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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  14,725 
  and 
  the 
  township 
  1215, 
  and 
  in 
  1900, 
  the 
  city 
  was 
  21,696 
  

   and 
  the 
  township 
  1159. 
  The 
  township 
  of 
  Pamelia 
  had 
  a 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  1860 
  of 
  2789 
  and 
  in 
  1870, 
  1292, 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  

   being 
  chiefly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  absorption 
  of 
  a 
  portion 
  into 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Watertown. 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Watertown 
  township, 
  however,, 
  

   the 
  population 
  of 
  Pamelia 
  has 
  been 
  gradually 
  lessening 
  during 
  

   the 
  last 
  three 
  census 
  decades. 
  Since 
  the 
  incorporation 
  of 
  Water- 
  

   town 
  as 
  a 
  city, 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  its 
  manufacturing 
  industries 
  

   has 
  been 
  very 
  rapid. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  Watertown, 
  the 
  other 
  chief 
  water-power 
  points 
  

   of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  valley 
  are 
  Dexter, 
  Brownville, 
  Black 
  River 
  

   village, 
  Felts 
  Mills, 
  Great 
  Bend, 
  Carthage, 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  and 
  Port 
  

   Ley 
  den. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  extensive 
  water 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  Beaver 
  

   and 
  Moose 
  rivers, 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Black. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  object 
  of 
  this 
  chapter 
  is 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  concise 
  vieAV 
  of 
  

   the 
  relation 
  which 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  water 
  power 
  

   has 
  had 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  such 
  discussion 
  

   leading 
  to 
  a 
  broad 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  materially 
  inter- 
  

   fering 
  with 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  interests. 
  We 
  

   will 
  endeavor, 
  in 
  short, 
  to 
  discuss 
  the 
  economic 
  proposition 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  in 
  seriously 
  interfering 
  with 
  the 
  productive 
  industries 
  of 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  manufacturing 
  community. 
  

  

  Without 
  going 
  into 
  an 
  extended 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  manu- 
  

   facturing 
  establishments 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Black 
  river, 
  we 
  may 
  still 
  

   give 
  enough 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  manufacturing 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  a 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  occupation 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  valley 
  population. 
  

  

  Dexter. 
  At 
  Dexter 
  manufacturing 
  improvements 
  were 
  begun 
  

   in 
  1811 
  by 
  Jacob 
  and 
  John 
  Brown, 
  who 
  built 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  the* 
  

   river 
  which, 
  however, 
  was 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  high 
  water 
  the 
  next 
  

   season. 
  It 
  was 
  replaced 
  and 
  in 
  1813 
  a 
  sawmill 
  put 
  in 
  operation. 
  

   In 
  1826 
  John 
  E. 
  Brown 
  erected 
  a 
  gristmill. 
  James 
  Wood 
  & 
  Sons 
  

   began 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  woolen 
  factory 
  about 
  1830, 
  and 
  in 
  183& 
  

   the 
  Jefferson 
  Woolen 
  Company 
  was 
  formed 
  with 
  f 
  100,000 
  capital 
  

   for 
  the 
  construction 
  and 
  operation 
  of 
  a 
  woolen 
  mill. 
  The 
  mill 
  

   was 
  built 
  in 
  1837, 
  but 
  the 
  investment 
  soon 
  proved 
  a 
  failure. 
  Sub- 
  

   sequently 
  the 
  mill 
  was 
  operated 
  by 
  private 
  parties. 
  

  

  