Town of Sherburne, Chenango County, New York
Manufactures
H.Ross & Company
H. Ross & Co.'s Steam Cotton Mills were built in 1863
by a stock company organized in 1862, with a capital of $80,000, which was
increased in 1864 to $100,000, which is the present capital. The first
president was Hector Ross, who held the office till, and was sole owner of
the establishment at his death, July 24, 1872. The present proprietors are
the heirs of Hector Ross. They employ about one hundred persons, about
two-thirds of whom are females. The building is a three-story brick
structure, 164 by 60 feet. It contains some 8,000 spindles. About 46,000
yards of cotton cloth are manufactured per week. Connected with the mills
is a store, in which a general stock of merchandise is kept. It was built
at the same time as the mills and enlarged in 1878.
Walter F. Blanchard is the proprietor of an extensive sash, door and blind
manufactory. The business was established in 1847, by Walter F. Blanchard
and Whitman Kenyon, who carried it on in company till 1853, when Mr.
Blanchard bought his partner's interest, and has since carried it on
alone. The original buildings erected here stood above the present ones,
near the cotton mill, on the opposite side of the canal, and were burned
Oct. 5, 1868. The present buildings were erected in 1868, and the
machinery put in and the business resumed the following spring. The
machinery is propelled by a forty horse-power engine. The business
requires a capital of about $40,000, and gives employment to some forty
men in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, molding, brackets,
stairwork, &c.
C. Hart & Son's Pottery was established in 1841 by James Hart and his
son Charles, who came from Fulton. James Hart and his son carried on the
business nine years, when Charles went to Ogdensburg. In 1858 Charles
returned to Sherburne and took the business off the hands of his father
who retired. April 1, 1866, Charles admitted his son Nahum to partnership,
and the business has since been conducted under the name of C. Hart &
Son. They employ seven hands and manufacture all kinds of stone ware. The
clay used in its construction is obtained from South Amboy, N. Y. The
value of the annual product is about $6,000.
S. W. Lobdell & Co., (William E. Davis,) are the proprietors of the
Sherburne Steam Flouring, Custom and Plaster Mills, which came into their
possession Jan. 21, 1874. They were built in 1863, by White,
Gridley & Co., (Alexander White, John T. Gridley and Stephen W.
Lobdell). They also manufacture cheese boxes, and furnish stock for them,
and are dealers in all kinds of lumber, shingles, coal, salt and lime. The
machinery is propelled by a forty-seven horse-power engine. The business
requires a capital of some $23,000, and gives employment to some fifteen
persons during eight months of the year, and five the remaining four
months.
M. Palmer Newton, George Pulver and Michael Farland are now (November,
1879,) erecting a wooden building, 30 by 70 feet, two stories high, with a
wing 16 by 30 feet, for a steam saw, grist, cider and lathmill. They
bought in August, 1879, of Edgar G. Baker, and tore down the saw-mill
built by him about 1872 or '73, which stood about eighty rods south of the
depot.
Caulkins & Bennett, (Enos Caulkins and George Bennett,) employ from
two to six men in the manufacture and repair of carriages. The business
was commenced some six years ago by Enos Caulkins. Mr. Bennett became his
partner in 1877. They made twenty-four carriages and wagons in 1878.
White, Smith & Co., represent an extensive manufacturing interest in
butter and cheese. They own twenty-three factories in Chenango, Madison
and St. Lawrence counties, viz: five in Sherburne, two in North Norwich,
four in Smyrna, one in Georgetown, two in Hamilton, three in Lebanon,
three in Nelson, and three in St. Lawrence county. They received in 1878,
28,228,501 pounds of milk, from which they made 705,713 pounds of butter
and 47,340 boxes of cheese, averaging about 40 pounds to the box. The
business was commenced in 1869 by A. White and H. L. Smith. In 1876 M. D.
Botsford was admitted to partnership, and the firm name, which was
previously A. White & Co., became White, Smith & Co.
On Handsome brook, about two miles above Sherburne, is a grist-mill owned by James Kershaw, whose father James Kershaw, built it at an early day. It contains two run of stones. On the same stream (which, at this point, has a fall of some five feet,) two miles above the Kershaw Mill, is a gristmill owned by Walter Furman. It contains two run of stones, which are propelled by water from the creek, which has a fall of about twelve feet. The original mill on this site was built at an early day, and was rebuilt by the present proprietor in 1875.
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Source: Taken in part from Smith, James H., History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York. D. Mason & Co. Syracuse, NY 1880.