Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-13
Maine Industrial News.

F. Putnam & Son of Rumford. are
hauling hard and soft lumber to the
Dunston Lumber Co.'S mill site. They
are also supplying the Sloane mill with
some rock maple. Putnam is hauling
this lumber from Zirco. where he has
camp and employs some 10 men and
six horses.
The work of saving spool bars has
started up in earnest at f. L. Hart
wells mill, Old Town. Ten extra men
will be employed in the mill and a
large quantity of stock is on hand to
be sawed 1t is the intention of Mr..
Hartwell to operate a portion OF MS
mill as a spool bar mill each winter
and he is well fitted up for it.
The Cunliffe Bros. of Fort Kent,
have nine camps on the Allagash wa
ters. with 800 men in their employ.
They are through yarding and are now
hauling from the yards. They are
working 100 horses. At first the Gun
life Bros. intended cutting only five or
six millions and went in mainly to
keen their teams busy and use supplies
they had on hand. A brighter outlook
caused them to extend their operations
and the amount cut Will ~ oDeeoi'
reach nine millions.
Some big loads of logs were recently
hauled at Thomas Gilbert's numbering
operatjons at Katahdin Iron Works by
horses belonging to Bangor men.
Every load hauled scales from 1000 to
5000 feet according to the measure OF
George Tozer. scaler. but the cham
pion work in single loads was as FOL
lows:' Leonard Jardine, one load 3S9o
feet. horses weighing $500 pounds; Her
bert Graves. 300 feet, horses weighing
1000 mounds: Irving Dinsmore, 800
feet, horses weighing $500; A. j. Dean.
316O feet. horses weighing $500.
Bath has in embryo what may some
day prove an industry of considerable
magnitude. For number OF years
Fish & Furber have made practice OF
bicycle repairing and gradually htted
mn their esta blishment until they were
,hlc to turn out most any part OF a
client steed that might be desired.
During the past winter they have add
I'd still more to their equipment ana
decided to try the work of building
wheels. They have just completed one
frame and have done it so successfully
shat they have recently placed an or
der for the tubing and other stock
which will be required to build half a
,ozcn more. When these wheels are
completed they intend to place them
an the local market and if they give as
goo5 satiefa elton as the makers expect.
3ath may yet have bicycle factory.
Tbe lates, news in the Brewer brick
business is that Hugh O'Brien who al
,.aady opera tes one of the largest yards
In the city has obtained lease of the
,,ord an Chamberlain street which has
i,aa, RIM for a number of seasons past
~, rho late Aaron H. Gould and who
was Manning to operate 1t next sea-
,,on The Gould yard. so called. is on
,.,d controlled by Chas. Q. Harrington.
- is understood that Mr.. OBrien is to
,urchase the wood and the outfit of
the Gould yard and to run 1t in con-
,,aotio, with his own plant which will
make practically two plants at quite a
distance apart. There Is prospect
hat q good demand for brick will rule
liner season especially if all the
nroposed pulp and other plants are
h,,iit and Mr.. O'Brien intends to be
,.aady ~ meet the rush. Just at pres
NJ ORrien is busy in shipping
rick 10 Old Town for the new WOODEN
mill being built there.