. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. I^lrj.: : m 4 1 .*^ il ^ssi .??pSf. \m &..»..-T^^:- ___ ^,^.AJc- iJH 3 o. 133 were no speeders, mules, slubbers or trimming frames in those daysand the queer old substitutes would cause no end of labor troublesat the present time. The wages were small, a mason who worked on it receivingabout seven shillings a day, while one operative worked for twoyears for $ per week. Sixteen hours constituted a working day. The mill passed through several hands and then the machinerywas removed and machiner
. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. I^lrj.: : m 4 1 .*^ il ^ssi .??pSf. \m &..»..-T^^:- ___ ^,^.AJc- iJH 3 o. 133 were no speeders, mules, slubbers or trimming frames in those daysand the queer old substitutes would cause no end of labor troublesat the present time. The wages were small, a mason who worked on it receivingabout seven shillings a day, while one operative worked for twoyears for $ per week. Sixteen hours constituted a working day. The mill passed through several hands and then the machinerywas removed and machinery for the printing of calico & Chatburn were the new owners and it took an entire yearto effect the change. Later, it became necessary to enlarge theplant and an addition to the north end was erected for the use ofthe engravers. Along about this time, Holder Borden was in charge of theplant for a while. From 1835 ^^ 1^39 ^^^^ place was known as the Tiverton PrintWorks. Walter C. Durfee, who was many years afterward agentand treasurer of the Wampanoag mills, conducted the works from1839 ^^ 1842 and among those who worked there was Samuel
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