Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-04
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The sound of the whistle at III"
Cherryfield silver mine is heard l"uE
times n day, :,nl Il force Of men is al
work mining zinc and silver. Inc
vein of ore is RAINING Out better th3n
ever before.
Hemberg d Pearson are building
potato house 40x&0 feet 1T the New
sweden station. II will have ca
pacity Of 5000 barrels and is covered
rocf anu walls with an asbestos IRE
proof roofing material
The sweet corn pack in Pennington
this year is about IS per cent. OF what
might nave been expected from tn"
acreage planted in a fair season r.
$. Dingley & Co packed 723,65O cans
ana Burnh;.m d Morrill, 4'",ooo cans.
OF the Dingley Co.'S total "S635O cans
We're packed at the centre bridge 1ac-
tory ami 339. 600 at the Falls.
Tie Machias Lumber Co. has finished
the seasons saving and shut down IT'S
mills For the first time since the Ear-
wood mills were built, 60 years ago, all
the logs have been cleaned up and eX-
cept for about two million feet. in the
lower boom, belonging to the Machlas
Manufacturing Co and G. Sullivan.
there is not a log in the river.
Harry r. Eurleigh is building at the
z. and \. yards in Houton what will
bu when completed the largest potato
house in Maine, excepting the one at
Stockton The dimensions of this
house will be 40X600 feet and will con-
tain twelve separate shipping rooms
4Cx;O each The house will be COM
| lt.in
already erected.
There have beer number of impor-
tant developments connected with the
stone yard proposition at Rocllland in
the past few days. 1t is understood
thai NJ. a. Johnson, who arranged the
details of Organization. and who acts
as attorney for the Arthur McMullen
Co.. has received instructions to pro-
cecd with the building of Il spur line
from the Maine Central track onto the
Company'S property ut and near the
Gilchrcst shipyard. This spur line will
connect with the Maine Central wharf
branch near the stcneyard. and will be
!Ht int" commission early in order that
the company may ship its heavy ma
c!in"ry onto the scene of action. Much
of the machinery is now stationed at
Hartford. Conn. where the McMu!lens
are compile ting an extensive contract.
The company also has Il large quantity
OF heavy timber which has been used
in connection with bridge work. which
Y i'll be shipped here this fall. No
buildings will be erected before next
| spring. ii Icing the company's intCn-
ton tp cover the machinery with tar
| r3nuiin y locomotive similar to the
| limerick railroads., has been bought,
| together with considerable rolling
| stock Tie gulch separating the ship
yard from the adjoining property will
| probably be bridgcd this fall One of
the WEdrveS. probably the Gilchrcet
wharf. vii! be extended 800 or coo feet
10 deep water. The extension will be
constructed of granite. with rilins on
the outside to protect vessels which lie
| there.
The big plant of the American Agri-
cultural Chemical Co. of New York at
Mack's Point. Scarsport. commenced
operations Friday. Oct. IS, when y. T.
Stuart of Montclair. y. j., general
| agent Of the company there. set up and
| hooped the first barrel for barrelinS
Phosphate. The main building for the
storage of phosphate is 1sOx24O feet, and
has capacity for 1,500 tons. The cooper
shop and storage building combined is
4oX309 feet. The power is furnished by
the 4. & A. r. r. electric light plant
at kidder's Point. There are four
motor engines in the main building OF
GI horsepower The cable from the
main building to the tower on the
wharf is 450 feet in length. The tower
IS g. feet above the flooring of the
wharf where the phosphate is hoisted
from the vessel in tubs and dumped
! into small iron cars. which are carried
on the cable into the main building.
| The plant will employ about 25 men
the wear around and in the busiest part
| of the season about 60 men will be
employed. The company has made con-
tracts with the following parties in
| Waldo county for furnishing barrels:
Hatch Bros. of Belfast. 1000 barrels
r. f. Cottrell of Belfast. 10000 bar
rels; Herman Merriam of Morrill,
10000 barrels: and J. F. Vickcry Of
Morrill,, 10000 barrels. Several loads
Of barrels have already been received
from the Belfast parties, and several
| carloads of slaves will be made into
barrels by the employees Of the corpora
ticn. ]. F. Thurston of Rocklanl is
head cooper. Two cargoes have al
ready been discharged at the plant and
the Rockland and Rockport barge No.
6. is due about oct. Goth from Carteret,
n. j.. with $1,000 tons of phosphate.
Capt. w. H. West is Waterman at the
plant on sundays and CAPT. John w.
Sveetser night watchman.