dan Guards, Armory in Muse-
um building, organized in 1865.
Manchester Veterans, Armory
in G. A. R. Hall; organized 1870.
Clark Guards, Armory, Granite
Block, organized in 1867. Ger-
man Brass Band; rooms in Mer-
chants’ Exchange.

Mercantile Trade. The trade of
Manchester is extensive. The
city affords a market for a good
farming country from eight to fif-
teen miles around it, having a
population of about 15,000 inhabi-
tants—consequently many of these
farmers do their trading where
they market their produce. Elm
is the principal street where the
mercantile houses are located, al-
though trade is increasing on
many of the streets which are con-
nected with Elm Street. There
are about four hundred and fifty
stores and shops for trade, of all
kinds, many of which do a large
business. Elm Street is straight,
about one hundred feet wide,
and paved with square blocks of
granite, while the side walks are
wide and paved with brick or con-
crete. For over one mile this
street is lined with large, mercan-
tile blocks, and, for that distance,
there is no street in New England,
of the same length, outside of
Boston, that can show more busi-
ness life, with streets filled with
teams and pedestrians, all busy in
their various vocations. Some
of the most important blocks are
Blodgett’s, Bradford’s, Burge’s,
Brown’s, Central, Connor’s, Eme-
ral, Ferris’s, Johnson’s, Kennard’s,
Kidder’s, Lincoln, Marshal’s, Mu-
seum, Martin, McHugh’s, Mercan-
tile, Merchant’s, Exchange, Mer-
rimack, Methodist Church, Music
Hall, Parsons’', Bell’s,. Riddle’s,.

Quint’s, Sanborn’s, Smyth’s,
Smith’s, Stark, Towne’s, Union,
Weeks’, and Wells’ blocks, are all
on Elm Street; Calley’s, Globe,
Johnson’s, Masonic, Odd Fellows’,
and Post Office blocks, on Hano-
ver Street, and many other mer-
cantile buildings too numerous, to
mention. There are several large
jobbing houses, dealing in flour,
and corn. The capital invested in
trade is estimated at $ 1,813,200.

Manufactories. The manufac-
turing business is very extensive
and important, being nearly equal
to that of Concord, Dover, and
Nashua, combined. The largest
and most important is, first, the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Com-
pany. This company was incor-
porated in 1831, with a capital of
$ 3,000,000. The business is divided
into three departments, viz. first,
land and water power; second,
manufacturing cotton goods, and
third, machine and repair shop.
They own all the land and all the
water power used and occupied
by all the mills and shops. This
land and power they rent to the
other mills at very low rates, the
whole amounting to less than
$40,000 annually. Their cotton
manufactories are the largest in
■the State, consisting of five large
mills. The first went into opera-
tion in 1837. The machine shops
manufacture machinery for cotton
and woolen mills, steam fire en-
gines, &c. There is a large foun-
dery shop producing various
kinds of eastings. They now an-
nually employ in their various
manufactories, at the rate of 1,200
males and 1,800 females and chil-
dren, with an annual pay roll of
$ 1,110,000, and annually produc-
ing 24,000,000 yards, consisting of