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the Park and Electric Railway can be ob- tained of H. C. Weston, Superintendent.
The following are the directors of the company :- Sumner Wallace, Albert Wal- lace, Geo. S. Wallace, James E. Lothrop, Harrison Haley. President, Sumner Wallace ; Vice President, Geo. E. Wallace ; Treasurer, Harry Hough ; Superintendent, H. C. Weston.
D. L. Furber and Wiggin.
'The manufacture of ladies' and gents' fine hand-sewed boots and shoes in Dover was begun by Mr. D. L. Furber in 1884
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in his present factory, rear of rot Wash- ington Street, and under his intelligent direction the enterprise has been guided on to a highly successful and prosperous career, the output increasing annually and keeping fifteen hands constantly employed. Mr. Furber is the inventor of Furber's Patent Elastic Band Bicycle shoes which have become so popular with wheelmen and also manufactures golf, football and sporting footwear for the trade. He personally supervises all the processes of construc- tion and his practical ex- perience in the business enables him to secure per- fect produc- tion. The best materi- als, leather, findings, etc. are utilized and the entire output of the factory is cus- tom work and un ex c elled for genuine merit, being unsurpa s s ed for finish, style and last- ing qualities. The factory measures 60 x 20 feet and is well equipped with heel- finishing and other special machinery for the proper carrying on of the business, and is lighted by electricity. In March last Mr. Furber admitted Mr. C. F. Wig- gin to partnership when the style of the firm became as at present. In the retail store located at the same address and fac- ing on Washington Street, the products of the factory are retailed and an excellent and ever growing demand has been cre-
ated for these goods. The partners are men of large business capacity and practical experience who have made the shoe indus- try a life study. They are highly esteemed in trade circles for their skill and just methods and have built up a business alike creditable to their industry and enterprise.
The E. Morrill Furniture Co.
For over half a century the name of Morrill has been associat- ed with the furniture trade in Do- ver, the orig- inal business having been founded by E. Morrill in the same building where the present con- cern is loca- ted.
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THE E. MORRILL FURNITURE CO.'S STORE.
In 1886 Henry J. Grimes and Charles E. Cate ac- quired the business which is cen- trally located in the five story building 93 Washing- ton street, four buildings in all being utilized with a total floor space of 29,- 900 square feet. The house bears an excellent reputation for the superiority of its goods and the honorable character
of its management. Through the energy and application of the partners in catering to the requirements of their patrons they have developed and retained a patronage of the most desirable nature, extending throughout this and the surrounding coun- ties and each year sees their popularity
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and entire trade increase. The establish ment is fitted up in the most approved style, with every convenience for the ac- commodation and display of goods and the reception of customers. The im- mense stock carried is well worthy of ex- amination, representing as it does the products of the leading manufacturers of the kind in the country. The assortment embraces elegant parlor suits, chairs and lounges, chamber suits in profuse variety, hall, library, office and kitchen furniture, draperies, carpets, mattings, rugs, and up- holstery goods. The firm make a specialty of the manufacturing and upholstering of fine parlor furniture, ten skilled men be- ing constantly employed. Both a jobbing and retail trade is carried on and cus- tomers can at all times depend upon re- ceiving the best goods at the lowest price the market affords.
The partners are both natives of this city where they also received their edu- cation, Mr. Cate subsequently taking a course at the New Hampton Business Col- lege. They have both received a thorough and practical business experience which they apply intelligently in the furthering of their patrons' interests. Mr. Grimes is a member of the Dover Lodge of Elks and Mr. Cate belongs to the I. O. O. F.
The Shoe Industry.
The making of shoes for the Southern and Western markets has come to be recognized as a leading and fast growing industry in the city. Employment is af- forded to several hundred of our citizens in the different shoe shops and their lo- cation in our city has added to its prestige as a great manufacturing centre.
Almost every variety of footwear is manufactured here, and every device that would add beauty to appearance or com- fort in the wearing has been studied out and adopted by the local manufacturers.
The concentration of skilled labor at certain points, in obedience to forces that cannot always be defined, but which can never be successfully opposed, has made possible the origin and growth of the in- dustrial centres of New England. The business of shoemaking once well estab-
lished here, the dictates of convenience, economy and good business management alike suggest to the manufacturer the ad- vantage of pursuing it in Dover.
J. H. IRELAND & CO.
The business of this representative con- cern was founded in 1894 by J. H. Ire- land, E. P. Dodge and H. B. Little and under their intelligent direction the en- terprise has been guided to a successful and highly prosperous career. The fine building occupied for the business was erected by the Dowver Improvement Asso- ciation. It is a five story brick building measuring 250 x 50 feet and is equipped in admirable style with modern improved machinery, operated by steam power, and in the various departments of work em- ployment is given to 400 skilled hands. The company manufactures women's and misses' shoes of medium grade, the ca- pacity of the factory being seventy-five sixty-pair cases a day. Mr. Wm. H. Mathews is superintendent of the factory and his practical experience as a shoemaker en- ables him to secure perfect production in all departments. The trade of the con- cern extends generally throughout the United States and the annual volume of transactions shows a steady increase each succeeding year.
CHARLES H. MOULTON & CO.
Thirteen years ago this business was inaugurated in Dover by L. W. Nute & Co., but upon the death of Mr. Nute in 1888 Mr. Charles H. Moulton became proprietor and about one year ago admit- ted Mr. W. H. Moody into partnership. 'The premises occupied were built by the Dover Improvement Association. They are spacious in size, the factory being a four story wooden structure measuring 150 x 50 feet, with a storehouse 100 x 50 feet in dimensions. The various de- partments are equipped with the latest improved tools, machinery and appliances known to the trade. Two hundred hands are employed in turning out men's heavy pegged and nailed shoes, creedmoors and ties which find a ready market in the south and west. The products of the shop are all of the best quality and work-
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manship and none but first class hands are employed in their manufacture. Mr. F. J. Boyden is superintendent of the factory and is a thoroughly practical man who is acquainted with every detail of the business. He has resided in Dover for the past thirty-three years and is deserved- ly popular.
THE BRADLEY-SAYWARD SHOE CO.
This company are manufacturers of men's, youths' and boys' shoes, and can justly lay claim to the careful attention of the trade throughout the country. The company was incorporated in November, 1897, under the above title, the previous firm name, since its inception twenty years ago, having been Bradley & Sayward. The present officers are J. Bradley, Hud- son, Mass., president, and H. S. Sayward, Cambridge, Mass., secretary and treasurer. The company has met with pleasing suc- cess, owing largely to the fact of their producing all the latest and most approved styles in boots and shoes including men's heavy work, bals, creedmoors and ties, and the introduction of better methods in their manufacture. The factory consists of a four story building measuring 40 x 60 feet, thoroughly equipped with the latest machinery and appliances, and having a productive capacity of 600 pairs of shoes a day. Constant employment is given to a force of between fifty and sixty skilled operatives. The product of the factory finds a ready market, being noted for superior workmanship and finish, having all the elements of durability with the added advantage of easy fit and attractive appearance. Mr. E. I. Bennett is superin- tendent and is a thoroughly practical shoe- maker, conversant with all the details of the business.
J. H. HURD & SON.
This business was originally established at Farmington in 1850 by John H. Hurd, who subsequently removed it to Dover over a quarter of a century ago. The partners are John H. Hurd and Clarence I. Hurd, who personally superintend the details of the business. The firm manu- facture split and grain brogans, plow shoes, creedmoors and Dom Pedros, all
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their work being standard screw and pegged, for which they possess every fa- cility in the way of special machinery and equipment. The plant comprises a three story building 100 x 50 feet in dimen- sions and the output is 500 pairs a day, fifty hands being employed. Mr. J. H. Hurd is much esteemed in business cir- cles and is a trustee of the Strafford Sav- ings Bank. 'The house ships its goods to the southern and western markets and also exports to South Africa.
DOVER HEEL COMPANY.
This concern does a large business in the manufacture of heels for men's boots and shoes. The premises are ample for the requirements of the business and are equipped with all the latest and most ap- proved machinery known to the trade. About twenty hands are constantly em- ployed and the output of the shop in- creases yearly.
The Boston & Maine Railroad.
The importance of railroads cannot be ignored in this era of progressiveness, nor can they be relegated to a minor position by any community aspiring to modern methods. In its intermediate relations with the Union at large, a city must grant railway communication equal considera- tion with all other systems of transporta- tion, for to this medium more than all others yet devised by man's ingenuity is due the present advanced state of civiliza- tion throughout the world.
The Boston & Maine Railroad was originally chartered in 1833 as the Ando- ver and Wilmington R. R. and was com- pleted between these towns and opened for operation, August 8, 1836. It then made a connection with the Boston and Lowell R. R. at Wilmington, that being the only railroad in that vicinity at the time. The Andover and Wilmington R. R. was extended to Bradford in 1837, to Exeter in 1840 and to a connection with the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth R. R. at South Berwick Junction in 1842. The lines in the several states through which the road passed were under different names and separate charters. These
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roads were afterwards consolidated under the name of the Boston & Maine Rail- road. The business still continued to be transferred to the Boston & Lowell R. R. at Wilmington for Boston and intermedi- ate points. About the time that the road was completed to South Berwick Junction a charter was obtained to extend it to Boston independently of the Boston and Lowell R. R. the change in line being made at what is now called Wilmington Junction. The extension passed through the towns of Reading, Melrose and Mal- den and was opened for business to the Haymarket Square Station, Boston, July 1, 1845. The original passenger station in Boston was located on ground now oc- cupied by the Union passenger station, but the charter compelled the railroad to build to Haymarket Square and they were obliged to do so, but would gladly have avoided that expense if possible to do so as the company was poor and could not get money easily, and the business was not enough to pay interest on money al- ready expended.
Dover was opened up to railroad com- munication in 1841, and is now entered by the Western, Eastern and Northern Divisions of the great Boston and Maine system and is afforded with passenger and freight facilities befitting its immense and growing interests. The management of the road has ever been alive to the needs and demands of the city, and to this, in a great degree, can be credited the position in which the city now finds herself among the municipalities of this and the adjoin- ing States. On the Western Division there are twenty-four passenger trains in and out of Dover daily, and twelve on the Eastern Division (Portsmouth and Dover Branch). Those on the latter stop at Folsom street and Sawyer's, both within the city limits, and at Dover Point and Cushing's before reaching Ports- mouth, a distance of 10.88 miles. In 1347, an act was passed by the State of New Hampshire authorizing the construc- tion of the Cocheco Railroad from Dover to Alton Bay. The road was opened to Farmington in 1848 and to Alton Bay in 1851. It was reorganized in 1862 under the name of Dover and Winnipiseogee
Railroad. An operating contract was en- tered into with the Boston & Maine Rail- road in 1863 for a term of fifty years. The road was purchased by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1892, and is now op- erated with the Lake Shore Branch of the Concord & Montreal road as the Dover & Lakeport Branch (Northern Division). This road has been the prime factor in opening up this delightful region to tour- ists and pleasure parties of which the number increases with each succeeding year. Two trains run daily each way be- tween Dover and Lakeport and one to Alton Bay.
The present station was erected in IS74. It is built of brick and contains a comfortable and well-appointed waiting- room, toilet rooms, offices, news stand, and baggage room. A projecting roof protects passengers from the inclemency of the weather in boarding trains.
The freight house is conveniently lo- cated on Broadway about one mile east of the passenger station and is a two story brick building measuring 250 x 50 feet in dimensions. There are also a carpenter shop and round house and about thirty- five men are employed. The immense business transacted in the freight depart- ment is shown by the average monthly figures as follows: local and foreign freight forwarded 3,336,577 lbs .; local and foreign freight received, year ending June 30, 1898, 9,406,872 lbs. George F. Mathes is the general agent of the com- pany at Dover ; S. H. Bell, ticket agent ; T. L. Berry, freight cashier ; B. A. Dow, baggage master and C. H. Pemberton, assistant roadmaster.
The management of the road is con- stantly improving the rolling stock and equipment and making the main and and branch lines as perfect as modern science in railroad building will permit. During the present season there will be laid in all about 100 miles of new rail, 75 and 85 lb. pattern.
Passengers traveling over the lines of the Boston & Maine are carried to all points in the Lake and White Mountain regions and to St. John, Halifax and Mon- treal in elegantly appointed vestibuled drawing room and sleeping cars, without
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change, and the accommodations provided are equal to those of any railroad in the world.
The company employs about 15,000 men, one thousand at the Union Station, Boston. The pay roll averages $8,600,000 yearly. It owns and operates 700 loco- motives, 1,200 passenger cars and 13,000 freight cars. Six hundred regular trains are run daily in and out of the Union Station, carrying 100,000 passengers, 6,000 pieces-200 truck loads-of bag- gage, 22,000 lbs. of daily papers and 800 bicycles. The general officers located in Boston are as follows :- Lucius Tuttle, President ; T. A. Mackinnon, Ist Vice- President and Gen. Mgr. ; Wm. F. Berry, 2d Vice-Pres. and Gen. Traffic Mgr .; Frank Barr, Asst. Gen. Mgr .; A. Blan- chard, Treasurer ; H. E. Fisher, Asst. Treas .; Wm. J. Hobbs, Gen. Auditor ; D. J. Flanders, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent ; Geo. E. Sturtevant, Asst. G. P. & T. Agt .; F. E. Brown, Asst. G. P. & T. A., Concord, N. H .; Geo. W. Storer, Asst. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt .; M. T. Donovan, Gen. Freight Agent ; D). W. Sanborn, Gen. Superintendent ; J. A. Farrington, Purchasing Agt ; Henry Bart- lett, Supt. Motive Power : Wm. Merritt, Supt. Western Division ; J. W. Sanborn, Supt. Northern Division, Sanbornville, N. H .; W. T. Perkins, Supt. Eastern Divi- sion ; W. G. Bean, Supt. Southern Divi- sion ; C. E. Lee, Supt. Wor. Nash. & Port. Div., Nashua, N. H. ; H. E. Cham- berlin, Supt. Concord Div., Concord, N. H .; H. E. Folsom, Supt. Connecticut and Passumpsic Division, Lyndonville, Vt .; G. E. Cummings, Supt. White Mtns. Div., Woodsville, N. H. ; H. E. Howard, Supt. Car Service ; H. Bissell, Chief En- gineer ; O. W. Greeley, Gen. Baggage Agent ; A. C. Varnum, New England Passenger Agent ; A. P. Massey, Travel- ing Passenger Agent.
YORK HARBOR AND BEACH R. R.
A sketch of the Boston & Maine Rail- road would not be complete without a reference to the York Harbor & Beach R. R. which has done so much to pro- mote the comfort and convenience of the many thousands in this section who annu- ally avail themselves of the opportunity to
visit these delightful summer resorts, made possible by the enterprise of this road. Prior to the construction of the Eastern Railroad from Boston to Ports- mouth and of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad between Portsmouth and Portland, York was on the direct line of the " Eastern Stage Route " from Port- land to Boston, which originally crossed York river from the point of land on which the Marshall House now stands and was called "Stage Neck." When the Boston & Maine Railroad was built through Wells and Kennebunk in 1872 and 1873, the old stage line was discon- tinued and a daily line established from Cape Neddick to Portsmouth. Early pilgrims to York well remember the con- veniences of travel in those days.
In the autumn of 1882 a public meet- ing was held in York to discuss the ques- tion of better facilities for transportation, which the growing business of the town seemed to demand. A statement of the business of the town was prepared and John E. Staples, Edward S. Marshall, Henry E. Evans and John C. Stewart were chosen a committee to wait upon President E. B. Phillips of the Eastern R. R., present the statement and urge the advisability of that company extending a line from Portsmouth to York.
Subsequently efforts were made to in- duce the Boston & Maine Railroad com- pany, which had obtained control of the Eastern, to aid in constructing the line. Hon. Frank Jones of Portsmouth, then a director of the Boston and Maine, be- came personally interested in the matter. He had subscribed to the stock of the road and through his influence Mr. H. Bissell, the chief engineer of the B. & M., was sent to examine the various routes which had been surveyed. After carefully examining them all he reported to Mr. Jones and the company upon the feasi- bility of each line.
October 22, 1886, the specifications were completed and bids asked for the construction of the line. The bids were to be opened Monday, November Ist. These specifications were for a narrow guage railroad from York Beach to a point on the line of the B. & M. about
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half a mile east of Kittery Depot, now Kittery Junction.
When Mr. Jones saw the prospect of a narrow guage road fast becoming a cer- tainty he at once telegraphed the Direc- tors to postpone all contracts until a con- ference could be had between the Direct- ors of the two companies. This was done. A committee of the directors of the Y. H. & B. met a similar committee of the B. & M. and the result was an agreement that the Y. H. & B. R. R. Co. would give a right of way from Kit- tery Junction to the termi- nus of the road and take $50,000 of the stock. The B. & M. would furnish the balance of the money to complete the road and take the stock certificates- as bonds were to be issued- also furnish all rolling stock and equipmentsat actual cost, give the Y. H. & B. R. R. the free use of the main line from Kittery Junction to Portsmouth, together with all terminal fi- cilities in Portsmouth until the Y. H. & B. stock should pay a dividend of five per cent. and construct a standard guage road.
The first contract was let December 6, 1886. Work was immediately begun. August 8, 1887, the first train was run to Long Beach. The next week it reached the terminus at York Beach. The entire cost was something over $300,000.
GEORGE F. MATHES, GENERAL AGENT B. & M.
The road is eleven miles long and passes through some of the most beauti- ful and picturesque scenery in the world. Its route is along the seashore which it skirts at places to the water's edge. Twelve round trips are made between Portsmouth and York Beach daily, the fare being but forty cents for the round trip. During the summer season fiom 8,000 to 27,000 passengers are carried each month. The present managers of this road are Lucius Tuttle, President ; Samuel W. Junkins, Clerk ; W. F. Berry, Gen. Traffic Mgr. ; Amos Blanch- ard, Treasur- er ; W. J. Hobbs, Audi- tor ; Dana J. Flanders, General Pas- senger and Ticket Agent ; M. T. Don- ovan, Gen. Freight Agent ; and Winslow T. Perkins, Su- perintendent.
George F. Mathes.
George F. Mathes, gen- eral agent of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road at Dover, was born in Rochester in 1856, and received his education at the Rochester High School. Upon the com- pletion of his studies he went railroading, obtaining employment with the old Ports- mouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad as brakeman, and was subsequently promoted to be baggagemaster. Always faithful in the performance of his duties it was not long before he was appointed conductor, in
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which capacity he served up to the time of receiving his present important and responsible position in May, 1893. Mr. Mathes has proven himself to be a man of excellent executive ability, and dis- charges the duties of his office in a man- ner that has won for him the confidence of the great company he so ably repre- sents. He is also much esteemed by the traveling public who appreciate his un- failing courtesy and the despatch with which all business matters are attended to. Adding per- sonal merit to the influence of place, he may well be ac- corded a position among our repre- sentative business men. -
In 1889 Mr. Mathes was elect- ed a member of the Constitutional Convention which assembled at Con- cord. Four years later he represent- ed Wolfboro in the legislature, serving on various com- mittees, and dis- playing consider- able ability which won him high praise from his constituents. Mr. Mathes married in 1874, Fanny A. Parker, daughter of the late Charles H. Parker, editor of the Granite State News, and has one son, Charles A. Mathes, now twenty-two years of age and a young man of much promise. Mr. Mathes has a pleasant home at 26 Sixth street and has a large and ever increasing circle of friends.
William F. Cartland.
The number of men who succeed in life, although they start in without or al- most without any capital is really wonder-
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ful and must be primarily ascribed to a wonderful determination to overcome the numerous obstacles which impede the pathway to prosperity. A notable exam- ple of a self made man whose energy, per- severance and sound judgment have placed him in the front rank of successful business men, is William F. Cartland, the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Cartland was born in Parsonfield, Me., January 5, 1860, and acquired his education at the district school. Upon leaving school he worked on his father's farm, his arduous labors em- inently fitting him for the many vi- cissitudes which are to be encoun- tered by the young man beginning life with only an in- domitable will power and an ac- tive brain as his capital. At eigh- teen years of age he came to Dover and entered the employment of his uncle, William P. Tuttle, where he remained for three years when he en- tered the employ of J. Frank Rob- erts and devoted himself assiduous- ly to learning the grocery business. From Mr. Rob- erts' he went to work for W. S. Wiggin, but the spirit of enterprise which is one of his characteristics was strong within him and his ambition led him to seek broader fields of usefulness than come within the scope of a grocery clerk. He yearned to have a business of his own where he could develop his latent powers and it was not long before the opportunity presented' it- self. In 1885 Mr. Cartland bought out Mr. John Kimball, of the firm of Kimball & Tasker, which was then located in the
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