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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
ng the vacant marsh lands in East Cambridge lying between Third and Portland streets, Broad, Canal, and Charles streets, and including about three million square feet of land. It was organized by Gardiner G. Hubbard, who may fairly be called the father of three great enterprises which have greatly benefited the city, to wit: the horse railroad, the gas company, and the water-works; the late Estes Howe, a name associated with many Cambridge enterprises of public interest and character; Charles W. Munroe, whose father owned and improved a considerable amount of real estate in the city; and their associates. The improvement of this property, by the laying out and building of streets, adapted it for manufacturing industries and mechanical enterprises. The Grand Junction branch runs through the property from north to south, with a spur track to the eastward, so located as to offer ready facilities to works which may become established upon its line. Since the development of this proper