. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. large manufac-tories and its many small ones, and also as the centre of a commercialmanufacturing region of country. Besides the Smith & Wesson and WasonManufacturing Company establishments, before mentioned, there has been,and still is, much manufacturing done in the belongings of paper: the natu-ral consequence, doubtless, of so large an amount of paper being producedwithin easy reach of the city limits. During the war, and when photograph-albums were in the height of fashion, it had the lar
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. large manufac-tories and its many small ones, and also as the centre of a commercialmanufacturing region of country. Besides the Smith & Wesson and WasonManufacturing Company establishments, before mentioned, there has been,and still is, much manufacturing done in the belongings of paper: the natu-ral consequence, doubtless, of so large an amount of paper being producedwithin easy reach of the city limits. During the war, and when photograph-albums were in the height of fashion, it had the largest album manufactory 48 AINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. in the country. And, again, when paper collars were first introduced aswearing-apparel, Springfield men were early in the field, and profitably en-gaged in their manufacture. At one time four large and profitable paper-collar manufactories were in the full tide of successful experiment; butthese, by means of combination, have reduced the number in the survivalof the fittest process, until one alone remains to represent the business and. William H. Haile. emoluments of a large and valuable industry. The manufacture of envelopeshas also been introduced extensively and profitably. Papeteries, now sogenerally used in a wide range of styles, had their origin with the MorganEnvelope Company, which also had the first contract with our governmentfor the manufacture of postal-cards. The manufacture of envelopes andpapeterie has been large and, in the main, remunerative; and the stormcentre — so to speak — of the envelope and papeterie business still hangsover the city of Springfield. Card-board and glazed-paper making, thoughof later introduction than paper collars and papeteries, are a prominent KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 49
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