Fall Rivers' Industries

fine and medium counts . Mr. Flint has been
president since the organization. Fred E .
Waterman succeeded Mr. Hargraves a s
treasurer in 1890 . The directors are John D .
Flint, Daniel H. Cornell, James F . Jackson ,
Edward S. Adams, Fred E. Waterman, Joh n
F. Stafford, Stephen A. Jenks, Myron Fish
and Rodman P. Snelling. Frank S. Akin i s
superintendent .
The Laurel Lake mills were organized i n
1881 by John P . Slade, Hon. Robert T. Davi s
and Henry C. Lincoln, with a capital of
$400,000. John P. Slade was elected president
and Abbott E . Slade treasurer, and a
34,000 spindle mill erected, enlarged in 189
6 by the building of an addition 93x161 feet .
The capital was increased to $500,000 i n
1895, and in 1898 reduced to $200,000 and in -
creased to $300,000 . The plant has 59,80 8
frame spindles and 1,628 looms, of which 61 8
are more than 32 inches in width . It em -
ploys 485 hands and has a weekly production
of 8,500 pieces. John P. Slade wa s
president until his death, when he was succeeded
by his son, Leonard N . Slade. Abbott
E. Slade has been treasurer from the organization
of the corporation ; except October ,
1898, to October, 1900, when Edward L .
Anthony held that position . The directors
are Leonard N. Slade, Joseph H . Bowen ,
John B. Huard, S. W. Bowen, Ralph W.
Reynolds and L. Elmer Wood. Edmund Lalime
is superintendent .
The Weetamoe mills were incorporate d
in 1871, with $550,000 capital ; Louis L. Bar -
nard, president; D. Hartwell Dyer, treasurer.
and Messrs . Barnard, Dyer, Job B .
French, Jonathan I . Hilliard, F. K. Hill, Will -
iam Lindsey, Francis B. Hood, Henry C . Lincoln
and Elijah C . Kilburn directors. A fivestory
brick mill, 320x74, was erected . The
plant has 13,200 mule and 31,072 frame spindles,
and 1,183 looms of which 108 are mor e
than 32 inches wide. It employs 400 hand s
and has a weekly production of 6,700 pieces .
L. L. Barnard was president, 1870-75 ; Job B .
French, 1875-94 ; William Lindsey, 1894-97
. Eddy since that time. Mr , .
George H
Dyer was treasurer till 1875 ; William Lindsey
from 1875 to 1892, and Enoch J. Frenc h
since 1892. The directors are George H .
Eddy, John P . Nowell, George N. Durfee ,
Enoch J. French, Cornelius S . Greene, J. Ed -
ward Newton. Superintendent, Richar d
Thackeray .
The Crescent mills, now the property of
the Merchants Manufacturing Company ,
were incorporated in 1871, with a capital of
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$500,000, and a mill 339x74 erected, wit h
33,280 spindles and 744 looms . The original
officers were Benjamin Covel, president; Lafayette
Nichols, treasurer, and Benjamin
Covel ; Lafayette Nichols, Daniel A . Chapin ,
William B. Durfee, J. F. Nichols, Joseph
Brady, David F . Brown, G . M. Haffards an d
Alphonso S. Covel, directors. The treasurer s
were : Lafayette Nichols, 1871-1873 ; Richar d
B. Borden, 1873-76 ; Alphonso S. Covel, elected
in 1876, and followed by Benjamin Warren,
until the purchase of the property b y
the Merchants Manufacturing Company, i n
1893 .
The Sagamore mills were incorporated i n
1872 with a capital of $500,000. Louis L .
Barnard was president, Francis B. Hood
treasurer and Messrs . Barnard, Hood, J . C .
Blaisdell, J. W. Hartley, Charles McCreery ,
J . J. Hilliard, Joseph Borden, W. M. Almy ,
D. Hartwell Dyer and J . T. Wilson, directors .
A five-story brick mill, 320x73, was erected.
In 1879 the company failed, following financial
irregularities, and was reorganized a s
the Sagamore Manufacturing Company, wit h
a capital of $250,000, increased in 1880 to
$500,000, again increased in 1881 to $750,000 ,
decreased in 1884 to $600,000. and in 188 8
increased to $900,000. A second mill was
built in 1882, No. 1 burned in 1884 and re -
placed by a new structure in 1888. The
plant now has 4,060 mule and 87,456 frame
spindles, with 2,362 looms, of which 854 are
more than 32 inches wide . It employs about
800 hands and has a weekly production of
about 13,000 pieces . The presidents have
been : L. L. Barnard, 1872-76 ; James A .
Hathaway, 1876-79 ; Theodore Dean, 1879 -
1885 ; Charles J. Holmes, 1885-1903 ; Jame s
M. Morton, Jr ., 1903 to present time. Th e
treasurers have been : Francis B. Hood ,
1872-76 ; George T . Hathaway, 1876-79. When
the corporation, Sagamore Manufacturin g
Company, was organized Hezekiah A . Brayton
was elected treasurer, November 6, 1879 ,
and has served in that capacity ever since .
The directors are : John S . Brayton, Davi d
H. Dyer, John D . Flint, David A . Brayton ,
Jr., H. A. Brayton. James M. Morton, Jr . ,
Randall W . Durfee, all of Fall River ; Mose s
W. Richardson, of Boston and Francis A .
Foster, of Weston, Mass . Superintendent ,
James A. Burke, Jr.
The Ancona Company, known until 190 3
as the Slade Mills, was the first of the present
cotton factories to be erected in th e
southern section of the city, and was incorporated
in 1871 by William L. and Jona-