Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-08-05
STATE HOUSE,
Many Corporations Delinquent
in Making Returns.
Contract Let for 1924 Screen At
Sebago Lake.
Investigation Of Dairy Interests. .rxo Nav.
million D 'IIar Corporations.

The commissioners of Inland a..
les and game have Contracted n,;.., y,
AneI'cah steer Company, John Towne
asen'' 10 put in fish hurdle or screen
al ,he outlet OF Sebago lake. The CON
tract price is sl2S4. OF this $1,000 was
appropriated for this purpose bv ths
Legislature and the balance viii he
raised by subscription The spaca n
De screened is 80 feet and the he;.ht
l9 TO Il feet, the material is IN ha al,
steel. The steel stats set edrewaxs "a
the current will be inches wide ,n5
1sN Jan inch thick, l and 3-1s inches
aEaH. The work must be done at tne
tiflessof lowest water usually about
Octoher:,s
report or the proceedings of the
boardapf inquiry convened at Rruns-
wicks sps examine into the propriety of
conductsot- Corporal Josiah n. Collins
co. klsf Regiment. has been pre-
sentedsgand after reference to the
judge adNocate general. has been re-
viewed. As a result of the investi-a-
ton Cornoraf Collins is reduced tn the
ranks and tdishonorably discharged
from the military service of the state
and ali officers of the National Guard
are forbidden to re-enlist him.
The board of inquiry was made m
of ajor William O. Peterson. lst In
fantry, and First Lieut.. George 5. Nc
Carly. Co. /. lst Infantry as recording
officer. and met at Brunswick. Mon
day. July.l.
The board found. according to its re-
port. that Corporal Collins has been
most fiagrantly guilty of conduct un-
becoming a citizen and soldier and that
he has been guilty of absenting himself
from his company from April 26. 1891.
to the present time.
Capt. Charles B. Pettingin, the fore
man of the nightwatch at the State
House. will resume his duties. next
Monday, after an absence of nine
weeks on account of illness. Capt
Pettingill has friends from one end of
the State to the other. who will be
glad to learn that he has recovered
from his illness and looks as brown as
the proverbial berry. George Wash
ington. who occupies a CONSPICUOUS po-
sition at the top of the main stairway
has not smiled since the one and vera
cious Charles has been basking by the
sad sea waves. Mr.. \. b. Perkins.
who has been acting as night foreman.
will leave on a two weeks vacation,
today
Francis Wiggin of Portland, who is
In the employ Of the labor bureau max
raDar1i1p rho
creamery industries of the state. re-
ports excellent progress in the work
The dairymen are readily and with
perfect Willingness giving Mr.. Wiggin
the necessary information. recogniz-
ing that the work is one that Will tend
to increase the Importance of their
business in the state. Members of the
State Dairymens Association have cN-
pressed their approval of the work
which the bureau is doing.
Pond lilies. large. sweet and beauti-
full tinted with white and pink shades,
were in evidence about the State
House, Saturday. the offerings OF MISS
Bradstreet Of the bank examiner
office They came from Nahumkeas
pond.
Corporations 10 the number Of 1884
have made returns to the secretary OF
State and some 800 or 100 are still de-
inquent. The delinquents Will be
looked after
The following companies nave lled
certificates of Incorporation at the Of
fec OF the secretary of State:
Pacific Coal and Transportation co.
organized at Portland, for the purpose
of conducting mining and quarrEihs
business in Alaska or elsewhere. with
81, 100000 capital stock of which s4oo IS
paid in. The officers are: President
A. w. Mansur of Boston; treasurer. r.
w. Houston of Portland. Certificate
approved Aug. 2. 1901.
United States Gold Mining 60. Or
ganized at Augusta. for the purpose ol
mining gold and other minerals win
81 100000 capital stock of Whicn noun
ing is paid in The officers are: Presi-
dent. F. L. Dutton of Augusta: treas
urer. T.. f. Whittum of Augusta. Ger
tificatc approved, Aug. ,. l9ol