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emoved to smaller buildings, where th e manufacture of linen was carried on til l 1864. The main building was enlarged an d equipped for the production of print cloth , and in 1866 the No. 2 was built, 393x72, and five stories high. The two upper stories of this factory were burned June 29, 1876, an d rebuilt with a flat roof. The mill was extended 80 feet in 1893 . The company wa s chartered under its present name in 1853 , but in 1879 it was discovered that throug h the neglect of certain formalities it was no t in legal possession of the plant, and the ol d company had to be revived for a time b y Legislative act to allow proper conveyance . The mill has 18,816 mule and 72,416 fram e spindles, with 2,350 narrow and 100 wid e looms. It employs 925 hands and has a weekly production of 15,000 pieces. Richar d Borden was president from 1852-75 ; Jefferson Borden, 1875-87 ; John S. Brayton, 1887 - 1904, when he was succeeded by Richard B . Borden. Walter Paine, 3d, was treasurer until 1879 and Philip D. Borden from 1879 - 1896, when he was succeeded by James E . Osborn. The directors are Richard B . Bor - den, Clark Shove, Oliver S . Hawes, Jefferson Borden, James E. Osborn and John S . Brayton. The superintendent is John A . Collins. Since 1901 the company has operated the Allen Print Works at Providence for the finishing of a part of its product. Th e original capital was increased in 1889 t o $800,000 . The Union mills were the first to be buil t here on the basis of general subscription b y the community, and were started chiefl y through the efforts of Hale Remington i n 1859 . A company was formed with $175,- 000 capital, S. Angier Chace , president ; David Anthony, treasurer ; Simeon Borden , clerk, and S . A. Chace, David Anthony, Hal e Remington, William Mason, Charles O . Shove and Charles P . Dring, directors . A 15,000 spindle mill was erected, followed by another of twice its size in 1865 . No . 3 mil l was built in 1877, and No . 4 mill in 1895 a s an addition to No. 2. This last is thre e stories in height, 140x94 . The plant now has 24,640 mule and 85,48 8 frame spindles and 2,859 looms, of whic h 1,717 are more than 32 inches in width. I t employs 825 hands. S. A. Chace succeeded Mr. Anthony as treasurer, and in 1878, owin g to financial irregularities, the compan y passed into the hands of its creditors. It was reorganized as the Union Cotton Manu- facturing Company, with a capital of $500, - HISTORY OF FALL RIVER 79 000, William D. Forbes, president, an d Thomas E. Brayton, treasurer. Mr. Forbe s was succeeded as president by James M . Morton, he by Horatio Hathaway, and he by Edward L. Anthony. The capital wa s increased to $750,000, and then to $1,200,000 , its present figure. The directors are Edwar d L. Anthony, Thomas M. Stetson, Thomas B . Wilcox, Joseph F. Knowles, Andrew Borden , Thomas E. Brayton and Thomas S. Hathaway. The superintendent is John C . Judge . The King Philip mills were incorporate d in 1871, with a capital of $500,000 . Crawfor . Lindsey was president, Elijah C . Kilburn d E , treasurer, and Jonathan Chace, Jame s Henry, S . Angier Chace, Crawford E, Lindsey, Philip D. Borden, Charles O. Shove , Elijah C. Kilburn, Azariah S. Tripp, Benjamin A. Chace, Simeon Borden and Charle s H. Dean, directors. The first mill was o f granite, 320x92 . In 1S81 the capital was increased to $1,000,000, and mill No . 2 erected , 380x92. This was followed by two larg e weave sheds, one 288x100, in 1888, and th e other 406x127, in 1892. The mills now hav e 44,800 mule, and 89,200 frame spindles and 3,000 looms, of which all are mor e than 32 inches in width. They emplo y 1,100 hands and produce plain and fancy fin e goods. Crawford E. Lindsey was president till 1883 ; Robert Henry, 1883-85 ; Charles J. Holmes, 1885-1906, and George A. Ballard since March, 1906 . Simeon B. Chase succeeded Mr. Kilburn as treasurer on his death in 1885 . The directors ar e George A. Ballard, Henry H . Earl, Leontin e Lincoln, Charles E. Fisher, Simeon B. Chase , Oliver S. Hawes, James F. Jackson, Willia . Draper and Francis A . Foster. P. A m F . Mathewson is superintendent . The Granite mills were organized in 1863 , largely through the efforts of Charles O . Shove and Edmund Chase The capital wa s originally $225,000 . William Mason was president , Charles O. Shove treasurer, an d William Mason, John S . Brayton, Edmun d Chase, C. O. Shove, Lazarus Borden, Samuel Hathaway and Charles P. Stickney directors. A five-story granite mill, 328x72, wa s erected in 1863 and No . 2, 378x74, in 1871 , No. 1 was partially burned, with loss of life , September 19, 1874, and at once rebuilt. I n 1893 a third mill, of granite two stories i n height, 237x127, was erecte d for spinning; one of one story, 234x127, fo r weaving, and a one-story picker room , 127x44. The plant has a total of 33,41 6 mule and 85,600 frame spindles, and 3,090
80 HISTORY OF FALL RIVER looms, of which 1,538 are wide. It employs 1,100 hands in the production of 11,000 pieces weekly of fine and medium goods to order. The capital was increased to $400,00 0 in May, 1864, and in July of the same yea r to $415,000 ; reduced in 1871 to $400,000 ; increased by a stock dividend to $800,000 i n 1892 and to $1,000,000 in 1893. Willia m Mason was president until 1892 ; John S . Brayton, 1892-1904 ; Edward E. Hathawa y since 1904. Charles O . Shove was succeede d as treasurer by his son, Charles M . Shove, in 1875. The directors are John S . Brayton, Edward E . Hathaway, Robert Henry, Charle s M. Shove and Edward Shove . Thomas H . McCreery is superintendent . The Barnard Manufacturing Company was organized in October, 1873, through the efforts of Louis L. Barnard, Stephen Davol , William H. Jennings and Nathaniel B . Bor - den. The capital was fixed at $400,000, bu t was afterwards reduced to $330,000. Work was at once begun to erect a cotton factory of stone, 280 feet long and 74 feet wide, t o contain 28,400 spindles (14,880 mule an d 13,520 frame spindles) and 768 30-inch looms . The buildings were completed in the summe r of 1874. The Barnard mill was one of th e first, if not the first, to manufacture clot h other than the regular 28-inch print cloths , and was the first of the new mills in Fal l River to adopt the Sawyer Ring Spindle fo r spinning warp. Spindles and looms wer e added from time to time, until in 1895 th e mill contained 37,200 spindles (17,360 mul e and 19,840 ring spindles) and 918 looms (68 5 narrow and 233 wide) . In 1896 the capital stock having been increased to $495,000 an d a new granite weave shed of irregular shape , 364 feet long and 148 feet wide in its wides t part, two stories high, having been built, ne w machinery of every description was bought and installed, so that now the mill is practically a new mill with modern appliance s and contains 66,480 frame spindles and 1,76 4 looms (580 narrow and 1,184 wide), and gives employment to 600 hands. Loui s L. Barnard, for whom the mill was named , was the first president of the corporation , 1873 to 1880 . William H. Jennings was president, 1880 to 1885 ; Dr. James M. Aldrich succeeded Mr. Jennings, 1885 to I06 . a nd Bradford D. Davol has been president sinc e 1896. Nathaniel B. Borden has been treasurer since the formation of the corporation . Isaac L. Hart was the first superintendent , and died in December, 1886, and wa s succeeded by William Hathaway, the present in - cumbent. The directors are : Bradford D . Davol, Fall River ; Arnold B. Chace, Providence; William H. Gifford, North Westport; Leontine Lincoln, Fall River ; William H. Jennings, Fall River ; Simeon Borden , Fall River; Stephen A. Jenks, Pawtucket ; and Nathaniel B. Borden, Fall River . The Border City mills were incorporate d in 1872, with a capital of $1,000,000. S. An - gier Chace, George T . Hathaway, Stephe n Davol, Chester W. Greene, Elijah C . Kilburn , Charles P. Stickney, Alexander D . Easton , John M. Dean, William E . Dunham, James E . Cunneen and Horatio N . Durfee constitute d the board of direction ; S . Angier Chace wa s chosen president, and George T . Hathawa y treasurer. Mill No. 1 was built in 1872 and mill No . 2 the following year. November 2, 1877, mil l No. 1 was destroyed by fire . In the sprin g of 1878 this company failed and the propert y passed into the hands of its creditors . February 25, 1880, a new company wa s formed under the name of the Border City Manufacturing ,Company, with a capital .of $400,000. Walter C . Durfee, John S. Brayton , Crawford E. Lindsey, Alphonse S . Covel , Jonathan Bourne, J. Arthur Beauvais, Mose s W. Richardson, William H . Hill, Jr., George M. Woodward were elected directors ; Joh n S . Brayton was chosen president, Otis N . Pierce treasurer and William J . Kent superintendent . December 9, 1880 it was voted to rebuil d the mill destroyed by fire and to increas e the capital to $600,000 . May 24, 1882, the capital was again increased to $800,000 . April, 1882, Mr. Pierce and Mr. Kent re - signed and were succeeded by Edward L. Anthony as treasurer and Gilbert P. Cuttle as superintendent . May 15, 1888, it wa s voted to build mill No. 3 and the capital wa s increased to $1,000,000. The corporatio n now has 39,044 mule, 80,768 frame spindles and 2,956 looms . 2,324 of which are wid e looms . It employs 1,000 hands . Mr. John S. Brayton served as presiden t of the corporation until his death and was succeeded in November, 1904, by Thomas E . Brayton . Mr. Cuttle resigned as superintendent September 1, 1902, and was succeeded by John J. Shay. The Stevens Manufacturing Company wa s incorporated in 1892 with a capital o . Frank S. Stevens was president, Georg f $250,-000 e H. Hills, treasurer, and Frank S. Stevens , Robert T. Davis, Simeon B. Chase, Edwar d B. Jennings, George H . Hills, W. W. Crapo
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