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Title: Labor-saving looms
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Draper corporation. (from old catalog) Draper, George Otis, 1867-1923
Subjects: Looms
Publisher: (Milford, Mass., Printed by Milford journal co.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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trains and
other routes through Boston, Providence or Worcester. The
Grafton & Upton R. R. connects Hopedale with Worcester
(19 miles), through North Grafton on the B. & A., and while
it handles our freight at night, it runs a trolley service during
the day. Connections are also made with trolley for Worcester
at North Grafton. Providence (26 miles) connections are
made either through Franklin by the N. Y., N. H. & H. route
or by Woonsocket via Bellingham Junction on the Boston &
Pascoag route, or by trolley either to Uxbridge or Woonsocket,
where connections are made on the Providence and Worcester
division of the N. Y., N. H. & H, R. R. Trolley cars passing
our office run directly to South Framingham, (13 miles), in one
direction and to Uxbridge (6 miles), Upton (5 miles), Grafton
(10 miles) and North Grafton (13 miles) in the other, and con-
nect at Milford with trolley lines to Woonsocket (13 miles),
Franklin (10 miles), Medway (7 miles), Hopkinton (5 miles)
and points beyond.
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EXHIBIT OF DRAPER COMPANY
AT PHILADELPHIA, MAY, 1907.
This was in many respects, the most successful exhibition of
Cotton Machinery ever presented since it attracted interested
parties alone. The convention of the American Cotton Manu-
facturers Association being held during the week brought practi-
cal men—possible purchasers, and the local city industries sent
hundreds of intelligent visitors. The loom shown was weaving
fine goods, 80s warp and 120s cop filling. So many doubts had
been expressed as to the feasibility of cops for Northrop looms,
we thought it well to show that such use was entirely practical.
9
CONCERNING DRAPER COMPANY.
In our complete catalogue, Textile Texts,—which does
not, however, give a full detail of our loom department—we de-tail our own history at some length. For the benefit of those
mainly interested in our loom and not perhaps acquainted
with our. former lines, it may be well to say that our business
started with the invention of the self-acting loom temple by Ir

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