The Republican journal., 1896-03-12
Concerning Local Industries.

The Rockport Ice Co. has thus far loaded
Is vessels with Lily Pond ice, The amount
aggregated $500 tons The Lydia N. Deer
ing was loaded last week with over 1000
tons, which is high water mark for any one
vessel for some time.
j. H Healey 4 Co. started up their new
steam polishing mill Friday. They have
one tlatsurface pohsher and are setting up
a lathe for column and urn work. Among
the jobs now in the yard are d set of fence
posts and curbing for the lot of Charles
O'Connel in Grove Cemetery The firm is
having good run of business.
Commissioner Fernald of Portland opened
bids last week for I 600 yards of paving
blocks for the use of the city during the
coming year. The Maine New Hamp-
shire Granite Co. bid 81 II A yard and Chatto
& Condor of South Brooksvile bid 81, ID.
The contract was awarded to the former
company. These were the only two bidd, rs
By actual count there was in the Waldo
boro Express office March 4th one hundred
and eightyseven empty egg cases. During
the past year four hundred and fifty thou
Waldoboro by express besides those sent by
freight. We still claim that Waldoboro
produces and ships more eggs than are ship
ped from any three railroad stations in the
State. Waldoboro News.
The National Granite company, James
Grant president and manager, is making
preparations to cut the granite on large
contract for parties i'll Holyoke, Mass. The
granite viii be quarried on Leadbetter's Is
land near Vinalhaven. The company will
employ about 100 cutters and 200 quarrymen
and large number of paving cutters. The
| Job will take about two years to complete
and will require about 25,O00 tons of cut
granite.
The Belfast Machine & Foundry Co. is
| having good run of work, both on orders
for machinery and general repair work
! They are now at work on stave machines
and granite work. Last Saturday the,
| had an accident from which all interested
are thankful that they escaped with 80 little
damage. They We're pouring off castings
and when the iron had been drawn down $,
that there was about 1900 pounds in The
furnace the support of the furnace bottom
settled, allowing the melted iron to run on
upon the foundry. floor. The furnace wa
''dumped' as soon as possible and no dam
age resulted beyond the loss of time in re
| charging the furnace.
The "Welman Duplex Roller Bushin,
Company, a corporation under the laws o
the State of Maine, with capital of $500
600, have located their plant in Camden
where they are manufacturing the Wellmal
Patent Duplex roller bushings and sheave
! for ships blocks. The inventor of this bush
lug, Mr.. Wellman, was formerly residen
OF Belfast, and the president and manage
of the company, Frank c. Pitcher o
| Boston, is a native of this city Jane
Mitchell, formerly of Belfast, now of Port
land, is on the board of directors, and tn
treasurer is Z. Frank Knowltou of Camden
The company has engaged the services o
Capt. j. H. Sherman of Camden as travel
| ling salesman, and he is meeting with goo,
success. Agents will be appointed in ever,
| large seaport city from Maine to California
for the sale of bushings and sheaves The,
have been adopted for the United State
navy.