. Contemporary American biography . rolling-mill, thereby building up and carrying along a por-tion of the city which, but for these operations, had nothing to offer as an inducement to settlersto locate at that point; and that portion of the city to-day stands as a landmark, giving evidenceof the power of manufacturing to build up cities, and as a witness to the energy and nerve ofthe subject of this sketch, who had the especial charge and management of the interests of hisfirm in his keeping. Mr. Pratt has always had a pride in his native city. His immediateancestors had been part and parcel
. Contemporary American biography . rolling-mill, thereby building up and carrying along a por-tion of the city which, but for these operations, had nothing to offer as an inducement to settlersto locate at that point; and that portion of the city to-day stands as a landmark, giving evidenceof the power of manufacturing to build up cities, and as a witness to the energy and nerve ofthe subject of this sketch, who had the especial charge and management of the interests of hisfirm in his keeping. Mr. Pratt has always had a pride in his native city. His immediateancestors had been part and parcel of it from its earliest beginning, always standing well to thefront in all that tended to make it reach its present enviable condition. True to his familyrecord and instincts, he has allowed no opportunity to pass to push forward any enterpriselikely to benefit the city, without actively and earnestly doing his best to make the most of that manufacturing builds towns, he not only placed the capital of his own firm and.
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