Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-07

able material for the manufacture of
hank bills is to be manufactured there.
while it is also asserted that the linen
can be used for cloth as we'll as for a
fine grade of paper.
Six car loads of laths, shipped by the
Dennysvile Lumber Company to East
port are being loaded upon vessel here
for the New York market. Since the
opening of the Washington County rail-
ROAD the lumber manufacturers who
are unable to ship direct by vessel from
their mills in the winter season often
find it convenient to send cargoes to
PASSPORT by rail for shipment by vessel
to points further west, which enables
them TO meet orders at any season of
the year, which they would not other
wise be in a position to fill except at
the extra expense of through rail
freight, when the rivers upon which
, they operate are closed by ice.
| One of the busiest places to be found
in the twin towns of Dover and Fox
| croft at the present time is the spool
| factory owned and operated by John
| MacGregor of South Lincoln, who is also
proprietor of the spool mills at that
pace This mill has As names on the
pay roll and is turning out an average
Of % cases or 1900 gross of finished
spools daily. Most of the lumber used
here in the manufacture of spools is
| shipped to this town from Greenville
ana Elliottsville, about 100000 feet hav-
| ing been shipped from these places thus
| far this season, while a large quantity
has been received from Abbot, Bower
| bank and Norton. The mill has also
sawed into spool bars about $50 cords
Of green birch which was hauled in by
| the farmers living outside of the viii
lagos. This year the amount of spools
manufactured is double that of last
year and the daily product is more
than three times as large than ever be-
| fore it formerly being about 600 gross
and now being about 1900 gross on an
average daily. This mill has eight au-
toma tic finishing machines in operation
also one of the old style machines, two
of the new machines having been put
| in the latter part Of December, 1902
The product of this mill is steadily in
creasing, the product of one 1900 or 1000
gross daily by spring. 1t is expected
that this will be increased to 1900 or
| 1000 gross daily by spring,,it is rather
an interesting sight to watch the pro-
cess of manufacturing the raw material
into finished spools, first the bars go to
rounding machines where they are
trimmed up and sawed into the re-
quired lengths then to the elevator and
are taken to the attic to bins and from
the bins to chutes that take them down
to the finishing machines where they
are finished off. Then they go to the
polishing machines where they are put
into Il revolving barrel-shaped machine
called the numbers where quantity
of bees wax is added to give the spool
d finish. From this machine they go to
tho sorters where the poor spools are
picked from the perfect ones and from
the sorters they go to the Shipping room
to be prepared for shipment. This
mill has first class machine
shop connected where all the repairing
to the machinery is done. The work is
ell looked after by the superintendent,
L. T.. Bryant. who has had much expe-
rienee in this work in other places.
Most OF the spools made here are ship
ped to Newark, NJ.