The Republican journal., 1886-04-29
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Camden VILLAGE TO its twin yilIape Rocknort
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lchI uccp-Watef narbor, and Is prominent
business center of the town of Camden.
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'liaScs "lc llie notcu Jacops lime qliarfeS, and
also the celebrated Lily Pond. which annually
furnishes Il large amount of the purcst ice for
shipment. Lily Pond has an area of thirty-two
acres and is 120 feet above sea level. Three ice
firms at Rockport village have extensive ice
houses on the east shore of Rockport harbor
where there is TWENTY-FIVE feet of water at low
tide This being an open harbor the wear
round, a large amount of ice is shipped in the
winter without being stored.
The Rockport lee Company have shipped
10000 tons during the past winter. the most of
which has gone to the Gulf coast They have
now $1,000 tons stored in their houses Talbot
Rust 4 Gould, who compose this company. are
also extensive dealers in and shippers of coal
wood, lumber lime, hay and spars. Their
trade is mostly with the cities ON the Gulf
coast and the West India Islands. j. A.
Gould, now president of the Rockport Ice
Company, established the business here forty
years ago. Gen. John ID. Rust is the general
manager and treasurer.
The firm of Carleton 4 Company composed
of II. f. Brastow, W. A. Merriam and i. A.
Morrill,, have shipped 5000 tons of ice the past
winter and have II 900 tons now stored in
their houses. Carleton t. Company also deal
extensively in lime and hay. Barrett A Com
pany, another ice firm, have 5000 tons Of ice
now in store.
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is on Union street. owns one of the Jacobs
quarries and runs three lime kilns at Rockport
village, where he is now making $500 casks of
lime weekly. His lime bears the well known
Jacobs brand, which has been used the past
twenty-five years. Mr. Burgess also deals eN-
tensively in corn coal and general mcrchan-
disc, and OWNS four vessels which are employ
ed mostly in his own trade
Carleton, Norwood a. Company run one of
the Jacobs quarries and operate one kiln at
Camden village and three in Rockport. their
rock being received both from their Jacobs
quarry and from Simonton's Corner near Rock
port. Their lime business EMPLOYS Twenty-Five
men and twenty-four horses. This is A noted
shipbuilding firm, but they will probably build
no vessels the present season. The last built
at their yard was the Frederick Billings, one of
the largest and finest wooden merchant shius
that now floats.
s. L. a. S. II, Shepherd have tbrec line-Lilus
andrcceive their stock from Simonton's Corner.
"A mile and a half from the VILLAGE They are
now making 25O0 casks Der week. A. :. Eells
and Son run one kiln, receiving their rock
from the Jacobs quarry. They make from 700
to 100 casks of lime per week.
About 10000 casks of lime are burned here
yearly. This product requires the consump-
ton of $4,000 cords of wood, and employs in
4uarryin% and hauling the rock, burning the
lime and making the casks, 1S7 men and s.
horses, as near as can be estimated. A portion
of the casks are made here and the rest are
made in the country towns and hauled in by
teams f. A. Packard commenced making
lime casks here last November and will soon be
making 300 casks per week. His slaves are re-
ceived from Ellsworth. The ice industry at
Rockport disburses about S25, 900 yearly.
Achorn brothers have granite works and do
all kinds of monumental work, using mostly
stone from South Thomaston.
The Piper Packing Company put up last year
1000 cases OF lobster, 800 of CLANS and some
mackcrel. This season they will give special
attention to packing mackerel.
l.. X. Morse e. Company run planning mill
and manufacture window and door frames,
chamber sets, house-tinishing material, ship
cabins, church pews, etc. They also run a
gristmill and grind 1900 bushels of corn per
month. NJ. X. St. Clair is the manager.
making and Jewelry business from Castine to
this place last December, collects bird-skins for
mounting, for E. 5. Bowler of Bangor. Fine
specimens of sea fowl are obtained in this
vicinity.
FRUIT GROWING, ETC.
A. p. Cothrell owns thirtv-two horses and
four mules which are employed in hauling lime
rock. He has three barns and cuts sixfy tons
of hav yearly. He has wintered fifteen hoes
the past season. This region is esneciajlv
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