Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-23
Maine neWS Cold I'm Brief
Short Paragraphs OF Interest 10 ALL

busy season At his pickle factory, ~,
i-ai!road av"huo. Gofhain. trnn, u
a'r'a planted tn" yield was 40 tone -
chc"Hb"rs. Mr.. Roberts n nnv hI,gI-
~ engaged III packing in barrels Ana
nan barrels a large quantity ~ .y
crll"m quality uf pickles for I'M r,.,,
kct MAR
The shipyard Of Sawyer Bros NJ
hridE" has a real old-tiInn Lu.y 49,
I."!'-'' t!"...' o..' tin ain IL
| +. ''j' -!"'I..t" :-..t Clu!IIag fro,,,,
-" ;nc r..'.r Of hit pitch-thin,, -
pleasing % Tie senses Of An oId Lat.,
tue. They have one vessel Of 360 ,l,,
about - per cent. coinplctDd ana MI
Keel OF another Of 600 tons laid .na
have begun setting up the frame.
"A. +. Farnsworth Of thc Fam
worth Packing company, who hag
purchased the clam canning factory,
South Hluchill, has built 4 new one
building, intends constructing a u.t,a.r,
ana later Will build Al addition II III
main building. The work of carnino
CLAIMS viii commence next Week sn5
preparations are being made, fo, .
large business.
An important business change has
Just been cpnSunfnattd in Foxcroft NJ
| TIE sale of the Dexter Wood WORKING
compahy's mil! to 4 corporation which
| Will subsequently be formed. Leslie
NJ. Lord Of Lewiston will be its bnsi-
ness manager, while Thomas e. Kitch-
en- Of F'UXcrOft will have charg. IF tba
mechanical department Of the min
/ me plant is one Of the most extensive
of its kind in Piscataquis county and
| IN the past has done a large business
The firm cUntrmp!a1es doing business
On 4 larger scale than has ever been
done there before, ana WIN enlarge
their yard by the purchase of more
| land.
! The A. & r. Logic BURBERRY canning
| plant at Nanceboro VIII be closed and
/ through with the seasons work. this
week, the company having canned
! this season about 100000 twoDonnd
| cans of bluebcrrieS besides 70O90 GAL
lon cans. The factory is IN length
some 100x40 feet, is fitted with Two
| boilers and steam rctOrt, has two
steam cookers, one steam tanner and
also mailing machine During the
blleberry season it gives employment
10 from 40 to 80 persons. The cans
are manufactured chiefly by this COM
pany's plant at Island Pond. John
White, NanceborU. manager of the
Logic Company, reports this season as
| being fairly paying one.
| The question Of establishing sarlfna
| factories in Calais ana st. Stephen
Was considered at the Meeting Of weir
owners held ut thr Ledge Recently,
and 4 committee of iiy,. appointed at
tie meeting. viii report a, Il future
date upon the Feasibility OF the plan.
There arr 2 large number u weirs
along The st. Croix river between
| Calais and Joos Point and tie FISH
taken in them during al ordinary sea
son forms no small portion Of the
supplies received 1t the sardine fac
| tories in Eastport ana Lubec The
prices paid, usually, are not high and
| the weir owners are fast becoming
convinced that the establishment of
| Independent factories nearer home
would prove a profitable investment.
| 1t is reported that two parties in Ca
| lais are willing TO put money into an
| enterprise of this kind, while on the
st. Stephen side of the line the Weir
owners are enthusiastic over the prop
| osition. There is q hopeful feeling
among those Interested that The sea
SON of 1906 Will find two goOd-siZed
Sdrdine plants running BY the time the
| little behring's strike in, giving en-
ployment To a large number of hands
| and keeping at home many young
men and women, who now find en-
ployment in the factories at Robbins
| ton, EeaStport and Lubec.