New-York tribune., 1841-04-22
LOWELL. MASS.

LOWELL, MASS.
The Lowell journal long contained interest;
or sketch Of the origin progress and present condition of
,be Manchester of America from the pen Of ELPHAET
c.sr Esq Postmaster at that place. The whole of would
fill four columns of our papcr aud mus, be with
an abstract which We lind in the Troy Daily Whig-as fol-
lows:
The town of Lowell was Incorporated March. 1925 On
The spot now occupied by the city. the population at the
time the first purchases made for manufacturing pnr
noses did no; exceed 200 souls In 1925 reached 1872
in 1890 it was 6477 in 1888, it was l2.3G3; IN 1886 ii
.yus II 633; and by the OF 1870 was 2098l Ii
is now only 20 years since the project of using the waters of
the Paw,cket Falls originated with several cntcrprng
,lemen of Boston and vicinity. The increase of population
has therefore exceeded thousand year, for 20
Probably it will continue increase the rapid rate
for ten years The city charter obtained in
1885.
Lowell is connected with Boston by the Middlcsex Canal
and the Boston and Lowell Railroad Distance, 2G miles
I, is connected with Nashua \. IL by Railroad - miles
in length, which will soon be continued TO concord ~ H.
about 80 miles further.
The great corporations of the city IL number and
The capital invested by them; l0600,000 dollars. the
Lock and Canal Company the proprcors Of the water
power Its capital 600 600 dollars The dam the
berrimack and the canals the city BY which It's
waters are conveyed the mills. made 10y il With
Two exccptors it built all the mills boarding houses and
machinery the other corporations II has shops
smthy and foundry, and gives employment 800
men, and when building mills aud boarding houses for
corporations 1900 Its principal building is called The
Machine Shop 1t manufactured articles TO the
amount of 100000 dollars per annum The stock in thus
corporation has been, if probably the best in
the world Besides selling land which
the principal part of the city stands prices varying
from one eighth of dollar dollar per square foot
which was purchased hundred dollars the
the profits all the mills and boarding houses has built
ON good contracts for the other corporations and the profits
on the Immense manufactures OF It's shops consisting princi
paly of full of machinery for cotton and WOODEN mills
locomotive engines ct cetrca ii reserves and receives an
nual for the power disposed OF for each mill
The aggregate capital of the remaining corporations
course 100000 dollars Besides these establishments
there are the Lowell Bcachcv the Powder
Works of o. NJ. Wipple, Esq; the Flannel Mills the
Whitney Mills, where blankets of the very best quality and
finish are made; Batting Mill; Card and Whip Factory
of White and Co.; extensive Bobbin Factory of the
Mcssrs Douglass; planning Machines o Broos and Picker
ing: Carriage and Harness Manuuctorv of DAY.
Converse and Wht,rcdgc Sash and Door Factory of j. II
Rand-cnployng together capital oi about 100000 and
400 operatives The whole number of males employed in
all the manufacturing establishment, the city about
1000 and of females 700. Very few children are en-
poved is provided bv the laws of the Commonwealth
that all youths employed the mills under Ii years age
shall attend the schools three months Of twelve
wear The average wages OF females is two dollars per
week. clear of board and Of males hands so cents
per day. clear of board. All paid monthly The total
amount of average monthly wages, OF winch board bills
must be paid. about 5000 dollars making yearly az
grcgae paid operatives by all the corporations 0OO
600 dollars.
The weekly produce of the mills 2aC5 800 yards OF cot
ION CLOTH of which 1000 Of the kind called
negro cloth The Is mostly coarse, and fine
sheetings shrngs drillns- and fannol large
portion of the finer goods i manufactured IN calcoc the
Mcrimack print works and small portion of The coar>cr
fabric is printed the Hamilton PRINT works 1900 yards
broadco,h and 5000 yards of cashmere produced
per week. by the Nddle>eN Company; and 1000 wards OF
carpeting and 80 measuring ward and three
forths EACH by the Lowell Company. making weekly az
gregac of 1865 $50. and yearly of $500 100 yards
Thus it will be that this city manufactures fraction
Al yards cloth per year, for every and
child the United States allowing The population bv To-
100000 81 zoo wards of clc,h dyed and printed per
week. The consumption of cotton, per week, IN all the
mills, is I025 bales. $4,000 pounds. The yearly
sumption Of wool i. in the Mddcsex Mills 600000 and
in the Carpet 1885 pounds making together 039,536
pounds The Mlddle>eN Company consumes, per amman
S01G000 teaSels All the Companies consume per annr
1860 tops of anthracite coal 10 cords of wood 500 900
bushels OF charool 65.2S9 gallons o OIL 600 pounds Of
starch and 5000 barrels OF hoar for starch
There are Banks IN the city. besides Savings Ist
and the Railroad Bank S00,G90 dollars In the savings
Institution are deposited $4,000 dollars, which $50 Ooo
dollars belong 10 operatives in the actoeS. lostv females
There Lowell Is religious Ey,i>-
copslian Two Methodist Frccw Baptist. two Christian
TWO Unyerslist, three 0rhodcN, three Baptist Catho
he and one Unitarian Fourteen of these societies worship
in elegant churches three Orthodox Two Baptist,
Methodist two UnivcrsalS; Episcopal Frccwih
Baptist Christian the Roman Catholic, and ne raa
rian. The others occupy convenient halls ne fourteen
churches or ,iectisuhorScs with their furniture and dressings,
cost no, less than 100000 dollars The eighteen societies