Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-21

The brickmaking season in Brewer.
has opened
AS acreage has been contracted for.
1t is thought the Bowdoinham pickle
FACTORY Will be in operation this year
Gloucester, Mass, man, searching
III Portland for men for the Gloucester
Meet says fishermen never We're 50
scarce.
A bath photographer has just re-
ceiVed an order for twenty three hun
dred photographs from the Katherine
Robcr Company
AS yet the war has had no effect uo-
on the Brewer saw mills. All three of
them are running full time and turning.
out large quantities of lumber daily.
Charles Gardner of Machias. returned
wednesday, having brought the
crooked River drive of logs into the
main river, about 1000, 0o0-the quick
est drive on record.
South Liberty is quite business cen
ter; there are three mills there Jesse
Overlook has a we'll stocked store. ana
handles $4,000 lime-casks yearly. over
100000 casks are made there each
year.
The changing off from coarser goods
10 ginshams in the York Mills. Saco.
still continues and the weavers are
glad to get this kind of work for il is
cleaner and easier. Some awning pat
terms are being put on too The goods
are being shipped away almost every
day. There is a general opinion in
Saco that the York will keep steadily
runn This nd hut n
or curtailment ordered notwithstani-
ing Fall River curtailments
George Gates of the Sulphite Com
pany, Rumford Falls, contributes this
to the aggregation of war stories:
The price of sulphur has gone up from
81 to $40 in the past few weeks but
his company is in luck, just at this UNI
certain period. \ man in Deerng
Maine, wrote to manager Fletcher
that he had four barrels of sulphur he
would sell. at war prices. and if they
would make Il satisfactory offer he
would ship it Immediately. The offer
afforded at least a smile for the COM
pany uses several tons of sulphur
daily.
Business at the mills of the Poland
Paper Company is excellent" says Mr.
G. II. Milliken of Mechanic Falls. we
We're fortunate in having contracts for
all stock for the coming year. and thus
get our stock al better prices. We have
orders for all we can make for months
ahead The paper for the Army and
Navy Journal is made here. and the
orders are three times as large now as
previous ones. A fine grade of maya
zine paper is made by this company
and the mills are running to their full
capacity.
1t is commonly remarked that bust
ness has not been so excellent for many
springs as it is at the present time in
Bridston. II is evidenced in all dircC-
! tions. The building of the narrow
gauge extension to Harrison. the run
| ming of the wooden mills to their fun
! capacity, the various building opera
tions. the new dam being built for the
| Bridgton and Harrison Electric COM
| pany, all give Il business impetus.
| The farmers also are encouraged by
| the outlook for favorable crops, as far
as an early spring is concerned, AMI
| are fastening their work as rapidly as
| possible.
| The new chimney for Smith & CO.
nant Brothers plant. Pittsfield, is CON-
| plctcd and stagings removed. 1t is 20
| feet high and required 10000 brick in
| its construction. G. s. Noble & Son,
! who did the mason work, Will now set
| the 125 horse power boiler to be used in
furnishing power for the plant. The
| firm has received one machine for the
| new mill and others are expected soon.
| The work of Stringing the electric
wires upon the poles set has commenc-
| ed and Is miles of wire will be required
| for the work. Everything is progress
ing as rapidly rs possible and the firm
will no doubt have much of the village
lighted by electricity at the date set,
July /.