Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03

production. SIP. 427 go; hands employ
cd. males 2,769, females 1904. children
72l; total number. 1894; wages, u.s.
426 s25 Total number oi establishments
for the manufacture oi batting, twine.
warp aud yarn. live; capital sl3O,Oooi
water power, POS horse. machines en-
ployed, which the returns - not safe
whether looms or spindles, 245; number
OF spiudlcs, 700; pounds of batting.
100; pounds OF warp, 20. oOO pounds
OF warn. Irvine and bags. 55l, 900; pounds
of warn, I44.0O0; value of materials
sI7e, O45; value ol production. S2'o.sZV'
hands employed. males 81, females 81
children PC; total number, 40; wages
si5. 200.
The increase OF capital employed In
the manufacture of all kinds OF cotton
goods since 1870 is Sa,542.Sl5. an IN
crease of more than % per cent. In
crease in number OF spindles. independ-
snt of lhuse not specified. 92,566. Iu-
crease in value ~, product, s5sS, 4os, an
increase of more than five per cent. The
average value OF production per spindle
is s22 50. against s2j.76 per spindle in
1870. The increase in the number al
operatives employed since 1870 Is 1850
An increase OF II per cent Average
annual wages per factory hanl IN ssh
AZ. against S27I.75 per hand in 1870, an
increase OF Sij72 per had. or more
than l6 per cent per hand. TIE pro
duct per hand AN lIhts in value To sI'.
1871, IA 1870 il amounted &" sl,2o4 81
per had FIVE new companies are get
tiug r.ady Ia operate.
EpGE Tools. ANS. SAWS. &c.
Tweaty establishments give " total
value in their p.ol ,c!, 81 >';3s So
Ia axes and alt : ia sc r" 'nanu
f.c.urcd ca g6j ia num1'- ! q arr
portion OF the product - m''uticturrd
in K,nncaec c,Inty where thres tabor
les in West Wa,crvilic have iurdel out
in ,...ue S5lO. 1Ol worth oi avs which
have loIud ntrAc, ia tn Uai'ed S'a =
and the Br,i,n Provmce>.
FLgru IzER>.
An cslab,i.h ncnt ia L'nco % e. '"iy
n,,,.-.c.arr- - ~ tons OF sea Vecd an'
null.y. valued At Sl5.uJ0; seven "th' -
uI..c .c..i..zrl, ir,m refuse ii-h. Ia"
t,,,, p..duct o., 5jl ton, worth %" Nu
average 81 per tou. = Iich an'in'
alIrdia The value of lac prudHc, "' iHr
.re,iou, factory. mike, The IouL vaio,
o, ,as proLuc. rs. COO The fertilizers
dnI = narAr, ia Milne. Massachusetts.
New York and Al the South.
FIsHEHIEs
The total value OF the product OF cured
aud p,cseI herring. goldfish, haddoVS.
pollock and macAcrel. will approximate
To $500 900. giving employment 4" not
Ie>s than i've huuircl aud hl.y men. la
the c,:chiug ot cod aud macNcrel sol
vesse.s are employed. with = total Of
&C. l9G 81 100 Ious The fishery industry
give. employment 10 probably Two thou
sand men. or more. in our coast towns,
and The total value OF their catch the
present YEAR will not be less than eight OF
nine hundred thousand dollars The
catch OF Goldfish has been unusually large
The enterprise of the interior fisheries
promises Ia &c successful
FIGURING AND GRISI MIIL PRopC els.
Returns from s. establishments show
an invested capital vi 500. go, bdshels
OF grain ground. l.919.6jO; barrels OF
aour manufactured, 90 225; value ol
total production. 8. 276.l2 hands em
ployed. I6l; wages, So ,2O4.
Lex.
Twenty louy establishments. princi-
pally iu keunebec aud kuoN counties,
have cut and housed sol 900 tons. valued
At Sj52 600. The industry Ia, become
AN in portant one. aud Maine ice goes 10
al Qalks OF tue HOIAN.
lRoN, CAST. FoRGED AND RoLLED.
There are - establishments. with i
total capital OF $685., 200; waite @! pro
duc,iou. sl.649 Go; hands employed
Az; wages. s320.57 the castings ia
Guide mill machinery vi ali Kinds, car
wheels. stoves, hollow ware, &c, weigh
ing in all 1883 tons In iUrgings. one
Portland establishment. has produced 500
tons OF railroad aXleS, shallngs aud
Other heavy iorgings. 4 Camden estab
lishmen; has forged 400 tons in anchors.
A rolling mill located in Portland. the
only one 10 the State, which has a capi
tai vi $500. 90. employs geo hands. with
payroll OF $4,000, and has produced
Il .OJO tons ul iron railS.yalue ~, lUU, OOO d..
The total value oil the product OF our
iron manufactures Ia castings, iUrgngs,
&c will probably exceed u 500, 900 the
present year.
LEATHER. TANNED AND CURRIED.
Sixty one establishments show iot"!
capital of 81. 529, $50; value OF produc
ton. 50, lS7 800; hands Employed, 66S {;
wages. $500. 244. 1t is probable that the
total value OF leather tanned the present
YEAR will exceed. 81 .OOO. 900. and the
total value OF leather tanned. more than
SI.lOO.OOO. But few domestic hides are
used in Maine, the stock being principally
foreign importationS from South Amen
ca. Mexico and South Africa.