Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-01-11

born in Wells River April %, 1881. TIE
Russo family is Of pure English blood and
il ali d to a family highly honored in An
glo-Saxon history. The family moved to
Franklin, n H, and there Mr. Russell a
tended the public schools and the Frank
i'm academy until he wa, 16 occupying his
vacations at work in the paper mills OF
Peabody & Daniels. He subsequently,
attendt private schoolin Lowell, Mas,
which completed his early educational
training. In 1s49 he commenced work in
his fathers paper mill where he remained
until 1851. Two years later the father
and son formed a partnership and
moved their works to Lawrence, Mass.
The senior Mr.. Russell soon after retired
from business, leaving the entire Interests
IN the hands of bis son who began to meet
the growing demands of the business by
leasing in 1856 two mills in Belfast, Me.
Ia 1861 he purch,ied mill in Lawrence
Of firm that had failed in business, and
Id Ct lC SpU tbC SOutlOl VI WV otuCI
1t was in the successful manufacture OF
wood pulp that Mr. Russell attained fame
and made many dollars. H.ving found hy
costly experiments that wood pulp was the
fibre needed for improved machinery and
rapid work he established wood pulp mill
in Frar kiln, n H., in 1869. He su ceed-
ed in this where many had failed and in
situted an entirely new department of in
dustrial art in this country. He began to
convert the product of his pulp mills int
paper by the purchase in 1879 OF the
Fisher & Aiken nil IN Franklin.
The following regar ding the paper indus
try in Bellows Falls from an issue Of the
Paper World publish d in 1855:
A statistical sun mary OF the paper inter
ests OF Bellows Fall, sh ,ws thst about Is
different ii IDS and grades OF paper ar
made there by SIX companies, III ng -
macl ines and employing a. out $40 hands
III daily product j, 40 IA tons of psper
and 26 tons of wood pulp The capital
invested in this hus'n IS it is not easy to
estimate; ominal y it is about $500. 900.
but actually it must be over mi On. il
ther- IS one thing that payer mar utactur-rs
are averse to, il IS watered capusl Their
tendency is in The other dirrci n and it is
common pracncr among them to incr-as,
corporate calilal out OF profits wi hour
issuing stock therefor. The total paper
ers, in this town and elsewhere. m ke a
| H.. Il.
about 1875 hand, in max rg about 20 dit
terent kinds and grades OF paper, an two
kinds OF pulp, and their daily Iaptr and
/ o,rd product is Ill tons, and their pulp
product lie tons.
Tue sudden and rapid Transformation {.
Bellows Falls from dead hamlet, wrhou
life or hope, into th,ivi G village, Al {
one of our mos important paper-makin g
centers in the United States, is due, as W,
have related in this a. l., to Co, gressmar
William A Russell of Lawrence. | i lu..
trates how the industry and happiness o
the multitude are DEEPER dent upon "
men, small fraction of the whole number
who's. energy, foresight, alb ty and cir
cum >tances place them In the lead a:
tmpl ,yers and managers of labor and a.
creators of we lh in the field of p oduc
ton. Such men, who direct their ffo-t.
we'll, lay the foundation stones of empires
of society and OF industrial sm, and upoT
them they erect structure that con ain
the happiness, III progress and the wei
b ing of their fellow men.
Mr.. Russel's blu mess connections in
Bellows Falls date back to the sixties. We
fHd that the Bellows Falls Canal company
had been organ lied ard that bylaws were
adopted August 8. 1869. w liam A. Rus
sell was presid,ns. Previous 10 the organ
izatlon Of this company Mr.. Russell had 8
pulp mill un Ter the hill, an it WAS to N.
crease tn industry that he got control o
the canal The Fall Mountsi Paper com
pany was incorporated III 1870 and the
paper mills were built about that TIM.
81 G, that time there has ten growth ard
development all along the line. More
mills and more departments have been
aided and hr C, mpanies have sprung up
all leasi 'wer from the Canal company
| Mr.. Rlss-lI's busi IS, liner SIS wer-
truly H.rculean. He was at DIFF rent
times interested N several compani s in
New Hampshrs az d Maine AMI Massachu-
sets; for many years h vas president Of
the old Cheshire railroad and was DIRE G.
tor of the Fltchburg road at the time o.
bis death.
Politically. Mr.. Russell tegan life as a
wing. At the ii solu'i of hat atty he
allied b m self wi b the republic an a ty and
ba, unwaveringly support it since. lie
uniformly de lined to accept any public
eff e until 1867. when he VS. elected
alderman in the city of Lawrence, Mass.
| In 1868 he was also chosen del. gate TO
thu arionsl republ can c. INVENTION in c n
cinnsti. He was ell, c'ei % the 20 b con-
pr IS from The seventh Massachusetts dis
trict; served on III. mmift'e OF com
msrce and was member Of sub-c' init
fe4 to inv, s'igate the cause 'ov the define
of Anne lean commerce Hi reTo-t show, d
a thornshe knowledge OF the subj ct ~ d
resutst nm ssssrhusttts leading Il i. a
haaee OF the Tvs in rsi,ficn to the fa> g.
uon OF property IN SHIPS. He was re-