Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-25
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The output of the Washburn starch
factory this season is about AIS tons.
The starch factory at Mapleton in a
run of about 80 days, made nearly 800
tons of starch of fine quality.
York & Luce have finished grating
potatoes at their factory in Mars Hill.
They used in all about 1000 barrels of
potatoes. At the price paid this puts
quite a snug little sum in the hands OF
the farmers.
Eight looms are now running at the
| new Ounegan wooden MILL Old Town,
| and Supt. Beattie is getting the ma
chinery running at about the rate of
| two additional looms day. There are
| % looms in the mill. Light weight
goods are being manufactured.
One hundred cases of cans for can
ming clans We're received last week at
| factory No. IA, Sea Coast Co., con-
trolled by J. Simpson, Eastport, and
the business of canning CLANS will be-
gin Immediately after the closing of the
sardine season.
| About 900, 900 of hardwood timber is to
| be cut on Township 33 this winter. The
| logs, in 12-fOot lengths, will be hauled
to yards on the bank of the river, par
| TALLY barked and left on skids to sea-
son until May. when they will be driven
to Ellsworth. 1t is something of an ex-
pertinent, but it is hoped that it will be
successful.
j. w. Sawyer Of Maxfield. was in
| Foxcroft, Monday, preparing for his
winters operations in the woods near
1 MI NJ Co I,.- i
to cut 100000 feet of spruce this winter.
A peculiar feature about his outfit was
a COW following along behind the
teams. The idea of having fresh milk
in the woods is a good one. Mrs. Saw
yer accompanied her husband and looks
after the comforts of the camp.
Booth Bros. & Hurricane Isle Gran
lite Company have erected at their
works in Waldoboro, another shed, lao
feet long and 80 feet wide. They now
have $50 men at work there, including
granite cutters, quarrymen, engineers.
blacksmiths. carpenters and teamsters.
| The stone for the American Express
Company's building in Buffalo, n Y.
is nearly all quarried. Charles Q.
Emery is superintendent and Nathan
Howell is assistant. Joseph NJ Porter
has charge of the work in the new shed.
NJ. D. P. Thompson of Kingfield. has
contracted with the railroad company
to cut about a million of lumber on the
railroad land and yard it near the
track about four miles above Kingfield
and from there it will be hauled a dis
tance of about eight miles to the old
| Oliver mill in Freeman where it will be
/ we'd The mill \,
the railroad company, is being thor
oughly repaired and will be in very
| good shape. The old trestle has been
repaired and there will be branch
built onto it and a track will be laid
| down into the mill yard
Speaking of the hay business. H. J.
| Weymouth of the firm of Sampson &
| Weymouth, Dexter. states that the firm
| will handle a larger amount of hay this
| year than ever before in any one year
in its history. Thus far Mr. Weymouth
claims that about 5000 tons have been
purchased and the hay presses. three in
number. are being rushed in the work.
One press is in the section about Dover.
! where the firm has leased building
for storehouse and that press is ex-
pected to handle about 1000 tons. Mr..
| Weymouth thinks the firm will handle
over 1000 tons between now and next
June and the first snow that comes of
sufficient quantity to make good tray-
cling and teaming will see a large
| amount of hay delivered to storehouses
along the line of the Maine Central for
shipment.
The work Of labelling and packing in
cases for shipment of the sweet corn
pack in Newport has been completed.
1t has required quite a little time to do
this work but when it is understood
that the pack was sufficient to fill 30
cars and make a most respectable train
| load one get better idea of what if
| really means. Yet, Notwithstanding this
| large quantity ii should be remembered
that the Portland Packing COMPANY
did not realize fully what was expected
this year and was prepared to handle.
| Ii was thought that the pack would
| reach about 100000 cans and this
| figure would no doubt have been an
preached closely if it had not been for
the serious drouth that so effected
| many OF the crops of this section. 1t
| is probable that another year will see a
much larger pack here and consider
| able more money distributed to the
| farmers.