Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-08
MAINE INDUSTRIES
A Brief Summary OF What is aein,
Done Here and There.

| + Competing 4 large work nui, M
it, property ~ II" North Enl
| Thc v.rk ii calming 1T the nurnh,.,
< Morrill, shop Min"t has been .n,,,I,t
"a AMI the MrlN II labelling has h..r.,
A rrrw "l j. i rnlplny"i.
che S,h"nnnr i:i"ulucr. cam I4,,,,.,
1T Seal cove. is hcing rclujlt ,t ,,,t.f;...
| shiry;Jr,i Ellsworth. The liInnm.r VA.
built in l>i1 1T Eden.
| y cdl!"..d al il", Ks. mad. bv tn.
Duplex Roller Pushing co.. Belfast,
Was recently shpo! from that citv Tor
New York. to hr shipped from there Ia
| panama for the US. If the Js-h,u,.
| canal 90
| a new potato house for ". 4. L.rav-
lit. Caribou. has just been com,let,d
| under the supervision Of r.. a. Dahl
stron. The building is 3Gx6u with Il
| I3-fout cement wall. and has Il CT
| parity of 5000 barrels.
| \ huge iron oil tank. 80 feet long and
| 10 feet wide. has been set in Il solid
| foundation of brick and concrete i'll
! the southeast corner of the railroad
field. PASSPORT. by Earmey Brothers.
for the Standard Oil Co.
Mab4. brothers PASSPORT are havin.,
| Il new ONO fcct lumber store house put
| up in the rear If their lumber Shup
ana office If the Odcll on Ferry wharf
the work being done by McssrS. ..
l Reynolds and Jos. M"aly.
} W l.. Gates has built at Machias-
port Il factory 41XS0 feet. two story.
( for clln factory for the TWitch"ll
: I n InlIlin a Of SDrpp
g. is expected /" be in operation by Oct
10. and pay $500 Il week III wages.
oxford people are much pleased over
the fact that tine bcSket shop III that
town is to be rebuilt. The new build
ing will be raised one story only, upon
the ola foundation. while Il separate
building wll be. erected fr!. Il store
I house.
johnson Bros. Suuth Drringtrrt. y no
are saving OFT their h,;tdiHg at the
mill of W. X. clifford. dji II record
. breaking days work OH Thursday.
Sept. -. With IL crew Of cen mt'.I they
mad. from thu logs $3.50 pairs If Inn.
c;tSk heads in ten hours.
At til" Curtis yards IN Ellsworth. 4
contract has htrn mHd,. 70 build Il
| N't'It l''E lll' sou ~ -. -. !iiall bl
solid mahogany. She is e. ~, equip
pc with 4 g;.SnlHc engine Win Il
speed Of y knots. This is the largest
yacht contract filled at these ,-tr,l- fn.'
som" time.
Charles Smith Of EorliigcWock has
rebuilt his picker ana planning mill and
will rGmHtnc" manufacturing pick..:'
| sticks =, once. 1t was only I, Jew
! weeks az that thi+ nil' went u j.:
] smoke. being IN" third mill Mir. S,l;'h
has los, by lire. II" is 4 p'urHy n!.'n
{, in Iii. uii age,
Extymsiv' improvements ~" going
on Al The lslaid Falls ;annrry under
the direction d: Manager Srhneidrr.
MI repairs now i'll progress "rr done
in 4 more permanent manm,r than
h-rct"furr. \ building Has been nut
~ int" which the tank ears VIII be
placed for unloading liquors.
| Daniel Conant WrstDrnok. is dig
giI'E an ice l"nd 2ou Tee, long and 30
! feet Wiic on tn. shores of the Pre-
s:ImlSc"t River adjoining his property.
! IL expects cNrI though We should
have aU"th,' warm winter to Get a
| good supply 81 ic" as this body Of
| water would frc.Z" deco, enough to
r"rmt th' harvesting of several crops.
Work f"r III" Eastern Dynamite 90.
at N"WhtH il bcitig rushed for til"
completion of the n,w mills AZ that
place. Several steam drills are kept
at work. and Y or branch line from
| III. Main" Central Z. r. is being laid.
+" h" in readiness for the transpmta-
! f,At 10,
Som" hundred and sixty workmcn have
been engaged thor" during several
weeks past.
| r. l.. Staples. Turner. is al present
buSlly engaged installing an electric
light plant at his box shook factory.
All the machinery is to be- Of the most
| up-to-datc pattern. 1t will generate
| 10000 volts alternating current. which
! will be sufficient to furnish electric
| lights for all the houses in Turner Vii
| lag" and Turner Center. 1t is expect
cd that in the near future the town
| will tax" hold of this proposition and
put in electric lights on all the prin-
| Cipal streets.
| Geo. w. Powers Of Millinockct has Il
contract with the Great Northern Paper
| N''iil'ttilN ~ cut -''D,'U It'tl Oh ll1lIt Il
during the coming year on tract Of
| land across the river from Dolby pitch.
! LhrG" quantities Of logs are being
used in the construction Of til" Golfer
dams at Dolby pitch ANA Il small
crew was put to work about ten da VS.
ago. y large crew viii be put IT, work
as soon as men can he obtained Mr..
Powers will look after one camp him.
self. The remainder of tine contract
will be Sublet.
DSSian Hildrrth Of Fayrttc. who WAS
in Wilton this week has recently par
chased in Weld the land water power
and privilege formerly owned by oscar
tunant. whose mill was burned about
two years ago and has not been re-
built. Mr.. Hiidrcth will erect a saw
mill 30X,6 feet upon the site Of the old
mill and soon will commence work up
| on it. He has the frame out for the
building and plans to put up I good
mill that will meet the wants of the
people in that vicinity. 1t will be
| equipped to run by water or steam.
| Emery F. White of Belfast is at pres
cnt tenor soloist in the Presbyterian