New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . , buton the death of Mr. Plummer, inSeptember, 1884, Isaac W. Ben-jamin became treasurer. JohnW. Macomber is general managerof the enterprise. The industry has been veryprofitable and the product is manytimes larger than when the com-pany was-organized. It makesa specialty of the manufacture ofpatent cordage employed in boring artesian wells. No superior arti-. 170 NEW BEDFORD. cle is made in the world, and the cordage rigging used on the Puritanand other fast racing yachts is made here. The buildings, nine inn
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . , buton the death of Mr. Plummer, inSeptember, 1884, Isaac W. Ben-jamin became treasurer. JohnW. Macomber is general managerof the enterprise. The industry has been veryprofitable and the product is manytimes larger than when the com-pany was-organized. It makesa specialty of the manufacture ofpatent cordage employed in boring artesian wells. No superior arti-. 170 NEW BEDFORD. cle is made in the world, and the cordage rigging used on the Puritanand other fast racing yachts is made here. The buildings, nine innumber, cover an area of four acres, located within the square boundedby Court, Park, Ash, and Kempton streets, and about two hundredfifty hands are employed. The machinery is operated by a superiorsteam engine of five hundred horse power and the company hasadopted all the latest improvements which give promise of perfectingthe product. The Oneko mill is situated at the head of Purchase street andladies all wool dress goods, broadcloths, tricots, cheviots, and fanciesare manufactured here. The corporation was organized in 1882, with a capital of $210,000and the mill was started the following year. The main building isone storv liigh, with a monitor roof, and four hundred by one hundredfifty feet in area, while the picker and dye house is two hundred thirtyby fifty-two feet in area. The mill is provided with five thousand spindles, sixty
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