Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-09
Maine Industrial News.

be an excellent labor saving device.
The shipments of deals from Bangor
last season amounted to 1O,997, 731 feet.
valued at <118,637, and nearly all Of this
lumber was carried in steamers.
During the winter John hathaway OF
Columbia Falls, landed l0O,OOO feet or
logs at the Wilson mill. which he is
about to manufacture into lumber for
the local market.
Thomas Gilbert's crew, which has
been logging in the katahdin Iron
Works region, recently, broke camp on
Saturday and the horses were shipped
to Orono. Mr. Gilbert's cut this winter
will be about 3.500,00O.
|. A. Terril of Old Town, will have to
leave a large per cent. of the cut OF his
logs on the West Branch owing to the
poor hauling. 1t is estimated that he
will leave between 100000 and 30O0,ooo
feet.
Business at the wooden mill at New
port is very good and some large sized
orders have been received All the help
possible to utilize at good advantage is
being employed and it is rumored that
there is good probability that night
work will be T, sorted +" in the near
future.
\ new horizontal boiler of 40 horse
power. is being set up at the corn fac
tory at South Paris. 1t takes the plac"
of Two upright boilers. and Will in
crease the boiler capacity of the plant
about - horse power, The ne" boiler
is 50 large that an enlargement of the
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William Engel & Co. of Bangor have
started their saw mill at orono. This
is the first mill on the Penobscot river
/ to begin saving this season, and I3
started up eight days earlier than was
ever known before. f-ngel q Co hay"
I plenty of logs on hand and Will do "A big
business the coming season.
F. w. Aver & 60. Of Bangor. are now
chartering steamers to carry deals TO
the United Kingdom. This concern has
sold 5000, 600 feet Of deals for shipment
! across the water the coming season.
The sales were made last fan The
| shipments to be made by Aver a Co,
will consist of about three cargoes and
I they are looking for more orders for
shipment later in the season.
business is lively at the plant Of
Smith & Conant Bros, Pittsield.
Workmen are hustling on the extern
sions to the mill and on the dry kiln.
G.. S. Noble has commenced work on
the 50 foot chimney which Will be used
instead of the large smoke stack which
was reared above the plant years ago.
| Two carloads of telegraph poles have
arrived to be used in the arrangements
| for street lighting. These will be set
| just as soon as the frost IS out sufi-
| GENTLY to make the work easy.
T. II. Phair of Pressure Isle. is coming
out with flying colors on his big sleeper
contract. He has already secured 10.
900 on his contract of 800. 900. He has
also bought and delivered to othe.
parties $4,000 sleepeTS outside of his
principal contract. OF the total guam
| tity Of sleepers handled by him in the
deal he will get about 100. 900 between
Limestone and Houlton, 10000 on the
Ashland branch, and the remainder al
points south of the Ashland Branch
Junction. Among other large dealers is
j. II. Oak who will handle about so 900
| this season.
Notwithstanding the severity Of the
winter Sebec village has been a busy
place this season. At present Is or
more men are hard at work rolling logs
into SebeC stream to be in readiness for
the spring drives. The spruce goes 10
the Rowland Pulp Co. the pine to the
Bangor saw mills, and the poplar to the
Boston Excelsior CO. There will We
more lumber put into Sebec stream this
winter than for several years. most of
it coming from Barnard. The principal
operators are A. II. Gould and Harbert
Ladd with Fred and Edward Lad1
close seconds. while the McNaughton
Bros and f. w Downs handle smaller
lots. The lumber has nearly all been
cut on land owned by George j. Bah
son and associates. Barnard has long
| held the reputation Of being a place
| where no operator could lumber sue
cessfulIy. but this seasons work shows
that a hustler can succeed here as We'll
as in other places. There is prospect of
an extensive cut another winter. and in
! all proba bility the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad will put in a new siding IN
| their katahdin Iron Works branch ami
that there Will be large shipments from
| that place next winter.