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CORPORATIONS,.
Incorporated, . . . . .
Commenced Operations,
Capital Stock, .
Number of Mills, .
Spindles, .
Looms, . .
Females employed, .
Males employed,. .
Yards, &c., made per week,
Cotton consumed per
week, pounds,
Wool consumed per )
week, pounds, (
Yards Dyed and Printed,
Kind of Goods made, .
Tons Anthracite Coal )
per annum, ( * *
Charcoal, bushels, per ann.
Wood per annum, cords,.. .
Oil per annum, gallons,.. . .
Water-wheels, diameter,...
Length of do. for each Mill.
Starch, lbs., per annum,...
Flour, barrels, per annum,.
How Warmed, .
Merrimack
Manufac’g Co.
...1822 .
...1823 .
$2,000,000. .
5&PrintWks.
....41,600....
. 1,300 .
.... 1,175 ....
. 600 .
... 253,000...
....60,000....
.225,000....
Prints & Sheetings
No. 22 to 40.
.... 5,000 ....
.... 3,555 ....
. 200 .
....11,000....
. . . .30 feet. . . .
. . . .24 feet. . . .
... 100,000 ...
. 425 .
....Steam....
Hamilton
Manufac’g Co.
...1825 .
...1825 .
.1,200,000...
3 & Print-wks.
..25,956....
...736 .
... 750 .
...270 .
..126,000...
..53,000....
75,000 Printed.
15,000 Dyed.
Prints, Flannels &
Sheetings, 14 to 40.
.... 3,000 ....
.... 2,148 ....
. 500 .
.... 6,500 ....
....13 feet....
....42 feet....
... 120,000 ...
. 200 .
Steam & H. A
Appleton Co.
..1828 _
..1828 _
.600,000 . . .
...2 .
.11,776....
..400 _
.. 340 .
...65 .
.100,000....
.36,000....
6,500 yds. Carpet.
40 Rugs.
95,000 yds. Cotton.
• • 50,000. •••
Sheetings & Shirt¬
ings, No. 14.
..300.
1,500 ,
. 3,440 .
.13 feet.
.42 feet.
. 70,000.
..Steam.
Lowell
Manufac’g Co.
. 1828 .
. 1828 .
....600,000...
1 Carpet.
I Cotton.
3,400 Wool.
7,142 Cotton.
220 Cotton.
50 Power Carpet
, 550,
.225,
13,000.
Carpets, Rugs and
Cotton Cloth,
..600.
2,000
..500.
Lard, - - 8,000.
Sperm, - 5,000.
.13 feet.
.60 feet.
Middlesex
Manufac’g Co.
. 1830.....
. 1830 .
....750,000...
3 & 3 Bye houses.
....13,000....
45 Broadcloth.
375 Cassimere.
.950,
.550,
18,000 Cassimere.
2,100 Broadcloth.
, 30,000.
Broadcloth.
Cassimere.
2,000 ,
1,200 ,
.3,000.,
Lard,- - 24,000.
Sperm, - 5,000.
..12 & 17 feet..
,23, 21 & 45 ft.
, Hot-air Furn . ! Furn . & Steam.
Suffolk
Manufac’g Co.
..1830...
..1832...
.600,000 .
...2....
.13,936..
..404...
..400...
...90....
.110,000 .
. 40,000. ,
.Drillings, 14.
. 400 .
.... 2,000 ....
. 50 .
.... 3,500 ....
....13 feet....
....62 feet....
... 112,000...
.Steam... .
Tremont Mills.
..1830...
..1832...
.600,000 .
...2...,
.12,960..
..479...
.. 460...
.. 100...
.130,000 ,
.39,000.,
Sheetings, No. 14.
Shirtings, No. 14.
. 250 .
.... 1,800 ....
..... 150 .
Л.
3,693 ....
.A .13 feet....
. J1 . 62 feet....
.|. 65, 000....
100 .
. ..Steam.....
Lawrence
Manufac’g Co.
....1830....
.1833 & 1834.
..1,500,000..,
. 5 . .
...44,032...,
... 1,260 ....
... 1,200 ...
....200....
...260,000..
...95,000...
Lowell
Bleachery.
.1832.
.1832.
....140,000.
Bleachery and
Dye-house.
Drillings.
Printing Cloths.
Sheetings & Sliirt-
ingsy 14 to 30.
. 700 .
... 3,000 ...
.... 120 ....
...8,217 ...
...17 feet...
.60 & 80 feet.
.. 140,000..
.20.,
230,
16,500 yds dy’d
1,700,000 lbs.
ble’chd per an.
500.
500.
224,000 .
. Steam.
Boott
Cotton Mills.
...1835...
...1836...
.1,200,000.
... 4....
..34,374..
...966...
... 870...
... 160...
. .200,000 .
. . 67,000. .
Massachusetts
Cotton Mills.
Drillings, No. 14.
Shirtings, No. 40.
Printing Cloth, 40.
... 750 .
. 1,800 .
...70...
. 7,100 .
.17 feet.
.60 feet.
120,000
. 1839 .
. 1840 .
...1,200,000...
....29,152....
. 919 .
. 750 .
. 160 .
....297,000...
....97,000....
Prescott
Manufac’g Co.
Sheetings, 13.
Shirtings, 14.
Drillings, 14.
..•.750....
.Steam.
. 1,500...
...70 .
. 7,600 ...
.17 feet...
.60 feet...
140,000 . .
...40 .
.Steam....
. 1844 _
.J846......
... 600,000 ...
. . 2^.~..
....16,128....
_ 548 .
. 450 .
. 90. .
... 181,000. ..
....54,000....
Sheetings & Shirt¬
ings, 12 1-2 & 14.
.... 1,200 ....
. 4,200 .
.17 feet.
6 of 18 feet each.
190 horse power
engine.
, 80,000.
.Steam..
Lowell
Machine Shop.
..1845...
..1845...
.500,000 .
2 Shops, Smithy &
Furnace.
600,
3,000tons wro’tand
cast iron per ann.
1,000 tons hard.
300 chnl. soft.
....15,000...
. 100....,
.... 2,300 ....
....13 feet...,
. . . .33 feet. . . ,
.Steam.
Total.
...11,490,000.
. 45 .
....253,456..
.... 7,702 ...
.... 7,915 ...
.... 3,340 ...
1,752,000 Cotton.
20,100 Wol’n. 6,500
Carp’ts. 40 Rugs.
....591,000.
. . 43,000 .
300,000 Print’d
31,500 Dyed.
..16,750...
..35,503...
.. 5,260 ...
67,550 Oil,
32,000 Lard.
1,171,000 ..
...765 .
Average wages of Females clear of board, per week, . $2,00
Average wages of Males, clear of board, per day, . $0,80
Medium produce of a Loom, No. 14 yarn, yards per day, . 45
Medium produce of a Loom, No. 30 yarn, yards per day . 33
Average per Spindle, yards per day, . 1J
The Middlesex Company make use annually of 6,000,000 teasels, 1,600,000
lbs. fine wool, 80,000 lbs. Glue, $60,000 worth Dye Stuffs, and $17,000 worth
of Soap.
The Lowell Machine Shop, included among the above Mills, can furnish
machinery complete for a mill of 6,000 Spindles, in three months, and a
mill can be built in the same time.
The several Manufacturing Companies have established a Hospital for the
convenience and comfort of persons employed by them respectively when
sick, which is under the superintendence of one of the best of surgeons and
physicians.
The Institution for Savings for the year ending April 29, 1846, had receiv¬
ed from 4,679 depositors, $750,645 77, being an increase from the former year
of 491 depositors, and the amount of $76,020 95. The whole number of new
accounts opened was 1692, depositing with others, $330,471 56 ; and 1181
accounts were closed, withdrawing, with other partial payments, $254,450 61
The operatives in the mills are the principal depositors.
There is one public High School ^n the city where all branches of education
are taught preparatory to a collegiate cjirse. Also, eight Grammar Schools
and thirty-six Primary Schools, all of vhich will compare to advantage with
any schools in the country. Average diily attendance about 3,500.
There are two Banks — The Lowell, qtoital $200,000 — The Railroad, capital
$600,000.
There is a Mutual Insurance Compary in the city, which has been highly
successful in its operations.
There is a valuable Library of 5000 vols. belonging to the City, to which
any one can have access to by paying fiityr cents per annum.
The Mechanic Association have an extensive Reading Room, and a valu¬
able Library of 3,300 volumes.
Nearly all the Religious Societies have valuable Libraries of religious and
miscellaneous books.
An important undertaking, eventually to redound to the interest and wealth
of the city, is the building of the New Canal. It is destined to give to most
of the Mills on the lower level a more regular supply of water, and conse¬
quently benefit those on the upper level. It is to be of an average width of
100 feet, and a depth of 15 feet. It will require in its construction a rock
excavation of 150,000 yards, an earth excavation of 110,000 yards, and a mass
of masonry of 50,000 yards ; the whole estimated at an expense of $500,000.
In the course of a few months, two new Cotton Mills will be in operation.
The one built by the Merrimack Company to contain 23,424 Spindles, and 640
Looms; the other, built by the Hamilton Company, will commence with
10,368 Spindles, and 260 Looms; — but is of sufficient capacity to contain
nearly 20,000 Spindles, and 400 Looms. The driving power for the latter will
be a Steam Engine of 160 horse-power, which is being put in.
Other Manufactures are produced in the city, than those specified above, of
a value of $800,000, employing a capital of $310,750, and about 1,000 hands.
Population of Lowell at different periods.
In 1820 - About 200.
In 1828 -
-Males, 1,342..
. Total, 3,532
In 1830 -
-Males, 2,392..
. Total, 6,477
In 1832 - Males, 4,291 ..
. . Total, 10,254
In 1833 -
-Males, 4,437 . .
In 1836 -
-Males, 6,345..
In 1837 - 18,010.
In 1840 _
•Males, 7,341 . .
. Total, 20,981
In 1844 -
-Males, 9,432..
In 1846 - 28,841.
Published by Joel Taylor, at the Office of the Lowell Daily Courier, and
sold wholesale and retail.
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, by Joel Taylor, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.]
