{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "HUDSON\\nFAST AND PRESENT\\nBV.\\nE. F. WORCESTER.\\nCopyriglit iSi^g.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "49568\\nTHE ENTEKPRISE PRINTING COMl AXY,\\nHUUSON, MASS.\\nTWO COPIES RECEIVEU,\\nOffice of t(,(,\\nD\u00c2\u00a3C22T8oa\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abelfter Of Copyrl^ht^\\n8EC0ND COPY,", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "v By Way of Introduction. J-\\nThe Citizens of Hudson have not only shown by tlieir tlirift tliat tlu-y liave been stirrinj; business nien, but their\\npublic records show tliat they have been active as townsmen in preparing everything for a prosperous municipal Corporation.\\nThese words of the Hon. Cliarles Hudson in liis address in 1876. will hold equally true to-flay. as evidenced by the\\nenergy and personal sacritices of our towns-people in the trying times following the holocaust of July 4, 1894. resulting in\\nthe birth of a new town, and the turning of a public calaniity into the nieans for acconiplishing in nionths what miglit have\\ntaken yenrs by the usual proce.ss of a lown s developmenl.\\nHiidsonians are rightly and unanimously proud of their town, and the purpose of this volume is to prescrve in a handy\\nform the memories of the town that was, that we, as well as futiirc generations may in part realizc the rapid strides\\nniade by her energetic people: to gather bttween the Covers of this liook what has heretofore been scattered among many\\nfamilies, and to save from loss .scenes of which possibly but one copy has been preserved.\\nThe lasting monuments of buildings now Standing on the burnt district teil but little to the stranger witliin our\\ngates of the sacrifices necessary to bring the town to its present condition. and it is only by a comparison that wc can\\nrealize what has been done in five short years. l crba -tiolaiit, Scripta iiianciit. Words are fleeting, what is w-ritten remains.\\nThe author acknowledges Ins indebtedness for valued assistance rendered by the many Citizens who have responded\\nto Ihe call for photographs and bits of history. and whose aid has madc iho production of the book possiblc.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "HOiN. ciiarlp:s huds\u00c3\u00bcn.\\nBorn Nov. 14, 1795. Died May 4. iSSi.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Hudson Past and Present.\\nWashington Street Bridge.\\nHUDSON S IIISTORN may reasonably be said to have been dividcd\\ninto a Story of an old and a new town by the disastrous fire of Jiily\\nI 4. 1S94. vvlicn the licart of the business district was alniost wholly\\ndestrovfd. and as the town in its earliest days, then known only as\\na plantation, had its beRinning on the banks of the river near the\\npresent Wasliington Street Bridge, so fate decreed that the starting\\npoint Ol thf fire, which was the first step towards a re-creation, should\\nbe l)ut a few feet away.\\nliarcly three quarters of a centin y liad elapsed after the hmding of the\\nl ilgrims, wlien one bihn liarncs obtained a grant of one acre of land lying on\\nIxitli sides of the Assabet river, lipon the north side of which was erected a\\ngrist niill in l(i99. Historians differ as to tlie biiilder of this mill, which was the first to be erected on territory now Hudson.\\nbiit the place was comnionly known as Howe s Mills, and the first recorded transfer of real estate is this acre of land and tlie\\nmill about 1700, to one Joseph Howe, who is supposed by many to have been the builder.\\nThis land, as well as that surrounding it, was included in the bounds of the town of Marlboro, and the early history of\\nthis portion of the town is so interwoven with that of the whole that an accurate Separation is often ditficult.\\nThe first setders were mainly farmers, and as there was then no other mill nearer than Sudbury, they naturally brought\\ntheir corn here for grinding. This led to more Settlements, but progress was .slow on account of the desire of the settlers to\\npreserve the place as a farming Community.\\n.Soon after the building of the mill. the town of .Marlboro, Oct. 2. 1699, voted to build a bridge across the Assabet at\\nHowe s Mills.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "One of tliL- tirst liouses was In\u00c3\u00bclt l)y Jt-remiah Harstow on laiid U\u00c3\u00bcw contained in Wood Square, and tun years later was\\nsold to Robert Barnard, the locality afterwards being known as Barnard s Mills.\\nThe first pnblic house was opened in 1794 by Joel Cranston, wlio also kept a st\u00c3\u00b6re. The first st\u00c3\u00b6re, however, was in what\\nwas afterwards known as the Old Red House. ante-\\ndating the Revolution, and which stood on land now\\noccupied by Mr. R. B. Lewi.s b.nck block. Its\\nlarge door and niany-paned Windows show its ancient\\nstyle. Previous to this time Phineas Sawyer and\\nJedediah Wood built a sawmill on the brook crossing\\nMain street now known as the Tannery brook. and in\\n1788 another niill was built upon the Assabet.\\nAs early as 1790, a blacksmith shop was in Opera-\\ntion on the present Washington street, the building\\nbeing afterwards moved back from the street to the\\nbank of the river, where it stood when destroyed in\\nthe great fire, having been occupied over one hundred\\nyears as a smithy.\\nSilas Feiton came in 1799, joining Cranston in\\nbusiness. and soon after the village commenced to be\\ncalled Feltonville.\\nA tannery was started in 1799 on nearly the same\\nland now occupied by liunn. Green Co.. and the business has been carried on almost uninterruptedly up to the present time.\\nThe dawn of the nineteenth Century saw many new Industries springing into e.\\\\istence, among them saddle and harness\\nniaking, wool carding and cloth dressing.\\nThe Old Red Hou\u00c2\u00abe.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Tlie Witt Ho\u00c3\u00bcse was luiilt in 1797 and niovcd\\nto River street, wliere it now Stands, in 1863 the\\nManson House bcing then erected on samt spot.\\nWitt llOllSB.\\nTlio l iipe House was bnilt in tlie latter part of the\\neighteentli Century, and stood on land now occupied bj resi-\\ndence of R. li. Lewis, l arts of it were removed and are\\nstill Standina:.\\ni*ope House.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "In ISOS, Phineas Sawyer built a factory known as the Marlboro Satinet Factory, which business he carried on until fan.\\n1, 1S20, when he lost his life. The water wheel which supplied his power was stopped with ice, wliich lie proceeded to ciit\\naway, stepping on the wheel in so doing: the wheel when released commenced to revolve, carrying Mr. Sawyer down with\\nit, and he was soon drowned. This factory was burned in l.Sj4.\\nThe first physician canie to town in 1809, and lived in the Old Peters House, which stood on land now partially\\noccupied by Chamberlain s block.\\nThe year 1812, momentous as it was in our\\ncountry s history, seeins to have been a busy one\\nfor builders in Hudson. Several new house.s were\\nerected. among them the Worcester house on Central\\nStreet.\\nA school liouse was built this year. and probably\\nestablished a record for speed in building which has\\nrarely been excelled in town, certainly not in the\\nerection of school houses. The voters from this vil-\\nlage succeeded in getting a vote passed for this school\\nhouse, which would undoubtedly have been rescinded\\nat an adjourned session had not the people taken hold,\\nfelled and hewn the timber, and erected the building,\\nso that before the date of adjournment was reachecl\\nthe building was complete and ready for occupancy.\\nAmong the first scholars attending this school,\\nwhich was on Wa.shington street where Ev-erett street\\nnow runs, was Charles Hudson, who lived to see the village grow to a township and bear his nanie, an\\nwell-earned tribute to his character and e.xample.\\nOld Peters House, built in 1794.\\nhonor which was a", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Peters Store. (Negative by K. B. Lewis iSft?)\\nOccupied for business August 15, iSoi. First Post Oftice located here in 1S28. Huildim\u00c2\u00bb destroyed in tjreat tire.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "^.jfl^H Feiton House was built IROj and was\\nWf \u00c2\u00bb^itt^^^^B famili\u00c3\u00a4r landniark for many years until replaced by\\n-f^Kg^BS^^^S^^^^^^^ large brick block of H. W. Chase. This building\\nj[n^^fl|^H^^SH^^^^^^H was occupied by Joel Cranston for some time and\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j, -^^^y^WSiMiBBP^^^^^^^B known a.s Cranston s Hotel, also used by Colonel\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*\u00c2\u00bbi9*^^ ^r ^^^^^^^1 .Stuart as a tavern.\\nH X^^^ The hall in the upper story of tlie eil was used by\\nL y _.. ^HB the Baptists for nieetintrs, also for dramatic and local\\n^1 ^m,:-^m\u00c3\u00a4 entertainments by various organizations.\\nThe belief in farms rather than in towns still\\ninipeded the growth of the Community, but small\\nnianufacturing was gradually introduced, and the Pop-\\nulation increased as there became a demand for their\\nlabor.\\nThe foundation of the shoe-making industry may\\nbe Said to have been laid by Daniel Stratton, who as\\nearly as 1S16, started in business. He built a factory\\nabout 1821 on Wa.shington street, when there were\\nstill l)ut few dwelling houses and one Store at die Mills, and business w-as necessarily done on a small scale. Here he\\nemployed four hands and continued tlie business a few years, selling it to his son Lorenzo, who in turn sold to William\\nBrigham, and the nanie of Brigham has been actively identified with our leading industry continually since this time.\\nFrancis Brigham, the head of the firm of F. Brigham Co. at the time of his deadi, learned his trade in this factory,\\nafterwards moving to a building which stood just off Main street, then to a brick building standing on site of present\\nHolden s Block.\\nIn KS47, the building cummonly known as the Co-operative Store, was built and the shoe business moved there and\\ncontinued to grow.\\nThe Feiton House.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "George IKmglitons I irst Slioe Factury. Cornei uf Main and lligh Stieels.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "The firm of Stowe, Bills Hawley commenced in 1854.\\nIn 1857, George Houghton built a shoe factory at the corner of Main and High streets sixty feet long, three stories high\\nwith a basement, which he enlarged the following year to one hundred feet in length, at this time an unheard-of size, giving\\nri.se to many dire predictions of failure\\nand the like.\\nThe first steam engine ever u.sed in the\\nliniit.s of Marlboro, wa.s run in this liuildini;,\\na 5-liorse power upright one.\\nThe foundation of a large and profitable\\nshoe business was here established. This\\nbuilding was moved in 1863 to form an eil to\\nthe present Main street factory, a part of\\nthe front portion ha\\\\ing been used as a\\nStation by the Fitchburg Railroad. Si.xty\\nfeet were added and a French roof put on\\nover the whole.\\nThesame year, 1857. the brick factory\\nof F. Hrigham Co. was built and the shoe\\nbusiness was rapidly becoming of large pro-\\nportions. Luman T. Jeffs began business in\\n1859. The amount of business done made\\na demand for factories to supply the lasts,\\ndies and machinery. and \\\\ve find these springing into existence together with a box factory, the latter being first fonnded about\\n1844, on site of the present box factory, where had previously been located a eider brandy distillery, which business at one\\ntime assumed large proportions. niore apples being brought in than could be handled.\\nAtkinson House. Built iS6o. Destroyed in Great Fire, 1S94.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "View from I ope s Hill.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1862.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "At tlie beginning of tlie Civil War tlie exlsting military\\nforraations in tlie State were altered somewhat. and nien from\\ntliis vicinity were enlisted in several different regiments, which\\nearly vvent to the front for a three years service.\\nLooking down Main Street.\\nWest Side vi Wood Square.\\nThe foUowing year, May, 1862, another Company of\\nolunteers was organized in Feltonville, of which the late\\nLieut.-C\u00c3\u00bcl. VV. E. C. Worcester was the first captain. This\\nCompany was lettered I, of the Fifth Regiment, and did\\nactive service in many of the battlesof that war. This Com-\\npany, although credited to the parent town, was principally\\nrecruited from this village, a part of its membership Coming\\nfrom neighboring localities.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "View froni Pope s Hill.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1S62. The Tannery Buildings are at^tlie extreiiie liglit.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "The picture on this page shows the liuildinjjs formerly standing on ihe north sidc nf Wood Square: the one on the\\nright was afterwards the shoe factorv of L. S tratton and still later tiirned around when Feiton street was laid out. The\\nbuilding next stood where the street now\\nruns. This building was moved to site\\nof present Sherman House. where it was\\nliurned. The cut also shows the end of\\nthe (\u00c2\u00bbId Red House and corner of\\nSolon Wood s st\u00c3\u00b6re.\\nIn connection with the shoe business it\\nniay be interesting to notice the follovving\\ntwo advertisements which appeared in the\\nlocal paper. as showing that the present\\ndepartment Stores are hardly more diver-\\nsified in tlieir stock than were sonie of\\nour early factories. These are reproductd\\nalmost exactiy as the Originals appeared:\\nA seven-in-hand in Wood Square.\\n(From an old tin-type.)\\nFP.KIGHAM CO.,\\nManufacturers of\\nWOMENS andCHILDREN S BOdTEES.\\nand Dealers in Choice Family Floiir. Hudson\\nWM. F. TROWBRIDGE,\\nManufacturer of\\nMEN S. MISSES and CHILDKEN S BALMO-\\nKALS, Biiff, Split, Calf, lieble, and Goat Boots\\nand Shoes, and Dealer in Family Flour.\\nWood Square, Hudson.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "Duriiii; all tliis pcriod siiicc thi; lirst scttlcniciit, tlie villnsc. iiow rapidly growing, was still but a part of llic town of\\nMarlboro, and although tlie apportionmcnt of town officers was such that no complaint coiild be made by the residents of\\nFeltonville, yet the inconvenience of going four miles to attend town meeting began to excite public sentiment. which the local\\nnewspaper voiced in several articles. The outcome of this agitation was a call for a public meeting of all the Citizens in\\nUnion Hall, Tuesday evening. May l 1S65. This meeting was largely attended and the question of incorporation thoroughly\\ndiscussed. The sentiment was pretty generally in\\nfavor of the movement which also developed ihc-\\nfact that many of the Citizens of Berlin and Holton\\ndesired to have the scctions of thcir towns lyini;\\nnext the proposed new town annexed to it. l his\\nnaturally gave rise to olijections from the towns\\ninterested, which complicated matters somewhat.\\nFor some reason the first meeting was ad-\\njourned without any action being taken and a\\nmeeting called the following Tuesday. at which\\nthese resolutions were adopted\\nU /ierfas, we the inhabitants of Feltonville\\nand vicinity, believing that the time has arrived\\nwhen it will be for our best interests and welfare\\nto vvithdraw from our respective municipal cor-\\nporations and be incorporated into a new town:\\ntherefore,\\nRksoi.\\\\i;i). that acommittee of nine be appointed to take into consideration the subject of establishing the boundary lines\\nof Said new town and the most fcasible way of drawing up the petition for that purpose. and that they be instructed to procure\\nsuch legal advice as they niay deem neccssary on the subject. and report at some future meeting to be called by theni.\\nThe committee attended to the duty a.ssigned and the Citizens determined upon the boundary lines as reconimended by\\nthe conimittee. petitions being drawn in accordance with the same, several slight changes having been made to incliide\\nShoe Factory of L. Stratton.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "outlying farms. A new committee of five was then chosen to make arrangements for incorpoi ation.\\nWhen the question of a name came up for consideration two propositions were offered, one by Silas Feiton offering 51,000\\nshould the name of Feiton be selected. the other frora Hon. Charles Hudson who agreed to donate S5no for the foiindation of\\na Free Public Liljrary should the name of Hudson be given the new town. It has not. we believe. been quite clear why the\\nlatter proposition was accepted, but .such was the case.\\nThe b\u00c3\u00bcrden of the work rested on this\\nnew committee and it is a fact pointed to\\nwith pride that although in the face of much\\nOpposition, no lobby was employed or unlaw-\\nful means attempted in attaining the desired\\nresult.\\nAfter much legal controversy, the act\\nincorporating the new town of Hudson, was\\npassed March 16, 1866.\\nJames T. Joslin, Esq., who was counsel\\nfor tlie town. closed his able plea in these\\nwords\\nIf incorporated, 1 believe that the\\ntown of Hudson at no distant day will be-\\ncome a town that shall do honor to Middlesex\\nCounty, do honor to the towns from which\\nshe is taken and will remember them in return for what they niay each have done for her.\\nThe town then had 306 voters. March 20, 1S68, the town bounds as they now exist were determined upon, taking in a part\\nof the town of Bolton.\\nMansion House. Built 1S43. Remodelled 1856.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "I II\\n,iHi!fiiiii0ii:iiitiii 11.\\nBurned July 4. 1ST4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hudson s lirst disastrous Hre.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "iews fluni I ope s Hill.\\nerection. Wheii tliis buikling was completed it Imd a lar^e\\nliall in the upper story in wliich was lield adedication dance. at\\nwhicli nearly every Citizen of tlie town was nicntiniicd as an\\naid. Tliis liall was used as an armory, dance liall. etc.\\nThe lower story was first used as a grist mill.\\nl he tirst view sliown on tliis page was taken in\\n1S63, sliowing Central street before it was re-lo-\\ncated al.so tlie blacksniitli shop previous to its\\nlieing moved.\\nThe second view, taken about 1.S66, sliows the\\nTrowbridge factory completed. and the wooden\\nslioe factory of F. Brigham Co. in process of", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GEO.HOUOMTONS FACTORY LOUKI/Nti EAST", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "J lie Wood Housc un a liins;tuu .stit-L-t. nuw tlie\\nproperty of the First Unitarian Societv.\\nJoel Cuniniings. ,i l.iiniliai ligiiiL- tu uUlci i L^i^lullls,\\nof the town and hjs st\u00c3\u00b6re on Feiton street,", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "Up Main Street about 1S70 from in front of Town House Lawn.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "The slioe business was fiirtlier increased in 1S65 by the building of the four story wooden slioe factory of W, F.\\nTro\\\\vl_irid,t;e. where bis business was traiisferred and enlarged.\\nAfter the close of the Civil War, ap-\\npropriate exercises were held May 30,\\nlS() i. tlie speal int; lieing froni the piazza\\nof this factory, the local band furnishing\\nmusic for the occasion. The day has\\nsince been annually observed, tlie town\\nmalcing an appropriation for tlie expenses\\nof the same, used ander direction of\\nPost No. 9. G. A. K.. nanied Reno in\\nhonor of General Reno.\\nMany local organizations have from\\ntime to tiiiie assisted tlie Post in tlieir\\nServices.\\nMoney has been twice raised for tlie\\nbnilding of a Soldiers Monument, whicli\\nowing to coniplications, has not l^eeii\\naccompli.shed. but a Memorial Building\\nis contemplated, whicli will be a welcome\\naddition to our pujjlic buildings, and a\\njust tribute to the men who sacrificed\\ntlieir lives for their country.\\nSince this time there lias been a\\nsteady healthy growth, an enlargement of business already established. and additions of several new industries of a\\nvaried character, such as give the town stability and a guarantee of continued prosperity.\\nThe First Decoration Dav, 1S(1;).", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "Ihe East Knd fron\u00c2\u00bb IVipt- s Hill. 1^70.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "The huiiding owned by F. S. \u00c3\u00bcawes \u00c3\u00a4nd\\noccupied partially by his die shop and by\\nBradley Sayward. was built on made laiid,\\nfilled in to the Tannery Fond, the fence\\nformerly running along its edge being shown\\non page 21, in tlie picture entitled George\\nHoiigliton s Factorv. looking east. Tliis\\n,.jy j\\npiB \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ji.lliiidiifetktB L 4\\nL. T. Jefts Shoe Factory, 1\u00c2\u00ab70.\\nIjiiilding was the scene of a fire whicli good\\nwork of tlie firemen alone prevented froni\\nbeing disastrous.\\nThe electric light Station was formerly\\nlocated in the angine room of the shop.\\nBradley s Shop, 1870.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": ".rtii. l\u00c3\u009cil-ln^Bttii\\n1 he CVntre ol tlie lown from Pope s Hill. js^o.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "The iHiriiiiig of tho Brick Shop, so\\ncalled, in 1882 which totally destroyed the\\nbuilding, caused a considerable incon-\\nvenience to the sline business of F. Brig-\\nham Co.. but the firm made use of the\\nFactory of F. Brigham Co. Built ls. )7. \u00c3\u009fiiriied IS.S J\\nl)iiildinss on the .south side of the river. which tliey roiitinucd to\\noccupy until tliey leased their present factory sooii after the\\ngreat fire. The building they novv u.se was built by the Hnd.son\\nReal Estate Co. for H. H. Mawhinney Co., who, on leaving\\ntown, sub-leased it to tlii.s firm.\\nResidence of K. H. Brigham. Destroyed in Great Fire.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "The West End from Pope s Hill.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1870.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "^tore of -Sulon Wood Co., lS7(t.\\nshown on tliis page weie destoyed in tlie great fire.\\nLewis Block and Prescott Building now occupy\\nthe locations shown in the second picture. Pythian\\nHall occupied the upperstoryof Lewis Block when\\nburned. The Hudson Pioneer was for a long tinie\\npublished in the furthest building shown in the\\npicture.\\nSolon Wood s Store occupied the\\ncentre of the Square, on site of \u00c3\u00b6ne of\\nthe first buildings built in this vicinity,\\nthe building being several times remod-\\nelled and enlarged. The land it occupied\\nwas purchased by the town for $10,000\\nsoon after the fire. All the buildings\\nI-ewis Block and tlie K. Str.itton Building.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "In August. IS/i. thc Japanese Embassy paid a visit of inspcction tn Hudson, under guidance of a committee from\\ntlie rSoston Shoe aiid Leatlier Exchange. These gen\u00c3\u00bcemen were native Japanese sent by their government to investigate\\nthe various manufactures in this country.\\nW\\n1 he Visit of the Japanese Embassy, I.sTL\\nThe l\u00c3\u00bct is now covered by ])usiiiess blocks,\\nand it was a compliment of the highest\\nkind that they .should be brought here.\\nTlie processes of tanning were thorough-\\nly examined, and they were then taken\\nthiDugh tlu- Houghton Shoe Factory. it\\nbeing considered a model factory at that\\ntime. A pleasing part of the program\\nwas the making of several pairs of shoes\\nfor the visitor.s during their progress\\nthrough the shop, they watching the\\nseveral Operations as the work progressed.\\nThe finished shoes were taken as Sou-\\nvenirs bv tlie visitors. who expressed\\ntliemselves as highlv delighted and\\ninstructed.\\nThe picturc shows the Embassy in\\nthe centre of the group.\\nIhe land hing east of the factory and\\nforming the corner of Main and Broad\\nstreets, was preserved l y Mr. Houghton\\nfor a number of years as a park, in the\\ncentre of which wasa hand.some fountain.\\nand extensive altorations are being planned for tlie old factory building.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "The Mansion House, remndelled froni\\nCox s Tavern. stood on site of Solon\\nWood s new block and was prominent\\namong tlie cid buildings before the fire.\\nItwasbiiilt upon a solid ledge of rock\\nwhicli underlies all the buildings on the\\nnorth side of Wood Square.\\nThe George Stratton Hou.se stood at the\\nCorner of Pope street, on spot now occupied by the\\nSavings Bank Block. This building was blown\\nup to prevent further progress of the great tire.\\nTlie George Stratton Ilouse. Built 1S34.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The r;ipid advancc in photograpliic\\nprocesses has niade the production of this\\nbook possible, and we are enablcd to repro-\\nduce among the historic pictures of Hudson\\na view which may well be called a mile-\\nstone of photograpliy. Probably no photo-\\ngraph has ever been given a wider distribu-\\ntion or attracted more nearly universal\\nattention than the one called Morning\\n(ilories. Its production in 1874, and its\\ncxhibition at the Centennial Exposition in\\nI hiladelpliia in 1876, was a marvel of Photo-\\ngraphie success and even at tliat time\\ndeemed an impossibility. This picture was\\nphotographed by theold wet process long\\nbefore the snap shot period had dawncd.\\nby the veteran Hudson artist, Mr. R. 13.\\nLewis, and his success in securing perfect\\nlikenesses of so many children in one group\\n.Morning Glories.\\n(Negative by Lewis\\nlikenesses of so many cnuaren in one group\\nwas first looked upon by nnany artists as a clever trick rathcr than an actual photograph. ^^^tul who\\n,8,000 copies in two years attests its popularity; copies being purchased by many European photographcrs\\nwere e.xhibiting at Philadelphia.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "Hudson was represented in the 250th anniversary processinn in the city of Boston, in ISSO, by a novel exhibil frcim tlie\\nHudson factory of Martin. Skinner Fay. then nianaged by our late townsman. George Houghton. consisting of two floats,\\nrepresenting the old and new in shoe-\\nmaking.\\nThe first float. under date of 1630, be-\\ning a log cabin with a settler s family\\nbusily engaged in making shoes by band,\\nthe only method then known. This made\\na realistic picture of ye olden time the\\nstealthy red-skin. witliout, also bringing\\nto mind the hardships cncountered by\\nour early ancestors and the gixat open\\nhre-place and spinning wheel added to\\nthe picture of what had been the cor.-\\ndition of a leading industry of the State.\\nThe cobbler s stone was a nccessary\\narticle for every workman, even in the\\nfirst shoe factories, so called, as each\\nman produced the whole shoe, the present\\nSystem being then unknown. With the\\nexception of the date this e.xhibit was a\\ntrue picture of Hudson. Fast, a con-\\ndition which was improved upon in this\\nlocality by manufacturers as rapidly as\\nmachines were invented to supercede the old hand methods. The factories of the present day in Hudson arq\\nkeeping at the head in improved machinery in all departments of the industry.\\nThe Log Cabin .Shoe Shop. Exhibit in J. ittli .Anniversary Procession in Boston.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "The second float, under date of I8S0, was a fully equipped modern shoe factory, every macliine necessafy (or\\nthe production of a slioe was included and in running order, power being supplied by a small upright engine, which the\\npicture shows. This was not a toy fac-\\ntory, but shoes were actually produced\\nalong the route of the procession, and\\nthe exhibit was one of the features of the\\nparade, as few, if any, other exhibitors\\nhad succeeded in placing on wheels a\\nfully equipped factory supplying its own\\npower.\\nThis float, lilce the one preceding it.\\nwas in charge of skillcd workmen froni\\nthe factory, and special mention was\\nmade by Boston and loca! papers of this\\nclever exhibit.\\nThis structure has since been made\\ninto a small cottage, and Stands on the\\nsliore of Gates l ond. tlie source of our\\nwatcr supply.\\nThis same year. ISSU, Hudson s shoe\\nindustry was further increased l)y the\\noccupation of tlie l iano Shop by Mr.\\nJoseph S. Bradley, who had retired, as\\ndid Mr. Trowbridge, from the firm of F.\\nBrigham Co. The building is the one\\nnow occupied by Bradley Sayward. formerly uscd by Kalcr li .Sliau. wlio rcsumcd business here after tlieir fire in IST-l.\\nL p- o-date Shoe Making. Exhibit in 2r)ilth .\\\\nniversary Procession in Boston.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "The [Post Office has remained in nearly the\\nsame location since first founded in 1828. VVidi the\\nexception of temporary changes made necessary by\\nthe erection of Manson s Block in 1886 and by the\\ngreat tire of 1894, the office has stood in nearly its\\npresent location since about 1850. when it was re-\\nmoved from Brigham s Block, where it was located\\nfor some time after leaving the Peters Building.\\nPost Office in Manson s Blick lUock\\nBrigham s Block was also occupied\\nat various tinies by the Savings Bank,\\nwhich was incorporated February 6, 1869,\\nLewis Photograph Studio, Law Offices,\\netc. Tlie third story contained G. A. R.\\nHall when burned. The old post office\\nbuilding now Stands on Warner street\\nthe other buildings shown were all de-\\nstrovcd in the great fire.\\nUld Post )ffice Building and Brigham s, afterwards Cochran s Block.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "Eaily in 1SS2, scvcral prominent Imsiness niun insliuited a movement wliicli lesnlted in the Organization and cliartering o\u00c2\u00a3\\nthe Hudson National Hank. Tliey comnienced business in Marcli, witli Ijankins; rooms in the quarters now occupied by the\\nSelectmen in the Town House.\\nIn IS85 a Co-operative Bank was incorporated, giving the town a System of banks which lias provcd popul\u00c3\u00a4r with all\\nclasses, as the large deposits in each denote.\\nThis year saw, also, the foundation of the\\npresent Apsley Rubber Co., commenced by\\nApsley Coffin under the title of the (uiod-\\nyear Gossamer Co. These gentlemen began\\nbusiness in the wooden buildings of F.\\nBrigham Co., now occupied by the Hudson\\nWorsted Co., Novelty Paper Box Co., and\\nthe Enterprise l rinting Co., which they con-\\ntinued to use until they purchased an exten-\\nsive tract of land where their buildings now\\nstand, on which they erected substantial\\nbrick buildings specially adapted to their\\nuse. The diversity of Industries is what has\\ngiven the town a niore than average pros-\\nperity, and the rubber clothing busine.ss has\\nbeen an important factor in the upbuilding\\nof Hudson.\\nTlic Laiiciiiitei K. K. lindgc, l\u00c3\u00b6wi, siiowing houses on Maple and Ulm Streets.\\nAt the town meeting November 7, 18Si, the matter of a System of water works was brought up by an articlcin the w.irrant\\nand a vote was passed authorizing the appointment of a committee of fiftesn who should take the same into consideration.\\nThis committee recommended an appropriation for a thorough survey and plan for taking water froni C.ates Pond, and an\\nestimaled cost of constructing the works.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "Enlarged to form Shoe Factory of C. M. Brett Co.\\nnatural fall sufficient to reach the top of nearly\\nevery building in town. When completed, 8.2\\nmiles of pipe had been laid, varying in size\\nfrom 4 to 16 iiiches. Water was let in from\\nthe pond December 16. 18S4.\\nThe water is free from contamination,\\nand of the finest quality. A large number of\\napplication.s for water were received and so\\npopul\u00c3\u00a4r has been the System that rates are\\nextremely low, and extensions of the water\\nAn appropriation was made in April, ISSJ,\\nand an act authorizing the taking of water\\npassed the Legislature. and was approved\\nApril 25. Gates Pond, which was selected,\\nlies in the town of Berlin and had at that time\\nan area of about ninety acres, with a natural\\nwater shed of one hundred and forty-one acres.\\nThe surface of the pond was then 103 feet\\nabove the curbing at the Post Office, giving a\\nBuilding now occupied by Hudson W orsted Co., as it appeared in iS/o,", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "liiaiii have bteii freqiieiitly necessary. The System now consists of 20.61 miles of pipc of tlie varioiis sizes, with US ^gateS\\nand 137 hydrants. The income, inclusive of hydrant Service, was nearly S10,\u00c3\u009c0\u00c3\u009c in 1S9S, water being taken by 1,014 families\\nin addition to business and other uses. The fact that no pumping is required makes the expense of maintenance of the\\nSystem comparatively light.\\nIn 1898, a new dam was constructed,\\ngiving a storage depth of tvvo feet addi-\\ntional and an additional water shed of\\nabout twenty acres. An auxiliary pipe\\nbne was also laid from the pond running\\nparallel to the first line, except at the\\npond. This gave a much increased\\npressure as was proven by the thorough\\ntest given the whole system on Decem-\\nber 6 of that year.\\nNovember 16, 1887, a military Com-\\npany was organized, designated M, and\\nattached to the Fifth Regiment. This\\nCompany enlisted in the U. .S. Service for\\nduty in the Spani.sh war. and while not\\nseeing active service in any of the .Span-\\nish counti-ies, was in camp nine months\\nready for duty. On their return from\\nthe south the Company was reorganized, Capt. James I Cl\u00c3\u00a4re aftcrwards enlisting in the 26th U. S. Infantry for duty in the\\nPhilipliines. The armory. formerly located in the Opera Hou.se. is now in the ui)per story of ihe Town Hou.se. Here the\\nCompany has a well arranged suite of rooms. a reading room supplied with daily papers and other matter.\\nThe lannery in IST\u00c2\u00bb. The building at the extreme left was used for the Engine House of\\nIloughton, No. 2. Part of bclfry shows in picture.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "Hudson was also represented in tlie navy\\ndiiring the recent war, both at Santiago on the\\nBrooklyn, and at Manila on the flagship of\\nAdmiral Dewey.\\nMany cid buildings, dating back a liundred\\nyears or more. are still standing in very nearlv\\ntheir original form, but have not been included\\nin the views shown herein. Some, like the Cox\\nhouse. have been remodelled so that hardlv a\\nThe W illard Cox House.\\nResidence of F. E. Brown, \u00c3\u009ftiilt by (i. L. Manson, l.Sij4.\\nSuggestion of their fornier seif remains. The frames of most, if\\nnot all of them, were hewn from oak, and in many cases boarded\\nwith oak or chestnut lumber.\\nThe Witt house shown on page 7, stood on the site of tlie lirown\\nhouse. The small house showing ihrough the trees at tlie right\\nis this house in its present location on River street.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "the pictiire of Eureka Hose. When destroyed, the whole\\nfactory building was used for the slioe business with the ex-\\nception of a sniall st\u00c3\u00b6rt- in the tirst story.\\nThe blacksmith shop here shown is the one formerly\\nStanding on the strcet as early as 1790. Tliis stood ne.xt\\ntlie slied in wliich the gieat fire started, and uith the sliop was\\ntotallv destroyed.\\nThe woodcn shoe factory of F. Hrigham\\nCo. stood on the site of Howe s mill, and\\nthe lower story was u.scd for a long time as\\na Krist mill by K. II. Brighani the old mill\\nbuilding formerly occupied by him. shown on\\npage 21, in picture entitled South from\\nWood Square. now Stands in the rear of\\nMoulton s pr\u00c3\u00a4sent blacksmith shop. aportion\\ndl it, in its present position, being shown in\\nOne Ilvindred ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ears a Smithy.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "No neai er an ideal National Huliday ever dawned than in\\n1894. the twentieth anniversary of tlie first serious fire. tlie\\nmorning of Juiy 4 liaving been ushered in by the small boys\\nand others, with the usual ceremonies supposed to be neces-\\nsary to the liirth of each new yourth. Had all the small\\nboys finished their celebrating with the davvn, this story would\\npi obably have to be told in a much different way.\\nSeveral small boys. however. continued the celebration in\\nthe afternoon with fire-crackers and the like in the rear of the\\nshoe factory of Frank H. Chamberlain, and started the fire\\nwhich spread with such disastrous results. The town was soon\\nl lw J rowbridge .Shop. Startini; puint ol tire.\\nKesidence of F. W. Trowbridge, 2nd.\\nDestroyed in Cireat Fire.\\nawakened to the possibilities attending the\\nprogress of the tire, which was rapidly eat-\\ning into the factory in front and spreading\\nto each side, fanned by a streng west wind.\\nComing as did the first alarm, when\\nmany of the firemen and niore of the people\\nwere at Riverside Park, the response was\\nnot as prompt as usual and the fire had\\ngained a headway too strong to be easily\\nsubdued.\\nAssistance was telegraphed for to many\\nplaces and a generous response was given.\\nThe flanies had rapidly spread. impeded for", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "a time by the many trees in the Square, but trees and blocks, wooden and brick, meltcd in the bot brealh of ihc fire\\nfiend. The rapid spread in many cases cut off the firemen from hydrants in use, preventing their being closed, ihus lessening\\nthe pressure of t!ie water and rendering the fine System of water works almost useless.\\nSteamers and other fire apparatus rapidly arrived from neighboring places and vohinteers industriously puniped the\\nbrakes on the old Eureka Engine, which\\nmade itself usefui on the west side of tlie\\nSquare. The George Stratton house was\\nblown up to prevent further progress of the\\nflames in its direction, and the large tin roof\\non the Underwood Building was fanned likc\\na handkerchief in the air, preventing the\\nflames from entering the Hudson House.\\nwliich stood next to it. The combined\\nforces of all who could assist seemed hardly\\nsufificient to prevent the destruction of the\\nentire centre of the tow-n. Cinders were\\ncarried to a great distance. setting fires\\nwhich levelled two housesoutside the burnt\\ndistrict and threatening churches and the\\ntown house.\\nThegathering clouds predicted a shower\\nwhich shortly followed, and the wind, veering to the east, drove the flames back over the vast blackened area of what was once\\nthe throbbing business heart of the town, and the progress of the fire was rapidly prevented. Men could not have worked\\nharder on their own honies than did the firemen sent to our aid, and the town owes mucl\u00c2\u00bb to them and our own\\nfire department that more of the town was not destroyed.\\nChase Block in lS7i). .Afterwards raised une Story to contain Odd Feliows Hall.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "The ladies diel good service in furnishing food for the workers, scouiiiig the\\ntown for provisions and coffee, which was served in the vestry of the Unitarian\\nChurch. The militia was called out for guard duty and prevented the dcstruction\\nand carrying away of property that had been saved.\\nNearly forty buildings were destroyed, covering an area of over 5 acres\\niid representing a loss of fuUy a half million doUars, all of which had been\\n.iccomplished in less than three hours. The night was vivid with thesmouldering\\nfire and nearly all the old landmarks had vanished forever.\\nThe few trees that had withstood the fierce heat. loomed up in the darkness,\\nblackened to the roots. with brancbes bare,\\nand served as about the only guiaes to sliow\\nwhere once had stood the buildings they\\nhad so vainly endeavored to shelter.\\nHere and there, among the ruins, were\\nsolitary figures pouring streams of water on\\nthe smoking mass, and most conspicuous of\\nall, among the landmarks still Standing, was\\nthe Old Elm, marking the extreme western\\nend of the burnt district.\\nHudson House, 1K70. Tlie Underwood Building next marked tlie edge of the\\nburnt district on the east.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Main Street ju^t previous tu the gioat liic ot jiily 4, 1S94.\\n(Negative by K. 11. Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Next morning that magnlflcent old elm was Standing as it liad stood almost a Century througli, a silent sentlnel, Itself a\\nwreck amid a scene of desolation no picture can fully portray a part of the Hudson that was in ruins around, it seemed\\nemblematic of the fortitude which has characterized the town and its people.\\nThe burnt district from roof of building of F. Brigham Co., July 5, 1S94.\\nIt scattered its scorched leaves as if for seed from which sli\u00c3\u00bculd spring a town anew they feil on good ground\\nand a new town arose as if by niagic.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "l^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^ ei i. iiihl dUtii^t Irom Co\\\\ -qiuue. ^Iiowiny i.)k[ hlni plaiiK-d i, i.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "3^~S! S.-.B-,JL-j\\n!_..\\nLookingdown Main Street fiom Wood Square, iSgq.\\n(Negative by C. L. Peiry", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "N the reconstruction wliich t ollowed. tlie biisiness men proved lliat. altliousli\\nalmost stuiined by the hlow, tliey still liad courage to go on and make the town\\nbetter for having sutfered.\\nScarcely had daylight dauned when workmen commenced at the ruins, Clear-\\ning away for foundations of new biiildings. and the store-keepers rapidly found\\nDanluith Falls.\\nsheltcr for themselves and \u00c2\u00abhat litde stock\\nhad been saved. in vacant Stores or parts of\\nStores occupied by their niore fortunate\\nbrothers in trade, who had escaped the Harnes.\\nNew buildings were rapidly pushed to\\ncompletion. (iraves block being the first to\\nbe finished for occiipancy. the first st\u00c3\u00b6re\\nopened being appropriatcly named The\\nl heni.x. The Lawrence building was tin-\\nished for Stores December 15, and the other\\nbuildings followed initil we have today cov-\\nering a part of the burnt district no less\\nthan fourteen brick and granite buildings.\\ngiving the town a busine.ss section hardly\\nsurpassed by towns of much larger size.\\nI ost Of\u00c3\u00bcce. and E. F. Worcesler s Xews Room.\\nOpened in new buildmi; Dec. 15, 18W.\\n(Negative by Terry.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "These buildings are heated by steam. piped for gas, and wired for electricity. All are cqviipped uitli iiKxlcrn con-\\nveniences. The Stores, as a rule. are furnished with hard or fancy wood lixtures. many with metal ceilings, and carry Stocks\\nof goods sufificient to compete with sur-\\nrounding towns as to selection and price.\\nThe electric roads, looked upon by many\\nas a detriment to smaller towns, have proved\\na help to our business men, and the balance\\n(if trade may be honestly stated as in\\nH udson s f avor.\\nThe young men of the town are in the\\nmajority as to ownership and nianagcment\\nof local enterprises, and are thoroughly iip\\nto date.\\nThe illustrations \\\\ve are able to give of a\\nlew of the Stores which are leaders in the\\nlines they handle, denote well arranged\\nstock and neat, attractive places. They\\nshow better than words can teil that their\\nowners are alive to the fact that the corner\\ngrocery of long ago, while picturesque, is\\nnot in the line of twentieth Century ad\\\\-ance-\\nnient, and that attractively displayed goods\\nare half sold. City Stores, while e.xcelling\\nin size, are not more progressive than our own, and purchasers are not oljliged to seek the cities when in want of goods. Not--\\nwithstanding the nearness to Boston, and possibility of getting goods in the early afternoon when ordered in the morning, it\\nis the custoni of leading merchants to carry f\u00c3\u00bcll assortments.\\nHardware Store of J. H. S. M. Robinson. (Negative by K. 15. Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "Looking North from Wood Square.\\n(Negative by R. B. Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "Wlien the new buildings were being built our mercliants were busy with tlie inaking of iip-to-date fixtures for their new\\nStores, according to the latest ideas, and the matter o\u00c2\u00a3 expense was not considered of as niuch importance as attractiveness\\nand convenience. The result is pleasing to\\nboth custoniers and merchants. and goods\\nare niore easily liandled, better displayed\\nand niore quickly sold, ensuring fresh stock\\nand low prices, things not always possible\\nliefore the fire. which. although a teniporary\\nimpediment proved a blessing in disguise if\\nwe consider die general result.\\nW e liavc lost, it is truc, mach of the sim-\\nple beauty of a shaded country business\\nStreet, with its old-fashioned Stores and pic-\\nturesque scenes. Some of our older business\\nmen, too. have dropped by the wayside, aged\\nall too rapidly by the terrible experiences of\\nthe fire. Old landmarks have disappeared\\nbut in their places ha. arisen a busy com-\\nniercial section that is a credit to any local-\\nity. Others have stepped in to fil! the vacant\\nplaces, and new landmarks have been made\\nwliich should stand for niany years as mon-\\numents to the enterprise of our people.\\nThe town has been well represented in important political Offices in the State and nation, by .State Representatives and\\nSenators, National Representative, (jovernors Council and leading comniittees, who have maintained the dignity of the town.\\nDry Goods Store of Charles E. Brown.\\n(Negative by K. l.e\\\\\\\\ is", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "(Interiorsby Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "Secret societies abound and brethren of nearly all orders can here clasp hands with fellow members. The best appointed\\nhalls are Odd Fellows Hall in Lewis Block, leased by Hudson Lodge, No. 154, and Masonic Hall in Savings Bank Block.\\nleased by Doric Lodge. A. F. and A. M.\\nPythian Hall in Graves Block, Grand\\nArniy Hall in Cochran Building, St. Jeans\\nin Lawrence Building, and A. O. H. in the\\nAmerican House. are aniong the others.\\nThe Riverside Association has a comfort-\\nable suite of rooms in the second story of\\nLawrence Building with a large membership\\namong the young men of the tow n.\\nThe ladies are conducting well organized\\nclubs. having regul\u00c3\u00a4r programs arranged\\nfor a complete season s work. The largest\\nof these is the Hudson Woman s Club, hav-\\ning a membership of nearly one hundred\\nand fifty. organized on broad, non-sectarian\\nprinciples, and embracing in its membership\\nladies connected with every church society\\nin town.\\n.Social lines are not as closely drawn as\\nin niany places. and a cordial feeling e.xists\\namong nearly all the Organization\u00c2\u00ab.\\nSeveral smaller literary and musical clubs\\nhold regul\u00c3\u00a4r sessions through the winter months. but many of these are allied with particular churches or societies. All\\nalumni association has recently been formed among the graduates and past members of the high scliool.\\nTailoring and Men s Furnishing Establishment of Burkill Bros. (Negative by Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "m^sis-Si^ms^ s ^\u00c2\u00a7i^^i ^i", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "tlie various manufactories in town wliicli will shortlv l)e\\nAn average of about 515,000 is distributed weekly by\\ngreatly increased by the new Industries promised.\\nHudson offers to business men a town unexcelled in advantages for easy transportation of freight at low rates, Building\\nsites for new Industries at nominal figures,\\nand a Board of Trade, ready to give proper\\nassistance to any business concerns seeking\\na location for manufacturing.\\nIt is situated on tlie extreme western edge\\nof Middlesex County, twenty-eight miles\\nfrom Boston, with a population of over five\\nthousand. It is an attractive townnaturally,\\nand its shady streets, well kept lawns and\\nmodern houses make it attract niore tlian\\nordinary attention from even a casual visitor.\\nNot the least among the public huildings\\nis the Town House, erected in 1872 at a\\ntotal cost for building. site and gxading, of\\nnearly $60,000. It is substantially built of\\nbrick, and was formally dedicated Septem-\\nber 26, 1872. The first Story isnow occupied\\nIjy the Public Library, offices of the various\\nboards of town ofificers and the court room\\nthe second floor contains the hall with a\\nseating capacity of 800; while the upper\\nStory, formerly used as Masonic \u00e2\u0080\u00a2apartments, is now the home of Co. M, 5th Regiment, M. M., and is comfortably\\narranged for their use. The building has been recently re-\\\\vired for electric lights.\\nSavings Bank Block.\\n(Negative by Lewis.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "HE Free Pubiic Library of Hudson was founded in lS67, by a donation o\u00c2\u00a3 S500 from the\\nRev. Charles Hudson, after whom tlie town was named, who proposed in a letter to the\\ntovvn committee H the town of Hudson, at a legal meeting calied for that purpose, vote\\nFountaiii in fornier Houghton Paik.\\na free toii ii lilirary fpr t/u- i/sr of all the\\ninliahitants of the town, and shall appro-\\npriate or otherwise secure the siim of S500\\nto be devoted to that object, they may call\\nupon nie, my executors or administrators, for\\nthe like sum of j!500, to be expended in\\nfurtherance of that object. The town ac-\\ncepted the proposition, and voted the sum\\nnamed and with the SlOOO thus secured. and\\nsome etiler liberal donations, the library was\\nopened in 1S67\\nresidents of the town over twelve years of age.\\nA Section of Press Koom of tlie Enterprise Printing Co. (Negative by C. L. Perry.)\\nIt has since been entirely supported by taxation, and is wholly free to all permanent ur temporary", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J he Hudson llyuse. Looking up Main jtrcet.\\n(Negative by LcwisJ", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "The Card catalogue has been in use since 1892. In IS^? a finding list\\nprinted. The lilirary is nowlocated in the townhall l)uilding, with a delivery\\nThe t\u00c3\u00bcwn annually appropriates $5,W\u00c3\u00bc lor the puur aud an aveiage uf about\\nof the Juvenile and Fiction departments was\\nand free reading room on the ground floor, and\\ntlie stocl: room in the basement. Special Cards\\nare issued to teachers and members of literary\\nclubs and students. by which a numberof books\\nmay be taken at a time. Nearly all of the mag-\\nazines and papers of the day are placed in the\\nreading room. It is connected with the\\nMassachusetts Library Art Club, by which loan\\nexhibitions of different representative works of\\nart are placed upon its walls each month in\\nthe year. The borrowers of books are largely\\nyoung people and their wants are carefully con-\\nsidered.\\nThe property owned by the town underdirec-\\ntion of the Overseers of the Poor, lies in the\\ncast part of town. The building formerly oc-\\nlupied was one used by the parent town until\\nllud.son s incorporation, purchased from the\\nDavid Hunter estate. After this town was set\\napart, the building was used jointly by the two\\ntowns until July 1, 1866. The old building was\\noccupied until its destruction by fire. Feb. 19,\\n1S97. The present commodious buildings were\\nliuilt at an expense of glO.OO\u00c3\u00bc furnishing,$600.\\n14 are cared for at the f arm partial support, 192.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "Electric Light Station.\\nLECTRIC Ligliting was tirst introduced in the lown in 1SS5 by a Company of Citizens\\nlinder title of The Hudson Electric Liglit Company, witli power Station in the\\nfactory of Bradley Sayward. Street and commercial lighting was carried on\\nby them until 1897 when the town purchased the plant, then consisting of a Ball\\n65-horse power engine, 1 Thomson-Houston 650 light alternater and 1 Thomson-\\nHouston 30 light arc machine. To these have been added a Slater 125-horse power\\nCorliss type angine, 1 D. M. Dillon lOO-horse power boiler, and 1 1200 light general\\nelectric alternater, giving the town an equipment sufficiently large to nieet the de-\\nraands for lights for several years to come.\\nThe plant is located in a brick power Station specially constructed for its use\\non land purchased by the town, witli a spur-track to the building from the Fitch-\\nburg railroad. It is furnishing 26 street arc lamps cf nominally 2000-candle power. HO 25-candle power incandescent street\\nlamps, and an average daily Output of 650 lamps to nearly 150 customers.\\nIn addition to this municipal light plant, there are several private dynamos in use in the various factories varying\\nfrom 30 to 500 light capacity.\\nUpon the completion of the electric road from Clinton, tlie wires along Central and Main streets were all transferred to\\none set of new poles, combining the electric light, tire alarm and electric road wires, and doing away with many unsighdy poles.\\nThe house Service of incandescent lights is kept up all night. Arrangements with the fire department are such that in\\ncase of an alarm at night, the street Service is put on and continued for fifteen minutes after all out is sounded.\\nThe plant can be operated during the day to supply power for light manufacturing purposes as soon as there\\nis sufficient demand to guarantee the expense. No extra machinery is necessary, as the niotors could be operated\\nfrom the same niachines which now furnish light.\\nHudson boasts of being one of the few towns of its size operating a municipal light plant, and as its product is furnislied\\nat cost the rate bids fair to continue low, as the number of consumers is continually increasing.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "Fitchburg Railroad Station, 1S74\\nOK maiiy years communication with Boston was hy stage and team. a regul\u00c3\u00a4r mail\\nroute being establislied in 1S2S. In 1S47, tlie branch of the Fitcbburg Railroad\\nfrom South Acton was siirveyed and completed to Hudson about lcS51, the first\\nStation being a part of the present Houghton s factory. This branch was extended\\nto Marlboro in 1S53. The Massachusetts Central Railroad was first agitated soon\\nafter the incorporation of the town, but not finally completed until 1881. In 1883,\\nit was reorganized. and in December of the same year was leased to the Boston\\nMaine Railroad Company.\\nThe town is well accommodated for passenger and freight transportation, nine\\ntrains lieing run daily each way on the Central and eight on the Fitchburg.\\nThe running time to Boston has been reduced to about one hour.\\nElectric cars run regularly to Marlboro and a road is completed to Clinton, which will be in Operation in the spring,\\n\u00c3\u00bcther lines are also in contemplation, which will make Hudson a centre for several lines.\\nHudson has unusual facilities for easy transportation of freight to or from the principal eitles. Houghton Co. s Boston\\ne.xprcss furnishes quick Service from the Hub.\\nmaking three trips per day and through freights are\\nfrequent, making good connection to all points.\\nThe railroad stations are new and well arranged.\\nthe town being more fortunate in this respect than\\nmany of her neighboring localities.\\nThe fare to Boston, originally over onedollar. has\\nbeen gradually reduced until it is now but fifty-three\\nCents trip tickets reducing it still lower. and accom-\\nmodations such as to enable business men to reach\\nBoston in the morning and return in time for lunch at\\nnoon if necessary.\\nOld Fitchburg Railroad Bridge over the .4ssabet.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "The town is well provided witli cliurches, no less than seven denominations being represented. The oldest organized\\nSociety is the Baptist, meetings having been held as early as 1844 in Cox s hall, and later in Manson s hall. Many Services\\nwere also held atthe homes of the members. Their first church, shown on this page, was built in 1851, and was finished in\\nSeptember. This served their purpose until the completion of the new church which Stands on the site of the old one. The\\ncorner stone was laid December 2. 1875. and the church ded-\\nicated October 23. 1877.\\nThe church has recently had a large dining room finished off\\nin the basement, and the whole building wired for electric\\nlights.\\nThe Unitarians met in the School Street School house, the\\nhall being known as Freedom hall, in 1S54. Many of those\\nass\u00c3\u00bcciated witli thi.s socicty in it.s tarly days had takcn active\\npart in the anti-slavery meetings. and had also held religious\\nServices in various halls in the village.\\nThe present church building was started in l.Siid, the vestry\\nof which was known as Union hall. Here many meet-\\nings of importance in our history were held. among them those\\nregarding the incorporation of the town.\\nThe audience room and suite of parlors are commodious and\\nlighted by electricity. The society is an active one, several\\norganizations being connected with it for assistance along social and benevolent lines. The building shows to good advantage\\nat the corner of Main and Church streets.\\nA portion of the land on which the Tannery buildings had long stood was sold to the Methodist society in 1866. They\\nhad been holding meetings in Houghton s hall, the first sermon having been preached April 9, 1865. The foundation for the\\nnew edifice was laid in 1S66. Thorough repairs have just been made, electric lights installed, and other improvements made.\\nThe Baptist Church about l.si^\u00c3\u00b6.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "^%-^fr-^\\nw =gr/\\n,^Ef@S.\\n1^ y^I^lf /l", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "riie Catholic society was organized in 1S69, and a cluirch buiit the same year on Gross street. This society liad a rapid\\ngrowth. The fine new structure was commenced in 1889, and the Corner stone laid August 25 of that year witli an elaborate\\nService. We are enabled to present a picture of the interior of this church, which gives a faint idea of its beauty. The old\\nchurch now Stands in tlie rear of the new one. and is used for a parish hall for entertainments and the like.\\nIn addition to these are the Congrega-\\ntional society, organized 1S89, meeting in\\nTemple Hall St. Luke s Episcopal Mission\\nin St. Luke s Hall, both in Chase block and\\nthe First Church of Christ uScientist) in Odd\\nFellows Hall.\\nThe Congregational society is planning\\nto erect a church building in the near future,\\npreparations for which have been under\\nconsideration for some time.\\nAll denoniinations are active and their\\nServices well attended.\\nConsiderable attention is paid by the\\nvarious churclies to their .Sunday School de-\\npartments. and to the au.xiliary societies\\naniong the young people, upon wliich de-\\npends the future succe.ss of the cliurches\\nthemselves. A friendly rivalrv is kept up between tlieni, the churclies alternating annually in entertaining as special guests.\\nupon Memorial Sunday, Reno Post, G. A. K., and its kindred societies. Some etfort has been made to have these e.xercises\\nheld in Town Hall, and participated in by all the clergy jointly, instead of individually, as now.\\nStrangers in town will find a hearty welcome at any of the church Services, and seats free is a welcome invitation.\\nSt. Michaels K. C. Church, Gross .Street, l.Si J.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "(jafdo//c", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "S J\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r- S", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "The history of the scliool dates back to 1779, when the first school house was located in the easterly part of the towil,\\nanother having been built in 1812, and the School Street school-house in 1S55. This liouse was built on the geographical\\ncentre of the village, the distance from each man s door yard being mcasured, in order to locate it centrally.\\nF reedom Hall, so called, was in this building. and\\nmany of the anti-slavery meetings vvere lield here,\\nwhich gave it its name.\\nMany of our leading Citizens, professional and lay-\\nmen, have served on the school comniittee and have\\nbrouglit the schools to a high degree of excellence,\\nwhicii is in keeping vvith the advanced thought of tlie\\nday.\\nFrom supplies furnished by the scholars for chenii-\\ncal and philo.sophical study, the high school has ad-\\nvanced to attaining a well arranged laboratory, and\\nfrom a book case and a few books purchased by the\\nproceeds of a lectur.e cour.se, has grown a reference\\nlibrary with well stocked shelves. A business course\\nhas been added with stenography and type-writing,\\nmaintaining the e.vcellent Standing of the school.\\nA Superintendent has charge of the schools under\\nwhom are twenty-eight teachers, with a family of one\\nthousand and eighty scholars. The school-houses\\nare all well heated and ventilated and have an e.xcellent\\nCorps of teachers. most of them graduates from leading Colleges, normal and training schools.\\nThe matter of -scliool room decoration has been well looked after. material assistance having been given liy the\\nSupervisors of drawiiig. Music is also looked after by a special instructor.\\nSchool Street School House.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "iOting tlie W atei W oiks\\nHE reputatlon of our Fire Department among the firemen of New England, is of\\nlong Standing, and many companies can testii y to the hospitality of our fire\\nfighters.\\nThe history of the Fire Department dates from 1842, when on January 17,\\nthe first meeting was held. which resulted in the formation of the Feltonville\\nEngine Co.. with a roll of twenty-one men. The first engine was of a most\\nprimitive character, having no suction hose, necessitating the use of pails to\\nfill the tub.\\nThis Company called to its ranks several men of prominence in tlie village,\\nbut held its Organization only about a year. A new Company was then\\norganized, which existed until 1847. Two years later a new engine was\\nprocured. nanied Hydraiilicon. No. j. having many improvements over the other machine. This engine did good service\\nat many fires.\\nSeptember 7, 1857, the Company adopted the title of Eureka, a word which will recall, for many years to come, the name\\nand fame of Hudson s popul\u00c3\u00a4r fire engine Company. It was not until May, 1872, however. ihat the engine was purchased\\nwhich spread the company s reputation, and under its banner many prizes were won in competition at muster, the largest\\nbeing $1,000, whi:h was won at Portland, Me., October 12, 1875, with a record of 229 feet, 1 1-2 inches. This stood as a\\nworld s record for many years.\\nThe old engine was used by a Company formed under the name of Houghton No. 2, with rooms on Houghton street,\\nin a building belonging to Butler. D\u00c3\u00bcnn Co. The bell now hanging in the tower of the Central Fire Station was formerly\\non this building. and has an interesting story connected which briefly is as follows\\nThe Houghton No. 2 was accepted as a regul\u00c3\u00a4r Company by the town in 1875, and a bell was purchased by popul\u00c3\u00a4r\\nsubscription. It however did not prove satisfactory and was exchanged for a new one, the balance being paid from the\\ncompany s treasury. The Company had an article in the town Warrant in 1874, regarding the purchase of a new engine, bat", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "sTATlOyN\\ni E. N9i\\nWtttf ;ll\u00c2\u00abl\\n^^^MA tRf^g^i\\niilll\\nmx4\\npm.m\\n--Y^\\nTf .1", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "Independent Hose Co- Mo-", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "tlie subject matter was passeci over. The following year the same articie appeared and was voted down, upon wlilcli tlie\\nCompany promptly disbanded, and F ast Day, 1S75, the bell, under direction of the foreman, was removed. During the\\nOperation, however, a legal notice was served by counsel for the town, intended to prevent its renioval, but without the desired\\neffect. as the bell came down and\\nthal same evening was .spirited\\naway.\\nIts hiding place was long kept\\na secret until after the budding of\\nthe Feiton street Fire Station,\\nwhen it asmysteriously reappeared\\nand was hang in that belfry. Here\\nit remained until the great fire,\\nwliicli destoyed the building. Fate\\nhad better luck in st\u00c3\u00b6re than de-\\nstruction by fire, and it feil un-\\nharmed, to be rehung in its present\\nl\u00c3\u00bccation on the completion of the\\nCentral Fire .Station,\\nSeveral severe fires have vis-\\nited the town previous to the great\\nfire of 1894, among them the Piano\\nFactory of Kaier Shaw, which\\noccurred July 4, 1874, the Hudson\\nHouse and long wooden block, a\\nllydraulicon Nu.\\nl urchascd 1649.\\npart of which still stand.s, in 1880 F. Brigham Co. s Brick Factory in 18S2, and a fire which threatened to do niucli damage\\nat the Tannery of D\u00c3\u00bcnn, Green Co., in 1885.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "A B\u00c3\u00bccket H. L. Company was organized among the young men. who used a light skeleton truck which carried a few\\nbuckets. Afterwards a new truck was purchased. carrying ladders and buckets.\\nThis Company proved of great assistance at several fires, as the absence of a water w-orks System compelled carrying\\nwater in buckets, often from quite a long distance.\\nTlie most severe fire was the great fire of 1S94. the loss amounting to fully a half milli(in dollars. an account\\nof wliich is given elsewhere in this sketch.\\nThe present department. under the direction of a board of three engineers. is\\nIndependent Hose Company. No. 1 li men.\\nRelief Hoik Ladder Company. No. 1 IS men.\\nSteamcr No. 1 men,\\nwith quarters at the Central F ire Station.\\nH. E. Stowe Hose Company, No. 2 10 men,\\nwith Hose House on High street.\\nEureka Hose Company. No. 3 lU men.\\nwith Hose House on Washingtcm street.\\nTlie ilepartment is well equipped. witli two extra hose wagons in reserve for supply wagons, also a hook and\\nladder truck, formerly used by Relief No. 1.\\n.An electric fire alarm is in Operation with fifteen boxes. a bell alarm on Central Fire Station and steam whistle on the\\nTannery. Horses are provided for all regul\u00c3\u00a4r- apparatus, either in the houses or within easy call, and with a waterworks\\nSystem of one hundred and thirty-seven hydrants, a reliable fire service is provided.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "The shoe business is in a flourishing condition. tlie present daily Output of slioes reacliing nearlv twelve tliousand\\npairs. Two liundrtd hides are daily handled by the tannery of D\u00c3\u00bcnn, (Ireen Co.. and tlieir reputation for the grades of\\nleather produced is of the best. The Apsley Rubber Co. is producing a large quantity of rubber clothing. varving in quality\\nfrom the cheaper garments to high-piiced\\nmackintoshes, in singie and double texture.\\nThework of coatingthe cloth with the water-\\nproof Compound is done by them, as well as\\nthe cutting and niaking of the garments.\\nNothing but the best of Para rubber is used,\\nand the bigh Standard of their goods is\\nmaintained.\\nThe woolen industry is comparatively\\nyoung in town, but already nearly fifty thou-\\nsand pounds arescoured, carded and comlied\\nweekly. with the mill running night and day\\nto keep up with Orders.\\nShof machinery. wool spinning. elastic\\ng\u00c3\u00b6re weaving, last making, paper and wood\\nbox factories, and printing Offices are among\\nthe other industries, all of which are bu.sy.\\nThree weekly newspapers are published\\nin town.\\nContracts have recently been signed by\\nthe Apsley Rubber Company, for land and\\nmachinery for a rubber boot and slioe factory. which it is expected will be in Operation early in the spring on an extensive\\nScale.\\nMain Factory Apsley Rubber Co.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "e\\n4f\\nX-\\nV\\nSTOWE BILLS HAWLEY FACTORY", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "1 JMU\u00c2\u00bb\\nI\\nmi^Li\\nE^ y^^J^^^^:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2SHOE PACTORY;\\ny\\ny\\ny\\nL-TJEFTS SHOE PACTORY-", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "Oesidepce o|^\\nj05EPMy\u00c3\u009fl?ADLE|-", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "i^eSIDENCE i NATHAN RUSSELL", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "Rebidence of K. li. Lewis.\\nThe future of the towu is vcry promisini;. and a healthy\\nIjooiii is already on. A large amount of building is in\\ncontemplalion and the Coming spring bids fair to see all prc-\\nvious building records beaten.\\nHudson has made a record of which she is proud a record\\nwhich is the result of individual eflfort on the part of many of\\nlier Citizens, and the good words spoken of her by all hei\\nchildrcn. Mav this Icad to Iiigher achievenients and make her\\nThe tiouse.s are nearly a\u00c3\u009c substantially buiit. and niucli\\nattention is given to the care of lawns and grounds. Shade\\ntrees line the sidewalks, and ornamental shrubs and trees adorn\\nIhe lawns. Fences are rapidly disappcaring from front and\\nboundary line.s, and concrete sidewalks are on the principal\\nstreets.\\nOur illustrations of residences show sampics of houscs. both\\nthose of nien of moderate means as well as .some of oiir Ijest\\nmansions. onlv a few of which are here given.\\nResidence of H. M. Courtenianche.", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "future, in reality, as brigtit as the prospect now \u00c3\u00a4ppeai-s. To do tliis tiie eftorts of every Citizen can be a factor in tlie general\\nresult. Let our acts be for the good of tlie town. remembering with tlie Persian poet of cid\\nThe moving finger writes and having writ.\\nMoves on nor all your Piety, nor Wit,\\nShall Iure it backte cancel half a Line,\\nNor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.\\nHalf Tones and ArtisHc (irouping by The Boston Engraving Co.)\\nBinding by R. Burlen, Boston.)", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "viS^\u00c2\u00bb^\\nitet i\\n/7J\\n^Vv^j\\ndfit", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1704", "width": "2408", "jp2-path": "hudsonpastpresen00worc_0100.jp2"}}