A history of the New York Swamp . street and are leading wholesaleshoe dealers. James Hanan founded a firm in 1850 that has al-ways maintained a high rank as producers of Hanan was the early patron and helper of Des-tory, the inventor of the Goodyear sole sewing ma-chine. It ought to have been called the Hananmachine. It would never have attained its highposition but for the money and influence of Hanan& Sons. They operated the first machine in theirfactory in Greenwich street, and John H. the senior of the firm, has been instrumentalin introducing it all over the world. CH
A history of the New York Swamp . street and are leading wholesaleshoe dealers. James Hanan founded a firm in 1850 that has al-ways maintained a high rank as producers of Hanan was the early patron and helper of Des-tory, the inventor of the Goodyear sole sewing ma-chine. It ought to have been called the Hananmachine. It would never have attained its highposition but for the money and influence of Hanan& Sons. They operated the first machine in theirfactory in Greenwich street, and John H. the senior of the firm, has been instrumentalin introducing it all over the world. CHALES D. BIGELOW. Charles D. Bigelow was a leader in the trade. Hecame here in 1851, invented the first pegging ma-chine, and used it in pegging shoes at No. 10 Jacobstreet. In 1854 he introduced the division of laborin his shoe factory, the first place where it was 242 HISTORY OF THE SWAMP. done. He held numerous contracts for prisonlabor. In 1866 he built the factory at Worcesterand organizecl the Bay State Shoe and Leather. CHARLES D. BIGELOW. Co. soon after. His son, Charles E. Bigelow, isnow president of the corporation. His son-in-law,Frederick A. Neergaard, is the president of thePowell Brothers Shoe Co. in Duane D. Bigelow died in May, 1883. EARLY SHOE TRADE. 243 J. & T. Cousins is one of tlie old firms, estab-lished about 1851. They have been prosperous andsuccessful in business since that time. For abouthalf a century Cousins shoes have been a stand-ard of excellence all over the country. A few yearsago they built a large and commodious factory inBrooklyn. S. Waterbury & Son have been producingmisses and childrens shoes since 1859. Theystarted and have kept on with the motto thatthere is always room at the top, and their goodshave been among the very best known to the C. Waterbury, of this firm, is a worker and anorganizer. A. Garside & Sons were established in 1865. Thefirm always made high grade shoes. It is said thatnot half a dozen shoe manu
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