The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

w IUh uhc dflS &I6Ou DOAy lISuU udtuoSe,
dress skirt and clothes line. smashed
up together on rock, with general dis
turbances all over the premises.
The Little Androscoggin Water Power
company has declared 10 per cent.
dividend on the last six months work.
Engineer Tidd said to a Lewiston Sun
reporter who was present that Lewiston
uses nearly three times as much water
as any city of her size that he knew of,
and it must be caused by wastefulness.
He said the outside limit should be 60
gallons per day for each person, and said
that when figuring on new water works
he never figured over 30 gallons.
The Lockwood Company, Waterville,
is pretty good Institution for city to
have. For instance it pays the public
Golfers S31, 5s8 in taxes and throughout
the business depression the Lockwood
has kept it's force steadily employed.
The Peavey library building at East
port is soon to be dedicated. 1t is re-
GREETED that the donor Mr.. Peavey, can
not be present on the occasion; he is now
in Europe.
1t is now reported that new variety
of rust is affecting the growing grain IN
nearly every portion of the State, and
that the apple tree fungus has damaged
the fruit crop in apple growing sectlons
of Kennebec county thousands, OF dol
lars.
Its plaything with Calais people just
at present. The new electric road took
| more than 81, 800 in five cent fares dur
ing the first seven days of it's operation.
Maine boys somehow get there. The
senior class of Dartmouth Medical Col
lege has just elected officers, and Maine
young men were chosen to the positions
of president, vice president and valedic~
tOrlan.
Miss Emma Sukforth of South Wash
ington, has planted her corn this season.
where she. had potatoes last year and
potatoes and corn are SO thickly mixed
together that she doesn't know which to
do in the fall. dig potatoes or cut corn.
1t seems the potatoes were not all dug
out and were ploughed through the
piece and were not frozen last winter.
Kingtield seems to be favorite of for
tune. Ever since the railroad entered
the town it has enjoyed period of I'M
checked growth. Despite thesforebodings
of croakers the business men, manufac-
turers and our workingmen have had
no period of enforced idleness. Not a
shop closed, not single man necessarily
idle, and scarcely vacant rent in the
place. 1t is but just to say that in the
past few years large part of this pros
perity has conferred around the novelty
works formerly known as jenkins mills,
now the jenkins & Bogart Manufacture
ing Company. This company is largely
composed of actual residents of the town
and the control is in the hands of men
interested in the prosperity OF the will
age. They have recently enlarged their
plant, nearly doubling it's capacity and
giving employment TO more men. And
now we have to record decision of even
more moment to the future of fireplace.
Instead of locating their new saw mill
! and boarding house at the northern ter
minus of the new railroad, as was at first
| intended, they have decided to locate in
the mill village. Accordingly they have
| purchased Of James Lord plat of ground
across the north branch of the river be-
tween the railroads and the Dead river
highway, and will build thereon a large
saw mill.
The Bangor Commercial says: Gear
ritunk is a small place between Bingham
and the Forks its chief characteristic
being that it has more children than
any other town of it's size on the Kenne-
bee People always hate to leave the
town, though, when they once get here. !"
There is a happy stir in Bath over
an improvement in freight rates. Talk
with the leading ship builders shows a
general confidence and brings out some
| Significant facts. Last week there were
| two vessels chartered for ice to Baltimore
at SO cents per ton-the highest price
paid during the past three years and one
| ship manager raised his price five cents
per ton within 4 hours, and was paid
| the higher figures. The week also
brought the freight on phosphate rock
| from FL orida up to $40. So and 10 cents
| is offered on sugar from Sagua-the
| highest during ten years. Coal freights
have likewise improved. and it is the
| opinion of reliable judges that as soon
as the strike at the mines isover, and
| the South American trade gets settled
again. the ooasting feet will be found
short in tonnage. The feeling is almost
universal in Bath that this fall will sse
shipbuilding for the coasting trade re-
viving and next spring should bring a
| goodIy number of orders.
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