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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
RUSSELL & WESTON co.
100 AND 1872 WATER STREET, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

vice. The physical condition is. today.
beyond criticism something which has
| not been true of other cities IN the
State where the water works have been
seized. There is water in unlimited
quantities, and although it's fitness for
drinking purposes is oren to discus
sion, it is by no means established that
It is dangerous to drink it. Anyway,
it is serviceable for other purposes than
drinking, and 700 or 500 examinations
by expert chemists in behalf of th,.
district, microscopical, geological and
chemical examinations did not disclose
the presence of a single typhoid germ.
These examinations show only harm
less bacteria, and there is no proof
that the water is dangerous for drink
in" purposes. The propriety of filtra-
ton is conceded. Filtration is always
desirable with surface water. No per-
son living on the shores of the purest
pond that can be found cares to drink
the waters of that particular pond.
Familiarity breeds contempt as we'll
as bacteria.
For this property. which the District
seized against the will and desire Of
the company, just compensation must
be paid, and the courts say that just
compensation means full cOmpenSa-
lion. There are no novel propositions
in this case. The same elements as to
the lack of value, which have been
brought forward here by the districts
counsel, have been claimed in every
case in this State, and been discussed
and rejected in making the various
awards. 1t is true these earlier awards
have no weight here. but they deserve
respect. The only novel proposition
here is that the decision of the SUI
prene court in the Waterville case is
wholly favorable to the district On
The contrary. it is so favorable to tie
company that the company asks no
other award than one based upon the
terms of that decision. This litigation
is not of the company's seeking. 1t
does not want to sell it's property. The
District has seized it by process of law
before it has reached it's period oe
highest income, and the constitution
and the law says that the company
must be made whole.
Mr.. Baker dwelt upor the fact that
the plant was tuilt by tire company as
such. The matter Of the bondholders
and stockholders is not to be consiG-
cred here. The cost is net a controlling
fact, but 1t is a proper inquiry, and the
testimony of Mr.. West shows that the
total original cost of construction was
s206,31S. and TO this is added about
$4,000 paid for interest during the work
Of construction. and also sS6.516. paid
on the construction account since 1856,
making the total construction cost. to-
day. s296,S64 More than THIS, there
was paid $4,000 for stock of the local
water company. with $500 for inter-
est and also various other items. This
total is actually mon1y invested in the
property. 1t is cash which the builders
and owners have paid out Upon the
plant, and in making the award this
cost is subject to an increase i'm cost,
in material and labor, since 1886 and
the present time. This increase offsets
any depreciation which has taken place.
In getting the replacement cost Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
IS ALEGAL CONTRACT.
Druggists 5owditch & Webster's and
Percy w. Means Bond That M'-o-na
Costs Nothing Unless 1t Cures Dys-
pepsa and Increases Weight.

When you get a box of Mi-o-na. the
flesh forming food. from Bowditch "
Webster or Percy w. Means they viii
give YOU a signed bond to refund the
money unless it cures dyspepsia and
increases weight.
The money is simply on deposit with
Powditch & Webster or Percy w.
Means and does not become theirs un-
Ill you acknowledge that Mi-O-na has
helped you. 1t is just as safe in their
hands as in the First National Bank.
They give you their signed bond that is
a legal contract to pay back every
penny that Mi-o-na has cost you. in
cnse it does not do all that is claimed
for t. The regular sized box sells for
only sec.
stAit-o-na possesses healing and
soothing qualities that make it special
~ valuable in cases of chronic indi-
gestion and dyspepsia. 1t mingles with
the food you eat. aids its assimilation
ionessupi and strengthens the digestive
~Organs. makes rich. red blood. builds
up the wasted and emaciated form,
and restores health and strength to the
whole system.
Remember that in beginning the use
Of Mi-o-na. you do not risk penny
Druggists Bowditch & Webster's and
Percy w. Means written guarantee is
nm absolute protection and even though
You should lose it, they will return
Your money without question and with.
cut argument should Mi-o-na fail t.
give perfect satisfaction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29

the plant, the price of iron pipe should
be taken as of 1903, not of the date
when the plant was actually turned
over to the district, March /, 1904. A
plant cannot be re-created instantane-
ously. Its building requires time. pre-
paration, and the purchase OF material
in season to build before they do. The
company delivered complete plant on
March /, not the raw material for one.
The depreciation of two per cent on
the cast iron pipe as estimated by Mr..
Shedd is ample. The soil and the water
here are very favorable to the life of
pipe. Samples here in court. which have
been taken at random from the system
speak for themselves. Moreover, if the
pipes ever become impaired in the dis
tant future. the testimony of Mr.. Doane
of Halifax has shown how they can be
cleaned and made as good as new at
a nominal expense.
Mr.. Baker argued that the Districts
estimate of 621a per cent depreciation
in wrought iron pipe is ridiculous. This
would allow it only more years to
live, which is absurd in view of its pres
ent condition after IS years of service.
The price of rock excavation is put by
the company at S. per cubic yard.
which is found to be the actual cost
in Augusta, as shown by all the wit
nesses on the stand, yet the Districts
engineers have called it 81, because
that has been the cost in some other
place. Taking up the matter Of the
buildings, Mr.. Baker showed that they
are under ground and under water SO
that they could not be actually meas
ured, and that they were built under
peculiar conditions. Mr.. Purinton esti-
mated their total cost at $4,000. MIR.
Bradstreet at $S,240; Mr.. Noyes at $13,-
359, while the testimony Of Mr.. West
based on the company's books and
vouchers show that the actual cost OF
building them was S15,S96. The original
cost was is to 25 per cent less than
the cost would be at this time, SO that
the replacement cost may fairly be
estimated at s17.4S6, and this with the
engineering expenses added makes a
total of $19,526; IS their other total re-
placement cost. From this must be taxi
en- the item of depreciation. Mr.. Allen
allows 25 per cent for depreciation,
which IS the largest estimate Of all
the engineers accepting this estimate,
81, 125, 1t makes the present replacement
value of the buildings owned by the
company, minus depreciation, $15.4
There is no great difference in the
estimates of the various engineers as
to value of reservoir except in the
matter of depreciation, and Mr.. Baker
argued that the depreciation given by
the Districts engineers is purely the
oretical. and should not be allowed. He
claimed that the reservoir Is actually
better now than when built. He also
commended that the depreciation put
upon the pumping machinery by the
districts experts likewise was theoreti-
cal. and is much in excess Of the act
ual depreciation.
The real estate now owned by the
company cost $11 1888, but the company
claims as it's present value, "a, $780, bas-
ing this mainly upon the testimony Of
ex-Mayor Titcomb, whom Mr.. Baker
declared to have better judgement up
on such matters than any other man
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
Are You a Dyspeptic?

If you are a dyspeptic you owe It to
yourself and your friends to get well
Dyspepsia annoys the dyspeptic's friends
because his disease sours his disposition
as we'll as his stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure will not only cure dyspepsia, indi-
gestion and sour stomach. but this paIa-
table, reconstructive tonic digestant
strengthens the whole digestive appara-
tus, and sweetens the life as well as the
stomach. When you take Kodol Dyspep-
STA Cure the food you eat is enjoyed It
is digested, assimilated and its nutrient
properties appropriated by the blood and
tissues. Health is the result. Sold by
Bowditch, Webster & Co.
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"A CARD.

We the undersigned do hereby agree
to refund the money on 50 cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted syrup Of Tar II It
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee q 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
Bowditch & Webster. Kinsman Pharmacy.
F. X. Courtemanche, Willis Partridge.
Arthur Tetrault, Temple Pharmacy.
John Coughlin. Augusta
J. c. Houlehan. G. H. beanes
Jack.on Bros.. ChAs. Ward = Co..
cardfnar. nov1leo61naoe
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Good for Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief
in ali cases of Cough, Group and La
Grippe because 1t does not pass immedi-
ateiy into the stomach, but takes effect
right at the seat of the trouble. 1t draws
ont the Inflammation. heals and soothes
and cures permanently by enabling the
lungs to contribute pure ife-giying and
tissues. One Minute Cough Cure is pleas
ant to take and 1t is good alike for young
and old. Sold by Bowditch. Webster 6
c..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
FOR THE COMPANY.
Brilliant Argument Of Mr..
Baker Closes the Hearing.
He Names $4,000 as the Price the
District Should Pay.
The Award Of the Appraisers Will Be
Announced, May 4.

Hon. o. d. Baker, on behalf of the
Water Company, made the closing ar
gument, Thursday, in the hearing be-
fore the board of appraisers, and, when
he closed at night, the hearing, which
began. March %, was at an end. Mr.
Bakers closing argument was exactly
the length of Mr.. Heaths, on the pre-
vious day, a little over seven hours, and
it was a splendid effort. polished, log
zeal, eloquent and delivered with the
oratorical grace for which this distln-
guished lawyer is famous. 1t is no
more possible for the Journal to give
an adequate abstract or summary OF IL,
this morning, than it was in the case Oh
Mr.. Ieath's argument and an attepmt
is made below simply to indicate some
of the important points dwelt upon.
Tho award of the appraisers must be re-
turned to Clerk of Courts Jones, on or
before next Wednesday. May 4.
Extended abstracts of the arguments
of Hon. II. NJ. Heath and Hon. y. u.
Baker will be published later in the
Journal.
In opening his argument Mr.. Baker
expressed his thanks to the commits
sioners for their fairness, patience ana
courtesy through the long weeks of the
hearing. and paid some handsome COM
rlime 1ts to the counsel for the District.
and for the ability with which they
had managed their side of the case.
He deplored. however. the attacks
which MIR. Heath had made in his clos
ing arguments upon those who had in
stalled the water works in this city.
He held that they should be praise1
for the courage and foresight they hac
exhibited instead of being criticized as
robbers and men Of dishonest financial
methods. He defended Mr.. Wescott in
particular. whose absence he explained
on the ground of falling health. rather
than unwillingness to attend the hear
ing. He said that the city did not fail
to build a plant of its own in 1876
! through it's poverty. because it has;
never dreamed of such project, and
would not have had the courage and
confidence, to undertake it. But now
that the experiment has proved a Sue
cess: now that the possible income has
become a reality. the city steps for
ward ana seizes the plant.
Mr. Baker contended that as to its
physical construction. The system is
unchallenged. There is no question of
its adaptability; its fitness for the
city's use, or its efficiency for fire SER
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
Waterville Notes.

Mona Is sold by Druggist Dorr In Wa
terville. He has seen so many dyspeptics
made we'll and strong so they can eat
anything after their use Of Mi-o-na that
ne sells it under q positive guarantee to
refund the money II 1t does not restore
health and build up good natural
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29

is an exhibit of brown tail moths.
When Commissioner Gilman came
back from kittery on Wednesday, he
brought one of the nests of the moths.
This was put in a bottle, which was
sealed up. The warmth of the room
caused the eggs to hatch, so that bv
Thursday morning the bottle had a
very lively colony Of moths crawling
about in it.
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IN the city. and whose opinion should
De accepted by the appraisers. These
items, with the others mentioned made
the total of the physical schedule pre-
serted by Mr.. Baker, $305, 500, and this
less the depreciation of $16,S25, gives
the net replacement value of the COM
panyS physical plant as $2S7619. Mr..
Baker pointed out as i convincing CO.
incidence and q remarkable vindication
OF the wonderful judgment of Mr..
Goodhue, that that gentleman, after
looking over the plant and making his
independent Judgment of it's physical
value. without being given any figures
or any help by anybody, estimated it
at $780,, 900.
AT the beginning of the afternoon
session. Mr.. Baker took up the subject
of the disputed title to the buildings on
land owned by the Edward company.
He held that under the original lease
the buildings remained the property of
the tenant, with the right to remove
the buildings while the lease continues
in force. The lease is perpetual, subject,
after 1907. to termination by either
party upon nine months notice. Thus
the District gets the free use of the
buildings for four years and for all
time unless one party gives the nine
months notice. The Edward company
is not likely to cancel the lease nor is
the District, for it stands the test Of
being Of mutual advantage. The Ed
wards company gets a large return for
the power furnished. Moreover, since
the city and the District are practically
the same, the formers power Of taxa
ton gives it control Of the situation
with the Edwards company.
Mr.. Baker next took up the going
concern value of the plant. This de-
ponds upon the efficiency OF the sys-
tenn (2) the period Of construction OF
new plant, go the time needed to de-
velope new plant, and "a the income
and profits, If any, which would go to
the purchaser during such period Of
construction and development. All
agree that year should be allowed
for construction. How long would be
the period Of development, or how long
would it take a new plant here to catch
up with the 900 net income point Of
the present plant? The District as
sumes four years, but 1t has no evil
dence to this effect. Mr.. Shedd put the
minimum period at six years in the
light Of long experience and estimated
the going concern value at $4,000. Fig
ured on the actual income the going
Continued on page H.
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New corporations have been organ
lied as follows:
Dickinson Horse & Carriage COM
pany organized at Kittery for the pur-
pose of dealing in horses, carriages and
stable supplies and to general truck
ing business with 100000 capital stock
Of which nothing is paid in. The Off
GERS are: President, John l.. Dicken-
son of Salem. Mass; treasurer, John
OPorter, of Marblehead, Mass.
New Meadows Land and Lumber
Company organized at Bath for the
purpose of carrying on general lun,
Der business with $4,000 capital stock
OF which $4,000 is paid in. The officers
are: President, Fred w. Wiley OF
South Gardiner; treasurer, Henry ].
Holden of West Bath.
The New York Consolidated Slate
Company organized at Kezar Falls for
the purpose of engaging in the slate
business with 100000 capital stock Of
which nothing is paid in. The officers
are: President, Francis A. Fox of kc-
Ear Falls; treasurer, o. L. Stanley Of
KeZar Falls.
Henry LittlefelG Company organized
at Portland for the purpose of dealing
in grains with $4,000 capital stock of
which nothing is paid in The officers
are; President, Henry Littlefeld of
Portland; treasurer, George 3. Little
field of Portland.
The w. c. Hunt Company organized
Mt Augusta for the purpose of engage
ing III the trading stamp business with
$25O,O6O capital stock of which nothing
is paid in. The officers are: Presi.
dent and treasurer, l. L. Fairbanks OF
Augusta.
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Bidding for Your Business

esntofryo rh
t fe that absurd
Jas sanH What
best the in
honesty.
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Governor Hill has received a request
to re-appoint Pulaski McCrillis. of
Dexter. as a justice of the Peace. TIL.
letter asking the disappointment IS
from l.. B. Waldron. a leading attor-
ney of that town. and states that Mr..
,McCrillis has held the office of justice
of the Peace for about 65 years. 1t is
believed that this is the longest any
living justice of the Peace in Maine has
held Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29

The railroad commissioners have or
dered a hearing on the petition of the
Rockland. South Thomaston & Owls
Head Railway for May 5. at A. NJ.
at tho Tbornd;lxe Hotel in Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
STATE HOUSE.
How the Robin Benefits the
Various Fruit Growers.
Mr.. McCriIIis, Of Dexter, Is a Veteran
Justice Of the Peace.
The Brown Tail Moth in Augusta
New Corporations.
NEXT MEETING

NEXT MEETING
OF Board State Assessors, at Augusta,
Tuesday, May 3.
OF Board Railroad Commissioners, at
Augusta, Wednesday, May a.
Of Governor and Council, MorAjay,
May is, at 10 A. M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29
In Co1ored Silks

We have the very latest mportaons checks and stripes
the popular shirt waist suit Tafeta and Loune
also large line of figured Fouards
full line OF Coored Taetas for Innings and drop skirts zoe vd
We would call special attention line of White Silks
Japanese Pongee, Shantung, Crepe de Chine etc. ETC.
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In the AGRICULTURAL department there
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-. 800 1880 43. 23co 7.77co
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Right Dress!
March

# you are looking
for the right dress, just
forward march to our
store and you'll see
more good clothes than
you ever saw in one
place before.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
The Name Niagara.

Everybody pronounces Niagara
wrong" said philologist. The accent
of this beautiful Indian word should
not be put on the syllable 'ag,' but
on the syllable 'ar'-the penult-the one
before the last. Niagara means thark
to the thunder It's accent should fall
on tie penuft because the Indians them
selves accent it there, because in prac-
tical!y all our Indian names Of places
the penult is the accented syllable.
Think Of the Indian names you know.
Dos!t you accent nearly all of them on
the syllable before the last? There are,
for lstance, Toronto, Mississippi, Ale
gh::,.y, Appalachicola, Narragansett,
ussaloosa, Saratoga, Ticonderoga, os-
we ., Conshohocken, Wissahickoh and
Hoe. elaga. In all these names the ac-
cent is on the penult. Niagara is a
Huron word, and if you can find a
Huron you will find that he accents it
as he does Saratoga or Tuscaloosa. !
don't know how We have fallen into
the habit of accenting it wrong."-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
MAY DAY FESTIVALS.
rhey Were Celebrated In the Time o3
! the Ancient Romano.

they Were Celebrated In the Time 02
the Ancient Romans.
For ages May day has been time OF
general rejoicing. All over Christen-
dom its advent is hailed with delight.
The birds, the bees and the flowers
Join us in an annual celebration of the
day Nature has at last thrown of the
snow quilt with which she has braved
the ravages of winter and glows re-
splendent In buds, and blossoms The
streams have broken their icy fetters
and burst forth into joyous accompani-
ments to myriads of bird choristers-
And humanity, overpowered by the
same glad spirit, seeks the woods and
the fields to revel in the wealth of YER
dure so lavishly spread out.
Among the Romans this feeling found
vent in their Floralia, or forea games,
which began on the 2Sth of April and
lasted several days. We read that
nations taking more OF less their orr
gin from Rome have settled upon the
1st of May as the special time for
fetes of the same kind. With ancients
and moderns alike it was an instructive
rush into the fields to revel in the bloom
which was newly presented on the
meadows and the trees"
The barbarous Celtic populations held
a heather festival ON this day, but we
are not told that it was in any way
connected with flowers. 1t was called
Beltein and was celebrated by kindling
fires on the hilltops at night. Within
the remembrance of many the peasant
ry of Ireland, the Isle of Man and OF
the Scottish highlands also held simi
lar celebrations-Tab Talk.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
THE DIAMOND.
1t Was Probably In It's Original State
Vegetable Product.

1t Was Probably In Its Original State
Vegetable Product.
Originally the diamond was probably
a vegetable product exuded from some
ancient tree Positive evidence on the
subject is not forthcoming, but the con-
currence of such authorities as New
ton, Brewster, Jameson and Lavoisier,
must, in the absence Of decisive mega
tive proof, make this hypothesis prob
able
The crystalline form of the diamond
is undoubtedly due to the action Of
heat, and the occurrence of these stones
in igneous rocks and mica slate, espe-
cially at the Cape, lends color to the
view that they have been metamor-
phosed, as has been the case with
graphite.
This complete change may have been
directly or indirectly due to the inter-
nal heat of the globe or may have re-
suited from volcanic action. Indirect
ly it would be accounted for by the i'm
mense heat evolved in the crumbling
fracturing and grinding together of the
earth's crust in the attempt to adjust
itself to the cooling and contracting in.
terror. Directly it may have been the
result of a change in the direction OF
the internal heat, causing fusion OF
| tie ROCKS Of tie crust, the diamond and
other crystals being formed when they
again cooled.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that seal
ed bids will be received by the sew
er committee until II o'clock a. m.
Monday, the I4th day of Novem-
Der. 1904, for the construction of a
sewer through block IL original
town of Marysville, now Corvallis,
according to the plans and speci-
ications now on file in the Office of
the police judge;
A certified check of fifty dollars
must accompany each bid.
The right to reject any or all
bids are hereby reserved.
A. RENNIR,
P. AVERY,
J. NJ. CAMERON,
Sewer Committee.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
A Good Recommendation.

An Irishman was charged with pet
ty offense.
F'Have you any one in court who
will vouch for your good character?"
queried the judge.
eyes, SORT; there is the chief con-
stable yonder," answered Pat.
The chief constable was amazed.
"Why, your honor, don't even know
the man." protested he.
'Now, sorr," broke in Pat, st have
lived in the borough for nearly twenty
years, and If the chief constable doesn't
know ME yet, isn't that a character for
yez?"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Getting Serious.

Getting Serious.
81 guess Mr.. Olden doesn't feel as
young as he did several months ago."
remarked the observant man.
'sWhy do you think sof'
sHe used to joke with that undertak-
er who lives near him, but he doesn't
do it any more Philadelphia Ledger.