Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-17
STATE HOUSE.
organization of WaterviIIe &
Oakland St. Ry. Approved.
important Hearings to Be Held by
Railroad Commissioners.
interesting Items Picked up in State
House Corridors.

AAiO IL odhldIlQ Street Rdll-
way. This company is formed for the
i'oSe OF constructing and operating
Snort Runway from Waterville to
"hiahd- me motive power is to be
ei'her electricity or compressed air and
the regular standard guage will be
used. The capital stock is $4,000. The
directors are Amos F. Gerald. Edward
J Lawrence. stephen \. Nye. Albert b.
rage, Fairfield, and Cyrus w, Davis
NaterVille.
yesterday, the railroad commission
ers We're in Scarhoro where a hearjn.
was mad on the petition of the Portland
'latiroad Co. for permission to cross
the track of the Boston & Maine at
iCunston's corner in that town.
Inc commissioners will be at Rum
ford Falls, today, and will grant a
nearing on the petition Of the Portland
x Rumford Falls r. r. Go. for permits
sion to extend a branch track across
a highway in that town.
Col. Fred r. Fay of Portland. has the
following complimentary notice of
General Farnham in his Saturday let
ter to the Bangor Commercial.
Gen. Farnham, Of Bangor, was here
convention day, and in the evening was
present ut drill of the Portland bat
talon of the first regiment the nava!
reserves, and the signal corps. Later
he met many of the officers of the bat
TALON, and while he was Il stranger to
them before his appointment By Gov.
Hill, he made friends rapidly, and
there is now Il general feeling that Gov.
lIilI Il ~ Vct ca1Actinn
He manifested an intelligent interest
il the battalion and its work and as IN
officers said. We shall find that he will
Go lis vcIy best for us ALL" Gen Rich
ards was a 2reat f1Voritn with the Off
GERS here ana they regretted losing him,
but it is now felt that Gen. Farnlam
will use his best efforts with the next
legislature TO secure Il proper appro-
priation for the National guards and
that in the meantime he will do his best
TO make the already high standard still
higher in this state.
He acts with military prOmptness.
When the official news was received
here by Mr.. John b. Heating, the
British vice consul ut this port, that
the Naval reserve of Portland would be
invited to go to Montreal, to take part
in the great parade the 2Sth, in honor
of The coronation Of King Edward, he
at once made the necessary application
to the Canadian government, through
the war department, for permission fer
the reserve under the command of
Lieut.. BigeloW, to enter Canada. armed
and equipped.
Z IN short there is 4 growing feeling
here that Gov. Hill made Il wise selec-
zion, and that Gen. Farnham will be
found to be admirably fitted for the dis
charge of the eXacting duties of an i'm
nortant, and perhaps not thoroughly
appreciated. office.
Prof. e. d. Woods of the Maine Agrl-
cultural Experiment station says that
very few farmers can afford to buy feed
low in protein and high in carbohy-
tirates ut any price 1T which they have
been or are likely to be offered The
former should grow all the coarse feeds
thar he needs. Oar AMI similar feeds
arc very much like corn stalks or oat
straw in composition. Some OF the
feeds have cOttonsecd or other nitro
genous feeding stuifs added to them 50
that they carry more protein than
straight oat feeds, but these mixtures
are always more expensive sources OIL
protein than are the Glutens, cotton
seed and linsecd meals. One hundred
rounds of an ordinary oat feed has
from eight to II pounds protein. Al
II cents per 100 the protein costs from
seven to nine cents pound. one nun
dred hounds of a good gluten meal mas
from "a to 30 per cent. of protein. Al
st 20 per 100 the potein costs about three
cents a pound and it not only cosIs
less than half as much rs that OF the
oat feed but it il better digestad.