The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-30
WESTBROOK.

y Owing to the mud the Arrangement for
the procession. today, Memorial Day has
been changed The G. A. r. most. Sons
OF Veterans and band will take the cars
at nine O'Clock. The Mayor, alderman ann
officiating clergymen will be token in
carriages to Cumberland Mills where the
procession will be formed and march IN
the cemetery at the West End.
Rev. Mr.. Adams preached a fine
patriotic sermon yesterday.
, The West End W. G. I. U. is In enter-
tain the Cumberland County w. G. It.
q. June 2 and 3, at the Westbrool, Con-
gregational church. On the evening of
June 3, the meeting will be addressed by
Margaret d. Files of Washington, d. G.,
the national superintendent of the depart
ment of legislation. The election of officers
and department committees will be held
on the second day. The meetings will be
free to the public.
Cloudman Relief corps has elected the
following delegates to the convention to
be held at Wateryille in June; Mrs.
Margaret SWEET, Mrs. Laura j. Valen-
tine. Mrs. Lizzie Swan, Mrs. Emma L.
V. Stiles. Alternates, Mrs. Elfreda
Lowell. Mrs. Katie SWEET, Mrs. Sarah
Rand, Mrs. CA. Carleton.
Rev. r. d. Woodman had narrow
escape Friday afternoon from being hurt
by falling limb from tree. Mr.. Wood
man WAS standing in front of the Pre-
sumpscot house when in gale one of the
limbs was broken off and crashed to the
sidewalk, striking a spot where only.a few
moments before Mr.. Woodman had been
standing.
The ball game which was to have been
played Saturday afternoon on the War
rem park grounds between the Sacca,
rappas and Presumpscots was post
poned owing to the wet and muddy
condition Of the grounds. The Sacca-
rappas will play game this after
noon on the same grounds il the weather
and grounds are suitable with the Irons
of Ligonia. ~
At the meeting of Wade camp, Sons of
Veterans, held Friday evening it was voted
to enter against the name on the roll hook
of every member enlisted in the q. S.
service, his rank and date of enlistment
in the service and to credit him as on
leave of asbence until his return to the
meetings of the camp.
Through the efforts of Alderman I, Lin
coin Burgess, chairman of the committee
on street lights. a movement has been
begun to secure a reduction in the cost of
electric lighting. The city government is
considering proposition made by Mr.
George W. Brown of the Belknap Motor
company of Portland, who offers to fur
nish the street lights at a cost of SIS DER
lamp for the year. Mr.. Browns propo.
sition is for the city to erect its own poles
and wires through the city to the Wind
ham line where he is to furnish the
power. Mr.. Brown has secured lease of
the plant at Little Falls and proposes to
generate the light and power and send it
through wires which he is to stretch
through that part Of Windham to the
division line with .Westbrook, where the
city is to receive it over it's own wires
Ihls plan is necessary as Mr.. Brown has
a charter to do business in Win ham but
cannot get a permit to run his wires into
Westbrook unless the Westbrook Electric
Light company will grant permission, SO
he proposes to furnish the power at the
town line over the city's own wires. The
city at the present time is paying S21 per
light and the aldermen are now to con-
slider the advisability of making a
change IN the system as they figure that
after the poles and wires are up the city
will save two thousand dollars or so every
year by making contract with Mr..
Brown. The Westbrook Electric Light
company have recently offered to name a
rate OF Sio per light, reduction of So per
light from the present rates. The rates a
few years ago were S25 per light but this
price was reduced when the Westbrook
company extended it's lighting system to
Deering and offered them street lights for
S2l per light, Then it was that the price of
Westrook lights were reduced to the same
figure. The matter is now before the city
government for their action.
r The alarm Of fire from box 80 in West
brook, at $40 Saturday night, was occa-
stoned by the explosion of lamp in the
house of Mr.. Joseph Bishop on Brackett
street. The all out alarm sounded be-
fore the department arrived. The dam
ages are said to be small
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