Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-27
MAINE INDUSTRIES.
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The payroll Of the St. Croix cotton
mill. Calais. is now listed at over .5J
names. All are working with zeal, in
view Of the recent generous advance il
wages. The factory, appears to be on a
has supplanted the old, including many
new jacquard looms.
:. Il. Hartman X Sons have leased the
Perkins building, so-called. on Washing
ton street Belfast. for "A term of years,
and will carry on general carriage max
ing. repairing ana blacksmithing bust
ness. They have been in the same bust
ness in Swanvillc fourteen years. The
firm consists Of Mr.. ;; Il. Hartman
and his two sons, Frank and Henry
4 large quantity Of logs is being
shipped over the Bangor & Aroostook
for the Jordan Lumber Co. Old Town.
From four to six carloads are received
each day and taken 10 Milford. where
the logs are sawed at the water mill of
the Jordan Lumber 60.
The spool factory at ShaWmut. which
has been in the process Of building for
the past few months. is nearly com
pleted 1t will soon BE- in operation
and will employ a force of GO hands on
the start This mill Will add consider
ably to the business activity Of the
place.
Swain & Reed Of EOxbury. are run
ming their mill to its full capacity.
running ~ doWel machines, > headers.
and sets birch saws. They are over
run with orders. as are also Bartlett &
HodSlon at the Chapman mill. The
LATTER will saw about 200. 600 cords Of
birch and turn quite a part Of it into
bowels.
The Portland Lumber Dealers Associa-
tipn recently held its annual meeting AMI
banquet at RiVcrtun park casino. Ait"r
the banquet tn" annual business meeting
WaS held The following officers We're
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Edward 5. D9ten; yict prrsld, MI, nha'r[S
W. +. Wadsworth; treasurer. J'rnln"
Rumcry The association voted e. admit
contractors and builders to honorir!
membership.
This town has at present employed in
six different manufacturing concerns
very close to 600 hands. writes Dexter
corresuondcnt Figuring them 70 aver
age 81 - per day and il is highly prom
able that the average Will rs closer tn
81 ~ ii means the distribution ~ $i'r
per week for help, or S2}i,Wo annually
This il quite a tidy sum for q small t"Wi
1nd If. effect has already been manifest
ed much to the satisfaction Of every
citizen.
I The crew Of u or 81 employees at the
I Mechanic Fails toothpick factory is busy
( enough now. Several loads OF clean
/ white birch logs, some ~ them IT uhur
I Hill size are piled about The mill. ana
/ IRON, i've to six hundred cords OF blrch
\ il contracted for. II n" good Slch'lnS
! holds Ernest Harris. superintendent ~
! meets to fill orders tins season lpi, lilI''
III fnu. Thousand cases or more SeNerdl
I different shaped picks are made mere ana
the season will last till Jun" or july !.
| tLA wood supply can be secured. u'idN
I ~ , week or ten days was oecdSlohed not
/ long ago by the non-arriXal o. 4 cdL ~ ~
| III c,rfoone. but everything Is rusHli,I
| now The picks from TINS MN "ie 0''''
| from Maine to Oregon
The clam canning industry VIII
ooaip he revived in PASSPORT in a few
davs. and one of the largest factories
ov.nad and operated during the sardine
canning season by the Sea COAST
pacIino ca. will be re-Opened for
-,,,ttirt, m the delicious shell fish.
ouantities of clans have been dug
from the neighboring bays since the
,,,ontb onened and with the beginning
of work in the above factory there VIII
he plenty of bivalves to can
Around Sebec Lake, the faVorlte r.
eort in summer. is now heafo lhe
sound of the axe. The lumbermen are
h,,sv and if is estimated that S,0oo'oo'
NH no emf about the lake and toWed
down Sebec river +. T. Spencer Oh
! old Town. at work on the wilson
waters will probably cut 3,oo0,ooo Of
enruce and pulp wood. +. F. smith OF
Gui1ford. is also on the Wilson stream
rrtar,as Gilbert of Old Town is near
EIliottsville. and will take his logs
down Ship Pond stream Enos oams 81
II Rowland. expects to cut l,ooOooo a.
rims cove and Bennett brook.
Charles +. Bicknell Of Rockland' mas
,ooantlv bought $50 telegraph poles OF
III western Union Go. They were IN
tended for the Thomaston-Ienan
Harbor line. but after they had peer
landed in Thomaston the company de
cided to put in a different variety O
no1a and Mr.. Bicknell scooped the lot
Ha finds retail market for then
anone the lobster fishermen, VINO u.s.
them as buoys for their lobster pots
The poles are red-hearted Ceu'i anu
answer the purpose admirably.