On  the  Saco  River. — The  amount  of  lumber  manufactured  on  this  river
was  33,000,000  feet  in  1874,  24,000,000  in  1875,  and  20,000,000  in  1876.
It  is  estimated  that  the  cut  in  the  winter  of  1877-'78  would  be  18  000,000.
These  amounts  do  not  include  the  quantities  produced  by  the  Bartlet
Land  and  Lumber  Company,  at  the  head  of  the  Saco  Eiver,  which
amount  to  a  little  over  4,000,000  a  year,  and  send  by  railroad  to  Port-
land. No  small  lumber  is  manufactured  on  the  river,  ]>ine,  spruce,  and
hemlock  being  the  kinds  used.  About  2,000,000  of  sapling  shingles  are
made  annually.
On  the  Narragaugus  River. — The  business  was  expected  to  increase  from
that  of  last  year  about  one  half.  Number  of  men  employed  the  present
winter  (1877-'78),  200;  horses,  76;  oxen,  80.  Average  wages  paid  to
men,  $22  per  month;  amount  of  anticipated  cut,  13,000,000  feet.  There
are  manufactured  annually  about  12,000,000  feet  of  long  lumber,  8,000,000
laths,  5,000,000  shingles,  and  200,000  clapboards.  Prices:  Pine  ship-
ping boards,  $15  per  M;  pine  refuse  boards,  $10;  spruce  boards,  $10;
laths,  $1.15  per  M.
On  the  Union  River. — During  the  past  season,  the  production  on  this
river  amounted  to  24,000,000  of  long  lumber,  14,000,000  of  shingles,
4,000,000  of  lath,  10,500,000  of  staves,  100,000  clapboards,  500  tons  of
"excelsior,"  and  100,000  feet  of  spool-wood.  This  is  exclusive  of  fuel,
railroad  ties,  hemlock-bark,  &c.     This  amount  will  fall  short  of  last


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year's  product  by  one-third,  and  would  exceed  that  of  the  coming  sea-
son by  one-fourtb.
On  the  Androscoggin  River. — On  this  river  there  has  usually  been  cut,
above  Bethel,  for  the  last  ten  years,  5,000,000  feet  annually.  The  pres-
ent season  it  was  estimated  would  produce  25,000,000  to  30,000,000.
