The Republican journal., 1906-05-03
STOCKTON SPRINGS.


Capt. Eden Shute continues to improve.
John Mclaughlin is driving Lancaster's
hack
Edward Rolfe is at work for S. A. Rem
dell
Mrs. Adams of Bangor spent last Thurs
day in town.
Mrs. j. F. Gerrity of Bangor was in town
last Thursday.
Capt. Colcord has been appointed port
warden by the selectmen.
Sch. Willis & Guy finished discharging
a cargo of cement at Cape JellisOn, April
3Oth.
Mrs. C. J. Hall arrived in town April 25th
and is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Ralph
Morse.
Mrs. George NJ. Houghton went to Ban
COR Monday, en- route to Boston, for visits
with relatives and friends.
MIR. A. NJ. Ames left for Portland Monday
to attend the annual session of the Grand
Lodge of MaSOnS of Maine.
Miss Sadie Merrithew arrived on the s 90
train Monday evening from Bangor, to at
tend the Board of Trade Ball.
Fred Grant will operate naphtha launch
between Mill wharf and Cape Jelison for
the accommodation of passengers.
The painters and paper hangers are busy,
indeed, working early and late to serve all
who are in need of immediate attention.
The Young Ladies' Guild met last week
with Mrs. Gertrude Lancaster. 1t met
" ednesday, May I'd, with Miss Evelyn A.
Colcord.
Mr. George Minot Fry of Scituate, Mass,
arrived here April 23rd and is the guest OF
his aunt, Mrs Fannie Bridges, and cousin,
Mrs. Everett Staples, Jr.
John Gray, one of A. f. Trites' men, had
his left hand scalded badly Wednesday
night, April 25th, while at work with the
steam shovel crew.
MIR. Soule has the mission building at
ape Jellison nearly ready for the inside
finishing. The building is expected to be
ready for dedication early in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Beaton left for Rock
land Saturday. the former to attend the
Masonic gathering in Portland this week
while the latter remains in Rockland.
David W. Nickels of Searsport has fin
ished deepening the well at the ''1' for the
railroad, having reached depth of about
$50 feet and having water supply of about
one gallon per second.
Miss lnez Hanson of Stonington, Maine,
is making a three weeks visit with relatives
in town. She will return to Stonington
for the summer, her father having employ
ment there on the granite works.
Miss Clara Mixer, with friend Miss Col
son of Prospect came by boat Monday from
Bucksport to attend the ball. She was the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Maria Blanchard,
while here, returning to her school Tuesday.
We understand that the space between
Speeds and Bran's Point-the little cove
which old residents will remember, with
woods and fields coming down to the water 5
edge and always SO attractive and pretty-is
to be filed in and covered with eight tracks.
This looks like increased business and as Il
tie managers knew much more than the
general public about the coming require
ments for handling the traffic.
The public will rejoice to hear that after
June 4th, " hen the summer schedule goes
into effect, We shall have a Pullman parlor
ear daily each way and can go from here to
Caribou without change. The junction at
Hermon Will he al arEed hy that time, too,
We understand, 81 that il will be much more
convenient Tor the travelling public We
are also to have more trains a day, and
receive mails BY the railroad.
Nh Roscoe f. Swain of Leeds, Maine, OF
the finn Of Read Il Swain, was in town
Monday, and is contemplating the erection
of a block on the McGilvery block lot,
corner of Main and Church streets, which
was bought by this firm last year. If he
thinks the place demands it he will put up
building four stories on Main street, with
stores on the first floor and the three upper
stories to be a hotel, with entrance on
Church street.
We all supposed that in the big Cape
.Jellison pier sufficient room was available
for the business of many coming years, but
already second wharf is begun. The con-
tract was awarded Monday and the engi-
neers have already run some points for
the builders use. This new structure
begins 1875 feet northeast of the first
end of the first pier and is to extend wester
ly, parallel to the first one, LOO feet, with
a width of so feet. This in itself is quite a
large wharf and would seem much larger if
it were not in comparison with the bigger
one.
Cards. letters and kilograms have been
received by friends here from San Francis
co from Mrs. Charles Hartman and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartwell Blanchard and Mr..
and Mrs. William Griffin of Santa Rosa.
The latter had their chimneys shaken down
and house somewhat damaged, but were
unframed themselves. The former were
homeless and stripped of all save the cloth
ing which they wore and had been sleeping
nights out in the open with food obtained
by the basket from the big supplies sent by
the responding country.
| The rain Monday afternoon was some
| W hat disheartening to the promoters OF the
evenings entertainment, but as it changed
to fog aftee nightfall it did not prevent the
very successful carrying out of the frs
I 81, Trc do Gtaa