Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-11-11
THE TOWN OF LOWELL.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EvESTsG POST.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EvESTSG POST.
Lo,cel-Ls orporoiions-Statistics cfiS Mdnutaures
Appearance Of The CHy-Character of the Cperations.
Among the many places Of nteres, eastern Massachu-
se Lowell stands prominent. capital stock of . o0o
owned y Twelve corporations, here invested in manufacture
ing. The Merack, the largest of the corporations, has
capital stock OF So O00 COO he other companies have
capital stock ,ayng from 81 500, 600 10 s2lo,OOO These
companies have aboat SO mills which contain 3Ol,297 spin
dies, and S749 looms They employ between twelve and
thirteen thousand hands, !sso.hirIs Of whom females.
The mills and factories o Lowell consumed last year 63 600
pounds Of cotton and GEO pounds of wool per week They
used 2 400 Of anthracite coal S. 800 bushels Of char
COAL $50 cords of wood. 100000 pounds of sarch and
165 barrels OF a3uf.
The aggregate c and wooen goods made in Lowell
per week is nearly nnn uan ..l. arOv~ rrI-~ r.
day which is enouEh u oAch from Boston Albany. Al
hi. rate they esoth enough in year Fre he cath
three tines During the last year the proportions Of
and wayleu goods made follows 92O 900 yards OF
coOa 29l yards Of wooen, aud $500 yards of carpet
ing The proportion made the present time Is about tie
same.
The Nrrimack is the largest Of the Lowell corporations It
runs g. 965 sPindles and 1920 looms. employs 2i5
hand-l 600 females and Gas males. Il makes 345 900
wards per week. and 10 900 pounds # One
of It's factories is 365 feet in length and 55 breadth, and
in height The rooms occupy the entire floor in
100 gds In another there 20 900 sTndles and 60
grs This building has been recently erected, aud the
cincry in is Of the most perfect and improved kind
The printing works OF this corporation well worth visit
ING and also the carpet works Of the Lowell company.
In addition the mills, where made the various articles
Of broadcolhs and cassees, and dngs the vste should
examine the extensive works Of the Lowell machine shop
This company employs 500 hands, and 1000 tons of
on annually They make all kinds Of cotton and woolen
machinery locomotives steau-euguc ard mlchnlsts tools
They can furnish machinery complete Cor mill Of 5000
sIndos in three months which is about the ae required for
he erection Of a building.
The average wages Of females Per week. clear Of board is
- al males per day, clear Of board - cents.
Lowell has three banks institutions for savings, in
sur1nce company, and public library of 1000 volumes
The peeonl population Of Lowell about 80 000 In 1920
il only 200 in 1880, GAIT and in lsi0, 20,9Sl.
In it, general appearance Lowell Is neat and pleasing The
artocs ard mills built in the form Of hollow square.
Thc ground enclosed is generally neatly tud end planted
with sjs trees, and in instances adorned with shrub
hery aud flowers Every thing about the mills kept per-
fecily neat, and also within them far possible.
Tnc grs IN the mills generally neatly clad, and they
exhibited in their and ia their
telgcace aud refinement than anticipated finding Great
is taken y the conductors Of these mills not TO admit any
operatives hut moral and w1hy persons and is thought
by those who know Of the operatives that they would
susr in comparison with equal number Of aborers in
any other community. q.
CoxsuRIAL SrGrIsTIcs-The publisher of the Lowell
Offering states late number iha, IN one mill, during tie
past eighteen wears eghytwo Of the boys and four hun
rtd and five 'gris" employed there, have been married
and from another mill one hundred and eghy-seyen of the
pfls have been married during FIVE years s1 from single
in another corporation t~enycishi were married ia
wear.