Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
COME OVER AND SEE US.
WaterviIle Merchants will Furnish Free Trars
portation from Sebasticook 10 Cit.

I j special meeting of tn" EiaII ri
! Trade was held in III" city coVrrnmrut
I rooms. last evening. to consider the adj
! visibility of establishing "a fire. bus
| lin" between thiS city and the Stbasti-
| cook where the old covered bridgr Went
ont. The loss OF this bridgc makes ii
, impossible for teams from the other
! sill" II the stream u Gt.t into the city
I except by going around by the way ~
| Benton Fails. That makes long. .nld
/ Gi.iicult driV" ard il is easier IN fact
To- 20 down thn other way 70 August:.
/ N"terville fas always mi pyed the nGlh
I ~ this trad" ana dl. not tax" kindly
/ to the idea Of having it drift away rn
I account If the loss Of the bridge
| IN" matter uf making some kind ui
2n arrangement frI getting the ponpi.
J ium the stream ~ N" city has been
I talked up quite a bit but nothing u, ii
, mite WAS done r:,.n President Hill w
the Board II Trad" took tht matter III
! hand. H. called un thc merchants
/ along the street and found every one
OF Them in favor 'of establishing 4 fr,...
/ bus linz lur the. convenience OF tn
people VII" car" to come OYER he.r to
/ over the railroad bridge but the team,
| have to be left behind. With a free
! bus service from tn" bridg" to the city
! il would De- about as convenient as
7 coming N th.ir own teams
/ Ii is thought that some. arran-t men.
! can b., made with Tho Maine Central
! f"r putting brackets III one side of the
| raiiroad bridge ana building Il gold
safe sidewalk there. With this All
danger in crossing the bridge could he
avoided. The plan Of plan.;ing the
/ hlidg" 81 that teams might cross and
placing a tiaGnan AT zach IND 70 pro
| tect them has been suggested. but that
| Is imp nssible and would never b., al
lowed. In spite of all the precautions
tcat might b. exercised there would br
/" constant danger in crossing and
especially at this tim" when thu trains
on nc Main" Central are irregular.
President Hill pushed the thing
along with characteristic vim after h.
LOOK hold OF il. Dodgers wer.. printed
aDnOunctng the meeting and scattered
all over the city 50 that every one
might know Of the meeting and attend
The meeting came together promptly
and the large attendance proved that
there was much interest in the scheme
Several plans were discussed hut in
view Of the Shortn.s IS of the time that
OF . free bus line from the Sebasti-
cool, tn the city was considered the
best. a committee consisting Of f. t.'
WuI dwell. r. J. Arnold and II. II. Dun
Kan was appointed I" take the matter
i'll charge and make all the arrange
These - firali,
pieted last evening. and the bus viii
commence itS trips AZ o'clock this
morning. and Hill make round trips ~
rev half hour until o'clock in the
evening, carrying all who wish to come
t. the city ire. Of charge. As soon as
the plan was decided on some pretty
tall hustling was done. The arranSe-
.l!ents for the bus We're made almost
before the close Of the meeting and
q. +. Davies commissioned to paint ap-
~ picpriate signs for II. The committee
NJ. med was also instructed to hnv.
dodgers printed advertising the fact
that the free bus would be put on and
these will doubtless be IN circulation
through the country on the south side
Of the Sebasticook by the time this is !
read.
Two teams viii probab bly, be in opera
tinn. today. and as many more as are
needed will be put on as fast as they
ave needed The cost for these will he /
paid by the merchants along The street /
who Will be assessed n fair share of
the expense. a committee for this pur- !
pose was appointed and consists Of /
Frank Iedington. w. j. Arnold. e. S 4
pollofi, II. l.. Emery and G. ]. Clukey. I
but something more than tempo +
iary arrangement OF this kind is want
ed. Several plans for a temporary
bridge We're suggested. but that OF a ,
rontoon seems most feasible. The ma
teflal Tor this or nearly all Of ii is .
right On the ground and a bridge
could De put in in a short time that +
would answer all purposes and be safe
until the permanent bridge is built. \
committee was appointed To confer
with the selectmen in regard to this.
This consists Of Mayor Blaisdell. G. +.
Davies and W. r. Haines,
The work Of building walk for
pedestrians along the side Of the rail.
road bridge was commenced. yester.
day afternoon. and can probably be
completed. today. The Maine Central
has very generously granted pcrmis-
sion for this and will have charge Of
the work 50 that it Will h. done prar.
erly.