The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-04-06
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c1paiiou sud business ut llr people lty.
ing among these bil-. has changed more
OF iesss and every year sees new projects
for business. and new plans for the DE-.
velopmcul Of cur liu a measured siill uu.
. opeued treasures 81 raw material, which
has so long waited to be- worked up aud
carried 10 the great markets.
No town Of the ,ize of Arlington.
twenty year, ago) Ina thi, country, has
felt the forward movement more. or d0uc
more Ia the way Of manufactures aud
general improvement, TO keep up with
tie spirit Of the age. On almost
every iiulc stream and mountain brook
Ia The town, have sprung up mill, aud
factories, Of different Kinds, giving varied
employment to willing hands; tbu, in-
crea-inR our population, aud making o.
good home market for the produce OF the
farmer aud at better prices then ia oldeu
time, even m city markets. Aud on all
sides are seen evidences Of thrift aad in-
dependence unknown during the first half
ofthi- century, wien BE- hmlu-vHg0u
and ,'asc-coach were the vehicle. or com
muuicalion through thi. valir, The
Old fashioned saw Hill, with is up one
day, and down the ue1t, movement, has
given place to The gang and circular
doing more work and ui q better manner.
ia oue day, than it> predecessor Zoo ,iA,
still, the demand ior lumber aud wooden
ware Increases, Notwithstanding the inn
proved machinery brought into use, and
the increased facilities for their produr.
/ lion, and new mills are going up every
year, on all sides.
/ All this life aud progress, we claim 10
hc the result Of railroads n and through
this valley, bringing tie city market TO
our very doors, Keeping our Young men
at home ia our mills and shops, who
else would have 10 leave these barren hin,
for other and more productive soils. In
connection with this, glance at some of
our manufacture. may not be out of
place.
Among the most prominent establish
ments that have sprung up in this yiciui-
ty during the period before spoken OF. is
that of the Douglass Manufacturing Co.,
situated on the line of the towns of sun F.
derland and Arlington, for the manutae-
ture OF mechanics tools. These works
have grown from small beginning, to be
among the largest Of the kind in the coun-
try, and their tools are well known
throughout the entire continent. And
within year or two, they have also made |
some shipments to Great Britain, in COM
petition with their old and well es-
tablished tools, and starvation prices of
labor, and have been fayorably received.
These works are now owned by f. l..
Ames, of North Easton, Mass, and ander
the direct management of Mr.. n. r.
Douglass, practical mechanic, and a
thorough business man, and who was the
originator of the business here, and has
been with it from the commencemens
aud TO whose close attention the good
name of the works and high reputation of
its tools are in a great measure due.
Here are manufactured all STYLES and
kinds of chisels and drawing knives, also
boring machines of styles Pc
culiar 10 themselves, and which are called
the best now made.
Within the last year or two, the making
of dove-tailed boxes of thin wood, for
packing hardware has been added and
now quite large business is done in this
department for their own use, and that Of
other manufacturers.
The iron and steel used at these works
is imported directly for them, and is Of !
the best quality to be found. The tools
are thoroughly inspected, from the forge
through the different stages of hammer
ing, temperiug, grinding, polishing, and
finally at the packing, by expert and ex- .
perienced hands, 80 thai now scarcely q
tool is returned.
These work, are al present driven with n
orders, and give employment toabout one +
hands. The employment given
here and the money paid out by thi, c.-
adjustment !. great source OF pros +,
perity and growth to the east part Of the d,
town. The impetus has also been felt IN +,
he staid old town of Sunderland thanks
10 the leayen infused into her system by =.
chiselyilc, increasing her population and o.
her grand list IN no small degree. /,
We have next in the extreme eastern q
part OF the town with mill in Sunderland, a
the work. of Il. W. Stafford. The mill is d
4 first class one, aud has good, reliable L
water power aud Is kept busy most Of the +
year on custom work In this factory Is g
made the celebrated Mclaughlin pump, e
1Ot 10 freeze and 8cknoWl- +
edged to be the best well ami cistern Il
pump a. we'll as the cheapest aud simplest =
made lle also manufactures peculiar :
pattern Of zinc washboard, Of which pat
.nt be is the owner Quite large g.
amount Of wares are turned out by him !,
a the course OF the year. IA.
In the village Of Fast Arlington we dud 4
he Grist Mil Of Weerworth Stakeholder
i Go, situated 0a. or very near the site Fl
II the first house built Ia town. by Re- q
member Baker, one hundred yesr. ago 4
Their mill has been greatly enlarged and h
repaired within few ycar., a
,nd Is doing "A large custom sud stock .
business, al
A short distance down the same stream %
We aud tie factory oi Juds0a and Bill b