The Portland daily press., 1874-12-02
Business Notes,

Eli Plummer and sons have freighted in
their canal boats to Sebago Lake Station this
fall, over $4,000 boxes of sweet corn from the
Bridgton corn factory, and between 5000 and
| 5000 boxes from the Naples factory.
The long drouth has made the water very low
in the streams and ponds at Harrison. The
Harrison wire works have been compelled to
shut down entirely ON account of water. Rick
er & Sons are more fortunate, having steam
engine with which they drive their machinery
when water is low.
Among the industries of Bowdoinham, Mr..
Berry, of the firm of Berry, Son & Co., runs
the steam mill which turns out about $125, 900
worth of lumber annually, aud does not ope-
rate during the winter months. Morrow 8,
Rdeout, the past season, built bark of $50
tons, a fine vessel. Kendall & Sons, with a.
tide mill, grind yearly about 100 tons of plas-
ter, and so tons of feldspar. Mr.. Higgins man
ufactures annually about $4,000 worth of CT
gars. Mr.. North furnishes tin ware for two
peddlng carts. Car & Croker run coat fac.
tory during the winter months which gives en-
ployment to quite number of ladies at their
homes.
The lumbermen in the vicinity of Skowhe-
gan are very busy at the present time fitting
out teams for the woods, to convey men and
provisions, and it is generally understood that
an unusual amount of lumber is to be cut on
the streams which flow into the upper Kenne-
bee, this winter.
The factory building at Skowhegan is fast
approaching completion, and will soon be
ready for the machinery. The mysterious dis
appearance of Mr.. Fargraves has somewhat
retarded the work, but 1t IS now being pushed
rapidly forward, and in the event of his where
abouts not being discovered other parties stand
ready to put in the machinery and fulfill his
his part of the contract, so that the interests Of
this place will not suffer.
Skowhegan was once the great potato depot
of Somerset county, but now scarcely any po-
tatoes are brought there, owing no doubt 10 the
Somerset railroad which draws the farmers to
Norridgewock and Madison. But Skowhegan
has the county buildings and the prospect of a
factory, and is jubilant.
The Madison Slate Company are doing a
thriving business, the Office of the manager.
Mr.. T. III Dinsmore. being at Skowhegan,
The Mayfeld Slate works have factory for
marketing their slate there, which is. tuning
out some very fine work.
The Mechanic Falls shoe factory is about
starting up again.
About thirty tons of broom.corn per year are
used by the Lewiston Broom Co.
Mr.. c. M. Bailey has bought the carpet fac
tories of Moses Bailey at Baileyville, and COM
menced manufacturing oil cloth carpets there
the Both. As some fifty men will be employed
there, it will be of much benefit to that COM
munity; it will also furnish market for wood
thus giving the farmers something to do during
the winter months. The shops there have been
idle now for about one month.
Berry & Co.'S Timber mill, and KendalPs
grain, feldspar and plaster mills at Bowdoin-
ham are running on full time, and it is said
are doing thriving business, Notwithstanding
the pressure in their line of business Lyman
Trip has built on Main street. two story car
riage shop and is operating successfully in thai
line of business.
A shoe manufacturer in Lynn, Mass, who
now employs $40 workmen, has proposed to
certain citizens of Skowhegan, that if they
will erect a building suitable for his business,
he will move there and rent it for the next ten
years, and bind himself to buy it at the end of
that time, provided the town will exempt his
property from taxation during the ten years.
We learl, that several "solid men, in Phila-
delphia have purchased the extensive granite
quarry at East Bluehill, in which D. B. Rick
er of this city is largely interested; and intend
to do large business in quarrying granite for
Philadelphia and other markets. The compa-
ny which has purchased tie quarry proposes to
begin at once the erection of more boarding
houses and other buildings for the business,
and be prepared to work several hundred men
the coming year.
The lumbermen from Phillips are now MAX
ing their way into the Lake regions to COM
mence their winters operations. Mr.. Abner
Toothacre is expecting to put in some eight or
ten millions and other parties as much mole.
Snow is from 10 to Is inches deep. The
streams are very low, but there was an abundant
rain Sunday, the Goth. The traders in Phillips
village are doing fair business, and there is
little heard about hard times. Hay is plenty
and sells readily for $40 per ton. Potatoes are
worth from 40 to 80 cents per bushel and find
ready market at Pennington HILL the terminus
of the Androscoggin branch of the M. G. r. R.
Wool skins are bringing high price and the
farmers are realizing fair return from their
''focks and herds" the present season.
S. D. Warren & Co.. of Cumberland Mills,
have just completed two large two story brick
buildings. The two buildings are virtually one,
as one roof covers them, with an archway be-
meath. The first floor will probably be used
for machine shop and other kinds of bust
ness. 1t is proposed to build an iron bridge to
connect the new establishment with the mills
on the other side of the river. The buildings
cost about $4,000, and the estimated cost Of the
bridge is about $780,