Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-13
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

J. 4. Brewster of Camden. has re-
ceivcd the contract for a large govern
ment order, and will begin work soon.
This contract will give work to the cm-
pIoyes in his shirt factory for about a
year.
The PENNSYLVANIA Steel Co. is re-
ceiving bridge material. and employs
ten men 1T its unloading yard on tn"
site of the old marine railway at
Bucksport. The schooner Louis Il.
French has been chartered to take
bridge material to various points
where it will be required for the
Northern Seaport railroad.
improvements are being made at
the Knox mill. Camden. The old shop
on Washington street has been moved
farther up the street 50 as to give
room for the erection of "A new dye
house. The new dye house will be
larger than the old one and more con-
vcnient 1t will be built of wood. "A
new boiler house of brick will also he
built. Tho old dye house was consii-
erably damaged by fire over a year ago.
but was repaired temporarily and will
now be tern down to make room for the
new one.
The m-caniiinC factory conducted
during the past two months by stump
son & Harrington in u factory of the
Sea Coast Canning Company at East
port. WAS closed for the clam season.
Tuesday night. Since the opening
from 10 to 50 hands have been en-
ployed and the weekly pay-rOlls have
been Of considerable value when very
little other work was offered. They
also put up clam bullion in bottles and
had conducted a homeless herring in
.lustry in the same bull ling. which WAS
ais, Il success. The above firm is get
tine the factory in readiness for open
ing in about ten days for the canning
IF sardi IS and exp cts to employ rh"dt
200 y ,oplc and this season the capacity
Of their plant will be Increased. and 1t
is probable that they will can about
so 900 cases of sardincs.
The season of the homeless herring
industry. conducted during the past
winter and spring by j. {. Potter FOR
the Seacoast Canning Co. of East
port. and Reardslcy e. Sons of New
York has closed. The first herring
we're taken at the factory in OCTOBER
last and almost steady employment has
been given u large number of men. wo-
men and girls. up to the present date,
who otherwise would probably have
been idle during the long period inter-
vening between the closing and OPEN
ing Of the sardine packing season
some idea of the eXtensiNeness OF the
business may be gathered from the TACT
that since the opening of the factory.
the latter part of october. more than
500 tons of smoked herring have been
received, from which supply about $780,
600 pounds of prepared fish was OBJ
tainei for canning.
r. II. Farrar of Wilton will soon
finish saving 800 cords of birch and
maple into squares at the mill of the
American Enamel company in Perkins
plantation. He commenced saving the
last week i'm January and has empioye
twelve men in this work. The drying
sheds are filed with birch squares AMI
a large amount is piled up near the
sheds. These squares will be shipped
from The Wilton station to the novelty
shops of the American Enamel COM
pany i'm Providence. r. I. There is also
a large amount of edgings which are
tied in bundles and will be shipped for
| fuel to Lewiston and Portland. Mr.
Earrar is the manager at this mill. The
| same comuany owns and operates a
| mill On the Intervale in this town where
6OG cords of birch have been sawed into
souares. They have also about 100000
J feet of long lumber, mostly pine anc