The Republican journal., 1902-05-29
SOME MAINE INDUSTRIES.
Granite Workers Get Eight Hours,

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nave ALREADY agreed /" hours, IL IS SAID
anu 'ollii l.. N"N| VIII aiso l9ilo" SUIT IN
NesIVlH lia!t"cN equity. NIt 4uaail IliP 1i
Bjliehil and Hack island have not been At
work since May LIST, when they struck for
tight hours labor, at the same wages OF
from probably ~l40 to $40 per day. 1t is
understood That the Superlntendents at
fluehlll and East Bluehll rhink very favor
ably OF granting the request OF their men
for shorter hours, but having only a small
humble of men employed they have been
awaiting the action OF the StonIngton con-
tractors,
IlIE >AKnINE INht- >TRY.
The sardine canning season on the east
ern coast Of Maine opened MAY 10Th. but
the first herring we're NOT taken AT Eastport
until Nav Eth for canning. The delay in
opening the many Sardiue canning factories
in Eastp0rt and Vicinity This wear is some
thing unusual and there are several reasons
for the lack of interest in Starting 1p
Very few fish have been found recently in
the, weirs about PassanaQuoddv bay. which
seems strange. since there were a number
of schools of herring up to two weeks ago
Last wear the pack of sarliup. ON fhe
Maine coast was about 5Ou.Oou cases too
many for the demand and most of the ey-
cess has Vet remained uusold This is the
nrincinal reason for the DELAY in unanin1
and il is now given ont thai the iudenen
DENT Gamers of the fish will moi he ready
for packing until july or pprhans Anpnsf
when if is pxppctpd that the mari cts viii he
somewhat cleared ont.
ED CLAN CHOW DER.
The Rock land Star re.artl, IA, mi ,,boJ =, :,
interesting Write-up of the canning indus
trV of Ihurndike Il IiiX Originally engag-
ed in the general produce business this
enterprislug Rock land firm has from time
to time added Wholesale beef. ice. coal
and wood business, built big canning es-
Establishment where nearly half million
bushels of clans are used yearly and enpap-
ed in a general canning of seasona bic arti-
cles. The firm recently leased the big sar
dine factory built by Norton AZ Chairman AT
Swans Island. and has fifty emDloyes there
canning sardipes. Later a branch clam can
ming factory will be added there. The fish
are beginning to run now and a bnsv sardjne
season is anticipated The firm puts nm
clam chowder and clam boullion which find
a ready market in the western interior.
where fresh CLANS are a rarity
The clam business is a UNIQUE Maine
business and has progressed So rapidlv of
late Years that the peopIe of tbe rIamless
States have become introduced TO An old
fashioned Maine clam chowder in cans An
exnert chowder maker is emnjoyed and tbp
INGREDIENTS of the chowder are As carefnlly
measured as a physicians PRESCRIPTION.
This firm evuects 10 add mackereI and fish
chowder to their list of canned Goods soon
There are about g. people employed in their
canning establishment in the bnsy season.
The retuse clam shells are nsed nv, tho firm,
tn fII in their Wharfage front and in time
they become as solid as granite The busi-
ness OF clam canning is prosecuted ahout Q
months in the year. and about 100 bushels
of clans are used daily.
The lobster industry is one of tbe most
interesting of the whole plant. such great
strides have been made in the shinment and
asSuiled iaige pi"polu'o M FOR instance,
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ielVel oi iliquii ilolli iai away san + ran