. History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories. urer; sincethat time there has been no change in officers. The Trustees are IS. Belcher, William Fletcher, Charles Sexey, M. Marcuse, N. D. Hide-out, C. M. Patterson, and JD. E. Knight. Wool was cheap the firstyear, and the mill was successful enough to declare a stock dividend oftwenty-five per cent. The same dividend was also declared for the secondyear. The capital stock is now two hundred thousand dollars, o which one hundred and twenty-five thou
. History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories. urer; sincethat time there has been no change in officers. The Trustees are IS. Belcher, William Fletcher, Charles Sexey, M. Marcuse, N. D. Hide-out, C. M. Patterson, and JD. E. Knight. Wool was cheap the firstyear, and the mill was successful enough to declare a stock dividend oftwenty-five per cent. The same dividend was also declared for the secondyear. The capital stock is now two hundred thousand dollars, o which one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars repress t™ the mil40x80SuToa earnings of the mill. The company has built an addition toa fire-proof picker room, 40x40 feet, and also a brick warehouse,feet, and put in two more sets of cards and other machinery,it has commenced operations, the mill has used two million fPhundred thousand pounds of wool, and paid out five hundred and f°urthousand dollars. The company has employed an average of S1X ?hands, and paid over three hundred thousand dollars for laborbest grades of wool are used, and the finest qualities of #= *^=. Ranch and Residence of JOHN FI BARRIEYubaC?Cal. it • HISTORY OF YUBA COUNTY. CALIFORNIA. I il.,,,,,,.I::, blankets, etc., are manufactured. The factorynkes underwear and overi birts for the market. By thus always doeskins, nuking a I1 class article, the mill lias never come into competition ,1, tlm manufacturers of Bhoddy and inferior articles, aminlways found a ready sale for the product at a good price. Theoods are sold chiefly in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Loiter 4 Co., of Chicago, purchase large quantities of the ( [paying the high freight on themin preference to procuring a oiheapar article and poorer lity in the East. The mill, under the ;,M,.:, intendence of Mr, Knight, has continued to flourish, until t,,,|,iy, it is the leading manufacturing industry of the city. 8ADDLKRV. Willi Hi increase of teaming came a nece
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