The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel

 44 Theie arc other important industries, among’ which may be mentioned the James I lunter machine company, the lumber yards and mills of Captain S. B. Dibble and Bartlett Brothers, the brick yard of Matthew Owen, the marble-dust mills of E. A. Rand & Son, the broom factory of T. E. Brigham, besides seven carriage and sleigh manufactories, three flour, feed and grain mills, four marble and granite works, eight cigar manufactories, sev- eral wholesale and retail hardware, clothing, and boot and shoe houses and five large and well stocked dry and fancy goods stores. The town rcquiies five banks,—the Adams National, Berk- shire National, Hoosac Savings, North Adams Savings and a co-operative bank—to transact its banking business. It supports ten clergymen, eleven lawyers, twenty-five physicians, one architect, five civil engineers, thirteen insurance agencies, six real estate offices, ten hotels and three newspapers, —the North Adams Transcript, Hoosac Valley Nezus and Sunday Express. POPULATION. The growth of North Adams, its schools and pub- lic institutions and its moral welfare, have kept pace with its material prosperity.