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The Joy Steamship Company has leased th e old Providence wharf at the foot of Centra l street, and began a third line July 2 with the steamer Tennessee . Freight service by water to Philadelphia was begun by the Clyde Line in 1876. The Winsor Line now has three sailings a week from this port . The Newport, Providenc e and Fall River Steamboat Company, th e successor of earlier enterprises establishe d by Colonel Richard Borden, in 1827, fo r many years did a large freight and passenger business between this city and Provi - David Anthony (Deceased ) dence, but the passenger business decline d after the granting of cheap fares on the electric roads. By an agreement in 1905 th e freight business was conceded to the Dyer Transportation Company, a rival line . Th e Richard Borden was the regular steamer o n the route for thirty years after its construc- . tion i n 1874 The first street railroad lines here wer e built as a horse railway in 1880 by the Glob e Street Railway Company, a corporation wit h a capital of $100,000. Edward Herbert was president, George F. Mellen treasurer, Mar - cus G. B. Swift clerk, and Edward Herbert , F. H. Stafford, Franklin P . Osborn, S. V . Bliffins, George F . Mellen, Isaac P. Franci s and James B. Hilliard directors. The firs t lines were in Main and Pleasant streets, an d have since been greatly extended and adde d to by the purchase, in April, 1894, of the Fal l River Street Railway, a short-lived competing line running from the corner of Nort h Main and Bank streets to the Highlands . Electricity was installed as the motive power in the summer of 1892, and on August 17 th e first car was run from the Stafford roa d barn to Morgan street . The first car to run HISTORY OF FALL RIVER 93 through the centre of the city made it ugural trip September 2, 1892 . Various line s ina s to Providence, Taunton, New Bedford an d Newport meet here and share in the general transfer system. The New Bedford lin e ran its first through car July 1, 1894, th e Newport road in 1898, the Providence line i n July, 1901, and the Taunton road, which ha d been built some years before, began direct service into the city in 1903. Electric street sprinkling was begun in 1902, express ser - vice to New Bedford in 1903 and to Providence in 1905. The company now operate s about 37 miles of track within the city limits . It operates 55 cars on average days , with 75 on holidays, and employs about 20 0 men. A general transfer system has prevailed from the first, and six tickets for 2 5 cents have been sold since the cars wer e allowed to cross Slade's Ferry bridge. Th e local lines have been a part of the Old Colony Street Railway Company since May , 1899 . The Fall River Gas Works Company wa s incorporated in 1880, with a capital of $288,- 000, on the division of the interests of th e (Jesse Eddy Deceased( Iron Works Company, which had establishe d the plant in 1847 and supplied the city unti l this time. Jefferson Borden was the firs t president, ,with George P. Brown treasurer , and Jefferson Borden, John S . Brayton, Davi d A. Brayton, David A. Brayton, Jr., Richard B . Borden, A . S. Tripp and William B. Durfee di - rectors. A change in management took plac e in 1886, when John S. Brayton became president, Samuel T. Bodine treasurer, George P . Brown clerk and manager, and John S . Bray - ton, A. S. Covel, A . O. Granger, Henry Lewis , Samuel T . Bodine, Randall Morgan and Davi d Patton, directors. In 1896 the company ab-
94 HISTORY OF FALL RIVER sorbed the Manufacturers' Gas Light Company and increased its stock to $450,000 . Joseph A. Baker then became vice-president and Edward C. Lee treasurer. Mr. Brown continued as clerk and manager . In 1902 the capital was increased to $635, - 000, and there was again a change in owner - ship, Stone & Webster becoming genera l managers, and the local management bein g placed in charge of J . E . Nute, where it ha s since remained. The increase of the company's business has more than kept pace with the city's growth. In 1886 there were about 1,000 consumers and the annual sale s were a little in excess of 38,000,000 cubi c feet. In 1906 there are 16,000 consumers and annual sales of nearly 375,000,000 cubic feet . This extension of business has been accompanied by a liberal reduction in cost to the consumer. Early in 1872 the selling rate wa s $3.75 per 1,000 . In 1886 the average price re - ceived was $1.83 per 1,000. In 1896 it wa s $1.30 per 1,000, and in 1906 it is 90 cents . Other incorporations include the Union County Court House Belt Company, the Arctic Ice & Cold Storage Company, incorporated in 1901, with a capital of $260,000 ; W. C. Atwater & Co . , capital $100,000 ; Borden, Guiney & Kendal l Co., incorporated 1901, capital $24,000 ; Bor - den & Remington Co., Bowenville Coal Co. , Coldwell Gildard Co., Davis & McLane Mfg. Co., Estes Mills, E . S. Anthony Co., E. S . Brown Co., Fall River Bobbin & Shuttl e Company, Fall River Cold Storage Company , Fall River Laundry Company, Fall Rive r Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, Fall River Quarry and Construction Company, Fall River Steam and Gas Pipe Company, Fraprie-Douglas Co ., John F. Johnsto n Co., Heywood Narrow Fabric Company, Mechanics' Foundry and Machine Company , North Pond Ice Company, Pioneer Mfg . Co . , Ponemah Shuttle Company, R. A. McWhir r Co., Sherer Dry Goods Company, Textil e Tube Company, D. H. Cornell Packing Company, Frank L. Allen Lumber Company , Luther Reed Mfg . Co., and the Thomas Storage Company .
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Page 12 and 13: April 2, with a capital of $550,000
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