History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . n running fullthe firm produces about 600,000 yards of fine opera flannelsannually, using about ,000 pounds of wool, and employingabout 175 persons. Other industries have existed at various times. The princi-pal of these has been the manufacture of straw goods, whichwas commenced in Ware in 1832 by John B. Fairbank, andafterward pursued by Avery Clark, Lorenzo Dcmond, C. E. &H. S. Blood, and others. The manufacture of wagons, bootsand shoes, and other
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . n running fullthe firm produces about 600,000 yards of fine opera flannelsannually, using about ,000 pounds of wool, and employingabout 175 persons. Other industries have existed at various times. The princi-pal of these has been the manufacture of straw goods, whichwas commenced in Ware in 1832 by John B. Fairbank, andafterward pursued by Avery Clark, Lorenzo Dcmond, C. E. &H. S. Blood, and others. The manufacture of wagons, bootsand shoes, and other small industries is still carried on to someextent in the town. THK OTIS companys GAS-WORKS are located on Monroe Street, in the south end of the were first owned by the Ware Gas-Light Company, or-ganized in 1854, and consisting of the Otis Company andCharles A. Stevens. The company dissolved in 1802, whenthe Otis Company became sole proprietors. The works supplygas through the village, and manufacture about 2,000,000 feetannually. William Metcalf has been the superintendent ofthe works for the past twenty-two HISTOKY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 375 MILITARY. The military record of Ware is highly creditable. To theearlier wars the town sent a number of her citizens whosenames it is impossible now to give. During the war of theKevolution, when money was scarce, the inhabitants, beingpoor, suflered great hardships. They do not seem to havebeen destitute of patriotism, for the records show that theymade great effijrts to comply with the requisitions for men andsupplies. On Aug. 29, 1774, fifty pounds of powder and twohundred pounds of lead were provided by the town, and acommittee of correspondence, consisting of John Downing,Wm. Brakenridge, Joseph Foster, Maverick Smith, , Samuel Dinsmore, Lemuel Bhickemer, AbrahamCummings, and Thomas Jenkins, was chosen. On December2Gth, of the same year, James Lemmon, Jonathan Rogers,Daniel Gould, and Joseph Patters
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