Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-06

making it very expensive and trouble
some about getting supplies into the
camps.
The Sullivan Tow Boat Company give
the following report Of last years
work: Number of vessels toWeCi. i10;
Sailed. u; number of tons of stone
shipped. 1000. About 600 tons of wood
and bark have been shipped. and 12.0oo
tons of merchandise imported. There
is 4 slight increase over last years
shipment.
4 corporation. u be known a4 the Es-
ties x McLain Wood Turning Company
which purposes to develop the town OF
Stratton. was organized in Auburn.
Thursday. The corporation has control
Of 5000 acres Of white birch timber land
on Mt. BiSeloW. in StrattoH. ana - acres
Of farm land in the same town. where
they propose TO build their mill. open
new streets, rcSerN" a public park. ana
build homes for their officers ana direc-
tors and erect attractive detached homes
for their trained mechanics. They intend
tO build for their help the most attractive
houses Tor the purpose in the state, amt
each house il to have a good sized PLOT Of
ground and to be located on 4 broad
street. This means the building If 4
new town At Stratton. The Stratton mill
will To- next to Estes x Sons Farming
ton mill. tn" largest ana most complete
wood turning factory in the United
States. The mill will bring in some -
families when they start the lathes in
june. The new corporation is ncgutia-
ting also for the purchase of large tracts
OF birch lands in the town of Flagstaff.
and if successful in securing them. Will
establish similar industry in that town.
1t is among the possibilities that a
large and enthusiastic organization
Will be formed at Cumberland Mills
at an early date. to be known as the
Paper Makers Association. over one
hundred names have already been Sc
cured and arrangements are now
under way for hiring place for the
meetings of the association. The
rooms would. in addition to being used
for the meetings of the association.
be devoted to use as reading ana
recreation rooms. where it is the in
tentlun to keep a file Of the daily ana
weekly papers, as also tn" Scientific
American, Paper Trade Journal and
other mechanical, as well as up to-datr
literature. The society will be a secret
one and the eligibility to membership
will include the skilled tower workers
only, including the machine tenders
and their second hands ana the
heater engine tenders and their
calender machines. Considerable in
terest Is being taken in the proposed
organization.
Charles H. Wood has leased the old
Severance mill at East Orrngton ana will
have il thoroughly repaired and machin-
cry Tor saving spool bars put in. This
will necessitate the enlarging of the mill
consiutrably Ar II Is not purposed 70 take
nut any Of the machinery for saving
long ana short lumber now in the mill. |
Mr. Wood is a practical woodsman and
driver and will Superintend the work of
getting out logs this winter ANA will take |
char1" Of the operations in the mill next |
summer. The Severance mill is located |
on the SedEeunkedunk. the outlet of Big
and Little Brewer ponds TWO of the |
largest ponds in this section of the State |
and good working head Of water is AL |
WAYS a certainty. AS soon as there is |
woods 4 crew will be put in cutting |
birch. spruce ana cedar on Stumblew |
mountain The birch logs will be hauled |
across the two ponds ana down thp
stream to the mill ana the spruce and &c. |
dar 70 the edge of the big pond. where il |
viii be stored till spring, when it will be
driven down the ponds and streams to
the mill. II is figured that a team can |
maui about two cords tn two and Il half |
cords Of the birch wood at a load and
that il will be able 70 make two trips A
DAY from the cutting to the mill and Nj
as Il large number of teams will be en-
gagged in the work the amount of spool
stuff that will be got out will be large.
The spool bars will have to be hauled
from the mill To tide water for shipment
but it is thought that even then the bars
Will have cost less than it now costs to
cut and saw The bars up river and deliver
them IN Bangor hy rail. Ii the eXperj
ment proves a success ii is probable that
another winter Will a large increase
IN the cut and preparations are being |
made Tor the erection of another mill
"CrumWeiI' is how the Protectors
name was pronounced in the old davs
and this is how Lord Rosebery speaks
of him.
The banana produces per acre At
times more food than the nntatn ann