Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-26
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

q" a mach larger business than ,ha,
did last winter.
~ ne" i"ur-masted schooner Fran
"H''H VIII he launched oct.
LOU III" YARD of Warren SAWYER
'"i''"i .aSr' she registers l40o tons and
VIII hail from philqdeIphi,
!. A. Brewster of Camden has cen
tracl"u with a /, ston firm ia fn,rivh
them l"h dozen pats of knee MINIS r.,
week. 1t is not necessary to add mat
N''I ms mfhN othc" orders work will be
F'Shin- during the coming winter.
Work on the novelty mill at Strattnu
Is progressing rapidly. The mill to SIM.
squares. the BOARDING. house. and ,e;, i.
are W. h"atdod ana shinglcI. ana they
ar" laying thu foundation for th,. min
II will be 40 feet long. Tn. lumber is
h"in" hauled from the Cyockcrtown
nIll To- BALD with
Th" I""th Bros ana Hulricun. j..
Granite -. AMI the Ecdwcll Granite
81. Of Eockand. have been award a
Tn contract ~ furnish stone fur til.
l>-~tnrN building t. be erected for Ill.
H;'hk II the Metropolis IA Broadway
ana 18th street. in New York. TIM
amount II the contract IL about SEQ
rOn
M">yrS. Paul ANA Edwards Of cad
ntr. lave bought EohinSunS shinclc
nfI ~ NtStticld ana are putting in Il
rotary ANA lath machine ANA turning
lHthv$. In connection With the other
huSine s. they viii make broom handles
shovel handles. etc. They have "A crew
~ tn woods getting lumber. but say it
II hand to get men.
TIE water power at Fast New Port
land, which has for several years been
allowed to run waste. has been pur-
chased by the Nichols Manufacturing
60. ct Norwich. conn. The company
intend Ia erect Il mill for the manufac-
turr Of small wooden articles of birch
lumber which ahounds in this section.
y new dam will be constructed during
tar coming winter.
Brick making. once an important in
dustrv in East Newcastle is Il thing
of the past. Nathaniel Bryant is the
only man in town that has yard in
operation. Mir. Bryant has been ship
/ ping lately from the y. &. White and
! W. T.. otis Yards bricks that We're
made several years ago. The most Of
III" wards are raising good crops ~
clover.
| G,olcc Arnold Of Dexter will DO
| quite 4 business in numbering the com
| ing winter. He owns three lots Of land
| in Parkman. near what is known as
| tn" Merrill eiiborhoOd. three miles
! .Iur,h III the Home SrhoolhouSe. He
! INK, t"ur men at work nov building
mill ana Will Us i 35-horse power 2as"-
lrnr engine to run his plant IL viii
soon Engage 2 half dozen NOR" men
! ana later will employ a force Of ~
Long lumber Will 7" sawed ana MYTH
/ consist principally Of tir ana spruce
Nh. Arnold expects I" gut about 7"o,o''
ana others in that locality are expected
to land At thu mill about thr same
! amount
III" Jordan Lumber ~ ~ tld l"Nh'
! has n.y.. crews IN IN" W"odS az VIZ
r!rsent time ana expects I" nav
! mother IN b'foir long MI 81 lhtS'
crews are t" lumber in IN" dih"ieh'
district * and the logs VIII come down
| with ia" East branch drive next Sih lux
win the exception Of the logs cut by
trr West s'cbois crew. which VIII De
Skinned to the ,umpany's mill at Mil
fB.G ~ ran. NJ. l.. JHltldu 'l INV ''ii'
panv i, in Millinock"t at the present
tim. arranging to send Il crew in thAt
section. The company has crews ON
uousiUu brook. near KatIhdin Iron
| Nvnrl,e one or DYER brook near Island
Fails auc an Soldier brook near Grind
stone. another at West Schools and tn
i,ih en- Olnn?1n stream near Enfield.
,;..,,.r.,,.,,.
;.,.,,,.,,., ~, Main. vessels ana rail-
,r. ,,l ,,,,r. ,,nrI, for Portland
s,avaanr.s ana wharfmrn. The
schooner Maggie Ellen viii tax" IN ~
tn.. Grand Trunk docks three ~ FIVE
hundred ton cargo Of teldSpar. WhIch
| ,yill bc brought to Portland via. inc
Grand Trunk from the mines in South
p,,i. IN, th,cc months now thu
r,,.,,,t. h.. hnan narc,iatiu.
| .n .,,.. ,,i,.. .,,.nare .,nI finally 4 srt-
| .. .. ,...nrel -.I1sror which
| '' Il, ,i,,,,n,inn y.it1.
! # .i ,..,.o.,.i,- vi M nnnufar-
| 'ii', r. ,l,,,, ,rb, Stone u ground
| LIMIT ,,.,I ..vnr,l n,har
| It'll HILL ,,c,,.,,,.a,. h.for. II Il fit fnr
rbis nartir,lIur cargo Is con
',an,l N Nav Jers.y crockc,y fac