The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-03-19
A Busy Shop.
Palmer & Company Equipped IN FINE
Shape for All Kinds Of BlacksmltAin2
and Carriage Work.

Shape for All Kinds Of Biacksmlthln2
and Carriage Work
Few people who haze not recently
had occasion u visit the shop on TIE
bank Of the river, rear Of REpeH11R
Office, the location where the late
Benjamin \. Foss did business for -
many years, nave any idea II the
machinery equipment that mar beer
assembled there by Palmer {; Com.
pany, since they Commenced business
IN November 1904, or the amount Of
work they are able 10 do T. 7.
Palmer, the active man in the bu-i-
nesa. Is a native Of Dover. but he
came 70 this place with his parents at
an carly age and resided here until
about fifteen. He then entered the
employ Of {. b. Nevins &; Co., well
known carriage builders Of Lewiston,
where he learned the trade which he
has ever since followed.
The power IN the shop he is now
operating i supplied by a motor
yielding fifteen horsepower. This Is
used to operate buz palmer. power
drills, power roller, band saw, and
power drill, also power upsetting
machine for handling tires and axles.
Most OF the machinery has been added
during the past year ana trip ham
mer, already on the way, will be put
III place within the next week. Run
ming on an independent motor is a
power blower which enables the man
at the forge to give his fire Just the
heat he requires, by simply turning
on the power. A salesroom. SIS by
40 feet, Is now being fitted up for Mr.
rainier III the rear end Of the Hesel-
ton Block, where he will keep on
hand and ready Tor delivery line of
farm carts, heavy wagons, dump
carts, etc, Of his own manufacture.
This viii be completed about April lst
and Will be con .ected with the pres
ent shop which Is also 10 be some
what enlarged.
Mr.. Palmer has always been a be
never IN power machinery but he
discovers increased advantages from
Its possession from week to week.
On the amount OF business he is now
doing, ali this machinery. costing
thousands of dollars, will pay tor
itself in less than two years in in
creased production
Eight men besides Mr.. Palmer con-
stitute the working force at the shop
above mentioned and from time to
time other men are employed outside
OF the shop in painting and wood
working, when business accumulates
hasf ha4
date. There are several veterans Of
the smithlng business among this
crew and one man, d. y. Morrill,, who
has worked for one Lewiston firm for
fifteen years, who, it is claimed, has
work sent here to him that has
previously been submitted at the
smithing department of the Bath
Iron Works and the Maine Central
repair shops, which they found i'm
possible to do.
While this shop does all kinds of
custom work, shoeing, carriage re-
pairing, etc, and will take an order
for one farm cart or 100, they find
their principal business in building
farm carts Oh large contracts, for
shipment to other places. This is
done by the carload and the method
is to hitch them one behind the other
i'll long string, run them to the
depot on their own wheels and then
take them apart TO pack in the car.
This business makes one of the many
manufacturing plants which add ma
terlaliy TO the prosperity of our town.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS: The
following are the real estate transfers
recently recorded in the county regis
ry
Skowhegan- Harrison d. Barrett TO
S. IL. & w. d. Bradbury; Fred Car
penter TO Elizabeth j. Young.
Fairfeld-A. F. Morrill, to \. W.
Spaulding; Arthur II. Totman to Cal
vim G.. Totman.
Starks-Gustayus r. Grant to Geo
l.. Grant.
NorridgeWock- Justin D. Ames to
to Fred SalleX, Jr., SO.
PalmyramS; Perley Goodrich to
Pittsfield-Wm. W. Church to Pres
colt S. Pushor; Prescott s. Pushor to
Chas. |. Colman.
Detroit -Ghas l. Colman to }. L.
Bean.
Athens Cyrus E. Corson to Annie
B. Corson, $500; Edwin F. Trip to
Rudolf Loberg; Sewall Hinton 10
Linn Wooden Co. ct al; Willis Stey
ems to Ira \ Parker, $500; Henry
Pearson to Denis Cribben.
Canaan-John w. Drawn to Roland
j. Drawn, 5000; John \. Drawn 10
Eugene j. Drawn, S2uo
Solon-Frank NJ Nittnm 10 Lena NJ .