Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-12

MAINE INDUSTRIES.
Glance at What is Happening in
Business Circles.

ployed at the Bath Iron Works
The Columbian Packing Company at
Lubec decided to enlarge it's plant
making the factory about twice its
present size, making two separate
buildings with a driveway between.
A corn factory for Solon is assured
Already 30 acres are pledged, which
nearl.- equals the amount required. A
special town meeting was held Mon
day and the town voted to build a road
to the factory.
G.. r. Blanchard of Wilton has 2,00G
cords of pulp wood cut and piled on
his lots in Perkins Plantation, Weld
nd Temple This piled four feet high
would make a tier of wood $4,000 feet
in length, or over three miles.
The boneless herring factory at East
port. conducted by Jay c. Potter for
j. Beardsley Sons of New York, has
been opened in the large factory Of the
Independent Canning Co. at north end
formerly known as the Martin factory.
The business at this time employs
about 10 girls and 20 men and is one
that IS greatly appreciated at this sea-
son. when the work at the sardlne fac
tories is through.
Next year promises to be a banner
one in the building line at Bryant's
Pond. Unless all signs of the times
fail. no less than $4,000 will be ex-
pended in building operations the COM
ing season. The principal buildings
contemplated are the 100000 hotel tC
be erected on the site of the old one
which was burned in the big fire; a
new machine shop near Rickers black
smith shop; a new clothespin factory
to he erected by l.. NJ Mann & Son on
the site of the old one burned; and a
fine summer residence to be erected
by lion. Isaac Hall of Paterson, N. j.,
at Halls point on Lake Christopher.
It is rumored that the Slater Shoe
Mfg. Co. of Montreal will erect large
shoe factory at the Union on the Ca
nadiar side of the river at Calais next
spring. The establishment of an in
dustrv OF this nature at the Union
would benefit the four towns much.
Frank l.. Brewer of Bar Harbor has
been awarded the contract to furnish
5000 yards Of loan for the Walter G
Ladd job
The t:deWater saWmillS on the Pc
nobscot have closed the last one going
ont of commission last week. For the
greater part of the season the spruce
m arket was very sluggish with lumber
prices down and logs high, leaving very
little or no margin.
Work has begun on q new Ice mouse
for the Rockport Ice Co The building
will be 125X10 feet. and SO feet high
and will hold when completed about
5000 or 5000 tens of ice. Chas. Studley
OF Glencove has charge of the work
Fred $. Sherburne of Sanford has
heen making numerous additions and
renovations. until it is doubtful if there
is another so fully equipped sawmill IN
York county He has recently installed
a 125-horsepower boiler and engine ano
an expensive sash machine. Ihe mi
is heated by steam. He has also erect
ed n large stable for the accommoda-
ton of his numerous horses USED III
his numbering operations
The mills in Dennysville have beer
running on full time and with full
crews lately. The rotary mill will prob
ably finish saving long lumber TINS
week if the weather is favorable. The
box and novelty mills are running 1ul
time with large orders ahead. Whllf
mills in other places have shut GOVT
this summer. the mills in that place
have RIM all summer and have done
large seasons work, employing from
IN to IL men all the time. The Lum-
bor Company is repairing the mill al
the Great Works getting it ready tt
tlic Njntar for Wnlcl
they have d large contract. The com
pony is shipping large quantity "l
lumber bv rail. Their schooner. Spar
tcl. Capt. Smith. which went ashorf
nna, York Beach lately. was toWee
into Kittery. where she discharged hei
cargo and was taken to Portland fo'
rcnairs There are two crews Of mef
in tbc woods now and more VIII &c
as soon as the mill shuts down.
A. the South Railway in Rocklant
n +. Snow & Cos. three-mastet
| schooner. now in course of constfuc
| ti,n is nearly ceiled up to the ciaml
| .treaxs The vessel is to be NAMED
Tar~atine. and will be used in Tho
coasting trade
/ In connection with his dairy farm II
| cantnr Ralnont Horace Chenery has
begun the making of sausage ana IN
| tends utilizing every part OF lhc hot
when ali his plans are carried OUT. MT
Chenery has erected sanitary siaush
| t.r bouse with all tho up-tO-dite con
vcniences and appointments ana VIII
an ample supply of both hot and coi'
water. The pggery is also CONSTRUCTED
on the most approved methods and tn
pigs have the same care as his cows
Milk for the pigs is piped from tn
dairy. The sausage areTp put IN oiie'
ps pe7- in one-pound boxes and In bags
and in their preparation the same car
ie us4d as in making the Chenery but
ter.
| AL, nnd tNIrs John Il. Mdlker Of INnt