NORTH ATTLEBORO 



Northampton is well known as the seat of 

 Smith College (which see), one of the principal 

 American colleges for women. Other important 

 institutions include an agricultural school, es- 

 tablished in 1906, the Mary A. Burnham School 

 for Girls, the Miss Capen School for Girls 

 (preparatory), the Academy of Music, the Peo- 

 >titute. Smith Charities, a home foraged 

 and invalid women, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 

 the Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes and the 

 state insane asylum. In addition to the college 

 library, the city has the Forbes and Clarke 

 public libraries. Among the prominent build- 

 ings are Carnegie Hall, the Federal building, 

 erected at a cost of $70,000, the courthouse, 

 Y. M. C. A. building, high school building, 

 state armory and a profitable municipally- 

 owned theater. 



The most important agricultural products of 

 the surrounding country are tobacco, potatoes, 

 onions, corn and fruit. The manufactures of 

 the city include silk hosiery, dress silks, silk 

 braids and thread, baskets, brushes, cutlery, 

 hydrants and filters. Northampton was settled 

 by English colonists from Springfield in 1674 

 and was incorporated the same year. It be- 

 came a city in 1884. Jonathan Edwards was a 

 pastor here from 1729 until 1750. J.J.K. 



NORTH ATTLEBORO, af'lboro, MASS, a 

 town of Bristol County in the southeastern 

 part of the state, thirty-three miles southwest 

 of Boston and twelve miles northeast of Provi- 

 dence. It is on the New York, New Haven & 

 Hartford Railroad and on electric interurban 

 lines. The area of the town, which includes sev- 

 eral smaller villages, is nineteen square miles. 

 In 1916 the population was 11,014 (Federal es- 

 timate). 



North Attleboro's most important industry 

 is the manufacture of jewelry and jewelers' 

 supplies. More than seventy establishments, 

 employing 2,800 men, have an annual output 

 valued at nearly $5,000,000. There are also 

 manufactories of cotton yarn, silverware and 

 rope. The more prominent buildings of the 

 town include the Federal building, erected in 

 1916 at a cost of $70,000, Richards Memorial 

 Library, Elks' Home and several attractive 

 churches. In the town and vicinity are places 

 of historical interest. The first settlement was 

 made in 1637; it was incorporated as a town 

 in 1887. C.A.H. 



NORTH BAT'TLEFORD, a town in the 

 west-central part of Saskatchewan. It is situ- 

 ated on the north bank of the Saskatchewan 

 River at its junction with the Battle River; on 



NORTH BRADDOCK 



the south bank is the town of Battleford (which 

 see). The main line of the Canadian Northern 

 Railway passes through the town, which is 573 

 miles nort Invest of Winnipeg, 254 miles south- 

 east of Edmonton. A branch runs to Prince Al- 

 bert, 131 miles northeast, and a second branch 

 is under construction to Athabaska. At Battle- 

 ford there is connection with the Grand Trunk 

 Pacific. Population in 1911, 2,105; in 1916, 

 3,145. 



Tributary to North Battleford is a large sec- 

 tion which raises chiefly wheat and oats. Some 

 of the wheat sent to the town is made into flour 

 at the local mill, and the remainder is shipped 

 to distant markets. The manufactures of the 

 town include cement blocks and sills, bricks, 

 biscuits and butter. The markets, electric light 

 and power plant, and the water and sewerage 

 systems are owned and operated by the munici- 

 pality. Among the most noteworthy buildings 

 in North Battleford are the armory, the hos- 

 pital, the $50,000 government building, and the 

 collegiate institute, which cost $150,000. 



NORTH BAY, a town in Ontario, the county 

 town of Nipissing County. It is situated at the 

 eastern end of Lake Nipissing, and is on the 

 Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific, Canadian 

 Northern and Timiskaming & Northern Onta- 

 rio railways. The Canadian Pacific has divi- 

 sional repair shops here. North Bay is the cen- 

 ter of a prosperous lumbering district, and is 

 the gateway to the Cobalt and Porcupine min- 

 ing districts. It is also noted as a resort for 

 tourists and sportsmen, the fishing and hunting 

 near by being excellent. In addition to the rail- 

 way shops, North Bay has a smelter, foundry, 

 brick plant, several large saw and planing mills 

 and other industrial establishments. It has a 

 high school and a provincial normal school be- 

 sides the public and separate schools. The 

 waterworks system is owned and operated by 

 the town. Population in 1911, 7,737, compared 

 with 2,072 in 1901 ; in 1916, 9,000, by a careful 

 estimate. 



NORTH BRADDOCK, brad' ok, PA, a bor- 

 ough in Allegheny County in the southwestern 

 part of the state, situated two miles east of 

 Homestead and ten miles southeast of Pitts- 

 burgh, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The peo- 

 ple are chiefly engaged in making steel rails, 

 one of the large plants of the United States 

 Steel Corporation being located here. The 

 borough was a part of Braddock township until 

 1897, when it was incorporated separately. In 

 1910 the population was 11,824; by 1916 it had 

 increased to 15,148 (Federal estimate). 



