Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-07

each 300 feet long by 10 wide, an Office and
storehouse 100 by 50 feet, four lumber sheds
1872 feet each in length with other buildings,
the aggregate Of floor room in the main struc-
ture reaching 100000 square feet, or nearly four
acres in extent. One million and half of
bricks were used in the construction Of the
works, which were finished during the past
year, and are now in successful operation. The
machinery is run by an engine of $50 horse
power built by the Putnam machine company.
Some five million feet Of lumber Of various
kinds, including black walnut, oak, pine and
maple are used up here in year in the turning
out Of some two thousand chairs per day,
large proportion ofthem for expectation to for
egn markets in both hemspheres
This immense establishment has a capacity
for the employment of three hundred hands,
there being now about 15O, besides as many
more women and children who cane and seat
chairs at home for the firm. Over one hund ed
different kinds and styles of chairs are made
here, varying from those of simple construction
and cheap material to others of elegant design
and finish and of costlier wood. This company
are now adding to their variety of manufactured
articles that popular branch of the furniture
trade, folding chairs, having acquired the right
to make them under the valuable patents of Mr.,
George McAleer Of Worcester, whose inventions
in this line are unsurpassed
The company own some two thousand acres of
timber land in Barton, VT, with large mills and
extensive water privileges, from which place
their stock is got out in the rough and trans
ported directly to their works in Fitchburg by
rail- side track from the Vermont and Massa-
chusetts road leading to the doors of the estab-
lishment, where the huge logs are taken in and
soon converted into the most elegant and useful
household materials. They design and build
their own machinery at their new works.
Walter Haywood and his brothers Levi and
Seth, who are proprietors of a similar establish
ment of nearly equal size in Gardner, are prob
ably the oldest chair manufacturers now doing
business in this county.i They learned the
trade of James NJ Gomez, the pioneer chair
manufacturer in this county, in Gardner, some
fifty years ago, and afterwards carried on the
business together for many years, with another
brother now deceased, in that town. In 1912
Walter moved to Fitchburg and leased buildings
of Colonel Croker, near the depot, for many
years, for the carrying on of the business on his
own account. While there he was twice burned
out, the first time in 1919, and again in July of
last year. This led to the erection by the COM
pany of their present spacious edifcCs Mr.
Haywood was alone in the management till 1853
when tine present company was organized, with
Walter Haywood for president, George H Spcn-
Ger being now superintendent OF the works.
Besides the above are a large number of
other manufacturing establishments, of less
magnitude, but of large extent, including the
paper mills of Jessie Lyon & Sons, and Benz
Snow; the extensive chair mandatory of
Alonzo Davis & Co., scythe factories of VIM.
Kimball, Edwin Richardson, and A. Simonds
& Son, the largest in the county; the American
rattan company's works; moving and reaping
machine knives mandatory of McssrS. Whit
man Miles of Worcester; moving machine
mandatory Of A. b. Barnard of Worcester;
edge tool works Of Alfred White; large cotton
mills of George Blackburn and Levi Sherwin;
wooden factory of c. J. Delahanty, formerly of
Worcester, and of the IFitchburg wooden COM
pany. Fitchburg has increased in population
at the same relative per cent. as Worcester, dur
ing the last ten years, having now nearly 10000,
with nine churches, two hundred thousand
dollar wafer works system nearly completed,
fire alarm telegraph in successful operation, two
million and a half of deposits in the two saw
ings banks as an indication of the prudence and
thrift of the working classes, and public build
ingS, and with institutions of an order to cores
pond with the generally progressive spirit of
the town, now aspiring to become city.