Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-08-10

Z lease tho block. The giant arm OF the
crane picks It up, wings u TO car which
takes II 10 its destination.
Steam, compressed air and electricity
come to mans relief and tighten the
white mans burden. Comparing old and
new met hods, the three and one-iourth
inch hole to split these sheets usually
consumed fifteen to eighteen minutes by
hand work. Compressed air drills a mole
ia eighteen seconds.
| Vessels can te landed at cit her end OF
| the Ryan Parker quarries and ,qusl facil-
titles are seer. at he Goss qusrries sdjoiu-
ing. Both qdarries resemble huge amphi-
theatres with tier upon tier OF seats ris-
ing ono phove the other. Manager J c.
| Smith, OF the Ryan Parker quarries, has
devoted much study to the slmpiification
OF handling the products OF the granite
mountain and IL now ready for shipping
stone to New York In large quantities.
THE SETTLEMENT" QUARRY.
NJ. @. Ryan s. Co., no few years ago
] purchased the unused rs ttiemeut quar-
ries, are also prepared 10 duplicate the
| Ryan Parker contract, having similar
/ section OF the Riverside drive work to
| foish. They have recently built one OF
the largest cutting sleas in Maine, 2OS
| feet long, sixty feet wiGs aud thirty feet
high, situated on top o! q mountain OF
granite couple OF hundret feet above
| the ocean, down which runs steep trac-
| ton railroad operated by stesm.
| A compressed air AIT fer pneumatic
| tool work and an electric one for opsrat-
ing the travelling cranes ere completed
One hundred and forty men are employed
| here and as soon as sccommods' ions can
| be made rs many more viii be employed
/ Besides the Riverside drive contract Is
| one for the Norfolk, Va dry dock.
/ Water ID ons drawbacS in both qusrries.
Yesterday the cutters Ia the settlement"
| qaarries wore compelled to remain Idle
| on account OF the lack % water to run
| the steam plant. The water boat man is
the busiest individual ia Maine. The
/ Ryan Parker concern has h have Z 900
| gallons daily to run its plant aud the NJ.
| G. Ryan & Co. about the same quantity.
| Besides there are Others cismoriug for
water to operate their quarries. M. q.
| Ryan & Co. win either sink an srtes'sn
welfor lay mile pipe from Burnt Land
pond. The Ryan Parker Co. will sink an
| artesiaD we'll.
WAGES 10000 MONTHLY.
With years Of assured prosperity ahead
II "a little wonder that Stonington Is
beginning to hold up her head. There
are 900 men employed In her quarries and
nearly $4,000 Is paid out monthly in
wages. The town Is ver-crowded. A
piece of rock 100 by ATTY feet, large
enough to blast cellar out OF ana build
a flower bed upon, sells for ESQ in the
village.
Since the last OF April her valuation has
| Increased vastly end Seieetm8n Thuriow
said yesterday thstsths increase over 1903
would be s75 900. 1908 showed an in
crease over 1902 of s25.000. Thirty or
more comfortable houses have been built
| In two years. The number of polls will
have increased several hundred this year
over 1908 when 446 registered. The town
is not only out OF debt but has cash
balance of g, 100 in the bank.
THE INCREASE IN VALUATION.
The total valuation in 1905 was $3.50, 1877
and this year will increase 5000. In
1902 the total real estate was s166, 754, total
personal estate SOL sos. Ia 1903, the total
real estate had increased to s179,605 and
the personal to s73 .5s2. And this town
with over s3oo, 900 worth of property has
| not single piece OF fire apparatus and
only an inch and a half pipe dribbles
water to dozen families.
When fire starts there Is thing the
citizens can do but watch 1t burn out.
| the water question Is as much OF a
problem in the village as 1t Is on the
islands and there is a movement on foot
to buy hand tub engine, the need OF
which Is apparent.
1t would cost, experts say, but $4,000 to
bring water supply from big pond on
the hill to the village. 1t would have
fail OF ninety feet affording excellent
pressure. The source OF drinking water
is the wells, and the water wagon is much
in evidence.
GRANITE LAND VERY DEAR.
Land short distance from the centre
OF the village which is spread along the
water front is very cheap, but the aborers
want to be near the landings and conse-
quently the granite land there Is held at
high price. Every house owner who wills
can I'LL his rooms even to the garnet.
NJ. G. Ryan & Co. are building an addi-
tion to their recently purchased Goss
block and will convert part OF 1t into
| frst-elass boarding house. The granite
workers earn good pay and are willing to
pay for accommodations. Cutters get
from $500 to IS 60 day, bIacksmiths, $500
to $3.50 and quarrymen from s1.75 to FPS
for eight hours work.
SOME NEW INDUSTRIES.
| Stonington prides herself upon her
newly established banking institution,
the Union Securities and Deposits Com
psny which is doing prosperous business.
She is to spend 81 900 on her high school