| East Machias | |||
| Average price per M. | Total. | ||
| No. of Saw-mills | 17. | ||
| No. of Lath Machines | 11. | ||
| Amount of Long Lumber | 10,200,000. | $8.00. | $81,600. |
| No. of Laths | 13,200,000. | 1.00. | 13,200. |
| $94,800. | |||
| No. of Men Employed | 450. | ||
| No. of Oxen and Horses, do. | 380. | ||
| West Machias | |||
| Average price per M. | Total. | ||
| No. of Saw-mills | 20. | ||
| No. of Lath Machines | 14. | ||
| Amount of Long Lumber | 18,000,000. | $8.00. | $144,000. |
| No. of Laths | 16,800,000. | 1.00. | 16,800. |
| $160,800. | |||
| No. of Men Employed | 475. | ||
| No. of Oxen and Horses, do. | 400. | ||
The next river worthy of note, for the lumber it produces, is the Narraguagues, whose waters disembogue into a small bay bearing the same name, thirty miles beyond the West Machias, its course being nearly parallel with the latter.
The true Indian orthography is said to be Na-la-gua-gwees, and signifies palate, stream, or river. To use the precise language of my Indian interpreter, opening his mouth wide and thrusting his finger down his throat, "It means all one, jes if I open my mouth and river run down my throat into mine belly." Whether there is any peculiarity about the river, or the form of the bay into which it falls, to originate such a name, I am unaware.
This stream, for water power, is about equal in its capacity to either of the Machias rivers. The mills are principally located at Cherryfield, where are fifteen saw and eight lath mills, three shingle and one clap-board machine. The saw-mills are said to produce about nine millions of long lumber per annum, worth eight dollars per M. on an average. The lath mills produce six million four hundred thousand pieces, worth one dollar per M. Nine hundred thousand shingles are annually turned out, at two dollars and fifty cents per M. The clap-board machine may be credited with one hundred thousand pieces during the sawing season; of their quality I am not informed. In general they range from fifteen to thirty dollars per M.
Computing the value of the foregoing products, we have presented the annual product:
| Long Lumber | $72,000 | |
| Laths | 6,400 | |
| Shingles | 2,250 | |
| Clap-boards | 2,000 | |
| Total | $82,650 |
Sixty teams are said to be employed on this river during the hauling season, and about three hundred men. The resources for lumber were reported by the most intelligent operators as equal to those of any lumber district in the state of equal size.
In the adjoining town of Franklin five saw-mills were reported, situated on small streams, doing a large business. These mills are said to manufacture about three million feet, worth eight dollars per M., giving twenty-four thousand dollars.
About half way between the Narraguagues and the Penobscot Rivers, and upon an almost exact parallel with the latter, runs Union River, which disembogues into an arm of Frenchman's Bay. On the banks of this river, near its mouth, stands the village of Ellsworth, which is decidedly one of the most beautiful places in Maine, and in the immediate vicinity of which the mills are principally located; in all, about twenty-five.