Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-13
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
Items of Interest Concerning Names
Many Industries.

Il l. understood that Frank w. Win
tor VITO for several years was in the
box business and who recently sold I
an lis interest in the WinterPaige
90 Auburn. is 10 start another box
factory on the lots adjoining.
--he 100000 feet Of lumber. which was
IN over in the shipyard of Mckay X
pix. Eucksport after building the Peary
steamer Roosevelt, is to be put into the
water RATED and towed to the ship
ward Of f. & l. *. Stctson, Brewer.
II required four days and a half for |
j crow of Portland men to land the |
big tiftccn-ton boiler at the pumping |
station on the Hollis road. The boil |
or WAS taken from the freight station
in Portland and hauled to the point
mentioned.
At Houlton the John Watson Co. is
makinc, great improvements i'll their
Rancor st starch factory. The west
ern end of the building has been plac-
ticalIv rebuilt and will he a great i'm
nroycmcnt as the old building was en-
tircly Inadequate.
The Dumbarton WOODEN mill at DeN-
tar has completed the setting OF SIX
ncw Davis & Furbcr mules, 800 spindles
each. which will take the place of u
| oncratorS The weave and spinning
/ rooms have been very much improved
Il and the new machinery will facllltate
Il the work with considerable less OK
| prnsc and larger production.
! r,AYrni- he 's!fnfa way. n '','''',
John L.. Goss of Stonington has con-
tract for@ church in New York 1t is
small Stone. There will be five large
columns each in three pieces, and three
| feet, tdfnchcs in diameter. These will
| lc rouSped at Stonington. then taken to
NnalhaVcn To be turned and polished
| They also have some large square Stori,
| to be polished. There will he over fif-
~ feet of polished work in each stone
The steamship BerniIla. commanded
| by captain Jackson, steamed out of the
harbor from the Cape Jcllison pier
last week on her way TO Hull. England
loaded with spool bars for the Coates
thread manufact1ry. She will return
for Il similar load sometime in Scptem-
Der. The Thors Ial. the Norwegian
steamer, Capt. Nelson, is expected soon
for her second load of the same freight
The Dana Warp mill Company West
brook has voluntarily raised wages of
its employees about ) per cent. This
means an increase in the pay roll of
this corporation of between $1,000 ana
$4,000 year. This firm also
gave its employees, who have
been with it a year, weeks va
cation on pay, or gives those who re-
main at work during the summer
months an extra weeks pay.
Shipbulding in Machias seems to be
thing of the past. Other industries
have crowded out that which gave the
town its first start The MachiaS Man
ufacturing Co, are laying the founda-
ton for their new box mill, which will
he 100 feet long by 40 feet wide on the
site of the last remaining Shipyar.l
There were several of these yards in
MachiaS. but they have now all been
utilized either for wharfage or build
ing sites. The new mill will give EN-
pl"yment to about 80 men.
When the four-mastcd schooner
Lewis II. Coward. Capt. II. r. Haincs
arrived in Bath q short time ago. it
had on board a cargo of 100000 feet o:
lumber consigned to the Maine Cen
trail Il. II. Since sailing from Boston
Feb. &c. for Frcctown, Sierra Leone.
Africa. the Coward had been on a voy-
age Of 10000 miles. 1t carried a cargo
consisting of -four. tobacco. Kerosene,
rum, sewing machines and watches.
The passage out was made in "a days
The Milo Lumber CO. has a crew Of
men busly engaged in clearing the
trees and undcrbrush from the % acre
lot Of land owned by the company at
a point on the Scbcc stream, known as
McScrvcy'S cove. Thus far about five
acres have been cleared. and the site
where the new steam saw mill is to be
erected is all ready for the foundation
The structure will be 40x12O feet, will
employ about 30 men. and it is expect
ed that it will turn out about Il, 900 feet
OF lumber per day.
BUSINESS seems to be good up BinS-
ham way these days. Saunders Bros.
steam mill is doing n hustling business,
employing about dozen men: the Am
erican Snoc Finding Co. mas purchased
TIL, old peg factory and will begin work
at once cnlarging it for a shank fac
tory. The company will also build Z,
novelty mill and will lay side track
from the main track Of the Somerset
road to their place of business. Con-
crete walks are being laid about the
town under the supervision of johnson
Bros, of Madison.
It is understood that a. F. Cox K
Son are bargaining a lease to the third
floor or the Zenas Thompson block on
the corner of Elm and Cumberland
streets Portland, for use as a branch
to their shoe factory on Union street
If the lease is gained, the company will
manufacture ladies' and children
shoes there and their present factory
will be kept running just the same
While the lease has not been obtained
yet. there is no doubt but that it will
be and A. F. Cox x Son will start their
enterprise.
Derricks have been set in the rear of
the Brown Mills Dover with view
to an enlargement Of the wheel house
For some time past the mill has been