Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-19

he ..S,ass rad lezd.lx ifaia Presqus
Isis % Ashland B. fordins or Ter
r,.sx sersss the A,oos. )ok, the set
tieYs near wllies's mill had comnuaiea
t.oa BY meaas Of this road with Pfesqus /
Isle where mach Of their trading vas tnsa
dooe
In the vio,sr Of Is4s IS the tovnsa'p |
vas erxasixsi ss tie plantation Of Salmon
Brook ard the zane year 4 schooi vas
established ~ fae house OF one Of tie
settlers Ss.as ih,es years iater schroi- I
house ses buis, nssr wh=re the village /
cemetery i, COZ heated IL thi, house
s-i...s,s nsstis II were asid fram tine 70
dine and &C ,s.iouzliy faithful missionary
,~ee.rssed thee sllis AID preached 20 the
s-uiers- La 1850 road SaB cepn.enee9
from wilisr's mil s.ri Csrboa. Later
On this read was oainued 70 Carbon viz
age and - sos . & - smoSth iaSDpsks /
unning through . magnificent farming /
section. II 1850 Gould Crouse ard his
.oas, Jerry, Abr4m and william :Ame l
from Ne~ Brunswick aad settled on the I
Aroostook RIVER in what il nos knosn n
sss, Nashbsrn Joshua Duan, ofother |
If EibsiIse Dunn. E.q of ST John, thsn
we'd on the lot which Is now the beautiful
homestead OF Mr.. Jerry Grease sad sod |
be lot to the elder Grouse. In 1889 Mr. |
hsodore Wilder came from Pembroke |
and com-escsd the farm now Owned an'i
coupled by Mr. s w TABOR. on = dee
-sH % land some two miles Lorsh east Of
The village.
,e...eTs came slowly for . time, . fe e
making eleAriDss on the new road toward
Caribou and quite . nunber coming after
The Editorial excursion in 1858, tbs reports
u y hieh made the country better knoSn TO
he outside world Isaac Wilder kept Q
few goods for ssle 1t his mill. bat no store
VS. built in the toxa uaGii 1860 In tina,
year ChAuncy Harris built . store, asd ia
1861 rented il to Mr.. Ns.hsn Perry. the u
from Bangor. who traded in il for . shor,
lime and then moved 10 Pfe.que Isle J.
1865, Berj,m;n Wilter. a son Of K )bert
Wilder. built 400 her store where be traded
Until 1871 y hen he sold out t. Nathan
Perry. who s,iii continled bis business At
Presque Isle, has sons attending TO the
/ branch store at Salmon Brook. In 1880 Mr..
Perry sold out the business to FAinhan
Bros, Who are TO- day the principal mer-
.nxnts AID resi- ,snt busiarss men OF tbe
town. Isasc Wilder continued to own
operate the mil until 1879, during which
time 1t was twice burnt and rebuilt In that
year he sold the property TO Messrs john
| son { Plair Of Presqie Isle, and died NOT
long aflerward. Thi. firm and the branch
Arm Of E. j. johnson & Co. continued 10
operate the mill aud increase the bushes,
| uatii the firm of johnson 4 Phsir vas dis
| .oived some three years ago and he proper
| ty came into the hands Of Hon. L. II
| s'uair, the present owner. Tne present
village of Washburn has been mainly
the growth of the last ten years though the
| Settlement received quite an impetus from
| the establishment OF two starch factories
built BY Mr.. Miller of New Hampshire,
| the one at the village about 1875 and that
| at East Washbur0 q few years later. Both
| ~ these factories are now the property of
Hon. T. H. Piair.
Soon after Farnham Bros. commenced
| business at Wxsnburn they built a steam
| .hingle mill near he mouth of Salmon
| Brook and bought a tract of some 1906 0
acres Of land in the adjoining township OF
| 10 Il 4 OF Wade Plantation. A few years
| ago they built fine dam on the same stream
about a mile north IF the village, where
vide basin afforded an excellent location
| or pond for holding lumber, and to this
lite removed their mill. This mill is sub
| stantialiy built and most cow anieutly ar
| lnged. It contains three single machines.
so Of which are of the Cornell pattern
md one Getchs II machine. The mill j.
run wholly by steam being furnished with
4 fine 60 horse power engine with an 81
morse power boiler 1t turns our an averag-
If one million shingles per month
| .moorh gravelled turnpike leads from the
nil to the villrge, over which the shinsie-
re bsnled, thence 10 Caribou where they
A shipped 20 B >to1 and sol by the wei
kn, commi m rous, Of VIM. ID Ba-
ker.
| Farnhsn Bros cut the lumber 20 stock
| their m i ~ ;h If lsnds IN ID 4, where
hev have had large operations each year.
| they have usually cut sbou, 1000 900 fee,
| f cedar logs each winter. Last winter
owing to the low price of shingles the mill
lid not ran aud havirg a large stock of
cedar in the pond they cut only half =
| million. They have now in their
| pond sufficient stock for nearly eight mil
lion shingles aud the mil is running At it,
full capacity. They employ eighteen men.
besides the large crews in their winter op-
erations few years ago this firm bult q
| large new store 'hich is one of the finest
AID best appointed country stores in the
| State. The main store 10 10 feet by So
with an annex in the form of huge bay
sindow which makes q light, pleasant and
roomy counting room. An excellent ce
ment cellar il built uuder the entire store
and is used chiefly for storing their large
stock of iron. The building has a French
roof I'd is tastefully tinisaed and painted
in colors. In the second story is a pleas
ant hall which is occupied by the Masonic
and Odd Fellows Lodges. This firm sells
= i 4 =
OF the most reliable business houses in the
county. The mills at the village, nov
owned by Hon. T. II. Phair has been much
enlarged and improved since it came into
his possession. This mill uses both water
and steam power and has an 80 horse power
engine with three large boilers. 1t con
tsins = large rotary and planer for long luui
Der. also stave and lath machines all of which
are run by water. In addition to these
there are four single machines Of the 4sr3i-
ner pattern which are run by steam. Tic
mill turns out about one million feet Of long
lumber per year all of which 10 planed, So
thousand shingles, 1900 feet of long lum-
Der, 1000 slaves and 5000 laths 10 the pres
ent daily output of the mill. Mr.. Phair
manufactures all the casks for his eigh;
starch factories and as each factory requires
from 500 to 700 casks yearly it takes fully
5000 casks to supply the business 1t re-
quires 40 average of 1000 slaves to 80 casks
which makes an aggregate Of about ITO, 600
slaves required yearly for his own business
alone. The heads for the casks are also
man ufactured at this mill Mr. Phaif gets
the principal part of the stock for his mill
from the adjoining town of Perham, where
parties cut and haul the lumber by the
thousand.
The starch factory at the village 10 just
below the mill, friige crossing the stream
between. This factory has two large dry
houses and last fall turned out l45 to Of
starch. Mr.. Phair hiss another extensive
factory at Eas. Washburn where large
amount of starch is manufactured each
year. A, his mill at Washburn he employees
40 men. The shingles are hauled by te ans to
Presque Isle for shipment and large por-
ton Of the long lumber is hauled to the
came place for home consum ption. Mr.
Phair also has store at Washburn for tie
purpose Of supplying the men in his EN-
p'oy. There are now in the village eigr
stores all Of which are doing prohtab!~
business.
| Mr. r, A. Shaw has general variety store
| in which be kee % q large stock of groceries
and dry goods. Light hardware and farming
implements of sill descriptions. He 10 also
agent for the Buckeye Mower and disposes
OF large number each year. Mr. Shsx
has this year been some~h hat extensively en-