The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
NAMES BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
Every Town Expresses
Its Preference
Thoroughly Alive to Advantages of
Manufacturing.

Maine towns are thoroughly alive to
the advantages of manufacturing as
tonic for communities which seem
n be suffering from impaired vitality.
Few of them are without substantial
inducements to offer to the capital
ist who is in search of cheap rail or
water transportation in conjunction
with water or hydro electric power
and an abundance of sober and i'll
dustrious working people. Isolated
and unfortunate indeed is the Maine
town that is not within easy striking
distance of railroad, river or tide
water These few will soon be con-
nected with the outer world with
electric lines,if the tremendous hydro
electric potentialities of the streams
are properly utilized. Rarer still is
the Maine town that is not blessed
with one or more water powers, de-
yeloped or awaiting the hand of man
To make them more valuable than
gold
Not only do Maine towns appreciate
tbe value of manufacturing but they
also know just what branch is best
suited to them. Since 1907 the de-
partment of industrial and labor sta
tistics of the State has been endeav-
oring to get complete list of all the
business opportunities in Maine. 1t
has succeeded with the exception of
few small towns and one or two of the
largest cities. The greatest demand
is for lumber manufacturing in some
of its branches, III towns and cities
expressing a desire for lumber mills,
two waiting cooper shops for the
manufacture of apple barrels;
one, a cooper shop for the man
ufacture of apple and pork bar
rels: three, box shops; two, carriage
factories; one, door and sash fac
tory; two, dowell mill; two, furni-
ture factories; 20, hardwood working
shops; one, hub making; one, last
block shop; one, lobster pot shop;
IA pulp and nine pulp and paper
mills; eight, ship yards; one, shook
mill; two short lumber mill; one,
sled and wagon shop; five, spool mill;
one, toy mandatory; one, wood alco-
hol plant; 49, wood novelty mill; 81,
wood working shops; two, wood
turning shops and one yacht and boat
building shop. All these industries
are more or less closely related to
our great forest resources and, with
the special inducements offered by
most of the towns, their prosperity
and permanence could doubtless be
assured.
The canning industry is attractive
to IA towns, eight of which want fac
tories for canning fruit and vege-
tables, four want sardine factories,
one fish canning and one blueberry
canning shops. Two towns want fish
curing plants.
Only one town expresses desire
for an automobile mandatory,
though there is no doubt but that
Maine has as much to offer such an
industry as many other states where
large plants exist. Maine is much
nearer the big automobile markets
than several large automobile manu-
featuring centers. Boot and shoe man
ufacturing plants are wanted in 33
towns, several of which have shops
built for the industry. Ten towns
have clay deposits of such value that
they believe brick manufacturing
plants would bring prosperity to
themselves and to the towns One
town wants a brick and tile plant. All
the clay deposits of Maine are of ex-
cellent quality and sand is generally
found near at hand. Three towns
want cement plants, while two 9TH
ers want lime kilnS.
One town says it needs a creamery
and another wants a cheese factory.
When the dairy interests of the State
have been developed more extensive
ly there will doubtless be a much
greater demand for such plants.
Many Maine towns know the value
OF the textile industries as builders
OF population and prosperity. Cotton
mills would be welcomed by II and
woolen mills by 26, while one wants a
textile mill, but does not specify the
kind.
One town thinks that a clothing
manufactory would prosper there and
there is little doubt that there are
many others where this industry
would add materially to the prosper
lty of the citizens.
Granite is perhaps the most valu-
aple OF our minerals, according 10
Commissioner Lyons report for 1909.
1t is found at many points along
the entire seacoast, upon numerous
islands, and extends well into the in
terror, so 1t Is found in every county
IN the State. Whole districts are un-
derlaid with it, and many of our
mountains seem tc be built up with
layer upon layer of this
Palueable building stone. AS to
the valuable quantity, Maine
mas the worlds supply for all the
coming ages" Just a dozen towns
expressed a desire that some branch
oi the granite industry locate within
their limits.
rive towns want grain mills; one,
dh oil factory; one, slate quarry;
s& starch factories; three, machine
shops; one, metal working shop;
one motor engine shop and 3S did
Hot specify just what sort of manu-
iaeturing they would like, but will
receive any legitimate proposition
with open arms.
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