Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-26

Maine.
Anyway Portland finds cause for re-
joicinG in the victories won by the
High school girls basketball team.
Calais will hold its city election next
Monday and it promises to be one of
the livcicst battles Of the year.
Fred L. Odlin. il!uslrous potentate
Of Kora Temple. Mystic Shrine, has
announced his choice for the building
committee which is to oversee the
erection Of the new Temple. The COM
mittee consists of Hiram w. Kicker Of
Poland Springs, Howard WinSlow of
Portland. Amos Fitz OF Auburn. Judge
William II. Newell ana Seth ID. Wake
field Of Lewiston.
The contract for the new soldiers
monument in Saco has been awarded.
The contract states that the monument
shall be completed and ready to
decorate May 80. This is in ac-
cordanco with the plans Of the doner of
the memorial. to the soldier dead. The
contract lur lhr granite base. die and
can has been awarded 10 the IcWiSt on
Grant," GO. I'll" contract fn. tile
bronze figure will br furnished by :;
concern in Salcl.l. Ohio.
\ wen known Bath woman writes
the following concerning the cigarette
IA I4.l I1I.,sL.t,nI hp
harm that is done their boys because
of their use of cigarettes. which have
50 Well been called coffin t;tcks" |
think that they would put a stop to
the practice, even if they had To take
them froa school and keep them away
from al outside influence. The harm
which smallpox COOS to the system is
nothing compared to that of the eight
kinds of poison to be found in ciG;r-
cites Ii parents would stop trading
Ut stores where tile dealers break the
!aW and sell CigHrCltS 10 tie boys,
there Wn3i!d be Il sur. lrsaci!iiIg of TN"
sale"
The Maine Central Railroad has
practically completed TN" erection Of n
large water tank ut the Brunswick
freight yard. and in Il short time it will
he connected with tn" public water
system. The tank is 20 feet in height.
30 feet in diameter ana has Il capacity
of about 1,n00,00O gallons. 1t stands
about 81 feet above the ground. A five
inch main will be connected to it from
Union street. and Will be so regulated
that the stream may be diminished ac-
cOrdinS to the needs. The purpose of
tie construction is to avoid the heavy
drafts of water made by the locomn-
tivcS during the night. which has been
a source Of trouble at the pumping
station.
The aggregate Of freight moved on
the Northern Maine Seaport K. II. in
1906 was 630,909,747 lbs or about 315,-
455 tons. slightly more than that
mnvcd on the Bangor & ArooStOOk as
4 whole in 1896, 10 years bcfnrr-"0G.-
600 tons. Larger items were coal,
1I5.O00 tons. and long lumber. $4,000
tons. Adding lathS. shocks. etc, the
total of All lumber was 10000 tons.
There We're 1000 tons granite and
1000 tons fertilizer. which may be
termed leading items. Will" sulphcr.
brick ANA general commodities make
UP TN, total rs stated. A basis of
comparison from which to determine
til" prospective increase in traffic in
available only for the months of
January 1906 and 1907. In the former
there VAS = total Of but 9.251.13S lbs,
or about 1854 tons, ana in the latter a
total Of 55.N0S.S51 lbs. or 21.304 tons.
This is entirely apart from III" traffic
interchange with the Maine Central.
HOW mad" ~ Northern Maine Junction.
on the Seaport division of the Bangor
4 ArooStnnk which interchange with
that company. as Il Who'll" Increased
from S5,l75 tons III January. 1906. to
92.6ii tons in january. 1900. and has
since. in general terms. shown Il still
larger increase. i'll" chief gains to
ANA from til" barber. january. 1907,
over January, 1906. have been in coal
long lumber ana POTATOES. although
gains in cement. fertilizer. etc. form
c"r@i'lrrHhl" items. II is not unfair to
estimate Il puadrUplrd tonnage Ia and
from the harbor. for the year 1901 over
That Of the year 1906. nor Il 20 /" -
per cent. increase in the all rail bust
ness, although til" severity of weather
in January. 1907. prevented normal
traffic movement. which was not tn"
ease in January, 1906. The construc-
ton Of the two large pulp and paper
mills by the Great Northern Paper 90.
at East Milinnckct. of the second
double band saw <mill by the st. John
Lumber Go. AVIAN Euren. Of the
single band mills ut Milo ana at Island
Falls, together with several smaller
mills. and the fact that apprcciably
more fertilizer than ever before is be
ing shipped into Aroostook county.
gives evidence of the traffic producing
energy of the resources of Northern
Maine and "f the sturdimcSs and re
solution If its people.
Each day there drop into the Golfers
Of the New York elevated railways ~
500 nickclS. to say nothing Of the other