The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-28
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

hENNEbEC COUNTY.
The bids for the new State bonds were
al Boston and New York bankers passed in
sealed proposals.
One OF the largest sap orchards in the
state Is that owned by Mr.. Henry Graves of
Vienna. This season Mr.. Graves has tapped
S5O trees, from which he has obtained about
ioO barrels OF sap. He has discarded the old
iasnlnned process OF boiling down in huge
iron kettles, and in making his syrup uses
evaporatlng pans six feet in length by two
and half in breadth. Into these the flow
OF sap Is regulated by neat contrivance In
vented Dy MT. Graves, which keeps the sap
vents burning. bis yield this year will be
about 200 gallons, all Of which viii be sold
III kennebec county. The sap season lasts
about three weeks, and this year has been
an unusually poor one, as during the whole
the sap to circulate, and much Of it had run
up before the trees were tapped. Mr.
Grayes's largest yield in one day this wear
mas been Il barrels. He reports that no con-
triyances, lessening the labor of sugar max
lng nave been invented during the past five
years.
Since the announcement was made that
the Governor would be obliged to appoint a
new board OF railroad commissioners, num-
erous candidates have arisen. Mr.. B. +.
Chadbourn Of Biddeford is making a strong
canvass tor the appointment on the board,
and Is receiving extensive support. Mr.
Parker Spofford is also said to be a strong
candidate. But the constitution seems to be
stumbling block in the way of the appoint
ment OF either of these gentlemen or any
member Of the legislature upon the board.
Section 10 OF article 4, part 8, reads: mo
senator or representative shall during the
term for which he shall be elected be ap-
pointed TO any civil Office of profit under this
state, which shall have been created or the
nf0 0N NWNFhn nCh aN.aw a.
term, except such offices as may be filled by
elections by the people,"
The trustees of the Maine Insane Hospi-
tai have in accordance with chap. lis of the
Revised Statutes fixed the salaries Of officers
OF the institution as follows: First assist
superintendent, $3.50; third assistant 500:
$500.
During the first quarter of this year 700 ap
pllcations for pensions were received at the
State pension office. 1t is expected that the
number will reach 1000 or 1900 before Decem-
tions
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Maine Central is rearranging its track
sections in Penobscot county, and will es-
tablish new section with a Headquarters
and buildings for the crew at Newport.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Mayor Moulton has ordered the city mar
shall TO close every drinking den in Bath. and
report any officer showing unwillingness to
perform this work.
WALDO COUNTY.
CLANS have been produced in abundance
along the Penobscot bay shores the past
winter, owing to the mild weather, and the
markets in eastern Maine have been glutted
with them. During the season three broth
ers in Islesboro have dug about 100 barrels of
the bivalyes and sold them in Belfast The
Islesboro CLANS are unsurpassed for size and
flavor
IN GENERAL.
One of the important problems TO be soly-
ed by the next boardO railroad commission
ers Is how to heat the saloon cars on freight
trains without breaking the provisions of
the law relative to car heating passed by the
last legislature. 1t will be remembered thar
the law states explicitly that no stove shall
be used to heat cars. As of course II is i'm
practicable to heat freight cars with steam
from the engine, some sort of safe contriv-
ance which can be carried in the car mnst ha
procured. As soon as the law goes into er.
feet, on the 18th Of April, the commissioners
will consider the merits of the several svss
TENS Of car heating '''