The Portland daily press., 1891-08-04
FROM MAINE TOWNS.
An Addition to Yarmouth's Great
Paper Mill.
The Hall Moving Machine Works
and Town Politics.
OFFICERS of cumb erIand County eai
Meet.



EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PULP
MILL.
The Forest Paper Company at Yarmouth
Is one OF the oldest and most fiourishing In.
dustries in Cumberland county. About q
quarter of century ago, Brown & Denni.
son had small mill for making paper from
rags on this Royal River water power. The
old mill burned In 1869. Then Mr.. Homer
Locke, of the old Portland firm of Locke,
Twitchell q Co.. put up an experimental
chemical pulp mill. In that old mill were
made some of the very first efforts at the
manufacture Of pulp from wood. But the
processes were crude In those days. Among
other things, the chemicals were used up In
one action upon the wood. whereas now they
are recovered from the waste for use, over
and over. On account of the crudeness OF
the process the mill was not success. Al
ter time it came into the possession of s.
d. Warren, who had the great works at
Cumberland Mills. That firm has managed
the mill successfully, using the soda process,
by which the wood is treated chemically In
great iron boilers or digesters. Ten years
ago the mill was small; but since then It n as
grown rapidly, until the plant is probably
worth now, or will be worth, when the add.
tions shall be completed. between half and
whole million dollars. The mill at present
employs l45 hands, and Is managed by Mr..
George Warren Hammond. who is joint
owner with the Warren estate.
The improvements now going on are ex-
tensive, and will. when completed, increase
the capacity and size Of the mill 40 per cent.
pulp day. making this one of the largest
mills of the kind in the country. The addi-
tions, which are for a new bleaching room
and for the location of additional iron d.
eesters, are to be on the southeast side of
the plant. on the bank of Royal River. The
foundations, Of stone, are being laid now,
and probably the additions will be completed
by october or November. Above the foun-
dations wood will be the building material.
Although the additions will increase the
plant 40 per cent, the number of hands en-
ployed-whlch Is nov 145-will not probably
be increased correspondingly, since the new
machinery will embody many labor-saving
devices.
THE HALL MOVING MACHINE co.
The topic Of conversation yesterday In
Yarmouth, was the trial of the Hall moving
machine, which took place about two miles
from the village; and the prospect that the
manufacture Of these machines may be loca-
ted in Yarmouth. OF course the company
will expect some substantial inducement in
the way Of cash raised by subscription or by
the town for the erection Of a factory. Ordi-
narily towns cannot raise money for manu-
featuring enterprises; but 1t Is said that
Yarmouth Is peculiar exception, and that a
1874, gives to the town the right to loan its
credit In aid of manufacturing enterprises.
Ii this Is the case the matter will probably
get into town politics.
REMARKABLE CLOVER.
On the main street of Yarmouth Is to be
observed a curious agricultural phenomen-
on. For space of about an acre the Pulp
Company have dumped large quantities of
assnes Leaving them on the ground to depth
from the wood that has been chemically
treated in the digesters Of the pulp mill.
They are almost entirely ashes, with only a
slight trace of caustic soda. There are not
sufficient chemical properties In them to
render them OF any value as fertilizer, mum.
erous trials Of them having shown this. But
after they had been dumped into depth OF
about four feet over the acre of ground,
three or four inches OF loan was
scraped onto them from an adjacent hill.
win this loan were mixed about 800 pounds
great amount Of fertilizer, and when clover
was sown an ordinary crop was expected.
To everyone's establishment most phenom-
email crop resulted. That clover attained a
height OF two and a half feet considerably be-
fore haying, and when 1t was cut must have
yielded at the rate OF two tons to the acre.
Already second crop of remarkable clover
has grown and Is nearly ready for the scythe
The ashes can have no fertilizing properties
and there are various theories to account for
the large crop. Some. attribute 1t co the
moisture held by the ashes.
NOTES.
When the Baptist denomination built theil
line new church they abandoned the ancient
fNhnra ho vi hna
talk OF tearing the cid building down, Mr..
George Warren Hammond has led a move
ment to preserve the old church as histori-
cal museum of Falmouth, something as the
There are many quaint relics about Var
mouth which could be used in such a mu-
scum.
Yarmouth is quite summer resort, al
though there Is no particular summer hotel.
The Royal River House has about all it can
summer visitors go the Foreside largely
There are many there. one woman having
thirty in her house.
Mr.. Frank Osgood and wife, of Portland,
passed Sunday here.
Hon. M. p. Frank and family are in town.
Mr.. G. H. Larrabee has moved into the
Pennell house.
:, DR.. Jordan is now living in the house Of
The Gray Park Association began repair
ing the track the Sd inst. They will add
twenty horse stalls this season.
Mr.. Mayberry Of the stock farm, at Casco
drove his horse. Mascot, a half mile, over
our track Friday last, In LA IA to road
cart. and the track in poor condition.
Mr.. Geo. S. Parker Is handling Geo. Moody
Benson, and we can see decided improve
ment In the horse.
Mr.. Derra l.. Bailey will make ample ar.
rangements to transport people from the sta
tion to the fair grounds this year.
The Rev. q. G. Hamilton, of Mechanic
Falls, preached at the town hall Sunday
afternoon, to large congregation Of UNI
versalists. Mr.. Hamilton is to preach here
through the month of August every Sunday
afternoon.
The funeral of Mr.. Alton Dolley occurred
at the Free Baptist church Sunday, at 1876
a. m. His death was the result of la grippe
which he had last winter while at work in
Bath.
Mrs. Norwood has been sick for several
week past, but is now improving.
Mr.. Lee B. Hunt has been sick and con.
hned to the bed for the past week.
The school at Pennell Institute will begin
Aug. 3lst, instead of the first Monday In
September. as announced last week. Mr.. G.
ii. Larrabee. the principal, Is man whose
school.
IL Is reported tnat there were four hum
dred people on the Gray Plains blueberrying
last Saturday.
The following are the arrivals at Hotel
Parker for the week past G. W. Royal, Me
chanic Falls; Jno o. Rice, G. G. Wilson and
vile, a.; y. Jordan, b. A. Legrow, L. G.
Merrill, Portland; J. w. Smart, Boston; T.
:. Barnes, Portland; r. 81. Libby. Lewiston
G. 81. Larrabee.. Bridgton; w. "a. Dunnells,
Buxton; G. G. Mayberry. Lynn, Mass. Err
win Libby. Sebago Lake: +. A. Jones,
Lewiston; G. p. Locke, Norway; +. W.
Mayberry, Ned Durant. Casco; A. w, Stet-
son and wife, Boston s. +. Bearce and wife.
L. b. Roberts, G. j. Mcdonald, G. M. IlIsley,
w. A. Taylor, Portland; j. N. Mitchell, j.
X. Webster, Auburn; w. l.. Melcher, A. w,
Jordan, g. g. Melcher, Fl. l.. Melcher. Grace
Melcher, N. Melcher, Mrs. Melcher, Auburn |:
John Copeland, Boston.
Bethel.
Prof. w. S. BATHS, of Colby University.
Will give one OF his popular readings in the
Congregational curch Friday evening, Au-
gust 7th. AS a reader and impersOnator
Prof. BATHS has few equals in the state.
Deacon Aspenwall has been married four
times. His wife he now lives with is 70
years old and he is ". He came to this
country 81 years ago from England. His
Oldest child Is 81 years old, the youngest 81.
Both are living. 1t Is 63 years since he first
married. Mr.. Aspenwall Is seen daily on
the road with the Albany mail, as he has
carried it for more than thirty years.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the Congrega-
tional church will hold fair for the sale of
fancy articles on Wednesday, August 9th, In
the grove near the Trotting Park, Mayville,
The game of lawn tennis will be one of lhe