The Somerset reporter., 1892-08-18
" ny We Celebrate.

Skowhegan of any equal period of its
history and it may be we'll at this time,
while tile attention Of our citizens is
called To the matter by the celebration
of Monday next. for the REPORTER to
give il a cursory glance.
The industrial prosperity of Il town is,
after its moral and educational well
being, the matter of the greatest i'm
portance aud to this, in a large degree,
are We indebted for our general pros
pertv aud the thrift of our town.
We have Il magnificent water power
which is not yet occupied to the extent
easily practicable and in this i, one Gle
mcnt of our future growthand continued
prosperity, which We do well not To
lose sight OF or esteem too lightly.
There has. within the II years period
under review. been decided Improvement
| in the waiter power, not only III the re
building of portions ri the dams and re-
pairs. the erection ii new buildings.
repairs and extension of old ones. but
] the organization ot The NkoNhegan
Water Power Company and the cquita-
| bile and LEGAL adjustment OF the amount
of water 10 which the different privileges
are emit led.aud the determination of vcX-
ed questions relative thereto, accomplish
ed after quite arluon> and protraetcd
labor OF engineers. lawyers and OWL
ers. WAS an important work in the inter
est of the utility and value of SkoWhe-
%an's water power.
We mention some of the industries ON
our water power that have made the
most marked Improvement within II
years. The completion of the wooden
mill and introduction of new and the
best machinery. increasing ils capacity
/ from Il sci mill Ia i 10 set one, intro
ducing later, supplementary steam
power and increasing lis capacity for
the manufacture of Il greater variety of
goods than formerly. In a mill OF This
| Kind to keep up with the times, abreast
with others in the grand industrial
march ef progress. continual and eNteu-
>ivc changes must brlnadr. So without Ell
umcrating in detail Just what has been
DONE it is only necessary to state that
SkoWhegaus wooden mill is in the front
rank among the wooden mills for which
| Maine j. becoming famous. and lis bust
ness was never before - large a III this
time
The Pulp mill on the South side wa~
rebuilt about 10 years ago and within
five years has been cNtendcd, its capa-
city increased and new machinery intro
dured throughout. Formerly His mill
WAS operated by W. Il. Shurtct1' 4 Co,
but nov the Richards Paper Company
own and operate it successfully.
The ~kowhcgan Pulp Company now
own and occupy the plant on the
North side. upon which nearly 100000
was expended in improvements five
years ago. involving a large amount of
ledge excavation, the rebuilding and cN-
tension of the Robinson wood working
mill. the rebuilding of dam. llnmes,
piers. etc. etc. making a mill for grind
ing pulp OF - to - tons capacity per
day.
The machinery in the lumber mill of
Weston Il Brainard has been practically
put in new within twelve years and
much laid out in thorough repairs,
| Il I,I in
cry for cutting lumber into all kinds of
building material. and in labor saving
attachments.
Robinson Brothers when they sold out
to the Pulp Company, erected II large
connexions three story building on
Mill street extending To the bridge, in
which they successfully continue their
sash. door. aud window frame, and other
building material manufacture.
The old paper mill wa> greatly i'm
proved aflela fire occurred there which
destroyed The roof, and it for Il time was
occupied in I'ibcritr manufacture but
now i not fully occupied,
NJ. +. .Allcn some years ago pur-
chased he large building at the south
end of the bridge acros- south channel,
which was formerly used by the oil
cloth factory for grinding stone for
paint. and fitted it up a. aWood working
establishment and in the upper story of
late Mr.. Wilder Narney has established
a furniture and casket mandatory
that bids fair to he an important addi-
ton to our industries.
There have been other Improvement
in the building, upon our dams here but
not of a character to require At this
time more than passing note.
IN establishment that has within II
years developed into nice business.
and assumed good proportions. and one
that i, of great value to the town is the
wood working establishment of Mr.. T..
l.. Mitchell upon Mechanic street on the
south side. The main building i, three
stories and Na- formerly built ior It
shirt factory. and Mr. Mitchell has by
building extensions. adapted il 10 his
u,o. He uSe, about threc-lourlh- Of "a
million feet OF spruce. pine bass and
various hard woods. annually, hi- pro-
duct covering wide range which is
shipped to the Boston market.
The manufacture Of clothing la, at