Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-03
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

4 " Eurrowvs of Portland. has just
closed the contract tor - more houses
10 h.. htnt Tor the RBmiurd Fails POWER
Company.
Tn. shank factory at North Arson. Is
running uu extra vru,Ts. DtuiL' gum
ana pta IuIlen are AT WORK nights lor
a few weeks Ia Keep ancdd ui Inc "iu"I7-
The Jenkins a BoEert co. Of kinSneid,
has sawed IN ait this S'a ~DH. Tor the mIlIr
uer,. ana al Lexington. about 800 cords
Its new novelty mIii at Flagstaff ~ mean!
completed.
There are sls men on tine payroil- at
tho navy YARD. NittcrN. anu - ~ Tn
dry dock. making total 81 Ii"5 ineh AZ
work This l. the largest number 80 en-
ploN.x at work since the yard vas III
stalled. lun years ago.
IN tho week ending July ~, the l.. 1.
Russell Packing 90. az west fremont
pac kcd and shipped l1' cases OF sdrdines.
most OF the time running day and night
Though not 50 rushed last week, they arc
sun very busy.
\ polishing plant Is 10 be- established AZ
the Uailcvviile QUARRY OF Fred II, Haul.
| at Calais and orders for stone polished
On tn" face are coming IN thick anj fast
| There is also - fair demand Tor roush
stone from this quarry. but polished pro-
duo, can bc disposed OF as quickly as IL
can be marketed.
| g. ". johnson OF Bath was in Monson.
/ Tuesday. lie says they will begin TO re-
build the Hillside quarry buildings, which
| were destroyed by fire. last saturday, as
soon as They can get the lumber. Super
lntcndent +. H. kimbalI has got a large
crew "f men clearing w the rubbish. This
quarry is IN good condition.
| Al the Belfast Machine foundry thcy
have been very busy during the past
/ week with various orGcrS which are being
filled. In the iron-casting department
/ h.sl Iva. h.ln on "A n
holes 10 be used where the new city WORK
| - being put into the new city streets iii
| Belfast The iron work has been mad.
| there for the hosting gear which has just
| been put in on the Gilchrist marine raIi-
way and some similar iron work tho
| Mount Waldo granite quarries.
| NJ G.. Ryan & Co. of New York Will be-
gin 10 operate soon the property recently
purchased by them at Deer Isle. The
| quarry opening is quite an event for peo-
pie q: the vicinity. rs ii adds another
concern with capital to the place. The
work al the quarry includes at this time
! tho erection of immense derriCks. hoist
1 ing engines and buildings. Car tracks
will run to the head Of the dock. which
| is under construction. \ reservoir t.
| store water is another Improvement
| ana a boarding house. office and other
| necessary Buildings are to be at once
erected. About "a men will I've employed
shortly in getting the plan; ready tor op-
Grafton.
| The citizens of Sictson have raised b!
Subscription the amount of s.. $40 towards
the capital stock OF "A corporation IL en-
gage in the manufacture of woolens, etc.
| The water power there is ono Of the best
| in the State and there is an ample sup
| ply of water at all seasons of the year
for manufacturing purposes the stream
| being fed by Pleasant lake. body OF
water three and one-half miles long and
Iavcra. ins one mile wide. Parties outside
haNp la.. into ,t,.,
proposed mill. financially. and the plan Is
being pushed to what appears to be a
successful conclusion. 1t is proposed tn
erect a building u by In. three series
Ihlgh, thereby making n four-set mill the
cost. when completed, being about S3nn.
Good progress is being made on q. Sui
| livan's new shingle mill. which is being
built at Whtneyville. The building l.
practically completed. and the mill
wrights. with John Nash as foreman. are
Inow putting in the machinery This was
taken from the old mill. hut as il is all
new and up to date. it was not deemed
necessary to purchase new machinery
- crew OF seven mon. employed By
W: w. Robinson. on the work of re
Ipul!dinc the mill which he receutIv pur-
chased at Columbia Falls The mill
which is being rebuilt was formerly used
for lath mill. but is now being made
larger and will he fitted M for saving
,hoth long and short lumber A Iarc
amount of lumber has been pecicd this
summer and will be hauled during the
coming winter
Inc Lewiston cotton mills are al,
rushed with business this summer AMI
it IS expected that they will have all the
work they can attend to for so.nc time
70 come. During the past season order
nav" been received much faster than they
lc"uld he filled The competition FROM Tho
."u'hcrn cotton mills has done no injury
70 the business IN this part Of the com
Try, and II is believed that so long as the
New ENGLAND mills keep M the standa rd
work In lin" with modern improvements
.hrrr need be no fear Of competition fron,
;.''.,. III INC sonth. The labor EMPLOYED
IN New ENGLAND is far supcrjor to Thai
IN the south. and is likely to he So ,one
as the vogc1 in tho northern r,i,,e az,
cors'deratiy hisho" than in ~" SOUTHERN
the operatives prefer to live in ~ ar,h