Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-02
Business of The State.

Freeport's prospect of another shoe fac
tory is good.
The town q walioboro is to be asked for
an additional appropriation with which -
complete the shoe factory.
Col l. s. Bangs of Waterville, has been
awarded the contract to build the Soldiers
Monument at Wiscasset.
Many of the residents of Boothbay protest
against movement to divide the town as I'm.
wise, and speaking well of the town Off
GERS.
The Mutual Benefit Society of South
Camden have bought lot and will begin on
the foundation for a new hall 2313o, this
week.
The Brunswick Board of Trade e1ecu-
tive committee had a meeting Wednesday
evening, report the prospect for new manu-
factory in that town as very bright.
At the meeting of the stockholders of the
Bodwell Water Power Company Saturday
forenoon, the directors were authorized to
rebuild the mills at Milford burned few
weeks ago.
The Lisbon Falls Hall Association held
meeting Thursday to see about leasing the
new hail Several bids were put in varying
from 1912 to 1876 1t was leased to Hus-
klus uoIu toi TUG ia'tei SUM
Plans are being made for an addition to
the Avon mill of Lewiston, Shereby its Ca
pacity shall be about doubled, and work is to
be begun upon the extension as soon as plans
and estimates are considered
Mr.. j. Fred Webster of Orono has started
his seam mill at Shirley. He will run day
and night, and intends TO cut over two million.
He has now over sixty men with twenty
horses at work, and has over one million
yaFded.
lot has been secured in Portland upon
which to erect the proposed new Opera
/ House. Ii is on Oak and Congress streets,
45 by 100 feet. The matter is being taken in
hand by men who mean business. and its pur-
chase will no doubt be arranged at an early
date.
The new building which has been put up
this fall, by w. G. Sargent 4 Son of Sedg-
wick, and which is TO be used by them for
preserving eggs. is at last completed 1t is
estimated that 1t will hold from twenty to
twenty-five thousand dozen eggs, one hun
bred tons of ice and thirty IONS of sawdust.
The past year has done good work for
Somerset County. The building of an i'm
mense chemical pllp mill at Somerset Mills,
now well under way, the construction of 30
ton a Gag pulp mill at Skow hogan, the extern
sion of the Somerset railroad 10 EmbdGH, the
increase of wooden manufacturing facilities
at Madison and Pittsfeld, large woodwork
| ing establishment under construction at Har
mony and various other minor improvements
in other parts of the County, make fair
years work .-SomerSet Reporter
One of the new electric street railway cars
has arrived in Bangor from Newburyport
Mass, where it was constructed by the New
buryport Car Manufacturing Company
( The car is much like an ordinary horse car,
but has various appliances for the electric
current that give it a slightly different APP
pearance. IL is new and handsomely painted
and fitted up throughout. The length is
about fifteen feet a,.d there is wide plat
street car in Maine.
1t is quite surprising to see how quickly
new enterprises are starting up along the
line Of the Canadian Pacific Railway in
Maine. George l.. Spear of Rutland, Vt,
has become equal owner with Dean c.
French, of Barton Landing, and George
Caswell, of Derby Line, large lumber deal
ers, manufacturers and mill owners in six
thousand acres of land in Maine, heavily
tmbered with spruce ard pine. 81 miles east
of Megantc. 7. q. and AZ miles west Of
Moosehead Lake. Me-, on the Canadian
/ Pacific railway. On the tract of land they
have erected fine mill that will be ready to
run in week, fitted with 10 horse engine
and Lane Manufacturing Company saw
mill with capacity for cutting and dressing
/ 30, 900 feet of boards per day. fhe entire
plant has cost about $4,000, the mill and
machinery alone costing SIS, 900 and being
insured for $4,000.