The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-05
SUBURBAN NEWS.
DEERING.

Mr.. VIM. W. Mitchell has been engaged
| quite extensively for a number OF years IN
| tanning sheep skins at the factory located
| on the road leading to MorrilPs Corner IN
| order to obtain better accommodations ana
| to facilitate his business he has erected
commodious building at Deering Point on
| lot of land extending from the Shell Road
near the Portland & Rochester railway to
the city line. The building is four stories,
| 36 foot posts, 65 by So feet, with basement 30
| by 81 feet. The motive power will be
twenty horse power engine with fifty morse
boiler built by Messrs. Quinn 81 Go. Inc
building has been in progress of construc-
tiOn since July. Mr.. George Brock has done
| the carpenter work, Mr.. c. M. Benson Ihe
masonry, Mr.. Thomas Shannahan the stone
work, Mr.. Elias Hersey the gravel roonnS
and Mr.. Blanchard the plasterng INC
stock made use of in the factory Is imported
from South America. Tho skins are sens "
England, where the wool IS pulleu' Ing
skins are cleansed by passing them through
a preparation of salt and vinegar. Ihey arc
then packed in cases, in lots OF h1ty OF
seventv-6ye dozen each and shipped 10 the
Trnited States. At the factory they are put
through a tanning process and stretched on
| boards to be dried, after which they are
BACKED and finished for shoe trimmings
| The building arranged TO acconnouaee al
departments of the business. Inc engine
| and boiler will occupy the basement: Ihe
| blacking process will be performed In that
| apartment. 1t will also be used for the
machinery and stock room. The second and
upper stories will be used for drying rooms.
| The factory will hare capacity for employ
| ing a large force. When IN tuIl operation
some fifty or seventy-fve men Will be needed
to master the business. Mr. Mitchell hnds
ready sale for his goods among 'he shoe
manufacturers of Maine His principal sales
are in Lynn and other shoe cities In Massa-
chusetts.
A large shoe factory is in prospect here to
be on land adjoining MIR. Mitehelfs lot.
The motive power is 20 be supplied from his
engine.
next season, number OF dwelling houses
on his land and thereby induce mechanics 10
locate in that part OF the town.
BowERY BEACH.
The last brick was laid and the final nail
driven in the new fog signal house Friday
night, and so far as the contractors are con-
cerned the work is completed. But the
structure can hardly be regarded as finished
inasmuch as the lighthouse engineer who
visited the station Friday from the steamer
MYRTLE gave notice of his intention to make
still further important and necessary changes
before the boilers and machinery are trans
ferred to the new building.
Charles Edwards, Esq, Of Portland VINO
for the past twenty odd years has been con-
nected with the lighthouse service in the
several capacities of engineer, architect, and
superintendent of construction, has tender
ed his resignation. In thus seVering his con-
nection with the service, Mr.. Edwards not
only causes feelings Of regret among remain
ing officials and employees Of the first and
second lighthouse districts, but the step
brings forcibly to mind the fact that the
coasts of Maine and Massachusetts, are stud
ded with lght-towers and other beacons,
monuments which for long years to come
will attest to his skill in this peculiar branch
of engineering.
house inspector for this district, visited and
inspected all the lights in his district; west
of Portland last week, and paid all the
keepers quarters salary.
Col. John NJ. Adams, editor of the Argus,
accompanied by members OF his family and
a few friends, enjoyed quiet picnic on the
Two Lights premises Saturday.
Cargoes of herring pass the Cape daily
which have been caught at Wood Island and
Cape Porpoise; but none have yet found the
nets of the fishermen about Bowery Beach.
Twelve hewn granite posts; each having
the letters "U. S. l.. III. e.. chiseled on
them were put on shore at the Cape Lights
from the tender Myrtle, Friday, for marking
the boundaries of the light station and log
whistle reservations. The bounds of many
of our lighthouse premises were either not
properly marked at the time of purchase, or
they have been obliterated since. Now the
encrOachmentS by cottagers and others OWL
ing adjoining lands have made it necessary
to re-survey and permanently establish the
limits of the government domain.
Sea fowl were flying plentifnlly last week,
and the several boats out cunning them,judg
ing by the frequency of the shooting, must
have bagged large amount OF game. Even
Sunday, was not respected by. the gunners
and pretty brisk fusilade was kept UP from
boats on both sides of the Cape.