Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-07
AUGUSTA. MAINE. SATURDAY MORNING.



maintain the average height Of water in the
reservoir There were twelve feet Of vatsI
in the big pond when the Journal man visit
ed the New Mills today. ar Cregsn runs
the pump ten hours dsy and during that
| time 1000 revolutions Of the wheel are
I hAde, each revolution sending 20 gallons Of
water into the reservoir. which 10 extremely
/ good work when it 10 considered that the
reservoir is 80 feet higher than the pumping
stA;ion. The pump used 10 Blake and the
power 10 furnished by . Hercules wheel,
which Mr.. Cregan says has been in constant
use for tve years and has never seen dol
lars worth of repairs. Mr.. Cregan is Justly
proud of his machines which he keeps clean
and bright and in perfect order. Tha Little
pumping station 10 . bright. cheerful place
in winter, and 10 even more 90 in summer,
shen the flowers in Mr.. Cregsp's garden in
front Of the house ART in full bloom.
Rev. c. II. Richardson will preach the
second in his series of ser non lectures at the
Free Will Baptist church Sunday afternoon
a, 2 80 o'clock. Subject. ''rhe Gates Of Our
City" An addition Of four new members
has been made to the choir and the services
promise to be Of much interest.
Philip II. Holmes, the pstentee of the new
lubricant bearing, is now engaged in the
construction Of 4 new press for the manu-
fscture of this invention. The press is able
10 exert a pressure Of 500 tons and is oper-
ated by steam power. The water in the
mix.uIe is forced out Of the block by the
pressure aod finds an exit through minute
holes in the side Of the mould. Mr.. Holmes
is now engaged in filling orders for the bear
ing ard AS soon as the presses for their
manufacsur can be made he will commence
supnl,iuu fha tyada ua raU has pstaass
pending on his inventions in Canada and
England. The lubricant beArng has bees
placed in several places in the shop and
works to perfection, running eight months
without any attention whatever When
taken down it was found TO be in prime con-
ditlon and wiaaout having worn perceptioly.
The manufacturing of these lubricant bear
ings will be carried on at the Holmes plant
and viii open up new and peculiar enter
prise for our city.
Rev. Mr.. jenkins will deliver a sermon on
Testing Christianity at the morning ser
vices at the Congregational church, Sunday.
Sunday school at IL NJ; prayer meeting at
Up NJ. Services at the vestry. All well
come.
s. ID. Warren & Co. have decided to make
radical changes on their paper mills in this
city next spring The machine room 10 in
excellent shape but the other buildings which
were erected some thirty five years ago will
be torn down and replaced by handsome,
modern structures. In addition to other i'm
provements one new paper machine will be
added and much new machinery fer other
parts of the plant purchased. The firm now
employs so hands and is turning out four
tons of paper per day. With their increased
accommodations they will hire double the
help and turn out some twelve to fifteen tons
of paper per day. For some time past tie
quality of the paper manufactured has not
been satisfactory to the proprietors, and Mr..
+. W. Files, one of the company's experts
from their w0fks at Cumberland Mills, has
been in the city en- ieasoriDg to remedy the
trouble. His efforts have so far been very
successful and the quality Of the paper has
been perceptibly improved. 1t is affected
by the age of the machinery however, aud
the proposed change will make it of still
better quality.
The members of the Free Will Baptist
Sunday School have recently purchased
crayon portraits of the three members Of
the school who have died within the past year.
Mrs l.. +. Talbot. wife of the Superinten-
dent, Miss Emma Peacock and Mrs. John
son. They have been hung upon the walls
of the school room. The school is now 10
the most healthy condition in which it has
been for several years past and numbers 100
scholars.
X. A. Hall an hydraulic engineer from
Lawrence, Mass, with an assistant has been
engaged the past week in making a survey
of the entire water privilege of the Gardiner
Water Power Company on Cobbosseecontee
stream. 1t is understood that the survey is
being made for the purpose of ascer'aining
the total power represented by the dams of
the company the amount now utilized and
the amount available for the running of new
enter prises. 1t is a scheme of consider able
magnitude and but little can he secured re-
garding the intentions of the company at
present. Mr.. Hall the engineer goes to
Lawrence Saturday but will return and COM
plete the work. Whatever is done our
people may rest assured that it will be for
interest Of Gardiner and its citizens.
The predictions made by the Kennebec
Journal in it's resume of the building done
in the city in the season of 1889. that the
coming year would be one of unusual acnv-
ity in that line, promises to be abundantly
fulfilled. One of the most important
schemes is already being agitated. 1t is in
brief the erection of new church edifice by
the Free Will Bsptist Society. Interested
parues are alFeauy CAuVAssink Tie soCiety
for subscriptions and quite sum has been
secured. The ladies' in the matter are now
negotiating for the purchase of lot for the
new structure and when the place has been
secured the subscription work will be pushed.
All things being successful work will be
commenced in the spring or early summer
on the new structure.
The Richards Paper Company of this city
are now negotiating for the purchase of the
exclusive right to the chemical formula for q
new process for the manufacture of paper
entirely from wood pulp. The new process
is the invention of Joseph Jordan Of Bridge
port, Pa. Mr.. Jordan has recently been in
the city for some weeks, and in company
with Mr.. Archibald McDermid has been con-
Quoting some experiments with the new
method with a view to perfecting it. They
have been most successful in their
work and on Wednesday of this week manu-
factured paper of an excellent quality by
using the new process in one of their old
machines. The paper is firm in texture and
quality and when the new process is perfect
ed it is understood that it will greatly reduce
the cost Of paper manufacture. The price
asked for the invention with the exclusive
right of using it is S25 900 and the company
has month in which TO decide in regard to
accepting it. Paper makers here say it is
big thing and it is probable that the company
will buy the right and use it in their plant
here.