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Everett Sq. 1893. Showing West End Electric System:
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Spring 1870
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CONTENTS.
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Water Supply and Sewerage .
27, 64-68, 120 68-71
Early History, Early Settlers at Mystie-Side. First Efforts for Separation, 8-10 Societies : Odd Fellows, Glendon Club, Everett Club, Town Improvement South Parish and its Noted Men, Soldiers in the Revolution 10-14 Association, Board of Trade, W. C. T. U., Woman Suffrage League, Friday Club, Moral Improvement League, ete. . . . . 71-75, 109-110
Old Roads and Routes of Travel, Malden Bridge. 14-15
The South School District . 15-18
Varions Local Improvements : R. R. Depots, Street Railways, Sidewalks,
Shade Trees, Electric Lights, Glenwood Cemetery, Parks . . . . . 75-77 Politieal and Municipal History, Representatives and Senators in the General Court 77-79
Everett a City 79-81
City Government 83-88
Representative, Professional and Business Men .
89-109
Manufactures, Business Enterprises, and Banks . 7, 110-113
Deceased Business Men . 113, 121
Maps: Everett in 1870, Everett in 1893 . 114-115
South Malden in 1835 and Prominent Men of South Malden 116-120
Old Tax Receipt 120
Capt. Amos Sargent's Commission . 121
The Everett Sourenir . 122
Financial and Statistical Data
. 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Police 132
South Malden Representatives in the General Court and Men Holding Important Town Offlees .. 132 Everett Town and City Officers, 1870-93 133
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Boundaries, Area, Description .
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The Southwest School District 18-21
Renewed Agitation for the Incorporation of South Malden . 21-23
Sonth Malden in 1853. Abolition of the District System. Opening of the Newburyport Turnpike . 23-24
Sketch of the Congregational Church . 25-27
Progress of Local Improvement. Woodlawn Cemetery. Second Street. Post Office. Consolidation and Cutting Up of Old Farms. First Railroad. Abolition of Tolls on Malden Bridge . 27-31
South Malden in the War of the Rebellion . 31-33
Universalist Society. Glendale Union Christian Society. Palestine Lodge of Free Masons . 33-36
The Final Struggle for Separation. Everett Incorporated. First Town Meeting Warrant. First Years of the New Town . 36-39
Religions History : Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Courtlaud Street Congregational, Glendale Baptist, Mystie-Side Congregational Churches, Y. M. C. A. and Missions 40-47
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Introduction.
THE change from a town to a city government marks an epoch in the history of Everett. It affords a fitting occasion to take a survey of the past and present, and to gather up in a form convenient for reference and preservation, memorials of the men and things that, amid the rapid changes incident to our wonderful growth, are in danger of being lost and forgotten. In the twenty-three years since Everett was incorporated, many changes have taken place. Almost a new generation has sprung up. Those who were then prominent in town affairs have mostly passed away. With the increase of population from 2,220, to 16,000, the face of the town has entirely changed. Old landmarks have been removed. Old houses and other buildings have been torn down or burned. To give, so far as practicable, a panorama of the past and present of South Malden and Everett; to do justice to the memory of those who have preserved and transmitted to us the priceless blessings which we enjoy, is the object of this work. The space is too limited for a full and complete history. We offer a sketch merely showing the main outlines of the past. To those who have kindly assisted us in this undertaking we tender our grateful acknowledgements.
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AN HISTORICAL SKETCH.
BY DUDLEY P. BAILEY.
I.
BOUNDARIES AND DESCRIPTION.
The city of Everett, formerly known as South Malden, was incorporated as a town, March 9, 1870, and named in honor of Edward Everett. It contains a territorial area of about 2273 acres, lying between the Mystic river on the south, separating it from the Charles- town district of Boston ; Medford on the west, Malden river forming the bound- ary ; the city of Malden on the north ; Chelsea and Revere on the east, Island End River forming the boundary for a part of the distance. The area of the town when incorporated was said to be 2473 acres, but a section west of Mal- den River, estimated to contain about 200 acres, was annexed to Medford in I875.
A tongue of land extending on both sides of Broadway from Mystic River nearly to Mystic street, containing the old Charlestown almshouse, belongs to and is under the jurisdiction of the city of Boston. About five hundred acres in the southwesterly portion of the city consist of salt marsh, and the whole of that section is but little above tide- water ; but from the eastern division of the Boston & Maine Railroad and the Saugus Branch the land gradually rises toward the northeast, reaching an alti- tude of one hundred and thirty-three feet above mean low water on Bel- mont Hill, and one hundred and sey- enty-five feet above mean low water on Mount Washington, which last is the highest point of land in the city. Be- tween these two hills runs a narrow valley, broadening into extensive mead- ows as it stretches northwesterly to Malden. On the easterly side of this valley rises Corbett Hill, from the sum- mit of which the land slopes gently
northeasterly to the Malden line. The greater proportion of the city is not more than sixty feet above mean low water.
The general shape of the town ap- proaches the form of an ellipse, its longest axis running northeast and southwest. Its greatest length is about two and one half miles, its greatest breadth about one and three quarters miles. The number of acres taxed in 1892 was ISI4.
About one hundred acres in the northeastern portion of the city are occupied by Woodlawn Cemetery, one of the most beautiful in the vicinity of Boston. Between one hundred and fifty and two hundred acres are occu- pied by streets and ways, and a consid- erable portion consists of water surface.
Of Everett's geology Nason's Gazet- teer of Massachusetts says, "The geo- logical formation is upper conglomer- ate, drift, and the St. John's group. The soil is sandy in some parts; in others clayey." This last feature is found almost uniformly on the high lands. Clay land suitable for the man- ufacture of bricks is also found on the low lands not far above tide water.
There are about eleven hundred to twelve hundred acres suitable for build- ing purposes. Some of the best build- ing land is comprised in the strip of territory southwest of Belmont Hill and Mt. Washington, and just above the railroad extending from Chelsea to Mal- den. The soil in this tract is com- posed for the most part of a sandy loam, with a substratum of gravel.
Farming is carried on to a limited extent, mostly in the form of market gardening. The number of farms in IS85 was forty. The aggregate value of their products was $66,076, the largest items being milk, $19,955; green-
house products, $12,520; vegetables, $13,577. The total value of the agri- cultural property was $466,925. Of the taxable area, 946 acres, according to the census of 1885, were devoted to ag- ricultural pursuits, of which 356 acres were cultivated and 390 acres unculti- vated ; the latter including 12 acres of woodland. The area in farms is now much reduced by the extension of build- ing and the cutting up of farms into house lots.
The number of manufacturing estab- lishments in 1885 was 44, of which two were corporations having eighteen stockholders and forty-two private firms with fifty-eight partners and members. The total capital invested was $129,- 698,of which $60,400 were invested in buildings and fixtures, and $127,070 in machinery. The value of stock was $878,016; the value of goods made and work done was $1,496,795 ; the num- ber of employees was 717 ; the amount of wages paid, $304,270. The aggre- gate running time in all these establish- ments was 11, SS6 days out of a possi- ble 13,566 days, an average of 268 working days for the year, leaving 13 per cent of lost time. The oldest branch of manufactures is that of bricks, one establishment in this branch dating from the year 1795. Of the total manu- factured product, bricks, building ma- terials, and stone work represented $803,454 ; clothing and straw goods, $33.941 ; iron goods, $66,000; oils, paints, colors, and chemicals, $492,497. The fire losses of the different manu- factories for the ten years ending June 30, 1885, were $146,750.
Everett ranked in 1885 as the 78th town in the Commonwealth in regard to its manufacturing products, and the 15 Ist in regard to the product of each individual.
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II.
EARLY HISTORY.
The whole town of Malden was orig- inally included, by virtue of a grant in 1633, within the territorial limits of Charlestown, the part north of the Mystic River being known as " Mystic Side." The exact date of the first set- tlement is not known, but as early as 1629, Ralph Sprague, who in the preced- ing year had landed at Salem, and taken up his residence at Charlestown with his two brothers Richard and William, passed over and explored the country on Mystic Side, which they found an " uncouth wilderness " full of " stately timber," inhabited by a remnant of the once powerful tribe of Pawtuckets, under the rule of an Indian chief called Sagamore John, who dwelt at Beacham Point, now the Van Voorhis estate, ac- cording to some authorities, but in Med- ford according to others.
His tribe had been under the leader- ship of the sachem Nanapashemet, who was killed in 1619. After his death, his widow, the Squaw Sachem, estab- lished her authority over the tribe, and reigned until her death in 1662.
In 1634 an allotment of land was made to the several inhabitants of the tract afterwards known as the Five Acre Lots, bounded by a line running from the Powder Horn Hill to the North or Malden river ; and the Charles- town Book of Possessions, as early as 1638, shows allotments of numerous tracts on the Mystic Side within the territorial limits of Everett.
Penny Ferry was established where Malden bridge now is, in 1640, and it continued to exist until the opening of
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the bridge in 1787. The road to the ferry, according to Corey's History of Malden, lay near the edge of the marshes between the burying ground and Mystic River, in part coinciding with Bow and Main streets.
So far as known, the earliest settlers Yin what is now Everett were William
Peter Tufts, between 1638 and 1640. He kept the Penny Ferry in 1646. Wil- liam Bucknam, the ancestor of a long line of prominent citizens of Malden, appears as a purchaser of real estate as early as 1649, and was certainly a resident at Mystic Side prior to 1664. The old house, supposed to have been erected by
House situated on Main Street, just south of Winthrop Street; site of house of Edward Carrington, and it is thought that this or a part of the same may have been the house erected by him. He settled in Mystic-Side about 1637.
Sargent, described as a " godly Chris- tian," in 1643 or earlier ; Thomas Whit- temore, near Chelsea line, 1645 or ear- lier, Thomas Caule, at the ferry, as early as 1643, Deacon John Upham, in 1650, apparently in what is now West Everett,
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The Old Red House.
Located on Bow Street until its destruction a few years since ; built in the colonial period, was owned and occupied by Thomas Lewis, of the firm of Thomas Lewis & Sons, owners of Lewis Wharf, Boston, afterward for very many years the home of Timothy C. Edmester. (Reproduced from a photograph in the collection of the late George F. Wallis.)
For a further description of this Revolutionary relic see the description of South Malden, in 1835, by F. B. Wallis, elsewhere in this Souvenir.
him was, until about fifteen years ago occupied by our veteran fireman, Joseph Swan, one of his descendants, and stood on the site of Mr. Swan's present resi- dence. Portions of this edifice are still standing near the spot. It is among the oldest buildings in the town, if not the oldest. Edward Carrington had a tract of land allotted to him by the pound in 1638, and his estate is bounded on land of William Bucknam.
By act of the Court of Assistants, passed May 16, 1649. O.S., " Upon the petition of the Mystic Side men, they are granted to be a distinct Towne, and the name thereof to be called Maul- don." The boundary between Charles- town and the new town appears to have been established on a line running from near Powder Horn Hill, in a northwest- erly direction to the North, now Malden River, and Stephen Fosdick, Thomas Whittemore, William Sargent, and Richard Pratt are mentioned as abut- tors thereon.
The portion still remaining within the limits of Charlestown, included all the southwesterly portion of Everett, and must have corresponded nearly with what was afterwards the south- west school district, though including a somewhat smaller area. Judging from references in ancient deeds, the line
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The Old Bucknam House,
Supposed to be more than two centuries old at the time of its destruction, a few years since. The old pear tree in the lower left hand corner of the cut is said to have borne pears for over two hundred years in succession, and is still standing. The present residence of Joseph Swan, on Bucknam street, is on the exact site of the old house.
which passed through the Bucknam farm would extend from southeast to northwest, some distance southerly from Nichols, High, and Hancock Streets. The exact location cannot now be given. These territorial ar- rangements continued until 1726, when the remaining territory of Charlestown north of the Mystic River was annexed to the town of Malden, except a small · strip of land at Penny Ferry, which has been mentioned before as still belong- ing to the city of Boston.
Steps had been taken to effect a sepa- ration from Charlestown as early as 1721. It appears from the Malden town records that " At a General Town meting jn malden on ye second of June 1721, John pratt moderator, It was putt To vote to se wher This Toun will Joine with our Charlestown naighbours jn petitioning To ye Generall Court for Ther coming off from Charlestown to be one Township with malden accord- ing To ye warrant. And ye vote passed on the Afirmative. And That is all yt dwell on ye north side of mis- tick River up To malden line; and from boston line To medford line." Chelsea was then a part of Boston, and so remained until 1738.
On account of the opposition of Charlestown, the separation was not consummated until 1726, when it was effected in answer to the petition of Joses Bucknam, Jacob Wilson, and Jonathan Barrett. The tract thus set off comprised about one half of the present town of Everett, and thirty-four years later, in 1760, it was inhabited by thirty families.
South Malden had always been sepa- rated in some measure by natural geo- graphical features from the rest of the town by the Great Swamp, extending from the Chelsea line westerly, so that a comparatively narrow strip of habita- ble territory connected the south with
meeting-house at the Center, which, by an order of the General Court made Ang. 4, 1729, was to be placed where the Malden Universalist Church now stands, some distance north of the old site at or near Bell Rock. The loca- tion of this meeting house gave rise to a very bitter controversy between the north and the south parts of the town, culmi- nating in a separation. The new meet- ing-house was occupied for the first time Aug. 16, 1730, and on the thirteenth of September following the people of the South side held their first separate meeting for public worship. In 1734 they appear to have erected a house of worship on what is now Belmont Hill, on the lot now occupied by Hawes At- wood, as a residence, at the corner of High Street and Broadway.
The lot for the church was given by Jonathan Sargeant, a worthy descend- ant of the "godly Christian" before mentioned, " in consideration of the love, good-will and affection that I have for, and do bear for the Christian people that inhabit in the south part of Mal- den, and for the propagation of the Gospel among them," and "for the erecting of a new meeting house in order to the worshipping of God in the Congregational way." His deed is dated Aug. 6, 1731, and the lot com- prised a quarter of an acre, and was reached by a way twenty-six feet wide, which led from the highway.
Remnant of the Bucknam House.
Still standing on Joseph Swan's Estate.
the rest of the town. The southerly part had not long been annexed to Mal- den before its inhabitants began to de- sire separation.
The immediate occasion for this movement was the relocation of the
A council of three churches met April 16, 1734, and on the 18th, em- bodied the South Church, with sixteen male members. On the fourth of Sep- tember following, Jonathan Sargent and Ebenezer Upham were chosen
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ruling elders, and John Mudge, deacon, Rev. Joseph Stimpson, of Charles- town, was settled as pastor of this church, Sept. 24, 1735. and continued to serve, with some interruptions on account of ill-health, until 1744, when he was dismissed.
The south part still remained by law an integral part of Malden proper, but a movement had been inaugurated some time before to have it incorporated as a separate town or precinct. At a public town meeting held March 5, 1733, it was " voted that Jonathan Bar- rett, John Willson, and Lieut. Samuel
Boston and Malden, and so as boston line runs to the creek where Boston line crosses the creek in Capt. Oliver's farm and from thence on a strate line to pemberton's brook at the bridge and from the said bridge south and south- westerly as the same runs to the end of hutchinsons lane and from thence on a strate line to sandy bank river, then as the river runs to the mouth of it, and from the mouth of the said river south- east as the grate river runs to wormwood point [formerly so called, now a part of the Van Voorhis estate], and from the said point north eastwardly as the
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