Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-28
GARDINER

Mr. Henry ID. Stanwooi. an agent Of the
New York custom house, vas at the Evans
Hotel yesterday.
Mr. John Hamilton, street commissioner
of HaIlo~eIl, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. E. W Morrill, and wife returned from
the editorial excursion Friday.
Nr. G. A Stuart. principal of the high
school, is spending short vacation at Read
field
Misses Aza and Amy Gledhill are expect
eel home from visit to Marlboro, Mass, to-
day.
The following are the names of the teach
ers of the city schools, the terms of which
begin September 10: High school, q. A.
Stuart. principal; Miss Lizzie Austin, first
assistant; Miss Marian Turner, second as
sistaut Highland Avenue grammar school,
J. W. Chadwick, prineipal Miss Bertha NJ.
Hartman. assistant Central street gram
mar school, Miss Clara NJ. Burleigh, princi-
pal; Mrs. f. j, Robinson, assistant. Inter
mediate, Miss Jennie Haines, Lincoln Ave-
nue.; Miss Lizzie E. Chadwick Highland
Avenue; Miss Sarah B. Lord, Central street.
Primary, Mrs P Williams. Winter street
Miss Kate Flintner Lincoln street; Miss
MAY Douglass, Central street; Miss Mary F..
Winslow, Spring street.
Now" said Mr.. Geo. l.. Drake, superin-
tendent of the kimbal Bros. shoe factory,
You would be surprised to see to
what an extent machinery has superseded
hand work in the manufacture of shoes. Ii
is amazing. Some new machine is every
now and then coming out that just revolu-
tonnes the processes, and not only does the
work faster and better than hand labor can
| do it, but also perfects great saving OF
manual labor. Only a few months ago We
put in little machine which occupies q
space of about foot square on a table and
when that machine went in, operated by one
girl, we discharged four hands. Too bad
but we had to do it. And one of these day:
when we put in more of them as we proba
bly, shall, more employees will without doub
have to be discharged, Such is the tramp
of the machine upon the hands of the work.
man the work of the inventor against the
laborer.'
A very spirited and successful flag raising
occurred in Randolph on Tuesday evening
last-a flag of the right sort too, handsome
Harrison and Buregh banner, swung out by
Messrs Putnam Closson, proprietors of
the steam mill \ large crowd was in at
tendance, and stirring speeches were made
by Rev. j. S. Gledhill, IL. p. Cosson, d. w
Emery, and W. A. Rich. The last name,
gentleman is resident of Deering, but a
he was in town, was invited to speak and ia
vored the audience with some telling re
marks. After the flag raising republican
caucus was held, at which the followin,
named gentlemen, were elected delegates t,
the county conventions, viz: A. C. Clark
Franklin Stevens and Robert Brooks
1t is not everybody, we suspect, who know
that we have marine railway in our city, We
such is the fact, This railway is used il
transporting logs up over the dams on New
NILS stfttin 10 llle saw inllls ABOVE. y ION;
shoot or incline is built at one side of tn,
stream up above the height of the dam, an,
then inclining into the water above the dam
\ regular railroad track is built upon this OF
which large car runs. This car is operated
by an endless chain, revolving around drum
or cylinder, receiving its power from the dan
over which it is built the wheel of which car
be reversed SO as to draw the car either way
! The car is let down the incline and sinks up
on its own track into the water A raft o
from four TO six logs is then foated upon it
and the load is drawn up over the dam, run
down the incline upon the other side, and in
to the water. The logs float from the car
when it is pulled back empty, run down tn,
| incline and again loaded. This car make,
about eighty trips day upon an average
and it costs six cents each to transport tbs
| logs over each dam-there being two dam.
over which this railway is built 1t is quite
an interesting sight to go down under the
Winter street bridges and watch the opera
tons of this log-driving railway.