The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-01-08
BELFAST IN 1902.
The Journals Annual Review of
local Events.
Following is The Journals annual re

The shoe factory has again taken Its
place as the leading manufacturing In
dustrv of Belfast. One year ago the
factory was closed, but negotiations
were pending with Wright & ADDE'S OF
Chelsea. Mass, for re-esta bliShing the
business. The assignees of the late
corporation of Critchett, Sibley Il Co.
and the local committee having the
matter in charge failed to make salts
factory arrangement with this firm, and
negotiations were opened with Leonard
& Barrows of Middleboro Mass. This
firm bought the machinery and stock
and leased the building, and after max
ing extensive changes in the factory
began operations March 18th. The line
of goods made is the same as before
youths, boys and little gents shoes.
The Goodyear department was taken
out and the machinery shipped away
A 400-light dynamo was put in to enable
the firm to furnish its own electric
light. The business started IN well and
in July the factory was turning out
from $500 to 1000 pairs OF shoes per day
and had $50 employees on the pay roll.
Since that time there has been steady
increase The present output Is about
5000 pairs daily, and the number or
hands over 300
Mathews Bros wood working mid
did an unusually large business, and the
work was of higher grade than ever
before. For several years past tins
mill las made a specially OF the nlcesS
class of work for fine residences, publlc
buildings, etc, doing stock work only
as side issue. During the past year
the order work of the highest grades
COMPLETELY drove out the other class
and no stock work was made. The or
liers were on hospitals, court houses,
school houses. nice residences toth IN
cities and at summer resorts, etc. Much
Of the work was land carved. The
mill worked on tull time throughout the
wear,
The firm of Thompson x Foster,
clothing manufacturers, was succeeded
in February by a corporation called the
Foster Estabrooks Co., with $4,000
capital The old firm occupied three
floors of the Dana Sarsaparilla building
on Front street. and had 800 machines.
The work was on mems working suits
and shirts for the Is army, the latter
on A government contract. The buSl-
ness was materially increased and the
-,pper floor of the building, formerly
used for storage. was added to the work
ing space. Another contract was made
with the government and the output in
cludes 10th pants and shirts for the
soldiers. The officers Of the new cor
00ration are \. W. 3. Foster. president
and manager: +. !. II. EStabrooks, vice
president; Edward II. EStabrooks. treas
ureY.
Selwin Thompson, who retired in Jan
uarv from the firm of Thompson x Eos
TEL, subsequently bought machinery
and established a new business IN
Che Coliseum building under the
name OF the Thompson Manufac
turing Go. He makes w0rkingmen' S
clothes. pants, overalls, denim coats
and heavy shirts and is doing steadily
Increasing business.
NJ. b. Lawrence, formerly engaged III
clothing manufacturing closed out and
went into other business :. l.. Dodge,
the \. : Littleheld Co, and the II. O..
Dodge Clothing Co. each put out Work
on different classes of mems clothing,
and " IN. 4. Clark continues his manu-
7acturing department Oh High street
The Shipbuilding industry regalned
something of its old-time prestige, and
cave employment the past year TO a
larger number OF men than for many
wears past. Two vessels were launched,
tha dredging steamer Cumberland OF
1000 TONS built by Geo. y. Gllehrest tor
the - :. government, and the 4-maSted
schooner Brina p. Pendleton of s21. 70
tons, quilt by Capt. T .elds G. Pendleton
for himself and others. Mr.. Gllchrest
Aad d GOOD years " DIRK at his marine
railway and repaired large number of
vessels, including a thorough overhaul
ing OF the 4-master Benjamin +. Poole,
and several and 3-masterS, bay steam
ers and yachts. He built an addition
80 the head-house and put in boiler to
make his own steam, instead of taking
t from Mathews Bros mill as former
~, and has used his engine for working
the railway, hosting and hauling tim
Ter III the yard and running a new band
Sig9S. the treenail machines. grmdstones
oolt.cut tel, etc. He galvanized the iron
work of the Cumberland i'll a tank
which he put into c. w. Coombs' black
smith shop. He also bought an abut
ment Of the Little River ice wharf and
used it to enlarge the pier north of the
railway, and has put the stills and foun-
tlations OF the railway i'll thorough re-
pail He lately leased the shop of T.
A. Howard & Son, on Washington
street. for a joiner and paint shop and is
preparing to do still larger business
She coming season. y crew of men is
now in the woods in North Carolina
getting out timber for twin schooner
- the Henry b. Fiske, of 745 tons net,
'oullJ by him in 1901. Pendleton Bros,
10 addition to using their yard for build
ing the Brina p. Pendleton, repaired
several of their own vessels. including
ye-rigging to a 4-masted schooner the
former bark c. p. Dixon. Fields S.
Pendleton of New York is preparing to
build a large 4-master at Belfast the
coming season. The firm is rebuilding
IS wharf.
The granite and marble business
showed little change. The firm of Har
risoll Wood Il Co. was changed to Heal
Il " o0d Mr. Harrison retiring, and the
amount of business was kept up to
that of past years. Ilutchins Bros. had
a good run of work during the year.
John Peavey shipped a number of car
loads of paving by vessel to New DIRK.
Mark Wood q Son did a good business
i'll marble work, as usual.
The Silver Lake Creamery in the
basement of the Dana Sarsaparilla
building made most gratifying gain in
the amount Of business done. When
the business was established here, in
I S99, the proprietors agreed with the
owners of the building that the pay roll
for cream should average at least $4,000
per month. The amount has not been
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