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RICE & HUTCHINS FACTORY ON HIGH STREET

The factory is situated on the corner of Exchange and High Streets.  A portion of the present building was built in 1859, and occupied for two years by J. E. Curtis.  It was afterwards purchased by D. F. Murphy Esq., who enlarged it.  Removing to New Jersy, he sold the factory to Messrs. Chapman and Baker.  The present owners Messrs. Rice and Hutchins, purchased it, and added a story to it's height, and have the present year added a wing, nearly as large as the main building, making it one of the most convenient factories in town.   The goods manufactured are a complete line of Women's, Misses', Children's and Men's, Boy's Youth Veal Calf Goods.  The production for the las year has been eight hundred pairs per day, and with the present enlargement, it is capable of making twelve hundre pairs per day, of fine goods, sewed and hand nailed.  J. E. Curtis, whose goods were formerly sold by Joseph Vaughan & Co., is in charge of the factory.
 
 

RICE & HUTCHINS FACTORY, EAST MAIN STREET

This factory was built in 1865 and occupied January 1866 by Whitney Felton & Chipman, who manufactured Women's, Misses's, Children's, Men's, Boy's and Youth's Pegged Shoes.  There have been some additions to the building since that time.

In 1866, Mr. Whitney withdrew from the firm and it was continued by Felton & Chipman until 1876, when the shop passed into the hands of Rice & Hutchins, the present firm who manufacture a full line of Women's, Misses's, and Children's Veal Calf, Buff, Grain and Calf, Pegged, Cable Screw Wire and ahnd nailed Shoes.

The capacity is about 1000 pairs per day, giving employment to 115 hands, under the charge of R. D. S. Mortimer, Superintendent.
 

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