The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-11-27
Manufacturing and Building


as to manufacturing In our town and the
building operations, completed or IN
progress.
The year 1901 was one OF special ac-
tiVity in manufacturing with all indus-
tries working full force, and 1902 has
thus lar been counterpart of the year
before.
The most extensive building project Of
the year is that OF the Marston Construc-
ton Company, a corporation organized
10 erect buildings for the use Of the
Msrslon Worsted Mills. Two wooden
buildings, one, the main building for
looms and other machinery, 202x72 feet !;
the other for dye house and finishing
rooms, etc, l20x40 feet. are In process
OF construction, also brick boiler house
30x4O. These buildings will be COM
pleted early next season ready for the
Marston Worsted Co. to move their
machinery into and they will be first
class for wooden manufacturing.
l.. w. Weston & Co. are at work re-
building their mill on the island destroy
ed by fire In November Of last year, and
have it completed on the outside.
An important improvement has been
made to the lumber manufacturing plant
here. A building 24x30 feet has been
erected for single and lsth mill and
gearing and machinery for saving these
articles have been put in and this ma-
chinery and the circular for the long
lumber are to have power supplied by
separate wheel owned by the Skowhegan
Electric Light Company. Mr.. W. l..
Walker, practical lumber manufacture
er, has leased these premises and will
give the town the best service In this
line 1t has had since the destruction of
the Weston mill by fire in April 1900.
Mr.. o. D. Wells, formerly of Arson
and Isaac Pierce early in the year form
ed a copartnership to carry Oh the
business of canning fruit and vegetables
and have during the season erected a
set of buildings in which to do the work.
The stand is on the plains, short dis.
lance out on the Russell road from
Madison Avenue, and is admirably
located for the business In hand. The
buildings consist of main building for
receiving the fruit to be canned and for
pairing the apples and getting them
ready a 'bath ROOM" connected where
a Is h. p. boiler and tanks are to be
arranged to furnish the necessary heat
to do the cooking and canning, and
some 30 feet from this, a store house.
The main building is 26x36 feet, two
stories, the bath room 20x30 one story,
and the store house 20x40 one story.
The upper floor of main building is to be
used as work shop to make cans and
for various other purposes. The estab-
lishment when running at its full
capacity can use about 125 bushels of
apples daily and for favorable season
could readily take care of 5000 bushels
and give employment tn 25 or 80 hands
There was a delay in getting the boiler
and the factory did not get in running Or
der to take the early apples which are ad-
mirable for canning purposes, but much
Is expected Of 1t as benefit to farmers
when full seasons packing can be DONE
X. W. Brown is erecting a two story
brick building on a lot adjoining to the
two brick stores already owned by him
on the north side of Water street. This
building will contain two large
stores on the first floor and will be a
nice building with steel and glass for the
first floor front and pressed fancy
brick for the second story.
E. n. Merrill, Esq. has built two
stores the past season, one on the south
side occupied by F. A. Benner as a gro
Gerry store, the other on Water street
upon the site of the old H. w. Gushing
store. This building has a cspacious
suite OF offices on the second Dor which
will be occupied by the owner as law
offices.
The store owned by Kendall Br0hers
on the corner of Water and Madison
streets has been improved to the extent
of thorough interior repairs on the frat
fl 'or and what amounts to rebuilding OF
the second floor, making it into two nice
office suites.
Not so large number of houses have
been erected in town this year as last,
but fully as much or more money has
been expended in this line of building as
in 1901. R. 7. Patten and E. Z. MeNee-
lie have each erected nice, modern resi-.
dences for their own occupancy, the
former on the Norridgewock road and
the latter on Leavitt street. A. W. Day,
who Is himself carpenter, has built
n nice cottage on Mt. Pleasant Ave.
nue. for his own use, purpOsing to sell
mis- larger establishment on Madison
Avenue. Warren Foss and Mr.. Allen
have also built houses for their own
occupancy, one on East Front street,
the latter on the Middle road. X. w,
Brown has well along, Just of Of
Water street on the Hotel Heselton lot a,
new building containing three tene-
ments, and b. F. Webb has 10 process a
large double tenement, two story house
on Mt. Pleasant Avenue which we un-
derstand will be for renting purposes.