Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-02
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nature,
Lawrence is to Ia, rrincinaIv devoted TO Nanufac-
tpripg aud tho first stems that ,vcrc taken for this
purpCsc was by the Essex Company, who received
their ch,rtrr March 90th ISl5 which uncovered
tLrn, IN LuiIl = L,,o md canal and crcot, wafer
newer for n,an"rrt,Irina nnrnos,s having a capta
If enc million dollars on th. Isl Auoust lSl5 the
c,,c,,.,t; o.. do f,,,,.t;,, r tn, Am, was COM
n,rrr,I ON III, NJ .bn.r siL md nj This tin,c is in
surh s,t or fr,,rI,,,s. ns tI warrant ,,, in say.
inc, that the work win b, c9mplctrd by November
lst l-l5 in the best manner after overcoming ub>tl-
rl,s of a scr;nu. n,,nr, M, lam, i oJD t,ct in
.noth 36 G,rt tbirk NJ the found zion with a slop.
of on inch TO the foot on the 'front.' or down stream
side, and th, hrirht varying from "a TO SO feet ac-
clrIn.s to the bed of the river 1t is built ON solid
rock foundation and th, face, Of Granite hammered
ON th bed and uiId aud vertical onts the remain
der i ruIL. stone. Of I,rw,. diuTp.ions laid in &C.
r,rnt The dam when COMPLETED will present one
of thr finest nj, res of masonry in orr country
The canal is on, mile Ion@. 100 feet wide at the
upp,r end 10 nj th, lower and 10 feet deep. 4
part of fhc labor on th, Canal was very severe hav
ing TO cut through lcdgc Of rock at the upper end,
thou~h il formed an immOyahl, foundation for the
rates and supporters.
The FOLLOWING COMMANDS have received their
charters for manuiact,irur different kinds Of wool
and cotton goods Bay State Mills for the manuiac
tur, of Wool cpitul 900 900 dollars: Atlantic Cot
ton Mills cmitai 1000 900 dollars; Union Mills for
the manufacture of Wool capital n0OODO dollars;
BIrachin.r and Dvciu, COMPANY capital 500. 900 dol
lars Thus il will be seen that including the Essen
Companv the amount of canitaI already Incorporated
for manufacturing is D. 500 900 dollars Besides this
large amount the Bay state Bank has been cstab-
shcd with A capital OF poo, OOO dollars and the Law
renee. Mutual Insurance, COMPANY 80 900 dollars,
the amount to be subscribed. You will perceive by
this that they do not lack means 10 carry tins
great work. and with such men as the LawrcnccS at
the head, You may rest assured that active hands
and stout hearts engaged TO do the work i'll pro-
per manner. 1t the intention first 10 call the
city "NIcrrimack,' but after while there arose
some dissatisfaction TO the name, and as the place
became more thlckly populated, 4 majority Of the
people were in favor OF Its bearing the name Of is
great founders y meeting was held, and by gone
raj consent the name was changed 10 ''lawrcncc,
and now it stands rising monument TO those bcnc-
VIOLENT and cntvrpri>iHs mrn, who seem 10 value
The Bay State Mills arc advanced in building
than either Of the other Companies. \ large Por-
ton Of their immense machine shop and wool house,
wings, and three aud a half stories high IS com
pictcd and the actory Itself Is up seven stories In
the building, the bricks aud mortar are carried up by
steam 70 the top Of the building, by means Of end
less chain, to which the h0dS hooked. The
boarding houses attached to these Mills for the opcr
ativcs are already finished. The Sewer is of cast
iron pipe. two lengths, of 700 feet each Laid with
three thckncsscs Of brick in cement, which run into
one of 100 feet long and four feet in diameter, which
runs into the river This is the most solid piece of
work Of the kind in New England. When in full
operation the Bay State Mills will consume two mill
lions pounds Of wool per annum,--more by 300, 900
sex Mills at Lowell. The Atlantic Cotton Mills are
progressing very fast with their Mills have been
unable TO collect any information concerning these
Mills and those of the other Corporations in the
ncighborhood. The Essex Company Foundry is
in full opcration-thc machine shop 400 feet long.
sixty feet widc and five stories high. 1t will give
employment to about six hundred hands, and is in
tended to be- throughout the best establishment of the
kind Oh the American continent.
| have forgotten 10 mention before that the Spgot
river runs through the northern and extrcm
ty of Lawrence on this river is a factory, where the
principal part of the wood work Of Chickering's
icbratcd Piano Fortcs are manufactured. 1t is own
ed and carried on by the Messrs. Stevens & Son.
Besides these there are already in operation scvc-
raj steam mills for saving timber and making ma
chincrv
Three Railroads will pass through or terminate at
Lawrence The Essex Railroad from Salem TO Law
renee and on to Manchester; the Boston and Maine
Railroad. uppcr route. will pass through Lawrence
and on 10 Portland Me; the Lawrence and Lowell
Railroad. The population of the city at present is
between 3 and 5000 persons a great proportion of
whom males. Should the population increase n