Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-27
Bully Nennebst yonrmM.
ICE OPERATIONS ON THE KENNEBEC.

ICE OPERATIONS ON THE KENNEBEC.
w. w. Russell of Boston, has house in
Bowdoinham, two miles below Richmond
on the west side of the river, OF 2o,pVo
tons capacity, not half full yet He has
one on the wharf in Richmond, OF lo'oVo
tons capacity, which is full.
Blanchard, Reed Il Co., have COM
msnced to put up house OF o,ooo TONS
capacity, on Reeds rock, on the east sue
ofthe river, just below the narrows. Ihey
win increase the capacity of the house tc
I5.O0O tons. if the weather will permit.
Washington Ice Co., of New York, con-
troll house of 10000 tons, on the east
side of the river. The houses are nearly
full.
DIR. Underwood has a house on the east
side of Swan Island, of capacity of s.
600 tons, and will fill it this week.
Sagadahoc CO.. houses, on the head OF
Swan Island. are of a capacity OF 1o,ooo
tons. and are nearly full. They intend
to stack all that the weather will permit
&C. Jack and others have just COM
menced operations on the old Ferry
Farm /, this side of Richmond. The house
has a capacity Of about 1900 tons.
Lincoln Company's houses, on the east
side of the river, have capacity OF 25,-
900 tons, and are three -fourths full. They
intend to stack 10000 tons additional.
CD. York, of Richmond, intends to
put up about 5000 tons, just above the
Lincoln, on the west side Of the river.
The Modoc company, of Richmond,
have Just commenced on their houses. Ca
pacitv Of about 5000 tons.
The American Union company, &C. A.
White, Wood & Smiley and others,) have
. house of 5000 tons capacity, on Capt.
Blanchard's farm, on the west side OF the
river, in Richmond. They have their
houses about threc-fourths full.
Haynes, Dewitt & Co. 8 house is just
above the American Union house, on the
same side of the river, and is nearly full
$4,000 tons.
Cheeseman's houses, formerly known as
the Cedar Grove, are just above the
Haynes & Dewitt, on the east side of the
river. Four of his houses have been built
this winter. They have capacity of over
$4,000 tons, and have from 10000 to 15,-
600 tons in.
Dresden Ice Co.. have their houses full
of old ice-some %, 600 tons. They pro-
pose to stack 10000 tons.
Gardiner Ice Co. have their houses
filled-25, 900 tons. They have started
new buildings for 5000 tons.
J. c. Bartlett, John Stone and others
are filling the Storer & Weeks houses,
Just above the Gardiner Co.'s houses.
They will put up about 10000 tons.
Lawrence Bros. and Jos. Atkins are re-
pairing their old house on the east side Of
the river, opposite Nahumksag Island,
and win put up 10. 900 tons there
Geo. E. Weeks, of Augusta, has new
house under way, of capacity of 10000
tons. He will probably commence to cut
this week
Lawrence Bros. and Jos. Atkins are
building house on the wharf near the
steam mill, of 5000 tons capacity. They
win take power from the mill to elevate
the ice.
Capt. Wesley Collins. Augustus Hop
kins and others have just commenced
house on the the east side of the river, on
the Eben Day farm. They propose to put
up 10000 tons.
The Oakland Company are located on
the Frank Colburn farm in Pittston. They
have their houses well along, and COM
menced to fill this week They intend to
take about 5000 tons.
johnson Bros, Haley and Landerkin,
have Q house located on the Capt. John
Landerkin farm in South Gardiner. They
propose to put up 10000 tons, and have
over 5000 tons in.
The Barker houses, which were blown
down last fall, have been rebuilt, and are
nearly full. The houses will hold $4,000
tons. and they propose to stack 5000 tons
more.
The Fabin houses, controlled by Stilphen
and Chadwick, are half full OF old ice.
They commenced running new ice last Sat-
urday. The capacity of the houses is
over IA 900 tons.
The Knickerbockers have their old
Smithrewn houses full and have COM
menced filling the new ones. They to-
gether will hold 81, 900 tons.
The Kennebec & Moosehead company
commenced operations last Saturday, on
the Tarbox place. They intend to put up
5000 tons.
The Masquerade house, which fell down
last summer. is being rebuilt by Charles
Bradstreet & Sons They are going to put
up all they can get. Say 10000 tons.
L. ID. Cooke. Stanwood & Tower and
others are putting up new house, on the
Stevens ship yard in Pittston. They in
tend to take about Z 200 tons.
Joshua Gray and others have COM
menced house on MIR. Gray's wharf I'M
der the bridge, and are going to put up
10000 tons.
r. E. johnson, Geo. Ray and others are
starting house ON the disputed terrific.
ry' above the bridge, in Pittston. They
will take 10000 TONS
The Kennebec Land & Lumber Cos
house is full of old ice-some II, 900 tons.
The Knickerbocker houses in Farming
dale are full, containing 46, 900 tons. The
Chelsea house is yet to be filed, which
will hold about 1000 tons more.
Messrs. ID. c. Foster, S. Marshall, Nc.
Causland and others are starting a house
on the east side of the river, opposite
Browns Island, of 5000 tons capacity.
Capt. Rich has about II 900 tons in his
house. which is full. He intends to stack
10000 tons more.
Frank Pages houses. in Hallowell, on
the old steam mill wharf, are full, contain.
ing about 10000 tons.
The Knickerbocker houses in Haliowel
are fall, containing about Il, 900 tons
Geo. McClinch is putting up Il house
hack of the knick erhOcke or housa In Hal.