Author: Ephraim L. Barry

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780365161196

Excerpt from The City of Waltham, Massachusetts: Its Advantages to Manufacturers and as a Place of Residence; Other Municipal Attractions, With Sketches of the Present Industries Being no exception to the general rule applying to New Eng land agricultural communities, Waltham increased rather slowly in population and wealth, the losses attendant upon the several wars serving as a partial check even upon the natural increase. The records show that in 1764 there were 94 houses and 107 families, the total pop ulation 663, and the number of stores, 14. NO very decided increase was made until after the commencement of operations by the Boston Manufacturing Company in 1812, which gave a decided impetus to the town; while in more recent years the establishment of the American Waltham Watch Company's works in 1853-8, and their subsequent wonderful development, have very materially increased both the pop ulation and wealth, so that from a population of about 1000 in 1810, and in 1865, Waltham is a city today, containing, according to the state census compiled in 1885, souls, or fully at the commencement of 1887. A more comprehensive account of these two great corporations, in connection with the growth of the city, will be found in another part of this volume, the attention of the reader being especially directed to the unusual degree of interest which they have manifested in the welfare of the people about them and in their employ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.