Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-20
The Business of the State.

I The citizens of GorilAa, one Of the pre-.
[ Iest villages IN The une OF the Porsi214 a.,
Rochester railroad. ten miles from Port
land, are abOat IAXiag A,uve prehminxr,
measures -hich il IS hoped vail rssalg ~ tn'
establishment of shoe factory in that to~u
The, are also planning 10 introduce ~stel
supply.
A coz solidaiion of the two indurated fibre
companies, one Al Loek port, y. Y, and ths
other ia PortlAad, IN boln Of which one sei
oI STOCKHOLDERS we're loIatls interested, la,
jasI been effected. Tue Portland compsn,
~iiI absorb the local company and the new
company will De called the Unite Indarxted
Fibre Company, ~iIh = capital stock OF
S5oV wv, OF which $50, ,Ov0 viii be pad in.
ae~ plant viii De ereeted al Loekp0rt, be
side the present one, and the mAln Othcss oi
the company viii else be located there. Thu.
Ge~ COMPANY viii practically control the
business IA the United States.
A call, bearing the signatures of twenty
prominent eitizeus, has been issued for =
meeting al the biddeford clty council rooms
fiday evening, for the purpose OF orgsuiE-
ing loan and building association. Al The
meeting temporary organization viii be
formed aud PvtIuon formulated, according
10 the requirement of chapter A. OF the he
vised Statutes OF Maine. The slguers 10 the
call are among the leading basiness men OF
biddeford.
The result of the special town meeting
held IN Fairfield Thursday, and of the Opera
House managers held subsequently, 10 that
the hail ASSOCIATION has voted to execute =
lease to the town of certain specified rooms
and insure the building for lhe benent Of the
to~n. When the lease Is made the associA
ton will receive the $500 voled BY the TOW Il
last spring.
The largest business Industry in the town
of Gorham is carried GU by stephen Hlnkiey
* CO., manufacturers OF worsted apron,
oelt, card, boot and shoe, and harness i,ath-
er. They employ Al present 50 men, and
will keep as mahy working all winter. Their
lannery Was established III lo27, but the tam
Ging business was carried On at the same
place tor many years befor, that early PEE
rlod.
Charles l.. Church of Bangor, has been
allowed a patent Tor telephone and eiegrsph
message blank and envelope combined. /.
is very simple ami costs only about as much
as All envelope. 1t has already been adopted
BY the Hancock CUunty Telephone and lele-
graph Company and Is On trial by the Moose
head Lake Telegraph Company.
+. W. Scott and Hiram Davis of Winn,
are to haul logs this winter on Salmon brook
IN Medssy. Their lumber cut wlLi be for
the Eniieid pulp mil, ami an immeuse num-
Der Of men aud teams are to be employ ed IN
lhat section by this same concern. 1hous
ands OF cords Tor Tie mil viii be hauled
from land IN W oodNIile. Messrs Scott aud
DAVIS sent their crews into the woods last
week.
The fishermen who take sme Is in the
Penobscot have beeA meeting with great
success in fishing during the past week
Everett Douglas of Brooksviiie caugat l3U
pJulds one day VIII ch at 20 cents per poluI
gave him s26 for his day. work.
The family of Capt. Lewis Hall of Addi-
ron were happily surprised Thursday On the
r. ceipt of Il telegram from VI Ifse " Son U
Bath, informing them vi 4 cable message Of
the safety of Capt. Hall and cre~ At n.ber-
alta. Capt. Han was in mm,nI OF the
three inasted schooner /. l.. Lambert, own
ed by Tue Messrs. Morse, which was report
ed after the Nofemoer gale IN the lat..ude
OF Bermuda, ulsma.ted ani a0anJoned.
Mr.. e. Pond of Portland has been granted
a psteut uI an annlnciator snd W. Scott .
LeSIston patent for II stop meteor for
loom.
Michael o, Herriu hauled for +. W. Tit
comb in one day with one paT Uf horses to
the landing 256 logs. | lac sieds were tend.
ed by AlsI ald Joseph Anderson, Samuel
Brown, Charles Mctiyni-, Geo. Clark su1
Frank Stiimal. The crew, of which Peleg
" hte is foreman. was at work in letter Is,
ArOOstook county.