The Republican journal., 1908-01-09

WINTERPORT. AT tne STORE VI l. H. W.
LINDEN. store of D. J. Dickens.
j. Ii. suyan; searsport and 4 M aoS a. D snS.
scF'P RPPrRIIcAN JOURNAL PUBLISHING Co.
There will be social dance in Odd Eel
laws hall this, Thursday, evening. Music
bv,he Quintette.
The Ladies' Hospital Aid will hold their
annual meeting with Mrs. T. b. Dinsmore
This. Thursday, afternoon at 230 O'Clock.
The Acme Concert Company will give
..,nrert in the Union church, Freedom, Jan.
rstb. under the auspices of the Ladies
IIrce of that town.
The Universalst parish will hold its
.r1uaI picnic supper and business meeting
AT The church vestry this, Thursday, even
.ag 1t is hoped all members will be
present.
Bradford, Pa, subscriber writes: lin
,e.. hustle and hustle of Christmas my SUBJ
.or,ption to The Journal was forgotten, but
hasten to make myself a New Years pres
rt of it and shall enjoy it each week as l
nave in the past. 1t is the one connecting
LINK with my dear old home and friends"
The Howe wood lot at Ducktrap is busy
..-e lust now. Mir. Dustin has. sub-let MS
rsn boring to two contractors, Edwin clark
r Burt Wilbur. Mr.. Clark does the saw
md employs ten men, and Mr.. Wilbur
..rd,es the logs and lumber and will have
n.tueen 80 and 40 men at work as soon as
snow comes.
luhn A Patterson, agent for the society
-. The prevention of cruelty to animals,
had two parties before the police court
Gently, and both were fined. One paid
.-.-of $40 and costs and the other $40 and
.,-s If horses are left standing in the
,.e+t unblanketed their owners are liable
.u arrest and fine.
claimed letters remaining in the Bel
.. most office for the week ending Jan.
l. Miss Matte Edwards, q letters)
lUHr Potter, Mrs Alfred Moore, Mrs. L.
Nooers, Mrs Myrtle Mitchell, Mrs
u-sr Robertson, Miss Laura Wadlin,
..att Gray, A. p. Moore, W. IS. Patter-
~H Mrs b. j. Williamson.
As soon as the conditions permit Horace
..g-ry will begin the erection of stable
. line Cedar street end of his estate. His
t-Irrstood that the building will have an
.artive exterior and will be up-to-date in
is arrangements and equipments. The
...,rut stable and carriage house will be
moved and the space they occupy added
.l- grounds.
S.. A. Mace mber has yawl boat for Pen
H-.tu Bros. well along at his boat shop on
-r..t street. Mir. Macomber recently
Hu-ht and cut down an oak tree in this vi
ly from which he has already had one
,a.-. orse load of stem and stern pieces and
-..-ps and there is more to come. The butt
SCI Je sawed into plank later.
Ihr. Journals Review of the Y ear, long
al annual feature of the paper, was prepar-
ed his year, as for many years past, by Mr..
oln S. Fernald. While MIR. Fernald is
.ebarred by ill-health from active ont
dla newspaper work he is able to do good
work at home and his long experience as
pcal reporter makes him exceptionally
well Qualified for reviewing the happenings
81 belfast during 1907
TIE WATER RATE. Patrons of the Bel
last Water Co. were notified on receipt of
heir bills for the six months beginning
1anuary LIST of an advance in rates. The
aange which affects the larger number of
.stomers is an increase of first faucet or
auly rate from Sc to IS per year. The
.-a-Dns assigned by the water company
-. this advance are the loss of the $1,000
by the city for rental of the hydrants,
winch under the original contract with the
a'y became free of rental Dec l, 1907, and
.e fact that "the income of the company
rGu all sources, Notwithstanding the rigid
-t.nomieS continuously exercised in oper-
tu- the plant, has never furnished a rea-
srable return upon the face value of the
pant and property in use" The original
tract Stipulates that ''charges and rates
water supplied for domestic and other
IMPOSES shall not exceed those in other
: and towns in Maine.of the same gen.
ia size and circumstances as Belfast and
unfairly situated" In the circular sent
uIt with the bills to takers the water COM
pany claims that the rate in Belfast at the
ivAnced price is below the average in other
Naue towns and cities. They also suggest
tina. if the city chooses to pay the hydrant
entail the old rates may be retained; and
l is pointed out that if that is done the cost
ai ire protection will be borne by the CON-
munity and not alone by the private GUS
toners of the company. Monday afternoon
tae following printed notice was posted
about the CITY:
TO the patrons of the Belfast Water Co.:
advise all patrons of the Belfast Water
Ns whose water rates have been raised, to
write upnn-a1l checks offered in payment,
these words: "Paid under Protest." also
d-mand when you make payment that these
words be written upon your receipt by the
eompany's representative who receives the
payment.
The city government, assisted 10y the city
solicitor, will take immediate steps to pro-
.aet your interests and the interests of the
".ty.
EDGAR F. HANSON, Mayor.
The water question was the question for
j,ScUssion everywhere during the day, and
a the evening the city government at its
ocular meeting devoted the most of long
session to this matter. The water company
called upon to raise the standpipe at once
20 give the required pressure, the Mayor is