Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-20
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Six hundred bushels of clans have
been dug and shipped from Eden -
the canning factory at South Bluehi!l
in two weeks.
Linwood Doughty. the high line
fisherman of Chebeague, made -four
trips outside alone last week. and Sc
cured fish to the amount of $40.
good business is being done It
Shaws stave mill. Gouldsboro. Last
Wednesday they sawed 11.o00 slaves,
which breaks the record of the mill.
The report is in circulation that John
A. Beal the extensive fish dealer on
Bears Island. will enlarge his business
this season by putting up two smoke
houses having capacity of curing
10000 boxes of herring each.
The Wild River Lumber Co.. Hast
ings. the past winter has hauled over
5000 600 feet of spruce and 500 900 cords
of hard wood from which is made wood
alcohol. This department is managed
by Mr.. A. r. Palmer. whom ii is I'M
stood holds the patents on the process.
The logs Of the Jordan Lumber Co.
Old Town. cut on Birch stream have
been driven to the rafting grounds and
are being RATED to take across the
meadow There was a good pitch Of
water and a quick drive was made to
the rafting grounds which assures the
logs reaching the main river.
Haskell & Rolfe of East Waterford.
have placed a gang Of seven saws in
the lower mill and both mills are run
ming on full time when sufficient help
| is obtainable but several more good
| hands are needed. About $50 cords OF
bolts still remain to be sawed into
dowel strips which must continue the
| job far into the summer.
r. p. Thomas of Rumford Falls. has
! about SO million feet of spruce TO
drive on the AndrOscOggin waters. IN
| Guiding some Is million feet which
will be sawed at the Remis mill. in
| addition to this he will drive about 4
| million feet for the DuntOn Lumber
Co Also a lot of pulp wood for the
oxford Paper Co.
The Portland Star Match Go. is
about to begin operations on it's tim
Der. at Raymond. John Q. Berry has
| charge of the work. There is large
amount of timber around the shores Of
Great Rattlesnake and Panther's
| pofiuS 10 De fOlleu III anu rated u
the lake. This includes the lots CT
! Charles Cole. Mial Witham, Isaac d.
| Jordan. James f. Trip and others.
! The timber belonging to B. F. Smith "a
| SebagO lake will be in charge of
| Charles Berry.
| The past winter Bearce & Wilson
have hauled about 4.5OO.O00 feet of lum-
Der for the International Paper Co.
onto Weld pond and it's tributaries.
They run one camps crew and hauled
$4,000 feet. The remainder was hauled
by contractors as follows: Sam Fer
ge,son. 2,lOO.O 900 feet: Beedy Bros. S74.-
900 feet: II. Seamon. $1,000 feet: q. II.
Horn. 152.0OO feet: Harry Masterman
5000 feet: Benz. Seamon. 215.0oO feet
on West brook. and Neal Bros. 49,,
900 feet on Rand brook. This lumber
will be driven down Webb river into
the AndrOscoggin. 1t is cut into
lengths to II feet and was scaled by
McCollister & Gregg.
Addison has a decided boom; not
only is there promise of a fine industry
being established through it's black
granite works but work has just been
commenced on the construction of a
sardne factory. Although several of
the towns near Addison. notably Jones'
pert. have long prospered by means of
the sardine industry. Addison has
never made step in this direction.
Encouraged. however. by the legisla-
ton of the recent legislature. giving
protection from seiners to the waters
of Jonespor: bay, Addison is about to