Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-12

sachusetts for a three weeks visit anon,
friends.
John Turner and daughter left yesterday
for four weeks visit with frieuds At O.
Paul, MINI.
Mrs. U. 7. Stone and daughters Of Boston
are guests of John T. Stone in Farmingdal
Prof. G. S. Polner of Washington, d. c.,
is in the city,
The valuation of this city as just made w
by the assessors, is S2.469. .l52; the rate OF
taxation is twenty mills. and the number OF
polls is 1905. The largest tax il paid by the
Hollingsworth Whitney Company. 81. .452.-
so; the next largest is the Richards Paper
Company, sl,2s2 90; and the next largest is
the kennebec Steamboat Company. 81, ,lO0.-
90. The Copsecook Paper Company pay
S96S.00. Two hundred and seventy -four in
dividua's and firms pay tax of $50 and over.
Five individuals or firms pay tax of $500
or over, each; and twenty-nine pay tax of
between $500 and $500 each.
SIoincI lndustrtos.
The business of this city derives Its mo-
mentum from the various manufacturing In
'iustries situated along the various dams of
''New Mills Stream" as it WAS form, RI,
called, but more properly Cobbossecontee
river. But little the activity which goes
o increasingly along this magnificent water
n m 10 oh ya1 ska
OF the city. and hardly none of il by those
who arrive by boat or pass through on thr
Maine Central, which possibly accounts for
the generally received idea that Gardiner is a
slow. one hose town, ~l en- il is in TACT one
of the most prosperous and enterprising cit
es in Maine, full of vigor, push, liberality
and public spirit. The water power of the
Cobbosseecontee is one of the most rcmarka-
Bile in Maine. This river is the outlet of
fifteen ponds and lakes, some of them of NJ
large size as the north and south ponds of
a 'cient "Pondtown," as Winthrop was for
merly called, now lakes Maraaocook and
Annabascook; the Barrows pond, lake Coch-
aewagan, in Monmouth, the three Purgatory
ponds, besides many smaller ones. The re-
zion drained by these ponds, comprises aboui
,J5 square miles and may not inappropriate
be called the lake region of Kennebec
county. From the mouth of the Cobbossee.
contee river, at its junction with the Ken, G.
bee, back to the reservoir dam, or the last
Jhe on the river distance of little over q
mile, there are eight dams, not to mention
the dam at Causeway street, near the Col
iseum building. The total fall of the river
f,r this distance is los feet and inches, and
The fall at the several dams is as follows
Dam No. 0, at Coliseum, nine feet; No. /,
teen feet; No. 4. sixteen feet; No. s, sixteen
feet; No. 6, seventeen feet; No. I, fifteen
feet; No. 8, fourteen feet, In these meas
| urements we are not so exact as to give por-
IONS of feet, the above being in each case
the approximate distances of the fall of each
lam. Dams No. and are owned by III
estate of the late Hon. Robert II. Gardiner
No 2 by Joshua Gray & Son; Nos. and
" the Hollingsworth aud Whitney Com.
pany 70 q, by 8. ID. Warren & Co. (; No.
ny the Richards Paper Company and Na-s
by the Gardiner Water Company. These
irms and companies together form the Gar
liner Water Power Company, which was or.
ganized in 1880. Previous to that date o.,
tccount of the lack Of concert of action o.
the part of owners. the power was in poor
condition as compared with what it now is
rhe dams were old, many of them leaked
and there was great loss of water. BY tn.
consolidation of the above firms and compan
les under one management, everything hs,
| been put in fine condition, some of the damI
nave been rebuilt, the storage capacity of tn.
reservoir has been greatly il creased and thu
entire value of the several propert e,
greatly enhanced. The following is a com
| plete list of the various firms ant
companies upon the several powers Dam No
|, II. w. Jewett 4 Co., long and short lum
Der of all kinds, shingles, elapboards, lsths
etc. Kimball brothers, shoe factory. 1hil
| firm employs two or three hundred hand
and has payroll of from 90 900 to %, 800 1
week. 1t is one Of the greatest industries il
| he city. z. s. Robinson, doors, blinds ant
ash Benjamin Smith, sash and blinds
| tor. Wadsworth brothers, furniture
Moore, Brown & Co., carpenters and build
FRS, doors. sash and blinds, grist mill. II
VI. Wontw orth 4 Co.. bolts and nuts. II
he immediate vicinity of Dam No. /, bu
not obtaining power from it because operstet
by steam power are the following firms: z
c. Holmes Co., machinery, wheels ant
| mill gear; G. A. Robbins & Son, foundry
ice tools. steam boilers. Joseph Perry
machinist. S. N. Maxcy Co, planins
mill, sash and blinds.
Dam No. 2. Joshua Gray & Son, saw mill
long and short lumber of all kinds. shingles
clspboards, etc. Bartlett and Dennis, grisl
mill. Oakland Mfg company, planning mill
bed Stats. general wood work. Jane,
Walker, box mapufactory. Gardiner Wool
en- Mills, general wool cardipg. Harvey
ScribDer, machinIst
Dam No 8. Wertworth Spring and Axle
Conn any. steel ca -riage springs of all kinds.
Gardiner Edge Tool Company, axes. VIM.
II. Moore. bed stats, cot beds. furniture.
X. T. Haynes & Co., saw mill, genera, lum.
Der manufacturers.
Dams Nos ! and 5. The Hollingsworth
& Whitney company, MANILA paper. Dan,
No. 6. s. d. Warren & Co.. paper. Dam
No. Z. Richards Paper Company. Dam
No. 8. is owned by the Gardiner Water
company, furnishing water to the city, and
FROM the known purity of its lakes and ponds
" sources Of supply, the water is beyond
question the purest and bealshiest for domes-
tic purposes enjoyed BY any city In the ststs.