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Bay State Print Works
| Firmenname | Bay State Print Works |
| Ortssitz | Fall River (Mass.) |
| Ortsteil | Globe Village |
| Art des Unternehmens | Textildruckerei |
| Anmerkungen | Seit 1858 im Eigentum der "American Print Works Company". |
| Quellenangaben | [Earl: Centennial history of Fall River (1877) 41] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1829 |
"Potter & Chatburn" kauft die Baumwollfabrik und wandelt sie in eine Textildruckerei um |
| 1830 |
Die Textildruckerei geht in Betrieb |
| 1833 |
Holder Borden wird Eigentümer (bis 1834). |
| 1835 |
Die "Tiverton Print Works" betreiben bis 1839 die Druckerei. |
| 1839 |
Die "Walter C. Durfee" betreiben bis 1842 die Druckerei. |
| 1843 |
Die "Prentiss & Marvel" betreiben bis 1844 die Druckerei. |
| 1845 |
"W. & G. Chapin" betreibt bis 1853 die Druckerei. |
| 1853 |
Seither unter der Firma "Bay State Print Works" (bis 1858 selbständig) |
| 1858 |
Übernahme durch die "American Print Works Company", die den Betrieb in Globe Village zusammen mit ihrem größeren in Fall River betreiben. |
| 06.12.1867 |
Eine Explosion im Kesselhaus zerstört dieses völlig, und das Dach und die Wand des Färbereigebäudes wird völlig zerstört. Der Schaden beträgt $100.000 und ist voll durch die Versicherung gedeckt. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| bedruckte Textilien |
1830 |
Beginn |
1877 |
[Centennial history of Fall River (1877)] |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| Zeit |
Bezug |
Abfolge |
andere Firma |
Kommentar |
| 1858 |
Nebenwerk |
zuvor |
American Print Works |
1858 oder 1862 übernommen (Quellen differieren) |
| ZEIT | 1877 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Bay State Print Works, the smaller of the two belonging to the American Print Works Company, is situated at Globe Village, upon a stream which issues from Laurel Lake and empties into Mount Hope Bav, and which has been utilized for manufacturing purposes for more than sixty years. It is really the outgrowth of the first cotton-mill built in this vicinity, which, after passing through several hands sul)sequent to Colonel Jos. Durfee's control, was purchased by Potter cSc Chatburn in 1829, and converted into a printworks. Its first goods were printed in September, 1830. Since that date it has been enlarged from time to time, and with varying degrees of success been run in 1833-34 by Holder Borden, in 1835-39 as Tiverton Print Works, 1839-42 by Walter C. Durfee, agent, 1843-44 by Prentiss & Marvel, 1845-53 by W. & G. Chapin, 1853-58 as Bay State Print Works, until finally purchased by the American Print \Vorks Company, and run in connection with their larger establishment at Fall River. It employs 250 hands, has five printing machines, and turns out twenty million yards of printed calico annually. Its engine is a thirty-inch cylinder, six feet stroke, and requires thirteen boilers for the generation of sufficient steam for the works. On the 6th of that same December, 1867, which witnessed the entire destruction by fire of the main works at Fall River, a terrible explosion occurred in the boiler-room of the Bay State Print Works. The boiler-house, containing several boilers, was burst into fragments; the side and roof of the dye-house were completely destroyed, and the building immediately enveloped in flames. Much damage was done to the other buildings in the vicinity, but, as few
of the workmen had arrived, no serious injuries were inflicted upon the help. This calamity threw one hundred and fifty persons out of employment, and caused a loss of $100,000, partially covered by insurance. The energy of the company was conspicuous, also, in recovering from this disaster. In three months from the date of the explosion the works were entirely repaired, the machinery refitted, and the whole in successful operation. Mr. Jefferson Borden, through whose great energy and mtensely hopeful spirit the devastating effects of the fire were so speedily removed, even from the vision of the neighborhood, and the Print Works again set in operation, the oldest living person of the residents of Fall River who have been identified with the inception, growth, and the present established supremacy of its distinctive industry, was born on the 28th of February, 1801, in the then village of Freetown. He was one of thirteen children of Thomas Borden, in the fourth generation from John Borden the founder of the family in Fall River. His father's farm was situated in the east part of the village, comprising a tract upon which have since been erected the Richard Borden, Chace, and other mills. Jefferson worked on the farm, going to school regularly as the local season commenced, until September, 1816, when, in his sixteenth year, he left home for the first time, and obtained a position as clerk in the provision store of William Valentine, in Providence. In 18 19 he returned to Fall River, thoroughly educated in the routine details of a business of trade and barter, but already entertaining the ambitious vision of a commercial career that would recognize no limits of its operations. His brother Richard, six years his senior, was running the craft Irene and Betsey in trading trips, in connection with his grist-mill, located on the lower stream. For the ensuring year Jefferson, when not absolutely needed on the farm, joined Richard in the sloop expeditions to Conanicut and Prudence. In 1820 the two brothers bought out the small store of Holder Borden, and Jefferson was put in to conduct the business. In 1821, upon the organization of the Iron Works enterprise, he was chosen clerk of the establishment. He retained this position till September of the following year, when the company opening a warehouse and salesroom in Providence, the business experience and proclivities he had already demonstrated pointed him out as the most eligible representative of the growing industry. Mr. Borden was a few months over his majority when he undertook the office of agent of the company at Providence ; but the shrewd, sagacious promoters of the Iron Works knew they had chosen the right man for the place. The event amply proved the correctness of their judgment, the agent's wise, systematic control really directing the home production of the company, while his keen perception and clever manipulation of the market constantly extended the field of its operations throughout the Union. For fifteen years Jefferson Borden remained at his place in Providence. In 1837 the ill health of his cousin Holder made a vacancy in the management of the American Print Works, and he was recalled to Fall River. For thirty-nine years Mn Borden was the executive officer and managing agent of the Print Works, retiring from active control only during the spring of the present year. He assumed the position at a period which will not be forgotten in our financial annals as the extreme test of industrial and commercial endurance. No panic has been more severe and no depression of business more general than that of 1837, and its distressing stringency upon all elements of recuperative life was greater than it could ever again be,
in the degree that all industry and enterprise was comparatively immature, the country itself lacking the great elasticity it now possesses in the wonderful development of its natural and productive resources. To undertake the work of carrying a great establishment successfully through such a period of embarrassment on every hand, was a terrible trial of a business man's best powers; and it is undoubtedly safe to say, that when an all-wise Providence removed Holder Borden, the projector and worker, from the control and direction of the enterprise, the only person thoroughly fitted for the exigency by experience and managing power, and probably superior to Holder in his approved financial ability and estimation among capitalists, was wisely and fortunately chosen. Upon the destruction of the American Print Works by fire in 1867, Mr. Borden's extraordinary capacity for recuperation and support through a most trying period, was again in forced requisition. The rapid restoration of the establishment in all its operative powers has already been remarked. The eyes of all were able to observe with startled wonder the immediate re-erection of the great structure, the spacious rectangle of solid granite going up almost like the Khan's palace in Coleridge's phantasy, and the huge engines and machines reassuming their old places with a concurrent promptness; yet few appreciated or even guessed that greater difficulties than these mere material matters, difficulties calling for rare credit and unquestioned responsibility, had been met and overcome. Since his return to Fall River, Jefferson Borden has been largely concerned in the various enterprises that have marked the progress of the
city. A partner of the deceased Colonel Richard in the important special undertakings of his later years, he was with him interested in the old Bay State Steamboat Companv (of which he at one time owned three fifths of
the stock), the Fall River Railroad Company, the Borden Mining Company, and other extensive operations. Mr. Borden's retirement from immediate connection with active business has not severed his close relation to the earnest life and progress of his native city. He is still President of the American Print Works; the Fall River Iron Works Companv; the Fall River Bleachery; the American Linen Company; the Troy Cotton and Woollen Company, and the Borden Mining Company; Director of the Annawan Manufacturing Company; President of the Metacomet National Bank, and officially concerned in other business organizations. His long life, full from the start of honest purpose, intense application, and constantly hopeful energy, claims for him at last exemption from the cares of business routine, and Providence has yielded to its declining years the blessings such careers worthily demand, competence, the serene joy of a beautiful home, and the affectionate esteem of the community. |
| QUELLE | [Earl: Centennial history of Fall River (1877) 41] |
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