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The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06
president OF the company, Thomas S

president Of the company, Thomas 5,
Laughlin, was born.
| On the decadence OF ship building, Mr..
Laughlin removed TO Portland in 1871
and began the founding OF the business
that is now one OF great magnitude, re-
| curing large capital and an extensive
Land area for its prosecution. 1t was al
this time that Thomas S. Laughlln be-
came interested i'll the management ana
profits of the concern as q partner with
| his father.
| The firm first located at No 165 Com
| mercial street and ia 1876 removed to the
plant on Center street which was at that
time considered extensive for business
of that character. In 1894 they took
possession OF the sugar refinery property
at Nos. l43-l51 Fore street, consisting OF
| $4,000 square feet of land and buildings
which were enlarged and rc-modelled tc
answer the requirements of the rapidly
growing business of the firm.
| After the death of the senior partner il
1890, Mr.. Thomas S. Laughlin reorgan-
liked the business by making it stock
company OF which Thomas S. Laughliu
is the business manager, John E. Fisher
treasurer and Thomas S. Laughlin,
William Mcbride and Ell. N. Pinkhan
directors, and with a capital stock neces-
sary to conduct an enterprise that would
satisfy the ambitions Of its organizer, the
company has kept pace with the de-
mands that are continually made upon ii
in the increased output of its produc-
tions.
AS now located, with extensive land
| area, the plant consists of six buildings,
well adapted and appointed in machinery
anu conveniences for the manufacturing
of marine hardware of all descriptions.
Three Of these buildings front on Fore
street directly opposite the yards of the
| Grand Trunk r. r. The larger of these
TWO buildings, in which is an elegantly
furnished suite of offices, is located on
| the second floor, is 50x100 feet and con-
tains on the first floor and the rear of the
offices on the second floor the machine
shops of the company, the third and
fourth stories of the building being used
for ware rooms in which are stored fin
ished material.
| The building to the right is the block
shop, three stories high; here the patterns
are made and general wood work per-
formed. The building to the left is the
foundr9 and is 40x10o feet and
Immediately in the rear of this is the gal
vanizing house of the company, 40x9C
feet and to the right of this stand the
forging shops, one 60x1g0 and the other
S5xS5 feet.
| Thus located and equipped, the Thomas
Laughlin Co. are the most extensive
| manufacturers of marine hardware in the
United States. Included in this term Of
marine hardware is everything that is
made from wrought, malleable or cast
iron and used about yacht or ship,
whether galvanized coated or plain iron
| and steel, and whether made to order OF
as part OF the regular output of the COM
pany, among which are several patented
specialties, such as anchors, steering
gears, blocks and yachting outfits that
are manufactured by no other firm.
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LUMBER.


Richardson, Dana &c Co., occupying
yards on Brown and old Berlin wharves,
are leading dealers in Southern Pine,
also called Pitch Pine, Yellow Pine and
Georgia Pine. it being sold under all of
these names.
This firm offers to their customers an
experience of nearly IS years in the lum-
Der business, while their stock comprises
a complete assortment of Southern Pine
from q board lx4 inches to timber 16x
10 inches, enabling them to make prompt
delivery on orders from yard.
They have also superior facilities for
gawing special orders at the South and
delivering same at the lowesk market
prices, either +. o. B. at mills or at any
point desired.
Southern Pine is conceded to be the
leading timber for strength and durabil-
ity, and is coming more and more into
general use for the following purposes:
Building Timhers, Street Railroad
Poles, Ship Tmbers, Electric Light Poles,
Bridge work, Mill Flooring, Mill and
Dam Construction, Piazza Flooring, Coal
Pockets, Door Steps, Railroad Cars,
Window Sash.
The constant shipment from the South
of lumber for this concern goes some
way IOHdiQ Va tiebi1d lOCOio VI
ping.
Cypress, also from the South, forms a
staple article of their business. This is
used for building tanks or wherever the
ravages OF water a1;e to be met, especially
in paper and pulp mills which are very
numerous in this State
The lasting qualify Of cypress is quite
well demonstrated BY the fact that stock
AIDES built of this wood in 1888 are still
standing.
This is not all. for hardwood flooring,
birch and maple, IN car lots, are furnished
to mills and buildings and make natu-
raj companion to orders for Southern
Pine used in their construction.
As to inserfor faish, this firm handles
large quantities Of North Carolina Pine
from mills at tho South, to be used for
flooring. sheathing, etc., etc.
On mt os its beauty and ,cheapness
this-w0sd2 Is fast gaining popularity.
Tal1tag collective view of this con-
ceru's BUSINESS In handling Southern
Pine, CYPRESS and North Carolina Pine
it amounts to bringing the North and
South together BY distributing Southern
products Ia Aerthern markets., and with
the ever Increasing use of Sousharn Pine,
Riehs&ssseD. DaHa g Co., bid fair to be-
come org Of the largest supply concerns
in the East.
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PORTLAND SANITARY co.
Portland Sanitary Company.


One of the first laws of nature is order
and cleanliness. This begets. when COM
piled with. satisfaction, happiness, and
all that goes to prolong life. Perfect
sanitation In and about the home aids
in keeping the rudy blush of youth on
the children, stays the germs of disease
and spares the doctor.
The most novel and necessary addition
to Portland's welfare is the establishment
of the Portland Sanitary Comnany's
business with Offices located ut 1O6 Ex-
change street, Portland. This company
deserves more than passing notice. 1t
should also receive the patronage of TIE
public, as in its service they employ q
large number Of working people or
ganized into corps of men and women
whose duty it is to remove snow, ashes
and rubbish of every kind from dwell
ings and PLACES OF business, NOW lawns,
do gardening scrubbing, washing win
dows, taking up, olea aiming aud re-laying
carpets and rugs. and general house.
cleaning, oil performed on contract OF by
the job on favorable terms.
Only capable men and women are en-
ployed, and each one is provided with the
badge of the company and suitably
dressed for the work engaged in, which a
competent superintendent sees is properly
performed.
Tho company holds itself respons,b
for negligence or performance of
work By its employees. The carts used hy
this &C rrpany are of a novel construction,
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MASSAGE.


In the modern treatment of disease and
the development of the physical system,
mechanism is playing no unimportant
part. This is most emphatically illus
hated by visit to the rooms of E. II.
Cove, at 1877 Bracket street. Portland,
where will be found in operation several
ingeniouslv constructed mechanisms for
giving action to dormant muscles and
life to apparently decayed nervous sys-
TENS.
In the treatment of the patient affected
with rheumatism, neuralgia or contracted
muscles OF nerves, the patient is first in
troduced to the application of foot vi
brating machine, which like all other ma
chines on the premises, is operated by
in this foot vibrator and gently pressing
the ball Of the foot against it, the whole
limb receives quick, gentle motion that
excites the blood to action and the ner-
vous forces to renewed activity.
Another machine for affections of the
same nature in the shoulders or arms, re-
ceives the arm between two rubber pads,
treating it much in the same manner
There is another machine adjusted to
reach the source of disease when in the
thigh or hip, and still another when the
affection lies along the spinal column or
between the shoulders.
For those troubled by indigestion or
liver affections, table is in readiness
with an aperture about ten inches in
diameter through which when the patient
is laid on the table, two padded knobs
much resembling the shape and size of a
door-knob operate in an oscillatory man.
ner upon the stomach, abdomen or affect
ed part, giving new activity to dormant
energies and without any exertion on the
part of the patient, the benefits of an ex-
ercise usually had by athletes only, are
attained.
The writer having experienced the
treatment, re ,ommends the curious and
those afflicted with rheumatic troubles
to visit the rooms of Mr.. Cove and salts
fly themselves with the proficiency of his
machinery.
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POTTERY.
Portland stoneware Company.

Having commenced operations in 1s45,
the Portland Stoneware Company, Win
slow & Co., proprietors, have been estab-
lished for more than half q century, and
their products are hailed as standard
over u very wide extent of territory. So
great has been the demand for Winslow
& ComEany's make of sewer Pipe, fire.
brick, tiles, terra GOTTA vases, f1ue lin
ings chiInney-toIs, stoneware, etc.,
that the capacity for the manufacture of
these goods has been SO increased as TO
cause the buildings of this company, to-
gether with the necessary storage space
for material and manufactured articles,
to cover an area equal to that of good
~ village.
This plant of the Portland Stoneware
Co., is located in the city OF Deerng
close to tbs Portland city line and mainly
consists of two large buildings of three
floors each. These buildings, each
separate factory, are G6xl15 feet in di-
mension and each has O. sepHrate and
complete equipment of machinery, in
Guiding 175 h. p, engine and two so
h. p, tubular boilers.
The entire plant is lighted by elsctrioi-
ty and ten thousand feet OF steam pipes
are used in the heating of the buildings.
| In the Easements are located the ma
| ohinery Tor mixing and grinding the ma
| terials that go into the products OF the
company.
| This mixture is conveyed to the third
story Of the buildings by endless chains.
| is then led in5l u, n )Ilii by st oam
pressure that raridlJ converts it into
! pipe forms and other ARTICLES of stone
ware. These forms are then conveyed by
an endless belt elevator to the kills
whele the process of burning is carried
on until very high degree Of heat is
reached whan salt is put in to the fire,
The steam forming glass coating that
makes the pipe smooth and durable.
In the production of vases, terra-cotta
ware and ornamental urns, the work is
done by hand and is Of artistic design
and finish, one of these being the Win
slow vase which is ten feet in height
and executed at cost of two hundred
dollars
Most conveniently located on the Back
Bay of Portland har Dor, where extensive
wharf facilities arc had OH tide water,
which, together with the tracks of the
P. r. r. r., running to the premises
of the company. make the operation of
the plant possible at the minimum cost
of transportation and handling.
In the operations of the present sea-
son, the Portland Steneware Co. have
contracts with and are now shipping to
the cities of Newton. Arlington, Stone
ham, Cambridge and Fall River in
Mass, Providence. r. l., and nearly
all the cities OF Maine, and other cities
in tho New England States some of
which call for 200 carloads OF pipe each,
and the employment of 200 hands in the
manufacture.
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OILS.
w. L. Blake g. Co,

At Nos. 107 and Ill Commercial street
are the offices and factory of w. L.
Blake & Co., manufacturers of fine en-
CINE, valve and cylinder oils, this firm
was established about nineteen years
ago and during that time has built up its
present large business in the manufacture
and sale of all varieties of superior lubri-
cants.
1t is we'll known fact that the term OF
usefulness of an intricate piece of
machinery is greatly heightened or less
eped according to the efficiency of the
particular form of lubricant used. Men
who are experienced in the care of loco
motives or engines of any kind, know
that the finest grade of oil procurable is
the cheapest for them, and with such
men, the lubricants of w. L. Blake &
Company, are preferred for their uniform
excellence.
The firm are manufacturers agents for
railroad, steamship and mill supplies of
every description and they do q business
which is one of the largest of the kind in
New England.
f. III. Little & Co.
AT Nos. 210 and PIP Commercial street
is the establishment of f. II. Little &
Co., dealers in high grade lubricating
oils, including mineral, sperm, parrafine,
lubricating compounds and greases.
In this progressive age when only the
machine with the highest degree OF
efficiency is employed. the high grade
oils which keep a machine at the high
water mark OF usefulness are in demand,
and such oils are supplied by Messrs. f.
III. Little & Co. These oils are manufact-
ured with the greatest care by new pro-
ceSseS.
Among the oils which this company
offer are the special cylinder, engine and
dynamo oils, marine engine oils, and the
various railroad oils which they have by
thorough tests brought to a high degree
of perfection.
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While ingalls, Brothers maaufactrr.
a full line of tonic beers, hon h;+
ter ale, and numerous other brands
their specialties are Ingleside-snr;n -,
ginger ale and lithia beer, the lat+er I.
non-intoxieant, that while it Is not sinh
ject to the restrictions of the prohjhitor,
enactments of the State it is yet an inv;g
Grating stimulaat suitable for table ne,
and the needs of convalescent, weakly o.
aged persons. The widespread ren,,ta
ton of this firm make any extendaG
notice of their products unnecessa nv.
David f. Murdoch.
One OF the most active, pushing bust.
ness men in Portland is David F. Muir.
dock. Many years ago Mr.. Murdoch left
his home in Nova Scotia and went west.
After short residence in Chicago he re-
turned to Portland.
He is the pioneer in the bottling bust
ness of Maine and the firm of Murdoch
dS Freemad hold first rank in this line OF
business. Mr.. Murdoch owns the plant
at No. Z Franklin street, valued at $75,-
600. where this firm carries on the whole
sale bottling of soda and mineral waters.
ETC., but he has retired from active partic-
without change of name.
Mr.. Murdoch is one of Names promin.
ent financiers. He is an owner of valu-
able real estate, and in partnership with
Hon. M. p. Frank is proprietor of slate
quarry. Interested in many corpora
tians, he is also a shareholder in several
steamboat lines. He is member, of
Portland's Board of Trade and of the
Merchants Exchange.
The Rienzi Company
which is located on Union street,
though but few years in business in
Portland, by the excellence of the goods
they produce and the care and prompt
ness with which they attend to orders,
has built up a very large and constantly
increasing business. 50 phenomenal has
been this growth that the company al
ready finds it necessary to have still
larger quarters and contractors are now
very busy pushing to completion fine
new bottling house and office for the
company to be located on the westerly
side of Cross street, where the company
hopes is move now in a short time, and
where they will be better prepared to at
tend to their numerous orders. The
name of Rienzi is synonym for excel
lence in cool and refreshing drinks and
that people are finding this out is evident
by the growth of their business. Mr.
Charles G. Odiorne is the able manager
of the company
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PRODUCE.
Winchester & Ross.

In June '95, Chas. II. Winchester,
formerly of the firm of Cummings q
Winchester, and Joshua G. Ross, book
keeper for the same firm, started in bust
ness at 1871 and 1888 Commercial street,
under the firm name of Winchester &
Ross.
Carrying on general wholesale fruit
and produce business, both foreign and
domestic. Messrs. Winchester & Ross
also do large business as commission
merchants. They occupy four floors
both for storage and the transaction of
their business
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that prevents the dropping of dirt and
ho Il

that prevents the dropping of dirt and
the blowing of dust.
The operations of this company, instead
OF depriving needy and trustworthy
people of employment, gives steady work
at lar wages to a great number of people
and gives full value to the patrons of tho
company for every dollar received.
Inc organization is composed of some
OF Portiand'a best known citizens who
Know the needs and necessities of the
CITY, ana who are striving to give relief
is conducted under the management of
the originator Of the plan and the foun d.
er OF the company, Mr.. E. P. Sargent.
He Is gentleman we'll qualified for the
work and is always to be found at the
offices OF the company, which are large,
spacious, and present an air of order, sys.
tenn and perfect sanitation.
We bespeak for the company tho in
creased patronage which 1T well deserves.
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MILLINERY.
John L. Palmer.

John E, Palmer commenced business
in Portland as wholesale milliner in
1856 and confined himself to the whole
sale branch of this trade until 1884, when
he opened his retail department. at 54a
Congress street, where he has the largest
and most complete retail millinery store
east of Boston.
Two floors of the building occupied by
Mr.. Palmer are still devoted to the
wholesale trade, and the several depart
ments of this establishment supply all
the varieties of goods in the millinery
line demanded by the trade and the pub
lie
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PAPER STOCK.
Brown Bros. g. Co.

The firm of Brown Bros. & Co. located
at Nos. 424 and 1926 Fore street, Portland
was established in 1890. being the out
growth of the business of Messrs. Kim
ball & Brown, established in 1870.
The firm utilize two buildings, each
2Ox5O feet, where they deal largely il
paper stock, wooden rags, iron, metals
canvas and rope. and contract for the
prompt disposal of paper stock, etc., fur
nishing employment for ten assistants.
W. A. Donovan.
One Of the largest houses in Portland
dealing in paper stock, iron, metals. etc.
is that of W. A. Donovan, located at 49,
Fore street.
Employing number of wo1kmon in
his business. Mr.. Donovan has complete
facilities for grading and storing stock
and is prepared to make arrangements
with manufacturers for the removal of
large quantities of paper stock, metals.
etc, at short notice, and to make con-
tracts with paper mills for the sale and
delivery of paper stock.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS.
III. MI. Smith,

At No. 47S4 Congress street is the
tudio of H. NJ. Smith. who has been en-
gagged in business az a photographer in
ortland for many years and has the
reputation of doing some of the finest
work ever seen in this city. He was
formerly connected with Mr.. Lamson of
this city, and paying the same careful
attention to detail, he has reached
equally artistic results.
MI. Smith occupies handsome, well
lighted rooms and assures his patrons
nothing but first class work in every re-
spect.
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William Ell. Scott.

Prominently connected with the iron
trade in Maine is the business house of
William H. Scott, manufacturer of gal
vanized iron and copper cutters and cor
nices. corrugated iron roofing, iron clap
boarding, etc.
He is located at Nos. "a. 81 and SO
Union street, using a large and commo-
dious building which is admirably fitted
up with machinery for manufacturing his
specialties. Mr.. Scott holds high rank
as a metal worker, and also makes n
specially of roofing and ventilating both
residences and public buildings. He is
agent for Austin's Patent Corrugated Ex-
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MARINE HARDWARE.
The Thomas Laushiin Co.

The history of this corporation dates
back to the time when ship building was
an important industry in this State and
when in 1910 Thomas Laughlin estab
lished himself as ship smith in the
ship building town of Pembroke on the
Passamaquoddy river and where the
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W. A. Donovan.
PATTERNS AND MODELS.
j. C. phenix.

One Of the most important branches
OF manufacturing is that of pattern and
model making. 1t is often tho result of
the mechanical aptitude Of the pattern
or model maker BY which many crude
theories of inventors are made to bear the
fruition of anticipated perfection. In
this regard Portland manufacturing in
dustries are we'll supported in the person
of John q. Phenix who is an expert in
pattern and model making at 81 Cross
street, where he does general jobbine
business for which the premises ars we'll
adapted.
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e. A. Herbert is the manufacturer OF
the popular Burton Hop Beer, which
was first put on the market in the sum-
mer of 1882, since when it has increased
in popularity until it today stands first
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06

panding Water conductors, the Cortright
Metal Roofing Co., etc.
This is one of Portland's old business
concerns, having been established about
IS years ago, by Mr.. L. Newman and
carried on under his name for thirty
wears when the business passed into the
hands Of the present proprietor.
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PIANOS AND MUSIC.
Greasy, Jones g. Allen.

The piano house of Cressey, Jones T.
Allen. No. b3S Congress street, Portland
was established eight years ago bv Mr.
C. r. Cressev. Six wears ago Mr.. G. n
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among the hop beers that are now Of
tered for sale. 1t is made of strictly
pure ingredients Intoxicating and as
a. spring tonic and appetizer has no equal.
nho ssiesrooms are at 416 Fore street,
roftiand, where mail orders will receive
prompt attention.
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Jones was admitted to the firm, and four
years ago Mr.. Frank G. Allen was admit
led.
During the comparatively few years
since its establishment, this firm has be-
come one of the most enterprising and
prosperous in it's line east of Boston.
doing an extensive business in grand and
upright pianos, sheet music and musical
merchandise.
In addition to the business of their
house, Mr.. Cressey and Mr.. Jones are
both church organists and pianists and
are exceptionally we'll fitted for the bust
ness they pursue.
The lines of pianos handled by the
firm are the Gildemeester & Kroeger,
Blasius & Sons, Kranich & Bach, Ster.
ling, etc. Messrs. Cressey, Jones & AL.
len are State agents for the Virgil prac-
tice clavier and the Symphony self-play-
ing organ.
M. steinert s. Sons Co.
Among the most attractive business
places in Portland are the handsome
piano warerooms of NJ. Steinert & Sons
Co. in the Mechanics Building, under the
management of Mr.. T. G. McGouldric.
About forty years ago Mr.. Morris Stein
ert, who Is now treasurer of the corpora
ton, established himself in the piano
business in Now Haven, Conn. In course
of time his sons became associated with
him under the firm name of M. Steinert
& Sons.
Subsequently Mr.. Alexander Steinert,
now president of the M. Steinert 6 Sons
corporation, opened elegant warerooms
in Boston, the success of which has been
the incentive for the opening of twelve
other stores, located in the principal
cities of the new Eastern States. NJ.
Steinert & sons are sole wholesale and
retail personalities in the New England
States for the sale of Steinway & Sons,
Hardman, Gabler, Bacon, Standard,
Pease and Webster pianos.
In January, 1901, Messrs. NJ. Steinert
& Sons opened warerooms in Portland at
No. $40 Congress street. Before the close
of their second year in Portland. theil
business had outgrown their rooms and
they were forced to seek the larger quar-
tiers now occupied, where they have one
of the largest and best appointed piano
warerooms to be found in New England
and where they carry complete assert,
ment of the grand and upright pianos
which they represent in every conceiv-
able style of case.
In addition to their assortment oil
pianos, they have lately secured the New
England representation of the Aeoliar
and Vocalian, variety of which can be
seen at the Portland warerooms.