Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-10

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The st. Louis Globe-Democras has fig
ured 1t out and finds that 1t will be only
123 days before we have another Repub-
lean House In Washington.
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| THE next Congress" remarks the In
dianapolis Josrnal, will undoubtedly
be the nearest approach to political
beer-gzrden that has ever been seen In
this country. No good whatever can
be expected Of It, and the only question
will be as 20 how much harm it will
do"
Many Of the Democratic papers appear
10 be trying to see how many hard things
| they can say about the Congress which
has just adjourned. But the truth IL it
was one Of the best congresses that ever
sat. No Congress for twenty years has
passed as much important legislation or
IA many good measures. Probably that
| is what makes the Democrats go mad.
The expenditures for pensions during
the eight months Of the fiscal year which
have passed are $4,000. 900 in excess
OF those Of the corresponding period Of
the previous fiscal year. II this ratio
continues during the year the Increase,
In consequence largely of the depend
ent pension act, will be about SIS 600
900 for the year, which is not very near
the $4,000 900 which anti pension
papers have predicted the act would cost
the first year.
The city election passed Off very quiet
| ly yesterday. No great effort was made
by the Republicans to get out big vote,
while the Democrats were more active
than they have been for number of
years. Nevertheless Mr.. Chase is elected
mayor by handsome majority, and the
Republicans carry every ward in the
city but one.
The newly elected city government is
affairs OF the city will be administered
wisely and well.
While We regret that the tonnage bill
| did not pass, remarks the American
| Economist. still we can congratulate
ourselves that American shipping will
be much benefited by the bill which has
passed. We will now be enabled to
meet other nations on their own terms
| 10 some extent, and the results will soon
be apparent. "We shall continue to
work for still better terms, and trust
that the Fifty-third Congress will pass a
bill TO further still more the interests OF
American shipping, giving better
chance to our shipbullders, our ship
owners, our American workmen, and
the American people generally
The Day Railway Construction Com.
pany has been licensed TO incorporate
with capital stock of $40 100000. to
construct surface, elevated and subway
railroads. The company has contracted
for the American right to use and sell
the motors, trolleys, conduits and cleo
trical appliances for street railways. pa.
tented by St. John V. Day OF London
England. Among the novel devices in
the patents is the application of the
suspension bridge system to elevated
roads, whereby the towers are a block
apart. The wheels on the cars will be
six feet in diameter and the trolley
wheels, rails and electric cable will
operate on rubber, giving a noisless
system to locomotion.
The New Hampshire Agricultural
College which has really been so only in
name. has been for many years a very
insufficient department OF Dartmouth
College at Hanover. II is to be removed
to Durham as soon "a the necessary
buildings can be erected. By the pro,
Vi sions Of the will of a wealthy citizen
| w bbiitith GtNCAiNtu tftt Erthts
comes into possession of some $500. 00t
to be used for the establishment of AT
| agricultural college to be located on the
Benjamin Thompson Warner farm in
Durham. The Legislature has voted to
accept the provisions of the will and al
4 meeting OF the farmers council of the
Legislature Tuesday evening resolu
tions providing for the removal of the
Hanover plant to Durham were unani
mously adopted. The Legislature will
appropriate sum Of money for tn,
erection Of model farm buildings, anG
within three years the college will
probably be in full operation at its new
location. The contemplated change
gives great satisfaction to the far mer:
of that State.
An act of Incorporation has beer
granted an association OF gentlemen, by
the Legislature of Massachusetts, which
has been organized for the purpose %
preserving the beautiful and historical
places in that state. This association i!
composed of the leading and best known
men in the commonwealth, who are mad,
u body corporate under the name o.
Trustees of Public Reservations fol
the purpose of acquiring, holding
arranging, maintaining aud opening to
the public, under suitable regulations
beautiful aud historical places and tracts
of land within that state. The obje c
is most praiseworthy one, and SINH
lar association ought at once to bt
organized in our own State. There are
a dozen interesting historical localities
and as many more beautiful and pictur
esque places. which ought to be pur'
chased and held in trust by body OF
corporate trustees for the use of the
people at large. These historic sites are
liable to be obliterated by the march oil
so. called modern improvements AND
what would make beautiful state reser
vations for the people Of Maine to enjoy
at all times, under proper regulations
are liable to be purchased by private
persons and monopolized by a few
wealthy non-residents to the exclusion
II the rights of our own people. The