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 . i)atent shoe gor-ings already alluded to, garter webs in all grades and styles, elastic cords and braids for ladiesbonnets and hats, elastic corset laces, etc., in cotton and
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 . i)atent shoe gor-ings already alluded to, garter webs in all grades and styles, elastic cords and braids for ladiesbonnets and hats, elastic corset laces, etc., in cotton and silk. President Seelye is a native of Connecticut; has occupied his ])resent position since 1S80,and is president of the Kirst National Hank and treasurer of the l^asthampton Savings and .Manager Green is a native of .Marblchead, and has acted as treasurer and gen-eral manager since 1S79. WILLISTON & KNIGHT COMPANY. Horatio G. Knight, President and Treasurer; H. L. Clark, Secretary—Manufactur-ers of Covered Buttons—Easthampton. I^astliamptons industrial record dates from 184S, when lion. Samuel Williston remuvcil hisbutton works from Haydenvilie to this point, and Williston, Knight & Co. began the manu-facture o! cloth-cnvcred buttons u|)on a large .^cale. In 1S60 the concern was reorganized andincorporated as the National Jiutlon Company, which in turn gave way in 1874 t(^ the Willis-. ton & Knight Company, capital $150,000 This plant, the pioneer American covered , is comi)lete in all departments, the buildings consisting of the factory proper, a four-story-and-basemcnt brick structure, 34 x 140 feet, with a 60-foot extension at the rear. Six sin-gle tenements and a boarding-house are provided for the helj), of whom from 175 to 200 areemjiloycd. Cloth-covered buttons onlv are made here, and in vast cpiantitics, for use in thefitiishing of garments of everv description, sjiecial attention being given to the finer machinery is unitin
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