The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-30
BINGHAM IN FRONT
RANKS
New Mill To Be Built
Old One Revived
Many New Houses Built Last Year
New Engine Hall and Fire System
Among Improvements.

Many New Houses Built Last Year
New Engine Hall and Fire System
Among improvements.
With the prospects that the Tucker
& Lowell Mill will again resume bust
ness in Bingham within short time
the citizens are feeling much en-
couraged This will mean that about
loo men will resume work and viii
mean much to the town. One of the
owners of the mill was in Bingham
last week with other parties and the
plans are now to re-organize the com
pany, enlarge the mill and add new
machinery. The men went to MoXie
and looked over the conditions as to
getting sufficient hard wood lumber
TO carry on the business and if it is
found that the timber can be had the
mill will start during the coming sea
son.
The town has other reasons to feel
/ pltfotu OlI lllt al / IL III VI d HtN III
dustry which with the old one revived
the town will be in the front ranks of
progress. The Skinner French Com
pany has begun operations this week
to survey MoXie Gore with a crew OF
Is men, They have bought from Bin
W. Page and others about 5-l2 of this
valuable timber land and will use it
for the manufacturing of their prod
uct, of boxes, piano backs, etc. The
mill will start during the present sea-
son and at first 81 men will be en-
ployed and according to statements
made by the company this crew viii
be doubled
Bingham has SO we'll recovered from
the big fire of a year ago that nearly
all of the business blocks have been
rebuilt and in most instances they are
in better condition than before the
fire Many of the stores and blocks
that were damaged by the fire have
been remodclcd and nearly every bust
ness block in the town has new APP
pearancc. Among the chief of these
is the block Of +. W Moore and j. j.
Lander. This has been converted from
barn that set back of the original
store and has been fitted into a beauti-
ful drug store owned by Mr.. Moore,
and a fine hardware store carried on
by Mr.. Lander Hon. A. +. Donigan
has added a new store ON the street
having rebuilt an old block and rum
the first five and ten cent store in the
town. The block owned by Mr. Doni-
gan that was damaged by fire has been
remodeled and George Baker has an
up-to-date harness store in it. e. II.
Caswell is occupying one of the stores
that was damaged by fire that has
been remodelcd.
Among the stores that have been
built regardless of the fire is that o.
S. J. Whitney, who has a large block,
in which he has opened up hardware
store with heating and plumbing con-
nected f. $ Hunnewell, who was
one of the losers by the fire, has fitted
himself place for Il grocery store in
the old bakery and added one of the
best restaurants in the town.
The town has one of the most ORR
ginal fire systems that can be found
in the State. II is so simple that it
is made to work through the telo-
phone wires. il is known as the
enunciated system. There is box ar
ranged on a telephone pole and wires
running from two-point switch.
When a fir, occurs. the box is un
locked and Oh . switch is thrown in
aud this pcrurates card at the
power house ud the Waterman pulls
in the alarm according to the indica-
ton of the card There are four of
these boxes arranged through the
town The cost of them are but few
dollars, compared with the system
usually used tn places with a fire sys-
TEN.
That Bingham is taking a stride to-
ward progress is shown in the recent
building of dwelling houses. In the
past year the following have built
houses: Ores Steward, Robbie Howcs,
Charles e. Ball, Lander & Moore (2),
Albert Murray co, Albert Donigan
90, Charles Pierce, Winfield Stew
ard Hon. Forrest Colby is now re-
modelling his beautiful home and plaC-
ing a large ycranda on it. With this
building has come the erection Of the
new High School building and many Of
the citizens are now busy making
plans for more new houses One go
ing into the town is at once impressed
with the activity of the place and the
prosperous appearance of the entire
town.