The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-16
Concerning Local Industries.

Geo. I. Read is filling rush orders for 70 J.
Ter bushings for his Gloucester customers
The Rockport Ice Co. have ceased opera-
tlons at their ice works, having harvested
$4,000 tons of ice Of fine quality, first class
ice in every respect. They have also shin
ped several cargoes.
j. W. Nickerson of Swan Vile ia mak;no
creamery butter at his farm in Swanville.
using the product OF IL cows. He finds a
ready market and could sell much more If
he had the facilities to make it, He made a
shipment Tuesday to Boston customers. He
intends to increase the business gradually.
He calls his establishment the Swan Lake
Creamery. His product is put up in half
pound bricks. very neatly.
John II. Healey and William Gilbertson
have returned home from North Jaw. where
they have been employed during the winter
and are to open granite shed here. Thew
pegln WIN an order for number of bal
listers for G. j. Hall. for one of his largo
contracts. They also have few orders for
monumental work. Both are experienced
and skilled workmen and will doubtless
work up good business and give employ
ment to a number of men. They will begin
business in the shop at the foot of Main
street formerly occupied by J, H. Healey Il
Co. in the same business.
The wood, lumber and bark industries of
Ihorndlke are of considerable Importance
and give employment to large number of
men. Milliken g. Vose have contract to
furnish 800 cords of dry hard wood for G. s.
Flood q Co OF Waterville, and have cut that
amount the past winter, to be shipped when
properly seasoned. They also peeled 100
cords of hemlock bark for the Clinton tan
nerles Sayward & Voses mill is manufac-
turing this season 300 m. long lumber which
was out in the vicinity of the mill.
AN INCREASING BUSINESS. THOMPSON Il
Foster are enlarging their clothing factory
and are to occupy the second floor of the
Dana building, in addition to their former
space. They are moving the cutting, pack
ing and shipping departments to the sec
ond Hoor and are setting up table of SO
sewing machines. They have added two
double-stitchers and two button hole ma
chimes. The removal OF the cutting room to
the other floor admits the taking out of the
centre PARTITION, which greatly improves the
light. The changes increase the number of
machines to 90 and the help to about 1870
hands. Last week the output was 500 gar
ments, and there will be an increase III PRO
portion to the added number of machines az
soon as they can be set up. 1t will also be
necessary to put in an additional electric
motor. Mr.. Thompson came to Belfast
twelve years ago ana began putting ont
work to be made. He worked on consign-
ment until about three years ago, when he
began for himself. The plan of putting out
not proving satisfactory, principally on ac-
count of delays, few machines were put in.
At Grst six machines We're run in the shop
and u hands employed there. Then the
weekly output, including the garments
made IN the country, was from 60 to 10
dozen When the Gnality of the work of
this factory became known in the market the
demand began to increase, and in less than
two years she output has gone up from so or
70 dozen to 800 dozen, and with a demand
which calls for an increase in the capacity of
the factory of fully 80 per cent.