. He employs 200 hands, turus out about 200,000 pairs per year, and does business amounting to about $350,000. Runs 3 McKay and from 50 to 75 stitching machines. Power supplied by an engine in adjacent building. The business was established [ in December, 1858. • B. F. Oliver occupies 2 rooms 28x75 feet, in a 3 story wooden building 60x75 feet, located No. 68 Union street, for I the manufacture of ladies' fine gaiters and ladies' and gents' ' fancy slippers ; commenced business in 1863 ; employs 60 hands, and turns out about 40,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. I Harrison Newiiall occupies a 3 story wooden building 22x60 feel, located No. 16 Monroe street, for the mauufac- , ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots, shoes and slip- pers. Employs 100 hands, turns out about 25,000 pairs per year, and does business to the amount of about $75,000. Business established 1840. Allen Story occupies a shop located No. 8 Monroe St., ' for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots j and shoes. He employs 50 hands and does a business , amounting to about $45,000 per year. I Betten Bros, occupy a 3 story wooden building 22 x 50 ! feet, located No. 17 Willow street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1868 ; employ 40 hands, and turn out about 25,- 000 pairs per week, worth about $40,000. Holt & Hallowell occupy a 3 story wooden building , 20x50 ft, located No. 31 Exchange St., for the manufacture of ladies', missees' and children's boots and shoes, for the southern and western trade. They commenced business in 1867 ; employ from 50 to 60 hands, and turn out about 30,- 000 pairs per year, worth about $50,000. J. W. Hazeltine occupies a two story wooden building 18x40 feet, located No. 9 Willow street, for the manufacture of gents', ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Com- 298 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. ALLEN 2b BOYDEN, OF" A.TL,I> KI>ri»-<. NO. 9 BROAD STREET, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS. GEO. II. ALLE! ladies', aud misses' boots and shoes. He commenced busi- ness in 1856 ; employs about 50 hands, and turns out about 50,000 pairs per year, worth about $75,000. Nichols & Ingalls, occupy a shop located No. 18 Mon- roe street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and child- ren's boots HI u-i ; Ml K.i\ niiii'liine^, and 35 stitching machuio, m.ide by ditlercnt parties. Do busine-s amounting to $300,000 per year. William H. Gale, formerly occupied a store 70x25 feet, in a four story brick building, in Bubier's block, and located at Nos. 102 and 104 Market street, which was burned down iu the spring of 1869, and is not yet permanently located ; for the manufacture of ladies', misses and children's fine boots and shoes. Mr. Gale has been engaged in the manu- facture of boots and shoes since 1860, and now ships his goods to all parts of Now England and the west. Ingalls & BuRRiLL, occupy a three story wooden build- ing 20x40 feet, located at the corner of Washington and Monroe streets, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's machine and hand made boots and shoes ; com- menced business iu 1866, employ 50 hands in the busy sea- son ; turn out about 50,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of $65,000. Wm. F. Spinney, occupies one-half of a four story brick building, 50x80 feet, located at No. 24 Washington street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1856 ; employs 75 hands ; turns out about 120,000 pairs per annum, and the business amounting to $175,000. Black, Bowdoin & Merrill, occupy half of a four sto- ry wooden building, 40x50 feet, located at No. 63 Market street, for the manufacture of ladies', gents' and misses' boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1866 ; employ 50 hands, turn out 75,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of $150,000. A. M. & J. H. Preble occupy a three story wooden building, located at No. 12 Washington street, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; commenced business in May, 1863 ; employ 25 hands ; turn out 25,000 pairs per year, and business amounting to $75,000. W. F. Breed, Dole & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, occupy a five story brick building 50x60 feet, at No. 6 Mount Vernon street. Commenced business in 1860; employ 150 hands, turn out from 600 to 1,000 per day, and do business amounting to $200,000. E. Straw occupies a two story wooden building 65x30 ft, located at No. 10 Mount Vernon street, for the manufacture of packing boxes. Commenced business in 1860 ; employs 10 hands, turns out 250 boxes per day, consumes 1,000,000 feet of limiber and 250 kegs of nails per year, and does busi- ness amounting to $36,000. James P. Newiiall, occupies two floors of a wood build- ing 25x65 feet, at 29 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Com- Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Adapted for use iu situalirns where it is desired to obtain a uniform and steady power, wjth the greatest possible eeoiiomy of water. Givinif tbe liiphest per cent, of useful efl'ect from the water applied, of any wheel known, and proved by practical use as one of the most ilficient and reliable motors ever invented. MANUFACTURED BY JOHN HUMPHKEY & CO, Ingi&eers anil MacIiiiiistSp KSENEI, - lye-nr Hampshire. pages 93, 14:'. and 243.) menced business in 1843; employs 100 hands; turLs out 60,000 pairs per vear, and does business amounting to 875,000. D. Flagg & Co., manufacture ladies', misses' and child- ren's carpet shoes of all colors. Occupy a wooden build- ing 52x40 feet, at Main corner of South street, where they employ 10 hands and ttirn out 700 pairs shoes per week. 8AMt;EL BoiCE, occupies a two story brick building 26x 50 feet, located at No. 100 Broad street. The business was commenced in 1824 for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, which gives employment to 200 hands, who turns out 60,000 pairs of boots and shoes per year, and does a business of $30,000 per annum. N. Beery & Sons occupy a four story wooden building 80x60 icet, for the manufacture of coffee, cream tartar and drugs. Commenced business in 1825 ; employ 30 hands, nin a water wheel, 48 feet, with six run of .stone, four roasters, turn out one ton of spice per day, and one ton of cream tar- tar per week. Do a business of $200,000 per annum. C. F. Coffin under the name of M. C. Pkatt, occupies a four story brick building 70x30 feet, and a two story brick building 50x25 feet, located at 98 Broad street. The busi- ness was commenced in 1813, for the manufacture of gents' and ladies' sewed boots and shoes, for which they em- ploy 160 hands, and turn out 4,500 cases of boots and shoes per year ; their machines consisting of four of McKays and 30 others of different make, are driven by a steam engine of 20 horse power, with one tubular boiler, built by Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Mass. Do a business of $275,000 per year. Beede & Tebbetts occupy a brick building located at 45 Exchange street, for the manufacture of ladies' fine boots and shoes. A. T. Goodwin occupies 2 floors of a 2 story wood building, 56x30 feet, located at No. 2 Mount Vernon .street, where he employs 13 hands for the manufacture of lasts and patterns. The business was commenced in 1828, and they new turn cut 400 pairs of lasts, and consume 800 blocks per day. The works are driven by an engine of 20 horse power, built by Newcomb, of Salem, Mass., with 1 fine boiler. C.W. Chase occupies 1 floor of a wooden building, 18x60 feet, located on Exchange street, employing 50 hands for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoos. The business was commenced in 1843, now turns out 2,500 pairs of boots and shoes per year. E. T. Jones occupies a two story wooden building 15x40 feet, located at 47 Exchange street. The business was com- menced in 1862, and employ 25 hands for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and .=hces ; turns out 600 pairs of boots and shoes per week, and does business of S30,000. B. DuPAR & Co. occupy a building 50x40 feet, located at 35 Exchange sfree*, where they employ 100 hands, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1864. This firm run one McKay machine and 21 stitching machines, made by difl'er- ent parties, and turn out 100 cases of boots and shoes per month, and do a business of $110,000 annually. Brown, Fry & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 22 x72 feet, located at 33 Exchange street, where they employ 150 to 200 hands for the manufacture of gents', ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1863. They now turn out 65 cases of boots and shoes per week. Their machinery, consisting of 2 McKay machines and 16 stitching machines, is driven by a 60 horse power engine in building adjacent. E. C. Wells occupies lower floor of a three story wooden building 20x50 ft., located at No. 1 Breed's block. Exchange street, where he employs 50 hands, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The business was commenced in 1868 ; and turns out 1,000 pairs of boots and shoes per week, and does a business of $50,000 per an- num. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 301 Charles D. Pfxker ocmpies a 5 story bric-k building "ilx 60 feet, located at 38 Union street, wliere lie employs 250 bands lor the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes, of which he turns out 1,800 cases per year. The busi- ness was commenced in 1863. The machinery, consisting of 1 of McKay's machines and 15 stitching machines, is driven by an engine of 40 horse power in building adjacent ; does a business of $200,000 per annum. Thomas Stacy & Co., occupy two wooden buildings, each three stories, 35x65 feet, located at 31 Excliange street, where llicy employ 140 handsfor the manufacture of ladies', gents' and boys' carpet and opera slippers, all kinds of lea- ther and plush slipjiers ; also, gents' congress gaiters. The business was commenced in 1838, by Mr. Stacy ; the pres- ent firm commencing in 1864 ; their machinery consisting of three McKay machines and twenty stitching machines, made by diflerent parties, are driven by an engine of 60 horse l)ower in a building adjacent. Tliis firm do a business of §200,000 per annum. E. M. Farsswokth occupies three floors of a four story brick building. 60x30 feet, located at 25 Exchange street, where he employs 50 hands for the manufacture of leather lioard and straw board. The business was commenced in 1K55. Machinery is driven by an engine of 60 hor.se pow- vv in building adjacent. Mr. F. does a business of 825,000 per year. Jerome Ingalls, occupies a three and a half story brick building 50x65 feet, located at -23 Exchange street, where he employs 700 t, 7 miles from Lynn \ village on the Saugus Eastern Railroad. PARBI.EHEAD. The town of Marblehead. which was formerly a part of Lynn, is situated on Massachusetts Bay, at the terminus of the Marblehead branch of the Eastern Railroad, 14 miles N. E. from Boston by the turnpike road and 20 by the railroad. It covers an area of 3,600 acres ; was founded in 1628, and was incorporated a town in 1649. The present population is about 8,000 ; the number of voters is about 1,600. There are 8 churches, viz.: 2 Congregational, 1 P.piscopal, 1 Unitarian. 1 Uuiversalist, 1 Baptist, 1 Method- ist and 1 Catholic; 18 schools, as follows: 1 High, 1 Male Grammar, 2 Female Grammar, 3 Intermediate, 10 Primary and 1 Farm School ; the number of children attending school is 1 ,200. There are also 2 banks ; the |Marblehead National Bank and the Grand National Bank. Previous to the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, Marblehead was the second town in New England in wealth, population and commercial enterprise. At the first call of the Colonial congress, this town sent to the field a complete regiment, officered and equipped for service. It was this regiment, under Brigadier Gen. John Glover, a native of Marblehead, that undertook and succeeded in safely conduct- ing the army of Washington across the Delaware river on the night of the 25th of December, 1776. This regiment was peculiarly adapted to this work, being composed princi- pally of sailors and fishermen. For their gallant services on that memorable night they had the honor of leading the ad- vance on Trenton, and added much to the glory of the Amer- ican forces by capturing there a thousand Hessians. At the dose of the war the survivors and citizens found themselves with a ruined commerce and over 500 widows and 1,000 fatherless children. But this did not dishearten them, for when war was again declared against Great Britain in 1812, another thousand men was sent forth to vindicate their country's honor, and when the strife was over, more than 500 men, natives of this town, were found captives in Dart- moor prison alone. Still later, when the Great Rebellion broke out, this loyal little towm maintained its patriotic rec- ord, being the first to respond to Governor Andrew's call for volunteers. Marblehead is also noted as the birth place of Elbridge Gerry, one of the Signers of the Declaration of In- dependence, Vice President of the United States, Minister to France, &c. Also, of Judge Story, formerly of the United States Supreme Court. The principal business of the place is fiehing and the manufacture of boots and shoes. MANUFACTURERS. Samuel SiifRHAWK occupies a three story wooden build- ing 40x40 feet, located at No. 84 Washington street, for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1838 ; employ about 125 hands, turnout about 175,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of 8100,000. Hexrv a. Martfn occupies one floor of a 2 story wooden building 30x50 feet, lacated at No. 83 Washington street, for the manufacture of misses' and children's fine boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1866 ; employs 30 hands and turns out about 300 cases per year, worth about 20,000 dollars. S. H. Cole occupies a two story wooden building 18x24 feet, located on Waldrbn street, for the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes. Employs 36 hands. Commenced business in 1867. R. F. Graves occupies one floor of a two story wooden building 14x29 feet, located on South street, for the manu- facture of children's shoes. Employs from 30 to 40 hands, and turns out about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about 845,000. Commenced business in 1867. S. H. Graves occupies one floor of a two story wooden building 14x29 feet, located on South street, for the manu- facture of children's shoes. Employs from 30 to 40 hands, and turns about 60,000 pairs per year, worth about 845,000. Commenced business in 1865. T. B. Lefavour occupies 1 floor of a 3 story brick build- ing 20x38 feet, located No. 5 Hooper street, where he em- ploys about 40 hands, turns out about 800 pairs per week and does business to the amount of about 814,000 per year. Business established in 1853. H. A. Lefavouk, manufacturer of children's shoes, com- menced business in 1857. He occupies a 2 story wooden building 26x40 feet, with an ell 15x20 feet, located on Pleasant street. Employs about 60 hands, turns out about 2,000 pairs per week and does business to the amount of about 840,000 per year. RuFDS LEFAVotJR occupics a 4 story wooden building 30x 50 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manufacture of children's shoes. He employs about 200 hands, turns out about 300,000 pairs per year, worth about 8150,000. Com- menced business in 1855. J. Lefavour occupies a 2^ story wooden building 16x20 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manufacture of chil- 304 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. dreu's shoes of which he turns out about 1,500 pairs per week ; giviug employment to about 30 hands and doing busi- ness to the amount of about $30,000 per year. Business established in ISSS. Philip Lekavour occupies a 3 story wooden building 20x18 feet, located No. 17 Sewell street for the manufac- ture of children's shoes. He commenced business in 184.S ; gives employment to 30 hands, turning out about 1,000 pairs per week, and does a business amounting to about 824,000 per year. John Quixer, Jr. occupies 1 floor of a 2 story wooden building 19x4.i feet, located No. 2 South street for the man- ufacture of children's shoes ; commenced business in 1862 ; employs 30 hands, turns out about 40,000 pairs per year, worth about S15,000. \{. C. Lefavour commenced the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes in the year 1853. He occupies a 2 story wooden building on Spring street, and gives employment to about 50 hands. Davis & Tucker occupy a 3 story wooden building 40x40 feet and a 2 story wooden building 16x32 feet > lo- cated No. 32 State street for the manufacture of ciiildren's shoes. They commenced business in 1867 ; employ 100 hands, turn out about 2,500 pairs per week, and do busi- ness amounting to about §50,000 per year. F. W. & I. W. Monroe occupy half of a 3 story wooden building 36x48 feet ; located on Pleasant street for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1865 ; employing about 200 hands, and turning out about 100,000 pairs per year. M. J. DoAK & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 20x36 feet ; located on Pleasant street for the manufacture of children's shoes ; commenced business in 1865 ; employ 100 hands, and turn out about §80,000 per year. A. W. Bryek occupies a 2 story wooden building 25x60 feet ; located No. 146 Washington street for the manufacture of ciiildren's shoes, of which he turns out about S40,000 worth per year. Commenced business in 1865. JoN.\THAN Brown occupies a 3 story wooden building 40 x60 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manufacture of children's shoes. Employs 140 hands. Commenced busi- ness in 1843. T. H. Armstrong occupies half of a 4 story wooden building 40x41) feet, located on Pleasant street, for the man- ufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes. Em- ploys 100 hands and turns out about 150,000 pairs per year, worth about 8100,000. Business established in 1864. These goods are manufactured for, and sold by C. A. Terry, No. 69 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. T. L. Bassett occupies a 3 story wooden building 26x40 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the manufacture of chil- dren's boots. He commenced business in 1868. Employs 50 hands, turns out about 1 ,000 pairs per week and does business to the amount of about §60,000 per year. M. II. Reynolds occupies a 3 story wooden building 16x 28 feet, with an L 12x20 feet, located No. 128 Pleasant street, for the manufacture of children's machine and hand made shoes. He commenced business in 1844 ; employs 20 hands, turns out from 500 to 600 pairs per week and does business amounting to about §16,000 per year. Wm. Stevens occupies a 2 story wooden building 25x40 feet, located on Sewell street, for the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes ; employs 50 hands and does business to the amount of about §30,000 per year ; commenced business ness in 1863. John Ware commenced the manufacture of children's shoes in 1865. He occupies a three story wooden building. 28x35 feet, located on Sewell street. Commenced business in 1865 ; employs about 75 hands, turns out about 1,800 pairs per week, and does business to the amount of about §60,000 per year. Okne & Merritt occupy a three story wooden building, 22x45 feet, with an ell 18x25 feet, located at No. 33 Pleas- ant street, for the manufacture of ciiildren's fine shoes. They commenced business in 1863. Employ 60 hands, turn out about 75,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to about §60,000. Thomas L. Spinney occupies one floor of a 2 story wood- en building 20x100 feet, located corner Washington and Sum- mer streets, for the manufacture of children's shoes. Com- menced business in 1868 ; employs 20 hands and turns out about 150,000 pairs per year, worth about §60,000. £•. V. Bartlett & Co. occupy half of a four story wooden building 40x40 feet, located on Pleasant street, for the man- ufacture of children's shoes, for the New England and West- ern trade. They employ about 50 hands and turn out about 100,000 per year, worth about §50,000. Business establish- ed in 1855. Thomas Proctor occupies a two story wooden building 16x30 feet, located on Sewell street, for the manufacture of children's shoes. Commenced business in 1865. Employs 50 hands, and turns out about 500 cases of shoes per year. John C. Peach occupies a 1 story wooden building 18x 30 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes, of which he turns out about §9,000 worth per year, giviug employment to about 20 hands. The business was commenced in 1859. C. Prentice, 3d, occupie-; a 2 story wooden building 18 .\30 feet, located on Franklin street, for the manufacture of children's shoes. He commenced business in 1867 ; employs 30 hands, and turns out about 25,000 pairs per year, worth about §15,000. Litchman & Bartlett occupy a 2 story wooden building 24x28 feet, located on Front street, for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1859 ; emplov 100 hands, and turn out about 75,000 pairs per year, worth about §30,000. George Warren occupies a 3 story wooden building 22x 24 feet, located on Lee street, for the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes. He employs 50 hands, turns out about 1,000 pairs per week, and does business amounting to about §50,- 000 per year. Commenced business in 1862. HiMPHRY Bros, occupy a 3 story wooden building 40x60 feet, located on Front street for the manufacture of misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1868 ; employ 100 hands, turns out 2,500 pairs per week and do business amounting to about §50,000 per year. Samiel E. Crowell occupies a 1 story wooden building, located on Front street for the manufacture of children's shoes. He commenced business in 1868 and employs about 20 hands. William H. Snow commenced the manufacture of ciiil- dren's shoes in 1867. He occupies half of a 2 story wood- en building 30x45 feet, located on Washington street ; em- ploys from 25 to 35 hands ; turns out about 1800 per week, and does business amounting to about §40,000 per year. O. W. Roberts, manufacturer of wood and paper boxes ; commenced business in 1867. The buildings occupied by him are a 2 story wooden building 40x60 feet with an ell 20x50 feet, used for the manufacture of wooden boxes and a 2 story wooden building 20x77 feet, used for the manufac- ture of paper boxes. He employs 16 hands, and consumes about 900,000 square feet of pine lumber and 50 tons of straw board per year. The machinery used in this business Webb's N. E. Railway a)id Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 305 is run by an engine of 20 horse power with a flue boiler of 25 horse power. The well known manufacturing firm of Messrs. Joseph Harris & Soss have a new factory on Elm street, in this town, which it is no exaggeration to say is not surpassed, and probably not equalled, for combination of capacity, con- venience, elegance, thoroughness of finish and equipment, by any other similar establishment in New England. A build- ing of this kind, taken in connection with the amount of business done within, and which goes forth from its walls, the number of people employed, and the great success which has attended its proprietors, — is I'eally part of the history of the town, and as such merits more than a passing notice. Messrs. Joseph Harris & Sons commenced the business of making shoes upon the bench, at the homestead oa Harris court, Marblehead. They started in business on Pleasant street twenty years ago, working their own stock, and pur- suing their calling with fidelity and industry. They contin- ued in business on this street up to the 5th of February, 1867, when their establishment, with several other buildings, including the Baptist church, was destroyed by fire. Within the past few years their business had rapidly increased, and tlieir trade was greatly extended, which is chiefly attributa- ble to the good standing of the firm and the thorough work- manship of its goods. On being driven from Pleasant street, the Messrs. Harris removed to what is known as the Shaw- mul building, near the depot, and continued their business, though of course at a great disadvantage after the loss and business derangement to which the fire had subjected them. The shoes made by them consist of ladies', misses' and children's fine sewed goods, and, at the new factory, pegged work has been added. These goods are sold in every .State in the Union ; and they export large quantities to foreign ports. We suppose it is no exaggeration to say that, at the time of the fire, the arrangements of the firm would have admits ted of doing a business of half a million dollars an- nually ; and, indeed, in the year previous, the amount probably would not come far from four-fifths of this sum. As may be supposed, a firm whose energy and success had attained this point, would not be likely to re- main idle long, and, in casting about for a location, pitched upon Elm street, as a place combining the requisite facili- ties for a first class manufactory. There were rumors that the firm would establish their immense concern elsewhere, — possibly in Salem, — and it is not improbable that induce- ments may have been suggested that caused them to weigh the reasons for and against a change. But, while any city or town would gladly have welcomed the addition of an honorable firm doing so extensive a business, we think the Messrs. Harris made no mistake in adhering to the good old town which was the home of their boyhood and the place of their business success, and which must be endeared to them by its patriotic record as well as from the pleasant re- membrances and associations of a lifetime. When they commenced business, twenty years ago, Mr. Joseph Harris and his song, John and George, (the latter now dead,) constituted the firm. Two other sons, Thomas and Richard, have been added to it, and these four consti- tute the firm of Joseph Harris & Sous ; and,* it may truth- fully be said that no firm stands higher in the shoe-trade. Mr. Harris, the father, is now about seventy-five years of age, and is still active and in good health ; and takes great interest in the business, the active part of which of course now falls upon his energetic sons, who have displayed excel- lent judgment and good taste in furnishing the leading ideas by which this model manufactory has been reared to orna- ment the town and contribute to its prosperity. The building is four stories high, and is of wood, of dark drab color, \vith basement of brick. The basement is en- tirely out of ground ; but owing to the character of the land, the rear is deeper than the front. All stock enters the basement through a western door- way and thence finds its way over the establishment. It is surrounded with no other buildings, and, standing out in bold relief, has the advantage of unobstructed light. Two long flights of steps lead to the two front entrances of the first story above the basement. The fourth story is of the French roof pattern, and the whole building is surmounted by a cupola upon which is a flag-stafl" where will float on all appropriate occasions, the American flag. As viewed by the passer by, the building appears to be a solid square block ; but it is really of the same dimensions as a building 150 feet long and 30 wide, drawn together so as to form three sides of a hollow square. The front is 90 feet long, and the two wings, wliich extend back at right angles, are each 60 feet in length ; so that if the build- ing were drawn out into a straight line, by swinging the two wings into the front line, the entire front length would be 210 feet. The height is 50 feet, aud the establishment con- tains 200 windows, 40 of which are on the front. The brick basement and the steep French roof covered with dark slate, affi)rd a pleasing contrast with the prevailing color, and add to the architectural symmetry of the structure. The exact cost of this establishment must exceed the sum of $30,000. The boiler house is a brick building with a tall chimney towering above the main building, and is situated within the enclosure formed by the front and two wings of the manu- factory. It is thus entirely obscured from public view. The boiler is a large one, sufficient to ruu a fifty horse engine, and was made by Mr. J. Haslam, of Salem. The size of the boiler house is 15 by 31 feet and the chimney is 70 feet high. The building is very thoroughly built in every part, inside and out, and is capable of employing full 500 workmen, which is only about one-quarter more than the firm employs on an average. The second story is finished throughout with chestnut wood and black walnut trimmings. The doors are all of chestnut also, but the balance of the finish is western ash, with pine for the upper story. The floors are all of hard pine. The health aud comfort of the operatives will be well cared for by the airy rooms and other conveni- ences. The entire basement stud is 12J feet; second story stud, llj feet; third story stud, lOJ feet, and 4th story stud, 11 feet. Each story is provided with a wa,shroom and water closet. Running from the basement to the upper story is an elevator, going to a height of 50 feet and con- necting with every story. Water and heating arrangements are excellent. As may readily bj imagined, the view from the upper story and top is a fine one. Though the older portion of the town is obscured by the buildings on the intervening hill, the newer part, towards the west, is spread out in full view, and dwellings, shoe manufactories, and meeting houses, nearly all of which have been erected within a quarter of a century, exhibit the gradual growth and thrift of the respectable old fishing village of Marblehead. The laud to the immediate west is for the most part unoccupied, but is included in the several farms here located, and will, no doubt, some day be brought into the market to supply the growing needs of the town. The distant view includes, upon the west, the heights of Dorchester, at the south the broad bay, with the long low line of the South Shore ; at the north and east passing glimpses of the ocean, with the extent of the North Shore and its dense woods, and the spires and factory chimney and towers of Salem. Where there is such a commanding prospect, the facilities for a thorough ventilation must of course be ample, and one may 39 30(5 Sttttiotui ill the State of Massac/iitsetts. almost euvy tlio comfort of working here with open windows during tlie ln>t summer days. (* m iRIII.K Id UOF. A c'ountrv sta- towi mv KIO.\, simated ID miles from Fair- linveii, uiui oO from Boston, on tlio Kairlmven IJninch of the Cape Cod Railroad. Tills village is situated about one mile from the depot, containing two chun-hes, and about 1,000 iidiabitauls. KI>"\VAY, '25\ miles from Boston, and r.*J miles from AVoonsocket, a village of about 1,000 inhabitants, containing 1 church, in , of the same name, on the AVoonsocket Division of the lioston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad. Med way was taken from Mcdlield in 1713, and is watered by the Charles river. C. P.\RTKIPGE & Co. This tirm are manufacturers of boots and shoes, and do a business ot' SI 50,000 per annum. ^XV\RI.BORO\ 315 JJU .';.. a.ui ^>i „om Fi.chbnrg. miles from Bos- A village and town on the liojion, Clinton and Fitchbnrg Railn>ad : the Marlboro' Kranch branches oiF here and joins the Bos- ton and Fitchbnrg Railroad at South Acton, distance 13 miles. This town was taken from three towns, which be- longed to three different counties, in 1803. The surface of the town is hilly and stony. Geokue W. Howk established business here in 1868. He occupies a building 23x-IO feet, for the nuinnfactuiv of ' men's, boys', youths', women's, misses' and children's bal- 1 morals. Employs 40 hands, produces 300 pairs per day, and I docs a business of §100,000 per annum. I T. A. CooorcE established business in 1857, for the man- j nfacture of women's, misses' and children's boots and shoes. He employs 100 hands, and manufactures 800 pairs of boots and shoes daily. He does a business of S250,000 yearly. H. O. RvssELL & Co. commenced business in the year 1862, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' thick boots and shoes. They occupy a building 12.1x30 feet, em- ploy 100 hands, and produce from 400 to 500 pairs daily. They do a business of from §150,000 to §200,000 yearly. " P ITTAPA^f, 6J mUes from Boston, itiul l>;>J tivm >imihbridge, a village on the Bo.s- toii. Hartford ».<; F'rie Railroad, and at the termi- nus of the Dorchester & Milton Branch Raihoad. Contains about 300 inhabitants and 3 churches. -j\) ATTAPOIStTT, situated 6 mUes -\| V \ """'" ^^'" l'<"*lti*rtl "i;d 55 from Boston, on the ^s y Fairhaveu Branch. The village contains about 2,000 inhabitants and 3 churches. The business is princi- pally in the tisheries. m !:i>Fll<:i^I>. 19^ miles from Boston, ami ITjj irom 'Wixinsocket, a village and town by the same name, situated on the Woousocket Di- vision of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railix>ad. . The village is IJ miles from the station on the Charles river on an elevated plain. CCKTIS & Ct>., manufacturers and dealers in foreign and domestic straw goods, commenced business in 1856. They employ fnmi 400 to 500 hands and do a business of $160^ 000 per anmmi. m KDFORD ^iTKPS, 4imUes from B.'stou, a station ou the Woburu Branch Rail- ^al| FliROSKis a beautiful and thriA-ing J| \\ p...-l \illage and township in Middlesex Coimty, 's^ >itu;iled on the Boston and Maine Railroad, "7 miles north of Boston. It has a population of about 3,100 : number of poles, 825 ; value of real estate, §1,608,- 974 ; value of pei>onal property, §365,042 ; rate of tax, §1.70 per §100 ; number of dwelling-houses. 586; number of acres of land taxed, 2. ".•21 : number of churches, 5 — 1 Orthodox Congregational, 1 Vniversalist, 1 Baptist, 1 Meth- odist, 1 Episcopal. A Vniversalist society worship in a hall. There are 10 schools — 1 high, 1 grammar, 2 intermediate, 3 primary, and 3 mixed. Average number of scholars attending, 575. The principal halls are the Lyceimi Hall, on Main street, and the Masonic Hall, on the corner of Main street and Wyoming avenue. The principal buildings are the Masonic Block and the new school house, re- cently eri'cted on Emerson street. It is of wood, 2 stories over basement, with a handsome French roof, making it nearly equal to 3 stories high. It cost tipwards of §30,000. There are many fine houses, residences of merchants and others doing business in Boston and vicinity. The principal manufacturing establishments are as fol- lows : Emeksok & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. This business was established more than 40 years ago by George Emerson. They occupy a large 3i story wooden building, located on Emerson street, employ 75 hands, turn out about 180,000 pairs per year, aud do business " to the amount of §200,000. Office and salesrooms, !Xos. 60 & 62 Pearl street, Boston. J. C. CuRKiEK & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's pegged boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1865. They occupy 2i stories of a four story wooden build- ing 30x60 feet, located on Emerson street. Employ from 40 to 50 hands, turn out 60,000 pairs per year, and do business amounting to §75,000. Their power is supplied by an en- gine of It) horse power, built by Gifford & Houghton, of Fall River, Mass., with a tubular boiler, built by John Jarvis, of Boston, Mass. Office and salesroom, No. 69 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. AvGCSTrs B.vRRETT occupies li floors of a four storj- wood- en building 30x60 feet, located on Emerson street, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' boots and shoes. Com- menced business in 1868. Employs about 40 hands. Office and salesroom, No. 75 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Small Bros. In 1863, C. W., J. M. and H. M. Small, commenced the manufacturing of furniture. In 1869, C. W. Small retired from the business, and the remaining brothers continued under the same name as before. They occupy a building 30x60 teet, three stories, with engine and dry house attached, 15x25, two stories. Their machinery is driven by a 15 horse power engine, furnished with steam from a nine inch cylinder boiler, made by John Davis. They employ 25 hands. They consume annually, about 25,000 feet of chest- nut, 30,000 feet walnut, 12 barrels glue, and about $15,000 in upholstery goods. Their works are situated on I^sex street, about one eighth of a mile below the depot, near the railroad. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 307 <^5i[HlYETCAI^F'S, 7 miles from South /■) y,y, Framingham, and 28 from Boston, a country sta- CC:^ tion on the Milford Branch of the Boston and Al- bany Railroad. 5jfk|ETHlK:\, 2 n ^j \-y, and 24 t'roin Manclies i •2 miles from Lawrence, ester, a villanre and town on the Manchester aud Lawrence Railroad. This town was taken t'roin Haverhill in 1725; the soil is very good, the village is pleasant and the scenery around it ro- mantic and beautiful. The Merriinac river flows on one side of it. Methces Woolev Mills, were incorporated in 1864 ; Josiah Bardwell, President. Charles H. Allen, Treasurer, C. B. Snyder, agent ; office 09 Franklin street, Boston. These mills are situated on what is termed the Spickett river, with a fall of 9 feet. The main building is of wood, .3 stories 110x50, one other building in connection with these works is of brick, 2 stories, 50 feet square with wing, brick, 2 stories 120x35. The power is furnished by an 80 horse power en- gine, manufactured by the '• Putnam Machine Co.," and 2 turbine water wheels, combined horse power of which is 85. They employ 175 hands; consume 450,000 lbs. of starch per year, and produce about 50,000 long and 100,000 square shawls per year. They run 48 looms, 10 sets of cards, 20 jacks aud 200 spindles, and manufacture the Alexander, Standard, double and twist, Island, Sapina, Metropolitan and various kinds of check and gents' shawls. Charles Lmgalls commenced the manufacture of wool hats in 1834. They have now 80 employees. Bowes, Emerson & Co. commeuced business in 1864 for the manufacture of soft wool hats. Occupy a building 40x | 72 with ells. Employ 100 hands. They have the facilities j for producing 100 dozen hats per day. S. D. Chase & Sox, manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's calf, buff, goat and grain boots and shoes. Their business was commenced in 1862 ; the name of the firm at that time Webster, Chase & Co. The partnership with Mr. Webster being afterwards dissolved, the present firm carried , on the business under the name of S. D. Chase & Son. ; Their goods are made chiefly for western trade. They occu- py a two story building 60x25 feet. They employ 10 hands and manufacture 30,000 pairs of shoes per year. They do a [ business of about 840,000 yearly. PIDI>L£BORO,' 34J miles from Boston on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. The Cape Cod Railroad joins the former rail- road here. The place coutaius 10 churches and one print- ing oflice, from which is issued a weekly paper entitled the Middleboro' Gazette. A \ ery flourishing academy is located here. MAN U FACTURERS. The Star Mills manufacture cassimeres. These works are situated on Nemasket river, and probably enjoys the finest water privilege in New Eiigland. They are built on the land formerly occupied by the first grist mill built in New England, and which was burnt during King Philip's war in 1640. Mr. L. Snow is President of Star Mills Co., Mr. George Braytou, Treasurer and T. L. Duidap resi- dent agent. This company has a. capital of 8180,000, and established here in 1864. Previous to this company's occu- pying these works, they were used by Messrs. Pierce & Wood for the manufacture of cotton goods and shovels. The power of Star Mills is furnished by 1 high pressure steam engine, manufactured in New Bedford, and is of 35 horse power. Tliey also use a French turbine water wheel, manufactured by Kilburn & Lincoln of Fall River, of 80 horse power. They use Crompton's patent looms, consume 450,000 lbs. of wool per year ; produce 8500,000 worth of goods annually. Middleboro' Bay State Straw Works, A. Alden & Co., manufacturers and dealers in straw goods. Mr. Albert Aldeu established business in 1858. In 1864 Mr. H. K. White associated himself with Mr. Alden, since which time the firm has been A. Alden & Co. They employ during the busy season 150 hands and about 800 families outside. This company are about building a fine machine shop opposite their factory. The building used as the factory is a fine 4 story wooden building with brick basement. This building covers a surface of 11,000 feet. This company consumes from 8150,000 to 8175,000 worth of stock per year, and their amount of sales for the same period amounts to from 8225,000 to 8300,000. Their salesroom is situated at No. 262 Canal st., New York. The second story of this building is used by them as a trimming shop, where they employ some 40 hands. This company are using machinery of the very best manufacture aud of the latest improvement aud produce goods that rank first in the market. They have built nine buildings used as dwelling houses by their employees. They are built of wood and 2 stories high, and are built in a manner best calculated to insure comfort to their inmates, and their architecture is of a very pretty and neat device. Wm. Siverick, manufacturer of harnesses and carriage trimmings. This manufactory is situated on Water street. Mr. S. established business in 1853. He oc?upies 1 build- ing, built of wood, 2 stories, dimensions 35x65 feet. 308 Stations in the State of Massachusetts: C. D. KiKGJiAN, luanufacturer of boots and shoes. Mr. Kinpuinn cstnblislied business here in 1840. About the year 1860 he associated himself with Messrs. Leonard & Bar- rows, under firm style of Leonard, Barrows & Co. In 1863 he withdrew from said firm, since which time he has con- tinued by himself. He employs about 40 hands, and occupies 1 building of wood with brick basement, 3 stories, 35x50 feet. Leonard & Bakkows, mantifacturers of boots and shoes, established in 1853 by Messrs. Perkins, Leonard & Bar- rows. In 1858 the firm was changed to Leoiiard, Barrows & Co., and live years later to Leonard & Barrows, which still continues. Messrs. L. & B. occupy 1 building, 4 sto- ries, built of wood. 35x47, with wing, 18x45, situated in Well's Block, Main street, opposite the hotel. They employ about 100 hands, and produce about 600 pairs boots and slioes per day. The power is furnished by a steam engine of 10 horse power, manufactured by Thomas Seavitt, Bos- ton. J. H. Haklow & Co., barrel, half barrel, and quarter barrel heads, uail kegs, boxes, &c., manufacturers. Mr. Harlow commenced business in 1862. In 1863 his building was destroyed by fire. He re-built immediately, however, and now produces wsrk of the finest quality and in large quantities. >L-. H. employs about 40 hands, and occupies 1 building of wood, 2 stories. The power is furnished by steam engine, manufactured by S. E. Chubbuck & Sous, Boston, Mass., of 100 horse power. J. B. LeBakon, manufacturer of stove, machinery and job castings, also window weights of all sizes. This busi- ness was established here by Tinkham & LeBarou in 1856. About the year 1863 this firm dissolved. Mr. LeBaron con- tiuuiug the business. Mr. LeBaron employs 7 men, and occupies 1 building 84x50," known as the Foundry, and one used for a ware house 30x20. Perkins & B.yrrows, Centre street, manufacturer of shoes. Mr. Perkins established busine.«s here under firm of Perkins, Leonard & Barrows. In 1859, this firm dis- solved, Mr. Perkins continuing with Mr. Leach, the firm style being, Perkins and Leach, until 1861, when Mr. Leach withdrew. Mr. Perkins continued the busiuess alone till 1866, when he formed a parluership with Mr. Barrows, un- der the firm of Perkins & Barrows. This firm employ 25 hands, and occupy 2 buildings, 2 stories, built of w«od. Brows «& Sherm.\n, manufacturer of cotton yams, spades and shovels. Messrs. B. & S.'s mills are situated at the foot of Water street, on the Xemasket river. They have the first privilege on this river with a reservoir of 7,000 acres, containing five large ponds. Cotton mill is built of wood, 3 stories and runs 3,300 spindles. This company consume in the manufacture of yarns, 6,000 lbs. of cotton per w^ek, and produces upwaixls of 250,000 lbs. of yarn per year. The power here is furnished by 6 water wheels, 3 turbine and 3 breast. The shovel works connected with this company were de- stroyed by fire, on the 9th of November, 1868. They are being rebuilt and will soon be in full operation. The di- mension of this building will be 120x40 ; 3 stories with hammer shop coimected 40x60. They have on their dam a saw mill aud box manufactory. The shovel works, when completed, will be capable of turning out from 50 to 100 shovels per day. This company also manufactures large qiumtities of lamp wicking and twist. Jensey & >L\rchant manufacturers of men's, woman's atid children's balmorals, oxford ties and brogans. This business was established by George Leonard, Jr., in 1842. Messrs. J. and M. succeeded Mr. Leonard, October 1, 1868. Thev occupy 1 building 2 stories 70x23, and employ about 30 liands. Messrs. 1*earce & Washburse, Centre street. Mr. Pearce established busiuess in January, 1867. In No- vember, 1868, Mr. Pearce formed partnership with Mr. Washburne under tha firm style of Pearce & Washburne. This firm occupies one building built of wood two stories 50x25, and nuuuifacture trunks of ditt'orciit styles. ll>B>l.l<:Fir:i^I>, m miles from _, _, ^ Albany, and lol lioni Boston, a village and town (i> .Ml \\w r...>t..n V.V .Ml.auy Railroad. The village is 2 miles from the depot and contains a population of 350 and 2 churches. This is an elevated township, watered by a branch of the Westfield river. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits. m lI>Dl^KSi:X, 27 miles from Boston, _, _^_, friMU Lowoli. A country station in the town (^> of t'liohu.^ford, on the Boston, Lowell aud Nashua Railroad. Pll>I>l.KTO.\. Avil] on the Lawrence Branch Railn Lawrence and 8 from Salem. illage and town road, 10 miles from The town has a population of 1,000, is on both sides of Ipswich river. The town was incorporated in 1728. E. P. AvERHiLL & Co. occupy a wooden building 24x30 feet, located on Main street, where they employ 30 hands, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' aud children's boots and shoes. The busiuess was commenced in 1848, where they turn out 1.000 pairs of boots aud shoes per month, and do a business of 820,000 per aunum. F. P. Merriam & Co. occupy a three story wooden build- ing 40x44 feet, with ell 40x30 feet, located on Main street, where they employ 175 to 200 hands for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's fine pegged boots and shoes. The business was established in 1840 by F, P. Merriam, and commenced under this firm name in 1847. This firm ruu from 50 to 60 stitching aud pegging machines, made by diflerent parties, and now turn out 3,000 cases of boots and shoes per year, (60 pairs per case,) and cousimie 2,700 sole leather per year. Does a business of §250,000 per annmu. AV. H. HcTCHiNSOX occupies a 2 story wooden building 35x40 feet, located on Main street, where he employs 50 to 75 hands for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and child- ren's boots and shoes. The business was established 1858, and now turns out 60,000 pairs of boots and shoes, aud con- sume 500 sides of sole leather per year. This firm have in use from 15 to 20 stitching machines, made by different par- ties, and does a business of from §60,000 to 870,000 per year. S. A. CrMMiKGS commenced the manufacture of shoe knives in 1855. He occupies a building 55x30 feet ; employs 3 hands. His machinery is driven by water power, and by an 8 horse power portable engine of McKay's make. Goods sold by Brooks & Young, 58 Pearl street, Boston. ^1:1 II^FORD, situated on Charles river, /■ill,!, 12 miles from Woonsocket, 28 from Providence, , C^^- / and 33J from Boston, on the Milford Branch. ' Milford is now connected by rail with PVovidence by way of | (Woonsocket division) Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, j two trains leaving Milford daily (Sundays excepted) con- ; necling at Bellingham Junction with cars from Boston. A Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 309 branch from the Boston and Albany Railroad also rnnshere from Framingham, this being the principal route for passen- gers for Boston. Milford is now a city of about 11,500 in- liabitants, contains 6 churches, 1 national bank, and 1 savings bank. MANUFACTl^RERS. Sawyer & Richardson commenced business on Central street in 18C2. The business, mauufacturiug of lasts, was established by Goodrich & Sawyer, in 1854. Their build- ing, which they hire from I. N. Davis & Co., is 72x48 feet, 2 stories and attic. Employ 11 hands, and turn out 28,000 pairs lasts per year. This is the only manufactory «f the kind in Milford. The lasts are all made by machinery (power hired with building) except shaving, which is done by hand. I. N. Davhs & Co. commenced the manufacturing of boot, shoe and straw goods boxes in 1865. The business was established in 1848 by Harris & Ballon. Messrs. D. & Co. occupy a 2 story frame building for their manufactory 60x40 feet engine and boiler house attached, of brick, llx 60 feet, 1 story, containing a 25 horse power engine, built by Souther, of South Boston ; a tubular boiler by McKay & Aldus. Employs 15 hand turns out 75,000 boxes per year, using from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 feet lumber.- R. C. HussEY commenced business on Central street in 1864 ; removed in 18G9 to Front street, where he now occu- pies a 2 story building 40 x 74, for the manufacturing of pa- tent cutting boards. He also builds stairs, &c. ; employs 8 hands, and uses about 12,000 feet lumber for a yearly pro- duction of cutting boards. His engine is 20 horse power, with tubular boiler. Lee Libby commenced business in the town of Mendouin 1867, removed to 227 Main street in 1868, where he now occupies a 4 story building 46x.33, for the manufacturing of heavy boots ; employs in the shop 25 hands, and turns out about 2,000 cases per year. E. Mann & Son commenced business at 229 Main street in 1867, for the manufacture of boots and slioes. The busi- ness was established by E. Mann in 1840. They occupy a 5 storj' building 172x40 ; employing 300 hands, turning out 10,000 cases boots and 5,000 dozen shoes per year. For running their stitching macliines, &c., they have a 15 horse power Bradley's engine, made by Rouse, Evans & Clark, Piqua, Ohio, and 2 tubular boilers, made by Allen & Eudi- cotf. Jarvis, Howe & Co., manufacturers of patent boot tree machiueAand crimping machines, commenced business 1860. They have lately removed into their new 3 story and French roof building 40x80, where they intend to cary on the business on a larger scale. Their foundry building is 50x50, 2 stories, of brick ; engine house 22x34, 1 story. The engine, of 30 horse power, was built by J. C. Page, and the tubular boiler by Kendall & Roberts. Employ 25 hands, using about 85,000 stock per year. S. P. Goodrich commenced business on Beach street in 1853, for the manufacture of all kinds of machines for mak- ing boots. In 1866 he removed to Central street, back of Jarvis, Howe & Co. into a 2 story building 40x20, employs 16 hands. His business is controled by the boot business, making it difficult to find his average production. The mo- tive power is furnished by a 15 horse turbine wheel and 12 horse portable engine, built by the Swamscot Machine Com- pany. B. Hatward commenced the boot business in 1840 ; his manufactory is situated at No. 79 Central street, 36x40, 3 stories, employs 25 hands, turns out 1 ,500 cases hand made boots per year. Geo. B. Blake & Co. commenced business in 1868. The business was established by Blake & Quiggle in 1865, for the manufacture of boots for the Southern, Western and New England trade. Their works are situated at No. 81 Central street, a 4 story building 35x50 ; they employ 75 hands and turn out 200 cases per month. The cost for their stock for 1867, was 871,725.55. A. C. Mayhew & Co. commenced the manufacture of boots in 1854. as successors of A. C. Mayhew, who estab- lished the business in 1835. Their factory is situated at No. 71 Central street, a building 80x35, five stories. Eniploy.s 125 hands, turning out 200 cases per week. The motive power is furnished by an 8 horse engine, made by Walworth, tubu- lar boiler made by Chubbuck, of Roxbury. The work on boots is all done by machine, except bottoming. Clement Colburn & Co. commenced business on Bow street, in 1858, for the manufacture of boots for the Western and New England trade, occupying a building 135x40, four stories ; employs 300 hands and turn out, about 800 eases per month. The motive power is furnished by an 8 horse engine by Campbell, Whittier & Co. Harrison boiler. J. W. LiTTi.EFiELD Commenced business in 1867, for the manufacture of boot and shoe kits ; his shop, situated on Central street, is on the first floor of building occupied by Sawyer & Richardson, room 36x37. Mr. L. employs 6 hands and turns out 15 dozen kits per week, using 4,000 feet lum- ber. The motive power is fumi.shed with the room. O. Thayer commenced business in 1838. Manufacturer of boots, occupying a 4 storj' building, 30x40 feet, situated at No. 75 Central street. He employs 25 hands, and turns out 300 cases boots per year. John P. Daniels commenced business in 1839 for the manufacturing of boots for the Western trade ; occupies a 3 story building, 40x42, on Central street, below the depot, with L, 36x28 feet, 2 stories. Employs 125 hands, and turns out about 4,000 cases hand made boots per year, stock costing about 860,000 for upper and 825,000 for sole leathers. Z. Thcrber commenced business on Pearl street in 1865 for the manufacturing of boots. He occupies a building 40x40 street, 4 stories with L, 20x20 feet, 2 stories, employs 70 hands, and uses about 870,000 stock per year, turning out 3,000 cases. H. O'Brien commenced business in 1828, and is the oldest boot manufacturer now in the business in this place. He first commenced in the eastern part of Milford in a 1 story building 12 feet square. His manufactory now is situated at No. 76 Central street, a 3 story building, 30x50 feet. Employs 30 hands, and turns out 700 cases boots per year. Alden & Harrington commenced the manufacture of boots in a three story building 32x48 feet, at 74 Central street, in 1850. They employ 50 hands turning out 45 cases boots per week. The work is all done by hand. Claflin & Thayer commenced business as successors of Aaron Claflin, (who established it in 1851,) in 1866, at 66 Central street, where they occupy a three story building 85x30 feet, built of wood, in the first story they have ma- chines for pegging and stitching ; the tipper stories are used by the bottomers. The finishing shop is situated at No. 72 Central street and is 70x30 feet, three stories of wood, be- tween these two buildings is a three story stone building 50x25 feet, on the first floor is their eight horse power en- gine with two tubular boilers, made by McGee, of AVoon- socket ; the second and third stories are used for crimping boots, they employ 200 hands and turn out about 18,000 cases per year. 310 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. C. B. Godfrey & Co., boot manufacturers, commenced business in 1867, at 52 Central street, occupying a four story building 40x60, employing 100 hands, turning out 1,300 cases per year. Their boots are made principally for the California trade, out of calf, kip and siiecp skins. CocHKANE & Thayer commenced business in 1868, at .50 Central street, in a five story building 125x45, for the manufacture of all kinds high grade boots and shoes^. They also have in the rear a building 80x40 feet, four stories, used for bottoming boots and shoes. Employ 125 hands, turning out 10,000 cases per year. The motive power is furnished by a 10 horse power engine, built by McKay & Aldus, with two tubular boilers. This company use about $35,000 worth of stock per year. HuPEDALE Machine Co. \Vm. F. Draper, Treasurer ; J. B. Bancroft, Superintendent ; and George Draper, Agent. Established by J. B. Bancroft. Tiiey occupy buildings 185 I x40 feet, 3 stories, 80x20 feet, 2 stories, and out buildings, I for the manufacture of machinery, &c. ; employ from 60 to 100 men, and doing a business of about $150,000 per annum. The works are run by a 48 inch Leffel wheel, under 8 tt. fall, located on Mill river. lu dry season they use a steam engine to help out. Their goods are all sold through Geo. Draper & Son. George Draper & Son occupy buildings as follows : 80 X 24 feet, 80 x 30 feet, 64 x 30 feet, 80 x 70 feet, besides out buildings, for the manufacture of leather beltings. Employ I from 60 to 75 men, doing a business of about $300,000 per j year. Their works are situated on the Mill river, the wa- I ters of which drives a 48 inch Warren wheel, under 8 feet head, whicii furnishes the impetus for the machinery. Only in a very dry season they are obliged to use their steam en- I gine. The above includes the works of the " Dutcher Tem- ple Co.," for whom they are the selling agents ; and the Hopedale Furnace Co., in which they are largely interested. Underwood, Sons & Fisher, manufacturers of boots, shoes and brogans for Califoraia and Western trade. This is the largest and oldest establishment of the kind in the city and ranks among the first in amount of its production, and quality of goods in New England. The business was estab- lished by O. Underwood, Esq., in a very small way, forty odd years ago, delivering his stock in Boston, and returning would take enough stock to make anotiier case. His mode of carrying his production to Boston, was to strap it in front of him to the saddle ; this way of delivering goods, would i to-day be a novel sight, but at that time was the common way. Mr. Underwood at that time was building the foun- dation to a business which has since proved so lucrative. They now have a large building 100 feet in length and 40 ft. in widtii, 6 stories high and basement, including a French roof which has double attics. This building is filled with machinery for stitching, pegging, &c. ; driven by power fur- nished from their steam engine, which is situated in the boil- er house 30x20 feet, one story. Steam pipes are laid in each room, for purpose of heating and to extinguish fires if re- quired. They employ from 100 to 500 hands, as the busi- ness happens to be, turning out from 75,000 to 100,000 pairs per annum. Office in Boston, 29 Pearl street. A. J. Sumner, manufactures on account for F. Jones & Co. Boston, men's, boys' and youths' thick boots. He occu- pies a building 3 stories high 30x28 feet, employs 48 men and produces 30,000 pairs yearly, valued at $62,000. :^H;.'JlI^K RO^V, IJ miles from Boston, a small station on the Woburn Branch Railroad. IL.L.BURY, 37 J mUes from Provi- dence, and 6 from Worcester, on the Providence and Worcester Railroad, a village in the town of Millbury, containing 5 churches and 1 bank. MANUFACTURERS. Millbury Cotton Mills. T. J. Harrington, Benjamin Flagg and George A. Flagg, proprietors. They commenced the manufacturing of print cloths in this mill in June, 1868, as successors to A. H. Waters & Co. The mill was built about the year 1844, and is 80x38 feet, 3 stories and base- ment, built of brick. A wooden building adjoining, con- nected by bridge, 34x70 feet, 3 stories ; a picker house at- tached, 24x38 feet, 2 stories, and beyond that an engine house built of brick, 30x38 feet, 2 stories. They run 6,000 spindles, 132 looms, consume 700 pounds of cotton, and produce 4,500 yards per day. They employ 75 persons. The mill is located on the Blackstone, and run by 2 wheels, 1 breast and 1 Leffel turbine wheel, the fall beiug 13 feet. Merriam & Simpson occupy a mill near the railroad, half a mile east of tiie depot, located on the Blackstone, commenc- ing here in 1863 as successors to D. F. Wood. The mill was built of brick about the year 1832. It is 100x50, five stories, with ell 50x40, two stories and basement ; an office and storehouse built of wood, and a brick dye-house 100x50, two stories, was built in 1865. This mill has five set of wool- en machinery, 36 looms, employs 80 persons, consumes 30,- 000 pounds of stock, and produces 26,000 yards of satinets per month. An Upham turbine wheel furnishes the power for the miH, the fall here being 16 feet. This is said to be the surest and best water privilege in the town, hav- ing the water of the Blackstone and its tributaries at this point. Riverlin Works, Buck Brothers, proprietors. They oc- cupy a building about one mile from the depot, for the man- ufacture of chisels. The building is 130x40, one story ; an addition was added in the winter of 1868-9. They com- menced here in 1853, occupying this building since 1864. They employ 19 persons. A turbine wheel furnishes power for the works, which is located on a tributary of the Black- stone. This company produce about 45 dozen of chisels per day, and are the second oldest concern of this kind in the United States ; D. R. Barton, of Rochester, N. Y., being the oldest. Atlanta Mills was incorporated in 1865. Asa H. Wa- ters, President ; Wm. H. Harrington, Agent ; .Jonas Heald, Treasurer. The mill is located on the Blackstone^ear the depot across the river. It is 100x30, 3 stories, wUh 2 L's, one 40x50, 2 stories, wood, the other 50x20, 1 story. They run 4 sets woolen machinery ; employ 90 persons, consume 18,000 lbs. of wool per mouth and producing 14,000 yards of fancy cassimeres. It is run by 2 wheels,— one breast wheel 18x12 and a 5 ft. turbme wheel, the fall here being 13 feet. Agents in New York, Kendall, Updike & Co., Frank- lin street. S. R. Parker employs 9 persons for the manufacture of carriages, occupying a 3 story wooden building in the centre of the village, manufacturing about 15 carriages per year. Millbury Machine Co., Flagg, Chapman & Humphreys, commenced the machine business here in 1866, occupying 1 floor in the " Old Armory," near the depot. Employ 7 men. John Martin runs a small foundry here, employing six men. Braymanville, a small manufacturing village, one mile from the depot, containing one church ; no post office is locat- ed here, the address being Millbury. The following manu- factories are located on Singletary river, the source of which Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 311 is Singletary pond, 1 mile distant from the Blackstone, of which this stream is a tributary. It will be observed there are seven establishments on this short stream with an aver- age fall of 21 feet : John Rhodes commenced the manufacture of white cot- ton warps hereabout 13 years since. He occupies a mill, 40x60, 3 stories and attic, built of stone many years ago. The mill has 2,000 spindles, employs 30 persons, consumes 450 pounds of cotton daily, and produces 30,000 yards of warps per week. A Swaine turbine 36 inch wheel furnishes the power for the mill, the fall being 19 feet. M. & S. Lapham commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres in 1865. They occupj^ a brick mill built in 1866. It is 182x52, mostly 4 stories, although a part has an attic which may be called 6 stories. The tower on one corner of the mill adds much to the appearance of it on the summit of which is a place designed for a clock, which has not yet been supplied. The mill is designed and has capacity for fifteen set of woolen machinery, five as yet only being sup- plied and in operation. In connection with which there are 18 broad and 6 narrow looms. They consume 800 lbs. of wool per day, and produce 4,000 yards per week ; em- ploying 95 persons. A 24x12 breast wheel supplies the power, assisted by a 60 horse power engine when needed. The fall here is 23 feet. Some persons call this the finest mill on the stream. Valkenburg & Harris, agents in New- York, 97 Franklin street. The Wheelek Cottok Mills was incorporated July, 1867, with a capital of 880,000. "Willard D. Wheeler, President, J. D. Wheeler, Treasurer, I. H. Kedding, Super- intendent. The main building is 100x46, 4 stories in front and 5 in the rear, built of brick with picker room, &c., at- tached 25x46, 1 story. The mill has 4,000 spindles, 84 looms ; employs 70 persons ; consumes 800 pounds of cot- ton per day, producing 3,000 yards of sheetings. A 30J inch Leffel turbine wheel supplies the power, the fall being 26 feet. This is the last mill on the stream, some 2 miles from the depot. This company arc successors to J. D. Wheeler & Son, the business being established by J. D. Wheeler, the Treasurer. MiLLBUKY Woolen Mill. Nelson Walling, proprietor. Commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres in 1853. The main building is 130x40 feet, 4 stories in front and 5 in the rear ; a wing, 45x40 feet, 2 stories in front and 3 in the rear, all built of brick. They run 6 sets of woolen ma- chinery, employ 110 persons, running 11 broad and 27 nar- row looms ; consume 4,000 pounds of wool per week, and produce 3,300 yards. A breast wheel supplies the power for the establishment, assisted by a 40 horse power Corliss en- gine when needed. James Brierlt commenced the manufacture of 64 square print cloths in 1864, as successor to Emerson & Co. The building is built of wood, 130x36 feet, 3 stories and attic. The mill contains 3,528 spindles and 100 looms, consumes 2,800 pounds of cotton per week, and produces 17,000 yards. A 20x12 breast wheel supplies the power, assisted, when needed, by a 50 horse power Todd & Ratferty engine. Employ 52 persons. Emerson & Brierly commenced the manufacture of print cloths in 1865, as successors to S. Smith. The mill is 80x- 40, 3 stories and 2 attics, built of brick, with wing 44x24 feet, 3 stories. They employ 50 persons, run 3,552 spindles, 100 looms, consume 500 pounds cotton, and produce 3,500 yards of cloth daily. A 21x13 feet breast wheel furnishes the power. The fall is 18 feet. Crane & Waters commenced the manufacture of knitted goods, knitting yarns, zephyr goods, socks, etc., as successors to Hosea Crane, one of the present firm, in 1856. The mill is 157x49 feet, 3 stories, with wing 100x26, 2 stories, built of wood, with dry house attached built of brick. The office and packing room is 90x30 feet, 2 stories, wood. They em- ploy 150 persons, and do a business of about $200,000 per annum. A 24x12 feet breast wheel furnishes the power, assisted, when needed, by a 25 horse power engine. The fall here is 22 feet. They run 11 sets of machinery and 7 knitting frames, of which they own the patent. Cordis Mills, B. B. Howard, Agent, manufacture ticks, stripes and denims. They occupy a mill 4 stories high, 180 x40 feet, and picker house 38 x 40 feet, 2 stories in height. They employ 125 hands, nmning 6,000 spindles and 1,211 looms, producing 275,000 yards yearly. The power is fur- nished by a 90 horse power engine when needed ; also, by 2 Swaine turbine wheels, each 4 feet in diameter, having a fall of 14 feet. The mills are situated on the Blackstone river, and were organized January 1, 1864. They make from 2 vards to 4 yards per pound, consuming 20 bales of cotton per week. J. S. & E. Wright & Co., Selling Agents, Bos- ton and New York. J. S. & E. Wright & Co., Proprietors. Armsbv & Morse, manufacturers and dealers in doors, sash, blinds, &c., commenced business in 1848. They oc- cupy a 3 story building 124x36 feet. They employ about 50 men, consuming 800,000 feet of lumber per year. The man- ufactorj' is located on the Blackstoue river, and has 8 feet fall of water. They have a 5 f\. Jonval wheel. Agents — D. D. Sweet & Co., Providence ; J. F. Bailey, Boston ; Bailey & Jenkins, Boston ; Cutter & Parker, Bos- ton ; S. P. Langmaid & Co., Boston. II.I.BI RY JllfrTIOIV, 39 miles from Boston and 5 tVom Worcester. A sta- tion on the Boston and Albany Railroad, and at the junction of the Millbury Branch with the former road. II^I^ER'S, 46i miles from Boston, 2\ miles from Taunton depot, on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. A flag station. ^l^II.I.ER'S FAI.I.S, formerly Grout's Corners, is on Miller's river, one mile from its mouth, in the town of Montague, at the Junction of the Vermont & INIassachusetts and New Lon- don Northern Railroads. The place was formerly known as Grout's Corners. It is 7 miles from Greenfield, 14 miles from Amherst, 20 miles from Brattleboro' and four miles from the proposed new city at Turner's Falls. Here the river passes out from the hills that environ it during most of its cour.se, and to the north, south and west, beau- tiful table lands, 100 feet above the level of the river, stretch out for miles, reaching into the vally of the Connecticut, and making a very eligible site for a large manufacturing town. The healthfulness of the place is unsurpassed. The soil is sand loam and well suited to market gardening. Five good roads from the adjoining towns converge at this point, making communication easy in all directions. The railroad communication is direct with New York by the N. L. N. R. R., and with Boston by Vt. & Mass. and Fitchburg Railroads. Nine passenger trains arrive and de- part daily, going north, south, east and west. Lumber at Miller's Falls is about three dollars per M cheaper than at Springfield and Holyoke, and wood sells for one-half the price in those towns. Very fine granite quar- ries are in the immediate vicinity. 312 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Miller's Falls Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of Barber & Amidou's patent bit braces, brad awls, file hand- les, &c. This company was incorporated in 1869 ; H. L. Pratt, president, and L. J. Gunn, treasurer. The business was established by Gunn & Amidon, in Greenfield, several weeks ago. Their works, situated about 4 miles north of Depot, on the Connecticut River Railroad, were burnt down in January last. This Company, having bought one of the best water privileges in the State, propose to erect the present summer large and convenient shops for their own busi- ness, the manufacture of hardware. They own 4 good privileges, the first situated about 100 rods above the depot, a power of 30 feet fall is obtained, the third power ot 16 feet fall they are improving for themselves. They build a dam 100 rods from the depot, and carry the water a short distance in a canal. The fourth power may be used a few rods below the third without a dam. When this establishment is completed they will employ a force of 100 or more, and do a business of $125,000 per year. IL.L. VIL.L.AGE. A smaU viUage, oae mile fromDedham, on the Mill Village branch. A ■' dummy" leaves Dedham for this place on the arrival of every train. P' It.l.VILvn occupy a two story wooden building covering about half an acre of ground, for the manufacture of pianos of every description ; also, occupying four floors 125x25, of a five story brick building, situated at No. 387 Washington street, Boston, used as an office and salesroom. The busines of this firm was commenced in 1843; have 30 employees, turn out 300 pianos per annum, and do business to the amount of $90,000. George F. Richardson & Co. Business established April 1st, 1868. They occupy a three story main building 60x30 feet, and three smaller ones, manufacture chestnut and pine chamber furniture, chestnut and black walnut extension ta- bles. Employ 20 hands, and do a business amounting to about $60,000 per annum. m OIVTEREV, 6i miles from Boston, (^£/ ^ Stoughton Branch Railroad. Monterey Paper Mill, established 1842. Buildings occupied consist of main building, engine and finding rooms, 30x55 feet ; machine room, 20x55 feet ; bleaching and stock room, 24x55 feet ; wheel house, S0xl8 feet. Manu- facture raanilla paper, employ 8 hands, and produce 175 tons per annum. Use two 300 lb. engines, and one 42 inch cylinder machine. The motive power is supplied by a water wheel under 22 feet fall. ^0]\r]nE]\T, a fishing village situa- ted on Monument river which flows into Buzzard's bay. The village, of about 200 inhabitants, is situated 55J miles from Boston, and 24 from Hyannis, on the Cape Cod Railroad. 'OF]\T AUBURIV, 5J mUes from Boston and 5i from Waltham, a station of about 200 inhabitants on the Watertown branch. [OrNT BO^VDOI]^, four miles from Boston and 66 from Southbridge, a village of about 200 inhabitants on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. C^i'llfYotJi^T TO]TI, 15 mUes from Spring- field and 2 from Northampton, a station on the Connecticut River Railroad, taking its name from a mountain in that vicinity, which is 12,000 feet above the river. From this mountain a view of a wonderful variety of landscape scenery can be had — probably unsurpassed in beauty by any in the New England States. QillLTYRICKS, 42 miles from Boston, 6 J from Fall River, on the Old Colony and Newport Rjiilroad. The New Bedford and Taunton Rail- road crosses here. I'YSTIC, seven miles from Boston, a small station on the Woburn Branch Railroad. John Bacon. The manufacturing of feltings Webb's N. E. RoiJway and Mamifacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 313 I MANUFACTURKKS ( )F CIDER YTNEGAR, ^OUTM I>r.4.TIOIi:, ^L. was established by Robert Bacon & Sous ia 1825, aad car- ried on many years by them, wlieu John Bacon succeeded to the business. The factory is a 3J story buildin;;, built of wood 35x80 feet with on;;ine room attached 20x35 feet, of brick fire proof, having dry rooms in the second story or floor ; two store houses 70 feet square. They employ only 10 hands at the works, a lar;je amount of work being done outside. When running on batting they have one machine which consumes 1 ,000 lbs. stock daily. The motive power is furnished from a 35 horse engine, built by Adams, of East Boston. The mill is thoroughly heated by steam from a tiibalar boiler, built by Cunningham, of Charlcstown. ^^^AlfTASKEr, about 20 miles from Boston, a country station on the South Shore Rail- road, in the town of Cohasset. Nautasket Beach is much resorteil to by the citizens of B )ston for sea bathing, &c. Qj^^.VTICK, 17 miles from Boston and 27 ^Ijl from Worcester, a village and town on the Boston (^^•y and Albany Rjiilroad. A branch leaves the main road here for Saxonville, 3 miles distant. This is a pleas- ant town of good soil, watered by the Charles river and several delightful ponds. The first Indian church in New England was formed here in 1660, under the advice and di- rection of Elliot. The town was incorporated in 1781, and has a population of G,000. MANUFACTURERS. Chdkchill & Pratt occupy the 1st floor of wooden build- ing 36x40 feet, for the manufacture of shoe blacking, dress- ings and varnish ; commenced business in April, 1868 ; em- ploy 3 hands ; do a busiuess of $8,000 per year ; manufac- ture about 500 gallons per week. F. Hanchett & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden 'building 40x45 feet, located on North Main street, commenced busi- uess in 1863 for the manufacture of boots and brogans, em- ploy 75 hands, turn out 150 cases boots and 2,000 pairs brogans per week ; do a business of $200,000 per annum. Howard & Wheeler occupy a two story wooden build- ing 40x50 feet, located on Cochituate street, as a planing mill, and for the manufacture of boxes ; commenced busi- ness in Oct. 1865 ; employ 12 hands, turn out 4,000 boxes per month ; run a 25 horse power engine with flue boilers ; do a business of about 820,000 per annum. Their machin- ery consists of 7 circular saws, 2 maching machines and a variety of other smaller machinery. Damon, Thomas & Lewis, Nos. 36 and 38 Summer st. Established in 1852 by C. B. Travis. Occupy one building, 5 stories, 40x45 ; employ from 125 to 150 hands, manufac- ture men's, boys' and youths' kip and split boots, balmorals and brogans. Quantity produced daily, from 600 to 1,000 pairs. Amount of business done, from $225,000 to $250,- 000 per year ; consume about 15,000 sides .sole leather, 25,- 000 sides of wax, kip and grain leather, 1,200,000 lbs. of splits. Their boiler was built by Thomas Cunningham, of Charlestown, Mass., capacity 24 horse. Their engine, by the Lowell- Arms Works, — patent double cylinder, — and is 12 horse power. Store in Boston, 57 Hanover street. Calvin H. Perrv occupies a 3 story wooden building, 26x40 feet, located on Pond street, for the manufacture of brogans and women's lace boots. Commenced business in 1842, employs 60 hands, and turns out 1,200 pairs of shoes per week, doing a business of $60,000 per annum. Store 78 Pearl street. Boston. G. P. & B. W. Fay occupy a 2 story wooden building, 52x140 feel, with 2 L's, 20x30 feet each, located on Rail- road avenue, for the manufacture of wool hats of every style and quality for men's wear. Commenced busiuess in 1861, employ 150 hands, turn out 6,000 cases of hats per year, run an 80 horse power engine, built by the Putnam Machine Company," with 3 boilers, 42 horse power each, built by John Lally, South Boston, and do a business of from $250 to 300,000 per annum. J. O. Wilson occupies a 3 story wooden building, 30x65 feet, for the manutacturing of shoes. Commenced business in 1845, employs 80 hands, and cuts up 14,000 sides of sole leather and 16,800 sides of upper leather per annum, and turns out 168,000 pairs shoes annually. D. C. Howe occupies a 2 story wooden building, 28x40 feet, for the manufacture of mens', boys' and youths' split and kip boots. He employs 20 hands. Court & F'avodr occupy a 2 story wooden building, 16x 30 feet, with 2 story L attached, 16x16, located on Common street, for the manufacture of hand-made boots and shoes. Commenced business in April, 1866, employs 20 hands, and turns out 1,000 cases boots and 250 cases shoes per an- num. Richard Hates occupies a 2 story wooden building, 20x 45 feet, with L, a 2 story wooden building, 20x25 feet, located on Summer street, for the manufacture of shoes. 40 3U Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Coninionccd business in 18-12, has Jo employees, and turns 60,000 pairs per nnniini. Dkxtkk "Washiukn oecupies a two story wooden buildiup 32.\,iO i'eet, and basement, located on South street, for the manutaeture of shoes. Commenced business in March, 18()8. Employs 12 hands, and turns out 300 eases per an- num. E. Walcott & Co. occupy one floor 75x75, and one of three buildiugrs in four story wooden building known as Wal- cott's Block, located on the corner of Main and Central sts., for the manufacture of shoes and bropaus. Commenced busi- ness in 1838 ; have 75 employees, and turn out 1,500 cases per annum. Ai.BEUT Meap occupies a two story wooden building 35x 40 feet, located on Plain street, for the manufacture of shoes. Commenced business in 1858 : employs 30 hands, and turns 15 cases of shoes per week. KrssELL S. Bext & Co. occupies 2 rooms containing 2,125 square ieet and basement, in a 2 story wooden build- ing, located on iSiimmer street, ibrthe mannlacturc of shoes. Commenced business September, 1866 ; employ 30 hands and turn out 1,000 cases per year. E. AVashbirx occupies a 2A story wooden building, 22 x 43 feet, with basement, located on Plain street, for the man- ufacture of shoes. Commenced business in 1832 ; employs 30 hands, and turns out 900 pairs per week. H. IIakwood & Sox occupy a 2 story wooden building 30 x50 feet, located on Walnut street, for the manufacture of base balls of every descriptiou. Commenced business 1858 ; employ 100 hands. J. F. Felcii & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 17 x45 feet, located at the uorihern part of Natick, near Co- chituate, for the manufacture of luen's, boys' and youths' kip aud wax brogans. Commenced business in 1864 ; em- ploy 35 hands, turn out 2,100 pairs per week and do busi- ness to the amount of §100,000 per annum. Pebbles. "Woodman & Co. occupy a three story wooden building with L attached. Main building 33x75 feet, L 25x40 feet, located on Spring street, near the Boston & Al- bany Railroad, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Bus'iness first established by Mr. Pebbles, in 1860. This firm has 130 employees, aud turn out 6,000 jiairs of shoes and 600 pairs of boots per week. C. E. Johnson & Co. occupy a four story wooden build- ing 35x80 feet for the manufacture of shoes; turn out 600 pairs of shoes per week. Consume 800 sides of leather per week. South Natick is located in this town, about 2 miles from the station of Natick, and contains two churches. The Uni- tarian church located here, was built about 200 years ago, on the spot where the apostle John Elliot used to preach to the Indians. Ihere is a monument erected here to his memory. He was born 1604 and died May 20, 1690. GouLDiNG & Parmenter occupy the first and second floor of a wooden building 44x68 feet, two miles from AVellesley station, on the Roston and Albany Railroad, for the manu- facture of champagne cider and cider vinegar. Commenced business in 1866 : employ 3 hands, run by a ten horsepower steam engine, made by the Salem Machine Co., one upright boiler, made by the same Co. Do a business of $6,000, E. H. Cl.uik occupies the second story of a two story wooden building 35x40 feet, for the manufacture of base balls. Commenced business May 1st, 1868. Employs 20 hands. Felchville is located here, near Natiek village. The manufacturers are as follows : C. H. Fklich occupies a 2 story wooden building 20 x 60 feet ; a store house 28x30 ieet, located on JCorth Muin street for the m.anufacture of shoes of everj' description, tiuns out 1.800 pairs per week; eonsimies 24 sides of leather per week, does a business of §80,000 per annum. Commenced business in 1860. Alonzo F. Travis occupies a 4 story wooden building 32 x45 Ieet, located on North Main street, for the manufacture of brogans, balmorals and plow shoes. Commenced business in 1852 ; employs 90 hands, turns out 3,000 pairs per week, does a business of $150,000 per annum. Waylanb, a village and town 3 or 4 miles from Natiek station. The name of this town was East Sudbury, from 1780 to 1835. The surface is pleasant, the soil is generally good. The Sudbury river lies on one side. O. T. LvoN & Co. occupy a 2 story wooden building 28x 32, for the nian\ifacture of brogans ; commenced business in 1860 ; employ 27 hands, turn out 1,000 pairs per week. Thomas Bryant occupies a 1 story wooden building 20x x30 feet, for the manufacture of boys' and youths' wax bro- gans ; commenced business in 1843 ; employs 20 hands and turns out 600 pairs per week. T. & H. C. Dean occupy a 3 story wooden building 25x 25 feet, for the manufacture of brogans ; commenced busi- ness in 1865 ; employ 40 hands and turn out 1,800 pairs per week. ^JJkKDHAHI, l-2i miles from Boston, '2;>^ from AVoonsocket and 41 from Providence, on the Woonsocket divisiou of the B. H. & E. R. R., a station and town by the same name. The town is nearly surrounded by the waters of Charles river. The village contains one church and 200 inhabitants. Needuam Hosiery Co., I. A. Hatch «& Co. proprietors, commenced the manufacture of knit goods, in 1865, in a four story building 40x80; miming 1 set cards, 2 jacks 50 looms ; has employed 70 hands, using 400 lbs. wool, and turning out 10 dozen gloves and 250 dozen stock- ings per day The motive power is derived from a two horse power engine, one flue boiler. John & Mark Lee, manufacturers of hosiery, com- menced the business in 1856. They occupy a three story building 30x70 feet. They employ 40 hands, aud produce 6,000 dozen of fancy hosiery yearly. They do a business of 830,000. I. Farw'Ell & Co. occupy a two story wooden building 30x80 feet, located at Needham Lower Falls, for the manu- facture of sewing silk of all kinds and colors. Commenced business in May. 1865. Employ 35 hands ; run 950 -spin- i dies, 2 doublers, 4 winders, 5 spiimers, 3 reelers, 1 stretcher, 6 spoolers, 3 cleaners, 1 matcher ; run a 1 2 horse power en- gine, also a 12 horse power water wheel, over .shot 20 feet, built bv Eaton & Moulton.* Dve house attached 30x40 feet. Otlico No. 1 Bu-.'v place, ofl' Arch street, Boston. Ma.ss. C^|J KPO^iSET, 5 miles from Boston on Jl'1 the C)1<1 Colony and Newport Railroad ; a branch CyV railroad to Mattapan leaves the Old Colony here. See Dorchester. Day & Collins occupy 2i acres of land, on which are buildings covering 22,000 square feet of room, located on Mansfield's Wliarf, for the manufacture of hydraulic cement pipe of all descriptions ; commenced business in Jan. 1867 ; employ from 40 to 50 hands and turn out 25,000 feet of pipe, varying in size from 3 to 24 inches. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 315 EW BEDFORD, 55 miles from Boston, 31 from Mansfield, and oOi from Provi- _ dence, via Mansfield, at the terminus of the New Bedford aad Taunton Railroad, aid on the west side of the Aeushnet river, emptying into B iz^ard's Bay. Tiie ^jro.ind on which tha city stands rises rapidly from the river, and affords an interesting view from Fairhaven. The harbor, though n'>t easy of access, is capacio is a'ld well secured from winds. A brid^J con'iec:i it with Fairhaven. A steam ferry boat runs at intervals hetweeii thj two places. New Bedford was incorporated in il'^l, previous to which it constituted a part of the town of D.irtm).ith. Ii 1812 the eastern part was set off as a separate tow.nhip. by the name of Fairhavea. IiorporateJ as a city in 1847. The City Hill,CistonH)uiiic-<-t'>;r>«>i- to S. Tlioniiiss & Co.) Manufacturer of Sperm, Whale and Biackfish Oils, Sperm and WHALE OIL SOAP, ©SjiSi AND REFINED SPERMACETI IN CAKES FOR DRUGGISTS' USE, Aiso Dealor in eTRAITS, BANK AND SHORE OIL AND PURE COD LIVER OIL FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Hastings & Co. commenced the manufacture of lard oil at Springfield in 1845. In 1849 they removed to Boston, where they engaged in the manufacture of sperm and whale oil. They removed here in 1854, the centre of oil manufac- tujing in the United States. They continue the business foot of Grinuell street. The main building is 200 x 70 feet, the works covering an area of 3 acres, witli a wharf projecting into the harbor 400 feet, with a froutage of 100 feet. They employ 20 persons, and have a capacity for producing 200 barrels of whale oil daily. Office in New York, 154 Front street. South Shokk Boot and Shoe Co., Washington corner Sears sts., was incorporated 1868, the business being estab- lished in 1865. Capital $.30,000. George F. Kingman, Presi- dent ; Edwin P. Taylor, Secretary, Treasurer and Agent. The building is 40x60 feet, 4 stories. They employ 10(3 persons and produce 40,000 pairs of women's and misses' boots and shoes per year. Hathaway & 'S;;^ ssfttei*. Cotton. Ir'^i'iiit, -A^ntl evei*^' vai'iet^' ol* I3a!«!l£et^s iissecl ity IVIanvifaotxirers!. (ESTABLISlir.n 1S50.^ L. B. Williams, P :deut. NORTHAMPTON, MASS. H. F. Williams, Treasurer. used for ornaments. Had he asked his wife Wenawee, she would have thrown away tlie thorn that pinned her blanket and stipulated for a number. The boded scarcity of wam- pum, (the gold lace and jewels of dusky dignity) weighed on his mind, and he would have a good round one hun- dred fathoms of the much coveted stufl. Doubtless, the glittering strings of beads warmed bis old heart as much as a diamond bracelet would the heart of the fairest belle in River Valley to-day. As we have gone through the articles enumerated in the purchase, and found no gowns mentioned for the women, we may certainly conclude that he saw the gingham looms, and the rolling up such piles of fabrics and the sewing silk works, spinning such an interminable thread, and that he concluded that that time was not the most advantageous time to buy in. The bears had the market unquestionably. For the same reason we conclude tliat he saw Clark's pa- per mill, just as it works to-day, turning out white talking paper, floating hither and thither, plenty as the snow flakes in one of his own winter storms, whispering the secrets of his much loved valley, in the ear of the great bay at Boston, and the ocean, and the river, the father of the waters. As for the Screw Company, he saw it at work, and the busy iron lingers holding each one while the threads were turned. But he had only learned as far as the adage, " hit the nail on the head," and did not know that it would apply equally as well to the new patent screw. The noisy trip-hammers of the Bay State Cutlery Works, he mistook for a new war dance, and thought there was pow- er in the clatter of the feet of the braves ; and he was sure that he could see the sparks, if not the smoke of the council tire. He came near the door and glanced up through the long forge shop and saw, to his amazement, not one fire, as the tribes were wont to have, but many fires, and .stranger still, each warrior sternly sat in a ponderous iron chair, swinging about his separate tire like a haunch of venison be- fore one of his own camp fires. That which he had thought was a new war dance, turned out to be, on a nearer view, huge monsters champing bits of red hot steel, which these strange warriors were constantly filling their mouths. He looked around, there was a long row of tliem, and so fierce and loud was their tireless champ- ing, that no Sachem's voice could be heard. Erery tiling had a weird strange look. The firelight fell on pale, silent faces. Not one of these braves were known to him. , Where was he? What tribe's camp was this? Was it the great Medicine man's pow-wow ? At last he began to fear that he had really died and gone to the huntiog grounds where bad warriors went, and that there might be a vacant tire for him. Would he hang there like a moose, roasting whole ? Was he a dead, or a live Indian, he would feel of his scalp, and see if that was all there. His scalp was surely all right, he must be alive, and in the camp of his enemies, the Mohegans, and these were the English captives in their camp. Ah ! that was it, and he would not be able to get all that wampum and those ten red coats. What could he do, so far from his tribe alone ; but he resolved that the ghosts of his fathers should never be ashamed of him. He would give a true war whoop and then run the gauntlet till he reached his own hills. His own voice awoke him. He had only just taken a wee drop of fire water, and it was all a dream or rather a vision that had passed before him in sleep, after having talked over with the worthy Commissioners, the preliminaries of the pur- chase. He found himself in his own lodge and his wife Wenawee with the roasted ground nuts ready for his morn- ing meal. To banish tropes and figures, the Bay State Hardware Co.'s AVorks manufacture the American table cutlery, which is stamped River Side Cutlery Co., at a cosy little village called Bay State on Mill river, two miles from Northampton, Mass. The main building is 200 feet long by 40 feet wide and two stories high. A wing 60x40 feet. which is also two stories in height. A second building of the same height and dimensions ; an office 32x24 feet and some smaller buildings. In these buildings, which really have a capacity for about 300 operatives, is an almost endless variety of complicated and powerful machinery, which is capable of turning out 4 or §500,000 worth of the best American cutlery in all the different varieties of finish, — pearl, ivory, bone, ebony and cocoa handles, comprising in all more than 200 sizes. Here men may be seen cutting and forging scores of tons of the very best steel into blades. Scores of tons of grindstones are whirling to sharpen and brighten them, and scores of emery wheels are buzzing to give a finish and polish. Cir- cular saws are cutting constantly tons of cocoa, ebony, ivory and bone into handles, to which numerous polishing wheels gives the desired finish to make their work compare favor- ably with any in the world. As the goods are finished, they are transported to Messrs. Sargent & Co., 70 Beekman street, New York, who are the sole agents for the Company. The works are under the care of E. G. Durant, Esq., as superintendent, and Isaac Stone, Esq., treasurer. Both are men of culture, active and energetic. Returning to Northampton, we find : — The Williams MANrFACTLRrxG Co. which was incorpora- ted 1867, capital 8.i0,000, for the manufacture of baskets of every description from oak, ash and rattan. The business was established in 18.50 by L. B. Williams, Esq. The Webb's iV. E. 'Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 3'25 CH^^Ii^LES H. IBTtET^STEilt, MAXUFACTURER OF SASH, BLIXDS, DOORS &WIXDOW FEA3IES, AND DEALER IN WINDOW CLASS. Particular attention paid to Ground and Cut. Enamelled. Embos>cd, Flock and Stained Glas?. Any pattern furnished to order. Pleasant Street, TVorthtampton, >i:ass. main building is 210 x 40 feet, 3 stories high with basement, another 80x100, and attached are engine room, 70 x 40 feet, storehouses, oks, and sole manufacturers of the patent self-closing pocket-books, also manufacture straps and T hinges, wrought butts, washers, &c. The busine.ss was established twenty-five years ago by Dennis Arms, Esq., in the town of Southfield, and after a number of removals has become permanently settled here, where they have recently erected an attractive 3 story brick building, 144x40 feet, to which are attached 2 wooden buildings used for various purposes. Tlie present company succeeded Mr. Arms during the year 1866, and are now producing goods to the amount of $200,000 per year, requiring the help of l.OO employees. An engine of 30 horse power, built by Thomas Rawson, of Cambridgeport, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler made by Kendall & Roberts, also of Cambridgeport, is used for driving their machinerj-. Bardweli & Hotchkiss, Chambers street, New York, are the selling agents. Greenville Manufacturing Co., established in 1846 for the manufacturing of sheetings land drills. .7. P. Williston, treasurer, A. L. Williston, secretarj'. Their works are sit- uated nearest the Florence depot, from which their goods are mostly shipped. They occupy a 4 story building, 120x 42 feet, employ 100 hands, and produce about 1,000,000 yards per year, 36 inch wide sheetings ; consume 32.5,000 pounds cotton. The mill is situated on the bank of the Mill river, the waters of which drive a 30J inch Leffel wheel under 27J feet head. Charles H. Brewster, manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds and window frames. Fie occupies the 2 upper stories of a 3 story building 60x60 feet, situated on Pleasant street, employs 13 hands, and runs 16 machines. The business was established about 20 years ago by Abells & Co. Caleb Loud & Son, paper manufacturers, occupy a two storj- building 24 X 52 feet, with an L 41x22. They run 3 Ray engines of about 200 lbs. capacity each, 1 cylinder ma- chine 54 inches wide, steam dryers. Steam boiler 25 horse power. Manufacture white tissue paper and tissue manilla ; employ 7 hands ; consume about 100 tons stock, and produce 60 tons paper per annum. Clement & Hawkes ilANUFACTUBiNG Co., established in 1866. Occupy a 5 story brick building 150x40 feet, and forge shop 120x40 feet, brick. Employ 100 hands, manu- facture socket and solid shank hoes, bog and planters' hoes, Barstow & Ingoldsby's patent picks, cast steel and mallea- ble rakes, &c. Their machinery is run by water wheels of 100 horse capacity, under 14 feet fall. Williston & Arms Manufacturing Co. manufacture all styles of tapes, bindings, webbings, &c., of fine and coarse, bleached and colored yams. The company was incorpora- ted in 1865, with a capital of $100,000. This factory is in a fine 2 story brick building near the railroad, llie building is 180x60 feet, having a 1 story L '• built of brick, about 50 x 30 feet. In addition there is a i wooden building used for waste 25x30 feet. 1 story. ' Number of looms in use 75 ; 3 spoolers and 2 quillers — , and requiring 65 employees. P>very week there is made and j finished about 3,000 dozen of tape, ranging in width from J inch to 1 inch, and all shades and colors. i An engine of 40 horse power, built by Woodruff & Beach, of Hartford, and 2 tubular boilers, made by Grimes & Elli- son, Springfield, furnish the necessarv- motive power. This company are introducing a new feature in reference to the manner of putting up roll tape. They use an invention which consists of a baud of any durable material that clasps around at least two layers of tape, which always keeps the different layers in place and allows the end to remain free, and may be unwound similar to a tape measure, thereby | avoiding the unrolling as in the ordinar}' roll tape. These j bauds are the exact width of tape, and are marked such a | number in 16ths as the tape measures in width. William H. Robertson, manufacturer of ginghams and poplins. Mr. Robertson commenced the present business in i the year 1868. during the spring, and manufacturing a nice article of ginghams and poplins, he has placed the North- ampton mills' productions where their excellence is well i known. The factory- is in the Star Factory's fine brick building, which is 150x40 feet, five stories ; employees, num- ber at present time, 37, and runs 40 looms, producing 8,000 i yards per week. Power is derived from water wheel in Star ! Factory. Mr. Robertson is constantly making additions to machinery, and is about to increase very much the present capacity. Horace Lamb, manufacturer of iron and tinned wire for brooms, brushes, pianos, and card, and fine tinned for weav- ing ; also, annealed and bright wire. lu 1850, Mr. Lamb commenced the above buisiness in North Hadley. remaining there for 13 years, then removing to Northampton in 1863, where he carried on the business six years. Ten drawing machines are used, requiring six employees, and using ten tons of iron per month. Two stories, each 30x60 feet, are used at the present time, but additions of about the same size as rooms now in use are soon to be built on the main build- ing. Northampton Pegging Machine Co. This is oue of the most novel machines for labor saving we have seen. It is a small hand machine for pegging all kinds of boots and shoes, and weighing but 17 lbs. It can be taken in the hand and held in place, while with one hand a crank is turned and a feed resembling that of a sewing machine, carries the ma- 3->6 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. chine along and all the time driving pegs equally fast as the large and cumbersome ppwer machine used for the last five years. A coil of thin wood is attached to the machine, and at the proper moment a peg is cut, the hole made, and the peg driven, so that it may be said, it makes its own pegs at the same time it drives them, requiring but one minute or less to peg one boot. This company was incorporated in March, 1868, having a capital of S100,000. The factory is in the building owned by Hoe Co., they using one story, 150 x40 feet, and employ 20 hands, and have capacity for turn- ing out 20 machines per day. Use water power, furnished by Hoe Company. H. Lamb & Co. manufacturers of covered wire of all de- scriptions. Amount of bounet wire made per day is about 50 gross. There are ten machines in use. The business was established in 1868 by the same company now having it. Occupy about 100 square feet in building used by Hor- ace Lamb, in the manufacture of various kinds of wire. One turbine wheel furnishes motive power. AVm. R. Clapp, machinist and founder. Mr. Clapp com- menced this business in 1848. There are two brick buildings, the first, being machine shop, which is 60x40 feet, two sto- ries, the second is about the same size, but only one story. Twenty employees are required here, who cast about 8 tons per month. There are in machine shop 10 machines, con- sisting of lathes, planing machines, drills, &c. A 25 horse power engine, built by Tuffts, Boston, and one flue boiler gives necessary power. Mr. C. manufactures circular saw mills, turbine wheels, also, steam engines, planing and match- ins machines. ^Vil ORTH A:\'I>0V1^R, 28 miles from Boston, a station and town on the Boston and Maine llailroad and at the Junction of the Lawrence Branch, has a population of 1,800 and 3 churches. N. Stephens & Sons occupy a four story brick mill 40x 140 feet, picker house 1 story 60x30 feet, where they em- ploy 60 hands for the manufacture of woolen flannels. The business was established m 1813, by Nathaniel Stphens the present firm in 1865, there machinery consisting of 6 sets of I cards, 13 jacks, 36 looms, is driven by an engine of 40 horse power with 2 tubular boilers built by Swamscot Ma- chine Co. of South Newmarket, X. H. This firm consume 250,000 lbs. of clean wool per year and turn out 1 ,500 yards of flannel per week ; do a business of §250,000 per annum ; also have a breast water wheel 18 feet diameter of 50 horse power. j The North Andover Mills, capital 8100,000, oecu- j py a three story brick building 150x50 feet, picker house 1 story 30x40 feet, dye and boiler house 50x25 feet, store house 70x40, located in North Andover on the Lawrence I Branch of the Eastern Railroad, where they employ 100 hands for the manufacture of woolen flannels. Incorporated in Jan. 1867. Their machinery consisting of 9 set of wool- en cards, 60 looms, 17 jacks, is driven by an engine 40 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitch- burg, Mass., with 2 tubular boilers built by same firm, also the machinery is driveu by a breast water wheel 24 feet in diameter and 18 feet wide. This company consume 1,000 lbs. of clean wool per day and turn out 25,000 yards of flannel per week, and do a business of $325,000 per annum. Among the oldest, most successful and extensive manu- facturers of woolen machinery in New England, is the firm of Davis & Furber, who commeuced the manufac- ture of the above in 1836, when the manufacturing interests of this country were in their infancy. Of the immense amount of business done and the proportions of their buildings, one can have a faint idea by perusing the following facts and figures. The buildings occupied are as follows, viz. : One four-story briek building, 260 x 50 feet, with an ell attached, 50 X 60 feet ; engine and boiler room, 30 x 50 feet, wood ; machine shop, 150 x 40 feet, four stories ; a factory, 50 x 100 feet, five stories, three of which are used for a machine shop, and the other two for the manufacture of card clothing ; a foimdry, 100 x 75 feet ; pattern house, 70 x 40 feet, and two blacksmith shops, 60 x 60 feet each. The above are located on Main street. Messrs. Davis & Furber employ from 400 to 600 hands, for the manufacture of wool machinery, card clothing, mill shafting, carding machines, with seven or nine patent roll rubber or tube condenser, card grinders, spinning jacks, pickers, dusters, reels, beamers, dressers, spoolers, broad and narrow common looms, drop box looms, and fancy looms, broad and narrow gigs, stocking yarn reels, skein spoolers, bobbin winders, double and single drum twisters, fulling mills, banding, binding machines, and castings of every description. All of the above machines are made with new and improved iron frames, or, if preferred, with wood frames. Their machinery, consisting of 125 card clothing machines, and other machinery in great variety, is driven by an engine of 75 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Mass., assisted by an engine of 30 horse power, built by Souther & Co., of South Boston. They also use two water wheels of 40 horse power each, with three tubular boilers, built by the Swanscot Machine Co., of South New- market, N. H., making in all a total of 185 horse power. They consume about 2J tons of wrought iron per day. be- sides other scrap iron, from 10 to 12 tons coal, 1,000,000 feet of lumber per year, and turn out five tons castings, and cut up from 50 to 75 sides of leather daily. ^ifl miles fr. (^^ Keene, TH ASHBLR]\HAI?I, 64 s from Boston, 14 from Fitchburg, and 28 from a small village in the town of Ashburnham, on the Cheshire Railroad. C3i^ORTH BEa^I.II%OHAM, 23| ^rl miles tVnni Boston and Nj from Woousocket, a coun- (3£y try station on the "VVoonsocket Division of the Bos- ton, Hartford & Erie Railroad. Rays' Woolen Co. occupy a mill here 90x50, 4 stories and attic, for the manufacture of satinets. They employ 75 persons, run 3 sets. A Swaine turbine 42 inch water wheel runs the mill, the fall being 12 feet, located on Charles river. The daily production is 700 yards. James P. & Joseph G. Ray, proprietors, their office being at Woonsocket. m ORTII REVERtY, 20 miles from Boston anil MX from Portland, a country station in the town of Beverly on the Eastern Railroad. ORTH RIEEERItA, 3:3J miles from Wilton and 1 7i trom Nashua, a country sta- (^f^ tiou in the town of'Billerica on the Boston, Na- shua & Lowell Railroad. Talbot Mills, C. P. Talbot & Co. proprietors. This firm run an 8 set mill, containing 3,200 spindles. 50 looms ; manufacturing all wool flannels, employ 100 hands, pro- ducing 3,000 yards, f and | goods, per week. The motive pofver is furnished from a Whitney wheel, built at Manchester, N. H., 60 horse power. The building is Webb's N. E. Railway a?id Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 327 DAYIS & FURBER, •y^ovlSi •Jnflorci'f clltisx.f (aaear I^ntrrruce,) MANLFACTlItliKS OF '^f^O'O^a ^lOHIHElY Card Clothing, Mill Shafting, Carding .nachhte, irllh ratcnt Seven or .Vine Itoll Huhhrr or Tube Condenser, Card 4;vint\ers. S\>\unin^ ,l;\iUs. %»\iUovs. Wuslfvs. %\oc\s. Uoamevs. Wressers, SpooXevs, nr«)»tl and '\arro\v rommon liOoms. l>vo\» Kox liOoms. and Fancy Ltooms, nroad and 'Xavvow "1 ■''•^=^ from Boston, a village and town on C^'*' the Bo^t.in, Clinton & Fitehburg Railroad, a pleas- ant farming country, good soil and watered by Assabet river. ^3/YORTHBRIOGE, a small manufac- 1^\, 'i""'"? village, in a town by the same name, 31 miles v^^^ from Providence and 12 from AVorcester, on the Providence and Worcester R. R., the only establishment here is fhe Rockdale Mills, owned by Paul Whitin, Charles E. Whitin, Agent ; office at Whitinsville. The mill is lo- cated a few rods from the Depot on the Blackstone River, 160x64 feet, 3 stories, buih of stone iu 1856, by P. Whitin & Sons, the present proprietors succeeding 1864. They run 10,000 spindles, 220 looms, employing 125 persons, consuming 8,000 pounds of cotton, and producing 25,000 yards of 40 inch fine cotton sheetings per week. The power is furnished by 3 Turbine Boj'den & Upham wheels, the fall here being 9 J feet. Riverdale, a flag station, of 14 houses, \^ miles east of Northbridge, has one mill, the Riverdale Mill, Paul Whitin, proprietor, Charles E. Whitin, Agent, office at WhitinsviUe. The mill is 38x260 feet, 2 stories, built of brick with stone basement. They run 5500 spindles, 120 looms, consume 4,500 pounds of cotton, and produce 16000 yards of 40 inch fine cotton sheetings per week, employing 62 persons. The mill is run by 1 Jonval and 1 Fall Riv- er wheel, the fall being 9J feet. This mill is located on the Blackstone, a few rods from the railroad ; was built in 1850, andremodled in 1866. About two miles west of the depot is A. & A. B. Keith & Co., manufacturers of men's boots. The building is 40x85, 3 stories, with an L ; em- ploy 200 persons, produce 300 pairs per day, and do a busi- ness of S350,000 per year. This firm have also a manu- factory at C'ampello, on the Old Colony and Newport Rail- road. ORTH BRIDGE WATER, 20 ....les from Boston, \~h miles from Newport, on the C^^ Old Colony & Newport Railroad, an enterprising and rapidly growing village, containing 6,000 inhabitants and 7 churches. The inhabitants are engaged mostly in the manufacture of boots and shoes. MANUFACTURERS. P. S. Leach commenced the manufacture of men's shoes in 1857. The building he occupies is 55x45, 4 stories ; em- ploys 75 hands, produces 3,000 cases and does a business of SI 20,000 yearly. Orr & Sears occupy 2 floors of a building 70 x 30, for the manufacture of men's shoes, commencing here in 1867. They employ 30 hands, produce 1,200 cases per year, and do a business amounting to 850,000. Snell & Atherton, manufacturers of shoe tools, occupy 2 floors 50x34, commencing here in 1854. They employ 20 persons, produce 1,400 dozen of heel shavers, and 600 dozen of welt trimmers, and do a business of 825,000 yearly. F. O. Howard commenced the manufacture of men's boots in 1850. He now occupies a building 28x38 feet, 3 stories. Employs 14 persons and produces 36 pairs of men's boots daily, doing a business of 830,000 per annum. Philip Reynolds employs two persons ; manufactures or- gans and melodeons ; doing a business amounting to 84,000 per year. L. B. White commenced the manufacture of men's boots and shoes in 1853. He occupies a building 24x45 feet, 2J stories, employs 20 persons, beside mauy outside, produc- ing 200 pairs per day, and doing a business of 860,000 per year. In 1836, Chandler Sprague commenced the manufacture of lasts and boot trees. He occupies one floor of building 53 x53, two stories and basement, making lasts and boot forms. He employs 12 persons, produces 50,000 lasts and forms, doing a business of 815,000 per year, with a capital invested of 810,000. E. S. Ssell & Co. occupy second floor of the above build- ing, for the manufacture of shoe tools and machinery. Em- ploy six persons, and do a business of 86,000 per year. J. W. Packard commenced the manufacture of sewing machine needles, in 1850. lie .Kcupic- one floor of the above building, besides space in other liuililinu's. Employs 25 per- sons, producing 600,000 needles, and doing a business of 818,000 yearly. S. V. Tuck occupies a small shop, manufacturing shoe knives. Employs 6 persons, and does a business amounting to 85,000 per annum. G. H. GuRNEV commenced the manufacturer of shoes for men's wear in 1862 ; occupies 4,000 square feet of space ; employs 75 persons ; produces 1 50 pairs per day and does a business amounting to 860,000 per year. Holmes & Soiithwick commenced here the manufacture of men's and boys' boots and shoes in 1867. The business was established by Mr. H. in 1848. They occupy two floors of a building 33x33 ; employ 25 persons ; produce 6 cases per day and do a business of 830,000 per annum. W. Webster occupies a forge shop 18x30, 1 storv% for the manufacture of shoe knives ; employs 7 men and produces 50 dozen per day. N. Chesmau & Co. occupy a building 32x60, 3 stories, wood, for the manufacture of men's shoes ; commencing here in 1865 ; employ 25 persons ; produce 1 ,200 cases per year and do a business of 850,000. Store 76 Pearl street, Boston. David Howard commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes some 35 years ago. He now occupies a building 30x24, 4 stories and one floor in adjoining building 24x30. He employs 20 persons, produces 60 pairs of boots per day, the business amounting to 875,000 per year. " C. L. Hathawat & Sons commenced the manufacture of leather dressing, blackmg, varnishes, &c., in 1868 ; the business was established in 1854 by the father. They employ 5 persons, and do a business of 835,000 per year. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 329 LEEDS, 3X^SS., Manufacturers of Patent Solid EfmMl WHEEL ^M® ©III mw©mmm. These wheels work equally well on Steel, Iron or Brass, and will not heat or glaze. The Oil Stones are superior iu cutting qualities to the best Arkansas Stone. Where Wheels are wanted for Brass or Bronze, it should be mentioned in the order. TESTI]\£0]VIALS. Ames MANtTFACruRiNG Co., Chicopee, Mass. " Ninety-nine Certificates of every hundred are humbugs, and we don't care to be the hundredth ; hence must decline giving one, as we constantly do of late. Your wheel does not require it, as it is itself a better recommendation than we can give it. We find them all right. Truly yours. GEORGE ARMES, Agent. Your Wheels are the best we have ever used.— MORSE TWIST DRILL CO., New Bedford, Mass. The Wheel you sent us is the best we ever used or saw. — H. N. FENNER & CO., Providence, R. I. "They (the Oil Stones) give entire satisfaction. — CHENEY BROS., Mancliestcr, Conn. Office of Flouesck Sewing Machine Co., Florence, Mass. Northampton Emery Wheel Co. — Gents : — Having used Marshall's Patent Emery Wheels, manufactured by your company, for the last eight months, we would say that they are superior to any Wheel we have ever used ; we find they cut faster and give us no trouble from glazing or heating. Yours truly, (See page 275.) J. W. HOXIE, Supt. Florence Sewing Machine Co. Darius Howard & Son occupy a building 29x60, 3 sto- ries, for the manufacture bf men's boots. Employ 14 per- sons, besides persons outside ; produce 700 cases per year, doing a business of $28,000. Porter & Packard commenced here in 186.5. They oc- cupy a building 24 x 36, 3 stories, for the manufacture of men's shoes. Employ 40 persons and turn out 250 pairs per day. Lewis Porter commenced the manufacture of men's boots in 1862. He employs 20 persons, and produces 48 pairs per day, doing a business of 850,000 per year. D. WuiTTEMoRE couducts the business of manufacturing blacking, varnish, &c., for leather. Employs 5 persons and produces 250 gallons of blacking daily. Wm. Richardson commenced the manufacture of men's shoes in 1865. He occupies 2 floors 28x33 ; employs 6 per- sons and produces 720 pairs per week. John Baxendale employs 10 persons, commencing here in 1859. He produces 48 pairs of men's shoes per day, oc- cupies 2 floors 32x36 each, and does abusiuess amounting to 616,000 per year. J. L. HoLLis occupies a building 28 x 32, 2 stories and basement, for the manufacture of men's shoes, commencing here in 1858. Employs 40 persons, produces 288 pairs per week, the business amounting to §130,000 per year. Mr. H. intends building a new manufactory soon. F. A. & H. B. Thayer occupy 2 buildings for the manu- facture of men's shoes, commencing here about 10 years ago. They employ 50 persons and produce 480 pairs per week. D. Eldred commenced the manufacture of mens' shoes in 1862. His shop is 28x50 feet, 3 stories, wood. Employs 50 persons, produces 200 pairs per day and does amounting to $100,000 per year. H. T. Marshall employs 15 persons, and produces 15 dozen youths' boots and shoes per week. C. R. Ford commenced the manufacture of men's shoes in 1855. In 1865 he built a new manufactory 32x60, four stories, connected with one 24 x 24, 3 stories. He employs 100 persons and produces 1,000 pairs per day, doiug a busi- ness of $300,000. A 15 horse power Gifford & Houghton engine supplies the power. French, Packard & Sons occupy a building 25x56, two stories, for the manufacture of men's boots ; employ 15 per- sons, and do a business of $30,000 per annum. D. S. & W. A. Howard occupy a building 85x25, 3 sto- ries, with L 82x18, 2 stories, for the manufacture of men's shoes, commencing here in 1865, as successors to D. S. Howard, who established the business in 1850. They em- ploy 100 persons, produce 650 pairs per day, doing a business amounting to $200,000 per annum. R. A. Stoddard commenced the manufacture of shoes in 1837. He employs 15 persons, producing 75 pairs per day, the business amounting to $25,000 per year. Charles Howard commenced the manufacture of sewing machine needles in 1867. He occupies a room 30 x 30 feet, in a 4 story building, employs 15 persons, produces 400,000 needles per year, doing a business of $12,000. Washburn Packard occupies a shop 20x24, 1 story, for the manufacture of men's shoes. He employs 3 persons and does a business amounting to $5,000 per year. Keith & Packard manufacture boot counters. They have recently moved into a larger building 44x30, 2J stories. They employ 5 persons, consume 40 sides of leather per day, producing 200 dozen of counters, doing a business of $50,- 000 per annum. A 5 horse power engine supplies the pow- 42 330 Stntians in the State of Massne/iHsetts. SILVER ^ QAY, Nortli riit'liiisford, Mass., ^^^^«; A^lO !»IA:%1 FAtri KFKS OF Machinists' Tools, Turbine >Yater Wheels, Carpet, Duck and Jute Looms. Also, Worsted machinery, A.1VX> TWI«TEll« AND WirVUXClHW . He employs 25 persons, produces 150 pair per day. and does a business of 840,000 per year. All of his goods are for the Southern trade. The increasing trade obliged him to enlarge his works which he is now doing. B. F. Wheeler, commenced the manufacture of tacks and nails in 1857. His works are located one mile west of the village. His main building is 50x20, two stories and basement, and an office, &c., 20x30, one story. He uses 9 machines, consuming 4i tons of iron per month, besides zinc and copper. A Ryder wheel supplies the power, the fall being 6,-j feet. His business amounts to §12,000 per year. R. C. Keith & Bros., Shoe Manufactory. — employ about 20 hands, and produce about 100 pairs daily, during the busy season. Have been in business some twenty-five years, and never failed. Elisha "VVashburx, manufacturer of liquid and heavy dressing blackings. He employs 3 persons in his establish- i meut. I Samuel Hevrod, manufacturer of Congress boots and Ox- ford ties, commenced business in 1860. He occupies two buildings, each 24x36 feet, and 2J stories high. He employs 60 hands, produces 75,000 pair yearly, and does a business of 8125,000 annually. The power is furnished by an eight horse power engine. 1 C^l ORTII C HKLII^FOKD. i9 miles 'Ij'l from Boston and 4 from Lowell. A village on the \^;^ Boston, Lowell and Nashua Railroad, and Stony Brook Railroad. The village is situated on the right bank of the Merriuiac river, but the motive power for the manu- factiu'ing establishments, is furnished from the Stony Brook, which flows through the upper part of the village, emptying its waters into the Merrimac river, near the depot. Xorth- Chelmsford contains 2 churches and 500 inhabitants. Silver & Gay machinists and machinery manufacturers, commenced business in 1859. The business was established in 1834 by Ira Gay. They occupy buildings leased of G. T. Sheldon, about one-eight mile from depot near the Stony Brook Road. Their building consists of machine shop 94x 44 feet, 3 stories and basement with L 94x38 feet, 2 stories and attic. The basement and two floors iu both buildings, are filled with heavy machinists' tools and the 3d floor of main building is used for wood work department, and in the attic of L for setting up machinery. Attached to the main building is a 2 story building 32x14 feet. Office on first floor and drafting and counting rooms on second. Smiths' shop 54x40 feet, 1 story pattern house 56x24 ft. 2 store houses, 1 story each, 20x35 and 20x30 feet, 2 lumber houses, acro.ssthe railroad, 40x50 f\. 1 story each. They employ 60 hands, building turbine water wheels and worsted machin- ery of all kinds. Probably the first worsted machinery built in this country, was built at this establishment. This firm built the first Boyden Turbine wheel, used by the Essex Co. of Lawrence. The last they built, was for the Merrimac Co. of Lowell. Their motive power is furnished from a 3 feet turbine wheel of 25 horse power. They have a 30 horse power engine, built by Cook, Rymes & Co. of Charlestown. This engine is furnished with steam from a flue boiler, built by Ashton of Lowell. This boiler also furnishes steam for heating the works. G. T. SnELUO.t commenced business in 1864, for the man- \ifacture of ladies' merino hose ; occupying a 2 story brick building, 116x76, with L 116x76, 1 story ; employing 100 hands; running 2,500 spindles, 27 circular looms, and 16 footers. cons\iming on an average 500 lbs. wool and cotton per day, producing 125 dozen pairs hose. The motive pow- er is furnished from a 30 inch turbine wheel under 24i feet head of 90 horse power. The mill is heated by steam from a flue boiler made by Allen & Endicott of Boston. Chelmsfori> Foundry Co.. manufacturers of iron cast- ings, occupy a foundry 120x60 feet. They employ from 100 to 125 hands and produce 4 tons of castings dailv and use water power. m: ORTII CHELSEA, 6 miles from iston, and 2 from Chelsea, a station and town on the Eastern Railroad. Has 2 churches, 1 Ortho- dox and 1 Unitarian. J. H. Phittie occupies a one story wooden building, 18x360 feet, located on School street, where he employs 7 hands, for the manufacture of spun yarn, marline, house lines, worm line, and hambro line. Commenced business in 1867, aud does a business of 860,000 per annum. D. & L. Slade. occupy a 2 story wooden mill 30x60 feet, for the manufacture of spices, cream tartar, and meal. They have 3 run of stone, power furnished by 4 water wheels, combined equal to 35 horse power. Also, occupy a 3 story brick building, located at Nos. 196 & 198 Broadway, Chel- sea, Mass., for the manufacture of yeast powders. Com- menced business in 1847 ; has 15 employees. Sales Room No. 21 India street, Boston, Mass. I? ORTH DAIVVERS, 19 miles from _ _ Boston and 21 from Newbur_\-port. a village in the C^^ town of Danvers. on the Newburyport Railroad. ^:iORTH I>10HTO>% 37f miles from m {^^ and Newport Railroad. (See also Dighton.) Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 331 B. A. Chace, manufacturer of spool cotton and 2, 3 and 4 ply yarns. Established in Dec. 1862, at which time Mr. C succeeded his father, Oliver Chace, Esq. of Fall River, who commenced this business about 3.5 years previous. The mill is built of wood 140x40, 3 stories with wing 100x40 ; power is furnished by 2 Fall River turbine water wheels and one steam enj^ine manufactured by Corliss Steam En- gine Co. of Providence, of 65 horse power. Mr. Chace in the manufacturing of yams, consumes 125,000 lbs. of cot- ton per annum producing 100,000 lbs. of yam per year. In the manufacturing of spool cotton he consumes 25,000 gross spools per auuum, producing 300,000 dozen of spool thread per year. This mill was built by a company in 1810, in 1812 they were incorporated as the Bristol Manufacturing Com- pany, who sold to James DeWolf. Esq., of Bristol, 1819. In 1822 Mr. DeWolf sold out to Mount Hope Manufacturing Co. This company sold the same to T. Shove & Co. in 1843 of whom the present owner purchased in December, 1862. All the companies occupying this mill previous to Mr. Chace, manufactured cotton cloth. Among other enterprising manufacturing concerns of New England is the Dighton Furnace Co., manufacturers of wrought iron, steam and gas pipe, and cooking, office and parlor stoves. Their manufactory employs about 140 hands. They com- menced business in the old foundry at North Dighton in the spring of 1857, employing about 12 hands, in the manufac- ture of stoves ; but such was the demand for their goods, that, at the end of 2 years, they were obliged to build a new foundry, to which additions have been made every year. In 1863, they added to their already extensive business a mill, with 2 furnaces, for the manufacture of wrought iron pipe for steam, water and gas ; in the manufacture of which, by new and improved machinsry aiid the employment of the best workmen, their aim has been to produce a quality of goods not to be excelled, and that their aim has been accom- plished, is attested by the fact of the constantly increasing demand for their goods, and the entire satisfaction expressed by all who use them. About 2,000 tons of plate iron, 1,000 tons of pig iron, and 1.500 tons of coal, are annually used by this company. The business of the company is managed in the most systematic and thorough manner, each of the partners, of whom there are four, having charge of a special department of the business, to which he gives his whole time and attention. Every man in their employ knows what his particular business is, and is expected to attend to it faitli- f'ully. The 10th of each month is pay day, when each man receives his month's wages. The monthly pay roll amounts to more than 86,000. The company have a store in Boston at 96 and 98 North street, through which a large portion of their business is done, and where a complete assortment of their goods can always be found. Mr. George F. Gavitt is the Treasurer of the company. L. LiNCOLH A Co., paper manufacturers ; business estab- lished in 1850. Manufacture common, tack and screw pa- per ; occupy 2 buildings — one 2J stories high, 40x60 ; one 3 stories high, 120x30. Employ about 25 hands. Power is furnished by a turbine water wheel 60 horse power, made by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co., of Fall River, and an engine built by the Foundry Machine Co., of Taunton, 60 horse power. Post Office address. North Dighton. James D. CoDDiifG & Co.'s Foundrt, established in 1865. This company occupy the buildings formerly occupied by the Dighton Furnace Company. The main building is of wood, 60x30, with wing 30 feet square ; 1 building, 2 stories, wood, moulding shop below and carpenter shop above, 24x26 feet. This company manufacture cook and ship stoves, cast iron sinks and hollow ware. Post Office address, North Dighton. ORTH EASTO:V, MASS., 22J miles from Boston, 45J from Newport, a village containing three churches and 2,000 population, lo- cated on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. This place, with small exceptions, may be said to be the creation of the one house, or more correctly, of one household during two generations. Here is manufactured, on a large scale, an in- strument indispensable to the progress of civilization — the American- shovel. The principle, if not the sole owners of the establishment that produces this article, need no special intro- duction to our readers they will be recognized as among the millionaires of the country the moment we name them. One is Hon. Oakes Ames, M. C. ; the other, his brother, Hon. Oliver Ames, President of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. In the last century, most of the shovels used in New England were of wood, iron shod. — a rough tool generally made by the farmers themselves, with a littls help from the neighbor- ing blacksmith. It is some eighty or more years ago that Mr. John Ames, of Bridgewater, Mass.. began to send to market something more serviceable and shapely. He used American iron. The bars were brought, say two at a time, from the neighboring forges, by his son, on horseback. The shearing, hammering. &c., were done at his own shop ; for the handle he was indebted to a cabinet maker. During the Revolutionary war, Mr. Ames turned his attention from the implement of peace to the weapon of war, and entered into a contract to furnish the government with guns. After the struggle for independence was over, he applied his ingenuity to the fabrication of knives and forks, and scythes, for which there was, at that time, a pressing call. It was about 1800 that the youngest son of John, Mr. Oliver Ames (who died but a few years ago. having lived to be nearly four score, vigorous and active almost to the last, the head of the concern of which he was the foimder,) re- commenced shovel making. In 1814, he established him- self at this place, having, however, several branches or trib- utary colonies, for carrying ou some of the subsidiary principles, in towns near by. In 1845, he took his two sons into partnership. How well they co-operated with, and how much they, with several of their sons as assistants, have ac- complished, will be seen by the following descriptions, facts and figures : — The main building, known as the " Long .Shop," is 525x35 feet, 2 stories with an L 240x45 feet, 2 stories, and an engine room 40x20 feet ; the whole substan- tially built of stone. The power for the " long shop" is furnished by an 120 horse power engine, made by Corliss Steam Engine Co. In another engine house is a 180 horse power engine, made by Corliss Steam Engine Co., which is the motive power for 14 trip hammers in a building 175x60 feet with L 110x35feet, all one story; besides these main struc- tures, there are 6 hammer shops, 2 of them 80x40 feet and 170x50 feet respectively, in which are more hammers, bringing the number up to 40. There are also a polishing shop 103x35 feet, handle shop 200x40 feet, 2 stories ; a grinding shop with 5 stones, and a shearing shop. The works are half mile in length, placing them in a continuous line. Besides a large engine, they have a 25 horse power Corliss and a 15 horse power Campbell & Whittier. They also own 8 water powers on a branch of the Taunton river, besides 2 reservoirs, 100 and 120 acres respectively. The advantages derived from a combination of machine- ry and a correct division of labor, is seen in the fact that a shovel is made and finished in every eight seconds, producing about 400 doz. per day, 425 men being required in their man- ufacture. The stock consumed in a single year is 1,400 tons of the best Swedish iron, 1,000 tons of cast steel, 3,500 tons of fuel, 50 tons ot emery. For convenience sake, we have used the word shovels as a general term, including under it spades, which amount to 332 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. oue-sixth of the articles made ; seven different qualities of shovels being made. Like the manufactory of the Fabers, in Nuremberg, this establishment is a family affair, pursuing steadily one vocation, keeping in that vocation up with the times, enlarging and perfecting its doings and nieeting all claims with sagacity ingenuity and unremitting diligence. There is no mystery in the fact that the Ameses manufacture nearly two-thirds of the shovels in the United States, and that their shovels are in constant demand, and have the preference at home and abroad. A. A. GiLMORE & Co. commenced the manufacture of men's calf boots in 1851. They o?cupy a building 30x40 ft. two stories, with ell 25x25 feet, four stories. They produce 100 pairs per day, doing a busines of $100,000 per year. E. W. GiLMORE & Co. occupy a building 100x80, two stories, wood, with an ell 125x30, one story, for the manu- facture of wrought, iron hinges, butts, &c. They employ 40 persons, and produce 225 dozen pairs per day of hinges. A breast and turbine wheel supplies the power : the fall here being 12 feet. Geo. Brett commenced the manufacture of women's shoes in 18G5. The building is 35x45, three stories. He employs 50 persons, and does a business amounting to $60,000 per annum. J. B. King & Co. commenced the manufacture of men's calf boots, in 1864. They occupy one building; employ 50 persons, produce 80 pairs daily, and do a business of $75,000 yearly. J. L. Lynch & Co. commenced the manufacture of men's shoes, in 1865. His manufactory is 38x20, two stories with wing. They produce 1 20 pairs per day, doing a business of $50,000 per year. C5ytYORTHFIEI^l>, 9 miles from Grout's Corucr, (now Miller's Falls,) 109 from New Lon. _ don, and 12 from Brattleboro', a station and town in Franklin County, on the Brattleboro' Branch of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad and on both sides of the Connecticut River. The Indian name is Squa^keag. Most of the land in this town is excellent and the village is very pleasant. Wi RTHFIELD FAR]?I!SS, 103 miles from New London, and 18 from Brattleboro,' country station in the town of Northiield, on the Brattleboro' Branch of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. Ml ORTH HAIVSOIV, 23J miles from Boston and 14^ from I'lymouth, on the Plymouth C^^ Branch of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. C*jiJORTII HARWICH, a countrj station on the Cape Cod Central Railroad, about 86 ^ miles from Boston. »: RTH HATFIEI^R, 24 miles from Springfield and 12 from Greenfield, a country itation in the town of Hatfield, on the Connecticut River Railway. C3^0RTH LEOIflllVSTER, 46 miles from Boston, 4 from Fitchburg ; a village of 300 in- habitants, in the town of Leominster, on the Boston and Fitchburg Railroad. Merriam, Hall & Co., manufacturers and dealers in Pine and Chestnut Furniture, Bureaus, Sinks, Glass Frames, &c., commenced business in 1864. They occupy a 3 story building, 100x40 feet with basement. They employ 50 hands and do a business of $75,000 per per year. ORTH EITTEETOIV, 4 miles |i i Groton Junction and 13 from Lowell, a flag station C5£y*' on the Stony Brook Railroad. ^ORTl ^\\ Worcest. C^*^ on the N ORTH OXFORD, 9 miles from ud 51 from Norwich, a country station orwich and Worcester Railroad. Rhodes & Wilmarth commenced business in 1864, for the manufacture of printing cloths. The factory is 34x80 feet. They employ from 55 to 64 hands, producing 2,200 yards, and 600 lbs. of coarse yarn daily. Amount of busi- ness $500 per month. The iactory is located on French river, having a fall of 22 feet. ^[tORTH READIIVO, 14 miles from Jl'l Lowell, and 10 from Salem, a station on the Salem C^^*" and Lowell Railroad, in the town of Reading. (^^ the ( 'ORTH SANDWICH, situated miles from Boston, and 21 from Hyannis, on ; Cape Cod Railroad. The number of population ibout 150. ^/rroRTH WERSTER, 15 mUcs from Worcester and 45 from Norwich, on the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, a small village owned by Samuel Slater & Sous, who manufacture grey cambrics here. (See Webster.) C5^|tOR' ^-^ITORTH TFEYiHOUTH, 15 miles ly W. from Boston, on the South Shore Rail- a small post village. Elexis Torrey & Co., commenced the manufacture of shoes in 1853. They employ 150 persons, produce 480 pairs of shoes daily, and do a business amounting to $225,000. Augustus Beals, manufacturer of ladies' and gent's first quality serge royal cord, velvet and plush slippers. The business was established by the present proprietor in July, 1868. He occupies one building, 2J stories high, and 30x50 feet, and employs twenty workmen.' He consumes about $3,000 worth of stock, and makes from 3,000 to 3,500 pairs of slippers monthly. He does a business of $4,000 per month. E. Bates, manufacturer of Calf, and buff grain boots. The business was commenced in 1852, by E. Bates & I. D. Wildes. Mr. B. occupies a building 32x30 feet, employing 25 hands, and doing a business of about $50,000 per annum. C?^ORTH WORFRIV, 43J miles from 'Irl Wilton, andllA from Boston. A station in the C^^ town of Woburn. on the Boston, Nashua and Low- ell Railroad. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 333 DOORS, WINDOWS, SASHES, BLINDS. WAItEFIELD, LOMiJOY & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers in DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, Glazed Windows, Blind Trimmings, &c. ORANGE, MASS. r»artleular attention gli N. S. WAKEFIELD. enx.to S50V Llieiii tratle. P. H. LOVEJOT. JOHN BRIGGS, .m. Winn, Eaton & Co. occupy a three story wooden building 92x61 feet, for the manufacture of buff, grain and split leath- er. Commenced business in 1856 ; have 40 employees, turn out about 16,000 sides of leather per annum, doing business to the amount of 8115,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, built by Bisbee, Endicott & Co., of Chelsea, Mass., with 2 Harrisou boilers, 100 hors-e power combined, built at Philadelphia, Penn. Office and salesroom, 71 Kilby street, Boston, Miiss. C. T. Richardson occupies a two story wooden building 50x30 feet, for the manufacture of upper leather. Commenc- ed business in 1863 ; have eight employees, and turn out 200 sides of leather per week. Power furnished from engine in building adjacent. Nichols, Winn & Co. In 1836 commenced the manu- facturing of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, occupying a 2 story wooden building 54.x90 feet, and a two story building 46x28 feet, have 40 employees and turn out 600 pairs per week ; do a business of 875,000 per an- num. Othce in Boston, 71 Kilby street. Pond & Tidd occupy a 3 story wood building 33x25 feet, wing a wing 35x25 feet, for the manufacture of upper leath- er ; have 12 employees ; fuming out about 10,000 sides per year ; doing a business of $40,000. Office in Boston 79 Pearl street. J. O. CuMMiNGS & Co. commenced the currying of leath- ers in 1865, occupying a 2 story building 50x30 ; employing 25 hands ; turning out 450 sides per week ; run an engine of 10 horse power, built by Thos..Leavitt of Boston ; steam furnished from a tubular boiler made by John H. Davis of East Boston, Mass. » ORTll M RKATHAH, a village of 250 inhabitants, containing 2 churches, situated _ 225 miles from Boston, 30 from Providence aud47J from Southbridge on the Boston, Hartford & P>ie Railroad. fitting castings. The workshop is situated one mile from Crane's Station. A. A. Lincoln, Jr., agent. # IKDAT^E, 36 miles from Nashua, 10 from Worcester, a village on the Worcester & Nash- ua K. R. containing 1 church and 800 inhabitants. L. M. Harris & Co., manufacturers of light sheetings and drillings, established the business in 1845. The main build- ing is 3 stories high 45x92 feet with an L 24x30 feet, 2 sto- ries high and a picker L 26x30 feet, 1 story. They run 3,200 spindles, 80 looms, 36 picks and 40 reeds, consum- ing about 135,000 lbs. of cotton, and produce 167,500 yards yearly. They use a 16 feet iron wheel, are situated on Quiucpoxct river, having a fall of 14 feet. Agents in New York, Woodward, Baldwin & Co., and Maxwell & Barker ; in Boston, Danforth, Ripley & Clark. /ij\AK HILC, a country station of eight 1| I f houses, situated on the Charles river, 9 miles from Boston and 28^ from Woousocket, on the Woonsock- et division of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. I.D COI^OA'Y HOUi^E, about 18 miles from Boston, on the South Shore Railroad, a country stati #RA\«E, 19 from Greei C^tlORTOIV, 5 J miles from ^lansfield and rmrJV ® from Taunton, on the Taunton Branch Railroad, \^y a village containing 2 churches, situated one mile west of the depot. A very flourishing female boarding school is located here. Population of the town 2,000. The Norton Fi-rnace Co., which was established 1825, manufacture stoves, furnaces, ranges, &c. The building occupied by them is 230x50 feet, with an L of 70 feet. They melt from 3 to 5 tons of iron daily, and employ about 70 workmen. This company make a speciality of manufac- turing the Norton cooking stove, Norton parlor stove and the Norton furnaces. They also make very fine and nicely •ji, 37 miles from Fitchburg and ■ufield, a village and town on the Ver- mont and Massachusetts Railroad. Tlie village has a rapidly increasing population of 2,000, and contains two churches. The town was incorporated in 1783. Miller's river affords the town a good water power, and a large hill in the town a fine prospect. The surface is uneven and the soil is better fitted for grazing than tillage. Wakefield, Love.tot & Co., manufacturers of doors, sash and blinds. This firm commenced business in 1868. The business was established by N. S. Wakefield in 1867. They occupy a 3 story building in the upper part of the vil- lage, 175x40, and employ 50 hands. Their machinery con- sists of 3 bench saws for sawing out stock, 3 stickers, 3 mortising machines, 3 tenoning machines, 1 Smith's patent blind stile boring machine, 1 Buck's patent blind mortising machine for mortising stationary blinds, 1 blind slat planer, capable of planing and rounding 10,000 slats per day ; 1 ma- chine for beading and halving blinds, 1 rod machine, 1 blind staple machine, 1 slat tenoning machine, capable of tenoning 1,000 per hour, 2 cutting off saws and 2 small planers. 334 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Chase's Celebrated, Improred Saperior CmClILAR SAW Mills. Surveys for Dams, 3IiU-Sites, ttc. Cotton, Woolen, Paper, Lumber, Flouring and Grist J/iV/s constructed. \^ Shafting, Gears, &c., at short notice. ,^\ Power of Wlieels tested by Standard Dynamometer. For Circulars with Cuts represeuting, prices and description, please address J. D. CHASE & SONS. Orange, Mass. General Ap:fnt<, Maoliiiiists and Muchanicul Engineers. 8@*-Second-h.and Wheels of various kinds, in good order, for sale at low prices. 'riRBI.>K WATtK A*Ht;i.I>..nA.>il FACTl UI>fc; tO. o M ^^ s e: ' j«i IMPUOVED, EXCELSIOR, .JOX^-.VI. TL-RBIXE WATER WHEEL. Patenteu July 31, 18G6. Warranted to give a superior per cent, of power to that from any other wheel, as show n from actual tests, by a standard dy- namometer. These wheels have no guide plates, being thus unequalled in simplicity, convenience, durability and low price, as a first class wheel. These machines are driven by a 40 horse power engine, made by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg ; furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, made by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston. This firm turn out about 200 windows, 100 pairs blinds and 100 doors per day. They employ 2 glaziers. L. KiLBLTJN & Co., commenced the manufacture of fur- niture in 181)3, occupying a 2 story building, 115x40 feet, situated on the right bank of the river, near the ceutre of the village. They employ 35 hands, and turn out from 1,200 to 1,500 pieces of furniture per month, mostly cham- ber sets and bureaus. The motive power is furnished by 2 turbine wheels of 40 horse power. They also have a chair manufactory, where they employ Go hands, occupying a building 94x30 feet, 3 stories, turning out 300 chairs per day. Thi.s branch of industry was commenced by them in 18G0. The motive power for this work is furnished from 2 turbine wheels of 50 horse power. The Tcrbin-e Water Wheel Mantfactttring Co. was established in 1857, for the manufacture of J. D. Chase & Son's patent water wheels ; also. Chase's improved lever set circular saw mills, by an association formed by L. Kilburn & George D. Pomerov, L. E. Holmes and S. Poland. J. D. Chase & Sons, Agents ; L. Kilburn, Treasurer, and L. E. Holmes, Secretary. This company have erected a 3 story brick building lOOx 35 feet, filled with the necessary machinery for making their wheels and saw mills ; furnished with power from turbine wheels of their own make ; turning out on an average, ten water wheels, four mills, and about 12,000 pounds gearing, shafting, &c. per month. The Chase Wheel, manufactured by this Co., was invented by Messrs. J. D. Chase & Sous, each practical machinists, engineers and mill builders of a life-time experi- ence, and their wheels are manufactured under their person- al care. They are natives of Vermont, where after several years' experience in building various kinds of water wheels, with unsatisfactory results, they began developing their own idea of a water wheel, and held strictly to practical demon- strations and observations with a view to obtaining the best possible result. After many experiments, alterations and improvements, they at length succeeded in producing the present Chase wheel. This wheel they claim is unequaled for its simplicity and durability, and will give more power for the same sized wheel than anv other wheel now made. It is IVebFs N. E. Railwatf and Manufacturers Statistical Gazttteer. 335 also so coustructed that it gives as good a result from the water used as has been yet reached by any turbine wheel, and this has been proved by actual tests. These wheels are now be- ing extensievly introduced in all the various branches of manufacturing throughout New England, Pennsylvania and New York, with great success. For further particulars in regard to these wheels or machines, and mills. See their advertisement on preceding page. Whitkev, Lord & Co. commenced business about one- quarter mile from depot, for the manufacture of wooden ware, such as pails, buckets, tubs, &c., occupying three floors in building r25xyO, rooms being 30x50 each; employ 12 j hands, making about 400 pails per day. The motive power is furnished by 5 turbine wheels of 200 horse power combined. A. F. Johnson & Co. commenced business in 1855, for the manufacture of the gold medal sewing machine. Their main building is 120x30, two stories, filled with machinery for making sewing machines. The japanning being done in building 30x45, two stories, which also is used for office and store room. They employ 91 hands and turn out 300 machines per week. Their motive power is furnished from a 30 horse power turbine wheel, 3J feet diameter, 7 feet fall. HcKT, Waite & Flint, turbine water wheel manufactu- rers, &c., declined giving any information. /|\RL(EAI\'S, situated 93 miles from Bos- l|||y ton, and 30 from Provincetown. at the terminus of the ^^^^ Cape Cod Central. The town contains about 1700 inhabitants, and 4 churches. The Cape Cod Railroad hare only extended their road to this town, but have a charter to carry it through to Provincetown, taking in tlie towns of East- ham, a town of 900 inhabitants, 1 mile distant, containing 1 church. #XFORI>, 1 1 miles from "Worcester and 49 from Norwich, on the Norwich and Worcester Pailroad, a village and town by the same name watered by the French river. The original township of Ox- ford was eight miles square and was granted to Joseph Dud- ley and others in 1680. The village contains 6 churches and one bank. Seth Daniels & Co. commenced the manufacture of women's shoes in 1848. They occupy a building near the depot ; employing 30 persons and producing about 100,000 cases per year. E. Harvvood commenced the manufacture of women's shoes 21 years ago. He occupies a medium size two story brick building with stone basement, situated near the depot. He employs 30 persons ; producing about 3 cases per day. Davis & Williams occupy a building 22x50, 2 stories and basciiiriit lor llir manulnclure of women's shoes ; employ 50 persoii> aihl |iin.lii(T :; ia>rs per day. Geokce IldiM.K- ( riicid the manufacture of flannels in 1840 at North Andover. In 1846, he started business here. The mill is about 1 mile west of the depot, and is 120x35, 3 stories, built of wood with stone basement, with picker house attached, 30x50, 1 story. He employs 75 per- son, consumes 150,000 lbs. of wool, and produces 500,000 yards of white flannel per year. A 4 feet Rider wheel fur- nishes the power, the mill being located on F'rench river, a tributary of the Blackstone ; fall 16 feet. Dale Bros., 61 & 63 Franklin street, Boston, agents. T. T. Gay employs 1 man, making about 25 cases of women's shoes per year. W. H. H. Thurston employs 2 men, producing one case of shoes per day. Nichols, Stowe & Co. commenced the manufacture of women's shoes in 1865. The manufactory is near the depot, employing 4 persons and producing 1 J cases per day. M. BuFFiM & Sons. Business established in September 1st, 1868. They occupy a factory building, 2 stories high, 64x134 feet, and" there is also a stone building used for dry- ing and dyeing purposes, 30x60 feet, 3 stories, together with several other out buildings. They are located upon what is called "Little River." They manufacture black Doeskins. Run 3 sets cards, and 20 broad looms, employ from 50 to 60 hands, and produce daily about 500 yards of 6-4 and 3-4 goods. They used to drive their machinery by a water wheel, 16x16 feet, under 14 feet fall. The woolen business was established at this place in 1847, previous to which date there were at different times a saw and grist mill, scythe manufactory, and a mill for manufacturing cotton thread. L. B. CoRBiN & Co., established business in 1841, for the manufacture of womens' misses' and childrens' heavy shoes of all descriptions. They occupy 2 buildiugs, 3 sto- ries high, 24x60 feet, employ 75 hands, and produce 300 pairs of shoes daily. Amount of business $120,000. ^tl'IATKARDS, 5 mUes from Pittsfield ^£1 and 15 from North Adams, a flag station on the Pitts- ^i^ tield and North Adams Railroad. •j;% AIjITIEK, situated on the Chicopee river, ^rl at the iuterscction of the New London, Willimantic ^^ and Palmer, from the South and the Amherst and ^^ Belchertown Railway from tiie North, with the Bos- ton and Albany Railroad, 83 miles from Boston, 117 from Albany, 65 from New London, and 10 from Amherst. Has a population of about 1,000 and contains 2 churches. The towu of Palmer was originally settled by a colony from Ire- land. The surface is hilly, but the soil good, particularly along the banks of Ware and Swift rivers by which it is watered. Sqiier & Wood. The business was originally established by J. A. Squier in 1840, and in 1866 the present partnership was formed. They occupy 2 buildings — one 50x30 feet, 2 stories, the other 60x30 feet, 1 story. They manufacture iron castings, but devote their attention more particularly to the manufacture of machinery. They employ from 6 to 10 hands, turn out on an average about 1,200 lbs. castings per day, use a 10 horse power engine, and do a business of about 820,000 per annum. At AVare, reached from tliis station, is The Otis Compa- ny, who commenced business in 1840, for the manufacture of cotton cloth and hosiery. They occupy 3 buildings, 200 x50 feet each. They run 24,000 spindles aud consume 80 bales of cotton weekly. They use 5 turbines, 60 to 78 feet. Agents— J. S. & E. Wright & Co., Boston. At Bond's Village, reached from this station, is the man- ufactory of the BosTOK Duck Co. Commenced business in 1«43, for the manufacture of sheetings and shirtings : occupy a building 240 feet long by 54 feet wide, employ 300 hands, and producing 12,000 yards daily. This mill contains 12,- 000 spindles, 324 looms. The power is furnished by water, from the Swift river. Their Selling Agents are J. S. & E. Wright & Co., of Boston and New Yook. JA APER .1111.1^?^, 16 miles from LovveU Hpl and 8 from Salem, a station on the Salem and Lowell (JJy Railroad. 336 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. -tftARKERS, a flag station between the i^rj Stations of Baldwinville and Royalston, on the Ver- (Try mont and Massachusetts Railroad. ^IIJEABODY, formerly South Danvers, 17 ^£i miles from Boston, 22 from Lowell, and 2 from Sa- {Jj^ lenii a village and town on tiie Salem and Lowell ^i Railroad and Lawrence branch, named in honor of George Peabody, a citizen of this town. The Peabody Institute is a stately edifice, 82 feet iu length by 50 in breadth, built of brick and ornamented with Brown Free- stone. On its front is a slat of freestone with the words "Peabody Institution," in relief. The lecture hall occupying the whole of the upper story, is finished with neatness and simplicity, and furnished with seats for about 750 persons. Over the rostrum hangs a full length portrait of Mr. Pea- body, by Healey, which has been pronounced by connois- seurs to be one of the best of that artist. It was set for by him, at the request of the citizens of the town, but on its completion was presented to them. The library room on the lower story is eommodiously arranged for the delivery of books. The shelves are placed aroimd the corners of the room, but by the addition of alcoves the capacity can be greatly increased. This institution contains a library of about 12,600 volumes, built under the direction of George Peabody, Esq., and presented to the citizens of South Danvers. The building is situated on Main street. The corner stone was laid in August, 1853. It contains a correct likeness of the Queen of England, set in a large frame ornamented with gold, and valued at $70,000, presented to George Pea- body, by her Majesty, as a token of her appreciation of his noble acts of more than princely munificence to the poor of London, and confided to the care of the trustees of the Pea- body Institute at South Danvers, (now Peabody) the place of his nativity, A. D. 1867. The building also contains busts of Milton, Hawthorne, Webster and Peabody ; also, 2 gold boxes presented to him in Europe, valued at 100 guin- eas each. In this town there are a number of churches, banks, schools, &c. Population in 1865, 6,550. MANUFACTURERS. Frank K. Pemberton & Sox occupy 2 wooden buildings, one of which is 4 stories 30x100 feet, and the other 3 stories 24x40 feet, located Nos. 24 and 26 Wallace street, for the manufacture of sheep skins and skivers. They employ 12 hands and have facilities for turning out 2,500 skins per week. Their machinery is run by an engine of 5 horse power with a flue boiler of 30 horse power. The business was established in 1844. Winchester & Blaney, wool pullers and tanners, also dealers in sheep skins, skivers and white and colored wool, commenced business Jan. 1st, 1865. They occupy a 3^ story wooden building 30x425 feet, located on Walnut street, where they employ 45 hands and turn out about 1,200 skins per day. They use for various purposes such as scalding skins, making color, &c. ; a flue boiler of 50 horse power made by James Ilaslan of Salem, Mass. D. Woodbury & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden building 24x179 feet, located in the rear of Walnut street, for the manufacture of white aud colored skivers ; employ 20 hands ; turn out about 1,500 skins per week, aud do business to the amount of $100,000 per year. Their machinery is run by an engine of 10 horse power, built by Huutoon, with a tu- bular boiler of 30 horse power, built by James Haslan of Salem, Mass. Business established 1865. David Roberts, manufacturer of goat and sheep skins, commenced business iu July, 1865. They occupy a 3 story wooden building 80 feet front by 30 feet, with au L 25x180 feet, located on Walnut street ; employs 50 hands, turn out iibout 500 skins per day, and does business amounting to 8150,000 per year. The machinery in this establishment is run by an engine of 15 horse power, built by Bisbee & En- dicott, of Chelsea, Mass., with a flue boiler of 30 horse pow- er, built by Otis Tufts, of East Boston, Mass. Mr. Roberts also manufactures gas meter leather, a very thin kind of sheep skin used iu dry gas meters. John Frost occupies a 1 story wooden building covering 10,000 square feet of land used as a tannery, lime house, beam house, bark mill and hide mill ; also a 3 story wooden building 28x50 feet, with an L 20x20 feet, used as a curry- ing shop, located in the rear of Main, near Walnut street, where he employs 13 hands, in the manufacture of upper leather, of which he turns out about 14,000 sides per year, and does a business of about $50,000. The machinery of this establishment is run by an engine of 30 horse power, built by Bird & Co., of Boston, and an engine of 5 horse power built by John Weston, of Salem, Mass., with a flue boiler of 30 horse power, built by James Tetlow, of Boston. Mr. Frost commenced business in 1862. J. A. Lord occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x62 feet, also 1 floor of a 2 story building 30x160 feet, located on Hardy street, for the manufacture of wax, split and kip leather. He employs 12 hands, turns out about 20,000 sides per year and does business to the amount of $100,000. Commenced business in 1836. J. GiDDiNGS commenced business in 1850. He occupies a 3 story wooden building 46x50 feet, located on Spring street, where he employs 6 hands in the manufacture of leather, of which they turn out about 12,000 sides per year. Andrew Porter commenced the manufacture of leather in 1827. He occupies a 3 story wooden building 28x57 feet, located on Hardy street, where he employs 6 hands and turns out about 100 sides of upper leather per week. L. & G. H. Poor occupy a 2^ story wooden building 25x 70 feet with and L 15x18 feet, located on the corner of Wallis and Upton streets, for the manufacture of leather. They commenced business in 1867 ; employ 9 hands and turn out about 400 sides per week. Brooks & Messer occupy a 4 story wooden building 30 x90 feet, located on Wallis street, where they employ 20 hands in the manufacture of wax, kip and split leather, of which they turn out about 1,000 sides per week, and do a business of about $300,000 per year. Business established in 1853. Power supplied by an engine of 7 horse power, built by Lewis Osborn, of East Boston. Joseph Jacobs, Jr., commenced business in 1862. He occupies a 4 story wooden building 30 x 100 feet, located on Central street, where he employs 25 men in the manufacture of wax, kip and split leather, of which he turns out about 1,200 sides per week, and does business to the amount of $250,000 per year. The machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, with a flue boiler of 30 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitehburg, Mass. William Peirce, leather manufacturer, commenced busi- ness in 1858, and occupies four wooden buildings, 2 stories, 26x140 feet, 2 stories 25x62 feet, 1 story 45x122 feet, and 1 story 42x62 feet respectively, where he employs 9 hands in the manufacture of upper leather, of which he turns out 20,000 sides per year, and does business amounting to $200,000. Power supplied by an engine of 10 horse power, with a flue boiler of 15 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitehburg, Mass. F. Upton & Co., commenced the manufacture of Union Sole Leather on Foster Street, in the year 1861. They oc- cupy 4 wooden buildings as follows: 1st story, 36x136 feet with an ell 20x100 feet, used as a tannery; 2d, 2 stories, Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 337 30x100 feet, the first story used for scouring, and the 2d for drying and rolling hides; 3d, 2 stories 36x80 feet, the 1st story of which is used as a beam house, and the 2d as a drying house ; 4th, 1 story, 40x50 feet, used as a bark mill, and engine house. They employ 20 hands, turn out about 40,000 sides per year, and do a basiness of about S150,000. Steam power is supplied by an upright engine of 30 horse power, built by George L. Xewcomb, of Salem, Mass., with a flue boiler of 35 horse power, built by James Tetlow. Office and Salesrooms No. 100 Congress street, Boston, Mass. R. S. D. Stmonds occupies a 3^ story wooden building 30x65 feet, located on Spring street, for the manufacture of upper leather; commenced business in 1851; turns out about 500 sides per week and does a business amounting to about 8150,000 per year. Steam power supplied by an en- gine of 10 liorse power with a flue boiler of 20 horse power built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitchburg, Mass. Steward & Bacon occupy a 3 story wooden building 35x 75 feet with an L 30x100 feet, located corner of Wallis and Walnut streets, where they employ 30 hands in the manu- facture of upper leather, turn out 400 sides per week, and do a business of 8125,000 per year. Business established in 1867. Steam power is supplied by an engine of 10 horse power with a tubular boiler of 50 horse power, built by Cunningham. Thomas J. Ret.ihan, tanner and currier, occupies a num- ber of wooden buildings as follow : 1st, 2 stories 30x80 feet, used as a currying shop ; 2d, 1 story 28x60 feet, used as a tannery ; 3d, 1 story 28x70 feet ; 4th, 25x60 feet, used as beam and lime houses ; also out buildings, sheds, &c., cov- ering pits and vats, the whole occupying an area of 25,000 square feet. The business was established in 1857 ; gives employment to 10 hands turning out about 30,000 sides of leather per year, worth about 8120.000. Balcom, Jennings & Co. occupy a shop in a 3 story wooden building 30x60 feet, located on Washington street, for the manufacture of stationary engines, mill work, shaft- ing, gearing, tanners' and curriers' machinery, &c. They commenced business in 1867, and give employment to 10 hands. Danvers MANtTACTURiNG Co. was established in 1847, and incorporated in 1863, with a capital of $100,000. The enclosure occupied by them covers an area of about 4 J acres upon which are the following buildings : a 3i story stone building 55x155 feet, for bleaching and dyeing ; a 1 story wooden building 50x100 feet, also for dyeing ; a wooden building, 1 story, 30x120 feet, for napping cotton flannel ; a boiling house, of wood, 1 story, 30x130 feet, and a drying house, 2 stories, 30x150 feet, with an ell 30x120 feet, buih of wood. Also, a finishing house, 1 story, 30x80 feet, a car- penter and machine shop, 2 stories, 20x80 feet, and a black- smith's shop, 1 story, 24x30 feet. There is also an ell to the main building, 1 J stories high, 30x70 feet, used as an engine and boiler house. The business of this establishment is the bleacliiug, dyeing and finishing of cotton cloths and flannels. The number of hands employed is 125, and the quantity of goods turned out is about 1,000,000 yards per month. Their motive power consists of an engine of 175 horsepower, built by Seth Adams & Co., with 12 cylinder and 2 tubular boilers of about 400 horse power combined. Dole & Osgood, occupy a 3 story wooden building, 30x130 feet, with a wing 2 stories high, 30x64 feet, located on Washington street, for the manufacture of light and heavy express wagons, sleighs and pungs and heavy drays and carts. They give employment to 26 hands, and do business to the amount of $25,000. Their machines, 20 in number, consisting of planing, boxing, mortising, tenanting, turning, drilling, gig and circular sawing m.achines are 43 driven by an upright engine of 12 horse power, built by Holmes & Robins of Gardiner, Me., with a tubular boiler of 20 horse power, built by the Atlantic works of East Boston, Mass. Hardt & Osgood occupy 2 floors of a 3 story wooden building 25x75 feet, located on Lowell street, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1852, employ 30 hands, turn out about 30,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of about 840,000. Office and salesrooms, No. 90 Milk street, Boston, Mass. The Essex (Ji.ue Co., of Peabody, Mass., is the oldest establishment of the kind in the United States, having been established by Elijah Upton in 1809. They employ 20 hands and turn out'from 400,000 to 500,000 lbs. per year. I Edward Fuller occupies one-third of a 3 story wooden building 36x72 feet, located in the rear of Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. He commenced business in 1838, employs 50 hands j and turns out about 40,000 per year, worth about $60,000. Fr.\ncis Dane & Co., manufacturers of ladies', misses' \ and childrens' boots and shoes, commenced business in 1850. They employ 50 hands, turn out about 150,000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of about 8200,000. They occupy a three story brick building, 50x60 feet, located corner of Foster and Lowell streets. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 8 horse power, built by Lewis Os- born of East Boston, Mass., with a flue boiler of 20 horse power, built by the Atlantic works of East Boston, Mass. Office and Salesrooms No. 90 Milk street, Boston, Mass. Timothy O'Shea occupies about 7,000 square feet of land, on which are five buildings, used for grinding bark, currying, »fcc. Mr. O'Shea commenced the manufacturing of leather in 1848. His works are situated on Grove street. Employs 50 hands, and produces 600 hides per week. His motive power is furnished from a 60 horse engine, built by George L. Newcomb, of Salem, Mass. Steam from a tubu- lar boiler, 65 horse power. Egan & Newell commenced business in 1862, for the manufacture of kid, goat and morocco leather, occupying a 2J story frame building 50x30 feet, situated on Grove street. Employ 6 hands, and turn out 50 dozen skins per week. P. L. Winchester commenced business in 1862, for the manufacture of hard and soft soap of all kinds, works loca- ted on Grove street, in a 2 story frame building 40x25, have 2 employees, turning out 300 gallons soft soap and 2,000 lbs. of hard soap per week. E. P. Goldtuwait commenced business in 1845, for the manufacture of inner soles, shoe stiffenings and heels, occu- pying a 2 story frame building 40x18 feet, with wing 100 x30 feet, situated at No. 159 Main street. He employs 20 persons, turning out 3,000 soles, &c., per week. John G. Bltibeck occupies a 2 story frame building 70 x26 feet, situated on Grove street. Mr. B. commenced the manufacture of hard and soft soap in 18G0 ; employs 3 hands, and does a business of about $40,000 per annum. Sutton's Mills, situated on Main street, at No. 142, in a 3 story frame building, 110x28 feet. The Sutton Mills Company prepare wool for their mill at North Andover, Mass. They employ here 14 hands, run an engine of 7 horse power, built by Cobb & Son, of Cambridgeport, steam furnished from a flue boiler, built by Joseph Haslam, of Salem. PiNDER & Winchester, commenced business in 1867, as tanners and cui-riers of leather, occupying 1^ acres of ground on which are situated the following buildings : tannery. 338 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Mamit'atturers of all kinds of lErS & IQIEI'S LASTS illD PATTE; SPRING STREET, PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS. 75x50 with a wing and beam house attached 135x32 ; cur- rying shop, 3^ stories of wood, 90x28 feet ; wing 40x28 feet, 2^ stories, located on Main and Grove streets. Employ 45 persons, and do a business of S300,000. The motive power is furnished from a 17 horse engine, built by the Westford machine works, steam furnished from a flue boiler, built by James Tetlow, of East Boston. G. & A. B. Clark, manufacturers of morocco and colored skins, commenced business in 1866, occupying a two story building 90x40, 2 story L 30x19, for finishing leather ; tan- nery 50x24, 4 stories frame. They employ 14 hands, turning out oil an average 200 dozen skins per week. Machinery driven by a 6 horse power engine built by George L. New- comb of Salem. The buildings are heated by steam from a tubular boiler of 15 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam of Salem. This boiler also furnishes steam for the engine. Oscar Phillips. In 1850, Lewis Allen, commenced the manufacturing of women's pegged shoes. In 1868. Mr. P. succeeded to the business : he occupies a 3 story brick build- ing 65x40, situated at Peabody Square : employs 20 persons, and manufactures principally for the Western trade. Joseph Jacobs, manufacturer of leather, commenced business in 1828. His works are located on Foster street, and consists of the following buildings : Steam mill for grinding bark, &c. 110x33, L 40x24 ; curry shop 40x24; beam house 75x30 ; lime house 60x20 ; has 10 employees : motive power furnished from an engine of 20 horse power, built by Hinckley & Dreury of Boston, 2 flue boilers built by Hinkley & Dreury, furnish steam for engine, heating, &c. A. H. Sanger, Jr., occupies a three story brick build- ing, 55 X 45 feet, located in the rear of Lowell street, for the manutacture of wax leather, commenced busi- ness in 1866 ; has 6 employees, and turns out monthly 1000 sides ; runs an engine of 8 horse power, built by H. F. Litchfleld, at East Boston. Mass., with one tubular boiler 20 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam, of Salem, Mass. Does a business of §40,000 per annum. O. F. Adams, currier, occupies a 3 story wooden building 45x30 feet, located on Foster street, for the manufacture of wax leather, commenced business in 1856, has 12 employ- ees, curries 10,000 sides of leather per annuiu, and does business to the amount of 830,000. J. E. OsBORXE, occupies a 3 story wooden building, 75x30 feet, located on Spring street, for the manufacture of stiffenings, inner soles, and heels, conmienced business in 18b0, and employs 20 hands. E. S. Flint & Co. occupy a 3 story frame building 50x 25 feet, located on the comer of Foster and Spring streets, for the manufacture of inner soles, stiffenings, heels, &c., commenced business in 1860 ; have 20 employees. An en- gine of 15 horse power built bj' George L. Xewcomb, of Salem ; with steam from a flue boiler, built by Joseph Has- lam, of Salem, furnishes the power. Merritt & Cook occupy a 3 story frame building 50x26 feet, located on Foster street. Messrs. M. & C. commenced business in 1861, as curriers and tinishers of leather ; employ 3 hands and do a business of 840,000 per annum. The building is heated by steam from a tubular boiler, built by James Cunningham, of Charlestown. This boiler also fur- nishes steam for a 5 horse power engine, built by S. E. Chubbuck & Sons, of Boston. J. C. Farewell & Co. commenced business, in 1861, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; occupy a 3 story frame building 50x30 feet, sit- uated on Lowell street. Have 50 employees, turning out 1 ,200 cases boots and shoes per annum. Business amoimts ■ to 8100,000. I Isaac Mcnroe commenced leather manufacturing in 1845 ; employing 7 hands, and producing 6,000 hides per 1 annum. Engine of 10 horse power, built by George L. I Ncwcomb, of Salem, drives the machinery ; flue boiler, by Isaac Adams, of Boston. L'pTOS Gluk Factort comprises the following buildings, respectively : main building, 400x25 feet, built of wood, four ! and six stories high, to which is attached an ell, 100x75 ft. ; also, a vat building, engine and boiler room, 75x75 ft. where is manufactured every quality of glue, from common sizing to nice bonnet glue. The business was commenced in 1860, and gives emploj-ment to 30 hands, and produces 150 tons of glue annually. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 10 horse power, built by George Upton, of Peabody, with four boilers of 150 horse power combined, wnich in addition to supplying steam for the engine, heat all the buildings. Do business of §65,000 per annum. Office and salesroom, No. 51 Kilby street, Boston, Mass. I Brown & Stiles occupy a 2 story wooden building 45x j 32 feet, located on Spring street, where they manufacture I boot and shoe lasts and patterns, employing 7 hands and ; turning out 50,000 per year. The business was established by a Mr. Brown in 1833. Their machinery' is driven by an engine of 8 horse power, with 1 tubular boiler 10 horse ' power, built by George L. Newcomb, of Salem, Mass. j George P. Osborn & Co. commenced in 1832, as manu- I facturers of slaughtered leather. Ofiice on Milk street, Bos- ton. Their works are situated here on the Lowell Branch I of the Eastern Railroad, occupying several buildings as J follows : Tannery, 75x75, 1 story, with L, 120x40, 1 story ; j currying shop 25 x 125, 2 stories, frame, and mill for grind- ing bark and beating hides 100 x 28, 2 stories, wing at- tached 32 X 28, besides store houses, tan sheds, &c., I covering about 80,000 square feet. Messrs. O. & Co. give employment to 93 persons, and turn out 1,800 sides per week. Their machinery is driven by a 25 horse engiue, built by George L. Newcomb, of Salem ; steam furnished ! from 2 cylinder and 1 tubular boilers of 80 horse power combined. I S. A. SocTHWiCK occupies a 2 story frame building 50x 1 50 as a currying shop, a dry house 35x20 feet, located on Grove street. Mr. Southwick commenced the currying of leather in 1855. Has 9 employees, and finishes 350 sides per week. Franklin Tyler commenced business, in 1861, for the dressing of morocco of all kinds, on Grove street, occupying a 2 story frame building 54x25. Employs 7 hands, and produces 75 dozen skins per week. LiTTHER Fernald & Co. Commenced busiucss in 1854, currying leather, occupy a 3 story building 84x25 feet. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 339 situated on Foster street. Employs 20 hands, and produce 40,000 sides per annum. Machinery driven by an 8 horse power engine, built by Mr. Bradford, of New Bedford. Steam furnished from a flue boiler of 20 horse power. N. W. Osgood occupies a 2 story wooden building for tanning of leather, commenced in 1840. Employs 6 hands, turns out 10,000 sides per annum. BRO^v^• & Caller, manufacturers of leather, commenced business in 1866. They occupy the following buildings : Tan- nery, 150 feet by 60 feet, IJ stories: beam house, 150x60 feet, IJ stories; rolling and bark mills, 100x40 feet, 2 sto- ries ; currying shop, 150x28 feet, 3i stories high. They employ about 100 men, and manufacture 100,000 sides of leather annually. The power is furnished as follows : three boilers at tannery, of 20 horse power each ; one engine at tannery, 40 hor-se power ; two boilers at currying shop, 20 horse power each ; one engine in currying shop, 20 horse power. They use about 2,000 cords of bark, and equal to 1,500 cords of bark in bark extract, and some gambler. They haye in use four splitting machines, one scouring ma- chine, five glassing machines, and one bonding machine. Wm. H. Browx, manufacturer of glue. Glue making was first commenced in 1820, by Thomas Brown in Marble- head, Mass. Mr. B. while boiling out some fleshings for the grease discovered there was a certain part of glue in them and immediately commenced the manufacture of this article which has since been a source of wealth not only to the manufacturers, but to the tanners, who previous to this discovery generally threw the fleshings into the streams. This was the first glue factory established in New England. The business was removed to Peabody in 1854, when Thos. Brown, Jr., became a partner. The factory is 100 feet long, 3 stories high ; boiler house 80 feet long, 1 story, with large buildings for stock and to cover vats, &c. Employs 12 hands and in busy seasons 16 ; capacity for manufacturing 2,000 bbls. per year. He has many large tanks for boiling the glue by steam direct from the boilers, and a beautiful machine for cutting it in slices, invented and patented by Mr. B. himself. The power is derived by a 15 horse engine and steam furnished from tubular and flue boilers. J. H. Poole established and commenced the manufactur- ing of morocco leathers in 1851, in a small way. He has since increased his business and now occupies a building 150 X 24 feet, 4 stories, using a 12 horse engine for driving machinery used in tanning, and 4 machines for softening and glazing leathers ; consumes about 100 tons anthracite coal per year. Employs 18 hands, turning out 100 dozen finished sheep skins, in all styles, for various purposes, but princi- pally as boot and shoe stock. Does a business of about 8100,000 per annum. Nelson & Merrill, tanners and curriers, established business in 1849. They occupy in the currying department 2 buildings — one 100x30 feet, 2^ stories ; the other 153 x 26 feet, 2 stories. Building used as a tannery, 138 x 45 feet, 1 story. Two store houses, — one 50 x 48 feet, 1 storj- ; the other 30x30 feet, 2 stories. They employ 30 hands, manu- facture wax, kip and split leather, and do business to the amount of §150,000 per annum. They use a 50 horse pow- er boiler for heating and driving a 15 horse power engine, both made by Louis Osborn, of East Boston. 1J%EPPEREL.L., 36 mUes from Wor- \^ cester and 10 from Nashua. An enterprising village (J*y on the Worcester and Nashua Railroad, of about 2,000 '^ inhabitants, containing 2 churches. The town of Pepperell is situated across the Nashua from the station, which is in the to^vn of Groton. H. A. Parker & Co., manufacturer of paper, wadding and batting ; established in 1860. They occupy two build- ings. Paper mill, 75x25, with wing 30x22 ; the wadding and batting mill is 30x50, with wing 150x16. The power is furnished by two engines of 20 horse power and five wa- ter wheels manufactured by Blake Bros., of this village, aver- aging 15 horse bower, and one of Chace's turbine water wheels, manufactured by the Excelsior Turbine Water Wheel Co., of Oi-ange, Mass. They employ 25 hands, consume 1 ton of stock, (rags and waste paper,) and 60 cords of wood, per day; and produce 1,200 tons of paper, 500 dozen sheets of wadding and 1 ,000 lbs. of batting per day. Blake Brothers, this business was established by Blake & Ballord, in 1836. In 18C0 it took the name of L.W. Blake & Sons, and in 1865 the present title of Blake Bros., ma- chinists and mill wrights. Principal business for the past 20 years has been the manufacture of Blake's Patent Water Wheels, mill work, repairs, &c. Within two or three years particular attention has been paid to the manufacture of Blake's Belt Stud, for which patents were secured in 1860- 1861 and 1868. This belt stud they manufacture exclusively for Greeu, Tweed & Co., New York. It is one of those simple articles which leave no chance for improvement. It makes a perfect fastening, and the constant increase of sale proves it to be highly appreciated by the public. Ten tons of brass plates was used during the past year in these studs. Blake's Water Wheel with its improvements, is considered (by those versed in such things,) as one of the very best wheels now in the market. They employ in their machine shop 20 hands, and in their saw and grist mill 6 hands. They have now in use to drive their works, seven water wheels of their own manufacture, which furnishes a power equal to 125 horse. w EIC R VVir^L.E, 18 miles from Worces- ler, 42 from Norwich, a flag station on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad. The only manufactory here is that of Jos. H. Perry's Sons, who commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres at this place, in 1863, being successors to Joseph Perry, the father, who established the business in 1830. The m'ill is a few rods of and in siglit of the depot, on the French river. It is 150x40 feet, 3 stories, and attic with dye house, &c., attached 100x25 feet, 2 stories, an of- fice and store room in front. The main building is of wood, the dye house, &c., of stone. The mill contains 5 sets of wool machinery, 30 narrow looms, 2,000 spindles. Em- ploy 100 persons; consume 1.500 pounds of wool, produc- ing 700 yards per day ; 2 Tyler, 5 feet, turbine wheels furn- ishes the power, the fall being 10 feet and can be made 14 easily. Josiah Perry conducts the business under the above firm name, being the only son living. \:% HELPS i?III^ES, 17 mUes from Lo- ^- 1 well and 7 from Salem, a station on the Salem and (fjy LoweU Railroad. 4|^ITTSFIEED, 151 miles west fromBos- ^pl ton, and 50 east from Albany, on the Boston and /fV/ Albany Railroad. The Indian name, Pontoosuck, "#r was settled in 1736. The town of Pittsfield is finely watered by two branches of the Ilousatouic, which unite near the centre. The village of Pittsfield is larger than some of our cities, and is one of the pleasantest in New England ; it lies 1,000 feet above the level of the sea, in a fertile val- 340 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. ley, between the Taiighkaiiuiek and Grceu mountain ranges. It contains many fine and beautiful public and private build- ings, which with the fine scenery and well cultivated farms that surround it, presents a great variety to charm the eye and to gratify the taste of the intelligent agriculturist. This towu was incorporated as Pittsfield in 1761. It has a popu- lation of 1 2,093 ; 8 churches and Shanks. The Berkshire Medical School, founded in 1823, is located here ; also, the Young Ladies' Institute. Contains 3 hotels ; 2,293 polls ; total personal estate, S3,473,0G1 ; real estate, §4,693,173; number of acres, 23,599 ; rate of taxation, 1 per cent. MANUFACTURERS. Wm. Clark commenced the machinists business in 1868, as successor of J. "VV. & H. C. Clark, who established the business several years ago, on Depot street. Mr. Clark is builder of the Granite Sewing Machine, hires room and pow- er from Messrs. Clary & Russell, room 30x40. ; Emploj-ing I fine hands and turning out Go machines per year. His ma- ' chines consist of two engine lathes, one milling machine, one I upright drill, and one wood lathe. Duckworth & Sons, manufacturers of Duckworth's pa- tent fancy broad looms ; also, cotton and woolen looms of all kinds. Commenced business in 18C3, near the old passen- ger depot; building 180x60. three stories; employing 25 hands, and manufacturing on an average, 10 broad looms per month. Using to run his machinery, a 20 horse power engine of the Amei ican Machine Co.'s make, with tubular boiler made by Campbell & Whittier. In 1868, Claky & Risseli. commenced the manufacture been equal, if not superior in fine workmanship, to any car- riage in America. Their buildings with the necessary yard room, cover more than an acre of ground. They employ 25 hands and turn out 50 carriages per year. E. Dunham, manufacturer of light carriages, commenced business iu 1835 ; employs 12 hands and turns out about 30 carriages per year. He occupies 4 buildings as follows : No. 1, 50x22, 2 stories, woodwork, trimming shop and painting; No. 2, 40x20, 2 stories, painting: No. 3, 50x18 1 story, repository; No. 4, 40x21, 1 story, blacksmith's sliop. L. Pomf-rot's Sons, manufacturers of woolen cloths and satinets. The business was established in 1820, by Lemuel and Josiah Pomeroj- and others, under the name of the Pittsfield Woolen and Cotton Factory. They employ 225 hands, nmning 11 sets cards, 80 looms, and using 6,000 lbs. clean wool per week, turning out 5.000 yards cloth 6-4, 5,000 yards satinets 3-4 per week. The motive power is furnished by a 100 horse power turbine wheel. E. B. Whittelsey commenced business in 1864, for the manufacture of woolen cloths, runs 2 set cards, 12 looms; employs 25 hands. He uses 1,500 lbs. clean wool per month and turns out 10.000 yards per month ; motive power de- rived from a 15 horse Burden's engine with tubular boiler. Thomas Colt, established in 1851 ; manufactures collar paper. He occupies one building of stone and brick, 100 ft. and 50 feet wide, 3 stories and attic, with a lean to 2' ide and 75 feet long ; also boiler house of brick. All slate. Manufactures 300 tons of pa- Ion feet buildings covered with of boilers, steam engines, &c. The business was established per per annum. Has 3 water wheels, under 14 feet fall, and I 25 years ago by Gordon & McKay, on Depot street. The ^ auxilliary steam engines of 25 and CO horse power each names and dimensions of their buildings, are as follows : No. 1, machine shop, 600x40, three stories and basement. No. 2, do. do. 80x30, two stories. No. 3, foundry and black- smiths' shop, 100x30, one story. No. 4, boiler shop, 150x 30, one story. The motive power is derived from a 15 horse power engine, with two flue boilers, built by themselves. They employ bout 40 hands. A. Lang commenced the making of boilers in 1858, on Beaver street. His building is 40x50, one story ; employs 12 hands, making 10 boilers per year. Owen Coogan commenced the manufacture of card, belt, harness and shoe leather, in 1850. His factory is situ- ated on East Housatonic rirer, and is 150x34, two stories, with wing 75x24, two stories with basement. Mr. C. employs 30 hands, and turns out about 10.000 hides par year, using 1,200 cords of bark, 30,000 lbs. tallow and oil. He uses a 30 horse power engine with tubular boiler, built by Clary & RusseU. both McK.-iy engines. Nearest railway stations are Pitts- field, on Boston & Albany Railroad, and Coltsville, ou Pitts- field & North Adams Ra'ilroad. His Post Office address is Pittsfield. There are connected with the mill 2 artesian wells — one 250 feet and one 500 feet deep. Both together furnish to the mill 400 gallons per minute of the purest spring water. Wahconah Woolen Mill, established in 1864, T. G. Atwood, Proprietor ; L. R. Abbe, Sup't. Occupy a 3^ story stone mill. 50x80 feet, with picker house, &c., and manu- facture balmoral skirts, flannels, meltons, &c., employing from 30 to 35 hands. Run two sets cards, three jacks, 18 broad looms, and produce from 250 to 300 yards per day. A 24 inch Tyler wheel drives the machinerv, the fall being 18 feet. STEAVUsv^LLE WooLEN Co. Commenced business August 14, 1866, for the manufacture of black union cassimeres. The buildings occupied by them are as follows : one mill 120x44 feet, boiler and dye house, 20x30 feet, one brick Among the establishnients which has grown with the city picker house, one machine shop, one saw mill and one brick . .. „_. ... .. 1 . 1 store, and 29 tenements. They employ from 50 to 60 hands, run 4 sets of machinery, 32 looms, 1300 spindles, producing 230,000 yards annually. They have a 50 horse power engine, made by Cleary. Sedgwick & Russell. The mill is situated on a western branch of the Housatonic River, having a fall of 32 feet. Amount of business yearly, 8250,000. Capital stock, §100,000. is the cotton factory of M. Van Sickler. In 1849, Plunk- ett, Clapp & Co., established a cotton manufactory on the East Housatonic river, and run it for several years. In 1866, Mr. Van Sickler bought it and he now runs 3,500 spindles ; employing 100 hands and making 100,000 yards cloth per mouth using about 30,000 lbs. cotton ; power de- rived from a 100 horse turbine wheel. His picker is in a building separate from the main factory, being 30 feet square, while his factory is 120x40, 4 stories ; storehouse 60x20, 1 story PoNTOOsuc Woolen SIanttfacturixg Co. manufacture balmoral skirts, carriage and car blankets, &c. The J. Clapp & Son. In 1810, Mr. Jason Clapp commenced main building occupied by them is 145x48 feet. They | the manufacturing of all kinds of carriages in the rear of employ 200 hands, run 75 broad looms and 1 sets of i West street, and continued until his death, which occurred cards, and do a business of 8450,000 annually. The : Oct. 1868. The carriage presented to President Pierce, by factory is located at the outlet of Pontoosuc Lake, with 20 , some of his friends in Boston, was made by Messrs. Clapp I feet fall of water. Thaddeus Clapp is Agent and Gen- i & Son, and has been pronounced by good judges to have 1 eral Manager. I Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 341 ;|>%ITTSFIEI^» JLI^CTION, 149 flpt miles from Boston and 52 from Albany, at the junc- ^f^ lion of the Boston & Albany and Pittstield & North ri Adams Railroads. L.Y1W01JTH, 37^ miles from Boston, at the teminus of the Plymouth Branch of the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. This town is full of interest, it being the oldest settlement by Europeans in New En STREET STATION, five miles from Boston, and 6 from Lexington, a flag station on the Lexington and Arlington Railroad. 'if'IORTERS, 3 miles from Boston, a sta- ^^ tiou in the city of Cambridge, on the Boston and (Y*j Fitchburg Railroad. RATT'S JUIVCTIOPV, 17 miles from AVorcester and 9 from Fitchburg, on the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad, at the junction of the Agri- cultural Branch. ROCTOR'S t'ORNER, 20 miles from Lowell and 4 from Salem, a station on the Salem & Lovvell Railroad. ^|\ROSPECT STREET, 2 miles from w Boston, a stati Boston and Fitchburs Railro the city of Cambridge, on the AlJROVIWCETOWIir, one of the most ^_p| important towns on the Cape, having one of the tin- (^■ry est harbors in the world, situated in the north of that fi portion of the Cape, which separates the waters of Cape Cod Bay with the Ocean. Provincetown contains 3,000 inhabitants, 3 churches, and 1 bank. It is situated 30 miles from Orleans, and 123 from Boston, via. Orleans. /jt\UII¥C;V, 8 miles S. by E. from Boston, llrf on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. The sur- ^~%/ face of the town by the same name is diversified by hills, valleys and plains. Back from the bay about 3 miles is a range of elevated land, in some parts more than 600 ft. above the sea, containing an inexhaustable supply of granite. This is the .source of " Quincy Granite," a building material justly celebrated in all our cities for its durability and beauty. About 1,000 persons are employed in working it. The first railroad constructed in America was here put in operation in 1826, for transporting the granite to the tide waters of the Neponset river, — 3 miles. The village is situated on high ground and contains 9 churches, a bank, insurance company and newspaper. The Mount Wallaston farm is noted as the site of an early settlement (1625) and as the merry mount of Thomas Morton and his associates. This farm, with another, form the ancestral estate of the Quincy family, and comprises one of the most beautiful and well cultivated estates in New England. This town is celebrated as the birth place of John Hancock and Josiah Quincy, Jr., and the two Adamses. A stone church was erected in 1828, at a cost of $40,000, designated the " Adams Temple." Within its walls is a beautiful marble monument to the memory of the Hon. John Adams and wife. Quincy was named in honor of Col. John Quincy, a native of this place. Population of the town, 7,500. James E. Maxim commenced business in October, 1864, for the manufacture of boots and shoes, employing 20 hands, and producing 15,000 pairs annually. Doing a business of 837,000. T. Curtis & Co., manufacturers of fine boots and shoes, commenced business 1830, and have 100 employees, doing business to the amount of $140,000 per annum. This firm have an office at No. 62 Milk street, Boston, Mass. Badger Brothers established business in the year 1855, under the name of C. L. & L. C. Badger, for the manufac- ture of patent hammers and stone tools generally, also of superior lifting jacks, &c. They occupy one building, 60x30 feet, with basement, and one room 25x10 feet. They employ from 5 to 8 workmen, doing a business of from S3000 to §6000 yearly. The power is furnished by an 8 horse power engine of Badger Bros. make. J. T. Penniman & Co. manufacturers of boots and shoes of the finest quality, (mostly custom work,) employ 20 hands, and do a business of about $20,000 per annum. ^ AIVI>OEPII, Uf mUes from Boston, Tfll . and 52i from Newport, a beautiful village situated Cjjy between the two branches of the Old Colony & New- port Railroad, contains 3 churches and 1 bank. About $2,000,000 worth of boots and shoes are made here annually. An elegant town hall called Stetson Hall, in honor of Amasa Stetson, by whom it was presented to the town of Randolph, is an ornament to the' town. It is 90 x 60 feet, and contains the Stetson High School, a flourishing institution for boys, endowed by the above gentleman. Population of the village about $4,500. Charles H. Howard commenced business in 1861. He manufactures boots and shoes of the first quality for the New England retail trade. He occupies a 4 story building 40x 50 feet, employs 75 workmen, and produces 25,000 pairs annually. Amount of business $100,000. Elisha Mann, Jr., established business in the year 1858, for the manufacture of fine calf boots, expressly for the retail trade of New Flngland. He occupies a building 24x50 feet, employs 50 hands, and produces 1,500 cases of boots per year. Amount of business done per year is $80,000. Samuel A. Capen, manufacturer of boots, commenced the business in 1861, under the firm of Odell & Capen. He employs 50 hands, runs 4 machines, and manufactures 2,118 cases of boots, valued at $92,000, every 2 years. He is now doing a thriving business. Alexander Strong & Co. commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1849. Their works is under the charge of their agent, Mr. S. French, who employs 110 hands, and produces $18,000 worth of goods monthly. They occupy a 2 story building, 36 x 62 feet, situated at No. 22 South Main street. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 343 G. A. RICHARDSON & COMPANY, ISlanutiu'turers of all kinds INFANTS' BOOTS AND SHOES, In Fancy Colors, in Leathe Office and Salesroom at Store of Wales Tucker & Co., ) 49 Pearl Street, Boston. ) G. A. RICHARDSON, READING, MASS. E. B. RICHARDSON. name, forge AYNHAM, 304 mUes from Boston,] 37^ from Newport, a small village on the Old Col- ony and Newport Railroad, in a town by the tame ; Population of the town 2,000. The oldest anchar 1 the United States is situated in this town. ^jj AY'S STATIOIV, situated 35J mUes 'jIj ^ from Boston, 2J from AVoonsocket, and 18J from ^__J Providence, a village in the town of Bellingham, of about 400 inhabitants, on the Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. ^U KADI]\G, is a post townsliip in Mid- ; jJjV dlesex County, situated about 13 miles north of Bos- i Cjjy ton, on the Boston and Maine Railroad. It is twelve | miles west of Salem, twelve miles south of Lawrence j and fourteen miles southeast of Lowell. The town was first settled in 1640, and incorporated in 1644. The pres- | ent population is about 3,000. Number of voters 613. The valuation of real estate, 81,018,677. That of personal estate, 829'), 572. Total 81,318.249. Rate of tax, SI. 55 per 81,000. Number of acres of land taxed in the town, 5,- 729. Number of dwelling houses, 500. There arc five churches — two Orthodox Congregationalists, one Baptist, one Methodist and one Universalist ; 14 schools — 1 high, 4 grammar, 2 intermediate, 4 primary and 3 mixed. Num- ber of scholars, 513. 14 trains daily each way to and from Boston, pass through Reading, on tlie Boston and Maine Railroad ; most of them stop at the station. G. A. Richardson & Co. are among the largest manu- facturers of infants' and children's shoes in the United States, making a specialty of this branch of business, and employ- ing accomplished artizans. Their style is unexceptionable. They occupy one building with necessary workmen for pro- ducing shoes enough to supply a large trade throughout the country. Damon, Temple & Co. occupy a shop in the 2d story of a large brick building known as the Bank building, located on the corner of !Main and Pleasant streets, for the manufac- ture of gentlemen's neck ware, such as scarfs, ties and bows. They employ about 100 hands, mostly women. Very little of the work except the cutting, (which is done by men,) is done in the shop, it being sent out or carried home by the girls who do the work. The business was established in 1866. Office No. 72 Summer street, and No. 28 Otis street, Boston. HoLKEN Bros., occupy a 2 story wooden building, 14x40 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of misses' and children's shoes. Commenced business in 1845. Em- ploy 35 hands. Alden Batcheldf.r occupies a 2 story wooden building, 30x40 feet, one 2 stories, 24x34 feet, another 2 stories 24x34 feet, located on Salem, corner Pearl street, for the manufac- ture of bureaus, secretaries, sideboards, looking glass frames, &c. Commenced business in 1865, employs 8 hands, consumes 150,000 feet of lumber, and does a business of 815,- 000 per annum. Charles Manning, occupies a 2 story wooden building 22x28 feet, also a 2 story building 16x20 feet, located on Manning street, for the manufacture of bureaus, secretaries, &c. Commenced business in 1849, employs 2 hands, con- sumes 15,000 Jeet of lumber and does a business of 85,000 per annum. Frascis Kingman occupies a two story wooden building, 25x30 feet ; two other buildings two stories each, 24x36 ft., and a store housa 24x30 feet, located on Manning street, for the manufacture of bureaus, secretaries, wash stands, »fcc. ; commenced business in 1837. Employs 7 hands ; consumes 60,000 feet of lumber, and does a business of 812,000 per annum. The manufactory of Parker & Sleeper is located on Sa- lem street, where they occupy a two story wooden building, 24x151 feet; another, two stories, 98x33 feet, for the manu- facture of furniture and all kinds of veneered work, in sets. The business was commenced in 1857, under the firm name of M. D. Berry & Co., and under present firm name in April, 1858, Mr. M. D. Berry being one of the present firm. Tiiey give employment to 60 hands. Their machinery is driven by a portable steam engine, 60 horse power, built by J. C. Hoadley & Co., of Lawrence, Mass. They consume 500,000 feet of lumber, and do business amounting to 8100,000 per annum. Office and salesroom, No. 10 Traverse street, Bos- ton. S. Harnden & Son occupy a 3 story wooden mill 25x85 feet with an L 25x20 feet, work shop 35x25 feet, 3 store houses, each 2 stories, and 25x60 feet ; another store house 2 stories 25x80 feet, located on Main street for the manufac- ture of refrigerators and furniture ; also, have a saw mill 40x20 feet, for sawing the lumber. Their machinery is i driven by an engine of 30 horse power, built by Campbell. Whittier & Co., of Boston, with 1 flue boiler, built by Mr. Snow, of East Boston. They consume from 25 to 30,000 feet of lumber, and turn out 3,000 refrigerators, and do a busi- ness of 875,000 per year. Office 14 Canal street, Boston. Foster & Perkins occupy a 2 story wooden building 45x 25 feet, located on Woburn street for the manufacture of chil- dren's shoes. Commenced business in 1865. Employ 50 hands ; turn out 250 to 300 pairs per day. DiNSMOOR & Grouard established business in 1849. They occupy, for the manufacture of parlor desks and cham- ber sets, the following buildings : one 30x50, three stories ; two 36x22, two stories, and four sheds and store house. Em- ploy 30 men, consume 100,000 feet lumber, and do a busi- ness of 840,000 per annum. The machinery used is varied, such as splitting, squaring, and spitting saws, jig and cylin- der saws, and Daniel's planer, jointer and moulding machine. The motive power to drive their machinery is furnished by a steam engine ot 15 horse power, made by Otis Tufils, Bos- ton, Mass. Samuel Pierce occupies a 2 two story wooden building 24x 150 feet ; packing room 16x24 feet ; store house, 2 stories, 344 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. SAMUEL PIERCE, umnkm PIP Voiced in a superior manner. l^ Organ Builders furnished with all kinds of Metallic Pipks at the shortest notice. ^^ 40x40 feet, located on Salem street, for the manufacture of . organ pipes ; the business was commenced in 1848, and gives employment to 25 hands. He consumes about 10 tons , of zinc, 3 tons of block tin, 8 tons of lead and 500 lbs. of ' brass, with 15,000 to 20,000 feet of lumber for making his packing boxes per year ; does a business amounting to $25,- 000 per annum. mi on iADVHjIjK^ 8^ miles from Boston tlic Boston and Providence Railroad, a small village ^5^ located half a mile from the depot. The Smithfielu Manl'factl-rikg Co. was incorporated with a capital of S300.000. Earl P. Mason, President, Henry Waterman, Secretary and Treasurer. This company occupy two mills on a branch of the Charles river. The " old mill" is built of wood, 3 stories. A new brick mill was erected in 18fi5. It is 150x60, 4 stories, 2 Leffel wheels and a 125 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power. They employ 150 persons ; run 10,800 spindles ; 220 looms ; consume 6,500 pounds of cotton weekly, and produce 50,- 000 yards of 39 and 28 inch 52x60 and 56x60 print cloths and paper cambrics. Geo. E. Sherman, agent. Office in Providence, 8 South Main street. fICHI?IOIVl>, 41 mUes from Albany, 61 from Springfield and 159 from Boston ; a station and town on the Boston and Albany Railroad. The town is situated in a deep valley of excellent soil, surrounded by elevated lands, and watered by Williams river. This is an excellent farming town, the farmers' house?, extending several miles on one street, are neatly built, and make a beautiful appearance. Iron ore is found here. ICE'S CKOSSIMO, 12J mUes from Boston, and 31 i from Worcester, a station on the Boston and Albanv Railroad. Oin IVJERI>AI^E, 13i miles from Worces tor and 29^ from Providence. A flag station of 14 houses on the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Has one mill, called the Riverdale Mill, Paul Whitin, pro- prietor ; Charles E. Whitin, agent. Office at Whitins- ville. The mill is 38x260 feet, 2 stories, built of brick with stone basement. They run 5,500 spindles, 120 looms, con- sume 4,500 pounds of cotton, and produce 16,000 yards of 40 inch fine cotton sheetings per week, employing 62 per- sons. The mill is run by one Jonval and one Fall River wheel, the fall being 9J feet. The mill is located on the Blackstone, a few rods from the railroad ; was built in 1850, and remodelled in 18G6. ^ ICHARDSOX'JS; ROW, 9 miles '7L1 from Boston, a station on the Woburn branch C ''J railroad, in the town of Woburn. J. P. Crane & Co., manufacturers of all kinds of harness leather, in 1867 succeeded to the business which was established in 1864, by J. P. Crane. Main building, 50x30, 3 stories, used for drying and finishing rooms. Tannery, 60x35, 1 story, containing 30 vats. Beam house, 60x35, 1 story, contains 10 vats. Tan house 20x40, 12 feet posts. Have 4 leachers holding 2 cords bark each, filled by conductor from bark mill, by poor extracts which flow from a pipe from leachers to mill, returning through this conduc- tor back to leachers ; 2 junks holding 5000 gallons liquor each, and 1 cooler. These works are on the right hand side of track from Woburn to Boston. They employ 20 hands, and consume 520 cords of bark, from 6 to 8 tons Gambia, and half ton Sumac per year. Tanning 5,200 slaughtered hides per year. The motive power is furnished from a 12 horse engine, made by J. P. Shelby, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler. (^^ Alba ERiSIDE, 11 miles from Boston, 33 from Worcester, a station on the Boston & Albany Railroad. A braucii leaves the main road here for Newton Lower Falls. Distance 1 mile. Stimson, Babcock & LivERMORE occupy 7 buildings, used in the manufacture of varnishes and japans, making a spe- cialty of railroad, coach and carpet varnishes. The business was established in 1867, and employs 12 hands, turning out about 600 gallons per day. Mr. Stimson has an experience of 36 years, and Mr. Babcock 20 years, in the manufacture of varnishes. Their office and salesroom is located at 32 Broad street, Boston, Mass. Valentine & Co., see Boston. ^tJOBERTS CROSS ir¥G, 11 miles '^ll from Boston and :i'.i licni l'"ilcliburg, a flag station (,_> on the Boston and Fitclil.urg Kaih-oad. »OCIIDAL.E, 147 miles from Albany, 53 from Boston and 45 from Springfield ; a small village, formerly called Clappville, changed to the present name in the spring of 1869. It contains one church. Situated on the Boston .and Albany Railroad. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 345 A. Haskey & Co., successors to Styles &Co., raaaufac- turers of paper mill engine bars and plates, rag cutters and trimming knives, planing, shingle and veneer cutters, and every description of pattern knives, made to order. The business was commenced in 1848. The sizes of their build- ings are as follows : hammer shop, 100x33 feet, one story ; grinding shop, 80x20 feet, two stories ; finishing shop and office, 60x25 feet, two stories. The number of employees is 18. They use 15 horse water power. The articles they man- ufacture are sent all over the country, even to Caliornia and the Canadas. Rochdale Mills, Eben Dale, proprietor, established De- cember, 1856. The buildings occupied are two, 4 stories high ; lower, or main mill, 52x125 feet ; the upper mill, 50 x25 feet ; located about half a mile from the station. Man- ufactures flannels ; employs 150 hands ; runs 13 sets machin- ery and 78 broad looms. Average number of yards produced daily, about 4,000. Does a business amounting to 8425,000 per annum. The power i.<< furnished by a. water wheel, un- der a 13 feet fall at upper mill, and 26 feet fall at lower mill. Located on the French river. Agents in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, Dale Bros. & Co. ^ OCKBOTTO.II, 32 miles from Bos- 'jLM ton, a countrj- station on the Marlboro' Branch Rail- Q__^ road in the town of Stow. This town was incorpo- rated in 1683, and is watered by the Assabet river, the soil is light and sandy. B. W. Gleason & Co. The first factory building was built many years ago, and in fact is one of the oldest manu- facturing places in the State ; and is now standing and used as a wcol sorting room and store house. The present works were established in 1834, additions made in 1851, by B. AV. Gleason & Co., burnt in 1852, rebuilt in 1853, and is now as convenient and substantial a mill as any in the country. The building, situated on the Assabet river, is built of brick and is 4 stories high, dimensions 125x50 feet, with otfice, &c., attached 40x17 feet, also dye and boiler house 44x43 feet. Employ 90 hands, run 8 sets machinery and manufacture 2,500 yards woolen flannels daily. The power is furnished by a water wheel under a 14 feet fall. Also have a 55 horse power engine in readiness for dry sca,sons, which can be run in connection with the water wheel or without. There is a large farm connected with the factory property, of near- ly 200 acres. Also 30 tenements, a store, blacksmith shop and other buildings. Selling agents, Messrs Dale Bros. & Co., Boston, New York and Philadelphia. '^[J OCKPORT, located at the terminus of ^|1 . the Branch Railroad running from Beverly, 36 miles (_^ from Boston, is a hilly, rocky town of 3,700 inhabit- ants, the principal business of which is fishing and quarrying stone. Contains 5 churches, viz. : 1 Catholic, 1 Congrega- tional, 1 Baptist, 1 Methodist and 1 Universalist. Number of voters, 951 ; number of dwelling houses, 543 ; 1 national bank and 1 savings bank. There are 1 high, 3 grammar, 5 primary and 1 boys' winter school. "Whole number attend- ing school, 1,975. J. .1. & W. N. Manning occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing 40x24 feet, with an L 30x20 feet, located on King street for the manufacture of isinglass, of which they turn out about 400 lbs. per day. Commenced business in 18G7, and have 10 employees. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 50 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of Boston, with 1 tubu- lar boiler, 50 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam of Salem, Mass. This firm have an otfice at 42^ Main street, and do business to the amount of $50,000 per annum. RoCKPOUT Steam Cotton Mills were established in 1847, with a capital of 8270,000, for the purpose of manufactur- ing sheetings, drills, corset jeans, cotton flannels, cotton duck, &c. The business was established in 1847. Size of buildings as follows : main building, 350x65 feet, 2 stories, and attic, 116 feet from one end, the full width is a base- ment and occupied with machinery ; there is an L, 40x100 feet, 2 stories ; a boiler-house 40x48 feet, 1 story, is attach- ed to main building ; a building in which they maufacture their gas, is 43x28 feet, one story. All of the above buildings are made of granite taken from the Rockport quarries. They employ 225 hands, running 250 looms, 10,160 spindles, consuming 75,000 lbs. of cotton and producing 190- 000 yards per month. Power is derived from a 240 horse power engine, Coliss' Patent, and also from 4 Corliss' drop flue and 4 plain cylinder boilers. J. H. Higgins, Agent. ^'^^ t>CK STATIO^f, a flag station situat- ed 5 miles from Middleboro' and 40 from Hyannis, on the Cape Cod Railroad. The village contains about 125 inhabitants and 1 church. OSI^lIVDALiE, (formerly South street) 5 miles from Boston, a country station on the Ded- ham Branch in the town of West Roxbury. ^ O^FLiEY, 74^ miles from Providence, ^[1 . 31 from Boston and 25 from Portsmouth, a station Q__3y and town on the Eastern Railroad. This town was first settled by a party of industrious and pious persons from Yorkshire, England, in 1639. They erected the first fulling mill in New England, and manufactured the first cloth in North America. There are a great variety of soils in the town ; a large part is salt meadow and the residue is fertile and productive. It is watered by the Rowley river which rises from several ponds in Boxford. The river aflx)rd8 a water power, and before its juuction with Plum Island Sound forms a harbor of moderate draught of water and in which many vessels are built. Ancient Rowley was divided in 1838. Its western part was detached and incorporated by the name of Georgetown. This town contains 1,200 in- habitants, 2 churches — 1 Congregational and 1 Baptist. The Universalist Society hold services in the Town Hall. There are 4 schools 1 being grammar the others mixed. The num- ber of voters is 297 ; value of real estate $414,377 ; per- sonal property $85,400. There are 248 dwelling houses. Number of acres taxable 10,120J. D. S. Henderson & Co. commenced business in 1868, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' heavy boots and shoes ; occupy a 2^ story wooden building 60 x 35 feet ; employ 120 hands, turning out about 50,000 pairs per an- num, doing business to the amount of $100,000. Their goods are sold mostly to Western dealers. Store house and salesroom No. 90 Milk street, Boston. Wm. C. Foster, manufacturer of boots and shoes, com- menced the business in 1852 ; employs 10 hands, and manu- factures goods for the New England retail trade. He occu- pies a 2 story frame building 40x20 feet. D. M. Prime & Sons occupy a 2 story building 25x22 ft. for the manufacture of boots and shoes for the retail trade. They have 18 employees. The business was established in 1818 by D. M. Prime. ^ OXBURY, 2 miles from the Boston & 5JV, Providence Depot in Boston, a station in the city of (^!) Boston. See Boston. 346 Stations in the State «/ Massachusetts. About 55 hands are employed at the works of Campbell, Whittier & Co., Roxbury — the full force beinp V25. This firm manufactures a large variety of heavy machinery of standard excellence, and have several specialties that are worthy of mention. These latter include the wire rope ele- vator. Miller's screw elevator, and Merrick's safety appar- atus, for which they are agents. This apparatus being worked by a counterbalance weight and not with springs, is always in working order, and there can be uo failure in arresting the platform of the elevator at any desired point. Stamp mills of the most approved pat- terns, boilers, tanks, bleaching kiers, «Scc., «S;c., are also made at this establishment. The firm also make leather and rubber machinery, shaftings, &c. Small steam en- gines of 5 or 6 horse power, for print works, are among their products. One of these engines drives each printing machine, all of which can be operated at once without inter- ference with each other. ^0¥AI^STOI¥, 27 mil 'jfl burg and 28 from Greenfield, a ' Q__^ inhabitants, in the town of Royi lies from Fitch- village of about 300 Royalston, on the Ver- mont & Massachusetts Railroad. The surface of the town is somewhat rough and mountainous, but the soil is good, particularly on the banks of White river. The town was set- tled in 1771. At South Royalston is the Royalston Woolen Mills, George Whitney, proprietor, manufacture doeskins, cassi- meres and tricots. Size of main mill, 140x36 feet. They employ 75 hands, use 4 sets of machinery and produce 120,- 000 yards per year. The motive power is furnished by a turbine water wheel and has a fall of 12 feet. The above firm also manufacture both wood and cane seat chairs, em- ploying some 15 hands at this latter business. ^i^Alhange Bank, No. 231 Essex street ; capital $200,000. Naumkeag National Bank, No. 161 Essex street ; capital $500,000. Salem National Bank, No. 29 Washington street ; capital $200,000. Savings Banks : Salem Savings Bank, Asiatic building, 32 Washington street, incorporated 1818 ; amount deposit- ed, $3,700,000. Salem Five-Cents Savings Bank, Down- ing's block, 175 Essex street, incorporated 1855; amount deposited, about $600,000. Insurance Companies : Salem Marine, capital $100,000 ; office 32 Washington street. Essex Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 42 Washington street. Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 27 Washington street, Holyoke building ; cash assets over $150,000 ; amount insured, $15,000,000. Salem Mu- tual Fire Insurance Co., 42 Washington street. Plummer Hall : This building is located at 1S4 Essex st. It was erected in 1866, from funds left by the estate of Miss Caroline Plummer to the proprietors of the Salem Athen- »um. The first story is appropriated to a portion of the Es- sex Institute, and has two ante-rooms, one of which contains the periodicals and publications received in exchange ; the other, the manuscripts and historical collections. In the large hall, in the rear, has been arranged the newspapers, pamphlets, and books of reference of the Institute. The sec- ond story has a similar arrangement of rooms ; the western aute-room is appropriated to the use of the librarian, and some of the principal works of reference, and the new books belonging to the Salem Athenfeum. The eastern, to the libra- ries of the Essex South District Medical Society and the Es- sex Agricultural Society. The alcoves on the western side of the large room in the rear, contain the library of the Sa- lem AtheuKum. Those on the eastern, that of the Essex Institute. The libraries of the several societies in the build- ing, contain about 40,000 bound volumes, besides a large collection of pamphlets. Salem Athenseum, incorporated in 1810, was formed by the union of the Social and Philosophical Libraries. The former was organized in 1760, the latter in 1781. No. of volumes 13,500, which are deposited in Plummer Hall, 134 Essex street. Library open each day between 9 a. m. and 1 p. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m., in the summer months to 6 p. m. Essex Southern District Medical Society, consists of all the members of the Massachusetts Medical Society who reside in Lynn, Swamscot, Nahant, Saugus, Marblehead, Salem, Danvers, Middleton, Beverly, Wenham, Topsfield, Ipswich, Hamilton, Essex, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester Webb's N. E. Railwai/ and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 347 STEKEY SMITH'S FURNACE GRATE BAR! i^^m FOR STEAMSHIPS, STEAMBOATS, Locomotives, Stationary Furnaces, &c., PATENTED, OCTOBER 2d, 1866. The advantages which these bars possess over others is iu their combination and the distribution of the metal in such a manner that there is no possibility of their warping or twisting about, as is generally tlie case with other bars ; they are also much stronger and more durable, and, in consequence of their combined strength, can be made considerable or all Sizes tor Upright Boilers. Also Manufacture all kinds of ]>J[aoliiiiei*y Oastiiigs, Oas^ Lamp I*ost^s antl I*ipes!. All orders addressed to STERRY SMITH, SALEM, MASS. •iiiiiiiik: C H. ]VE^WC;0>IB, GJ^eneral A.gent. and Peabody. The society was formed in 1805. The library is annually increased and contains about 1,000 vol- umes. It is deposited in Plummer Hall, where the regular meetings of the society are held. Many other societies and institutions are located here. MANUFACTURERS. Sterry Smith occupies a foundry, the main building of which is 80x45 feet, with a wing 25x25 feet ; also, a ware- room attached 30x20 feet, two stories, located on the corner of East Gardner and East Prospect streets, where he employs from six to ten persons in the manufacture of Sterry Smith's patent furnace grate bar, for steamships, locomotives, sta- tionary furnaces, &c. Also, manufacture gas light posts, and every description of iron castings. The business was es- tablished in 1845. An engine of six horse power, built by the proprietor, supplied with steam from a tubular boiler, eight horse power, built by Joseph Haslam, of this city, fur- nish the motive power. T. J. GiFFORD & Co., occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing, 60x56 feet as a planing and moulding mill and bracket manufactory, also occupy a 4 story wooden building, 50x40 feet, for the manufacture of doors, sashes and blinds, locat- ed at the foot of Carpenter street, on a line with the Lowell Railroad. Commenced business in 1855, and have 40 em- ployees. Their machinery, consisting of planing, moulding, mortising and tenoning machines and other machinery adapt- ed to the business, is driven by an engine of 40 horse pow- er, with a tubular boiler, built by Joseph Haslam, of this city ; do business amounting to about 8150,000 per annum. Simeon Flint manufacturer of Knight & "Woodward's patent Hydraulic Cement Sewer Pipe, occupies a wooden j building 70x60 feet, located on Dodge's wharf, where he em- ploys 4 hands, and turns out about 75 feet per month, vary- ing in size from 3 to 24 inches. Commenced business in 18G4. This pipe is specially adapted for distribution and drainage in cities, towns and villages. It will stand the most severe test, and improve in strength with age and use. These pipes are in use in New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Cen- tral Park, Hartford, &c., &c., and under heavy railroad em- bankments ; and stand the most severe test of acids. Office 221 Derby street, Salem. Albert Wilkiss occupies a tannery 100x50 feet, con- taining 100 vats, located in the rear of No. 46 Boston street, for the manufacture of leather. Commenced business in 1845 ; has 7 employees, and tans 300 hides per week, doing business to the amount of $60,000 per annum. Runs an engine of 12 horse power, built by S. E. Chubbuck, of Bos- ton, with 1 tubular boiler 20 horse power, built by James Tetlow, of Boston. Joseph Haslam occupies a wooden building 50 x 30 feet, located on Ward street, opposite Union, for the manufacture of steam boilers of every description, and tanks, employing about 12 hands. Commenced business in 1865, and does business to the amount of §20,000 per annum. W. D. & S. Varxet, tanners and curriers, occupy a tan- nery containing 200 vats, located in the rear of 44 Boston street, also occupy a currying shop 60x30 feet, built of wood and 3 stories high, in the rear of which is a tan yard con- taining 70 vats and located at 72 Boston street, for the man- ufacture of leather. The business was established by the late Solomon Varney, about 1818, and has been carried on by the present firm since 1841. Have 20 employees ; run at their tannery an engine of 12 horse power with one tubu- lar boiler 25 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam of this 348 Stations in the State of Massachisetts. SALEM BOILER WORKS. J O ^^ 1±: I^ H H ^4. ^ L .A. ]^ , MANUFACTURER OF STEAMBOAT, lOMMOTIVS, H0RI2QNTAL TUBULAR AND UPRIGHT TUBULAR, TLUE AND CYLINDER liOILEi^ B Wai'tl, opi>os!»ite XJiiioii Htrciot, Halem, l^Iass, city. At their currying shop tliey run an engine of 6 horse power, built by J. C. Hoadley of Lawrence, Mass. This firm have an office and salesroom at the corner of High and Congress streets, Boston. Oilman Andrews occupies two 2J story wooden build- ings 50x26 feet, each with a blacksmith shop attached, lo- cated at No. 27 Beach street, for the manufacture of express wagons, of which he turns out about 150 per annum, employ- ing 15 hands, and doing business to the amount of $25,000. His machinery is driven by an engine of 12 horse power built by J. C. Hobbs of Cambridge, Mass., with 1 tubular boiler 50 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam of this city, which, in addition to furnishing steam for the engine, heats all the buildings. The Salem Boot & Shoe Co. occupy a 2 story wooden building, with basement, 105x30 feet, with an L 90x27 feet, located at No. 42 Mill street, for the manufacture of gents', ladies' and misses' fine boots and shoes. Commenced busi- ness in January, 1866 ; have 100 employees and turn out annually 60,000 pairs, which are sent to all parts of the Union, doing business to the amount of $100,000. Run 2 McKay and 25 other machines of different kinds. Jonathan A. Kenuey is Treasurer, and Robert Chase, Superintendent of this company, who have an office and salesroom at No. 48 Hanover street, Boston, Mass. Driscol & LooNEY occupy a 2J story wooden building 40x22 feet, located at No. 69 Mason street, for the currying of leather. Commenced business in 1867, and have six em- employees. Run an engine of five horse power, built by John W. Weston, of this city, with one tubular boiler eight horse power. Robert Mltilig occupies a four story wooden building 80x30 feet, with out buildings, covering 20,000 square feet of room, for the manufacture of leather. Commenced busi- ness in 1845, and employs 20 hands. His machinery is driven by an engine of 25 horse power, bnilt by Bird & Co., of East Boston, Mass., with one tubular boiler, 50 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam, of this city. Snow & Redmond, tanners and curriers, occupy a two .story wooden building 150x50 feet, located at No. 12 Frank- lin street, for the manufacture of wax leather. The business was established by Mr. Snow in 1840. This firm have 20 employees, and turn out 10,000 hides per year, and do a business to the amount of $50,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of eight horse power, with one flue boil- er, 25 horse power. GiLMAN A. Andrews occupies a tan yard covering about 15,000 square feet of room, also occupies a 2^ story wooden building 43x30 feet, located at No. 27 Beach street, for the manufacture of wax leather. Commenced business in 1864, has. 16 employees, tans about 10,000 hides per annum, does business to the amount of $50,000. His machinery is driven by an engine of 12 horse power, built by J. C. Hobbs, of Cambridge, Mass., with one tubular boiler, 50 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam, of this city. } James H. Couret, currier, occupies a 2J story wooden building, 40x28 feet, located at the foot of Buffum street, for the manufacture of leather ; commenced business in 1848, and employs 4 hands. J. Gardkee, occupies a 1 J story brick building, 150x100 feet, located at No. 6 Charles street, for the manufacture of rum. Has in use a. copper boiler capable of holding 1200 gallons. Commenced business in 1863. J. Soother & Co. commenced business in 1843, for the manufacture of morocco, kid, goat and pebbled calf skins, &c., occupying an acre of flooring, in a 3 story frame build- I ing 80x26 feet, as a tannery and dye shop. Salesroom and drying room 60x30, 4 stories, frame ; finishing shop 80 x 25, j 4 stories, of wood. Have 48 employees, turn out about 1,500 goat skins, 700 calf skins, 120 dozen sheep skins per week. Motive power furnished from an engine of 10 horse power ; steam from a tubular boiler built by McKay & Aldus, of E. Boston. This firm do a business of about $150,000 per an- num. Office and salesroom. No. 63 Kilby street, Boston. C. L. Gat & Co. occupy the second story of a 4 story frame building 70x58 feet, for the manufacture of pasted in- ner soles, stiffenings, &c. Commenced business in 1865 ; have 25 employees, and do a business of $25,000 per annum. James Riley, manufacturer of wax, kip, split, and grain leather. Commenced the business in 1862. His works are situated on Goodhue street, and consist of tannery, 1 story, 125x80 ; two story curry shop, 60x30 ; beam house 35x35, 2 stories. Have 15 employees, turning out 1,000 sides per week. An engine of 15 horse power furnishes the power for driving the machinery ; steam from a tubular boiler, built by Kendall & Roberts, of Cambridgeport, Mass. vSamuel Pitman, Jr. occupies a 4 story frame building 65x25 feet, located at No. 2 Goodhue street, for the manu- i facture of wax and kip leather. The business was estab- I lished by Samuel Pitman in 1820. Have 12 hands, curry 600 sides and splits per week. Power furnished from a hot air engine built by Popus, of 2 horse power. Does a busi- I ness of $75,000 per annum. Eagan & McGrath occupy a tan house 56x45 feet, curry shop 54x30, with out-buildings, &c., covering about half an acre of ground, located in the rear of Mason street, for the manufacture of leather. The business was com- menced in 1868. Employ 27 hands, producing 400 hides Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 349 Blacksmitli and Machinist, Manufacturer of- Stuart ^ Corson's hid M Taming Matbss, (Near the South Bridge.) Sa-lem, iVIsiss. of 8 horse power with flue boil- per week. Run an e er of 20 horse power. j Madigan & Bkenkan occupy a tan yard 100x30 feet, also a beam house 56x30 feet located on Goodhue street, for , the manufacture of leather. Commenced business in 1862. Have 7 employees and turn out 300 hides per week. Motive power is furnished from an engine of 5 horse power, with 1 tubular boiler. Joseph Newell occupies two floors in a two story brick I building 80x40 feet, located at No. 7 Front street, for the j manufacture of doors, sash and blinds ; employs four hands. I The machinery is driven by art engine in building adjacent. Mr. Newell commenced business in 1835. Wm. Cutler occupies a two story wooden building 32x23 feet, situated at No. 138 Boston street, for the manufacture of valises, bags, pocket books and wallets. Commenced busi- uess in 1853. In tJie busy season he makes from 30 to 40 j dozen pocket books per week. | M. ROBSON & Co., manufacturers of pebble, grain, buff, wax and split leather. Business commenced in 1865. Oc- cupy a three story frame building 100x50, located on Good- hue street ; employ 22 hands, produce weekly about 300 sides. The motive power is furnished from an engine of 4 horse power, built by John W. Western, of this city. Steam furnished from a tubular boiler, by Jos. Haslam, also of this city. ZiNA GooDELL occupjes the lower floor of a 2J story wooden building, 60x30 feet, located at No. 16 Lafayette street, for the manufacture of Stuart & Corson's patent heel turning machines, and other boot and shoe machinery. Commenced business in 1857, and has 9 employees. His machinery is driven by an engine of 5 horse power, built by himself, with one tubular boiler, 5 horse power, built by Joseph Haslam, of this city. James Griffin & Co. commenced the tanning and curry- ing of leather in 1854. Their works are situated in the rear of Beam street, covering about half an acre of ground, and consisting of tannery, curry shop, beam house, store houses, &c. Employ 16 hands. Power furnished from an 8 horse engine, furnished with steam from a flue boiler, builder " un- known." Anderson & Reynolds commenced business in 1865, for the manufacture of children's shoes, occupying a 3 story frame building 30x42 feet, located at 405 Essex street. Have 20 employees, turning out 500 cases per an- num. Office and sales room 75 Pearl street, Boston. Salem & South Danvers Oil Co., manufacturers of Rosin and Petroleum oils. Incorporated in 1855. Capital §12,000. A. A. Evans, president, and N. G. Simouds, treasurer and agent of the company. Their works cover about 30,000 square feet of land, located on Mason street, on which are 13 buildings, the largest 100x30 feet, the smallest 25 feet square. Employ 8 bauds, and do a business of about S75.000 per annum. Machinery driven by an en- gine of 4 horse power, built by John W. Western, of this city. Steaiu from a tubular boiler, built by Allen & Endi- cott, of Cambridgeport. Salem Laboratory Co., incorporated in 1819. Capital $150,000. William H. Foster, president and treasurer, and Natlianisl Abery, superintendent. Office in Boston. 1 1 Central street. This company manufacture acids and Blue Vitrol. Their works, consisting of 16 buildings, cover nearly 300,000 square feet of ground, situated on Walter street ; have 45 employees. Their power is furnished from 2 engines of 45 horse power combined, one built by Bird & Co., of East Boston, the other by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport. .Steam furnished from a flue and tubular boiler of 75 horse power combined, for heating the build- ings and for furuishing steam for the engine. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., incorporated in 1839. Capital 81,500,000; manufacture cotton goods. This company run 85,000 spindles, 1.700 looms; employing 1,800 hands ; consume upwards of 8,000 bales of cotton per year. Their machinery is driven by 2 Corliss Steam En- gine Co.'s engines, oue of 900 horse power. Consumes about 100 tons of coal per week. George L. Newcomb, manufacturer of steam engines, shafting and general machinery, occupies a 2 story wooden building 65 x 35 feet, with out buildings, &c., covering an area of 5,000 square feet, located at No. 18 Peabody street. Commenced business in 1838," has 12 employees, and durhig the last year has built, " and have in operation of building," 6 steam engines of from 15 to 60 horse power, and weighing frow 1 J to 8 tons each. The machinery, consisting of lathes, planers, drills, &c., is driven by an engine of 5 horse power of his own manufacture, with a flue boiler 8 horse power, built by James Tetlow, at East Boston, Mass. Does business amounting to $50,000 per annum. (See page 351.) H. B. Phillips commenced business in 1867, manufac- turer of wood moulding machines, shafting and general machinery, occupying the lower floor of a 3 story building 80x30 feet, situated at Nos. 194 and 196 Derby street, em- ploys 8 hands. His machinery consisting of planers, lathes, drills, &c., is driven by an upright engine of 8 horse pow- er with locomotive boiler of 10 horse power. Wm. Kenney, manufacturer of upper leather, commenced the business in 1835, occupying a building 90x80 feet, beam 350 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. J. lEt. SIWLITH'S 7*0/1 V)"cu' of one Section. I».^TE1VT FURNACE Side and Bottom Yew of one Section. '^^^.^^ ^^m^^.^ p For Steamboats, Steamstiips, locomotives, Stationary Furnaces, Sc. I»atentort]Vov. 5, 1S67. J. 18. H^XITH, r»i-ox>rietoi' and jVraiiiifactixrer, SALEM, Mass. These Bars are acknowledged by all practical engineers to be superior in every respect to all other Bars in use. We claim a superiority over all other Bars on the following points, Durability. By making the ribs with a double curve the Bar is not so liable to be strained and injured by unequal heating as it would if the Bars were straight, or even of a single curve. If one side of the bar becomes heated first it yields on the opposite side, tiius preventing any injury to the Bar, such as warping, twisting, cracking, &c., which would otherwise result frsm the sudden expansion of one side without suitable provisions for a corresponding bending on the other side. They will last one-third longer than any other bar in use. 2d. — Strength. Their peculiar construction and the distribution of the metal renders them the strongest und at the same time the lightest Bars ever made. They cannot sink vertically, being double curved, which enables them to support great weight and endure very high heat. 3d. — Economy of fuel. By double curving the Bar, a livelier draft of air is afforded, producing more perfect combus- tion and more steam than any other Bar with the same quantity and quality of fuel. The strain of expansion being overcome by the spring of the Bar a uniformity of air spaces is preserved, insuring a free draft at all times, thereby greatly saving fuel. The tops of the Bars are grooved and the back end beveled (to prevent the ashes from becoming wedged in between the boiler and Grate, thus preventing their proper expansion,) which points are in themselves simple, yet add much to the durability of the Bar. They are admirably adapted to the burning of all kinds of fuel, from the finest dust to the coarsest coal. These Bars have been extensively used for the last year and in every case have given entire satisfaction, as will be seen by a few of the many testimonials which we have received. We are prepared to furnish them at short notice and very reasonable terms, suitable for all kinds of fuel and warrant them to give satisfaction. Parties sending orders for our Patent Grate Bars will please give the exact width and length of furnace, also, kind of fuel used. Orders respectfully solicited and immediate and prompt attention given. LOCA-L AGENTS : ROCH BROS., Springfield, Mass. G. G. HICKS, Providence, R. I. house and lime shed 90x24 feet, and another beam house 30x20 feet, located in the rear of Essex street, employing 6 hands and produces 2.50 hides per week. The motive power is furnished from an engine of 8 horse power, built by J. W. Western of this city, with 1 tubular boiler of 18 horse pow- er built by Joseph Haslam, also of this city. J. M. Anderson, glue manufacturer, commenced in Mar- blehead in 1837, but removed in 1856 to Salem, occupying 9 acres of ground, covered with buildings necessary for the business, located on the Salem Turnpike, employs 9 hands, turning out about 80 tons per year. The motive power is furnished from an engine of 3 horse power, built by the Bos- ton Piping Co., have 2 cylinder boilers 8 horse power, built by McKay & Aldus of East Boston. Charles Western & Sons commenced business in 1828 by Charles Western, as manufacturer of leather. They oc- cupy a 2J story wooden building 100x40 feet, L 50x30 feet, located in the rear of 11 Boston street. Have 25 employees and turn out 300 skins per week. Connected with this es- tablishment is a machine shop for the manufacture of station- ary steam engines, and general machinery, this branch of the business has been in operation about 20 years. The ma- chinery is driven by 2 engines of 20 horse power combined, one built by themselves the other by George L. Newcomb. Have a tubular boiler, built by Joseph Haslam of this city. J. R. SraxH occupies a foundry 80x60 feet, built of wood, and located at the junction of Peabody and Union streets, for the manufacture of every description of iron castings, mak- ing a specialty of the manufacture of the double curved fur- nace grate bar, patented by him November 5th, 1867. Com- menced business in 1845. Has 10 employees, and turns out annually about 300 tons of castings, doing business to the amount of $20,000. Runs an engine of 5 horse power, built by George L. Newcomb, of this city ; one flue boiler 10 horse power, built by O. C. Smith, formerly, of this city. Salem Foundrv and Machine Shop, located at the cor- ner of Derby and Liberty streets, occupy a two story brick j building 95x75 feet, with an ell 45x25 feet, and manufacture stationary steam engines, pulleys, hangers, and every descrip- ' tion of castings. The business was established in October, Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 351 Mecliaiiical Engineer k Machinist, MANUFACTURER OF Stationary Engines and General Machinery, NO. 1 8 PEABODY ST., SOUTH SALEM, MASS. Particular attention given to repairing- all kinds of >Iacliinery, 18G6, aiid jjives employment to hO persons, and consumes a capital of S150, 000. B. H. Silsbee is president and F. about 30,000 lbs. of iron per week. Tiieir machinery, con- Brown treasurer. Office No. 26 Post Office building, sisting of engine lathes, planers, drills, bolt and gear cutting They also have an agency in Boston. The buildings machines, and other necessary madiinery, is driven by an up- are new and comodious, and are well adapted to the right engine of 15 horse power, built by the Fuller Iron purpose for which they are used. The following is a Works, of Providence, R. I., supplied with steam from an meagre description of the buildings which they occupy: 1st, upright tubular boiler of 20 horse power, built by William a 4 story wooden building 50x125 feet, where they manu- C. Hicks, of New York. Do a business of 850,000 per au- facture white lead and lead pipe; 2d, a 1 story wooden num. building 52x225 feet, used as a corroding house, and a 1 Salem Machine Co., manufacturers of the Hicks Steam story brick building 42x70 feet, u.sed as an engine and boiler Engine, occupy a wooden building 130x40 feet, used as a '">use and smeltmg and castmg rooms. These buildmgs maehiue shop ; a 2^ story brick building 50x35 feet, used as "'ere built under the supervision of D. G. Batchelder, the a pattern shop, office and store room ; also, a blacksmith's superintendent of the works, and are located on Saunders attached for doing all kinds of machine forging, located on street on a Ime with the Eastern Railroad. They employ Bridge street. This company commenced business in March, •'O hands, and manufacture 1,000 tons of lead pipe and 186G. Have from 30 to 40 employees, and have a capacity ^-^^^ «ons of white lead per year. Tlie machinery, which for turning out 2 machines per week varying from 6 to GO | '» of ^'e newest and most improved kind, is driven by an horse power, and weighing from 975 to 8,600 lbs. each, engine of 100 horse power, with 2 tubular boilers of 50 Their machinery, consisting of 13 engine and 4 hand lathes, horse power each, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of 5 planers, 2 upright drills, 1 milling machi lathes, 1 large boring machine for boring engine cylinders and other necessary machinery, is driven by an engine of 15 horse power. Hicks' patent, of their own manufacture, furn- ished with steam from a tubular boiler, 22 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, Mass. Ed- ward E. Pratt is treasurer, Jacob A. Allen Justin Hinds, superintendent of this company, Doane street, Boston, Mass. each 2 grinding Providence, R. I. The India Mancfactuking Co. was incorporated 1868, with a capital of S100,000. They occupy a 3 story wooden mill 45x150 feet, with two wings 15x1.5 feet, one on each side, located between Webb and F^nglish streets, where they employ 130 hands in the manufacture of gunny cloth, of "offi*' "rl I ^^'"'^'' *'*'^^ '"''" "^ *'"'"' ^'^^*^ ^*'''''' P" ^^^' '^' machinery is driven by au engine of 60 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitchburg, Mass., with two C. Harrington & Co., leather manufacturers, occupy a tubular boilers of 50 horse power each, built by the Swam- 4 story wooden building 75x34 feet, a 2J story wooden scot Machine Co. of South Newmarket, N. H. building 56x3G feet, used for a currying shop ; a fire proof i - ^ \V C and boiler house built of brick 30x24 feet, and a tan yard containing 55 tan pits, located at 23 Boston street, Sa- ifacturer of paper boxes, occupies a room 20x20 feet, located No. G Central street, commenced ploys 3 hands and consumes 10 g an area of upwards of , |'"^'°*'f , ^^Pt- 1«67. Emplo. tan, 15 lime, 7 soaking ' ^""^ "^ «"•''"' ^"^^^ P^"- y^**"-- Jajies Fanning occupies two wooden building, one of lem. Mass ; also, a tan-yard c( 65,000 square feet, containing 88 pits ; a bark mill, beam houses, lime houses, tan sheds, &c., j John Huse occupies a 3 story wooden building 27x75 feet, located on Walnut street, Peabody, Mass. i located at Nos. 57 and 59 Boston street, for the manufacture Messrs. Harrington & Co. are amongst the most extensive ' of wax and kip leather. Employs 10 hands, turns out 15,000 and enterprising of the many leather manufacturers located i sides per year and does business amounting to $75,000. in this part of the country, giving employment to about 60 hands, and Their dri Newcomb, of this city, ..*>.. - ^^^ „....v,.o ^^ ..^ ..„..,,- , , . , , , c^n n,u^ ■^ v \ ^i power each, built by James Tetlow, of East Boston, Mass. P'«y« six hands turns out about 20,000 sides of leather per They have also in operation, at the tan yard, an engine of ly^'^'"' ''^'^ ^oes business amounting to $75,000. 25 horse power and 2 flue boilers of 20 horse power each, i James A. Sanborn occupies a three story wooden build- This firm was established in 1865, and do a business amount- | Jug .30x100 feet, located rear of No. 1 1 Mason street, for the iug to about $300,000 per annum. manufacture of wax, kip and split leather. Employs 12 The Salem Lead Co. was incorporated in 18G8, with hands, and turns out about 15,000 sides per year. Commenc- lands, and are turning out 1,500 sides of leather per week. Z^.^^*-.* ta^^ilg occupies iwo wooueu uu. u.ug, one ui rheir machinery, which is of the most improved ^^,,,i^-,A^-}f}, ^^^^'o ^tovx^^.^Hxmk^t, anAih^ ^ Iriven by an engine of 20 horse power, built by George L. ^^5 feet, located at No 2 Prospect street, for the manufac- Newcomb, of this city, with 2 flue boilers of 20 Lrse t"'"'^ "^ '>PP«^•«^^t'><^••• He commenced business in 18o7 ; em- 352 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. ed business in 1864. His machinery is run by an engine of 10 horse power, buih by George L. Newcorab, of this city, with a tubular boiler of 40 horse power, built by James Has- 1am, of this city. G. F. Derby occupies a two story wooden building 25x60 feet, located at the foot of Franklin street, for the manufac- ture of leather. He commenced business in 1866 ; employs eight hands, turns out 100 sides per week, and does a busi- ness of 815,000 per year. A. A. Evans &. Soss, manufacturers of wax, kip and split leather ; commenced business in the year 1836. They oc- cupy a 3^ story wooden building with a brick basement, 26x 60 ft. located in the rear of Mason street, where they employ 20 hands, and turn out from 25,000 to 30,000 sides per year, and do a business of $100,000 per annum. They run an en- gine of four horse power, built by Jolin W. Weston, of this city, with a flue boiler of 10 horse power, built by James Tet- low, of East Boston, Mass. Daniel C. Haskell occupies a tan yard, with buildings used as currying shops, covering an area of about 33,000 square feet, located at No. 71 Mason street, where he em- ploys. 35 hands in the manufacture of upper leather, of which he turns out about 40,000 sides per year, worth 0125,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 14 horse power, built by George L. Newcomb, of this city, with a tubuUir boiler of 50 horse power, built by James Haslam, of this city. James A. Dalton, manufacturer of upper leather, occu- pies a tan 3-ard and buildings covering an area of 37,500 square feet, located at No. 61 Mason street. He commenc- ed business iu 1846 ; employs 16 hands, turns out about 18,000 sides per year, and does a business of §75,000. Pow- er supplied by an engine of six horse power, built by John W. Weston, of this city, with a cylinder boiler of 1 2 horse power, built by James Tetlow, of East Boston, Mass. James Lord & Son occupy a tan yard, covering an area of li acres, containing 175 pits with a number of buildings located in the rear of 180 Federal street, for the manufac- ture of leather. They employ 10 hands, turn out about 20,- 000 sides per year, and do a business to the amount of about $100,000. Commenced business in 1862. Parley Verry, manufacturer of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's fine boots and shoes, commen-ed business in 1866. He occupies a shop No. 5 Washington street, where he em- ploys 25 hands. The amount of business done is 825,000. Wm. McKean, manufacturer of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's pegged and machine nailed boots and shoes, occupies a 3 story wooden building 28x78 feet with an L 28x32 feet, lo- cated No. 6 Norman street. He employs about 110 hands, turns out about 550 pairs per day and does business to the amount of about 830,000 per year. Commenced business in 1857. T. G. McC'uruy occupies a shop 50x60 feet in a 3 story wooden building, located No. 4 Norman street, for the man- ufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employs 15 hands and turns out about 350 pairs per week; commenced business in 1854. Ben.tamin & George Pitman occupy a 2^ story wooden building 30x90 feet, located No. 24 Boston street, for the manufacture of wax, kip and split leather ; employ 15 hands and turn out about 5,000 sides of leather and 30 tons of splits per year ; commenced busiuess in 1864. AVm. p. Martin occupies a 2J story wooden building 25x 75 feet and a 1^ story wooden building, 36x100 feet, located No. 1 Beach street, for the manufacture of upper leather and curriers' machinery. He commenced business in 1848. Employs 24 hands, turns out 30,000 sides per year, and does a business of 8100,000. Joseph E. Arnold, morocco inauufacturer, occupies a 3 story wooden building 18x55 feet and a 1 story stone build- ing 20x40 feet, located in the rear of Boston street. Em- ploys 10 hands. Commenced business Nov. 1868. W. F. Nichols occupies the following wooden buildings : one of 3 stories, 80x125 feet, one 2 stories, 30x60 feet, and one 1 story, 25x40 feet, located on Nichols street, for the manufacture of upper leather. Employs 20 hands, turns out 15,000 sides of leather per year, worth 870,000. The ma- chinery used in making this leather is driven by an engine of 35 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Co. of Fitch- burg, Mass. Office and sales rooms No. 177 Congress street, Boston, Mass. This business was established 75 years ago. John Culliton, manufactures wax, kip and split leathers, occupies a building 75x40 feet, situated in tlie rear of Mason street, built and business commenced in 1848. Employs 20 to 25 hands, and produces about 100 sides per day. Con- sumes about 500 cords bark yearly, besides oil, tallow and other materials for finishing. His motive power is furnished from a 6 horse engine, made by C. H. Weston, of this place. The productions of these works are sold by Culliton, "Tread well & Co.. 68 High street, Boston. Jos. Frye occupies a mill 75x32 feet, built of brick, in 1835, called Frye's Mills. A 30 horse engine supplies the power for one hide milling, two bark grinding, one leather rolling mill. Improvements and additions have been made from time to time, entirely rebuilding, in the spring of 1869, so that now it is 119 feet long; and a new engine of 100 horse power has been substituted. A tannery and two car- riage shops are connected. Seccomb Oil Mandfactcring Co., manufacturers of lu- bricating and machinery oil. Capital 850,000 ; incorporated 1865. They occupy three brick and three wooden buildings, employing 12 hands, producing about 7,000 gallons per week. This company's goods are sold in Boston, by Seccomb, Ke- hew & Thayer, 39 and 40 India street. Forest River Lead Co. Business first established by Francis Peabody, Esq., about the year 1825. Works loca- ted at Forest River, on the road leading from Salem to Mar- blehead. Company formed in 1843, and incorporated in 1846. Capital 8100,000. Jno. A. Bird, President, Geo. C.Chase, general agent, H. M. Brooks, Treasurer. Man- ufacture white lead, sheet lead and vinegar. Number of employees about 50. Stock consumed and goods manufac- tured about 2,000 tons. Engine 100 horse power. Brown's patent and make ; boilers same capacity, made by Allen & Endicott, tubular. Selling agents, Boston, J. A. & W. Bond & Co., 211 State street; Providence, Boon, Rice & Co., 25 Exchange Place ; Lawrence, Henry Barton & Co. ; Lowell, C. B. Coburn & Co. This company has for years had an established reputation of making white lead that can- not be surpassed, either at home or abroad. The general agent, G. C. Chase, has had about forty years experience in the lead business, and gives to the manufacture of it his constant personal attention and direction. So well under- .stood is this in some localities, that consumers are found who will not have lead of any other manufacture. The most es- sential quality in wliite lead, viz., its covering capacity, this lead posseses in an eminent degree. ^AI^D\»^I€H, 6'2i miles from Boston, ^gO on the Cape Cod Railroad. This village of about Cy^ 1,500 inliabitants, contains 5 churches and 1 Savings Bank. It is noted for its glass works, having one of the largest glass works that tliere is in this country. Sandwich Tack Co. commenced business in 1850, for the Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 353 EDWIN MORRILL Manufacturer of Cirriifes — -AND Sleiiis EVERY DESCRIPTION. AT SALISBURY POINT, 5eepag.m) MASS. 354 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. manufacture of all kinds of lacks, brads, shoe and cigar box nails, &c. They occupy buildings of the following sizes : Factory 40x30 feet, 3^ stories high ; store house 40 x30 feet, "2 stories high ; packinghouse and blacksmith shop all combined 100x20 feet, 1 J stories high ; scaling house 20 xl5 feet, one story high. They employ 30 hands and cut 100 tons American iron and 100 tons of Swedes and Norway iron annually. Amount of business done yearly from S50,- 000 to $75,000. Power is supplied by a 20 horse Leffel double turbine water wheel. ^AA'DY PO]\D, 3 mUes from Groton, 'J^; Junction, and 14 from Lowell, a flag station on the CJ^ Stoney Brook Railroad, and on the borders of Sandy Pond, of which Stoney Brook is the outlet. ^ ;^ Airbus, (See Saugiis Centre.) ^^AIJGUS €EI\^TKE, 3 miles from ^* ^ Lynn and 10 from Boston, a village in the town of Saugus, on the Saugus Branch of the Eastern Rail- road. The town of Saugus consists of Cliftondale, East Saugus, and Saugus Centre, and contains 3,000 inhabitants. Saugus Centre contains 2 churches, — 1 Orthodox and 1 Uni- yersalist. Charles S. Hctchins occupies the lower floor of a 2 story wooden building 40x25 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and slip- pers. Commenced business in 1867, employs from 25 to 30 hands. He turns out 60 cases of boots and slippers per month. PniNKER & Co. occupy a 4 story brick building 136x56 feet, with an L 2 stories, 36 x 80 feet ; also a brick building 3 stories 150x80 feet, with an L 40x36 feet ; store house, built of wood, 3 stories, 30x75 feet ; tan house, 2 stories, 40 x30 feet, built of wood ; wool house, 3 stories, 60x40, with 30 dwelling houses, where their help reside, located on Cen- tral street, for the manufacture of flannels. -The business was established in 1835. They employ 105 hands. Their machinery, consists of 10 sets of cards, 34 pair of looms, 19 jacks, 3 dressers, 5 spoolers, 2 drying machines, 2 pick- ers, 1 flannel drying machine, 4 fulling mills, 2 drying boxes, and 2 scouring boxes. F. Scott & Son, occupy a four story brick building, 80x50 feet, with brick dye house, one story 22x30 feet, wood store house, IJ stories. 130x40 feet, with a 1 story wooden store house, 50x30 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of flannels. The business was estab- lished 1848, employing 50 hands. Their machinery, consist- ing of 4 sets of cards, 30 looms, 9 jacks, 1 fulling mill, 1 cleaner, 1 steam press and 1 dryer, is driven by a steam engine of 20 horse power, with 1 flue boiler 40 horse pow- er, built by the Atlantic works of East Boston ; also have one breast water wheel 10 feet wide, 14 feet in diameter. This firm consume 400 lbs. of clean wool and turn out 9750 yards of flannel per day. Walton & Wilson, occupy a two story wooden building, 18x30 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies,' misses' and children's slippers. The business was commenced in 1856 ; employ 75 hands, consume 1500 feet of upper leather and turn out 1500 pairs of slippers per week. George W. Bruce, occupies one floor of a two story buildiug 30x20 feet, located on Central street, for the manu- facture of ladies, misses' and childrens' boots, shoes and slippers ; commenced business in 1867 ; employs 15 hands. He turns out 300 pairs of slippers, and consumes 275 feet of goat and kid skins per week, and does a business of $25,000 per year. SwEETSEU Brothers, snuff manufacturers. (See Clifton- dale.) ^AVII¥ mivL., 3 miles from Boston 'J^^ on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. For list Z7^ of manufacturers, see Dorchester and Boston. l^AXO]^TIl,l, 79 miles from Bridge- port and 31 from Pittsfield, a station and Xovra on Cy the Housatonic Railroad and river. The village has 2 churches. Tlie town of Sheffield is very pleasantly situa- ted on both sides of the river, which meanders cireuitously and slowly through the town and forms large tracts of rich, alluvial meadows. In large freshets the river overflows its banks, to a great extent and forms the appearace of a large lake. This is the oldest town in the county of Berkshire. Incorporated 1733. ^IIEI.BlJRrVE FAEL.S, 69 miles ^y from Fitchburg, 1 1 9 from Boston, and 1 7 from Hoosac C/ Tunnel!, a village of about 3000 inhabitants, situated in the towns of Shelburne and Bnckland, on the Decrfield River, and on the Vermont and Mass Railroad. The vil- lage contains 4 churches, 1 national and 1 savings bank. The Lamsok & Goodxow Manufacturing Company, situ- ated on the Buckland side, was incorporated in 1851, capi- tal 8300,000. E. G. Lamson, President, F. A. Ball, Trea- surer, and J. W. Gardner, Agent, manufacturers of every description of pearl, ivory, horn and wooden handle table cutlery, butchers' knives, cooks' knives, shoe knives and pocket cutlery. Also, at "Windsor, Vt., Lamson's patent wood and iron snaths. This last branch of the business was established some 50 years ago by Silas Lamson, father of the present Lamsons, who commenced the manufacture of cutlery some 23 years ago in a small way, employing about 30 men, from that time until now the business has con- tinued to increase. At the present time they employ 450 men, in the pro- duction of cutlery alone, producing 36,000 dozen per month. At their Windsor works, they employ about 75 men, and produce 665 dozen snaths per month. Their factory here covers a space of 4 acres, the buildings are arranged so as to form a hollow square, all of brick with slate roofs, one, two and three stories high. The machinery is driven by two 18 feet overshot water wheels and an 80 horse power engine, made by the Putnam Machine Co., furnished with steam by flue boilers of 150 horse power capacity, which also furnish steam for heating the buildings. In the Agent's office, there is a steam guage, which indicates the pressure of steam on the boilers, the boilers being 130 feet from the office. The Agent has also speaking tubes running from his office, all over the works, by which he is enabled to be in communi- cation with his overseers in the different departments. The leading feature in the production of this film is the amount and quality of fine pearl and ivory goods produced, they being the largest producers in this country. They do their own silver plating, each dozen of their knives being weighed before entering the plating vat and after leaving it. Thus enabling them to warraut there plate on each lot sold. The carvings on handles with busts of prominent men, is all done at their works by an artist which they employ, samples of work were shown us of Washington and Napoleon, which were faultless. Also samples of other work which was done with a great deal of neatness and in the most work man like manner. H. S. Shepardson & Co. commenced business in 1868, for the manufacture of gimblets, bits and bit braces, and amateur case tools. The business was established by Sar- gent & Foster in 1852. Messrs. S. & Co. occupy a 3 story building 31x60, and foundry 36x50, 1 story ; employ 25 hands, turning out 30,000 gimblets and bits, 1,500 bit braces and 200 cases amateur tools per month. The motive power i is furnished from a 15 horse power turbine wheel 5 feet di- ameter under 10 feet fall. ' The Yai.e & Winn Manufacturing Co. have removed tlieir business from Shelburne Falls, Mass., to Stamford, where it will be carried on a larger scale than before. i^^HIRCEY, -40 miles from Boston, and 2JS) 10 from Fitchburg, a village and town on the Bos- (J/ ton and Fitchburg Railroad. The village contains 800 inhabitants and 3 churches. This town is separated from Groton and Harvard by the Nashua river and from Pepperell, by the Sq\iaiiicook, a branch of the Nashiui. Tliere are some elevations in the town but of warm and fertile soil. Edgakton, Mills, situated about one half mile from the Depot. Tiiis mill is owned and run by Messrs. Munsou & Edgartou, for the manufacture of liglit sheetings, 68 picks. The factory is 114x45, A stories with boiler-hou.se attached, 10x20, 1 story. The mill is heated from a tubular boiler, made by John Lally, of Boston. The motive power is furn- ished by a 65 hor.se turbine wheel, 4 feet diameter ; 4 feet fall. The company run 3200 spindles, 80 looms, employ- ing 50 hands. They use about 3000 lbs. cotton, turning out 12,000 yards per week. C. W. & .T. E. Ssirrn, Fredonia Mills Co. Establish- ed 1838. They occnpy a 3 story building, 33x115 feet, for the manufacture of 36 inch coarse sheeting. Use 3,000 spindles, 62 looms and 36 picks ; consume 156,000 lbs. cot- ton, and produce 700,000 yards goods per annum. Their power is derived from a 18x13 water wheel, under 13 feet fall. I1>.VEI1 1III..I.., 15 miles from Boston I and 35 from Fitchburg. A flag station on the Bo.s- ton and Fitchburg Railroad. i^EAB BRIDGE, 10 miles from New- J^; Bedford, on tlic New Bedford and Taunton Railroad. A countrv station. ^:?IITirS FERRY, 13 miles from ^y SpriiiglicM and 4 from Northampton. A station on ampton. Connecticut River Railroad, in the town of North- ^O^flERSET is situated on the Taunton ^y Great River and on the Old Colony & Newport Cy Raih-oad, 10 miles from Taunton and 5 miles from Fall River. Tiiis village has 3 churches and about 2,000 inhabitants. The Mount Hope Iron Works, the principal buildings of which were destroyed by fire September 21, 1867, have commenced operations again. The works as now constructed are of about the same capacity as before the fire, and in- cludes the rolling mill, nail factory, foundry, machine shop and blacksmith's forge. The business of this concern is the manufacture of plate iron, nails and machinery. This com- pany also own and run a cliarcoal refinery, at East Bridge- water, which produces annually from 300 to 400 tons of blooms. The foundry and machine shop were not destroyed by the fire mentioned. The first name building was moved to its present position and enlarged in the spring of 1866. It is 42x90, with a wing 25x65. It contains 2 cupolas, a brass foundry, core oven, patent crane and all the essential fixtures of a well appointed foundry. 356 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. The nmchine shop building, whicli was ei-ected in tlie fall of 1866, and occupies the former site of the foundry, is a substantial brick building 45x120, with two wings ; one 30x 40, for an engine room, the other 35x50, for a blacksmith's forge. About two-thirds of the shop is occupied by machin- erj'. The power is furnished by a vertical steam engine of about 10 horse power. The principal business of this shop is, the manufacture of rolling and nail mill machinery, fibre dressing machines and repairs. The rolling mill which was buih in'l8G6, on the site of the old mill, is 202x110. This building contains a horizontal condensing engine, 34 in. cyl- inder, five feet stroke, to drive the rolls, &c. ; the other, a small horizontal engine for the operation of machinery for manufacture of iron direct Irom the ore, by the " Rogers' process." The large engine is a model machine for sim- plicity, strength and durability, and is from the Hope Iron Works, Providence, R. I. On each side of and above the engine, is a water tank of 4,900 gallons capacity. In the construction of this building there were used 100,000 ieet of timber, 170,000 feet of long timber, 230,000 shingles, 4 tons of cast iron, and nearly 2,000 wrought iron bolts. A horizontal Corliss engine, 18 inch cylinder, 4 feet stroke, supplies the power. There are also a pattern shop, a cooper shop and several store houses, all of which place under roof about 1 J acres of land. The capacity of the rolling mill and nail factory is about 40 tons of finished plate iron, and 20 tons of nails per day. About 5,000 tons of iron, 8,000 tons of coal and 700 tons of iron ore are annually consumed. The works employ about 250 men, and the business of the com- pany previous to the fire was about $500,000 per annum. The capital invested is about S300,000. The machinery used, except the engines, was built in the company's machine shop. The works, as a whole, have been built up under the direction and superintendence of the Agent and Treasurer of the company, J. M. Leonard, Esq., and are said to be as complete and well arranged as any iron works in New Eng- land. David P. Purrington, manufacturer of earthen ware. Business established by his father about the year 1800. Suc- ceeded his father in the year 1853. So.MERSET Potter Works, Leonard C'hace, President. — These works were established in the year 1800 ; incorporat- ed in 1847. Capital 625,000. All kinds of stone ware and fire bricks are manufactured here. They employ from 25 to 30 hands, and consume 800 tons of stone ware clay, and from 2,000 to 3,000 tons of material for making fire bricks per year. J. & E. D. GiBBS, manufactdrers of boots and shoes. This firm employ about 10 hands, and occupy one building, wood, one story, 23x28. This firm established business in 1865. Mr. J. Gibbs settled here about the year 1852. They man- ufacture at the rate of 30 pairs of shoes per day, and con- sume about $400 worth of leather per month. They are using a machine made by McKay Sewing Machine Associa- tion, of Boston. (OflSce, 62 Congress street.) This ma- chine, it is said, is capable of sewing 200 pairs of shoes per day. Somerset Co-operation Foundry Co., Wm. Homer, President and Agent ; E. A. Davis, Treasurer. This com- pany employ about 30 hands, and occupy 2 buildings. Foun- dry 110x45 ; moimting shop 110x45. They make about 5,000 stoves, and consume about 700 tons of iron per year. The Boston Stove and Foundry Co. was established here about 1850 and continued till about the year 1867, when the Som- erset Co-operation Co. started. The capital of this company is $20,000. This is the only company manufacturing the fol- lowing : — Paramount, Progress and Revere cook stoves. They also make the Brownell cylinder and Pacific ranges. They are now making the celebrated Planet cook stove. " ^OMERVIIil^E, 2 miles from Boston, '5S' ^ village and town on the Eastern, Boston & Cy^ Maine and Fitchburg Railroads. The town contains 12,535 inhabitants and 9 churches. It was incorporated in 1842. Located on the tide water of Miller's Creek and Mystic river, which are navigable for small vessels. The village is connected with Boston by steam and horse cars, and contains the residences of many of the merchants of Boston. There are 2 halls, 1 high and 3 grammar schools, besides other institutions of learning located here, including Tuft's College, a new Universalist Institution. B. F. Sylvester & Co. occupy a wooden building lOOx 40 feet, store house 30x20 feet, located on Franklin street, for the manufacture of railroad and ship spikes ; commenced business in 1858; employ 17 hands; machinery is driven by a steam engine 15 horse power with 1 flue boiler built by S. Ashton of Lowell. They turn out 4 tons of spikes per day. Amos Haynes occupies a wooden building, 2 J stories, 108 x42 feet, also a brick building 40x50 feet, located on Myrtle street, for the manufacture of white wine and cider. Com- menced business in 1848 ; employs 20 hands. His machinery is driven by an engine of 6 horse power, with 1 locomotive boiler built by Thomas Cunningham, of Charlestown. The Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works cover five acres of land. The size of the buildings occupied by them are afe follows: — The first building, 1 story high, is 250x60 feet, one-half stone, 150x70 feet. Dye house 100x60 feet, with an L 100x60 feet. Two dry sheds— one 200x 40 feet ; the other, 160 x 40 feet. The print shop 180 x 60 feet ; machine shop 20 x 40 feet. They are located at Milk row, for dyeing, bleaching and printing. The -business was commenced in 1801. They employ 160 hands, manufacturing 75 cases goods per day, and dye, bleach and print 35 million yards of cloth yearly, using 12 tons of coal daily. The power is furnished by steam engines of 500 horse power, and by 13 tubular boilers of 780 horse power. James Lee, jr.,proprietor. North, Merriam & Co.'s abbatois or slaughter house is situated on Medford street, near East Cambridge. This firm commenced business in 1867. Their main building is 220x 80 feet, 2J stories. At the lower end of this building are the hog pens, with tracks laid from the Boston & Albany and Boston & Fitchburg Railroads. The slaughter house is situated in the third story, where the hogs are slaughtered and slid through to the second, where they are finished, then suspended on parallel " runs," or delivered to wagons by a shoot. On the first floor is the packing room, and, in a room partitioned off is their lard oil factory, containing 15 hydraulic presses, producing about 65,000 gallons oil per year. They cure about 60,000 hams, besides nearly 1,000,000 pounds per year. They employ 75 hands. The motive power is furnished from a 15 horse power engine, made by Rawson & Hittiuger, of Cambridge- port, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, made by Kendall & Roberts, of the same place. Do business amount- ing to $600,000. The Union Glass Co., Capital $200,000, occupy 3 acres of land, near the Fitchburg Railroad, for the manu- facture of flint glass of every description. Commenced busi- ness in 1854 ; employ 250 hands. Their machinery is driven by a steam engine, 25 horse power, with 1 horizontal boiler 50 liorse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cam- bridgeport. Their average product is $35,000, and con- sume $22,000 worth of raw material per month. AVm. R. Bradford occupies a wooden building 150x80 feet ; pattern house 50x50 feet, located corner of Washing- ton and Myrtle streets, for the manufacture of castings. ' " ■ ■ July, 1858 ; employ 30 hands. Commenced business Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 357 His machinery is driven by an engine, 10 horse-power, with 1 flue boiler, built by the Globe Works, of South Boston. Consumes 100 tons of iron per mviuth, and does business amounting to 860,000 per annum. 0-1IERTII.I.E CEI%TRE,2i liles from Boston, Railroad. tatiou on the Woburn Branch g^OrXH ABIIVCiTOrV, 21i miles from 1^7 l>i'-tnn. on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad, i_/^ situate, 62 miles from New ^S) Haven, 26 from Hartford, 98 from Boston, 54 from C/ Worcester, 103 from Albany and 135 from New York, a city containing over 30,000 inhabitants, on the 364 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. wmMMm.tMm b^m®, Manufacturer of- BRICK, PLASTERING TROWELS. ^k.LX^ <>i«j>i<:i{?^ i*«<>:>ii»^rj^^" Corner,Garden POIiNintt" TROWELS, Shoe knives Bread Knives, Brad A\tls and Brad Awl Hafts, Pessiug Awls and Pe^gin^ Ani llafts. - — AI,.S( ) Snell's Patent Counter .Machine, and Chopper. Rolling Mills and Splitting Marliines, Strip- pin? Machines, And all Machines formerly made by S. A. W. PARKER, of Stoughton. Also an assortment of Agricultural Implements. Also, all kinds of SMALL ITIACHIIVE CASTINGS. Post Office Address, Canton, Mass. Connecticut river, 76 miles from its mouth. Springfield is a great railway centre, it being the junction of the Western, Hartford, New Haven & Springfield, and Connecticut River Railroads. The city is built on an extensive plain, which, at this point extends for a number of miles along the river bank. A little less than one mile from the river and rising gradually from the city, is an elevation, — being parallel with the plain and nmning from it in an easterly direction many miles. The city was settled during the year 1635 by the name of Agawam, taking the name of Springfield in 1840. In 1645 the town was incorporated. In 1852 it was incor- porated a city, having, at that time, about 12,000 inhabi- tants. Located as it is, in the centre of a fine farming country, with unequalled rail communications, and by navi- gation on the Connecticut river, gives this place a great many advantages over other places in this section of New- England. The .streets are broad, .straight and running at riglit angles with each other. Main street, the principal business avenue, runs parallel with the Connecticut river, nearly north and south, is upwards of three miles in length and about 100 feet broad. The public buildings are all large, mostly constructed of brick or brown stone, and of a modern .style of architecture, which, with the very fine private resi- dences and general appearance of the city, justly entitle it to rank among the leading enterprising and rapidly growing cities of New England. The hotel accommodations are first class. The first church built here, was the First Congregational, founded in 1637. There are at this time, 20 churches, 7 national banks and 3 savings. The insurance interest is re- presented by 3 home companies, life, fire and fire marine respectively. There are some very fine school houses here, and great care is taken to afford the scholar every advantage for acquiring a thorough education. The United States ar- senal is delightfully situated on an elevated plain, the build- ings are arranged with great taste around a level square of some 20 acres. On one of the buildings is a cupola from which an extensive and delightful view of the Connecticut river and the surrounding country is presented. This arsenal was founded in 1795, and has undergone much improvements and enlargements during the war ; but the reduction of the force employed has of late been very great. The following comparative statistics will show the vast in- crease in the business of the armory. In the month of April, 1861, there were 504 men employed. In April, 1862, there were 1912 ; April, 1863, 2635. The number of muskets fa- bricated in April, 1861, was 1202 ; in May, 2,000 ; in Jime, 3,000; in May, 1863, 25,000; April, 1864, 26,000. The destruction of some of the buildings by fire, July 2, 1864, re- duced the production to 15,000 per month for six months, when it was increased to 25,000, till July 1st, 1865 ; since which time but few guns have been fabricated. The great- est number of men employed at any one time during the war, was 2,992 ; 828 men were employed May 1st, 1866, the en- tire force being engaged in repairing old guns. July 1, 1867, there were 1220 men engaged in repairing arms and altering Springfield muskets of the pattern of 1864 into breech-loaders. During the six months ending July 1, 1867, 25,080 of these muskets were remodeled. Hampden Park inaugurated Sept. 29, 1857, is an institu- tion that Springfield people take a great interest in and are justly proud of. It was purchased and improved by the Hampden County Agricultural Society at a cost of $31,600 for an exhibition ground, " the finest and most convenient location the Society could have fixed upon." These grounds, sixty acres in extent, enclosed on the river side by a costly levee, on the other side by a substantial fence, contain a splendid barn, with stalls for cattle and horses and exten- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 365 sive sheds iu addition devoted to a like purpose, a mile and also a half mile track graded and kept in good condition, a range of seats three hundred feet long and a judges' stand, tasteful in appearance and permanent in construction. Here have been held the far famed Springfield Horse Shows and the Annual Cattle Shows of the County Society. Its use as a public park is strikingly appropriate for it was the first lot of land granted by the early settlers within the first month after their arrival in 1636. The highest rise of water in Connecticut river is as follows: 1801,21 feet 6 inches ; 1S43, April 18th, 20 feet 8 inches ; 1854, May 1st, 22 feet 4 inches ; 1856, Aug. 21st, 18 feet 9 inches, (Camp Thompson inundated) ; 1 859, March 20tb, 20 feet 6 inches, 1862,April 20, 22 feet 2 inches, (Hampden Park flooded) ; 1865, March 18th, 18 feet and 10 inches. The Springfield Museum was originated in 1860 with the Library Association, and two rooms were assigned to it in the City Hall, which have been fitted up with appropriate shelves and cases, and now contain about 1,500 species and upwards of 3,600 specimens of shells, classified by Dr. George A. Otis, recently Surgeon of the 27ih Massachusetts Regiment: also 7,407 specimens of insects; 481 specimens of stuffed birds ; 104 stuffed quadrupeds, including two en- ormous wild cats, killed in this country ; 115 species of fish and reptiles ; small cabinets of coral and Crustacea ; an ex- tensive mineralogical cabinet ; a large and very curious col- lection of fossils ; numerous Indian and foreign antiquities, and several flags and various other trophies captured from the Southern rebels by Massachusetts troops. Additions are frequently made by the generosity of citi- zens, and the Museum is in quite a flourishing state for so young an institution. Springfield Cemetery Association grounds cover an extent of nearly forty acres, and from their opening in June, 1841, to January, 1867, 6,290 interments have been made in them, 210 of that number being from January, 1866, to January, 1867. The whole amount received for lots from May, 1866, to May, 1867, was §3,200.79. Principal Public Halls in Springfield — City Hall, having seats for 2,700 persons. Music Hall, corner of Main and Pynchon streets, seats 1,200 persons. Union Hall, adjacent to the Union House, South Main street ; Rice's Hall, State street, Massasoit Hall, in Fallon's Block, and Lincoln Hall, in Brown & Pinney's Block, near the Water Shops, are all commodious and pleasant places for assemblies, meetings, etc. The City Hall, fronting Court Square, erected at an ex- pense of §100,000, ranks among the finest buildings in New England. It has an audience room capable of holding 3.- 000 persons, and accommodations for all city officers, Police Court, Cilv Library and City Museum. The population of Springfield in 1865 was 22,038 ; esti- mated this year (1869,) 30,000. The valuation of real estate in 1868 was $12,758,420 ; pei;sonal property $5,110,- 810; total $17,867,230. The combined capital of the banks $2,200,000. MANUFACTURERS. Hawkins, Herthel & Burrall, bridge builders. The members of this firm have had the experience which but few have had iu this business. Mr. Hawkins has had years expe- rience, having entered the office of Stone & Harris in 1853. The latter being the builders of the celebrated Howe Truss Bridge. Mr. Stone is now a millionaire and a leading rail- road man of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Harris, who has for several years past been a partner of Mr. Hawkins under the firm name of Harris & Hawkins, has also retired from ac- tive business, and is now one of the leading railroad men of New England, having amassed a large fortune. His s cessor, Mr. Hawkins, who is a young man, has associa with him George P. Herthel, one of the most highly educat- ed of American engineers and who has gained much infor- mation by several years study in Germany, of the construc- tion of iron bridges, and has had much practical experience in this country. He is the inventor of Herthel's Patent Par- abolic Iron IJridge and Herthel's Patent Iron Turn Table. Mr. Herthel formerly resided in St. Louis, but has recently come east to take an active part with the company in the manufacture of iron bridges, now becoming so popular. The other partner, Mr. W. H Burrall, is also an experienced and educated engineer, being a graduate of the Troy Poly- technic Institute and formerly Assistant Engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad, and afterwards Chief Engineer of Cairo & Fulton Railroad, and now a partner in the above business as Mechanical Engineer and Superintendent. This company with its varied experience, are every way qualified to carry on the business they have assumed. They are building the Howe Truss Bridge in wood, and the Herthel Iron Bridge for railroads and highways. Roofs and turntables are among the list of the articles which they manufacture ; and they have a factory for the making of bolts, &c., for their work, which is connected with the iron foundry owned by Mr. Hawkins, on the Boston & Albany Railroad, just east of passenger station. This firm having all the prest'ge of their successful predecessors, and their experience in the iron bridge building, soon to supersede all other kinds, leaves a great field open before them, in which there are many advantages that will carry them on to increasing success. Lyman King, manufactures fancy cassimeres, making a specialty of double and twist. He employs 50 persons, runs 3 sets cards, 1,600 spindles ; consumes 100,000 pounds stock annually, turning out 100,000 yards ; power supplied by water, 12 feet fall. George Cirtis & Co., brass finishers and general ma- chinists. The business was established in 1866, by George Curtis and E. Bigelow. They occupy the first floor in a brick building on Market street, which is 45x60 feet. They also manufacture initial presses for various kinds of work. They employ, on an average, about eight hands. The steam power is derived from an engine run by other parties. E. BiGEl.ow, manufacturer of marble soda fountains. The metal work is done by George Curtis & Co. The marble work is made in New York. During the busy season some 25 hands are employed. The amount of business per year is about $40,000. Mr. Bigelow claims to be the first maker of marble soda and syrup fountains, having put the first in market in 1860. These fountains are very attractive in ap- pearance, being much better than the silver ones so long used. Avery & Co., inventors and manufacturers of the peer- less reflecting gas burner, also of the self regulating patent valve burner. The business was established in 1866, by Avery & Co. They employ six hands. The steam power is obtained from an engine in the next building. They also manufacture the general variety of gas burners. Robert G. Siiumwat, manufacturer of fine gold chains. Mr. Shumway commenced the manufacture of chains in the year 1850, and now occupies one floor in Shumway's Block. It is 55x25 feet with an L about 15 feet square. The build- ing is constructed of brick. He employs 15 hands. There is one 10 horse power engine built by Roche Bros., and one tubular boiler in the manufactory. He commands a capi- tal of $10,000. E. S. Stacy & Co., tool makers and machinists. They manufacture model and experimental machinery and screws and punches of various kinds. E. S. Stacy & Co. com- menced the present business in 1866. They occupy about 600 square feet in Shumway's Block, Harrison Avenue. 366 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. rr^^- .A.. i>. :bi^ig^<:t^!S4 Ac coimf^^tv^*^. Builders of And other Iron Bridges, Roofs and Turn Tables. Also Howe's Patent Truss Bridge and Roof, And other Timber Bridges and Turn-Tables. Particular attention given to ropairinc; all kinds of Bridges. All work warranted to give satisfaction. Plans, Esti- mates and Specifications, upon application. IVo. 7". Fort Bloek, IVIain Street, Spx-itig-field, IVIass. A. D. BRIGG8. J. R- SMITH. Eight hands are employed at the present time. The steam power is derived from a 15 horse power engine that runs machinery in other parts of the building. Cheney Bigelow, manufacturer of all kinds of wire cloth, foundry riddles, hat racks, &c. The business was es- tablished by C. Bigelow in 1842. The main building used for manufacturing is 50x30 feet, 2 stories higfi, constructed of brick. The second building is 1 story high, built of brick and is 40 x 30 feet. He employs 8 hands ; has 16 looms in operation. Springfield Envelope Co. manufacture all styles of en- velopes. The business was established by tlie Sprinfield En- velope Co. in 1867. They occupy 1 story in " Shumway Block," 50x25 feet, and employ 15 hands. The steam pow- er is derived from an engine of 15 horse power, which is used by other companies in the same building. George W. Tapley, manufacturer of all kinds of enam- elled and collar paper or linen finish ; also, Bristol and Pho- tograph Board. Brighani & Tapley commenced business in 1866, and during 1867 Mr. Brigham retired from the firm, the business was then carried on by Mr. Tapley, who now has his factory in AVesson's new brick block, corner Park and William street. The size of the building is 88x30 feet using part of the 1st floor and all of the 3d and 4th floors. The average number of employees is about 25. There is a ca- pacity for turning out about one ton per day of linen finished paper used for collars and cuflfs. The power is furnished by an engine owned by Martin Wesson. D. Schoonmaker, gold and silver plater, manufactures to order, plates, rings, door numbers and all kinds of gold and silver plating. The shop is on Taylor street in a two story wooden building, and occupies one story 30x55 feet. He has in his employ about 7 persons. The steam power is derived from an engine in an adjoining building. Nonpareil Paper Collar Co., manufacturers of the cel- brated Bcmis patent shape collar and cuffs. This successful company commenced business in 1864, having been first put in operation by S. A. Bemis, who is still a partner, associat- ing with him in business J. W. Goodrich. The factory is on Hillman street, in a fine brick block, three stories high, and about 135x35 feet. They occupy about one-half of the whole building and employ from 40 to 50 hands. There are 13 various kinds of machines used; 4 having a capacity of producing 125,000 collars per day. The amount of stock con- sumed at the present time is about 1,000 lbs. per day. Steam power is furnished by an engine running, which also runs machinery for other companies in this building. This com- pany are making a very fine class of goods and the sales are rapidly Springfield Cork Manufacturing Co. make Harris's machine cut corks. This company commenced business in the spring of 1866, having a capital of 850,000. The build- ing is 35x45 feet, and three stories in height. The factory j is in the same building with Nonpareil Collar Co., and the I power is furnished by the same engine. The average num- ber of employees is about 30. There are 15 cutting machines having a capacity of 125 gross each per day. The amount made per month, is about 10,000 gross, or about 100,000 I per year. This company is the exclusive owner of Harris's machine for cutting corks. ! Agawam Foundry, Wright & Emerson, proprietors. Manufacturers of iron railing for cemetery lots and balconies. The business was established by Mr: Wright about 7 years ago. In a few years Mr. Emerson became a partner. The foundry is 38x38 feet, and attached to the foundry is the moulding room 38x75 feet, both buildings are built of brick ' and are one story high. In the rear of foundry is a pattern shop, a wooden building 20x16 ft., and 2 stories high. Em- ployees average in number from 15 to 18. There is one fur- ' nace having a capacity of about one ton per day. A 17 horse I power engine, built by Hoadley, of Lawrence, furnishes the motive power. Hall & Hubbard, manufacturers of patent metallic car- I fridges of all sizes, under Smith & Wesson's patent. This ! company was one of the first to engage in the manufacture I of metallic cartridges, having been started by the firm of j Smith & Wesson, in the year 1858, who are now engaged ! in the manufacture of the celebrated Smith & AVesson pistol, and after a while the company changed to Hall & Farmer, and then again, in May, 1866, the company changed to Smith, Hall & Buckland, and continued until May 1st, 1868, when the firm again changed to Hall & Hubbard, and has so continued. The factory is in the fine brick building owned and, in part, used by IVfartin Wesson, for the manufacture of carpet slippers. This company has a capital of $40,000, and with the long experience, (Mr. Hall having been in the busi- ness from its start,) and the valuable improvements made to facilitate the manufacture and to improve the quality, has given this company facilities for making an article whose merit is well known. They are now turning out the great number of 1,500,000 cartridges per month, varying in size from 22, which is used for the smallest pistol, to 58 caliber, used for the largest gun. They manufacture all the cartridges used by Smith & Wesson. A large part of the goods are shipped to foreign countries, especially the larger sizes. Principal agency, 252 Broadway, New York. Among the few first class foundries whose appointments and everything connected therewith is unsurpassed, may be mentioned the foundry owned and run by R. F. Hawkins. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 367 HAWKINS, HERTHEL & BUEEALL, 88 MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. BUILDERS OF Iron and linter Mii% Roofs, Turn TaUos, h CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. R. F. HAWKINS, GEO. P. HERTHEL, Jr. W. H. BURRALL. The main building is built of brick and is 50xl25 feet, and one story high. There is also a moulding room, office and other outbuildings covering in all some 3,000 square feet, and having yard room of about half an acre. There is one McKenzie furnace which melts from l,.iOO to "2,000 tons of iron per year. He has 50 employees. The neatness and order in which everything connected with this establish- ment is kept is pleasing to the visitor. The largest part of casting done in this foundry is for New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, Connecticut River, and Boston and Albany Railroads ; the castings for Hawkins, Herthel & Burrall, bridge builders ; Howard's steam-heating apparatus, and also pump and custom castings to order. Attention is also giv- en to pattern making. B. ¥. (Juimby is Superintendent. A. Peace, manufacturer of fau'-y Jacquard skirts, &c., uses one story in the brick building corner of Emery and Fulton streets, 25x81 feet. There are six Jacquard looms running, requiring 12 employees. About 75 skirts are made per day. Steam power is furuished by an engine owned by William H. King. William H. King, manufacturer of the Massasoit Bal- moral skirt. Business was first started in 1862 at Mill river, in the southern part of Springfield and removed to his present location in 1866. The factory, corner of Emery and Fulton streets, is a 4 story brick building 25x81 feet, with an L 24x22 feet, also brick. There are 12 looms, 1 jack, 180 spin- dles, 1 set of cards, manufacturing 100 .skirts daily, using about 60 lbs. of stock, and furnishing work for from 12 to 15 employees. The motive power is derived from a fine engine of 15 horse power, built by Pitkin Bros., Hartford. Agents, Billings, Chaffee & Co., Bostou. One of the largest confectionery manufacturers in the New England States, is that of Ribbe Bkothers, who manufacture all the nicest kinds of candy. This company was established about 25 years ago, and are now located in a large brick building corner Main street and Harrison Avenue. It is four stories high 60x100 feet, being the dimensions of 1st floor which is used for packing and sales- room, and half of each of the remaining 3 stories being 50 x60 feet. The amount of candy made in this establishment, alone, requires from 1 to li tons of sugar per day. One 14 horse power engine built by Roche Bros., Springfield, and 1 tubular boiler furnishes the motive power. Names of com- pany : Geo. A. and Horace Ribbe, Ed. McElwain and S. D. Porter. Campden Card Co., manufacturers of machine card clothing of all descriptions for woolen and cotton machinery. This company was established in 1860, and are now em- employing about 10 hands, running 40 machines and averag- ing some 200 hides per month. The motive power is de- rived from one 12 horse power engine and one locomotive boiler. To be placed beside New Haven's largest carriage manu- factory, is the manufactory of H. W. Warner, who has been instrumental in introducing a nice quality and style of baby caiTiages. He claims to turn out from 3 to 4 times the num- ber of these little carriages than is made stnd sold by any two of the largest carriage manufactories doing business, he having a stock on hand at the present time, of full 3,000, and is constantly adding to that large number. They are made in every style to suit all classes, and costing from SI 50, (these being gold mounted, and finished throughout to correspond,) down to the lowest price for which one can be made. Mr. Warner commenced to make this style of car- riage, in 1850, while in Greenfield ; and in June, 1868, re- moved to Springfield, and is now located in the brick build- ing on Main street, being three stories high, and covering over 10,500 feet, and gives employment to 30 hands. The preparing and getting out parts of stock, being done at Elm Grove, Mass., and giving employment to many more. David Smith & Co., manufacturers of light and heavy carriages. Mr. Smith commenced this business in the year I 1827, and undoubtedly has carried on a carriage manufactory as a separate business more years than any other now doing business in this branch, in western Massachusetts or Con- necticut, unless it be with one exception, in New Haven. The factory is on Park street, and covers about 8,000 square feet of flooring. At present there are but 20 employees. The sale of new work amounts to upwards of $26,000 per j year. This company has done business 42 years, and dur- I ing the great financial panics in these many years that have swept from the list or temporarily suspended from business a large number of companies, they have continued business I all the while, not increasing so quickly as some have done for the time, but have kept a steady onward course giving j employment to their help and a character to the company I that has been of great benefit. A. D. Brigrs & Co. are among the leading civil and mechanical engineers in the United States. Their reputa- i tion as builders of bridges is quite extended. The number j of bridges which they have now in course of erection in dif- ferent parts of the country speaks well for their success in this line of business. The Truesdell patent and Howe's patent truss bridges are built by thtm with much success. Springfield Silver Plate Co. was incorporated Jan. 1, 1868, having a capital of $50,000, and are engaged in the manufacture of silver plated and Britannia ware. The com- pany occupy 1 J stories in the large brick building, corner of Killman and Dwight streets, being about 350 feet by 35 ft. The average number of employees is 40. Steam power is 368 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. furnished by a larjje engine, used for driving the machin-iry in this and the adjoining building. C. H. Beebe, Treasurer. B. B. Hill, manufacturer of revolviug dial cancelling stamps. Mr. Hill has the honor of first introducing the style of stamp which has perfectly revolutionized the manufacture and use of the old style of type-stamps. An indicator is ar- ranged so that the operator may instantly bring into position any date required, and no chance of mistake. The business was established by Mr. Hill during the year 1864. He now occupies part of two floors in a brick building, on Liberty street, having upwards of 2,200 square feet. He uses 7 lathes, 1 punch press, 1 upright drill, 1 drop press, 1 tool forge, &c. Employs about 12 hands. Steam power is furnished by an engine in adjoiuing building. In addition to above stamps, there are made all kinds of seal presses. Also, a new stjde of branding iron. " Crescent Mills," Chapin & Gould, proprietors, manu- facture writing paper. The business was established in 1858. The factory is 40x250 feet. They employ 70 hands ; con- sume 2,800 tons of stock, yearly. The power is furnished by engines, 5 of 250 horse power, and one of 650 horse pow- er. The mill is situated li miles from Huntington, Mass. Roche Brothers, machinists and manufacturers of and dealers in steam engines, boilers, pumps and sheet iron works ; gas steam pipes and fittings. This company' com- menced business in 1863. Their main building, built of brick, is 40.\100 feet, 2 stories ; pattern house, 2 stories 60x 30 feet, built of wood. In the machine shop are 8 lathes, 2 bolt machines, 1 planer and 2 drill presses, and other tools usually found in such an establishment. Employees number 30. This company make a specialty of building the Tyler steam engine. Business amounts to about $50,000 per annum. Steam power is furnished from an engine in building adjoining. X. W. Talcott, manufacturer of car axles connection rods and wrought iron shafting. Business was established in the year 1849 by Messrs. AVright & Co., but for the past 18 years, Mr. Talcott has carried on the business. The forging building now used which is built of brick is 100x60 feet, 1 story. There are employed about 13 hands, who turn out some 2J tons of finished work per day. An engine of 20 horse power built in Manchester, N. H., furnishes the requisite power. The steam-hammer used for forging, weighs 2,000 lbs., and is run by 1 flue boiler 28x30 feet in diameter. The engine is also generally run by this boiler, al- though there is a locomotive boiler sometimes used. The boiler is fired by forge fires thus saving much in coal. Newell Bros. Mancfactcring Co., manufacturers of all kinds of covered buttons, lasting, linen, upholstery, velvet, &c. ; also ivory buttons. J. C. Dickinson, sole Agent. The business was started by D. Chandler & Co., who carried it on some 8 years, when Mr. Chandler retired and the business was contiiuied under the name of Newell Brothers. Three buildings are used as follows : Main buildings 100x30 feet, with an L 20x:".0 feet, 1 story ; the main building being 3 stories, and both built of brick. The dry house, which is used for preparing stock, is built of wood, being about 30 ft. square, 1 story. A fire-proof brick building, used for keejj- ing tools and machines, 15 x 30 feet. Average number of employees is about 125. They are running from 75 to 80 of the different kinds of button machines. The engine is a new kind of rotary engine, which occupies but 6 feet square space, and is rated at 30 horse power, built by Lyman, of Springfield. The boiler is one of Roche Bros.'s tubular boil- ers, of Springfield. The Newell Bros, are making a class of goods for the best trade. S. S. PuRiXToN & Co., manufacturers of brown earthen ware. S. S. P. & Co, commenced business in January, I 18G8, and are occupying a one story brick building 24x59 ft. with an ell 26x29 feet, one story of which is used for kiln room. Four horse power is used from engine near by. Prin- cipal business at present consists of making flower pots. Grimes & Ellisox, steam boiler makers. BuUens & Grimes established the business in 1866, but lately carried on by Grimes & Ellison. The building is a 2 story wooden building 36x30 feet with L 30 feet square. The boiler used is a tubular one, made by themselves, and set b}' Nelson's improved method. Bjiler room in brick building separate from others. Office and engine room, in addition to the main building, 20x30 feet. A new engine of 20 horse power, built by Beuham, of Hartford, furnished motive power. The first floor is used for boiler works and second floor for machine shop. Average number of employees 12. Steam and gas piping is also carried on. This company are also Agents for Blake's Patent Steam Pumps and W. W. Tup- per's Patent Grate ; also. Smith's Patent Grate, and the Elliptic Tube scraper and cleaner for boilers and other tubes. E. Trask's railroad casting and general jobbing foundry. Mr. Trask established the present business in 1836, and is now using three buildings as follows: foundry 50x60 feet, built of brick ; pattern house two stories 60x70 feet, built of wood ; building for flasks 30x45 feet, built of wood. There is also a coal shed 20x30 feet. The average number of em- ployees is 18 to 20, One of Blanchard. Kimball & Go's., 12 horse power engines, and one locomotive boiler made by Lowell Machine Co. furnishes the necessary power. E. Stebbiks Manufacturing Co. manufacture Stebbins' compression water cocks, oil and molasses gates, and brass castings. Especial attention is given to the manu- facture of castings for fine work ; also, railroad castings. The business was established in 1852, by Erastus Stebbins. They occupy one 3 story building 50x30 feet, with an ell 30x30 feet. They employ 25 hands, and consume per year, 126,000 lbs. spelter, tin. &e. There are 6 machines used. The amount of business done in 1868, was $65,000. Springfield Gas Machine Co., manufacturers of portable gas works for dwellings, public buildings, mills, factories, &c., were established in 1866, with a capital of 8125,000. They occupy a 3 story building 40x90 feet, and employ 30 men. KiNGSLEY & Co., successors to M. Wesson, manufacturers of the American carpet slipper. No information received. Smith & AVesson. This firm established their business in 1858. They occupy a main building, 4 stories in height, 150 X 35 feet ; a forge shop 40 x 50 feet ; engine house and boiler room 25 x 40 feet. Employ 275 hands, and produce 50,000 revolvers per annum, valued at 8600,000. They use 212 machines, such as drilling machines, lathes, &c. Con- sume 50 tons iron and steel per year. Their motive power is furnished by a 50 horse power engine, made by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., Providence, R. I. Since the Paris Ex- position, where they received a silver medal for goods there exhibited, they have had a large demand for their goods, from every country in Europe, and have also sold largelj' to China and Japan. In fact their productions are now sent to nearly every nation in the world ; one-half of their entire manufacture being exported to foreign countries. These pistols are light, have great force, are sure fire, shoot accurately, can be left loaded any length of time with- out injury, are not liable to get out of order, and are safe to carry. Henry King & Son. The business was established in 1852 by Henry King, and in 1864, Martins H. King was made a partner under the style of Henry King & Sou. They employ from 50 to 60 men, and work 20 horses, 2 yoke of oxen and one 40 horse power engine. They make daily 50,000 common and 20,000 pressed brick during the season WebVs N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 369 p#ii led THE B[ST EVER OFFERED, The Vniied Stales Sprittff Ilett Co*, of Springfield, ]S[ass., offer for sale their uurivalled SPRING I5ED, wliich has given a satisfaction wlierever used, superior to that of any bed which has ever been ofifered. It is made entirely of Iron ; is perfectly noiseless ; cannot get out of order ; will last for generations without expense of any kind ; affords no possible harbor for vermin ; is light, clean and easily handled ; requires but one thin mattress; and is most delightfully elastic all over, adjusting itself perfectly to the form of the sleeper, so that the whole body is supported equally J thus entirely avoiding any feeling of fatigue to prominent parts of the person, which is always felt in ordinary or Slat Spring Beds. Our beds are pronounced by the best judges in the country, who have had them in use in hotels and private houses, as not only the best, but the cheapest beds ever offered, though there are others sold at a less price. At the Fair of the Mechanics and Art Institute of New Hampshire, in October, 1868, it was subjected to severer tests than were ever borne by any other bed, without the slightest injury, and it was awarded their highest premium of a Silver Medal. Price lists furnished on application. J. F. PECIi:, jVgent. Springfield, Mass., June, 1869. between April 15th and October loth ; which sell at an ag- gregate of $800. They use about 1,500 cords of wood and 100 tons of coal annually. They use the Continental ma- chine for making their fine pressed brick and the Vervalen for their common brick. Their works extend over and em- brace eighteen acres of land with six buildings. Brick sent to any part of Western Massachusetts. No agents em- ployed. Particular attention given to making bevel brick of any shape or Size for windows, corners, chimneys, &c. Thk United States Spring Bed Co. was established in June, 1868, for the manufacture of spiral spring beds upon an entirely new and novel principle, insuring the great- est elasticity and permanence, which Wcas patented in July, 1867. The company are now working upon a capital of $20,000, and employ 10 hands, who turn out at present 75 beds per week, consuming weekly one ton hoop iron and a half ton of spring wire. Their present location is a floor of about 25 X 100 ieet, but their business is increasing, and an enlargement of facilities will soon be necessary. The com- pany own the right for the New England States, and the bed meets with the greatest favor wherever introduced. Mr. J. F. Peck is the agent for the company. Bemis & Call, Hardware & Tool Company. Mr. Amos Call, President, Mr. W. Chaplin Bemis, Treasurer. This business was established in 1830, by Mr. Stephen C. Bemis, at Williraansett, Mass.. a parish then in Springfield, and incorporated June, 1855. Stephen C. Bemis is the father of the hardware manufacturing in the Connecticut Valley. Some thirty years ago he commenced the pro- duction of hardware in the village of Willimansett, now the town of Chicopee. American manufactures were then in their infancy ; the demand for home made goods was then limited. Thousands of dollars were sacrificed on experi- mental enterprises, but Mr. Bemis had energy and tact, and surmounted all obstacles, and built up a largo business by continual perseverance and energy. He gained an honest reputation, and the Bemis Trade Mark became the brand of an immensely popular line of hardware goods, of material and style of finish equal to the world renown Sheflield goods. After carrying on the manufactory successfully for a long time in his own name, Mr. Bemis, 13 years ago, resigned its active management to his son, Mr. W. Chaplin Bemis, and Mr. Amos Call, (for a long time employed in the man- ufactory,) who, under the name of Bemis & Call, Hard- ware & Tool Company, have extended their borders and in- creased their business. One at the present time cannot go into any hardware store in the United States or British Provinces without finding Bemis »& Call goods tipon their shelves.- The buildings occupied are as follows : — Main shop, two stories high, 60x45 feet ; blacksmiths' shop, one story 42x 31 feet, with out buildings, annealing and store houses, &c.. They furnish employment for between 45 and 50 hands, and use the following machines, viz. : 2 trip hammers, 3 drops, 6 presses, or punching machines ; 5 engine, 6 hand and 5 up- right lathes ; 7 drilling machines, 1 screw cutting machine, 1 double headed lathe, 8 polishing frames and fixtures, 7 forges, 3 grindstones, 1 planer, 1 tube machine, circular saws, turning lathes for wood, &c. &c. They manufacture in great variety, all kinds of carpenters' and machinists' tools. The manufacturing department is under the general superin- tendence of Mr. Amos Call ; and the financial department, chiefly, under the control of Mr. W. Chaplin Bemis. The office of the company is in Bemis block, and their manufactory east of Main street, by the Boston and Albany Railroad track. 47 370 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. g. TATE I>I]lfE, junction of the Hous- ^NQ atonic nnd Western Railroad, 38 miles from Al- (y^ hauy, 162 from Boston, and 100 from Bridgeport. The station is situated on the dividing line of Kew York and Massachusetts and contains about 60 inhabitants. ^TEPHEIV'S CROSSING, a coim- *SJ try station on the Lawrence Branch. ^TERI.II\'G CEI\TRE, 14 miles j^5; from 'Worcester and 12 from Fitchburg, quite aman- ( , '"^ ufacturing village on the 'Worcester and Fitchburg Railroad. ^ TEKEIi\G Jl'3iCT10]\, U miles from Nashua, and 12 from 'Worcester, on the Wor- cester & Nashua Railroad. The Fitchburg & Wor- cester Railroad branches off' here for Fitchburg. ^TIEE RITER, -23 miles from Nas- ^^" ^ hua and Worcester, a country station on the Worces- 1 '^ ter and Nashua Railroad. ^"^.TOCKRRIDGE, 93 mUes from •idgeport and 13 from Pittsfield, a station and town the Housatonic Railroad in Berkshire County. Tliis is a tine farming town on both sides of the Housatonic river. The soil is adapted to all kinds of culture, much of it alluvial meadow, the uplands producing excellent feed for cattle. Here is an excellent hydraulic power near the village, the latter being situated on an extended plain and surrounded bv delightful scenery. ^TOA'EHA^fl, 8 miles from Boston, and ^J^) 19 from Lawrence. A village and town on the Bos- C/^ ton and Maine Railroad, at the terminus of the Stoneham Branch Railroad from East Woburn. This is a small town, rocky and uneven. Spot Pond a beautiful sheet of soft and pure water lies in this town ; it covers an area of 283 acres, and is 143 feet above high watermark, at Boston. The famous Stoneham shoe-benches, which are used in all sections of the coxmtry, are made by B. F. Richardson, at the rate af 200 per year. He also makes cutting-blocks for shoe manufacturers. His factory i.s supplied with steam power, which drives a lathe, saw, etc. He has been estab- lished in the bu.siness 15 years. All kinds of women's, misses' and children's pegged .shoes are made by Dincklee & Danforth, wlio employ 40 hands and 11 sewing machines. They have facilities for turning out about §100,000 worth of goods per year, which are taken by the New England trade. A 6 horse power steam engine drives their machinery. The firm of John Hlll & Co. was established in 1833. They now employ 175 hands in the manufacture of women's, misses' and children's boots and shoes. In their factory, which is the largest in town, they use 30 sewing machines, with peggers, heelers, lasters, &c.. and have capacity to turn out 1,800 pairs per day. Power is supplied by a 15 horse engine, with 2 boilers of 20 horse power each. The factory has a front of 80 feet, and 2 wings, is 4 stories high, and contains 8 rooms, besides halls, dressing rooms, &c. The Boston oflice of the firm is at 86 Pearl street. Wm. Tidd & Co., manufacturers of grain and split leath- er, in three wooden buildings located here. They are of the following descriptions : A currying shop 3J stories 40x 90 feet, a tanning and currying shop 2| stories 40x80 feet, and a 2 story building 35x80 feet, used as a beam house and currying shop. This firm employ about 100 hands and turu out "about 50,000 sides per year, worth about §400,000. Their machinery is run by an engine of 40 horse power, built by Wm. Adams & Co. of Boston, Mass., with 2 tubu- lars of 50 horse power each, built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridgeport, Mass. This business was established in 1840 by Wm. Tidd, Jr. Besides the above mentioned build- ings, there are a number of smaller ones containing bark mill, engine and boiler house, leaching houses, store houses, tan houses, &c., the whole covering an area of about 2 acres. They have in use 25 pits. Wm. H. Messer &Co. occupy a three story wooden build- ing 24x40 feet, located on Emerson street, for the mamifac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They commenced business in 1866 ; employ 25 hands, turn out about 36,000 pairs per year, and do a business of §50,000. Drew & Bcswell occupy one-half of a three story wood- en building 35x55 feet, located on Franklin street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. Employ 20 hands, and do a business of about §20,000 per year. Commenced business in 1866. S. L. Crosby occupies one half of a three story wooden building 35x55 feet, located on Central street, for the manu- facture of stiffenings, inner soles, and heels. He commenc- ed business in 1867 ; employs 25 hands, and does a business of §10,000 per annum. The machinery is run by an engine ot 5 horse power, built by Gifl'ord & Houghton, of Fall River, Mass., with a tubular boiler of 10 horse power. G. W. Trowbridge, occupies a 4 story wooden building 50x50 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employs about 50 hands, turns out about 75,000 pairs per year, worth §75,000. His machinery is run by an engine of 12 horse power, with a tubular boiler of 16 horse power, built by Al- len & Endicott of Cambridgeport, Mass. Office and sales- rooms No. 5 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Charles Emerson occupies a 2 story wooden building 28 x40 feet, located on Central street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; employs 30 hands, turns out about 200 pairs per day, and does business amounting to about §50,000 per year. The business was established in 1844. Hill & Rowe commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1863. They occupy a 4 story wooden building 30 xl03 feet, located on Main street, where they employ about 125 hands in the manufacture of ladies', misses' and chil- dren's pegged boots and shoes, of which they turn out about 180.000 pairs per year, worth about §250,000. Their steam power is supplied by an engine of 10 horse power, built by John C. Page of Stoneham, with one tububar boiler built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridgeport. Mass. Office and salesroom No. 71 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. H. H. Mawhinney & Co. occupy a 4 story wooden build- ing 30x75 teet, located on Main .street, for the manufacture ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. They com- menced business about 8 years ago ; employ 60 hands and turn out about 125.000 pairs per year. Their machinery is run by an engine of 10 horse power, built by John C. Page of Stoneham, with a tubular boiler of 20 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott of Cambridgeport, Mass. Be- sides the goods manufactured at this establishment, this firm Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 371 receive and dispose of all the boots and shoes made at three other large factories in this town. Office and salesrooms No. 5 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Wm. Hurd occupies a 3 story wooden building 40x1 20 ft located on Hancock street, where he employs 35 hands ii the manufacture of morocco, turning out about 60,000 skins per year, worth about $12.5,000. The power is supplied by an engine of 12 horse power, built by CiifFord & Houghton, of Fall River, Mass., with a tubular boiler of 20 horse pow- er, built by Cook. Rymes & Co., of Charlestown, Mass. This busiiie'ss was established in 1849. Office No. 8S Pearl street, Boston, Mass. George L. W. Dike & Co. occupy 3 floors 24 x 48 feet, located corner Franklin and Central streets, for the manu- facture of ladies', misses, and children's boots and shoes employ about 40 hands, turn out about 100.000 pairs per year, and do business to the amount of S12."),000. Their power is supplied by one of Roper's patent caloric engines. Office and salesrooms No. 40 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. J. G. Rounds & Co. occupy a 4 story building 72 x 34, for the manufacture of women's, misses' and children's peg- ged boots and balmorals ; employ from 80 to 100 hands, turn out about 12,000 pairs per month, and do a business of about 820,000 per annum. They use steam power for driving their peggers, stitching and heeling machines, sole cutters, rollers and other machinery. ^TOliV BROOK, 12 mUes from Bos ^y ton and 38 from Fitchburg, a station in the town of Cy^ Waltham on the Boston & Fitchburg Railroad and on Stony Brook Creek. William G. SnArruCK occupies a 3 story wooden build- ing 40x30 feet with an L 17x14 feet, 2 stories, where he employs 18 hands in the manufacture of school furniture and settees. The business was established in 1836. His machinery is driven by a Cushman Iron Water Wheel, 9 horse power, built at Hartford, Conn. His sales room is at 108 Fultou street, Boston, Mass. ^TOUGJITO.\, 18 miles from Boston, 'JS; and 4 miles from Canton, at which place a branch (Zy from the Providence and Boston Railroad leaves the main track for this village. A place containing 4 churches, and 2,.J00 inhabitants. This village is one mile west of a depot by the same name on the Old Colony and Ne>vport Railroad. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in the manu- facture of boots and shoes. J. Swan & Co., manufacturers of boots. This business was established here, in 1823, under the firm of Beals & Swan. In 1851, H. Jones and J. R. Gray associated them- selves with Mr. Swan under the firm style of J. Swan & Co. This firm occupy two buildings, covering over 2,400 square feet of ground. Employ about 75 hands, turn out about 3.000 cases, and consume 890,000 worth of stock per year. Sample room. No. 36 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. B. KiNGSLEY, manufacturer of boots and shoes, Washing- ton street. Mr. Kiagsley commenced business here about the year 1850, employing 20 hands and occupies 1 building 2 stories, wood. Sales room No. 44 Hanover street, Bos- ton. Daniel French, agent for E. G. & E. Wallace, Roch- ester, New Hampshii-e, occupies a building 40x25 feet, 3 stories with wing 20x45 feet, 3 stories, for the manufacture of men's and boys boots. He employs 30 persons in the shop beside others outside. Produces 3,000 cases yearly. N. Morton & Co. commenced here the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1854. They occupy a building 41x70 feet, 3 stories, employing 75 persons ; produce 3,000 cases, and do a business of 8125,000 yearly. S. G. Pettee occupies a building 40x35 feet, 2 stories, for the manufacture of calf boots. Employs 25 persons, and produces 50 pairs per day. Guild & Upham commenced the manufacture of calf boots in July, 1868. They occupy a building 60x35, three stories with L 60x35, 3 stories. Employ 30 persons, pro- duce 72 pairs per day and do a business of 865,000 per an- Samuel Savels & Son commenced the manufacture of boots in l>iC3, being successors to Samuel Savels who estab- lished the business about 30 j'ears ago. They emplov 5 per- sons in their manufactory, doing a business of 835,000 per year. E. C. Monk commenced the manufacture of boots in 1858. He occupies a building 25x30, 2 stories ; employs 15 persons ; produces 36 pairs per day and does a business of 340,000 per year. James Hill, Agent for F. Dane & Co., 90 Milk street, Boston, occupies a building 30x60, 2 stories, for the manu- facture of men's calf boots. He employs 60 persons, pro- duces 36,000 pairs per year, and does a business of 8150,- 000. E. Delano & Co. commenced the manufacture of boots in 1864, occupy a shop 18x24, 2 stories; employ 15 per- sons ; produces 56 pair per day, and do a business of 850,- 000 annually. Parker & Wales occupy a buildiug 60x40, 2 J stories, for the manufacture of boots and shoes, commencing here in 1863 ; employ 40 persons ; produce, 100 pair per day, and do a business of 860,000 per annum. J. F. Ellis & Co. occupy a building 30x45, 2 stories, for the manufacture of boots, commencing here in 1865 ; em- ploy 25 persons and produce 50 pair per day. The Firm of Reynolds & Crane was established in 1858 by Reynolds & Monk. The goods manufactured are fine calf boots and shoes, and Congress boots for California, the Southern and Western States, and the New England trade. They are pegged, nailed and machine sewed. They occupy two buildings, one 28x30 feet, 2 stories in height, the other 14x32 feet, 1 story. The number of employees is 40, consuming 8450 worth of stock per month, and producing 83,440 of goods in same time. ^lJTTO:V, 34| miles from Providence and ^^S; 8i from Worcester, on the Providence and Worces- C^^ ter Railroad. A village of about 600 inhabitants in the town of Sutton, containing 2 churches and 1 manufacto- . The post office here is called Wilkinsonville. Chace & Clark, manufacturers of shuttles of all kinds. Their works were burned in the spring of 1868, and it is their intention to rebuild soon. They employ 10 persons. The Sctton Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1836, with a capital of 860,000. H. N. Slater, Sen., Pres- dent ; H. N. Slater, Jr., Treasurer ; Edward Mathewson, Superintendent. The mill was erected in 1823, located on the Blackstone river, a few rods from the depot, and can be distinctly seen from the cars. The building is about 124x36, five stories, built mostly of stone, with two wings 50x28 and 28x30, one story respectively. Two small wooden buildings on the opposite side of the river, are run in connection. They. have 11,016 spindles, 232 looms, employ 140 persons, consume 7,000 lbs. of cotton, and produce 40,500 yards of 372 Statmis in the State of Massachusetts. print cloths per week. The power is furnished by a French turbine 82 inch wheel, put in, in the fall of 1868 ; the fall here being 13 feet. A breast wheel runs the small mill opposite. Office in Providence, R. I. IJTTOJ^'S TnLIl,1jS, a country station I ou the Lawrence Branch Railroad. ^WAIV'S C^ROS.SlI¥s. of cotton per day, and produce 4,000 yards of 28 inch 60 x 64 print cloths. The motive power is furnished by an 80 horse power engine, built by the Providence Steam Engine Co., and 2 Wareham and 1 breast wheel. The works are located on Taunton Mill river, the fall being 9 ft. This company do quite a business in manufacturing cotton machinery, although their specialty is the manufacture of cotton goods. Hopewell Cotton Mills ; Chas. Albro, proprietor, oc- cupies a mill 169x41, two and three stories, with wing 41x 100, three stories, built of stone, for the manufacture of 28 inch print cloths, 64 square. The oiiginal mill was built in 1818, situated on Canoe river, in the village of " Hopewell," on the outskirts of the city. They run 7,008 spindles, and 180 looms. In 1868 they consumed 278,559 lbs. of cotton and produced 1 ,630,098 yards print cloths and corset jeans. They employ 130 persons. Three Fall River wheels with power of 180 horse, furnish the motive power. A 120 horse power engine assists when needed, built by the Novelty Works, of this city. Mr. Albro, was superintendent here in 1845 and succeeded the Lothrop Manufacturing Co. in 1854. He owns 59 tenements in connection with the mill. The fall is 12J feet. John Holland, Sup't. The Foundry and Machine Company was incorpo- rated November 2d, 1850. Capital, sixty thousand dollars. H. S. Fairbanks, Agent and Treasurer. The works occupy several large buildings, covering an area of IJ acres of ground, located on Court street. They employ 75 persons, melt 4 tons of iron per day, manufacturing steam engines, lathes, planers, hydraulic machinery, machinists' tools, &e., &c., doing a business of $175,000 per year. Among other establishments that make Taunton famous as a manufacturing city, is the works of L. M. Leonard, on Wales street, who commenced here in 1848 as successor to Lemuel Leonard, his father, who established the business in 1844. The main building, used as a foundry is 138x54 feet, 1 story with L 60x30 feet, the mounting room is 100x50 feet, 1 story with sm '1 buildings attached, too numerous to mention. Here are made every style and kind of cooking, office and parlor stoves ; ranges, castings, hollow ware, &c. ; among others perfected by Mr. Leonard, is the " Gov- ernor," "Monteveu," " Enterprise " cook stoves. Walker's portable range ; also, his sub base parlor stove iind the "Cap- itol," " Tropic," " Eagle," " Welcome " parlor stoves, that are widely known throughout the country. He employs in his works 40 persons ; consumes about 900,000 lbs. of pig iron, 200,000 lbs. scrap iron and 600,000 lbs. of coal in one year. A 25 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power, (Fairbanks make.) This establishment has an extensive trade through the surrounding country, and a reputa- tion second to none for producing reliable and valuable stoves. S. S. Babbitt commenced the manufacture of machinery in 1864. He occupies a building 22x38 feet, 1 story. Em- ploys 12 persons, located at 33 Cohannet street, near the Railroad. His machinery consists of 10 lathes, 1 planer, 1 upright drill, 1 milling machine, built by the Pccnix Iron Works, of Hartford. A 12 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 373 li« M» liMQimMMB, Manufacturer of Parlor, Office & Cooking Stoves, RANGES, AIR-TICHT CASTINGS, HOLLOW-WARE, &C., AC, >Vales Street, near tlie r>epot, Taunton, ]\Iass. This Cut Illustrates the PATENT OVEN with Movable Plates. S. Perkins & Co. commenced the manufacture of stoves, plows and castin<;s in 1854, the main buildin™: is 100x50, a foundry, another 35x50, wood, and one 50x25, 1 story. They employ 12 persons, melt 1,500 pounds of iron daily, and do a business of $20,000 per year. M. M. Rhodes commenced the manufacture of hoopshirt trimmings, saddle and lining nails, &c., &c., in 1859. He now occupies a building on Cohannet street, 100x40, two stories; employs 45 persons; consuming 1,200 pounds of sheet iron and 500 pounds of tacks daily. Joseph Webster occupies a building on Court street, for the manufacture of files. The building is 30x20 w-ith L 15 x20, 1 story; employing 12 persons and producing 6 gross per day of different styles and kinds. Hill Bros., (Henry, Thomas and Benjamin) manufac- ture taper saw files, locatedat Hopewell, about one mile from the centre of the city. D. A. Trefethen commenced the brass foundry business in 1848 ; the building is 44x32, two stories, buih of brick, located on Westminster street. He produces 150 pounds of castings daily ; employs 6 persons and does a business of $15,000 per annum. Cushman & CoGGESHALL commenced the manufacture of leathered carpet tacks in 1865, in a building 30x60, one sto- ry. They employ 17 persons and produce 300 lbs. of tacks daily. The Taunton Faucet Co. is located at 20 Washington street, commencing here in 1866 ; the building is 50x25, two stories, built of wood. Employ 7 persons and produce 50 faucets daily. A 30 liorse power engine supplies the power. E. W. Strange & Co. commenced the manufacture of box, board, stave, and shingle machines, blind makers' sup- plies, portable saw mills, nail keg and barrel heading ma- chines, wrought iron tackle blocks, &c., in 1865. They occupy a building 100 x 60, 2 stories, wood ; employing 17 persons. The business was established by Elias Strange in 1828, commencing with foot power. Mr. Strange has pre- sented many inventions to the public ; — a feed chain for en- gine lathes, machine for sawing hoop poles, «fec., &c. A new patent machine for grinding circular saws has just been is- sued. He laid the plans for a dividing scale machine now extensively used. The works cover about 6,000 square feet of space and are supplied with heavy, ponderous ma- chinery necessary for the production of their numerous in- I ventious. George L. Morris commenced the manufacture of blind hinges and fastenings in 1863. He occupies a room in a building on Franklin street, 20x30 feet, producing 20,000 set yearly. D. A. Burt occupies a brick building 40x100 feet, 1 sto- ry, at 40 Weir street, for the manufacture of moiuiments, &c., &c. He employs 20 persons, and does a business amounting to $35,000 per annum. Mr. Burt has sent mon- uments to all of the New England States and as far south as North Carolina. J. A. Tilden, Superintendent. Charles Husband occupies 2 wooden buildings on Co- hannet street, for the manufacture of lining for railroad cars. They are 110x30, 2 stories, and 60x24, 2 stories. He employs 20 persons, and commenced business here in 1847. The Taunton Soap & Oil Co. was incorporated in Feb- ruary, 1868. Capital $10,000. Edward Crossman, Presi- dent ; E. W. Crossman, Sec. and Agt. ; W. Burgess, Treas- urer. They occupy a building on Oak street, 80x40, 3 sto- ries ; employ 6 persons, and produce 12,000 lbs. of soap per week. 374 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Manufafttirers i)f im Hollow Ware, &c. Manufactory and Otfipo, Third, near West Water Street, Weir Village. Taunton. Mass. Joseph Wright. Francis Leeds. Eldridge & Co. occupy a shop on the outskirts of the city, near Whittenlon depot, for tiie manufacture of britannia and silver plated ware. The building is 60 x 24 feet, 1 J stories. They employ 10 persons and do a business of SlO,000 per annum. A 6 horse power engine supplies the power. The business was established in 1849, by Eli Eldridge, who took his son in company about 1863. Taunton Crucible Co. was incorporated 1865, with a capital of 835,000. Wm. H. Phillips, Agent ; Thomas J. Lothrop, Treasurer. They occupy 1 building 80 x 40, 2 stories, manufacturing crucibles and stove polish. Taunton Oil Cloth Co. was incorporated in 1855 ; cap- ital $25,000. Charles Robinson, President, Thompson New- bury, Agent and Treasurer, J. J. Whitmarsh, Superintendent. The main building is 60x90, 3 stories, brick. Employ 40 persons. The motive power is furnished by a 25 horse power Corliss engine, Fairbanks' make. This company produce 1 ,300 yards of enameled cloth daily. Where do all the stoves go to ! one would naturally ex- claim if they should visit the works of the Union Furnace Co., located on Third street, near AVest Water. They occupy a building 100 x 52, one story, used as a foundry, and a packing and mounting building 40 x 50, 2 stories. All the buildings are of brick. They employ 40 persons, melting 3J tons of iron per day, and doing a business of $75,000 per year. The power is supplied by a 30 horse power engine, built by the Fuller Iron Works of Providence. They commenced the manufacture of stoves in 1864, and during that time have perfected and introduced to the public the Meteor, Dictator, Matchless, Kearsarge cook stoves ; Matchless range ; Dictator parlor stoves ; all of which are a household word throughout the country, thou- sands of them having been sold. The success of this con- cern is owing to the proprietors being practical men, and knowing just what the public want, who have appreciated their goods and thiis benetitted them. Besides stoves, they make a great variety of hollow ware, and a specialty of iron thresholds, that are having a great sale. Located near the water and the railroads, this company have facilities for shipping their wares to any point and in any quantity. The Eagle Cotton Co. was incorporated in 1860, with a capital of $90,000. W. Rouse, Superintendent. The mill is 150x63, 4 stories, brick, with wing 38x48, two stories, brick. They run 11,500 mule spindles, 236 looms ; employ 150 persons, consume 80 bales of cotton per month and produce 200,000 yards of 28 inch print cloths 61 square. A 125 horse power Corliss engine supplies the power, with six 30 inch cylinder boilers 32 feet long. The mill is situated on Wales street, in the south part of the city. W. R. Potter, 35 Cohaunet street, machinist and iron founder, sewing machine tables, machinists and jewelers tools, fan blowers, &c. This business was established by Bartlett & Potter, about 1854. He occupies a main build- ing 30x50, 2 stories, wood, another 25x70 ; 1 story with small building attached. He employs 30 persons. A 15 horse power engine made by the proprietor, supplies the power for the establishment. The Presbrev Stove Lining Co. was incorporated May 1st, 1866, with a capital of $400,000 ; E. D.Tisdale, Presi- dent ; Wm. B. Presbrey, Agent and Treasurer. The works are located ou Bow street, the main building is 600x40, one story. They employ 50 persons and produce 10,000 set of stove linings per month, and 500,000 fire brick per year. The power is supplied by a 20 horse power engine. The busi- ness was established by the treasurer in 1843, who conducted it under his own name till the present company was formed. In 1868 they purchased the fire brick business of Thomas &■ Wilson. The Porter Britannia and Plate Co. was incorporated in 1859 ; capital $25,000. Oliver Ames, President ; G. T. Atwood, Agent and Treasurer. The works are located on Wintlirop street ; the main building is 40x70, four stories ; another 30x60, three stories ; two wings, 30x24 each, four stories. They employ 100 persons. The power is supplied by a 30 horse power engine. The Phcenix MANtJFACTDRiNG Co. was originally estab- lifhed in 1844, for the purpose of making black lead cruci- bles and stove polish. The original proprietors were Messrs. Atwood & Vickery. At this time there was but one other concern of the kind in the country. The business was car- ried on by this firm about seven years, when a new company was organized and incorporated with a capital of $30,000. The works were then removed from their first locality to the Weir Village, and much enlarged and a steam power grist mill with a run of 4 stones was added to the same. The en- gine is of 60 horse power, made by the Corliss Steam Engine Company, Providence, R. I. The capacity for grinding meal is 1,000 bushels per day. The regular business has risen from a few thousand dollars per year to an average of about $100,000. The country is now supplied entirely from home production, whereas formerly we were dependent upon Germany for our whole consumption. The buildings occu- pied by the company cover an area of about an acre of ground. The number of employees is 24. The agents are Messrs. Patterson Brothers, New York, C. L. Rice & Co., Chicago, N. & G. Tarlor & Co., Philadelphia. Anthony & Cushman commenced the manufacture of Sweedish and Russia plate iron, in 1864, as successors to Marvel & Cushman, who established the business. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 375 H . ^W I L L I ^4. J>X S , MANUFACTURER OF FOR IRON, COPPER, AND GAS MANUFACTURERS, South Eliicl of West ^Water Sti-eet, Weir T^illag-e, T ^ U IV T O IV . LOCOMOTIVE BRICK, BAKERS' OVEN TILE, AND CYLINDER LININGS, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. I^Orders for Fire Brick, Stove Linings, Tiles, &c., directed as above, will be promptly attended to..,^ - A SHARE OF PUBLIC PATRONAGE SOLICITED. Their main building is 160x50 ; store house and office, 75x 2.5. They employ 35 hands, and do a business amounting to $100,000 per annum. Capital employed, 855,000. The machines used here, are made at Nahum Stetson's works, Bridgewater. Two tons of plate iron are produced here daily. A 40 horse power engine drives the works. This company are also large manufacturers of tacks. Silas L. Staples, manufacturer of brick, is successor to Ebenezer Staples, who established the business about forty years ago. jlr. S. employs 12 persons, making about one million per year, of 8 inch bricks, using one of Hall's ma- chines. J. R. Williams commenced the manufacture of fire brick, stove linings, tiles, &c. in June, 1847. The works are lo- cated on ihe Taunton Great river, a few rods from the Old Colony Railroad. The main building is 84x52, two stories, wood, with many small buildings attached, covering an area of 1 J acres. He employs 15 persons, consumes 900 tons of clay and 150 tons of coal, and produces 300,000 brick, and 85,000 worth of stove linings per year. A 30 horse power Chubbuck's engine supplies the power. Mr. \V. commenced here with a capital invested of $300, and by perseverance and enterprise, has built up quite au extensive business, do- ing about $25,000 per year. Johnson & Macomber, established the brick business on County street some 20 years ago. In 1867 an incorporated company was formed, called the Taunton Brick Company ; E. H. Bennct, President, C. F. Johnson, Secretary and Treasurer, William F. Macomber, Agent. They occupy 68 acres ; employing 80 men in 5 different yards. The com- pany have a capital of $54,000, and improvements are con- stantly being made for producing successfully, brick of all kinds, of whii'h they now produce 10 to 15 millions per year. F. T. Wright & Son, Presbrey avenue, occupy a build- ing 87x25 feet, IJ stories with L. 22x33 feet, 1 story, for the manufacture of drain pipes and all kinds of stone and earthen ware ; employ 10 persons and run a 10 horse power engine. A. Field & Sons' tack mannfactorj'. Albert Field, Esq., up to the time of his death, was senior proprietor of these works. He was born in Norton, Mass., July 4th, 1795. About the year 1812 he engaged in the manufacture of tacks by horse power. Soon after, he removed to Taunton and was employed by Messrs. Crocker & Richmond, exten- sive nail manufacturers. In 1827, he commenced the manu- facture of brads, in a small building on the site of his present buildings, and with a machine built by himself. This es- tablishment is said to be the oldest and most extensive of its class in the United States. Messrs. A. F. & Sons employ 300 hands, occupy 6 large buildings, and do a business amounting to nearly 8750,000 annually. Over 200 ma- chines of Reed & Blanchard's patent are in operation here, and upwards of 2,000 tons of metals of different kinds are consumed in the manufacturing of tacks and small nails per year. Power is furnished by 1 steam engine of 75 horse power, manufactured by the Taunton Foundry and Machine Co., and 1 turbine water wheel. This firm have lately constructed a fine brick building, with freestone trimmings and granite basement, 2J stories ; dimensions 38 x 53, which will be oc- cupied as au office and sample room. It is situated on front end of the main building, with entrance on Spring street. The senior partner of this house passed away the last of April, of this year. Mr. Field was a pioneer representative of the many immense manufacturing establishments in this couuntry. Enterprising, and, withal, a gentleman the people lose a kind friend and a public benefactor. Nathan Rand, carriage manufacturer, rear No. 1 Broad- way. Mr. R. commenced business in 1832. He occupies one building, wood, of 3 stories 40x45, with wing 40x22, 2 stories, and manufacturing carriages, can-iage trimmings, &c. Mr. R. does a business of from $5,000 to $6,000 per annum, and has in use one of Read's patent fire heaters, the first one manufactured. One of the most extensive carriage manufactories in the section is that of Messrs. Peck & White, situated on Weir street, Nos. 19 and 21. Wm. L. White, Jr., established the business about the year 1853. In 1864, Mr. Peck asso- ciated himself with Mr. White. This firm do a business of from $30,000 to $35,000 per annum, occupy two buildings, and employ on an average 20 hands. The Taunton Tack Co., whose works are situated on Union street, occupy a prominent position among its class of manufactories. This company was incorporated in 1853. Lorenzo Lincoln, President, and T. J. Lathrop, Treasurer and Agent ; capital $20,000. They manufacture all kinds of tacks, brads and shoe nails ; clout, trunk and finishing nails, and make a specialty of upholstering tacks. They oc- cupy four buildings, the dimensions of which are as follows : main building, 3 stories, wood, 50x40 feet with wing, 2 sto- ries, wood, 20x50 feet ; also, 2 other buildings, each 24 feet square. The power is furnished by an engine made in New Jersey, of 20 horse power. Within a few years this com- pany have made many improvements in their buildings and machinery, and are now about erecting a building on land formerly known as the Paper Mill estate, the same to be 200x40"feet with wing 50x40. Power will be furnished by engine, built by Putnam Machine Company, of 65 to 75 horse power. 376 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. O. IP. :POLXjJLie;ID, ■ MANTFACTURER OF - POWEURttDLUND PORUBIE, Also, Grindstone, Greenstone and Soapstonc Heel Wheels, and Hand Heel Stones, NO. 6 WASHINGTON STREET, LYNN, MASS. JoNH D. Godfrey, brick mauufacturer, Linden street. Mr. Godfrey commenced here in 1838, employs 6 hands and manufactures about 750,000 bricks per annnum. James H. Sprout, manufacturer of boxes and nail casks. This business was established by James Sprout, Esq., in 1838, in 1857 he was succeeded by J. H. Sprout, Esq., his son, who still continues the business here. He occupies four buildings and employs 35 hands. The power is furnished by one of Chubbuck & Sons' steam engines of 60 horse power. These works are situated on West Water street. Weir Village, and do a business amounting to $00,000 per WiLLARD & Lane, Weir Village, manufacturers of paints and oils. Messrs. W. & L. established business about the year 1863. They occupy one building, (wood) 1 story, 30x40, used for grinding white lead and colors. Also, use one mill of stone for lead, and one of iron for colors. Power is fur- nished by a steam engine of 10 horse power. The capital is $10,000, and they do a business of about $22,000 or $23,- 000 per year. Whittenton Manufacturing Co. manufacture cotton- ades, shirtings, dress goods. Canton flannels, &c. They employ GOO hands, running 20,832 spindles and 526 looms, consuming 1,400,000 lbs. of cotton annually. The factory is situated on Mill river, having 12 feet fall of water. The power is furnished by 3 Corliss engines ; one of 80 horse power, and 2, each of 200 horse power, equalling 480 horse power. Charles L. Levering, Treasurer. Taunton Stove Lisrso Co. This company established busi- ness here in March, 1864, with a capital of $15,000, and man- facture fire brick and fire brick linings. They occupy 5 build- ings, viz. : — 2 work shops, one 30x80, one 30x60 ; 1 pack- ing room 28x80 ; 1 store house, 35x80 ; 1 kiln house, 75x 60 ; and employ 19 hands. These works are situated on Highland, corner of Bow street, and do a business amount- ing to $30,000 per year. Samuel Lee's Foundry and Cutlery Works. Mr. Lee established business here in 1852 ; his works are situated on Purchase street, between School and Wilbur. He occupies one building, (wood) two stories, 85x35, with horse power and snagging room connected, and has in use the " Oscila- tor" steam engine of five horse power. Machine made Butcher family steels, patent combined tobacco cutter, with nut cracker and cork pressers, tinned cheese knives and but- ter spades, all of the finest quality, are manufactured here in large quantities. Mason Locomotive AVorks, William Mason, proprietor. This establishment is situated opposite the depot. He com- menced the manufactureof cotton machinery in 1.S42. In 1845 he built this establishment. The main building is 320x50 feet. 3 and 4 stories, and French roof, another 60x150 feet, 3 stories with numerous smithies, foundries, boiler and erect- ing shops. The increase of business necessitated an enlarge- ment in the fall of 1868, which is 60x100 feet, 4 stories. Bishop's History says : " The founder of this splendid es- tablishment belongs to that class of intelligent and ingenious mechanics who in spite of early disadvantages and by the force of native genius leave their impress upon the age in which they live. New England has been especially fruitful in such men and they in turn have rewarded her by making her the pride and glory of America. After a boyhood spent successively in the blacksmith's shop, the cotton mill and machine shop, we find Mr. Mason in 1829. when about 21 years of age, in Canterbury, Conn., constructing and setting up power looms for the manufacture of diaper linen, believed to have been the first adapted to this kind of work in the world. At a later period we find him in Taunton, which, af- ter many sad disappointments and crushing reverses, caused by the failure of others, became the theatre of his future triumphs. It was here, when foreman for Crocker & Rich- mond, machinists, he perfected the great invention of his life, the ' self-acting mule ' a machine now known and used in every well regulated cotton factory. Here in 1842, when his employers failed, he through friendly assistance became tlie principal owner and manager of the works. He manu- factured cotton and woolen machinery, tools, &c., &c.. up to 1852, when he made an addition to his works, and in 1853 brought out his first locomotive. When the locomotive branch of the business had become established, Mr. Mason commenced the manufacture of car wheels, in which like his locomotives, he made marked improvements. This is one of the few really remarkable manufactories in America, ex- hibiting in all its details so much system, combined with fer- tility of invention, that if its founder and proprietor were not living, we should feel called upon to speak of it in terms of enthusiasm." C^'E!?IPL.ETOX, 19 miles from Fitch- (%J \) ^"""r^ ^^'^ '^^ from Greenfield, on the Otter river and ^=^ the Vermont & Massachusetts Rsiilroad. The vil- lage contains one church, about 900 inhabitants, and is lo- cated in a town by the same name. Several streams water this town and pass to the Connecticut by Miller's and Chic- opee rivers. The surface is uneven but not mountainous. The town was incorporated in 1762. Parker, Sawyer & Co., occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing for the manufacture of cane seat chairs. The business was established by Mr. Frederick Parker over 30 years ago, and was changed to the present firm in 1858. Employ 65 hands ; turn out 85,000 chairs per annum. Their machin- Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 377 cry is driven by an engine of 30 horse power, built by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Mass. Do busi- ness to the amount of SI 25,000 per annum. Office and sales room, 170 and 172 North street, Boston, Mass. Sa^vter Bros., business established in 18.56. They oc- cupy a main building 3 stories in height 45x80, with saw mill attached, and several other small buildings for storing purposes. Manufacture cane seat chair frames. They em- ploy 25 hands ; use 4 planing, 2 rounding, 2 boring and 2 fitting machines, 1 belt saw mill, 2 gig mills and saws for straight and circular work ; consume 500,000 feet lumber per year, and turn out about 6,000 frames per week. Their machinery is driven by a breast wheel, 24 feet iu diameter, with a capacity of about 30 horse power. River Mills. This mill was built by Dudnian & Gra- ham in 1836, and known as the Dudman Manufacturing Co., afterwards as Jones Manufacturing Co. ; then Templeton Mills, and finally River Mills in 1866. The main building is 40x126 feet and 4 stories, with an addition 50 x 50 feet, 4 stories, built in 1866. Also, another buihling, formerly used for spinning 40 x 100 feet, 3 stories, with dye house, boiler and dry house, in addition. They employ 170 hands, manufacture doeskins and beavers, run 9 sets cards, consume 350,000 ll)s. cotton per annum, and produce from 6,000 to 6,500 yards of J cloth per week. A 60 horse power engine and 2 turbine wheels, under 13 ft. fall, drive their machinery. F. T. Lamb occupies a shop 40x32 feet, situated about 2 miles from the station, for the manufacture of men's, boys' aud youths' hand-made kip boots ; employing 25 hands, and does a business of 830,000 per year. At East Templeton, reached from this station, are J. G. Fales & Co., manufacturers of cane seat chairs ; commenced business in 1863, occupying a 2 story building 30x60 feet, for a drying and binding shop, and another, 30 x 12 feet, 2 stories ; employ about 6 hands, doing a business of about $5,000 per year. CJT'KWKJSIUJRY, (See also Hillericaand (11 1) Tewksbury) 5 miles from Lowell and 8 from North ^=^ Lawrence, a small village containing 1 Congrega- tional church and 1 school house, on the Lowell and Law- rence Railroad. George Lee occu[)ies a wooden building located at Tewks- bury Centre, for the manufacture of picker, lace and belt leather, commenced business about 1838, and has 7 em- ployees. Foster & Cole, manufacturers of cabinet furniture, com- menced business in 1851, and occupy three 2 story wooden buildings of the following dhneusious respectively : A mill- ing house 50x30 feet, packing and finishing shop 40x26 feet, also a building 60x22 feet, used for putting their work to- gether, situated at Tewksbury Centre. They have 30 em- ployees and do business amounting to $50,000 per annum. An engine of 12 horse power drives their machinery. Of- fice in Boston, 121 Fulton street. H. L. Tingley occupies a 2 story wooden building 60x25 feet, located at Tewksbury Centre, for the manufacture of moccasons, of which he turns out about 800 dozens per year, doing business of $18,000. He commenced business iu 1860, aud has 9 employees. KWKSBIIRY jriVCTIOIV, 6 niilc~ tVnin Lowell, 7 from North Lawrence and 18 f'rnin Salem, a Hag station at the junction of the Sa- lem & Lowell aud Lowell & Lawrence Railroads. Cyr'HBEE RIVERS, 68 miles from (kf I) New London and 32 from (Jrout's Corner ; a station ^=^ between the towns of Monsou and Palmer, at the junction of three rivers, from which fact the station took its name. IL.TOIl''JS! STATIOIV, situated on the Neponset river 17J miles from Boston, 52J from Southbridge, and 35 from Providence ; a village of about 400 inhabitants, on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, about one-eighth mile from depot. The only man- ufactory in the village is opposite the depot. The Linden Iron and Steel Manufactdring Company. Incorporated 1865 ; Capital, $150,000. H. W. Tilton, President, W. S. Tilton, Superintendent, for the manufac- ture of carriage springs and axles, occupying buildings, the numbers and dimensions as follow: — No. 1, 40x100, 1 story, wood, foundry ; 2, 40x20, 1 story, blacksmith's shop ; 3, 40 xlOO, 1 story, forge shop ; 4, 12x30, 1 story, office ; 5, 25x 40, 2 stories, carpenter's shop ; 6, 25x50, 2 stories, machine shop ; 7, 120x40, 1 story, spring shop. In the blacksmiths' shop they have a 15 horse power overshot wheel, 10x8, to drive a trip hammer. In the forge shop, they have 2 trip hammers driven by an overshot wheel of 15 horse power, and a 10 Iiorse turbine wheel. In the carpeuter's shop they have a 10 horse power turbine wheel, for driving the saws, plan- ers, &c., aud in the basement, grinding of carriage springs. In the machine shop is a 35 horse power turbine wheel, which also furnishes power for the other shop. In the spring shop their machinery consist of 1 rolling mill, 1 head making machine, an upright punch and one of their own patent machines for forming plates. They also have 8 machines for turning out carriage bolts ; making several thou- sand per week. Employ 75 hands aud turn out 75 set of springs and 50 set axles per week ; using 750 tons iron and 600 tons coal per year, with about 150 cords wood for kind- ling fires. CJf ITIi^UT, 30. i miles (1 1 1) tV(Mn Middlcboro', a country st ^^=^ oMV & Newi)ort Railroad. Tl from Boston, 4 station on the Old Col- ic State Alms house is located here. Cfl'OPSFIEED, 25 miles from Boston, /ij 1) 9 J from Salem, and 15 from Ncwburyport, a village ^=^ and town on the Ncwburyport Railroad. Incorpo- rated iu 1650. A very pleasant town watered by Ipswich river aud its branches. The surface is diversified by hills and valleys, and the soil is productive. Settled in 1642. Charles Herriok & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden build- ing 37x47 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; commenced business in 1834 ; employ 70 hands, turn out 150,000 pairs, and do a business of $120,000 per annum. Bailey, Saunders & Co., occupy a 2 story wooden building 40x28 feet, with L 50x24 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. Commenced business in 1863. Employ 35 hands ; turn out 1,200 pairs of shoes per month. Joseph Towne occupies a 2 story wooden building 30x 20 feet with L 21x13 feet, located on Main road half mile from station, for the mauufacture of ladies', misses and chil- dren's pegged shoes. Commenced business in 1855. Employs 44 hands. Turns out 720 pairs per week, and does a busi- ness of $35,000 per annum. 378 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Cff'OWNSEl^D CENTRE, 10 mUes (%} \) ''"'^'"^ Groton Junction and 45 t'nmi Boston, a station ^=^ in the town of Townsend, on the Peterboro' and fSliiiley Railroad. The surface of this town is rather level, the soil is generally light. It is watered by a branch of the Nashua. The town was incorporated in 1732. OWWSEI¥I> HARBOR, 8 miles from Groton Jiiuctiou. a iShirlcv Kailroad, in the llagc on the Peterboro' & vn of Townsend. CJfYl^GSBORO' AIVB RIIVSTA- (%J I) ^I"E. 3'2 miles from Boston, 6 from Lowell, and 8 ^=^ from Nashua, a station on the Boston, Lowell and Nashua Railroad. The village of Dunstable is 3^ miles from the depot, and is in the town of Dunstable. The surface of this town if level ; some parts of it is good land, but gene- rally it is light and sandy. The village of Tjaigsboro' is situated on the right bank of the Merrimac and contains 3 churches. It is in a town by the same name. This town was incorporated in 1789. The river here is wide, placid and majestic, and adds much to the beauty of the place. The soil in this town is light and sandy. J. G. Upton commenced business iu 1864, for the manu- facture of packing boxes of different sizes. His works are situated about half mile above the depot at Tyngsboro', on a small stream which furnishes the motive power. This stream of water flows into the Merrimac river. His works consists of box factory and saw mill, the former being a two story and L building 22x54 and 40x26 ; the saw mill 40x80, 1 story. Employs 10 hands and turns oiit on an average 150,000 boxes per annum. The motive power is furnished from a 2 feet turbine wheel and 4 Blake wheels, three 2J feet and one 1^ feet, all being under 20 feet head, combined horse power 110. MusKDFF Mill, established in 1864. The mill is 36x60 feet, furnishes eitiployment for 10 hands, who manufacture cassimeres, flannel and yarn. Business done amounting to 810,000 per annum. A 16 horse power water wheel drives the machinery. Brinlet & James, this firm was formed in the spring of 1868, with the aim and endeavor to combine in one estab- lishment the means of supphnng every packing interest with every kind aud description of wooden boxes, of sizes vary- ing from confectioner's small boxes to the heavy factory packing cases. The business was established in 1866, by \V. B. Brinlcy, a gentleman of large experience in this busi- ness. For the past year the total product of this establish- ment was nearly 4,000 boxes and cases, consuming 1,000,- 000 feet of lumber and yielding $40,000. The average number of men employed was 30. The buildings are, for the mo.st part, one story in height, and afford about 10,000 feet of flooring, for machinery and packing room. The motive power is furnished from a 40 horse engine, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitch- burg, Mass. The additions to the factory recently completed, make this establishment the largest aud most complete box factory in New England. There are four distinct departments, each under the direction of competent mechanics. In one is carried on the manufacture of heavy boxes aud cases of f inch stock ; second, of lighter packing cases, f and ^ inch stock ; third, every kind of J and ^ inch pine box, and in the fourth, on a larger scale, larger boxes. Thus by the combination of these four departments, (each in itself a complete box shop in its specialty) the establish- ment is enabled to manufacture every kind of wooden boxes for which there is a demand. The machinery uow running consists of 5 planers, 3 swing saws, 5 squaring saws, 6 jointers, 1 sand wheel, 4 groovers, 1 veneer machine for sawing segar box stock from square timber, and 1 patent lock joint machine, of their own inven- tion, capable of cutting 10,000 boxes per day. The capacity of this establishment when in full operation, is about 3.000,000 boxes annually. The segar box de- partment alone, is enabled to produce at the rate of 1 ,500,- 000 boxes a year. They invite the attention of the segar manufacturers, and claim as a great advance in box making the manner in which their boxes are cut and put together, by their patent machine, combining in a greater degree, neatness of iinish, lightness, and greater strength, than any nailed or dove tailed box. In connection with the box factory, they have one of An- drew's Box Board Mills, driven by a 20 horse portable en- gine, for cutting box boards, turning out about 2,000,000 ft. lumber per year. New England customers are supplied di- rect from their factory. New York and the West, froin their salesroom, 140 Courtlaud street. New York City, where the boxes are shipped in stock and there set up. mXBRll><]>£, -241 mUes from Provi- deuce and 18J from Worcester, on the Providence & Worcester Railroad, is a manufacturing village of about 2,000 inhabitants, containing 4 churches and one bank. This town receives an excellent water power from Mumford and West rivers. This town was formerly a part of Mendon, and incorporated in 1727. Iron ore is found here and an abundance of beautiful granite. H. & C. C. Capron occupy a 6 set mill situated near the depot for the manufacture of satinets. The company have been ruiming only 2 sets and 20 looms ; employing 40 persons and producing 1,200 yards per month. Joseph Keith commenced the manufacture of shoddy in this place, in 1867. The mill is situated in nearly the cen- tre of the village, and is about 80x30 feet, 3 stories, built of wood ; runs 5 sets of cards, 2 pickers ; producing 600 lbs. per day ; employs 5 persons. Richard Satles runs a shoddy mill, IJ miles from the depot. It has 6 sets of cards, and produces 600 pounds per day. S. & AV. Scott, commenced the manufacture of satinets in 1852. They occupy a mill 50x36 feet, 2 stories and base- ment with dye house 25x40 feet, 2 stories, located li miles from the depot. They run 2 sets of machinery, 16 looms. Consume 500 lbs. of wool per week, and produce 500 yards daily. The mill is run by a Prince turbine, 3 feet wheel, the fall being 9 feet, located on the West river, a tributary of the Blackstone. The company have a 25 horse power engine, made by C. Gay, of Boston, which they use when needed. C. A. & S. M. Wheelock are located one mile from the depot, occupying a mill 60x34, 3 stories, with ell 45x30, 3 stories with boiler, wool, dye picker house and office attach- ed. The mill was buiU of wood, many years ago. J. Wheeler & Sou, (C. A.) commenced the manufacture of stocking yarn here in 1834. In 1840 S. M. AVheelock, the other brother, was admitted, making the firm J. Wheel- ock & Sous, the present firm succeeding in 1846. They run at present, 4 sets of woolen machinery, 22 looms, consumed for the year previous to January 1st 1868, 152,706 pounds of wool and produced 1 10, 412i^ yards of fancy cassimeres. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 379 employ 70 persons. The power is furnished by a Fall River 5J feet turbine wheel the fall being 10 feet. The mill is located on West river, a tributary of the Blackstone. In case of necessity, a 25 horse power Corliss engine is used. Hunt, Tilliughast & Co., 70 & 72 Reade street, New York, selling agents. UxBRiDGE Cari> Clothing Co., J. C. Keith, C. A. Taft, and H. T. Wing, proprietors, commenced the manufacture of card clothing in 1866. Their manufactory is located on Mumford river, near the depot, and can be seen from the cars. The buildiug is 67x22, 2 stories, built of wood. They employ 8 persons, using 29 first-class machines all new, of the most approved kind, producing about 90 square ft. of the best of card clothing per day. The power is furnished by a Tyler turbine, 14 iuch water wheel, tiie fall here being 12 feet. This company though comparatively young, have met with much success since their commencement, from the fact that practical ideas and financial ability insures it. D. W. Taft commenced the manufacture of fancy cassi- meres here in March, 1869, being successor to Taft, Wee- den & Co., who commenced here in 1859, as successors to Southwick & Sayles, who commenced here in 1854, the mill being built in 1853. It is 43x90, 4 stories and attic, wood, with L 25 x 50, 2 stories and attic. This mill has 8 sets of woolen machinery, 40 looms; employ 120 persons. During the year 1807, they consumed 255,979 tbs. of wool, producing 199,000 yards of fancy cassimeres. The power is furnished by 1 Fall River water wheel, the fall here being 9J feet, with power enough to drive a 30 set mill. It is known as the Central Mill and is located on the Blackstone. UxuBii>GK Woolen Mills, R. & J. Taft, proprietors, com- menced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres in April, 1868, as successors to W. D. Davis & Co. The main mill is 160 x50, three stories and attic; aoother, 120x30, four stories. They employ 175 persons and consume 400,000 pounds of wool, and produce 250,000 yards annually. Running 12 set of woolen machinery. The power is furnished by two Fall River nine feet water wheels, the fall being nine feet. The mills are situated on the Blackstone river, about one mile fi-om the depot. illAHf DErSI':.\VII^f^E, -23 miles '1^ from Pittsfield, 15 miles from State line, and 87 from ^^ Bridgeport. A village of about 400 inhabitants and 2 churches, on the Ilousatonic R. R., in the town of Barring- ton, Berkshire Co. About J mile north of the station a branch road to West Stockbridge and State line leaves the main road. This branch is under the control of the Ilousatonic R. R. Co. 11 ifl burg, 39 from I SETT, 3 miles from Fitch- Keene and 53 from Greenfield, a Uage in the town of Westminster, on the V^er- mont and Massachusetts Railroad, about 2 miles from the depot, which is a flag station. ^I^t ADSWORTH, situated on the Ne- ij|i|l ponset river, 30 miles from Boston and 40 from ^'^-^'-^ Soulhbridge, on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, a village of about 200 inhabitants aud 1 church. w AKEFIEff^D, 10 mUes from Boston and 17 from Lawrence, a station and town on the Boston and Maine Railroad. The town was incorporated in 1812, under the name of South Reading, changing the name to Wakefield, July 4th, 1868. The town contains 13 schools with 664 scholars, has 6 churches, viz. : 1 Orthodox, 1 Baptist, 1 Universalist, 1 Catholic, 1 Metho- dist and 1 Adventist, contains 1 bank, called the South Reading National, capital $100,000. Value of real estate and personal property 82,000,000. Number of inhabitants 4,000. Has a publle library, established in 1858, with 3,- 200 volumes. This town was taken from Reading in 1812, and contains a large and beautiful pond, the source of Sau- gus river. The village of Wakefield is compact, neat aud flourishing. A. N. & A. G. S\VEETSER, occupy a 1 J story wooden build- ing, 27x18 ft. located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', gents', misses' and children's shoes, commenced business in 1837. employ 25 hands, turn out 20,000 pairs of shoes, and do a busiaess of §16.000 per annum. J. & W. H. Atwell & Co., occupy a two story wooden building, 24x24 ft., another room in a two story building 12 x25 ft., located on Prospect street, for the manufacture of razor straps, commenced business in 1849, employ 12 hands, turn out 400 dozen per month. Joux G. Aborn occupies a three story wooden building 35x28 feet, located on Main street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes; commenced business in 1856 ; employs 25 hands, turns out 30,000 pairs per year, and does a business of 835,000 per annum. J. M. Evans occupies four rooms in a dwelling house, each 14x12 fl. located on Salem street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses', boys' and youths' slippers. Commenced business in 1832 ; employs 14 hands, turns out 200 pairs per week, and does a business amounting to 88,000. E. H. Walton occupies a two story wooden building 28x 40 feet, located on Albion street, for the manufacture of la- dies', misses' aud children's boots, shoes and slippers. Com- menced business in 1834. Employs 50 hands. Thomas E>fERSON & Sons, occupy a 4 story wooden building 50x90 feet, located on Main street for the manu- facture of men's, ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes. The business was commenced by Thomas Emersou in 1805. Employ 125 hands; their machinery is driven by an engine of 18 horse power, built by Campbell, Whittier & Co., of Boston, with 1 flue boiler, 24 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport. Turning out 150,- 000 pairs of boots and shoes, and do business Ui the amount of 8200,000. L. B. Evans occupies the L to his dwelling house, two^ rooms 16x24 feet, located on Main street for the manufac- ture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. The business was commenced in 1834. Employs 16 hands ; turns out 20,- 000 pairs per year, and does a business of $20,000 per an- num. Wakefield Rattan Works. This company occupy 16 buildings, covering 7 acres of ground, for the manufacture of rattan fabrics, chair seating, &c. This business was estab- lished in 1856, in a smaU way, employing but a few hands. Now they have between 500 and 700 employees. They have two 100 horse engines, made by the Swamscot Ma- chine Company, for driving their machinery. This com- pany and the American Rattan Company in Fitchburg, are the largest establishments of the kind in the United States. ^f^tAKEFIELD JUIVCTIOIV, 9J miles from Boston, aud 18 from Lawrence, a sta- tion on the Boston and Maine R. R., and at the junction of the South Reading, or Wilmington Branch and Danvers R. R., with the former road. This station was for- merly called South Reading Junction, changing to its present 380 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. name July 4th, 1868. It is located in the town of Wakefield, formerly South Reading. <^!7iVAI.I»OI.E, situated OE ijijl river and Boston, Hartford and ^'^^^'^^ miles from Boston, 51 from Wa on the Neponset 1 Erie Railroad, 19 alpole and 24 from Providence (by turnpike), a pleasant village of about 1,000 iuhabilants and two churches. A village and town by the same name. The town is watered by three branches of the Neponset river, which meet .at this place. WiLLAUD Lewis commenced business in 1863, for the manufacture of cotton bats, and carpet lining, in a 2 story brick building 40x60, and a 2 story wood building 30x60, store houses 45x30, 2 stories, 50x36, 1 story and a 2 story building 28x36, boiler house 14x20, with a 15 horse power engine of Rawson's upright pattern, Harrison's boiler. The machinery consists of 18 cards, 1 lapper, 4 willows, 3 presses for the making of batting. For carpet lining, 1 spreader, quiher, folder and measurer. Manufacture Tales' improved Harrison's patent carpet lining for George W. Chipman & Son. He gives employment to 30 hands and turns out 1,- 350,000 yards carpet lining per year, and 1,100 lbs. batting per day, using about 3,000 lbs. clean waste, and 3i tons pa- per per week. The motive power is furnished by 14x12 breast wheel of 12 horse power and a Cliase turbine wheel of 12 horse power. S. & A. E. Clapp commenced business in 1865. The business, manufacture of cotton thread, was established in 1848, in a building 50x32, one story and basement. Em- ploy 7 hands, and turn out about 700 lbs. thread per month, No. 28. The machinery is driven by a 10 horse power tur- bine wheel. E. P. Stetson commenced business in 1866, as successor of Everett Stetson, who established the business in 1845, for the manufacture of card clothing in a three story building 60 x25, with ell used for carpenter's shop 25x15, 1 story ; in the second story of main building they have40 machines for mak- ing card clothing, with facilities for turning out 125 square feet card clothing per day. The wheel house 15x15, contains a 30 inch diameter turbine wheel of 25 horse power for driving the machinery. Employs 9 hands. I. Gill & Sons, commenced the hat forming business in 1865, occupying 3 buildings, and running 3 hat framing machines, turning out 150 dozen forms per day, employing 20 hands. The motive power is furnished by a 14 horse tur- bine and 15 horse breast wheel, 12 feet fall. S. Gray & Co., bleachers and dyers of yarns, were es- tablished about 1835. They occupy one building 50x75, 2 stories, one 50x30 1 story, employ about 10 men, color about 100 tons of yarn and bleach 100 tons annually. QJItiI'AL.TIIAM, 10 miles from Boston, IJjjIJI 40 from Fitchburg and 53 from Providence, a ^""^^^ village and town on the Boston & Fitchburg Railroad, and at the terminus of the Watertown Branch. This is one of the most beautiful towns that environs the metropolis of New England. The surface is moderately level with some elevations. Prospect Hill, 470 feet above the level of the sea, presents a delightful view of Boston, its harbor and the adjacent towns. The soil is generally not very fertile. It was in this town that spinning and weaving of cotton goods, under the same roof, by power, was com- menced in the country. The same mill is yet in successful operation, being the oldest corporation here and one of the first in the country. Waltham has a population of about 8,000, 7 churches and 2 banks. MANUFACTURERS. The Boston Manufacturing Co., incorporated in 1814, with a capital of $600,000, for the manufacture of sheetings and shirtings, situated on River street . The buildings then were small, compared to what theyareat the presenttime, the main building then being 90x43, 3 stories. Now they have two large buildings joined together of 325x43 and 200x80, three stories and attic each. The engine which drives the ma- chinery in connection with 6 turbine wheels of 100 horse power each, is situated in the basement of the large mill, being a Corliss steam engine of 600 horse power. The boil- ers which are tubular pattern, are in a boiler house (in rear of mill) 50x60, 1 story, they furnish steam for this monstrous engine, and also heat the mill and other buildings. Also in rear of the mill is the machine shop 60x32, 3 stories, cloth room building 70x30, 1 story. In front of the mill on the street is their cotton house, capable of holding 4,000 bales cotton, store house adjoining 120x36, 1 story. This company run 43,000 spindles, 750 looms, using 45,- 000 lbs. cotton per week, (8000 lbs. cotton for yarn for their stockinet factory, full description below,) turning out shirt- ings, sheetings, corset jeans, and silecias ; from No. 30 yarn they make 36 inch shirtings, and 42 inch pillow case goods ; from No. 22 yarn 42, 60, 80, 90 and 100 inch sheetings. The officers of the company are J. A. Lowell, president, George Atkinson, treasurer, I. R. Scott, agent. The Waltham Bleachery and Dye Works situated on River street, opposite the bleachery depot, is owned and run by this company. The buildings cover 8 acres ground, most- ly 3 stories of brick. The capacity of this works are for bleaching 10 tons goods per day, and dyeing 8000 pieces per week, (a piece of goods average 40 yards.) In this branch of their business they employ 200 hands. In the yard they have 3 Corliss engines, of 500 horse power combined, with the necessary tubular boilers for furnishing steam to run the machines in these works. In the same yard, a hosiery mill of four stories 100x43 ft. built of brick, and dating its history as being one of the old- est mills in the State. Here, some fifty years ago, the first piece of cotton cloth was produced by the power loom, then comparatively an experiment, which has since grown into giant proportions. The machinery in this mill is driven by a 75 horse power Corliss engine, and consists of 212 circular looms, from 22 to 40 gauge, making 750 dozen pairs per day ; also, 9 rota- ry power machines from 26 to 32 gauge, and 11 hand ma- chines, producing 80 dozen pairs of fashioned liose per week, together with other regular made work of different degrees. The whole consuming 8,000 pounds of cotton yam per week, ranging from No. 8 to 40, all of which is made at the main mill. This branch of industry employs 220 hands, of whom nine- tenths are females, besides 100 females engaged at their homes in seaming and finishing other kinds of work, which from its nature, cannot be conveniently completed in the mill. The goods having gone through their various stages of manufacture, are passed into the bleachery, where the ar- rangements are of the most complete order for supplying the works with hot and spring water, and every other essential for converting them into the fairest whiteness. After this process they are neatly folded, tastefully banded and packed in paper boxes of one dozen each. These boxes are made in the mill connected with the hosiery, and forms quite an item of business. The whole of the labor in this depart- ment is done by girls. For any new branch of manufacture to assert a position in the market in the face of imported goods, is no easy task, and so, in the infancy of this business considerable prejudice Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 381 had to be met and fairly fought down before consiimers could be induced to belie\e that domestic goods were equal to the imported. Having succeeded in establishing their po- sition, these feelings have given place to better confidence, resulting in the appreciation of everj- effort to bring our na- tive productions on a favorable comparison with European manufactures. This business is one of the many illustrations of Ameri- can enterprise and steady perseverance. Its success brings happy reflections to the originator and a pleasing reward to all interested. Among the establishments which have made Waltham bet- ter known to the world at large, is the corporation of The American Watch Co. This company was incorporated in 1854, with a capital of $750,000. The officers are as follows : I. "W. MuUiken, presi- dent, R. E. Robbing, treasurer, and A. T. Bacon, superin- tendent. They manufacture watches of eighteen different styles. They have erected for themselves, a fine large building in the shape of a double H. The front and rear buildings being 325 feet long and 2 and 3 stories high. The buildings are divided into 20 departments with 31 rooms, having 20 fore- men, and 16 assistants, 1 master mechanic, and 2 superinten- dents, each distinct from the other. Employing at present 500 persons, J being females, requiring 4,550 feet of benches, or 10 of a mile to seat them when at work. The flooring contains 4fi,054 square feet, or over an acre. The build- ings are lighted tlivouu'li llie day from 1246 windows. For gas and water pii)ing they use .'iTwOO feet, over 7 miles. The niachiucs iinniber over 1500 and so noiselessly do they run, that a person standing under the windows, would suppose the hands were having a holiday. It requires 3,000 feet main shafting to drive these ma- chines, power furnished from 2 Corliss steam engines of 25 and 30 horse power, supplied with steam from 4 tubular boilers made by Kendall & Roberts. These boilers also tiirnish siciun for heating the buildings. The bnildings of the factory surround 4 courts 100x50. Said courts are tastefully laid out in walks, ornamented with flowers and shrubs. In front of the factory is a park 300 feet square, arranged with walks similar to the courts. The company have built 68 tenement houses and 2 board- ing houses for the acconiniodatiou of their workmen. The watches of this company are considered the finest in the world. They have turned out in one day 300 watches. Geokgk E. Hobbs, machinist and machinists' tool manu- facturer, commenced business in a 2 story building ; power furnished by Messrs. Davis & Farnum in 1865 ; employs 4 hands and does a business of about $7,000 per year. G. W. Daniels commenced business in 1858, on Main street, opposite the Central Hotel, for the manufacture of hardware and shoe tools, occupying a 2 story building 33 33, L 35x20, 2 stories ; cmplo3's 6 hands. His niachiiiorv consistingof 3 engines and 6 hand lathes, besides drills, &c., is driven by a 6 horse power engine made by (ieorge H. Fox & Co. of Boston, furnished with steam from an up- right tubular boiler made by Kendall & Roberts of Cam- bridgeport. Messrs. Cushing & White commenced business on Moody street, near the bridge in 1867, occupying the second story and attic of building 50x50, 2J stories, for the manu- facture of copper vanes, giving employment to 7 hands. Messrs. C. & W. are artists in their line of business, and their work gives perfect satisfaction. Davis & Farnum, commenced business in 1863, on Fel- ton street, for the manufacture of steam, gas and water pipes. Their foundry building is 100x75 feet, 1 story, ma- chine and carpenter shops, 60x40 feet, 3 stories. They em- ploy 65 hands, using about 12 tons iron for a daily produc- tion, consuming 8 tons coal yearly. The motive power for machine shop is furnished by a 30 horse power engine, built by themselves ; steam furnished from a tubular boiler. Stowe, Bills & Co., manufacturers of brogans, com- menced business as successors of L. S. Jones & Co, in 1867. Established in 1865 by L. S. Jones & Company. Their factory situated on Bacon street, is 30x40 feet, L 24x 30 feet, 2 stories. They employ 40 hands, turning out 15 to 20 cases per week. Pabmenter & Walker, manufacturers of crayons and lo- tion. The business was established by Dr. Field, in 1845. They occupy one room, employ five hands, and produce 500 gross per day. The Ecreka Clothes Wringing Machine Co. occupy two floors of a three story brick building 200x100 ft. located here for the manufacture of clothes wringers. This firm com- menced business in 1863 ; have 50 employees, and turu out 1,000 wringers per month. Their machinery is driven by a 60 horse power engine, with one cylinder boiler, built by Corliss Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I. Do busi- ness to the amount of $100,000 per annum. Oflice and sales- room, 113 Court street, Boston. T. .1. Alexander, is agent of this Co. 9i'^lAKKIIA.n, is at the head of sloop atiou on Buzzard's Bay. The village of about 1,500 inhabitants, contaiiiing 2 churches, is situat- ed 49J miles from Boston, and 30 i'rom Ilyannis, on the Cape Cod Railroad. At this village there is an extensive iron and steel manufactory, called the Franconia Iron and Steel Co. Established in 1864, for the manufacture of bar iron, round, flat and square, hoop and baud iron. Employs 100 hands, and turns out about 3,500 tons yearly. Run an engine of 200 horse power for driving trip hammers, &c. Wm. E. Collin, Treasurer. Wm. E. Coffin & Co., selling agents, Boston. uW \]tR£i\, 7:3 mik^s from Boston and 2.S from Albany, a station in a town by the same on the Boston & Albany Railroad. A large ]iortion of the lands in this town, are uneven and hilly, but the soil is warm and favorable to the growth of grain and the support of sheep. Knowles & SiBLEV commenced the manufacture of steam pumps iu 1857, in Springfield. They removed to this place in 1861. to their new works, so that they sliduld be under their own supervision. Previously they had hi the making of the pumps to a contractor. The main building is 3 stories, 110x35 feet and basement. Connected with the works is their foundry, a 1 story building 24x75 feet, where all the casting is done. They employ 75 hands and build pumps from 150 pounds to 10 tons. They use 25 tons iron castings, 2 tons brass casting per month, turning out between 700 and 800 per year. "The motive power is furnished by a 15 horse tur- bine wheel and a 15 horse steam engine, made by Andrews, New York, their boiler is one of Campbell, Whittier & Co.'s tubular pattern. L. J. Knowles commenced business in 1847, for the man- ufacture of satinet warp, occupying a 3 story building 80x45, with attic; employing 25 hands; running 1,509 spindles, using about 350 lbs. cotton per day ; motive power furnished by 2 turbine wheels, 30 horse power combined, 42 feet each, 14 inch deep, 6 feet fall. 382 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. Wm. B. Ramsdell, manufacturer of men's, boys' and youths' ])ateut kip, thick and calf boots. The business was established in 1865, by Ramsdell & Tripp. Mr. R. occu- pies 3 story building 30x70 feet ; employs 30 hands, produc- ing 8 cases goods daily, particularly adapted to the Western and New England trade. m ASHIIVOTOilf, 62 miles from Al- bany, and 138 from Boston, on the Boston and Albany Railroad. A small village and town by the same name in Berkshire county ; a mountainous town, watered by branches of the Westfield and Housatonic rivers. '^^'VATERFORl>, 17^ miles from Pro vidinico, 2.^^ from Worcester; a manufacturing village on the Prii\ iiknee and Worcester and on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroads. The Blackstone river flows between this village and Blackstone. Evans, Seagrave & Co. commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres, September, 1848. Their main building was built in 1864, being 3.50x50, four stories and a base- ment — a complete mill, running 24 sets of woolen machinery, 58 broad and 56 narrow looms. Employ 400 persons, con- suming 1,000,000 pounds of wool per year, and producing 700,000 yards of moscow beavers, chinchillas, silk mixtures, fancy cassimeres, &c. The power is furnished by three Fall River turbine water wheels, 9 feet in diameter, the fall here being 8^ feet. An 180 horse power Corliss engine furnishes steam power when needed. The office of the company is at 34 North Main street. Providence, R. I. The selling agents, Low, Harriman & Co., Worth, corner Church streets, New- York. F. M. Ballou & Co. commenced here in 1848. They oc- cupy a mill running 10 sets of woolen machinery ; employing 200 persons. They consume 1,500 pounds of wool per day, the annual production being 350,000 yards fancy cassimeres, &c. The power is furnished by two Fall River 9 and 5 ft. turbine wheels, the fall being lOJ feet. They run 52 looms. This company is F. M. Ballon, Bailey W. Evans, Caleb and Geo. E. Seagrave. Needham & Mason, occupy a 4 story wooden mill, built about 1824, for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres, com- mencing here in November, 18()7, as successors to Evans, Seagrave, Mason & Company. 450,000 pounds of wool are used annually, producing 1,000 yards per day, running 12 sets of woolen machinery. A Fall River, 9 feet, turbine wheel furnishes the power, the fall here being 8i feet. Their Agents are : Whittemore, Peet, Post & Co., Chestnut, cor- ner Leonard street, New York. ^i^V/VTERTO^Vi\, 8 miles from Bos ton and 2J from Waltham, a village and town on the Watertown Branch Railroad, and Charles river. The village contains 5 churches and about 5,000 in- habitants. Charles river is navigable to the centre of the town for vessels of 6 to 7 feet draught of water. The sur- face of the town of Watertown is diversified by hills and valleys which is rendered very beautiful by a high state of cultivation and by the numerous villas, neat farm houses, cottage and delightful gardens which meet the eye in every direction. The town was first settled in 1630, and incor- porated the same year. The Indian name was Pigsgusset. Hoi-LiNfisvroRTH & Whitney commenced business on Pleasant street in 1862, for the manufacture of mauilla pa- per. Their main building 60x200, 2 stories with engine room attached 30x60, 1 story is their factory ; they also have 4 store houses. This firm employ 70 hands, using 30 tons hemp rope per week, turning out 4 tons paper per day ; they have 12 pulp engines of 300 lbs. each. The motive power is furnished by 2 Corliss steam engines of 215 horse power combined, having 5 tubular boilers of Kendall & Roberts' make ; also use a 30 horse turbine wheel 7 feet di- ameter, 6 feet fall. This firm in connection with their paper manufactory, have lately put up a machine, for making pa- per bags, by which they can man 400,000 per day. Dalbt Mills, built in 1861, by Thomas Dalby. Incor- porated into a company February, 1865. At the present time, O. H. Sampson & Co., Boston and New York, are their selling agents. Wm. S. Whitwell, Boston, Treasurer ; G. M. Dayton, Agent at mill. The buildings embrace mill, 3 stories high, French roof; wareroom, 2 stories, French roof ; shop for stockingers ; dye house ; engine and boiler room. Manufacture all kinds of yarns ; Cardigan jackets ; men's, ladies' and misses' hose ; ladies' and misses' gaiters, gloves, mittens, shirts, drawers, etc. Run 6 sets of cards and about 100 stocking looms. Hire about 400 hands. The engine is 100 horse power. Miles, Peatt & Co., occupy a 2 story brick building 80x70 feet ; also, a foundry 230x50 feet with out buildings for store house, &c., covering about an acre of ground, lo- cated on Main street, where are employed from 90 to 100 hands in the manufacture of stoves, comprising upwards of 20 different patterns. Commenced business in 1855 ; turn out from 1,500 to 2,000 tons of castings per annum. Power furnished from 1 of Rider's new turbine water wheels, 30 horse power ; also, run a steam engine of 3 horse power, with one tubular boiler, both built by Campbell & Whitiier, of Boston, Mass. Do business to the amount of 8200,000 per annum. Office and sales rooms, 112 and 114 North street, Boston. 11 A VERIFY, 7 miles from Boston, and 43 from Fitchburg, a village containing about 150 inhabitants, situated on the Boston and P'itch- burg Railroad. ^I^VEBNTER, 16 mUes from Worcester, ■ l|l|l 44 from Norwich, and 57 from New London. ^^'^^ Located on elevated ground, this place commands a view of the French river, on which is situated most of the manufactories. The place has 5 churches, 1 bank and 2 hotels. The population in 1860 was 3,000 which has since increased to 4,500. The Norwich and Worcester, and Bos- ton, Hartfoi'd and Erie Railroad cross here. Water works have lately been introduced, streets graded, side walks put down, which adds to the general appearance of the place, which has an air of thrift and enterprise generally. MANUFACTURERS. Samuel Slater & Sons, own and conduct a greater part of the manufacturing interests of this place, although other large manufacturing establishments are located here. The firm was established in 1830. H. N. Slater one of the firm is the only living son of Samuel Slater, the father of cotton manufacturing in this country. This firm own three estab- lishments or villages, North Webster, East Webster and Webster, respectively each one located at either point of a triangle, the base of which is one mile. This triangle em- braces the original farm and homestead of Samuel Slater, who died in 1835. At North Webster, they occupy several mills and buildings for the manufacture of grey cambrics, Webb's N. E. Railway aiid Manufacturers Statistical Gazettee): 383 where they run 32,000 spindles and 520 looms, employing about 400 persons, consuming 35 bales of cotton and produc- ing 90,000 yards per week, using No. 45 yarn. This establishment is on the French river ; 2 breast and 1 Leffel wheel furnish the power, the fall being 18 feet. At East Webster, is the mill built by Samuel Slater in 1812, and is the original building where cotton cloth was first made in this country. It is 112x32, three stories, to which additions have been made from time to time. This was used as a cotton mill till 1861, when this company established a bleachery, dye- ing and calendering works for finishing their own and other cotton goods, finishing 4,000 pieces per week. ' A breast wheel furnishes the power, the fall being 25 feet. A 60 horse power engine is used when needed, built by the Providence Steam Engine Co. The mill is located on a beautiful sheet of water, four miles in length, which in connection with the French river, give this place a large and imfailing water- power. The original iiame of this pond, as appi'ars from an- cient deeds, was Chabanakongkomom ; other records spell it, Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg ; the modern way into which it has been corrupted, is, Cliaubunagungamaug. The wa- ter from this lake empties into the French river above N. Webster, with a fall of 24 feet, and in connection with this river, furnishes the power for their manufactory at that place and the Slater Woolen Co., Webster, which was incorporated January, 1866, with a capital of $500,000, II. N. Slater, president, II. N. Slater, jr., treasurer. This company run 32 sets of woolen machinery, a piirt of which (spinning, &c.,) is done at East Webster. They employ about 600 persons, consun^e 1,300,000 pounds of South American and Cape Wool, and 800,000 pounds of American wool per year, producing 550,000 yards of double width broad cloth, beav- ers, &c., 3 brea.st wheels and one Ames turbine wheel fur- nish the power, the fall being 18 feet. The buildings atwl machinery occupied and run by the Slater Woolen Company are owned by Samuel Slater & Sons, who lease it to this com- pany. It may be of interest to state that the nucleus of the Slater Woolen Company was established in 1817, at East Webster, in the Slater Cotton Mill, by Edward How- ard, of Yorkshire, England, who made broad cloths. He was a fat jolly Englishman, weighing about 300 pounds, addicted to drinking " bitter beer." He died in a poor house in his native country, in 1866. Stevens' Linen Works. Henry H. Stevens, Proprietor. This business was established in 1846, the manufactory was built in 1863. It is a fine substantially built stone building the foundation being laid on a solid rock. The main building is 205x70, 5 stories with two wings 110x40, 3 stories ami 83x24, 2 stories respectively ; this with 2 small stone mills and other buildings comprise the worke. A bleachery situ- ated a few rods distant for the finishing of the goods is 220x 50, 1 story. The power for the main mill is furnished by 2 breast wheels 40 and 20 feet respectively, the fall being 57 feet. A 60 horse power Corliss engine is used when needed They run a cotton mill in connection where diaper is made, after which a linen finish is put on. They employ 400 per- sons and consumed in the year 1868, 1,100,646 pounds of linen and produced 3,021,744 yards of crash and diaper. The mill is located on Powder Horn Brook, a tributary of the French river. The superintendent of this establishment is E. S. Stevens. Sutton Smith & Co., 83 and 85 Worth street. New York, and Wyman & Arklay, 69 Summer street, Boston, selling agents. Most of the shoes made by R. Humphrey are sent to Chicago and other places in the West. He employs 100 hands in the manufacture of women's, misses' and children's hand and machine pegged shoes, of calf, kip, grain and buff leather, turning out about 2,000 cases per year. The foundry of Joseph Colvin, a building 70x50 feet, was built last Summer, and is used for the manufacture of all kinds of machinery castings. He has in use a McKenzie patent stack made by Stewart & Dillon of Worcester. J. H. Perrt & Son commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres in 1863, "occupying a mill building 128 x 40 feet, with out-buildings necessary for carrying on the woolen busi- ness. Run 5 sets woolen machinery, employing 90 hands and consuming about 4,500 lbs. wool for a weekly produc- tion. The motive power is furnished from a Tyler wheel, under 9 feet head. The buildings are heated by steam from a Hinkley boiler, which also furnishes steam for dye house, finishing room, etc. The mill was built in 1827, and run until 1863, for the manufacture of satinets, by J. H. Perry &Co. B. A. CoRBiN & Son. The senior commenced business in the adjoiuiug town of Dudley, some twenty-five years ago. As B. A. Corbiu & Son, the firm has existed since 1862. Their work is mainly done outside of the manufactory. They use for the preparation of the work, getting it in readi- ness to put out to the bottomers, and fitters, two buildings 1, — 100 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 3 stories high, the other 60 feet by 30, 2 stories high. Their employees upon the premises number about 100, while those outside number 200 more. They manufacture women's, misses,' and children's pegged boots and shoes. They turn out from the diflfereut lines, about 1,000 to 1,200 pairs per day. The business done amounts to from §350,000 to $400,000 per annum. O. F. Chace & Co.. established business in 1861 for the purpose of manufacturing fancy cassimeres. The size of their buildings is as follows : 1st, 166x42 feet, 4 stories high, 2d, 120X.30 feet, 3 stories high ; 3d, 64x30 feet, 3 stories high; 4th, 64X.30 feet, 1 story high; 5th, 150.\30 feet, 1 story high and attic. They run 8 sets of cards, 2000 spindles and 24 broad looms, producing 6000 yards per week ^ yard wide. The factory is located on French river, 10 feet fall, and power enough for 16 sets of machinery. 9J'JiVKIIl. A static ijljl Taunton, one mile ( ^^^^^^ Old Colon v and Nei station on the suburbs of from the main depot. The ewport Railroad and Middle- boro' and Tatmton Railroad cross here. For list of Manufacturers, sec Taunton. 9i7gVKI.H.KSI.EY, 15 E I I I Jl and 2'J from Worcester, a ^^^-^ Needham on the Boston & . miles from Boston station in the town of Albany Railroad. C. B. Lovewell occupies a 3 story wooden building 32x40 feet *ith an L, 2 stories, 15x20 feet, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' boots and shoes. Commenced bu- siness in 1853. Employs 40 hands. Turns out 2,000 pairs per week. Runs an 8 horse power steam engine, built by Thomas Leavitt & Company, of Boston, Mass., 1 upright tubular boiler, 12 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, Mass. Does a business of $100,000 per annum. m ^ HAITI, 22 miles from Boston, 6 (iin Salem, 16 from Newburyport, aud 18 from Lawrence. A station and town on the Eastern Railroad. The town of Wenham was first settled in 1639, and incorporated in 1643. It is 6 J miles in length and 2^ in width, at the widest, and half a mile at the narrowest part. Its area is about 8^ miles, or 5,400 acres ; the surface is level and considerable of it is rather low and swampy. The 384 Statio7is in the State of Massachusetts. Manufacturer of Men's, Boy's, and Youtlis,' Wax, Kip, and Split, BbbIs, Bfogaas, Baliorala, & Flew SIbbb, »"ELLli:SJL.E^^, TML^^SS. highest elevation is Ford's Hill, from which point a beautiful prospect of the sea and of Salem harbor can be had, as well as of the country for miles around. There are in this town, 2 churches, 1 Orthodox and 1 Bap- tist ; also, 5 school houses, 1 grammar and the rest mixed. The inhabitants number 1,000 ; voters, 228: and the num- | ber of children attending school is 200. Wenham or Enon Pond is a beautiful sheet of water about a mile square. The first sermon preached in this place, was on the borders of I this pond, by Hugh Peters, minister of Salem, about the j year 1636. His text was, " At Enon, near Salem, because there was much water there." I EST ACTOA', 27 miles from Bos- ton and 23 from Fitcliburg, a village of about 400 inhabitants and 2 churches in the town of Acton, on the Boston and Fitcliburg Railroad. <^f^VEST BARIVSTABLE, situated G9J miles from Boston and 10 from Hyannis, on the Cape Cod R^iih-oad. The inhabitants here, as in most of the towns below ou the Cape, are more or less en- gaged in the fisheries. This village contains about 200 in- habitants. ^JJlEST BER imi Boston and ICA fr ^'^■^^'^^ in the town of B Fitchburg Railroad. BEREI]^, 41f miles from Fitchburg, a country station Berlin on the Boston, Clinton & W^ ESTBOROIJOH, 32 miles from ston and 12 from Worcester, a village and town on the Boston & Albany Railroad. The town was taken from Marlborough in 1717. The waters of the town consists of some sources of Concord and Black- stone rivers, which furnish a good water power. This is a very pleasant town. The surface is diversified by hills and valleys ; the soil is good. This is the native town of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the Cotton Gin. This town has a population (1868,) of 3,500, 490 dwelling houses, 12,186 acres of land, 5 cbifrches, 13 school houses ; valuation of real estate 81,074,638, personal property 8448,409. Rate of taxation 814.15 on each 81,000. No. of poles 825 ; No. of tax payers 1,035. F. H. Fairbanks occupies 1 floor in a two story wooden building 28x30 feet with basement, located on South street, for the manufacture of sleighs ; commenced business in 1835 ; employs 1 person and turns out 150 sleighs per an- num. N. Carter occupies 1 floor in 2 story wooden building 28 x30 feet, located on South street, for the manufacture of sleighs, employs 1 person and turns out 100 sleighs per an- num. George Forbes occupies a 3 story wooden building 40x 80 feet with basement, located on Cottage street, for the manufacture of hand made boots ; commenced business in 1853 ; employs 75 hands and turns out 4,000 cases per an- num. Forbes & Fishek occupy three wooden buildings, 3 stories each, containing 14,000 square feet of room ; also, two store houses, located on Summer street, rear of Union Block, for the manufacture of sleighs. Commenced business Janu- ary, 1868. Business first established in 1858 ; employ 14 hands, and turn out 800 sleighs per annum. Capital, 815,000. Snow & Fellows occupies a three story wooden building 42x70 feet, with basement, located on South street, for the manufacture of straw goods, hats and bonnets. Commenced business in 1865 ; employs 250 hands ; building heated by steam. Geo. N. Smallet occupies a two story wooden building 32x80 feet, with basement, located on Cottage street, for the manufacture of straw goods, velvet plush and felt hats. Com- menced business August, 1866 ; employs 50 hands in the shop and 350 outside. Has a tubular boiler, with Earl's pa- tent steam pump attached, for heating building and presses. F. A. Brigham occupies a 2 story wooden building 24x30 feet with basement, located on Railroad Avenue, for the manufacture of sleighs ; commenced business in 1866 ; em- ploys 2 hands and turns out 200 sleighs per annum. Bates, Parker & Co. occupies a 3 story wooden building 30x84 feet, located on South street, for the manufacture of straw goods ; commenced business in December, 1863 ; em- plo}' 40 hands in the shop. Williams & Bacon occupies a 2 story wooden building 22 x36 feet with basement and store room, located in the rear of the depot, for the manufacture of sleighs ; commenced business January, 1868 ; employ 4 hands and turn out 200 sleighs per annum. George B. Brigham occupies a two story wooden build- ing 32x40 feet, with basement, located on Cottage street, for the manufacture of hand made boots. Commenced busi- ness in 1848, employs 25 hands in the shop, and lets out work to difierent parties. Turns out 5,000 cases per annum. G. Cloyes occupies a two story wooden building 30x35 feet, located on South street, for the manufacture of sleighs. Commenced business in 1828, employs 3 hands, and turns out 200 sleighs annually. John O. Bkien occupies a 2 story wooden building, 20x 40 feet, located on Railroad avenue, for the manufacture of sleighs. Commenced business in 1804, employs 1 per- son and turns out 150 sleighs per annum. Otis Newton & Son occupies 3 floors in 3 story brick building for the manufacture of hand made boots, business established by Mr. Newton in 1832, employs 100 hands, iind turns out 100 cases per week. J. B. Kimball & Co. occupy a 3 stoiy wooden building 40x100 front and 80x100 rear, also a 3 story concrete build- ing 40x80 feet front and 60 feet square, rear, for the mauu- facture of boots and shoes and currying leather. Employ 260 hands, and turn out 1,400 cases boots and 5,600 cases shoes per annum. The power to run their machinery is furnished by a 12 horse power steam engine, built by the At- Webb's N. E. Railway atid Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 385 lantic Works, Boston, Mass. Steam supplied by a 37 horse power Harrison boiler. Have a wholesale warehouse at 107 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Mitchell & Hl-dson commenced business in July, 1868. They occupy a 2 story wooden building 43x60 feet, located on Cross street. Manufacture straw, velvet, plush and felt goods. Employ 50 hands in the shop and about 750 outside. Spring goods manufactured from December to June, and Fall goods vice versa. Have 16 presses for pressing velvet and felt hats. These presses are heated by gas, which is man- ufactured by one of the Union Portable Gas Machine made by the Union Gas Co., Boston, Mass. This machine not only furnishes gas for heating the presses, but enough for lighting the whole building. They have an upright tubular boiler of 16 horse power for generating steam for heating the building, also one Knowles patent steam pump for pump- ing water for the boiler, and various other purposes. :ST B801'I>T0IV, 9 miles from fJMI AV.^nv-t,!-. :;, ln>i]i XasluiH, a station and I ^-^^-^*" nil til,- Wnr.vst.T .t Nashua li^iilroad. The sur- face of the town is very pleasaut, the soil good and well cul- tivated. The Quinepoxet and Stillwater rivers meet the Nashua, in this town. Robert B. Thomas, author of the Farmers' Almanac, resided here. The village has four churches, 1,200 inhabitants and the following manufacturing establishments. D. C. MiTRDOCK, manufacturer of stop motions, established business here about the year 1833, in the small building for- merly occupied by his father, Artemus Murdock, as a cabi- net shop. This building having been destroyed by fire in 1868, Mr. Murdock immediately erected on its site a fine wooden building, 2 stories, 36 x 30, with engine and forge rooms attached. He employs about 3 hands, and is said to be the only manufacturer of stop motions in this country. The power is furnished by a steam engine of 6 horse power, made by G. M. & F. W. Bird, of Piast Boston, Mass. Geo. F. Howe & Co., manufacturers of boot.s. Estab- lished business here in 1855, under firm style of Hastings, Howe & Co. In 1859 this firm was changed to Tilton, Howe & Co., and in 1861 again changed to George F. Howe & Co. This latter firm employ upwards of 125 hands. Consume $200,000 worth in stock ])er year, and produce 125 cases a week. The power is furnished by a steam en- gine, 9 horse power, manufactured by Campbell & Whittier, Koxbury, Mass. E. W. HoLBROOK, manufacturer of light sheetings. These mills were built by Messrs. Bigelow & Smith in 1830, for the manufacture of sheetings. About the year 1833 these mills changed hands, and the manufacturing of sheet ings continued under the firm of Eldridge & Nickerson. In 1840, Mr. Nickerson having died, Mr. Holbrook associated himself with Mr. Eldridge. In 1852 Mr. i;idridge with- drew, since which time the manufacture of cot sheeting has been continued by Mr. Holbrook. Mr. H. employs 30 hands, consuming about 2,600 lbs. of cotton per week and about 30 tons of coal per year, and producing about 15,000 yards of sheeting per week. Power is furnished by a United States water wheel of 30 horse power, manufac- txired by Upham, of "Worcester, Mass. The main factory is bnilt of wood 35x96, 2 stories, and contains 58 looms and 2,500 spindles. Mr. H. has erected 13 fine tenements for his employees. They are of neat and tidy appearance, and con- tain all the modern improvements. Beaman MANTjFACTCRrNG Co., incorporated 1831, with a capital of 8174,000. Benj. B. Williams, President; Fran- cis J. Parker, Treasurer ; Edward, Howe, Agent at works. Selling agents, Parker, Wilder & Co., Boston and New York. Manufacture corset jeans and counterpanes. Run 275 looms and 10,500 spindles ; consume 780,000 lbs. cotton per an- num. The machinery is run by a breast wheel, under 17 ft. fall ; also, have an 80 horse power engine, made by Otis Tutts, Boston, which is not used, except in dry seasons. ^jJ|tEST BROOKFIEL.D, situated ■ JliJI on the Chicopee river, 69 miles from Boston, 131 ^^•^"^^ from Albany, 29 from Springfield and 167 from New York, on the Boston and Albany Railroad, has a popu- lation of 1100, 2 churches. The business of the town is principally the manufacturing of boots and shoes. Smith & Dale commenced business in 1864, for the man- ufacture of boots, building, 30x70, 3 stories, employing 100 hands, making 15 to 20 cases per day. Cumner & Mansfield commenced the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's balmoral shoes in 1866, occu- py building 55x45, 2 stories, employ 20 hands, turn out 8 cases per week. JohnM. Fales Sons& Co., commenced busines.-i in 1868. Building 22x100, 3 stories, employ 100 hands, turn out 70 cases boots per week. Hammond Brown commenced business in 1834. Manu- facturer of boots. The shop which he first occupied was 40 X 25, 1 story. He now has a building 56 x 44, 2 stories ; employs 30 hands, turning out 30 cases per week. C. H. Jackson, manufacturer of corsets, established the business March 1st, 1866. He occupies 2 floors in a build- ing 25x85 feet. He employs from 100 to 150 hands, manu- facturing 50 dozen of corsets daily. At Ware, Mass., reached from the above station, is the Geo. II. Gilbert Manufacturing Co. This company have mills shuated in Ware and Hardwick, for the manufacture of woolen flannels. Runs 30 sets cards ; employs 600 hands. Their productions are sold by Farnham, Gilbert & Co., Bos- ton. They have a 70 horse power Corliss engine. Smitiiville, reached from this station : C. W. & J. E. Smith, manufacturers of brown sheetings 36 inches wide. The business was commenced in 1861. They occupy a building 100x40 feet, with 2 ells 50x25 feet ; run 4,356 spindles. 96 looms, using 44 reeds and 44 picks ; employ 50 hands, producing about 4,000 yards goods daily, consuming 1,100 lbs. cotton. The motive power is fur- nished from a breast wheel 16x20, made by Thayer of Woon- socket, R. I. Ammidown, Lane & Co., selling agents. New York. At Oakham, Mass., reached from the above station, is Lewis Dean, manufacturer of all kinds of iron and tin pla- ted wire sieves and coal riddles. Also, safes, iron-braced corn parchers, &c. ; commenced business in 1858. The building he occupies is 36x30 feet. He employs 16 hands. At Barre, reached from the above station : Jason Desper, business established 1841. He occupies a main building 97x36 feet, exclusive of out buildings, con- taining store rooms, &c. Also 24 bleaches with a capacity for bleaching 10,000 dozen hats at once. His business con- sists of pressing, stamping and trimming palm leaf, straw, Leghorn and Malaga hats. He employs 19 regular hands at his manufactory, from 3 to 5 transient, and from 4 to 16 women employed at their homes in banding hats in " Perrin bands." He runs 5 sets pressing, 6 sets stamping and 41 single machines, also circular saw to cut wood, consumed under boiler. 1,000 dozen hats can be pressed and 1,000 stamped daily. A Leffel double turbine water wheel of 1 6 horse power runs the machinery. He also has a double cylinder steam engine of 12 horse power to be used in dry seasons. 49 386 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. All of the machines as well as the buildings, are heated by steam, supplied by 3 boilers of about 24 horse power, using 1,500 feet of steam pipe. At Barre, reach from this station, is the Barre Central Cheese Co. Commenced business in 1865, for the manufac- ture of cheese. They occupy 2 buildings — one 100x28 feet, the other 100x18 feet, each 2 stories high, and a dry house, 80x32 feet. They employ 3 hands, produce 181,000 lbs. of cheese, and do a business of from $30,000 to 840,000 yearly. At Bakre Plains, reached from thi.i station, is Edward Dexnt. Business established 1834. He occupies a build- ing 105x45 feet, for the manufacture of flannels. He em- ploys 50 hands, runs 5 sets machinery, and produces 1,600 yards daily. Located on Ware river. Agents in New York and Boston, Faulkner, Kimball & Co. At Hardwick, reached from this station, is the "Ware River Paper Co. Commenced the manufacture of paper hangings in 1866. They occupy a building 125x40 feet, with 2 L's 20x30 feet each, and produce daily 1 ton of paper ; employing 15 persons and doing business to the amount of S75,000 per annum. Their machinery, consisting of 3 en- gines, capacity 500 lbs., 1 rotary bleacher, and one 72 inch paper machine, is driven by aVater wheel, under 7 feet fall. 11 III from Lowe ^^^ and 12 froi HELJVIISFORD, 5 miles ell, 31 from Boston. 12 from Nashua from Groton Junction, a village of about 500 inhabitants, on the Stony Brook Railroad. Stony Brook flows through this village and furnishes motive power for the manufacturing establishments. The main building of the Eagle Cotton Mills at West Chelmsford, is of stone, 110x60 feet and 4 stories. It con- tains 8 sets of machinery and gives employment to 150 hands. The daily consumption of wool is about 1,200 lbs., and the mouthly production of goods about 40,000 yards. The Company, which has been established 30 years, own 5 dwelling houses, and control 17 tenements which are occu- pied by the operatives. J. L. Quinlan is Superintendent ; and the selling agents are Parker, Wilder & Co., 4 Winthrop square, Boston. m (^f^tEI\DEI>L., 40 miles from Fitchburg, i»0 from Boston and 16 from Greenfield. A village and town on the Vermont & Massachusetts Rail- road. The village contains about 100 inhabitants. The surface of the town is uneven and in some parts hilly, but the soil is strong and productive. Miller's river passes through the north part of the town. Wendell was incorpo- rated in 1781, and named in honor of Oliver Wendell, a very worthy man, for many years President of Union Bank, in Boston, the second institution of the kind in Massachu- setts. EST DAI%VEKS, 16 miles from Boston, and 24 from Newburyport. A village on the Newburyport Railroad, at the junction of the Salem & Lowell Railroad. Winona Mn.LS. Train & Pollock, proprietors. Occupy a 3 story wooden building, 100x33 feet ; machine shop, 2 sto- ries, 25x56 feet ; drug house, 15x25 feet ; boiler house, 33 x 65 feet ; teuder shed, 20x225 feet ; office, 30x50 feet ; stable, 40x60 feet ; blacksmith's shop, 15x20 feet ; wool house, 20x 30 feet ; located one-half a mile from the Railroad, for the manufacture of woolen goods, fancy cassimeres, shirtings, and flannels. The business was commenced in 1831. Em- ploy 60 hands. Their machinerj', consisting of 4 sets, is driven by a water wheel 22 feet diameter, 7 feet buckets ; also a steam engine 30 horse povvei-, with 2 flue boilers, built in their shop. They consume 600 lbs. of clean wool and turn out -JOO yards of cloth per day. Do a business of 8100,000 per annum. ^(^i^EST DAIVTERS JUI%CTIOIV, 18 miles from Lowell, and 6 from Salem, a sta- tion at the junction of the Salem & Lowell and Danvers Branch Railroad. EST DEERFIEED, 4 miles from Greenfield, a flag station on the Deerfield river, and on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. EST CONCORD, 22 mUes from Boston and 28 from Fitchbm-g, a village of about 200 inhabitants in the town of Concord, on the and Fitchburg Railroad. R. Warner & Co., manufacturers of wooden ware, such as pails, tubs,, buckets, &c., &c. Messrs. Warner & Co. commenced business in 1854. They have for their main fac- tory a building 90x40, 3 stories in the rear and 2 in front ; motive power furnished by a 30 horse turbine wheel ; a saw mill where there stock is sawed 50x40, 1 story with a 40 horse turbine wheel for motive power. The other buildings consist of dry house 50x20, 1 story, brick, store house 85x 35, 2 story and shed 150x20. They employ 30 hands and turn out about 7,000 pails, 500 tubs and 2,000 buckets per month, besides several other articles such as strfiwberry boxes, keelers, &c. 1 American Pencil Co., S. Hayward, proprietor, com- menced business about 25 years ago, half mile from depot, below Damondale mills, occupies a 2 story and L building, 36x25 ; employs 3 hands and turns out about 100 gross lead pencils per week. He derives his motive power from an 8 horse power Blake's iron wheel. EST DrOEEY, 4 mOes from Southbridge, and 66 from Boston, a country vil- lage of 50 inhabitants, on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. Q^ItiVESTFIEED, 93 mUes from Albany, 10 from Springfield, 108 from Boston, au enter- prising manufacturing village, on the Boston and Albany, and New Haven and Northampton Railroad. One of the earliest settled towns in Massachusetts ; settled in 1667, and incorporated May 19th, 1669. The town of Westfield is one of singular beauty, located on Westfield river ; the vil- lage lies in a valley or basin, of about 4 miles in diameter, surrounded by high hills, and is supposed to have been the bed of a lake whose waters burst the Mount Tom range of mountains and discharged itself into the Connecticut rive.-. There are 4 churches, 2 national and 1 savings bank. The population numbers 7,000 ; the streets are generally broad, straight and shaded by fine trees ; the principal streets cen- tering in a nice park, which gives the whole a nice appear- Rand JLiNCFACrrRiNG Co. was established 1833, for the manufacture of whips and lashes, by J. R. Rand, and, in Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 387 the year 1864, the company was changed to Rand, Lewis & Rand. The factory is 4 stories high, is constructed of wood, and is 60x60 feet. The average number of employees is about 80. They have 25 braidiug machiues, and manu- facture about 1,500 doz. per month. Motive power is furuished by a 15 horse power turbine water wheel. Mr. Rand was the first in Westfield to mauu- facture whips. This company are largely engaged in tlie manufacture of hoop skirts, the business having been com- menced in the year 1860. They manufacture a superior kind of hoop skirts, the advantage being, the steels are cov- ered with sewing cotton. From 50 to 75 hands, are employ- ed, who make, on au average, about 1,200 doz. per month. The factory is a 2 story wooden building 120x40 feet. The motive power is derived from their whip factory near by. Salesroom, 36 Murray street, New York. Wm. Provin, manufacturer of every kind of whips and whip thongs. Mr. Provin commenced the manufacture of whips in April, 1849. The factory now used is the same building iu which he commenced business and is 20x40 feet, constructed of wood and is two stories high. It is now too small for the present business, so they are to build a nice 3 story building of brick, 40x60 feet. They employ at pres- ent 7 persons and they manufacture 36 dozen per week, be- ing sold mostly from wagons. C. W. Spencer, manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of whips. The business was established nine years ago by Mr. Spencer, and he now uses a one story wooden building 25x45 feet, and employs 5 workmen. CowLES & Atwater are manufacturers of every descrip- tion of whips and whip thongs. The business was com- menced iu the Fall of 1866, by the above company. The factory is a one story wooden buildiug 25x45 feet, 6 is the average number of employees. Steeu & Tdrn'er, builders of all kinds of church organs. Tliis company commenced business during 1866, and are occupying a new building recently built for them of the fol- lowing size 28x75 feet. It is 3 stories high, built of wood and brick. They employ 6 workmen. They derive their motive power from a six horse power engine. Hendeicson & Bailey, manufacturers and dealers in whips and cigars. Messrs. Henderson & Bailey commenced business in 1862, and are now occupying a 2J story building, 80x22 feet, constructed of wood. They employ from 15 to 18 hands, and produce aimually $30,000 worth of good.s. Pratt, Atwater & Co., manufacturers of whips and thongs of every description. The business was originally established by Mr. Pratt, but in 1866 the firm was changed to Pratt, Atwater & Co. The factory is 22 x 50 feet, 2^ stories high, and is built of wood. Employ 10 workmen, and make about 25 dozen whips per week. Shepherd, Holcomb, & Co., are engaged in manufac- turing whips and thongs of every variety. The business was established 8 years ago. The building used is 20 x 40 feet, 2 stories high, and is built of wood. They employ ten hands. They manufacture $50,000 worth of these arti- cles per year. H. B. Smith & Co., have a large foundry and machine shop for the manufacture of Gold's Patent Sectional Low Pressure Steam Heating Apparatus, also. Dart's Combined Pipe Vise. Business was established in 1854. The found- ry and machine shop is 50x120 feet, one story high, and is constructed of brick, the 2d building is used for fitting, finishing, and office, and is a 3 story brick building, 40x50 feet, the 3d building is used for storage, and is 2 stories high, built of wood and is 30x50 feet. The employees number about 50, turning out 650 tons of castings per year. A 20 horse power engine built by the American Machine Co. Springfield, and 1 tubular boiler made by Roche Brothers, Springfield, furnishes the motive power. General Office, 706 Broadway, New York. Darling, Smith & Co., manufacturers of Whips. Mr. Smith commenced the business about 3 years ago, having previously been engaged a number of years in this business. The new company was formed in March, 1868. They now occupy a two story wooden building, 40 x 20 feet, they em- ploj' 15 workmen, and do much of their work outside of the factory. The average amount of work per week is six gross. This company buy about as much as they manufacture. Situated near Westfield at West Cumington, is the Hol- lister Paper Compan'I", manufacturers of fine writing pa- per. It was established in 1866. The main building is constructed of wood and stone, is 3i stories high and 144x32 feet. One wing, 3J stories, 38x40 feet ; one wing 32x38 feet, 3| stories liigh ; one wing 25x90 feet, and engine and boiler rooms 80x25 feet, 1 story each. The water power is derived from a 42 inch Ames turbine water wheel with 25 feet fall of water ; also, 2 engines, one of 50 horse power, built by Woodruff & Beaeli, Hartford, and the other one of 20 horse power, built by Roche Brothers, Spriugfield. Tlie boilers are the Harrison cast iron boilers. There is one 62 inch Fourdriuier machine and 5 engines having a total ca- pacity of 1 ton. The amount made per day is one ton of paper. The employees number from 40 to 50. The sales room is at 95 Main street, Springfield. The American Whip Co. was organized as a copartner- ship, July, 1868. They manufacture whips and cigars, and are dealers in leaf tobacco. They employ 300 hands. W. A. Johnson. In 1845 Mr. Johnson established the manufacture of church organs. His factory is situated ou Elm street, near the passenger stations of the Western & Canal Railroads. He employs over 50 men, being a larger number than are employed by any other church organ build- er in the United States, and the proprietor confidently claims that his organs are unsurpassed for beauty and pur- ity of tone, admirable and characteristic voicing, perfection and durability of action, and in general effectiveness, by those of any builder in tiie United States. In this claim he is sustained by the expressed judgment of many of the most accomplished experts in the country. <:^l^tK.STFIT€lfBlJRO,5-2mUesfrom Boston, and 2 miles from Fitchburg. A station in the town of Fitchburg, on the Vermont and Mas- sachusetts Railroad. West Fitchburg contains about 400 in- habitants. Post otiice address, Fitchburg. See also, Fitch- burg. Nashua river runs through the village, with its branch which flows nearly south west, giving a fine water power. Paper, woolen, mowing machines, and mowing machine knives, forms the principal manufacturing interests here. Buckeye Mowing Machine Co. is situated here. Their factory is situated opposite the depot ; they are fine two story stone buildings with French roofs. Crawford Mills, C. J. Delehanty & Co., proprietors, commenced in 1866 ; established by C. J. Delehant}', in 1860 for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres. They run two mills, situated from one-half to three-quarters of a mile from depot, on the branch stream of the Nashua river. They em- ploy 100 hands, running 6 sets woolen machinery, 30 looms, using 24,000 lbs. of wool per month, and turning out 75,000 yards \ goods per year. Their No. 1 mill is situated on the hill, a 2 story and attic building 50x30, with 2 wings 30x20, two stories each ; one used for cloth room, and the other for repair shop. Picker 388 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. house 20x15, one story, wool house 30x15, 2 stories. Boiler room is situated in basement of finishing room. The steam driving a 40 power horse engine, made by Putnam Machine Co., which in connection with a 50 horse power turbine wheel, furnish the motive power. The No. 2 mill is situated under the hill, a two story and attic building 80x30, with store house 30x15. 2 stories ; wool house 35x20, two stories, and dry house 50x20, one story. The motive power is furnished by a 35 horse breast wheel, and an engine to help out in dry times, made by Corliss, of Providence, 30 horse power, furnished with steam from a tu- bular boiler, by A. Blood, of Manchester, N, H. A. White commenced business in 1843, for the manu- facture of planing knives, paper mill bars and plates, also, geueral machinery. This shop is situated on the right bank of the branch river, opposite the Crawford Mill, No. 1. He em- ploys 7 hands, his motive power is furnished from 3 breast wheels, and 2 undershot of GO horse power combined. Whitman & Miles Makufacturing Co. Incorporated in 1864, with a capital of S127,000. E. T. Miles, President, Augustus Whitman, Treasurer, L. K. Miles, Secretary. This company manufacture Mowing and Reaping machine knives. Their works are situated 1 mile from the depot, ou the left bank of the Nashua river, and consists of main building, 180x25, 1 story and basement, used for office, store-room for finished goods, finishing room, machine shop, and in the basement for storing iron and steel. Smithy shop 150x35, 1 story, this building contains 16 hammers, driven by a 3i feet Blake wheel, under 22 feet, head of 65 horse power. Grinding room 60x100, 1 story, containing 1 7 grindstones, driven by a 4 feet Blake wheel, of 90 horse power. Hardening shop 25.x50, 1 story. Tempering shop 25x70, 1 story. These shops are situated on each side of the smithy shop. They employ 50 hands, and consume about 550,000 pounds steel and 300 tons iron and use up about 250 tons grindstone per annum. 'ESTFOKW, 7 mUes from LoweU, 33 from Boston and 10 from Groton Junction, a vil- lage and town ou the Stony Brook Railroad. The village is situated 1 mile from the depot on Stony Brook, and contains 2 churches and about 300 inhabitants. The town of Westford is a good farming district and elevated. Incorporated 1729. The surface and soil of the town are \yell adapted to the gi-owth of grain, grass, fruit and large quantities of vegetables. ^.'^f'EST OI^OrCESTER, 31 miles from Boston and 15 from Salem, a flag stati the Beverly Branch of the Eastern Railroad ^[9jtEST GROTOIV, 4 miles from Gro- iJJJI ton .Junction aud 39 from Boston, a station on ^'-■^'^ the Peterboro' & Shirley Railroad, in the town of Groton. <:^f-^VESTHAA'OVER,-2U miles from Boston, on the Hanover Branch of Old Colony and Newport Railroad. The village is about J mile from the depot. ^'^VEST HINOHAI?!, about 16 mHes from Boston, a country station on the South Shore Railroad. EST EYWN, 10 miles from Boston and 6 from Salem, country station on the Ea.stern Railroad, in the city of Lynn. See also Lynn. Woodbury, Gray & Co., occupy a three story wooden building 80x35 feet for a manufactory, also a two story building 75x25 feet for machine work, for the manufacture of walnut and chestnut furniture of first quality, located at comer of Commercial and Curve streets. Commenced busi- ness in 1865 ; employ 30 hands ; their machinery consists of 2 jig saws, 1 moulding machine, 5 circular saws, 1 bor- ing machine and other machinery necessary for the business. Their machinery is run by a 30 horse power engine in build- ing adjacent. Bay State Milling Machine Co., Mark Healey, pro- prietor, occupy a 3 story brick building with basement, lo- rated on the corner of Main and Federal streets, and manu- facture doors, sashes and blinds ; tubs pails, kegs and other varieties of wood work. The business was commenced in August, 1868, and gives employment to 17 persons. The machinery is driven by an engine of 75 horse power, of the Corliss pattern, built by the Foundry & Machine Company, of Taunton, Mass. ; supplied with steam from a flue boiler, 80 horse power, built by Daniel Lee, of Boston, Mass. D. Taylor occupies 2 floors of a 3 story brick building 58x30 feet, located on Elm street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. Conmieuced business in 1836. Employs 20 hands. W. Potter occupies a 3 story wooden building 25x60 feet at 15 Exchange street, where he manufactures ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes ; receives power from an engine 60 horse power in building adjacent. Commenced business in 1846 ; employs 75 hands ; turns out 300 pairs of boots and shoes per day and does business amounting to $160,000 per annum. mUes <^f^VEST MAi^SFIEER, 26 from Boston, 17i from Providence. A country station on the Boston & Providence Railroad. '^■^t EST I?IEI>FOR]>, 5 miles from Boston. A station in the town of Medford, on the AVoburn Branch Raih'oad. ^*^l EST ]?IEI>WAY, 26J miles from ■ JliJI Boston, 13 from Woonsocket and 29 from Provi- ^^ dence. The village is situated ^ mile from the station on an elevation, and has 3 churches and about 1,000 inhabitants. L. Pierce & Co. commenced the manufacture of boots in 1867, in a 3 story building 60x35, situated near depot. Em- ploy 50 hands and turn out 350 cases per month. J. S. Smith & Co., manufacturers of boots, established business in 1836. The buildings are 25x30 feet. They em- ploy 40 hands. ^TjlESTHII^ U>lll l'^'<'-''burg. 37 I¥STER, 5 miles from from Keene, and 51 from Green- field. A village situated about 2i miles from West- minster station, in the town of Westminster, on the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad. The village has 3 churches and about 350 inhabitants. The town of Westminster lies on the range of highlands which separate the waters of the Con- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 389 necticut and Meirimac. From the village a prospect is pre- sented of lake and mountain, with all the varied scenery which renders a New F!ngland town delightful. EST iVElFTOIV, 9 miles from Bos- ton and 35 from Worcester. A village on the Bos- ton and Albany Rjiilroad, in the town of Newton. This town is a very beautiful agricultural town as well as for manufacturing. It is watered by the Charles river. The soil is generally good. The town was incorporated in 1691. This town has seven villages, Newton Corner, New- tonville, West Newton, Auburndale, Newton Upper Falls, Newton Lower Falls and Newton Centre. "^■^IKSTO^?, 13 miles from Boston and 37 from Fitcliburg. A village and town on the Bos- ton and Filehburg Railroad. This is a township of good land, with a neat and flourishing village. Incorporat ed 1712. 11^^ EST ROXBtRY, Ti miles from " iton, on the Dedham Branch, in a town by the same name. A small village containing one manufactory. 50 feet, 1^ stories each. Employ 85 hands, and turn out about 7 tons paper per week. The motive power is from 4 turbine wheels of 100 horse power combined. They have 2 locomotive boilers, made by Roche Brothers, for heating the works. Agawam Paper Co.. incorporated in 1859 with a capital of 850,000, for the manufacture of writing and ledger paper. This company's niUl is situated nearly opposite West Spring- field depot. Their main buildiug is 45x90 feet, 4 stories with machine room attached 25x75 feet, 2 stories. This company employ 60 hands, and manufacture about 6 tons paper per week, using about 7 tons rags. Motive power de- rived from a 65 horse turbine wheel, with a 10 horse tur- bine wheel for driving machine. The officers of the com- pany are E. Trask, Tresident, Geo. L. Wright, Treasurer and Agent. iif; EJiiT STO€KBRII>GE, situat- on the branoli of tlie Housatonic River Rail- id from \'an Dciiscnville to the Staie line, 165 les from Boston and 41 from Albany, and has a popula- tion of about 250. 101^ ST SAI\D\VI€e. Avniageof :i50 iuhabitauts, situated 60 miles from Boston, d 19^ from Hyaunis, on the Cape Cod Rail- m^: •:ST TOWXSEIVD, 11 mUesfrom u.Iui towi It; li-i iseud. I'.ciston. A station 1 tlie Poterboro' and 9i7ilEST WAREHA lIlJI Siatioii. sitiial.Hl 11 miles I ^^*' fn.n> llvannis ami 15 fr«n C^.'^f EST SPR1.\«FIEED, 2 miles Ironi Spriuglield. lUO from Boston, and 101 from Albany, on the Boston & Albany Railroad. The town has two villages, Mattineaque and Agawam. The town is beautifully situated on both sides of Westfield river, at its confluence with the Connecticut, opposite Springfield, with which it is eouueeted by a bridge. Some parts of the town are rough and hilly, but the general character of the town in regard to soil is alluvial meadow, bearing good crops. Dcligiitful scenery is exhibited on the summits of the hills and along the rivers. The village of Mattineaque is situated near the depot of West . Springfield, and has a population of about 1,200 and one church. Agawam Canal Co., incorporated in 1847. W. K. Baker, Treasurer, C. W. Cliapin, President, Wm. Melcher Agent. Manufacturers of sheetings and drillings. They have a 5 story and attic building 200x60 with 2 ells, west ell 71x60, 3 stories and attic, east ell 30x60, 3 stories and attic, on the south of main building. A tower used as sink rooms, for the 5 stories 13x17, on the north. The tower entrance to the mill is also 13x17. This company run 19,500 spindles, 440 looms, employing 400 persons, using on an average 70 bales cotton per week, or about 32,000 lbs., turning out finished goods, 100,000 yards per week. Motive power furnished from two turbine wheels, situated in the L's part, of 425 horse power combined. The office building is 131x30, 2 stories, the base- ment being used for the furnace for heating. A cotton house attached to this building is 69x30, 1 story. The Socthwokth Manufactcrisg Co. was incorporated in 1839. The capital now is S100,000. Wells Southworth, President, Edward Southworth, Treasurer, and H. W. and G. C. S. Southworth, Agents. This company manufacture writing and ledger paper. The main building is 150x 45 feet, 3 stories ; also, have 2 stock houses 25x25 and 25x EHA:?I, or Tremont from Middleboro', 34 Fairhaveii. on the Cape Cod Railroad. Here a road branches off for Fairha- ven and New Bedford, called the Fairhaven Branch. The village contains about 250 inhabitants. ^1^1' EST WARKEI\, a station between Warren and Brinifield, on the Boston and Albany Railroad, 75 miles from Boston, 125 from Al- bany and 23 from Springfield. A village of about 700 in- habitants, and 1 church, situated on the Quabaug river. N. Richardson & Co. commenced business in 1865, occupying a 2 story building for the manufacture of tape 100x44, ruuning 21 looms, employing 25 hands. The ca- pacity of their works is from 80 to 100 gross per day. The motive power is furnished by a 50 horse power turbine wheel ; for heating they have a tubular boiler made by Stewart & Dillon of Worcester. m^ I?M>FTH, about 11 miles from on the South Shore Railroad. The sta- tion IS m a town by the same name. This was the second rettlement made by white men in New England. The town was formerly noted for its excellent dairies, par- ticularly for its cheese of superior richness and flavor, but little of which is now made in consequence of the increased value of the lands. This ancient town has been the birth place and residence of many men of great usefulness in so- ciety. Among the number the name of Cotton Tufts, M, D., will long be remembered as a revolutionary patriarch and skillful physician. C^i^tHATEEY, 26 miles from Spring- field 10 from Greenfield. A village and town on the Conuectieut River Railroad, and on the west 390 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. side of the Connecticut river. The town was incorporated in 1771. The soil is good. The village contains about 300 inhabitants. HITII¥'S STATIOIV, 26J miles from Providence and 16;| miles from Worcester, is the railroad connection of Whitinsville, situated up the valley of the Mumford river, about two miles west of the station. It is also the centre of the village of Linwood, which derives its name from the Linwood mill. This mill was built in 1866 ; it is of brick, four stories in height, and is 166x66, surmounted by a French roof. They run 10,000 spindles and 210 looms, consuming about 7.50 bales of cotton, and producing 12,000,000 yards of fine sheet- ings per annum. The mill is owned and operated bj- Chas. P. and James F. Whitin, under the name of Whitin Bros. It is situated on the Mumford river, the power being obtain- ed from the same by the use of a Jonval turbine wheel ; the fall being about 12 feet. They employ about 200 hands who occupy the houses which constitute the village. B. J. Blanchard, who is an extensive dealer in granite, has his yard near the depot. He employs about 35 men and commenced business in 1866. Whitinsville. An enterprising village, situated about 2 miles from Whitrn's Station. The village contains about 3,000 inhabitants ; has two churches — 1 Congregational, 1 Metho- dist — and a high school. The enterprise and progress of this village are due to the enterprise and energy combined, with the untiring industry of Paul Whitin & Sons, who have ac- cumulated quite a fortune. Here is situated the celebrated machine shops of John C. AVhitin, who is the patentee and manufacturer of the Whitin Picker. He also makes openers, lappers, cards, railway heads, drawing frames, slubbers, fly frames, ring spinning frames, spoolers, warpers, dressers and looms. He occu- pies two large brick buildings. The one built in 1827, is 306 feet by 102 wide, 3 stories, and one built in 1865, 483 feet long by 68 feet wide, 3 stories with basement. Connected with it, is an extensive foundry, forging and carpenter shops. He employs about 550 hands. The shops are situated on the Mumford river, from which the power is derived. The business was commenced by P. Whitin & Son, but in 1864, passed into the hands of John C. Whitin. There is also in the village a large cotton mill built in 1847, by P. Whitin & Sons, who commenced the manufac- ture of cotton goods in 1826. The mill is built of stone and is 48x265 feet, 4 stories in height. They run 12,000 spindles and 256 looms, consume 1,000 bales of cotton and pro- duce 1,800,000 yard cloth per annum, using No. 35 yarn. They employ about 250 hands. This mill is also situated on Mumford river and is run by a Boyden turbine water wheel, the fall being 17 feet. The business is now carried on by Charles P. Whitin & Sons. ^^-»llITTEIVI>OI%, li miles from Taunlon depot, and 'J from Mansfield, a country station on the Taunton branch, in the city limits of Taunton. (See Taunton.) YJ'Til II^BRAHAIfl. The village is situ- IJ ij I atpd about 2 miles from depot, on the Chicopee ^^ river, and has a population of about 400, and three churches. A station on the Boston & Albany Rail- road, 89 miles from Boston and 111 from Albany. The people of this pleasant town are principally employed in agricultural pursuits, and are remarkable for equality of property. The town is watered by the Chicopee and several small tributaries. Surface is hilly, and the soil is well adapted to farming. Ellis Mills. This firm was established in 1865. They occupy oae 3 story building, 32x82 feet, with an L 24x62 feet, 2 stories. Manufacture doeskins and cassimeres, em- ploy 40 hands, run two sets machinery, produce 500 yards daily, and do a business of about 8135,000 annually. Their power is furnished by a water wheel under 22 feet fall, from 12 mile brook emptying into Chicopee river; assisted by a 30 horse power engine made by S. C. Chubbuck & Sons. Their Agents in New York and Boston are Stanfield Wentworth, and Hazelhurst & Brother. ^^^flLLIAlISBURG, 7J miles from Norlhampton, and 24i from Springfield. Situated at the terminus of the Williamsburg branch of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad. The town of AVilliamsburg was incorporated in 1771. The surface is elevated and uneven, but pleasant with a fertile soil. It is watered by a good stream which meets the Connecticut at Northampton. The village contains 2 churches and about 2500 inhabitants. H. L. Jakes is engaged in the manufacture of doeskins. The business was commenced some 20 years ago by Lewis Boardman & Co. and bought out by Mr. Janes in October, 1868. The main building is of wood 38x70 feet, and is 3^ stories high, the first floor being used as a store. The em- ployees are 40 in number, and run 20 looms and 600 spin- dles. From 1,800 to 2,000 lbs. of stock are used per week. One breast wheel, 18 feet in diameter, is used, which is soon to be exchanged for a turbine wheel. Mr. Janes is also the owner of a cotton mill, a mile and a half from West Wliate- ly, (nearest station West Hatfield, on Connecticut River Railroad.) The mill was started about 15 years ago, but was taken by Mr. Janes about 12 year ago. The mill is a 3 sto- ry wooden building 34x120 feet. The amount of stock used per day is 250 tbs. Motive power is derived from 1 LeiFel turbine wheel of 25 horse power. Have also 1 upright tu- bular boiler, made by Pitkin Bros., Hartford. Graves, Lamb & Ltman, manufacturers of white and colored cotton warps, also, skein yarn, from 10 to 40, of all colors. The business was commenced in Januiiry, 1868, by Doland, Lyman & Co., and November 1st, 1868, the com- pany was changed to Graves, Lamb & Lyman. The fac- tory is built of wood, 3 stories and is 33x60 feet, with one ell 25x35 feet, two stories also of wood and brick basement. Number of employees about 20. About 5 bales of cotton are used per week. A 25 horse-power engine is used when short of water, Roche Bros, builder of engine. There are two boilers in use, one tubular and one flue. ItJI'IM^IAIUSTOAVIV, 43 miles from If II Tniv and 5 from North Adams. A village and town on the Troy & Boston Railroad. The vil- lage is situated on an elevated plain and contains a popula- tion of 1,100 and 3 churches. Williams College is located here. It derived its name from Colonel Ephraim Williams, a native of Newton and a distinguished benefactor. The nucleus of the college, a free grammar school was established in 1791. And in 1793 the legislature vested it with college privileges, and is now endowed with $75,000. The WiLLiAMSTOWTf Manufacturing Co., incorporated in 1866, capital $300,000. Harvey Arnold, President ; S. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 391 South-north, Treasurer. Manufacturers of 64x64 print goods. The main building is 268x65, 4 stories, building at- tached, picker and dresser house 60x50. The first floor of the main building is used as a machine shop and engine room, the engine made by Wm. Harris of Providence of 100 horse power, with 2 turbine wheels, 6 feet diameter, 13 feet fall of 80 horse power each, furnish the motive power. They have 3 tubular boilers. They run 300 looms, 16,048 spin- dles and employ 185 hands. They use about 10,000 lbs. cotton and turn out 67,500 yards cloth per week. Stephen Wallet, commenced business in 1866, in a four story building 120x36, L 30x50, for the manufacture of print goods 56x60. He runs 100 looms, 3,900 spindles, employs 75 hands and turns out about 100,000 yards cloth per week. The motive power is furnished by a 75 horse power overshot wheel 16 feet diameter, 16 feet bucket. i:*IAI¥SETT, 7 miles from ngfield ; a station in the town of Chicopee on ouuecticut River Railroad, and on the Con- 0\l^ BRIIMhE, 3^ miles from A station on the Woburn liraiich Rail- ^^ the Cc necticut river. ws _ 9jj'^VlL.lIi:VGTOI¥, 15 miles from Bos- iljiji ton. on the Hoston and Maine Railroad. The ^^^^^ surface of this town is generally level, with a light and sandy soil, watered by a branch of Ipsw ich river. The town was incorporated in 1 730. The Nashua and Lowell Railroad also passes through this town. W^i I?III¥GTOI\ jr:¥€TIOI\, 18 from Boston, 7 miles from Lawrence, and 9 from Lowell. A station on the Boston & Maine Railroad, and at the junction of the Salem & Lowell Rail- road with the former road. This station is located in the town of Wilmington. C^^^t'IIVCHEXDOxlf, 68 miles from Bos- tun, 18 from Fitchburg and 24 from Keene. A village on the Cheshire Railroad, in the town of Wincliendon. The village contains 1500 inhabitants, 5 churches and 1 National Bank. The town was incorporated in 1764. The surface is uneven and rocky, with a strong soil. Miller's river rises in this town and Ashburuham. MANUFACTURES. E. MlRDOCK & Co. In 1834 Elisha Murdock con- ceived a plan, and carried it into operation, whereby the labor of making wooden ware would be greatly decreased, and at the same time lessen the expense. The manufacturing of wooden ware was established in Winchenden, as long ago as 1820. The manufacturers having theii staves, for pails, got out by hand labor, but about 1841 or 2 Mr. Murdock drew a plan of a machine to do this kind of work, getting his brother William, a mach- inist, to make his machine, the people of Wincliendon, pro- phesied it would be a failure, but the Murdock's having the true " yaukee pluck and ingenuity," got out their first mach- ine, which has since with its several improvements, proved so valuable. At the time of commencing, Mr. M. employed 3 hands, but his business steadily increased. In 1860, he took AVilliam W. Whitney, his son-in-law into partnership with him, and in 1862 a new arrangement was made, by which Mr. Murdock, retired from the firm, and James Whitman became a partner. The business being j done under the name of E. Murdock & Co. This establishment has grown from one of the smallest, to the largest company in the world, (one other company only selling a larger amount of goods, partly manufactured by themselves, and part of the productions of others.) Their works are situated in the pleasant village of Water- ville, one mile from the depot, on the Miller's river, where they have 4 mills, the size and dimensions are as follows : Their pail factory which comes first is a 2 story brick build- ing 180x60, with a capacity for turning out 200 dozen pails per day. Paint shop where goods are finished and packed 80x30, 3 stories. The motive power at this works is fur- nished from 1 Leffel turbine 3 feet wheel and a 4 feet War- ren wheel, under 16 feet head of 110 horse power combined. Their steam works with a 40 horse power tubular boiler, built by Corliss Engine Co., has a circulatiou of 15,000 feet pipes for steaming stock. This boiler also furnishes steam ibr heating the mills. The dimensions of their five store houses, for storage of stock, raw and in process, are as follows :— ;No. 1, 144x30, 2 floors ; No. 2, 120x30, 2 floors ; No. 3, 100x24, 2 floors ; No. 4, 100x24, 2 floors ; No. 5, 35x28, 2 floors. Their next mill is the tub works and saw mill. The tub factory is 100x30, 3 stories, and has a capacity of producing 300 tubs, 20 dozen churns, and 50 dozen zinc boards per day. At right angles, joining, is their saw mill 60x35, 2 stories, used for cutting out stock. The motive power is furnished from one 4 f^. Andinson and one 4 ft. Warren wheel, 12 feet head, of 60 horse power; and, in saw mill, a 3 ft. Worcester wheel of 20 horse power. Across the street, is their planing mill, where bottoms of tubs and pails are made. This mill is driven by a 3J feet Warren wheel 20 horse power. They employ 80 persons, and use, on an average, 4,000 cords pine lumber, or 3,000,000 feet over, board measure, hiring 10 saw mills to prepare the stock. C. A. Loud commenced the manufacture of faucets in 1857. The business was established by his father about 1800. Mr. Loud occupies a 2 story building 20x40 feet, sit- ualed in rear of B. D. Whitney's machine shop. Employs 6 hands ; derives his motive power from a 20 horse turbine wheel. Q. S. Backus commenced business on Front street, iu 1868, for the manufacture of small bench vises, and does a general machinist's business. He occupies a building 30x40 feet, 1 story ; employing 20 hands. His machinery consists of 3 engine lathes, 3 milling machines,'! index milling ma-, chine, upright drill, speed lathe, screw machine and edging machine ; turning out 3 dozen 1 J inch and six 4 inch vises per day. Mr. Backus has lately invented a new arrange- ment, to take the place partly of a clothes horse. It is very handy, consists of 8 bars or slats on a bracket, made to hang anywhere. Ketchum & Loud commenced business in 1868, for the manufacture of Ketchum's "patent double bladed and drawing stroke mincing knives, occupy a room in 3d floor, in a build- ing situated on Water street, near the tannery. They em- ploy 3 hands. Their motive power is furnished with the room, leased of E. Murdock, Jr. Nelson & Rice commenced business in 1865 for the manufacture of upper leather for boots and shoes. The business was established by Isaac Morse, about 50 years j ago. They occupy a building 130x24 feet, 3 stories, situated j 392 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. OQ the right bank of the Miller's river, oa Water street. Their bark house is 40x50 feet, with a capacity for storing 200 cords. The boiler for heating the building is situated in the main building, a flue boiler built by " Unknown." They employ 10 hands, and produce about 9,000 hides per annum. Their motive power is furnished by a 3 J feet tur- bine wheel under 9 feet fall, of 15 horse power. B. D. Whitney commenced business about 30 years ago, for the manufacture of wooden ware machinery. His works are situated on Mechanic street, and consists of main build- ing or machine shop, 100x40, three stories, ell 50x40, one story; foundry, 100x40, one story ; a building where they manufacture circular saws, 120x30, one story ; forge shop, 50x30, one story. He employs 70 hands, and does a business of about $100,- 000 per year. His motive power is furnished from two tur- bine wheels of 60 horse power combined. GooDSPEED & Wyman Commenced business in 1850, for the manufacture of tub, pail and chair machinery. In the fall of 1868 they were burnt out, but commenced immediately to rebuild. Their new works are situated on nearly the same site, as the old establishment. Their main building is lOOx 46, two stories, used for machine shop ; forge shop, 30x50, one story ; office and japanning building, 25x40, one story. They employ 50 hands, and turn out from 10 to 15 set tub and pail machinery, per year. The motive power is furnish- ed from a 3 ft. turbine wheel of 25 horse power. M. H. Pdlks & Bro. occupy a three story building 80x45 feet, for the manufacture of bobbins and spools. The power is supplied by a 60 horse power engine. They employ from 25 to 40 hands, consume 800,000 feet stock per annum, and produce daily from 10,000 to 25,000 bobbins and spools. Woodcock & Sawyer, manufacturers of wooden ware. They commenced this business some 15 years since, and occupy two buildings, one 24x80 feet, 2 stories, with base- ment, the other 26x88 feet, 2 stories high, with basement, besides storehouses and smaller buildings. They employ 45 hands, producing 1 ,500 pails daily. Water power is used, as they are situated on Miller's, one of the best rivers in the State for power. O. Hancock, manufacturer of all kinds of pail ears. He occupies two buildings, one 24x14 feet, the other 24xl7J feet, one story each. He uses machines, turning out about 3,000,000 pieces yearly, amounting to about $5,000. Orlando Mason, manufacturer of wooden ware, pails, sugar, salt, and fruit boxes, &c. &c., occupies a building 24x 72 feet, two stories, one 24x60 feet, three stories, another 60x24 feet, two stories, with saw mill and store house sit- uated about two miles from the railroad station. The busi- ness was established by Kendall & Mason, in 1853, and now gives employment to from 60 to 70 persons, and doing a business of from $50,000 to $60,000 per annum. The machinery is driven b}' wiiter power. IlfCHESTER, 8 miles from Bos- ton and 18 from Lowell. A village and town of about 3,000 population, situated on the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and at the junction of this road with the Woburn Branch. Winchester previous to the year 1850, was a part of Woburn, Medford and West Cambridge. It has 3 churches and 10 schools, 1 high, 1 grammar and 8 mixed. MANUFACTURERS. C. Batchelder commenced the currying of leather in 1866, occupies a part of building owned by Joel Whitney, machinist. Mr. B. employs 12 hands and turns out some 3,000 lbs. finished leather, per week. L. & A. Elliott are manufacturers of piano-forte actions. Commencing the business in 1867. They occupy room in \VTiitney's Building ; employ 4 hands, turning out on an average 15 sets actions weekly. The power is furnished by Joel Whitney. Cowdert, Cobb, Nichols & Co., manufacturers of grand and square piano forte cases. The business was commenced by Messrs. Church & Lane in 1848, and continued until 1865, when they were succeeded by the present company. They occupy 3 buildings, covering about 7,000 square feet of ground for their factory. AJso, have 2 dry houses and lumber shed, &c. Employ 30 hands and generally turn out about 1,000 cases per year. Their machinery is driven by a breast wheel 12x12 feet. Joel Whitney commenced the machinist and machinery business in 1844. He occupies part of a 2 story building, 100x40 feet, renting room and power to C. Batchelder and L. and A. Elliott. Employs 12 hands, making a specialty in the manufacture of'tanners and curriers' machines. His machinery is driven by a 25 horse turbine and Blake wheel. Clark & Sjuth, dealers in mahogany and other foreign and domestic woods. The principal business of this firm is the sawing of logs into boards for furniture manufacturers and sawing veneers. The business was established in 1840. This firm commenced in 1867. Their mill building is 40x80 I'eet, situated about J mile from the depot. They employ 1 1 hands. Their machinery is driven by an 80 horse power engine, with tubular boiler, built by Dobbin & Crawford of Lowell. Boston Button Co. In 1867, this company commenced the manufacture of silk and velvet buttons, occupying a 2 story building, 60x20 feet. They employ .SO hands, run 12 button machines, patented by Mr. W. W. Wade, the Superin- tendent and Agent. The motive power is furnished by Joel A\liitney. Alexander Moseley occupies a tannery and beam house 140x48 feet, containing 150 vats, with an L 40x60 feet, 1 story ; a bark miU 40x40 feet, 1 story, with nine 4 cord leeches under flat roof, connected ; a brick fire proof engine and boiler house 40x60 feet, one story, cur- rying shop 137x38, 3 stories, a storehouse 100x45 feet, li stories, with yard room, etc., covering an area of 11 acres of ground, for the manufacture of leather. The business has been carried on iit this location since September, 1865, and gives employment to 110 persons, turning out each week 1,500 sides of finished leather, and consuming the equivalent of 60 cords of bark per week, one- half of which is Miller's bark extract, manufactured by W. E. Plummer, 66 Congress street, Boston. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 40 horse power, built by the Cor- liss Steam Engine Co. of Providence, R. I., with two tubular boilers, 100 horse power combined, built by Allen & Endi- cott, of Cambridgeport, Mass., which, in addition to furnish- ing steam for the engine, supplies steam for heating all the buildings, which passes through 3,376 feet of 2 inch pipe. The buildings are all lighted by gas generated by one of O. P. Drake's automatic gas machines, which furnishes gas for 150 burners. Water is also conducted to all parts of the building, there being stationed in each room a fountain and drinking cup. The business amounts to $500,000 per an- num. Office and salesroom. No. 50 High street, Boston, Mass. Leonard Ndtter commenced business in 1857, on Main street, where he occupies a 3 story frame building, 35x60 for the currying of leather. Tan shed and coal house, 30x 20, 1 story, employ 10 hands, turning out on an average 2 tons split leather per day. The motive power is furnished from an 8 horse upright engine, furnished with steam from Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 393 au upright tubular boiler, made by Tufts' of East Boston. Consume 75 tons coal, 160 barrels of oil, 125 barrels tal- low, and 10 to 12 tons gambia per year. Warren' Johnson, currier and finisher of upper leather for boots and shoes, commenced business in 18GS. The business was established by Warren & Johnson, in 1855, on Walnut street, J mile from the depot. Mr. John- son, occupies a 2J story building, 60x25, employs 9 hands, consumes 40 barrels oil, 30 barrels tallow, and 40 bags gambia per year, and finishes about 7000 sides leather. The motive power is furnished from 8 horse engine, made by James Bull of Wolnirn Centre, steam furnished from an upright tubular boiler, made by Cunningham of CharlestowTi. STATIOI¥, situated Dediiam, for Iho aceom- lation of the Western pai-t of the village, 15A miles from Boston. A freight station on the Boston, Hart- ford and Erie Riiilroad. George II. Mourili,. Among the largest and oldest man- ufacturers of printers ink, is George H. Morrill. Upwards of 25 years ago, Mr. Samuel Morrill established tiiis man- ufactory, which has since grown to be the largest ink manu- factory iu the country, there being made 7 tons and upwards per week. The main building where tlie grinding is per- formed is wooden, 2J stories high and 25x40 feet, next is the engine building wliich is constructed of brick and 20x36 feet ; 1st black house which is used for making the black, commonly known as lamp black. The building is 44x20 feet. The office is 16 feet square and the varnish house is 40x30 feet, part of this latter building is 2 stories. They use 10 kettles, 2 liaving a capacity of from 200 to 1,200 gallons eacii, and one of 800 gallons, and 3 mixers for 1,600 lbs. ink each. The l)lack house which is built of brick is 76x26 feet, and required 207,000 bricks in its construction ; next is the receiving iiouse, used for receiving the black from the furnaces, it being brick and 30x16 feet. Next iu order are the furnaces, which are built of brick, being 64x18 feet ; 2 round houses, built of brick, being 19.J fi-i't diameter and 20 feel high. Next to this there is another black house 20x60 feet; thea the third round house 19.J feet diameter, 20 feet high. Following this, is one brick build- ing 18x26 feet. Tiien comes the last black house, which is 20 feet square. There are 5 tanks that hold from 13,000 to 20,000 gallons. In the refining house, used for refining oils, the building being 40x30 feet, there are 2 refiners, weighing 6 tons ; also 2 tanks weighing 3 tons, and one large receiver with a capacity of 1,400 gallons. Lastly, comes the store- house, which is 40x80 feet. The number of employees at present is only 10. They consume 400 lbs. of black for ink and make about 7 tons of ink weekly. One 30 horse steam engine, with 1 tubular boiler, and 1 of Rider's 35 horse power turbine wheels, 6 feet in diameter, furnish the motive power. Office is located at 22 Congress street, Boston. m ^t^VlI^TER HIL.L., 2 miles from Bos- ton. A small station on the Woburn Branch Railroad. ^[^I'OBURIV, formerly called Cliarlestown ■ IIIJI Village, was settled iu 1640, and incorporated as ^^^^^'^-^ Wobjrn, in 1642; has 20 schools— 1 high, 1 grammar, 7 intermediate, 9 primary, and 2 mixed. Churches as follows : 1 Baptist, 1 Congregationalist, at No. Woburn, 1 Methodist Episcopal, Woburn Centre, 1 Catholic ; New Jerusalem Society, worship at Engine House Hall, East Wo- burn. Two banks, 1 savings bank. Contains three villages — North Woburn, situated one mile from depot on Lowell Railroad ; East Woburn, on the Slone- ham Brancii ; and Woburn Centre, situated at the head of Woburn Branch. Woburn contained in 1865, 7,002 inhab- itants, and 1,385 voters. Number of acres of land, 7750. MANTTFACTURERS. John Cummikgs, Jr. & Co., manufacturer of upper leath- er ; commenced business in 1866. They occupy a four story wooden building, with a brick basement, 50x150 feet, used as a currying sliop ; a tannery, one story, 45x200 feet, built of stone and brick ; a stone bark mill, two stories, 20x30 ft. ; a store house, li stories, 30x100 feet, and a one story, fire- proof engine house, witli arched roof, built of brick, 20x90 feet, located in Cummingsville, iu the town of Woburn, Mass. This business was estal)lished about 1833 or 34, by deacon John Cummiags, of Woburn. The present firm employ about 150 hands, and tan and curry about 30,000 hides, and 25,000 to 30,000 calf skins per year. Their machinery, which is of the most complete and improved kind, is driven by an engine of 45 horse power, built by the Putnam Ma- chine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., with two tubular boilers, of 45 horse power each, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cam- bridgeport, Mass. This is probably the most extensive es- tablishment of the kind in the State, if not in the country. The buildings arc all heated by steam, for which purpose many thousand feet of pipe are used. OlRce and salesroom. No. 93 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. J. Skinner & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 35x 80 feet, located on Chestnut street. Also, a 2 story wooden building 35x100 feet, rear the depot, for the manufacture of pateut, calf, buff, kip, and split leather. They employ about 50 hands, turn out about 30,000 calf skins, and about 55,000 sides of leather per year, and do a business amounting to about S225,000. Their machinery is run by 2 engines ; one of 12, the other 10 horse power, with a flue boiler, 20 horse power, and a tubular boiler 12 horse power. John Bacon & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 45 x68 feet; a 2 story wooden building 28x68 feet, with out buildings used as beam houses, store houses, lime houses, &e., the whole covering an area of about 3 acres, located at Cummingsville, in the town of Woburn, for the manufacture of patent, grain, buff and split leather. They commenced business in 1852 ; employ 100 hands ; have capacity for turning out 20,000 sides of patent, and 30,000 sides of other sorts of leather per year. Business amounts to about $200,- 000 per year. Steam power is supplied by an engine of 20 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of East Boston, Mass., with 2 tubular boilers of 25 horse power each, built byThos. Cunningham, of Ciiarlestown, Mass. Office and salesroom, No. 140 Pearl street, Boston, Mass. Linn ELL, Cumsungs & Co. occupy a three story wooden building, 32x90 feet, near the depot, for the manufacture of buff, grain, pebble, and split leather. They employ 35 hands and turn out about 20,000 sides per year, worth about S150.000. Their machinery is driven by an engnie of 12 horse power, built by James Biiell, of Wobun, with a tubular boiler of 15 horse power, built by Pratt & Co., of East Boston, Mass. Office, No. 8 Bath street, Boston, Mass. CLAFPr & Hayes, occupy a 3 story wooden building, 30x 38 feet, located at Woburn Centre, for the manufacture of leather. They employ 9 bauds, turn out about 10,000 sides per year, and do business to the amount of S65.000. Com- menced business in 1865. The machinery is run by an en- ) of 8 horse power, built by Butter & Son, of Woburn, 394 Stations in the State of Massachtisetts. Mass., with a tubular eufrine of 8 horse power, built by Campbell & Whittier, of Roxbury, Mass. H. McNHOE, occupies a 3 story wooden building, 40x40 feet, located at Woburu Centre, for the manufacture of leath- er. He commenced business in 1838. Employs 10 hands, and turns out about 10,000 sides per year, worth about S60,- 000. Motive power is supplied by an engine of 8 horse pow- er, with a tubular boiler oi' 8 horse power, built by Hittin- ger, Cooke & Co., of Charlestown, Mass. W. Fox occupies a 2 story wooden building 18x50 feet, with an ell It5x23 feet, located on Bedford street, for the manufacture of grain leather. Mr. Fox commenced busi- iness in 1827. He employs 5 hands, turns out about 6,000 sides per year, and does business amounting to §40,000. Tlie machinery is run by an engine of 7 horse power with a tubular boiler of 15 horse power. P. E. Bancroft occupies a shop on Franklin street, for the manufacture of geutlemeu's shoes and slippers. He commenced business iu 1864. Employs about 25 hands and does business to the amount of $16,000 per year. BuRK & MuNDAT, manufacturers of ladies' machine and hand sewed boots. Commenced business Jan. 1st, 1869, and give employment to 20 hands. N. J. SiMOND.s, manufacturer of shoe stock, consisting of inner miIiIiius. .-tiflonings, heelings, heels, &c. The business was .Mahli-liol l.y S. Simmons & Son in 1862. The build- ing, wl]i( li i> -ituatcd on Main street, is 4 stories high, and 70x50 ieet. It is the next building south of the depot, AVo- burn, Mass. The average number of employees is 140. They use 6 rolling and splitting machines, 5 cutting ma- chines ; also machinery for hoisting, making paste, skiving, packing, &c. ; consuming about 600 tons of shoulders, trim- mings, skiffings,&c., 2,000 bush, of skivings, and 6,000 bbls. of flour per annum, producing about 2,000,000 pairs of inner soles, 1 ,000,000 pairs of stiffenings, 600,000 pairs of heels, and 125,000 sheets of heeling. The motive power is furnished by a 30 horse power engine and 2 tubular boilers of 60 horse pow- er, made in East Boston. Keep 7 horses constantly employed collecting and delivering stock. The stock is taken in on first floor and sorted ; each kind of leather going into a par- ticular place. It is then taken to the cutters, thence to be pasted ; afterwards, to the ovens to be dried by the heat of steam pipes, and then it is rolled, finished and packed. <^|9j|OBURIV C\l^:iVTRE, 10 miles i|!l|l from Boston, the principal village of the town of Woburn. at the terminus of the Woburn branch.. The village is delightfully situated on elevated ground, con- tains 7 or 8 churches, a bank, newspaper and Warren Aca- demy, founded in 1828. MANUFACTURERS. J. H. CoNNOLLy & Co., commenced the business of curry- ing leather for boots and shoes, in 1869. They occupy" a 3 story building, 40x30 situated near Main street, rear of Salem street. They employ 13 hands, and consume 3^ tons gambia per year, and 2 barrels oil, and 5 barrels tallow per week. The motive power is furnished from a 6 horse power en- gine, built by Osborne, of P]ast Boston, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler by E. Hodges & Co., of East Boston. This firm produce 200 sides and about 1000 lbs. splits per week. M. T. Allen, Agent, commenced in 1868, to manufac- ture shoe stock, such as inner soles, heeling, stiffening, coun- ters and heels, occupying rooms in a 2 story building, situa- ted on I\Iain street, below the Common. Employs 14 hands and produces 1,000 lbs. sole and heel leather per week. James Buel, machinist and machine manufacturer, steam engines, &c., &c. Commenced business in 1864, on Main street, opposite of Common, where he occupies a 2 story building and basement 45x30, with boiler house attached 10 x20, 1 story. He employs. 10 hands. His machinery is driven by a 10 horse power upright engine, built by himself, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler, made by Cun- ningham of Charlestown. Mr. Buel's principal business is building and repairing machinery for tanners and curriers use. He has lately began to manufacture "the new two and three wheel machine called velocipede," and invented a three wheel velocipede — designed for the use of ladies. Trow an & Widgert, curriers and finishers of boot and shoe leather. This firm commenced business in 1868, occu- pying a 3 story building 36 x40, shuated on Flag's court. They employ 10 hands. For re-tanning they use a portable vat. This, with their other machinery, is driven by a 6 horse power engine, builder unknown, furnished with steam from a tubular boiler. This firm produces, on an average, 10,000 sides and 60,000 lbs. splits per year ; consuming 3 tons gambia, 90 barrels of oil, and 60 barrels tallow yearly. Grammer Bros, commenced, in 1844, to manufacture custom made ladies' and gents' boots and shoes. They com- menced in a small way and built up a lucrative business by their forethought and skill. They give employment to 50 persons, produciug 500 pairs shoes per'week. They occupy a building 30x35, 2 stories, situated on Warren street, near Pleasant street. Llke R. Tidd, in 1847, commenced the manufacture of ladies' slippers, for the Boston retail trade. His shop, 15 x 15, IJ stories, is situated on Salem street, about 1 mile from Main street. He employs 5 hands, and turns out, on an average, 5,000 pairs slippers per year. John Tidd & Son commenced the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's boots and shoes, in 1830. They occu- py a 3 story building 100x60 feet, situated on Main street, corner of Salem street, where they employ 60 hands, 20 be- ing females. The stitching of the shoes are all done by ma- chines. On the first floor they have 15 of these macliines, run by as many females. This establishment turns out 250 pairs shoes per day. J. B. Winn & Co., in 1842 commenced the manufacture of leather, occupying 1 or 2 small buildings on Salem street. They have since increased their business and now occupy buildings covering, with their yard room, about 8 acres. Their main building 60x40 feet, 3 stories, is used for finish- ing leather, &c., attached to the main building is a wing 130x28 feet, 3 stories; beam house 115x30 feet, 1 story. In this building are 21 lime pits, 10 drenches, 6 soaks, with capacity of holding 600 hides. L to beam room 50x25 feet, 1 story, used for storing hides. Tan house 35x100 feet, 18 feet posts ; capacity for holding 500 cords bark. Bark grinding house 40x40 feet, 1 story, containing 2 mills, grinding 2 cords of bark per hour. The bark is conducted to the leachers through troughs. They have 8 leachers 8 feet square, holding 5 cords each ; curry shop 40x20 feet, 3 sto- ries, L 18x40 feet, 3 stories. They employ 100 hands ; con- sume 150,000 bis. gambia per year; 60 cords of hemlock bark, 15 bbls. oil, and 7 bbls. tallow per week, producing 500 hides per week of buff, splits and grain leather. The motive power is furnished from a 40 horse power engine, made by Adams, Hamlin & Co., of Boston ; steam from 2 tubular boilers, built by Allen & Endicott. They have suf- ficient steam to drive the engine, heat the building, &c. John Maxwell commenced the currying Jind finishing of upper and harness leather in 1863. He occupies a 3 story building 45x35 for retanning, &c., and finishing shop 1 story 45x20. Works situated in the rear of depot. Em- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 395 ploys 8 hands. For retanaing leather he has 6 portable vats with a capacity 30 hides each. His machinery is driven by a 6 horse engine made by Lowell Machine Shop, furnished with steam from a 20 horse power tubular boiler, wliich al- so furnishes steam for heating the buildings. Mr. M. con- sumes 3 tons gambia, 30 barrels tallow and 50 barrels oils per year, and sells about 835,000 wortli of goods. The Woburn Ikos Foundry, owned and carried on by the American Tool and Machine Company, occupy a build- ing 90x55 feet, with pattern shop, store house, &c. attached, where they employ 25 hands in the manufacture of castings of every description. This firm commenced business in 1862, and melt about 5 tons of iron per week, doing business amounting to 850,000 per annum. Run an engine of 10 horse power, built by C. II. Simte, Esq., of Wobnrn, with 1 tubular boiler 12 horse power, built by Cunningham of Charlestown, Mass. Office in Boston, No. 45 Kingston street, C. H. Shute, Superintendent. Blake, IlKjisr & Co. manufacturers of buff, pebble, grain and split leather, occupy a three story wooden building 150x 30 feet, with a wing 150x50 feet, 1 story, used for tanning purposes, and containing 75 vat.s. This firm commenced busi- ness in 1854, have 40 employees, finish 500 sides of leather per week, doing business of 8200,000 per annum. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 15 horse power, with one tubular boiler, 40 horse power, built by Allen & Endicott, of Cam- bridgeport, Mass., which, in atldition to furnishing steam for the engine, heat all the buildings. Olfice in Boston, No. 94 Pearl street. Horace Conn & Co. occupy a 2J story wooden building, 255x35 feet, with out buildings, store houses, beam houses, &c., covering about an acre of ground, for the manufacture of upper leather of all kinds. Commenced business in May, 1865. Have 110 employees, and finish about 30,000 hides per year, consuming about 3,000 cords of bark. Their imichinery is driven by an engine of 40 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I., with 2 boilers 80 horse power combined ; one built by McKay & Aldus, of East Boston, Mass., and the other by Dobbins & Crawford, of Lowell, Mass., — which, in addition to furnishing steam for the engine, heat all the buildings. This firm have an olfice and salesroom located at Nos. 90 and 92 High street, Boston. KiNNET, Gallagher & Co. occupy a 3 story wooden building 55x45 feet, with an ell 40x25 feet, for the currying of leather. Commenced business in 1867, have 20 employ- ees, turn out about 300 sides per week, doing business to the amount of 865,000. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 12 horse power, with one tubular boiler, 20 horse power ; the latter built by Allen & Endicott, of Cambridgeport, Muss. ^[^tOLiLiASTOiir, 6.J miles from Boston fJIIJI A small station on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. For i ifactures, see Dorchester and m ORCESTJEK, 44 miles from Boston, 44 J from Providence, 157 from Albany, 60 from Norwich and 46 from Nashua, at the terminus of the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, Providence & Worces- ter Railroad, Worcester & Nashua Railroad and on the di- rect route from Boston to Albany. Worcester was incorpo- rated as a town in 1684, but on account of the hostilities of the Indians the first town meeting was not held until 1722. This part of the country was called by the Indians, Quin- sigamon. The central situation of the town both in regard to the county and state, the fertility of its soil and that of the surrounding country, the salubrity of its climate, the in- dustry, intelligence and weahh of its people, and the fact of its being a great railroad centre justly entitles it to be the chief city in " the heart of the Commonwealth." It is situ- ated in a valley and surrounded by hills of gentle acclivity, on which are the educational institutions, that rank seconr. Cireelcy's Bonrbon Bitters, Ami dealer in o Constantly on hand Hops in Bales and parts of Bales, suitable for Brewers, Bakers and Retailers, also in pound and half pound packages, and in cases of Fifty pounds and upwards. K©. @ iElfjegi STRgiT, (leap FiaP«T, w@i©iSTiR, mm^. moving all liability of teeth breaking out — will grind quicker and hold the point longer. Both of above described cards are giving perfect satisfaction, wherever used. Manufacturers supplies of every variety, hand and strip- ping cards of all descriptions are furnished to order at lowest market prices. AVe cordiallj' say to all our cotton, woolen and flax manu- facturing friends go to " The Sargent Card Clothing Co.," and examine for yourselves. You wiU receive a courteous and gentlemanly welcome and should you patronize the es- tablishment you will find it honorable in all its transactions. M. A. Worcester occupies a 3 story wooden building, with basement, 40 x 100 feet, located at No. 6 Bridge street, for the manufacture of dry hop yeast. Commenced business 1864 ; employs 10 hands and turns out 3,000 gross per month. Does a business of $100,000 per year. Warren Thread Co. occupy a 4 story brick building 46x90 feet, located on Grove street, for the manufacture of white and colored thread. The business was established in 1847. Make 8,000 dozen spools of thread per week. Their machinery is run by a 60 horse power engine, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Company, of Providence, R. I. Clark & Pero occupy a wooden building 40x90 feet, lo- cated at the Junction, for the manufacture of all kinds of machinery and castings. Commenced business in January, 18C8. Employ 20 hands. Melt about 3500 pounds of iron, per day. A. ToLMAN & Co. occupy 18000 square feet of floor room in 4 wooden buildings attached, located at No. 10 Ex- change street, for the manufacture of light carriages and hearses and general jobbing. Commenced business in 1833. Number of employees 25, and turn out 50 carriages per amiura. William F. Wheeler's iron and brass foundry, is situ- ated on a line of the AVorcester & Nashua Railroad, on Thomas, Union and Central streets, and contains about 100 square feet of land with a branch track connecting the premises with the Worcester & Nashua and all the other railroads in the city, and with platform track scales for weighing loaded cars and wagons. The buildings comprise a large brick foundry 190x75 feet, with an L 75x50 feet, used as a wareroom, engine and coal room ; also, a side wing 84x20 feet. There are in the foudrj' 4 cupola furnaces, 4 large cranes, 4 large drying ovens ; also, 3 pits for casting dry sand work ; also, a bras foundry 40x25 feet, with 3 cru- cible furnaces and 1 reverbatory furnace, for making callen- der rolls and other large composition eastings ; also, 1 brick building 25x75 feet, 2 stories high ; the first story being used for counting room and receiving room for patterns, and the second story and attic for storing patterns. Connected with this is a brick machine shop 70x70 feet, 2 stories high, cou- taining a variety of large and small tools and machinery, necessary for the business. The blowing apparatus consists of 2 cylinders 34x48 inches, the power of which is not ex- celled by any improvement now in use. On the south side of Thomas street is a forging shop 65x31 feet, containing 1 large trip hammer and 5 fires, blown by a fan of sufficient capacity; also, have a stove and furnace shop, 1 J stories high 40x40 feet with an L 40x20 feet ; a charcoal house 54x25 feet ; an anthracite coal and lumber house 65x30 feet and one 40x24 feet ; a flask house 80x20 feet ; a store house 60x20 feet ; also, a wood house 70x24 feet. This is one of the oldest establishments of the kind in the State, having been commenced by Mr. Wheeler's father in 1825, and carried on by him for 43 years. The first steam engine employed in the State west of Boston, was put up in these works. Mr. Wheeler's father was the first to manufacture hot-air furnaces in Massachusetts, and notwith- standing the number of new articles of this class with which the markets have been supplied, his furnace maintains an undiminished popularity though but few changes have been made in it to provide au increase of radiating surface since its introduction in 1S35. In these works are manufactured ma- chine, railroad iron, and composition castings, stoves and hot air furnaces, for wood or coal. Trip and drop ham- mers, water, gas, and steam pipe, hydrants retorts, boring machines and punching presses, &c. &c. Mr. Wheeler was one of the most respected and ingenious, as well as one of the oldest of the American iron founders, and among the latest of his inventions are improved drop and trip ham- mers which are extensively used in the manufacture of fire arms and jobbing, and a number of them are now in use in the government armories. The power for operating the whole machinery is obtained from an upright engine of 30 horse power. Plummer Granite Co., occupy ground 50x100 feet, for the manufacture of rough and hammered stone of all kinds, located at Southbridge street, Junction. Commenced busi- ness in March, 1866. Employ 15 hands, and do a business of $60,000 per annum. This company have a quarry which covers between 18 and 20 acres of ground, located at North- bridge, Mass., where they employ 150 men in getting out stone. S. C. & S. WiNSLOw occupy 2 floors of a brick building 40x100 feet; also, 1 three story building 30x30 feet, and 1 grinding shop 20x24 feet; commenced business in 1856; employ 25 hands for tiie manufacture of skates and gearing ; turn out 25,000 pairs of skates per year ; do a business of $50,000 per annum. Webb's N. E. Railway and Marmfacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 399 W. A. WHEELER'S NEW AND IMPROVED mmmi Eiiimiie, hoi m. fimice. ♦ even I>illei'eiit SSizc a o m m m M confiikntlv ittoininpiulf i] lor il- 1 ii^n iinount ot Radiating Surftice, Simplicity of foiistriiftioii. !>oiioiiiy and Durability, it being MADE ENTIRELY OF CAST 8RON. Unlike any other in tlie market it is selt-clearin^', special attention having been given in the construction and arrange- ment of the drum and radiating pipes to avoid the possibility of filling up with soot or ashes. No better recommendation is needed of this Furnace than'the fact that of the many sold since its introduction, not one has failed to give satisfaction. Architects, Builders, Committees, and others in want of a reliable and serviceable Fur- nace, are invited to call and examine. FOK SALE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BV L ii: ^^ I Successor to Leopold Herman. O H XJ 13 15 TJ O li:, Ko. 10 BEDFORD STREET, BOSTON, MASS. AND BY THE MANUFACTURER, "W, Fb 'Wli©@l©p, 'W@i'e©gt©i', Mass. 400 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. E. & C. NEWTON, MANUFACTUREKS OF PATENT WOODEN EAVE TROUCHS, Coustautly on hand all sizes uecessary for BiiilJiugs of every description. This ariicle is sawed from the Best Pine Stock. It makes a neat finisli, and is more durable and less expensive than any other used for the pur- pose, and can be applied with e(]ual fecility to new or old buildings. Corncr Union and Exchange 8t$., ^il^orcester, Iflass. EZEKtEL NEWTON. CHABLES NEWTON. New York Steam Engine Co. occupy 1 brick machine shop 12.')x40 feet, 3 stories ; 1 wooden building 75x80 feet, 1 story ; brick blacksmith shop 40x75 feet ; a brick foundry 52x96 feet ; a brick pattern and store house 25x00, 3 .stories, wood, and several other smaller buildings, located on Wasli- ington street, on a line with the Providence & Worcester and Boston & Albany Railroads. They employ IGO hands, turn out 1,000 tons of castings per year, use about 100 machines and manufacture machin- ists' tools of every description ; patent car wheels, steam stamps, &c. These works are run by 2 horizontal steam engines, with Brown's patent cut off, — one 30 horse power, and the other 10 horse power, built by Wood & Mann Steam Engine Co., of Utica, New York ; 2 tubular boilers — one 40 horse power and one 15 horse power ; one built by Wood & Mann Steam Engine Co., of Utica, and one by Rice, Barton & Fales, of Worcester. This company have an office and salesroom at 126 and 128 Chambers street. New York, and they are well known and long established. N. A. Lombard & Co. occupy a three story brick build- ing, 130x40, located on School street, for the manufacture of woolen machinery. Commenced business in 1866 ; employ 75 hands, run a 75 horse power steam engine, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of Providence, R. I. Cleveland & Bassett, occupy 50,000 square feet of room in the Junction Machine Shop, for the exclusive man- ufacture of woolen machinery. They commenced business in 1862. Employ 200 hands ; run 1 of Corliss' steam en- gines, 150 horse power, 2 cylinder boilers ; using at present 50 tons of casting per month ; doing a business of $300,000 per annum. Smyth Bros. & Co. occupy four floors containing 6,300 square feet, in a three story brick building, located at No. 6 Bangs Block, Main street, for the manufacture of shoes. Commenced business in 1850 ; have 45 employees, and turn out 900 cases per annum. Power furnished by a thi'ee horse power cakrie engine, Roper's patent. Jobbing house. No. 1 Mechanics Hall building. Lathe & Morse occupy 150x50 feet in lower floor of stone building, located at Worcester Junction, for the manu- facture of machinists' tools, such as engine lathes, planing machines, milling machines, crank planers, &c. Com- menced business in 1845. Employ fifty hands ; use 30 lathes, 8 planers and the usual amount of tools used in the business ; use about a ton of castings per day. Taylor & Farley occupy a 5 story wooden building 36x 100 feet, located at No. 3 Hermon street, for the manufac- ture of organs and melodeons. Commenced business in 1855. Employ 75 hands ; turn out 36 instruments per week and do a business of $175,000 per annum. Petek Goulding occupies 2 rooms in a brick building each 20x60 feet, located at 45 Front street, for the manufac- ture of leather belting. Commenced business 1850. Cuts up 100 sides of leather per month, and does a business of $12,000 per annum. H. Baker occupies a room 25x70 feet in 2d story of brick building, located at No. 313 Main street, for the man- ufacture of women's, misses' and children's lace boots. Com- menced business in 1852. Employs 20 hands, makes 100 pair of boots per day and does a business of $30,000 per annum. Wood, Light, & Co. occupy one floor 50x400 feet, loca- ted at the Junction ; commenced business in 1846 ; employ 60 hands, for the manufacture of all kinds of machinists' and gunmakers' tools, and trip hammers. ' Use 500 tons of iron, steel, «tc., per year. Do a business of $100,000 per year. C. J. Richards occupies 1 room 24x30 on third floor, in 3 .story brick building, located at No. 1 Pleasant street for the manufacture of boot and shoe patterns, of wood and paste- board, with brass edges, of sheet iron, tin, zinc, or paper. Commenced business in 1860. Has 3 employees. William H. Brown occupies a room 30x40 feet, in a brick building, located at No. 46 Mechanic street, for the manufacture of knives for moulding machines. Commenced business in 1856, and employs 4 hands. A. B. LovELL occupies an acre of land on May street, for the manufacture of cement drain pipe. Commenced busi- ness in 1865. Employs 10 hands, using about a hundred barrels of cement per week. H. B. Adams occupies a 2 story wooden building 20x40 feet, located ou Grove street, for dying garments of every kind ; al.so, threads, yarns, &c. Commenced business in 1828, and employ 5 hands. This is the oldest establishment of the kind in the city. Hill, Devoe & Co., successors to Trumbull & Harts- horn, are located at the junction of Providence, Grafton and Water streets, for the manufacture of envelopes. Washburn Iron Co. occupy 4 acres of ground for the manufacture of railway iron and car wheels, located on the Bloomingdale road, ou a line with the Boston & Albany Railroad. Lawler & McGrath occupy a 3 story wooden building 25x40 feet, located on Grafton street, for currying leather. The business was commenced by Mr. Thomas Lawler, about 1853. In April, 1868, took McGrath as partner in the business. Curry 150 sides per week. Prov. Machinist Tool Co. Works removed from Graf- ton street, Worcester, to Eddy street. Providence, R. I. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 401 NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS OF Of Every Description, WORCESTER, MASS. m^l PLACE, hii JOHN H, mm, Imi, CHAS, r, HARDWICK, Sec. ENGINE LATHES, LOCOMOTIVE DRIVING WHEEL LATHES, AXLE LATHES, CHUCKING LATHES, HAND AND DRILLING LATHES, LATHE CHUCKS, PATENT COUNTER SHAFTS, WOOD TURNING LATHES, PLANING MACHINES, CRANK PLANERS, PLANER CENTERS AND CHUCKS, SHAPING MACHINES, SLOTTING AND PARING MACHINES, UPRIGHT DRILLS, SUSPENSION DRILLS, RADIAL DRILLS, office: ^iltvo TRAVERSE DRILLS, HORIZONTAL BORING & DRILLING MACHINES, COTTER AND KEY SEAT DRILLERS, CAR WHEEL BORER, MILLING AND SLABBING MACHINES, TAPS AND DIES, RACK CUTTING MACHINES, PUNCHING AND SHEARING iLA.CHINES, lUTDRAULIC WHEEL PRESSES, NUT AND BOLT HEAD SLABBER, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, HANGERS, GEARING, CASTINGS, IRON AND BRASS, &c., FAN BLOWERS AND CRANES, HOISTING MACHINES, STEAM HAMJMERS. ^.4.L It: s R^oo^i:, 126 and 128 Chambers Street, 402 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. THOMAS BMlTm 8c: ©©V, MANUFACTURERS OF BOLTS, lUIS, WASHIES, CHAIN MllS, ^j\'n FIVE SIXES or pot%*er plj%x'hij\'g pk esses. Also, Makers of Sections and Scytlie Bars for Mowing Machines ; Heel and Toe Plates for Boots. 3Iei'i'ilieltl*s Bviilcliiig-, :Xos. 3 and S Cypress Stveet. WORCESTER, MASS. Thomas Smith, William Coukev, E. W. Nichols. RitHARDsoK, !Meriam & Co. occupy 2 rooms 50x100 feet each, including-a forge shop 20x30 feet, a pattern shop and store room. 2 stories high 25x40 feet, and dry house 20 x50 feet, located in Junction shop. Worcester Junction, for the manufacture of Daniels'. "NVoodworth's and dimension planers : boring, matching, moulding, mortising and tenoning machines, scroll, cut-off and slitting saws ; saw mills, saw arbors, spoke and wood turning lathes and wood working machinery. Commenced business in 1862. and employ 90 hands. Use about 35 tons of castings per moixth and a pro- portionate amount of iron and steel and do business to the amount of S200.000 per annum. Warehouse 107 Liberty street. New York city, one of the largest manufacturers of machinery in the country, and their productions are exten- sively distributed throughout the countr_y. Thomas Smith & Co. occupy two rooms, one 40x90 feet, and the other 50 feet square, located at Xos. 3 and 5 Cypress street, Merrifield Building, for the manufacture of bolts, nuts, washers, chain links, &c. Also, section and scythe bars for , mowing machines. Commenced business in 1855 ; employ j 20 hands, use 12 presses, 4 engine lathes and 1 planer. Use ' about 200 tons of iron and steel per annum, and manufac- ture 5 sizes of power punching presses, weighing from one '■ to 16,000 pounds ; do business amounting to S45,000 per an- ' num, I J, F. Reed occupies a store 25x60, and two rooms 40 feet square, in two story wooden building, located at 231 Main I street, for the manufacture of sheet iron stoves and tin ware of all descriptions. Number of hands employed, 10. Rice, Barton & Fai.es, Machine Iron Co., occupy a 4 story brick building, with a foundry attached, which covers 35,000 feet of land, located on Union street, near the Boston & Worcester Railroad station, for the manufacture of ma- chinery for printing calicoes and delaines, and for the manu- facture of paper. Commenced business in 1845, and was incorporated in 1867. Employ from 100 to 150 hands, Use 1,200 tons of iron per annum. Their machinery is run bv a 50 horse power engine of their own manufacture. Thev also use a 15 horse power engine of their own make, to run the machinery of their foundry. George M. Rice, George S. Barton and Joseph E. Fales form the company. The Thojl\s Iron Works, situated in Merrifield's Build- ing, Nos. 5 and 7 Cj-press street, occupy one room, 100x40 feet, for the manufacture of their justly celebrated engine lathes, for which letters patent have been granted and which are rapidly growing into favor with all good machinists. They also make a superior kind of upright drills, and vari- ous other kinds of machinists tools ; also, do all kinds of job- ing on iron work. They also occupy a pattern room lOOx 20 feet, in which they design and manufacture patterns for every description of machinery, both light and heavy. This establishment went into operation in 1863, and is well worth a visit to all who appreciate good workmanship. J. W. Howe & Co. occupy 8,000 square feet of room in a three story wooden building, located at No, 99 Main street, for the manufacture of wire goods and wire cloths, of all de- scriptions. Commenced business in 1856, and have 45 em- ployees. J. M, GooDELL occupies 1 room 40x90, on third floor in brick building located at No, 11 Cyrpress street, for the manufacture of desks, ivory tables, and furniture of all de- scriptions. Commenced business in 1852 ; has 12 employees and machinery adapted to business, Phelps & Foskit occupy a woodeii building 40x60 feet with a -(ving 35x50 feet, also a two story wooden building attached, 28 feet square, for the manufacture of stoves and machinery of every description. Commenced business in June, 1868. Employ 23 hands and turn out 37 tons of east- ings per mouth. One of Munroe's patent turbine water wheels 7 horse power supplies the power. This company are sole manufacturers of the Worcester Clipper. J, Walker & Co.. occupy 2i stories of a brick build- ing, 60x90 feet, located on Lincoln square, for the manu- facturing of men's boots. Commenced business in 1843, employ 150 hands, and run a 6 horse power steam en- gine, built by Rice, Barton & Fales, Worcester, Mass., and turn out 6000 cases per aunum. Smith & Tyrel occupy a 34 story brick building, 30x40 situated on Cypress street, opposite Boston and Worcester Railroad depot, for the manufacture of American Kip and Stoga Kip Boots. Commenced business March, 1868, em- ploys 45 hands, and turn out 50 eases per week, H. B, Jencks & Co, occupy 2 floors 100x50 feet, and a basement 35x50 feet, in 2i story wooden building, located at No, 1 Park street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Business was first commenced by Mr. Jencks, in 1860, Employ 60 hands, and turn out 2,940 cases of boots, 643 cases of shoes per annum. Power furnished by a Cal- oric. 4 horse power engine. Ropers patent, and turn out $109,000 worth of goods per annum, Oscar F, Rawsox occupies 1 store on first floor, in a 4 story brick building, located at No, 243 Main street, for the manufacture of cigars. Commenced business in 1868, and has 4 employees, and turns out 200,000 cigars per annum. M. E. Shattuck & Co., occupy first floor with basement 22x80 feet, in 4 story iron front building, located at No. 261 Main street, for the manufacture of cigars. Commenced business in 1858, and turn out 300,000 cigars per annum ; employ 10 hands. 404 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. <^ IVI^^TV IX AuJ MiiiuifiU'tiirer of GEANITE MONUMENTS .A^iidL Head Stoiiesai, F 1- II m the best New Hampshire Granite. 59 & 61 SOUTHBRIDGE STREET, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. Plain and Ornamental Building Fronts and Cemetery Curbing furnished and set up in the best manner. Heavy Engine Stone furnished at short notice. Derricks to sell or rent. N. B. — Designs furnished at short notice. E. & C. Newton now occupy second floor of wooden j building 40x85 feet, located on Union street, for fitting and i putting up patent eave troughs and conductors. Commenced business in 1860 ; employ 2 hands ; do a business of $12,- 000 per year. (See advertisement, page 400.) A. G. Mann occupies 10,000 feet of ground, located at 59 and 61 Soulhbridge street, for the manufacture of granite monuments and head stones, cemetery, curbing, and building stone. Commented business in 1857; employs 30 hands.' He also has a quarry at Marlboro', New Hampshire, where he employs 10 hands in getting out stone. Does a business of upwards of $50,000 per annum. 1 L. J. Knowles & Beo. occupy a five-story brick building, 45x107 feet, located at the corner of Soulhbridge and Main 1 streets, in Allen's court, for the manufacture of Knowles' patent looms, cloth presses and jack screws. Commenced business in 1862. Employ between 50 and 60 hands, and have capacity for turning out five looms per daj-. Use a steam engine of 30 horse power, built by the Putnam Ma- chine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass. ; a boiler of 60 horse power, built by Campbell & "Whiltier, of Boston, Mass. ; use one of L. J. Knowles' patent pump and boiler feeders. This com- ^ pany have taken the highest premium at many fairs in the United States for patents on difl'erent parts of their machin- ; ery ; gold and silver medals, etc., on boilers, feeders, looms and pumps. The Gilbert Loom Co., successors to Charles W. Gil- bert, occupy the lower floor of a 2 story brick building 50x 150 feet, known as Merrifield's buildings, and located at the corner of Union and Exchange street, for the manufacture of plain and fancy looms, yarn dressing machinery, mill shaft- ing, &c. Chas. W. Gilbert commenced business in 1866, the present company .succeeding in 1869, and employ 20 hands. Stone, Walker, & Brown occupy 4 floors 60x70 feet, with a basement, in brick building located at Nos. 303 and 305 Main street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1835 ; employ 150 hands, and turn out 5,200 cases per annum. H. B. Fay & Co., occupy four floors 50x90 feet, in brick building, situated at No. 9 Soulhbridge street, for the manufacture of men's, boys' and youths' calf, kip, thick, split, buff, and grain boots. Commenced business in 1848. Employ 100 hands. Run a 3 horse power steam engine, manufactured in Fitchburg, Mass. 'Turn out 5000 cases per annum. BiGELOW & Barber occupy a 2J story wooden building 38x73 feet, for a woolen mill, wi I N o s , Of an endless variety of styles and sizes, worked in a superior manner. PACKING BOXES, Of almost all kinds, made of a good quality of lumber, and at low rates ; and forwarded promptly, on application, either nailed in the stock or by the car load, to any desired locality. the manufacture of boots, also manufacturers of leather in Chicago, in buildings on North Branch, on a lot of 350 feet river front, have a capacity for tanning 30,000 hides per an- num. Commenced busiuess in 1862. J^mploy 450 hands ; run a steam engine 8 horse power, built by Campbell & Whittier, Boston, Mass., 1 tubular boiler^ turn out 425 cases per week, and do a business of $100,000 per annum. Lucius W. Pond occupies a three stoi-y brick building 40 xl96 feet, located at the corner of Union and Exchange streets, for the manufacture of every description of machin- ists' tools, such as engine lathes from 5 to 35 feet long and 15 inches to 10 feet swing; planers from 4 to 36 feet long and from 20 inches to 6 feet wide, upright and suspension drills, gear and bolt cutters, index machines, boring mills, &c. Established in 1847. Average number of hands em- ployed is 100. Motive power from a steam engine built by iiimself, 60 horse power. A. W. Johnson occupies three floors 40x80 in wooden building, for the manufacture of shoddy. Commenced busi- ness in 1866. Employs G hands. Turns out from 3,500 to 4,000 lbs. per week ; does a business of about $35,000 per annum. L. & A. G. CoES occupy two 2 story wooden buildings 35x75 feet each, with a blacksmiths' shop attached 45x75 feet located at Webster Square, for the manufacture of screw wrenches. Commenced business in 1838. This firm have 40 employees ; use 150 tons of iron and turn out 20,000 wrenches per annum. The blacksmiths' shop consumes 150 tons of coal annually. Run a three feet turbine water wheel built by A. M. Swain of North Chelmsford, Mass. CuKTis & Marble occupy a three story brick building 40 x80 feet, also the lower floor brick building attached 45x60 feet, also a blacksmiths' shop 25x30 feet, located at Web- ster Square, for the manufacture of cloth finishing machinery. Commenced business in 1832. Employ 30 hands. Power furnished from 2 water wheels, 1 breast and the other tur- bine, built by Joel Upham of Worcester. This company make a specialty of the manufacture of shearing machines for both cotton and woolen goods. E. H. Stark & Co. occupy 10 rooms, each 25 feet square in brick building, located at No. 3 Southbridge street, for the manufacture ot kip, thick and gents' boots. Commenced business iu 1864. Employ 90 hands. Consume 400 sides of upper and sole leather, and turn out 100 cases of boots per week. D. Manning occupies two floors 40x50 feet, in two story wooden building, located at No.' 3 Pleasant street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Has 50 employees, and turns out 50 cases per week. I. N. Keyes occupies 2 floors, — one 50x125 ft., the other 40x100 feet, in 3 story brick building, located at Nos. 24 and 26 Central street, for the manufacture of packing boxes and as a planing and moulding mill. Commenced business in 1856 ; employs 25 hands, runs three planing machines, 2 moulding machines, 1 clapboard machine, 1 circular and 1 scroll saw. An average amount of boxes turned out each day is 350. Runs 2 steam engines 40 horsepower each, and does a business of $65,000 per annum. A. H. Seaver occupies one room 20x20 feet, on third floor, in three story wooden building, located at No. 279 Main street, for the manufacture of silver ware. Commenc- ed business in 1868 ; employs 1 hand. A. LoRiMER occupies wooden building 20x260 feet, locat- ed at the corner of Exchange and Blackstone streets, for the manufacture of cordage Hues and twines. Commenced busi- ness in 1843 ; employs 6 hands ; uses 2,500 lbs. of Ameri- can, and 50 tons of Manilla hemp, 2,000 lbs. flax and 4,000 lbs. cotton yarn per annum. O. Blood & Sons occupy a three story wooden building 30x60 feet with an ell 25 feet square, also a blacksmiths' shop conuected 32x34 feet, located on Canal street, for the manufacture of carriages of all descriptions. Commenced business in 1856. Employ 15 hands and do a business of $20,000 per annum. Ethan Allen & Co. occupy a three-story brick building, 40x140 feet, located at Worcester Junction, for the manu- facture of firearms and ammunition. The busiuess was commenced in Grafton, Mass., in 1830, by Ethan Allen, af- terwards carried on in Norwich, Conn., by Allen, Thurber & Co., and in 1847, moved to there present location under the firm name of Allen and Wheelock. In April 1866, the firm was changed to Ethan Allen & Co. This firm employ 100 hands ; run a 50 horse power engine, built by the Cor- liss Steam Engine Co. of Providence, R. I., with a horizon- tal flue boiler 50 horse power, built by Goddard, Rice & Co. of Worcester, Mass. S. R. Heyward & Co. occupy four floors 40x100 feet, in four story brick building, located near the salesroom, 283 Main street, for the manufacture of hand made boots for the retail trade. Commenced business in 1866 ; employ 250 hands, and turn out 175 cases per week. Power furnished by a 15 horse power steam engine. A. B. Prouty occupies second floor 36x75 feet, in 2 story wooden building, on Webster square, for the manufacture of card setting and Essick knitting machines. Commenced busi- ness in 1865 ; number of employees, 15 ; machinery consists of 4 engine lathes, 4 lathe drills, 4 planers 1 upright drill. — Turns out 20 knitting machines per day. Webb^s N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 407 JASON CHAPIN, Affent 102 SUMMIT STRiiTe WQRCE§Tii» Wl^SS. AND MANUFACTUKER OF Til EIYIESI Cllllll Fltlll, The BEST WATER FILTER KNOWN", havii ties simply, thoronglily aixl cfVi'diially. Tlio Ro\t thus making it a very (luiiiliK- juhI d.siraljlo lilter In I been tested for several years. It cleanses water fniin all inipuri- •se Current removes all the seilinieiits in a lew moments of time, all ii>iM^' aipieihiet water. Fur Si -Mm %^ ij Si S> 43<^%d AND DEALER IN- HAIVIIVIERED GRANITE WORK, For building Cemetery Lots^ Jflonunients^ Jirc. D. M. Woodward occupies 16,000 feet of land located on Plymouth street, for the manufacture of hammered gran- ite work for buildings, cemetery monuments, &c. Com- menced business in 1854. Employs 20 hands, uses 200 feet of granite per week, and does a business of $30,000 per annum. Samuel W. Kent occupies one room in third story of Merrifield's brick building 40.k40 ft., located on Union street, for the manufacture of card machinery. Commenced busi- ness in 1835. Capital $2,000. Employ 5 hands ; does a business of $5,000 per annum. Frank Wesson occupies a 3 story brick building 50 s 65 feet, located at No. 2 Manchester street, for the manufacture of breech-loading shot guns and pistols. Commenced busi- ness in 1858. Capital, $20,000 ; employs 30 hands, turns out 3,000 rifles and pistols per year, doing a business of 875,000. The works are run by a steam engine of 20 horse power. B.iY State Shoe and Leather Co., occupy a wooden building, 4 stories and basement 40x120 feet, located on Austin street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business May 1st, 1866. Employ 375 hands, turn out 1400 pairs of shoes and 168 pairs of boots per day, using 125 sides of leather. An engine of 12 horse power witlj 2 tubular boilers, made by Hardee, of Albany, New York, furnish tlie power. Do a business of $800,000. Albert Tainter occupies 2 floors in 2d story of a brick building, on Union street, for the manufacture of woolen ma- chinery. Commenced business 1850, turns out 4 sets of ma- chinery per month. Arcade Malleable Iron Co., occupy about an acre of ground, located on Washington street, for the manufacture of malleable iron castings of every description. Commen- ced business in 1850. Employ 100 hands, run 1 of Tufts' steam engines, 8 horse power, of Boston, Mass., and 1 cylin- der boiler. Do a business of upwards of $100,000 per an- num. Warren McFarland is agent and proprietor of this Co. Fitch & Winn occupy 1st floor of Merrifield's brick build- ing, 40x50, located on Cypress street, for the manufacture of wheel spokes; commenced business in I860.; employ 10 hands, do a business of $18,000 per annum. Turnout 1,400 spokes per day. C. Whitcomb & Co. occupy lower floor 50x80 feet, in 3 story brick building, located at the corner of Cypress and Exchange streets, for the manufacture of machinists' tools and copying presses of all sizes. Commenced business in 1848 ; employ 25 hands. Capital, $20,000. Use about a ton of iron per day, run 14 engine lathes, 4 planers, 3 up- right drills, gear cutters and the usual assortment of smaller tools. J. Todd & Co. occupy two rooms 20x25, on third floor in three story brick building known as Merrifield's building, located on Union street, for the manufacture of coffee, pure spices and cream tartar. Commenced business in June, 1866, employ 3 hands, and run 1 run of stone, 1 coffee and spice mill and 1 roaster. Adriatic Mancfacturing Co. occupy a two story stone building 40x480, with wing 30x60 ft. with dye house 40x50 feet, bleach house 12x24 feet, waste house 24x50 feet, wool house 30x60 feet, machine shop 30x60 feet, dry house 30x 60 feet, located on Armory street, near the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, for the manufacture of all kinds of woolen cloths. Established January 1, 1864, and turnout 12,000 yards per week. Number of employees, 220. Ma- chinery consists of 13 sets of cards, 22 jacks, 70 Crompton looms. Power furnished from an engine of the Corliss pat- tern, 160 horse power, with four tubular and two flue boilers. D. H. Whittemore occupies three rooms 17x60 feet in brick building, located at No. 36 Southbridge street, for the manufacture of the Union apple paring machine, also, an apple paring, coreing and slicing machine, and peach parer. Commenced business in 1855. Employ 10 hands, have a capacity of turning out 2000 machines per week. These machines took the first premium at the New England Fair, in New Haven : the New Hampshire Fair at Manchester, and the fair at Hamilton, Canada West. S. C. Andrew occupies a three story wooden building, with basement 38x100 feet, located at 84 Southbridge street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes of various kinds, for ladies' and gents' wear. Commenced business in 1861. Employs 200 hands, turns out 125 cases of boots and shoes per week. Worcester Needle Co. occupy a room 15x40 feet, in tlie second story of brick building, located at No. 46 Me- chanic street, for the manufacture of sewing machine needles for dry and wax thread. Commenced business in April, 1868. W. Wilcox, E. Lathrop and J. W. Battelle constitute the company. Tovtne & Co. occupy a room 40x44 feet, in the third story of brick building, located at No. 46 Mechanic street, for the manufacture of perforated card board and metals of aU kinds. Commenced business in 1846 ; run 6 machines and employ 4 hands. R. Ball & Co., occupy a 3 story brick building 40x100 feet with a wing 40x80 feet, and out buildings, located at No. 28 School street, for the manufacture of wood working ma- chinery. Commenced business in 1836, and employ from 75 to 100 hands. Webb's N. E. Railway arid Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 409 THE UNION APPLE PftRER, Pifii», W» id Slitijf Mi:k pjj[|]|[ pjJJJ^ All done at ouce. Apples and Potatoes. Manufactured by D. H. TVJEIITTE3X<>Tt K. lHos. »6 & 38 Southbridffe St., WORCESTER, !?lass. Howard, Farnsworth & Co. occupy the first floor of brick building 40x50 feet, located on Washington Square, near Front street, for the manufacture of machine card clothing. Commenced business in 1867. Capital S8,000. Employ 4 hands ; turn out 300 sheets of cotton and woolen cards per week ; do a business amounting to SI 8,000 per annum ; run a 9 horse power engine with 1 boiler made by Hobbs & Son, West Cambridge, Mass. Albert Gollu occupies a three story wooden building, located in Burnsidc Court, for the manufacture of gents' boots. Commenced business in 1852. Manufacture about 75 pairs per day and has 25 employees. Thomas Peirce occupies rooms 20x70 feet in wooden building, located at No. 6 Southbridgo street, for the manu- facture of men's, boys' and youths' thick boots. Commen- ced business in 186G. Has 15 employees and turns out 10 cases per week. S. J. Pease occupies a room 30x75 feet, in brick build- ing, located at No. 7 Cypress street, for the manufacture of boot and shoe machinery. Commenced business in 18G3. Employs 8 hands, and does a business of S10,000 per annum. Worcester Silk Co. occupy two floors 30x70 feet, in 4 story wooden building, located at No. 1 May street, for the manufacture of machine silk twist, adapted for the shoe and tailors' trade. Commenced business, June, 1868 ; employ 40 hands, and half the power of a 25 horse power steam en- gine, built by Brown, of Fitchburg, Mass., and turn out 100 lbs. of finished spool and skein silk per week. The compa- ny consists of Smyth & Bros. & Co. and Geo. R. Kennedy, ' of which company Mr. Kennedy is agent. C. H. Fitch & Co. occupy 4 floors 50x60 feet with base- ment in brick building located on Front street, .for the man- ufacture of men's, boys' and youths' calf, kip, grain and_ gents' boots. The business was first commenced by Mr. C. H. Fitch in 1848. The company employ 100 hands, and turn out 5,000 cases per annum ; doing a business of $150,- 000. j Kniffen Mowing Machine Co. occupy 1 room in third [ floor of brick building, located No. 12 Central street, for the manufacture of mowing machines and horse rakes. Com- , menced business 18G6. Capital 850,000. Employ 50 hands, turn out 1,000 machines, and 1,000 horse rakes per year. ' Do a business of $125,000 per year. It is run by a 25 horse power engine, — 2 boilers,— made by Putnam Machine Co., ' Fitchburg, Mass. Chamberlain & Baker, occupy third floor 30x50 feet, in a 3 story brick building, located at the corner of Exchange and Union streets, for the manufacture of coffees and spices, chocolates and cream tartar. Commenced business June, 1868 ; employ 3 hands, and run 1 run of stone, 1 iron mill, 1 roaster. Jarvis Howe & Co. occupy 1 room 30x40 feet on third floor in brick building, located at 51 Exchange street, for the manufacture of patent boot trees. Commenced business April, 1867 ; employ 2 hands and turn out 2 sets per week. Machinery consists of 1 engine lathe, 1 saw and scouring apparatus. C. G. Reed & Co. occupy a 2 story wooden building 40 feet square, and 3 floors in adjacent building containing about 8,000 square feet, located at No. 54 Union street, for the manufacturing of wooden wheels and spokes. Com- menced business in 18-J9, and has 18 employees and ma- chinery adapted to business; turn out 1,300 set per annum. E. A. Muzzy & Co. occupy 3 floors 34x70 feet in 4 story brick building, located at No. 305 IMain street, for the man- ufacture of hand made shoes. Commenced business 1865 ; employ 50 hands and turn out 1,000 cases per annum. George E. Kirby & Co. occupy 1 room 30x30 on 2d floor in 2 story wooden building, located at 233 Main street, ibr the manufacture of whips. Commenced business May, 1868 ; employ 3 hands ; turn out i dozen per week. F. B. Norton & Co. occupy a 2 story wooden building, 110x30, located on Water street. Commenced business in 1858. Capital $10,000. Employ 9 hands, for the manufac- ture of stone ware of every description. Works are run by a 7 horse power engine, with 1 boiler, made by Bellows & Whitcomb, of this place. Do a business of $18,000 per an- num. The Union Iron Works, Rice & Whitcomb, proprietors, occupy a room 40x75 feet, on the lower floor of Merritield's building, located at No. 11 Cypress street, for the manufac- ture of Taft's patent power and hand shears, of all sizes, and boiler rolls. Commenced business in 1855 ; employ 12 hands. Capital, $20,000. Josiah Rice occupies 2d story of wooden building 23x35 feet, located at corner Main and Pleasant streets, for the manufacture of hand saws of every description. Com- menced business in 1837 ; capital $2,000 ; does a bi of $5,000 per annum. 410 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. J-. s. ^w^ECEEXjEiie. & oons/d::pjLnsr"5r, Manufacturers of lAGHimSTS' Toom Of Lathes, Planers, Upright Drills, Chucks, Shafting', Hang'ers, IPatterns, IVIotlels, etc. t^' All kinds of Job Work done to order. J. S. Wheeler & Co., occupy lower floor 50x100 feet, of 2 story brick building, located at No. 3 Hermon street, for the manufacture of machinists' tools of all kinds : such as lathes, planers, gear cutters, chucks, &c. Commenced business in October, 1867. Employ 10 hands ; run 4 engine lathes, 1 planer, 1 upright drill, 1 slotting machine, 1 gear cutter and 1 chuck lathe. Run a 30 horse power engine, built by C. H. Brown, of Fitchburg, Mass. E. A. Harwood & Co. occupy 2 rooms in brick building known as Foster's block,— one 20x30, and one 30x15. Commenced business 1868. Capital, ?2,000. Employ 3 hands, for the manufacture of gold and silver plated carriage and harness trimmings. This manufactory is run by a 10 horse power engine. AsHWORTH & Jones occupy a 2 story wooden building and basement 35x110 feet, dye house a 1 story wooden building, with basement, 20x50 feet, a 2 story brick build- ing 35x35 ; brick wheel house 25x25 feet ; store house, a 2 story wooden building 25x30 feet ; located at Valley Falls for the manufacture of Union beavers. Commenced busi- ness April, 1862. Number of employees 30. Machinery consists of 2 sets of Union beaver machinery, turn out 4700 yards per month, and use stock to the amount of 2000 tbs. per week. Power furnished by a 45 horse power breast water Wheel. R. Wesson, Jr., occupies a 3 story wooden building 30x 40 feet, for the manufacture of shoes. Commenced busi- ness in 1848. Manufactures 1200 pairs shoes per week, does a" business of 8100,000 per annum. H. Converse occupies 2d story of brick building 24x87 feet, located at 270| Main street, for the manufacture of fancy and paper boxes of all kinds, such as shelf and shoe boxes and wedding cake boxes. He employs 12 hands. Commenced business in 1866, turns out 1000 boxes per day, does a business of $10,000 per annum. Wells & Rice, occupy a wooden 1 story building 25x50 feet, located at 24 Foster street, for the manufacturing of brass and composition castings. Commenced business in January 1867 ; capital $5,000 ; employ 6 hands, use 2,000 lbs. of copper and zinc per month ; do a business of $20,000 per annum. C. W. Hamilton & Co., occupy 4 stories of a wooden building 60x40 feet, located on AVater street. Commenced business in 1864. Capital $25,000; employ 20 hands for the manufacture of tapes and bindings; run 13 looms; run by a 15 horse power engine, Corliss pattern, made by Wm. A. Han-is, has 1 flue boiler ; turn out 75 gross per day. Worcester Card Factory, T. K. Earle, Proprietor, oc- cupy S floors of a 4 story brick building 40x180 feet, located on Grafton street, near the Boston & Albany Railroad depot, for the manufacture of machine card clothing. Commenced business in 1842 ; employ 50 hands, and, in 1866, cut up 26,000 sides of upper leather, run 150 machines, and the production of 1866 was worth $300,000. This Co. received a premium from the World's Fair in Europe, and have taken premiums of several silver medals from most of the institu- tions in the United .States. Run a 25 horse power engine, built by the Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., with one tubular boiler, built by Rice, Barton & Co., of Worces- ter, Mass. Also, a Harrison boiler, built at Philadelphia, Penn. This firm consume 75 tons of wire annually. H. B. Hubbard occupies 3 floors of a wooden building, 25x40, located at No. 6 Hermon street, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. Commenced business in 1862 ; employs 20 hands, turns out 50 cases boots and shoes per week, and uses 60 sides of leather. E. C. Grinnell & Co. occupy a wooden building 96x52 feet, 4 stories, located on Austin street, for the manufacture of men's and boys' boots. Commenced business 1850 ; em- ploy 300 hands; turn out 1,000 cases boots, and use 2,000 sides of leather per month ; run a steam engine of 10 horse power, built by Leavitt of Boston, Mass. ; use 1 boil- er built by Harrison of Philadelphia, Penn. ; do a business $300,000 per annum. Rice, Griffin & Co. occupy the 2d and 3d floors of brick building 45x200, located in what is known as Merrifield's building ou Union street, for the manufacture mouldings, sash, doors and blinds. Commenced business in 1866. Capital $10,000. Employ 22 hands ; do a business of $60,- 000 per annum. These works are run by a 300 horse power engine, located in a building adjacent. Graton & Knight occupy 4 rooms 20 x 60 feet, in brick building, located at 37 Front street, for the manufacture of leather belting of all sizes. Commenced business in 1861; employ 22 hands, and cut up about 150 hides per week, and do a business of $100,000 per year. This firm also have a tannery on the Bloomingdale road, near the Western Rail- road depot, 42 X 82 feet, 2 stories, and French roof, with a hide house, 24x40feet, 2 j stories. Run by 1 of R. W. Pratt & Co.'s steam engines, 25 horse power, built at Boston. Heald, Britton & Ford occupy a wooden building 45x 100 feet, with an L 22x30 feet ; also a store house 90x40 ft. located on Foundry street, near the Western Railroad, for the manufacture of all kinds of machinery and castings. Commenced business in July, 1865 ; employ 20 hands ; con- sume about 400 tons of iron per year, use one of Rice, Bar- ton & Fales' steam engines of 16 horse power, manufactured in this city. Do a business of $45,000 per annum. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 41] jPIOIEER CAR [STAILISHMEHT OP THE UilTED STITES, ESTABLISHED IN 1832. I OSGOOD BRADT.EY, PROPRIETOR, j GRAFTON STREET, WORCESTER, MASS. [ BUILDER OF STEAM RAILWAY AND STREET CARS OF •ILI^ nESCmi'TTOA'S, Isaac D. Mathews occupies a room 40 feet square, ou the lower floor of a brick building, located at No. 54 Main street, for the manufacture of machinists' tools, independent extension jaw screw chucks, shafting, pulleys, &c. Com- menced business in 1862. Machinery used in tiie works is 3 engine lathes, I planer, 1 boring mill, 1 uprigiit drill, 1 bolt cutter, besides various smaller tools. George T. Atchinsos occupies 4 wooden buildings, each 40x190 feet, located on Exchange street. Commenced busi- ness in 1852 ; employs 24 hands, for the manufacture of omnibuses, express and job wagons, carryalls, chaises, pho- tons, top and open buggies. Also, repairing of all kinds done. Turns out 5 to 10 carriages per month. Power furnished by an 80 horse power engine, Lombard's patent. C. & J. A. CoLVis occupy a wooden building 50x90 feet, with a wing 40x75 feet, as a foundry ; also, a pattern shop and otiice 30x40 feet, located on Gold street, near Washing- ton, for the manufacture of iron castings of every description. Commenced business in 1865 ; employ 25 hands, turn out 75 tons of castings per month. Run a steam engine 7 horse power, with 1 tubular boiler 10 horse power, manufactured by Bellows & Whitcomb of this city. Alzikus Bkown occupies 3 floors of brick bailding 40 x 90. located on Union street. Commenced business 1854. Capital 850,000. Employs 75 hands, turns out 1,000 mow- ing machines and 1,500 rakes per year. Does a business of 8100,000 per year. Office corner Central and Union streets. Samuel Porter occupies 1 room on 3d floor of brick building 40x60 feet, located in Merrifield's building. Union street, for the manufacturing of boot and shoe lasts. Com- menced business in 1866. Capital $5,000. Employs 10 hands ; turns out 700 lasts per week ; does a business of $20,000 per annum. J. Barrett & Co. occupy 1 room in 2d story of Merri- field's brick building 50x50, located at No. 9 Cypress streets, for the manufacturing of calico printing machinery and job- bing. Commenced business, 1867. Employ 5 hands; do a business of $20,000 per annum. Osgood Bradley occupies buildings covering 76,500 square feet of ground, located on Grafton St., for the manufacture of railway and street cars, of all descriptions. Established in 1832 by Osgood Bradley, the oldest car builder iu the Unit- ed States. These works employ from 80 to 120 men, and turn out annually, 52 passenger cars, 350 freight cars, and every thing pertaining thereto. Run a 100 horse power en- gine, built by Nagle & Weed, of Buffalo, N. Y., with one tubular boiler, 16 feet 5 inches in length, and 5 feet in diam- eter ; a 60 horse power boiler, 'and contains 122 tubes. A. Bangs & Co. occupy the 1st floor of wooden building 23x40 feet, located on corner Cypress and Foster streets, for the manufacturing of eavc troughs, gutters and conductors. Commenced business iu 1859. Capital $2,000 ; employ 3 bauds ; do a business of $6,000 per annum. N. G. Tucker occ\ipies a 3 story wooden building 84x63, as a practical plumber ; run by water power ; does a busi- ness of $15,000 per annum. Blake Bros, occupy 1st floor of brick building 60x30 feet, located on Uniou, corner Exchange street, for the man- ufacturing of patent moulding machines. Commenced busi- ness, 1856. Capital $4,000. Employ 10 men; do a busi- ness of $28,000 per year ; turn out 4 machines per month. These works are run by a 300 horse power engine, located in a building adjacent. S. Mawiiixney occupies 3d floor of brick building 40x96, located iu Merrifield's building, Union street, for the maim- facturing of boots and shoe lasts. Commenced business 1855. Capital $10,000. Employs 20 hands ; turns out 4,- 500 lasts per mouth ; does a business of $40,000 per annum. Geo. a. Kimball & Co., satinet manufacturers, com- menced business in 1868. Their works are situated in Val- ley Falls, and consist of three buildings, as follows : — Main building 35x60, four stories of brick ; office and store house, 18x30, one story, frame ; dye house, 18x30, one story frame ; run two sets machinery, employ 22 hands, producing 3,200 yards per week. Consume 2,200 pounds wool and cotton. The motive power is furnished from a 35 horse power Jon- val wheel, made by Rice, Barton & Fales. ManufacturtT of MACHINISTS' TOOLS, Independent Extension Jaw Screw Chucks. Machine Jobbing in all its various branches. Shop on Union Street, Worcester, Mass., Opposite John Gates' Lumber Yard. 412 Stations in the State of Massachmetts. WOIICESTER SKIRT COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF- l|^mir»(i[4 |)^wa4F l|(ir$i[($ AND JOBBERS OF LADIES' AND CENTS' No. 270 Main Street, - , ^m. Worcester, Mass. Worcester Skirt Company, D. H. Fanning, Proprietor, occupy a 4 story brick building 40x90 feet, for the manufac- ture of hoop skirts and corsets, located at 270 Main street. Commenced business in 1861. Employ 125 hands. Turn out 8000 dozen corsets and 6000 dozen skirts per year, do a business of $200,000 per year. SouTHWiCK & Hastings, occupy a room 25x40 feet, in a 3 story brick building, located at No. 7 Cypress street, for the manufacture of Jillson's patent combination caliper and dividers, Livermore's patent screw rivets, ware points and tenons, and Clemence's patent garment supporters. The screen rivet made by this firm claims to be superior to others for the following reasons, viz. : That in putting to- gether belts with but | or J the number which would be re- quired of copper rivets a much stronger connection is made. That used in place of lacing &c. for butting belts, they wear longer, hold firmer than any oth^r fastening, and unless the leather is rotten, the security against breaking is complete. The combination caliper, made by them, is three complete tools combined in one, namely : inside and outside calipers, and dividers, making the most complete and convenient tool in market. This firm commenced business in 1865, and em- ploy 5 hands. C. Henry Whitcomb & Co. occupy a 3 story brick build- ing with basement, 40x100. for the manufacture of all styles and kinds of envelopes. Established, 1864. Alberi Curtis occupies a 3 story brick building with wooden addition 36x60, for the manufacture of woolen sati- nets. His machinery consists of 2 sets cards, spinning frames and looms. Employs 24 hands. His machinery is driven by a 24 horse power iron wheel, made by J. L. Up- ham, Worcester. Mr. Curtis also manufactures sheetings, occupying a 2 story brick building 44x84 ; runs 2,800 spin- dles, 64 looms ; employs 46 hands, and produces 250 cuts per week. Power at this mill is derived from a 80 horse power breast wheel. Mr. Curtis established these 2 mills in 1846. They are situated in New Worcester, on Webster Square. About half a mile from the Square, at a mill known as the '• Trowbridge Mill," established in 1852. This mill is 2 story frame 30x108, and is used for the manu- facture of sheetings. Employs 40 hands ; run 2,300 spin- dles, 52 looms, 1 lapper and picker. This mill produces 10,000 yards per week. The motive power is furnished from a 50 horse power iron wheel, Vandewater's patent, built by Rice & Barton of Worcester. Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. This compa- ny is a consolidation of the 1. Washburn and Moen Wire Works, established in 1836, and the Quinsigamond Iron and Wire AVorks, established in 1846. The officers are, Philip L. Moen, President ; Wm. E. Rice, Treasurer ; Chas. F. Washburn, Secretary. They occupy in their three differ- ent establishments, all located in this city, 544,000 square feet of floor room, or about 12J acres. To drive their works they use a capacity of 1,300 horse power steam, and 130 horse power water. The company own 104 tenements, and employ from 900 to 1,000 hands. Their productions are iron and steel wire, of every description, round iron and wire rods. The Washburn Steam Engine Works occupy a room 100x25 ft., in a 2 story brick building, located at No. 3 Her- nion street, and manufacture George I. Washburn's patent portable steam engines and condensing steam engines and pumps. The AVashburn steam engine is an object of interest to all who have seen it. It is very compact ; in fact, it could almost be covered by a barrel, and is not liable to get out of order. The construction of this engine is novel. Two pis- tons are employed which work in cylinders arranged in ver- tical positions. Each piston has attached to it a " piston " Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 413 MANLTFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF ALL Ki: TER Y Of the Latest and most approved Styles. WORCESTEE, MASS. [J^^Uesigning, Modeling and Drawing done to order, at the lowest cash prices, at short notice. valve, wliich controls the action of the steam upon the other ; piston. The stroke of" the piston is short, consequently short connections are used between the piston rods and the crunk shaft. An ingenious mode is adopted to utilize the heat from the steam after it has passed the cylinder, by employ- ing it to heat the water before it passes into the boiler. One of the first of these engines built at these works was pur- cliased by J. A. Cunningham, of North Brookfield, and has been used in his boot manufactory for the past 4 years, run- ning 10 hours a day, and continues to give perfect satisfac- i tion. ■ I Tatedm & HoRGAN occupy 2 floors 60 x 80 feet, in build- ing located at the corner of Front & Trumbull streets, for the manufacture of stone work, such as building, cemetery j and furniture work. Commenced business in 1855 ; employ j 30 hands, consume $15,000 worth of granite, marble and j freestone per annum. This company were awarded a bronze ! medal at the filth exhibition of the Worcester County Me- | chanics Fair, in 1866, for specimens of ornamental work made by them. i L. D. Fay, manufacturer and dealer in machinist's tools, ! milling machines, and wood working machinery. The shop where machinists' tools are built is located in Worces- ter, occupying 1 GOO square feet of the first story of Merri- field's Building. He uses six engine lathes, an iron planer, upright drill, and other tools especially adapted to this branch of manufactures. The woodworking machinery is made mostly by the Patentees or Proprietors of Patents, and at other shops made at various places. J. A. Fay & Co., originally J. A. & G. W. Fay, uncle and father of L. D. Fay, commenced business in 1827, and were the pioneers in the manufacture of Improved wood working tools iu the United States, which are now so exten- sively known, and used in nearly all nations. In 1854 they were the proprietors of five large shops, three of thoni lo- cated in New England, and in the West, and one in Old En- gland. But the death of J. H. Fay, which occurred in tliis year, caused a general division in the business, each shop continuing as a new firm, independent of the others. G. W. Fay died in 1867. .Josiah Fay, another brother, once the active partner of the firm Fay, Fisher & Co., makers of Improved wood working tools, is now past the years of busi- ness, so that at the present time, no representative of tlie name remains except the subject of the present article. The building of the Earlk Stove Company, in which are manufactured stoves, furnaces, and other kinds of heating apparatus, on the Discovery patent and in other styles, is well worth a visit. It was erected a little more than two years since, in a most thorough and substantial manner. It is 300 feet long by 60 feet wide, and is four stories high for one-third of its length. We must ascend to the upper story, if we wish to begin the inspection with the first processes, for here is located the pattern room, where workmen are constantly engaged in cutting out new designs and bringing their work to the needed perfection of regularity and smooth- ness. In the next story below, are stored the finished goods. Here, also, is a room for the tin workers, and a turning-room with its lathes. In the second story we find the mounting- room, in which the stoves and furnaces are set up, a room for drying and grinding the sand used in the moulds, and machinery for performing the nice work of finishing the iron patterns. Here, also, we find the directors' room, finished plainly and neatly ; the sample room, containing a fine ex- hibition of the work done in the establishment ; and the of- fice, which is a model of convenience. Reaching the basement, we come to the carpenter's shop, in which the flasks and mould-boards are prepared. Near by is the wire room, where the sand is brushed from the 414 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. A. J. HISCOX, MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS CAST STEEL HAND-CUT LOWELL, MASS., And No. 10 Central Street, Worcester, Mass. castings ; also a room for grinding those parts of the cast- ings which it is desirable should be made smooth. A part of this work is done in large revolving cylinders, and a large vulcanized rubber grinder, moving at the rate of 5,000 feet per minute, is also used for this purpose. The packing room is also located in this part of the building and an elevator capable of sustaining four tons weight travels from the base- ment to the upper story. The engine which drives all the machinery of the estab- lishment was made by the Putnam Machine Company. It is located in the basement, and derives its motive power from a Harrison boiler placed in a separate building. Visitors are here shown the operation of the new apparatus, and are unan- imous in their expressions of delight at the great beauty of the spectacle formed by the gas issuing from the perforations in the walls of the fire chamber. An exact account of the fuel used each day is kept by the engineer. Entering the foundry, which covers a large area of ground, and, though having but one story, is lofty and well lighted, we see a great variety of work going on, not only in the casting of furnaces and stoves, but of piano plates and many other articles requiring great skill. The moulds, opened and imoponed, cover nearly the whole of the vast place, and the place affords great information and interest to an uninitiated spectator. The capacity of the meUing cupola is about 12 tons, or five tons per hour. Two revolving grinders cleanse the old iron to be melted. A convenient wash-room is pro- vided for the foundry men, and many other conveniences are furnished for their comfort. The arrangements for taking in the sand, iron and coal used in the establishment, and for sending out the finished productions are admirable, and save much carting, tracks running from the building to the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which pass within two rods of the establishment. The company manufacture many styles and sizes of fur- naces and stoves, constructed on the new principle, as well as others having direct draft. Their furnaces for setting in brick work are placed on rollers, so that they can be drawn out of their places for repairs without trouble. They make 4 sizes of Discovery portable furnaces, the smallest capable of heating 4 rooms of ordinary size, and the largest having a capacity sufficient for heating 10 or 12 rooms. They make also 4 sizes of the Union stove on the Discovery principle, and handsome stoves called " Consul " and '' O. K." with direct draft. The testimonials which have been received from persons using their- stoves and furnaces, express the most unqualified praise, on the score of safety, economy and ease of management. Their " City of Worcester" cooking stoves have taken a high rank in the kitchens of the land,, and whether constructed with or without " combustion," have met with a success quite remarkable. They are made of several sizes, with large and thoroughly ventilated ovens, and are noted for their economy in the consumption of fuel, whether burning wood or coal. The company have perfected a style of iron sink, with a sliding tray, which gives great satisfaction. One remarkable characteristic of all their cast- ings is their smoothness and accuracy. The company have expended large sums of money in per- fecting their designs. Their salesrooms in Boston are at Messrs. Warren & Gleason's, 82 North street, where par- ties whose interest or curiosity prompts them to examine the manufactures of the company can have the opportunity of doing so. At Northville 1 J miles from the centre of Worcester, are the following Manufacturers : B. Daniels & Brothers occupy a 5 story brick building 80x40 feet, for the manufacture of cotton warp and yarn. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 415 A. BALLOU & SON, aiANUFACTURERS OF OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, ^WOI^CESTEI?/. liwdl^SS. Commenced business in 186.5. Employ 25 liauds ; use 2200 pounds cotton, turn out 21,000 yards cotton warp per week ; run 2200 spindles by a breast water wheel, 24 feet in dia- meter, 16 feet long. A. Ballou & Son, occupy a 3 story wooden building 75x40 feet, for the manufacture of cotton and woolen spin- dles of every description. Commenced business in 1863 ; employ eighteen hands ; use one ton of steel ; turn out 8,000 spindles per month ; nm 20 lathes, by water power with a wheel 16 feet long and 12 feet diameter. Leicester, 6 miles from Worcester. A village and town on the height of ground between Boston harbor and Con- necticut river. It was first settled in 1713, and incorporated about the year 1721. Its Indian name was Toutaid. The >own is well watered by French river and branches of Con- necticut and Blackstone, which rise here. This town is noted for having one of the oldest academies in the United States. Leicester Academy established 1780: it has 100 pupils. The place has 4 churches and 2,500 inhabitants. ! II. G. KiTTREDGE & Co., occupy a 2 stor}' wooden build- j \n^ 35x50 with ell, being a 1 story wooden building 22x22 feet, for picker room, also, wooden building for store room, i 20x40. Located at Cherry Valley, Leicester, for the manu- I facture of satinets. Commenced business November, 1867, I have 13 employees and one set of satinet machinery ; turn out I 8000 yards per month, and use stock to the amount of j 3800 pounds per month. Power furnished by a 10 horse ' power breast wheCl. PLli Colliek occupies 2 story wooden buildings 34x44 feet, and 1 story building 20x30 feet for picker house. Store ' house a 1 story wooden building, 18x22 feet. Located at Cherry Valley, Leicester, for the manufacture of woolen yarn. Commenced business in 1846. Has 6 employees, 1 set woolen yarn machinery. Turns out 1200 pounds per week. Power furnished by a United Statess iron water wheel, built by J. L. Upham, of Worcester, Mass. Bi.sco & Denttt occupy a 3 story wooden building and basement 24x108. Located on Main street, Leceister, for manufacture of machine cards. Commenced business in the 1826, have 15 employees, 60 machines and cut up 10,000 sides of leather per annum. Power furnisheiby a 5 horse power steam engine. J. & L. Woodcock & Co. occupy a 2 story wooden building 32x90 feet, located at Leicester, for the manufacture of machine cards. Commenced business 1830 ; have 5 em- ployees and 48 machines ; cut up about 6,000 sides of card, leather per annum. Power furnished by a hot air engine. W. & J. WniTTEMORE occupy a 2 story wooden building 36x60 feet, located on Main street, Leicester, for the manu- facture of machine cards of every description. Commenced business in 1842 ; have 5 employees, 40 machines, and turn out 40,000 square feet of card clothing per annum, when running full time, and cut up 6,500 sides of card leather. Power furnished by a 6 horse power steam engine, btiilt at Fitchburg, Mass. A. White & Son occupy a 2 story wooden building 24x 120 feet, located on Main street, Leicester, for the manufac- ture of cotton and wool machine card clothing of every de- scription. Commenced business in 1836 ; have 8 employees and 43 machines ; manufacture 50,000 square feet card B. DANIELS & BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF- €otimx "alarp and gains, J, M l^lj ^g©at, 416 Stations in the State of Massachisetts. B. I. PEABODY, Mauuf'aeturer of auJ Dealer in HUBS, SPOKIES, PM3IS, SEAT8, BOWS, PLANK, etc. Salearooms at m EMIbj- Street, mmtQ;m. .TIanuraclory at clothing, and cut up 10,000 sides of leather per Power furnished by a 5 horse power steam eugine, built b}' Tyler, of Springfield, Mass., and 1 tubular boiler, 12 horse power. L. S. Watson & Co. occupy a two story wooden building and basement 25x100 feet ; two wooden buildings for store houses 30x75 each, located on Main street, Leicester, Mass. for the manufacture of cotton and wool hand cards. Com- menced business in 1843 ; have 15 employees, 50 machines, 4 horse power hot air Erricson's patent, and one 6 horse power steam engine, built by Campbell & Whittier, of Roxbury, Mass., and one tubular boiler 25 horse power. Stone & Bottomly occupy a 2 J story wooden building 40x 80 feet, and i one story wooden buildings, namely : Dye- house 16x24 feet; dry house, 20x30 feet ; store house, 16x 50 feet ; picker house 1 8x20, located at Cherry Valley, Lei- cester, for the manufacture of woolen satinets. Commenced business in September, 1865; having 22 employees ; -ma- chinery consists of two sets of satinet machinery ; turn out 3,000 yards, and consume stock to the amount of 2,000 lbs. per week. Power furnished by a 30 horse power iron turbine water wheel, Warren's patent. Sargent & Whittemore Hand Card Co. occupy a 2 story brick building 40x90 feet, with basement 40x50. Located on Main street, Leicester, for the manufacture of hand cards. Business was commenced by Mr. Sargent a num- ber of years ago. Has 40 employees, and 80 machines, and turn out 150 dozen pair per day. Power furnished by a 25 horse power breast water wheel, have also a oscillating steam engine, 5 horse power, William D. Andrews' patent. Manufactured by Andrews of New York. The Atlantic Screw Co. E. A. Bagley & Co., Pro- prietors, 12 Central street, are manufacturers of all kinds of machine screws. They occupy a building at the above number, where they employ quite a number of persons mak- ing their screws from the best bar iron — milled and not forged — also machine, hand and blacksmith taps from the best of tool steel. The aim of this company is to make a good article at fair remuneration. How well they have suc- ceeded is shown by their large and increasing trade through- out New England and the West. B. I. Peabody occupies 2 stories of brick building lOOx 40, located corner of Cypress and Foster sts ; also, 4 wooden store houses, 30x40, located on Cypress street. Commenced business 1864 ; employ 25 hands, for the manufacture of i carriage wheels of every description. Turns out 75 sets of wheels per week. He has a salesroom at 72 Kilby street, Boston, Mass. Does a business of $100,000 per annum. I Cherry Valley Manufacturing Company occupy 3 t story brick building with wing, main buildiug, 100x40 feet, i wing 50x50 fe<^t ; 2 story wooden building and basement 40x 50 feet for a shoddy mill ; brick dye and dry house 25x70 feet ; 1 J story wooden building, 40x40 for store house, and I 1 story wooden building 25x70 feet for office and storage. Located in Cheriy Valley, Leicester, for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres and cotton warp. Incor. February, 1868. Have 100 employees ; 4 sets of cassimere machinery, turn out 20,000 yards per month. Power supplied by a 40 horse power breast water wheel. J. & J. Mdrdock, occupy a 2 story wooden building 36x200 feet, and basement 35x150 feet, located on Main i street, Leicester, for the manufacture of machine card cloth- ing of every description, for cotton and woolen machinery. Commenced business in 1840 ; have 25 employees and 112 machines, and turn out 125,000 square feet of card clothing, I and cut up 20,000 sides of leather per annum. Power : furnished by a 25 horse power steam engine, Corliss' patent, built by W. A. Harris, Providence, R. I., and 1 tu- bular boiler, built by Rice, Barton & Fales, of Worcester, Mass. ; also, added to their business, September, 1868, a currier shop in basement of main building ; employing 5 hands, and finishing 400 sides card leather weekly. Mann & Marshall, occupy a 2J story wooden build- ing 30x70 feet ; also, 3 story wooden building 40x50 feet for store house, located in Mannville, Leicester, for the manufacture of satinets. Commenced business in 1853. Have 25 employees, 2 sets of satinet machinery ; turn out 2,500 yards per week, and use clean stock to the amount manufacture all kinds of iritOlM THE BEST B^\.I«^ IltOrV. No common refined Iron used in our work. Our Screws are all milled from the bars, not forged. We also manufacture Machine, Hand, and Blacksmiths' Taps, from best tool Steel. E. J%.. BA^G^LE^^ Sl Co., 12 Central St., \^orcester, IVIass- Webb's N. E. Railway and Mamifacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 417 ELLIS THAYER, Miinufncturor ot' OF ALL KINDS. Particular attention jriven to MACHINE and DRESSER BRUSHES. Also to the Manufacture of THAYER'S patent FLEXIBLE PAINT BRUSH, which is superior to all others. They are ready for immediate use, no winding being necessary, as they are pon the bristles, which can be removed to suit the eonven t WiPEKS for Rifles, Sportixg G'XS, &c. de with a Flexible Baud, extending down of the workmen. Also Manufacturer ELLIS THAYER, No. BG Southbridge Street, Worcester, Mass. of 2,000 lbs. per week. Power furnished by a 40 horse power breast water wheel. This mill is 6 miles from Wor- cester Center. S. L. Hodges occupies a 3 story brick mill 3()xr25, and 3 story brick building 36x36 feet for dyeing and drying, and other buildings, consisting of machine shop, store house, of- fice, boiler house, drug house and gas works, gasometer suf- ticient to hold 6,000 feet of gas, located at Cherry Valley, Leicester, for the manufacture of tweeds ; has 75 employees, 5 sets of tweed machinery, and turns out 3.000 yards per week, and comsumes wool to the amount of 275,000 lbs. per annum. Power furnished by a 75 horse power Ty- ler water wheel, also 2 tubular boilers used for dyeing and heating purposes, built by the Swamscot Machine Co. of South Newmarket, N. H. Ellis Thaykr is the largest manufacture of brushes in Worcester. His works are located at No. 66 Southbridge street, where are kept employed about 25 persons, in the manufacture of all kinds of brushes. Mr. T. gives especial attention to the manufacture of machine and dresser brushes for the many manufacturing concerns that are situated in New England, and of which he contributes much to supply- I ing them with this indispensable article for cleaning and keeping in repair their machinery. Mr. Thayer is now in- [ troducing his patent brushes for painters' use, of which he 1 lias sold several thousands. Painters find them invaluable ; for their purpose, and they are coming into very general use. I They are made with a flexible band extending down upon the bristles, which can be removed to suit the convenience of the workman. An engine drives his machinery. G. N. & J. A. Smith, occupy 2 three story brick build- ings 38x50 and 38x88 attached with ell, 38x50, for dye and boiler house, also 2 story stone building 33x75, for store I house, located at Cherry Valley, Leicester, for the manufac- ture of fancy cassimeres. This firm was incorporated in 1865. Have 90 employees, 4 sets of fancy cassimere ma- chinery ; turn out 5,000 yards per week, and use stock to the amount of 6,000 lbs. per week. Power furnished by a Swain iron water wheel 50 horse power, also 60 horse pow- er steam engine, Babcock and Wilcox patent, built by the Hope Iron Works of Providence, R. I. Woodcock, Knight & Companv occupy a 2 story wood- en building 36x100 feet vnth ell attached 26 feet square on j Central street, rear of Congregational Church, in the town ' of Leicester, for the manufacture of machine card clothing of every description. This firm has been in operation for a number of years; has 11 employees, and 75 machines, and cuts up about 12,000 sides of leather per annum. Power furnished by a 6 horse power steam engine, built by Camp- ' bell, Whittier & Co., Roxbury, Mass., and 1 tubula'r boiler, 10 horse power. Water supplied by one of Knowlcs' pat- ent pumps and feeder. Eight Miles North West from Worcester in the town of Holdeu. Alfred Morse has a mill here, his resi- dence being at Farnumsville, ou the Providence and Worces- ter Railroad. (See Farnumsville.) The mill is one mile from the Post OlRce, runs 5,000 spindles, 120 looms, con- suming 800 pounds of cotton per day, and producing 21,000 yards of light yard wide .sheetings. The power is furnish- ed by one 26 feet breast wheel, the fall being 25 feet. ml 1'0:?I1J^^G, 6 miles from Boston and 21 t'lnni Lawrence. A flag station on the Bos- inn and Maine Railroad. gARIflOUTII, situated near the Cape Cod Bay, at the junction of the Cape Cod Central and Cape Cod Railroads. The former roitd is now owned by the latter. Yarmouth village including Yarmouth Port, a village adjoining, contains about 1,500 inhabitants and 3 churches. Yarmouth, like all the other towns on the Cape, is more or less engaged in the fisheries, situated 75.^ miles from Boston, 41 i from Middleboro', and 4 from Hyanuis. ^ OAR, 82 miles from Fitchburg and 4 from 2^ Hoosac Tunnel. A village on the Deerfield river, con- taining about 100 inhabitants, and on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. 418 Stations in the State of Massachusetts. STEEEY SMITH'S FURNACE GRATE BAR ! I S FOR STEAMSHIPS, STEAMBOATS, Locomotives, Stationary Furnaces, &c. &c. PATENTED, OCTOBER 2d, 1866. hf advantages which these bars possess dver others is in tlieir combination and the distribution of the metal in snch ■ B i iMMiiiuaillllllllMHiflll l ri^ a manner that there is no possibility of their warping: or twisting about, '"B'^HH^^IS^ as is generally the case with other bars ; they are also much stronger and more durable, and in consequence of their combined strength, can be made considerable li CIRCULAR CRATES, Of all sizes loi- Upi-iglit I3oilei-s- Also Manufacture all kinds of ^f^aeliiiiex-y Oastiiig:^, epot, ]>Xass. RHODE ISLAND. C^ I.BIOIV, Hi miles from Providence, _A\ 3V{ from Worcester. A mauul'acturiup; village on Q_3^ the Providence and Worcester Railroad, iu the town of .Smith field. QA IVTII0:¥\', l:3i miles from Providence /*\ . and 7*!i from Hartford, on the Providence, Ilart- V y ford and Fishkill Railroail. A small manufacturing village. S. CoLViN & Co. manufacturers of cotton, woolen and flax machinery. They commenced business in Dec, 1862. Occupy a building 80x30 feet, with ell 58x32 feet ; employ about 60 hands, produce about 100 looms and 20 cards per month, and do a business of 8120,000 per annum. Their mo- tive power is furnished by a 15 horse power Burden wheel, under 20 feet fall. Manufactory located on a branch of the Pawtnxet river. Qi PPOlTAirG or\ /A . frum New Loudon, 11 fi-oi C_^ Stonington and Providence Warwick, 51 miles fi-om Providence, on the Railroad. A village containing 2 or 3 churches. This place is situated in the town of Warwick, 180 miles from New York and 52 from Boston, on the Greenwich Bay, a branch of the Narragan- sett. One mile from the station is a large rock, which, when rocked, produces a noise that can hie heard several miles, hence the name " Drum Rock." Many improve- ments have been made here for the past few years by the es- tablishment of the Oriental Print Works, the information for which we could not obtain. The Indian name is Shaw- omct. Pawtnxet river washes the northern part of the town and meets the waters of the Narragansett at this place, separating Warwick from Cranston. This town is the birth place of two distinguished patriots and warriors. Col. Christopher Greene, and Major General Nathanael Greene, whose services and exploits are too well known to need comment fi-om us. Qi SIITO:^, 9J miles from Providence 33| A\ . from Worcester. A manufacturing village on the ^_^ Providence and AVorcester Railroad, in the town of Smitlifield. The Lonsdale Company manufacture cotton goods here. ^ARRIIVOTOiV, 8| mUes from Provi- n^l I dence, on the Providence, Warren and Bristol Rail- C^y road. A country station and town by the same name. ^^OSTOir SYFITCH. A station in the of Providence, on the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad. ^RISTOC, UJ miles from Providence, at '1^1 the terminus of the Providence, Warren and Bristol s, . Railroad. Delightfully situated on the waters of Nar- ragansett Bay ; its navagable advantages are unrivalled. — Population of the township, 5,500 ; of the village, about 4,000. Very fine and fast sailing yachts are made here. The National Rubber Co. was established in 1842, by Geo. O. Bourn, in Providence. He carried on the business for several years at Dorrauce, corner of Dyer streets. In 1861 the company was incorporated with a capital of 8500-, 000, removing to Bristol iu 1864. The officers of the com- pany are, W. W. Brown, President ; A. O. Bourn, Treasur- er. The works are situated on Wood street, covering four acres of ground, occupy 20 acres of flooring, manufacture rubber goods of all descriptions. They employ from 600 to 700 persons, doing a business of from one and half to two millions dollars annually. Two Corliss engines of 350 horse power each, built by AVm. A. Harris, of Providence, and a smaller Corliss engine of 60 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co. supplies the power ; 12 cylinder boilers are used for supplying the engines with steam, for heating pur- poses and for vulcanizing the rubber. They use four large calenders, two small calenders, one embossing machine, 21 grinders, for masticating gum, three washing mills, and oth- er large machines necessary for an economical and success- ful prosecution of the business. Office of the Company, 5 Exchange Place, Providence, R. I. We clip from the Bristol Phenix the following notice of a visit to the Sugar Refinery in that town : We were favored a few days ago with the privilege of seeing through that interesting manufactory, the Sugar Re- FiXERV in this town, it being the first time that we have had that pleasure since the valued, respected and successful gen- tlemen, Messrs. Brunsen and Sherry retired from the firm. Our readers will remember that the establishment was purchased in February last by the senior partner of the late firm of Camp. Brunsen & Sherry — Mr. H. N. Camp — con- jointly with Mr. Chapman and Mr. Robertson, all of New York. Mr. Robertson died soon after the formation of the new firm, and the works are now carried on by Messrs. Camp and Chapman alone, under the style of Hugh N. Camp & Co. We notice many costly additions and improvements in va- rious parts of the works ; amongst the most prominent, a range of substantial brick buildings for retorts and charcoal 420 Statioiis in the State of Rhode Island. purposes ; also, spacious dock slieds, under which fifteeu huudred hogsheads of raw sugar can be stored, and a large handsome warehouse, fronting on Thames street, each floor of which will hold three thousand barrels of refined sugar. The capacity of the house, is from 25 to 30,000,000 lbs. I of sugar per annum. This production gives employment to about 200 hands, engaged in making or refining sugar, be- sides various coopers, stevedores, dock and coal hands, car- t penters, and other mechanics. I We cannot describe in detail the various points of interest in the process of sugar making, which attracted our atten- tion. The whole scene throughout — the loading and dis- charging sugars from numerous vessels — the docking, truck- ing, teaming, coaling and animated bustle on the wharfs — then passing by the long range of seven, thirty-six feet Cor- nish boilers, into the engine house, through to the melting room ; thence to inspect the vacuum pans, and so on through nine stories of tanks, moulds, filtering cylinders, crushing and powdering mills, centrifugal machines, drying rooms, &c. All these changes, together with the high temperature, left us (as they would any one unaccustomed to such busy scenes) with a strange bewildering efi'ect, that outsiders can little understand. These works have the most perfect dock and wharf ac- commodations, and enjoy all the facilities which our beauti- ful harbor so conveniently provides, for the shipping con- nected with their trade. The building was originally erected nearly twenty years ago, by Messrs. C. R. Dimond & Co., who were succeeded in 1854 by Messrs. Camp, Brunsen & Sherry, of Xew York, under whose skillful management and increased business, large additions were made, s-o that the works and adjacent property are more than doubled since first started, and with the further extensions and complete modern appliances now added by the new firm, it ranks as one of the largest refine- ries, in the country. The Eichmond Makltactueing Co. was incorporated in 18G4. W. Richmond, President; F. E. Richmond, Treas- urer ; S. S. Stillwell, Secretary. This company run the Bristol Steam Mill, which was formerly conducted by the Bristol Steam Mill Co., which was incorporated in 1835. The present company occupy the mill, which is 107x45 feet, 5 stories, built of stone, with picker room attached 45x45, and an engine room in which is one of Corliss engines 100 horse power, with 8 cylinder boilers. This company employ 1 75 persons, making 48,000 yards per week, using up 900 bales of cotton per year ; running 9,280 spindles and 202 looms. M. T. Bennett is Agent and Superintendent, and the office of the company is at No. 1 Waterman street. Providence. Wm. B. Spooxer & Son commenced the manufacture of sperm oils, oil soap and lubricating oils, in 1832. They now occupy 3 buildings covering about 16,000 square feet. They employ 2 persons, and have a capacity of making 2.000 gallons per month, as well as 100 lbs. of oil soap and 40 lbs. lubricating oil. Reynolds Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1864. W. H. Reynolds, President ; J. Hazard, Treasurer ; Albert Knight, Agent. They occupy a 5 story stone building 178 x45, with wing attached 50x35, also 5 stories, for the man- ufacture of sheetings yard wide, of which they manufacture about 40,000 yards per week ; employing 200 persons, and using about 20 bales per week. The power is furnished by one of Corliss engines 175 horse power, with four 30 inch, 30 feet cylinder boilers. The office of the company is at 37 Weybosset street, Providence, R. I. and in direct communication with Providence by steamer, daily, being located on Narragansett Bay. Quite a summer resort. A large hotel is in operation here summers for tour- ists and those who enjoy fine scenery. /ff AROI.I]\A 1TIIB.I.S, 29i miles from ^^\) New London, 33J from Providence. A station on ^1, the Stonington and Providence Railroad, 155 miles from New York and 77 from Boston. No one, unacquainted with this locality would suppose for a moment, that any business of importance was done any- where withing a dozen miles of it. Pine woods on either side, a solitary dwelling near, with " Oyster Saloon" over the door of the basement, is about all that can be seen. A brief journey of three-fourths of a mile, through these woods, brings one to the village of Carolina Mills, situated on the Charles Or Pawcatuck river. The " oldest inhabitant" can remember when it was called " Nichols Mill," the only building was at the time being a small grist mill and a small one-story house, the latter still standing. The property passed from the Nichols family, in- to the Iiands of G. H. P. Wilcox, who commenced building the present dam, a few rods from the old one. Wilcox be- coming involved in a too great outlay of money, the proper- ty passed into the hands of Rowland G. Hazard, of South Kingstow n. A cotton mill was built of stone, of which ma- terial there w^as an abundance. Tenement houses were built for the help, and private dwellings from time to time were erected on the principal street. They were built by the mechanics and operatives in the mill, and some of them are models of neatness and good taste. The property, with nearly a thousand acres of land, mostly woodland, has been wholly or in part owned by the Hazards until the first of the present year, when it passed into the hands of Messrs. Tink- ham & Metcalf, from Harrisville, R. I. About seven years ago, the cotton machinery was taken out and the mill changed to woolen. It now contains eight sets of cards with the necessary machinery for making first-class fancy cassimeres or beavers. It has come to be a common remark that, from the influx of foreigners and other causes, the moral tone of small fac- tory villages has been decidedly below par. There are many causes for this. In too many cases it results from the in- difference of the owners and superintendents of the mills to the moral character of the employees. In regard to Carolina Mills, the Messrs. Hazard have ever evinced a liberal policy and done much to elevate the moral and religious tone of the village. They built a school house at their owti expense, on their own land, and gave the free use of it to the district, which the people still enjoy, although the village has out- grown the house and it is altogether to small for their present needs. Still later, Messrs. T. R. Hyde & Co. rebuilt the church edifice, and graded the grounds about it, at an ex- pense of about $2,000 ; so that now it is one of the neatest and most convenient churches in the vicinity. The citizens furnished it with carpets, cushions, and a good steel bell. In addition to that, Mr. Hazard has given $200 per year to sus- tain meetings, and proposes to continue his subscription an- other year. Too much praise cannot be accorded to Mr. H. for his eflTorts to better the condition of the village. Every project for the general good has received his hearty sup- port. KISTOl. FERRY, 55 mUes from I Boston, \'2\ from Newport, and 7 from Fall River. ' A station on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad, /ffEIVTRAI. FALI^S, 5 miles from ^lU Providence, 38j from Boston, 38J from Worcester, \ ^~\ on the Providence & Worcester and Providence & Boston Railroads. A manufacturing village in the town of WebVs N. E. Railway and Manvfacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 421 C¥:NT11A1. FA1.1.S, U. I., MauufaPturcrs of A Superior Soft Enamelled Wamiuted 2()() yards. POST OFFICE ADDRESS, PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND. Smithfieki on Ilie Black.stone river, auil connected with Providence and Pawtucket, by steam cars hourly, and horse cars every 15 minutes. A post otlice was established here in 1868. It contains 2 churches. This village is identified jvith and really a part of the village of Pawtucket. Popu- lation, 1869, 5,000. See also.Pawtucket. Fales, Jenks & Sons, cotton and woolen machinery man- ufacturer^. This business was established in 1830. by Fales & Jenks. The business is now conducted by Alvin Jeuks, John A. Fales, F. Jenks and Stephen A. Jenks, who commenced as successors to Fales & Jenks in 1865. Their main building is 450x63 feet, part 2 stories and the other, 3 stories, foundry 150x63 feet, blacksmith shop 63x80 feet, cleaning room 63x 80 feet ; lumber house 44x60, 2 stories ; pattern house 101x44 feet, 3 stories; engine house 50x50 feet, in all, 7 buildings besides others attached. Their power is furnished by a Corliss engine, Fairbanks make, of 80 horse power with 6 cylinder boilers. Miller & Boardman's altachnaents. Employ 325 persons. This firm manufacture a great many force pumps, which they make a specialty. The business of Central Falls has been ranch increased since the building of these new works, which have given new life and enter- prise to the village ; many houses, some 20 in all, have been erected by them tor the use of their workmen. Stafford Manufacturikg Co., incorporated in 1864. Capital 8200,000; John A. Taft, Secretary; J. Wood, Treasurer ; J. A. Adams, Agent, occupy 2 mills, as follows: Xo. 1, 200x40 feet, 5 stories, brick; No. 2, 100x40 feet, 3 stories, stone. Employ 300 persons ; working up about 21 bales of cotton per week. Their power is furnished by water, 1 breast and 1 turbine water wheels. The capacity of the works is 4,000 dozen spools of thread per day of 200 yards each, or 9.600,000 yards. This business was established by Rufus J. Stafibrd, who commenced the manufacture of print cloths in connec- tion with thread, about 1854 ; afterwards Stafford & Wood, who still continue the incorporation of the present company. Thukber, Hortox & Wood, successors to Stephen Bene- dict, occupy 2 buildings, 80x40, 4 stories and 86x37 2 stor- ies, for the manufacture of priut cloths and light sheetings, thread, &c. Run 5,000 spindles, and 100 looms, besides 1500 spiijdles for twisting. Employ 80 persons, making 4000 yards light sheetings and print cloths per day, besides skirt yarn, tlu-ead, &c. They also have a mill at Pawtuck- et. Pawtucket Hair Cloth Co. commenced the manufac- ture of hair cloth in 1861, having at that time purchased the right to manufacture it by machinery from David. James M. and Richard Ryder and Freeman Baxter, who commenced experimenting on the same jn 1855. The company built in 1861 a substantial brick mill 202xoJ, 4 stories with count- ing room, dye house and hair drawing room adjoining 60x 40. Use 387 Liudsley's patent looms. The goods are trim- med by 2 machines, the patent for which this company own both in the United States and in Europe. Employ 95 per- sons, making 1 ,250 yards per day. This is the ouly manu- factory in the United States, where hair cloth is made by machinery. The caphal of the company is §500,000. Ly- man A. Cook, President, Olncy Arnold, Treasurer, and D. G. Littlefield, Agent. Weatherhead & Thompson, tanners, curriers and belt manufacturers ; commenced business in 1858. Tliey occu- py three floors 106x40. They keep 20 persons employed in tanning and the manufacture of belts. Tlie pov.er is furnish- ed by a 15 horse power emgine, built by Booth Bros., of Pawtucket, with three cylinder boilers. They tan 1,200 do- mestic, 800 foreign hides, and 500 calf skins per month. This firm also started in July, 1868, a thread spool manufac- tory, employing H persons, turning out 200 gross per day ; lo- cated in the same building. E. L. Slocum, manufacturer of boots and shoes, succes- sor to E. L. Slocum & Co., who succeeded Slocum & Pitch- er, who commenced business in 1804 ; employ 25 persons, occupy two rooms 40x60 each, turning out from 25 to 30 doz. per week. His work is designed for the West, and is sold in New York and other cities. M.B. Arkoi,u & Co., manufacturers of every variety of French and American confectionery, occupy a 2J story wood- en building 65x30 feet, located at No. 7 Central st. They commenced business here in 1862, and have 12 employees; consuming about 10 baiTels of sugar per week, and doing business amounting to §60,000 per annum. Edwin Evans occupies two wooden buildings, one 22x32, the other 22x65, for the manufacture of glue. This manu- factory is located about three-quarters of a mile beyond the station, near the Providence and Boston Railroad. Collins Bros, occupy the lower floor of a new wooden building lately built for the manufacture of cotton and woolen machinery and twisters. The building is 40x50 feet, com- mencing business in 1865, and moved to their present loca- tion February, 1868. Employ 14 persons. Their machine- ry consists of 2 planers, 2 upright drills, 1 gear cutter, 13 turning and drilling lathes. Power furnished by one of J. A. Smith & Co.'s engines, built at Pawtucket, 10 horse power. They manufacture as a specialty 2 twisters per week. The Old Pawtucket Thread Co. was organized about 1812, being composed of Oliver Starkweather, Uriah Bene- dict, Wm. Allen, Jabel Ingraham and Bosworth Walker, who are all dead and gone. Uriah Benedict was the first to 422 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. STAFFORD & HOLLAND, MANUFACTURERS OF IN COP, SKEmS, OR ON BEAMS; OR D«l BLE \m TWISTED FOR SEAMIi\G, A^D PRIIVTERS TWIiVE. JP. O. Address, !E*a-wtucket, H.. I. withdraw from the old compauy, followed by Oliver Stark- weather and Jabel Ingrahani, leaving Bosworth Walker and \Vm. Allen to continue. Mr. Francis Walker, son oi' Bos- worth, claims to have succeeded this company in 1830, hav- ing the plates and a part of the same machinery. He now manufactures spool and skein cotton thread, occupying one floor 40x72, with building adjoining for counting room, &c., turning out about 12,000 dozen spools per month, employing 52 persons. Stafford & Holland occupy 3 floors of "Jenks Mill" for the manufacture of cotton yarns and thread. The size of the mill is 40x100. This firm commenced business in Oc- tober, 1867. Employ 23 persons and use up about 5 bales of coton per week, turning out about 2100 pounds of yarns of thread in the skein. The capacity of their mill is a little short of 3,000 spindles. The motive power is furnished by water. They do not spool their threads, but sell to other parties who do. Wm. Newell & vSon, brass founders. This business was established in 1845 by Wm. Newell, who continued till May 1st, 1866, when his son was admitted. They employ 4 per- sons and occupy a building 50x30. J. K. Mallery occupies the lower floor of a building 150 x35, and part of fliird floor, for the manufacture of spools, and paper boxes. Employ 60 persons, turning out 1 ,200 gross of spools, and 2000 boxes per day. Power furnished by a Corliss engine, built by Fairbanks, 150 horse power. Mokan & Brother occupy a IJ story wooden building 32 x35 feet, built by theui for the manufacture of confectiouerv. The business was established in 1«64. J^mploy 10 per- sons, and do a business amounting to $20,000 per year. Most of their confectionery is sold by two carriages, which run at regular intervals through R. I., and a part of Mass. Robert Plews manufacturer of patent adjustable card screens, cotton cans, patent tin cylinders for self-operating mules, twisters, and spinning frames. Commenced busi- ness in 1859. His factory is 75x35 feet, three stories high, located on Central street, directly opposite the railroad sta- tion. He employs at the present time, 8 workmen, consum- ing on an average about 600 boxes of tin annually. Doing business to the amount of §30.000. American File Co., and U. S. Flax Co. See Pawtucket. /jfHARfi.ESTOWrV, 22i miles from \^ New London, 40^ from Providence, 148 from New ^n. York, and 84 from Boston. A small village on the Stonington & Providence Railroad containing one church and one manufactory. /JTrAIVSTOM, 4 miles from Providence, \IJJ ^^ from Hartford on the Providence, Hartford & ^~\ Fislikill Railroad. A manufacturing village in a town by the same name. The Pawtuxet and Powchasset rivers flow through this town and afford excelleut water power. A part of this town, including the localities of Elm- wood and South Providence was annexed to Prowidence in 1868. Here are situated the immense Print Works of the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, the account of which we could not obtain. s ROWTVVII^I.E, 6J miles from Providence, on the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad. A country station. AVISVII^LiE, 44 miles from New London, 18 from Providence, on the Stonington and Providence Railroad. A small country village. Davis & Sweet occupy a 3 story wooden building 36x64 with dye house 18x28. .They run 2 sets of woolen machine- ry, manufacturing Kentucky jeans, of which they make 5,200 yards, using 1,000 pounds clean wool per week. Their machinery comprises 34 looms, 824 spindles, 3 jacks, &c. Employ 28 persons. The power is furnished by a breast wheel, — 7 feet fall. m REEIVE, 2^ miles from Providence, ^ from Hartford. A country station in the town of Coventry, on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad. One of the labratories of B. P. Clapp & Co., chemists, is located 6 miles from this depot. (See Pawtuck- et, R. I.) /J1REE:\^VI€H, 48 miles from New Ify London, 14 from Providence, 174 from New York, and 58 from Boston. This village is situated in the town of East Greenwich, on Narragansctt Bay, of which it commands an extensive view, and comprises an excellent harbor for ships of 500 tons burthen. The town is watered by two rivers ; the soil is rough and stony. The village contains several churches, a bank, weekly newspaper, and a very flourishing boarding school, the Providence Con- ference Seminary, under the charge of the Methodists. Orion Cotton Mill, Geo. J. Adams, Agent, B. B. Pierce, Superintendent. The works of this compan}' are suited on the Main street in the western part of the village. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 423 occupying one 3 story stone building 150x50 feet with ad- dition 125x100 feet, 1 storj' and basement ; boiler house at- tached. There is also a picker room 40x40 feet. The works are driven by a Corliss engine, 196 horse power, with 5 flue boilers. They give employment to about 190 persons making print cloths, J and f shirtings ; the weekly produc- tion being 50,000 yards. The putting in of new looms, and more spindles in the fall of 1868, brought the capacity of the mill up to 54,000 yards. They run 300 looms, 11,792 spin- dles — besides the new ones added last fall. This company use 15 bales per week. The Bay Mill Co. was incorporated in 1867, with a cap- ital of $100,000. Wm. W. Hill, President ; Albert Hill, Secretary. They occupy a 3i story stone building 175x36, with two wings, besides store houses and wharves — the mill being located ou the bay and directly side of the roailroad. This company employ 90 persons, running 100 looms and 5,600 spindles, making about 14,000 yards of fine shirtings per week, consuming 9 bales of cotton. The power is fur- nished by a 90 horse power Corliss patent, with 6 cylinder boilers. Pay roll, per month, §2,500. GREEi«^vicn Woolen Mill, located at this place, run by .James Waterhouse, man.ifacflires fancy cassimeres and la- dies' cloths. Employs 80 hands, nm 6 sets cards, consume 4.500 lbs. wool per week, and produce 4,000 yards goods. A .steam engine of 65 horse power furnishes the motive power, to drive the machinery. '3/ > >i^ A.^If.Z^ dencc and \V orcestcr Railroad. A small manufac turing village half a mile from AVoonsocket. The only manufactory is Ilamlet Mills, Isaac M. Bull proprietor. He commenced here in 1859, as successor to Carriiigton &. Wardwell. The mill being built by Mr. Carrington's father many years ago. The main building was remodeled in 1862, and presents a very imposing appearance from the cars. It is 200x42, 4 stories and attic with wing 70x40, 2 stories. Two other mill-; 14x11, three stories and 100x50, 2 stories, with boikr Iidh-i- .iiniilied, comprise the principal buildings. He runs l.'i.iinii -|iiinllis, 300 looms. Employs 200 persons, consuming 16,JUU lbs. of cotton and producing 60,000 yards of fine sheetings per week. Two 9J feet Fall River wheels furnish the power for the works, the fall here being 9J feet. ^Ill^l/S GROVE, 54 miles from New r^b^l London, 8 from Providence, on the Stonington & (^^^' Providence Railroad. A station recently established. A small village is rapidly being built surrounding the station. Rhode Island Malleable Ikon Co., incorporated in 1867, capital $100,000 with privilege to be increased to $200,000. T. J. Hill, President, S. W. Kilvert, Agent, Smith Quimby, Superintendent. This manufactory was built in the summer of 1867. Dimensions of building in- cluding moulding room, 175x60 feet ; annealing room 60x60 feet. The main part is 243 feet long with L 175 feet. Sev- eral houses have been built by this company for the accom- modation of their workmen, numbering at present 30 ; when the works are in full operation, they employ 135. All kinds of malleable iron are made here. J]\I>1A POII¥T. A station in the city of Providence, on the Providence, Warren and Bristol Bailroad. ^ II^GSTOIV, 35 miles from New Lon- JT'"| don, 27 from Providence, on the Stonington & Prov- ed' idencc Railroad. The village is about 2 miles dis- tant, on quite an elevation. Contains 1 church, a court house and many fine residences. This is the home of John G. Perry, the inventor of one of the leading mowing ma- chines in this coimtry, which took a gold medal at the Paris Exposition. He has issued many valuable patents and has done much for the advancement of and the perfecting of labor- .saving machines. The very popular summer resort, Narra- gansett Pier, is reached from this station, 7 miles distant. Twelve hotels are situated here, which are not sufficient to accommodate the many persons who resort to this place dur- ing the heated term. The villages of Rocky Brook, Peace- dale and Wakefield are located in this town (South Kings- town), about 6 miles from the depot. Hon. Rowland G. Hazard resides at Peacedale, and is connected with The Peacedale Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of woolen shawls, established in 1848. They employ 175 hands, and u.se 8 sets of machinery. Stephen C. Fisk, at Peacedale, commenced business in 1847, in the same building he now occupies. A 2 story wooden mill, basement of stone 70x35 with building attached for engine and cloth room 24x44. An engine 15 horse pow- er with 1 double Hue boiler. Providence Steam Engine Co.'s make and an overshot wheel, furnish the motive power for this mill. He employs 18 persons, running 12 looms, turn- ing out 3500 yards of satinets, &c., per. week. This mill is about 4 J miles from the above depot. The manufactory of Samuel Rodman, Jr. is located at the village of Rocky Brook, about 4 miles south of the abr. ve depot. The mill was built of stone, 115x40, 2^ stories, with picker room, engine and dye house attached 40 x 40. The goods manufactured here are Rhode Island jeans, of which about 10,000 yards are turned out per week. Number of persons empl(,yed 115, running 1,200 spindles, 60 looms. An engine of 60 horse, Corliss pattern and make, with 2 flue boilers made by Gardiner & Tiffany, furnish the power for this mill. Mr. R. also runs a small mill in the same village making shoddy, of which about 1 ton is made per week, em- ploying 4 persons. Mr. Rodman is successor to S. Rodman & Sons, com- mencing in 1861. He is brother to the lamented Gen. Isaac Rodman who fought so gallantly at Antietam, where he fell. His monument is situated in the village near by his former residence, where his family now reside. Rowland G. Rodman occupies a 2J story stone mill, 90 x38, located at Rocky Brook, 4 miles from the above depot He runs 3 sets of cards, 1200 spindles, 30 looms, making about 3500 yards per week. Employ 25 persons, the en- gine furnishing the motive power for this mill, was made in New York, also, a water wheel (overshot,) 15 feet across the fall here being about 15 feet. Mr. R. commenced the manufacture of jeans in 1868. Daniel Rodman conducts business in Kingston, R. I., for the manufacture of negro cloths, called D. Rodman's plains. He occupies a 2 story building 28x80 feet, employs from 18 to 20 hands, running two sets of machinery, and does a busiuess of from $38,000 to $40,000 yearly. The saw mill is located on Saucatucket river, with a fall of 16 feet of water. An engine of 8 horse power also assists. fONSDAl^E, 7 miles from Providence, 36J from Worcester. A manufacturing village on the Providence and Worcester Railroad. The Lonsdale Company run two mills here, manufacturing cotton cloth. We could not obtain any information. One and a'half miles 424 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. southwest of this village is the Moshassuck bleachery, located in the town of Smithfield, R. I. The proprietors are W. F. & F. C. Syles, who reaside at Pawtucket, two miles distant. It consists of two bleacheries, upper and lower. The upper bleachery is built of brick, and covers 30,621 square feet ; it has also, 1,040 feet in length of dry house, covering 22,880 square feet. The capacity for doing work is 12 tons per day. The lower bleachery is 1,000 feet from the upper, and is also built of brick, covering about 16,000 square feet, with a dry shed 230 feet long, covering 6,000 square feet. The work- ing capacity is 9 tons per dny. 3i1V\A:\i\VII^I.E, 12J miles from Pro\' ideuec, 3()J from 'Worcester. A manufacturing village on the Providence & Worcester Railroad. The Albion Company was incorporated about seven years since, but not organized until 1868. Harvey Chace, Pres- ident, James H. Chace and J. Chace, Treasurers. The manufactory was originally a stone building and two wood- en ones, to which have been added from time to time, brick buildings. Employ 300 persons ; manufacture print cloths, shirtings & sheetings. Ottice 22 Canal street, Providence, R. I. 81 from Hartford. A manufacturing village on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Here are located 4 large cotton mills, run by the A. &W. Sprague Manufiicturiag Co, the statistics of which we could not obtain. M' AYAXT, 7 J miles from Providence, and Providence, AVarren and Bristol Railroad. A \^^' country station. ^IjEWPOilT, 30 miles south of Provi- ^Ijl dence, 17 from Fall River, 75 from Boston, is loca- K}^ ted in latitude 41° 21' 14", tive miles from the ocean, on the island of Rhode Island. The island is about 6 miles in length and 1 in breadth. The soil is fertile and under good cultivatiou ; the surface is undulating, presenting a great variety of delightful scenery. If Newport were not, as it is, the most elegant and fashionable of all American watering places, its topographical beauties, its ancient com- mercial importance, and its many interesting historical asso- ciations, would yet claim for it distinguished mention. Com- ing in from the .sea around Point Judith, a few miles bring the traveller into the waters of Narragansett Bay, where he passes between Fort Wolcott on Goat Island and the strong- hold of Fort Adams, upon Brentou Point, on the right, and enters the harbor of a city that, in 1769, outrivalled New York in her foreign and domestic commerce. At this time, this town was in the zenith of her commercial prosperity. She had engaged in the foreign trade about 200 vessels ; and nearly 400 coasting vessels, including a regular line of Lon- don packets, and employing no less than 2,200 seamen. New York, New Haven, Nevv London, and other places, depended entirely on Newjiort as a market to supply themselves vvith foreign goods. Such was the amount of business done, that goods were not stored, owing to the want of room, while the wharves were literally covered with sugar, i-um, molasses, and every kind of foreign and domestic goods. The coasters would take on board the merchandise and pro- ceed direct to New York, Connecticut, &c., finding a ready demand. The West India trade was immense. A druggist in Newport supplied Rhode Island, a part of Massachusetts, all Connecticut and North Carolina, and had an establishment in New York. In the Revolution, the British long held possession of New- port, during which time and at their departure, it became almost desolate. Before leaving, they dsstroyed four hun- dred and eighty buildings — burned the light house, cut down all the trees, broke up the wharves, used the churches for riding schools and the state house for a hospital, and carried off the church bells and the town records to New York — dis- asters which reduced the population from 12,000 to less than half. But the incidents of this period have lefY some pleasant memories for the present day ; remembrances of the fame of Commodore Perry, who was bom in Narragansett — across the bay — and whose remains now rest in Newport ; of the residence of Rochambeau, and other brave officers of the French fleet ; and of the visit of General Washington, and the fetes given in his honor. Of late years the place has grown to be a great summer residence — a new city of charming villas and sumptuous mansions has sprung up, extending far along upon the ter- races which overlook the sea. The chief picturesque at- tractions of the place are the fflie ocean shores, known as the First, Second and Third Beach. The First Beach is chief- I3' used as a bathing ground by visitors. At the Second Beach are the famous rocks called Purgatory and the Hang- ing Rocks, within whose shadows, it is said, the celebrated Bishop Berkeley wrote his " Minute Philosopher." Nearer to the city, and upon the coast, is the great spouting cave. The Glen and other localities, are charming places to ride to. Among the venerable buildings still to be seen are the an- cient State House, (Newport being a semi-capital of Rhode Island,) the Redwood Library, erected in 1748, (among its collections are 84 large volumes presented by the King of England), Tammany Hall Institute, Trinity Church, the Vernon Family Mansion, Commodore Perry's House, the City Hall, the fortifications in the Harbor, and the " Old Stone Mill," a relic of a period past remembrance, and which has caused much speculation. It is claimed by the author of a work published in Denmark, to have been erected by Northmen, who, it is supposed, discovered this continent an- terior to Columbus, in the twelfth century. These Northmen were descendants of the Scandinavians, who, it is thought, sprang from the Thracians, mentioned by Homer, a nation now extinct. The Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Iceland- ers, all come imder the name of Northmen, or Norsemen ; on the other hand, it is said, the mill was erected about 200 years ago, and belonged to Gov. Benedict Arnold. In his will he calls it " my stone-built wind mill," and in his son- in-law's will, (Edward Pelham,) dated May, 1741, mention is also made of it, as though it had been built in Gov. Ar- nold's time. The dimensions of this curious structure are nearly 25 feet in height, its diameter on the outside is 23 ft., and inside 18 feet 9 inches. It is circular and supported up- on eight arches, resting upon thick columns about ten feet high. The height of the centre of the arches from the ground is 12 feet 6 inches, and the foundation extends to the depth of 5 feet. It is built of small pieces of stone firmly put to- gether with a very hard cement or mortar. Newport was the birthplace of the gifted miniature painter, Malbone ; and Gilbert Stuart's place of nativity may be seen in Narragansett, across the bay. Stuart made two copies of his Great Washington Picture for" Rhode Island — one can be seen in the State House at Ne«-port, the other in that at Providence. Franklin's Printing Press, which his brother James im- ported in 1720, is in the office of the Newport Mercury, a paper established in 1758, by James Franklin, and which is Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazttteer. 425 still published by Messrs. Pratt & Messer. The press is kept and honored as the one on which the great Benjamin worked when learning his trade. The old chair of State, in which Gov. Benedict Arnold sat at the reception of the charter in 1663, when it was pro- claimed in the presence of all the freemen of tiie colony, at Newport, is in the possession of Gould family. Newport is the terminus of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad, and is in daily coramunicatioa with New York by a magnificent line of steamers ; also, with Providence by both rail and steamers. The harbor is safe and commodious, having sufficient depth for any vessels that may enter. New- port has a transient population during the summer months of 5,000, who occupy the many elegantly and costly built residences, villas, &c., found here. The regular inhabitants are estimated to be upwards of 17,000. There are 21 churches, 2 newspapers, 8 national and 2 savings banks with a capital of about S3.000.000. Take it all in all, Newport is one of the most interesting and " enjoyahhj beautiful " places that the tourist can visit — fine hotels — beautiful drives — excellent bathing ; and ani/- thlng in the shopping line that can be found iu New York, Boston or Providence. MANUFACTURERS. GiDEOV Lawton & Co., sash, blind and door manufactu- rers ; also, planing, grooving, turning, and all styles of mould- ing. Lawton & Co. commenced the present business during the year 18.51, and at the present time are occupying one wooden building of two stories, 40x60 feet, and an ell 30x 70 feet, also of wood.. There are employed at present 15 hands. A 15 horse power "Greene engine," having 2 flue boilers, furnishes the motive power. J. L. & G. A. Hazard are manufacturers of first class cabinet furniture, of all descriptions — the greater part of their work being done to order. The present company are the suc- cessors of S. Hazard, a brother, who commenced business some 30 years ago, and has boen carried on by J. L. & G. A. Hazard, about 14 years. The buildings now used, are as follows: — the main building is 70x30 feet, built of wood, and having an addition 50 x 20 feet, two stories ; and an- other building 45x25 feet, also two stories. The wareroom 45x24 feet, also of wood, is one story in height. There is one large lumber shed and one drying room, .some 20x16 ft. One of Chubbuck & Campbell's 12i horse power horse en- gine, having one return tubular boiler, furnishes the neces- sary power. The average number of employees, is 22. The Newport Shot and Lead Co., manufacture all kinds of lead pipe, sheet lead, bar lead, buck and drop shot, minnie and rifle balls, &c. These works were originally started by Mason & Bradford, and some time afterwards was changed into a stock company. An 80 horse power engine of The Providence Steam Engine Co.'s build, fur- nishes the motive power. There are two cylinder boilers. The principal building is of wood, being about 109x45 feet, 3 stories. The office is 12x25 feet; shot-tower is 150 feet high, and. is 15 feet in diameter at base, and built of brick. There are two sets of " chilled rolls," being used for sheet lead, and the other for rolling zinc. Full number of men for running works, — 12. Richmond Manufactoking Co. Situated on Thames St. Manufacture print cloths. The size of the old stone mill, which was built about 1831, is 116x46 feet, 3 stories in height. On the front of the stone mill there is an addition 65x46 feet of 4 stories, built of brick. The engine and boiler house, is built on the rear end of the mill, being about 54x46 feet. The picker house addition is 40x45 feet, two stories in height, and built of stone. One store house 20x 40 feet, of wood, two stories, one store house 20x20 feet also, of wood. The blacksmith's shop is built of brick, 15 x 13 feef, and an addition to main building 22 x 36 feet. The office is a nice brick building 56x17 feet, one story ; the building fronting on Thames street. They have also a numbei of dwelling houses on the opposite side of the street. Every convenience has beeu furnished for extin- guishing fires, which with the excellence of everything con- nected with the mill, makes it strictly a first class establish- ment. The present company was incorporated in 1865. The number of employees is 150. There are 210 looms, 9,632 spindles, 9,000 pounds of cotton being used, turning out about 48,000 yards of cloth per week, and sometimes a still greater quantity. The engine used, is one of The Providence Steam Engine Company's, of 80 horse power, and having 10 plain cylinder boilers. W. Hill & Son, Brewers. This business was estab- lished by Mr. Evans, an Englishman, some forty years ago, was afterwards owned by Wood & Hay ward for a few years, and finally, about 30 years ago, passed into the hands of Mr. Wm. Hill, who with his son now carry on the business. The building used is of wood, two stories in height, and measuring 95x65 feet. About 6 men are now employed. One of Fuller's 7 horse engines, with tubular boiler furnishes the required power. Swinbcrne's Steam Floor Mill was establisiied in 1864, by Wm. J. Swinburne, for the manufacture of flour and meal. The main building is 50x50 feet and 4 stories high with an ell 35x35 feet, 3 stories high, with an addition 20x 25 feet, 1 story high. There are emploj'ed, when the mill is in full operation, about 16 men, using 5 run of stones, pro- ducing about JOO bushels of wheat and 500 bbls. of flour monthly. A Corliss steam engine of 75 horse power, made by Corliss Steam Engine Co. of Providence, and 4 cylinders 30 feet long, 2 J feet in diameter, furnish the motive power. Connected with the above establishment is a store house 135 feet long, 1 story high ; cooperage 60x35 feet wide and 2J stories high, capable of turning out 200 bbls. per day ; stor- age shed for cooperage, stockcoal, &c., stables and office, the whole occupying about 45,000 square feet of land. Vessels come to within 4 feet of the mill and are discharged by ship elevator. Each cargo is weighed on Fairbanks' patent hop- per scales and is screened and put in bin by machinery. C5(|YlPJ IPITHJC, \1\ miles from Providence from Hartford. A country station in the town f Coventry, on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad. ^AYTTUCKET, 4J miles from Provi- '^A deuce, 39 from Boston, 38f from Worcester. The vil- (t^ lage of Pawtucket is situated on both sides of the Black- er stone or Pawtucket river, in the towns of North Providence and Pawtucket, R. I., on the Providence & Wor- cester and Boston & Providence Railroads. This village, large enough to be, and having more enterprise according to its size than hall of the cities iu the United States, has long been a manufacturing place of much importance. Tiie com- merce of Pawtucket is quite considerable, large schooners and barks coming direct to the wharf. The water power is immense, and the fall of the river within a short distance is 50 feet. Gas was introduced 1853. There are 11 churclies, 3 national and 3 savings banks, and a population of 12,000. This place is connected with Providence by steam cars hourly, and by horse cars every 15 minutes. It is hardly necessary to repeat that which is so generally known, that iu this place cotton cloth was first successfully 54 426 Stations in the State of Rhode Islaiid. lysrs, Ilsacks anl Mm i Ifcsb anl Iforslel 7am, Brails, ALSO LADIES' DRESSES, CLOAKS, SHAWLS, &C., Gentlemefi's Coats, Vests, Pantaloons, and Ovefcoats, Dejd, Cleansed, and Pressed, IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER AT SHORT NOTICi:. FLE^S^^VT >'IEW, P^AVTUCIiET, :R. I. RICHAED W. REYNOLDS. HENRY H. GREEN. in the United States by water power machinery, under the inventive genius of Samuel Slater, Esq., the father of cotton manufacturing in this couutrj-. MANUFACTURERS. OxE of the oldest established thread establishments in the United States, is the one carried on by Dexter & Bro. This business, which has for the past 10 years grown to immense proportions, was established by Nathaniel G. B. Dexter, the father of the present firm, in 1820. When he commenced, the value of the entire productions did not equal $20,000 per year. Now, the value of the productions amount to over half a million. This firju are manufacturers of knitting, darn- ing and tidy cottons, in balls and skeins. Also, single, double and 3-ply yarns, on beams, in the skein, or cop. "Have three mills ; two situated in Pawtueket, one in Valley Falls. Use steam power in two of them; water in one. Run 12,000 spindles — 5,000 mule, 7.000 ring. Consume 2,000 bales of cotton per year, producing about 850,000 pounds of yam. Give emploj-ment to about 225 hands. Reynolds & Green, dyers and bleachers of woolen and worsted yams, braids, &c., occupy a 2 story wooden build- ing 75 X 45 feet, situated on River street, Pleasant View, where they employ 25 hands, and have a capacity for dye- ing and bleaching 3,500 lbs. per day. Their motive power is furnished by an engine of 12 horse power. This firm commenced business in July, 1867, and are also dyers and cleansers of ladies' and gentlemen's garments, carpets, &c., &c. Worsted braids a specialty. Among the establishments which have made Pawtueket known to the world at large, is the print works of the Dl^n- NELL MANCFAtTL-RiNG CoMPANT, which are more extensive than is even generally known to the residence of the town. The buildings, 3G in number, together with the necessary yard room, cover nearly 30 acres of ground. It was incor- porated in 1848, with a capital of 8775,000, and is said to be one of the first establishments of the kind in the United States, and in the arrangement as respects economy of labor and the best known modes of calico printing, are not sur- passed in this country or in Europe. The print shop con- tains 9 machines. In steam prints as many as 10 colors or tints have been produced in one pattern, though the average is about four. The steams are clear and bright in color, the madders, especially the lawn fabrics, clean and well finished, the prints being generally pure and of excellent tint. Prob- ably a greater variety of printed fabrics have been prouuced at this establ shment than in any other in the United States. Almost every kind of goods printed in France are also printed here, such as organdies, lawns, jaconets, brilliants, pongee silks, and figures, as well as all the ditferent varie- lade ties of calicoes, from 40 down to 24 inch. Nearly one-half of the establishment is devoted to printing fine goods. AU the designing and engraving is done at the works. This company consume weekly 450,000 yards of printing cloth I and 100 tons of coal, producing 22,500,000 yards of calico per annum. The motive power is furnished by four steam engines, making 200 horse power. The works employ about 250 persons. Their selling agents are Messrs. An- thony & Hall, of New York, and Cooper, Vail & Co., of Boston, Mass. J. L. Dunnell is President and C. B. Farns- worth. Treasurer of the company. Among the new branches of business introduced here is that of worsted braids. D. Goff & Son were among the first in this vicinity to go into this business. Their mill is 50x70 feet, 6 stories high, built of stone ; machinery all new and of the most approved kind, with a full set of English combing, drawing and spinning machines, and 220 braiders of American make. They use Canada wool and employ about 75 persons. The capacity of the mill is 17,968,000 yards per year. William Jeffeks, manufacturer of steam fire engines, occupies over 6,000 square feet of room and has 23 em- ployees. His machinery consists of 9 engine lathes, 2 hori- zontal drilling lathes, 3 upright drills and 3 planers. Mr. Jeffers commenced building hand engines in 1848, and in 1861 turned his attenton to the building of steam fire engines. He has built nearly two hundred engines for diflTerent parts of the Union. I S. FiFiELD, Stove, sink and hollow ware manufacturer, occupies three buildings, one of them 100x70 feet, one 70x30, and the other, 30x50 feet. He has from forty to fifty employees, and manufactures the Magnet Cook. F^agle Cook, Standard Cook. Brilliant Cook, Home Guard Range, Factor)- Stove, Cylinder Stoves, Eagle Air Tight, also twelve pat- terns of sink and hollow ware. All of his stoves, sinks, &e., are of his own invention. He has also completed a new stove called the Magnet Cook, which was put into the market 1868. The amount of castings used by him is from 500 to 600 tons per year. The PAWrrcKET Flour Mill, under the management of N. M. Burr, Esq., which was burned in December, 1867, and rebuilt in 1868, is now in successful operation. The main building is of brick 40x60 feet, and is 5 stories high ; to the westerly end of this brick building, there has been added a wooden structure, of the same width and height as the main building, which is divided into six compart- ments, to be used as grain bins. The sides and partitions of these grain bins are constructed entirely of layers of joist, each one of which is firmly spiked to the preceding layer, and the whole braced and strenjrthened with iron rods, in Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 427 DEXTER & BROTHER, MANUFACTURERS OF T 11 13 a 1 1 s and S U o i n « Also, Manufacturers of all kinds of AND ) FOR TAPES AND BRAIDS, hmi I Prinlers' Was ad Cflp lams, FOR HOSIERY PURPOSES. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO FURNISHING Yarns for Fancy Woolen Goods 39 PLEASANT ST, Pawtiieket, R. I. AW OvAevs Pioi\\vV\y AUeuAed to. Simeon W. Dexter. Daniel S. Dexter. 428 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. N. P. HICKS, AT THE OLD SLATER MILL. Mill Street, PA\\'TUCKET, E. I. EMS' U. S. mm RM TRAVELERS, HICKS' IMPROVED POINTED BELT HOOKS. Spinning Rings, HiiriiO'^^ Hooks, Ntrap Hooks, Jark Hooks, Harness Eyes, 4»iiide Wires, Cotton Ropes, Cotton Yarns, Cotton Banding, Cotton Lines, Cotton T\vine«, &c., &c., ^kc. o I manufacture every description of the above mentioned goods, and from the best materials. Tlieir long established use and reputation, and tlieir superiority to all otheo* made, render them a necessity to Manufacturers. I spare no pains to make these articles entirely satisfactory to customers. JFor Sale by Ifealers in Hardware and Jflamifacturers Supplies. Orders sent to C. WHITE, Sole Agent. No. 47 Exch careful and prompt attention. Place, Providence, R. I., or to the Subscriber, will re?eive N. P. HICKS, PAWTUCKET, R- I- the most substantial manner. It is estimated that these gi-ain bins will, together, hold about 30,000 bushels of grain, the enormous weight of which makes it necessary that they should be constructed in the strongest manner possible. The rpof of the building is fire proof, the windows are to be furnished with iron shutters, and the wooden part is covered with corrugated sheet iron ; thus any ordinary exposure to fire, externally, can have but little effect to endanger the mill. There are in the mill seven run of stone, which are connected with the grain bins, the bolting machines, the smut machines, &c.,by elevators and conductors of the most ingenious description. The arrangement of the machinery in the third and fourth stories has a complicated appearance to the uninitiated ; but it is such that, although the grain must pass through almost numberless elevators, conductors, machines and processes, before it is ready for the market, vet, not a particle of it is lost ; and even the sweepings of the floors are preserved, and manufactured into an inferior kind of feed. The machinery is driven hy two water wheels, a larger and a smaller one, the aggregate force of which amounts to 110 horse power. They employ 10 persons, and produce 100 barrels of flour and 800 bushels of grain and meal per day. It is the second flour mill in size in Xew England, yet, in every other respect it may be justly classed among the first. It is an undisputed fact in the history of all prominent in- ventions, or the proposal of carrying out practically any great public work or enterprise, that the first experiments, com- menced under many discouragements and difl!iculties and were derided by the world at large. History is replete with these facts. The invention of the first steam engine, the first sew- ing machine, the first telegraphic instrument, \.\\e first Pacific Railroad, — all prove this conclusively. To follow this idea still further, the production and invention of ring travelers (a great acquisition to the manufacture of cotton and woolen yarn, jute, thread, &c.,) was pursued under manj' diificul- ties by N. P. Hicks, Esq., of this place, who claims to be the inventor of the art of forming the circle of the ring trav- eler to suit the different kinds of rings ; also of numbering them correctly, and establishing uniformity in their size, shape, temper and finish, while in the employ of H. & S. B. Chase, in Valley Falls, R. I., many years since. His experience in the spinning room suggested the want of such an article, and. in connection whh his other duties, he rudely construc- ted his first ring travelers, hardening the rings at his home over a cooking stove. He continued in this way for a num- ber of years, till quite a trade had been acquired, when he embarked in the manufacture of them quite extensively. His establishment comprises the " Old Slater Mill." where Sam- uel Slater perfected his inventions that have since been so valuable. It is situated in the rear of 39 Mill street. It is 140 X 38 feet, 3 stories, of which he occupies two ; also 2 rooms in a brick building near, 20x20 feet. The first floor of the Slater mill has 2 rooms, each 70 x 28 feet, where are manufactured mule banding, cable cord, bleachers' twines, wrapping twine, &c., using for their manufacture 9 twisters, 3 rope machines, 2 spoolers, 1 winder, 2 reels, 4 machines for making loop bands, 9 braiders, 7 traveler machines, 2 belt hook machines, 3 sets of rolls for plating wire, 5 screw machines for making all descriptions of wire goods for cot- ton and woolen manufacturers, 3 presses for forming same, and 3 machines for jointing wire, &c., &c. The 2d floor 140x28 feet, contains machinery for the manu- facture of spinning rings, straightening wire and for general repairs, having a capacity for producing 1,000 rings each ! week, with the intention of increasing it to 3 times that number. The brick building adjoining is 20x20 feet, containing 3 Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 429 Manufacturer of For Woolen, Cotton and Print Works; also Family Soaps of all kinds, Superior Glycerine Soap. Orders by Mail or Express will receive prompt uttentiou. PAWTUCKET, R. furnaces for anDealliiig purposes aud 4 burnishers for polish- ing goods with a capacity of furnishing 500,000 per day, and 1 furnace for hardening spinning rings. In connection with this, Mr. Hicks has a rope walk 575 ieet long IC feet wide, located at the lower end of the Pawtucket Riding Park, where he manufactures cotton rope from 3-1 6th to IJ inch in diameter. The power is supplied at the Slater and brick mills, by a Kilburn & Lincoln iron wheel 17 horse power, the fall is 8 feet on the Blackstone or Pawtucket river. Mr. Hicks claims thiit by an experience in the Spinning Room of twonty-eight years, and fifteen years constant occu- pation in making and testing Ring Travelers, he has acquired a full knowledge of the wants of Spinners, and the best styles for Ring Travelers, and is prepared by means of ample mill room and water power, with superior machinery and workmanship to make a better article than any other in the market ; and that he has always made it a practice to test his Travelers, and to make them of the best possible form and size to suit tlie peculiar form of Rings and work to be performed by them. His customers can always rely upon the number, which will be found upon each and every box. as being con-ect, the Travelers uniform, and claims them subject to at least ten per cent, less waste than any other Traveler ever offered to American manufacturers. To sum up the different styles and kinds of goods made we will enumerate again. Hicks" U. S. Standard Ring Travelers, used for spinning and twisting cotton yarn, thread, twine, and woolen worsted goods, of every description ; also belt hooks, spinning rings, harness straps, and jack hooks, cotton line, twine, banding, &c., &p., and 37,000,000 dif- ferent styles and shapes of wire goods. James O. Draper occupies a two storj' wooden building, 60x30 feet, situated on River street. Pleasant View, and manufactures fulling, scouring and family soap. Also a superior soap used by calico printers. He commenced busi- ness here in 1859, and now employs 5 persons, who turn out I weekly about 5,000 lbs. of soap, consuming about 3,000 lbs. ' of fallow, grease, &c., &c. The soap manufactured by him j for the use of calico printers, is not excelled, rarely equalled [ by any other kind in the country, and is being extensively 1 used by them in all cases, giving entire satisfaction. Mr. D. is also manufacturing a superior glycerine soap made into j balls, convenient for family use, for the toilet and for shaving [ purposes. Clshman, I*hilups & Co., manuf. of spools for cotton, linen, and silk thread, occupy a 3 story stone building 40x 60 feet, with boiler house attached, 20x40 feet, located at Pleasant View. The business was established by Robert Cushman, at Cumberland, R. I. in 1848, and in 1850 "he re- moved to this place. In 1857 he formed a co-partner- ship with his brother under the firm name of R. & Ci. Cusli- j man, and the business was carried on by them at this loca- tion, until April 1st, 1868, when the firm was changed to its present name. They have on an average 48 employees, run 14 sets of spool machines, consume about 700,000 Ieet of white birch lumber annually, and have a capacity for pro- ducing "20,000 gross of spools per month, doing a business ! of from S70.000 to S75.000 per annum. An engine of 40 horse power, built by Booth Brothers — formerly of Paw- tucket — furnished with steam from 2 cylinder boilers, 40 horse power combined, built by Allen & Endicott of Cam- bridgeport, Mass., drive their machinery. This firm have a branch establishment, located at Farmington Falls, Maine, carried on by R. Cushman & Co. Richard B. Gage occupies a brick mill, situated on Foun- tain street. Pleasant View, for the manufacture of cotton yarn. It was completed in 1868, and is one of the finest structures of the kind, in the State. The main building is 138 feet 8 inches long, 52 feet 8 inches wide, and contains three stories and an attic ; it is constructed wholly of brick, and built in a very thorough manner. Adjoining the main building, is another, fifty feet long by 40 feet wide, two stories high and attic. This building contains an engine room, a CUSHMAN, PHILLIPS & CO, Successors to R. & G. Cushman, Manufacturers ot Spools for Cotton & Linen Tliread. Machine Twist, Tram and Sewing Silk; also Braider Bobbins, Mooden Balls, &c,, &e. Pleasant Vie^f', PaTvtiieket, K. I. ROBERT CUSHMAN, J. HENRY PHILLIPS, ABNER ATWOOD. 430 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. MANUFACTURER OF COTTON AND WOOLEN ^AOHIH Malleable Iron Castings. SHARP & ROBERTS' SELF-ACTING MULE, FOR COTTON. Pair, ( urtis k Msulelej's Self-acting Mule for J ottoii and Wool. PATENTEE AND SOLE BUILDER OF THE Plllll IMlSieil SPllBllS. boiler room, and a lapper room, and like the main building is built of brick. The timbers for the floors and support of the machinery, in both buildings, are of huge dimensions, and are all of hard pine, and these in their turn are braced and strengthened by iron posts and rods, in the most sub- stantial manner possible. The mill cost over 8100,000. It contains 4,384 spindles. The number of hands employed is 35, who produce weekly from 3,000 to 5,000 lbs. of yarn. An engine of 80 horse power supplied with steam from 4 cylinder boilers, 24 feet long by 2| feet wide, built by the Washington Iron Works, of Newburg, N. Y., drives the machinery. Mr. Gage was formerly proprietor of what is now known as the Lebanon mill, but sold his interest in that enterprise about two years since. James S. Beown, machinist and machinery manufactur- er, a son of Sylvanus Brown, who was employed in 1790 to assist Samuel Slater in perfecting his inventions and to en- able him successfully to carry out his plans which have pro- ved since so valuable. The son is even more distinguished than his father as a machinist and inventor. The slide rest used in turning lathes, by which the height of the tool can be adjusted while the lathe is in motion, was invented by him while in the employ of Pitcher & Gay in 1820, which firm he succeeded. He also invented a gear gutter for bevel gears. It requires no change of the head stock to make the proper taper in going once round the wheel. He has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of Sharp & Robert's patent self-acting mule. Among other improve- ments made by him on this mule was putting a catch box in the middle of the carriage under the head, which im- provement is Hfelieved by many, to be the life of the mule in this country. Mr. Brown erected his present manufactory in 1849. It is 400 feet in length, 60 in breadth, and 2| stories high. with a large wing- attached in which is stationed the engine that supplies the power for the whole shop. In addition is a pattern house 46x72 feet, and 2J stories high above base- ment, built in 1859. Most of the tools used in his estab- lishment were made and invented by him. The principal business of this establishment at the present time is the building of the proprietor's patent speeder, and Parr, Curtis & Madeley's patent mule, the latter designed for both wool and cotton. A new building was erected in 1867, 96x38 feet with an ell 24 feet square, for making malleable iron castings. The general management of this extensive estab- lisliment is under the charge of the son of the proprietor, whose energy and skill qualifies him for the responsible sit- uation which he holds. Alheet p. Everett occupies a 2 story wooden building 50x25 feet, located in the rear of 39 Mill street, for manu- facturing bleaching and pressing ladies hats of every de- scription. He commenced business Sept. 1st, 1868, and dur- ing the busy season employs upward of 30 hands. He has in use 3 treadle presses for stamping purposes and facilities for doing work in the best style of the art. T. M. Geeene & Co., manufacturers of every description of brushes, occupy two floors in a 3 story wooden building 60x33 feet, located at No. 46 Mill street. This firm com- menced business in 1866, as successors to George F. Greene, who established the business in Attleboro', about 10 years since. They employ on an average 8 persons ; consume an- nually about 3,000 tbs. of bristles, and do business amount- ing to $12,000. T. M.Greene and John McArthur, Jr., constitute the company. W. A. Beatet & Co., jewelers findings and jobbing materials. Commenced business in 1865. Employ 15 persons ; occupy 3d floor in Greene's Mills. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 431 RICHARD HARRISON & COMPANY, e i ~ ^ M s ij ^ ' (« 9 I m-A •1 '"0^ g -"^i-.-*^' "^ CR ■ - « , Worstd and Cottoi LOCK BOX 6§. PLEASANT VIEW, PAWTUCKET, R. R. Bliss & Co., croquet, wooden games, hand and bench screw, aud tool handle manufacturers. This firm has been established since 1833, the style remaining the same since the commencement, uotwitlistaudiiijr the retirement of Mr. Bliss and others that originally composed it. They occupy^| a new 2 story brick building 120x40 ; employing 33 persons. Their engine, made by J. A. Smith & Co., of tliis place, is 40 horse power. They use up about 400,000 feet of lumber per year for the manufacture of their various articles, using 15 lathes, 2 planers, 2 boring machines, 1 motising machine with borer, 7 saws, &c. Richard Harrison & Co. are bleachers and printers of cotton, woolen and zephyr yarns, &c. They occupy a three story wooden building 120x20 feet, with ell attaclied 3Gx40 feet, 4 stories, located on River street. Pleasant View, hav- ing been engaged in tlie business at this location since Jan. 1867. They run 5 printing machines with a capacity for printing 600 lbs. per day, of every style and color, in a man- ner which we feel safe in saying is not surpassed by any party in the United States. They own a patent, invented by John Foster, applied to their printing machines, which ena- bles them to do double the amount of work, and in a far su- perior manner to the old method. In connection with this, they have recently bought the large and extensive dye works formerly owned by Messrs. Ilayley & Harrison, and Mr. Thomas Hayley, which consist of a dye house 70x40 feet ; scouring room 40x40 feet ; boiler room 40x20 feet ; receiv- ing room 60x40 feet ; packing room 60x20 feet, and dry room 70x40 feet ; the whole covering an area of 50,000 sq. feet. In these works woolen, worsted and cotton yams and braids are dyed and bleached — the capacity being 4,000 lbs. per day. They employ 25 hands. Their machinery is driv- en by an engine of 12 horse power, built by Booth Bros., formerly of this place. They also have in use three tubular boilers, each 16 feet long, used for he.iting and boiling pur- poses, built by Messrs. Dobbins & Crawford, of Lowell, Mass., the combined power of which is 150 horse. The Union AVaiuum, Co., located near the Railroad, is one of the iavL'' -i miiulHinries of the kind in the world. The company cnii-i^t- .i| M. --is. DariusGoff, JohnD. Crans- ton, Stephen Browni'll and II. A. Steams, the latter being Sup't of the works. Their main building is of stone, 350x40 feet. 2i stories, witli picker room adjoining 60 x 40, 2 stories. The boiler room, which is 60 ft. square, has an engine of 80 horse power, Corliss pattern, and 5 cylinder boilers. Another building for cleaning stock, 60x24 feet, 2 stories ; also, a carpenters' and machine shop, with several new store houses. The production of wadding is about 5,000 pounds per day, with facilities for preparing 6,000 lbs. of cotton waste for wiping steam engines and other machine- ry. The manufacture of wadding in 1 day was 24,580 yds. almost 14 miles in length. They make 10 or 12 different styles of wadding and 5 or 6 varieties of machinery waste. They have also a large bleachery near Providence, connected with the above, and a sorting house, where 80 persons are kept*busy assorting their work. James A. Smith & Co. succeeded Booth Bros, in 1866, in the manufacture of steam engines, works for bleachers and tanners and machinery generally. Employ 10 persons ; using 7 lathes, 1 planer, 1 upright drill ; business per year 820,000. Motive power furnished by an engine of their own make 8 horse power with tubular boilers 36 inches, 11 feet long 10 feet tubes, made by Thomas Cunningham of Charlestown, Mass. The building is a new one built of brick 60x30, 3 stories, of which they occupy 2 floors. 432 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. C. E. PITCHER & CO. IVIANUFACTUREKS OF Of Every Number, Ply and Color. P*^WTUCKET, It, I. C. E. Pitcher & Co. commenced the manufacture of spool cotton in the building on River street, known u the pump, which makes it a self-charger, and it cannot fail to draught water under any circumstances. It has been tested with the most satisfactory results where other engines ' have proved themselves useless. It is considered by all mechanics and leading insurance men one of the most im- portant points in a steam fire engine, and no engine is j considered perfectly reliable without it. I By the patent piston rod, which is made of one continu- ous rod of cast steel instead of being in two pieces like all j other engines, they avoid sticking on the centres, also cramp- ing of the sliding box, causing extra friction. The friction on the sliding box is no greater when the engine is doing its greatest work than when running light. By the improvement in their boiler, which enables them to use all kinds of water in the boiler, without foaming, as is often the case. It enables them to use dry steam in the steam cylinder, and avoids leaky points from being strained, caused by water raising in the boiler and passing over to the cylinder with the steam. Their pump, is also so constructed that all of the valves can be taken out in five minutes. Their machines stand steady and have no motion whatever or chaf- fing of hose. Pawtucket Manufactxtsin'g Co., print cloths. Alanson Thayer, Agent. This firm commenced business in 1845, in a wooden building, 7 stories on one side and 5 stories on the other, 74x43, with an ell 43x16, built by them for their use. They use 185 looms, have 7,200 spindles; employing 125 persons, using up 15 bales of cotton, and turning out 36,000 yards per week. Office, Main street. 436 Statimis in the State of Rhode Island. I>^]XIEI OL^^K^Ii, ifacturer anfl tlealcr in BOXES, ROBES, PLATES, HANDLES, &C. &C, S COIVIIMOTV ST., COR. THAIIV, I»jV"\VTUCK;ET, R. I. Also Manufacturers of (CLARK'S PATENT.) t^ Corpse Preservers ready for use at short notice. .^J Lebanon Mill Co., surcessors to R. B. Gage & Co. in 18G8, who commenced business in 1859. The present firm manufacture cotton yarn and stockinet goods in a 2 story building 40x70 with basement. Capacity of the mill 4,320 spindles, and employ 25 persons. This manufactory is lo- cated at Ten Mile river, 2J miles from the village. The office is in Pawtucket with the Pawtucket Manufacturing Company. Pawtccket Tack Co. commenced business in 1865, occu- pying one half of basement in all, about 3,000 square feet. Employ 10 persons, using 12 tack machines; manufacturing 1,200,000 tacks per day, all kinds consisting of brads, shoe 1 nails, &c. The business is conducted by Geo. H. Cooper, un- der the above name. Payke & Tayloe occupy one floor of building 130x40, ] besides other rooms for the manufacture of hair cloth for 1 paddings. Commenced business in 1848, employing 20 per- sons, using 50 looms, Lindsley's patent, manufacturing 10,- 000 yards per month, the power is furnished by water. H. A. Briggs & Co. manufacture cotton yarn bandings, ropes, lace leather and picker strings. This firm commenc- ed business in 1849, being King & Briggs at that time ; they have a manufactory in this place, three stories, 30x50, for the manufecture of yarn. Also, a leather manufactory at Attleboro', and two for batting at Foxboro' and Mansfield, where the articles are made by contract. Employ 40 per- sons. They have also a counting room and store house at this place, and a rope walk at Coventry, R. I. They do a business amounting to S200,000 per year. The firm now is H. A. Briggs, Russell Briggs and H. A. Briggs, Jr. Dearborn & Rouse, safety blind catch and lock manu- facturers, occupy a room in basement of Greene's mills. This firm is composed of two enterprising young men, who manufacture the above, the best thing for which it is design- ed, in the market. No pins, no rivets, no joints, to make it get out of order. Thomas Lewis occupies the lower floor of brick building in the rear of 37 Mill street, 30x45, for the manufacture of a clutch regulator for regulating water wheels, thereby keep- ing the correct time ; commenced business in 1830. G. W. Kimball occupies the lower floor of a wooden building, 25x35, located at Front street, corner of Cottage, for the manufacture of pop corn cake ; commencing business in June, 1868, employing 4 persons, and has facilities for making 5 dozen every five minutes. Elisha Godfrey, Cottage street, corner North Bend, commenced the manufacture of cotton batting and dealer in cotton waste, &c., in 1865, in a building 2^ stories, of wood, 35x25, with an L 22x35, employing 8 persons, working up 3,500 weight of stock per day, turning out 500 lbs. of cotton batting. The engine is of 30 horse power, built at Lawrence, Mass. Business amounts to $25,000 per year. James Arnold & Son, Dexter street, occupy a 3 story brick building 40x75 feet, for the manufacture of the im- proved upright spooler ; also, spindle bolsters, &c. Employ 15 persons. This firm have also a machine shop 30 x 66 ft. Commenced business in 1835 ; doing a business of $20,000 per annum. The Paavtucket Thread Co. was incorporated 1866, do- ing a business of $300,000 per annum. They occupy a brick building 100x65, with boiler room attached. The works are driven by a 40 horse power engine, Greene's old patent. They employ 100 persons, and turn out about 2,000 dozen of spool thread per day. Capacity of the mill 1,064 spindles. This company make a 2,400 yard thread, which is a very superior article for machine or hand sewing, there being but one other concern in the country that make it. The officers are James H. Cutler, President ; Charles B. Jenks, Treas. Henry F. Bishop & Co., occupy second story of brick building 40x75 feet, for the manufacture of reed and harness, and general supplies for mills. This firm commenced business in August, 1868. Employ 5 persons, using 3 reed machines, 4 drawing frames and 1 pair of rolls. William Cooke occupies a room 80x40 feet, for the manufacture of yarns and thread ; employing about 16 per- sons ; turning out 1,000 lbs. per week. Commenced busi- ness in 1861. The Sensation Collar Co., Greene's mills. This com- pany commenced in September, 1868. James Cunningham, Agent. The works are not in operation at present. Daniel A. Clark, manufacturer of coffins, caskets and Clark's patent wood coffin trimmings, 2 Common street, corner Main street, a building 40x80 feet, 3 stories. Mr. C. commenced business in 1861, and has met with much success in the manufacture of wood coffin trimmings. He has lately patented a new corpse preserver that he claims obviates all the difficulties in similar inventions, keeping the body dry and preserving it for many years. Fairbrother & Fales, manufacturers of leather belts, picker or moccasin leather and Page's patent sweet fern and chemical lacing. Their main building is 81x35 feet, five stories with ell 70x40 feet, four stories. The works are driven by a 20 horse power engine, and have in their employ sixty men. Their belting is of a superior quality, being made from Philadelphia oak tanned leather, selected express- ly for this purpose, of which they use 18,000 sides per year, and tan 13,000 sides picker leather and 34,000 sides lace leather per year. Consume 175 bbls. oil, 26,000 pounds Webb's N. JE. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteei-. 437 LITTLEFIELD BROTHERS, Manufacturers of every variety of Skc Threads for Spooling-, Sing-le ^^arns, in Cop or Skein, and T^vo-Tlireaded AA^arps, Ore^v', IBleaclied or Colored- Office i\o. 10 Hi«li Street. Pa^vtiieket, R. I. GEO. L. LITTLEFIELD. A. H. LITTLEFIELD. tallow, 175 tons coal, besides large quantities of lime, salt, flue boilers 40 horse power each, built by Gideon G. Hicks, alum and gambia. This establishment is situated near the I of Providence, R. I., drive their machinery. boundary that divides Pawtucket from Central Falls, and sometimes hail from the latter place. S. S. Humes & Co., contractor and builders ; also manu- facturers of circle, gothic, arch-loft and plain windows and LITTLEFIELD BuOTHERS, manufacture skein thread, warps, printers' twine, seaming twine and thread for winding. They have a mill lOGxS.T feet, 3 stories, with basement and a shop for finishing, 40x80 feet, 2 stories and basement. Tlicy are door frames, brackets, mouldings, tank and box making, shop also proprietors of the Cumberland Mills, located out of the No. 11 Broad street, Pawtucket, R. I. j place ; running in all 6,100 spindles ; turning out 3 tons of The machinery is on the first floor of Messrs. D. D. ; work per week. Sweet & Co.'s brick establishment, and from their engine ; p^^^tl-cket and Central Falls are getting to be the head the power is obtamed, to the amount of about 20 horse „„ , . . . , _ , , , , n I centre for thread in this country. The Conant Tukead Co., The machmes consists in part of 1 large double surface ^^^ j. ,, boats' establishment, in Europe, are now having built machinery for the purpose of establishing a large thread manufactory at Central Falls. The company was incorporated iu 1869. Officers not yet chosen ; ar- rangements have not been perfected far enough for us to give ny reliable iuformation in regard to tlic size of buildings. planer, (Woodbury's Patent). 2 smaller planers ; Bartlett's mortiser ; 1 large and 1 small moulding machine ; 1 irreg- ular moulding machine ; 1 tenoning, and 1 grooving ma- chine ; 3 swing saws ; 3 table matchers ; whip, slitting, and squaring saws ; &c., &c., occupying for machines, benches. lids to be employed or No. of machines to be used. and storage, some 25,000 square feet of floors. Employ 50 j^^ ^j- j workmen. Consume annually for buildings, and caves, box- es, &c., one and half million feet of lumber of various thick- Cyril Manchester occupies at Central Falls, near this nesses. The capacity of this establishment is 300 boxes place a 2 story wooden building 25x40 feet, for the manufac- daily. The amount of business done each year about $100,- 'ure of silver plated coffin trimmings. He commenced busi- 000. They have done business a.s carpenter's and builders, "ess in 18G1. Employs 20 persons and does a business of for 18 years. I $15,000 annually. B. P. Clapp commenced the manufacture of chemicals in I The American File Company was incorporated 1863. 1861, admitting in 1865 P. W. Arnold & W. B. Hopkins, j Capital $200,000 for the manufacture of machine, and hand the style now being, B. P. Clapp & Co. This firm have 3 cut files. This Company was formerly located at Paw- laboratories, the largest one located at this place, occupying 1 tucket, but have sold their building to the Slater Cotton Co. one-fourth of an acre, one at Coventry, R. I., on the Prov- j The buildings occupied are at Central Falls, they are idence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad, of one-fourth of an j 110x35, IJ stories, brick, and 110x26, Istory, wood. Will acre, the other at West Greenwich, 6 miles from Greene ; employ when in full operation 125 persons. Stephen A. Station on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad ; 2 j Jenks, President ; Nahum Bates, Treasurer, buildings 40x60 and 35x70 feet ; at the two last places py- The Company contemplate many improvements and an roligneous acid and acetate acid are manufactured. Employ enlargement of the business. 16 persons; manufacturing 1,500 lbs. of pyroligneous and The thread establishment of Messrs. Greene & Daniels acetate acids and 3,600 of amonia per week besides naptha, jg located just over the line from Central Falls in Pawtucket, iron liquor, soda, &c. Slater Cotton Co. Incorporated in May, 1869. Capi- tal $300,000. S. W. Mowry, Agent ; S. N. Longee, Super- intendent. Their mill is built of brick ; the main building, 304x86 feet, 2i stories high, and was formerly occupied by the American File Co., but it has since been remodelled and nicely fitted up for the manufacture of cotton goods. At- tached to the main building are 2 L's 50x50 feet each ; also a boiler and engine room 50 x 50 feet, which contains the picker house, they being separated by a fire-proof partition. They also have a cotton, stock and waste house, built of brick, 100 feet long and 2 stories high. They run 314 looms and 20,000 spindles. An engine of 250 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine ; supplied with steam from 5 but both of the proprietors and a large portion of the em- ployees reside in Central Falls, and the establishment is claimed by the villagers as belonging to them, although all letters are sent to and their banking and express business transacted at Pawtucket. This establishment is one of the largest in the world. The senior partner has been engaged in the business some 40 years. Mr. Daniels, although not so long engaged, has a practical knowledge of the busine.«s, and has invented a considerable number of machines, wliich are claimed to be superior to those used in other thread man- ufactories. The main building is 410x67 feet, four stories high, with an attic and French roof, besides this is an office building 42x25 feet, two stories and basement ; also, a bleach and 438 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. 48 PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND. Manufacturers of Acetic Acid and Aqua Ammonia, of various j^radea, for Calico Printers, Manufacturers, Photo- graphers, and Druggists. Nitrate Ammonia, for Dentists. Wood Napflta, (Methylic Alcohol) for dissolving Aniline colors. Pyroligneous Acid, Iron Liquor, and Solution Acetate of Lime, for Calico Printers. ROVIDJENCE, situated 188 miles from New York, 43 J miles from Boston, 30 miles from Newport, 43J miles from Worcester, 90 miles from Hartford, in latitude 41° 49' 22", longitude 71° 24' W., is situated at the head of Narragansett Bay, and is the terminus of the Boston and Providence, Providence aud Stonington, Provid-^nce and Worcester, Providence Hartford and Fishkill, and Providence, Warren, Bristol and Fall River Railroads. The city was incorporated in 1832, and is divided into two unequal parts by the Providence River or harbor, which is an outlet of a beautiful sheet of water, about one mile in circumference, the head waters of Narragansett Bay. It is encircled by a substantial iron fence, surmounted with gas lights at intervals, which at night are lighted, forming a very pleasing sight, the whole sur- rounded by a park, laid out in beautiful walks, shady trees, presenting an inviting and pleasant appearance to the stranger as he enters the city by rail from either New York. Boston, Woj-cester or Hartford. Most of the private build- ings which were erected previous to 18G0, were built most- ly of wood, a marked improvement has been made since that time by the erection of hundreds of elegant residences, the majority of which have been built of brick aud brown- stone. The public, benevolent, and disciplinary institutions are extensive, elegant and costly edifices. One of the oldest and most attractive business marts in the country, and one of which every native of Providence is proud, is the Arcade, a beautiful granite edifice, erected in 1828. It is 226 feet long, 3 stories high and 80 feet in width, extending from West- minster to Weybosset, the two principal streets of the city. In this building are 76 stores, affording persons the opportu- nity of purchasing anything that goes to make a gents or ladies wardrobe complete. The Whatcheer building, on Market Square, is a freestone building, occupied by banks, offices, and an elegant Masonic hall. This name is derived from the first salutation made to Roger Williams by the In- dians, while effecting a landing on Slate Rock. The Cus- tom House, a large granite structure, is situated on Wey- bosset street, and contains the post office and offices of the United States Government belonging to this district. The old Market Building contains the offices of the city govern- ment. The State House, on Benefit and North Main streets, is a brick structure, built many years ago. The Railroad Depot, situated on Exchange Place, is built of brick, and is one of the most convenient and elegant depots in the country ; with one exception, all the trains of the different railroads entering and leaving from this building. The freight houses are large and commodious, and located near the business portion of the city. Among the more remarkable church edifices in this city and North America, is the First Baptist church, the oldest in America, organized in 1639. The Commencement exercises of Brown University are held in this edifice. The number of churches in the city is 59. There are 2 morning, 2 evening and 3 weekly newspapers publish- ed in this city. The Butler Hospital for the Insane, is situated on the west bank of the Seekonk river, which here expands to a mile in width, affording a delightful prospect. The grounds that surround the institution are extensive, comprising about 115 dye house. In the boiler room are four tubular boilers, 16 feet long, 4J feet in diameter ; also two upright boilers, 7 feet in diameter. The engine located in the basement of the main building is one of Corliss's largest size, 34 inch horizon- tal, of 500 horse power. The wheel is 20 feet in the clear, by 8 feet face, built in one solid piece. On the different floors in the establishment are one hundred 30 inch self stripping cards, a French comber, (recently introduced into this coun- try,) 19 of James S. Brown's speeders, one Van Winkle cot- ton opener, 3 of Whitins' 30 inch coppers, 12 of Whitins' drawing frames, 48 of Fales, Jenks & Sons spinning frames, 128 spindles each ; also a sample frame by the same makers, which took a gold medal at the American Institute Fair; 11 of Mason's mules, 1600 spindles each ; 96 winding machines, of Greene & Daniels own invention and make ; 32 dressing machines also of their own invention, and 44 twisters, of Fales, Jenks & Sons, 5400 spindles. Altogether the firm run 23,744 spindles, and when in full operation produce 36,000 dozens 200 yards of spool cotton weekly. They put up all numbers of spool cotton from 8 to 100, white and colored, and spin all the yarn for the same. Throughout the establishment the machinery is of the first class, and espe- cially adapted to the working of both the common staple and Sea Island cotton. TuE United States Fl.vx Manufactdking Co., Wm. Sprague, President, Amasa Sprague, Treasurer, is located at Central Falls, in the building erected a few years since by Fales, Jenks & Sons, for the manufacture of machinery. The main building is of brick 300x63, 3 stories in height with an cU of the same height 73Jx60 feet. The flooring of the buildings covers an area of more than two acres. They have erected several blocks and cottage houses for the con- venience of their operatives, the latter of which number when the establishment is in full operation 700. A Corliss engine of 500 horse power supplies the impetus for the ma- chinery. This company manufacture cotton goods, burlaps, towelling, &c., &c. The New England Cork Co. manufacture machine cut corks ; also import and deal in cork wood and corks. Their machinery consists of five cutters, Goodspeed's patent and circular knife. They have 10 employees, and turn out 60 gross per day, ranging in sizes across the top, from one-half to three inches. Their material is imported from Spain. James M. Taft & Co. Threads. Commenced business 1861, occupying one floor in Green's mills. Employ 60 per- sons, manufacturing about 500 doz. spools of thread per day. William H. Haskell & Co. occupy 8,000 square feet, in a building erected by them six years ago, for the manu- facture of coach screws, bolts and nuts. They have 12 hot presses, 7 bolt cutters, 6 nut tappers, 2 bolt pointers, 8 ma- chines for cutting screws, 5 lurning lathes and 1 planing machine. Their power is furnished by a 25 horse power engine of the Corliss pattern, with cylinder boilers ; em- ploy about 50 hands and do a business amounting to Sl60,000 per annum. J,iORTS:?IOUTH «ROVE,59i miles ^Fi from Boston, and 7^ from Newport. A station on i^W the Old Colony and Newport Railroad, in the town of W^ Portsmouth. This place during the war was used as a hospital for United States soldiers. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 439 WM. H. HASKELL & CO., Manufacturers of ©lilLIT-iPOINT BOLTS AND NUTS Of every description, suitable ^r al' kinds of Machinery, ^A.g-ri cultural Imi>leiiieiits, TVater Wheels, Tiil>s, &cc Of a superior quality, at low Prices. Orders Solicited and Promptly Filled. 440 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. acres. The Dexter Asylum, situated on Hope street, on el- evated ground, is a substantial brick building surrounded with grounds comprising about 40 acres, the whole enclosed by a stone cemented wall, 10 feet high, costing upwards of $20,000. The Reform School was established in 1850— oc- cupies the building formerly known as the Tockwotten House, situated on the heights in the south eastern part of the city, from which is had a fine view of the Narragansett Bay. Near the Reform School, and enjoying the same beautiful scenery, is the Old Ladies' Home, a brick edifice erected a few years since, at a cost of over $30,000. Only those per- sons of American parentage are admited to this institution. The new Providence Hospital recently erected, is an elegant edifice, situated on ilddy street. It is probably as expen- sively built and as well arranged as any hospital in the Uni- ted States. The State Prison is situated opposite tiie Rail- road depot across the Park, mentioned above, and is a self- supporting institution. The "Friends' School" is situated on elevated gi-ound in the suburbs of the city, and comprises two large and spacious buildings, one of which has been lately built of pressed brick with granite trimmings. The archi- tecture of the building is modern, with French roof. The whole surrounded by spacious grounds, containing 43 acres. One of the oldest and leading colleges in the country is Brown University, under the direction of the Baptists, founded in Warren in 1764, and removed to this city in 1770. It is situated on elevated ground and commands a fine view of the surrounding country. It comprises 5 principal build- ings and is richly endowed. It has a library containing about 30,000 volumes. The grounds connected with the college buildings are very extensive and are shaded by our favorite New England Elm. Among the rnore interesting features of the University is Rhode Island Hall, w-hich contains the portraits of twenty-nine distinguished men, many of whom have, in their different spheres, assisted in giving prominence to the State, not only in the history of the nation, but throughout the world. The Athena>um, incorporated 1836, has a library of about 30,000 volumes. The Mechanics' Association, Franklin Lyceum and Franklin Society all have large libraries. Providence takes much pride in her Public Schools which are second to none. For the past few years, a mark- ed improvement has been made in the building of substan- tial and elegant school houses which are an ornament to the city. The best teachers are engaged at liberal salaries, the whole in charge of a school committee, and superintended by a gentleman of long experience. The Narraoansett Trotting Park, situated about 4 miles from the centre of the city, in the town of Cranston, is decidedly a city institution, and the sight-seer or traveller leaving it out of his route can tell you but little of what Providence is. What nature has not done in providing a level of acres, sufficient for the purpose art has accomplished. The land is high, dry, and susceptible of the highest culti- vation. There is within the enclosure, about ninety acres, so arranged and divided as to secure each department its most appropriate and legitimate place, with ample room for every needed thing without crowding. The grounds are surrounded by a board fence, painted, 12 feet high. There are 3 places of entrance and exit. The front or main en- trance is composed of 2 towers with cosy rooms for ticket offices, and like rooms in the second stories. A grand and elaborately finished arch spanning the carriage drive and connecting the two. The structure like the other buildings, is put up in the most substantial manner, having for the base, hewn granite, from the Oneco ledges, laid with as much skill as if it was the foundation of a public building for the city or State. The design of the arch is heavy massive and grand. The main building is a mammoth structure and astonishes the multitude of visitors who visit here. In its open area on the second story 5,000 persons can sit and with unobstructed vis- ion sweep every inch of the one mile track which lies in the form of an ellipse before them. In front of this vast in- clined plane, is a substantial railing which no pressure of crowds can break down, the seats rising from the front so that each occupant has an unobstructed view. Six broad and easy flights of stairs ascend from the promenade in front of the area and doors lead to it from the ample reception, side and committee rooms of the main building and tower. Five thousand people could vacate the place in a very short space of time and without inconvenience. Directly under this is a vast hall, capable of holding all who may come to these grounds, divided into lounging rooms, restaurants, &c., &c. But we have entered the building from the wnmg side. Let us go back to the entrance of the tower. Passing up broad but finely cut granite steps, one enters the tower to find himself in a capacious hall with entrances upon three sides. In the rear on the right and left are doors of com- munication to the reception rooms, one assigned to the ladies the other for gentlemen. In the hall are seen a broad flight of steps leading to the second story. Arriving there are found like doors upon either hand leading to committee rooms, retiring rooms and leading to the covered seats out- side which have already been described. Rising still another story and you enter from the tower a vast arched hall 108x 25 feet. Passing back into the tower and ascending one more flight of stairs, one enters one of the most airy and beautiful rooms to be found in the whole building, where a vast extent of territory comes within reach of the eye, in- cluding the city of Providence. The judges' stand in the centre and front, facing the main building, is a beautiful pagoda-like structure, elaborately fin- ished, unique and tasteful. The track is laid out in an el- lipse and contains no angles, and is one of the most perfect in the country. The distance around is exactly one mile. The largest axis of the ellipse is 2.160.4 feet; the shortest 8. 20. 4-. The inside area is 33J acres. It is acceeded by all, that for comprehensiveness of design, stability of struc- ture, convenience in internal and external arrangements, beauty of finish — in a word, in every thing which genius and wealth could furnish to make a race course and fair grounds, from the splendid arch of entrance to the pagoda- like structure, used as the judges' stand, the Narragansett Trotting Park exceeds any thing of its kind. to be found on this continent, and challenges the admiration of Europe. The city, in 1869, voted to purchase a tract of land in peninsular shape, situated on the shores of Narragansett Bay, containing about 400 acres. It is situated in the south- western part of the city, in the new territory recently annexed. No other place, is at present, of so much general interest to the citizens of this city, and it bids fair to become a house- hold word among the masses. The distinguishing character- istic of the proposed Park is its situation to receive the sea breeze as it comes up from old ocean, salt laden and fragrant with sea weed. The promontory of this Park stretches square across Narragansett Bay, leaving room only for the channel Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. Providence and New York Steamship Company. DAILY I.i:\E, fSnndays Excepted,) BETWEElf PHOVIDENCE & NEW YOUK! bvXS - -^W'-^^^^r^--. .^ «^ Oapt Fox Point Wliarf. Summer Months at .">. 80 P. M.. Winter Jlontiis at 4.30 P. M. Capt. .T. Mott. I^ave New York from Pier 27 Nortii River. Summer Montiis at 5 P. M., Winter Months at 4 P. M. Cabin Fare, $3.00. Deck, $2.00. NEW YOEK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, ^\.nd all points Soutli and "W^est- The large, powerful first class Passenger Steamers, ELECTRA and GALATEA, have been thoroughly refitted and put in first class order for business : and passengers will find the accommodations and attendance to be first class, and the Seameas to be the most comfortable and reliable for travel between Providence and Xew York. ^orse Cars connect with the Steamers ; leaving Passenger Depot, Exchange Place, at 5-10 P. M., and Fox Point Wharf on arrival of Steamers from Xew York, connecting with all early trains. State Rooms and Tickets can be secured at G. II. Whitney, s. No. 3 Westminster St., or on board the Steamers. This Company are also running in connection with the Passenger Steamers, the large and powei^"ul Freight Steam- ers, METIS, THETIS, DORIS and others daily each way. transporting freight from New York to Providence; con- necting with the Lioslun & Providence Railroad for Boston, Mansfield, Taunton and New Bedford ; and with Provi- dence & Worcester Railroad for Woonsocket, Milford, Southbridge, AVorcester, Fitchburg, Groton Junction, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Nashua, Manchester, Pepperell, Concord and all points in eastern New England. Steamers of this line land at Pier 27, North River, foot of Robinson street. One of the largest and most con- veniently arranged piers in New York, with new sheds covering the entire length, with 250 feet shed room fronting on West Street, for the delivery of merchandise, which facilitates early delivery, and doing away with the necessity of ex- tra cartage, sometimes charged in New York for detention. For further information, apply to E. H. PtOCKlAVELL, Agent, Fox Point, Providence, R. I ISAAC OOOELL, Ag^ent, Pier 27 North River. New York. B. BUFFUM, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. AMEEICAN STEAMBOAT COMPAJSTY. Providence, Eocky Point and Newport. 1869. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. 1869. TO GO IJVTO EFFECT OJ\' U*FnJ\'FSn^\% JUJVE 23d. The American Steiimboat Company's Steamers, " BAY QUEEN," Capt. Samuel Allen, and •• CITY OF NEW- PORT," Capt. George H. Kellev, will run tlaily, (Suadays excepted,) between Providence, Rocky Point and New- port, leaving each terminus of the route, as follows, viz. : 8.30 10.00 2.00 5.00 Will Leave i*i-ovivpoi-t. The Bay Queen, at 8.30 A. M. I The City of Newport at 7 A. M. " City of Newport, at 10 A. M. | " Bav Queen at 11 A. M. " Bay Queen at 2 P. M. I '• City of Newport at 1.30 P. M. " City of Newport at o P. M. ' " Bay Queen, at 4.30 P. M. 7.00 11.00- 1.30 4.30 Providence to Rocky Point (only,) and back the same day, .... 50 Cents. Providence to Newport (only,) and back the same day, - - - - - 75 Cents. Rocky Point to Newport (only,) and back the same day, ----- 60 Cents. ^NO HALF PRICE EXCURSION TICKETS.^ R E & TJ L ^ R Providence to Newport, Children under 1 Providence to Rocky Point, Rocky Point to Newport, TIC 2 years of age, 35 Cents. 35 Cents. T S 50 Cents. 25 Cents. Ep-No half price. SATURDAY AFTERNOON EXCURSIONS. Passengers by the " Bay Queen" at 2 P. M., or the " City of Newport" at 5 P. M., (on Saturday only,) can by calling for a " Monday Morning Excursion Ticket" procure one (for 75 cents,) that will entitle the purchaser to a re- turn passage, on the following Monday, by the "City of Newport" at 7 A. M.,or the "Bay Queen," at 11 A. M. (only.) In no case will these tickets be received otherwise than in accordance with this advertisement. ^" Tickets to be purchased at the office on the wharf, before going on board the boats. The Winter arrangement commences about October 1st, each year, for details of which, see Providence daily papers. ^- -B. — Sabbath Schools and other Organizations, desiring to make Excursions down the bay, can make arrange- ments by applying to IP. ]VX.^UR,A]V,^^g^ent, At Office on Steamboat Wharf, Providence, R. I. Webb's N. E. Railivay and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer KHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL. to wind around the eastern and northern shores of the future Park. The Bay where it abuts against this headhmd is a mile wide, — an arm of the sea, broad and deep enough to bring with its tide, water still cool from the ocean. As is usual on broad water courses, the sea breeze, almost every summer afternoon, draws up the Bay. The hills and bluffs of the promontory dissipate this breeze, or deflect it eastward, so that often, while the city is sweltering in the summer heat, the air on the Field's Point peninsula is delightfully cool and tonic. This, not only connects it with the ocean, but gives it a vista of water view, rarely excelled in the United States. The houses dotting the shore, at Portsmouth Grove, and on Prudence, arrest the eye looking over fifteen miles of water. But, still more, the commanding position of the Park, on the Headland of the Bay, relates it to the people of a large part of the State, making it an object of State interest, and State pride. In its future development, the Park promises to be- come the crown of the Bay. Every passenger steamer on the river will stop at its landings. From above, below, and across, it will have its own ferry boats. The boating inter- est, also, of-thc upper part of the Bay, both for pleasure and profit, must receive an immense expansion. The Highlands are a group of hills, covering perhaps 150 acres, thrown together in picturesque confusion, almost al- ways arresting the eye of the excursionist, on the passing steamboats. The view from Sassafras Hill, looking south, has been frequently compared to a miniature White Moun- tain range, while the views north and east from this point show an unequalled panorama of the city and the East Pro- vidence shore, with an endless procession in the foreground of boats, vessels, tugs and steamers. The Central Park of New York, contains 632 acres, exclusive of the Croton Re- servoirs ; but for landscape and breathing space, the Bay gives expansion to the future Park, while the Central Park is surrounded on all sides by the streets of a large city. It is rare that a Park of such dimensions, even disregard- ing quality, can be found so close to the centre of a city as large as this. But the general accessibility of this Park from the whole water front of the city, is still more re- markable. The Field's Point peninsula, is as remarkable for the variety of its attractive features within, as for its commanding position on the Bay without. Nature has not only done here what it has cost immense sums in other places to do less effectively by the hand of man, but she has also lavishly furnished the materials for building roads and for improvement of the surface. Providence, ever alive to her interests, voted in 1869 to construct public water works. The introduction of this life- giving element will invite manufacturing establishments to i start within her boundaries, and with them a necessary large I increase of population. Narragansett Bay is one of the finest in the world, and the pleasure seekers who resort here during the heated term from our large cities, are amply repaid by the enjoyment of ; fine scenery, invigorating air and the opportunity to feast on I the fish, oysters and clams that are found here in abundance. I It is on this bay that clam bakes arc an institidion, and where they reach perfection. No student graduates at Brown without being competent to superintend a Rhode Island clam bake, and no citizen is considered a representative of this little State unless he is versed in these mysteries of which every Rhode Islander is justly proud. Three lines of steam- ers traverse this bay, connecting Providence with Fall River, I Newport and New York daily. The watering places on this beautiful sheet of water are Field's Point, Ocean Cottage ' and Smith's Palace, 3 miles distant from the centre of the I city. Cedar Grove and Maxfield's Resort, 5 miles, Mark i Rock 9 miles and last but most attractive of all, the most \ beautiful and romantic spot on the bay, Rocky Point. Some j $300,000 has been expended to make it one of the first sum- I mer resorts on the continent, and what nature has not done art has supplied. Providence is advantageously situated for commerce ; its I harbor is safe and admits vessels of 900 tons. A heavy ex- ; tensive trade was formerly carried on here with the East Indies and China, but since the introduction of manufactur- ing establishments it has been on the decline. The foreign arrivals for the year ; ending December 31st, 1868, were 125 (21445 tons), of which 13 (1802 tons) were American vessels. The clearances for foreign ports during the saihe period were 114 (17167 tons, of which 12 (2684 tons) were 56 442 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. FRANKLIX FOUNDEY & MACHINE COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1836.) MANUFACTURERS OF OO'^^O MTAOHIH Water Wlieels, Sliartiiig-, Grefii'iiig-, «Scc, ALBERT BRIGGS, Agent. ~ ZIDSIZTOSI, S3_ I_ EDMUND THUEBER, Treasurer. American vessels, year were 5328. The coastwise arrivals for the same The principal articles of foreign mer- chandise now imported, are molasses, coal, salt, iron and lumber. The principal articles received coastwise, during the year, ending June 30th 1868, were 191,602 bales of cot- ton against 107,428 bales in 1864 ; 87,303 bales in 1863 ; \ 56,708 bales in 1862, and 159,878 bales in 1860. Some of the articles received cnastwise for the year ending June 30th 1868, were 200,608 barrels of flour; 2,166,931 bushels of grain ; 1365 tons of hay, and 438,545 tons of coal. The business of manufacturing print cloths alone, is very large. In 1863 the sales were 3,922,800 pieces, and in 1864 2,- 697,150; in 1865, 4,101,900; in 1867, 2,701.900; in 1868, 4,701,900. In January, 1861, the price of 64x64 was 4f cents; 1862, 9 cents; 1863, 14^ cents; 1864, 16f cents; 1865, 27 cents ; 1866, 20 cents ; 1867, 12* cents ; 1868. 6i cents ; 1869, June 28, 9 cents. There were Dec. 1st, 1868, 37 banks with a capital of $18,285,900. There are also 7 Savings banks with deposits amounting to $14,244,283.03. The city is divided into 9 wards and is governed by a Mayor, Board of Aldermen and Common Council. The registration of births and marriages and deaths in Providence is very complete. In 1830, two years before the incorporation, the population numbered 16,- 836 ; by the year 1850, its population had increased to 41,- 513 and by the last census, that of 1865, the number of the inhabitants is found to amount to 54,595, thus showing that the city has more than tripled its population in the last thifty- five years. Since the census of 1865 the number has been proportionately increased, and in 1868, received a large ad- dition by the annexation of South Providence and Elmwood a part of the town of Cranston. So that the population at this time is estimated to be 70,000. j The number of males in the city in 1865, was 25,219, of! whom 24,505 were white, and 714 colored ; the number of j females was 29,376, of whom 28,379 were white, and 997 j colored. The excess of females over males was 4,157. ' Of the whole number of persons, 41,193 were born in the , United States, and 13,402 in foreign countries ; the number of American parentage, was 30,702, and of foreign parent- age, 23,893. I The number of children attending school in 1865 was 9,889. ! The total number of population of 20 years of age and over, was 26,765, and of this number there were 2,239, who could i neither read nor write. | The number of dwelling houses in 1865, was 6.773, and the whole number of families, 1 1,393. The valuation of real estate in the city, in 1868, was $49,- 107,900, and valuation of personal property, $43,618,100. The total valuation of real estate and pereopal property was $92,726,000. The rate of taxation was $1.20 on each $100 ; the total amount being $1,112,712. Roger Williams was the founder of this beautiful city. He was banished from the Massachusetts colony, for maintain- ing that all denominations of Christians were equally entitled to the protection of the civil magistrate ; that the church of England was no true church, and that a patent from the king conveyed no title to the soil. In 1636, Mr. Wil- liams, accompanied by AVilliam Harris, John Smith, Joshua Virrin, Thomas Angell, and Francis Wickes, landed on Slate Rock, and was welcomed by the Indians " What Cheer," and commenced a settlement of this beautiful city, calling it Providence, regarding his preservation as a favorable inter- position of heaven. Roger AVilliams' spring, is near where he was buried. His remains have been exhumed to be placed in a monument to be erected to his memory. The progress of the city has been sure, and with slight except- ions uninterrupted, and for the past 30 years very rapid. Real Estate on the west side has increased more rapidly for the past 10 years than in any other. part of the city. Sur- rounded by manufacturing villages, and at the head of one of the finest bays in the world, Providence takes precedence as the second city in New England, as to size, and the cen- tre of manufacturies and the first according to its popula- tion in the United States, as to wealth, refinement, and edu- cational advantages. The following are accounts of many manufacturing estab- lishments situated in this city, as well as some situated in the surrounding country, having offices located here. All es- tablishments in this city have been applied to for information, but like many other establishments in other parts of New England, they declined giving any information whatever. MANUFACTURERS. The Albion Co. was incorporated in 1822, capital $200,- 000. The mill is located on the Blackstone river and is 200 x50 feet, 4 stories. They manufacture 28 to 40 inch print cloths and sheetings 56 to 88, running 400 looms and 20.000 spindles ; consuming 30 bales of cotton per week. They have in use 6 boilers for heating and steaming purposes. A turbine water wheel furnishes the motive power, the fall here being 14 feet. Office 32 Canal street. Franklin Foundry and Machine Company, situated on Charles street, was established in 1820, by S. New- ell & Co., and incorporated in 1836, with a capital of $62,000. The buildings occupied are quite extensive, (mostly brick,) covering an area of about 6 acres. They em- ploy 250 men, consume 1,000 tons of iron per annum, and manufacture cotton machinery, water wheels, shafting, gear- ing, &c. They use, to drive their machinery, a 60 horse pow- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 443 THE PEOAnCDENCE TOOL CO., lr*i-ovie: isl^4^tvi> ^^lh^g^^^tvo ibtjistve:!^," Patented December 17, 1867; January 14, 1868; August 25, 1868. *■' IVIill !Bu.i*ner*," patented December 17, 1868. The best article yet invented, for Mills, Hotels, Streets, &c. Also, Bra.i^s Oas XSui'iicx-s, Ui-op Lig'ht ILiOckets and Slia-do Holcioi-s. t^For sale : Lava and Scotch Tips, Porcelain Shades, Argand Chimneys, " Atlantic " Flexible Tubing, &c. At the expiration of Saturday, the ■29th, his engine had ex- pended 39,990 lbs. of coal, and rolled 1,248, 8 by 12 inch plates of I'e inch thickness, down to the thickness required j for the manufacture of Britannia goods. The next week commencing on Monday, the 31st, he made a trial of the I Harris new engine. On the day ending September 5, the I new engine, that is the Harris engine, had rolled 1,375 plates, and burnt 25.810 lbs. of coal. The new engine, it i will be seen, had, therefore, consumed 14,180 lbs. of coal less than the Lowe engine, and yet had turned out 127 plates I more than it had, although during the running of the Har- ris engine, the rolls were not in use for seven hours. " The informal trial was pretty conclusive, and clearly ! demonstrated the superiority of the Corliss engine. Before Mr. Harris commenced his trial, he had one boiler that sup- plied steam for other purposes than motive power detached, 1 so that the steam generated by said boiler was not used in I connection with the engines. The fuel under the three re- I maining boilers was carefully weighed and accounted for. I With Mr. Lowe's informal trial this boiler was not detached, j which accounts for the excess in figures in the two previous j weeks. "On the 7th Mr. Harris began his trial of the two en- gines. He commenced with his own engine and at the end of the week had consumed 18,875 pounds of coal, and had rolled 1,532 plates. During four days of last week, Lowe's engine had consumed 21,635 lbs. of coal and had rolled 700 plates. The average consumption of coal per day upon the Han-is engine is 3,146 lbs. ; the average on the Lowe ma- chine being 5,409 lbs., a saving by the former of 2,263 lbs., or 41 and ,' per cent. " On the last three days of the trial Mr. Harris ran his engine with two boilers only, instead of three. An attempt was made to run Lowe's engine with two boilers, but after working an hour and tliree-quarters, the engineer was com- pelled to attach the third boiler. The speed of the new en- gine is fifty-five revolutions per minute, and at one time, Friday, the 11th inst., an indicator diagram was taken, showing an increase of the load in four revolutions of 50 37- 100 horse power without aflecting the speed. On this day there were 330 plates turned out, being the largest number ever rolled at these works. " From the facts and figures above quoted, the superiority of the Harris engine can be seen at a glance. The first great advantage is the vast saving of fuel, and the second, the increased amount of work it turns out." Mr. Harris gives his individual attention to the construc- tion of this engine, the quality of its material and of work- manship in aU its parts and engines of his manufacture have no superior in the market. TiiE Providence LtON Co. was incorporated in May, 1845, and put in operation as a rolling mill for making railroad iron, screw rods, wrought nails, &c. Not proving success- ful the works were suffered to lie still till 1854, at which time they passed to new proprietors. The management at this time was entirely changed, and Mr. Nahum Stetson be- came President, and O. A. Washburn, Jr., Treasurer. The company recommenced operations in June, 1854, with a cap- ital of §200,000 ; employing 225 men. The works are located on India street, and directly on the wharf where the largest class of vessels can find ample depth of water. The buildings extend on India street 600 feet ; and thence to the river 200 feet, and are puddling mill lOOx 85; roUingmiU, 150x130 ; nail factory, 80x85 ; packing room, 30x80 ; blacksmiths' shop, 25x26 ; store house, 80x27 ; store house, 80x90. These works are driven by 3 engines, 1 Fair- banks, Sickle's cut-off, 200 horsepower ; 1 Corliss, 150 horse power ; 1 Merrick & Son's, Philadelphia, 1 50 horse power. There are 5 double puddling furnaces, 1 single, 7 heating fur- naces, 5 trains rods, 1 Winslow squeezer, 6o nail machines. Coal used per year, 10,000 tons ; iron per year, 4,000 tons pig, and 2,500 tons scrap. Nails made per year, 80,000 casks. Wire rods per year, 1,800 tons. Boilers used, 3 egg shaped, 2 cylinder, 3 flue, and 1 tubular. MooNET Arnold & Shaw, 12 Page street. Providence, manufacturers of the " Rhode Island Argand Burner," pat- ented January 14, 1868; December 17, 1867 and August 25,1868. "Mill Burner," patented December 17,1867, also brass burners, drop lights, lockets, shade holders, &c. Building 25x90 feet, 1 story, part of 2d ; employ 16 hands ; use 9 presses, 1 1 lathes and other tools. Make 75 to 90 gi-oss per week ; engine horizontal, made by F. Fuller, 8 horse power, 1 boiler, upright, tubular. The Providence Steam Engine Works is one of the oldest establishments of the kind in New England, the com- pany having commenced the manufacture of steam machin- ery in 1821. In 1845, the works were entirely destroyed by fire, and were immediately re-built. During the war they were greatly enlarged, and new and expensive machinery added, for the purpose of building large marine engines for the government. The works are favorably located on the river on which they have a' part of about three hundred feet. On their [ wharf is a derrick capable of lifting one hundred tons ; the I buildings are a machine shop, 230 feet long, 56 feet wide, ] and three stories high, with an ell 130 feet long, 56 feet wide and 2 stories high. A boiler shop 180 feet long and 40 feet wide, and a smith shop 70 feet by 60 feet. All are sup- plied with first class tools for doing heavy work. ' This company have built a large number of stationary 446 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE STEAM ENGINE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF STATIONARY, MARINE AND PORTABLE Kivetiiig Maeliiiies, Shafting, Mill Weaiiiia, Bur diet's Patent Bolt and Nut Forging Machine. 37^3 to 301> South IVIain Street, PUOT^II^E^VCE, R. 1. HENRY W. GARDNER, Asent and Treasurer. T. W. PHILLIPS, Secretary. steam engines which are in operation in nearly every state in the Union. During the war they built for the govern- ment, two large engines for side wheel steamers, and two large screw engines for sloops of war. One of the latter was erected in the United States Steamer " Contoocook", which is now the flag-ship of the North Atlantic Squadron. The steam riveter made by this company is the most per- fect machine of the kind, ever built, it is operated by two steam cylinders, one of which forces the plates together, and holds them, while the other drives the rivet. The company also manufacture stationary and marine boilers of all descriptions and sizes, tanks and gasholders, and have great facilities for the repair of marine as well as stationary engines. The company have been engaged in building a large num- ber of Burdict's patent bolt and nut forging machines, which forge bolts and nuts from §" to 2" diameter, with wonderful rapidity and perfection. The company employ 250 men, and consume annually about 1500 tons iron. The present officers are Henry W. Gardner, Agent and Treasurer ; T. W. Phillips, Secretary. Hope Iron Works. In 1857, Joseph P. Manton commenced the machine and foundry business with others associated with him, with a capital of $20,000 and employing only about 10 hands, and incorporated under the name of Hope Iron Foun- dry, 185 Eddy street. The enterprise and energy of those directing the aifairs of the company, have increased the capital employed, to §175,000 from the profits of the business, besides the cash dividends paid out, and the Works now cover about 3 acres of ground, with machine and erecting shop, blacksmith's shop, wood shop, foundry, pattern houses, &c., &c. The different kinds of work they have given their attention to, they have made their study, instead of being contented to build as others did, to improve, so that their work became specialties in their class, and their machines superior to any of the same kind manufactured by others. Their Babcock & Wilcox engine is claimed by them to be superior to any other manufiictured. They claim that their Babcock & Wilcox non-Explosive Boiler, overcomes all the defects that have destroyed the value of other sectional and non-explosive boilers. Their "drop press" has superceded many others in the armories of the United States, and has been extensively introduced in all the va- rious manufactories of metal; where work is struck up. Their " drying machiue " overcomes all the troubles heretofore expe- rienced from condensed water, and with one-half the steam and less power. Their machines will dry properly, one- third more cloth than any other machine. In calico printing machines, their improvement doubles the quantity on tight fitting patterns, without making seconds. Their work is varied, and the iibove description will convey an idea of the skill they have displayed in improving their special machines, and they have as a matter of principle, carried the same idea into all the articles they manufacture, which are numerous and cover the wants of the community, such as shafting, gearing, bleaching, printing and rubber machinery ; gun tools, ship windlasses, screw machines, special tools and ma- chines, &c., &c. So that from the variety and novelty of their works, the most proper name for the concern, would truly be " Novelty Works," where a person wanting to pro- duce a result, without knowing how to do it, can find the skill and facilities for producing the desired result. The officers of the company, are George Chatterton, President, Joseph P. Manton, Agent and Treasurer, Frank S. Manton, Secretary. See advertisement inside front cover. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 447 WILLIAM H. ALMY, Manufacturer of ^ iT WA&Pg, Cotton Twine, Candle Wiek and Cotton Batts, BED COMFORTERS AND COTTON MATTRESSES. 36 BACOA STBEET, PKOVIDE\('E. R. I. American Broom Co., faclorj' No. 3 Jenkins avenue. Of- fice, 33 South Water street, commenced business in May, 1866, in one room 22x38, employinj; one man and a boy. They now occupy a brick building 40x4.5, three stories high. The basement, first floor and attic, are for storage of stock ; second and third, for preparing and for manufacturing. Em- ploy 12 to 15 hands, in the working season, and make about 60 tons of broom corn into brooms and brushes of a very su- perior quality, orders reaching them from every town in the State, from Worcester, Boston and the adjacent towns, and as far east as Lowell and Portland. WiLi-iAM H. Almy, manufacturer of carpet warp, candle wick, cotton twine and cotton batts. No. 36 Bacon street, is the largest manufacturer of cotton batting in the State. His weekly production being over 15,000 lbs., and in six differ- ent qualities. lie is also a large manufacturer of cotton twine, carpet warp, &c. The above named goods are made by him at four different mills, as follows : Chapel mill, John- ston, employing 20 hands, and producing 3,000 lbs. carpet warp per week. Eagle mill, Johnston, employing 20 hands and producing 3.000 lbs. cotton twine, and 3,000 lbs. batting each, per week. Rising Sun mill, Providence, employing 16 hands, and producing 7,000 lbs. batting per week. Whipple mill. North Providence, employing 15 hands, and producing 5000 lbs. batting per week. Rhode Island Locomotite Works, established as a ma- ufactory of locomotives, October. 1866. Employ about 300 hands ; buildings cover some 3^ acres of land ; consume 2,100 tons material each year. Officers, W. S. Slater, Pres- I ideut. Earl P. Mason, Treasurer, B. W. Ileaiey, Superin- tendent, A. S. Carletou, Secretary. Produce about 5 loconi- I otives per month. The Paint Factory of Messrs. Oliver Johnson & Co., is located at Nos. 13 and 15 Exchange street. The factory and warehouse are in the same building and occupy 5 floors, ■ each 40 feet square. All leads ground by them are run 1 through a 28 inch double French burr stone mill, which in- sures their fineness and freedom from grit. The paint is mixed in the upper story, by power, and falls directly into I the hopper of the upper mill in the story below. After pass- ing through this mill, it runs into its mate, a little below it, and is there ground again into- kegs for sale. It is therefore one continuous process, without any handling from the time the lead and oil are put into the mixer, until it is in the kegs. This mill is capable of grinding from one to three tons a day, according to the kind of lead, some grades feeding and grind- ing much faster than others. Besides these lead mills there are several smaller mills for grinding colors — the turning 1 out of superior colors for painters' use being a leading feat- t ure in their business. As may be supposed, in a building of so many stories and with. so much business done in the upper part, much heavy hoisting is necessary, which is done by a steam elevator, ex- tending from the basement floor to the roof. In this way 2,500 lbs. are taken from the cellar to the attic, in a little more than a minute. The expense of this elevator was about 81,200, but at this price it is deemed a good investment, and is really indispensable. The power required for hoisting, mixing and grinding, is supplied by a 15 horse power engine and a Brayton steam generator, by which the stean>is used as fast as it is generated, and all danger from explosion is thereby avoided. Messrs. O. J. & Co. have found by an experience of 35 years, that the only sure way to get reliable goods is to go to first hands. They are, therefore, importing their foreign articles themselves, and by buj-ing only of the manufacturers, are enabled, not only to sell its low. if not lower than others, but to gtiarantee the quality of their goods. J. A. Brown & Co., manufacturers of Geo. W. Ladd's patent stiffened or " filled" gold watch cases — occupy the 2d floor in Mathewson & Allen's building. No. 58 Eddy street. Their patent is upon a method or manner of making, which allows of the cases being made of one half or one third the quantity of gold used in a solid case, while the other one half or two thirds (the stiffening or "filling") is of nickel composition to which the gold is sweated or welded, thus making the case equally as stout and serviceable as a solid gold one at one half or one third the cost. Two qualities of these cases are made, designated as first-quality, or one third, and extra quality or one-half, both beautifully engraved and engine turned, and fully equal for appearance and wear, to solid gold cases, and indeed cannot be told from them by good judges. Mr. Brown commenced in the business of manufacturing lockets in 1858, and has continued in the same until the steady and increasing reputation, popularity and demand for the Patent Watch Case, invented by Mr. Ludd some two years or more since, has nearly or quite driven them to dis- continue the manufacture of lockets. Very powerful, as well as very delicate machines, many of which are the in- vention of Mr. Ladd, are used in the manufacture of these cases, by means of which large quantities of "parts" are rapidly turned out, largely taking the place of the hand labor employed in the old methods of manufacture. The concern at present employ twenty men, but expect soon to add to their working force. Their office and salesroom is at No. 11 Maiden Lane, New York. Barstow Stove Co., A. C. Barstow, the senior part- ner, has been engaged in the manufacture of stoves about 32 years. The present location of the business was taken 448 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. 24 years since. The works now occupy 2i acres of ground and are very complete in all their appointments. The two moulding rooms have .30,000 feet of floor or about three- fourths of an acre. Besides this they have a 2 story building, containing about 16,000 feet of floor, for the storage of their flasks, now amounting to about 9,000. Besides this their large brick buildings aflford ample room for mounting stoves, with storage for 4,000 to 5,000 stoves, storage for their large variety of patterns, and other articles used in the different processes of manufacture. Capacity for manufacturing 12 tons of stoves per day, with a force of about 200 men. More than 50 different kinds of stoves, furnaces and ranges are manufacttired, and of each kind, there are from two to six diflerent sizes. The patterns are all made by themselves and under their ovra patents. They neither buy or sell pat- terns or patent rights. Snow & Lewis (successors of Walter B. Snow who was the successor of A. F. Adie.) Commenced business as a firm in 1862, both members of the present firm having been for a number of years previous, connected with their pre- decessors in the same location. , They import largely all kinds of drugs and chemicals di- rect from England and the continent, and manufacture all kinds of dyewood, dyewood liquors, aud extracts. Their mauufactories cover about one acre of ground, using a steam engine Corliss patent of about 200 horse power, and a water power equal to about 60 horse. They employ about 40 hands, and one of their mills has been employed constant- ly night and day through the entire year. They have re- cently added to their works a 3 story wooden building lOox 40 feet on Charles street, run by 2 wheels, one breast and one turbine 40 horse power combined, under a 9 feet fall. Henrv G. Williams occupies a two story wooden build- ing 40x50 feet, located ou Bourbon street, between Broad and Greenwich, for the manufacture of Martin's Yankee Blacking, liquid and chemical Spanish blueing and spice cans. Commenced business in 1866, at 241 High street. Moved to the present location July 1, 1S68. Employs 8 hands, has a capacity for bottling over 2000 bottles per day, and put up about 20 gross of blacking. Leonarr Kingsley occupies a 3 story wooden building, 40x60, o85 High street, for the manufacture of cigars. He commenced business in 1859. Employs 35 persons, turning out about 100,000 cigars per month. Providence Wire Works, H. H. Fenner, Proprietor, occupies two rooms one 25x20 feet, the other 30x20 feet, at 170 Westminster street, for the manufacture of all kinds of wire goods. He commenced business in 1842. Employs 6 persons. He also makes a specialty of manufacturing railroad car baskets. Curry, Richards & Anthony occupy a six story brick building 40x80, located at 7 and 9 Fulton street, for the manufacture of furniture, also occupy a four story brick building, French roof, 50x100 feet, for office and salerooms 118 Westminster street. They employ 40 persons and do a business amounting to $200,000 per annum. W. HnNTON commenced the manufacture of cigars as suc- cessor to W. J. Hunton, his father, in 1867. His father tablished the same in 1848. The building is of wood 25x 100 feet, 2 Courtland street. 100,000 cigars are made here per month. A. B. Curry & Sons occupy three rooms 40x90 each the 4 story brick building on Summer street, near Pine, for the manufacture of upholstery goods, springs, &c. • They commenced business in 1858. Employing 30 persons ; use about 10 tons of iron wire per week. A 100 horse power engine built by Woodrufi' & Beach of Hartford, furnishes the power for the works. Business amounts to §100,000 per annum. John T. Mauran occupies a room 40x90 feet, in 4th story of brick building, 30 Page street, for the manufacture gold and plated jewelry. Employs 25 persons ; com- mencing business in 1850. Wm. Ralston occupies 5 rooms 50 x 22 each, in second story of wooden building 35 Dyer street, for the manufacture of paper cop tubes. Mr. R. commenced business in 1856, and now employs 10 persons, doing a business of about 88,- 600 per annum. Joshua Hunt occupies 2 rooms on third floor, 257 West- minster street ; one 30 x 60, the other 50 x 50 ; for the manu- facture of cigars of the finest grades. He employs 25 per- sons, making 100,000 monthly, and also has a store at 116 Westminster street. J. W. Richardson & Co. occupy a room 35x100, in brick building 51 Friendship street, for the manafacture of em- blems for societies and all kinds of gold work ; commenced business in 1862, employ 30 persons. The firm is J. W. Richardson and H. B. Gardiner. Wightman & Hough, manufacturers of gold and plated jewelry, occupy a room 35 x 45, in fourth story of brick building at 51 Friendship street. They commenced business in 1863, employing 12 persons. Cleveland & Brothers occupy a 2 story brick building, 30x40, located at No. 13 Mill street, for the manufacture of furniture, cocoa dippers, &c. They also occupy 4 floors 40 x80, in brick building, at 93 and 95 N. Main street, as a store and salesroom. They commenced business in 1840, and now employ 30 hands, and do a business amounting to $85,000 per annum. Emerson Tower & Son occupy lower floor in wooden building 40 x 75, located at Page, corner Friendship street, for the manufacture of fire escapes, balconies, wrought and cast iron fences, &c. They commenced business in 1866, employing 6 persons. J. F. HoPKiNSON occupies a room 30 x 80, in brick build- ing, at 30 Page street, for the manufacture of electro-plated jewelry ; commenced business in 1861 ; employing 30 per- sons. Payton & Hawkins occupy a 2J story wooden building, 25x50, located at 16 Page street, for the manufacture of gold jewelry. Commenced business in 1843 ; employing 20 per- sons. They use an 8 horse power upright steam engine, built by the Fuller Iron Works. Providence Spring and Axle Co. occupy a 3 story brick building, at Point, corner Richmond street, 40 x 30, with a blacksmith shop attached, 40 x 30. They commenced busi- ness January, 1866 ; employ 15 persons, use 8 turning lathes, 1 trip hammer, 1 rolling machine for welding springs, and 3 punchers. A. Shackford, Agent. Olney Read occupies lower floor of brick building 8 and 10 Richmond street, for the manufacture of first class car- riages. He commenced business in 1832 ; employing twelve persons. Also, has one room in second story, 40 x 60, for wood work, and another 120x30, for trimming. He does a business amounting to $20,000 per annum. Robert Hat occupies a room in third story of a brick building 24x75 feet, for the manufacture of paper cop tubes. He commenced business in 1866 ; employs 5 persons, using about 3 tons of paper per annum. This manufactory is lo- cated at 110 Canal street. G. S. Hall occupies 3 rooms in the 2 story brick build- ing, Dorrance, corner Washington, one room 20x50, another 40x50, for the manufacture of French and American candy. Commenced business July 7th, 1868. Employs 8 persons, using 1 J barrels of sugar per day, making about 675 lbs. I of candy. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer'. 449 PROPRIETORS OF THE |Uj0k IslaiA llgriciiltural ttM;ird)0use, k Seetr Store, Manufacturers of and dealers in all kinds of FiHillNG TOOLS AND Siiii. A. FULLER. (;. \\. ^VILLLVM^ GEOR(iE F. FULLER, W. E. BARRETT. SOLE ^LVXUFACTURERS OF MEAD'S PATENT CONICAL PLOWS, and SHARES' PATENT HORSE HOES, PuoviDESCE Steam Paint Works occupy the lower floor 25x50 of brick building, 63 South Main street, for the man- ufacture of white lead, zinc, &c.. &c. They commenced business in 18G5. They run one of the American safety steam engines 15 horse power, George E. Braj'ton, patentee, built by the Choate Manufacturing Co., Exeter. N. H. The Providence Steam Paint Works firm is composed of H. W. Parker and Jashua Xye. Chexey & Perry occupy a 3 story wooden building 30x70 with an ell 22x32, Lockwood, corner Hayward street, for the manufacture of straw, felt and velvet goods. They commenced business in 18G7. Employ during the busy sea- son about 450 hands and turn out from 1,200 to 1,500 hats per day. They use a 10 horse tubular boiler for heating purposes, built by the Fuller Iron Works of this city. E. S. Cheney and George P. Perry, constitute the firm. Valley Worsted Mill, Carpenter& Cross, proprietors, oc- cupy 1 brick building 65x200, 4 stories ; 1 wooden building used as a wareroom 60x60, 3 stories, boiler room 40x30, brick dye house 80x35, wool room and picker room 80x40, 2 stories. They commenced business Jan. 1868. Employ 575 persons for the manufacture of worsted braid and fancy woolen goods. They use about 800 braiding machines and work up 2,000 lbs. of worsted wool per day. The power is furnished by two of Noble T. Greene's engines, 120 horse power each. Pay roll per month SI 1 ,500. The company is Joseph Carpenter and William J. Cross. This company use 16 shuttle looms and 25 knitting looms, and the whole works cover about 95,000 square feet. Moore & Drowse occupy a 2J story wooden building, Calvin, corner Central street, for the manufacture of silver plated forks, and spoons, and jewelry. Commenced busi- ness in July, 1867. Use a 12 horse power engine, and em- ploys 30 hands. N. P. Maker occupies a room in the 2d, story of wood- en building, Calvin, corner Central street, for the manufac- ture of jewelers tools, dies, &c. He commenced business in June, 1868. Rhode Islaxd Bleach & Dye Works George J. Adams, Agent, office 27 Custom House street. The works are lo- cated at 311 Eddy street, and employ about 100 persons bleaching cotton goods. This Company was established in 1815. A. BoRGESS & Son, belting, pickers, cop tubes and hose manufacturers. No. 479 North Main st. ; established 1835. They now occupy a wooden buildiug, three stories 160x40 ; motive power furnished by 30 horse power engine, built by Hope Iron Works, of this city, Babcock & Wilcox's patent ; employ 40 persons. Pay roll, $1,200 per month. W. E. Barrett & Co. occupy a 4 story brick building, 100x100 feet, at 44 Canal^treet, for an otRce and warehouse. Their manufactory is at 12 Burgess street, 50x200, 2 stories. They are the largest dealers and agricultural implement manufacturers in the State. They also deal largely in seeds. They commenced business in 1848 ; employ 25 persons, and run one of Bellows & Whitcomb's steam engines, 20 horse power. A. & C. W. HoLBKOOK, manufacturers of belts and loom pickers. No. 271 North Main st. This manufactory was es- tablished in 1842. They occupy 2 buildings, each 4 stories in height, embracing 10,600 square feet. They employ about 30 hands, to which are paid §1,400 per month, and do about $100,000 worth of business per year. Their trade extends throughout the Union. Oil Factory, for the manufacture of sperm oil and sperm candles ; established at 47 South Water street. Providence, R. I., in the year 1833. Since which period, the manufac- ture of sperm, whale, lard, palm and paraffine oils is at same place. The business is carried on by James M. Earle. Build- iug is 40 by 80 feet, 3 stories and basement. Try house 25 by 40 feet. When in full operation, 600,000 lbs. of lard is required annu- ally, to be used in the manufacture of lard oil. About 4,000 bbls. of sperm, whale, or paraffine oils can be manufactured annually at these works. The present proprietor has pur- sued this business for a period of 35 years at the factory now occupied by him. City Woolen Co., occupy 2 floors 30x75 each in brick building. Summer, corner Pine, for the manufacture of wool- en and fancy cloakings. Commenced business Jiilj', 1867. Employ 50 hands, using 4 sets of woolen machinery, run by one of Woodrufl" & Beach's engine of Hartford, 80 horse power. They use about 800 pounds of wool daily, making 1 80,000 yards of cloth per year. Arthur Fieldhouse, Super- i intendent ; Chapin & Downes, Agents. American Enamel Co. occupy a 2 story brick building ' 30x200, at 9 AVarren street, for "the enameling of all kinds of wood and metal work. They commenced business in 1866 ; employ 60 hands, and use a 6 horse power engine. Their specialty at this time is enamelling steel combs, of which they have enamelled 1,000,000 during the past year. Amos W. Snow, Treasurer ; C. L. Robertson, Secretaiy and General Agent. I. I. England occupies the third floor of wooden building 43 Exchange place, for the manufacture of leather belts, sheep skins, lace and picker leather, &c. He commenced business in 1865 ; employs 6 persons. His manufactory is 25x110 feet, doing a business of about $50,000 per annum. 57 450 Statio7is in the State of Rhode Island. I^^AU kinds of Copper Work made to order and with despatch. Plumbing Materials of the best quality kept con- stantly on hand, and put up in the best possible manner. ^° Particular attention paid to Plumbing Houses in the country. ,^ Philip Felker occupies a 2 story wooden building 30 x 30, at 246 High street, for the manufacture of brushes ; commenced business in April, 1869 ; employs 6 persons. GiRDON E. Ltman, manufacturer of refined patent non- explosive oil and fluid, occupies a 2 story building 30x40 ft., at 210 Washington street ; employs 3 persons, commencing business in 1862. John McCausland, manufacturer of paper cop tubes, oc- cupies 4th floor of brick building, 3 South Water street, 45x 60 ; commenced business in 1866, employing 8 persons, and using 100 lbs. paper per day. John Bligh, brewer of ales and porter, occupies a 4 story brick building 43x70 feet, located at Jackson, corner Foun- tain street. He commenced business in 1866. Capital, §75,000 ; employs 10 persons, and has a capacity for making 125 barrels per day. Uses one of Brayton's patent engines and 2 boilers, 20 horse power. He has a retail store at 48, 60 and 52 Orange street. JsoYES Bros, occupy a 2 story building 40x40, 33 and 35 Richmond street, for the manufacture of crystalized pop com cakes. They commenced business in 1865, and employ 6 persons, making about 50,000 cakes per day and 8 or 10 barrels of sugared pop corn. They have secured the copy- right for the Atlantic Cable sugared pop corn, and for the Crystalized pop corn and cakes. " The undersigned have examined and tested the popped corn shown by Mr. C. H. Noyes, ' The Pop-Corn Man,' and found the same of excellent quality and prepared in a style superior to anything of the kind that has ever come under our observation. We regret that the rules of this Associa- tion will not admit of the award of a premium for this excel- lent article of Confectionery. — T. A. Clark, James R. Lamb, Wm. P. Whitter, Jr., Committee of Keiv London County Fair, Norwich, Conn., 1867." Steere & Crooker, manufacturers of assorted jewelry, occupy a room 30x130 in 4th story of 58 Eddy street. They commenced business in 1856. Employ 40 persons. F. A. Steere and J. W. Crooker, constitute the tirm. S. C. Fish, manufacturer of gold plate and cheap jewelry, occupies rooms at No. 47 Clifibrd street. He employs 12 persons. Knight, Cutler & Co., manufacturers of flour, occupy a mill 240Jx58J, 6, 7 and 8 stories high, located at 18 Sabin street. They employ 100 men. Have 18 run of stone, and have a capacity for grinding 500 bbls. of flour and 2,000 lbs. of corn per day. A 375 horse power engine made by Cor- liss, drives the machinery. Rose & Walker, tanners and manufacturers of whole hide, belt, harness and grain leather, calf, sheep and lamb skins, &c., occupy a 3i story building 32x100, located near the Stonington Railroad repair shop. They commenced busi- ness in 1860. Employ about 22 persons ; use a 12 horse power engine to drive their works, and do a business amount- ing to 6120,000 per annum. Salesroom 52 Exchange Place. ■Nickel & Morlock occupy 2 floors in wooden building 102, 104 and 106 Dorrance street 30x50 feet, for the manu- facture of library and office furniture. They commenced business in 1864. Employ 8 persons, use 2 circulars, 1 jig saw, and 2 turning lathes. The power is furnished from en- gine in adjacent building. John L. Calder, manufacturer of all kinds of copper work, such as boilers, kettles, &c., occupies a three stoiy building 26x18, 61 Dorrance street. He commenced busi- ness in 1855, employing 9 persons and works up about 6 tons of copper annually and 20 tons of lead. Patent Harness Co., occupy a 3 story wooden building, 32x80, at 31 Jenkins street, for the manufacture of Win- sor's patent machine loop harness, for cotton and flax looms, they claim that the machines used by them, furnish more even and uniform articles, every way better than can possi- bly be done by hand, also, paper cop tubes. This company commenced business in 1853. They use a 3 horse power en- gine, which has been in operation for the last 40 years, and was built by Fred. Fuller. The officers of the company are W. W. Jletcher, Treasurer, Joseph S. Winsor, Agent. T. Curtis & Company are manufacturers of all kinds of brushes, at 9 Peck street. They commenced the business in 1825. Employ 8 persons, and do a business amounting to about $20,000 per annum. Frank G. Dow manufacturer of sails and awnings, occu- pies the 3d story 131 South Water street. He commenced business in February, 1866, employing on an average 5 men. Builders' Iron Foundry occupy a building 40 x 200, on Codding street, for the manufacture of stoves, furnaces, ma- chinery ca.stings and ornamental iron work. This company commenced business in 1851 ; employing 125 persons, using a 40 horse power engine. Z. Chaffee is Agent for the com- pany ; Noble T. Greene, Superintendent. James Mountney & Bro. occupy a room 25x40, in second story of brick building, Summer, near Pine streets, for the manufacture of silk and cotton head nets. Commenced busi- ness in 1866 ; employ 6 persons. R. W. Bush occupies a 2 story wooden building 40 x 60, with an L 20x50, 2 stories, 25 Charles street, for wool pull- ing and the manufacture of sheep skins. He commenced business about 1827 ; employs, on an average, 12 persons. Office and salesroom, 19 Dorrance street. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 451 J. H. Thatcher, manufacturer of files and rasps, occupies a room 30x50, at 36 Exchange place. He commenced busi- ness in 1864, and employs 5 persons. H. N. Fenseu & Co., machinery manufacturers, com- menced business in 1865, making a specialty of planers and planer centers, located at 178 and 180 Eddy street, in the first story of a building — 100x47, wood. The machineri used in the construction of their machiner)' are 4 planers, 10 en- gine lathes and 1 Browne & Sharpe milling machine. Motive power furnished by engine adjacent ; employees 25, turning out about 15 planers, &c., per year. J. A. GowDET & Son, reed and harness manufacturers, 22 Clifl^ord, in 2d story of a new brick building, 90x40 ; also a branch manufactory in Fall River, Mass. ; was established in 1834 by J. A. Gowdey, who is now deceased, the son continuing the business under the above name, who has beeu connected with the firm since 1840, and now sole owner and manager of the establishment, which is the largest of the kind in the country, and supplying the largest mills. They use 10 reed machines and 12 polishing frames and 4 pair of rollers, and employ 16 persons. CiTV Iron Foundry, Smith & Carpenter, Proprietors, 165 Dyer street ; commenced business in 1865, occupying a one story wooden building, 100x80 feet ; employ 20 persons ; producing 3,000 lbs. castings per day, for steam engines, fences, and machinery. Amount of business done per year, $35,000. Motive power obtained from engine adjacent. The only manufactory of organs in the State of Rhode Island, is that of Baker & Randall, located at 84 Or- ange street. Otfice 70 Weybosset. The present partner- ship was formed in 1866, and now occupy a part of 5 story brick building 60x45; employing 17 persons. The motive power is furnished by a 10 horse power engine manufactured at Watertown, N. Y. A style of organs peculiar to this firm is made in book case form, patented by them. Another im- provement in their construction is putting 3 sets of reeds, 7 stops under a six inch key and one valve. This style is manufactured by no others in the United States. They use in the construction of these instruments 10,000 feet black walnut and 4,000 of fine, turning out about 300 yearly. Angell, Holden & Co., jewelry manufacturers, com- menced business 1865. They occupy rooms at 30 Potter street, manufacturing gold rings exclusively, employing 12 persons and doing a business amounting to $20,000 per year. Use 1 drop press, 2 cutting presses, 2 turning lathes, 3 pair rolls and 1 draw board. The motive power is furnished by engine adjacent. The first file manufactory in the United States was that conducted by William BuUas, who commenced business in 1830, having learned his trade in Shefiield, England. His son Samuel P. Bullas continues in the same occupation at the corner of Eddy and Friendship streets. Employing 9 persons. Thomas W. Sprague, 95 and 97 Dorrance street, com- menced the coffee and. spice business in 1852. He now oc- cupies 2 floors of a brick building 70x22 feet each, also, a roasting room adjoining, 30x60. Uses 3 coffee grinding and 2 spice grinding machines. Employs 7 persons and doing a business amounting to S50,000 per year. The first manufacturer of coffins for the trade in New England, was G. T. Swarts, who commenced business in 1836, and now occupies a 4 story brick building, 48x60 employing 8 persons, using 20,000 feet of lumber per year, and furnishing 1000 coffins. Daniel R. Child, 120 Dorranf-e street, gold and plated jewelr)'. Commenced business 1865, on 3d floor brick build- ing 30x70. Employs 35 persons, using 10 lathes, 1 pair rolls, 4 presses. Doing a business of about 843,000 per year. Wm. H. Shaw & Bro. manufacturers of belt hooks and ring travelers, 131 Dorrance street. Commenced business 1868, Jan. 1st. C. G. Cahoone, successor to Cahoone & Griswold, dia- mond jewelers, occupies rooms on 2d floor of brick building No. 129 Westminster street. Employs 7 persons, doing a business of 840,000 per year. R. D. HoRTON, manufacturer of plated jewelry, in the 3d story of wooden building, 131 Dorrance street, to which place he removed in Aug., 1868. Commenced business in 1865 ; uses 1 drop press, 1 pair roll cutters, 6 lathes ; em- ploying 14 persons, and doing a business amounting to 815,- 000 per year. Geo. W. Smith, machinist and manufacturer of jewelers' tools, Orange, corner Friendship streets ; commenced busi- ness in 185G ; occupies room on first floor of wooden building 25x30 ; uses 1 planing machine, 6 lathes, 1 grinding ma- chine ; employs 1 person. Motive power furnished by engine adjacent. Archibald Mitchell occupies the fourth and fiflh stories of brick building 60x40. 84 Orange street. Commenced the manufacture of hoop skirts, tape, braid and wire goods in 1861 ; employs 35 persons, who finish about 240 skirts per day. The machines used in their manufacture are 10 Knowles' patent fancy looms, 40 braiders, 2 spoolers, 1 doubler, and 2 warpers. Most of the skirts are sold at his retail stores, 194 Essex street, Lawrence, Mass., and 158 Westminster street. Providence, R. I. Wm. Jackson, thread manufacturer, 101 Orange street, commenced business in 1836; occupies 3 floors 40x34, uses 10 spoolers, employs 16 persons, and manufacture 7,000 doz. spools of thread per month. Motive power furnished by engine adjacent. G. W. Miller, safe manufacturer, at 105 Orange street. Office, 40 Weybosset street. Occupies a 2 story wooden building 60x25 ; employs 12 persons. The manufacture of safes by him was commenced in 1850. Motive power fur- nished by engine adjacent. The Patent Pencil Co., 14 and 16 Friendship street, are successors to the American Pen Holder and Pencil Co. Incorporated 1865. Capital 8150,000. (Jeo. P. Tew, Presi- dent ; George B. Holmes, Treasurer ; Wm. Coe Peckham, Secretary and Agent. Occupy a brick building 90x36, sev- en stories high. Employs 250, when the works are in full operation. Wm. Smith & Co., silver and gold jewelry manufacturers, 118 Dorrance street, succeeded Wm. Smith & Bro., who commenced this business in 1860. The present firm was formed in 1864. Occupy one floor in brick building, 30x90. Motive power from engine adjacent. Use 7 presses, 4 pairs rolls, 1 doz. lathes. Employ 30 persons, and do a business amounting to 850,000 per year. Baker & Mumford, 120 Doirance, street, manufacture plated, composite shell and gold jewelery. Commenced business April 1, 1868. Occupy one floor in brick building, 100x30. Use 4 pair rolls, 2 drop presses, 1 engine lathe, 15 lathes, 3 screw presses. Employ 30 persons, motive power hired. Both members of this firm have carried on the jew- elery business for some 15 years separately. J. Putney commenced the manufacture of chandeliers in 1858. He was succeeded by George Hutchins, he being succeeded by Henry S. Olney, who sold out to the present owner, L. Lapham, who does business under the name of "Providence Chandelier Co.," located at 19 Clifford street, in a 1 story wooden building 90x30 ; uses 9 lathes. Employs 16 hands, and does a business amounting to 820,000 per year. 452 Stations m the State of Rhode Island. William H. Vaughan, proprietor City mills 116 Dor- rance stieet, manufactures aud prepares mustard, spices, and coffees. Commenced business in 1865. Occupies a first floor 100x30, second floor .50x30. Uses 3 burrstone mills, 1 iron mill, 1 cofl^ee roaster, and mortars. Motive power fur- nished. Employs 8 persons. Roast 1000 pounds per day, and does a business amounting to about $100,000 per year. Ukion Eyelet Co., Eddy, corner Friendship street, capi- tal $300,000. David Heaton, President. This company occupy a 3 story wooden building 50x100. Employ 16 per- sons, who turn out 3,000,000 eyelets per day. Use 21 pa- tent machiues for their manufacture, besides 3 lathes and 1 planer. These eyelets are used for hoop shirts, shoes, &c., &c. The company consume about half ton of brass per day. Mason & Presbret, 15 Clifford street, electro plated jewelry, occupy room on 3d floor in brick building 24x18 ; use 6 lathes, 1 drop press, 1 pair rolls. Employ 22 persons when in full operation. Motive power adjacent. Narragansett Brick Co., incorporated 1847, capital $225,000, G. W. Hallett, President, N. F. Potter, Jr., Treasurer; office 158 Dyer, manufactory at Barrington, 10 miles from the city, down the bay. These works cover 30 acres, and employ 200 persons, manufacturing 15,000,000 brick per year. This brick yard is the largest in New Eng- land, but there are others who manufacture more brick. The motive power is furnished by a 50 horse power engine, which drives 1600 feet of shafting; also connected with these works is a peat manufactory from which the fuel is obtained for the works. The peat is prepared by Potter's patent machinery. The American Paper Collar and Bosom Co., 22 Clif- ford, incorporated 1865, capital $275,000 ; A. W. Godding, President, Frederick Miller, Treasurer ; J. G. Tinkham, Agent and Secretary. This manufactory occupies the 4th floor of a brick building 40x30, use three machines, employ 6 persons, and finish 50,000 collars and bosoms per month. American Steam and Gas Pipe Fitting Manufactur- ing Co., 22 Clifford, successors to A. J. Perry & Co., who commenced in 1853 ; the present company was incorporated 1867,- capital $75,000; Reuben Thorpe, President, H. H. Brown, Treasurer, Nahum Perry, Secretary and Agent. Their specialty is the manufacture of Perry's Patent Steam Heating Apparatus, of which about 50 are now in use. Motive power hired from engine adjacent. James H. Field •& Co., 186 to 190 Eddy street, com- menced business in 1862, being successors to James H. Reed, who commenced in 1852. They manufacture medium styles of chamber furniture, in wooden building 40x100 feet, 2 stories, another of brick 40x100 feet, 2 stories, a rear building of wood 70x40 feet, 2 .stories ; also, dry and hot house connected. Use a 15 horse power engine, regular cyl- inder and two 30 inch boilers. The engine of F. Fidler's make. Use a rotary planer, 4 circular saws, 1 Daniels' planer, 1 boring machine, 2 gear cutters, 1 scraping machine, 2 turning lathes, 1 tenoning machine, 1 mortising machine, 1 cutting swing saw. Amount of business per year $100,- 000 ; employ 60 hands. LippiTT Woolen Co. Office, 37 Weybosset street. Provi- dence, manufactory, Woonsocket, R. I. Incorporated 1865. Capital $350,000. Henry Lippitt, President, Pro\^dence ; C. H. Merriman, Treasurer, Providence ; A. J. Elwell, Super- intendent, Woonsocket. This company use 18 sets of the be.st kind of woolen machinery, and work up 600,000 lbs. of the finest Ohio and Pennsylvania wool per year, into fancy cassimeres and fine coatings. The inauguration of this com- pany has created quite a competition with the famous Har- ris goods, which manufactory is also located at Woonsocket The motive power is furnished by a 120 horse power engine, horizontal tubular boiler, Corlis.s's patent, and one Jonval turbine water wheel. Employ 275 persons. (See also Woon- socket.) Selling agents, Denny, Jones, & Poor, 21 and 23 AVhite street, New York. The Silver Spring Bleaching & Dteing Co., located near the city line, in North Provedence. Treasurer's office Weybosset street ; incorporated in 1864 ; capital $200,000 ; Henry Lippitt, President, Charles H. Merriman, Treasurer, Albert Armington, Superintendent of bleachery, John Bur- ton, Superintendent of dye works. The dye works have been lately erected, (1868.) Employ 150 persons, and wash and dye about 1 ,800 pieces of cloth per day : consist- ing of jaconets, silesias, sheetings, &c. Use 3 engines 120 horse power each. Corliss patent ; boiler capacity of 500 horse power, consisting of a 300 Harrison and a 200 plain cylinder. Social Manufacturing Co., located at Woonsocket. Of- fice, 37 Weybosset street. Providence. Incorporated 1855. Capital $300,000. Orin A. Ballou, President, Providence ; Henry Lippitt. Treasurer, Providence ; Charles Nourse, Su- perintendent, Woonsocket. This company manufacture fine sheetings, shirtings and silesias. The mills have 40,000 .spindles ; use 70 bales of cotton per week. Employees, 600. Motive power furnished by one pair of engines, 250 horse power each, and two Jonval turbine water wheels. The agents of this company, are Wm. C. Langley & Co., 17 and 19 White street, New York. Potter & Symonds, gold and silver jewelery, 29 Eddy, room 30x60 in 4th, floor of brick building. Employ 16 per- sons. Amount business done per year $50,000. Motive power 1 horse, hired of engine adjacent. James K. Chace, plated jewelry, 193 Eddy, occupies room in 4th floor 40x60. Em}Jioys 10 persons. 1 horse power hired from engine adjacent. Barbouk & Heatiicote, 140 to 146 Eddy, corner Friend- ship, manufactures Eiswald patent low water indicator. C0RRA:\CE STRKKT, - - - - Providence, K. I. WM. H. VAUCHAN, PROPRIETOR, ^M^m fif^m m^^i Manufacturer of the best substitutes db^ els ^?ibdfe^ Vaughan's Chemical Color Composition, A substitute for Cream Tartar or Argols, for Dyers' use. Comes much less Satisfaction guaranteed. price, and takes less in quantity. Citj Mill: CrEas Tartar, or Saperfhosphate, Equal in strength and power of neutralizing soda to the best Crystal Cream Tartar ; sold at about hall' the price of Pure Cream Tartar, and is equally as good in baking bread. Also, manufacturer of tlie best and cheapest SUBSTITUTE CREAM TARTAR AND SUPERPHOSPHATES In the country. Perfect Satisfaction guaranteed. Orders respectfully solicited aiul prompt alleiiliou will be given them. Address — WM. II. YAIGILW, no Uonaii€e St., Providoiiee, R. I. Palmer & Capron, plated and gold rings, 120 Dorrauce street ; commenced business in 1H65. Occupy 4th floor 38 xlOO ; employ 15 persons. Motive power 3^ horse. Turn out 1,500 per day, business amounting to about $60,000 per year. Franklin Olds, manufacturer of grinding mills, 323 Eddy street, commenced business in 1857 ; employ 4 persons, occupy third floor 30 x 50, finish about 25 per year. The business of millwrighting is carried on in connection. J. G. Gibson, machinist, is connected with this concern, who con- ducts business on his own responsibility. Daniel B. Waite, roll plated jewelry and lockets, 319 Eddy street. Commenced business in 1868, as successor of Angell & Waite, who commenced business in 1864. Occu- py a part of 2d story 75x40. Employ 30 hands ; business amounts to about $50,000 per year. E. Richards, brass swivels for watch chains, 319 Eddy street. Manufactures 12 gross per month. Fanning & Potter, 79 Pine street, plated and gold jewel- ry. Commenced business 1856 ; occupy 2d floor 45x80. Employ 14 persons. AV. B. Rider's dye wood and drug mill 325 and 327 Ed- dy street. Commenced business 1846. Occupy building 60 x90, 3 stories. A 60 horse power engine, Corliss patent and make. Employ 9 persons and grind 1,000 tons per year. Arnold & Webber, successors to Dodge, Peirce & Co., solid gold rings, 46 Page street. This firm commenced business July, 1868, occupy part of second floor in connec- tion with Dodge & Kotzow, 25x30. Employ 4 persons. Manufacture about 8 dozen per week. Duix.E & KoT/.ow commenced business July 1st, 1868. being a branch of Dodge, Pierce & Co., who are now dis- solved, manufacturing .solid gold chains, occupy room with Arnold & Webster. 46 Page street, and do a business of about §50,000 per j-ear. W.M. T. Lewis & Co., electro plate jewelers, 46 Page street, commenced 1868 ; occupy 1st floor, 25x30, employ 6 I persons and do a business of about $6,000 per year. I Brown, Cook & Co., solid gold lockets, 44 Page street, I bought out G. B. Gray, 1862, and occupy 2d story building, ' 22x28, with L. 20x28 ; employ 7 persons. I Fessenden & Co., 52 Friendship street, silver-ware man- , ufacturers ; commenced business 1859, occupy 1st floor, 70x40 ; employ 25 persons, and manufacture all the different styles of small ware. Samuel Woodbury, plated and solid gold jeweler, 54 Friendship street, occupies rooxn 50x30, with L. 30x20 ; em- ploys 10 persons. I ,C. W. B. Bennett, oreide and plated jewelry, -54 Friend- ship street, occupies room 40x40 ; commenced business I 1846. Richmond & Scott, plated and gold jewelry, 54 Friend- ship street ; this company occupy room 20x36 feet, employ 10 persons, make a specialty of rings, and do a business of about $7,000 per year. Charles F. Irons, gold and plated jewelry, 54 Friendship street, occupies room 25x30 on 3d floor ; employs 10 persons, and does about $12,000 worth of business per year. L. W. Pierce & Co. plated and gold jewelry, 54 Friend ship street. Commenced business in 1866. Occupy room on the 4th floor, 30x20 feet. Employ 8 persons. 454 StaHons in the State of Rhode Island. HENEY BLUNDELL & CO. CORNERS OF FRIENDSHIP, ORANGE AND PECK STREETS, PROVIDENCE, R. I., SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF BLUNDELL & COMPANY'S Improved Jewelers' Tools! Particular attention paid to Grinding and Polishing Rolls. OFFICE, 98 ORANGE STREET. HENRY BLUNDELL, JOHN MC WILLIAMS, HERBERT E. BROWN. Henry Blundell & Co., inachiuists aud manufacturers of jewelers' tools, Nos. 98 and 106 Orange street, and 63, 65 and 69 Peck street. Messrs. Blundell & Co. are exten- sively enj^aged in the manufacture of all kinds of jewelers' tools, and they are the only parties in the country who make this business a specialty. They have given it their personal attention, aud, after years of study and experimenting, they have secured patents on several machines, and their machine- ry is of a superior order to any in the country. They are constantly receiving orders from all parts of the United States and foreign countries for their patent presses, drops, rolling mills, lathes, oval and independent jaw chuck, slide aud bracelet rests, dies, punches, &c. They have the best ma- chines in the country for grinding and polishing rolls. In connection with the above named business, they carry on brass founding and finishing, where they manufacture all kinds of plumbers' fittings ; also, pumps, mill hydrants, valves, water gates, discharge pipe, couplings, &c. The business was established by Henry Blundell in 1849. Iii 18G6 he associated with himself John Mc Williams, and in 1869, Herbert E. Brown was admitted to the firm. In 1867, the business of Messrs. Blundell & Co. had so in- creased that they found it necessary to lease the premises whi(-h they now occupy. These premises contain over 8,000 square feet of land, which is nearly covered with buildings. The main building extends from Orange st. to Peck st. The lower story is occupied as a machiue shop ; the second story for brass finishing, copper and plumbing work, and the third story is their pattern room. In the building next south is their engine, brass foundry and shop for the manufacture of heavy shafting, gearing, pulleys, and machine jobbing (on the lower floor), and a pat- tern shop above. The building next north is occupied as a blacksmith shop, on the first floor, and the grinding room in the next story. lu the different departments of this establishment are em- ployed from 40 to 50 men. H. D. Smith, plated and gold jewelry, 54 Friendship sft, occupies room, 20x50. Commenced business in 1866. Em- ploys 6 persons. Phetteplace & Bartlett, soap aud candles, 181 Friend- ship street, commenced business in 1854. Occupy two story building 40x30 ; also, one 30x40, one story brick. Employ 5 persons ; business amounting to about $45,000 per year. 10,000 lbs. soap manufactured per week. C. L. Potter, pearl goods, 248 Pine street ; commenced business in 1865 ; occupies one room 40x90 ; employs two persons. Lincoln Manufacturing Co., 14 Byron street ; incor- porated in 1866 ; capital $40,000. Francis S. Lincoln, President, George H. Lincoln, Treasurer. Soap and cau- dles, occupy 1 building, 2 stories 125x35. Employ 10 per- sons ; Use Earle's steam pump for boiling purposes ; no mo- tive power, and sell about 70,000 lbs. of soap per month. John Kendrick, reed and harness maker, 26 Clifford street, office 14 Exchange place, 40x80 feet, commenced bu- siness in 1848, now occupying a building 4 stories high. 90x 40 feet ; employing 60 persons, and using 30 harness knit- ting machines. He consumes 800 lbs. of twine per month ; his motive power is furnished by a Corliss engine, of Corliss patent and make ; 2 boilers. He also has a manufactory at Fall River and one at Woonsocket, notice of which will be found there. Providence Brass Foundry, 412 Eddy street, A. H. Manchester, Jr., proprietor. Commenced business in 1847 ; Employs 4 persons, occupies 50x110 feet brick building, 4 stories ; 4 horse power engine, Charles Mann, of Troy, manufacturer ; an;iount of business $60,000. N. Bangs Williams, 185 Eddy street, self-regulating lu- bricators and oil cups. Commenced business in 1868 ; oc- cupies a room on 3d floor ; employs 15 hands ; salesroom 75 John street. New York. Henry Gill occupies a room 80x30, in third story of brick building 193 Eddy street, for the manufacture of tapes and webs. Uses 6 Knowles' patent fancy looms, 1 spooler, 1 warper ; employs 8 hands, turning out 4,000 yards per day. James R. AVood, butcher and fancy steels, 110 Dorrance street. Commenced in July, 1867, in second story of wood- en building 60x20. Uses 50 lbs. emory per year ; 15 pounds glue, 150 fcs. of pewter and lead per month. Employs 5 persons, using 600 lbs. of patented milled steel in the manu- facture of 100 doz. per month. American Horse Nail Co. Capital $100,000. I. H. Southwick, President, George Lewis Cooke, Treasurer, formerly occupied buildings on Dyer street, but was re- moved to Sprague street, adjacent to the Rhode Island Horse Shoe Co. This company commenced business under the present management in 1865. Occupy buildings 50x100. Employ when the works are in full operation 50 persons ; use 10 patent machines capable of turning out 12 tons per week. The oldest and largest gold chain and jeweh-y manufac- tory in the United States, is Sackett, Davis & Co., Friend- ship, corner Richmond street. Their manufactory is 100x40, 4 stories, brick. The business was established some 40 years since by Adnah Sackett, who is now deceased, the firm succeeding was Sackett, Davis & Potter, who continued till 1850, when the present firm was formed consisting of Geo. H. Sackett. Thos. Davis, Geo. P. Tew and Lauriston Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 455 A Cheap & Perfect Substitute for Cords & Weights. IMPROVED TV I ]> I> O »" S 1* H. I IX o^ . Patented April 16, ]N(il. CERTIFICATES. Providence, June 26, 1861. I do not hesitate to pronounce Butterworth's Improved Window Spring superior to any which has come to my notice. JAS. C. BUCKLIN, Architect and Builder. Pawtucket, June 28, 1861. In our opinion, Buttcrworth's Improved Window Spring is not surpassed by any whicli we have ever seen. I cheerfully recommend Buttcrworth's Window Spring D. D. SWEET & CO., Sash, Blind and Door Mauufs U. S. Armorv. Springfield, Mass., September 3, 1861. i .superior to any which has come to my knowledge. JOHN D. LORD. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31, 1867. This is to certify that we have had J. C. Bufterworth, Jr.'s Patent Sash Fasteners in constant use for the past four years, on the lieaviest windows in this city, and to-day they work to our entire satisfaction, being much cheaper, and less ible thii WARDLE vS: JAMES, No. 97 West 7th St. J. C. BVTT¥:V\AVm\TU, 3U., r>Vl ¥:dAy St., VvovuUiue, U. I. Towne. Employ about 100 per.^ons. Motive power fur- nished by .00 horse power engine, Greene's patent and man- ufactured by Providence Steam Engine Company, and use $100,000 worth of gold and silver per year, for the manu- facture of chains, which is their specialty. This firm enjoy a wide spread reputation for solid gold chains of unique and elegant designs and rel'able quality. Salesroom, 199 Broad- way, New York. Richard Cross, pen and pencil case gold pens, plated and gold jewelry, 54 Friendship street. Commenced business 1867, occupy a room 40x2.'). Employs 16 persons and does a business amounting to $30,000 per year. The Providence Dyeing, Bleaching & Calendering Co. was organized in 1814, for the purpose of dyeing, bleaching and calendering of cotton cloths. These several branches of business were conducted as a private co-partner- ship for 29 years, until 1843 when it was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, with a fixed capital of $192,000, di- vided into 192 shares at the par value of $1,000 each share. The establishment is at present divided : the dyeing and fin- ishing of cambrics, jaconets, silesias and other fancy cotton goods is executed at their new works, recently erected at great expense, and the requisite machinery for such work is of the most approved style, corner Mathewson and Sabin streets. Their blesiching establishment is at the village of Olneyville, within the city limits, about one mile from the former works, where thiit branch of the business is carried on exclusively. The works on Mathewson and Sabin streets are operated by a Corliss steam engine of about 200 horse power, and the bleachery, at Olneyville, by both steam and water power. About 150 hands are employed in the two establishments. J. C. Bt;TTERWORTH, Jr., Agent and manufacturer of Butterworth's Improved Window Springs, No. 542 Eddy street. The new and improved window spring patented April 16, 1861, by Mr. J. C. Butterworth, of this city, is so simple and convenient, that it commends itself most favor- ably to the public notice. It brings within the reach of all, the luxury of the weighted windows in the houses of the rich, with a greater security in fastening, and at a price hardly appreciable. A spring, and a cam covered with rubber, are the whole machinery ; there is no possibility of trouble in its use ; it holds the sash at any desired elevation secure against any sudden fall, and once down, the window cannot be opened without a direct force on the lever. So simple and useful an invention for windows he claims has never before been offered to the public. The fastener once lifted, a well adjusted sash can be raised and retained in any position without again touching the lever ; to lower it a slight touch is suflicient, and the instant that touch is re- moved the sash is again firm. The upper sash, on which it operates precisely as it does on the lower, is also held firmly in position by it, and all rattle and jar are avoided. It is an admirable spring for car and omnibus windows, in short for all windows requiring raising and retaining. With the ex- ception of cords and weights, which are costly and require attention and repairs, he claims that there has been no inven- tion so sure and commodious as Butterworth's window .spring. These springs, are, in fact, a complete substitute for pul.ies and weights, at about one sixth the cost. Parties in want of springs, should address J. C. Butterworth, Jr., No. 542 Eddy street. They may also be obtained of the following agents : Bur- ditt & Williams, Frye, Pliipps & Co., Bogman &, Vinal, Brooks & Darling, Boston, Mass. ; C. Foster & Co., Wor- cester, Mass. ; Joseph Newell, Salem, Mass. ; S. Augustus Bemis, Springfield, Mass. ; A. A. Beckwith, Fitchburg, Mass. ; James DouU, New Bedford, Mass. ; William H. Todd, Northampton, Mass. ; Hotchkiss & Mersick, New Haven, Conn. ; L. M. & G. I. Hagar, Burlington, Vt. ; W. G. Hancock, Franklin. N. H. ; H. L. Emerson, East Wil- ton, N. II. ; Fogg & Bridges, Bangor, Me. ; Emery, Water- house & Co., Portland, Me. ; T. G. Arey, Bucksport, Me. ; Sowles & Edwards, Plattsburg, N. Y. ; George Coyne, Philadelphia, Pa. ; C. F. Gray, Chicago, 111. ; Joseph C. I Wright, Birdsboro', Pa. ; John Gibson & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. ; L. M. Alger, Mansfield, Ohio. ; Charles Humes, St. I Louis, Mo. ; T. T. Halstead, New Albany, Ind. ; Tefft, i Casey & Kellogg, Detroit, Mich. ; A. McBride, Louisville, I Ky. ; C. G. Forshey & Co., Galveston, Texas, ; Lee, Cran- dall & Co., New Orleans, La. 456 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. STILLMAN WHITE, BBASS FeONPEl :Xo. 1 :Bfii-li Sti-eet, r»i-ov ideiioe, I?. I. Sole Maj^ufacturer of S. White's Lini^vg ^Ietal. castings of all descriptions. The Rhode Island Wire Works, J. L. Sherman & Co. proprietors, was established in August, 18G6. They occupy rooms 70x30 feet, in the building situated at Xo. 151 Broad ; street, in Afhich is their office and salesroom ; also, have a j room 45x40 feet, in the four stor^- brick building, located at j 82 Orange street. They manufacture every description of wire goods, and netting of any size or mesh, having in use ! four large wire looms, besides other necessary machinery. They employ 12 hands, consume annually about 25 tons of wire, and do a business of 825,000. (See advertisement, front colored page.) The Star Tool Co., manufacturers of machinists' tools, j occupy the first floor 40x25 feet, in a 3 story wooden build- ing, located at 236 Washington street. This company com- menced business in August, 18G8, and have nine employees. Their machinery, consisting of lathes, planers, drills, &c., I mostly of their own manufacture, is driven by an engine of 20 horse power, in the works of Volney W. Mason & Co. in building adjacent. The company is composed of E. F. Allen, Charles Campbell and E. A. Braman. The Brvss Foundrt owned and occupied by Stillman White, located at No. 1 Bark street, is 26x90 feet, and has been in successful operation for about thirteen years. At these works there is manufactured every variety of Brass, Bronze and Composition Castings for Steam Engines, Cot- ton Machinery, Steam, Gas, &c. ; also as a specialty, S. White's Anti-friction Lining Metal, for bearings, the best in use, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Mr. W. con- sumes about a ton of castings per week, and does business of upwards of §40,000 annually. Spicers & Peckham, manufacturers of Cooking Stoves, : Furnaces, Ranges, Hollow Ware, Sinks, &c., occupy a ! three story brick building with attic, 50x50 feet, with an L. 150x40 feet, one story, located on Cove street, opposite the Stonington Railroad repair shop. The business was estab- lished in 1850, by Messrs. Dutee Arnold, & Co., and came into the hands of the present proprietors in 1862, who now I employ 50 persons, and consume from 900 to 1,000 tons of iron annually. An engine of 20 horse power, built by The Providence Steam Engine Co., of this city, supplied by j steam from one large flue boiler, furnishes power for their machinery. j H. L. Kendall commenced the manufacturing of soap j and candles, in Providence, in 1827. He was succeeded j by H. L. Kendall & Co, who continued until 1860 when a I stock company was formed bearing the name of " Kendall ; Manufacturing Company," having a capital of S125,000. They occupy a 4 story brick building 90x64 feeet, on the comer of Friendship and Page streets. Their engine is Corliss' patent, Harris' make ; 15 horse power with 2 flue de of their boilers. The cousumption. Wilcox & Battell, n occupy a floor 25x80 feet soaps and caudles is for home ufacturers of solid gold jewelry, brick building located at No. Broad street, established in 1858. They employ 30 persons, and do a business amounting to about §100,000 per annum. This company are the sole manufacturers of Wil- cox's patent studs, sleeve buttons and aruilets, a very supe- rior invention. James Eldred, manufacturer of electro and gold plated jewelry, occupies a room 50x50 feet, in building located at 30 Page street. He commenced business in 1833, and has 20 employees. A. V. Potter, manufacturer of electro and plated jewel- ry, occupies a room on the third floor of brick building situ- ated at No. 51 Friendship street. He employs 20 hands and does business amounting to 820,000 per annum. George Chatterton occupies a 4 story wooden building 40x50 feet with an ell 50x25 feet, 2 stories, located at 25 Randall street, for the manufacture of files, having been es- tablished in 1839. The manufacture of steel files by hand employs 30 persons, who consume annually about 60 tons of steel. L. Carr, & Co., manufacture gold jewelry, occupying a room 25x35 feet in the fourth story of brick building, lo- cated at No. 58 Eddy street, (formerly 15.) They com- menced business in 1863, and employ 8 persons on rings and lockets, principally ; doing business of about 810,000 per annum. J. M. Curtis occupies a building 40x20 feet, at 148 Car- penter street, and employs 14 persons in the manufacture of cigars. He has facilities for turning out 325,000 cigars per annum and does business of about $25,000. He has a store at 126 Westminster street. A. N. Winslow, commenced business in 1864. He occu- pies a room 50x50 feet, in a brick building, located at No. 30 Page street, and employs 12 hands in the manufacture of alabata, gold and silver plated watch cases, and tobacco boxes. Robert Barton, manufacturer of plated jewelrj', occupies a room 50x50 feet, in the brick building, located at No. 30 Page street. He commenced business in 1853, employs 25 hands, and does business amounting to §50,000 per annum. Spink & Mason, manufacturers of gold and electro- plated jewelry, at 30 Page street, occupy a room on second floor, 50x50 feet. They commenced business in 1862, em- ploy 20 persons, and do business amounting to §25,000 per annum. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 457 WILLIAM SWE EN E Y, Manufacturer of, and dealer in all kinds of ffi m *» W ^ ^ 'W' ® tbmB ens em fiMmm wA mS'' m3^ Jl^ m^ K LOTJISra-ES, FEJLTHIEioS, Sea., o r» r» o !Si T i^ 1 :5 ^ o ^v > ^^ L >s ^±^ rj QE e: T , PROVIDENCE, R. I. Nathaniel Grast & Co., manufacturers of plated jew- elry, occupy the third floor, 25x100 feet, in the brick build- ing located at No. Ill Broad street. They employ 30 per- sons, and do business amounting to about 850,000 per year. Isaac Stose, manufacturer of electro-plated jewelry, com- menced business in 1859. He occupies a room 50x30 feet, in a three story wooden building, located at 53 Friendship street, and does business amounting to about $18,000 per year. James Qctxn & Sox, manufacturers of shoe lacings and spool thread, occupy a room 40x40 feet, in a four story wooden building, located at No. 32 Smith street. They run 25 braiders, and produce about 50 gross of lacings per day, giving employment to 9 hands. Albert W. Page, occupies a two story wooden building, 22xC4 feet, located at No. 14 Charles street, for the manu- facture of dipped tallow candles, making about 100 tbs. per week, or about 100,000 caudles per annum. TiNGLEY Mariu.e Co., manufacturers of monuments, tab- lets and headstones of marble, freestone and granite ; also, marble mantels, washbowls, slabs, factory rolls, soapstone washtubs, &c. Were established in 1811, and are the oldest and largest works of the kind in the State. Their marble works and office is located at No. l.Tl South Main street, and their freestone yard and wharf at 417 South Main street. They employ 77 persons. Their machinery at their marble works is driven by a steam engine of 25 horse power, built by the Corliss Steam Engine Co., of this city. Miller & Andrews, manufacture patent round belting at 170 Carpenter street. They commenced business in 1857. B. P. CcxxiNT.HAM occupies a building 50x100 feet, four stories and another 50x100 feet, two stories, at 136 Broad street. He manufactures furniture and upholstery goods. The greater part of these buildings being used for his store. He employs 50 persons. Wm. F. Baker & Co., brewers and malsiers, occupy a two story wooden building 60x50 feet, located at the corner of Richmond & Pine streets. They commenced business in Sept. 1867. Employ 4 persons and do a business amount- to $50,000 per annum. This building was formerly occupied by C. Fletcher & Co., for 30 years. P. Corbet & Co., manufacturers of bottled soda and sarsaparilla, occupy a 2i story wooden building 30x45 feet, located at the corner of Pine and Richmond streets. This firm commenced business at 25 Washington street, Nov. 9th, 1866, and moved to their present location, Aug. 1st, 1867. They employ 9 hands and bottle during the summer 600 doz. and do a business amounting to S20,000 per annum. Hope & Co., manufacturers of engraving, machinery at 131 Dorrance street. Commenced business in 1867. They occupy a room 40x30 feet, and employ 8 persons. Their machinery is driven by an engine in building adjacent. William Sweeney, successor to Woods & Sweeney, oc- cupies a 2 story wooden building 80x30 feet, located oppo- site 124 Canal street, where he manufactures and has for .sale all kinds of mattresses, lounges, feathers, &c. The business was established in 1854, at that time giving em- ployment to but one boy and girl, but by perseverance and attention to business it has gradually increased so that at the present time he employs 20 persons ; consuming in the manufacture of mattresses alone, about 70,500 yards of cloth, ^ and 120 tons of filling ; turning out weekly 150 mattresses, and does a business of upwards of 830,000 per annum. Josatuan Jexcks occupies the 3d story of brick build- ing, situated on South Main, corner of Pike street, 45x82 ; feet, for the manufacture of spool thread. He commenced business in November, 1867 ; employs 25 persons, and has a capacity for turning out 600 dozen spools per day, and does business amounting to $60,000 per annum ; running 12 winders, 4 twisters, 4 dressers, 1 reel and 1 cop spooler. ' Rathbdn & Richards, occupy a room 70x25 feet, in building located at 125 Broad street, for the manufacture of gold jewelry. They commenced business in 1844, and em- ploy 20 hands. Their motive power is furnished by a 35 horse power engine, built by N. T. Greene. I J. B. Mathewson & Co., manufacturers of gold jewelry, at 111 Broad street, occupying a room 23x100 feet. They , commenced business in 1834, and empliy 20 persons ; power derived from engine adjacent. G. & S. Owen & Co., gold jewelry manufacturers, oc- cupy a room 40x100 feet, in building located at 111 Broad street. The firm is composed of George Owen, Smith Owen, W. H. Hiscox and R. L. Allen. This business was estab- j lished in 1834, and employs 30 persons. I S. M. Le^vis & Co., manufacturers of gold and plated ; jewelry, occupy a room 30x106 feet, located at 58 Eddy street. The firm is S. M. Lewis, J. C. Lewis, and Charles T. Medbury, and was established in 1852 ; they employ 25 ' persons, and do a business amounting to $60,000 per annum. 1 Hilton Bros. & Co., occupy a wooden building covering about 8,000 square feet, located at No. 63 Stewart street, for the manufacture of cement. They commenced business in 1861. There is also a paper collar manufactory carried on in connection, by S. F. Hilton, who commeiiced this busi- ness in October, 1867. They employ in both concerns 30 persons, use 12 machines and have a capacity for doing busi- ness to the amount of 8300,000 per annum. A six horse 458 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. C . <5c E T -A. IP T Doors, Sasli, Blimh and Shutters, Also dealers iu EULISH, FREATH AIVD AMERKAA WI\DOW CILVSS, PLATE, ENAMELED. COLO RED AND ORNAMENTAL CLASS, rsrOS- S3 Sc S4 COA^E STIiEET, (Near Boston and Provddence Railroad Station.) power steam engine their machinery. built by the Fuller Iron Works, drives ' Haskins, Myeick & Co. occupy a 1 story brick building j 75x21 feet, located on Summer, near Meadow street, for the Pkovidence Skiet Co., occupy a two story wooden build- '< manufacture of kegs. They commenced business in 1868 ; ing 40x75 feet, located at 79 and 81 Stewart street, for the ' have 7 employees, and turn out about 500 kegs per day. J. manufacture ot hoop skirts, skirt tape, web and suspenders. I P- •IQ'^ Wm. B. Haskins, and E. 0. and A. B. Myrick con- This company commenced business in Windham county, i stitute the tirm. Conn., in 1860, and moved to their present location in 1863. | G. G. Hicks, Agent, occupies three two story wooden They employ 60 persons, using 5 looms and 50 braiders, and I buildings, 50x100, located at 442 and 446 South Main street, turn out about 1,300 feet of tape per day. The braiders for the manufacture of stationary and marine boilers. He cover about 250 lbs. of wire per day. The company is ! commenced business in 1861, employs 30 persons, and E. T. C. M. & H. D. Smith. j works up over 200 tons of iron annually ; uses three large Henby W. Ellis occupies a two story wooden building, lathes, 1 planer, 2 upright drills, and two power punches, covering 8,000 square feet of land, located at the junction Mr. Hicks was formerly with the Providence Steam Engine of Cliflbrd, Dyer and Orange streets, for the manufacture (Company. of all kinds of heavy team wagons, carts and wheels. He | It sometimes seems almost incredulous how some small commenced business in 1851. Employs 20 persons, and 1 manufacturing business is built up by energy and enterprise, turns out about 100 wagons per year. He is also lumber , until its magnitude is such that a single month's production dealer and manufacture of rims, spokes, and the only manu- ■ seems sufficient to supply the world. These remarks apply facturer of lance wood shay shafts and poles in the city. | more especially to the Miles Till Manufacturing Co., at Charles H. Brown & Co. occupy rooms at 193 Eddy ; 400, 402, 404 and 406 South Main street. This company street, for the manufacture of gold jewehy. ^ They com- i use from 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of cast iron, besides iron menced business iu Sept. 1867. Employ 12 persons and do [ and brass wire annually, and about 100,000 feet of black business amounting to §20,000 per annum. walnut and pine. Most of the old countries use this patent Providence Box Co. occupy a buildin- located on Foun- ' '»°"''.>' drawer, besides the immense amount of them used in tain street, for the manuiketure'of all kinds of wooden boxes *'''' ^''""^'^ ^^''^''^- ^he Company was mcorporated in 1869, and kegs, and as a planing and uioulding mill. They com- *^« business was established by Mr. A. O. Miles, m 1859, menced business in January, 1868, and employ 14 persons, i ^^'^ although he has had great competition, he has steadily A 20 horse power engine built by the Providence Steam En<^ine ' '''"^P^ "P '^'"^ 'adder, until he now stands at the topmost round, Co., drives their machinery. Their keg shop is located on • making more than all his competitors, ten in number. The Grant street. I secret of his success is : the large number that they manu- e. ,.,.,-. A.,^., A . • oc or. i- . ■ facture enables them to make a much better article and at a oAMLEL Allen, Agent, occupies a room 35x30 leet. in a i <- .i ■ «• i ii .i ,■ i i A =.«-„ !.„• 1 K 1 • I . J . XT -^ Ti- "" :'^^'' ' " "^ I lower figure than can be aflorded bv other parties who do not 4 story brick building, located at No. 72 Pine street, for the i ■ • ,, j ■ • ^ j "• u- j » .u v, «,„,,„<•„„.,. f 1 ? u I. x:-. ,11 ' make It a specialty, and m introducing his goods to the pub- manulacture of electro French Etruscan work. He com- i- i , , j ^ , ■ Tv j i i „,<>„^„-ii, •„ ■ ic.^i ]u .iA 1 i-ic uuixi he he has had an e3-e to business, and has secured as whole- menced business in 1861, and has 20 employees. . . ,. ■ i_ » i t^ ■ u i o i /-^ ' I'yjj^t^.. sale agents throughout the country the Fairbanks Scale Com- Haskell & Co., manufacturers of gold and plated jewelry, I pany, whose reputation is second to none on this continent, occupy a room 115x40 feet, in the 4 story brick buildinc. I t, t, -m t. /^ ■ i„„„»,;^ „. v„ ~o T>- . Tu ^ J . ".""'"?' I The Providence Marine Railway Co. is a copartner- located at ;No. i> Fine street. Ihe commenced business in „i • , .-.i, „ , •, , c a^c qiq r^R ti,„ k„o:.,„„. „p.i„ 1860, and bnvp 40 «,,.„l„,.ooc „.,^ A.. K....:„..„ ^f „,_, I ship with a cash capital of $36,813 56. The business of the SlOO.OOO Haskell and and have 40 employees, and do business of about company is, that of hauling out vessels on marine railways. per annum. The firm is composed of Willard i i ,i " • • j i, -i i- e i- j r i .,1 ivr„.i T t; -.u T c- TT in- 1 and the repairing and building of every kind of vessel. 3d JNathan J. Smith. I. S. Haskell is salesman. rp, ^ c . i i, ■ • c * T T> Tj J. c ^"'^ company first commenced business in Sept., ^„-.,. Qof i^*'^"*? * '^°^ occupy a 2 story brick building 60 j They have 2 sets of ways, situated on Burges Point, East Pro- x90 feet, located on Summer, corner of Meadow street, for I vidence, and can haul out any vessel whose measurement the manufacture of wooden boxes. They run 2 planing ma- ' does not exceed 1,000 tons. The company have, besides the chines and 10 circular saws, and have a capacity for pro- j two sets of ways above named, a building of two stories with ducing from /,000 to 8,000 boxes per month, and do busi- i t,vo ells, of one story each, and a blacksmith's U stories, ness of 540,000 per annum. They also have on the stocks the frames of two schooners ; G. C. Hopkinson occupies a room 40x45 feet, in the build- j one of which is about 600 tons and the other 200 tons, ing located on Friendship, corner of Page street, for the man- j The ways are operated by steam ; the engine used being a ufacture of plated jewelry. He employs 25 hands. i Donkey engine, made by F. Fuller, Esq., of this city. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 459 The officers of the company, are P. Chase & Sons, Agents at the Ways, Burgess Point, East Providence. C. T. Child, Treasurer, 175 South Main street. Mitchell Bros, occupy the lower floor of a brick build- ing 20x60 feet, located at 103 North Main street, for the manufacture of hoop skirts. They commenced business in May, 1866, and employ 8 hands. They also have a store at No. 39 North Main street. Georgk S. Dow occupies 2 floors 80x40 feet, in the brick building, located at 84 South Water street, for the manufacture of tents, sails, and awnings. He commenced business in 1846, and employs 14 hands. FIl'NT & Owes commenced the manufacture of gold jew- elry in 1H41. Tliey occupy part of the brick building lo- cated at 111 Broad street, and employ 25 hands. The partners are G. Hunt and E. Owen. A. H. Davis manufacturer of extension tables, and desks, occupies a room 40x50 feet, in a 2 story brick building lo- cated at No. 20 Smith street. He commenced business in May, 1868, has 4 .employees, and produces annually about 300 tables. Turner WAnnixr; Mill, AV. A. Mauran, proprietor, oc- cupies a stone mill 200x40 feet, located at Olneyvilic, near the city, for the manufacture of carpet wadding. The busi- ness was established January 1st, 1869. Employs 25 per- sons ; runs 8 cards, 3 pickers, 2 willows, 3 lappers, 2 large drying machines ; driven by an engine of 40 horse power. Noble T. Greene's patent, with 2 cylinder boilers 60 hoi-»e power, built by the Providence Steam Engine Company, of this city. The production of the mill is about 3,000 yards of batting daily. Office and storehouse, 60x30 feet, with out buildings, &c., situated on the Woonasquatucket river. Knowles & Ladd, manufacturers of coin ,^ and sterling 1^ fine silver ware, occupying the 2d floor of a 4 story brick building 160x45 feet, situated on Pine, corner Ekldy street. The business was established in 1832, by H. L.Webster & Co. The present firm succeeded in 1865, at 11 Eddy street, re- moving to their present location, January 1st, 1869. They employ 50 persons ; run an engine of 40 horse power. They have a capacity for 100 hands, intending to employ that number. Office in New York, No. 20 Maiden Lane. J. B. Knowles, S. J. Ladd and S. M. Knowles constitute the firm. Jerauld & Holmes, manufacturers of paper boxes, oc- cupy the upper or 5th floor 60x60 feet, and a room on the 4th floor at No. 37 Custom House street. The business was established in February, 1869. They have about 50 em- ployees ; power furuished from an engine, built by the Ful- ler Iron Works, of this city. Gross & Brown Saw and Macoine Co., occupy the lower floor of a 4 story brick building, 100x40 feet, located at No. 248 Pine street, for the manufacture of patent re- movable tooth, and planing saws, both circular and upright. This company commenced business in May, 1868, and have 12 employees. Their machinery is driven by a Woodruff" & Befach engine, of 80 horse power. J. Mason Gross, Presi- dent and Secretary ; David H. Gilderalieve, Treasurer. L. F. Pease occupies the upper floor of a 4 story brick building, located at the corner of South Water and Planet streets, for the manufacture of tents, sails and awnings. He commenced business in 1866. Employs 6 hands and does business amounting to $17,000 per annum. The celebrated Pain Killer, established in the year 1839. is manufactured in Providence, at the old location 78 High street, with branches in Cincinnati, Ohio, Montreal, Canada, and London, England. This medicine has come to be considered an article of prime necessity, as a remedy for bodily ailments and is found at all the principal ports of the world with which we have commercial relations. The labor required in the manufacture of bottles, boxes, printing matter, putting up and preparation of the article for the market, gives employment directly and indirectly to a large number of hands. The business is conducted by Mr. Edmund Davis, son of Perry Davis, the original inventor of the Pain Killer. Sturdy & Marcy occupy a room 70x40 feet, in the third story of brick building, situated at the corner of Pine and Eddy streets, for the manufacture of gold and plated jewelry. They commenced business in September, 1867, and have 20 employees. The City Machine Co. occupy a 3 story brick building 50x150 feet, located on Harris avenue, near the Rhode Is- land Locomotive Works, where they manufacture cotton and woolen machinery, employing 60 persons, and doing business of $100,000 per annum. The business was established in 1865. R. A. Peck is President^ Almon Wade, Treasurer; and E. L. Eaton, Agent of this company. N. C. Briggs, manufacturer of carriages, occupies a three story wooden building 120x30 feet, located at Nos. 334 and 336 High street. He commenced business in 1856, and now gives employment to 20 persons, turns out annually about 125 carriages, and does a business to the amount of $25,000. The Providence Lithographic Co. are located at 127 Friendship street, formerly at 257 Westminster st. Their removal furnishes them with new facilities to satisfy their patrons. They make a specialty of labels and color print- ing, in which they rival larger cities. C. C. Potter & Co. occupy a room 33x56 feet, in the brick building, located at 51 Friendship street, for the man- ufacture of electro-plated jewelry. They commenced busi- ness in 1828, and employ 20 persons. The firm is composed of C. C. Potter and J. E. Potter. S. W. Hartshorn occupies a room 30x95, in the second sloty of brick building, located on Summer street near Pine, for the manufacture of hoop skirts, tape and bed binding. He commenced business in 1860. Employing 12 persons ; running looms, 1 winding machine, and 1 warper ; turn- ing out about 18,000 yards weekly, D. F. Adams & Co. occupy the 4th story of brick build- ing located at No. 18 North Main street, 45x115 feet, for the manufacture of paper bags. They employ 11 persons and have facilities for producing 5,000 bags per day of vari- ous sizes, and do busmess amounting to S20,000 per annum. W. R. Richards, manufactarer of electro plated jewelry, occupies the 2d story of wooden building 50x30 feet, located at No. 53 Friendship street. He commenced business in 1865. Employs 18 persous, and does business amounting to 818,000 per year. Dodge & Rathbon, manufacturers of gold jewelry, oc- cupy a room 30x40 feet, in 4th story of brick building situ- ated at No. 51 Friendship street. Established, 1866. They employ 7 persons, and do business amounting to $18,000 per year. Harris & Co., occupy a 2 story wooden building 40x90 ft. situated at No. 127 Friendship street, for the manufacture of all kinds of plain and fancy boxes and jeweler's cards. They commenced business in 1865, and now employ 25 persons. They use up one hundred reams of paper annual- ly, and in 1867, made about 500,000 paper boxes of various sizes and cut over a million of jewellers cards. They do a business of about $12,000 per annum. This firm make a specialty of making fancy paper boxes in which they are largely engaged. John Carpenter, manufacturer of doors, sash, blinds and mouldings, occupies the lower floor 35x100 feet of a 4 460 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. OEION W. COE, JiIANUFACTURER OF IIllAlHe CIMIIT, Drain and Sewer Pliif Jflanufactory on Beach street^ (between Park and Holden sts.j near the Ilii'er,) story wooden building, located at No. 28^ Smith street. He commenced business in 1868, and lias 10 employees. The machinery used consisting of 3 moulding machines, 1 planer, 2 circular and 2 jig saws, 1 sash sticker and groover, 1 rab- bitting machine, 1 side jointing machine, 1 power niortiser, 2 tenoning machines, 1 boring machine, 1 blind slat machine, and other smaller machinery is driven by an engine of 35 horse pcAver, supplied by steam from 2 cylinders boilers 40 horse power combined, built by the Providence Steam En- gine Co. of this city. Yates & Kikg occupy a 3 story wooden building 60x40 feet, situated on Gaspee street, near the foot of Francis, and manufacture pine, chestnut and walnut chamber sets of a superior quality and finish. They commenced business in August, 1868, and have 7 employees. Orion W. Coe, manufacturer of hydraulic cement pipe, for draining and sewerage purposes, occupies a 1^ story wooden building 95x80 feet, with the necessary yard room used for storing and drying, situated on Beach street, be- tween Park and Holden, near the Woonasqiiatuckei river. He employs six persons, and has a capacity for turning out 400 feet of pipe per day, of various sizes. These sewer pipes, made of hydraulic cement and gravel, which will stand the most severe test, are extensively used in this city, New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, New Ha- ven, Hartford, Springfield, Central Park, Navy Yard, &c., &c., and adopted by eminent hydraulic engineers are espec- ially adapted for sewerage, sink drains and conductors of water in cities and villages, conductors under street crossing, railroad embankments, &c. Also for blow pipes, well sides, chimneys, &c. Important recommendations are, cheapness and durability. They are easily and quickly laid, forming a perfect joint. He claims that their perfect smoothness gives them a capacity of at least 30 per cent, over brick, stone or wood sewers of the same size, and prevents them from col- lecting sediment from sink or other drains. The Laukeldale Chemical Works, situated in North Providence, was established in 1845 by T. P. Shepard & Co., and are now owned and conducted by them. They consist of numerous buildings used for the purpose of manufacturing oil of vitriol, of which 300 carboys per day can be produced. Four steam boilers are used, two plain cylinders and two Harrison globes. About 40 men are employed. The chief articles of consumpton are brimstone, coal and saltpetre. Their office is at No. 12 North Main street. These works have recently been enlarged. Albert Dailey & Co. and A. M. Hawkins & Co., man ufacturers of doors, sash, blinds, boxes, &c., occupy a 3 story brick and wooden building 120x65 feet. Also, as an office storeroom and glazing shop, a -2 sfory wooden building 125x 35 feet, located at No. 270 Dyer street. They also have, in connection with their manufactory, a large lumber yard, covering about 4 acres of ground, where they keep constant- ly on hand a varied assortment of lumber of different kinds. The business was established about 1825 by Messrs. Tall- man & Bucklin, at which time Mr. Dailey acted as their clerk. Awhile after, it came into the hands of the present firm, who have, on an average, 75 employees. Their ma- chinery, consisting of 4 large planers, 4 moulding machines, 1 sash machine, 2 power mortising machines, 2 foot mortising machines, 1 patent blind style borer, capable of boring 4,000 holes an hour, 2 tenoning machines, 1 slat tenoning machine capable of tenoning 15,000 slats per day, 1 blind slat planer, 1 sash sticker, 1 groover, 1 boring and 2 turning lathes, 2 slat machines for driving staples, 1 slat mortiser capable of mortising 600 slats per hour, 1 swing saw for cutting lum ber, 2 jig saws, 1 shaping machine for sticking all kinds of mouldings, &c., 1 rod machine for making rods from § inch to 2 inches diameter, 1. cutting off and splitting saw and 5 saw tables. Their machinery is driven by an engine of 65 horse power of the Corliss pattern, built by Wm. A. Harris, of this city, supplied with steam from 3 cylinder boilers, built by the Providence Steam Engine Co., of this city. David Lester occupies the lower floor and basement of a three story wooden building 250x75 feet, located at Nos. 112 and 114 Dorrance street, where they manufacture coffee, spices, cream tartar, &c. The business was commenced in 1857. In 1860 he commenced grinding by steam power, at 45 Clifford street ; arid in January, 1869, removed to his present locality, and roasts 2,000 lbs. of coffee, daily, doing business of 8100,000 per annum. Power furnished from en- gine in building adjacent. Store, No. 168 Westminster street. The Perkins Sheet Iron Co., capital $150,000, occupy a building 200x160 feet, a machine shop 80x40 feet, with out buildings, &c., covering four acres of ground, and locat- ed on vSprague street. They have in use niue furnaces for melting scrap and pig iron, 1 set of Burden squeezers, 3 set of rolls, and 1 set of sheet rolls, and produce daily, 4 tons of finished sheet iron and 18 tons of billets, and have 60 em- ployees. Their machinery is driven by an engine 270 horse power. Noble T. Greene's patent, built at the Builders' Iron Foundry, of this city supplied by steam from eight boilers, built by the Providence Steam Engine Co.. also of this city. They also have an engine of 30 horse power, used for driv- ing blowers, built by Gifford & Houghton, of Fall River, Mass. William Sprague, is President ; C. H. Perkins, Agent ; R. W. Comstock, Secretary, William Groves, Foreman of this company. Rhode Island Horse Shoe Co. Capital $150,000, oc- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical pazetteer. 461 FERDINAND NIITH, Maiiuliic-tur.'i- u{ DR. HICKS' ARNICA SALVE, ;§»mith'$ (Oriental ^taiv ^Icjitorcr, COURT PLA^STER. Also manufacturer of 329 HIGH STREET, Pkovidence, R. I. cupy 2 buildings one 100x60 feet ; and one 170x40 feet with ! outbuildings, &c., covering 3 acres of ground, located on ! Sprague street. They manufacture, horse shoes, employing 90 persons. They have in use 6 furnaces, 30 punching ma- chines, 4 horse shoe machines, and 3 sets of rolls, and pro- ; duce daily about 15 tons of horse shoes. Run 2 steam cn- j gines, Noble T. Green's patent, 110 horse power combined. Supplied by steam from 2 cylinder boilers, all of which were I l)uilt by the Providence Steam Engine Company of this city. William Sprague, is President ; Charles H. Perkins, Supt. and William Groves, foreman of this company. j CoMSTOCK Foundry. Incorporated 1869. Capital" $30,- 000. Occupy a moulding room 80x40 feet ; melting room 22x16 feet, and a warehouse 80x32, 2 stories, with outbulld- j ings, &c., covering about 40,000 square feet of land aud lo- i cated on Sprague street, where they employ 25 persons in the manufacture of every description of light and heavy cast- iugs. Have in use 3 McKenzie cupalos, and melt 3 tons of j iron per day. C. IT. Perkins, is President ; R. W. Com- stock. Secretary, and E. E. Lapham, Foreman. Their mo- tive power is derived from the " Wilcox Caloric, and Steam Engine Company's works," in building adjacent. The American Horse Nail Co., capital $80,000, oc- cupy a building 80x40 feet, located on Sprague street, and employ 25 persons. Run, when in full operation, 6 ma- chines, and produce 1 ton of nails per day. Their power is received from the works of the Perkins Sheet Iron Com- pany in building adjacent. Isaac Southwick is President of this company. The Wilcox Caloric & Steam Engine Co., incorpo- rated in 1807, Capital $100,000, occupy a building 200x40 feet, aud carpenter shop 20x30 feet, the whole covering about 30,000 square feet of ground aud situated on Sprague street. They employ 30 persons, and manufacture the Wil- cox Patent Portable Engines with cast iron sectional boilers. An engine of 20 horse power, of their own make, furnish impetus for their machinery. William Sprague is President, C. H. Perkins, Agent, R. W. Comstock, Secretary, and Frank Pearce, foreman of this company. The RnouE Island Braiding Machine Works, located at 89 Aborn street, were established in 1865. Their main building is 70x40 feet, three stories, with a boiler house 20x35 feet. They manufacture machinists work in most of its branches making a specialty of braiding machines and such other machines as are used in the manufacture and preparation of Braids, including singeing machines, hankers, braider tables, shafting, pulleys, &c. They employ 25 per- sons aud consume annually 100 tons of castings. Every endeavor is made by this company to keep their machines up to the highest mark of improvement, introducing from time to time such changes as a thorough experience dictate. The manufacture of Dress Braids, fourteen years ago unknown in this country, has grown to such an extent as to do away with importation of this class of goods. The machinery used in the manufacture of the above is driven by an engine of 45 horse power, " Tisdale Carpenter's patent cut off," built at the Phenix Iron Foundry of this city; supplied with steam from two cylinder boilers, 50 horse power, built by the Providence Steam Engine Company of this place. We always admire tact and enterprise, when coupled with financial ability and practical ideas. In connection these remarks refer more particularly to Feijdinand Smith, Esq., 329 High street, who is probably one of the largest man- ufacturers of cough tablets in New England. His success as a practical chemist aud compounder of valuable medicines, is realized more forcibly by the public in the production of this valuable cough alleviator, of which he manufactures and sells over half a ton yearly. He also manufactures Smith's Arnica Court Plaster and Smith's Oriental Hair Balm Re- storer. His laboratory is located at 303 High street, where he also manufactures fine cigars in great variety, for his own and other first class trade. lie employs 8 persons, pro- ducing about one-fourth of a million cigars annually. L. F. Joslin, manufacturer of doors, sash and blinds, oc- cupies two floors in a four story brick building, located at 82 Orange street, and employs 10 hands. -He commenced busi- ness at Manton, R. I., and a while after, removed to his present locality'. The machinery, consisting of 2 planing and 2 tenoning machines, 1 sash machine, 1 boring machine, 1 power and 2 Toot-mortising machines, 1 slat plainer, 1 irreg- ular cutter, 1 rod machine, and 4 saws, is driven by an en- gine in the works of Henry Blnndell & Co., in building ad- jacent. Office, 118 Broad street. J. B. & S. S. Sweet & Co., occupy a three story wooden building 50x45 feet, with a wing 20x20 feet, and an engine house 30x18 feet, for the grinding of salt, dyewoods, &c., and located at from 16 to 22 Charles street. The business was established by Sweet & Angell, in 1849, and carried on by J. B. & S. S. Sweet, until 1869. Their machinery — among which there are three run of stones — is driven by an engine of 40 horse power, supplied with steam from a 40 horse power flue boiler, both built by the Corliss Steam En- gine Co., of this city. This firm is composed of Jesse B. Sweet, Smith S. Sweet, and Jesse B. Sweet, Jr. Do busi- ness to the amount of $60,000 per annum. Providence Rivet Co., incorporated in 1856, with a cap- ital of $20,000, occupy a 2 story brick and wood building 35x67 feet, with out buildings, &c., located on Cold Spring street, near Central Bridge, and manufacture iron and turned rivets of all sizes, employing on an average 6 persons. Run 5 riveting machines, capable of producing 1,000 pounds of 462 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. Incorporated 1856. Manufacturers of TE^M WITH CORLISS' FAIENTEHMOVEINTS. This Company were awarded the First Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition, 1867, for the best STATIONARY STEAM ENGINE. !Ooilei'j§$5 I^Jtill ,- 000 to $20,000. We could cite a recent case in New York city, where the bride received presents in silver valued at nearly 820,000. At a silver wedding in Pittslield, Mass., not long since, a wedding for which the happy pair had a house expressly built, silver ware of the value 830,000 was presented. In Europe the use of silver ware for the household is more confined to the wealthy classes; in this country there are comparatively few families too poor to possess some arti- cles of the precious metal. As the country has grown pros- perous so have the middle classes advanced, and with that advance, indulged in the luxury of plate. Whatever this may betoken we leave to the political economists to say, but the fact remains that, in this free land, silver is more uni- versally u.sed for household service than in an other country on earth. With the increase in the consumption of silver iu this country we liave made steady advance in the art of working it. We wish in this place to make no comparison between the art in Europe and the art in America ; for since the days of Benvenuto Cellini, Europe has boasted its great silver working artists, and to-dav' some of these artists give to the world beautiful fabrics. But whatever the condition of the art in Europe, the fact remains that it has made less pro- gress there during the last fifty years than on this continent. In American designs, the modern predominates ; in Euro- pean, the antique and mediaeval. The American designer in part gives the spirit of the living age ; the dead past is revived by the Europeans. We believe much of the im- provement made in the art of silver working in America is due to the Goruam Manufacturing Company, of this city, and therefore we will call attention to what they have done, and are doing. We give a brief sketch of the history of this company, as it in part illustrates the more recent history of tlie art in this country and its relations to the country's trade. The founder of the Company was Mr. Jabez Gorham, who established himself iu business here in 1831. He died a few months since, having lived to see a large flourishing establishment grown up around him. The firm confined itself to the manufacture of pure silver ware. Gradually the business increased till it had assumed large proportions. Af- ter several changes in the firm it at last became a joint-stock corporation, under the name of Gorham Manufacturing Com- pany, the son of the foimder being its president. The man- ufacture of large articles in silver was begun in 1851 ; in 1 852 the present head of the firm went to Europe, and again in 18G0, for the purpose of gaining all possible information in the working of silver. He visited tlie most celebrated silver manufactories in Europe. In France, in England, in Germany, he studied to know what could be done for the ad- dance of art in America. He imported costly machinery ; he collected a library of works of art ; he procured the ser- vices of the best European and American artists. The pushing Yankee, always sagacious, is never more so than when he spies an opportunity to excel his competitor in trade by the introduction of improved implements and ma- chinery, or by paying liberally for experiments in scientific applications which promise to increase the market value of his wares. He who first fixes the attention of the public by a novel design combining ornament with utility, may safe- ly count upon a degree of success amply repaying his expen- diture and means. Having gained success in this field, the Company in 18C3 turned its attention to the mauufactnre of silver plated goods. There was a great demand for an advancement iu this branch of the art. For this, one of the firm visited Europe several times. The best foreign and American machinery was se- c\ired. Some of this machinery was very costly ; for instance, some of the rolling machines introduced weigh over twenty tons. Ten stamps are used, some of them having hammers weighing from one ton and a half to two tons each. After two years of preparation, the machinery was finish- ed, and in 1865 the plated ware was put upon the market. The expectations of the Company were fully realized. They were successful iu their new enterprise, and to-day the silver plated ware of no manufacturing company in the world stands liighcr than does theirs. One distinguishing feature of this Company is, that it is self-sustainiug, having shops in which is done all the designing, modeling, pattern-making, chasing, casting, rolling, etc. : also, carpenters' shop, and shops where tools and machines are manufactured and mended. This company has recently enlarged their buildings and capacity, taking iu and occupying a whole square. Tliey have 5 cylinder boilers, 21 horse power each, built by Ken- dall & Roberts of Cambridgeport, Mass. ; also, 2 Harrison boilers, 110 horsepower each, and an 80 power Corliss en- gine. Employ about 400 persons who are really doing the work of a thou.sand, so completely is the establishment fur- nished with labor saving machines. That the Gorham Manufacturing Co., has done much for the business prosperity, needs no proof; and that they have done much for the art features of the business to which they have devoted themselves, needs only this attestation, — that their wares have been used as models by English manufac- turers. VoLNEY W. Mason & Co. occupy a building 50x50 feet, two stories, with wing, situated on Lafayette street, for the manufacture of friction pulleys. They commenced business about nine years since; employ 15 persons. A 30 horse power engine, made by Providence Steam Engine Co., sup- plies the power. iet Stations in the State of Rhode Island. Also i^liiilHiii":. Grariii<; anil Ulaclilnrry, O o < C H H ^ H Providence, B.. I. We quote from Bishop's History : "TuE Providence Machine Co., Thomas J. Hill, proprie- tor, is one of the most exteusive and complete establishments in New England for manufacturiug cotton and woolen machine- ry. Altiiough it might be supposed, from its title, to belong to a company, it is the property of one individual. The main buildings are of brick, three stories in height, and present an appearance, externally, that is very imposing. The main machine shop is 220x60 feet, with another parallel to it, 200 x3G feet ; the two being eounected together in the centre. There is also a foundry 80x60 feet ; a pattern shop, 95x26 feet, and storehouse and other buildings, covering in all an area of about 5 acres. In these buildings are produced annually a lialf million dollars' worth of machinery used in cotton and woolen mills, especially roving machines, includ- ing the various kinds of fly frames, slubbers and speeders, self-acting mules, spinning frames, copper dresser rolls, and spiudles. " Mr. Hill, the proprietor of these works, is one of the few men who have rendered important service to America, by aiding to make her independent of England and other coun- tries in her supplies of cotton machinery. He was born in Pawtucket, R. I., in 1805, and served his apprenticeship as a machinist with Pitcher & Gay, of that town, and remained with them and their successors until April, 1830. He then removed to Providence and entered the employment of Sam- uel Slater, the pioneer of cotton spinning in America, taking charge of his machine shop, which was located on the first Hoor of the Providence Steam Cotton Mill, on Eddy street. During the first year, he received as compensation the sum of one dollar and fifty ceuts per day. He commenced his second year on a saLary of $900, which continued until the spring of 1834 ; when was formed the copartnership of the Providence Machine Co., composed of Mr. Slater and Mr. Hill, the former furnishing the room and power, the latter his services and skill. "This arrangement continued even after the decease of Mr. Slater, and, with some modifi(!ations, until 1846, wlien Mr. Hill, having accumulated a capital of nearly $50,000, purchased the old Stonington depot, and erected the building which is now his principal machine shop. He also purchased the tools of the Providence Machine Co., and commenced business under the style of the old firm. " Mr. Hill, during his youth, was remarkable for his great physical strength, and his capacity to execute work with as- tonishing rapidity. After others were f^itigued and worn out with their day's labor, he was as fresh and vigorous as one of his own trip-hammers. He has a natural genius for mechanics, and his judgment respecting new machines, and improvements in machinery, has been so uniformly accurate that many things have been thrown to the scrap heap at his suggestion ; and it is said nothing that his judgment con- demned has ever made its way in the world. As an expert in machinery, he has few superiors ; and it is a common re- mark among manufacturers, when a new improvement is brought to their notice — ' Has Mr. Hill seen this? what does he say about it ? ' " The distinguishing quality that has given him eminence in his department of mechanics, is that he always commenced his labor on a machine with the highest conception of per- fection his knowledge had attained, and kept all parts of the work up to this standard. Instead of gradually coming up to his own notions of perfection, it was just there he began. In this way, he maile every machine with such thoroughness and completeness, that nothing was left to be done till another advance has been made in the invention. " On one occasion, he was employed to construct a certain piece of machinery. He ordered his pattern-maker to furnish the patterns. When they were brought to him for his appro- Webb's N. E. Railwaj/ and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. Geo. E. Sokrmax, PresiJeut. Wm. II. SiiEini.vN. Ajreut. J. G. Stowe, Treasurer. EUREKA WRENCH COMPANY, COV E STKEET, PROVIDENCE, K. 1. ' We would respeetiiilly fall the attention of all wlio have occasion to use a Wrench, to the following described tools ; Fi which prevents springing, and Fig. 1 combines the ordinary Screw, with au Axle, or C'arriag vantages over all others : 1st. Greater Strength, the Shank being wider and thicker than the ordinary Wrencl is forged from the best of Wrought Iron of size 2x1. 2d. The Double Thread on the Screw, which facilitates the opening and shutting of the jaws. 3d. The Ferrule, which has double hearings inside, is put on under great pressure, and is also held in place by a hard- ened steel pin, which prevents any liability of moving and bending the adjustable screw, so common on all other wrenches. 4th. The Patent Angular Jaws placed where a hammer is usually found, (which hammer is detrimental to any wrench, as hammering bends the shank and prevents the working of the screw. These jaws will remove any size axle not, to the whole capacity of the Wrench, without removing the Wrench, or having it slip off, as is always the case ; the nut re- maining in the Wrench can be returned to its place. The jaws are also adapted to removing all nuts either square or hexagonal. The material and workmanship are first class ; the parts are all thoroughly ease hardened and interchanga- ble, are subject to close inspection, and we claim a better made and finished Wrench than any yet introduced. We have spared no pains to make this Wrench meet the wants of mechanics, and claim that they will out wear any Wrench yet introduced, and thereby save expense to the purchaser. We invite inspection and challenge comparison. We do not make what is usually called Black Finished, but we well polish and then case-harden like Gun Finish. If polished afterward, we made an addition in price. 1 Case of 10 in. contains G doz. 1 Case of 12 in. contains 6 doz. 1 Case of 15 in. 4 doz. Polished $2 extra. l.IUKKAL Ills. .iINT TO TIIK TKADF.. [FiG. 2.] Fis A NECESSITY SUPPLIED. 2 represents an Axle Nut Wrench, (of which we make two sizes.) adapted to the use of Carriage Makers and owners of Carriages, and will also be found a useful tool in the hands of any mechanic. It will remove either square or hexagonal nuts, as follows : — 14 inch size from f to 2J, and 24 inch size from IJ to 3J. They are particularly desirable for Railroads, Ship Builders. Steamboats, Livery Stables and Teamers, as one Wrench takes the place of the many wrought iron ones usually used. They are made of a superior quality of Malleable Iron, fine- ly finished with Wrought Iron Screw, and handsomely enameled. Please give us your orders for the best Wrenches in the world. i^^For sale by all Hardware Deale One Case of 14 inch, contains 6 dozen. One Case of 24 inch, contains J dozen. HEItMJLIV & CO]\i:i*A.]VT(r, MFliflB MACHIIISfg' fiOLS, Of the Finest Workmanship and Material, with all tiie Modern Improvements, Cove street, opposite Stonington Railroad Co/s Repair Sliop, Providence, R. I. WebVs N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. ALBERT F. ALLEN, MANCFACTIREK AND DEALER IN FIRE IncUxding^ ^^X^LEIX'S P^^TEIVTS, conssis^ting^ of ESCAPE VAEVE COUPr.II\0, IlflPROVED SCRE^V €Ol PEIi\G, SPKAY IVOZZEE, II?IPROVEI> WRElfCH, Ac, Arc. 5 SOLE PROPRIETOR AIVD MAIVIFAC'TI KER OF THE JflORSE PATEITT SCREW C OrPEIi\<*. Agent tor the GRENOBLE HEMP FIRE HOSE; METROPOLITAN RUBBER & RUBBER-LINED LINEN HOSE, Each guaranteed to stand a pressure of 30U lbs. to the Square Inch ; Royd & Son's EEATHER HOSE A: Royd's Patent COTTO]\ HOSE ; Ml' Falenl M\^ Mh: Hose. Sole Agent for Rhode Island tor 1^^ a 5^ o ' s Li a 111 i 11 a t e d TV atei* Se>vor ancl Cr a s Impervious to Water, Air and Gas, and more durable, stronger and cheaper than cast iron pipe. I furnish ever3thing, from a Hose Wrench'°^tp Fire Engine. Prompt attention paid to Orders, which are especially solicited. Frieidshi;, comer Hi] Street, - - - • Frovideiee, 1. 1. (REIEMLY REMOVED FROM 184 EDDY STREET.) Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 465 THE PROVIDENCE PRESS COMPANY, BOOK AND JOB PRINTEBS, PUBLISH I>siil\-, Tlii'«^e E:ng. The machinery in this manufac- tory is pi-opelled by an engine of 350 horse power. The other building is 144 feet long by 47 feet wide, and also 5 stories in height, with a store house and finishing shop at- tached, 110 feet long, 35 feet wide, and 2 stories in height. The machinery in this building is propelled by an engine of 150 horse power. These factories contain 18,000 spindles, and turn out daily 2,500 lbs. of cotton yarns, 750,000 lbs. yearly, which are manufactured into lamp wicks, boot, shoe and corset laces, crotchet and plain braids, and other similar small wares. The machinery is much of it of a novel de- scription, and the words—" No admittance " — have more significance on the doors of this establishment than ordina- rily. The works are operated by a company, incorporated in 1865, with Thomas Fletcher, President ; Henry Fletcher, Secretary and Agent, and John S. Ormsbee, Treasurer. This company are the successors of Thomas Fletcher, who, in 1793, commenced the manufacture in a small way of lamp wicks, tapes and webbing. After his decease, in 1824, the business was carried on by his two sons, Thomas and Wil- liam, under the firm-style of T. & W. Fletcher. Another Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 467 LkmK leeic (Over Press Co.'s Office,) H. M. COOMBS, Proprietor. Btlll BOOIS MlBl le 01111. ALSO Ix ALL ITS Branches. t^ This Book was Bound at the above estahlishment. brother, Joseph, was soon after admitted, and the style was changed to Fletcher Brothers, who added the manufacture of corset laces to tiicir original business, and employed two small machines. In 1827, they embarked in the manufac- ture of boot and shoe laces, of which the production is now enormous, and from year to year enlarged and increased the capacity of their works, but without a change in the firm- style until 1860, when, by the admission of sons as partners, it became Fletcher Brothers & Co., which continued until 1865, wlieu the Fletcher Manufacturing Co. was incorpo- rated. Thomas Fletcher, the late President of the company, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1798, but was a citizen of Provjdence from 1809 until his decease in 18C7. The business, which came into his hands upon the death of his father, in 1824, was then so small, and carried on with machinery and appli- ances so inefficient, compared with those now employed, that he miiy be called the founder of the present establishment, whose immense structures are a monument to his persevering industry, commercial sagacity, and well-directed enterprise. At the present time, Joseph Fletcher is President of the company. Sherman & Co., commenced the manufacture of machin- ists' tools, in September, 1868, as* successors to Prentice, Sherman & Co., who were formerly located at 72 Pine street. Their new brick building is 140x45 feet, with engine, boiler room and blacksmiths' shop attached, 33.x37 feet. They employ 20 persons in the manufacture of lathes, of which they make a specialty. These lathes combine several patent improvements peculiar to this establishment, and for accura- cy of workmanship and material, they claim they are sur- passed by none. They have just couHnenced the manufac- ture of a patent screw wrench called the Eureka, which they propose to turn out at the rate of 100 per day. It is parti- cularly desirable for owners of carriages, railroads, ship builders and mill men generally. This firm consists of young, enterprising and withal practical men. William H. Sherman, formerly of Prentice, Sherman & Co., George E. Sliermaii, now Superintendent Smithfield Manufacturing Company, Dedham, Mass., and James G. Stowe, late Secre- tary of tlie Rhode Island Locomotive Works and Treasurer of Perkins Sheet Iron Company of this city. Boon, Rice & Co. are extensive dealers and sole agents in this city, for the Forest River Lead Co., Ilall, Bradley & Co., and Brooklyn white leads, and for Peter Cooper's lubri- cating neats foot oil. Besides these, they deal extensively in drugs, chemicals, paints, varnish, window glass, glue, and painters and manufacturers' supplies. DARt.iNG, Brown & Shaupe, 139 South Main st. This ' establishment are manufacturers of United States standard ] rules, patent hardened cast steel try squares, the American ! standard wire gauge, and a variety of other tools for accu- I rate measurement ; employ 130 hands, and have an engine of 25 horse power. This firm made a display of their articles at the Paris Exposition, 1867, and a silver medal was award- ! ed them. Also, in connection, the Brown & Sharpe Man- I DFACTURING COMPANY, manufacturers of sewing machines, revolving head screw machines, universal milling machines, tapping machines, &c. This establishment is largely engaged* in manufacturing the Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machines, of which they have made 75,000. I The Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Co. added to their ; works during 1866, a new brick building, corner of Pine and Eddy streets, 160x45 feet, and four stories in height. This company was incorporated in 1850, and is tiie largest manu- factory of steam and gas-fittings in the State ; its excellent work is also appreciated throughout New England and the West, in gas-works for towns and manufacturing establish- ments. Albert F. Allen is manufacturer of and dealer in every description of Fire Department supplies. Ho occupies a room 50x45 feet, in a 3 story wooden building 184 Eddy St., 468 Statioits in the State of Rhode Island. THOMAS PHILLIPS & COIMPANY, oiPPiesiiiTHS mm pummm — MANLFACTURERS ASD DEALERS IN Copper Diving Cylinders, Color and Dye Kettles, Copper Piping, Copper Batlis and Wash Boilers, Copper, Brass and Iron Force and Lift Pnnips, Water Closets. Bath Tubs, Wash Basins, Brass and Silver riated Cocks, and Block Tin Pipe. Washing Machines, CENTRIFUGAL WRINGERS AND DRY ROOMS FOR LAUNDRIES, X^ead r»ii>esai and ^lioel Load, and IBolt ai»d Slieet C^oppoi* <*oiitsstaiitly on liaiid. 75 TO 85 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. and is the only establishment of the kind in the State. He conim?nced business June 3d, 1868. Employs at present G hands, making everything used in a fire department. He has had several patents granted him for improved spray noz- zels, wrenches, escape valves, couplings, &c., &c. He has constantly on hand, hose of every description, and is agent for the celebrated Grecnoble & Odorless Rubber Co.'s hose and Mayo's patent wooden pipe for water gas, &c., a cheap and superior article for the purpose required. Mr. Allen, although having been established but a little over a year, has " pushed" his business into nearly every manufacturing village of New England as well as to the great cities of the far west. j Lonsdale Co. The mills belonging to this company are situated at Lonsdale and Asliton, on the Providence and Wor- I cester Railroad ; the office being at 34 South Main street, of this city. The company wa.s incorporated in 1834. God- dard Bros., Agents. Their mills number six ; containing I 112,000 spindles, employing about 3.000 persons. They I manufacture fine bleached goods, silesias and jaconets. No. I of yarn, 38 to 60 ; width of goods, 35 to 40 inches. Use 10 Fall River turbine wheels, from 7 feet 4 inches to 9 feet di- ameter, and three Corliss engines, 250 to 300 horse power. The fall is 23 feet. Hope Co., Goddard Bros., Agents, was incorporated in 1845. Number of spindles, 26,000. No. of yarn, 31 to 35 ; three wooden breast and iron wheels, and one Corliss engine of 90 horse power, supplies the power for the machinery. About 500 hands are employed. The mills of this company- are situated at Hope Village, R. L, readied from River Point Station, R. I. Goddard Bros, are agents for the Blackstone Manufactur- ing Company, situated at Black.stone, Mass. (See Black- TiiE Hope File Works 51 Friendship street. William R. Hopkins, proprietor, is engaged quite extensively in the manufacture of hand cut tiles. The works were established several years since and employs about 15 persons. The House of Sprac;te started with Amasa Sprague, the grandfather of Amasa and William, the present represen- tatives of the house. He was succeeded by his sons, Am- asa and William, and thus, the firm of A. & W. Sprague come into existence. At the death of the " Old Governor," as William Sprage, the uncle of the '• two boys," who now control the house of A. & W. Sprague, is generally called even now, the business had not yet assumed anything like its present giant proportions. That event occurred in 1856, and there were at that time only six calico priming machines in the print works at Cranston. Since then, however, not only has addition after addition and extention alter exiention been put to the works, until the mills form an extensive vil- lage in themselves, but every species of improved machinery has also been procured and set in motion. The operations on the farm exhibit the same energy which has been displayed elsewhere. From 250 acres of cultivated land it has been increased to nearly 1200 acres, laid out in beautiful fields, large gardens and orchards. The Narragansett Park is located in this tract, the account of w hich will be found on page 440. Instead of six-color machines, the highest number any machine was capable oi printing at the death of the " Old Governor," there are in the works at Cranston, to-day, ma- chines which print 12. Their are now 36 machines in the w orks. and 50,000 pieces of cloth can be printed and finished in a week. This immense estabhthment is driven by six en- gines varying ircm 40 to 300 horse power, and the consump- tion of coal per day is not short of 100 tons. Twenty-five donkey engines are scatlered over the establishment to do special duty wherever needed. Trimming machines, wash- ing and drying machines, dyeing apparatus, engiaving ma- chines, all the immense and complicated machinery necessa- ry to the manufacture cf the material for a new dress. The villages where the operatives reside are built after a uniform model, and consist of story and half double houses. In the store at Cranston, an immense business is done. Tlie Spragues do their own slaughtering, and kill about 25 head oi' cattle per week, and sheep and hogs in proportion. The meat is furnished to their operatives four or five cents per lb. cheaper than it can be bought in the Providence market, and the " store " sells goods of every kind at a proportion- ately low figure, the sales in a single year amounting to $400,000. In the works here, 2,000 hands are employed, besides those engaged at their other mills. The Morgan Mill, situated near the Print Works, is buih of stone and contains 4000 spindles, for the manufac- ture of carpet warp. Here 50 persons are employed. One wheel and a 40 horse power engine supplies the power. The fall is 18 feet. At Natick. on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad, are four mills, built of stone and brick, for the manufacture of print cloths 72 square, 28 inches wide. Run 42,000 spindles, 1000 looms and employ 800 persons. Arctic Mill, near River Point, on the PrDvidcnce, Hart- ford and Fishkill Railroad, is buih of stone, contains 25,- 000 spindles, 600 looms. Employs 450 persons, manufac- turing 28 inch print .cloths, 64 square. They employ 450 persons. A turbine wheel furnishes the power. The fall here is 28 feet. At Quidnick, on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad, they run 2 stone mills, known as Kos. 1 and 2. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 469 I Recent improvements will increase their capacity, to 30,000 I spindles, and 750 looms. Employ 750 persons, manu- ' f'acture 28 inch print cloths, 72 square. At Baltic, on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad, they occupy the largest mill in the United States. It is built of stone and is 946x88 feet, 5 stories. Here are I run 76,000 spindles, 2000 looms. Employing 1200 persons, I and manufacturing print cloths and sheetings 72x72 and 76 ! x76. Six wooden wheels supply the power. The fall is about 88 feet. At Central Falls, they run a flax and cotton mill under the style of the United States Flax Manufacturing Company. This mill has recently been enlarged. They run here 30,000 spindles and 700 looms, manufacturing 32 inch lawns. Yarn, 60 warp and 80 filling, 76 square. Flax machinery also is run to quite au extent. The Spragues have also mills at Augista, Me., the ac- count of which win be found under the bead of Augusta, page 34. They consumed 17,000 bales of cotton the last year, and within five months they have bought at least 10,000,000 yards of cloth from other manufacturers and printed it in their own works at Cranston. The officers of the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. are : William Sprague, President : Amasa Sprague, Treas- urer. Principal office. No. 3 Exchange Place, of this city. Selling Agents : Hoyt, Spragues & Co., New York and Philadelphia. Thomas Phillips & Co., occupy a building 80x80 feet, 2 stories, situated at 75 to 85 South Main street, for the man- ufacture of everj- filing appertaining to the business of Cop- persmiths and Plumbers. They mauufacture as specialties, chemical apparatus for laboratories, and copper work for print works, steamboats, and steam pipes, dye kettles, color kettles, lead acid kettles for cleansing wire ; plumbing mills, public buildings, private houses, laundry machinery, &c. The business was established by Thos. Phillips, in 1830, and they employ 60 persons. The many manufacturing concerns in and around Providence, and the rapid growth of the city, have contributed much to the success of this establishment, which is one of the oldest, largest, and most complete in Rhode Island. Notes & Bros., manufacturers corn cakes, are now lo- I cated at 64 and 66 Richmond street, instead of 35 Rich- mond street. I H' NTSViLLE Woolen Mill. The above mill is owned by Mes.srs. Sayles & Walden, situated in the village of Pas- coag on the Clear river or Wallum Pond stream, about 15 miles from this city, west, is used in the manufacture of fancy cassimeres ; building 105 feet long, three stories high with basement, ell attached 100 feet long, two stories high with basement ; other buildings retiuired for the purpose of manufacturing connected with the mill : capacity, four sets machinery, twenty looms ; use 3,000 lbs. wool per week, produces 3,000 yards cassimeres per week. Employ sixty- five operatives ; one tubular horizontal boiler ; excellent water power ; Tyler wheel thirty-six inch diameter. The location is pleasant and healthy, being the highest or first privilege occupied on the stream. The supply of water is abundant, fully two-thirds of it running to waste each year. The mill is now leased and operated by J. A. Walden. and preparing to make finer goods. No. 1 mill has 16,240 spinples, 404 looms, 68 picks 66 reed, manufacturing 28 inch wide cotton goods. Number of hands employed 200. The engine of 300 horse power was made by the Providence Steam Engine Co. of Providence. No. 2 mill has 10,320 spindles and 250 looms, same size and quality of goods as in mill No. 1. Plands employed 150. The mills are on the South branch of the Pawtuxet river, and have 23 feet fall, using at present 18. An increase of their works in the fall will ne- cessitate the using of the whole. /jAlilDlVICK, 13 mUes frotn Providence, IJ^f 77 from Hartford, a manufacturing village owned ^j^ mostly by the A. &W. Sprague Manufacturing Co., who occupy two mills at this place, known as No. 1 and No. 2. They are built of granite, are in every respect model mills. This company are now putting in new machinery »ICmfIOIVI>, 30 miles from New Lon- dou, 32 from Provideuce, on tiie Stonington and Provideucc Railroad, a small manufacturing village, of about 200 inhabitants. Chas. Clarke & Co. own a mill at Clarke's Mills, one quarter of a mile distant from the above depot, for the man- ufacture of cotton warps. The mill is built of stone, 2 stories 84x46, employing about 25 persons, turning out about 3,500 lbs. of warps per week, and using 10 bales of cotton; the motive power is furnished by a wooden wheel 14 feet in diameter, 16 feet long. Their post office address is " Shan- nock." Geohge Weeden, occupies 2 mills, known as "Shan- nock Mills," located near the above depot, one building 104 x52 stone, 2 stories with attic ; another 55x26,2 stories and attic, wood, for the manufacture of plaid liudseys and cot- ton warps, turning out 9,000 yards lindseys and 9,000 lbs. cotton warps per week. Mr. Weeden formerly manufactur- ed cotton cloth, commencing business in 1850. The motive power of these mills is furnished by a bucket wheel, the fall being 12 feet. This manufactory is located on Charles river, a branch of the Pawcatuck, runs 2 sets of woolen machin- ery, and 2000 cotton spindles. »■■ ICIi:?I01fl> SWITCH, 26i miles from New London, 3 6:^ from Providence, 152 from York aud 80 from Boston. A country stati on tile Providence & Stonington Railroad. ITER POII¥T, 11 miles from Provi- dence, 79 from Hartford, on the Providence, Hart- ford and Fishkill Railroad. The manufacturing vil- lages reached from this depot are, Centreville, 1 mile ; Cromp- ton, 1^ miles, to the south ; Lippitt, Phenix, Harrisville, Arkwright, Hope, Fiskville, and Jackson, from one half to two miles to the north and north east. River Point is a thriving manufacturing village ; contains two churches and two stores. Pearce Brothers are located at Phenix, a thriving vil- lage about one mile from the depot. A village containing several stores, one or two churches, &c. The above firm was established in 1 865, for the manufarture of woolen yarns. Their main building is 80x40, two stories ; dye house, 30x 24, one story; dry house, 30x24, one story; office, 20x12. They employ 18 persons, run 1,000 spindles, consume 6,000 lbs. of wool per month ; 2 over-shot, 24 and 16 feet wheels, supply the power. In the same village is the Lamphear Machine Co., suc- cessors to Levally, Lamphear & Co. The present company was incorporated July, 1867, for the manufacture of cotton machinery, gearing, shafting, &c. The business was estab- lished in the year 1837 — the main building is 120x40 feet, 3J stories, stone aud wood, with an addition 56x46, three 470 Stations in tJie State of Rhode Island. stories ; forging shop, 50x40, one story ; lumber hovise, 44x 36, two stories. They employ 80 persons. A turbine wheel supplies the power, assisted by a 35 horse power Providence Steam Engine Co.'s engine, when needed. Centreville Woolen Mills, located at Centreville, are owned and run by James Waterhouse. Manufacture fancy cassimeres ; employ 100 hands ; run 8 sets cards ; produce 5,000 yards goods per week. The machinery is driven by a water wheel of 100 horse power, under 16 feet head and fall. The Crompton Manufacturin(; Company, located at C'rompton village j Post Office, Centreville. The business was established in 1806, with a capital of $300,- 000. They manufacture print cloths, and employ in the mill 340 hands and about 300 in the print works. They use 375 looms and 16,100 spindles, making 350,000 yards of cloth per month, and consuming 145 bales of cotton in the same time. The motive power is furnished by 1 breast and 1 iron wheel ; a steam engine of 125 horse power, to be used when short of water, and 6 cylinder boilers. The vil- lage contains 1,100 inhabitants. Cooper & Phillips, manufacturers of machinists tools, pumps, iron, copper and brass work generally ; occupy a main building 38x25 feet, two stories ; another 28x24, 3J stories, at C'rompton, about 1^ miles from the depot, employ 16 persons; an 18 feet breast wheel supplies the power. The business was established in 1866. L. & J. H. Brayton, iron founders and machinists, occu- py a building originally 45x90 feet, lately enlarged one quar- ter. Employ 25 persons. Nathan Monroe, machinist, established 1864 ; the build- ing is 100.x40, three stories, stone, employs 6 men, runs a 160 horse power Corliss engine, with two flue boilers. ^EARI^E'S CORA^ER, 7 miles from ^y Providence and 83 from Hartford. A country sta- Cy^ tion in the town of Cranston, on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad. C IiOCUI7IVIL.L.E, 39 miles from New London ; 23 from Providence, on the Stoningtou and Providence Railroad. A country station. A small mill is situated here, run by E. & H. Babcock, of Wester- ly, R. I. ^U^fllllT, about 20 miles from Provi- ^IS^ dence and 70 from Hartford. A country station in Cy^ the town of Coventry, on the Providence, Hartford & P^ishkiU Railroad. mi ERTO]\, o3\ miles from Boston, and om Fall River. A station and town on the Old Colony and Newport Railroad. Located on the Nar- ragansett Bay. A substantial stone draw bridge 1000 feet long unites it with Newport. The surface of the town is varied by hills and valleys. Its structure is granite and the land in some parts is stony. The soil is principally a gra- velly loam, and capable of producing good crops. Ill AL-I.EY FAI.I.S, 6 miles from Prov- '^Tw idence, 37^ from Worcester. A manufacturing vil- ^""^ lage on the Providence & Worcester Railroad. Pop- ulation about 1,200. Valley Falls Co., Samuel B. Chase, Agent and Treas- urer, occupy 3 mills, — two of 3 stories and one of 4 stories, for the manufacture of print cloths and 4-4 sheetings, turning out about 75,000 yards per week; employing about 300 per- sons. Water power. The Abbott Run Co., I. N. Kibbee, Agent, occupy, a brick building 50x60, 3 stories, with basement, and wooden mill adjoining, 100x40, for the manufacture of print cloths, employing 60 persons, and running 3,000 spindles, 82 looms, making 16,500 yards per week. C. Allen & Co., Agents, 47 North Main street, Providence, R. I. 1^ UE DE I/EAU, 3J miles from Provi- Trl dence, on the Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad. ^''^ A summer resort of the citizens of Providence. A large hotel is situated here. The grounds border on Nar- ragansett Bay. ARRE^, lOJ miles from Providence, on the Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad ; the road to Fall River branches oflT here. War- ren has a safe and commodious harbor for vessels of 300 tons burthen. Ship building is pursued here to some extent. This place has produced a great number of excellent sailors and ship-masters, as well as ship builders. The village is de- lightfully situated on a rise of ground fronting the harbor ; it is neatly built and is surrounded by a variety of interesting scenery. A fine summer resort and much frequented ; con- tains several churches, banks, &c. &c. Warren Manufactltjing Co., incorporated 1847, capital $300,000, J. O. Waterman, Treasurer. They occupy two mills for the manufacture of cotton, containing 32,000 spin- dles, employing about five hundred hands, consuming 3,000 bales of cotton, and 2,600 tons of coal per annum, producing 5,000,000 yards of sheetings and print cloths. The works of this company, have recently been enlarged by the erection of an addition to the new mill of the same size of the old struc- ture. The capacity of the works is increased about 25,000 spindles, by this improvement, the expense will be paid with the past earnings of the mills. The whole number of spin- dles is now about 57,000, with the proportionate increase in the number of employees as well as the production. BowEN & Co., oreide and plated jewelry manufacturers, commenced the busines as successors of George C. Franklin, who is one of the company, in September, 1868. They oc- cupy a second story of a building 60x23 feet. Employ 9 persons, and do a business of about $35,000 per year. The Eagle Manufactltiisg Co., successors to C. R. Cutler & Company, who commenced business in 1861, iu a 2 story wooden building 110x48 feet, manufacturing cotton yarns and warps. In 1868 a new brick building was built, 3 stories, 164x64 feet with a large tower in the front-centre and a boiler house in the rear 40x50 feet. The power is furnished by one of Wright's patent 150 horse power engine, built by the Washington Iron Works, of New York, with nine 30 inch cyliuder boilers. This company employ 200 persons, making 3,500 lbs. per day ; running 7,000 spindles and using up 2,000 bales of cotton per year. This manu- factory is located near the depot and can be seen from the cars, which pass directly in front of it. Being of modern architecture and substantially built, it is one of the most im- posing buildings in the village, contributing much to its wealth and population. The Inman Manufacturing Co., this company was in- corporated in 1867 with a capital of $100,000. John S. Fenner, Agent and Treasurer, Joseph McCarthy, Secretary, They occupy 1 uui building 130 feet in length, 2 stories Webb's N. E. Raihcay and Manufachtrers Statistical Gazetteer. 471 with 2 ells 60x30 feet in lenvhich are liberally patronized by the citizens of our larger cities. Westerly, is a very wealthy enterprising and rapidly growing place of about 5,000 inhabitauts, containing 4 or 5 churches. 4 banks, 2 weekly newspapers, and one of the most substan- tially built, elegantly furnished hotels in the United States, erected by Babcock & Moss, a manufacturing firm of this place, and opened to the public in 1868. It is dedicated to the memory of the Dixon family and called the " Dixon House." MANUFACTURERS. CoTTRELL & Babcock, established in 1855. Manufac- turers of machinery in general, principally woolen machiuery and printing presses. Their machine shop 70x80, 3 stories, foundry 75x50, 1 story and blacksmiths' shop 30x85, 1 story, pattern house 30x40 feet, 2 stories and store house 30x50, 2 stories. Employ 150 men, consume 500 tons cast iron 100 tons wrought iron and 200.000 feet lumber ammally. This firm produced last year about SI 50,000 worth of goods, which were shipped to different parts of our country, also to Canada and South America. Their machinery is driven by a 45 horse power engine. Stillman Bros. & Co. succeeded J. P. Stillman & Co. in 1858, who commenced in 1842. They manufacture wood working machinery, planers and brass roller shives. They employ 25 persons, and occupy a room 40x48 and another 20x24. Power furnished by Stillman's turbine water wheel. Babcock & Moss occupy two mills at Stillmanville, one quarter mile, north of the depot, for the manufacture of cassi- meres and cottonades, one being of 3 stories, the other 2J running 8 sets on cassimeres and 8 on cottonades. Employ- ing 350 persons, makipg 20,000 yards of cottonades and 6,000 yards cassimeres per week, using 7,500 lbs. of wool per week for cassimeres. The machinery is driven by three of Stillman's turbine wheels and a 90 horse Corliss engine, patent and make, us- ing 5 tubular boilers, made by Hicks, of Providence. This company also run another mill in the south part of the vil- lage, near the river, formerly occupied by Campbell & Co. It contains 9 sets for cassimeres, run by a 90 horse Corliss engine and make, with 6 tubular boilers, making about 600 yds. per week. O. M. Stillman occupies a four story brick mill 100x48 built in '48, for the manufacture of cassimeres ; employing 100 persons, running 6 sets of woolen machinery and 36 looms, turning out 6,000 yds. per week ; using up 5,000 lbs. of clean wool per week. The power is furnished by Still- man's turbine wheel and a 25 horse power engine buih by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Mass. The pay roll amounts to $3,500 per month. The average wages per month, for males and females, S35. This manufactory is located about one-quarter of a mile north of the depot, on the Pawcatuck river. There is also in conection with this manufactory 2 wooden buildings, 2 stories each, 150x30, and 40x70, used for dye house, wool sorting and fidling out. The details of this concern in under the charge of J. R. Scott, Superintendent. E. & H. Babcock, commenced the manufacturing busi- ness in 1844. They now occupy 2 mills at Potter's Hill, built in 1847, 4 miles north of Westerly, one of them 3 sto- ries, built of stone 54x108 feet, the other, 3 stories, built of wood, about 40x80 feet. They employ 110 persons, manufacturing flannels, using 8 sets of machinery, 100 looms and turning out about 15,000 yards per week. The mills are run by water power, using a United States iron water wheel. The selling Agents arc Sutton, Smith & Co., 85 Worth street. New York. This company run a small mill at SlocumviUe. White Rock Manufacturing Co. — This company occu- py a mill built in 1849, at White Rock Village, one mile uorth of the depot, for the manufacture of roll jaconets and tine shirtings, 4 stones, brick, 180x50, emploj' 150 persons, running 10,000 spindles, 224 looms, using 15 bales cotton per week ; the average production being 2,700 yards per week. The motive power is furnished by a French turbine water wheel and one U. S. wheel ; the fall being about 8 feet. The mill is located on the Pawcatuck river, with walks tastefully laid oijt in front of the building, a fine grove on the grounds add a pleasant aspect to the surround- ings. A village of 16 houses is located directly opposite. This company have taken great pride in making this place the pleasantest and neatest manufacturing village in New England, and we say that they have done so, a striking con- trast with some other villages owned by less enterprising pro- prietors in New England. The rules of the mill are so ar- ranged as to insure neatness and order unexcelled ; and we venture to say that the finest dressed persons can visit this manufactory and not fear of soiling their garments, as the mill is kept in perfect order in every detail. This company also run 2 woolen mills in the centre of the village of Wester- ly, one builtvof stone. 60x40 feet, 3 stories and attic, the other of brick, 60x25, 5 stories. They employ 45 persons in these two mills, manufacturing Lindsey's, the weekly pro- duction being 1,680 yards. There are 6 set of cassimere ma- chinery now standing, 3 of them running for 44 Lindsey looms. A new mill is now in course of erection, to be 3 stories high and about 100x48, with a dye houSe 24x48. This new mill is situated adjoining the others, and is designed for six sets of machinery, including 30 cassimere looms that are not now in operation. The new mill will probably be in full operation in the fall of 1869. Babcock & Moss are agents for the company. '^l^tM^'KFORB, 42 miles from New London, 20 from Providence, on the Stonington and Providence Railroad. The village is situa- ted 2J miles from the depot on an arm of the Narragansett Bay, has quite a good harbor, having a number of vessels en- gaged in coasting. The village contaias 2 churches, 2 banks and about 16 stores. Located 168 miles from New York, and 64 from Boston, in the town of North Kingston. 472 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. Au enterprise is now projected for the purpose of bringing the city of Newport in more direct communication with Wickford and the Shore Line Railroad, making a more di- rect route to New York, and avoiding Point Judith, by a branch road being buik from the depot to the village 2J miles, which borders on Narragansett Bay, there to connect with a steam ferry boat for Newport. Nothing definite has been decided as yet, in regard to tiie matter. S. A. Edmonds & Co., purchased of one Mr. Chapin, in 1867, this mill then known as '■ Shady Lea," but now as AUentou Mill. Fancy cassimeres are made here, of which about 4,000 yards are made per week. The main building is 80x48 feet, 3 stories, brick, with L, 3 stories, 30x100 ft. The engine house 40x80 feet, contains a Corliss engine. 60 horse power, made by W. A. Harris, 14 inch cylinder, 32 inch stroke, with 4 cylinder boilers, a dy^ house attached is 36x50 feet, and a machine and blacksmith shop, 1 story. Anaquatucket Company took its name from the small river on which it is situated. The estate is owned by the heirs of Ezbon Sanford and leased by the comjiany, who own the machinery and manufacture cotton warps. S. H. Vaughau is Treasurer. The business was established in 1855, and the building is 1 story and attic, 100x32 ft. The mill has 1,300 spindles, and is run by a Collins improved enameled turbine water wheel and an engine, built by Campbell & Whittier, 40 horse power, with Corliss return tlue boiler. This mill is one-half mile from Vaughan and Greene's mill on the same river. Vauguan & Greene occupy two mills two miles from Wickford Village, and four miles from the depot, situated on the Anaquatucket river, near the Narragansett Bay. They manufacture cotton wai-ps and yarns. This business was established in 1849, by the Hamilton Company, and were succeeded by the Vaughan Bros, in 1856, who continued till the death of O. and T. B., when the surviving partner S. H. formed a partnership in 1866, w'ith J. A. Greene. The old original mill was 40x34, 2 stories and attic. It has been rebuilt and enlarged to 115x34. In 1866, a new mill was built by the present firm 100x48, two stories with attic, the whole works built of wood. They have a dye house and picker room attached, the former 60x25, the latter 60x18. They run 3,000 spindles and have 24 webbing looms, 100 braiders and 1 set of silk machinery. The average produc- tion is 3,600 lbs. per week of cotton fabrics. Employ 45 males and 60 females. The average wages fur the males is $1.75 per day, females Si. The power is furnished mostly by water with a Collins improved turbine water wheel, which Mr. Vaughan reports as having given great results in the time he has had it. Thej" have also an engine built by W. A. Harris, Corliss' patent 60 horse power, which they use when short of water. They use 4 cylinder boilers with Miller's patent attachments, besides 1 Wilcox patent boiler, for liealing the mills which are furnished with heating pipes throughout. Quite a number of houses surrounding for the homes of the operatives, makes the village have a neat ap- pearance. At Belleville, near Wickford depot, are J. P. Camp- bell & Co., manufacturers of fancy cassimeres ; occupy a brick mill 100x48 feet, 3 stories and attic, with L 40x60 ft. 2 stories and attic. Also, a dye, wool and boiler house 60x 50 feet, 3 stories. They commenced business in 1865, have 100 persons employed ; run 6 sets of cards, and produce on an average 20,000 yards of cloth per month, doing a business of $400,000 per annum. A 45 horse power engine, built by Providence Steam Engine Co., of Providence ; also 2 breast A-ater wheels 50 horse power, drive their machinery. They occupy 2 privileges from North and South Belleville ponds. OtKce, No. 6 South Water street. Providence, R. I. R. H. Wilson, Superintendent. ^t^i^OOilfSOCKET, 164 miles from Pro- vidence, 27 from Worcester, and 38 from Boston, situated on the Providence and Worcester Rail- road. This enterprising village has about 9,000 inhabitants and is rapidly increasing. It comprises nearly the whole town by the same name, the same being set off in 1867 from Cumberland and Smithfleld, the towns adjoining. Many im- provements have been made here for the past few years. Nu- merous private residences and public buildings erected, among which, are the Masonic Hall, Harris Block, Fletch- er's Block, Roman Catholic Cathedral, &c. The Air Line Railroad is built as far as this place, connecting with Boston four passenger trains daily, and same number with Provi- dence and Worcester, by the Providence and Worcester Rail- road. The village contains seven churches, six national and three savings banks, and a weekly newspaper, "The Woon- socket Patriot." MANUFACTURERS. The Lippitt Woolen Co.'s buildings cover a lot of land 200 feet square, run 18 set of machinery. A 125 horsepow- er Corliss engine, with four 5 feet tubular boilers ; employ 250 persons. A 1 75 horse power Jonval turbine water wheel with 15 feet fall. The company use the best American and imported ma- chinery, A. J. Elwell, Superintendent. Office, 37 Weybos- set street. Providence, R. I. (See Lippitt Woolen Co., Pro- vidence, R. I.) Edward Harris occupies 3 mills on Maiu street, for the manufacture of woolen goods. The mill known as No. 2, is 50x90, 5 stories, built of stone with ell 36x44, 2 stories, with engine boiler and dry house attached, also, an assorting room, 62x39, 2 stories and basement. Mill " No. 3" is 50x 100, 5 stories. " No. 4" 50x104, 4 stories in front and six in rear, with wing, 77x50 in front and 6 in rear, also, added a wooden mill 40x30, 2 stories. They run 24 set of wool- en machinery making fancy cassimeres, &c. Employing 550 persons. One LelFel 48 inches and 2 breast wheels, with a 125 horse power Corhss engine, with 6 boilers, fur- nish the power for the works. Use 750,000 pounds of American wool and produce 520,000 yards of cloth per an- num. Mill " No. 5" is used as a cotton mill, situated on the same street, 50x100, 4 stories in front and 6 in the rear, built of stone. Run 6300 spindles, 140 looms. Employ 130 persons ; consume 675 bales of cotton, and produce 1,100,- 000 yds of \ and \ sheetings and drillings. A 40 horse pow- er Corliss engine furnishes the power for the mill, in connec- tion with 1 breast wheel, the fall here being 14^ feet. S. A. Aldrich & Son commenced the manufacture of print cloths in 1864, occupying a mill building 100x60 feet. At the time of commencement they run only 40 looms, now they have 86, and give employment to 40 hands. Their machinery is driven by an overshot wheel, 24 feet, with 18 feet bucket. James P. Rat occupies a mill 50x60 feet, 5 stories, for the manufacture of yard wide sheetings, located. in the west- ern part of the village on Main street. The mill has about 3,000 spindles, 50 looms. The monthly production of the mill is 45,000 yards, consuming 15^bales of cotton. The power is furnished by a Leff'el turbine 90 horse 4 feet water wheel, the fall here being about 17 feet ; employs 50 hands. The Woonsocket Rubber Co. was incorporated in May, 1867, with a capital of $100,000. Lyman A. Cook, Pres- ident, Joseph Banigan, Agent. Their works are located on the Main street, opposite George C. Ballou & Son's mill, the main building, built in the shape of an L, is 44x162 feet, part 2 stories and part 3 stories, with numerous out build- ings adjoining. They manufacture rubber boots and shoes, flock clothing, wringing machine rolls, &c. Employ 115 Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 47? persons ; the motive po\ver is furnished by a 100 horse power • wheels, the fall here being 8 feet. In adtlitioii, a 60 he engine, built by the Hope Iron Works, with 4 boilers. George W. Miller & Co., occupy the lower floor of a i building 60x30, for the manufacture of machinery, com- | nienciug here in 1866. The machinery used, consists of 9 | lathes, 1 upright drill, 1 planer, 1 boring mill, 1 gear cut- 1 ter, 1 slabbing machine. The motive power is furnished by j Pre^^ent propnet giue, built by this company. They eni- ! '^hb G-ROTOX business of 812,000 per year. power Campbell & Whittier's engine with 2 boilers. These works employ 100 persons, consuming 4,000 pounds of cot- ton per week, the production being $8000 worth of warps. Balmoral skirts are also made here, producing 3.500 skirts per mjnth. This business was established in 1850 by the etor. Manufacturing Co. occupy a stone mill near the Providence and Worcester Railroad, 200x42, four a 10 horse power ploy 8 persons, and do George C. Ballou & Son, (David,) commenced the ' f °"«^' ^^'""^" ^;5f ^'V'^,*"""^- «'« 10,000 spindles, 202 looms, consume 20 bales ot cottou, and produce 39,000 yds. of 39 ia. sheeting. A Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. 's wheel fur- manufacture of print cloths iu 18S2, the father commencing many years before, in this village occupying a mill 136x48, built of stone, 4 stories high, with wiug 60x46, 5 stories. Additions have been made from time to time, one 50x44, 2 stories. The motive power is furnished by a 24 feet breast wheel, the fall being 20 feet. In the summer, steam power is used, furnished by a 100 horse Woodrulf & Beach engine with 3 boilers. In 1863, this mill was changed to making fine sheetings, still continuing. The mill has 11,008 spindles, 232 looms, and employs 175 persons, consuming 20 bales of cotton per week, turning out 36,000 yards. In 1864, they purchased the Globe Mills situated across the river, in the towa of Springfield, the main buiWings being of stone 80x 44, 4 stories and 100x48, 5 stories respectively, with nu- merous additions of wood. A new mill is now in course of erection, designed to be 232x68, 5 stories, with a wing 200 x56, 3 stories, with addition 150x50,4 stories, the old build- ings to be removed. The mill will have 30,000 spiudles. nishes the power for the works, the fall being 14.J feet. Aquilla Cook commenced the manufacture of brushes in Woonsocket, in 1855 ; employs 10 persons. The Woonsocket Iron Fou-ndry, S. S. & B. M. Cook, proprietors, occupy a building 200x50, 4 stories, built of stone, with French roof, used as a machine shop, a foundry 125x40, 1 story, in which are employed 8 persons. The power is furnished by 2 water wheels, 1 breast and 1 tur- bine, the fiill being 16 feet. They employ 50 persons ; they make Paul's self-operating mule, besides Hayward's patent folder and trimmer. This firm commenced here in January, 1868, the business being established by Willis & Lyman A. Cook, some twenty-five years ago. Arlington Cotton Mills, II. A. Stone, Agent, occupy a mill 100x80, 4 stories, built of stone, run 4,000 spindles, 56 The present mills employ 175 persons ; use 5500 pounds of looms, employ 40 persons, consume 250 bales of cotton per cotton and turn out 44,000 yards of light print cloths per ' year, the production being 10,000 yards of 38 inch sheetings week. Thi has 9000 spiudles and 200 looms. Wm. per week. A 20 feet breast wheel supplies the power for B. Card, is the Superintendent of both mills, having been i the mill. Commenced here July, 1868. Office in Providence, 41 with this company since 1863 Weybosset street The Union Worsted Co., Cook & Stafford, proprietors. ' E. R. Thomas, Agent. Tl Commenced the manufacture of alpacca and mohair braid James T. Rhodes and others, iu Oct. 1868. They occupy one room in the Woonsocket Iron Foundry building. The intention is to enlarge the works. They are running at present the Rhode Island Braiding Machine Co. Employ 12 pe J. N. Mason & Co. occupy a main building 40x30, 2 stories with wing 36x24, 1 story ; anotlier 18x40, 1 story with shed, &c., attached, for the manufacture of soap. The business was established in 1837, by J. N. Mason. In 1863, Stephen N. & Joseph N. Mason were admitted. They em- ploy 10 persons, the monthly production being 100.000 lbs. A 25 horse power engine with one tubular boiler furnishes the power for the works. O. S. Fuller & Co. commenced the manufacture of spools and bobbins, in Feb. 1868, as successors to Chase, Clark & Co. They occupy the lower floor of a building 50 xlOO feet ; employ 15 persons and do a buisiness of $1,500 per month. Wm. Ingraham commenced the manufacture of boilers and tanks in May, 1868, as successor to McGee & Sutliffe. FTmploy 10 persons, occupying 2 buildings 24x'32, one story, and 32x43, one story respectively. The works are located nearly opposite Harris's new mill. A. Burgess & Son occupy one room. 37x14, on 3d floor of Fletcher's block, on Main street. A branch of their es- tablishment in Providence, commencing here in 1860. Em- ploy one man. J. P. Congdon, Agent. Pond's Warp Manufacturing Co., Daniel B. Poad, pro- prietor, Eli Pond, Agent. The works are located on Ber- The Clinton Manufacturing Co., was incorporated in 1854, with a capital of 8120,000, James T. Rhodes, Treas., business was established by The mill is situated in Clinton village, a part of the village of Woonsocket, being 250x50 feet, 5 stories, stone, with addition 73x36 feet, 1 story, with macliines made by j engine and boiler house attached, in which is a 125 horse " ' ' " power Corliss engine, with three tubular boilers, which fur- nishes the power for the mill in connection with 2 breast water wheels, 24x16 and 22x16 respectively; also 1 Collins 6 feet 9 inch turbine water wheel ; the fall here is 14J feet, the water coming from the Blackstone river through a trench. This mill has 16,000 spindles, 336 looms, employ 225 persons. Consumed for the ygar previous to Oct. 1st, 1868, 738,351 pounds of cotton, and produced in the same length of time 2,733,116 yards of sheetings. The Woonsocket Company, Crawford Allen, Treasurer, occupy 4 stone mills, in the village of Bernon, in the town of Smithfield, but really a part of the village of Woonsock- et. The first mill was built in 1829. This company run over 11,000 spindles, 288 looms. Employ 250 persons, consume 20 bales of cotton, and produce 60,000 yards of print cloths per week. Four breast wheels furnish the pow- er for the mills, the fall being 16 feet ; the water .is brought to the mills through a trench leading from the Blackstone river. All of the mills are 4 stories. Oscar J. Rathbun occupies 2 mills at JenksviUe, a small village, a part of Woonsocket. They are 65x36, 3 stories, with basement, 65x36, 4 stories, respectively. Run 3820 spindles, 80 looms. Employ 60 persons, manufacturing 13200 yards of J shirtings per week. The power is fur- nished by 2 wheels, 1 breast 26x5J, and 1 LefFel 55 horse power water wheel. Tlie water is fetched through a trench non street. The main building is 50x120, 3 stories, built of j from Peter's river, the fall being 24 and 26 feet. The ills 'ood, with picker engine, and dye house, built of brick ad- bnilt 1829, and about 1818. R. G. Burlingame, joining 30x40. The power is furnished by 2 Tyler water i Superintendent. 474 Stations in the State of Rhode Island. The Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Co. of tliis place, is one of the most recent examples of what may be accomplished by our American inventors. Selden A. Bailey, of this company is the pioneer of the wringing machine business, having been engaged in the manufacture since the first patents were granted in 1859. Many of tlie earliest and most valuable inventions are his, including those used on the Novelty and Excelsior wringers. In his first experiments the rubber rolls were used in the ! head of a rotary hay cutter, but this was in time changed to the frame or wash bench, as now used. As usual in intro- ducing a new invention it was difficult to get persons to buy and use these machines, and probably many in New London, Conn., will remember seeing Mr. B. with a wringer on his back, on washing days, looking for some one who was will- ing to try his machine — but their merit was such, that of the first twelve that were left on trial, eleven were kept and paid for. The Bailey Washing and Machine Company was in- corporated in 1865, with a capital of $250,000. Lyman A. Cook, President, S. A. Bailey, General Agent, J. P. Whip- ple, Treasurer. This company occupy a main building 120 x40, 3 stories, wood, with stone basement. Two other buildings 75x40 each, 2 stories, respectively. A building 30x40, 1 story, was built in 1866. These buildings, with a new brick one built in fall of 1868, 25x50, 2 stories with an office 60x20, 1 story, comprise the principal buildings. This company consume 400,000 feet of hard and 300,000 feet of soft wood annually. The motive power is furnished by a 75 horse power engine with 2 boilers built by Woodruff & Beach. Tliey employ 75 persons, the salesroom being at 17 Courtland street. New York. The Bailey Washing and Wringing machine is to well known to need any comment from us. Its presence is a household necessity and ranks among the first. John Kendkick occupies a building on Main street 30 x 32, 2 stones, for the manufacture of reeds and harnesses, commencing in 1847. Employs 8 persons. H. C. Lazell, Superintendent. James P. & Joseph G. Rat occupy a wooden building on Main street, for the manufacture of sheetings, seamless bags, warps, wicking, yarn, twine, &c., commencing here in 1862. The building is 90x45, 5 stories. They consume a ton of stock per day, the daily product being $400. Employ 75 persons, run 3,000 spindles, (coarse frames) 65 looms. The motive power is furnished by a 22 feet breast wheel, the fall being 17 feet. This business was established by James P. Ray, in 1840. The partnership of Ray & Bros, commenced in 1847, the present firm succeeding. This firm have a mill at North Bellingham and one at Franklin, Mass., both of which descriptions will be found under their appropriate heads. The American Woksted Co. was incorporatea in 1867, with a capital of $50,000. George C. Ballou, President ; R. G. Randall, Treasurer ; P. H. Brown, Superintendent. They have recently built a new mill, located near the " Globe Bridge," on the Main street, on the Blackstone river. The mill is 100x40, 5 stories, with French roof. They employ 75 persons, run 350 braiders, made by the New England Butt Co. and Rhode Island Braiding Machine Co. Consume 500 lbs. of wool, the daily production being 60,000 yards of dress braid, &c. The power is furnished by a 75 horse power Corliss engine, made by Harris. W. H. S. Smith, Travelling Agent. The region including Woonsocket and vicinity, Cumber- land, Smithfield, Blackstone and Bellingham, has 17 cotton mills, employing 3,500 hands, running 207,000 spin- dles, 4,030 looms, using 10.000,000 pounds of cotton and making 40,000,000 yards of cloth per annum ; 8 woolen mills, employing 2,050 hands, ruuning 114 sets of cards and 450 looms, using 5.300,000 pounds of wool, and mak- ing 2,9000,000 yards of fancy cassimere per annum. Other cotton mills, which will have 55.000 spindles, are in pro- cess of construction. Just beyond the limit of three miles from Woonsocket are 2 more cotton mills with 30,000 spin- dles, and a woolen mill with 19 sets. Other branches of manufacturing are represented in this region by a rubber fac- tory, which employs 15 hands, and produces $500,000 worth of goods annually, machine shops, foundries, 1 boil- er shop, 1 scythe shop, 2 manufactories of agricuhural imple- ments, 1 glue factory, 2 roof factories, 1 bobbin, 1 shuttle, 1 worsted mill, 1 tape mill, 4 or 5 sash and blind shops, contractors aud builders, &c. CONIS^ECTICUT. C^l IVDOVER, 67J' mUes from Providence, ' /^. 22i from Han ford. A eouatry statiou on the Prov- (^ ideace, Hartford & FislikiU Railroad. I Day Bros, occupy a mill at Marlboro', 9 miles from the above depot, for the manufacture of cotton warps and twines. The building is 3 stories, -50 x 2.5, wood, with basement of stone. They run about 600 spindles and use about 300 lbs. of cotton per day. The mill is run by an overshot wheel, the fall being about 22 feet, the wheel being 20 feet. The production of this mill is about 1,.'jOO pounds per week. The office of the company is at 210 State street, Hartford. Colchester, New London County, is an inland town, situated 15 miles from Norwich, 12 from the above depot, 1 1 miles from Connecticut river at East Dedham, 20 miles from New London, with all of which places, it is connected by a daily stage line — except the latter place, to which the ^ stage runs on alternat* days. This town is the seat of Bacon Academy, an old and renowned institution which for over thir- ty years ranked second only to Yale College, as an education- al institution in the Stute. It was founded by Pierpont Bacon, who bequeathed S3.5,000 for this purpose, in the year 1800, and the walls of the institution were raised the same year. Owing to the financial changes of the times, its fund is too small to continue its rank as it formerly stood, and 2 de- partments are only kept up, a classical and normal depart- ment taught by Professor .James M. Lindsey, of Yale Col- ; lege, and a department of English literature and the sciences under the direction of Daniel H. Sprague, A. B. Pupils are here fitted both for College and for business. Many ex- cellent scholars and worthy men have been sent out from this time honored institution, among them, Bartholemevv, the sculptor, Park Benjamin, Honorable Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, Hon. Henry C. Deming, of Hartford, Connecti- 'cut, and others. There is, under the present arrangement, a lack of preparation of the scholar who enters the academy from the district schools, (which are kept in the same build- ing,) too poorly qualified to take a high stand as scholars. The present board of Trustees are Hon. Eliphalet Buckley, of Hartford, Conn., Messrs. Horace Smith, Frederick Mor- gan, M. D., Alfred B. Pierce, William Foobe, Edward Strong and Alden Baker of Colchester ; also, Rev. John A. Avery, of Lebanon. His Excellency, William A. Buckingham, formerly a trustee, recently resigned owing to the press of official duties. We have gathered a few incidents in the life of Bacon, who was not famed for any literary attainments, or moving in any conspicuous course of usefulness, but one, who, by economy and industry, laid aside the sum which he bequeath- ed. He was a farmer, having a large landed estate, and proprietor of the " Bacon House," which stood about three miles from the village, on the old New London road — the venerable elm which stood near, serving for shade, and to support the sign which creaked am ing the branches. The house was built after the fashion of the generation which pre- ceded it, and contained two large rooms in front ; one of which served the two-fold purpose of bar-room and ladies' parlor, besides being the family sitting room. In one corner was the bar, where dusty bottles told well for the habits of the visitors. Bacon married the daughter of Major Newton, who gained some distinction in the French and Indian war, and was killed at the seige of Louisburg, in 17.58. The mistress of the house skillfully carded the tow, while the negresses plied untiringly their spinning wheels ; thus by persevering industry, united with the most rigid econo- my, she assisted her husband to amass the wealth which gave them a position in society they could never have obtained in poverty, and enabled them to enjoy many years of prosperity. She who had but one calico dress, which was her best for twenty years, now increased her wardrobe, and even aston- ished her neighbors by making a damask counterpane. He was strangely economical, and it is recorded of him, that when he went to New Lon Ion with his team, he would take from his pocket his " silver quarter,'' and, after looking at it some time, replace it, and rather than spend it he would go without his dinner. Many anecdotes, might be related did space permit, but the above will show that this institu- tion was the result of patient perseverance and trial, that in the character of the generous benefactor, we should do well to imitate. Qfi r¥S01fIA, 16 miles from Bridgeport, on /\. the Naugatuck Railroad. A village of about 2,.500 (^^ or 3,000 inhabitants,* situated on the Naugatuck river, 2 miles north of Birmingham. The river furnishes power for many times the number of manufactories now in operation. There are 4 churches, 2 banks, 1 National and 1 Savings. Farrel Foundry and Machine Company. This com- pany was incorporated in 1857, and have a capital of $90,- 000. The officers of the company are as follows : Frank- lin Farrel, General Agent, Walter Fitch, Treasurer and Secretary, Edward C. Lewis, Agent at Waterbury. This company have beside their works here, another at Water- bury, Ct. Articles manufactured, general machinery and castings. At their works here they make a specialty in the manufacture of chilled rolls, rubber, brass, copper and iron rolling mill machinery, in the production of which, the works takes the lead in quality and quantity, having made a large i-^: 476 Statimis in the State of Connecticut. Fanei Foundry and Machine Co., Jlanufiic-ture ROLLING MILL MACHINERY Iron, Brass, Copper, Rubber, Britannia Gearing, Shears, Powei and Ir AVare and Paper Manufacturers ; Rubber Calenders and Grinders, Heavy Mi and Hand Presses, Veneer Cutting Machines, Shafting, Pulleys, an and Composition Castings of all descriptions. FINE MACHINERY, of superior quality, manufactured in departments, especially adapted to that work. CHILLED ROLLS, from five inches diameter upwards, of any length, made with our facilities are guaranteed per- fectly TRUE on the face and free from pin holes or other imperfections. Our Rolls for Paper Calenders are ground by J. M. POOLE & CO.'S PATENT PROCESS. We also make to order. CLEMOU'S PATENT FRICTION CLUTCH PULLEY. in Clutclu's requi adjustiu.ir, are str iiid durable, and the best :ie kinil in use. Works at .^iisonia, Conu., and Waterbiiry, Conn. Principal Office^ ^nsonia. Conn. proportion of the brass machinery now in use in the United States. Occupy buildings for machine shop and foundry about 300x75 feet. Have 3 large store houses for patterns, which occupy about 150x40 feet, two and three stories in height. Machinery is driven by water power, breast wheel. Slade Woolen Co. This company was organized in 1865, for the manufacture of fine woolen goods, Wm. R. Slade, President, CharfesL. Hill, Treasurer. Their main building is 162x50 feet, 4 stories, employing 110 persons, % males, and doing a business of about $400,000 yearly. The motive power is furnished by an 80 horse engine, built by Hope Iron Works, Providence, R. I., and a 30J inch Leflel wheel under 30 feet fall. Their goods are sold in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Messrs. Osborne & Cheesman, are extensively engaged in manufacturing hoop skirts and skirt materials, including brass and tin trimmings, brass and silvered butts, tape, web- bing, &c., employing from 250 to 300 hands. They occupy several buildings ; the main one is brick, 200x50, 3 stories high ; one mill 75x44, 3 stories ; one mill 150x44, 1 story, together with a stone mill 100x40, four stories. The ma- chinery is driven by over shot water wheels 30 feet in diameter. Mr. William Hawijins is engaged in the manufacture of Shirley's patent skates. He commenced business in 1864, and now occupies a frame building 3 stories in height, 30x 90, with an L used as a forging shop, built of brick. Water power is used ; a double 20 inch Parker wheel being em- ployed to drive the machinery. He employs about 25 hands, making 10,000 skates per annum, consuming about 10 tons of steel. This skate is a rnarked improvement over the old fashioned skates of earlier days. It combines ease with nov- elty. It is formed of two parts so adjusted that straps are dispensed with, from which it is termed the " Strapless and Adjustable Toe and Heel Skate." The skate is fastened to the feet by being screwed into the soles and heels of the boots, which gives a free circulation to the blood, as well as ease and convenience in putting on. They are at present quite popular among the skating fraternity. Messrs. Sturgis & Whitlock, machinists, are specially engaged in the manufacture of mill shafting, water wheels, governors, twist reels, an improved button machine, and other machinery for incidental purposes. They occupy two large buildings, one 30x80, with an L. 36x22, and the other 22x66. The machinery is driven by a twenty horse power engine, which was made in Hartford, with upright tubular boilers. Their business is quite extensive and is on the in- crease, amounting last year to about $30,000. Messrs. A. H. & C. B. Almt manufacture woolen yarns, fine Saxony box yarn, stocking yarns and men's half hose, &c. They run six sets of cards, giving employment to about 100 hands in their mill. This is 142x60 feet, with an L 50 x50, Ijuilt of brick, 3 stories high. Connected with it, is a dye house and a building used as an office. In making their hose, they give employment to about 125 persons, among the families in the vicinity. (^ VO]\, a village of about 400 inhabitants, /\\ situated on the Farmington river, 37 miles from New ^_J Haven and 39 from Northampton on the Canal Railroad ; contains 1 church. ALiTIC^ 48 miles from Providence, 42 I from Hartford, on the Providence, Hartford and Fish- kill Railroad. A manufacturing village owned most- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manvfocturet-s Statistical Gazetteer. 477 ly by the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. The houses are all white, built alike, situated on streets running parallel with the railroad. Anchor Mills, James Petrie, proprietor, commenced the manufacture of tweeds, in 1864. The mill is 80x30, four stories, built of wood, located on Beaver brook, a tributary of the Shetucket. The mill has 2 sets and 16 looms; con- sumes 2,000 pouuds of stock per week, producing 2,000 yds., employing 30 persons. The power is supplied by Clark & Chapman 18 inch wheel, the fall being 23 feet. A Woodruff & Beach's 15 horse power engine assists in supplying the power when needed. John N. Park, Sup't. Wm. Altikg occupies a one set mill, containing 14 nar- row looms for the manufacture of tweeds; emploj-ing 12 persons. Situated on Beaver brook, producing 1,200 yds. per week. Wm. Park, Sup't. The largest cotton mill in the United States, is the one lo- cated here belonging to the A. & W. Sprague Manufactur- ing Co. For information, see A. & AV. Sprague Manufac- turing Co., Providence, R. I. ' E A C O x^' F A I^ I^ S , 23 mUes from I Bridgeport. A station ou the Is'augatuck Railroad. I\CKI.«E\\ 2 miles from Berlin and 8 iVoin Middletown. A country station on the Middle- town Branch. ^ERLIIV, 10 macs from Hartford, 10 'y\\ from Middletown and 26 from Xew Haven, on the New C '^y Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. The Middletown and New Britain Branches leave the main road here. A country station. ^lETHEE, -i-i miles from Norwalk, IJ n T I from Daubury village, and 07 from New York. A C ' small manufacturing village in the town of Daubury, Fairfield County, on the Danbury '& Norwalk Railroad. H. E. HiCKOK & Co., manufacturers of felt hats. This company commenced business in the year 1845. They oc- cupy 2 buildings, one of which is 35x40 feet, 2 stories high and built of wood, and the other is 45x40 feet, 2 stories high and is also built of wood. This company are making the ordinary felt hat. O. Benedict & Co., manufacturers of fur hats, established their business in 1845. The sizes of their buildings are as follows : One 220x32 feet, 4 stories high ; one 68x32 feet, 1 story ; one 24 x 36 feet, 1 story ; one 60 x 20 feet, 1 story. They employ 300 hands and produce 275,000 hats yearly. Their office is at 610 Broadway, New York. Bethel Hat Forming Co., established in 1866 for the manufacture of fur hat bodies, occupy a building 86x50 feet, employ 30 hands and produce about 2,200 hat bodies daily, and produce about $17,000 worth of fur shoddy per year. The machinery is driven by a 60 horse engine, built at the Atlantic Iron Works, Brooklyn, New York. This company do a business of $40,000 per year. Geo. J. Hopkins, Sec. Messrs. Judd & Co. commenced, in 1865, as manufac- turers of fur hats. They occupy a building 30 x 100 feet, employ 50 hands and produce 3,000 hats per year, doing business of $75,000. ^I^ACK HAEt., 35 J mnes from New 33 H=i^tU' 1-li tro"^ ^ew London, 112 from New Y'ork Q__V and 120 from Boston, on the Shore Line. A small country station. ^OETOX, 73 J miles from Pro^'idence 16J ^Tj from Worcester. A country station on the Provi- (___^ dence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad in. the town of Bolton. A valuable stone quarry is located here. ^10TSF0KI>, 15 miles from Bridgeport ' )F I and 95 from Pittsfield. A country station on the Housatouic Railroad. ^RAI>L.EY'S, between Brook^s and ^1 1 Mount Carmel. A flag station ou the Canal Rail- from New Have ^1 R A:\F0R1>, 8i miles from New Ha- tJX ven, 413 from New London and 84 from New York C > on the Shore Line. Brauford Centre is located ^ mile north of the depot. " Double Beach" and " Brad- lord Point," are summer resorts and noted for fine bathing. HoLCOMB & Say commenced in 1848, the manufacture of poles and shafts. They occupy a 2 story building, and em- ploy 5 persons. The motive power is furnished by a 20 horse power engine, made by Woodruff & Beach with one boiler. Branforu Lock Works. The business of manufactur- ing locks at this point, was commenced many years ago by Thomas Kenedy & Co., who followed it until 1865, when the above named firm commenced with a capital of $150,000. They occupy a building 240x140. The power is furnished by 1 Woodruff' & Beach's 75 horse steam engine, with 1 flue boiler. They employ 225 men, and of locks manufacture about $35,000 worth per month. Malleable Iron Fittings Co. This Company was incor- porated in 1864, with a capital of $125,000. Theyoccupy4 brick buildings. The main building is 75x60, 3 stories, foundry 60x170, annealling building 60x80, cove building 25x60. They employ 82 hands and manufacture steam and gas fittings, and every variety of malleable iron castings to order, and make per day of fittings l^tons, and of castings 7 to 8 tons per month. The power is furnished by 1 of Allen's patent 35 horse steam engine with 1 flue boiler. They also have 14 C. C. Walworth's patent tapping machines, and many other machines of different kinds too numerous to men- tion here. These works are conveniently situated within a short distance of the railroad depot. Bridgeport, n^ miics from New ^ TTl Haven, 58J from New York, on the New York & C_^ New Haven Railroad. The Housatouic Railroad and Naugatuck Railroad centre here. The former runs to Pitts- field, 110 miles, the latter to Winsted, 62 miles. A line of steamers run daily to New Y^'ork. The harbor is not deep enough for large vessels to enter, the water at the bar being only 13 feet deep at high tide. This city was formerly a part of Stratford, the adjoining town, and was incorporated under its present name in 1821. In 1836 it became a city. This is one of those wide-awake, enterprising, beautiful and 478 Stations in the State of Connecticut. flourishing cities in New Englanrl, the pride of Yankees and the admiration of strangers. It is located on an elevated plain, and commands a fine view of the Sound. Neatness and elegance are the cliaracteristics of its public and private buildings. The growth of this city has been very rapid for the past few years, owing, in a great measure, to the estab- lishment of some of the leading manufacturing concerns in the world. In 1836 the population was 1,800, to-day it is 18,000. East Bridgeport, a part of the city, is growing more rapidly than any other. This city is the home of Barnnm and his '• Tluimb," (Charles S. Stratton.) MANUFACTURERS. The Bridgeport Manufacturing Companv is engaged in the manufacture of the celebrated " American Submerged Pump," a description of which is found below. This company was incorporated November, 1866, with a capital of $30,000, which, within a short time, has been in- creased to $300,000. Their factory in East Bridgeport is in the old building formerly occupied by the Wheeler & "Wilson Sewing Machine Co. It is built of brick, 3 stories high, and covers an area of upwards of 3 acres. Their foundry is sit- uated on the Bridgeport side of the harbor. The constantly increasing demand for these pumps necessitated the increase of capital stock, and we believe there is no pump known which combines so many good qualities with comparative cheapness as the American Submerged. We had the pleas- ure, through the kindness of James Wilson, Esq,, President of the company, and Mr. Charles F. Mudge, Secretary and Treasurer, of examining both the pump and the manner of making it. While one is struck with the simplicity of its construction, he cannot but be more so while witnessing its wonderful capacity and power. It is a non-freezing, double- acting force pump, with a solid head piston in action, — has no packing, is almost frictionless, — and is especially adapted for deep wells, ship, house, fire and irrigating purposes. They are made of iron, brass and galvanized iras. The lat- ter named material does not impart any unpleasant taste to water when placed in wells, and also effectually resists the action of certain acids, alkalies, and salt water. We have seen certificates of parties high in public esteem and confi- dence, regarding its efficacy. See Report of the United States Life Saving Commission of 1868. We note also the names of Eben Howes, Surveyor French Lloyds ; John Devereux, Surveyor American Lloyds ; Charles B. Stuart, Consulting Engineer, U. S. N. ; James Kearney, Surveyor American Lloyds, at San Francisco ; James B. Eads, U. S. gunboat builder at St. Louis ; Herman Winters, Novelty Iron Works, New York, and mauy ship owners, factory men, sea captains, &c., &c., all of whose opinions are that it is the " simplest and best mechanical combination that they ever saw." Among all the large and extensive establishments in the flourishing city of Bridgeport, there is none of more impor- tance than this is destined to be, from the fact that a reliable pump has long been needed — as the records of the Patent Office will show— and we take pride and pleasure in calling attention to their advertisement on the colored leaf opposite 280th page of this work. The Howe Machine Co.'s establishment for the manu- facture of the Howe Sewing Machine, is situated here on the slope of a beautiful lawn running down to the Pequou- nock river, and presenting a fine appearance to every travel- er through the town. This successful establishment has an especial interest to the public, inasmuch as it was the culmi- nating work of the late Elias Howe, Jr., the celebrated in- ventor of the sewing machine. After perfecting this great boon to the human race, and seeing its manufacture and trade widely spread throughout the world, he was anxious also to associate with his name a large factory of sewing machines. where his increasing industry, and wish to improve the ma- chine itself, could tiad constant play through the remainder of his life. He therefore devoted to this purpose all the in- come from his royalties, and put up this flue structure. It covers an entire block of land, with a frontage of several hundred feet and various wings, all three and four stories high. Starting in Jan. 1864, with a capital stock $300,000, Mr. Howe soon found the inadequacy of such a sum for the extent of its business ; and the unprecedented honor of win- ning the first gold medal at the great Paris Exposition of 1867, and securing to Mr. Howe himself, as inveutor and improver of all sewing by machinery, the Cross of the Le- gion of Honor from the French Emperor himself, have ren- dered an investment necessary to the business of four or five times the amount of the original capital. The company now employ between four and five hundred hands, who enable them to send out at this date about 7-50 sewing machines a week, while their orders call for a yield of three or four hun- dred more each week. They are therefore constantly ex- erting themselves to increase the producing capacity of their present buildings, and are at this moment enlarging their structure in such a way as shall enable them to keep up with the constant outcries of their agents for a more prompt attention to their neglected orders. The enormous and still increasing sale of sewing machines of all kinds through- out the world, is one of the amazing phenomena of the pres- ent age. No one who watches it in the least, fails to be as- tonished, and to enquire, " Where do they all go to?" and " where will it stop?" But truly it may be conceded, that Mr. Howe, in this invention, not only gave one of the great- est benefits to the workiug classes of the human race ; but established one of the greatest business interests of the pres- ent day in the world. And no more marked instance of its wonderful progress and activity is to be found in our coun- try than in the splendid success of The Howe Machine Co., and of the machines that it is so profusely scattering over the world. Bridgeport Brass Co. manufacturers of rolled brass and copper tubings, lanterns, lamps, collars and globe holders, the sun burner, skirt clasps, corset hooks, tobacco boxes, oilers, Moore's kettle bottoms, and all kinds of press work in brass or copper. The company was incorporated in 1865, with a capital of $150,000. The business was originally established by Wilmot & Kissam, in Brooklyn, N. Y. The factory is a nice brick building of 130x116 feet, 3 stories high. A steam engine of 120 horse power and having 2 tubular boilers, fur- nish the required power. Hands employed, 200. The amount of flooring in outside buildings is about 4,000 feet. Presi- dent, John Davol ; Secretary and Treasurer, D. W. Kissam : Superintendent, G. L. Smith. OsBoRN Manufacturing Co. This company was incor- porated in October, 1867, having been first established a number of years previous, by G. R. Osborn, in New York. They have a capital of $25,000, and manufacture a new kind of patented ornamental bird cage, in various styles. In addition to this business, they are engaged largely in the manufacture of gold and silver hand and electro-plating of all kinds, and also all styles of bronzing. They occupy a part of the old building formerly OQcnpied by Wheeler & Wilson in the manufacture of sewing machines, using one floor of upwards of 4,000 square feet. They employ about 35 hands. A. Temple commenced the manufacture of patent incrus- tation, for removing scale and cleaning the inside of steam boilers, in 1853. His manufactory is located on the dock in the rear of Water street. Employs 4 persons. Mr. T. claims to prevent the corrosion of the iron, and to remove all scales in a satisfactory Webb's N. E. Railway arid Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 479 BRIDGEPORT MALLEABLE IRON WORKS, MALLEABLE IRON CASTINGS, Castiugs for Carriajres, Harness, Apple Paring Machines, Guns, Plows, Car Trimmings, Sewing Machines, Coffee MUls, Blind Trimmings, Locks, Scythes, Pumps, Mowing Machines, Vises, Ships, Machinery, Patent Articles, &c., made to order from samples. A large stock of Carriage Castings and Axle Nuts constantly on hand. Metal Patterns made to order. HUBBEL^, ^VAL.KE:R & OILL.. ELIsnA HTJBBELL, JOHX O. WALKER, iEOEGE F. GIEL. TuE ^TNA Axle and Spring Co. was incorporated in 1866. George Hopson, President ; C. C. Bullock, Secretary and Treasurer. Tiie works are located on John street, occu- I pyiug 3 buildings, the main one being 34 x 93, 3 stories ; another, 29x93, 1 story, and one 35 x 60, 3 stories. They emiiloy 50 persons, and turn out 50 sets per day of springs and 10 sets of axles. Consume 1,200 pounds of steel daily. The motive power is furnished by a 40 horse power engine, with 2 .Union boilers. Hanson & Mooke, commenced the manufacture of paper boxes, on Water street, in 1866. Building 150x30, 4 sto- ries ; using the upper story for their manufactory ; employ- ing 15 hands. This firm use about 3 tons straw board and 10 reams Manilla and fancy paper per month, turning out about 1,300 boxes per day. The Furniture Manufacturing Co., incorporated in 1852, for the manufacture of furniture, such as chamber sets, wardrobes, &c., &c. On the night of October 22, 1866, this company suffered a great loss and detention in their bu- siness by their large manufactory taking fire, burning and damaging their works to a considerable extent, but in 90 days they had other buildings rebuilt, and they now cover 40,000 square feet, of 3 and 4 stories. Their motive power is derived from a 65 horse power steam engine, of the Paci- fic Iron Works' make, with 2 flue boilers with water fronts. Their sales will average about $20,000 per month. W. M. Stillman commenced the manufacturing of skirts at 26 Beaver street, in 1837 ; employing 50 hands ; running 25 sewing machines, Wheeler & Wilson's make, aud turning out about 10 dozen shirts per day. His laundry is situated on North avenue, IJ miles from the factory, where he em- ploys 12 persons. B. K. Mills & Co., was incorporated in 1846, with a cap- ital of 820,000, the business being established in 1836. The officers of the company are Frederick Wood, President ; W. K. Mills, Secretary ; B. K. Mills, Treasurer ; located at 58 Cannon street ; the manufactory is 70x30, 3 stories, built of wood, basement of brick ; employ 24 persons and do a business of §36,000 per year. S. P. Wheeler & Co., analytical and manufacturing chemists, John street, commenced business in July, 1868, occupy a part of the 3d floor for the office, the labrato^y being in the rear. They are manufacturing chemicals for manu- facturers use, and do an analytical business also. Some of the goods made by this firm are nowhere else to be obtained in the United States ; the principal article being to make a chemical compound for rendering wood impervious to water. S. P. Wheeler is an old and reliable chemist and is well known in this State. BKiDr.Ei'oRT Patent Leather Manufactutring Co., was incorporated in 1849, with a capital of $20,000, since in- creased to 8100,000. S. Toiulinson, President, S. J. Pat- terson, Treasurer, J. E. Pond, Secretary ; the works are located at 47 Cannon street, occupying a lot 210x170, most of the buildings being three stories. The leather is tanned on the premises and converted into patent leather, the weekly production being 140 hides, with a capacity of 300 ; employ 30 persons ; most of the business of this house was formerly done south. The power is furnished by a 20 horse power engine. I. H. Isbell commenced tlie manufacture of ivory but- tons in 1866. In March, 1868, Sheldon Collins of New York, became proprietor, Mr. I. acting as his agent. This company is located in John street, and employ 40 persons. The monthly production being about 82,000. This estab- lishment intend to enlarge soon. F. Lathrcip commenced the manufacture of saddle-trees, Broad, corner llailroad avenue, 1848. He employs 5 per- sons, the daily production being 1 dozen per day. The building is 28x44 feet, 2 stories. As the train leaves the depot and you are on the outskirts of the city going towards New York, the traveler will notice on the left a brick manufactory with a large sign on the building, '* Bridgeport Malleable Iron Works." The proprietor* being : llubbell. Walker and Gill. The firm was founded in March, 1868, being successors to Elisha llubbell, who is now oue of the firm. The works are three- I fourths of a mile from the depot in the town of Fairfield, the city line passing very near. The building is 300x300 feet, 1 story ; employ 30 persons. The motive power is furnished by a 12 horse power engine. Malleable iron cast- ings of every description are made here. Broadmeadow & Keeler, 75 Cannon street, commenced business in June, 1867, at the above place. Their buildings are very handily arranged for the purpose, the main building being of brick 55x20 feet, 2 stories, with sheds and offices adjoining. This firm keep 17 persons employed, turning out about a ton of castings daily. They intend to manufacture cast butts of all descriptions as soon as possible. C. Capen, proprietor Golden Hill Shirt Manufactory, com- menced here in 1860, the business being established here some 3 years previous. The building is at 60 Cannon street, 26x62 feet, 3 stories. He employs 40 persons, turning out 40 dozen of shirts per week, when the works are in full op- eration, using 1,200 yards of cloth for their manufacture, doing a business of 825,000 per annum. Bridgeport Shoe Co., incorporated in 1864, capital 810,000, for the manufacture of ladies' and misses' shoes. 480 Stati y road. The town of Brookfield has two villages, Brookfield Centre and Brookfield Iron Works, the latter be- ing situated in a valley at the station and is the centre of business, the former is situated on an elevated plain 1 J miles south. These two places contain 4 churches and an estimated population of 1,500 inhabitants. This town was taken from New Milford, Danbury and Newton, in 1788, and named after the first clergyman who was ordained when the church was organized. Rev. Thomas Brooks. William L. Horr commenced the manufacture of wool hats, in Newton, Ct. in 1865, removing here in 1867. His factory being 25x120 feet, 2 stories. Basement used for making, 1st floor for packing room, office and trimming shop, 2d story, carding and finishing. Motive power de- rived from a 12 horse power 30 inch turbine wheel and 12 horse power breast wheel with 8 feet fall. F. Keeler, manufacturer of cotton batting, commenced business in 1856. His factory is situated on the west side of the railroad a few rods north of the depot, and is 94x22 feet, 2 stories, engine house on the north east corner of build- hing, 10x30 ft., containinga 15 horse power steam engine with cylinder boiler, of Andrew Brothers' make. New York. His machinery consists of 12 cotton cards, 1 beater, lapper and 1 willow for cleaning stock. He also uses a 20 horse tur- bine wheel in running his machinery. He employs 12 hands, turning out on an average 1,200 yards cotton batting per day. His stock house is situated along side of the railroad and is 26 feet square. Messrs. Smith Bros. & Co., successors of George W. Smith & Co., who established the manufacture of shears and scissors in 1865. The present firm commenced in 1867. Their factory is 20x36 feet, 2 stories, employing 14 persons 4S4 8to/Mii»- IN tif Stm^ tf Cmmectimt. EAST HARTFORD MANUFACTURING CO.. ^m lichitini) JJapcr I^^lat. 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Manufacture steel I^AGE, 40i miles w from Worcester, and 19J from Norwich, a manufac- T turing village, on tiie Norwich & Worcester Railroad. Central Village Co., TuUy Bowen and Arnold Fenner, proprietors. They commenced the manufacture of print cloths here many years ago. They occupy 2 mills J mile from each other, situated on the Moosup river, a tributary of the (^uyinebaug. No. 1 mill is 100x45, 3 stories and at- tic, built of brick, with boiler house adjoining 28x48, one story. The power is supplied by two Tyler 5 feet and 3 feet Turbine wheels, the fall being 11 feet. Mill No. 2 is also brick, 140x70, 3 stories, witli wing 40x50, 2 stories ; this mill is run by two, 48 and 36 inch Tyler wheels, the fall being 13 feet. Run in both mills a few over 8,000 spindles, 219 looms, employ 165 persons; consume 6,500 lbs. of cot- ton per week, and produce 38,000 yards. The goods are 28 inch, 64 square, 7 yards per poimd. /frE:%'TIlETII^I^E, 6 J mUes from New ^^V Haven, C>'Ji from Nortiiamptou, and 82i from New ^\, York, on the Canal Railroad. Population about 000, — 3 churches. /tf HESHIRE, on the Canal Railroad 15 ^JL' miles from New Haven and 45J from Westfield, con- ^n, tains about 150 inhabitants. a^ OEEi:%SVIEI^E, 1 1 mUes from Plain- ]/ ville. at the terminus of the Collinsville Branch. I, " Collinsville, town of Canton, Hartford county, is a brisk place. The village is only an overflow of the Collins Company, but the eft'ervescence of industrj' has driven the foam of new houses up and down the green banks of Far- mington river, and here and there the white bubbles have been caught and held aloft upon the steep hillsides. From a single old mill, which David C. Collins and Samuel W. Col- lins began with, forty years ago, has sprung a great multi- tude of houses, three churches, two hotels, a bank, schools, libraries and all the auxiliaries of a population of three thousand. Is that old mill, Collins & Co. began as axe makers, with an ambition to make the very best tool that could be produced, regardless of the cost, believing such a tool would inevitably win its way. They were right. It would seem as if the artisans of the blunt, rude axes previously made must have been men of sentiment, forging the tool to execute the purpose of the song, " Woodman, spare that tree !" Col- lins & Co. held that the axe ought to respond to the needs of the woodman, as much, at least, as to the romance of the trespassing protector of the " shade ; " so they made an axe keen as to the edge, ground and polished as to the sloping cheek, solid as to the eye — such an axe as had not before been seen. The success was immediate and immense. P'rom Maine and Canada, from the South, and from the farthest western frontier, from Spanish America, and from the islands of the sea, came a call for the new axes. The fortune of Collins & Co. was made. In 1834 the Collins Company was organized under a leg- islative charter. They midtiplied their mills until now they stand thick set, twenty-three in number, and so spacious that if they were stretched out on a single floor, they would measure twenty-five feet wide and a mile and a quarter long ! They multiplied their wares, turning out, in addition to axes, also hatchets, adzes, mining tools, crowbars, sledge-ham- mers, the long Spanish cane-knives called matchetes, and many agricultural tools. They increased their capital to $800,000, and have regularly declared a dividend of ten to fifteen per cent. A large item of their trade for years has been the Spanish tools — knives, axes and matchetes. The semi-Spanish na- tions of Central and South America were formerly furnished with their weapons and implements from Europe, but they now receive them almost wholly from the United States, and very largely from the Collins Company. They probably foimd these articles of superior quality — either in stock or finish — to justify the partiality. The tools are of peculiar 486 Stations in the State of Connecticut. pattern, and would not find extensive sale hereabouts. The knives are gotten up in various shapes of ferocity, some of them similar to those seen in the hands of the lowering gen- tleman who attitudinize in the New York Weekly, and the novels of the sanguinary-marine school. The machetes are quite different from our cane-knives — being as long as swords, and resembling them, but broader at the end. Of these the Collins Company has manufactured more than three hundred patterns, and they are made from the very best of steel. Here is another tool which not even the sharpest Yankee could guess the use of. It has a handle like that of a knife, and the blade is 18 inches long, and 8 or 10 inches broad in its broadest part, toward the end, and an eighth of an inch thick, ground at the edge, and polished all over. What is it ? A weapon of defence or offence, you would say ; possibly a h«avy pruning knife, or a light butcher's cleaver. Wrong again. This is a Brazilian hoe ! The rural operator squats down by a hill of corn, holds the handle in the right hand near the ground as a pivot, and grasps the end of the blade with his left hand and moves it mildly around towards the roots, poking the soil up to the little hillocks ! Perhaps this seems very primitive to us, but it is quite as certain that our method seems as foolish to our brethren of the south, for when a Yankee went down with a cargo of our hoes, they refused to tolerate the " awkward things," but forged them into hoes of their own fashion. Of these tools — mainly of the cane machetes — The Collins Company manu- facture sometimes more than 200,000 a year. During the last decade, the Collins Company have " taken hold of the plow," and have brought it to a high degree of perfection. They make it of cast steel — the only one of the kind in the world. The plow is one of the oldest of imple- ments fashioned by the human hand. We can scarcely be certain that Cain had a plow of his own when — a young man of a hundred and fifty — he farmed it on a small scale and without great success in the suburbs of the city of Enoch, " to the eastward of Eden " ; but even Adam might have lived to see one, for he exliausted the best part of a thousand years, and doubtless beheld the sparks fly from the anvil of Tubal Cain, this blacksmith descended of the eighth genera- tion. And if they had iron, is it not probable that they made some sort of rude plow ? The first plow of which we have any description, is figured roughly on the monuments of Egypt. It seems to have been a mere wedge, with a short beam and a crooked handle. But Moses and Samuel speak of the plow, and even at that early day it possessed both a coulter and a share, as we learn from their similes. The plow of the Israelites, like the mo- dern plow, was drawn by a yoke of oxen, and it was forbid- den by law to yoke an ox and an ass together. The early Greek plow had a wheel. Most of the old rustic authors re- ferred to the plow ; Virgil wrote of it in the Georgies ; Ho- mer sang of it ; and Pliny, Hesiod and Strabo spake of the methods of making it. Varro tells of a plow with two mould boards. The plow of the ancient Britons was very rude ; no man was regarded as fit to be a farmer until he could make his own. The custom was to fasten the plow to the tails of the oxen, and compel the beasts thus to drag it through the ground. An act of the Irish legislature was passed in 1634, entitled, " an act against plowing by the taile," which pro- hibited the cruel custom. The old Scotch plow was thirteen feet long ; the iron part proper being over four feet. The Dutch originated the present style, and brought the plow of the last century to the highest perfection. Thomas Jefferson, before he became President, patented an excellent plow, of which he averred that the shape of the mould board was matliematically correct to obtain a perfect furrow with the lightest draft. In 1860, Mr. F. F. Smith, a shrewd, ingenious blacksmith. made his appearance at the Collins works, told what sort of a plow he thought was needed, and said he believed he could make it. The Collins Company cordially joined him, and the result was a plow cast solid from cast steel, the first ever made. It was found equally adaptable to turf, stubble or fallow land ; and those who have used it, aver that it draws easier and takes a laud polish better than any other plow. It costs more, too, but it lasts four or five times as long. Any part can be obtained at any time, if necessary, to renew it. The share is sparpened and drawn out from time to time by any blacksmith. One hundred plows were made, and sold with great difficulty, in 1861. Now, 15,000 a year are made, and the patent is rapidly superseding the unrelia- ble sheet-steel plows on the prairies of the West. Such a sudden capture of the market is almost unprecedented in ag- ricultural implements. These plows have been broken here and there to prove their quality, and pocket knives, cork- screws, saws and cold chisels have been made from the frag- ments. Of some such malleable stuff must the plows have been made that turned up the valley of Jehosophat ; for Joel (chap, iii, verse 10,) calls upon the farmers to forge them iuto swords. The cast steel plows of Collius Company are now used, not odly in every State of the Union, but in Span- ish America, Australia, New Zealand, and in several of the countries of North-western Europe. And still it rapidly ex- tends its peaceful empire Have we time f(jr a hasty glance through these works that spread their roofs uuder the hill like a Japanese city ? Let us approach, and enter the low-browed Tartarus. Here at the left is the converting furnace where bars of wrought iron are thurst into pulverized charcoal, and in a fortnight come forth bars of steel, having found marvelous properties in the contact. Wrought-iron is merely a pure iron — -a chemical simple — it attains the wonderful adaptability and excellence which give it the name of steel, by receiving one half to one per cent of carbon ; and on receiving five per cent, of carbon, its form has experienced another radical change, and it has become cast-iron. Within these inner shops are sweating laborers, — a whole regiment — forging the weapons wherewith the farmer and pioneer are to subdue Nature from her rebellious moods. Here they " Heave-o !" under great derricks, and swing tons of crude metal into place ; here they dodge to and fro in the blaze of an awful furnace, grimey suggestive of the Quarters which I trust have been prepared in the nether moulds to swallow up hereafter all who don't believe as I do ; here they move caressingly about sundry tender worlds ; here they preside over a monster like a wool picking machine, into which crawls a wheel with long machetes thickly clasp- ed ou its periphery — the monster utters a muflled scream and Ihe dull blades come forth ground and gleaming ; here they crouch before two-score of mighty trip hammers that shout their metalic salutations ; here they hover over half a hundred great grindstones, pressing to the rough attrition, axes, plows, hammers, wrenches, hatchets, — stones whose predecessors have burst like bombs, and shot up through the smoky roofs, carrying with them limbs and human heads ; here they warily watch huge ovens where tools are baking, and huge tubs where tools are cooling to an amiable temper. A vast machine this is— vaster than the spectral shops, where the Titans forged the shield of Achilles — and into it go every year, 10,000 tons of coal and 6,000 tons of iron, and out of it fly, over States and seas, 5,000 tools a day. Does the reader know how an axe is made ? A bar of heated wrought iron is cut up into chunks and an eye is punched into it by the same movement ; then it goes into the bit shop where a piece of steel is clasped and welded to the iron and drawn to the edge ; then into the grinding shop ; then to the polishing shop ; then to the blacking room, where the asphaltnm is put ou to preserve the head of the axe ; then Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 487 to the packing room. And ■\vhile passing through each nue of these processes, the instrnment is handled by a profession- al inspector, and if there is a flaw, or if the temper is faulty, back it goes to the beginning. The Collins method is espec- ially characterized by this rigid scrutinj', which assures an excellence remarkably uniform in each completed tool. The vigilance of inspecting has given suOh a value to the wares of the Collins Company that their name and trade mark have been extensively counterfeited in Europe ; and already thirty English pirates on tlieir stamp have been con- victed in English courts, and the profits of years turned over to the defrauded party. The company is managed by a board of eleven directors, all of whom reside in Hartford, except two. One of these is Samuel W. Collins, who has been President of the com- pany ever since it was established, and whose name and skill first gave eminence to the name. It has never been my fortune to meet him ; but I am told that, while maintaiuing strict discipline, he is very public spirited, and beloved throughout the town. The other is Vice President, Wm. J. Wood, Mr. CoUins's enterprising associate. So much in forty years ; how much in forty years more ? say, about the year of grace, 1900? What other wheels and shafts and furnaces and forges will be added? What other inventions; what miracles of steam? What other working bees will buzz through this sweltering hive? and what other homes, flanked with rich gardens, will blossom up and down this valley? May it not, until long after the dawn of that century day, be called from the peaceful fash- ioning of plow and axe ; and may the company be as happj' in its President then as it is now in that last of the Checryblc Brothers, who gives to the business his methodical wisdom,' and presides with unanimous acceptance, over the village of iron workers." /JTORIWVAI.I. BIUDOK, 57 miles \^y from Hridgeporl, and /JS from Pittsfield. A small 1, village in the town of Cornwall, Litchfield County, situated on the Housatonic Railroad. Population 200. /iTOS COB, in the town of Greenwich, \£L^ Fairfield County, 43J miles from New Haven, 32 ^^ from New York, 1.55 from Providence and 204 from Boston, on the New York & New Haven Railroad. This village is sittiated on the Jliantus river, about half a mile north of the railway. A drawbridge forty feet in height crosses the river. AI¥BURY, 23J miles from Xorwalk, 55 miles from New York, at the terminus of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, was settled in the spring of 1685, and its original name was Pahquioqw;. In point of natural beauty and situation few towns in our coun- try will compare with it. It is situated in an undulating valley, living springs bubble forth, and never failing streams flow down from the surrounding hills to turn machinery, &c. In summer, the streets present a fine appearance with their borders of real grass and canopy of shade, and within the circuit of a few miles twelve small lakes or fishing ponds invite to a sail or an angling excursion, while game has not entirely left the brakes and woods. Many visitors are drawn here during the hot months to enjoy the pure air and refresh- ing shade, not to be found in the hricJcvd in avenues of the city. From the summit of Mount Tom (or Mootry's Peak) a fiue view may be had of Danbury and vicinity. Hills dotted with forests and flocks, and valleys with farm-houses stretch away on every hand, " solitary spires denote distant villages," little lakes sparkle like crystal mirrors, and misty wreaths of floating clouds seem to spiritualize the whole. In the valley at your feet is nestled the village with its nu- merous spires, and clouds of steam issuing from its factor- ies, in the north stretch the blue hills of the " coal burners" at the east the village of Bethel appears, at the west old Kenosha shows its bosom, and in th^south, twenty miles distant. Long Island Sound lies along the horizon, with here and there a sail. The village of Danbury contains 2 National ai;d 2 Savings Banks, 1 lu surance Company, 1 Gas Light Company, 10 churches and 3 hotels. The Kohauzie Water Works fur- nish water for the citizens. This place was visited by a freshet in February, 1869, causing the loss of several lives and a large amouut of valuable property. Estimated popu- lation, 7,000. It is said to be a sober fact in history that the first build- ing ever erected in this country as a hat shop was built in Danbury, and the first hat ever made in the Uuited States was made in this town ! Be this as it may, certain it is that in the days of the Rev- olution, when the town was but a hamlet, when provincial's blade was crossed with that of royalist, and a little phalanx of stout hearts were contending for the inborn rights of man ; when the seeds of future glorious empire were being planted in the furrows ploughed by the cannon-ball, harrowed in deeply bj' the iron-shod war horse, the tramp of wheeling and charging columns, moistened and enriched by the gener- ous flow of the life blood of patriots, we find in 1780, Zadoc Benedict engaged in the less chivalric and bloody occupation* of making hats in a small red shop, standing near the grounds now the site of the depot, in Main-street. With limited resources and capital, he kept up the fire under his solitary kettle and employed, to work up his " stock," the services of one journeyman and two apprentices, tui;ning off hats at the rate of three per day, or one and a half dozen per week, — two hats being an average for a good workman in a day. This is according to the statement of some of the oldest citizens, about the first that was done at hatting in Danbury, and although hats had undoubtedly been made here long be- fore this, still this is the commencement of what has since proved an important and extensive trade. Hexuy Ckofct & Co., manufacturers of fur hats. This company started in business in the year 1868. They are the successors of an old company, who did business here for over 14 3'ears. Henry Crofut haviug started the hat business in this place in the year 1854. They occupy five buildings in carrying on this large business, which are of the following dimensions : — The first is 60x40 feet, and 3 stories high ; the 2d is 30x36 feet, and 3 stories high ; 3d, 27x40 feet, 3 sto- ries ; the 4th, is 25x36 feet, and 3 stories ; 5th, the office, 22x28 feet, and 2 stories built of brick. The other buildings are wooden. They employ 100 men and 50 girls. There is turned out here about 300 dozen per week. They derive their motive power from one 30 horse power engine, Earle's patent, built by the Norwalk Iron Works, and from two tu- bular boilers. Among the oldest manufacturers of fur hats in the village of Danbury, may be mentioned E. A Mallouy. The main building occupied by him is 100x135 feet, and 3J stories high. The number of employees average 150. The aver- age amount of work per dE]\ PI^AINJiS, 4 miles from d^j New Haven, and 72 from Northampton. A coun- \ >-7^ ' trv station on the Canal Railroad. difj aud 3i from Wat k::::;^ Providence, Hartl 26^ miles from Hartford !i from Waterbury. A country station on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. ^^ARTFORI>, 36' miles from New r\ \~f Haven, 26 from Springfield, 90 from Providence, (^^f 32i from Waterbury, 110 from New York, 124 from Boston, 336 from Montreal, 126 from Albany, and 50 miles from Long Island Sound. Is located on the west bank of the Connecticut. The Indian name of Hartford is Suckiag. The city was incorporated in the same year as Middletown and New Haven, 1784. It is divided by Mill river, and is rather irregularly laid out. Hartford is very advantageously situated for business, is surrounded by an extensive and wealthy agricultural and manufacturing district, including enterprising villages and cities. The Providence, Hart- ford and Fishkill Railroad, and New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroads centre here, and daily lines of .steam- ers to New York, make it easy of access. The city is well built, and contains many elegant, public and private edifices. The State House and Court House being the most promi- nent of the public buildings. Besides these there are the Hartford Hospital ; the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, the latter incorporated 1816 ; the Wadsworth Ath- enseum, &c., &c. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 493 Tlie literarj' and educational inslitutious here, are mmier- ous ; Trinity College, incorporated 1823. under the direction of the Protestant Episcopal Chiirch., the grounds occupy about 14 acres. The old " Charter Oak," the history and associations of which eveiy true American is familiar, was blown down in a gale a lew years since. The first print- ing office here was started in 1764, by Thomas Green, wlio at that time commenced the publication of the Connec- ticut Couranl. Thi.s printing office was the pioneer of as extensive and well appointed printing houses as in any city of twice its size in the Union. Book publishing is carried on verj' extensively. Hartford is also the leading Insurance city in the United States, there being upwards of 30 compan- ies, most of them occupying large and elegantly built build- ings of their own, which add much to the appearance of the city. The shipping interests arc quite important. Sailing ves- sels and steamers connecting with Philadelphia. Baltimore, Albany, New York, Boston, Providence, and other large cities, north and south. The Woodruff & Beach Iron Works. Tlie names of WoodruflT & Beach are closely allied to many of our me- chanical successes. Twelve years ago, they begau the manu- facture of their present specialty — steam engiues, of the pattern now bearing their names. They first started in 1842, in the usual line of machine work. Their works here, cover 6J acres, and a full force of 400 hands is era- ployed, turning out three engiues every fortnight. The first building is their office, which is a model of beauty. It is finished in walnut, chestnut and marble, with as neat an ap- pearance as architect or artist could design and execute. It is here one receives first impressions of that policy which aims at the combination of the beautiful with the useful, and to make the machine shop ox moulding room as condu- cive to the comfort and general welfare of their laborers, as the library at home. Pleasant relations between firm and hands arc regarded as absolute essentials, and a few dollars j invested, to give an office or workshop the finish agreeable I to the eye, are believed to be investments which will result I in substantial gain to themselves. 1 The main foundry of the works is 230 feet long by 60 I wide, connected with which is a second and older one, 30 j xl50 feet. The machine shop is 325x50 feet with ell, in- cluding blacksmith shops 50x100 feet. The main ell is 45 feet wide and of two stories. Next in order come two boil- er shops ; one 147x50 feet, and the other 122x60 feet. A three-storied buildiug, for patterns and erection of engines, 100x52 feet,. inside, with a storage-house of three stories, 120x40 feet, complete the list of the main buildings, adja- cent to which are all the sheds and shops necessary to a full operation of the concern. The company have a river front- age and wharfage of 500 feet, and two heavy shears, capa- ble of lifting 100 tons with the needed cranes, have been put up on tlie wharf, in order to ship enormous weights with the utmost dispatch and facility. Of the Woodruff & Beach engine, it would be but a tire- some repetition of common descriptives, to say that their en- tire principle and finish give them second place to none, and this remark can hardly meet objection, so heartily is this opinion accepted bv those conversant with the generality of American manufactures. The firm have had enormous contracts from the Government, some amounting to an ag- gregate of a million and a quarter dollars, and it is but just to conclude that, when the engineer of the " Manitou," in our Boston navy yard, says, as he has said of her fir.st ope- ation under steam, that her engines worked faultlessly, such mechanism must be regarded as unsurpassed. Where accu- racy and ease of action, perfect regulation, simple construc- tion and economy of fuel are combined, no deficiency exists to be filled. In the equipment of their machine shops, are the' largest planer and lathe in this country ; the former built at an expense of §36,000, originally to facilitate government labor. In conclusion, the Woodruff & Beach engine combines pro- portion with perfection of outline ; few parts contribute to immense power ; simple construction yields a large percent- age of economy, while the whole works without the heavy thud and vibration peculiar to many constructions. An economy of fuel is attained by their patented cut-off, of which the manufacturing public will cheerfully bear details. This cut-off is made by the automatic action of the governor upon the adjusted cam, which is thrown more or less out of cemre with the spindle of the governor, as the rotation of the balls is more or less rapid, the ecceutricini. \_EslaMished in 17G4,] Is published at the same otlice, every Friday Morniug. It is a very large weekly, carefully made up of the most valua- ble matter appearing in the daily, and accompanied every other week by an eight page literary Supplement. Its circu- lation, now very large and constantly increasing, extends to all parts of the country, making it one of the best advertising mediums in New England. Terms: $2.50 a year, or to clubs, $2.00. them by the United States Government, obliged them to ] build another main building in 1863, built of brick 43x208, i 3 stories, to which have been added from time to time six forge shops, covering an area of about 35,000 square feet, also a boiler house 50x52 of brick, 2 stories, engine house ; 24x48, 1 story, trip hammer shop 50x57, 1 story, inspection ' room 18x25, 1 story, brick shed 15x96, 1 story, store house 25x40, 1 story, planing room 14x36, 1 story, browning 23x i 45, 1 story, polishing, 36x60, 2 stories, tempering shop 16x 30, 1 story. This company manufacture Sharp's rifles and gun ma- chinery, employing 100 persons, and, during the war, em- ; ployed 700. Their motive power is furuislied by a 250 horse I power Corliss patent engine and make, with G tubular verti- cal boilers, the capacity of the works being 150 guns per day. This company made 100,000 guns for the United States Government during the war, as well as 6,000 for England and 20,000 for the governments of Peru, Chili, Mexico, China, Japan, German States and Spain. The | manufacture of these rifles was commenced near Philadelphia by one Nippes, then continued by Bobbins & Lawrence, Windsor, Vt., and from thence to its present location, in 1852. Mr. Sharp resides in Philadelphia, and receives a ', royalty, not being connected with the company. Since this invention has been in the hands of this company, it has been perfected and brought to its present excellence. The com- ; pany are now changing the guns made by them during the i war for the United States, from a linen to a metallic cart- j ridge. The arms having all passed through the war and brought back, in good order, to be changed by order of the j government. Phienix Iron Works, 54, 56, 58 and 60 Arch street. George S. Lincoln & Co., Proprietors. This company com- menced this business in 1834, which has slowly and surely increased, so at the present time, they occupy 4 buildings as follows: No. 1, the main building being 135x40 with ell 100x25 for a machine shop ; No. 2, 135x50 with ell 80x50, used as a foundry ; No. 3, 40x40, 2i stories, for the manu- facture of iron railing, fences, and builders work generally ; No. 4, 96x25, 1 story, blacksmith's shop. This company | employ on an average 100 persons, manufacturing machin- j ists' tools and general machinery, Tlic Colt Patent Fire Arms Compan)', was furnished with the machinery that en- ables them to manufacture such reliable arms, by this com- i pany. They make as a specialty, Gillespies' Patent Im- I proved Governor for water-wheels. A 25 horse power en- gine built by Woodruff & Beach, furnishes the power for three works. P. Jewell & Sons, Hicks corner Trumbull street, man- ufacturers of leather belting. This business was established in 1847, by Pliny Jewell, employing one man. It has since grown to be the largest leather belting manufactorj' in the world, occupying a 5 story brick building 110x44 with ell 50x25, 4 stories. This company is now composed of Mar- shall Jewell, Pliny Jewell, Jr., James E. Coleman and Chas. A. Jewell, the founder P. Jewell, Esq., having retired in 1866. They employ 60 persons and cut up 100 whole hides per day. The power is furnished by a Woodruff & Beach 50 horse power engine with 2 tubular boilers. The leather for this concern is tanned at their tannery at Detroit, Michigan, which is capable of tanning 500 hides per week. Smith, Bourn & Co., Asylum street. This company was established in 1794 for the manufacture of harness and sad- dles. They now occupy a building 55x175 feet, 4 stories; employing 150 persons. This company had a great south- ern trade during the 20 years previous to the war, but of late have given their attention to trade west. S. C. Kenton & Co., occupy a floor 80x45, at 130J Asylum street, for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. Employ 40 hands. H. A. Gay & Co., 63 Pearl street. Commenced the manu- facture of carriages in 1868, in a 3 story building, 100x30 with ell 30x30, 2 stories. Employ 10 persons. Pitkin Brothers & Co., 152 State street, commenced the manufacture of machinery and steam heating iipparatus in 1850. They have a store 20x122, 5 stories ; store house 35x100 feet, 2 stories ; shop 50x136, 5 stories with ell 35x 40. This company employ 75 to 100 men, and have a 50 horse power engine, with 1 horizontal tubular boiler made by themselves. This city is the home and residence of the pioneers that introduced into this Western World the manufacture of silver plated spoons and forks. It is here (only a few rods from the Post Office,) in this enterprising city of •' Charter Oak" notoriety, that we find the works of the celebrated William Rogers Manufacturing Co. (whose stamp on spoons and forks has become a household necessity). This company employ from 75 to 100 hands, in the manufacture of superior plated goods. They make spoons and forks a specialty, and Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 495 'i?y?EiiH' r. ^.5. 5 wi,iiim 2 fisisi & 1**^ t?# r si 5 H *• > g X H 5 = > O :• ^ ^ - O 5 ^-^ r g -^ ^ 1^ g V H o 18 ^ 496 Statims in the State of Connecticut. C. L. STON E & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF CHILDREN'S NO. 7 OAK STREET, HARTFORD, CONN. Having increased oar facilities, we are now prepared to fill onlers of any size at short notice. Prompt attention paid toorders by mail, and satisfaction guaranteed. C^SEND FOR PRICE L I S T . ^1 with the aid of their improved machinery, they turn out about 200 dozen daily, and consume annually about 150,000 pounds, of 18 per cent, nickel silver, and 25,000 ounces of pure silver. Their works are driven by a steam engine of 1 50 horse power, Woodrutt" & Beach's make. The 18 per j cent. German silver is taken in the sheets, cut out in a pow- er press, then rolled in a rolling mill that has rolls graded to form the different parts of the spoon to a certain gauge. The figure is stamped on, in a drop that has hammers of various weights, the largest of which weighs 450 pounds. This weight is raised by steam power and falls about 6 feet perpendicular on to the dies that hold the article to be im- pressed ; it is then trimmed and polished, plated and bur- nished and packed ready for the market, and sent to all parts of the country, where civilization has secured a foothold. C. L. Stone & Soks. commenced the manufacture of ba- by carriages in 1853, at No. 7 Oak street. They now occu- py two buildings, one 24x40, three storie.s ; the other, 30x38, two stories, both built of brick. The motive power is fur- nished by one of Benham's horizontal engines, 25 porse pow- er, with one tubular boiler. The carriages built by this firm are of a peculiar style of their own, and corabiue ease, durability and styh, in such perfection, that their sales have led them to a large increase of their manufactory. X. P. & W. G. Loojns commenced the manufacture of cigars on State street in 1864. They occupy 3 floors. Em- ploy 10 persons, manufacturing about 30,000 cigars per month. E. Tucker & Son, 139 Trumbull street, manufacture paper boxes. They occupy 2 stories 50x60. Employ 35 persons. Commenced business in 1849. Abxer CnuuCH, 46 Morgan street, manufactures rope of all kinds. His building is 900x24 feet. Employing 5 per- sons. This bu.siness was established in 1790, by James Church, who sold to his son in 1837, who continues the busi- ness. Erwiss & Sox, manufacturers of silver plated ware of all kinds on State street. The building is 2 stories in height 33x22 feet. They employ 14 persons. C. H. Adams & Co. commenced business in April 1867. They occupy one floor at 137 State street, for the manufac- ture of cigars, employing 5 persons and making 7,500 cigars per week. HiTsTER & S.WJFORD, 109 Commerce street. Commenced the manufacture of steam engines, lathes and general ma- chinery as successors of the Hartford Tool (company in in 1866. They occupy a 2 story building 40x30 with ell 40 "x30, 1 story. Employ 18 persons. W. L. & N. E. Pitkin, 17 Hicks steeet, manufacture silver and plated spoons, knives, and forks, &e. Occupy a building 30x40 feet, 3 stories. Employing 10 persons. Es- I tablished in 1858. i The Chenet Brother's Silk Manufacturing Co., em- ploy 1,000 hands in the manufacture of silks and silken goods. The enterprise of this house is proverbial. Some years ago one of its members made a trip to Japan for the purpo.se of securing the desired quality of raw silk, and the same progressive spirit that prompted this voyage has char- acterized the entire career of the firm. This company was established at South Manchester, Conn., in 1834. In 1854, a new mill was built at Hartford, which is their main ofiice. W. C. Marshall & Sons, 31 Wells street, manufacture railway supplies, in 3 story building 75x200, employing 35 persons. The business was established in 1849. Webb's N. E. Railwa,/ and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 497 AI^EBIO AH SILIC MANUFACTURED BY CHENEY BUOTHERS' SIM PanutkdmiingCompni HARTFORD AND SOUTH MANCHESTER, o o rs > E C T I C XJ X" . fflaehiiic Twist, Sowing Silk. Trams and Organzines; Fiiie Organzines for Silk Mixture Cassimeres. FOTJL^UDS ^NI3 FLORElSrTINES. PONGEE HANDKERCHIEFS, Silk Warp Poplins, Silk Dress Goods, Belt Ribbons. SILKS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES TO ORDER. EDWARD H. ARNOLD & SON, 102 Franklin Street, New York. CHENF.Y & MILLIKEN, 4 Otis Street, Boston. LEONARD BAKER & CO., 210 Cliestnut Street, Philadelphia. CHASE STEWART & CO., 10 and 12 German Street, Baltimore. 498 Statimis in the State of Connecticut. KovEl.1T Weavikg & Braiding WonKS were cstablis-hed in 1848, at 52 Market street. Tliey occiii.y a 4 story build- ing 100x60 feet, (3 stories of it,) employing 35 persons, and nianufaeturing worsted, silk, and cotton braids, turning out about 28,000 yards per week. The house of James H. Ashmead & Sons is the largest gold-beating establishment in New England and the second in magnitude in this country. The reduction of coin gold to the delicate toil and leaf, used by artists, dentists, and decoj-ators, is a process of great interest and delicate toil. The firm employ 14 hands and beat out 70 ounces of gold per week, one Boston house taking the entire product. Mr. Ashmead, in the late association of his sons with himself, has added to his manufactures a general line of dentists' ma- terials. His partners are young men educated at the ham- mer and crucible. The manufactory is at 41 Trumbull St., and was established in 1839. E. J. CusiCK, brass founder, 16 Trumbull street, employ- ing 3 persons, commenced business in 1866. The building is 40x25 feet, 2 stories. J. M. Net & Co.. gold foil and leaf manufacturers, 59 Pearl street, occupy 1 room 100x25 feet, employing 10 per- sons. A. Roberts & Co., 59 Pearl street, manufacturers of gold and silver eye glasses, employing 9 hands, commencing business in 1845. The room is 24x60 feet. Plimpton Envelope & Paper Co., 6 and 8 Ford street ; employ 75 persons, for the manufacture of envelopes, &c., in a building 100x200 feet. The motive power is furnished by a 10 horse power engine. Kellogg & Bilkeley, 245 Main street, commenced the lithographic business as successors to E. B. & E. C. Kellogg in 1867. The business being established in 18"5. They occupy a building 75x30 feet, 5 stories, the lower floor be- ing rented to other parties. Employ 50 persons, and turn out 400,000 colored prints per year, besides fine work for Insurance companies, &c. They keep 16 presses running, and do a business amounting to $125,000 per year. J. J. Hubbard, manufacturer of Baker's patent corn brooms, at 142 State street, occupy 4 floors, employing 15 persons and making 75 dozen per week of the patent broom, beside other styles and kinds. George Lee commenced the manufacture of cigars and tobacco in 1850, occupies a building 100x20 feet, 4 stories; employing 30 persons, and making 20,000 cigars per week. The office and manufactory is at 150 State street. Pratt, Whitney & Co. commenced the manufacture of machinists' tools and gun machinery, hydraulic engines, &c., at 1 Flower street, in 1860. They occupy the lower floor of a brick building 225x45 feet, 4 stories, built of brick in 1865 by the present company. They have, in addition, a blacksmith shop 100x45 feet, an engine house 26 x 45, in which is a 60 horse power engine, built by Woodruff' & Beach, with 2 tubular boilers. This company manufacture machinery for nearly all the armories in the United States, and have recently finished a contract for furnishing an armory in Austria. This company is composed of Francis A. Pratt, A. Whitney, Monroe Stannard, Seth W. Bishop, and Ros- well F. Blodgett. W. B. WiLLAKD commenced the flouring business in 1854. The mill he now occupies fronts on the river, 100x100 feet, 5 stories, running 8 sets of stones and employing 30 persons. The capacity of the mill is 350 barrels per day, and 1000 bags of meal. The power is furnished by a 150 horse power engine, built by Woodruff" & Beach, with two return flue boilers. Hunt, Holbrook & Barber, 130 and 132 Asylum street, commenced the manufacture of fine calf boots in 1852. They now occupy a 4 story building 44x100 feet, employing 200 persons, 100 of which are in Weathersfield Prison ; making about 6,000 cases per year'; using about 8,000 sides of sole leather and 1,800 dozen of calf skins per year. The power is furnished by two 5 horse power engines, buih by Chtib- buck & Sons, of Roxbury, Mass. The business of this concern was established by Hunt & Holbrook, and continued by the present firm. N. Palmer & Co., commenced the manufacture of leather belling in 1860. They occupy 3 floors in brick building, 132 Asylum street, 20x100 feet. Employ 8 persons, and do a business in leather belting amounting to $45,000 per year. The Weed Sewing Machine was first manufactured at Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1856, and was moved to Hart- ford in 1863, at which place the company was incorporated with a capital of $500,000, under the name of The Weed Sewing Machine Company. H. Blanchard, President, S. L. Clark, Secretary. This company have branch offices all over the United States : the home office being at 239 Main street. Their manufactory is on Flower street in the w-est- ern part of the city, occupying 3 floors, 225x45 feet ; em- ploying 250 persons; manufacturing 1,700 per month. They have made 25,000 of these machines since 1863. Office in New York, 613 Broadway, in Boston 349 Washington street. William Boakdman & Sons, 205 State street, commen- ced the manufacture of coffees and spices in 1841. They now occupy a 4 story brick building, 30x60 feet. Employ 7 persons, use a 15 horse power engine, made by Woodruff 6 Beach, and one cylinder return flue boiler. Beach & Company, commenced business in 1835. They now employ a room at the Grove Works, on Potter street, 80x100, for the manufacture of dye woods and extract of Indigo, of which they make about 4 tons per day. Their office is at 209 and 21 1 State street, and employ 7 per- sons. The Hartford Thread Company commenced the manu- facture of thread, January, 1867, in a room 75x35 feet, 4th floor of brick building rear 262 Main street. They employ 7 persons, turning out 5,000 dozen of spool cotton per month. Kibbe & Co., commenced the manufacture of confection- ery in 1860, at 7 American Row. They employ 2 persons, turning out 1200 pounds per week. W. H. & L. H. Robertson, commenced the manufacture of packing boxes in 1858. They occupy a room 60x60 ft. Employ 7 persons, using 800,000 feef of lumber per year. The works are situated at the Grove Works, Potter street. C. W. Ejierson, rear 262 Main street, man\ifacturer of patent improved expansion lamp and gas shades. This in- vention was patented by Mr. E. Oct. 7th, 1865, with im- provements added since by him and his former partner, V. Dunlap, which were also patented. The business was first conducted by Dunlap & Emerson, who commenced in June, 1866, and continued till Jan., 1867, when Mr. E. continued. He occupies a room 70x35, in the 4th story of a brick build- ing ; employing 6 persons, and turning out 700 gross per year. DvviGHT CusHMAN, manufacturer of patent turbine water wheels. No. 21 Potter street, commenced business in 1860, and now employs 20 persons in two rooms, 50x30 each, with a blacksmith's shop 30x30. His machinery consists of 7 lathes, 1 planer, 1 upright drill, &c. Hunt Bros, commenced business in 1867, as successors to Fitch & Hunt, who commenced in 1864. They occupy one room, 60x55, at 21 Potter street ; employing 10 persons, Webb's N. E. Railway and Manu/nctureis' Statistkal Gazetteer. 499 cutting up 12,000 feet of lumber per month ; manufacturing all kinds of packing boxes. H. A. Converse & Co., commenced the manufacture of castings for machinery in 1865. They occupy 3 buildings, the maiu one used as a foundry, 60x80 feet, 1 story, another 30x40 feet, 2 stories, for a wood and boiler shop, the last 2 stories. 30x40 feet, for a store house. They employ 20 per- sons, turning out 2,500 tbs. of castings per day. Tiie foun- dry is located at 120 Grove street. E. R. Fitch, 241 State street, commenced the manufac- ture of boxes for packing, at this place in a building 30x50 feet. Employs 4 persons, using 400,000 feet of lumber per year. Colt's Willow Ware Masckactcring Co., was organ- ized in 1861 with a capital of 825,000. They occupy a 3 story building for the mauufacture of willow ware of every kind ; employing 60 persons. Tlie power is furnished by an 8 horse power engine with 1 cylinder boiler. The works are situated on Wawarme avenue ; use up 100 tons of willow per year, which is grown by the company who have 75 acres in cultivation. R. W. H. Jarvis is President of the com- pany. Louis Mansav & Son, 17 and 21 Elm street. This busi- ness was commenced by the father, in 1841, who is now de- ceased. The son continues under the same name. Em- ploys 52 persons, manufacturing all kinds of carriages in a 5 story building 80x90 feet. S. N. Harts & Landy, 39, 41 and 43 Albany avenue, commenced business January, 1868, for the manufacture of all kinds of carriages, in a building 136.'c65 feet. 3 stories high, giving employment to 30 persons. S. N. Harts com- menced the manufacture of carriages in 1833, on Fort street. The" Hartford Evelet Co. occupy a room 24 x 64, on State street ; employ 10 persons, turning out 3,000,000 of eyelets daily. The company was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of 8100.000. A. Prall, Agent, commenced the manufacture of orna- mental wood work and ornamental church furniture, in 18G6, at 22 and 24 Mulberry street. The building is 30 x 50 feet, 4 stories ; employs 10 persons, and does a business amount- ing to 825,000 per year. CoBURN Soap and Washing Flotd Manufacturing Co. incorporated in 1865 ; occupy a three story building 110x60 feet, situated near Colt's Fire Arms Works. This company manufacture laundry and toilet soaps, producing daily about 4,000 lbs. laundry, and 2,000 lbs. toilet soap, doing a busi- ness of 8150,000. This product represents 40 varieties of soap, and 275.000 paper boxes are used annually for pack- ing. The factory is a building 80x50 feet, and three stories, which contains two immense kettles with a capacity of 2,000 lbs. of grease each. E. Crosby & Son occupy a five story building, 100x34 feet, situated in East Glastenbnry, Conn., where they employ 50 hands, manufacturing satinets; consume about 160,000 lbs. stock per year, producing 240,000 yards. Their ma- chinery is furnished with power from a forty horse breast wheel, 18x1 H feet, under 14 feet head. Messrs. C. & Son have also a flock aud shoddy mill, capable of producing 1 ,500 lbs. daily. They have invented a flock machine, feeding the rags on an apron without any preparation. Rights for sale. Office, No. Ill State street, this city. Case, Lockwood & Brainard. Fifty years ago, and for many years subsequent to that, Hartford had quite a wide- spread fame for her publishing business. Silas Andrus first, and afterwards Silas Andrus & Son, sent the name of their firm abroad on many thousand copies of school books, while D. F. Robinson & Co. perpetuated theirs in scores of general publications. Later, Henry S. Parsons and Belknap & Ham- ersly published large numbers of books and pamphlets, and those who have in their libraries the local publications of 30 years ago, will find these names at the foot of the title pages of many of them. Then, for a time, the business lost its relative' importance, but latterly it has been revived, and since 1863, it has assumed large proportions. The oldest of the firms now prominent, and one of the two which connect the present with the former period of p\iblish- ing prosperity, is that of which Mr. Newlou Case is at the head. The firm was organized in 1836, uuder the name of Case. Tiffiiny & Co. Subsequently it was called, for three years. Case, Tiffany & Burnham ; then again. Case, Tiffany & Co., and finally, on the retirement of Mr. Tiffany and the accession of Messrs. .James Lockwood and Leverett Brain- ard, it took the title of Case, Lockwood «Sb Co. These pub- lishers have for 30 years occupied quarters on or near the corner of Pearl and Trumbull streets. In 1838. they rented the old county jail, on the corner, which, in 1848, they pur- chased. A little more than 2 years ago they moved to a building west of this, and now, having demolished the old jail and erected a large building on its site, they have re- turned to the corner. The new building is a substantial brick structure 135 feet by 40, and five stories iiigh, with a projection on the south side for stairways and elevator. It cost about 860,000. The basement is divided into two rooms, one of which, un- der the office, is used as a stock room. The other is a ma- chine room and carpenter's shop, with some room for stor- age, a place for wetting down paper, and a large paper press. Extending out under the sidewalks are large vaults for the storage of plates. The basement has a light through , pavement glass, and is heated, as are the other parts of the ' building by steam. The corner room on the first story is 26 x30 feet, and has been elegantly and tastefully fitted up as an office. Around the sides runs a wide baseboard of black walnut. Above this is a wainscotting of alternate stripes of chestnut and red oak, the latter having been taken from the timbers and planking of the old jail. Above the wainscot- ting the sides are of chestnut, relieved by black walnut. At the edge of the ceiling is heavy black walnut moulding, and the ceiling itself is a deep panel work of pine, highly finished, with black walnut mouldings. Around the windows and doors are large strips of black walnut rope moulding fast- ened with silver headed screws, and giving a very ornamen- tal effect. The desks are of chestnut and red oak, with black walnut tops and rails. The outside windows have large panes of clear glass, and windows between the office and the press room are furnished with ground and figured glass. Back of the main office, on the Pearl street side, is a private office 12x16 feet, similarly finished. The remain- der of this story is used as a press room, where twelve Ad- ams power presses, from the medium to the largest size, are kept almost congtantly running on book work. In the second story, at the east end, is a room for proof readers. Along the Pearl street side are stands for forty compositors, all having an excellent light from north win- dows. On the other side of the room are 8 Hoe cylinder presses for job work, and one hand and card press. The whole of the third story is in one room, most of which is used as a bindery, a portion of the east end only being used for the manufacture of job and blank books. In this room are two large ruling and one paging machine, twelve large standing presses, two patent book cutters, one backing machine, three embossing presses, and the apparatus for marbling books. In a small projection over the arched en- trance way, on the Trumbull street side, is the gilding room. The fourth story contains the folding and sewing room, in which are sewing, cutting, stabbing and smashing machines, and the fifth is used as a drying and storage room for the 500 Stations in the State of Comiecticut. printed ?heets and uubouiul books. On this floor also arc two hydraulic presses, one of 600 tons pressure, and the other of over 400 tons. The firm employ in this building about 200 hands, and besides pviblishinjr on its own account, it manufactures a great many books for other publishers, and does and immense amount of job printing and binding. During, and since the war, it has printed many general and local histories of the conflict. The largest work of this kind, that it has executed is Greeley's " American Conflict," published by O. D. Case & Co. Of the first volume of this, a book which sells at §5 per volume retail, were printed 150,000 copies, and the sale of the second volume was very large. Of " Anec- dotes and Incidents of the Rebellion," another §5 work, this firm (■urui^hed 30,000 copies for the Hartford Publish- ing Companv ; of Brown's " Four Years in vSecessia," 40,000 copies, for O. D. Case & Co. ; and of Holland's " Life of Lincoln," 10,000 copies, for Gurdon Bill & Co., of Spring- field. Of smaller works. Case, Lockwood & Co. have them- selves published several, including a " Life of Gen. Lyon," the " History of the 117th Regiment New York State Vol- unteers," and a " History of the 13th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers." They publish about 10,000 copies yearly of a large " Do- mestic Bible," which sells at §9 a copy, and which has been several years in the market. They also print a great many copies of the " Cottage Bible," illustrated, in two volumes. They also print about 150,000 copies yearly, of various school books. Of books of local interest, the "Ecclesiastical His- tory of New Britain," by Deacon Alfred Andrews, and the " Poetry of Bishop Burgess," the latter for Brown & Gross. They have also published "The Cottage Cyclopedia of History and Biography," a book of about 1,000 pages, for general use. This is a very complete reference book on ancient and modern histor}' and biography. The great amount of valu- uble information in the book is well arranged, and the book itself is neatly printed and firmly bound, which made it reach a large sale. Taking into account the foregoing figures, and recollecting that this firm, though the largest, is only one of seven pub- lishing firms in the city, it will be seen that the business has become one of gieat importance. C^J of about G houses, situated 87 r country station •M^-w^ "' ""ui.i u ii..i.,-t^, C.III..IICU I.EY'S, 30J mOes from Hartford and 2^ from Waterburv. A country station on the Pro^ ideuce, Hartfbrd & Fisliki ntry Railroad. ^r*OP RIYER, 63f miles from Piovi- C^J deuce, 20^ from Hartford, on the Providence, Hart- y— ^ ford & Fishkill Railroad. A country station. The only manui'actory here is — The Hop River Warp Co., which was incorporated in 1865, with a capital of 821,000. Wm. C. Jillson, Agent and Treasurer. The factory is about one-eighth mile from the depot, on the Hop river, having a fall here ot 16 feet. The mill is 00x30 ft., 4 stories in the rear, 3 in front. They employ 25 persons, consume 30 bales of cotton per month, and produce 10,000 pouuds of white warps. An overshot wheel supplies the power. ^4 *OSKI]¥!S. A flag station between Gran- /T -1 by and Sinisburv ; about 12 houses near depot on the <^y Canal Railroad. ' '^i VES, 7i miles from New Haven. A coun- ^1 try station on the Canal Railroad, ^JE;%VETT city, Sjmlles from Nor- TJ wich and 50i from Worcester, on the Norwich and \ y Woicester Railroad. A village containing 3 church- es, 1 bank, a few stores, and 2 large cotton mills, the infor- mation for which we could not obtain. There is a flag sta- tion on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad, one mile from the village, which is also called Jewett City. This .station is 42J miles from Providence and 47^ from Hartford. ^ E]^T, 62 miles from Pittsfield and 48 from JjTi Bridgeport. A village and town on the Housatonic C_Z-^ river, containing 2 churches, and an estimated popu- lation of 800. This town was first settled in 1738. This is a mountainous township, with some fine land on the banks of the Housatonic, which passes through its western border. The Housatonic, calm and still, winding gracefully at the foot of a high and rugged mountain, renders the scenery from the neat and quiet village of Kent, highly picturesque and beautiful. El^T. A country station on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, about 5 miles from Norwalk. ^AIlfESVlEEE. Flag station on the '7'i Housatonic Railroad, 2i miles below New Millford. Has about 200 inhabitants. ^(1 EBAJ^OIV, 23 miles from New London ^jl, and 10 from Norwich. A station and town in New *— ' London County, on the New London and Northern Railroad, settled about 1 700. The surface of the town is uneven, the soil is of a chocolate color, a rich deep mould, very fertile and well adapted to grass. The village is on a street more than a mile in length, wide and pleasant. It was the residence of the Trumbull family, celebrated for their genius and patriotism. Their family tomb contains the ashes of 2 governors, one commissary general and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The richness Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 501 of the land and the greiicral advantages this town has for agricuhural pursuits, have attracted many families from the southern part of Rhode Island, who have settled here for the past ten years. ^f: ITCHFIELI>, n miles from Water- ^ !| bury, and 49 from Bridgeport. A station and town on '^^^ the Naugatuck Kailroad. The village is located 4 miles west of the depot, and is the county seat of Litchfield County, having a court house, jail, &c., and a population of about 1,000. The Indian name of this town is Bantam. The land is elevated, the surface of which presents a diver- sity of hills and valley. The soil is a gravelly loam, deep, strong and admirably adapted to grazing. The largest pond in the State, called Great Pond, having an area of 900 acres, is located here. Litchfield village is a delightful place, situated on an ele- vated plain surrounded by interesting scenery and affords extensive prospects. The streets are wide and well shaded, and the residences are elegantly and tastefully built. This is the home aud birth place of several noted men of long ago. Oliver Wolcott, one of the signers of the Declaration of In- dependence, resided here ; also, his son, Oliver Wolcott, Jr. who held the office of first Auditor of the Treasury, then Secretary of the Treasury, then Governor of Connecticut, and was the last survivor of Washington's Administration. Benjamin Tallmage, a Colonel in the Continental Army, was also a resident of this town, also Brigadier General Ethan Allen. Pagf; & Keesey, commenced business in 1865 ; manu- facturing of paper of all kinds, except note paper. It is a 2 engine mill of 300 lbs. each, aud run by 2 turbine wheels of 25 and 10 horse power; building 45x35 feet, 3 stories; machine building 60x30 feet ; employ 9 hands ; consuming 1,400 lbs. rags, and making 1,000 reams of paper per day. At present they are manuiacturing a superior article for water closets. Mill directly opposite tlie depot. fOVETTS, 4of miles from Providence and 44J from Hartford. A flag station on the Provi- dence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Located here is the King Woolen CoMPANr. Amos King, Wm. A. Buckingham, Edward Chappel; James S. Carew, Bowers and Becckman, I. M. Buckingham, proprie- tors. They commenced the manufacture of fancy cassi- meres in 1865. A freshet Feb. 10th, 1867, swept away the entire mill, which w-as immediately rebuilt. It is a substan- tially built mill, stone, 146x52, 5 stories, picker house 40 x70, 2 stories, boiler and dye house 90x30, 2 stories, office and store house 40x40, 1 story. They employ 1 23 persons. Run 12 set of woolen machinery. Consume 1,500 pounds of wool per day and produce 30,000 yards per month. The establishment is about J mile from the depot on the Little river. Amos King, Agent, George C. McLeon, Superinten- dent, Bowers & Beeckman, Agents, 64 Leonard street. New York. The Post Office address of this company is Lisbon, Conn. Wequonock Mills Co. was incorporated 1868. Lucius W. Carroll, President ; L. A. Gallup, Secretary and Treas- urer. Tlie mill is on the Shetucket river three-quarters of a mile from the depot. The main building is 100 x 40 feet, 3 stories and wing 50x38 feet, 3 stories, built of stone. The capacity of the mill is 8 sets of woolen machinery. At present they run 10 broad (Crompton) looms ; employ 34 persons, the fall being 14 feet. A 36 inch Cushman wheel supplies the power. Tiiey consume 3,600 pounds of wool per week, and produce 4,000 yards of fancy cassimeres. Hooper Makufactuising Co. This mill was built in 1866. It is 186x50 feet, 4 stories, with wing 50 x 150 feet, built of stone. They run 5 sets of woolen machinery, with a capacity for 8 ; 22 broad looms, Crompton, Stafford & Pequot, makers : consume 1,000 pounds of wool per day, a-jd produce 4,000 yards of fancy cassimeres per week. A Swaine 3 feet wheel supplies the power. The mill is on the Shetucket river, with a fall of ISj feet. The Obenhauer Paper Co. occupy a building about three- fourths of a mile from this depot, for the manufacture of ma- nilla paper. They employ 7 persons and produce 1,500 lbs. per day. They run 2 engines and 1 cylinder machine. Two 36 and 18 inch Cushman wheels furnish the power, the fall being 20 feet ; located on Little river. The Reed Paper Co. was incorporated in 1867. They occupy a mill one-quarter mile from the station, for the man- ufacture of print and book paper. They employ 12 persons, use 2 engines and 1 cylinder machine, and produce 1,700 pounds per day of 24 hours ; 2 Waite's turbine wheels fur- nish the power. Lo'^aled on Little river. ^YlflE, 33 miles from New Haven, 17 't\ from New London, 109 from New York and 123 from C^' Boston, on the Shore Line, and the east bank of the Conno'ticut. Judge Charles J, McCurdy, late minister to Austria, resides here ; and this was also the former residence of Roger Griswold, an early governor of Connecticut, and the ancestor of two governors and of a numerous aud highly respected family. Passengers and freight are now conveyed across the river here by a ferry boat. A draw bridge is now in process of erection. ^'»^ADlSOI\', 19| mUes from New Ha- ven. oOJ from New London, 96 from New York and 136 from Bostou, on the Shore Line. A sta- tion and town by the same name. The town was taken from Guilford in 1826. It borders on Long Island Sound, and embraces Hammonasset Point. The town has a small har- bor aud some navigation. The Hon. Thomas Chittenden, for many years Governor of Vermont, and his brother Ebe- uezer Chittenden, a gentleman of great mechanical genius, wei'e natives of this town. (^tl vjj;;-' AlfCIIESTER, 8U miles from Pro- .^nce and 8^ from Hartford; a manufacturing the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Tlie Ilockanum flows through this town. The first cotton mill in the State was built here in 1794. A branch road was built to South Manchester from this stat- ion, two and half miles, and trains commenced running in the spring of 1869. The Union MANDFACrcRiNG Co., was incorporated in 1819, with a capital of $200,000, E. B. Watkinson, Presi- dent ; G. M. Bartholomew, Treasurer ; John S. Gray, Secretary. The buildings are 4 in number, built of stone and brick with several small buildings adjoiuing. They run 9,000 spindles. 270 looms ; consume 700 bales of cotton and produce 2,000.000 yarns of % ginghams per year. Employ- ing 300 persons. The mills are J mile from the depot, on the Hockanum river, with a fall of 22 feet. The office of the company is at 55 Asylum street, Hartford. A. M. Stoi>e, Superintendent at the mills. Keenet & Wood Manufacturing Co. was incorporated Dec. 28th, 1859, with a capital of $50,000. Sanford Buck- land, President, Timothy Keeney, Secretary and Treasurer. 502 Stations in the State of Connecticut. They occupy a building 40x100, 2 stories, witli win^ lOOx 30, 2 and 1 story. This company run 2 common and 1 pa- tent engine, with a capacity of 1000 pounds and 1 Four- drinier machine. They employ 25 persons, and produce 2,500 pounds of book paper per day. A 12x21 breast wheel supplies the power, the fall being 11 feet, located on the Hockanum river J mile from depot. Campbell, Hall & Co., 10 and 12 Nassau street. New York, Agents, Keeney Brothers. Business established in 1862. Oc- cupy two 2 story buildings, 154x36, and 86x24 feet respec- tively, with bleacli, coloring and machine shop attached. They manufacture hosiery, shirts and drawers, using Otis's knitting machines ; employ 60 persons, and produce 25 doz- en per day. Their motive power is furnished by steam. Pitkin MakufacturingCo. Business established in 1865. A. B. Pitkin, Treasurer. Occupy a building 32x80 feet ; employ about 50 hands. Manufacture white colored, double and twist yarns and dressed warps ; and consume about 400 lbs. of stock daily. At South Manchester, near the above station, arc The Atlantic, Baltic and Adriatic Mills, which are owned and run by Mr. Henry E. Rogers. Established 1844, 1863 and 1867. The dimensions of the buildings are 50x120,40x100 and 48x94 feet respectively. He employs 35 hands. Manufactures candle card, album board, hard- ware and manilla paper, and does a business of $80,000 per annum. The Globe Mill Co. commenced the manufacture of satinets in 1844. They occupy a 3 story building 30x75 feet. Employ 18 hands and produce $150 worth of the above goods daily. Cuenkv Brothers, see Hartford, pages 496 and 497. At North Manchester is the Hudson Manufactory of Fine Papers, established 1780. This firm occupy two buildings 300x40 and 200x40 feet respectively, for the manufacture of bank note, bond, and parchment paper, parchment envelopes and paper for for- eign correspondence, besides every other style of paper, all of the finest quality. They manufacture water-mauked paper in great variety of designs, of which they make a specialty. Run 10 engines, 2 Fonrdrinier machines, besides all other necessary machines appertaining to their business. The amount of paper produced daily, will sum up, if not exceed 50,000 sheets. The mills have been running day and night for the past seven years upon government work, and upon work for New York Bank Note Company and banks of foreign countries. '^^ICI AI^SFIKI^I>, 38^ miles from New London and61i from Grouts Corner, (now Miller's Falls.) A town and station on N. London Northern Railroad, in Windham Co. The Indian name for this town is Naubesetuck. It was taken from Windham in 1 703. The sur- face of the town is uneven, and some of the hills have con- siderable elevation. Watered by the AVillimantic and Natchaug and its tributaries. Mount Hope and Fentou. ECHAXIC'SVIl^LE, -24^ miles Worcester and 35i from Norwicli. A flag tlie Norwich and Worcester Railroad. Mechanicsville Company, Sabin Sayles, Harris C. Say- les, Thomas D. Sayles and Warren D. Harris, proprietors. This company -was established several years ago, and con- tained the same partners except T. D. Sayles who was admit- ted in 1864, at which time a new brick mill was built, 200x 44, 4 stories with wing 44x44, 3 stories and an extension 80 x44, 2 stories, used for- a boiler house, &c. &c. The mill is a fair sample of the elegant mills that have been built throughout New England, having fire escapes, and every convenience for conducting a liberal establishment, and se- curing to the employees and employer alike, a manufactory that is condusive to their comfort and happiness. The mill has 12 set of woolen machinery, 40 broad (Cromptou,) looms. Employing 225 persons ; consuming 737 pounds of wool per year, and producing 636,000 yards of fancy cassi- meres. Two Tyler 5 feet wheels, furnish the power, the fall is 15 feet, located on the French river. KRIDEiW, 18 miles from Hartford, 8 from New Haven and 92 miles from New York, on the N. Haven, Hartford & Springfield Railroad, is a rapidly growing manufacturing city, containing about 12,000 inhabitants, situated in one of the most beautiful, ro- mantic and healthful regions in the Connecticut Valley. No place on the line from Boston to New York, has sprung into notice so quickly as this city. Many improvements have lately been made here : grading of streets, erection of public buildings, churches, &c., among whicli is the High School and Byxbee House, the latter of wliich was lately destroyed by fire, and immediately rebuilt. Both prove attractive and ornamental additions to the general appearance of the place. Meriden in a measure owes much of her prosperity to the capitalists of her neighboring city, Middletown, situated 10 miles distance east across the coiintry. With this assist- ance coupled with muscle and brains, Meriden has become independent, and is the home of some of the wealthiest and enterprising men of the State. A daily and two weekly pa- pers are published here ; three banks and ten churches. The city has two post offices, one on the hill about one mile from the depot, called Meriden, and the other near the depot and the centre of trade, West Meriden. Persons hav- ing business with this city will find it to their advantage to direct their letters to the latter place, by so doing, much time and trouble will be saved. The city are about having water works to supply the citizens with pure water, thus enhancing the value of property and the comfort of the pub- lic generally. The heaviest tax payer in Meriden is Charles Parker, whose tax is $161,496. Next in rank comes Horace C. Wil- cox, $66,525 and Edward Miller, $57,740. Some of the heavy corporations are the Meriden Britannia Company, $41.5,000; the "Meriden Cutlery Company, $255,400; J. Wilcox & Co., $231,025; Wilcox Silver Plate Company, $175,000 ; Edward Miller & Co., $146,000. Meriden Britannia Co. Warehouse at 199 Broadway, New York. H. C. Wilcox, President ; D. C. Wilcox, Sec- retary ; George R. Curlis, Treasurer ; I. C. Lewis, Super- intendent. Having heard much of the great capacities and completeness of this factory, and been long cognizant of the high merits of its wares, which for years ha\e ornamented the show windows of the leading houses of New York and other cities throughout the Union, and which have become so extensively used in hotels, on board steamboats and oth- er vessels, and in private residences, we felt curious to pay a visit to the establishment and learn if the reports of its extent and perfection of equipment were exaggerated, or warranted by the facts. The Meriden Britannia Company was established in the year 1852, the factory at that time being near the site of the substantial buildings which compose the present extensive series of factories. The warehouse in New York has been at 199 Broadway ever since 1860. The factory embraces several buildings, the chief one be- ing the most imposing structure in that city, and is 527x40 Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 503 I feet. The whole number of buildings is about half a dozen. j They are principally of brick, built especially for the varied purposes of the business, are nearly all four stories in height, and occupy four acres of ground, in the heart of the city. The depot of the New Haven, Hartford and Spring- field Railroad is located directly opposite this establishment, which is thus provided with unusually convenient facilities for the transportation of its numerous descriptions of elegant and serviceable merchandize, either by rail to the north and t east, or direct to New York, or by steamboat to New York from New Haven, from which West Meriden is distant but 18 miles and 10 miles west of Middletown on the Connecti- cut river. In the busier seasons are employed iu all the various de~ partments, from nine hundred to eleven hundred experien- ced operatives of both sexes, and large as has been our own experience as a chronicler of the business of prominent fact- ories in New England and elsewhere, we can truly say that never have we been an eye witness of busier scenes tlian we observed in this vast hive of mechanical industry, nor one more admirably organized or more thoroughly appointed in all the details of the various sections we passed through. The value of the merchandise usually on hand at one time at the factory and warehouse is about §1,000.000, and this estimate is independent of the immense amount of costly machinery, tools, etc., employed in the nianufac- toiy. The annual sales of the company average $2,500,- 000, and the goods are now sent to the trade, not only throughout the United States, but largely to the British Provinces, West Indies, South America, Mexico Pacific Coast, and even to England, France, parts of Africa, to Australia and to China. The specialties or leading lines of these goods are nickel silver, and fine white metal electro plated wares. All these are enumerated and elaborately illustrated in the price list and appendix issued by the hou.se, one edition of which inclusive of the numerous splendid engravings, co.st them nearly 840,000. This item akne is significant of the liber- ality and enierprise of the company. Another fact worthy of note is that they manufacture more pieces of nickel sil- ver and table ware than all other similar establishments in the world combined, outside of Connecticut. From the mass of interesting information which we gathered while there we will subjoin the following additional items, viz. : The Meridan Britannia Company manufacture of nickel * We quote from the Meriden Republican, an intere.sting trial of a Corliss engine, built hy William A. Harris of Providence, and an engine built by the Pacific Iron Works, of Bridgeport, Ct. : " William A. Harris, of Providence, has recently completed and put into the works of the Meriden Britannia Company, West Meri- den, Ct., a Corliss engine of 125 horse power. This engine is at- tached to the same shaft as an engine built by Pacific Iron Works, Bridgeport, Ct., but of the ordinary construction, and which has been in use four years. This was put in complete order, and the two engines, side by side, taking steam from the same boilers, and applying their power to the same shaft, were tested alternately rcccntlv. "Mr. Lowe, of the Pacific Works, was present a portion of the time, and made a personal trial of both engines. He began what may be termed an informal trial with his own engine, commencing on the morning of the 2-tth of August. At the expiration of .Satur- day, the 29th, his engine had expended 39,090 lbs. of coal, and rolled 1,248 8 by 12 inch plates of 9-lfi inch thickness, down to the thick- ness required for the manufacture of Britannia goods. The next week, commencing on Monday, the 31st. be made a trial of the Harris new engine. On the day ending Sipteniber 5, the new en- gine, that is the Harris engine, had rolled l,,i7.") plates, and burnt 25,810 lbs. of coal. The new engine, it will be seen, had, therefore, consumed 14,180 lbs. of coal less than the Lowe engine, and yet had turned out 127 plates more than it had, although during the running of the Harris engine, the rolls were not in use for seven hours. " The informal trial was pretty conclusive, and clearly demon- strated the superiority of the Corliss engine. Before Mr. H.arris commenced his trial, he had one boiler that supplied steam for other silver, 20,000 pounds per month ; of white metal goods, from 40,000 to 50,000 pounds per month ; and during the last twelve mouths they have used in electro plating of pure .silver, over $200,000 worth : all of which facts are easily susceptible of proof. On our tour through the establishment, which by the way comprises one mile of flooring, forty feet in width, we were particularly struck with the huge size of much of the ma- chinery ; for instance, the rollers, which are the largest used in this kind of business in the United States — one press for raising and imparting the ornamental figures to the wares, weighing 26,000 pounds, and having a stamping or pressing power of perhaps 40 tons. One colossal Corliss steam engine which we saw has a capacity of 150 horse power, the nomi- nal power being somewhat less, and one steam engine made by the Pacific Iron Works is of 125 horse power. These monster engines are stationed in the principal factory, while other large ones of less dimensions are iu constant use in the adjoining buildings. (An interesting trial of the respective merits of the Corliss engine, made by Wm. A. Harris, Esq., of Providence, R. I., and the Lowe engine, made by the Pacific Iron Works, of Bridgeport, Conn., took place at this establishment in the month of September, 1868, which trial we give entire at the bottom of this page.)* The amount of coal used is about 1 ,500 tons per year. The establishment is supplied with an abundance of both steam and water power. The mo.st important part of the machinery used was made expressly for the company and patented by them ; and one additional evidence of the ex- cellence of the manufactures is found in Ihe fact, that the older members of the concern have had con.stant practical experience in the business of between thirty and forty years. For the eighteen years during which the Meriden Britan- nia Company has been in existence, as manufacturers of electro plated goods, their productions have been subjected to the most thorough test, by extensive use in hotels, steam- sljips, saloons and private households, for years, and by their durability as well as by their superior beauty, have afforded unqiialified satisfaction and elicited the highest approval. They cost but one-fifth as much as pure silver, while they possess all its elegance of appearance, and render equal length of service. The demand for these manufactures has steadily augmented from year to year since 1852, and the enterprise and taste of the company have received such en- purposes than motive power detached, so that the sti^am generated by said boiler was not used in connection with the engines. The fuel under the three remaining boilers was carefully weighed and accounted for. With Mr. Lowe's informal trial, this boiler was not detached, which accounts for the excess in figures of the two previ- ous ^eks. " On the 7th, Mr. Harris began his trisvl of the two engines. He commenced with his own engine, and at the end of t\w week had consumed 18.875 lbs. of coal, and had rolled 1,532 plates. During four days of last week, Lowe's engine had consumed 21,635 lbs, of coal and had rolled 700 plates. The average consumption of coal per day upon the Harris engine is 3,146 lbs, ; the average on the Lowe machine being 5,409 lbs,, a saving by the former of 2,263 lbs,, or 41,8 per cent, " On the last three days of the trial Mr, Harris run his engine with two boilers only, instead of three. An attempt was made to run Lowe's engine with two boilers, hut after working an hour and three-quarters, the engini-tr wn^ cninpillcd to attach the third boiler. The speed of the new engine is fit'tv-five revolutions per minute, and at one time. Frid.iv, the lltli inst., an indicator diagram was taken, showing an increa.se of the load in four revolutions of 50 37- 100 horse power, without affecting the speed. On this day there were 330 plates turned out, being the largest number ever rolled at these works. " From the facts and figures above quoted, the superiority of the Harris engine can be seen at a glance. The first great advantage is the vast saving of fuel, and the increased amount of work it turns out," 504 Stations in the State of Cmnecticut. EDWARD MILLER & COMPANY, IfIERII>£xir, COilfI¥., STOKE 249 PEARI. STREET, I^E^V YORK. Manufacturers of SHP:ET, ROLLED and PLATERS Brass, Copper, German Silver, PLATED 2> BRITANNIA METALS Rolled to numbers and widths, adapted to the wants of the trade. Also, manufacturers of a great variety of Coal Oil Burners, and Lamp Trimmings, including Lamp Collars, Reducing Collars. Globe and Shade Holders, Shade Clasps, Connecting Brasses, Harps, Chain Hangers, Prison Holders, Sockets, Iron Bolts, Borders, Marine Lamps, Brass Hand Lamps, Bronzed Tin Side Lamps, and Backs, Iron Harps, Plated and Fire Reflectors, Lanterns, Lantern Trimmings, Oil Screws and Hoops, Fluid Lamp Tops, Brass Cash Box Handles, Patent Can Tops, Bent Spouts for Kettles and Cans, Beach Patent Can Spout, Patent Tea and Coffee Spouts, Cake Cutters, Candle Stick Springs, Zinc, Tin and Brass Machine Oilers, Oiler Screws and Spouts, Seymour's Patent Seam- less Oiler Spout and Screw, Tinned Mal- leable Sauce Pan Handles, Tinned and Black Kettle Ears, Straight and Tapering Brass Tubes of any required length or thickness. Also, prepared to execute job work in Sheet, or Cast Brass, Zinc, German Silver, or Britannia Metal. Machinery, Tools, and Dies, made to order ; and new styles of Goods furnished to the Lamp and Hardware trade. couraging patronage that they make unceasing efforts to in- troduce novel and symmetrical patterns in rapid succession, employing the best materials, the most tasteful designers, the most skilled and faithful artisans. Our passage through some of the forty rooms comprised in the main factory, seemed almost like a pilgrimage through fairy land, or a realization of those scenes of glittering riches described in the tales of the Arabian Nights, so vast and nu- merous and dazzling were the heaps of shining vases, gob- lets, pitchers, trays, baskets, etc., which gleamed around us on every hand, rich in the attractions of fantastic shapes and exquisitely elaborate ornamentation. In the departments devoted to the numerous processes of manufacturing white metal goods, our attention was called to its exceeding fineness and hardness. In this branch, also, the progress made in decorating the work by engrsR-ing, chasing, etc., is marked by continual improvement and the introduction of numberless new and charming designs and patterns. Twice a year the company issues an elegantly il- lustrated appendix to their price list, for the use of the trade, that they may be aided in their selections of the novelties thus constantly being introduced. We have alluded to the delights we experienced in survey- ing the elegant varieties of finished wares in many of the rooms in the main factory. Of course, a large proportion of these wares are articles of luxury and household adornment, but let not the reader imagiue they are articles for the grat- ification of the eye and a refined taste ouh' ; and as we have also referred to the valuable improvements patented and in- troduced by the company, we will illustrate the fact by re- ference to a few which merit the prompt attention of the trade. Among these are the electro plated spoons and forks, patented by the company, and comprising table and dessert spoons and forks and tea spoons. The main factory which was built for and under the im- mediate supervision of the Meriden Britannia Company, and expressly adapted to the varied requirements of their busi- ness, is by far the largest and noblest looking edifice in the city. Its dimensions we have already given. We do not purpose to describe the complicated details which mark each stage of the manufactures there produced. Such a task would require too much space in this book. We will, however, enumerate the principal departments in the building ; these consisting, on the first floor, of the spacious and elegantly fitted-up offices of the company, the packing and shipping departments, the boiler and engine rooms, the machine room, the Superintendent's office, and the divisions in which are performed the processes of buffing and spinning nickel hollow ware, brazing, stamping, mixing, cast- ing,etc. The second floor comprises the vast nickel silver cut- lery department. Thethird floor is mainly devoted to spinning and soldering the wares. The fourth floor consists of the finishing department for most wares ; and the fifth or attic floor is used wholly for storage purposes. A special peculiarity of the company is that they begin, continue and complete the manufacture of every article, from the time the rough metal is received at the factory, till the final finishing process, which renders it ready for market. The safeguards against conflagration are ample, we had almost said complete. A large number of the operatives are organized into a very efficient fire department, and at one time they not only saved this establishment but the property of the neighbors from destruction. Iron doors and solid brick partitions aid in resisting the spread of flames in the contingencj' of fire, and by means of a force pump, four streams of water at one time can be thrown, 175 feet each, through three-inch hose pipe, and IJ inch nozzles. For the convenience of the trade we furnish the following Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 505 THE MERIDEN MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY, VVost l^Ierideii, Coiineoticiit, ]Maiuit'acturers of House Furnishing Hardware, And keeping always on hand a Large Stock of Sash Bolt«. Sash Fasteiiors and Sa«h Locks; Try Squares, Bevels, Picture ^'ails. and Knobs of every Shade and Variety; Rsick Pulleys and Tsissel Hooks; riainps :ind (>as rilling. Castings ACRICULTURAL ImPLEIVIENTS, Tt a- k e s T r o >v e and Floral Toolt^i. Thev liave large foundry conveniences an«l will make Malleable aud Grey Iroil Castings to order. I A j^pecialty made of CARUIAGE TRIMMINCIS. Sole Manufacturers of Wilfflol's Fatsat Toopiois asi Bottle SlopfErs, , The only stopper which can be depended on as serviceable in both moist and dry weather. Flasks witli patent stopper. Aoi'Malk S.ock Co.. Aitcnts. si ( liaiiibors Stro(^t. \o>v York. WAREHOUSE AT WEST MERIDEN. summary of the leading lines of goods manufactured by the Meridcn Britannia Company. We would remark in concluding this impartial sketch of the Meriden Britannia Company, that although we have not attempted to describe the multitude of mechanical processes performed by the army of operatives in their manufactory — the correct details of any one of which would fill more than one of these pages — yet we trust we have given information sufficient to pay the general reader for his perusal ; and of enough importance to the trade to warrant their careful con- sideration of the statistics we have supplied — statistics of a firm which for many years has aided in popularizing the American name in foreign countries, by the unrivaled excel- lence of its chaste and beautiful productions, the steadily in- creasing sales of which add no more to the profits of the company, than their spirit of high toned mercantile integri- ty adds to their friendly relations with the trade. And as in their wares beauty and durability go hand in hand, so in their commercial transactions, concord aud fair dealing go happily and uniformly side by side. C. A. Roberts occupies a 2 story wooden building 20.x30 feet, located on Crown street, for the manufacture of station- ery goods, such as inkstands, pen racks, bill tiles, weights, &c. He commenced here in 1852, and employs 3 persons. The Meriden Malleable Iros Co. was incorporated in 1868, being successors of J. H. Canfield & Co. and Lyon, Augur & Co. The main building is 31x73 feet, 3 stories, brick, used for a finishing shop ; 2 buildings adjoining, 50x 104 feet, and 40x110 feet ; another, 24x36 feet,— all 1 story. The motive power is furnished by a 30 horse power Corliss engine, made by Harris, with one cylinder boiler. The works are located near the railroad, in the northern part of the city, and can be seen from the cars, which pass in close 64 This concern employs 60 persons, and average, 20 tons of malleable iron and 1 per month, besides house furnishing proximity to them. manufactures, on a 20 tons of grey it hardware, &c., &c. (x. W. Lyon, President enridge, Secretary and Treasurer. Edward Miller & Co. was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of 8200^000. Edward Miller, President ; F. J. Sey- mour, Secretary, and W. H. Perkins, Treasurer ; for the manufacture of lamp trimmings for oil, fluid, and kerosene, &e. Their main building is 210x40, with wing 100x40 ft. A rolling mill was built in the fall of 1868, for the manufac- tuse of brass for their own consumption, the building being 70x140, one story. The motive power is furnished by a 150 horse power engine, Corliss pattern, Harris make, with three cylinder boilers 4x16 feet. This company use 300,000 lbs. of brass, find do a business of $300,000 annually. The sales- room is 249 Pearl street, New York. This business was commenced about 20 years ago, by Edward Miller, using foot and horse power, making as a specialty, candlestick springs, which have continued to be made up to the present time, having barrels of them ordered in one day. This man- ufactory is one of the most important in Meriden, aud is dai- ly increasing its facilities for filling the many orders that come from all parts of the country. Charles Parker commenced the manufacture of cofiee mills in 1832, in a factory 25x40, 2 stories, with horse pow- er. He now occupies 16 different buildings at East Main, comer High, dimensions as follows: No. 1, office and pla- ting room, 18x45 ; No. 2, coffee mill and burnishing shop with additions, 20x26, used as a store and varnish room, also addition for a coffee shop, 15x25 ; No. 3, spectacle shop 20x108 ; No. 4, tobacco box shop and friction rollers, No. 5, coffee mill, shop, &c., 25x30, with addition used as a 506 Statims in the State of Connectknt. store and varnish room: No. 6, vice shop, 25xlG0 ; No. 7. engine and boiler room 29x48 ; No. 8, finishing shop, 24x 100 ; No. 9, store house 60x100 ; No. 10, screw shop, 30x 200; No. 11, foundry, 66x360, with additions; No. 12, blacksmith shop 16x20 ; No. 13, coal house 20x20 ; No. 14 annealing shop, 20x20 ; No. 15, cofiee mill shop, 30x45, with additions 28x25, for oiling shop, also a japanning room 10x15 ; No. 16, packing room, and carpenter's shop 30x30. These buildings have been built from time to time, as the business increased and demanded more room. The motive power is furnished by an 80 horse power Corliss engine. Mr. P. has, in connection with business here, four other concerns controlled by him ; one located 2 miles east of the city, one 2 miles west ; one 2 miles south, and another half a mile west, where there are made iron spoons, ladles and forks, scales and hinges, machinery and guns, Britannia spoons, and German silver spoons and forks ; employing at these four concerns at difterent localities, about 300 persons, besides 200 which are occupied in manufacturing coifee mills, screws, spectacles, eye glasses, tobacco boxes, vises, butts, lanterns, match safes, faucets, iron bench screws, scis- sors and shears, cranks and rollers, barn door hangers and rollers, gate and plain hinges, gridirons, bed keys, wagon jacks, scrapers, pulleys, lamp hooks, window springs, thumb latches, hammers, gimlets, call and hand bells, &c., &c., &c., at East Main, corner High street. Probably there is no manufactory in the country that manufactures such a variety of goods as Mr. Parker. Among other inventions and improvements introduced to the public by Mr. Parker, is a breech-loading double barrel shot gun, which is the result of over two years of the most thorough experiments, and is claimed to be the best gun in use in this or any other country. These guns are of very superior workmanship, and are of the best materials, every barrel being tested as to strength and accuracy of range be- fore leaving the factory. They are very simple in their con- struction, the barrels being self locked. The advantages claimed for his cartridges are, that they are a central-fire, coned, metallic cartridge, and are capped with the ordinary percussion caps. Being made of metal, they can be reloaded and used any number of times desired. The sportsman is not dependent upon fixed amnuinition, but can load his cartridges with ammunition of his own selec- tion, and if this is done before going into the field, he avoids the necesity of carrying any loose ammunition with him. Weight of the gun is from 7J to 7f lbs. In connection is the United States Screw Company, incor- porated in 1863, owned by Mr. Parker. The machinery for this branch of his business is all new and of the most approved kind. In the line of coffee mills he manufactures a very extensive variety of the best patented kinds, making more than all others in the country. The salesroom and warehouse of this establishment is at 27 Beekman street. New York. Edgar Beach commenced in Nov., 1868, the manufacture of dies, &c., in Mo.ses G. Wilder's building, Main street. Employs 5 persons. Breckenridge & Co. commenced the manufacture of hardware and sheet metal goods in 1864, being the succes- sors of James H. Breckenridge, who commenced in 1848. New buildings were built in the fall of 1868, covering about 23,000 square feet. The finishing shop being 70x30, with wing 30x17; the foundry 70x30. A 40 horse power steam engine is soon to be put in to drive the works. Employ when in full operation 60 persons. C. Rogers & Bros, commenced in 1865, the manufacture of coffin trimmings, rosetts, tea-pot knobs, spoons and forks, &c. They have lately removed to larger quarters occupy- ing a buildii;g 20x23 and 20x20, respectively. It is their intention to manufacture caskets, linings, shrouds and every- thing appertaining to the trade. Do a business of about $30,000 per year. Moses G. "Wilder commenced the manufacture of punch- ing presses, fine machinery, and pewterers machinery in 1863. The building is 30x80, 3 stories, Mr. W. occupying only one floor. He employs 14 persons, and uses a 15 horse power engine. The Pakker & Casper Company was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of 860,000. Samuel Dodd, President, E. S. Pelton, Secretary, Henry J. Lewis, Treasurer, Chas. Casper, General Agent. They occupy a main building, 150 x38, 3 stories, built of wood with 60x35, 1 story ; also 2 other buildings, 40x25, and 70x28 respectively, both 2 stor- ies. They manufacture silver plated and glass ware, this being the only concern in the silver ware business, that cuts its own glass. They employ 150 persons, and do a business of about 8240,000 per year. The works are driven by a 40 horse power Woodrufr& Beach engine with 1 tubular boiler. Salesroom, 45 Beekman street. New York. They consume 48 tons of metal, and 8,000 ounces of silver per year. E. J. Doolittle occupies a wooden building 70x22, 2J stories, located near the Railroad, commencing here in 1862. He employs 12 persons, manufacturing all kinds of paper boxes. A. H. Merriam commenced here in April, 1868, the man- ufacture of turning and drill lathes, presses, punches, &c., located on Colony street. He employs 5 persons and has an engine made by Corliss, of Providence, R. I., to run the works. He uses 5 lathes, 1 planer, 1 upright drill and is soon to enlarge his works to double their present capacity, E. D. Castelow comiuenced the manufacture of piano stools in 1860. He now occupies a building 75x22, 2 stories with wing 20x12, 1 story, located on Mechanic street. Em- ploying 7 persons. The motive power is furnished by a 5 horse power engine built in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. C. con- sumes 25,000 feet of lumber annually in the manufacture of his stools and the boxing of them ; turning out about 9 doz. piano stools per week, besides stools for stores, shops, &c. J. B. Clark & Co., manufacture whiffletree plates and trace fasteners ; commenced here in 1868. The room they occupy being 20x20 feet ; employing 2 persons. James Beadle, brass founder, occupies a shop about 20x 30 feet ; employs 3 persons, located on Hanover street, near Main. Foster, Merriman & Co., incorporated in 1866, for the manufacture of furniture casters, with a capital of $80,000. The building is 100x30 feet, 3 stories, with brass foundry attached, 30x30 feet ; iron foundry, Iniilt in 1865, of brick 100x60 feet, with wing 30x40 feet. This company employ 60 persons and turn out about 50,000 sets of casters per month, besides screws for piano stools, &c. They make 40,- 000 lbs. of castings and consume 40 tons of iron per month. The motive power being furnished by a 15 horse power en- gine, built iu 1849. This business was established as far back as 1835. John Sutliif, President, Albert Foster, Secretary and Treasurer. S. S. Clark commenced the manufacture of plain and japanned tin ware, about the year 1858, the business being established some 50 years previous. For the past few years he has turned his attention to the manufacture of coal oil, tin and iron goods, lanterns and lantern trimmings. The man- ufactory is located on Main street, and in the centre of the city, 60x90 feet, 2 stories ; employs 60 persons. WiLMOT Bros, commenced the manufacture of elastic fur- niture and door fenders, about 1860. The motithly produc- tion is about $3,000 worth. Ofiice on State street, opposite Meriden Britannia Co. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 507 CHARLES PARKER, 3Xei*icleii, Ooiiiieeticiit, Manufacturer of the FAIENI BREECH LOADIi DOME BAEHEL The Superiority of this Breech Loader over others consists in its SIMPLICITY, combiued with GEEAT STRENGTH and superior WORK- MANSHIP. Tfvo Brass Cartridges go Avith each gun, which can be loaded and re-loaded with ordinary am- munition any number of times. Extra Cartridges will be furnished to any extent desired at $2 per dozen. The ordinary Cap is used, as we think it much safer than to transport ammunition with the cap on the cartridge. No accident can occnr, as the Breech is fastened at the top and bottom of the charg'e. A simple pressiu^e with the fing^er presents the barrels for receiTing^ the cartridg*es. It can be loaded Ter j rapidly, and will carry as accm*ately as any shot gun eyer made. TFt"5r IT. 508 Stations in the State of Connecticut. E. D. CASTELLOW, ISIamif'aeturcr of Piano Stools, Store Stools. AND REVOLVING SHOP STOOLS, etc, A>"EST 3IEIMDEIV, COIVIV. Send lor iJirciilai-. Nathan V. Gi><>i>1{kh i-oinmenced the manulacture of japanned and tin ware about 40 years ago, in a building 20 xl5 feet. The business was continued two years when tlie firm was Goodrich & Eutty, and continued by that name till 1852, when Eli Ives and Elias Howell was admitted, making it Goodrich, Ives & Kutty. Mr. G. retired in 1864, Edwiu R. Crocker and Nehon Payne admitted, making ihe firm Ives, Eutty & Co. They occupy a 2 story building built in the form of a hollow square 330 x 28 ieet. They employ 70 persons and use 4,000 tons of tin annually. The manufactory is located nearly a mile from the Meriden Post Office, south. The first ware of this kind made in the United States was made at Berlin, Ct., and commenced here about 1828. Chas. H. Pierpont commenced the manufacture of brass screws in 1864. He occupies a room 15x20, and employs 2 persons. About two miles from West Meriden Post Office is the Meriden Cltlery Co. Warehouse at 45 Beekman street, New York. W^illiam W. Lyman, President; J. B. Beadle, Secretary and Treasurer ; J. C. Breckinridge, Man- ufacturing Agent. The business of this house dales its origin as far back as the year 1834, when its pioneers, Messrs. G. & D. N. Eopes, were engaged in the manufac- ture of cutlery in the State of Maine. They were the earliest manufacturers of American cutlery. A few years afterwards, Mr. A. R. Moen of New York, commenced the manufacture of table cutlery in Wethersfield, Conn. His business passed into the hands of Messrs. Julius Pratt & Co., of Meriden, Conn., and they conducted it for about two years, having their warehouse in Water street, New York. In 1845 a company was formed in West Meriden, which consolidated the business of the two establishments, under the firm style of Pratt, Ropes, Webb & Co., Mr. D. N. Ropes having been the junior partner of the pioneer house. He erected a factory in West Meriden, in the village of Hanover, where the firm carried on the business till 1855, when the present joint stock company was formed and suc- ceeded to the business, under the now well known name of the Meriden Cutlery Company. They soon afterward opened their present warehouse at 45 Beekman street, New York. The factory consists of a series of substantial buildings, located ten miles west of the Connecticut river, amid charm- ing scenery, on the stream known as the Quinnipiae river, which empties into Long Island Sound, fifteen miles distant. From the neighboring mountain. West Peak, the shipping of the Sound can be distinctly seen. The river passes through a valley or basin which gives geological evidence on its hilly shores of having once been a bay of the sea. Ages ago the valley now busy with human industry, dotted with human abodes and adorned with green woods and fruitful fields, was filled with the rolling waters and the home only of the ten- ants of the deep. i On a recent journey to this pleasant locality, we availed ourselves of the occasion to visit the factory, and acquaint I ourselves more intimately with the extent and nature of its I manufactures. The establishment occupies from four to five 1 acres of ground, its vast workshops being about six in num- ber, the buildings comprising the main works and wing, four stories high, 36x300 feet ; the forge shop, one story, 38x160 feet; the tempering house, one story, 20x80 feet ; the join- ers' repair shop, two stories, 25x50 feet ; the plating house, two stories, 36x45 feet ; and the steel and store house, two stories, 20x70 feet. A new and commodious building for the business offices has recently been erected. On other portions of their grounds, Ihe Meriden Cutlery Company have built I numerous tenements, which already accommodate some 60 families of their operatives, whilst the building wliich con- stitutes their boarding house provides for at least 100 men. The number of men employed ranges from 300 to 400. We should here mention that the Meriden Cutlery Com- pany use water power exclusively. This is supplied by their river dam, the overflow of which is 160 feet wide, and equal to 300 horse power. Within two or three years they have at heavy expense, raised the dam, and this greatly increased the power ; and additions are soon to be made, which will enlarge its width to 200 feet. The fall receives the whole of the Quinnipiae river, and is now 20 feet deep. Another evidence of the ambition and enterprise of this company is the fact that they have lately been at great ex- pense in furnishing their works with what is termed a French turbine wheel, made for them by the celebrated Ames Man- ufacturing Co., of Chicopee, Mass. This colossal wheel cost about $6,000 before leaving the establishment where it was made. It is used by the largest companies in Fall Ri\ er, Lawrence, Lowell, etc., and by it peculiar construction and ' enormous size is said to give a greater percentage of power ' than auj' other. The value and quantity of the stock of varied materials I must be immense, judging from the number of operatives and amount of machinery there constantly employed. The coal used by the company, and consumed chiefly in the forge departnltnt, amounts to from 800 to 1,000 tons a year. The steel is both of American and English produc- tion. The materials for the handles, such as pearl, ivory, rubber, horn, and such woods as cocoa, ebony and rose, are all imported. The rubber is vulcanized in this country. Other important and costly items are the large quantities of ' emery, glue, belting, etc. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 509 Oriiiiual Inventors of Reversible Door Locks. 4H TMi PARKER 4 WHIPPil SO TVest ]>Xei«icleii, Ooiiii., aLiNLFACTURE IN GREAT VARIETY, RIM AND MORTISE SOLE MAXrFAtTriJEUS OF PARKER & CUMMINCS' PATENT DOOR KNOBS, ^Iclinotrltflgtd by all to be the beat ami Most tlurable in the kitoirit irorld. Axle Pulleys. Clmiii and Lover IJolts, Sash Fasteners. Drawer Pulls. Slielf Brackets, Wardrobe, Hat and Coat Hooks, Picture Nails. Cupboard Catciies. F.H,t Scraper-. Window Springs, Door Sheaves, Patent Thumb Latches, Store, Door and Shutlei- Triuiniings, Fire Iron Stauds, &c., &c. 'J'lic be>t and u.osl ,Uirable B.-ll ever produced. ORIGINATORS OF NOVELTIES IN BUILDERS' AND HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE. A large assortment constantly on hand, and orders promptly filled. Orders received fur line Iron nd Brass Castings. J. E. PARKER, Prcs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for a Circular n. J. p. WHIPPLE, Trcas, The goods manufactured by this house embrace, beside the specialties we have mentioned, butcher and shoe knives, and all varieties which are made by other large factors. 01' about 500 different styles, they are sent of immense amounts throughout the United States, where they have created an unequalled celebrity ; for while the business of the house is the oldest in the country in its line, it is in most respects far superior to any other, owing to the original processes and in- ventions introduced into the establishment. The greater part of its employees are experts in their several departments, and its manufacturing agent, Mr. J. C. Breckinridge, has had an experience of 22 years in the business. He entered the establishment as a mechanic, and by his own energy and abilities rose by degrees to be foreman, and finally to bis present arduous post, which he has occupied with signal credit for the last ten years. The Pakkek & Whipple Co. Incorporated in 1868, with a capital of $100,000, being successors to Parker & Whipple, w-ho are the officers of the company. The firm of Parker & Whipple commenced here in 1859, and contin- ued so up to the date of incorporation. The main building is 75x100 feet, used as a lock shop. The foundry is 60x70 with wing 30x40 feet ; a brass foundry 30x25 feet, and other buildings used in the prosecution of the business. The works cover about i au acre, and are situated about 1 mile west from West Meriden post office. This company employ 70 persons and use 300 tons per year of iron, and 50,000 pounds of brass. The motive power is furnished by a 15 liorse power engine, and a turbine wheel, made by the Meriden Manufacturing Company, the fall is 25 feet, being located on a stream that empties into the Quniuipiac. These works have been added to, and rebuilt from time to time. The range of goods manufactured is quite extensive, being I door locks, and knobs, builders hardware and trimmings. J. E. Parker, President ; H. J. P. Whipple, Treasurer. J. Wilcox & Co. " Sojourners " in Meriden can re- , main there but a short time before seeing a little northeast of the " city" a large handsome structure, neatly and even elegantly finished. Travelers through the place -will notice the same on the east side of the railway, at a distance of a lialf a mile north of the station. The structure is the Bal- moral skirt factory of J. Wilcox & Co., which company was incorporated in 1864 with a capital of $200,000, since in- j creased to $300,000 in 1865. The business was established j by Jedediah Wilcox in 1853, who made carpet bags at that I time. In 1864 a company was formed. Since the business was established, hoop skirts in great numbers have been made, j some 300 dozen being turned out daily ; also ladies' corsets, skirts, &c. They consume 400,000 pounds of wool yearly, and 500 bales of cotton, running 25 sets of machinery. The main factory is 305 feet long by 58 feet wide and is four stories high, the first floor being used for the office and j the shipping, finishing and press rooms, the second for the weaving room, the third for the carding and spinning room and the fourtii for a stock room. The rear building is 130 feet long by 35 feet wide and is used for the dye room, sort- I ing room, etc. In this building are also the engine and boiler rooms. There are two towers attached to the building in the front and rear, the latter being 24 feet by 22 and 100 I feet high, and the former 24x22 feet and 150 feet high. The factory itself is on elevated ground, and this with the additional elevation attained brings all to view in Meriden and the surrounding towns. These two towers are useful as well as ornamental, the one in the rear being used for the elevators, the wash rooms, water-closets, etc. The great tank which holds 96 tons of water is also located in this tower. The front one is used for stairways and passages. 510 Stations in the State of Connecticut. thus leaving all the main rooms entirely clear. The entire building is a splendid specimen of architecture, excelled by nothing in the country for durability and elegance. The foundations are 6 feet in thickness, and the walls 2 feet thick. Over 2,000,000 of brick were employed in its con- stru?tion. The trimmings are of granite and Portland stone. The floors are of 4 inch plank, covered with 1^ inch floor- ing, sheeted on the under side with three-fourths inch sheeting. The building is covered with a French roof, with handsome dormer windows. A heavy balustrade, finely finished, ruus round the whole building upon the roof. On the summit of the high tower is a neat railing, with a lofty flag-staff pass- ing up through the centre. As an illustration of the com- pleteness of the work, we would mention that the stairways from bottom to top of the tower are covered with iron, and the railing is of ash with black walnut cap. The engine room is also finished with ash and black walnut trimmings. Everywhere, in every nook and corner, there is plainly seen the determination on the part of the owners to withhold no- thing which could add to the strength, durability and neat- ness of the structure. The entire building is lighted with gas and heated with steam, and is inclosed with a neat fence 9 feet high. The architect employed was Mr. A. Truesdale. of Rockville, and the result shows that his work was well performed. In case of fire there is every provision made for safetj'. There are four hydrant houses of brick, at different points outside the building, from which eight streams can be thrown simultaneously. Lengths of hose are placed upon every floor in the building, attached to hydrants communicating with the great tank iu the rear tower, which is filled from Harbor brook flowing close at hand. In the enginfe room is the fire pump, a powerful one of the Worlhingtou pateut, which will throw 1,800 gallons of water per minute. When on trial it threw a stream of water through a one and an eighth inch nozzle over the flag-staff on the high tower, or nearly 200 feet. Strongly constructed fire escapes arc attached to the outer walls, so that the operatives in the upper stories may easily leave the building if a serious conflagration should occur. Long may it be ere the fire king shall seize for his prey so noble and grand a victim. The operatives are about 300 in number, a large number being females. For their accommodation, there is close at hand, a large boarding house, four stories high and measur- ing 90 by 40 feet. This is soon to be enlarged to double its present size, for their further accommodation. They turn out by their labors, 1,500 skirts per day, and are called to and dismissed from their work by a huge steam gong, con- structed with three whistles of different tones made to chord. Its call can be heard at a great distance. Before closing we must not forget to mention tiie oftice, which is elegantly furnished. It is a room 40 feet by 33, with a private office attached measuring 1 2 feet by 20. The tables and desks are of oak with black walnut trimmings — the railing which surrounds them being of t)lack walnut with ash balusters, all finely carved. A large oval mirror with frame of carved oak, and numerous fine engravings, adorn the walls. The safe used is a large one of Valentine & Butler's making. Along the sides of the room are ranged oaken boxes marked with the dates of successive years since the formation of the company, and containing letters, bills, receipts, etc. The room is warmed by steam, the heat being thrown from a marble-topped radiator in the centre. The officers of the company are as follows : J. Wilcox, President ; E. I. Merrimau, Secretary and Treasurer ; II. H. Miller and C. H. Collius, Superintendents. Salesroom iu New York, 98 Franklin street. ERWIIVSVIL,L.E, or Gaylords- ville, C8 miles from Pittsfield and 42 from Bridge- port. A village of a few houses on the Housa- tonic Kaih'oad. 1 1> » I^ E T O ^V I¥ , 46 miles from Springfield, 20 from Hartford, 30 from New Haven and 34 from Long Island Sound. A city on the west bank of the Connecticut river, at the terminus of the Middletown Branch, connecting with the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad at Berlin. This city incorporated 1784, is very pleasantly situated on ground ris- ing gradually from the river, and contains many beautiful residences. The wharves are commodious for shipping, there being ten feet of water for all vessels that can cross the bar at the mouth of the river. The wharves are appropriate for lines of steamboats which afford daily communication with the cities of New York and Hartford, during the summer months. The principal public buildings are the Custom House and Court House. Middletown is noted for the num- ber of its wealthy banks, both Savings and National, some of which have recently erected banking houses that would do honor to many of our larger cities. The State General Hospital for the Insane, recently built, is under the Super- intendence of A. Marvin Shew, M. D. The location is about two miles southeasterly of the city, on a tract of land about 230 acres (150 of which were given by the town of Middletown;) is healthy, sutticiently elevated, easy of ac- cess by land and water, commanding extensive views of a beautiful region. The whole length of the buildings is 768 feet, with accommodations for at least 450 patients. The building is constructed of Portland freestone, laid in broken range work, with hammer-dressed stone for corners, water- tables, window-sills, and caps. The Wesleyan University under the patronage of the M. E. Church is located here, founded in 1831. The Memorial Chapel now in course of erection is estimated to cost $50,000. The property of the University is estimated at $450,000. The Library Fund (the interest of which is refunded for books) is about $30,000. The new library building, " Rich Hall," recently com- pleted cost $40,000. The College buildings command an extensive view of the surrounding country as well as of the valley of the Connecticut. The Indian name of this city is Mattabesett. The public records commenced in 1654. The burial grounds contain many curious and antique monuments of its earliest settlers. The burial ground in the north part of the city was laid out in 1650. The height of the base of the village is 160 feet above the river and Main street is from 40 to 50 feet. The Connecticut is generally closed with ice for the most part of the winter. The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railway is now being fin- ished, which will bring Middletown in more direct communi- cation with Boston, New York and New Haven. MANUFACTURES. W. & B. Douglass were incorporated 1839 with a capi- tal of $250,000, being the continuation of the firm of W. & B. Douglass, who commenced her-^ the manufacture of pumps, hydraulic rams, &c., in 1832. Tiie works are located on Broad corner AVilliam, and are the largest and oldest manu- factory of pumps in the country, if not in the world, cover- ing 3 acres of ground and manufacturing 600 sizes and va- rieties. The motive power is furnished by two engines — -60 and 30-horse power respectively — made by this company. They consume in one year 1500 tons of iron and 50 tons of brass, which gives one an idea of the immense amount of Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 511 W. 2^ B. DOUGLAS, 3IIDDL,ETOW]V, CONN., ^ Brancli "Warolioiitic, :Xow. HS and H7 John Street, iVe\r York, MANUFACTl'KERS OF THE Celebrated Patent Revvlving Stand Preminni Punips^ Patent Eotaij Hand aai Power PUMPS, raleiit Yard I'ump:?, Deep Well Pumps. Patent Double and Single Acting Suction and Force Pumps, of various styles and capacity, both Hand and Power, Patent Rotary Bar- rel Pumps, Patent Steam Pumps, Patent Premium Hy- draulic Rams, Galvanized Pump Chain, Chain Wheels and Fixtures, Patent Cast Iron Curbs, Cast Iron Spouts for Wooden Curbs, Iron Well AVhcels, Improved Premium GaiCea ti lilt lariat sj^ : I*A.Tli:]VT SHII» PUMPS, Barn Door Rollers and Hangers, Ornamental Iron Horse Posts, Grindstone Trimmings, Friction Rolls and Stands, AVrought Iron Butts and Hinges, Washers, &c., &c. .U.SO THE A new and valuable Paris, France, 18G7. hand furci- punij), awarded iIil- highest medal br the Universal Exposition at ^p" Incorporated by special Charter granted by the Legislature of Coijuecticut, in 1859. [works founded in 1832.] BENJAMIN DOUGLAS, President. business done by this concern, who received the highest medals at the Paris Exposition for the mauufacture of pumps, &c. This business of manufacturing this useful household necessity has been developed and brought to their present state of perfection by this company, who were the first in the United States to commence their manufacture ; employ 200 persons, and their warehouse is at 85 and 87 John street, New York. Russell Manufacturing Company occupy 5 mills, 100 x36, 3 stories each, with basement. Run 5000 spindles, and 2,000 twister spindles ; using No. 25 yarn. Have 200 looms on webbing and tapes of all kinds and qualities. Em- ploy 200 men and boys, and 300 girls. Produce about 8600,000 worth of goods annually. Located at South Farms, about one mile from and really a part of the city. H. G. Hubbard, President ; S. W. M. Chattaway, Treas- urer ; J. W. Hubbard, Secretary. Alsop Arms Company. Established 1860. Occupy a building 40x100 feet. Employ 40 hands. Manufactures sewing machines. Power supplied by a 25 horse power en- gine, made by Otis Tufts of Boston, Mass. N. C. Stiles, formerly of West Meriden, manufacturer of his patent stamping and punching presses, and iron and brass founder, and general machinist, removed to Middle- town in 1868, purchasing of Wm. Stroud his iron foundry and machine shop and other buildings necessary for the prosecution of a large business. The foundry is 78x40, 1 story, brick ; a machine and pattern shop 42x80, 3 stories, brick ; blacksmith's shop, 38x26, brick ; storeroom 37x20, brick ; another 20x40, wood ; office 20x26, 2 stories, brick. He employs 50 persons, pay-roll amounting to 83,000 per month. Melts 500 tons of iron yearly and produce 85,000 per month of power presses per month, and 85,000 worth of boot and shoe stretchers per year, and about 835,000 worth of special machines to order and gun machinery, ships work, &c., the business in that line amounting to 8100,000. Mr. Stiles has been in business over 11 years, and his predeces- sor, Mr. Stroud, over 30 years. His presses are used in nearly every State and territory in the Union. See adver- tising page 116. The Hubbard Hardware Cosipany was incorporated in 1864, with a capital of 816,000. C. C. Hubbard, Presi- dent ; F. W. Hubbard, Secretary and Treasurer. They occupy a brick building 40x60, 3 stories ; a blacksmith shop about 40x60, 1 story ; office and packing room 40 x 45, for the manufacture of box wood and ivory rules, drawing knives and chissels. They employ 50 persons and consume one ton of Jessop's steel and 4 tons of Not-way iron per mouth, as well as IJ tons of turkey boxwood, and 1200 pounds of brass. The works are driven by a 25 horse power engine, built by the Pacific Iron Works, Bridgeport. The first rules in this country, were made in New Y'"ork, over 40 years ago, by parties from England. Shortly after, the business was commenced in this city, continuing up to the present time. The monthly production is 800 dozen of rules, and 600 drawing knives and chissels. The manufactory is lo- cated on Warwick street, in the south part of the city, their warehouse being at 55 Beekman street. New York. J. R. Henshaw commenced the manufacture of sewing machine needles, in 1866, rear 4 South Main street, in a building 100x35. He employs 10 persons. J. W. Hall & Co. occupy the lower floor in the same building as the above, manufacturing files, of which they turn out 250 dozens per month, part of which are re-cut. Use up 8100 worth of steel per month ; employ 9 persons, and do a business of about 87.000 per year. 512 Stations in the State of Connecticut. 3Xiclclleto^v*^n, Ooim., Manufacturers of Britannia & Silver Plated Goods, And PORCELAIN LENED TEA AND COFFEE POTS. The principal feature of our PATENT FIRE PROOF TEA ANO COFFE POTS consists in the lower portion being composed of tire proof metal, which allows of their being- placed upon a hot stove or range without the danger of melting. We have the pleasure of announcing to the trade tiiat after twci years experimenting we have hnally succeeded in perfecting our poRciLiiiii [iii[D m m mm pots. It is unnecessary to tell any lady of the superiority a porcelain vessel posses- ses over any metal one as the general verdict is that good tea cannot be made in anything but porcelain, their great liability to break being the only reason why they are not universally used. The combination of porcelain lining in Metal Tea aud Coffee Pots removes this difficultv and for the first time an article which will not wear out or break at the .same time a perfect one for the purpose designed is now offered. F. W. & O. Z. Pelton, commenced the manufacture of plated silver and Britannia ware in 1854, at 4 South Main street. They occupy one floor of a building 100x3.5 Avith ell 50x50 feet. This company consume 1500 pounds of metal per month ; 1500 omices of silver annually, and em- ploy about 20 persons. Many of their goods is sold in the rough, to be finished up by other parties. The Saxseer Mantjfactchixg Co. was incorporated 1823, with a capital of $20,000. C. F. Browning, President : J. H. Goodrich, Treasurer ; W. S. Whitney, Secretary. Their main building is 52x30, two stories, with ell 28x36, one sto- ry ; foundry 56x40 ; annealing shop 37x28 ; blacksmiths' shop and brass foundry 26x32. This company manufacture butts, plate locks, bedstead joints, coal shovels, and light castings. Employ 35 persons, and consume about 200 tons of iron annually. The power here is furnished by a breast wheel, with 10 feet fall, situated on the Sanseer stream, from which this company takes its name, about one mile from the post office, at South Farms. Masstsg, Bowman & Co. was incorporated in 1864, for the manufacture of silver plated and Britannia goods. Jos. H. Parsons. President ; Robert Bowman, Secretary ; E. B. Manning, Treasurer ; Edward Furniss, Superintendent. Their manufactory is located in the western part of the city, on a tributary of the Connecticut, occupying a 4 story build- ing 50x60, for manufacturing, li story building 25x18, of- fice and show room, and a 2 story building 20x30 for burn- ishing. This company employ 100 persons aud do a busi- ness of about $125,000 per year. They own and control valuable patents for manufacturing fire proof tea and coffee pots and syrup cups, besides manufacturing all kinds of sil- ver plated and Britannia goods. Tliis company in addition to other patents owned by them, issued in tlie fall of 1868, a patent that bids fair to be one of the most valuable inventions in their line of goods. It relates to an improvement in sil- ver plated Britannia tea and coffee pots. It is a well known and admitted fact that tea steeped in metal is more or less deleriously affected by the metal (so much so that a popular ' objection exists to metalic tea drawers,) yet to earthen ves- ! sels for this purpose the liability to breakage creates an ob- jection. This invention consists of a hard metal body lined with porcelain or similar material hardened, and after being so lined the body is covered with a softer metal as Britannia or tin, which possesses all the advantages of a porcelain, j silver plated or fine Britannia tea pot. The success that must attend this new invention when put into market is self- evident, and they will ere long take the place of the old style. The Middletown Plate Co. was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of $20,000. They occupy a 3 story brick building 28x90. The power is a 15 horse power Woodruff & Beach engine. They use 3 tons of white metal aud $1,- 000 worth of silver per month. Employing 70 persons. E. Penfield, President ; Edward Payue, Treasurer ; Henry BuUard, Secretary and G. H. Hulbert, Superintendent. i Uniok Mills were incorporated in 1854 with a capital of ' $25,000, which has since been increased to $31,250. Henry G. Hubbard, President ; Geo. A. Coles, Secretary ; H. H. Smith, Treasurer. This company run 2 mills, one in the city on the Connecticut River, with 3 run of stone, and the power furnished by an 80-horse power engine built by Otis I Tufts, Boston. An elevator attached to this mill is the only i one in the State, and is capable of storing 1,200 bushels per hour. It was made by Geo. McLean, of East Boston. This mill has a capacity of 60 barrels of flour per day. Another mill, situated 1 mile from the city, has 4 run of Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 513 Jlanufacturers of (Crotiuet ioors S: ^Wnh i^ool |i;indtefj af all liiidfi; WOOD TURNING AND SCROLL SAWING. Foot of Centre Street, Middletown, Conn. stone, grinding 200 bags of meal daily beside other (custom) work. A schooner of 140 tons burthen is run by this com- pany exclusively for their own business. They employ 13 persons and do a business of about $360,000 per year. Flagg & BoxNELL commenced the manufacture of ma- chinery for plated aud Britannia ware, also dies and moulds and machinery to order, in 1868, being the continuation of F. W. Flagg, who commenced here in 1864. They now oc- cupy one floor at 4 South Main street, 60.x30 feet, employing 7 persons. They use 5 lathes, 2 planes, 1 upright drill and 2 gear cutters. William Wilcox & Co. commenced the manufacture of pad and plate locks in 1845. They occupy a main building 180x24 feet, with 2 ells, 22x24 and 18x30 feet respectively, 2 stories ; foundry 28x36 feet, 1 story ; store house 36x40 feet, 2 stories ; Office and packing room, 20x36 feet, 2 sto- ries ; brass foundry 18x^^0 feet. They employ 50 persons, and the production is 100 dozen pads and 25 dozen plate locks per day. A new water (overshot) wheel was put in in the fall of 1868, 24 feet in diameter, the fall here being 30 feet, situated about 1 mile south of the city on a branch of the Pamecha, a small river that empties into the Connec- i ticut. Allison Brothers commenced the manufacture of soap and caudles as successors to their father, S. S. Allison, in 1856, who established the business in 1826. They occupy a 2 story wooden building, 60.x36, and do a business of about §50,000 per year. . The Warwick Tool Co. was incorporated in 1865, with I a capital of §15,000, for the manufacture of machinists' small tools. E. D. Nye. President ; J. B. Sibley, Secre- tary. They occupy 2 rooms at 4 South Main street, 40x30 and 30x20 feet respectively. They use in the construction of their tools, 5 lathes, 1 planer, 6 milling machines, (Lin- coln's pattern,) 1 upright drill, 1 screw machine, and 1 edging machine. Employ 12 persons. Wilcox & Hall commenced the manufacture of galvan- ized iron ship work in 1850. They occupy about 5,000 square feet, at 4 South Main street, and do a business of about $50,000 per year. | The National Manufacturing Company was incor- ' porated 1867, and manufactured gun locks, &c. In January, 1868, George N. Ward, assumed the proprietorship, the business being conducted under the same name as before. The building is situated on Spring street, and is 30x40 feet, two stories, with an adjoining building 25x35. This concern have a 15 horse power engine. Burton's make, that runs their works. Employ 15 persons, and turn out about 100 gun locks daily. S. A. Corey commenced the manufacture of machinery, at 29 College street, in 1867 ; employs 3 persons, and occu- pies a building 30x30 feet. Burrows & Hubbard are located at the foot of Centre street, in a brick building 120x40 feet. Employ 12 persons for the manufacture of croquet games, tool handles, aud doors, sash and blinds. The motive power is furnished from a 30 horse power engine, made by Tufis of Boston. This 65 company ship goods to all parts of the country, and do a business of about 625,000 per year. ^|iH:Ylt.FORJ>, 9 J miles from Xew Haven r%fJ H' ''"'^ ^^^ miles from New York, on the New York ^ / & New Haven Railroad. The Indian name is Wepawaug : contains 5 churches. Population estimated at 3,500. N. A. Baldwin & Co., manufacturers of gents' and la- dies' straw hats. This company commenced business in 1852. aud their works now cover about 2 acres of land, and are divided into large 3 and 4 story buildings, for the differ- ent branches of the business. Their motive power consists of a 20 horse power engine, built by M. & T. Sault, of New Haven, witli flue boiler, built by the well known firm of Woodruff & Beach, also another, built by the Bridgeport Iron Works. This company employs about 700 persons. The American Hat Weaving Co., after several years spent in experimenting in weaving hats of hair, wool, cotton &c., incorporated a company in 1867, with a capital of 8400,000, appointing A. Reed, President, aud A. C. Wet- more, Secretary and Treasurer. The company tiow employ 50 hands, turning out about 12 dozen hats per day. Their main building is 115x24 feet, 2 stories, used in preparing stock and weaving; 2d building 70x21 feet, 1 story, ma- chine shop, attached to the machine shop is another building 30x40 feet, 2 stories. Motive power derived from a 10 horse power steam engine, with 25 horse power fl'ie boiler, made by the Bigelow Manufacturing Company. The weav- ing of hats is a new branch of industry, never having been before attempted in this country. Beacher & Miles, manufacturers of carriages ; such as buggies, rockaways, &c. Tiieir buildings cover about .8,000 square feet, being mostly 2 stories and used for the various departments required by carriage mak- ers. Employ 30 hands ; making about 400 carriages per year. Motive power derived from a 15 horse power turbine wheel with 10 feet fall. OlfTVILiLiE, 6 miles from New- _ ■ ^^ London and 7 from Norwich. A small man- ^. y ufacturing village on the New London Northern Railroad. OOSUP, 3 '2 .J miles from Providence, and 57^ from Hartford. A manufacturing village on the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad, containing 3 churches and 1 hotel, the Kenyon House, erected and opened to the public in 1867, by Peckham Kenyon, Esq. The Moosup Cotton Mills, (owned by F. B. Loomis, New London,) are situated one-fourth of a mile from the station. The mills were erected by Jos. S. Gladding, in IS32. The main mill is 100 x 40 feet, 4 stories, stone ; cot- 514 Stations in the State of Connecticut. ton house 100 x 24 feet, 1 story ; machine shop, 60 x 12 feet, and dressing room 40 x 25 feet. They employ 60 persons ; run 3.100 spindles and 75 looms ; consume 20.000 pounds of cotton per month. A 4 feet Cushman wheel supplies the power. Orin F. Smith, Agent and Superintendent. Saxdeksox & Crow, manufacturers of woolen goods, were incorporated 18G7, with a capital of 825,000. The main mill is 100x40 feet, 5 stories ; finishing room, 60x40 feet, 2 stories ; dye and dry room 100x30 feet ; office. 18x20 feet, all stone. Employ 115 persons, run 38 looms, 2.588 j spindles ; consume 20,000 pounds of wool per month, pro- j ducing 21.000 yards of fancy cassimeres. A 48 inch Leifel I turbine wheel supplies the power. Kendall, Opedike & Co., Agents, New York. '^SffiVori^'T €AK!?IEI., 8f miles from ^^1 |t|^ Xow Haveu, 67^ from Northampton, and 84^ V^^' frtm New York, on the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. Th about 200, one church. population of this village Fkedebic Ives & Co. commenced business in 1863, for the manufacture of carriage axles. The business was established in 1833, by Henry Ives. Their works con- sist of several buildings, 130x30, one story and basement; two small buildings. 30x30, one story each. The -motive power for these buildings is furnished by a 23 inch turbine wheel of 25 horse power. Their foundry building is 50x40, two stories, with blacksmiths' shop attached. 75x40, one story with ell 30x25. They also have here a 25 horse pow- er turbine wheel, for motive power. Employ 40 hands, and turn out about 75 set axles per day. Lasisox Sessions & Co., manufacturers of carriage tire, bolts and forged nuts. Commenced business in 1866. Their main building is 70x30, two stories, ell 64x30, one story com- prise all the room this firm needs to carry on their business. They employ 50 hands, turning out 2,500 bolts and 1,500 lbs. nuts per day. The bolts and nuts are made by machinery driven by a 20 horse overshot wheel, 18 feet diameter, 6 ft. bucket. They also have a 20 horse steam engine, and a locomotive boiler, made by the Washington Iron Works. one story in height. The sand and lumber sheds cover a space 50x100 feet. The employees at present number about 100. The machines in niunber about 70 or 80, are used mostly for iron work. About 400 cotton gins, weighing some 1,000 lbs. each are made per year. The weight of iron machines made per year is about three times the weight of the cotton gins. The motive power is derived from one of Cranston & Bates engines of 30 to 40 horse power and one tubular boiler. Tliere is employed a day and night watchman. They have agencies situated in the Southern States. Mystic Woolen Compast, manufacture cassimeres, bea- vers, &c. Post office address, Mystic Bridge, Ct. The company was incorporated in 1865. They occupy a nice 2 story wooden building, 420 feet long and 44 wide.- Some 80 employees are now at work, running 44 looms, 4000 spindles, and using about 1200 pounds of wool per day. Oiie engine of 90 horse power, built by Mystic Iron Works, and a tubular boiler furnishes the necessary motive power. There are also a number of nice buildings near the mill, one being some 100x45 feet, two stories, wood. PYST and 9i the N* STIC, 134 miles from Xew York, 98 miles from Boston, a thriving village on ew London, Stonington & Providence Rail- road, on the east bank of the Mystic River. Vessels of 400 tons burthen can land here. The place is noted for its ship building, some of the largest and fleetest are built here, there being 5 large ship yards and several builders of small boats. There are 5 churches and 2 banks. Population es- timated at 3,500. ; Mystic River Hardware MAStTACrrRiNG Co. are mak- ing Gullett's patent steel brush, cotton gins, book binders machinery, &c. The present company was established in 1865, having been formerly run by the Reliance Machine Company many years. There are quite a number of build- ings which are of the following dimensions. The main building is 100x60 feet, consists of two stories and is con- structed of wood. The foundry is 40x90 feet, constructed of wood, one storj- high. The brass foundry is 20x40 feet, and is one story high. The milling room and office is 80x20 feet, one story high, — the part over the office being two stories in height. The smith shop is 30x40 feet, one story high and is built of wood. The dry house being the same distance from the main building is 10x16 feet, part of which is built of sloue and the remainder of wood, and is ^'ArGATlXK, 27 mUes from Bridge- '■[T^ port and 5 from Waterbur^". A manulacturing vil- (^^ lage on the Nangatuck River and Naugatuck Rail- road, containing 4 churches and 3,000 inhabitants. MAXUFACTURERS. The Tuttle MAXtrFACTtitiXG Compaxt was organized February, 1851, with a capital of S30.000, which has since been increased to its present amount. 8100,000, of which A. J. Pickett is President and Treasurer, E. H. Blakeslee Secre- tary : Luther Gaylord, Superintendent. They have six main buildings and several sheds, which are occupied as fol- lows : No. 1. of brick, forging shop, 1 story, 135x50; No. 2. hammeinng-up shop, of wood. 100x30 : No. 3, tempering shop, of wood, 60x22 ; No. 4. polishing shop, of wood, 98x 40 ; No. 5, finishing shop, of wood, 60x30 ; No. 6, store- house, of wood, 80x30 and L 60x25, also wood : steam bending shop, of wood, 27x15. Of material they use about 20 tons of steel per mouth, and turn out about 1,300 dozen hoes, 700 dozen rakes, 700 dozen forks per month. The power is water and steam. Steam power, 75-horse ; water power, 2 breast wheels, each about 50-horse power ; occupy 2J acres of ground ; employ 75 men. The above shops are all 1 story with the exception of the finishing shop and storehouse, which are 2 stories. A 75- horse power Woodrufi" & Beach engine and 2 of their flue boilers assist in driving the machinery. Goodyear's Glove Co. Warehouses, 205 Broadway and 162 and 164 Fulton street, New York, and 417 North 4th street, St. Louis. Geo. M. AUerton, President ; R. G. AUerton, Treasurer ; Robert S. Walker. Secretary. We desire to call the attention of the trade to the novelties comprised in the greatly enlarged .stock of India rubber goods at the warehouse of the above firm, which was estab- lished in 1844, and whose New York warehouse, during the past 6 years, has been located at 205 Broadway. The firm has also a much larger warehouse in St. Louis, and supply the trade throughout the country with every variety of rub- ber manufactures from their factory at this place, which con- sists of a score of buildings occupying two lots of land, one ^ of which is 200 feet by 350 feet in dimensions, and the other I 200 feet square. On the former, the process of cleaning, grinding, spreading and curing are performed, by the aid of ' a variety of machinery, thus preparing the rubber from the raw material ; and in the workshops on the latter, the pre- I Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 515 pared article is cut out, fashioned into almost innumerable articles of general utility, and packed for shipment through- out our own and to foreign countries. Owing to the great increase of the trade of the house, and the consequent demands for enlarged warehouse room, their store at 205 Broadway has recently received a material ad- dition by its extension into Fulton street, at Nos. 162 and 164, which constitutes a second warehouse, which the firm now devote entirely to the wholesale department of their business. Thomas Lewis & Co. Incorporated 1866, with a capi- tal of 880,000, for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres. Thomas Lewis, President ; George T. Piatt, Secretary, George White, Superintendent. This company run six sets woolen machinery, with power derived from a 60 horse power overshot wheel, also 40 horse power steam en- gine with 2 flue boilers. This company uses about 600 lbs. wool per day, and turns out about 3000 yards cassimeres per month. Their buildings are all built of stone. No. 1. 154x50,2 stories, weaving and filling ; No. 2 70x50, two stories, carding and gigging ; No. 3, 36x40, two stories, picking and sorting ; wheel house and dye house 55x60. This compauy employs about 90 hands throughout the year. The Allertos Ikon Works Masufactcrix« Compasv. Incorporated 18G8. Capital §50,000. George Slace, President ; George M. AUerlon, Treasurer ; W. S. Humph- rey, Secretary ; John C. Stevens, Superintendent, at the works. Manufacturers of steam fire engines, building 200 x40, 2 stories. Employ 60 men, using a 20 horse power engine of William Burden's make, and one tubular boiler, same make. This compauy has not been running but a short time, but have the facilities for turning out over 50 steam fire engines of first class make per year. Goodveak's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co. Incorporated 1837. The first olficers of the compauy were Samuel J. Lewis, President and Treasurer ; A. C. Andrews, Secretary. The company now has a capital of 8300,000. James E. English, President ; George H. Scranton, Treasurer, and (ieorge A. Lewis, Secretary. Manufacturers of overshoes and rubber shoes generally. The dimensions of their main buildings are as follows : No, 1, 150x30, 3 stories, ell 60x50, marking and packing; No. 2, 140x85,3 stories, grinding rooms cutting, engine house attached 60x50, built of brick, with iron roof, containing a 100 horse power engine of Woodruff and Beach pattern. The boiler also same make, also, water house with a 250 horse power overshot wheel, being one of the largest used in the country ; No. 3, 40x60 2 stories, baking and varnishing; No. 4, 100x40, 2 stories, baking and drying ; other smaller buildings used as carpen- ters' shops and store houses. This company turn out about 100 cases shoes per day. Star Pin Co., located at Derby, occupy a 3 story build- ing 5ix26, and a 1 story building 18x20, for the manufac- ture of pins. They employ 12 hands ; produce 60,000 packs pins, and do a business of S30,000 per annum. To drive their machinery they use a Tyler iron water wheel. ^VlArGATUCK JL\CTIO.^, 12^ miles from New Haven, 63J from New York, on _ the New York & New Haven Railroad. The Nau- gatuck Railroad Company run their cars over the track of the New Haven Railroad from Bridgeport to this place. ^/Tf EliF BOSTO::^, situated 64 miles from Boston and 6 from Southbridge. The village is about one mile from the depot, of about 150 inhabi- tants, on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. C^IJ'EW BRITAIN, 13f miles from i ^l[~l Hartford and 18^ from Waterbury, on the Provi- (^y*' dence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad. A branch 2i miles in length connects with the New Haven, Hartford & i Springfield Railroad at Berlin. Estimated number of popu- lation, 8,000 ; rate of taxation, 12 mills on 81 ; amount of taxable property, 83,668,938 ; number of churches, 7 ; number of banks, 1 national, 1 savings ; hotels, 3 ; number of polls, about 1,600 ; joint stock companies, 14 ; aggregate amount of capital, about 82,500,000. 1 weekly newspaper, the New Britain Record. MANUFACTURERS. The Russell asd Euwix M.vsufacturing Co. The foun- dations of the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company were laid by the brothers Stanley, two enterprisiug inhabi- tants of New Britain. In 1830, William B. Stanley, Henry W. Clarke and Lora Waters established a machine shop on Main street, which was bought by Frederick T. Stanley, in 1833. To Mr. Stanley the lock business owes its origin. Only a few small manufactories of door locks, at that time, existed in the United States. The first plate locks ever made in the country were made by Mr. Stanley, in 1833. In 1835 the concern passed into the hands of F. T. & W. B. Stanley, and had at that time already acquired a wide reputation. It was among the first, if not the very first establishments in the State to employ steam power — the first engineer being Westell Russell, at present sheriff of Hartford county. In the latter part of 1835, Emanuel Russell, a native of Litch- field county, but a resident of New York, who died nearly 90 years of age, in February, 18i;.'), Smilh Mattison, of New York, and the firms F. T."& W. B. Stanley, and T. & N. Woodruff, of New York, purchased a large lot of land and formed a company for the manufacture of locks ; the title be- ing Stanley, Woodruff & Co. In the beginning of 1830, the Woodruffs, W. B. Stanley, and Emanuel Russell, retired, and the business was conducted under the name of Stanley, Russell & Co. ; the new partners being Henry E. Russell and C. B. Erwin, the latter coming from Booueville, Lewis county, N. Y. The firm was again changed, at the com- mencement of 1841, to Mattison, Russell & Co., F. T. Stan- ley retiring, and John K. Bowen, of New York, taking his place. It was just before this change that steps were taken to establish a warehouse for the sale of its manufactures in Ne%v York city, the sales having previously been made by commission. Owing to the death of Mr. Mattison, the firm title of Rus- sell, Erwin & Co. was adopted .January 1st, 1846, which, in July, 1850, was dropped for that of Russell & Erwin, Mr. Bowen selling his interest to the other partners. Several of the manufacturers of New Britain, in 1850, entered into ne- gotiations with this firm, which resulted, on the first of Jan- uary, 1851, in the formation of the Russell & Erwin Manu- facturing Company, with a capital of 8200,000, a sum which, in 1864, was increased to half a million. Such are the principal incidents in the history of a business, which, iu the space of a little more than a third of a century, has developed into such enormous proportions. The business annually done by the Russell and Erwin manufacturing Company, amounts to several millions of dol- lars. It has independent warehouses in New York, Phila- delphia and San Francisco, — the first named alone employ- ing seventy men — and controls portions of warehouses in Boston and Baltimore. Through these its fabrics are sent all over the United States, and beyond our borders to Aus- tralia, China, South America, and other distant quarters of the globe. Its locks and its fabricates, almost every variety except '• hyacenthine locks" and " gory locks" are found everywhere. The tea vender of Hong Kong, the gold-dust trader of Melbourne, the tobacco dealer of Havana, the 516 Stations in the State of Connecticut. wholesale merchant of Valparai.^o, the shopkeeper of Hono- lulu, all fasten the doors of their stores with these Russell & Erwin locks. They are used, too, for a multitude of purposes, from that of making secure great warehouses, down to that of closing against unruly children the cupboards of our housewives. The company has published besides its own large list, an immense illustrated general catalogiie of Amer- ican hardware of more than four hundred quarto pages, which is in universal use by the trade. Its works cover more than five acres of ground. It owns in addition ten houses and blocks, containing twenty-five tenements. It gives steady employment to nearly 500 hands, and uses two steam engines of a combined force of over 100 horse power. The present President of the company is C. B. Erwin, its Treasurer is Henry E. Russell, and its Secretary is L. Wood- ruff. The latter is also general manager, assisted by M. J. Woodruff. The manufactory Superintendent is Horace Eddy, who has been connected with the concern for 25 years. The Kew York warehouse is under the charge of Isaac D. Russell, James B. Ogden and Richard P. Bruff. The Philadelphia warehouse under that of James E. Terry, and the San Francisco warehouse under that of J. W. Stow. Tlie influence which tin's large industrial house has exerted upon tlie prosperity of New Britain, can hardly be over-esti- mated. The borougli has grown up with its growth. Its owners, in all the changes which it has undergone, have al- ways been men of a broadly liberal and public-spirited char- acter. They have certainly deserved the remarkable suc- cess which has crowned their energy and activity, and which has made their manufactory one of the leading examples of New England enterprise. The Stanley Rule and Level Company. The com- pany, as now organized, commenced business in 1857, though the several branches included in their large variety of manufactures, had been carried on separately for a con- siderable time previously, under the ownership and direction of the diflerent individuals and firms combined in the present organization. The amount of capital used in the business has been increased from ?50,000 in 1857, to $200,000 in 1867, and the business of the company enlarged proportion- ately. The leading articles manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, are boxwood and ivory rules, levels, try squares, gauges, mallets, hand screws and handles of every description. Nearly 200 persons are employed in all departments of the business. The company now own and operate the rule factory (form- erly E. A. Stearns & (,'o.) at Brattleboro', Vt. The variety of rules manufactured at this establishment alone, embraces over 90 different styles, and about the same number of styles is produced at the New Britain factories. Two large steam engines furnish the power used at the New Britain factories, and water power is used at Brattle- boro'. The company's warehouse is at No. 57 Beekman street. New York. Malleable Iron Works was incorporated in 1863, with a capital of §50,000. E. R. Swift, President ; M. C. Swift, Secretary and Treasurer. The works are located near the Railroad, one-fourth of a mile from the depot, west. The main building is 100x90 feet, used as a foundry ; the finish- ing room is 60x57 feet, 2 stories, all built of brick. Employ 80 persons, manufacturing saddlery hardware and castings, melting 3,000 pounds per dav and do a business of about $100,000 per year. Edward Doen, commenced the manufacture of latches, spring bolts, rail screws, and curtain fixtures in 1858. He occupies a building 90x22 feet, 3 stories, built of wood, with wing 30x15, 1 story; another 12x15, 2 stories, with small out buildings adjoining. The works are to be enlarged in 1869, owing to the increase of business. He employs 15 persons, using 2 tons of cast iron, 500 pounds of malleable iron 200 pounds of cast brass, 500 pounds of hoop iron, 300 pounds of sheet brass per month, doing a business of $25,- 000 per year North, Stanley & Co. commenced the manufacture of hooks and eyes in 1850, being successors to S. J. North & Co. ; the business was established in 1836. They occupy a a part of 2 floors in a building 100 x 45 feet. They employ 12 persons in the manufacturing, and 600 to 800 families in putting them on cards, producing 150 great gross per day. JuDD & Blakeslee commenced the manufacture of house- hold hardware in 1863, as successors to M. Judd & Co. The business was established by O. S. & M. Judd in 1845. The establishment is located on W. Main street, 65x25 feet, 3 stories, with wing 30x18 feet, 2 stories ; another 12x14 ft. 2 stories, and last a building 20x30 feet, 1 story. The mo- tive power is furnished by a 12 horse power engine, built by American Machine Works, with a 25 horse power Harrison boiler. They employ 55 persons and use half a ton of iron and brass per day, and do a business of $50,000 per year. Among other establishments that make New Britain noted as a great manufacturing place, is the Taylor Manufactur- ing Co. which was incorporated in 1868 with a capital of $35,000. O. E. Taylor, President, W. W. Taylor, Sec'ry. The works are about J mile from the depot, and comprise a building 90x30, 2 stories, built of wood, with wing 20x30, 1 story ; brass foundry, 20x60, 1 story : employ 35 persons, mak- ing brass saddlery hardware, which, by the way, is the only con- cern in the country where this style of goods are made ; brass curb chains, door bells, meat cutters, iron, brass and plated hardwai-e. This concern is the consolidation of A. E. Tay- lor and H. Butler & Sons. Probably no concern in this place has had such a proportionate increase of business as this establishment, since its commencement. Practical and ingenious men employed, give to this establishment the rep- utation that it has enjoyed since its organization. Liberal remuneration to the employed secures the best artisans, who with the aid of complete and valuable machinery, make this company a hard competitor in their line of business. J. Siiepard & Co. was incorporated in 1863, Richard Butler, President ; J. Shepard, Secretary and Treasurer. The manufactory is situated about ^ of a mile northeast of the depot. The building is 115x35, 3 stories, with wing 80x40, 1 story, built of wood. Another building, for an otfice, 80x 25. 2 stories. They manufacture umbrella and parasol stretchers, patent Storm King umbrella frames, also boxwood and ivory rules. They employ 50 persons. The manufac- tory is yet in its infancy, new machinery being put in and arrangements made for a large and successful business. The power is obtained from a small brook, the fall being 40 feet with a capacity of 50 horse power. The wheel is 40 feet in diameter, and one of the largest in the State. The New Britain Bank Lock Co. commenced the manufacture of Isham's key register bank locks and Pil- lard's dial bank and safe locks, in 1857. The works are lo- cated in the establishment of P. & F. Corbin. They employ 15 persons. Salesroom in New York, 24 Warren street. The New Britain Lace Co., commenced the manufac- ture of silk and cotton fancy lace, in April, 1868, capital $20,000 John B. Talcott, President, Agent and Teasurer. John Oflicer, Secretary. This company intend to enlarge their works. The American Hosiery Co. was incorporated in 1868, capital $200,000. Henry Stanley, President, John B. Tal- cott, Secretary and Treasurer. A new bdilding was built in the winter of 1868 and 1869, 158x51 feet, 3 stories, with Webb's N. E. Railway, and Manufactiirer^^tatist^^ 517 O. E. TAYLOR, President. W. W. TAYLOR, Secretary. Tajlor MaMfactoiEg CompaEj, ISIA^UrACTTJRERS OF BRASS SADDLERY ^ iriwire, CUEB CHAWS, DOOR BELLS, MEAT CUTTERS ^^1XI> iron. Brass and Plated Hardware, NEW BRITAIN, Conn. . o — B3-SEND FOR CIRCULAR !=« ORDERS SOLICITED 518 Stations in the State of Connecticut. wing 44x90 feet, 4 stories built of brick, and decidedly aa ornament to the place. A 100 horse power Brown's engine is to furnish the power. The company manufacture hosiery and knitted goods, and will not be in full operation before the fall of 1869. The Union Manufacturing Company' was incorporated in 1868, with a capital of $150,000. T. W. Stanley, Presi- dent ; J. Warren Tuck, Treasurer. They are iron founders and manufacturers of butts with steel washers, grate hinges, latches, iron pumps, &c. The main building is the iron ibundry 168x42, 1 story, built of wood, with wing 80x40 ; also a wood factory 135x35, 2 stories ; office and packing room 120x35, 3 stories, brick and wood. They employ 125 persons ; manufacture 7500 pounds of castings and 300 doz. common cast butts per day, besides 50 dozen of fancy butts. The manufacture of cistern and yard suction pumps has been carried on for about a year, making about 100 per day, when in full operation. The motive power is furnished by a 60 horsepower Woodruff & Beach engine, with 2 tubu- lar boilers. The success of this company is in the main due to Hon. S. W. Stanley, the President of the company, and who projected the enterprise which has been conducted so successfully to the pecuniary advantage of all concerned. Warehouse, 77 John street, New York. Wm. B. North commenced the manufacture of fine gold jewelry in 1827. W. A. Churchill, one of his apprentices, and now the head of the house, was admitted a partner in 1832. North & Churchill continued till 1840, when Mr. North died, and James Stanley, a nephew of his was admit- I ted ; Churchill & Stanley continued till 1854, when Chas. A. ! Warner and Chas. M. Lewis was admitted, making the firm Churchill, Stanley & Co. Mr. Warner sold his interest af- ' ter a short time, the same name continuing. Mr. Warner ' died in the summer of '68. In 1864 E. B. Dana was admit- ted, making the firm Churchill, Dana & Co. He has charge of their salesroom in New York, at 180 Broadway. The manufactory is 48x45, two stories, built of wood. They em- i employ 30 persons, and do a business of about S100,000 per year. This firm have resisted all tenjptation of making plated jewelry, and have maintained a reputation justly earn- ed for manufacturing from the first, fashionable solid gold work. Directly opposite the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company's works, are The Stanley Works, which were incorporated in 1852, -ivith a capital invested of $200,000. F. T. Stanley, President ; William H. Hart, Treasurer. Going back to 1844, we find F. T. Stanley, manufacturing • bolts, in a small shop, employing 10 persons, and it is from this date that this company can be said to have been es- tablished. The company like many in this place, has grown i to immense proportions and doing a business that far out- reaches the most sanguine expectations of its projector, who is now President. The main building is built of wood, 100 x40, 3 stories and attic, with wing, 160x30, 1 story, where are made strap and T hinges, butts and door bolts. A machine shop and hardware manufactory 30x50, 3 stories, wood ; packing room and office 25x75, 1 story wood ; also, 1 the "original" bolt shop, 25x175, 1 story, used for the manufacture of wrought iron butts ; store house 50x35, 3 stories with wing 60x35, 1 story. This company employ 200 persons, and produce about 25,000 hinges, butts, and bolts per day. The motive power is furnished by 2 engines of 60 horse power. A survey of the works, through the kindness of the Treasurer, Mr. Hart, convinced us of the superior facilities they have for rivalling their competitors. Valuable and in- tricate machines, made on the premises by skillful and inge- nious machinists, were shown to us in operation, with the various attachments, saving time and money — one simple aftachment alone saving the company $600 per year. These shops are kept under bck and key so valuable are the ma- chines for their manufacturing purposes. A machine shown us almost made a butt, and the different processes through which it went made it very interesting. It is needless for us to comment farther on the many con- veniences and valuable machines this company possess for the successful working and production of their goods, to con- vince the public of their facilities. Warehoure 58 Beekman street. New York. The HtriiASON & Becklet MANUFACTCRrNo Co. was in- corporated in 1865, with a capital of $35,000. W. L. Hu- mason President and Treasurer; F. W. Beckley, Secretary. The main building is 245x28, 2 stories and basement, built of brick, with wing 45x40, 2 .stories wood ; blacksmith's shop and other buildings attached. They employ 60 per- sons. The motive power is supplied by a 30 horse power engine, built by M. & T. Sault. They mani;f'act\n-e pen and pocket cutlery, and wrought hardware and hammers. Warehouse, 58 Beekman street. New York. The New Britain Co. was incorporated in 1848, with a capital of $200,000. F. II. North, President, H. C. Stephens, Treasurer and J. K. Kilbourn, Superintendent. This company are the pioneers of making fine goods in the United States. The establishment is located a short distance from the depot on Elm street, corner Chestnut. It is 200x50 feet, 4 stories, built of brick, with a wing 86x32 feet, 3 stories, brick ; also, another 86x54, 4 stories, with dye house, boiler and bleach house attached. They employ 300 persons, and do a business amounting to $500,000 per year. They consume 1,500 pounds of wool per day, and run machinery equal to 16 sets. The power is supplied by a 100 horse power engine, made by Tufts, of Boston. Warehouse 24 Warren street. New York, where can be found merino vests, pants, shirts, drawers, scarlet goods, hosiery, gloves, &c., all made at this manufactory. In May, 1849, Edward Doen, Philip Corbin and Frank Corbin, formed a co-partnership under the name and firm of Doen, Corbin & Co. To engage in manufacturing, at that time with small means, was considered a rather hazardous undertaking ; but as the parties composing the firm, were all young, enterprising, and possessed practical knowledge of the business, they foresaw success, though they had but a capital of $600 to commence with, and the encourage- ment which has attended their enterprise speaks well of their foresight and energy. The machinery in their shop was driven by horse power, the working force besides the firm was one man. The first goods made by the firm were brass ox balls, lamp hooks, and lifting handles, the assortment being increased from time to time as fast as new patterns could be procured. In November, 1849, Mr. Doen, with- drew from the firm, selling his interest to H. W. Whiting, and the name of the firm changed to Corbin, Whiting & Co., but in January, 1851, Mr. Whiting sold his interest to the remaining partners who continued under the name of P. & F. Corbin. In February, 1854, the company was incorpo- rated with a capital of $50,000, bearing the same name which it still retains, F. H. North, was chosen President ; Philip Corbin, Treasurer ; the latter of whom also had charge of their New York warehouse until March, 1859, when he withdrew from the company. In February, 1858, Mr. Charles Peck, became Secretary of the company, which position he still retains. In 1860, Mr. John M. Spring be- came a stockholder, and then Superintendent, and Mr. An- drew Corbin, also investing, became their Agent in New York. In 1865, the business and capacity of the company was materially enlarged, their iron foundry being 225x40 feet, 1 story; the main building is 156x44 feet, 4 stories, with attic Webb's N. E. Raihoay and Manufacturers' Statistical Gazetteer. 519 and wing 24 x 40 feet, 4 stories and attic. A new brass foundry is to be built this summer (1869,) 30 x 200 feet, 1 story. When the business which has so steadily grown to its present importance, was first commenced, after paying for the house, power and machinery, the company had left a working capital of just sixty-eight dollars. This w;as not a very flattering condition of aflTairs, but all the members of the company went immediately to work with a will, and it is to this spirit, aided by the indomitable will, perseverance, judgment and frugality ot Philip Corbin, that the company's past and pre.sent success is mainl)' attributable, and those who know best its history will accord to him the honor that is justly due. They employ 350 persons, melt 5,000 pounds of new iron per day, 250,000 pounds of brass and 50,000 pounds of lead per year, manufacturing builders', cabinet, undertakers' and miscellaneous hardware ; also, an extensive assortment of builders' locks, wrought and cast brass butts, plain and fancy iron butts, latches, coffm handles, &c., &c. Warehouse 55 Beekman street, New York. North & Jcdd Manufacturing Co. About the year 1808, Hezekiah C. Whipple came to New Britain from Pro- vidence, R. I., and was employed by a jewelry company in this place, in making plain jewelry. Two or three years af- ter that time he purchased a small shop on the corner oppo- site the North & Judd Manufacturing Company's present establisliment, where he made a few silver plated harness buckles, cloak clasps, and silver plated wire, by hand, for the manufacture of hooks and rings for cloaks, &c. Very soou afterward Seth J. North and Alviu North formed a copartnership with Mr. Whipple, introducing horse power, and continued the business through the year 1812, until plat- ed wire could be imported from England, when Alvin North having bought out the other partners, made some additions to the number of articles manufactured ; such as rings and trees for saddles, which were sold to saddlery hardware deal- ers, and which soon led to the manufacture of other articles in that line. About the year 1822 Mr. North took into the business, Horace Butler, as a partner, and the firm commenced the manufacture of brass wire curb chains, harness rings, &c. This copartnership continued for about ten years, when Mr. Butler purchased Mr. North's interest in the business, and erected the buildings which he still occupies in the manufac- ture of the articles named. Mr. North very soon after com- mencing the manufacture of caiTiage knobs, and other small articles of cast brass. After conducting the business alone for about 10 years, Mr. North associated his son, Oliver B. North, with him, and they commenced the manufacture of harness buckles of iron wire, soon extended the business to the manufacture of buckles cast from malleable iron, and many other articles of hardware used in the manufacture of harness and bridles, but about the year 1849 the younger North relinquished his interest in the business to his brother, Hubert F. North, who, with his father, continued it until May 17, 1855, when a copartnership was formed consisting of Hubert F. North, Lorin F. Judd and James A. Pickett, bearing the name of H. F. North & Co. In 1860 Mr. Pickett retired from the business, disposing of his interest to Mr. Judd, but in 1863 he returned, and a joint stock corporation was organized composed of the persons who had formed the copartnership last mentioned, under the name of North & Judd Manufac- turing Company (which name is still retained,) with a cap- ital of S60,000, since increased to $81,000. L. F. Judd, President, J. A. Pickett, Treasurer. They occupy a build- ing 100x35 feet, 2 stories, built of wood with brick base- ment, used for manufacturing ; an office and packing room 60x25 feet, 2 stories. They employ 80 persons, consume 300 tons of wire per year. 'The motive power is furnished by a 35 horse power engine, built bj' the American Machine Works. They manufacture plated fine tinned and jappaned saddlery, hardware, military and skate trimmings, castings, &c. Landers, Frart & Clark, an incorporated company. Caphal §500,000. G. M. Landers, President ; C. S. Lan- ders, Secretary ; James D. Frary, Treasurer. This com- pany is the successor of the Landers & Smith Manufactur- ing Company by whom the business was established. The main building called the " Etna" is 300x40, 3 stories, and where they manufacture table cutlery of all kinds. A wing to the building used as a forge shop is 280x40, 1 story, and another 100x40, 2 stories, engine, boiler and tempering room. The motive power is furnished by a two 125 horse power engines of Woodruff & Beach make, with 3 tubular boilers. They employ in all 600 persons, situated, near the Etna building is another building 200x40, 3 stories, and an iron foundry 300x40, 1 story, and many other buildings at- tached for the successful prosecutionof the business. A 125 horse power engine made by the Pacific Iron Works with 2 tubular boilers, supplies the power. Brass and iron articles are made here. Salesroom 53 Chambers street. New York. ^3jg[EWFIEI.I>. A flag station 1 mile 'Ijl from !Middletowu, on the Middletowu Branch. C5^'EW HAVEN, 76 miles from 27th 'Ifl street and 73J from 42d street, New York; IGO \^^^ from Boston, 26 from Hartford, at the terminus of the New York & New Haven Railroad, New Haven, Hart- ford & Springfield Railroad, and Canal Railroad, and New London & New Haven Railroad. The Air Line, from Boston to New York, will soon pass through this city also. It is situated in latitude 41° 18' 23" north, longi- tude 72° 57' 30" west. New Haven has long been celebrated for its educational advantages. Yale College, originally founded at Killing\vortli, in the year 1700, chartered in 1701, removed to Saybrook in 1707, and to this city in 1716, re- ceived its name from Elihu Yale, its principal foreign donor, Governor of the East India Company. It has always sus- tained a high reputation, and now embraces 5 departments. Yale College has imparted instruction to a greater number of students than any other institution in the United States. New Haven was settled as an independent colony in 1638. In 1784 it was incorporated as a city. Population 1850, 20,341 ; in 1860, 39,267. By the intelligent tourist, this place must be considered as one of the finest cities in America. New York is justly designated as the metropolis of the New World, Cincinnati as the Queen City of the West, Philadelphia as the Quaker City, Baltimore as the Monumental, and Boston as the Granite, while Chicago is recognized as the grain market of the world. But, for salubrity of atmosphere, fine parks, pleasant drives, bay and harbor scenery, imposing- churches, seminaries, colleges and classical associations, eminent busi- ness and literary men, both in civil and military life. New Haven stands equal to any. While the country is distin- guished for variety of climate, attractive mountain, lake and river scenery, fertile soil and the thrift and industry of its people, no one place of its size seems to combine so many features of interest and grandeur. It is central in its loca- tion, and easy of access from all parts of the country, either by land or water, on the line of both the direct inland routes between Boston and New York, and the northerly shore of a fine, broad bay that extends some four miles up from Long Island Sound, and affords a spacious and convenient harbor 520 Stations in the State of Connecticut. for vessels drawing 16 feet of water. The transit accommo- dations are ample, six passenger trains arriving and leaving daily, carrying multitudes to their destination. And, in summer, thousands take tlie cool, delightful steamboats, on the sound, far from the noise and dust of the cars, and lose but little time. New Haven is, to-day, a city of over 45,000 inhabitants, remarkable, as New Englanders generally are, alike for their genius, industry, enterprise, careful thrift, their shrewd, practical cultivated sense and general fvealth. Character seems to be stamped on everything. But its crowning glory is its institutions of learning. Those -who visit the city for the first time, must be favor- ably impressed with the private palatial residences of its public men. Tliey seem to possess such and air of quiet comfort, space, rural and architectural elegance and horti- cultural adornment to which larger cities cannot aspire. A peculiar and pleasant grace and quiet everywhere prevail, although a great variety of business is carried on here, you are happily impressed with the graieful absence of noise and [ smoke and hurry. Every vehicle runs so quietly, every street is so clothed, shaded and adorned with majestic trees I and every house wears such an air of comfort, such a taste- j ful and inviting home look, that you involuntarily think of I scholars and books and the blessings of beautiful homes and ] happy lives. You feel that the bustle and confusion of other towns liave in some way floated off when you enter the ele- gant streets of New Haven. MANUFACTURES. J. D. BuRDiCK & Co. manufacturers of the National hay and straw cutter, commenced business in the year 1866, with a capital of S25,000. They employ about 30 hands, and oc- cupy a brick building 100x40 ft., 4 stories high. Also, a forg- ing shop, 45x40. The machinery is driven by a 20 horse engine, with tubular boilers. They manufacture about 500 cutters, valued at $10,000, per month ; mean time consum- ing about 35,000 lbs. of castings, and 1,200 feet of lumber. The senior partner of this firm, is the inventor of the Bur-_ dick National fodder cutter, which has Been awarded the first prize at every fair at which it has been exhibited. The de- mand for them has been so great, that the firm, during the last five mouths have been obliged to run their works night and day to fill the orders received. The company have agents in all the prominent cities of tiie United States. O. H. MoRRiss, No. 15 Brewery street, is engaged in the manufacture of light and heavy harnesses for the wholesale trade. The business was commenced 19 years ago, and has steadily increased. He now occupies a building 20x70 feet, two stories in height, and on the average employs 12 hands. J. F. Goodrich. No. 30 East street, carriage manufactu- rer, commenced business in 1859. Since which time, his business has increased to such an extent that he now em- ploys 60 journeymen, and occupies a large three story brick building, with two large wings. Messrs. Beers & Hanover, carriage manufacturers. No. 35 Olive street, are successors to Hanover & Judson, who for thirty years were engaged in the same business. A visit to this establishment amply repays the pains it costs. For here you may see the process of carriage making in all its branches, from the rough state of the iron and wood, to the finest appointed carriages that is driven in Central Park. The finish of their complicated forgings are highly compli- mented in all parts of the manufactory are well appointed. Besides the making, they are extensively engaged in the repairing of nice carriages. So well have the present pro- prietors sustained the reputation of their predecessors that they now rank among the first manufacturers in their spe- cialty, not alone from the extent of their business, but from the excellence of their work. At present they occupy two buildings, the main one is built of brick 50x90, two stories high, used as a salesroom ; and the other used as a work- shop 30x50, is a frame building. The firm make a special- ty of light trotting wagons, and fancy turnouts. John W. Nash & Co., 18 Howard street, manufactur- ers of the Universal Family Scales, also Shaler's Family Scales. These scales are made to stand upon the table or counter, and the article to be weighed is placed upon a plat- form or in a scoop upon the top, the correct weight being instantly and accurately indicated upon the dial. They are made of different sizes, to weigh from J oz. to 2 lbs., J oz. to 6 lbs., A oz. to 12 lbs., and 10 oz. to 25 lbs. 50 and 100 lbs. These scales are constructed in a manner that insures at once accuracy and durability. The great objection of the weakening of the spring which has always been made against spring balances and spring scales in general, is entirely done away, these springs being so arranged that any weakening which may in time occur, can be corrected by any sealer of weights more quickly than the bearings of any weight scale can be filed up, as balance scales frequently require. The Shaler scale was invented in 1865, by Reuben S. Shaler, andpurclias- edby J. W. Nash & Co., who immediately commenced their manufacture. During the four years these scales have been manufactured tens of thousands have been made and sold in all parts of the United States and England, and the business greatly increased. The present capacity of the establish- ment is 1,000 scales per week, whicii employs 25 men in their construction. These scales being adapted for use in all departments in business where light weighfs are used, and being especial favorites in every family where in use, there must be an increasing and an unlimited demand. The improvements upon the Shaler patent which are used in con- structing the Universal scale, must make it unusually popu- lar. The office of the general agent, Alvah Bushnell, is in New York. W. Rawson & Son, cutlery, Whalley av., are near West- ville, commenced here in 1850. Their shop is 39x32 ft., 2 sto- ries, which they took possession of in 1868. Their power is furnished by a 3 horse power hot air engine ; employ 7 persons. Harmon & Baldwin commenced the manufacture of Harmon's Elm City corsets, at 99 Church street, in 1866. They occupy 2 rooms, and employ 40 persons. The month- ly production being 780 dozen. They use in their con- struction 400 yards of cloth and 25 lbs. of bone daily. OsTERWEis & Oppenheimek, Commenced the manufacture of cigars in 1862, at 107 Cuurch street. Employ 16 persons, and turn out 600,000 cigars per year. Henry Kelsey commenced the manufacture of harness trimmings in 1848, at 37 Orange street; employs 1 person, and does a business of $3,000 per year. James Mount, 37 Orange street, commenced here the manufacture of saddles, in May, 1868. He employs 3 per- sons, and does a business of about $3,000 per year. R. Mathews & Co., commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes, at 37 Orange street, in April, 1868, being successors to Mathews, Williams & Co. Tiiey employ 9 persons, and turn out 7 cases per week. Their manufactory is on the 4th floor, it being 30x60 feet. Bowditch & Co. commenced the manufacture of furni- ture at 74 and 76 Orange street, as successors to Bowditch & Son in 1867, the business being established some 25 years since. The main building is 120x60, 3 stories, also a rear building 100x100, 6 stories. Employ 55 persons. The power is furnished by a 30 horse power engine built by M. & T. Sault. The branches are at Waterbury and Meriden. Peck Bros. & Co. commenced the manufacture of bfass cocks and plumbers brass ware generally at 39 and 41 Or- 522 Stations in the State of Connecticut. 3X. ^^ItI>X^TItOIVab.e, ^Irl 20i miles from Worcester and 39i from Norwich, \^^ on the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. A small factory village containing one church.- The only manufac- tory here is that of the Grosvenordale Company. William Grosvenor, Wm. Grosvenor, Jr. and Lucius Briggs, propri- etors. The mill is 100x50, 4 stories, built of stone with a one story wing attached for office and machine shop 35x25, built of brick. The mill has 3,500 spindles, 120 looms; consumes 9 bales of cotton per week and products 2,500 yards of jaconets, using No. 48 yarn. A Fall River tur- bine wheel furnishes the power, the fall here is 22 feet, lo- cated on French river. Employ 75 persons. Thomas Wil- bur, Superintendent. This company also occupy 2 mills at Grosvenordale, 21 miles from Worcester and 38i from Norwich, on the Nor- wich and Worcester Railroad, containing one church. The mills are located |^th of a mile from each other and are known as the North and South Mills. The north icill is about 140x45, 4 stories with wing 80x45, 4 stories. The south or new mill is 160x58, 5 stories with 2 wings 75 x40. 4 stories, and 40x30, 2 stories. The whole establish- ment is built of brick and adds much to the appearance of the village. Jaconets are made here. Employing in both mills 300 persons. Run 31,000 spindles, 556 looms ; con- sume 50 bales of cotton per week and produce 28,000 yards of heavy sheetings and 68,000 yards of jaconets. Two Jon- val and one Leffel wheel supply the power. The fall is 11 and 12 feet. L. Briggs, Superintendent. ^' ORTH H A VEIV, situate^ on the New Jiji Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad, 7 miles i^:y from New Haven, and has a population of about 1,500. The principal business carried on is the manufacture of bricks. Alfred Ives & Son, situated on the New Haven, Hart- ford and Springfield Railroad, 2 miles south of North Haven depot, in the town of Hampden. Mr. Ives commenced the business of making brick in 1853 ; his yard covers 4 acres of ground. He employs 16 persons, and makes about 2,000,000 bricks per year. H. P. Shares & Co. This company commenced in 1868, one mile below Messrs. Ives & Son, manufacturers of brick. Their yards cover 8 acres of ground ; make about 2,500,000 bricks per year ; employing 12 hands. Smith Bros., manufacturers of shafts, poles, carriage parts, &c. &e. Business established in 1855. They occu- py buildings 30x50 feet, two stories brick, with an addition. Employ 10 hands, and do a business of 810,000 per year. Their power is furnished from a 16 ft. overshot wheel. ^ORITALK, 31 J miles from New f^jy Haven, 45 miles from New York, 143J from Provi- K^^ dence and 191 from Boston, on the New York and New Haven Railroad, and the southern terminus of the Dan- bury & Norwalk Railroad ; one of the most flourishins towns in the State. It originally included part of the present town of New Canaan and Wilton, and part of AVestport. In the ancient record the bounds are stated to be " from Norwalk River to Sauhatuck River, from sea, Indian one day's walk into the country." The name of Norwalk is derived from the above bargain viz. : The northern bounds of the lands purchased were to extend from the sea one day's " north walk " into the country. The soil in this town is excellent. The surface is uneven, being pleasantly diversified with hills and valleys. On the border of the Sound the hills are generally moderate, and in the interior more elevated. The valley which lies along the Norwalk River, and in which the town is built, is beautiful. Few richer prospects of the same extent can be found than that which is presented from the neighboring eminences of this ground ; the town built in its bosom, with its cheerful spires, the river flowing through the middle ; the farms on the bordering hill ; the rich plain that skirts the Sound, and a train of islands fronting the mouth of the river and extend- ing eastward five or six miles, together with an unlimited view of the Sound and the Long Island shore. The village around the station is called South Norwalk. Norwalk vil- lage is about oue mile and half north of the station. Just east of the station is the draw-bridge, which was the scene of a terrible accident a few years ago. Since that time a law has been passed, requiring all trains to come to a full stop before crossing a draw-bridge. This town was burnt by the British under Tryon, on the 17th of July, 1779. A horse railroad li miles in length connects South Norwalk with Norwalk every 15 minutes. A daily line of steamers runs from this place to New Y'ork, also two lines of packets, the latter going up to the upper village before discharging their cargoes. There are two hotels at the upper village, Norwalk and Connecticut ; at South Norwalk 2, Barnum's Old Well Hotel and Lucas' Hotel. In the fall of 1868, a clam bake was held under the auspices of Mr. Barnum, proprietor of Old Well Hotel, to which all the fat men of Fairfield county weighing 200 pounds and over, were in- vited. The festival was a great success, and details of it were given in all the daily papers of the largest cities in the Union both west and south. Norwalk and South Norwalk has 3 national and 2 savings banks 1 insurance company, 9 churches, and an estimated population of 9,000. The Norwalk Lock Co. was incorporated in 1856, with a capital of $50,000, since increased to about S300,000. E. Hill, President ; B. F. Libby, Agt. Office, 33 Beekman St., New York. E. Beard, Secretary and Treasurer ; H. H. El- well, Superintendent. The works are located at the junction of the Norwalk & Danbury Railroad and New York & New Haven Railroad, South Norwalk, and can be seen distinctly from the cars. The works comprise 7 buildings, built in the form of 2 hollow squares, the whole being 280x140 feet, the main building 3 stories, the remainder 2 stories. This com- pany employ 250 men. A 150 horse power engine, built by the Meriden Machine Co., drives the works. The business of the company is the manufacture of door locks, knobs and builders' hardware ; melting about 3 tons of iron daily. The nucleus of this company was commenced in Springfield, in 1846, when a company was formed for the manufacture of the patent Union bolt knob lock, Mr. Elwell, the present Superintendent, being connected with the enterprise, and the only person that has continued from the commencement down to the present time. The business has been under the differ- ent firm names of Morgan & Kingsley ; Curtis, Morgan & Co., and The Meriden Lock Co., the latter company beiug started in 1850, and the immediate predecessors to the Nor- walk Lock Co. Mr. Libby, the Agent in New York, was formerly of the firm of Colton & Libby, and joined the Mer- iden Lock Co. in 1854. The daily production of the com- pany, under the superintendence of Mr. Elwell, when it com- | Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturei-s Statistical Gazetteer. 531 menced in 1846, was 2 dozen per day ; the works at present turn out 300 different sizes and varieties, the daily produc- tion being 3,000 locks. The Uxiox Knob Works is directly opposite the manufac- tory of the Xorwalk Lock Company, South Norwalk, who are joint owners in connection with the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company, of N. Britain. The main building is 230x30 ft., 2 stories, with other buildings, 100x56 feet, 2 stories, and 43x45 feet, 2 stories respectively. This company employ 40 person?, and produce 1,500,000 knob tops annually, which are mounted by the proprietors. The knobs are made of 3 different kinds of clay obtained from New Jersey. LouNSBUUT Brothers, commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes for ladies' and misses', in June, 1868, hav- ing removed here from Bingliampton, New York. They oc- cupy a part of the first and all of the second floor 100x60 feet, in Sherwood's block. Main street. Employ 75 per- sons, and produce 3,600 pairs per month. Their store is at 249 Chapel street. New Haven, the brothers names are William, Phineas C. and George E. They do a business of $100,000 annually. MoRuisoN, Son & Hutchinson, occupy 2 buildings 90x90 feet, 4 stories, and 50x100 feet, 3 stories respectively, for j the manufacture of shirts. The business was established in 1845. The sewing machines used here are run by steam power, by a 20 horse power engine. The salesroom is 327 Broadway, New York. The Norwalk Iron Works was incorporated in 1867, with a capital of 8300,000. E. Hill, President ; E. J. Hill, Secretary and Treasurer; O.T. Earle, Superintendent. This concern was formerly Geo. Dwight, Jr. & Co., Springtield, Mass., the present company purchasing, and removed to ! South Norwalk in 1867. Their main building is 250x50 ft. i three stories, built of brick, and used for a machine shop. j Tlie foundry adjoining is 60x100, one story. They employ 100 persons, manufacturing machinery, steam engines, and I as a specialty, Earle's steam pump ; also, blowing engines. I The motive power is furnished by a 36 horse power engine, I with 2 flue boilers, made by this company. They have made I over 2,000 of their steam pumps. Melt 2 tons of iron daily. The works can be seen from the cars near the ill-fated " Nor- walk draw." Adams Brothers & Brush, manufacturers of hats, occu- py a building 70x26, three stories, with wing 24x84, two stories, besides other buildings necessary for the prosecution of the business ; located directly opposite the depot, at South Norwalk. This firm were successors to Adams & Holmes, in January, 1868, the business being established some eight years since. They employ 150 persons during the busy sea- sons ; 50 females, and 100 males, and turn out about 400 cases of hats per week, doing a business of about $300,000 per annum. Crofut, Knapp & Co. commenced the manufacture of fur hats about 1858. They employ 150 persons ; the manufac- tory covering about half an acre of ground on the corner of West avenue and Union streets. South Norwalk. Their weekly production is about 325 dozen per week. Salesroom 37 Mercer street. New York. Isaac Church, Jr., commenced the manufacture of ma- chinery in 1863, at the upper village or Norwalk proper. The building he occupies is 48.x24 feel, 2 stories. The mo- tive power is furnished by a 12 horse power engine, with 1 upright tubular boiler. Employs 8 men and does a business of about 820,000 per year. A specialty of Mr. C. is the manufacture of his patent steam pump, which he claims possesses superior advantages over all others. A. Solmans commenced the manufacture of hats in 1864, at S. Norwalk. He employed 60 hands, and turned out 24 dozens of hats per day. On the eve of October 29th, his manufactory was burned. In all probability, a new one will be built. Jajies H. Prentice commenced here the manufacture of hat forms in 1856, being a branch of his main establishment in Brooklyn, New York. Employs 30 persons, and makes 2,000 hats forms daily. The building is situated near the railroad, at South Norwalk, and is 40 x 75 feet. 3 stories. The power is furnished by a 40 horse power engine, built at Springfield, with 4 boilers. Geo. H. Rice, South Norwalk, commenced here in 1866 the manufacture of plain and fancy black .walnut furnishing goods, cases, &c. Employs 7 persons, the buUding being 22x50 feet, in which he occupies 1 room. Norton & Green occupy a part of building recently erected on the corner of Water and RajTiiond streets. South Norwalk, for the manufacture of machinery. They com- menced business in 1868, and employ 6 persons. H. Z. Norton commenced the manufacture of wire fer- rules about 1860. The manufactory is located in a new building erected by him, at South Norwalk. Employs 8 persons, and 3 persons in brsss foundry. The SotTTH Norwalk Planing Mill Co. was incorpora- ted about the year 1665, with a capital of 825,000. D. R. Austin, President ; R. I. Tolles, Secretary and Treasurer. Their building is 125x45 feet, 2 stories. They manufacture doors, sash and blinds ; employ 34 persons, and do a business of 50,000 per year. This companj- propose soon to enlarge their works and business, with more facilities, to meet the demand for their productions. Use 1 ,000,000 feet of lumber annually. The Norwalk Pottery, A. E. Smiths' Sons, proprietors, is located at the foot of Mill Hill in the centre of the upper village. The business was established nearly a century ago. A. E. Smith their father, commenced here some 48 years since as successor to Absalom Day. In 1849 the present firm was formed, consisting of Theodore E. Asa, Elbert W. and Howard H. Smith. The buildings iiave been added to and built on from time to time, originally having only one kiln. The main building is 108x45, 3 stories with exten- sion 75x40, 2 stories, also two wings 60x33, each 2 stories, besides office,*storehouses, sheds, &c. This company em- ploy 60 persons manufacturing stone, brown, chemical and earthern ware, running 4 kilns. The works are located on the dock and in direct communication with their warehouse. 28 Peck slip. New York. A vessel is run by them, fetching their clay from New Jersey, and freighting their goods. A horse power engines runs the works. W. N. Benedict, manufactures fine cassimeres and soft hats and is the only manufacturer of these kinds of goods in this country. The business was established in the year 1848, by this same company. They occupy a wooden building 2 J stories high and 75x24 feet. The average number of em- ployees is about 20. The goods are not finished here, but are sent to New York hatters, and finished by them. This company use only the nicest kind of fur in the manufacture of this style of hats, of which they make 43,000 to 45,000 per year. Union Manufacturing Co. were incorporated in 1837, with a capital of 8100,000. The business was established in 1827, by G. G. Bishop. The main building is 207x40 feet, with an addition 207x25 feet, and an ell 50x80 feet. The main building is built of wood and is 4 stories high. The store house is 40x80 feet, built of brick and is also 4 stories in height. There is 100,000 lbs. of wool used monthly. They employ 175 hands. The motive power is derived from two engines of 100 horse power, driven by 3 532 Stations in the State of Connecticut. boilers of 75 horse power each. The engines and boilers were made by Woodruff' & Beach. Hartford. They have one overshot wheel lCx20 feet. There is felt for various purposes manufactured here. The total amount of goods for shirts alone being 8.000 yards per month. Alexandek Austin, manufacturer of stoves and other foundry articles ; also of agricultural implements and of E. E. Austin's patent Atlantic water elevator. The business was established by the present owner in 1849. The size of buildings are as follows : The foundry is 40x90 feet, one story high and built of brick. Warehouse is 30.\40 feet, 2 stories in height and is constructed of stone. The employ- ees number from .15 to 20. The works are run by steam power. ORYTIIH is a beautiful city of about 20,000 jopulation, and situaled at the junction of Shetucket and Yantic rivers, both of which furnishes oMensive water power. The place contains, to a certain ex- tent, several villages. The city proper, which was iucorpo- rated a city by the General Assembly in the year 1784, was formerly called Chelsea, and consists of the towns of Nor- wich, Westville, Norwich Falls, on the Yantic river, and Grceenville, east of the city, ou the Shetucket river. The city is built on a steep acclivity thereby making the streets lisc as in terraces and giving the houses in the rear an ex- cellent view over those in front, making the general appear- ance of the city very attractive. The Falls, 1 mile from here, have, to the stranger, a wildness and beauty seldom seen, there being rocks at the front of the falls which are exposed at low water, and in which there are circular holes, often G feet deep, worn with all the regularity of a work of art, by stones whirled around within them by the force of water. From a high projecting rock which overhangs the front of these falls, the Narragansett Indians formerly plunged to destruction rather than fall into the hands of the Mohegans, who were pursuing them. Greenville is a pleasant manufacturing village on She- tucket river, (being about one mile from the city ;) here is also great water power, there being a large dam built across the river. Norwich city is the southern terminus of the Nor- wich and Worcester Railroad, being 60 miles from Worces- ter ; also connecting with New London on the south, by the New London and Northern Railroad to Vermont. It is 13 miles from New London, having connection with New Y'ork, New Haven, &c., to the west, and Stonington, Provi- dence, &c. to the east. From here there is steamboat con- nection direct with New York by the New York & Norwich Transportation Company, running a daily line of fine steam- ers, it being the head of navigation ; there is a .steamboat train from Boston by Norwich and Worcester Railroad, and train from Bellows Falls, Vt., by New London and Northern Railroad. The total value of property $20,250,000. There are 7 national banks, 2 savings banks, as follows : Norwich National Bank, incorporated 1776, capital $220,000 ; Thames National, incorporated 1825, capital $1,000,000 ; Merchants National, incorporated 1833, capital $215,000; Shetucket National, incorporated 1855, and reorganized under the free trade banking law, 1862, capital $100,000 ; Uncas National, organized under free trade banking law, 1862. incorporated 1855, capital $300,000 ; First National, organized 1864, capital $580,000 ; Second National, organized 1864, capital $300,000. Norwich Savings Society, organized 1824, de- posits $5,581,074. Chelsea Savings Bank, incorporated 1858, deposits $900,000. There are about 14,174 acres of land, dwelling houses number upwards of 1,950. The churches are as as follows : 6 Congregational, 3 Episcopal, 5 M. Episcopal, 3 Baptist, 1 Universalist, 1 Catholic, and 1 German ETangelical Lutheran Church. There is one very fine free Academy here, having endowments amounting to $100,000 ; also, a nice public library, containing 7,000 vols. There have been 21 Mayors since its incorporation as a city. The manufacturers are as follows : C. B. RoGEES & Co. Among the many classes of labor saving machinery, none perhaps are of more importance than that for working wood, as that is brought in direct connec- tion with the every day necessities of life. Among the manufacturers of wood working machinery, the firm of C. B. Rogers & Co. take the lead. — said to be the largest man- ufacturers and the oldest established firm in this business in the country. The business originally commenced at Keene, N. H., in the year 1841, where the late Wm. J. A. Fay commenced the manufactory, and who also invented several of the most important machines used in this kind of work, and which have been so long and favorably known as the Fay & Co. machines. In 1848 a branch manufactory was established at Norwich, Conn., under the supervision of one of the firm, Mr. C. B. Rogers, who has had the constant management of the business since that time. A few years later another branch was established at Worcester, Mass. In 1861, the Keene and Worcester .'hops were closed and the business consolidated at Norwich, where, from year to year, it has constantly increased. In 1863 the company was incorporated as a joint stock corpoiation, with a capital of $200,000. The tools made are in brief, as follows, viz. : planing and matching ma- chines, sash, door, and blind machinery, molding machines, one style of which is capable of making over 50,000 feet of molding per day, a feat said to be unequalled by any machine ever before known ; mortising and tenoning machines, upright shaping, or irregular molding machines as they are some- times called (C. B. Rogers & Co.) splitting and cutting off saw machines of all kinds ; boring machines, and in fact nearly every kind of machines used in house building, car- riage and car building, cabinet woik, etc., nearly all of which are protected by patents. Among the smaller articles made, one of the most important ones, are the Boardman's patent barbed blind staples of which they have made nearly 100,- 000 pounds or 50 tons during the past year alone. This little article is used for connecting the rods to the slats, on the movable slat blinds, which are found on every house in the country. The old style of staple \\-as simply a piece of wire bent up, and would pull out very easily. The patent staple is barbed or roughened on the point, (C. B. Rogers & Co.,) and when once driven in, require a strong pull to get them out. The firm are also largely engaged in the manufacture of skates of all kinds, the Blondin being the speciahy. This has a support for the ankle, and is a great assistance both to the beginner and those with weak ankles, and adds greatly to the comfort and pleasure of the best skaters. The factory consists of a main building 4 stories high and 25x45 feet ; 2 wings — one 4 story 65x40 feet, and one 3 story and 50 x 20 feet, all being built of brick. These form 3 sides of a quad- rangle, the fourth being occupied by a store house for raw material, 2 stories high and 100x30 feet. The blacksmith's shop about 30x25 feet, with 8 forges, joins the main building. The company also own and carry on their own foundry, which has a floor space of 120x80 feet, a total of 9,600 sq. feet, with 2 furnaces. The number of men employed is about 165, the amount of pay roll every week being about $2,000. The power employed to run the works is an 80 horse power engine, patented by the Superintendent and built by the company. The machines made by them are known over the whole world. They have sent them to England, France, Germany, Austria, Australia and the east and west coasts of South America, and New Zealand ; also, to California and all parts of the United States and Canadas. Their ma- chines received the only gold medal awarded this branch of Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 533 awarded at the Paris Exposition of 1867. Bciiicr the Highest Prize and Only Gold Med. Manuracti of Planiiig^ and 31ateliing^, Sa)«li and 3Ionlding, Moy- t i s i n g and Tenoning, Shaping, Boring and Saw- "machines. «.f !»• .IJ? JB ORS, ifoon L.athe8, Chair and Spoke Lathes, Scroll Saws, ]?Iannfactoi'y^ .\orwiela. Ct. M arorooni 10» IJberty Street, 1%. Y, Manufacturers of the most improved I»nte MACmNERY. nt Skates antl F$oai-tlnian's F»atent I3arl:>ecl I31incl Staples. Sre Stt'clf'lt of out' lliisimss i)pjtosi3c I'u/fe 534 Stations in the State of Connecticut. industry at the Paris Exposition of 1867, over all competitors from this and foreign countries. They also received medals at the great Crystal Palace Exhibition, at London, 1852, and nearly 100 medals and diplomas at various exhibitions and fairs in this country. The company have a wareroom for the sale of their machines at 109 Liberty street, New York, and have also agencies at Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and most of the large cities in this country. Richmond Stove Co. This company was incorporated July, 1867, with a capital of $100,000, Apollos Richmond, President ; Geo. G. Richmond, Treasurer, and S. G. Rich- mond, Agent. This company have a fine location for their business, on the west side of Thames River, within a short distance of the business portion of the city, being on the line of the Northern Railroad, and with a fine wharf at which vessels can discharge or load at any stage of the tide. They have facilities for receiving and transporting their raw stock and manufactured goods, which are unequalled. Their foundry building is 250 feet long by 70 wide, and their ware- house 125 feet long by 35 feet wide, 4 stories, with an L 35 feet by 38 feet. From the back door of the building a car can be loaded and sent to the west to Chicago, north to Mon- treal or east to Maine without change of freight. They em- ploy about 70 men, and few stove manufacturing establish- ments in the country have been so successful considering the short time it has been in operation. The secret is excellent work and popular patterns, all of the latter of their own de- sign, and comprise the celebrated Richmond Portable Range, Parlor Heater, Hanging Dome Furnace, Medallion and Golden City Cooks, Air-Tight castings, &c. The officers of the company have had a long experience in the business, having been identified with similar establishments in Provi- dence, R. I. The Norwich Steam Boiler Works were established in 1845. Manufactures steam boilers of every description, and repairs old boilers. The main building is of wood 35x 70 feet. They use an engine of 10 horse power, built by .John A. Barbour, and one upright boiler, made by William Trolan, proprietor of the above works. One store house near the main building is 18 feet square. The works are situated on Thames street. C. W. Manwaring, manufacturer of doors, sashes, brack- ets, moulding, &c. Commenced business in April, 1865 ; occupies a building of upwards of 1900 square feet, and em- ploys about 15 hands ; uses an engine of about 3 horse pow- er, and runs 1 circular saw, 1 moulding machine, 1 scroll saw, 1 foot mortising machine, and 1 tenoning machine ; lo- cated in Coit's building. Central wharf. Henry Peale sash and blind manufacturer. Business was established in 1858 by Henry Peale, who now occupies a one story building 50x100 feet. Average number of hands employed 12 to 14; uses 2 saws, 1 mortising machine, 1 tenoning machine, 1 upright saw, 1 borer, and 2 patent slat machines ; has a 16 horse power engine and boiler, made by the Union Machine Company, Norwich. WiLLODGUBY & COMPANY, manufacturers of-sashes, blinds doors, brackets, stair railing, and all kinds of finish for buildings. Business was commenced 17 years ago, by Willoughby & Co. They now occupy a two story wooden building, about 100x50 feet; employ 40 to 60 hands. The number of machines in use, are as follows : 2 planers, 2 sash, 1 power and 2 hand mortising machines, 4 circular saws, 1 borer, and 1 upright scroll saw. Amount of busi- ness varies from $50,000 to $100,000 per annum. Norwich Pottery Manufactory, established by Sidney Risley about 30 years ago. The main building measures 100x30 feet, having an L 60x30 feet, the former building being 2 stories high, of wood, and the L a 3 story wooden building. Average number of employees 7, turning out $12,000 worth of pottery per year. The power is furnished b/ an engine of 6 horse power, built by the Union Machine Company, of Norwich, attached to the engine is an upright boiler, made by Pollard, of Norwich. The articles manu- factured are Rockingham ware, stone ware, drain pipes, &c. Norwich Lock Co., manufacturers of door and padlocks, trunk and other kinds of locks. The company was incor- porated in 1865, and now occupy the buildings formerly used by the Bacon Fire Arms Company. Tlie building is 150x30 feet, 2 stories high, of brick. About 30 hands are employed. The motive power is furnished by 1 overshot and 1 turbine wheel. President, William A. Buckingham, Treasurer, E. A. Cobb, General Agent, Joseph Selden. Ray & Morey, manufacturers of handles for axe, adze, pick, sledge, hatchets, and hammers, also oak and hickory spokes. The present firm commenced business in April, 1868. They were formerly of the firm of Turner & Day of Baltimore. The main building is 100x40 feet, 2i stories high. Engine and boiler rooms is 60x14 feet, and another room is 30x60 feet. All the buildings are constructed of brick. At present 35 hands are employed. Three cords of wood are required per day for handles, in orderto keep the fac- tory running. There are between 90 and 100 dozen han- dles turned out per day. The factory contains an engine of 45 horse power, and one flue boiler. The grounds occupied by the factory are 300x100 feet. The company supply their own wood, most of which they obtain in the Southern States. Chelsea Machine Works manufacture all kinds of fine machinery, but make a specialty of screw cutlery, and couplings. Any nice engine lathe made, specially for making watchmaker's tools. The company was established in Nov., 1865, by The Chelsea Company. The buildings are all new, and erected by themselves ; the main building is four stories high, 40x60 feet ; blacksmiths' building attached to the main building is 40x30 feet, one story of brick ; the en- gine and boiler house also joining the main building is 25x 30 feet, of brick ; and coal shed 30x40 feet, built of wood. The number of employees varies from 25 to 50. There are 25 engine lathes, 4 planers, 2 upright drills, and one of each of the Universal milling machine, bolt cutters, boxing machines, and other tools required in machine shops. A low pressure engine of 40 horse power, built by Phillips, of Newark, N. J., and 1 tubular boiler 12 feet by 48 inches made by McKay & Aldus, East Boston, furnish the neces- sary power. They have lately received a diploma, from the American Institute ; also, first class medal for the best work of its class on exhibition. The screw lathes made by this company are worked up to a system of steel guages, which secure perfect duplicate of corresponding parts, by which means they secure better workmanship, and perpetuate the excellence thus obtained. The Union Machine Co., is one of the largest and best regulated of the many companies now running. In the year 1850 Horace Walker, Noah Cole and two others, commenced the present business in a builfling on Franklin street, about half a mile from those now used, where they remained for six months, when Messrs. Walker & Cole took entire charge of the business and carried it on until 1862. At that time Horace and James Walker bought out Mr. Cole, and con- tinued the business for two years, when another change took place, this time being incorporated under the title of The Union Machine Co., with a capital of $200,000. The buildings occupied are as follows : Main building, 210x60 feet, of brick, 3 stories and basement ; a wing, running from the centre of the main building, 60x35 feet, also of brick, a part being 4 stories and part 1 story, the latter used for blacksmith shop and engine room. The boiler house is attached to the engine room, and is built of brick, 1 story Webb's N. E. Railway aiid Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 535 high ; dimensions, 40x40, with an L of 3 stories, 150x35 feet. The number of employees at the present time is about 75. They use one of Cranston & Bates' engines and 2 boil- ers made by Wm. Trolan, of Norwich. They manufacture steam engines, machinists' tools, shafting, mill gearing, im- proved water-wheel regulators, self-stripping cotton-carding machines, railway heads and troughs, Connock's patent self- acting mules and mule regulators, and all kinds of cotton machinery. Manufacturers' Dte House. James Houston, Agent. All kinds of worsteds, braids, woolen and hosiery yarns, dyed in all colors, and equal to those imported. The business was commenced in the year 1853, and now occupy four buildings, pleasantly situated on the Thames river, about a mile and a half from Norwich. ' The build- ings are as follows: — No. 1, used for dye house, 60x24 ft., 1 story ; No. 2, drying house, 40x20 feet, 2J stories ; No. 3, containing dye stuffs, 30x15 feet, 1 story ; No. 4, hydra ex- tractor, 33x15 feet, 1 story ; also, 1 mill, 40x30 feet, 3 sto- ries in height, used partly for storage. Number of em- ployees, 7. A steam boiler of 50 tubes is used. The mo- tive power is derived from one breast wheel. GiLMOUR Bros, make castings of all descriptions. They commenced business in 1865, and are soon to erect a large building ; the one now used being about 50x50 feet, of wood, and 2 stones in height. The average number of men em- ployed is 9. Amount of casting per day, from 1,000 to 1200 lbs. The power is derived from a turbine wheel of 4 horse power. Norwich File Works manufacture hand cut files, and rasps. The business was established in 1867, by C. A. Converse & Co. Size of building is 60x80 feet, two stories high, and is built of wood, the first floor being used for hard- ening, oiling, and store room ; in the rear is situated the forging and grinding rooms, all departments being in handy communication with the office. The employees number about 30, turning out from 30 to 40 dozen per day. The water power is furnished by 1 turbine wheel, of 30 horse power. J. Hunt Smith manufactures the various kinds of fine braids. The business commenced under the firm of J. Hunt, Smith & Hedge, in 1864, and so continued until the year 1866, Mr. Hedge then retiring, and Mr. Smith since carrying on the business alone. The main building is a 2 story building, built of wood, being 100x30 feet; an addi- tion 24x24 is used for office, &c. ; store house is 15x30 feet, constructed of wood, and is one story high ; dye house 40 x45 feet, is one story high, and is built of wood. There is used also 1^ stories in brick building adjoining, which is 40 x80 feet. The employees number about 60, and turn out 7000 doz. of fine braids per week, requiring some 3000 lbs. of worsted yarn, the whole making a total per annum of about 26,200,000 yards and keeping 400 braiding machines and 21,175 carriers, running in making up this large amount of braid. The running power is furnished by 1 Leffel wheel in brick building, and 1 Swaine wheel in main building. These mills are among the largest now running exclusively on braids. In connection with the above mills there is in operation one worsted yarn mill, which is near the bradiug mill, and is 40 x80 feet, occupying 2 stories ; also an L to the worsted mill. 40x30 feet, is 1 story high and is constructed of brick. This company commenced in the summer of 1867, under the name of J. Hunt Smith & J. Townson, which has continu- ed successfully to the present time. There are 1 2 spinning and twisting frames, having about 1,700 spindles ; there is 2,000 lbs. of combing wool used per week ; the employees numbering about 30, turn out some 1,200 lbs. of fine yarn per week. The motive power is derived from a 30 horsepower Leffi;! water-wheel. One 12 horse power steam boiler is used. The machinery is all imported, being of the nicest kind and requiring skilled labor to run it. Hopkins & Allen Mancfactcring Co. are manufactur- ing the Bacon revolver and pistol, of Colt's pattern, and oc- cupy one building, built of wood, 60x60 feet, and is 2J stories high. They are employing from 30 to 40 hands at present. The motive power is derived from 1 turbine water wheel. Cllnton Woolen Mills Co., established 18G5. Stock company, $200,000 capital. J. D. Sturtevant, President ; Francis Cabot, Treasurer and Secretary ; A. P. Sturtevant, Agent ; manufacture white bed blankets, tweeds, and ladies' repellants. Run 10 sets cards, 15 jacks, 58 broad looms, &c. produce 100 cases goods per month, and do a business of about §400,000 per annum. The machinery is run by one 15 and one 75 horse power engine, with 3 boilers ; also 3 Warren's turbine wheels, under 10 feet fall. Norwich Woolen Co. is a stock company, established in 1863, 8100,000 capital. M. B. Wilds, President; A. P. Sturtevant, Treasurer ; C. P. Sturtevant, Secretary ; manu- facture white bed blankets and tweeds, about 80 cases per month. Run 8 sets cards, 12 jacks and 41 broad looms, and do business amounting to $350,000 per annum. A 25 horse power engine, 2 boilers, and 3 Warren's turbine wheels, un- der 9 feet of fall, supplies the motive power. Falls Company established business in 1844 for the man- facture of stripes, ticks, denims, drillings and shirtings. They occupy two mills, employ 450 hands, run 18,000 spin- dles and 422 looms, and produce 6,000,000 yards annually. They consume 2,500 bales of cotton yearly, and have a cap- ital of $500,000. Norwich Iron Founpry. Alfred H. Vaughan, present proprietor, having started the business in connection with his partners in 1854. For the last six years the business has been conducted in the name of Alfred H. Vaughan, the former partners retiring during the year 1862. The goods made are castings of every description, such as mill-gearing, pullies, couplings, hangers, paper mill and steam engine cast- ings, water and steam-pipes, lamp-posts, columns, car- wheels, grate-bars, &c. The foundry is a one story brick building, about 50x90 feet. The pattern shop 50x70 feet. There is also another brick building, two stories high 25x50 feet. The average number of employees is about 45, who turn out about OQO tons of the various kinds of castings per year. The motive power is furnished by one of Cranston & Bates 25 horse power engines, having a locomotive boiler. All of the patterns formerly belonging to A. T. Pearce, are now in Mr. Vaughan's possession. 'The works are located at No. 8 Terry street. Ossawan Mills. John Turner, proprietor, and manu- facturer of patent machine made picture and shade cord. Mr. Turner commenced this business during the year 1864, and now occupies about 3000 square feet of flooring. The number of machines required is 50, which make some 100,- 000 yards of cord per week, using up about 1,000 lbs. of jute and worsted. Some 12 hands are employed. Water power is furnished by a " Tyler Turbine Wheel" of 3 or 4 horse power. The factory is a nice brick building 3 stories high, situated on East Broad street. Shetucket Foundry Co. manufacture all kinds of iron castings, such as mill gearing, pulleys, hammers, paper-mill and steam engine castings, water and steam pipes, gas-light posts, columns, car wheels, patent grate-bars, fences, &c. The company commenced business in 1852 when the pre- sent large and substantial buildings" were erected. The main building is of brick, 50x80 feet, and two stories high ; one wing 80x25 feet, two stories. Engine and boiler 536 Stations in the State of Connecticut. rooms attached to main building, 20x30 feet. Pattern house J is at some distance from the other buildings, fire proof, 50x25 feet, has one story and basement. One other building j two stories high, built partly of brick and partly of wood, used for storing patterns, is 80x25 feet. The buildings face on three streets, as follows : Franklin street, 100 feet, Willow street 250 feet ; and Chestnut street, 100 feet ; thereby affording plenty of light and air to the workmen, and allow- ing every convenience for the receiving of material and de- livery of work as finished. The present company have car- ried on the business for the past four years, as a joint stock company. There are in use two cupola furnaces of large size. The amount of castings turned out is from 30 to 40 tons per month. One 13 horse power engine, and one new tubular boiler, furnish the necessary power. This com- pany liave in pattern houses upwards of 880,000 worth of I patterns, mostly of modern styles. The Shetucket Cotton Mill is one of the largest and finest cotton mills in the country. This company started business as early as the year 1828, and were then known as the '• Thames Cotton Co." The company changed hands in the year 1836, since which time it has gone under the name of " Shetucket Cotton Co." Their mills are situated on the Shetucket River, about J a mile northeast of Norwich and on the line of the Norwich & AVorcester Railroad. There is a capital of $500,000 required for its extensive business. The goods manufacture4 by this company are white shirting, cotton flannel, ticking and striped shirting. The mill con- tains 15,000 spindles and 412 looms. The average number of employees at present is 400. There is consumed on an average about 5,000 pounds of cotton per day — 2^ tons, — producing daily 20,000 yards, or about 1 J miles of cotton cloth. The question naturally arises, where does so much cotton cloth go? If this mill alone produces 20,000 yards per day, what an innumerable number of yards must be pro- duced by all the other mills in New England. It may seem strange that the immense number of yards turned out by the New England factories alone every year, does not overstock the market, yet they do not, and though the stock on hand is large, its consumption keeps pace with its production. The Shetucket Company use six large buildings in the raanufaciure of their various cloths. The main building is j used for weaving, carding, ring spinning, mule spinning, and ! a repairing shop, and is 166x40 feet, containing 6474 square feet, and 10 feet, 10 inches high, making 76,602 cubic feet. The second floor is used for carding ; it is_ 166x40 feet, 6,- 400 feet and 10 feet 8 inches high, making 75,404 cubic ft. The third floor where the ring spinning is carried on, is 166 x40 feet, containing 6.400 square feet, and is 10 feet 6 inch- es in height, making 74,245 cubic feet. The fourth floor which is used for weaving is 166x40 feet, containing 6,400 square feet. It is 10 feet 8 inches high, making 75,414 cubic feet. The fifth floor used for mule spinning is 166x40 feet, 6400 square feet, and is 9 feet, 9 inches high, making 68.942 cubic feet. The second building is used for spooling and weaving. The spooling room is 354 feet long, containing 8,407 square feet and 72,800 cubic feet. Part of first floor, used for beaming room, being 117x23 feet, — 2,778 square feet, 28,- 058 cubic feet — the remaining 237 feet of first floor being used for a store room. Third building is used for dyeing, drying, sizing and boilers. The first floor, of 3d building, used for sizing being 22, 8, x 31 feet 4 inches, — 707 square feet ; also, for large coal room, boiler room 30x39 feet, — 1,170 square feet; 2d floor is used for dyeing and drying room, 126, 8, x 25 feet 6 inches ; 3,239 square feet, dye vat additional, 34, 4 inches x 59 feet ; 2.026 square feet. Fourth building, used for picker room and breaker room ; 1st floor, used for picker room 54x70 feet — 3780 square feet ; 2d floor. used for breaker room 54x70 feet — 3,780 square feet. Fifth building, carding building room, for carding on 1st floor, 30, 9, X 8 feet 6 inches ; 261x9, 2,349 cubic feet ; 2d floor, used for spinning, 30, 9, x 8 feet 6 inches, 261x8 feet 6 inch- es ; 2218 cubic feet. Main south carding building is used, on 1st floor, for carding, being 90, 8, x 31 feet; 2,810 square feet, x 9, 25,290 cubic feet ; 3d floor is used for spin- ning, 90, 8, X 31 feet ; 2810 square feet, x 8, 6, 23,885 cubic feet. Sixth building is used for weaving, 2 stories ; 1st floor is 127, 8x34 feet ; 4,342 square feet, 56,810 cubic feet. 2d floor 126, 8, X 34, 4,342 square feet, 48,288 cubic feet. Seventh building, used for napping room, 16x58 feet 6 inch- es ; 936 square feet, x 10, 9360 cubic feet. Eighth, carpen- ter's shop, 768 square feet. Across the railroad track, there are 2 brick and fire proof store houses 100x50 feet, each con- taining 2 floors. There are about 100 tenement houses connected with the factory, some of which are constructed of brick while others are constructed of wood. They own also about 200 acres of land, of which 150 acres are used for cultivation by the employees of the mill. J. B. Upham, of Boston, President, Gardner Green, Treasurer, R. H. Plum- mer. Superintendent. Barnes & Co., manufacturers of machine-cut corks. This business was established in 1858, by W. D. Crocker. The factory is a 3 story brick building 50x70 feet, the company using two floors. There are 16 employees, and 10 machines. One 40 horse power engine, having a cylinder boiler, fur- nishes the motive power. Amount of business per year up- wards of $25,000. Allen & Bradv Lock Co., manufacturers, under the Al- len & Brady patent, of safe and vault locks. Also, a new style of commercial lock for stores, mills, offices, warehouses, etc. The company was incorporated October, 1867, with a capital of $25,000. This lock is claimed to be simple in construction, as cheap as an ordinary lock, and that it cannot be picked or opened except by its own key. The key is made of thin steel, but a trifle over j_, of an inch in thickness, and when inserted in the lock it is not turned, as in common locks, but is only a guide for the various tumblers to move in the proper manner, when a door knob is turned, which virtually unlocks it. The building used is of brick, 40x80 feet. The principal machines are 2 lathes, 2 drill presses, 1 engine milling machine, 1 Universal milling machine, 1 grinding machine, and 1 power press. There are some 200 dozen turned out per month. A 6 horse power steam engine is used. Chelsea File Works manufacture hand-cut files of every description. The building occupied is of brick, 1 story in height, and 40x50 feet in size. The whole process of file manufacture is carried on under one roof. The company was incorporated in April, 1864, with a capital of $12,000 ; and turns out about 600 dozen per month, employing from 35 to 40 hands. The steam power used is taken from a large engine in the adjoining building. L. W. Carroll, Presi- dent ; H. L. Butts, Secretarv and Treasurer. ^/nOTOTO]\, a flag-station on the New York and New Haven Railroad, 36J miles from New Haven, and 39 J from New York. # I¥ECO. About 25 miles Providence, and 62 from Hartford. A country station on the Provi- dence Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. I^AI]\FIEL,I>, 35J mUes from Provi- dence, 54J from Hartford, 44 from AYorcester and 16 from Norwich. The Norwich and Worcester Road Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 537 THOMAS MANUFACTUEING COJ^IPAJTr, T li o Ml a s t o 11 , C o 11 11 e o t i o VI t. Manufacturer of m Gim u. Mi MEM, lie, IN SHEETS, ROLLS AND WIRE. Brass for Printers and Galley Plates, to width and weig^lit ; German 8ih ei' Blanks, for Forks, Spoons, and Hollow Ware. A.11 Orders Carefully and. Promptly E2xecvited. D. S. Plcme, President. [ESTABLISHED 1853.] J. B. LowREY, Secretary. crosses here. The village is located on a hill i a mile dis- l tant from the depot. A seminary was formerly located here incorporated 1783, where were educated many of the sons and (laughters of the fashionables of many years ago. The building is still standing, a monumeat to the happy hours j and sweet remembrances of the school days of those who ' have long since passed away. The houses are built on one main street and are shaded by the favorite New England elm. Moosup River affords tliis town a good water power. M LAIilfVILiLiE, 133 miles west of Hart- >l%i ford, and 18} east from Waterbury, 27 north of New ^P;p Haven, at the junction of the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill and Canal Railroads. Three churches and 1,500 population. Located here is the Plaiwille Maxufactcring Co., incorporated 1850, for the manufacture of merino shirts and drawers. They con- sume raw material to the amount of $10,000 per month, pro- ducing about 20,000 dozen per year. They run 6 sets of woolen machinery in a mill 225x50 feet, 5 stories ; employ 100 persons. A 60 horse Woodruff & Beach engine supplies the power. N. M. Welch, President ; H. L. Welch, Secre- tary and Treasurer. Hiram Hill commenced the manufacture of hames in 1830. He occupies a building 60x40 feet, 3 stories, and 1 48x32 feet, 2 stories ; employing 50 persons. His manufac- tory is located half a mile from the station, on the Pequa- buck river. George Hill's manufactory of clocks, dials and tablets is situated half a mile from the depot, in a building 20x30 feet, 3 stories. Mr. H. commenced business in 1860, employing 8 persons, and manufacturing about 10,000 dials per month. Clark & Cowles, manufacturers of clock trimmings, brass, iron and copper rivets, &c., occupy a 2 story building 75x24 feet, with L 30 x 24 feet, 1 story. This business was establisiied in 184H, and now employ 20 persons. Geo. a. S.with commenced the manufacture of fifth wheels for carriages, and also dashers, in 1860, in a building 60x40 feet, 2 stories ; employing 8 persons. 3[1 1^ AI%T.SVILL.E, situated -21 miles from ^13 New Haven and 55 from Northampton, on the Canal ''-f^ Railroad, at the intersection of two small streams called the West River, and Quinipiac, has a population of about 1000 and 1 church. Plant's Manufactdring Co., for the manufacture of screw bolts, also. Eagle Arms Company, superior front load- ing revolvers. This company was incorporated in 1853, capital $100,000. A. P. Plant, Pres. E. H. Plant, Secre- tary. They have several buildings ; 1, 172x30, ell 18x25, one story. Forging and machine shop, also, 1 room for storage of iron. The power in this building is furnished by a 40 iaorse engine, and flue boiler, built by Woodruff & Beach of Hartford, also, a 40 horse turbine wheel 32 inches, 10 ft. fall; No. 2, 22x3.S, 1 story, box shop; 3d, 113x23, 1 story, forging shop, with blacksmith's shop attached 20x25, 1 story also attached to No. 3 building is a forging shop, 30x34, 1 story, with boiler house and engine house 18x44, and 48x 22, 1 story. The engine in this building, is in connection with the water wheel furnishes power for the works. No. 4 65x25, machine room, 2 stories with ell 80x30, part 1 and 2 stories finishing building. The office is 30x20, two stories, store house 30x50, 1 story. They employ 165 hands; use 1200 tons iron, and 500 tons coal yearly. 538 Stations in the State of Connecticut. The S. Stow Manifactl-ring Co., was iueorporated in 1853, capital §150,000 for the manufacture of tinsmiths' machines and tools, meat cutters, and general hardware. Their main building, the machine shop, is 100x35, two stories. Motive power furnished by a 20 horse turbine wheel, 44 inches, 10 feet fall. Blacksmith's shop 80x35 ft. 1 story ; casting and rolling shop 40x30, 2 stories ; power furnished by main building ; foundry 80x40, 1 story, ell 30x 40, 1 story ; office and pattern room 40x25, 2 stories ; en- gine house 20x20, 1 story. Have in case of necessity a 15 horse power engine, with tubular boiler, made by Wood- man, of New York. This company employs 100 hands, aud uses 600 tons pig iron, 750 tons wrought iron per year, besides buruins GOO tons coal. ;||\ IwY:?IOUTH, 41 miles from Bridge- ^rl port, on the >saugiituck Railroad. The village is lo- /fjy cated one mile from the depot, on the Naugatuck "'J river, in. the town of Plymouth. Population about 500. Thomaston, a short distance from the Plymouth de- pot, is also on the Naugatuck river. Contains 3 churches and about 1,500 inhabitants. The Thomas MANUFAcxrniSG Co., located at Thomaston, Conn., upon tlie Naugatuck Railroad, nine miles north of Waterbury, was established in 1853, has a capital of S250,- 000. Are exclusive in the manufacture of sheet and rod brass and German silver ; brass, German silver and copper wire ; copper aud brass rivets and burs ; platers' and gilding metal, &c. The mill building is 180 x 70 feet, with wing 60 x 80 feet, and the necessary out buildings for machine and blacksmith shops, &c. ; the whole is lighted with gas and supplied with the most complete set of rolling and drawing machinery for the manufacture of sheet brass and wire. Its facilities are equal to any mill in the State. The power is supplied by a 300 horse low press\ire condensing beam engine, with two 40 feet boilers of 7 feet diameter. From 90 to 100 hands are employed ; 100 cords of wood, 100 tons of anthracite coal and 150,000 pounds of copper aud spelter are required to produce a monthly product. American Kxife Co., manufacturers of pocket cutlery, shears and razors. The business was established in 1849. They occupy several buildings, the principal of which are as follows: — Main building, 120x30 feet, 3 stories ; forging t shop, 50 X 20 feet ; office and warehouse, 40x20 feet. They employ 100 hands. I E. Blakeslee, carriage manufactory. Commenced busi- ness, 1852. His buildings for the manufacture of carri- I ages are as follows : 50x24, 2 stories, blacksmith, trimming and painting, 80x24, wood-work and painting and storing. Employs 10 hands and turns out about 100 carriages a year. Shei.tox & TuTTLE, Carriage manufacturing of all kinds, principally light. Commenced business 1838, occupying 3 buildings. No. 1, 90x24, 2 stories, wood-work ; No. 2, 100 x30,3 stories, finishing and painting; No. 3,85x24, 2 stories, blacksmith shop and engine room. Engine and boilers made by Woodruff & Beach of 15 horse power. They make about 200 carriages per year, sending them principally to the west. The Seth Thomas Clock Co. was established in 1813 for the manufacture of all kinds of clocks. The officers of the company are Aaron Thomas, President ; S. E. Thoma; Secretary and Treasurer. Their main building is 150x50, 4 stories, ell 150x30, 2 stories, employing 100 hands. Tl motive power consists of a 60 horse power turbine wheel. This company make about 10,000 clocks per month. The Seth Thomas Sons & Co. commenced business in 186G. Their factory building being 150x50,3 stories. Mo- tive power derived from a 30 horse power turbine wheel. This company employs 60 persons, turning out over 30 clocks per day. I. B. Woodward, manufacturer of leather for harness saddles, &c. Commenced business 1864, as successor to I. & A. Woodward, who commenced business in 1840. A 3 story building 130x24. Employs 7 hands and tans about 1.500 beef sides per year, and 1,600 calf skins, using about 240 cords oak and hemlock bark. He uses a breast wheel of 25 liorse power. S OQUOlf.lfOCK, 129 miles from New York, 103 from Boston and 3 from New London. A ^f^ country village, on the New London, Stonington aud Providence Railroad. A river by the same name runs near this station. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in the fisheries. PUTIVAIU, 26 miles from Worcester, 33| from Norwich, on the Norwich & Worcester Rail- road, and about 70 from Boston. The Boston, Hart- ford & Erie Railroad wa.s built from East Thompson Junc- tion to this place, .and trains commenced rumiing Sept. 1, 1868. A manufacturing village of about 4,000 inhabitants, containing 5 churches, 1 bank, 2 hotels and 1 newspaper. The French River empties into the Quinebaug River a short distance above this place. The Pctnam MAXCFACrrRiNG Co. was incorporated in 1865, with a capital of 8300,000, Benj. R. Vaughan, Presi- dent ; AVauton Vaughan, Treasurer ; Chas. F. Bliven, Agent. Tiie mill is 200x50, 6 stories, with office, packing room, &c. adjoining, about 150x30, 3 stories. The mill has 17,000 spindles, 350 looms, consuming 15,000 lbs. of cotton, and producing 55,000 yards of light sheetings (40- inch) per week. The power is supplied by 3 Swaine 48- inch wheels, the fall being 15 feet. A 100 horse power Cor- liss engine is used when needed. Number of hands em- ployed, 300 ; using No. 36 yarn. Office in Providence on Custom House street. Whitemore & Tot'RTELLOTTE, commenced the manufac- ture of women's boots aud shoes, in January, 1868, being successors to E. T. Whitmore, who established the business in 1856 ; the building occupied is 30x60, three stories. Em- ploy 75 persons, producing 1 ,000 cases per year ; doing a busi- ness of about 850,000. Chas. M. Fisher, commenced the manufacture of women's shoes, &c. in 1855. He occupies the 2d and 3d stories of fi wooden building 40x40. Employs 75 persons, and produces 1,000 cases per annum. CoRBiN & TouRTELLOTTE occupy a IJ story building 60x 20 feet, for the manufacture of women's shoes, &e. Employ 40 persons ; commenced in 1866 ; produce 500 cases per an- num. Trcesdale, Riili-ips & Co. commenced the manufacture of doors, sash and boxes, in April, 1868. They employ 12 persons in a building 36x60, two stories, built of wood ; con- sume 25,000 feet of lumber yearly. A Tyler 30 in. wheel supplies the power ; the fall is 13 feet. Harris Woolen Co., capital 8150,000, manufacturers of fancy cassimeres. J. W. Wheelwright, President ; Thomas Harris, Treasurer ; M. J. McGuirk, Superintendent. This company occupy a new mill built in 1866, 150 x 52 feet, 2 stories and French roof, and an old mill 100x50 feet, 6 sto- ries and attic. Employ 150 persons ; consume 2,500 pounds Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 539 of wool per day, and produce 36,000 yards per nioiitli. The mill has 12 sets of woolen maehinerv, 40 broad (Greeu- halcii) looms. Oue overshot wheel supplies the power, the fall beinj^ 33 feet. Wheelwright, Pippy & Co., Agents, 47 and 49 White street. New York, and 89 Summer street, Boston. Office of Thomas Harris, Treasurer, 68 Westmin- ster street. Providence, R. I. M. MoRiARxr, proprietor Saxon Woolen Mills, commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres in 1863. The mill is situated on the Quinebaug, and is built of stone, with wing of brick, the whole together being 2.")2 x 40 feet, 3 stories, with dye house, &c., iu the rear, built of brick, 100x30 feet, 2 stories. This mill has 7 sets of woolen machinery, con- suming 360.000 pounds of wool and producing 27.5,000 yds. per year. A 36 inch Tyler wheel supplies the power, the fall is 32 feet. Agents in New York, Whittemore Peet, Post & Co., Leonard, corner Church street. M. S. Morse & V,o. occupy 3 mills for the manufacture of 42, 40 and 34 inch bleached sheetings. The mill on the west side of the Quinebaug is 200x45 feet, 3 stories and basement, built of stone about 20 years ago. The mills on the east side are 103x43 feet, 4 stories, built of brick about 26 years ago, and 105x45 feet, 4 stories, respectively, built in 1856, with picker room, &c., attached, 20x15 ft., 1 story. Iu the three mills there are 20,500 spindles, 405 looms. They consume 40 bales of cotton per week, and produce 72,000 yards. Two breast and 1 double 56 inch Leffel tur- bine wheel supplies the power ; the fall on the west side is 17 feet 1 incli, at the brick mill on the east side 18 feet, and at the new stone mill 17J feet. In the west mill they use No. 64 and 68 reed and put in 60 and 72 picks ; iu both mills on the east side, 64 reed and 68 picks. G. C. Robins, Supt. EEEDIlfGf. A station and town in Fair- field county, on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, ^ y about 18 miles from Norwalk. This town derives its name from Col. John Reed, one of its first settlers. The soil is good, but the surface is rough and hilly ; watered by the Saugatuck and Norwalk river. This town is the birth place of a noted poet, a man of science, politician, philosopher and philanthropist, Joel Barlow, LL. D. He died iu Poland, 1812. ^ IDCrE:FI£:L g, President, D. yf. Harris, Secretary and Treasurer, fieorge Kellogg, Agent, C. Fitlon, Superintendent. The main building is 165x45 feet, 5 stories, 2 of them stone and 3 wood, with wing 90x45 feet, 2 J stories, stone ; another 100x30 feet, 4 stories, wood, basement of stone, store house 75x41 feet, 3 stories, stone ; dye and woodhouse, 125x41 ft., 2 stories stone ; boiler houfe 45x48 feet, 2 stories, stone ; store house 100x30 feet, IJ stories, brick. They run 16 sets of woolen machin- ery, 18 broad and 52 narrow (Crompton) looms. Employ 200 persons; consume 1.800 pounds of wool per day, and produce 350,000 yards of fancy cassimeres per year. Two breast wheels 28ji,xl7 and 18x8 feet respectively, furnish the power for the mill ; the fall is 27^ and 22 feet. Thomas & Company, 106 Read street, and Pomeroy, Adams & Co., 70 Leonard street, New York. ANFORI>S. A country station on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, about 16 miles from Norwalk. AYBROOK, 31 J miles from New Haven, 18^ from New London, 108 from New York and 124 from Boston, situated at the mouth of the Connecticut river, and one of the oldest towns in the State. The harbor is at the mouth of a handsome cove making up from the Connecticut river, and is resorted to by coasters in bad weather. The bar at the mouth of the Connecticut river is an impediment to navigation. Vessels of a moderate draught are often obliged to pass it with part of cargoes. The depth of water at the bar at spring tides is about 12 feet. A bridge is now being built across the river near this place, which will impair the commercial interests of Hart- ford and other cities on the river. The first building de- signed for the collegiate school, since named Yale College, was built here in 1700, and remained here 17 years. Fif- teen commencements were held here when after much oppo- sition it was removed. ^^EY]fIOlJR, 12 miles northwest of New ^y Haven, on the Naugatuck Railroad, a station and Cy^ town in New Haven County. New Haven Copper Works, Hendricks & Lissberger proprietors, office 255 Pearl street. New Y'ork. This firm is composed of three members, Mortimer Hendricks, L. Lissberger & Harmon Hendricks, under the firm name of Hendricks & Lissberger. Their mill is styled the New Haven Copper Works, originally in the possession of Wm. W. Goddard, a wealthy Boston merchant, whom the present firm succeed. Both the Messrs. Hendricks are grandsons of Harmon Hendricks, an old New York merchant, who estab- lished the first metal house in New York city, more than half a century ago. Their works are about 200 feet square, built in the most substantial manner of massive granite with a metal roof, situated on the Naugatuck River, of which stream they are the owners of \ the water power at this place. The fall of water is 18 feet. They employ from 35 to 40 hands and they claim that their machinery is the heaviest and most complete of any copper rolling mill in the country. The engine is Woodruff & Beach's make, 300 horse power ; the rolls are the largest in the United States, and there is but one set larger on the other side of the water ; they are 10 feet in length and weigh some 40,- 000 pounds. They produce from 4,000 to 5,000 pounds of manufac- tured copper daily, and also have a separate building for the manufacture of copper kettle and washboiler bottoms, of which they sell some 300,000 pounds annually. They have no agents, and sell their own goods at their office, 265 Pearl street, New York. Their superintendent has had 25 years' experience in the manufacture of copper, and is one of the most competent refiners this side of the Atlantic. Webb's N. E. Baihiay and Mamifadmers Statistical Gazetteer. 541 NEW HAVEN POPPER WORKS, SEYMOUR, CONN. o HENDRICKS & LISSBEEGER, Proprietors, MANUFACTURERS OF VnVVKW kETTLM A\U >VASII UOILKK UOTTOYIS. Office, 255 Pearl Street, New York. o I^Haviug the largest and most complete Rolling Mill in the United States, we have facilities for producing work unsurpassed. United States Pin Company. This company commenc- ed business in 1860, for the manufacture of pins. They occupy a building 40x90 feet, 3 stories and basement, ell 40 x20, 3 stories situated on the Naugatuck river, having a fall of 20 feet ; their machinery is driven by a water wheel of j 50 horse power. This company employ 40 hands, pro- ducing on an average 1200 packs of pins daily. The selling agei.ts of the company are Hitchcock & Castle. Billings Chaffee & Company, New York ; Roof, Calladay & Trout, Philadelphia. The officers of the company are Henry Hotchkiss, Presi- dent, J. I. Griffin, Secretary and Treasurer. S. Y. Beach commenced the manufacture of paper in 1850. The main building is 200.\60 feet, and is one and a half stories high. Uses Tally water wheel 3 feet ; two steam engines of 40 horse power, made by Fishkill Lauding and Machine Company. Two boilers, one made by Wood- ruff & Beach, the other by Pacific Iron Works, Bridgeport. Has three boilers of a capacity of four tons per week ; about 5J tons of the raw material are used per week. Rubber Manufactory, Julius Day. Commenced busi- ness in 1866; manufacture rubber pencils, penholders, &c., the building is of brick 200x50 feet, two stories high, and em- ploy 100 hands. Sylvester Smith occupies a 3 story building 114x46 fl. He manufactures all kinds of paper, except note. He also makes button boards. He employs 12 men, and produces 2,000 pounds paper daily. He runs 3 paper engines of 300 pounds each, a 48 inch cylinder and a 36 inch machine. The power is supplied by two 60 horse power water wheels, under 20 feet head. The main building is lOOx 200 feet, 4 stories; store house 50 x 100 feet, 1 story; rag house, 150x 100 feet, 1 story. The Douglass Manufacturing Co. has two immense factories — one at Arlington, Vt., and one at Seymour, Conn. The former is in charge of Mr. N. R. Douglass, employs 150 hands and turns out 3250,000 worth of mechanics' tools per year, including chisels and gauges of all kinds, calipers, di- viders, brad awls, plane irons, campasses, drawing knives, &c., &c. The works at Seymour are superintended by Mr. Charles Douglass, employ 200 to 250 hands, and produce an- nually §350,000 worth of augurs, bits, gimlets, cork screws, squares, &c. The pateol and exclusive right to manufacture Cook's boring implements are owned by this company. The aggregate production of these two factories exceeds that of all other similar establishments in the United States, and the quality of their goods is proverbially excellent, and having received merited recognition at the Paris Exposition in the shape of a medal. This triumph, won in the competition with the most celebrated edge-tool makers of England and the continental States, is something to be proud of. The spacious warerooms of the company, at 70 Beekman street. New York city, present a shining array of steel and polished iron that dazzles the eyes of the visitor. This branch of manufacture is constantly increasing in importance, with the growing demand for mechanics' tools. The Douglass Co. have aimed at perfection in the tools of their manufacture, and would seem to have approached it as nearly as it is pos- sible for human skill to do. ^^imSBURY, situated on the Farmington ^jy river, 34^ miles from Northampton, and 41J from (_y^ New Haven, on the Canal Railroad. The village is principally on one street, running north and south, contain- ing two churches, and has about 350 inhabitants. Stations in the State of Connecticut, SEYMOUR, CONN. Manufacturer of HARDWARE and MAXILLA PIP ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES. Horace Belden, distiller of refined rye gin. The busi- j ness was established by hi/; grandfather, Thomas Beldea, j over 50 years ago. This distillery is 108x45, south wiug 10x12, north wing 30x15, two stories ; employs 5 hands, us- ing 40 bushels graiu per day, making 2,000 gallons per month. His motive power consists of 4 turbine wheels of 25 horse power combined. Tot, Bickfokd & Co. commenced business in 1836, as manufacturers of patent improved safety fuse ; their works consist of 12 wood and stone buildings, the principal ones are, 1st, the cotton factory, where they manufacture their own coverings for the fuse, it is 30.'i80, two stories, of wood ; for ; running the machinery they have a 30 horse power breast i wheel. No. 2, is their coiling house, 40x40, three stories, j No. 3, machine shop, two stories, 24x30, stone ; here they use a 25 horse power breast wheel, aud a 20 horse power engiue, with tubular boiler, built by Titkin, Bros. & Co. They have two fuse shops, all built of stone, 24x60, 110x24, \ one story each. The remainder of their buildings are for store houses and powder magazines. OIJTH COVE.ITTRY, 35 miles from New Londou, and 65 from Grout's Corner, now Miller's Falls. A station in tlie town of Coventry, on tiie New London & Northern Railroad. The Wangombog a beautiful pond and the Skuugamug, Hop, and Willim- antic rivers give this town a good water power. This town was the gift of Mohegan Sachem, and was first settled in 1700. The surface is uneven aud the soil is a gravelly loam. This town is the birth-place of Captain Nathan Hale, who volunteered his services to AVashington, to discover the position of the enemy on Long Island ; the facts connected with this heroic act, are romantic, full of interest, and show the devotion he had for his country while his intended wife exhibited no less a nerve, when she knew of his execution, which took place September 22, 1776. His age was 22. This town is also the birth place of the late itinernant and eccen- tric preacher. Rev. Lorenzo Dow. J. O. PiTiiiN occupies two buildings 20x54 and 30x70 ft. respectively, for the manufacture of cotton batts aud wick. Employs 15 hands, aud produces 250 pounds wick aud 300 pounds batts per day Tlie machinery is driven by water wheel, under a fall of 'JJ feet. John M. Conway, agent in New York. O^ H a population of 1,500, contains 4 churches aud 1 savings bank. The SouxniNGTON Cutlery Co., incorporated in 1868, for the manufacture of pocket cutlery aud Smith's patent improved stocks and dies, with a capital of $50,000. R. A. Neal, Presideut, John Gridley, Secretary. Their main building is 30x60 feet, 2 stories, with addition 30x50 feet, 1 story ; lorging shop 25 feet square, 1 story. This company employ 80 hands, aud turn out about 31,000 dozen knives per year. The motive power is furnished from a 40 horse power steam engine with tubular boiler, made by the Pacific Iron Works. J. B. Savage commenced business in 1848. Manufac- turer ol' carriage bolts, shaft couplings, &c. ; turns out about 200 tons stock per year ; employs 40 hands, and uses for mo- tive power one of Woodruff & Beach's steam engines, of 40 horse power, his boiler was alao made by Woodruff & Beach. ^TNA Nur Co. This company was incorporated in 1868, with a capital of $20,000. R. A. Neal, President ; N. A. Barnes, Secretary, for the manufacture of machine forged nuts. Building 120x50, 1 story; employing 15 bauds. Their machinery consisting of 8 machines for turning out nuts, with planer, lathes, &c., are driven by a 30 horse power engine with tubular boiler made by the Pacific Iron Works. They make 1 ton nuts per day. Peck Smith Mascpacturisg Co. Incorporated in 1853. Capital $150,000. R. A. Neal, President; M. W. Beck- ley, Secretary aud Treasurer. This company manufacture all kinds hardware. Their main building is 240x40, 2 stories. The foundry building is 215x50, 1 story. For mo- tive power they use one of the Corliss Steam Engine Co.'s 80 horse power engines, 2 tubular boilers made by Pitkin Bros. & Co. Their No. 2 foundry is 32x55, 1 story with forging shop attached 140x32, 1 story. Here they have a 45 horse power engine, flue boiler made by Pacific Iron Works. Their malleable iron works building is 40x50, 1 I story wood shop for making boxes, turning, &C., is 30x80, j 2 stories, ell 40x30, 1 story. Motive power in this building is a 45 horse power engine made by Pacific Iron Works and 2 tubular boilers, also made by the Pacific Iron Works. Employ 350 hands aud turn out a large quantity of stock per month. Their brass foundry is 25x30, 1 story, where they make their own brass for their goods. The blacksmith's shop 75x60, 1 story, has 12 forges and 6 power forges or ' trip hammer forges. Power from main buildings. OUTHII¥GTOX, 54 miles from Northampton aud 77 from New Haven, on the New "aven & Nortliamptou Railroad. This villaj;e has ^^7 Merwinsvil KE]\T, a flag station between le and Kent on the Housatonic Railroad. Webb's N. E. RaUway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 543 ^ Ol'TH L,Y.HE, 38^ miles from New Haven, Hi from New London, 115 from New York, 117 ti-om Boston. A countrj- station on the Shore ^.OrXH IfOR^VALK, see Xorwalk. ^OL'THPORT, Fail-field County, 23| ^y miles from New Haven, 52 from New York, 135^ Cy^ from Providence and 186 from Boston, on the New York & New Haven Railroad. This is a pleasant vilhige and contains 3 chnrches, 2 banks, an academy, and public high school. It has a good harbor, and its tonnage is said to be larger in proportion to its size tiian that of any other port in tiie Union, amounting to 25,000 tons annuall_v. Pop- ulation about 12,000. ^OIJTH Wi:^^I>HAJI, 26 miles from ^y New London, 74 from Grout's Corner, 55 from (y^ , Providence and 35 from Hartford, a station on tlie New London & Northern, and Providence, Hartford & Fish- kill Railroads, in the town of Wiiidiiam. Guilford Smith & Co. manufacture woolen fellings I for paper makers. The business was established in the fall of 18G4 by Guilford Smith. The factory, which is built of I wood, is 75x35 feet and 3 stories high, having an L, also wood, 20x20 feet and 1 story in height. The employees num- I ber from 10 to 20, and they employ also quite a number of hands beside the regular mill operatives ; they have 5 broad looms, 1 jack and 112 spindles, making felt from 36 to 96 inches, only to order, and requiring from 1,500 to 2,000 lbs. of wool per month. The power is furnished by 1 back-shot wheel of 28 feet, having 4 feet buckets. Smith, AVixciiester & Co., established 1828, manufac- turers of all kiryls of paper machinery castings, agents for Jas. LefTel's patent water wlieel ; also agents and sole manu- facturers of Jordan & Eustice's patent engine. The main floor of machine shop contains 10,132 square feet; the building is 3 stories high. They employ from 70 to 80 men, using 26 engine lathes for turning iron, 5 hand lathes for turning iron, &e., and 5 planers. They use water power to operate the machinery, having in all 55 feet fall of water ; they have one overshot wheel, 28 feet in diameter, 5 feet length of buckets ; also one wheel which takes the water after it leaves tlie first wheel, being 26 feet in diameter, 6 feet buckets. The manufactory is located 30 miles south- east of Hartford. CosvERSViLLE CoMPAXT, B. AV. Piitten, Agent. This company was incorporated and establislied iul852 ; they manufacture fine doeskins. They occupy 4 buildings of the following dimensions : the main building, which is built of stone, is 115x36 feet, 4 stories and a basement ; one wooden building 100x30 feet, 2 stories and basement ; finishing building 100x28 feet, 2J stories, and picker house, which is built of stone, is about 40 feet square and 2 stories. They employ 75 hands, running 68 looms, 7 jacks, and re- quiring 1,000 lbs. of wool per day, wliich makes about 1,000 yards of goods in the same time. The power is de- rived from a 22 feet overshot water wlieel. There is also a fine 40 horse power engine ready to be used in case of necessity. Capital §30,000 ; tliese mills are pleasantly situated on high ground commaudiug a fine view, and are about half mile from the depot. Granite Mill Company, commenced the manufacture of sheetings and cotton cloth in 1843. They occupy a granite building 130x40 feet. Employ 100 hands and produce 1,- 300,000 yards sheetings yeaily. They run 5,000 spindles and 120 JIasou's looms, and use water power, having a fall of 27 feet. The water wheels are 25 feet in diameter. They consume 360,000 lbs. of cotton j'early. Stafford Loom Co. are the exclusive builders of the celebrated Stafford loom, R. W. Andrews patent. These looms have been in successful operation for seventeen years in nearly every State in the Union, and is the only genuine Staflx)rd loom. The business was established in 1866. They occupy a building 1 20x34 feet, and employ 25 hands. They use water power having a fall of 15 feet and one 36 inch Cuslmian wlieel. Stafford spRiifos. This is a ^^> small manufacturing town, and composed of several Cy^ small villages, there being about 2,500 inhabitants in the whole town. There are two mineral springs here, which have derived gi'eat re])Utation for the healing of many kinds of severe diseases. There is a large Iiotel whicli is always filled in the summer season with boarders, a large number of which are here to derive benefit from the springs and healthful atmosphere. It is situated 50 miles north-west from New London, on the New London & Northern Rail- road. There are in the whole town 3 Congregational, 1 Methodist, 1 Baptist and 1 Universalist church ; one bank only. The surface of the town is rough and in some parts mountainous, the soil coarse, hard and dry gravelly loam generally not very productive ; watered by the Furnace and Willimantic rivers. ^TA.IIFORD, Fairfield Cotmty, 39.J 'J^; miles from New Haven, 37 from New York, 151^ ^y from Providence, and 199 from Boston, on the New York and New Haven Railroad. This beautiful village is about half a mile north of the sta- tion, and is finely laid out, having wide shady streets, and fine drives. It is a noted summer resort, many wealthy citizens of New York reside here. Its Indian name was Rippoivams, and it was purchased of the natives for " twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets, twelve knives, two kettles, and four fathoms of white wampum." The soil of Stamford is a rich gravelly loam, well cultivated and very productive. The surface is undulating, presenting a great variety of delight- ful prospects. It is well watered by the Stamford or Trone River, and the Micanus River which runs through the west- ern part of the town. A canal has been cut from the Sound up to the village ; crossing this canal is a bridge built of stone and arched, from which is a fine view of the Sound is afibrded. This place was the residence of Hon. Abraham Daven- port, for many years one of the counsellors of the colony, and afterwards of the State. He was the son of Rev. John Davenport, the second minister of Stamford, and L'rnndson of Rev. John Davenport, the father of New lln. u ( ..\,,ny. Mr. Davenport was distinguished for his \ iu"inu< miud. Christian integrity, and for his uncommon finniie,--.-, of char- acter. An instance of his firmness is here quoted : "The 19lhof May, 1780, was a remarkably dark day; candles were lighted in many houses ; the birds were silent and disappeared, and the fowls retired to roost. The Legis- lature of Connecticut was then in session at Hartford ; a very general opinion prevailed that the day of judgment was at hand. The House of Representatives being unable to transact their business adjourned. A proposal to adjourn the Council was under consideration. When the opinion of Mr. Davenport was asked he answered : I am against an 544 Stations in the State of Connecticut. adjourument. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not ; if it is not, there is no cause for an adjouru- ment ; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that caudles may be brought." Harding, Smith & Co. commenced the manufacture of fancy cassimeres, chinchillas, cloakings, and silk mixtures, in 1«68, as successors to T. S. Hall, the business being for- merly carried on some six years. The main building of 230 x60, three stories, built of wood, with dye house, boiler house, &c. attached. The motive power is furnished by an 85 horse power Corliss engine, 3 boilers. They run 10 set, and 40 broad Thomas looms, that number being more than the reg- ular proportion tor the number of cards used. This compa- ny employ 160 persons, use 325,000 lbs. of wool per year. The weekly production being 6,000 yds. of fancy cassimeres. The mill is located in tiie western part of the village, on Mill river. A double Leifel water wheel has just been put in, having a capacity of 50 horse, the fall being 9i feet. John A. Smith, one of the firm, was formerly in sim'lar business in Burrillville, R. I. The firm is Wm. C. Harding, .Johu A. Smith, and John J. Shaw. The Phcenix Company occupy amain building 165x35, used for a wareroom, painting and trimming rooms, also, another building 40x60. This company manufacture carria- ges ; employ 35 persons, and do a business of about $65,- 000 per annum; thev commenced in 1850. The company is J. B. Reed, B. U. Lyon, and E. P. Whitney. J. B. Reed is the agent. J. D. Warren & Co., manufacturers of stoves, hollow ware, machinery, &c., commenced here in 1851. They oc- cupy a building 71x145, 1 story, another, 50x65 used for storage and otlice. A storing building 64x90, with numer- ous other buildings, the whole works covering about one acre. They employ 50 persons, and melt 5 tons of iron daily. J. B. Scholfield, I. Wardwell, and J. D. Warren, are the proprietors. The Stillwater Company established business in 1835, and manufacture round and square rods, carriage bolt rods, nut irou, lock spindle wire, &c. They employ 60 hands pro- duce daily 7 tons, and do a business of 8300,000 yearly. They have au engine of 85 horse power ; are located on Mill River, and have 20 feet fall of water. O TEPllEY, 10 miles from Bridgeport. j^5) A village containing 1 cimrch and 200 inhabitants, on C/^ the Housatonic Railroad. ^TERL.IIV€J, 29i miles from Prov 'J^S; dence, 603 from Hartford ; a country station in the •nof Sterlin; kiU Railroad. the Providence, Hartford & Fish- ^T0:Vi:VOT01f, l-2^miles from New Ty London, 49i from Providence, on the Stonington (_y^ and Providence Railroad, 138 from New York and 94 from Boston. The village is on a narrow point of land extending about half a mile south into the Sound. The harbor is protected by a massive breakwater of granite, constructed by the U. S. Government. The Wadawannuck Hotel is a summer resort occupying an entire square in the centre of the village. This is the eastern terminus of the Stonington line of boats for New York. A. B. Miller, occupies a building 60x40, near the water on the wharf for the manufacture of all kinds of castings generally. Employs 2 persons with intention of increasing to 10. "Mr. M. commenced business in 1868. The Standard Braid Co., located near the light house in the south part of the town, was incorporated in 1866, with a capital of $200,000. Occupy a stone building 3J stories 108x50 with ell 60x50, and addition 66x32, 2 stories. Employ 125 persons; running 300 braiding machines of American make, with a full set of English combing, draw- ing and spinning machines ; use up 180,000 lbs. of wool, and make 22,500,000 yards of braid per year. An engine of 70 horse power runs the machinery. ^TO]¥Y CREEK, 11 miles from New ^1^5) Haveu, 39 from New Loudon and 87 from New (_y^ York, ou the Shore Line Railroad ; a small harbor in which are productive oyster grounds, is located here. The •' Thimble Islands " are visited much in the summer, being only a few rods from the main land. This is the para- dise of sportsmen during the autumn months ; a great many ducks flock here at this time. ^TRATFORD, 14 miles from New ^*^ Haven, and 62 from New York, on the New York C/^ and New Haven Railroad. Settled in 1639. Indian name Cupheag. A station and town by the same name. The town is mostly level and free from stone ; rich meadows bor- dering on the" river and harbor. The principal street is one mile in length, running parallel with the Housatonic, at the month of which the village is located. General David Wooster was born here in 1711. CJfAECOTl (i)\) Hartford, 78J •COTTVIEEE, lU miles from from Providence, a flag station on the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. This village contains one church and about 200 inhabitants. Talcott Bros, commenced the manufacture of meltons and satinets in 1856, being successors to N. O. Kellogg. Thev run 2 mills, 72x40, 3 stories, with L, used as a dye hou.se, 200x40 and 24, 1 story; another mill 100x32, 3 stories ; employ 60 persons. A breast wheel, 12x15 and a 4 loot turbine wheel, supplies the power, the fall being 10 and 12 feet; situated on the Taucanhoosen River. The mills run 4 sets of woolen machinery and 32 looms ; con- sume 600 pounds of wool per day and produce 1,000 yards. CJfARIFFVlEEE, is situated on (tf 1) Branch road, about 1 mile from the Canal Railroad, connectm Granby, coutaini with the main road about 1^ miles below 400 inhabitants and 3 churches. Cff ERRYVIEEE, •2-2 miles from Hart- (%/ \) '°'''^' ^^- ™'*'^* f™™ Waterbury yillage, and 1 mile ^=^ west of depot. Population about 500 ; on the Provi- dence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Eagle Bit and BuCKiE Co. Incorporated in 1866, with a capital of $40,000, is situated |- mile east of depot. Oc- cupy building 80x30. with ell 80x30, 3 stories, also building adjoiuiug 70x30, 1 story. Employ 40 hands ; use an 80 horse power turbine wheel. A. Terry, President, T. N. Baldwin, Treasurer and Secretary. Andrew Terry & Co. manufacture malleable iron cast- ings. Commenced business in 1848. Foundry situated J mile west of depot. Building 380x45, one story. Employ 50 hands ; consume 300 tons of iron, and 600 tons of coal Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 545 per year ; produce 600 tons of malleable iron castings per 3'ear. Use 10 horse turbine Avheel. Wm. Wood & Co., manufacturers of pocket cutlery, commenced busines in 1867 ; situated half mile west ol the depot ; building 30x40 feet, 3 stories. Employ 30 hands ; was formerly of Waterville, Ct. Eagle Lock Co., established business in 1832, for the manufacture of cabinet and trunk locks and keys. They occupy 2 factories, tiie first is 100x40 feet, 3 stories, second 100x36 feet, with L 50x35 feet, and L 40x35 feet, all 3 sto- ries, besides iron house 80x24 feet ; baking room 40x24 ft. and office and packing rooms 90x40 feet, 2 stories. They employ 220 hands, and make a yearly sale of about $450,- 000 worth of the above named articles. They use water power mostly, but have 2 steam engines for use when water fails. The engines were made, one by Hewer & Phillips, of Newark, and one by Woodrufi" & Beach, of Hartford, 40 horse power each. Tlie factory is located on Pequabuck river ; liave 2 water wheels of 20 feet fall each. They manufacture 450 different kinds of locks, and finish about 15,000 locks each working dav. CJf HAI?IESVILL.E, a flag station on the (II I) New Loudon and Northern Railroad, one mile from ^==^ the city of Norwich. The present name has been recently given it, the former name being Cold Spring. Post Office address, Norwich. Mitchell Brotheks & Co., manufacturers of iron, as follows : Round, half-round, oval and half-oval, band, hoop, scroll Uncas horse-shoe shapes, and various other descriptions of iron, to order. The main building is 129x80 ft., of wood. Attached to it is an engine house 14 x 80 feet. Office, 18 x 25 feet, of wood ; store house 30 x 50 feet. There arc two engines used, the larger being of 100 horse power, and tlie smaller of 30 horse power, the two having G cylinder boilers 30 feet by 30 inches. There are 3 sets of rolls, and 3 fur- naces, using 2,000 tons of scrap iron per year. Thomas Mitchell and his sons, John and Tiiomas, commenced the present business in the year 1845. Mr. John P. Hunt was also associated with them as partner. The present company consists of Jolm Mitchell, George Coit and A. W. Gibbs. Thamesville Ljon Works. Post Ottice address, Nor- wich. This company was incorporated in 1863, with a cap- ital of $20,000, for the manufacture of merchant bar iron. The main building is 90x125 feet, 1 story, of wood, with an L 40x40 feet. The employees number 40, turning out about 145 tons per month, and running 3 furnaces and 2 sets of roUs. Two steam engines — one of 100 and the other 40 horse power — furnish the necessary power. There is also 1 of Harrison's celebrated non-explosive cast iron boilers, of which the company speak in the highest terms. There are also 3 ordinary flue boilers, each 24 feet long and 4 feet (^HO]fIPSOIV, 233 miles from Worces- (II I) ter, 36J from Norwich. A station and town on the ^ — - Norwich and Worcester Railroad. West Thompson, a village containing several churches, is situated about one mile west of the depot. The French river meets the Quin- nebaug near the centre of the town, and Five Mile river issu- ing from several ponds, waters the eastern part. The Indian name of the town is Quinnetessett. C^HO]fIPSOI%VICL.E, the largest (11 1) town between Springfield and Hartford, being 9 ^ — ' miles from the former and 17 miles from the latter city, and 129 miles from New York. It is situated on the left bank of the Connecticut River, and on a clear day can be seen for miles around ; lia-i a population of nearly 3,000 and 5 churches. Situated on the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. Enfield Manufacturing Co., incorporated in 1845, capital $400,000, Wm. Hoge, President ; William L. Hoge, Treasurer ; S. J. Weston, Superintendent, manufacturers of shirts and drawers, running 15 sets woolen machinery. Mo- tive power 125 horse Woodruff & Beach engine. Tney have 6 flue boilers, also made by Woodruff & Beach. Hazardville Bonnet Co., incorporated 1866, A. D. Bridge, President ; Wra. Gordon, Secretary. They occupy 3 buildings, the main building being 30x44 feet, 3 stories ; employ 25 hands, manufacturing Shaker goods, doing a business of 825,000 per annum. C^fOELiAAD A: (U J -t-t miles from New 1 ^^ Corner, (now Miller's Falls.) A station London and Northern Railroad, for the conveni inliabitants living in the towns of the same name, of both is rather sterile, mountainous and unevei WIL,EI>GTOI¥, London, and 56 from Grout's tlie New of the The land OL.L.ES, 25 miles from Hartford and 7J from Waterbury. A country station on the Provi- dence, Hartford Fishkill Railroad. m lIO:%' €ITY, 30 miles from Bridge- port, on the Naugatuck Railroad. A small village of about 800 inhabitants. TuTTi.E & Whittemore, Commenced business in 1857. Manufacturers of malleable iron. Foundry situated opposite depot and consists of 4 buildings, 1st, 250x50, 1 story, two wings 60x45, and 70x30, moulding ; 2d, 90x45, 1 story, packing room and store house ; 3d, 30x20, 1 story, pattern room ; 4lli, office is connected with depot. Use a 20 horse power Woodruff & Beach engine, boiler made by Pacific Iron Works. This firm turn out 50 Ions malleable iron cast- ings per month. M. Terrel commenced business 1868, manufacturing buttons, employs 12 hands ; building 60x25 with ell 50x20, 1 story, using 150 pounds ivory, and turning out 40 gross buttons per day. Six horse power turbine wheel. E. F. Smith commenced business 1868, successor of A. Smith & Son, who commenced business 1858, manufacturer of ivory, bone and horn buttons ; building 75x18, 1 story, 2 wings 15x12, 1 story. Employs 20 hands, using 5 tons stock per month, and turning out over 200 gross per day. Uses a 12 horse power turbine wheel. Godfrey & Terrel commenced business 1866. Manu- facturers of brass, German silver and steel thimbles ; 80x 40, 2 stories. Employ 20 hands ; turning out 100 gross thimbles per day, and using about 2,000 lbs. stock per month. G. L. Smith commenced business 1853. Button manu- facturer. Employs 20 hands and uses about 500 lbs. tin, 200 lbs. brass, 150 lbs. white metal and turns out over 300 gross buttons per day. His building is 60x20, 2 stories. Power derived from a IQ horse overshot wheel. Naugatuck Machine Co., incorporated 1852. Capital $18,000. J. L. Esbell, President; E. Smith, Secretary. Manufacturing mill gearing, woolen and button machinery, presses, drops, &c., building 130x40, 2 stories. Employ 16 546 hands : using l.iO tons of iron, &c., per year. Power used 20 hor.-e overshot wheel. Union Knife Co. incorporated in 1850 ; capital $30,000. J. A. Peck, President ; E. B. Mallett, Secretary ; building 100x24, 3 stories, ell 40x24, for the manufacture of pocket cutlery. Employ 125 hands, using 50 lbs. steel per day and turning out 3,000 dozen knives per month. This company use a 30 horse power wheel, and 20 horse steam engine, flue boiler. CoNNECTicrx Cutlery Co. incorporated 18G6; capital $24,000. II. Twitcliell, President ; L. D. Warner, Secre- tary and Treasurer ; manufacture cast steel shears and pock- et cutlery. This company mauufacture Twitchell's celebrated patent knife. Their works as follows : 1st, 120x40, 2 stories, making handles, &c. 2d, 22x30, 1 story, forging and wood house. 3d, 14x20, 1 story, japanning for shears. 4th, 16x22, 1 story, office and packing room. Employing 60 hands, using about 3,500 pounds stock, and turning out about 700 dozen knives and sliears per month. Stations in the State of Connecticut. ijrl Farmington River, 6 miles ^■^^^ New Haven and 5 from Co! A€rE, situated on the from Plainville, 33 from llinsville, on the Collins- village contains about 800 inhabitants ville Branch. U and 3 churches. CoWLES Paper Co.. established 1868, L. Richardson, President; George Dunham, Secretary andTreasurer. They occupy 1 main building 45x60 feet, with an L 47x27 feet ; machine room 22x72 feet, with boiler house and sizing room, 18x45 feet. They employ 17 hands, use 3 engines and 1 machine, consume about 650 tons stock and chemicals, and produce about 350 tons Manilla paper per annum. The power is furni.^^hed by a water wheel under 18 feet fall. illER]%0:\, 77f miles from Providence, Tlj 12^ from Hartford, on the Providence. Hartford & ^^ Fishkill Railroad. The Kockville Branch joins the main road here. The Hockanum and Tankerooson or Tauc- anhoosen rivers water the town. R. B. Parker occupies a mill near the depot for the man- ufacture of cotton warps, commenced here in 1866. The mill was built iu 1853, 108x32 feet, 2 stories and attic; employs 15 persons, and consumes 200 pounds of cotton per day ; runs 800 spindles, 2 speeders and 6 spinning frames. A 22x16 breast wheel supplies the power; located on the Taucanhooson river with a fall of 22 feet. Phcenix Mills were incorporated in 1867 with a capital of S25,000. M. S. Fuller, President, T. Tyler, Ageut, Se- cretary and Treasurer. The mill is 100x34 feet, 3 stories, wood, with L 75x29 feet, 2 stories, basement of stone. Run 1,400 spindles; consumes 1 ton of cotton, and pro- duces 1,600 pounds of satinet and cotton warps per week, No. 20 yarn. The mill is situated on the Taucanhoosen river J mile from the depot, the fall being 18| feet. The power is supplied by an 18x17 breast wheel; employs 23 persons. m <^[^rOI.COTTVILLE, 52 miles from Bridgeport. A small uuinufacturing village, with a population of about 2000 on the Nauga- tuck Railroad, increasing very rapidly ; located in the town of Torrington. The surface of this town is quite uneven, the soil is adapted to grazing ; two branches of the Naugatuck river meet at Wolcottville. This village is situated in a val- ley, lind owes its rise principally to Oliver Wolcott, who was Governor of Connecticut, in Revolutionary times. (See Litchfield.) Redfield & Rice Manufacturing Co. Incorporated 1852, capital 8300.000, for the manufacture of spoons, knives, and forks, (they also have a large mill at Brooklyn, New York, where they manufacture all kinds of table sil- ver ware.) Their building is 125x30, 3 stories, employing 60 hands and manufacture 10,000 dozen spoons, knives and forks per month, using 20.000 pounds silver and German sil- ver. Power, overshot wheel, 40 horse. E. W. Sperry, Superintendent at mill, James Rice, Secretary and Treasur- er, J. H. Redfield, President. Office 4 Maiden Lane, New York. CoE Brass Manufacturing Co., established 1863, with a capital of $205,000, for the manufacture of brass, Ger- man silver and brass wire, P. F. Parsons, Treasurer ; L. W. Coe, President. Their rolling mill is a 1 story stone build- ing, 90x100: wings, also built of stone, 39x110, 2 stories, where they manufacture wire rivets ; 46x50, 1 story, cop- per rivets and burs; 117x32, 1 story, casting and scrap work ; 20x44, 1 story, rolling room ; office, also built of stone, 24x32 ; employ 75 persons. The power consists of one 75 horse power turbine and one 150 horse power overshot wheel. This company also own the Wolcottville Manufac- turing Company, incorporated 1864, and employs 25 per- sons, using 100 lbs. copper, turning out about 1,000,000 percussion caps per day. They occupy 4 buildings — 1st building, manufacture of caps, 40x30, 2 stories ; 2d building, charge rooms for caps, 30x25, 1 story ; 3d building, powder house, 30x20, 1 story ; 4th building, office, packing room and box shop, 30x30, 2 stories. They use a 25 horse power turbine wheel to drive their machinery. David Vaile, carriage manufacturer of all kinds, com- menced business in 1854, and now employs 12 persons and makes about 100 carriages per year. His buildings consist of engine house, wood-work and painting shop 60x40, 2 stories; engine, J. C. Hoadley's make, 10 horse power; blacksmith and trimming shop, 50x25, 2 stories ; storehouse, 40x20, 2 stories. Turner, Seymour & Judd, manufacturers of brass goods. Office, 64 Duane street, New York. R. L.Smith, Secretary and Treasurer ; E. Turner, President. E. M. Judd, Super- intendent at mill. Capital $160,000. They occupy 8 build- ings, which are as follows, viz. : Building No. 1, 140x40 ft., 1 story, iron foundry, 40 horse power turbine wheel ; No. 2, 80x45, 3 stories, tinishiug shop for iron goods, L's 30x25, 2 stories, 30x25, 3 stories ; No. 3, 80x25, 3 stories, paper box manufactory, packing room and office ; No. 4, 30 x 30, 1 story, brass foundry, 20 horse power turbine wheel ; No. 5, 50x25, 1 story, finishing and cleaning; No. 6, 100x40, 3 stories, manufactory of brass goods, this and No. 5 have a 30 horse power turbine wheel ; No. 7, 25 X 30, 1 story, japanning, &c. ; No. 8, 40 x 20, 1 story, blacksmith and carpentering. They use about 9 tons brass, 25 tons pig iron and 2 tons iron wire, &c., and ship about 28 tons iron and brass ware per month. Union Manufacturing Co. Capital $50,000. Incorpo- rated 1845. F. N. HoUey, President; R. HoUey, Agent; J. B. Rose, Superintendent. Four set mill ; employ 65 hands. Size of mill, 120x40, 5 stories, including attic; dry and boiler house 100x24, 50 horse power engine of Putnam Ma- chine Co.'s pattern, tubular boilers ; also, 2 turbine wheels of 60 horse power. Office, store house and sorting room, 100 x32. This mill uses about 150,000 lbs. wool, and turn out about 140,000 yards fine ^ doeskins per year. Wi '^f^t AtjUOS, 51J miles from Providence, aud 38^ from Hartford. A country station on the Providence. Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 547 m ALil^IIVGFORD. A village of 2000 inhabitants; settled in May, 1668. The depot being located on the plain, one-eighth of a mile from the centre of the place. The village is built on two par- ellel streets, which are shaded by fine elm and other orna- mental trees. The Beach House, a summer resort, is situ- ated here in the centre of the place. The other hotel is kept by Dwight Hall, and is one of the oldest in the State. At thishouseGen. Washington stopped Oct. 18th and 19th, 1789, then kept by Jeremiah Carringtou. The village is the cen- tre of a fine farming district and commands an extended view of the surrounding country. Situated 12 miles from New Haven, 24 Irora Hartford, 86 from New York, on the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. The works of Wallace, Simpson & Co. are located about aquarter mile west of the depot, in a brick building 160x3.5 three stories, built in 1867. They employ 80 persons for the manufacture of spoons and forks. The power is furnish- ed by 2 Kilbourn, Lincoln & Co. water wheels, 7.x9 feet in diameter respectively, the fall being 9 feet. This company use 30,000 lbs. of metal per month ; all of their ware being taken by the Meriden Britannia Co. for whom they are man- ufactured. Gatlord Bros, commenced here the manufacture of gira- blcts and boring tools in 1864. The building is about 30x 50, 2 stories. Employ about 15 persons. The power is furnished by a 24 feet breast wheel, the fall being 21 feet, located on Waterman's Brook, a branch of the Quinnipiac, about one mile from the depot east. Mr. Campbell, manufactures cork screws ou the same stream employing 3 persous in a building 20.\30. The Pumeroy Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1856, with a capital of S15,000 for the manufacture of but- tons of every variety. The manufactory is located about f mile from the depot east, covering about J acre. The pow- er is furnished by an overshot wheel, the fall here being 16 feet. The stream is called Waterman's Brook. This com- pany do a business of 820,000 per year. L. Pomeroy, Pres- ident ; F. Miller, Secretary and Treasurer. Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. were incorporated July, 1866, with a capital of $125,000. Samuel Simpson, Presi- dent, Gurdon W. Hall, Secretary, Friend Miller, Treasurer. They occnpy a main building 30x114, 4 stories, built of wood, another 50x24, 3 stories, used as an office and pack- ing room, one 80x28, 1 story, for castings, and work shop, and other small buildings. This company employ 130 per- sons ; the manufactory is located on Waterman's brook, from which they obtain water to drive their machinery. The wheel used Is a 24 feet breast, with a fall of 21 feet. This company manufacture all grades of silver plated and Britan- nia ware, using 3 tons of metal per month and 800 ounces of silver. The annual production being $225,000. Elihu Hall & Co. were incorporated January, 1864, for the manufacture of carriage wheels, spokes, hubs, &c., with a capital of $15,000. E. Hall, President ; E. H. Ives, Sec- retary and Treasurer. This company are successors to E. Hall & Sons, who commenced here in 1856, the business be- ing previously established by the father in 1835. The main building is 40 x 80, 3 stories, built of wood, with an addi- tion 30x50, 2 stories. A 25 horse power engine, made by M. & T. Sault Mfg. Co., New Haven, supplies the power for the shop. This company manufacture about 400,000 spokes and 2,000 sets of wheels per year. They are the only man- ufacturers of Warner's patent wheel, which they claim to be superior to any other, being light and serviceable. The works are located near the depot, and can be seen from the cars of the Hartford & New Haven Railroad. oSl^'^ ^^^^AREHOIJSE POIIVT, situated efi bauk of the Connecticut river. The village is about a mile below the depot, opposite Windsor Locks. A ferry boat plies between these two vil- lages, carrying whatever freight or passengers that may want to cross. AVarehouse Point is situated 13 miles from Springfield and Hartford, and 125 miles from New York, on the New Ha- ven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad, has a population of about 1,200, and 3 churches. Broad Brook Co. is located at the village of Broad Brook, 4J miles from this station. The mill is 275x44 feet, 4 sto- ries, built of .stone, with boiler room and dry house attached, 150.x44, and a dye house 120x35. The power is furnished by a breast wheel and a 150 horse power engine, built by Woodruff & Beach, with 3 boilers, 2 of them return flue and 1 tubular. They manufacture about 30,000 yards of fancy cassimeres per month ; employ 200 persons, and use 40,000 lbs. wool per month. The mill contains 13 sets of woolen machinery. This company own about 100 tenements, being most of this village. Office of the company, 209 and 211 State street, Hartford. Incorporated 1849, with a capital of $200,000. H. Blanchard, President ; B. Hooker, Treas- urer ; C. J. Burnell, Secretarv. ^^V ATERBrRY, 3'iJ miles from Hart fonl, at the terminus of the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad, and on the Naugatuck Rail road. Waterbury is situated in a valley which is washed by Mad river on the east and the Naugatuck on the west ; the central part is about a mile in breadth. On either side hills gradually rise to a considerable elevation, presenting to the eye the galleries of an amphitheatre, the place farming an area. A beautiful square is situated in the centre of the place, shaded by ancient trees and presenting an inviting appearance. The number of polls is 1,521 ; the poll tax $1.00. The amount of taxable property in 1868 w-as $6,900,005 ; the number of voters about 2,500. There are 7 churches, 4 banks, 4 hotels, and a public library, called the Bronson Li- brary, founded on a legacy of $200,000 donated to the city for a library by Silas Bronson, of New York. We quote from the Boston Commercial Bulletin, to whom we are indebted for many valuable statistics and much valu- able information. "• When the traveler alights for the first time from the cars at Waterbury, Connecticut, and steps upon the platform of the depot — a building, by the way, of marked architectural tawdriness, he hears a sound he never heard before. Through the hissing of steam, the rattle of brakes and clat- ter of feet, there comes to his wondering cars da-a-a-ng — a deep bass sound, tapering off in a low contralto. Scarcely have his ears attained that perpendicularity supposed to be expressive of intentest listening, when cla-a-orng — it comes again, this time from another direction. Looking up the track, the mysterious clangor assails him from a mass of great brick structures ; looking down the track it assails him from another mass of great brick structures. Musing and mystified, he gets into a waiting hack and is driven to the hotel ; but the clangor rides behind his carriage as Dark Care sat behind the horseman, and as he emerges and mounts the steps of the Scovill House, the last sound that reaches him ere he passes the threshold is da-a-a-ng. Is it a haunted city? he wonders. Has Vulcan set up a forge in the great hills that surround it? Or have Hendrick Hudson and his crew taken to playing bowls in this pleasant valley of the Naugatuck? 548 Stations in the State of Connecticut. Prefenlly his solicitude is relieved. He is told that it is only brass, an explanation ivith -nhich, for the moment, he is compelled to content himself. "■ Brass," he knows, makes a good deal of noise in the world, but he never heard of its making a noise like this. This clangor is the voice of Waterbury, and it is heard from one end of the Union to the other. It is not musical to the common ear ; but to the people of that lovely little city it is as sweet as the strains of " The Mother's Prayer" dropping from Ole Bull's violin. Surely, the body with such a voice must be worth seeing. Brass is the life of Waterbury ; but for it the city would be no city, and its name would cover a feeble and straggling village. Naturally the people respect brass. Brass the ma- terial is meant, not brass the ideal. For, though the great poet says that " men's evil manners live in brass," this is not true of Waterbury, where manners are silvern rather than brazen. So much material brass, it would seem, en- ables the inhabitants of Waterbury to dispense with the ideal and more popular article, and in consequence, they consti- tute a community in which modesty seems to be regarded as a real vii tue, and not a trumpet blown lor individual lauda- tion. What is not made of brass here it would be easier to tell than what is. You hear it, small if, see it, feel it every- where ; in the button on your military cap, in the burner of your lamp, in the pin which you stick in your collar, the stairs of your hotels and public buildings are plated with it ; your chair is mended with it ; Bridget in the kitchen pushes her clumsy needle with it ; it is the brazen age in Water- bury. And here is a good place for saying a word of deserved eulogy upon this city and its people, so far as their charac- teristics can be appreciated during a brief acquaintance with them. A neater, more orderly, and, in all respects, agreea- ble city does not exist in all New England. Nature has done much for it in the gilt of two pretty streams — the Naugatuck and the Mad — that dart through the valley where it lies ; but the public spirit of its people has done more. To the latter are due the well-kept streets, the handsome public buildings, the cosy park, rescued from the damp destiny of an alder swamp, the lofty, spreading trees that shade its thorough- fares, the cemetery so alluring in its simple, neath' rural beauty, that one almost longs to lie down in it and be at rest beneath the shimmering leaves, and amid the rustle of flow- ers and the song of birds ; and the water works, built last year, at a cost of nearly §200,000. One accounts for this unusual public spirit mainly by the fact that the factories — which constitute the wealth of the place — are almost wholly owned by residents, who feel a personal pride in the welfare and beauty of their city. How all this beauty and comfort and solid prosperity have been rolled out of brass, we shall try to show. Waterbury lies on the Naugatuck river, on the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad, and Naugatuck Railroad. It is distant about 33 miles from Hartford, 94 from New York, — and tliis latter remoteness constitutes its principal disadvantage — about ICO from " the Hub." It numbers 15,000 souls, and a busier, happier community is nowhere gathered within municipal limits. It is a child, 212 years old, by the way of Farmington, Conn. In 1657, some adventurous Farmingtonians wander- ed off to seek their fortunes and perhaps to found an empire. Halting near the site of Waterbury, they decided to remain, but they reckoned without their Indians, for these gentry were so sedulous in their attentions that the colonists could not render an adequate return. So they moved across the river and established their household gods about the spot where now a handsome brown .stone City Hall rears its im- posing front (about which structure it may be said, as of the Boston City Hall, that it is so hedged about with oiher buildings that one must go up in a balloon to get a fair view of it.) But they did not thrive very well. They were simply farming folks, dependent on Mother Earth for sus- tenance and employment ; brass foundries and copper stocks were unknown in those days. But Mother Eartii did not treat them very well. The soil was poor and they knew not how to improve it. But, with true Yankee pluck, they toiled along, year after year, " making both ends meet," only by a vigorous final jerk. They grew little in number and none in wealth. At the end of a hundred- years their descendants were hardly better off than themselves. Until within sixty years the poverty of Waterbury was a proverb : " poor as Waterbury," said her more fortunate neighbors, half pitiful, half-derisive. The earliest manufacturing enterprise, of which the re- cords of Waterbury give any account, was conducted by Lieut. Ard Welton, who made a few guns during the Revo- lution. In 1790, James Harrison began to make wooden clocks, shoe heels, reels, &c. He did not do a strictly cash business, it appears, for, in the account of Capt. Sam. Judd, a taverner, that gentleman stands indebted to one clock, £4, and credited with 1 gin-sling, 7d., and one load of wood, 2s. 6d. But this miscellaneous business was the germ whose due development came in time, and Waterbury has now two extensive clock factories, in which almost every part of the work is done by machinery — the clocks being made of brass, of course. About 1800, Harrison built a water wheel, the first ever used in the town. His mill property passed through several hands — none of which made it profitable — and final- ly came into possession of the American Suspender Compa- ny, which establised in 1843, has built up an extensive and prosperous business. But Waterbury, more truly than any other community, may affirm " on Fortune's cap we are the very button." She has sprung from a button. Her coat of arms should be a hoxiton d'or. But for buttons she- would have had no brass, and without brass, the proverb " poor as Waterbury'," might have been current to this day. Who made the first button in the town, is yet an open question, and probably will al- ways remain open. History gives the credit to Samuel and Silas Grilley, who flourished prior to 1800 ; but she supplies no particulars. Tradition says that some man, whose name has not been handed down, being too poor to buy buttons, for his own clothes, made some in a rude way. But only the bare record of his deed remains. It is known, however, that the first metal buttons made were cast in pewter moulds ; eyesof the same material were used for a while, but soon eyes of wire replaced them. In 1802, Abel and Levi Por- ter, Daniel Clark and Silas Grilley, began to make gilt but- tons, employing 8 or 9 hands, and using $3 worth of gold in gilding a gross of buttons. Ihey used to carry ingots of brass to Litchfield to be roll in an iron mill. In 1808, Da- vid Hayden became a partner in the firm, and soon after, they bought an extensive mill property, and for the first time used water power in the manufacture of buttons. In 1811 there came on the stage a man who, for half a century, was one of Waterbury's most active, able and hon- ored citizens. A man of large intelligence, shrewd foresight and comprehensive views, he thoroughly appreciated the re- sources and needs of his town ; he saw that her only road to success lay through manufactures. His name was James M. L. Scovill. In 1811 he, his brother, AV. H. Scovill, Frederick Leavenworth and David Hayden began the man- ufacture of gilt buttons. They bought an old mill property, and thereby hangs a tale. In the deed of convej-ance from the town, or the original proprietors, there was a stipulation that a public grist mill should always be maintained on the property. Years passed away after the purchase, the business of the Scovills and their partners had reached enormous proportions, and where once a rude little mill ground the scanty grists of the neigh- Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufactureis' Statistical Gazetteer. 549 boring farmers, rose immense structures of brick, crammed with machinery and noisy with the voice of steam and the clangor of metals. The former existence of a grist mill on this spot was as generally forgotten as was the fact that Lieut. Ard Welton had made guns in the town three-quar- ters of a century before. But suddenly, on the information of certain old gentlemen, with a liking for litigation and an- tiquarian investigations, the owners of this great manufac- turing establishment were summoned into court, charged with a breach of the covenant in their deed, by which they were bound to maintain a public grist mill. The whole com- munity was amazed and alarmed ; what could the Scovills do, they wondered ; would they have to give up the property, or would they escape with a heavy pecuniary mulct? The public suspense was not long. Mr. Scovill (J. M. L.) promptly came into court and made answer that they had always maintained a public grist mill in accordance with the covenant on the deed, and if the public had any grists to grind they had only to bring them to mill. Then accom- panying the old gentleman who had instigated the action, and certain representatives of the town, to the great shops, he had a piece of the flooring lifted up and showed them a pair of mill-stones in perfect order, and ready to run upon demand." MAiSUFACTURES. Scovill Maxufactcring Co. Warehouse, 4 Beekman street, and 36 Park Row, New York. The ground occu- pied by the main buildings has been used for manufacturing purposes ever since the settlement of the town, about the year 1C80, the privilege then being used for the first corn mill ever erected in Waterbury. The business of the pre- sent establishment dates from the year 1811 — 58 years ago, when Frederick Leavenworth, David Ilayden and James 3L L. Scovill, there comipenced the manufacture of buttons, under the firm style of Leavenworth, Ilayden & Scovill. In 1827 the firm was changed to J. M. L. & W. II. Scovill, brothers, and so continued until 1850, when the Messrs. Scovill admitted some of their employees to an interest in the concern, forming a corporation under the name of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. Here are made innumerable varieties of goods included in the business of rolled brass, German silver, zinc, etc., the stand- ard specialties being metal and cloth buttons, (which occupy two distinct factories,) kerosene lamp burners, brass hinges, brass and German silver thimbles, pliotographic materials, metal blanks, etc., all of which are being coutiuually made ; while of other styles of goods the number is, as we have said, countless, because comprising daily accupiulating new in- ventions, sent hither to be manufactured from the above named materials, and endless in variety of purposes, styles, shapes and sizes. In all the departments about 300 operatives, of both sexes and all ages, are employed, their wages ranging from S3 a week to $6 and $8 a day, — machinists, the most expert, commandiug higher wages than artisans in other depart- ments. As a rule, the 10 hour system is observed, although in some branches the work is done by the piece, and the time is varied. As an instance of the magnitude of the business we will state that the annual sales amount to about $1,000,000; and from $300,000 to $400,000 worth of stock is usually on hand. 1,000 tons of coiil and 2,000 cords of wood" are consumed in a year. Of copper, 600,000 lbs., atid of nick- el, zinc, and other metals. 400,000 lbs., are used up annual- ly, in the manufacture of brass, or other articles — large quantities of zinc being emploj-ed in the manufacture of pa- tent fruit-jar covers, at the rate of many thousand gross in a year. The cost of new tools and machinery, repairs, al- terations, etc., during the year 1867 was upwards of $60,000. Both steam and water power (Mad river) are used, and combined they amount to about 300 horse power. All descriptions of manufactures are sent from the fac- tory by railroad and steamboat, to the warehouse in New York, whence they are sent throughout the American conti- nent, to Europe (chiefly England,) and other foreign parts. The company has a resident Agent in Liverpool, Mr. Israel Holmes, a native of "Waterbury, through whom they contin- ually receive such French, German and English goods as are required in their manufactures, and in connection with their other business in New York. Besides the above fac- tories, the Scovill Manufacturing Company have one at New Haven, for the production of every description of photo- graphic cases, frames, cameras and apparatuses, and another in New York Citj'. The warehouse in New York, which is 160x60 feet, com- prises three floors, and fronts on Park Row, Beekman and Nassau streets, and is presided over by the experienced res- ident Agent, Mr. Samuel Holmes, a gentleman who has been in the business from boyhood and has been contin- uously connected with this establishment for nearly 30 years. The names of the founders of this establishment and their successors are honorably identified with the history of the town from its earliest days down to the present, and the dis- tinction won for their families is worthily upheld by the multiplied works of general usefulness in which the institu- tion is so prolific. Good works are another Jacob's ladder, on which angels are forever ascending and descending ; and ) surely, if to direct human energy and skill to works of gen- ' eral human advantage, tirelessly, persistently and well, be an honor above the emptiness of praise, speaking eloquent- ly before the throne of the great Artificer, who ceases not to hear and to reward, then the works of an establishment like this, beneficent in all its influences, have a nobler significa- tion than mere prosperity in worldly things. They raise the humble artisan to the height of divine prospects, and his I conscientious employer also to the surety of rewards more substantial than earth can bestow ; they disclose the path to heaven, and say to all the guides and guards, the sons and daughters of toil, fail not, nor weary of well-doing, for con- tinuing in such, with earnest faith, beyond the skies awaits your sure reward. The Benedict & Bcrnham Mandf'g. Co., was founded by Deacon Aaron Benedict, who was born in that part of Waterbury, which is now Middlebury, August 9, 1785. At an early age he became a member of Yale College, but after eighteen months was obliged to leave on accoimt of ill health. He returned to Waterbury in 1804, and became a partner of Joseph Burton, in mercantile business, which they carried on without much profit till 1812. He then commenced the manufacture of bone and ivory buttons ; but this business after several years trial, not proving satisfactory, he became connected in 1823, with Bennet Bronson, of Waterbury, and Nathan Smith, Wm. Bristol and David C. DeForest, of New Haven, in the gilt button business, under the partnership name of " A. Bene- dict." He was the general partner, and had the exclusive management of the concern. The prosperity of Water- bury, as a manufacturing town, may be said to date from the formation of this company ; though the gilt button busi- ness had been established and carried on to a limited ex- tent for^ many years. The capital was $6,500. Many discouragements at first embarrassed the enterprise, but per- severance finally secured success. Skilful artisans were ob- tained from England. It was the first aim to make a good article, and the second to obtain good prices. Buttons gilded with something better than " dandelion water," were first sent to market in the spring of 1824. Goods of the 550 Stations in the State of Connecticut. Aaron Benedict, Pres. Chas. Benedict, Treas. Clias. Dickinson, Sec'ry. BENEDICT & BURNHAM MANUFACTURING CO. WATERBURY, CONN. Wire and Tubiug, Brass and Copper Rivets aud Burs ; Brass and German Silver Castings, to order ; Copper, Spelter, rSTiolile, Ing-ot IVXetal, JaL COAL OIL lam:i» tr,ii\lviiivg^s. BUTTS AND HINGES. DEPOTS — 68 P^ederal Street, Boston, and Corner of Fifth and Commerce Streets. Philadelphia. value of about S5,000 were made during this year. Soon after the formation of the company, Benjamin DeForest, of Watertown, aud Alfred Piatt, of Waterbury, became mem- bers by purchase. The partnership was renewed in 1827, aud the capital increased to $13,000. The second partnership expired Feb. 2d, 1829, when a new one was formed under the naine of Benedict & Company, with a capital of $:?0,000. Mr. Benedict's partners were Israel Coe, Bennet Bronsou, Benjamin De Forest, Alfred Piatt and James Croft. In addition to their old busiuess, they dealt in merchandise, and rolled brass for market. They had previously, as early as 1825, made brass for their own use and sold some, but this was not then considered an important branch of their business. Thenceforth it became so. On the 10th day of Feb. 1834, the copartnership of Ben- edict & Co. expired, and a new one, witli a capital of $40,- 000, was entered into, with the name of Benedict & Burn- ham. The partners were Aaron Benedict, Gordon W. Burnham, Benuet Bronson, Alfred Piatt, Henry Bronson, Samuel S. De Forest and John De Forest. The two first were the general partners and agents of the company. Mr. Benedict continued to have charge of the business at home, which was prosecuted with great energy and success for the next three years. By his pi-udence and skill, the company was carried through the financial crisis of 1837, without dis- honor or serious loss. The copartnership was renewed March 16, 1838, with a capital of $71,000. and again March 11, 1840, with a capital of $100,000. Previous to this last date, or in 1839, the second financial crisis came on, which was followed by a prolonged depression in business. The company made nothing for three years. On the 14th of January, 1843, tiie company of Benedict & Burniiam gave place to the " Benedict & Burnham Man- ufacturing Company," a joint stock corporation, the first formed in the town, under wliich name the business is still carried on. The capital was $100,000. Mr. Benedict was chosen President, which office he has held ever since. In 1848 the capital was augmented to $200,000, and in 18.56 to $400,000. The business has been regularly and con- stantly increasing from 1824 to the present time. The mak- ing of German silver became an important branch of it at an early period ; so did the drawing of brass and copper wire. The company now manufacture .almost exclusively, sheet brass, Germau silver, brass and copper wire and brass and copper tubing. A business which was started years ago on a most diminutive scale, has now become one of the most important in the United States, with an invested capi- tal of $1,000,000. Their btiildings are a brass casting shop 60x90 feet, which they claim to be the largest and finest in the world, the floor being of stone and the roof of iron, with every facility for immense castings in that line and a model for other manu- facturers through the country, wiio have made a trip to this city to .see it. The rolling mill is a large 1 story building 175x100 feet, where are rolled into sheets the metal which is carried from this department to others to be manipulated and formed into the many useful household goods which this company manufacture. The rolling mill has 2 ells, 1, 70x 130 feet, which was built in 1860, and the other 110x60 ft., 2 stories, used as a wire mill, with additions, used for sold- ering, and for the wire and tube mills 50x50 feet. The lamp shop is 30x100 feet, 3 stories and attic, and the " clock shop," in which is the rivet, butt, hinge and machine shops, is 160x30 feet, 3 stories and attic ; part of the building be- ing occupied by the Waterbury Clock Company, who are connected with this company. The m.anufactory is located at the junction of the Xaugatuck and Mad rivers, the water Webb's N. E. Raihvay and Manufactiims Statistical Gazetteer. 551 AMERICAN PmmiG COMPANY, PUBLISHERS OF THE Dail; and Weekly American, ^^r\i> mum JOB PRIMTiRS, ! W*^TERBTTR^, ConnreticMtt . from Mad river furuisliing tlic power for the rolling mills, ; through the medium of an undersiiot wheel, which is 28 feet j in diameter and about 250 horse power capacity the fall be- 1 ing 30 feet. A 70 horse power Woodruff & Beach engiue j with two 50 horse power tubular boilers in connection with ft 55 horse power turbine water wheel furnish the power for ' the remainder of the works, the water for the turbine water ' wheel coming from the Naugatuck. The public can re.adih- observe by the dimensions of these works, covering nearly 4 acres, tiiat it is one of the leading manufacturing estab- lishments in the world, the capacity of the works in maciiin- ery and tools, added to the long experience of the proprie- tors as well as the employees, make this concern as perfect in every part as money and time can make it. In July, 1868, this company bought the City Manufactur- ing Company, w-hich is located within their enclosure, and is probably the oldest manufactory of kerosene lamps, tops and burners in the country. To furnish the metal and run this establishment requires a man of much financial ability, and to give an idea of what is consumed in this establisli- ment a few items would not be out of place. From January 1, to July 1, 1868, they used 500,000 lbs. of copper anil 400,000 lbs. of spelter, nickel and scrap, turning out about 900,000 lbs. of German silver; consuming 2,000 cords of wood, 15,000 bushels of charcoal and 1,500 tons of hard- coal per year, and employing 250 skilful assistants. The officers of the company are Aaron Benedict, President ; Chas. Benedict, Treasurer; C'lias. Dickinson, Secretary. The old gentleman is now 84 years of age, and in Sept. 18,1868, celebrated the golden wedding of himself and wife, who is still living though somewhat infirm. We quote from the Waterbury American of Sept. 19, 1868, feel- ing it our privilege to perpetuate tlie name and memory of so practical and beneficent a man as Deacon Aaron Benedict : " The residence of Deacon Aaron Benedict last evening, presented a scene of unusual interest. The occasion that called it forth, was the sixtieth anniversary of the wedding day of the worthy aad honored couple who have for so many years happily trod the checkered pathway of life together, and who have, perhaps, enjoyed as many of the comforts and blessings of life as usually fall to the lot of mortals, while they have not been unmindful of the claims of others on their sympathies and generosities. Mr. Benedict was married in 1808, and is now, accord- ing to the record in the history of Waterbury, 83 years old. Though struggling hard during the early years of his man- hood, fortune has for many years smiled upon his pathway, and while he has builded up himself and family, public in- terests and private benefactions have not been neglected. The lady whom he had led to the altar sixty years ago, though somewhat infirm, still possesses much of the vivaci- ty of earlier years, and enjoys the hearty good will of a large circle of friends. The gathering last evening, therefore, was one of peculiar interest, not only to their family and immediate friends, but to a large circle beyond. Nearly two hundred invitations were given out embracing old and young, and over one hundred were present, one of whom, Mrs. Anson Sperrj-, widow of the late Captain Sperry, was present at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Benedict, sixty years ago. Several others present were quite advanced in years. A considerable number who were invited were too feeble and infirm to go out, and sent regrets. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merrimau, who have also been married sixty years. At the close of the reception, the following poem was read by the Rev. Mr. Anderson : TO MR. AND MRS. AARON BENEDICT, ON THE SIXTIETH ANNI- VERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE, SEPT., 1868. We meet to-night, with hearts elate. Your home bright welcome shedding Beyond the open outer gate. To celebrate your wedding. Sixty full years have slipped away Since that far-off September ; We therefore find the marriage-day Not easy to remember. Whether the morning sun rose clear, And gave you summer weather, Or all the rains of all the year Came down, that day, together ; AVhether the hearts that beat with yours Felt just a touch of sadness. Or hope, which shines while it allures, Shed all around you gladness ; Whether the crops were safely in, The larders packed with plenty. And all men gay, when sweet Eighteen Said " Yes," to Three-and-twenty ; We cannot tell : 'tis given to you — Chief actors in the drama — You ouly, gazing back, to view The distant panorama. 552 Stations in the State of Connecticut. You see to-night the ancient house, And silent shop or empty hall And street anil road and meadows ; To tell us where they perished. Old friends who heard your plighted vows Rise from the land of shadows ; But you, good sir, with look benign, May point to that old building, They fill once more the lighted room, Devoid of ornamental line They crowd upon your fancy, Or trace of gaudy gilding. Forth summoned from the deepening gloom, By memory's necromancy. Which, standing yet, but not alone. Throbs with responsive shiver What wonder if, with scenes so bright, To clash of wheels and furnace-moan, The past, your hearts beguiling. Between it and the river. Should steal them from the friends, to-night, 'Tis yours, amidst the massive walls. Which echo now so loudly. Who b.less you with their smiling ! Yet, all who truly love the past Thinking of him who built St. Paul's, 1 Should love no less the present : To write your record proudly. What years are grander than these last ! What olden days more pleasant? To say, with that success content. Wherewith the years have crowned you, And you, who count your tlireescore years If ye would see my monument. Of mutual love and duty. 'Tis here, 'tis all around you. Will scarce commemorate with tears Their vanished light and beauty. Let then, the circle open wide. Which keeps you at its centre ; For here those filial voices sound And, old friends pressing to your side, Which leave no sorrow after. Let new friends also enter. And sad remembrances are drowned In waves of youthful laughter. So, with our city's gradual growth. The number will grow greater. Here, children's children, pressing nigh. Who in their hearts shall hold you both. Rejoice to stand beside you, — With earlier love or later. 1 In whose true hearts, while years go by. New honors still abide you. Joining your honored names with those Who struck the path when you did, 1 Here, too — the moisture on her brow 'To you,' we'll say -our city owes Of Jordan's sacred water. AVhat cannot be computed. And consecrate by parents' vow — You bless a grandchild's daughter. Move on, then, blest of many tongues. Close to the pearly portals ! And while the little one receives You soon will hear the angel songs. That name in honor spoken. Soon walk with glad immortals. You see the cord alfection weaves And while you stay, reminding us Of old years fading slowly. Stretch down the years unbroken.- ! From others whom you love as well, We'll praise the pattern woven thus — No smile to-night is beaming : So simple, truthful, holy. 1 In that far Country where they dwell You see them in your dreaming. We bless you for those good old ways You will not quite relinquish, — And other two you miss, with all Ay, for the ancient horse-and-chaise Their strong words of affection ; No changes can extinguish. But these are safe ; not one shall fall Jog on, good friends, with steady gait Froiu love's supreme protection. And well restrained emotions, — No room for sadness, then, amid The virtues in you duplicate, To-night's unchecked caressings ! But no new-fangled notions ! Let life's obtrusive grief by hid You'll find — take now whatever path — Few dangers to beware of, — Behind the light of blessmgs. And let us. while we scan the years — And this for comfort, that each hath Each checkered scene reviewing — The other to take care of ! Learn what results a good man rears, Move on, amidst these younger friends. His steadfast work persuing. To meet those gone before you ; Often above men's crumbling bones — The home in which the journey ends- While eyes of love are weeping — Sheds now its radiance o'er you. We pile the mcmumental stones. And when the song of vanished ones To mark where friends are sleeping. Sounds from those mansions sweetly. Sometimes, in busy streets we see A voice through all their music runs A like sepulchral token — That wins your hearts completely. Gigantic piles of masonry. The tomb of fortunes broken ; The glory gleams through open gates— Your welcome to their meeting ; Grand projects, dead beyond recall. And there a marriage supper waits. Great hopes once fondly cherished,— And there our Fallier's greeting. _ Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 553 Browx & Brcithers, manufacturers of cold fiuisheJ high ] brass, low brass, giUling metal, German silver and copper, in all forms of roll, sheet wire, &c., &c. The business was ! established in 1851. The size of buildings is as follows: The main building is 125x200 feet ; there is also other large buildings, covering over 35.000 square feet floor room. They employ 250 men and produce 1,800,000 pounds of brass goods yearly. Waterburt Clock Compant. Warehouse, 4 Courtland street. New York ; Factory, Waterbury, Conn. Charles Benedict, President ; E. A. Lum, Secretary ; M. Bailey, Treasurer. The origin of the business of the Waterbury Clock Company, dates back to the year 1856 — a period of twelve years ago, and a surprisingly?hort one wheu we take into consideration the iinposiug magnitude to which the tra- fic of the company has grown. Previous to 1856, the pro- prietors of the extensive manufactory of brass, known to the world under the firm style of the Beuedict & Bumham Man- ufacturing Company, conceived the idea of adding a clock branch to their establishment in Waterbury, to supply an ad- ditional market for the brass they have largely mauutiictured for years ; and in pursuance of this enterprise, in 1856 they employed Mr. Chauncey Jerome and his son, (who had been associated with Phineas T. Barnum in the clock business, until through the fraudident operations of others, he failed,) to inaugurate this new department of their business. This pur- pose having beeu accomplished, tiie Messrs. Jerome retired in 1857, and were succeeded in that year by Mr. E. A. Lum, the present Secretary, who has been at the head of the man- ufacturing department of the Waterbury Clock Company ever since. The company was duly organized under that name, on the 24th March, 1857, the stockholders of the con- cern then being as follows : Aaron Benedict, G. W. Burnham, Henry Bronson, Arad W. Wehon, John S. Mitchell, Charles Benedict, C. J. Car- ringtou, D. F. Maltby, Norton J. Buel, Stephen M. Cate, Andrew Anderson, Heury Bronson, Edward Mitchell, Alon- zo Grannis, B. De Forest, Jr., Israel Holmes, 2d, John C. Booth and Charles Beuedict, Trustees. The establishment now comprises four main buildings, viz. : the movement factory, dial factory, finishing factory and clock case factory. The movement factory is a brick structure, 3 stories, 150x30 feet. It is supplied with steam power by a 75 horse engine, manufactured by Woodruff & Beach, of Hartford, Conn. The finishing factory is 3 sto- ries, 150x30 feet, (like the one above mentioned.) The first floor is occupied solely for finishing marine movements. The dial factory is an antique but substantial structure of wood, erected in the year 1824, when Lafayette revisited this country. It is two stories high, and was formerly oc- cupied by the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Company, as a button factory. It was constructed in the old-fashioned strong style, and is still in a good state of preservation. All the four main buildings of the establishment stand at a distance from each other, thus diminishing liability to the destruction by fire. The Clock Case Factory, which is the largest of the four, is located about a quarter of a mile from the others, and was built in 1865, on the ruins of the old Cotton Gin Factory, at one time occupied by Messrs. Abbott & Wardwell as a button factory. The ground upon which it stands being about 2 acres in extent, affording ample room for the storage of lumber, coal, etc. The case factory itself is probably the most commodious and completely equipped of all its kind in this country. It was planned by and built under the personal superintendence of of Mr. E. A. Lum, Secretary of the company, with especial regard to the peculiar requirements of the business. The architect and builder was Mr. D. H. Maloy. It is a 3 story building with basement, has the form of the letter T, with a front of 100 feet, a rear length of 150 feet, and a width of 36 feet. The building, out buildings and grounds cost the company $60,000. The machinery is driven by a steam engine of 50 horse power, having 2 tubular boilers of 60 horse power each, built by the Pacific Iron Works, of Bridgeport. Conn. The number of operatives employed in the four factories is 125. The cost of tools and machinery was about S40,- 000 — mostly new, and adapted to the production of the most perfect work. The anniial sales of the Waterbury Clock Company reach from 8300,000 to 8500.000, and the value of stock- usually on hand is about 8300,000. The 10 hour system is observed, the wages ranging from $5 a day down to the ordinary stipend given to a boy — the average pay a day for men is about S2 50. The Waterbury Clock Company are represented at No. 4 Courtlandt street. New York, and at No. 144 Lake street, Chicago, and keep at these agencies a full supply of their manufactures. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, manufacturers of sheet brass, copper, German silver and .»ilver plated metal, kerosene burners and trimmings, silver plated ware, &c., &c. They commenced business in 1853, with a capital of 8400,000, and are now doiug a business of over 81,000,000 yearly. They occupy a two story brick building, 600 feet front and 50 feet deep, and employ 500 hands. A. S. Chase, Presi- dent ; II. H. Hayden, Vice President ; James M. Abbott, Secretary. Waterbury BkiCK Co. was incorporated in 1865, capital 810,000, C. C. Post, President, R. B. Wheaton, Secretary aud Treasurer. They employ 40 persons ; the yard and shed occupy about li acres, the latter 270 feet long ; facilities for making 4,000,000 bricks per year. Holmes, Griggs «Ss Smith, commenced business in 1865. They occupy a main building 60x30 feet, with an ell 25x70 feet, besides several other buildings, which are not connected with the main one. They manufacture every style of buckle and clasps, and many other small articles from brass, iron, tin, &c. Employ about 50 hands. They also own, aud run in connection with this factory, a brass rolling mill, located in New York City, on the corner of 2d avenue and 22d St., where they manufacture rolled brass and German silver, brass, copper and German silver wire and tubing. John" F. Buonsos commenced here, in 1864, the manu- facture of lava and metal buttons and trimmings ; employ- ing 12 persons ; occupies 3 floors, 25x70 feet. The power is furnished by 15 horse Wright's little giant. Mr. B. form- erly carried on the carriage trimming business, near the de- pot. The Waterbury Buckle Co. was incorporated in 1852 with a capital of 830,000 ; George R. Kelsey, President, P. Brett, Secretary and Treasurer. Their building is 25x150 feet, 2 stories, built of wood. The power is furnished by a 25 horse steam engine, made by the Mattewan Machine Co. This company employ 75 persons, aud do a business of 8100,000 annually. Blake & Johnson commenced the manufacture of ma- chinery, pins, rivets and hardened cast-steel rolls in 1852. They now occupy a main building 160x30 feet, 2 J stories, built of wood, with office adjoining. They also have a hardening and blacksmith's shop and warehouse 60x30. This company employ 30 persons and use about 850,000 worth of iron, steel and brass per year. The Hook and Eit; Manufacturing Co. was incorpor- ated Sept., 1867, with a working capital of 830,000, O. Hayward, President ; Willis Johnson, Secretary and Treas- urer. They occupy a 4 story stone mill, 84x60 feet, located about 2 miles from the Post Office, on the Cheshire turnpike. 554 Statians in the State of Connecticut. The motive power is furnished by a breast ■wheel, with a 28 feet fall, on Mad River, with a capacity of 100 horsepower, employ about 50 persons, making upholstery hardware and peneral brass goods. Salesroom 33 Eeade street, New Yoik. Wm. Davis. Jr., commenced the tanning business as suc- cessor to the Waterbury Leather Manufacturing Company, in 1855, in a building Ipcatcd on Mad River, 30x100, with wing 30x40 feet, 3 stories, with basement, employs 15 per- sons and does a business of about $30,000 per year. His specialty is lanniug leather for suspender manufacturers ; manufactory located about 1 mile from the Post Office on the Cheshire turnpike. The American Suspender Company was incorporated in 1857, with a capital of 8300,000, being a consolidation of Hotchkiss & Merriman and Warren & Newton. The main manufactory and otfice is located on Mill street, in the south- east part of the city, on Mad river, a branch of the Nauga- tuck. The main building is "260x48, averaging 5 stories, with two wings G0x30 each, 2 stories, built for the most part of brick. The motive power for this mill is furnished by a 200 horse power engine with 3 flue boilers, made at Wilmington, Del. ; also, two water wheels, one turbine and the other a breast wheel ; the fall here is 15 J feet, furnish- ing immense water power for propelling the machinery. Besides other machinery there are run 175 looms for the manufacture of India rubber suspenders, elastic, cotton yarn and cotton and rubber thread. This company also run a mill at Oakville, 3 miles from the city, in connection with the one here. It is 34x100 feet. 3 stories, and driven by a 25 horse power engine, and 2 breast wheels. These mills are capable of turning out 81,000,000 worth of goods per an- num, their production of suspenders alone-in one day being 500 dozen, besides other goods too numerous to mention. This company employ in both mills and others at their homes in the surrounding country, about 500 persons. The Waterbirt Button Co. was incorporated in 1849, with a capital of $100,000. H. H. Hayden, President ; E. P. Bronson, Secretary ; J. C. Booth, Treasurer. They em- ploy 75 persons, manufacturing buttons and brass goods. The business was established by Benedict & Burnham, the present company being successors to them. The power is i'uruished by a 16 horse power engine built by W. Adams & Co., of Boston, with one tubular boiler. This company, since the war have turned their attention to the manufacture i of fancy and dress buttons. Salesroom in New York, 49 Chambers street, and in Boston, Mass., 17 Federal street, The American Ring Co. was incorporated in 1852 with a capital of 850,000, L. J. Atwood, President, Edward J. Rice, Secretary. They now occupy two 2 story buildings, I 30x40 and 20x30 feet respectively with L 20x40 feet. They i employ 40 persons, manufacturing curtain, screw and sus- i peuder rings and eyelets. The motive power is furnished by a Bodine turbine water wheel and a 15 horse power engine. This company do a business of about 870,000 per year. The Steele & Johnson Button Co. was incorporated in 1857, with a capital of 830,000. C. M. Mitchell, President ; Frank Washburne, Secretary and Treasurer. The works are located on Jewelry street, occupy a two story wooden building 130x35, with two ells 40x30 each, manufacturing iron, brass and plated jack chains, saw screws, metal goods j and buttons. Employ 90 persons. The engine that drives : the works was made by the Pacific Iron Works, 15 horse j power, with one upright tubular boiler. Their salesroom is 62 Eeade street, New York. Asa F. Rogers commenced experimenting in electro- I plating at Terrifl\-ille, Conn., a small village in the town of Simsbury, a few miles from Hartford, about the year 1842 or simultaneously with the first experiments in England. For the first few years the business was limited to the plat- ing of articles such as spoons and forks, imported from Eng- land. In 1847 Asa associated with him his eldest brother William, and younge.st brother Simeon, who commenced manufacturing the raw metal then known as German silver, and named by them German alabata, on account of its whiteness and superior quality, and to distinguish it from the more common qualities of metal the same article is called by many Nickel Silver. Waterbury being the great centre for the manufacture of German or nickel silver metal, was selected by this firm in 1858, as the most desirable locality in which to manufacture economically, spoons and forks on a larger scale than had heretofore been attempted. The business increased so fast that a larger amount of capital was demanded, and in 1859 the present company — Rogers & Bros, was incorporated, continuing the original firm name. The business has steadily increased until from a busine.ss of less than 850,000 in 1858-9, their sales of spoons and forks alone amount to about 8500,000 per annum. The manufactory is located on Mad river, a branch of the Naugatuck, and in the identical buildings where Brown & Elton commenced the manufacture of brass years ago, and from which place sprung many of the large manufacturing concerns of Waterbury. The buildings are 300 feet in length, varying from 30 to 75 in width, with L 40x25 feet. The original building is of stone, 1 story, to which has been added, iiom time to time, wooden buildings, 2 stories, built of wood. The metal is obtained from the manufac- turers near by, and after the spoon or fork is cut out in the rough, the scraps being about two-thirds of the original amount, is returned to the manufactories there to be worked over and returned to this concern to be again served the same process. The other one-third is then rolled out by ponderous rollers, and the most minute details of shaping attended to, from thence it goes to the plating room and the burnishing room, in which we find the burnishiug done by ma- chines invented by Mr. L. S. White, who is one of the com- pany and Superintendent of the manufactory, from the first. Mr. White is also the inventor of other valuable im- provements in machinery and tools owned and used by this company exclusively. The burnishiug machines do the work much quicker than it can be done by hand, and as well. The many labor saving machines owned and used by this company, reduces their expenses as regards economy in labor and consequently reduces the price of their goods. From the burnishing and polishing room, they go to the packing room, and thence by an ingenious railway, communication to the shipping room and office, where they are shipped to all parts of the country. The motive power of these works is lurnished by 3 Tyler turbine water wheels and a Wood- ruff & Beach 60 horse power engine, with 2 tubular boilers, 40 horse power each, from which the steam is obtained to heat the rooms as well as to run the engine. This company consume 50,000 ounces of silver and 300,000 pounds of al- bata or nickel silver aunuallj', manufacturing 14,000 gro. annually, being larger than any concern in the world in the production of forks and spoons. This firm is the oldest, and for several years the only one of the name in existence, they do not enter into any combinations, but continue to make the very best qtiality of goods in their line, believing they can successfully challenge competition. Salesroom in New York, 203 Broadway. The American Flask and Cap Co. was incorporated in 1857. with a capital of 8125,000 ; the officers are A. I. Up- son, President and Treasurer ; S. B. Terry, Jr., Secretarj'. Their works are situated near the rail road, the main build- ing being 45x200, three stories, built of stone, with wing 40 Webb's X. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. Manularturer^^ and I'lators of Spoons, Forks, Butter Knives METAL HANDLE, TEA, DESSERT 6l TABLE KNIVES, (F»lntecl Steol lilacless.) Ladiss'i Fie, Ciks, Tisli, b Crsani and Crol} lim, Cib Cuitsrs, h, h, •made of the bent refined mViehel ^SUver. or genuine •llbata •JflettU. xl20, one story ; also, a wooden building, 40x100, two sto- ries, for the manufacture of paper boxes, .aud 14 other build- ings, used for castings, store house, office, charging rooms, packing rooms, &c. This company are successors to the American Powder Flask Co. who were establislied in West Meriden some 12 years ago. The works employ about 200 persons, the daily production being 2,500,000 caps. These works were driven during the war, employing al that time 250 men. The power is furnished by 2 breast wheels, 24 feet in diameter, the fall here being 19 feet. The water is brought through a canal from the Naugatuck, about li miles, to the mill. The Farrell Foundry and Machine Co. commenced their busiuess in 1849, with a capital of 890,000. Frank- lin Farrell, General Agent ; Walter Fitcii, Secretary and Treasurer ; E. C. Lewis, Agent, at Waterbury. Their main building is 100x32 feet, used as a machine shop, 3 stories, built of brick ; foundry 50x50, with wing 40x38; pattern shiips, 30x60, fire-proof, 2 stories, both built of brick ; black- ^initli's shop, 40x25 feet, with wiug 20x25 feet. A new buildmg was built in the fall of 1868, 3 stories, 34x74, used for millwright and machine business. They employ 60 per- sons and turn out about 5.000 lbs. of castings per day be- side machinery for iron, brass, rubber and copper mills and presses of every description. The motive power is furnished by a 25 horse power engine made by Woodruff & Beach, with 1 flue boiler. The works are situated opposite the de- pot and were built in 1851. The main works are situated at Ansonia, Conn., for which place see account. A. S. Upson & Co. commenced the manufacture of but- tons about 1862. They occupy a building 60x22 feet. The power is furnished by an overshot wheel, the fall being 8 feet, located on Great Brook in the centre of the city. The Wateubuuy Brass Co. was incorporated in 1845 with a capital of §400,000, C. H. Carter, President, J. S. Elton, Treasurer and E. D. Steele, Secretary. Their main building is 175x125 feet, with wing 40x100. They also have a mill 100x102 feet, 2 miles from the Post Office, on the Che- shire turn pike. The manufacture of sheet brass, German silver, brass and copper wire, brass kettles, rivets, &c. Em- ploy 100 persons!; turn out 100,000 pounds of brass per month. Both mills are furnished with water power, one having a breast wheel 24 feet in diameter, the fall being 19 feet. The water is brought from the Naugatuck by a trench. The mill in the country has a wheel 34 feet in diameter, the faU beiug 32 feet. New York office, 52 Beekman street. Great Brook Mills were incorporated in 1866 for the manufacture of woolen goods, such as cloakings, chinchillas, meltons, fancy cassimeres, &c. This company are succes- sors to Whittal, LeFevre & Co. Their main building is 175 x45, 5 stories, with buildings used as an office. Aye house, &c., attached. This company employ 150 persons, and use 12 sets of machinery, 3,300 spindles and 50 looms. The motive power is furnished by a 140 horse power engine made by Woodruff & Beach, Hartford, with 2 flue boilers ; another engine, u.sed for heating and dying, 30 horse power. This company use 2,000 lbs. of American wool per day, turn- ing out 800 to 1,200 yards per day, according to the kinds of goods manufactured. The manufactory has a Jonval tur- bine water wheel of 30 horse power, the fall here being 55 feet. The works are lighted by gas machines under Hetzel's patent. The United States BtrrToN Co. was incorporated April, 1865. with a capital of S100,000, for the manufacture of covered gilt, glass and navy buttons, R. E. Hitchcock, Presi- dent, G. S. Parsons, Secretary. They occupy a 3 story buildings 30x80 feet, built of wood, another 30x100 teet, 3 stories, built of brick ; employ seventy-five persons, and has a productive capacity of 250 gross per day. Tliese works were formerly conducted by Hitchcock & Castle, the present company succeeding them. The works are run by a breast wheel 40 feet in diameter with 40 feet fall. This concern is the highest in Waterbury being located near the summit of the ridge of hills that surround the place, and com- manding a fine view of the Naugatuck valley and the city and surroundings. Haydes & Griggs commenced the manufocture of lamp burners, lamp and lantern trimmings, in Aug., 1868. They occupy a building on Elm street, 30x60, 2 stories, built of wood, employing 50 persons ; Root's trunk engine, 20 horse power. Wright & Datl-ton commenced the manufacture of cot- ton batting in July, 1868, the only business of the kind in the city. The building is 75x20, 2 stories, employing 5 persons, turning out 400 pounds per day. G. W. Wright, A. S. Dayton. A. Platt & Sons commenced the manufacture of buttons in 1844, the business being established by the father in 1838. They now occupy a new brick building, built in the fall of 1868, 25x70 feet, 2 stories. They also run a mill on the Naugatqck, called Piatt's Mills, about 3 miles from the Post Office of this place, 28x80, power furnished by an overshot and Tyler turbine wheels, with a fall of 18 feet. This com- pany employ about 60 persons, turning out 1,200 gross per day of buttons. Their agents are Porter Bros., 50 Warren street, New York. The American Pix Co. was incorporated in 1846, with a capital of §50,000, which has since been increased to $150,000. T. I. Driggs, Secretary and Treasurer. The 556 Stations in the State of Connecticut. buikliugs are situated in the centre of the city, on tlie prin- cipal street. The main building is 100x30, 4 stories, built of brick, with buildings, for packing, &c. This company use 400.000 lbs. of iron and brass annually for the manufacture of pins, the capacity of the mill being 2,000 packs or 6,800,- 000 pins per day ; employ 90 persons, using an 80 horse Wright's patent engine and 3 flue boilers. This company manufacture in connection about 3,000 great gross of hooks and eyes per month, using in their manufacture 50,000 lbs. of metal per annum. Lane, Ticker & Beaedsley Makufactuknig Co. com- menced the manufacture of buttons of all descriptions, about 20 years ago. They occupy a building 75x25, three stories ; the power is furnished by an overshot wheel, 34 feet in diam- eter. J'mploy CO persons. The lall here is 22 J feet. S.B. Lane, Agent. Kirk & Wei.ton commenced the manufacture of machin- ery, as successors to Thomas Kirk, in August, 1868. They occup>- a room 50x30 feet ; employ 6 persons, use 2 planers, 2 lathes, 1 milling machine, 1 gear cutter, and 1 upright drill. Merritt Nichols commenced the iron and brass foundry business in 1852 ; formerly carried on at Hopeville, 2 miles from the city. He now occupies a three story building 25x 50, with wing 25x50, one story, turning out about half ton daily. Employs 8 persons. At Woodbury, a few miles from Waterbury, is Daniel Cdrtis & Sons. Business established in 1836. They oc- cupy a main building 112x36 with wing 40x36 feet, besides other out-buildings, wool house, &c. They manufacture fine black doe-skins ; consume 100,000 pounds fine fleece wool, and produce yearly about 90,000 yards. A Cushman 42 inch water wheel, 52 horse power, with 14 feet head and fall of water, is used to run their machinery. Joseph T. Capwell established business some twenty- five years ago, for the manufacture of shot belts, and shot pouches. He occupies two 3 story buildings 20x30 and 25 x40 feet respectively. He employs 6 men upon brass work, and 6 girls are constantly engaged in stitching pouches. His business done amounts to about 825,000 per annum. The power to run the machinery is supplied by overshot water wheels, under 10 feet fall. ^I^t ATERFORB, 46i miles from New fljill Haven, 3^ from New London, 126 from New ^^'^^ York and 106 from Boston : a country station in a town by the same name, on the Shore Line Railroad. This town was taken from New London in 1801. There is a harbor here for small vessels. from <^f7j|ATERVII.I.E, 2 J miles IJjIJI Waterbury and 30i from Hartford, on the Provi- ^-^^"^ dence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad. Popula- tion about 400. Spragce, Boyden & Welton, manufacturers of pocket cutlery, commenced business in 1865 ; occupy a 2 story build- ing 50x30, employ 25 hands and turn out about 100 dozen per week. Use a 20 horse power breast wheel. Waterville Knitting Co. manufacture gents' merino shirts and drawers; commenced business April, 1868; 3 set ; building 40x70. 2 stories. Consume about 1,500 lbs. cotton and wool, and turn out about 75 dozen per week. Machinery driven by a 30 horse power, overshot wheel. J. Crampton, Superintendent. Barnard, Son & Co., manufacturers of shears of all kinds, lamp trimmers and button-hole cutters,; commenced business in 1866 ; employ 20 hands and turn out about 30 dozen per week. Rem building with power of Sprague, Boy- den & Weltoii. ^iTltAlIREG. IJ|ljl cester, and 20 ^'"^^^ and Worceste ^^^AlIRE€rA3f, 39| mUes from Wor- 20^ from Norwich, on the Norwich cester Railroad. A flag station. The village is one mile west of the depot, containing about 2,000 inhabitants and 1 church. The village is owned by the Wau- regan Mills, an incorporated company. Truman Beckwith, President ; Orray Taft & Co., Treasurers. They occupy two mills, 500x50 each ; the front mill is 3 stories and basement, and back mill 4 stories, with a con- nection between 157 feet in length. Both mills have 47,240 spindles, llOi looms. Consume 80 bales of cotton per week, and produce 746,666 yards of print cloths per month, aver- aging 7 yards per pound. Two kinds are made here, 23x36 \ inch, 64 and 98 square. The company own 80 houses laid out in streets, and painted white- — a pleasing contrast be- tween the stone mills, which are situated directly in front of them, and on the Quinebaug river. The power is supplied by 3 .Tonval 8 feet turbine wheels, the fall being 16 feet. Employ 800 persons. James S. Atwood, Agent ; Caleb P. Wilson, Superintendent. ^J|VEATOOrE, a country station, 36 J illill miles from Northampton and 39i from New Ha- ven, on the Canal Railroad, comprising about 17 houses. ^IJjtESTBROOK, 27f miles from New ijHjl "Haven, 22i from New London, 104 from New ^--^■^-^ York, and '128 from Boston, on the Shore Line. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in farming, at the same are mariners engaged in coasting. Smith & Kimberly manufacturers of single twist solid spur auger bits at Essex, 6 miles from this depot, located on the Connecticut river. This business was commenced in 1867,' the concern being established in 1866. The main building is 40x60, 2^ stories, with 2 other buildings 30x40 2 stories, and 35x25 respectively. The motive power is furnished by a turbine wheel with 30 horse power, the fall here being 12 feet, the diameter of the wheel 42 inches. They consume 20 tons of Jersey steel per year, the daily production being 25 dozen. The annual production $40, 000. The office of the company is located at their hard ware store, 276 Chapel street. New Haven. Mfr EST CORI¥^VAI.L, 61 miles from Bridgeport and 49 from Pittsfield, a village about 400 inhabitants and 2 churches, situated in the town of Cornwall, on the Housatonic Railroad, a mountainous township on the east side of the Housatonic River. ^ffTjlESTFIEI.©, 2^ miles from Mid- | dletown, on the Middletown branch. i EST HAVEIV, 2J miles from New Haven, 73i from New York. A village on the New Y'ork «S: New Haven Railroad, in the town Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical Gazetteer. 557 of Orange ou the suburbs of Js'ew Haven, with which it is connected by horse railroad. The residents of Kew Haven frequent this village during the summer months, as it con- tains an attractive hotel iu close proximity to good fishing and sea bathing. Q[|J||EST ]?IYSTI€, 133 miles from ijiiji New York and 9'J from Boston, on the NewLon- ^"^^^ don, Stoniugton & Providence Railroad, is situ- ated 2 miles above the mouth of Mystic River, contains 2 churches and is adjacent to and really a part of the village of Mystic. Ml Xe STPORT, 27^ miles from New , and 48i from New York. A village about 2i miles from the depot, by the same name, on the York and New Haven Railroad. The Salgatuck Maxcfactcring Co. is reached from this station. The company was incorporated in 1864. They manufacture ladies' covered buttons as a specialty, and but- tons of all kinds. They employ 100 hands. The main build- ing is 100.\50 ; foundry 100x33, two stories ; packing house 50x25, one story. A 20 horse power engine supplies the power. A storage shop is 30x40, one story. E. S. Wheeler, & Co., Selling Agents. 9;7|llI.I.i:?IAI\'TIC', 58 J miles from ijiir Providence, olj from Hartford, 30 from New 1 ^"^^^ Loudon, 35 from Palmer, on the Providence, i Hartford & Fishkill and New London & Northern Railroads ; 4 churches, a newspaper, &c. This village is one of the most beautiful of New England, and a remarkable instance of the growth of a place from its j inherent energies. Situated on the banks of a fine river, of the name from which that of the village is taken, its busy principal street, its school houses and numerous churches, at once give the visitor an idea of the thrift and intelligence of its inhabitants. It has several large cotton and other manu- facturing establishments, whose business is continually in- creasing with commensurate profits. There have been great public and private improvements made within the last few years — new streets laid out and graded, hundreds of new buildings erected, in style from the tasteful cottage to the magnificent residence of tlie wealthy. A number of large and handsome stores, mainly of brick and stone, have re- cently been added to the facilities for general business, which were necessary to the growing trade of the place. The vil- lage is now the centre of two important railroads, to which will soon be added a third, now in process of coustruction. Still another railroad has broken ground at New Haven for a road through Middletown, with its eastern terminus here. The business facilities thus afforded will, ere long, enable the village to take its place among the first of New England towns, and, perhaps at no distant day, to become a large and populous city. Population 4,000. The Willimantic Linen Co. In February, 1854, the above company, as a joint stock concern, was organized, consisting of the following gentlemen : Austin Dunham, L. C. Ives, Eiisha Johnson, Lucius Barbour. Starting Feb- ruary 18, 1854, with a capital of S75,000, the company soon increased it to $125,000, at which figures it was kept until 1856, when a further increase was made to $225,000. In 1857 the business of the concern had so increased that it became necessary to commence the erection of- a new factory, which was completed and ready for operation in July, 1858. Iu 1863 the company bought of Mr. John Campbell, of New York, the old " Paper Mill" property, at the eastern end of the village, and began the erection of still another mill, for the manufacture of six cord thread. Of the factories of this company, with their business ca- pacities, the following description will enable the reader to form an idea of the magnitude of the enterprise in which the corporators are engaged. For three cord thread. First — A noble . building, of four stories in height, two hundred feet long by sixty-eight in width, built of grey stone, quarried from the vast ledges of the same, belonging to the company, near the spot where the building stands. This mill runs ten thousand spindles, and turns out each week twenty-four thousand dozens of fliree cord thread. For six cord thread. Second — On the site of the old paper mill, purchased by the company of Mr. John Camp- bell, of New York, in 1863, was erected an edifice for the manufacture of an article of thread which was thought to be indispensable to the successful operation of the various sewing machines then fast coming into almost universal use. This building was commenced in the year above named, and pushed to a rapid completion. It is a model establishment, both in sightliness of exterior and adaptedness to the purpose for which it was built. Five stories in height, four hundred feet long by seventy feet in width, furnished with all the varied and beautiful machinery necessary for the manufac- ture of the famous six cord thread, it stands a monument of architectural beauty, its appearance giving, even to the cas- ual passer by, an idea of the importance of the business it is designed to perfect in its various departments. The capacity of this mill, when in full operation, will be 40,000 spindles ; and the immense amount of thread which it will be capable of turning out, will be a matter of simple astonishment to tiie iminitiated. The sea island cotton of the finest quality, and longest staple is the only article of cot- ton in use at this mill. The machinery of 'this establish- ment has been mainly constructed in the machine shops of the company, and is the most perfect of its kind ever built. The cotton passes through 28 different processes before it becomes thread, and is then sent to the bleachery and dye house, to be subjected to the operations of these departments. One of these machines, through which the cotton passes before the spinning, is called the " Comber," (invented and patented by an eminent machine builder in France.) Quite a number of these indispensable adjuncts in the manufacture of six cord thread, have been purchased at a large expense and imported by the company, and are now iu use at their factory. The operation performed by these machines is to comb out and straighten the fibres of the cotton, separating the short fibres from the long, throwing aside the short, and retaining the long, for only the longest and finest of the cotton is used in the thread of which mention is here made. Among other almost miracles of machinery, is one for winding and ticketing or labelliug the thread. This machine seems possessed of almost human intelligence. It is the in- vention of the artists and machinists of the company, built at their machine shop, and is the only one in the country. At the dye hou«e and bleachery these operations are carried on under the superintendence of Mr. J. M. Reid. This building is 120 feet in length by 70 feet wide, with dry- ing rooms of about the same capacity. This department is very complete in its arrangements. The mode of ventila- tion in the lower rooms, where immense quantities of steam are generated, is new, unique and very efficient, and the labor-saving appliances and general fitting up of the depart- ment are such as to greatly reduce the amount of maimal labor usually needed in such operations, and also to promote the comfort of the workmen. Four thousand lbs. of thread a day can be turned out when the place is ruu to its full ca- pacity. Attached to the main building is the boiler house, Statmts in the State of Connecticut. which contains 8 steam boilers in which steam is generated for use in the dve hou.-e and the mill generally. In the up- per story and attic of the main building are the storerooms for receiving and storing the products of the several mills, and from these storerooms are drawn the required numbers and quantities to fill immediate orders. All colors, and every imaginable shade of color can be produced here. A turning shop 3 stories high is used for the manufacture of spools, consuming 25 cords of birch wood weekly. A machine shop, carpenter shop and a paper box manufactory are connected with and form a part of this establishment. The dams in the river, used for holding back a supply of water, are immense structures of masonry, built on scienti- fic principles, and calculated to stand the wear and tear of ages. The whole of the power for driving the machinery of these establishments is derived fi-om the water of the Wiilimantic river, which has a fall of more than 100 feet in a mile, affording sufficient power, not only lor the mills herein mentioned, but for many other mills and manufactur- ing establishments which line its banks, as it traverses the beautiful vaUey through which its course to the sea lies. There are two immense reservoirs for furnishing the needed supply of water in the dry season, which sometimes occurs during the summer months, when the natural flow of the river is low. One of these is in the town of Bolton, and the other in Columbia, some miles distant from Wiili- mantic. The real estate of the company comprises about 2.50 acres of valuable land, lying along the banks of the river, and a considerable tract in Columbia, where the large reservoir is located. A. B. Burleson, Resident Agent, T. S. Winn, Superintendent. Warehouse, &c., George S. AIoul- ton & Co., 101 Chambers street, New York. Wm. B. Swift occupies a brick building 42x100, 3 stories, boiler house 16x20, and dye house 26x76, for the manufacture of sewing silk and machine twist. This estab- lishment was built during the fall and winter of 1868-9. He employs 100 persons, and has a capacity of producing 3.50 pounds of goods per week. The motive power is sup- plied by a 30 horse power engine made by Woodruff & Beach. TuE Sjhthttlle ilAXUFACTURrsG CoMP.vxT was incor- porated in 1851. Capital 8160,000. James Y. Smith, President ; Charles A. Nichols. Secretary and Treas. ; W. Hayden, Agent and Superintendent. The main mill is 450 xoO, 3 stories, and basement built of stone in 1847. A machine shop 36x100, 3 stories. This company cousumes from 20 to 25 bales of cotton per week, and produce 40,000 yards of print cloths, silesias, 64 square; they run 17,000 spindles, 400 looms, and employ 300 persons. The miU is situated about ^ mile from the depot on Wiilimantic, the fall being 11 J feet, 2x7 feet, and one 5 feet Collins, and one 5 ft. Howd turbine wheel, furnish the power. A 280 horse power Corliss engine with 8 cylinder boilers supplies the power when needed ; the mill is lighted with gas. Office of the company, 56 Westminster street. Providence, R. I. G. Hdllaxd commenced the manufacture of machine twist in 18C8, being successor to H. & G. Holland, who es- tablished the business in 1865 ; the building is 100x42. three stories, built of brick with stone basement. He employs 69 persons, and the machinery consists of 8 spoolers, 1 soft silk winder, 5 raw silk winders. 5 cleaners. 5 spinners, 2 doublers, 1 reel, 1 Holland's patent stretcher patented by the proprietor, 1 power stringer, 1 steam stretcher : the power is supplied by a 20 horse power Campbell & Whittier engine, a dye house attached, is 70x26, one story, brick : a wood house and drug room, wood, 70x26, one story. This establishment con- sumes about 175 pounds of stock, per month. DrsHAM Manufacturisg Co. was incorporated in 1858, with a capital of §120,000. Austin Dunham. President; Wm. C. Jillson, Secretary, Treasurer and Agent. This es- tablishment is located at one of the most romantic spots in , Wiilimantic on the Wiilimantic river. The building was built in 1847, and remodeled in 1867. It is built of wood ' 190x40, 3 stories, with French roof. Tower in the centre i surmounted by a novel vane giving the name of the com- pany in letters of gold, which shine in the sunlight and pre- sented a very unique and ta.stefid appearance. The buildings are painted white an indication of the cleanliness and order tobe found within. They employ 150 persons ; consume 30 i bales of cotton per week and produce 7000 pounds of white and colored broad and narrow cotton warps and sewing cot- ton. Two Fall River 68 inch wheels, furnish the power, (200 horse) the fall here being 15 feet. The machines used are as follows : Three lappers, 52 cards, 7 fly frames speeders, 4 drawing frames, 25 flyer spinning frames, 15 ring spinning frames, 4,800 spindles in all, 7 reels, 13 ring twisters, 1,360 spindles. 5 narrow and 1 broad dresser. This company own quite a tract of land in the vicinity of the es- | tablishment and between the Natchaug and Wiilimantic riv- j ers. The former can be brought diagonally across, joining the latter a few rods below the mill, and supplying power for | a mill twice the size of this one, the fall can be made 20 ' feet. The village belonging to this company comprises about 20 tenements. A new office has recently been fitted up by the Treasurer. A model of convenience and luxury, heated by steam and furnished in the most approved style, present- ing quite a metropolitan appearance. A park containing several acres in front of the mill and in which the office is i located is the project of Mr. Jillson. who believes in spend- ing 81,000 in the adornment of his mill and surroundings, | rather thaiL loose it by bad debts. In this connection we i would state that he sells his own goods, never trusting to i agents, superintends the whole establishment, and it is to his perseverance, executive ability and business thrift that the success of this company is mainly due. Wm. H. H. Brigham occupies a part of a buildingfor the manufacture of paper boxes. Employs 12 persons, and pro- ; duces 1,500 thread and silk boxes per day. WixBHAii Cotton Man-ufactcrisg Co., capital 896,- 000. R. W. Watson. Treasurer. The main mill, 119Jx50. 3 stories, with attic and basement, built in 1829, and addi- tion buih in 1855 is 85x50, 3 stories. The old original mill was built in 1824 and is 65x45, 3 stories, to which has been added a mill 90x50. 3 stories and attic, built in 1847. This company run 12.400 spindles, 336 looms, consume 24 bales of cotton per week, and produce 56,000 yards of 28-inch print cloths, 64 square. The mill is located on Wiilimantic River ; the fall is 1 1 feet ; 3 Collins turbine wheels supply j the power; they employ 175 persons, John Tracy, Agent; Moses Page, Superintendent, 9^'J|ilI.SO.\VII.I^E, 18J miles from^ il III AVorcester. and 41 J from Norwich. A flag sta- ^^^^ tion on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad. S. M. Whielock & Co., occupy a mill here for the manufacture of fancy eassimeres. Commenced here in 1867, as successors to L. M. Capron & Sons, who commen- ced here in 1863. The manufactory is a few rods from the depot, and is 150x30, 3 stories, and basement, built of wood with dye, wool and picker house attached. The mill contains 4 set of woolen machinery, 1 1 broad and 6 narrow Cromp- '. ton looms. They employ 75 persons ; consume 600 pounds of wool per day, and produce 10.000 yards per month. A 6 feet Tyler turbine wheel supplies the power, the fall is 15 feet being lately increased to this number. Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufachtrers Statistical Gazetteer. 559 FARIST STEEL COIVIPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF- Cast Steel, Hammered or Rolled. r*avticxil;n* attention i>aicl to Plates and Points, &c., Forged to pattern. l^II^DSOR L.OGKS^ GOI^Iff, JOEL FARIST, Pres JUIIX li. WINDSOR. Trkas. C. C. EVANS, Sec. ^[^llL-TOI^^ a station and town in the ijil|l couuty of Fairfield, ou tlie Danbuiy &. Norwalk ^-•^'■'^ Railroad, about 7 miles from Norwalk. This town was taken from Norwalk in 1802 ; the surface is hilly, the soil is a gravelly loam and productive of grain and fruit ; the town is watered by the Norwalk river. Ii\DSOR claims to be one of the i tliree first towns settled in Connecticut. It 1G30 : a colony from Dorchester, Mass., (the same soci- ety who formerly came fiom Dorchester, England.) bought the lands at the intersection of the Farmington and Connecli- ! cut rivers, of Sequassen, an Indian chief of the Tecumseh tribe. The town is divided into two villages, Windsor and Foquounock, the latter village being situated about 3 miles we.st from Windsor, on the Farmiugton riveri The town has a population of about 3,000. Windsor village is situated on the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad, 20 miles from Springfield, 6 miles from Hartford, and 42 miles from New Haven. There are about 800 inhabitants in this , village. Skquassen Woolen Co. Incorporated in 18o5 for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres, with a capital of SlOO,- ' 000, W. W. Billings, President and Agent ; F. Williams, } Secretary. The mill is 80x44, 4 stories and attic ; L40.\44 2 stories ; machine shop, picker-room, &c., in a 2 story building 28.\50. The dye house is in a building attached to the mill, in the rear, 30x18, 1 story. They run 5 sets woolen machinery and 32 looms, consuming 500 lbs. wool per day and making from 12,000 to 15,000 yards cloth per month. Their motive power is derived from a 45 horse power steam engine built by Woodruff & Beach, with a flue boiler made by the same company. PoQUONNOCK, a small village, situated in the town of I Windsor, 3 miles west from the depot, ou the Farmington | river, has a population of about 700 and 2 churches. ! TuNxis Company. This company was incorporated in 1848, with a capital of 840,000. A. Dunham, President, : L. F. Pinkham, Agent. Manufacturers of print cloths. ' The mill is 40x80, 4 stories ; picker house and stock house ' 24x30, 1 story, running 3000 spindles, 75 looms, employ- ing 60 hands. This company consumes 2500 pounds cotton per week, and produce about 16,000 yards. The motive i power for this mill is furnished by a 50 horse power turbine [ wheel. I PoQcONNOCK Mills, incorporated in 1867, is also located here. The oflice of the Treasurer, N.'Laprise, is at 215 State | street, Hartford. The mill is 3 stories, with ell 2 stories , high. This company manufacture fancy cassimeres, em- ploying 100 persons; running 4 set of machinery, turning out 1700 yards per week. The power is furnished by a turbine water wheel. ^'^^'IlfDSOR I.OCKS, situated on the right bank of the Connecticut River, 12 miles from Hartford, 48 miles from New Haven, 124 miles from New York and 14 miles from Springfield, on the New Have^, Hartford & Springfield Railroad ; has a popu- lation of about 2,200 and 3 churches. Between the river and the railroad runs the canal which furnishes water for 3 paper mills and 7 other manufactories, among which are cot- Ion and woolen manufactories, iron works, &c. E. IIoRTON & Son, manufacturers of " Horton's Patent Geared Screw Chu(-ks." They commenced business in 1856. Their buildings are built of brick, with granite trimmings. The main building is 55x35, 3 stories ; the 2d story is filled with machinery which is run by an 18 liorse power turbine wheel. The blacksmith's shop is 45x30, 1 story. Employs 12 hands and make all sizes of chucks, which are sent all over the world. The Farist Steel Co. was incorporated in 1865, with a capital of $100,000 for the manufacture of both hammered and rolled steel. J. Farist, President ; J. B. Windsor, Treasurer ; C. C. Evans, Secretary. The main building is 165x70, 1 story, containing 2 trip hammers of 600 and 800 lbs., driven by 3 turbine wheels of 100 horse power. The rolling mill is 100x100, 1 story. The stands and rolls are furnished power from a 125 horse engine, made by Wood- ruff &. Beach, with 4 flue boilers made by same firm. The office and pattern building is 25x40, 2 stories ; blacksmiths' shop 20x20, 1 story. Employ 30 men and consume 500 tons iron and 400 tons blistered steel with 3,000 tons coal ; producing about 700 tons steel per year. Connecticut River Mills. This company was incor- porated in 1847, with a capital of $32,000. A. Dunham Treasurer ; L. F. Pinkham, Agent. Manufacturers of cot- ton thread. Main building 40x80, 4 stories. This com- pany have 4,500 spindles in full running order. Picker house 36x36, 2 stories. Use about 2,500 lbs. cotton for a weekly production. Employ 50 hands. The motive power is furnished by a turbine wheel, 4 feet under a 26 feet head. This is the last wheel that runs by water from the Connecti- cut river going south. The company have for heating pur- poses a tubular boiler, made by Pitkin Bros, of Hartford. C. H. Dexter & Sons commenced business in 1868 for the manufacture of Star Mill Paper and Manilla. The 560 Stations in the State of Connecticut. business was established by C. H. Dexter, in 1836. Their main building is 100x30, 3 stories, with building adjoining 40x50, 2 stories. Thev employ 20 hands and turn out about 2.200 lbs. of paper per day. Their motive power is derived from 3 tuibine wlieels of «0 horse power combined. D. & C. yf. HoLBEOOK commenced business in 1828 as manufacturers of school apparatus and furniture, in a build- ing situated back of the village, 50x30, 2 stories, employing 20 hands. Motive power used, 10 horse turbine wheel. They make about 5,000 globes beside other articles per year. The Medlicott Co. was established about 1864, by W. G. Medlicott for the manufacture of hosiery, mostly shirts and drawers. In 1868 it was organized as a joint stock company, with a capital of 8150,000. This company runs two mills here in this village. No. 1, is 159 feet long with two ells, 30 and 37 feet wide, the main building being 45 feet wide, built of brick ; the building is principally four stories, including | basement ; dye house adjoining, built of wood, 50x30, one story. No. 2 mill, built of wood, 30x53, three stories. Em- ploy in both mills 220 hands. This company run 42 knit- ' ting frames of various kinds ; 2,600 spindles, using from 25 to 30,000 lbs. cotton and wool per week. Their motive power is derived from Chase's turbine wheel of 75 and 50 horse power. J. H. Hatdes commenced the manufacture of se^ving silk in 1838 ; his main building is 70x22, two stories ; employs 15 hands, and turns out about 50 lbs. silk per week. For motive power, he has a five horse power turbine Vheel. At Raisbow, a few miles from the station, is the Springfield Paper Co. This company was organized in 1864. for the manufacture of book, news and colored pa- per. O. H. (Treeuleaf, President ; H. X. Tiukham. .Secre- tary. Office iu Springfield, Mass., and Wm. L. Bid well, Treasurer and Manager at mill. They employ about 40 hands on the average in the manufacture of printing papers, consuming about 700 tons paper stock per year, producing about 400 tons paper. The water power, from the Farm- ington river is one of the finest in the world. They have a water wheel of 100 horse power for driving their machine- ry. At Raisbow, are Hodge, Sox & Co., manufacturers of white and colored tissue paper. The business was es- tablished in 1860. and re-organized in 1»66. They occupy a 4 storv- building with 3 wings 100x40 feet. Employ 14 hands, and produce $80,000 worth yearly. At Sheffield, a few miles from this station, are the Eagle Mills Company was organized in 1846, for the manufacture of fine writing and map papers. W. B. Lath- am, Agent. - Their main building is 2 stories front, 3 rear, 112 feet in length by 30 in width, with machine room attached 22x54 feet. On the west side of main building are the bleach room 15x30 feet; boiler house 10x36 feet; size room 12x22 feet ; south of the machine room is the ruling room 16x10 feet ; stock house 30x40 feet ; store room and otTice 18x36 feet ; lumber shed 18x40 feet. They em- ploy 20 hands, producing about 100 tons paper annually, doing a business of 840,000. The motive power is fur- nished from a breast wheel, 12 feet diameter, under 6 feet fall, and a 10 horse engine made by Carpenter & Company, i of Springfield, Mass. Wi I^'!\II*AX,'K, a small country station on the Danbury & Xorwalk Railroad, about 2 miles from Norwalk. I!\SXJEO, 62 miles from Bridgeport, at the terminus of the Xaugatuck Railroad. A village in the town of Winchester, Litchfield County, located at the mouth of a lake which is from 3 to 4 miles in length and J of a mile in breadth. The outlet of this lake presents a novel scene, it consists of a small stream compressed within a narrow channel and literally tossed from rock to rock till it unites with Mad river. Most of the manufacturing establishments here are located on or near this outlet upon whic'.i there are some of the best natural sites for hydiaulic works in the state. JLA.XUFACTURES. T. HcLBERT commenced business in 1860, for the manu- facture of bar iron, situated on Lake street. His main build- ing 70x40. one story, contains 4 breast wheels for driving the hammers, two of 15 horse power, and two of 7 horse power ; blacksmith's shop, 70x40, one story. Employs 25 hands, turning out monthly about 50,000 lbs. of iron. Lathrop & Barton commenced business in 1863. Man- ufacture table and butchers' cutlery. Their works are quite extensive, occupying three buildings : 1st building 30x40, two stories, finishing and office ; 2d building, 36x40, two sto- ries, grinding ; 3d building, 36x85, one story, forging. Em- ploy 40 hands. They use about 25 tons steel, and produce about 3,000 dozeu per year. Clifton Mill Co., capital $35,000, manufacturers of | mill stuff's and Wm. G. Coe's patent screw wrenches. Wm. G. Coe, Treasurer, Alvin Gilbert. President, and T. M. Clark, Agent. Building covers 200x40 ft., 3 stories ; employ 60 persons. This company also owns the Winsted Hoe Co., which was incorporated iu 1»65, with a capital of $30,000. T. M. Clark, President and Agent. Manufacture Planter's hoes of eveiy description; also, the ■■ T. H. Witherby" edge tools. &c., &c. This company occupies 3 large build- ings on the lake stream, and employs 65 hands. Are using 1 overshot and 2 turbine wheels, of the Dayton, Oiiio pat- tern. Water power of the 3 shops, 95 horse ; running 7 large grindstones, 15 polishing, 10 trip hammers, &c. GiLJiAN Carriage Co. Incorporated 1867. Capital $25,000. X. Adams, President ; E. E. Gilman. Secretary ; manufacturers of all kinds of carriages, building 133x33, wing 30x65, 3 stories, employ 50 hands, turning out 200 carriages per year. They use a 20 horse power turbine wheel to run their machinery. Manufactory situated on Main street. Moore & Clark commenced business in 1866. Manu- facturing carriage bolts and nuts, building 20x80, 1 story employing 30 hands, and turning out about 150.000 barrels of nuts per month. They use about 9 tons of iron per month. Shop situated on Main street. Winsted ilANrFACrrRiNG Co. This company was incor- porated in 1835, for the manufacture of edge tools, princi- pally scythes. At the first meeting cf the directors of the company held August 22, 1835. Theron Rockwell was chos- en President : John Camp. Secretary ; Lvman Case. Treas- urer. August 29th, .John Camp was chosen Agent at the mUl, with a salary of 8400 per year. At a meeting of the directors held Oct. 10, 1836, Theron Rockwell was chosen I President, John Camp, Secretary and Treasurer. Oct. 24, ' 1839, Theron Rockwell, President ; Xorman Adams, Secre- tary and Treasurer. Oct. 19, 1840, Theron Rockwell, Pres- ident ; John Camp, Secretary and Treasurer. There were no changes in the officers of the company until 1848, when a meeting was called April 17, and Evert Bevins was elected ■ President, vice Rockwell, deceased. Webb's N. E. Railway and Mannfactiira-s Statistical Gazetteer. 561 These same officers commenced to hold the positions of President and Secretary, until September 29, 1851, when Riifus Hohnes, was chosen President in place of Evert Bevins, resigned ; September 26, 1353, Charles Reynolds, elected President ; September 2-4, 1855, George Dudley, elected President. In 1861, John Camp, after being Sec- retary and Treasurer of the company for 26 years, died, and August 25, 1862, William C. Phelps, was appointed Secre- tary, pro tern ; August 30, 1863, Joseph H. Norton, ap- pointed Secretary and Agent, which office he now holds ; March 19, 1864, special meeting Was called, and George Dudley, appointed President ; in August, 1865, E. Grove Lawrence, was appointed President, vice Du41ey resigned ; Mr. Lawrence, held the office of President until August, 1867, when William S. Gilbert was appointed President, and J. H. Norton, Secretary and Treasurer. Their main building, situated on North Main street, is 130x48 feet, 2 stories, built of brick and stone, with a build- ing attached, 100x20 feet, where they polish and finish scythes. Forging done in building 60x35 feet ; 100 horse power turbine wheel. They manufacture about 7,000 dozen per year, using about 15 tons of iron, &c ; employing 30 hands. New England Pin Co., situated opposite the depot ; in- corporated in 1857 ; capital 8100,000 ; James R. Keeler, President. G. Wetmore, Secretary and Treasurer, for the manufacture of solid head pins, worsted braids and shoe laces. Their power is derived from a 30 horse turbine wheel. Mill building 80x40 feet, 3 stories ; employing 60 hands; using about 10,000 lbs. of brass, 4,000 "lbs. combing wool and 3,000 lbs. cotton per mouth, making about 500 packs of pins, 300 dozen braids and 300 gross laces per day. WixsTED Foundry and Machine Co. Incorporated 1851. Capital §15,000, George Taylor. President, Charles Alvord, Secretary. Manufacture principally to order, cast- ings, and machinery ; building 100x50, 2 stories, employing 12 hands. A 30 horse power turbine wheel, gives all the power required to run 2 planers and 6 lathes. Strong Manufacturing Co. Incorporated 1865, with capital of 816,000. William L. Gilbert, President, C. Strong, Secretary and Ageut ; manufacture table and tea spoons, also, coffin trimmings ; building 60x30, 3 stories, employing 50 hands. They use about 300 pounds Britannia and 500 pounds compositiou of lead, &c., and turn out 12 gross spoons, and 30 dozen pair handles per day. W. Stickney, manufacturer of carriages. Commen- ced business 1867, employs 12 hands, and makes about 30 carriages per yeaft lie does mostly jobbing work, building 40x50, 2 stories. Thayer Schthe Co. commenced business in 1867, as suc- cessors to W. Thayer & Co., for the manufacture of scythes, hay knives, &c. Employ 15 hands ; they use about 35 tons iron, 7 tons edge steel, and two tons back steel; also, 125 tons coal, and make about nine thousand dozen scythes per year. They have three buildings, viz. : No. 1, 40x60, forg- ing shop. 1 story. No. 2, 20x30, grinding shop, 1 story. No. 3, 20x30, polishing and finishing, 2 stories. They have one 57 horse power turbine wheel, for driving trip hammers and grindstones, and one 10 horse power turbine wheel for polishing, twisting straw, and strawiug up scythes. Beardsley SciTHE Co., situated on Meadow street, E. Beardsley, President. F. Brown, Agent, E. R. Beardsley, Treasurer and Secretary; capital 825,000. Manufacture scythes ; employ 40 persons ; use about 100 tons steel and turn out about 8,000 dozen per year ; their works comprise 4 large buildings. J. S. & J. T. Rockwell, manufacturers of sheep leather of every variety. Commenced business in 1842, on Main street, building 170x45 feet, 3 stories; employing 14 hands, and turn out about 65 skins per day, using from 400 to 500 tons of hemlock bark per year. They derive their power from a 10 horse power breast wheel. Office 47 and 49 Ferry street, New York. Empire Knife Co., incorporated in 1849, Beardsley & Almond being the firm. Manufacturers of pocket cutlery, shears and scissors ; building 90x20 feet, 2 stories ; finishing and packing. Forging, hardening and grinding done in small outside building, so as not to endanger their main works in case of fire. Employ 50 hands, and turn out about 750 dozen per month. Power, wood breast wheel of 40 horse power. George Dudley & Son, situated on Main street. Com- menced business 1867, manufacture imported sheep skins, for book-binders' use ; building 111x42, 4 stories, used for tanning, scraping, packing, &c., also, 2 buildings 35x40 each, 3 stories used for drying, employ 25 hands, and turn out about 20,000 dozen per month, using 500 tons bark per year ; power, 15 horse power breast wheel. They also have a branch tannery at Barkhamsted, Conn, about 7 miles from AVinsted, size of building 60x30, wing 50x30, 3 stories ; employing 6 hands. Use about 120 tons bark per year, and turn out about 7000 dozen skins. Use a 10 horse power breast wheel. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., situated on North Main street. Incorporated in 1866, with a capital of 860,000. George B. Owens, President ; J. B. Woodruff, Treasurer. Manufacture clocks of all kinds ; building 170x30, three sto- ries, and employ 100 persons. Their works are run by a 40 horse power turbine wheel. Manufacture about 3,500 clocks per month. R. Cook & Sons, commenced business in 1839, manufac- turing all kinds of axles, crowbars and sleigh shoes ; mill situated on North Main street, and is 75.k35, three stories high; employing 15 hands. Their forging is done in two outside buildings, 35x40, one story each. They use about 8 tons of iron, producing from 4 to 5 set of axles per mouth. Power derived from 2 float wheels, of 25 horse power, and one breast wheel of 40 horse power. Jy^AIjESVIIjLE, is a village of about Tj]/ 100 inhabitants, located about 3 miles from Meriden, OO ^i*^ ^^ from New Haven, on the New Haven, Hart- ford and Springfield Railroad. The Eagle Augkr and Skate Manufacturing Co., is located about 40 rods from the depot. This company com- menced the manufacture of augers and skates, in 1863, as successors to N. G. Sanford & Co. They occupy a main building 90x40. 3 stories, with a wing 100x30, 2 stories. They employ 60 persons, and consume about 4 tons of iron, and steel per month. The power is furnished by 2 iron wheels, with a capacity of about 125 horse power, having 8 feet fall, being located on the Quinnipiac river. The pro- prietors are Hull Clark, James C. Wilson, and Edward H. Tracy, their warehouse is at 81 Beekman street, New York. G. I. Mix & Co., commenced in 1856, the manufacture of a general assortment of iron, Britannia and plated spoons, tinned iron hollow ware, &c. The manufactory is located about J mile from the depot, the main building being 96x34 4 stories, built mostly of wood, basement of stone. A cast- ing shop 80x20, 1 story, and other small buildings. They employ 100 persons when in full operation. The motive power is furnished by a Kilbourn, Lincoln & Co.'s, wheel, the fall here being 10 feet, with a capacity of 150 horse power. The company consume 1200 pounds of block tin 71 562 Statims in the State of Connecticut. per day ; 830,000 worth of liiincd iron plate? per year im- ported by them irom England ; Slo.OOO worth of sheet iron and the fame of iron wiie annually. Do a hiis^iness of about 6170,000 per year. Salesroom >^3 Beekman street, New York. AI\'TIC, 17 miles from New London, and 4 from Norwich. A station located in the town Franklin, on the New London and Northern Rail- road. Yantic Woolen Mill, E. Williams, proprietor. Es- tablished in 1824. Run 10 sets machinery; 7 sets now running on flannels of e\ery description. The power is supplied by a Swaine iron turbine water wheel, under 14 feet of fall. ADDITIONS, &c. ^IK]?II]\GHA]TI. The Howe Manu- ^T| KACTUKihG Co., established in 1835, by Dr. John J. (. y Howe. They occupy a building 140 feet long, and employ 50 workmen. The power is furnished by a 40 horse power engine. Their manufactory is located ou the Nauga- tuck river, with a fall of 12 feet. Their agents are located at No. 180 Chambers street, New York, Robert Mat, manufacturer of hoop-skirts, and importer of seamless kid gloves, occupies a 3^ story building 80x40 feet ; employs CO hands, doing a business of $100,000. Es- tablished in"l864. Downs & Basset, established business in the year 1857, for the manufacture of hoop skirts. They occupy a 3 story brick building 98x35 feet. The average number of employ- ees is from 50 to 9G, making 400 skirts daily, and doing a business of from SI 50,000 to §200,000 per annum. Shelton & OsBOKN Manifactukikg Co. Manufactur- ers of hardware, stationery and skirts. The business was commenced in 1837, but was established by the present company in 1854. They occupy buildings of the following sizes : 9x30 feet, 4 stories, and one 38x20 ft. 2 stories. They employ liom 80 to 125 hands, and sell goods to the amount of $176,000 yearly ; they u?e water power. ESTVIL.I^E. E. P. Merriam, com- mcnced business in 1834, for the manufacture of blind and window trimmings, occupies a build- ing C0x22 feet, and employs from 6 to 8 hands. AIVBl^RY. Tweedy & Co., fur and wool hat manufacturers, were established by Samuel Tweedy in 1801. They occupy 5 buildings situated on the Still river. Use 3 steam engines built by the Pacific Iron Works Co. of 60 horse power each, and 1 25 horse power, 4 Lowe's patent boilers of 60 horse power each, and 1 flue boiler of 40 horse power supplies the steam. They employ 700 hands and produce on an average 250 dozen | er day. This establishment is one of the oldest and most suc- cessful in their line of business of any similar concern in the United States. Salesrooms 100 and 102 Grand street. New York. -WITH mxioisr, BiiEoisriE & sn^^w^, MANUFACTUTiERS OF AND AVHOLESALE DEALERS IN WAm STB.iiT. STOP AT THE mm^ H@^^Ii, TBliaiT iaiSlp_ ^^ HAZELTINE When T*Ofi \*isit IVe-w Hampsliire. PROPRIETOR. NEW YORK. /jtOr^D SPRI\G, Putnam County. If y West Point Fuusdkv, Paulding, Kemble & Co., proprietors, was established in 1817. They occupy buildings covering upwards of four acres of ground, and man- ufacture heavy machinery and castings, of all kinds ; marine and stationary engines, cast iron water pipes, &c. &c. Also, manufacture castings from gun iron of a guaranteed strength of 30,000 lbs. per square inch. The business was formerly carried on by R. P. Parrott, who was succeeded by the present firm November 1st, 1867. This firm employ, from 350 to 1,000 persons, and turn out annually from 4,500 to 10,000 tons of machinery, doing a business of from S650,000 to 81,500,000. Tiieir machinery is driven by five ordinary high pressure steam engines, mak- ing a combined power of 150 horse ; also, an over-shot water wheel of 50 horse power. G. Paulding and G. Kemble, Jr. at the works, and J. N. Paulding and Peter Kemble, at the office, Xo. 30 Broadway, New York, constitute the firm. ^^EWBTRG. QiAssAicK Woolen Mill Jljl Co. This company was established in 1865. Their C^;^ '"'11 is 150x45 feet, three stories high, and is situa- ted on tlie Quassaick creek, about one half mile from the Hudson river. They run 4 sets of machinery, and 17 broad looms, and manufacture kerseys, horse blankets, and brown gray blankets ; employing from 50 to 60 persons, and pro- ducing from 300 to 600 yards goods daily, doing business of from §75,000 to 100,000 per year, their machinery is driven by water wheels, under 1 6 feet fall, the power used being 60 horse. Townseud & King, 81 North street, are agents for the sale of their brown gray blankets. Their horse- blankets are sold by themselves. E. Haigh, Esq., is mana- ger of this company. Valley Woolen Mills, Haigh & Mellor, proprietors. The mill wliich is located on the Qiassaick creek, one half mile from the Hudson river, was established about ten years since, and came into the hands of the present proprietors in 1868. The buildings occupied by them are as follows, viz. : mill, 96x36 feet, 4 stories high ; a rag house 60x40 feet, 1 story, which contains 2 rag pickers, for making shoddy of all kinds and qualities ; also, a store house, dye-house, &c. This firm are manufacturers of fine horse kerseys, and col- lar checks. They run 3 set of cards, and 12 looms, employ- ing from 25 to 35 persons. Their machinery is driven by water wheels of 60 horse power, under 16 feet fall. Office in Newburi-i«toi-. The niaimfacture of the e:]>ii*ii^e: i*o ^w e: p^ l. o o ]>x is made a specialty at these works. This loom is universally acknowledged to be the best, most durable, fastest, and easiest managed for Plain and Twill Goods, either Cotton or Woolen, in the world. It took a bronze medal at the New York World's Fair, and silver medals at the Fair of the American Institute, New York, and that of the Franklin Institute, of Pennsylvania. There are establishments running 5000 of these looms. Complete illustrated circulars with diagrams of all parts, and full descriptions and explanation, will be sent gratis on application. means of bolsters, the machinery is received and discharged, i out in the same time being 150. Their machinery is driven The manufacturing grounds contain about six acres, upon by one 4 feet turbine, and one of 3i feet, making a combined which are located 5 other large brick and stone buildings, : power of 50 horse, built by J. P. Collins, of Ida Hill, Troy, comprising a brass and iron foundry, forging shop, trim- ; N. Y. The fall here is 17 feet. The work is conducted ming room, pattern room, &c. There are employed at these : through 11 departments, each under the charge of the gen- works 150 persons. The machinery comprises all necessary j eral superintendent. The surroundings of the works are for a well-organized establishment for the purpose designed. | extremely beautiful, and a large amount of water power in Fifty tons of pig iron, 10 tons bar iron and 5,000 feet of ; the immediate vicinity is either only partially or not at all lumber are consumed monthly, the number of looms turned 1 occupied. PENNSYLYANIA. \\\ HII^A1>EI.PHI A. The Philadel- ^^^nt, ahhough not one of the most extensive, is one of the AJk t J^ % r> w f most compete of Its kmd m machinery, and its appoir'- ^fl PHiA Star Cakktage and Tire Bolt \V orks, of ^_ :„ .l. tt„:.„j c.„.„= ments, in the United States. which Messrs. Townsend & Hubbard, are the proprie- tors, was established in 1866. Their works are lo- cated on Cherry street, west of 33d, their lot being 150 ft. square, and is in part covered with buildings. They manu- ^ ^^ rr- -r, tt -n facture carriage and tire bolts of all the various kinds in j ^^ EADINGr. The Keading Hot PRESSED use. Store bolts and rods, bolts for plows, mowing machines, 1 j5[V Nut Works were established about three years and all kinds of agricultural implements, clips, &c., war- (^7 since by the present proprietor, J. H. Sternberg, ranting all goods manufactured by them to be excelled by He consumes nearly 1,000 tons ol bar iron per year, and no others. Their machinery has been built entirely by employs about 30 men. A 60 horse power engine supplies themselves, the inventions of one of the proprietors, and is the impetus for the machinery. The buildings are 40x160 considerably superior to anything in use for their business. : feet with engine house, blacksmiths' shop and office attached. They turn out annually from four to five millions of bolts i His hot pressed nuts are made by different kinds of ma- with their present facilities. In a word, their establish- | chines of his own patents, and are said to be unexcelled. HAWLEY, FOLSOM & MAETIN, Successors to F*. A.. Ha^vley & Co. JOBBERS A^ISTD M^IN^UF^CTTIBEBS OF @EiTi' FUiNISHINO OOOiS, IS OTIS &. 34 AR-CH STR.EET, BOSTOIV. OHIO. /ffll^CIir.lf ATI. Hartma-nn, Laist & Co. ^V occupy about 19,000 square feet of laud on which ^\, are located several buildings, one, two and three stories in height, situated at No. 53 West Second street, and used in the manufacture of white, chemically pure, and in- odorous glyceriue. They commenced business in 1863, and have about 25 employees, producing dailj' 2,000 lbs. of gly- cerine, and doing business to the amount of SloO.OOO per annum. The growing demand for tlieir glycerine has in- duced them to increase considerably their manufacturing facilities, so as to enable them to execute with promptness and dispatch orders for any quantity. It is obtained by a new process of distillation, and is warranted to be in every respect equal to the best manufactured in Europe and in this country. It is perfectly white, inodorous, of full specific gravity, and chemically pure, being entirely free from me- tallic impurities, alkali and lime, and is specially adapted to medicinal purposes. A 20 horse engine supplies the motive power. Maine to California, aiid in England and Prussia. This firm were awarded the first premium for goods displayed at the World's Fair in London, in 1862. An engine of 100 horse power drives their machinery. ^PRi:VOFIEI.D. Thomas & Mast, ^J^; manufacturers of the "Buckeye" grain drill and {_,^ grass seed sower, " Buckeye" cider mill and press, " Buckeye " riding cultivator and triumph mower. They occupy a machine shop 415x50 feet, three stories high, and foundry 150x100 feet. The business was established in 1856, and now gives employment to 225 persons, producing on an average 28 machines per day, valued at about 870 each. The amount of business done by them being about 8500,000 annually. Their machinery is driven by water power. AYTOI%. S. X. Brown & Co., manu- facturers of carriage wheels, hubs, spokes and bent material, occupy a factory building 215x60 feet, o stories and built of brick ; also brick warehouse, 150x60 feet, 3 stories. The business was established in 1847, and the company incorporated in 1869. They have employed in their factory 85 persons, besides 13 in getting out lumber and timber, and do business to the amount of 8175,000 per an- num. Their goods are sold in all parts of the country from = C^r'lFFIIV. Tiffin Agricultural AVorks, I (tj 1) office and works south end Main street, were estab- ^ — ' lished and incorporated under the laws of Ohio, Feb. 11, 1865. The buildings cover an area of about 16,000 square feet. Manufacture agricultural implements and ma- chinery ; hands emploved average 40 ; a 40 horse power en- I gine supplies the power. The annual sales amount to about §80,000 on an average. They are about fitting up new works and increasing their capital which is now $50,000, to 8200,- 000 ; are running very light at present, manufacturing re- volving horse rakes. A. T. Barnes, President ; E. C. Um- sted, Secretary ; N. M. Barnes, Superintendent. HARTMANN, LAIST & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF iL^^im p 53 West Second Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, Have continually on hand the above article suitable for druggists. Also, Glycerine for manufacturing purposes and gas meters. Samples furnished on application. . ( LONGHURST & LAUER, 52 Cedar street, New York. AGENTS . ^ ^yj^j GULAGER, 59 North Front street, Philadelphia. ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS. MAINE C.ACO RIVER STATIO:\. Bar ^y) Mills. The tirni of S. II. Berry & Sou was estab- O^ lished by S. H. Berry, in June 1833. The buildiugs are 26x60, 2 stories, and 30x40, 1 story, which contains gang and single saws and heading machines. They manu- facture sugar and molasses head, sugar box shocks for the Cuba market, small boxes for packing preserved fruits and meats and boot and shoe boxes. Use about 80 horse power with facilities for 250. P^mploy about 25 persons. ^ftEilfI>AI^I.'S MII.I.S. C. K. Foss T^i occupies a building 40x55 with ell 32x36 ; together (^/ 3 out buildings for housiug lumber for the manu- facture of curtain sticks, commencing here in 1860. He employs 8 persons ; consumes 2J thousand of stock and pro- duces from 10 to 15 gross daily, doing a business of $20,000 annually. He uses 15 machines for planing, &c. Benj. Bunker & Co., manufacturers of match cards, bungs and plugs, for beer, fish, flour, syrup and molasses barrels, commenced business in 1868. They occupy a build- ing 40x85, 2 stories, 2 dry houses 13x20 each and a dry shed 100x15. They employ 16 persons, consume 1,000 cords of pine wood and 200,000 feet of boards for cases yearly, producing 450 gross of match cards daily, requiring $650 worth of stamps daily to meet the requirements of the rev- enue law. ■ They do a business of $250,000 yearly, produc- ing about 150,000 gross of sawed match cards and 5.000,- 000 bungs and plugs. The buildings, said to be the largest of their kind in the United Slates, are located on main dam at head of an island. Power obtained from 2 centre-vent water wheels 30 and 40 horse power each, under 8 feet fall of water. Market, Boston, New York and Southern cities. Tdkey & Jakins, mauufacturers of curtain fixtures, cur- tain slut and nursery stick. This establishment was the first of the kind introduced in the State of Maine, by Foss, Owen & Co. in 1858. Since which time many similar manufac- tories have grown up aroimd them. Tiiis firm now manu- facture about 150,000 curtain fixtures of different styles, 150,000 rolls and slats for the trade, 500,000 curtain slats and 50,000 nm-sery plant sticks per annum. They employ 5 persons on an average, consuming yearly 275,000 feet of lumber. 000 feet per annum of pine and spruce lumber and some- times hemlock, 1,000,000 lathes, 100,000 shingles, 100,000 clapboards, doing a business of about $50,000 aunutilly ; em- ploy about 30 persons. m EYT GEOIJCESTER, 38 miles ■ I . southwest from Augusta and 23 north from Port- C^^ land, a station and town on the Grand Trunk Rail- road ; a pleasant and flourishing town, incorporated 1774. It is well watered by Royal's River ; the soil is fertile. New Gloucester has 9 powers or more. Eight of the above are situated on Royal's River, and all within a run- ning distance of :J of a mile ; total descent, 50 feet. The power is only partially improved in mills, their character not staled ; centre-vent wheels employed. Some small ponds are connected with the stream which can be used for reservoirs. The iiuprovement of the power has operated favorably for the wealth of the town. One power on Lovewell's brook. NEW HAMPSHIRE. (^ I^TO]\. C. C. MooNEY. manufacturer of /A , shoes, occupies one building 30x70 feet. He em- (^^ ploys 50 workmen and produces 90,000 pairs of shoes yearly, doing a business of $120,000 C. J. M. J. M. Fogg, were established by C. Fogg, in 1840 ; las admitted in 1865. They manufacture 3,000,- /jtL.AREIW[OIVT. Sugar River Mill ^^jJ Co., incorporated and business established in 1856, n, witli a capital of 8100,000. The building is on Main street, built in the most substantial manner of brick with stone basement, 5 stories high with slated roof. It is 48x64 feet, eight run of Burr stone, and built for a first class mill, with all the modern improved machinery for the manu- facture of flour and meal. Employ 7 hands. Capacity of flour department, 100 barrels per day. The machinery is driven by water power, with 14 feet fall, " Tyler wheel" used. They have a store house opposite 25x50 feet, built of wood, and located near the railroad station of " Claremont." Adjoiniu the flour mill and part of the same property is a two story and half saw, sash and planing mill 75x35 feet. The mill is leased to Messrs. Richardson & Co., who occu- py and run said mill. Employ 6 hands and manufacture annually nearly a million feet of lumber. They have a Webb's N. E. Railway and Manufachtrei-s' Statistical Gazetteer. 567 large lumber yard with suitable buildings and appurtenances for keeping on liand a full supply of building materials, in- cluding lalhs, shingles and clapboards. li:?IO:^D'S CORlfER, U miles I from Concord. A country station in the town of AVarner, on the Concord and Claremont Railroad. JAK]?II]\GTOI%. E. C. KiNNEAR, es- tablishcd business in 1857 for the manufacture of shoes. He occupies 2 buildings, employs 150 hands and produces 140,000 pairs vearlv. Amount of business per annum, S225,000. '5jUI]\SI>Ar.E. Plcxket Woolen Co. 'j/ t commenced business in 1861. They manufacture C^ cotlon warp, cloths and satinets. The factory is lo- cated on the east branch of the Housatonic ; the power is furnished by 1 breast wheel and 2 Collins water wheels. ^5j[^EW.^ARKET. Newmarket Manu- ^Ijl FACTURISG Co. This company was established in C^;^ 1823 and are running three mills 150x50 feet each, built of stone, 5 stories high, containing 25,000 spindles, GOO looms, employ 400 hands, and produce annually 4,500,- 000 yards sheetings, shirtings, drillings and cotton flannels. The power is furnished from 2 turbine wheels (one Ameri- can turbine, the other Kilburn & Lincoln, of Fall River,) under 20 feet fall. This summer this company will build their fourth mill, of stone, 3 stories high, 262 feet long by 60 feet wide, thus increasing their spindles 1,200, and looms 250. Geo. W. Frost, Agent at the mill. 1 l> ^YTORTH PEEHA:?!, six miles from Nashua, Xew Hampshire. At this place is the Beaver Mills, situated on the Beaver river. They were established in 1866. The mill is 50x60 feet, 3 stories manufacture flannels. Employ 25 persons; nm 12 broad looms, 2 sets of machinery, turning out 1000 yards daily, and doing a business of about 875,000 per j-ear. A 25 horse engine supplies the power, assisted by a water wheel. The fall here is 10 feet. Charles H. Wyman & Company, pro- prietors. AA^I?IO:¥D. E. T. Nutter & Co. com- menced business in Dec, 1868, for the manufacture of pine and oak lumber. The buildings occupied by them, together with some improvements cost §40,000. They occupy 3 mills, 2 of which are used in which to saw out oak staves for hogshead shooks, about 4,000 of the latter being produced daily. These latter are made chiefly for the AVest India trade. One mill is used for making sugar box shooks. They have a cooper shop 28x45 feet, with machine- ry in it. The mills are of the following dimensions, one 25 x40 feet, 2 stories ; one 18x60 feet, 1 story ; one 20x50 feet, 1 story. They employ from 30 to 40 men. They had a 2 story building constructed 28x40 feet, with basement for store and an ell 20x36 feet, costing 84,000. These with several other buildings comprise their manufactory. ^i:i¥COOK. Wattles & Bond com- Zy) menced business in 1866, for the manufacture of Cy"^ beam and skein yarns and bandings. They occupy one building 50x30 feet, 3 stories high. Employ 18 hands ; run 800 spindles and produce 250 lbs. daily ; doing a busi- ness of 830,000 per annum. The factory is located on Sun- cook river, having a fall of 11 feet. They consume 300 lbs. of cotton daily. R. B. Smith & Co., Boston, are agents. YERMOXT. %) ETHEL.. E. T. BuGBEE, occupy a main ^j\\ building 100x30 feet, 3 stories, currying shop, 40x ( . ~'y 26, 2 stories, two wings 100x26 and 70x22, 2 stories, store house 50x30 3 stories, and another house 30x18, all built of wood, for the manufacture of hides, calfskins, lea- leather, &c. They employ 25 persons, produce 200 sides of leather per month, 200 sides of calfskins, and 3000 sheepskins. A 30 horse power engine made by the Swampscot Machine Co., of Swampscot, New Hampshire, supplies the power. The establishment is situated on the White river, alt the goods are sold in Boston. The busi- ness was established, and the main building erected in 1865. The present joint stock company was founded in 1868, for the purpose of carrying on the wcol pulling and tanning busiuess, and they claim to have the largest and best facil- ities for business in the Slate. The works have recently been enlarged and improved, with ample means for hand- ling 100,000 pelts, and 5000 hides per annum. .ii^AIRFAX. James Anderson & Son were ^11 established in 1867. The main building is 40x60 ft. \ /| with dye house attached, 18x12 feet. They employ 12 liands, run 420 spindles, 4 looms and 1 set of machinery, manufacturing about 100 yards of woolen goods and flannels daily. The mill is situated on Stony Brook, and has a fall of 30 feet. They do a business amounting to 85,000 an- nually. '^^ I€H.lIO.\I>. R. A. Jones established business in 1852. He occupies a one story building 70x24 feet, for the manufacture of rough slaughter, kip, calf and upper leather, and boots and shoes. Employs 4 men, and does a business of 814,000 per annum. His ma- chinery is run by water power, with wheel under 10 feet fall. ^f^t EST RUPERT, 38 miles from Rutland and 48 from Troy. A flag station on the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, Rutland and Washington Division, in the town of Rupert. IVIASSACHUSETTS. ' EA VER RROOK. A country sta- tion on the Lawrence Branch Railroad. 568 Additions, Alterations and Cori-ections. ^OSTOX. Joseph F. Paul & Company. | TJ Office 441 Tremont street. Occupy about 2 acres of | ( . ' ground for the manufacture of mouldings of every j description, for houses and frames. The business was es- I tablished about 1848, by Joseph F. Paul. They have two engines of 180 horse power combined. The firm are also engaged largely in the lumber business, amounting to S800,- 000 annually. E. H. AsHCROFT, occupies 3 floors in a 4 story brick build- ing, located at 51 and 53 Sudbury street. He commenced business in 1852. Employs 30 hands. Runs a 25 horse jiower engine, manufacturing steam and water guages, making about 3,000 annually, doinga business of $100,000. also, recently procured a patent on Hunt's improved double acting turbine water wheel, which is regarded one of the most economical and powerful wheels in use. There is a foun- dry connected with the establishment, melting some 800 tons of pig iron annually. The works are driven by water power and give employment to about 100 men. /|tAST Bt.A€KST03fE. Ballou & tfl/' AVoRRALL. Business established 1804. Occupy a 3 ^^ story building 34x86 feet, for tlie manufacture of denims, cotton duck and satinet warps. Employ 30 hands ; consume 2,000 lbs. cotton, and produce weekly about Sl,- 200 worth of goods, doing a business of 8150,000 per an- num. A Putnam's 25 horse power engine, and a Leflel 30 horse power water wheel under a fall of 30 feet, sup- plies the power. ArlAIjIflER. LooMis 8c Page, manufactur- ^^ ers of all descriptions of carriages and sleighs. The ^p" business was established by Nehemiah Smith, about ^^ 20 years ago. There are now used three buildings, the main one being two stories high, built of wood, 60x40 feet; the second, two stories, 40x30 feet, built of wood; the third, also of wood, is used for a repository, being 60x 35 feet, one story. The principal work is light driving car- riages, which are made very nicely, and from appearances as good in all respects as can be found in any manufactory. Thirteen hands are employed, all first class workmen. ^5 EADIXGr. D. F. Weston, shoe manu" 5^ facturer. Established the manufacture of ladies'^ misses', and children's shoes in 1835. He occu- pies one building. Employs from 40 to 50 persons, runs 4 ^j^O WEI.«Ij. Taylor & Barker com.nenced ^ the manufiicture of all kinds of chemicals for dyers — ' and calico printers in 18G7, making a specialty of py- roligneous acids and its compounds. The business was established by O. M. Whipple, some 40 years ago. The building is 160x50, 1 story, situated on Lawrence street. Employ 15 hands ; consume 1,500 cords hard wood per year, besides indigo acids, pig tin, &c. ; producing 3,000 gallons acids per week. Motive power furnished by the Wamesit Power Company. White, Brothers & Kilburx commenced the manufac- ture of gloves, mittens — buck, calf, &c., in 1865. They oc- cupy a floor in John Xesmith's building, a tannery on Howe street, and factory at 67 East Merrimac street. Employ 25 hands. Salesroom 143 Summer street, Boston. ^^mger sewi by hand. ig machines. His work is light and all made I' SSEEE, situated 8 miles from Spring- field, 116 from Boston, and 84 from Albany, on the Boston and Albany Railroad. A village of about 400 inhabitants. 2 churches. %l' ORTH HARWICH. A sea coast - in. situated about half a miln; from the depot, 88 C*^ miles from Boston, and 5 from Orleans, containing about 200 inhabitants, on the Cape Cod Railroad. ^OIJTH HEVGHA:?!. Joseph Jacobs ^^5) & Sox, manufacturers of edge tools. The business (S^ was established by Joseph Jacobs in 1838. They occupy two buildings, one 24x52 feet, the other 22x40 feet. They employ 13 hands, and do a business of from 820,000 to 82 5,000 yearly. They are located at Wilder's Pond, South Hingham ; use water power, and have 20 feet fall of water. /|\RA:\GE. In the year 1843, Kodney IJ r/ Hunt. Esq.. senior partner of ihe firm of HrrxT,WAiTE ^^^ Sc Flfst, commenced the millwright business in Or- ange : at that time making the manufacture of breast water wheels a specialty, and it may safely be said that he has put in as many breast wheels as any other builder in New Eng- land. This business soon led to contracting fir building and furnishing throughout cotton and woolen mills. AVith an increase of business, an increase of facilities was required. So numerous improvements and extensions have been made, and the business of the establishment is now managed by three partners, the style of the firm now be- ing Hunt, \Vaite & Flint. Beside the manufacture of first class breast and turbine water wheels, which so long and ex- tensive experience has enabled them to secure, the business now comprises the manufacture of woolen machinery, and wood working machinery ; furnishing also, shafting pulleys and gearing. The manufacture of their patent rotary fulling mill is a specialty with them, having made nearly 3.000 of them, and sending to all parts of the country. They have C^HORXI>IKE. Thorxdike Company (d \) ^*'"'^l'*''S'i business in 1836, for the manufacture of ^=^ cotton goods, denims, stripes, ticks, sheetings, &c. There are two buildings in use, one 160x48 feet and the other 216x50 feet. The employees number 400, run 500 looms and 20,000 spindles, and produce 18,000 yards of goods daily. The amount of business per year is 8550,000. The factory is located on Ware river and has 20 feet and 14 feet fall of water : 550 horse power. J. S. & E. Wright & Company are Agents in Xew York and Boston. RE^TTHA^II. William E. George commenced the manufacture of straw goods in 1853. He occupies, at present, a building 200x 42 feet and wing about 50 feet square, 2 stories and base- ment. Employs in the shop from 50 to 75 men and about 100 girls, and "from 600 to 700 females outside. The build- ings are heated by steam from two 45 horse power boilers. H. K. Fisher occupies a 3 story building 100x40 feet, for the manufacture of boots, shoes and brogans. Employs 60 hands : produces 45,000 pairs per annum. Business estab- lished in I860. /^ rT SEP 2 9 1250 v^"^ "^'t.. ^0 '■-., ° 0^ : ' r^^^ ° ^ 4-7- , ^ -^ JiL^fj ' > 3 %S:$^^ •f- aV /'*• "--.vy^v .K^' %.^' \"^;2%^ ^