Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-08

Washington Co, 554,525 S2,026,639 sii9os5
Hancock Co, 1866 40S,4gI lOo,o2I
Lincoln Co., 1Al70 497,SGs l65,456
Owing to the fact that the production
was small last season and there is now
good market, there has been a general
stir along the coast, with the result that
many more independent factories will be
operated this summer than in any year
since the syndicate was formed. The
outside packers believe that they will be
able to get plenty of fish, and many new
weirs are being built and many old ones
repaired.
Beginning at Boothbay, as now known,
the factories (some built and others build
ing) that will be operated independently,
are as follows:
Boothbay-Pemaquid Packing Co., New
Harbor Packing Co., East Boothbay Pack
ing Co., Boothbay Canning Co., l.. Pickert
& Co., Maddocks Packing Co., K. M.
Barter & Co., M. j. Powers Packing Co.
and Warren Brown.
Deer Isle-Stonington Packing Co.,
Thurlow & Knowlton.
Tremont-E. T. Russell Il Co.
Prospect-E. r. Russell q Co.
Gouldsboro-Hodgkin & Holt.
Addison-A. B. Holt Co.
Jonesport-U Underwood & Co., Mans
field Packing Co.
Cutler-Cutler Packing Co.
Lubec-W. r. Small, @. H. Clark, A. w.
Lamson, J. A. Tucker, G. A. Mowry,
McFaul Il Morrison, Anchor Packing Co.,
Union Sardine Co., Globe Packing Co.
Eastport-G George o. Grady Il Co., L.
d. Clark & Sons, North Shore Packing
Co., Alley IL Holmes.
Pembroke-Sunset Packing Co., e. L.
Bridges & Co.
Perry-Gleason Cove Packing Co.
Robbinston-R obbinston Packing Co.,
Frontier Packing Co., besides several
smaller factories.
or the new factories, the one being put
up by C. II. Clark at Lubec is the largest
and most important. The factory will be
OF two stories, and $50 feet long. The
other new ones in the above list include
j. A. Tucker Packing Co., G. A. Morey,
McFaul & Morrison at Lubec; A. B. Hall
Packing Co., at Jonesport.
George o. Grady, owner and operator
of the largest of the outside companies,
says that in his opinion the coming
season will be an excellent one. He said
that at the present time there are schools
OF fish in Passamaquoddy waters, and in
fact have been all winter. Mr.. Grady
stated that in the course of his long
experience he had never known the fish
to be as plenty at this time of year as at
| present. MIR. Grady believes that there
| will be more fish packed in the county
the coming season than ever before. He
| estimates that his pack will he about
| 100, 600 cases. Mr.. Grady finds rapidly
| increasing market, but the demand is not
SO great as it might have been, in his
opinion, il the price was not so high.
| General Manager Emery says it is the
urgent desire of the company to raise the
standard of American sardines. "The
quality of sardines was very materially
improved last season when we were able
| to sell to higher classes and obtain higher
prices" he said. "We are now engaged in
putting up a special building to be used in
the manufacture OF sea quod, an article
that was placed on the market last year
aud proved to be winner, being in-great
| demand for iuncbeons and picnics. We
are also now experimenting with several
| different linessof fish products, which
have never before been put on the market
and which we believe will give the resi-
dents of Eastport and Lubec additional
pride In the Sea Coast Packing Co."