Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-06


NJ. Editor some time lat Fall YOUR
journal published article relating 10 the CON-
IN uccmcn' ofihe construction 81 ! factory for
the manufacture 81 concentrated extract Of
hemiDck bark, in Township 80. Hancock Go,
by the Me,>r-. J. u. Hopkins & CO. Thi-
factory WA completed early IN January last.
and has from that time up II the present. bee u
in constant operation. night and day. produc-
ing Ayrr .ge amount OF thirty bbl>. per dAy.
Fifteen hundred bbl,. have already been snip
ped from the factory. II goes p the tanners
Of salem & Peabody. who have inlYrs,,i il A.
the pure.t and best brand in the market. To
these tanners viii &, shipped the whole u ;hi,
year, product.
The ! rice which the Mc-,rs Hopkins mark
e. tneir eXtract-owiny to the unparalleled d e
preston OF the leather irade-though to- -tua %
too AlJFi a pTOut 10 rival EAuut4CtITy affords
them q satisfactory remuneration. This ! due
to the advantages Of their location. cheap
freislts AMI 10 their coutigulty to the bet
market for the sale Of their goods. . her ex-
tract factories being ltca'cd N the remote tor
e.. OF Pennsylvania. Southwestern New York.
and beyond the Canadian border are forced to
ship their extract over long line, Of railroad in
reaching the markets. which in connection
with the enhanced price they are obliged 10
pay lfor barh-owins to the competition with
the great tanner, IN th-lr Nicjnity-rrnder> IL
impraciicab,c Al a time when the leather trade
J. 30 generally depre> >ed. To contest the maj h.
et> with q company who hold - many BdFAn-
tage- over them ia the mAnuiActure, Mc.sr>.
HopAin>-ownlng 4 Township deu>cly COW red
with hemlock are unaffected by competition in
the price of bark. it costing only the price %
peeing and hauling TO the factory. which l.
within cI>y reach Of tide water over which
these goods are shipped 10 market-are as-arrd
of really and rrmunerarive market AZ all
times. 50 II appears that this enterprise new
u Maine j. from the outset an established aud
triumphant success. This j. a god.enl TO the
people in the settlements bordering the great
forests in the midst Of which tn factory i, To-
Gated, a il affords employment for many Of
their people, and l convenient market for all
the surplus products Of their farms.
In order 10 meet the demand OF Salem & Pea
body tanners who are now using their extract.
the .Me>srs. Hopkins viii stock their factory
The coming season 10 It, fullest capacity. This
will Of necessity impart a healthy stimulou, t.
the industries in th. section Of the state. Ii
con> picuously demonstrates that there is ~
least one legitimate branch OF the lumber trade,
that will pay for prosecuting, even at time
when that most important Of our industries j.
80 seriously depressed. The logs from which
the bark is peeled on 80, are fioatei down I'm
ion river 10 the mills at Ellsworth where they
are cut into lumber that i sold al price which
afford, prof. sufficient to keep the mills 10
operation. thus giving employ ment to many
who otherwise would be forced 10 remain idle.
In the great forest east the Penobscot, here
are many townships still densely covered with
hemlock, combining advantages for the manu-
facture and shipment OF extract, - favorable
a. those enjoyed by the company who are pros
ecutiag the manufacture Oh Township 80, aud
a. the ma<.et Is ample for all that can be pro-
dueed in this part of Maine, and as the manu-
facture pays "a satisfactory profit even 1t time
when tanners material has shruuk in value
lower than it has ever before reached in the
great tanning districts along the coast, and -
the indication. are favorable for an early and
material advance in prices. with the revival OF
the leather trade. the foregoing statements are
respectfully submitted 10 the consideration OF
those interested in the ownership Of the great
hemock forest east Of the PenObscOt
Ii is true that the growing necessities of the
leather trade for tanning material yearly en-
hances the value Of these forests of hemlock.
Ii is equally true however, that their entire des
truction is constantly endangered by the al
most yearly CONGREGATIONS which sweep
through the forests Of our State aud which have
left a blaekened waste of so much of our tim
Der lands. Would it not be well to utilize them
while il will pay to do so, rather than to risk
the uncertainty of their escaping the rayages
of the devOuring elementf
Bordering these forests, and on the burnt
| lands are unlimited fields of sweet fern, rich
| in the tannin material known to the leather
trade Factories are now in process of con-
struction for concentrating the tannin proper
ties Of this most prolific shrub. OF this part Of
the State, into extract. An unlimited demand
for this extract with good profits to the manu-
facturer are expected, Other factories for util-
izing of this shrub will he constructed during
the approaching summer in this vicinity.
The factory at 80, is twenty miles east OF
Milford. to which there Is good road parties
wishing to visit them can be provided with
conyeniences for doing 80 by Butterfsld Bros.
of the Milford Exchange, where also will be
found Accommodations unsurpassed by any hotel
east or north OF Bangor j.