The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-11-02
From the Boston Gazette.
MANUFACTURERS IN MASSACHUSETTS


MANUFACTURES IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, has
a capital of 200, 900, (the whole OF which
has been paid in,) and was Incorporated ~
1921. II is situated in the eastern part OF
Chelmsford, in Middlesex county, nea. Pa
tucket Falls, and on the Canal constructed
IN 1898 by the proprietors of the Middlesex
canal. the first in the United States. The
fall OF the Merrimack at Patucket. is thirty
feet The distance N. w. from Boston, is
TWENTY-FIVE miles, and from Salem, about
the same distance. 10 the hourishlng
village Of Hayherhill, on the Merrimack, and
nearer to the sea, it is twelve miles from
Chelmsford.
Five mills have already been erected, con-
tanning 4ooo spindles each: and three, fur
nished with proper machinery, are also IN
operation. Another, with machinery, will
be ready first of January next About 200
men, and 1870 women, are employed Ill each
mill. None are under the aye of -; and We
ry few are so young.
The wages Of these persons depend, In
some measure, upon their skill and industry.
Some earn 50 week. and others only one,
besides board, which is 81 25. in each mill
tzvo thousand fve hundred yards are woven
daily, of No. ~, 80 and 40 yarn respective
ly.-All this is Dlesched; and about three
four,hs of it is printed. Those exhibited in
Boston. at the great fair lately, are fully e
gual to those from Taunton, in the opinion
of all who examined them.
In the print and bleach work, fifty men
and thirty women are employed. The
whole work is carried on in the yard, from
preparing the colors to the engraving of the
Cylinders.
An extensive Woolen Mandatory was
established at this place before 1921, and has
lately increased in business
Since the Mcrrimack Manufacturing Com .
pany commenced building, there have been
built, in this part of Chelmsford. (now Lo-
well,) 900 houses, and the village is rapidly
increasing.
It may be proper to observe, that in 1925
the proprietors of the Locks and Canals on
Merrimack river having increased their
stock in the sum of S60o,000, purchased OF
the Merrimack Manufacturing Company all
their spare land, and the residue OF the wa
ter power the latter had created, and also a
large machine shop, where machinery for 2
mills are completed annually. In these, 200
first rate workmen in iron, wood, &c. are
constantly employed. A ton and more OF
castings is reduired daily, and furnished by
furnace within four miles. A company
called the Hamilton Manufacturing Compa-
nv, has recently erected two mills on land
purchased of the proprictors of the Cana
and Locks, one of which is in operation
They also have capital of 6 hundred thou
sand dollars, and their buildings are o
brick.
The Merrimack is nayigable over hun
T Il fxr z..l,.
dant supplies of wood, lumber, and brick :
The communication with Boston is great,
facilitated by the Middlesex Canal, by mean
of which, all heavy articles are transporte,
at comparatively low rate. The cana
packet boat runs three days week, and
stage goes out and in every day or two, fron
Boston: besides others to Worcester, New
buryport. Dover, and Concord. in N. H. &c
A bridge is also now building over the Mer
rimack, near the junction with Concord riv
er.
The water power of Lowell is great an
abundant, and its quality is excellent for dy
ing and bleaching.
Shepherd Woollen Factory. at NorthamE
ton, on Connecticut river. The capital
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
persons employed, one hundred and twelve
thirtvseven thousand and FIVE hundred yard
of superhne and second quality BroadclotF
manufactured annually; and in this, $500
bs. of Saxon and American wool of fir!
quality are used.
In another factory, belonging TO Messr
Cooks, in Northampton ten thousand yarl
have been made in ten months, being abol
forty yards day; for this, about twent,
five thousand pounds of raw wool are worS
ed Annually. Much of this work is done b
machinery. One Jenny in Cooks Factor,
has one hundred spndles-three other
eighty each; and Billy, fifty spindles.-
The capital of this factory, we do not c,
acsly know,