American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-11-30
AvrRjeAy MANUFACTURES.

cevt4G Qaestlo.s pr"pndnaeu uyhin 10 ar. DoclI'
FpntV, 0ct,ber IS. 1897.
DEAR SfA believe thr following brief state
men. embrace, all thc objects specified IN YOUR
frtte, q lie 22, If. however. have ~ my haste
on,ttrd aay te;ag. viii checrfaly supply it.
WI resfi, Is Az. Iivrds works. ain very IN
perfect, info. med. and should prefer YOU to draw
yorr Inflammation istGn some Other source.
There are now ia fall operation at Lowell, six
rot,nn mills. tour stories high, l55 feet by ~,
tanning 25.LUO spiniles. and about $50 oOms. in
which were made ,ae last wear. 5o92.i0S yards
Of cnth weighing i.0l5.5 pounds. from LILO
9sg pounds Of raw cotton. Inc numbers ol yarn.
% ~ so and 40. Two mils for twllled, and
four fos plain goods Three other mills are GOV
e,el in: the first Wal o. started in January, and
the other two in July aud January following. There
are now employed 1860 persons IN the mills, nine
:rnths Of whom are females 90 Of whom are from
IL toll wears Of age. Adjoining the mills OF the
alerimac Manufacturing Company are their bleach
and print works. covering more ground, but equal
IN capacity to two mills, something over nun
bred are here Employed, about oneiitth females
and onc-fifth BOYS. None are taken under r.
Apprentices are taken at IA to 10 until 81; re-
=e,iug. for the first year, including board. Sl25
and S25 ~ addition, each succeeding year. FIX
cept in the print works, there no foreigners, and
those do not exceed one quarter part. iMliy wa
ge5 would perhaps average 80 cents the minimum
being 81 !, and maximum 600. At present about
two and half million yards printed; the resi-
due are sold bleached. The average value OF the
otats IS about is cents; Of the bleached goods -
70 i 5 cents. The Foundation Of the first mill was
laid in 1922. and the first return OF cloth Nov.
1928 Belonging to the mills aud print works, and
in their immediate vicinity, are $50 tcneinents,
about - hv So feet. which rent at from GO to ZOO
dollars per annum. IAe mal5ine shop is of the
same Dimensions as the mills, and gives employ
rnent tn about so mechanics average wages about
80 cents but a large portion OF the work IS by
contract, and done BY the apprentices Of the con
tractors. many Of them from 4 to dol
lars per day There ave SO enemcnts attached to
the shop, the rent II each Of which Is about 30 dol
lars per annum. TIE cast iron is Furnished. from
General Heach's furnace. about miles above !;
cpn-un ption averages ton daily
HE company 10 whom the machine shop bplungs.
have large tract Of land, and an immense water
power, and ale prepared 70 furnish machinery q
all descriptions at short notice. and erect tie
ccssafy buildings. They nave lately cnntractedI
II erect two mitls. l55 by a.. iiea' tie ,ane, and
furnish tie machinery capable Of making three
millions Of wards Of cloth yard vide, Of No. III
warn. per annum. to hui(l 50 three story Eick ten
erent>. agents house, and out buildings, 70 tnr-
ui-h 3 acres &c land, ami ample water p0Wer, and
60 put the same in operation, for about S5o00oO.
Besides those steadily employed in the mills.
&c. find constant work HE amount Of capital
actually Invested is s2,400,OO0, VIZ:
Merr,nac Manufacturing COM any, Sl,?o0o00
riopretors OF i, aud Canals $4,000
Hamilton Manufacturing Company, 6vO,OuO
Wlth respect IL tile appreciation OF land, will
mention fact: purchased, IN 1922, nine tenths
pnli,ded Ut farm OF Ito acres, Tor Sl,SO0
ike oNte. OF the other one tenth had agreed to
convey Il for $500; but lying suddenly insoyent,
t was sod w. order Of the court, and gave for
seven and half tcnths of his one tenth, upwards
81 $500. All lis debts being satisfied, the re-
na.n.er sod year afterwards for the benefit
of minor children, tnr nearly $4,000, Land favor
ABLY situated, Is worth Is cents loot, and there
are few spots that would command 80. In 1929,
che Whol. population Of that ralt OF Chelms-
ford Which n0w constitutes Lowell, dil not, eX
elusive Of Mr.. iiutd NH. exceed 1905 it is now
probably 5000. The solitary store keeper Of 1922.
is upW surrounded bY numerous rivals, and there
ATE few .uxlfies, aud no accessories, that sharp
competition among the dealers does not enable tle
consumer 10 purchase as eEssap in Lowell as he
can in hostun.
lowell is situated q mi!cs \. w. Of Boston,
IN the Mer snack river, and i divided from
IeWkcs5Gry by the Concord, which here Falls III
20 the Meiria,ack. MulIle,ex Cara cmpties into
.ae Meyrimack mile above Lowell. aud furnishes
cheap CONVEYANCE for heavy articles. At pre-
sent no manufactured goods arc conveyed by TINS
channel to Boston, there being no suitable boats
and, indeed, if there were, unless the tolls were
considerably Iower. there would be little saving
leaning Is done tor 20 cents per cwt and the
goods carried to any point. Tie canal trrnina
ting in Charles river, trucking would be necessary
and the expense would thus very nearly equa
teaming.
The consumption Of foreign articles in Lowell
such as madden, sumac, indigo, &c. gives employ
snent for far morc tens Of shipping than would b
seauued to bring tile manufactured goods from
abroad; ard, at the same time, furnishes to on
own coasters an immense increase Of freight hy it
I.,o.pI f,r tim nrnuucts nf thn nthar Gtnt,