The Portland daily press., 1875-05-18
Rrief Jotiings.

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Workmen commenced driving piles for tie
Gland Trunk coal shed yesterday. A large
crew are at work on Calls wharf.
The travel on the railroads is fast increas-
ing.
The flag on the Portland Yacht Club house
is daily displayed.
The oil painting of Archbishop Williams at
the st. James fair, Boston, is to be presented
to Right Rev. James A. Healy, Bishop elect OF
Maine.
A meeting of the Board of Trade will be
held at II o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Charles Adams, an engineer on the
Eastern road for twenty .seven years, has lett
the business. The engineers of the road pre-
sented him with purse of money on his retir-
ing.
The funeral of the late Mr.. John r. DALEY
| took place from his late residence on Cumber-
land street yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Gibbs
officiating.
The steamer Mary Libby has gone to Machias
to tow mud scows, and the steamer Josephine
Hoey will take her place on the ferry line.
A team loaded with fish broke down on Mid
die street yesterday morning.
Work will lie commenced this morning on
| the foundation of Pine street church.
Kimball, the saloon man, comes out with
brand new ice cream wagon. 1t was built by
John Ward & Co. of Fryeburg, and the paint
ing was done by Osgood of this city. It's
fancy turnout.
Boating is looking up little.
A woman broke So lamp globe, yesterday
afternoon, while trying to separate two dogs
which were fighting.
The engine at the City Building Will not use
so much coal this year as last by about twenty
five TONS
An addition is to be made to CascO engine
house. The old building in the rear is to be
taken down and about 20 feet put on, running
from the rear of the house to the stable. The
second story will be used as hall for the COM
pany. Work will be commenced at once.
Two very fine smoking and postal cars ar
rived at the GraLd Trunk depot yesterday.
They are just out of the car shops and look
very nice The insdes are finished in mahog
any.
The members of the Wolf Tone Association !
are requisite d to meet at their hall this tues
day)evening at Il clock, to transact business
of importance.
The new billiard hall at the Preble will be
opened this evening"
The Memorial Tablet in memory of the late
Rev. N. w T. Root, which was designed by
Mr. Preston Powers, son of Hiram Powers,h has
arrived from Florence, Italy, land will be placed
in position in St. Paups church shortly.
1t is now expected that the Second Parish
church will be ready for occupation by the 4th
of July.
AN IMPORTANT INDUsTRY.-Pdint Works of
Burgess. Fobes &c Co.-Just over the summit of
Munjoy Hill away from the crowd of the city,
where there is ample room, light and air. is the
building or rather little cluster of buildings in
which Messrs. Burgess. Fobes & Co. maniac
ture the paints which they sell in their whole
sale store on Commercial street, and which
has obtained an excellent reputation all over
the country. The firm manufacture paints of |
all kinds On entering the factory the first |
room is devoted to the raw ma tera, pure lead, |
zinc, oils and other materials used in the COM |
pounding OF lead paints, all of which have to |
be ground. These are weighed out according |
to the quality of the paint required, and are |
taken to an adjoining room where a half dozen
mills of heavy iron, run by steam power, re-
ceive them, and after running through several |
of these are ground exceeding fne." When |
the paint has been ground to the required |
standard of fineness, it is put iuto packages
ranging from one to six hundred pounds. The |
smaller packages are tin cans, ard the larger
pals and casks, the former being made by w.
S. Dyer of this city, and the latter by Kendall |
g. Whitney at Duck Pond. Everything con-
nected with the manufacture which can be OBJ
tanned in this vicinity is purchased here. The
firm believe in home industry. The COM
pounding of Uil colored paints requires much |
skill and experience and is an important fea-
ture of the work. The second floor Is largely |
devoted to the manufacture of Japan paints
which is a specially. In fact there are but
three other concerns in the country which turn
out this class of paints, two in New York and
one in New Bedford. This branch of the bust
ness requires the greatest skill as the paints
are used for the finest work and not only re-
quires the greatest fneness but the utmost skill
in mixing the eolors. Some idea of the skill
required in this part of the business can be OBJ
tanned when it is stated that forty five differ
ent coors of this class of paints are put up,
with prices ranging from twenty-five cents to
$11 per pound. These goods find sale in the
leading carriage manufactures of the country,
not only in the East but in the West, a. house
in Chicago selling large quantities annually. |
There is also machine for mixing putty, and |
a great many defects in Workmanship and ma
terial find remedy in that product The
manufacturing department is exclusively under
the direction of Charles S. Fobes, ESQ.,, who
has given his personal attention to it for eleven
years. The other members of the firm are
Hon. Henry H. Burgess and Mr.. LeaDder W.
Fobes. The books of the concern show that
during the last year 100000 pounds of white
lead were sold, $4,000 pounds of putty, $4,000
pounds of Japan paints and $4,000 oil colors
and fine white lead paints. The firm import,
via athe Allan line, whatever foreign mate
rial is required for their business.
We have given but an imperfect idea OF this
valuable.i industry, but enough to indicate its
extent We are glad to learn that the enter
prisng proprietors are enabled to gradually ex-
tend their business, fact which is entirely due
to the high character their gools maintain in
the market. Their success is due to their strict
attention to busines IS and the skill which years.
of experience has turned into capital.
THE MUSEUM Little Emily" was brought
out at the Museum last night for the first time.
The house was as good as could be expected for
Monday night. The piece ran very smooth
for the first night, and this evening it will
doubtless be much improved. The play is
rather too much for an ordinary stock company,
there being rather too many important char
acters, but the company last evening did finely
and are deserving of praise for the ready man
der in which they acquitted themselves Mr..
Calder as Micawber was very good. Mr.. Arnold |