The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
STATE TOPICS oeINTEResr.

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STATE TOPICS or INTEREST.
a, Mr.: g. H. Nelson has refused an offer of
@i'ooo tor Nelson FLY five days old.
3D. y; L. Cummings of Livermore Centre will
soon erect large trunk bag and extension
case factory at Livermore Falls.
!, Several members of the, Whitney syndicate
nave been In Madison on business connected
with the proposed sulphite fibre mill and 1t
IS said that the erection of the mill is as
sured.
oakland business men are considering ex-
tending inducements to Boston shoe manu-
featuring firm to locate there by exempting
III from taxation for a term of wears and
erecting suitable building.
The board Of railroad commissioners who
WenL 70 Phlllips Thursday, on petition of
the Phillips & Rangely Railroad Company.
70 give hearing relating to the crossing of
highways, found that the company had not
legally located their road and action had to
The movement recently started in Lewis
ton and Auburn to furnish the prisoners in
ths Androscoggin Jail with desirable reading
matter has borne fruit quickly. The new
DoOk case having been already provided for
the Jail it will be put in one of the poor
aeDtor's cells. 1t Is expected that 200 new
BOOKS VIII be provided and. the library all
ready for the prisoners Saturday night.
across the Kennebec near Hallowell are not
removed forthwith there may be more seri-
GUS trouble than has yet arisen. The ship
owners have already signified their state of
mind In regard to the distractions by ad-
vancing the freight rate on ice, fifty cents for
Augusta. over the figure asked for river
points below the piers. The river is too
high now to allow work on them but as soon
as the water falls no time should be lost in
removing them.
The heavy rains Of last week caused a
large amount of water to be empted into
Moosehead Lake. In forty-eight hours the
lake has risen nine inches One wing of the
aam at the east outlet had been carried away,
wnicn accounts IN part for the high water In
the river. The damage cannot be repaired
at present. At the last outlet nine or ten
OF the gates are up and orders have been
given &C cut away the sluice timbers. 1t was
SAID that the ice would leave the lower part
OF the lake on Thursday so that the steamers
can run.
1t Is reported that 80 Bangor men have
combined and agreed to be literally assessed
each month to secure funds for movement
for vigorous enforcement of the statue
laws regarding the sale of liquor. To these
are added leading temperance advocates
from out OF town: Among the prime movers
1t Is understood there stand ex-Mayor Wheel
wright. Deacon Thurston of the Savings
Bank, Rev. Mr.. nlsley, and the rest of the
clergy, Mr.. George Barrows of the banking
mouse OF Blake, Barr0ws & Brown, the ex-
ecutlve officials and the members of the
Young Mems Christian Association and
Chief Templar Hamilton of Mattawamkeag.
The Inconvenience of the practise in vogue
In many Maine cities of frequently chang
Ing the head of the police department, Is
freshly illustrated by recent occurrence in
lewiston. A few days ago the city marshal
received telegram from the chief of police at
Denver. Col. asking II man was wanted In
Lewiston Tor murder, supposed to have
been committed on bridge in that city.
The marshal. who is a. new official, knew
nothing OF any such. crime and the matter
would shave dropped, had not ex-marshal
Guptill come forward and reminded the
authorities that such crime had been COM
mitted three years ago. Steps are now being
taken to further investigate the matter
Two years ago that part of Enfield, where
the big pulp mill now stands, was a dense
wilderness but the materials for pulp MAX
ing were there In abundance, with water
power unlimited running to waste, and these
resources have been so well developed that
today busy manufacturing village occupies
the territory which so short time since was
given over to the moose and bear. a dam
800 feet long and affording at different
periods from II to % feet head, has been
DIiis' with ca. canal 1900 feet long. 100 feet
erected. In the construction of the dam
there were used $500, 900 feet of hemlock tim
Der, many thousands of tons of stone and so
tons Of bolt iron. The mill has "a water
wheels, which yield $3.50 horse power. and -
grindstones, its. capacity being 80 tons of
ground pulp daily, requiring 10000 cords of
WOOD year. The grindst0nes are 80 inches
in diameter, with 6-inch face, against
which the wood is forced by hydraulic
pressure OF 80 pounds to the square inch
Captain Otis Ingraham of the steamer
Penobscot, running between Bangor and
Boston, has two grievances that he wants at
tended to, and he is supported by every other
steamboat commander on the river. 1t has
been proposed to extend the wharf of the
Maine Central Station. 80 feet further into fo
the river. As the addition would reach beyond
the harbor commissioners line, into and
almost across the channel which is narrower
there than elsewhere, now, Captain Ingra-
ham and other river men, as well as many
citizens protest against the action, it being
considered dangerous to navigation and con-
trary to Sec. 81, Chap. 3, of the revised stat
utes which reads thus:
"In any river or tide water lying between two
towns or cities, no such wharf or fish weir shall be
erected without the consent OF the municipal Off
GERS OF both; and in no case shall any wharf be
extended beyond lines heretofore legally estab-
lished."
The second grievance of the captain is
that there is no sufficient fog signal at Fort
Point. the mouth of the river. He therefore
has started a petition to the light house
board, asking that fog bell like the one at
Owls Head, which weighs some 1900 pounds,
be placed at Fort Point at present the only
alarm is bell rung by hand. which cannot
be heard more than half the time. Captain
Ingraham's grievances are believed to be
righteous, and the Ie is little doubt but that
both will be cured.