The Portland daily press., 1866-06-08

LIGoNIA.-Such is the name given to the grounds
at Cape Elizabeth, lately known as Camp Berry ard
now owned by the Portland Rolling Mills Corpora
ton. The grounds contain eightyve acres, and are
beautifully laid out, being divided into avenues,
streets and lots. irs.F
Central avenue is $50 feet in width. Fifty feet in
the middle Of it is laid out for park, with streets
each side fifty feet wide and streets crossing the ark
every 800 feet. Trees are already planted, and in a
few years, it will be place of great beauty. -d
North avenue is 80 feet wide, and has on it some
twenty neat and pretty houses with more in process
of erection. Each house has lot Of 30 by 100 feet
and at distance Of every 300 feet streets inter-
sect the avenue. ,Ela.L T. ~
South avenue is to correspond precisely with North
avenue. hraW-E ,aa3
In erecting the dwelling houses the corporation has
taken great pains to make them as convenient and
comfortable as could be desired. .eI s..-.
, On the lower part of the grounds, near the shore
stand the works OF the corporation. Ground as
broken the Sth of July last year. and under the su
perntendenee of Mr.. Edward Brooks, one of the
finest rolling mills in the country has been erected.
Mr. Brooks has erected several rolling mills in vari-
GUS parts OF the Union, and engaged in the Lake
Shore mill at Cleveland Ohio, before he came to this
city to take the superintendence Of this esablish-
ment. E fHatas iQ -i19i2- l5t H IHW
The mill is built in the best and strongest manner
OF wood with slated roof the foundation and floor
being laid in granite and cement. The machinery Is
all Of the most approved patterns and, with the
cepton of the squeezer straitener and puneh-which
were manufactured at Pottsvile, Penn.-was made at
the Portland Company IS works. The engine is OF 400
horse power The capacity Of the mill is about To- ;
600 tons per year. 1t has seven heating and three
double pudding furnaces. At present there are
about IS men employed, but when all the furna-
are in full blast, they will be soon, about 200
men will be employed.
In order to secure good supply Of pure fresh wa
ter, the stream has been damned where the little
bridge formerly vas and passage to the works from
the main road made solid BY this means about sew
en- acres of pure water, copious supply for al the
purposes OF the mill and for all the residences the
grounds, has been secured. 10 '-
"A bridge is to be built ACROSS Stroudwater river
from the works to the Portland side coming out at
point some Eve six hundred feet north of the Port
land end of vaughan's bridge, and connecting with
the Portland g. Kennebec Railroad. Tracks Of the
broad and narrow gauge viii be laid SO that cars Of
rails iron from either of the roads, can be run into
the works. -fssf- ral ,,,,,. .eqr lid 81 -lir l,
The mill commenced operation on Wednesday. We
paid brief visit to the place Thursday afteronon,
and witnessed the operation Of pudding and rolling.
Short pieces OF railroad iron were heated and rolled
out into 1-2 inch bars and inch bars were rolled
from puddled balls Next week the mill will COM
mence turning out ails. Already they have large
quantity of Portland and Rochester and Grand Trunk
rails to be re-rolled.
1t is well worth visit to the place. to the vast
improvements that have been made since it was a
camp ground, and to witness the process of rolling
out iron. +. tI .r.. ~. Fl L.,
The Rolling Mills Company has for director,
Messrs. RENSSELAER, Cram, John 3. Brown, Rufus E.
Wood, Andrew Spring and Francis Macdonald. r.
Cram is President of the corporation and George E.
b. Jackson, Esq, is Treasurer and gensral manager
Mr.. Edward Brooks, who superintended the erection
OF the MILL, superintendent OF the works. Mr.. W J.
liam A. jacobson is chief clerk, and Mr. Hodgdtn
assistant clerk. The office Of the company is at Nc.
196 Fore street.