The Somerset reporter., 1899-12-21

In Commissioner Matthew'S bulletin
relative to the pulp and paper business
is contained in the following list of mills
in Maine and their capacity:
Augusta, Cushnoc Paper Co.. II tons
daily; Benton Falls, Kennehec Fibre Co.,
/ 10 tons; Brunswick, Androscoggin
! Pulp Co., s tons; Chisholm, Information.
nj Paper Co., 200 tons; Cumberland
Mills, $. d. Warren & Co % tons :;
Embden, International Paper Co., so
tons; Enfield, international Paper Co
40 tons; Fairfield, Somerset Fibre Co,
! 10 tons; Great Works, Penobscot Chemi-
cal Fibre Co, 40 tons; Rowland. The
Rowland Pulp Co, 40 tons; Jay Bridge,
international Paper Co, % tons; Lin
tons; Lisbon Falls, Lisbon Fails Fibre
CO., 30 tons; Livermore Falls, Interna-
tional Paper Co., 20 tons; Madison,
Great Northern Paper CO., so tons !;
Orono, International Paper Co, 30 tons
Orono Pulp and Paper Co, - tons :;
Riley, International Paper Co.. 100 tons !;
Rumford Falls, international Paper Co.,
100 tons; Skowhegtn, r chards Paper
Co., tons; Skowhegan Pulp Co, 20
tons; South Brewer, Eastern Manufac-
turing Co., % tons; South Gardiner, H.
ternatiDnal Paper Co., % tons; South
Nindham, Sebago Wood Board Co, 16
tons; Topsham, Peepscot Paper Co., 80
tons; Winslow, Hollingsworth & Whit
ney Co, 40 tons. Algonquin Sulphite
Mill, 40 tons; 1armouthville. Forest
Paper Co., 45 tons
OF paper mills, without going into de-
tails, though some of the figures are in
terestng, it is found that there is the
the Auburn Leather Board Supply Co.
of Auburn, turning out 2000 pounds a
day; the Cushnoc Paper Co. of Augusta,
With Is tons OF manila aud other paper a
day; Sherman Il Co. of Belfast. three
tons of leather board n dav; The Kenne-
bee Fibre Co. of Benton Falls, II tons a
day; Androscoggin Pulp Co. at Bruins
wick, turning out five tons a day; Inter
national Paper Co. at Chisholm's Mills,
800 tons day; 5. d. Warren Il Co. at
Cumberland Mills in Westbrook, go tons
of book paper and seven tons of wrap
ping paper; National Fibre Board CO. at
East Poland, seven tons of leather board
a day; ). ID. Warren & Co. of Gardiner,
10 tons day; Hollingsworth & Whit
ney Co of Gardiner, Is tons a dav; The
international Paper Co. of Jay Bridge
60 tons; National Fibre Board Co. of
kennebuuk, 300 pounds of leather
board Lisbon Falls Fibre Co. of Lisbon
Falls, % tons; International Paper Co.
of LiVermore Falls. Is tons; Poland
Paper Co. of Mechanic Falls. % tons;
international Paper Co. of Orono. 30
tons; Orono Pulp and Paper Co. OF
OrOno, 10 tons; International Paper Co.
of Rumford Falls, ITO tons; Eastern
Manufacturing Co. OF South Brewer. %
IONS; Sebago Wood Board Co. of South
Windham, 10 tons; Bow dom Paper
TO. of Topsham, 80 tons, Ptjep, scot
Paper Co. of Topsham, SO tons; Hol-
lingsworth d Whitney Co. of Winslow,
80 tons.
Iu summarizing Mr.. Matthews says:
"Counting ground wood pulp mills, sui
phite mills and paper mills separately,
we find that there are IS pulp aud paper
mills in the State, there being 30 pulp
mills and % paper mills. These a,e
comprised in 81 different plants, We
find the total hummer of operatives ia
these mills TO he 5,902 at present. When
the plants now building and teing en-
larged are completed, the opera ives will
number over 1000. We fnd the AVERAGE
daily wages paid operatives To be 81 81
This does not include The sriaries paid
officials. The whole sum paid IN wages
for labor 10 pulp aud pepper mills, !
amounts yearly to over s., 600, 900 and
the cost Of he wood used amounts to
81 500 900. W. find thar there are pro
duced daily in the STATE, GOO tons of
paper OF all kind, ;35 toms of ground
wood pulp, $50 ton. of suphite pulp, /
ITO tons of soda pulp, aud go tons Of
leather board, mixing Il produc ion of
$50 tons OF pulp and paper daily, and n I
total of $50 800 tons yearly : He also B
tinds that. the total capital invested I
seems to be about $3O. 900 600 aud he I
estimates the annual receipts for the /
pup and paper to the companies is
Sl7916, 600