The Portland daily press., 1874-06-17

form Dy tne Eagle ana Forest City rennerles.
The Eagle refinery, which has its buildings
on Fore street, near the foot of Hancock, was
started in 1867. 1t manufactures sugars from
molasses by the centrifugal process. The
working season extends from March to Octo-
Der. Forty-fye men are employed, About
10000 hogsheads or 1. 400, 900 gallons of nolas-
ses are used, making $4,000 barrels or $780,
600 pounds of sugar of various grades from
yellow to extra c." besides syrups. The
daily production is twenty tons of sugar. The
markell principally Boston and the West.
The Forest City Company was organized in
1867, with capital stock of $500, 900, all paid
up. The buildings are so by 800, five-storied
The refinery is from pure cane sugars, and
graduated, powdered, and the varions grades
of coffee sugars are turned out. besides supe
rior article of syrup. The company can turn
out $50 barrels of sugar day, and last month
turned out 5000 barrels. The goods are of SUI
perior quality and most of them are taken by
the jobbing trade of this city and state. The
surplus goes to the West and the lower Provin-
ces The refinery is very favorably located
with deep water front where vessels from the
West Indies discharge their cargoes. Railroad
tracks give facilities to ship tho manufactured
goods in cars. About seventy five men are
employed in all the departments.
CONFECTIONERY.
The we'll known candy man, L. j. Perkins,
makes tempting display Of sweets. Perkins
is known all over TIE state, and when his name
is mentioned, children cry out with delight,
and penurious fathers hug their pocket books
and groan. He uses thousand pounds of su-
gar day, and makes all manner of CONNECTION
cry. About eleven years ago he started with a
small store, doing his manufacturing himself.
He now employees thirteen hands in the shop,
and has twelve horses constantly on the road
in this state and New Hampshire delivering
goods. These teams cost him forty dollars
day to run. Last year he sold $50 900 worth Il
sweets and cigars, in which last mentioned
article he does large business.
sYRUPs.
b. 81. Kicker & Co., make very good dis
play of extract of Jamaica ginger, lemon and
mead syrups, favoring extracts, standard
medicines, &c. Horace FL. Kicker and John
II. Sawyer, both young men of this city, COM
menced the manufacture of these goods about
year ago, and have earned for them an envia-
BILE reputation. No better, no more tastefully
put up goods are offered by any house in the
country. Their sales have exceeded their ex-
pectations, and the recent admission as part
ner, of q. R. harrington, gentleman from the
eastern part Of the state, will enable them to
extend their operations still wider.
FAMILY SOAP
Specimens ofthree grades of family soap are
exhibited from the well known factory of
Lsathe & Gore, one of the successful manu-
featuring enterprises of Portland, dating back
to 1852 From small beginnings it has several
times changed base until now it occupies ex-
tensive brick buildings with steam apparatus,
employing capital of $4,000, aud turning cut
an annual product OF 100000 pounds. Its mar
ket is mostly in New York, the local market
being overrun with cheap adulterated soaps.
THE ART SALE.-There was a fair attend
ance at the sale of paintings from j. B. Swords
studio, at Lancaster Hall yesterday afternoon,
but the pictures sold at ridculously low prices
much below their real value. The sale will be
continued this afternoon and evening, opening
at three o'clock. Such an opportunity to OBJ
tain paintings of merit has rarely been afford
ed to Portland people, and if they are wise
they will avail themselves of it. Many of the
finest pictures remain unsold, and chance
yet remains to get capital bargains. 1t is not
probable that Mr. Swords works will ever be
offered again at public sale in this city, and
the opportunity to secure one should not be
neglected.