Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-01
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

"SS'v0S0S0s0S0sSsUs0soso Observation-Disclosures
l.. S. Dingley & Co. of Pennington
put up $4,000 cans of sweet corn an6
i-'ooo gallon cans of apple this season
The owners of the Grant mill. Ellis.
worth, are preparing for an extensive
business in the woods this winter, AL.
ready some 40 men have been sent into
Numbers and %. and the indications
are that large amount of lumber will
be cut and in readiness for next sum-
mer's saving.
AT the Pittsfield corn factory now tn,
force is engaged in canning Scotch peas.
About 400 cases of these goods will he
put up along with the lima beans 1t is
proposed to put up enough lima beans
ana peas to use all the cans left over
from the corn canning season. The ship
ments OF corn are now going forward
each day as rapidly as the cases are
made ready. The cases for all the fac
tories in this section are made at Basin
Mills, and the standard brands are
stamped on the cases when they are
made.
The lobster industry of Gouldsboro.
is thriving this year. and according to
indications will be unusually remuner-
alive. The traps and pots of the fish,
erlnen are well filled but are being held
until later in the season when prices
are higher. The pound owners. of
which there are three in the vicinity.
are also storing up Il large quantity for
sale and shipment to New York by and
by.
In the western part of Hancock county
one hears often of clam-packinG facto-
ries. That operated by the firm of
Twitchell 4 Champlin at Sedgwick. is do
and i've men are constantly employed.
canning, while five additional men are
kept running the three boats, buying and
bringing in CLAIMS in great quantities.
The CLAIMS come principally from Deer
Isle and Brookln. Then at South Blue
hill there is another owned and operated
by Friend Il Sullivan. who hold the re-
cord Cor canning the largest number in
one day. The clam is much sought for
now. for beside those sold for canning.
there IS demand for them for bait.
The Washington County RAILROAD
has a crew of men at work putting in a
switch at Tunk pond to facilitate the
shipping of pulp wood cut in that sec
ton of the county. which business is
furnishing employment for a large
number of men. In various other sec
tons men are employed getting out
lath. pulp and spool wood which could
iIot pC heiIitICu piVitsAoiN NCat ~ ifpt
for the Washington County. S. w.
Haycock has quite crew at work
in the vicinity of Pennamaquan lake
getting ont Hath and pulp wood which
is lodaed ON ears at the John Young.
or gravel pit siding.
II. Fl. Smith of Machias. shipped 30
dozen cans of rubber cement last week,
from his place of business on Center
street. to Bangor. Mr.. Smith, who is
shoemaker and repairer. has had
years of experience using cement. Sew
eral years ago being dissatisfied with
that which was on the market he I'M
dertOok to make some for himself.
After experimenting for two years he
succeeded in perfecting formula that
produced cement superior to that
which he had been using. He at once
put it on the market and has had a
steady and increasing demand for it
ever since.
The present se;soI. - proving profit
able one to those engaged in the smoked
herring trade. owing to the shortage in
the pack. which is only one-fourth as
large as that of last season. Dealers are
now receiving II cents box. when IL
former years it sometimes occurred that
shippers were called upon to remit the
freight, the prices being too low to de-
fray this expense even. One of the lars-
est packers on the Maine coast is X. Il,
Stevens. of Jonesport. whose product Is
1900 boxes. In addition 10 this branch
of the fishery this packer has put up
1000 cases of fancy brand of sardines Tor
a New York house and 800 cases OF her-
ring mackerel' for the Southern trade.
Mr. Stevens disbursc ments this season
for material and labor will figure close
to $1,000. placing him third in the list OF
a. =
tends to increase his facilities for bust
ness by enlarging his smoke house to a
capacity of 15O.C0o boxes of herring
No better proof of the prosperous
conditions prevailing at present in Au-
burn shoe manufacturing could be adj
duced than the improvements and
additions made in their business by
! the firm of Foss. Packard & Co. The
| firm has lust got settled in additional
| ouarters second in Roak block. 1t has
| transferred hither it's upper leather
and heel-cutting departments. and mas
secured for the accommodation of the
! same three floors and the basement
| The constantly increasing business OF
| this enterprising company has maze
/ this extension imperative. The com
many now has quarters that will b'
| ,de,nate to it's needs for some time u
| come. The company now has an out
nut of 225 cases per day. which is al
increase in it's business of 40 per cent
Herbert S. Dyer. State agent of TIL
| New York Life Insurance Company
with offices at Portland, was i'll ELS
worth recently. and took. party o
CAPITALISTS to West sullivan. where n
has a lease of some rich mining prop
erty. Mr.. Dyer proposes to organize
stock company to work the NINE upol
| which he has an so years option. ant
viii take out 200 or 300 tons OF ore a
once for the purpose OF having l
| smelted and assayed. II is claime'
that the mine is rich in silver, gold AM
CONFER. having quartz vein running
through the middle which yields $50
worth of gold to the ton. In case n
can place the stock on the market here
Mr.. Dyer will ask the coming Lesisla
ture for an appropriation OF s5o,ooo TO
geological survey to open up IN
mines of Hancock county. so that IN
world may know their riches.
At recent meeting of the director
of the Whitman Agricultural works
Auburn. it was decided to wind up tn
company's affairs and so out OF busi
ness. There was talk some time ag