The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-01-03
MAINE NEWS AND NOTES.
A SURPRISE AT PORTLAND.

surprise Dec. 28th. For number OF
months, electric buttons have played an
important part in the war against the
saloons. Men have been employed to
keep constantly close to the saloons
and give notice by touching an cleo
trio button of the coming of the police
on a raid Friday evening Deputy
Cheney raided a Fore street saloon, but
failed to connect any one with the place.
He then arrested one of the outside
men, locally termed watchers" and
sent him to the station. 1t is under
stood that an attempt will be made to
the watcher" was assisting another to
commit a crime, The point is new to
practice under the prohibitOry law,
and will probably be carried to the Su-
preme court. If it is settled that the
saloons cannot employ men to watch
for the police the enforcement Of the
law will be comparatively easy mat
ter, because without the watchers"
the saloons would be an easy prey to
the sheriffs.
MAINE SANITARIUM FORMED.
Last week the Maine Sanitarium As
ISOLATION was formed, with the follow
ing officers: President, Gov-Elect John
! F. Hill, Augusta; vice president, Selden
Conner, Augusta; secretary, Dr. A. u.
Young, Augusta; treasurer, Treby
johnson, Augusta; trustees for three
years, DR.. F. c. Thayer Waterville, F.
C. Whitehouse, Topsham, P. o. Vickery,
Augusta; trustees for two years, F. o.
,, Beal, Bangor, Hiram w. Kicker, POI
land Springs, Waldo Pettingill, Rum
ford Falls; trustees for one year, A. w.
Hall, Caribou, DR.. S. II. Weeks, Port
land, Geo. Bliss, Waldoboro. The OBJ
ject of the association is to provide an
i institution in the Maine woods, to be
used as retreat for cOnSumptiveS
The recent annual report of DR.. A. G.
Young, of the State board of health,
recommended such an institution and
the question attracted wide attention
throughout the State.
Al NEW HEATING ARRANGEMENT.
The Maine Central management is
experimenting with new system OF
heating the trains, by using the exhaust
1ect steam as is the custom in general
use. 1t is the invention of F. f. Cog
gins, inspector of ar brakes for the
Maine Central, and by it's use the eX-
haust steam from the air pumps, which
! would otherwise be wasted, is turned
| backward to cylinder, which is situated
under the running board of the locomo-
tive, and from there conducted through
the pipes of the train Its advantages
from an economical standpoint can be
easily seem A number of the locomo-
tives on the road have been fitted with
the appliance, and as far as can be
learned it is giving satisfaction.
REPORT ON MAINE PRISON.
The annual report of the Maine State
prison inspectors has been filed. War
den Smith explains why the prison is
don't stay long enough to become profit
able workmen in the carriage and har-
ness departments, and the broom shop,
which is the only place short-term men
can be placed, is over-crowded. Money
should be appropriated by the State to
enable the warden to make all his pur-
chases for cash and thus take advantage
of the discounts More than 50 men
out of 60 sentenced to the prison in 1899
were of no use to the State. The lnSpec-
tors recommend the appointment of
a matron for the prison. The State
prison books make the total assets $780,
401, liabilities $2S 055, leaving net assets
of sos, 346.
THE MAINE INSANE HOSPITAL.
The annual meeting of the trustees
of the Maine Insane Hospital was held
in the trustees room at the hospital
Dec. 26th. Ex-Governor Robe, the
the trustees were present except Gen.
r. B. Shepherd of Skowhegan, who
was lying at the point of death. The
organization for the ensuing year was
perfected as follows: Trustees-Fred-
erick Robe, president, Gorham; p 0.
Vickery, Augusta; R. B. Shepherd,
secretary, Skowhegan; Thomas White,
Bangor; Mrs J. R. Smith, Litchfeld;
H. T. Powers, Fort Fairfield; Chas. S.
Pearl, Bangor. There are 765 patients
in the hospital.
NAMES BANKS AND BUILDING AssO-
CATIONS.
The annual report of Bank Exam
liner Fremont E. Timberlake, on the
conditions of the saving banks, trust
and banking companies and loan and
building associations, and also foreign
banking companies having a license to
do business in the State, covers the
fiscal year ending Dec. 1, 1900.
The report shows that there are 81
pa Oebllho LII UilC COctOC, W IlOoC ttooOoo
amount to 71,076, 211.67; II trust and
banking companies, whose assets are
$13, 295, 4O2 go; 80 loan and building asso-
Citations, whose assets are $2,S62, 1883;
This makes a total Of 1O1 institutions of
this class, with total assets amounting
to $S7, 2333, 1912.
This is a gain of one in the number of
institutions reported, and of 81, 934, 627.-
81 in their assets. The number of de-
positors in saving banks and trust com
panies, and shareholders in loan and
building associations, has increased from
2O2, 552 in 1899 to 213, $50 in 1904 gain
of II, 1928 as against corresponding gain
Of 1927 in 1899. Deducting from this
total the number of depositors of
Demand Deposits in trust companies,
6O19, the result shows that 2O7,9 61, or
nearly one-third of our entire popula-
ton, are directly interested in the
various savings institutions of the State,
and are, through these agencies, accu-
mulating from their present incomes
about $5,00O,000 annually.
MAINE SHIPBUILDING.
President E. W. Hyde of the Bath
Iron Works says his company has late
ly been asked to make figures on the
cost of seven-masted steel schooner
that can carry s. 900 tons of coal. "Here-