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TOWN AWAITS DOOM BY FLOOD CONTROL DAM Continued From First Page Announcement this morning, howrver, that Governor Francis P. Murphy Intended to fight the government pro- Pose! to take the territory by right of tmtinent domain for the proposed dam enews the feeling of uncertainty. The ttovernor's threat gives a, feeling here that another indefinite delay must be looked for before any definite action is elten by the federal government. Kverything has been at a standstill in this village, while the population waited for the State and federal authorities to adjubt differences. While a large number of property owners have been resigned to the hought that their homes, businesses tnd lands will be blotted out by the proposed dam, and have been looking About for new communities in which to locate, there are those who have not elven up hope that the proposal would never go through. Today's situation Inns set the community agog again and .ievelopmenis will be earnestly followed -In the controversy between tha. ttovernor and the flood control department of the federal government. 150 POpuiction Dropping The town of Hill, whose potnilation was formerly around GOO, was 468 in IMO, and is now lower. The village formerly had a thriving glass cutter manufactory. The building now is being used for shingle manufacturing. There was also a successful needle factory., which has been abandoned. <strong>4.</strong> successful cretch factory and a wood working factory are left. These last factories are on high ground, not within the area to be flooded, On the hills In the western part of the town there are many fine , ummer homes and I good farms, hut the territory marked for flooding by the dam takes so much of the de- '.eloped and residential part that there %%mild not be enough left to have a -th•cessful township. Churches, schools, hotels, garages, •tores, halls, one factory, postoffice, a portion of the White Mountain State road and other roads, the public water '"stem and electrlo system are a few of the important objects in line for A ha ndon me n t. On the Pemigewasset River, below are the Golden Rule Farm, a eharitable Institution for boys; the Forest Vale Camp for girls, the Bonnie Brae Cabins, several summer cottages and farms, which would all be wiped out.
Thirty thousand acres were granted in 1754 to form the Town of New Chester and little did the original grantees know the future would hold a change in name and a major move of the village from the low lands to the plateau. Most of the syndicate of grantees came from Chester, thence the name New Chester. For nearly three-quarters of a century the tiny village of Hill witnessed the rise' and decline of one of New Hampshire's earliest and most prestigious industries, needlemaking. At the turn of this century, Hill was one of five New Hampshire communities with a factory producing sewing machine needles, so much in demand by New England's booming textile industry. In 1973, the National Needle Co.,- the last of Hill's long line of needle manufacturers, closed its doors, although the company had not produced a needle since the early post World War 11 era. In 1900 Frank R. Woodward owned and operated the first known needle-making factory in Hill, later known as the George H. Adams and Co. The Hill factory produced a type of knitting needle called the latch needle, whose US patent Franklin industrialist Walter Aiken had acquired in 1864 after prolonged and expensive litigation. Except for a few old timers, little has survived telling us of factory life in Hill during the early years of this century. One such old timer is Mrs. Corinne (Colby) Horrigan, an 89- Hill: The town that moved The main street More than 100 years later New Hampshire had a governor named Isaac Hill and in the minds of some his name should be carried on forever. It stimulated quite a battle, a battle which is still discussed today. But the powers that be prevailed and New Chester was renamed Hill. The renaming was a trauma, but further down the line was to be an experience of greater trauma.. .the moving of the village. year-old resident of Peabody Nursing Home, Franklin who can still vividly recall her first job working in Hill's first known needlemaking factory. "At fifteen .1 was the youngest girl working' there," recalled Mrs. Horrigan, whose three year stay at the Hill factory initiated a forty seven -year career working at various needlemaking factories in the Franklin-Laconia area. "I believe my mother was the one who wanted to move down from Hill Center to the so she could be closer to things," described Mrs. Horrigan, whose father gave up farming to become a tool machinist in theVillage. "I really missed the farm. the frail, chair-ridden lady added. "It was my home, you know, At the factory Mrs. Horrigan hand ground latch needles, an assembled needle of two parts, an improvement over le earlier one piece counter-part the spring beard needle. Later. on, she also operated the machinery that was soon to make her hand craftsmanship obsolete. "What I particelarly liked about grinding needles by hand was the rythm of tie work," Mrs. Horrigan continued, taking a few of the old Hill village In 1936, this area experienced a flood and the lower village felt its impact as it was nestled along the lowlands. This stimulated quiet talk of moving to a new village, and the loss of 40 percent of taxable property. Talk continued, but cool minds prevailed as the dam in Franklin was officially started in July 1939 by the <strong>Army</strong> Corps of Engineers and the realities of flood waters got closer to home. 151 moments to gather her thoughts. "I could pace my work as I liked. Not so with a machine," she added. According to Mrs. Horrigan, most of the factory workers were women, "the ones who did the finer work," while a few men maintained the machinery. - Mrs. Horrigan used to arrive for work at seven in the morning every weekday, occasionally on Saturdays when there were rush jobs. "It used to be we had to work nine hours a day," she remarked. "Then a new law changed it to eight hours. The boss was pretty careful to keep it at that." Mrs. Horrigan, although she can no longer recall exactly how much salary she received, seems to _have enjoyed her work. "For three years I was the only latch needle grinder there," she declared with pride, leaning forward to give emphasis to her words. "But I guess I had just about run my limit when the machines came in." By 1914, due to a reduction in government tariffs, the German made latch needle had become the standard for the American sewing industry. Representing the Hill Company then owned by By January 1940 the folks in the lower village were banding together and making plans to move, the moving operation starting in March 1940. Some of the old New England homesteads were inched up the hill by horse completed by June 1941. Instead of the possibility of suits and countersuits with the Federal government over Jand takings, the people of the lower village saw an opportunity and accepted it. George H. Adams, factory manager Jean M. Shaw, a later Franklin insurance company owner, successfully persuaded US Congress to raise tariff barriers just before WWI ended German imports. Aided by the ensuing war effort, the American needlemaking industry prospered well into the early 20s. By 1921 the number of needle companies in New Hampshire had reached a maximum of ten, declining to four in 1933. At present there are no needlemaking factories still operative in the Franklin area. The rise of mid twentieth century synthetic fabrics demanded a smoothness of finish and fineness of dimension bit needlemaking considered impossible by earlier needlemakers. More sophisticated engineering, newer machinery and greater capital, combined in larger, yet more concentrated manufacturing units, left the remnants of early New Hampshire. needlemaking factories obsolete. But the contribution made to the bicentennial industrial history of America by needlemaking companies, such as the one in Hill, is undeniable, having reached deep into American homelife.
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ABSTRACT Little systematic knowledg
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INTRODUCTION Little systematic know
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Methodology This case study is desi
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Families in Hill were once again se
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New Hampshire. As part of the Frank
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Photograph 3. BUILT AROUND 1800, TH
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The job of the selectmen was, to a
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„ Photograph 7. ONE OF THE TWO CH
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there and estahlish an industry, be
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and moving to a new locale, a new v
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only give them a mortgage if.they h
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Photograph 11. HOUSES WERE MOVED FR
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THE NOW APPROACHING' VILLAGE HILL N
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Photograph 16. THE NEEDLE FACTORY W
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Photograph 18. A TYPICAL HOME BUILT
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G is HILL,. NEW HAMPSHIRE- — -u--
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the area about the proposed flood p
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the newly appointed director of the
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with employment. Two small industri
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town might be threatened by a water
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The major individual benefits appea
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Public Sector. The relocation of Hi
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The total payment for all public fa
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playgrounds - $5,000; WPA Project -
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TREND ANALYSIS The preceding narrat
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TOWN PO PULATI ON • ilrio 1800 1-
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shows no abrupt changes. Payment of
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1 YEAR - Figure 12. ASSESSED VALUE
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YEAR Figure 13. VALUATION OF TOWN P
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1 were more than 200,000 farms in N
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SURVEY The trend analysis described
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communities have seen has been in s
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life which was more prevalent in an
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village. While the move brought har
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CONCLUSIONS This retrospective stud
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Many of the'changes.that the town h
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. . BIBLIOGRAPHY . _ . _ , . . Balt
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New Hampshire Register. Portland, M
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APPENDIX A INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZA
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20) Michael Goldman National Archiv
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APPENDIX B - TABLE 1 HILL RELOCATIO
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APPENDIX B - TABLE 2 STATE REVENUES
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APPENDIX C 'FINDINGS FROM THE QUEST
Page 111 and 112: QUESTIONS FOR RELOCATED POPULATION
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Page 117 and 118: RELOCATION 1936 March 12 ' Floods o
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Page 129 and 130: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TAXPAYER Publishe
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Page 157 and 158: " Doomed by Vast Reservoir. 17, .73
Page 159 and 160: 1 1 • ; • By DIXIE BROWN HILL
Page 161: Ann Clement, who has lived in Hill
Page 165 and 166: Hill Industry Grows FromOneManto27
Page 167 and 168: Friday, October 22, was a red lette
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Page 171 and 172: Concord Daily Monitor Nov. 4, 1927
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