. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 321 city, and, aside from his position with the Wason Company, is treasurer ofthe Springfield Steam-Power Company, and also president of the Spring-. field Club, the Agawam NationalBank, and the City Hospital. Heis also treasurer of the Spring-field Electric Light Company, vice-president of the Hampden SavingsBank, secretary of the RiversidePaper Company, besides holding other offices of less importance. The secretary of the company is Louis , and the super
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 321 city, and, aside from his position with the Wason Company, is treasurer ofthe Springfield Steam-Power Company, and also president of the Spring-. field Club, the Agawam NationalBank, and the City Hospital. Heis also treasurer of the Spring-field Electric Light Company, vice-president of the Hampden SavingsBank, secretary of the RiversidePaper Company, besides holding other offices of less importance. The secretary of the company is Louis , and the superintendent of works is Henry Pearsons. To give an idea of the magnitude of the works, it may be said that when 322 KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. they are running to their fullest capacity, 35,000 feet of lumber is used perday, 700 workmen have been employed at one time at the manufactory, and$1,500,000 worth of cars a year have been turned out. It is easy to see thata large amount of room, as well as a vast deal of material, and a great quan-tity of machinery, must be brought into use at the Wason works. Thebuildings, constructed of wood and brick, are commodious, and complete inevery particular. They are said to be the best arranged of any of the sortin the United States,
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