Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-19
MAINE INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

A Pres1ue Isle correspondent writes:
F. Fl. Phair's crew came out of the
woods. near Squa Pan, recently. The
cut is about 1000, 600 feet of spruce and
cedar.
McNaughton e Palmer of Dover.
have been doing a large business in the
cutting of firewood during the past
year. having cut somewhere in the vi
cnity of 400 cords which they have
shipped to Boston and Bangor markets
and for local trade. These gentlemen
have been engaged in this business for
some time and their business has been
on Il larger scale each year. During
the winter they have had large crew
of men in the woods.
Word comes from PASSPORT that most
of the pack of last years sardineS hos
been cleaned out by the packers and
only limited number of cases are now
stored in that city. although it is rather
difficult to find out just how many are
stored in other places along the coast.
If the stock is getting small it will be
of considerable importance to PASSPORT
now that the new canning season is
only four weeks away and Indications
of an early opening. provided that the
herring are to be found i'm this section.
Up to the present time there has not
been any reports from the veteran fish
ermen of QuOddy of big schools of the
fish of just the right size for canning
and so thick that they can be picked up
by hand. in fact waiting to be caught
when the season opens. as has been
said in past seasons. With n number
of the down river weirs washed away
and others badly damaged recently
there will be some delays among the
owners OF such property although thee
are numerous other weirs in this sec
ton and many boatloads of herring
which arrive here during the year never
see a Weir as there are other ways to
catch them. 1t is stated. however
| that the hated dogfsh has again been
seen in the usual large number and as
they generally travel about in schools
it is only a matter of a few weeks be-
| fore they will be bothering the herring
| fishermen but as no bounty has vet
been offered. and dogfSh do not seem
to be very popular as a food they are
not bothered much by the boatmen IN
less caught with other fish. then none
escape alive.
| Work will begin soon on the addition
to the factory and wharf of l.. D. Clark
| & Sons at Sea street which adjoinS the
terminus of the w. &. r. r.. at East
port. The addition to the factory will
he 60x3s feet and will make it the larg-
est sardine canning plant in the cour-
try and will increase the seasons pack
ne-third. also the pay roll and help in
. l,1 . oh e
ago that the above factory was built
being 1'5 feet long and So feet wide and
having much wider wing at the end
nearest the water. AS the wharf ey-
tends out about 60 feet beyond the
present factory the addition will he
made on that part OF the wharf Near
the street entrance is 4 30 foot building
where the boiler. engine and other ma
chinery is located. the office being IN
stairs and the wharf extension will hn
from the latter building on the north
side. There will be - female packers
of the sardineS when the season opens
next month over 46 engaged last year
and in all parts of the big factory if
will be necessary to increase the en-
ployes and rs more than three hundre;
people, cutters included. We're at work
there last year the addition will call
for many more. Their average DAVIS
pack amounts to over 1000 cases Of
sardineS and from - to loo hogsheads
of herring can be handled by the cut
tiers. takers and other help later. and
when il is considered that their average
seasons pack counts up over 100. 900
cases it can be seen that the Clark fac
| &c of tho l1ruact
1.-THE earning the American sardine down
least. 1t is also an independent factory
Having been conducted outside anv