Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-29

chants aud other business men.
The establishments of S,urgis, Ssursis
) Lsmhsrd i Co, and of +. i J. Atkins 4 Co
are described =, some length.
The work of the Augusta Pulp Co. and o
Gay 4 Parsons. screw driver manufacturer
is briefly treated
: Mex, TO cotton manufacturing,
Publishing
is the leading industry of Augusta. Hunited,
of thousands OF dollars are Invested in build
ings. machinery aud stock or paid out 10,
: wages and supplies and several hundred
persons mud employment a. clerks compost
tors. pressmen and the like. The II or more
magazines and week. or ssmi-~,ekly periodi.
Gals have total subscription list Of over
| zoo, Geo; 10 which must be added the cir.
culsticn of the five daily aud weekly news
/ papers, which may be roughly estimated at
10000, more or less. Nothing approaching
this business in extent can be found outside
of the largest cities OF the country and even
IN them there are few individuals Arms whosc
transa ,iions equal those Of our principal
houses. The business is but little mere than
twenty wears Old and has reached its preset
dimensions wi,hin a still br,efcr period.
Some idea of the magnitude of the bust
ness may be gained from the following
statistics culled from the PAGE devoted to
the establishment of Hon. T.. {. Allen,
MIR Allen constantly EMPLOYS over 500
prl' tiers. clerks and workmcn. making a
p rsonsl ray roll OF over 500 600 wear,
sum which, large AS il is. ha, been largely
Exceeded in particular busy years The
total ru mug ,Npcnses are over s., 500 r.t
day. pne OF the largest items of eIpendi.
/ tufe Is that foi advertising, slOu. 600 yearly
/ bel : paid out for this Another is postage.
winch, IN som" years, has amou lt,d 10 ov,
! elii 600 What tins immense sum wa,
spent for is shown by the statement that in
one wear more than 1000 tons weight of
papers and magazines were seIt out 10 sub.
scrihers-an amount recorded by posial
authorities as heing the largest ever sent out
by any publishing house in America. hut
To balance these disbursements, u constant
stream of money pours IN. ore siusle day
mas seen the receipt of over IL 900 new
subscriptions for the firms publications.
Win cash in advance for all aud msu,
other days show records only smaller thai
this
The printing houses of Vickerv 4 Hill. |
who employ loa persons, aud of Chas T.. |
Nash are described at some length.
That portion of the took devoted to III,
five
Newspapers
published in Augusta is headed by the fol |
lowing notices:
The Daily Kensebec Journal. Burleirh & |
flynt, ploprietors. is the State paper and |
contains the offcial reports OF the Maine
Legislature. Ii has recently been consider.
ABLY ENLARGED npI o.
very full and complete body of local enteIu
gence, editorial and misce llaneous matter,
besides regular correspondence from various
points. while its telegraphIc news depart
ment is fully up to the times. II is Rcpubh.
can in politics
The Weekly kennebec Journal giving all
the important news of the day, compri.,.
also many interesting features peculiar to
itself. large, thoroughly equipped book
and Job office forms part of the journal es-
tablshmrut.
From her central position Augusta has
Transportation Fnciiitis.
not To be exceeded by those Of any other
city IN the State. Some idea of tn. amount
of business done here may be obtained from
tne iaot that more tickets on the
Maine Central are sold at Augusta than at
any other point on the road, and the receipts
" W. ''st'o" N't' 'AtttNtu OHiN DN tluse Df |
Portland and Bangor. The past year the
freight receipts at Augusta were. in round
numbers, 2u,O'D tons, and the net freiph,
earnings were s35 900. During the same
period 1000 tons of freight were forwarded
from Augusta, with net freight earnings of
rld,OOO- Is,WO tickets were sold, with net
earnings of SIS 900. Thus Din round mum
bers) the total amount of freight handled
Was 2d,510 tons; the total freight earn
ings of the station were 500 900 which. with
the total net passenger earnings, male the
total net earnings for one year, ogS 900
The figures may be confidently expected To
increase with the growth Of the city in
population and business-s growth now max
ing such rapid progress as is plainly to be
seen on every hand.
The projected Carrabassett and Canada X.
Il, the X. B. Steamboat Company. and
the general commerce upon the river are
touched upon
The following interesting information 10
given concerning the feasibility of
River Improvs,nentst
Great misspprehenson has always existed |
upon this point, from lack of appreciation
and knowledge of the true conditions in |
volyed in the problem u be solved The
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shoals where none previously existed. ss
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much increased by ,he ,sIIa., c.,,i.d
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dam so strongly bui,t and car, f,Ily xa,cho
that anv prea, lrtnry 10 i, sn,ea,. OH ,Jy,
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