August 2018 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 25. HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1882
panies who have fi lled their houses after a hard struggle with the snow. * * * * *
On the manifest of the steamship ON-
TARIO, which arrived at this port from Liverpool on Thursday, were 134 cattle, comprising 13 calves, 13 sheep and 9 horses. These animals were imported, for breeding purposes, at a cost of $58,000, and with the exception of the horses, were consigned to Messrs. Burleigh & Bodwell, of Hallowell, who are doing so much by importations of this character, to improve stock in Maine. The steamship entered at the Custom House at 2:30 o’clock PM and at 8 o’clock in the evening the animals were on board cars and bound for Hallowell, where they will remain in quarantine for 90 days as required by the regulations of the treasury department. [Portland Sunday Times] * * * * *
Sullivan Granite – A few quarries in
the town of Sullivan have been worked more or less for a long time and the quality of the granite for diff erent uses tested. It is noted for its fi ne quality, durability, and excellent rift. The latter quality makes it especially valuable for working into curb stones and street paving blocks as well as for other uses where fi ne dimensions in the rough granite are very desirable. About eight years ago Mr. John H. Stimson, an operator in granite of large experience, came from Boston and purchased about 1,000 acres of granite and waterfront land and commenced operations. His present facilities for the immediate fi ll- ing of large contracts are fi rst class. He will employ the present season from 125 to 150 men, and could employ a much larger num- ber should circumstances warrant. He has now piled on his wharves about 10,000 tons of paving blocks and bridge stone, ready for shipment, and about as much more back in the quarries which could be run down his rail track to the wharves at short notice. The other active operators in the granite line at present are Crabtree & Havey, and Simpson & Abbott, who, combined, will employ from 50 to 100 men this season. Ambrose Simpson, who is among the pioneers in the business, will build a new wharf for his quar- ry this season and await contracts. There is a growing demand for granite blocks to pave the streets in all the western cities and what the quarries need is railroad facilities, in order that the material may be shipped to its destination without breaking bulk. Chicago and other western cities will be within easy reach as large customers for Eastern Maine granite on the completion of the Shore Line Railroad. Those most competent to judge consider the demand in its infancy, and the knowing ones are making preparations accordingly. Sullivan alone could furnish 1,000 tons per day if the demand and railroad facilities were equal to it.
RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES Steamer CITY OF RICHMOND has
been towed from Bath to Boston and will receive her boilers at the latter place.
Page 204-205. The machinery is now being placed in
the new International Line steamer STATE OF MAINE, and work upon her is progress- ing rapidly. The saloons and staterooms are fast assuming shape, and the company hope to have her ready for her route by June 1st
. The steamer FALMOUTH is now
being overhauled and will take the place of the NEW BRUNSWICK as soon as she can be made ready. With the STATE OF MAINE, FALMOUTH, NEW YORK and CITY OF PORTLAND on the route, and the NEW BRUNSWICK for a spare boat, the International Company can justly consider
themselves well equipped for the summer campaign.
7 April Page 218. Messrs. Packard & Haggett, a new
shipbuilding fi rm at Bath, are about to com- mence work on two schooners one of 700 tons and the other 450.
Page 219. The total amount of foreign exports
from the port of Portland for the week ending on Saturday last was $272,411.63 including 383,531 feet of lumber. * * * * *
From statistics taken from Chase’s
revised map it will be seen that the total amount of ice secured in Maine the past winter was 1,406,300 tons. The season was so unfavorable that a full crop could not be harvested.
* * * * * W. O. & C. Barney, Searsport, have
large orders on hand for a variety of ship material to be sent to the Pacifi c coast. They have lately put in a machine known as a “plug cutter”, used in making plugs for ship work.
* * * * * The Arctic Ice Company, of this city,
will erect, during the coming season, the largest ice house on the Penobscot River. It will be on the lot south of and immediately adjoining the present house, and can be fi lled from the same endless chain elevator. The new structure will be built in the same manner and will be between 250 and 300 feet long, with from 25,000 to 30,000 ton capacity. When this is done the company will have a house capacity of 50,000 tons besides their stacks, and will own altogether one of the fi nest ice privileges in Maine. They have already sold 22,000 tons of their ice at $1.50 a ton, and will begin shipping immediately upon the opening of navigation. The ice will go to southern ports.
Page 220. RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES The revenue cutter DALLAS, Captain
Glover, makes a good report for the past season. She has boarded and examined 410 vessels and steamed 5,651 miles. She has rescued or rendered timely assistance to nine disabled vessels. The seven lifesaving stations have been inspected and furnished with supplies.
* * * * * The steamer SEA FLOWER has
changed hands again and has been pur- chased by Captain Knowlton, of Portland. She has been running from Portland to Harpswell, but will now undergo extensive repairs and receive a new engine and will take the place of the TOURIST on the Island route in Casco Bay. The SEA FLOWER will be well remembered in this vicinity. * * * * *
The Clements Steamship Company, re-
cently organized for the purpose of running a line of steamers between Boston, Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, includes among its incorporators Messrs. R. B. Humphrey, of St. John; E. F. Clements, A. J. T. Clem- ents and Samuel Killan, of Yarmouth; H. J. Libby, J B. Coyle, T. C. Hersey and Daniel E. Emery, of Portland. The capital stock of the company is $200,000 (with power to increase to $500,000) divided into 2,000 shares of $100 each.
* * * * * The Bangor and Bar Harbor Steamboat
Line are now building in Brewer two steam- ers, the CIMBRIA and FLORENCE. The CIMBRIA is 130 feet long, 28 feet wide and will be about 200 tons measurement, being
14 April Page 235.
EASTERN INDUSTRIES Two vessels of 500 tons each are being
about a third larger than the steamer CITY OF BANGOR. On the lower deck aft, will be a cabin and dining saloon 30 feet by 16 feet, and also an after cabin and toilette room for ladies. A large stateroom leads from the cabin and on opposite side will be another stateroom. On this deck forward will be a large and commodious freight room. The cabin will be fi nished in cherry and have upholstered seats on the sides. Reaching the upper deck, the upper cabin or saloon will be 50 feet long by about 16 feet wide. It will be fi nished in pine and painted diff erent colors and with upholstered seats on the sides. There will be six large staterooms, three on each side, leading out from this saloon. The steamer will have a compound engine of 200 hp built by the Lockwood Manufacturing Company of Boston, and two steel Redfi eld boilers, made by McEutee & Dillon, at Rondout, New York. The steamer will be fi tted up throughout in a superior manner and in all respects will be made fi rst class. Work is being pushed with great rapidity and it is expected she will be in the water by May 1st
. She has been named CIMBRIA after the German steamer of that name which for sev- eral months lay at anchor at Southwest Har- bor with several hundred Russian soldiers on board. Four weeks ago the keel was laid for another craft. She is to be a small steamer and will be schooner rigged. The dimensions are 70 feet long by 16 feet wide and she will have two cabins about 14 feet by 10 feet in size with upholstered seats. She will be a propeller and will have a single engine of 30 horsepower and the machinery will be of the same size as that of the MAY FIELD. The steamer is intended as a small passenger boat for excursions and for private parties and will be able to accommodate from 75 to 100 persons. The craft will be completed in season to be launched by May 1st
. It has
been decided to name her FLORENCE, after the little daughter of Captain S. H. Barbour.
Page 221. NUGGETS During the recent excavations at the
quarry at Otter Creek, Mount Desert, some interesting remains of the aborigines were brought to light. They were presented to the Maine Historical Society. * * * * *
Patents issued to Maine inventors un-
der date of March 28, 1882, reported for us by William Franklin Seavey, Solicitor of Patents, Bangor: Willard Linscott, West Auburn, shoe; William K. Webb, North Bridgeton, device for connecting boots or shoes; Ephraim Witham, Carritunk, calk. Trademarks: Canned corn, J. P. Baxter, Portland, the word “Yarmouth”; Canned provisions, Portland Packing Company, Portland, the fi gure of a star. Whole number of patents issued for the week, 357.
NEW INCORPORATIONS Robbinston St. Croix Wharf Company
– Robbinston, March 27 – Capital, $1,000; nothing paid in – Purposes, erecting, main- taining and operating one or more wharves on the St. Croix River in the town of Robbin- ston – President, James W. Cox, Robbinston; Treasurer, Cyrus Balkam, Robbinston. * * * * *
Belfast Block Company – Belfast,
March 28 – Capital $5,000; $1,725 paid in – Purposes, to manufacture and sell tackle, blocks, ships’ pumps, wheels, etc. – Presi- dent, John G. Brooks, Belfast; Treasurer, C. J. Hall, Belfast.
built at H. M. Bean’s shipyard in Camden. Sixty men are employed. * * * * *
Foreign exports from the port of Port-
land for the week ending Saturday last were valued at $167,492.12.
* * * * * Goss, Sawyer & Packard, of Bath, are to
build a clipper ship of 1,000 tons for William H. Besse and others of New Bedford, to be employed in the San Francisco trade. The same builders have also laid the keel for a schooner of 750 tons.
Page 235-236. Messrs. W. O. & C. Barney, Searsport,
shipped last week to San Francisco fi ve windlass purchases and one treenail ma- chine, all of their own manufacture. The space in the boxes between and around the castings was fi lled with deck plugs, thus utilizing all the waste room.
Page 236. The Portland Packing Company have
contracted for the erection of the necessary buildings to carry on their canning oper- ations at Winthrop. They have leased the necessary land for a term of fi ve years, with the option of having it an addition fi ve years, on the shore of Lake Maranocook. * * * * *
Messrs. J. H. and George Leavitt, of
Pine Point, near Old Orchard, have prepared and sold upwards of 16,000 gallons of clams during the past winter. The business has employed to quite a number of men in the neighborhood. The clams were sent away, in kegs and barrels, by the Boston & Maine Railroad to dealers and consumers in Port- land, Boston and elsewhere. * * * * *
Bristol is going to utilize her menhaden
factories by turning them into canning facto- ries. Messrs. Wolf & Ressing have enlarged and fi tted up the factory at Mexico Cove, near Round Pond, and will employ nearly 200 hands when in full operation. A fi shing steamer is being fi tted out for them in Port- land for the mackerel fi shing. John Bourns talks of changing his factory at Pemaquid for the same business.
* * * * * Messrs. Glover & Company had a claim
amounting to $800 on a farm and limestone quarry in the town of Thomaston. The quarry had not been developed, but showed rather unfavorably. To secure their claim they were forced to purchase a fi rst mortgage of some $4,500, and later on take the property for their claim. Last year they expended about $3,000 in clearing off the quarry, and during the past winter have sold $3,600 worth of the rock, which turns out to be of the choicest kind. Today they can take $10,000 cash for a half interest.
* * * * * Some Oldtown Industries – Messrs.
Conant, White & Company, at the north end of Oldtown village are running their steam shingle mill to its fullest capacity, and turning out about 11,000,000 shingles yearly, with quick sales. Guy E. Carlton and William Wallace build lumbermen’s bateaux on a large scale and have been in business a long time. Mr. Carlton builds about 75 yearly and Mr. Wallace has sold 30 the past winter, with an increasing demand yearly. They fi nd their way to all the lum- bering regions of the country. Herbert Gray is gradually increasing his business in the manufacture of extension valises, of which he now makes nine sizes. He employs from 8 to 10 hands.
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Attention is called to the notice in an- other column of “Paving cutters wanted at
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