The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . Worcester of i5 493 in the production of new and desirable goods. His carpets are always in-demand throughout the country, and the order to supply the governmentbuildings with carpets has been given to him from 1891 to 1897 and Mrs. McKinley also complimented Mr. Whittall by the choiceof his carpets for some of their rooms in the White House. Rapid strides have been made in the manufacture of carpets since theindustry was started in Worcester as well as a great reduction in is largely due to
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . Worcester of i5 493 in the production of new and desirable goods. His carpets are always in-demand throughout the country, and the order to supply the governmentbuildings with carpets has been given to him from 1891 to 1897 and Mrs. McKinley also complimented Mr. Whittall by the choiceof his carpets for some of their rooms in the White House. Rapid strides have been made in the manufacture of carpets since theindustry was started in Worcester as well as a great reduction in is largely due to the wonderful improvements in machinery andreduction in profits. Besides the standard patterns made, new English andFrench designs are constantly being introduced, and also many originalones by his own artists. Previous to 1897, only Wilton and Brussels carpetshad been made in Worcester, but in that year he started an entirely newindustry to this city, the manufacture of Wilton plush carpets. The num-ber of carpet looms now in operatiim in his various mills is Ml IHLW J. WrilFTALLb bPIlN N ING-MILL. Mr. Whittall is a liberal-minded and public-spirited gentleman, and has«ntered into the active life and interests of his adopted city and is a director of the Board of Trade, the Associated Charities, the Peo-ples Savings Bank, and the Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company;president of the Blackstone Valley Street Railway Company, and vice-president of the American Car Sprinkler Company; a member of the Grade-Crossing Commission, the Worcester Club, the Commonwealth Club, theTatassit Canoe Club, the Episcopal Clubs of Worcester and Boston, and aprominent Mason. In 1S95 Mr. and Mrs. Whittall gave to the Parish of St. Matthew, ofwhich he has been warden since 1874, the beautiful church building nowstanding on the corner of Cambridge and Southbridge streets. On theopposite corner is his house, which with its extensive grounds, laid out inexcellent taste, forms one of
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