Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-18
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

can exposition at Buffalo. -'n'er'
The shoe shop at Warren startad =,
last week. A flattering number NJ or
ders are being received and a busv co.
son is promised.
bushels of clans dug. the present so, !.
son. in West Trenton. for,the cann;n.
factory at South Bluehill.
John Shaughnessey. Coleman Opr,o,,
and Edward WEIGH Of Bath. have gona
to Charlestown Navy Yard whore Tho,
will work in the riveting crew.
Il. w. Winter Of Upper Gloucos.or
Is running his mill with fun force 10
men. and has a large amount of lumher
in his pond to be sawed into both how
stuff and long lumber.
T.. f. Libby of Pittsfield. is mok;,o
arrangements for the cutting Of . ono
cords of poplar pulp wood The nrica
he is paying is 1915 per cord. nm ~.
vance of about SO cents over the nr;ce
heretofore.
! Capt. Willis r. Bunker in schooner
l Margaret Leonard. arrived at Gran.
berry Isles from the fishing grounds
this week. deeply laden with fish. He
stocked over six hundred dollars on
the trip.
| over 10000 pounds of fish was de.
posted at the fish wharves at Manset
last week. the result of the first trim
of the fishermen. The fish are sailed.
cried, and shipped in the fall, giving
employment tc quite number of men
IN splitting and curing.
Tbn
has shipped its exhibit to the Buffaio ey.
position IL includes heads of moose. car
iDou. bucks. does, foxes and bob cats
while for whole animals were excellent
deer and SQUIRRELS. There was also good
| collection of birds. including owls. part-
| riGseS. pIue Jays. sea gulls and looms The
exhn iti VIII be placed with the forestry
exhioitlon in the forestry building
r. II. Gerrish. canoe builder of Bangor.
Is 10 puiId his new factory as soon as nos
siDie Several sets of plans have been
made for 1t but none have been decided
prick, two and very likely three stories
high. and will measure 3x9] feet ON the
GROUND Electric power will be used and
The factory will be built on French
street. MIR. Gerrish is doing large bust
ness at MS factory on Valley avenue and
ms crew OF ten men are kept constantly
busy.
'N' -' -"VAths-i, sStHt at itmlS Tor
the oxford Paper Co. has about 5000
CORDS OF pulp wood. mostly poplar to
be shipped over the railroad this sum-
mer. including the $500 cords which is
to he RATED across the lake and loaded
at Bemis. Mr.. Me!cher expects to cut
some 10000 cords of pulp wood this
season on the MooseloOkmeguntic and
10000 cords elsewhere. OF this amount
10000 cords will be poplar and the
balance spruce.
The number of Holsters landed in Port
land by smacks during the month of
April was 1927: number taken in cum
oeriand county, 0.l35: number seized 521
As nearly as can be asccrtained the num-
Der of men engaged in lobster fishn,,
during April was 29i and the number OF
I boats employed was 1874. The number OF
lobster pots used last month is estimated
to be $3.50 The number of barrels OF
CLANS taken in Cumberland county dur
ing the month of April was 1868: number
of cases packed loS3: number of barrels
II bait. i9o. The number of men engaged
| IN clamming in the county last month
was AZ and they used 2t3 boats. The NUN
Der of pounds of ground fish landed in
.ortland during the month of April was:
Coz. o6i.ot haddock, Al .5t0; hake, -, ia
various other kinds. 1890.
The Emerson Mfg. Company. Bangor
Will soon be busiy engaged in the MANI
facture of wrappers at its establishment
IN the Coombs block The work Of in
stallinG the machines will probably oc-
ever. that the manufacturing will be
commenced by Wednesday of next week
| At the start twenty machines will he used!
and {. F.. Titus. the general manager.
says that by year from date the NUM-
Der Will be increased to fifty or sixty.
The machines now being. put in are the
Wheeler Wilson make. The concern will
start with about twenty girls and they
| are expected to turn out some sixteen
| iozen wrappers a day as soon as they get
| accustomed to the work. Most of the
girls will be paid by the piece and the
pay roll will at the commencement be in
| the vicinity of $50 a week If the num-
Der of machines is increased to sixty rs
Mr.. Titus expects. some $500 week will
be paid out in wages.
Amos p. Abbott of Dexter. started
Monday for Margaree Harbor, Cane
Breton. where he will remain for the
| next few weeks and look after the
| SEEMING of salmon and their prepara-
ton for shipmen. This is the 10Th year
that Mr.. Abbott has gone to Cape
Breton and the business of which he
and his brother, VIM. H., are the
pioneers in that place has on the whole
proved very satisfactory. Mr.. Abbott
| obtaining each year quite large
number Of the fish which ne has kept
in cold storage and shipped by the car
| load to Boston. He has usually sold
| quite a number in Bangor. shipped
| some to Dexter, and has forwarded the
greater part to Boston. The fish Sc
cured are of excellent quality and
command a high price in market. Mr..
Abbott employs a number of men dur
ing the fishing season and has quite n
large outfit of nets and other para
phernalia used in the work.
Down at Southwest Harbor, town of
fremont the fishing business for near
Iy a month delayed owing to the high
winds and rains of the month of April
has begun in earnest. The first ves-
sells to arrive came in this week. heav-
| lily laden, and the indications are that
the season will be quite as prosperous
as that of 1900. Fish are everywhere
now the heavy buyers having each re-
ceived cargoes. in addition to small
boats and craft that bring in the catch
daily. The Margaret Leonard. Capt.
Bunker. brought in $4,000 fresh fish this
week for John s. Hopkins. while the
schooner Crossowen, Capt. Trunnell,
landed a cargo of $4,000 at the fish
stand of Capt. James Parker. The
Cosmopolitan at the wharf of Byron H.
Mayo is unloading cargo of 10000
fresh fish, also Tennisscot. Capt. Free
man Stanley, So tubs of salt fish for