Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-12
Railroad CONS. Receive
Petition for New Road.
Harry R. Smith, Bangor, Clerk Of
Highway Commission.
Prot. hithings comnends Work Done in
destroying Nests Of Tent CaterpiIIars.

indications from all over the State
POINT TO large party to Rangeley dur
ing saturday, June oath and on the
-oth and 9th. The fact that the excur-
sionists are allowed to buy tickets on
any or the above dates, and can remain
until July 5, will induce quite a num-
per TO extend their outing to the time
unit. Special interest is taken by
sportsmen. for it is usually the best
nshing week of the season. Some large
catches will without doubt be made.
Ihen again, the prizes offered are
worth the while of any endeavor to Sc
cure
l.. f.. Bowley, Of the Mountain View,
writes the secretary that quite a num-
DER OF rooms are already engaged.
Portland, Westbrook, Brunswick, Gar
diner, Augusta, Waterville and Ban
gor will be well represented. From Au-
gusta 1t is now known that a large del
egation will go, among whom are Gen.
Selden COnnor and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry NJ. Whitman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Reid, Roger North and Miss Carrie
North, Mr.. and Mrs. Percy v. Hill,
Hon. and Mrs. L. 7. Carleton, Daniel
WhitehOuse and Chas. Z. Sturtevant.
Quite a number of ladies are making
up parties to attend and occupy a cot
tage connected with the hotel.
State EntomOlogist Hitchings has
sent the Journal the following letter
relative to the mistake which is being
made in different sections of the State,
by confounding the nests of the tent
caterpillar with those of the brown
tail moth, which will be of interest to
everyone:
l have had so many letters Of late
from the different sections Of the State
regarding nests Of what was supposed
to be the brown-tail moth caterpillar
that 1 deem it advisable to correst
| this error. In every case the nests so
reported were those of the tent cater
pillar. In one case the report came to
| the department that SO nests of the
| brown-tail had been destroyed and that
they were abundant in that locality.
| Immediately went to investigate and
| found great number of nests, but
| they were all of the forest tent. The in
| terest thus shown goes to prove the
work of the commission has not been
| in vain. 1t is very essential that the
| nests Of even the common tent cater
pillar should be destroyed as they are
| causing a great deal of damage, being
more abundant than they have been
| before for a number of years. A gen.
| tleman told me that while driving with
| a friend in the country the other day
all at once the team was brought to a
| standstill; the friend jumped out and
| proceeded to destroy the nest of tent
caterpillar, saying as he did so: Il shall
| have to get a torch and carry with me
so can burn up the nests by the road
side" If we had more such public
spirited men in our State. our insect
pests would not be SO numerous.
The good people of Buckfield are to
| be congratulated on their thoughtful
| ness. At their annual meeting, last
| spring, they appropriated 5000 to be ex-
| pended in cutting the bushes along the
| roadside.
We heartily commend the spirit
| shown by the above and trust that the
lessons may not go unheaded by others
The railroad commissioners have re-
ceived from the directors of the Nor
| way and Western Railroad Co, petit
ton asking their approval of the arti-
| cles of association for 4 railroad to De
constructed and operated from point
near the Grand Trunk station in Nor
| way, westerly through the towns or
| Waterford. Albany and StOneham, to
point in East Stoneham near the post
| Office: also from 4 point on the afOre-
said line known as Rice'S Junction.
| southeaster!y in the town Of Water
| ford. to a convenient point in the vii
| lage of South Waterford, said section
being all within oxford county. The
length of the proposed road will be
about 21 miles. The capital stock or
the company is $4,000. and the num-
her of shares, 1900. The directors OF
the road are Jonathan Bartlett OF
Stoneham. l.. II. Burnham of Albany,
| w. II. Kilgore of North Waterford
w. G.. Rand Of Boston, Mass, ana r.
H. Noyes of Norway
The shareholders Of the company ana
| the number of shares held by each, IS
as follows: Jonathan Bartlett OF East
| ctoneham. 1: L. H. Durham OF Al
bany. 1: w. II. kilgore of Waterford.
1. II. l.. Bartlett Of Norway. l: +. II.
Moves of Norway, 1; F. w. Sanborn OF
Norway, /: Z. N. SWEET OF Norway, l.
| Geo. +. Tubbs of Norway. 1: VIM.
q Rand of Boston, Mass, 62O: Freder-
ick Nichols of Boston, 40; wallace
| Wilson of Boston, 1857; Eugene +. NOR
mandie of Boston, $50; Chas. T. Birch
ard of Boston, 124.
The subject of forestry is now so gen.
orally being taken up In all the sreat
schools and colleges and SO much stress
is being laid on the matter OF !ores'
preservation by various civic and SCI
antific associations, that the last an
nual report of Hon. E. E. Ring STATE
forest commissioner has been In great
demand. AS an interesting. exhaustive l,
and comprehensive compilation. it IS
being most favorably spoken OF by
MANY of the most authoritative pupiica-
Mons. The latest request for copy
comes from a far off land, S. Eardley-
| -. ,n,noctor general of forests IN