Arizona silver belt., 1892-10-15
A GREAT SHOE CITY.
HISTORY OF LYNN AND ITS SHOE
 MAKING INDUSTRY.

m the business or Making F0otwear
 as Early as I620-A City Renowned
 for It's Patriotism and Wealth.
 The history of the city of Lynn and that of its shoe industry are, chronolog- ically speaking, almost identical The Fhoe industry originated in Lynn in 1885, two years before the terse man. date was promulgated by the general court Nov l5, lG37 'Saugust is called Lin
 Lynn was originally Q pretty large town It's bounds were "at Charestown line, Reading pond, Ipswich river, Sa- lem and Nahant.
 A few men termed cordwinders (cord- wainers) in the Plymouth charter were sent over and laid the foundations of the shoe business
 Shoemaking has taken a front rank among the useful arts The pilgrim fa- thers recognized this and on the third voyage of the Mayfiower the governor and deputy of the New England com pany sent over O62S) Thomas Beard and "lsack" Hickman, who were to receive their dyett and houseroom at the charge of the companie Hickman went back Thomas Beard remained lie was the first shoemaker in New Eng land
 The first white men known to have settled in Lynn llG99) were Edmund h. gals, brewer, and his brother, Francis Ingalls,, tanner There was plenty of raw material Cattle had been intro duced by Edward WTnslow lG2D, and there were over 200 head, besides horses, sheep and goats brought over in the next six years There were deer and moose in plenty, and indeed buck skin was the principal wear of the early colonists Francis Ingalls, built his tan nery on what is now Burill street, on 'Humfry's brook" now a part of SwampscOtt.
 This no doubt gave an impetus to the shoe industry The Burril taunery was established in 1880, and stood for almost 200 years The Burrills were called the Royal family of Lynn John Burrill was for twenty -oue years a member and ten years speaker Of the house of repre- sentatiyes of Massachusetts.
 The first Lynn shoemaker was Philip Kertand Little is known of him save that he came here from Bucking- hamshire, England in lG35, and made shoes for Boston, Salem and Lynn peo pie,
 Thence commenced the remarkable growth In l643 we find the first iron works in America established m the town These industries thrived until l75O About that time an artistic shoemaker from London caIle to town and another impulse was given the in dustry This man became famous
 Lynn made good record in the Revolution Meetings were called in li13 and the tea and other taxes de- uounued 4 company of women, emu atiug the Boston Tea party, went to the shops anu destroyed all the tea iu tue town John Mansfield and Eben- ger Burrili representing the shoe aud leather trade at that time, were mem uers of provincial congress which con yeued at Salem Iu lI1I tO choose a committee of safety Four Lynn men fell at Bunker Hill The trade revived after this war though there was but little money
 As early as l7s3 Lynn asked that q protective tariff be imposed l. was at this time that Ebeuezer Breed, native of the town used his wealth and his in- auence to improve the trade After him came the Johnson family, which accom- plished much toward the building up of the town TheH came the Breed family hardly less well known
 From l6OJ to lSlO West Lynn. under the inspiration of Ebeuczer Breed, soon became a manufacturing mart, probably The most hourishing of any ia the state Farming became of secondary imPor- ance Large factories were built The famous Salem and Boston turnpike was ihsu completed tlS03j and an imposing .otel constructed The population of .yun increased at this period more than yer before-from 2,S37 in lSOO to 4,OS7 p lS1O.
 EOenozer's son, Isaiah inherited the pirit of his father He was progressive and above all philanthropic
 At the time when schools were few and education difficult to obtain he built school house onto his home, and for thirty years maintained, at a large expense the best school in town.
 Workmen's mutual benefit" associa. tions were organized in 1874, and in the same year we find the Lynn Mechanics bank incorporated with capital of $50, GOO,
 In lS39 the first directory of Lynn was published In it was list of shoe man. ufacturers. There were sixty. Of morocco manufacturers there were six, and in a fcOtnote it is stated that 'their yearly business amounts to little more than $G0 1000"
 A few years later Mir John B. Alley long leading citizen of the town, be- gan the manufacture of shoes, establish ing q house which was afterward re- spected throughout the country The Eastern railroad extended branch to the city in 1888.
 The wholesale shoe trade had now in- creased in proportion, and, as might be expected, did much for the trade in general.
 In 1850 Lynn was incorporated city. The population was 13,G13 The first mayor was George Hood, who, like most of the inhabitants, had been 8 shoe maker, and whose industry was re- warded by success both in business and political life
 Shortly after the breaking out of the war of the rebellion there came the ap. plication of steam and the multiplica- ton of auxiliary machines. At the present time everything except cutting she uppers is carried on by machinery aud steam power. Lynn was the first shoe town in which machinery for shoe making was introduced. Boston Jour. nal.