Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-07
Maine Industrial NeNs.

l.. \. Graffam of Bangor, has two men
al work on Great Works stream, catch
caught in the vicinity Of 20W0 Of the !it
tie fish.
The Wassookeag WooIen COMPANY.
Dexter, has received order for 80
pieces OF goods. which is considered 4
good sized one for the first
When the whistles of the Bath Iron
Works and Hyde Windlass Co. now an
nounce the time to begin duty at thes .
busy plants. 1913 men resume work ana
their weekly pay ron amounts to twcly,.
thousand dollars.
Business has been Very brisk at tho
mills of the American Woolen COMPANY
in Dover this summer, and orders To-
several months are now on hand. tn
new management have things straigh.
ened around on paying basis 1n.y
now make but the kersey and broadclotn
The lumber cut will be the greatest on
me 81 CroiX waters this Year that ii has
been in ten years, and draft horses ar,.
selling at a good figure owing to the Il.
mand for horses for the lumber woods
Cooper Brothers of Newport. are we.
along with their work at their veneer mil
for This season. which has been a pros
porous one for them. the orders beiEl,
plentiful and i'll such quantities as usually
proves dcsirab BILE.
The Amos Abbott Company. Dexter. has
purchased T. looms which will be placed
in position to run in very short time
dition OF this number of looms the com
pany Will have 55. al of which are Of the
knowles pattern. Business at the mill
now is good and outlook very cncourag
ing.
The Riverside Wooden Company. Pitts
field, is receiving 400 tons Of coal for use.
at its mill. The company is being rushed
with orders and has found it impossible
thus far to secure sufficient neip to keep
the machinery running night and day AZ
desired The new company starts in un
der the most lla,,erlng conditions and
none possesses a brighter outlook at pres
ent.
After run Of six weeks. Bucnham &
Morrill, Of Portland. have completed the
seasons pack OF blueberries at their fac
tory in harrington. This has been th-
most successful year for the business
since these packers began, L years ago.
The product being l2,125 cases. more than
double the yield of any previous season.
Since the factory was opened in August
II carloads of berries have been shipped
to New York. Chicago and points III " il
consin and Colorado. During the six
weeks the factory was in operation, from
$4,000 to $4,000 was dsbursed for berries and
$1,000 to those employed in putting them
through the canned process.
Dexter is to have a new industry ana
one that may assume large proportions
in the future. 1t is not only new indus
try to that place. but there are but two
or three similar institutions in this State
at present and this one will start off un =
der the most favorable auspices. +. IL.
Hayes is back Of the enterprise and has
already decided on the dimensions OF the
building which he will have erected an /
the contract to build the structure was
taken by A. J. Cobb, Monday. work u
commence on the same this week and To
be rushed to completion. The building
will be 80 by 81 feet and two and Il halt
stories high. Mr.. Hayes proposes 20 can
all kinds of farmers products such as
there is a demand for in the canned form
and will put up at first, string beans,
squash, pumpkin, baked beans, etc. NJ.
Hayes believes there is such a demand for
goods of this character that he can work
up big trade and he has already found
a market for 5000 cases at a certified price.
sufficient TO mean a good return on the
investment. The building will be com
pleted within a few weeks and soon after
il is completed d crew Nof can makers will
be set at work and cans made for u.s.
next season. A large stock Of these VIII
be made up and ii is probable that next
season will witness not only 3U3 but loot
or 5000 cases Of these goods put up mere
Mr. Hayes says that he shall be able to
run the factory through July, Angus q,
September and into October each year al
least, and that at times he will furnish
employment for 40 hands or more.