Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-11-20
GROWTH OE TOWNS

Fuchburg IN Massachusetts, shows nm
increase OF about u thousand inhabitants
since the starting Of iisRailroad three years
ago SAYS the edi or Of the Massachusetts
ploughman
Frchburg was nothing more than an or
binary town. ill one VI It's enlcrprnng aud
pcrscvering ciizcns Alvnh Crockcr Esq
backed by a few OF his townsmcn, has
made 1t place of as much const quence as
Worcester was only few years ago.
And how was this done Why, Mr. &
& Go brought hi. town three times us near
to the great centre OF NJ England. as II
formerly stood He was the handspring in
laying the!Flchburg Railway, at the cost
of only one lhird ofIhc Wore, ster, and one
fourth OF the Lowell Railway
The substantial character Of its growth
10 10 some measure demops,rai,d By The
erection Of durable edi6ces Of brick and
granite, ins,end Of those card house slruc.
lures 50 often built daring the sn'i.r aud
rapid growth Of our American towns
The Nashua river turnishes large wa.
ter power 10 tins town. and is now lmptov.
cd and about 10 be Improve 10 us utmost
capacity, the water forming lis m live pow
| or 10 utarly hir'v n'huuftc'Ctics Of differ.
eat A.nIs ni.,aiy bunk and IA process Of G.
/ rcctlon Il Is often n matter Of surprise 20
/ s,angcfs visiting the place. that a stream o.
1 comparatively so anal volume OF water
can furnish so much power, but II is es.
/ planned by the fact that the fall from the
pom, Of us entrance into Fdchburg, to the
! Inc Of Lcomiuscr IL more thnn three han.
drcd feet, the distance beng about five
mics. About two bunircd feet Of the fall
IS now in use, nn1 there are new privileges
becoming occupied and old ones undergo
lng improvements almost constantly
Thrre are four establishments for The
manufacture Of cotton goods now IN opern
I'm, which are. however small 10 tompar
son with ,tae Lowell mills ! under
stand that the Crockrr Companions, with
a ca pitsl stock OF 500 900 already sub
sctbcd, purpose er,etiuga mill about th'
SIZE Of che Of the Mefimack mills FOR The
manufacture Of cotton goods, On an unOc
cupied privilege IN lheIt pos"t''on Their
arc TIRE. manufactures OF wooden goods. o
two OF which a very good article OF broad
c 10th nsd cassImer's Is made the other D
devoted To the manufactured negro cloths
'rberh ace three seythe manufactures n
operation. three paper mills, and saw m,Ils
= gfisl mills 81 III abundance AvahCfock
- En- - erecting a brick building 49,
hundred feet long, belKecn thirty and fou'
feet vide, aud four stories high, for a TaH
road car manuf.etory 10 be occupied b.
: Messu davenport s. Bridges CambrIg'
b. port Mrssu Clnk 4 Blackburn AZ
building factory Of granite and BRICK, on
hundred and iony let long by hny ~
6 wade and -four stories high, Tor cotton good
and Mss.s A + kImbslI n Go. are bai
l ding scy,he factory Of granhe one bundle
I by forty lrtt, al Of Which are on She Nasi
{ Va, sn1 " hen finished nil give employ
b menl 10 a large number Of hands lhef
p. na spacious brick ho,-l now bu,il ng al
= neafl, hnahsd m the ,mmrdi1le 'i,lDHy
r the Railroad drpo; Il - about the slIe
d the American HOUSE al I.nuci
}. The Railroad station Houses Of FHc'
burg are prubsbl, the mosl substantial bni
o dings ios the pa pose 20 the tn'on. II
d passsrgsr tspa - 200 E~,t 10 length, boi
3 o. grsGits lsi 10 ,Cm,m