The Republican journal., 1905-01-05
LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

A~s~A~os
The Duplex Roller Bushing Co. great.
" enlarged its plant and facilities the
past year. The company bought the
Dana building on Front street, opposite
their machine shop, and moved much
of the machinery there. The wood de
partment is on the ground floor on
Front street, and the machine shop in
the basement. The foundry is continued
in its former location with the added
rooms vacated by the machine depart
ment. A forge shop, As by IS feet, has
been built on the Dana property neal
the railroad track. The office was NOV
ed from the F. A. Knowlton store or
Main street to the office room in the
Dana building. The company also
bought the d. Lane wharf, which at
fords good water front privilege. The
business Of the company is steadily in
creaSing and it is now a rival OF the
shoe factory as the leading industry OF
the city.
Leonard & Barrows had an excellent
wears business at their shoe factory. A
full crew was given steady employment
SO much so that even for the necessary
shut downs for stock taking the work
was stopped only in one room at time
The output in shoes and the amount
paid out in wages was large, and The
outlook for the coming season is very
encouraging
Mathews Bros had an unusually busy
season, and the work included the int
rior finish, doors, ETC., of some OF the
finest buildings built in New England
They had Is large orders OH hand at ont
time, including two churches, two pub
lie libraries, large office building
elaborate cottages, etc. They made
1000 hard wood doors and 400 hare
wood cabinets for one Office building ir
Boston.
The Brown Medicine Co. outgrew its
former quarters in the Langwortliy
building. Church street, and moved tC
the kalish store on Main street. Two
years ago the first lot of the medicine
Browns Royal Stomach King, was put
up in s small bottles. The company
recently received 1877 gross of bottles
which have been filled and are nearly
all sold. The manager, w. A. McKen
zie. spends much of his time on the
road and is working up large sale.
The Silver Lake Creamery, F. j. Ger
~ & Co., was moved from the basemen,
of the Dana building to the F. a
Knowlton store on Main street. a
shed was built on the west side of thu
store for a boiler room, coal bunker:
and ice room. There is ample room OF
the land west of the building for taking
in ice, coal and cream. A 2O-horse pow
Ell boiler will be put in. The creamer,
had large increase of business ovel
the preceding year. The number OF
cows is largely increased and there is {
ready demand, in Boston and locally
for all the cream they can produce.
The granite and marble workers
Hutchins Bros, Heal & Wood ant
Mark Wood 4 Son, all had plenty O.
work, and have orders which will ex
tend the work we'll into or through thu
winter.
The upper and middle leather boart
mills of Sherman 4 Co. in East BelfaS
undeTwe nt extensive repairs last Wlnte
and have since been running on full
time: two mills II hours per day ant
the other "a hours.
The Iessees cut the ice on Goose river
pond last winter and filled the houses
about IA. 600 tons Guy l.. Peavey an6
Thos. Logan x Son filled their houses
as usual for their local retail trade.
II. {. Pitcher cut on his wood lot an(
sawed into long lumber at his mill nea
the Searsport town line about $50 thou
sand feet of pine and spruce, and also
manufactured large quantity OF stove
wood, which was dried under cover.
The Condor Manufacturing Co. hac
good sale for the Condor new process
Tolls and brushes in New England anc
i'll foreign countries.
Two cigar factories went out of bust
ness-C. b. Eaton and Geo. E. Pendle
ton; but |. l.. Perry, East Belfast, ant
Frank NJ. Bailey, Citypoint, did an in
creasing business, their various brands
finding ready sale.
Fred A. Holmes is lighting his mill
formerly the Quincy mill. IN Nortl
Belfast, by electricity. He has a tur
bine water wheel for running the dyna
mo, which is of 80 light capacity. There
are % lamps now in the mill.
The usual number of Christmas trees
were cut and shipped this season by
Piper and Chapman.
Mrs. Will Gates reports very sue
cessfu season in her clothing manufac-
turing business. Since giving up the
factory on Main street she has con
tinued manufacturing at her home OH
High street, giving employment to
about 80 hands.
The labor situation in Belfast was
summed up by The Journal of October
goth, as follows: 'If there are any idle
people in Belfast today it must be from
choice or inability to work. Carpenters,
painters, paper hangers and jacks of all
trades are all busy and many have work
ahead"