The Republican journal., 1902-01-09
BELFAST IN OF.
The Journals Annual Review

The shoe manufacturing business OF
the Critchett, Sibley Co., which for
many years had been the leading in
dustry of the city, suffered a second
loss, August goth, in the death of a. c.
Sibley. After the death of Mr.. Critch-
EFT, Sept u, 1900 the business was re-
organized and incorporated, with the
Critchett. Sibley Co. to manufacture
shoes and the Manufacturing Real Es-
tate Co. to own and manage the real
estate The new corporations took
charge Jan. /, 1901. They did very
good business the early part of the
year, the pay roll averaging 81, 800 per
week Aug 10Th the business went
into the hands of receivers. Mr.. Sibley
died the next day. After completing
the orders on hand the factory was shut
down. a meeting of citizens was held
Sept. 9Th, and a committee appointed
to take measures to re-establlSh the
business After much correspondence
and personal negotiations 1t was
thought to be practically settled that
Wright x ADDE'S of Chelsea. Mass,
would lease the factory, hire the ma
chinery and continue the business. The
citizens raised 100000, fer which the
firm was to pay & per cent. interest,
and they were to be exempt from taxa
ton When all was thought to be ar
ranged Wright 4 ADDE'S objected to
some portions of the agreement, and
the matter was still unsettled when
this review was closed.
Mathews Bros. mill, under the man
agement of o. f. Frost, continued to
run on full time to its full capacity, and
Il 1or, of h,1Sinoco thnn
for eight years. There are now orders
enough on hand to keep the full crew
on 10 hours the remainder of the Win
ter. Tie work this year has included
orders for school houses, hospitals and
other public buildings in Massachusetts,
summer residences at Bar Harbor, and
a larger number than usual Of local
orders and work for Bangor. Waterville
and other Maine cities.
Thompson x Foster had the most
profitable year in their history and have
increased their output and the number
of help materially They now occupy
three floors of the Dana Sarsaparilla
building. New labor saving devices
have been put in in the cutting room,
by which the capacity of the factory is
largely increased. There are 300 sewing
machines in the stitching department.
This business now covers New England
and extends into New York and Ohio,
and they have filled a large order for
the |. 5. government for shirts for
soldiers in the Philippines.
NJ. b. Lawrence, in the Coliseum
building, did good business on bicycle
pants. and employed about ~ hands the
greater part of the year W. W. Gates
who formerly made bicycle coats, went
away early in the year and MI Law
renee continued the business.
II. O. Dodge, who has a factory on
High street, keeps statesmen Oh the road,
principally III Maine, and makes what
ever the trade requires. Tie sewing is
done by women outside the shop.
VIM. \. Clark. who has large quanti-
ties OF mems and boys clothing at his
factory and wholesale store. is closing
out his business preparatory to moving
to Portland to engage IN the Manutac-
ture of clothing.
The shipuuilding industry is reviving
in Belfast, and more work i'll that line
was done in 1901 than in any year for
more than a decade George \. Gil
chrest launched October 29th the four
masted schooner Henry b. Fiske of 40
tons net, and has the keel laid for Il
dredging steamer Of 1000 tons for the
|. :. government. His marine railway
was in use all the season, mostly with
schoOners of from 400 to 500 tons. some
of which We're generally oyerhauled and
released. Mr.. Gilchrest has put in a
steam engine for working the railway
setting spars and other heavy work,
taking steam from Mathews Bros. mill,
and has added some power machinery.
He also has a donkey engine for the
lighter work about the yard.
Pendleton Bros. repaired or rebuilt a
number of large schooners at their
yard, formerly Carter & Co.'S. and have
had three or four in the dock at one
time. They own a large fleet and their
own work brings a large amount of
business.
The granite and marble industries
prNspered during the year. Hutchins
Bros, have Increased their crew and
output, and continue to send out many
fine pieces of monumental work to
customers throughout Waldo county
and nearby towns in Knox and Han
cock. They use largely of Oak Hill and
Ilhcolnvllle stock, with some from
Ila!lowell and Mt. Desert
Harrison, Wood & Co. built a new
Shed, 17X55 feet, and a new building for
their power and polishing machinery,
and erected a new derrick. They
made many handsome monuments,
including some for parties out of
the State. a large number of ele-
CANT pieces were set in Searsport,
1slesboro and various other places.
Mark Wood & Son fully kept up their
past reputation for nice work in marble.
They made and set many monuments
and tablets of the latest designs and of
the finest workmanship.
w. T. Howard moved his marble shop
from High street, opposite the Phoenix
House, to the Opera House annex, and
has enlarged his facilities for manufac-
turing.
John Peavey quarried and sold large
amount of granite at the Oak Hill
quarries for monumental work, and
shipped few cargoes of paving.
The Silver Lake Creamery of Gerry
& Co., in the basement of the Dana
building, steadily increased the
number of its patrons who furnish
cream, and has orders for all the
cream it can supply. The local de
mand for cream has increased largely
since the creamery was established, less
than two years ago The grocery stores
now take orders for and deliver cream,
and the daily output is large The
benefit to the farms of Waldo county
from the increase of dairv ctncl- an1