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■^there are four saws, also four more a few miles up the river, and 

 four shingle and four lath machines. Above Sebago Pond there 

 are also four more saw-mills, the produce of which finds a do- 

 mestic market in the neighboring towns. 



The resources for lumber on this river are nearly exhausted, 

 as must be evident from the settled condition of the country 

 through which it runs its short career. 



Having no means by which to ascertain the various amounts 

 of lumber manufactured on this river, I will venture upon a cal- 

 culation, with a view to make results more tangible, keeping in 

 view the scanty resources lumbermen must have in such a coun- 

 try for logs. 



There are fourteen saws reported which manufacture for ex- 

 portation. With a proper head of water and a sufficient num- 

 ber of logs, one saw is capable of cutting a million feet per an- 

 num. But, in the absence of the necessary supply of logs, we 

 should feel inclined to limit the amount manufactured per saw to 

 one hundred and fifty thousand feet, board measure, the average 

 price of which is said to be $ 1 2 per M. 



Of lath machines there are six reported, capable, under favor- 

 able circumstances, of cutting one million pieces per annum to a 

 machine. But in this instance, from the scanty supply of mate- 

 rial, we should not feel warranted in an estimate exceeding two 

 hundred thousand to each machine as the average product, worth 

 probably about the same as sinailar kinds of lumber on the An- 

 droscoggin. 



Six shingle machines may be supposed to produce a limited 

 amount of this kind of lumber, for tlie same general reason as- 

 signed for the scanty supply of other kinds. Two hundred and 

 fifty thousand to each machine, worth two dollars and fifty cents 

 per M., may therefore be considered not extravagant. 



Some attention has been given to factory operations on this 

 river at Sacarappa, where there is one mill with three hund- 

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