Bloomfield, anciens et nouveaux : un colloque historique . dmuses Cockefairs, le Siglers, le et le VanGiesens, pour ne pas mentionner d'autres. Ces familles étendues de terre developeddlerge, connu sous le nom de plantations. Avec theclearing de la terre le sol fertile fait aprosperous article la population agricole, et avec l'augmentation de la population il y a la demande de l'industrie. La première usine de qui nous avons tout dossier est le oldsaw moulin construit sur la plantation de Morris, qui ont supporté onits pierre angulaire de la date 1702. Le site de ce millwas le coin de Bay Street et Morris. Itserved le peuple de la no

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Bloomfield, old and new : an historical symposium . dmuses, the Cockefairs, the Siglers and the VanGiesens, not to mention others. These families developedlarge tracts of land, known as plantations. With theclearing of the land the fertile soil made the section aprosperous farming community; and with the increasein population there came the demand for industry. The first mill of which we have any record is the oldsaw mill built on the Morris plantation, which bore onits corner stone the date 1702. The site of this millwas the corner of Bay Avenue and Morris Place. Itserved the people of the northern section for many gen-erations, and its ruins remained until the year 1890, when they were torn down and removed. This old millreceived its water from the Third River, which afterfurnishing power to saw the logs of the surroundingcountry, passed on just below the mill into Morris Pond, whose waters were drained many years ago. With theclearing of the forests more ponds were provided alongthe various streams to furnish power for the saw and 140. X < o H< oo BLOOMFIELD, OLD AND NEW 141 grist mills, while bark obtained in the woods was usedin the tanneries. To utilize the straw raised on thefarms, paper mills were established; while other inter-ests, taking advantage of the splendid water facilities, located in the same section. The Second and Thirdrivers, which pass through the town on their way tothe Passaic River, furnished water power for the millswhich gradually grew up upon their banks. Thechief business center, however, developed upon thePassaic River, in that territory of Bloomficld Town-ship known as Second River. With the transporta-tion facilities afforded by a navigable stream it wasnatural that this site, later called Belleville, should de-velop as a business center. Industrial development began shortly after the closeof the War of 1812, and so rapid was its progress thatby 1830 Bloomfield was known as a manufacturing vil-lage. At that time it contained six g

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