Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-11
STATE HOUSE.
A Days Cleaning from the Various Depart
mcnts At the Capitol.

| "'S"ss - s"e VapUOJ.
The returns on the inquiry as to the
cost of living are beginning to come into
the department over which Hon $. w.
Matthews, commissioners of industrial and
labor statistics, presides. Some time ago
he made as feature of one of his re-
ports the cost of living in Maine. The
| report was very full and excited the fa :
vorable comment it deserved This year
| Mr. Matthews decided to use the same
idea in his report and his agents have
! been at work Tor some time in the differ
l ent manufacturing towns In the State.
The results OF their work is shown by
the large number of-replics that are being
sent into the department One of the in
teresting things about the report when
IL is made up. will be the comparison with
the cost OF living as was shown by a
| former report.
When the first report was gotten out
| there was Il great deal of difficulty in
getting out the statistics The peope
| seemed reluctant to give out the informa-
ton sought, even though it is strictly
| confidential. This year there is a change
The census man has had his turn at the
| answering questions that they are no
longer reluctant to give out the desired
Information Mr.. Matthews busy season
is Just beginning and in month he will
be up to his ears III the work of getting
out the report. The work ut the pres
ent time is merely preliminary
Mai. &. j. House. his clerk, will return
from the eastern part of the State where
he is getting statistics on shin building
in about two weeks. This part of the re-
port cannot fail to be OF general interest
as it will show the revival of what was
once one of Maine's greatest industries.
Even if there were nothing els, ne an
indication ii would BE- easily seen that
muster week is fast approaching from
the uniforms at the State House. Every
where there is evidence of the members
of the National Guard More than that
Adjutant General Richards has several
days work that he is trying to do in one
These matters however, are but minor
details, everything Of Importance was
attended To long ago and when the FIRST
Regiment arrives today everything will
be in readiness for them.
have passed there are more names reg
1stcrcd at the game commissioners de-
partment than for a long time before. So
lar over 100 names have been registered
ana the greater part We're placed on the
book during the last week. But these
names 40 not begin to show the number
of people who haVeNrbeen in the state
House, as very many have not pretended
to register. The greater part Of these
names are of people who are from other
states. some of the towns from which
they come being in the West. while 9th
ers are in the Southern and Middle
states .af
Deputy Insurance Commissioner c. ".
Fletcher has returned from the eastern
part of the State where he has been con
Quoting a fire investigation.
As yet the department has not received
many notices of forest fires In fact the
greater part that have come to the depart
ment Were through the newspapers II
is an unusual thing that with the large
number OF fires but few buildings have
been reported as being burned through
forest fires. This is accounted for by the
fact that the fires have for the most part
occurred in the western part of the State
and are in places remote enough from any
building. to avoid any danger of confia-
grafton.
These companies have filed articles of |
Incorporation at the office of the secre-
tary Of State: &
Boston Bottling and Wiring Company
organized at Portland for the purpose OF |
manufacturing bottling machinery with |
100 capital stock of which 800 Is paid |
in. The, officers are: President Edgar !
X. kimball of Cambridge: treasurer .eo |
Il. Hugo of Boston. Certificate approved, |
Aug. s.
Electric Fire Engine Company organ
lied at Portland for the purpose of manu- |
featuring and dealing in electrical fire en-
gineS with $500 capital stock of which |
nothing is paid in The officers are !:
President Walton A. Morgan of PORT
land. treasurer. Llewcllyn Carleton OF |
Portland. Certificate approved, Aug. l..
Damon Perforator Company organized |
at ola Town for the purpose Of manufac-
turing and dealing in printing machin- |
cry with Sl0000 capital stock of which |
SlQ0 is paid in. The officers are: Presf- |
dent. Leslie A. BuZZell of Old Town:
treasurer, Clarence Il. Swan of Old Town. |
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