The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-16
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

But little is heard about the break
water building at Bar Harbor, but it is
big undertaking just the same. The gov
eminent keeps $50, 900 ready all the time
for the work, and the contract for next
year has been awarded to Mr.. S. White
OF Rockland. Another $50, 900 is recon-
mended by Gen. Casey which will keep
the work humming. The depth of the
water at the present working location is
about go feet; land the stone must show
breadth of 30 feet above the water line.
The natural falling away of the stone,
depth of go feet, 14O feet in width, or so
feet as the average thickness of the wall.
The filing capacity of the stone used is
about sixteen cubic feet to the q ton. AS
$50, 900, the amount of the resentSappro-
priation, will procure about 1000 tons,
Including expense of inspection, it may
be expected to see the breakwater pro-
before more aid from Uncle Samuel is
needed. Taking into consideration the
deep water and the immense amount of
stone used, the Bar Harbor breakwater
is big job.
Messrs. Prince and Wyman of the Water
vile Mail, have just been awarded the
contract to print another volume of the
Annals of the Astronomical Observa-l
tions Of Harvard College. Not long ago
they completed the.work of publishing
Vol. XIV. and when the professors Of
Cambridge examined this work and
noted the fine typographical work dis.
played in it, theyihad no hesitancy in
awarding this second contract to the
Waterville firm. The new work will con-
tain about 500 pages and will probably
be bound in two or three volumes
Pastors some times have lots of trouble
to get their congregation down in the
front seats of the church, at the evening
meetings. An Auburn pastor has hit
upon scheme that works splendidly
At the Sunday evening meetings he
causes rails to be put up along the ends
of the rear pews, which pews are kept
unccupied until the front rows are filed.
The pastor is much pleased with the sue
cess of the plan and SO expressed himself
at the morning service on Sunday.
A New London, Conn, despatch to the
Boston Journal says: The recent fire at
the Bath, Me-, Iron Works will hasten
the settlement of the much debated
question as to whether the works shall
be removed to New London. A member
of the Board of Trade said tonight that
Gen. Hyde, the president of the Bath
company, had written the, board, asking
that committee made up from the
board be sent to Bath to look into the
firms prospects and to see what it would
need to locate in New London. The COM
mittee will be appointed and sent at
once.
Tuesdays sales at the Biddeford liquor
agency as recorded by Marshal Harmon s
sentinel mum bered 100, and the agency
was closed an hours and a half during
Merchant Reddy's funeral. The sales
averaged fifty cents each. Marshal
Harmon declares that the days receipts
were half profit and that only a small
percentage of the purchases We're for
strictly medicinal purposes.
John E. Woodcock of Searsmont, aged
43 years, attempted suicide at the home
of his mother in that village at. about
noon, Tuesday. The weapon used was a
large revolver One shot was fired, the
bullet entering under his right ear and
passing through the roof Of his mouth,
lodging at the base of the skull on the
left side. Woodcock is living, but not
expected to survive. He is supposed to
have baen deranged.
The railroad commissioners inspected
the new Georges Valley road Tuesday
and found. it in good shape and ready for
business.