Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-25
STATE HOUSE.
Encouraging Outlook For Ship
building in Maine.
Call Has Been For Four, Five and Six
Masted Sctooaers.
Whit Has Been Done in the Summer Schools
in Maine.

\ most encouraging outlook for tho
Maine shpbuildlng industry is reported
hv Mai G. j. House, of the departmen.
of industrial and labor statistics. who has
lust returned from the Maine coast towns
where he has been gaining information
TOR the ncAt report of the department.
Nearly all Of the ship building. this
year, are four. five ana six masters" sand
the major, Friday, at the department
but those being built, We're for the most
part, as l have said. the larger schoon-
crs You see everything has contrib
utcd toward the success Of ship building.
The storms along the Maine coast for the
past year or 50 destroyed numberless
schooncrs. They had to be replaced. II
il true that the smaller ones were de-
stroyed. but the owners are building. not
small schooncrs in their place but those
Of p greater carrying capacity.
Those who We're building the smaller
schooners We're men who We're carrying
on that work as simply side line or
I knitting work. one man in particular is
doing great deal of repairing. this year.
That work at best is uncertain. One
| week ne might have a great deal to do
ana the next week would have nothing
on hand. lie had to keep his crew on
hdna Tor something might come up at
any moment that would need his whole
force. instead Of having the men lying
around doing nothing, he kept them busy
building small schooner which he
planned to sell.
a Went to Bath, Waldoboro. Thomas
ton, Rockland. Camden. Belfast. Bucks
port ana Mibridge ANA found the wards
al busy.
I'm Bath for instance every yard was
busy ana in some cases the crews were
simply waiting for one ship TO be built
before commencing work On another. In
one particular instance no sooner was the
schooner launched from the yard than
the work was commenced to clear up so
that the Keel Of a second schooner might
be laid. In nearly all of the places | have
mentioned. more than one large schooner
was being built while in some places sew
eral were in the process Of construction
"Of course the most work is being done
in Bath. So far. according to the figures
given me at the custom house. the net
tonnage Of the SchoOners launched is 20
s59 up tO July l, and it is the expectation
that schooners III as much more com
bined net tonnage will be launched before
the season closes. Every yard there is
busy. Wages are not 50 much higher
than usual, but every man is employed.
with the exception of the size | cannot
find that there is 80 much difference in
the construction now ana in former days
Her. Gpbntyare ht1ilr
ly all Of the schooners are having steam
hosting gear put in, as the sails are too
heavy to be handled III advantage by the
crew. |, found that several barges for
coal and ice are being built. this year
This is, Of course, a new feature III ship
building in Maine.
Il can see no reason why the State
should not have another good season.
next year. While a great many schoon-
ers have been built. this year. all of those
destroyed in the November Of two years
ago have not been replaced. Then again
there is a demand for schooners. y great
many Of the ship owners in the State
are finding a demand from California
people who want to buy all the ships they
can get hold Of The owners can sell to
good advantage. and are unloading their
shares in the schoouerS they own. The
value OF shipping property is appreciat-
ing But | cannot .ay whether or not 1t
will go back to the value Of few years
ago when there was such a depreciation.
James Plummer, secretary of the state
board Of assessors has gone to Ellsworth
where he will he present with the assess
nrs at the wild land hearing to be held
in that place.
The State examination of teachers was
held yesterday morning. in the judiciary
room. Nine teachers, all women with the
exception of one. appeared for the cXami-
nations which were conducted under the
direction Of Charles ). Pettiagin princi-
pal of the village school district. The eN-
aminations were in the common school
branches.
New frames are being placed on the
portraits in the lobby and rotunda. Ac-
cordinl to the Ola arrangement the
frames were not all Of the same kind.
While the contrast was not very marked
vet there was not that neat appearance
III which COL Stevens insists. The new
frames are of gilt and give an appearance
of elegance to The portraits. 50 lar the
portraits Of Sir William Pepperell, Gen.
Knox and Abraham Lincoln have been
newly framed. The other pictures are al
50 To have new frames.
This has been the banner week for Wis
ilurs at the State House. The largest
number called Wednesday. Then an eX-
cursion was run from Bath TO Gardiner
and 4 great many took the opportunity 10
call at the Capitol. No account OF the
number who called was kept that day
but particular pains were taken Thurs
day. to keep a record. In the morning
over "a called and in the afternoon - diff
ferent persons were counted. The regis
ter in the fish and game department
shows that over 400 people have registered
u far this month. and that does not be
gin to show the number who have been
in the state House, as many do not reg
| lister.
! The muster has of course, attracted a
great deal of attention at the State
| House. State Librarian Carver said yes
terday. regarding the muster, 81 have
| never seen men pay better attention 10
business than those here during this mus
\ ter. The men showed that they were here
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