Two centuries of New Milford, Connecticut : an account of the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the town held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, with a number of historical articles and reminiscences . of the Union Manufacturing Company. The modern hatting industry was established in this villagein 1885. Some of the leading citizens donated to the firm ofBates & Green a piece of land on West Street Extension, wherea building was erected, and the making of hats of fur was car-ried on in a moderate way until 1898, when a fire destroyed theplant. It was not rebuilt, but the business was re
Two centuries of New Milford, Connecticut : an account of the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the town held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, with a number of historical articles and reminiscences . of the Union Manufacturing Company. The modern hatting industry was established in this villagein 1885. Some of the leading citizens donated to the firm ofBates & Green a piece of land on West Street Extension, wherea building was erected, and the making of hats of fur was car-ried on in a moderate way until 1898, when a fire destroyed theplant. It was not rebuilt, but the business was reorganized asthe New Milford Hat Company, which purchased a tract ofland a short distance north of the village, near the mouth ofthe Aspetuck River, and erected there a large plant with mod-ern improvements. The officers of the company are: AndrewG. Barnes, president; Seymour S. Green, secretary and treas-urer, and William G. Green, superintendent. Under their ablemanagement the enterprise has been very successful. In 1906the amount of business done was five hundred thousand dollars;the pay-roll amounted to one hundred and eighty-five thousanddollars, and there were two hundred and fifty IIUNUHAHLE ISAAC BALDWIN BRISTOL President of First National Bank, 1903-190,5, and of New Milford Savings Bank at time of his death Activities of New Milford in Later Years 87 Merritt W. Hill and E. W. Hanke formed a partnership andbegan making hats, about 1890, in the Randolph Hill millbuilding on Mill Street. At the end of two or three years theyremoved to the upper part of Maltby Leachs flour and feedstore on Railroad Street, where they were incorporated as astock company in 1894. This company was dissolved in a fewyears. Mr. Hill now has a jewelry store on Bank Street. went to Bridgeport, Conn., and is doing a flourishinghat business there. The manufacturing of buttons from vegetable ivory wasbegun here in 1866 by Henry S. and Walter B. Bostwick, underthe firm name of Bo
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