Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-22


SjS3, ,4S9 an increase of more than five per cent.
The average value of production per spindle Is
S22.5O, against S25.l6 per spindle in 1870. The
increase in the number of operatives employed
since 1870 is 1855, an increase of II per cent.
Average annual wages per factory hand is S3l7.-
IL, against $27l.75 per hand in 1870, an increase
OF si3.l2 per hand, or more than l6 per cent. per
hand. The product per hand amounts in value to
81 l,l5l.34; in 1870 it amounted to 81 ,25fol per
hand. Five neW companies are getting ready to
operate.
EDGE Tools, AXEs, SAWS, sc.
Twenty establishments give total value in their
products of $685., 500 In axes and ADDE'S there
were manufactured 614,965 in number. The
larger portion Of the product is manufactured in
kenncbec county, where three factories in West
Waterville have turned out in value $500, 400
worth of axes which have found a market in the
United States and the British Provinces
FERTILIZERS.
An establishment in Lincoln county manutac-
lures 800 tons Of seaweed annually, valued at
$1,000: seven others make fertilizers from rense
fish. Their total product is $50 tons worth on an
average Sl2 per ton, which amount, added to the
value Of the product Of the previous factory,
makes the total value of the product S1S,6OO.
The fertilizers find a market in Maine, Massachu-
sctt~, New York and at the South.
FIenEEIEs.
The total value of the product of cured and
packed herring, Goldfish, haddock, pollock and
lnackcrel, will approximate to SS0o,0O0, giving
employment to not less than five hundred and
fifty men. In the catching of cod and mackercl
sci vessels are employed, with total Of 46, 1866
3l-l0O tons. The fishery industry gives employ
ment to probably two thousand men, or more, in
our coast towns and the total value of their catch
the present year will not he less than eight or nine
hundred thousand dollars. The catch of Goldfish
has been unusually large The enterprise OF the
inferior fisheries prOypi.pS he -DcCpS<tI
FLoUgING AND GRIsT MILL Products.
Returns from 81 est Adjustments show an invest
cd capital of S620,600; bushels of grain ground,
l ,9l9,650; barrels of -four manufactured, 60225; t;
value of total production, S2,216, I'D; hands en-
p!oved. l6l; wages, SI2,20i.
Ice.
Twenty -four establishments, principally in Ken
nebec and Knox counties, have cut and housed
30l 900 tons, valued at Sjj2, 900. The industry
has become an important one, and Maine ice goes
TO all parts of the world.
IRoN, CAST, FORGED AND ROLLED.
There are % establishments, with total capital
of S695200; value of production, Sl,6496i0; ;
hands employed, 4-2; wages, $500, 30. The cast
ings include mill machinery of all kinds, car
wheels, stoves, hollow ware, &C., weighing in all
1 ,j33 tons. In forgings, one Portland establish
ment, has produced 500 tons of railroad aXles,
shaftings and other heavy forgings. \ Camden
establishment has forged 400 tons in anchors. \
rolling mill located in Portland, the only one in
the State, which has a capital of 100000, en-
ploys 200 hands, with payroll of Sl50,O 900, and
has produced 1900 tons of iron rails value ST.
100000. The total value of the product Of our
iron manufactures in castings, forgings, &c, will
probably exceed 81 5000 the present year.
LEATHER, TANNED AND CuRRIED.
SIty-one establishments show total capital of
81 ,j29,3So value of production, s3,lS7 300
hands employed, 6G3; wages, S306,244 1t is
probable that the total value of leather tanned the
present year will exceed $1,000 900, and the total
value of leather tanned, more than 81 100 900.
But few domestic hides are used in Maine the
stock being principally foreign importations from
South America, Mexico and South Africa.
LINE.
Limestone is found in fourteen counties out of
sixteen, and the manufacture Of it into quicklimc
is carried on in a most extensive manner. Re-
turns from % establishments show an invested
capital of 81 099, 800, seventynine kilns, 34 900
casks of lime manufactured, 456 hands employed,
and the total value of the product 81 l,j35,O25.
Had full returns been received, it is estimated
that the aggregate value of lime manufactured the
present year would be shown to reach at least
81 100000.
Returns from 329 saw-mills give total capital
of S4,0j5 600; steam power 1872 horse; water
power, l5,12i horse; production of long lumber,
34i 406 900 feet production of short lumber, 60,
96l 900 feet value fprodncion $5,lSi 44j hands
employed, 4,579; wages, 81 G63, ,556. An csti-
mate is made Of the total number OF saw mills in
the State, and their aggregate results for the year.
which is as follows; Total number OF saw mills,
! 100 capital, S7,029, i42 steam power, 3,4o3
manufactured CO., 10000 feet short lumber
72,40j,oO0 feet value of production, in
Guiding shocks, slaves, headings, &c, S9,-
612,23j, hands employed, 1,S4i; wages, S.
Sjl 600. In Penobscot county the capital invest
ed in the manufacture Of lumber amounts to s.
100000; in Washington county, 81 100000; i'll
Hancock 100000; in Kennebcc, 100000 Pts
cataquis is the smalest-$50,000. The compiler
thinks that notwithstanding the annual diminution
of timber lands, the destruction must be retarded,
that it looks as if the forest area would not be
stripped of all it. mcrchantable lumber for at least
fifty years.
MACHINERY, &c.
Thirty establishments for the manufacture Of
mill and all kinds of machinery, steam engines,
boilers, locomotives railroad cars, castings, ma
rine and miscellaneous work, return an invested
capital of 81 097 800 aue Of product, - jol ,2E
hands employed, l,lol; wages, S6i9,"ls.
There i, one factory in the state ior the manu-
facturc of kerosene and ubricating oil, napiha,
gasolcnc and paratlinc. 1t is situated in CAPE
Elizabeth, and the value of the product this year
Is lSluIUCN hl E-Df,'N'' Inc iCtulHS il'ih
factories manufacturing oil from porgies or
mcnhaden" the most OF which are situated
in Lincoln county-show Il total capital Of
1928 800; value of production, S352, 80; hands
employed, li6. Had full returns been sent, it is
likely that the total capital would have exceeded
5000 and the value Of production 500, 600.
On FLOOR CLoTu.
-Four factories, with an invested capital q
$3.50 ,000 show Il product valued at SGl 900.
There are at least two more factories in Tie state,
and the value of their product added to the sum
given will undoubtedly make the aggregate value
of the product in the state 81 100000.
PAPER, PRINTING AND WRAPPING.
Nine establishments show an invested capital of
81 500, 600; value of product, $50 lG00; hands
employed, $50, of which number 3l9 arc females
amount Of wages, S3j6,721.
RAILROADS.
In 1850 the total mileage was 2ij.j9 In 1873
the total mileage we find to be $685. exclusive of
double track or sidings and involving in cost OF
construction and equipment over forty millions
of dollars.
SHIpBU1LpISc.
The following table shows the amount Of ton
mage built from January |, 1873, to January l,
1874
Number. Tonnage.
Ships, 10 9gS!i
Barks 20 492t,5i
n,,LaNtin.. IRA