The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
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Tuesday, January i2, 1919.

Tuesday, January IL, 1919.
rho LEGISLATURE Of this Commonwealth con
u Boston tomorroar. AS The doings ol
s,,.av Is more or less sought after, if is
design TO publi'h journal OF all The pro-
..,;ngs which relate 10 the District Of Maine.
-. n,oeedpre correcttd.- viii be recollect-
- most Of our readers that as long ago as
lat We had occasion TO complain of the
3. ;aauence Of the Hon. MIR. Holmes in pro-
.1w ne discontinalnnce of the all which has
~ -oax wears run from Parsonsfeld, in the coun-
E yn,k. TO this town--and of opening ANEW
! ,ss stead, TO Alfred, where Mr.. Fl. re-
All this was done without law, and great
stLs disadvantage Of those who reside in the
9. ,,art Of that county. A representation OF
ace by our Representative has led to a cor
~, n The procedure, and restored to the peo-
shs enioyment of fthose rights and privileges
s,eh were thus wantonly wrested from them,
Tke yh'e7y Mail Rout again. a.--ln stating the
i,al ant departure ofthe new Mail through
,,bam and Lisbon inc1r iast, we were led
i : mistake in copying lhetn from the orig
!, engagements al shc ac;ederal Post Offices
hav have been so far altered as to leave
s % Tuesdays al 2 O'Clock, P. NJ. instead
MONDAYS at o'clock P. II. We negIec.
also to state that this rout extends through
~, River Village, and Lisbon -Four Cor
srs-.,hat WILLIAM P. DAVIS, Esq. is sps
s;oted Post Master al The former, and EzE-
i, THoapsov, Esq. at ihe latter place. 1t
.ebes haloweil every Wednesday evening
4 o'clock.
urs A. 81. Shirley, N.S
noticed in your last scme notice Of the
uta Bend Bridge across the Androscoggia
~ II is upwards Of 500 fee, in length,
4 the workmanship reflects much credit up
NJ. HALL, who constructed and supelin
n3ed The building of it--but it is much 10
regretted that bridge of such length
ould be SO contracted in its width as toren-
I ii very inconyeniem for two teams meet
each other, to pass upon it, being only 90
,wiJe wish also TO call the attention OF
public to another new bridge across the
ne river, about three miles below, at what
euay called the foot of the Ten Mile
Ills, uniting the towns of Durham and Lis
4 al Little Rfper Village. The proprietors
kp Incorporated in 1919, to erect Toll
ncge at this place--but in consequence of
great freshet which happened soon after
u swept away all their mrls, the bridge was
elected until the last sugnmer. Having re-
HI several ofthe mills and the necessity for
bridge increasing, the proprietors comnenc
q II on the 4tb day OF August last, and in SO
oIkiug days after. the bridge was made pas
Vie The principal piers. WHICH support il
. Ne built Of stone aud so located in an eddy
hearly TO elude he large quantities OF logs
ski ice which pass over the fails--so that lit
OF no apprehensions are entertained ofany
hmage by The spring and fall freshets. II is
I 30 feet long and % feel wide, and built of
e best materials, 1t does great credit TO Mr..
oULToE, the. master. workman, and Mr.
oDFREy, who assisted, particularly as it was
: first which they bad ever built, t.,,
4 petition was presented to the Court of
Essions last fall for a shorter and more direct
ad from the bridge to Northyarmouth.
|Ouid tha. attain il would greatly facilitate
lraselling from Portland TO HaIlowell. as
distance that way is said TO be but 30
PES.