The Portland daily press., 1899-10-26
Names Wealth Has Grown Over
Three Millions.
LAUNDERING in York and
Cumberland Counties.
Large Increase in the Number
of Neat Cattle.

The State assess ors who have been In
session In Portland for the past two day s.
completed their lAbors early yesterday
afternoon. They have now met with the
town and city ASSESSORS Of every county
in Maine, and are now pretty well quail
fed to form some estimate o. to the gen
eral condition OF the state. The confer.
epce with the local ass cssors here has been
a most successful one. The meetings on
Tuesday and Wednesday were attended
by representatives Of every board Of local
assessors In Cumberland county. One
of the mem bers Of the state board told d
PRESS reporter that the books Of Cum
berland county had been found to be In
excellent condition and toe indications
were that the good times were being felt
by the agricultural and manufacturing
towns In this county, "a we'll as In other
parts of the state.
Said the clerk Of the board, Mr.. james
Plummer: "From those returns which
we have received for this year from every
town In the state, 1t Is my opinion that
the stats valustion has increase over 3d.
coo. 900 for this year alone. The state as
SCISSORS make up their valuation tables
but once In two years so that II the good
times continue. as am sure they will.
the State Of Maine will have increased
81, Geo. 0C0 In valuation when the next
assessment Is apportioned. This Is not
what would DO called "boom" growth.
hut is a healthy increase such as marks
u prosperous condition of affairs In every
industry in Maine.
'We have found among other things
that there has been an increase this year
Of over COCO COWS, while horses have
de creased In number. This Is true not
only here in Maine but all over the coun-
try, SO am told. The breeding Of horses
has decreased very rapidly In Maine in
the last few years. but 1t will increase
in the years to come. The day OF the
horse is not ended by any means and the
Maine farmer will again find 1t profita-
BILE to raise horses.
'The increase in the price Of neat
cattle has brought about q great increase
In their numbers In Maine. Sheep have
also increased in Maine to a large extent.
4uore uhb becu an iuCIchso IA thO yuhAA-
ing growth such as never besn known in
Maine for one year, and in this stock
alone the Increase In valuation to the
state Is over half million Of dollars.
"A remarkable condition Of things ex-
lists In Cumberland and York counties. -
said Mr. PIummer. "We find that the
owners Of timberlands in these counties
are introducing the portable saw mills
In their woodlands and cutting a very
large amount of lumber. This Is mostly
in tho sapling, pine and spruce growth,
and is brought about by the great de-
maad for lumber of all kinds and the COR
resp onding increase in price. The owners
of the timberiands seem to prefer to cut
their timber and market 1t than to pay
taxes on 1t. On this account some Of the
local assessors are not assessing the stand
ing tim Der as heavily as they might, bs-
cause they do not wish the timber to be
entirely removed. York and Cumb erland
counties are cutting more timber this
year and will market more lumber than
they have for years past.
GAS for the increase In valuation In
various parts of the state" said MIR.
Plummer, 1--WE find the most remarkable
increase In the agricultural county OF
Aroostook. There the growth ID