Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . -seven east of Albany,and bounded north by Cheshire, east by Windsor and Hinsdale, south byWashington, and west by Pittsfield, Lanesborough, and Cheshire. Thesurface of the to
Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . -seven east of Albany,and bounded north by Cheshire, east by Windsor and Hinsdale, south byWashington, and west by Pittsfield, Lanesborough, and Cheshire. Thesurface of the town is uneven, and there is a range of hills extendingthrough the northern and highlands in the southern section of the the valley runs an eastern branch of the Housatonic river, whichaffords important water power. The central village is inclosed on threesides by the river, which furnishes power for several extensive paper millsand other manufactories. Dalton had a boom last year, which bids fair to become a perma-nent condition of prosperity. Many new dwellings and factories wereerected, and many more are projected for 1S90. Witli special reference 236 INLAND MASSACHUSFn IS ILLUSTRATED. to the proper accommodation of transient visitors to Berkshire and those\vho come for a Ioniser sojourn amid the deli.^hts of tliis region, and W. Murray Crane, the noted paper manufacturers, selected the. most desirable spot in ihe town of Dalloii and crectf-d thereon the superband commodious new Irving House, a view of which we print on preced-ing page. The house was opened May i, 1S89, ^vith F. L. Bourne as host. INLAND MASSACHUSETTS ILLUSTRATED. 237 CRANE & CO., Manufacturers of Bank Note and Bond Paper— Crane was the founder of this now celebrated establishment, and erected the origi-nal mill as long ago as 1801. He was succeeded in 1S42 by Zenas M. and James 1>. Crane,under the name of Crane & Co., which style has been continued to this tune, t
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