Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-30
Maine Industrial News.

The Moosehead cut Of logs aggregates
So, 900 feet
More building than usual viii be done
in Orland this season.
The Bridgton Canning Company will
not operate it's factory at West Bridgton
this season.
The owners of the Piscataquis WOODEN
mill at Guilford have recently bought
100000 pounds of WOOL.
Three of the coat shops at South Nor
ridgewock are running full time with
good prospect of work all summer.
George Cowen of Bingham. with one
horse, has sawed four hundred ana
forty cords of wood and is not through
yet.
f. NJ. Cunningham of Old Town, has
started his drive of 100000 feet of logs
down the West branch to Chesuncools
lake. He has over 30 men employed.
Four new sardine factories of small
size will be built at and near Lubec
during this season and the proprietors
intend frying fish in several weeks.
The summer run of business at the Nor
way shoe factory has started up finely. An
increased force has been put on in the
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viii be under full Roadway.
Lubec expects something of bust
ness boom this year Several new
buildings will be built in the early
spring and plans are being made for
the later erection of others.
Business at the Pittsfiold wooden mills
is rushing. The Pioneer mill cannot
handle all of the orders that it has been
favored with, while at the Wayerly they
have orders ahead sufficient to last for
months to come.
The Bowdoin Paper Company at Tops
ham. is filling orders from England. Aus
tralia, Mexico and other foreign lands
It has any amount OF business on hand,
which is good news about any Maine
company nowadays.
The drive on the south branch of the
Penobscot comprises about 1000 900
feet of logs. There are now being
driven into Chesuncoolt 1000, 900 feet by
Gilbert & Stetson; Clough has about
the same amount on Alder brook and
i;oderick Sutherland of Brewer has Q =
900 900 to drive out of Hale brook There
are so men employed on the drive.
The firm of Fay & Scott. Dexter which
has been seeking to interest parties in
III many ipi tljt past NNstl VI lilbit III
purchasing their machinery. has been
very successful and number OF
machines have already been forwarded
to that country. Within a few days an
order has been received for a lathe O.
so there and the firm is feeling wei
pleased over the results of its efforts.
The Bobrick School Furniture Com
pany of Boston. has closed AN important
contract with the Paris Manufacturing
Company for the manufacture of their
entire output at South Paris involving
at least 50 900 additional business for
that village The Paris company will al
SO control the sales of this furniture in
Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont.
work Of the company. in which they have
more orders this spring than ever before.
Business at the dowel and novelty
lurnings factory Of Bradeen 81 Russell
At East Sumner. is rushing. They have
an excellent water power and have re-
Gently purchased a 50-horse power boil
r and engine of the locomotive style
when viii be used in conjunction vita
me water power and to furnish steam
for their dry houses. They use about 500
'oids Of white birch per year.of which
he larger part is manufactured into
bowels, and the remainder into novelty
goods. They employ ten men.