Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-13
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Friday, Sept. Fl, At 10 A. M,

following letter which was written to
Highway Commissioner Sargent by
George H. Nj. Barrett, chairman of
the board Of selectmen of the town of
Rockport. Knox county. telling of the
use of wide tire wheels for heavy team
ing, may be of interest. The letter
says:
We are not doing anything out of the
ordinary this year, but raised the limit
on State road, $500. ard $500 for pitch
or concrete sidewalks. l thought you
might be interested to know the result
Of the towns purchase of wide tired
wheels for hauling heavy loads.
We purchased of the Electric Wheel
Co, of Quincy, ILL.,, four sets of iron
wheels or rather electric wheels. with
six-inch tires, and they were guaran-
teed to stand up under a load Of 5000
pounds. The road over which these
wheels Were used is about three miles
in length, quite hilly. considerable clay.
and stretch of sand.
This road has been used quite a good
many years for hauling lime rock
which is burned into lime at tide water
1t took two fOur-horse teams TO keep
one kiln going, making four loads to
each team a day. on two and one-half
inch tires with hind wheels about So
inches high. or course. with this kind
of wheel the roads in soft weather
would be very much rutted, and the
transfers had hard work to make the
four teams necessary keep the kiln rum
ing.
Last spring we concluded to try the
electric wheels and made an agree
ment with these lime rock haulers to
furnish them with wheels fitted to
their aXles in consideration of their
giving them fair trial. no charge to
| be made for the use of the wheels. We
consulted with the Electric Co, as To
the size of the wheels in height, and
they advised us to purchase So and Al
| inch wheels as that was the size wheels
| that they sold the most Of
The wheels got along about the first
| of July. 1905, and from that time until
| the 21st of August / used my best en-
| deavor to get them to try the wheels.
but they were SO much lower than the
| wheels that they had been using that
! they claimed that they would atrig, and
that the tongue was SO low that 1t
would Stat and break their horses legs.
and they wanted to know who was go
| ing to Fay for the damage.
| However. as a last resort we put the
| wheels on to one of their wagons and
hauled rock for them about day,
hauling the same load and following in
their tracks. The road then was very
badly rutted in some places. their
wheels going to the hubs. and for light
or driving wagons the road was very
dangerous.
The wide tires soon filled in the ruts
SO that the transfers on the Old wag-
ons actually hauled more rock on their
last or fourth trip. The next day the
A owner of the wagon that we had put
the wide tired wheels on wanted it.
land we could not shift the brakes f3si
enough for them. and one of the men
fused the wheels nearly week with
out brakes The wide tired wheels
lhaye been in use ever since. summer
land winter, though very little has beer
done in the way of repairing the road
At this time they are hauling the same
amount of rock, going only three time:
a day. and claim that they are doinf
the work easier keeping their lime
kiln going.
| After using the wheels about a veal
the town has sold the wheels to them
getting S4319 for each set. !. e., $50
1.-The cost Of the wheels. and 1919 freigh
or what they cost the town here. no
Ionly getting their money back but saw
ing money on the cost Of repairs OF tn
road.
hearing was held Wednesday fore
noon at the office of the Board OF Raii
road Commissioners. on the petition
co. OF which Josiah $. Maxcy OF Gar
diner is president. asking the approVa
of the board to the location OF Drancl
track in the town of kingneid, com
: mencing at a point on the main line
the railroad 81 feet north OF the cente
,f the Simmons road. so caiied' 10
crtting-up mill in the said town. IN
lentyre length Of the branch track 10
,hout two and one-fourth miles. III
fu,l board Of commissioners was pres
ont and Weston Lewis OF Gardner ap
reared for the petitioners. There Wa
No onposition to the petition ana IN
location Of the proposed branch trac'
was approved.
Hon. F. M. Simpson of the BOARD
state Assessors, was at the Capi.'
l NVodnQS09y forenoon oi
. rected with the business of the depar'
! ment.
Hon Arthur I. Brown, deputy secre
} tary of State. who had been al ms non,
in Belfast during the election, re'urne
Ito Augusta Wednesday morning.
. The following corporations haSe me
their certtfcates of Organization at In
lotfice of the secretary OF state: state ~
Chaplin Rotary Gas Engine an n
J. Power Co.. organized at portaa nS as ~
a the purpose Of manufacturins nu
4 fne in all kinds of engines: macn, ,.'
e ana ns machinery. with .sso.ooo eaP PIT
d s stoex. Of which nothing is paid in: on
GERS: president, Warren N 1 axsss
Z Boston. Mass; treasurer. sames .,
Manter at Portland. Certiiioa'' g
proved. Sept. II. 1906. oro,r,ze
8 o. port,and for the purpose OF NAM