Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-17
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Though the statesmen have been out
with heavy weight samples hut a rev
weeks. the Washington Clothing 60. OF
Cherrytield. already has orders for 3',
pairs of pants. The hrm received lsn
yards Of wooden from Baltimore" Mo.
Thursday. every yard of which rs SOFA 70
b. delivered as soon as II can bc mace
ny.
The machinery at y. +. cole 4 90 :
shoe factory Ellsworth. Is to he shipped
Ia their factory AT Newhuryport Mass.
the same being packed and ready for
shipment The leather owned by the
Cole Company has been houshr by the
/ MON Shoe Mandatory Of Ellsworth.
where 1t will be utilized in the many
orders on hand.
The lot Of wooded land above the col
leg. in Orono. known as the Graves lot
has been purchased ny M"ssrs. Edgar f.
Ring ana Ilewcllyn spencer VINO are GET
ting the logs from the tract. Five hun
drcd and ninety hemlock trees have been
ucelcd and are being yarded at the river.
on Friday with one pair of horses - of
the trees were hauled TO the yard
Can making at the South Paris corn
factory has been finished. The number
turned out this year is $50, rn. Things
are now being put in readiness for the
seasons pack. which Will begin about
Sept L. Supt. Emelcy says the acreage
Of corn planted is about the same rs
usual. and there is every reason % cx-
poet considerably more than the average
amount of corn.
Several of the Rockland lime kilms
which have been idle since the Fourth CT
July are in operation again which Is a
source OF ENCOURAGEMENT to laboring men.
The five new steel kilnS at the Nortn f.hu
have been completed for some time, and
as soon as the trolley is in place tor
conveying the lime to bargcs will be star
ted up. IL they work satisfactorily ~ +
proposed 10 build others Of the same pat
tern.
r. ID. Gilman the veteran lumbcrman
and rnillman of Foxcroft. states that
the average amount of lumber used
for building purposes in Dover and Fox
croft in recent years has been about
1o0000o feet per year Last winter he
was unable to secure what he desired
and the supply Of logs at his boom is
well nigh exhausted. He believes that
growing near those towns which might
be marketed there with little cost to
those owning the timber lots, but they
seem disinclined to haul it in.
The stone business of Hancock county
was never better than at this time. so sad
a well known contractor. Monday Men
were never in greater demand nor com
manded good wages. Indeed enough
cannot be found to fill contracts which
are on hand In western Hancock county
| regularly. also the White Crate Works
running out stone for G. J. Hall OF the
| Standard Granite Co. while George 6.
Candage. under the firm name of Wiswell
Greeley & Co, is shipping granite blocks
| to New York. At the Hall quarry one
| hears of immense contracts, which are
/ sufficient to last for "A year or more. al
| the Standard Granite Company. while
! the firm of Campbell 4 Macomber arc
shipping regularly to New York and keel
IA goodly force of men employed. Frank
! Inns granite business has not been better
| in years. Vessels are loading and others
N1nr hal for tn flk. tl,.tv vall a
the wharves. Sullivan is also doing its
| share of business, and Capt AlonZO Alb
! bolt, Robertson & Havcl, Crabtree Il Ha
! vey and Hooper K Havel at North Sulli-
4 van are each employing "A force of ston.
| cutters. At Sullivan proper Dunber Bros
are shipping and getting out stone. Ston
1 ington must not be forgotten, for it i
here that the new quarry has been bOuGh
! by New York firm, and is to be opera
ted on large scale. There are other
! quarries there running fun blast. while
that of John L. Goss Is furnishing stone
for the masonry of the Portsmouth DR.!
. dock.