The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-04-28

On the 10th of October last fire destroyed the
building in which the Portland Star Match
Go, was located, situated at the foot of Chest
nut street, on the Dump, and without day S
delay the company proceeded to get under
weigh again. The lot on which the old Bar
racks stood, situated on West Commercial
street, almost directly opposite the Portland
Glass Works, was purchased and on the 18th
day of January the old buildings were hauled
off and ground broken for the present substan-
tial structure.
The new il1ing IS built of the best brick, is
Ito 60 feet in size, 25 feet in height at the
ridgepole and IL feet in height at the caves. 1t
is divided into twelve rooms, each process hay
ing its separate room, besides a boler-room,
stock room and chemical ROOM The packing
room.is 40 K go feet in size lighted by five long
windows on the southerly side and completely
ventilated by three Large iron ventilators. The
drying-room is 80 20 feet in size and provided
with iron doors and shutters, so that it can be
completely shut of from all communication by
fire with the other rooms, and in fact we should
state that all the rooms are separated from each
other by solid brick walls, twelve inches thick
the doors being of iron and the windows pro-
tected by iron shutters. The outer walls are
fourteen inches thick with an air streak. The
roof is especially noticeable. The frame was
put up by III. G. Hodgdon and covered on the
outside with corrugated iron by the Mosely
Iron Building Co. of Boston, while second or
inside roof of galvanized iron was put on by G.
M. & H. T. Plummer of this city ian air streak
being left between the two roofs who also did
t1,a frus nd n NJ;
iron doors and windows. The building is ex-
cellently lighted and ventilated, there being
seven large iron ventilators. The material is
brought in at one end c the building and pass
es through the various stages of being split,
racked, dipped and packed when the match is
ready for shipment. The works are run by
stationary engine, fitted with all the modern
appliances, and boiler of % horse power man.
ufactured by Kendall & Roberts of Cambridge
port. Galley, Sheridan and Grffiths have laid
the floor in Scrimshaw's concrete, and the re
suit Of the efforts of the Match Co. has been to
secure building which the insurance men
have conceded to be the most perfect fire-proof
building they ever saw.
The edifice is heated perfectly by steam. The
company also run a regular machine shop t,
Du1ld their own ntcnlueS, Vi winch all used IN
the various processes are patented and tn
patent owned by them. These matches are en-
tirely different from any others constructs
and are gaining wide popularity where re
introduced. They will, no doubt, EVENTUAL
supercede all other brands, as they are push
ing them hard now. The production is 40
gross daily, but the amount can be doubled
necessary. The company own both land an
building, the building costing about $1,000
which does not include, of course, the valuaol
machinery, ETC. About 20 men and boys an
about 40 girls are regularly employed.
Messrs James E. Jordan and Manasse
Smith, two OF our smartest and most energeti
young men form the company and we hear d
hesitancy in saying they have got fortune il
their hands.