The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
Thu MOUSAn'S POWER.
Plans to Make it Available for San
fOrd'S Future Growth.
OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS IN THAT
TOWN FOR THE COMING SEASON.
HIr. Ernest Goodalps Winter in Florida
Many Alligators shot-Frost Makes
havoc with Orange and Lemon Trees.

ar Ernest Gcodalps Winter in Florida
Many Alligators shot-Frost Makes
Havoc with Orange and Lemon Trees.
Especial to the PRESS.
Sanford, March Is. A business tram
sacflo is practically accomplished here
whereby at no distant date The water
power available for manufacturing pur-
epses at Sanford may be increased two
hundred / er cent. A the present time
the Monsam river affords only about 400
or 500 horse power IN Sanford. This is
not enough for the two great mills, the
Sanford Plush factory and the Goodali
Wors ted Co., for they have to rely CON-
sl@erably Oh auxiliary steam power. All
ready fifth of the woolea mills opera
tive in Maine aree,to be found in this
village, and Indications are that before
many years the present number Of 1860
will be LARGELY Increased. The cost of
coal. which hts to be transported from
Portland by rail, has been an obstacle
Ill the way of further development; but
this is III a far way to- be removed.
bunk, are the stsep Fails of the Mousam
river. The river here falls fifty or sixty
feet, affordiug 1000 OF 1900 horse power.
Ihis privilege has been owned by Mr..
W.k. Dana, OF Nesilirook, who recently
sold it to Supt. BodweIl, of the Mousam
River rai.roHd. Acknowledgement has now
been practically completed whereby Mr..
Bodwell will turn this property over to
the Messrs. G oodali, who Will undou bted-
ly at some time not far distant use it tor
increasing the manufacturing capacity Of
Sanford. The plan wifi be to put in dams
and water wheels at the failsarsia trans
NIT tbs power in the form Ct plee2reity
by wire to Sapfora. The aistu., ce lsAe ie b t
miles, ano iNr. Ernest Goodall thinks that
in the present~Ftsge OF electrical develop
ment it woulda possible, after all waste
had occurred, To del, yer in Sanford 500
horse power It is expected that in a
very few years electrical appliances will
be SO far per, ected that much more pow
er than this can be- realized. The cost
of putting in tho dams aid electrical
work viii probably be upwards OF $780,
90.
OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS.
The managers of the Sanford mills are
looking for rs much business as last year.
This is not indulging n very glow
ing expectations the great mills were
silent for fully three months last year,
and it was necessary to cut the wages of
the help twelve nd a half per cent. IT,
short. last years business was very nm
satisfactory 1t Will BE possible to Tell
better what the coming seasons business
viii be after Monday, as on that day tn
agents of the mills open up their exhibit
tions of samples in New York, Phila-
delphia, Chicago and San Francisco.
Customers come to these exhibitions
from all the territory near these cities.
The mills are putting out this year their
cid, accustomed lines of goods. In ad-
dition they are sending out samples of a
thinner and lighter class of goods intend
ed TO meet the competition of goods from
England, which are coming in under the
new tariff
Mr.. WINTER IN FLOR
IDA.
Mr.. Ernest Goodal has just returned
from his winter home at TiUusville, on
Indian River. in Florida. He has pissed
= most enjoy bic winter. Over dozen
alligators were shot by members of mis-
party, and fish without end were takey.
Mr. Goodall has forty. acres of land a t
1itusville.. Thirty acres are planted to
orange trees and seven to lemons. The
frost killed all of the lemon trees, and
about half the orange trees, besides spoil
ing about $50 boxes of the ripe fruit.
All the grape fruit trees were also killed
Mr.. Goodali will In future devote con-
siderable acreage to pecans. The trees
come to bearing in about ten years, and
the crop is easier to handle than the
oran ges or lemons.
The freeze in Florida this year was the
worst for thirty years, and has been a
bad blow to the State.