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doubled and quadrupled their wealth within a few years by the 

 amount of shipbuilding that has been conducted by their enter- 

 prising citizens; while Waldoborough, from the same source^ 

 has twice, within a few years, Phrenix like, grown from her own 

 ashes, with increased splendor and durability. 



It is almost useloss to call attention to Thomaston. You 

 are here and can judge of its situation at a single glance. Look 

 where we will, and we find indications not only of comfort, but 

 every mark of luxury and wealth ; while their beautiful dwelling 

 houses and ornamented yards display taste with every regard 

 to comfort ; their churches, school houses, and well macadamized 

 streets, extensively ornamented with trees, are sure proof that 

 this is not the home of the miser. Look at the fleet of mam- 

 moth ships in process of construction, about ready to pass from 

 the hands of the carpenters, joiners, caulkers and painters, to 

 the care of the riggers, sailors and masters, and yon will at 

 once conclude that capital here is not hoarded up, only to be 

 loaned at an exorbitant rate of interest, but that the capitalists 

 are ready to make business for mechanics and a market for the 

 agriculturists by an active use of their money. 



In order to illustrate the extent and influence of this business,, 

 and its assistance to the agriculturists, I have obtained some 

 statistics showing the operations in ship building in Thomaston 

 during the present season. The number of ships in process of 

 construction is eight, of an average tonnage of 1200 tons. 

 Allowing fifty men to each ship, and one hundred and twenty 

 days the time for building and rigging, and we have forty-eight 

 thousand days' work,. which, at two dollars per day, will make 

 the sum of $96,000, to which should be added, for labor in cut- 

 ting the timber, $19,000, making a total of $115,000 paid for 

 labor and board, besides a large amount for freight on timber 

 and other materials necessary for their construction. This sum 

 divided will give $-4594 to each town in the county. 



The lime business at Rockland is another source of profit to 

 the agriculturist, and should be particularly noticed as one of 

 the advantages of Lincoln County. The amount of lime man- 

 ufactured has averaged nearly five hundred thousand casks per 

 year, for several years, and it may safely be calculated that the 

 labor amounts to sixty c^ts per cask, making $300,000 paid 



