Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . Ropes is an in-dependent Republican in politics, and, while notjjarticularly active, has always shown a great inter-est in State and national affairs. He is a memberof the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of theMilitary Historical Society of Massachusetts. Ross, Henrv F., was born in West Boylston,Mass., .Aug. 16, 1844. He began business as acarpenter and builder in Worcester in 1864, havinglearned his trade of his fother, W. J. Ross, who was
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . Ropes is an in-dependent Republican in politics, and, while notjjarticularly active, has always shown a great inter-est in State and national affairs. He is a memberof the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of theMilitary Historical Society of Massachusetts. Ross, Henrv F., was born in West Boylston,Mass., .Aug. 16, 1844. He began business as acarpenter and builder in Worcester in 1864, havinglearned his trade of his fother, W. J. Ross, who wasa contractor and builder. In 1868 he went West,ser\ing in the employ of Oakes Ames for six East in 1874, he started business as acarpenter and builder in Newtonville, where he hassince remained, steadily adding to his establishment,until now his mills on Crafts street cover an acre ofground and are fitted with all the latest improvedmachinery for the manufacture of all descriptionsof builders finish. He employs one hundred andfifty men in the mills and on buildings. He manu-factures every description of fine interior finish in. hard woods, as well as sash, doors, blinds, etc., forthe Boston and New York markets. He has been BOSTON OF TO-DAY. 375 connected with the business of the cutting andmanufacture of himber both East and West since hewas twenty-one years of age, and for the last fifteenyears has been a heavy dealer in, as well as user of,lumber. He takes contracts for the entire work andfor any building, but has made a specialty of finesuburban residences, building many on his own ac-count for sale. He has built over three hundredhouses in Newton, the Unitarian and Congregationalchurches there, and the Public Library, the High, theWilliam, and the Jackson school-buildings. Amonghis finest Newton residences are those of George , W. H. Rogers, Joshua Baker, Henry Brooks,Henry E. Cobb, and Charles F. Travelli. His ownresidence on Walnut street is a uniq
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