The Portland daily press., 1901-01-18


Brooklyn, Brooksvilis, Psnobsoot. and
branch lines may be built from Ellsworth
20 Lamoine or Trenton. The capital
stock shall not exceed $500. 900.
By Mr.. Cushman OF Sherman. an act
relating TO agents of domeutic and mutual
fire Insurance. companies. IL designs to
bring this ciass OF agents under the con-
troll OF the insurance commissioner. They
must procure licenses, but no fee shall
be exacted from them.
BY Mr.. Leathers OF Hermon, petition Of
Frank A. Bishop and 81 others in favor
OF bounty on GROWS.
By MIR. Spofford of Deer Isle, petitions
In favor Of an act 20 prevent the killing
OF gulls and tern, accompanied by act
10 cover the same.
BY Mr.. Mead OF Bridgton, an act rslst-
ing to the protection Of wild birds.
By MIR. Brackstt of Phillips, an act to
repeali the organization Of Perkins PLAN
tation in Franklin county.
by MIR. Putnam petition In favor of
setting OF part OF kangeley plantation
ana annex the same to Oxford county.
PORTLAND INSTITUTIONS WANT
MONEY.
sThree Portland institutions were repre-
sented before the finance committee this
afternoon. First, Mira. q. B. McGrsgor
spoke in relation to the resolve In favor
OF the Home for Friendlsss Boys. Mrs
MctlreQor told OF the work of the home
and what IL 10 accomplishing She
showed pictures OF the boys and read
letters from them. MIR. VIM. Cham ber-
lain, the teacher, then told the 90 nmit-
tee Of the building OF the new S9JOO house
and the efforts Of the ladies to raise
money 70 run the home, Efforts In whioh
they are very successful.
Then came the resolve In favor or the
Temporary Home for women and chill
dren. Miss DAveis Of Portland told the
story of the good work done by the home
during its Is years OF existence. Miss
Daveis gavs figures to snow tne penenIs lIs
who have been sheltered at the Home ~
per cent are known TO be leading respec-
table lives This showing Miss Davels
attributed to the fact that the girls were
young when they went to the Home anu
SO were as amenable TO good Influences
as they had previously been to bad. ii
1t were not for the Home, many OF these
girls would have necessity gone to the
poor house, become paupers and perpetu'
ated their own condition in their onil-
dren.
Mrs. j. W.D. Carter also spoko for the
/ 1OIn6e RlNluK "a ubHuflpbkOh Va Aeo Ah0eH
/ DDS OF work and holding the close ntten
tisn of the committee by her presenta
tion OF tho case.
| Mr.. Deering or Gorham told of the
case of one of the girls who had gone out
from the Home ana became a self respect
ing woman, who happily married. Mr.
| Deering said that he was satisfied thai
this woman had been saved from the
slums by the Temporary Home. MIR. Fred
V. Chase spoke briefly IN commentator
of the work OF both these institutions.
Third on the list was the resolve In ale
of the Maine Eye and Ear Intirmary
Mr.. Il Is. Winslow, as one OF the trustees
spoke briefly Of the work OF ths
| infirmary, saying that he knew memberi
| OF the committee were so familiar with
the institution that 1t was not necessary
to present a long argument. The intirma
ry does not ask for any increase In the
states appropriation. although the de-
mands upon the infirmAry are constantly
| increasing.
/ DIR. E E. Holt, the executive surgeon
| followed Mr. Winslow He said that the
cost OF the free beds maintained at the
innrmary exceeded the state aid so thai
the state gets Its money back. A depart
ment of the work OF which DIR. Holt spokt
| was the treatment given to infants born
with diseased eyes, a number OF cases oi
what would have resulted In total blind
ness, having been cured Such Gases have
n money value TO the state far In exoes:
OF the money appropriated. The institu.
tton has only two or three free beds paid
| for, hut 1t nevertheless maintains 10 o:
| 10 THIS is due to careful management
and the revenue derived from the paying
patients ANY physician In the state
| may bring a patient to the infirm ary and
have the uss OF the operating room, pri'
vate room for the patient and the atten'
dance OF trained nurses, all for 81 day and
the intirmary makes a profit In IL at thai