The Republican journal., 1903-02-12
!! Maine Industries in 1902
Annual Report of Hon. S. W. Matthews,
Commissioner Of Industrial and Labor
Statistics.

Hon. Samuel w. Matthews, commlS-
sioner of industrial and labor statistics,
has submitted his annual report He
discusses the different industries OF
Maine, their present condition and
what they have accomplished the past
year. He says, i'll part:
THE GRANITE INDUSTRY.
In her magnificent granite quarrles
the State of Maine has an lnexlauS-
tible resource of wealth. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that Maine has gran
ite enough within her borders to supply
all the cities of the world with building
and paving stone for many centuries TO
come The work of fifty years IN some
Quarries in the State has hardly lett an
impression, while there are countless
sites for quarries that have never yet
been operated. Like marble OF slate,
granite becomes Of better quality the
farther it is removed from the surface;
hence, the longer a granite quarry is
worked the more valuable it becomes.
The State should give this industry
every encouragement in its power. 1t
has none more valuable in the way OF
making good citizens. Our granite re
sources are ineXhauStible and Will re-
main source of perpetual revenue.
We have now reached the period when
granite producers can point to our State
seal, with its magic word Dlrlgo, when
asked where we stand among the States
III this great industry. Let us hope and
strive to maintain our proud position.
ARTIFICIAL sTONt.
Al present We know of but three
firms iii the State engaged in manu-
featuring artificial stone and laying al
titicial stone sidewalks, namely: Geo.
II. Smard0n 4 Co. % Exchange street,
Portland: Portland Sewer Pipe and AT
titicial Stone Co., SO Preble street, Port
land: and the Maine Artificial Stone
Co, 10 Preble street, Portland.
BRICK MAKING.
Ever since the more pretentlous
homes of the early settlers were made
complete with brick chimneys, Maine
has made brick. In many parts of the
State there are located brickyardS OF
varying sizes which are doing a conser-
vatige and profitable business. Nearly
all these yards are worked only through
the summer months and in a majority
of them the work is done wholly by
hand
LINE INDUSTRY.
The lime industry has several times
III the past been the subject OF more or
less extended articles in the reports OF
this department, but SO interesting and
important lave been the developments
in lime manufacture, that it ever fur
nishes fresh material for the industrial
writer.
MAINE SLATE.
The price per square of Maine slate
II
while for the entire country for the
same time the average is but $3.50,
which makes Maine slate 80 percent
higher than the average for the country.
From these figures the superiority of
Maine slate is very manifest
COTTON MANUFACrt RE.
Capital invested, ,....,........... S13,39l, ~
Cost of material used, ed,.,.............l, I, ,Qt},3oo
Total wages pald....,. .............-.4 4,05i II
Value of product, .--.',...-...I2 3e,b, 0il
Average time run in weeks, IL
Total number Of hands employed, 49,. l2,011
IOta! men, '',''-''
Women,.....; ....;..'...'...'.'.' 70, ~
Children under IL years, ,.........,32 324
Average weekly wages Of men,.......-S7 81
women, .....4 -
chlldren,....3 0I
WooIFS MANFACrCRE,
"i'l'tt 'it 72' ~ o. - 500 no.
dos{ "I lha.tIia 'o}' 1 q9S ,SS
sne ''1' (t'S of 1['irt 'qlt
average lime r1.f III weebs...............5lt
Iota, number ct hands enpi'yeo'- 20. :
@''''' W',o'im4.,,''.......................'.: '.:
(biiaraI under ii wears. ........... 81
Average weekly wages OF men, ,........S9 20
women, ,.....G s.
ehildfen'-'.''3 oi
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND WAGES.
,Fha total unmber of empJoves upon
mo etoa1n RAILROADS in Maine on June
..n 1000 vas ~ and nnon the street
,.,i1v.avs 0O2 making the number of
nsrsons emnlovpd in railroad work. S.
"a The amonnt maid in wages by the
steam rai}roads was 8. q67. .274. .53 and
+i,at naid NV the street RAILWAYS was
et", 7pS A. maxine a total in wages
r,aid af - KS asa 90 The average dailv
4yaGas 40 nnon the steam railroads. includ-
inn oaneyal officers increased from ST.
i,s 1a01 to e. 81 in 1909. and not in
,,,ding aenarai otf{cers from 81 60 in
~ Io,ii te q "a in 1903 The average dal-
-. ,,,oaos ol street railways was ii 65
~ +o+al nnn,har of days worked in
1ao3 .r man steam railroads. was , 1s6. O19.
and the number of davs worked upon
e+raat railways WAS 2oT 641 1t is esti
mated that there were dependent upon
the railroad employees in the State from
an onn 10 o. OOO nersons