Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-22

| without effect on the volume of trade
but jobbers report generally an excel
| lent distribution of goods and coIiec-
tons have been satisfactory. Maine $
manufacturers have not suffered this
winter as last from the scarcity o.
water, and the general outlook i'm man.
ufacturing is encouraging. Names ice
crop has been harvested in excellent
| condition. and the American Ice Com
| pany has housed this winter in Maine
| 450. 900 tons, OF which $50. 900 tons were
| secured on the Kennebec. Lumber op-
| eratioHs While on a less extensive Scale
| than last winter. have been conducted
| most advantageOuSly. Never have Inc
| conditions been mere favorable ans!
although generally throughout North
ern Maine smaller crews have been EN-
gagged than for some years past, yet
| the operators almost universally have
| secured larger amounts than they at
| first contemplated. and in the agErc-
| gate the cut is sufficiently large To
| satisfy the hungry demands OF the
pulp and paper mills. and ais" keep
busy the s;iwmills throughout the
State. Alphabetically. the State is
prosperous. and although the low price.
| for potatoes has curtailed the revenue
| from that source, yet very large ship
nents have been made out of the State
| and the starch factories have likewise
| converted great numbers of potatoes
| INTO starch. The potato shipments over
| the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad III
the month of February We're 1>0..0l
bushels. making Il total from the crop
| OF 100. n and inrlnljp.r E,af,t.Il 4
p. 1906. of 1880, SOL bushels. an increase
| OF 441,l11 bushels over that of the cor
responding period of the previous year
| II is early to speak with specific
assurance rs to the building outlook
| and yet the indications point unmis-
takably to Il season of marked activity
| in the building trades. it being the
general opinion of the architects and
contractors that Maine is entering up
| on the busiest building year i'm the his
tory of the State. Plans are being in
| augurated for many important building
| ana industrial enterprises ali owe.
M@ine, and the season of 1868 promises
to be one OF marked development and
advancement. Names summer resor,
outlook is also encouraging; many AMI
important improvements are being
inauSuratcd among our resorts both
inland and along seashore. and wei
come indeed are these visitors from
other states. whether they come here
for health. pleasure or business.
In the line of railroad development
1905 promises to be one of marked ac-
tivity i'm Maine. The Somerset Rail-
road is rapidly pushing northward:
Line miles of the new extension is al
ready open to traffic, and work on the
construction of the new eightcen-lnil,
section that will take the extension
as far as the foot of Moxie Pond, has
progressed as fast as weather condi-
items will allow the time not being re-
mote when the Somerset Railroad will
reach MOosehead Lake. The Northern
Maine Seaport Railroad is one OF
Names most important railroad pro-
jects. and means much for the devel-
Opment of ArOOStoOk county ANA
Northern Maine. The surveys have
been completed, important contracts
have already been made, and in some
localities work is even now we'll adj
Vanced. while before another winter
rolls around the new line from South
LAGRANGE to STOCKTON, on PenObScOt
bay. will he completed, and the l:tn-
gOr < Aroostook Railroad. which has
been such consi icunus factor in lh.-
development of the magnificent en-
pire o: the Northeast. will nave extern
Sivn Il iewater terminals on Penobscot
bay. n the lire of railroad develop
ment. and conspicuous among the
building enterprises this year. will be
the erection in Bangor by tho Maii.t
| ~ Dat
modern and spacious railroad station
Among the interesting events of the
winter has been the visit to Portland
of the new bdttleship bearing the name
of our hOnOred commonwealth and the
presentation to her commander of a SUI
perh banner by the Maine Daughters
of the American Revolution. An
event of much historical interest is
planned for the coming summer when
the Maine Historical Society assisted
by the citizens of ROckland and of the
towns in the valley of the Georges river
will celebrate the 300th anniversary of
the landing of Weymouth and the plant
ing of the cross of British occupancy. A
tablet commemorative of WeymOuth's
landing will be unveiled in ThOmaston
ana an elaborate program is being
planned therefor. The l.. S. Govern
ment will probably send one or
more warshins and local shipbulders
talk of constructing a ship which will
he the duplicate of WeymOuth's "Arch- |
angel
Maine has special reason for being
interested deeply in Commander
Peary's trip to be inaugurated this |
season in search of the North Pole. |
Within a few days there will be
launched at Verona on the Penobscot |
a staunch craft which will then be
taken to Portland where will be in |
stalled by the Portland Company the |
engines and machinery to propel this |
vessel through the Arctic seas. About |
July first Commander Peary will start |
in tn" Chas. n. Darling for the far |
north and that this Maine Constructed |
vessel and her intrepid commander |
may accomplish the end in view is the |
wish of all.
Maine has reason to view with no |
small alarm the advent into our State |
of that insect pest which has already |
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