Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-06
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The saw and srist mills at West Gar
and un.n lately owned by G. l.. H.
row y. have been bought and are now
pe..J"i by 9. w. Trefethen.
A crew of fifteen machinists from
South Portland went to work IN the
Saco and Pettee machine shop Bldde-
ford. Tuesday morning.
They are working evenings at many |
Of the local shoe factories. And it is |
not to make up for loss of time be |
cause of low water, either.-LeWiston
Journal
Most Of the machinery has been taken
Dut of the old SpringVale cotton mills and
he new company are building an addl-
ton to the new part of the mill 1t Is
rumored that the old mill Will be torn
down and 4 new one built to take its
place.
Patents have recently been granted in
Canada and England on the new life boat
invented in Lubec, an interest
in which is owned by l.. H. Newcomb of
PASSPORT. The owners of the patent will
appear before the authorities at Wash
ingtOn on Wednesday, Jan. 18th. with a
view to selling their rights 10 the gov
or having the liteboat adopted
by ii.
Sailors are scarce. not only at Port
land. but in Boston and other places
by many enlistments in the navy,
which is now trying to supply de-
ficiency Of men to the number of 1000.
and also on account of the large num-
Der of vessels delayed at coaling ports.
South Brooksville hopes to have a
new saw mill added to it's industries
There is now considerable talk of one
being built this winter for the manu-
facture Of long and short lumber on
the wharf of James Condor. Several
out-of-town parties are interested in
the matter.
A New Years announcement which
pleases Rockland folks is that Thorn
dixie q Hix are to begin Immediately
on the construction Of a new clam can
ming factory on Crockett's point. The
new structure will be two stories.
10Ox40 in size and with capacity for
over 100 operatives. 1t is to be ready
by March.
Six masts, 12o feet in length. We're
brought to Rockland by rail. last week,
from Portland. Oregon. for the six
masted schooner H. NJ. Bean is 10
build at Camden. 1t is said that the
freight was $3.50. The sticks We're put
overheard from Railroad wharf. Rock
land. and toWed to Camden by tug
Sommers y. Smith.
Wm. Underwood < Co. Of Jonesport.
nav" commenced putting up CLAIMS with |
4 force Of about 90 hands. which will he
later. Twenty-Five cents per
bushel are paid the diggers for CLAIMS in
tile shell. y large force is engaged in
the business furnishing the CLANS faster
than the present force engaged in can
ming can put them ~. On Thursday
over l0o0 bushels We're piled in heap on
the wharf.
Quite 4 number If men are leaving
South Portland for the rolling mills Of
Pennsylvania. Among those who have
secured places at Burnham. Pa. are
George and Henry Cough. Thomas
Davis David +. Thomas and Mr.
Sturks. These men are heaters and
rollers. and command as high as $50
per day. that being the amount they
are to receive for their services at
Rurnham.
A Chicago mar has been trying 10
contract with thr ishermen on tile
Hancock county coast for the shipment
OF fresh fish direct to Chicago He
wal io take large numbers Of fish.
il fact, to make Ellsworth the supply
p.H for the Chicago fish market. be
A,,.Ig the fish could be got to the
western market fresher by having
them shipped direct from some fishing
point which could supply the demand,
than buying from eastern wholesale
markets.
At the steam mill at Ellsworth Fails
quite an amount Of business is anticipat-
a N bp Snnpl unnI NIr b.i..
some 300 cords cut already on township
II and will employ all the teams he can
get hauling Last year he had % teams
but this winter a much larger amount Of
work will be done. George Davis Of Fails
Village has a crew at Work on the same
tOWnShip. also the firm of MesSrS. Whit
comb. HAYNES 4 co. of Ellsworth Falls.
The outlook is that there will be a great
demand for all kinds of lumber next
year. ana as a result nearly every one
who has ever engaged in lumber business
in this section will do 50 this winter.
sherman S. Scammon, one of Frank
Inns busiest business men. has secured |
a contract for laths which will br
marketed in New York. A crew is now |
engaged putting up camp on the Joy |
lot and a heavy cut of wood Will bc |
yarded as soon as the sWamps freeze |
The laths Will be manufactured in the |
mill at West Franklin ana shipped by |
rail during the winter. f. +. Coombs |
will also put in crew to cut lath- |
stock. He has already put in gang |
lath machine and G. =. & f. f. |
combs, Jr.. viii run the mill. this sea
son.
\ statement of shipments made from |
Trenton bay, on which are the quarry |
ing towns of Franklin and Sullivan
show that shipments have been better |
than for several years in spite Of the
fact that at times during the season
there was difficulty in obtaining YES
sels. The number Of vessels sailing
out Of the bay was 1872. They carried
about 10000 tons of stone and 600 tons
Of wood lumber and bark About
1000 tons Of merchandise was i'm
ported.
Work will commence in few days
at the Newport corn shop upon the
Of cans for use next sea
son. The Portland Packing Company
has about 100000 cans left after the
canning operations at Newport last
season and as yet it is not fully de
cided just how many will be made be
fore the next seasons crop Mr. Rack
life. superintendent Of the factory.
stated Tuesday that he thought in all
from 90O. 900 to 900, ,000
The pack last season amounted to 625,-