Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-29
RuMEoRp FALLS

TIE business outlook here grow'
bright ~ the season opens, and ths
steAdy growth Of lsumford Falls, which
seemed tn suffer something Of q check
~hen the financial cyclone swcpt ovei
the country last year, 10 evidently To bs
resumed this season. several new en-
terpriscs are already assured, and con-
siderable building IL going on, and more
will follow.
The Rumford Falls WOODEN Company
has been organized with . capital oi
$1,000, and will begin a soon ~ the
necessary arrangements can he made the
erection Of q mill at the lower end OF the
middle level canal. The MILL Will be OF
brick. lO0xSi feet, thre stories, With .
picker hoose 32xt0. II will be two
set mill. giving employment to about six.
~ hands, aud make felt for use In pulp
aud paper mills. The directors Will nj
once begin negotiations With contractors
for the erection Of the mill. II. &. Full
Ter Of Portland, an old felt manufactures,
viii be superintendent. /.
The chemical works are to be enlarged
To about four time, their present capsci-
~. New permanent brick buildings
will be built. including = dynamo build
Ing 50x.0 feet. two stories high, q
boiler house 3oxJ0 feet. with two boil.
ers aud ?o-foot chimney, an additional
cell shed l25xs0 feet, and two additional
lead chambers. The works when the
enlargements are completed viii employ
sixty men, and will produce fpom ten To
twelve tons daily of chloride OF lime
aud caustic soda. These works are the
only plant Of the Kind In America, these
chemicals used In the manufacture OF
paper having heretofore been imported,
and Il Il likely to be . growing industry.
The frame Il up for the new $1,000
school house. John somers IL the con-
tractor.
White a Psrlln have the contract to
erect the s,0oO school house at Ridlon-
Vile.
Two young men had q lively scrap on
Congress Street Wednesday evening.
The mex, morning In Judge Morrison's
court one Of them paid $500 and costs,
the other s5.co and costs. Rum
did u.
The Methodist sunday school has
elected the following officers;
suysr,n,sn.len,, }. y, s,spssa.
Assistant >utsrtBtsnt. hchsri ttolt-
rrvssarer. y. ~. walker.
scsr,tsry. d. y. Carver.
Seven Rumford Falls whcelmen With
= visitor from Paris I'M started out
At o'clock Wednesday evening for
pleasure exertion" to lioughtou's.
Everybody knows lIoughton's, up In
byron, but not everybody knows that u
u q good bicycle road about all the way
from Rumford Fails. The rear guard of
the party arrived AZ Ioughton's about
half past :, one quite long stop being
made "a slaughter q hedgehog. and sew
eral shorter ones "a take on water-and
by the way, there are some of the best
wells of water up 90 the swim River road
that the country affords. The genial
proprietor of the comfortable resort at
the end ~ the route Was as glad To see the
tourists az n his disposition hadn't been
scarcd by the remnants OF
medicine which he has taken up this
spring, and the little lunch set out by the
ladie. ~ the family put the whcelmen
In the best humor imaginable. Part Of
The boys went fishing the next day. but
thrrc ~ them arose st an unearthly hour
In the morning and stole away on their
silent steeds. reaching Humford Falls
from IL % l. miles, according to who
tells a. In time Ia begin work aud open
the stores az the usual time. II Was
pleasant trip. and will be likely TO be
followed by Others Of the same kind.