. Lawrence yesterday and today (1845-1918) a concise history of Lawrence Massachusetts - her industries and institutions; municipal statistics and a variety of information concerning the city. his associates acquired, one by one, a group of woolen mills,nearly all of which had suffered from tariff adversity. With theWashington Mills as a nucleus, the American Woolen Company wasincorporated March 29, 1899, Mr. Ayer becoming president and , treasurer. The directorate included men who had distin-guished themselves in the industrial and mercantile lines, and who inthe early days gave solidi
. Lawrence yesterday and today (1845-1918) a concise history of Lawrence Massachusetts - her industries and institutions; municipal statistics and a variety of information concerning the city. his associates acquired, one by one, a group of woolen mills,nearly all of which had suffered from tariff adversity. With theWashington Mills as a nucleus, the American Woolen Company wasincorporated March 29, 1899, Mr. Ayer becoming president and , treasurer. The directorate included men who had distin-guished themselves in the industrial and mercantile lines, and who inthe early days gave solidity and prestige to the corporation. LaterMr. Ayer resigned the presidency, and Mr. Wood succeeded H. Dwelly is now treasurer. The American Woolen Company is, in the location of its plants,almost exclusively a New England creation, for only two of theseplants, the Fulton Mills, at Fulton, N. Y., and the Bradford Mills,at Louisville, Ky., are outside of New Englands boundaries. Theother mills range across New England from Maine to Connecticut,the greatest of them, as stated, being located in Lawrence which hasbecome, next to Philadelphia, the largest woolen manufacturing com-. c Qg So < oPi 146 LAWRENCE YESTERDAY AND TODAY munity in the United States. Besides the 50 or more mills whichthe corporation has purchased, it built the Wood Worsted Mills and-the Ayer Mills in Lawrence. The two latter plants, with the Wash-ington Mills and the Prospect ^lill, comprise the factories of theconcern here. Alost of the old mills acquired have been enlarged,and the equipment of all has been improved. Its Assabet Mills atMaynard are the largest carded woolen, as the Wood Mills are thelargest worsted plant in existence. It has been stated that the company each year turns out enoughcloth to belt the earth and in addition to festoon the United Statesfrom New York to San Francisco. It has a product not only greatin bulk but remarkably diversified. It makes a specialty of uniformcloth
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