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J. HERBERT FOSTER. R. H. DEMING & CO. Cotton Brokers, IO So. Water St., Providence, R. I. 17 Pleasant St., New Bedford, Mass. Egyptian Cotton, Peruvian Cotton, American Cotton, in all grades. (4) E. JENCKES MFG. COMPANY, Mill Wire Goods and Bandings, PAWTUCKET, R. I. BUILDERS OF Cotton and Worsted Machinery,.* OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. LOWELL, MASS. THOROUGH INSPECTIONS Insurance against Loss or Damage to Property and Loss of Life and Injury to Persons caused by STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS J. M. ALLEN, President. WM. B. FRANKLIN, Vice-President. F. B. ALLEN, Second Vice-President. J. B. PIERCE, Secretary. L. B. BRAINERD, Treasurer. L. F. MIDDLEBROOK, Ass't Secretary. NORTHEASTERN DEPARTMENT, C. E. ROBERTS, Manager. 125 Milk Street, - - BOSTON. (6) NEW BEDFORD, MASS. BRIEF HISTORY, TEXTILE SCHOOL, INDUSTRIES, ETC. PUBLISHED OFFICIALLY THROUGH THE BOARD OF TRADE. I9OO-I9OI. COMPILED AND COPYRIGHTED 1901, C. H. MOULTON. 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NEW BEDFORD is always pleased at an opportunity to adver- tise the fact that she leads all other cities in the United States in the manufacture of fine cotton goods and cotton yarn. Her past is so fascinating that many people never get beyond it. They are absorbed in her romantic history, her unique industry, the whale fishery, and the splendid days when the infant village lay in a sea-rocked cradle. New Bedford was admired from the very first. Bartholomew Gosnold came in 1602 and brought with him a journalist, who described the bay in words which ?.re nearly as true today as they were three hundred years ago. " Stately groves, flowering meadows and running brooks," he said, " afford delightful enter- tainment." Twenty years after the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth, the dwellers in that colony began to look with covetous eyes upon the pleasant land which had charmed, Gosnold and in 1652, they acquired this territory by purchase. Some time prior to 1711, Joseph Russell came here and resided at what is now the corner of County and South Streets. The third Joseph in this line established the whale fishery at this port and built the first sperm oil factory here. The village remained an agricultural community for many years. A half century passed after the first Joseph Russell located here, before there were signs of industrial life. Then in 1760, John Loudon, a caulker, came from Pembroke to engage in the building of ships, and the foundation of New Bedford's mechanical industries was laid. In 1765, Joseph Rotch came from Nantucket (5-1) and prosecuted the whale fishery with such vigor that it gave the place a great impetus. Up to this time the village had no distinctive name. Upon a public occasion Joseph Rotch suggested, and the suggestion was adopted, that the name should be " Bedford," in honor of Joseph Russell, who bore the family name of the Duke of Bedford. It was subsequently called New Bedford, to distinguish it from another Bedford in this country, and not to distinguish it from Bedford in England, as is popularly supposed. Prosperity came to the thrifty and industrious village, but the Revolution destroyed the pleasing anticipations in which the people had indulged. Whaling was ruined and the Quaker blood prohibited a general engagement in privateering. The harbor became a noted rendezvous for privateers, however, and one Sep- tember afternoon in 1778, between four and five thousand British regulars were landed, and marched up County Street, burning the houses as they went. They likewise destroyed the shipping at the wharves. " While thy sister Philadelphia was dancing in the arms of Howe's officers," one appreciative writer has picturesquely expressed it, " Earl Grey's storm of iron was pelting on thy head, and, when the rest of us slept and waked in all security from the armies of our hot-headed brethren in the sixties, New Bedford was strewing her wealth in ashes o-vjer the Pacific and carrying the flag she loved down deep into the heart-of the seas, to make the depths beautiful with it." In 1787, New Bedford was set apart from the town of Dartmouth and in 1847 it was incoporated as a city. So much for the history of the city. Fifty years ago the whaleships owned in New Bedford would have made a line ten miles in length. The whaleboats which they carried would have extended six miles if strung out in a line and there were 10,000 strong sailors to man them. (56) Wholesale grocers Nos. 82 and 84 Union Street, NEW BEDFORD, MASS. The fleet at that time numbered 329 ships, valued at more than $12,000,000 and the prices realized from the catch in the year 1851 was $10,042,537.81. The war carried dismay into our whaling fleets as early as 1862, but the great loss occurred in 1865, when the Shenancloah entered Behring Strait, and captured and burned twenty-five ships. Fifty vessels in all were taken. In 1871, thirty- three ships were crushed in the Acrtic, in 1876, twelve ships were abandoned, and in 1888, five were lost off Point Barrow. From natural causes the whale fishery began to decline before some of these disasters occurred. The discovery of mineral oils made it necessary for the people to meet new conditions and they attacked the problem of the future with faith and courage. They tinned away from the sea singing in the spirit of Kipling's jolly mariners " The war is done between us, In the deep the Lord hath seen us ; Our bones we'll leave the barracout, And God may sink the sea." And now we come to another era, wherein New Bedford made the shore her vassal as she had made the sea. Possibly not another cotton factory on the globe has sent the renown of its name into so many homes in so many widely separated parts of the world as the Wamsutta Mills. Yet when this magnificent enterprise was first mooted, a noted cotton manu- facturer of another city remarked in a semi-sarcastic way, that he 'would write the history of the Wamsutta Mills and put it in his vest pocket." His waistcoat would now wear a bulge which would make him a mark for pickpockets. In the forties, Dwight Perry, who was from Fairhaven, had a small cotton mill in one of the Southern States. Thomas Bennett, Jr., a young man from Fairhaven, was also employed in the mill, and foreseeing, perhaps, something of the stupendous future of the (58) cotton industry in America, he became desirous of being at the head of an enterprise of his own. Not having sufficient capital at command, he came to New Bedford, where he hoped to raise funds. Joseph Grinnell was at the time a member of Congress. He was appealed to for aid and influence. Mr. Grinnell at first favored establishing the factory in the South. But as he con- sidered the subject he became satisfied that this was not the better plan. Perhaps he looked forward to the time, then unthought of, when the whale fishery would no longer be an outlet of enterprise. Perhaps the mutterings of the coming deadly struggle over the question of slavery influenced him to look with disfavor on the South as a field for the investment of northern capital. At all events he finally asked, " Why not locate the mill in New Bedford?" and answered the question by insisting that it must be in New Bed- ford if he was to aid it. Thus it came to pass that the Wamsutta cotton mill was located here. It was not easy work to secure subscriptions to the capital stock, however, although the total amount desired was but $160,000. The original subscription list, short as it is, reveals something of the doubt with which the plan was regarded. Most of the subscriptions were for small amounts, made evidently to help the scheme along through friendship for the proprietors. The capital was not raised until 1846. It has been increased from time to time until it is now $3,000,000 and there are seven mills in the group. It was the success of this enterprise which led to the building of other mills. The Potomska mills were next built. Then came the Grinnell and the Acushnet and in 1883 the New Bedford Manu- facturing Company made a new departure, building a mill for the manufacture of cotton yarns. This led to the building of the I lowland and Rotch mills in the southwest part of the city, an ambitious scheme which involved the building of a group of modern factory dwellings for the operatives. Then a number of splendid mills for the manufacture of fine grades of cotton goods (60) o were built, and the total capital in cotton mills is now $19,589,000 and the number of spindles is 1,369,380, distributed as follows: Capital. Spindles. Acushnet Mills ...... $500,000 105,000 Beacon Mfg. Co. ...... 60,000 'tj^o Bristol Mfg. Co. . . . . . 500,000 50,000 City Mfg. Co. . . . . . . 750,000 65,000 Cornell Stocking Co. , 29,000 Dartmouth Mfg. Co. . . . . 600,000 65,000 Grinnell Mfg. Co. . . , . . 1,000,000 107,000 Hathaway Mfg. Co. . '. , . 800,000 102,000 N. E. Cotton Yarn Co., Common . . 5,000,000 N. E. Cotton Yarn Co., Preferred . . 5,000,000 375,000 Pierce Mfg. Co. . . . . . 600,000 100,000 Potomska Mills 1,200,000 104,000 \VamsuttaMills. . , , . . 3,000,000 231,000 Whitman Mills . . . , 550,000 64,000 $19,589,000 1,369,380 The total dividends paid by these corporations last year aggre- gated $1,114,750. Other large manufacturing corporations are the Morse Twist Drill and Machine Co., the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, which manufactures silver plated ware and glass, the New Bedford Copper Company, the New Bedford Cordage Company, the Hathaway, Soule & Harrington Co. Incorp., manufacturers of men's shoes, the Rhodes Eyelet factory, the Lambeth Rope Com- pany, the Popes Island Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of metals, T. M. Denham & Co., manufacturers of shirts, the Weeden Manufacturing Co., the largest manufacturers of steam toys in the country, George L. Brownell, manufacturers of hearses and carriages, beside paint manufacturers, glass cutting establishments, and oil and candle factories. The Soule mill, to be commenced this spring, will be equipped with 60,000 spindles for the manu- facture of fine cotton goods. (62) The population of the city, by the census of 1900, was 62,440, a gain of fifty-three per cent since the census ten years previously. Only one other city in New England made a larger gain in this period. The banking facilities are unusual, the national bank- ing capital being about $3,000,000, with deposits and surplus of $4,500,000, while the deposits in the local savings banks aggregate $21,000,000. There are two co-operative banks, with an authorized capital of $2,000,000. It is a source of especial pride to the business men of New Bed- ford that it has not been dependent upon the capital of non-resi- dents. As our centennial orator expressed it, our wealth was "drawn up from the broad fields of the ocean with much toil and manifold dangers, with perils from the ice and fogs and storms of frozen regions and exposure and diseases under the hot burning sun of the equator. It has been a creation of wealth by the skill of the merchant and the hardy daring of the sailor and riot a mere exchange of wealth." That the people of New Bedford, after making the city the greatest whale oil market of the world took up a new industry when commercial New England yielded to manufacturing New England, and reached the topmost position in another great field is without a parallel in this or any other country. There was a manifestation of spirit, well directed enterprise and persevering industry which has astonished the world. The ability of this typical New England city to keep up with a changing world commanded the attention of Thomas B. Reed, who expressed his sentiments in striking phrase. Alluding to the fact hat when its sturdy people could no longer roam the seas, con- quering its hugest monster, they made the spindles whirl with suc- cessful life on shore, he wrote " The earth has got to be very shifty to get out of the grasp of a people equally at home on land or water." (64) The charm of New Bedford as a dwelling place is a subject which calls for enthusiastic words. The city lies between green pastures and still waters. It rises from the sea with the elevation cf conscious pride. It is built upon hillside and hilltop and crowned with long lines of magnificent elms w hich the fathers planted. The visitor who arrives at the railroad station and comes to the centre of the city might wander about for hours without encounter- ing factories or a factory population. The reason is found in the fact that New Bedford was a city of residences before it was a man- ufacturing city and when the mills came they were forced upon the outskirts. County street is famous for its patrician residences, built in the days of substantial, stately architecture. " Nowhere in America," wrote Melville many years ago, " will you find more opulent homes than in New Bedford, and all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. One and all they were harpooned and dragged up thither from the bottom of the sea." In the intelligence and moral development of a people we find the evidences of greatness. So we do well to call attention to a splendid public school system, liberally supported, to the Free Public Library, the first organized on this continent under muni- cipal sanction, numerous well-sustained churches, many organiza- tions of philanthrophy and reform such as St. Luke's Hospital, the Union for Good Works, the V. M. C. A., the Orphan's Home, and an active Board of Trade. There is an adequate fire department, a magnificent water works system which provides water for manu- facturing purposes at a lower rate than any other city in the United States. The city has been liberal in its street and sewer expenditures, there are electric car lines running to Onset and the Cape, to Fall River, to Dartmouth, to Middleboro and Brockton by way of the lakes, and lines of steamboats making daily trips to Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Nonquitt, Cuttyhunk and the famous summer resorts about Buzzards Bay. The prevailing (66) J. &. W. R. WING & CO.'S BUILDING, 131-133 UNION ST. summer wind from the southwest, blows athwart the sea, and brings a cool refreshment. The city maintains a number of delightful parks and the four mile drive around Clark's Point, a boulevard eighty feet wide, with a panorama of bay and river on one hand, and the shore upon the other is a great attraction. There are social clubs and a yacht club, attractively housed, and finally the homes, after the best methods of New England life, combine to make our city worthy the best affection and the constant effort of its loyal people for its prosperity and peace. " New Bedford ! " wrote Robert J. Burdette, the other day. "Ah, what a history ! The schoolboy in Ari/.ona loves it and is thrilled by it and inspired by it, even as his fellow in the Massachusetts district school. We know thy works and charity, and service and faith, and thy patience and thy works, and the last to be more than the first." (68) FAIRHAVEN BRIDGE. Steel Work Furnished and Erected by AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY, 89 State St., Boston, Mass. (69) The Best is the Cheapest. It is BETTER and CHEAPER to wind yarn by the "Universal" system before shipment from the mill, thus insuring perfect delivery to knitting machines with* out rewinding. Universal Winding Co., F. H. BISHOP, Manager. 95 South Street, . . Boston, Mass. JAMES HILL MFG. GO. Manufacturers of ROVING CANS. THE VULCAN CAN. BODY. Vulcanized Fibre. SIDE SEAM. Riveted with patent Clinched Rivets. RINGS. Tinned steel, Braised joints, Curled edges. BOTTOM. IXXX Tin Star Corrugation, fastened without the use of nails or screws; will not crack, warp or shrink and cannot come out. FINISH. Coated inside and out with moisture-proof coating, handsome and smooth. WEIGHT. About one-half pound per inch diameter. SIZE. All cans to an exact size, perfectly round and true. DURABILITY. Superior to any other can. Also, Manufacturers of HILL'S IMPROVED IXXX TIN and GALVANIZED IRON ROVING CANS. PROVIDENCE, R. I. (70) Textile Department FOR DESCRIPTION, SEE HISTORY PAGES. JEFFREY HAZARD, Pres. L. H. HAZARD, Treas. 3t < tit HAZARD COTTON COMPANY, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Commission Merchants. COTTON LANDED AT MILLS FROM ALL POINTS SOUTH, AND FROM EGYPT. C B Trowbridge. E. R. Trowbridge. H. 0. Potter. J* D. REMINGTON & SON, Cotton Brokers, 4 SOUTH WATER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R, I, (72) ii A. W. HARRIS OIL CO MANUFACTURERS OF Valve Oil for Internal And Engine Oil for External Lubrication of High Pressure, Surface Condensing and Compound Engines. 326 and 328 SOUTH WATER ST., PROVIDENCE, R, I, IO7 Foster St., Worcester, Mass. 4O8 Exchange Building, Boston, Mass. J. W. BISHOP CO. General Contractors, PROVIDENCE, R. I. 417 Butler Exchange, Providence, R. I. 34 Canada Life Building, Montreal, P. Q. Heavy Steam Engine Repairing. Boring Large Cylinders and Valves. Also Steel Rolls, Flyers and Pressers. Loom Cranks, Round or Flat Arm, Finished or in the Rough. FYANS, FRASER & BLAGKWAY GO. Headquarters for Cold Rolled Shafting and IV /I ._ I * ; _ j_ , Power Transmission, also I V I 3 C M HlStS Steel Beams and Structural Iron. MVM. ' ' ilJl-a, Shop: 83-95 ANAWAN STREET, Telephone Connections. FALL RIVER, MASS. (74) PROVIDENCE MACHINE CO MANUFACTURERS OF Cotton Roving frames 564 EDDY STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. (76) o CYRUS G. REERE. FREDERIC REEBE. LUCIUS BEEBE & COMPANY, Dealers in Cotton. AMERICAN. EGYPTIAN 89 STATE STREET, (Fiske Building), PERUVIAN. BOSTON. SALEM FOUNDRY and MACHINE SHOP BELT-HAND AND ELECTRIC CHAS. F. CURWEN, Proprietors, SALEM, MASS. FRANCIS \V. REYNOLDS. DANIEL J. SULLY. F. W. REYNOLDS & CO. , Gotten Brokers , 34 SOUTH WATER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. .Representing Wm. Getty & Co., Alexandria, Egypt. Cable Address, "Reynolds." (78) GEO. R. BABBITT, Pres't and Gen'l Manager. J. C. DAVIS, Treas Formerly Supt. Harris-Corliss Engine Company. AMERICAN OIL Co. :RS OF HIGH GRADE Lubricating Oils MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE Cylinder, Engine and Machinery DYNAMO SCREW CUTTING WOOL LOOM AND SPiNDLE OILS. BELT DRESSING AND GREASE COMPOUNDS. 180-182 SO. WATER ST., PROVIDENCE, R. I. NATIONAL RING TRAVELER CO., MAKERS OF Spinning ^Twisting Travelers PROVIDENCE, R. I. Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Co. ALFRED H'INSOR, President. K. B. SAMPSOX. (',<. Manager. H.J.JERNEGA.V, Gen'? Freight Agent. General Offices: 89 STATE STREET. BOSTON. MASS. First-class Steamers with Unsurpassed Freight and Passenger Accommodations. Leave Philadelphia. For Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 3.00 p.m. For FALL RIVF.R and PROVIDt- NCE every Wednesday and Saturday, 12 noon. Direct connection made and through freight rates given to all points in New England. Leave for Philadelphia. From BOSTON every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday, 3.00 p.m. From PROVIDENCE every Wednesday and Saturday, stopping at FALL RIVER, 3.00 p.m. Connections made at Philadel- phia for Southern points, and with the Pennsylvania R. R. for all Western points, and for points on the Philadelphia & Reading Ry. DELIGHTFUL SEA VOYAGE. Fare between Philadelphia and Boston, $IO.OO (time, 40 hours); Excursion $18. OO, including Meals and Berth. Fall River and Providence line does not carry passengers. Geo. C. Eckhart, A gent, 338 S. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia; Francis P. Wing, Agent , Central H'harf, Boston; Geo. A. Kilton, Agent, Ives H'harf, Provi- dence; A. L. Bongartz, Agent, Derrick H'harf, Fall River. E. B. SAMPSON, General <)ranager, 89 State Street, Boston. (80) o o WM. ALMY. CHAS. E. ROGERSON. THEODORE G. BREWER. ALMY, ROGERSON & BREMER, Cotton Buyers and Brokers, No. 95 Water Street, BOSTON. New Bedford, Mass. Fall River, Mass. 9 (Branch of AMERICAN SHUTTLE CO.) TAUNTON, MASS. ER Shuttles of all Descriptions, Also SOLE Manufacturer of Dudley's Patent Double Outside Catch Shuttles, The ONLY Double Outside Catch Shuttle Made. Advantages over All Other Styles of Shuttle Catches: FIRST It is impossible for the Bobbin to Knock Off or Lift Up while the Shuttle is in motion. SECOND It always keeps the Bobbin pointing directly to the Eye of the Shuttle. THIRD It prevents the Splitting of Rims off of Bobbins. FOURTH It is adjustable to different sized Bobbin Heads in the same Shuttle. FIFTH It never gets out of Repair. Correspondence Solicited. ' THE BERRY WHEEL Is the Standard Fan for mov- ing air and everything that floats in it. The greatest volume of air moved with the least power. . HUM BERRY, 23 FIRST STREET, . BOSTOX, MJtSS. morley Ring travelers. SPINNING and TWISTING TRAVELERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. MANUFACTURED BY MORLEY BUTTON MFG, CO,, 68 ESSEX STREET, . BOSTON, MASS. (84) ROYAL P. BARRY. NATH L N. T1IAYER. BARRY, THAYER & CO. Cotton Buyers and Commission Merchants* AMERICAN AND PERUVIAN COTTON. No* 60 Congress Street, Boston. Seaver, Andem & Farwell, COTTON, 26 Market Square, PROVIDENCE, R. L (86) y. oO O KIMBALL, HARRINGTON & OSBORNE Manufacturers. Dealers. T^. Importers. Ol -S 6 and 8 India Square, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. FRANK E. KIMBALL, M. E. HARRINGTON, Formerly of Kimball, Freed & Co. Formerly of Harrington & Bradbury. H. ROCKWELL OSBORNE, Formerly of Waite, Williams & Co. TALK may not convince you that our rings are the best to be had to-day, but we know a trial lot will. It 's the Quality of our rings that has built up our business. Whitinsville Spinning Ring Co, Whitinsville, Mass. 'BEE HIVE' BRAND Felt Roofing Materials For 45 years the Standard. MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW ENGLAND FELT ROOFING WORKS, Office, 18 Post Off ice Square, BOSTON, MASS. (88) Northrop Loom Which is already well-known in New Bedford. Recent improvements make it more desirable than ever CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED; CIRCULARS SENT ON APPLICATION. THE DRAPER COMPANY, HOPEDALE, MASS. NEW BEDFORD TEXTILE SCHOOL. W, B. SMITH WHALEY & CO. Mechanical and Mill Engineers, IOI2 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 1328 Main Street, Columbia. S. C. OLYMPIA COTTON MILLS. The Largest Electric Driven Cotton Mill in the World. Engineers of the following electric cotton mills and power plants OLYMPIA . . . BUFFALO . . . LANCASTER . . GRANBY . . . GLEN LORAY . SENECA .... DE KALB . . . INMAN . . . . CAPITAL CITY . 6,000 Horse Power. 4,000 " " 2,000 " " 1,500 " " I,2OO " " 600 " " 600 " " 600 " " 300 " " Electric Driven Mills our Specialty. CHRISTOPHER P. BROOKS, M. S. A Managing Director New Bedford Textile School. The Name of ... "KITSON" Has for more than FIFTY YEARS stood for all that is best in PICKER CONSTRUCTION. Kitson Machine Go. LOWELL, MASS. Builders of PICKER ROOM MACHINERY For Cotton and Waste. (94 new Bedford Cextile School. THE INSTITUTION. The New Bedford Textile School is an institution for imparting a textile technical education, especially with regard to cotton manufacturing, which is made a special feature. The School was founded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of New Bedford and is in the hands of a corporation consisting of prominent citizens, many of whom are practical manufacturers. The School was formally opened on October 14, 1899, an< ^ ^ n " struction commenced on October i6th. The students in the day and evening departments number over 300 each year. THE BUILDING. The New Bedford Textile School building is a spacious brick structure, centrally located on Purchase street, the principal busi- ness street of New Bedford, and is the first building erected ex- clusively for the purposes of a textile technical school in the United States. J* THE CORPORATION. The School has been founded under a special act of the State Legislature, and the building has been erected and equipped from (95) THE WHITIN MACHINE WORKS WHITINSYILLE, MASS, WHITIN COMBER. BUILDERS OF Cotton Machinery SOUTHERN AGENT, STUART W. CRAMER, Charlotte, N. C. (96) appropriations made by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of New Bedford. The Board of Trustees includes many of the leading manufacturers of Massachusetts who are especially interested in the welfare of the school and the students. The President of the corporation is George E. Briggs, the Treasurer, Isaac B. Tompkins, Jr., and the Clerk. Robert Burgess. STAFF OF INSTRUCTORS. The School staff is composed of practical mill men, all of whom have held positions as superintendent, overseer, or other place of responsibility in mills. C. I'. Brooks, M. S. A., is the Managing Director of the school. MACHINERY There is no textile technical school in the world which has so wide a variety of cotton mill machinery in its equipment, and this feature of the school may be pronounced as being almost perfect for the purpose of a technical school which is to be devoted ex- clusively to the teaching of cotton manufacturing. Almost every maker of cotton machinery in the United States is represented in the school, together with several English builders, giving the student an admirable opportunity of becoming acquainted with machines varied in construction, although utilized for performing the same work. (97) JEWELL BELTING CO. TANNERS OF Oak Belting Leather MANUFACTURERS OF SHORT LAP OAK LEATHER BELTING. , OOIMIM. ESTABLISHED 1825. The D, T, Dudley & Son Go, MANUFACTURERS ...OF... Shuttles and Shuttle Irons, Office and Factory, WILKINSONVILLE, MASS. (98) The machinery is sufficiently complete to enable the raw cotton to be manipulated in the school at the several processes until it becomes a woven fabric ; in fact, there is a sufficient surplus of machinery of the more important kinds to enable independent ex- periments to be conducted by the students, under the direction of the instructors. The student thus has the opportunity of acquainting himself with the construction and operation of such machines as he may come in contact with later in assuming a position in a mill, to- gether with the setting of the same and calculations connected therewith. The knowledge that he obtains is not confined, as in some schools, to any one make of machinery, and he thus becomes a more valuable officer to any firm securing his services after graduating, and owing to this wider knowledge, has a much better opportunity of securing a position. The machinery and plant was installed from plans of Managing Director C. P. Brooks, and under his supervision. Instruction is given both in the day and evening. The day courses are intended to qualify suitable students to hold positions of responsibility in textile manufacturing and allied establishments. Moderate fees are charged for these courses. Evening instruction, similar to the day courses, on the same machinery and by the same teachers, is given for the benefit of workers in mills and machine shops who cannot spare the time or money for day courses. In the evening classes instruction will be given in sections so as to give the greatest possible facilities to mill workers to obtain such instruction as they may require. (99) FULLER (RON WORKS, Iron Founders and Machinists, PROVIDENCE, R. I. ALLKINDSOF IMPROVED UPRIGHT SPOOLERS TO SPOOL FROM COP,SKEIN, OR BOBBIN WM. S. HILLS CO Flour, Feed, IO9 Chamber of Commerce, BOSTON. (too) The cotton mill as usually conducted is not particularly adapted for giving a young man a technical education. It is an enterprise for making yarns and goods rather than developing overseers or superintendents. In fact, for a combination of reasons, a young man often finds difficulty in obtaining all the information that he desires in a mill, while the management is often inconvenienced by his desire to gain experience. The opposite is the case where the primary object of the lec- turers and instructors is to instill all the information possible, and there can be no doubt but that two years judiciously spent in the Xew Bedford school are equal to five years of aimless wandering from department to department in a mill, without any settled plan of procedure, or without the guiding influence of instructors. There is no one mill in which there is so large a variety of machinery as in the New Bedford Textile School. This conse- quently affords the student a better opportunity of becoming ac- quainted with various machines and methods than could be found in one manufacturing establishment. DAY COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. The principal course of instruction in the school is No. i : The General Cotton Manufacturing Course. This is the most comprehensive and valuable of any of the courses in the school and is intended to give a student a general knowledge of all the cotton manufacturing processes and suffi- ciently specific and complete information to qualify him to hold a (101) The Standard and Heavy Duty CORLISS ENGINES. BUILT BY THE FILER & STOWELL CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. T. W. PHILLIPS, Mgr. Eastern Dept. H. J. JOHNSON, Eng'r. Union Railroad Co., Providence, R. I., . 2000 H. P. Manville Co., Manville, R. I., . . . 1000 Draper Company, . . . ' . 1200 General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., . (Vertical) 800 Rhode Island Suburban R'y Co., Providence, R. I., 6000 Pierce Mfg. Corp., New Bedford, Mass., . . 1000 Social Mfg. Co., Woonsocket, R. I., . . 500 Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket St. R'y Co., Union ville, Mass., . . . . 900 OFFICES: 4 Market Square, Providence, R. L (102) position as superintendent of a cotton spinning and weaving mill, or other responsible position. It is a three years course. It has been found that there is a demand for optional courses and the following five alternative courses have been arranged. No. 2. Yarn Mill Superintendent's Course. No. 3. Plain Weave Mill Superintendent's Course. No. 4. Designer's Course. No. 5. Mill Engineer's Course. No. 6. Dry Goods Commission House Course. Courses number four and five are intended to be two year courses. Courses number two, three and six are intended to be completed in one year. Candidates for enrollment who are in doubt as to their ultimate occupation, or what position to prepare themselves for are strongly recommended to study the General Cotton Manufacturing Course. A catalogue is published by the school which will be mailed free on application, and which gives full particulars as to topics of instructions, fees, entrance requirements, equipment of the school, etc. It may be had on application to C. P. BROOKS, Managing Director. New Bedford Textile School, New Bedford, Mass. (103) EVAN ARTHUR LEIGH, (Successor to E. A. LEIGH & Co.) 35-36 Mason Building, Boston, Mass. U. S. A. Importer of Textile Machinery, Etc. Sole Agent for the United States and Canada for PLATT BROS. & CO. (Ltd.) of Oldham, England, By Far the Largest Makers in the World of Cotton, Woolen and Worsted Machinery. By the use of Platt's Cotton Machinery, for either fine or coarse work, a larger production of better quality can be obtained at less cost. Sole Makers of Brown's Patent Carding Engines for Wool gives woolen yarn a worsted appearance. New Patent Noble Comb increased production, better work. Special Machinery for making English and French Worsted Yarns. Special Machinery for making Cotton Waste into Yarns. Sykes' Card Clothing for cotton, Critchley's Card Clothing for woolen and worsted. Dronsfield's Grinding Machinery and Emery Filleting. Also supplies for above machinery kept in stock. Looms for All Classes of Work. Mather & Platt's Dyeing and Finishing Machinery. Archbutt-Deeley System for Purifying and Softening Water. MACHINE WORKS TAUNTON, MASS. Cotton machinery. Cards, Combers, Lappers, Railway Heads, Drawing Frames, Spinning Frames, Mules and Looms. (106) Saco ""I Pettee Machine Shops NEWTON UPPER FALLS, MASS., U.S.A. Cotton Machinery. Pickers, Spinning Frames, Revolving Flat Cards, Stubbing, Railway Heads, Intermediate and Roving Frames, Drawing Frames, Spoolers, WORKS : Biddeford, Maine. Newton Upper Falls, Mass. (108) Woonsocket Reed and Shuttle Works WOONSOCKET, R. I. MANUFACTURERS OF SHUTTLES FOR POWER LOOM WEAVING. FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. Owners of the Ishenvood Patents. Write for Catalogue. JOHN SHAMBOW. Treas.. 297 North Main St. E. DE F. WILKINSON CO. (SUCCESSORS TO GEORGE BRIDGE) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF Calico Printers* engravers' Supplies, raper & Co 90 Driscoll, Church & Hall... -~, 7 Dudley, S. A 82 Draper, J. 120 Easton & Burnham Machine Co 100 Kastern Drug Co 20 Elliot & Hall 1 112 Knnis & Stoppani 28 Kvan Arthur Leigh 104 Fidelity & Deposit Co of Maryland 14 First National Bank 51 H/eCent Savings Bank Building 119 ^Fournier & Nicholson's Planing Mill, Bowditch St., View of omitted, as plate not at hand on going to press.) Frost & Adams Co 28 Fuller Iron Works 100 Fyans, Frasier & Klackaway 74 Carfield & Proctor Coal Co 48-49 C.inn & Co 38 Globe Gas Light Co 44 H ale ( Jalloup & Co 20 Hall, Frederick S 42 Hallett Brothers ; 3"> Harris, A. W., Oil Co 74 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co 6 Hatch & Co.'s Express 30 Hatl away, Soule & Harrington 61 Ha/.ard Cotton Mfg. Co 72 Hill, las., Mfg. Co 70 H ills, Wm. S 100 Holmes, Blanchard & Co 14 Hopkins, George J. Estate '. 24 Howard & Bullough Am. Machine Co 3 International Shirt & Collar Co 10 Jenckes, E., Mfg. Co 5 Jewell Belting Co 98 K itson Machine Co 94 Kimball, Harrington & Osborne 88 (122) PAGE. Leach, Geo 112 Lowell Machine Shop 5 Rnaine Belting Co 116 Mason Machine Works 106 Masonic Building 121 Maynard, Merrill & Co 32 Merchants' National Bank 15 Merriam, G. & C. & Co 22 Morley Button Manufacturing Co 84 Morse Twist and Machine Co 47 National Ring Traveler Co 80 New Bedfo d Copper Works Co 65 N. E. Felt Roofing Co 88 O'Neil, John 53 Pairpoint Manufacturing Co 63 Prar g Educational Co 38 Perry , George S. Co 40 Phinney , H. A 24 (PHOTOGRAPHS of City Officials in this book by O'NEIL.) Poor, H. W. & Co 22 Potter, William F. & Co $g Preble, William H 42 Providence Machine Co 76 Riley, C. E. & Co 2 Remington, D. & Sons 72 Reynolds, F. W. & Co 78 Rogers, V. A . & Co 40 Saco & Pettee Machine Shops 108 Salem Foundry and Machine Co 78 Sanford & Kelley 55 Seaver, Andem & Farwell 86 Sewing Machine Supplies Co 120 Shaw, E. M 36 Shawmut National Bank 118 Shelden, F. P 114 Shewell, Thomas R. & Co 38 Sibley & Ducker 32 Silver, P.urdett & Co 40 Soule, Allen P 26 Stoddard, Haserick, Richards & Co .front inside cover Storey, J. C. & Co 52 Swift & Grime 42 The Cornelius Callahan Co 24 The I). T. Dudley & Sons Co. 98 The Filer & Stowell Engine Co 102 The Fuller & Warren Warming and Ventilating Co 50 The Kehew-Bradley Company 20 The Metallic Drawing Roll Co 8 The New England Telephone & Telegraph Co 18 The Peck Bros. & Co 50 The Prang Educational Co 38 The Roebling Construction Co 34 The Benjamin F. Smith Co 12 Thompson, Brown & Co 37 U niversal Winding Co 70 U. S. Bobbin and Shuttle Co 52 Vacuum Oil Co 46 Vermilye & Company 34 Victor Shaw Ring Traveler Co 36 iH ashbum, H. T 44 Whaley, W. P,. Smith & Co 92 Wheelock, I.ovejuy & Co 46 Whitin Machine Works back outside cover and 96 Whitinsville Spinning Ring Co XX Wilkinson, E. De. F no Wing, J. & W. R 67 Woonsocket Reed and Shuttle Co no Compliments of JA fl O \A7 Pi F" V Incorporated 1900. . M. \J\J VV LJ C. Y , Established 1834. Reed and harness mtg. Co. Manufacturer of all kinds of Loom Reeds, also dealers in Harnesses and Mill Supplies. AO CLIFFORD STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. COOK-VIVIAN COMPANY, Paper Warehouse, 183 to 193 CONGRESS STREET, . . BOSTON. DAVIES,. PAYSON & CO. A . c u D^S& to co. ... CLOTHING ... 80 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON. Jas. H. Stetson, Pres. Alfred H. Jones, Vice- Pres. Frederick L. Walker, 'J'reas. Directors, Chas. D. Mather, Wm. E. Worcester. WALKER, STETSON CO. ESSEX and LINCOLN STS., BOSTON. Manufacturer and Importer. //Aft AH Attd 77 1 A A! All Work Guaranteed. ^OIlVJO allU W 001 Hackles, Gills, Fallers and Porcupines. Tentering Tin Plates. Dealer in the best English and American Cast Steel Pins and Comber Needles. Cotton Combs Neatly Re-Needled. THOMAS TOWNSEND, 157 Orange St., Providence, R. |. Lowe's Galv. Iron Oil Cabinet, Manufactured by S. C. LOWE, New Bedford, Mass. Manufacturer of Mill Specialties, Comber Needling and dealer in Mill Supplies. Geo. W. Slade. E. B. Lake. B. S. C. Gifford. MIEN Ql ADC ft OH Wholesale Grocers and HLLLlli OLAUL Ob UUi, Commission Merchants, Bedford St., Second St. and Market Sq., Coffee Roasters and Spice Grinders. FALL RIVER, MASS. WILLARD N. CHAMBERLAIN, Receiver of Nelson Morris &" Co 1 * [ Mutton, Lamb and Veal, also Rolls, Butts, Strips, Shoulders and Tongues. 115-125 CLINTON STREET, BOSTON. PLEASE SHIP GOODS by the only independent ALLEN'S Boston and New Bedford Express. Offices: 77 Kingston, 32 Court Square, 105 Arch, 67 Franklin, 15 Devonshire, is Merchants Row, 20 Broad Street, Boston. Telephone 2936. EDWIN ALLEN, Proprietor, 20 Broad St., Boston. Office, New Bedford, 149 Purchase Street. UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY A 000 61 1 026 6 MATERIAL WORKMANSHIP RESULTS Are Combined in the Picking Machinery Made by THE A, T, ATHERTON MACHINE GO, PAWTUCKET, R. I. WHITINSV1LLE, MASS. OF Cards, Sliver Lap Machines, Ribbon Lap Machines, Combers, Railway Heads, Drawing Frames, Spinning Frames, Spoolers, Twisters, Reels, Long Chain QusHSng Machines, Looms, Etc., Etc, SOUTHERN AGENT: STUART W. CRAMER, CHARLOTTE, N. C.