. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. as succeeded, before 1830, byJohn Duxbury, a thoroughly experi-enced English printer. His succes-sors have been George Mathevvson,John Bracewell, Washington Ander-ton, James Crossley, and the presentsuperintendent, Howard Gray. The original printery was in the presentNo. 5 mill and other buildings near,but now removed. It is but justice to say that to theintelligent, progressive, and yet firmand conservative management of thiscorporation, in building up for itselfa business among the first in i
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. as succeeded, before 1830, byJohn Duxbury, a thoroughly experi-enced English printer. His succes-sors have been George Mathevvson,John Bracewell, Washington Ander-ton, James Crossley, and the presentsuperintendent, Howard Gray. The original printery was in the presentNo. 5 mill and other buildings near,but now removed. It is but justice to say that to theintelligent, progressive, and yet firmand conservative management of thiscorporation, in building up for itselfa business among the first in its linein the country, the city of Dover hasbeen, and still is, largely indebtedfor its prosperity. Some idea of the extent of thebusiness of this establishment maybe gained from the fact that it occu-pies an area of twenty-five acres ofland, while the actual floor space inits buildings devoted exclusively tomanufacturing equals thirty company operates about 130,000spindles, 2,800 looms, and gives em-ployment to nearly 2,000 operatives,manufacturing various kinds of cloths, DO VER. 215. Birds-eye View of Sawyer Woolen Mills. which are printed in the extensiveprint works, which contain sixteenprint machines, with bleachery andfinishing mills, with a capacity, alto-gether, for the production of 65,000,-000 yards of finished cloth per an-num. The production includes allthe leading printed fabrics called forby the trade, including the finestgrades of lawns, organdies, etc.,which take the place of fine importedfabrics. The power for these mills is aboutone half furnished by the Cochecoriver, the remainder being obtainedfrom steam, in the production ofwhich some 20,000 tons of coal perannum is used in forty-five mills have been constructed withdue attention to the matters of lightand ventilation, and all possible carehas be^n taken for the health andsafety of the operatives. The present officers of this com-pany are: President, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Boston : tr
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