The Republican journal., 1908-08-06


business to Joseph F. McKeen, who sue
ceeds him as local agent for the Standard
Oil Co., Mr. Sanborn having resigned
that position and retired from active busi-
ness. He was born in BridgtOn, Me-,
and when very young his parents moved to
Portland. Forty years ago he came to Bel
fast with his brother, W. Il. Sanborn. who
died a few years ago, and this has been his
home ever since. He went cOasting for a
time and then engaged in trucking and
stevedOring and about IA years ago became
the local agent for the Standard Oil Com
pany, also continuing his trucking business.
He served in the Civil War in Company G.,
18th Maine, enisting in 1852, one OF the
youngest volunteers in Maine. Although
| you might not think of it to look at Johns
portly figure now he has been hard work
er and by industry and sobriety has accu-
mulated competency. He will no doubt
be seen about the water front as of yore,
but it will be as spectator. Mr.. Mckeen
| has taken charge of the Standard Oil Co.'s
office and will continue the general truck
| ing business.
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s'going some'' this season. Monday was
her 14th consecutive day of excursions, and
Tuesday Perry took advantage of day
off to clean the boiler and get the machinery
tuned up so that when called upon the Cas-
tine can keep at the head of the procession.
Friday, Aug. 7th, she will make the first ex-
cursion of the season to Bar Harbor, leav-
ing Lewis wharf at a. M, Northport
| Campground at 73O, Blake's Point at $50.
Returning, will leave Bar Harbor at p. m.
| Coffee and chowder will be served on
board. Fare for the round trip 81. Next
Sunday the Castine will make one of the
popular trips to Crescent Beach, leaving
Lewis wharf at g. 80 a. M, Temple Heights
at 10 a. m., arriving at Camden at 11.15,
Crescent each, - 10. Returning will leave
Crescent Beach at $50 and Camden at 5,
arriving at Belfast at $40 p. m. Fare for
the round trip so cents. Lobster dinner at
the Beach.
LAWN PARTY. At the meeting of the
directors of the Belfast Home for Aged
Women last Monday evening Miss j. A.
Wiggin, chairman of the lawn party COM
mittee made the following report of SUBJ
committees: Entertainment, Miss Amy E.
Stoddard ice cream, etc, Misses Maude E.
Mathews and Caroline W. Field; food, Miss
Hattie p White and Mrs. b. II. Conant
candy, Mrs. Charles r. Coombs and Mrs. j
L. Sleeper; fancy work, Miss Maude E.
Barker; house, Miss E. P. rockingham
and Mrs Elmer Small finance, DR.. Elmer
Small; decoration, 0. E. Frost printing,
Sue Nj. Partridge; flowers, Mrs. Frances III.
Murch; admission and ice cream tickets,
Messrs h. F. Dunton, G. r. COombs and c.
w. Wescott. The date of the party has
been changed to Thursday, Aug 18th 1t
is hoped with the assistance of our own and
summer people to make this annual event
success. All who have fancy articles to
contribute will please send them to the
Home, "a Cedar street. The program and
particulars will be given in our next issue.
| The band has generously contributed its
services and the directors are pleased at
the willingness of all to assist in this
worthy cause.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. Six schooners of the
PendIeton Brothers fleet, one master,
| three three-maSterS and two tWo-maSters
are now at this port-four for repairs, and
two laid up that have probably made their
last voyages. The four-maSter is the STAN
| ley D. Minor bought by the Pendletons
when wrecked in Southern waters and
which has had the interior of her houses re-
built and other repairs made. The three
masters are the F. c. Pendleton, Susie H.
! Davidson and Harold c. Beecher The lat
ter has been ashore and will require exten-
sive repairs. The two two masters laid up
are the Maggie Mulvey and William Slater,
both old-timers. The Slater il 21O tons net
and was built al Fhomaston, Me-, iii 1866.
and the Mulvey is 252 tons net and was
| built at NaldObOro in 1864. .... The Bangor
| tug Stella was taken ont on GilchreSt'S
marine railway last Thursday, but was
launched Saturday to take on sch. Harold
| c. Beecher to have survey made and the
damage estimated. Ii. NJ. Bean Of Camden
was here to represent the towboat company
whose tug ran the Beecher oa ledge at
| Pigeon Cove, Mass, Capt. Parker of Bucks
port representing Lloyds and Fields S. and
Fields c. PeDdleton of New York repre-
senting the owners of the schooner. The
vessel was not chafed, but her keel and
keelSon were broken amidships and she
was badly hogged. The English ship
captains plying on the transatlantic liners
coming to Boston propose to move Boston
! lightship farther offshore. The lightship
is now SIX miles east one-half south of Bos-
ton light. The English captains would like
to have it about 20 miles Oft the light, on a
line between Thachers Island and the
Highland lights, on Stelwaggen bank. Capt.
George W. Eldridge, the chart maker, will
fight this proposition. He says of these
English captains: s'They want too much.
They would like to have the lightship
moved for their own convenience, but what
about our coastwise shipping? All vessels
bound into Boston run for the ighship in
thick weather, and from it shape their
course into the harbor. What good would
it be to them on Stelwaggen bank? Not a
bit. No, sir, not a single bit! l shall fight
any proposition to SHIFT the ightship. 1t is
i'll the right place now, and everybody is
satisfied with it except the English steam
ship captains" He said all coastwise skip
pers agreed with him that the lishtship is
in the right place. ''If the English skip
pers don't find sea ROOM enough around it
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