Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-24

marking has thus far prevented all mistakes.
Inc large barque Ephraim Williams, owned
oy the Company makes one trip per month to
New York, carrying 700 tons of finished ma
terlal each month and bringing back supplies
for the island
From the above the reader may draw some
idea OF the extent of this company's operations
on DIX Island, where they have filled several
large contracts, among them those for supply
ing granite for the Treasury building at Wash
ington, and the foundation for the capitol at
Albany, n. Y. There are one thousand men
| employed, the pay roll amounting to $50, 900
per month Over this work and these
extensive operations our young townsman,
Mr.. Rodney l.. Fogg, has the entire super
vision for the government, hiring the men,
| auditing the bills, keeping all the accounts,
and having the general oversight of all mat
tiers, which must require great executive ability.
| That he is deserving of praise, his works will
show. Several prominent business men,
have, after an examination of the method of
| dong things in this department, made very
favorable report, and that the interests of the
government are fully subserved.
| Spruce Head island, before alluded to, is
| owned by the Bodwell Granite Company, who
have no men and % yoke of oxen employed,
getting out some very fine granite. This
| nave ALSO eNteHSlFe WOrks at V maj
haven, employing there 700 men and so yoke
| of oxen, filling contract for supplying stone
for the East River Bridge at New York.
| About four o'clock our party started from
Dix island, making their way up the harbor
to the city of Rockfand, stopping at the
Thorndike Hotel, kept by M. c. Andrews,
with O. A. kalloch as clerk. Nice rooms and
good meals and all the appointments of first
class hotel were given us. From the wharf
to the hotel our party were conveyed in hacks,
led off by the splendid turnout of the Berry
Brothers, which attracted general attention.
In the evening. T. L. Simonton, Esq, gave a
cordial welcome and an old fashioned English
| entertainment to the party at his elegant resi-
| dence, when several of the prominent men of
the town were introduced to our ''marines."
| In the morning the lime quarries and kilns
were visited. These were of great interest,
| and we noticed that the Cobb Lime Company.
| about which SO much has been said, and of
which Francis Cobb is President and ii. W.
| Wight, Treasurer do about seven eighths of
the business in this line. There are fifty
lime kilns in the place and this company OPP
crate forty. In this connection, and before
setting sail from Rockland, Ae desire to ac-
knowledge the indebtedness of the company
to the many courtesies extended in that city
and throughout the trip by II. l.. Fogg, III. S.
Osgood, L. h. Spear, T. +. Simonton and c.
W. S. Cobb.
Making an addition to our party of Judge
@. q. Hall, f. j. Sinionton, David Smith.
Benz. Smith and c. W. Glide. we set sail from
Rockland at o'clock Friday morning. visited
the fishing grounds mile or two out obtain
| ing fair lot of fish, sailed up the beautiful
| coast to Camden, were entertained with col
| laion at the Bay View House, and at quarter
to two again weighed anchor tor Belfast, our
| final tinn Nl,nr ixola ft,-
hours and ten minutes sail. From Camden
our party were accompanied by Paul Stevens,
Esq, Librarian of the House of Representa-
tives at Washington, T. r. Simonton, Esq
and Enoch Moody of Camden formerly of Au-
| gusta. Our letter has already extended to so
| great length that we must not dwell on the
| incidents and the scenery up the coast from
| Rockland to Camden and Belfast On the
way our faithful engineer, George Simonson,
was made the recipient of fine meersehaum
pipe, costing about SIS, and young Lieut.
Frank Crockett was remembered in a most
substantial manner. A vote of thanks was
extended to our experienced commander,
Capt. Crockett, and he was promoted to the
rank of Commodore.
Soon after our arrival at Belfast, the Ken
nebecers in the crowd babe adieu to our
Rockland and Camden friends who returned
to their homes in the gay little yacht that had
borne us along safely in our three days cruise
in the salt water. Our party strolled around
the pretty little city of Belfast for few hours,
when, to marines, the somewhat ludricous
means of conveyance, the railroad cars, were
taken, and by ten o'clock Friday night we
found ourselves safely at home ready to bless
the man that invented excursions ''down by
the sounding sea-