Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-19
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Nv "i.e' WIN DOller ana eHSlii@
mouse attached and a wing in which
VIII De placed the lath and shingle
inachilies. Mr.. Wilson has operated
saw mill at West Houlton for ten years
past.
Inc paper mill at Madison has been
smut Gown for an indefinite period.
Inc mil VIII be repaired on an extern
siFe scale A new roof will be put on
u the machine room and d new system
u exhaust fans will be put in to take
Tie steam from the room. Extensive
repairs VIII be made throughout the
DIP ana 1t is said that the plant will
not be started again until labor ques-
tioEs are settled.
Work at the Burnham, Morrill, &
cos hlueberry factory Harrington is
nearly at close after poor season.
The pack, which is usually from 5000 to
',u00 cases will not exceed 800 cases.
lhis shortage in the yield is a severe
loss to many families and also to the
trade, as this industry is mainly relied
upon by considerable portion of the
working population in assisting them
through the winter.
The International Paper Company's
cutting up mill at Eemis, S. w. But
terrified, manager, cut $40 cords of pulp
wood Monday. This is the largest
amount ever cut m ten hours in any
one of the cOmpany's mills. The ma
chimney is largely of Mr.. Butteriield's
invention. The mill crew consists of
Is men with Frank Spear, sawyer,
Arthur Paquette, filler, and "A. Wat
son, foreman.
With SIX wooden mills all doing
good work. business in this line in Dex-
ter is certainly very gratifying. At
the DumbartCn wooden mill, about 20
looms are now running. The goods
that will be manufactured at this mill
will beall wOola of n different pattern
than manufactured at any of the other
mills. Some of the mills are now short
of help. and Amos Abbott & 60. have
a notice posted in the postofiice to this
effect.
a leading industry of PASSPORT is the
shoe manufacturing establishment OF
f.. A & f. A. Holmes. MeSSrS. Holmes
since taking hold of this concern have
built up large and rapidly growing
popularity for PASSPORT shoes and their
capacity is much overtaXed at present
by large influx of orders. 1t is ru-
mOred that theyare DESTROYS of building
4 large 1G0-foot addition to their al
ready large plant if they can purchase
the adjoining promises at a reasonable
figure and if the municipality will
exempt them from taxation for a
period of years.
Bryant & Go. of Pittsfeld, have re-
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come into the possession of the
Fletcher Mills property. situated on
Halfmoon stream near the outlook of
Winnecook lake, in Unity. This will
make an important addition to their
lumber manufacturing industry. The
new mill will at once be fitted with new
and improved machinery for the saw
ing of spool bars laths. etc. The new
enterprise will be managed by William
Pray, member of the firm of Bryant
& Co., who has had charge of one of
the departments of the mill in Pitts
field for a number OF years.
The revival Of the lumber manufac-
turing business at Cooper about two
years ago has evidently proven a sat
isfactory business venture to those en-
gagged in il. as the present mill. which
is AZ feet by 19 feet in size with an
engine room IA feet by IS feet, is to be
enlarged to mill that will be Y feet
long by 40 feet wide. This company.
known as the Cooper Lath and Single
Company. commenced operations about
two years ago. Their original mill was
burned down after they had been doing
business for few months but another
h1ilt tho cnpt and thpy-
have since done a successful business.
The firm will soon become the Cooper
Lath. Shingle and Lumber Co, Incor-
porated, and after the completion of
tl!ei- rev plant will manufacture, in
addition to the various kinds of short
lumber long lumber and hardwood
Especial attention will be given to
hardwood flooring and it will thus be
one of the first mills in this part of the
State to engage in this business.
One Of the largest granite contracts
ever given to a Maine firm has been
awarded within n few days to the firm
Of Ryan & Parker of Stonington, for
the granite TO build a section of the
great retaining wall for the Riverside
drive, New York. The above firm will
receive s1,5G0,000 for their contract.
which calls for 175o00 tons of granite.
Work will be begun on shipping granite
for the Riverside Job early in October
The contract of the Stonington firm
will take about two years to fill. Ryan
&; Parker are now nearing the end of
their BlanChard's Island bridge contract
received about one and one half years
ago, when they bought out the quarry
OF Coss & Small on Crotch Island.
This contract called fer $1,000 tons Of
granite and the contract price reached
near the million dollar mark. In order
to meet the demands to speedily fill the
Riverside drive contract the firm con-
templates extensive improvements.
Their vessel loading capacity from two
wharves now reaches nearly 500 tons
daily. Another wharf will be built and
about 500 tons daily can then be loaded.
They have about 1900 feet of water
front. Their equipment for loading
granite is seven derricks and eight
hosting engines. Ten additional der
ricks in tho quarry and two at the
wharves will be added. At present all
drills are run by compressed air The
compressed air plant will be enlarged