Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-18
Bon
Ami
A metal polish that does not
daub the hands or woodwork.
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The Nurse Spool & Bobbin Co., King
field, has finished saving its supply of
birch. This firm has sawed about 1000
cords, this year. vs. '
About six hundred thousand bricks
have recently been burned in the Jones
brick yard, Sebattus. Most of them
are being shipped to Rumford Falls and
Winthrop.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new sardine factory at Machiasport.
1t is expected it will be ready to run,
by the first of June and with the fac
tory and steamboat Machiasport will
boom once more.
Burnham & Morrill, of Portland have
under construction at Prospect Harbor
building, two stories high, for the
canning of CLAIMS and fish. The build
ing will be pushed rapidly to compile
ton, fitted with new machinery, and
operations will commence as soon as
possible.
The Jenkins G. Bogert novelty mill at
kingfield is doing rushing business
this spring. 1t is said the many novel
ties they manufacture find market in
all parts of the world. During the
year large amounts of lumber is manu-
featured into novelties, and besides all
this, the business gives employment to
many people.
There is a whole fleet of vessels lying
at Sullivan loading granite for Phil
adelphia and New York. Six three
masted vessels, the Winchester, Mary
j. Wellington, Frances Goodnow, Fan
,oin q, ,,,I Il
Stephen Bennett, in addition to four or
five others awaiting turn. There is
quite an amount of shipping at Sullivan
now, and the granite industry is flour
ishing.
The Lowell & Engel mill, formerly
Hodgkins g. Halls, at Crosbyvillc
started up Monday with about one
hundred and twenty-five hands. Dur
ing the past winter the machinery has
been largely increased with the most
modern labor-saving devices, and it is
expected the mill will turn out larger
amount of lumber than ever before.
Nelson & Tibbetts at the old "box mill"
near the tin bridge, are running about
twenty hands and hope soon to increase
this number.
Beginning May 1, a new working
schedule will be instituted at the mill
of the Eastern Manufacturing Co., at
South Brewer. The mill will be shut
down at $50 Saturday afternoon and
will not be started again until the
regular time Monday morning. This
is a schedule which has been granted
the employees of the International Paper
Co., at Webster and for which the
paper makers at Basin Mills have
been contending. The announcement
is received with pleasure by the
employees of the company.
One hundred and twenty million feet
of logs is the total cut of the past
winter on all the rivers in Maine of the
American Realty Company. This was
declared at the monthly meeting of
the Company held at Rumford Falls.
The reports also showed that the
drives were coming along in good
shape, no logs being left on any land
ing. This years cut is ten million
feet more than last year, the cut of last
season being one hundred and ten
million feet. The American Log Driv-
ing Company and the Ellis River I'M
provement Company will organize
next month for the improvement of
river beds for log driving purposes
throughout the State. Included in the
proposed improvements are the clearing
away of bOulders from river beds, and
the stretching of wing booms and other
up-to-date innovations to facilitate
river driving.
Messrs L. b. and G. B. Goodall of
ca
ton from the town of Kennebunk look
ing to the lease of the large vacant
shoe factory building at that place to
the Goodalls for the purpose of manu-
featuring japanese floor mattings.
The Goodalls have been experimenting
for the past two or three years in the
manufacture of mattings, and have got
the thing SO perfected that they are
about ready to commence it's manufac-
ture on a large scale. These gentlemen
are Interested in the manufacture of
plush at Sanford and their reason for
going to kennebunk is that there are
not enough houses in Sanford to accom-
| modate the help that would be needed
| for a new mill. Mr.. Goodall says:
The shoe factory will answer for
experiments, but if we decide to stay
there we shall erect other mills and use
| the shoe factory for storage purposes
| That S. Is. Drew of Guilford is a
hustler is shown by what he has
| accomplished this winter. With the
| assistance of some eight or ten men
and as many horses he has cut and
hauled 100000 feet of spruce logs, 100000
feet of bass, 400 cords of poplar and
some so cords of wood. The poplar goes
to Curriers' excelsior mill at Abbot.
The bass suitable for veneering was
shipped to the Ranger & Aver Mfg. Co.,
| Foxcroft, and the spruce was sold to
the Guilford Manufacturing Co.. to be
used at their mill in Guilford. The
cord wood was sold to different parties
in Guilford. Like many others, Mr..
Drew was unprepared for the early
melting of the snow and as a con-
sequence wood and lumber to the
amount of several hundred dollars was
left in the woods on skids. The lum-
Der was cut in the towns of Abbot,
Parkman and Wellington. Mr.. Drew
has purchased the cedar on a large
tract of land in Abbot and as soon as
conditions are favorable will begin
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