Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 44

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1399

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The New Bedford Copper Company was organized in 1860, with a paid up capital of $250,000. William J. Rotch, the first president, was succeeded by James D. Thompson, Henry F. Thomas, and Gilbert Allen; the first treasurer, Charles S. Randall, was followed by William H. Mathews, and he by Clarence A. Cook. John H. Barrows is general manager; Ferdinand S. Read, superintendent; and Gilbert Allen, Clarence A. Cook, Thomas H. Knowles, John H. Barrows, John T.

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Ballard, and William F. Thomas, directors. The company uses Lake Superior copper exclusively in the manufacture of a large variety of copper and yellow metal goods, and maintains agencies all over the United States and in Canada.

The Morse Twist Drill and Machine Company was incorporated in 1864, with a capital of $30,000, which was increased January 1, 1883, to $600,000. The first officers were Nathan Chase, president and treas- urer, and Frederick S. Allen, Andrew G. Pierce, Gilbert Allen, and Thomas M. Stetson, directors. Stephen A. Morse, the inventor of the twist drill manufactured by this company, began the business in 1861 in East Bridgewater, Mass., and removed to New Bedford in 1865. The establishment has acquired a world-wide reputation and furnishes employment for 300 hands.

The manufacture of glass is another important industry in New Bedford. The New Bedford Glass Company erected a factory in 1861. In 1869 the plant was purchased by W. L. Libbey, who conducted it in partnership with Capt. Henry Libbey, under the firm name of W. L. Libbey & Co., until 1871, when the Mount Washington Glass Company was organized with a capital of $100,000, which was subsequently in- creased to $150,000. The company was reorganized in 1876 and an additional glass-house was erected in 1881. In 1894 the establishment became, by consolidation, a part of the Pairpoint Manufacturing Com- pany.

The Pairpoint Manufacturing Company was organized in 1880 with Edward D. Mandell, president; Alexander H. Seabury, treasurer; T. J. Pairpoint, superintendent. Messrs. Seabury and Pairpoint resigned in 1885 and were succeeded by Thomas A. Tripp. The first building was erected in 1880, the second in 1881, the third in 1890, and the fourth in 1891. The original capital was $100,000, which was increased to $400,000 in July, 1887, and to $1,000,000 in 1896. In 1897 the com- pany went into the hands of a receiver. This establishment, including the Mount Washington Glass Works, employed as many as nine hun- dred skilled mechanics and artisans. Its goods have acquired a world wide reputation for their fine and artistic workmanship, which is not excelled anywhere in the country. The product consists of plain and cut glass, casket hardware, german silver and silver plated ware, lamps, etc.,-in fact all varieties of useful and ornamental household goods.

Art manufacturing in New Bedford had its inception in the person of William C. Taber, who, in partnership with Abraham Shearman, jr.,

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carried on the book business at the corner of Union and Water streets during the early part of this century. In 1835 he became sole pro- prietor and in 1845 admitted his son Charles as a partner. They opened another store at 6 Purchase street. In 1849 Charles Taber and his brother Augustus took charge of the Union and Purchase street store under the firm name of Charles Taber & Co., which was a leader in the book and art business in the city for nearly forty-five years. Augustus finally retired, and Asa C. Pierce and Abraham Taber, and still later William C. Taber, jr., became members of the firm, which, in 1861, moved to 47 Purchase street. In 1862 Abraham and William C. Taber, jr., took the book and stationery stores, and Charles Taber and Asa C. Pierce became manufacturing photographers at 6 North Water street, taking the old firm name of Charles Taber & Co. In 1871 Charles Taber assumed the business and in 1881 admitted William C. Taber, jr., and his sons, Charles M. and Frederic, as partners. Charles Taber died in 1887, and on January 1, 1893, the Taber Art Company was incorporated with a capital of $300,000. In 1897 the concern be- came a part of the Taber-Prang Art Company. This industry is now (1898) being removed to Springfield, Mass. Another art establish- ment was conducted for several years by the King Manufacturing Com- pany, which was incorporated in 1883 with a capital of $20,000. The Pierce & Bushnell Manufacturing Company was incorporated in the spring of 1877 with a capital of $30,000, which has been increased to $45,000. The business, which consists of manufacturing photographs, pastels, etchings, etc., was founded in 1870 by Mr. Pierce.

In 1883 the late William N. Weeden began the manufacture of toys and other novelties on a small scale. On July 1, 1887, the Weeden Manufacturing Company was incorporated with a capital of $50,000, which has since been reduced to $12,000.

The manufacture of shoes has been an important industry in New Bedford for nearly forty years. In 1860 the New Bedford Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company built a factory on the corner of Ashland and Durfee streets, which employed fifty or sixty hands. It was known as the North Shoe factory, and was in operation about fifteen years, and Joseph W. Cornell was president; Edwin P. Taylor, treas- urer; and William H. Hopkins, agent. About 1863 the South Shore Boot and Shoe factory was built on the corner of Washington and Fair streets. It was burned in 1873. In July, 1865, Savory C. Hathaway established a small shoe factory on Hillman street, and in October

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Rufus A. Soule became his partner under the firm name of Hathaway & Soule. In 1865 they moved to the corner of Pleasant street and Mechanics lane, and in 1874 they erected a brick building on the cor- ner of North Second and North streets. Herbert A. Harrington was admitted to partnership in 1876, when the firm became Hathaway, Soule & Harrington; it was incorporated in 1890 with a capital of $250,000. The factory headquarters are now on the corner of Acush- net avenue and North street. Paulding, Reed & Gifford began the manufacture of shoes on William street in 1873, and were succeeded by Reed & Gifford in 1880, and by Tinkham, Reed & Gifford in 1881. In 1890, when Mr. Reed withdrew, the firm became Tinkham & Gifford, and in 1892 the E. B. Tinkham Shoe Company was incorporated with a capital of $10,000. Mr. Tinkham was one of the first to manufacture ladies' shoes in New Bedford. Charles F. Watkins began the manu- facture of men's shoes in 1877 and Schuyler Brothers in 1882.

The business of manufacturing carriages, wagons, etc., began very early in the present century. One of the first to engage in that indus- try was Joseph Brownell, who established a small shop on the corner of Fourth and Spring streets about 1820. Later his son, J. Augustus Brownell, and Joshua B. Bailey were admitted to partnership, and in 1854 a repository was built, which was subsequently occupied by H. G. O. Cole. Afterward Brownell, Ashley & Co. took possession of it. George L. Brownell came to New Bedford from Westport in 1830, and since 1834 has been engaged in the business. Forbes & Sears be- gan manufacturing carriages in 1862. Charles H. Forbes purchased the establishment about 1877, and later was succeeded by J. R. Forbes, who sold out in 1891 to H. C. Hathaway, who finally discontinued the business. Clarence Lowell commenced as a manufacturer in 1875, and in 1889 built his present repository on Acushnet avenue. Other car- riage manufacturers are J. R. Linton & Sons and W. B. Bennett.

The great whaling industry gave existence to the business of manu- facturing ship bread as early as 1822, when Enoch Horton established a bakery for that purpose, which afterward passed to Watson & Man- chester, who were succeeded by Samuel Watson, who carried on the enterprise for more than forty years. He was followed in 1879 by Jonathan Buttrick, who sold out to John McCullough in 1889. David A. Snell gained the widest reputation in this business. He started a bakery on the corner of William and North Water streets in 1857, and afterward took in as partners Charles D. Capen and Jacob B. Hadley.

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In 1859 he sold out and established the first patent bakery in New England, and during the war had extensive contracts with the govern- ment for furnishing supplies to the Union army. Ship bread manufac- turing declined with the whaling interests, and in 1867 he began the manufacture of fancy crackers and cake goods, in which he was very successful. This factory recently passed into the possession of the New York Biscuit Company, of which Charles L. Holt is the local manager.

There are several incorporated companies which may be briefly no- ticed at this point. The American Carrier Rocket Company, manufac- turing self line carrying rockets used for life-saving purposes, was in- corporated in 1886 with a capital of $250,000. The Strange Forged Twist Drill Company was incorporated in 1888, with a capital of $15,- 000, for the purpose of manufacturing twist drills patented by John F. Strange. This concern was succeeded by the Strange Forged Drill and Tool Company, which was incorporated in 1896 with a capital of $75,000.

Pope's Island Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1890, with a capital of $50,000, and manufacture harness trimmings, metal cast- ings, etc.

The iron industry is comparatively an old one in New Bedford, among its first promoters being F. & I. C. Taber & Co., who were suc- ceeded in 1847 by Taber & Grinnell. In 1859 Joseph Grinnell became sole proprietor, and in 1873 was followed by Edmund Grinnell. This was long known as the New Bedford Iron Foundry. The New Bedford Machine Shop was started in 1864 by Jonathan Bourne, who was suc- ceeded in June, 1890, by Brownell & Besse. In 1891 Edward L. Besse became the owner, and later organized the New Bedford Foundry and and Machine Company. Edward E. Bowker and Robert R. Sherman began the manufacture of steam engines, etc., in 1874. Frank S. Tripp succeeded Mr. Sherman in 1878 and afterward became sole proprietor. Augustus Swift established the Acushnet Iron Foundry in 1878. The New Bedford Boiler and Machine Company was started under the name of the New Bedford Boiler Company, which was organized February 16, 1876, by Henry A. Holcomb, Joseph S. Lewis and Gilbert Bradley, jr. Frederick W. Luscomb and David A. Corey started a machine shop in October, 1885, and Reuben M. Gardner and Arnold W. Southwick a brass foundry in 1884.

Among other manufacturing concerns are the A. L. Blackmer Com- pany, cut glass, capital $10,000; Fairfield Ice Company, incorporated in

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1896, capital $7,500; the W. S. Hill Electric Company, switches and switch boards, incorporated in 1896, capital $70,000; the Lambeth Rope Company, capital $125,000; the La Rose Car Brake Company, incorporated in January, 1896, capital $12,000; the New Bedford Ice Company, incorporated in 1872, capital $20, 000.

The manufacture of paper boxes was commenced on Clark's Point in 1854 by Frederick Coffin, who in 1875 admitted his brother, Charles H., as a partner, the firm name being Coffin Brothers. In 1890 Walter H. and Arthur S. Coffin became the proprietors. Frederick A. Sowle established a planing mill in 1873. The lumber business of Greene & Wood was started in 1835 by Samuel Leonard, who was succeeded by Henry T. Leonard and Augustus A. Greene. Leonard & Greene were followed in 1848 by the firm of Greene & Wood, the junior part- ner being Henry T. Wood. Afterward William G., George R. and Edmund Wood succeeded to the business. In 1888 the manufacture of spools and bobbins was begun by a separate firm, styled the Greene & Wood Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated with a capital of $100,000. This concern sold out in 1891 to the American Bobbin, Spool and Shuttle Company, of Boston. The firm of Greene & Wood still carried on a large and successful lumber business. In 1878 a planing mill and lumber yard was established by Tillinghast & Terry, who were succeeded in 1887 by William A. Tillinghast. The White Oak River Company, dealers in southern lumber, was incorporated in 1886 with a capital of $30,000, which has since been increased to $70,- 000. Another planing mill was started in 1892 by Fournier & Nichol- son and still another in 1895 by S. J. and Charles Blossom.

The flouring and feed mills of the Denison-Plummer Company were started in 1858 by Joseph B. Warner and John H. Denison, who in 1864 took in as partners Henry C. Denison and Burrage Y. Warner. In 1868 S. M. Hall became a partner under the firm name of J. H. Denison & Co., which was changed in 1873 to Denison Brothers. To the original "South " mill was added, about 1871, the " North " mill, on the site of an old saw mill. The old building was converted into a cotton mill. Afterward it was reconverted into a flouring mill by an incorporated company, of which B. B. Howard was president and S. M. Bullard was treasurer. It was burned September 13, 1870, and rebuilt by the New Bedford Flour Company, of which George R. Phillips was president and John N. Bullard, treasurer. In 1877 Denison Brothers and George Wilson purchased the property. Mr. Wilson withdrew in

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in 1881, and on March 1, 1891, the Denison Brothers Company was in- corporated with a capital of $100,000. This was succeeded on May 1, 1896, by the Denison-Plummer Company, of which Henry M. Plummer is president and treasurer.

Sail making was formerly an important industry in New Bedford, one of the. earliest manufacturers being Simpson Hart, who engaged in the business in 1834. He died November 5, 1876, and was succeeded by his son, Thomas M. In 1850 John Kehew began making and repair- ing nautical instruments, and in 1864 sold out to his old employees, C. R. Sherman and James Hanley, who continued the business under the firm name of C. R. Sherman & Co. Wendell Macy succeeded Mr. Hanley in 1866, and in 1872 Mr. Sherman became sole owner. In 1880 his son, W. R. Sherman, was admitted (since deceased). Eben Pierce began the manufacture of bomb guns and bomb lances in 1870 and Daniel Kelleher engaged in the same business in 1880. The paint manufactory of George A. Kirby, jr., & Co. was started by the senior member of the firm in 1861.

Besides the foregoing, there are in New Bedford a number of small manufacturing enterprises which are more or less important in their special fields, but the scope of this work precludes detailed mention of them here. Suffice it to say that no other city of its size in New Eng- land contains a greater variety of industries nor a more diversified class of skilled artisans and mechanics, and the quality of its products are not excelled in the country.

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CHAPTER XXIV.

THE CITY OF FALL RIVER-ORIGINAL PURCHASES AND SETTLEMENT.

About one hundred and forty years elapsed between the date of transfer of the territory constituting the town of Fall River from the Indians to their white successors. and the erection of the town itself. The date of purchase was April 2, 1659, when the great tract of terri- tory that subsequently became the original town of Freetown passed from the Indians to James Cudworth and his twenty-five associates, who were named as follows:

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Ralph Partridge,

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Timothy Foster,

Love Brewster,

John Barns, Thomas Southworth,

William Paybody,

John Tisdall,

George Watson,

Christopher Wadsworth,

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Nathaniel Morton,

Kenelm Winslow,

Walter Hatch,

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Samuel House, Edmund Chandler,

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Samuel Nash,

The details of this purchase are given elsewhere in these pages in connection with the history of Freetown. The lands thus transferred bore the beautiful name, Assonet, which is still kept in remembrance by the little village of that name in Freetown. Among the English purchasers the territory thus acquired by them was given the title of "ye ffreeman's purchase," or " the Freeman's Purchase." It was in- corporated as Freetown in July, 1683, but with only about three-fourths of the original purchase, its area having been reduced in assigning to other towns certain tracts properly belonging to them. The original purchase included lands lying east of Taunton River, four miles in width and from eight to nine miles long, bounded on the south by the Quequechan River and on the north by Assonet Neck.

In 1660 a division of the purchase was made among the purchasers, under which each lot, or "Freeman's Share," was assigned to the cor-

1 The spelling of these names conforms to the records.

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responding purchaser by number, each lot being bounded at the westerly end by the river and at the other end by the head line of the Purchase.1 It was intended that these lots should be about one hun- dred rods wide, but in order to give each purchaser equal value, or as nearly so as practicable, some of the lots were extended to greater width and some were reduced. Not one of the original twenty six pur- chasers ever settled on his land.

The conveyance of this territory from the Indians was made by war- ranty deed from Ossamequin (Massasoit), Wamsutta (his son), and Tattapanum (Wamsutta's wife), commonly called Weetamoe. The deed was signed by Wamsutta and Tattapanum only, in presence of Thomas Cooke, Jonathan Bridg and John Sassamon, and was acknowl- edged by " Wamsutta and Squaw Pattapanum " before Josiah Winslow and William Bradford, assistants.

The settlements first made on this territory had the inevitable result of attracting others, and in 1680 another grant was made by the gov- ernor, treasurer and assistants, to eight persons, as follows: Edward Gray, of Plymouth; Nathaniel Thomas, of Marshfield ; Benjamin Church, Daniel Wilcox and Thomas Manchester, of Puncatest; and Christopher and John Almy and Thomas Waite, of Portsmouth, R. I. The tract thus granted extended southward along the bay from the Quequechan to the town of Dartmouth and Seaconnet, and inland from four to six miles. This territory was purchased for £1,100, and was called the Pocasset Purchase, which later became the town of Tiverton. This Purchase, with the exception of a reservation of thirty rods wide adja- cent to the Freeman's Purchase and the river, and a few other small tracts, was divided into thirty shares and distributed among the pur- chasers; the lot nearest the river was called the Mill lot, and the next one south was numbered one. This piece of land, including the water power on the south side of the river to what is now Main street, and on both sides east of that street to Watuppa Pond, containing sixty-six acres, was also divided into thirty shares and sold to the original pur- chasers. Col. Benjamin Church2 and his brother, Caleb, of Watertown, a millwright by trade, bought twenty-six and a half of the thirty shares, acquiring the principal ownership of the great water power. On the

1 This line divided the original purchase from the territory that was annexed to Freetown from Tiverton in 1747, known as East Freetown.

2 Colonel Church was a famous captain in the King Philip war, frequently referred to in ear- lier pages.

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8th of August, 1691, Caleb Church sold his right to this property to his brother Benjamin, who thus became owner of all but three and one- half shares; these were probably purchased by John Borden. In 1703 Colonel Church had removed to Fall River and came into full posses- sion of a saw mill, a grist mill and a fulling mill. He, however, re- mained only a few years, and on February 18, 1714, sold his twenty-six and a half shares in the purchase to Richard Borden, then of Tiverton, and Joseph Borden, of Freetown, both of whom were sons of John Borden. John Borden having previously purchased the water power on the north side of the stream west of Main street,1 this purchase from Colonel Church gave the Borden family possession of the entire water power at Fall River.

The price obtained by Colonel Church for the twenty-six and a half shares was £1,000. The sale by Caleb in 1691 was for £100, at which rate the price of the whole sixty-six acres was $740. John Borden paid for the piece on the north side, about $31 34, making a total of $771.34. This included the whole of the water power and most of the land on which the city stands.

The territory of Fall River includes parts of the Freeman's Purchase and the Pocasset Purchase, both of which have been described in earlier chapters. In the division of the Freeman's Purchase among the pro- prietors thirteen whole lots and a part of the fourteenth fell within what became Fall River and were drawn as follows:

Timothy Foster drew the first lot. Little is known of him, but the records show that on September 22, 1679, Capt. Cornelius Briggs, of. Scituate, sold for £140 this first lot to William Earle, John Borden and David L. Lake, all of Portsmouth, R. I. On May 24, 1719, Lake deeded his right to Borden. January 27, 1694, Earle deeded " to my son-in- law, John Borden." In June, 1710, the lot was divided, John Borden receiving the south half, extending from Bedford street to the south line of land belonging to the Fall River Savings Bank on North Main street and from the river to the east line of the Purchase, and Ralph Earl the north half; the Bordens, through different generations from John to his son Joseph, to his son Stephen. He died August 30, 1738, and the widow married John Bowen, of Tiverton in July, 1839, when

1 In 1702 the proprietors voted to sell the tract of land lying between the first share or lot and the boundary line of Tiverton, in order "to procure a piece of land near the center of the town for a burying place, a training field, or any other public use the town shall see cause to im- prove it for." John Borden was the highest bidder at £9 8s. This included the land on the north side of the stream and west of Main street.

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the land was divided among the six heirs of Stephen Borden, the land on the west side of Main street coming later into possession of Stephen Borden, jr. When he died in 1794, the property was surveyed in small lots and sold to various purchasers, the mill lot and power going to Simeon Borden. The north half Ralph Earl sold, June 21, 1716, to Constant Church for £610. This land was mortgaged to Thomas Fitch, of Boston, in 1722.

The second lot was drawn by Humphrey Turner, and passed by kin- ship to Joseph Turner, who sold in 1671 to Israel Hubbard. From him it passed to I. Hubbard and Jonathan Dodson. They sold February 25, 1694, to Benjamin Church for £150. On April 27, 1731, Benjamin Durfee paid £1,800 for the west end of the lot, ninety six rods wide and one and one fourth miles long, 240 acres. At his death it passed to his son Thomas, who, through his acquisition of the north half of the first lot, thus became one of the largest of the proprietors on the Free- men's Purchase. He owned all of the land from what is now Elm street to Turner street, from the river to the ponds. He was also part owner of the water power, which came into his possession in the division of the estate of his father in-law, Joseph Borden. He was noted for his generous hospitality and entertained many distinguished guests at his mansion on the west side of the Main Road where the residence of David Anthony is now situated. The old house was moved to the corner of Cherry and Danforth streets a number of years ago. Being on the main road from Boston to Newport, the old mansion was a wel- come stopping-place for eminent men, among whom was La Fayette, who presented his host with two French hounds. During the Revolu- tionary war he was zealous in aiding the patriot cause, even to mort- gaging his homestead to John Hancock and Jerathmel Bowers. Owing to financial stringency and the depreciated condition of the currency, he allowed them to foreclose, and most of the property between Elm street and Prospect street passed to possession of Mr. Bowers. At his death he left it to his daughter Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Dan- forth, of Boston. Part of it was sold in house lots and in 1824 the Rodman family bought the remainder and have continued to sell to various purchasers.

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Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 44

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub Publication date: 1899 Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company Number of Pages: 1399

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1399