The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . any, realizing the needof more efficient equipment, boughtanother hand-brake machine, knownas Granite and as the old EverReady was now useless, they tookits number, viz., 2. In 1894 and 1895 the town estab-lished its present efficient water sys-tem. Near the present site of theold nut and bolt factory, it has_ es-tablished a pumping station, utiliz-ing for the purpose the water privi-lege there. The sources of its supplyare inexhaustible mountain springsand the reservoir is located on GreatHill,
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . any, realizing the needof more efficient equipment, boughtanother hand-brake machine, knownas Granite and as the old EverReady was now useless, they tookits number, viz., 2. In 1894 and 1895 the town estab-lished its present efficient water sys-tem. Near the present site of theold nut and bolt factory, it has_ es-tablished a pumping station, utiliz-ing for the purpose the water privi-lege there. The sources of its supplyare inexhaustible mountain springsand the reservoir is located on GreatHill, sufficiently high to afford pres-sure to safely cover the village, andthe old engines, having served theirday, have been retired. Newmarket has been particularlyfavored in the matter of fires. Whileseveral small losses have from time totime been sustained, only one seri-ous conflagration has visited thetown. This was on February 6,1866, when many buildings were de-stroyed and a loss of upwards of $30,-000 sustained. CIVIL WWR When the Civil War broke out, in1861, Newmarket had lost none of her. Alanson C. HainesAs a soldier old-time valor, but was as ready andeager to do her duty as in the days ofthe Revolution. Her men were wellscattered throughout the variousregiments during the war, and she 80 Newmarlvet 07i the Larajprey furnished more than her quota oftroops. About 150 men, all told,were sent by the town, many of whomsaw hard fighting and left their bloodupon Southern battlefields. Manyof them were in the immortal SecondNew Hampshire Regiment which tookpart in the first battle of the war atBull Run, fought at Williamsburg,Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville and Among the officers furnished byNewmarket were George W. Frostand B. N. Towle, who were lieutenant-colonel and assistant surgeon, respec-tively, of the Fifteenth New Hamp-shire Regiment, The people of New-market will ever revere the name ofGeorge A. Gay, who enlisted in Com-pany K of the Fifth New HampshireRegiment, was appoi
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