Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-13
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leaking up tie river the principal fesssre IN
the fine landscape j. tiss HsDie AAia Top
With its clusters Of bouses along me rS'r'
green ps~sare and thiek ~os'is % Top ana
the cotto, ns.Il. of the EJ~ar'is Company ~
i.s foot. These nilis have long e~eh i's
admiration and envy Of ihos@ ssti'g ~ os''e'
Maine r,.ss. The o,e thing 10 tfie psss
TIA, ba. tended 10 mar the effect has been
Tho ,,vvsd s.aebe. snd ankemps slopes
along the river front
Rat ,bi, :. GOV q thing Of the past For
several years the Edwsrfis Company has
t.eo steadily at ~ork putting up massive
,es raH sIosz rs water front from the lam
souttssrd.
This great improvement has been com
,le,ed 20 the Bond brook bridge within q
week and nov from the hsidae the view il
faaI,iess.
The ragged b~zche. are no more, their
place haying been taken by tins long band
Of gis'eninz white granite. which sparkies
a. the sunlight strike. H.
Tire unkemp slopes are things Ut the past
for they have been filed up To the level Of
the sea vail and the major part has been
zrsssed over and Young ceiara and NAPLES
set ont
From = practical 40 veil as a sentimental
point Of view the wall is veil worthy Of
nosice. IL. total length Is stou. 100 feet
the part laid this year about $40 feet. The
height ~ the wall is 23 fest, the width Al
base II feet and at the top feet. The
stones are dry isii in courses. the face
being An excellent example Of thi. class Of
st0na mason work The vail II .grmouHted
hv = granite coping The material
comes from fine white granite qdarTs
owned by the company The wall Was
built under the general supervision Vi the
company. agent. Capt. y. W Cole, by \.
& Stewart and T.. W. Elseli ami cree of
the conpany's men under their charge
over 300 900 cubic feet or over y uon tons
Of granite have been used in ait, over
~ $50 cubic feet or over . .p)i tons having
been laid this year.
The wall has been built 10 siih.tsud any
lee frcsbet that has YET come dawn the Ken
nobeC.
Back NJ the wal an immense amount ui
fiIIing has been done - 100 loads Of gravel
and loan having been dumped this year lone
The upper part has. as has been stated
been improved by srassing and setting out
trees The whole place viii b" thus hxei
and pretty park established.
Within a week substantial double iron
rail will run along the top Ut the sea wall
and along Water street from the company
Office TO the brook bridge will be- built tall
vooden lattice fence similar in pattern aud
painting TO that about the mil yard
The logs are still running freely and this
last rain viii help them along very much.
The jam At the bridge hss again gros n,
pushing out beyond the eastern per into the
main channel The augusta Lumber ON
piny il accommodating large number
and viii shortly begin pihng them for use
next spring The spruce market Il IN
very depressed STATE on account of the I'M
precedented quiet in building operations this
GUNNER, which /, largely due to the strikes
IN the granite and iron trnIe- Owing
TO this auilness several mills are
shut down Many mill o~ucrs hasp not
purchased logs for use vhen the stock on
hand Is gone aud will not keep any over
until next spring. prcfrrring To wait next
year until the - drive has come down.
This means that number of mills will not
start next wear until the middle Of June
or first of July. Augusta Is 10 h. con
graduated ~ the fact that It's mill viii run
as usual II is barely possible that the re
cent settlement of the steel troubles IN Pitts
burg and the West may help matters out
AMI that, shnuld the grant. trouble be-
soon settled that there will lac revival of
the market in the fail. lpt it may come
too late
George y Lawrence has returned from
a two works VISIT TO baltimore ami I'hila
delphih looking after his ice interests In con
4ersatinn " iih ,lolH~,i reporter Yesterday
he said that the ice uarkei has been picking
up under the recent severely hot weather
Local sales have increased largely and the
amount On hand in the rities has been con
aiierahly diminished should the hot
weather return this last fact will tend to
qnickpu the roasiinS trade. rs vessels will
be in demand 10 rsrrs ice TO the cities from
the kenuehec. In the south Mr..
Lawrence found that the natural ice
dealer. were fast driving the art
fetal producers out Of the mar
kets. The ice making marhne companies
are not making any money, he
said. and several have failed already,
Mr. Lawrence was in the office of one nj
the large New York retailers one morning
during the very hot weather talking to the
firm. when their foreman entered the
room. This won't do, sir he saul we
can't afford tn run when It, 80 hot. why
10 lost four horses Yesterday and il is iust
a. hot ,oda, YES" he repeated, we lost
four horses. aud. by the way, two men 90
Grand ocean excursion 10 Portland
Hsrpswrll anil prrs island by the Maine
Central Railroad and the IlarpsWe ell steam
boat Co. on Tuesds,. Aug, 18th, from
Wateryillc. lew iston. Augusta Bath
Brunswick AMI way stations. EScur-ioniSt.
will take the regular morning trains. This
will b. one of the finest excursions Of the
season. Tickets have been placed at eH
cee.iingly low rates and incla'ie y horSeoar
ride through the streets of Portland
Special arrangements have been made for
this excursion fer thinner at the lawson
House"
That cooling rain Yesterday was great
relief after the e,hausting weather We have
been having nne physician said yester-
dsv that it was of inestimahle ealnc in scs
ersl severe cases he hal On hand Had
that facilitating hot weather continued ]
have no ioul,, hut that wouhl have lost
them" he said. While the Thermometer
was not so very high, the oppre.sivenessi
due to the amount of moisture in the air.
was the cause of much sickness. wss
talking with one OF our old citizens to-day
ami he said tina, this was the worst spell Of
weather he hal known Tor 80 wears