The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-29

Crew of Men TO Be Put on Every Mile of
Koad-Boy Sentenced to Reform School
for Stealing Cucumbers aad Sentence
Suspended.
The first work in the direction Of con-
structing the Westbrook, Windham &
Harrison electric railroad, commenced
at Westbrook yesterday morning at 9
O'Clock under the direction of Messrs. J.
ID. Tolman, j. G. Scates, G. M. Water
house and G. B. Woodman, the owners of
the charter for the proposed road.
For d long time there has been much
doubt expressed about the company ever
commencing on the construction Of the
road IS the charter allowed them to
operate provided ten miles of track were
laid by the first of November.
The work has at last begun in earnest
as it was few minutes past nine yester-
day morning that about 20 local work
men commenced the work of excavating
on the Little Falls or old Gorham road
at Westbrook.
Before noon 1t became generally known
that the work had commenced and the
directors were kept busy in employing
help. During the afternoon the crew
| numbered 80 men, and today there will
be 80 men at work. The work of grading
yesterday was carried on under the super
vision of Mr.. Brydon. but Mr.. Timothy
Pomerleau of Westbrook, Is to have the
control of the workmen during the pre-
paratory work before laying the rails. 1t
is the intention of thu directors to put q
large crew of men at work IN sections of
one mile each, over the first ten miles
of the route and in this way make sure
of completing the constructionIofs the
first ten miles of their road within the
next six weeks.
The people of the adjoining country
towns are awake to the occasion and are
ready to assist in every way in their pow
er to make the road success. and are
anxiously looking forward to the opera
ton of the road. The terminus of the
road in Westbrook is to be atfthe corner of
Main and Bridge streets, whore the tracks
are to run parallel with the P ortland
Railroad company's, along Main street to
the old Gorham road to the Gorham line,
distance of few feet over one mile.
The route of the proposed road Is sub.
stantially as published some time ago,
the only difference is to be in the location
of tracks in some of the towns. In the
town of Casco through Cooks Mills to
Naples the track is to be placed on the
right side of the road At Great Falls the
road is to run at the side Of the.river as
far as North Windham via Whites bridge.
From North Windham the road bed is
to be along the shore of the lake. Panther,
RattIesnalse and Parker's ponds through
to Casco village, on the shore of Pleasant
pond, thence across Cooks Mills to
Naples village.
The entire route of the proposed road
is 81 miles and 1t is expected that the
road will be completed during the middle
or latter part of the summer of 1899.
Miss Mary Turgeon has returned to her
home il this oity after brief visit In
Canada.
Mr.. Harry Burns left Tuesday for
Orono, where he will enter the Universe
ty of Maine.
Mr.. Alexander Spiers has purchased a
dog cart and pony for his children.
Mrs. Julia Pillsbury returned Tuesday
from Scarboro, where she has been spend
ing the summer.
Mrs, Aubyne WEIGH and children who
have been visiting friends in his city,
returned to their homo in Maohias yester-
day.
Mr.. W. II. Havelook of Lakeville.
Mass. has been spending, few days
with his sister, Mrs. Fred Babb
A harvest supper is to be served this
evening in Golden Cross hall.
Earl Hooper and Leo Guptill. have re-
turned from Boston, where they failed
to pass the examination for admittance
to the training ship Enterprise.
Ex-Mayor A. A. Cordwell and Alder.
man G. A. Quinby left yesterday MORN
ing for hunting trip in the woods of
Windham.
The lawn about the residence of DR.. G.
II. Leighton at Cumberland is being
raised.
The Presumpsoot band is playing at
the Cumberland fair.
ID Mrs. Charles Fogg leaves today to at
tend the Federation of Women's clubs at
Brunswick, aud while there will visit
friends. Mrs. Belle Newcombe, Mira.
Charles Leighton and Mrs. Winifred Cord
we'll are among those from Cumberland
Mills who are planning to attend. Miss
L. M. Griggs will attend as the delegate
from the Ammoncongin club.
MIR. Nathaniel Burnell of Cumberland
Mills is a candidate for appointment to
the post office at that place.
Conductor Albion Coffin of the Vest
brook division of the electric cars, who is
enjoying two weeks vacation, returned
Tuesday evening from Saoo where he has