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about one-fourth clear, one-eighth second rates, and balance common. 

 Number of logs sawed, about 8,000. 20 hands employed. 



Doti/s Mill— Wm. P. Doty. — Lumber sawed 3,373,000 feet, 

 lath 1,464,000, pickets 600 bdls. Has run 12 hours per day ; employed 

 about 17 men. 



McEwen d- Bros. JV///.— Lumber cut, 2,900,000 feet llan 24 

 hours per day, for 126 days, and 12 hours per day for- 52 days. Em- 

 ploy 13 men making lumber, 3 lath. Extensive additional machinery 

 has been made in this mill, giving it additonal facilities, and the proprie- 

 tors expect to make about 3,r)00,000 feet the next season. 



Watrous, Soutkxoorth d- Co., Portsmouth.— S&wQd about 2,000,000 

 feet lumber. Employ 9 men. Mill property, including dock, (kc, coet 

 four years ago about $12,000. 



Bangor Mills — V. A. Ripley. — Made nearly 5,000,000 feet lumber, 

 one-fourth clear and second. Number of logs sawed estimated at 18 

 to 20,000, (3 logs to 1,000 feet.) Also, 2,500,000 lath. The mill 

 ran 175 days, 10 hours per day. Has two upright, one five feet cir- 

 cular, edging, lath, and slab saws, with a flooring or siding mill. Em- 

 ploy 26 hands. 



The Drake Mill—V. A. Ripley.— Made 3,500,000 feet lumber, 

 (one-fourth clear and second,) and 1,675,000 lath, using some 44,000 

 logs. Has two upright, edging, lath and slab saws, with a flooring 

 or siding mOl. Ran 175 days, 10 hours per day. Employs ir> men. 



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K W. Perry's Mill.— Vrom April 1st, 1855, to December Ist, a 

 little over four mouths, cut 400,000 feet lumber, (clear and fourth 

 100,000, common inch l)oards 250,000, siding 50,000,) and 100,000 



lath. Employs 3 hands. 



The Watrous Mill, Wairou.<!ville—A3iTon Watrous.— Cut 700,000 

 feet. One upright saw, one edger. Can saw .an average of 5,000 feel 

 per day of 12 hours. Employs 4 men. 



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