, 1874-09-20
NUMBER Us.

! e4". 'neil 1tinos o:c1na almost usele6A
Soale OF the girls we1e praying anu laneutior
their situation, while others we're so nossenaed
"ltE teaTa that they stood in mute agony va ch-
| ;nG Tue brave couducs Ut one man, who, regard
'ess o. hls o'Sn tafeiy, worked with heroic atIo.
I Ahu. D5 meaua or rope, landed on the ground
NUM- Der OF tile girls IN safety. Que man. beng
| completely cut OF, maao his e1lt to Tho root bv
! means OF scut.Ie. anu, with ropo. lowered
himself over the roof aad to tho ground in
eaie;v: Hs staed that luis comcauio!: who was
bchiad hin, l1al ia1len back. suuocatcd
alanT OF tue Crls became unconscious from
lf'Shs ere the flames reached them, and though
!hH number OF lost Ct this writing is unknown. it.
cannot oue De great. Some eAped from the
than burned, aud suriekln1, Ieartreutilnc sights
that met tue eye on ali SIDES we're ucon,x1no
Tue wall.nz Of mothers, brothers, and si-teis
| over tneAr dead was terrible to hear.
EaE CITY OF FALL RIvE2 AND ITS
INDUSTRIES
| Sreeiat DigTc:sh 70 Tx Chrcoo Iri1s,nk
FALL liver, nass., Sept 1o.-This IL, beyond
| question, tue CTc1t cotton-manuf4ctu1ing ccntro
IN tue United States. Ten years ago it held IN
| important position IN this branch OF industry
| fairly ranking With Lowell md Lawrence in tllia
,, State, ald with Manchester In New Hampshire.
cities engaged III similar pursuits. These
| were then the leading place, in tho Union where
cotton ~as converted into cloth, and as such
| tdcl reputation rms more or less extended.
| LOWELL AND LAWRENCE,
however, by reascn OF their representation.
| IN great measure, of the capital, and
| thel: consequent association with the enterprise
| OF Boston, wero altogether tho best known. In
Ne" EnSlautl, peruAps i'll tbs country at large,
! they had acquired great renown for the special
business they we're engaged i,,,--their names be-
! ln9 e:n1ncutiy suggestive OF calico, shectings,
| md tbs various products into which the Aue1-
can staple IL wrought
ouTsrErPPEp.
But, within the decade, Fall River has who'll,
outstrlppca lis competitors. I, not ou!y rivals 1t
far surpnsses them Uuaided by outeile irtu-
ence. 1t has worked out its destiny,-achieyedi its
position To-Day, statistics show that this city
has greater number Of cotton-spi,ldles, repro
cents larger amount CT capital Invested in tho
business, and manufactures moro yards Of cot
tou-cloth, than Lowell, Lawrence, and Manches-
ter combined.
THE SITUATION
Of Fall River. aud the nataral advantages it
possesses, have conduced largely to its pros
perity. Il 1o1t Of entrrof Southeast Mas ,acl.t,-
sctes, 1T stretches along the shore Of Mount Hopo
Bay, an arm of Natrn5an7ett Bay, itself m in
let OF tho Atlantic. THIS bay forms an excellent
harbor,-deep, capacious. .-wln1e vessels of tho
largest tonnage ind safe anchorage. This, of
course, ie very favorable to the business Of the
town,-givinS it Immediate communication by
water with tho aeaports, EST ecially with those
parts Of the country tributary to its
trade. Cotton is shipped here directly
from New Orleans, Mobile, Galveston, and
other Southern ports; and tic immense
/ quantities OF coal necessary to keep the 1nn-
chinc1y running can be 'aid down mucL cheaper
thaa at places farther inland. The ha3bor is OF
great benefit. also. in shipping the p1ndacts Of
the mills, largely absorbed by Ncn York. phila-
dclphia, aud other commercial cittes
HYDRAULIC roWEE.
In addition to tie advantages accruing from
the halbor. Fah River has nItn Its limits = re-
luarkable hydraulic power This is derived from
. small stream whence the town taxes its name.
Tho river has II: son'ce its, in TACT, the out
1ai of-a cnain Of ponds lying to the north apd
cast. Theee cover an area OF some 5000
zc:eH; have length Of about II miIea
an avernso breadth OF thEee-4uarsers OF
mile; aud are supplied by never failing springs.
At the love. pn1t, they form sne stream. rlYcr.
This is haif milo loug. veiy narrow aud has
fall Of lo5 feet daring lts COURSE At its begin
ming strong dam has been built. This 20 I,er-
fect!v regulates the supply that the water
puaer has been utilized the entire lenath OF the
river, the sides Of which covered with
manufactures that there Is little space bct*eeu.
Tue river. which IN some places is only q few
feet wide, Las granite led, and Is confined,
IN great part, between high banks OF
the came material. THIS g1eatly adds
to it's availability. Mills have been
built directly across the river, tue wheels placed
in its bed, and the volume OF waller titus econ.
omlcally llsed AMI easily controlled.
In tue carly history OF tho town, the water.
cover WAS of decidedly mora consequence than
it is HOW. Modern arpliauccs, aud tue needa
~ n hrVA
tn1own 1t somewhat into d1sl.e- steam, Ia
many INSTANCES. has been added to it in others,
has supplauted It. Bat, although the river
uself has become Of comparative 1nsigniGcauce
propel;iug force. its pure, fresh water, with
tba. Of the broad c3pauso Of ponds above, il OF
incalcnlable vaue iu tue generation Of ateara.
Fzolu tAcnl are furnished unfail1ng supplies,
which mechanical genius converts into moving
power more potent than that OF Natures be-
Bto"aI.
The nucleus OF cotton-mauufac:ulnY bore
dates back to 1918. Tneu, IN ahat WAS. and
what fur several years. remained. q mere viiILga
q few lunured iuhau,lniltt, three sIuati c1llla
were started. Between 15!3 aud 1850, swo 1nu1e
companies were fG1med. tho Loi>G:.lio,t III tue
me.u:'sae having moro than doubted. III 1910.
the number Of c1t1oa-1a4lls hal increased to
eight, continuing g., ,03l s1indlea (about many
as uno guca-s!zcd m1l NOV I4s}, and tue ropu-
lation 6.735. LII 1850, there wa:e eleven
mills, with to!al OF 10, ,I20 apindies.-naving
IN Incorporated capital Of 81, ooto. .003. Tho pop
ula iou III that rear had tccoue 1920. Thus Il
will be seen that wnlle III period ii half-a-cen-
tury, the iuwu had steaiily aud surely Gro"n,
tue growth had been remarkaLle
Aa.u- :l14s time. however, occurred
TuE TUESI:G-POIsr
in the history Of the l!ace. Although then
polus Of iiupo:tallca in notwithstanding pursuits
it gave but iaiut Iromlse of Its luture. Tho
ln4lln then in e1s.eltce-there wero barely half-
a-.cuto nov tiers Eoro than four times Il
mau;,-"cre owned tanluly by the same persons
lBome Of them uon-:ealdents), who had for
years coJoTed, in srca: degree, monopoly OF
the busiuess. They we:e- too. IN some kenPects,
tue ou1Sro"th Of other e1itos scs. which large
ly coa:lulle4 tbs :oYn, AMI were partly depcud-
cut on tho4o for capital and management. Ens,
in 1862 a nuEuber OF 1nen. breaking away, in =
measure, from the conservatism Of tue past, be-
I4cving III the resources OF tue place
sud saeacious Of the inlnre, Incorporated
themselves ~ the Cnlon MIL Company. Iuay
represented capital Of $4,000, in enarea o:
81 l.000 each and immediately erected snail
MIL OF about 1900 srinJles, The tune waa
prupitious (cottou-macufacturIng, Tou know, wns
q. lid best during tue Nzr), end the euccees o1
the projec. almost unDounded. Tne Con-
rany laid great dividends, and yet re:aiEsd u
largo sarpiu.-fuud. out OF which, in fen yeats,
they built another mill, twice the aize OF tue