History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 136

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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It is related that the workmen at the armory in Springfield, who had tested the quality of Japhet's liquid cheer, desired a better and wider way thereto, and that the same was finally made and dubbed the " Toddy Road." This is now the south- erly extension of Springfield Street.

About fifty years ago a tavern was kept near the north end of Chicopee Street, but the builder, proprietor, and host have Jeft no register of their proceedings ; the present hears no echo of the voice that at the portal

" Welcomed the coming, sped the parting, guest."

The old hotel is changed to a private residence, and is occu- pied by Sumner Chapin.

The Chicopee House was built in 1842-43, at " Chicopee Junction," by Abner B. Abbey. It then stood on the south side of Exchange Street, and was removed to its present posi- tion at Front and Exchange Streets about the year 1845. The first landlord was Lester Van Horn. His successors have been Rufus Mosher, Seymour Bagg, Capt. William Denison, E. M. Belden, Merrick Abbey, Hiram Morey, and Adrian Hatch, the present liost.

The Cabot House was built in 1834-35 by Chester W. Chapin. The land-about three-quarters of an acre-was purchased by him from the Springfield Canal Company, Oct. 30, 1833, and the deed of that date recites that " no building or part of a building thereon shall ever be occupied or used for the sale of spirituous liquors, except as a public tavern house." The first landlord was Gardner Kimball, who was succeeded by Marvin and Ethan Chapin, and they, from 1849 to April, 1864, by Madison Kendall. William II. Dickinson then be- came proprietor and landlord, and continues cheerily to serve the friend and the stranger.

Wilde's Hotel, corner of Front and Church Streets, Chico- pee Falls, was built in 1834, by Elihn Adams, who for a long time was its landlord. Since his time the following have catered to the public within its hospitable walls : Messrs. Newell, Dodge, Perry, Chapin, Rounds, and Anson F. Weldes, the present proprietor.

A house was opened by Monroe Chapin at the corner of Perkins and Exchange Streets, about the year 1840-45, and named the Perkins Strect Lunch. This became, in process of time, the Eagle Hotel, and as such was first kept by Monroe Chapin, of lucifer-match fame, and subsequently by Rufus Mosher and Horace Adams.

A public-house was constructed of an old farm-dwelling, at the corner of Centre and West Streets, in 1840, and named the Connecticut River House. William Miller was the first landlord. It was afterward kept by Charles W. Mead and others. Fire finished its career about the year 1845, and few were they who wept above its ashes.

ALMSHOUSE.

In 1849 a farm was purchased and an almshouse erected, by which the first indebtedness was created, amounting to $5061.72. The farm was sold in 1860.

In 1877, $15,000 were appropriated by the town for the pur- chase of land and the erection of buildings thereon suitable for an almshouse. J. R. Wilbur, Madison Kendall, William H. West, John Dixon, and William R. Kentfield were made a committee to effeet the objects of the appropriation. Their report shows that 18 acres and 9 square rods of land, a half- mile southwest from Chicopee Falls, were the same year pur- chased of the heirs of R. E. Bemis, deceased, for $2708.67,

* The pastor of this society was applied to for additional facts concerning it, It did not respond. What is given in the text was derived from other sources, and is believed to be correct. The pastor is therefore not directly responsible for any inaccuracies.

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and that a brick house was erected thereon, 60 by 38 feet, with two L's, 21 by 18, at a cost of $7860, besides other structures costing $1504. The remainder of the appropriation was ex- pended in obtaining water supply, furniture, farm stock, etc.

Water is obtained from an adjacent brook hy means of two hydraulic rams, which raise it 60 feet to a reservoir of 1800 gallons' capacity,

Since 1876 the selectmen have performed the duties of the former "overseers of the poor," and in their report for Feb- ruary, 1878, say that " the town of Chicopee pays more per capita than any other town in the State for the support of its poor."

The expenses for the year 1877-78, exclusive of the alms- house, amounted to $15,391.97, and the cost of support at the almshouse, over income from the farm, was $1247.18. The house was opened on Oct. 1, 1877, and in the five months fol- lowing 41 persons were admitted, of whom 15 left, 6 died, and during the year IO11 tramps were fed and lodged at town expense, all but three at the town-hall building.

TOWN-HALL.

This building,-situated on the east side of Market Square, -erected in 1871, is of brick, with stone trimmings, has a spacious recessed entrance, at each end of which is a memorial tablet of bronze, set in relief-work of Gothic form, and bear- ing the Rebellion necrology of Chicopee's gallant soldiery. It possesses an ornamental façade, and a lofty tower of pe- culiar form, but with possible Oriental precedents. In this hangs a great bell, to use on public occasions and for fire- alarms. An imposing flight of steps of Monson gneiss leads to the first floor, which contains offices for the assessors, school committee, and town clerk, and a room which is devoted to the use of the town library. The police department occupies the basement, Above is a large hall, handsomely frescoed, with stained glass windows, and a seating capacity for 900 persons.

The entire cost of this fine building, including land and furniture, was $101,360.38. Building committee, James T. Ames, E. O. Carter, Erastus Stebbins, Ezekiel Blake, and Emerson Gaylord.

SOCIETIES.

CHICOPEE FALLS.

Belcher Lodge, F. and A. M., was instituted in 1871. The following were charter members : Benjamin Belcher, W. M .; Geo. S. Taylor, James E. Taylor, Thomas C. Page, Albert Perkins, Richard A. Russell, William II. Gilbert, David E. Taylor, A. C. Hancock, James C. Gassner, William J. Sawin, Eugene Munn, P. W. Smith, William Rhodes, Andrew Lu- cas, John M. Morse, Bailey West, Edward L. Foss, C. J. Williams, Geo. W. Newell, J. H. Osgood, S. B. Cook, Moses Gowan, H. S. Newell, E. V. B. Holcomb, E. D. King, Ed- mund Richards, J. W. Belcher, A. P. Chapin, H. J. Davy, A. B. West, E. T. Paige, M. H. Barnes, A. Ellsworth, S. W. Knox, A. W. l'age, Monroe Warner, F. H. Morton, E. L. Johnson, Alfred Longeway, Edward Fletcher, Chas. Chase, H. W. Gilbert, O. S. Goodell, Albert McFarland, John Longeway, W. T. Christian, Robert Cox.

The present officers are Charles O. Shaw, M. ; N. Clark, S. W. ; C. M. Willis, J. W. ; Eugene Munn, Treas. ; C. A. Bo- gardus, Sec. ; C. S. Stiles, Chaplain ; William Boutell, M .; Alfred Longeway, S. D. ; John Morse, J. D. ; W. E. Willis, S. S. ; Nelson Morse, J. S. ; Lyman Blood, I. S .; A. McFar- land, Org. ; J. W. Burgess, Tyler.

Unity Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was instituted Dec. 7, 1875. The following were charter members: W. Jackson Sawin, Benjamin Belcher, Albert C. Hancock, John W. Bel- cher, Edgar T. Paige, James Flint, Jr., Frank M. Morton, James Crowther, Albert McFarland, David E. Taylor, H. Smith Newell, Eugene Munn, John Longeway, George S. Taylor, Loranus E. Hitchcock, Francis F. Dole, William II.

Gilbert, Thomas C. Page, Charles F. Foster, Samuel B. Cook, Charles O. Shaw, Joseph II. Bennett, Henry Conklin, Alfred Longeway, Robert W. Bemis, Henry C. Smith, George E. Root, O. E. Smith, C. F. Howard, Levi M. Peirce, L. H. Brigham, Wm. J. Hatfield, Oren S. Bragg, George A. Deni- son, E. M. Alden, Lyman Blood, A. J. Jenks.

The present officers are Benjamin Belcher, M. E. H. P .; A. C. Hancock, E. K. ; Samuel P. Cook, E. S. ; Eugene Munn, Treas. ; Albert McFarland, Sec. ; John W. Belcher, C. H. ; Charles O. Shaw, P. S .; Edgar T. Paige, R. A. C .; James Crowther, 3d Vail; Il. Smith Newell, 2d Vail ; Alfred Longe- way, Ist Vail ; Phineas W. Smith, Chaplain ; Nelson T. Marsh, S. S. ; William Boutell, J. S. ; John Longeway, Tyler.

CHICOPEE.

Chicopee Lodge, F. and A. M., was instituted in 1849. The charter members were Isaac Allen, A. Alvord, J. W. Belcher, David Bemis, Jeremiah Bliss, J. P. Bridgman, Joshua Brit- ton, G. H. Carpenter, John Chase, A. Fowler, Lucius Har- than, Il. Hutchinson, Wallace W. Johnson, Benning Leavitt, Daniel Leavitt, James L. Lyman, A. Nettleton, Jonathan Pease, Jr., Daniel B. Perkins, A. W. Quint, E. Renney, Jas. M. Smith, Samuel D. Smith, Samuel D. Sizer, Rufus Whittier, William P. Winkley.

The present officers are J. E. Ford, W. M. ; L. E. Hitch- cock, S. W. ; George A. Blaisdell, J. W. ; James E. Hosley, Treas .; J. C. Bunkley, Sec. ; W. M. Stebbins, S. D .; Orrin Nickerson, J. D. ; Rev. G. A. Denison, Ch ; James H. Col- Jard, S. S .; Wm. H. Bostwick, J. S .; A. O. Kenney, Mar. ; G. V. Bangs, Tyler. Meets at Music-Hall.

St. John's Lodge, No. 62, I. O. of O. F., was re-instituted March 8, 1870. The charter members were Erastus Stebbins, W. H. Gilmore, Orrin Nickerson, William P. Winkley, John S. Dodge. The present officers are E. S. McBride, N. G. ; Ezekiel Blake, V. G .; E. H. Cook, Rec. Sec. ; John D. White, Per. Sec. ; Erastus Stehbins, Treas. ; James Collard, War .; C. I. McCoy, Cond. ; F. N. Graves, R. S. S. ; L. E. Williams, L. S. S. ; Wm. N. Engles, I. G .; Wm. T. Powers, O. G.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

The police court of Chicopee was established in 1855, by virtue of an act approved May 21st in that year. Mortimer D. Whittaker was the first justice of this court, and held the office until his death, which occurred in 1862. Edwin O. Carter succeeded in the same year, and still occupies the position.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CHICOPEE.

The fire district of Chicopee is composed of all that part of School District No. 4 which lies south of the Chicopee River .* The district was formed and separate action taken by the in- habitants thereof on the 28th day of August, 1848, in conse- quence of a prior refusal of the inhabitants of the town to grant any sum of money for the purchase of an engine and apparatus. An engine and appurtenances had been purchased some years before, chiefly by means contributed by the manu- facturing companies. The house for this engine was erected on the grounds of the Ames Manufacturing Company, and cost $250. The engine cost $500.

At the above meeting William L. Bemis was chosen clerk of the fire district thus formed, and Benning Leavitt chief engineer. A committee on further organization was then appointed, consisting of James T. Ames, Isaac Bullens, Charles Sherman, Charles McClallen, Daniel Leavitt, John Wells, Robert E. Bemis, Rufus Whittier, and A. W. Stockwell, who reported at a meeting held Sept. 6, 1848, at Cabot Hall. The report of the committee was adopted, and provided for the

* The "central fire district of Chicopee" is bounded north by the Chicopee River, east by Bemis' Brook, south by the Springfiold line, and west by the Con- necticut River.

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election annually in the month of April, by ballot, of a clerk, a chief engineer and 4 assistants, and a prudential committee of 3. These constitute the officers of the fire district, who hold office one year and until their successors are chosen.

The board of engineers control the organization and man- agement of the fire companies ; the prudential committee man- age the financial affairs of the district, have control of all its property,-except the engines and their attachments, which are controlled by the engineers of fire companies,-and make an- nual full report of their doings and the condition of the funds, and also return a complete inventory of the property of the district.

At a meeting held Sept. 8, 1848, the following additional officers were elected : First Assistant Engineer, James M. Smith ; Second, Lncius Harthan; Third, Chester Van Horn ; Fourth, Reuben Thorp; Prudential Committee, James T. Ames, Sylvanus Adams, and George Walker.

Within a short time three cisterns were constructed, viz., at Dwight and Cabot Streets, at Springfield and South Streets, and in Market Square, near the Universalist Church.

An engine-house of two stories was erected opposite Mechan- ics' Ilall, at a cost of $1500, upon land granted rent free for twenty years by the Cabot Manufacturing Company.

The first annual muster at Chicopee was on the 9th day of October, 1851, when thirteen companies participated.

The present force of the department is as follows : Chicopee Steamer Company, No. 1; Pacific Hose Company, No. 1; Owego Hook-and-Ladder Company, No. 1; Fountain Extin- guisher Company, No. 1; Independent Hose Company, No. 1. There also belong to the district 8 reservoirs, 28 hydrants, and 75 lamp-posts and lanterns.

The present officers are James E. Hosley, Chief Engineer ; Timothy Canty, First Assistant ; Robert Hickey, Second As- sistant ; S. L. Scribner, Third Assistant; John J. Lyons, Fourth Assistant ; Matthew Ryan, Clerk; John B. Wood, Treasurer ; S. S. Hodgkins, Michael MeDermott, and S. A. Jacobs, Prudential Committee.

Chief Engineers .- 1848, Benning Leavitt; 1849, Lucius Harthan; 1850-53, Daniel Leavitt; 1854, Rufus Mosher ; 1855, Abner B. Abbey; 1856, Daniel Bowdoin; 1857, S. B. Lanckton; 1858, Ripley Swift; 1859-60, A. A. Wait; 1861, '65, '68-70, Francis E. Drake; 1862-64, J. Il. Churchill ; 1866, J. U. McClench ; 1867, F. W. Stackpole; 1871-72, A. O. Kinney ; 1873, '75-76, C. F. Hadley ; 1874, A. K. Graves ; 1877-78, James E. Ilosley.

CHICOPEE FALLS.

The Chicopee Falls fire distriet was established in 1845, and its bounds were then the same as of old School District No. 16, now No. 6. In 1872 the district was extended to include that part of School District No. 3, on the north side of the river, which was most thickly settled. The fire department is man- aged by the board of engineers and prudential committee elected by the district annually, as at Chicopee. The depart- ment is at present in possession of but one engine. This is of Waterman's make, with 8-inch cylinder and 83-inch stroke, and is housed in a brick building, ereeted for the purpose, at the intersection of Church and Market Streets. Supplement- ary facilities for extinguishing fire have been provided by the manufacturing companies, by way of reservoirs, force-pumps, and the like. The Chicopee Manufacturing Company have a large reservoir on the north side of the river, with connecting pipes laid under that stream, and with sufficient head to carry the water over their buildings.

The present officers are,-Chief Engineer, Geo. McQueen ; First Assistant, Andrew Gale; Second Assistant, Michael Dunn ; Third Assistant, Russell Markham; Prudential Com- mittee, Wm. Blake, Jr., Norris R. Ward, George M. Morton.

The chief engineers from 1845 to the present time (1878) have been as follows : 1845-46, Timothy W. Carter ; 1847-48,

Harmon Rowley ; 1849-50, Otis Chapman ; 1851-52, '73-75, John R. Wilbur; 1853, Horace L. Ilendrick ; 1854-64, E. V. B. Holcomb; 1855-56, John IIerrick ; 1857, Varnum N. Taylor ; 1858, William R. Kentfield; 1859-60, William H. Miller ; 1861-62, '65-66, Asher Bartlett; 1863, Benjamin Belcher ; 1867, O. S. Goodell; 1868, George S. Taylor; 1869, W. J. Sawin ; 1870, William Dunham; 1871, William Blake, Jr .; 1872, Charles Chase ; 1876, Frank II. Morton ; 1877-78, Geo. McQueen.

MANUFACTURES.

CHICOPEE FALLS-SOUTH SIDE.

May 17, 1786, Josiah Hitcheoek, Stephen Hitchcock, Eben- ezer Morgan, Israel Chapin, Lemuel Stebbins, Dudley Wade, Gad 1Iorton, Stephen Horton, Phineas Stedman, and Ariel Cooley leased, in perpetuity, "two acres of land and the water-privilege on the south side of the Chicopee River, at Skenungonnek Falls," to James Byers and Wm. Smith, of Springfield. As required by the conditions of the lease, Byers and Smith, within two years, erected "iron-works" for the manufacture of hollow-ware of that metal .* Little was done, however, until the property was purchased by Benj. Belcher, Abijah Witherell, and William Witherell, June 27, 1801. The works were conducted by this firm, or company, until May 22, 1805, when Mr. Belcher bought the interests of his partners, and continued the business alone until August, 1822, when he sold his entire property at the falls to the brothers Jonathan and Edmund Dwight. The property consisted of the blast-furnace and nearly or quite all the land whereon stands the village of Chicopee Falls. A considerable portion of this land was purchased by Mr. Belcher from Stephen Wright and Levi Ilitehcock, who had settled at that place before the erection of the iron-works. Wright & Hitchcock removed from the vicinity after making the sale.

Mr. Belcher continued the business, chiefly that of a foundry, until his death, which occurred Dec. 17, 1833, when he was sixty-eight years of age. His three sons, Benjamin B., John W., and Bildad B., succeeded to the business, and pursued it until November, 1846, when they dissolved. John W. then became sole proprietor, and continued without a partner-ex- cept a single year with Jonathan R. Whittemore-until 1851. After the brothers dissolved the character of the business was somewhat changed, and included the manufacture of agricul- tural implements. In 1851, Jonathan R. and John R. Whit- temore were admitted, under the style of Whittemore, Belcher & Co., and in another year the firm became Whittemore, Squier & Co., George L. Squier having purchased an interest in the business. The latter gentleman retired in 1857, and the Whittemores Jan. 1, 1875. John W. Belcher having died in May, 1860, his interest from that date has been represented by his son, John W., Jr. Since Jan. 1, 1875, the present firm -B. & J. W. Belcher-have continued without change.

Their manufactures embrace nearly all kinds of agricultural implements, in which an extensive trade is now established at home and in the West.

The Dwights, to whom Mr. Belcher sold, had been induced, upon the suggestion of Joseph Hall, Jr., and Joseph Brown, of Monson, Mass., to purchase the falls property for the pur- pose of ereeting thereon a cotton-mill. With other gentlemen from Boston, they were incorporated as the Boston and Spring- field Manufacturing Company, with $500,000 capital. Jona- than Dwight, Jr., was the first president, and Joseph IFall, Jr., the first agent. In the spring of 1823 the dam and canal were begun, and also a mill, which was finished in 1825. A second mill was partially or wholly erected in that year, and the year following, 1826, a third mill and a bleachery. The corporate name was changed in 1828 to " Chicopee Manufac-

* The ore to supply the furnace was taken from the south bank of the river, about eighty rods above the present dam at the falls, and at other places. The ore was very lean, but a ton of iron lasted them a long time.

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turing Company." In 1831 the capital was increased to $600,000, and in 1835 to $700,000. The fourth mill was built in 1831 .* The four mills contained, in 1848, 647 looms and 22,816 spindles. Two of the mills were burned in 1873, in place of which one large mill has since been erected.

Mr. Hall resigned the agency June 1, 1827. Ile was suc- ceeded by Samuel Henshaw, until Dec. 1, 1832; Lewis Ash- mun, until June 1, 1833; Benjamin Day, until Dec. 1, 1834; Timothy W. Carter, until July 1, 1846 ; Ezekiel Blake, ; until his death, in the latter part of 1872. Josiah W. Osgood, then book-keeper, assumed the duties of agent for two years, and until the present agent, George 11. Jones, was appointed.

This company now has three mills, which contain 1338 looms and 62,392 spindles, employing nearly 1000 operatives, of whom a third are males ; consume 10,500 bales, or 4,813,478 pounds, of cotton annually, and produce 14,065,360 yards of cloth. The average of yarn used is No. 20. The product consists of cotton flannels, broad sheetings, and fine 4-4 sheet- ings, bleached and unbleached. The company control the en- tire water-power of the river at the falls, and have no occa- sion to use steam as a motor. Four Jarge turbine wheels, aggregating 1000 horse-power, are now in use. The present of- ficers are George H. Jones, Agent ; Thomas B. Wattles, Super- intendent ; Josiah W. Osgood, Book-keeper and Paymaster.

This company, in 1825, purchased the water-power and land adjacent, where now stands the village of Chicopee. In 1831 this part of their property passed to the "Springfield Canal Company." In 1836 they sold a piece of their land at Chicopee Falls to the Chicopee Falls Company, with certain privileges, as hereinafter shown.

The Massachusetts Arms Company was incorporated hy special act of the Legislature, March 5, 1850, authorizing Timothy W. Carter, James T. Ames, Benjamin F. Warner, and their associates, to manufacture firearms and machinery, with a capital not exceeding $100,000. The company was or- ganized with a capital of $70,000, and commenced its opera- tions under the agency of T. W. Carter, in the production of a revolving pistol under the Leavitt & Wesson patents. These were issued by the Patent-Office as original inventions, not in- terfering with any existing patent.

After the manufacture and sale of these arms had assumed considerable magnitude, a claim of infringement was made by Samuel Colt, the well-known manufacturer of a similar arm, who succeeded, after a long course of litigation in the United States Courts, in obtaining a verdict in his favor, and a per- petual injunction against this company.

Attention was then given to the manufacture of other de- scriptions of patent firearms, and during the war the works of the company were fully employed in furnishing breech-load- ing arms, chiefly of the Maynard patent, for the United States Cavalry. At the close of the war there was a consequent de- crease in production, and, pending a movement of part of the stockholders to close the business, the entire stock and franchise were purchased by Mr. Carter, and for several years the busi- ness was conducted in his personal interest. On the 1st of February, 1876, the property was sold to the Lamb Knitting- Machine Manufacturing Company, who were then the owners of the water-power and shops in which the business was con- ducted, and who are at present manufacturing, under recent improvements by Dr. Maynard, of Washington, the celebrated hunting, sporting, and Creedmoor rifles, known as " the May- nard." William P. McFarland, formerly of the Springfield Armory, has superintended the construction of these arms from their first introduction to the public.

The history of these works would include many of the lead- ing industries of Chicopee Falls for the last forty years, and which have greatly contributed to its growth and prosperity. By deed of Oct. 3, 1836, the Chicopee Manufacturing Com- pany sold to the Chicopee Falls Company a plat of land suit- able for the works above referred to, and granted the privilege of erecting a dam upon the lower falls of the Chicopee River and of constructing a canal to the premises purchased by them. The company was organized with a capital of $60,000 for the manufacture of machinery-saws and hardware. The works were ready for occupancy the following spring. The machinery department was for some time under the charge of Mr. Harvey Waters, an inventor and mechanic of note, and the saw department in charge of a Mr. Groves, son of the celebrated English saw-manufacturer.

The buildings have at various periods been occupied wholly or in part by the Chicopee Falls Company, Ames Manufactur- ing Company, Chicopee Falls Hosiery Company, Bay State Faucet and Valve Company, Musgrave Alpaca Company, Massachusetts Arms Company, and the Lamb Knitting-Ma- chine Manufacturing Company. The last three are in suc- cessful operation at the present time.

The present officers of the Massachusetts Arms Company are T. C. Page, President ; T. W. Carter, Treasurer, who, together with E. O. Carter, constitute the board of directors.

In January, 1867, the Lamb Knitting-Machine Company was organized with a capital of $100,000, and purchased the water-power and shops then owned and occupied by the Mas- sachusetts Arms Company. Since that time they have made a specialty of the manufacture of knitting-machines under the patent of I. W. Lamb, and produce thereof to the value of $150,000 per annum. Two-thirds of the machines are ex- ported. This industry gives employment to 100 hands on an average. A turbine wheel of 60 horse-power and a steam- engine of 40 horse-power are used. Timothy W. Carter has been president of this company from its organization ; Thomas C. Page treasurer until 1871, when he was succeeded by E. O. Carter. Mr. Page is the present managing agent.

In 1868 the knitting-machine company sokl to the Chicopce Falls Hosiery Company a portion of the property just described, including the building known as the " Ford Shop." The latter company enlarged the works, and carried on the manufacture of hosiery for nearly three years, when, in 1870, they sold to the Bay State Faucet and Valve Company, who made plumbers' brass goods for a like term of three years. The Musgrave Alpaca Company succeeded the faucet and valve company in September, 1875. Edward Musgrave, John Anderton, and Michael Dunn constituted the partnership, which has re- mained unchanged. They manufacture worsted coatings and alpacas, importing for the latter fine cotton warps from Eng- land, and using weekly for the latter 5000 pounds of Austra- lian and other wools. The company have 60 looms, employ now 76 hands, and turn out 10,000 yards per week. A single turbine wheel transmits the power. John Anderton is Treas- Drer ; Edward Musgrave, Agent.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 136

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896