The Republican journal., 1905-05-04
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

Sunday Mr.. Eugene P. Carver of Boston
was in town.
Mr. Ray Bowden returned early last
week from Plymouth, r. l., and will be at
home for the summer.
Mr.. Willard Berry has established regular
conveyance between Standpoint and our
village to connect with steamer fremont on
her daily trip to and from Bangor and Cas-
tine.
Mr. Forest Clark moved his family from
the village into the So-called SylvanuS
Roberts house in the upper part of our
town, Saturday. Mr.. Clark is the carrier
o.: our r. F. D. No. l.
Mr.. Albert Kelley of Portland arrived
in town early last week to call on old friends
and look after his property here. He has
leased his house on Mill street to MIR.
Wheaton, contractor of tine railroad.
Mr. Elmer Thompson is making quite ex-
tensive interior improvements in the Nor
autumn as a home. He will occupy the
premises as soon as repairs are completed.
The Stockton Trust Company, chartered
rangementS in the near future to enable the
opening of regular banking business in
town in response to the present demand.
MI anu Mis- DION SduUOIH, dlucT speHu-
ing Monday in Belfast, returned by steamer
Golden Rod to the new wharf at Cape Jelli-
son. Mrs. S. was the first lady to land on
the new structure as regular passenger.
Mr.. Hiram Vinal of vinalhaven was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Hop
kins, Thursday and Friday. Mr.. Vinal
anticipates opening quick lunch room in
our village, somewhere on centre Main
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Burden of Little
ton, Col, announce the birth of daughter
on Easter Sunday. Mrs. b. was formerly
Miss Laura Marden of our town, and con-
CALCULATIONS are offered by many old
friends.
Mrs. A. 7. Oxnard arrived Wednesday
from LoganSport, Indiana, to spend the
summer with her son, Mr.. H. W. Oxnard,
who is one of the civil engineers of the
n. NJ. $ r. r. They have leased Mrs. G.
S. Rendell's residence.
Harry S. Park arrived the middle of the
past week, from Worcester, Mass, and,
having bought the undertaker's depart
ment of the }. W. Ames Co.'S business to
add to his opened here previously, he has
decided to give his attention to carrying on
said matters, at least through the summer
Mir. Park is qualified to attend to embalm-
ing, and all things connected with a first
class undertaking esta blishment.
Saturday brought the second locomotive
to stockton soil, which was landed amid
the cheers of crowd of on-lookers and the
screaming of whistles. This is regular
train engine, and all day Sunday people
from SearSport, Belfast, Prospect, Frank
tort and our town were visiting the wharf
and inspecting the locomotive, the crowd
reminding one of the Monroe fair gathering.
An excursion party from BuckSport (the
initiative in that line) landed about noon at
the new wharf, leaving about five p. m. for
home. Certainly, our Cape is attracting a
great deal of attention nowadays. Work
is being pushed there in all directions.
Thirty additional carpenters arrived Mon
day to swell the crews at work upon the
wharf The big steam shovel is daily widen.
ing the cut through Speeds point, keeping
the smaller engine busy hauling away the
dirt thrown on to flat cars. The new loco
motive is for work on the construction
train. The heavy steel rails-weighipg
eighty-five pounds per yard, being thirty
three feet lOng-are to arrive the present
week from Philadelphia Two four-ma sted
schooners are now on passage to our har-
Dor, loaded with those big ''track steels :"
This has decided business-like air and all
feel an inspiration from the commercial
activity. In our village the work has actual
ly begun, two cuts, one on Middle and one
on School street, twelve and seven feet deep,
respectively, have been made to bring the
roadbed to the necessary level, and the good
work is steadily progressing.