The Portland daily press., 1879-02-01
Maine Business Noies.

Geo. w. Leavitt, Esq, of Pembroke, has
sent to thu EAstport Sentinel bag of flour
manufactured at bis mill from wheat raised in
Pembroke. The editur says the flour is sweet
aud makes excellent bread, and that the milling
is as perfect as that of the best -four in the
market.
G. S. Bryant is putting in some handsome
ice for the Pepperell Co. at Biddeford. 1t Is
ab,ut IS inches IN thtckn ness and very clear.
Geo. H. Cummings and James Thomes have
nearly completed their job at hauling timber
on the G lkey lot in Harrison. In addition to
hauling some 125, 900 Of hemloek timber, they
have cut aud hauled large quantity of pine.
They hope to finish the job in little more than
week Then they will haul some 60 or rs
cords Of bark to Bridgton. The whole job will
make a good winters work.
Mr. T. A. Wentworth of Kennebunk, is ship
ping to Boston four hundred bushels of pota-
toes per week from the B. & NJ Depot. The
price paid IS 85 cents per bushel.
The Kennebunk Sea Shore Co. have been
filling their ice-house the past week. hauling
the ice from Ksnnebunk. Mr.. G. o. Huff has
generally done the business, but the scarcity of
marketable ice in this vicinity forced them to
resort to Mousam river.
The dwellers at Fortune's Rocks have COM
menced cutting ice in Lilly Pond, B.ddeford.
Mr. q r Folsom is also cutting ice there for
the Goose Rocks House.
The Bridgton News gives the following items
of business interests being carried on among
residents Of the county in that vicinity
Isaac E. Allen is doing large business at
stone cutting, chiefly monumental and other
cemetery work. Within few years back. Le
has executed orders for Limerick, Casco Otis
field, Norway and other adjoining towns. All
of the granite used by Mr.. Allen is querred by
himself. Owen TAYLOR is filing a contract to
Hartman Bros. for about thirty thousand feet
4 of pine timber Aaron Gibbs and Frank Kim
ball are eng gAged in the cutting. Levi Milett
of Waterford, is hauling from his Bamis lot to
! Cobb & H.pgood's mill, one hundred cords of
very fine oak.
The new machine-shop being built by Dr. III.
II. Hill, at Augusta, IS rapidly approaching
completion. The building is clapboarded and
the roofers are at work. The building will be
| ready for the machinery next week.
Herbert L. Currier, of Biddeford, has leased
an unoccupied lot of land on Elm street, below
Pearl, and will commence shortly to erec
thereon large machne-shop for his own oc
| cupaucy. The new shop will be 3S by 56 feet
and three stories high with French roof. A
thirty horsepower engine is to be put in.
Maine last year had tonnage to the amount
Of 20, ,937 engaged in tbs cod aud mackerel fish
cry. Only ooe State in the Union, Massachu
setts, has more tonnage than Maine in thi;
business.
The lobster business is quite lively at Cap,
Porpoise, aud some of the fishermen are max
ing from twenty to thirty dollars day. This
is fortunate, as fish are bard to get, and bring
only tri1e 10 the market when caught.
Wood, Bishop & Co.'s foundry, in Bangor
will resume work the first of next week.
Hon. joseph Hobson's River street steam
mill in Biddeford is now turning out about 40,
900 feet Of lumber per day. This mill has beer
running night as well as day f1r about week.
Some half dozen buildings are now in course
of erection at Old Orchard, aud the prospect fp
{. lively season next summer is good.
Many in Washburn and vicinity are gettiu!
out lumber preparatory for building the comins
summer.
johnson s. Phar, Of Presque Isle, have late
IL b)ught the saw and shingle mill at Vast
burn village, owned by Isaac Wilder, FIR $1,000
They talk of lilding grlst-mill next season.
All the looms in Campbslls factory, at Sar
gervllle, are in operation.
Messrs. d. Sargent & Soas of Brewer village
have scraped small field and intend to put il
about one thousand tons of ice, which will b
first quality.