Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-04
III. limestone are generally even seddsd and

The Limestone are generally even beddsd and
lie in thick compact masses, much like mar
BILE. There are several qualities of the lime
stone known to the workmen which produce
different qualities of quicklme. Whether the
limestone Of Camden joins directly with that
in Rockland and Thomaston is doubtful. The
limestone at Lilly Pond forms cliff thirty
feet high near a small pond.
There seems to be a great thickness OF lime
stone in Camden. Like the granite and clay
state, limestone suitable for the manufacture
of quicklime is abundant in Maine and the To-
calities are 10 the most desirable situation for
the home and foreign market. No lime is
better known throughout the United States
than that of Thomaston, Rockland and Cam
den, and tits scarcely possible for any lime to be
of better quality. An immense amount of la
Dor is required in the manufacture of quicksil-
yer. We doubtwhether any manufacturing bus
mess is as general as this, in the State, or en-
ploysa us many persons. For the manufacture of
lime the following sets Of laborers are employ
ed To provide timber for the manufacturer of
| SNehs' ttHAspoEl W Tic liuie uiStliSls,
to blast the limestone; to transport the rocks
from the quarries to the kilns; to burn the
lime; and to prepare the lime from the klns
to market. We might add to these the per-
sons employed in the transportation Of the
lime from the kilas to the place swhere it is
consumed. Thus it will be seen that the
manufacture of lime is a department of in
dustry of prime consequence to the State.
There is probably manufactured in Thomas
ton, Rockland and Camden, about three mil.
liop casks annually, and consume as much as
two hundred thousand cords of wood per year,
: at the cost of from two to three dollars per
e cord The lime casks cost from twenty. five
to thirty cents apiece. Limestone at the kiln
costs from twelve to seventeen cents a cask.
. They employ from one hundred to two hun
e eastward, and it takes one hundred sail OF
coasters to carry the lime to market. This
lime is consumed all along the Atlantic coast
from Calais to Texas and nets about sixty
cents per cask.
The well known powder mills in this vii
o
y ever. Shipbuilding is rather on the down
ward move. Among the other important in
=" dustries of the town are The large wooler
- factory, car factory, anchor factory, oakum
IL mills, block factory, iron and brass foun-
'e dries, saw mills, plug and wedge factory, sast
and blind factory &c. SC. For q small village
re Camden is far ahead of some of her neighbor.
D. of more wealth, in the manufacturers bust
III ness.
VI We notice among the many visitors tina!
Is have been booked at the Bay View, large
e. number from Augusta, and we notice few
y ladies and gentlemen from your city still lin
'e gering here.
Ae For the past few days the weather has beef
re very cool, so much so that overeoats are not
's at all uncomfortable.
ai The refreshing sea breeze that we get here
" is luxury to those who have long been de
1e prived of It,
NJ There is only one paper published in th
"a place,-the Camden Herald. This sheet has
s. quite a large circulation for the time it ha
ut been published, for it is yet in its infancy
ne The Herald processes to be neutral.
In closing, we deem it no more than just t.
allude once more to the excellent hotel, tn
Bay View. The magnificent views you ge
on the bay dotted with scores of islands; tn,
house itself with pleasant and nicely furnished
70 rooms; the numerous amusements for Wis.
N itors; the well furnished table and attentive
l. walters, the gentlemany and friendly proprie.
e tor; render it very charming place to spend
y two or three days or as many months. We
Il regret much that our stay cannot be longer
IL but can feel that another bright spot has been
IS added to our lives while here. ABBOTT.