The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-11-14
Unity's New Bank.
And Some of the Industries of that En..u
prising and Flourishing Town.

| ' VI THAT Enter
prising and Flourishing Town.
March 4. 1912. the Waldo Trust Companv .,
this city, in response to requests from +bo;,
patrons in Unity and vicinity, opened br.nct
in Unity, with Mr.. B. A. Fogg of that town n,
manager; and Mr.. Wilber r. Blodpett. treo..
urer, Of the Waldo Trust Co., spent severe,
weeks in Unity to get the new institution r
running order. Its success was immediate T.
fact, to use common expression, it filled 8
long felt want and the business increased se
rapidly that it was decided to put up su;t.
able bank building. The location selected was
near the railway station on the main road :,
the village and next to the general store of 7
H. Farwell & Co., and here brick buildino
32x24 feet, one story and basement, has been
+ erected. The banking rooms are attractivelv
fitted and furnished and contain every conven.
ience. The large safe is in a cement vault and
there are IA safe deposit boxes. Opposite is
the directors room. Off the main room is q
coupon room and telephone booth. All the
rooms are well lighted and the windows are
protected by iron bars. The floors and finish
are of hard wood. In the basement is a hot
water heater that will warm all the rooms
above in the coldest weather. ]. l.. Russell of
Bangor was the contractor.
November 8th was the day selected for on
ening the new banking rooms and invitations
were sent out to friends and all interested to
meet the officers between the hours of one and
four on that day, and considering the incem-
ent weather there was goodly number pres
ent. President W. H. Quimby, Treasurer Will
bur R. Bodgett, and trustees o. E. Frost,
James H. Howes, Horace Chenery and Ralph
L. Cooper left Belfast on the 12.15 p. M train
for Unity to do the honors of the occasion.
The manager, Mr.. Benjamin A. Fogg, was
found at the bank ready to welcome all COM
ers. Mr.. Fogg was for 21 years the manager
of H. P. Hood & Sons creamery in Unity and
is in every way we'll qualified for the position
he now holds-a genial man of recognized
business ability and integrity, who has the
confidence of all who know him. He will be at
the bank every week day from to l2 and
from l to o'clock.
Unity is a shipping point for a section that
includes many fine farms and is the home of
needed the banking facilities now afforded it
and it is safe to predict that the business of
the bank, and of the town, will grow in unison
Within stones throw of the railway station
are the creameries of H. P. Hood & Sons and
the Turner Center Dairying Co., the general
stores of ]. H. Farwell & Co., and the Maple
wood Lumber Co., the latter's large storehouse
and new grist mill, the saw mill of Bartlett &
Chase, the large potato house of F. M. Leon
ard & Co. of Boston, and not far distant is the
canning factory of the Portland Packing Co.
The creamery Of H. P. Hood & Sons was es-
tablished here 2l years ago, and for the past
eight months has been under the management
of Mr.. Fogg's successor, W. E. Glazier of Mil
ton. VT, a young man of good br siness ability.
In this connection it may be noted that the
firm in Boston received word last Saturday
that at the national dairy show at Chicago,
they had won the gold medal for market milk
by scoring 96.9 points out of possible 100.
United States and Canada.
The Turner Center creamery is more re-
cent addition to the local industries. and with
the branches in Troy and Jackson is under the
superintendent of Guy P. Norton, a bright,
hard working young man. 1t has here one of the
best equipped creamery buildings in the State.
Both creameries ship to Boston land the Turner
Center creamery will soon begin shipping to
Lynn, Mass, also. 1t has about 300 milk pro-
ducers, receives about 1000 ten gallon cans
per week and ships from to 6 car loads per
week. They have apparatus for making
glue stock of skinned milk that is used in
paper sizing and it is profitable branch of tie
business.
The Unity plant of the Portland Packing Co
is credited this year with the largest pack OF
corn in the State irrespective of acreage
The potato house, owned by f. M. Leonard
& Co. Of Boston and efficiently managed by
Mr.. Charles W. Mitchell, is doing large bust.
ness. The building is S5 by As feet and has "a
bins, with an average capacity of $50 bushels
1t is a model of neatness and convenience
There are stored in the house, waiting fo1
shipment to Florida Dec. 1st $4,000 bushels
of seed potatoes, "Rose No. A. to be
planted Jan. 1st and the resulting crop will
be returned to the Northern markets early
in the spring. Mr.. Mitchell is an
able and enterprising business man who is
not afraid of work. He buys and ships te
Boston large quantities of potatoes. The
house is arranged so that teams unload at two
large doors on the street side and the potatoe:
after inspection are taken through opposite
doors onto platforms and loaded directly into
cars on the track. The ventilation and heat
are SO arranged that potatoes can be kept in
the house for late shipment Last years bust.
ness was very satisfactory, but September and
October of this year the receipts have ex.
ceeded the total of 1911. Plans are in pro.
gress for duplicating the capacity of the house
next spring.
The Maplewood Lumber Co, &C. E. Grant
and F. E. Whtehouse) conducts a large gen.
eral store ard does an extensive business in
long and short lumber, spool stock and
shingles. Their new storehouse is 80 by 81
feet. They recently installed a grist mill
principally for their own use, but also do Gus.
tom grinding.
The Bartlett & Chase saw mill furnishes
lumber, custom work, and contract spool stock
for Pawtucket, r. l. Others engaged in the
lumber business are W. H. ]. Mouiton & Sons
Stevens & Libby, Bartlett & Chase and Seth
Pendleton; and this is by no means complete
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