Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-03

| England. II is estimated that about
l35 600 will have been shipped by the
| close of the season. This is about 35.-
0O0,0 600 less than the amount of ship
ments last year. The war, of course
had much to do with the falling off and
since then, although business has
picked up considerably, the market has
| not been brisk. Some Bangor lumber
| dealers are looking forward to next
year as they say that Maine lumber
will probably be in demand for ship
ments to Cuba and Porto Rico
Pittsfeld's business outlook at present
Is bright. Nearly all summer the three
woolen mills We're shut down on account
OF no orders Large numbers of laborers
who are dependent on the mills for n
living were greatly helped, However
through r. Dobson & Co, owners of the
Pittsfield Pioneer Woolen Mill, who have
cial loss to themselves at times The
new Wavery mill has been running a
short time, but it has recently received
enough orders TO run for three months al
least, The largest order has fallen TO b.
Walker. proprietor of the Maple Grove
MILL which has been entirely shut down
employees out of work Mr. Walker has
just returned from an extended trip 10
New York and he considers he has al
ready procured orders enough to keep
Is to put on large day and night crew
at once. 1t is also understood that Bry-
an. ant q Co. will soon double the size. of
their turning mill and have enough orders
TO run day and night crew of Is men.
There are few heavier companies in
Maine than the Stevens Lumber Conn
pany of Fort Fairfield. This company is
now composed of the five brothers. Levi
Chas. Fl. Stevens sons of the late Hiram
Stevens, originator of the enterprise
Their large mills and electric light plant
are located at Stevensville, in Fort Fair
held two miles from the village. Their
mills are equipped with up-to-date i'm
Proyements, e, n1ents the the, same is true also of
Ft Fairfield with lighl rInning more
than 1900 lights. Their store offices. etc
are all modern and patterns of conven-
ience Besides their mills here they have
an extensive branch at Salmon River. n
BE 81; which was established September
lSsS. @ J. s: Stevens, who has the full
there nine years. To supply the Salmon
River mills with lumber they have 11O
square miles of timber land in the Do
mnion. This branch gives employment
TO at least 300 men and 60 horses At the
mills they have Il good boarding house
where from 10 TO 50 men are fed the year
supplies to their numbering concerns,
they keep two clerks continually hust-
ing. young woman bookkeeper finds
plenty to do in keeping account of the
vast business transacted. Their mills.
boarding house, stables and other build
ings are lighted with electricity, which
When hrst introduced up there in the
woods seemed quite an innovation to the
settlers.
The large shook mill being built at
Deep Cove. mile from the w. C. r.
depot at Eastport is being erected by
the E. II. Barnes Company of New
York city. The mill will make all
lie Of
as cases for canned goods. package
stuff, etc, and will employ above a
hundred men at the start The dimen-
sions are 100 by 130 feet, and the build
ing is $50 feet from the water, A
large wharf is being pushed out so as
to give Is feet depth for vessels, even
at low water. The wharf is built of pill
ing brought from st. John by Allston
Gushing for the North Lubec "Klon-
dixie, and never used. 1t is $50 feet
long and very substantial, the piling
being held in place by iron rods One
feature of the mill is the truss roof. an
invention of Contractor Barrows who
has charge of the erection of the mill.
The rafters are made of long boards
nailed together instead of solid beams.
and are much stronger and more sup
pie. The frame is already up and
boarded in, the roof on and painted.
and now work is being rapidly pushed
on the interior of the building. Tt is
expected that the machinery will be-
placed in before the end of December
and that the mill will be in full opera-
ton during the following month. The
estimate cost of the new wharf ana
machinery is in the neighborhood of
$l00, 900.
AT the Newport condensed milk fac
tory 900 is paid out daily to farmers
for milk.