The Republican journal., 1905-03-02
sTOCKrON SPRINGS.
Mrs. Everett S. Grant and brother, Mr..
Ralph s. Staples, left Feb. I'D for Mount

Mrs. Everett S. Grant and brother, Mr..
Ralph s. staples, left Feb. I'D for Mount
Vernon, N. r, and Westboro. Mass. re-
spectively. Twice within year have they
been called to the old homestead to pay
their last tribute of affection to those cher
ished parents in whom centered all the
home love of a united family. Miss Aida
Shute is at home from ROckland on q short
vacation from her position as b0Okkeeper
in the Knox county Registry OF Deeds....
Miss Maud Rendell arrived the middle of
last week from North Berwick, to spend a
month or more with her father. Mr.. Charles
r kendell.; "A. S. Heal 81 Belfast was IN
town Thursday arranging for the placing Of
some large pieces of cemetery work which
his firm, Heal & Wood, are preparing for
some of our citizens. Our railroad and mat
tiers pertaining thereto furnish the absorb
ing topic of conversation in public and pri-
vate places. The first pile for the wharf on
Cape Jellison was driven last Thursday
and the good work goes steadily forward
Notwithstanding the obstacles imposed by
stern old King BOreas and his emissaries
The steamer Reliance has discharged her
cargo of hard pine for the pier at the Cape
and returned to Portland for a second load.
Her ice-cutting PROV has forced passage
wherever desired in our harbOr. Thus does
science overcome the resistance of ice and
snow fields when pushed by the irresistible
will of an energetic man like President
Cram of the N. NJ. S. R. R. Already the
land on some parts of Cape Jellisou is be-
@ars ns to beginning Hd
scamp" s0-called, is being erected on Mill
street in the w. D. Colcord pasture, capable
of housing one hundred and fifty laborers
Near this is to be built, Immediately large
bake-hOuse. Another camp is almost COM
pleted on the Cape, to accommodate an adj
h,nv,1 ,.o6 md \
Nahum Griffin house, so-called, is to be fit
ted with hunks at once for sheltering all the
wOrkmen it can conveniently hold. The
carpentry is under the supervision of
Messrs. Elmer Thompson and John Merri-
thew of our village, who are rushing all jobs
to completion as rapidly as possible, in Or
der to have quarters ready for occupancy
by the last of this week, when big crew Of
Italians is expected to arrive here. Already
their foreman, Mr.. Romeo, is in town. The
changes in COcord hall are being marked
indeed: two new windows are appearing to-
day (TueSday) the stage has been removed
and four rooms made from the original hall
space, including dark room for developing
plans, etc. Here the offices and draughting
room are to be established Thompson and
Merrithew are doing the work, assisted by
the Lancaster brothers; and scamp" is
also being constructed by the former, at
Standpoint; Of the same size as those pre-
viously mentioned. Such business activity
recalls the olden days of ship-building pros
perity in our midst! It is said about three
thousand men will be employed, along the
line Of this new road, during the summer,
OF which our town will have her legitimate
proportion. Chief Engineer Burpee has
engaged board for himself, wife and son
and daughter, for ten months, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah Twiss, who now own the resi-
dence, formerly the property of the late B.
Nj. Roberts. Others are arranging to
board or rent for the same length of time,
if suitable tenements can be found. This
influx is putting the housing capacity of our
village to a test. mir. John Cassidy of
Bangor, is soon to build large store for
carrying on ship-chandlery business on
Cape Jellis0n, near the piers and docks,
....M Miss Elva Randell returned Sunday
from ten days visit with her sister, Mrs,
Clifton Games, of Prospect. MIR. Willard
g. Staples lett Monday for his home in
NewburypOrt, Mass. His relatives hope
he may conclude to make his home here
permanently in the near future. Capt L..
NJ. Partridge is sufficiently improved to see
callers occasionally. MIR. Edward n.
Hartman was out Tuesday, after ten days
confinement to the house from lame foot,
from which he suffered severely for time.
THE contract for the mail stage between
Stockton and Belfast has been secured by
Mr.. John Lancaster, much to the gratfica-
ton of our citizens, who have enjoyed and
appreciated his invariably prompt, efficient
service on the line, during the past four
years. Did all Maine know the blessing
of such warm, beautiful day as last Sun
day brought 70 this section? Summer SEEM
ed just at hand; but, alas! appearances
are so deceptive" sometimes.