Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-14
IunBERIxG orERArioxs.
Summary ofCus in Ner EpEiaud and
Maritime Provinces

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tbs EndHstrsul Journal this week prints
a general Iexssw Ct laundering operations
10 Sortbrsn Mes EnglaBd cad tins
Maritime Provinces curing the past
wiEter, togeiker with the outlook for
IaDher manufacturing the present sea-
son. The foliowing is extracted from tbs
article:
eAs indicative OF the msgnit1ds
/ Of this industry throughout the NoFth-
east. Investigations show that during the
past winter the logs cut ga MsIae. Mes
I Hampshire, Vermont, Sew Brunswick
snG Novs Sceils sggssxste 2I15.ooo eco
I feet. and that an army OF 5000 nsen and
/ Il ,Y75 horses hare been kept busily EN-
l pIoyed. y hile in the vicinity OF sic Co.,
| 900 bias been paid cot for wages from the
time tire trees are felied in the forest tiil
they reach the boom.
~sssine is in the lead in the volume OF
numbering operations, the log cus being
estimsted at 80 10000 feet, divided ss
follows: Penobseos, 2lo.oo COO; Aroos-
took county including the Upper ST.
John fMsinsl, rs 600 600; Southeastern
| Maine, including 81. Crosx, Maehsss, Mar
rsguagus and Union rivers, Ga 600 oc9;
Kenusbec. 100000; ADdroscosgin
(Msine), is5, 600. 600; ssco river, 1900
900; and hardwood tor wood novelties,
spoolwood, fruit boz shocks, last blocks,
etc, not otherwise accounted for, So 0o0,-
600 feet, Of " hich II, 500 Oog 10 white birch
for spooIwood and q 500. 600 poplar for
pulp wood and excelsior, the hardwood
figures being for the entire State. OF the
timber cut in Maine about 300, 600 900 feet
OF all kinds are required annually to
supply the pulp mills ioested in the State
| Of Maine.
a0n the West Branch of the Penobscos
the past winter surpssses all previons re-
cords In the volume of laundering opers-
lions. Upwards OF 2 500 men and 1000
horses have been husily occupied during
the winter months, and the cut sggregs-
ties q, ooo. 900 feet woods scale, or 1ooooo,-
600 feet boom scale. The largest opera
| tion has been that of the Great Northern
| Paper company, OF MiiIinocket, which
cut q, 600, 600 feet The company also had
| Gu, for them about n .ooo.o 600 by contract
oxs.
"of the 2I0, 900 cut on Pe1obscot
waters the past winter, 10000, 600 will be
| required for the pulp mills, and ss ~
| wards of IS 600 600 additional will be n,il-
lied by saw mills along the upper Penob-
| scot and its tributaries. the quantity Of
| logs available for the water and steam
saw mile between Old Town and East
| Hampden Will be materially reduced, es-
pecislly so In view OF the fact that many
logs are left in the yards, while others are
liable to be detained by lack of wafer Tor
| driving.
sThe Union river cut the past winter
aggregates between 10000 and 600 900
whitcomb, Haynes Co, Of Ellsworth
Falls, are extensive operators, and manu-
| fscture long and short lam Der, shingles
isths, etc. They are also very large man
| product of many small stsve mills In
eastern Maine. They have in single
season handled as high as q oo0. coo
slaves. The most of these go to cement
manufactures on the Hudson river In
| New YORK.
| "Pierce & Waters, of Ellsworth, are
extensive manufacturers OF hardwood
slaves. They have equipped their mill
| with tie latest improved machinery for
the manufacture OF slaves, and now have
contracts for several millions. These will
| go to Bayonne, y. j., for the Standard
| OIL compsny. Tue slaves are TO be used
for glucose, psrsfiHe and oil barrels and
The lumber used will be birch, maple and
beech. Pierce Il Walters own several
townships of hardwood forest In the
vicinity OF Union river aud have estab.
iished portable mill at MsriaviIie .or
this seasons business.
"0n the Nsrrsgusgus river the Gu,
aggregates Z 600 600. Owing to a breach
In one OF the dams fears were entertained
| for the drives, but the recent rains have
been helpful and the logs are expected
| generally to come. The most extensive
manufacturers at Cberryfieid are G. r.
| E. X. Wilson, the latter having a large
| box mill. The outlook is considered good
| by the Cherry field manufacturers.
"On the Machiss river the cut aggre-
gates about IA 900 600. The most enten-
| sive operators are the Machias lumber
| company, of Machiss, their cot the past
winter being approximately 2,T5o,Oo0
spruce. 5000 900 hemlock, 10000 pine
and 10000 cedar, total of s,s91, 215
Cornelius Sullivan, of Whitneyviiie, also
numbered extensively, and his cut aggr.-
gates 8 500 coo. There were other opera
tions, bat not OF any large amount, the
total OF the several sD1sll operations being
! 500 600.
"Tbe Mschias logs are being driven this
| spring by Fields 4 Gardner. On Crooked
river, tributary of the Machias, the
third day after starting the drive the
Pope dam went out. They rebuilt this
dam In two days and one night. and made
/ clean drive into the main river. the
total time from home being less than two
weeks. As the water up-riTer is holding
| mn tuetI nm anenuUt ~ the freonan. .as...