The Portland daily press., 1874-06-17
OUR WORKSHOPS.
Seventh Day Of the Exhibition.
A CON TINU ED sUC @ e 9 9


The seventh day of the Industrial Exhibition
witnessed an attendance at City Hall larger
than usual. In the evening there was scarce
ly room to move about because of the crowd
The excursion trains bring in great numbers
of people, and the interest among our citizens
continues undated
POTTERY.
The chief attraction to the crowds which
throng the hall is the pottery works of the
Portland Stone War Company, about which
groups of curious people cluster all the day
and evening, watching the "clay in the hands
OF the potter" and the wonderful transforma-
ton it undergoes. Perhaps one reason for the
great interest taken i'll this branch OF manu-
facture is that the spectator can see the pro-
cess of making begun and carried out, and
can watch the clay from its first rude cond-
ton of mere lumpiness until it is fashioned
with deft hands into the familiar kitchen
utensil. The Portland Stone Ware Company
was Incorporated in 1860. 1t had itsOrigin
like most of our industries, in small begin
nings, and is the outgrowth of pottery
started by Mr.. j. I. Wnslow, the present
superintendent, in 1876. 1t now does $250,O0
worth of business year. Its chief product is
the stone drain pipe which it turns out in
sizes from two to eighteen inches, and sends all
over the country. OF this pipe $15O, 900 worth
ayear is sold. Within year a new industry
has been started, that of fire brick. This is
the only mandatory this side of Boston, and
$4,000 worth are turned out year. OF course
stone ware goods of all kinds are manu-
featured, but the heavy industries mentioned
above have about crowded these out, and the
amount manufactured will not exceed $15 900
worth year. Four kilns are used, and Is
men employed The clay is brought from New
Jersey and 1000 tons are used a year. Three
schooners are chartered especially for its car
riage, and it is delivered at the wharf of the
company on Back Bay. This wharf has been
rebuilt and enlarged this spring, and build
ing for storage erected. The mandatory is a
huge affair, and contains two acres of floor
ing.
BOOK BINDING.
In book-bindng the display is very fine,
BETTER perhaps than that of any other industry
represented.
Dresser, Mcclellan & Co. exhibit Al volumes of
the Maine Reports, of which they now have
exclusive control. These are noticeable for
the style, finish, strength, and thorough work
manship of the binding, as well as for the ex-
cellence OF the general get-up. Thoy would be
a credit to any publishing house in New Eng
land. There is also displayed Varney's Young
Peoples History of Maine, a work which has
been received throughout the state with
marked favor, and is now in its third edition.
An excellent show is made of blank books.
These are manufactured to order for firms in
this city, and are noticeable for the beauty of
their ruling
Bailey & Noyes, blank book manufacturers
and publishers, exhibit mercantile blank
books and book hindiLg among which is a
magnificent ledger, a beautiful specimen of
ruling, binding and flush. 1t is ruled for
double entry with printed headings, and mar
ginal lines opposite each account to place the
mercantile agency report of the standing OF
parties with whom the account is opened.
The binding is Russia and English calf with
raised back and panneled sides, and the finish
is in full guilt. 1t is an elegant specimen.
They also exhibit specimens of their common
and regular work, among which are some Fl me
marble edged work in plain sheep and cloth
binding.
Loring, Short & Harmon make a fine dis
play of bindings calculated to reflect credit up
on this standard industry of our city. The
specimens are books gotten up for various
firms and corporations in the city and out
Among them are superb ledger, heavy in
binding and finish, for the Maine Savings
Bank, several volumes of the Franklin county
records, which this firm binds. ledger for the
First National Bank, and journals for Deering
& Milliken, w. & C. r. Milliken. j. Bird &
Co. and other prominent firms. This firm
also makes fine exhibit Of Smiths reports
bound in law sheep.
Hall l.. Davis exhibits some handsome speci-
mems of his everyday work, such as ledgers for
the Frontier Mount Vernon, Auburn and Cas-
CO National Banks, records of the city of Port
land, journals for j. S. Winslow and other
prominent firms. Besides these admirable
specimens of binding are placed books made
by the firm of which Mr.. Davis was the inberi-
tor in 1888. Though those books were fine in
their day, yet the contrast is very Marked and
shows the progress of the art within thirty-five
years. There are also on exhibition silver
medals awarded to Mr.. Davis for excellence in
binding by the M. G. M. Association. The
firm is the legitimate successor of one of the
oldest houses in the city AND has furnished
bindings for city and county records for many
years. For thirty five years it has bound the
records of the county of York.
BOOK PUBLISHING.
Hoyt & Fogg have large show case in Re
ception Hall, filled with copies of the forty
distinct publications which they issue. These
publications are religious works. sabbath school
juveniles and statistical manuals, varying in
price from ten dollars to fifty cents. This firm
is the only distinctive book publishing house
in Maine, and has been established in this
branch of business four years, during which
time its transactions have largely and steadily
increased. Among its publications, are the
well-known Barth's Chronological Common
tary, the Hazelwood, Melbourne, Treasure
and Children Home Series in sets, The indis-
pensable "Hints about Business" the capital,
Carpenters and Builders Guide, which COM
mands very large sale, and the demand for
which is increasing every day, and the familiar
'Maine Register This last mentioned book
is an invaluable manual to EVERY man in
Maine, comprising, as it does complete statis-
tical histories of the state, counties and towns.
and complete political register and leeisa.
tive manual. 1t is is published pursuant to
orders of the Legislature, and is the accepted
official "blue book" of Maine. The firm also
issues pocket map of the state, very conven-
lent for the tourist and the business man. 1t
has two new works in press. One is a historic
cal gazetteer of Maine, giving the history physi-
cal characteristics and productive capabilities
of every town in the state, and designed to
meet the wants of every class of our people.
The other is Sketches, historical and descrip-
tive, of noted Maine horses" past and present.
with their ancestors and descendants. Over
one thousand horses are mentioned, and the
record is one which must be of interest to
every horse fsncier in the state.
CANNED GOODS.
OF the canned goods, a heavy and leading in
dustry, there is large show. Two great pyra-
mids Of cans occupy conspicuous places in the
hall. These cans contain the products of the
Portland Packing Company, and of Burnham,
Morrill, & Co.
The Portland Packing Company has the
largest packing establishment in the world