Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-28
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

A. Nj. Mathews of Cherryfield. is re-
ceiving large lot of baskets and
crates from a commission house in
Boston for the shipment of blueberries
which will be done on an extensive
scale should the berry season prove
favorable for the pickers. AT present
he has twenty-five hands at work on
his leases and as the season advances
this force will be Increased until the
product of 1000 cases is gathered.
In addition to their stock already on
hand, the j. & T.. A. Wyman Co,
Cherryfield. have received by rail from
Portland 5000 BURBERRY cases with cans
complete. which are being landed at
their factory. The improvements
which have been in progress at this
factory for the past month are nearly
done, the work on the addition to the
fire proof building used for storing
cans was completed last week as was
the change in the sealing room in
which gasoline for heating the solder
ing irons will take the place of coke.
Swan & Reed of Roxbury, who had
their mill burned June 18th, have re-
built on the same location a mill two
stories high. 35x110 feet, and started
July 49, They will run night and day
till they get their lumber sawed.
When this mill is completed it will be
one of the best equipped dowel mills
in the State.
Before another month is past a
building of giant dimensions will be
well under way on the banks of mill
cove, where now stands the Colby and
Brown mills, Brunswick 1t will be
used as a pulp mill. the present build
ing being inadequate for the rapidly
increasing business of the Androscog-
gin Pulp Co. Final arrangements have
not been completed as yet for the
power house. as they are pending the
arrival of two of the owners who are
at present in Europe, but are expected
home the first of August.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
construction of the power house at
Madison Falls, South Windham, for
the Madison Falls Power Company. a
corporation composed of Messrs. w.
*. Dana, r. d. WOodman, Lemuel
Lane, j. c. Scates. w. w. Poole and
f. j. Haskell. 1t is the intention of
these Westbrook gentlemen to equip
this power house in the best possible
manner for the purpose of supplying
electricity for power purposes in West
brook at the Dana Warp Mills and the
Haskell Silk Mill Company, and for
the operation of the Westbrook. Wind
ham & Naples Electric Railway. The
dam that is to furnish the water
power for the power station is located
hnnt hundred ha1 ha
bridge at Madison Falls. The dam
runs diagonally from the shores. COM
ing to point near the center. The
Golfer dam in process of construction
from this point to the southerly shore
is for the purpose of facilitating work
on the new dam which is to run from
the center of the river to the south
shore. distance of $50 feet, making
the extension nearly a straight line
crossing the river at an angle of about
a degrees. A massive piece of mason
~ to serve as the bulkhead of a canal
is to be built at the lower end of the
dam. which is being excavated from
solid ledge that borders the shore of
the river This bulkhead is IL feet in
thickness at the base, Z feet at the top,
l6ia feet high. 52is feet long and con-
tains gates each being ~ feet in
width. The canal when finished will
be II feet deep, 521a feet wide and
nearly 100 feet in length. The power
house is to be erected at the lower end
Of the canal and is to be brick
structure 60 81 feet with a wall 90
feet high, and is to be finished
according to the contract early in No
vember.