. New England; a human interest geographical reader. s Websters I20 New England Dictionary, and the Springfield Re publican, which manyauthorities consider unrivalled in its daily presentationof the news, and the abihty of its editorial city has many buildings that have architecturalcharm, and takes especial pride in the municipal group with its tall the impor-tant manufacturesof the place arepistols, railroadcars, skates, but-tons, and art neighboringtown of Westfieldis known as TheWhip City. Fromit come ninety percent of all thewhips made in the ,, . ,,, . ,
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. s Websters I20 New England Dictionary, and the Springfield Re publican, which manyauthorities consider unrivalled in its daily presentationof the news, and the abihty of its editorial city has many buildings that have architecturalcharm, and takes especial pride in the municipal group with its tall the impor-tant manufacturesof the place arepistols, railroadcars, skates, but-tons, and art neighboringtown of Westfieldis known as TheWhip City. Fromit come ninety percent of all thewhips made in the ,, . ,,, . , United States. It Spnngheld s municipal group .^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^^^ Pure Food Town, because of a remarkable crusadethat originated there to stop all traffic in impurefoodstuffs. The first impulse to act was aroused bythe effect of a piece of poisonous candy on a child,which was observed by the professor of chemistry atthe Westfield Normal School. Another near-by place that has won a title of its ownis Holyoke, The Paper City. Its development as. The Connecticut Valley a manufacturingplace is due to thepower obtainedfrom the sixty-footfall of the riverthere. The firstdam was completedin the autumn of1848. On the dayappointed for clos-ing the outlets andletting the waterfill up the channelback of the newstructure, throngsgathered on theriver banks to seethe show. The story of the occasion is told in the following despatchessent to Boston to the head officer of the company thatbuilt the dam: 10 Gates just closed ; water fiUing behind dam. 12 M. Dam leaking badly. 2 Stones of bulkhead giving way to pressure. Your old dams gone. The huge mass of lumber, stone, and earth had beentorn from its foundations, and a great wave carried itdown the channel, rolling it over and over and break-ing it into fragments.
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