Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-13
| STATE HOUSE.
Pathological Society to
Meet at Ofono Aug. H..
Republican Nominations Com
pIete---TWo Democratic Shy.
How Instruction in AT Of Road Building is
Carried on in Iowa.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Friday, Sept. Fl, at 10 A. M.

Next Meeting of Governor and cou,o;I
Friday, Sept. q, at 10 A. M.
Notices have been issued from the Of
flee of D. II. Knowlton of Farmineton
secretary of the Maine State PomoIoy-
zeal Society, stating that the summer
meeting Of the society will be held at
OronO Tuesday, Aug. II, on the cannus
of the University of Maine. Special
rates will be given by the railroad
| and an opportunity will thus be af-
forded TO see what is being done ar the
| university and experiment station
along horticultural lines The campus
| IS recognized as one of the most beau
| tiful in New England and every effort
viii be made to make the meeting one
of the most successful in the history of
the society.
| The forenoon will be devoted to an in
| spection Of the orchards, gardens and
grounds of the university while the Ii
| bray, museum and other college build
| ingS will be open to visitors. After
picnic dinner addresses will be made
| by prominent speakers and a question
| hex Will be one of the leading fea lures
| of the meeting. For the dinner, visitors
will bring their own ba sketS and drink
| ing cups, but coffee will be served by
| the university.
Excursion rates will be granted over
| the Maine Central and Bangor &
AroostoOk Railroads, and tickets will
| be good for return Aug. %.
The nomination papers for the COM
ing State election in September are all
| in, the last ones having arrived Satur-
day morning. All of the Republican
nominations were received, with the
exception of the Jonesport and Cutler
class ana the Madawaska class, where
no nominations We're made, the Repub-
licans having endorsed the Democratic
nominations. The Democratic nominal
tionS were not received in the Wood
land or Portage Lake classes. The last
papers to be received were the Demo-
cratic nominations in the Monson class
Incllded in the nominations was that
of one woman. Mrs. Emma F. G.. Nc
Causland of Farmingdale, who is the
Prohibition candidate for the office of
register Of deeds for kennebec county.
Among the matter received last
week at the office of the State
highway commissioner of high
ways was bulletin from the Iowa
State College of Agriculture and Me-
chancal Arts. it being a special an
nounCcment of the Iowa highway COM
mission. Nv an act of the last Legisla-
tura the State College was constitute
ed the highway commission, and a
school tor the instruction of road off
GERS is held there each year. This school
corresponds with the road meetings
which are held by Highway Commits
siOner Sargent with the commissioners
of the different counties and in view of
tie movement which has been inaugu-
rated in Maine in the way of road i'm
prOvement, the plan on which the
above school is conducted may be Of in
terest.
The first school was held at the COL
lege in 1905. commencing June II and
continuing enc week. AT that time
demonstrations with the use of various
rOal machines We're given by road con-
tractors and builders from various
parts of the State. Samples of model
sections of earth and stone roads were
bnilt and also demonstrations with the
use of the King drag and other similar
homemade implements for road main
tainance. The use of concrete was also
shown in the construction Of a small
cuivert on the college grounds. Road
sur veying was taken up in small par
ties by the men who attended with
each party under the supervision of an
instructor, and the methods of plotting
the field notes and of making the pro-
files were taken up liz the drawing
room.
Tie school for this year will COM
mence today and continue for one
week. and in the opening paragraphs
of the bulletin. which contains much
information concerning the school, the
commission says:
"The great lack in the state is Of
mon trained to plan methods and sys-
tens for road and bridge work and to
direct the execution of the same, rath-
er than of money to carry out such
plans. For this reason the commission
strongly urges each board of trustees
and of supervisors to send at least one
commemorative and to pay out of the
road funds all the actual expenses con-
nected Herewith. This was done IN
number of instances last year ana the
results proved more than satisfactory.
A fair estimate of the expenses for the
week would be $l2 to SIS.
1T is the aim of the commission 10
deyclop an efficient engineering hu-
reau as rapidly as the support funds
will hermit which will render free OF
cost advice and assistance to every
road district in the state. This year mas
shown a decided increase in the num-
Der If requests for plans and specil,ca-
lions for road and bridge construction
But if is necessary to go step farther
and develop men who can put into exc
cution the plans and instructions sent
out and who will choose the methous
of expending the road and or,use iu''''
best suited to each locality.
Tho school will be supplied Wltn III