Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-04

Young 4 Packard of West Sumner
have bought one hundred Thousand
feet of rock maple for the brush fac.
tory at Buckfield. They will saw ant
deliver it.
Twelve carloads Of Christmas tree.
went from Bath, Tuesday. to New
York parties. A car load will averap,
between twelve and fifteen hundred
trees.
Bailey & Chadbourne at Cambridge
have the frame up for large mill. 1,
is z4x7O feet and will be fitted with ma.
chinery for saving long and shor,
lumber.
a. E. Farnsworth is to have a new
factory built this winter at Manset
and in the spring he will have the ma
chinery for curling iron manufactory
put in.
John l.. Goss. granite contractor, has
purchased the steamer Stella Pickett
to run as tug and ferry boat between
Stonington village and his granite
quarry on Thurlows Island. The price
is said to be $500.
F. J. Carsley of Dexter will cut about
2O0, QUO spruce on lot in the towns of
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bridge, and deliver 500 cords for shin
ment over the S. & NJ. and Maine Cen
trail to HollingswOrth & Whitney, Water
vile.
Work on the Norway shoe shop repairs
| is progressing rapidly. An SO-horse pow
er engine is being manufactured in New
York Tor heating purposes, when all ma
chinery will be run by electricity. The
| whole is expected to be ready for occu,
patton inside of three weeks
Mr.. d. Este, the treasurer of the Bos-
ton Excelsior Co., who bought the Lord
property at Steep Falls. has commenced
to take down the old mills, reports the
Six Towns Times, and will replace them
with new buildings for manufacturing
several kinds of salable goods.
The Portland Transcript reports that
the market for beans is advancing. Pea
beans that We're sold by car lots at ST. 10
bushel last week now sell at $1.2O with
continued upward tendency. The short
age of the Western crop will warrant
considerable advance yet.
J. S. Stevens left Bangor, Friday for
the field of his numbering operations, on
the Upper St. John. Mr.. Stevens mas in
all crew of 100 men and "a horses in
three different camps. and expects to cut
100000 feet of spruce. He estimates that
there will be about one-third less lumber
cut this season on the Upper ST. John.
The North Islesboro Lime Company has
several men employed getting ready to
start up the business there. The COM
pany is building an engine house, shing-
ling the large shed and will lay track
from the quarry to the wharf next week;
they will also clear out the old rock from
the quarry.
One of the busiest places in Maine just
at this time is Montague. The Piscata-
quis Falls Pulp and Paper Company is
exporting pulp to England. Three car
goes have gone and it is reported that
they are getting another ready to ship
before the river freezes over at Bangor.
The mill is running night and day.
Hathorn, Foss & Co.. of Blaine, will
put in rotary saw at their box mill for
the manufacture of end pieces for lemon
and orange boxes. They are building a
camp in the woods on Three Brooks and
will put in crew of men and teams for
the winter cutting and hauling of hard
wood lumber for their box factory.
Howard Morrison of Bridgton, has con-
tracted to cut and haul to Kezar river
this winter. for the Saco River Lumber
Company, the pine on their Thos. Swan
lot, Sweden. from 100000 to 100000 feet.
He has begun operations with a force of
about ten men and as many horses they
camping on the grounds.
S. w. Gordon of Biddeford has bought
a large piece of ground adjoining his
property at Camp Ellis. and a crew of
carpenters are at work putting on an adj
dition to the building there for summer
hotel. The land is situated on what is
called "Brawny Point and the property
includes the Tarr house. which Will be
annexed to Mr.. GordOns house.
Little Machias Bay is the busy part of
Cutler this season. Herring. are plenti-
full. prices are good. and the fishermen
are rejoicing over the products of their
weirs. One weir recently took over $3.50
worth of fish. 1t is estimated that. the
weirs have taken about $1,000 worth of fish
this season, excluding the smoking her.
ring.
Lobster fishermen are complaining of
lack of bait according to the Press.
They say that the herring catch upon
| which they depend was almost a failure
this fall, and while there are plenty of
Holsters there is nothing to be used as
bait. Some of them have taken their
traps out of the water and slowed them
away on this account. Wednesday, III
500 Holsters We're brought into Portland.
The Orono Pulp & Paper Company re-
ceived an order a few days ago for man.
lila paper for immediate shipment to
New York. The logs were in the mill
pond when the order was received but
a deal of hustling was done and In three
days the logs had been manufactured
into paper and were on their way to New
York. The paper was for the cover for a
magazine.
Charles w. Pierce of Bangor, has
leased the Mason steam mill at ELS
worth which has not been in operation
for many years, and will make repairs
and put in necessary machinery for the
manufacture of spool timber, to export
to Scotland. Mr.. Pierce is acting as
agent for Boston firm. He expects to
have the mill running early in January.
Thompson & Foster. Belfast, are doing
a good business at their overall and pant
shop and are fitting up the adjoining
building for occupation as an office and
store ROOM Six new machines have been
put in and more girls will be employed at
once. The firm are barely filling their or
ders and are working their full crew.
The main room which they have been
occupying will be used in the future for
a machine and cutting room alone.
Mr.. j. A. Thurston, for "A long time in
business at Norway Corner, is erecting
large store near Bethel village, just out
of Mayville. on the Bryant farm which
he purchased some years ago. Mr..
Thurston has recently built mill at
Swans Corner in Bethel where he manu-
featured from 800 to 1000 cords of birch.
etc, per year. He will move from Nor
way to his place in Bethel and expects to
| open his new store about January LIST.
| He will probably continue to do business
| at his mill in Norway but will not con-