Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-09-28
poRrsMoura. N. III. Aug. 10.

IN 1910 mere were IN New Hampshire
but twelve manufacturing establish
ments, with 1886 spndles- and the whole
amount Of wcllen, cotton, faxen, and
tow cloth manufactured by them and by
families throughout the state in that year
was only 4,274,isJ yards. There are
now in this state more than fftg cotton
and woolen factories, and the amount
OF cloth manufactured annually, cannot
be far from so,oo0,000 yards. Some of
the towns in the vicinity Of Portsmouth
have within few years been wonder
fully changed from agricultural to man
ufacturing pursuits. The factory estab-
lishments Of Dover, Newmarket, Som
ellsworth, Berwick, sc. have made our
neighbourhood a manufacturing district,
and The future good or bad effects OF this
pursuit, must IN time have great influ-
ence upon our prosperity.
In lssa, that part of Somersworth
called Great Falls, contained but tseo
dwelling houses. Now the eyes of tho
visiter are greeted with a pleasantly si-
tusted and beautiful village of between
sixty and seventy buildings, chiefly e.
rected within the last two years, either
built of brick, or painted, and many of
them of the same size and appearance,
laid out with so much regularity, that il
exhibited in picture, il would partaka
too much of formalty to appear natural
This is exclusively manufacturing VIII
lage-notbing 10 TO be seen but what hss
some relation to the establishment.
Here are four factories one for cot
ton, built Of wood, stories, (including
basement and attic,) 35 feet wide and
65 feet long, containing 1900 spindles,
and manufactures 7,Oe0 yds. No. 90 cot
ton cloth weekly.
One of brick, 5 stories, rs by i5e feet,
containing nearly 5000 spindles, and
will manufacture from 10000 to $4,000
yards No. 30 cloth per week.
One of brick, stories, 40 by $50
feet, exclusively for b-oadcloths.
One recently erected, of brick, sto-
RES high, AZ by $50 feet, for cotton and
woollen manufacture. This is the most
extensive building devoted to the manu-
featuring purposes in New Hampshire,
if not in New England.
There is also a building of brick, 4
stories high, 80 by 1874 feet, occupied
as a dye house for the manufacture Of
carpets, &c. another house of brick, 8
stories, 80 by 100 feet, for drying "A
building Of brick, IS by s., for trip
hammers and machine shops. There IS
also an extensive range of work shops.
30 dwelling houses OF wood, stories
high, "a by 40 feet; 5 extensive board
ing.houses; FIVE brick blocks, three sto-
ries. OF 50 BIZ so fee. each; and great
number of buildings occupied By me-
chanics. A spacious and elegant brick,
hotel, s stories high, has also been cree
ted, where the traveller meets with
good accommodations.
The village contains about 1900 In
habitants- about 1000 of whom are en-
rolled in the factory books. This estab-
lishment is situated on Salmon Falls Ri
yer, about three miles from tide water.
The resources of the river are album
danL having extensive ponds for reser-
voirs The fall at the control Of the
Great Falls company is 100 feet, and
only about one sixth Of the power will
be used for the factories now built.
1t is asserted in the Rhode isisrj Journal
thai the manufactures Of nat State aIone, con-
same 7airty TaoEsa,sa Balss sf Css.sn annually.