Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-14
AUBURN AND LEWISTON
Have Had a Pros erous Season and
Are Naturally Pleased Ihereat.


ilugST.S tbet Is Special. ~ lie
:. ,,,,. IA r.a;s,an have ;,.t
emerged ir"a quiet h''" 'oo"' ''a'''s
the past season. The hastiins city OF SHOES
has exper;eueed an industrial growth tina,
;u - 81 .tav,,., ~, III. e;,v,,
oeheht.
onr OF me hios' ihlofs'h' e'V"'S
IN hiahaiae'"t'h. tif'es ."s t"s'
son WIS me o1it'os y, hne
block ana iast factory al 'ue ~ hfo'iv,S
tothpshe on "'''s "'V""e
i>s" tue ne psotnsts began tue n"S''uiSe-
tNre OF saoe ias's IN -tnoatn" ne e"p'c-
ds OF 'he i''e'"'' vas i"' t'siis % i's's
hcf "eeA' chiP'"l lHs 10 "a"'s-
Inc COMPANY hss l't h'o'ee h'o 'i'e
re" iact"f. "hi'n III ''Af" i''' anu "''V
ssofies III heiSh- HePatsis l'"'" ',' "'@i"
bdifdhns Is "fi'S 'i'sille ""is' ~, "o'iNi
rooms. NY hou>e ior "e NY ~
steam ot 'iic iast pi''NS' ~ .S''' "'''
containing Tor the purpose OK 'Nadhs' oN''
'o" fee' OF one ana one fuaF'er ihch s'ea"'
pipe. Inc whole plant Is healeu ~ steam
being piped b. FAC well kno" n urn 81 Var
man y thompson. rs "9fhs are ''Sli'e"
by electricity furh'sacd ny lyman" "'a'e
by Iharies Lucas vi Anunrh'
The new shop VIII ave enirlosmeh' 10
80 men, and the product Will be about 90"
pairs OF lasts per da. ne COMPANY nav
added TO the machinery machine Tor turn
Ing ont last blocks. the machine heihS I'm
invention of the Fi'z brothers
The DiHgley Foss Shoe onlnhy on
Troy street, built in 1881, 4 shop t''S'"
with four stories AMI basement.
/ The eompdnNs rapidly increasing
business has made 1t necessary Tor me
company to BIZ Ill an addition OF Two stories
90x5, feet,
! The fray, Small Company next OIL Troy
street have also been dong II good business
of late. The compan. was csiabiished III
March ls,1 ami erected Il substantial wood
IN structure leXSo with three stories and u
basement, employing POO hands. This year
the company in order To meet the demands
of trade were obliged TO build an addition
aoxi, increasing the number of hands 10
iIo.
Close beside the last mentioned shop
stands the shoe factory of Monroe, Packard
4 l.inscott This company was incorpor-
tel August 10, 1850 AMI business establish
cd on Main street. In 1859 factory OF
wood 2HDxio was built on Troy street with
three stories and a basement, this summer
the companv's business warranted the cree
ton of an addition l00xi2 with four foors
and sub basement.
The Whitman Agricultural Works viii
build a large storehouse, and the Auburn
Stove and Foundry Company will build Il
large addition To their present works.
In Lewiston the Carman-Thompson Com
! pany, the well Known manufacturers, job
hers and retailers of steam and hot water
heating apparatus and plumbing ma
teriaI y to Is Main street, have built anew
and enlarged. The company was established
in 1887, the work being done in a shop
oJx5O, two stories high.
The companys reputation crowded the
capacity of the shop so that this season the
company has erected fine structure, which
! il without doubt one of the heayest-tim-
berrd buildings in the State. 1t is jGx10
| feet. with four stories and basement =
! In the basement is the boiler and engine
rooms, blacksmith shop and radiator room,
containing lathes, turnng-in machines and
/ testing machines of the company's own
make. An elevator runs upward in the
| center of the room
| The first floor is used as a machine shop
| and pipe- cutting room, adjoining which is
the shipping office and store of supplies of
all kinds. under the able management of
| Mr.. George n. Little. The second floor is
used for fitting room of supplies of all
kinds, a counting room with bath room at
tached Mr.. Thompson's private office and
| 4 4 obi =.