Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-18
STATE HOUSE.
Returns Of Cities on New Factories
and Workshops.
Some Of the Small Happenings at the Capitol
Recently.

ne returns given in by the local as
SCISSORS on the new building Of factories
workshops and mills is often far less than
one would be led to believe from report ,
from that scctiotn, remarked Labor
Commissioner Matthews. Friday. Il find
that from the returns. this season. cities
where we would suppose there mas been
great deal OF progress made along The
line of improvements and .'cpIrs in the
mills and factories show but very small
gain as compared with places that VIZ
have heard little about
AS matter of fact the building in
this line that | endeavor to learn Of
through local assessors will he very much
larger, this year, than heretofore even
outside the great pulp mills The actual
money invested in building will show an
increase over the past two years leaving
aside the pulp mills, ana they will swell
the amount immensely.
The city Of PASSPORT shows a gain cf
S'u,0uo in new factories. new sardine
factor and a shook factory in the past
year. Lewiston shows a gain Of $50, D0g in
improvements to a mill: Augusta shows
nothing III this line"
In its pictures of prominent Maine men
the Bangor Wing and Courier. FriGa,
gave 4 picture Of Hon. J. f. Hill Of Au-
susta, marking it as "IIon. John f. lin.
member of the executive council ana
probable next governor Of Maine"
Hon. Edward Wiggin who has been
quite i'll is improving slowly.
ii, Cc-er4I Richards said. Friday.
L 't vim the recent completion ii the
H.ling = @. G of Auburn. the LIST Rel.
m"nt is now within five men Of being fun
and they are needed in the brunswick
company. IN election of officers in g..
G will be ordered soon.
The friends Of Superintendent ". v
Stetson are telling good story OF the
trip IF one Of them to Northern Maine. |
In that section OF the State as in all cth
ers the school teachers and scholars think
a great deal Of the State superintendent.
In about every schoolhouse viii BE- f5unl
Il picture Of Prof. Stetson. sharing hon
ors with the Father of His Country. |
Abraham Lincoln ana even George Dewey |
himself
The people of the northern section have
every reason to be glad that they know
Prof. Stetson, for they realize that he aas |
he has been at the head of the e..uca |
tional bureau Of the Pine Tree State
In this particular instance there wee
three pictures hanging on the wall over
the teachers desk. those Of Washington
Lincoln and Prof. Stetson, the latter be
ing the middle one of the group
Who can tell me who this is?'' ask,.i
the teacher Of her school pointing Il
Washington's picture; intending to show
off her scholars in the presence of tht
man from the capital Of tie State.
Up went Il score Of hands
We'll. Pierre who is it?' she asked 4 |
little French Canadian boy with bright
face
''Mou'seer Stetson," he piped up
Thus Prof. Stetson has been taken foI
the Father Of HIS Country IN III least Ok.
case, though where the Resemblance iits
his friends are not able to determine.
The five following companies. Friday.
filed certificates of Incorporation:
The Oregon Copper ana Smelling com
p5ny organized at Portland Tor the par.
pose Of mining, with $I,5Goc0o capital
stock, OF which nothing is paid in. The
officers are: President. G. NJ. Drummnnd
NJ Portland. Me-, treasurer. +. h. Sta
Pies Of Portland, Ne. Certificate ar-
The Permanent Rupture Cure Company
ur@aniz.l M Portland. fur the purpos, q:
mdnutd turing cur" for rupture with
,-uu.oun capital stock. OF which $500 is paIt |
in. The officers are: President. T. Rut
ledge <illilra of New York. n ". treas
urrr. W. III. Irish Of Boston. Mass Ger
tiiicate approved. NOV. -. 1880.
The American Power Carriage Company
organized at Portland for the purpns, NJ
manufacturing 4 power carriage with 81.
"n.Unu capital stock, Of which nothing i
paid in The officers are: President w.
H.. Hight OF Boston. Mass: treasurer. :.
NJ. Nichols Of Boston. Mass. Certificate
approved, NOV. II, 1899
The Red star Touring and Wrccking
Company organized At kittery for the
purpus"Eof doing wrtckng business
with $3'm,00 capital stock. Of which Moth
ing is paid in. The officers are: Pres- |
dent. &. +. Lyman Of Boston, Mass;
treasurer, w. &. Appleton Of CohdsSet.
Mass Certificate approved, NOV. II, 1872.
The Colonial Commission Company or
ganZed at Berwick. for the purpose of
dealing in stocks and bonds with $4,000
capital stock. Of which $500 is paid in. |
The officers are: President. f. 4. Hen
dcrsun of New iork; treasurer, Porte W.
Hcwins Of Taunton. Mass. Certificate
approved. NOV. II, 1879.
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