Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-20
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Tho novelty mill at MeduEDellpS'
owned by the Dennysville Lumber Co..
is being rebuilt with all possible speed.
w. w. Marden of Sebec. who has
been numbering OH Alder Stream. At
kinson. has about 500 900 feet to drive
to Piscataquis river.
Leonard White of Jonesport, with 4
crew of eight men and II horses. has
cut and hauled to the landing $50 CORDS
OF mill wood, this winter.
Smith & Son of WATERFORD have up
wards of 1000, 900 feet of lumber at
their landing now and they have been
running their mill to it's fullest capac-
ity Ill winter.
a Bigelow correspondent writes: \
large lot Of lumber is already at the
landing and it will take about three
weeks of good hauling to get the logs
all in: about 9.O0O.OoO it is estimated.
The canning factory of Walter Wells
is one of North AnsOns busiest places
at present. Thirty barrels of apples
o day are being canned. and operations
will be continued until 500 barrels
have been put up.
The sawmill of the Guilford LUMBER
Company is undergoing extensive re-
pairs in preparation for the season
run. Quite an extensive addition Will
he annexed to one end. and large lot
of new and up-to-date machinery is to
he put in which will largely increase
the capacity of the mill.
One of the busy industries of Bow
doinham is the steam sawmill of Will
liams < Holbrook. This mill started
operations about three weeks ago and
is at present saving large amount
OF lumber Although the mill has
done a good business in the past yet
this season promises to exceed its for
ner record.
The Sanford Light and Water Co.
have awarded = contract to l.. \.
Farnham TO build reservoir of
l.GOn. 900 gallons capacity. The reSer-
,"ir will be built Il short distance
shove the old stan1pipe. which COL
l:peed last fall. and near the residence
Of George W. Hanson. 1t will be built
al concrete and will be thoroughly up
to-..ate and will stand for years. Work
V III be begun rs soon as the snow is off
the ground.
The Auburn shoe business has been
on the increase the last month, judging
from the leather receipts and ship
m-niS. During the last week. $50. 100
pounds Of leather We're received. by far
the largest amount received in one
week ut this station since August in
1902 The largest receipts of last year
in any one week were 243.1O0 pounds.
The largest shipments of this year
LAO, t,Ay,
amounted to $685. cases. In hut one
week. last year did the number mount
to 5000 cases. that being III May. when
S'G5 cases were shipped.
The can department of the Eurnham
& Morrill, corn shop at Norridgewock.
has commenced upon the manufacture
Of this seasons cans. A new machine
called q flOater has been added which
soldiers the ends on the cans both ends
ut a time. at the rate of fourteen per
minute or about eight thousand four
hundred per day of ten hours. a Saso-
line engine has also been placed in the
shop for the purpose of running this
machine and pumping the air used in
the burners, it is of three horse power
and runs very nicely. 1t is probable
that more machines will be added in
time.
At the s. D. Warren plant. West
brook. Il force of men began last week
the construction of the foundation at
No. and 10 machine mill. upon which
is to be erected the greatest of all
paper making machines. These
foundations must correspond III
strength as well as extent to the
Weighty machinery which they will
support. Cement pillars are being
built from which run cement beams,
with cross beams of like material.
Before these beams are laid. il is neces-
sary to construct IL wooden form which
is filled in with cement and crushed
stone with steel rods. On top of the
combina tion a floor of cement about six
inches in depth is laid. When this is
fully set. the wooden structure is re-
moved and above this floor will be put
Il netting of steel rods. upon which will
rest the machine. The work of erect
in:; an addition Uf brick to the mill in
which the machine is to be placed is