The Republican journal., 1902-01-30
LETTER FROM WASHIN GTON

Correspondence Of The journal.

Correspondence of The journal.
ASHINGToN. d. c. Jan. Is. Waldo
County events have been treading fast
on each others heels in the last few
days, and figuring prominently III the
Congressional business of the third
Maine district.
Several prominent citizens of Isles
boro have written to Gov. Burleigh
about improved mail facilities for the
island. They want a post office at Dark
Harbor all the year around, inst cad of
three months of the year Mr. George
II. Wilbur, mason contractor, Mr. l.. n.
Gllkey, gentleman of influence in
Islesboro, Rev. George f. Tufts, pastor
of the Baptist church at Islesboro, and
Mr.. David II. Smith are among those
who have written here appealing to
Coy. Burleigh to use his influence with
the Postot1ice Department
The Governor has had several confer
ences with the Department on the sub
ject and Dark Harbor will probably
have a permanent postotlice That will
obviate much of the Inconvenience that
residents of Dark IIalbor have in going
to North Isesboro for nine months Of
the year to get their mail The letters
written from Dark Harhor this winter
have been taken to North ISlesboro and
thence by row boat across the bay to
Northport, thence 10y stage to Belfast,
rarely reaching the latter city to be
forwarded until the next day. What
the people of Dark llarbor want is a
bag direct to Dark Harbor, by way of
Hughes Point, from which place they
wish mail to be taken direct to their
office by government route.
1t is recognized at the Postotfice De
partment that Dark Harbor has been
rapidly developing and Gov. BurIeigh
asked the officials to give the town as
good mail service during the winter
and spring as the excellent mail service
they have been furnished with in the
summer. He represented to the au-
thorities the growing business the town
has with Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia, not to mention the number of
wealthy and influential summer resi-
dents, who are making the town a sec
ond Bar Harbor.
Rev. G. + Tufts wrote descriptive
statement of the conditions that now
prevail. in former years,-in old stage
coach days, he wrote, the mail came
from Belfast to Northport by stage in
one hour, thence across the bay by
small sail or row boat Then the age
of steam came and this town was ac
commodated Our mails came regular
ly and on time. Now the government
has gone back to the Old ways--worse
than stage coach days-Gor it now
takes one and Il half hours for the mail
to come from Belfast to Northport, in
stead of one hour as formerly During
days of storm OF wind, We now get no |
mail at all. The steamer runs, but our
mail is sent by the old, out of date and
Anticipated method, and stormy days
we have no mail at all"
Gov. Burleigh recently took up with
DR.. Walter Wyman, supervising sur
geon general of the Marine Hospital
service, the complaint of the quarantine
of the bark Rose Innes at the South |
Atlantic quarantine station. The man.
aging owner of the bark is Capt. NJ. E.
Colcord of Searsport. In letter which
Gov. Burleigh has received from Dr. !
Wyman, the latter says:
at is shown by the report of the act
ing assistant surgeon in charge of the
Fernandina quarantine station that |
this vessel, having sailed from the in
fected port of Santos, did not take
United States bill of health from San
tOs, but waited till she arrived at Bar
bados, where she could procure clean
bill of health without any reference
thereon to the existence of plague or
yellow fever at the port of departure.
''The quarantine officer at Fernandina