The Republican journal., 1882-06-22
Washington County Letter.

BUSINESS DEPRESSION. THE CALAIS COTTON
MILL. GRANITE, PLASTER, IRON, SARDINE
AND AGRICULTUR RAJ INTERESTS. RAILROAD
PROJECTS. THE NEW SUMNER RESORT.
Correspondence of the journal.
The interests of Washington County have. as
usual been various the past season. There have
been political upheayings in the eastern part of
the county, which, in conjunction with the
bad weather. have rendered to sour mems
minds somewhat. and make them feel very
much as though creation was out of Joint The
business interests in the county are not at pres
ent encouraging. The strikes at the West are
operating very disastrously upon the lumber
interests in the great center of that trade. and
freights rule low from the depression in the
demand. What the ultimate result will be is
not at present quite clear. Other causes. of
course combine.
While the great cotton mill is on the English
side, it is so near Calais that it must ALWAYS be
considered as a Calais institution. and will add
greatly to the prosperity ofth eastern part the
county. The mill is an immense structure. built
principally with American capital and carried
forward by American enterprise. The work
was begun about the 10Th of June 1851 and it
is said the intention is TO start actual ma1uIfac-
turing on the same day Of the month this year
That such structure should have been carried
forward almost to completion in one wear. at
tests the enterprise and business capacity of
those having charge of the work. 1t i said that
the managers have engaged more than four
hundred skilled female operatives who live
either III Washington County or in the places
bordering on the eastern line. who have been
for Years engaged in similar mills in the manu-
featuring ccnters of Maine, Massachusetts, or
other States. This is considered unprecedented
in starting a new mill. We shall be- obliged tu
speak of this mill ~ i Washington County in
stitution.
Besides lumberng the other prominent man
| ufarure> are the granite and plaster works at
Red Beach in Calais. The former is a compurt-
| lively new enterprise and manufactures large
| quantities of polished granite work With con-
stantly increasing demand. The largest part of
their orders for monuments, columns. and or
namenta stone work come from West Of Chi
cago and on the Pacific coast The most Of
work is made of the red granite, which takes on
| a beautiful polish and makes It very fine appear
ance. A backi>h granite is found about three
miles from the red quarry. which also takes on
a very brilliant polish ndmale> very fine mon
| ument>. The works ae running all the time
| and are Il permanent and growing institutions
The plaster mill i by no means Il modern n>ti-
tuition, but has furnished gypsum 10 the farm
ers. and calcined plaster for Italian image max
ers, from the time that the morning stars sang
| together upon the dawn OF creation. Hon. H.
| a. Pike is now the principal Owner. He also
| has an interest IN the granite works With G. II.
| Newton. Esq. Possibly these two latter propo-
| StionS may have to be reversed. If 50. we will
| ingly submit.
The iron works at Pembroke are too wen
known far and wide to make it worth While TO
say anything about them. Enough that they
are probably permanent industry in that
| place. There is also another industry ut Penn
broke which is obtaining considerable tminrnce.
the Organ Mandatory of Leighton Bros
This employs quite Il number OF men and is cN-
| tending its sales. demonstrating the good quail
| ity of the organ, and the tinrnt~> ana nicrty Of
| their tone.
The sardine and other canning works of East
port, Lubrc, JoneSboro. Jonc>port. Millbridgt,
Cherryfeld. Columbia FAILS, and Aluchia, attest
the intention Of the business men to utilize As
far As possible the capabilities of the county for
| productive results. We wish it were possible
| to add to the foregoing the almost extinct inter
| est Of shipbuildng: but truth romprl~ total
silence regards that branch Of industry and
| profit.
ington County There has been an immense
! amount of hard and effective work done in the
county upon the earth in the last five years and
| we think the disposition to continue it will
rather increase than diminish. Our people
have recently been tickled With the idra If haN-
| ing railroad facilitic, soon but a> usual HE
| hope has seemed to die out. IL time passes and
nothing has been done u, yet by thoSr who
promised that the work should begin early III
the season. 1t will take but Il few more such
futile attempts to make the people feel that any
further promises Will only end in failure. and it
will be Very hard to get thrmto put amy further
confidence i'll promises.
! But there is something beside industries
which interests the eastern part of the county
such enterprises requires a large amount Of the
most earnest industry. - CLOSE is the conncc-
ton between the town Of PASSPORT and the Is
| land Of CampobcIlo that it is hard to separate
| their interests. The recent sale Of that island
| to 4 party of capitalists from Boston and New
| York, and the building of two such houses for
| summer resort It's the owen and 1'Nl-y-C otd.
| mark n new ora i'm fine history of p.>.uDln-
| quoddy bay. The Owen has been run one ee;-
| son and is now in readiness to accommodate
| guests, though few are there now. The >itut-
| ton is magnificent and the appointments of the
house are unsurpassed The dining-room is in
the Old owen mansion, some ten rods from the
| way. Lubec and Eastport are overlooked from
| the smoking room and lomging saloon in the
top of the building. The ryn-y- Coed is a new
| structure, about 4 mile around 'Wclch POOL
| from the owen. 1t is not opened yet, but will
be on the first of July. 1t is somewhat larger,
more pretcntiouS, and in some respects more
| conveniently arranged than the owen, ha, ING Il
large number of suites Of rooms. 40 more de-
sirable places for people of leisure can be found
on the continent of America than these two
| houses. These enterprises, although on English
| ground, like the cotton mill at Calais, ar, essen
TALLY American, and must b, a success.
IAEEIe.
| Echoes from the Convention
\ Gorham despatch concerning the rejoicing