The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-24
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Things Are Lively Nowadays at the
Village.

Village.
Work Near the Ferry Sisp-Mr Davioson
New PIant-Grammar School Expio
tion-Improve ments at Power HOUSE
Work on Mortar Battery--The Bicycle
Factory-soc.ety and Personal Items,
etc,
Things are moving at lively pace at
the village near the Ferry nowadays
Preparations are being made for 1ro-
fethen's bowling alley, there is activity III
pushing to completion the new lobster
smacks and yesterday at the railway there
was being towed on the ways the large
barque, Sarmiento, Capt. Clement HARD
ing of Boston. She is to be coppered ana
then will load for South America Win
lumber. At the wharf near by are the
AL Hamilton and Ed Leggett undergoing
a general overhauling. And yet another
industry is likely to be added to this par
ticular neighborhood, for yesterday MT.
J. T. Davidson was negotiating with the
Spear company forssthe use of the large
building near the coal yard for boat btlllo
| ing purposes. Mr.. Davidson is the bulid-
er of the yacht Tacoma which beat Capt.
Bill Days crack yacht Satanic in
series Of races and also of the Muriel, the
champion in her class in Boston last
year It is Mr.. Davidson's intention TO
engage in the building of light yacht
tenders. This would be bis special WORK,
enlarged, however, SO as to include gen
eral repairs upon small boats, etc. In
short there is good sized boat building
boom in progress ct the village shore.
| GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
Tonight at the Union Opera house in
the presence of parents, citizens and
friends in general Of the school, the pupils
of the different grammar schools in South
| Portland will give an exhibition in
which at least rs young people will par
| tioipate. There will be school songs
patriotic airs, etc., and all will be under
the supervision of Prof. Wormersley who
| teaching music in the schools and illus
! trate them by object lessons, so to speak.
| The occasion is likely to be notable one
and the demand for tickets is great
THE POWER HOUSE.
| At the i'ower House of the Cape cleo
tries on Tuesday last the No. 2 engine
was equipped with triple metallic pack
ing which will effect great saving. 1t
is claimed that this packing will last for
10 years, in most cases, and with few
improvements yet to be made it is said
that the power house will soon be on a
basis to handle Sc cars on the track at
one time.
AT FORT PREBLE.
| One horse teams were moving about
Yesterday loaded with stone to be crushed
into concrete for use at the mortar battery
and quite large gang of men were hard
at work.
THE BICYCLE FACTORY.
About $50 men are now onsthe pay roll
of the bicycle factory and orders for
wheels are pouring in thick and fast
from all around Business in this line is
reported better now than for many past
spring.
| Fred W. Spear was in Brunswick yes
terday ON business trip.
The Samaritan society met yesterday at
the home of Mrs. hose Studley, Sawyer
street.
The Ladies circle of the Peoples Metho
dist church will meet this afternoon with
| VIZ N
MI. and Mrs John Marley Smith are
visiting in Boston.
Mrs. E. S. Rice of East Somerville,
Macs, is the guest Of Mrs. e. Nj. Whit
ney. West High street.
Mrs. John Rice, who has been spending
the winter in Lewiston, has returned and
is the guest of Mrs M. E. Tingley, Pick
EFT street.
| Miss Lizzie Loring has returned from
Boston, Mass.
Mr. Joseph Weeks, who has been in
| Biddeford for short stay, has returned
home.
Capt. Randall Humphrey has gone into
the employ of the government at Dja-
mond island.
DR.. Lowell is improving and his friends
soon expect to see him bout again.
1t is rrmored that Capt Herbert Elliott
will accept a position with Capt Geo
Cushing.
The school committee have met anc
perfected an organization. 1t is still
thought that Mr.. Frank Hill will succeed
j. S. Pickett at the Ligonia grammar
school.
Albert Newton is moving into the tene
ment underneath the parsonage of thu
Peoples Methodist church. Mrs. Morris
Ridley is entertaining her sister, Miss
Price, of Richmond.
Mr.. Frank Strange, who has recently
been to Taunton, Mass, has returned Il
Knightville and resumed work for thu
Stevens Silver Company.
W. l. Houston Of the Church Of Chris
has sufficiently recovered from his recen
illness to be able to preach and will SPEAK
this Thursday aveuinr in TTpion Mission