The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-08
IN MAINE WATERS.

IN MAINE WATERS.
Proposals for Carrying the Mails for
Uncle Sam.
WASHINGTON, December THE POST
Office Department has opened the bids
for carrying mails by steamers in New
England. The bids for the Maine steam
er routes are as follows:
Bath to Boothbay Harbor and intervening
pointS-F. S. Gray of Missouri, professional
mail route bidder bids $500 per annum. AS
on this route, it will probably be reJected ana
Rockland to Vinalhayen-F. 5. Gray, S23o0;
G. NJ Brainard, Rockland, $1,000, and W. s.
Boston to Portland and Eastport-J. B.
Colgrove, Portland, s35.42 for each round
trip.
Bar Harbor to Mt. Desert Ferry-Henry F.
Bar Harbor to Winter Harbor, the Winter
Harbor Steamboat Company, Sc per round
trip.
Gray, Missouri $14O0
Eastport to Lubec-Bion M. Pike, $780,.
Rangeley to Indian Rock and Haines's Land
ing-Luther Nile, Rangeley, $74o, and F. 5.
Haines's Landing to Bemis-Fred Barker,
Camp Bemis, $s25, and F; S. Gray. S4Oo.
Steamboat Company, 5000, and f. s. Gray,
$3.50.
Bath to Popham-F. S. Gray. $500.
Portland to Chebeague lsland-lsalan Dan
iels. 5000.
Portland to Cousins lSland-F. 5. Gray,
$3.50.
No decision has been reached as to
whether the lowest Of the above bids
shall be accepted or new bids invited.
The probability is that where there are
two or more bids, the lowest bid will be
accepted.
George Fred's Silver Bill.
| WAsHINGToN,D December THE House
committee on coinage met today to dis
cuss the bill for the repeal of the iSher-
man silver law. Representative Williams
| OF Massachusetts submitted bill that
| instead of repeating the Sherman law
| outright, directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to discontinue the purchase of
| silver, and also proposes to amend sec
| ton six of the Sherman act. All de-
| posts hereafter received for redemption
| of circulating notes of national banks
| shall be placed with the treasury to the
credit of the banks making them. Mr..
| Williams's propositions evoked consider
| able discussion but no action was taken.
Sugar Is Not Luxury.
| WASHINGTON, December IA bill
! was introduced in the House today by
| Representative Harter of Ohio, which
| provides that ON and after February /,
| 1895, AN uniform tariff tax or customsduty
| of half of one cent a pound shall be lev
| led on all grades of sugar imported into
the United States, and that payment of
! all bounties to producers of sugar in the
| United States cease the first of February
next.
Postal Fees Reduced.
! WASHINGTON, December Post
master General Wanamaker has issued
an order to go into effect January L,
| 1893, reducing the fee for each piece of
registered mail matter from 10 to
| cents.
| A Post Office at Carbag.
| WASHINGTON, December IA post
Office has been established at Carbag,
Franklin county. Me-, and Mrs. Irene NJ
Staples appointed postmaster.
To Repeal the Sherman Act.
WASHINGTON, December I'm the
Senate today, Senator Hill of New York
| introduced a bill to repeal the Sherman
bill of 1890. 1t was appropriately re-
ferred.
| The Army Bill.
WASHINGTON, December 6,-Prepara-
ton of the army appropriation bill was
completed in a sub committee this after
noon The bill deals simply with he
appropriations absolutely necessary for
| service.
Patents for Maine People.
| WASHINGTON, December THE fol-
lowing patents have been granted to
peaple in Maine:
| S. r. Stanley Portland, dress pad.
| P. II. Stevens, Portland, bodkin.