History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ate ofmany such flimsy structures of those earlydays when the later safeguards against firewere unknown. The burning of the plantcame as a heavy blow^ to the owners, but theyrallied from it and built again on the same sitein Whites Village later known as was about 1 839. The mechanical equip-ment of the new buildings consisted of two At that time there was only one compar-atively small mill, but this was completelyremodeled and equipped with new machin-ery. It was the nucleus of the present largep
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ate ofmany such flimsy structures of those earlydays when the later safeguards against firewere unknown. The burning of the plantcame as a heavy blow^ to the owners, but theyrallied from it and built again on the same sitein Whites Village later known as was about 1 839. The mechanical equip-ment of the new buildings consisted of two At that time there was only one compar-atively small mill, but this was completelyremodeled and equipped with new machin-ery. It was the nucleus of the present largeplant at Easthampton with its 137,500 spin-dles, 1,200 looms, heavy and light, and massof specialty machinery, the whole requiringthe services of a force of 2,700 workers. Be-sides the buildings shown on another pageand designated West Boylston Mfg. Com-pany, Easthampton, Massachusetts, thereis a five-story mill, 640x1 20 feet, and severaladditional brick store houses. Throughout its entire long history theCompany has manufactured specialty lines. 274 HISTORY OF AMERICAN 275 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. Its products, sold through J. H. Lane &Company, of 334 Fourth avenue. New YorkCity, are fabrics and cords for automobileand bicycle tires and specialty cloths for therubber and other industries. With facilities James W. Lane, president; F. Coit Johnson,vice-president; John Skinner, treasurer; andG. Arthur Cook, assistant treasurer and sec-retary; and to the general superintendent,Morris L. Comey, as well.
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