The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-07-13
SOMERSET PICK-UPs

The work If laying til rails ana
strinRing the trolley acIess the bridges
for the extension Of the Benton g. Far
/ field Electric Road at Fairfield. was
commenced, Friday.
James Dealey, who il employed in
Moer's planning mill at Hartland, got the
7 first two fingers Of his left hand cut eff
/ by a bun planer Monday. He viii be
laid up for some time
Harvey Mahoney Of PittsheId. has
Jnst purchased fine par of dapple
gray horses Of +. v. Hi of Exeter.
These will be used ia his trucking bust
ness TO replace the pair he recently sold
to parties in New Hampshire.
Samuel Allen Of Madison. was serious.
y injured one day recently while al
work on the log pile He was IN a
STOPPING position when two logs rolled
down upon him, doubling him up and
badly crushing and wrenehing him
During the heavy thunder shower.
July 6th, one corner Of the new Masonic
block at Fairfield, was shattered and
zoo bricks were tumb!ed down onto the
building owned and occupied by Frank
Cotton, smashing the roof Z and doing
great amount Of damage to the hoase-
hold furniture.
The railroad commissioners held a
hearing at Fairfield relative to the peti.
ton of the Benton and Fairfield Railroad
Company who asked for the approval Of
the extension of the line from its pres
ent terminus on the bridge between
Benton and Fairfield, to the streets OF
Fairfield. The commissioners approved
the extension.
The receiver of the Manufacturing
Investment Company Of Madison has
sold the Appleton, wis and Madison
(Me) paper plants to Oliver H. Payne.
The Madison plant will be transferred
to the Great Northern Paper Company
of Maine, and the Appleton plant will
be run either independently or in con-
nection with the Great Northern Paper
Company.
The Fairfield Book Club has hired the
rooms over the Bank To be used for a
circulating library and free reading
room. New books and magazines have
been added. The rooms will be open
saturday, July 8th from to $50 p. m.
and from to 10 p. m. People wishing
books can procure them at the rate of
81 year. % cents for three months, or
l cent day.
One of the best days that the Water
vile and Fairfield Electric railroad has
had for good while was July !, when
about 400 people were carried during
the day. Had it not been for the
shower, the records of the past would
all have been broken, but on account of
the rain there were fully 1000 fares that
were lost during the balance of the
afternoon and evening.
The property of the Walker Wooden
Mills, Pittsfield, Me, will be offered for
sale at public auction August l, 1Sa9,
says Fibre IL Fabric, unless previously
disposed of by private sale. The mill
is equipped with four sets of machinery,
fire protection system, electric lights,
steam and water power. Besides the
main building, there are picker and dye
houses, boiler room, offices, store houses
and large tenement house
A party consisting of Charles Luce
and wife, j. NJ. Nutting and wife, y.
w. Dexter and wife, d. NJ. Clark and
wife and l.. {. Parsons and wife of Lex
ington, drove to CarIabassett one DAY
last week. They report fine time, aud
they no doubt had jolly time, as they
all know how to enjoy themselves.
They speak in high terms of the pro-
prietor of the Mineral Spring farm and
found every thing neat and tidy, both
inside and outside of the house, and
found them all very kind and accommo-
dating
j. c. Gordon, the hustling manager Of
the Pittsfied creamery has just returned
from a several days trip to Portsmouth
and Boston, where he has sold the
entire output OF the creamery for the
whole season. The milk is coming in
well and the amount is constantly in.
creasing all the time. The management
is very much pleased with the way
things are opening up and feels sure
they will soon have to enlarge their
business and put the creamery in shape
to run to its fullest capacity,
The Wooden Company at Hartland has
secured from the government the con
tract to manufacture 1900 Indian
shawls. This contract makes the sixth
or seventh one that has been received
annually from the government in the
face of brisk bidding upon the part OF
numerous manufacturers. The com
pany has been manufacturing shawls for
many years and their plant is one OF the
most thoroughly equipped for the pur-
pose in the country, The company now
has a large amount of business on hand
and some of the machinery is being run