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USA > New Jersey > Gloucester County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 2 > Part 64
USA > New Jersey > Cumberland County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 2 > Part 64
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City Hall .- Since the incorporation of the city the eity offices have been held in rented buildings until 1881, when a city hall was built on the northeast cor- ner of Second and Sassafras Streets, in the Second Ward of the city. In the lower story is the mayor's office, lock-up, and a fire-engine room, while the upper story is in one room, and used as a Council chamber, and for the meetings of the Board of Educa- tion and other public bodies. It is a handsome brick building, and cost about four thousand dollars.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Millville. -Cumberland Circuit was set off from Salem Circuit in 1807, and in ISOS its total membership was seven hundred and cleven. In that year Samuel Cassa- boon, a local preacher, organized in Millville the · first class, consisting of three members. In 1814, John Walker preached statedly at the dwelling of - Thomas Byonts, and made an unsuccessful attempt to organize a society. At this time the only place of worship, aside from private houses, was the okl school-house, which was built about 1800, on the north corner of Second and Sassafras Streets. In this house it is said that the celebrated and cecen- tric Lorenzo Dow preached to the few Methodists and others here at an early time.
In 1819 two local preachers-Jesse Coombs and William M. Wigan-hell services in the old school- house, and organized a class, which in 1821 num- bered twenty-eight members, and in 1823 sixty-three. In the latter year an unfinished stone dwelling-house, - on the corner of Second and Smith Streets, was pur- I chased, and fitted up for a place of worship, and was dedicated in 1824. Here the congregation worshiped - { till 1845, when a new church building was erected, and in 1867 the present fine edifice was built.
In 1853 Millville became a station. The pastors have been Reys. T. W. MeDougal, C. S. Downs, Daniel Dutile, Samuel E. Post, Samuel Vansant, G. Hughes, I. K. Street, G. K. Morris, U. M. Brown, Richard Thorne, Jr., B. F. Sharp. Ananias Lawrence, William Boyle, G. B. White.
The membership was in 1867 five hundred, and in 1877 eight hundred. In the latter year Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church was formed from this society, which, of course, reduced the number of members. In 1SS3 the membership is six hundred and seventy-three. The value of the church property is estimated at twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, Mill- ville, was organized in 1855. In that year its church edifice was built, and it was dedicated in IS5G. The society was set off as a separate charge in 1857, at which time it had thirty members and ninety proba- tioners; and during that year one hundred and forty members were added to the church. The present membership is two hundred and seventy.
The pastors have been Revs. Joseph G. Crate, I. S. Ilugg, David Duffle, James S. Tucker, C. II. Flem- ing, MI. Raleigh, S. F. Wheeler, J. H. Hutchinson, R. J. Andrews, C. Il. Whitaker, S. W. Lake.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Millville. -- This society was organized in 1877, with thirty-six original members, who withdrew from the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church for the purpose of forming this. The new organization took the old church erlifice of the parent society subject to a lien of two thousand dollars, and in the same year rebuilt it at a
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cost of twelve hundred. In 1878 the membership numbered 231 ; in 1880, 877; and in 1983, 402. The pastors have been Revs. John S. Gaskill, JJames II. Payran, and Joseph I. Roe. The value of the church property is estimated at eight thousand dollars.
Corse Chapel (African Methodist Episcopal), Millville .- A society was organized here in 1-6-1, with sixteen members. A house of worship was creeted about a year sub-cquent to the organization of the church. It was named Corse Chapel, in honor of William Corse, who was the founder and most active member of the society. It is a modest and neat wooden structure, fifty-five by twenty-five feet in size, and its total cost was five hundred and twenty- five dollars.
The pastors who have served the society have been Revs. Joshua Woodin, William Watson, Joseph Nel- son, Benjamin Darks, Leonard Patterson, Joseph Smith, James Pierce, Alfred Garrison, John H. Bean, Wilson Peterson, J. T. Gilbert Waters, Elisha Paul Grinwedge, and the present pastor, R. M. Yeamans. The present membership of the society is thirty-five, and it is in a prosperous condition.
Millville Presbyterian Church.1-Prior to 1823 there was no house of worship in Millville. People of all denominations hell services in the old school- house that stood on the northeast corner of Second and Sassafras Streets. In 1823-24 the Methodists fitted up a building that they had purchased for a house of worship, but the Presbyterians and Baptists continued to meet in the old school-house.
Aug. 12, 1820, Rev. Ethan Osborne and Jonatban Freeman, who were appointed for that purpose by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, met at the house of James Park, in Port Elizabeth, and organized the first Pres- byterian Church in Maurice River, Cumberland Co., with the following constituent members :
Nathaniel Futter. Tydin Fosler. Jeremiah Stratton.
Hannah Newcomb. George Bush. Jane Husb.
· Zerviah Stratton.
Betsey Craig.
Robert MtcGriffin.
Mariah Vauhook. Ruth Strating.
Mary McGriffin.
Virgit Xt. Davis.
Hannah Stration. Elizabeth Davis.
landalı Glasqu'y. Samuel T. Parry.
Hannah Jordan. Ruth Harry.
Jeremiah Stratton, Nathaniel Foster, and Samuel Barry were cho-en elders.
Most of the influential members resided in Mill- ville, and the interests of the church gradually een- tred there, bence the society came to be commonly, though erroneously, called the " Millville Presbyterian Church."
Occasional supplies were sent by the Presbytery, and of such the names are remembered of Revs. Os- borne, Freeman, Iloff, Janvier, Parvin, Burt, Law- renee, and Manton.
A lot on the northeast corner of Second and S ..... fra- Streets was donated to the society by the Biri family, and on this a church edifice was erected. I. was completed and dedicated in 1838. It wa. a wooden building thirty by forty feet in size. It was enlarged in 1855, and again in 1868 it was further enlarged, improved, and modernized, and a tower was erected in front in which was placed a bell, the gif: of Mrs. Amanda Mulford, wife of Lewis Malfurd. The whole cost of the church was about five thousand five hundred dollars. A parsonage was built in 1- 13 on the corner of the lot north from the church.
At the time of the first enlargement a reed organ was introduced, the first musical instrument used in any of the churches in Millville. The organists have been Miss Sarah W. Maylin, Miss Maggie F. Maylin, Miss Eva Fithian. The pastors of the society since the erection of the church have been, in the order of their pastorates, Revs. John MeCoy, Richard Curran. Theophilus Potts, Simcon Peck, Isaac Davidson, Charles Oakley, David MeCoy, David Henderson, Olmstead, Henry C. Fries, I. H. Northrup, Na- thaniel MeConaughy, Joseph E. Scott, Joseph D. Wilson, Henry L. Mayers, and Clearfield Park, the present pastor.
Millville Baptist Church .- Immediately after the disbandment of the Baptist Church at Port Elizabeth this church was organized, with forty-three constitu. ent members, most of whom were from the disbanded church. In the year of its organization the society erected its first church edifice, which was rebuilt in 1872, and again in 18$2. Its present value is esti- inated at ten thousand dollars, and the society has an elegant parsonage, which is valued at three thousand dollars. The church is free from debt and in a pro -- perous condition.
The pastors have been, in succession, Rer -. 11. Westcott, one year; E. Sheppard, one; William P. Maul, five; William Smith, three; J. Currie, two: H. W. Weber, two; William Humpstone, two; H. D. Burdick, one; Harden Wheat, one ; E. L. Stager, four; JI. C. Applegarth, one; and C. A. Mott, since Jan. 1. 1880.
St. Mary Magdalen's Church? at Millville .- Tl:e first mass in Millville was celebrated at the house of John Marshall, on Main Street, in 1859. A flock was soon gathered, and in 1861 a church was built. In 1871 a new church was erected, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. It is a brick structure, with a seat- ing capacity of five hundred. The parochial residence stands next the church. It is a wooden building, and its cost was five thousand dollars. It is one of the finest Catholic parsonages in New Jersey.
The pastors of this church have been Rev. Fathers Hyman, Martin Gessner, Theophilus Degen, Peter Vivert, William J. Dwyer (deceased), and the present pastor, C'. J. Giesc.
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\ parochial school was established here in 1872. in rooms under the same roof with the church. The principals have been Miss Mary Gillin, Mr. D. A. Marshall, Miss Rosa Regan, Miss - Malone, Miss Maggie Welser, and the present teacher, Miss Alice Marshall. The average attendance at this school is sixty.
St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Millville. - St. Paul's congregation was organized in 1859. It worshiped during several years in the town hall, but in 1867 the present house of worship, on the corner of Third and Mulberry Streets, wa- erected. It is a commodiou- wooden structure, thirty by fifty feet in size, and its rost, including site. was two thousand dollars, all of which has been paid.
The pastors have been Revs. John HI. Fritz, John Leonberger, and the present one, George F. Miller. The present membership is about thirty, and the society has from the first enjoyed a reasonable degree of prosperity.
Christ Church | Episcopal» of Millville was or- ganized in November, Isto, with Miss Adelaide Thomas, G. B. Cooper, Mrs. G. B. Cooper, J. S. Six- smith, and Margaretta Sixsmith as constituent men- bers.
The rectors and the year of the commencement of each rectorship are as follows : Revs. Dr. Knight, F. E. R. Chubbuck, 1865; Lucins N. Voight, 1868; Merritt II. Wellman, 1573; B. W. Bradin, 1879; and .I. G. Baker, Iss3.
The first place of worship was the town hall, but a house of worship was created, and dedicated June 22, 1881. It is a framed structure located on the corner of Second and Sassafras Streets, and the prop -- erty is valued at two thousand dollars. The parish has no tlebt. The membership is sixty-four.
SOCILTIES.
The Past Masters are E. B. Richmond, Alexander Millville Lodge, No. 47, I. 0. 0. F .- On Oct. 29, 1546, five members of Cumberland Lodge, No. 35, Gillan, W. J. Thompson, Elwood Beakley, J. S. Sini- merman, J. S. Whitaker, J. W. Newlin, W. L. Now- located at Bridgeton, took withdrawal cards for the ' ell, J. Congdon, S. Steinmetz, E. Ireland, A. W. San- purpose of forming a new lodge at Millville, which bern, J. J. Danham, S. C. Smith, E. S. Wynn, S. Berry. The present officers are J. W. Shaw, W. M .; E. S. Leigh, S. W .; J. A. Bolard, J. W .; J. Cong- don, Treas. ; J. S. Simmerman, Sec. was accomplished on Feb. 1. 1847, when Lewis Mul- ford was chosen and installed the first Noble Grand. They fitted up a lodge-room in the old town hall at the corner of Second and Pine Streets, and have Olivet Commandery, No. 10, K. T., at Millville, was instituted Oet. 12, 1869, by R. D. Sir I-aac .1. Nichols, Grand Commander. The first officers were E. B. Richmond, E. C .; J. W. Newlin, Gen. ; J. S. Simmerman, Capt .- Gen .; W. J. Thompson, Trcas. ; and James HI. Nixon, Recorder. held their meetings in that place ever since. It is one of the largest lodges in the State, having ahout two hundred members, and pays out about two thou- sand five hundred dollars yearly, nearly all for benefits. They have a surplus fund of over ten thou- sand dollars. The pre-ent officers are : N. G., Joseph R. E. Sir W. L. Newell is P. G. C. A. Webb; V. G., William Syfor; Rec. Sec., James Fithian; Fin. Sec., Edward Conover ; Treas., Jo-iah B. Comer.
Millville Encampment, No. 29, I. 0. 0. F .- This encampment was organized Oct. 11, 1565, having as
Chief Patriarch George R. Green. They have always occupied the lodge-room of Millville Lodge, and have carried on the work of the encampment with prudence and energy. They have a surplus of about sixteen hundred dollars on hand, and number about seventy members at this time. The present officers are: C. P., Robert Little; S. W., John Geis- singer; J. W., William Syfer; S., Samuel B. Cam- brow ; Trea -. , Conrad Waltman.
Humane Lodge, No. 127, I. O. O. F., was organ- ized Nov. 19, ISES. Jesse D. Claypoole was the first N. G. ; George W. Payne, V. G .; Thomas Sturdivant, See. ; aud Joseph R. Wells, Treas. This lodge u-es the lodge-room of Millville Lodge, and has ever since its organization. Past Grands of this lodge are as follows : James M. Wells, James B. Cox, George W. Payne, James McCowan, Adam P. Zane, Irvin Marts, Reed Westcott, David Ross, William W. Pierce, Henry A. Miller. John Parker, John P. Newkirk, John Goodwin, John Cassaboom, Samuel B. Caiu- bron, Daniel L. Ramsey, James Shelhorn, Andrew Anderson, Robert Ramsey, John H. Heintz, JJohn Pancoast, Malcolm B. Tuller, Michael Geissinger, John A. MeGonigal, Robert C. Little, N. Edward Hughes, and John C. Geissinger. They have about twelve hundred dollars on hand, and are in good con- dition, having about one hundred members. The present officers are : N. G., Andrew Martin ; V. G., Theodore F. Birch ; Sec., William W. Pierce; and Treas., John Heintz.
Shekinah Lodge, No. 58, F. and A. M.,? at Mill- ville, commenced work under dispensation, May 21, 1861, and was instituted Feb. 20, 1862, byy Deputy Grand Master Robert C. Busby. The first officers were E. M. Richmond, W. M .; A. S. Porter, S. W .; Job Ladd, J. W. ; Heury A. Forbes, Treas. ; and Jo- seph B. Tucker, Sec.
The Past Commanders are E. Sir J. W. Newlin, D. Sir J. S. Simimerman, E Sir W. L. Newell, E. Sir J. S. Whitaker, E. Sh. J. W. Shaw, E. Sir J. J. Dun- ham, E. Sir R. W. Meredith, E. Sir A. II. Gee, E. Sir J. Congdon, E. Sir B. T. Bright.
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The present officers are E. Sir J. J. Dunham. E. C .: E. Sir S. steinmetz, Gen. ; E. Sir J. W. Shaw. P. E. C., Capt .- Gen .; E. Sir J. Congdon. P. E. C., Treas. ; E. Sir J. S. Simmerman, P. B. C. Recorder.
All these societies meet in Masonic Hall, corner of Pine and High Street -.
Richmond Chapter. No. 22, R. A. M., at Mill- ville, was instituted May 16, 1870, by 3I. E. G. I. P., D. . Batty. The first officers were J. W. Newlin, M. E. I. P .; J. B. Madden, E. K .; J. S. Whitaker, E. S. ; G. W. Dummitt, Treas. ; and E. B. Richmond, Sec.
The Past High Priests are J. W. Newlin. J. S. Whit- aker, W. L. Newell, J. S. Simmerman. A. W. Shaw. J. J. Dunham, J. Congdon, R. W. Meredith, T. B. Somers, S. C. Smith.
The present officers are :. Berry, M. E. N. P .; J. J. Dunham, E. K .; S. C. Smith, E. S. : J. Congdon, P. H. P., Treas. ; J. S. Simmerman, D. H. P., Sec.
Manaumuskin Tribe, No. 13, I. O. R. M., was or- ganized Jan. JJ, Iso -. The first officers were : >., John W. Newlin ; S. S., James M. Well -; Sec., Sam- nel HI. Ortlip ; Trea -. , Henry Bornhoff. The P'.ist Sachems are John W. Newlin, Henry Bornhoff, Con- rad Waltman, Charles Ahl, James W. Madden, John D. Brandriff, Nicholas Giriner, Harry Wettstein, John P. Miller, John A. Kaufman, Julius Gauer, William C. Thomas, and James P'. Beckley. The lodge ha- bad a prosperous career, and now numbers one huu- dred and twenty members. The present officers are William A. Garrison. S .; Henry Seeds, S. S. ; Henry Boruboil, Treas. ; and Joseph A. Chester, Sec. The lodge has a surplus of about six hundred dollars on hand.
Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 6, K. of P., was organized Feb. 19, 18Gs, by Samuel Read, Grand Depaty Chan- collor of New Jersey, with the following officers: C., John W. Newlin; V. C., George W. Dummitt ; R. S., George W. Payne : F. S., Joseph R. Wells; B., James Mclaughlin. The lodge was prosperous wutil 1870, when dissensions arose in the order throughout the State. This lodge was affected with the others, and a separation of the two contending parties, and a division of the properties took place. The officers at that time were: C., Jesse D. Clay- poole ; V. C., James B. Wells; R. S., F. Burroughs ; F. S., E. R. Dougherty. This dissension has been settled, and the two lodges are working harmoniously together. The present officers are : C., Frederick Munster; V. C., Thomas Whitaker ; K. of R. and S., S. C. Smith; M. of E., George Comer. The present membership is eighty-five.
Millville Lodge, No. 59, K. of P .- After the set- tling of the difficulty in the order, the part which had not been in unison with the original Grand Lodge of the State was reinstated July 25, 1871, with a mem- bership of forty, and the following officers : C., Sam- uel L. Garrison ; V. C., William Boyd; R. S., W. F. Moore ; B., John W. Newlin. The list of Past Chan-
colors is as follows: Samuel L. Garrison, Suit Reeves, George W. Beady, John N. Brannin, .I. h. W. Newlin, John Goodwin, William Hunter, Wi .. liam Ludlam, John S. Hand, Samuel Allison, (. .. nelins Newkirk, Andrew Anderson, John Newkira Irwin Marts, Charles MeQuilkin, William Bayley Samuel Cambron, Joseph Webb, Allen W. Wallen John Bolard, Jacob Rocap. Theodore J'. Birch, 1. 11. Jones, James Shelhorn. The lodge is in a very flourishing condition, having one hundred and -es- enty-nine members, and a surplu- in the treasury ut two thousand nine hundred dollars. The present officers are : C., Thomas Simmerman; V. C., Wil- liam Gibbon; K. of R. and 8., John Goodwin ; M of E., John Parker.
Fidelity Council, No. S, Junior O. U. A M ..: was organized in !soy, with sixteen charter member, and the following principal officers : Albert W. San- born, C .; Charles B. Cottrell, V. C. ; MI. H. Nipling. R. S. ; Charles Johnson, A. R. S. ; George Doyhz, I. S. ; and Harrie F. Sockwell, Treas.
The council has been in a prosperous condition ever since its organization, and it now numbers ole hundred and fourteen members. Its assets above it- liabilities are two thousand one hundred and eighty . five dollars. The following is a list of its Past Coun- cilors :
A. W. Sanborn, Charles B. Cottrell, Clarence We -!- cott, John K. Johnson, Lewis C. Leake, Frederick Junes, Joseph Jone-, William Sypher, John Steven -. Restore M. Doughty, Thomas Warren, Fernando Jones, Jacob Cloun, William Westcott, Thomas Wee- cott, Jesse Robinson. John Stites, Edward Mayhew. William Anderson, Joseph Parent, Ed. Garton, W. R. Hughes, John Bennet, Joseph Ramsey, John Walker. Walter Hartman, Isaiah Cossaboon, Joshua Cossa- boon, Frank Griffith, D. Tucker, Jesse W. Fleet, .VI- bert Loper, Thomas Berry, Samuel V. Stites, Jolın F. L. Green, Frank Lutes, William Angelo, C. F. Nabb, Samuel G. Taylor, John W. Hughes, Frank McChesney, James G. Hand, William Walker.
The present officers are Thomas Morgan, C .; Ed- ward Mehear, V. C .; Restore M. Doughty, R. S .: Charles Shaw, A. R. S .; Joshua C'ossaboon, F. s. : Augustus Marts, Treas. ; and Frank McChesney, Edl. ward MeLear, and John M. Stites, Trustees.
Resolute Council, No. 36, O. U. A. M.," was or- ganized in 1870, and has maintained an uninterrupted! prosperous existence since. Its first officers were .VI- bert Harris, C .; - --- , V. C .; John R. Lea: 1. R. S .; Charles P. Smith, A. R. S ; Joseph T. Bos. F. S. ; Josiah B. Coomer, Treas.
The Past Councilors are Albert Harris, B. M. Hogan John R. Leak, George H. Wood, John B. Averil. Jolm Bitters, Joseph W. Green, Elmer Y. Robinson Joseph Hogan, J. W. Wallen, Joseph G. Shellun.
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J. B. Coomer. Robert C. Ramsey. Daniel L. Ramsey, Sammel Cossaboon, J. T. Halb, Henry Herre, James Sooy. Cornelius Co -- aboon, J. W. Mulford, William Cossaboon, Charles M. Fisher, Frank Rocap. John Hoover, James Estlow, William Garrison. G. H. Mul- ford.
The present officers are William Garrison, C .; George H. Mulford, V. C .; Daniel L. Ramsey, R. S .; Elwood Flowers, A. R. S .; Robert C. Ramsey, F. S. ; Joseph Green, Trea -.
The membership of the council is sixty-one, and its assets above its liabilities are thirteen hundred dol- lars.
Pocahontas Council, No. 65, O. U. A. M.,' was organized in the summer of 1871, with about one hun- dred charter members. The first officers were Joseph Jones, C. ; John Johnson, V. C .: Joseph Headly, H. S .; J. J. Chester, F. S. ; and James Downs, Treas.
The council has been uniformly prosperous, and it> present membership is fifty. The net assets of the council amount to twelve hundred dollars.
The Past Councilors are Joseph Jones, Joel Hess. Luke Vanneman, J. J. Chester, Clarence Westcott, Thomas Bard, Jesse I .. Hand, Levi Brown, Charles M. Carter, George Madden, Samuel Chamberlain, Edward Garrison, William Williams, John Johnson, Jacob Kates, Joseph F. Headly. Charles Lutz.
The present offrers are James Bard, C .; William Surran, V. C .: Joseph P. Headly. R. S. ; Joseph .1. Chester, F. S .; and Joseph Jones, Treas.
Larnard Tice Post. No. 49, G. A. R .- This post was organized Sept. 24, 1880, with the following ofli- · vers: C., Samuel B. Cambron : S. V. C., John P. Miller; J. V. C., Irvin Marts; A., Avery Messick ; Q.M., Harry Brown. Its Past Commanders are Samuel B. Cambion, John P. Miller. The present officers are : C., Irvin Marts; S. V. C., Benjamin F. Buck ; J. V. C., Mbert Ottinger ; A., Albert Norton ; Q.J., Theodore F. Birch. The post is in a flourish- ing condition. and now numbers eighty-six members.
Union Post, No. 55, G. A. R .- This post was or- ganized Aug. 17, 1881, with a member-hip of thirty- seven, and having as Commander James Kershaw. It also is in a very flourishing condition, with a beautiful and convenient hall, and with a surplus in the treasury of over five hundred dollars. Its pres- ent Commander is Jacob De Hart, and its member- ship sixty.
Manufactures .- As before stated, Millville de- pends almost entirely on her manufactures, and of these the two great firms of Whitall, Tatum & Co., in the glass business, and that of the heirs of Richard D. Wood, in the different manufactures in which they ' 525,900 yards of cotton cloth and sheeting each are engaged, comprise nearly the whole. All other branches of manufacture are overshadowed by them. Millville lacks the variety of manufactures which Bridgeton has, but her great firins exceed anything in
that city. The heirs of Richard D. Wood own the branches hereafter given as the Millville Manufac- turing Company, R. D. Wood & Co.'s foundry, Wood's window-glass works.
Millville Pond and Water-Power .- When Smith & Wood built the iron-furnace, in 1814, the water- power, made by damming the river at the Union Mills, was made use of by means of a small canal, two and one-half miles long, which ran along the edge of the swamp. It furnished about fifty horse- power, and the rest was allowed to go to waste. After Richard D. Wood purchased the property, in 1851, he dug a much larger canal, about forty-eight feet wide and four and one-half feet deep.
In ISos, finding the capacity of this canal insufli- cient to supply his works, an act was obtained from the Legislature authorizing him to dam the river at Millville. The present dam was erected and finished in 1869, at a cost of over seventy-five thousand dol- lars. The pond formed by it is three and one-half miles long, and covers about eleven hundred acres, and has twenty-four fect fall, giving a capacity of one thousand horse-power.
R. D. Wood & Co.'s Foundry,-Erected in 1814 by Smith & Wood, this foundry was used by them and by David C. Wood, after he came into possession of the whole of it, for the casting of stove-plates from the iron smelted in the furnace. This was continued until about 1840, when the manufacture of iron di- reetly from the ore was given up, and the casting of water-pipe commeneed. Upon the purchase of the property by Richard D. Wood, he at once erected two large foundries, capable of smelting forty tons of iron per day, and the manufacture of gas- and water-pipe has been continued on a wider scale until the present day. About one hundred and twenty-five hands are employed, and the production is about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars' worth annually.
Millville Manufacturing Company .- In 1852. Mr. R. D. Wood began the erection of a cotton-mill near the bank of the river, but it was not finished until 1854. The main building is two hundred and eighty feet long, and four stories in height. The original cost of the mill and machinery was about $250,000, and the material and other things needed to put it into operation about $100,000 more. It began operations with about 350 looms, and from 15,000 to 18,000 spindles. In 1860 he erected a bleachery and dye-honse for finishing goods manufactured there. The cotton-mill has been enlarged from time to time as the increasing business demanded, and now con- thins 700 looms and 32.000 spindles, turning out month, consuming 110,800 pounds of cotton in the operation. A new and enlarged bleachery was erected a few years ago, where are bleached not only the products of this mill, but those of the mill at May's Landing, Atlantic to, belonging to the same propri- etors, and also of mille of other parties.
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