New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-12
FALL RIVER MANUFACTURES.
THE RISE AND GROWTH OF A MANUFACTURING
CITY-COTToN AND CALICo-sPINDLEs AND
LOOMS.

TIE RISE AND GROWTH OF A MANUFACTURING
CITY-COTTON AND CALICo-SPINDLEs AND
LOOMS.
FALL RIVER, June 10.-ThOusands hear OF
Fall River without being of the immense amount
OF mechanical industry in that apparently Insignificant
town. Fall River possesses many natural advantages
that contributed TO its present prosperity Situated
at entrance OF Taunton River into Mount Hope Bay,
an of Narraganset Bay. it has excellent and ca
pacOus harbor where vessels Of large tunnage find safe
anchorage. Through the town, its eastern side, an
extensive body Of water flows from Wauppa Pond TO the
bay below; this stream Is about half mile In length,
with fan OF over 100 feet. Such waterpower this
renders it unnecessary to build expensive dam and
canal at Lawrence and Lowell aud this advantage
has been carefully improved that now the stream is
bordered with factories along its whole length. The
is abundant and easy OF control and Is used adj
vanta geousy in some of the mills to produce steam
power. At this time land on the borders OF the
pond not already occupied by manufactures Is being
rapidly bought up for millste and it Is believed that
within the ten years many establishments wioccupy
what considered barren waste. Fail River
manufacturers essentially print cloths or the material
from which calico is made. Two three OF the mills
however make fine sheetngs which have attained a
wide reputation, such as the "QueQuechan" and
DavO" OF the goods manufactured, fair proportion
is used here by the American Print Works one or the
largest and best calicOpTnting establishments In the
country; the balance finds market In New-1ork Phil
adephla and elsewhere and The facilities for trans
poratiOn which manufacturers have here, both for
obtaining the material and shipping their goods in
return, are In Themselves of immense value.
Ten years ago Fall River manufacturing town
OF considerable Importance but since 1900 it has moro
than doubled in number OF factories and spindes. In
amount Of capital invested, and IN population. The
great start dates from 1859 In that year several saga
cious enerpTsing men, believing this good field for
the further development OF industry had the Union Mill
Co Incorporated with a capital OF $4,000 in shares OF
$1,000 each. They erected mill with about 1900 spin
dies, and commenced operations the next year. The
OF the ENTERPRISE exceeded the
hopes of its orlgnat0rs. They started just at che right
time The war greatly increased the amount, consulnp
tion and the price OF Their products Money literally
flowed into their Golfers; that, beside paving large
the size original one, and paid for it from their
earnings The splendid success OF this venture put the
bali i'm motion. As mandatory after mandatory
arose the city multiplied and increased, until from
place Of medium rank in 1860 II has IN TINS year become
the fret cotton manufacturing city in the United states.
In lsGO, Fail River contained 1860 spindles
representing q capital OF 3 100000 and manufactured
4522jOOO yards Of cloth per II then had popu
aton of 1920 Now it has 552,237 spndles represent
ing capital Of s674O0oo There are manufactured annu
ally 65OOO wards Of cloth The population according
consumed yearly 2253oCo pounds OF cotton 5000
of COAL 5000 gallons Of oil, aud 735O0 pounds OF
starch. Beside the mills engaged IN the abOvenamed
special branch Of manufacture there are the American
Print Works already referred to, winch prints annually
about 75COOOOO yards of calico; the Fall River Iron
Works large and wealthy corporation, devoted TO the
manufacture of IRON wooden MILL and several estab
sbments where machinery is made. To meet the imam
cia wants of the community, seven national banks,
with combined capital OF s. 250OO, and four savings
banks the largest of which has deposits amounting 10
nearly S5,000CO0.
It Is safe to say that 10000 people find employment d.
rectly in the manufacturing establishments VI the city
and many more IN business appertainug 10 them Al
the present time four mills are projected. THESE
will he built the coming year, and Will contain about
spndles, and call for outlay OF S20OO00 And,
all tho capital invested III the manufacturing Interests
the city nine-tenhs owned by its residents
Nature doubt helped in making Fan River what Is
to-day, but in the main its present rank manufac
turing city owing the sagacy and enterprise OF It's
own cizens greatness in this respect has certainly
been achieved Lowell and Lawrence are, 10 great eN-
tent, dependent upon Boston. Boston sent them cap
tai whatever Of distinction they have as places OF
industry in great been thrust upon them
One reason why much more has been known OF them
than OF FAN River that the business of their corpora
lions mostly in Boston Their stock is quoted at
the Boston Board and their enterprise IS recorded in
Boston new papers. But in Fall River business Is man
aged the spot Everything Is quietly done, without
the aid outside Influences and II is believed by many
that the decade viii show large an increase III
the prosperity OF the city has been shown by the past
FAN River compares favOrdbly with citlrs OF ITS class
and each year Witnesses other than mere material growth
Between employer and empOy6 feeling Of respect 10
gaining ground Capital appreciates the Wotth Ol tDr
and labor fully cOmprehends the fact that the IN
erest, OF both are Identical The corporations feel the
importance of providing pleasant ard comfortable homes
for their operatives, and Of giving them reading ana edu
catiUual facilities.