The Portland daily press., 1872-04-17

ed along the fine water-power which the Pre-
sumpscot affords at this point. The cotton
warp mill of Mr.. Dana, We are told, is running
on extra time with a quick demand at good
prices for all its products; and the works of
the Portland Duck Co. are also busily employ
ed Among the prominent establishments of
the village is the large -four and grist mill of
Messrs Lisk & Weston, a four story brick
building 100 by A feet, capable sof turning out
300 barrels of choice flour per day This firm
purchase wheat in the West-buying chiefly
in Michigan the past season-which comes by
rail and is landed in the building from the cars
giving equal facilities for the receipt of grain
and the shipment of -four They also manu-
facture corn meal quite largely and have fur
nished the consumers of Portland with con-
siderable amount of breadstuffs. A mill for
grinding plaster for farm use has Just been
added, which will supply the farmers with sew
eral hundred tons of dressing the present
spring. .-t-a sol. H..a
Mr.. Jones Pencil uses a part of the base
ment of this mill for the manufacture of heads
for syrup barrels, employing three hands.
These are packed in barrels land shipped by
rail to Massachusetts and New York.
just above the flour mill Messrs Denson g.
Brown have just put in operation pulp mill,
for the conversion of poplar wood into pulp
for paper makers. 1t is curious to witness the
process by whic h a handful of poplar wood is
transformed, in about three minutes. into a
sheet of snow-white pulp, resembling ordinary
blotting board. The wood is first sawed into
lengths of eight inches, and the bark shaved
off 1t is then split and freed from knots and
all imperfections. Elevators like those used
in grist mill carry the wood to the ma
chine room, where it is soaked in warm water
Then it is laid in cells in the circumference of
| circular iron frame, and pressed down by
| iron weights on the face of mammoth grind
stone revolving rapidly beneath, and the mi
| mute fbres fall into running water and
| mix with it giving it milky appearance. 1t
| is then screened, which removes all the coarser
particles, and so it passes to the machine, when
it is carried on an endless blanket through roll
ers, similar to the process of making paper,
and is cut off, folded and packed for market
The mill is capable of producing three tons of
dry pulp daily, and nearly all the product goes
out of the State. Fifteen hands are employed
and it is expected that 1900 cords of poplar
wood per year will be required for the OPERA
the mill, giving excellent facilities for shin.
ment to all parts of the country. This firm
have two mills in operation in other parts of
the State, and are now putting in. third at
Skowhegan twill perhaps be remembered that
in the U. s. Circuit Court, recently, decision
was given against a certain patent for manu-
featuring pulp. The decision was based upon
peculiar manner of placing the wood against
the cutting face of the stone, and affected
Messrs. Denison & Brown, who were operating
under that patent. The result was change in
the position of the wood, which gives finer
and more tenacious pulp than the former pro-
cess, and brings the operation under the pro-
lection of another patent which has been sus-
tanned by the courts.
Knowlton Brothers, machinists employ six
hands, and make specially of water wheels of
their own invention, for which they secured
patent about eleven months since, and of
which they have manufactured quite large
number. All sorts of mill work and jobbing
receive attention. Adjacent to this shop is the
iron foundry of Messrs. E. H. Sturgis & Co.
The wire factory of Messrs. Warren & Pen
nell is situated ON the same power and gives
employment to nine hands at an average rate of
wages of $1.75 per day. All the different
numbers" of wire, up to No. 35 are made here
the smallest variety being almost as fine and
pliable as silk. The weekly products are about
25O0 lbs. of "coarse plated" wire, and $500 lbs.
stone wire per month, without estimating
what is technically called market and bundle
wire. The works have been running continually
during the past year, and the manufactures ar
taken by Massachusetts, parties, and become
part of the raw material of other manufac-
lures These are few of the industries of the
pleasant village of Saccarappa; and we shall be
glad to obtain statistical information of other
similar enterprises.
There is no village in Maine that offers great
er advantages to manufacturing capital than
this. The Presumpscot has this peculiar fea-
ture it is hardly ever affected by freshets or
drouths, but maintains singulary even body
of water all through the year, and the great
purity of the water makes it desirable for the
manufacture of paper and other articles into
the process of which water is introduced di-
rectly. There is an abundance of power
which is now in the market at very low rates,
and railroad communication can be had with
all parts of the country, tracks being laid from
the main line into the mills.
HOTEL ARRIvALs.-B. Bixby of Providence
John Parton of Albany, A P. burlington of
and Charles Pray of Troy, are at the St. Julian.
+. w. Carr of Boston, VIM. Thompson of St
John, George L. Vose and wife of Brunswick,
Daniel MacKay of Liverpool, Eng, Jno. NJ
Stewart of Glasgow, Mr.. and Mrs Herring of
Quebec Lady Rose aud servant of England, R.
T. A Scott of St John, N. b., Mr.. and Mrs
Murhead and daughter of Liverpool Col and
Mrs. Wells, two children and a nurse of LIv-
erpool, Hon. VIM. A. Rice, James Mcdonald
and S. HI. Sweet of Albany, N. Y, George P.
Matthews, Pontiac, Mich, D. w. Eaton and
j. q. Smith of Milwaukee, are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
N. j. Herrick of Alfred, j. W. Wakefield,
of Bath and H. II, Burbank of Limerick, are
at the United States Hotel.
j. f. Hamilton and wife of St. John, Geo.
H. Denny and w. A. Nudge of New York,
Geo. w. Herrick of Baltimore and Edw. L.
Scull of Philadelphia, are at the Preble House.
A PORTLAND VoCALIsT.-The many friends
of Mrs. Ohio w. Burnham in this city and
elsewhere will be pleased to learn that letters
have been received from friends resident in
London that speak most aatteringly of her
progress in music Her teacher in Florence
spoke of her voice and execution in the warm
est terms, while the teacher in London with
whom she has been studying oratorio music for
the past few months, says that she will far
more than realize the expectations of her
friends in this country.
AT meeting of Maine Council No. 9, held
at their hall last Monday evening, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year.
S. B. Small, c.; L. Lombard, S.; William T.
Small, j.; E. +. Waite, r.; f. Loring, IT,; S.
Bourne, NJ; M. L. Stevens, Chaplain; NJ. b.
Bourne, p. j. L. Rounds, w. We understand
the Society is in a very flourishing condition.
PERIoDIcALs.-Godey'sL Lady s Book and Gal
| axy for May have been received and are for sale
at the book stores of Messrs Bailey & Noyes, land
H. L. Davis, Exchange street; Loring, Short &
Harmon and Augustus Robinson, under Fal-
mouth Hotel, also at the school-book, mus
ic and periodical store of Z. c. Andrews, No.
IS Center street, and at the book and periodical