New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-22

eound familiar FOR, although all these men are long
since dead, others bearing the same names, GER
:ainly the same surnames. are among the we'll
known residents OF Riverhead to-day
AN EARLY sAwMIL.L.
The old name Of the territory where Riverhead
village now Is was Occobog. meaning the place at
the head Of the bay, or the cove place In 1903
Deacon John Tucker received PERMISSION 20 ouild
a saymiu there and 70 cut timber. This was un-
coubtedly the first mllldam IN New-York Connect
cut or \ew-Jersey. Rverhead village Is just across
the line from the town Of Southampton. and In fact
the settlement and the school district BON overrun
the boundary between the townships, when Is the
Peconc River. In 1893 the town OF southampton
granted John Wick the of the stream ION con-
dition of setting up a fung mill and fuing cloth
for that town and Southho.d." This privilege evil
IDENTITY avaied Of for in 1885 the same rights
were granted John Parker and his heirs on condition
OF his carrying on the fuil!nS business. forever.
This mil or a part OF IT, is still standing. and forms
the central part OF the gris,mll and electric light
station run BY Frederick Car. and Archibald Ha-
lett II still used as fuling NIL in the boy
hood Of R!varhead citizens now living. and not long
ago the father Of the present owners was compelled
under the original grant pay for the fuling else
where OF some material brought in BY Southamp
ton citizen who insisted on his charter privileges
under the Old grant
Another old mill in the town IS the Perkins wool
len mill founded by John Perkins and carried
on by John r. and ]. Henry Perkins. The cloth
from this mill Is famous among the farmers OF the
county for IS wearing qualities The mill is old
brick building up at the second dam the Peconic
River Near the o,d fulling mill is another gris,aiu
using water from the pond. ard owned by
Timothy NJ .Gr!iIng influential citizen Of River
head. The mil! structure IS carried W 10 height
of 100 feet and an immense tank IN the upper part
forms the standp.pe for the Riverhea1 WaterwOrks.
The water is pumped by the turbine from wei!
eighty feet deep. About the Hl.Ipond Nh CRIT
fiAk has laid out pretty little park, free access 10
which is given 10 R!verhead citizens A fine view
otsthe town and Of the river winding down to the
sea be had from ne top Of the water tower.
INDUSTRIES or RIVERHEAD
The other manufacturing interests planning
MILL run by the Hsllot; brothers; the canning fac
tory of William Hudson & Co. the building COR
which is owned by the Riverhead Canning Fac
tory Association in which the principal farmers o:
the neighborhood own stock; The agricultural impe
snent factory OF :. Terry Hudson the inventor
Of the bicycle cUlYa or. and " several new forms
OF potato-plantcTs, lOtG;o-diggers and road scrap
eys; the planning mill 0: Corviu Vail. the bicycle
-spalr!.g plant o. L. g. Hudson, pickle factory.
built by an association o; farmers and by
Alart & Mcguire; the cigar factory o. J. II. No"ins
& Son and O., T.. Griswold and the carriage fac
tory OF Charles NJ. Blydenburgh Mr.. Biydenburgh
has some novel IDEAS in carriages for the use
OF which manufacturers all over the country pay
go as far as India and South Africa. James T.
Dlmon nephew OF the Junior PARTNER Of the IA
NOUS East River shp-buildng firm OF Smith 81
Dirnon. has shipyard D.. NJ. Corw.n is about
10 build another
Riverhead has three banks The Rverhead Saw
ings Bank and the Suffolk County National Bank
occupy 4 nne building in the main street
OF the village. There are handsome sets OF Offices
IN the upper stories, and the postofhce occupies
a part o. the ground floor. This building cost over
So 900 and Is said 10 be the finest or the island
east OF Brooklyn. excepting Of course, the
buildings d. Garden City. II was built from de-
SKINS Of Riverhead architect. George II $kidmore.
who has put up many of the dEe country houses
on this part OF the island There IS also private
bank owned by Howell VI. Reeve. The savings
banl. has the largest resources and deposits OF
any east OF Brooklyn. and with one exception 1t
leads the savings banks % the State Of the same
age and on these points. Its total resources amount
TO over 100000 10 per cent OF which IS surplus.
The Institution was Incorporated In 1872 md is