Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-07
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Fort Fairfield, has made 24O tons OF
starch, this season.
The clam factory at Sedgwick is hav-
ing busy season. Last week nearly
500 cases were put up.
The planing-mill of the Stevens Lum-
her Manufacturing Company FIT. Fair
field has commenced to run on the 1919
hour system, so great is the rush of
work. 1t has been running only ten.
A novelty wood turning mill that will
give employment to $50 men when COM
pieted is one of the features of Liver
more Falls and this is only one of the
many new industries that are coming
to transform this village into one of the
manufa curing cities of the Androscog-
gin valley.
Horace f. Jones of Caribou is in TT.
Fairfield experimenting the shipping
of the 1875 tons of starch made this fall
ut his mill in Fort Fairfield at the
mouth Of the Strickland road. The
starch will go by way of the Canadian
Pacific railway. Mr.. Jones thinks it a
good plan to sell when he can do so'at
Il profit.
Owners of white birch in Perkins
and Washington plantations have al
ready commenced to yard this lumber
ard will haul it to the birch mills at
Wilton during the winter. 1t is eXpec-
ted that the two mills of the American
Enamel company will use from 1900 to
1000 cords of white and yellow birch
and maple. =
Business seems to be rather slack at
Of l,n-
American Wooden company Dover and
this week some 90 or 40 weavers are out
on account of lack of warps. The mill
hands have been having rather hard
time all around this fail, being first laid
off on account of lack of water to run
the mills and now out of work because
of no Warps.
Down Sullivan way there is lots of
paving to ship this fall, and there is a
scarcity of SchoonerS for the business.
The most Of the cargoes are now going
TO Philadelphia and New York, with
little if any to Boston. The Mary +.
Wellington took a cargo of stone to
New York this week for the firm of
Hooper, Havey & Co., North Sullivan,
and Robertson & Havey also a cargo.
c. b. Cummings &; Sons are arrang-
ing for an extensive business. both at
Norway and Bemis. the approaching
winter season. The firm have large
crews Of men already at work in the
woods. The force at Bemis numbers
about one hundred while at Norway
and vicinity small crews are at work
for the company in several sections.
The firm shipped to their help in Bemis
a carload of grain, flour and vegetables
last week.
The outlook for 4 good shipbuilding
year in Knox county has not been
brighter for many years than it is this
fall. in Rockport, Carleton, Norwood
d Co. are building four-masted
schooner and have contracted for the
frame for another four master. In
RocklGnd, Cobb, Butler & Co. are
building a four master and five mas
ter, and l. l.. Snow & Co. are building
a three master At Thomaston, Wash
burn Bros. are building five master
and have contracted for the frame of
another vessel of about the same size.
Dunn q Elliott of ThomastOn have
contracted for the frame of four
master. At Camden, II. NJ. Bean will
build two five masters, the frames for
which are now being cut in Virginia.
William +. Palmer of Boston has con-
tracted for the frame for a five-masted
schooner, which may be built in Knox
county yard.
at Amherst and Plantation No. SO,
where the Hancock Leather company,
have large taEneries. many improve
meuts have been made. Amherst tan
merry IS in thorough repair with the
bark mill and boiler house located 6o
feet from other buildings A new 100
gallon Deane pump and ample fire hose
have also been installed for protectlon
of the property. While the tannery at
Township No. 80, has a stone Doiler
house with solid walls and iron roof,
it is also protected by large pump
and 500 feet of hose. The Hancock
Leather company is composed OF Ban
gor men, the Rice family being largely
Interested. They are employing large
force of men at this season, and max
| ing the little town of Amherst; ana
plantation &c. busy business centres.
| This is especially noticeable at Am
| fterst, where several families have
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