Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-15
NEW GARAGE.
Fills WORTH FOUNDRY & MA
CHINE WORKS.
LATEST ADDITION TO A FLouRIsHrNo
ELLSWORTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TIoN OF PLANT.

From the Industrial Journal. Bsngor.l
The Ellsworth Foundry & Machine
Works Is steadily coming to the front
and assuming q prominent place among
the most progressive and wide-awske in
dustrisI establishments in eastern Maine.
In addition to the old esta blished lines OF
business, there has developed within few
years a rapidly-expanding volume Of win
ter storage OF yachts and craft OF varying
sizes, and supplying them with the
necessary motive power and equipment,
while the automobile department is now
very much in the limelight Is is strikingly
evidenced In the new garage that easily
ranks as among the very best in Maine,
and in fact will compare favorably with
any plant OF its size In New England.
The garage fronts on Water street, has
frontage Of ffty-a FIVE feet and depth OF 100
feet IL IL OF frame construction, with
cement foundation up to the first floor, and
the outside walls have q covering OF &C.
ment. The basement 10 nine feet high and
the garage Is eighteen feet posted. There
corners, there being seven lights 80 K i16
inches. There are fifteen mullioned win
dows, and in all ffty-twos windows.
There are large ana handsome show win
dows for the display OF automobile Access
series.
The equipment Il mostI modern and
up-to- date, including steam vulcanizer,
pumps for different oils, air-compressor
for pumping tires, etc. The spacious
building Is steam heated, there being q
Putnam cast-iron sectional steam boiler,
and 900 feet Of radiation boiler capacity.
The smokestack In use was made here, and
is forty-five feet high, with diameter OF
sixteen inches. A. NJ. Foster, the Ellis
worth contractor, was the builder OF the
garage, and tho workmanship Is highly
creditabie. The building 10 illuminated
by electric lights; there is ample fire
protection, and there Is a gasoline tank
with a capacity OF 900 gallons. In the
basement OF the garage there Is repair
shop where ordinary repairs to automo-
blles can be made, while II the necessary
repairs are more elaborated they can
be attended to In the large machine shop.
The Ellsworth Foundry & Machine
Buick automobiles for Hancock county
and Washington county to East Machiss
inclusive; also for other leading makes.
Located as the Ellsworth Foundry & Ma
chine Works plant is on Union river, and
easily accessible for vessels OF good size,
this is favorite place Of storage and re-
pairs for craft Of varying rig. There are
six marine railways, and another will be
soon completed, the tracks having ca
pacity for yachts 100 feet long and with
draft Of eight feet. One ofethe buildings
is 75xso feet and has thresl marine rail
ways.
portion of this building has been used
as garage, but 1t will now be devoted to
workshop and storage purposes. The next
building is 100 feet long by seventy feet
wide, and has three railways. 1t is
metal, saw-tooth roof building, and Is
practically fire-proof. The sides are in
the form Of shutters that can readily be
removed, admitting plenty OF light and
ventilation. The railways have been &C.
cupied TO their full capacity through the
winter, and skilled workmen have been
steadily employed fitting out the various
craft thoroughly for summer cruising.
The yacht Viking, owned by Boston
man, has had her hull built over; new
iour-eycie engine Of eighteen horsepower
mas been installed, and Q new cabin con-
slrueted. The eighty five-foot twin-screw
gssoiene yacht, EagIet, owned by ID. c.
Blair, of New York, is hauled out here,
and will be fitted out at this yard this
spring.
The two speed boats, Pampero and
eealiywag, owned by Clement b. New
bold and J. K. Mitchell, Of Philadel-
pnia, are here; also the yacht Tramp,
owned by Mrs. Mark Hanna, of Cleveland,
ONO, and yacht Sue, Mrs. Bliss, of New
iork, owner. There is also the auxiliary
yawl Sarita, and various yachts OF all sizes.
especially favorable is the location Of the
plant for expansion along the line of yacht
storage and fitting out. From Ellsworth
i is only two and half miles to Union
river bay, and the United States gov
eminent has Of late made many improve
nents on Union river, dredging the chan
mel and removing the rocks up to the Els
worth Foundry & Machine Works. Easily
accessible from Frenchman's bay and the
entire Mount Desert island section, and
with expansive Penobscot bay, Ellsworth
very central in its location.
Inc manufacture Of gasoline marine en-
sihes is a most important department OF
'"e business OF the Ellsworth Foundry &