Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-07
Lighthouse For |sIe-au
Haut This Year.
More Rural Delivery Service
For State Of Maine.
What the Maine Members Are
Doing In Washington.

| Washington, D. c., Feb. .-(SpeciaD
For several years Governor Burleigt
introduced a bill for an appropriation
for a Light House and Fog-signal al
| lsle-au-Hallt in Hancock county. Dur.
| ing the last Congress he was successful
IN securing an appropriation of $4,000
| for that purpose in Act of Congress
| approved June %, 1907. In September
| last the matter of title was placed in
| the hands of the Attorney General OF
the United States for investigation
| Plans were prepared for the Light
House and Signal in October
and have been approved by the Light
House Board. 1t is now expected that
the title will be cleared up so that the
light and station may be erected dur
ing the present year. Their construc-
ton will add very much to the security
Of life and the safety of ocean travel
on that part Of the Maine coast.
The Postoffice Department is doing
something occasionally to enlarge the
rural free delivery service in Maine.
1t is not often that q new route is or
dered in, because rural free delivery
has been pretty generally established
III iiioSl VI liiS cOuUlIeS WncfG
the conditions are favorable for it.
But there is quite field for extending
present routes and of arranging the
service 50 that it will accommodate a
few more patrons. In numerous in
stances the carriers can serve more
patrons than at present.
Gov. Burleigh has busted himself of
late III arranging several matters Of
this kind and has received notice from
the Postoilice Department that two Of
his requests of this character have
been compiled with. One is the extern
sion of rural delivery service from ELS
worth, Maine, with one carrier to be
effective April l, next. Another is the
extension Of he rural delivery service
from Belfast, Maine, with one carrier
to be effective March 16\next
There was genuine sorrow in the
Maine delegation at the sudden death
here Saturday evening of Mrs CALM
ger. wife of the senior Senator from
New Hampshire. She had many
friends among the New Englanders in
Washington, especially among the
Maine people. The Senator and his
wife often visited in Maine and knew
that state almost as well as their own
native State.
The decision of the Department of
Justice to prosecute agents who have
been selling tickets of the Honduras
lottery throughout the country. will
probably affect quite a traffic in Maine.
Assistant District Attorney W. H. Gar
land, of Boston, who has been here
comforting with the Department and
with other United States attorneys
about these cases, says many of the
tickets for the monthly drawings have
been disposed Of in Maine, through
agents employed by the manager in
Boston. In the old days when the
Louisiana Lottery flourishcd, it had
numerous patrons up and down the
kennebec Valley. There was one big
drawing by a resident of North Arson
about 20 years ago and, as generally
happens in such matters, it ontiCed
many others in that vicinity to patron
ize the lottery. Afterwards the Louis
lana Lottery was driven out of bust
ness by drastic federal legislation and
forthwith changed its headquarters TO
Honduras. In the last ten wears il
seems to have built up an enormous
Department of Justice is now deter
mined to crush it if possible.
Tho Maine delegation in the House
has been occupied chiefly Of late in
following the appropriation bills that
are taking up all the time of the
House. They have nearly all their
small bills. which can by any posi-
bilty pass at this session, disposed Of
or as far advanced IS can be, and like
q large portion of the membership of
the House have to give attention most
~ TO general legislation. Represen-
tatives Burlcigh and Littlefield kept
watch of the River and Harbor appro-
pria alton bill to see that nothing hap
pened to the appropriation of S21J,00O
for the Improvement Of the Kennebec
river; Representative Allen kept
watch of the same bill that his item of
$4,000 for the Improvement of Cape
Porpoise Harbor was not disturbed
and Representative Powers was
watching out for his large appropria-
ton for the Improvement of the Pen
cbscot river at Bangor. These were
as interesting appropriation items for
Maine as have been acted upon in the
|
Building bill was passed at the last
session. Representative Allen was
especially iubilant because, besides his
appropriation for Cape Porpoise Har-
Dor. he secured on the bill an authori-
zation for some three or four surveys
for projects down on the southwest
coast of Maine.
In connection with the announcement
that Chairman Burton may retire at
the close Of this Congress and take up
work on some other committee. there
is a matter of Maine interest in that
Representative Alexander of Buffalo,
a graduate of Bowdoin and native of
Richmond, Maine, may have a chance
to become chairman. He is now a
veteran member of the House. has
served long on the River and Harbor