Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-15
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The alewiVeS are nearly done Tuh-
ming in Brier's Cove at Edgecomb.
Nearly $4,000 have been caught.
II. S. Conary of Sunshine. made a
good catch in his weir last Tuesday.
He sold $50 worth of sardines from the
catch.
Tho two large mills Of the Webster
Wooden Company. Sabattus. went on to
full time again on Monday. IL Is UNI
derstood, however. that this is but
temporary arrangement.
The mills of the Dennysville Lumber
Co. staye mill. box mill and rotary
arc running with full crews. Their
wharves are full of lumber owing TO
the scarcity of vessels for shipping.
The Lyons Brothers of Dennysville.
are saving large quantities of sardine
shocks. They have Il or IA coopers at
work all the time making fish barrels
for which they have large contracts.
While thus far the supply of fish Is
not equal to that of last year. the sea
Coast Packing Co, is keeping force
of 300 hands employed in factories os
and 60 at Milbridge. With an increase
Of herring this number will be IN
creased to 400.
In addition to his sardine business
r. 4. Stevens of Jonesport is busy at
this time in putting his smoke-houses
in condition for work a month later.
He is making arrangements to smoke
1oo OOO boxes of herring and the SHOCKS
| for 20 600 boxes are already ordered.
Can't. Warren Sawyer of Milbridge.
| has a crew of 40 carpenters employed
or the four-masted schooner at MS
ward. The craft is now in frame ana
| tho interior work which has been III
| nropress for two weeks is well under
way. One job completed last week
was putting in the keelson which re-
ouired 81, 900 feet of hard pine.
| II. r. Phillips of Ellsworth, IS
| operating both of his brick yards this
wear. He will make in the nelghbor-
hood OF 1000, 900 bricks, nearly twice
az MANY as last year. Mr.. Phillips
saws the outlook in the brick business
is better than for several years with
oyerv prospect of it's continuing to inn
prove.
r. & DeLong of Portland will have
ou;te q large amount of saving done
at his portable saw mill located about
three miles from Cambridge village
II. states that he has about 10000 or
n,,d tn saw and about 4.OOO.OOO to cut
~, the LOT where the mill is located
He will try and purchase another Io'
alongside owned by Abner Shepherd OF
Dexter.
Tho work of charging the Carlton
Wooden Mill, Sangerville, has com
,nenced. and is speedily progressing
y foot tower is one of the new
features. also an addition 45xl2 fee
,,.hich 10 to be utilized for spoOling anC
crossing. Two new sets of machincr!
.rc To be put in. On the top OF the
building tank for sprinkling pur'
,oscs of 5000 gallons capacity. is to b.
placed.
The Russell Bros. Estes Co. novelt!
manufacturers OF rarhihsto"' a''
making arrangements to largely IN
crease their business. Besides tn'
addition to be made to the north enc
~ tho mill to contain new latheS. cx
o,vations are being made south of tn
nil, for n much larger japanning de
n. rtnent. The old building will be re
n,oved and a building about double tn
size will take its place.
Coolidge & Applebee of Libson Fall:
"a percy Dearborn of Canton, have
.Iro.dx commenced operations on {
timber lot of $50 acres IN the town
hartford adjoining Canton. They hav'
erected camp beside having severa
old farmhouses occupied. They expec