Waterhouse was reelected in December 1909.[3] In 1909 he defeated the Democratic party candidate, John H. Riley, by a majority of 262 votes. The vote totals were 1648 for Waterhouse, and 1386 for Riley.[2][3]
Business career
Waterhouse began his career in the wool industry working at a wool mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[2] Waterhouse was, with Theodore Howard,[7] a member of the manufacturing firm of Waterhouse and Howard which, in 1905[7] leased the Eagle Mill[7] in North Adams and operated it as a wollen mill.[7][8] Waterhouse was the operator of Blackinton Woolen Mill in North Adams from 1910 to its liquidation in 1939.[1]
Waterhouse & Howard Mill, on North Eagle Street, North Adams, Massachusetts
Notes
^ abcdeThe Hartford Courant (May 1, 1948), Obituary – John H. Waterhouse, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Courant, p. 4.
^ abcChristian Science Monitor (December 22, 1909), "REELECT NORTH ADAMS MAYOR.", Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 10
^ abcdFourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Bureau of the Census (1920), 1920 United States Federal Census Enumeration District: 84, Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, p. Census Place: North Adams Ward 1, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_681; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 30.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abFifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Bureau of the Census (1930), 1930 United States Federal Census Enumeration District: 84, Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, p. 1930; Census Place: North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 884; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^The New York Times (December 16, 1908), "NORTH ADAMS Mass.", The New York Times, New York City
^Arnold, N. H. (May 1908), T. R. MacMechen (ed.), The American Aeronaut and Aerostatist, Vol. I, No 5, A Balloon Christening, Saint Louis, Missouri: Greeley Printery, p. 171.
