The Portland daily press., 1883-01-11

1t was your correspondents pleasure one day
this week to visit the new office of Lorenzo l..
Shaw, Esq, OF the Royal River Manufactur-
ing Company on Factory street, which was re-
Gently completed, and is now occupied by the
company. 1t is very handsome piece of ar
chitecture, 22x30 feet, IL stories high, and
built from plans drawn by Fassett of Portland.
The building contains four rooms besides the
hall, and is furnished with all the modern i'm
provements. The Office proper is a large square
room at the left of the hall, lighted by four
large windows, and contains two closets, one
for coats and the other for the toilet A novel
feature of the office, which is unlike any other
building in town, is the painting of the wood
work which greets ones yes when he enters,
III fact it seems as if Mr.. Shaw's idea was to
have building odd IN structure and YET hand
some and attractive, and he has certainly met
with his intentions. The dado of tho Office is
stained in two colors red and yellow, with base
beard painted dark green, and the chair railing
ebony las is also the mantle. The remaining fish
ism is dark green with yellow mouldipgs, which
gives it very odd but bright and lively APP
pearance. The flor is stained as they all are
throughout the building. Mr.. Shaw has just
added to the office an elegant roller top desk
and easy chairs. Ihe room back of it, unoc-
coped as yet, will be painted similar only
with different colors There are two rooms in
the second story which are fitted up for sample
rooms, and are very prettily painted in colors.
The run of stairs in the hall is made of solid
| Southern pine and is fine piece of workman
| ship. The stairs cost nearly as much as black
walnut, and are nice enough to find place in
the best dwelling house in Yarmouth. The
wood work of the hall is stained to match the
| pine. Under the whole is an excellent cellar
where hot water apparatus will be placed for
| heating the building. The whole structure
| was made to perfection, and reflected great
| credit upon the workmen. The Joiner work
was done by Hermon Seabury and Charles
| Dennison, the piasteripg by Josiah Loring
and the painting by Seabury brothers, all as
| fine wOrkmen as there are in town.
| After satisfying our curiosity at the Office we
| repaired to the mandatory just across the
| street. Here is made cotton warp, SEAMLESS
bags, yarn, Irvine, etc., and by the kindness of
| Mr.. Shaw we were shown the working of the
| whole mill. We entered the opening or pick
| er room, thus proceefed to every room, the
principal ones of which are the carding, spin
| ming, weaving and spooliDg rooms. We family
ended our journey by calling into the work
| shop and boiler room. Mr.. Shaw informs us
that many improvements have been made in
| and about the mill during the past few years,
new machinery and and many conveniences
| have been added, and the mill is now in a good
running condition, and turns out as good work
as any of its size in the State A large tank in
the attic is always kept full of water to be used
in case of fire. Everything about the mill is
kept in clean and systematic order, and the
business goes on like clock work. Some sixty
men and women are employed, and the pro-
ducts of the mill find ready sale in all parts
| of the world.
The store house, comparatively new build
ing, is situated a short distance from the mill
and the two are connected by a broad plank
| walk. 1t is Sc 70 feet, story high with a
basement, and is capable of holding years
stock of cotton-1000 bales, of between five and
six hundred pounds weight each seven hum
died bales of a fine quality has been purchased
for the present years consumption, and is now
arriving from the South. The remaining three
hundred bales of a different quality will be
put in next spring, when it can be bought at a
better advantage.
The Royal River Manufacturing Company is
one of the most enterprising firms in Var
mouth while Mr.. Shaw is very popular and
public spirited citizen, and believes in not be-
ing behind the times in improvements He
talks strong of putting the electric light into
the mill at no distant date. B. d. A.