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REV. CHARLES W. BLACKETT, Son of William and Margaret ( McLellan) Blackett, was born at Sydney. N. S., August 3, 1859, and received his early education at Sydney Academy, Chelsea High School, and Boston University. He married, Sept. 16, 1891, Florence E. Watson, daughter of J. and M. A. Wat- son, of Chelsea, Mass. In April, 1893, he became pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Everett. This is Mr. Blackett's third pastorate. His first was at St. Luke's Church, Lynn, from which he was transferred to Natick, where he served from 1890 to 1893.
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THOMAS F. GARVEY,
Son of Patrick and Mary (Farley) Gar- vey, was born March 13, 1862, at Law- rence, where he received his early education in the public schools. He has been engaged for the past seven years, since 1886, in the occupation of a plumber, at Everett, in which he has built up a flourishing business. He is a member of the Glendon Club, of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Mass., and Chairman of the Sanitary Committee of the Board of Trade. He married, September 7, 1891, Catharine Hickey, daughter of Owen Hickey, of Lawrence, Mass., and resides at 70 Linden Street.
CHARLES J. RIDGEWAY,
Son of Charles L. Ridgeway and Harriet E. (Cross) Ridgeway, was born October 8, 1867, at Boston, where he received his early education. He is secretary of the Ridgeway Furnace Company, of Boston, organized in 1890. This corpo- ration is engaged in the manufacture and sale of the Ridgeway Revolving Open Fire-Pot Furnace. The corpora- tion was awarded a gold medal, in 1892,
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by the Massachusetts Charitable Me- chanic Association, said to be the high- est award given to any furnace for the past thirty-five years. He married, May 29, 1890, Miss J. Allena Rawson, daugh- ter of Liberty Rawson. He resides at 65 Linden St.
THOMAS F. HILL, JR.,
Son of Thomas F. Hill and Catharine (Keagan) Hill was born in Boston, in 1864, and received his education in the schools of Boston and Everett. He learned the undertaking business with W. A. Flaherty, of Somerville, and W. L. Lockhart, of East Cambridge, and five years ago began business for himself in Everett at the corner of Broadway and Mansfield St. He was Secretary of the A. L. of H. three years, is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, is a member of the Ward Six Democratic Committee, and Treasurer of the Ward and City Committee. He resides at 17 Cottage Street.
GEORGE DAMON OTIS,
Son of Silas D. and Mary (Frost) Otis, was born April 7, 1840, at Lowell, Mass., and received his early education
in the public schools of that city and at Newbury, Vt. At the age of thirteen years he entered the service of the Lowell Bleachery, where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted in the sixth Mass. Regiment. In 1863 he engaged in the trucking business, which he still carries on, being one of the largest operators in that line in the city. He is a member of the M. E. Church, President of its Board of Trustees, a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M., and of the Grand Army. He married, September 25, 1866, Abby Lorena Perry, daughter of Harvey and Lydia B. Perry, of Rockland, Me. Mr. Otis came to Everett in 1868, and is one of the largest real estate owners in the city. In 1885 Mr. Otis erected a factory just west of the Saugus Branch Railroad, for the manufacture of cham- ber furniture, which he carried on for about three years, when he sold the establishment to C. H. Bangs, who has since used it for the manufacture of druggists' interiors.
WILLIAM BAKER MARSHALL,
Son of George S. and Sophia S. (Baker) Marshall, was born at South Malden, Mass., May 12, 1857, and received his education in the Everett Public Schools from 1872 to 1880. He was employed nearly four years with E. E. Randell & Co., formerly at 23 Blackstone Street, Boston, and for the last seven and one-half years has been in the employ of the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Everett; of the Palladium Council of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Everett Y. M. C. A., in which latter organization he has been an active worker, and one of the first board of officers. He mar- ried, June 12, 1888, Inez C. Rideout, daughter of Reuben A. and H. Celia (Marson) Rideout, and resides at 27 Summer Street.
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HAROLD IRVING SMITH,
Son of John Baker and Sarah A. (Stubbs) Smith, was born November 25, 1863, at New Bedford, Mass., where he received his early education. At the age of nineteen years he entered the grocery business at New Bedford, in which he continued until his removal to Everett. He has always written for the newspapers since he was eleven years of age, beginning as an editor of a church paper at New Bedford. He was the editor and one of the founders of the Everett Citizen, and is now the editor of the Everett Citizen and Free Press. He married, September 24, 1885, Catharine M. Rhodehouse, daughter of Nelson and Rebecca B. (Ewer) Rhode- house, of Cotuit, Mass. The Everett News has recently been purchased and is to be consolidated with the Citizen, of which Mr. Smith is to be the editor.
THOMAS L. GOUDEY,
Son of Axhel Goudey and Agnes (Muir) Goudey, was born January 12, 1846, at Maitland, N. S., where he received his early education. He opened an under-
taking establishment in Everett, in April, 1887, first on Chelsea Street, and after- wards in his present neat and conven- ient quarters, at 216 Broadway, Everett Square. He is a member of the Lodge and Encampment, I. O. O. F .; New England Order of Protection ; Red Men; Pocahontas Lodge; Knights of Pythias ; Knights and Ladies of Honor, and Sons of Temperance. He married, June 5, 1867, Mary A., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Coulter) Reid, of Roxbury, Mass., and resides at 13 Autumn Street.
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GEORGE H. BEAN, M. D.,
Son of Arlo C. Bean and Sarah P. (Gould) Bean, was born at Bradley, Me., and was educated at the E. M. C. Seminary, West Brook Seminary, Bow- doin College, and at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, from which he graduated in 1886. After practicing his profes- sion successfully for several years at Presque Isle, Me. he moved to Everett in 1892. He is a member of the First Baptist Church in Everett; of the Y. M. C. A .; the Ma- sonic Order ; the Odd Fellows (in which he has taken the Patriarchs Militant Degree) ; of the North Aroostook Med- ical and Surgical Society ; N.E.O.P .; U.O. G. C .; Pine Tree State Club and Everett Board of Trade. He married Isabel, daughter of David and Sarah (Murray) Hopkins, of Old Town, Me. He resides at 219 Broadway, Everett, and his office is at 168 Main Street, having telephonic con- nections between his house and office.
Social and Literary Organizations.
In addition to the societies mentioned in the body of the history, the following deserve special mention.
THE EVERETT WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
This Association was first organized about the year 1875, but after about three years the interest flagged, and for some time it remained inactive. It has, within recent years, been re- organized and now has about forty members. It meets on the first and third Mondays in each month, at 2.30 p. m., and takes an active part in measures looking to the promotion of temperance.
THE EVERETT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.
The Everett Woman's Suffrage League was organized at a meeting held June 1, 1887, at the house of Elisha B. Loring, 168 Broadway,' Everett, with fifteen charter members. Its first officers were as follows : - President, Mrs. Clara A. Brown ; Vice-Presidents, D. P. Bailey and Dr. R. E. Brown; Secretary, Mrs. M. F. Mansfield ; Treasurer, Mrs. F. P. Melvin ; Executive Com- mittee, Mrs. A. W. Philbrook, Mrs. Lucena C. Nichols, Mrs. Emma L. Kittredge, Mrs. William Bassett, and Mr. Cyrus Hapgood. Its object is to promote the enfranchisement of women. Its first public meeting was held in Everett Hall November 17, 1887, at which addresses were made by Mrs. Lucy Stone, Dr. H. B. Blackwell, Miss Cora Scott Pond and D. P. Bailey. Music was furnished by Leavitt's Orchestra. The meeting proved a success, and contributed mater- ially towards advancing the cause. The league had a table in the bazaar held in Boston the same year. One of the first objects to which the league directed its attention was to secure a representation for women on the school com-
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Methodist Episcopal Church. Erected 1893. Chelsea Street.
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mittee, an opportunity for which occurred in the spring of 1889, when the membership of the committee was increased to nine, Mrs. Sarah J. Clough, and Miss Mary O. Bulfinch being elected. Since that time there has always been one woman at least on the school board, a change which has been attended with highly beneficial results. The efforts of the league have resulted in greatly increasing the number of women who register and vote for school com- mittee, the number thus voting at the first city election being the largest ever known. Another desirable result has been the appointment of two women as trustees of the Public Library.
PINE TREE STATE CLUB.
The Pine Tree State Club was organized at a meeting held in Society Hall, on Friday, May 23, 1890. It is composed of natives of Maine or those connected by marriage with natives, or their sons or daughters. At the first meeting fifty-six names were presented as desiring membership, and the club now numbers about one hundred members. Its presidents have been as follows : 1). P. Bailey, 1890-91 ; Dr. W. K. Knowles, 1891- 92; R. A. Rideout, 1892-93; F. A. Nickerson, chosen for 1893-94. Its secretaries have been as follows : R. S. Sidelinger, 1890-91 ; J. S. Norton, 1891-92 ; R. J. Condon, 1892-93; B. F. Badger, chosen for 1893-94. Its treasurers have been, Hiram Curtis, 1890-92; A. G. Brooks, 1892-93. It meets, ordinarily, once a month except in the summer season. Among the nearly two thousand natives of Maine in Everett, it has a large and growing constituency. Its object is to promote fraternal relations among natives of Maine and those connected with them.
THE FRIDAY CLUB.
The Friday Club is a woman's club and is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, which is a national organization. This club was organized in October, 1891, at a meet- ing held at the residence of Geo. E. Smith, Esq., on Mead Street, by the choice of Mrs. G. E. Smith, President; Mrs. C. F. Atwood, Vice-presi- dent; Mrs. V. P. llarkins, recording secretary ; Mrs. Dr. Vaughan, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. J. C. Spofford, treasurer. The membership was at first limited to fifty, which was increased to seventy-five, to commence at the beginning of
the new year. The regular meetings of the club are held in the Ladies' Parlor, of the First Baptist Church, on Fri- days at 2.30 p. m., once in two weeks. The object of the club is to promote ac- quaintance among members and to stimulate and develop their literary powers. The literary work is arranged in three departments, namely: - Art and Literature, Science and Economics, Ethics and History. The program for the regular meetings is so arranged that four meetings are devoted to each depart- ment. The regular work is supplemented by three special lectures coinciding with the work of each department, to which friends are invited, and one public lecture, to which are invited the High School and Home School, the teachers of the public schools, the clergymen and their wives, and as many friends as the hall will contain. The annual meeting is the last meeting of the year, on the last Friday in May. The year begins on the first Friday in October with a " Tea " at the house of some member. There is also a new year's reception at the house of the president to the gentlemen friends of the club. Two more social meetings during the winter at members' homes and the annual club lunch complete the meetings of the year. The club is in a very prosperous condi- tion and is an important and highly creditable factor in the social and intellectual life of the City.
THE EVERETT CITIZEN'S MORAL IMPROVE- MENT LEAGUE,
For the promotion of temperance and moral reform, was organized with 176 constituent
members, at a meeting held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, on Sunday evening, June 4, at which Rev. John A. Hughes presided ; ad. dresses being made by Rev. E. T. Pitts, Rev. G. B. Titus, Mr. F. B. Greenwood, and Rev. F. E. Webster.
Manufactures, Business Enter= prises and Banks.
The City of Everett has nearly two and one- half miles of railroad frontage extending through low land, of comparatively little value except for manufacturing purposes. For these it is admirably suited, and with the proper exhibi- tion of enterprise and public spirit this whole frontage may be covered, as it already is in part, with manufacturing industries, which may furnish employment for large numbers of industrious mechanics, thus imparting life to every depart- ment of our local business and pouring a steady current of wealth through all the channels of trade. The manufacturing industries of Everett have shown a marked development within the past fifteen years.
It is to be regretted that the latest published statistics of manufactures are those of the census of 1885, the results of the census of 1890 not being tabulated.
There were, in 1885, in Everett, three establish- ments for the manufacture of brick, operated respectively by Elijah B. Edmester, David Washburn & Sons, and E. B. Spalding. The two former alone carry on business at the present time. The manufacture of brick is one of the most ancient industries of this section.
The hand manufacture of boots and shoes was extensively carried on in South Malden before the advent of machinery. In the older deeds the term "cordwainer " occurs with great frequency as describing the occupation of a grantor or grantee residing in South Malden. These men carried on their farms in summer and made shoes in the winter, thus utilizing their time the year round. To this thrift were due the accumulations which are to day enjoyed by some of the descendants of the old families.
THE COCHRANE CHEMICAL COMPANY Is the principal manufacturing establishment, consisting of several large buildings, occu- pying thirteen acres of land and employing about 175 hands, and having a capital of $350,000. The business was begun by Alexander Cochrane, at Malden, in 1858. On his death, in 1865, he was succeeded by his sons Alexander
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Residence of Geo. D. Otis, Chelsea St.
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Residence of George A. Saltmarsh, Broadway.
and Hugh Cochrane. In 1872 they purchased the establishment in Everett founded in 1868 by the New England Chemical Company, with a capital of $300,000, this Company having been financially unsuccessful. After purchasing the works of the New England Chemical Company, Messrs. A. and H. Cochrane erected two new buildings, doubled the capacity of the works and made Everett the principal theatre of their manufacturing operations. The building west of the Eastern Railroad was burned in 1882, but has since been rebuilt. The company manufactures acids and other chemicals, chiefly sulphuric, muriatic, nitric, and other acids. The business was formerly carried on by Messrs. Alexander and Hugh Cochrane under the firm name of A. Cochrane & Co., which was, on January 13, 1883, transformed into a corporation with a capital of $350,000 in 3,500 shares of $100 each, of which $162,775 are represented by real estate. It furnished employment to about 175 hands last year as compared with 140 in 1889 and about 50 or 60 in 1879.
THE UNION STONE COMPANY
Was established in 1869, with a capital of $1 50,000 and formerly carried on quite a business, em- ploying about forty hands in the manufacture of emery wheels and emery wheel machinery for grinding and polishing. The works were burned in 1881 and though they were rebuilt the Com- pany apparently never recovered from the blow. In 1889 it failed and in March, ISgo, its works, consisting of a factory and 71,000 feet of land were sold at auction.
THE WATERS GOVERNOR WORKS,
Established by Mr. Chas. Waters for the purpose of manufacturing Steam Engine Governors on a patent issued to Mr. Waters, Jan. 3, 1871, were located in Everett about 1882, in a building formerly owned by Hervey Waters and designed by him for a scythe factory. Mr. Charles Waters died in 1880 and Mr. Edward Dewey purchased the business, and on April 27, 1882, became owner of the factory at Everett where he shortly after commenced manufacturing operations which were continued by himself and Mr. R. B. Lincoln under the firm name of Edward Dewey & Co., until the death of Mr. Dewey, April 9, 1890. Since that time the business has been carried on by Mr. Lincoln, the surviving partner. The establishment em-
ployed thirty six hands in 1892 and manufactures from 3,500 to 4,000 steam governors annually.
In November, 1888, Messrs. O. J. Faxon & Co. started in one of the buildings connected with the works a foundry, which manufactures casting for the governor works, and piano plates, em- ploying about 50 hands.
THE CHAS. H. BANGS FURNITURE FACTORY, Was originally established by Mr. Geo. D. Otis, in 1885, for the manufacture of chamber furniture. The establishment was purchased by Mr. Bangs in March, 1888, and is now devoted to the manufacture of drug store in- teriors for which Everett has the largest estab- lishment of its kind in the world. The business was begun by Mr. Bangs in the latter part of the year 1885. The idea originated with Mr. Bangs, of making such work in sectional form for convenience in shipment and adaptability to different situations or locations. This method has become very popular on account of the
quality of the work that can be produced, by being able to concentrate the required workmen upon a single specialty. The enterprise has grown from a very modest beginning to one of large proportions; Mr. Bangs having in his employ at the present time between eighty and ninety employees, including a great many differ- ent trades, such as designers, draughtsmen, car- vers, show case makers, glass grinders, metal workers, silver platers, mill men, cabinet makers, glass stainers, etc. Besides these, several men are employed for setting up the work, which is now being shipped to every part of the United States, and several, the past year, have been exported. The present output of the establish- ment is at the rate of nearly a quarter of a million per year, and the demand seems to be rapidly increasing. Many of the finest drug stores in the country are the products of these factories.
Stephen H. Kimball's factory was originally established for the manufacture of children's carriages, in 1875. The factory was partially burned January 29, 1879, but was afterwards rebuilt and enlarged. The establishment is now devoted mainly to the manufacture of invalid chairs and athletic goods.
STEPHEN H. KIMBALL,
Son of John and Rebecca Kimball, was born at Ipswich, Mass., November 13, 1833, and received his education in the Ipswich common schools. His business career extends over a period of thirty-two years, since 1861, chiefly as a manufacturer of children's carriages, and more recently of athletic goods. He established a factory in Everett in 1874. He is a member of the Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association, and of the Masonic Order, in which he has taken the 32d degree. He has been long prominent in town and local affairs, took an active part in the movement for separation from Malden, and has served the town on many committees; also as moderator of many town meetings during the twenty-three years of our existence as a town. He married, December 5, 1865, Viola D., daughter of Stillman D. and Mary Benjamin, of Shirley, Mass., and resides at 260 Broadway.
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WHITE'S MICA FIRE PROOF ROOFING WORKS, Were cstablished in Everett in 1878. The business is located on Carter Street and is founded upon patents granted to Welcome White, now deceased and Austin W. White, doing business under the firm name of W. White & Co. Upwards of 5,000,000 square feet of this roofing are in use. About 776,400 square feet of roofing have been applied in New Eng- land and 738,941 square feet west of New England within the past year.
In 1881, White, Wiley & Co. established a varnish factory near the Chelsea line. The firm dissolved, January, 1883, and the factory in Everett was transferred to Messrs Wiley and Richardson who carried on the business until ISSS, when Mr. Benj. J. Richardson, one of the original firm became sole proprietor. No infor- mation has been furnished in regard to its operations.
THE TUBE BENDING COMPANY,
A. L. Waite, Manager has a factory situated at East Everett near the Everett Springs. They com- menced business in September, 1892, the corpora- tion being capitalized at $60,000. Their business is that of bending coils from wrought iron pipe on orders received from soap works and breweries ;
Malden and Everett spring water has from time immemorial been noted for its excellent qualities. The first systematic attempt to make it an article of merchandise was made by I. M. Hutchins, about 1880. The water became so popular that the
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in the autumn of 1881, purchased the land at the junction of Ferry and Chelsea Streets, and soon after established, at considerable ex- pense, a plant with steam and hand pumps and other machinery and built the present Everett Spring House. Experts having analyzed the water and pronounced it to be of a superior quality, a very large business has been built up. On the first day of April, 1882, the first gallon of water was sold from the spring, and before the close of the season over 3,000 families in Boston and vicinity were taking regularly a supply of Everett Spring Water. Since the first season the business has increased with every year, and has proved a paying investment. A stable has been built nearly opposite the spring house, and quite a force of men and teams is kept at work distributing the water to customers.
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White's Mica Fire Proof Roofing Works.
also for the manufacture of ice, and for steam and hot water heating; the latter being more of a specialty. They place coils of pipes in furnaces to heat remote rooms, difficult to heat sufficiently by hot air pipes, and in parlor stoves, both methods of which are found successful and very satisfactory. They have also invented a hot water heater, several specimens of which have been sold to Everett citizens and are highly approved. The works are capable of employ- ing ten hands, all skilled labor.
THE RELIABLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, With a capital of $1 50,000 in 30,000 shares of $5 each, was formed in 1891 by the consolidation of the Collett Car Brake Co., established in 1888, and the Car Track Friction Appliance Com- pany, established in 1886. Their factory at Everett was completed early in 1892, and the business was transferred thither. It employs ten hands, almost wholly skilled labor. It manufactures the Reliable Sand Box, the Boris Mechanical Track Switch, the Collett Ratchet Brake llandle, Cochrane's Reliable Electric Heaters, trolley heads and trolley wheels. It is doing an increasing business and bids fair to become an important industry. The articles manufactured by this company are extensively used by street railways in different parts of the country. Its officers are as follows : President, S. B. Hinds, Vice- President, C. A. Williams, Treasurer, Edward B. Noyes.
The traffic in Spring Water has assumed pro- portions which entitle it to mention as one of the important industries of Everett. South
THE BELMONT HILL SPRING WATER CO.,
Henry Schrow, Prop., commenced business April 1, 1883. The water is taken from a never-failing, natural spring, and has been shown by analysis to be of a superior quality. Mr. Schrow com- menced with one team and has steadily in- creased so that now the business employs five teams.
Besides these two springs, Partridge's Spring so-called and the Glendale Springs, managed by S. G. Bennett, furnish water which com- mands a large sale.
THE MCCUNE CYCLE CO.,
Was incorporated under the laws of Maine, June 1, 1892, with a capital of $100,000, and occupies the second floor of the building for- merly of the Union Stone Co., on Second Street, as lessee of the Norton Iron Co. It manufactures the McCune Cycle, which, on ac- count of the lightness of its construction, has the reputation of surpassing any other bicycle for racing purposes. In its racing record it has distanced all competitors. The Company employs from 40 to 70 hands (nearly all skilled labor), and turns out from 40 to 60 cycles per week, sometimes as many as 65 per week. It manufactured from 700 to 800 cycles during the first year of its existence, and has never been able to fill all the orders it has received, having refused no less than $2,000 worth the past year. The officers of the Company are as follows : President, Charles Reed; Vice-Presi-
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