Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-25
MANUFAtTUREs N WOOD AT Ran.
COR, ME.

The Mining aid Industrial Journal, Of
Bangor, Me-, in reviewing the industries
of that city, speaks as follows of some
of the manufactures in wood:
Seven hundred and eighty-fiv
thousand pine and spruce boxes for
canned goods and fish packing, valued
at upwards of $4,000, were shipped by
rail To Gloucester and other points in
Massachusetts in 1882. Seven hundred
thousand orange and lemon boxes, val
ped at 100000, were shipped To Sicily;
also upwards of 10000 to Florida and
the West Indies. Other shipments in
shocks were 1000 onion and u 900 to-
mato boxes to Bermuda, and l6,UOO oil
cases by rail to Boston and New York.
The latter item is a new business in this
locality, and promises to assume cOnsid-
erable magnitude. The first shipments
we're made in July last, and from the
present outlook fully million cases
will be shipped the present season. The
total value of box shook shipments was
about $4,000. The shipments of bar
rel shocks include 10000 cement bar
reIs TO New York; 1000 syrup barrels to
Buffalo; 5000 cranberry barrels to Cape
Cod: and 1900 nut barrels to Sicily; the
whole valued at xl2,56.
"Seven firms and individuals shipped
last year 10000 last blocks, valued at
about $4,000. These are cut from
rock maple by various parties in the
surrounding and mp river towns, and
are shipped principally to New Hamp-
shire andi Massachusetts,.
"One million spool bars, valued at
81 900, were shipped from this port to
| Glasgow, Scotland, last year also 80,
| QUO. amounting IN value to $3.50, to
Pawtucket, II. l., and other coastw Sc
ports. A large amount Of spool timber,
sawed at Rowland, some thirty miles
| above this city. is brought down by rail
| and shipped from here by water to
Searsport, on Penubscot Bay. where II
| il manufactured into spools for the Co
nant Thread Company, Pawtucket, Il.
| The Wiilimantic Thread Company
| whose extensive thread works are 10
Gated at Willimantic, Conn, also have
AN Immense establishment for the man
/ ufacture of spools al the head Of Sea
beck Lake, now known rs the town ol
Willimantic, Me. This product al
comes through Bangor.
"rhe manufacture and shipment o.
axcelsior oan scarcely be called bango
industry, as comparatively little i
handled in this city. Incidentally, how
ever. il may be mentioned that ~
tons. valued at x27, 200, were brougn
dewn over the Bangor and Piscataqui
Railroad in lsS2. Quite a quantity o
this was shipped from this port by YES
sells, but the larger portion went throo9
by rail. Ii rs manufactured IN town
on the line of the Piscataquis Railroad
and is nearly all controlled by singi
Boston firm. The mills have reoenu
been putting in new machinery and II
creasine their capacity, and the preser
! wear the product will reach fully 'Ds
tons.
"About 5000 telegraph and telephou
poles. valued at $SS00, were sold bel
!, last wear; also 10000 cedar posts, value
at 5000: and 100 600 railway ties, value
nj 10000. There were sold some ~
GOO bean poles, valued at fl2 90 p
thousand, besides immense quantits'
of pick poles, hop poles, etc., etc. ,
.Six firms engaged IN handing snl
!, timber in 1852 sold $1,000 knees, vaiue
Al xs2, $50; white pine masts, valued
$1,000; spruce spars and poles, 49,
and juniper, hackmetack, pine at
!. hardwood ship timber 70 tue Vaiue
= x5l 200: total value, $l52.s0.