Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-17


ed as follows: Passenger earnings.
$2,a61.95: freight earnings S6.66S.43;
total passenger and freight earnings.
SO. 9.12O.3S
Operating expenses arc divided as
follows: Maintenance of way ana
structures. 81 2401.05; maintcnancc or
| equipment s729 6S; conducting trans
rortation. s5235.3?: general expenses.
! $691.21; total, S9.no@.49
The banks which Wcrc Sont ont from
| the office of the Board of State As
SCISSORS some time ago {, the ass"ssors
of the cities. towns and plantations Of
the state. in accordance with Chapter
10 Of the Public Laws OF 1907 for the
purpose of Securing a correct census
Of tho Gnafr dumb. blind, feeble mind
cd. idiotic and insane in the State, are
coming in well. and it is thought that
q full report will be made upon She
matter
The law requires. that on o. before
| the first day of August of each year
| the assessors Of each town ard plarta-
ton in this State shall make Il return
| to the state Board Of Assessors If th"
| name. age and physical and finan'i1l
condition Of every person within their
respective municipalities VINO is
Eblina deaf and dumb. feeble minded.
t'itlintic or insare,.s together with the
name or names Of the parents, guard
Fians or next. Of kin. within said
| municipality or elsewhere within this
| State. The law alsoaTeuuires that the
State Tseard. of ;AsseSsors shall cauH"
such returns to be tabulated and shall
| submit such tabnIation to the Coy r.
nor and Council onzor before December
| first of each wear. for tho exclusive use
| of the exec outivc and legislative branch
es of the government Of the Statc.
The number Of Blanks sent "u; from
l the office OF the board was 80. ard of
fthis number al but s. have been re-
| ccivcd after hayng been filled ont.
| TIL" board has been Obliged to srnd 'ut
| cards calling the attention of I'll" AZ
| SCISSORS Of some towns to til" r"q'lirc-
mcntS Of thc.,law. but it is expected
| that all returns will he in before long.
| The greater part of the work on the
| returns however remains to he don".
| in the way of classifying and tahUla-
| tion. and this is by no means = simple
| task from the varying HtyleS Uscf in
| filing out the blanks, some Cf those
| par<cns whose duty it became t. fill
| ont the blanks seeming to have rath-
or vague idea of what was required in
| the work. AS an instance e this
| kind it may be stated that one blank
/ referred to a certain child who vas
/ credited with hcing 'blind. dear and
/ dumb. feeble minded. idinic ahi in
II sane Another was entered on the
Il blank as having been "born insane
/ while many ares reported Is "fceblo
minded and insape,. also "idi"tic and
1 insane" After the tabulatinn has
j been completed it will be submitted
to tie Governor and Council ."' in
II divid1ally. it is thought, but hy toGals
Il The arsenal at the museum Of the
fish and game department is still grow
ing. and two more guns wer" received
yesterday. one having been seized by
Game Warden Charles :. Adams oi
Jackman and the other by Game
i Warden Irving Hamilton Of Greenvill"
for violation OF the law which forbids
II any foreign born unnaturaliZed person
4 having in his possession any firearms
/ while he is upon the wild lands ol
II woods of this State These guns
/
ten in all. and include everything from
the cheap shot gun which retails Il
| about $3.50 up to a Winchester rifle
and if the wardens continue t" main
tain the strict vigil which they nov
| have in force the commission VIII SooI
have to start a gun store.
Hon Payson Smith of Auburn. State
their certificates of organization at tn'
Maine will be at Portland today in 1t
| tendance at the 18th annual meeting
of the Maine Library Association, aut
will deliver an address on the subjec
of The Cooperation of Public Librar,
land School Work. and on Friday viii
| attend the meeting of the Maine
| Federation of Womens Clubs in thi:
| city. on which occasion he will speai
| Friday forenoon on Salaries o
| Teachers in Rural Schools
The following corporations have filet
their certificates Of organization at tn
office of the secretary of State:
United Sales Co. organized at Port
land. for the purpose of conducting
general commission business with 81.
900. 600 capital stock. of which nothing
is paid in. Officers: President. Jane
f. Manter of Portland; treasurer
Clarence E. Eaton of Portland. Cert
ticate filed Oct l6, 1907.
Visible Addressing Machine &C
organized at kittery, for the purpose
dealing in trade marks trade-name:
patents. etc. With $200.009 capita
;.tnck. OF which 5000 is paid in. Officers
. President. Albert II. Peavey of kittery