There was organized in June, 1882, a joint stock company, with a capital stock of $50,000, to erect a factory, to carry on the manufacture of furniture. W. B. O. Sands is president, E. Nickerson, vice-president, J. Jeffries, sec'ry, F. Nielsen, treasurer; directors, Sands, Nickerson, Collister, Jeffries, Fisher, Nielsen and Maxwell. C. Mears took $2,000 in stock for the site, which is near the ferry, not far from his old mill. The factory is a substantial woden structure, four-stories in height, 48x100 feet; engine room of brick, and the engine is to be eighty horse power.
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