Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-27
THE CAPITOL IN Yesterdays
STORM
Punctual Attendance of the Officers.
Not afraid to brave the Storm Bust
ness in the Several Departments going
on as Usual

on as Usual
The Journal scribe turning his back to the
wind yesterday morning waited in due
| time, despite divers difficulties, to the pOr-
tails Of the State House. Nor was he alone,
for travelling the same way were several of
the officers Of the State departments. The
Maine training of their youth was not
forgotten and they seemed TO take
genuine pleasure in surmounting the
drifts and defying the cutting sleet. Mr..
Wadsworth of State Supt. Of Schools Office
drove in from Manchester in the teeth Of the
driving storm. One Of the early corners was
Commissioner Matthews and ere long his
room became a busy place, the commits
sioner and assistants being engaged in mall
ing the reports of that department TO all
those who have male returns to the Bureau
during the past year The demand for the
reports bid. fair to exceed the supply. In
regard to the returns Mr.. Matthews expressed
himself as not satisfied with some
particulars Of the report, they not
being as full a. could be desired by rea-
son of the great difficulties in the way of
obtaining full information from the aboring
men Themselves. People in general have no
idea OF the great obstacles to be overcome
in getting full returns. There seems to have
been fear on the part of the laboring men
who should give information, that their names
would in some way be used. As much of
the work done by the Bureau depends on
voluntary information, this hesitancy proves
to hope that this trouble will be obyiated to
great extent the coming year. Deputy Labor
Commissioner l.. X. Campbell was present
on business connected with his office
Maj. Cochrane was busily engaged in max
ing copy of the original plan of land grant
ell by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
for educational purposes, to the trustees of
Monmouth Academy The territory described
therein was then known as Mast's town, af-
terwar1s Charlottesville, now Detroit. Maj.
Cochrane kindly showed us an old chart
made by Ephriam Ballard of iiallowell, who,
it will be remembered was the architect of
the bridge across the kennebec at Augusta.
In his surveys MIR. Ballard was set upon and
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chart
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limos of tho plvmoutb Patent adininin,
partly on the Waldo Patent and partly on the
commonwealth Hand 40 aras had proceed
"'H u m" ny P"p'iS'
and .trean,s a,. nat ,ctu,lIv survevad anv
further than where the lines cross them ex-
cept h'hnebcc river, when Is actually sur
49, "'I'l ,e'..','."'., :" Ia a, ia'i u" 'n''
many and the Waldo natentras NJ the reouest
of their respective committees or agents,
snrHeye" IN the months OF september october
a'a,, 80 ,,,i,... ;,,at, b. ,ha;r
Humble servant
ErnM BALLARD, Surveyor,
HALL"wtLL Jan. lst' 1876
ON TINS old plan the names ' Dainascotta
ana SheepScut appear IL Is quite interest
ing TO look up the aiHereh' names gwen 10
towns during their existence. Inc name OF
what Is no" known as hocklahd mas peeh
changed at least h'e tunes Inc hrst name
that we kho" Oh IT'S gong oy was 'a''a"a"-
teak "h'ch was chahge" 10 hermohd 'o'e'
then To Shore image Afterwards TO homas-
ton south ihohaston was hrst called ives
sa"esS'"S' Afterwards shortened 10 heag'
Whl'h nH"'e was sun fur'her shortened 10
ing MAJOR 'ochr'he win the assistance
OF MI w wing mas recently maze great
Improvement on th' instrument USED ior
making ""'''' ih'S' the improvement con-