Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-20
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

y piece of granite weighing three thous-
and tons was quarried out recently at
one blast on the quarry of John l.. Goss,
Stonington.
have recently closed contract to fur
nsh the granite necessary for the dry
dock to be built at Portsmouth, n. II.
Lynn Stevens OF Larone; has completed
his yearly contract Tor charcoal, having
delivered some 1900 bushels II is mostly
used in the Maine Central car shops
Several hundred men were employed in
the pulpwood industry in Cherry field and
vicinity, last season. and the outlook
promises even better for the coming
winter.
II. ]. Passmore & Co. Bath. have fin
ished planning lS5 NJ hard pine for A.
Sewall * Co, which will be used on decks
for the two new ships now under con-
Struction.
The York mills, Biddeford. have con
tracted for four new upright boilers TO be
delivered next spring. This will make
fourteen that have been put in on the
York within year and a half
| The Presque Isle grist mill is starting
| up with a brisk business. and the outlook
| is for a busy season. Last year this mill
ground about 10000 bushels OF wheat, and
! turned out a grade of flour which com
pared with the best grades Of imported
! -four.
A. NJ. Mathews of Cherryfeld. has done
an exceptionally good business IN ship
! ping lFeSn DluepefrltS tl!lS year. !It
| skipping season began the first " July
and closed the last of September. During
| that time of about - days, he shipped
| an average of Is crates per day, of one
| bushel each. This is the best season :
business he has ever done, but he eX-
poets that the next seasons trade Will te
| far ahead of this
Loring Coolong of Cherryheld. who
was interested last winter i'll cutting 4
| large quantity OF railroad ties and tele-
phone poles on township %, has returned
| from an exploring uip 10 township y.
with the view of securing a lease for OPP
CREATIONS this season requiring fifteen men
and seven horses. His prospective opera
tons are 5000 railroad and 1000 telegraph
poles which will come in with the drive
next season and be shipped from mere by
rail.
The Bath Iron Works has petitioned
the Bath city council for PEI mission !"
river to the harhor line. The river in
front Of the Iron Works wharf is being
filed i'll on account OF the Maine Central
X. X. pier Just north extending into the
| river beyond The present Iron Works
wharf BY the proposed change the Iron
| Works wharf will be extended u the
east about $50 feet, bringing it on ;he line
proven; the river filling in.
Among the many Improvements that
have lately been made by the American
Thread Company at Willimantic on It's
ing of a 20X30 feet addition 10 the saw
mill; the putting in of new rotary saw
for the PURPOSE Of saving long lumber:
the addition TO the box mill OF new
pianer. new hatcher. and new cutting off
saw; the putting in OF a new engine and
dynamo tor the purpose of lighting The
mills with incandescent lights To take the
place Of the old arc lights.
+. b. Cole OF PASSPORT, of the firm OF
Burnham, Morrill, Packing Co. of Port
land. left for Grand Manan, y. b. recent
" where he will look after the purchas-
ing of 200 barrels OF herring. The same
Will be nut up for lobster fishermen along
the Nova Scotia shore and used during
the winter months by the Canadians.
Several vessels have been in Eastport
during the past month gathering up the
ming factories, which are said to make
an excellent bait for the Holsters and
have certainly been in demand The sea
son for catching and canning the green
crustaceans will soon open across the
border.
Bradley is promised a little boom in
the prospect of steam sawmil being
erected within the limits Of the town,
which Will give employment 10 u number
of men. If plans are carried out as stated
Prof George II. Hamlin. lumber land
and real estate owner of Orono, will build
Il steam Sawmill in the town OF Bradley
for the purpose OF saving u portion OF
the logs he cuts on his land. Nj Ham
lin has asked the town OF Bradley to ex-
empt his plant from taxation for a period
Of five years. providing he concludes TO
build. \ special town meeting will be
held soon To decide the matter. II is pro-
posed TO locate the mill on Great Works
| stream on the site of the old Steam mill
ing favorable to receiving logs from the
| land owned or controlled and operated
upon by Prof. Hamin. A mill to cost
some $50 or 5000 equipped, will be built.