Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-02
The Sturgis Mill at Wiscasset.

notified by the executor.
The sturgis Mill at Wiscasset.
| We condense from the Seaside Oracle q
description of the mill being built at Wiscas.
set, under the superintendent of Ira D. Stur-
| gis, Esq, of this city. Work on the founda
ton of the mill was commenced on the fif-
teenth of May last, and al the present time i,
is ready for the machinery, part of which is
already on the ground. The mill is situated
on the eastern side of the Point, directly OPP
| osite the Narrows at the entrance Of the har-
| Dor. The main building is al feet long by 20
in width and three stories in height with a
basement under the southerly half. The sew
eral stories are in height as follows first
floor nine feet, second floor eight feet, third
| floor twelve feet. The third floor is clear Of
| all distractions, being covered by truss roof
The roof is surmountsd by q ventilator run
ming the entire length of the mill. This build
ing, as we'll as all others on the premises, is
nearly finished, clapboarded and painted a
| light drab with darker trimmings.
The lower stories of the mill will be princi-
pally used for small machinery and the nee
essary shafting and drums to carry the saws
| above. The third or main floor will be occu-
| pied by triple gang of ''up and down" saws,
of a capacity with the edger and trimmer) Of
| %, 0C0 feet per day, and the other intended
for saving boards for the New York market.
| On the same floor will be clapboard ma
chine. In the south end, in a commodiou.
and we'll lighted room, patent emery saw
sharpener will be located.
The slip for logs is 100 feet long, leads
| from the floor to the water at the south end
of the mill, and the necessary machinery for
drawing up logs is here located. On the floor
below will be machinery for making shingles,
bed Stats, pickets, broom-handles and laths.
The engine house, west end of the main
building, is of brick, !5x-o feet and 20 feet
in length. There are six boilers, each twenty-
six feet long and four feet in diameter-flue
| boilers. Also an immense driving wheel,
| eighteen feet in diameter, and weighing up
wards of eleven tons. A Corliss engine, hav.
ing cylinder twenty-six inches in diameter,
| and four foot stroke, and of about three
hundred and fifty horse power, is to drive the
machinery. The great chimney west of the
building is ITO feet high.
When completed this mill is calculated to
work up some fifteen million feet of lumbe,
annually, running eleven hours per day; but
for much of the time it will be run by night
also, thus greatly increasing its production
When running by day only, about eighty five
men will be required to operate it.
| The lumber comes from the headwa.ers Of
the Kennebec, where the proprietors own fif:
ty thousand acres of timber land, and il
brought across from that river by the inland
waterway known as Back River" and stored
in boom which runs from the mill to Cush.
mans Point, and includes Cushman's (ol
BarnesD Cove, an admirable place of storage
giving room for over twenty-five million fe q
of lumber, with boom line of only quarter
of mile across the entrance.
The manufactured lumber will be shipped
direct from the ample wharfs adjoining the
mill, where there is from fifteen to eighteen
feet Of water at low tide, and an open harbol
all the year round. This great advantage i,
fully appreciated by the proprietors.
There are adjacent buildings used for the va
rious purposes of the company.
The entire business of the construction ant
operation of the mills is in charge of Ira ID
Sturgis, Esq, of Augusta. The residen,
partner of the Arm 81. NJ. Haynes, Esq. .wht
has been for number of years engaged il
milling operations.
The carpenter work on the several build
iugs is in charge of George Hanks of Angus
Ia; the brick work is done by William Clarl
Of Augusta; Z. w. Atwood of Gardiner, is til
mill-wrisht, and the painting is executed b.
Sumner S. Brick of Augusta.
The Lodges of Good Templars at Rocklan
are uniting to make the session of the Gran
Lodge at that place, on the 2lst and 22nd @
October, an agreeable and entertaining occa
sion. They mean to provide free entertain
ment for delegates and visiting member,
The committee propose social reunion {
members of the order and their entertaine,
on Tuesday evening, and public meeting o
Wednesday evening. An Interesting sessio
/ ha oypoctod