Leading business men of Marlboro, Hudson, SoFramingham, Natick, and vicinity; embracing also Saxonville and Cochituate . ed from the very-beginning. The town was named in honor of Francis Wayland, , president ofBrown University, who to show his appreciation of the compliment offered to give$500, provided the town furnished an equal amount, and used the combined sum ir>the founding of a library which should be for the free use of all the gift was accepted, but as the question was raised whether the town had a legalright to raise money by tax for such a purpose, a larger s
Leading business men of Marlboro, Hudson, SoFramingham, Natick, and vicinity; embracing also Saxonville and Cochituate . ed from the very-beginning. The town was named in honor of Francis Wayland, , president ofBrown University, who to show his appreciation of the compliment offered to give$500, provided the town furnished an equal amount, and used the combined sum ir>the founding of a library which should be for the free use of all the gift was accepted, but as the question was raised whether the town had a legalright to raise money by tax for such a purpose, a larger sum than had been appro- HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COCHITUATE. 81 priated was raised by private subscription and given to the town to be used inestablishing a library. In this connection it is interesting to note that the generallaw under which free libraries have been founded throughout the State was passedthrough the influence of Waylands representative in 1851, Rev. John B, Wight. The town library was founded in 1848 and opened for the delivery of books in,1850, it being the first free public library in Street in Cochituate, Mass. As before stated, the village of Cochituate owes its origin and much of itsdevelopment to Messrs. William, and J. M, Bent, who were the pioneer shoe manu-facturers. The village takes its name from its location on Lake Cochituate,—themain source of Bostons water supply. The growth of shoe manufacturing within its borders during a period of lesathan forty years is shown by the following figures : The number of pairs of shoes manufactured in 1837 was 29,660, value, $22,419 ;males employed, thirty-one; females, fifteen. In 1875 the value of manufacturedgoods was $1,799,175 ; males employed, 431 ; females sixty. The statistics for thelast fifteen years show a generally steady and pronounced gain, and indicate thatthe prosperity of the village is not so easily influenced by disturbing causes as is thatof most manufacturing communities. Of cou
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