The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-26

SO far as we learn, everything passed off har-
moniously. Meetings were held by the An
droscoggin, Bates, Hill, Franklin, Continental,
and Lewiston Machine Companies, and officers
for the current year elected.
The Androscoggin Company has capital
Of 81 100000; number of spindles 10000; EN-
p,oys l 200 hands, two thirds of them females
Manufactured last year $3.50, 1877 yards of cotton
goods; also, 1,029,517 grain bags Labor pay
roll, S36S67S. Bates Company has capital
of 81 600 900; number of spindles 10000; sets OF
wooden machinery, s; employs 300 hands, one
third of them men. Manufactured last year
5,7O7,S72 yards of cotton goods, and 226,155
yards of wooden goods. Labor payroll, $425,-
600. Hill Company has a capital of 100000;
number of spindles, 52,400; employs 800 opera
tives, 600 of them females. Manufactured last
year 7037.353 yards of cotton goods. Labor
payroll about $685., 600. Continental Company
has capital of 100000; present number of
spindles 1880; employs about 600 hands, with
the usual proportion of men and women. Ma
nufactured last year 5,346971 yards of cotton
goods. Labor payroll about $156000. Frank
I'm company has a capital of $600,O00. This
company owns all the water-power, the Lin
coin Mill, Bleachery De Witt House, and a
large amount of land. The Lincoln mill ma
nufactured last year 9sO,o57 yards of cotton
goods; has heretofore employed 125 hands, and
will soon employ $50. Labor payroll last year
about $4,000. Lewiston Machine Company
has capital of 100000; employs 100 men.
Lab IL payroll about $4,000 The above are
the principal manufacturing companies in our
city, having capital of 81, 100000. But the
stock OF all these companies is largely above
par, with the exception, perhaps of one, which
is certainly good indication of thrift. AS
whole, however, manufacturing has not been
profitable for tue last nine months. The other
manufacturing capital in the city amounts to
100000, giving total par capital of little
more than S5O00,0O0. Total number of opera
tives employed, 5000 men, women and child
rem; annual labor payroll 81 100000.
The present mills now use about AZ 900 cubic
feet of water per minute, a little more than
half of the present power. Walter Wells, Sec
rotary of the photographic Survey, estimates
that the power may be increased to about TO-
900 horse by using the back country lake re-
servoirs,-and this can be easily done. The
power at Lowell is 5000 horse; population 3d.
000 Our population is now $4,000, if we may
omit Auburn, many of whose people do bust
ness in Lewiston and are really of Us. There
is certainly good reason for counting upon
population at this point Iewiston and Au-
burn) of 40 900 or 10000 within few years.
The S. j. Court is in session in Auburn
Judge Walton on the bench. Not much of in
terest this term. The criminal docket has
been reached, without the trial of single civil
| case. The like never happened in this county
before. Litigation in Androscoggin is indeed
| limited, and chiefly of trivial character Poor
| place for lawyers, as the thirty in the county
will testify. One hundred and three new cases
have been catered this term, an unusually
| large number
Simmons the sculptor, is in town, spending
a few weeks with his parents prior to a sojourn
of several years in Italy, whittier he goes to
study art and execute various orders. He is
| now trying his hand at portrait painting. His
| third attempt, portrait of Willard Small, So
Dant of Auburn, is decided success. 1t GER
tainly Indicates genius for painting, perhaps
as great as his genius for sculpture, which no
one will now question. We expect the bronze
statue, executed by Simmons for our soldiers
monument, will shortly be ready Tor Inaugural
| ton. From what we can learn from good
sources we count upon having the finest bronze
| figure in the United States. There are not
| above dozen bronze statues in the country,
| and ours, we feel assured, will be the best.
The resignation of Rev. Mr.. Adams, of the
Congregational church, Auburn, has been ac-
cepted. 's BARLOW.