Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-06-07
Turks Island.



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The Massachusetts statesman oi the long
time ago Fisher Ames, SAID tina. catching
cod was great business, ana so the peo-
pie OF Turks Island may say that 'raAlng
salt is "a great business Tor IL is the ohi!
industry followed on the island
Most any one has general idea now salt
by evaporation is made, and yet when ques-
tohea, You are surprised 70 hhu no" Ie"
people fully understand the methods OF
manufacturing, shipping ana selling this IN
disPens!ble article oil 1000. hough ma!
be simple process, involving no gre"
amount oil skill, or science, .et person
has TO know no" to take advantage Of all
the circumstances surrounding ana attend
Ing the business, 10 MAKE successful opcr-
ator.
lhe Island was hr't settled o! people
from bermuda' anu a. garry OF carrier thah
the war OF our heNo'u'loh- ~ htst the
people came bringlhR their sIsNes ana re-
maihed mere aufihR the SAT- h'aA''s seaso"'
anu 'hah the ptoPiietotS "ouii 'et"'" 10
Detmuda- vi course some hau 10 teua'"
the year touhu' anu 'hls Io'"ieu lhe heu-
eieus tof permanent settlement.
stranger "ouio ot sufpf'seu on seeing
sna' an amount ~ Pet"'ihe"' ~"'N ~"
done 'h 'he eaf''et ua!' y 'ne 'et'.eiheh'
0! the Ha'es' u - saIu' III t'e io'th o' Stone
walls ~a'ef Cis'cfns OF 'anAs' anu tue ti'ie'
oi -t"he wall "h''h marx Tue o"uhuaf'e'
OF the uiHefeht SAT- ailotiheh''' OF SAT-
ponds. Ever! residence was surrounded o!
h'Rh s.ohe "a'' nheN ia'u' ana mostly
pla.tered over win lime mortar. iheSe
walls IN most localities remain until now IN
good condition
Inc Island IL estimated TO ne h'e niles
lohs anu ABOUT nan tha' instance ~ "'u'"-
Surrounding II, on me sou'h east sldr ! a
high bank oi coral or oi sahd cast up ht
the eeaseiess waves OF me ages oi the
Longtime ago. 10 common ewes thi@
seems pto'ectoh from any freak OIL some
stray 'iaa! wave 'hat mieh' pass this way,
oh 'he front, 'hat on tne west ''ue' a'l
A"hs y" sho'e' 'iif .ahH ! N'sh"f e'e-
Na'eu from we centre n the iS'auu- ~ 'h''
depression III 'he centre ate inc sal p"hds'
the water from thr ocean being brought to
reservoir by canal "here II remains uh'H
evaporation mas gone on uh'il II mas mace
Aha' ING SAY rAAtf' cai' P'eA'e' aiin u y
'heh 'ufneu i''o .te Sai''as % pans ihe't
are 'No Aii'us o' 'a''he Iesou',es TT 'he
conversion Oh SAT- water i'''" sAl-lne "a
hhs proper anu u. a.'-pohu- ne latter
led D! sAit springs WINE 'he saline prop
er Is an extensive nat "hlch may contain a
lev acres or great many ahd 'S supplrd
WIN wafer rom 'ht otea'' oH 'He ea'ai a.
read, alluded TO- which can be opened pr
Closed al VIII. Inc nrst water 'et III from
the ocean goe, INTO large reservoir "hIch
holds about nall as much Us The entire
area oi th- salinas. ne water remains ID
ms feorptsele lot ''ule NesA'' e'iPo1ahoh
gong On al me Tune. "hrh y reaches %
of more ueSreea'a' Hea'u'ed oN 'o'oaie'er'
common salt wafer oeihg aosut !" degrees
IL - IN state u oe tuFheu INTO the uNIs'ohs
es'ied pans Al o' degrees foreign mat
Ter heIu III soIut1oh Is PfeeiPtA'ed' ne
pans var! N SIZE, guy seheIalll hrr rom
- 70 - OF an acre ~ area ana are laid
OUT so as 10 permit water courses between
each iot 'he purpose OF obtaining supp!
oi "otihe from '"e man reservoir Inc
uNisiohs are separated pN walls nladt oi
stone ana mud. ihe'e are about TWO teet
niSh' Win "'u'h rom '"tee 70 inuf Itet
ihese pans are ReHefaI'! taheu Gown
anu me de0TiS thrown OUT once year
rms Is 'efuisd eieaf'he pans
ne prime 'eidoih i. statues in'o pure SAT-
unless .here mas neeh moh'h absence OF
ram. Inc prime becomes a saturated sou
uoh al 70 degrees ana commences 20 cFys-
ta!lize al iiu degrees as me asufed oy the
soIometer. 10 De sathefed the SAT- mas 70
he broken up o! an instrument called
"orsakup. Inc SAT- Is 'heh taAeu INTO
ro"s' feau! 10 oe cafleo out anu put mt"
piies, some OF "nich contain a. many as
io''"o ousheis. ne pans slelu from 20
thousand bushels during the season. per
acre.
a salt pond has' as remarked salt spring |
or basin IN the centre, ana mas It's pans on a |
little higher ground thah the salinas Inc
methods oil manufacture are tie same
he annual yield y about million,
OF ousheis. ohe nan hiade on 'his lsiahd
and the balance at SAT- Cay and al Cock
burn haroor. Two thirus oil tiss yieid goes
to the United States IN coarse salt and most
OF the balance to Nova Scotia IN salt ground
me enough 10 cure hsh WIN.
But the matter oil a. much interest TO
stranger Is the way OF loading vessels IL
Will be recoilected that there is no harbor on
TINS, the business slue oi the Island out
roads'ead lying on from nan TO mile
from the shofe. Inside are reels ana sahd
bars. II costs 81 cents per bnshel 70 put
OF the vessel lhey have boats OF the ca
pScity OF 2oo bushels, or 400 bags OF salt to
carry Inc SAT- In. In ordinar. cases OF win
a smooth sea and favorable WIND ten loads
per day 1" days work. y taxes Ten men
70 load unload anu man noa'. WIN one
man ON tIie "hari 70 sno'ei the sai' ihto the
bags ana TWO eome" 10 Tie 'ne bags ana
cast them on the general piie Tor removal,
Inc ten men keep lhe ooat ~ position ana
carry me bags on 'he'r heads 10 the noa's'
taxing nse a. 'lne' ~hlch must MAKE
load OF ~ ios. ihe o"a.s are kep' on from