Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-02
CAPITOL NEWS.
Returns Received by Commissioner
Matthews from Cheese Factories.
The Railroad Commissioners and State Asses
sors Will Meet, Tuesday.

State one of them, the Cold Cheese Spring
Company of Dixmont, opening for bust
ness this season. They represent ;
capital invested of sl2, 900, four being
proprietary and the remainder co-opera
tive. They have 526 patrons In ALL TIL
manufactures in operation In 1S9
manufactured 31S, 9l0 pounds of cheese
The market Is chiefly local.
The North Turner Cheese Company a
Halves Corner, makes cheese by tn,
pound, has 60 patrons and $50 cows, ant
the market for products is local one
Patrons in 1894 were paid $4,000, 80, 00t
pounds Of cheese were manufactured an(
$4,000 was received for cheese. A laoto
scope Is used for testing
At North Newburg Is located the Nortl
Newburg Cheese Manufacturing Com
pany, which purchased $40, 700 pound:
of milk In 1894, and has 20 patrons anf
100 COWS. The sum paid patrons was
S52S5, pounds manufactured 81, AS; re
ceiyed for cheese s6035. The prospect fol
the business is good.
The East Sangervillo cheese factory has
So patrons, who bring the milk, and the
cheese is made for ~ cents per pound
Twenty thousand pounds were made il
1894. The milk Is tested by a cream
gauge. The outlook for the business Is
reported to be rather hard.
The Stetson cheese factory of Stetson
manufactures cheese by the pound for Its
patrons, making 1G, 600 pounds, last year.
There arc 200 patrons and $50 cows.
The outlook for private dairying is not
very encouraging, but for creameries,
very good" is the return.
This is the first year in the business of
the Cold Spring Cheese Company of
Dixmont, and 1t starts off with so pa
irons. The prospect for cheese making
is good.
The Milo Cheese Manufacturing Com
pany, numbers 40 patrons. who milk 100
COWS. The cheese manufactured amount
ed to SAIL pounds.
The Houlton cheese factory has 2S
patrons, and cheese is made mostly by the
hundred pounds by the proprietor, Alfred
Somerville.
The Iced Center Dairying Association
is stock company with so patrons and
$50 COWS, manufacturing 25 tons Of
cheese, last year. Cheese Is made for Il
cents per pound, patrons disposing of their
own goods. The prospect In the future
is reported fair
made 10, 600 pounds Of cheese, last year,
has 80 patrons and 100 cows. 1t Is CO.
operative The price received for cheese
is 10 and II cents at the factory. Il
think that the cheese business will pay
the most profit on the same amount of
capital invested" writes the agent.
At Simpson S Corner is the Mountain
cheese factory which bought 537, 713
pounds of milk In 1894. The sum paid
patrons amounted to s4724, and 56, 054
pounds of cheese were sold. The factory
has GO patrons.
Secretary McKeen attended the New
England Fair at Portland, last week
and Will be present at the Maine State
Fair at Lewiston, this week. He will
not be at the capitol until after the con-
clusion of the Lewiston fair
The State assessors will hold heir reg
ular monthly meeting, tomorrow.
r. +. Chalk, inspector of factories and
workshops and formerly resident of
this city, shot mad dog at Old Orchard
recently. The animal came up from the
beach and was creating quito a scnsa-
ton with its foaming mouth and mad
dashcs, here aud there. No one was
bitten, but there were several narrow
escapes.
Tuesday, the question as to whether
the Baogor, Orono & Old Town Electric
Railway, which the railroad commits
sioners gave the right to cross at grade
for the time being, shall be compelled to
cross over the tracks OF the Maine Cen
tral Railroad in the town of Vcazie, will
come before the railroad commissioners.
There is good chance by changing the
highway location to get an over head
crossing, and 1t is hoped that arrange
ments will be made SO that a grade cross
ing may be finally avoided. The com
missioners will a lso transact considerable
routine business at their ne3ting to
morrow.
Clerk Smiley of the agricultural depart
ment is busy just now in sending out tc
the officers of the various agricultural
societies of the State, Secretary McKeen';
report for last year, an abstract of which
has already appeared in the Journal
These reports, which contain much
valuable reading, are distributed Rratuit
ously among the farmers of the State.
State Superintendent of Schools Stet