The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . m James Hogg beingthe only son. William James Hogg was born in Philadelphia June 5, 185 i. He receivedhis education at Doctor Faires private school of that city, and at LaFayetteCollege, eastern Pennsylvania. In 1872 he was taken into partnership withhis father, the name of the firm being the Oxford Mills. In 1879 he cametil Worcester, and in company with his father bought the Crompton CarpetCompanys plant, which company had been unsuccessful. The name waschanged to the Worcester Carpet Company, the firm name being WilliamJ
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . m James Hogg beingthe only son. William James Hogg was born in Philadelphia June 5, 185 i. He receivedhis education at Doctor Faires private school of that city, and at LaFayetteCollege, eastern Pennsylvania. In 1872 he was taken into partnership withhis father, the name of the firm being the Oxford Mills. In 1879 he cametil Worcester, and in company with his father bought the Crompton CarpetCompanys plant, which company had been unsuccessful. The name waschanged to the Worcester Carpet Company, the firm name being WilliamJames Hogg & Company. William James Hogg still retained his interestin the Philadelphia firm, the Oxford Mills, until 1882, when he withdrewfrom that firm and bought out his fathers interest in the Worcester CarpetCompany, becoming the sole proprietor. In 1883 he built a new mill, enlarging the weaving capacity of the millsone-third, and in 1884 he added to this plant the factories known as ThePakachoag Mills, which plant was purchased from George Crompton, whose. The Worcester of 1898. 489.
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