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Fall River Railroad. Completed in 1846. Length, 41.80 miles. Capi- tal paid in, $1,050,000 ; div. for 1847, 3 per cent. ; total amount of div. since the road commenced, 3 per cent.
Fitchburg Railroad. Completed in 1845. Length, 49-30 miles. Capi- tal paid in, $2,235.900 ; div. for 1847, 9 per cent. ; total div. since the com- mencement of the road, 28 per cent. The Fresh Pond and Watertown Branch, 5 miles, belongs to this road.
Hartford and New Haven Rail- rond. Length. 38 miles. Cost of construction, $1,100,000.
Hartford and Springfield Rail- rond. Length, 25 miles. Cost of con- struction, $540,000.
Nashua and Concord Railroad. Length, 35 miles. Cost of construc- tion, $1,042 718.
Nashua and Lowell Railroad. Completed in 1838. Length, 14.25 miles. Capital paid in, $500.000, div. for 1847, 10 per cent .; total amount of div. since completed, 89} per cent.
Northern Railroad. Length 70 miles ; cost of construction $2 590,000.
Norwich and Worcester Railroad. Capital paid in, $1,653,500. Total income for 1847, $234,895. Total ex- penses for 1847. $141,432. Surplus
Old Colony Railroad. Com- pleted in 1845; length 374 miles ; capital paid in $1,199,300 ; dividend for the year 1847, 74 per cent. ; total amount of div. since the road com- menced 13} per cent.
Pittsfield and North Adams Rail- road. Completed in 1846; length 18.65 miles ; capital paid in $443,000; total income for 1847, $25,974; total expenditure do $17,798.
Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Railroad. Length 52 miles ; cost of construction $1,271,824.
Providence and Stonington Rail- road. Length 48 miles ; cost of con struction $2,614,404.
Stoughton Branch Railroad. Com- pleted in 1845 ; length 5 miles : capi- tal paid in $85.600 ; dividend 1847, 3 per cent. ; whole amount of dividend since commenced 10} per cent.
Taunton Branch Railroad. Com- pleted in 1836; length 11 miles ; capi- tal paid in $250,000; dividend 1847, 8 per cent .; total amount div. since construction 77} per cent.
and West Stockbridge Railroad of 384 miles, 156 miles ; capital paid in $4,000,000; total income in 1847, $1,325,336; expenses do $676,699, div. for 1847, 8 per cent .; whole amount of div. since commenced 22 per cent.
Lines of Railroads in Progress of Construc- tion in New England
October 1st, 1848.
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail- road. Length 156 miles, extending from Portland to Canada line ; open- ed 13 miles to North Yarmouth, Me., and will be opened to Mechanic's Falls, 37 miles, the coming winter. A branch of this road, from Mechan- ic's Falls to Buckfield, has already been commenced.
Kennebec, Bath and Portland Rail- road. Now in process of construc- tion from Portland to Augusta ; length 60 miles. This road has a branch from Brunswick to Bath.
Androscoggin und Kennebec Rail- road. Is now in progress of con- struction from Augusta to Lewiston Falls ; length 30 miles, to connect with the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Road.
Concord and Montreal Railroad. From Concord, N. H., through Ply- mouth and Haverhill to intersect Open to Meredith Bridge, 27 miles : whole length 69 miles.
New Bedford and Taunton Rail- Berkshire Railroad. Completed road. Completed in 1840. Length, with one of the Montreal roads. in 1841. Length, 21 miles ; capital, 20.13 miles. Capital paid in, $400,000 ; paid in, $600,000; total income in div. for 1847, 8 per cent .; total
216
NEW-ENGLAND MERCANTILE UNION DIRECTORY.
Cheshire Railroad. From South| New London and Willimantic Rail- projected from Rutland by way of Ashburnhanı, Ma <<. , by way of road. From New London, Ct., by Castleton to Whitehall, N. Y. Keene, N. H. to Bellows Falls, Ver- way of Willimantic to Palmer Depot, mont ; whole length 50 miles ; open Mass. Length, 68 miles. to Keene, 32 miles.
New- York and New-Haven Rail- Duxbury. Length, 22 miles.
Connecticut and Passumsic River road. From Williams Bridge 14 Railroad. From Hartford, Vermont, miles, from New-York on the Har- to the State line at Derby, where it lem Road to New Haven, length, 140 Groton, Mass. on the Fitchburg road will connect with the St. Lawrence miles. Now opened. and Canada Road ; opened to New- bury, Vermont, 40 miles ; whole Norfolk County Railroad. From length 114 miles.
Sullivan Railroad. From Bellows the Boston and Providence Road Falls to Hartford, Vt., uniting the within 10 miles of Boston, to Black-
Cheshire and Northern roads. Length, 25 miles.
Fitchburg and Worcester Rail- stone, Mass.
road. This roxd is mostly graded. Length, 12 miles.
Peterboro' and Shirley Railroad.
Grand Junction and Union Rail. road. Length, 6 miles. Running from deep water at East Boston to the end 12 miles. Worcester Railroad in Brighton.
Vermont Central Railroad. From From the Fitchburg Railroad at Gro- Hartford to Montpelier, thence to ton, Mass. to Peterboro, N.H. Length, 30 miles. Opened to West Towns-
Burlington, Vt. Length, 115 miles. Opened to Roxbury, Vt., 45 miles.
Lowell and Lawrence Railroad. Now opened. Length, 12 miles.
Vermont and Massachusetts Rail- Portsmouth and Concord Railroad. road. From Fitchburg, Mass. to From Portsmouth to Concord, N. H. Brattleboro, Vt. Whole length, 70 Length, 40 miles.
miles. Opened to Montague, Mass., 48 miles.
Worcester and Nashua Railroad.
miles. A branch from this road is Length, 45.55 miles. Recently
opened.
Manchester and Lawrence Rail- Rutland Railroad. From Bellows road. From Manchester, N. H. to Falls to Middlebury, Vt. Length, 117 Lawrence, Mass. Length, 234 miles.
South Shore Railroad, From Quincy on the Old Colony Road, to Stony Brook Railroad. From to Lowell, Mass. Length, 13-16 mi.
BOSTON CITY BANKS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NAME.
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS.
CASHIERS.
DISCOUNT DAYS.
CAP.
SH.
PAR
VAL.
Atlantic Bank ..
8 Kilby-street ...... Pliny Cutler .
Benjamin Dodd.
Mondays and Thursdays. . . Tuesdays and Fridays.
500,000
5,000
100
Boston Bank.
48 State-street ... ..
Robert Hooper ..
James C. Wild ..
do
do
do
600.000 12,000 250,000
50
Boylston Bank.
William Parker.
J. J. Soren .. .
City Bank ...
61 State-street.
C. W. Cartwright ....
J. E. Williams.
Daily
1,000,000 10.000
100
Columbian Bank ..
34 State-street ..
John G. Torrey .. Titus Wells ...
William Coffin. Waldo Flint.
Do.
500.000
5,000}
100
Exchange Bank.
G. W. Thayer ..
J. M. Marsh ..
Wednesdays and Saturdays Mondays and Thursdays ...
200,000
2,000
100
Globe Bank ...
22 State-street.
I. Sargeant ...
Charles Sprague.
do
do
1,000,000 10,000
100
Granite Bank ....
61 State-street.
George Deuny.
Archibald Foster ... Do
do
do
500,000
5,000}
100
Grocers' Bank.
S. G. Reed.
W. H. Foster ..
Hamilton Bank. . .
66 St: te-street ....
Daniel Denny ...
Otis Turner ...
Daily.
500.000 5.000 100
Market Bank.
1 Mer. Exchange .. .
J. Stickney .
Jona. Brown, Jr ..
Wednesdays and Saturdays
560,000
8,000
70
Massachusetts Bank.
66 State-street .....
J. J. Dixwell.
James Dodd. ..
Mondays and Thursdays. .. Mondays ..
120.600
1.200
100
Merchants' Bank ..
28 State-street ... Franklin Haven.
J. J. May. ..
Mondays and Thursdays. . . 3,000,000 30.000 Mondays, Wednesdays, Sat. 1,000 000 10,000
100
New England Bank ..
67 State-street .....
Thomas Lamb ...
E. P. Clark.
North Bank.
2 Mer. Exchange .. James Harris.
John J. Loring.
do Mondays and Thursdays .. . . Do do
500,000 5,000
100
Shawmut Bank.
39 State-street ...
Benjamin T. Reed. .. Enoch Baldwin ..
Samuel Carr
500,000 5,000
100
State Bank ..
49 State-street.
Sam'l Frothingham ..
Jonathan Call .. Isaac C. Brewer. ...
Tuesdays and Fridays ... . do do Mondays and Thursdays .. . Wednesdays and Saturdays 1,000,000 10,000 Do 1,800,000 30,000
100
Suffolk Bank ...
65 State street ...
Henry B. Stone ...
Isaac Parker. . . .
Jeremiah Gore ...
400,000| 4,000
100
Tremont Bank ...
41 State-street ... .
Andrew T. Hall. ...
A. T. Frothingham. . |Daily ..
800,000
8,000
Union Bank ..
40 State-street ...
Chester Adams .... .
L. Gulliver ... . .
Washington Bank.
75 State-street .....
Aaron Baldwin. .....
D. A. Sigourney .....
100 Do .. Thursdays and Fridays ..... 500,000| 5,000 100
$500,000
5.000
100
Atlas Bank.
65 State-street ...
Samuel C. Gray. .
Joseph White.
Do Do
do
do
Freeman's Bank.
128 Sen-street ..
Solomon Piper.
Jeremy Drake ..
500,000
5,000
100
Eagle Bank.
49 State-street ...
500,000
5,000 100
800.000
3,200
250
Mechanics' Bank ..
South Boston ...
James W. Converse ..
Alvar Simonds ..
100
750,000 7,500
100
S. G. Davis.
Shoe & Leather Dealers' Bank 65 State-street ...
60
Traders' Bank.
91 State-street ...
500,000 5,000
100
217
MASSACHUSETTS.
250,000
...
.
COUNTRY BANKS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NAME.
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS.
CASHIERS.
DISCOUNT DAYS.
CAP.
SH.
PAR
VAL.
Adams Bank .. Agawam Bank.
Springfield
C. W. Chapin
F. S. Bailey.
200,000
2,000
100
Agricultural Bank ..
Pittsfield ..
-- Nathan. .
E. R. Colt ..
Wednesday.
150,000
1.500
100
Appleton Bank.
Lowell
J. A Knowles.
J. A. Buttrick ..
Tuesday and Friday.
100,000 1.600
100
Asiatic Bank. ..
Salem .
N. W. Neil.
W. H. Foster .
Wednesday and Friday
200.000|
7,000
$28,57
Attleborough Bank.
Attleborough .
S. Carpenter.
E. Fuller.
Monday. .
100.000
1.000
100
Barnstable Bank.
Yarmouth Port.
Isaiah Crowell.
Amos Otis.
Thursday .
200 000|
2,000
100
Bay State Bank.
Lawrence ...
Charles S. Storrow ..
Nath. White ..
Monday . .
200.000
2,000
100
Bedford Commercial Bank.
New Bedford
George Howland.
T. B. White.
Monday ..
400.000
4.000
100
Beverly Bank.
Beverly ..
A. Thorndike .
Robert G. Bennett.
Monday .
125 000 2.000
62,50
Blackstone Bank.
Uxbridge.
B. Whiten.
E. W. Hayward.
100,000
1,000
100
Brighton, Bank of.
Brighton.
E. Sparhawk ..
L. Baldwin. ..
Monday and Thursday.
250,000
2,500
100
Bristol County Bank.
Taunton.
William A. Crocker.
Saturday .
200 000
2.000
100
Bunker Hill Bank.
Charlestown
David Devens.
Thomas Marshall
Tuesday and Friday .
200.000|
2.000
100
Cabot Bank ...
Chicopee ..
J. Chase.
Martin Lane ..
Tuesday.
100 000
1.000
100
Central Bank ..
Worcester
Thomas Kinnicut.
150.000
1,500
100
Charles River Bank.
Cambridge.
C. C. Little.
J. B. Dana ..
Wednesday.
100.000
1.000
100
Chicopee Bank.
Springfield
S. Reynolds.
B. F. Warner ..
200,000
2,000
100
Citizens' Bank. .
Worcester
Francis T. Merrick. ·
Monday ...
150,000
1.500
11H.
Commercial Bank.
Salem ..
William Sutton ..
E. H. Payson ..
Monday and Wednesday .
200 00G
3,000
66,77
Concord Bank.
Concord
Daniel Shattuck.
J. M. Cheney ..
Monday .. ..
100,000
1.000
100
Danvers Bank.
Danvers ..
E. Shill : ber.
G. A. Osborne ..
Tuesday and Friday ..
150,000
1,500
100
Dedham Bank
Dedham.
E. J. Bisphanı.
100,000
1,000
100
Dorchester and Milton Bank.
Dorchester ..
J. Chadwick ..
Tuesday and Friday.
200 000!
3.000
66,67
Exchange Bank ...
Salem.
Gideon Tucker.
200,000
2,000
100
Fairhaven Bank ..
Fairhaven.
E. Sawin.
Reuben Nye ..
300,000 4,000
75
Fall River Bank. . ..
Fall River.
D. Anthony.
H. H. Fish ...
Monday ...
100,000
1,000
100
Falmouth Bank ..
Falmonth.
John Jenkins.
S. P. Bourne.
Tuesday.
200.000
2,000
100
Fitchburg Bank ..
Fitchburg.
Francis Perkins ..
E. Torrey ...
Monday. .
200.000
2,000
100
Framingham Bank.
Framingham.
O. Dean.
Edward Ilsley.
Tuesday.
200,000
2,000
100
Gloucester Bank ..
Marblehead.
J. Chamberlain.
J. P. Turner.
100,000
1.000
100
Grand Bank ... Greenfield Bank ..
Greenfield.
Henry W. Clapp.
Franklin Ripley.
Daily.
150,000
1,500
100
Hampden Bank.
Westfield.
A. Post ..
R. Weller ..
200,000
2.000
100
Haverhill Bank.
Haverhill.
H. Morse.
James Gale.
Monday .
100,000
1,000
100
Hingham Bank ..
Hingham .
N. Richards ...
John O. Lovett.
105 000
1,005 100
Holyoke Bank.
Northampton
John Clarke.
Thomas Green.
J. D. Adams. ..
Thursday.
100,000| 1,000
100
.
W. E. Brayton.
Thursday . ..
$100,000
1,000
100
North Adams.
D. S. Tyler. .
Samuel Farrar.
Francis Cogswell.
250,000
Andover Bank.
Andover.
..
Hampshire Manufacturers' Bank ..
Ware ...
Joseph Bowman ..
William Hyde ..
Housatonic Bank.
Stockbridge
W. P. Walker.
G. Walker ..
Daily ...
150,000| 1,500
100
Cambridge Bank. 1
Cambridge ..
Thomas Whittemore.
W. Dickinson.
150.000 1,500 100
J. Stimson ..
L. H. Kingsbury .
Every day.
Monday. .
Gloucester.
Isaac Somes.
J. J. Babson
Monday and Wedne: day ..
100,000
100,000
218
NEW ENGLAND MERCANTILE UNION DIRECTORY.
G. A. Trumbull.
Hannaniah Temple.
William Muenscher.
NAME.
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS.
CASHIERS.
DISCOUNT DAYS.
CAP.
SH.
PAR
VAL
[C. T. Symmes. . .
Monday.
$125,000
1,250
100
Lancaster Bank.
100,000
1,000
100
Lee Bank ..
Leicester. ·
Cheney Hatch
D. E. Merriam
Wednesday.
100,000]
1,000
100
Leicester Bank.
Lowell.
Nath. Wright ..
David llyde ...
Monday and Tuesday.
200,000
2,000
100
Lowell Bank ..
·
Isaiah Breed.
James Oliver ..
Tuesday and Friday.
150,000
2 500
60
Lynn Mechanics' Bank.
Lynn.
William Mason.
E. R. Anthony ..
Daily.
100,000
1,000
100
Machinists' Bank.
Great Barrington
B. Little
G. Foot
Wednesday.
100,000
1,000
100
Manufacturers' Bank.
Georgetown
John Hooper. ..
S. S. Trefry ...
Daily .. .
120,000
1,200
100 100
Marine Bank
Fall River ...
J. H. Archer .
Leander Borden
Wednesday
100.000
1,000
100
Massasoit Bank.
Newburyport
John Wood ..
J. Andrews ..
D.ily.
200,000
2,000
100
Mechanics' Bank ..
New Bedford.
William R. Rodman
J. Congdon ..
Saturday. .
200 000
2,000
100
Mechanics' Bank .. ...
Worcester ...
Alexander Dewitt.
P. Hamon.
'Tuesday.
100,000
1,000
100
Mechanics' Bank. .
Saleni
D. Putnam
S. Webb.
Monday .
200,000
2,000
100 100
Merchants' Bank.
200,000
4,000
50
Merchants' Bank.
Silem .
J. W. Treadwell.
¡F. H. Silsbee ..
210,000
6 000
35
Merchants' Bank.
Newburyport
Henry Johnson.
Samuel Mullikin
180,000
2,400
75
Merrimac Bank ..
Haverhill .
James H. Duncan.
E. A. Porter ...
Tuesday.
50,000
500
100
Millbury Bank
500,000|
5,000
100
Naumkeag Bank.
James Dunbar ..
F. W. Deane.
100,000
1,000
1001
Newton Bank.
Northampton .
100,000
2,000
50
Ocean Bank.
100 000
1,000
100
Old Colony Bank.
Oxford ..
Alexander D'Witt
A. G. Underwood.
Monday.
200.000 2.000
100
Pacific Bank.
Nantucket .
100,000
1,000
100
Pawtucket Bank.
Pawtucket
J. C. Starkweather .. Samuel Guild ..
B. Stone ..
Tuesday. ..
100,000 1,000
100
Plymouth Bank ..
100,000
1,000
100
Powow River Bank.
Salisbury .
Lemuel Brackett ... Seth Clark.
J. B. Webster. Ibrahim Bartlett.
Thursday .
100 000 100
100 100
Railroad Bank ..
Lowell ...
R. Turner ..
Seth Turner ..
Monday.
250,000
2,500
100
100,000
1,000
100
Southbridge Bank.
Southbridge.
S. A. Hitchcock.
S. M. Lane ...
Monday.
250,000
Taunton Bank.
Taunton.
S. Rhodes.
C. J. H. Bassett ..
Daily ..
100,000 1,000
100
Union Bank of Weymouth & Braintree Weymouth
120.000 1.200
100
Village Bank. .
Danvers ...
Moses Putnam. ..
W. L. Weston. N. Maynard.
100,000 1.000
100
Waltham Bank.
Waltham ..
Charles Bemis.
Wareham Bank. .
Wareham .. .
Peter Mackie.
Thomas R. Miles.
Warren Bank ...
Danvers ..
E. W. Upton ..
F. Baker .. ..
200,000
2,000
100
Worcester Bank ...
Worcester.
Stephen Salisbury.
William Cross.
Wrentham Bank ..
Wrentham
John Tift. ..
Calvin Fisher.
150,000| 1,500| 100
.
Taunton
Wilbur Curtis.
H. Ilooker ..
Monday. ..
100.000
1,000
100
Mahaiwe Bank ...
..
Marblehead Bank ..
New Bedford.
Joseph Grinnell.
John P. Barker
Tuesday and Friday
300.000
3,000
Mercantile Bank.
New Bedford
J. A. Parker.
J. B. Congdon.
Tuesday and Friday.
400,000 4,000
D. Pingree. . ..
J. G. Sprague.
Daily ..
100,000 1,000
100
Neponset Bank ..
Willi ni Jackson.
Daniel Kingsley.
200,000
2,000
Northampton Bank.
Newburyport
J. B. Thomas.
S. Samp-on .
100.000
· ...
Oxford Bank.
F. W. Mitchell.
William Mitchell.
Tuesday.
Wednesday
100,000 2,000
50
People's Bank. .
Plymouth.
J. L. Hedge ..
I. N. Stoddard. .
Monday ..
Quincy Stone Bank.
Quincy ...
William Jennison :
C. A. Hamilton.
Tuesday and Friday.
600.000 8,000
75
S. W. Stickney.
150,000 1,500
100
Randolph Bank. .
·
Salem Bank ..
Salem .
George Peabody ...
. C. M. Endicott. .
Monday and Thursday ...
Springfield Bank.
Springfield.
John Howard.
Lewis Warriner.
200,000
Benjamin King ..
George M. Bartlett.
Thursday .
Monday ..
100.000 1.000
100
120,000 1,200 100
219
Lancaster ..
Jacob Fisher ...
Leonard Church.
E. D. Chapin. .
Lee ....
MASSACHUSETTS.
100,000 1,000
Quinsigamond Bank.
· Worcester.
Benjamin F. French.
A. A. Tillinghast.
Roxbury .. ·
E. Williams. .
William Stone.
Jacob Stone ...
Daily
Plymouth ..
S. Farnsworth ..
J. Prentiss.
Millbury .
Salem ..
Canton
Newton
J. D. Whitney.
Tuesday
Marblehead ..
.
.
Randolph.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NAME:
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS.
AGENTS.
CAP.
SH.
PAR
VAL.
KIND OF GOODS.
YEARLY AMOUNT.
AMOUNT CONS'D.
Spindles
Looms.
Males.
Females.
Ackley, Nathaniel F ..
Fitchburg. ..
Athol .
South Adams ..
Joseph Brown.
50,000
Sheetings. .
210,000yds
1.400,000yds
600 bales
8,088
193
40
90
Annawam Manufacturing Co ...
Fall River.
R. Borden. .
600,000
600 1000 Sheetings and Shirtings.
6.500,000yds
1,300 tons
17,920
558
120
480
Appleton Co ...
Lowell
George Motley.
Print Cloths.
364,000yds
31 tons
1,140
40
10
20
182,000yds
29 tons
744
20
8
12
Barnes, A. P ...
1,200 bales
18,080
367
140
250
Bartlett Steam Mills ..
Newburyport ....
M. Lunt.
John Balch.
350,000
700 .500 Sheetings and Shirtings.
312,000yds
42 tons
1,204
40
12
22
Beach & Royce.
Lee.
James Lees. .
Cotton Goods.
65.000yds
85 tons
3,400
96
. . 30
55
Bensonville Manufacturing Co ..
Northampton .
.
Samuel Williston . .
J. P. Williston.
100,000 1,000
100 Cotton Cloth.
10,000,000yds
1,000 tons
36,000
800
966
100
....
..
5
4
Boutell, James.
700,000yds
56 tons
2,364
60
22
36
Brayton, F. A ...
North Adams ....
768,000yds
70 tons
78
20
40
Brown, Russell
South Adams ..
52 tons 57 1-2 tons
. . .
..
...
34|
15
15
Cabot Manufacturing Co ..
Chicopee.
M. Appleton
R. E. Bemis. ...
500,000
500 1000 Sheeting and Shirting ..
4,000,000yds
400 tons
14,000
422
100
300
Cain, Ansel.
200,000yds
43 tons
1,000!
24
Carpenter, James.
Sharon ..
Print Cloths
1,500
36
121
....
7
6
Centre Mills ..
Norton.
Geo. N. Bliss. .. Ezekiel Blake ...
20,000 100,000
Osnaburg 29 inch Cottons.
300,000yds
77 tons
516
20
8
10
Charles River Co ..
6,500,000yds
23,000
647
212
800
Chicopee Manufacturing Co.
Chicopee
Cotton Goods.
360,000yds
650
36
25
35
Concord Factory.
Concord.
C. C. Damon, Pro .. J. D. P. Ogden .. . . .
D. W. Clary.
100,000
100
Printing Cloths. ..
624,000yds
53 tons
3,551
97
30
66
Curtisville Manufacturing Co ... .
10
16
Cutler, Smith & Co.
North Amherst ..
Daggett, H. N. & H. M ..
Attleborough ...
Daniels & Hurd ..
Medway .. ..
Daniels, Adams.
Wrentham ..
Davis, Isaac ...
Northborough ..
5-4 Sheetings ..
230,000yds|
52 tons!
1,950!
36!
.... ....
·
Sheetings. ..
400,000yds
. 90 tons
1,200
31
16
20
Amon, Samuel D.
Holden ..
C. W. Chapin
W. Southworth ..
260
100 Coarse Jeans.
201
40
Amherst Manufacturing Co.
Amherst. .
I. M. Hills ..
L. M. Hills.
26,000
Printing Cloths.
750.000yds
70 tons
3,250
87
22
45
Arnold, O. & Co ..
North Adams ..
Arnold, S. L. & S. H.
South Adams .. ..
Phillipston. ..
Blackstone.
S. Childs.
350,000
Cotton Duck ..
Boston Duck Co ..
Bonville, Palmer. A. S. Fi.k.
Joseph Brown ..
Colored and White Sewing Thread.
Print Cloths.
Print Cloths.
Brown, N. G ..
Pittsfield .
Bullock, Thomas
Holden .
|North Adams ..
Print Cloths.
5,000
110 . : 15]
.
20
Cary, W. H ..
Medway ..
E. D. Ammidown ..
E. D. Ammidown ..
Sheetings ..
1,500,000yds | 162 1-2 t'ns
5,422
Central Manufacturing Co.
Printing Cloths
175,000yds
500
16
Medway.
700 1000 Cotton Goods.
Clark, E ....
West Boylston ..
Cotton and Woollen Flannels.
180,000yds
19
4
Printing Cloths ....
.
600 tons
.
...
200 tons
9
4
Sheetings .. .
564.940yds
457 bales 275 bales
1,920
40
...
Sheetings. .
400.000yds
1,400
30
Adams, Washington & Co.
Sheetings.
16,000
100
400
Agawam Canal Co ..
Springfield ...
·
NEW ENGLAND MERCANTILE UNION DIRECTORY.
.
220
· · 6| 11
Casdis Co.
Millbury .
Print Cloth, Thread and Batts.
1,820 tons
34,374
160 870
Blackstone Manufacturing Co ... Boott Cotton Mills.
Lowell.
1,200,000 1,200 1000 Sheetings, Shirtings, and Drillings. . |10,446,800yds
1,000 tons
7,560
...
7
10
.
Twine, Wicking and Carpet Warp .. Cotton Carpeting ..
Sheetings.
Southbridge ..
L. M. Wheaton, Pro. S. A. Chapin.
Sheetings ..
Beeman Manufacturing Co ..
West Boylston.
Print Goods
Sheetings, 35 inch.
Print Cloths.
Wrentham ...
.
Stockbridge ......
Cotton Cloth and Wicking ..
Cotton Mattresses and Batting ... Sewing & Knitting Cotton, & Batts.
Ackley, L. O.
NAME.
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS.
AGENTS.
CAP.
4 SH.
PAR
VAL.
KIND OF GOODS.
YEARLY AMOUNT.
AMOUNT CONS'D.
Spindles
Looms.
Males.
Females.
Sheetings.
400bales 650,000yds
9 tons 2,344 tons
1,436
32
15
18
Dickinson, Shepard & Allen .... Dighton Manufacturing Co .. ...
Conway .... Digliton .
J. Eddy.
$60,000
Print Cloths.
Dodge, Jolın C.
Attleborongh . ..
H. Temple ..
Ticking ...
Donglas Manufacturing Co.
Marshfield ..
E. Harlow
Sheetings .
Douglas Manufacturing Co ..
East Douglas ...
George Howe ..
M. Knapp.
Cotton Carpet.
700 bales
6.720 9,240
180 209
30|
100
Essex Steam Mills ..
Newburyport ..
George Gardner.
Win. C. Balch.
100,000
200
500 Printing Cloths.
1,600,000yds 310,000yds 750,000yd.
67 tons
3,400
85
13
50
Fisher, Freeman.
Franklin.
2,000
60
... ....
Fisher. W. A. & Co.
250 tons
2,500
20
....
50
. 15 18
Fuller, E. G.,
4,000 bales
320
68
362
Globe Steam Mills ..
255,000yds
39 tons
....
....
Gordon & Streeter.
2,000
60
....
. .
.
Coleraine .
Charles Thompson J. Griswold .
50,000
500 100 Print Cloths ..
1.500,000yds
5,000
120
40
60
Harkness & Stead ..
Attleborongh.
Sheetings.
67,6001bs
39 tons!
5,000
. . .
2,105,000yds
200 tons
7,300 2016
....
Holbrook, Sylvanus.
Northbridge ...
75,000
Printing Cloths.
900,000yds
100 ton-
4,500
112 30
60
275,600yd<
26 tons
1,000
28
1
14
Ingersoll, Gibson
Monterey . ..
Lloyd A. Wait ...
250,000 2,500
670.000yds
551 tons
15,000
44
14
28
Jencks, E ..
468,000yds
2,700
63
....
....
Jeranld, Henry & Co ..
Pawtucket.
1,000,000 2,000
500 Ginghams.
520,000yds
78 tons
3,000
64
18
Kannedy, Elizabeth.
Attleborough
John Kannedy.
Sheetings. .
123 tons
1,536
36
34
61
210,000yd -
200 bales
1,048
22
6
15
Langley & Walker.
Shirley .
1,450
36
....
. .
Lee, Eldridge & Co.
Holden.
Lowe, Lyman P ...
Oxford.
A. Wright .
1,300,000
Carpets, Rugs, and Cotton Cloth
370,000yd-
371 tons
2,048
60
....
....
1,600,000; ds
145 ton-
7.200 200
47 110
Marshall, J. E. ..
1,800,000 1,800 1000 Sheetings, Shirtings, and Drillings .. . |24,600,000yds
Massachusetts Cotton Mills .. ... Lowell.
1,800,000yd -
900 bales|
10.000
260
80 90
Massasoit Steam Mill Co ... Fall River
David Sisson.
60,000
100 Printing Cloths ..
Medway Cotton Manuf. Co ..... Medway.
Mechanics' Manufacturing Co .. Attlehor ue!
S. Carpenter ..
Printing Cloths ..
364,000yds
12,000
36
15
20
221
MASSACHUSETTS.
.. ...
....
Houghton, Ropes & Co ....
Holden.
Wells Laffi ::
P. D. Whittemore ..
60,000
120
500 Print Cloths. .
.
9.000yd.
112 ton-
16,000
340
100
225
James' Steam Mill.
Newburyport .. Cheshire ..
Shirtings.
20,000
550 .... 18
Lancaster Quilt Co ..
Lancaster ..
Lamson & Kendall, Proprietors.
Sheetings.
2,470 tons
44,800 1260
200 1200
Lawrence Manufacturing Co ....
Lowell
John Aiken ..
1,500,000 1,500 1000 Printing Cloths, Sheet'gs, & Shirt'gs 13,520,000yds
390,000yds
[cot. cloth|carpeting ...
2,200
50
225 250
Lowell Manufacturing Co ..
Lowell.
Print Cloths.
Lovett, Samuel & Co ..
East Douglas ... North Adams ..
H. Bartlett .
Joseph Butler .... John Blackburn ..
. | Luther Metcalf.
Cotton Flannels ..
....
...
. . ..
Attleborough ..
J. Bliss ..
40,000
Sheetings and Print Cloths.
59 tons
3,000
76
50
90
Fall River ..
J. Borden ..
Spool Cotton and Thread.
Fail River Manufactory .... Farmers' Manufacturing Co. Fenner, C. G.
Webster .
T. Smith.
Sheetings.
Fitchburg Duck Co ..
Fitchburg.
J. Clark ..
Printing Cloths.
300,000yds
30 ton :
20,000
George Gardner ..
T. L. Randlett .. ..
320,000
800 400 Drills. .
. .
24 . . ..
Goulding, Sibley.
Millbury ..
140 tons 1,560 tons
36,228 1002 360
875
Hamilton Manufacturing Co .....
Lowell
John Avery.
Print Cloths
3.000 100
..
....
Hayden & Saunders.
Haydenville ...
Henry, E ...
Holden
Sheetings and Printing Cloths.
1,240.000yds
550 bales
7,000
178 160 100
Hopewell Factory.
T unton.
Cy. Lathrop, Pro ...
416.000yds
36 tons
1,300
30
Housatonic Manufacturing Co .. Howland & Allen.
Great Barrington.
Conway ..
Sheetings ..
1,200 bale .-
Robert Bayley ....
Print Cloths ..
Lancaster Mills ...
Lancaster ...
George M. Lyman . H. N. Bigelow ...
Shirtings and Drillings
Sheetings ....
4,940,000 y'ds 338,000 yd.
..
Print Cloths.
3,900 tons
45,720 1459
250 1250
..
Print Cloths.
.
Eagleville Manufacturing Co ....
Holden.
Grafton ..
Cotton Duck.
Newburyport. ... Fitchburg.
Cotton Sheetings
Printing Cloths.
Griswold Manufacturing Co .....
1,200,000 1,200 1000 Prints, Flanl's, Sheet'gs, Dye & Print
9,360,000yds
..
....
Candle Wicking
Cotton Goods
6
6
100 Sheetings and Shirtings.
725 bales
30
45
Printing Cloths.
Dorchester Cotton Mill ..
Dorchester.
Printing Cloths.
Printing Cloths ..
Printing Cloth.
Counterpanes.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NAME.
LOCATION.
PRESIDENTS. .
AGENTS.
CAP.
SH.
PAR
VAL.
KIND OF GOODS
YEARLY AMOUNT.
AMOUNT CONS'D
Spindles
Looms.
Males.
Females.
Merrimack Manufacturing Co ...
Lowell.
E. Washburn.
2,000,000 2.000 1000 Prints, Sheet'gs, also Dy'g & Print'g 17,940,000 y's
Printing Cloths.
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