Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-21
In Busy N aine.

Ine East BFoWnNltie STATE co. mas
put in two slate saws and machine
for drilling and counters sinking roofing
slate.
Lewiston is to have a new three story
rick and iron block on the corner Of
Hammond street and Hospital square.
this summer.
Il. c. Richards & son of iumford
Falls, will shin 100, 600 feet Of spool
stock to Portland. They are turning
about 5000 dowels per day.
owing 10 the depression in the paving
business. several of the cutters al
yiullhaven are thinking Of returning
aith their families to Scotland.
The Ashland Manufacturing Co. are
saving over 1000 feet OF lumber
daily.and expect to double that amount
soon as they intend to run by night as
well as by day
The menhaden having appeared the
Bound Pond OIL Company is running
lis factory, and is giving employment
u large number Of men. Their two
steamers are bringing in fair lsauls of
fish.
B0wdoinham lumber manufacturers
are shipping all their lumber that they
possibly can hy water. as the Maine
Central has introduced a new system of
Weighing ears loaded with lumber
which increases the freight rates con-
tslderably.
There viii be 3o6 carloads of poplar
shipped from povcr next spring by
G.; }. Eabson against 230 last year. The
outlook for spruce pulpwood the com
irg season is very noor as a large
quantity was cut on the kennebec. last
winter and remains unsold.
-. \. Terrell, who is driving the
West Eranch at North Twin Dam
has already sluiced thirty millions and
| Tie balance lays above the dam whore
il has been Wind bound some six days.
! Mir. Terrell reports the head of water
| being seventeen feet and six inches.
| being the highest within his recollec-
| ton.
| c. w Pierce of Milo, continues to
| carry ON extensive operations IN ship
knees. lie expects. This season, to re
c,ive over the Canadian Pacific ttail-
way via BroWnyille Junction from 100
10 zoo carloads OF shipknees. He has
an extensive trade along the Atlantic
seaboard as far south as Wilmington.
Del and in the years 1859 and $3.50.
sold over 22.0o0 knees.
The Blanchard Twitchall Company
! have large crew Of men peeliuS
| spruce in the woods in Byron, who viii
peel bstween six and seven hundred
thousand feet, this summer, for thC
ft,,t,G.rI fralle Hapar Cpfpu1uy'e < ne
rcxt winter. They are also cutting
about eight carloads of spruce per daS
" hich is being sawed at their mill
They have laid a mile ana a half Of new
railroad iron this spring.
II. G. Sharpe, one of the cnterprisina
citizens of Robinsons Mills, is doing a
good business in his mills The long
lumber min cuts 40 thousand day
and about 80 thousand of iaths from
the cdgings. The four shingIe machines
saw 5G thousand on an average a day
He employs about 60 men, has teams
hauling six trips u day. and loads q
cars a week. Besides his mill, Mr.
Sharpe has two large farms near tbs
village on which he cut more than 10(
tons Of bay last year, besides a large
crop of oats and Dotatoes. He will
commence TO build a dam. next week
Gbuut u mile above his mills, for the
purpose of driving his logs down in the
draught. ALSO to hold about a million
Of his lumber. AS he drives to his
mills IN the spring ii will he a great
saving. as he has 10 haul a large
| amount of his logs out on the bank
with teams to make room in his pond.