Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-11

Next Meeting of Commissioners OF
Pharmacy at Bangor, Wednesday,
June 8.
State Assessors Will Hold HEARINGS as
Follows: South Paris, Nav 25:
Rurford Falls, May Fl; Farminaton,
May 81; Skowhesan, June 8; Dover,
Jure 10.
In a Boston paper of last Sunday
there appeared a story of an unique
Maine railroad running from CiIcod TO
Hastings. 1t was unique, according to
the paper, because of the fact that tn.
motive power was a horse. In part
The story which is under a Paris. Me-.
date line. was as follows:
zone of the unique things in this dis
trict is the one-horse car which trans
ports passengers, mail, express and
| freight from Gilead to Hastings. 1t is
four miles or so from the Grand Trunk
station at Gilead to the little village of
Hastings in a valley almost on the line
between Maine and New Hampshire
A few years ago. when Hastings was
more prosperous, a railway was built
between these Villages upon the car
riage road along Wild river valley. A
locomotive, built especially for this
| mountain railway, made four trips or
| 50 daily. connecting with each passen1
ger train over the Grand Trunk. Re-
| ecntly the railway locomotive has been
| taken off and horse substituted. The
| animal is harnessed to Il light car. in
which passengers, mail, express and
| freight are slowed. 1t is somewhat
hard footing for the horse along the
railway ties and the animal seldom
goes faster than a walk. The trip is
| made once n day"
| While it is unGuestonably n fact that
such road exists in Maine it cannot
be said, officially, that it is railroad.
AS the matter stands either the story
| quoted above is incorrect or else the
| owners of the road are violating the
laws of Maine. If the road is carrying
passengers, mail, express and baggage
4 it is doing so without certificate from
/ the State board of railroad commission
ers, which the law requires it to have:
| if it is not than the story is misleading,
| to put it mildly.
| AS a matter of fact there is nothing
| especially unique about the road except
it is drawn by Il horse. 1t was origin
ally constructed for private purposes
and is so operated at this time. ut least
such is the knowledge of it as known
to the railroad commissioners. In
other words it was constructed the
same as lumbermen construct Il log
ging road, for private use, with the eX-
ccption that steam was used in place
Of horses. There have been number
of these in Maine in past years and the
katahdin Pulp ard Paper Go. at Lin
coin. has n road of this kind which is
nearly a mile long and is used to haul
logs from: the river bank to the mill
Francis Wiggin. Esq, of Portland,
who is one of Labor Commissioner
Matthews valued assistants, was at
the commissioners office. Tuesday
morning, for the purpose of consulting
with Mr.. Matthews about matters of
interest to the department.
| The Atlantic Shore Line Railway
Company has pettioned the railroad
commissioners for approval of cross
ling over the tracks of the Biddeford &,
Saco Railroad on Alfred street. in Bid
ldoford. A hearing has been ordered for
Monday. May 1G. at 10 A. NJ. ut the
Office of the commissioners in the State
House.
| On Tuesday the board for the regula-
lti,n of the practice of embalming held
Ian examination of candidates for
certificates. There was about 80 who
| took the examination. which took place
Ii in the representative chamber. The
board consists of DIR. NJ. G.. Wedgewood
Of Lewiston: Frank Redington Of Wa
tcrville; and Ralph b. White of Ban
cor.
At a meeting Of the State board of
embalming examiners held at the State
House. Tuesday, May 10, the following
persons passed n satisfactory eXamin-
alton and will receive certificates in
, dicating that they are licensed en-
balmers:
Charles ID. Fox. Milton Mills. n. II.
g. NJ. Jenness. Springvale; William f.
craig. Old Town; L. A. Hurd, Sanford:
+. ID. Nudd, Waterville; A. ID. Hall
= Winthrop; w. +. Buzzel, Houlton: III.
W. Mckinney. Bridgton: Abner d. Bry-
ant. Freeport: Wendall p. Roberts,
Readfield: G. II. Lucas, Kennebunk:
| W. II. Wheeler. Oakland: c. Norman
| McIntire, S;ico: a. Lester Faunce. SOM
ellsworth, y. H.: A. C. Dinsmorc, Bing-
ham: Charles \. Nichols. South Wind
ham; George W. OsgoOd. Gray; c. II.
Wyman. Dexter: II. II. Smell. Water
vile: A. NJ. Andrews. West Paris: Il.
IN. Sawyer. Warren: II. c. Sinclair.
Winthrop: Asa A. Fox, Milton Mills,
n. H.; Marcellus Cain. Clinton.