Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-05
BUILDING BOATS.
FifeId Brothers Of This City Have
Made Several.
Inc Machine Shop Where This Firm Manu-.
tacturcrs Its Patent Machinery.

There is one little steam launch that
! will make the others hustle this sum
| mer on the placid waters Of Lake Cob
| bosscecpnteo and that boat is the prop
crty of Fiiield Brothers, who have a
machine shop on Green street. They
have been at work on the little launch
which is q feet long is capable Of car
ryiug l. people ana will carry an en-
CINE they have built of five horse pow
er. Il is built after the graceful style
Of the Rangcley boats and is sure TO
5o speedy one.
These two young men of the firm ,t
Fificld Brothers have not been idle.
this winter. though their trade has
been affected hy the usual winter dull
ness They have i'll their spare min
utes beside building the steam launch
for their own use been building the
famous i;a'lgeley boats. Already
they have five of them in their factory
ot IL feet III length. graceful in appear
aucc and withal sa fe. They are lap
streak after the STYLE of the whaling
boats. ana when painted look very
pretty ana graceful DR.. w. II. Harris
has hought one Of them for Lake Cob
bosscrcantce ana 4he others are the
y
build others. which they sell at the
same price as TIE itangelcy builder.
Sui. ana there Is no freight to pay on
them either.
"It is not conve nient for Us Id work
some Of our macr inery in the winter"
said t. y. FlclG 40 the journal report
wv, Tuesday after noon. ''sr we al the
create. part Of our work in making our
patent automatic. drilling attachment
IL thc summer. working evenings the
greater part IF the time then"
TIL mat little machine shop " NJ
very pretentious appearance. setting
back from Green street. is some very
expensive machinery ANA from that lit
tie shop goes fo-th thousands Of the
patent drilling attachments each year.
Last season over 5000 of these attach
mtutS we're SOLD, ana this year there X
no telling how many will he made
Many uf thp Augusta people know this
which IL d very ingenious
one. sells at retail for S. for the small
sizr ana S3..5 for The larger. TO the
uninitiated it is wei 70 explain that
the object Of this drilling attachment
is tn drill iron ara steel i'll places where
it would otherwise be very inconven-
lent. The chain il passed about the
steel or whatever is 10 be drilled and
by the patent attachment as the me-
chanic turns The bit stock about. the
action tightens The chain and keeps it
just ~ tight thus holding the drill firm
" in pI5"c. An overhead pully or line
Of shaftiuG can r. drilled as easily as
j piece Of steel in a vice. Heretofore
should the mechanic wish 70 drill a
hole I'LL piece VT shaftng. IL must De
taken down. Now il is all over in five
minutes.
To make This machinery and all the
fittings seven men are employed in the
summer. All the --latest kinds Of ma
chiucry are used in the work one
Machine. TIM Very same that is used in
making HE nubs and aXles in the bicy-
cIas. il used in making the spindles in
the attachment This machine alone u
valued at about S.I0n. Every part of
thu worn H. done hut tha making VI the
balls for .beg rings. ana the chain. which
can he nt' DE cheaper and more easily
in the factories where that is their
speciality.
The shop IL fitted with All the ma
chinpry Of modern up-to-date
machine shop. as it has To be in the
manufacture of all the parts Of the
thousands of attachments. They have
the stock On hand all il pieces ready
To- Ne fitted up, for 5000 or 1000 of the