The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-02-20
concerning Local Industries.

L. l. Macomber has another gasoline
launch, 20 feet long with 3-horse power en-
glne, to build for Waterville parties. and
orders Tor 22-foot yawl boat and number
OF launches. He has a sloop yacht and
several row boats for sale.
The Rockport Ice Co is employing about
$50 men and 80 teams. at an OUTLAY of about
$3.50 per day, and expects to harvest about
10000 tons, and load during the cutting sea-
son ABOUT 1000 tons direct from the pond
INTO vessels. There are vessels loading now
and others chartered. The ice is of ex-
cellent quality, about II inches thick, clear
and solid.
We have in Belfast one of the best ice
privileges in the State. The houses have a
storage capacity of 1900 tons, there is a good
wharf With excellent facilities for loading
from the houses or pond. the necessary i'm
plements for cutting, and an open port where
vessels may load at any time of year. 1t is
an opportunity which ought to be utilized
by some one.
The Rockland- -Rockport Lime Co is now
running six kilns at Rockport, all of which
are being supplied with limestone hauled
by the Rockland, Thomaston & Camden
Street Ry. Co. This is a great improvement
over the old fashioned way of hauling stone
by teams, and the arrangement is such that
1t does not interfere with the regular
passenger cars.
The ice cut for local dealers, meat men
and others last week measured 20 inches in
thickness and the cakes weighed more than
400 pounds. q. a. Leavitt and I. P Logan
Il Son have filled their houses from ponds
in East Belfast; Il. L. Peavey and the
market men from Gurney'S mills. c. @.
Dickey and others at Northport Camp
ground cut on Little River. The Belfast
Light Il Power Co. has not vet cut anv.
Senator Albert Peirce of Frankfort said
In Bangor last week that he was not SUR
prlsed to lose the contract for the govern
ment building at Baltimore, as the MARYLAND
people were so determined to keep the con-
tract at home that it was almost hopeless
fight from the start. The members of the
Maine delegation put up a good fight but
could not accomplish the impossible
Geo. A. Gilchrest is building an addition
to the head-house at the marine railway and
setting upa band-saw for getting out knees
and other heavy ship work. The saw is
also used for beveling the planking and
ceiling, thus saving a great deal of work
with the adj. The machine is so located
that Der can be unloaded from the
street to the saw, put through the machine
and landed directly on the bow stage of
vessel on the stocks or on the railway
The certificate Of organization of the Fos-
ter-Estabrooks Company was recorded in
Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. IS,
1902 The purposes OF the company are
manufacturing clothing and other articles
made OF cloth or fabrics, and doing all
things necessary and proper in carrying on
said business. The amount of capital stock
is $4,000: amount already paid in $4,000;
par value of shares, 500. The directors are
Amasa W. H. Foster, Edward J. II. Esta-
brooks, Edward r. Estabrooks and Martha
A. Foster a. W. Is. Foster is president:
+. K, Estabrooks, treasurer and clerk
iIpll. 1 -. W ais. NIIlt ttttutllIS lIlt u.
A. k. encampment at Augusta last week,
was interviewed by kennebec journal re-
porter. He said the granite business at
Nlnalhaven was Just starting up after a
very quiet winter, and that the prospects
for good summer are very favorable In
response to question by the Journal, MI
Walls said: ''Two complete pillars for the
church of St. John the Divine, in New York,
have been completed by the Bodwell Gram
lite Co. Each pillar is made in two parts
and when joined together will measure SO
feet. 1t was expected that these pillars
could be quarred and finished in one piece
A lathe was specially made for them, which
cost $4,000, but it was found impossible to
work the full length pillar. SO they are
now being made in two pieces. Quarryman
Edward Russell still contends that the pill
lars can be quarried and finished on one
lathe. There are six more pillars to be
finished