Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-25

VI the entire Oh ,juJ farms IN the State,
81, 528 are cultivated by their owners;
1923 are rented for fixed money rental
and 1853 are rented for shares of the pro-
ducts.
In manufactures the State has begun to
show its capabilities, but what has been done
in that direction is small compared with
what NAV and will be done before many
years have passed. Between 1860 and
1880 the number of manufacturing estab-
lishments in the State increased from $50
TO 4.4sl the amount of capital invested,
from S22 ,044 .U20 to $40 ,9S8. Ill; the num-
Der of hands employed. from 1853 to
50, 954-including 3.746 children under l6
years Of age; the amount Of wages paid,
from IS 1868, 691 to S13 ,623,3ls; the value
of materials consumed, from $2l ,553 ,066
to $5l ,120, 708 and the value OF the pro-
duct, from S38 1913. 254 to S79, 1929, 1893.
The toia. amount Of power used by the
manufacturing establishments of the State
in 1880 was 100 476 horse power, 1917
of water power. and 20,759 of steam pow
er. These figures show an increase since
1870 of 1927 per cent in the aggregate
power used. Names manufacturing rank
with the other States is seventeenth in
the number of establishments. sixteenth
in the amount OF capital invested, and
fifteenth in the value of production.
The largest amount of capital invested
In any single industry is in the manutac-
ture of cotton goods-$l5,292, 07S; the
next largest is in the manufacture of lum-
ber-s6, 339, 1896; next comes the manu-
facture OF wooden goods-$3, 876, ops;
tanned leather, S2,459, 700; paper, ST.
995. 900; foundry and machine shop pro-
ducts. $l,793,720; boots and shoes Gn-
GLIDING custom work and repairing),
81, 4S5, 400; mixed textiles. 81 ,290, $50;
-four and grist mill products. 1898, 800;
lime $9i2, $50; canned fruits and vegeta-
bles, 1926 .535; ship-buildng, SS1l.750;
printing and publishing, $747 800; agri
cultural implements. 1926. 300; oil cloth,
$685.. 900; dyeing and finishing textiles,
1898. 800. The total value of manufac-
tured lumber in 1880 was $S.445 ,667. In
shipbuiding Maine leads all other States.
The estimated valua of the vessels built in
the State last year was 500 100000 Bath
is the centre of this business, where steps
have already been taken to prepare for the
construction of iron vessels. The slate
quarries of Maine are valuable. Maine
slate won the first prize at the Philadel-
phia Centennial for strength, durability
and permanence of color" The manufac-
ure of lime in Knox county amounted last
year to LAS, 1896 casks The granite bust
ness done amounts to from 81 SOC, 900 to
$4,000, 900 annually, the work going to
all parts of the country and into some of
the finest public buildings at the national
capital and elsewhere. There are fifteen
sole leather tanneries in the State, having
total consumption of 100000 cords of
hemlock bark. One of these tanneries Is
the largest in the world. At katahdin
there is a valuable deposit of bog iron.
which is the best for car wheels in the
country. Smelling furnaces have existed
there forty years. Magnetic ore is found
in the town of Cssco, of the best quality
tor the manufacture of Bessemer steel.
Maine stands second among the States in
the value and extent of her sea fisheries,
and her river fisheries exceed in impor-
lance those of any other State. The State
Fish Commissioners have for several wears
annually placed in the larger rivers and
lakes million salmon fry, and a very
large number of the fry of the black bass.
best results are following this work. The
ice business has been developed within
a decade, until now there are about mil
lion tons cut annually, of which all but
about 100, 900 tons is shipped to points
South. The banks OF the Kennebec and
Penobscot are lined with large ice-houses.
The amount of capital Invested is o., OOO,-
900.
In educational facilities the State ranks
high. There are four colleges within its
borders of high standard Of excellence,
three normal schools. and system of
common schools which shows better pro-
portionate results than that of any other
New England State. Free high schools
were maintained last year in 1913 towns
The total expenses of the common schools
in 1884 was sl,lS4.O5o; free high
schools S99,37S
The railroad system of Maine is growing
in importance every year. The Maine
Central Railroad. with its trunk line and
branches. all under ADM rable, enterpris-
ing and liberal management, is doing
splendidly in aiding the development of
railroad building and business and the
resources of the State. New railroads are
being built, the most important of which
is that from Lake MegantIc in Canada,
across northern Maine to the foot of
Moosehead Lake, where it will connect
with the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
and thence to Mattawamkeag. where it
will connect with the Maine Central